SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 13 June 1917, Page 5

SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

SUBMARINE FAILURE ADMITTED. Received 11.15 a.m. ROME, June 12. The German newspapers are permitted to speak of the failure of the submarine war. The Duetsche Tages Zeitung affirms that Germany cannot rely on submarines to secure peace. INCIDENTS OF THE WAR .GERMAN PRISONERS ESCAPE IN. AFRICA. BUT ARE RECAPTURED. Received 10.5 a.m, JOHANNESBURG, June 12.

Eorty Germans interned at Lemenzo Marques secured revolvers and overpowered the guards. Some fled into the bush, others seized a brig, but the shore battery prevented them putting to sea. These also fled into the bush.

Portuguses cavalry captured the fugitives after two had been killed and eight wounded.

THE SOCIAL SCOURGE.

PROTECTING COLONIAL SOLDIERS.

Received 9.45 a.m. LONDON, June 12,

In tbe House of Commons, Mr. Greenwood asked whether, as a result of an appeal made by representatives of the Dominions at the Imperial Conference, any steps will be taken to protect overseas troops from venereal disease. Mr. Bonar Law replied the questions was surrounded with great difficulty. The Home Office and the War Office were consulting as to whether further administrative action was possible. REQUIEM FOR A HERO. Received 11.40. LONDON, June 12. A requieunr was held in Westminster Cathedral on tire late Major William Redmond, who was killed in France during the Messines offensive. There was a large attendance. COST OF THE WAR. * LONDON, June 11. Mr. B’onar Law said the daily average of expenditure during tire first nine weeks of the year was £7,884,000, including loans. SPANISH AFFAIRS. Received 11.30 a.m. LONDON, June 12. Owing to rigid Spanish censorship the Spanish situation is not clear. The subsitution of Dato’s for the previous ministry is not regarded as momentous, but it is significant that the overthrow of the Liberals was accomplished under military pressure, instigated, according to several Spanish newspapers, by Germany. Dato’s programme comprises complete neutrality