WITH THE ENEMY.

North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13652, 21 August 1916, Page 3

WITH THE ENEMY.

1 . AUSTEO-GERMAN. CASUALTIES. ' ''EFFECT OF BLOCKADE.(Australian and 2M, Onlilu Association.). Received Augusf'Jl); 0.5 'p;m. . ' LONDON, August It). 1 Over three million casualties are now officially admitted by -Germany. - ; ("Kcu'ter's Telegrams,'')' Received August 1!), 5.5 run,. ' '' / ■■ BERNE,'August 10. It is 'estimated that; the; Austrian losses in Juno'and July total 81)0,000. i Australian and N:Z; Cable Association.) Received August 1!), s.s'p.ii'i. : LONDON, August 10. ' Riots are reported in Sclilcswig-ll6l ; stein in e'dnsequence of dealers charging a sovereign each for rabbits. The police, after many people had been injured, seized the rabbits and sold them at 0/- each. Thcy.'arresta! the dealers. ("lteutcr's Telegrams.") Received August 19, 5.5 p.m. • LONDON, August IS. There is a crisis in Germany's manufacture of Iron Grosses, owing to the shortage of silver, of which they are partly composed, The Government has ordered the silversmiths to secure the metal privately. Received August 19. 5.5 p.ni, BERNE, August 19. Count'Reventlow, who'is regarded as the arch-apostle of frightfulness, demands that Americans and other neutrals taken prisoner while lighting with the Allies should be shot summarily. GERMAN SLAVE RAIDS. FURTHER' DEPORTATIONS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association ) ■ THE HAGUE, August 18, It is reported- from the frontier that' •the-Germans h:m> fmnni'llp/l Twin ;.,

■iuv umilitlis IlilVe Compelled JL'UU 111-habitants'-to leave Cliarlcville, and they have 'passed through Aix-la-Cliapelle towards Germany, E'eceived August 20, at 5.5 p.m. NEW YORK,.August 20. . JEr Cyril Brown, writing to the Xew York-Times, dated at Sedan, says: "I am told that 22,000 French civiliansmen, women, youths am] young girlswere evicted l'rom Lille, Roubaix and Turcoing and distributed 'chiefly in the Champagne, L. visited the evacuated civilians in Sedan awl- thirteen other villages, An olliccr stated that. 2000 had been sent back, because they had been evicted through a mistake. Ho said the difficulties of feeding the masses had caused the action, He was inclined to believe that it was done to relieve the non-military pressure on strategic railroads, There was also the necessity of obtaining workers.. to gather the bountiful harvest in northern. France. The military .commander at Sedan district,, related how r he -solved the problem of housing seven hundred by the cottage system. Twelve to sixteen were placed in a.house. The men and women were separate unless'' married, Girls were placed in the care of married folk, Immoral women were segregated near the Belgian border where there are no troops, TREATMENT OF PRISONERS. BRITISH J'ROTKST. (Australian mid N.Z. CVhlc Association.) Received August 21, 12.-I5 a.m. LONDON, Angus! 21. Viscount Grey.lias requested America lo warn Germany that if, contrary to agreement, iiou-commissioncd officer prisoners continue, to be deprived of recreations and oilier privileges for refusing to volunteer for work other than that of supervisors Great Mritnin will lie compelled lo retaliate. Viscount Grey emphasises that the American L'mbassy representatives report lhal the British prisoners in Germany are on meagre rations, in some'instances unlit for'consumption,- , ;