LORD NORTHCLIFFE

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9685, 13 June 1917, Page 6

LORD NORTHCLIFFE

ARRIVAL IN AMERICA HIS MISSION EXPLAINED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian ami N.Z. Cabiu Association. NEW YORK, June 11. Lord Northcliffc has arrived in America. In an interview, Lord Northcliffc said: “The War Cabinet has designated me head of the British War .Mission to Hie United States, and lias in-trueted me to endeavour to coordinate tile work of British organisations here. We are charged with tho i;aik of supplying our war needs. ’ The “Now York Tribune” says that ['main could not have made a better choice than Lord Northcliffc, who is admirably adapted for the work of coordinating tlio industrial and economic effort of Britain and the United States. WASHINGTON, June U. Mr Lansing, Secretary of State,‘has announced that Lord Northcliffe’s visit is purely commercial. Ho does not sliced (1 Air Balfour. ITALIAN CAMPAIGN OCCUPATION OF JANINA. Ry TcVjrrapli—Pre« Ae«oc!ation—Copyrli»o Australian and N.Z. Cable Association • LONDON, Juno UNeutral advices from Athens state that Italian cavalry occupied Janina without resistance. The Greek authorities withdrew. The Government is protesting. Janina is a town of European Turkey, capital of vilayet of its own name, situated in the southern jiart of Albania (Epirus), near the Grecian frontier, forty-four miles from Orta. It is a busy commercial town, although its trade has greatly declined. A hundred years ago, when the strenuous but sanguinary All Pasha (the Lion of Janina), lorded it over the city and the surrounding country, Janina had some notable architectural features, but these have become dilapidated. The population is estimated at 25,000, more than half being Greeks. Janina rose to ho an important place in tho latter part of Hu; Middle Ages. ENEMY’S DEFENCES ON ASIAGO PLATEAU CARRIED. Ails, and N.Z. Cable Assn, and Reuter. (Received June 12. 3.45 p.m.) LONDON, June 11. An Italian official message stiites: Our artillery destroyed the onomy’s complex defence., at several points on »ho Asiago Plateau. Infantry attacks in tho. direction of Mounts Zehio and Forno carried the Angelo Pass on nearly the whole of Mount Ortigara. We repulsed enemy attacks southward of Castaguavizza. ,