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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1917.
TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Fage"L.)"
THE CHANCELLORSHIP OF
GERMANY.
RESIGNATION OF DR. MICHAELIS
CONFIRMED.
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Losnos, Det. 31.
THE FIGHTING IN FLANDERS.
LONDON, Oct. 31. ↑ Reuter's Correspoirilent, at Head quarters states—
The boisterous weather, yesterday afternoon, rendered infantry action practically impossible, and the troops wa gontent with consolidating their morning gains, which are substantial
aplinpertant.
On the left of the attack the Naval Brigade aut the Lalon Territorials struggled against well-nigh impos sible weather mids and consequently they did bot 'advanes quite so suc
A. message from Berlin confirius that Dr. Michaelis has resigned the Chancellorship which has been offer ed to Dr. Hertling, the Bavarian Premier. The latter is considering fully "the Canadians on the higher and better - ground. The the other
Canadians thoroughly recognise the UNFAVOURABLE COMMENT,
toms troops had the harder task and AMSTERDAM, Oct. 31. The prospect of the Chancellorship loudly praise their indoraitability, being taken by the agel Bavarian As an example of the bitter price Professor. Dr. Hertling, is unfavoue Germans are paying for their ably received by the Gerumo Pressesperate defence of the Passchen
THE CHINA MAIL.
CHINA'S ENTRY INTO THE WAR-
A LONDON CELEBRATION.
| LONDON, Det. -BL.
At a dinner at the Lyceum Club, celebrating the entry of China into. the war a letter from the American Ambassador was read in which he sail:It nouns rcucb to the nited States and her Allies to late lean judgment passed, hy this ancient civilisation at Asia, on the wins and activities of, Germany's assault on civilisation.
Viscount Bryce, in proposing Great Britain's welcome to China, sail that it was China's glory that she felt the lofty moral call to all men and nations to take her stand on the side of tight and justice. The most ancient people of the East, and the great Republic of the West, were now with rent Britain and, they were confident of victory. He hoped war: China would that after the
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE BRITISH (FRONT,
IMPORTANT PROGRESS.
LONDON, DC. SI Field-Marshal Sir Douglas. Haig reports
A successful operation, with limited
objectives, was carried it this morning between the Ypres-Ruulers, railway and the Foetapolle West Roosebeke Road.
Important progress was made, despite the mosby ground, on the bulk of the front, the heavy rain and galen making communication with the troops.extreme. ly difficult.
ENEMY'S POLITICAL.
IN ITALY..
LONDON Oct 31 The evening papers again emphasise the soundness of General Smuts ressur ing perspectives
HEATHER DAY.
As regards the Italian situation, there is a growing belief that the misfortune may yet be turned to good account. The capture of Udine momentarily created a nasty fesling, but this reacted upon Reuter making an authoritat statement that the capture has not srprised she Italian military authorities, as the evacuation was effected some days ago Reater has comfirmed the political nature of the enemy's objectives He hopes to create in Italy another Rusia, disaffecting troops and obtaining The Canadians, on the right, despite similar frateraising sterility on the fierce opposition, gained all their objec front, with a view to forcing a separate tires on the main ridge, and reached peace. For weeks Austrian airmen have the outskirts of Passchendaele. been dropping immense quantities of The fighting was most severe on the literature in the Italian lines, apicting pur the westward of the village. Italy as ander the thumb of Beltain and Dhobine where five counter-attacks were besten exhorting them troops to rebellion.
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The captured machine-guns were used with effect, in repulsing these attacks.
The going was particularly bad on the left of the attack, flooded streams None-the-less the Nara." and London Territorial Battalions captured a number of fortified farms and strong points after heavy fighting. The Chinese Minister (Mr. Alreal The Gloucesters carried out a success- Sze), replying, mil that all Chin'sful raid last night to the southeast of
Gavrelle. resources were at the disposal of the
The Belgians were successful in
GERMAN PRESS AND PEACE.
