Official News.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 253, 5 April 1915, Page 5

Official News.

■Wellington, Sunday

The Premier has received the following from the Nigh Commissioner, dated London, April -ith, 1.2 D a.m.:— Paris reports that in Upper AUu-e tdo German attacks were repulsed. Pctrograd reports that the Russian offensive in the Carathiaus continues successfully. On April Ist the Russians captured one hundred officers and seven

thousand men, with many maxims. The Premier has received the following from the High Commissioner, London, dated April 3rd, 4.20 p.m.:— I'sris itoH'- tint in the resrion of tt.e Somme, Lo Boiselle, and Dompiere mine warfire cenfouie.-, wif'i nen-1.-..(l ndvantage to the French. The total prison-iis Ink-ii at lii.is !<■ Protre on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday was two hundred, including six officers. A German aviator was brought down on Friday. He had just been throwing bombs on Tiheims. ' The machine took fire on alighting. The two aviators were made prisoners. The Prime Minister has received the following from the High Commissioner. London, dated April 2nd. 0 p.m.: The Foreign Office publishes notes in reply to the German threat that is submarine prisoners were treated worse than others they will treat British army officer prisoners harsher for each memher of the .-rewa captured. The British j Government replied that the imprisoned crews of submarines were better clotted and fed than British prisoners in Goinianv of eipial rank, and also point out that' during the present war more than 1000 officers and men of the German navy had been rescued by the British, in spile of the danger to the rescuers and the prejudice to the British operations while no British naval officer or man had been rescued by the Germans.