TURKEY WAISTS PEACE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 79, 1 April 1916, Page 5

TURKEY WAISTS PEACE.

I life APPROACHED BRITAIN. THE SYLT RAID. MOST STIRRING DAY OF WAR. SOME BEWILDERINGLY THRILLING FEATS. BELATED WATERPLANE FOUND. i' ■ — ; BATTLE RAGES AROUND VERDUN. BY THE LORD THEY WERE WONDERFUL i'UA..i.i WAKI3 A tf PEACE. APPRiUxniMj BRITAIN TWIpJJJ HURliN'ti THE MONTH. (Reed. 8.30 a.m.). The Daily Ivtai-.'s Petrograd correspondent says mm lux-Key, twice ■within tne montu, to inauce Britain to negotiate a separate peace. j* ixJxAtflAjX NEWSPAPER ON ME. iiUGHES. HE IS THE DARLING OF ENGLISH JINGOES, AUSTRALIAN RECKLESSNESS AND USELESSNESS. (Reed. 8.30 a.m.). ; . AMSTERDAM, March 31. The Frankfurter Zeitung says Mr Hughes has become the dailing of the English Jingoes, whose attitude embarasses the Government. The latter has to treat well the Prime Minister of an important colony, which lias already given strong cause for thought on account of its criminal lacic of self-restraint and its perfect uselessness as an auxiliary force. M ".._;> GERMANS DECIDE UPON NAVAL WARFARE. IT IS NECESSARY FOR WINNING THE WAR. (Reed. 8.30 a.m.). K \ LONDON, March 31. A Berlin wireless states that thedifferent parties on the Reichstag Budget Committee have agreed that sea war. must be carried out by all means most instrumental for securing a successful issue of the war. GERMAN SOLDIERS IN A PITIABLE CONDITION. MERE DEAF AND SPEECHLESS AUTOM ATUMS. NERVES SHATTERED BY ARTILLERY FIRE. (Reed. 8.30 a.m.). V LONDON, March 31. Swiss frontier reports state that 1000 unwounded Germans have arrived at Blotsheim from Verdun, their nerves being shattered so that they are unable to longer stand the strain. They are deaf, and speechless, and are mere automatums, having to be carried from the train. SYLT RAIDING BRITISH SEAPLANE FOUND. FLOATING ON THE SEA WITH DISABLED PROPELLER. THEY COULDN'T GET AWAY AND SURRENDERED. (Reed. 9.40 a.m.). ~+ COPENHAGEN, March 31. I A Danish fisherman -at Nebel, on Saturday, sighted a seaplane riding on ffce sea, and reported it to the military authorities, who rowed out and found a British seaplane that participated in the raid on Sylt. The three occupants were trying their utmost to start the propeller, but failed and they surrendered. GERMANS REDOUBLE THEIR BOMBARDMENT OF MALANCOURT. A NIGHT LONG DESPERATE STRUGGLE. THE VILLAGE REDUCED TO RUINS. (Reed. 9.40 am.). PARIS, March 31. A communique states that bombardment of Malancourt has redoubled in violence'; the Germans launched a series of attacks, debouching from three sides simultanously, against Malancourt village. A desperate struggle continued all night with heavy enemy losses. We evacuated the ruined village, but still hold the exits of it. \ SHULER CONFESSES TO BEING A SPY. HE HOLDS SHIP'S COMPANY AT BAY. - ~ STEALS PAPERS AND MONEY. CAPTURED ASHORE BY COASTGUARDS. 2,,.;., ...-•' (Reed. 10.5 a.m.). Mf- * NFWr YORK, March 31. Sender confessed that wns a soy. snd acknowledged* t*iat si« trleoVto blow up the but Parted that his nerve failed hrn.' He controlled the cantain and crew with an automatic revolver, and stole the ship's papers and raoner and afterwards rowed ashore to a lonely T* a - cantiin to tV rpafs+erpW'e. -t-'Vr ] v ; s arrest-,- Schule'- refused to give his real name, but admitted that he wis sent to England ns a German agent, to ?o TVp . on 18 British training ship Conway - / a#3 endeavour to discover naval secrets. j

