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Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 December 1915, Page 3

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the bkitish' cas u alties. in Parliament the lit. Hon. i±. H Asyuith in reply to Mr i\ A. Molte.io said that the total British casualty's to the yth November in the West were: Killed. 1,(320 Officers and 0 : 9,272 men; wounded y,745 officers and! 45,546 mei. In tho Mediterranean: Killed, 1,60. officers and 21,531 men; wounded 2,D), officers and 70,531 men; missing 3,5i> officers and men. . The' Navy and othens theatres bring the iota* casualties up to 510,230.

BEIIUN TO BAGHDAD, .Berne, December 2. Doctor >Schott, • the director of the Hamburg observatory, describes uu Dardanelles and tho Bosphorus as tne joint, or bridgehead, in our great international route oi the future, namely the JJerlin— Vienna-.Uoustantinople— •Baghdad railway, to the Persian Gull and the Indian Ocean. The route wii) secure permanently an opening vital to the Contrail Powers. GERMANY'-sIiOPES Amsterdam. Dec. 2, A debate in the Bavarian Landtag on the economic situation . indicated i that Germany hopes to monopolise the j trade 61 the near East. ; JAPAN AND TH'E ALLIES. Tokio, Dec. 1. .The Emperor personally opened the, Diet. He emphasised the importance T

the Alliance with. England! and-that the Entente with France and Ruesia was st lengthening.

WHEN ITALY WILL HELP. Rome. Deo. 2. Baron Sonnino says that when Greece has given the Allies the required assurances, Italy speedily will assist Ser bia. Received This i)ayi iU.IO a.m. FORD'S PEACE PARTY REFUSED PASSPORTS. Washington. Deo. z. Mr JX. Lansing refused to give passports to Henry Ford's peacc party, except to tho neutral countries of Europe. SUBMARINE SUNK. Captain Glasser, of the British steamer Inverkip, which lias arrived! 'it Newport, reports accidentally sinking a submerged submarine in tho Straits of Gibraltar ivhen outward bound. The Inverkip has been dry docked for repairs.