In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 6, 6 September 1915, Page 5

In the West.

THE ALLIED ARTILLERY. DESERTERS FROM ENEMY TESTIFY TO TERRIBLE EFFECT. United Press Association. (Received 8.3 a.m.) London, September 3. The Central News correspondent in Northern France says that deserters coming into the- French lines testily | to the terrible effects ol the Allied ar- , tillery', and that they had never suffered such intense and continuous , bombardment. The expenditure ot shells was stupendous, ample stocks having been accumulated at various bases. ENEMY BOMBARD RHEIMS. (Received 8.3 a.m.) Paris, September 5. A communique states: Replying to our destructive fire on bis trenches and Works, the enemy threw one ■'hundred shells on Rheims without securing any victims. Artillery and grenade fighting continues. MINE FIGHTING AND BOMBARDMENT. (Received 11.30 a.m.) Paris, September 3. A communique states; There has • been particularly active mine fighting on the hanks of the Seine, in the neighbourhood of rise. There was an intense bombardment north ol Carap-de-Chalons. OFFICIAL NEWS. The High Coriimissioner reports: — London, Sept. 3 (0.30 a.rn.). Artillery activity on the Western front continues. The Tsai 1 , presiding at a Defence Conference, emphasized the national determination to achieve complete victory, 'and said that only more munitions were needed to again bring success, to the, Russian arms. The (Balkan .situation remains unsolved. .Scrviq’, s, .reply was received by the Entente representatives at Nish on Wednesday., ■‘A Rome : messagh states that) the Pqjie telegraphed'<to the Kaiser appealing* 'for peace.' i 1 '• ’ 1 ' II ■! I ,1 I > ' " ' I_l- ‘ ' .111. ' I I 1 I, f ) ; • I ■ I■ ; i< ;'tt '( IV. • THE PEACE TALK; > ' .1) -II 1 i' l 1 ! • • )(.l; ' <’! M ! GERMANY'S REPARTED TERMS.I Tj ••\‘ m ;i'i U United’ Press association. New York, September 4. It is reported that Count Bernstorff is asking President Wilson to mediate for peace. The, terms include the independence of Poland, the resr toration f of. African colonies, jjiid jlVeedbm 1 of 1 the' ] seas.,-( ( , ~, i :i;) j ‘ ,n *■■ J l' •The) pewspapers coiitinUe to ridicule 1 perm,apy r ’s(iso-cal)ed peace’proposals. . , , London I ,'September 4.i .The . NeiViTork' World publishes 1 an unofiigigl. stajtemepti that 1 the German Embassy outlined the attitfide towards peace six months iagov The Allies could have accomplished peace, '’" for then Germany only sought the freedom of the seas. Now the'terms requited are as cabled, with’ the addition of equality of and full rights for Jews everywhere. Hence the Allies are able to establish peace only by more and greater concessions.

Newspapers ridicule the World’s statement, which cannot he taken seriously, .and state that Americans recognise it as a palpable political fiction. GERMAN DENIAL OF PROPOSALS. (Received 11.30 a.m.) Copenhagen, September 5. German newspapers publish a denial of all the alleged peace proposals to America.