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MONDAY, MARCH 28. 1917.
TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Page`1.)
DERMAN HYDROPLANE
· CAPTURED.
A German hydroplano, dying to Etreat, was captured at soft and the occupants taken prisomers,
A French aeroplane bombed the aviation ground north of Thigncourt, wrecking the sheds.
French sparons profuerly tank- ad the works at Thynville and Briey, and the station at Conlans.
CALAIS AND DUNKIRK,
A BOMBEĽA
Germont-arröplatios borbed Calais and Dunkirk. There worg no casual ties or damage af Dunkirk but two -civilians were killerland one prouideet.
et Galais..
A STUBBORN STRUGGLE.
Paus Mirela 25.
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
PETROGRAD, March 24. A great meeting of soldiers on the Riga front was attended by General Ditrief and the members of the Duma. It was unanimously resolved to strain every nerve in defence of the country.
General Alexei reports that the spirit of the troops is most favourable.
Revelations continue to made of German intrigues. It transpires that the former leader of the Socialist extremists was paid two hundred froubles monthly.
The Government proposes to establish a monopoly of the sale of cereals.
The Goverment will abolish al religious class disabilities.
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The new Government will meet all the financial engagements of the late Governalent.
RECEPTION OF THE AMBASSADORS,
PETROGRAD, March 25. The British, French and Italian Abussidors have presented their f espects to the Provisional tioverti-
Sir George Buchanan, H.H.M.`s Aubiendose was the first to address the Ministers
A French communique states: Our troops continned the offensivement. from the Somme to the Ajsno. Tha struggle was stubbben owing to the enemy's vigorous defence, but, our soldiers, inflained by the sight of the destruction wrought by the energy, everywhere" drive back the Geruats who sustained heavy lisson.
A. Milinkoff, replying on behalf of the Giovormuent, said: "I have full confidence that Russia will justify the hopes and expectations of the Allies and their well-wishers.".
THE CHINA MAIL.
CANADA'S THIRD WAR LOAN.
4A MAGNIFICENT SUCCESS.”
Orrawa, March 25, Subscriptions to Canada's third war loan of $150,000,000 have closed. The Minister of Finance has announced that the loan is a magnificent success.
It in autimated that subscriptions will Total . #250,000 000. :)
THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS.
RUSSIA.
RUSSIA FAITHFUL TO HER ALLIES.
WESTERN CAMPAIGN
PROBLEMS.
GERMANY'S PLANS IN COMING, OBFENSIVE.
PETROGRAD, March 24. M. Milinkoff, in a staterne to
Lieutenant Rene Foux, ustached to journalists, declared that Russia the staff of General Foch and formerly. would be faithful to all paad alliances foreign editor of the "Temps, writes which would beentue stronger, more In a preveding article we showed by ordial and note sincere, now that an examination of the diferent theatres of war the chances that each of thenr Russia possessed a regime similar to
presented for a more or less decisiver the Allies. It was. Bussia's duty to resalt in favour of Germany, and we continue this struggle for liberty, for arrived at the conclusion that the Franço Russia and Europe. Russia was no British front would witness Germany's SYDNEY, March 25tge a dead-weight in the alliance reine the modality
tinal effort. It now remains to deter-
of this effort. Does The latest New South Wales election at a pudinctive force. Henceforth the Germans Eleadquarters Staff really returns indicate that the National all rumours of a separate penge must hope for a seratch opening followed by Government party are certain of 34 vanish finally, for it would be anti-the taking of Parist Does is dream of seats and the independent Labourites National for freed Russiate come to the possibility of cutting through the two alliest Anglo French armies and The doubtful returns zumber an understanding with ratiousty reaching Laiens, for example? It is
Germany.
disicute to say. A colossal self-love has so entered into German mentality that RUSSIA A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.it is not at all extravagant to inugine bulder conceptions even among men of war who ought to know the limits of possibility.
32ments.
four.
Mr. Meagher, the Speaker, and Mr. Meliowen, the ex-labar leader have beer substantially defeated.
The election issue was the formation of a National State Govemment to assist the Commonwealth Government in the prosecution of the war."
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE ANGLO-FRENCH
ADVANCE.
PETROGRAD, March 24 The Centrul Committee of the Constitutional Democratic Party has declared in favour of a democratie republic.
ENEMY THREATENING PETROGRAD.
A CEMENA.
