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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1917...
TELEGRAMS.
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THE CONFERENCE AT -MOSCOW.
CANADA AND THE WAR.
INTERESTING ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE FINANCE MINISTER.
Ortawa, Aug. 28.
THE CHINA MAIL.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE FAILING STRENGTH OF THE
GERMANS...
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IN-AMERICAN INNOVATION.
A TRANSPORTATION SERVICE
WASHINGTON, Aug, 28. A Transportation Service has been created to bangle the vast Red Cross In the House of Commons, the
LONDON, Ang 28.supplies going to the Allies Steamship Hom, Sir William Thomas' White. Router's Correspondent at Franch companies of the Allied Governmenta Minister of Finance, announced that Headquarters mentions as an outstani-bare given, free, much of the necessary
ing feature of the recont 6ghting the cargo space. swing to the inchise British out- inability of the Germans to resist or pur` of munitions,-Eœnadian produc- counter-attack in adequate strength. tion of certain kinds, would be disfront is barely two miles in advance of Ou the right of the Meuse the enemy continued and others diminished.
the line. whence "he started his Ho such that Chtuda had ud-staggering rush towards Verdun in
"February of last year. vaneet to the Imperial Government A feature of the great Conference Le7,000,000 in July and the same at Moscow was a retuarkable speech Funonat in Augustural would advanes by Gongulissing Somniloff, in which | 65,000,000 monthly Grail Dicember, he saphosisad the disorganisation of the Russian Apy and mutlined the
SENSATIONAL SPEECH BY GENERAL KORNILOFF.
Peritograd, › Aug. 28,
remedial tuensaños.
Boteral Korniloff declared that the
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THE GALLANT CANADIANS,
THE SILVER MARKET.
LONTON, Aug. 28. Silver is quoted at 451 The market is firm, with buyers,
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WAR OR PLAY?
la leader captioned · War'or Pisy"
CHEAP GOLD AND THE COUNTRYMAN.
WHAT SILVER BUYS IN MALOO SHOPS.
The "N. C Daily News," of the 24th,
s
Cold is getting pretty cheap how; in. fues; it costs hut a little more than half what it dish a law. years ago, and if you want to buy a guld bang'o, or a ring, or an ear-piek, now is the time
before the
the price goes up - Those wondrous gold shops on the Maloc in in Shanghai are having bannin sales of all sorts of gold ornaments and if you fail to take advantage of their offerings while they
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chance of a lifetime be mising thei
THEATRE ROYAL.
TO-NIGHT!TO-NIGHT!!
J. R. WILLADSEN Presents the
FRAWLEY CO.
IN
NEW YORK & LONDON'S GREATEST SUCCESS
"THE OUTCAST,”
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-To-night (Wed'day), 29th Aug.
Thursday & Friday, 30th & 31st.
OTTAWA, Aug. 28.
A message in the sense of the foregoing is passing from ma
A Love Story of Modern Life. By Hubert Henry Davies. Replying to the Colonial Secretary's
mouth to mouth in tbb They had also pitváneiul, in gullition, a congratulations on the splendid work the Peking Gazutta" says
country districts and country people August, £1,000,000 for the pur-of the gallant Canadian troops, the
Let us for heaven's sake have an entre bringing their boards of silver, their *THE OUTCAST"
to Shanghai to invest chase of choose and #2100,000 for Duke of Devonshire, Governor General of this "play pidjin." War is to wrious gold while gold is the purriase of by, eats and four of Canada, called as follows: {a matter to be converted into a farce prerer Classes cheap. Even the "TWIN BEDS"
have always Please.accept on behalf of the The Allied Diplomata by vigárnace fancied gold ornaments, usually of
their all, and now that more paid can be are increasing their purchases. And the got for the same amount of silver they brilliant-lighted guld shops of thriving business
leerh penalty was only a smak, purti" the trivantine, the Imperial | Government and the people of Canada|rerted action in Peking have is in the metal, as a safe investment for "BOUGHT & PAID FOR" Saturday, 1st Sept..
of what was nicessity, and he alien- | Gotorment was financing the Pana? tioned in This connection that indian war expedition aver sens, August, some soldiers who killed “their officers censeal the ontmges only when theatervil with shooting, and, also, that agents of Siberian
Bites, abandoned the Rigas Front and lady returned to duty when its estoranination was ordered.
