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THURSDAY, OUTOBER 18, 1917,
TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Page 1.),
"THE BESANT AFFAIR IN
INDIA.
ITALY'S RESOLTÉ,
ма
ROME, Oct. 17. Speaking in the Chamber, the Premier declared that until final and complète victory was secured, Italy would remain indissolubly identified with the! Allin Italy was on guard against the enemy devices to divide the Allies, -A Socialist motion of no confidence in the Government was detented by 928 votes to a There were 15-abnzen- tiens.
INTER-ALLIED CONFERENCE IN
PARIM
Loxes, bet, 18.
In the House of Commons, the Hon. E. Montagu, Secretary of State be India, made u statement regard- ing the release of Mrs. Annie Besant and her associates. He deckired that be courte followed in no way. cong.
PARIS, Oct 17. stituted a criticism of the action of The inter-Allied Conference lasj she local Government.swhich was, in opened. fact, approved by the Raj and never M. Metin, the Under Secretary toj questioned by himself.
the Ministry of Blockade, urged the Mr. Bonar Law, replying to Mr.scessity of inter-Allied sction against Joynson Hicks, said he did not think the re-insurance of enemy enterprises the matter was one on which a long sak that the French Government discussion would at present be. ad bad initiated legislation on the subject. Tantageous and he could not under- take to facilitate such.
The Hos. Edwin Montague, reply-RAISING WAR FUNDS IN AMERICA ing to Major Wedgewood, said that; certain Mohammedans were interard
The
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. Government's
offer
of
the
at present, but for a reason different $300,000,000 worth of Certificates af from that of the Besunt case. They Indebtedness, carrying interest at were interned because they openly rate of four per cent per annum, bas sympathized with His Majesty's been heavily over-subscribed. ohetnies
Mr. Joyuson Hicks gave notice that he would raise the subject on the adjournment that night.
LATER. The Hon. E. Montagu's stub rent was in reply to a request by Sir,T. D. Rev for information.
The Liberty Loan has reached approximately, $1,000,000,000.
FURTHER AMERICAN LOANS TO ALLIES.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. The Government has lent Great Britain a further £5,000,000, Russia, Belgium £6,000,000, making the total £10,000,000, France, -£4,000,000 and
sum loaned to the Allies, up to date, £542,000,000.
LEAVE FOR SOLDIERS.
THE CHINA MAIL.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS. „
THE PREMIER CONGRATULATES
SIR DOUGLAS. HAIQ,
LONDON, Oct. 16. Lloyd George has sent the following The Press Bureau announces that Mr.
message to Sir Douglas Haig-
·
The War Cabinet desires to cop gratulate you and your troops on the achievements of the armies in Flanders in the great battle which has boen raging since July 31st, starting from positions in which every advantage reated with the enemy, andt hampered by the most unfavourable weather. You and your men, tavertheless, bave roatiauously driven back the enemy with skill, courage and pectinacity, commanding the grateful admiration of the peoples of the Empire and filling the enemy with alarm I desire to renew my personal assurance; of my confidence in your leadership and in the devotion of those you command,
THE BRITISH", FRONT.'
PATROLS ACTIVE
...
LONDON, Oet. 17. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Hig reports:
.
Our patrols ware active on the battle front and brought in a few prisoners.
There was considerable reciprocal artillery activity.
carried out much effective counter Owing to the clearer weather, we
battery work.
The South Midlanders raided tren ches last night, in the neighbourhood of Roux and indicted casualties Another raid to the northward of Lena yielded na z lew prisoners
THE KAISER'S VISIT TO SOFLL.
THE OBJECT.
AMSTERDAM Oct. 16
An article, contributed from a 've}] informed source to the Weser Zeitungs indicates that our of the objects of the garis to attack General Sarrail's army Kaiser'a visit to Sofia is to induce Bul with Salonika as the promised reward should the attack prové successful.
The articla states that, Greece is expected shortly to declare war againut Bulgaris, whereupon the latter will bring 800,000 on against General Sarrail and leave 200,000 to the Dobrudja, GERMAN SOCIALIST PARTY DWINDLING.
AMSTERDAM, Oec. 16. At the Sorial meeting at Wierzburg Herr het stel that the number of members of the Somalist Party hed decreased by 70 per cent, partly owing of 38 district organisations, 37 electoral to the members at the front, hut six out districts and legal, unions, had sereded."
NO BRITISH TITLES FOR ENEMY
SUBJECTS,G
LONDON, Oet. 17. The House of Commons has passed the third, reading of the Bill depriving: enemy holders of British titles.
