HOLLAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 May 1918, Page 5

HOLLAND.

SITUATION STILL SERIOUS. GERMANS WANT DUTCH RAILWAY. •' Received May '2, 7.30 p.m. Amsterdam, May 1. It is untrue to state that Holland hs.s yielded to the German demands, though the. sand and gTavel question has probably been settled in Germany's favor. The situation is still serious, particularly regarding the use of the Limburg railway for the purpose of relieving the pressure on Belgian railways. High military authorities, claim that only the difficulties of transport of men. and* material prevented Germany from reaping the full advantage of the initM success on the Somme. MESOPOTAMIA.

A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST.

AS RESULT OF BRITISH ENTEEt PRISE. Received May 2, 7.30 p.m. London, May 1. Mr. Candler, the war correspondent, writing from Mesopotamia, states that immediately after the capture of Bagdad we began tp develop the resources of the Euphrates, and carried out an irrigation scheme during the summer. Fourteen thousand Arabs assisted in digging out nearly a hundred canalu, which had fallen into disuse. We thereby brought three hundred thousand acres into cultivation. There is promise of possibly the greatest Imrvest since'the days of Nebuchadnezzar. The Arab cultivators welcome the new regime that makes the land rich and profitable. A FURTHER ADVANCE. MORE PRISONERS TAKEN. Received May 2, 7.30 p.m. London, May 1. Mesopotamia official: We reached the Tauma river on Tuesday and captured twelve more machine-guns. Our prisoners now total 1800.