IN THE AIR.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 July 1916, Page 5

IN THE AIR.

ZEPPELIN ACTIVITY. OVER DANISH AND NORWEGIAN COASTS. Received July 27, 12.55 a.m. Copenhagen, July 20. i Zeppelin activity over the Danish and Norwegian coasts is increasing daily. Ap- , parcntly there is a regular patrolling service, which has not been observed , previously. Airships are Hying low and occasional firing is heard. UNITED STATES. DANISH WEST INDIES. PROPOSED TREATY PURCHASE. New York, July 25, The New York Times prints a dispatch from Copenhagen stating that a treaty is being negotiated for the pur- ' ohas.' by the United States of the Dan- ' ish West Indies for C5.00(),00(l. Under ' the treaty, which will shortly be snb- ' milted to the Danish and United States ' Parliaments, the United States would ■ secure possession of the islands of St. ' Thomas, St. John, and Santa Cruz. Washington, July 25. The British official arc gratified that the United States will probably purchase the Danish West Indian Islands as Germany was negotiating for them when the war broke out. SAN FRANCISCO BOMB OUTRAGE. London, July 25. The San Francisco bomb outrage is considered as part of a nationwide plot j against the Government. Investigations in Chicago are expected to lead to sensational disclosures. BLACK LIST PROTEST. i Washington, July 25. t The Government will protest, denying I Britain's right to make a black list, be- . cause it amounts to a worldwide hoy- ! cott which officials say cannot be tolerated. t - .. \ BALKANS. ; FAMINE AND DESOLATION IN TURKEY. i WORST IN WORLD'S HISTORY. Received July 20, 5.5 p.m. Washington, July 25. The State Department has official information that the famine in Turkey is the worst in the history of the world. i Only fifteen per cent, of the normal grain crop has been planted. When the railway was opened to Berlin, the Turkish leaders confiscated enormous masses of foodstuffs and sold them to the Germans at exhorbitant prices.