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IẾTHURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1917.
TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Page 11
KING CONSTANTINE ABDICATES.
Arness, June 13
3. Jonart: the Allies' Special Coinmissioner, led an interview with M. Zais, the tireck Prensice, and demanial, on behalf the protect- ing Towers, the abdisation of King Constantine and the designation of
• antenŝor other than the Crown
Prince.
M. Zainis replied that de recer; mimad the disinteresteshness of the Powers, whose Whok nim was to rennstitut the anity of tremor under the age of the Constitution, and promised to conveg King Con- stantine's decision after a meeting of a Crow? Cormoil consisting at Former Premiery.
FRANCE AND RUSSIA.
IN FULL COMMUNITY."
EXTROGRAD, June 13, The French reply to the Russian proclamation of April 2, which saya that Free Russis does not aim at the domination of other nations has heên, publisher.
It say that Francs, relying on the. sentiments of her ok ant loyal ally, rejoices to be in full community with the lens of the Russian Goverment and people on the subject of the war. France does not dream of oppressing any people, but she is resolved that the Pression which has so long been weighing on the world shall he destroyed and
that the anthors
of the erintes shall be punished. France is forced to fight for the defence of her herty and means to secure the release and return of the provinces of Alsace and Lorraing and will fight with the Allies till their territorial rights and
lepeulence are restored, full indemni ties to the inhuman ravages are paid, an inlispensible guarantees against a recurrence of the horrors are obtained.
.” NAYAL BATTLE."
THE CHINA MAIL.”
COPENHAGES, June 19, A ship which has arrived on the Arkoe coush of Gothland reporta a went bath near Haerudskaer.
SUBMARINE.
Losos, June 13. A report this morning" of a fight is possibly explained by the news of an encounter of a British destroyer with Gurun
inc Tear Christia shermen state that they that the abmarine was, hit.
Some
believe
ITALY'S SHIPPING RETURNS,
ROME, Juno 13.
The Italian official shipping returns the the week ending June 10 are as fellows
Ships arrived Ships departed
408
Steaniers sunk Smalisailing ships sunke.
ITALIANS BOMB DURAZZO.
INDUSTRIAL UNREST IN GREAT BRITAIN.
PREMIERS ADDRESS TO THE ENQUIRY COMMISSIONERS
LONDON, June 13.
or mony as
FROM WAR TO PEACE.
THE REAL GERMAN ·RİYALRY.
[BY KEELEY Snowdry] [
A very remarkable shilling pamphlet. Mr. Lloyd George, at Dawringing behind the war and beyond it. DESTROYER'S ENCOUNTER WITH A Street, dressing the Commissioners through confusion of sule issues appointed to empire into industrial in which men laser their heels, toru State dibrest, anki that the industrial machine in a plain, hard way the international had been working at exceptionally high equation that war disturbs but does not pressure. Five million mat, in the tert tile is The Real German prime of life, had been withdrawn from Brms on clear otidenes is that the kind
Rivalry
(Fisher Erin). What it industry, but with iliminished "numbers of rivalry we have to fear from Germany,
necessary in had been
many oven after a war well won, must be’Ra rosex to maintain Au increased formidable as ever unless we meet it output. Consequently, there hallirectly that there is no way of either. been much overstrain, fatigue, ex barking it or evnding it: and that to haustion and irritation. He did not arret iodinetly is our only means of find doubt that the innumerable changes ing employment for 700,000 workers.
