The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-05-02
European.


Kaiser Wilhelm visited the scene
of the English raid at Zeebrugge He
! is stated to have convinced himself
that the damage caused by the blowing
up of the railway bridge had already
| been temporarily repaired
An Amsterdam dispatch says that
| it is announced that the German min
lister to The Netherlands has left The
Hague for Berlin and that the Dutch
minister to Germany is on his way
from Berlin to The Hague. This in
some circles is taken to mean that Hol-
land and Germany are near at war,
it is stated that Holland will preserve
neutrality, whatever happens.
Air observation shows a clear break
| of twenty yards in width in the Zee
brugge mole at the inner end, says a
London dispatch, and further states
that a sunken object blocks the great
er part of the channel in the harbor
| of Ostend.
Crews of the ships which took part
in the raid on Zeebruge have many
thrilling stories of their adventures.
One Of them describes how, despite
| the fact that the Germans discovered
their presence they made their way
| throuhg heavy gunfire, one vessel get
ting to the wharf and remaining for
an hour and a half.
Winston Spencer Churchill, introduce
ing in the British house of commons
| the estimates for the ministry of mu-
nlt1ons, of which he is the head, said
that during the five weeks since the
| battle in France had opened they had
been passing through the greatest
strain regarding the supply of war ma
| terial that had occurred in the expe-
rience of the ministry
1t is stated in high naval circles that
| the operations at Zeebrugge were a
complete success, with the result that
| the Flanders f1otilla now will be oblig-
ed to resort to the Ostend route in
putting to sea.
Australian and English troops have
recaptured Villers-Bretonneux and
| taken more than six hundred thousand
prisoners in that region, according to
the report of Field Marshal Haig.
Dispatches from the front indicate
that Austro-Hungarian troops have ar
rived in Belgium. Many troop trains
are reported to have passed through
the railway station at Liege
The presence of many Austrian SOL
d1ers is reported at Antwerp and
Client in Belgium.
Fighting in the region of Aveluv
wood near Albert is reported to be
still going on. But there is little
change in the situation, with the Brit
| 1sh on the aggressive at some points.
The British military authorities have
| taken over control of the principal
Irish railways, the postoffices and tel
ephone exchanges, according to the
correspondent at Cork
Opposition in Ireland to conservation
has crystallized into a semblance of
organization. 1t is stated that a large
section of the Irish people must be re-
garded as solemn1y pledged to fight
| against enforcement Of conservation
Inc majority of the Irish colleges
ana universities, it is stated, will de-
clare a recess shortly and the stu
| dents will return home in an effort to
| avoid CONSUMPTION.
Full details of British and French
| activity against the submarine men
| ace around Zeebrugge and Ostend
nave not yet been made public but
it is known that volunteers were
chosen by the British admiral in COM
mand for the dangerous task and. that
only one British torpedo boat DESTROY
err was sunk, with four smaller craft
| missing.
Andrew Bonar Law, the chancellor
of the British exchequer, has introduce
eG the budget bill for the coming wear
and estimates the expenditure for the
period covered by the measure Al: an
proximately $14,86O,985, 900.