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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1917,
TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Page 1)
ANOTHER INDIAN
DEBATE,
HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE BESANT GASE.
LONDON, Oct. 26.
moment.
tent
THE CHINA MAIL.
the reform pronounce- was made. Thousand of noderate Indians throughout India had mistakenly regarded the restric tions placed on. Mrs. Besant us an attempt to suppress free, discussion of self-government, although it was In the House of Lords, Lord Syden-only her unconstitutional methods ham reviewed the Beant case, and that the Raj desired to check. They moved for the following papers to be would have agitated for her release, Bobert Legil, Minister of Blockade,
In the House of Commons, Lorlaid on the table:-The admirably reply maintaining a distracting controversy categorically denied the quinones that
A GERMAN RUMOUR CATEQORIC-
ALLY DENIED. "
Lospos, Oct. 25,
EARLIER TELEGRAMS,
THE WAR AIMS.
BIR E. CARSON'S VIEWS.
LONDON, Oct 25.
THE EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.
ANGLO-BELGIAN JUNCTION
PROBABLE
LONDON, Oct. 24.
A Bolgian East African official report, statos
Several companion of Germana, 200 the 13th inst, with four machine guns, twice attacked a Belgian detachment entrenched north-east of the Littarne
Balgian forces is apprehendech. Village, south-east of Mahange. The eamy was repahed, leaving 17 deal
A spaedy junction by the British and
Sir Edward Carson, speaking on the waraims, at a meeting at Portmonth, the Viceroy to the Pros Deputation prejudicial to the success of Mr. grave anxiety. Although only trained aid we had entered a phase of the war which nons could contemplate without in March; abe apeech of Lord Pentland Mortage's mission. Regarding the since the commencement of the struggle and the, Note to the Government of Madras justifying Mrs. Besant's intern-apprehensions of a section of the our soldiers are vastly superior to plating a separate peace at the
He emphasised that, despite the peace experise of Russia and Rumanin. Hent; and the manifesto of the jetst European community, Leed Islington trained forces of the Prussian autocracy.
Congress which expressed bope that appealed to them to exercise patirher talk in the Reichstag and the flowing PREMIER'S MOTION OF THANKS reforms would not taks the form of con- and forbearance in us extremely Peace Notes from German emissaries,
the Western Powers were contem
Raid that the rumours had been
spread by enemy agents in Russia cessions to a noisy party aiming to delicate situation, and to retrain wo bave never had up till today any
in the hope of discouraging Russin Great Britain was determined to abide by her Russian Ally and to assist: her to consolidate her new: foury liberty.
TO THE FORCES.
offer of peace whatsoever. He wished
LONDON, Oct. 24. establish an oligarchy in India who frou anything likely to embarass the the Germans to remember we cannot
In the House of Commona, Mr. Llayd would take the utmost advantage of position, to re-operate in the picts and will not make any peace without George are notice that on the 29th Great Britain's present difficulties if to devise suitable schemes for reform the concurrance and assent of the instant he would move that the thanks given full freedom of action.
and to do their share to bring about Dominions, who had come to help us in of the House of Commons be given to our great trouble, sad we would not the Navy for its faithful work upon the Lord Lansdowne also reviewed Mr. situation consonant with the re-enter into.negotiations for peace behind sexs daring more than three years of The speaker paid a tribute to the Bessant's "sinister activities” which de | sonable demands of the country in the backs of our Allies In addition to ceaseless danger and stress while guard. valiant resistance of Rumbia, du said ing a period of exceptional diffealty the and trial and assured the Rumanian be. people that Great Britain would not desert, then in their prosent erisie.
ADMIRAL JELLICOE ON THE
SUBMARINE WARFARE.» ·
Lostos, Oct. 25. Speaking at the meeting at Sheffield which was also addressed by Sir Edward -Carson and General Smuts.
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Admiral Sir John Jellicoe said the men of the British Fleet watched patiently and toiled unremittingly for
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Army, and to the women of medical, the High Court, when refusing Mrs. said that he would advocate a greater
unfailing courage and endurance in and other auxiliary services for their Besant's appeal, the Viceroy's agreement freedom of the provincial Govern
defending the right, through sufferings with the finding, and Mr. Chamberlain'sments, but this was muss affecting
and hardships unparalleled in the history descriptions of her agitation sa likely to the whole of India, in which the
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Falways here daring Mr. Montagn's visit was { "ha Man." (Cheera)
Army since he was appointed, Comprove even stronger than their steel. relations and friends in the sorrow they Admiral Jellicoe stated that the losses not an undertaking to cease writing mander-in-Chief has already brought they would not sheathe the sword until have sustained. (Cheers.) from submarines had been extremely seditions letters. In order to obtain about nothing less than a complete the threat of Prussian militarism wass no longer hung over the world. aerious but they were being gradually fairly quiet time, are you going to run
A good judge of character he has They wanted. arbitration to prevent ti September away from something, or smooth is over, surrounded himself with man of an eye future wars and permanent machinery and steadily reduced.