CANADIAN SOLDIERS' PENSIONS INCREASED.
Oprawa, Aug. 28.
The Goversinent has announced att inervuse on Sokliers! pensions on w (percentage basis, from April, in cont. General Korsikal batinal: Wosideration of the increased cost of are hophically fighting twochy-in living in Canuda...
INTER-ALLIED LABOUR AND THE WAR..
A PRIVATE CONFERENCE IN
LONDON,
the army. The situation at the Front is but that we have lost the whole of falitia and time whole of Baklavina, atud all the fruits af our recent vjetores. The enemy has Various points erossati var frontier at
Lostos, Ang 24 fertile and a threatening our
The inter-Allied Labour-Socialist Can southera province le is endea ference sat in Loncious, privately to con- yoming to destry the Rẩuaniansider its future attitude towards peace ammy it is kuoking at the gates and war. of Riga. If the arty does not hölp us to hold the shore one the Chulf of Biga, the road to Petrograd will to repetend wide
General Romuloff etphasised thar the, disorganisation of the Anly, was due to the nets of people completely ignorant et military affairs, anal orged
An authorised statement says that the ex-Cabinet Minister, Mr. Henderson, presisting, waleomed the representatives including the South African Labour leader, Colonel Creswell
Mr. Henderson acknowledge state ments from the Australian and South- African Labour Soletics and declares
must be made to
The
feel that China's of good and the side streets are |
their most grateful thanks for your power to retrieve their past mistakes and telegram, which is deeply appreciated inactivity, and to convert a diplomatiu throughout the Dominion. We are failure into a suCCESS, proud of the past that Canada, is privileged to take alongside our gallant Allies and fellow-subjects from all parts of the Empire. I assure you that we will contintie to make our best efforts till the complete and final victory.”
MONTE SANTO.
HOW IT WAS TAKEN.
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declaration of war lë not a huge joke, bin
blow to their prestige and interests to the country side whose chief topic of The average Chinese of the street and which they will take, many years to conversation and first thought is always recover,
'The Allies' wil! shortly be money, expressed in terma- of
copper naked La
cash and the coins that a big dollar will nasist Chinn
anancially change into, and who Advantage should be taken of this
really knows law of Lopportunity to me that the least return supply
nothing of currency, and, the
and
know only that that Chins can make for such aid is one guid is "cheap"
ap. Tell him that gold and for "all to uproot enemy influence fixed value and does not change, that and interests throughout the entry dem, and he will look at you with
it is. silver that has become LONDON, Aug, 25, -
unusually Italian correspondents state that the The only effective form of warfare that vicant stare. If he is of the mors intel- enemy is endeavouring to bar the way Chini is in a position to wage is economie.ligent class he may say something about to the Chiapovani Valley, which has And that forms of warfare should be waged the present conditions proving China's heey reachel and passed at various without merey if her intervention be ro
wisdom in not adopting the gold stand- points. Aeroplanes are intensifying the be anything but a
snil--"Just see
how
much oar silver matter of form.woney is worth disorder of the retreat, swooping low Ministers may be sent away, but there and bombing and machine gunning the are still men like fordes, von Hanneken, the
A few years ago, or say before the war,
of an ounce of pure gold here. roads, which are crowded with lorries, von felifeler and inserimum to nury108 infantry and guns.
