INCREDIBLE VIOLENCE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 108, 8 May 1916, Page 5

INCREDIBLE VIOLENCE.

GERMAN ONSLAUGHT IN FRANCE. RACING WITH INCOMPARABLE FURY. OVERWHELMING GERMAN LOSSESTURKS AMO BULOARS CONCENTRATING. TO FIGHT ON THE WESTERN FRONT. • "“E »' TRAITOROUS BRITISH IRONMESGHANT. LLOYD GEORGE SHOCKS HIS FRIENDS, r - - ' SURVIVORS OF ZEPPELIN CREW CAPTURED. | BROUGHT DOWN BY BRITISH NAVY. (Reed. 8.15 a.m.). LONDON, May 7. De Robeck reports the capture of four officers and eight men, survivors of the Zeppelin brought down at Salonika. ME. LLOYD GEORGE SHOCKS HIS FRIENDS. BY FERVENT PROSECUTION OF THE WAR. THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING RESOLUTE. (Reed. 8.15 a.m.). LONDON, May 7. Mr. Lloyd George speaking at Conway said the number of men that were equipping our navy with munitions were almost equal to the number engaged in France making munitions for the French army. Replying to s ome of his best liberal friends, whom his fervour in prosecuting the war had somewhat shocked, Mr. Lloyd George emphasized the fact that a badly conducted war means a bad peace which would be no peace. In conducting the war a government should not only be resolute, but appear resolute and ready to face the horrors of war. If they had confidence in their leaders the nation’s spirit would be a propellant to its armies. It was therefore important that whatever happens the people should he confident that their government was doing its best in the firmest and most resolute manner in the conduct of the war. LIFE IN DUBLIN IS NOW NORMAL. HOTELS REMAIN CLOSED TILL TO-MORROW. (Reed. 8.15 a.m.). LONDON, May 7. . . Dublin is now normal, but hotels remain closed until Tuesday. There is distress among soldiers’ wives who ; are unable to obtain their allow»wing to documents being burned in the barracks. It is expected that a grant of several thousands of pounds will be made from the Prince of .Wales’ Fund to give prompt relief. Mcßride, known as Major, organised an Irish corps and fought with the Boers. Since then he has been inspector of waterworks in Dublin. He used his influence to nullify the recruiting Campaign. His wife, who had Feinian sympathies, obtained a separation frim him in France in 1905. In ’describing her husband she says he is an incorrigible drunkard and rake. Mcßride habitually referred to his son as the future president of an independent Ireland. IRISH DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED. (Reed. 9.45 a.m.), LONDON, May 7. Death sentnees have been commuted on Henry Shanahan to life; John Plunkett to ten years; Philip Cosgrave to five years; thirteen others have had their sentences commuted to three years. REBEL PRISONERS BEING BROUGHT IN. MORE DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED. (Reed. 11.35 a.m.). I LONDON, May 7. Two hundred rebel prisoners have left Galway, and another batch has been, brought in. Court martial, at Dublin sentenced Countess Markiewicz to death, but commuted the sentence to servitude for life. Count George Plunkett’s death sentence has been commuted to ten years. = -' ; t* " w RIOTS OCCUR IN BERLIN. ;>va BUTCHERS SAID TO CONCEAL MEAT. (Reed. 10.20 a.m.). AMSTERDAM, May 7. Serious riots have arisen over Berlin butchers concealing and refusing to sell meat. Officials made a search and this search revealed a large quantity of meat, which was forthwith sold publicly, and the shops were thereafter closed. Crowds endeavoured to wreck the premises. The greatest disturbance was at Wilmersdorf, where the military were called out and traffic was suspended for hours. Advices from Gothenburg state that a German company has bought King Carl 15th copper mine, at Jonkoping. A TRAITOROUS BRITISH IRONMERCHANT. SENTENCED TO PENAL SERVITUDE FOR LIFE. (Reed. 8.15 a.m.). V -S : :.’ :• LONDON, May 7. Albert Bright, iron merchant, of Sheffield, has been sentenced to penal servitude for life. He pleaded guilty to collecting information from an employee of Vickers’ regarding war material which would be useful to the enemy. GERMAN TROUBLE STIRRING IN INDIA. P HAS PROVED A COMPLETE FAILURE. (Reed. 8.15 a.m.). ' NOW YORK, May 7. Mr. Chamberlain, in a statement to the American press said the Germans had made every endeavour to create trouble among the Indian population of 320.000,M0 hut there were onlv a few malcontents: it had been a complete failure* The fantastic conspiracy of February 1915 evidenced the stability ofAcritish rule. The Viceroy reports that the situation could hardly he more favourable. Twenty-one regiments of Indian cavalry and feighty-six battalions of infantry were fighting abroad. . t

