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"SATURDAY, JUNE 29 1917.
TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Pago 1.)
· THE WESTERN FRONT
ACTIVITY ON THE FRENCH FRONT
ليد
Losnos, une
THE CHINA MAIL.
HONGKONG AND GERMAN EVACUATION OF WEST FLANDERS INCREASE OF SWEARING.
EXCLUSION.
QUESTION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Loxpay, June 2
In the House of Commons, Mr. terslid: Stewart asked whether the posal made by the longe Chamber of Commerce, that Ger
A French 'eganmantiqué mports: mans should be racluded from the Ty artillery struggle continued me Colony for some time after the war, The "east of Vasiveillon and gated. was rejected by the Legislative ed, in the night," the region south “Council, all the feiak menbers of Filimi aful worth of Brayen, voting aganist it, and whether the Latorinois, where it was very vident, vote represented the view of the
Tie Gerumns, Jesterthey evening. Imperial Government. He also Attackel on the crest of Tetom. inusked whether Cerians welk he Claipagne did, to the case of that, free to reenter the Crown Colonies, place, on a nos of 300 metres, especially where there was a large They penetrated
our advanced native population, in view of the plements 16t were driven out after risk of a negotition of hostile termin heely Bghting. We entirely refrige established our bes
THE GREEK SITUATION.
KING ALEXANDER'S PROCLAMATION..
carry
The-Ra, Bon. Walter Long. Sectes tary of State for the Colonies, replied that he had seen the report from which in appeared that the Chinese sk the Legislative Council, memberse and the official members, had voted against the phosal. Mr. Long smid that the mainder of the questions raised were matters of future policy on wineb it would be premature to our bispos an opinion.
it imp
Lastus, „bine 22. In van of the surprise nfl ine! liganation which has bog aroused by the new fireek King's first povelatio sion, in which has expersand ble alerermination fualuer's "spered tondate," noteworthy that King Alexander has ! sent a letter to M., Zairis, direhring Dimselfonzados a „fitlagi gundiata of the Constitution and expressing his willingness to shrérely copoľater ! with the towers in maintaining tropality and bringing about a avvonciliation between the different
elements of the Greek motiveron
THE EX-KING.
LCANO, June 22. Ky Ring Constantine Tas gone to Thusis in the Cuulon of Grisons" -4 Switzerlandby.
M. VENIZELOS.
ATTENS, June
Piraeus. He will not visit Athens.
THE SILVER MARKET:..
LONDON, Joge 22. Silver is hoted at 301. There is a semmity of offerings. but the tarke is firib.
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LATERA
Messrs. Summel, Montague and Company's report states that the pries of B0gd. via
round, wine [Cheruber 1992,
The report draws attention to the tatistics of Indian imperts andd exports of silver during the last thre fimorial yours, Ahow that a
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AMSTERDAM, June 22
It is reported that the evacuation by the civil population of the west of Fanlors continuan Two thousand have removed front places behind the front..
ITALIAN MINE DESTROYS A GARRISON.
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LONDON, Jane 21. A Italian,official message transmitter by wireless says:-We explode powerful mine the spur of Pierole Lagazuoi in the Ampozanú sector | destroying a garrison, Alpine troops carried the summit of Hill 2,868, ou Fecule Fagamci, establishing them
elves there.
COSSACKS' TENACIOUS WAR SPIRIT.
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SIR GEORGE BIRDWOOD ON
STRANGE OATHS, ***
"THE LAND OF DEATH.
TERRIBLE STORY OF SERIVIA.
PILES OF DEAD WORST.
