MORE HUN PIRACY.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 67, 18 March 1916, Page 5

MORE HUN PIRACY.

ATTEMPT TO SINK THE PATBIA. AN AMERICAN CONSUL ABOARD. GERMANS EVERYWHERE THROWN BACK WITH HEAVY LOSSES. GREAT ANXIETY IN GERMANY. CONTINUOUS CONVOYS OF WOUNDED. ITALY SEIZING GERMAN LINERS

THE MAN WHO SUCCEEDS VQN TIRPITZ. -;.' BATHER A MONEY JUGGLER THAN \~ (Reed. 9.35 a.m.) ri| - * LONDON, March 17. % Von Capelle, who supplants Von Tirpitz is sixty years of age, and - not been to sea since he was a captain. He was 'for many years in England. Under Von Tirpitz his main business was to juggle the navy estimates an<j to manage the Reichstag.

FIVE HEAVY GERMAN ATTACKS ON VAUX. i , tS k SHATTERED WITH HEAVY LOSSES. iMfi ■ , f&r? , ' ■:■• (Reed. 9.35 a.m.) '. r ■;. t LONDON, March 17. Official: Five heavy German attacks on Vaux were shattered with leavy German losses. * THE TUBANTIA WAS TORPEDOED. t ————— BELIEVED THAT SEVERAL LIVES ARE LOST. (Reed. 9.35 a.m.) ' , LQNDON, March 17. The Tubantia was torpedoed. From latest reports, several lives are Relieved to have been lost. . i *ii*& - NEWSPAPERS AND PUBLIC ARE INDIGNANT. HOUR OF SAILING AND ROUTE WELL-KNOWN. PROBABLY A SUBMARINES' DELIBERATE ACT. ■! fjj? it (Reed. 8.5. a.m.); jj|; . AMSTERDAM, March 17. Dutch newspapers and the public are indignant at the Tubantia incident and insits that no credit be given to Germans. There was no reason *b expect floating mines in that area of the North Sea. If la submarine laid mines it must have been with the deliberate purpose of sinking the Tubantia, as the hour of her sailing and the route were well-known. The general belief is .that it was due to la torpedo, which the lookout affirms. OFFICERS AFFIRM THE .TUBANTIA WAS TORPEDOED. THEY CLEARLY SAW THE TORPEDOED WAKE. (Reed. 10.50 a.m.); HAGUE, March 17. The Tubantia's first and fourth officers and the lookout man have sworn an affirmation that the ship was torpedoed, and that they clearly . saw the wak e of the torpedo, while Schilling, American consul at Stuttgart, a passenger, says the steameH- was mined. The torpedoing of the Tubantia is likely to cause further complications with Germany. It is hoped in American Government circles that the retirment of Ad- *. miral von Tirpitz, with the probability that the control of German naval i. policy will pass to the Kaiser and Dr von Bethmann-Hollweg, will be likely to result in an improvement in the submarine campaign. The announcement of the torpedoing of the Patria has 'also aroused public feeling. President Wilson's attittude is now arousing distrust amongst even his own party. The dispatch of American troops to Mexico is having a bad effect, as Americans generally believe the result will be war with Carranza or other factions there, thus weakening the United States' power to discuss other questions with the Allies or Germ'any. 7] The Press is increasingly bitter in its comments on President Wilson's 'weakness, pointing out that .the State Department is now merely a target for foreign jokes. j__i

ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN ENGLAND. QUEEN MARY PRESENTS SHAMROCKS. THE KING REVIEWS THE IRISH GUARDS. THEIR GLORIOUS EXPLOITS AT MONS. THE MIRACULOUS SfTAND AT YPRES. THE IRISH GUARDS MUST BE RECKONED WITH. (Reed. 10.50 a.m.) LONDON, March 17. To-day there was a spirited sale of Irish flags and shamrocks in LonIdon in aid of the Irish Soldiers' Fund. The Queen distributed Queen Alexandra's shamrocks to the Irish Guards, and the King inspected the * guards and paid high tribute to their splendid achievements in their first campaign, whereby they fully maintained the high traditions of the guards brigade. He recalled their heroism during the Mons retreat, and on the ' critical day at Ypres, when, as wrote, survivors showed the enemy that the Irish Guards must be reckqned with, however hard they are hit. After the twenty-eighth day of incessant fighting against heavy odds their first battalion came out. less tt|an a company strong, and with only four officers. This was a glorious tribute to the loyalty and endurance J of the Irish, You, said His Majesty, have shown that the shamrock stands [for loyalty, courage and endurance in adversity, may it carry you to victory.

