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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1917.
TELEGRAMS.
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THE WESTERN FRONT
GERMAN ATTACE IN MEUSE REGION.
ENEMY OFFENSIVE NEAR KOVEL.
LONDON, Jas. 29. A Russian official report, received! by wireless, states: The enemy rook the offensive in the direction of Kovel and entered our trenches south
THE CHINA MATL.
BULGARIA'S PEACE
TERMS.
ค
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 29. The President of the Bulgarian Sobranja has stated the Bulgarian Peace terms. The demands word the whole of the Dobrudja to the
WHAT CONVICTS ARE DOING FOR BRITAIN.
A NEW SPIRIT ÎN PRISON LIFE AT HOME.
idea
PEACE OF THE WORLD.
AMERICAN IDEALISM.
of Badhamirinskaia, but our Reserves Danube, parts of Magedonis, all the which are in by the tremendous events catastrophe the world has ever known may
drove them out.
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AUSTRIANO RAID TRENCHES IN
YOLHYNIA.
.PARIS, Jan. 23: A communiqué states: After a violent börnbaniment thei Germans last night attacked north of Carrieres Wood, on the right bank of the Meuse. Our artillery and machine gun fire twice broke his An Austrian offieis! report says:| attacks. We held the whole of our We raided tronches astward
front.
There was active artillery work at night in the Pepper Hill sector.
LATER. There has been a lively cannonade between the Oise and the Alane...
Two enemy aeroplanes · brought down.
TA
On the right of the Meuse there has een very violent artillery aotivity in the sectors Douaumont and Carrieres Wood, and also in the Veeges, in the region of Chapelotte.
"
LCTER.
of
Midnica, Volhynis, inflicting sanguinary losses and taking 110 prisoners..
THE RUMANIAN FRONT.
THE LULL BROKEN.
LONDON, Jan. 29.
The lull on the Rumanian front hea
been broken by a'determined attack by General Mackansen on the Sereth. An impassable barrier is presented by marshes along the lower portions of the river, but twenty-five miles above the confluance' with the Danube lies the
Morava river and Monastir."
THE FATE OF CONSTANTINOPE. GERMANY OFFERED IT TO RUSSIA.
New Yeax, December 10th. It will be years—a geñoration perhaps.
How cantinan society be recon- before we, ala nation.
form any just structed so that the most stupendous of the gigantic social changes. are in progress under og vary
not be repeated? This topic was the eyes..
Here and there, however, one gets al-Faubject of a most importson discussion in ready
aray of light on some particular New York last night, under the auspices angle
of these changes. None was more striking than that afforded by the report of the Fransylvania State Society, and the of the Commissioners of Prisons.
This report, which covered the whole cecagion was the somual dinner of the of the first year of the war, shows a society, of which Mr. James M. Beck, a
port of miraculous
in offences of all kinds which seems foremost American speaker and most For years past the number of convic tions p
hundred thousand of our population has averaged about five hun PARIS, Jan. 23. dred. In the yes previous to the war M. Hanetaux, writing in sheit fall for the first time on:
on recond,, below four hundred styes
year saw an astonish Figaro, says Germany offered Con- ing drop of 281.4 per 100,000. stantinople to Russia in order to
The cynic will say that the obvious that the drop.
is
dre solely to obtain a separate peace.
more employment and better wages,
That these factors have something to do
with the in hand, it is equally
THE ALLIES AND GREECE.
ATHENS, Jan. 23.
General Staff that a fortnight will be The Entente Powers have notified the Allowed from the 20th inst. for the removal of the Greek guns to Pelo-
pennestis.
representative citizen, is president. This speakers did not occupy themselves much with the cause of the world-war, or the respective terms of the belligerents, nor did they indulge in loose stalk about cause is
pacitam There has been too much of that already," is one of them said. They every nation has same romponsibility for did, however, endorse the principle that
Lad one can
| doubt.” On the other
cicartha better spirit is a
even
among the dress of our population, and
the indication of justice between nationa
that patriotism ja, dot confined to those and the maintenance of peace and the whose moral are beyond question. This
ส
no empty assertion The proof is consequent obligation to cooperate with prison in the country, whether local or plain The goverior and officers of any other nations to bring about s reign of convict, can supply it
justice in International "adairs. Mr. Beck's speech. as president of the Pennsylvania Society, elicited thunders of applanse. He said:
TIZ BÖRITAL TO BEGIN WITH.
