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Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 February 1916, Page 3

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(Received This Day 8.30 a.in.) THE ItEAL THING AT LAST. London, February 28. Colonel- llepiiigton, in the Times., says the battle of Verdun is the real thing at last. The enemy's decision to put his fortuueu to the test will be received wit.li tierce delight in tTie west. The appointment of Prince Henry to a. high naval command heralds the German offensive on the water as well as on the land. There now are 118 German divisions in the west, whereof 25 are attacking Verdun. Tho general security of the Allied lines is not seriously menaceed, nor would they •be if the whole right bank of the Meuse fell into German hands if the enemy is prepared to pay the price wc exact. Colonel Repington expects ' a tresn Gorman offensive elsewhere, possibly 'i the 'Champagne. THE .LOSS OF THE MAI.OJA. The Lord Warden Hotel is crowded with the survivors from the Mnloja. Thcfy are sleeping in the passages and the billiard rooms.. When the London train arrived late on tSunday night there was a great rush to the hotel oi anxious relatives. Two soldiers whose wives were aboard, searched the hotel;

one found his wife, but the other was unsuccessful, and this morning identified lier body. There were heartrending scenes when the relatives were identifying the bodies which were laid out at the market hall, owing to the inadequacy of the morgue facilities. Forty-seven bodies have been recovered: eleven women, three young dren (one a baby), and eighteen men, Iwelve of whom are .Lascars. Many ot the deaths were due to the cold immersion. Two bodies were washed up this morning and others are expected. The police are searching the beach. (.Received This Day 8.55 a.m.) . WI'XSH COU.IEIiS' CO-OPERA-TlOiN. London, Feb. 20. Tlie Hon. W. Brace, Under-Secretary for Home Affairs, and Mr Pratten addressed 15,000 miners at a Merthyr •J'ydvil -meeting. The meeting accepted Mr Brace's suggestion to send fraternal greetings to the Australian 'minors and assure theiii that the Welsh miners would do all possible to co-opcrate with the-m and help them win the war. The colliers generally express the highest appreciation of what the Australians have dione. GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES. Washington, February 28. Count Bernstorff has notified tinUnited States that Germany's assurances regarding the Limhmin and the Arabic cases only apply to poaeehil merchantmen. All others will bo sunk. Germany contends that armed merchantmen are subject to destruction without warning It is reported that submarine commanders have received instructions to begin work at midnight on Tuesday.