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DETERMINED ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED.
THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA.
GENERALS ASK TO BE RELIEVED OF COMMANDS.
Loxoos, May By Field-Marslu! Sar Ponglus Haig. reports: There have been small night outpost engagements to the south-
PETROGRAD May 15 enst of. Ephy. The eneing heavily
General Furko, commanding the bombarded, this morning, bur posi mutes on "the western fat, and tions at Bullecourt and on "the Guéral Brusiloff, comunanding the Hindenburg, line, delivering two southern group of armies, have asked determined counter-attacks. His to be relieved of their commands. attack on the Hindenburg line evin. pletely tiled, and bis attack on Büllegoist also was repulled after{ heavy fighting in which our advance posts in the north-west portion of the vilinge were forced back a shirt
distance.
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AN APPEAL TO GERMAN SOCIALISTS.
PETROGRAD, May 15
The Council of Workinen's and Soldiers' Delegates have issued an
Our artillery stopped « "commter. Lappend to the Austrian and German Sueialists not to permit their Govern-
attnek to the sonkli-enst of lakai."
We carried out a successful runtį ment to take advantage of the pre- near Ypres.
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GERMAN ATTACK ON FRENCH
FRONT...
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Lospex, May 5,
French conmimiqué reports. that after a violent bombardment of Chemins-des-Dames and she region. to the north-west of Bry-ch- factis, the German last even- ing, attacked on a wide front towards Les Covettes al Chiveringy ridge, Our barrage and machine gun fire broke on the attack which did not reacls our
thes except at one point where a fretion of the enemy gained a footing in one of our advanced elements, to the south-west of Filain
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GENERAL PETAIN BECOMES COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,
Pans, May 15 General Petain has been appoint- ed Commander-in-Chief.
General Nivelle is to becom mander of qu anay, group, and General Foch to be Chief of Staff.
sent situation in Russia to concen- truje more moopa against the English and French with the idea of crushing Busalu ter.
*A FOREIGN POLICY OPENLY AIMING AT A GENERAL PEACE."
PETROGRAD, May 15. The Executive of the Council of Workinen and Soldiers' Delegates is insidering the question of parti cipating in the Government on the following conditions:
An netive foreign policy, openly ning at a general peace as your as possible without annexations or indemnities on the basis of the rights of nations to work out their own destinies."-
The complete democratisation of the army and the Poinforcement of Russia's fitury strength for the defence of Russian liberty.
PETROGRAD, May 15, A meeting of the Executive of the Workin's faul Soldiers Delegates areread the, decision not to partie) cipate in a Coalition Ministry referred to ou May 12, by 41 votes to 19.
THE MACEDONIAN FRONT. Two members abstained from voting.
SERBIAN ADYANCE.
Losnos, May 15. A Serbian communiqué states: There has been great, activity the whole Seriifant front.
We have again advanced in the region of Vetrenik and Dobropoly and repulsed a violent tounter
attack.
RUSSIAN OPERATIONS IN ASIA MINOR.
LONDON, May 15.
A QRAYE SITUATION.
LosDos, May 15. The fact that the Council of Work ren's and Soldjers" Delegates have considered it, necessary to appeal to the army Significant. However, reponsible comment here sees in the Council despite its extremist ten. dencies, the only body separating the country from absolute anarchy hence the appeal is welcomed as showing that the Council fully, realises the gravity of the situation. Moreover, the appeal confirms that Council contains powerful
A Russian official message, trans- mitted by wireless, states that in the the region of Reflerk and Arniak elements desiring a stable Govern Baba, to the southward of Erzingan, ment.
The fighting ontinues on the Diola river,
a counter-attack dislodged the Kurds Meanwhile, the Provisional from the trenches they occupied the Government has sued a proclams- previcus day
tion which says that the Govern ment remains at its post confident that the participation of the Dew representatives of democracy in the responsibilities of the Goverment will mean the country's salvation..
ELECTORAL REFORM
VOTES FOR WOMEN.
THE GERMAN WAR AIMS.
CHANCELLOR DECLINES TO STATE THEM.
LONDON, May 15. wireless message from Berlit states that Dr. von Bethman-Holl weg in the Reichstag replying to interpellations, declined to state the Gernuun programme of war aims at the present moment on the ground that it would not serve the country intereste. 3
LONDON, May 153- In the House of Commona, Mr. Walter, Long introduced a Bill em
tiona bodying, all the recommen the Speaker's Electoral Reforma Conference, referred to in a cable dated January 20. Ken
The Bill fixes the aggrefwomen voters at 80.
THE KING AND QUEEN ON TOUR
LONDON, May 15 YOU Their bjaties the King end a Queen have visited the Liverpool munition works and docks, They woru-recdived with est
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