THE WAR

Levin Daily Chronicle, 26 June 1917, Page 3

THE WAR

I (Australia-New Zealand Cable Service) (Received This Day, 8.45 a.111.) Til 10 ICS L* I'' iIO'NT. i London, .June 25. Tlie Morning Best's correspondent nt the British 1 1'roiit states that the Uri'tish troops nmi' lire fighting iHiiongsb tlit> (lures Mow Osteiul. They have l)cen ill lively contact with the enemy .recent pii'tioiilarlv during Gerinan raids against the British holding ithe del e'ner of Lonihartzydle. The (onntiv is sndly ,i:hi!i'.ged, villus and •siinuiuT hr.stels on sen IV,mt, and rales nnd market gardens have been wiped , out by mer: ilew shelling. The population live in concreted cellars. The iHritish frorfc is sentned with n net w ;>rk rf carals and small waterways NORW \Y AND OKI)MANY. Christianiia, June 25. /Seized explosives of German ma mifaeture reached iNorwav under cover of diplomatic ,lii-jrgiige and foreign . luggage which the authorities did not examine. H'err Von IHantcnfhls pleads that the explosives were in- , ' tended for Finland, not for sinking Norwegian vessels. , AMIOIIIOAN A DMH! AI; :1;N COM- i mand. London, June 2G. ' Admiral Sims tempora y has taken I 1 over the Irish Naval command. ft ( is the first, time in history that an *' American admiral .has commanded the ' British fleet. * f i AVAR PRISONERS. < t The Hague, June 25. Lord 'Newton, General TSelfield and Judge Younger have arrived to discuss with German delegates questions connected with prisoners of war, ineluding eainips, reprisals, parcels and ' exchange, of disabled men. Dutch (repireiMeuitatii)ves will he present at the conference which open on the 25th June. - 1 - THE IRISH TROUIBiLE. ((Tnited Service). 1 London, June 25. The Daily News correspondent who talked with the meml>orK of Sinn Fein League in Dublin during the weekend said he believes an acute division is probable ; on? section nming at an independent republic, and the other, which is more numerous, is desirous of colonial self-government, with a > ; Provincial Council on the South African and colonial model. (Received This Day 9.15 a.m.) THE WAR CABINET. London, Juno 25. Tliei Daily 'Chronicle states that General Smuts will not be attending the War Cabinet when domestic policy comes up for discussion, 'but that he is a member of the inner committee dlealin.g with the:, war, consisting of (" tho lit. Hon. D. Lloyd George, Lord Gurzon, Lord Mitner and ( General Smuts. In order to economise time, other Ministers only will attend when matters arise which concern only their departments. NATIONAL ALE. Cabinet has decided in favor of a State purchase of the liquor trade, but the terms remain to he discussed.

The Government' idea at present Is tluit the State should control during tho war, with either prohibition or State purchase to come after the war. State control would mean the immediate closing of scorcs of .breweries and the extinction of thousands of Licensed houses. BKfITALVS 'GREAT iNEEtD. London, June 25. Though Cabinet has authorised the brewing of more beer, there will be no encroachment on the food stocks. By reducing the alcohlic strength :o tliirty-six degrees, the output of beer has ibo'en -increased by 50 per .■cut. Standardised ale is now retailed at fourpenco per pint. (Reuter Service). j MEDICAL HELP FROM U.S.A. London, June 25. Headquarters report that two thousand United States Army medical men have taken over six big base hospitals belonging to the British. AUSTRIAN METHODS. A cablegram from Milan states that t Cfeech deputy revealed to the Austrian Parliament the Ifa'ot tihait troops fired on a crowd bf .women > read-demonstrators before the Town Elall at Prossnitz, Moravia, killing !0 and wounding 40. (Times Service).' LAN!) FOR THE RESTLESS. Jassy, June 25. King Flerdtinand isf visiting ith© rout. He promised his troops land eforms for five million peasants' benefit. He has personally rrfen a large irea of Crown lands, and has asked lis Government to introduce la ibijl giving land to all peasants fighting or reforms; but these acts do not atisfy the hulk- of the nation, which s unsettled by the Russian revoluion and by German and Socialist iraitors. POLITICAL UNREST IX RUMANIA. Twenty members of the Rumanian Psii-riament have, formed; (a Labor 'arty and intend demanding the videst land, electoral, economic and social reforms. Already they harve •eceived strong support. WHAT THE UNIITBI) iSTATBS O>ECiLARED WAR. Washington, June 25. The Committee of Public Informa■ion has issued "a pamphlet expLainng President Wilson's Note of last December asking the belligerents to <tate their war aims; and a simultaneous! .statement by Mr I»ansing ;hat "the country is on the verge of ,var." The pamphlet says: The Government was informed that Germany did not intend to keep her pledge —given during the Sussex controversy—that she would not sink merchantmen without warning. The German Peace iX'otei plainly [indicated that Germany would insist on such terms as would leave Central Europe under German domination, thus building an empire menacing to the world, and enabling Germany to Brush lier adversaries. The United States learned that Germany intended to enter upon more intense, more ruthless submarining and wouldS-not respect neutrals unless neutrals influenced ja peace favorable to !German. The refusal of (Germany to state terms was an evasion of President Wilson's requests that Germany state her war aims, while the Entente answered frankly. REGULATING IMPORTS. Tho .New Yorltj Times's 'Washington correspondent states that President Wilson has ordered the Secretary of State to create an Exports Control Board, including representatives of the Departments of State, War and Navy and! Food " Administrator, for tlie purpose of regulating export of certain commodities necessary to the welfare of the United States and the All ies. Grain, coal, and steel probably will bo declared to be the most important of all shipments. The correspondent states rthat this action will not complete the cutting off of any kinds of exports to neutrals, but "Cn3Ril3MTTj.lv" ALWAYS FRESH. - It stands to reason that a Calf Food that is supplied fresh each season must be hotter for young stock than imported foods t.hat are often two or three years old before they are sold to the farmer. "CEREMILK" is always fresh and palatable; it is made in New Zealand from the finest cereals grown in the country. "Ceremilk" is an absolutely pure, natural Pood for calves, superior in every essential to any similar food in the world. Its great ya'u» >is acknowledged in opinions such as that of Mr. A. Manson, Croydon: "Tn all my ten years' experience, 'CER.EMILK' is the best calf-food I have used." At all stores and doalers. Fleming and Co., Ltd.. Jervois Quay, Wellington.

empowers the Government to diminish exports to any country obtaining more than it requires for its own consumption. ASH' MUSH AMBASSADOR. Mr T. P. O'Connor, M.P., the Irish Nationalist leader, has arrived here en route to Washington to explain the Irish issues as they relate to America. BRITISH OFFICIAL REPORT. (Reuter's Servioe). London, June 25. General Haig reports We raided a number of points successfully and entered trenches wti JEpehy, .Bullecourt, (Roex, Loos and Hooge, killing many. We remained two hours in tho trenches eastward of Vermel les* blowing up dug-outs and inflicting l casualties. Wo carried out successful minor operations southwest of Lens and' north-west of Warneton, gaining ground and taking prisoners.'