C
RED CROSS SOCIETY'S
WORK
Six fully equipped youvöyk of 50 ms. buland vary puch are working with the British Army on the front lines. Their
The
15.0
Our fire, early this morning, repulsed a strong raiding party to the south-am daty is to convey the wounded from westward of Acherille.
the field hospital to the clearing hospital, Our aeroplanes, yesterday, machine and thence in the Bospital train. Some gunned enemy infantry from low times, however, they go right up to the altitudes. They dropped two tona of first pie posts, and they frequently havi iximbs on a large dump at Courtrai and to faer a danging' shell. "Bre. enemy machines. Three of ours are rolled under the Red Cross, are other targets. We brought down five drivers of these coureys, originally en- missing.
enlisted in the-Argie-
Three conveys with the French Arny have done good work at, Verdón nad else here. Here, to, the reatest risks have been encountered. Thartt have been some arridents, thragh not fatal ones, Choo easies a patient reated beside the driver was rewounded,,
FRENCH REPULSE RAIDS.
Mr. Montagu said that he would not say much, but it was important to say that the action taken by the -Governor of Madras in June, placing restrictions on the liberty of Mrs. Anie Besant, Mr. Arundel und Me Wadia, was essentially precautionary rather than punitive. The Madras Government had repeatedly stated. that it had no wish to check con.. atitutional agitation, as such, but it considered the methods employed by Macpherson, Parliamentary Secretary the agitators left no option but to to the War Office, stated that Lord THE GERMAN LOSSES IN remov Mr Besant and her ass eintes from Madras by recourse to the Defence of India Regulations, But, restrictions of that kind lead to s consideration of the date of their
LONDON, Oct. 17. A French communiqué states-After lively bombardment, several enemy raisis on the Alone front, to the south of Courtecou,, were repulsed LONDON, Oct. 17. There was lively artillery duel in In the House of Commons, Mr.the region of the plateau.
tempogil, for there bus obviously no date it and it was equally obvious that they were not intended to last for ever, and it woukl he reasonable to expect that the restrictions would
Derby is arranging to make special representations to all Commanders-in Chief in the distant war theatres in order that leave should be given ar freely and fairly as possible, but there was extraordinary difficulty in these cases as far as transport was concerzed.
PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN'S UNION.
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 17.
be removed when the Rij was satis- Red that mich removal would not A Conference of the Scandinavian lead to a remirrence of the practice: Seamen has recommended the holding of a Senman's Conference at Copenhagen which it was designed to prevent,
Accordingly," said Mr. Mon-abortly, in order to form an Interos-
tional Seamen's Unico.
AN INTERNED SUBMARINE...
FERROL, Oct. 17. The officers of the interned German submarine, B 23, have been removed to
Aloniah narea,
fugo, when I made the announce ment on August 3) frgarding the policy of His Majesty's Government- with regard to Ind. I asked the Viceroy, whether the Ruj would con sider, in view of the alteration of the circumstances, the question' of removing the restrictions imposed on persons who, solely on recount of. their violent or improper methods of A NATIONAL LABOUR INSTITUTE. political agitation. had been dealt with under the Defence of India Act. Subsequently, ask that in view.
Marines are now guarding the marine, which is in the arsenal.
BATTLES.
valescent men, established in Egypt. Maka anil Salonika.: 6,500 Surgeons, nurres, V.A.D
stretcher-bearers, hospital ne durlies, and ambulance drivera now serving abron- 180 Women, Ambulance Drivers
serving abreed.
- AT HOME.
37,000 Hospital beds found in the
United Kingdom. "30,0xx of these provided, with Nar
sing Stat. 2008 Trained Nines working at
home and abroad.
7,500 FLA.D. haiphig in Army
Hospitali
241,000 spent on equipment of King,
George Hipital (1,800 heda) und
£28,000
:
a year contributed to cost if ita malutebance. £43,000 spent on building nad efsíðu 4ping Notley Rod Expas ties."
.quo spent on maintenance, apital: 41,000 beds); aint
£15,000 for Orthopedic
Criative Workshops and Tinising Fund.
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THE MAGISTRACY,
ALLEGED FORGED ORDERS FOR GOODS.
