THE WAR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16259, 17 December 1914, Page 6

THE WAR

LATEST CABLES STILL FURTHER PROGRESS. PARIS, December 16. (Received Dec 17, at 2.10 a.m.) A heavy cannonade is proceeding between Armantieres and the- north-west of Lilk. the- enemy has been obliged to withdraw its guns a considerable distance eastward of their late poeSSon, The French to the southward of Lille are operating from a new point of advantage at Vermefles, and threaten the enemy's position at Lens. GOLD FOR PAPER A GERMAN APPEAL. AMSTERDAM, December 16. ■:'. (Received Dec. 17, at 2.10 a.m.) ■The general commanding at Munster, in Westphalia, has appealed to the burgheTS to exchange gold for paper in order to assist the war preparations, solemnly assuring them that they will lose nothing. The clergy have been requested to influence tie people in the same direction as a doty laid by God upon everybody\ THE GERMAN PEOPLE, SCATHING PRESS ARTICLE. WHAT THE NEW YORK TIMES SAYS WASHINGTON, December .'si. (Received Dec 17, at 1.50 a.m.) The New York Times has a seating article, declaring that Germany s doomed to defeat, is bankrupt in . statesmanship, is overmatched in ar«"« and Is under the moral condemnation of the dvinsed world. The article <■• -urges the German people to recognise the incompetence of the Kaiser's advisers and to overthrow him and them. OSTEND WITHOUT BREAD. POTATOES THE ONLY FOOD. AMSTERDAM, December 16. (Received Dec 17, at 1.50 a.m.) A report published in the Handelsblad states that Ostend has been without bread ainoe Monday week. Potatoes are the only food. Dairymen mast pay 10 franca daily for permission to sell milk. BULWARK EXPLOSION. ••.!•■. LONDON, December 16. (Received Dec. 17, at 2.10 a.m.) At- the inquiry into the loss of the Bulwark it was dear from the evidence of" eye-witnesses and a diver that no torpedoes or mines coold have been used. An examination proved that there was no external damage to the hull. Experts axe of.opinion that the exact cause of the accidental ignition of ammunition will never be known. A RED CROSS BLIND. " ')'■? AMAZING REVELATION. MEAT WORKS FOR GERMAN ARMY. ■ LONDON, December 16. ;.,. (Received Dec 17, at 1.50 a.m.) Mr Tinsley, the English director residing at Rotterdam, placed the Uranium Steamship Company's hotel at the disposal of the municipality at the outbreak of the war. Thereupon the building was transferred to the Red Cross Society for i the' reception of wounded. The authoriilajß are astounded that as the result of a police raid last week it was discovered .that the kitchens had been transformed into a meat preserving factory. Red Cross; cooks webre busy packing meat in boxes. Fifteen hundred contained stew, .ej^i'l2,ooo were empty, waiting for mince • meat prepared in accordance with the ; Germay army recipe. "- Apparently a meat packing company, Including the German manager of the Utanium Hotel and the Dutch manager of one of the Red Cross departments, carried on the business, the Red Cross /premises receiving quantities to the ordeT r.of Germany. .FINANCIAL POSITION IN UNITED STATED. WASHINGTON, December 16. (Received Dec 17, at 1.50 a-m.) The financial conditions in the United ,' States are approaching normal. Money ■is cheap, and the bank reserves are abundant. SEARCHING OF AMERICAN VESSELS. UNDERTAKING BY BRITAIN AND ..;■. FRANCE. WASHINGTON, December 16. (Received Dec. 17, at 1.50 a.m.) Sir C. A. Spring-Rice has notified the State Department that the British Govern--1 .oent is willing to forgo the right to eearch- vessels carrying American cargo, if shipmasters previous to their departure rhave conferred with British Consuls and satisfied them as to the nature of their cargoes. France has agreed to give similar as- . eurances.

PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL. LORD KITCHENER'S CONCESSION. • . . LONDON, December 17. (Beceived Dec. 17, at 2.10 a.m.) " <Lord Kitchener has arranged that professional footballers joining the army shall ' play -until the end of the season. .Thirty London professionals have joined 1 the new footballers' battalion belonging to the Middlesex "Regiment.