A COLOSSAL BATTLE

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 3 November 1916, Page 5

A COLOSSAL BATTLE

ALONG FIVE HUNDRED MILE FRONT •MOST IMPORTANT YET FOUGHT FROM VOLHYNIA TO THE DANUBE THE GREEK NATIONAL ARMY MAKES ITS INITIAL SUCCESS lOBMANIAN ATTACK DOOMED TO FAILURE LETTERS INCRIMINATING " TINO " SEIZED

NOT YET CLEAR.

APPEAL FROM THE POPE. BROUGHT FOUR MILLION FRANCS FOR POLISH ASSISTANCE; Received 9 a.m. ROME, Nov 2. , The Pope's appeal to the Catholic bishops of the world for assistance for Poland, brought four million francs.

CONSCRIPTION SITUATION. "KO" MAJORITY REDUCED. [R. HUGHES TO CONTINUE IN OFFICE. UNLESS EJECTED BY THE "ANTIS." SYDNEY, this day. Referendum returns continue to ukle in. The latest figures slightly ve improved the "Yes" position, and iuced the "No" majority to 80,874, te situation is not yet clear. Ihe Federal Premier, Mr. Hughes, terviewed, said it would he premat--1 to say anything until .the result of B referendum is heyond all possiity of douht. For the present he is asidering the whole position. He ought that by the end of the week >st pf the votes would be counted, d he would know fairly definitely w the decision of the people -had ia [i. view of Mr. Hughes having acpted Messrs Higgs', Russell's, and liner's resignations, and other fac•s, the opinion is gaining grounc it he intends to continue as Prime. nister unless ejected from office. eparations that axe being made intate >jpvat he anticipates remaining ad of the Ministry for some time to me. rhe New South Wales Cabinet will day consider Mr. Durack's motion, ichMr. Holman, the Premier, says anot be taken before Tuesday next the earliest. In the meantime, it understood negotiations are prodding for the formation of a Coalin Ministry. GERMAN FOOD SHORTAGE. BEING MUCH AGGRAVATED Received 9 a.m. AMSTERDAM, Nov 2. rwo persons in close touch with rmany -assert that German food ortage is being aggravated. Many mmodities are very dear. Sugar has in favour of saccharine, d the new crop is of poor quality. FOOD SHORTAGE IN RUSSIA. THE POSITION INTOLERABLE. tICES OF NECESSARIES FIXED. Received 9.20. f-- (Times) PETROGRAD, Nov 2. The Food Crisis is daily assuming jre formidable proportions, the situion of the working classes being al>st intolerable. The Budget Committee has resolved fix the prices of grain, footwear, stiles, kerosene, soap and other nessary commodities. FROM TRAITOR TO PATRIOT. PRCKJERMAN'S CONVERSION. -———— i BUCHAREST, Nov 1. Marchiloman, who was previously ider of the pro-Germans, states that nceforth he will do everything for e war and national duty. His one sire is for final victory, and he says at Roumanians must go straight ead. STILL MORE FRIGHTFULNESS. PIJOT TO POISON UANADA. DISCOVERED IN AMERICA. Received 9 a.m. '<%m _ NEW YORK, Nov 2. The "Tri'g^jt.i 7 claims the discovery ' a Germanmol to flood Canada with rarious "salvarsan," which, instead : curing will cause death.

SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

MORE SINKINGS. TWO NORWEGIANS, ONE BRITISH. Received 9 a.m. LONDON, Nov 2. Two Norwegian afld one British ships have been sunk, the crews were landed. , \u ~-* REGULATING FOOD PRICES. GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF WHEAT Received 9 ■'-'*■■' LONDON, Oct 2. The Daily Mail states that the Wheat Commission has made large purchases in the United States and ; elsewhere. It intends to issue lists of fair prices of flour and bread, which it will be in a position to enforce owing to having control of the sale of all wheat. A GERMAN EFFORT. PROMISED FOR THE SPRING. —- CHALLENGE THE WORLD'S TRAFFIC. Received 9 a.m. ... LONDON, Nov 2. The "Daily Mail's" Amsterdam correspondent states that Germany will make an effort in the spring that will coincide with a submarine attempt to interrupt practically the whole world's sea borne traffic. Germany will rounc up all available labour in occupied districts in connection with this spring effort. CONSCRIPTING MEN AND WOMEN ALL AT MILITARY DISPOSAL. ALL GERMANS CALLED UP. FOR A SUPREME EFFORT Received 9.20 LONDON, Nov 2. The Daily Mail's Amsterdam correspondent states that Germany is preparing for another enormous effort. It is expected a mass levy will shortly be decreed whereby every man and woman will be called up and placed under State control. The military age limit is also to be raised. The organiser, General Groener, is vested with widest powers. The Frankfurter Zeitung writes: "There are signs that Ludendorff's statement that every man and woman must be placed at the disposal, of the military, is now to be carried out." THE POLISH FUTURE. AUSTRO-GERMAN AGREEMENT. Received 10.55. LONDON, Nov 2. The "Daily Chronicle's" Milan correspondent reports that the Berlin and Vienna governments have agrees on the Polish question. A provisional Government is to be establshed under 1 German patronage. Austria undertakes to extend the autonomy to Gai.icia. This solves the deadlock wherej by Austria refused to give up GaJicia for incorporations in the proposed Kingdom of Poland undess Germany agreed to give up Posen for the same pur pose. FORT VAUX EVACUATED. Received 9 a.m. LONDON, Nov 2. Berlin has admitted that Fort Vaux has been evacuated.