[ GERMANY’S LATEST NOTE CRITICISED. MR. LANSING’S PERTINENT SUGGESTION. MORE NEWSPAPERS AGAINST GERMAN ACTION. (Reed. 8.15 a.m.). WASHINGTON, May 7. Mr. Lansing said mistakes in submarine warfare were inadmissable. They might ask Germany to produce earlier orders to commanders so as to compare them with new orders. * The New York World describes the reply as arrogant, insolent and insulting. America could not contemplate any suggested alliance with Germany with a view to breaking the British blockade, it would be a permanent stain on America’s honour. i < it jg significant that there is an increase in the number of newspapers | demanding compliance with the laws of humanity. j THE GERMAN REPLY TO AMERICA. J WILSON TO ACCEPT GERMAN PROMISES. (Reed. 11.35 a.m.). WASHINGTON, May 7. It is understood that President Wilson accepts Germany’s reply. Wilson says he is frankly testing Germany’s good faith in carrying out their 1 undertaking. I THE KAISER WROTE THE REPLY TO AMERICA. AMSTERDAM, May 7. German newspapers state that the Kaiser wrote the entire reply to the American Note. GERMAN ATTACKS AT LIKONS REPULSED. NIGHT-LONG BOMBARDMENT AROUND VERDUN. CAPTIVE BALLOONS BREAK THEIR MOORINGS. (Reed. 9.15 a.m.). PARIS, May 7. A communique states that after intense bombardment, Germans on Saturday evening, attacked southward of Lihons. Our curtain of fire dispersed them before they reached our entanglements. There was night long violent bombardment in the Verdun region. Twenty captive balloons broke their moorings during a storm on Friday. Most of the observers landed by means of parachutes, some were carried into the enemy zone. AMBASSADORS IN BERLIN MOVE TO SWITZERLAND, THE COST OF LIVING IS TOO HIGH. AMSTERDAM, May 7. Brazilian and other ministers at Berlin have gone with their families to Switzerland, owing to the exorbitant food prices, especially of milk and eggs. TURKS AND BULGARS FOR THE WEST FRONT. CONCENTRATED NEAR CONSTANTINOPLE. (Reed. 9.15 a.m.). BUCHAREST, May -7. The Germans have concentrated, near Constantinople, 80,000 Turkish and 40,000 Bulgarian infantry, who are shortly going to the west front. GERMAN ATTACK WITH INCREDIBLE VIOLENCE. , ■ BATTLE RAGES WITH INCOMPARABLE FURY. EFFORTS TO CAPTURE HILL 304 FAIL. OVERWHELMINGLY LARGE GERMAN LOSSES. - (Reed. 9.45 a.m.). PARTS, May 7. Semi-official: With incredible violence the Germans attacked Hill 304, but they failed to overwhelm the French. , The battle resumed in the last forty-eight hours is of a fury unknown prior to Verdun. They repeatedly failed to capture Hill 304 from the rear, then they attempted a flank movement, involving a frontal attack on the northern slopes, accompanied with intense bombardment with gun s of the largest calibre, to which French batteries replied vigorously. The Germans, at some points reached the front French lines, but the northern slope is now a neutral zone, with the French at the summit and the Germans at the bottom. | German bombardment continues with sustained intensity. Their infantry are net moving which is probably due to their overwhelming losses. WIRELESS APPARATUS FOR AEROPLANES. AVIATORS CAN NOW RECEIVE MESSAGES, w:" -u . (Reed. 10.5 a.m.). ‘• t . , j . LONDON, May 7. Marconi stated at an interview, that aeroplane receiving signals have been so strengthened that they are now able to receive wireless messages.

