ALLIES' BORROWING

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 290, 17 September 1915, Page 5

ALLIES' BORROWING

GREAT AMOUNT SUBSCRIBED PRO-GERMAN BANKERS PIPED

NOT ASKED TC PARTICIPATED .--»." > •?', Urn . 1 1 IIEL DflLi%Hi« Ul I Url a |vll

OPTIMISM IN GERMANY

MluilLiicrio otruni

MARVELLOUS NUMBER OF ENLISTMENTS

THE ALLIES' GREAT LOAN.

THE BALKANS

BULGARIA'S ATTITUDE

PRO-GERMAN BANKERS PIQUED

GERMANS DELIGHTED.

NOT INVITED TO PARTICIPATE

LONDON, September 15. There is a fresh outburst of optimism in regard to Bulgaria. The Cologne Gazette says: Bulgaria has decided for a healthy policy of friendly agreement with Turkey. Despite enticements and threats, she preferred friendship with the Central Powers, thus securing her national future.

(Ree. 8.45 a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 16

American ba.nkers are already pledged to take up a large proportion of the Anglo-French loan. The Commission is willing to allow a pro-German bank to participate is satisfied that such offers are genuine.

German propagandists are organising protests against the flotation, while some pro-German New York bankers are actually resentful because they were not invited to participate. Mr. Lansing announces that the loai does not violate neutrality because it is essentially a credit loan for paymeir of the Allies' obligations in America.

ROUMANIA AND THE BALKANS

FRESH RUSSIAN PROPOSALS

BUCHAREST, Sept. 15.

The Roumanian Minister in Petrograd has unexpectedly returned to Bucharest. It is believed he brings fresh Russian proposals to Roumania.

A REFUGEE CAMP.

BOMBED BY GERMANS

ZEPPELIN RAIDS ON LONDON. EXCUSE BY GERMAN PRESS. LONDON, Sept. IG. The German Press is seeking to justify the Zeppelin attack on London. The Lokal Anzeiger says: The only reason why airhips have not destroyed the Royal Castle at Berlin and killed thousands of peaceful citizens, disregarding international law, is because it is impossble to reach the capital. The Vossische Zeitung, in an imaginative account of the Zeppelin raid, comments on the failure of preventive gunnery. It must be a matter of extraordinary difficulty to hit airships at night, but even when seriously injured by gunfire Zeppelins are able to cover long distances.

(Reed 11.40 a.m.) PETROGRAD, Sept 16

Five German aeroplanes, flying very low bombed an encampment at Kabrum where 1000 refugees are sheltering.

A large number of women and children were Killed.

AIRMAN'S FEAT AT GHENT,

COTTON FACTORY DESTROYED

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 15

An airman dcstroyd a German cotton factory at Ghent. Forty soldiers were kilJed or wounded.

NORWEGIAN CARGOES CONFISCATED.

GERMAN MEAT INTERCEPTED

PEGOUD'S ADVERSARY

(Reed 8.45 a.m.)

RECEIVES THE IRON CROSS,

At the Admiralty Court, judgment was given on four Scandinavian vessels carrying cargoes to Copenhagen it being alleged tjhat they were really destined for Germany. It was said that the vessals had thirteen times the usual amiount of goods for that part, including a hundred thousand tins; of canned meats, apparently intended for German armies.

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 16.

Tho aviator who killed Pegoud (the famous French aviator, who introduced looping the loop and who was recently shot during an aerial duel), will receive a first-class Iron Cross,

11 GERMAN AEROPLANES

DOWNED.

Evans, the president, decided their destination was the German army and navy, and he confiscated the cargoes, except a small proportion. TJb.e judgment affect® forty-two vessels; also th!e shipment of many meatpackers, including Armurs, Swifts, and Morris.

LAST WEEK'S TALLY

LONDON Sept. 16. Sir John French reports that the situation is unchanged. Twenty-one air flights were made during the week over the German lines, and in eleven cases Gorman areoplanes were downed.

