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SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1917.
TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Paga I.)
BRITISH PROGRESS SOUTH OF THE SOUCHEZ.
LINE ADVANCED ON "A FRONT OF TWO MILEI.
Losnes, Ju Field Marshal Sir Douglas Halg reporte --
We hub considerable further pros stess to the south of the Souchez river and captured a number of prisoners,
Our Huw, in this arou, las again advanced on a front ef,two miles. reiching the outskirts of Avion.
We brought dowas three, and drove down four aeropkities, Four of our nubines are uolssing.
rujats"
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GREECE EXPECTED TO
• DECLARE. WAR.
GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS A STATE OF WAR EXISTS.
Aruana, Jäne “9. Though war has not yet been cloclare), the Government consider that a state of war exists since its advent to power on the 28th inst.
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The recall of the diplomatic re presentatives of the Central Powers and their Allies is imminent.
CHINA AND THE WAR.
STATEMENT BY JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER.
Toxic, June 29. Baron Kutono, the Japanese Forcig Minister, speaking in the Diet, wid he
as most hopeful regarding Russi
He hoped China would soon solve her internal difficulties and deolare war against Germany, thus putting an end to the German intrigues to which much of the unsettled state of China was due,
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE BARBARITY OF THE
PIRATES...
"PROVISIONS FOR THE ARMY.
LARGE EXPENINTURES,
LONDON, June 29,
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE MONGOLIA CASUALTIES, FIRING ON SWIMMING MEN.
A Memorantura" by Me.. U. F 33 DEATHS: 450 SAVED Wintour, the Director of Army Con LONDON, June 29..
tracts, on the provision supplies for the The Elder Dempster Company's army, shows that the value of the puraad O. Company states that two
LONDON; Jan 20, An official announcement by the P. was torpedoed without warning chases during the war, bas exceedert Europeans and one Parste who were on June 15.
£700,000,000, including £200,000,000 passengers, and si Europeans und After the vessel was hit, the submarine, for purchases on behalf of the Allies, fourteen of the native erow of the which bad aat previously been seen, The present annual value of purchases angoli were killed by the explosion. emerged and fired on the lidah while about £350,000,000, including Of the balance 450 have bear handed the beata were being lowered, and the £100,000,000; for the Allies. The pur-weather.
on the Indian coast, despite the monsoon vessel is hit seven times. The sub chases during the war include 500,000%| marine came alongaide the Chief Officer's 000 ration of preserved meat, 260,000- bost, before the ship sank, and put one 000 tins of jam, 167,000,000 pounds of of its officers and four nien aboard whỏ proceeded to band the flat. After a cheese, 115,000,000 yards of flannel and couple of minutes they returned to the
108,000,000 yards of cloth. It cost £6,500,000 to purchase the home wool, submarine and then told the Chief clip and £35,000,000 to purchase the the Master's beat which was already wool has resulted in great economies to Officer's boat to clear out. Meanwhile, Australian wool lip. The control of badly smashed by the submarine the State which fahelling, was 300 or 400 yards, distant
ace estimated
He also stated that Chir after The submarine reopened, fire, with 13,000,000 The Memorandum in mapturing relations with Germany, asked shrapnel, on the Master's bout hillingtanees other economies such as British for concessions as preliminary to declar-eight of the occupants and blowing the bides, which were bought at fivepence BRITISH ENTER AVION." - ing war against Germany, but Japan atern of the boat right off.
The par pound below world prices. It is LATER. was unable to act without full agree-muhmarine continued to re sharpact on estimated that the control of Indian Field Marshal Sir Doughs ugment with the Allies.
the swimming men, after the boar har "Kips" resulted in an economy to the sunk After the submarine commander value of 21,125,000 and the control of thought he had finished everybody in fate an economy of £6,500,000: the Master's'bout he fired eight shrapnel abella on the Chief Officer's boat. Fortunately nabody was killed but several were slightly injured and the hoat was badly damaged. The sub- marine commander then waved to the Chief Officer of the faith to go und pick up the Master and other swimmers, NORWAY EXPECTING AN EXPLANA-and then made off.
steamer picked
We attacked and captured, yester- day evening, u forwund position mu ti -front of 2,000 guns, to the south and west of Oppy. We gained ple whole of our objectives and took a number of prisoners wil machines Kum
We couțime to gain gremial to thegi south of the Sonichey river on a wide front. have taken more prisoners and siv amchine guns,
We have intérest Avion Birk
We repulsed a mid to the north of Cherish;
Wa sicepssfully carried font a mid, to zle sompiest of Laos.
