THE WAS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1917, Page 2

THE WAS.

(Per United Press Association] BRITISH OPERATIONS. Successful Results-

Wellington, May 26 The High Commissioner reports, London, 25th May, at 9 20 p.m. Ganaial Haig report* at night there were local hostile attacks on one o£ our posts on the Hindenburg One, south west of Foutaiae and Ltz Croistiles, but it was driven off. A German raiding party northeast of Carleux was repulsed with heavy losses. We had no oisualrie?. Sintbeaetwarda of Loos we c -.tried out a successful minor operation this morning, capturing a further pj-tion of the enemya front trench system ia the neighbourhood. Twenty-eight prisoners were taken.

Southwards of Armentieres, westwards of Meaeines we made a successful raid and took a fe w prisoners.

The British Mission (Received May 26, at 9 a m.) Ottawa, May 25 The British Mission his arrived ia Cinada. Mr Balfour will address Parliament. A Prediction (Australian &N.Z, Cab’e Aeßociat : oa and Reuter.) New York, May 25 Judge Gary predicted that Spain, Scandinavia, China, Holland, Switzerland, and the Central and South American Republics are likely to enter the war against Germany. The enemy’s war effectiveness was greater than anyoae realised.

Yankee Hustle Paris, May 25 The third ssetion of the United States munition transport service has arrived at the front.

IMPERIAL UNITY. Sir Edward Carson’s Opinion. [REUTER’S SERVICE. —COPYRIGHT.] London, May 24 Sir Edward Carson was the guess at a luncheon of the British Producers’ Organisation, Lnd Berasford pra? elding declared that the submarine menace was not in hand. Oaly overwater craft iu large numbers coold beat the submarine.*.

Sir Edward Cursor:, in replying, deprecated the attacks oa the Navy. The war had demonstrated the fallowing fundamental facts :—What our own resources were; secondly, by a little trouble ia orgari ation they might be used to make the Etapirs self-supporting; thirdly, blood was thicker than water ; fourthly, we had been living in a fool’s paradise allowing these resources to be used for strengthening our enemioj in forging weapons to enable them to Bght us. The war would have beei ioaght in vain if that state of aff »ira were not ended. Whan be looked hick at Imperial preference it senned to him that it was preference for '.ho G ran Empire ; also, th 3 iatioa c'-ause really meant a combination of enemies to their own disadvantages. People talked wildly about Imperial federation without knowing what it meant. Thera could not be Imperial federation if it meant an Act of Parliament was going to bind the various units. He did not mind how loose the system of binding the Empire was, so ling as it was the best working system, Wa must uol 'ry to tighten it artificially, bat to let it work its own way. The meeting of the Council of Empire as a cabinet from year to year was the nearest approach that we, at the moment, could get to the ideals to whioh we were aiming.

What a German Saw. Amsterdam, Maroh 20

The Telegraaf publishes an interview with a German soldier who for some time served as a olerk at the Yulean shipyard at Hamburg. He was sent as a punishment to the front and eeoaped across the frontier. He left Hamburg on February 20. There were then in the Vulcan yard eight large U-boats on the atooka. These were of the latest type and about 340 ft long and armed as small orniseni. They can, he said, carry 20 torpedoes. Their crews number 32. The work, says this man, is faultlessly organised. Gangs of 120 men work day and night on each submarine. The men stand almost nert each other, but so that one cannot hinder the other, and the completion of a U-boat in this way takes about three mouths. Besides U-boats, he mentioned that small cruisers are being built in the Vnlcan yard of a new olaas called the Stadt class. These are about 350 ft long and recently underwent trials with very satisfactory results.

Tim 100th Aeroplane [REUTER’S SERVICE. COPYRIGHT. 3 London, May 25 Hon Walter Long, at the annual meeting of the Overseas Club, handed a cheque for the purchase of the hundredth aeroplane of the Overseas Imperial aircraft flotilla, subscribed by Britishers overseas.