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Taranaki Daily News, 10 August 1915, Page 5

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. BULGARIA'S NOTE. : MS mm REPLIIS, , Received August !l, 1(1.40 p.m. Solia, August fl. The All/ieV reply to tin: Bulgarian Note of June Mi has been handed to M. Uadoshivoll', but the contents have nut been revealed. PLOTS AGAINST BELGIUM. IX DEFENCE OP VON JAGOW. Received August 0, 10.50 'p.m. London, August !). The North German Oazctte lias published a reply to Union Beyers. 7t allegations, and explains that urn Jagow especially .mentioned ilie ( Vn'io. because even Relgiaii writers at the lime were pointing out that the administration of large colonies like tile Congo went I ■•yoiul Belgium's financial strength. You Jagow touched the subject -became of Prance's pre-emptive right. Von Jagow did not express any intention of violating Belgium's rights, and did not mention the disappearance of small States in in.vur of the larger tetates. 'Die conversation was purely academic. GERMAN REPRISALS. FRENCH CAIPTIYICS .MALTREATED. Received August 9, 10.40 p.m. Paris, August It). Five thousand French prisoners, chosen on account of their education and rank, in the ciurep at Neukirchenland, are 'being treated like convicts, 03 reprisals for the conviction, after court martial, of several German looters who were caught red-handed. HOW WARSAW FELL. , THE GERMAN ACCOCNT. Received August !), 10.50 ip.m. Amsterdam), August 9. Correspondents to Perlin papers describing t.he evacuation of Warsaw, su-y: For two days our guns bombarded the fortifications and the bombardment grew more intense on Wednesday night, the whole of the army's field artillery participating. The Russians failed to stem the advance, and at midnight evacuated the outermost fortress. The Wurteniburgers, Saxons and Prussians attacked eight other fortresses, rushing across soaked trendies. There was a violent strugg'e on the entire front, and the Russians gradually fell teurk to Pi'aga. Warsaw sufl'ored -little froan the iiomlmrdmwit. The first general who entered was immediately appointed Governor.

BRITISH AT WARSAW. Received August !>, 10."/p p.m. •ivtrograd, August fi. The British colony left WaJ'sav. a month ago. Forty Britishers, whose long residence had made them thoroughly Polish in sentiment, ajid six elderly ladies, remained to the last, the Rus-. 3-ans facilitating their departure. MAORIS AT GALLiPOU. HAKA BCARES THIS TURKS. Received August 10, 12.5 a.m. London, August !). A New Zealand oil'icer describes the Maori contingent at the Dardanelles welcoming their pakeha General by dancing a haku, which pei'idexed the Turks iu the trenches one hundred yards away. They listened to the bloodthirsty serenade, and the Turkish newspaper Tanize published a paragraph saying "for the lirst time in history the Straits bad to endure ail attack by caniiibals."

ADVANCE ON ROVERETO. TOWN lH;.\liL'APl>m P.eteixcd Augu.-t U, 10.il) p.m. Zurich. August 9. The Italiajis arc bombarding Eoveivto station. The damage is severe. One shell destroyed the hall of justice. i TRAINS BLOWN UP. BV ITALIAN ARTli.LEiiy. Iteeeived August 10, 1.-Jj a.m. Piorne, August W. The 'ltalian bombardment of Ih'.rgo destroyed about ten miles of the railway line. Two trains were blown up. one containing soldier-, half of whom were killed. OORiZiA, PKEPARINO FOU IT'S FALL. Received August !>, 1 0.-iU p.m. JlFan, August !l. 'i'he Austriaiij are pre paring lor the fail of Corizia, wliuse eit'lrcr.s arc sulfcring from the scarcity of food. AW AERIAL FEAT. j-ill i 1 I.tIT'S KXiH'KANCJC. Ktwdu-.i Aug.ut 10. l£s a.m. London, August !». While a iSi'ill-ii aeroplane was malang a re;omiai',:ance 'behind tiie Cei<man lines in Belgium. si;r..pnel almost severed the pilot's leg. He lost consciousness, and the machire dived I.e:. 1 foremost, turned over, lot righted as the pilot regained eonscio;:. ncsand obtained L anirol. lloth pilot and observer wee saved from fall ir'i' o'.ii. iiirjug.i s"tl>ng ja'.uuisvi iu id e mceha.iii-::.i. Tecy tlesv for *V> milts bacl; to the liritL-sii 'ir.es. and l!>e aeroplane bedsd safely. Tl:o pilot hail 50 v,"cunds in his leg; he is recovering.