Borstal, it may be mentioned, is the prison for juvenile adults," so called, young fellows who bave earned punish ment by serious offences but who are
As long as there is one "nation in the
'MINOR OPERATIONS. ON BRITISH/strongly-fortified position and important [THE DETAINED GREEK VESSELS-treated under a bumane system which world that prefers might to right, the
FRONT.
Loxes, Jan. 22. Field-Marshal Sir Dougles Eniz
reports:
JJ
bridgehead of Fundoni, on the north | tonk.
FINAL OFFER BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
LONDON, Jan. 23,
entirely directed to the reformation of
the offender There are several other world will crs. Peace, peace, and there
besides Borstal where young men is no peace." women) are treated in similar
fashion.
Between the outbreak of the war and April 1916, 310 Borstal prisoners were selected for release to enlist. Of these no fewer than, thirty-five had, by last rank, sixteen had been killed, wounded. September, received non-er missioned Only seventeen bad committed fresh
The Russians, anticipating an attack. cadeavoured to forestall it some days ago, but did not succeed in improving
The Government has submitted a their position. The German capture of The enemy attempted mids north-Tanesti, forming part of the advanced final offer of 30/- a ton deadweight ward of Arra, and north-eastward bridge-head on the south bank, some
to the Greek shipowners for vessels of Ploegsteert Wood, but wore what weakened the Russian position detained in British and Allied ports.
offences. but the Germans have not yet crossed There are approximately 700,000 tons the Serett. Sacha crossing would of Grock shipping in these ports. If seriously threaten Galatz
the offer is not accepted the ships will he requisitioned The Government offers to insure the boats at £30 to £40 per ton
¡unsuccessful
"
We secured prisoners as the result encounters in the neighbourhoods of Orandcourt, Neuville Sb. Vagst, Tarquissard and Wyischante.
Our heavy artillery caused an explosion in the lines opposite Arra8.
THE OPERATIONS IN EAST AFRICA.
CONSIDERABLE" PROGRESS.
A GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, Jan. 23. A German official report, transmitted by wireless, says: We took 100 pri- soners between. the Slamic and Putna Valleys and repulsed strong advances · southwards of Casenu.
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ENEMY SCHOONERS SUNE IN
· BOSPHORUS.
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LONDON, Jan. 23. The Bulgarians crossed the southern
A Russian officing report states that orm of the Danube estuary near Talgena Russian submarine sank a steamer and and held the northern bank against the nine schooners in the Bosphorus. Russiana.
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"RUSSIAN REPORT.
A Russian official report anys:
LONDON, Jan. 23. An official report from East Africa states: "Considerable
progress has Enemy attempts to advance in Oituz been made by all the columns Valley were arrested. engaged in encircling the enemy in
The region of the Lower Rufigi and the Delta. We entered the Delta et. Pemba Mohoro and drove out the enemy southward of Kibambawe. General Northey's columns dislodged the enemy castward of Lupembe, pursuing him towards Mahenge,
BRITISH LADS OF 18 FOR HOME DEFENCE.
LONDON, Jan, 23. The War Cabinet has instructed Lord Derby to call up all buds attain ing the age of 18 to train and employ theth in Home defence until they are 19, excepting lads apprenticed to skilled engineering trades and those fully engaged on war work in ship yards and munition factories.
BRITISH TRADE UNIONISTS AND
THE WAR...
LONDON, Jan. 23.
Mr. John Hodge, Minister of Labour
BAGHDAD BOMBED.
LONDON, JA 22.
An official report from Mesopo- tarnis suye: Our aeroplanes dropped six 100. bombs on a munition) factory at Baghdad...
SHIPS BUNK.
LONDON, Jan. 23.
The following steamers have been sunk, Nailseacourt (British), Parahyba (Spanish), Esperance, Asp and Marietta de Giorgio (Norwegian); and the schooner Lopan (British).
THE WAR 'LOAN.
HOLTS APPLY FOR TWO MILLIONS.
