THE KAISER'S CANT

North Otago Times, Issue 13236, 6 March 1915, Page 5

THE KAISER'S CANT

Devastating the Dardanelles

GOOD WORK BY ALLIED FLEET

ITALY'S PREPARATIONS

GERMAN REPLY TO BLOCKADE NOTE

J ftUSTRIANS SUFFER FURTHER LOSSES \ ; -"\v ' ' •

WARFARE BY PETROL

'(P» Gtbli.~Pmi iiiocijtiOD.-Oopyriihi)

IN THE WEST.

RACINO AND TUB WAR,

BOMBARDMENT OF RHEIMS,

HISTORIC PRECEDENTS,

PARIS, March 4,

Received-March 5,1.1.15 p.m. LONDON, March 5,

'"A communique statns- tliat.our avHllery: demolished Hip enemy's trenches on the 'Raiul dimes. The Germans bombardment of Rhpims lasted all day, a ,shell 'falling, every three minutes. The enemy .'captured our advance trench' near :■ Notre Dame . and Lorette; A French' airman yesterday bombarded a ;powder magazine northward of Dononschingen and an explosion shot flames 400 metres in the air. Two regiments of .German Guards fought. with ■ great ferocity north-west of Mesnil, but were completely defeated., AMSTERDAM, March 4.

The Earl of Rflseliery, in a lettc to the newspapers, protests ag.ii ist the suggestion to stop racing. He says thai if it ceases altogether tliormiglibrei! horses,'which arc essential to the Army, will'disappear. Our Allies know that Englishmen do not think it necessan' to "put up the shutters" because t icy are.engaged in war. Epsom and Ascot meetings were held throughout the Napoleonic wars, and the winner of the Derby was announced along with general orders in the Crimea.

A German cqinmuniquc claims tha

the Germans captured eight French ofli- / -c.ers.'UoS men; and seven machine guns jj at" Notre'Dainc and Lorette, \, German aviators tired at a hospital at Gerardmer ineffectively.

NEW METHOD OF WARFARE,

MURDER BY PETROL

PARTS, March 3,

The Army Medical Corps report shocking injuries resulting from GeiT,.,vi contrivances spraying petrol in the trenches, The features of the wounded are horribly dsidgmed, The limbs are •styollci) anil uniforms are burnt off.''The French 'suddenly found" jets'or" p n '''dl falling in. Ik trendies, and the oih'cci's ordered the men's pipes lo be put. out. but it was fruitless. The Germans Ihrei' 7 hand <j.*enade« into Iho trenches, ablaze, and ilia Germans, profiting by lii? confusion, flung lighted torches, with the result that the French retreated into the second line.

EFFECTIVE WORK IN FLANDERS, PARIS, March. 5.,

(Official): ;• "There has-been 1 particularly effective shooting by our artillery on the dunes. Our infantry captured another trench, and the progress in the Champagne dis-

'■■ trict continues. We repulsed ponntcr-at' tacks north-east of Mesml, and a hui.U died.prisoners were raptured. The pris-V'l-oners confirm the gravity of the ■Ger-man'-'losses. In'yesterday's fight Ger.'man attacks at Four-de-Paris and Van- . guqis were repulsed. A German aeroplane, was; brought down at Fort-dc-•Vaiix,' near Verdun, and the two aviators were captured.

IN THE DARDANELLES.

DEVASTATING THE DEFENCES,

THE BLOCKADE.

YANKEE UNDERWRITERS AND

Received March fi, 8.55 p.m. LONDON, March 5. The Admiralty /ulvises that the Dublin demolished the observation station at Gallipoli Peninsula. The Sapphire bombarded guns and troops in the Gulf of Adramyte, and the French bombarded the Bulair forts and wrecked the Kavach bridge.

CARGO RISKS.

LONDON, March 45.

New York reports that the Allies interdiction has resulted in American ..underwriters refusing to accept the J 'risk ,of cargoes to Germany and Austria, except under a proviso that they • : <free from British capture.

TURKEY'S TRIBULATIONS,

GERMAN DISPLEASURE.

CONSTANTINOPLE' TN JEOPARDY,

AT. GERMANY'S REPLY,

ATHENS. March 4. The Turks are rushing gnn3 and troops towards Constantinople. Ten warships are bombarding the inner forts,

! ROME, March 5. V, Berlin Deports tihat 'Count Reven.blow/ in an article in the Duetsche Tage Zeitung, expresses-strong displeasure ■at Germany's reply to the United States' blockade Note, and declares that according to this reply a submarine would let merchantmen pass - \ ;'under the English flag with courteous bows, or perhaps would salute the 'tiajg.'x Te proceed according to international/rules would mean abandon. ' 1 j am * possible capture of , J .neutjarWips, or the capture of hostile -.■ ships- .'■ Such a course for 'German submarines is out of the question,' ;' ; If. England promised to stop tH'e use of false flags he does not. be.•lieve that England would keep her promise. Germany, in any case, 'would'be the loser. .' ■, Die Post savs that the fact that the

LONDON, March 4

A Constantinople message states that Halif Bey, President of the Chamber of Deputies, announced that the Ottoman troops have exhausted the Russian troops in -the Caucasus and crossed the Suez Canal, and, having fulfilled their tasks there, had returned and were perfecting their positions They will shortly release Egypt from the tyranny of the enemy and drive the British out of Asiatic Turkey. The bombardment of the Dardanelles had proved resultless, and probably the enemy would not come through the straits. He added that if it did if would find the greatest pail nf the Turkish army gathered there.