Having said so much it appears more probable that in reality the ambitions of the high German Headquarters Star are more modest. A march on Faris is arum experiment not to be carried out twice. What the German division of 1914 did not succeed in duông, oven when | they hud all the trumps in their hands cannot be attempted by the division of 1917, very inferior in quality and EETINGRAD, March 24.
posed to an adversary warned.
provided The War Minister, M. Dutchkofi.with munitions and possessing abundant has issued a somewhat sensational strategical reserves. proclamation which asserts:-- The,
The "idea of cutting between the enemy is threatening Petrograd. He is daily concentrating reinforcements, Anglo-French armies belongs to the same munitions and food on the northern chimerical domair, as Hindenburg and Ludendorff ought to know. That is why Front: Petrograd is warming with I believe that their strategio, ideas are spies, and it is imperative that we being evolved in a much more modest
jess.
s.fantastic
realisation. fight them, but the difficulty is to domain and a
It is simply the problem of 1916 which A French communiqué states: East Unmask the traitors who are netari-
is again presented. Falkenhayn, în of St Quentin Canal, during the night, quely operating among all classes, launching on February 21 the offensive те "extended Our positions very professions and trades: wearing allt Verdun bada triple objective. The appreciably, At certain points we kinds of uniformis as disguises.first was to contrive for the heir to the The throne victor accessary to his reached the western bank of the Oise Citizens, be on your guard." diminishing popularity the second was north of La Fere. We also progressed danger is great, be prudent. Do not to t էլ.
on the quatern bank of the Ailette betry secrets of National Defence." Our firo stopped enemy attempts against small posts in the direction of Berryaudac and also cait of Rheims and
LONDON, March 95.
Wo throw back the enemy between the Somme and the Oise heyvl the important position >{ Cusstes. Assigny-le-Grand and Hill 121.
A violent counterattack deboucli-
ing on the Essigny-Borny front was Broken by our fire.
South of the Oise, at various ', points, wis penetrated the lower Coucy forest and ronched the out- skirts of Foleinbray and Coney-lo Chatemi. The Gergens moving toward Falembrag were caught by our artillery fire and were dispersed with great lovaes.
North of Soissons we increased
-our gains, and repulsed two counter.
Attacks.
There is artillery activity in the neighbourhood of "Craonne,
Our artillery ragde effective shoote the Verdun tit ou the ing on efeng works näth of Ill 301 to the north-west of Rezo1 VAUX,
FRENCH. PROTEST AGAINST BARBAROUS DEVASTATION AND PILLAGE.
PARIS, March 25. It is officially announcer that France is pretesting to neutrals that the Germans have unjustifiably and barbarously devastate the evacuated territories and sim"at"ruining for many years one of the most fertile regions of France.
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AN EIGHT HOUR DAY.
PETROGRAD, March 25.- An eight-hour day, is being intro luced into the Petrograd factories and works, with overtime by agree ment. Any irreconcilable differences between masters and men wit be adjolish by a Central Arbitration
Benrik.
ARRESTS IN PETROGRAD. Since the revolution started, be tween 8,000 and 4,000 arrests have been made in Petrograd
It is learned tint a large number Geringn spies crossed the Swede Finnish frontier when the frontier guards abandoned their posts at the
CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS BY THE FRENCH.
LONDON, March 24
west of Morthcurae.
A French communique states:--North of the Somme we drove out the enemy as far as the outskirts of Sary, whers the enemy took up a position on a line previously prepared with trenches. Our troops, between the Somme and the Oise, following up their success, attacked the
RUSSIAN OPERATIONS.
KERIND OCCUPIED
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Loynoy, March 24. A Russian official message, re- ceived by wireless, states:
to the east."
to
to try, b
7. by the taking of our great oustern. abake our gene of the l line of defence world; the third was to
around Verdun the greater part of the French in order to wear out, and thus to render anaemic our offensive forte, which he feared.
strong impress the opinion of t
anxiety, on the contrary, caused to last definitely in the pursuit of a victory
From the technical military point of slow this
this conception was intelligent However, none of the three objectives has been attained. The prestige of the The enemy attacked between the Crown Prince was dismissed by this. rivers Suleha and Chranich, using adventure, which should have been of us to withdraw two-thirds of a mileshert duration, but which dynastic ency, who defended every foot of the ground; and drove him back a kilometre, We occupied Kerind on March 17 which did not come. north of Grand sur Faucourt spd Giber which the Turks destroyed by set- court which we seized. On the westting on fire: bank of the Oise, between the suburbs of La Fere and North Vandeuil, two of ARMY DISCIPLINE..
the advanced forts fell into our hands. Colonel Kurd, the British Military South of the Oise, respite of the foods, Anaché, atten-led a meeting at the progressed considerably on the east Tsarskoeselo garrison and explained bank of the Aflette and captured several, the discipline, of the British Army villages. We threw back enemy rear and the relations between officers and guards in the Forest of Concy.
beginning of the revolution.
men. Other of the "Allies officers silarly gave explanations. else.
