GERMANY FOODLESS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 156, 6 March 1915, Page 5

GERMANY FOODLESS

VERGE OF FAMINE FURTHER RUSSIAN VICTORY IMPORTANT CAPTURES MADE _ < THROUGH THE DARDANELLES ; \ v ' 1 . MORE FORTS REDUCED BOMRARDMENT STILL OOMTINUES AUSTRIANS SUFFER IMMENSE LOSSES ' • HUNGARY IN STATE OF STARVATION

THE DARDANELLES. FORTS DEMOLISHED AND ABANDONED. ASTOUNDING BIG GUN WORK. Pje?s Association— Copyright, (Reed. 8.45 a.m.) ATEHNS, March 5. The bombardment of the Dardanelles was resumed with extraordinary intensity; each shot from the fifteen inch guns scattered thousands of tons of rocks. The Turks with their forts and batteries were destroyed and entirely demolished. THURSDAY’S BOMBARDMENT. VARIOUS WORKS '.DESTROY Ell MINE SWEEPING CONTINUES. . (Reed. 8.45 a.m.) PARIS, March 5. A communique states that operations were continued in the Dardanelles on Thursday. Trawlers, despite the gale, dragged the Straits cruiser D’Entrecasteaux, ' demolished the Semaphore Lighthouse at Arsoun and Jaureguiberry and destroyed the oil depot. FORTS BEING SHELLED. (Reed. 8.45 a.m.) ATHENS, March 5. The Allies bombarded forts Kiliabahr, Medjidich,. and Nagara, and part of the fire was directed over one of the headlands.

ASSAULT CONTINUES. 40 GUNS DEMOLISHED, The High Commissioner reports as follows: LONDON, March 5. The Admrialty announces that the attack on the fortresses in the Dardanelles has been continued. The results obtained within the straits are not yet reported. Outside, H.M.S. Dublin demolished an observation station on Gallipoli peninsula, and the Sapphire bombarded guns and troops at various points in the Gulf of Adramyti. Six modern field guns near Port B were destroyed, brinjgin|g the total guns demolished up to forty. French battleships bombarded Buliar forts and wrecked the Kavack bridge, SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERIES! (Reed. 12.5 a.m.) ATHENS, March 5. Landing parties at the Dardanelles report finding many funleral pyres of the Turks killed during the bombardment. GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK. CREW TAKEN PRISONERS. PARIS, March 5. (Reed. 8.45 a.m.) The Press Bureau states that destroyers sank submarine ÜB, taking prisoner the officers and crew. ANOTHER CLAIM. TO SUBMARINE SINKING. (Reed. 5.45 a.m.) LONDON. March 5. The steamer Alston claims to have sunk a submarine in the Channel on the 27th. An inquiry hag been opened.

LIFE IN BERLIN. ON VERGE OF FAMINE, (Ree. 12.50 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 5. The American Vice-Consul at Berlin, in a report dated January 28th., declares that Germany was on the very verge of collapse. THE DACIA’S CAPTURE. PRONOUNCED ■ LEGAL, (Ree. 11.35 a.m.) PARIS, March 5. Offical; The Maritime Prefect at Brest has pronounced the Dacia’s capture legal. INDIA’S GENEROSITY. HUGE SUMS CONTRIBUTED. (■Ree. 1.50 a.m.) DELHI, March 5. The total relief fund of India has reached 90 lakhs of rupees, exclusive of 24 lakhs from Madrass nad 35 lakhs from Bombay, equalling a million sterling. Chiefs and noblemen continue to donate valuable gifts of every description for relief and war funds, including gifts from the Nazim of Hyderabad to the hospital of 60 beds, Nawali Dujana 50 camels, Chief of Aharampur a million pounds of hay, and the Rajah of Bilaspur the remission' of soldiers’ land revenue.

