GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4810, 6 March 1918, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

! CZAR’S LOYALTY TO ALLIES

Australian and N.Z. . Cable Association PARIS, March 4. Official documents confirm Sir George Buchanan’s assertion that the ex-Czar would not have betrayed the Allies- . In autograph letter to M Poincare in April, 1916. has been published. It states: “I am firmly decided not to lay down arms except by common agreement after a definite victory. Russians will recoil from no sacrifice to achieve the Allies’ triumph. N.Z. MALLS LOST.

Australian and N.Z, Cable Association Beuter’s Telegrams. (Received March 5, S p.m.) LONDON.. March 4. The Press Bureau says: —_ Mails from Australia and New Zealand containing a few letters and i manv newspapers and parcels were aboard a ship torpedoed. The posti ins dates of the New Zealand letters ' are December 14 to IS and parcels December 12- to Iv. | AUSTRIAN BUTCHERS.

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received March 6, 1.10 a.ra.)_ j v ROME, March o. | According to the olta ! A°encv tiie Austrians conrt-marfcuu-S led and shot hundreds of prisoners 1 and groups are now shot dailv 111 tno ' Lavine valley.

ESPIONAGE AT ANTWERP. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received 'March 6 1.10 AMSTERDAM. March o. There is a great espionage trial at Antwerp. There are 63 prisoners, eight of whom have been sentenced to death.

AMERICA’S AEROPLANES

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received March 6. 1.10 a-m.) WASHINGTON, March 5. The War Department has sin additional grant of 40Q.000,000 dollars for aircraft. ALLIES’ REQUEST TO JAPAN. United Services. (Received March 6. 1.10 a.in.) U LONDON, March oThe Daily Mail states that the Ambassadors of Britain. France Italy are requesting Ja P ai L to p tect Allied interests in Sibena.