The
yesterday was $36. And when on their pernicious work. The intern-it is gonsidered that cold ornaments are Mr. Perceval Gibbon states that theme of few hundred murines and trop sold by weight, with a percentage added troops assaultel Monte Santo after un intense artillery fire, at seven in the and German Governments, who will,
is a futter of indifferrive to the Austrian for workmanship, it is not to be wonder- ed at that the countryman is converting morning, from three directions: North- Monte Santo with the Vodica summits of housing and feeding so pleasing to eye and touch. A gahl wank, along the high saddle connecting pastily at least be relieved of the his savings of the white metal inte ornaments of the glittering mid that is frontally, up the areap face overhanging en But are strike at German coni- ring that cost, say, 80 four years ago the Isonzo: and southwards from the real and industrial interests, and you can now be got for about $12, and low saddle named Dol. By ten o'clock set at the rout of the whole matter.gilded palaces of illumination-
said that the Shanghai gold shops-those the frontal attackers reached the summait les of dollars must have been selling from 2000 ounces of gold daily. and planted the tricular,
It is pointed out that the Austrians are desperately throwing in reserves in order to stop the advance on the
a
their
the immediate, neoptions of remilia f.the main issues of the war were Basizza "plateau, probably endeavour small, should be closed down. At malo
fundamental, far-reaching and vital toing to cover their withdrawal of guns mensus, inglling the strengthe future of the human race asian troops worth-east of Gorizia ing of the authority of the offerin
demand dispassionate consirleration bath The monitors bombarding Trieste on and stom-rommissioned officers, thus
British fing and carrying 1-inch gas with a range of 16 miles.
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"improvegrarnt in livers pay, forbid, by the majority anil minority sections the 19th inst, included" four dying the vision until arrangements have been made el in a New York telegram dated August
present.
No satisfactory results couk I achieved by an attempt on the part of the majority to ont vote, the minority, The Conference should endeavour to agree as to a basis of the war sima.
ding negiruntal committers to partis. cipate in the decision of military operations or the appointment of lendors. Similar measures, must be appli in the pear. The condition of" the milways was such that by November the Arrig would not-morrow. ceive any supplies on the Southe Wos Front which was at present almost famished.
The output of guns and shells bus fallen by 60 per cent, and aeroplanes by Si per cent., is compared with the period from October 1910 to Jumuary 1915.
General Korniloff concluded by saying thithe, beleved that the genius of the Russians would save the country and the ancient glory of the army would be restormi,
There was prolonged cheering everywhere, «stept on the "extreme lyft.
M. Tscheide, the President of the All-Russian" Council of Workmen's and Solliers Delegates, followed
The Conference adjourned until to
THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER'S NEW MILITARY APPOINTMENT,'
Lospox, Aug. 28. The Duke of Westminster has been appointed to second in command of a Tank Battalion: «
A MISCHIEVOUS CANARD.
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STORY OF JAPANESE TROOPS FOR THE RUSSIAN FRONT.
Lospos, Aug, 28. "Groundless reports have been circula- ting in Paris that Japanese troops will | spon arrive on the Russian Front.
It is believed that these reports are of enemy origin.
It is difficult to sea the object, but,
PRESIDENT
expended in the hope of enabling diernan Country people, hearing of these bargains and Austrian org to survive the war, in gold, are coming into town in their
avoid sovering
Finiz scores, bringing their savings of $10 or relations, All these firms, large and
320 and upward..
Germans and Austrians ought to he went answer the question would be as foolish
„TO WHAT_FIGHTS YET} | How much higher will silver ge! To out of the enuntry without annetary delay, and interned under strict super in Chins a year henee." It
as to attempt to predict political events was predict- their departure. The bogus contracts price of silver would
that the published yesterday by which they have sought to guardguld) an ounce: it was then cents. get reach a dollar against any such eratrgency should be A A dollar gold un ounce declared, null and void. Their businesses roughly, and as yesterday' opening should be liquidated, their properties sold quotation was 44. the metal, has only
to rise about bd., to reach 1off. Tars may seem drastic measures. dollar
the predicted an ounce. but they are no more drastic than is limited and the demand is exceeding te The visible supply is Dry to convince the Central Powers production and the price of anything
£1
thut China is in earnest, and that their whether then such conditions obtain.!
day in the Far East is ended. The silver.
