COMING EVENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1915, Page 5

COMING EVENTS

116 OFFENSIVES PREPARING

THE KAISER ILL

FEELING IN ATHENS ACUNE

M\m SUBMARINE'S EXPLOITS

By Asiociation-^Cbpyrfgfcl,

&'■ W& Wife

GERMANS READY: '♦t £.s?*eJnst«daaß,»Decembera3.- < foe Ttlegtuf etatea iaaj; wwtyng H.*sSn§f* r W*!* 11 offensive ui y*WB- r »*iww¥9rt of iropfs & mnpHOL *ttd there is speeiaLattention with » «?* j3 u W?r& Rowing, in ( jfesersea B * of mnmpona continues, "ft^aMt^* re «>«>>« fiU«d,wl,tk. sup Gym an officers are pWP jp^Rjnjn are indifferent ISpr BTtFF FIGHTING.

. BEPOHTS BRdft BOTft SIOE§. -, • Received s&ftm- ., , \;\l v Paris, December 23. th» enemy / : we continued pur P'W*!? • n 'thG i 'rifht.. «.. ~ Ja '^ . *4»i4!W a#e«ints statelittatthaiat*mu&*. the Js in Alsace with ft view, to tie offensive. , ►..A»B«Bn wireless claims that the 82nd ' ?ripde recaptured the sum■«ti*«Jft:tfle eneiny. suffered extraordinary Sanguinary losses and left 23 officers •ad U4O men prisoners. We (the GerffiWiJ "•& mm clearing tie northern |loje. Our losms were 1100.

BT THE AIR. HAMBURG STARTLED. , COMMANDER'S PBOOUAB PREPACTIONS. Received, Dec. 24, 5.5 p.m. \ ~ ., &.,. , Amiterojun, December 23. , (i* ca«ae<M>y **xm»T, JM* w« Allied air fleet wm arriving. «je public fright was so great that Qtt* «*a| To<ll i|iqj| * :jate ,erieg SUaaars; to *ne whan ien gunshots .wjiw. aitf.trajw shoufl W people.were to go_ fo^.by/%.»lar)est routesf .AH "SP&IWito extinguished, M»c\eißpe-' cifi would be taken ft# We harjipr. \shjen the peril was pnjblic tQeta would parade, Wji i i^eet^wjjth l ,tnimpets and drums,: ««sdP<? the, jjieef ssary instructions. * ,not.o««Brred, but thet Hijn&jafgtfßtfoniißue to be panic-striken ti sad fear jujt'after.sirnset. j]

POOR BILU ; BEKN TALKING TOO MUCH. Received pec. 24, 5.5 pro. ' Itl| j < Amsterdam, Decebber-'2X UftrHjferefo/ts ,thst the Kaiser is sufferijigjmm,celjular inflammation, and is oonfpelled to remain indoors. fr'r » t ] ' f —^i— 1 THE HEREDITARY COMPLAINT. • Ifeeeived JOec. 26, 5.5 p.m. Prominent,, people m German cities here pten informed from Berlin; jfajsers illness is due to a re- I cnnrente of cancer in the throat. ' ?sßl£iD HIS NEST. Qi&btis PEACE LEAGUE ON THE; KAISER. Received ."iSee. 24, >9js Ipiin.. 4 ix S'tl /°tter4* m ' D SS en i oer H. „ ««:*"»♦» Itoanjtyffteague, in a appeals to Gerfmanfio'eiidfthe.war. the German, name is the German flag Ur -i|), W» burned tillage grave <m winders. 'Germany must re* •tow '£w { ehancter and win back her been forfeited by :barb|ttiu fittetty and insatiable lust. Na--J Wpfr fslled, and the Kaiser must fail. 1 TOtre- OMUWao peace until he is depotcd ftrWn" we'lthrone which he has!' fouled 7 fed foQow the conspirators jwho - v -*t a*ir fate at the bands 'o.f*ffi* ez>*

©sf : TE® SEA.