PRINCE OF WALES VISITS ITALY. GUEST OF KING EMMANUEL. (Reed. 8.15 a.m.). ROME, May 7. The Prince of Wales, who is visiting the Italian front will be the guest , of King Emmanuel. ROUMANIAN POSITION. EVIDENCE OF A WAR. BULGAR-GERMANS READY TO I.NVADE ROUMANIA. NB|W YORK, May 7. The “(World’s” Bucharest correspondent states that hasty preparations on both sides of the Danube give evidence of a new war coming in the Balkans in the early Spring. Bulgaria has concentrated 175,000 and Germany 35,000 men on the Roumanian frontier. Well-informed circles are certain that Bulgaria will soon march through to Dobrudja. The Bulgarians demand that they shall fight or return to their homers. Dobrudja is the south-eastern portion of Roumania, between the lower Danube and the Black Sea, transferred to Roumania by the Berlin Congress of 1878. The south-west-ern part was ceded by Bulgaria in 1913. The north-east is occupied by marshes and the Danube delta; the west is mostly a treeless steppe.

ACTIVITY IN THE ADRIATIC. DESTROYERS v. TORPEDOERS. AN EXCITING CHASE. SUBMARINE SINKS A DESTROYER. AUSTRIANS BOMB BRINDISI. Rome, May 7. Italian destroyers in the Upper Adriatic on Wednesday sighted ten enemy torpedoers, which fled towards Pola. The destroyers chased them within twenty miles of Pola, shelling them continuously. They only abandoned pursuit when several large enemy warships left Pola to support the torpedoers. The same day a French submarine sank an enemy destroyer in the Lower Adriatic. Five Austrian aeroplanes bombed Brindiisi, including hospitals, where they killed four patients. ACTIVITY AT VARIOUS POINTS. ENEMY RAIDS BRITISH TRENCHES. LONDON, May 5. Sir Douglas Haig reports: There was activity at different parts of the line on Wednesday night. The enemy raided, our trenches at Monchy and Hooge.

HEAVY FIGHTING IN THE WEST. GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED. FRENCH MAKE PROGRESS. LONDON, May 0. In the region of Lassigny we executed a coup de main on German trendies at Orvol Wood, permitting ns to make prisoners and inflicting losses on the enemy. In the Champagne region of Sommepy, our artillery fire damaged a German battery, which was compelled to cease fire. In the Argonne last night a coup de main directed against a small salient of the enemy line on Yinarville Road permitted ns to penetrate German trenches, making prisoners and taking two machine-guns. West of the Meuse an enemy bombardment with heavy shell and suffocating gas continued during the night, attaining violence in the region of Hill .304. We evacuated portion of the trenches on the north slopes,, they being destroyed and rendered untenable by th e enemy fire. Our batteries replied with equal energy, stopping all enemy advance. In the course of the night, a German attack directed against a Avood ivest and north-west of Hill 304 Avas repulsed with the bayonet. It is confirmed that the attack carried out before yesterday on our positions north of Hill 304 were carried out by a fresh division, which suffered heavily. Bombardment continued on our line from north Homme-uumieres. East of the Meuse there Avas intense artillery activity in the region of Yaux. JO FERE AND LAKE MUTUALLY ADMIRE. LONDON, May 6. General Joffre sent a message to General Lake conveying his admiration ■of th e heroic defence of Kut and the brilliant efforts of the relief column. Gneral Lake, in thanking General Joffre, paid a tribute to the French in breaking the German efforts at Verdun. LORD DERBY AND RECRUITING. THE VALUE OF FIGURES. : (Reed. 10.20 a.m.). LONDON, May 7. Lord Derby, at Manchester, replying to critics, said had he resigned in March the military authorities would not be prepared to say compulsion Avas a military necessity; they Avould be unable to take a stand without the backing of his figures. GERMAN VESSEL CAPTURED. MADRID, May 5. The British captured the German vessel Telde, Avhich was interned at Teneriffe. It was anchored outside the bay, but fearing a storm tried to come inside, when the Avind droA r e her outside the territorial limit. A British Avarship then came up. A GERMAN COMMUNIQUE. LONDON, May 5. A Berlin communique says: There was vigorous fighting at some points between Armentieres and Arras. The British, following a mine explosion, attempted to attack north-west of'' Lens, but failed. Though a French attack on the western slopes of Mort Homme was repulsed the enemy gained a footing in advanced positions on the south-Avest-ern slopes of Mort Homme. CHASED BY PIRATES. BRITISH SHIP’S ESCAPE. HITS ONE ’’DIVER.” HUN FIRES SIXTY SHELLS. The British steamer Clan MacPayden encountered two submarines in the Bay of Biscay. The first fired sixty shells at a range of fifty yards, hitting the Clan MacFayden several times but not seriously. The liner was armed with a big gun, and replied. Several shots hit the submarine, which it is believed, was sunk. A second submarine three hours later fired a torpedo, missing the liner by a few feet. THE DOWNED ZEPPELINS. BOTH DESTROYED BY WARSHIPS The High Commission reports: Admiral Jellicoe reports that the ships which destroyed the Zeppelin yesterday were the Galatea and Phaeton. The Zeppelin Avas apparently employed in scouting duty when it was destroyed. Salonika reports that morning that the Zeppelin which approached Salonika Avas passing over the harbour, when it Avas heavily fired on by the | Fleet, and came down blazing near the mouth of the Vardar River. There were no survivors. I