MOST STIRRING DAY SINCE WAR BEGAN. THE MARVELLOUS~RAID ON THE SYLT. HOW GERMAN DESTROYERS WERE SUNK. IN A BLINDING BLIZZARD OF SNOW. - CLEOPATRA'S DRAMATIC ATTACK ON A DESTROYER. (Reed. 10.0 a.m.). LONDON, March 31. The "Scotsman" said the Sylt raid was one of the most stirring days since the commencement of war. While nearing the German coast a blizzard burst on the British squadron, icy blasts filling the air with hail and blinding snow. It was marvellous that the airmen should have attempted the task, but they went off in defiance of the elements with an eagerness that added to their honoured service. The naval action began as soon as the British got a glimpse of the enemy flotilla through the blizzard. Germany had long sought an opportunity of finding the British fleet, but the big ships never left the shelter of Kiel and Heligoland. The enemy flotilla fled when the British began the chase. Concerted action was impossible owing to the snowstorms. "Sight and smash" was the .order, and sighting was possible only at close range, and the smashing was deadly. The British soon disposed of their fast and powerful armed trawlers and aimed salvoes at the fleeing destroyers whenever the snow cleared. Or e was socn blazing from end to end, ' and further salvoes were poured into her which sealed her fate. The second destroyer's plight was scarcely less terrible, it probably foundered in a much more dramatic fashion. When the Cleopatra, in a drift in the blizzard, saw the enemy destroyer at close range she rushed in headlong, ramming the destroyer and simultaneously subjecting her to deadly gunnery. The cruiser's bow cut deep into the destroyer which fell away sinking fast. The blinding snow blotted cut everything, and when it cleared there was no trace of the destroyer save the debris and oil. BATTLE RAGING ON VERDUN SECTOR. I ! GERMANS GAIN SLIGHT SUCCESS. AT AN ENORMOUS COST IN LIFE. (Reed. 11.45 a.m.). LONDON, March 31. In the Argonne the Allies have repulsed two grenade attacks that were directed on our positions north of Avocourt. West of the Meuse the bombardment of Malancourt was redoubled in violence. In the course of the night, the Germans launched a series of masked attacks, debouching from three hills simultaneously, on a village forming an advanced salient of our lines, and hold the advanced positions. After a desperate fight lasting the night and at the cost of considerable enemy sacrifices, our troops evacuated the ruined village but hold the egress from it. • In the Woevre the Germans attempted three reprisals for our blowing up work east of Lauderomont. All were repulsed.

LIKE A RAGGED REGIMENT OE SCARE CROWS, IjY THE LORD THEY WERE WONDERFUL TO SEE. FUSILIERS' GLORIOUS WORK AT ST. ELOI. HOW THE GERMANS WERE ENTIRELY COWED. BY FRIGHTFUL SPASM A MOUNTAIN FLUNG UP. OUR MEN DID NOT SUFFER HEAVILY. t LONDON, March 31. Mr. Philip Gibbs, the war correspondent, says that the British achievement at St. Eloi is of real importance. It was planned by fine generalship and carried out by superb courage, showing that, if given a chance, our men still h-.ve an irresistible spirit. The position was as strong as any in the German lines. It formed a salient in a fork of two roads leading from St. Eloi to MessinesWarnston, just where the enemy's line strikes : n westward below the southern shoulder of the Ypres salient. In the centre of the triangle was a mount giving the enemy a commanding position over our trenches. On the side of a hillock was a ruined house, from which an enemy machine-gun swept the ground in front of their entanglements. The position was thickly wired and seemed almost impregnable against infantry. A network of trenches behind was faced by a strongly-built parapet seven to nine feet high. But fcr cur mining under neath it would lave been impossible to assault the position without great loss. Suddenly, at 4.30 in the morning, a great noise like the unheaval of a mountain side or a volcanic eruption gave warning of a blast Avhich tore the earth open and shook it for miles around. (With a frightful spasm, tons of earth were flung up in a black mass on a long frontage. Almost before the earth fell, our men were away as if at Rugby in a straight line to the goal. Two battalions had quitted the trenches before th e enemy machine-guns had time to fire on our parapets yet only a minute elapsed from the last rumble of the explosion before the swish of the German bullets came from each side of the enemy salient, which was covered with wreckage, earth, and human debris. Already the Fusiliers were flinging themselves upon the entanglements, which, notwithstanding the explosion, stood strong. \ The Fusiliers swept across without stopping to cut the wire. They stormed through it and over it, tearirg their colthes and lacerating their hands and shoulders in a great jumbled mass of human energy. At the outset many lives were saved by the coolness of young officers. Two or three men from the ruined house rrade an attempt to fire a machine-gun. A young subaltern dashed for it, and threw a bomb at close range, and knocked out the gun with an officer rnd several men. Others were bayoneted. If the bomb had failed the whc/le company of Fusiliers would have been mown down. ( " There was little resistance within th e salient. The trenches were blown shapeless and the communication trenches were blocked up. None of the survivors within the salient could escape. They had not the strength to resist. They were dazed and terrified and came up out of holes in the earth shaking and moaning, utterly cowed. They were made prisoners without trouble. ', Only on the extreme right was any attempt made to counter-attack. A party of German bombers came up just when the Northumberlands found a store of German bombs, which came in useful at an awkward moment. The German Grenadiers did not make a desperate attack, thirty-five surrendering. "Vye then took the second line, causing the enemy to fall back beyond the marshy ground thousands of yards to the rear, where they made redoubts for machine-guns. Our men did not suffer heavily, although they were- extremely exhausted. They looked like a ragged regiment of scarecrows. They were dirty, but, ly the Lord, they were wonderful to see as they marched back from the fie'ds of death.