MERRY TIME IN THE MARMORA. B BOAT'S EXPLOITS. \ ' SMASHING 'EM AED TO BEizES." I Received Dec 24, 6,5 pju. . .*/,. J( London, Dei&mber 23. 4 su,smar,ine officer, aescKp'ing twentyfour day*' cruising in the Sea of Marmora, said, "We were- under sls; ,en, an average,.three tines daily, ,W,e penetrated *\wis of phwes We shelled, a tailway and blocked the lint ,% tropp .train came utr, and it was the funniest thing to see fhe. train hiding in. tj(p trera, "We smashed it all to. blazes, and the They fired tons of "ammunition,, but we were.oyt.pf/iitge., sank a gunboat, five ed three trains aaa one embaisSlnt. _ "We dived at Constantinople, torpedoed an ixteqal and. a. then blew, up lighters loaded with munitions. The terjjfiev W& with a gunboat, which was driven qff, and "after that we were .left alone. Everything ran when we were near: The •only drawback was that all of US suffered! from dysentery."

vYITHOUT WARNING: THEBUDE OT? THEPUCSTE HON; Received Dec. 24, 5.5 p.m. ~....,., London, December 23, The Yasaka 'Maru was torpedoed without warning on Tuesday afternoon, and sank in fifty minutes. A French gunboat picked "ft the passengers and crew at midnight and landed them at Port The passengers evince great admiration for the skill of the captain and officers, and the discipline of the .crew. 'disembarkation out Jn perfect oraer, and with fnfe gTeafest promptitude.

.The passengers numbered 120, ofjriwm l£,were British,, six Japanese and Cfle was an American. The drew 'numbered 2«P.

iN THE ADfWIC. Received Dec. 5.5.S p,m. Rome, December 24. •An Jtaljandesijrpyjer |unk an Austrian ship, laden with arms, in Hie Adriatic. An Austrian submarine then attacked the destroyer, but the latter rammed and cut her assailant 'fo'halv'es. j %JiMh. r "ConJori, '.Qfe't'dbiJr "28. = A Berlin wireless tion from a. ttleg-amJiy KjuAjon \jSei" gand to the New York World. The the Baltic offer a difficuljt problem. Th_e Gerpuin Admiralta is .confronted with the "practically Smpos'sibTe 'task Ttejpor set barrier nets in the^ounll ! Del£ween' .Denmark and .Sweden only up to, the three-milej, Jimil, where . the* neutral •waters th'e.iwo countries begin., The trouble was causing the Admiralty serious,, thought;. ~ . , )fj ! tKe .Tsfsm wire ;a'se % ,nune and barrier 'nets 'tb.'cjose the froin.shore 'tosKdrS, wTOh Thfey. have done because .he imj 'an' ally r There is no neutral stretch of •wates-there through which German sub-! marines can slip.

*RB War' e^st. THE 'ATTACK ON 'SUEZ, i PREDICTED y FOR ENd'c-F JANUARY. U :.... JGeßeva i ; . Mouci Bey,.3nver Pasha's brother, Suez Canal will take~pTace fowafds fb'e' end of January. T3UNS FOR "EGYPT | TURKISH -eARRfED '-A'vVAY.> Received Dec. 26, 5.5 p.m. • ~.- .-..^ißome^Devgi. storms carried, away Dooms whiclj the Wrfis had'co*nßtriJ(c« , d in the* Namnjrs, and. the Allies' 'submarines, •pr?|tiflg by this, passed into itfe Sea of Marmora. &lf^§e?V^» a rt they will be mounted on sand dunes a tfsed to "destroy tafworkf-it the' Suez CJoal

BRITAIN.

THE WAI? IN PARLIAMENT.

- REPLEES TO CRITICISMS. ;-•• '*'. OPEN' SP'tE&H; > ' B&PPftrtS WANTAGE, " Received Dec. 24, 5.5 p.m. , ".' W!M6'n, December 23. „,Replying to Mjfjfestto'ftj itf the House pi %s. Government should control shipping, Mr. Balfour said the freights tiflT &slfisltf)ily Because the demand had.outriui tfte supply. The limitation of. tonnage was the real cause of t&i datfeufty; ana" had been feveflea 0 it the Adm'iratfy because it cnm■jlfijfttlj {s£ft. resent there, was a Tlajisgorfi shipowners of the tiigiest, experience, whose ftai'ii sufy..wss ,tp .96t» in . for. the Army troops; ivii, sup plies,, with, a minimum of teqnvenjen'ce .to the , shipping trade. These transports,- ordered by the Army, i?rred the purpose of the Allies in the same way thfEt the .enormous' and intricate: gystem~of-railway*! did' the Central Powers.. The British Fleet and mercantile ma'riife Ifa'd td bSaV aff enormous re. [ijfSisfßiliijf;, but hV dOuW there had |b&ft of torfnVgeV j. Kir. Mfoii* c-oiMued':-, li angel from [pkvM&M, n'o't .htiVe si&'inated this ! w.aw|'|.; i »o| reject, the proposal .thai the ir ,Government should own the marine, because many i dj%ult questions would s,ibjs ttt.J.eav«..the.whole.flicrcantile fleet jiujijie _He. v»p aorjgr that the Munitions Bill had not passed, a3 it made pos-. sible the building of merchant vessels as war jjrork., ..jfajery deJiy djininished the amount of tonnage available and main; fetinfj.jrejghts ,at> tji<£ present terrible level, while it increased the cost of intfffm'e'fißK' arlicfes th.at were essential : for the prsper carrying on of the war.

