CONSISTENTLY FICTITIOUS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15340, 1 October 1917, Page 2

CONSISTENTLY FICTITIOUS.

TURKISH TALES OF VICTORY. 'Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, September 29. General Maude, replying to the General Staff's inquiry if there was any foundation for the various reports of British reverses appearing in Turkish communiques, says: "I do not intend to contradict Turkish communiques regularly. They a"re 'consistently fictitious/' He mentions a Turkish claim that on Wednesday the Turks completely annihilated one'of bur'-"cavalry detachments on the Euphrates, and says the actual facts are that three of our horses were wounded in a patrol v brush. TIRPITZ STILL DREAMING. Australian anti N.Z. Cable Association.. •BUDAPEST, September 30. The Hirlap interviewed Admiral von. Tirpitz,. who stated that the English and French monopoly of the Mediterranean must cease; the mere neutralisation of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal is not enough to defeat England- and save the Central Powers, who Tmu-sfc hold out until the submarines secure victory. The idea of America playing an effective part in the war was a phantom.