Cive, however, two
· industrial or two nations which desire
aching that is nes just and are willing to disenan by the arbitration of reason what is just, there is then, on their peri. no fundamental difficulty in the long-deferred task of beating our words into plough- shares and our spears into pruning-hooks. Ider prisoners, men and women, have William Penn, founder of Fennsylvania, been taken off their usual employment listented the best kind of peace-the and set to war work. Although the prison population has fallen so greatly Latural peace which is a spirit, and as to reduce the average daily number of requires no" force to vindicate it when workers from 15,744 in 1914 to 13,879
THEIR HEART IN TIME WORK.
in 1915, yet the output has actually he made his famous treaty with the gone up and reached the record sum of Indians. The peaceful and noble-minded £144,692
Each prisoner's average
carnings were Quakers desired, nothing that was not just, £18 34. Cd, for the year, or 50s. more than while the Delaware Indians were peaceful the average output for any previous year. The
AN UNDROCEN
WAGEN TREATT
The Treaty of London of 1839, which'
sum of £18 38. does not seem very hy disposition, and were not less gaterous large to be a year's earnings, but it must in their views than their white brethren. be remembered that prison workers are, as a rule, totally unskilled, ignorant, dificult to teach; while, to make matters worse for their instructors, they AIB always changing A man sentenced to six montha is just becoraing useful when guaranteed the neutrality of Belgium, was he is liberated and his place taken by a "scrap of paper." For seventy-five someone who knows absolutely nothing sets Fenn's compact with the Indians
the work. Prisoners bare shown real, eagernens was FRépá viku sonipulous fidelity by both parishments for idleness fell by 70 per Voltaire the sadly truthful statement that
do their bit
A Cardin Prison
parties, and avoked from the cynical cen cent At Bristol many prisoners volan tarily worked fall time on Sundays, is was the only treaty between nations At Liy
Liverpool, one of our largest local
of
to
prisons, no fewer than $7,000 articles which was not reduced, to parchment and were taraed record never dreamed The governor,
within eight months, a ratified by oath, and yet was never
of in the previous
history of prison.
•
says that
to watch the
broken. of
Penn, however, recognised that it has been such a peace, the natural peace, could
of both лей was zealous industry only exist between antions or individuals,
Applications
for more work have been frequent.
all of whom were just in purpose and
plain word men have worked uncom- pacific in spirit. This may not be until]
From six in
in the morning till the milleri The wars which were
at night, while women prisoners then desolating Europe had taught him,
eight at
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LONDON, Jan. 23, had actually to be stopped at 10 p.m.;s we have learned to day, that peace is of world-arbiter by bacit acquiescence, in American people to consider and to decide. Messrs. Holt POLITICAL PROBLEMS IN RUSSIA.£2,000,000 of the War Loan op "behalf wise bave
have applied for and ordered to bed. They
Would other worked till they collapsed. an idle dream when there exist any the supposed interests of peace, in avery was this Taking the world as it is in of the Ocean and China Motul Steam
The same holds good with regard to nation that does not desire to be just, and infamy that any nation may perpetrate the twentieth century, what was to be ship Companies.
convict prisons. Both at Portland and that the only peace that can in such avent PETROGRAD, Jan. 28. The Retch states that seventeen
highly placed personages presented a petition in the highest quarters on the 2nd inst. drawing a clear picture. of the existing state of affairs in connection with recent events and
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there has never been a year of he ensured is the artificial peace of force. and what the policies of panishments of harder
At Work 1 the
*"star" have been doing He so clearly recognised this that in 16 Civilisatiem its voice must first be heard i the American people, and of the Americamos · really
important work for the Admiralty, he wrote his Essay Toward the Present on the side of justice in no uncertain Government towards other nations, and including cast-iron work and cutting and Future Peace of Europe," in which Wee botide this country it, when toward those problems and those questions this great world account is called up for of principle which cannot be confined stone for the new docks and basins. The be advocated the formation of an inter final audit, and the debita and credits of within nafiezal boundaries or restricted earnings of some of these men, or rather national Parliament in which all the each nation are justly stated by the dis-by any barriers of mee or religion or the valuable of the work they did, ran as high as 6-12 65. a head for the year. European nations should be 'represented, LONDON, Jan. 23.
and before which all controversies should pictate, judgment of posterity. If it speech? Dr. Butler, in an eloquent and urging a radical change of attitude!
then appear that the United States did forceful speech," urged his bearer, et The Secretary of State for India
be brought, and; recognising that such a towards a mumber of internal quesime selected The Hon. Sir J. S.
tribunal could not work is a world of Aot exercise its great and potent moral | Americans, ec to prepare that the cor
authority for the defence the weals and try might take a fit and proper place ́an- tions.