THE BLOCKADE. THE FRENCH ATTITUDE. * (Reed. 5.45 a.m.) PARIS, March 5. M. Au'gagneur, Minister of Marine, in an interview ,said that not another ship should reach Germany if we can hislp it. We have observed the rules of civilised warfare, while Germany has broken all, putting herself on the same plane as savages. We intend to starve bier out. TRENCHES RE-CAPTURED MANY PRISONERS TAKEN. (Reed. 8.45 a.m.) PARIS, March 5. A commuique states: We re-captur-ed the greater portion of our advance trenches near Notier Dame Lorette, taking 150 prisoners. AUSTRIANS FALL BACK. IMPORTANT POINT EVACUATED. (Rec. 12.25 p.m.) BUCHAREST, March 5. The Austrians have evacuated Czernowytz. A GERMAN REPORT. BEATEN ENGLISH AND FRENCH. (Rec,. 12.25 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, March 5. A German communique states: We inflicted considerate losses on the British south of Ypres, and repulsed a French attack north-east of Colles. The enemy left a thousand dying on the field. All Russian attacks were repulsed with heavy losses. SIR JOHN FRENCH. REPORTS NO CHANGE. (Reed. 11.35 a.m.) LONDCfN, March 5. Sir John French’s bulletin states: The situation is unchanged. Minor enterprises are of daily occurrence, usually our initiative on the south of the Ypres Canal.

GERMANS SUFFER TREMENDOUS CASUALTIES. Press Association —Copyright, (Reed. 8.45 a.m.) PETROGRAD, March 5. The Infantry Brigade of the Twentieth East Prussian Army Corps suffered tremendous casualties. At Kirjik six hundred prisoners were taken. CENSORSHIP MORE SEVERE. TREMENDOUS CARPATHIAN CONFLICT. / (Reed. 8.45 a.m.) ROME, March 5. The Austro-Hungarian censorship of despatches is increasingly severe, nevertheless, they show that a tremendous conflict is raging in the whole Carpathian front. POLISH PEASANTS. ARMED WITH SCYTHE AND FORKS. (Reed. 8.45 a.m.) PETROGRAD, March 5. Peasant men and women in Northern Poland, during the German invasion, armed with old muzzle leaders, scythes and hayforks, voluntarily patrolled the roads and forests. The Grand Duke Nicholas was delighted to see some of them with the Germans they had captured. THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN. AUSTRIANS FARING BADLY. IMMENSE LOSSES SUSTAINED. PETROGRAD, March 5. Official: During the day at Roverjua, in Eastern Galicia, wo made prisoners of 47 Austrian officers and 3000 men. The Austrians continue abortive attacks between the Ondawa and the San, with immense losses. We repelled them by hand grenades and’the bayonet. Counter-attacks captured many prisoners and guns. The Russians are progressing at Grodno, Niemen and Mlawa.

HIGH COMMISSIONER’S REPORT. The High Commissioner reports as follows:- — LONDON, Mreli 5. Petrograd reports a Russian offensive on the front between the Niemen and the Vistula, on the roads from Olita. Further progress in the Grodno district was made. Stubborn artillery duels are proceeding near Osowiec. East of Edwabno the Russians reached the enemy’s trenches, hand-to-hand fighting occurring in places. We had success near Kierzec, where a German brigade was dislodged. This was followed by the capture of six hundred prisoners. PUSHING BACK THE GERMANS. PETROGRAD, March 5. The Russians captured Kerjek, 21 miles north-east of Prasnysz. ALLIES’ ARTILLERY SUCCESSFUL POSITION IN CHAMPAGNE DISTRICT. The High Commissioner reports: LONDON, March 5. Paris reports that on the Belgian dunes the allies artillery fire is very successful, and the Allies’ infantry occupied a new trench in front of our lines. In the Champagne district progress was continued and the poition consolidated and extended, particularly north west of Perthes.. At Mesnil a hundred prisoners were taken. Prisoners confirm the heaviness of the losses by two regiments of the German Guards in Wendesday’s combat. Near Verdun a German airman fell in the French lines.

