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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 March 1916, Page 3

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(.Received This Day 10.30 a.m./ GERMAN SOCIALISTS' AIMS. Amsterdam, March 23 The .Socialists in the Reichstag resolved, in connection with .the submarine warfare, to press tor tlig avoidance ot any detriment or the rights oi neutrals. /They also are urging tue Government to utmost to secure a speedy peace guaranteeing the emtire's integrity, political ideils, and Jtreedom of economical development THE SUBMARINE WARFARE. The Budget Committee of the Reichstag is sitting in secret to discuss tne renewal of,the submarine wai-t'are A TYPE OF ZEPPEILIiN. Count Zeppelin, in a speech in the Diet, announced that he was constructing airship® that would reacu a greater height and carry a heavier loadT He expectedja certain percentage of losses in the near future as the new type o motors was only hastily tested. THE PARIS CONFERENCE. London, March 23 The Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George, in tho House of Commons, announced that the Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith will attend the conference to be Iheld at Paris next week. CIVILIANS INTERNED IN BRITAIN AiND GERMANY. The Rt. Hon. H. J. Tennant stated that 36,292 German civilians were interned in Great Britain and 400 British subjects lin Germany. SECOND AEROPLANE BROUGHT DOWN. During Sunday's aeroplane raid at Dover, an aviator, who was taking an aeroplane to France brought down a 6econd German aeroplane in the Channel. LIGHTSHIP NOT SUNK. The Galloper Lightship was not sunk—merely withdrawn Irom her position. THREE STEAMERS SUNK. The steamer Sea Serpenit and the French barque Bougainville have been sunk. Twenty-tihree oi the crew oi the latter wore picked up. __ The Norwegian steamer Katmik was sunk and the csrew saved.

(Received This Day JL0.30 a.-ffiv) J THREE OF A FEATHER. j * London, March 23. I The Daily Telegraph's Bucharest correspondent says that a secret Turcobulgarian aliiance was arranged In April, 1914, and a treaty between Bulgaria and Germany w tlhe spring 01 April 1915. SUBMARINES' WORK. The Norwegian vesseii Linfield has been sunk. Thirty of her crew were landed at Queenstown. ' , - Paris, March 23. When the Renaudin was torpedoed, the officers aftd crew of tlhe submarine impassively watched the drowning sailors. A French destroyer hastened) to tihe rescue and the submarine disappeared. FRENOH ATTACK GERMANS NEAIi SALONIKA. faalonika, March -3. The French engaged and drove out the Germans from the heights northeastward of Maukovo. MORE STORIES ABOUT BULGARIA The German defeat at Verdun hae , made a bad impression on Bulgaria and several Bulgarian regiments mutinied and massacred their officers. The peopifc are angry at the German requisitions and in some instance fired nines at the requisitioners.