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Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 April 1916, Page 3

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(jßeeeired-.'this Day 9.55 a.m.) A GERMAN SPY'S EXPLOIT. New York, March $1. lOrnest Schnilor has confessed that he is a- German spy and acknowledged that he tried to blow up the Jletapne, ■but. (inserted that his nervo failed Inm. Me controlled the captain and crew with automatic revolvers <'intl stoU* ship's paper* muft money. Afterwards lie rowed ashore to a lonely beach, but the eaptain signalled to the coast gunrrTs ivno effected his arrest. «cnuler lvtiised Lo give hi.s real name, out / admitted that he was sent to England us a Ucnuau agent, to-serve on the 'iV h !r ininy j-'I 1i 1: I'onway. 'Hp had endeavoured to discover British natal secrets. KeceiveJ This Day. lUO a.m. IJm i.AYE 1 JOIODS HECOG-M'SKD. br.iHloii, Maicil 31. I'uie \ ioiorin Oio.s Jia» been awarded nobtinumou ly to ,;ue t>u'--i/ieut. Ai'thur s i.vaaJi in coiuiLL-tioii with the linking

(.[' the steamer 01.-de at the first landing ;it I -alupoii. tie inaue h»ir trips vol ween the* ship and the shore iuuion under lieu.vy tiro. lisdall ..subsequently was killed. . Petty Officer i'eri-in, «Jid a seaman of th® Alalia, liiwiied " Varkinsou have been awarded tile conspicuous Gallantry Modal toi assisting Tisdall. I RIi.XCII EVAUCATE MALANCOTIIT. • Paris. March 31. A communique says the bombardment o.i Makincourt has reopened with ledoubtedi vielence. The Germans launched a. .series o I attacks, debouching J roiij, tliree sides simultaneously, against Malancourt village, and there was a desperate struggle all night. The enemy lost heavily. Ve evacuated the ruined village but still hold its exits. ISKITI.SII SEA L'L'A'N'K LN ' TROUBLE. March 31. ! A Danish fisherman on Saturday night sighted a seaplane floating, in the sen. He reported to the military who rowed out and found that it was u iMriitish seaplane that had: participated in the raid on Sylt. Its three occupants wore trying their utmost to stiart the propellor, but fla.iiled. and surrendered. (Received This Day 10 a.m.)

OF THK RAID iNEAR SYLT. London, March 31. The Scotsman, referring to the raid 011 Sylt. sa.vs it wa« one of the most stirring (lays >ince the war. Neanng the German const a blizzard hurst over the British isquadroiVr the icy blasts filling the air with hail and blinding snow. It was a marvel that the airmen attempted! the, task, lint they went off in l defiance ot the elements'with an eagerness that did honour to the service. TTie imva* action began as soon as the British caught a glimpse of the enemy flotilla i through the blizzard. The Germans

had long nought an opportunity 01 luuluig ilie .LSntioU tleet-, but tiic'ir oi& ships never left Llie Kiielter oi u.e jYiei Canal and Heligoland. i-i. enemy Ui/tiiiu ilea and , the .ISritlsli began ilu- cutiso -out eouceriou uouou was impossible owing to the snowstorm, so sigiit and stuasn was the order. e>ight, \v»o possible only ai clotse range and Clio smashing was deadly. inu

Untisli soon disposed o: tiie last and poweriulty armed trawlers, and aimed salvoes at the liceUng destroyers whenever the enow clearer. Ono (soon Wis blazing lroin end to end and 1 Hither salvoes sealed lier iate, Wiiiio tiie sccoiul dtestroyer's plight was scarcely less terrible. She probably foundered. Tiie most dramatic moment u a.s when the Cleopatra through a l'il't in the blizzard saw an enemy destroyer at close range and rushed ill headlong, ramming tiie destroyer, simultaneously subjecting lrer to deadly gunfire. Tiie cruiser's bow cud ueep, and! the destroyer tell away -inking last, and then the blinding ,-jiiow blotted out eveiything. When it cleat erf there i was no trace 01 cud uestroyer save debris and oil.