HUMOURS OF A CONTEMPLATED INVASION OF ITALY,
ROME, March 24.. Commenting on the rumours that the Central Powers Contemplate an invasion of Italy the Curriers de la Seru says: Austria la masang forty divisions or the Italian front and it
where, concerning their respective THE GERMAN COUNTER-ATTACKS. is not yet possible to say how many.
annies.
RUSSIAN OPERATIONS,
AN ENEMY POISON-GAB, ATTACK.
LONDON, March 25.
A Russian official report states ;"
* AN ENIGMA
P
PARH March 24.
A semi-official message, after stating that yesterday was a good day for the French, aaks: What is the meaning of the enemy'a counter-attacks? Are we in contact with a new German line or are
On the Western front, the Ger-the counter-attacks merely atrung rear muns, in the region of Mojeski, guard actions designed to delay our pursuit and facilitate regrouping? It is impossible to answer these questions for the present
The protest recites the list of outrages already cabled. It adds that the French military authorities have established that in the recaptured districts, notably north-west of Postaty, discharged Peronne, the Germans have stolen a poison-gas fouffectively. large number of securities of Neutral Governments and requests the latter to warn their banks against dealings
their validity.
GERMANY AND HER MERCHANT SHIPS.
UNITED STATES REJECTS A SUGGESTION.
THE CAUCASUS FRONT.
Op the Caucusus front, in the
THE RUSSIAN SUPREME COMMAND.
Germany could add out of her 240 divisions.**
The newspaper urges that if all the enemy's reserves are massed against Italy, the Allies reserves must be used in Italy's defends.
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THE UNITED STATES.
SWEEPING MEASURES.
WASHINGTON, March 24.
Verdun held out, and the whole world applauded the admirable resistance, for which the French armies will retain glory
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Finally, the hoped for wearing our did not prevent the French armies from playing a brilliant part in the victorious Franco-English offensive or the Somme in Jaly.
BID OF CROWN PRINCE. Such was the balance sheet of 1916. Falkenhayn had to give way to Finden- burg and went to Rumenis to redeem his check at Verdun. The change in the person at the bead of the bigh German Headquarters Staff has not changed the problem. Of a truth Hindenburg has got rid of the Crown Prince, and will take no account this time of dynastic requirements.
There remain two other terms of the problem These are the seeking of im pressing victory, and above all the desire to anticipate and, thwart the offensive plans of the Enten
I am even tempted to believe that the scarch for an impressive victory is only anaborg the essential point is and that for Ludendorff
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the disjoining of our offen with all Bindenburg attacks to-morrow The Government has decided upon his forces
reen his calculation is evidently the zweeping measures to follow the expect same. What he will seek is to compel ed declaration by Congress of a state of France or England to transform offensive LONDON, March 24
war with Germany. The Government masses into defensive masses, and thus is determined to provide for eVALY
the realisation of the offensive prevent projects.
GERMAN REPORT.
A German official message.by wireless
GRAVE SITUATION IN GERMANY. PRINCIPAL TOWNS IN STATE OF
kommer.
SUBMARINI WAR
DOW
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BONGKONG POLICE RESERYE.
RIFLES.
(1)(Al ranks will attend at Central Station on Sunday, April 1st, Uniforin need not be worn.
10 am-No. 1 Platoon. 11 a.m.No. 2. Fistoon. 12 noon.No. 3 Platoon. 2m-No. 4Flatoon. 3pm-Becruits Platoon of No. Company
4 p.m.No. 3. Company. 5 p.m.- No. 4 Company.
respective Platoon Commanders Avo minutes before the hour above stated.
(3) All ammunition is, to be produced. for inspection on these parades.
