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Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 378, 27 April 1915, Page 10

LATE NEWS

LATEST WAE NEWS. LONDON, April 36. Official: One Canadian officer was killed and four wounded. The Bight Hon. A. J. Balfour, speaking at the Bechstein Hall, said it -was clear that the enemy's position is far less strong, morally and materially,- than it was at the beginning of the war. It was a great thing to have checked the tide of invasion, but until the final consummation was reached the efforts of the mechanic at Home and the soldier abroad must not be relaxed. "Our gratitude is due," he added, "not only to the leaders of our troops, but unnumbered, nameless heroes on whose work ultimately depended the efficacy of all that had been done in Flanders and France, and to whom, in truth and reality, we should owe our freedom from that military nightmare under which Europe and the world groans." PARIS, April 26. "Le Temps's" Dedcagatch correspondent ' states that King Ferdinand- has granted aai amnesty to all officers sentenced after the Balkan wars. He proceeded with the Grand Dukes Boris and Cyril of Russia to Dedcagatch after inspecting the garrisons at Xanthi and Gamuljina and congratulating the commandants on the fine appearance of the troops. Great political importance is attached to the journey. COPENHAGEN, April 26. The skipper of a vessel which has arrived at Esbjorg reports having soen during the last two days 30 German torpedo boats in the North Sea. NEW YOKK, April 26. The whole of tho Press douounces Ger- > many' s resort to the use of asphyxiating \ gases, and retaliation by the Allies is freely ■* anticipated, though the necessity for it is dcvplored. The "Tribune" states: "The first 'iuty of civilisation after the war will be to chain down such instincts of barbarity as Getmany has shown and create international treaties arraying all neutrals against any belligerent descending to foul and forbidden , methods' of warfare. \ \ \ i \ V '■■; %: