THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 February 1916, Page 4

THE WAR

r.XIiBOXBIC TBLKUKAI'U—UOi'**IUHT., £i'KH rIIJiSS ASSOCIATION.] THE ZEPPELIN RAIDS. Amsterdam, Feb. 2. The Germans are exiilting over the raids declaring that they are a punishment to France and England and p. reprisal for the Baralong case. The Cologne Gazette gloats over tnc fact that the Zeppelins are Germany s monopoly. "England is forced to admit that alio has no defence agains' them. We experience a certain [< ri satisfaction, notwithstanding thai our troops are not before Paris and London in the fcuctt that our arm reaches far enough to bring home to the socalled civilized nations the tricks th?y played on us." A Zeppelin evidently lost in a fog ,wr.s discovered ait Ameland flying low. The coastguards fired sixty shots. So no hit the Zeppelins which disappeared. London. Feb. 3. The High Commissioner reports: — The War Office ways that the officio 1 report from Berlin in reference to the a,ir raid on England last Monday -as ultteriy inaccurate, and is further proot that the raiders are quite unable to ascertain a position nocessary to shape their course with any degree of certainty. The total casualties are now reported to be 59 killed and 101 injured. A church and a chapel were damaged. The railway in tiwo places was also slightly damaged. Two factories which are of no military importance iraro badly dtonlaged. The total number of bombs discovered exceeds 300. THE APPAM. 'London, Feb. 2. As the mystery of the "Appam is slowly dissipating the humour of the situation is dawning on Britain. Solid satisfaction is felt at the safety of the passengers- and crew for whom some of their relatives had nlready gone into mourning. It is announced that tlie Appuni had forty thousand in bullion aboard. The mystery of the Moewe's origin ?9 as deep as th&t surrounding her present whereabouts. The story that the Moewe came from Keil Canal flying a neutral flag is regarded as bluff also tihe report that she was carrying a battery oif huge guni, includiing a ten incher. \ The Moewe was apparently of Bremen (1251 tons). Berg was commander of this vessel before the w«r. Lieut. Berg states that the Clan McTaWeh made a gallant fight. Fifteen persons were killed. The Appam's captain (Harrison) toils n story resembling fiction:—"l was travelling at fair speed on a bright flav and sighted what seemed to he an ordinary tra.nrp. She closed in, out we did not fear danger. ,Suddenly the tramp fired across our hows. 1 hove to, and the tramp's forecastle head fell away, revealing a battery of huge guns. We surrendered and a prize creiw boarded uiider cover of '•■h* raider's guns. They disarmed the crew and locked them in the cabins. They liberated twenty German prisoners wo were carrying and the crews from vessels previously sunk were transferred to the Appam."

A German stationary wireless received a message, but was ordered not to send any. lest they mighe reveal the whereabouts of the Appam. 'Hie passengers and crew were exercised a few ait a> tame. •No complaint as to bad trentme n lias beetr received. THE OLAN McTAVISH. Sydney, Last Night. Besides her New Zealand cargo the Chvu McTavish took largo consignment® of general' cargo from various Australian ports, including 8120 bales of wool. The ship wes valued at £140,000 and her cargo at £350,000. LATE WAR NEWS. (Received This Day 8.20 a.m.) IK MEtSCXPOTAIvIIA. London, February Mr Oandiler, a correspondent in Mespobamda, says that the rise in the river inundated the Turkish portion of Kutel'amara, and the enemy have evacuated Ms entire trendies on ou.r north-west (front, falling back 20(10 yards. General Townshend's reconnoitring patrol then advanced 1200 yards and occupied twenty-two rows of deep trenches with miles of com muni cations honey-comb-ing the whole position. General Townahend sends wireless tn essays doily to tlie force advancing up tlia Tigris. PRESENTATION TO JAPANESE OFFICERS AjSTD MEN. Sir Thomas Mackenzie, aOcompani xl by a number of Now Zealand officers and men presented the model Maori canoe to the officers and crew of the Japanese warship Ibufci. Captain Inouye, replying, said he whs gratified at the references made to Japan's convoying of the overseas tramps. He added that Japan participated in the struggle, not merely in a desire to fulfil her alliance obligations, but to "join hands with you and uphold fHe cause of humanity and civilization." The souvenir marked the cordial friendship which lie hoped won 1 ! always existt between the Japanese navy and New Zealand foTces. THE ZEPPELIN RAID. Zeppelins hovered over a Derbyshire town on Monday from eight o'clock till midnight, occasionally dropping bombs. The to wefe swmo casualties. Another Zeppelin over a tow n diopped nineteen incendiary bombs m luUf an hour; two near picture theatres, and a third near ft theatre. An-

