GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 32, 8 February 1916, Page 6

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

«^ AUSTRIAN NAVAIi BOMBARDMENT. AMSTERDAM, Feb. 5. An Austrian communique says: A squadron of Austrian cruisers bombarded Ortona and San Vito and damaged railway stations aud storehouses. They also destroyed a railway bridge north of Ortoua, across the Ariello. KRUPPS' LATEST. A GIANT REVOLVER GUN. LONDON, Feb. 5. The' Daily Express has begun a series of articles on Krupps by the journalist who furnished the Daily Mail with the Kaiser's Nish banquet report. The writer obtained work at Krupps, and learned they were making a new trench revolver gun, firing 660 rounds pe*r minute. GERMANY AND UNITED STATES. RELATIONS AT HIGH TENSION. LONDON, Feb. 6. The European edition of the New Tork Herald says that early severance of relations with Germany over the Lusitania crime is imminent. German newspapers regard the situation with misgiving. BERLIN BOURSE PANIC-STRICKEN

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 6. The Bourse in Berlin is panicstricken owing to the dangers of the American situation. RUSSO - ROUMANIAN .FRONTIER CLOSED. BTJSSIA. CONCENTRATING AND w MOVING TROOPS. PARIS, February 6. Russia has closed the Russo-Rou-manian. frontier owing to the concentration and movement of troops. SITUATION REMAINS GRAVE. PRESIDENT CANCELS ALL _ ENGAGEMENTS. ' WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. ; The German-American .situation is unchanged, being still grave. It is expected that two or three days will . elapse before there is a definite result. . The crux of the difficulty consists of the interpretation of the word "illegal" regarding the Lusitania. President Wilson conferred with Mr. Lansing on Saturday. He has cancelled all engagements. FRENCH AEROPLANES RETALIATE. 200 BOMBS DROPPED. PARIS, Feb. 5. The Temps Athens correspondent says French aeroplanes on Tuesday dropped 200 bombs on Petrich. A Bulgarian communique admits 1,000 casualties, including 470 killed.

IDIGNATION IN GERMANY. OVER THE KING STEPHEN'S ACTION. AMSTERDAM, February 6. There is a storm of indignation in Germany over the King Stephen's action, people comparing her to the Baralong.

WAR PROFITS. SHIPPING COMPANIES' HAUL. LONDON, Feb. 5. The Daily Mail says the net earnings of the shipping trade have risen from 22 millions in 1913 to 250 millions in 1916, and urges t-hat tbe tax on excess shipping profits should be raised to 75 per cent, or SO per co'nt.