ALLIES UNANIMOUS. THE FOUNDATIONS OF PERMANENT PEACE. PARIS, March 30. The Press declares that eight tions are solemnly bound to complnrf unity in diplomatic and military rations. The Allies will henceforth co-. duet their negotiations with the a antra) a and the enemy as a single Power. The Matin says the conference lair the foundations for a permanent pcaco

BRITISH HOLD CAPTURED GROUND. LONDON, March 31. j Sir: Douglas Haig reports: j Hostile bombers reached the east- ' ern-most craters at St. Eloi. I A small enemy force south of Boesinghe, after a bombardment, tried ,to leave the trenches, but our fire : drove'them back. I ; •:,

LAND IN SOUTH AFRICA. FOR SOLDIEES AND SETTLERS. o - LONDON, March 30. The British-South Africa Company proposes to grant half a million acres of free land for selected soldiers and settlers from overseas. NOT BUTCHEES. CONTRAST IN METHODS. PLUCKY BRITISH AIRMEN. LONDON. March 30. The Copenhagen newspaper Politiken,; commenting on the raid of British seaplanes on the German air stations on the western side of Sehleswig, says: "The attack showed t-he capacity of the British to carry out air raids on German towns, but the bombs were restricted to military objectives. The attack was boldly and stubbornly carried out, and the seaplanes flew over a strong fortress wall. It is believed that this feat was fhe introduction of new offensive tactics by the British air service.'' SPIES ON CORFU. SUBMARINE SUPPLY DEPOT. 40 ARRESTS MADE. PARIS, March 30. The Journal states that a vast espionage and submarine supply organisation has been discovered on t-he Island of Corfu. Forty have been arrested and sent to France, including a leading hotel landlord. BRITAIN'S BUDGET. INTRODUCED NEXT TUESDAY. LONDON, March 30. The Budget will be introduced inlo the House of Commons on Tuesday. PRUSSIA'S CASUALTY LIST. RAPIDLY MOUNTING UP. ROTTERDAM, March 30. The Nieuwe Rotterdamsch Courant says that five new lists bring tha Prussian casualties to 2,457,558, excluding 254 Bavarian Ksts, 355 Wurtemburg, 262 Saxon, and 67 naval.

FIGHTING AROUND VERDUN. VIOLENT ATTACKS AT DOUAUMONT. ». k , , ■ ' GERMANS REPULSED. PARIS, March 31. The Germans eastward of the Meusa violently attacked positions at the approaches to Fort Dowaumont. The ittacks, which were accompanied by discharges of liquid flame, were completely, repulsed. A second attackjiad the same result, costing the enemy appreciable losses. A G.ERMAN REPORT. LONDON, March 30. A Berlin communique says: Repeated night-long French a tacks, with the object of recapturing the wood northwest of Avoncourt, were repulsed. Immelmann downed a British biplane, making his twelfth. A FORMIDABLE REDOUBT. PARIS, March 31. The redoubt captured by the French at Avoncourt is massively construct-;'! with cement foundations, and bomb-' ! proof shelters 12ft. thick, armed with revolver machine guns, protected by steel hoods. It has since proved invineiblte in French hands, as wave after wave of German infantry have found to their bitter cost. ITALIANS ROUT AUSTRIANS. ROME, March 31. A communique says: After an intense artillery duel, the enemy with Sarge reserves attacked the northern extremity of the Uodgora heights and rapidly extended along the entire front as far as Sabotine. Fighting was particularly desperate across the Penmica torrent. The attacks were repeatedly repulsed, the enemy relnewing them each time with fresh troops. Ultimately they were routed, and we captured east of Selta, a strongly-entrenched position, at the bayonet's point.