A Chinese buyer" of the Kin Wing | firm was brought helero Mr. J. R... Wood this morning on the charge that he had legally obtained goods on forged orders, purporting to come fron the Kin Wing firm, from the Sang Li Yuen firm for shark fins to the value of $201.50: from the Tye Besides these forward corrays the Toint Sang firm for sea weed to the value Committees ambulances, staffed with of $16-4; from You Hing Loong for their own personnel now carry out the RECENTurich. They carry the wounded $352.46; from Man Wo Hong firin whole of the work in the lines of com- fone cùse shell fiúb to the value of
and sek from the trails in the Hospitals. for two cases shell fish to the value and thence to the hospital ships. A hun of $331.28; from Chun Shing Hong dred ambulances are constantly at work firm for one case of mushrooms to at Boulogne, 20 at Etaples, others at Calus, St. Omner, Dedin. Treport, the value of $201.27 and from the Etretat, Hayko and Honen Le Treport. Tak Shibg Hong firm one case furgu
LONDON, Oct. 17. Reuter learns that the most careful estimates show that German loses in the recent battles in Flanders exceed the
British losses by 7 per cent
ACTIVITY NORTH OF MONASTIR.
LONDON, Oct. 17.
A French Fastern communiqué states: The artillery was active on the whole front, especially to the north of Monestir Our troops repelled enemy detach ments on the Western bank of Lake Ochrida, who were attempting to land from barques.
The total prisoners taken in the Hamondas raid has reached 143.
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THE AUSTRIAN NAVÝ,
"EXTREMELY BERIOTTS
MUTINIES.
Box, Oct. 17. sub-able authority, that several extremely The Giornale Ikulia states, on reli- serious matinis accompanied by acanes of terror and bloodshed, have occurred on several ships of the Austrian Navy, owing to food troubles and inhuman. treatment by the officers.
LONDON, Oct. 17. At a meeting of the Labour leaders
of the preting of Parliament and yesterday, it was decided to recommend
Labour Institute in London in honour of the fallen and incapacitated Trade Unionists and other workers.
THE IRISH CONVENTION.
the posible necrssity of laying papers their constituents to erect National on the table, if it was decided to maintain the instructions upon her, A decision with reference to Mrs. Besant should be taken as soon as possible. The mction taken by the Raj was taken on their own reupon. aibility, but we were all anxious to secure a tranquil atmosphere in the future and this does not mean that I am not in complete accord with their action.
There was a sanguinary encounter at Pola between Austrian craws and, a
German: U bost fotilla, owing to the tyranny of the latter. They were only sabdued by the intervention of naval patrol in which a number of German sailors were killed.
Afterwards the boats were ordered to another base..
Dianflection, in the Austrian Navy is increasing in a threatening manner,
TYPICAL OF THE BULLY."
LONDON, Sept 17. In the House of Commons during the discussion of the Electoral Reform Bill, Mr. HE Duke, Secretary of State for Ireland, said the expectations and prayers of the best citizens of Ireland went up for the success of the Conven-typical of the bully, tion. It was not too much to hope that
ZURICH, Oct '17. In view of the forthcoming British offensive on southern Germany the changing tone of the enemy Press is
The Muenchener, Post has now dis
AN ANGLO-DUTCH ARRANGEMENT their expectations and prayers would covered that air raids on open town's
BREAKS DOWN.
LONDON, Oct 17.. The proposed Anglo-Dutch arrange ment under which Holland was to import several hundred thousand tons of coal from Great Britain in return for Great Britain receiving a cartsin propor tion of food stuffs from Holland, has apparently broken down,
be gratified.
THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, Oct. 18. Silver is quoted at 4328.
•The Market is flat.
have simply stiffened the determination of people and expresses a fervent hope that this horrible slaughter of defence less persons will cease forthwith.
The German newssport have decided, in future, not to print the speeches of enemy staterman so fully substituting the Wolff Bureau's brief summary.
the "lest base to be beaded over to the Red Cross by the is ealifely served by women drivers, what with others at Culois, Feretat nad Euples, are doing first-rate work.
Over 460
to the value of $286.65
Defendant pleaded, riot guilty, staf- ing that the orders were genuine
Inspector Terrett stated that the One hundred mulance have been sent | goods were obtained in all cusps. De to Mesopotamia, CD to Italy, 40 to fendant went to the firms mentioned Salonika, 50 to Rs. 35 to Malta and above, ordered the goods and obtain Egypt, U to East Africa, and vehicles are employed at home."" ed delivery with the forged orders. Cohplainants became suspicious when they found that the goods were destined for Whelow instead of Macno where the head office of the Kin Wing firm wis. They made en- quiries at the local office und found
SINDAD
cars,
2,500 Motor Ambulances,
cycles wagury, and soup kitchener seat abroad.
