"LONG LIVE ENGLAND."

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 17 November 1916, Page 5

"LONG LIVE ENGLAND."

GREAT OVATION TO BRITAIN IN RUSSIAN DUMA BAVARIA PROTESTS AGAINST CIVIL MOBILISATION BRITISH ADVANCE ON THE STRUMA NEW TERRITORY WON BY SERVIA ALLIES FINANCING VENEZELOS HUGE CONCENTRATIONS AGAINST ITALY

; *&E SLAVE EAIDSRS

MAKE AN EXPLANATION. Received 9.35. r AMSTERDAM, Nov 16. Von Bissing, Governor General or Belgium, in an interview with the New York "Times", explained that the deportation of Belgians was really the fault of the British in cutting off ■war materials and supplies, and Mi prohibiting- the export of produce. The consequent unbearable conditions necessitated employing Belgian workers in Germany, which was no hardship for Belgium.

» UNITED STATES A JOKE.

TO ALL THE WORLD. ' COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING URGED. Received 9.35 V / • NEW YORK, Nov IG. ' In urging compulsory military training Senator Chamberlain asserted that United States had too long been a joke for the rest of the world. In dealing with' weak nations the United States ■'"-y-as' strong, but in dealing with strong the United States was weak. Across the Pacific was an unfriendly power, and the Americans were letting the Mikado dictate to them. Their .only protection was to be ready to fight if they had to.

"LONG LIVE ENGLAND."

BRITAIN OVATIONED IN RUSSIA. THE DUMA SITTINGS RESUMED. DETERMINATION TO FIGHT TO FINISH. Received 8.55. LONDON Nov 16. The "Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd correspondent states the Duma has resumed. The speeches in both Houses emphasised the necessity of fighting to a victorious finish. The only severe criticism of the Government was aimed &t removing the causes that prevent the nation deveSoping its full energies to win the war. A member of the Right characterise ed the advocates of separate peace as State criminal*. Rodzianko expressed gratitude for the%oyalty of the Allies. One deputy cried, "Long live England." The whole House ovationed. Sir George Buchanan, Polish representative, protested against the parody on Polish independendence which debarred the ideal of free, united Poland; this was only securable by the Allies. The main theme of speeches dwelt on the necessity to bring the Government in closer touch with Russian public opinion. s

A BAVARIAN PROTEST.

t AGAINST CIVILIAN MOBILISATION BERLIN BOURSE ALARMED. Received 8.55. LONDON Nov 16. The "Morning Post's" Berne correspondent states Bavarian newspapers are protesting to Berlin political and -military authorities against mobilising t£e civilian population of the Empire vrthout consulting the Federal Council or the Reichstag. They insist that separate German States should be con suited. *HR? Berlin Bourse is alarmed at the compulsory war service of civilians. It is reported that the Army authorities are limiting army and navy coniSract profits to 10 per cent.

ON THE SEA.

COUNTERING THE PIRATES LONDON, Nov 15. In the House of Commons,, replying to a question, Dr Macnamara (UnderSecretary to the Admiralty) said that the Admiralty had paid unremitting attention to the possibility of countering the activity of enemy submarines. It should be remembered that we had lost to September 13 only slightly over 2h per cent, of our merchant marine. A GERMAN STATEMENT. ON THE SUBMARINING CAMPAIGN Eeeeived 8.5 NEW YORK. Nov 1(5. The New York Times' Berlin correspondent sends by wireless a report of an interview with the Secretary of State, Herr Zimmermann, who said that Germany was not sinking neutral mer* ehantmen per se, but as a definite measure. Th e armament of several British merchantmen had been used to attack, therefpre armed merchantmen cannot be considered peaceful trade vessels. Germany was merely seeking to stop contraband shipments to the enemy. Neutrals have their remedy by discontinuing to carry contraband. Received 8.55 NEW YORK, Nov 1(3. The New York World says that Viscount Grey's charge is that the lion suppression of breaches of neutrality so glaringly conflict with facts that they amount to deliberate affront. THE SUBMARINE MENACE. LONDON, Nov 1(5. In the House of Lords, Lord Sydenham asked the Government for a definite declaration of policy on behalf of the Allies in regard to the monstrous proceedings of the German submarines. There was, he said, an uneasy feeling in the country that the submarine menace was more serious than the authoriton for ton. The Government should ties admitted. H e would like the Government to make a declaration exacting also give greaten freedom to the fleetLord Charles Beresford said the Foreign .Office had entirely taken over the national policy and had handicapped the navy's work. We had abandoned th e policy of attack and had substituted that of defence. The mercantile marine was in great danger, and food and material supplies were in peril. The Board of Agriculture must be strengthened by the introduction of new blood —by younger men fresh from the sea. Lord Crewe said it was useless to say we would exact this or that reparation unless we were able to impose terms of peace by obtaining-a complete victory. The only voice which could speak with authority now was the cannon on the Allied fronts. The misdeeds of the submarines were only a small part or Germany's crimes—their sinking of the Lusitania, the murder of Nurse Cavell and Captain Pryatt, the Belgian and Polish atrocities. Before anything could be done they must achieve a complete victory. The Government was making the necessary preparations to arm the mercantile marine. The Admiralty had been singularly successful in the destruction of submarines, but the difficulties in dealing with these craft had increased. ANOTHER STEAMER ON FIRE. . • VANCOUVER, Nov 1(5. Waikawa is on fine in dock here to-night. This is similar to the Waimarino's outbreak. After three hours' fight the Waikawa 's fire was got under control. One hundred tons of copra are ruined, the loss being £2OOO. Mystery is added by the fact that the copra was lifted from th e after hold to a position 'tween decks. Combustion is doubted. The other cargo was uninjured. The loss of copra cargo on the Waimarino is valued at £4OOO. Investigation of the remarkable coincidence is proceeding.

