In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 55, 10 February 1916, Page 5

In the West

i —♦»- ANOTHER REBUFF. I GERMANY'S IMPOSSIBLE PROPOSAL. i ' :. .._ BELGIUM STANCH AND TRUE. SEPARATE PEACE OFFER REJECTED. fTjNtTWI) PRKKB AtfHOOl.VfTnN.] (Received 8.35 a.m.) Rome, February !). The Giorhale d'ltalia says that Germany recently proposed a separate peace with Belgium, which was based [on her restoration as before the war, with King Albert's return to the throUe, an indemnity by Germany for the damages, and a treaty of com[merce. Ostensibly the terms are favorable to Belgium, Ixit in reality they are favorable to Germany, inasmuch as Antwerp and Ostein! become German ports. j King Albert and his Government rejected the proposal, declaring that 'negotiations were impossible without the Allies or before Germany was conquered., I One of the chief intermediates was the Gernianophilo Monsignor Porcelli, munico at Havre.

GERMANY'S WAR TROPHIES. WHERE ARE THE 75's? IN USE AGAINST AVIATORS. I OtvTTKTi Prkss Association. j (Received 8.35 a.m.) Paris, February 9. Le Matin's correspondent, who is visiting the exhibition of war trophies in Berlin, noticed the absence of the French "75's", and was informed that these had been sent to Essen and transformed into defence guns against aviators. REFUGEE SERBIAN CIVILIANS. THOUSANDS IN FRANCE AND ITALY. Dniteh Prk3B Association. (Received 8.35 a.m.) Paris, February 9. Eighty thousand Serbian civilians have landed in France and thirty thousand in Italy.

FRENCH ARTILLERY WORK

MiNE-FICHTINC IN THE AR- (

GONNE.

The High Commissioner reports: — • London, February 9 (1:50 p.m.)A column' of infantry was dispersed by the French artillery close to Lassyny and caused important damages north of Troyon. Mine contests continues in the Argonne to our advantage. KINEMATOCRAPHY IN WAR GREAT RISKS OF OPERATORS. "LOOK PLEASANT, PLEASE !" Dnttku Press Association. (Received 9.0 a.m.) Paris, February 9. 'Kinematograph films have proved immensely useful to the French .staff. I Photographers and volunteers must have nerves of steel and be willing to take great risks. They fly m aero-, planes at a low altitude, and if an accident occurs, a special device destroys the films and prevents the enemy' securing them. They show the enemy's trenches, with the moving of troops and firing of the guns. I Photographs taken from seaplanes sometimes show the moving periscopes of submarines.

GERMAN COMMUNIQUE

SUCCESS IN A SIDE-ISSUE.

fUNITED FUF.BB ASHOCTATION.I Amsterdam, February 9

A German communique claims that; the Germans counter-attacked and recovered the position lost south of the Somme on Sunday ni<>;ht. An aerial squadron bombed the railway buildings at Poperinghe and the British camp between Poperinghe and Dixmude.