THE WAR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16315, 23 February 1915, Page 6

THE WAR

LATER CABLES

THE EVELYN. ■ ■ I DETAILS DESIRED IN AMERICA. WASHINGTON, February 22. (Received Feb. 23, at 1.20 ajn.) Mr Bryan has asked Mr Page, United ttates Ambassador in England, and Judge i-rerai'd to supply details of the sinking of the Evelyn.

THE BOMB AT COLCHESTER.

A KITCHEN WRECKED. LONDON, February 22. (Received Feb. 25, at 0.30 a.in.) An aeroplane appeared at Braintree from the direction of London and proceeded to Colchester, where it dropped a bomb, which gave off dense fumes, close to a soldier's cottage, near the barracks. Fragments wrecked the kitchen, made a hole sft in diameter, and pieces of shrapnel were found 250 yards away.

THE DOWNSHIRE.

CREW LAND IN IRELAND.

LONDON, February 'SI. (Received Feb. 23, at 0.30 a.m.)

The Germans ordered the Dow.nshire's Irrew aboard the submarine. A bomb was attached to the Downshire amidships, and she sank in a couple of minutes. The crew afterwards re-embarked in their own boats, and landed at Dundrum, in County Down.

LABOUR DISPUTES

• COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION APPOINTED.

LONDON, February 22. (Received Feb. 23, at 0.30 a.m.)

The Government has appointed Messrs Askwith, C. A. Hopwood, and Sir George Gibb a tribunal to investigate disputes between employers and -workers for firms engaged in Government work during the •war. The principle laid down is that there must be no stoppage pending investigation.

Ten thousand engineers on the Clyde have struck for an increase of 2d an hour.

A DENIAL.

LONDON, February 22. (Received Feb. 23, at 1.20 a.m.) Mr Keir Hardie denies the Paris version of the Socialist Conference at London.

DANISH COPPER SMUGGLERS PUNISHED.

COPENHAGEN, February 22. (Received Feb. 23, at 1.20 a,m.) Three persons implicated in the copper smuggling for Germany were fined an aggregate of 17,000 kronen (about £940). THE KAISER'S THROAT.

HE DECLINES AN OPERATION. GENEVA, February 22. (Received Feb. 23, at 1.20 a.m.) Reports from Cologne state that his throat is causing the Kaiser great suffering. He refuses to undergo an operation, fearing that it might prevent his attendance at a critical juncture at the front. His irritability is more marked.

FIGHTING IN EAST PRUSSIA.

GERMAN ACCOUNTS DISCOUNTED,

IMPORTANT OPERATIONS IN GALICIA. PETROGRAD, February 22. (Received Feb. 23, at 1.20 a.m.) Experts believe that the German activity in East Prussia is a prelude to more important developments in Galicia, where a decisive blow is being prepared. Though the losses in East Prussia are heavy, they bear no Telation to the absurd stories published in Berlin. Great pressure by the Tenth Army compelled a'rapid turning movement, exposing the flank of the following corps, of which only isolated elements succeeded in escaping. The other corps of the Tenth Army fell back slowly, fighting valiantly and repulsing the German attack, inflicting heavy losses.

AUSTRIAN SUBMARINES,

AWAITING GERMAN ORDERS. GENEVA, February 22. (Received Feb. 23, at 1.20 a.m.) Advices from Innsbruck state that Austrian submarines are awaiting German orders to attack merchantmen in the Adriatic.

NAVAL JACKAL INTERNED.

BUENOS AIRES, February 22. (Received Feb. 23, at 0.30 a.m.) The Houlger, which landed the crews of the Kronprinz Wilhelm's victims, has been interned, as the Government is treating it as an armed cruiser which did not sail at the stipulated time.

JAPAN AND CHINA

ANOTHER PEKING RUMOUR. PEKING, February 22. ('Received Feb. 23, at 0.30 a.m.) Japan insists that China shall negotiate regarding the whole of her demands, while China is prepared to negotiate concerning 12. Yuan-shih-kai declines to discuss anything impairing China's sovereignty or other Powers' treaty rights.

AMERICAN PRESS AGITATION.

GERMAN INFLUENCE TRACED. WASHINGTON, February 22. (Received Feb. 23, at 0.30 a.m.)

A newspaper agitation is brewing over the form of the Japanese demands on China. It is believed to be a Teutonic attempt to stir up Japanophobia in America.