THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 January 1917, Page 3

THE WAR

iAustralia-New Zealand Oable Service) (Received This Day 9.10 a.m.) GERMAN SUBMARINES. Gopenhagne, Jan. 17. German newspapers deny the British and American reports of the loss of the Deutsohland and Bremen. The Germans state that the Deutschland-on Tuesday left for Now York; the Brerrton is stationed in the Gulf of Bothnia and the Mediterranean as the mother sliip of the submarine squadron. THE NORTH POLE. Amundsen has postponed his expedition to the North Pole till after the war, owing to the enormous increase in expense. ARMED MERCHANTMEN. Toikio, January 17. The Japanese aire arming merchantmen engaged in European trade. SUBMARINE WARFARE. Rotterdam, Jan. 17. The pan-German agitation for increased submarine war daily becomes more vigorous. In the Reichstag, Deputy Roescki, addressing the Schleswig agriculturists, said" God sd order- | ed the world's harvests that England may be unable fto feed herself; wo must grasp the hand the Almighty has stretched out to help us, for if we allow England to find salvation in the unhindered arrival of wheat ships another opportunity will not be offered." OBITUARY. London, Jan. 17. Obituary.—William De Morgan, novelist. "COMBING OUT." The War Office has issued a series of orders as a prelude to a more resolute "combing out." One order requires employers to supply monthly lists of employees aged between 18 and ■£2, 'including casuals (also a return of women and men outside the age limits) to enable the War Office to judge how fair the system of substitution has been utilised. Another order requires half of the young and fit single men, aged under 26, employed in agricultural work to join the colours immediately. It is estimated that the order affects 60,,000. It is I believed that agriculture is over-staff-ed in some districts and under-staffed in others. A number of Class 63 men will be handed over to fa/rmors to replace fit youths. SHOPPING REGULATIONS. (Times Service). London, Jan. 17. The Government proposes shopping including the suspension of the credit system and discontinuance of window dressing, no tradesmen calls, customers to carry home purchases up to fourteen pounds weight. 'RED CROSS FUND. The Times's Red dross Fund now exceeds six million pounds sterling. DISTRESS IN POLAND.

(Reutor Service. Copenhagen, Jan. 17. The president -of the Danish Polish Relief Committee, as a. irasult of a visit to Poland, reports appalling distress, especially in Warsaw and Lodz; 130,000 are feeding in public kitchens on food almost inedible. PRUSSIAN OPINION. Amsterdam, Jan. 17. The Prussian Diet has re-opened." The President hoped the new year would bring peace, and remarked that "Our igreat leadens, our glorious troops, and not least, our brave submarines will answer the exorbitant and impertinent demands- of the Entente." GREAT BRITAIN'S' RESOLVE. New York, January 17. The iHon. A. J. Balfour, in a supplementary note to President "Wilson, states that Great 'Britain is prepared to make unparalleled sacrifices, because a durable peace is impossible except on the basis of an Allies' victory. He points out that if Germany regards existing treaties as "scraps of paper" fresh treaties would be useless. Turkey must be driven out of -Europe, beple of the Central Powers of the uneause sHie hiae been guilty of unprecedented atrocities and is being used by Germany as an instrument of conquest. Three conditions are necessary to secure peace: first, a. removal of existing causes of international tin■ivßt; second;, a recognitio by the peoserupulousness of 'Germany's methods, and the aggressiveness of German arms; third, the eestablishment of an international authority to prevent breach of tn-eatiee. Received This (Day 8.45 a.m.) GERMAN RAIDER OFF SOUTH AMERICA. New York, Jan. 17. A Buenos Aires message states that despatches from Pernambuco and Rio de Janicro report the presence of 237 survivors from five steamers sunk by a German raider (believed to be named Viletia) thirty miles off Pernambuco.

The survivors arrived at Pernambuco aboard -the Japanese steamer Hudson iMaru. The survival's' statements vary; some declare that the raider lias sunk oi' captured nineteen steamers and two schooners in the South Atlantic; otihors say seven ships have been sunk and nine captured. One report says that an unnamed British steamer was sunk without warning and that there wa.s a loss of 400 lives; but the 'report is vague as to whether the 400 includes the total losses of all steamers sunk. The raider is described as being armed with twelve cannon and four torpedo tubes; she is painted black. Some survivors were aboard her for twentp-eight da.yts. The vessels mentioned as being sunk or captured are the Dramatist, Radnorshire, Volta, Tre, Suniara, Drina, Ortego, Hammershaw, New Portland, Nouant, Sempel, San Giorgio, Nesser, King George, Vanondalet, St. Hiodor, St. Sael, Michsnebliill, Snowdon Grange, Gailiy, Nantes and Astieres. Among the survivors aire a number ofTndians who contradict the first indentification made of the raider and declare that her name is indecipherable. !