COLD-BLOODED BUTCHERY.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 63, 14 March 1916, Page 5

COLD-BLOODED BUTCHERY.

THE GERMS FIRMLY HELD. YAM MAKES BOUAUMOIIT IBSiCNIFIOAST DITCHES BUN WITH BLOOD. REVOLUTION IMMINENT IN TURKEY. PEACE OR REVOLUTION NEXT WEEK. \ 1 ' RUSSIAN VICTORY ON EASTERN FRONTA •v 1 GETTIHa NEARER TO BAGDAD. CALLOUS. COLD-BLOODED BUTCHERY AT VAUX. DOUAUMONT SLAUGHTER PALES INTO INSIGNIFICANCE. THE FRENCH OUT-NUMBERED SIX TO ONE. POSITIONS OF VALUE ALL SECURELY HELD. DITCHES RAN RED WTH GERMAN BLOOD. THRILLING DESCRIPTIONS OP HELLISH SLAUGHTER. (Reed. 5.20 a.m.) PARIS, March 13. The German losses at Douaumont pale into insignificance with those of last week. German artillery for nine hours searched the Vaux Pleateau with a deluge of steel. Trench mortars dropped huge land torches amid houses of the village, but the French defended amid the uproar, and choked with smoke, gas and dust, they held every position of value. It is thought that the enemy outnumbered them by six to one. It took four distinct assaults before the first German column won the shelter of a small group of ruined houses. Five times the enemy endeavoured to leave the shelter of the ruins of the church, and each time machine guns cut through them like a scythe, and men were falling in swathes. L The fight died down from sheer inanition. Desperate as the fight at the village was, it was deadlier round the fort, owing to the precipitous slope, Bavarians climbed one another’s shoulders and hung in angles from the rocks. Repeatedly as they hung the pyramids they formed collapsed into a shapeless mass under the Preach fire, and the ditches at the foot ran red. Finally the German Generals stopped the butchery.

ANOTHER VICTIM OF GERMAN LYING. BANDIT WILL A A TOOL OF POTSDAM. GERMANS BOUND TO INTERVENE IN MEXICO. (Reed. 8.30 a.m.) .WASHINGTON, March 13. Mrs. Wright, the American, states that Villa told his lieutenants in her Shearing that if they succeeded in forcing President Wilson’s hand, Germany was hound to step in. This is taken to indicate that Villa gave ear ta the Potsdam propagandists. SERBIAN ARMY 150,000 STRONG. WILL FIGHT WHERE SENT BY THE ALLIES. (Reed. 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, March 13. The Daily Telegraph’s Rome correspondent reports that the Serbian army, 150,000 strong, has been completely reorganised at Corfu, and is now ready to fight wherever sent by the Allies. REVOLUTION COMING IN TURKEY. A STRONG APPEAL FOR SEPARATE PEACE. PEACE OR REVOLUTION NEXT WEEK. •V’ (Reed. 9.30 a.m.) ATHENS, March 13. The newspaper Neuhilles states that 75,000 Turks petitened the Crown Prince Vareddin asking him to compel the Sultan to remove Young Turks from the Government and conclude a separate peace, otherwise revolution will result by next week. , OFFICIAL REPORT ON VERDUN. — 1 XO RECENT INFANTRY ACTION. LIVELY ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT CONTINCES. GERMAN AIRMEN PUT TO FLIGHT. TP* ' r ’ ’ i LONDON. March 13. North of Verdun, there has been no infantry action, though a fairly lively bombardment is continued. At Ban de Sapt we destroyed enemy trenches. Eighteen air fights took place in the region of Ktain, the Germans were put to flight. i - • r,' i'i x NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON AUSTRO-ITALLAN FRONT., 1 V AVALANCHES SHELLED ON TROOPS BENEATH. MOUNTAIN TOPS BLOWN OFF BLOCKING BOA. D. A (Reed. 10.35 a.m.) M\ • > ROME, March 13. W'.iSt Austrians ana Italians have developed deadly avalanche methods c>f warfare. Gigantic avalanches of snow, earth, rocks and trees are precipitated by shelling the mountain sides, whereuuder troops are encamped, or by exploding mines near mountain tops. It is estimated that 1000 AM nang_were thus killed last week. Avalanches are especially

