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Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 May 1916, Page 3

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(Received This Day 8.50 a.m.) STORIES FROM ATHENS. Athens, May 16. Advice received tram Oonatantdnople states there are serious differences in the Cabnot audi the Sliefk-uil-Lslam and the Minister of Justice have re-, signed. Envor Pasiha, who is on the Russian front, goes to Baghdad, unices the crisis necessita/tes his pres- « ence in Constantinople. TOWXSHBSID AT CONSTANT!- / NOPLE. General Townshend has arrived at Constantinople. TURKISH COMMUNICATIONS IMPERILLED. London, May 16. The newspapers, commenting on the Rtnsian advance towards Mosul, point ouit that the communications of the Turks operating against the British are imperuiedi. GERMAN FLOTILLA FLEES. Copenhagen, May '0. A German flotilla blocKaded Goth mburg awaiting the departure of the Brierly Hill. ' British submarines appeared and the flotilla lied. GERMANS AVANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH!. Zurich, May 16. The patriotic league in Berlin discussed the foodi problems. Her Derniburg diecfliared thai vhe people wanted to know the truth, otherwise the disturbances would become general. RUSSIAN ADVANCE" IN ASIA MINOR. Petrograd, May 16. The Ruosiane ha/ve oocupied Mama-khe-tun. EUROPEAN- CULTURE? j Capetown, May 16. The Bloeinfontei'n "Friend" publishes a semi-official report found at Moschi stating that the Boer efomemtt in German East Africa- was most uad eirabli end fa,r removed from European culture, also fearing that the Roers would n6t make good Reichedeu tehees and never merge into Germans. It suggests the possibility of the Boers claiming, as Africanders, prior rights and privileges to any part of Africa and this would be highly prejudicial to German aspirations.