A DARING EXPLOIT

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 247, 8 July 1915, Page 5

A DARING EXPLOIT

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WILHELMSHAYEN BOMBED. A SIGNIFICANT RAID. KIEL CANAL AND HELIGOLAND. THOROUGH LY RECONNOITRED. VALUABLE INFORMATION ACQUIRED. (Reed 8.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 7. Berlin reports a great British aerial raid upon a German port, supposedly Wilhelmshaven, of which no details iave been received in London. Wjaile the German statement reassures German people that thr. attack was unsuccessful, and while there are no reports of heavy damage, it is realised that th e amount of information gathered by reconnoitring over Heligoland, and the Kiel Canal,will be most valuable to the Admiralty. .Some authorities assert that it is Ui e most, significant aerial success of the war. The party accomplished its purpose and got away, apparently without loss. It is quite probable that tbey dropped bombs and did considerable damage, which the Germans will not admit.

German airships were sighted advancing towards th e British naval fortress, off TerschelHng, at dawn. It comprised several hydroplanes accompanied by cruisers and destroyers.

A GERMAN SPY. SENT DYNAMITE ON SHIPS. TO WRECK THEM. HIS IDENTITY ESTABLISHED. A WANTED-WIFE MURDERER. (Reed 3.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 7. Holt, who suicided, confessed that he despatched dynamite aboard the steamships Saxonia and Philadelphia, with a view to wrecking them at sea. The Navy authorities hav e wirelessed to the steamers, and the Philadelphia replied: "'Search failed to disclose dynamite." The Saxonia has net replied. Holt has been identified as Professor Enrich Munter, of Harvard University, who was wanted for murdering his wife at Cambridge, Massachussetts.in 1906. GEEMAN PLOT FOUND. LINERS WITH BOMBS ABOARDSUPPOSED GERMAN INTENTIONS. (Reed 1.10 p.m.)* NEW YORK, July 7. Port officials have discovered that three trans-Atlantic liners sailing from New York for Havre, during May, with cargoes of contraband, had bombs aboard. Teh discoveries were made before sailing. It is believed there is an extensive German plot to destroy as many Allied ships as possible. Holt broke his neck by throwing himself from his cell door to th e stone floor. SOUTH AFRICAN TROOPS. IMPERIAL CONTINGENT ACCEPTED (Reed 3.5 a-in.) PRETORIA, July 7.OffieiaJ: The, Imperial Government has gratefully accepted th e South Africans;. Üb&ib'B offer of ;6orne heavybatteries a»d an Ina-peri&l■.Contingent.

THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, EHEMY COUNCIL OF WAR. TTFATION BITTERLY DEBATED. (Received 0.5 a.m.) ROME, July 7. Six thousand Italians captured n Galicia have been seat to Italy. Archduke Eugene presided at a War 'ouneil at Innsbruck, at which. German md Austrian generals bitterly debated he situation. Throe Austrian generals on the Italian frontier have been relieved of their commands. A communique says that one of the ■omt'iioncst Austrian tricks 'on the [sonzo is: Parties of men advance to ;ositions, raise their hands, then sue lenly, fall on their faces and unmask lense lines of sharpshooters. AUSTRIANS CLAIM VICTORY.

VIENNA, July 7. Official: Fighting in the Gorizia. dtsriot developed yesterday into a groa; )attlc\ as the result of an attach by the Phird Italian Army, including four irmy corps, which advanced under the protection of formidable artillery five, against our front from the bridge-head at Gorizia to the sea. The attacks were completely repulsed, the enemy suffering- terrible losses. FIGHTING FAVOURS ITALIANS. ROME. July 7. Terrific fighting is proceeding.on- ttie Carso plateau, and is developing favourably to the Italians, who have advanced six miles from the margin or the tableland towards Vipacco Valley, where the enemy, in considerable force, occupied thr§e successive parallel positions along rows of high hills on a front of three miles. The debatable ground, however, extends backwards 20 miles. The whole region abounds In wonderful grottos and insidious tarns. Spongy subsoil makes the district ;• vast land-sea, islanded by rocks an<T mountains. The Italian advance is assisted by admirable airship work. Theleft, in the presence of King Enianue», reached the height of Carso, capturing a battery and making six hundred prisoners. MUNITIONS. TROUBLE BETWEEN CAPITAL AND LABOUR. LONDON, July 6. Lord ilaldaae, speaking at the Natinoal Club, said the Government in October last were quite aware that the task of obtaining vast munitions was beyond the ordinary strength of the War Office. Cabinet consulted everybody and placed enormous orders with the great armament firms. Had they fulfilled them, we would to-day be abounding in Sjbieills. Tlv© munitions difficulties aros e out of the relations between Capital and Labour, which confounded all the calculations of munition manufacturers., Labour and capital wer e not then organised. If anybody was blameworthy, it was not G-eneral Von Donore, Master of Ordnajice, for not initiating in October, the immense effort now being made. The nation in October was not stirred up to a sense of the seriousness of situation. LONDON, July 7. ■A.meeting of members of the House of Common* initiated a national campaign to urge upon employers and workers engaged on munition contracts the vital. importaseS of producing the utmost quantity: ; ' ,The Hon. Lloyd George said that If the war was to be won within ft numerate parjod, titers must be a groat t»f.ve&aenof. skfUe£ workers ami unskilled female tabotrr. ; ...

