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Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 August 1916, Page 3

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CAPTAIN i liVAi ! '.> DEATH. Amsterdam, August 1. A German official message saye it is quite intelligible that the British Government seeks to excuse Captain I'ryatt because it is responsible tor the instructions issued to shipmasters. THE KAISER'S MESSAGE. Die Kaiser's war anniversary message* to the army and navy states that the second year of the war was one glory. "Our enemies were reinforced by foreign assistance pressed into service from all parts of the worlri, vet they failed to rob you of the fruits o! your former victories. Our young navy on a. glorious day at Skagerao, dealt a heavy blow to the British Armada. Our enemies hope to overawe us with munitions; they will fail as they failed to starve tis. They will be responsible for the further bloodshed in the hard days yet to come. Our enemies 'strength is not yet broken but i am, and always was, convinced that Germany is invincible.." RUSSIAN ADVANCE IX GALIOIA. The Austrians are blowing up big bridges to delay the Russian advance oil Lemherg. Railway traffice be tween Lemherg and Tarnopol is intersupted : the engines and rolling stock have been transferred to Cracow. Tho population is evacuating the suburbs of

Prezemysl end Jaroslav, and fugitives from Galieia are flocking to Cracow. The Deutche Tages Zeitung states that everything is ready for the possible evacuation of Lemberg, but there is no immediate apprehension. COUNT VOX REVENTLOWS OPINION. Count von Reventlow. in an address at Munich, said : "Let us not deceive ourselves because England to-day is unj broken. The talked-off financial collapse of Groat Britain will not happen. Germany must wage an unscrupulous war by every possible nvans.'' He added that America, equally with England., was determined to destroy German interests and her trade RIOTS AND FIRE* IN CHINA. Pekin. August 1. Riots caused fires near the German eonc ftsion int Hankow. The damage is estimated at several million dollars. THE ITALIAN FRONT. ■Milan, August 1. Much importance is attached to the Ttalian capture of Mount Gavallazza Colbrich together with the possession of Briconi's Pass, a deep gorge between them. This is one of the most important keys to the Upper Trentino. An officer points out that Italy vainly tried for fourteen, months to batter through tho gate that has fallen nt last. It was largely the result of the employment for the first time of trench mortars. The attack began at dawn with a furious bombardment by the heavy artillery but it apparently failed, as tho shells had not penetrated the defence,s of the narrow gorges. The bombardons then wer instiucted io try the new trench mortars. The first bomb w«-i a great sniceos-i, and the Uersaglie.i in a wild charge captured the summit of th ■ Urlcon l';iss. GENERAL BOTHMKRS troubles. Rome-, Augu.st I. Jr. :s reported that General Bothmei 's army is praet iejl!v enveloped, cwing to the Cossacks, after the c«ipttue of Hrody. cutting the railwity. EXPLOSION IN" BULGARIA. A bomb explosion ,'r Kiistend.il destroyed the .station, killing and wounding 300 Bulgarian troops.

TO GATHER THE HARVEST. The commanders in the Danzig district have willed ;;11 residents, old and young, in tlu\ towns and conn-try, t-o assist with the harvest because few troops arc available for the work. EDUCATION BOARD ELECTION. Wellington, This Day. .Air W. H. FicM, M.P., and Mr John Kebbel have been elected for the llutt-Horowlieinifl. ward of the Wellington Education Board District.