LAST NIGHT'S WAR NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2701, 21 April 1915, Page 3

LAST NIGHT'S WAR NEWS.

A\as exempt from seizure. Sir Edward, in his reply, contends thai; the seizure was justifiable, us tho removal of refugees had the effect of increasing the fortress' power of resistance. lie expresses astonishment at Germany's protest in view of the torpedoing of the Admiral Gantcanne, which was conveying refugees to England, unmindful of the dictates of humanity. In connection with the wreck of the Zeppelin after bombing Gaillcul, nine oi the crew were killed. Some of tho Prinz, liitel Frw-lericli's crew have reached C'opoitluigeii with ilio coniander's .secret report. (The Prinz Eitel Frederick refused t-o leave jin American harbour, where klio tOok :rci'ii{fo after it. piraticfil crni.se.) The North Wales Miners' Association notifies! tho owners Ihat alter M;iy 9 they would cojisp work in iiay mine employing non-unionists or nunfinancial member*. In spite of tho leaders' itiuou- & trances. South Wales minors 'have decided to support a national striko to secure a2O p. l ' l ' cent, war bonus. The Daily Chronicle says that after the Hdgians drove tho Germans back at. Driegiauhfen, a Belgian night patrol surprised and killed several German .sentries. Tho Germans, infuriated at the discovery, took ;< greater mimbe; , of Belgian prisoners belonging to tho .Ist Chasseurs and nuissaered thorn in cold blood. The Daily Mail argues: If the Government is unwilling to enforce the law of hostages by immuring a number of Germans in penal prisons, reprisals are easy by means of money levies on Germans' property within the Empire, which is estimated at 300,000,000 millions sterling. The Kaiser owns estates in Canada which would be liable to confiscation. New York, April 20. The Berlin Telegraph denies the liallin interview (that the Kaiser did pot want Avar), lieu tor adds that it is not clear "whether the -denial is a cliimsp attempt to obscure the issue raised. The Times sees in Herr Dernburg's letter a confession that Genua ny'.s war plans have failed, that she has passed her maximum strength, and that he has good reason to believe disaster threatens. The Herald asks whether Germany is trying to drag America, and Hoiland into the war, so as to excuse foredoomed failure by crying "The . world is against ns.' . Count John Bcrnstorff's memorandum hardly admits of any other explanation.