PETROL SPRAYED INTO FRENCH TRENCHES. PARIS, March 5. The Army Medical Corps report shocking injuries owing to the German contrivance of sprayng petrol into the trenches. The features of the wounded are horribly disfigured, limbs swollen, and uniforms burnt off. The French suddenly found jets of petrol falling into the trenches. Their officers order ed pipes to be put out, but this w r as fruitless. The Gormans threw handgrenades into the trenches, which were soon ablaze. The Germans, profiting by the confusion, flung lighted torches. The French afterwards retreated to the second line. ENGLISH GENERALS DECORATED WITH FRENCH HONOURS. (Rec. 12.25 a.m.) PARIS, March 5. General De La Croix, late eomraand-er-in-Chief, has presented to Sir John French the French Medallo Militaire. Sir John is the first Englishman to receive it. Generals Wileoeks, Allenby, and Poulteney received the Grand Cross of the Legion of. Honour.

BRITISH AIR RAIDS. PREMIER INTERROGATED. (United Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Reed. 5.25 a.in.) In the House of Ocmions, Mr Asquith was interrogated regarding the British air raid in Belgium. In reply, he said the attacks ware directed only ajgainst points of military significance. Every precaution was taken to avoid damage to any unnecessary object. Mr Snowden asked whether the Government had information of recent British air raids in Belgium where bombs had been thrown indiscriminately and five civilians killed? Mr Asquith said: “No, our information was not to that effect.” He further interrogated in connection with proposed reprisals. The intentions of the Government became apparent when the Order in Council diealing with retaliatory measures, was published. He could not now make any definite statement.

AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN CONSPIRACY TO END THE WAR. AND CREATE A REPUBLIC. GENEVA, March 4. A Vienna telegram states that a plot has been discovered among Aus-tro-Huuagrians to receive offers of Slav nationality and bring about a settlement with Russia. The conspirators belong to Republican organisation, whose object was to transform the Monarchy into a Confederacy. The General Staff ordered five to be shot. The picket -re-fused, resulting in a meeting as cabled cn the second. WHY STOP RACING? LONDON, March 5. Lord Rosebery, in a letter to the newspapers, protests against the suggestion to stop racing. If it ceases altogether, he says, thoroughbred horses which are essential to the army, will disappear. Our Allies know that Englishmen do not think it necessary to put up the shutters because they are engaged in war. Epsom and Ascoi meetings were hold during the Napoleonic wars, and the winner of the Derby was anounced in general orders in the Crimea. KAISER GIVES AN ADDRESS. RIDICULOUS WORDS. AMSTERDAM, March 5. The Kaiser, in address after service in a park at Ninmowo Castle, Poland, said: Ours is a hard task. We have to prove to the entire world that Germany has a right to existence. We Prussians are accustomed to fight and overcome a superior enemy. We should trust firmly in our great Ally above, Who will help a just cause to victory. History tells us that God is only on the side of believing armies. As my friend Luther declared, a man with God is always in the majority. Our enemies are without a watchword. They carry the heavy knapsack of an evil conscience because they have fallen upon a peace-loving people.

A GERMAN ORDER. ENGLISH PRISONERS NOT WANTED. (Ree. 12.25 p.ra.) LONDON, March 5. “Eye-Witness” reports that prisoners state the Germans in Guinchy brickfields were so demoralised after the reverse on February 6th that they abandoned their arms and were sent to the rear to wait for new equipments. A German prisoner confirms the report that troops at Guinchy were ordered not to take English prisoners. BELGIAN FUND. MELBOURNE' DONATES £20,000. (Riecd. 11.35 a.m.) LONDON, March 5. Mr Mcßride handed the Belgian Minister £20,000 from the Lord Mayor of Melbourne’s Fund. The Minister thanked Victorians for their gen'erosity. GERMAN POWDER FACTORY. DESTROYED BY AN AVIATOR. (Reed. 11.35 a.m.) PARIS, March 5. Official: The Rotheriel powder factory, near Dcnausehinger, whose destruction was cabled yesterday, was one of the most important in Germany. An aviator dropped four bombs the first firing the acid reservoirs, and others the powder works. XJHUECH SERVICES. SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 1915. "CHURCH OP ENGLAND. Tailiape—ll a.m., H.C.; 7. Utiku—3. METHODIST CHURCH. Taihape—3l a.m., Mr. Darvill; 7 p.m., Mr. C. Peaplo. Utiku—ll a.m., Mr. Peaple. Taoroa—2.3o p.m., Mr. Goldsbury, Torere—7 p.m, Mr Diion