GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 244, 5 July 1915, Page 7

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

UNDERGROUND WARFARE. THE ENEMY ACTIVE. LONDON, July 2. Eype-Witness says that the Bavarians, who have just taken over a section of defence near Messines, made a small local offensive on the 25th June. Operations for several days were confined to rm7iing and aviation. The enemy was active underground and there were many subterranean encounters. IN SOUTH AFRICA. AEROPLANES EMPLOYED. PRETORIA, July 2. Official: Two British aeroplanes successfully bombed the enemy's trooptrains at Otavi on the 29th June. GUILTY OF TREASON. PRETORIA, July 2. Van Reusberg was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment aner fined £SOO for treason. THE MONTENEGRIN SUCCESS. CAUGHT ASLEEP. LONDON, July 2. Further details, of the fighting in Montenegro show that the Austrian troops were asleep, being convinced that there positions were inacessible. Most were killed while asleep. The 700 prisoners taken included several important commanders. ROUMANIANS ATTITUDE. VON JAGOW'S OPINION. LONDON, July 2. Copenhagen reports that Von Jagow has returned to Vienna. He opines that Roumania will continue neutral. A FRENCH MISFORTUNE. (Reed, 10.45 p.m.) PARTS, July 2. An explosion destroyed a factory in Marseilles wher e a hundred persons, including 80 women, were employed. The only man rescued was badly injured. MR. BRYAN AND PEACE. A DIGNIFIED PROTEST. LONDON, July 2. Baron Destonelles, the French pacificist, has addressed an open letter to Mr. Bryan, censuring him for his efforts for peace. He says France does 1 not want the sort of peace advocated by Mr. Bryan—enabling German militarism to retire unhurt. AWKWARD QUESTIONS. LONDON, July 2. In the House of Commons, Mr. A. Mark-ham asked why Britain had to get the truth from American newspapers. Would the Government affirm that Lord Kitchener was afraid to trust the public with the facts? He demanded to be specifically informed ■ whether the German official reports were eonsored in England. Sir John Simon replied that the reports were only censored when they contained obviously false news. GERMAN GENERAL'S DEATH. BELIEVED TO BE MURDERED. BERLIN, July 2. It is announced that General Von Leipzig was killed at Usunkocpen through a revolver exploding while sitting down t:o meat. The general impression is that Von Leipzig was murdered. His death is a great loss to German influence in Turkey, where he was extremely popular.