A terriblu picture of the enfortigs of Sir George Birdwood writes to the tion is given in an interview secured by ths berbian people under. Hum domina- Daly Heaphie: Many of your readers M Edward Starshall, the well-known Teside myself bars heen pained by American correspondent, with Professor "Chaplui" in the Daily Graphic of the Popovitch, of the Belgrade University 14ch inst, writing, so, naadvisably with "Last winter," writes the interviewer. bia pen beitse prevoked by our soldiers that good priest and STONE scholar, being so greatly given to hard wearing. Father Nicolai told me that the hope of even as was Moses by the hail langgrowing, children from the war-torn
Serbia might lie in the removal of her of the Israelites at Maribal, and "to his disease-fouled, famine stricken land to own burt."
some island of the Grecian archipelago, guarantee against attack by the fact that only children and those who tanglat them and attended them should live upon it. I asked Professor Popovitch. about this plan."
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"Chaplain. sms to condhand our English "strange paths" with the foul language" referred to by the judge in a recent case before one of our Law Courts, as to which all I have to say is that the first word of the filthy phrase
"When Father Niculai spoke to you there were. 20,000 of those childsen.. is the only adjective that comes raslily Fifteen thousand now are loud as dead, to the tongues of uneducated English-dar sir, as their brave soldier fathers men, and that the Donn it qualifies is as who died fighting for them, us their PETROGRAD June 91. often used by them as a term of endear-ourageous mothers who risked all in Congress of Cosascks, the President apham, he does not seem to include who-but I cannot speak about their At the opening of the pin-Russionment as of malediction. On the other their efforts to protect them lost all, and still failed. Dead as their plucky sisters, pealed to them to fight the enemy with judicial ouths in his indictment, though sisters Better might it, he for many of
nt and the enemy within.
is a chaplain, he must know that they their sisters bad they also died. No. Military delegates demanded stronger are condemned by the Bible (Matthew That great chance for philanthropy measures, against the Leninists, whom v. 31-37, and James, 12) this only which might have saved a nation's little they denounced as traitors. They also anequivocal objection being to streng dead. And safe. They are beyond the ones has passed. The little ones are demanded the formation of a special in the use of Matthew xxvi,, 74 reach of German soldiers. They are Cock Army, which would he reallyThen begin he (St. Peter) to curse beyond the reach of Austrian soldiers.
lie on the field of bonour.
Better yes, they are beyond the reach of The Congress displayed a téhacious
Balgar, colliers. They are dead. And they are safe,” war'spirit,
MARTIAL LAW AT TOMSK.
WHOLESALE MURDERS.
PETROGRAD, June 21. Martial law has been proclaimed at Tomak, owing to wholende murders and robberies by amnestied criminals cali to the colours, and anarchists. Two
thousand three hundred have been arrested twenty of the resisters were killed and number wounded.
FRENCH SHIPPING REPORT.
FARIS, June 2
The French weekly shipping report says that ducing the week ending the 17th inst, the arrivals have been 1,02% and the sailings 1.123. There were 10 xitkings above: 1,600 tone: Eve vesuela below this tonnage were snk Five voxels were unsuccessfully attacked.
RE-EXAMINATION WILL YIELD 60,000 MEN.
LONDON, Jine 21. Linges of over 10,000,000mnoes on Tu the House of Commons, Mr. Mac private amnis, daing 19144; ad pherson stated that the War Office been turned into a net export of nterestimated that the re-examination of 106,000 news.
Also thit, the discharged and rejected soldiers would Sixty thousand of other categories, yield 60.000 men for service abroad chischarged wounded and invalidel from abroad, could claim fihal discharge.
M. Venizelos has arised in the this rapted, hainly in the latter
portion of 1946-7, *over 10,000,0x8 puces, which is probably well over taff the world's production.
BRITISH AERIAL ACTIVITY ON THE STRUMA.
Losmas, June 22.
A French Eastern comominiqu¿
The British air "service Kongled
Belay camps and depot
Take Doinu og the Vavdir "änd on the Siting, causing prent dinage.
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DANISH MINISTERIAL CRISIS..
COPENHAGEN, June 22. The Stokton Conference hus sapnased sterisis, in klas Danish Cabinet, The Conservative Minister, E. Rotte bell, at the reptest of his party. han objected to the activities of the Socialist Minister. M. Stunning's. Sialist Minister, M. Stomming, at the Stockhofu Conference.
