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"TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1917.
TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Pagı 1.)
THE GULF OF RIGA
OPERATIONS.
BRITISH SUBMARINE TORPEDOES
ENEMY DREADNOUGHT...
spos, Oct. 2. A Russian official message states: The Germans after a bombardment by destroyers, landed at Werder Peninsula, on Sunday, and pressed back our advanced posts and occur pied, the western part of the Penia- -úla.
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THE NORTH SEA CONVOY DISASTER..
1
LONDON, Oct. 21 It appears that the North Sea convoy was attacked at aïe o'clock in the morn ing, 65 miles from the Scottish const,
The enemy came up astern as dawn was breaking and quickly sank, the Mary Ram and put out of action the Strongbow which few ber dag and fired her guns until crippled.
A small British patrol vessel picked up 39 merchant seamen, under a heavy German fire. Four died after the rescue.
The bodies of four Norwegians were found in a small boat on Thursday They had been killed by bullets proving that the Germans had shelled the small
basis.
THE CHINA MAIT.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE ZEPPELIN FIASCO.
PARIA, Oct. 42.
Franre is most delighted over the rout of the Zeppelin test.
At firab it was believed that it was part of a gigantic double expedition to France and England, but the fact that there were no bombs aboard the Zep pelias brought down confirmed that the Best was returning from England, having been caught in for and apparently exhausted of its supply of petrai, hul drifted to the south-east ward, before the wind and found themselves over France, believing they were ap prouching their own bave,
“THE NAVAL. BATTLE AT OEBEL,
HELSINGFORS, Oct. 20
CORRESPONDENCE,
SPECIAL WAR TÅX:
the Editor of the CHINA MAIL]
The crews of two Russian torpedo BIR ROBERT HO TUNG AND THE boats, which participated in the fight at Oesel, have arrived.
They declare that the fighting lasted, practically uninterruptedly, from Octo ber 14th to the 17th, the Germans losing one Dreadnought. One cruiser was sunk and another wrecked and four torpede-boats were wank and two dia abled.
THE GENERAL SITUATION,
LONDON, Oct.
A Russian naval communiqué states that the general situation in the Baltic fales on October 19th was as follows
The islands of Vesel and Moonwert definitely in enemy bands. The opera tions at Iago wers hampered by the
marshes, and also, because of the small garrison which was merely defending the coast batteries.
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They were all sighter at daylight, and the first victim of the gunfire, which vainly tried to escape by ascending to 18,000 fest, fell in dames at St. Clement with five mutilated bodies lying around, others being buried in the debris. Its consorts, L49 and L. 50, were compelled of Riga, launched two torpedoes attered, insisted on medically treating the and Montigny-le-Roi respectively. The 4 German Dreadnought bus did not wounded thus saving the lives of sixteen crew of the former, which was intact mouth of the Gulf of Finland, despiteĮ. trul, 2nd, floor...
was captured. The latter detached its destroyed car and reuwended with four
A Surgeon probationer on
the
A British submarine, in the Gulf Strungivne, although he had a limb shat-by seroplanes to descend at Bourbonne transporta, etc. was transferred, most
witness the result. The submarinemen. subsequently attacked the energy transports, blowing up on."
THE ABANDONED BASE.
FETROGRAD, Oct. 21.
SIX GERMAN WARSHIPS
PARTICIPATED." ·
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 29. Two German crusiers and three! torpedo boats participated in the der- The abundened base was cotriplete-truction of the convoy. ly dismantled and the Hussin mavat -warships are now protecting the northens vatruïde to Moon Sound
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They ruthlessly fired on the crowded life boats.
The Swedish and Norwegian news nral the grouth" of fiulf of Finland papers bitterly denounce the German
DEMAND FOR AN ENQUIRY.
against fresh enemy' attack.
On
During the operations in the Gulf of Biga, a submarine" attackel) the enemy feet and fired two torpedoes at a Threadnought, bit, being shelled and riddled with bullets by seaplanes, was compelled to submerge rising it, the occupants of the submarine sw clouds of smoke in the distance, presumably from the Dreadnought and a from the fleet trunspurts, one of which, the sube: marine torpedovik..
GERMAN REPORT.
EnxDus, Oct. 2.
A German official message states We took 1,200 prisoners at Dago Island.
#MUTINY IN GERMAN ARMY..
savagery.
There is no news, so far, of the remnant of the scattered fleet.
The aaral bass at Moon Sound, including the bulk of the warships, tuga, orderly, to a safer point at the
snemy opposition...
