GENERAL CABLES

Taihape Daily Times, 5 March 1918, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

ITALIAN TRAITORS. MORE SILK SMUGGLERS ARRESTED. # ROME, March 3. Further arrests on charges of smuggling silk for aeroplanes into Austria have been made. Those arrested include three millionaires, Dubins, Ccresa, and Brainda; also Commendorc Feltranclli, one of the richest men in Italy. NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALLERS. A WIN AND A DRAW. LONDON, March 3. At the Rugby yestesday, the New Zealand Field Artillery (8) beat Royal Air Craft Factory (nil.) The New Zealand .Rifle Brigade 3) drew with the Public (3). JAPAN MOBILISING INDUSTRIES. ■i * !>•■■;. ■■ CONTRIBUTING TO WAR. Received 9 a.m. TOKYO, March 3. A Bill has been introduced into the Diet giving authority to the War Minister to mobilise industries contributing to prosecuton of the war. MOST BRUTAL MASSACRES. ENTIRE POPULATION BUTCHERED. Received 9 a.m. NEW YORK, March 4. The' New York Times Hague correspondent states that authentic information from Asia Minor has been received, stating that the entire male Armenian population at Sansun, Including children, have been massacred by the Turks. FRENCH ESPIONAGE GANG. MORE DISCLOSURES MADE. Received 8.45. PARIS, March 4. In connection with the espionage arrests on e of the involved is Tremblez, formerly Rosenberg’s cofindential agent at Paris. He had a luxurious chateau in Brittany. His mistress is Suzzy Dephy, the actress, who *is the wife of a man named Guilaln, who later was also one of the gang. The “Petit Parisian” states that Tremblez told a friend bis Swiss affairs earned him £160,000. The authorities searched his premises and disclosed his communications with the Germans. They suspected tb German submarines were obtaining, or were attempting to obtain, supplies from the coast of Brittany. They set a trap which resulted in the arrests.

FRANCO-GERMAN INTRIGUE

HUN DUPLICITY FAILS

Received 8.45

PARTS, March 4.

The Daily Telegraph’s Paris correspondent, referring to M. Pichou’s revelations, cabled on Friday, says the references to Verdun and Toul appeared at the end of a long dispatch. There were only portion which was published in the German white book. When von Chocn offered neutrality it was expected that. M. Viviani would accept or that it would be repeated if later France would have born the onus of commencing this world war. If the former, von Choen would have disclosed the humilating condition. The trick failed as M. Viviani merely rcplyed that France’s conduct would be dictated by her honour and interests.