RECRUITING METHODS
CRITICISED.
OBITUARY...
LONDON, June 22.
Sir
The auth is arounced of Joseph Lyons.
Sr. Joneph yous, was this head
of
the
TWO NEW BRITISH ORDERS.
OPEN TO BOTH SEĶES.
LONDON, Juno 22. The King has instituted two new Curlers in recognition of war services by Britons and Allica. One is styled "The Order of the British Empire," which is an | Order of Knighthood open to both sexes,
higher classes.
and to swear..
I do not defend the habit, I simply insist on the correction of it being done |
PHOTO RAPHS. with adequate knowledge of its nature and sympathy with the sufferers from it. Mr. Marshall describes photograph as was lone by the writer of the which were shown him :- erlitorial article in the Daily Graphic on One of them pictured human bodies the subject "Chaplain“ found so in pile. All deed. And more than uplifting, but with the spirit whereof. than that. All girls. Wolves had not he, in my opinion, failed fully to contorn the fesh in brutal hanger. Mar. form himself."
ONCE BEFORE IN FLANDERS
Our
that Ali mutilated. And still more
wicked where a wolf is merely well, a wolf, and stomach-hungry-had done this mutilati. A tale of utterly marineal human. bestiali'y that plots
tells
We luid nickname the island of Vido. near the Island af Corin,, the Island of Death" said Professor Popovitch,
Now all Serbia is the Land of Death. The land of death and outrage. The land of dead men. The land of the starved children. The land of outraged wonen
That is Serbia. Almost
every house in Belgrade, as every other Serbian city, town, ors village, Las someone ill of tuberculobis
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In many houses all are ill of it. Se death has not yet passed along contented with its harvest.
KILLING FOR ECONOMY.
Swearing as the etymology of the word shows is a swarming of words in answer (that is, anti-swear) to the spar of an expected insult, affiction, or other surprise: a nish of intemperately emphasised interjections, defined by the Eaton Latin Grammar" (at least in the editions of the forties of the last century) parts of speech betekening some suchen motion of the mind, be it of grief or joy, or, other passion." conimonest curse has been said, to have nothing to do with either "damnam
damage) or damnationem (eternal punishment) being simply a deformation of "Dominus Deus," the French. “Dame Dien" or "Seigneur. Dien", and only "In Bulgaria the Serbia prisoners through long ase of the deformed phrase are suffering most severely. The Bul- dil it gradually acquice its presentarians are worst of all. They have us meaning.
prisoners and in internment campe Shakespear writes of soldiers as "Full certainly not fewer than 3000 Serbians. of strange oaths" and later Sternet costs ther quite a sum for even such through Unele Toby, tells us Ontslight food as they rouchsafe to ther So, of course, they kill as many as they area are terribly in the can. A mere measure of ceopony, with the invention of the oath. "I caro George Trevelyan credits Wellington fancy.
Soldiers shoot them down. Live sot a twopenay data" The Duke did targets. Good training for a brave Bul- not invent it but simply gave at cachisharian soldier. Teaches him to shoot. turn to a must familiar Indian locution, with accuracy. And if he doesn't kill "I don't care a dath" as "It's not worth cartridges."
nt the first shot, why he has other a copper dam that is the lowest denomination of thisive Indint coinage in Western India. We have the English equivalent of this innocent interjection in Chaucer's ("The Miller's Tale," 670), *Of paramours be sette nat a kern," or cress-that is according to Skent "thing of amall value.”
If Joe Miller" is to be trusted, the
CVERDOING WAR-TIME RELIGION.
firm of Messrs. J. Lyons and Co., Ltd.woraan baving the prefix Dame in the textually unmeaning but, in age, fads and fancies and adherauts, while
the well known caterers.]
