In the West.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 41, 24 January 1916, Page 5

In the West.

GERMAN PEACE TERMS. iJUCF INDEMNITY FROM CNCLAND, TtIRRfTOK'AL DEMANDS. United Press Association. > Received 8.5 a.m.) Zurish, January 23. A private circular embodying a basis for the discussion of peace terms, which has been distributed semi-ofh-cially to German editors, is being published here, ft proposes to demand a huge indemnity from England, as wel] as the -surrender of German south-West Africa. Rhodesia Zanzibar, Somalilaiid, the Upper Nile territory, and British East Africa ; while Austria will receive .Malta. Turkey and Cyprus. BLUEJACKETS IN THE TRENCHES Loudon. January 22. The Press Bureau states that a party of bluejackets insisted on a visit co t!n> British front in France. While n the front line of trenches the enemy exploded several mines and the local position was critical. Two of the bluejackets, seeing a Vickers gun knocked iut, manned it. They have been iwarded Distinguished Service Medals. Many of the seamen secured rifles md the rest helped the wounded. BOMBARDMENT OF BELGIAN COAS.T. 1 Amsterdam, January 22. The Echo de Beige says that the recent British bombardment oi" the Belgian coast seriously damaged a military building, and there were liumerous casualties among the soldi•is. Thirty-two German soldiers were 'tilled and wounded in an explosion aear Vpres. MINE WARFARE. Amsterdam January 22. A German communique says: Our .nines destroyed seventy metres of '.tenches south-eastward of Ypres. London, January 23. General Uaig reports: The enemy sprung a mine near Comines Canal, md we then occupied the crater. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. The High Commissioner reports: Loudon. January 23 (12.20 a.m.) Fairly violent artillery duels prevailed throughout the front. Our lire has been effective north of -the Aisne, at Berryaubac, in Lorraine, and the Vosges. .