AS LONG AS NECESSARY

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3996, 31 July 1915, Page 5

AS LONG AS NECESSARY

B RITA IT ANi) GERMANY CAT HOLD OUT'.

(Times and Svdnoy Sun Services.) (Received July 80. 9.20 p.m.) LONDON, July 80. Professor j i cchaelu r, ol Stockholm, has re'tiiirmd, aft;r a journey through France, England,' ami Gonmtuy. He says Germany can hold out as long as n-eev.::r and so can England d capitalists w-ukl rcl• lasie their enormous resources. The (Liman occupation of North ru Franc- 1 has, ho .says, hit French interests very seveirely. SECRET W! RE LESS STATION. DISCOVERY IN PORT EG IJESE CAPITAL. ('Reccl'ved Julv 80. 11.50 p.m.) LISBON, July 80. A secret wireless plant, bcli ved to be German, lias been discover -c! in -a reside nee. 'Hiere were liv • arrests. Jh- prisoners confessed that they had < reeled three other stations in the capital. HOW WILDING DIED. PATHETIC LA.:'!' LETTER. (Received July 80, 10.15 p.m.) LONDON, July 80. Olfieers .state that Anthony Wilding, the tennis player, was in charge oi a throe-pounder and directed the fire from early morning to the middle of tin* afternoon, when he entered a dugout. lie was killed an hour Infe r. Tier, official report spoke highly of his work. In his last letter, written on the day lie was killed, lie said : ‘‘For the first lime in .seven and u-half monntlis I have a job likely to end in my gun, myself, mid the whole outfit being blown to In 11! I lowa ver, it is a - purlin chalice, and it we succeed we will help our infantry no end.” FRENCH -MUNITIONS WORKERS. “YOU CAN cor XT ON US !” PARIS. .July 29. General Meudhay wrote to Cmesots munition workers: "J bear ynii are : working day am! night io semi gun:- 1 and shells. Ibavo! Than Its for -so j doing. it will rave the lives ef man,'. ■ of your brothers. \Ve w ill win a j erusliiiig victory ail the -u.ih'." 'Tlie workers ivpin d : “We an- j aware of the debt we owe ; o our gni- : lan;, brothers in arms, win; can lount ; on us as wo on them io tie- tilmo-i. ! PRISONERS IN GERMANY. ; A FAVORABLE REPORT. LONDON. July 2f». j l.)r Oiiiiesorg, of the United State:- j Navv, visited the prisoners’ camp:— j the officers at Kriodburg, Hanover.; and Mundei), and the soldiers at Lint- j burg arid Gei.ss-en. lie reports very j favorably on. the treatment and eon- | dilions. 'There were some complaint-, as to soldiers’ food at Limburg, where j 2800 Irish looked well-nourished and i in good condition. AUSTRAL!AN CASUALTIES. BRIGADIER-GENERAL WK AY ‘ INJURED. (Received Julv MU. K-5 p.m.i , MELBOURNE. July Tb ' A cable has been received staling j that, Brigadier-Genera! Me Kay is m j Malta, hospital with a broken thigh. ; It is anticipated 'that lie will he sent England. j , THROUGH ENEMY EYES, j' GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT. "BERLIN.. July 2-L A communique states: “The siiun- i - tion north, of the Tiemen is nir-liang- , .u. We took prisoners 2h'ln northeast of Suwalki, after occupying jiarr oi' the enemy’s position. Last night there were repeated attacks on our fron-t soutli of the Na re v-X ash eslc j Hue, and all failed with heavy enemy j losses. The Russians on the nights j of the 27th and g-'th _ attempted _G> j advance in a westerly diiveiiou soutn- j west of Gorakahnvurja. They were j attacked and repulsed. Yesie-j-day the situation in the south-east was unchanged. AUSTRIAN REPORT. (Received Julv 8(1, 9.2(1 p.m.) AMSTERDAM. -Lily bb An AnMri-an ■afli-’uil message .-ays We surprised a strongly-iurtilied po.-:-tion on the frontier between Bukewnm and Bessarabia end the enemy i.-’d after Moody hand-to-hand iigii'.r v:. leaving 170 dead We captured ~ |: U prisoners (oisf of Kamnoka. Tim enemy’s attacks near Sokal were repulsed. (.otherwise tin- siiuaiion is unchanged. The Italians unsuccessfully attacked 1 the edge of the plateau near Sdraussina and \"ermegliano. The enemy evacuated his position before the brideMioad_ at Gorir.ia and retreated to the position, they occupied prior to the battle. We annihilated an Italian company in the region of Tofana. HOTELS IN WAR TIME. THE FIX O'CLOCK CLOiSING PROPOSAL. (Received Julv 20. F.-"> p.m.) SYDNEY, July 80. Petitions have been largely signed in favor of six o'clock closing of hotels. GENERAL !TEIV!S. FRENCH AVIATOR'S KALI.. LONDON, July 29. A French aviator named Benoist, descending in an aeroplane, fell 1000 feet turd died in hospital. 'The mechanic was incinerated. The Press Bureau states: In addition to live persons already convicted of espionage the authorities recently arrested ten alleged German agents of various nationalities, four of whom have fully confessed. All will be tried in camera for attempting to collect and communicate to the enemy information regarding the Fleet and Army. The efiiencv of the measures taken by the authorities is proven b.v i tiui fact that all were arrested witliiu I three weeks of reaching the country. Tito Germans imposed a fine of two hundred thousand pounds on the city of Brussels, ’on account of the destruction of a Zeppelin -there on June 6th. This is official. ' As the result of the action at Nasiriveh, on the Euphrates on the 24-th the Turks retreated 25 miles, lhoir casualties numbered 2500, whereof 41 wore officers, and 690 men prisoners. Our casualties were 564, including 18/ killed and missing. The- Press Bureau states that f u John French reports active mining operations on both sides the last lew days, with intermittent artillery engagements. There have been no infantry attacks. The enemy exploded three urines in the neighborhood oi (Faint Eloie and one near Givenchy. Only one did slight damage. Wo exploded a mine on the 28th north ot Gourteleen, and destroyed 20-yards «l the enemy’s parapet. One of our aeroplanes on the 25th shot down a ■German machine, which feu in our lines east of ZiUobecko. During a field service on the Argoime the Crown I’rince addressed the troops who stormed the heights on the 13th and thanked them for thenlast. success, which liad brought great , ■results’ though accompanied by heavy -losses. He added: “We are covering our comrades in the Easternhattlo field and with God’s help will continue to do so till it m possible to settle definitely with the French. ■