DARDANELLES CASUALTIES

Our artillery, assisted by aeroplane direction, bombarded on the 10th two observation baloons eastward of Ypres. One burst, and the second was deflated and removed.

L'R'TTSH SUBMARINE SUNK

(Reed 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, Sent. II

The ofrcial statement of casin'.ties at tlio Dardanelles, are killed: 11T.0 officeis and 16,478 men; would ad, 2371 officers and 59,259 men. The ».d----miralty states that the enemy claims to have sunk E 7 at the Dardnielles and i-rifonered three officers awl '-""> iven r .h?'s is presumably corre'c\ as thj I oat has not been heard of r.nce t:h-i fctj.th.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT

LORD INTERVIEWED

RECRUTING MARVELLOUS

The High Commissioner reports.under date London, Sept .15, 6.45 p.m.:

Lord Kitchener said that the response of the country to th e calls for reci-uits was little short of marvellous, but thai the provision of ru&ii was rendered more pressing by the recent decrease'in the numbers enlisting. A lar<;e addition was required. The. problem wa? engaging the Government's clasp attention and would soon receive nrsctica] solution. It was not doubted furl wKatfvor soenfices were neceszzjtv tyo'aia be cheerfully undertaken:

INCREASE PAY TO LABOUR IN GREAT BRITAIN. The Beard of Trade states that over two and a half millions cf worker? Received bonuses or Increases of wages since the outhfapk of war, aaiouatilng to €475000 weekly, apart from overtime. '■ > • ' : ' ■ i■!■-'

THE DARDANELLES

MR ASQUITH'S SPEECH

ANOTHER DESFATCH FROM SIR I

THE POSITION REVIEWED

HAMILTON

BRAVERY OF ALLIED ARMIES

(Reed 11.40 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. i<;

Mr Asquith after we went to press yesterday, stated that no words of admiration could be too strong for the Army's 'gallantrjy and resource, especially that shown by the Australians and New Zealanders. (Cheers). The Germans had succeeded, for the time being, in forcing back the Russian fighting line, but th e Russian retreat had been o?iducted in masterly fashion and the Russian Army was still unbroken. Autumn was rapidly approaching, but the German objective was yet far out of roach. The Czar's assumption cf tlhe command was significant proof of the unalterable determination of th. 8 Russian peopi'e. Afll this confirmed the view that this war was to a large extent a war i iroc.han'ism, organisation, and endurance The situation was a testing one. MUNITIONS MANUFACTURE.

Mr Asquith, in the House of Commons stated tlhat he had received Sir lan Hamilton's despatch during the last few days, which would he published. It was possble that an abridgement of these statements would be delivered on Tuesday.

AN IMPERIAL UKASE

CALLS UP TERRITORIAL RESERVE

(Reed 8.45 a.m.) PETROGRAD, Sept 16. An Ukase calls out the Territorial Reserve. . AMERICA AND GERMANY. NEW YORK. Sept. 10. A New York paper publishes a Berlin cable slating that Americans in Berlin believe that Germany would never allow her relations with the Cnited States to be severed because it would mean her retirement from the field, and further cementing the fellowship between the Allies and America.

GERMANS' NEW ROLE

WOULD-BE .ANARCHISTS

NEW YORK. September Jfi

Fifty threatening letters have been sent to the Anglo-French Lion Commissioners. Some menacing their lives have been handed to the police. The members' bodyguard lies been doubled Bernstorff, in an interview in tin' Now York World, said all difficulties between Germany and the United States could be settled within a fortnight.

MUNITIONS.

INCREASED WAG ES

LONDON, September in

The Ministry of Munitions In.* granted Woolwich and other ordnance workers 4/ advance in wages and 10 oer cent, for piece-work, about 50.000 men benefiting.

PEACE RUMOURS

N)NL COULD BE ENTERTAINED

LONDON, Sept. 16

Lord Robert Cecil, replying to Mr. D. Mason, said Germany had not made proposals for peace. He could not at present imagine any proposals which could be entertained for a moment hy the Allies. No consideration would be given to any suggestion of peace except jointly by the Allies and in pursuance of treaty obligations to them.

