LATE CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XL, Issue 12688, 5 November 1915, Page 4

LATE CABLES.

iBY KI.KCTRic TK'I.KUK Arj •• LUI'YHHJIIT.J I'Ell I'ltßSa ASMOCI'TIIIN FEEDING BELGIUM. Received November 5, at 12.25 p.m. London,.November 4. The Lord Mayor is appealing to the peoples or the Empire for 3 million sixpences to enable three million destitute Belgians in Belgiuin to be fed on Alberts fete day, the loth. THE ARGYLL WRECK. Received November 5, at 12.25 p.m. London, November 4. iJr Macnamara. in the. House ot Commons said lie feared that- the sAlvage of the Argyll would be impossible. INDEMNITY FOR THE RAIDS. Received November 5, at 12.25 p,ni. London, November 4. In replv to Sir A- B. Markham. who asked Mr Asquith whether he would inform the German Government that German capital at the conclusion of the war wouki be utilised to pay indemnity for air raids and compensation to dependents killed, Mr .Asquith said he was not at present prepared to notify Germany beforehand what procedure lie would adopt. SOUTH AFRICAN REBELS. Received November 5, at 12.25 p,ni. iLoiirJon., November 4. Mr Botha at Potchefstrom said that the case of imprisoned rebels would be considered on their merits. A general amnesty would be impossible, so- long as the spirit of rebellion prevailed. Be adumbrated drastic measures against School-teachers fostering tlie spirit or rebellion among scholars. Mr Smuts said although the German flag flew in East Africa, he hoped it would soon disappear altogether.

THE GREEK CRISIS. Received November 5, at 11.55 a.m. Athens, -November 4. M. Venizelos, before the vote, declared that it would be impossible for the Liberals to support tlio Government, whose policy: would be fatal ,to the country's interests. • : * Rome, November 4.

M. Zaimis' resignation has caused intense satisfaction in Italian political circles.

CAPTURED GERMAN SUBMARINE. Amsterdam, November 4. A Dutch lifeboat lias towed, to Terschelling (in the North Sea) a German submarine, which sent up rockets. Two British torpedoers escorted the submarine to an anchorage, where they guarded her. LANDING AT SALONICA. London, November' 4. The landing of French troops at Salonica continues withcmt incident-.

IN EASTERN THEATRE. . Petrograd reports that on the Dvinsk the Russians captured- two strong heights near the village of Platonooka, capturing 500 prisoners. The Austrian® at a crossing : of the Pulitovka, were thrown back and the bridges were destroyed.

THE WESTERN STRUGGLE. West of Olexinetz .a bayonet attack captured enemy trenches. The Germans attacked, after a hurricane of fire, the village of Demikorsky, and we drove the enemy back, taking 5000 prisoners. In the Somme enemy minefields were overturned.

In the Champagne, after a bombardment with asphyxiating shells, tue enemy attacked a farm at Chaussons, only capturing portions of our advance trenches at Hill 199. There were everywhere repulsed with considerable loss. There were lively grenade combats during the night in the trenches on the route front Lille to south-east of Neuville St. , Vaa.st. At the same time there was violent artillery fighting. ; Paris, November 4": -

■ A communique states: A rapid' and rigorous attack enabled us to re-occupy the bulk of the advanced trenches on. the Chasse Farm district of Champagne. and the enemy was driven out, notwithstanding desperate resistance and .sp ray in gs of liquid fire.

TO WINTER ON GALLIPOLL Received. November 5, at 1.30 p.m. Amsterdam, November 4. Tlie Lokalanzeiger's correspondent at Constantinople states that •well-in-formed -circles are of opinion that the British intend wintering at Gallipoli, an-d do not intend to abandon the peninsula.

GREEK CRISIS.

. Athens, November 4.; The immediate cause of the crisis'was a_ remark by M. Yandkitsas, n-Mcli M. Venizelos. considered an insult to cho Chamber, a.nd : insisted on an immediate apology. Thereupon M. Zaimis declared the Government's solidarity with the Minister of-'War. ; New .York, November 4. i M. Venizelos, in an interview with a Chicago Tribune representative, said : "It is our duty to enter into tlio war as a moral obligation to Servia, to prevent Bulgarian- predominance and to protect the ideal of small nations against the idea of a single great State. • .Greece has all to gain by che Allies' victory.

Athens, November 4. f M. Zaimis' resignation l?as boon ulaced in the hands of the King. The House of Deputies made a demonstration in honor of M. Venizelos.