THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 December 1916, Page 3

THE WAR

4 lAuslral.a-Nevv Zealand Cable Service) THE WEST FRONT. Paris, 'Dec. 22, A .ooiuimwiiiiquo stailes:— The enemy violently bombarded the Louverriont-Vaux sector. We replied. 11l the course of other boinba.rldnients we destroyed it. gits apparatus between Jierry au Bac and Rliqims. General Neville lias appointed General Pent liis Chief of tSaff. j London, Deo. 22. Sir Douglas Haig reports:— A strong raiding ;pa.rty yesterday night approached u.s opiJcsit? Lens. Sonu> entered our trencher but were promptly ejected. We successfully raided trenches southward of Armentieres. Our aeroplanes dropped a ton of explosives on points of military importance. KUT BOMBARDED. ■London, Dec. 21. Am ( frtljjoial message from Mesopotamia states:— British aerop lanes bombed river craft westward of Knt. Strong reconnaissances were made westward of tho Slnimaran bend in the Tigris. The enemy's position at Sanaaiyat and Kut were heavily bombarded and the bridge of the Hait river was set on lire. I I AMERICA'S I'LaCE NOTE. Washim,gon, Dec. 21. Officials clowe to .Mr Lansing and President Wilison unanimously) clai.n that a clash between America and Germany is inevitable after the New Year, when the Kaiser's new submarine fleet will be ready. This is one of the chief reasons that lias forced the President's hand. There is much confusion in official circles about the interpretation of the 1 reasons of President Wilson's note. After Mr Lansing issued to-day's explanation! lie conferred with the Preident. Mr Lansing, in a supplementary statement said: "I did not intend to !iintimate 'that the Government was considering a change of policy in regard o the neutrality which we have consistently' pursued. I 'regret thait my words have been open to another construction." (United Service.) London, Dec. 21. President Wilson's Note has caused a sensation in LondoiU General opinion is wholly unfavourable, regarding it as an ill-timed atenipt at interference, sifter Mr Lloyd George's decided refusals to entertain Gerriftny's overtures.