MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 July 1917, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

ADEN’S CONDITION. v s [LONDON TIMES SERVICE—COPYRIGHT] 1 (Received Tills Dav at 9.50. a.m.) LONDON, July 25. The Times calls attention to the unprotected condition of Aden on the m&in sea route to India and Australasia. It is ’practically beleaguered by Turks ori the landward side. For nearly two years a British force has been continued in the stronghold by a weak enemy force ranging among the tribes among-the protectorate. The operations at Aden had not shed lustre on our arms or prestige. SPAIN’S REVOLUTION. j MADRID, July 2.". j Official reports of the situation r.re ( optimistic. Arrest s in Valencia continue. The civil Governor has resigned. , At Bilbao, strikers attempted. t° do- j stroy steamer cargoes. , CONGRATULATING JONNARr 1 PARIS, July 25. < Hon Lloyd George and Hon- A. J. Balfour personally congratulated Gen- 1 eral Jounart, greatly appreciating his « work in Greece. Jounart interviewed, said Greece, through King Constantine’s bad policy i can .not hope to recover her position i except by a victory and satisfactory agreement in the Balkans with Turkey and Bulgaria. It is not possible without our gaining military successor*. We must n°t neglect this theatre of war. ELECTED UNOPPOSED. LONDON, July 25. Sir Eric Geddes has been. elected unopposed for Cambridge; vice Mr A. n. Paget, resigned GERMAN OPINION. , (Received This Dnv nh 12.25. p.m.) COPENHAGEN,. July 23. The “National Tiednedo,” of. Berlin says no great German offensive expected in face of the Reichstag s majorities for peace. v Theactwn is due to the fact that* they prefer peace, ana are now convinced they will not got better terms six months hence. They believ© Germany is unable to obtain a victory or dictate terms. Although she cannot he defeated she cannot, defeat the Allies. The peopl© were greatly deceived, because England was not forced to abandon the war before the harvest, through the submarine war. | A SENSATIONAL ARTICLE. I (Received This Day at 12.25. « ' AMSTERDAM, July 25. j Germany has a sensational article 7 in the “Kreuz Zeitung” stating tho entire army is in agreement with the Conservatives, in- regard to Germany’s war aims. The “Berliner Tageblatt” declares the German nation has pronounced its views through the Reichstag. It canif not toleratje the (jbscuratioh of this declaration, '