M. KERENSKY'S SPEECH AT MOSCOW.
WILSON FAVOUR. ABLY IMPRESSED.
it is, shoe leather, whent, pr WASHTON, Aug. 28.
extent of China's military participation is Silver has already reached price Favourably impresse with the likely to be limited to the matching of a where it can no longer be coined profit Provisional Government's attitele, ha couple of hundred gendarmerie, headed ably at full weight and only strictest reflected in M. Kerensky's speech at the brass bund, into the Austrian Con-melting of coins for the
government regulations
prevent the
in builisa them. Something more than that is it were not for the Government stamp Moscow Conference, President Wilson cession.
on the Indian rupee, for example, it would I be worth more melted into a
loop than as a coin of the realm. It would seem that a price has been reached when Government demand for coisago pur- poses must cense. Meanwhile, gold has been coming into China steadity in amounts mid to aggregate £6,000,000
a call the Conference all assura pe terary to convince the Central Powers of the United States' willingness to that China's intervention is not an ocea- extend every material and moralsion for mirth Is it wys or play assistance to the Government of Russia there be no doubt as to the answer? in the promotion of the common cause,
in which the United States and Russia are united.
BELGIUM AND THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE,
REPRESENTATION DECLINED AS A PROTEST AGAINST GERMAN CRUELTY.
OFFICIAL WAR PICTURES.
TAKH OF RUPEES FOR WAR
How
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new much higher will silver go!" If the writer could answer the question he would not be asking it. It is said that As a result of the exhibition in India calculations worked out op to 1/8 may the exchange tables recently issued with and the Fast of the Official War films soon be useless perhaps that tells some- "Britain Prepared, "The Rattle of t Sonime" and
dangerous the thing. But it is said is a The Battle of the Ancra Mr. M. E. Bandman, who had the sole
guide to action. direction of these films east of Snez, has up to
one lakh and ten thousand The Germans have been pressing the Home over sent been able to send Government for fiistribution amongst
LONDON, Aug. 29.
General Korniloft. He chiefly de-apparently, it is hoped that by arous Belgian Socialists to attend the Stock-upees (Rs. 1,10000) to His Majesty' WHAT HINDERS OUR INFANTRY, manded internal reforms and made a certain amount of disappointment. bolm Conference and permitted a meet the different war charities reference to any reform but when it is discovered that the reports ing to decide the question. The meeting vaguely. Ele merely asked that the are untrue, to create talk and discussion was attended by 500, people and it was pared throu Mr. Bundman hus' re-.
In
Tegard to
--
GERMAN BIG GUNS NEAR LILLE
AND AT LENS.
to the tour of "Britain Pre- the cantonments and in the Allied countries regarding each resolved that," as protest against garrisons in India powers of tin tronrhanders and
notceived a letter from the Adjutant committees should be defined. He playing at war, and the possibility, ulti-German eruelty, they would
The Paris Journal" says :- urged that all nationalities in Bussi mately, of dissension in that connection participate, even if the British and General in India, from which the follo
French delegates went.
ing extract is taken
The normal course of a battle or more "I am to express on behalf of the strictly, the first day of a battle is this should decide their own destiny alter
Army
in India, appreciation of the way INTER-ALLIED SOCIALIST LABOUR in which the scheme base ben cowo Victory in the air, which assures a vic
for the tory
infantry; then the action #greement with the Constituent
CONFERENCE.
out under the existing dificult con- dovelope in accordance with the sudden Assembly.
ditions, and to convey to you the thanks turns of fortune imposed by the varying of His Excellency the Commander-in-ctivity of the aviators, guns, and infan LITTLE PROSPECT OF
Chief in India to you and to your staff."trymen, when their fighting operations UNANIMITY.
