ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

Mataura Ensign, 12 February 1916, Page 5

ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

PROGRESS IN ARTOIS. GERMAN ATTACKS RF.PELSF.D. PARIS. !•'<; 1.. 11. A communique sum's: —(font inucd is hemp made in Artois by hotnhinp. West of La Folio two Gorman aiuioks, west of Hill lib, woro completely repulsed. The Germans exploded a mino north 01 iho .Nouvillo-’l houls Road. A\ »■ occupied tlu‘ orator. Iho ctiomv i nod to dohouoli south ot t In* S Mnmo, hut was driven hack. TII K KN KM V S RKPORT. AMSTKRDA.M, Foh. 10. A German communique states "Wo captured a larpe section ot a trench north-west of Vimy, and rccapturiM in the neiuhhorhood oi Xeuville a crater that was in the enemy's occupation. We raptured '2‘2 machine mins. We repul'sed local attacks south ol the Somme. Tito enemy, north of Itaequineoiirl, obtained a foot hold in a small section of our foremost trenches. GERMAN CONCENTRATION. MAI.KAN FORCF.S ARRIVING. AMSTKRDA.M, Keh, 11. M any trains filled with troops passed t hrouirh Louvain, concent rat mp: on R.onler.s and C.'onrtrai. Most are from the Malkatis ami utany are mere hoys, GERMAN CROWN PRINCE. TALKS R KKKG K IN A CELLAR. A FUN K. Feh. 11. Tlie German (Town Prince, when visiting the Alsatian front, arrived near (iasTe. Suddenly French aeroplam o from Melfort appeared. There was a terrific rush of the population indoors. The Crown Prince took n lupe in a cellar and motored to Altkirek when the airmen had pas-ed on.

GENERAL NEWS. IN THE EASTERN THEATRE. ACTIVITY IN EASTERN CAI.ICIA. VIENNA. Feb. 1). A coiuniuna'|iie stales: Th,. inert ased activity in "Eastern Gal'aia is partieularlv li'-'-c nort h-we-1 ol Tarno|ol (H) unit's E.S.E. of Leniherg). THE HAPSBURG DYNASTY. WHY IT SHOUT) HE WIPED OIT. PARI.S. Feb. 10. Professor Masaryk. a forni.-r member of the Au-trian Chamber, who was •wiled at the omse; of the war, enilibns sc, th •» necessity tor wiping <ui ibe Hapslnirg dyna-Lv. He siaie -. "II Germany is deprived of Aiistt u-Turkish support >he wil be ioo weik to nun ice the Western Power-. Hkl the Allocs at the outM't declared thit Austrian Slavs woti'd he liberated ami the monarchy abolished Austriii-Hungiiry would have been a millstone rnur.d Germany's necl< and the whole course of the ww w.iu'd have been changed. "ft is a fatal mistake in iniagmeihat Au-tria will ultimately oppose Oernianv. Pan-Gorman sm i- rampant iu Vienna and Budapest, and outnumbers the Czechs and Slav-. Orrmanv\s one aim is supremacy over Central Europe wnh a view 'o effe tive'y holding the A'lies in check.

• ! Tf the H'ipshurg- are wiped cut German v's dream "ill h' shattered and the Berl : n-to-15ag'd ul -cheme wII h- a thing of ihe past. She will never ajvain be able to devastate Europe."

• ALLIES' CO-OPERATION. FRENCH HUSSION TO IT.ALV. ROMF. I'Vli Li 'flii? French Cibmei M xiisu.is were accorded :in out o welcome. J .M. Thouuis (French Minister lor .Munitions.) in an interview said that by ilii' spring I'T ance would posses- ;i colo>'sa| reserve of nuinit ions. 'I lie Allien were hastening the output lo the ut- ' most. j .M. Rriand (Fren hj From er) in anm- | tr-rviow slid he wa» hopetul of securing tide most -tr'.nus support ol Italian •siaic-nien so a- to bring their joint ! work to ;i successful is-ue by ostnhlish- . tng eloper and more fruitful co-opera-tion the Aliic-.

ON THE WESTERN FRONT. SIXrKSSI'TI, H()MISAROAIK-NT«. Ton don, Keh. ii. The High Commissioner reports: We made an effective bomhardmeni of the enemy's works ;it Douvraigne and Mrsnil. Munition works were exploded by our tin- ; ii the enemy's -alient ai the f'dii'si of Mori marc. EMPLOYEES WITH GERMAN NAME A RRFMIF.R.N LMMUtY. rf.rth. Feb. n.

I lion. .1. Scadden (Premier) caused an uproar at the Labor Federal ion meetil1 •_.; when replying to demand.-, in disinis., all Government employees with a. German name by asknig whether they w«",u|<l ask the Imperial Government to r.move King George. AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS. MELBOURNE, Feb. IT. 'Die report of Mr Adrian KnoN,K.C. on the work of the Australian Red Cross Society in Fgypt emphatically contradicts the rumors regarding the systematic s:ile of Red Cross articles. SOLDIERS' LIQUOR RESTRICTIONS MF.LBOFR.VF. Feb. 11. The lir-1 proclamation of the kind ordered an hotel near Bro ulmeadows (amp to clow- :ii (1 p.m.

The motion' w<s carried unanimouslv