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Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 September 1915, Page 3

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Chronicle Office ,3 u.mAmsterdam, Sept. 6. A German communique says that von Hindenburg is advancing in the JDandBovas district. Von Eichhoru has occupied some position south-westward of Vilua. We captured Volkovysk and the height sto the eastward and northeastward, taking prisoner 2800. ■ , 'Loudon, Sept. 8. The Press Bureau states that the Lit. '±£•011. 11. H. Asquith has appointed.a committee, with Lord Lansdowne chairman, to advise the Government as to the best method or utilising the national register for the successful prosecution of the war. The committee at its first sitting agreed on an interim report dealing with the conditions whereunder those most eligible, according to the registration lorms, will bo made available for use in the departments concerned. This will hare the effect of indicating approximately the classes which, in the public interest, the recruiting authorities should approach. Paris, (September 8. The Government has requisitioned the alcohol distilleries at t'outarlier tor tliu manufacture of explosives. A Berlin wireless message says that enemy ships bombarded "Westende yesterday morning, and Ostend in the afternoon, but did no military damage. The warships withdrew before the lire from the coast batteries. Petrograd, Sept. 3. The leaders of the i'arlianientary block have signed a common program declaring that victory only is possible if the Government is supoprted by Mio confidence and organised co-operation of the citizens, The program provides a- Bill establishing the autonomy of Poland j a conciliatory policy in Finland; the removal of the disabilities of tho Jews; the enlargement of the trade , union rights of artisans; a liberal amnesty for political and religious offences; the amelioration of the condition of refugees and extensions ol local selfgovernment. London, .Sept. 8. At the Trade Cnion Uougress .Mr Sexton, in moving the pledge, instanced, amid cheers, the lact that two anti-militarists, Mr Ward M.P., *as now a colonel, and Mr O'Connor, of Keswick, was now a lieutenant. A'ho country was lighting Prussia's diabolical plot for world domination. If only a tithe of the reported atrocities were true, they were justified in fighting against Germany. This war was one of defence—not of aggression. "Do you Avant an Aerschot at Bristol or a Lou vain at Oxford. We are up against a most brutal system, led by the most blasphemous and hypocritical leader who ever disgraced civilization." Mr Havelock Wilson seconded the motion, and Mr B. Tillet created an uproar by denouncing some extremists as Germany's friends. Ho concluded by appealing for a unanimous vote with a view to heartening the workers in the trenches. One delegate dramatically interrupted the proceedings by calling attention to the rumour Lord Crewe and Lord Selborne, at a Cabinet Committee last month, favoured the quota system. The president refused to allow any discussion on the subject,, inasmuch as tho Congress already had "debated conscription. " Mr Hodge, M.P., made a spirited speech on the need of supporting the army *n the factories. "We must not make peace with the Kaiser, but insist on a general election in Germany, whereat the terms could be ratified by tho •people." Tho-Jtt. Hon. D. (Lloyd-Georg© *as accepted the invitation to explain tho telegram regarding tlio control of munition factories and profits. The Russian steamer Rhea was eunk by a submarine without warning. The orow and two women were landed at Liverpool.