NATIONAL SEPvVICE

WILL TT BE ADOPTED?

INQUIRY TO BE HELD.

MILITARY R EQFIR EMENTS.

LORD KITCHENER'S HINT.

LONDON, Sept. 15.

The question of compulsory service was touched upon by Lord Kitchener in his speech in the House of Lords today. The Minister for "War said:—

Some of our new armies are already in the field, and others will quickly follow. The country's response to the calls for recruits has been little short of marvellous, but it must be borne in mind that the provision of men to maintain the forces in the field depends greatly upon a large and continuous supply of 'recruits. The provision to keep up recruiting in 191(5 has caused anxious thought, which has been accentuated by recent faling off in the enlistment, although every effort has been made to obtain requirements under the present systems. The problem of securing an adeuatc supply of men is engaging close attention and will, I hope, very soon receive a practical solution.

The returns of the Registration Act shortly available, will give a basis whereon we may calculate the resources of the country and determine the numbers available for the Army after providing for ueccsary services in the country and munitions works. Whatever decision bf> reached in the full Sight of the facts must undoubtedly be founded upon military requirements for the proccution of the war and the protection of our shores, am" will be the result of impartial inquiry as to how we can most worthily fulfil national obligations. Although there lias been a falling off in the number of rocruits. I do not desire to draw any conclusion unfavourable to the resolution and spirit of the country. On flu contrary, I think the manner in .which all classes have responded to the cal' of patriotism is magnificent. I do tioi doubt for an instant that whatevosacTifices may bo necesaary to bring the gigantic war to a successful conclusion they will be cheerfully undertaken.

The Minister of Munitions, said the Premier, had established twenty shellfactories, and eighteen more were in course of construction. Eight Viin'dred thousand hands were now employed in 715 controlled establishments and IS foundries under the department. All that was now needed to complete the work was an aflequaet supply of labour. None could do the 'vi'ii letter than the women. If the women would step forward, tlher. e would be no hindrance placed in their way by employers of men. Since the outbreak of the war, almost three million men had offered themselves for the 'Navy and Army, though there were signs of a falling off in recruiting during the last few weeks. Our casualties were ver 381,000, but the rate of recovery from wounds was such- that the net wastage was very considerably less. THE SILVER BULLET: We were liable, the Prime Minisror continued, for advances to other countries of not much below 250 millions, and had by no means reached the ultimate limit. Victory seemed likely to incline to the side which could arm the best and stay the longest. That was what Britain meant to do. The year's survey called for satisfaction at the great effort and sacrifice made, and regret at some mistakes and miscalculations, but did not call for recrimination which was the cheapest and least fruitful form of self-indul-gence. Our country's duty was to satisfy the Allies' legitimate requirements and discharge the unique burdens imposed on a free people. To-day we reallised mc<re clearly the sincerity of our diplomacy through the mfists of sophistry and mendacity with which Berlin sought to obscure and befoul the interaatonal atmosphere. We also realised the passionate love for peace with which our diplomacy sought to avert the catastrophe of world-wide conflict. DOMESTIC CONFLCT Concluding, Mr Asquith said there was no doubt regarding the ultimate triumph of the Allied cause up->i the stricken field. One thing he depr vca'.ed was the sinister spectre of do ne.-itic strife. "Don't let it be said that, in the greatest moment of history, cur arm was shorn of its strength, t. r that there had been any failure to co.-i-2.jn-, trate upon our unexampled task the consentient counsels, the undiv'ded energjy, and the unbroken and Ir.doaitable will of the British peopl?.' (L.ir.d applause.)

GENERAL BOTHA'S SUCCESS.

CLEARING MESOPOTAMIA

LONDON, Sept 1»

Lord Kitchener, in his speech in the Houso cf Lords, detailed the operat'.ons in Mesopotamia, where the climatic cc» uitions rendea*ed the operations extremely arduous. The heat was intense , auci the country consisted of alu.ost i j assable swamps and marmes. The highly successful issue of the expedition was due to the consummate gaLlantry and dogged determination of the force.

