THE GERMAN ADVANCE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11473, 27 February 1918, Page 5

THE GERMAN ADVANCE.

A RAPID PENETRATION. GREAT BOOTY CAPTURED. London, Fob. 25. A German wireless message says: The Hying detachment which occupied Dorpat covered over 300 miles in five and a half days. The whole staff of the Russia special array at Eovno fell into our hands. The commander-in-chief iied. We established contact with the Urkainian troops at Wotomir. We occupied Pernan, where an Esthoniau battalion placed itself under the German command. Wo occupid Dorpat, and took 0000 prisoners and hundreds of automobiles. In the south wo have reached Jitorn ir.

TH£ USE OF POISON GAB. A RUMOUR DENIED. London, Feh. 25. Mr Bonnr Law, in the House of Commons, denied that Germany had officially suggested giving up poison gas. He added that such a suggestion might he regarded merely as a blind. THE GERMAN IN AMERICA. A MILLIONAIRE ARRESTED. Renter. ..New York, Feb. 25. Eugene Schwerdt, the millionaire wool merchant, lias been arrested on a charge of being a Gorman agent ami ha will be interned. It is stated that he conspired to corner all the wool in America for Germany iand that ho holds £(500,000 worth of wool stored at Washington, REVELATIONS FROM WASHINGTON. " Washington, Feb. 25. The authorities have issued a statement, showing that the former editor of the newspaper Tne Gaelic American, directed an attempted shipment of German supplies to tiro Sinn Feiners prior to Casement’s arrest. Secret service agents seized a letter and advised the British, who were thereby able to capture a ship hound for Ireland. The authorities have also published a German letter which was circulated in the Spanish army urging the closer relationship of the Spanish and German armies, and endeavouring to prevent the Spanish merchants from supplying the American forces in France.