The author iN 11 Yorkshire mona- necessary to adapt the peace machine to Laetarer, Sir Swire Smith, who'cune into war exigencies bad caused much friction. Parliamenta
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during the cool!! a business, man- The marvel is that there had been so tion. He writes as little. The results accomplished had addressing business men, and "with na been beyond the anticipations of men desire to provide material for party cries perfectly senninted with the industrial r platform debite but outside busi- possibilities of this country. This hadless, he has been known for thirty years as ar ardent educationist, He undoubtedly been a great surprise and is, I believe, almost the only surviving A disappointment to our enemies. member of that Royal Commission on Neverthless there had been trouble Technical Instruction which in 181 first and friction which the Commissioners visited the Continent, and offectively would investigate. The murmurings |
j drew attention to the German bid for and grumblings did not come merely
commercial supremacy. from men interested in promoting disquiet, bat from men honestly anxichis to help the country with the prosecution of the war. The Government wished the enquiry to be therongh and impartial, and he was sure, from the character of the Commissioners, that that wand ho the case. The in- restigation should not be too formal, therefore it was not desirable that the meetings should be public, otherwise Witnesses would be disinclined to talk freely. He was anxious that the en- quiries should be concluded as the earliest possible moment so that the recommendations for the best way of dealing with the unrest could be made as soon as possible. LONDON, June 13. 1 the Hobbs of footunk. Mr. Feisont convivianation among the Fiehl Marshal Sir Douglas Haring the canses of the unrest, including
There were many anggestions regard Boner Law aminced "prussid dan) [Roddiers, who demand the most ports:--We gained further ground to the hours of labour, the Trade Union cheers, the sixdication of King Cole serving, padishuiet for deserters. the east, and north-east of Messines on regulations, complaints of the actions of employers or foremen, and also their stantine in faxiner of Sprengl.com. The sport of reinbreens and occupied the hamlet of Gapaard, and ar ministration of the Munitions Act, Prince Alexander, sy hook takes the Sopplies to the fremt is proceeding have a slight vanced our line dear food and profiteering and the hard
astrite the Sanchez river
maintain the army, All such questions ships connected with the efforts to mast he thoroughly investigated, but the Government did not propose to await the Report of the Commis sioners before dealing with certain things. The Ministry of Munitions WILS 210" present engaged upon important negotiations with the Amalgamated Engineers on the subject of the Munitions Act, certain sections of which, perhaps, were not so necessary, now that most of the industries of the country were used for Government
LATER.
Allied fromps had been phased at o the disposal, of Mi Jomart with: criora norite and then und Kong Constantine had unilempared his depi. sion.
THE SPIRIT OF THE RUSSIAN TROOPS..
STATEMENT BY THE WAR
MINISTER.
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Pkraanan, June 13.
After the moving of the Connell, M. Zaimis auswatted. that Kingf M. Kervisky, in an interview on Constantive had decided to abdligere, dis netum tra the front, says that the spirit of the troops is generally
MENT
M BONAL LAWS ANNOUNCE, "and fatem:isation with the Fencing bus adines, Been stampani out wiile desertions now excite
Cath as King.
MEN FRAN
Losoy, June 13
Mr. Lych "asked: "What does the Government expect to gain by Elur abdication of King Caistuutine when the
abuses are p petuated under another home?"
3. Berner Law replied that they Jasped to gaby a mistered vinstitu- fional governtient, repissentative of The whole of Gnsge
Mr. Swift Mešioli, pzobestrå against Kingfistantine being
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Stanothly",
RUSSIAN REGIMENTS MUTINY,
ROME. Jize 13. Numerous Italian aeroplates sue essively houbed Thruzzo, damaging
itary and naval works.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
CONTINUED ADVANCE AT
MESSINES.
a frout of nearly two miles. We
There has been considerable enemy artillery activity to the north-east of fotzeaucourt, to the youth and porth of the State, and in the neighbour hoods of Lens and Ypres,
Curaeroplanes yesteriny did some useful work despite the unfavourable weather.
Opc of our machines is missing,
GERMAN MESSAGE.
LONDON, June 12.
A German official communique speaks
of British cavalry east of Messinea,
purposes
WHAT WAS THE ICEXT↑ What in it, then, that made Germany great competitor, and incidentally, our largest customer, and that no result of war ca alter! Not tariffs, for, her wall of tariffs was not high, so high as that of France, the United not nearly States, Russia, or other countries more well backward Sir Switc Smith is very content with our own policy in that fance the war as no other country matter. which kept us in a position to could. The German secrat-adcst.