Meston (Lieutenant-Governor of the
a greater an international Power, able to, valdī Interesting sidelights on the qucation fallible men and selfish nations, except the oppressed.. And even United Provinces), Sir Satyendra of high shipbuilding costs have come with the motive power of force, he, not calamity to this country, in my judgment, infernational influence. The time hail
Canada, from Japan,
and on the Pacific withstanding his Quaker doctrine oft would be an inconclusive peace, which come, he said-indeed it had long passed. Sinha, and the Maharaja of Bikanir Coast of the United States, where & non-resistance, advocated that the judg; would fail to vindicate the justice of the for the American people earnestly and to assist him to represent India at large amount of tonnage is building forment of the proposed international
Scandinavian owners. In each
Intelligently to consider their faraig the special sittings of the War the costa are high Japan, for instance, tribunal in any case, to quáte his exact quarrel.
TURKISH. GOLD, MEDAL FOR SAYAQERY.
CARO, Jan. 23. Fakhry Pasha, the Turkish com mander at Medina, and author of the
peaking at Rotherham asserted an hesitatingly that an overwhelming atrocities there, has been awarded the. majority of Trade Unionista were Turkish Gold War Medal,
war
of the opinion that a premature and inconclusiva peace would be
greater disaster than the itsolf. We must fight to à finish, howevet greet the sacrifice. They would have no more German steel while there was a single idio furnace in great Britain
"PRINS HENDRIK" RELEASED.
FLESING, Jan. 23. The Dutch mail steamer Prina Hendrik has arrived here, having been released from Zeebrugge.
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THE RULWAY ACCIDENT IN RUMANIA
BIG CASUALITY LIST.
Cabinet.
(Continued on page 3.)
JAPANESE HELF FOR ALLIED WOUNDED."
MOVEMENT INAUGUBATED IN
TORTO..
boy
SHIPBUILDING COSTS.
the
country
In such an event both the groups of relations and to formulate a foreign paloy to import the whole of the steel language "should be made so binding that Since exports of British steel are now if any Government offers its case for nations, who will "tave sacrificed an worthy of their best traditions, and in prohibited in view of the needs of decision, and does not then atide by it, indefinite treasure of life and proparty to consonance with the language of the
the other Governments, partise to the no effect, will not regard the neutrality Declaration of Independence itself, nited State. Not only are.)
of the United States with either a friendly Fi: George Foster, representing, the prices of steel in the United Stater tribunal, shall compol it."
America, pace the Canadian Government, delivered a rousing bat the freights on the steel aro
The great objective of human progress or 's forgiving eye. also beary, so that it is stated the should undoubtedly be to have peace with common friend of all the world, might in address, in which, he told his hearers that cost of ship-plates in Japan is to-diny justice, bat anices and satil both are such a case become the object of common they would be well advised not to " butt £33 a ton. This means that the cost of attainable, it is infinitely better to have hatred, and if arch an appalling result, with plaza for a present perice.. building the ships is put at about £40
this
Do not propose plans of peace to f
at the vital issues of the war have bet
ton, or five times the price at which justice with was than injustice through should follow this country will have cargo steamers could have been built in peace. Multiplied death, borrible as is ample justification for feeling the anxiety
country before the war. A few sgón fine steamer of 8,500 tons deadweight, inanitely better than canlúplied which its unpreparedness suggests to its fought on, until the crime that causeit was stated to have been sold in Japan to disgrace. A peace which would deliberately more thoughtful citizens. Edwever dark has been blotted out, till the evil Japanese owners for £4% a ton British sacrifice justice and enthrone wanton the future is and humanity has never influence which caused it has bam "The Association for the Relief of able to pay prices such as these, and it
owners declare themselves absolutely un-wrong would be a crime against God and passed through a darker period since the restricted and restrained to the maximum. man alike.. A peace which would even Thirty Years' War-thoughtful men of Wait till the war has been fought to a JABY, Jan. 23. Allied Sick and Wounded" was organized appears from the fact that numerous return to the unhappy people of Belgium every zation must press on to the ultimate decisive victory, and then come to na with There were 274 killed and 768 on the 17th inst. at the Premier's contracts are being offered in this coun- their own country, but without reparation goal of peace with justice, with the faith plans of peace.
