LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5359, 17 February 1916, Page 5

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.

FINANCES OF FRANCE.

FAR FROM EXHAUSTED

ANOTHER LAIUiE CREDIT VOTE

(Received this day at 9 a m.) Paris, This Day. M. Ribot submitted to the Chamber the credit for the second quarter of 7,618,000 francs, whereof 6,333,000 is for war expenditure. .trT explanatory statement compares the financial situations at the end of 1914 and 1915, and mentions that the success of the war loian was due to the readiness of the country to deposit a large part o£ the savings to the Treasury. The advance’s account of the Bank of France had only increased by 1.175,000 millions. Other figures given show that the country's financial reserves are far from being exhausted.

PUNISHING THE ARABS

GOOD WORK BY BRITISH

DESERTIONS AND DEATH

London, Last Night. Mr Candler, the* correspondent writing from Basra on the 11th, states that the camp was a quagmire and heavi.y raine were being experieneed. The Arabs report that a number of then enemy died from cold and exhaustion in the January operations, while large numbers deserted. Tlie enemy are experiencing great transport, difficulty ’which in accentuated by the mtornipion of river communicaion at Kut. General Brook ing’s column on the seventh and ninth punish/d the Arabs near Nnsiriyah. killing 636.

BRITISH FLEET ABROAD

WHAT NORWEGIANS SAW

(Received this <lny-at 8.5 a.m.) London, This Day. A German wireless, quoting the Danish paper “Politiken,” states that •a Norwegian ship met during the week a large English fleet within the zone between Dogger Bank and the Norwegian isaist, consisting chiefly of squadrons of light cruisers. Norwegians also met English cruisers in the Atlantic, doubtless chn.sing > the Moewe.

AIIA BIS NOT A CRUISER

USED FOR DEFENCE SERV OCE.

(Receivid this day at 9 n.m.) London, This Day. .Ji German wireless now itcl.ni) I s ll«/t l.tio Arabia wjas not n cruiser, but a spociul vessel constructed for mining mid air defence services. Tim Cow totalled seventy-eight, and' tho of the vessel whs nixtosui knotSt The siiddcti conversion is amusing, as a, few hour* earlier a wireless bad boon el'nitiling that a sivondi cruiser bud boon torpedoed -.a claim I>asod on the fact <>f the British Admiralty’s admission of a mine-sweeper bjtving boon .sunk. Tbo wireless ,states that, a surgeon and three ol tbo Arabia’ crew died aftei rescue from tbo effects of Jong immersion.

TURKS CLAIM SUCCESSES. DISPERSE THE BRITISH.

Amsterdam. This Day. A Turkish Communque claiag: On the Irak front successful attacks were made against the British. At Bathia the enemy tied and abandoned all material and five hundred dead. A small enemy detachment which surrendered ' was almost annihilated. In our attack on Kurnu the enemy suffered heavy losses. Hostile auxiliary forces which attempted to relieve the Briitish were forced to retreat. The Pres sßureau states that the correct account of the incident covered by the Turkish communique appeared in the War Office communique cabled on the 11th. RIGHT TO ARM MERCHANTMEN CONCEDED BY AMERICA. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.' London, This Day. Reuter's Washington correspondent says America concedes the Entente’s right to arm merchantmen for defensive purposes, and disapprove the German intention to torpedo. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTS. INESSENTIALS INCLUDED. (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) London. This Day. A proclamation prohibits the importation, except under license, of paper, paper-making materials, periodicals exceeding sixteen pages (except single cppies post-wise), also tobacco, cagare, cigarettes, furniture, woods, and hard-woods. Another-proclamation prohibits British vessels starting on any voyage without' a license. ERZBROUM TOTTERING. SEVEN MORE FORTS LOST. (Received this day at 9.50 a.m.) Petrograd. This Day. Seven more forts at Eraeroum have been captured. HUNGARIAN ACTRESS SHOT. ALLEGED SPY FOR BRITAIN. (Received this day at 9.50 a.m.) New York. This Day Information has been received by local Hungarians that the famous Hungarian actress. Sari Petrass, was executed at Budapest as a Brtish spyIt is alleged she obtained military secrets trom Austro-Hungarian officers and forwarded them to England. Some letters were intercepted and one of her dupes confessed.

PLOT AGAINST CHURCHES. DISCOVERED IN CHICAGO. (Received this day at 9.50 a.m.) Chicago. This Day. Reports state that a. sequel to a recent banquet to a visiting Roman Catholic Bishop, when three hundred guests suffered from eating poisoned soup, the police claim to have discovered a plot to destroy the buildings. clergy and laity of twelve cities of the United States. The police seized the correspondence of John AJlegrin and Jean Crones, two memlters of an alleged committee of fifteen, who were leading the plot and included descriptions of the bombs to wreck five buildings and kill ichurch-goers. The plans to destroy the churchee pointed to forty Chicago churches where fires have occurred in the last few years. and a recent attempt to blow up the State Penitentiary.