FRENCH ESTIMATE OF GERMAN LOSSES. AN AIR RAID ON CONFLANS STATION. ALL MACHINES RETURNED SAFELY. (Reed. 10.35 a.m.) PARIS, March 13. The Daily Review estimates the losses at Verdun now at 200,000. A communique states there are no infantry actions north of Verdun. A French air squadron bombarded Conflans station ,where five fires were counted. All machines returned safely. GERMAN BLUFF THAT HAS FAILED. THE ALLIES ARE COAXED EASTWARDS. WHILE GERMANS RUSH BACK TO FRANCE. FRENCH LINES MUST BE CONSERVED. NO USELESS SACRIFICES TO BE MADE. LONDON, March 13. Colonel Repington, the Times’ military correspondent . says: The Germans have bluffed us well. The Egyptian eompaign -has filled out. Onlv three or four weak Gorman divisions ar 0 south of the Danube, while not 50 divisions are fronting the Russians. AD the rest, with the available guns, have flowed back to France. The Germans have also had their illusions spoilt by the relatively easy Russian successes. They thought the Meuse w- - the Dumajec and Vrdun Kovno. The Mackensen - Readers’ rush s tactics have broken down before Verdun. General Falkenhayn, believing the Allies would simultaneously attack in the spring and summer, forestalled us. One hundred and eighteen German divisions confront ns. General Falkcnhayn can use 25 divisions at Verdun, contrary to German theories, and leave the remainder idle. The second attack may open elsewhere. Military experts emphasise that General Retain (French comander) is not prepared to sacrifice thousands uselessly as the Germans are doing. Everv French retirement since the outset has not been clue to inability to ■hold a position but because it was not worth holding at such a cost. Father retreats are foreshadowed, if necessary, for the same reason, inasmuch as Joffro knows how men count, and will count increasingly, in the final phase of the war. THE GERMAN’S BLOODY FRIDAY. WHOLE ENEMY 'BRIGADES AVI BED OUT. THE FEARFUL OVERARM DEMON PLUNGE. PREMATURE CLAIMS MADE BY GERMANS. NOTHING BUT HUGE AND BLOODY LOSSES. ; LONDON. March 13. The “Daily Mail’s” Paris correspondent says Friday’s German losses were the bloodiest of the war. Whole brigades were wiped out at Vaux and Douiurennt, where Zouaves, Turkcs and Senegalese figured prominently. fighting like demons, driving in their bayonets with a fearful overarm plunge. The French artillery slaughtered thousands, dead and dying Iving in huso beaus. The Germans attacking Fort Vaux ridge never reached the trenches. All were mown down. The “Times” correspondent in Paris say s the Germans are unab'e to carry the positions and held the battle decided was a paper battle in announcing the success at Vaux when the attack did not begin until two hours afterwards. A staff officer visited the fort and found everything normal and the men were playing cai-ds throughout the day. Bloody enemy repulses were converted into brilliant successes. Despite th,h fact that enemy reserves were flung wildly into the furnace, the enemy made no gains anywhere, but wore repulsed with extraordinarily heavy loss.

SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS. | GENERAL BOTHA PREVENTED FROM ATTENDING .IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. (Reed. 9.30 a.m.) CAPETOWN. March 13. General Botha states that, owing to Parliament being in session and General Smuts conducting a campaign, it is impossible to lix n date to visit London to attend an Imperial Conference. COMMONWEALTH FISH SCHEME. TO COST £IOO,OOO. (Rood. 9.35 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Government fish scheme, including the construction of trawlers, necessitates an expenditure of £IOO,OOO. THE MATATUA SUNK. WHILE LYING IN DOCK. / AT ST. .JOHNS (NEW BRUNSWICK) ST JOHNS (Now Brunswick), Mar 13 Fire and explosions destroyed and sunk llie steamer Matatua while lying in dock, hero, loading cargo for New Zealand. The captain was kilhVl. The cause of Hie fire is unknown. FRENCH ARTILLERY EQUAL TO GERMAN. LONDON. March 12. Marcel Ilntin says the, Gormans will be unable to maintain the big attacks , much longer, despite the fact that numerous railways have been constructed to convey materia!, munitions, and reinforcements to the - front. The French artillery on Hie whole Verdun front is fully equal, to the German. ANOTHER RAID ON ENGLAND. AEROPJ. ANUS DEI VE (?F V T i I! i RAIDER. LONDON, March 12. A Ce.nuiu seaplane was sighted at North Foreland at midday. Aero- - planes from Dover drove it off. ■

? FRENCH AERIAL VICTORIES. LIEUTENANT'B FINE RECORD. PARIB. Ala rcE 12. We brought down an aeroplane in flames into o>’r lines near Theisoonrt. This is the eight brought down by Lieut. Guynemcr. six of which fell in our linos and two in tlie German lines. We brought down an aeroplane into onr lines, near Dombasle. in the Argonne. The oeenpants were killed. We fought 18 aerial actions in the region of Etftin, routing our adversaries. ECHO FROM THE FOOL-SHIP. NEUTRAL CONFERENCE SUGGESTED. TO END THE WAR. STOCKHOLM, March 12. A conference of representatives of the United States, Holland, Denmark, Norway .Sweden, 'and Switzerland, arising out of the Ford Peace Expedition, ha s issued an appeal to neutral Governments to call an official conference with a. view to hastening a just and permanent peace. The manifesto says that it. is nearly two years since the most, dreadful catastrophe in the history of the human race fell upon Europe. The opposing Powers are about equal in strength, and both claim inexhaustible reserves of men and wealth. Therefore, no human foresight can tell when the hostilties will end. Some people believe that Europe is plunging into an abyss. If it is possible by .making an effort to shorten the war by a single day, and save millions of lives, would not the effort be worth trying History will severely judge neutrals if they remain mere spectators in this gigantic and heroic struggle. RUSSIA'S INTENTIONS. PETRGGRAD, March 13. It is authoritatively stated that Russia intends to liberate Armenia from Turkish misrule. She will strike the Bagdad railway at Has elan, and cut off Bagdad from the rest of the Empire.

iKSUPPS’ WOMEN WORKERS. AMSTERDAM, Mart-' 1 ! 12. Ten thousand women are working’ at ! Knipes. Some ore night workers, only ; receiving half the wages of the men. ARTILLERY FIGHTING ON THE AISNE. INTENSE BOMBARDMENT AT BETHINCOURT. SMALL TRENCH IN iWOEVRE CAPTURED. i The High Commissioner reports, un- | tier date of London, 12th March, 4.30 : p.m.: i North of the Aisne Caere has been 1 very active artillery gluing in the region of Bois de Buttes. On the left, bank of the Meuse a fairly intense bombardment is going on in the region of Bethincourt. On ; the right bank a small German grenTde attack near Poivre Hill was easily repulsed. The bombardment continues violently east of Fort Douaumont and in the | region of Manx, where the enemy has ; made no fresh attempt to reach the ; plateau around the fort. In the Woevre. last evening, after i artillery preparaf?;c,ns, the Germans ; captured a small trench adjoining the | Etain Road, north of Eix. FLEET AUXILIARY MINED. ' | two officlers and twelve MEN DROWNED. ■ [ j The High Commissioner reports, un- | der date of London, March 12th, 8.30 I p.m.: I The merchant fleet auxiliary steam[er Fauvette was mined off the East Coast ,'and sank. The casualties numbered two officers and twelve men.

MAJOR-GENERAL LONG’S RESIGNATION. j A MATTER OT sri?rHl*K.