try that the Norwegian owners are Curea on the 7th insi
injured in the railway accident at residence, the most prominent people getting decidedly nervous about their or atonement, would be even a greater and sublime spirit of Penn, the nobleat
the country being present, including own heavy commitments. Count Terauchi, the Cabinet Ministers, Baron Goto, Viscount Kato, Prince
FORWEGIAN WEAKNERI..
ANOTHER TRAIN ACCIDENT IN AUSTRIA.
the Lower House.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 23.
A
ping aluro Normal Governmeat. I could remain neutral. Without accepting es away and the morning will break. Over one thousand prominent citizens, A landslide bisected a mail train by national sould be raised certain and it socma doubtful if response in every American heart. It free the first glimmer of the dawn even the speeches delivered since the
this
banks have
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The Canadian Minster west on to mischief than the war that is now delug- idealist of his time. May we not trust to endorse the prociple of an international ing half of the world with blood. I was the increasing purpose of the ages, and tribunal to be established after the wak Tokugawa and Mir Shimada, Spanker of in the shipping, market in Worwas which Presidens Wilson made during the sive gonerations, to realise Penn's sublime arbitration, and to have power to catorco There has, indeed, been great weakness deeply impressed with the statement the ever broadening intelligence of succes to compel the settlement of fesnes by where, apparently, almost everyone for recent campaign to the fact that this ideal of the parliaments of man, the its decrees by the coercion of any, who The movement was inaugurated by months past has taken a hand in ship was the last great war in which America federation of the world. The night will sought to resist Bazon Bilibusawa and Mr Nakanor
Prompted, The former, in a speech, urged that, at parently, by the minimu, Y.
been restrict the literal truth of that statement, its sub Wise and robie roen of every fintion who attended the dinner, which was probabry ing their
for stantial moaning should find a favourable tread the mountain ranges believe they the most important in the significance of
ship Count Tersucht cutlined the tremen- construction, running from Trieste to Vienna. A dous sacrifices and widespread suffering
oven
Norwegian owners will con possible that the trembling balance of when the valleys are still wrapped in began. Daily Telegraph. rescue train collided with the debris, caused by the war and said that it was tinue to pay the fabulous prices, power in Europe, which has caed night Enlightered publicists of other
time for Japan to organize in order to The question has been raised lately Forty were killed.
demonstrate her sympathy in the most whether British owners could be granted between "it's nations many bitter riations eagerly look to the United Staten practical manner,
some special financial concession quarrels and bloody wars, may yet be not for present intervention, which is The speeches which followed onthus to enable them to purchase, at any rate, redressed when a new and pressut not desired, but for future guidance, wher DO YOU COUGH!
astically supported the suggestion, some of the very be, but costly, ships nation, the memy of none, and the friend, the way shall have endest and the recon- spiris complete success for now building in Chad Japan, and of all; comes forward and exerts its moral struction of society through the processes ONT overtrain the fire membrane
the ing
neutral countries. In repl on now liners in a number of ship-throat in trying to dislodge The following onekugawa Vice-Promon, the Parliamentary decretary to justice
reply to a ques yards has back suspended, and that the phlegm Chamberlain's Cough Froxidenta, Baron Shitians and Methe Board of Trade, replied that he was
tion from Bir Owen Philipps, Mr Frety aathority in Lehat of international peace ball again be undertakan, the inbout employed on them is to Remedy ascomplish this for you, Finden uditors 3 sendo andar aware of the importance of the question of CTYLELSATION bo dévoted to the construction of and cure the cold that is causing it Okun The committee includes the and was prepared to consider any cod Thus the United States might be of Columbia University, who followed Mr. on han
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THE CONSTRUCTION OF CANGO- BOATS.
LONDON, Jan. 23.
The Times understands that work
keepers
affects were blestel
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QUESTIONS FOR AMERICA
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