FRANCE’S TRIBUTE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3205, 18 August 1915, Page 21

FRANCE’S TRIBUTE.

GOD’S ACRE. PARIS, August 14. The Chamber of Deputies has passed a Bill to secure ground for cemeteries for the Allies. M. Millerand, in introducing the Bill, said that in offering last resting-places for these heroes France" was paying a striking tribute to the bravery of the Britons and Belgians. SUPPOSED PRINCE KILLED. ROTTERDAM, August 14. During recent fighting an officer, believed to be a prince, was killed. The body was taken in a motor car to Ghent, and was followed by officers' of high rank. COAL FOR FRANCE. PARIS, August 14. A semi-official Note, allaying anxiety over the British prohibition of the export of coal, explains that a French official has been appointed to the British Exports Committee, and Britain has given assurances that the French needs will not suffer in the slightest. GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED. PARIS, August 14. Official : The enemy attacked along the whole front of the Marie Therese sector, but was everywhere repulsed with appreciable losses. FRENCH MINING SUCCEEDS. PARIS, August 15. Official : In Artois we destroyed by mining some of the enemy’s advanced works. An ammunition depot blew up in the enemy’s lines.

ADVICE TO GERMANS. AMSTERDAM, August 13. The Germans have established three asphyxiating bomb factories in Belgium. The German authorities advise all German civilians in Belgium to repatriate themselves, with a view to escaping suffering during the winter.