A GERMAN REPORT.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 193, 23 April 1915, Page 5

A GERMAN REPORT.

SUNK BRITISH SUBMARINES. (Reed Sis a.m.) . . BERLIN, April £2. 'Official: British submarines were ":>- peatodly \ observed in,,-the Heligoland Bight. The German forces and sank one submarine and prbbi.'jly others. AUSTRO—GERMAN SOCIALISTS. MEET AT VIENNA. IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS. (Reed 9 a.m.) The "Vorwaertz" announces that at a conference between German and Austrian Socialists at Vienna, it was agreed that the following guarantees must be secur-adv after the war; (1) That international arbitration courts must be developed i nt o obligatory tribunals for settling difficulties between nations. (2) That treaties and agreements of state s must be.subjected to democratic parliamentary 'control and by representative assemblies (3) International treaties for. limitation of armament m'ust be agreed upon with a view to disarmament. (4) That th e right of every nation to determine its own destiny must be recognised, and the fact that Socialists are belligerents de-' fending their own country must not be made a barrier to maintaining inter, national relationships between Socialists,

MINERS' CONFERENCE. MINISTER MEETS COAL-OWNERS. (Reed. 9.30 am.) London, April 22. A Miners' Conference passad a resolution asking the Government to summon a natioal conference. e Walter Ruhciman met the coal-own-ers at White Hall to-day. GERMAN PROPERTY IN BRITAIN. AVAILABLE FOR DISPOSAL. (Reed. 9.30 a.m.) ' LONDON, April 22, Mr J. M. Robertson, under-secretary to the Board, of Trade, in the House of Commons, said: German property in Britain was worth eighty-four millions. Thig would remain available for disposal as seemed proper. FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT. GERMAN LOSSES ON HILL 60. PARIS, April 22. (Official: Since the 17th thhe Geranan losses near Hill 60 number be-

*ween three and four thousand. We captured another trench at Fliney, making the gain of. the last .few days seven hundred metres. The enemy left three hundred dead. Our aeroplanes at iWoewa bombarded Gemhisd Von Trantz's headquarters and a number of convoys. A HOT FIGHT. POSITION CARRIED BY IRRESISTIBLE DASH. GERMANS SLAUGHTERED IN COUNTER-ATTACKS. (Reed 11.40 p.m.) The importance of Hill 60 is due to its. forming ~a screen for Zandpoudre, five kilometres eastward, where German artillery is posted. Zandpoudre is the highest hill in the district, and the key to the Flanders position, which is thu 8 deprived of its main protection. Both sides sapped. It was r» "W~ r?ce, «ior half an Jliour late,r the enemy would hav e exploded the mine under the British trenches. The attack was carefully concealed, and the enemy wa s surprised. The hill was exploded on Saturday evening, and British massed guns raked the shattered trenches. The infantry took the first line with small opposition, but the second was held in great strength, and the enemy fought stubbornly, being only overcome by the irresistible dash and bravery of the British who with reinforcements set about repairing the cap•tured trenches for defence. Work was throughout th e night under •a terrible rain of the enemy's shrapnel. At dawn the Germans counterattacked. The fight lasted all day. Massed enemy swarmed across the plain, and were decimated by shrapne, 5 ,. Our machine-guns {f'sv/epti them down, yet they re-formed repeatedly, and more than once reached the British trenches, where bayonet, rifle and machine-guns made hot work and kept them out. Finally the enemy was broken and. retired. The British Josses v eve loss heavy than was at first feared. DUNKIRK, April 22. Th e Hill 60 mine made the biggest crater cu record. The British displayed unwavering tenacity. The prisoners captured seemed wholly broken in spirit. They were of poor physique and badly nourished. A agsasssn. SENTENCED TO DEATH. CAIRO, April 21. The r,u]tan's wculd-te assassin has .'.:::: '.::? '€•:,::•:? to death.