other set fire to a brewery and a bomb wrecked a mission room. A third Zeppelin remained, over Leicestei shire town from eight o'clock to 10.30 dropping four bombs that killed and injured several and damaged a number of houses.

The Daily Chronicle says that in a small area, in Staffordshire twenty-six were killed and ten injured. There were two separate visits made here, and the whole district reverberated w ; th explosions. As the result of one explosion thirteen people were killed. One boniib made a hole iu the road seven feet deep and ten feet wide. A family of five was killed in one house, which was rcduced to a heap of bricks and mortar. All the tenements in this street are now without windows. A number of people state that the Zeppelins were flying very low. London, Feb. 3. Continuing the Chronicle says thaian incendiary bomb fell on the roof of a theatre in Staffordshire and rolled into the street. The audience hud* died together in the darkness uaul tihe danger passed when they sang the National Anthem. A lady lecturess ait the parish hall was killed also two women in the audience. V ibornb wrecked a billiard room killing a player but his opponent was not injured. Three Zeppelins crossed the Norfolk coast at a leisurely speed and dropped twenty bombs, which wrecked a farmhouse !but the casualty list wis small. A bonfb on a Lincolnshire town killed three men. ' Other msisiles fell harmlessly in the open country. The War Office says:—ln Monday's mid thirty-three men, twenty women and s'ix 'clhidren were killed, aud fifty-one men, forty-oight women nd two children injured. One church and congregational diapei were badly damaged, a parish room wrecked, fourteen houses demolished, while a great number were less seriously damaged and some damage to railway property in two places but not serious. Only two factories neither oi military importance, and a brew ery were badly damaged. Two or three other factories were damaged slightly. -The total bom'bs discovered number three hundred. Many roll in the rural districts doing no harm.

THE STEAM I'll' API'AM. Official.—Sir Oeoil Spriug-lliee ha*> demanded the Appam's release. '['Ik: Daily Telegraph's Xeiv York orrespo'ndent says that all night the Appam was closely guarded and nobody [ was allowed ashore. Lieut. Ift'Tg «md r'tlie prize crew of twenty-two still are in control over the -101) prisoners. Lieut'. Berg warned the newspaper men that none lniist come near. "My men might shoot." Reporters occasionally went alongside tTTe Boat but received scrappy and contusing stories from the pasengers, who mostly scoffed at the idea that the -Vloewe was from Kiel. They hinted that she was from a LS'ilgarian port and enquipped by Buigars and Turks. TTie passengers believe that the chief reason the (Germans brought the Appam across the Atlantic was to add to the embarrassments of Washington and give the idea that Britain's control of the seas is not complete. YVcfrimiinster Gazette says that it is evident that the 20 Herman prisoners from the Cameroon* was TTie reason the Appam was not sent to the bottom There has been no change of German policy since the Lusitania incident, •bint the Germans were not: callous enough to consign their own people to the cruel fate prepared for other nation ali ties. Washington. Feh. 3 It is possible-that weeks will elapse 'before the ownersship and status of the Appam is "decided. The lawyers are actively discussing the question. The British consul is arranging for the crew and passengers' return to England as many are without money The authorities have sent coal and food aboard. THE LUSITANTA CASE. Washington, Feb. 3. Court Bemstorff today will admit the illegality of the sinking of the Luaitania and will order an indemnity to he paid.