BEING HOPELESSLY BEATEN

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 25 July 1916, Page 5

BEING HOPELESSLY BEATEN

I ' AMERICAN PRESS OPINION. I TURNING SCREW ON GERMANY, j REMARKABLEE CARTOONS. NEW YORK, July 23. Sunday papers publish several strik- . ing cartoons indicative of American opinion that the Central Powers are being hopelessly beaten. Newspaper headlines reflect similar opinion. An American cartoon, “Squeezing Him,” shows the Kaiser in the grip of j a vice, the jaws of which represe it j the Eastern and Western fronts, the 1 muscular arms of the Allies turning the screw. “f hi Times,” in a lull-page po ve ■ fin p.cture, entitled “A Great, Dream” depicts the phantom triumphal mar fa of a skeleton Kaiser in armour astride a t- iacov. horse. Another cartoon, “The Anniversary o'- a (beat Mistake,” shows a dejected F, anz Joseph reading of Austrian treats and recalling his ultimatum to .Servfa as he' gazes on an 'open' calendar, July 23.” ! '" i; ‘ 'j '■ NEW NAVAL WARFARE. ACTIVITY IN THE BALTIC. (Received July 24, 6.50 p.m.) STOCKHOLM, July 23. Firing was heard north of Gothland. Five dr six large German submarines in the Gulf of Bothnia have, been tracking and engaging Russian sub- 1 marines, promising a new 1 phase In I naval warfare, ; ' , MORE VESSELS SUNK. I

LONDON, July 23. German submarines sank the Swedish sailer Juno Mida and the Norwegian Bams, and damaged a Danish vessel