ANTWERP BOMBARDED

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13178, 6 October 1914, Page 5

ANTWERP BOMBARDED

WILL RESIST TO THE LAST IN THE EASTERN THEATRE THE NIEMEN FLOWS WITH BLOOD ■ ■ i. • ■ ■ DEMORALISATION OF THE GERMANS AMERICAN COMMENT ON THE INDIANS '■( ' . " : "' (Per Cable,—Pkbb AEEucialiou.'I—Copyright) 1 —Copyright)

' J INDEMNITY INSISTED UPON. GERMANS CLAIM VICTORY OVER ■;•.,;.' - : RUSSIANS. Received Oetpbcr 5, 9.30 p.m. ■',''■: . AMSTERDAM, Oct, 1. Reports from Berlin say that the National Zcitiing states that the German ■ Governor of 'Brussels insists upon the city-iudemuifyiug-German citizens for damage to their property b'lfore the German occupation. The claims already 'amount,to eighty million marks. •' A "German oflicial statement claims tlic-complete defeat of the Russians in tho battle of Suwalki and states that three- thousand prisoners, eighteen guns; many machine guns, and transport material were captured, : .ANOTHER VESSEL MINED. ■■• , AMSTERDAM, 0ct,.4. A mine sunk the Dutch steamer Nievuland.iu the North Sea. The crow .were saved. ,/.JAPS SEIZE A RAILWAY. I- ;' ' PEKING, Oct. 4, . Japan has explained that the seizure of the Tsingan-Weihaien railway was due to strategic reasons, and also for the reason that the railway was essentially a German one. THE CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE, PARIS, Oct. i— Midnight. Official:—On the left the battle is in. full progress, but no result has been, reached. The,fighting, is less violent. We progress iii Soissons where the cnciny's trenches, have been captured, rjrod';' wo have also progressed in Wocvre. . GERMANY'S COLONIAL TRADE. October 5,10. p.m. . AMSTERDAM, Oct. i. The Berliner Tagcblatt states that it will require extraordinary exertions to recapture tlic markets which were open to Germany. Bofore the war the exports to British colonies aggregated five hundred.million sterling, and Germany may expect these countries not to buy from Germany : what is buyable elsewhere. , "' A GERMAN REVERSE, PARIS, Oct, 1. >'. At. the battle of the Royc a body of French dragoons occupying a village, retired, drawing the enemy into a ivood, where''wterc batteries with the infantry. The shell fire decimated the Germans ivho lied, leaving eight hundred prisoners, including a colonel and ten olliccrs.

THE BOMBARDMENT Or .ANTWERP. . VILLAGES DEVASTATED. GERMANS MAKING GREAT. . ■■ EFFORTS. Received October 5, 8.20 p.m. : ANTWERP, Oct. 4. Krupp siege guns, throwing enormous projectiles, have devastated the villages of Rricguii, Landckin, and other? iu the vicinity of the forts, The Gcrmaus arc pressing tho attack ut an enormous sacrifice, The forts aro constantly bombarding the German position. FRENCH SUCCESSES ON THE LEFT. BAVARIANS DECIMATED.' PARIS, Oct. 4. Latest advices indicate that if the French left continues unchecked it will be unnecessary to take the German entrenchments north of the Aisne by assault. The Bavarians have been so severely defeated iu Royc that they are demoralised, if not actually decimated. STATESMEN TO THE FRONT. PARIS, Oct, 4. M,M. Poincaire, Rivaui, and Millerand have gone to the front to congratulate the troops, HEAVY FIGHTING IN THE EAST. RUSSIAN STRATEGY SUCCESSFUL. PETROGRAD, Oct. 4, ■ -Dcfails ,: frbm the- front state that the Germans miiilc TepcStcd'-attcnipts' i; to cross the Nicmcn northwards of Grodno.' The Russian rearguards were transferred on the 23rd to tlic right bank of the river. The Germans not ■ noticiug any signs of opposition, constructed pontoons and poured troops, across, Then cleverly screened Russian guns opened a concentrated lire, sweeping the Germans by hundreds into the river. A prolonged artillery duel followed. ami the Gernuuis again attempted to cross, but none reached the opposite bank. DEADLY TURPENTINE SHELLS. Received October o, 11.50 p.m. LONDON, Oct, 5. ' The-Times correspondent in France has. received trustworthy confirmation of the deadly effects of turpentine shells, a statement that was previously unconfirmed officially.