i ASTER'THE WAR. ' Mr. Runciman, replying t'p questions concerning trade relations after the war, 'iaWttfaT SXtf MVeStigatt'dn - that was being, conducted was not ( n}ade, with the 'idea St BasVemnf the return of peace, Thfirjl KpJlhJ.pe the main! object for which Britain was fighting was attained. Nearly every department of comdl&poja) however,' has been constantly thinking what.wasjikely to hapipen» when.,the war was over, and how best to prepare for such contingencies. It was.certain that the relationship of, 'GeTfcmany affd ASstfiSr (what might be Cglled-, thp. Central Powers Zollverein) 'was Bound to conflict with our interests.. , There; were also the questions of. ithe'..Hßß of, the .British, ports made by. iGprman tonnage,,.and aliens' ownership, of, real ipropertyiuu Britain,, nptably 'th,Q..coalfi,elds. , They, were.takjng good ioare.that.no German, would stand in Wfi)tti^fty if . The of XM?. was closely watching British interests, to which everything else had to be sacrificed. One of the most remarkable ro-mances-of industry had been the skill wherewith the Germans had gathered together the control of the oilfields of Europe and the East. The question w4sV.how far this raw material, seejng its value as a motive power for transport, would pass from German to British control!

Mr. Euncima'n added: "I think that as far as conunercje is concerned, Germany is a beaten nation. It is our business to see that she does not again Hft up her head after the war."

THE FOREIGN OFFICE. Lord Robert' Cecil, replying to criticisms on the Foreign .pfflce diplomacy, said that the suggestion by a Greek statesman that .ths_.S'preign Ofiks, rejected Greece's alliance and assistance was absolutely without foundation. Of what may have happened before he joined, the; Government Jje, sfloukLpotspeak, but the whole keynote of Sir Eaward Grey's, policy for years had been to produce inity- of. discord. Complaints had been made of Foreign Office secrecy. . If these..com.-, plainants had been inside the Foreign Office for a week taey would see that Jrijajn h'id, tp.co-ppeja.te with foreign Powers it could not be done in the light.of da'y: Secrecy be easily denounced and derided, but a mea> sure Of 'secrecy was alisoldtely essential; lord R. Cecil; referring io the blockade, said that.no, Unsegd had been .exported /$m Britain,,,f,pr months,. be true. that .ether, oil-bearing sflbpandes Tiad been eJcpofted in Undiie" qiiantltie'si; M this.waS a vital matter witti which he had wns not Britain's policy to go to' war with neutrals' in order to effectively blockadei GerinanJ. We could pijly |t<jg gpod,ft on the,sea whifch we knew w&re" going tS GefaStiy. DEFENCE OF SIR E. GREY. Those people who suggested that sbiheone in thi Foreign Office was uMer German influence were mere hysterical nepjbtics, who when things were not going rjght for the moment turned 6n those who were trying to serve their Wntryj saying, "You are traitors. \fe' are betrayed. You are friends of the enemy, and that is why we tire not succeeding." lord R. Cecil added: " This.disgraceful state of things ought to U Stamped upojg', A Jew months ago Sir Edward Grey was regarded as representative of all that is beat in our public life;, now ,sbine people Tiave tried to blame him for our misfortunes."

A CHRISXJfAS GIST. ■Received Dec. 25, 5.5 pjli. ~ ,-< London, Peccmbe]!; 24.. Sir Ernest Cassel his given p, ChrjatSias gift of £25;0d0 of war ato'clc t6 the Bed Cross Fund.

THE BALKANS

OPERATIONS IN MONTENEGRO. ENEMY IN CHECK. Received' Doc, .24,- 5.5 p im -. r„ ~.. Amsterdam, December 23. -.Aißerfin .correspondent admits tltft are £ip'erienQi,ng the gre^tes^ v difficulties I . i ln J Mon'tene'gro. .It is nearly.. adyance pwjilg (;o, and on. account 9f,,% determined a'ttacfes by irregiilar troops.

; SERBIANS IfV ALfeANrA". A iA'TTLE RAGING. Received Dk 25,' 5.5 p.m. .., Rome', De'cenibei' 24. - Prince' Alexm Kara Georgevitch'; in' an .interview, said that Ztig SerbiM hVd Occupied lines,in various parts 1 Of Albania .ih& haU also Connected Up with tn'e Kil!i'an oip'qditiott. The Serbians' fia'd' entiged.the BfilgariAns e'as'tward's'' of.El issan,' where a baitle' Bid 6e : e"n facing' for the 1 past three days. ITALIANS JUNCTION. I WITH GREEKS IN A'CBANI*. deceived De\»'. 26,< 5.5 p'.ni": '-..* - . • r,. ... Athens,J)ec. £4. : „,Outposts of.ltalian trpqps who'.landed at Vakjua: liave. reached, the Greek outposts in southern Albania.

COMING EVENTS. THE INGRESS OF THE ENEMY. Received Dec. 24, 9.45 p.m., ... Salonika, December 23. Germftn cavalry are esc'ftrtiflg large Bulgarian convoys from Strumnitza to Ghgygeli,...,,, Two Turkish .iivißJoijs, are approaching Doiran, and itwo Bulgarian t divisions, with heavy German .batteries, , are marching towards. Mon»stir, vhere ! King j l'Y;r.dinand. is quartered... The British landing is so far uninterrupted.

THE MARCH ON SALONIKA. FAMINE IN MONASTIC / Received. Dcc, 2^1,11.35 p.m. Bucharest, December 24. | , Sixty tho,usana, ( Bulgar-German tropps 'are c6nc?yt*atea at Rustchiak, displgdng th,e. Turkish troops' for the march on Salonika. .„,Monastir is and.iiiou.sapds are. without bread arid without the of getting aijy. poor are the worst suffeteH, arid there ( are death's from starvation daily.. The Bulgarians are occupying strategic positions along their front, and heavy guns have been brought from Varna for [utilisation on the Strumnitza base.

One hundred and twenty thousand troops are assembled. It is expected that the attack on the Allies will begin when 1180,000 arrive.

UNREST IN ATHENS. MOfiSf SCRAPS OF PAPER. Received Dec. 24, 11.35 p.m. w - Athens, December 24. It is reported that Austrian' artillery is approaching Greece. . feerinany so far has not given Greece 1 the desired gu|raatees concerning the incifrJMii by Bulgfe; and therefore the' statement, attributed to a German, that Sajo&ika, reached by January li> has created an acute crisis'in Athens.

VARNA BOMBARDED. .-,- AIR RAID ON SCUTARI. Received Dec; 26; 1i.60 p.m. Ui"- «-<..- „ jLqnflpn, Dec. 26. Vienna reports that Russian torpedoboats continue to bombard Varna. ■ *■) i\-v> Cettinje, Dec. 26. , Two aeroplanes, one a German, tombed Scutari oil Thursday, killing fire civjlf Sans, and injuring sixteen women and children. CASTLENAU AT . -_. . SALONIKA. Received Dec. 26, 11.50 p.m. ... . , Paris,. Dec. 28. . General Castlenau has concluded his Inspection of Salonika, and expresses satisfaction at the defence measures.

SERBIANS' TERRIBLE PLIGHT.

LONG TREK IN THE RAIN.

~. .„ London, December 1. Tii'e' Social co-respondent of the Times,: wrjjjng from JVlpnastir,.states that the; journey from Salonika to Nish and Mo^-' astir; which" usually takes eight hours', occupied a, month. < "The Serbian railway stations," he ?a.ys, "wre beflagged, and festooaed in' honor of the AnglorFjreneh for a. fortnight. The school children were saseA" bled, daily, jeftrrjing bouqpiets. They; said: "We are lost if they don't come, B (But hundreds of thousands are coming,: aren't they J" _ , , ' "At Nish the authorities had arranged triumphal larches, but the armies'; everywhere retired before the floods jof J frvaders, abandoning the richest tem- 1 tories. The scarcity bf food was acute,'] and„ thousands were starving. But the' galmnels ~6T the officials, and the gay de-' mcanor of the people showed the most buoyant and undafeatahJe . natiofiaT spirit. Their Vrusbing reverses are rldt admitted. , Everywhere they make tpV Iproud AnnbuHcement that the Entente' will.jgin. ~,_. u "the _,_ Serbian retreats were calfn.' .Thej&.was no,sign.QjEjiijdue hiirry, abß- - trace of fear. Death was preferred tb slavery". '. 'JC m,et twqjrustfe weddjng'proeessioiiii." The eaugily-adorned brides were m-> thrf&ed'bn a» ijhey wended tojehureh. Then, trekkMgc "southward, I saw eldterly peasants anra< Wft wMM&Mere'd rifles in charge;of prisoners whose guards had,gPsie back ttw SKe Wont. TK'e 'priSbngft ittfluaed Czechs,, riroatr. GtrioAns, M»gjprt,\«i>d Huuga*-

