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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 167, 21 December 1914, Page 8

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RIOTOUS SCENES. (iKIiMAX FKKLINO IX NEW YORK. A DISLOYAL IRISHMAN. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. !W December 10. JI live thousand Germans, armed with swords, forming a volunteer regiment, I » riotous meeting, at which James Larki,, demanded that all Irishman ahold arm themselves to fight again-;-; England while she was now enra-'ed on the Continent. * One speaker denounced the American Ircss for giving news favourable to the A.l.es, and then hit the reporters across the back with the fiat of bis sword. 'I he reporters attacked the. speakers, and up ■oar, and a free fight followed. Ihe deputy sheriffs managed to quell -'urrd 0 bt ' forc many were inPnrfessw Kuiw Meyer . ttackcd the iiai vard Umvers.ty because the Univer- ■ lty refused to allow him to delircr a Icetuie attacking Britain. The b«rd l>laycd "Die Wacht am Rliciin." A NON-COMMITTAL ATTITUDE. AMERICA WILT, NOT TNTERFEI! R. Received 19, 5.13 ]U n. p L0,1,10n . December 1!). President Wilson and Mr lirvan have decided not to make any representations im.f f n ]V' ,V conccrni,, R the bombardment of the east»coast of England. Certain American papers pointed out that America was involved in such a breach 01 international law, but President Wilson w,slies to avoid all entanglements .11 the present conflict. After a scene before the Naval Investigation Committee, Mr Gardiner pioferred certain data, showing the Unitv„ 'n ° " tU ' rly un l H 'epared for nir'i'f ' the «c- ---<, 'f 'Li ,lata > aml fiardiner resented the. imputation Stnf,"" .i! n r'"' )a ' ,lu tliat the United . tatc, will hold any further investig.i- - 1 into defence, owing to President Wilsons pronounced hostility thereto. ACTIVITIES ON THE VISTULA. GERMANS REPULSED. Received 21, 12.10 a.m. no- • 1 Pctrograd, December 20. cneinv' a ti prevented the bnnl "f ?i tV- to eross to tlll! I'ife'ht forrnl 0 1 n St " la ' "° ar Dol)rzill > fou 1 i], e German to evacuate an i. Lan 1 occupied 111 mid-stream. We cantiiieil their pontoons. lighting in the Bznra is bediming to de\elop. Several German attacks have been repulsed We recaptured a thousand iv• T 0U ,, t '". 1,,ft «t Dunaietz. ill \\ crn (inlicia. A strong force of tlir Przemvsl «arrison is trying to get out in the' direction ol Jlinn-za. COLUMN CUT TO PIECES Received 21, 12.25 a.m. nir ■ , rrr Paris ' December 20. Ul «cial: We repulsed an attack at jteengtrafte, and appreciably progressed