THE WAR.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1917, Page 2

THE WAR.

(Per United Press AssociationJ German Reports. (Australian &N.Z, Cable Association and Reuter.) (Admiralty P,r Wireless Press.) London, Jan 2 German official—We repulsed English baud grenade attacks at Ypres and raided ti enches in Argonoe and Meuse, , We pt-irmed several h-II positions at Ailuz Valley. Grner.j.l Macktnzsu fcrsud the Rne.'.iiUiS to further retreat and is sharply pursTUE 1 the rearguard. ' Aastro Germans are approaching Foasrmy-Faodan bridgehead positions. We p;ironerei 1,300, Balgara and Germans captured Btabboruly defended Russian positions eastward cf brails and drove the enemy towards Maria. Steamer Sunk [LONDON TIMES SERVICE.—COPYRIGHT.]

London, Jan 2 The Greek steamer Sappho haa been suck. THE Daily MAIL’S DEMAND For Reliromant From Salonika (Received Jan 4, at 9 10 a.m.) London, Jan 3 The Daily Mail asks what the Salonika Army is doing. / German reports suggest that 200,000 Bulgarians are holding np 450,000 Allies. The Allied Army might well have turned the scale in the west in 1916. Germany’s vulnerable point, the Great Balkan Railway, is nowhere within reach. Between Salonika and tbs railway stretches au expanse of roadless mountains which no modern army ia able

to traverse. The Germans have railways and ,we lack them. They have secure communications and no fear of submarines. The Allied Armies would be delighted if the Salonika mistake was undone. Mr Wilson's MoveWashington, Jan 3 The Aides' Note has beon sent to Germany. It is believed that whatever the reply to the A lies, Mr Wilson will not drop the peace movement. Japan’s Enquiry. Washington, Jan 3 Japan states she intends to arm merchantmen defensively, and asks if there are any regulations governing armed ships nsiug the Panama Canal, of which Japan ia one of the largest users. This is interpreted as an indication of the Japanese belief of a danger of the extension of the zone of the'Germaa submarines. In Greece. Paris, Jan 3 Government appoints a diplomat at Salonika and recognises the Venezelist agent at Paris.

A Denial. Paris, Jan 3 M. Caillaux, at Naples, denies the Story cabled on the 29ih December respecting his alleged peace mission. The Deporteds. Amsterdam, Jan 3 Germans fined the Burgomaster of Antwerp 10,000 marks, because he refused to Bnpply a list of unemployed, preparatory to deportation. The Echo de Beige says 304 deporteda at Quaregaon included 227 employed. Seventy per cent on the staffs of the blast furnaces and factories at La Louviere were deported, the summonses arriving while they were working. Vienna Riots. Rome, Jan 3 Reports from Berne state that food riots occurred at Vienna on Christmas day. Crowds raided the railway statious aud pillaged warehouse?. Britain’s Food[REUTER’S SERVICE,—COPYRIGHT. 1 London, Jan 3 Mr Prothero ha? appointed aD advisory committee of ten farmers and agricultural experts to assist in the scheme of home production. Food and agricultural war committees have been established in English Counties. Exonerated. [LONDON TIMES BERVIOE. —COPYRIGHT.] Ottawa, Jau 3 The Inquiry Board exoneiafed the Canadian War Medical of Colonel Bruce’s charges, in connection wherewith, the Minister of Defence, Sir S. Hughes, resigned.