"GERMANY WANTED WAR"

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 205, 5 October 1916, Page 5

"GERMANY WANTED WAR"

" AND SHE IS GETTING IT " HcOLOJE REPINGTON'S OPINIONS A CHAPTER OF GERMAN MISTAKES ANOTHER JUTLAND BATTLE PREDICTED ASTOUNDING FRANK GERMAN ADMISSION UNDER-ESTIMATED BRITISH NAVAL POWER BRUSSILOFF'S GREAT OFFENSIVE MOVING

DUMMY GERMAN SOLDIERS GUARD THE DUTCH FRONTIER. NOT ENOUGH REAL ONES. Reeieved 8.50. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 4. Germans have reduced sentinels jaarding the Dutch frontier from one in jvery 100 metres to one in every 1000. [hey have also, with a view to frightsiring away would-be smugglers and delerters to the enemy, used dummy solaiers, arranging them 50 metres apart Mi a portion of the front,, which disuppeax at daybreak. At one section of the frontier there are cavalrymen only. These steps are believed to indicate a jreat lack of men. * A r<>yal decree in Hungary orders all deputies on leave to attend the session md rejoin the army immediately. GERMANY'S PEACE METHODS. Reeieved 8.50. LONDON, October 4. A correspondent at Lausanne states there is almost a famine in Belgium,, there being no meat, butter, fish, or potatoes. The Germans'wishing to i&' auce the Belgians to demand peace.. f - _ BRITAIN'S MAN POWER. THE MOST SERIOUS QUESTION. LONDON, October 4. Reeieved 8.50. Sir Edward Carson writes in the London Times that man power is the most serious question confronting the "War Office. There are 650,000 men of military age in Ireland, under 120,000 have enlisted. More Ulsterites have enlisted than the whole of the remaining provinces. Britain will probably be compelled to revise and extend the Military Act in the near future. Men are essential at whatever east. What will Australia and Canada say to shirking in Ireland by men who refuse to hearken to the call of Irishmen in the trenches? SUBMARINES AND THE LAW. AH ALLIED MEMORANDUM TO NEUTRAL NATIONS LONDON, October 4. The Allied Government's memorandum addressed to the Governments of certain neutral maritime States urges that the principles of the law of nations>applying to submarines is affected Dy special novel considerations, therefore any place supplying a submarine •warship far from the base becomes a "base of naval operations. The Allies are of opinion that submarines should be excluded from the benefit of the rules of the law of nations regarding admission and sojourn in neutral Powers' ■waters, and that a belligerent submarine entering a neutral port should be detained. The Allies warn neutrals of danger to their submarines which frequently venture into the war area. DOOMED. THE GREEK CABINET. ATHENS, October 4 In view of the Allies' representation, the fate of the Calogeropoulis Cabinet is regarded as sealed. Five commandants and numerous ■ officers and cadets of the military col lege have joined the National movement NORWEGIAN STEAMERS TORj PEDOED. I NORWAY BECOMING ANGRY •- CHBISTIANIA, Oct 3. " TMif torpedoing of five Norwegian Steamers to-day has increased bitterness against Germany Newspapers dejnand the more stringent closing of territorial waters against submarines.