General Botha's capture on July 9, wa s a fitting conclusion to a brief but brilliant campaign.

Our patrols in East Africa had shown considerable enterprise in carrying out reconnaissances all along the frontier, and various successful encounters have been reported.

DEFENCE OF LONDON

STRENGTH ON AIR SERVICE.

IMMENSE NUMBER OF FLYERS, j Mr Balfour replying in 'tine House of Commons to questions, said that the naval air service was now an immense force, and the number of flyers was very great. Thie defence of London wa.j in process Cf development and with the f.Fsistaime of Admiral Sir Percy Scott he hoped fiat it would be completed in reasonable time. Ho was unable to promise immunity frora attack, but everything was being drae to djMhuah the dangers.

REGARDING THE DARDANELLES.

STIRRING NEWS EXPECTED

LONDON, Sept. 15.

During the last few days there has been a marked change of opinion in London respecting the Dardanelles, A pronounced note of confidence is heart! on all sides, and stirring news is expected in the near future.

TURKISH GIRL'S HAUII

LONDON, Sept. 15.

A territorial from the Dardanelles says a Turkish girl was discovered sniping. She had round her neck 3slh identification discs of the men she tu.l shot She also had £SO in EngUrh money.

RUSSIAN TRAITORS.

BRIBED BY GERMAN SPIES.

TO BLOW UP MUNITION WORKS.

SHELL SUPPLIES CUT OFF.

LONDON. Scot 15.

The Evening News gives prominence to the statement that the Russian letreat from the Carpathians was (\v,o to the work of traitors and German spies in Russia.

Half the smokeless powder and h'zk explosives required by the army is manufactured at Ochta the Russian Woolwich. German secret service me" bribed workers to blow up a series ©F nitrating tanks at Ochta, Petro > rr*<f being shaken, thousands of workmen killed, and nearly all the. plant, destroyed. The Russian artillery wis crippled, and it was impossible t<* counter Mackensen's advance.

Britain and France, had t give up the thought of a spring offensive nnd send their reserves of shells and oxplo".

sives to Russia

THE CROWN PRINCZ:.

'' MENTAL ABERRATION. ?

LONDON, September W.

The Central News Agency publishes i despatch from North Frr.nee that the--terman Crown Prinee is suffering from nenfcal aberration as the result of worry over the campaign. Prisoners state he broke-down r.fter three sleepless

nights

FFNANCIER'S CONFERS

THE FIRST MEETING.

FEELING OF OPTIM'HI

(Reed. 11.35 a.ml NEW YORK, «ept K. The first formal conference of Financiers lasted from 4 til] midnight The general feeling was optimistic Cotton growers were notified that ih& an?c-French will care for their interests.

A GERMAN REPORT.

VARIOUS SUCCESSES CLAIMED.

(Reed. 11.35 -a.tir AMSTERDAM, Sept. 16., A German communique states t&a& Hindenburg is progressing in the direotion of Jacotbsadt and tjhat an attack. is pi'ogressing north-east and north a£ Viina. ;-j;*!| Our advance north-east of Grodno* stubbornly resisted. The Russians between Janoro and Pinsk attempted to arrest Mackensen's pursuit "Wfr broke through the enemy antl occupied the distract between Pripefe and Jasiolda, also Pinsk. A Russian attack in the south-east-ern theatre collapsed. GERMANS AT LIBAU f

GREAT ACTIVITY

LONDON, Se.t 10. (Times and Sydney Sun Cables)

A merchant who escaped from Liba\t states that the Germans have estalidished four shell factores. and are> workm? continuously, turning out 20000 shells daily. Transports arrived from Dantzie daily wiljh munitions, food and winter clothing.

From Mitel the Germans run a full gauge single line railway thecoast to Liban, thus llinkiinr; the Prus-

sian system