United States' alleged proposals were t -based upon upright friendliness, and 'submitted in Die interests of humanity,, were enough to make one suspi- : clous from the start.

Another message states thatDjemel Pasha lias been recalled from Egypt to supervise the defence of Constantinople.

The Daily Mail's Copenhagen correspondent reports that news lias been received that the Turks are very short of big gun ammunition, and that the Austrians are nishiing supplies to Constantinople. ',

THE GOOD AND THE BAD.

FAVOURABLE COLOURING OP NEWS.

THE PIOUS HUMBUG.

Receive March i>, 10.20 p.m. LONDON, March 5. ';' : Eirl of Selbdurnc, presiding at a meeting of the Telegraph Construction Compai'y, said he considered that the

MORE KAISER CANT.

AMSTERDAM, .March 5. The Kaiser, in an address after a service held in the park at Nivbnwo Castle, Poland, said:—"Ours is a hard task. We have to prove to the entire world Germany's right for existence, We Prussians are accustomed to fight and overcame a superior enemy, and shpuld trust firmly in'our Great Ally above, Who will help a just cause to victory, History will tell. God only is on our side, believing in.our armies; As my friend Lutlior declared, 'A man with God is always in a majority,'. Our enemies are without,a watehwordj. and carry the. heavy .knapsack of jin- evil conecience, beciuse they have fallen rip'Qn a peace-loving'people." ' ;:; \ •

Government press, was blameworthy / ior giving too favourable a colour to

the war news. If the responsible people

unfler.(:ood the characteristics of the \ --race they would minimise the good news j features with the bad. ' '. WORKERS AND THE WAR. ; a * NATIONAL CONFERENCE, .> /' '— .' '■"-, LONDON, March 5. v The Miners' Federation has summon.edj.B national conference, to be held in vLoridon on ;• the 17th inst. Failing a fßeftlemcnt'of- ipeal disputes, theiitua-' :' |%'is fraught with danger. '','■■. \"\

THE RUSSIAN .HAMMER,

(IKIIAIANV WANTS'PIiISONNIIS,

LONDON, March <l, ' 5,5 p,m,'-

Telrograd reports that on tho Narew front German army orders captured slated that prisoners must bo' captured at any cost in order to obtain information regarding the grouping of the Russian foreoa, The order recommended that traps amt concealed pita be used to facilitate captures. ■

The German troops have been ordered to requisition all foodstuffs not needed, and (o send them to the commissariat department, Some manonivres of the Germans are thus explained, for they were evidently searching for potato, In the region of Stanislaw the Aus-, trian 2dUi division was completely routed by the Brians, who captured an ambulance division with six doctors and trains,

AMSTERDAM, March 4,

A communique from' Berlin respect ing the German withdrawal from Prasnysz uses the words "Orderly retreat,'' and attributes the disaster to a combination of larger forces,

■OTfIBTAW PROORBfIfI.

AUSTRIANS' SUFFER HEAVILY,

PETROGRAD, March 5, (Official):

Bming the day at Rovergnka, in Eastern Galicia', we prisonered fortyseven Austrian officers and three thousand men, The Austrian continue abortive attacks between Ondawa and the San, with -immense losses, 'We repelled them with hand grenades and bayonet counter-attacks, and captured many prisoners and guns, The Russians are progressing at Grodno, on the Niemen, and in Miawa, A RUSSIAN SUCCESS. PETROfIRAD, March 5. The Russians have captured Kcrjek, twenty-one miles north-east nf Pinsnysz. V ————— DIMINUTION Or "GRAFT." "lIIM WHO STEALS, T HANG." PETROGRAD, March .1. At Ihe opening of the war army con-

tractors wauled the Grand Duke Nicholas to discuss the matter of supplies. They were kept waiting in the anti-chambers for hours, and finally the Grand Duke appeared. He ignored their greeting, and merely said:—"Him who steals, 1 hang. Good morning." Graft has diminished to an extent hitherlo unknown in Russia.

ITALY'S PREPARATIONS,

RECALLING THE RESERVE,^

ROME, March 5. The Minister of War, in supporting 'Hill in favour of the recall of rervn tifllcnrs, said Hint all classes ai'B lo enter the. army.

The Premier is introducing a Hil! to prevent espionage, and provides for the suppression of military news, with a double penalty if such news is supplied to a foreign country. Provision is made that the .Government shall lake control of every industry connected with the defences, including aviation and the wireless services.

TREATMENT OF THE ENEMY.

DISCUSSION IN THE COMMONS.

