THE WAR

Levin Daily Chronicle, 14 July 1917, Page 3

THE WAR

<Austral.a-.Ne\v Zealand Cable Service) THE II'USSHAiN FRONT. (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) JifiIITJLSH. BATTLESHIP SU'MK. Vancouver, July 13. The -British battleship Vanguard has been blown. up and sunk.

(The Vanguard (19,250 tons) was bu),lti in 1910. The ftriail apeejd was 22 knots. Her armament consisted of 10 12-inch guns, 18 4-inch, 4 3-pounders and 5 machine guns. iHer armour belt was 10 to 4 inches thick.) ■General Korniloff's progress on the ■JJolinastryr road was less marked on the fourth day because lie was forced to fight pitched battle directly he crossed the Lomnica; the battle resulted in the capture of Kalusz. Ivorniloff's loft wing was slower in advancing owing to the forests and hilly j country. The victory at Halicz is all the more significant because it was defendj ed by Gorman divisions. ' ICorniloff's "Eagles," as 'battalions now are called, now arc advancing on a front of forty miles. Artillery lire, in the Carpathians region at Doriiavatra is increasing in violence, where an advance by the [Russian infantry is expected. THE WAR CABINET, London, July .13. The Daily Telegraph says that It is expected Sir Edward Carson will succeed the Rt. Hon. A. Bonar Law in the AVar Cabinet, relinquishing his position in the Admiralty. ■HAS .BOIIJLWE'G BEEN" DISMISSED ? Amsterdam, July 13.

Telegrams from Berlin leave it still doubtful whether iHerr von Hollweg lias been dismissed. The majority of members of the ißeichstag do not object to Hollweg remaining in office if I their claims are fully satisfied. Thus far Hollweg has only capituated on the subject of suffrage. The Kaiser has issued a rescript promising Prussia electoral reforms to the consternation of the pan-German Conservatives, who believe that the Orown Prince's recall j would result in an aggressive pan-Ger-man Conservative being installed a-s Chancellor. It is now evident that the Kaiser and Crown Prince have been forced to surrender to popular opinion. There are many protests in the newspapers to the effect that political reforms must be considered as the result of the Hon. 3X liloyd Gecrge's recent speeches. The majority of the Reichstag brought pressure to baar on the Government by threatening to refuse to pass war credits of 750 millions until the reforms were granted. THE TURKS HARASSED. (Times Service). London, July 13. Mr Massej, a war correspondent, with the British forces, says that the army occupies a series of crescentshiaped positions from the sea towards Beersheba. (Both sides are are deeply entrenched and wired, and we continue the policy of giving the Turks no rest. Our night raids are invariably successful. Our front is excellently organized, the troops are well fed, watered, and there are plenty of munitions despite the difficulties of transport.

GEEMB.NY AND AUSTMA. London, July 13. Tlie latest authentic news from Berlin shows that the Kaiser has received the Aust.roHHungairian Ambassador, also the Crown (Prince. There is the strongest r.eason for believing that Vienna is strenuously urging the necessity for peace. MOTS IN AMERICA. * Ntew York, July 13. Unprecedented scenes were witnessed at Bisbess, Arizona. Eleven hundred troublesome I.W.W. agitators were bundled into cattle trucks and deported to Mexico. The men, mostly strangers, had fomente'd labor troubles and terrorised the workers for weeks. This culminated in Sheriff Wheeler calling a midnight meeting of citizens. He enrolled 2009 deputies and distributed revolvers with orders not to shoot except in self-defence. At dawn the deputies swept til© town searched houses and rounded up the strangers in a park enclosure, whore they were kept till they were entrained. Shots were frequently exchanged and two I.W.W.'s -were fatally shot. This is: tfee beginning of a campaign ; to clear the country of German-inspir- ■ ed plots disloyal to industry. I.W.AY. terrorisation is rampant in many of the Western States, and the situation is most critical.