THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 February 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

I ( AiLKCTiiU, XbHiifiUUArU — i.i'l£ll I'HESS ASSOCIATION.J AMEIUL-A.V.S I'l Z/Vl.i.i'. U ashington, Eeu. i. Tjie State Depuitmenc is puzzled at tiic Appam's status, and has not deemed whether lo intern hei anil all me non-combatants. 1l is prouatnu that she will be iieed. British warsnips are ready to recapture her ii iie decides to dash seawards. it is probable than Mr It. Lansing u ill probably lavour the reierence oi ine whole to a ijci'inan pri<se court. Complications are expected. IH£ A lit RAID. London, Feb. 1. The Press Bureau announces that Zeppelins yesterday boinuarded several towns in the rural districts of -Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Sialfordshiio. ! lie Germans claim to have boinbaided the Liverpool and Birkenhead smelting iurnaces, Nottingham and Sheffield, and industrial works on the liumber and at Yarmouth. 'Ihe War Office states that further reports show that Monday's raid was over a larger area than on any oik- r occasion. Bombs were also dropped in Norfolk and Suffolk. It is estimated thta 220 bombs were dropped. Except in one part ol (Staffordshire the material damage was inconsiderable. No military damage was done and there were no further casualties. THE GERMAN VERSION. iondon, Fob. 2 A Berlin official message claims that the Zeppelins dropped large quantities ol explosives and incendiary bombs on docks, hurbours and lactones at Liverpool and Birkenhead, and ou foundries and smelting works at Nottingham, .Sheffield, ana the gn in neiiitnial works oil the Humber.

Gigantic explosions and serious conllagrations ivere observed. The airships also (silenced a battery on the Humber, and although the Zeppelins were heavily shelled they returned safety. SALONIKA RAIDED lil GERMAN AIRSHIP. London, Feb. 1. A Berlin communique states:—Au oil ship attacked the sini*j and depots at Salonika with great success. Salonika, reports state that the airships did no damage of military importance. A Greeic warehouse full ol sugar, colt'ee and oil wars destroyed. RUSSIAN PREMIER RESIGNS. Petrograd, .Feb. 2. M. Goremykin, the freniier of Russia, has resigned owing to ill-health. M. Stunner succeeds him. LATE WAR NEWS. (.Received This Lay 'J. 30 a.m.) HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. London, Feb. 'I. The Appam was captured by the Moowe, which also captured other ships. 11l Alsace the French batteries exploded a munition depot south-east ot U oi ill amine. In the region of Condeinach, in South Minister, the Germans captured a listening post, from which they were driven by a counter attacK. THE LINER APPAM. Washington, Feb. 2. Lieut. Berg has asked the United States to consider the Appam as a fair v\ ar prize. ;\ close guard is maintained, and it is impossible to obtain the real facts as to the steamer's capture. The .British Consul at New York now announces that no submarine acoom--11 ani ed th e A ppam. The whereabouts of the Mo ewe is iot discoverable. It is believed she has half a million sterling in South African bullion aboard. "Washington, Feb. 2. .Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British Ambassador. has formally demanded the return of the A ppam to her British owners under ArCfcle 2l of the Hagiie Convention. Tt is prolbable that the case will be referred to the United States Supreme Court. Tt is understood that the Moewe 'Scaped through the Kiel Canal in order to raid British shipping.