TURKEY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 7 April 1915, Page 5

TURKEY

GOEBEN AND BRESLAU AGAIN AVOID AN ENGAGEMENT. (Official.) PETROGRAD, April 6. Our fleet near the Crimean coast exchanged shots at lonpr range with the Goeben and the Breslau, and pursued them until dusk. During the night our torpedoers encountered the cruisers 100 miles from the Rosphorus. The enemy opened a rvigorous fire, but avoided an engagement SINKING OF. THE MEDJIDTEH., AMSTERDAM, April %' ■ 'Ail official message .from Constantinople states that the Turkish cruiser Medjidieh was mined at" Otchatoffl Turkish ' warships saved the ci&vi.'-y The cruiser was torpedoed to prevent jb-er being raised. ' ij VON DER GOLTZ RETURNING TO CONSTANTINOPLE. '-' "- J 'AMSTERDAM. April *6V ,Field-Maisbal Von,, der Goltz ; is At Vienna, and is returning to Constantinople. - - , ~ • ITALY AND AUSThIA BOUNDARY-PROPOSAL BY VON / BULOW. REJECTED BY ITALY. ' " ROME, April 6. Tt is that von Bulow is understood to have proposed -a new solution of the Austro-Italian boundary question. His suggestion -was that the territory- which Austria might cede to Italy should be occupied by Switzerland during the war. Italy rejected the proposal^. The exodus, of Austrians and Germans f rorii Italy continues.. BALKAN STATES ALLIES' OFFER OF ASSISTANCE TO GREECE. ATHENS, April 6. i !M. Venezelos, in a memorandum, explains that Roumania is unwilling to cooperate with Greece and Servia without Bulgaria. 'When Bulgaria obtained the German loan i>x. Venezelos abandoned the idea of a Greco-Bulgarian- agreement. i Later ' the Allies inquired whether Greece would assist Servia if Britain and ranee each sent a division of troops to Macedonia; to forestall the danger of a Bulgarian attack. The Greek General iStaff considered the offer inadequate, and negotiations with Sir Edward Grey were suspended. THE RECENT RAID.

BULGARIA WILL GIVE SERBIA SATISFACTION. (Rec. April 7, 9.5 a.nu) LONDON, April. 6. Salonika declares that Bulgaria jjf prepared to give Serbia satisfaction for the raid. Greece has strengthened her frontier guards. GERMAN INSTIGATION. (Rec. April 7,'9*50 a.m.) PARIS, April 6. A "Matin" telegram from Nish states that Mustapha Effendi, ex-Commissioner di Police at Constantinople, who was in German pay, organised the raid. The raiders included numerous! Austrians and Turks. GERMAN "MERCHANTMEN ; READY FOR WAR FOR YEARS. j INSTRUCTIONS I TO' A CAPTAIN. ! LONDON, April 5.The"'"correspondent" o j'-'"The Times" in New-;.Yoijk states that proof that German merchantmen 'were 'ready'-Tor some years for the outbreak of the war is shown by the fact that suits are being tried against the Kronprinzessin Cecifie, belonging to the Norddeutcher-Lloyd Company.