(Reed. 8.20 a.m.'i LONDON. 'March 13. The Daily Express states that suris felt at t-he resignation of i Major-General Done-. DhVctor of Sup- ] plies and. Transports, ■whose work is ; one of the master surpiisos of the ! ■wav.

| GER3MAN OFFICIAL AS?OUT. ALLIES SUCCESSFUL WEST OF MEUSE. NO INFANTRY ATTACKS IN WOEVRB. LONDON, March 12. A Gorman communique says: The enemy successfully attacked rho sector westward of the Mouse, but did not reach our new positions on the heights eastward of the river. There was only violent artillery lire in the * Woevre. Our prisoners have reached the total of 20,700, also ISO guns and 232 machine-guns. The French repeatedly attacked Oberse'pt, but did not regain their former positions. They were bloodily repulsed. I FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT. I , ARTILLERY BUSY ON BOTH 1 BANKS OF THE MEUSE. PARIS. March 12. A communique states; We carried out destructive fire on the enemy’s -'works ’at Maurcourt, southward of the Somme, and Nouvron region. There were no infantry atcions northward of Verdun, but the bombardment was rather violent on both sides cn the two banks of the Meuse. Our heavy artillery shelled the enemy assembling in a ravine north of Poivre Hill and batteries west of Louvemont. We wrecked trenches in the Senonei region.

MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN. RUSSIANS CAPTURE ANOTHER TOWN. PETROGRAD, March 12. A communique says: We have occupied the town of Kirin d, 130 miles east of Bagdad. ALLIES WAITING THEIR TIME. A NEW ZEALANDER’S OPINION.

LONDON, March 13. Mr. J. B. Clarkson, a leading motor trader, of New ZeUand, has just returned from a world tour, including France. He says he has the very best authority for stating that the Allies’ big offensive will start in April. By the spring the French will have a great Algerian army in the field. While he was in America an order for 10,000 machine-guns for the French was placed. He is confident that when the time is ripe the Allies will drive the Germans out of France and Belgium.

JEWS ORGANISING. TO SECURE UNIFORM RIGHTS. IN ALL COUNTRIES. | (Reed. 8.20 a m.) LONDON. March 13. A National Union of Jews has been formed to secure equal rights in all countries after the war. Mr. Israel Zangwill states that Jews hoped to got land cither in Canada or Australia. UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. ACTIVE MEASURES TO B*E TAKEN. CABINET APPROVES PRESIDENT'S DECISION. WASHINGTON, March 13. j Cabinet has aproved President Wilson’s determination to take active measures against the Mexican bandits. The President announced his determination to eliminate Villa. The War Department is preparing to despatch a punitive expedition in a few days. General Funston is directing the border operations. Twelve hundred of Carranza's troops are 'approaching the border, it is understood with the intention of assisting the American troops in wiping out Villa and his bandits. Carranza hag requested permission to be allowed to send Mexican troops into the United States, if the need arises, in the pursuit of the bandits. President Wilson declares that the action i s entirely to aid Carranza. There is no thought of aggression. Me claims th'at the right to pursue marauding bandits, across an international line is established by international law. Strong naval forces will be sent to Mexican wa 4 ors in readiness should American lives and property be endangered. BAD WEATFFR HAMPERS OPERATIONS. ROME, March 13. Operations are being impeded by persistent bad weather and heavy snow. After the bombardment of the Isonzo the Italian infantry ploughed through deep snowdrifts and attacked an enemy position with gren teles. Enemy detachments in support were caught by well-adjusted artillary and tnacLine-gm fire..

