SECOND EDITION. ON THE PIAVE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1010, 13 November 1917, Page 5

SECOND EDITION. ON THE PIAVE.

GERMANS CLAIM TO HAVE MADE 10,000 PRISONERS. j)(.<■(■!v (■(i November 15, 1.10 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 12. A wireless German olhcia.l message says: Int'm.se ariillerying occurred in tin; Yser region, near Longerone. Our troops barred the Italian retreat on the Upper I’iavo Valley, pr.isonemi 10,000, and look much material. Wc- advanced down the Piave and are now l<eiore Feltre. GERMANY’S MODEST DEMANDS. VOICED HV VON TIRPITZ. Received November 15, 1.20 p.ra. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 12. Von Tirpifz declared it was absolutely necessary to retain Belgium in the future as a. submarine base against England. Any peace without economic indemnity means Germany’s defeat. They must remember Antwerp belonged to the Hanseatic League. Austria must have greater control over tho mouth of the; Danube, ug well as Trieste in the. Adriatic. THE RATIONING SCHEME. GRADED ALLOWANCES FOR VOLUNTARY ADOPTION. Received November 15. 1.20 p.m LONDON, Nov. 12, Professor Yapp’s rationing scheme proposes eight [rounds of bread weekly for men and live for women engaged in heavy industrial and agricultural work; seven and four, respectively, for ordinary manual workers; four and one eighth, and three and a haM for sedentary workers and domestics. Tri addition all workers to receive twelve ounces of cereals other than bread, 2lbs meat, ten ounces of blotter or fats, and eight ounces of sugar. MORE SPOILS OF WAR. Received November 13. 9 a.rn. WASHINGTON. Nov. 12. Secret servicers found German goods at; New York valued at £35.000,000. THE CONSCRIPTION ISSUE. AIR IH'CriES’S INTERESTING ANNOUNCEMENT. Received November 13. 1.20 p.m. MELBOURNE, Nov. 13. Air Hughes, stressing the seriousness of the war situation, made an interesting announcement. He spoke not at hazard, but as a member of the Imperial Cabinet and as one to whom all information at its disposal was communicated. CONSCRIPTION IN BRAZIL. GOVERNMENT MOBILISING 100,000 TROOPS. Received November 13, 12.50 p.m. RIO DE JANIERO, Nov. 11. The Government is arranging to mobilise 100,000 troops by conscription, between tho ages of 17 and 30.