ceptional ability, such as General the figures were very good, but those in order to ges a calm surface, regard Presen, who, RT Chief of Staff of the established whereby peace could be
Second Army, seems to have played" for October would not be so good.es of the andercurrents or of the storm There were bound to be ups and downs,muttering in the distance?" The need ture of Dousamont and Logvement. prominent part last year in the recap- but they had overy hope before long to of cantion had been greatly increased New and confident relations bare besp improve upon the September figures, by the fact Mr. Montagu had announced established between all ranks, General Petsin having laid particular stress on There was no region for anxiety as to himself in'favour of a very strong Home the right for 'officers in the trenches to the making of war. The nations might CasinG THE ENEMY ́ ́'N' TRENCHES, the result of the enemy submarine Rule policy in India. Lord Lansdowne rat hearing me the senior as well as
campaign provided the strictest economy was axercised. Our Navy. would pull throngb. The spint of the German Navy was showing signs of decline and there was no such spirit of discontent of any sort in the British Fleet.
JAPAN'S SHIPBUILDING
PROGRAMME.
TOKYO, Oct. 26.
The shipbuilding programme provides for the building of 300,000 tons for the Recal year ending April 1918. Thirty five vessels, of a total tonnage of 154,727 have already been launched.
CHINA AS AN ALLY...
LONDON, Oct. 25, In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. King, M. Balfour stated that
contrasted Mr. Montagu's "intemperate attack" on the system of government in India in the course of the Mesopota miun debate in July with the prudent and cautious spirit which characterised | Lord Islington's lecture at Oxford a month later. He pointed out that Lord Islington was then a member of the Government, and Mr. Montagu had not been admitted. Mr. Montage's speech after joining the Government was much more cautious. He then spoke of the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration and the general development of the seli govern. ing joätitutions. "We all readily endorse those objects," said Lord Lan down, but the fact remains that there anofficial-and. I am afraid that the are two Montagus-the official and the
renovasion.
from the staff officers.
A
frequent visitor of the front line, he has managed to come personally in divisions. The result is that the rank touch with all the officera of most of the and file feel in him an unbounded con- increased, not only around Verdon but fidence, and that activity has notably on the whole French front.
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German war map has becomes semp of We cannot make peace until the paper and not an inch of it is retained. The unking of peace will be an
enormous task and more diflenlt that
know what was going to happen when their statesmen went to the Conference. They did not want secret diplomacy negotiation until he knew what would General Suits objected to pesce by become of the Gerthan war map. The fundamental principles must be settled before they entered into a peace con- ference. If Germany would not submit to genuing and honest peace proposals we must be prepared to go on (Chsers). Germany's whole economic future was compromised unless she made, in time, Latisfactory peace proposals. longer she waited, the worse it would be for her fate.
"THE FRENCH VICTÓRY,
STRATEGICAL TRIUMPH.
The
LONDON, Oct. 24. Router's Correspondent at French
"China was a co-belligerent with Great Montagu whom the malcontents are watertight and air-tight case containing Headquarters reports:-
prepared to welcome with open arms is Britain, and in that sense an Ally the unofficial Montagu, and that he will Chins bad taken such action to support be received by a great many as the us had seemed possible to the Chinese Government. Mr. Balfour said apostle of the Home Rule movement, as
a man who has come to overhaul thei he declined to discuss the constitutional position in China.
leaders, throughout the country,
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The strategie intention of the High Command in the Aisne battle was finally and completely to threat the enemy of the crest-line. We now hold practically. the entire line of the creat between Craonae and Vauraillon.
FEATS OF AUSTRALIAN FLYING MEN.
FASCINATION OF ATTACKING, GERMAN' INFANTRY:
in view of the praise given to thờ Australian air squadrons on their entry upon active work, given in Sir Douglas letter by Mr G. E. W. Beau, the oficial Haig's despatch sesterday, the following Australian Press Correspondent on the Western Front, is particularly interest- ing
whose work came to the ears of the Aus
One of the first Australian airmen
tralian forces when thug arrived in France was a young officer of the Royal Flying
Corps
in the Ypres salient." It was in the early days of the Somnie offensive, abortly after the British had made their frat successful raid on the German sausage balloons.
