General War News

Southland Times, Issue 17658, 16 February 1916, Page 2

General War News

European Theatre RUSSIANS MAKE PROGRESS. NEAR EBZEBOUM ANN HAMADAN. (By Telegraph—Press Assni—Copyright) PETROGRAD, February 14. The communique states : We are progressing in the passes near Erzeroum in deep snow. Wc captured seven guns, and ammunition ,waggons. A violent explosion was observed in one of the Erzeroum forts. After our bombardment had dislodged the Turks from Khnyss wo occupied the town of Kliop. We occupied Euastehad, in the Hamadan region. The naval communique states : Our fleet silenced a portion of the shore batteries at Vitze, south-westward of Batoum, destroyed six bridges on the coast road, and sank eight sailers. ON THE WEST FRONT. GERMAN rr.ATTvre AMSTERDAM, February 14. The German communique states : North-west of Tahure we stormed and captured over seven hundred metres of French positions. Near the French frontier at Plirt we captured four hundred metres of trenches. The French counter-attacks were repulsed. ROUMANIA BEAST. STATE OP ARMED NEUTRALITY. PARIS, February 14. The Daily Review states that the mobilisation of Roumania has been completed by the calling up of the last class. The General Staff is completing the defences of the Carpathians and the banks of the Danube.’ The Bulgarian Minister at Bucharest endeavoured to show the Premier that Roumania ought to unite with Bulgaria and Germany and attack Russia, but M. Bratiano maintained that an armed neutrality was the most advantageous policy. INTERNED GERMAN STEAMERS. ORDERS TO DASH POR LIBERTY. NEW YORK, February 14. Two Gorman steamers, the Turpen and Bahrenfo.ld, escaped from Punta Arenas and Buenos Ayres respectively. All interned vessels have received orders to dash for liberty when possible. DUTCH SMUGGLER. PIRED AND DESERTED. AMSTERDAM, February 14. 'The Dutch motor boat Speculant, laden with rubber, waste, margarine, and linseed oil, ostensibly bound from Amsterdam to Groningen, was suspected of smuggling. She was followed by a patrol boat, and dodged about the Zuider Zee. Finally she was deserted after being set on fire. TRADE APTER THE WAR. LONDON., February 14. The Manchester Chamber of Commerce to-day discussed an after-war trade policy, based on three regulations. The first adheres to Freetrade, the second favours a tariff against AustroGerman goods, and the third suggests an Allied Imperial Conference to draw up an agreement for the commercial blockading of Austria and Germany for a definite period. , NORWEGIAN VESSEL LOST. LONDON, February 14. The Norwegian ship Alabama was torpedoed or mined. Her crew were picked up. 3BAID ON MILAN. LITTLE DAMAGE DONE. ROME, February 14. Enemy aeroplanes bombed Milan, and were subjected to a hot fire from antiaircraft guns. Squadrons of Italian aeroplanes counter-attacked the enemy, who fled. Six civilians were killed and some injured. The material was slight MUNITION WORHS DESTROYED. NEW YORK, February 14. The General Electric Company’s munition plant at Schenectady has been destroyed. The loss of life is not known. TURKEY AND GERMANY. LIVELY DISPUTES. PARIS, February 13. The Echo de Paris's Salonika correspondent states that there was a lively dispute between Enver Pasha and the German generals at the last war council. After the Turkish defeat in the Caucasus Enver Pasha vigorously insisted as Turkey had not asked for the German array’s help that Turkey ought to be left free to defend her own territory and demanded that part of the Turkish army in Thrace and Bulgaria should be transferred to the Caucasus. “We have been fighting nearly a year and a half while the Bulgarians have only just started. They alone should help the Central Powers against Salonika seeing we alone bore the brunt of the Dardanelles.” Despite Enver’s protests the German general insisted on keeping the Turks in Thrace.