LONDON, Oct. 31. German Press is discussing peace more A semi official report states that the
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concerned with the perils of the economy situation, especially the blockade.
FRENCH MAILBOAT FOUNDERS.
PARIS, October 31. The mailboat running with all aboard
Socialists and molerate cluding a spell of duty had only its lies to win the war, which more raid to the south of Dixude and between Marseilles and Tunis, foundered Liberals attack Dr. Hertling adjutant and one man left. Such than ever demerstrated the greatness captured nineteen prisoners.
reuetionary.
Krups Rheuish, organ pleased with the appointment of a non-Prussian.
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[exaniples could be multiplied."
of Britain.
FRENCH STEAMER'S CREW DECORATED.
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The Correspondent" gives another, finteresting insight into the Gefnan [mentalitye, During the course of ai
Ppus Oct. 31. inversation with a captured enemy.
The Captain and, several of the The Wiser Zeitung states that officer, after saging that the breaking officers and crew of the steamer Loire Count Hetling the Bavarian Trof Belging tentrality was justified have been decorated with the Cole da mier. has acepted the Geegan by necessity, the officer added that Guerre for defeating a submarine in Chancellorship, with reservations.
his countryizen coull not under one and a half hour's fight in which 200 staral, now that the United States shells were fired. Whilst the Loire was FEAR OF AIR RAIDS AT COLOGNE.
ind entered the war and the Allies proceeding to Archangel the picked up laif nothing more to fear, why they the crew of a torpedoed Norwegian ship AMSTERDAM, thet. 1. The German hewspapers state that refuse to take advantage of the con-whom she was taking to the Shetlands, the stained glass,windows of Cologne paratively easy passage to the Rhine when the submarine attacked her. -Cathedral are being replaced by otit-which the invasion of Höllaral would pary plass, as precaution against offer, damage by air raids,
EAST AFRICA.
GERMANS EXPELLED FROM MAHENGE DISTRICT.
Lospos. Oct. 31- An official presage from East Africa states that the Germans have been expelled from the Mallenge district, towards the lawegi Biver. They abandoned two guns,
General Northes's troops occupied Liwali taking 24 German: European prisoners.
GERMAN REPORT.
Jarox, Oct. 31.
A German official message states that in skition to the main attack, the English: yesterday, attempted to advance at Cheluvelt but were driven buck.
NO ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACKS - IN FLANDERS
Losnox, Oct. 81.
Fighl-Marshal Sir Douglas Huip ports: --
THE CHEMISTS' STRIKE AT PETROGRAD.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 31. The chemists' strike is causing a serious situation owing to the violence of the strikers" towards a few chemists whom the strike committee permitted to work:
The municipality has decided to open more shops.
GATHERING IN THE FRUITS.
LONDON, "Oct. 30. Reuter's Correspondent at Headquar}
(ters states:-
The prisoners testify to the terrible effect of our artillery fire. The enemy lines were frequently without rations for two or three consecutive days
To-day's prisoners will not be con-
siderable owing to the frontal mature of the attacks, and although the resistance- is stiff, the enemy has seldom stayed to risk capture.
Altogether the day has been satisfact. ory. We have substantially hitten into the shrinking piece of ridge left in enemy possession..
There has never been saries of operations more co-ordinated to sewure a desnite end than the present progres sive battles in Flanders, the important strategie fruits of, which are continually being gathered in.
BRITISH AVIATION ACTIVITY.
LONDON, Oct. 31.... Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
raporta
Our aeroplanes on Monday, fire several thousand machine-gun rounds on the enemy, in the trenches and on
One hundred bombs were dropped on billets at Renlers and elsewhere. Four enemy machines were brought down and one was driven down. Two of ours
HINN FEIN LEADERS ARRESTED roads.
LONDON, Oct. 31.
Ten Cork Sion Fein leaders have been put into goal, for participation The hostile ertillorg was active. in the recent demonstrations, when are missing. The enemy's losses in the recent during the "night, against the posi-1,000 volunteers performed military fighting at Tyangan, apart from the tions we captured yesterday. There wounded, are estimated at 53 Euro-were no counter-attacks.
