IN THE WEST

Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1915, Page 5

IN THE WEST

THE MELTING POT. BUILDING UP FRENCH GOLD . RESERVE. Received Sept. 5, 3.10 p.m. Paris, Sept. 4. The French mint is accepting gold jewels and keepsakes for the melting pot. Though the result is slight, it will help to swell the volume of gold in the Bank of France's vault, which the Daily Telegraph describes as a solid cube, exceeding eleven feet. BEFORE THE WAR. i VIOLATION OF FRENCH TERRITORY. Received Sept 5, 3.30 p.m. Paris, Sept. 4. A Swiss newspaper has published the story of a German soldier, a participator in a cavalry patrol on the French territory on August 2, 1914. A service order instructed the lieutenant commanding the patrol to break the French frontier toward Belfort. This was done, and the patrol traversed several kilometres into French territory without meeting a single Feneli soldier. Therefore it is well established that Germany was guilty of the first violation of the frontiers, at a time when French troops had been withdrawn by orders to avoid incidents. BELGIAN DEPUTY IMPRISONED. Received Sept. ii, 3.10 p.m. Havre, Sept. 4. The Germans sentenced at Verhaeghen a Belgian deputy to two years' imprisonment for sending a letter to his daughter containing a message to the Belgian Government. ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. * Received Sept. 5, 3 p.m. Paris, Sept. 4. A communique says: There has been violent mutual bombardments, especially in the Artois and Argonne regions.