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Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 February 1916, Page 3

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. , (Received This Day a.50 a.m., THE IXJvST ZEPPELIN. i>ondion, February 5. Martin, tlie master of the King . teplien ,states that lie shouted to those on the floating Zeppalm :"WhaL- is i-e matter i'" One ol the CVe'ruians replied "Send us a boat. 1 will give you J£s.' -lie wns gentdemaniu aud polite and spoke good English. 'Martin replied: "li we iielp you you'll «diug us overboard iuul na.viga.te the trawler to Germany. The Zeppelin ollicer replied: "1 pledge iuy word iuiu take my dy ing oath to do no-thing of the kind." Mar-tin would not bake any risks and as the vessel was leaving the Zeppelin officer said, ''We are sinking," and others cried "Meacyl Save usl" and then shook their lists. AMERICA AND GERMANY. New \orkj Fdb. 5. Herr Zimmerman, Under-Secretary lor Foreign Affairs in Berlin, in an interview with the correspondent ot the Associated Press, while hoping the new formula just submitted to America would afford a solution ot the trouble, admitted the gnavity of the situation. He contended that Germany lias reached the extreme limit of her concessions and never will concede the illegality of the submarine campaign "We had thought the issue had been settled and the Lusitania question arranged. We had agreed to an indemnity when America advanced new :uul unacceptable demands. You must not push demands too far, an<l must not attempt to humiliate Germany. It is impossible to admit that the sinking of the Lusitania was illegal or to re go the submarine weapon."

He emphasized that iJ; ■ the United Slates desired to dirive matters mere would -be a broacu with Geimuuy, wik> ivas unable to go turtlior and laiinjnlaoio LHjhsenue-iicvs must come. The Bishop oi .London, m u.ll address at Londion, said that tiie jirit-i.i.i people ought to stand by tiie Ivmg .; phen's skipper in refusing to iriisi the Germans' word. if the Germans were rescued and seized the trawler the whole German press would Juu'e applauded it as clever strategy. THE CAMi'AES'G L\ MESOPOTAMIA. -Mr Gaudier telegraphing from Basi a 0:1 the 2nd said that too rains hail ceased and the 'iigns una falling. Clear cold weather had succeeded. The colli in n advancing up the Tigris was :n ■good condition despite bite exposure and severity ol tiie wcatiior. . 'i he u'i.ieving forces iacedi foi'iiiiikible ailliculties. The Turkish defences auj oWiUnxiy Hiviis liecesM Ited l'routal -n> lacks across it mile ol : clat coverless ground; the enemy's trendies generally were invisible in the mirage., fu few campaigns Jxas any army, Brill 'or Indian, been Uriod so hardly, and valiantly proved. .New York, February o. The statement that Germany rot used America's demand* led to a sharp all in stocks in Wall-street, despite Count Bernstorff's unslutkeable optimism. A-Ui'iiicA WILL B::KAK NOI GERMANY. -Amsterdam, Feb. The Germun press is excited at lie situation and mostly demand an 11yielduiji attitude, declaring that Germany will ciing ,to ils submarine weapon, come what may. The Lokal Anaieger says that it'seems to be a question 01 bend or break. 11 «• break comes it will not be 11s —it will be America. - iileceivedi This Day £>.<3O a.m.)

THE EIRE AT OTTAWA. Ottawa, Eeb. o. iSoine meiiiibers whose e-sca.pi.' was cut off iu I'iirJiiuut.'ui/ joined hands anu passed through the tire and aiuofcc .safety. By the time fclic tire brigade arrived thi- central part 01 the building was heard crashing down. Tiie flames spread to tlie tower on the eastera sid«, enveloping the Senate. A strong wind saved the library. '1 lie Speaker's, chambers. valuable paintings and cootlv furnishings wen? <le.stro.vetl. The police guarded the doors of tinbuilding, ami ii would have been tli'li-cu-lt tor auvoiu-s r.o deliberately siurt the fire without detection. A .sniouklei i.i,, cigar might have been responsible tor the outbreak althougn smoking whs prohibited in the preempts of the chain bei The value 01 tlie main building ■•was £300,000 and the value of the contents inestimatable. THE AI'PAM'S MAILS. Waskiugi-'))), Kcb. 0. The Appam 's British mails will be handed/ to tho British Consul unopened.

(Received This Day 9.10 u.ru.) i.iv.MANS iN'l tUNED IN AFillC.i BY THE'SPANISH. Mail rid, Feb. o. Oilicial.—Nine hundred Germans (Europeans,) and lourteen hundred Germaii native troops entered Spanish Guinea audi have bee a interned. IiNHMV REARRAINGIv? HIS J Oi. DISS AT SALONIKA. Salonika, I'eb. ,; . important Bulgarian iorces lniv.o been withdtawn from the trout an.l sent towards Rustehuik. Austria ns and Germans arc rep Lacing them. Theie are indications that the- new units arc exclusively Ge> inun • that «W mussel at Monastir, vrhwe their army totals 80,000. GERMANS AND DITCH Sill 1' I*l Axiusterdam, l''eb. ti. The newspapers -are angry with til--.*. German torpedo boats lor torpedoing uic Dutch motor vessel Artemis, for reusing to procced to Zeobrugge alter being vainly searched; tor contraiTan I. tieveral Dutch vessels lately liave disappeared and* it s supposed that they hare been mined or possibly destroyed bv Zeppelins, as they were unable to ascertain the nationality of the ships. A .STORY THAT HAS CAUSED A SENSATION IN DENMARK. Copenhagen, Feb. t>. The newspaper Kjobeharn _ states that a German torpedo boat attempted to search the' American steamer Moreno in Danish territorial waters. The on.pt ain answered that the ship's pupera were in the hands ot the Customs officers on board and declined to do-* liver tliem. The story has caused a sensation in Denmark. LONDON PAPMtS SUGGEST THAT BRITAIN ASSIST CANADA IN REBUILDING. London, Feb. 0. The Star suggests That Great Britain rebuild the Parliament House at Ottawa, as a. token ot gratitude for Canada's war Cervices. The Observer suggests a donation towards the cost and co-operation in rebuilding. MAJOIJ CHURCHILL AND L-Olil) I'MSHER WANTED AT 11 LI-AD OAFFAIRS. The Observer strongly advocates i-ne appointment o-i Major Winston Cliur I chill as Minister ot Air .Services. It declares that air detente needs lii> mental freshness mud executive energy. The paper also takes up the demand made recently ill many quarters that : Lord Fisher should be recalled to the j Admiralty us there is no doiiTif thai Germany is preparing surprises and will make a supreme effort iu ingenuity and audacity to destroy British son supremacy, find Lord Fisher is the only man living who has beaten Germany at all points in everything that he has been called on to do. The country must have the 'Benefit of his unrivalled tecihnioal genius and executive powers.