SEVERE CONDEMNATION, IN PARLIAMENT

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 566, 2 December 1915, Page 7

SEVERE CONDEMNATION, IN PARLIAMENT

SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURES IN THE AMERICAN CONSPIRACY CASE

To-day V cables , contain a cheerful speech«by Mr Bonar Law/ who states that Britain is slowly, but inexorably, moving* to victory, having nothing, to fear on the west front. The jJorthclifiTe Press campaign in Britain was the subject of severe condemnation during a discussion in the House of Commons. The success of the British blockade in the Baltic Sea is reported to have caused a panic amongst German shipping. In the eastern theatre the Germans on the Riga front are now said to be acting Strictly on the defensive. During his speech at the opening of the Rumanian Parliament the King was shouted down by Opposition members with cries of "Down with Germany!" ■„ Further details are to hand of German intrigue in Persia. Sensational disclosures have been made by the managing director of the Hamburg-Amerika Line in the conspiracy charge against the company. - A German report states that the Serbians in their retreat have done tremenous damage to a highly important railway. The Italians and Austrians are said to be engaged in bitter fighting iii the vicinity of Gorizia.