ian gipsies. They were suffering from, a ,day and a; .night, in.the rain,; with no tobacco and little food. They were working leisurefy off fdr'ced tasks. "I shall not forget the kindly and venerable* ftgwe- of If. PfCSttttctr, Premier of Serbia, in. that terrible retreat «rt MMM; mi staff,' fAmtrM, faff <Bplomatie .corps. There were sad scenes, 'which spiffed ffM'place'tStia'ce;. Pitifairy }fi}t stiff priM, tfOty traValled' for dstyis Maa&dnia. ' "Ttii )\6\Uet were ihefe ttlocSShroisc's, 'the 1 wi'ndoWi b'eHrig f6r oMrvtttfon, 'itnd' wr-re-pierfed' rtith' i'flliii Mr Sn'od&ng. 'They vtere infesttd by Bowlegs', BUlgatiSM. TlteMaieuo'n'fans' hate tfre' Birt'gars: Ttfey ask whether,', H th% *ere 'goVenfefl by England Or France; it wOuld make 7 Ih'ertj .Wealthy. Nothing ecfiials •the misery Of this'trek of the SerMffri 'psapltf through' the ertdlesa fain."

OFFICIAL REFCMTB. MoIVI ALL THEATRES. ACTIVITY itf THfi WEST. Italy to tjij! biritf&vfr Received De'i 2(>; s'i p\m; , . , m Detf $, AaAusfy'iaii <Son#unsue; ,sjiys;.R\i#|iiAn.atta'cKs o'ii J parts' o J f ttfe'.seWrsl>wn iMnei tepWe'ct Wittf K<Jivjf, loss's. [ , . Dec'. 24.' jft'ftt'eV: TKe' initis,\ early' <s|f h,ift&Sy attacled &)* positions w.est of ,filori?ia, : i«f&ste<l ,bjr prfSpj? r|in'foYceMeirts', h- : pu\i£s_ty4 Mst'riaW and.We aiso" drove"' dff |ft«,%.% « St. il# c?n (Tie 1 Carso plateau'. ~( j , „..„ ......, r |l;,M 2#.'„ , ■ A co^miji^da^repo«v,..>y^. ) : pj.e : t'ely' recaptured WieleV , ;.-•,-,, ■>'■ -. v-,,lvsfas<}■.s>s . Safe's, re'pofyjj»ya: .yfiefaMs 1 ,arti|]ery Ypres,throughout & . 1 ,-r-.; ■■.,-.;■ V s ,?BIW,DeC. 2&J , ~,,* ,ijaß,l)^ei} i a, v pa j rtieularlj Jiyejy .tatljlejy in.Beljjfiiin^,,!fhe, enemy's'.iiuanjiryj were .assembled!, in .Jpig" tfe,nc.he3, ljii ' rejiqn o/.l«inDftert?yQe,,.wers..ftp: pers'ed by,.our fife., hetweeri Jne Spmme and the Oise demolished' tjiß German, works, of and se;;ou8ly damagei.the ftdland \p\jrer. We; eixploded ,two mines, enemy's.,worlds, .south pf Berry-lMfc B.ac. ,The launched a, viqleni be.tweeii. summit' ; of_ manns and Wattwieler, but were eyery-l where repulsed,, , Received Dec. 25, p,m.,, , . I

i A. communique states:. We, hqld ,aU, Jhe captured groundon the centre., over. a.two. kilometres frgnt,.,pn,|the south and south-esas.t ,o,f the summit of Hartmanns. Our for.oes on,the.nortiier.n slope, retired to their original p.qsition after; ,£ violent bombardment and aa enemy counter-attftcj;. -, ~.,,.;, ~< . , . . Pe.trograd, ;J)ewb.ejc Hi . A communique.says:. We dislodged the rebels a.t Arrarik, of Hamadan, and .stotmed. the pf Save, near.,lJum, JV disper,sing the rebels and six hundred gendarmes.