AUSTRIAN ATROCITIES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11479, 6 March 1918, Page 5

AUSTRIAN ATROCITIES.

SHOOTING ITALIAN PRISONERS. MASSACRED IN GROUPS. t • , Rome, March 5. According to the Volta agency the Austrians have court-martialleU and -shot hundreds of prisoners. Groups are now shot daily in the Lavine Valley.

A FAVOURITE OP THE POPE. RECEIVES A MEDALLION. Berne, March 4. The Pope has sent the King of Bavaria a medallion, representing the Madonna, studded with diamonds and'jother gems. The Nuncio in presenting it described it as a gift and token of the Pope’s special .friendship.

'TO CAPTURE ENEMY TRADE. AN EXHIBITION OPENED. United Service. London, Ma'ch u. The Foreign Samples Department of overseas trade has opened an exhibition in London of over fifteen thousand samples of enemy goods, collected since the war, with the object of showing British manufacturers the exact nature of enemy trade with various parts of the Empire and other countries. The department has secnred a vast quantity of valuable information relative to enemy trade. The markets are represented by samples and include practically every part of the Empire North xlmerica, China and Siam and others will bo added. Manufacturers are allowed every facility for study.