THE DISCOVERIES IN
"NORWAY.
TION FROM GERMANY,
CHRISTIANA, June 29. The Foreign Minister, in a statement
in the Scothing, confirmed the worst
stories of the importations of explosives." He stated that shells and other
barbarism.
非
BRITISH LABOUR PROBLEMS
explosives were found in the luggage of FUTURE RELATIONS OF CAPITAL Favion is north of Vimy Ridge, and Bar Eintenfels, who is a German Imperial ecurier. They had been ppy the south.
imported by him into-Norway in parecis
THE FRENCH FRONT.
ENEMY AGAIN SHELL RHEIMS CATHEDRAL
TONTON, June 10,
A French couamiqué reports:- There has been an internittene bombardment by the enemy ub various points, which we vigorously vochtured, partiendaily on the loft of the Meuse.
Twelve hundred shells were throwä on Rheims. Fight of them fellow the Cathedral,
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FUTILE ENEMY EFFORTS.
LATER.
our
,
AND LABOUR.
LONDON, June 28.
THE COTTON CRIS18.
BOARD OF TRADE ACTION.
MESOPOTAMIA.
NO COMPLAINTS REGARDING AEROPLANES.
LONDON, Jane 28.
In the House of Commons, Cul Baird hart been any complaints and the stated that he was unaware that there aeroplanes supplied to Mesopotamia. General Mande scated that he would like certain additions to the aeronautical equipment of his forces and his wishes were met.
THE GREEK PARLIAMENT.
ATHENS, June 28. A decree is about to be published convoking the Parliament elected un May 31st last year, in which there is a large Venezelist majority, and which ex King Constantine arbitrarily dissolved. The Government intends seeking the King's consent to convoke a National Assembly, and to remionk the system LONDON, June 29,"
of Constitutional Government. The Boart of Trade. his prohibited!. dealings in raw cotton, except under)
"BRITAIN'S OUTPUT OF STEEL licence. A French Fatrol licences will be granted may include
The coalitions under which!
LONDON, June 28. the victims of this conditions regarding a maximum price of his speech in the House of Commons Dr. Addison stated in the course of but such maximum price would not trat negotiations were now proceeding apply to the sale of parcels of cotton with a tie to enabling the United the purchase of which had been States to place their resources previously contracted, for, so to readily and more effectively at the Allies' reduce the selling price of such
disposal, and for promoting economy in → parcels
purchase. The Imperial Munitions reasonable profit. All importers and organisation in Canada employing over below an amount necessary to give a Board was now the greatest business
200,000 workers. leniera of mw cotton and all cotton Britain's output of steel which was He stated thes spinters must comply with any direction 7,000,000 tons yearly before the war, and trunks which were stamped with the
of the Board of Trade regarding the was now 10,000,000, and he hoped it seal of the German Foreign Office, Baron culating the Reconstruction, Lon-cotton.
The Ministry of Labour, is virale, disposal, delivery or use of raw would be 12,000,000 by the end of Klantenfels, had returned to Germany hter's report to employers Associa
191. He mentioned that steel plates where, the Norwegian Government
The rationing of raw ention and in Britain cost less than hall what they presumed he would be prosecutedious and trade unions. The Report reduction of the output of yarn and cast in America, and shell steel was 30 per cent, less We were now produe criminally, because in
esses intimates that the War Cabinet is cloth is regarded as practically certaining all the tungsten we needed, besides International Law stipulated that a deeply epnovined, and effective men-an probably a census of the stocks of supplying mach to the Allies. Diplomatist must be prosecuted in his sures will be taken to solve questions cotton yarn and clash will be one of the Dative country. The Norwegian Gove with point to the whitions betwren first ernment was also expecting an explana-Capital and Labour, Teeling that the
steps taken by the Board of} Control tion from Germany,
LATER. future of the country's industry,
In the House of Commons, Mr. THE DUTCH POTATO TROUBLE.
