Sidelights on the War

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 223, 18 September 1915, Page 15

Sidelights on the War

*-_*ra_oiny will «;-:.er. :he w Jr la other wads, -*:•-•■" A -" ••-•"- "' 1 """ ! ■ -wi '.a:"-.c- z Eu.:i.b .oteU are hetoo.ai: «•*•"• ■■-■'" -ays a traveller gat, ie .i'l- -■■ '■-■• ::■-: to do pressed. _ Berlin -° --.""i- to Amsterdam seml__e_U.r ■'--::•.••■■ "- •-- "port tha: T Ue ' gjiser I-"--: "d :-a: :-•' war would end | ia Octooer Xbe Br:-!!.---*-- Corporation, a. _ng ,__iy ether -*■--".■ '.:--s. has resolved to d.s- ' co_t_me :he ".---.; of tie Town Hal' _._..3ws - '"■•' *■-.-*• ■•:' tae war. By th:s Cer it:!: *.!-■: ■ -- : = ; i *■• .. , The grea- -.r*« -f r.:_ian.-.y f.v- ;be pa?; fort;: year- 1- cen the yearly ad !:t:on of s _..:i.ct: ' ::-- *a-izes to the German pop hiv.na -i ' S.r Jai-_-- Barr. of Liverscol And -■' d.'.~ : eren Bar on"." j It :s i P".n" f importance. a 5 bearing oa tbe -.'----: ■-- "-"•-* tr.-.-p*. -_ia: the C .-. M _..-----=. I sess-s an .i-.t-c.ite op. bineu j RUSSIANS ARE DONE.' j "Ti- ?. is- .- .ire done; G>>l help us _(.... :-■:...!'. I-e of W'.__:. af:er "'".'. - - -- :i- paper Later he was rca ..r.- - -■-■- ■ > _ S i-.*--r"-l '-i-'- ' "''' «'iaaa»«r-_oase with, a revolver ;-.*-.-■ TH_: MASTERY OF THE SEAS. n . p.a-.-i- i crag.-- .-« v.-'.irns a .lay. at -b ' -">•** ' "■"■ '■=■* ***» 0 - " 3 j,,.- -. ■■• -c ~v: the entire Br::.sh mer-1 A QUAKER'S ADVICE. is - ':- - '■ " ; •"- r " i> c . -C-.-i-t.aa '.i..-3v„::i." by Dr _od*__. i "-" ; - known Quaker, presiding lowsh.h ■"■ r.e-'-3."-..J"..0a whe-*** members WAR LOAN ATTECTS DEPOSITS c_ u'.J mao-ie-ed i-.t "he 4-r--»lt into m on .:-r"*:-s -a v,-r, _f -he War Loan Ne-er --: r *." S—tish Saaks raised xaie by :>• Bank -f En-land sec :r:-.-f ::v'" :nt.m.r.-l that the ra-e „: fcjre-- z _.-«"-class se'-'irities fr-m So.-er-: -r w ; :: ■.* 4; ;er '-en:, "he highest AUSTRIAN LADIES HANGED. ;_--..■-. :'.■..* P. ..-: i ii.'* of noble birth, anl _o-.:; ..-. :he m"-i arise."'-a-.'- .-ircl-*s of Aa*:- irt sw#" w-r- arrested in Vienna the interests .'. r.-ssia They were trie-! 131 _e'l_t'e.v, 'OGVicted. -ir.-l sentenced to be han_< I -■ ".: day a" the \ i-nca Arsenal TS- :-id_e r-_*:d-a_ a: the -rial was obilg'*.| to i----h-l ' ■ * - "-".•* se-ie-i'-e .'iirried .._: Th,. ».e.*n:xn rroved such a ST- '.'. - "-J" v entnefr collapsed, a-d loft his r-a-.-r. He has ~-v been removed to a; n'l-. - '•■ '.-c -:;.n:e it Steiahof. a SAVED BY A BXBLE. Harr' w -* ■.:• . . II "a" following remarkrP .7.-.— _.\ .-:ipta:n in "lie Coldstream ,;-.-.;. -is „ :: ■! d by a sh-11. He was b, —i, * .: :■• .!..■: -" was -h'-uziit his ba-k i« ■: ,-■ -A i-n he wa- exar_me-l the .i.i- -..- :.- :: •-.-' ha .tation Th»re *lia.: m ft-.; .;, •-;.... r.e remarkable tning .'.,-'. "- - - - : .b '..' ra.es i- :he -ci- bel." n ■'. ■_-'..• ",.- ..:; -r - body A doctor GENERAL'S APPEAL TO WOMEN :_.-„- -,-; ... -; .'.■e-l-.1. ■ R'lssia -s . r » -.-.- --. : , -....' : ":: "* :>■''■• j . ; - -.. every man : > ro_f for 1,..' '-~... ','::,. :..ina masmrWnt :■ - - : :..:.: :_->re. and that a.„ , j.. -..-- ;•_.,- .-. liar-* m iateres: HEROIC WOMEN. ae.t *■.- .■ .• -...■ a. '..led "The men '• ldmire i-e - - ..-- who !■* uhshowni. I"t*. -.' !..-". ■- - the . J .-:ll 1.-,-, the ill*»ce ...: . ::i i.i.-- r.ey arc truly -, ? .;.. ~., ..; ~; „f lh-ir SOUS 3D! t.I. in- ..• • .-:;. : \l • -.-I-- w«r» ~■ t a.. Bmpie '*-- "r'::"'n" y :::•' mo'tber of 1 T i>h X :..-■ i.i . ir-a:-s die. t_e world Sly -„,..- k ~ -- ... . -e.-ve the self-same Pron-ly ... : ..: : : - -, bur 1 forger him

