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RUSSIA'S TASK.

. GERMAN TERRORISM. POLKS STARVED TO DEATH. ' Milan, Feb. 8. Heartrending details are being received of Germany's terroristic rule of the conquered provinces of Poland. Consequent on the wholesale seizure of foodstuffs by the German military thousands of women and children are dying of hunger. The food allowance daily consists of a cup of simple broth and a piece of bread. Whole districts are ravaged by typhoid. The German Governor-General has iscued the following ordinance:— ''A number of women have applied for grants on behalf of babies alleged to be the offspring of the German soldiery. As it would be impossible, to know the truth of such assertions I, in the interest of others and with their consent, order the children to be sent to Germany, where they will be brought up. A hundred and fifty marks will be paid the mothers for male children and a hundred marks for females. Women who insist on keeping their children will not receive subsidies." , . r - I THE VILNA FIRE. GERMANS FINE THE TOWN Petrograd, Feb. 8. During the fire at Vilna on January 29 the flames reached the German headquarters. The Germans, believing the lire was deliberate, fined the town 73,000 marks.

MEN AND GUNS,

RUSSIA'S STRONG'POSITION'. MUNITIONS CRISIS OVER WILL FIGHT TILL SUCCESS. ; Received Feb. 9, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 8. A remarkable story of how Russia recovered from the munitions crisis of 1910 is related by General Polivanoff, the War Minister. He said: ''The. situation in December of 1014 was extremely harassing. In June, 1915, the crisis was tragic and the. Russian army was forced to retreat owing solely to the lack of shells. This position was the more regrettable because everything favored Russia winning; but the lack of munitions paralysed us and we were forced to retreat in order to gain time to prepare. "To-day the munitions crisis no longer | exists. It is only a sinister memory. The first results of our labors were evident in September, 1015, when our batteries could make themselves felt. Since then there has been an absolute transformation of our industrial activity. With our national production and the fact that enormous markets abroad have been dispensed with, we can look to the future with confidence. All the grave gaps are now filled, and the morale of our troops is excellent.

"Thanks to the recent mobilisation we have a great mass of men, and we are doubling our permanent depots, so that we have a permanent reserve, of a million and a half young recruits. We are thus able to feed the various units without sending to the front insufficiently trained men. It is a matter of capital importance to maintain our units complete, and this is now assured. Tn a word, as the war is prolonged so the Allied forces increase and those of our enemies decrease. The Germans may invent new apparatus for their war'machine, but such expedients cannot modify their inevitable fate. "Behind the four Allies are the natural resources of the whole universe, while behind the army of the Central Powers there is nothing but exhaustion and shakiness. Regardless of the cost and sacrifices we will continue the war to the end, and thus ensure a final, lasting and glorious success."

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Taranaki Daily News, 10 February 1916, Page 5

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RUSSIA'S TASK. Taranaki Daily News, 10 February 1916, Page 5

RUSSIA'S TASK. Taranaki Daily News, 10 February 1916, Page 5

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