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Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 September 1915, Page 3

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I LIE SINKING OE THE HESPERIAN Washington, Sept. 7. Judgment oil the sinking ol the Liosperian has been suspended pending a complete investigation. The officials are indisposed to question the good faith of the recent unqualified assurance tvl the German Government that the commanders of submarines would be ordered not to attack any more liners without u.iviiiii warning, ANOTHER STRIKE. London, Sept. /. 1 Two thousand four hundred colliers at Tylorstuwn stiuck as a protest against the employment of non-union-ists, SHOBT OE METALS. Paris. Sept. A communique states that Germany's central organization oi metals announces to wholesale dealers mat slocko itre exhausted, and commands everyone possessing articles oi pure nickel, copper, bnis.s or bronze to sell to the organization. THE GREEK IN EE HENCE. Athells, Sept. i. Since the extension oi the front lolloping the landing at Sulva Bay the intensKy oi the enemy's gunfire at Archiliaba appreciably has diminished. This is attributed to the transier <n guns iroiu tlieiice to Aualarta heigiit>. denoting that the supply oi is limited. GERMAN OPINION' CHANGING. Lome, august i. Private information irom several sources indicates a gradual change oi opinion in Get many regarding Great Britain's share ol the war, and the navy's work, and the troops dogged courage at the Dardanelles is receiving grudging praise among the educated classes. Received This Hay, 10.25. a.m. GREAT BRITAIN'S FLEET. London, Sept 7. Mr E. Palmer, continuing his' description of the British neet says that the battleship Tiger lias few scars to show and the only visible signs of the Queen Elizabeth's experiences at the Dardanelles consist oi a round space of new planking in the deck where a shell struck, and a dent in one of the fifteen inch guns from a glancing shot. The inllexible buffered less injury at the Falkland Islands than at the Dardanelles where she was struck by a mine, and was under heavy tire from the shore. The only colour visible in that vast array ol lighting ships stretching to the misty horizon or against the background ox the harbour, was the uniforms ot the crews and occasional signal flags.

Received This Day, V a.m. AGAINST CONSUiLPTiILN. London, Sept. i. The Trades Union Congress iinauiuioutilv carried a re.solut.iou against conscription. HARRISON LINER SILVK. The Harrison liuor Dictator lias been sunk. The crow oi' toriy-two were landed. ■BRITISH ORUISJiIt A.M> GERMAX SUBMARINE. Amsterdam. Sept. 7 Ail official Berlin telegram says tliat the German submarine L' 27 on c»r about tiie tenth ol August wink a small British cruiser oi an old typo westward ol the Hebrides. The U 27 has not returned and must be regarded as lost. JOI'T'RE VISITS ITALY. Rome, Sept. /- General J off re visited the Italian front. He inspected all important position* and interviewed tno King and General Gadorna. NEWS J?"ROM SALONIKA. Paris, Sept. i. Echo Be l'uris Salonika correspondent. states that the Bulgarians are lortii'ying Varna to repel a sea attack, and have placed long range guns at Galata dominating i'oi t Catania. Greek refugees from Asia Minor state that terror reigns at Smyrna, whence the Christians are being forcibly re-

moved to the interior. The Basin Bazouks' plundering is unrestrained, and they apparently are aimijig at the extermination of the Greek population oi Smyrna. The railways are interrupted because of the lack of coal. The Italian Consul-General, liis wife und members of the Consulate escaped with difficulty and readied Mityleuto after terrible adventures. ATTEMPT TO DEMOLISH A UIIIDGE FItUSTItATED. I'ekm, Sept. A Chinaman, in German pay, again attciiupted to demolish the river bridge at Harbin on the transSiberian railway in Manchuria. -the Russian guards frustrated the attempt. A USTIUAX EXPLAN'ATION S. Washington, Sept. <. The Austrian Ambassador called on Mr W. Lansing and explained that depatches captured by the British were irom an American war correspondent, en route from Vienna to New York and did not affect American neutrality. '1 ho .suggestion therein that Austroiiungarians .should refuse to engage 111 the production of )\ar munitions in America or run the risk of imprison--111011 if tliey returned to Austria, wa.s explained by the Ambassador as merely a technical measure usually issued to Austrian subjects. BIUTISH GOL,D. .New York, Sept. 7. r ihirteoii uiillioiici sterling in British gold has arrived at New York from England, to rectify the exchange, Banker.-, have not welcomed the arrival as the United States already nave more gold than can be utilised. The balikens fear speculation, and would mucii prefer that Great liritain should borrow money in the United States to pay debts, giving American bankers American securities a& collateral ling. The rate of exclnuige is stiii lower; it is now four dollar** sixty-'ive cento. THE HESPEIU AN. Washington, Sept. .. President Wilson prefers to take Geiniam's submarine assurances at their laco value, and not protest against the torpedoing of the Hesepriau if the assurances disclose that the Gorman commander was not warned by his Government of il the Hesperian wa.s armed.