VANISHED ARROGANCE. OF THE GERMAN JUNKERS KAISER'S PRAYER FOR HELP AMSTERDAM, Oct. 3. -The change in the tone of German Imperialists is most noticeable. At the Kaiser's banquet in honour of Gjeneral Von Byindenburg's birthday he prayed for God's help to secure that freedom which the Central Alliance is fighting for. JOINED THE ALLIES. GREEK TORPEDO BOAT. COMMANDER'S DARING R.jSE. LONDON, (Jet. 3. The "Times" correspondent at Athens states that Lieut. Bumbules, commander of the torpedo-boat Thetis, executed a daring manoeuvre when the Government, suspecting his loyalty, ordered his boat to be towed to the arsenal. Lieut. Bumbules, pretend ing that he needed to raise steam to bring up his anchors, went at full speed out of the harbour and joined the Allied fleet. GREEKS IN CAIRO. REPUDIATE THEIR KING. VENIZELOS THEIR LEADER. LONDON, Oct. S. The "Times" in Cairo states that the Greek colony unanimously adhered to M. Venizelos, and repudiated King Constantine. COLONEL REPINGTON CONFIDENTLY REVIEWS THE SITUATION ',GERMANY WANTED WAR." "AND SHE IS HAVING IT." (Received 9.50) LONDON, Oct. 4. Colonel Repington states ,the culminating point in German victories was reached in the autumn of 1915. They then lacked sufficient sense to try and finish Russia, or to attempt peace negotiations. Subsequently, they expended their last vigour on Verdun, and now t-hey are compelled to admit they are on the down grade, by permitting the Allies' offensives on all fronts. Moreover, we have not arrived at our maximum strength. Our losses are made good; our guns are increasing daily, and our ammunition supply is exceeding the consumption. Not even the German censorship is able to silence .the anguished wail over the best hammering the Prussians have had since Ligny, but the Somme offen sive is child's play compared with what is coming when BVitain and Itus sia -have attained their full strength. Germany wanted war, and she is having it. GERMANY HARD UP. EMPRESS' GOLD TRINKETS. GO INTO MELTING POT. (Received 10.50) NEW YORK, Oct. 4. The seriousness of the financial situation in Germany is emphasisecr by a dispatch from Berlin, stating that the Empress has ordered all dispensable articles of gold in the Court Treasury, not possessing historic value, to be donated to the collection of gold' articles for the purpose of increasing Germany's monetary gold supply. Many members of the Courare following the Empress 7 example.

. JAPANESE CABINET RESIGNS . OVER THE CHINA QUESTION Recieved 8.50. TOKYO, October 4. Cabinet is resigning over the China problem. Kato or Terauchi will succeed. SIXTY MILLION LOAN. AMERICA TO CHINA. (Received 9.40) WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. An American loan .of sixty millions to China will be concluded, provided the construction of 1500 miles of railway is let to American contractors — CRETE UNDER NATIONAL GOVERNMENT EVERYTHING WORKING SMOOTHLY MORE CONVERTS TO PARTY. LONDON, Oct. 4. Mr Jeffries, at Canea, says the provisional Government in Crete is work ing ! smoothly. Judicial authority has been restored. A Venizelist force before dawn yesterday sailed for Samos Island, determined to attack and subdue it if necessary. The garrison of Samos surrendered. The officers were disarmed. The police have joined the Nationalists. ONLY TWO CABINET MINISTERS LEFT. NATIONAL MINISTRY TO BE CONSTRUCTED LONDON, Oct. 3. The "Daily Chronicle's" Athens correspondent says all members of the Cabinet except the Premier and M. Carapanos (Foreign Minister), have resigned. It is understood that when the resignations are accepted M. Calogerspoulos will reconstruct the Ministry on national lines. MACEDONIA FIGHTING. GENERAL PROGRESS BY ALLIES. LONDON, Oct. 4. A French official message from Salonika says: In consequence of Serbian victories in the Kajmackalan region, the Bulgarians abandoned positions on the Starkovgreb river at Brod. They appear to be retreating northwards. The Serbians occupied Sovio. The French occupied Petorac and Vrbenie. The British, on the right, captured Janikoi, east of the Struma. GERMANY'S NERVOUSNESS. AFRAID OF DENMARK. LONDON, Oct 3. The "Daily Telegraph's" Copenhagen correspondent instances the nervousness of Germany by stating that all vulnerable points in pro-Dan-ish districts in Schleswig are extremely billetted by Germans. There are many troops at Skovby, Abkjaer, Branzzstry and Loftelund. Subterranean concrete chambers have been con structed on the northernmost defensive line. CANADIAN BRIDGE COLLAPSED OVERLOADED WITH TRAMCARS. (Received 9.40) VANCOUVER, Oct. 4. A bridge collapsed at Cleveland, owing to being overloaded with tramcars. Fifty people were killed. . FROM PINSK TO ROUMANIA. BRUSILOFF MAKING- GREAT ATTACK GOOD HEADWAY RECORDED. LONDON, Oct. 4. There is heavy fighting on Vie whole Russian front from the Pinsk marshes to Roumania. BVussiloff has apparently resumed his general offensive. He is clearly aiming at Lemberg, and is making steady headway. MACKENSEN IN DIRE PERIL. ALLIES WORKING TOGETHER. LONDON, Oct. 3. British and French war critics attribute great importance to Roumania crossing of the Danube. They opine that this places Mackensen in dire peril. Marcel Hutin, in the "Echo de Paris" states that the crossing took place 32 miles south of Bucharest. The Roumanians annihilated and put to flight Bulgarian advance troops. Artillery was brought up and protected 1 communications on both banks to 1 enable the passage of troops and supply convoys. Allied airmen continue to zealously preserve communication between General Sarrail and Genera'? • Zeeton.