indeed the country, itself, depends Roberts, Parliamentary Secretary to the upon theme questions. The Report Board of Truls, stated that the outpet STATEMENT BY THE BRITISHds that action cannot be deferred of the Lancashire cotton mille had been
till after the war.
affected by labour and other difficulties. The import of cotton had recently fallen below a point necessary to meet the full demands of all the mills, and stocks had consequently been depleted. The Gov- ernment was taking steps to increase the imports as far as possible, and the to control the distribution and use of Board of Control would be empowered
MINISTER.
such
"
AMSTERDAM, Jupe 29. The British Legation has issued communication to the Dutch Brens explaining the position with regard to
The Reconstruction. Committee. which is mainly.composed of pro- minent representatives of the en- plogers and workers, points out the
raw cotton.
ANOTHER GRIM TALE OF THE SEA..
BOMBAY LADY PASSENGER'S
EXPERIENCE.
THE RUSSIAN CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY.
PETROGBAD, June 29. The Provisional Government has de creed that the Constituent Assembly elections shall take place on September ass and the meeting will be held on October 13th
THE STATUS OF NEW ZEALAND.
Losnox, June 29, Reuter is informed that the King's designated Governor-General, instead of representative 'in New Zealand has been Governor. The effect is to emphasize the same as the other Dominions where the fact that New Zealand's status is
there are Governor-Generale.
THE KEW BULLETIN.
„LONDON, June 28. In the House of Commons, Mr. Prothero stated that the suspension of the publication of the Kew bulletin was i being considered. He hoped it might be possible to resume the publication.
ABERCROMBY ELECTION.
LORD STANLEY RETURNED.
LONDON, June 28. The Abereramby bye-election has
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HONGKONG.
A COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE.
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE" BRIGIDA,
USE OF AEROPLANES AFTER THE HONGKONG AND CHINA DISTRICT,
WAR.
MINISTERIAL: STATEMENT.
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Tuesday, July 3rd-
DIVISION:
8 p.m. Inspection by Divisional, Surse geon, S. F. Lee. Uniformn-→Helmets, Haversacks (fitted)... Water-bottles (61+
The possibility of utilising our greated), Shorts, Puttees. Caps to be carded. aerial organisation after the war for Thursday, July 5th
commercial purposes was indiented in
"A French communiqué reporta:
the export of potatoes to Great Britain. present great opportunity for secur The enemy was very uctive in the It emphasises that the remedy for anying permanent improvement in might on the Aians front, following up deficiency of potatoes in, Holland rests their relations: It is essential that a violent bombardment by very lively attacks in the regions of Cerny, to the entirely with the Dutch parties interest- the work people he given improved ed, for the Anglo-Dutch agreement conditions and a higher standard of sonth-east of Corbiny, and to the north east of Rheims All the attempts
merely provides that before any color generally. It recommends were shattered by our fire or thrown potatoes are exported to Geminy, the formation hf joint Industrial back by counter-attacks, and a fixed quantity.should be exported Councils of the principal industries, positions were maintained.
to Great Britain. The whole of representing the employers and the The struggle was particularly lively the present trouble has arisen from workers, to consider particularly the in the region of Cerny where the enemy the anxiety of interested parties in establishment of clover co-opera attacked several times at two different Holland to supply Germany, because tion between the employers and the points. Enemy fractions gained a focting this action brings the agreement into employed, and also to pay attention,
force and creates a local shortage. in our first line to the north-east of
ut an early date, to demobilisation The communication lays stress on the questions. The Trade Union rules Cerny, but an energetic counter-attack:
rove them out. The enemy left fact that Great Britain is willing to and enstore, which the Government numerous dead and some prisoners. take no potatoes provided none go to guranteed to restore after the war.
There was a most intense artillery Germany.
constituted one of the chief fucior in an open boat, undergoing so much resulted in a victory för Lord Stanley. Ito the Air Board, said the department
Major Baird, Parliamentary Secretary Tucaday, July 3rd duel on the left bank of the Meust, in
4.15 p.m. Et Aid Lecture by Diste of the problem. These cannot be hardship that half of the 28 in the bout who defeated Mr. Hughes by 2,295 had been considering the question of the Riscal Surgeon Lam the region of Avocourt Wood and Hill
set aside without gutual consent, died. In the course
of the letter, the votes to 794. 304. After a violent bombardment the
to which it might be put for civil and Wednesday, July 4th LONDON, June 9.und the Committee suggests the writer says:-We had struck one of the Mediterranean storms. It got worse.