ABANDONMENT OF MOTORS. INSANITARY TRENCHES, PARIS, Oct. 5. Where the Germans retired along the Rheiins line they abandoned many motor lorries, apparently because of a shortage of petrol. The framework' of twelve were found burned, apparently being destroyed in the hurried rctrcatt The German demoralisation has now become an ostensible fact. Prisoners state that the trenches are too deep, and the removal of the dead is impracticable. The result is that they are horribly insanitary.

INHUMAN CROWN PRINCE. "*/ A DASTARDLY ORDER. PARIS, Oct. 4. Le Gaulois states that the Crown Prince, before evacuating the towns, ordered Clermont aud.Nargoniic to be burned. Even the old men's alms houses, maintained by the Little Sisters of the Poor, were burned, though the Mdthor Superior on her knees implored the Germans to spare them.

GRIM FIGHTING IN THE EAST. SUCCESSFUL RUSSIAN SORTIE,' PETROGRAD, Oct. 4 Details of the fighting at Osowiels show that the Germans.were unable to Uso the heavy guns iu the marshy gr'ouuds. The infantry and machine guus advanced lo within four miles of tho fortress. v ■ . The Russians made a {sortie at night and enveloped both wings, while the fortress guns ■ mowed down the Gennaus iu-masses in the centre; Simultaneously, the infantry attacked the wings, and after 36 hours' fighting the Germans were routed. All their heavy guu3,were captured. ,

THE FORDING OF THE NIEMEN. 1 TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER. PETROGRAD, Oct. 5. After the Germans' second attempt to cross the Nicmcn they made a last desperate effort in. the evening.,Columus in close formation proceeded to, make the crossing, but again every man was mown down, by the machine.guns. Finally the Gorman batteries were silenced, and the enemy retreated . eight miles, the Cossacks crossing by means of the enemy's pontoons, pursuing and harassing them. One account stales that twenty thousand German corpses floated in the Niemen-

A SUMMONS TO SURRENDER, ANTWERP, Oct. 4. ' A'Gcrnian monoplane scattered . a proclamation summoning Antwerp to surrender within twenty-four hours, and advising <thb populace not to heed the.local, liowspapcrs which, it states, arc m Anglo J'rcueh pay. ■/ ' GITIMU UP ITS DEAD. VICTIMS FROM THE CRUISER^ ANTWERP, Oct. J. ; TvMy-oiijhl bodies have been pickfid up on the Dutch coast. It is suppos-ed-that they belong to the sunken British cruisers.

JUSTICE AND LIBERTY FIRST. AN UNFORGETTABLE PRECEDENT NEW. YORK, Oct; 5. .The New York World, commenting on the celebration' of "Pence Sunday," says:—"lt is good to pray for peace, but it is,better to pray for justice'aud liberty, for the triumph of right, and for victory for human justice." Commenting on the landing of the Indians in France, the paper says that tho coulirigcnt belongs mainly to a civilisation that was already old when Gor-many-was a forest. Their appearance in Europe in support of their British Emperor is a precedent unlikely to be ever forgotten in, Europe.-