GATHERING GOLD. SMALLEST OFFERING THANKFULLY RECEIVED (Received 11.30) COPENHAGEN, Oct. 4. ' Urgent appeals are being made to Germans to give up gold coins, jewellery and ornaments. The "Tageblatt" reports that the Empress is sending the Imperial family's ornaments to the Reichstag, and the wealthy ladies are following her example. TRENCH CAPTURE IMPORTANT TRENCH. PARIS, October 4. A communique says: A localised attack on each side of the Peronne-Bap-/aume road gained us an important trench north of Rancourt. Tbere is general reciprocal artillerying'south of the Soniine. PUSHING BULGARS BACK. ' FINE WORK BY THE BRITISH LONDON, October 4. Mr Ward Price, at Salonika, says that on Saturday the British crossed tho Struma in strong force. Their objectives were the twin villages of Karadjabala asd Karadjazir. The first was surprised and captured in two hours with very few casualties. The other required a furious assault. Our success was followed by a series of furious counter attacks. We prdsonered 300. The killed and wounded were 2000. The British went into action carrying 200 rounds, two days' rations, and pick and shovel. Their most difficult task was to cross a mile of shell pounded country between Bala and Zir which ' was enfiladed on both sides by machine guns in the Bulgarians' trenches. These I were fired desperately until the attackers were upon the Bulgarians, who then flung down their arms, scrambled on the parapets and met the attackers with raised hands. The Britishers dashed through the burning villages and seized trenches beyond where they beat off counter attacks for two days. ITALIAN SUCCESSES ATHENS, Oct. 4. The Italians occupied Santi Guaranta, Del Vino, and Argyro Castro. IMPORTANT CAPTURES BY ITALIANS ROME, Oct. 4. A communique says: Climbing under enemy fire up precipitous gullies at the head of Asmon Bren valley, we captured the second peak of Colbricon. Another force at Carnia, by an outflanking movement, captured a peak 2776 metres high, near Pizzocollina. The enemy abandoned arms and ammunition. Semi-official. —The capture of the second summit of Colbricon is important, as an enemy trench hitherto prevented any advance towards the bottom of the Travignolo valley. Italian troops caused the enemy to hastily abandon ten strongly organised entrenchments and retreat along tne northern slopes, pursued by the fire of the Italian batteries. Many dead were found in the captured position. AUSTRALIA AND CONSCRIPTION. BIG ANTI-CONSCRIPTION MOVEMENTS. SYDNEY, Oct 4. The anti-conscriptionists refused to face the weather, and the proposed stop-work demonstration in the Domain fizzled out. Later, a meeting in the Town Hall, attended by 5000, unanimously demanded the withdrawal of the proclamation. MELBOURNE, Oct. 4. Forty thousand Unionists assembled on fee Yarra bank and passed a motion against conscription. The Senate, after an all-night discussion on Senator Mullan's amendment, further adjourned. ~_< ; .- % SIR E. SHACKLETON , SANTIAGO (CHILI), Oct. 4. Sir Ernest Shackleton has decided not to go to England. He will proceed : to Australia to command the expedi- ! tion to rescue the ten members of the j party who remain with scanty provisions on the west side of the South Polar continent, where they were stranded when the Aurora carried away. Sir Ernest Shackleton expects to reach Australia on November 25. ANOTHER JUTLAND BATTLE. . NEUTRAL DIPLOMAT'S OPINION. GERMAN CONFIDENCE TONIC. Received 9.40. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. A neutral diplomat declares that before the winter is over there wall be a terrfic naval action in the North Sea. The Allies' drive has caused criticism in Berlin, and the German Cabinet, wishing to strengthen confidence, will precipitate another Jutland battle.