I Captain Pollock testified that when lie took over the vessel in 1912 he received from the former captain a sealed enve- ! lope, with instructions not to open it until he got a message telling him of : illness, and signed "Siegfried." On the I night of 31st July > the Krdto.rdhzessih | Geeilie was io9§ miles frbin Plymouth; i when a ..wireless came stating: "Ebterhardt suffering from, tatarrh/f and signed *'Siegfried." Captain Pollock opened'the "envelope and found a code, which enabled him to decipher the message, which meant that war had broken out with England, Fiance, and Russia. Later he received a message from the German Admiralty stating that war was only threatened, and that he was not to touch port in France, England, or Rus ' sia; LABOUR AND THE WAR NORWICH CONFERENCE SUPPORTS A TRUCE. (Rec. April 7, 12.35 p.m.) LONDON, April 6. The Independent Labour Party's Conference' at Norwich has dosed. A proposal that a truce be arranged with Germany with a view to a settlement was loudly applauded. A resolution was carried protesting against Labour members of the House of Commons assisting in the recruiting campaign. GERMAN LOSSES AM APPALLING- TOTAL. (Reo. April 7, 9.15 a.m.) ■ LONDON, April 6. Prussian losses announced total 1,133,OuQ, excluding 167 Bavarian, 128 Saxon, I*|S Wurtemburg, and 24 naval- lists. bismargklentenary * NO CELEBRATIONS. A MESSAGE FROM THE KAISER. (Rec. April 7, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, April 6, . The Kaiser, in a message regretting the absence of Bismarck celebrations, said:—"My [business -remains in the field in hot battle. That we will succeed is: assured- by God's mercy, by our unanimous will for victory, and by- the pledge of every sacrifice for the Fatherland. Our reward will be a flourishing national life, enabling the German people to develop in freedom and strength. That will be the. crown to the proud structure of which. Bismarck laid the foundation." submarine blockade TRAWLER AND' STEAMER SUNK. r— '. ————-' ~- {Rec. April 7, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, April 6. A .Grimsby trawler was torpedoed in tlie North Sea after half-a-hour's chase. T The Cardiff steamer Northlands was torpedoed off Beachy Head. The crew of 24 were saved. (Rec. April 7, 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, April 6. The Northlands zigzagged, but was quickly, overhauled . by the submarine, which fired a gun. It gave two minutes .to" quit. The boats were fortunately, swung out in anticipation of an emergency. The boats were pulling away when "a torpedo broke the ship in halves,, She sank in ten minutes. j SWEDISH STEAMER SEIZED IN THE BALTIC. j (Rec. Am-il 7, 9.15 a.m.) COPENHAGEN. April 6. : 'Germans seized the Swedish steamer England in the Baltic. She* was laden with maize from South America" to StockholmLIQUOR BANISHED FROM ROYAL HOUSEHOLDS BY ORDER OiF TIHE KING. j _________ i LONDON, April 6. ;The King has directed the immediate banishment of wines, spirits, and beer from the Royal households. j WORKERS' RESPONSE TO APPEALS: ; (Rec. April 7, 11.10 a.m.) • LONDON,'ApriI 6. -The workers at the shipyards and munition factories at Tyneside returned after the holidays with remarkable" punc- \ tuality. This is attributed to'the King's ! and Lord Kitchener's appeals. ■ 1 ""> ' ■ I GERMAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATS AND; THE WAR "TRICKED BY GOVERNMENT AGENTS."

LONDON, April 5. "■Mr Chasanowitsch, a British subject naturalised -in Canada,- has arrived in London. He'escaped from Vienna, and spent three days in Berlin in the middle of March. While in the German capital He heard the A'eal sentiments of the Social Democrats and trades- union leaders on the war. They stated-that they had been tricked by Government agents into the belief that the' war" -was purely- and exclusively a defensive one against Russia, and "that hostilities were not intended against France, Britain, and Belgium. Thus they were induced to vote for the war credit in the Reichstag. Hundreds of thousands of Socialists regard tho war as the greatest infamy in human history, but they dare not utter their views in public, or they would be mercilessly punished. The "working classes ardently desire peace. Mr Chasanowitsch does not believe there -will be a revolution, but says Germany is losing, and there is a strong movement in. the direction «£ a democratic Government. LOSS OF AN ITALIAN SHIP ATTRIBUTED' TO THE GERMANS. ROME, April 6. ; The Italian steamer Luigi Parodi, from Baltimore, is regarded -ns lost. The newspapers attribute her disappearance to a German su'bmarme in the Atlantic. -he Germans did not disclose her fate, fearing Italy's anger. The crew's families are now promised pensions.