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
ENEMY RAIDS REPULSED BY
THE BRITISH.
LONDON, June 22.
The second Order js entitled "The Order of Companions of Honour." This is for one class only and does not carry title or precedence. Women will be equally eligible with men. The first lists are to be issued shortly,
The religious emotionalism produced by war conditicus in England bas its dark side, says a writer in The Christian Commonwealth (London). All sorts of derisive formula, "All my eye and mediums. beaters, and inventors of new Betty Martin is a popular deform-faiths are resping a rich harvest. We ation of the Latin prayer, "Ah (Hear Young officers dash round to know me) Blessed St. Martin" (the partonwhat is the proper answer to Mrs Besant. saint of all publicans and tavern Bewildered mothers phore for tracts, keepere) Zook's" (God's books) and and startled clerics dive into dictionaries Zound 8" (God's wounds) were both to of heretical sects. Over us all there is be heard in this country down to 1854 this pressure - of diseased beliefs, twinting aside silly and unbalancing, and turning. and “Zounds" is still to be heard on
souls. There are sinister and evil agenta mure chances in the West of England.
at large doing their devilish work.
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THE SCARLET FEVER EFIDEMIC IN SHANGHAI,
Dr. Stanley, the Seahh Cicer. olj
JAPAN AND THE WAR
HOW BERLIN COUNTED ON PAST. ENMITY TO RUSSIA
ITALY'S SPECIAL INTERESTS.
ROME June 21.
"We are stil moving in the sme Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig M. Soaning, speaking of the war aime,
In the Chamber, the Foreign Minister,
incredibly silly atmosphere as that reports
The very word "core" refers to the which the Apostle describes to his young Shanghai, in his repert for May, states :~~ | Our fire repulsed raidera southward said that Italy's special interests were sign of the cross made in passing the disciples; there are the same stapic pat The incidence of scarlet fever remained The Lobby ecrrespondent of the Daily of the Tapame-Cambrai Road and equally bound up with Albania and the sentence of ecclesiastical excommunica ches of epiniers as those against which
during the News" states that the Commercial Come stward, of Laventie: also in the neigh direct possession of Valone and the tion. In fact our only curse word" Paul utters his warning. Not a word at mach the same level as "bourhood of Lombartzyle, where another hinterland. They desired to defend wholly of English origin and free from need go. The dislike of sound doctrine; provious month though there was some mittee of the House of Commons on April enemy party entered the front line but Albania from outside interference. but all miscegenation, is "beshrew but itching ears, and teachers after the reduction in the fatality among foreign 18th gave luncheon to the Japanese
desires of our own hearts: fables, and
Ambassador and other Japanese delegates was immediately driven out. A few of were willing that it should be inde through Fabrew" (cured) becoming babblings, and to things; those who creep our men are missing.
pendent internally. He declared thas identified with "levely woman" and into mansions and take captive silly The disease in Shanghai appears to bet who had promised to attend the Cou The enemy's artillery has been active any pence which strengthened the chains shrewdl" (nasty, disagrecable) with a womou ever learning and never arriving of the American types in which, the ference as Itome of the Commercial Com astride the Scarpe.
binding Italia Spruilente and, omitted rare and invaluable quality of human at the truth. this is mazingly tree and up to date; it all stands.
Lospos, Tune, 22. 31r. Macpherson's reply in connét- tion with the re-examination of inch, was made during the course of u debate raised by Mr. "Pringle who moved "a resolation to reduce Lord Derby's salary by £100 with a view to drawing attention to the methods of the Medical Boards.
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INCREASED ACTIVITY ON THE FRENCH FRONT.
LONDON, June 22.
straction of Poland would be an outrage. I come dulled, until it is now used dalyers and frauds overthrowing April, while in England scarlet fever is John Randles P., presided. reparation for Belgium and the recos character the edge of this cath has be too the Apostle's remarks or the ximum incidence is in March and wittees of the Allied Parliamenta. Siz. playfully or mock-heroically, as on the whole families and teaching evil things at its minimum during these months. Viscanst Sutami Chinda, this JapaDEVE
stage.
for
its
THE BUYING OF MEAT.
demonstrate to the enemy ustions and tor
RUSSIA CONSECRATED TO THE
the sake of filthy logre." "Now, at WAR.