ROUMANIAN COMMUNIQUE BUCHAREST, Oct. 3. A communique says: Fighting continues in the Guirghiol Haghitzce mountains. We prisonered many and captured much material during the enemy retreat towards Caului. Our counter attacks in the mountains on the right bank of the Alt are progress ing. The enemy are making isolated attacks in the Jusil valley, and violently attacking the Mont AbrocaPetroseny region. W T e repulsed an attack at Orsova. Our attacks in the Dobrudja continue violently on fee whole front. The enemy is stubbornly resisting. GERMANY'S DISASTROUS MISTAKES. NOW FORCED TO ADMIT MARVELLOUS GERMAN FRANKNESS. Received 9.40. LONDON, October 4. Correspondence from Amsterdam states that the German press is pointing out that the campaign which smashed Servia and opened up Constantinople has caused Germany to under-estimate the influence of British sea power in a Continental war. The Tagg Zeitung declares that Germany is now realising how British sea power holds the Allies together,, enabling a victorious prosecution of the war. The Volk Zoitung similarly commenting, adds, Germans never rightly estimated the strength of the British Empire; now, unfortunately, they are compelled to do so. THE COMBLES .INFERNO. LONDON, Oct. 4. The Daily Chronicle's Paris correspondent says a German non-commis-sioned officer who was prisonered at Combles relates that his battalion's losses were heavy before reaching Combles, the only road being swept by shells. Once inside the fortress they were reassured, for it seemed absolutely impregnable. Subterraneas passages had only two exits. The British artillery,, with devilish precision, shelled the exits "We were practically buried alive. For two days the deluge of shells continued; nothing can describe it. The earth trembled, Our men were in a state of fearful excitement. Half were unable to do anythng but weep. A few tried to escape, but were never seen again. Our officers affected calmness, but they were more terrified at heart than we. Soon our provisions ceased tc arrive. For two days more the awful bombardment continued. Above us everything was ablaze. The heat was suffocating. Ten comrades were dead from nervous shock. Then the assault came. We defended ourselves to the last, but could not withstand the British fury. We were crushed in bloody hand to hand fighting, and surrendered." LATE SOMME BATTLES. DAY BY DAY ACCOUNT A RAPID BRITISH ADVANCE (Received 11.45) LONDON, Oct. 4. General Haig reports that Eaucourt la Abbaye is entirely in our hands. There was considerable night shelling on the front southward of the Ancre. Heavy rain fell in the morning. A further despatch reviews fee recent fighting and pays tribute to English and overseas troops in their unrelaxing pressure. They behaved with the discipline and resolution of veterans. It is now possible to give a fuller account of the fighting succeeding the advance on the 15th, that advance which won Courcelette, Martinpuich, Highwood, Flers, Boulteaux .Wood, and created several minor salients on our front, and it became necessary to advance our line between feem. This was the task of the succeeding week. We carried a quadrilateral work on the 18th. A redoubt of considerable strength and tactical importance successfully resisted attack on the 15th, thereby limiting the extent of our successes on our right flank. The weather was wet and stormy between the 19th and 21st. We captured two lines of trenches on the 22nd, enlarging the advance between Flers and Martinpuich, and we gained ground eastward of Cource lette on the 23rd. By evening of fee 24th we had completed preliminaries for the next stage of the general advance on the 25th. From Combles to Martinpuich the country is gently undulating. The villages in this area are surrounded by ti*ees. They were natural strongholds, fortified by every resource of modern engineering. [We carried Les B'oufs and Morval on the 25th, advancing our line over a mile. The capture of Morval and combined trench pressure south virtually isolated Combles, which fell next day as a result of a combined Anglo-French movement.

WHAT ARE GERMANS DOING? ARE THEY WITHDRAWING ? GERMAN PROTEST AGAINST MASSACRE. LONDON, Oct. 4. Mr Gibbs says the German plans on. the Somme are puzzling. It looks as if the Germans are making a- gradual withdrawal masked by sharp counterblows to cheek the quickness of our advance. Not many Germans were left alive in the first and second trenches at Defaul in the old monastery at Eaucourt. It was heaped with corpses of those kiled during the twelve hours' bombardment. Most of the enemy-j-an at the approach of the British bayonets. The Germans appear to be strong at Le Sars and a little quadrilateral redoubt near by. The enemy's losses arc fearsome. Men cry out against the massacre, blaming the commanders of the air service and artillery for the awful state. BRITISH PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY. LONDON, October 4. Sir Douglas Haig reports: Heavy rain fell last night and the early part of this morning". Fighting near Eaucourt I'Abbaye is proceeding satisfactorily.