was the immense praction eff- ciency of German sebooks and colleges. Here is one story :--
large
At an exhibition of 1882 visited by the Royal Commission, we saw a small ex- rical engineer of the name of schucker hibit of electrial appliances by an elec who employed 40 men at Surenberg. In same man under the name of Schuckert 18 there was a splendid exhibit by the and Co. We sa
saw the works and were profoundly impressed. had seen no such provided works in any country. They employment for 3,50 men and we
were that the orders in
in hand re- presented fam; A large propar- Co. were able to
ion came from England. Schuckertand take contructs for electric lighting installations, electric railways and tramwars, on & scale in all parts of the world; to crect sheir entire management And works, and, if necessary to undertake this was rendered feasible by the fact that an army of young scientists went but annually from the polytechnic schools of Germany, equipped in theory and prae tice for the complicated work require by this establishment. How is it that we have been outranged in this great field? The answer is the same as before: The people in this country have been incomparably behind the Germans in Continuing Mr. Lloyd George said technical training, and the business has that they would also certainly not avait gone to those who could best do it the Report of the Commissioners before
In 1000 I paid another visit to Nurem dealing with the high prices of food berg. Schuckert and Ca bad doubled their premises and wore employing 8,000 and the alleged profiteering,
men, for whom they had erected almost Government had already started
A new city of model dwellings. They most searching investigation on that had also entered a combine with Siemens subject, and they hoped very shortly and Co., of Berlin, the amalgamation
make proposa}N which would
they now imported any tools very substantially reduce the cost of accepting over 40,000 work-people. I some of the secuseries of life. It was une." Tasked. "Have you any foremen England. reply was Not essential, above all, that Commission's
"Net. **Your Excellency having demand-unconditionally. Four officers who ST
recommendation should be made at the i or specialists from England
The official who hatt charge of the abdication of the King and were the ringlenders word reseteil
enrliest practicable date-three weeks us sailingly remarker) We do not the designation of his successor, the with diffulty from the loyal traps |
rather than three months-bat at any need to employ Englishmen now, we have no use for them, but scores of our "Premier, matifies your Excellency and sent to the Headquarters of the M. Jennart, in a conversation with M.
A message from Athens states that rate, by the first week in July.
Replying to. Mr. Clynes, Mr. Lloyd men go to England to take leading
positions in your works. It is ruther that His Majesty, solicitous, an vor, Regiment and then marched off to i Zaimis, stated that the protecting George said that the Commisigners Pap Leon: 40 men in 1882 to 8.00 in 1906, solely for the interests of Greece, has.
Powers intended O purchase the might enquire to the profiteering and and the 2,000 but a branch of a combine. derided to leave the country with
Thessalian crops and to equitably say whether they thought the Govern TRE BUT TO LEARN TO WORK. the Crown Prines and designates
istribute, then throughout Greece. ment was going far enough. He did Events since 1015 had obliged them to not doubt that the Government would Prince Alexander as his successor,
demand more complete guarantees for announce the result of its enquiries before the safety of
the Eastern army, the Commissioners bad completed their THE EX-KING, GOING "TO
It is announced that imports to and also for the restoration of investigations. SWITZERLAND.
the United Kingdom for May in-unity in the Kingdom and the working
# allowed to nedeinate his stressar..
Mr. Pear Taw replied that it was wrong to say that King Constantine, had nominated his surressor.
THE PREMER'S NOTE.
ATHENS, June 13. The Premier's ribe to M. Jonnert
states:
PARIS, June 18.
Ex-King Constantine flas indicated his intention of going to Switzerland, via Italy
ENTENTE TROOPS LANDED.
Pants, June 13.
A telegram from Antler's states thus the troops landed and encamped
THE MUTINY, SUPERESSED.
EXTRA, Time 13. "Following "upon anders for the reorganisation of one of the armies. Lou the Hunnubian from, three regi-
ments netrine and arrested their ) Colonel gid seven officers. One regiuris refusing to proceed any Where was surmamid Byra Division: ot Cavalry, iwe battalions of infantry, In isnterp'of artillery, # squadron of Eurooted
ami number of
aeroplanes,
As the mutineers, "were dilatory in heeling overthe ringleaders, infantry and avalry entered the village, whereupon the rutineers submitted
Tew sector.
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BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.
Lagos, June 13."
creased by 8,827,720 and exports hul decreased by £3,587.155, compared with May last year.
SOUTH AFRICAN MAIZE.
IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT
ACQUIRES THE SUR PLUS CROP.
CAPE Tows, June 13. The Imperial Government is taking on the Pineus by agreement between over the surplus crap of South
M. Jounert and the Goverment without incident...
THE SITUATION IN SPAIN.
MURMURINGS OF A COMING. STORM.
-
MADRID, June 13 The political situation remains critical, Newspapers generally, regard the pee sent Ministry as'n stopgap."
Certain mutterings are audible aug gestive; of a coming storm capable of wrecking some of the existing institu tions Although the military element
African maize at 148. 34. per bag.
In the Assembly Sir J. W. Smartt said that with a view to assisting thei Imperial Government to prosecute
RUSSIAN ACTIVITY.
LONDON, June 12 Afterman message saya There was lively fighting on the Dina near Hisergou and Baranovitchi, and especially near Briemny, and on the Narajówka
THE SITUATION IN GREECE.
ASURES TAKEN,
PARIS, June 13,
He also notified the establishcent of of the constitution in a true spirit. Allied posts for the control of the Jathmus at Corinth, and the provision of military forces, so to assure the main- tenance of order..
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Sir,To-day we are conficuted with a National Dept of 4,000 millions, and it
Sir Swire Smith's experience and that of the Royal Commission that, wherever they found the best schools they found slad the most successful industries, i nowadays equally true of this country, as our showing it the Brussels Exhibi
of 1910 proved abundantly. We the war laste another year the nation will have fellowed the German lead in tech-be burdened with a 6,000 million debt: nical education to very good purpose.
His points are only that we have not the charge for yearly interest alone will done enough, that the commercial be 300 millions. discussions raised byar fog the issue perilously, and that we have no time to
lose.
Are we getting valve for our colossal expenditure? That is the kernel of the whole position." g
Thirty-five members,” representative dh all parties, including the right" and lab wing of each party, have tabled a roolien on demanding that a Committee of tho House be appointed, with power to you view all national expenditure examine Ministers and officials, and report to th House, and thus to the public. Inquiry
after the way is over, and when the money,
what is needed is a check today to a has been spent, will serve little porposac
-serve, our resources and enable the netisc to stay the, course.
Some 5,000 melical men have volun-
On April 4, 1015, the Chancellor of the teered for military service since the.op break of war, said the Acting Registrar
Execheques, in introducing his Budget, of the General Council of Medical Ed- The plus has been," says the author,
and Registration, in ucation
PressShut out these goods and let them be stated (Hard, rol 1005) that our The Government subsequently placinterview. Consequently, he did not made by ourown people. The answer is: total expenditure for this present financial Will public opinion support
think there would be a very large numThose people couldn't make them; they arded a communiqué explaining thatber of doctors of military age available didn't know how; they had nover year would be five million pounds per deinand?
for service in hospitals abroad.
ATHENS, June 13.
the, Powers had no intention of aasailing the rights of Greece or the constitutional regime they only desired Greece to
The situation is calm. remain strong and intlopendent.
FRENCH AND BRITISH TROOPS ENTER THESSALY,
PARIS, June 13.
FINED FOR FEEDING GERMANS.
Two War Department labourers, em ployed at the prisoners of war camp at Frith Hill, Aldershot, were fined recently ono guinea ench. for endeavouring to smuggle loaves of broad for certain of
learned....
I have sometimes seen day." He added: "I confess frankly banner carried at the bead of w
We claim the right to that I shall be disappointed if serious! procession. work and I have longed to vary the economies cannot be effected in the course
"We inscription. It should read: clair
the right to learn to work. Our first of the year and this Jorge tatal reduced.?! business is to change all this, and to
The present expenditure is £7,000,000 begin at once.
VALUE OF HUMAN MILK.”.
per day!
A
The new national luxury of Government State Departments will, if it continues,"
the war the Union Government" A message from. Athens states that the prisoners, who had paid a shilling | OVER £8,000,000. IN YEAR BEFOREether the State; their number, grow■ {
should not forint upon such an French troops have disembarked at extremely good bargain for the, South Corinth, and that a French and British African farmer, Heremphasised that column has entered Thessaly..
