GENERAL CABLES

Taihape Daily Times, 19 February 1918, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

LABOUR AND THE WAR. A WORKERS’ CONFERENCE. Received 8.50. PARIS, Feb 18. Mr. Arthur Henderson, interviewed, said: We bad smoothed many difilcuties with France and Italy. We • agreed a workers’ conference was necessary in order to act simultaneously with the Conference of Governments. Only thus would it be possible to secure the people’s peace. International co-operation must replace international aggression, SINN FEIN BOMB OUTRAGE. AERODROME RAIDED, EoeeiVED 9.30. LONDON, February IS. A large band of Sinn Feinners, armed with gelignite bombs, attacked Drimmoleague police barracks, in ' County Cork. One bomb was thrown into the sergeant’s bedroom, and exploded with terrific force. Thirty-five disguised Sinn Feiner cyclists raided an aerodrome on Saturday night, and aimed a revolver at the watchman while all papers and plans were stolen. HONOURS FOR COLONIALS. Received 9,10. LONDONN, February 18. I Distinguished Service Order has been awarded to Lieut. E. W. Dixon, ! (Anzac Camel Corps), Military Cross I to Lieuts. F. S. Cornett, (Machine Gun | Squadron), L, C. Mittoh (Anzac Camel j Corps), L. W. Sutherland (Flying ! Corps). Fifteen Australians and two New Zealanders were awarded the | Distinguished Conduct Medal. | ! THE BOLO TRIAL. | A TERRIBLE INDICTMENT. I I PARIS, February 17, j The closing scene of Bolo’s trial was j that in which the Public Prosecutor : made a terrible peroration. He said Ihe would like,to see others in the dock beside Bolo; .'but he Was the go-be- . tween in all this abominable machination. The only possible punishment was a firing" squad at Versailles/ France and the Allies were awaiting ( the verdict. It must not be said that a | Frenchman who took twelve million I francs to betray Franco was not shot, i without a shadow of anxiety or a shaj dow of emotion. “With all my love i°£ m 7 country, I call you to sentence 8010 to death. ’ ’ \ GERMANY'S WAR LOSSES. j . Received 10.50, I NEW YORK, Feb IS. - . | The New . York World’s- Paris correspondent says exhaustive enquiries I show the German losses during the j war total 4,225,000 men, including two I and a-half million dead. The present j German effectives are estimated at 4,800,000.