LATE NEWS

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 83, 6 October 1915, Page 8

LATE NEWS

THE LANDING IN GREECE NEWS IN THE GREEK CHAMBER CONFIDENCE IN THE GOVERNMENT. (>7 Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright.) (Received October 6, 1 p.m.) ! ATHENS, sth October. ! When M. Venizelos communicated to the Chamber the facts relating to the landing of French troops at Salonika, and also the Quadruple Entente's declaration concerning the annulment of the proposals made to Bulgaria on 21st July, members of the Opposition strongly attacked the Government for leading the country into war without serious reasons. M. Venizelos vehemently refuted the charge. Greece was compelled to adopt an attitude in conformity with her engagements to her allies and towards Servia, and commensurate with the dangers menacing the country's greatest interests. The Chamber passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 142 votes to 102. GERMAN WAR NEWS ALLIES' ATTACKS FAIL. (Received October 6, 1 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, sth October. A German communique states : We repulsed English grenade attacks north of Loos, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy. We recaptured portion^ of a trench held by the French north-east of Givenchy. Our artillery in the Champagne prevented a French advance. General yon Hindenburg easily repulsed the Russian attacks. ON THE BATTLEFIELD A PICTURE OF LOOS THE TURMOIL OF' WAR. (Received October 6, 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, sth October. A vivid picture of the Loos battlefield is given ■by Mr. Philip Gibbs in the Daily Chronicle. He writes : "I j went to-day to the centre of the great battlefield, where there is still heavy fighting, and stood near the famous Loos redoubt. A little distance away, looming grim and gaunt against the grey sky, rose the tall steel columns of the mining works. "I can hardly put in words the picture of the scenes through which I passed, and the dreadful aspect of the battlefields upon which the sun shone in splashes of light through the storm clouds ; <J the turmoil of war in the background, thousands of men moving in steady column forwards and backwards in the queer, tangled way they do in battle. HEROES OF BATTLE PASS AND REPASS " Vast convoys of transports choked the roads. With the trains and motor ambulances packed with wounded men, and infantry plodding through slush and slime, the heroes of battle passed and repassed in dense masses and email battalions. Legions of tall lads, who a few months ago marched in smart trim down the English lanes, trudged under their burden of heavy packs. Their smartness was soiled by war, but they were splendid because of their hardiness and endurance. "It is a long walk through the narrow trenches towards Loos Redoubt, and there was the smell of death in the nartow winding ways. Soldier killed at the entrance way knelt with head bent, as though at prayer. Soon the roar of guns was incessant, and very close. A MASS OF HORROR " Passing over the parapets, I saw the whole panorama of the battleground. It •was but an ugly naked plain rising to Hullucb and Haisnes on the north, falling to Loos on the east, and rising again to Hill 70. I saw two men clad in khaki carrying a German gas cylinder, whistling as they passed. "The German trenches were a minute's run across open jjround. The dead were still heaped about them — a mass of horror. Down below in the town of Loos they were digging out the dead from deep cellars, removing the bodies for burial, and piling up German helmets, letters, weapons, and a great store of booty. " The booty included a big bronze bell used in the German ' trenches to signal a British attack; but best of all, apart from the guns, is the enormous mass of documents taken at Loos and in the_ trenches. They reveal the mentality of the German army. GERMANY'S YOUNG MANHOOD GONE " One very curious ,and instructive letter showed that a German girl, in writing to her sweetheart, complained that all the young manhood of the country had gone. The 1916 recruits had been called to the colours, and the 1917 and 1918 classes had been registered, so that every boy in the Fatherland was on roll call. "A sense of depression fills most of the documents, which show that half the German army is filled with foreboding. STILL FAR TO GO ! Mr. Gibbs concludes : "One warning must be written. We made a successful advance, but there for the present it ends, and the people at Home will be bitterly disappointed if they expect to read of the capture of a town every time they sit down to breakfast. We have achieved a magnificent success, but the way is still far to go before the end comes." THE ARABIC CASE SINKING DISAVOWED GERMANY PROMISES COMPENSATION. (Received October 6, 12.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, sth October. Mr. Lansing (Secretary of State) has announced that Count yon Bernstorff has disavowed the sinking of the Arabic, and has promised compensation for the American lives lost. ARMY RECRUITING LORD DERBY TO TAKE CHARGE. (Received October 6, 1.45 p.m.) LONDON, sth October. Lord Derby, at Lord Kitchener's request, ha* undertaken tho direction ofth# Army recruiting