LONDON, June 13.
A French Fastern communiqué states that the troops entrusted with the con- trol of the crops of Thessaly have entered Thessaly without difficulty as
it was due to the protection of the British Navy that British ships were able to take away the maize.
General Botha declared that the price was not too high. He believed far an ElassODE. that if the Imperial Government had not stepped in, the farmers would only have received very poor prices from speculators; moreover, the price
is at present in the background it keeps in England would have been much up & latent activity.
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THE TROOPS IN MESOPOTAMIA.
Loxpos, June 18:
It is officially stated that the
higher
THE SILVER MARKET.
Losnos, June 18.
ABDICATION OF KING CONSTANTINE.
loaf.
3
Welsh miners in April were paying half a crown a pound for new potatoct.
THE WAR.
:
fast, and the cost comes out of the poc kets of the taxpayers. j Employment of women away from The above figures are ample proof that home," says bir. Crichton Browne, "is aurational expenditure is completely out conducive to infant mortality and to de- of hand, and it is unnecessary to refer in bility of the surviving offspring in later detail to the waste in administration.
substitute for the maternal bosom, he the House of Commons do to help the life
The best-ordered creche is a
The proptical question is: What can wretch-
April 18, 1017,
Gerhom Stewari.
Chas. S. Henry,
F. G. Banbury. Petey A. Herria. John Gretion. Leit Jones. Henry Craik George J. Wardle. F. W. Goldstone Godfrey P. Cotumdə
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which she thought to invalidate by the told the annual meeting of tha Hospital 4 Government to wngs this war effective ended by the Captain Superintenden
Saturday Fund at the Mansion House.
He said that when the war Overa
Was
Germany is now beginning to ander The Morning Post says. that stand whst is meant by the naval power mine and submarine while ber own main battle feet remained in barbour. She has succeeded in arraying against her the number of women would continue doing i has brought? Ministeru in the late and effecting an arr, at steg perso five other greatest naval nations of the men's work but he hoped that a large in this Government paid and pay lip LONDON, June 15.world-France, America. Rassis, Japan majority of the married women, at any service to economy. In reality few caro, The Timer states that reports were and Great Britain. She will leard in sate would be content to revert to pre-Control over expenditure by the House and find their true of Commons his practically gone. The Fing unission she sealed her own fate. nations effect that King Constantine was about
The Daily Chronicle" asks to what is lating and adorning their homes. to abdicate, if he had not already abdi due the increased destruction of
sub
Human milk was priceless, but some The Government hare decided to male eated, in favour of his son Alexander. carines. Partly It may be sssumed to notion might be formed of its economic withart the House of Commons. The
if we regarried it as if it Łwere cows? It is believe that this solution will be the sudden swelling of our anti-
received in London yesterday, to the due time that in challenging the Free Warn muckling babies and in reg House of Cornions at present is helpless.
danger
This is the second time this constable has been commended.
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born in England and Wales. The mothers and no one interposes to check thair general health of the whole British is pretically nothing offering and the It is stated that the Allies have occu- of the destroyer flybiles, of America and year before the war 831,800 infants were departments are a law unto themselves,
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of these infants should have yielded on expenditure. Several sibtle peychological forces in Mesopotamia antiaiac
an average, two pints of milk a day for infuentes which were a check on expendi-ursday, June 21st-Beernits of
for tory There is an ample supply of
lactation period of nine myths, which would account to 22,845 gallons & day; ture in the past have disappeared; hospitals and no deficiency in nurses
worti atls. 8d. a gallon, £16,670 s. day, instance, the Government of the day does had been reported.
Dot require to raise by faxetan the nece and £0,037,00'a year.
sary revenue; instead, the money Vorrated, in th
GENERAL IMPTS.
market is stendy,
OBITUARY,
pied the Isthmus of Corinth unopposed..
King Constatine bas atalicated in favour of his son Alexander.
LONDON, June 18. The deatly in announced of Briga dier St. Jolin Fancourt C.B.
BOWEL COMPLAINT IN CHILDREN. URING the summer months mothers
states
SOMETHING DEPENDABLE -- TARRHOEA is always more or lets looseness of the child's bowels When
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