All this should be known to then, the mouths of such need to be
The ingreased prevalence this year in Ambassador, in response to the toast of chaplain who is also a "Manager of stopped of WASHINGTON, June 2
for weare
back in the sameugly Shacha has had its counterpart in his health, proposed by Lord Robert Cecil, said the immediate advantage of the M. Bakhmetief, head of the Russian Schools" and a "Guardian of the
unhealthy indvences. Several Members denounced the 8ghting has continued to our advantage meut to the American people avowed, country and nation who, under the audience. Each one has a séancen al prevalenca in the middle west. Conference as this juncture was to A Frence communiqué says: The Mission to the United States, in a state Poor; the hardy stoical poor of our Anything odd, preposterous, novel, gains America, where there has been an n... methods of the recruiting authori-east of Vauxaillon. Our counter-attack Russia's consecration to the war with leadership of Lord Kitchener and by phy, and an ism of his own. The Detroit here were 1,740 cases between the world the complete solidarity of the
your face and dub yourself Mes- Lies, inching Mr. Asquith, who said on a trench in the sector of Moisy Farm German autocracy to the end. Only the Grace of God delivered the United Black are such horrest before th Janery and 17th March while Allied nations, in commerce as in waz
prevention and full compulsory power, war, he said that when British intereste the experience of the last few trets gave important results. Up to the through victory could a stable world Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sinb and the crowds come in point an Chicago, with all modern facilities for Referring to the entry of Japan into the
present we have reaptured all the peace and the fruits of the Russian's and the British Empire, from the awful atheism and it gets believed."
there were 3218 cases between 3rd,
in the East were threatened they deter had shown that men had been positions with the exception of a salient revolution be secured. The Russian fate wherewith they were mensced all
February and 17th Marub. That modern mined to fulfil the spirit and the letter of secured by a means, which was widely of 400 metres to the north-eastward, people thoroughly understand, and are through the autumn of 1914, and
preventive measures should have an the Alliance, Nevertheless there was in resented in the country.
where enemy parties are still holding fully convinced, that it is absolutely because of the peglect of our upper
small, apparent effect is, however, no Berlin a rumour as the outset that Japan Mr. Macpherson said that the gut Artillery duals are lively in this necessary to root, cut the autocratic classes and public instructors to make Germaa timely perparations against it; spite of
excuse, for doing nothing here, and it world deciane war against Hungia and region. Our lines were bombarded fair principles which underlis.
warned and with almost brutal Goverment was ready to appoina u ly lively between Hurtebice and Craonne militarism, that threatens the peace, bring exam of its approach these afton of articles on Food aul Ho to Save is jogain recorded that all the recognised take sides with Germany. It was a greas committee to examine the working In Champagne, our advance to the freedom and happiness of the world."
It" by E. 1. Sprigga, M.D., F.K.C.P. preventive measures have been taken o surprise to the Japanese that such an ideo of the Act..
north-east, "of Mont Cornillet
years past, and out of the mouth of the written at the request of the Food Con- far as local conditions will permit could occur to the Germans. It was true German Emperor himself! We the trolley the writer points out that if particularly brilliantly accomplished.
These preventive measures are notides Tapas hed fought with Russia, but the whole civilised world owe too much to meat is properly cooked and chewed, ties, isolation and disinfection.