M. KERENSKY'S APPEAL.
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HOW THEY FINISHED UP.
LATER. Apparently, the five Zeppelins captured and destroyed in France were part of a fleet of eleven, invader of England which got lost fun fog and drifted over France. Three seem to
by guafire and aeroplanes recourse to measures outraging the ideas disposal as the War Charities Cothe harried but the remainder were most painful, because he could not have any of the War Charities Funal, for Dhobine throughout France. One fell in flames of equality and fraternity, therefore, heittee inay determine...
St. Clement; another was captured, appealed to all parties and peoples to intact, at Bourbonne, anda third was end the terrible anarchy. which was caught by s tres at Montigny-le-Roi | more and more invading the State and In the House, Commander, Cand sixteen of the crew landed. The was leading rapidly to an economic and The efforts of the Bellairs RN, demanded an enquiry, Zeppelin broke from the tree and dis financial crisis.
appeared with four of the crew and is be- Government so far had not availed independently of the Admiralty, into Heved to be lost. A fourth landed at against the apathy of the masses. The the loss of the neutrals in the North Haragne Basse Alpes and a fith passed Army was only waiting for the Rear to Sea. He declared that the escort was Frejus st five in the afternoon and dis do its duty in organising the work of Appeared over the Mediterranean, drift production, especially in feeding the föbriously inadequate.
ing vertically.
Army which was becoming more dificult, daily.
LONDON, Oct. 92
The Rt. Hon. J.T. Macnamars replied. that the Government was not prepared to institute such an enquiry, but a Naval inquiry had already been arranged.
BRITISH NATIONAL,
ECONOMY.
GREAT AUTUMN CAMPAIGN.
THE PREMIER AND PEACE
LONDON, Oct. 29.
PETROGRAD, det. 92. Heports from the Dvin Front state that Gertian prisoners adinit
The Fremier and Mr. Bonar Law, this a mutinqus movement in the German afternoon, launched the great Autunm Army- owing to the prospect of campaign for national economy by Winter campaign.
addressing a representative gathering at The mutineerš Were severely the Albert Hall. punished.
THE POPE'S PEACE PROPOSALS
NO BRITISH REPLY.
Losbos, Oct. 12,
fr
In the House of Coinmons, Mr. Balfour state that there seemed no
"reasons at present to add anything to the British acknowledgement of the Pope's peace propoiule.
Mr. King asked: Is not that change of policy, in view of the statement that the Alies were con aldering a reply, jointly
Sir. Balfour did, not reply.
RUSSIAN PEACE, DEMANDS.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 22.
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THE BRITISH FRONT.
AERIAL BOMBARDMENTS.
LONDON, Oet." Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, re- porting on the aviation activities | states:-
Despite much mist our seroplanen this afternoon, dropped a ton of bomba on a foundry and a railway junction ten miles to the north-westward of Saarbrucken, with very good results Barata were seen on the foundry and railway station and big explosion occurred. Many scouts attacked our bombing squadrons. Four of the scouts we driven down. Photographs were also taken. All our machines returned except one.
RÚSSIAN SOCIALISTS' IDEA OF PEACE TERMS.
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Hongkong, 23rd Oct., 1917.
A-GERMAN_DESERTER'S LETTER.
The following is a translation of a letter, written in German, and sent to the Tias for publication. The authory by his own. confession, is a German desorter. He saya ******
PETROGRAD, Oct. 22.
Duc may assert to-day without being The following are among the Russian accused of optimism that the political peace demands which M. Skobelaff, collapse of Germany will begin only Minister of Labour, and the Counell of when the economic collapse is an accom Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates, will plished fact. All recent indications clearly put forward, when attending the inter-point to the fact that the economic erisės Allied Conference at Paris
A free and uninfluenced plebiscite with regard to Alance and Lorraine and Italis Irredenth..
The restoration of Belgium, Serbis and Montenegro, with compensation, to be paid from an international-fund.
The restitution to Germany of all her Colonies.
The neutraliestion of 1 Straits lead- Two hundred and thirty-sight bombeing to inner seas, including the Buez The audience included the Archbishop were dropped, on Saturday, on aero-Canal and the Panama Canal.
and the crisis in the traffic situation, viewed from the technical standpoint, are appro iching the catastrophic climax in Germany. Nothing is to be hoped from the initiative of individuals, or of certain classes of the people, in the case of a ration like the Germans, which is almost helpiess without Government political
The decisive factor in the progressive, irresistible niin
dical giardianship, of econontic life.
