THE WAR

Levin Daily Chronicle, 19 July 1917, Page 3

THE WAR

j ,Australia-New Zealand Cable Service) (Received July 19, 8.45 a.m.) SUFFRAGETTES MULCTED. Washington, July 18. Sixteen suffragettes who demonstrated at White House were fined 2") dollars, with the option of spending sixty days in the workhouse. A majority decided to pay up the fines. Tlie: suffragettes include Mrs B'ranna.u, daughter of the flatte Charles Dana. ESCAPE OF HTNSOH. Captain Hiusch, who acted as Am- J i,s reported to have reached Germany. He is [believed to have saited from America in a schooner and to have picked up the submarine in which ho was taOvon to Germany.

PRDNCIE EITfEL CHARGED WUH THEFT." The New York Herald's Paris correspondent lias evidence that Prince Titcl Friedrich looted furniturel and then blew up the 'Chateau! lOonvte Rainy, 011 the ißiver Oise, in whicli he lived and spent most of his time, ina shell-proof dug-out connected 1 with the chateau by a subterranean pa«He transported numerous wagon loads of furniture t-o Germany. The owner hias lodged with the French authorities a formal charge of theft against Eitel. The Herald comments that the fact of the spectacle of a prince of the blood royal committing theft not having evoked protest and criticism in the German press has indicated tho depths whereto Germans have fallen. k * - _ G'ERiMAiN AFFAIRS. New York, July 18. 'Ihe New \ork World's London correspondent says that the appointment of Miehaelis to Cabinet Office bv many is regarded merely as a stopgap till! thof psychological moment. arrives for Ludendorff to become military dictator. It is belitwed that Ludendorff eventually will command the iState and Armv as a ruthless champion of autocracy.

U.S.A. SENTIMENT. 'Ilio Tribune's Washington correspondent states thai tlie sentiment in the naval circles (flavors a great concerted Allied naval offensive, ecen to tlic extent of attaking the bases; also a campaign aciainst U boats. — BRAZ 1 Flx'S 1 DEMAND. Ria Janiero. July 18. 11m Government lias demanded that German shipping companies pay eight million dollars as dues for interned vessels. The newspapers state that unless payment- be made within 24 hours the ships will !bo seized.

THE HOUSE OF ,WfN<DSO». LOiMDON,- July 18. (Received July 19, 9.5 a.m.) 'I he 'KJing'a decree for a separate iKoyial House, instead of "the most exalted branch of the .House otf Saxe-Coburg-Gotlia," aCso makes nis family surname Windsor. FALSE REPORT. A German communique falsely at--1 tint Gernun seaplanes hit tw> near iHoofdenban. LISPON, RIIOTS. The Morning Post's Lisbon corie-.-pondent says that some hundreds of ■ igiUit/.rs haw been arrested. The Premier defended the Government against a charge (of repressing the iriats with undue 1 severity. Several have been injured since morning.

CHINESE AFFAIRS. A Pekin telegram states that President Li Yuan Hung has definitely tendered his resignation, folowing the fight between his men and adherents of the ex-Premier Tuan Chi Jui, wherein tlireo were killed. The President took refuge ill the French hospital in Pekin, and also issued -an appeal urging the country to support his successor Fang Kuo Chang.\ The flatter refused to accept the, presidency and is reluctant to proceed to Peking. , Amsterdam, July 18.

It is reported that aviators thrice attacked the Belgian coast between midnight and one o'clock yesterday. IN GREECE. Rome, July 18. By wireless it is reported tlnat at Athens Alexander has yielded to Venizelos' demand for a convocation of the IDIS Chamber, ' MUTINOUS RUSSIANS. (Reuter Service). Petrograd, July 18 A military anti-Government demonstration on .Monday night provoked by extremists' protests against the disbandment of mutinous regiments at the front, ended in wild and panicky shooting. There were a number of casualties, and a dozen are in hospital. The disturbance ended in a few minutes and th;> troops returned quietly to barracks. The executive of the soldiers and the executive of the peasants' delegates have denounced the as traitors, and the manifesto threatens the strongest measures against troops appearing in the streets armed contrary to orders. The proclamation of the Provisional Government prohibits alll demonstrations. Only a section of the garrison participated. ■ •