THOOPS SEE VISIONS. ->- a ,:e: ... ,-• ,-.a; .... strain of "he -fat V,-, •..:.:_.•» performed by :he to n»rraaa . :-- '.v.'-; a; : _ is described ; - - -etter '.:■ in i i- -...nam who wis w;cn oa» of -::.- -.I-.. _> describes how '"--.'' a;,..- f red rides through barren. sandy ....,;,,..,. .■ . ._ ~., a .,_ r3 j-.i ,;ays with r» r - .--... .;...-- |_.| continues:— "Ts - , , 1 !.-•:■ ..-.i —■ awful I oegnu . - » et :---.' ail — ; •;■;,, ~v , - s emed to be Ta ' ' "- ' :' :.- i..j ii __; tarou-b mc __r. j.,... ... . . .„ ,_ .. lla - e3 »*"-'"' ii-J.i I "ii ,-_ -..,. nen r:din- iv front. Irar-u-i i-- ~, ~,. .... ~..,..,. I; ,. .offered -'mi ■i, S e j., ;. n ... ~,. There was no -e-t ...... ~.„ . .., . , v ~, ater M.„.' ''J ' , '". , ~..„eriejn»t „.-. ,„_« . . , h|l j vk;s those ■P'e-idid aorses, chey w 're far *aver than we „_;_■•

