GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 4 April 1918, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

FIGHTING ARMENIANS.

TO KEEP OUT THE TURKS

April i

Fietce : 'fighting is reported florn, lhe| Caucasus ; region in'the districts j oj|| Batquii' anH 'K large; irmy \ 6j£. Armenians 'and. Georgians has'''beeriS formed,, and is opposing the Turks, who are attempting occupation provided for in .the treaty, of Brest?Litowsl?£, The Georgians;, seized most of the Russian warships at Batbum. The whole population'of JGeGrgia -has been.; mobi*; Used.' ? oc\ ■ :•. . t I v.-> '* GROTTNn t v/; id I -gul

■ -.-, The full, effect of. the disclosu,res; of- . Prince Liehnpwgky., .formerly, Qernaan,: Ambassador to Britain, is not yet 'apparent in. Germany, but they have {unquestionably proved disconcerting. The "Vorwaerts" says: "It is now clear that England did not desire war, but for four years we have been inoculated with the view that England caused the war, and upon this false view our whole war policy has been built." WIPING OUT THE NATIONAL DEBT. Received 8.50. LONDON, April 3. The Independent Labour Party Conference at Leicester debated the most equitable method of wiping out the National Debt. Mr. Powell, M.P., proposed an Act whereby all persons whose wealth was above a certain level should be deemed dead, and pay death duties on a graduated scale. NEW ZEALANDERS HONOURED. LONDON, April 3. Twenty-six New Zealanders have been awarded the Military Medal. BRUTALITY TO BRITISH PRISONERS. .GERMANY'S UNSATISFACTORY . REPLY. Received 11.5. s . LONTJON, April 3. A White Paper contains correspondence between the Foreign Office an? Germany regarding Seaman Genower, j who was prisonered at the Battle of Jutland and died & t Brandeburg. According to his fellow-prisoners Genower and others were confined in ? hut which took fire. They "demandec to he permitted to eseape hut thtry dared not open the door until he received orders. Genower broke the window and leaned out, whereupon the sentry baydnetted him in the chest. 'All the occupants in the hut perished in the flames. Would-be rescuers were held back by the sentry) Cermany declared the bayonetting story was 'intrue, despite corroboration, and stated Genower died c? hums.