PROGRESS IN GERMAN AFRICA. THE GERMANS IN FULL RETREAT. THEIR NATIVES MAY DESERT THEM. (Reed. 8.5. a.m.) \ LONDON, March 17. A British East African official message states that General Smut s is operating in the most difficult part cf German country. If the enemy is thoroughly broken, the effects would be most important, as it would likely lead to wholesale desertion by tbe natives. of operations is now possible owing to the construction of a strategic railway from Voi, crossing the waterless deserts and linking up with the British frontier. The scenes of Smuts' latest successes are important military centres. It is difficult to see what the Germans retreating along the Tanga railway can do, unless they strike across to the Djaressala'am-Ujiji railway, and make a ,stand at Tabora. GERMANS FAIL AT MORT HOMME. FRENCH ARTILLERY INFLICT HEAVY LOSSES. THE WOLFF AGENCY'S NAIVETE. NOT GERMAN BUT FRENCH WOUNDED. Paris, March 17. A communique says: After a most violent bombardment on the Beth-incourt-Cumieres front, the Germans in the afternoon made a strong attack on Morthomme. They came on in waves, but were unable to secure a footing at any points, and were compelled to fall back towards Crow's Wood, where our concentrated fire, vMch was immediately let loose, inflicted great losses. The batteries en several occasions caught the Germans marching on the right bank cf the Meuse. The "Frankfurter Zeitung" states that convoys of wounded are continually passing Frankfort and arousing the greatest anxiety. It is feared the Germans suffered enormous losses at Verdun. \ The Wolff Agency, however, has informed the Press that the convoys ! are composed of wounded and captuired French.

ANOTHER EFFORT AT PIRACY AND MURDER. FRENCH SHIP WITH 900 PASSENGERS. "\'„ r ( ONLY MISSED BY TWENTY FEET. A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN ABOARD. (Reed. 10.25 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 17. The French liner Patria with 9CO passengers from Palermo reports passing off Tunis a submarine which fired a torpedo without giving warning. Two thousand were aboard the Fatria, including Mr. Olney, the American Consul at Florence, twenty other Americans, and 300 women. Captain Dechelles and an American saw a periscope at a distance of 120 yards, and almost simultaneously the discharge of a torpedo. He full speeded his ship, which was thus saved, the torpedo passing 20 feet astern.

BOMBARDMENT SLACKENING WEST OF THE MEUSE. ATTACKS AT BETHTNCOURT SANGUINARILY CHECKED. ENEMY THROWN BACK AT OTHER PARTS. The High Commissioner reportsjLondon, 17th March, 1.51 p.m. West of the Meuse the bombardment slackened during the night. In region of Bethincourt and Cumieres, since the check of attack yesterday, the enemy has not renewed attacks. On M'ort homme, east of Meuse, la recrudescence of the bombardment was followed by a series of violent offensives against the village and fort of Vaii*. Five successive attacks, with great effectiveness, were thrown forward by the Germans, without success. Two were on the village, two others against the crest, which the fort surmounts, •and lastly one attempting to debouch on the road south' east of the village of Vaux. All these attacks we I '© broken by French curtain fire, and mitrailleuses, costing th e enemy important sacrifices. At Woevre there has been only a reciprocal cannonade. Throughout the section, west o f Pollt a Mouson a coup de main was made on a salient of the line opp.osi* e Boi * d « Mortm'ait, the enemy losing prisoners and suffering other casualti es «

PROGRESS IN ITALY. DESPERATE STRUGGLE ON THE CARSO. L ENEMY REPULSED WITH GREAT LOSS. i i ■ ! ROME, March 17. A communique states: There is a desperate struggle on the Carso for the possession of positions captured . in* the San Martino zone on Tuesd'iy ■ night. The enemy launched two impetuous attacks and reached the edge ; of our new. trenches, but were vigor--,iously repulsed, leaving the ground c-o- - fered with dead. The attacks increased .in violence in the night, but we held the positions. : .

PANAMA CANAL. LQNDON, March 17. Uloyds reports that the Panama canal is re-opening on April 15th. RECRUITING AT HOME. A FUTILE QUESTION. I LONDON, March lrt. In the House of Commons, , Mr. Tennat, interrogated, said he, could not say what would be the Government action in the event of attesteds refusing to respond to the summons. It was improper to anticipate such an unfortunate and illegal act on the part of r* testeds. , 1