CAMPAIGN IN SEE VIA.

Wanganui Herald, Volume L, Issue 14774, 30 November 1915, Page 3

CAMPAIGN IN SEE VIA.

BRITISH TROOPSL AT THE FRONT. BUSINESS-LIKE METHODS. Press Association.—Telegraph.—Copyright LONDON, November 29. Mr, Ward Price, from Salonika, say that the British are now in the first line base, in the face of the enemy, in country as different from t'ae polders of the Belgians and the. slag-heaps of Lens, as the Potteries district in England is from the Highlands of Scotland. The French early in November, after a stiff encounter drove the enemy up a ravine across the valley northward, and were making good t’/ieir position along a crest above a village, when, on the night of the 16th, the Bulgarians attacked with considerable energy, creeping down the gullies on their side of the valley, and noiselessly scaling the steep slopes opposite with their feet shod with leather moccasins. The French trenches were of an elementary character, cut in the rocky soil, which made digging almost impossible. Thev pad no entanglements. In front of the position there were three hundred dead Bnlevrs lying under the crest the next morning. They had been killed with the bayonet in trying to rush the low parapet. The vallevs were strewn with yellow maize, which (he peasantry had been forced to leave to rot, where the partridges, hares and woodcock abound. You need to see the British in this -unfamiliar setting to realise why we are a great colonising race. ’ Mr. Ward Price concludes: Neither the grandeur of the scenery nor the sombre history of Die country distracts thorn from setting about their matter-of-fact military duties. Already they have well-beaten paths on the hillsides, where the inhabitants have never before troubled to make a track from the rail-head. We have the best road in Macedonia as a line of siui|)iy. The men from Gallipoli, with its heat, and flies, find an almost unbelievable contrast. I util now the ton thousand Bulgarians facing us have bteon satisfied to leave us alone. They apparently hold a scattered line of trenches, blockhouses and hangars along ridges parallel to ours. Their patrols occasionally meet ours in the valley at night-time, the enemy frequently seizing the opportunity to surrender, owing to the scarcity- of food. A GERMAN CLAIM. AMSTERDAM. .November 29. A German communique states: We <•<•- ennied Budnik, south-west of Mitrovit/.a. taking 2700 prisoners. The main operations 1 have now closed, witli the tli-h' of the meagre remnants of the Servian army to the Albanian mountains. n»r first aim--to open up rommuiiieatp n with Turkey via. Bulgaria—-has a achieved. Over a hundred thousand Servians have been captured, while the German losses have been moderate. HUGE HUNGARIAN LOSSES 100,000 A MONTH. LONDON". November 29. A Hungarian Parliamentarian inferno,' the Morning Post's correspondent that the Hungarian losses were 100,000 per month. T'nles-, the war was finished early next year, Austro-Ilnngary would tie exhausted.—Time-, and Sydney Sn.i Services. THE ANGLU DISASTER. 144 LIVES LOST. LONDON, November 20. Tiie casualty list in connection with the sinkinlt of the Anglia gives tour officers, one nurse, and Li'J men hj d. AUSTRALIA’S NEW ARMY. AN AVIATION CORPS, Received November 30, 9 a.m. MELBOURNE, Novemlier 30. It is imdei-stoid that an Aviation Cm pi is going with the new army. 'FORD’S peace scheme. "FOOLS AND THEIR MONEY.” NEW YORK, November 29. Mr Ford is spending plenty of money in dashing about the country by special trains, interviewing influential people, and inviting pacifist** to sail for Christiania. Mr Ford’s teams will finally, reach The Hague and frame terms of peace based upon justice for all. regardless of the military situation. So far the invitations have been chiefly accepted for the free trip by these desirous of health, rest and recreation. It is understood that President Wilson is likely to prevent the project from lining carried on:. BRITISH PRESS AND PEOPLE AMUSED. "FUNNY MISTER FORD.” LONDON, November 29. The people and press are amused at Ford s ship of peace, the Oscar 11. The London press are satirising and cartooning the scheme, variously describing it as “Funny Mister Ford,” “God in the Gar,'’ “The Gentleman who wanted to bo the Tincan of the Anglo-French Loan," etc. The F.vening News refers to Miss Adams’ connection with the movement as “Aunt Jane Intervenes,” adding: “British women do not want American peace talk until the foe is whacked.” The News seriously points out that the Germans are undoubtedly anxious for peace and desirous of influencing America to intervene, but the British Empire will not risk the chance of ultimate victory, and is not offering and not .considering terms of peace till Germany is crushed. An increasing number of newspapers are refusing Ford advertisements. The Daily Telegraph’s New York correspondent says that Americans regard Ford's trio as a huge yoke, and entitle it “The Atlantic Joy Ride.” A Wall Street journal stigmatises as maudlin and befogged peace advocates those wanting an unthinkable peace. Germany is beaten now, but peace is impossible till she realises she is beaten for all time. Ford declares he has signed statements from high officials of the Allies and Central Powers declaring their readiness for peace.—(Times and Sydney Sun Services.)