THE KAISER

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 February 1917, Page 5

THE KAISER

declared a madman.

ADDICTED to drugs,

[AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.]

Received •this, day at 12.50 p.m. NEW YORK, February 20. Edgar Moore, who. has t returned from; Germany,. K ays that the Kaiser is- considered-a.-iuadirian*. •Kb;is.a physical wreck and is hopelessly addicted. to. drugs because of the : .pain of bis throat • and ear troubles. ‘ ' ' .

He is in- constant fear of assassination arid the remarkable precaution,!'.'are taken.when he is travelling. Ho learned on excellent authority that whou the Kaiser wag informed of the result rf the Jutland Battle he .exclaimed': ‘My God ! My last hope is truly g°nc !’h. ; W

, fteOfO tosAN F.uifiTH£« mu&.

ENEMY, INSIST STUBBORNLY.

LONDON, February; 95

Mesopotamia, Official: '1 lie wjuthern portion of the Sannai Yat position, captured ■on Thursday,, oonjisted of two lines on a, 450 yards’ frohtagcFand 100 yards' depth. Six counttr-aaae » farted. Our assault oil Thursday afternoon resulted in the capture of two lines on a 900 yards’ front. Before daybxeak •»« liitlay, ’wo the Tigris in tuts neighborhood of the bhumran bend. OUr. covering parlies established themselves on the left bank. Within, nine hours wq completed a bridge and consolidated ou.r p nil lion: , Deep it} a stubborn .resistance we simultaneou ily :resumed the assault at Sannai Yat and capture! the third and fourth lines on a 1050 yards’ front. We took prisoner in the Shuumm area on Friday 5-14 of the enemy.

KUT- E L-A 3V9ARA CAFT UR ED.

THE TOWN AGAIN .BRITISH.

[AUSTRALIAN and N Z. CAULK ABSDUA MON. I

Received this day at 8,35 a.in 'LONDON, February 20. 'i’he British have captured Kut el-Amara.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

GUNS AND PRISONERS TAKEN

LONDON,' February 25.

In Mesopotamia, "s a result of. the recent operations, the whole of the enemy positions from Sannaiyat to Kut- (3 Anmra were secured, Kut itself passing, automatically into our hands. In two days' ‘fighting 1730 prisoners, 4 field suns, 10 machine guns, and a large quantity of rifles and ammunition were captured. ' RECENT OPERATIONS. . A RUSSIAN REPORT.

[AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION,]

Received this day at 11.5,a.in LOUDON , February 26.

Russian official.—Our reconnoitring parties penetrated tire enemy’s trenches westward of Jablonitza. Our Scouts dispersed Turks cm the western of Luke Van, with heavy losses.

A-BRILLIANT ADVANCE,

TURKS IN FULL RETREAT

[AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.] Received this day at 1,5 p.m. LOUDON’, February 25.

Mesopotamian o ffi ci a I.—Earl v on Saturday we captured a ridge across the neck of the Shura nah Peninsula. It became evident that the enemy were in full retreat An the direction of Baghailah, westward of luit-el-Amava. Many Turkish depots and stores were afire.

A strong' force of our cavalry and infantry was heavily engaged all day. inflicting severe casualties. In the meantime we pursued our successes at Sannaiyat, and captured the fifth Turkish line at Uakhailat and Suwada, and positions were reached at Atab Marsh and Mgisis line. Our aeroplanes co-operated invaluably, . bombing and machinegunning from minimum altitudes.

We made prisoners in two days of 1730, The whole of the enemy’s positions from Sannaiyat to Kut-el-Amara are thus secured, Kut-el-Amara passing automatically into our hands. The full Turkish losses arc yet unknown. (

EVACUATION OF KUT.

ADMITTED BY TURKS

Received this day at 1.50,p.m., LONDON, February 26. A Turkish communique admits the (oacnation of Kut-el-Amara, according to a pre-arranged plan, and in order to effect, it junction with reinforcements.

muu 4iaaoirus., - . ROUMANIANS’ TERRIBLE ' BUFFERINGS;

TALES OF AUSTRIAN EAR RARITY.

j'A BTRAUAN A.VO N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.]

Received, this day at 9 a.m. ROME, February 20

The Italian newspapers give prominence to a horrible story of an escaped Roumanian prisoner, a robust young peasant, who was imprisoned in various camps and later sent to the Italian front to build roads.

lie says that sixty compatriots in one camp died ot hunger. The 'Austro - Hun garians throughout treated the Roumanians as the Kaiser ordered his soldiers to treat the Chinese Boxers. When they entered a lioumanian village they destroyed everything not. of immediate use, including farm buildings and orchards, shooting old men and women on.mere sus-

picion. ./ ■ Lifeviu the prison camps was a constant torture. All the prisoners were starved and forced 1° work from morning to night under threat of the whip:. Some prisoners. ate -a' few seeds which they were sowing i,n the fields, aiul a general punishment was ordered. The prisoners were , beaten with thick sticks; and their spines almost broken.

Sonic ’were hoisted until their toes barely touched the ground. Thus they were left for ■ hours doubled up, tied by ropes, .and left lying on the ground all day. Many fell dead of hunger in the fields. Only those of robust', constitution escaped.