THE ROUMANIAN CAMPAIGN

PROGRESS ON WHOLE FRONT. BUCHAREST, Nov 15. A Roumanian communique says: "We ar.e pursuing the enemy beyond the frontier in the Slanic'and Oituz valleys of the Carpathians The enemy's attacks at Dragoslavelc,, south of Prodeal, were repulsed. The enemy, who was reinforced, forced us back slightly in the Alt and ' Jiul valleys. We made progress on the whole front of the Dobrudja, and occupied the village of Boasic, on the Danube.'' SERVIANS JOINING ROUMANIANS LONDON, Nov 16. A Bucharest wireless says that two companies of Servian volunteers swam the Danube and enlisted in the army of liberation. The hundred and ninth Prussian division, from Dvinsk, has been identified on the Jiul front.

THE BALKAN CAMPAIGN.

BRITISH CAPTURE KAKARASKi. SERVIANS MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS. Received 9.36. LONDON Nov 16. On the Struma, front the British took, after brilliant fighting, Kakaraski, the Bulgars failing back to the rightwards cf Nihor Stream. Violent German-B'ulgar counter-attacks were unsuccessful everywhere. The Serbs, in conjunction with the French, occupied all the enemy positions southwards of Tepavci, inducing Tepavci and Cules. VICTORIOUS SERBIANS. LONDON, Nov 16. An official French report from Salonika says: After a brief lull., fierce fighting was resumed in the Cerna region. The Servian offensive developed oil the'JStb find 14th, resulting in fresh successes. The Germans and Bulgarians retired in the vicinity, of Hill 1212, to' the north-east, being closely pressed by the Servians, who captured the village of Cingcl. The victorious march of the Servians continues ill the direction of Tcbavci. Fighting west of the Cerna has now spread to the Kchali region. Three thousand two hundred prisoners have been taken at the Cerna loop from November 10 to 14. They include <>oo Germans. ..

GREECE.

FINANCING VENEZELOS. Received 9.55. LONDON Nov 16.. Lord Robert Cecil announced that the Allies had provisionally advanced the Venezelist Government £400,000.

POLISH AUTONOMY.

RUSSIA STRONGLY PROTESTS. Received 9.35 PETROGRAD, Nov 16. Russia lias protested agai sntcAhut Russia has protected against the Aus-tro-German proclamation in Toland as a violation of the international convention which was signed by the Central Powers; therefore the proclamation is null and void. Russia re-affirms that Poland is still a part of Russia.

THE FUTURE OP BELGIUM.

Received 11.50. LONDON, Nov Is. A Berne wireless, states that despite secrecy of the Reichstag Committee, there is considerable discussion of the proceedings. Hoßweg did not commit the Government to a definite policy respecting Belgium, but .he outlined a possible settlement. He said Belgium must be nominally independent, but remain a German dependency. King Albert must be deposed; being an implacable enemy, he would be a perpetual menace. If the Belgians desire a King, he must be a German prince. Other conditions include a perpetual offensive and defensive Belgo-German alliance; the maintenance of a, Belgian army of a specified strength; a permanent German Military Commissioner at Brussels; a commercial treaty in accordance with German dictates, and the lease of two ports as German naval bases. Several speakers demanded the retention of Belgium as a part of the German Empire, but none mentioned the possibility of being driven out of Belgium.

THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.

SHARP ATTACKS REPULSED. ROME, Nov 15. An Italian communique says: We repulsed five attacks in the salient at San Marso, north of Gorz, inflicting heavy losses, but as the Austrians heavily bombarded our line we evacuated some exposed trenches. We advanced to several points on the Carso plateau.

ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

GERMAN ADMISSION. 1 LOSS OF BEAUMONT HAMEL. AMSTERDAM, Nov 15. A German communique says: Tester(day a great batlc was fought all day on the Ancre, equalling that of Monday last. The English attacked in heavy masses and captured Beaumont Hamel, but elsewhere they failed." The communique shows that the Brandenburgers and Prussian Guards divisions were among the troops opposing the British. . i . CLEARING THE GERMANS. FROM NEWLY-CAPTURED TERRITORY. Received 9.36. LONDON Nov 16. A French official states: South of the Somme last night we attacked eastwards of Ressoire the part occupied by the enemy, where the French resisted energetically. Finally, we ejected the Germans after stubborn fig-hting. A TERRIBLE BATTLE. PARIS, Nov 16. "Liberie" says: Beaumont Hamel will go down to history as one of the bloodiest battles of the war. The Germans regarded the village as even stronger than T-hiepval or Co.mbles. When the British carried five lines or trenches they encountered concealed machine-guns behind the village walls There was also an intense artillery fire. A hand-to-hand struggle lastc. 1 for ten hours. The Germans must have lost at least 8000 at Beaumont Hamel alone. Marcel Hutin, in the "Echo de Paris" says: No doubt Germany's unreserved admission of defeat witn heavy losses on the Ancre has tendeo to justify the general mobilisation plans. THE LATEST PUSH. LONDON, Nov 16.. Sir Douglas Haig reports: We further advanced our front northward of the Ancre. ..,.-• Prisoners now total 5675. The troops have shown conspicuous skill, dash and fortitude. The success Avas not won without a. hard struggle owing to the enemy's- strong resistance and the condition ,of the ground. Our losses, considering, the gains, were not high. One division advanced a mile, prisonering 10.00 at the expense of 450 casualties. ,We established the positions won on Tuesday. Eastward of Butte de .Warlencourt artillery dispersed the enemy, who were massing at one point, for a coun-ter-attack. Aeroplanes successfully attacked an aerodrome, railways, stations, and rolling stock. PARIS, Nov 16. A communique says: A furious battle continued all day on the Somme front. Tlr6 enemy attempted a powerful effort with great effectives north and south of the Somme simultaneously, but were baffled by the French resistance. They only gained limited advantages at the cost of heavy losses. An attack north of the Somme was made after an intense bombardment on the front from Les Boeufs to south of Bouohavesnes. The enemy gained a lodgment on the west and north edges of St> Pierre Vaast Wood, but everywhere else the attacks collapsed under machine gun and curtain fire. The Germans south of the Somme renewed their attacks during the afternoon on the front from Ablaincourt to Chaulnes Wood. Desperate fighting ended in the defeat of the Germans, who lost very heavily anareturned to thein trenches, except at the eastern part of the village of Pressoir, where they progressed. There was an intermittent cannonade on the rest of the front. MORE SERVIAN VICTORIES. Received 11.50. LONDON, Nov 16. A Serbian communique reports that with the cooperation of the French our troops on the Hth captured all positions southward of Tepavci. The German defenders who escaped annihilation, or capture fled to the villages of Tepavci and Gnels, which we have stormed.

.ILL-FED GERMAN WORKERS

CHAMPIONED BY HINDENBURG. Received 11.50. AMSTERDAM, Nov 16. Hindenburg, in a letter to Hollweg, complains that workmen in factories get insufficient food. He says many authorities do not realise that we are fighting for our very existence. It is impossible for workers to remain fit for their duties if insufficiently nourished.

| GERMAN INVASION OF ITALY.

I NOT YET ABANDONED. j CONCENTRATIONS IN THE TREN- | TINO. j Received 11.50. j MILAN Nov 16. There is a remarkable renewal of enemy activity on the Trentino front. It is regarded as foreshadowing another formidable Austro-Hungarian offensive with the hope of breaking into the Venetian plains and thus relieving the pressure on the Carso. Heavy reinforcements of artillery and infantry for a fortnight have been con centrating in the Trentino under the personal supervision of Von Hoetzendorff, who, despite the bitter experiences of May still considers the Trentino the most favourable point for the invasion of Italy. Hungarian newspapers confirm the plans and regret the weakening of the Transylvanian expedition to boldly face the Italian menace.

CONFISCATION OF GERMAN PROPERTY.

A GERMAN REPRISAL, AMSTERDAM, Nov 1(1. As a reprisal for the forced sale of j property in Nigeria, the German GovI ernment is selling the palace of Sir Francis Oppenheimer, former consulgeneral at Frankfurt. It is valued at two million marks.

I HEROES OF THE SOMME.

I CASUALTY LIST. I Reported killed in action. —Pte Cl F. I Cantley. ! Corrections. — Previously reported i missing, now believed killed, Tpr E. j Cross, Pte J. V. Benson. <■ \ The following reported died of j wounds.—Act. Cpl C. M. Cermy, Pte W j T. Frickletton, Pte G. Parker, Pte H. j M. Clark, Pte P. T. Milne. j Correction. — Previously reporter ; wounded, now- reported died of j wounds: Tpr R. S. Webb. j Reported- died of pneumonia: Rfm E. Foster. j Correction. Previously reported missing, now reported not missing: - Pte W. J. Bond. , Previously reported missing, now reported rejoined unit: Rfm G. E. Arney. I Reported missing: Pte B. Betstone. Wounded, admitted to hospital.— L-Cpl J. Stewart. Slightly wounded, with unit: Sapper J. Willott, Pte W. Barrett, Pte L. Talke. AUSTRALIAN GENERAL KILLED. SYDNEY, Nov 16. Brigadier-General Glasfurd, commanding the 17th Australian Infantry Brigade, has been killed in France.