AMERICA AND BRITAIN NOTE HANDED TO SIR EDWARD GREY. BRITISH BLOCKADE AND ITS (EFFECT ON NEUTRALS. . " LONDON, April 6. Mr Page, the American Ambassador, handed to Sir Edward Grey; the American Note, emphasising that it was made i in the' moat'friendly spirit', and in ac- ] cjordance with the uniform candour chaI racterising the relations of the two _Go- ! vernmenW for a'nundred,yearsl ,'. f The Note-points but that'an unprecedented feature of the blockade is that it bars, many iieutral ports though iEey: ■wereports of .Bfitam's enemies. 'The United. Stages notes with;.'-gratification that wide discretion has "been afforded the Prize -Courts, andrconndently -'ex--pacts' thaV the" powers given hy the Of- , will, be restricted by orders to the executive officers which will

modify In practical application those provisions which interrupt neutrals' le : gitimate trade. , . Mr Page pbiiits out iliat a novel feature of Britain? s blockade is the placing of neutrals under ihe same suspicion as the fehemy; This is a distinct iriva&loii of the sovereign rights of the United States, which is hot oblivious to the great change in the conditions of naval warfare since the blockade rules were formulated. But whatever form of blockade is adopted, it should be easily practicable to provide for passage through the cordon without conflicting-with belligerents' rights. If the course pursued by Britain's enemies proves to/be tainted with, illegality and disregard of-the'prin-ciples of war sanctioned by enlightened nations, the United States does not suppose that Britain will taint her acts or justifv them by similar practices. The Note adds that if the Order-in-Council is carried out it will constitute a practical 'assertion of unlimited beilij getertt rights over neutral commerce, I and ah ahnOst uiiquaiified denial of neu-, t'rals' sovereign rights. The belligerents have 1 already been conceded'the right of search, and capture if contraband. The Note assumes that Britain does riot deny the right to transport innocentshipments to and from the United States through neutral countries to belligerent territory: Hitherto Britain" lias not questioned these rights. For America to adiriit such' interference would be.-.' an unneutral act towards' Britain's enemies, and ■■ if ' Britain- made su'eh a claim: it would be equivalent .to setting at nought the principles for which she has consistently contended in tne past. , A FRIENDLY NOTE. .WASHINGTON, April 6. The United States has despatched a friendly Note to Britain and France declaring that it is unable" to : admit the) right of the Allies to place an embargo : upon all commercial intercourse" between ( Germany and neutral countries.- The j Note contends that if this is admitted j it 'is equivalent to an attitude of Ameri- ' ■can non-neutrality towards Britain's and France's enemies. j NOTE WELCOMED BY BRITISH i PRESS. ' LONDON, April 6. The Press ocrdially welcomes the Note. •Commenting on its friendly tone, the I "Daily Telegraph" says the suggestion ' concerning passage tlirbugh the cordon will doubtless receive attention! ' The "Daily Chronicle*' says the Allies. could not without destroying their policy ( permit non-contraband to reach Germany : through neutral countries. ENGLISH NEWS _____ i LONDON, April 6. ' Tokio advices state that the project to organise and send a Japanese volunteer army to Europe has been abandoned. The promoters failed, to get.Government sanction of the scheme. | The home defence volunteer movement, mostly for men over military age \ has enrolled 390,000, and the number is increasing by thousands weekly. Captain Haswelle, of the Highland Light Infantry, the holder of the Olympic quarter mile record in 1908, was killed -in action. A number of leading scientists ; support Sir William Ramsay, "who unavailihgly appealed to the Government to declare cotton contraband. The "Morn- | ing Post" states that Germany received \ 200,000 bales of cotton in January and ■ February. -* | The Norwich Independent Labour Conference discussed the war.. Prominent . Labourites refrained from speaking. Mr- Ramsay Mac Donald explained that French Socialists viewed the war differently from the - -Independent Labour Party. • It was no use talking at present about stopping the-war. - ' The Women s International Council of Socialists and Labour-Organisations, held at Berne, was marked by the. cordial re- \ lations between the British and German j delegates. A resolution called for - a I speedy end of-the war-by a peace ex- ■ piating' Belgium's wrongs without humiliating any nation, and -recognising the integrity of large and small nations. 1 belglan~gongc GERMAN ATTACK REPULSED WITH heavy: LOSSES, i ' (Rec. April 7, 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, April 6. Paris advices state that- in" Belgian Congo Germans attacked northwards of ; Lake Loa, but were driven back into German territory with-heavy losses CANADA , ■ DRY CANTEENS. OTTAWA, April 6. The Minister of Militia has' ordered the establishment of dry' canteen* for every military unit raised in Canada. NEW ZEALAND REGULATIONS .REGARDING EXPORTS. WELLINGTON, April 6. A "Gazette Extraordinary" issued today revokes a number of Orders-in-Coun-cil affecting the prohibition of exports in consequence of the war, and consolidates the position under the following schedules. A new list of contraband absolute and conditional is also published for public information : Second schedule. —Goods, the exportation of which is prohibited to any destination, except with the consent of the Minister of Customs: Coal, flour, oatmeal, wheat, oats,- forage (i.e., grass, clover, or oaten sheaf hay, oaten sheaf chaff, bran). Third schedule. —Goods, the exportation of which is prohibited to any other 'destination than the United Kingdom, except with the consent of-the Minister of Customs 5 Frozen mutton and lamb, chilled and frozen beef, or veal, rabbits, tinned meats. Fourth schedule.—Goods, the exportation of which is prohibited to foreign ports in Europe or the Mediterranean and Black Sea other than those of France, Russia (except Baltic ports), Belgium, Spain, and Portugal: Bladders, casings, and sausage skins," kauri gum and other resinous products, sulphur, flax (phormium tenax), provisions, and victuals which may be used as food for man, foodstuffs for animals, oleaginous seeds, nuts and kernels, animal and vegetable, oils and fats suitable for use in the manufacture of margarine, cakes and meals made from oleaginous seeds, nuts and kernels, seeds, clover and- grass, bags and sacks of all kinds, asbestos, copra. Fifth schedule. —Goods, the exportation of. which is prohibited to any other destination than the United Kingdom, ■British possessions and protoq.to' ateß, except with the consent of the Minister of Customs: Wool, hides, sheepskins, calfskins, pigskins, pelts, barley, linseed, beans, peas, extracts of meat, leather, dressed or undressed,, suitable for saddlery or harness, military, boots or military clothing, scheelite, whale,oil, petroleum, rubber and goods made of rubber, j copper, copper ore, alloys of copper, 1 graphite, woollen cloth suitable for uniform, clothing, woollen yarns, woollen jerseys, jackets, gloves, soc£s and men s woollen underwear of all .kinds, blankets and horse rugs, vessels, boats, and* craft all goods (not ' otherwise specifically referred to in any of the schedules) -which aTe for the time being contraband of war (whether absolute or conditional)