.^|lus|A'?ft^ d J the front ittxe. Czar:called .. put■;the ;rcsoryes\rV-Qyor, iight miilipji Eußsians are now mobiHs-; ; :- iE^IST'TQIMIE LAST. Vi ■■ ■''-'.'.■ •; /.•^"■■■• v '. ANT>yERPi-'Ociii:'_6. v ; ..' -The,-town has' determined to resist to the last. The. -Germans uro moving heavier guns'! lieuror to the'south bunk of■ thoNothc, THE; CAPTURE OF JAROSLAV. •i- DUE TO'PLUCKY JEW. . 1 •• ~'.. PMOGRAD, October 5. After defeat at Asouwicts! the Germans wore hurled back on to Oral-wo,-the road thereto being strewn with corpses. ' ' The ciiptu.ro' of J aroslav forts' was due to tho heroism of a young Jewish private, who was imprisoned and taken to a'place of immense strategic importance, lie secretly sketched' tlio fortifications and the oncmy's position, and escaped to the Russian lines. The at- 1 tack resulted in 'the capture of the forts. The Jew was severely wounded./ 1

EARLIER NEWS BEFORE THE WAR. NEGOTIATIONS~WrfII GERMANY. e CABINET'S DECLARATION. '.'■" LONDON, Oct. -1; Mr Asquith,' addressing a mcctiug of 10,000 at Cardiff, said that in 1912 the Cabinet laid down the terms Df its rolatious with Germany by conmuiuicatiug the following declaration to her: "Britain declares that. sho can neither make, nor join any unprovoked attack upon Gorinany.' Aggression upon Gorinany forms no part of any treaty, understanding or combination wohcrelo Britain is now party; nor will sho becomo a party to anything having such aii object." Mr Asquith added: "Thcrrwas nothing ambiguous or equivocal about that; yet Germany asked us to pledge our neutrality when she herself was enormously increasing, her aggressive resources, and asked us to bind ourselves absolutely to neutrality in the event of war. She asked a frco hand when sho selected' the opportunity to overbear and domiuate the European world. Only one answer was possible to that—tlic answer wc gave. We now sec written in letters of carnage ami spoliation the signs and methods of Germany's long-prepared scheme against the liberties of Europe." After referring to the sanctity of treaties and the right of the small as well as the large nationalities to live, the Premier said that was the cause that had brought the Indians to Mar-' seillcs and extracted from the most distant overseas dominions the best of their niaiihood, ' At the end of the war, he looked forward.to seeing-.Europe safeguarded forever from a recrudescence of the era of,blood and iron. Had England forsworn her word, deserted her friends, and compromised the plain dictates of duty, there woulil have been nothing for the country- but to veil her face from shame, and be ready in turn to. share the doom she richly deserved—to go down after eciitnries of glorious life to a grave, unwept, utihonoured, and unsung, FRENCH INFANTRY'S FINE FEAT. CAPTURE A STRONG VILLAGE. PARIS, Oct. 4. A fine feat is reported to have been achieved on the French left on Thursday. The Germans held a village on a hill strongly entrenched by Jaeger infantry and guns, but French infantry stormed the position. The first attempt was repelled, but the French returned to the charge and defeated the Germans with loss. During the fight French doctors and live ambulances were captured while picking up wounded. German prisoners declare that the ambulances and doctors fiie wanted for German wounded, as the latter arc without medical aid. EXPORTS FROM NEW SOUTH -i WALES.' '. . SYDNEY, Oct. 5. Permission has. been granted for the exportation of normal quantities of sugar, meat, wheat and Hour to the South Sea Islands, including the. New Hebrides and Papua. FEDERAL NOTES. MELBOURNE, Oct. ut, A proclamation. states, that the authorities will issue notes to the-value of fourteen millions sterling, including the twelve millions previously authorised. ■-.-.•■. FINANCES GOOD; PAWS, Oct. 4. M. Ribot, the Mbis'.cr for Fiiiamv, sUies that .the -financial position i* favourable. The gold reserve in thV Bunk of Franco is £1^000,000, : aud the silver' reserve. ' M, Ribot hopes lb re-open: the Bourse conjointly With the rcopoiiiug of the Loudon Stock Exchange. 'NO' PEACE CONFERENCE. 'WASinNGTON, Oct. 4. The State Department announces that'all plans for holding 'an International Peace Conference at The Hague iii 1915 have bccii abandoned.