Beyre the end of June 191% the com- mon thing was to see the sky above the German line dotted with seven or eight balloons, while behind our lines thero were two or perhaps three. In the last week of June the British suddenly maided the German balloons with neroplanes firing a new inflamatory bullet. Buch s number were put down in flames that from this day for a considerable time the German sky was a desert into which at rare intervala s very distant balloon would creep hesitatingly to be pulled down every few minutes. Raiding them it was done. under these conditions difficult, but
way
A WILD FIGHT, Is one of these raids opposite Ypres the airman approached a German balloon which was being drawn down under
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In addition, we have got a command-susha barrage of shrapnel that it from the Home Rule point of view.
ing view of Ailette Valley from and to seemed impossible to get near it. By the time he was over it it was within ARRESTING SINN FEIN AGITATORS. The mission. Mr. Montagu had under- Enquiry is being made with a view to end and also up the Ardon Valley, at 300 feet of the ground. In the midst of taken, therefore, was a most delicate the production of standardised boots for the head of which stands Loop, and a the barrage be pretended that one of the civilians to be made ander Government view northward scross the plain over abelly had hit him, and came side- LONDON, Oct. 25,
one and be must expect his language control and supplied at fixed prices, the enemy communications to Arizy, in slipping down towards the earth. The The Daily Mail West of Ireland Cor- and actions in india to be scrutinised states the Shoe and Leather Record the upper Coucy Forest, It will (not anti-aircraft gunners stopped at once, "respondent states that this week the most narrowly. I am sure that a sand material. A
object is to economise bath labour be long before the full strategic fruits as did everyone else, to see him fall
he came close to the balloon ha righted police have been arresting Sinn Fein of Mr. Montagu's great, solling will rotion he not got present the ages of the vistory are garnered.
stage of
his machina fired into the balloon aud A fleet of 10 Tanks co-operated very brought it down burning, and got clear receiving official consideration," said Mr. cognise the necessity of proceeding warily 3.A. Craig,secretary of the Boot and hoe effectively, despite the break-neck away beforu the Gormous had tizio to and will avoid all appearance of paltering Manufacturers' Association, but it has ascents, accomplishing all that was
realise what had been done. The harde with the kind of disaffection rampant in
pht into practice i in France, and as required of them
trick has been played often enough since a wartime measure I see no objection to
General Pershing of the American-we watched a German do it near Ba many parts of India. It in because I it here. The most economical boot from Army witnessed the battle and inspected paume. But that was the first time we feel strongly how great are the dangers the point of view of labour is the plain the conquered ground,
heard of it. The man who did it and Isce up
kind. Embellishments would, of
was decorated for it was a Victorian. of this somewhat adventurous policy course, be ruled out, as sleg would fancy
The enemy losses must have been
There was one of whom Australians that I regret the blunder committed in indoor or party shoes. While there are extremely hearyThe reserves were perhaps have never heard, who came but connection with the treatment of Mrs. plenty of boots to be seen in the shops crowded in the subterranean quarries, of the Australian Force into the Boys! Besant, which has greatly alarmed the winter wear, and the trade is at a loss to smashed in, causing the fall of immense shengerd, D.S. O., M.C. No story of him there are few suitable for autumn or practically all the roofs of which were Flying Corps and left a grand name the loyal classes in India.
know how they are to be obtained masses of stones on the heads of enemy was finer than that of his inst fight. Or Lord Islington, replying, reviewed other and labour are scarcer than troops
returning from leave be board that his beat friend had gone west, as they say? It is understood that the Government the circumstances of Mrs. Bésant's
three days before. His friends, tried to will issue £3,000,000 in small paper interiment and releuse and also Mr.
dissuade him from doing anything rash; money early in November to relieve Montagu's statement on October 18
but the next day when he was out leading three other planes 19 German appeared and be drove straight into the they got him, and the Army lost a
The Silver Market is quiet.
SCARCITY OF BUBSIDIARY COINAGE IN JAPAN.
ISSUE OF SMALL PAPER MONEY
TOKIO, Oct. 26.
aver."
Mr Michael MacDonagh, in
Our arroplanes machine-gunned groups of infantry in the line, and also reserves, and bombed trains from a very The low altituds at Laon station.
the serious scarcity of subsidiary regarding the assurances received by Irish on the Somme,” tells su amusing -coinage,"
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France who was asked by a colonel of the
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those who knew him, Captain
magníficant airman.
Another Australian soldier whose name. ought to live in the enrole of flying was Second Lieutenant Wilfred Grassm Bal non, who, as the merest notice by himself stenight into the heart of the London last Jute and who, when hit. managed to guide his machine to within a few hundred yards of his nerodrome before the brave, effort ended,
But the pace!
the "Raj He said he was not at /story of an Irish entry in a camp in North of the Aisne the, Germen thick of them. It was a wild fight, but] liberty to state exactly the manner Army Service Corps whether he had artillery is particularly active in the AMERICANS PRODUCE GIGANTIC which they had been given, but seen any of his officers about that morn sectors of Le Royers and Lei Bovellas they were such as to impress the deed and I did, sir,was the and in the region of the Malmaison reply, Twas only a while ago that front, en our new front, which runs Viceroy with the belief, that there two of the gintlemen exine out of the from: Mont-des-Singes to Chavignon, office down there below and passed by American geographers have just would be no recurrence of the agita this way." "And how did you know the whole of which is in our possession complished the Caak, saya the "Figaro"tion and they impressed the India they were Army Service officers Aisy The enemy did not attempt any infantry map of the European fronts. The size office, similarly, Subsequently the ough, ir Didn't I see their swords setio 2 dd huge German plans which raided
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