Germans in Berlin failed to take into these poor brave men for any of us to none of it is wasted. Hence, though its Notification ja mainly dependent on the account the important fact that they fall into chading of them for
cost is high, it is economical from a diges tive point of view: The meat of large medical practitioner called in to attend of fanght like gentlemen and that therave joints cost the most, though it must be in charge of hospitals to which sick per on the canulation of perce the two nations? remembered that it contains more fat,
novo for treatment. In addition, in "would." ahaka bands without any rancou and that the bones bought with it are hanghai, nity cases are discovered by useful for soup The small pieces are. the cheapest, like the flank of mutten, ox tail, the beart, liver, andthe whole the cause of previous cases and
wan
GREEK POLITICAL EXILES
EMBARK FOR, FRANCE... of the War Office was never so positione wrested from him at the 18th, efficiently and conscientiously done. but was repulsed by bombers, who then
ATHENS, June 99.9 Mr. Pringle withdrew the amend took the offensive and pursued them in Six political exiles, itcluding M to a trench from which they emerged Gounang, M. Donamanis and M. Meta- meut.
and we captured it. We thus advanced xas, ex-Minister to Petrograd, bave 300 metres deep ou à 600 metre front. embarked Their residence is confined One hundred enemy bodies were left to anywhere in France except Paris. / on the ground.
REFORM OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS:
Mr. Bonur Law said that the work The enemy attempted to recaptura
DUTCH COAL MINERS STRIKER.
AMSTERDAM June 2. The Telegreat states that 50,000 Dutch coal miners are striking for minimum wage and an eight-hour
HAYRE COTTON MARKET CLOSED.
sho
Havre
THE CANADIAN CORPE.
THE NEW COMMANDER
GITAWA, Juna 22
"Laughing wild Amid severest woes."
ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY'S JEDAL
In an article on “Meat," one of a series
tongue with roots. Next comes the rab
mex
the Healt's Office Staff when investigating
piciors deaths. During these investigs.
**My dear, lady, I go further than
Fevery way!!
BOWER COMPLAINT IN
CHILDREN
bit which is fairly cheap. A sheep's tions avery opportunity is taken to explain believing in woran suffrage main bead, com shilling and giving with LONDON, Jene 90
Mebars J. A: Craig, late second engin the tongue and brains over a paund, në I personally the dangers of the disease and fain that man and woman ara,equal in eer of the C. N. Catr. Shangking and I. In the House of Lords, Lord Curzon Mathiai, chief officer of the same verse meat, gives so stock which, with the the need for olation and disinfection, professor Now you're hug announced that the Government had have been awarded the bronze medal will make two pounds of potted Tulks are river daily at advertised hours ging-life.
the Branch Health Offices by the decided to appoint a committes to deal and certificate of the Royal Humane meat. A whole or head at 66 or 78 19
ofa and Chinese Teacher. The Finpectora with the question of the reform of the Society for their bravery in earing the good parchiam for large fanales or insti- tutions, and makes 16 pouars of excel
2380 Afland Health Offcer, two fully quali Sir R. L. Borden, on behalf of the House of Lords as promptly as possible lives of two canso coolies who had beenlent potted meat jolly repe
rivercare by foul gas while working in very digestible food, a pound and a half fied Chinese doctors and the four Teachers Government, has cabled congratulations to General Currie, in command of the THE AMERICAN COTTON MARKET. deep tank, the vessel on 3rd contains as much protein as a pound of on the Health Office Staff are, also, called
October. Mr. Mathias was the first to hout
lo
npon if the Inspectors (who all speak NEW Your June 1 despend to the rescue of the cooling who
Chinese) have any special dificulty The cotton market broke seventy were lying unconscious at the bottom of
This is considered a batter mer apparently, was Great work lies before you, and I send points on the shapeement of the the tank, but was himself overence and
Government the firm assurance that Canade will plasing of ther
Cotton without fail, give you and the afficers There was a theres bas been wild and men of your command all the olde
Paris, June 22.
cotton market ban.
Canadian Corna.? The message, conclud- 9/ ing, says: We bid your God spoed
the matter.
needed mid and support to mainta ing bat your efforts ind sauce their E
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rendered
unconscious
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