Large towns in Germany are visited in rapid succession by devastating epidemic Schleswig, Mannheim, Cologne and it
of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, dromes at Controds and Roulers and Disarmament on land and tea, is not difficult to understand that for
every epidemic the favourable prelimin General Smuts, various High Commisso en Cortemarck station and various and the creation of a system of Militia.
ary conditions are present in the existing under-nutrition of the whole people I sioners, the Chief Rabbi, Nonconformist bilets and butments. One of the zero- dromes at Roulers was bombed from
DEATH OF A FAMOUS BOXER.
one remembers that Berlin has been for Ministers and also the officials of the low height and one bomb blew to
two whole, months without potatoes Treasury, the Post Office, the Savings pieces a German machine on the ground,
NEW YORK, Oct. 32 because the new potita crop was a coro- plete failure, that the condition of the Bank, Labour Organisation and the another fell through, the centre of a
The death is announced of Robertbread is so bad that it has been necessary haugar. Salvation Army
The enemy's paraunnel and machines Fitsimmons, the es Heavyweight box to issue instructions as to the keeping on the ground were machine-gunaeding champion, of pneumonia.
The building was packed and Generat Smuts bad a specially hearty reception. from our aeroplanes
The Premier, in appealing to every-
Our scouts, operating in the neighbour-
and the destruction of bread, one can estimate correctly the difficulties.
The prospects of the harvest are not favourable secording to the confidential
hood, meanwhile brought down seven-NY.H. CONTRACTS FOR 20 NEW reports of the Chambers of Agriculture. machines which crashed to earth in full view of the aerodrome.
SHIPS.
body to assist in raising funds to finance the war said the cost was gigantie. The harden was heavy but Great Britain
A tomof bomb was dropped during after the war would he a more valuable the night on Ingelmuaster aerodrome set, not because she had extended bar and railway station and also on aero dromes at Courtrai where a direct hit territory, but because the efficiency was obtained on a machine endeavouring of her people and the security of her to leave the ground. shores would be increased.(Cheers) During the day, nine German Another solacing fact was that most of machines were brought down and fourtons gross, for ten consecutive years. The thumbers of Agriculture is our gigantic debt would be owed to were driven down. Three of ours are
missing. outrasives. Although that did not always make a difference, still he thought
better that the debt should...
The newspapers, with the excepit
tion of Muxini Gorky'worgan, Tibeule be ia the family (Laughter).
could lend, and the more she lent the
31. Skobeleff's peace dlerpands us The more Britain waved the more she childish prattle" which might have been drawn up by Germany.
THE PROSECUTION OF GREEK EX-MINISTERS.
ATHENS, Oct. 22.
The Chamber has voted in favour of sto prosecution of, the members of the Skoaloudia Cabinet, including the ex Premier, M. Gounaria
RESCUE OF GERMAN RAIDER'S VICTIMS.
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MELBOURNE, Oct. 22.
The naval authorities announce the rescue of 48 men of the crews of the vesele sunk by the Suadier, who were marconed on Mopiban.
KAISER AND INTERNED SUBMARINE COMMANDER.
MADEIN, Oct. 224.
The newspaper Impartial stats good authority, that the Kaiser ordered the Commander of the submarine U. 293 to return to Cadiz, when it escaped
BRITISH MERCHANT MARINERS LOST.
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THE KAISER'S ARMY.
HAMMERED TO THE LIMITS OF ENDURANCE.
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In the coast provinces the greater part of the seed corn was destroyed by the hard winter. In the exceedingly pro In order to meet the requirements of ductive province of Fosen the harvest several expansion programmes, which will has failed, owing to the persistent drought include the inauguration of at least three in June: and in other parts the coro new overseas services, the Nippon Yusen which is partially reaped but not yet Kaisha has signed contracts with the carried, has been abandoned owing to Yokohama Dock Company for the yearly the prevailing wet weather. It is known construction of two ships, each of 8,000 that the result of the harvest according to two-thirds of the expert opinions of below The cost will amount approximately to l more than Yen 84,000,000.
This is probably the biggest single shipbuilding order ever placed in Japan, It is almost a decided fact that the N.Y.K, which is now capitalized at Yea minority.