LONDON, March 3. Mr Poynson Tlicks, in the House of Commons, moved the desirableness of concentrating the administration of enemy subjects and aliens into the hands- of one Minister responsible to the House. He stated that there were 70,000 aliens in the country and 20,000 in London, of.whom 16,000 were of military age. Mr Ilicks complained that

the treatment of enemy subjects and aliens was too lenient when the responsibility for internment was divided between the Home and War Offices.

Lord Charles Bevesford said that it was a singular coincidence that when ships sailed without proper escort they were blown up by Gentian submarines. It could not be denied that the Formidable was blown up, because her departure was known to spies. The Right Hon, H, Twinant said that every alien and enemy subject was under constant police surveillance,,and it was not necessary to create a special department;

AMERICA AND NEUTRALITY.,

WASHINGTON, March 4,

The Senate has passed a resolution, granting' President Wilson enlarged powers to enforce the neutrality law; respecting the proposed sales of ships belonging to belligerents now interned at San Francisco.

THE GERMAN FLEET.

WHY IT WONT FIGHT. •

LONDON, MnwJf 4. Lecturing at Kiel University, (fraud Admiral von Koesler 'declared that it was necessary for 'Germany' to have an mieonqnered army and navy so as to seenre favourable peace terms. If the norma a navy were to fight a superior force it might be destroyed. What would it avail them if each of their ships was accompanied to the bottom by an enemy ship with perhaps a few more, for England would still have ships left to attack the German const leisurely. The German fleet had shown offensive and initiative in attacking the English coast/ Tho British Admiralty were evidently afraid of the German ships and would not attack them jK'hcrc they lie.

states that Admiral, von' Koester's explanation indicates that the Britisli and German navies, were, evidently built to wait for peace, This' situation lind onjy one parallel, viz.,;Tvtiei) ', tjie, Trench cavalry in .1705 captured: tho/.Dutch fleet, it was evi-dent'-thnt von Koester's tjavy would become'a'ipd'force v and t probably be' captured bj : a land .force!: ' '. ; ,• :

CHASED IIY SUJtMAIMNKa

LONDON, Maicli 15, , Submarines chased tho Red ('hoiss steanlcr Saint Andrew, conveying wouiukd fiom Cheescuel, but tHc'slcniner put on full speed and escaped, REWARDS FOR MUROM, PARIS, Match C, A Gennan Admnal, inspecting tho submarines, offered a laige- lowaid for, each meichantman sunk, and a life pen-' sion to each man if the vessel should be a transport, '"

TURKS' FUNERAL PYREH

ATHENS, Mnrdi '%

Landing parties'at the Dardaneilci report finding many funeral pyre'a oi Turks who were killed during the'bpnv bardment, AUSTRATJAN TROOPS. "'■'. '■ CHEOPS ACCOUNTS EOB SOME;

LONDON, March : 3.

Beuter's Cairo correspondent states that influenza and pneumonia' form the' majority Of .the cases of sickness ; arnong' the Australian'troops. ' "■■''y.y: ;; Seven ineri'fell -while clinibing Chedpsl Pyramid, four "being killed aM-'-rW others seriously injured, One r rn'a'n'had' his spine injured, and will'be drippie'd' for life; ' :■'"■■■ - : -\;:: ,■•■/.' .;

nOUTirAPRIfJANRBBIILLidN;,;

GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL,

CAPETOWN; March 4;; Air Smuts,. in moving the.-Indem

lity Bill a second time, em'phnfliser hat I hp rebellion was already, in-pro

»ress prior to the war, and was due 'a Hie machinal ions nf highly-placed

persons upon some people seeking i«-< lependence; Three things Saved -the 'ouiitry, the first of which was-the loyal support given the Government' by all sections nf the ■ people,' The

Government regarded Ihe rebellion as a blot on the Dutch peoplo, "nhd it was (their duty and; privilege : to wipe 'out the disgrace. Therefore,

hey had employed the English as ittle as possible, Secondly, the exicditionary troops were switched off rom the Germans to the robels, It

\wns idle to plead that the rebellion was due to the v expedition, for the Boers remembered the bitter experiences of those settling in German territory after the war. The third factor was the Government's refusal to surrender to pressure, especially from Orangin,, to issue arms to civilians 'wholesale, The Government propos-. Ed to disqualify for ten years tliose who surrendered or were, captured after the amnesty, while those imprisoned, would remain in custody until the end of the war, The rebel lenders and influential parties would be tried by special courts, Mr Freeman moved Hint the Bill was inconsistent with the interests of the Union mid Ihij,Empire,VARIOUS ITEMS. COPENHAGEN, Mareli 4.

The, Swedish steamer filcndn Una been arrested, She embarked a large cargo of gnus at Copenhagen, ostensibly destined Tor Dedeaghatch, but she intended to call first of all at Gothenburg and then at Imbed;, , SYDNEY, March 5,

Recruiting continues very, active while the rifle club movement i3grow ing apace,

■BAHIA BLANCA, March 4. The Seydlitz has been interned here, '■■■- LONDON, March 4, The damage to the Thordis supports the captain's story..