£1,100,0
for purchase and upkeep of Actors.
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His Worship adjourned the case.
́DAMAGING A PUBLIC CHAIR
Hospital Trains running in Franco, each carrying 450 that defendant had no authority to wounded, have cost over Issue the orders. The complainants 180,000 to build and ruo. had the goods stopped. £25,000 to French Red Cross Society. 2560,000 spent on work in France and
Belgium. 1750,000 spent on work in Mesopo tamia, Indis. Egypt, Saloni ka. Maka and the Near East. The Hospital Ship Nabbe
sent to Mesopotamis. Motor Launches at to It was stated that the defendant Mesopotamia Hypt, East took a chair from Robinson Road. Africa, and Malta.
He or
The Frankfurt Zeitung protests that neither the Press ncr the public has got anbounded conflance in the Wolf Bureau and the decision reached by the The Dutch Minister of Agriculture
It takes more than an Act of Poella German Bawspapers will make the ment or an Order in Council to restrain) public more anxious to read the neutral 21, states that the plan for requisitioning ahipe to bring coal from Great Britian Tondon paper. It is one of our oldest
•Preas an Englishman from treating, says & has been abandoned awing to Germany's observances, and its etiquette has varied inability to guarantee their safety; they but little during the at 100 years. might even, be mistaken for submarine Estienne Percise, who published French tr's pa
guide to England in 1658, dilates upon our treating propensities. If in Eng liahman wishes to treat you," he writed,
he will say in bis langu
Se vam PANOTHER JAPANESE MISSION IN
AMERICADEIA. B.queria aunt which mea
ASHINGTON, Ost 17, Parliamentary Mission,
drinks quart of wine? The still rep
THE SWORBE. PENINSULA:
GERMAN REPORT.
A.Japanese was charged before Mr. Wood this morning with being dis orderly and wilfully damaging a chair to the extent of $1.80.
down to Murray Road.
22 Hospitals and Convalescent dered the coolies to take him to Homes in France, Egypt, Wanchai, The coolica refused; defen- Malta and Salonika
tan hace disorderly dant became disorderly and damaged
£13,000 spent on building and equip
ping St. John Erigado Bon pital, Etaples, Fare (520 beds) und
4,320 on equipment and mainter-
£10,000 to erect, oqulp and maintain recreation and refreshment rooms in France.
Rest Stations in France for
His Worship fined the defendant $5 and ordered $1.80 compensation to be paid to the chair coolies.
"ANOTHER INNOCENT, FROM
THE COUNTRY.
An unemployed - Chinese was arounded men en route, aclurged before Mr. J. B. Wood this well as hostels for retires morning with the larceny of sundry
visiting wounded, and rest articles of clothing from a watch Homes for nurses
12. Branch Offices for Enquiries for Wounded, and Masing £35,000 spent on work in Italy £7,000 spent on werk in Serbia and
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It was stated that the defendant Saturday) remain of the Fantastics Was seen coming out of an empty season, but Mr Shipman bar, also house by a Chinese detective very ranged a special matinee performanos early this morning. Defendant had on Saturday afternoon. A very at
hundle with him. He was stopped
Izsctive programma consisting entirely and searched and a set of burglar
rawn up for tools was found strapped round his of new sets, has been
to-morrow night, wo Defendant pleaded guilty, stating "The Shepherd's Dance - of Burgical Dressings, he only came from the country last specialty in which Fero
equipment; neces night. He had gone through the make her debut hora as and comforts of erupty house and into the next door The Staircase Dance,
ched mainly through the veran
amber in the course
the Tai Vang temple near the old imposed a sentence of Aldons and Fred Keeley walte un and Oficiale, Gentry, and Marchants har
Yomen of Li Hang-chan Ces dstof ard labour and four
fentured worshipped Faid thestricals are being
marks
Montenegro. £30,000 spent on work in East Afman
spent on work in Humanía. ,000 spent on work in Russia
waist
6,000,000 Article
LONDON, Oct 17.
Beddi tura
Hospital Furni bours
1416,383 Parrels.
and
London
A German oficial menage states Vie dring We took a further 1,100 prisonomin
Will you the Swarbe Zeninsula.
OFFICERS ERRESTED IN ODESSA.
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BY THE DRAGON GOD.
A correspondent writes to Tientai Contemporary I have heard from dancer, and the Dragon God who contil the waters
many Chinese that the. Leng Wang, Le difficult me been found a sake. It is kept in
this