GERMAN ATROCITIES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 103, 4 January 1915, Page 5

GERMAN ATROCITIES.

1000 BELGIAN CIVILIANS SHOT. (Reed. 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 3. The Belgian Commission reports that the Germans shot a thousand civilians in Belgian Luxemburg during August and September, including 300 at Ethe, 17 at Tintiguy, 106 at Rossgnoi, 52 at Auloy, and 30 at Tatalle. ITALY AND COTTON. (Reed. 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 3. Reuter’s Rome correspondent says the Government has issued a new decree permitting the re-exportation of cotton shiped to Italy. WHAT GERMAN PRISONERS THINK. “ RUSSIA DEFEATED. FRANCE EXHAUSTED, BRITAIN DECADENT.” (Reed. 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 3. “Eye Witness” says that fighting is proceeding. Beth sides have been excavating in all directions (or weeks, until the ground has become a perfect labyrinth of crossings and r«crcssings. Some prisoners take a gloomy view cf the situation. They are conscious that the war will last much longer than was at first expected, but as it is being entirely in the enemy’s country they do not realise that they are fighting what must eventually prove a losing cause. They believe that Russia has suffered a decisive defeat, that France is exhausted and ready to make peace, and that England is a decadent people engrossed in football. The Germans have not felt the pinch of want or the lack of men and materials, and their newspapers are doing their best to inspire a fanatical hatred of the British. NEUTRAL NEWSPAPERS PROHIBITED. (Reed. 3.20 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, Jan. 3. Newspapers from Danish and other neutral countries, except official organs, are forbidden in eGrmany. The “Pclitiken,” although a Government organ with a large circulation in Germany, decided not to send copies, while other newspapers are prohibited. CARGO OF COPPER SEIZED AT COPENHAGEN. (Reed. 3.20 p.m.) LONDON, a.fn. 3. The authorities at Copenhagen seized a large cargo of copper which a Ger-mau-American firm was attempting to smuggle into Germany by means of a false bill of lading. THE KING’S MESSAGE TO HEWLETT. (Reed. 3.20 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 3. The King telegraphed to Hewlett (the aviator who was missing after the Cuxhaven raid, and was usbsequently rescued): “Delighted; greatly relieved to learn of your safety; heartily congratulate.” A SCANDINAVIAN PROTEST. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 8. The “Vossische Zeitung” says Scandinavia is preparing a Note to the belligerents requiring the free import of all necessary goods from neutral belligerent countries,Scandinavia to guarantee that the goods are destined exclusively for themselves. A DISHEARTENED COMMANDER. (Reed. 3 p.m.) ROME, Jan. 3. During the confusion occasioned by Curie’s attack on Pola, the fort shelled and. badly damaged the battleship Radetzky, whereupon her commander committed suicide.