commercial purposes. At the end of the Germans, yesterday evening, powerfully It is understood that no resignation treation of District Councils and and worse and for three days and nights
war there would be a must aufiber of attacked with special storming troops, has so far been tendered in connection Workshops Committees.
it blew, with intense vigour. Mil the
trained pilots sed machines, and a larger boats The Reconstruction Committee impossible to see one another in the got separated, as it was quite.
number of machines on order, while there would be many thousands of
peo- does not offer an opinion relating to waves that were cunning. Two sots of dier G. E. Holland
The death is announced of Briga plo now engaged in the industry that men were kept busy night and
industry which had been built profit-sharing and partnership. It baling from the commencement till the day
up for Brigadier G. E. Holland served with war perposes, and it could not be neg is convinced that permanent im-end. At daybreak on Sunday morning the Burma Expeditionary Force 1887-9.]
up to con lected in times of peace. Cu provement in the relations between the far distance. An hour or two later we taw what looked like white clouds în
The death is announced of. Sir aider this important matter, and Lord At a private meeting of the Duma itcmployers and workers cannot be we thought that they were snawelad George Christopher Molesworth Northcliffe had consented to net as chair- was decided to decline to comply with founded solely on a ensh basis. The they were anew-clud and the place was denly from heart failure..
mountains and steered for them. Luckily | Birdwood. Death took phice sud man. There would be represented on it the two Services, the Board of Trade, the the soldier's demand for its dissolution work people should be given u Corsica Inte Sunday evening (3 p.m.}
Post Office, the Colonial Office, the Customs and Treasury, and represent
THE MESOPOTAMIA REPORT.
on a "front of two kilometres to the with the Mesopotamia Report. weat of HI 304.Our fire disorganised...
the attack, whieh gained a footing at
some points of ong first linë... --
Another enemy attempt, to the east
of Hull 304, in the morning, was com- pletely repulsori
BRAZIL'S NEUTRALITY
ENDED. *
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 29. Brazil has revoked her degrees of
THE DUMA OBJECTS TO DISSOLUTION.
PETROGRAD, June 29.
in Bombay from a well-known English An interesting letter has been received resident who recently sailed with his torperload at sight on chout for fous day, wife for England. Their ship w and they
were tossed
OBITUARY.
LONDON," June 28,
4
we arrived and had, to be helped for the Sir George Birdwood, was born in
the House of Commons during the AINOUS DIVISION.
p.ar. Gymnasium.
bate on the Air Service.
aerial service after the war and the uses
NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LOCALsion and adjustment of those parts or reached the quay none of us could on Indian matters, many of his books
greater opportunity for the discusst mile or so' against the tide. When Bombay in 1832. He wrote extensively atives of the Dominions. of industry by which they are tand. All had to be carried ashoe and papers dealing with research work.
where we were given hot rum and milk
GOVERNMENT BOARD.
THE FOOD MINISTRY.
LONDON, June 29.
affected.
THE BILYER MARKET.
not
and put to bed, though not to sleep, sa
HINDENBURG'S REPROACHES JUDGED BY RECENT ORDERS.
GERMAN THOOPS TOLD WHAT AWAITS THEM ON FAIL RE:
p. Band Practice.
· 1.30. p.m." Squad and Stretcher DAIL Friday, July 6th-
4:15 pm. First Aid Lecture by Divi soal Surgeon Lim. Saturday, July 7th-
2 pm Band Practice,
QUEEN'S COLLEGE DIVISION. Wednesday, July 4th
12.43 p.m. First Aid Class; Corpor Korg in charge, Thursday, July th
1.15 p.m. Squad And Stretcher DHL Friday, July 6th —
4:15 p.m. Bandaging Practice. Saturday, July 7th
12.45. p.m. First Aid Class Kong in charge.