MAY AS WELL FIRST DAMAGE BRITISH FLEET. LONDON, March 13. The “Daily Mail’s’ Rotterdam correspondent says the German Fleet is preparing to move into action. The 1 theory is that if Germany loses the war she will lose her fleet. Therefore, its destruction must first cost the enemy enormous sacrice. The naval staff believe they can deal Britain a severe, if not a deadly blow, and hop© with the super-submarine to strike ef- i fectively. The, German ioss in submarines during the last few months has been greater than the naval staff care to confess. The main difficulty is tlie lack of efficient crews. 1 11 " " — 1 * CANADIANS TAKE CHARGE. i j ANNOYED AT A PLAY. STOPPED THE MELODRAMA. LONDON. March la. | The Weekly Dispatch says that 200 Canadian soldiers secured seats at the Queen’s Theatre, and ridiculed and stopped a silly melodrama called ‘ ‘ The Love Thief,” believing that it derided Canada and the Canadians. The dis- , order was not serious until the military police interfered. Many arrests were made, some of. the men being handcuffed. The disturbers were previously warned on the parade ground I not to interfere with the performance.! Mr. Sass. an actor appearing in t-Im 1 least enviable part, when interviewed, declared that a students’ riot in Melbourne some time ago. when a coffin was lowered from the gailerv, v .-as n nothing to this. Some- halfpennies a wore thrown on the stage, and one cop U stru-k a girl in the face. fjj RUSSIA’S IMPORTANT DE- 1 CISIONS. I ROUMANIA GIVEN PART OF I BESSARABIA. || LONDON, March 13. 1 A Bucharest E.vchasge telegram I saj, s Russia, has signed an agreement I allowing the passage of war material , to Rcunmnia, eventually supplying her i tv th these. She hug also agreed tc .v < • r r •. *— v*■ _

NEW ZEALAND NEWS. 'e SUGGESTED HE WAS f?ERMAN. LIEUT. OR EXE SON STAYS BEHIND. TO PROSECUTE HIS DEFAMEES. WELLINGTON.'. This* Day. i Lieutenant Alexander Hugh GrierI Sun, of Auckland, .ofdcer in the 20tl; ; Reinforcements, has stayed''Genii’,cl to take legal action against ecrtajji persons who had suggested man extraction, and had leanings. An inquiry will be held'into the charges, probably by Royal (kimmission, but this inquiry will not. preju-' dice any legal action by Grierson. SEVERAL. MILITARY, CHANGES. WELLINGTON, This Day. I Although it has' been announced ! that General Answell takes command of the newly formed X.Z. Division. General ‘Godley still remains in supreme control" as head of the corps of | which the Division will form a part, lend he also retains the right to make or approve promotions. Colonej Charter, " who was to have command of tlm Rifle Brigade, takes the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, and Colonel. Braitliwaite commands the Rifle Brigade. Colonel •Tohnston retains command of the Infantry Brigade, and Major Pinweil succeeds C, lord Praithwaite on the Staff. WHEN PA FT, IA MEN T WILL MEET. NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE. PRIME MINISTER RETICENT. WELLINGTON, This'Day. The Prime Minister states he will not be able to say for a fortnight anymore about the possiblity of an earlv session of Parliament. At the end of that period lie hoped the Cabinet would be able to decide as to the date on which the House would meet. He would not say as to whether there was or was not any likelihood of Cabinet deciding that Parliament should be called together before the usual meeting lime, at the end of .Tune,

INFANTILE PARALYSIS SPREADING. FATAL CASE AT ELTHAM. ELTHAM, This Day. Two more coses of infantile paralysis are reported, one of which is fatal. A girl, 12 years of age, died this morning. The other ease is an infant of seven months. DIED TOGETHER. AGENT AND TYPISTE. SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD. INVERCARGILL March 13. A fortnight ago Edward Henry Smith, a married man, about 70 years of age, a commission agent, and his typiste, Myrtle Scott, aged 20, disappeared. Two men, when rabbit shooting in Seaward Bush on Sunday, saw a 'man on the scrub, and to inform the police, whed past one of them/' ! On arrival of t Scott was found d head, and Smith He died later. The two had Ih bush, subsisting j and potatoes. A THAMES disappea ra nc i In connect: d i s a pc a r a n c e Hansen from I. at Warahoe, • Ff ( U a number newsp a p c r Partich^£V-> , ;’( f p 11