THE WAR

Levin Daily Chronicle, 23 August 1917, Page 3

THE WAR

Zealand Cable iSci'Vic-/.) (ißeocived This Day 9.10 a.m.) SEAMEN'S CONFERENCE London,, August 22. The Seamon's Conference has decided to hold an international conference at Copenhagen, excluding German delegates, and has agreed to have nothing to do with German seamen after the wajr. (Reuter's Service). Tho Labor Oonferonco crushing];, defeated tho executive's allocation of roposals ia regard ifco represewtai at Stockholm, which include:! .-ji ci-n! representation for independent I/aborts, and othec minor 'bodice. '(";«• conference decided that the pnr'v d-*:e gat ion number twenty-four. SPANISH DISTURBANCES. Madrid. August 22. Official figures regarding tho recent troubles show that seventy flemths wore j caused, whereof thirty-seven occurred j ■;t BarcoloMU

TUT] PLIGHT OF AUSTRIA. Zurich, August 22. The president of the Austrian Board for Food has publicly admitted that Austria would bo in desperate plight but -lor the Rumanian supplies. The Hungarian early potato crop has failed, fodder suppliers are bacl, and the oat harvest is very poor. RRITISH-ITALIAN MONITORS. 1 Rom, August 22. British and Italian monitors cooperating with the Army effectively bombarded enemy positions on the Lower fsonzo. Simultaneously, Italian monitors bombed dockyards at Trieste. Subsequently the monitors wero unsuccessfully attacked by hostile aircraft, one of which was brought down.

BATTLE OF THE ISON'ZO. ILondon, August 22. A Daily Mail correspondent reports that the Isonzo battle rages with nnpracdeirated violence. It is cxpoct.e;! to last longer than any previous battle. Many thrilling, spectacular feats h-snvo been performed. A notable event was the passage of the Tsonzo near Anliovo. Here the river was linfordnle, between precipitous banks that were two thousand feet high, resembling a moat of a gigantic fortress. Tho Italians crossed the river in pontoons, then threw barges across, occupied the east bank, and immediately scaled tlio opposite mountains, all the while under terrific fire from nr+illerv Another terrible struggle took place for important positions on tho Snlv>Trestivisza, which now are firmly hold and may prove to lie the key to H-er-tna'da.

GJHRARiD TITLED. London, August 22. Ambassador Gerard, of the United States Service, receives the British Order of the Grand Cross of the Bath. This is in recognition of servioes to .British prisoners in Germany. It is understood that only one American is to be thus honored.

UNGLO-GERMAN PRISONERS EXCHANGE. London, August 22. 'i in r - is a hitch in tho Anglo-German exchange of prisoners. Germany, ob. i ,j;c! 'n .Hull as a port of embarkation and ilio Hon. Mr Newton can only suppcr th:'t tho German Government des s'r."s to keep up tho fiction that SoutliwoM is the only routo open to the Continent. RESTLESS R USiSIA. 'Jh.. Daily IChronicleV' I'btn'-gnul coire-poauleiiit .reports that there „,;o e.'iaoifcio iSoilditaons in inland. The Diet sat for four months, but the log-i-'lativo result practically was nil. At

! fptoyiiigFors, tliej militia. recently [ struck, leaving the c.ity unprotected. Di"inkennciss ami robberies ;irife; murders and strike are frequent. The rl.ifcns demanded! tibe of tthe Diet sittings, and broke into the I own Council ;ind in ado prisoner the co.uncillors until thou were released by I militia students, many of whom wtie : wounded during street-fighting. There is a. strong under-current of pro-Ger-man agitation. The ißaisian Government is determined to ta.ke decisive action. TRIESTE 'SHAKY. Milan, Au.gn it 22 'llio 'Corriere Delia Sera says that the Austriaiis are preparing to evacuate Iriestc. All the archives and valuables from •!■/» museums, -..id ihe

ehiirches' libraries have been sent to Vienna.. Residences of rich inhabitants have been searched for pictures and sculptures wliich have been taiken without receipt. 1 A GREAT GUN. Paris, August 22. The Echo de Paris mentions a new giant French gun used at Verdun. The gun throws shells nearly for six miles high. U.XOLE SAM'S. MONEY. New York, Aug. 2' Tli" United States has lent England fifty mil'i'.uis, making the total of the American Government loans to the All:rs 1,966 dollars. ANTI-STRIKE MEASURES, London, Aug. 22. A proclamation under the Munitions War Act prohibits railway drivers and firemen from striking and makes it an illegal act to apply union funds to strike pay. ENEMY AIRSHIPS IX YORKSHIRE. London August 22. 'Ihe I r.'ss Rnroau reports that enemy airsilnjis rppe.rvd on the Yorkshire coast yesternight. Ore attacked the.

| mouth of the river Humber. droppec i bombs and then went seaward whei j tho aircraft guns opened fire. Slight damage was occasioned. THE RAILWAY DISPUTE. The President of the Board of Tradi has met the Society of Railway E - m need's and Firemen, and lias sotUv.. the dispute on the basis that the Government pledge sympathetic uonsideraion to the proposed shorter working day immediately aiier ihe war; the railway executive to curtail the present hours as l'ar as compatible with war conditions. THE BRITISH ARMY. Sir Douglas Haig reports that tho positions have been maintained on tiltoutskirts of Lens. The British further progressed at cortaiu points and secured additional ground northwestward and northward of Lens as the result of heavy fighting wherein they repulse;! strong counter-attacks. There is artillery activity eastward and north-east of Yprcs. AiDELA ARRESTED.

Sydney. This Day. A Women's Peace Demonstration cul mutated in the arrest of Miss Ad'ela Panikhurst and four women.