SATURDAY'S NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1915, Page 5

SATURDAY'S NEWS.

OX THE VVKSTKRN FRONT, Paris, .7il!v Hi. A coinimmi<|uc states that the alleged German sum'in Liu; Argoime, cabled on July, 14, was really a futlure to break our front. The Germans, uslii" a gre:it quantit.;,' of asphyxiating fias, overwhelmed our line at certain points, but we forced them back and recaptured Hill -X.">. It is untrue that our field guns were captured or put out of actu>». J Jit* I KTinan losses were: considerable. !

_ A eoiinnuniqiie state,: The Germans in Lorraine attacked on a front of three kilometres the positions they had lost at Leintroy an( l simultaneously bombarded the whole front of the line from the forest of Champenoux to the river Vezouse, making isolated infantr,- attack ;, which were everywhere repulsed. A ibody of attackers advanced to our barbed wire south-east of the forest of i'arrov, but. were repulsed with heavy loss *

A neutral politician who visited the Crown Prince's headquarters states that he is ill and careworn, and has lost his customary smile. His men arc'all of fine physique and evidently picked troops. Despite the French explanations the. Crown Prince continues his audacious claims of victory. To-day's Berlin communique states: A French attack west of Argonne failed and the North German Landwebr inflicted bloody losses on the enemy, taking 4U2 -prisoners. 'We have captured since June 20 100 officers and 700!) men in the Argonne. Our troops crossed the Windawa, north of Polewaajny, going easterly. We made further progress in victorious fighting south-west of Ko'r.j. ftnrl soutb of T'rn-r.ysZ. • "VJqaaa, July 16, Olficuut There we're ?•«!« tif Asiatic choiwu notified on July 12. It is spreading alarmingly, chiefly in Galicia, where there are many cases among the ■prisoners of war, though the great majority arc among the civil population. The authorities fear it will spread to the interior of Austria, where many sporadic cases have occurred.

RUSSIA'S TASK. Petrograd, Julv lfi. The German advance on Prasny»?. i.n organically connected with the southern operations. General von ]lindenbur<r is now rushing columns along the northern tributaries of the Narew, where it is estimated five Herman army corps are attacking, with two and a half corps of cavalry based on Plava, His objective is Novogeorgievsk, while General von ifackpnsen is aiming at Brestlitovsk. The Russians, now on their inner lines, have the advantage in railways, and can throw troops from one part of the front to another. fJeneral von Hiudenburg has a splendid railway, which might give him success in the first stage, but General von Jtaekensen is hampered by badly-roaded country. Russian officers state that the German soldiery are a rag-tag and bob-tail lot compared with the sturdy fighters sacrificed in the first six months of the war; their ages vary from 111 to over 50 years. An officer writes that two Russian regiments in the recent retreat fell upon a hody of Germans with their bayonets and simply hacked ten thousand to pieces. London, July 18. Colonel Repington, the Times' military correspondent, thinks that the Aus-tro-Oermanß will shortly resume the offensive on the Russian front. They are resting their troops and repairing damages preparatory to a new move forward. Amsterdam, July Hi. The Kaiser is going to Poland in connection with the approaching thrust at Warasw.

TIIE IiALKANS. London, July 10. The German Foreign Ofl'iee lias opened a violent press campaign for the 'benefit of the Balkan States, especially Rumania, asserting that Russia and Britain have long agreed to the division of the war spoils, and their schemes are fatal to all other interested Powers. Russia is to have a free hand in the whole of the Balkans, Hungary, and Galicia, possession of the Black Sea coast as far as the Bosphorus, Constantinople, Thrace and Armenia. England is to .be supreme in Asia Minor, Syria, Mesopotamia and Arabia, Tuikey ■becoming an Anglo-Russian protectorate. France and Italy will receive minor compensations. Germany urges the Balkans, and Rumania particularly, to come to an immediate decision and meet the urgent, demands of Germany. The Times advises Rumania not to listen to the German Foreign Office press campaign, It believes that Rumania will not be deceived and intimidated by, German bullying. The Daily News' Rome correspondent reports further bullying of Rumania. Austria threatens to close the frontier unless the restrictions on Austro-Gcrinan exports destined for Turkey are removed. Rumania has replied that only contraband is stopped. Athens, July 10. Telegrams frrini Constantinople describe ii plot to assassinate, M. Venezelos.

AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, July 17. In the House the 'War Census Hill passed all stages. During- the debate Mr. Greene said he did not think siiiTicient details were asked for. The Government might have ascertained- ho>v fur it was possible to organise certain industries. Mr. Bnmford claimed that the 'Ministry was willing to have conscription, and asked why they should not have it now. Mr. Fisher said that anybody' associating the Bill with conscription was wilfully misleading the public. Mr. Hughes said that if the information sought hud 'been in the: possession of England and Australia before the war it would have been, impossible, lie for one would never scud men out of the'eouhtry by force to fight. When the time came to do that the country would be rotten to the core and not worth fighting for;

Senator Pearce said that nien would were ellieient shots. Those remaining inwere efficient shots. Those remaining inefficient would lie drafted into tho army service corps and armv medical corps. The Munitions Committee has appointed a sub-committee to imjuire into the possibility of manufacturing toluene.

llr. FUlicr announced (lint there must ho a war tax in addition to the loan. The first instalment of live millions towards tlie loan Ims been practically secured. Sydney, July 17. Now Zealanders under '2l who arrived with the intention of enlisting lacked their parents' authority and cabled for consent. They received an affirmative reply and were accepted. V. Taylor, known a* Captain Tenfold, the aeronaut and aviator,'has enlisted. Five hundred and thirty; men in the railway workshops have volunteered to give their spare time to munition work without payment. Before the Liverpool Commission several soldier? nave evidence that they lacked underclothing; also that bread was stored in the sleeping lints and stored in wen's bittftkets. Several who

should have left on tile Rerrima we only put oft at the .ast uioiuenc tiirou. l.i' K i.t apace, 'i hi-y said they oniy ha>l one day's rifle training and a few wwlil general training before being dispatched 'J hey were forced to leave their kill aboard the Berrima and had to borrow clothes from other men in camp. OX THE «EA. Paris, July 10. | The French trawler Nieuport waaj mined oil' Calais, and the crew we?ei drowned. London, July 10. i 'I he Navy J.tague announces that iu order to allay groundless fears, tile Admiralty is paying close attention to the question or the protection against sub-' marines of liritish mercantile vessel*, particularly those, trading iu the Atlantic. Athens, Julv I'd. Advices from Ynrmt report that the Kussians sank the German submarine t jl in the I Hack .Sea. London, July, 10. The Chronicle's Athens correspondent says that 51. J.edoii.N, Secretary of tbe I'iench hmbassy, who'was recently ex-> pelled from Constantinople, regards the' situation as critical, Many of the Old lurks Party have been murdered and thrown in the Bosphorus. The Germans do not conceal Germany's intention to nnjke Turkey a protectorate. The Allies' subjects are interned in the interior or Asia Minor. Germany circulates by wireless a Turkish report asserting that they' repulsed an attack at the Dardanelles, the enemy fleeing and falling in the precipitous valleys. FROM LONDON, - 1 -' m . 1 " Loudon, .Jiily ]& " ■lli« Imy lluroan DttttUs that the Government calls attention to the adVorusemcnt of an American machinist on May 0, describing a new shell wherein two explosive acids are used to explode the shell. The combination caused a ten ific explosion, and the fragments, being coated with acids, cause death with terrible agony for four hours unless the wounds are immediately cauterisod or the limb amputated, as' there is no antidote to counteract the poison. The " Government states that the advertisement is not genuine, and is dosignod to ■ create a false impression. No order ban been given for such an explosive in America or elsewhere, nor does tile Government contemplate using such an invention.