TURKS DEFEATED.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7708, 15 April 1916, Page 3

TURKS DEFEATED.

THE END. KAISER’S EXHORTATION TO HIS TROOPS. TREATY TO BE SIGNED AT VERDUN. (Received This Day 11 a.m.) PARIS, April 14. The Kaiser has issued the following exhortation to his troops: —“Tile treaty of 1871 was signed at Paris. Go forward, my beloved soldiers. This time it is the end. The treaty will be signed at Verdun.” . A CALM. MATTERS QUIET AT VERDUN. (Received This Day 11 a.m.) PARIS, April 14. A communique states: —Matters are relatively calm at Verdun. A small German attack south of Douaumont was completely repulsed. MESOPOTAMIA. DEFEAT OF THE TURKS. ON THE TIGRIS. (Received This Day 9 a.m.) LONDON, April 14. The British defeated the Turks in Mesopotamia on the Tigris, driving the Turks three miles. COUNTRY INUNDATED. CAMPAIGNING UNDER DIFFICULTIES. (Received This Day 11 a.m.) LONDON, April 14. Sir Percy Lake reports that the British troops south of the Tigris on the i2th forced back the enemy’s lines over a distance of from 1) to 3 miles after crossing an inundated belt intersected by dec]) cuts. Water from the marshes was driven by a north-west jrale into the enemy’s trenches at Sannhjat, and the enemy had to seek refuge in new positions, being heavily punished. A FINAL PROTEST. AGAINST GERMAN SUBMARINE ATROCITIES. MORE DILLY-DALLYING. (Received This Day 9 a.m.) WASHINGTON, April 14. Dr. Wilson and (he State Department agreed to despatch evidence of submarine atrocities to Berlin, with what is described as a final request for satisfaction. The Press says Dr. Wilson is simply giving another excuse to Germany to delay the negotiations while continuing the murder of Americans.

ON THE TIGRIS. ENEMY PUSHED BACK THREE MILES.

TASMANIAN POLITICS. A NEW MINISTRY. (Received This Day 11 a.m.) • HOBART, This day. The new Ministry comprises:—Mr Lee, Premier,* Chief Secretary, and Minister for Education; Mr Lewis, Treasurer and Minister for Mines; Mr Propsting, Attorney-General and Minister for Railways; Mr Shields Hays, Honorary Minister; Mr Marshall, Whip.