under any proclamation otf Order-in-. Council issued by His, Majesty. IN KELSOtf RED CROSS' COMMITTEE, The A f £}s6ri! fted Cross Committee .k&vfs completed fitting drat, another ambulance chest, which will 'be Consigned- to the Red Cross .Society of London and then fonvirded for the needs of the troops, it is stated that iho chest contains enoug'li ■material to fit out Sis men for three months. The -work put Ma many of the articles, such as socks, pyjamas, etc*., reflects credi)t on the ladies. The following are the articles :—Bandages of every description ; bed, comprising two mackintosh sheets, blankets, pillow slips, and dra-w sheet; Ibowls, sponges, sOap,/brush,- comh f and scissors; two surgeon's emergency tills, containing bandagesj sponges,- scissors* oiled silk, iodine, bOracic ! swaibs, thermometer; writing paper, pencils; envelopes, and sealing wax; needle and Cotton, tape, string; pyjamas,- nighftingales, til ilfe (pockets of which are fitted' There" are also handkerchie'fs> mufflers, Sakeiava Caps,- socks, mittens, nightshirts, Comforters"; old linen, cholera "belts, singlets, several .dpaen handkerchiefs, splints for leg' arid attii', cotton wool, vaseline, lint, cyanide, ■ g&ttze, quinine, salad, oil, and iodoform gauze. It cannot be too oflten repeated that such ambulance chests as those • that have' irom time to time been prepared in Nelson, ate of imtnense value at the front, and all those who -give their time, work, and money to such a-cause may be assured that their giUts will be appreciated to:.-.th'eif full value. As usual Mrs Cecil King has keen in charge of the work, and the chest has-been fitted out under her .personal direction*