LATE NEWS FIGHTING IN THE CAUCASUS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 7, 9 January 1915, Page 8

LATE NEWS FIGHTING IN THE CAUCASUS

RUSSIAN CAPTURES. (By Telegraph— Press Association— Copyright) (Received January 9, 1 p.m.) PETROGRAD, Bth January. A communique states : "The Russians at Ardagan captured numerous guns and made prisoners of many belonging to the army quartered at Constantinople. They buried 1500 dead. "The Russians also seized at Sara Kamysh the entire artillery belonging to the 9^th Turkish Army Corps, with all ite generals and 300 officers." EXPORT OF TEA & COCOA BRITISH R~EGULATIONS. (Received January 9, 1.5 pjn.) LONDON, Bth January. The prohibition on the export of tea has been removed. The export of cocoa to certain European countries is prohibited. UNSOUND MEAT CHARGE AGAINST A CATERING FIRM. (Received January 9, LlO p.m.) LONDON, Bth January. The hearing of summonses charging J. Lyons and Co., Ltd., with selling a composition for tho preparation of unsound meat as food for the troops quartered in the White City, for whom they are catering, was adjourned for a fortnight, after preliminary evidence had been taken. Counsel for the prosecution stated that the charges involved a searching enquiry as to the conditions under which defendants have been carrying out their contract. CARDINAL MERCIER'S PASTORAL THE PRINTER FINED. AMSTERDAM, Bth January. The publisher of the Catholic newspaper De Tijd, which printed Cardinal Mercier's Pastoral Letter, has been fined 500 marks, with the alternative of fifty days' imprisonment. GERMANY EXPLAINS A MOST DEFERENTIAL REQUEST. (Received January 9, 1.40 p.m.) ROME, Bth January. The Vatican has been informed by the German authorities that they merely addressed Cardinal Mercier a most deferential request to abstain from any attitude calculated to interfere in the delicate and difficult task of maintaining order, and convincing a hostile population of a sincere desire for their good. The message also intended to fulfil a Christian principle to avoid bloodshed, and, if possible, to result in the suppression of tumults. PEACEFULLY SETTLED (Received January 9, 1.40 p.m.) > AMSTERDAM, Bth January. Advices from Berlin state that the Cardinal Mercier incident has been, peacefully settled. ■ \ MESSAGE FROM THE KING OF THE BELGIANS DOMINION'S GENEROSITY APPRECIATED. (BT tELEGRAPH— PREBB ASSOCIATION) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. His Excellency the Governor (Lord Liverpool) has received the following telegram this morning from the King of the Belgians, transmitted through the Secretary of State for the Colonies : — "I am deeply touched at the gener-' osity of the Government, Parliament, and people of New Zealand towards the Belgian nation. I beg that you will express to them my grateful thanks for their goodness and sympathy. — (Signed) Albert." FRENCH TREASURY BILLS (Received January 9, 1.40 p.m.) LONDON, Bth January. The Bank of England, with the Imperial Government's approval, receives applications for ten million sterling of 5 per cent. French Treasury bills. IRISHMEN AS RECRUITS WAR OFFICE SATISFIED .WITH RESPONSE. (Received January 9, 1.40 p.m.) LONDON, Bth January. Lord Macdonnell, in the House of Lords, stated that 115,000 Irishmen had enlisted during the past few months in the United Kingdom. The Marquis of Crewe said that recruiting was proceeding in Ireland to the War Office's satisfaction. The House of Lords has adjourned to the 2nd February. COMPULSORY SERVICE IF A NATIONAL NECESSITY, WILL BE ADOPTED. (Received January 9, 2.45 p.m.) LONDON, Bth January. Lord Haldane, speaking in the House of Lords, said he believed that voluntary recruitment had met all requirements, yet if compulsory service was a national necessity they would adopt it. LONSDALE'S CASE APPEAL TO MDLITARY HIGH COURT GRANTED. (Received January 9, 2.45 p.m..) COPENHAGEN, Bth January. Lonsdale's application for appeal to the Military High Court has been granted.