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Brought into being mainly by the case with which a man could take any high- sounding name in order to bring him profit, the registration of busines nanies therein, as the Allies. will not recognise direction of Klinikin on the 18th 8478: Un both sides of the Somme emergency and is not preparing for hiidly, he may count upon thus is going to affect tens of thousands of inst are dislodged the Turks from and the Cise the enemy is feeling for host war. It is stated that steps denying for several months, the Brms and Large and small,
ward hesitatingly, frequently entrench couch broader than mere attempts to estimation of our troops for attack throughout Britain. positions near the village of Harin
ing, and being seriously hampered by protect merchantingn will be taken. It may be said such tactics will not bring Act passed through. Parliament Inel Serrail Kerind Puse, and our measures. We repulsed the French Although, as far as is known, no political. the decisive victory which fermary without very much public notice at the attacked on the 19th the Turks who to the west of La Fere, Ailette Plain, alliance with the Entente is contemplat seems to want so much in order to end of last year and became law on 2) Members will fall in under there
Neuville and Margival.
ed, military and naval.co-operation
enforce the German peace that nobody, December 2 Before March 22 every occupied a position near the Mian-,
possible and the Government will be wishes, and that to delay this victory is man or woman who tries on business contrary to the interests of the Germans,
under
a name which is not his or her tag.
unsparing with money and supplies for who must at all costa triumph before the own must forward particulars to the the Entente Suggestions made at the
registration authority.
(4) No exemption will be granted. Cabinet meeting on Friday included a
Likewise, a firm must register" which five billion dollar loan to the Entente..
Yes, but Germany, who has just conducts business under a name not Patrolmen and medical exempts must
comprising the surnames of all partners attend.
(5) decreed a submarine war to the knife,
The following attend
will ath beses all her hopes upon the ecchomic Anyone who has changed his name must
Crown Stagcont and material dificulties which this sub-register this includes any firm, mem-roport to the D. E. P. (B) - Munketry
ber of which may have adopted azather Sergt. Fisher, marine war must, according to her AMSTERDAM, March 23.
(6) Members who have not yet return- calculations bring about, so as to force name. There are, however, one or two Sergeant-accountant Balear to this. exceptions to the Allies to negotiate before we have
One remarkable clause of the Act willed their rifles will parade in uniform at ROKE, March 24.
been able to rzorganise our offensive. Private reports from Germany etaté
That is whole problem. If the probably canse a great number of people Central Station at 5.45 pm. on Tuesday, to revert to their own names March 27th. Their names were pablish The internal situation is grave and is
submarine war does not come up to the for business purposes.
ed in Orders of March 23rd 24th. Those who come
to
place at
RECRUITE causing serious apprehension. The
German expectations, if the French and Government has proclaimed a state of 393 prisoners.
English are able to meet it sufficiently to under the Act are required
The members of No. 2 Company Re maintain their supplies, and make no, the head of their business correspon- whether catalogues or circalars seigs of all the principal towns owing to
BRITISH ADMIRALTY
halt in the output of munitions, if the dence,
their wares, the craits Platoon will parade at 5/30 part at Central Station on Tuesdaya. Kud the rigte and attempted risings which ("-"
ANNOUNCEMENT./ French and English stand firm in the or letters
and Fridays until further orders. have occurred almost everywhere. Even
LONDON, March 24. shock is borne, to resume their offensive and surnames or any former names, parade at the same place and hour of
If an individual, present Christian the Berlin population is threatening to demand the end of the war. There are The Admiralty aunounces that inform projects, then Germany's defeat is
nationality: it not British. somewhat, similar reports from Amster-stion which is being circulated by the certain. There only remain to be dat dam but it is impossible to confirm German, wireless press shows that inermined the probable points of attack. them.
WASHINGTON, March 24. " The United States has refused to accept the German suggestion, to amend the Prussian-American treaties. Ger many's object was to extend the mutual exemption of merchants, in case of to a general exemption of ships.
GERMANY AND, AMERICA.
AMSTERDAM, March 24. Allading to the Healdton the Cologne Gazette declares that if President Wilson wishes to go to war on this account lat him do so. The time for negotiations. is past.
THE GERMAN WAR LOAN,
IF MONEY IS NOT FORTH-
COMING
BERKZ, March 24. The Prussian Minister of War urgently
GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS.. RETIRES. PETROGRAD, March 24,
It is officially confirmed that the Grand Duke Nicholas bas retired from
the post of Commander-in-Chiei. Gere rul Alexieff, Chief of the General Staff, officiates temporarily.
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RELIEF WORK IN BELGIUM.
AMERICANS TO WITHDRAW.
WASHINGTON, March 24.
It has been decided to withdraw the members of the American Relief Com- mission from Belgium who will be re- placed by neutrals.
The American Minister at Brussels, will go to Harre...
SEIGE.
BITTER DEBATE IN THE REICHSTAG.