■uji-tu i ALiTY RECO’LED. HUN POLICY WORKS BOTH WAYS MURDERS IN EAST AFRICA. | A Nigerian intelligence officer in | the Cameroons reports that in Janu- ! ary the Germans promptly murdered | natives sympathising with the Allies, without regar dto age cr sex. This policy created a reign of terror, hut prevented the Germans from obtaining reliable information of our movements. Tlie natives would not help them. AUSTRO-BULGARIAN ANIMOSITY. LONDON, May 7. j Athens reports intense animosity I between Bulgarian and Austrian | troops, who fought for eight hours | north of Ondovo station till German I forces intervened and separated them. BRITISH GOVERNMENT DEFENDED. LONDON, May 6. Lord Curzon, addressing the Primrose League, said he wished to dispel the illusion that the Government spent time in modifying and rejecting the War Committee’s decisions. The latter had an absolutely free hand and in 99 cases out of 100 its decision was not even debated. Another illusion was that the Government ignored and over-ruled advice of the military and naval advisors. The Government fully recognised that the strategy and conduct of the campaign must be left to the Chief of the General Staff. The third illusion was that the Government considered themselves indispensable. Neither collectively nor individually were they guilty of that mistake. All were ready to retire if Parliament’s confidence was withdrawn. The greatest contribution Britain was making was not merely men, in field munitions, or ships sailing the seas, but it was the unimpaired solidarity and stubborn tenacity of the nation as a whole that inspired the confidence of the Allies, and struck terror into the enemy. The rebellion in Ireland was one of the enemy’s many attempts to dimmish the military strength of England. The revolt was mad and squalid and retribution would be swift and stern. He would not say the Government was the only one capable of retaining the unity of the nation, but it represented, all parties of the State, and therefore was more likely to retain unity than any other formed for the time being. Whether the war was long or short, the Governmnt and the country would go on to the end. He had heard many things discussed by Cabinet, but never peace. That word was expunged from the vocabulary until victory was won. (Applause). SALONIKA ZEPPELIN. SUBMARINE GETS IN DEATH BLOjW. LONDON, May 7. Official. —Though the Galatea and Phaeton severely damaged L 7, her destruction was completed by a submarine, which rescued and brought in seven of the crew. A German cruiser slightly injured her while she w r as returning. A VIVID NARRATIVE. FINE WORK BY ANTI-AHR|CRAFT GUNS. A HURRICANE OP SHELLS. ,?■ BLAZING ZEPPELIN DIVES INTO SEA. LONDON, May 6. The “Daily Chronicle’s” Salonika correspondent gives a vivid narrative of the destruction of the Zeppelin. The night was cloudless. The raider’s coming was announced by the city being plunged in darkness. Suddenly watchers saw a searchlight catch the raider 7000 feet over the Gulf. Other searchlights quickly followed. The silvery form of the Zeppelin was visible for a quarter of an hour. Then the British naval anti-aircraft guns opened and a hurricane of shells burst around the invader. The shooting was wonderfully accurate. One shot Avas seen to pass practically through the air vessel. Another burst in the centre. The new French incendiary shells lit up the tOAvn. The course of the upward flights of the naval shells could be folloAved by their traces. The Zeppelin seemed to lose its bearings and headed seaAvards, presenting its broadside to the warships. Then lavo blazing shells struck the tail. They j afterwards proved to have been incen- | diary shells from a French aeroplane which ascended directly the raid was announced and got above the raider, j The Zeppelin’s tail dipped, and the vessel seemed almost to Avrithe. Then it dived at an angle of 45 degrees. The onlookers lost sight of it fo.r half an hour until a great flame lit up the sky and a dull roar was heard. The Zeppelin had fallen into the Vardar delta 15 miles aAvay. Either the ! bombs exploded or the creAv fired the | airship. Five unexploded bombs Avere i afterwards found in the wreckage. *