LATER. GERMANY WILL LOSE HELIGOLAND.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10471, 8 September 1916, Page 5

LATER. GERMANY WILL LOSE HELIGOLAND.

DRASTIC PEACE TERMS. Received September 8, 12.d0 p.m. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. An official itt close touch with Allied sentiment .states that the Allies are discussing; drastic peace, including the cession ol Heligoland to England, tho neutralisation id the. Kiel canal and tho demolition ol some of tin* strongest fortifications on tho German frontier. The Allies believe the military situation is constantly improving and that peace will be dictated at .Berlin after a triumphant, march through Germany. THE BATTLE OF TURTAKAI. HEAVY LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES. (Renter’s Telegrams.) Received Sep| ember 8. 1.35 I>. 111. LONDON, Sept. 7. The German communique on (he success against the Roumanians adds that a hundred guns were captured at Turtukai. Reuter’s Bucharest correspondent reports that, the fighting at Turtukai was of great violence with heavy loss on both sides.

ACTIVITY ON SALONIKA FRONT. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. Received September S, 11.45 a.in. SALONIKA, Sept. 7. Official: Onr patrols made several raids on the Struma front. The navy successfully shelled a battalion of infantry opposite. Neehori. There is considerable artillery activity on the Doirau front-. PARIS. Sept. 7. A communique says;— The enemy violently bombarded the sector westward of Lake Doiran. A British cruiser effectively replied to the Bnlgar batteries on the Lower Struma. GERMAN 'PLANE F^ T 7 BURNT. (Reuter’s Te'e yar..; R"(ri\ - Si-ptemb-r <1 11.45 a - ( 0P1..’ i UTFN Sepr. 7. A large aeroplane factory at Aldcrhof, near Berlin, has been burned. Ten machine., were destroyed An explosion, ±d the lire. SUCCESSFUL AIR RAIDS FROM EGYPT. Received September 8. 11.45 a.m. LONDON. Sept. 7. An Egyptian official report states that two more aeroplanes raided on Tuesday tin' Turkish aerodrome ar, K! Arish. Twelve bombs were dropped with good results. The airmen returned undamaged. Enemy aeroplanes only attacked ar. long range. LABOUR PROBLEMS. Received September 8, 11.45 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 7. At the Trade Union Congress, Air Will Thorne believed every man might to be train, ,1 to defend Ids borne. Lie believed there would be a general election six months after the war. If wage-earners foolishly returned employers to make laws, they would deserve all they got. The British Association’s Newcastle committee reported that women workers, whereof half a million had replaced men, had learned quickly, were punctual and had longer hours as well. Their success is not. so great, as to create a serious problem after tho war. CLERGY AND MILITARY SERVICE. (London Times Telegrams.) Received September 8. 1.35 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 7. The Trade. Union (/ingress passed a resolution, by 1.379,000 to 1,200,000, regretting chat the clergy, were exempted from military service, as they were engaged in non-productive employment.

THE SHIPPING DEAL. ( London Times Telegrams.) Received September 8, 1.35 p.in. LONDON, Soot. 7. An extraordinary meeting of tile Peitin- • iihir and Oriental Company confirmed the disorption of the New Zealand Shipping Vniipanv, and (he increase in capital.