The vain* n . * _ ' many i„ i intr "'" n "Ports to r,er__r._ L * amo -*'"<-d to jnst £50. com-' pare. w,t h £_.soo.OOO l Q Jane. 1.1 _ It to reported from Zurich that Dr. Rol__Vpi_fl ra "' n,> ' **•*"* ls employed at a ODer-i'r.-,,.*" ' : "' o, *"■ nas performed SOOO Perations since November last. I 0-er WOO e e3 s were taken as offertories ' I',, / TS Welshpool, on a re!«t Sunday, and they hav e been sent to . tie military hospitals at the Front. Th** Paris '-Matin ' says that t__"to_-l a,mber of _„.._ i_ Ear _ pc £?\\?£ ! "be '!~ '_ ' he lrar ' S <vrer 3*000.000. while iTOO.Xooo 0 ° f WoUQde< * rea <*<-* •'-"oat It Is officiary st _ te _ ta .- t Norwa _ h _J • i.vo. T ,;f - p " sent s,:ffered a ,o " ° f »-••*•■ | "-WW) kroner (aboot £550.000- by the •orpedomg of Norwegian vessels by Ger-1 -naa submarines. A boy named Frank Smith, of St. Helens. | admitted at the police court that he was' -I'.'.-irelj- announces -America declares j war on Germany" while seilins papers, i |Mc was -iced .6 for trading on Sunday. I i TALLEST BRITISH SOLDIER. I At the annual prize distribution of the' stKioms of Bourne College. Qulnton, the Headmaster said rhe scßooi hud won a , remarkable distinction In having provided i *-*** tallest man in the British Army. His ~e:_th: was lift OMc. an 4 the headmaster :•'.-■:..ir'.y nd-le-I that a special trench; would be needed to ensure his safety. SHELLS AND EGGSHELLS. A _:ri who save evidence at the Wes: London r-.1i.-e Conrt said that she was en- , ;a;red .-in Government work. I Mr .1- Grey Making .-hells' j The i.ri. —Tacking eggs. Mr de Grey.—Oh, egg shells. THE CASADIAH ARMY. Gatiii.i.-i has now about 80.000 men at • the Front an army greater than Welila.ten commanded at Waterloo, and about :w;-» the size nt tbe British army In the ■ i"r._ienn war En: Tanada has actually raised a total for.-- n{ about 150.000 men. ' .if the*e about IiODO bare heea -il'.ed nr irnanded. SO.mV) are in France and Bel--iatn. a:,l ;be remainder are on their way: . or about n star: JAM FOR THE NAVY. Sir Wi:k:n Williams Wynn. of Rnabon. is derating ;be -bole crop .if bis e_ten--.l'-*. fnii: ziir.!er.s to the purpose of pro- >!■! .-._ lam for th- Navy. La.X year be i -er.- :wo tons, and this year b? hopes to ■ -en.-! double that quantity. The school . .-biliren of tbe diarrict bare been asked to ■-■-I.e--: 'am-pots. and as an incentive Sir i W.i-k.n offers a prize to the child who *01- --. ! leets _os'., A BAKER DECORATED. "Th» ",la*t-r Paker at the British Base : '-..i* r-*-«*in»d the Disrin-niehed rond'i.-t , N!.*''..-,. ra recognition of his eveiier.t and \ uii-ii-.n* supervision of th- field kncben.*. it -let! all through tbe wrnier anl :he early I spin- neve- fa:.ed in rnrnin; ont g.od. i honest British bread for the satisfaction . of hungry Trnimy at tie front.-- says the "Daily News'" *n-?.-ial eorresp~_«le_r. "tie , lis.- serves w_o only stands and ba_-s.'' i' RECHTJ-TING IN IRELAND. Mr J'hn Dill*-. MP. speakini at a ; Cuited Irish League Convention at , ; Lim--.Ti.-k. -al.i ta» was ;rarl_ed at the reml: j ■-■'. r n '*r::ti-.g by the voluntary system. ] -, Ireland b.i.i z'.ven mire than b«-r chare or . TC ,...„ A .. of 4-,-k-i Llmer',-k men I ;ta i : :n'"i. and to equal tbis London ( . st..-:!d give .SOP.OOO. H» did nor. beiiev \ i any Gcrernment likely to be formed id • Great Britain would a":emr f to enfor-e ; : --.nscription in Ireland. If any such at-' I tempt n -re made the Government had : warning from the lri = b party that It woold . be resisted by all tbe means m their power PRO-GERMAN CHATTER. Ma- Greer...- k Sheriff's Honrt for makli:.-IsM-.errer.t* .-a.'"-i!.i:-'l to prejudice recruit- ' oa. contrary to the Defence of 'hn Realm , A :. The evidcr..-e was -hat In the pavilion [of tie Gnu rock Lawn Tennis < "lir- Rooks - , -i-.l'i lie was i pro-German—that he w.-nl I ; " __'.: for tae Germans if he .-oul.i get iwar 11>- woe.i.i riv.- information If he conld. n • ! the British wore a low. dirry lot. Sheriff '.' Welsh. In imp.-ing the tine, said this was a • serious offence for an ordinary person, hut • wns more serions when the accused was a - ' AEROPLANE HIT EIGHT TIMES. I The 3nda-Pest p:ip--r Az Est" gives '.m account of an aer.ai flight nt Belgrade ; :A- a reply to -erbian air raids on Neusatz ' : ar. 1 Pieterwardein. n Hungarian avator. 1 j accompanied by an observer, dew over Bell i_ra.le. and dropped bombs on the Se-b..in ' ! m.'it.irv -amp. Shortly after-.vurds three I Fre-. .1 aviators ascended, -urrounded the -i.mzarlan aeroplane, and threw shells on I.: The aeroplane was hit no fewer than i ei.ht t.mes. bar both the airmen were able .-> return to the.r line*, uninjured. The ■■ I report claims that one of the Fr . . aero- - ' oianes was brought down by the Hungarian -I aviators Ire. I-I 1 • EVEBY TENTH MAN." ■'' | According to the statements of fugitives, "the Archduke Eagen is responsible for the ! ! wholesale shooting of soldiers in Dalmatian " I .-'t-imeDts. A couple of these regiments s : _~,.,. rocently accused of having shown 1 ' -owardire in the field during operations ~J i.ains; the Dalians. They were formed up .in -he square at Gorizia. and without any preliminary inquiry °r anuouncement every c -»r.-b man was brought out of the rank.i ' and shot. Altogether 400 men and eight 1 ...ffi.-ers were murdered in this fashion. The S , news has created enormous indignation i throughout Dalmatla. as well as in the i ranks of the Austrian Army.

AN ENGLISH HEROINE. rhe eor-e-potident of the "Algemein Hi.ndeisbl.id.- in a letter "From the t-n-'i'h Front." tells the following story or an English nnrse:-Far from the trenches I ' was wai_in- along a sunken road when. rounding a "curve. I suddenly saw a bent .-are slowly moving forward. I hurried no and saw a girl of not more than 23 ' . ca ,_._(;.- 0 n her shoulder a you- English inVanti-yman. The young "man tad been shot through the shoulder. and after a preliminary dressing of the ! wound he had been told to go to the 1 nearest Held hospital. He had lost his way. ■„.-, bad "wandered on until, from loss o. . :,ood and fatigue, he fainted. Id this state the jouo- woman-it was an English . -~r.-_-aco''den_iliy foond him. As it was ]a, i'ea-t half nn hour's walk to the neares. - „.,., hospital she decided to carry Urn _„, The brave girl accepted my assist. '< ~,--" aid we utilised my overcoat as a i i stretcher, and thus carried our wounded I man to the hospital.