GALLIPOLI TURKS CAPTURED. PETROGRAD, March 31. A communique says: Fighting in the Caucasus Litterol, we prisonered 410 Turks belonging to a regiment from Gallipoli. BRAZIL NEUTRAL. LONDON ( March 30. The German official Press assert that Brazil guarantees the strictest neutrality and will not seize ships in Brazilian ports. ,' ~

JAPAN RETURNS FOUR RUSSIAN WARSHIPS. LONDON, March 30. Japan has retroeeded to Russia the warships Hizen, Sangami, Tango and Suho, taken during the Russo-Japan-ese war. The following are some particulars of the above vessels: H.I.J.M.S. Tango, 11,000 tons, coast defence ship. H.I.J.M.S. Sangami, 5000 tons, coast defence s hip H.I.J.M.S. Hizen, 13,000 tons, battleship. H.I.J.M.S. Shuho, 13,000 tons, battleship. The "Jiji Shimpo," of February 22 last, stated that they had already been transferred to the Russian Government, and would shortly reappear in the North Sea. They were all units of the Baltic fleet during the RussoJapanese war. The Hizen is the new name given by the Japanese to the notorious Retzivan. These were all captured by the Japanese at the battle of Tsushima on May 27, 1905. The Japanese press is unanimous in the hope that these ships may have the opportunity of distinguishing themselves in the present war.

YOUR KING AND COUNTRY NEED YOU. FREE MEN'S GREAT PRIVILEGE. INVERCARGILL March 31. Sir Joseph Ward who is on a recruiting tour in the South received a splendid welcome to Invercargill today.) A great rally was held in the Municipal Theatre in the evening, every portion of the big hall being crowded. There were about 2000 persons present. Sir Joseph Ward, who was received with warm and prolonged applause, delivered a strong address, his remarks being punctuated with frequent applause. He made a strong appeal for the voluntary system. New Zealand had done marvellously to the present, and it would be a grand thing to say after the war was over that we had done everything required of us without having recourse to compulsion. (Applause), j Some peop.e thought that we oould have conscription without exemptions, but that was

impossible. There was trouble . in England now in regard to the system established by law there. It was the exemptions that were causing the dissension. History had shown that Great Britain had never been ready at the commencement of a war, but she had always won the last battle —the decisive one. (Applause). We had a splendid heritage and every physically fit man who could get away should enlist to help to preserve New Zealand and the Empire. The splendid spirit that had existed at the Paris Conference was surely sufficient to make all those who were able to go answer '"Yes," to the call of duty. There should be no lagging behind it. Up to the present every reinforcement draft had been filled, and he was sure every draft that had yet to go would leave cur shores at full strength. (Applause). It was not the call of the Government; it was the call of the colours, the call of the people. (Applause). The whole world would be changed as the result of the war, and the nation would have to economise. New Zealand would feel the change as well as other parts of the Empire. We could not expect to get the same price for our products after the war as we were obtaining now, There would be an all-round reduction of probably 50 per cent six months or so after peace was proclaimed, but in advocating economy he did not wish to suggest that men should be put out of employment. Such a policy would be fatal to the country and would dislocate the whole labour and business world. The economy would have to come in connection with luxuries. We would not be able to borrow from England for perhaps five or ten years after the war\was over, and New Zealand must see that she did not require to borrow. (Applause.) There was an enormous amount of work to be done, and he wanted to see this country in a strong position after tbe war, as he believed it would be. He called upon the Southern districts to do their share in the matter of providing recruits. It was not fair that Auckland or Wellington should give more than their due proportion. Each district should do its full share. (Applause). As the outcome of the herculean struggle that was taking place, the Empire would emerge greater and stronger than ever. The war was making for solidity. There would be more of a partnership between the Old Country and the outlying Dominions and representatives of the overseas countries would be called in for consultation and advice, which meant lasting greatness for the British Empire. (Applause). Sir Joseph was heartily applauded when he resumed his seat, and he was accorded a hearty vote of thanks en the motion of the Mayor, the resolution being carried by acclamation. On Saturday night Sir Joseph Ward speaks at Milton and at West Plains on Monday.

AERIAL WARFARE. PARIS, March 31. A communique says: Our special guns brought down an aeroplane westI ward of Nouvain, the occupants being killed. Another German aeroplane was brought down in the German line at Champagne, five being dealt with similarly in the Verdun district. THE BLIZZARD AT HOME. LONDON, March 31. As the result of a storm, Windsor Castle park is strewn with uprooted trees. Much damage has been dene to th e famous' chestnut Avenue at Hampton Court. Thirty trees which were uprooted were a hundred years old. YANKEE HUSTLE. LONDON, March 30. Mr. Thomas Edison told the American Naval Affairs Committee that it was possible to build a submarine in a fortnight and aeroplanes much quicker and greatly speed up naval construction generally if types of mechanism were standardised. ,/'