THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 January 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

—,— • J fcXfcl/iUll U LOi * xk * . |_rli.R iU.VM AO.-jUUIAi IUJ.j hie blockade. IjOIIUOU, 'J < 1 u. - J. Replying hi mlei rogations in inu House oi Commons 111 leiciciiec Uj Uie oiuckadc, .Sir .hduaiu urcy L-.UKI liiUL the atlOJcCl was liub .10 simple as julgnt appear from spctcuco in uie House ami articles 111 Un- p.ip-.ra. On Un. coiumry it was most. UiJnc.iii and complicaie .. We nad lo explain m ju.sliiy in tei u'i once uiui lii'iiLi'iu L.aue ami mat Was not' ea,s_j. tie Jiau no i.giU Lu say thai, the rriae Umt lioui uiu ... iv ..i tho collie tiirougii .vlir... .1.. trade must pa»». juiu .we aneuipioi to jju thai lar i.ie wu 1 iiii&iit nave ptosiijly Keen over oy now, hocau.se luc v\ nole w 01 lo woillu iiiiu 1 oeell agajn : ,L u,5, and we a Hi I our Aunt> uotilu liaiico.'lapssed under its reoi.n uneul. Oui eon cspomLen, e \. uii tlie iniietl Slates continues to jiisiily our policy. We consuiled wiin trance neiore replying ; lo the Lniied States' iasi. Note witli a v iew lit pursuing uie .same policy and ' justifying it with the .same arguments hotore pulling the same ease beiore the world. We are perto.cily ready Ui confer with any man crying out tigainst tiie policy" determined upon last Alareli in order 10 vary it with one which most iikely to he agroeaule to neutral.-, or less inconvenient in practice, hut. .>0 long as it was elteeuvi we could not adjourn the riglu interleie with Llie enemy trade. Th .* United .States last Note contained proposals, which, il conceded, would nuike it absolutely impossible to prevent even contraband goo<U going wholesale through neutrals to the enemy. If we had conceded all the Note asked we might as wed give up the attempt i" carry out the blockade. lint lie din not understand linn the 1 nited Stall's or any other Government held thai view. GEN IMA I. LfAIG'S KKI'OUT. London. Jan. '27. General Jtiaig reports : -Tw ent.v-seven hostile aeroplanes were encountered. 011 Tuesday, togthcr «vi»h I'iree balloons. Two ol the aeioplaues an i two bsdlooiis were forced lo earth. Ours returned safely. ITALI'.V i.'id . Koine. .Jan. - A co:jinioni(pie say.--: \ r.\ laige" Austriiiit !or.-i oir Aionua.. atlaekoi ou; position at Oslavia. Sto.nc 01 v.iti liioi line detach menus leil back Ui tne oeconu hue, nlu'ie S.iccessix e ali«lc..s were I e pulsed witii ,:erioiis 10 Lie' eiu:i.iy. '1. U Kivfci IN jt'i'.ii 1 L. i.omloii, Jan. .-'j. Ciermaiiv Us alarmed te-L the JiU. - .1 , should invest Erzeroum, i ii I iirkiMi eoiui 11 a 11 teaLntiis 111 li-.-i.-plj-Laniia. J' .ii'y tiniUoand 1 einloi eeiiiems aiv riislung 10 llie Caituasiu. LATE WAR UfjiSWJi. tJJeceived I'hiis Day o.IU a.m.; A Ci 11'1 Oi' Bll'i-ANES. London. Jan. '2i. CKlieial. The Kt. Hon. A. Boiuirj I.aw aeknowleilges the gilt ot twelve biplanes, including one troin l'ovei ty Bay, N.Z., fiiidiigh the Overseas Club. - A .JUL'.UNALIS'I> EXJ'iatll'.NCi^.. the Daily Afeil's eoi respondent, (.some pariieuki r.-> v. ie. oe expioi'.s were iveeivud by eaole ine>sage yesiei'tUiy) travelled trom Sofia to Constantinople by the Gernian-liaikan express, the most iiaiidisoitie tram in Etiiope. Its inline .s ida/.onei.l u* lin- carriages ill tliree I eel letters in <11 del to im pres.- tho Bulgarians ami lurks. Tie luumt an alarm)tig ueartli ol m:ee.-.sineo at l (jusatntinople ami pricee> exorbitant. There was no coat mid neaii,-. all llie shops were closed. It la miLrtie that Lhere are oti,Uoij (lerinan troops there, but there are 10,WW all iirst rate men. The correspondent attendix.l the celeliration of "GtilliiJoli Duy." The town was gay with ilags, and mobs paraded the streets tvni ing banners, but the victory was dearly bought. Me saw tin emlless procession ol wounded -idling tramcars, venieles, ami motor cars. The correspondent, interviewed Jtlaiil Bey. foreign Almiaier. He said that Gerinany would make 1 nrkey wealthy, prosperous and enterprising as it had made Koiiinauia. Tin- enl respondent pi-i,~uaded I laid to introouee linn to Em or t'aslia wixt is a real dandy. Il.i- umlo.l l-hiver It i. uMS true that i'higlaud w pfepj 1 ■ d lo make a separate peace witii Turkey. Enver said that it now was too late. The Entente may have had, thai design and might have succeeded, but we learned that the Entente designed Constantinople for Unssia. lie added that if the English had had the cotirgae to rush more ships into the Dardanelles they could have Touched Constantinople. The delay enabled us to fortify Gallipoli,. and we took 201) Aus tfi'.in guns thither m sis weeks. .If the English had 1 eaehed'Constsnilinople it would only have been an impasse because we . could have ictir-d ~0 \sia Alit'oi and the English won I i im' lone destroyed Constnntiuople. Eu>er concluiled : "'AVilh German help we can strike tin- Rriti.-h Kmpire Ihniueji tlii- Suez Oanal. Our motto is: "To Egypt.' " 'J'lie correspondent h ;.rm>d that the (.ierinans intend to destroy the Canal from end to end and, fill it up with sand. The Genu in.- generally admitted that they had n» 1 h ncr 01 reaching Paris, but having .-'.!!!<•<] "If the .British and French arm';, s. they

feel they can opei.n.. ly in the East. Their oline .■ a i.uu.e the fighting capacity <•. t itish soldier, and stud, they ~1 , y had British, Australian am. ■ > ,ins to command. {..iiiist.auini,pi i...res. cales, anil cinemas were < : -i. uikl the only means of jouriie ; ... night wits ,'-i ; i the aid of em:ii> .. ;c torches, 'the money pnsiiio raordinary. Gold silver and ti.t ■ ,l Turkish paper money were v. r.. i 1 and a substitute tor Turkish no: issued ostensibly 01 a face vain. lAs (id, but only realizing 12s 6d. (deceived 'lie . ; ay. /j.-bj p.m.) HIGH COMMI. HEPOItT. On the a \euvei!te —La Eolie, the I'iench oiiiinued lo re-occ-upy progre--.-,' ' ie observation posts in l.he eraie. u the enemy had. previously i.iding numerous German corps.a mitrailleuse ai-id lakiug t-oii e j»i .'-oners.