The European War

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVII, Issue 636, 11 July 1917, Page 2

The European War

* Secret Session at Westmins

RAIDS ON LONDON APPARENTLY PERTURBING

WHOLE POSITION REVIEWED

Army at Front Must Not be Robbed.

28 LONDONERS SAVED MAY MEAN 28.00 j \j^.\

ABSOLUTE PROTECTION IMPOSSIBLE

Chancellor Can't State Peace Terms

PRUSSIAN MILITARISM MUST BE VINDICATED.

Russians Still Forward!

By Cable lev Press LATEST WAR NEWS. I The cable news in this issue accredited to The Times has appeared in that journal, but only where expressly stated is such news the editorial opinion of The Times.] THE AIR WAR. ! SATURDAY'S RAID ON LONDON. "'' | Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn* and Reufcar, Received this day, 9.30 a lt m. LONDON, yesterday. The Press Bureau states:— The casualties in Saturday's air raid now total 30 men, 8 women, and 5 children killed; 98 men, 46 women andf 53' children injured. LOWESTOFT TRAWLERS BAG. The High Commissioner reports: LONDON, Yesterday. The Commodore of Lowestoft reports, that yesterday evening an armed trawler destroyed' two enemy seaplanes, taking four prisoners. ' . SECRET SESSION ON AIR SERVICE. , ■: ARMY MUST NOT BE ROBBED OF MACHINES. Australian and N.Z, Cable Assn* Iteeelved this day, 11.25 a.m, LONDON, Yesterday. Official.—At a, secret session of Parliament, Mr Lloyd Georgei stated that 22 aeroplanes of the Gocha type, each carrying BQolb.s of explosives, came over. London on Saturday, whereof three were, destroyed, The Germans had organised protecting squadrons in order to assist the (raiders' return. Six of these were destroyed and one in-, jured. "It wa,s plain •therefore, tha* attacks could not be made with impunity. He pointed out %a,t complete protection from !t he. a,ir could never bei -secured. British machines daily,'crossed! the German lines ait the) front, despite the terrible anti-aircraft fire,; and ourppw- , erful a,ir squadrons bombed stations and headquarters, jproving that no measures, wei could take would give complete l immunity. Wemusi aim *a,t making the visits as costly as possible.: Our: naval aeroplanes in ;the, last; four: or five months "had dropped 70 tons, of explosives on German aerodromes in Northern Belgium, dropping six tons the night preceding thief raid on London; whereas the! Germans only dropped two tons in England. The Government's first consideration was to see that "the' Army in France was sufficiently supplied with aeroplanes, without' which an advance was impossible. The 28 civilian fatalities on Saturday were regrettable, but unless there was a sufficiency of aeroplanes at the front the Army's losses might easily be, 28,000. The Germans realised how much' we valued the importance of our aeroplanes' work to secure and ! protect our soldiers' lives.' , ' i ' ' Mr Bonar Law, replying to questions, said' that in t n e opinions of experts, our types of machines were as good as the Germans'. He pointed out thait' the French front was nearer the, important German cities than ours. Therefore, it was natural for the French to play the larger part in the offensive operations there. The, work d'one there in the last feAV days had been re- i markably successful, the' raiders carrying out"-their Usks with,' impunity. We regarded those raids

association Copy? ig k t as of the utmost military import, mice, while that on London was of no military (advantage to tho enemy. The balance of military advantage must be considered. Those people who demanded the instant production of a- large number of aeroplane's were apt to fo r . get the inherent limits of the extent and vate of such an increase, and the imperative demands of other services. Mr Norton Griffiths (N.S.W.) related his experiences at the front, confirming the report of British aerial supremacy there,.! i THE BIG REPRISAL. RHINELAND WELL WARNED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn, deceived thig day, 11.53 a.m. AMSTERDAM, yesterday. Warnings of the great air raid were sent broadcast in Germany, and the lights were extinguished in all the factories, workers fleeing to the cellars. Th*re is intense anxiety on the part of civilians in the bombed towns, fearing further raids. THE WESTERN CAMPAIGN. BRITISH FRONT. ENEMY TRENCH RAIDERS ACTIVE, ; Australian and N.Z< Cable Assn. : and Reufcer. Received this day, 9.30 a»m, LONDON, Yesterday. General Sir Douglas Haig reports : Hostile raiders entered our aJ:vanced posts westward of }\'muton and our trenches eastward of La,veii{,ie, ; The enemy's jartilJeiy is active in the neighbourhood of Bullecourt, Ypres, and' Nieuport, Aerial activity is impossible; owing to the weather. LINE : ADVANCED SLIGHTLY. Th« High 1 Commissioner reports: LONDON,- Yesterday. G*nora) Sir Douglas Haig reaorti : Eastward of Costtavcne .Heigh' we .advanced our,line slightly. J RUSSIA. OFFENSIVE IN GALICIA. 1000 MORE PRISONERS. The High' Commissioner reports-' t LONDON, yesterday. A Russian official report states-' Karniloff s offensive continue*. in spite of an energetic resistance and stubborn counter-attacks-Fresh villages have been captured, and more than a thousand prisoners taken besides three field guns, many trench mortars. machine guns, and other material-