CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 August 1916, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

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ATTACK ON BRITAIN

Pe,trograd, Aug. ~2'6

The Government is being urged to prosecute the leader of the Kxtreme Right, Mr Hulatzel, who. regancUng Mr Asqtiith'.s declaration as to the punishment of those responsible for international crimes, as directed at the Kaiser, wrote an article, a scurrilous diatribe againut Britain. "Britain," he wrote, 'is planning a. irihuiial such as that which sentenced to death Mary Queen oF Scots and Joan of Arc. The British Army has advanced a lew hundred yards in two ycairs. The task of taking the Kaiser prisoner presumably will lie imposed on Russia. The war will not end when Russia'is able fo conclude an honourable peace, but when Russia has laid low the Hohpiizolloru dynasty." Bulatzol practically advocated a separate peace between Russia and Germany.

LAND PURCHASED BY JAPANESE. Washington. Ana. Mr La nsing announces that investigation is proceeding of the charge against the President of Panama-. Tt si alleged that he was instrumental in Perilling -">O.OOO acres as a concession for the agents of Japanese silk firms. •The land i.s located on the Atlantic seaboard. and might he a valuable naval base.