THE WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 June 1915, Page 7

THE WAR.

NEWS FROM ENGLAND. THE COAL TRADE. I''KAI, L\ INDIAN WIIKAT. London. .Inne -/. I 'I lie Rational Advisory ('omnntleo on the war output, tin,. I'liriiamintan Committee of the Trades I'nion t ongre,:., 1 and the General .Federation of Trades Unions have issued a. inanifcto urging trades unionists to accelerate the output of mui.itious and ap|iealiug to every skilled workman to enrol as worker and demonstrate to his comrades ill the trenches that trades unionism represents all that is best in a national life of freedom and .security. It describes the Munitions .Supply liill as a guarantee of the restoration of trade union rights and customs when victor v i has been achieved.

| -Mr. Kuneinian has intimated to both I the employers and the employed that as ! South 'Wales supplies the bulk of the coal for the Allied navies there, must be no stoppage,, anil that an immediate agreement is imperative, Mr. Smillie, in an interview, resented the yoke of compulsion as implying it was necessary to goad the men to greater efforts. He added: "Leave it to our sense of duty. We will come as near half-killing mirs'idves to carry the war to a successful issue as any not. actually in the firing-line. Trust the miner Unit any shortage of shells will not arise from any shortage of coal." A writer in the Observer says the Government's deal in Indian wheat has been remarkably successful. Shipments to Britain have been virtually only the surplus which could be imported without heavily burdening the local consumers. The Government avoided dislocation by employing the, usual wheat-importing firms, and secured nrofits amounting to several millions. The wheat delivered in l Tritain costs the Indian .Government 50s. per quarter. The surplus revenue is earmarked for the development of agriculture. Six million acres last year under cotton are under wheat, and a tamper crop has been reaped.

THE NEW LOAN,

t DETAILS OF THE ISSUE. Wellington, June 2S. The Governor has received a cable giving details of the British 4.% per cent. )var loan. The cable states that the ! issue of stock is on bonds bearing interest at 4 1 /, per cent., payable' halfyearly on June 1 and December 1. The price of tjic issue is fixed at £W)< per cent. A full half-year's dividend will be paid on December 1, 1815. Applications, which must he accompanied by a deposit of £5 per cent., will be received by the Bank of England, and may be forwarded direct or through the medium of. any banker or stockbroker in the United Kingdom. Application must fbe. for even hundreds of pounds. Arrangements arc being made for the receipt of applications for smaller av.-.ounts than hundreds through the post office. Further payment will be required as follows: 10 per cent. July So. 15 per cent. August 3, 15 per cent/ August 17, 15 per cent. August 31, 10 per cent. Sep-1 tember 14, 10 per cent. September 28,' 10 per cent. October 12, 10 per cent. I Oetobef 20. If not previously redeemed the loan will be repaid at par on Decemlier 1, 1045, tat the Government will have, the, right to redeem at \rw at any time after December 1, 1025. on giving three months' notice. Instalments mav ■be raid in full on or after July 20, 11)15, under a discount rate of 4% per cent, per annum.

THE WESTERN FRONT. ACTIVITY IN THE AIR. INTERRUPTED FRENCH PROfIEESS. FINES FOR FRENCH TOWNS. Paris, July 27. A hundred incendiary aim asphyxiating bombs were dropped in Arras. Fires were started, a gendarme and a mm killed, and many injured. The Germans regained a. footing on a. 200 metres front in a sunken road between Ablain and Angres. Our aviators on June 25 dropped shells on Doua't railway station, which, was apparently ■seriously damaged. Amsterdam, June 27. An official Berlin message states that the towns of Valenciennes and Roubaix were, fined 150,000 francs (£0000) each, as a reprisal for the French bombardment of German Consulates in the open towns of Alcxandretta and Haifa, and tlie damage to German and Turkish property. Tim '/Sirich Post says that towns and villages in the -Minister Valley in Alsace were hurriedly evacuated by the inhabitants as a consequence of the French advance.

RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN. RUSSIANS UNCONQUERED. AFTER EIGHT WEEKS' ONSLAUGHT. JICSSJAX ARALV LUPKCYINU. Pctrograd, June 27. Prior to the Austrian iv-oceupation of J.eml.crg, the males from 15 Ui sil led the ea.;.. the i;iis,iaiis removed Lin: grain, oil ami copper supplies, also the contents of l:ie museums and yallerie.-,. According to documents found on prisoners, tue Kaiser and Ceueral vou tuudciiucrg assured the troops that Warsaw would be entered on June 28., and Calii'iii cleared of Russians by .lune 311: then peace would be coiieuiued with Amsterdam, June 27, The Cologne Gazelle s;u,s it is extraordinary that the 'Russians should be still battling- in the neighborhood oi Leiulierg. Herr Morant, in the Tageblatt, says the taking of l.cmbci'g is insufficient lor the Atistro-Gcnnan forces, wnich must continne'their operations until the Russian armies are destroyed. PeLrograd, dune 27. Eight weeks' tremendous onslaught has [ailed tu conquer the .Russians in Galicia. The Russians' temporarily retreated and inflicted astounding losses on their assailants. Their casualties were comparatively insignificant. Generals Alackensen and Linsiugon wove outgetieralled, inasmuch as fie Russianarmies are still unbroken and hold together on a line outside that of the enemy. Meanwhile the Germans on the left hank of the Dneister have been defeated. The Gorman leaders in this region are impatient at the success of the cold and calculated strategy of the "Russians. When expelled from the villages on the river bank they worked hard

to t irow pontoons, across the river »; Kussmiis by mra „ s „f .lova itutiny S "''>; complete control, 'here are indications that the Gcrm-iiu employed on the Dneistor, unless thcv quickly extricate thoniselvc, are |ji.el'l!'';':'" 1 ";' 1 ' I ',; 1 Sl ' ri «* «f inglorious" re" 1,, ' n ' ( "'™ a »* J ""-ve hcgiin a vio- ,"' artl '<>>-.>' outbreak on tlie Vwrliailcn- ;" V! 1" *»'»t. The Russians ..eeove,,, t '<■ Kr„ui.,l lost at Orjit. „,„; , :lpUm . a liic iiiai-:iiiii'- S niis.

-, r ,-, . , London, dime 27. •UHoinnek the so,, of a former '-<'"tly the Grand .Duke's guest, has ,".','.'" l ;y° months at the front and savs- | '!'"■ Germans ;,, _ T(I , U .,. o[ }m , araV ; , ; .MI s creating a network of militar.y have caused fanners to cm - i struct an, locate buildings to serve for 'lelence tiroughout east" Prussia. The faim Houses all occupy strategic points, ■>"« are mvanably built with heavy--2 ';„ ""I 1 small windows towards J 4l ' V 3,a,, V m-o connected h.y secret .olcphonos. The Russians at the outset ol the war were surprised to find the enemy's first shot come from wellconcealed batteries i„ entrenchments. JSot.nng can be compared with the Russian army, which is improving as the W proceeds and is enormously popu-

Amsterdam, June 27. In connection with) the threatened attack on Warsaw, several trains of heavy g„ns have left Ksscn going towards the Bxiira.