RUSSIANS EMPTY LEMBERG.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 236, 28 June 1915, Page 5

RUSSIANS EMPTY LEMBERG.

BEFORE LEAVING IT. j A DELIBERATE HOVE. (Rscd 1.50 p.m.) • PETROGRAD, Jun e 27. Prior to Austrian re-occupation of -Lemberg all males from fifteen to fifty left the city; The Russians removed all grain, oil and and copper supplies. ALso the contents of museums and galleries. According to documents found on prisoners the Kaiser and Von Hindenberg liave assured the troops that Warsaw will be entered by June 28, and Galicia will be cleared of Russians by Jun e 30, then peace would be concluded with Russia. PEACE TALK. ENEMY MINISTERS CONFER. AMSTERDAM, June 27. Bethmann Von Hoiweg and Von Jagow are conferring with Baron Van Burian,'Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, at Vienna. There is much speculation in view of recent peace talk in Germany and the financial situation, ' ■...;;• (,:..., REFUGEE GREEKS. . LEAVE MAIDOS AND KRITHTA. IN DESPERATE CONDITION.. (Reed 8.30 a.m.) . ■ . . ATHENS; June 27. | The Greek population, of Maidos and Kz-ithia have been transported, to Fanderm in a deplorable condition. DERNBERG INTERVIEWED. WELL-TREATED IN BRITAIN. ••'THEY CAN BE GENTLEMEN OVER THERE." ■ ' ■ ' j HIS RETURN COMMENTED ON. BY GERMAN PRESS. * ".- COPENHAGEN, June 27. Dernburg, interviewed at Christiania, gladly admitted that ha. was splendidly j treated in British Avaters, and added smilingly, "They can be gentlemen over there." Dernburg's return is commented on in -the German Press somewhat coolly, implying that his mission was regarded as a failure. GERMAN MANIFESTO. - A NEWSPAPER COMMENT./ ■I THE 'GERMAN WATCHWORD. (Ree. 9.5 a.w.) • > ■ ••- • AMSTERDAM, Juno 27. • The North Gorman Gazette, in '.an-nouncing-the of the Vor-' warts for publishing'th'trSoeialist lenders' ' manifesto", . says ri; the, .manifesto shows how German Socialists had done their duty in the light for Germany's national independence, 'and how the great masses of Socialists 4 in England, and Franco, belonging to the International Union, had decided to. continue the Avar hand in hand with.- their Gov■jrm.ents, united to complete the con'quest of Germany. >■ r., Notwithstanding this. statement,. Sof.ialisfs' leaders invito-Uic Government to a course, thereby .making known their own war aims, and announce on grounds of the favourable . war situations, which our compatriots h;ive bravely created, their willingness to enter into peace negotiations in ordeT to terminate the sanguinary fighting. The manifesto is appearing despite consorship and the, forbidding of war discussion. It aims at, and is calculated to create a highly undesirable impression abroad, and also probably on the majority of German Socialists. Possibly it will be interpreted abroad as a sign of war-wearTnesa, which uocs not exist. The journal adds: If the progress of military events and the politi- ! eal situation offer prospects for successful peace deliberations, the -German, Government will of its own accord do what is necessary. Till then, there can only be one watchword for Germany, namely, "Hold Out."

ARRAS BOMBED. SEVERAL CASUALTIES. PARIS, June 27. One hundred incendiary and asphyxiating bombs were dropped on Arras. Fires were turned. A gendarme and nine others were killed and many injured. HEAVY FINES. EXACTED BY GERMANS. AMSTERDAM, June 27 An official message from Berlin states that the towns, Valenciennes and Roubai, have been fined 150,000 francs each, a* a reprisal to French bombardment ojf German,--Consulate!? and -open ;towris. {.;"•.■!■•.''. ■:•.,■, • ■■-'. :>;.: ■'■?■ .-. .; ''■• :A