THE WAR

North Otago Times, Volume CI, Issue 13324, 26 July 1915, Page 6

THE WAR

'(Per ■ GENEBAL: NEWS ■ , jj'M _ f ■ THE BE3EL KEMP. ■ ' A HEAVY SENTENCE. . 1, CAPETOWN, July 23, Kemp lias been sentenced at Pretoria to seven years' imprisonment and lined ' £IOOO. ;• TRAITOR AND REBEL. ' KEMP'AND DE WET COMPARED, Kcccivcil July 25, at 4.10 p.iti: ' ; PRETORIA,' July 24. " Justiee Lunge, in sentencing Kemp, ■ , emphasised, the difference between De Wet and Kemp. The, latter had held the Kiug'svcommission, Shortly, before ' . ' the rebellion 'lie actually co-operated ' ivith Maritz," whereas, l)e Wet' Stated lie would, have renounced Maritz if, lie found, him co-operating with the Gotmans,' .. . OTHER .SENTENCES, Received July 25, at 3,30, p.m. ' PRETORIA, July 21, The ' unexpired sentences. on. 355! burghers ivho refused'to serve, against ' the Germans, liave been remited. The : rebels Dczjudenhout, and Kock, who were rieut-ettloucls in Urn defence fovee ' luive been sentenced to live and four , year's imprisonment respectively. !■;: : ■; GERMAN BARON INTERNED. . ■ V / ; LONDON, July 23. The Daily-Express states that Baron . von Bissing' has been interned. 1 Ilis ' iutcriuneat iiaS been vainly ; demanded ' : I'nr six mouths. Mauv' questions were asked in Parliament regarding him in . Muuary and March. , ' HERMANS BAULKED PY WIRE- \ , LESS (MUSSELS bJjNDS 01*1' NEWS AMSTJiRDAiI, July 23 The Gcimans in Biussels aie offeung £SOOO lor inforinatipii respecting a pri- • vale wireless, statin fov winch. tlick Ji,ne been wunh seaiclung foi mm

month Uis known to have lovcaled inhcli nai urns Iho Gciiiiitih ■\\oi o uiiMiiuy-to i-uwca! fiom tlii' Bel- " ' glPb. i v v -'v.'?.' JWTJATIIBTt* BniiJUl' /DKBTROYBD. £, \ 'AMSTERDAM, July 23. , .i decent laid m, the i ! { , npighboiliooil" oi® Biusm'K a Ijunih dq- ?'/ stioyeil' the • German nieteojologiciil £ , post jvlieiHT'ttft'-Vfcathci Reports aic ,■ f-}i t to the Zeppelin hangais many important K'/f; , insti uiuents. 1

PROMINENT PRIEST ARRESTED. ALLEGED BELGIAN PLOT. ' " PARIS, July"2:i. Le Mlatin slates that the Germans have arrested Canon Vraneken, Cardinal Mcrcic.r Secretary. He is alleged to b*e the leader in a big plot that has been discovered in Belgium, .. "k , ... ■ ' . PROPOSED IMPERIAI. GONFERENCE. POSITION. OF AUSTRALIA. ... .MELBOURNE,- July 2d, • In the House, Mr A. Fisher, in reply to a tjuestion, said there had been negotiations with the Imperial 'Governments with • a view to a cousultatiou between Hie responsible Ministers prior to a peace settlement, but most-of the information on the subject had conic | through the press in the shape . of. answers to questions in the Imperial Parliament, . Personally, lie did not think that'the British Government realised the position of tlic distant Dominion Governments. AUSTRALIAN RECRUITING v V ■ ' RECORDS. ' SYDNEY, July 24. To mark the anniversary of the comlncnecinent of the war, the Government has deeided that strenuous efforts be made on August' ,sth for a,"record recruiting day. It is now claimed that New Sputli,-;Wales' low record in the recruiting- averages is due to the in elusion of men from Broken Hill, Riverina, and North Rivers district in the lists of the three adjoining States, ' -• MELBOURNE, July 24. ' Seventeen German.pme ships in Australia utilised as transports have earned 000,000. ' . ... AEROPLANES OVER CANADA, • r CAUMOF GENERAL ALARM'.' Received July 23,. at 3 p.m. y '• ■ - ■■ OTTAWA,- July -24, . Alarm has Item caused- i>y 'repealed reconnaissances ol apparently foreign aeroplanes in a prohibited district. The military lias Jailed to locate the bast's, AVOIDING TIIE CENSOR. Aum IN Switzerland COPENHAGEN* .)«!> 2.. A - Swedish • Committee liji* lit-c-i: foimcd lo oiett a wiifless stlLlion al Karlsborg tor direct comnnmicatuii with Vnu'ika, thus'avoiding Uutisl fcnsoislnp 'EXPORTS OF PXI'LOSIVES. FIGURES PItO.U;.AMI'!]!ICA [ „ NEW YORK, Julv.2J 'l\e evpoits ot' c\plosiu'Sf.loi eleven months ended 1 May ui'ie onh 21,000.000'd011ai 1 ' an AiWs-oMhefiHH responding penod Pll-f jjeyis papei Woilil states that this dispose of the Guimau'fake sfoiy that Ameii can munitions havb prevented yictoij