Statesman,
are combined. But though fighting in combination, the essential conditions of these three arms remain the esme.
MORE TREACHERY ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT.
Losnos, Aug. 28.
# A Russian 'official mesauge, transmit- ted by wireless, states:-
JJ
THE ARCHBISHOP, HORRIFIED.
CONDEMNS THE CLAMOUR FOR REPRISALS.
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Beferring to the question of reprisals, the Archbishop of Canterbury said on Jaly 3 in the Upper House of Convoca tion
is
What has startled and norrified "me the way in which a number of people The enemy took the offensive from are regarding this quee l we had tend this question. I ventured Cernovitz against Novoseritza Ourables in the streets of London it did
to Bay in a letter infantry, near Bozany, without waiting not surely make us feel that we wanted for the attack, left the trenches and to see dead babies in the streets of Ger- Petired to the cant. The reserves also got letters from people who did not
or elsewhere. scattered, and the Austriane occupied keep their names back to say that that the positions.
was exactly what we do want.We want to see the streets run red with blood, and women and children reduced That is the kind of phrase to pulp. which has, I am afmid, found carrezny -not, I hope and believe, to a very extent in the country, but at all events it, betokeus a growth, a spirit, which I believe would have been impossible a little time ago.
A RUSSIAN GRAND DUKE'S
2. MUSEUM PLUNDERED.
PATHOGRAD, Aug. 28. Burglars have pillaged the historic museum of the ex-Grant Duke Michael Nicholaiovitch, and have carried off works of art valued at five million roubles.
No arrests have been made.
THE DECLINING ROUBLE.
LAXTON, Aug,28. The Rouble bas reached in lowest exchange value, is Londen, today, namely 250 for £10 as compared with 943 normally.
large
In one letter there was a reference to his own position as contrasted with that of Samuel, who howed Agag in pieces.
LONDON, Aug. 28. Tho inter-Allied Socialist-Labour Conference mests in London to-morrow,
SERIOUS FIRE IN BOMBAY.
Bombay, July 17.
To-day it is the
the great German, guns near Lille which limit British infantry Farther to the south it is the fighting. under the presidency of the ex-Cabinet fire which but for the prompt work lang ninge artillery of Lens which Minister, Mr. Arthur Henderson. Two of the Fire Brigade would probably have hinders progress eust of Vins. One of great majority of whom are pacifists. the thickly thirds of the delegates will be British, a destroyed a whole row of buildings in the cardinal problems of battle is the Thers is also one South Africa. The known as Dhobitalso broke out inte thin nests of artillery.
y populated residential locality, general, and methodical destruction of French delegates include the Munitions evening, & huge building, which till Minister, Mr. Abel Thomas
recently was known by the name of Mahou ed being the actual spot There is little prospect of anywhere.it
ST. JOHN'S AMBULANCE BRIGADE. unanimity of viewe
The structure which in four storeyed semi-circular, contains nearly a residental fata excluding hundred
No. 1 HONGKONG V.A.D. the ground floor which is used for ahopa, Among the latter are two or three con
The monthly, Lecture and Dill will cerns dealing in cinematographs and take place at the Military Hospital, filme. It is stated that the fire originated
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getting a firm hold in one wing There The Free Commission which the was considerable panic among the re- Chancellor, in the Reichstag on the cidents in this wing, but most of them 28th inst, proposed to form, received managed to collect their valuables and scant courtesy from the reactionaries, get away. Two or three individuals it who fear it as a stop towards demo is stated, in a moment of frenzy jumped SUPPLIED BY-ALL CHEMISTS. cratisation, while the reformers regard out of the building and had to be PHYSICIANS prescribe Chamberlain's it a sop-thrown to them moved to hospital. One of those is
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