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AMSTERDAM, March 24... A bitter debate has taken placa in the
appeals for contribution to the WarLoad, BELGIAN BISHOP BANISHED AND Reichstag on the food question.
not alone for military purposes, but to provo to the world that Germany is economically invincible. The Minister was the people that if money is not forthcoming, the enemy will soon be in Germany spreading devastation.
FORWEGIAN SHIPPING AND GERMAN MENACES.
IMPRISONED.
AMSTERDAM, March-24.. Bishop Legraire, the Leadmaster of the chief ecclesiastical, seminary at Malinee, has been banished to Germany and sentenced to nine months imprison ment for harbouring wick Frenchmen.
ZENYER PASHA AT GERMAN SPINHEADQUARTERS.
CHRISTIANIA, March 24.4. Despite the German threats to Nor
The Minority Socialist Kunert de nouneed the Kaiser and von Bethmann Hollweg as the originators of the war, He compared the German reactionaries to the late Russian regime and declared that he would be delighted if the same progress was made in Germany as had lately been made in Russiaves
The President called Horr Kunert to order.
THE GERMAN RAIDER MOEWE."
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A message from Berlin states: The Mosus captured 123,100 tons of shipping comprising twenty-two ateamers, va sailing vessels. Light of the steamers were armed. The Mere brought back
addition to the ships sunk and captured by the force mentioned in the:com-. manique of January 17, the following have also been sunki British and French:
Prince Eddie, Brecknockshire, Bho danthe, Katherine, Esmeraldas, Otaki, Demeterton, Governor Jaan; Norwegian -Staut
It is announced that the St. Theodore, previously cabled sa definitely sunk, and some of the above-named, have not been insurable for some weeks part. Others have recently sailed.
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GERMAN PRESS COMPLAINTS.
VANÁ AMSTERDAM, March 24.
The Koelnische Folkareiting bitterly complains of the conduct of the wealthy in despising the common soldiery and The Socialirt Kock compitined of crossing while the hollow-cheeked
attack obosen, and are table, once the following partion
CLOSING QUOTATIONS...
If a firme
details for every
GLOBS OF HIGHT TO SUL S
Registration does not begin before February 22: Offices will be set up in London, Edinburgh and Dublin, and the register will be open to inspection
the public by
just
as wills and birth certificates are at Somerset House at
present, not later than September 22.
This public, inspection, of course, is the
plausible
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bayers sales
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buyers
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The following are permitted to realgu leaving the Colony: Bergeant 012 Pak, PC, 830 Faiz Mohamed, P.C. 15 Lăng Yul Ghe
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DISCIPLINK.
During the illness of the ABP (B) this department will be taken over by Staff Inspector Potter,
All Reporte must, unti further ordera, whole business. All the bestrated to Stan Inspector Potter, tube that trade in bogus Visteris Groland
and sometimes win, spurious 2,4}} officiah, numbered Report. Bhceid by the choice of aristocratic must, however, bereturned direct to styles, will have to run the gauntlet of staff Inspector Patter alo Orderly Hoonr exposing their doubtful affairs to broad Sergeant.
daylight or shutting up shop. The penalties are £5 day during default, and even imprisonment in cases of
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Another important point is that any Boncern which has not registered when It was legally bound to do so losses its nght of action in respect of any contract It has entered into amce being to default. including several thousand women, ate. It will not be possible in the future for
(SEL)
A LIFE SAVER
is able to say that
Colic Cholera and Diarrhoes Ren
the terrible, undertecding" of the and undefed children, who beg at their Tree hundred thousand workers. LogDON, March 24 population, youth mee doom
in the war zone. They work seven dage Company The registrar can refuse to relieved more suffering than way owing to that country's condemna Aur official German report sites that The Minority Becialist DitmaunistabAM, March 20isting the Italian military engineers foreigners to run the British Fo-and-Solane roved, the lives of the per
The Gormal papers comment des a week, froth to 12 hours in the 24, tion of sharining the organ of the Eover Pasha, Commander of the Turkish declared that the Government well.
• Norwegian, shippers approves of the army, has arrived at German knew that workmen, were collapsing offpondently on the incrested, hardship and receivakkam 1zd: to: 6d. per house register such a namn when the basinties remedy in existence.
arming of merchantmen and suggest Headquarters and has conferred with hunger. an agreement with neutrals in this the Kaiser and Marshal you Hides These statements caused &great Pconnection
burg
Commotion
caused by the reduction of the bread with
Continned on TOŽE
work.
is conducted by alicis. One of the main over the cir purposes of the Act is to combat indidit etres of cem barracks, foreise influences white were item and all intestinal
British commer