——— . . •' r . ' ' t GERMAN MUNITION. STEAMER 1 BLOWN UP. ' i Received July 24, 4,40' p.m. 6 - ' COPENHAGEN, July 24., Fishermen at Ma no Island found * the wreckage "of a German steamer 1 and many ammunition boxes. The ves- ' si'l apparently blew-up a lew days ago ' when it terrific explosion shook the 1 houses .in mu ; uy places 'in the, vicinity. j GERMAN SOCIALISTS' ! CONFERENCE, '' ( • FRAUGHT .WITH POSSIBILITIES.. : Receivedi July 25, 3.35 p.m. ' ;. ". COPENHAGEN, July 24,. , ! vThe German Socialists are arranging ,a meeting to .be held at Berlin to formii-. late .the, party's policy. The news- i papers indicate the creation ol a new : party, '.which Liebkniiccht, .Bcrsteen lioose, and Ki\ut.hky will-join lo oppose the Social Democratic'group. ' The iu ; cident is creating nuich interest in Germany. A - , ' •• ' ' V', \ , O'OftDIT.IONS IN GERMANY. - . PEOPLE. HOARDING THEIR . GOLD, ' "'- APPEAL FROM HANKERS/ ' GEN EVA,' July'20, German liiinkcrij complain' that the people arc hoarding.£so,ooo,ooo in gold. They are appealing to all patriots to bring' their gold lo the Reiohsbank, . GERMANY'S .EUROPEAN AMBITIONS. ATTEMPTED TREATY WITH ' ' V ; ENGLAND. : " ;A FAILURE OF 1912. '. N ' Received July 20j 8.55 p.m. ... ■ AMSTERDAM, duly 10. , In a .semi-Miciai. the Norddeutchor, Allegmciue Zeituug gives details of' the.negotiations of the AugloGcriuau, rapproaelimcnt of 1912,. in which Lord Haldane was promincut. ' '•> The German desired a treaty of neutrality. The 'Germans' lirst formula ran: '-'Should one ot" the: contracting parties lie engaged in war, the. other shall adopt tlic least benevolent neutrality to the extent of making,every effort to localisetlie conflict.'* Britain considered that the proposal went too far, and made the following Tonnter proposal:"Britain shall nialse no unprovoked attack upon Germany, and shall refrain from an, aggressive polio," adding the dedaiation that <•? a- attack on ■ Gorinny tonus the.object ot no' treaty; nor is-it tlie- aim of i any eombiuation to. whicli,Britain belongs. 1161 will Biitain be a paih to (tin suih ngieement " v Geuuauy ionsideied' tliese,asMiiances ,ilie.f(h existed m the iclation between civilised Stated She then pioposed tho following foiinula, —"Should une ot the '.contracting parties be' .involved iii' wftl cannot be \nd that the pait'y cojic'eiued is the agglessoi, then v tlie otliei ill obsenothe least 'bene ■ lue'tlte wuflitl' ' ; t ' lldwai'd Gif\ leiteinted lib 'alter antl tin; to paitieijiate in no 1 l l unpiovoket,! attacli Geimany'fin,illv . m«i)e fuithei niegotintions, dependent , upon Bi i.tain's assent to the toljowmg

■S;® :■«?■■ •Wi; m a uses "Biltaln m\l nalufally pre-, vo a benevolent uouti.ihty in tlio □lit oi Wu licmg ±oic«4 upon, Goi-_ my." ' ' ' 1 Sii 1 EdWjii(l Giey declined tho'iorila leafing it -\\oulil ondaugoi the Ming iuendly lclutionb between 1 itiim and bthei Poweis ( GERMAN WHEAT CROPS. , OPTIMISTIC PROSPECTS. . ' ROTTERDAM, July 21 flciinap'v is optinusti( f at tlio pios gl's oi the wheat and lyo ocips Tlio lalloi ciop dutfcied owing tO/tlie unmil heat but it\,is claimed that this 18 resulted in fuller.,cars, .equalising c' ultimate . production., , AUSTRALIAN WAR LOAN. . . AN OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK, SYDNEY, July' 24. , The newspapers accent the .war-loan lulosophicallv. They describe it as a and- hi vestment, aiul-piedict that it ill- bc; : heavily _ : .. "Tlio. Tolcgraph 'says that'll', the\Gqvriimcnlj lia'sf.cri'ett iir the''matter- of jr'nis it.-lias' been en tlio' siilo of libcrlilyUltd adds that tli& : louu" rcpresciitfi a ut) i p i'i) cl ut c't ivo tie Ij t of'£B.peiliead of hi pop'ulatimV,' lis agaiiiVt' England's. 10 porJliciySi. l l h(Jrc ; ik® a scj-off/ wliieli t pijcspn't cldefi iiot concrete Mm; and; (iirtnot"tie treated'as' it.nogolabl^.iissct/jami 'tliis is %c enormously icreascd. prdstlgof that Australia will njoj! "fit tlie 'conciiisiou 1 'of the''war. j v . July..24. ; Mr', llilloh,"InHho 1 ; tieclaroiV liat ..Si7'!,oo'()',opo'" would tovoio; Vo aiseil by loin _in Australia i'f 'iweive' 'and -there, ras; mi guarantee that 1 Uic 'existing oans,. would bo .rcuowe(l,.;whl)ili.in'oatly cceiitiuitod the seriGUSUCSS of \ tho iimncial,,.position';' • „•