THE TURKISH NAVY. COMMANDED BY GERMANS, , ROME, Oct. 4. ' Jt is io|)oi:tc(l-tli.'it an iradc has been issuod at Constantinople, appointing the German • Admiral Suhon >tO'command the-Turkish "fleet, together with 30 German commanders. ' , '

i§>w -' -: - -m^- ; A^TwM^ctfljf Tlio? pulsed, ;<'iG;Germhn:W B sts;behigstot(| .Tlib'-Ccrjiiaij^ : to cross tlicvNethc. : § : rings; liiivo'becii' IIVI i.<.'* d jpii tho TowiK Hall and church tovJcrsivto \)\<y buildings arc histo.icYund/ worlw of V'^-i"' i lj:i '"■•-' '.ji •'■ ' ■■■■'■-.: •J;' ; "v: ■•■'•':> ■\y« <^:< : $ DE^K-IipWipBOAVN.:.;:! V .-.?. General Dc Wctiuttomptcd.tOaddross'j an anti-Botha'.-stroom, but tlic' crowd stormed, tlio hall' and broke up the iheetiilg with gcnoral free •■'< m'i.v. ■::>:/•:":;■ >;ri, MAKJNG, .HISTORY,;; -; (! r;' ■'.■'- , -.MELBOUiRNX'Oftt/C.;' 1 Mr Pcarccc spcakii(g,ia^a diunor,to' Mr Bean, the official war/norrcspondcnt, said Mr Beau :wo,ul,d hu\!9 to do. more' than report,.;What i; JiO;.,sii,\y daily;: .ho would have to.write;par,t,of, Australia's' history which ,oiight;,bqijwrittpn ~,0n ■• French, and Gc ; rmaa,|Boilo.if!):i. I .', v,U , [ ' .; „. .- a.,- j i; iu '/i'-m ; THE POPEr.INTEIW'^ESJi...;, ~.

~.:,;;,„>UOMX OqM.: ' r The Pope,has,sent.uy, aujtogijaph'..letter to Francis, Jpscph; ngulnaijg.l.ugylilm to use his influence to shorten the inhuman ,s 'WI ' :! ' ; DURATION^OF';TIIE'WARii!' ! ..-.:..: Oct..4;j The Times' military." coi:respoiidoii.t warns the country that there arc pros- : pects of a lung war, and urges corresponding measures"' '"''••■ THE BOMBARDMENT OII^APEETE NEW ZIMLANbINTMESTs!''/, ■ • •' lti . ~im;.h.|i. ' Oct'v With respect'to the aboiinc'einpii't of the bombardment' of Papeete "by 'tlic German cruisers 1 , tlic'tlbvo'rnoV'hns received information'''that 1 the I 'gunboat Zclce was dcs'troybdj'ia'nu n'considerable portion of the towii' : destroyed' by'^hcli fl rc - • - „„.,,u ■, i ..... - His Excellency : assurance from |lic Ad|uiralty,that,thcy have the situation,wcj'j in; Jiaud. ' 5. Some Auckland fir'inSj.hayo,-large interests in Papeete important business houses are oil,, the water-front, and these include ji,, largo concroto building erected by A. B. Donald nud Co. three years ago, at a cpst of £7OOO. Almost adjoining 1 were .premises of the German firm of Donald and Co,, and the owners have some hope from the fact that one could not bo bombardedwithout damaging tlie .other. Tho same firm is anxious with regard to their schooner Tiarc.Taiporo, built at Auckland about a year ago. She was due to leave Papeete on a trading trip a day-or two before.the date of the bombardment.'''-''. ,•"'■» •'■'■ ; • :