THE WAR.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 April 1917, Page 2

THE WAR.

(Per United Press Association] officiaTnews. French Progress Wellington, April 25 The High Commissioner reportt London, April 24. at 3.20 n.m ; French official—Sims detail' ol actions permitted ns ti progress t» a better poeit'on on Piaceun Cnonaic Das Disflf!, slso towards Juviucoarl whire we took a'Germ :a po .t. British Captures. Wellington, April 2? The Hgh CommissioLer repo ts London April 24, at 2.40 n.m.: — Mesopotamia official—Samara station was captured yesterday. The captures iocludo 16 locomotives, 224 railway trucks, aud two birges cmtaining muuitious. The enemy’s casualties hoavy, The Tigris fighting c j it'ousd will into last night, witir save re hand to hand attacks. Numerous enemy oounter attacks wore~driven off, v ar stubbornly defending an clad or. dy prepared position. British p^og^ess. AH Gains Hold. 1,500 Prisoners. Wellington, April 25 The High Commissioner reports don, April 24rd, at 2.30 p.m. ■ General Haig reports south of Bapaume-Cambrai road all the ground on a wide front eastwards cf Epehy was reached and St Quentin Canal, in the neighborhood of VanndhnUle to the northwards. We captured Villers Plouich and Beauchamp,, ah j prisoners. There was severe fighting yesterday Dight on that whole front from Croisellss to northwards of Gavriils. The enemy unsuccessfully coupter-att-cked determinedly, regardless or looses. The positions gained yesterday were maintained and wa progressed eastwards of Monchy, La Prus and Roeuz. We prisonered over 1,500 yesterday, Plans Uptei [LONDON TIMES SERVICE.—COPYRIGHT.] Paris, April 24 Document® seized on prisoners have established the fact that the German High Command selected for attack the front whereon the French took their offensive on ths 16tb, upsetting General Hindenburg’s plans. French Mission (Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.) Washington. April 24 General Joffre and M, Yiviani have arrived. American News. (Australian & N.Z. Oabie Association and Reuter), Washington, April 23 Mr Houston asked the Senate’s Agricultural Committes for powers to make a complete food survey of United States, with a view to the , conservation of the Allies interests. During the debate in the Senate on conscription, Mr Williams asserted that United States fully ntended to i despatch an army to Europe, “ Ifevor , we get it drilled and equipped.” An amendment was introduced permitting Mr Roo?evelt to raise a volun« teec army for service in France. Pennine's Church Bells. Pris, April 20 The Temps says it learns from repatriated citizens of Poronne that German troops dismounted and sent away the bells from all churches of that city and neighborhood, supposedly with the intention 'of melting them. The newspapers adds that the Peronne bells subsequently were brought back to the town and were deposited in a corner of the square after Popß Benedict had intervened. Value of Railways. London, April 20 In the Weekly Dispatch General Sir O’Moore Greagh stresses the importance of Bagdad aud Gazi, Germany went to war, he said—(l) To seiza Belgium, menace Btitisb sea power, aud aim at the heart of the Empire. (2) To obtain uninterrupted sway from Antwerp and Hamburg to Bagdad, menacing India by way of Persia. (3) To gain control from Hamburg to El Arish, meuaciog Cairo, and ultimately the whole of British Africa. “We havo smashed two," gays the General, “aud we will shortly settle tbe third aspiraticD, Our suooasses are due to superior transport, and to the fact that British engineers won over Tnrco-German engineers. Tbe nation’s thanks are due to Mr Lloyd George, whose characteristic energy made up for lost time. We have belatedly realised the value of light railways. Future sue. cesses in Mesopotamia and Palestine will depend upon transport. The lack Df railway construction kept us at the n Egyptian Canal for months, and was responsible for our failure at Kut and the first crazy Bagdad adventure. For*' tunately the present Government is Fully alive to the importance of engineers in war.”