The greatest difficulties, however, are 44,000,000' will increase its capital to Yen 100,000,000. Although there is a group The lack of labour asserts itself in an experienced in the domain of traffic. an increase to of shareholders adroesting not upheld increasing degree in spite of the law | by the board of directors, which is relating to civil service. The rolling LONDON, Oct. 21.
stock in is the most defective condition. mindful
The lack of good lubricating oil for the the . Allied mer Renter's Correspondent at Britishful of post-bellam conditions
the war many of Headquarters states that day and night chantman in the Far East have been engines and the overburdening of these After emphasising the harmfulness of our guuners are mercilessly pounding requisitioned by their governments. Of lead to a steady increase of completely the Germans with terrible effectiveness, this number several have been torpedoed unserviceable material So it comes individual extravagance, because it
from which it is evident, from many or disabled. Many Oriental lines which about that almost all the larger concerns Great Britain, France and other countries necessaries, and there is now a deficiency absorbed money, labour, material and sources, that the artillery battle is for have been operated under the flags of are equipped for the production of war energy esential to the progrese of the cing the enemy to make constant reliefs are now sinost at a standstill. With all in works' where labourers of other kinds pod can be employed. At the great electrical handicapped war, the Premier proceeder: I am no owing to the demoralisation of his troops these nations considerably
A captured enemy officer's latter bit in, their Oriental trade because of the works of the city of Düsseldorf, for going to predict when peace will come, No man in his sense would prolong the terly complained of the shelling of his extraordinary shortags of bottoms, the example, there is now working only one own artillery, resulting in a "most unNippon Yusan Kuisha is now working large dynamo, as the turbines of the war an hour if there were an farcurable affect of our men who havs to catablish several new overseas lines, others are destroyed and there is no
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strongly reinforcing those already
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all this goes the increase in the opportunity of a raal, lasting peace-been exposed for seven days to conti citablished, both ensign and domesti dificulties in the provision of raw
uous heavy artillery fire." Another latter by adding any more ships. (Loud cheers). It must not be a pesce states that the English, in four days
Among these cow foreign lines will be materials The South West German which will be prelude to a more amashed seven Divisions and says cos between Vancouver and Hongkong Union of the iron industries, which devastating war.
yesterday, two Companies of infantry Prior to the war, the firm operated this mainly comprises the Lorrainu and Sear were buried. Another letter instances line for some time, but owing to the poor coalfielda, stated in its last circular that demand for cargo space in consequence in consequence of air attacks and strikes Company originally 140 strong of general depressed tele conditions the 183,000 tons of ere lead: werg available THE IRON AND CONCRETE BHIP. paraded a fortnight later, 18 strong service was soon suspended With for delivery during the last eight weeks adding that it was the same with a Australia as its centre a new line will be than were contracted for. Many works
must not be more than a certain maaj- whole regiment
started to Seattle and Tacoma, touching are obliged to discontinue night; abilts Jack of material, white The first Norwegian iron and concrete
mum Tailors will be at liberty ter charge less if they please. As far as ship was launched on the 30th AugustThe bulk and the fower of the Kaiser's at the principal poris in the Far East in consequence of at the Porsgrend Cement Works in the army is being hammered to the limits One of the most important lines will be others as obliged to stop works for some
Following the steps taken to secure stocks of cloths they already hold are presence of the Prime Minister. . of human endurance,
is opened between Bombay and Liverpool days in each week nan* General von Arderuns writes that he by way of South Africa. This line willAll these difficulties are not moment- This ship is built on an Knudsen.
and passing phenomena, but are the the stenviardisation of clothes for A concerned their liberty to fix these prices have to meet strong competition
ary entirely new ratem, with the bottom is profoundly concerned over the British lines after the war etion from signs of a slow but irresistible collapse officers uniforms, the Wool Department isinaltered. upwards, in which extraordinary post demoralization of the German Anay, Besides the twenty ships which have No small part of the rapidity with which of the War Office are preparing aschere The Government standard cloth wit tion the launching took place on a sort facing the British, apprehending that it been ordered from the okobama Dock the complete economic enllapse of Ger by which cloth for civil war le to be be distinguished by yellow and white of underlying siedze which glided out
Entente in preventing The object of the scheme is to sort will enable stanrud cloth for civi with the ship. When the water was is the grim deteraination of the Briti Company the Bippon Vused Kaishin many will come about depends on the produced for sale at a standa orice stripe on the solvedge A mark of this reeched the full became detached frm to gain complete masthey of the Jen building Humber & others at the the Import of raw materials from neatime guard the public from excess obra line to be distinguished:-(Es.)
Mitan Engine and Works in the sledge and gradually sanke up Flanders ridge system.
Nagasaki and Kobe, the Kawasaki Dock countries into Germany. In the in- for glosting in the event of storage terests of genuine peace and of the bous cased by the present large Company and other shipbuilding gards to peedy conclusion of the frightful Bemands on a pool for and me
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