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MORE PEACE TALK.
ENEMIES DESIRE PEACE-
"WITH HONOUR.”
AN INSPIRED BERLIN TELEGRAM.
AMSTERDAM, April 11 „Germany's hope that the Russian Bevolution will result in peace is evidenced by ùm,iuspired Berlin tele,
We are still advancing. The enemy's gram purporting to give the views opposition.is weaker along the southern of political circles on the published part of our new front; consequently we interview with Coans Czemin, the made the biggest advance on this sector, Austrian Foreign Minister. It says while from Beaumets to Arres, evRT that Count Czernin's frank utter gain was the result of hard fightings ancos are greeted with joy and will We seized a hill which brings us to doubtless help to destroy enemy within four miles of the Cambral-Str. rumours that the Central Powers are Quentin road, while further south, our willing to assist the pestoration of advance has reached a point barely Russian reaction. and i dds: four miles from the centre of Str.
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A RUSSIAN SUGGESTION TO
GERMANY.
PETROGRAD, April 1.
In a triangle of greater resistancS between Croiselles, Varncourt and Queant, two more posts were captured after a fierce struggle. In the bombing post protecting these positions, every German was killed.
A company of our infantry captured every man in a regular nest of outposts two miles from Croiselles. Counter attacks were severely punished by che fire from a field battery the proximity of which was not suspected by the Germans,
BRITISH TAKE 4,600 PRISONERS:
IN THREE MONTHS.
LONDON, April 1. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Hig
Nearly all the newspapers em reports that during March we took phasise that Dr. Bethmann Holl.1,239 German prisoners, 18 officers, weg's references to Russia is the three field guns, 25 trench mortars" Reichstag are intended to entrap und 60 machine guns. From Janu Liberal opinion in Russia in favour, ary 1 to March 31 we have takers
of peace.
4,600" prisoners,
FURTHER TERRITORY
CAPTURED.
This morning we occupied Saxy four railes to the west of St. Quentir, utter considerable 5ghting, and in-.
The Novoye Fremya recalls that the Kaiser was always interfering in the internal affairs of Russia and had officials and even Ministers appoint ed. It says: "We want a peace which a new 'crowned German fool flicted heavy casualties. In the The best means afternoon we pccupied, Sary Woods one mile to the north of the village.
could not disturb. to realise this is for Germany to take her destiny into her own hands..
MESOPOTAMIA.
+
ANOTHER VICTORY OVER THE TURKE.
LONDON, April 1.
An official report from Mesopotamis
states:-
We captured Vendelles on Saturday night and Epehy and Peiziere this morning.
We progressed to the north-west of Croweller and raided, during, the night, to the north of Roelincourt, north-eastward of Neuville St, Vaast and to the south-west of Givenchy,
"The enemy's attempted converging inflicting many casualties:
There was considerable air fighting myvem nt from Sitt-el-Adbaira and Deli
"We destroyed two
Abbas of our in the Delts detachment, on Saturday, failed. The enemy's movement from German machines and drove, down Deli Abbas was contained, and his three others. "One British machine. troops are now in full retreat.
is missing.
We attacked the Shatt-el-Adhaim force on Thursday, and, after severe fighting, we occupied the whole position. Several counter-attacks failed. The enemy, leaving 124 unwounded and many wounded in our hands, again retired to the right bank of Shatt-el- Adhaim..
THE RUMANIAN FRONT.
LONDON, April 1. A Russian official message, tras
mitted by wireless, reporta
We repulsed attacks on the Kirli- baba, Tacobeni and Valeputns road regions.
*SENSIBLE PROGRESS OF
FRENCH FRONT.
LONDON, April 1
A French communiqué reports There was an artillery duel of con sidérable violence on the Somme and the Crise, and sensible progress was made durlog the night to the worth and south. of Aillette, particularly to the east of Margial
AN EXPERT'S VIEWS O)
· SITUATION.
PARIS
xan expert comment we have reached the
Our aeroplanes gunfire set fire to burg line and will and burned an airship in the region operations until our
of Odobestchi. › Twenty-two of our seroplanes bombed Brailov, causing firee at the dpels,
ENEMY ATTACK ON ITALIAN
been consolidated improven.
In view of the Falestine tha Turks
that their Empire is
out the help of
cannot dream
in Asia and,