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Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 June 1916, Page 3

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(Received This Day 9 a.m.) THE STEAMER, BRUSSELS

London, June 'M. The steamer Brussels left Rotterdam, ou Thursday l«d* n with foodstuff. The

paii*eugei» mostly belong to the refugee class. ciix German destroyers capture ej' her and took her to BIG LOSS OF JJi'K London, Juno 25. lhe victims of the Mercury, which was sunk lieaa' Odessa by a mine, totalled 400. GUtJSEK. VESSELS RELEASED. Athens, June 25. The Allies have released! all Greek merchantmen, including a number laden with wheat. .RUSSIANS ADVANCING. Petrograd, June 25. Some big British guns helped Genera,'* Brussiloff's advance. A communique sayti the .Russians 4aided the enemy trenched west of •Kadziriloif, capturing iiUO . prisoners, ihe Kussians uest oi Smatyn aae ad,vanowig, lighting ail the time. They liav.j occupied the hoignts near T3le KiO'initza nita, HiGH GO.UAIiSS i UXER'c | KEi I London, Juno 20. A German wireletsis message reports I thai lro.ni La Datwee wanni to the Sonume aitille-iy activity began nusu niglii/ and continues. 'iiie Russians have completed the occupation oi liuliovma, baking iiieal. booty and many prisoners. (iteceived This Day, B.do a.m.) PROPOSED LEAGUE Oi'' PEACE. London, June '2-j. llhero is tnuich talk upon the expediency of the formation of « league oi peace among the nations to enforco international rights after the war.

(Mr John Galsworthy lias emphasized ■file danggr of the German tires of vengeance, smouldering m the event I of being crushed or merely I'oix'eili back to tile former boundaries. "He says: We den t dare yet to hope for some social revohiitibion Isringiug Germany fche blessings of the clomocjpaey, heme tlie possibility of her remaining o .sol-dier-ridclen state and re-organizing for future aggression." The propos <1 league presupposes macliinery for arbitration of sufficient force to secure submission thereto. THE ARAB Kit,VOLT. Among tiie causes ol the Arab revolt was Jinvor PasJiu s severity in executing eeverai ehiets diiiruig iiis mysterious tour between Aleppo and Mecca, alau the widespread feeling that Islam uas endangered by the 1 oini£ Turks' ireethiuking camerilLa. DAaGEII Oi-' GERMAN i'KACJi TALK. Mi" A. Henderson, M.l'., addressing a demonstration in aid ot the -Northampton hospital, laid, stress on the futility and danger of poa.ce taik wjiioh originated in Gei-many. A HUMAN IJ V.N A.\l<_). The Observer says that the Jit. Ron. N\ . M. Hughes s visit not only breathed a, lieiv inspiration into the patriotic I feeling, but left a historic mark on .British policy. He has shown himseiti a human dynamo, capaljAi of driving a curront through a whole system ot live wires. A S'lmMJilß'S XL\L LIVES. -Nine previous attempts were made to capture the Brussels; her escapes were due to her epeed. ACTIVITY Ol'' GERMAN DESTROY-

iSKS. Since the outbreak oi~ the wad" torpedo boats constantly have been liimt'ug lor Harwich boats, and spies wore 011 the alert giving information of »ailings, cargoes and paeengers. The Gerlleet at Zeebrugge has been reinforced and includes twenty-two destroyers, several of a new type with three funnels. The destroyers, when raiding, are accompanied by reconnoitring seaplanes, minelayers and armed trawlers. PRAISE FOR. ITALIANS. Home, June 20. General Cardorna, in a generiai order, praises his staff for the concentration of great forces, whioli not merely .arrested tilie enemy offensive on the whole iiront, but enabled; a coiiiiteli'-ofFenisive - now successfully begun.

THE POPE'S APPEAL The Pope has appealed to the Presidents of the United Stages and Mexico to earnestly strive to avert war. FRENCH COMMUNIQUE. Paris, June 25. A coinmuniquo states that our tire stopped attacks on our trenches on the elopes of Moirt Homme. A counter-aittai'k restored us some portions of the trenches westward! of ThiaU'inonit . AVe progressed at i leury by means of grenades. German aeroplanes bombed Lunevtiie, Baccarat, and St. Die, where some children were wounded. The bombardment has been noted with a view to reprisals.