GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 20 May 1918, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

BELGIUM'S LAST AGONY. EVEN HER LANGUAGE BARRED. Received 8 a.m. AMSTERDAM, May 18. The German authorities in Belgium have ordered that German will be the* orly official language after to-day. By this nearly all officials must be replaced by Germans or pro-Germari Flemings, \ DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN GOTHENBURG. COPENHAGEN, May 18. A large part of Gothenburg, including vast stores, has been burned. The damage is estimated at several millions sterling. (Next to Stockholm, Gothenburg is the most important town in Sweden It stands at the mouth of Gota, 284 miles south-west of Stockholm.) IN THE PAR EAST, LONDON, May 18 The Entente Powers have agreed to co-operate with Japan and China to suppress German activity in the Fa? East. HANDS OFT BOHEMIA, SANGUINARY EEVOLUTION THREATENED. BERNE, May 17. It is reported from Vienna that a deputation of Czechs, including members of Parliament, warned Herr Seidler that if the Government created a constitution in Bohemia on the German model, the Czechs would raise a .sanguinary Herr Seidler told the strikers' .deputation that the prospect of a generaL..peace- was not hopeless. , The Kaiser, .was doing his best to bring about peace negotiations. ALLEGED BOMBARDMENT OF DOVER BY HUN SUPER-GUN. v NEW YORK, May 18. Passengers from England report that Dover was bombarded from Ostend by a German super-gun. London. officially denies the report. MONTREAL, May 18. In connection with the Dover bombardment, it is stated that three shells were fired and were mistaken for an air raid.