THE WAR

Levin Daily Chronicle, 12 April 1917, Page 3

THE WAR

* (Australia-New Zealand Cable Service) (Received This Day 9.20 a.m.) BONELESS BEEF. (London, April 11. As a result of the Agents-Generals' representations, the Government is making equitable .arrangement for boneless beef already shipped. RIOTS IN GERMANY. (London, April 11Th ere were serious riots at Dusseldorf on Easter Sunday. Women munition workers marched in procession singing revolutionary songs and demaking bread. There were many arrests. Similar riots occurred at Barmen, 'Elberfeld, Crofield, iDuisberg, 'Helefield, Aix la Chapelle, and Essen. The commanders at Elberfeld 'and Barmen have instructed the soldiers to use firearms, withoiyt warning, in future. RUSSIA'S PLANS. Cliristiania, April 11. Mr Miliukoff, in an interview with the After post, states that Russia's relations with Scandinavia will be most cordial; there need be no fear of Russia attempting ta take Swedish or Norwegian northern harbors. Russia's way to the sea was through the Dardanelles; a passage to Confcantinople was a necessary condition of Russia's life. THE ARGENTINE. Buenos A?yres, April 11. Official.—Argentine will continue a policy of strict neutrality unless her rights be violated. • ((Received This Day 9.35 a.m.) BEIER. BREWERS OCM>PE!RATE.

London, April 11. Under Government pressure to release workmen, seventeen of twenty brewery companies at Sheffield have agreed to amalgamate. This experiment probably will be repeated through the country. NEUTRALS PAY THE PRICE. Copenhagen, April '11. The food situation is growing worse throughout Scandinavia, and the Swedish Government has seized, oils, maize, and rice, and has further cut down rations of bread and flour. ' BATTILE OF ARRAS. Paris, April 11. Marcel Hutin, referring to the Arras battle, says there were formidable natural, fortifications, including extensive wire entanglements, armoured :upola.s, machine-gun shelters and guns )f every calibre manned by an extraordinary number of well-selected troops. These signs indicate Prince Rupprecht's letermination to maintain the position it all, costs. Over a hundred battalon majors and commandants are engaged in the battle. Prisoners taken are ;qual in strength to an entire divison. BIG CAPTURES OF MEN AND" GUNS. 'London, April 10. Sir Douglas Haig reports:— Operations were (energetically carried out despite heavy snowstorms. We reached the outskirts of Monchy le Preux, five miles eastward of Arras, • and cleared Farbus Wood after hard fighting. In the afternoon the northern end of Vimy bridge was gained and further prisoners and important positions were taken. Wei advanced our line northward of Louverval. Enemy counter-attacks at different points were unsuccessful. The number of prisoners taken since yesterday mornng exceeds 11,000 including 285 officers. We captured over 100 guns, including a number of heavy guns up to eight inches, sixty trench mortars and 163 machine guns. Valuable aeroplane work was carried out. In many cases our aviators ■machine-gunned hostile reinforcements, bombed railway stations and hit three trains.

THE GERMAN REPORT. (London, April '10. A German official message states:— British attacks after strong artillery preparation on tlie south bank of the Scarpe failed. SEPARATE PEACE AFOOT. (Times Service). Petrograd, April 10. The internal crisis is assuming an acute form. The committee of Labor Deputies officially notifies the formation of a committee on foreign relations to open direct negotiations with the enemy. For this purpose a deputation is going to Stockholm. The committee demands that their representatives 'be given a voice in directing operations at the front. The committee of soldiers' deputies publishes what terms are fundamental to their program, declaring that while not repudiating active defence, they demand immediate and united peace negotiations among all the belligerents and: propaganda among the masses with a view to terminating tlie war, which only benefits the bourgeoise.