THE ETJBK Oil CALAIS, | GEKMANS ; Bid 01-TKXr.vLVE. IWuT.S. July ?. Tlio Hormaus arc reported to bo constructing invmenfe defensive works fi: I'lipor Alsace. The.S' arc apparently designed to render the positions praetrcally improgliable, thus liberating the troops for the oonsive elsewhere. Nov, heavy guns have been brought to Altkire.li and Hair/bach. An Alsatian declares that the Germans have a second line of fortifications between the Yosges and the Rhine, running the entire length of .\v saee. and defended by quarter of a million Landsturm. The Matin believes that the closing' of the Swiss frontier and the rushing up of fresh German troops to Belgium heralds another attempt to capture Calais and bombard Dover wnn Jongrangc guns, in order to send troops in aluminium boats to invade England. A series of attacks has been made recently In* the Germans upon the Allie;? front —apparently without any particular object. These efforts are interpr.ed as a preparation foi- r. severe offensive. HARD FIGHTING AT SOXTCHE.S PARIS, July 7. The fighting at. Arras has assumcC a new character. The Germans commenced a series of violent attacks against the two extremities of the semi-circles which have ■ been formed around Souchez —that is against an advance post thrown out in front of.Loretto Hill, and against Cabaret Rouge. Ferocious infantry fighting took place on the Angres road, both sides using stakes from tlio trendies if ther bayonets were broken and cartridge: expended. The Germans Mere prevented from the threatened occupation of Souche/.. BRITISH SUCCESSES. PARIS, July ?. 'Official: The British repulsed se.veva' counter-attacks south-west of Pikeinflicting heavy losses. The Germane bombarded Arras, especially the Cathedral, using incendiary shells. We re captured a section of the f'o'.ivau: tieiiehcs on the height? of the Mouse The enemy counter-attacked, but won • jnught by machine-gun's -and slirapn; - •"nd retired in disorder, with heavy losses.

EYEWITNESS'S REPORT. GERMANS' TAKE EXTREME:'. LONDON, July 7. " Eye-Witness" says that operation* durin.tr the five days to the 2nd J- 1 were mainly confined to mining and counter-mining. We destroyed portions of the enemy's trenches at Cuiehy, Neuve Chapelle, and La Bassec. Numerous patrol skirmishes took place and sniping continues steadily. Our shells exploded a poisonous gas cylinder, near Hill GO, asphyxiating GO Germans. In some sections of the enemy's front a number of men carry reservoir* of oxygen for reviving gased soldiers. Germans are adopting severe mcßsures to force inhabitants in occupied territory to manufacture war material. Proprietors are fined, managers and workers are imprisoned. Some strikers were kept in the factories foodless until they submitted. Whenever r strike occurs the inhabitants are ordered indoors at seven and light are to W out at seven-thirty. Casualties announced to-day are:' — Twenty-two officers, and 1,406 men. GERMANS' RENEWED OFFENSIVE. PARIS. July f. The Germans' offensive is exemplified by the renewed use of burning liquid, a fresh supply of gases, increased shelling, and ever stimulating the me.--to attack by means of drugs. MOVEMENTS IN BELGIUM. AMSTERDAM, July 7. The Germans are forwarding very heavy guns on the Belgian railways. Everything indicates that a great troop movement is proceeding. GERMANY'S PREPARATIONS. .. TO CONQUER SOUTH AFRICA CAPETOWN July 7. Before reaching Otavi many of Botha's Free Staters night marched forty miles over waterless tracks then kept up a running fight for several mite? through thorn bush country. The Germans used the cover of bushes 'throughout the retirement. Our men were often within a few yards, owing to exhaustion and tho density of the bush thev were obliged to. suspend, pur* .g|irt. ..... v: ,. _.. ... ; ... v ;. ;..;•: „.. C/pibuel R*rog, a. bttrgk** easims»S-; ant. declares that ev-ideKcre di-eeoyer*}fi In, .the campaign, proreg that Germaay-had m&do. c-eHiglcte js-re-parations to conquer South Africa.

