LATEST WAR NEWS

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 250, 25 November 1914, Page 10

LATEST WAR NEWS

INDIA AND THE EMPIRE PROUD AND WILLING TO FIGHT. MOHAMMEDANS NOT CONCERNED WITH TURKEY'S ACTION. << FOOTBALL DRIVEN BY /GERMANY.'' ' • By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright. (Received November 25, 12.55 p.m.) CAIRO, November 24. The Maharajah, of Idar, who is proceeding to the front, on being interviewed, said: "If the Emperor requires ' an army as large as that of-Russia, - India is able and willing to supply it. ' The , Mohammedans are not concerned with Turkey 's/action. She has no to represent Mohammedanism and .she is*only a football, coerced and, driven by Germany. All India is proud to . fight for the "Empire.'' AUSTRIAN LURE F^ILS. . RUSSIANS NOT TO BE TRAPPED. CATTLE TO EXPLODE LAND MINES ' PETROGRAD, November 24. , The Austrian;} recently withdrew from the outer forts of Przemysl, and the Russians, suspecting a ruse, drove : cattle towards the forts. The cattle were blown to bits through treading on mines. CAMPAIGN IN BELGIUM. ALL THE AUSTRIANS GONE. LORD HAMILTON'S SON'S SUICIDE LONDON* November 24. •' Lord Ernest son Guy has committed suicide. He was depressed owing to ill-health preventing him from serving in the Navy. [Lord Ernest Hamilton is the sixth son of the -first Duke of Abercorn.] AMSTERDAM, November 24. ■ The Rotterdam '' Courant'' states that ftll the Austrian troops have left Belgium. THE TRICKY EMDEN. SALUTED BY JAPANESE WARSHIPS GERMANY'S LOST OPPORTUNITY. LONDON, November 24. Lieutenant Meyer, of the Markommia, which was interned at Kuala Lumpur, states that the Em den left Kiao-Chau disguised as a British vessel dnd flying the . white ensign. The crew lined the deck and gave three English cheei's when passing the' Japanese warships, and the latter dippetl their ensigns. The Emden's success in the Bay of Bengal was due to her luck in tapping wireless messages.

Lieutenant Meyer is of- opinion that Germany missed her opportunity on the sea by cooping up the fleet at Wilhelmshafen.

GERMANS OVER WARSAW.

BOMBS NEAR AMERICAN CONSULATE.

SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED

(Received November 25, 1.10 p.m.) ■WASHINGTON, November 24. The State Department reports that German bombs fell outside the American Consulate at, Warsaw, indicating that German forces with Zeppelins are in close proximity to that city. Several persons were killed in front of the Consulate, but the Americans were uninjured.

SPIES IN DUNEDIN. THE FORTS ENTERED. MAN FIRED ON. Fret* Association. DUNEDIN, November 25. was rumoured in the city this niorning that an attempt had been made by a man to tamper with the guns at the llettdsy and that he had been fired at. What actually happened was narrated by the Hon. Jaw. Allen to a reI>6rter. A man surreptitiously entered the outer yard of the Ocean Beach Battery, was immediately challenged and promptly lay down. Another challenge caused liim to halt, and, as he ran, the sentry fired twice, but the man got away. ____

Appledore, in England, has a record it-can well be proud of. Out of a population of 2500 it hurf sent no fewer than 160 men to the front, and still more are offering themselves, including the /vicar of the parish, In the days of the Armada Appledore was well to the fore with volunteers, and is at present worthily upholding her reputation.