LATE WAR NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 270, 31 October 1916, Page 6

LATE WAR NEWS.

not RBU G INTE RVi W> D. EVERYTHING JJST LOVELY. THIRTY YEAIIS~TASK I A< ING .Ton-'RE. [united service, i (Received 31. 2.-10 P-t'-M London. Oct. CO. General Hindenburg, interviewed by the “Nieu Frei Presse." made some astoundinc statements. He said the position is ns favourable as ♦. can possibly be. It is nonsense to tj.nt it is my intention to shorten th*' wc st fr.-tl*. which is as firm as possible, through the enemy has gained some ground. It will take ~b ; m 36 years to break through, provided w»- have sulhcient man power. Even French tenacity is unavailing because at the finish none will remain. Th" French must thank, the British for this fate. France appealed to Britain for assistance, and the only he’n site got was to be forced to destrov herself. The greater portion of her army has perished cn the bomme battlefield.

BOELKE OF MANY LIVES. AGAIN REPORTED DOWNED.” r ßEr' T vn'=; T'EtEor.AMS. • (Received 31. p.m.) Arnst < ■ rd am, Oct. 30. A British aviator brought down I. tent. lt is stated that Bo "Ike .-.-k • I the Kni ••-. during his visit to the Somme, to- he : rm red to the E.i“t freer, because he quarrelled with Prine-' F r-’-r --cht. The request was refuser! because Boelk? was regarded as t-ermary’s air mascot. (Lieut. Boelke has been reported to have been brought down on two previous occasion*. The ■ Pans “Matin’’ in July srid that Bibiere. a French aviator, had downed the German chamnirn. while on October Bth his cant ore on the Western front was recocted. A c A 1" on same day, however, said that he had destroyed his thirtieth Allied aeroplane. It aL<> mentioned that' lie was to have umlertnken the work, of re-organ ising the Turkish aviation service, f.ieiit. Eoelke has the Iron Cross ami t?.c -’ru»*r Pour le Merite.” j

QUEEN OF RUMANIA.

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. r Al-nl" -. t•• ’■ KT •’«»,» '«!!.] (Received 31, 2.20 p.m.) Washington, Oct. 30. A wireless message reports an interview with General Hindenburg, who admits the French great tenacity. He condemns the reported attempt on the life of the Queen of Rumania, whereof this is the first intimation.