"peons and 268 Askuris killed a
241-Europeums und 677 Askuris take prisoners.
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TURKS ENVELOP BRITISH CAVALRY OUTPOST.
GALLÁNTRY OF LONDON YEOMANRY.
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SUR DOUGLAS HAIG'S CHIEF OF STAFF.
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Lostor, Oct, SL. Major-General Bole. D.S.O., has. been appointed Chief of Staff, by Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig.
ARTILLERY STRUGGLE NORTH OF THE AISNE.
"LONDON, Oct. 31.
Losros, Oct. 31. An official despatch from Egypt states that 3,000 Torka with twelve guna
A French communiqué states: attacked our cavalry outposts ou To the north of the Aisne, the Saturday. Though outnumbered and artillery struggle proceeded on the .enveloped, the
London Yeomanry whole of the Vuuxailor-Finon sector gallantly held the positions for six and on our few positions in the hours, Tintil they were reinforced.
Their casualties were under 100 and region of Froidmont Farmi..
Edemy aeroplanes dropped thirty tombe on Dunkirk. So fur. по casualties or damage have been reported.
the Turkish losses were beavy..
evolutions...
COMPULSORY RATIONING · FOR BRITAIN, IF NECESSARY.
Our machines, on Monday night, again attacked the railway station and lines around Saarbrucken. Bomba were seed to burst, with good effect. All our machines returned though the weather conditions were exceptionally bad Twelve machines, this morning, went LONDON, Oct. 31.
farther afield and attacked a munitions In the House of Commons, Mr. Bouar and gas works at Pirmasens, twenty miles beyond Saarbrucken. Bombs Law stated that Lond Rhondda, the were seen to burst on factories and gas Food Controller, had unhesitatingly reworks, with excellent results.
The weather was good and all our commended compulsory rationing, if
machines returned. Deecsary..
THE SILYEN MARKET.
LONDON, Oct. 31.. Silver is quoted at 46d. There is scarcity of offers and the Market is firm.
OBITUARY."
LONDON, Oct 31. The Death is apponaced of Lord Londesborough.
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„FRENCH ARTILLERY ACTIVE.
LONDON. Oct. 31. A French communiqué reporte-Tao artillery duel was fairly active on the Brayeen Laonnois and Exrtebise sectors, and on the left of the Mere.
We inflicted heavy losses on the enemy during a raid, to the north-west of Bheirs, taking twenty prisoners. ****
We bombed the tailway stations at. Lichterfelde and Git in Belgium, and bombs were also dropped on Marzieres les-Metz, Longerville-les Mats and Thionville. A big tre broke out at
ALBERT AND EDWARD MEDALS. Maziere Station
THE SUBMARINE PIRACY.
BRITISH SHIPPING RETURNS,
LONDON, Oct. 31: The Admiralty announces that the shipping returns for the week ending GERMAN INVASION OF BRAZIL these medala, which are in gold and
October, 27th ara na follows:—
Arrivals...
Departures
2,285 -2,321
Vessels sunk (over 1,500 tons) 14 Vesselssank (under 1,300 tons) Vessels unsuccessfully attacked 1.
THE FORTHCOMING ALLIED"
·CONFERENCE AT PARIS.
LONDON, Oct 31
THE LUXBURG TELEGRAMS.
PLANNED.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.
Mr. Lansing has published the text of the Laxburg telegrams which are in the possession of the Brazilian Foreign Minister showing that a German invasion
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THE ITALIAN 'WITHDRAWAL.
The King has been pleased to direct that a change' shall be made in the des ignation of the Albert Medals Under THE DESTRUCTION AT GORZIA the terms of the existing Royal Warranta
BALA, Zurich, Oct (31.
