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Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 July 1916, Page 3

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This Day, 1.10 p. 111.; PRAISE FOR (UUTISfI TROOI'S. I'aris, July '2Q. Newspapers eulogist' the magnificent resistance of the Australian ami English troop* opposing the unbreakable barrier and the heaviest counter-m----taoks ol' picked German troops. THE BELGIAN DEMONSTRATION . Amsterdam, July 2lj. Al .Brussels. on Demonstration Fete Day, daring crowds (alter Te Deums) accompanied Archbishop Mereier'to the station, singing ''The Eternal Hymn," cheering the King and hooting Germany a.nd the Kaiser. The German troops repeatedly charged the crowds. Seattle, July 26. Captain Lane's expedition -has saiied for the Far North, in expectation ol joining Steffanson, who went to the Arctic three years ago. ALLEGED BREACH OF NEUTRALITY. Baltimore, July 2'i. li is reported; that <i British cruiser and a submarine, when hunting, entered Chesapeake Bay. and later returned to the three-mile limit. VON "LINSINGEN INTEI* VLEWKD. Brown, a correspondent at Berlin, cables details of an ingenious system for a well of German reinforcements to check the Russian offensive. Von Linsingen. interviewed, said he was prepared for the resumption of the Russian offensive at Brcstlitovslf; it the Russians massed everything in a •narrow line, the English migrn. succeed in temporarily impressing the front, until the Ge.mans brought up reserves. Von Linsingen said he boilevfcd there could not be a possibility of breaking the German front. New strategic railways behind were of immense military value, but they had the use of only one good road at VolInnia, running from Kovel to Lutsk. This and the adjacent railway were the sole avenue for tlie Russion advance or retreat. The battle of Kovel really was a fight for possession of this road. Von Linsingen added: "J am sure we can hold Kovel. THE WILY GERMAN. The New York Herald s correspondent in Mexico says that the place is full of German reserve omceits wlio ore trying to foment war and then carry I out a plan to destroy the fuel-oil wells | wherefrom Great Britain is obtaining her supplies. AUSTRALIAN N,AYS. Sydney, This Day. At the annual meeting ol the C'liamb"r of Commerce, speeches emphasized the necessity of preparing to face a. war. There was urgent need for private and public economy, and the organizing of a- good- deal of afterwar trade.

I BLUNDER ENQUIRY COMMISSIONS. (Renter Telegram.; London, July 56. in the House of Coininane the Rt. lion. H. H. Asquith announced the personnel oi the Mesopotamia. Commission. It consists of Lord George Hamilton (chairman), Lord Donoghue, Lord Hugh Cecil, Williamson, fiodge and Cooper. Tile personnel of the Dardanelles Commission w Lord Cromer (chairman), Andrew Fisher (Australia), Sir Thomas Mackenzie t,.,ew Zealand), Ciiwley, Clyde, Stephen, Gwynne (members of the House of Commons). ANOTHER RUSSIAN SUCCESS. Official.—The Russian have captured Erzingan.