WESTERN FRONT.

Taihape Daily Times, 2 November 1917, Page 5

WESTERN FRONT.

THE FRENCH OFFENSIVE. 11,157 PRISONERS TAKEN. EXTENSIVE AIR RAIDING. Received 8.40. NEW YORK, Nov 1. A French communique reports that the offensive between the 23rd • and 27th inst yielded 11,157 prisoners including 237 officers and 180 guns. Between the Meuse and Bezonvaux there is a fairly lively bombardment. Our aeroplanes bombed railway stations at Thionville, Bettemburg, Maz-ili, Longueville, Worppy and Luxemburg. All objectives were hit. THE FLANDERS" FIGHTING. THE LATEST ADVANCE. LONDON, November 1. Sir Douglas Haig reports: /There, w'as : local fighting, to-day in the neigh" bourhqpd. of, the, Ypres-SUden: railwayWe slightly improved os!; line' to. jthe' northward. .-. , ■ The Staffordshires this afternoon made a r successful raid to the north : cast of Loos, inflicting losses'. ' Our' casualties'were light. " '">',.' Our artillery was active. Wireless German official.—ln' addition to' the main attack, the English yesterday attempted to advance. at Gheluvelt, but were driven back. : THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR. ' . ""AMSTERDAM, Nov. Pan-Germans are dissatisfied with Herr Hertling, particularly , because he is a Bavarian Catholic, w no .. sym-. pathised-rwith Austria and opposed increased, armaments before .She war! The Reichstag was in no way con?; suited. - ( , ~ _. '. . v l < a..''-.' Berlin reports that Herr Hertling refuses to take the Chancellorship because he is unable to secure a majority in the Reichstag. Other candidates are Prince Hatzfeldt, Count rockdorff, Kuehlmann and Posadowsky. :.,,.. The Amsterdam correspondent of. the "Daily Clironicle" says that Herr Hertling finds the Chancellorship difficulties insuperable. The majority; of. the party representatives have clared themselves against Hertling, because he opposed Alsace-Lorraine being made a Federal State, also because he opposed all kinds of Parliamentary government. It is reported that a plot exists to put forward many impossible candidates in an effort to exhaust the Kaiser's patience and to secure Hollweg's return to office. BRITISH PRISONERS IN TURKEY LONDON, November' 1. In the House of Commons, Mr Hope said the conditions of British prisoners in Turkey caused constant anxiety No definite reply had been received to a suggestion that English representatives should consult with the Turks: RUSSIAN LABORITE. MADE MEMBER OF RUSSIAN LORDS. Reeeievftad 10.10. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 1. Herr Stegerwald, has been made a member of the Russian House of Peers, being the first Labour representative. A NORWEGIAN NOTE. LAWS OF HUMANITY VIOLATED. CHRISTIANIA, Nov. 1. Norway has sent a note to Germanyj declaring that the Norwegian people regard the destruction of the convoy and the torpedoings of Norwegian humanity. '"• , t .