THE GREEK CRISIS

CHANGE IN GREEK FEELING. GERMANS BEING OSTRACISED. GREEK EXASPERATION INCREASING. Received 9.20 LONDON, Nov 2. Mr Jeffries, writing from Athens, says the exasperation over the Angeliki has driven the German legation to issue a statement, whereof the insolent tone is not likely to mend matters. It states that German submarines only attack ships offending against contraband regulations such as ships carrying revolutionaries. It alleges that the Angheliki was not torpedoed, but that the explosion was a result of internal combustion, which theory the Government press attempts to support, but passengers give evidence which is irrefutable. In view of the danger Government will probably be asked to permit National Army re.cruits to use the Larissa railway to 'Salonika. The German Minister has been asked to leave the hotel -wherein he habitually dines, and similar ostracism |of all other Germans is planned. GREEK NATIONAL ARMY. MAKES ITS FIRST CAPTURE. Received 11.50. LONDON, Nov 2. The Daily Chronicle's Athens correspondent states that five hundred of the National Defence army occupied Ekaterini, and the garrison fled. ANOTHER SWEEP EXPECTED. INTENSE BOMBARDMENT PROCEEDING. Received 10.30 LONDON, Nov 2. Better, weather on the Italian front has enabled a resumption of the offensive at Gorizia and on the Carso. The entire Austrian second line east of Wallone has for the past two days been subjected to a.tempest of explosives. A further sweep towards Trieste is expected. ...... WATCH THE GREEK GOVERNMENT VENIZELOS' ADVICE TO ALLIES. LONDON, Nov. 2. Router's Salonika correspondent says the Venizelos Government has issued a communique expressing the opinion that the Athens Government will not loyally carry out the. demands of the Entente, alleging that the regiments left in Thessaly on the pretext of maintaining order will form centres and new fortifications. The communique expresses hope that the Allies will not be duped, but will use every precaution. The communique declares that the Venizelos Government is financially able to canry out all enterprises and will form a well-equipped army.

A COLOSSAL BATTLE. NOW RAGING ON EAST FRONT. FROM VOLHYNIA TO DANUBE WHOLE RUSSO-ROUMANIAN FRONT. •MOST IMPORTANT BATTLE YET * FOUGHT. Received 11.50 LONDON, Nov 2. A wireless from Petrograd states that there is a fierce combat along the whole Russoßoumanian front, from Volhynia to the Danube, a distance of 500 miles. It is, perhaps, the most important battle of the whole war. THE SERPENT WHISPERS. GERMANS TRY TO SOW SEEDS OF DISCORD. AMSTERDAM,, Nov. 1. The { ' Frankfurter Zeitung " in a propagandist article, foreseeing the partition of the south seas, declares that none of Australia's war aims include the regulation and -possession of the islands" of the Pacific. Australia's voice will not be heard at the peace conference. Australia will not have the slightest influence in England's decisions. Yet England is compelled to rely more than ever on her oversea possessions. VERDUN RECAPTURE. CAPTURED GERMANS TOTAL 6011. PARIS, Nov. 2. A communique states: On the Verdun front an artillery duel was most violent in the Douaumont sector. Wc have taken at Verdun since October 24th a total of 6011 unwounded prisoners. The material captured since that date alone, so far as counted, is 15 guns, including five heavy 51-mm trench guns, 144 machine-guns, and two wireless installations. The day was quiet on the rest of the front. Two German aeroplanes fell during fights in the air, on the Somme yes-

REVIEW BY SIR DOUGLAS HATG.

LONDON, Nov. 1. Sir Douglas Haig,. summarising recent operations, says: Heavy rain has fallen almost daily and the chalk soil on the upland between the Ancre and the Somme is a wilderness of mud. Nevertheless we progressed on our front and davanced towards Butte de Warlen court and the vicinity of Guedccourt and Les Boeufs, from the SchwaDen redoubt, which is on the highest point of the ridge. Northward of Thiepval, Stuff and Eegina the trenches run due east 5000 yards to a point 1200 yards north-eastward of Courcelette. The enemy defended both with great tenacity. A German regimental order, dated October; 20th, urged the re-capture of Schwaben redoubt, which was the pivot of the position. This attack was not merely a matter of retaining the trenches because they were formerly in the German possession, but their capture as an extremely important point was involved. Since losing the main portion of Schwaben redoubt the enemy has made eleven counter-attacks in the neighbourhood. They were repulsed each time with heavy losses. That made on the redoubt on the 21st was opportune. Wo replied and took the whale of Eegina and Stuff redoubts, and pushed our, advance posts well northward and northeastward of Schwaben redoubt, nearly 1100 prisoners being taken. The Canadians and the troops of the new army who conducted the operation, deserve great credit for a signal and most economical victory. The enemy's latterlyincreased aerial activity was satisfactorily dealt with by us. The total prisoners on the Somme battlefield are 31,123.

