GENERAL ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 November 1915, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS.

NEWS FROM THE TIMES. NEW GERMAN AIRSHIP. Times and, Sydney Sun Services. London, Nov. 23. Rotterdam reports that the Germans are boasting of a combination of a Zeppelin and aeroplane building at Berlin, which does not use gas. Its buoyancy is secured by chambers from which air is excluded. The machine is madel of a" light metal. A feature is the enormous propeller. German engineers stated that London will be at the mercy of the bombs from the new machine.

THE CAMPAIGN IN THE TYROL. The Times' correspondent at the Italian headquarters says that the last obstacles to the conquest of Tolmino and Gorizia are being persistently surmounted. The torrential rain has" ceased, and the enemy's offensive is weakening. The difficulties in the Tyrol are enormous. When the enemy was dislodged from a seemingly invincible first position lie retired to others even more formidable. The Austrians are solidly entrenched, •lid are heavily armored with cement in the mountains dominating the highway. These have become fortresses surrounded by hedges of thick wire, five yards deep and highly charged with electricity. There are powerful mines everywhere, and snow prevents surprise attacks. Italian volunteers advance and destroy the mines and entanglements. Few *scape alive. Despite the heroism the advance is most difficult. Mr. Garvin, editor of the Observer, in an address, said we are less afraid of Germany and her reputed successes than of the proposals of a premature and disastrous peace. Germans knew that the forces of the Allies must rise, and was unwilling to wait for her own inevitable ebb. Already negotiations are stealthily on foot.

CONTRABAND FROM THE ARGENTINE. The Time.?' Buenos Ayres correspondent says Germany is receiving from there, in neutral vessels sailing 1 to neutral ports, copper and wolfram concealed in 'bales of wool and cloth, in maize and linseed, and in tins of corned beef. It is suspected that asphyxiating gas is exported in cylinder as carbonic acid. THE ERRATIC CENSORSHIP. The Times' correspondent at Washington say 9 that the Germans are profiting by the vagaries of the censorship-of the Allies' news. Everything is being done to discredit the military position of the Allies. , •