Starving Germany. Geneva, April 20 A party of 104 ill and hungry Get men children from Fribourg, have ar rived at Basle for a month’s stay i Switzerland to recover their health Other parties are expected at once. Some of tbs Swiss newspapers sa that the Germans should also sen ooal to warm their children. German stopped navigation ou Lake Coostaac yesterday, and this involves graa hardships to the lake towns because c the resulting lack of coal. The deputy, Dr Sauiltenbauer, c the Bavarian Die% speaking to th Union of Peasants, at Munich, said— It the new food measures cannc help ua to hold until Auguot, o uutil the new crops come in we shsl be forced by famine to ask for peac-t Thus a heavy responsibility rests o the peasants. If you do nor wish t perish, do your duty to the Father land. Kit Germany Hard, Roosevelt Advises New Yore, April 20 “We must strike hard with th. largest expeditionary force that car be raised,” declared Gol Koosevelt it aa interview. “ No fight was ever won by prepar ing alone,” he continued. “A fighi must bo won by hitting. It would b( ruinous to go to war a little, and uol much. It would be ruinous to prepart a little, but only a little.” Commenting on the disclosures ol the attempt to align Japan and Mexict against the United States, the colonei said: “ What Germany attempts to dc now, even should it fail, it will try tc do some time in the future.” Hungary Has No Paper. Copenhagen April 20 All newspapers in Hungary, says a Budapest despatch to the Frankfurter Zeituug, most cease publication within a few days. This is the result ol lack of paper. Spy Plots ot Kaisar to be Laid Bare Washington, April 20 As an aid to allying pan-America in a move to crush German intrigues on this continent the Government is preparing a record of Germany’s sinister moves. It is still to be decided in wbat manner it will bs utilised for this purpose. The “whiti book” wit! trace a story of plots that ranged from blowing up munition works to stirring couutry against country in war on this continent. It will show how the long hand ot the German Foreign Office stretched forth to create hatreds and discords in the New World, that should keep the United States embroiled at home and make it impossible for her to deal with Germany abroad. \ Spy piots batched in Wilhelmst’rae'e with the whole world as a sphere of action, will be recorded so that South America miy know the baneful influences at work to disrupt these nations. The work of former Ambassador von Bcrnstorff and his clever spy aides will be recounted. Tho “ book ” wili show the details cf bow Germany planned to cripple shipping, align Mexico and Japan against the United States; how she played oa Latin* American pride in an effort.to sway the old chief Carranza into an era of conquest stretching north and south of his own domain. It will tend to shew how Peruvian navy men were bribed. It will trace tho operation of' plots to blast the Panama Canal, thus striking a vital strategic blow at this country. It will reveal the full plot to create an Indian uprising, using this nation as one of the chief headquarters ; and it will recount the individual exploits of snob men as Wolf von Igel, Fritzen, Bjy f Ed, Yon Papen; and many others. Higher Wages For Tommy AtkinsLondon, April 20 An order-in-couucil, establishing a new plan for the British Army, has been issued. Under it, privates totally disabled will receive a minimum of 27/6 weekly. If this sum is insufficient to enable the soldier to live approximately up to hie before-thewar standard, he will be given an alternative pension based on his earnings previous to the war. No single pension, however, shall be in excess of 75/ weekly. ■ The allowance for children is 5/ for the first child, and a sum slightly less for each subsequent child, 1 A soldier not totally disabled will ( receive a pension based on the degree * to which his disablement affects his ( aiming porters. Widows will receive 1 half the sum to which their husbands * were entititled if totally disabled. A c t disabled soldier requiring the service jf an attendant is allowed fees up to i pound a week for such services. * Widows will be granted special funds 8 :or the expense of training to enable ;hem to earn their own living. The ictuary’s report accompanying the ° ilan estimates the expense for the first D rear at £25,000,000, which thereafter = vill decrease annually. o e On the Tigris o 6' London, April 24 p SaLiua Station has been occupied.