hjj.-\i -L--..v.L\ j^.i'xi.ij.i.li£. v/ii rS •'; •"■:-. -.■'-v *• BRITISH PI\EQZ CONSENTS. GREATEST FEAT IX HISTORY. DRAKE'S DAYS OUTDISTANCED. (Rml 5.30 a.m.) LONDON. July 7. The "Daily News" says the lauding on tho Galiipoli Peninsula was a feat of unparalleled daring. Hitherto the storming of tho heights Abraham was regarded as the most romantic achieve, meat by British audacity, but it offers no parity to the stupendous triumph of Sir lan Hamilton.. Records show that it was only the immensity of the stakes at issue Coat, made tjh.e challenge thinkable. The "Daily Telegraph" says the dispatch is a vivid, human document,. which lifts the veil completely. Heavy. losses are admitted and explained, but through a digrXlfied narrative, runs a golden thread of heroism. The "Daily Mirror*' says: Whether the men came from Lancashire, Australia, Worcester, or New Zealand, each and everyone was a hero. The glorious days of Drake are outdistanced by the splendour and bravery of the men on that rocky, natural fortress of Galiipoli.

A NOBLY WORDED DOCUMENT, j LONDON* July 7. Sir Tan Hamilton's despatch regarding the Dardanelles operations is o*» of the most important and nobly worked documents in European history. It «•» now evident that it was impossible, to land at Bulair, because, the cliffs wertoo high and steep. The most northerly landing judged practicable was the spot where the Australians and New Zealanders. disembarked. Even there it was impossible to get ashore trie heavy artillery and supplies. The mats force of Colonials scrambled ashor*. and remained a thorn in the side of trie Turks. But the principal army heavy impedimenta was bound to lane at the extreme end of the peninsula. The enterprise was one of extreme difficulty, but not a wild-cat scheme, *,«-. with the exercise of patience, skill, ar.f heroism those, engaged may,, look r->-final success. TURKISH LOSSES. • N THE PENINSULA. • LONDON, July 7. The ''Daily News' 1 Athens' correspondent states tthat advices from Constantinople shows that Turkish losses ta Gallipoli were .180,000., ..; THE DARDANELLES. ■* ATHENS, July 7. After a heavy bombardment .fronthe land batteries the Allies' infantry at the Dardanelles, at noon on Mond.vs began an attack, lusting until the evening. Ten thousand Arabs have arrived ** Constantinople. The majority were sent to Gallipoli. British aircraft bombed Smyrna anO! Bourla. RUSSIAN SUCCESSES AGAINST GERMAN OFFENSIVE. The High Commissioner reports as follows: LONDON, July. 6, 3.15 p.m. On the front between the Vistula and Western Bug tli'ere was desperate fighting on Sunday evening and. Monday morning; also in the sector near Urshendow and by Chawa. Hostile offensive, east of Krasnik, was stopped by a blow delivered on the enemy's flank, the Russians inflicting serious losses; Over 2000 prisoners \ver e captured on Monday, while about 2000 of enemy corpses were observable. On the Russian front fresh enemy attempts at an offensive, between Wie. prz and the Western Bug. wer e successfully stopped. An unoffieail report from th-e continent indicates that gjfeat German aire b|ing transferred from the Eastern to the Western front, suggesting further attack in the direction of Calais. Delivery of the German Note to America is expected at the end of this week. GERMAN SOCIALISTS. WILL FIGHT FOR NATION. AMSTERDAM, July 7. "Vcrwaerts" disavows any stop war movement among a Socialist minority. Italy's aggression makes it the duty of Socialists to stand shoulder to shoulder with the nation. THE FINANCIAL POSITION. LORD LANSDOWNE URGES CAUTION. LONDON, July 7. Lord Lnmuiown-e, in ths House of Lords, said tb. f .- financial position had caused anxiety before the -war, and new required the gravest attention. H was not' likely f&ai tfce. would decrease, sard' tlietfefwe it vras imperative thai til© C-w-.,-■...■.. v.\ ?Vordd not aceept..?€f\v evA snf voe Vs-v-r riabUi- ■ ties. ...

WOUNDED B'JRNED ALIVE. A LESSON FOR THE RUSSIANS. ALLIES' WOENDE-D NOT WANTED. r;AEE.N:iN\. ADIMiTTED. (Re-: 11.43 p.m.) FETROGRAD, July 7. The "N'!vn c \ remya" has carefully investigated a (.-■'.no of Germans in Galicia hi: mm?; alive Russian wounded, together v.-ith doctors. Wounded men and sonio infectious cases from the Carpathian:? v/er 0 left in the Jesuit College at Chyvow. When the Germans came up, they removed the infectious eases and isolated the wounded in barracks, with Russian doctors attending them, shut ali th e windows and door,-?, and poured paraffin on the building, burning a hundred alive. The Germans do not deny the fact. German aeroplanes dropped proclamations pointing out that, they were forced to resort to cruelty from stern necessity in order not to carry infection into their army, and to teach the Russians not to leave their sick and wounded behind, thus burdening the German medical staff. The proclamation concludes with the hope that the Russians will learn a lesson.