SENSATIONAL SEIZURES. OF LETTERS PROM GERMAN OFFICER. CONSTANTINE INCRIMINATED. Received 11.30 LONDON, Nov 2. The Argus' Athens correspondent states there are sensational disclosures concerning documents found on German officers. A portmanteau was seized by the secret police at Larissa, and in.it'were letters from Constantine and the Queen to the Kaiser; also the German legation's detailed plan of the Suez fortifications for Berlin, and confidential oommuniQiations \to German military attaches at Sofia and Constantinople. GREAT EFFORT BY THE GERMANS COMPLETELY DEFFEATED WITH HEAVY LOSS. PARIS, Nov. 2. A communique says: It is confirmed that the German attack on SaillySaillisel in the morning was a great effort to eject us from the village. The enemy defeat was complete and most sanguinary, judging by the number of bodies on the battlefield. ~

HOW BOELKE DIED. Received 11.50. COPENHAGEN, Nov 2. During a fight with a British airman Boelke collided with another German machine and fell 2000 metres. ALLIES' PEACE CONDITIONS. PRESENTED ON WAR'S TERMINATION Received 11.50. LONDON Nov 2. The Daily Chronicle's Milan correspondent reports that advices from Paris state that the sequel to the recent Allied Governments' conference is that a grand reunion of the Allied supreme army staffs will he convened shortly in Paris for the object of realising more perfectly the single front idea. The newspaper "La Sera" states that in order to avoid complications the Allies have resolved against the assembly of a peace congress at the conclusion of war. A general outline of conditions intended to impose on the Central Powers, was decided :n March, since when details have been filled in, which will be presented by the victors for unconditional acceptance or rejection.

( ROUMANIAN SUCCESS CONTINUES

J PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IS RESTORED GERMANS HELD IN CHECK. Received 11.50 LONDON, Nov 2. M. Bourchien, writing from Bucharest, says successes in the Jiul valley, where pursuit is continuing, has greatly increased the public confidence. It is thought that Austfo-German. efforts "to penetrate the Carpathian barrier are doomed to failure. It is stated that the advance of the enemy in the Prasova valley has been arrested. Two attacks north of Ayuga were repulsed. i General Avcnscu is commanding in this ;, region.

FISHING WITHOUT LICENSE

LOCAL RESIDENT COMMITTED. MINIMUM FINE IMPOSED. Two charges were preferred against Reginald J. Downing at the Taihape Magistrate's Court yesterday, one of failing to produce a license to fish when called upos to do so by a ranger and 'one that -he did on the Ist October, at Moawhango, without lawful excuse, fish for trout without a license. Mr A. L. Arrowsmith appeared for the Acclimatisation Society, and Mr. R. C. Davies for defendant. Thomas Garrick, clerk in the Railway Station, said he was an honorary ranger of. the Wellington Acclimatisation Society. The Saturday night previous to Sunday, October 1, he met Mr. Cartier who asked him to accompany him to the Moaw-hango River for a certain purpose. They went to the river in a motor car. On arrival there witness noticed Mr. Downing leaving the river. He asked him for his license. He said he hadn't got it, his name was Downing, and that he had fixed it up with Cartier on the day before. Witness then told Downing that Cartier was on the road They went up and he then said he had left the £1 for the license with the man at the Post Office, but that it was too late to get a license as they were locked up. He said Upchruch was the man. Witness the next day interviewed Mr. Upchurch of the Post Office, who said no money had been left by Mr. Downing. Defendant when seen at the river had a rod anc line, and was wet to the knees.

To Mr. Da vies: When he first saw Mr. Downing he did not say he was a ranger. Simon Cartier, honorary ranger under Acclimatisation Society, said on Saturday, September 30, he saw Mr. Downing, who asked if the licenses had come to hand. Witness said that they wei-e at the Post Office and Down ing had better get -his license before 4 o'clock. At Moawhango witness saw Downing just coming out of the river. Witness then corroborated the evidence of the previous witness. When he got back to town he rang up Mr. Missen, who said the £1 had been sent that morning. B. I. Missen, postmaster, stated that the money was sent to him on Sunday morning about 11 o'clock. There was a note with &e money, but the signature was not that of Mr. Downing. For the defence Mr. McLennan stated that on the Saturday night Mr. Downing had asked him if he would send a pound to the postmaster for a license for him. Witness sent his boy with the money on the Sunday morn ing. Reginald James Downing gave similar evidence. He had not been fishing, and had not cast at all. He would not have fished had it not been Tor his con' versation with Cartier on the Saturday. Witness had not said he had paid the money to, the man behind the counter at the Post Office. Upchurch's name had not been mentioned. He simply told them the £1 had been sent to the posipiaster. The Magistrate remarked that this was a case which might have been withdrawn. He must convict and fine defendant 40s on the charge of fishing without a license. • The other charge was then withdrawn.