THE EUROPEAN WAR.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XX, Issue 5191, 20 July 1915, Page 5

THE EUROPEAN WAR.

SECOND EDITION.

AUSTRIAN OFFICERS KILLED. 120 G SINCE WAR WITH ITALY. Electric Telearaoh— Press Association. Copyright. (Received this day at noon). , , Rome, This Day. since the beginning of the war w tb Italy twelve hundred Austrian officers including three Generals have been killed. ANARCHY IN CONSTANTINOPLE. SCARCITY OF SUPPLIES. IMPENDING RUIN REALISED. . ... , Rome, This Day. Ihe Giornale DitaJia states that refugees bring alarming news of the Ottoman situation. The troops at Adrianople revolted and refused to go toCdistant!nople, which they call the Turkish soldiers' tombs. ’’Enver Pasha was summoned to restore order. A plot was discovered against Enyer and tile Germans, as a result of which fifty officers raid ,soldiers were shot or» lhursdav without trial. Anarchy reigns at Constantinople. 1 mate houses have been requisitioned tor the wounded. The price of bread is inflated. Coal is scarce thus hindering navigation. There is a shortage of doctors and medical requisites. The persecution of Armenians and foreigners continues. The Committee of Union Progress, seeing the impending ruin, is sending emissaries to Egype. Tunis and Libya for the purpose of fomenting crime. four VESSELS TORPEDOED. BY BRITISH SUBMARINE. . Sofia. This Day. Constantinople advices state that a British submarine .sank the steamer Btsza on the Asiatic side of the Scoot Marmora, also two lighters and a steamer, which were unloading in. Haidar-Pasha harbour. A torpedo missed a steamer loading at lophaneb Quay and damaged two hundred vards erf the wharfing. NO FOOTBALL COMPETITIONS. London. This Day. The Football Association has decided that there shall be no competitions or international match and no remuneration for pJayens. COAL TROUBLE IN N.S. WALES. Sydney. This Dav. The Metropolitain Colliery. Hel'ensburgh. surface hands refused to work underground at the same rates as outside. Five hundred men are idle. TRADING WITH THE ENEMY. Sydney, This Day. Allred George Berwin. managing director of the Berwin Company, was fined two hundred pounds for attempting to trade with the enemy. SOCIETY WORKS FOR PEACE. London, This Day. In reply to a question whether an organisation, styled the “Union of Democratic Control,” wa k carrying on an anti-recruiting campaign, 'and uibo aimed at stopping the war ami whether -he had reason to believe its expenses were defrayed by Germany, Sir Edward Carson said the organisation d.d not interfere with recruiting. Itv avowed object was to secure a peace settlement on a permanent: basis. The Government had no information who was financing it excepu by • members' subscriptions.