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THE WAR.

TELEGRAMS.

TO-DAY'S.

Reuter's Service to the Chino Mail.:

AUSTRIAN FLEET MUTINY.

RED FLAG HOISTED.

LONDON, MAY 13

The Times Correspondent with the Italian Army states

OFFENSIVE AGAINST ITALY DEMANDED.

TRANSFER OF GUNS AND MEN'

Loxoos, May 14.

The Daily Chronicle Correspondent

It transpires that a mutiny broke out at Puris mys it is understood the a the Austrian Flest at Cattaro and Kaiser insisted at the Imperial Con- Pola, in February. The officers were ference on a big Austrian offensivo powerless Six cruisers and several against Italy simultaneously with the destroyers at Cattaro hoisted the red renewal of the German offensive in Bag. Encounters occurred between the West. the German elements and the mutineers, obliged to consent.

The Austrians ware who gained the mastery of the port, seized the Admiral and confaed him on a vessel in the harbour.

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The mutineers finally returned to

The transport of Austrians to the Trentino has increased tremendously. Part of the Austrian heavy guns in

GERMAN HEADQUARTERS

their allegianco after a week's negotia France have been re-transferred to tionay receiving guarantees that they Italy. would not be punished and promises of settlement of their grievances. Thirty officers were cashiered on the ground of Blackness. A notorious martinet waa subsequently-appointed to command the Fleet, and be began to inflict wholesale punishments for imaginary offences,

CONFERENCE.

AUSTRO-GERMAN ECONOMIC AND MILITARY UNION.

Lostos, May 13.

After three days the mutineers gained the mastery of the port and seized the Swiss reports state that the con- officers and removed the Admiral to ferences at the German Headquarters coufitement on another ship sud treated especially related to future Austro: him roughly. The mutineers by printed German relations. The German pamphlets, signed by a committee of proposed an Austro-German econ- the crews, gave all orders aahorp and omic and military union. They were alost, and wirelessed their demands to supported by the Germané in Aus- Vienas, giving prominence to their tris, but it is doubtful whether the demand for an immediate peace. The necessary two-thirds majority in the authorities sent placating non-committal Reichart for this constitutional replies and, after prolonged councils, change.can be obtained. sent to Cataro another fleet division under a Germano-Austrian Admiral, that the great Austrian-question of The Frankfurter Zeitung declares The situation is now critical owing to the day is whether continued exist the outbreak of murmurings in the new division, but the position was saved by owing to the demand of the South ence as a separate State is possible, the Teutonic element of ore of the Slavs, for independence, and, the rivolution croisere overpowering the demand of the Germana in Austria

mutineers The revolt lasted for eight

days. As most of the Austrian sailors for a union with Germany. balong to the oppressed races undoubted-

ly ferment in the Fleet continues.

The muriny begna át Pola early in

THE RAID ON OSTEND.

February among the arsenal workera ADMIRALTY STATEMENT ON

The almost simultaneous rising at Cattaro indicates connivance bat ween the two ports. The mutineers of Pols dersanded the cessation of variona

ENTERPRISE.

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LONDON, May 14. The Admiralty issues the following disciplinary measures and punisament, account of the Ostend operation, dated which were inflicted both on vessels Dunkirk, May 11. and ashore.

The movement: soon. The Srius which failed so gallantly spread to the ships crews, who left to block, the barbour, lies in the anrí their posts and thronged on the decks, some 2,000 yards east of the entrance shouting and hurrahing. The officers to the Ostend harbour.

were powerless. The naval authoritie The planning and execution of the parleyed with the men for a week, and enterprise was entrusted to Commodore finally grouted all their demands The Hubert Lynes who directed the previoce matioy at Cattaro was more serious attempt to block the harbour with the Siriz and the Brilliant On former Six cruisery and several destroyers hoisted the red flag. The German occasions unforseen and unforseeable Magyar elements on some ships reaisted conditions fought against him. On this the murineers turning upon the latter occasion the main problem was to secure the effect of a surprise attack upon the the guns of one cruiser and killing a number of them.

enemy, who was clearly expecting him. The Sirius and Brilliant had previously ben baffled by the displacement of the Stroom bank booy, marking the Chan Roux, May 14nely to the barbour entrance, but since

then aerial reconnaissance established the fact that the Germans had remored the buoy altogether and there were ro

ITALIANS BOMBARD GATTARO.

An official report states Ouraeroplanca sapočssfully bombarded the submarine base of Cattaro.

All our machines returned safely, guiding marks of any kind. They slao**

despite the heavy barrage.

-GRAND, DUKES NICOLAS AND

A. ALEXANDER.

REPORTED CAPTURE BY GERMANS.

AMSTERDAM, May 13. The German newspapers state that the Dowager Queen of Russia and the Grand Dukes Nicolas.and Alexander, who were residing at Afodore, are in German hands,

HOISTED BY HIS OWN PETARD.

cut gaps in the piers as a precaution against our landing. Furthermore, when on the midnight of May 9 the ships moyed from the anchorage it was known that some of German destroyers were" patrolling the const

The night was favourable for the enter price. There was little wind. It was

onless and there was a still at sca From Duskirk: a sudden brief gunfre announced that German asroplanes were about. The indictive, seen, mistily tirough the streaming smoke from the destroyer's founds, ploddod silently to her goal. She readed tern as the dee troyer raced on to lay light on the baby AN AMUSING WAIK ~~

which was to be her guid She passed METERDAM, May 18. thence into the hands In the

the Indep

whose mission was Socialist, Vogther, declared and hide her in cloud that Hubmarines had not brough" | screenie,

the meanwhile peace they were

tonnage that would: belanddød galtar the war to brang Gefina raw interio

the light

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