„STANDARDIRED)" MACHINES, Giving details of the work of the Board Major Baird supplied the following figures Firms working for the Con- troller of Aeronautical Supplies 988 VICTORIA DIVISIO Men employed. 68.700 Tuesday, July 3rd
department of the Fourd The technical had endeavoured to standardise machines, on a vast scale, although they never lost fight of the advantage of having a num bar of experimentul unita. A depart
was in
to give a
3.10 p.m. Squat Drill. Bandaging Practica. 276
(sd.) E. RALPES,, Officer in Charge of Diancie
LONDON, June, 29. The Press Bureau announces that,
a constant stream of Corsicans, went | neutrality in the war between the the Rt. Hon. W. Hayes Fisher has
through our bedroom (about 20 time) for over two days. Out of
the 28 Allies and, Germany.
who got into the open boat, at the end of been appointed President of the
the four days and nights exposure to cold, wind, rain and waves THE SITUATION IN MESOPOTAMIA Local Government Board, and Mr.
LONDON, June, 20.
waves only 14 land- Led.
The
died, and I personally others Stephen Walsh, M.P. Parliamentary
Silver is quoted at 893d. There had to put eight or ten overboard. My LONDON, June 29.
Secretary to the Board.
is a little China, buying and the
wife
the third stewardess, and an old The Times Military Correspondent in
gentleman were provided with a certain market is steady.
process of
It was quite smount of shelter by canvas awaing Mesopotamis states that the Report
The Havas correspondent on the Bridefinite figure of production, but it was SHIPBUILDING STRIKE IN JAPAN refers to the past sud not to the present
Messrs. Samuel, Montague and rigged up after a few bours at sea. All
of us however, were sitting in water tish front, says it possible to give a ratio. In regard to Company's Silver report states that practically the whole time, and to this One can judge of the language that the monthly average output last year great changes, which have sines occurred
It is believed that Mr. J., & Clynes, the market has shown certain minute I cannot walk properly, though Marshal Hindenburg felt chilged to use taken as an arbitrary number of eight 12.000 workmen cronloyed in the Mitsu and which are calculated to inspire the labour Member of North East Man amount of strength owing to a trench feet through being in ice cold the day addressed recent or one for the nort three months was 19, and his refusal by the corupany
perfectly it in other respects. We got to his troops by the following order is this year was 16. The anticipated output on strike on Jun 1st as the rent of the output for the first two months of Bisht dockyards, at Nagasaki w went out cheerful confidence in Indis, who is doing.
by of his more than she is given credit for. Larger chester, will succeed Mr. C, Bathurst at general demand. The price of 301d. water for 96 hours. My wife and the collaborators to the
stewardess were very
very
to grinta and Amy bense, the Food Ministry. changer art contemplated, both for
which was reached on June 22, wis eamed the aniversal praise of all the Cou know the stakes they hoped by the end of the year to their demand for an increase in rages.
stake and what you have doubled that figure (Cheers), War
York was practically entirely suspended India and the Indian Art
a record since July 1892. The survivors for the really splendid pleck have to do. Look around you at the Great efforte had been made and he The police were endeavouring to proving
Shanghai Exchange had correspond, and cheerinear, they displayed. In spite destruction of cities and feltis, of forests behaved to some extent with success mediate and the Workmen's Committee that a new spirit has arisen. The events
of the really terrifying wavce that There is no reasm to suppose that ingly advanced to 8/10 for the tact. running on Friday and Saturdays were and of countries, with which you see to secure the co-operation of the Allied was newstiating with the officer of the
2 our own fatherland threatened, and în s
The enemy in Eusia hava radically changed our loss of young officer is greater than The Indian Treasury's holding of belts, I includedy go that when the boat we are fighting here for our hearths is the future than in the past, and they
Baird declared Company By: Major Most of the men had removed, their worse degree, if we are not the victors would get moni disagremble knowledge a General Mande's position in- Masts that suffered bythe-Contrul Powers, potami which
states Mr. Macpherson, adding that 46 silver had risen by over two urbres, mably percent of German officer salties
A copaized, an end which appeared our houses, for our wives and our chik had had nothing to complain of in that inaritable, the struggle wight not be dron, as much as if we were keeping regard daring, the past ten days. They enpigo the earliest attention of the reported in December were between the owing to purchased on behalf of the prolonged The ice cold water would guard on the Rhine, What would our were not, of course, satisfied with the
agen of 17anta 25. 1
soon cause ons to sink with no belt on life be worth if we became the slaves of machines, and were and savouring «lw** Rivers,
M. Mail
to improve.Hear hear her
Government
Couronamie
falling to 'ober post offices, Capt of the Ma