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Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 March 1916, Page 3

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! AALERiUA AM) i«r :J..M \.M. \\ a»lling lull. .Uiu il . iiy OS votcn IJ. tile ocii>i'-e defeated .i'e;.aioi (jiuto » m>ulu.lion warning Aiyexieaus oil tue armed sluy-. of European belligerent:. i'lesiuetu \\ ilsoii is lio'.v able bo proceed u itli iiiuegotiauoiit. iviui (jcrmai..- rcgardui" the submarine policy. NO j (JO.NI-lit-ViEO. 'ilie reported capture o; t e ALoo.v. is nul continued. Liie i iiuioiii appears to dopeiiu uuly ou the statement 01 *a,n Ameeiaii ca.pi.itin uni\mg iu Buouys Ayr as.' KING FERDLNANT)'si IiRUNCHITt - Rome, M at'cii 3. Roumanian despatches state ihai King Ferdinand has been advised toi to return until a German victory pro--1 nuses the tyii'ii- termination 01 Liie war. it is pointed out that bis bronchitis has developed consequent on the iailure of the attack oil Verdun. THE FRIGHTENED TlliK. .Athens, March The Turku are m complete despair at the probability of Bagdad being o<. cupied. Turkey will strive by ali manner of means to arrange with -Entente and Talaa-t Bey already is preparing; the ground lor rappioachmeiit with the Allies, using Raclnni Vali of Smyrna. who ic endeavouring to ascertain the terms of peace. thving; to the continued Russian successes in Armenia, all the Turks concentrated in Bulgaria have been called to Const-ailt'noplc, and Bulgaria is-re-placing them with her own territorials. FRENCH COMMt"XIQUK. Pans, March :i. A communique states that the enemy's attacks and "bombardment were continued yesterday evening with redoubled violence, but after several fruitless attempts they were repulsed with cruel losses. The Germans succeeded in penetrating the village of Douaumont, where obstinate continues. They attacked the village of Vaux at the same time. The assaults were directed from lb,, ninili to the north-east but were shrTflered | )v our curtain of fir- and m:e-lmio • ■■mis. The enemy had to ret-n.- leaving <i grea.t number of corpses in our barbed wire entanglements. Our curtains of tire nt W n evre during the night, prevented the enemy debouching after an intense bombardment. GERMAN A ITT) A CITY .

Kew York. March "4. A remarkable example of German siulacity has just occurred. Count Bernstorff handed to .Mr I!. Lansing a report justifying the sinking of the Arabic, based on the reports of Capt-iin Schneider, commander oi the submarine. The British informed Mr Lansing that the affidavits obviously were false as <1 naval patrol sank- Captain Schneider and 1T27 immediately after the Arabic san£, and two" woimcTed >non. belonging to the submarine, before dying, minuted that they sank the Arabic.