Second Edition THE WAR

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 April 1915, Page 3

Second Edition THE WAR

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[IatiUXIUC TKLUUItAI'H—COI'XLUUHT.'] [I'KB I'IIEBS AHSUCUAIION.I (Received This l>ay, 8.50 a.m.) THE GERMAN SUBMARINE London, March 31 M2B torpedoed the I'Taiuiiiuu from Glasgow for Capetown, off the Scillys, on Tuesday. The crew were lauded Official.—A French light cruiser chased a submarine oif Dieppe, hied heavily on the jjoriscope, and then passed above the submarine'. Oil ro«o tu the surface. Paris, March 31 A man named Raymond S'.voboda was arrested and incriminating documents show that his mission was to blow up the La Toiirine. on which he was a passenger. He represented him self as a'-β-ussian from Paris, where h» was long in residence A STORY .FROM FRANCE The Figaro vouchee for the story that the Kaiser was dining at a hotel in Luxemburg, in August, when" a certain general arrived. The Kaiser, in a frantic rage, upraided him for uso lefcsly sacrificing thousands of his best soldiers in capturing Longwy , , which was defended only by a few battalions. Tin? general went livid, and exclaimed; "The soldiers close formation was by the reiterated orders ot your scamp of a son. who was at a wife distance." The general then bowed and withdrew, and blew out his brains on the pavement. A week later a postcard bearing the, Crown Prince's portrait was selling throughout Germany, inscribed "Victor of Longwy." (Received This Day, 9.15 a.m. 5 STEAMER ESCAPES SUBMARINE. London. March 31 A submarine off the Scillys chased the Oity of Cambridge tor 1} hours She fired shells which damaged the steamer's deck, but she escaped . THE MEAT TRADE. The Board of Trade lias appointed the Hon. Thomas Robinson' AgentGeneial for Queensland and Sir Montague Nelson a committee to deal with any question arising in connection with a surplus of Australian lamb, or New Zealand mutton and lamb purchased by the Imperial Government. NO AGREEMENT. Rome, March 31. It is stated that pourparler, with (J-ermanv have collapsed, Prince von Kuril.-,-.- declaring that German and Austria wiii n.-ver surrender Trieste. ruviNmncroiEXTS for the %& -irSTRIANS. Beriie, March 31. Since the 24th. 170 train loads ot Saxons and Bavarians have proceeded to the Carpathians "DAMNED." New York. March 31. The New York Journal hopes that the brutes responsible tor the sinking jf the Falaba will be caught and hanged. The Press says that because of the submarine atrocities, Admiral von Pirpitz and the German Admiralty arc lainned in the eyes of all civil.'s ition. (Received Tin's Day, 0..'>0 a.m.; BATTLE~TX~TXPI.\. Simla. March 31. Official.—Ten thousand tr.iliosinen at:aeked Tochi. near "Miranshali. but vere driven across the Durnnd line vith two hundred killed and throe liunIred wounded. (Received This Day, 11.20 a.m) DOCKERS ACCEPT BONUS. London. March 31. The South Wales dockers have ac:epted 10 per cent, war bonus

ANOTHER STEAMER SUNK. The steamer Crown of Castile- was torpedoed off the Scillys. The crew were rescued. AVIATORS BUSY. Amsterdam, March 31. Five aviators attacked Igteghen, near Thourout, where there is a large concentration camp, also a flying ground. Thirty soldiers were killed and sixty wounded. An aviator dropped five bombs on a dock near Bruges, where submarines were laid up. The res wit is unknown. A Gorman seaplane bombarded the Dutch trawler Hibertia, in the North sea. No damage was done. Later a torpedoer stopped and searched the Hibertia; she- was allowed to proceed. "HORRIBLE DESPERATTOX." Stockholm. Mareli 31. The Swedish newspapers scarcely credit the stories of the Falaha, Acjuihi, and Fidningen, and declare bhat it reveals a perfectly horrible desperation. Petrograd, March 31. The Nova Vremya refers to the hideous depth of German degradation, ft says the hour of reckoning it? near when the enemies of humanity wiTl pay to the fullest extent.