A telegram from the Austrian Head bronza. respectively, have hitherto been known as "the Albert Medal of the First quarters to the Zurich Post graphically Class," and "the Albert Medal of the describes the Italian success in destroy Second Claws. These descriptions have ing the vital communications and depots been felt to be not altogether appropriate of Gorizia. When the Austrian patrole in the case of a medal for which the one entered the town the whole surround qualification is that the recipient must inga were illuminated by blazing bridges, have endangered his own life in endea vuring to save the lives of others and magazines and atores. There was a his Majesty has therefore decided that long succession of explosions as one
of Brazil and the Argentine was being the bronze medal, which is that awarded after another was blown up. The great
COMPLETE VICTORY OR NO PEAGE.
A GERMAN'S WARNING TO
PACIFISTS.
Nothing amazes me more than that there should be people in England whe inigine a lasting peace can be based apon an unesaquered Germany." This is the message aimed at pacifists and advocates of a compromise peace in the Allies countries sent to the Ne York Times by a fugitre flerman, Dr. Rosennier, formerly Political of the Berliner. altor of t
Herr
graphically depicts against which the idealists and others who imagine peace possible are dashing their heads. He declares that these idealists are doing as much burm world in general as the Russian ex- tremists and their German agents. Among the stubborn ficts he cites are the fullowing
the
The Prussian Junkers still bare absolutely the upper hand in Germany. Their spirit inspires the officers of the leading manufacturerers and merchants. Army, the higher Civi servants, the and even the wealthy farmers, who are bound to them by ties of interest and blood relationship. They dominate the country, pastors and village schoolmas ters, who are dependent on them for their livelihood:
The intellectual classes, from uni- versity professors to students are ani- mated by the same military spirit and national aspirations as the Junkers, under whose thumb araplas the bumbler classes of. Civil ser
il servants, composed farge ly of non-commissioned officers
The military associations, in which -soldiers
unite, and the smaller news- papers see to it that the middle classes are all militarists and Jingoes; while the working men's Christian associations have contrived to get a section of the working classes into the clutches of the Juakers!
Herr Rosenier effectively points on hat all these classes are in favour of a German pedice such as Herr von Beth- mann Hollweg outlined to Mr Gerard. by which Felgium would be bound hand sad fout to Germany. Serbia and Ru mania would be ruthlessly mutilated, French and Russian territory would be annared, Germany's colonies and ships restored and war indemnities paid by the. Allica.
Such [saya Herz Resemaier] is the Peace for which official Germany is striving, and which, by way of adding insuls to injury, she declares would be
honourable peace for the Allies
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At the recent meeting of the Legisla- tire Council of the Straits Settlements the Hos. Me Darbishire, in the course
be called spensing than those less amusing subject-legal" he had
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is own. Ashe understood, the house st Nassiru Hill War put into good order and condition at some considerable expense in order to provide a home for the Chief Justice. But when his wife weat Home apparently the Chief Justice oracus:ed the house and retired to the hotel He heid, and he felt that lie would have the support of his hon and learned friend on his left (Mr Elliot) that a hotel not a place for the Chief Justice of Colony like this to live in. If bers of the civil service they have the Practica were carried out by other mem- love for planned, and revealing that Count Lux- the Albert Modal" simply, and that the were destroyed and the whole area aquatic sports was well bring advised Berlin that it would be higher degree of the decoration, which around the railway station was in finthes.ing a a suite at Sea View (The Colonial
is given only for "acts of extreme and dangerons to "foster the impression heroic daring shall be known as among the Brazilians that Germany was Albert Medal in Gold, easy-going and good-natured, because The same considerations apply to the the South Americans, under thin bronze and silver Edward Modes, which are given to persons who endanger their own lives in endeavouring to save the lives of others from perila in con- nexion with industrial employment, and which have hitherto been styled the Edward Medal of the Second Clase and the Edward Medal of the First Class Ir future they are to be known as the Edward Medal” and the Edward Medal in Silver respectively, the
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In the House of Commons, Mr. Bopar Law said that the forthcoming Allied Conference. at Paris would deal with the conduct of the war and vencer, are Indians-" not the war sie nad would consider the general war situation and take further measures for the co-opera- tion of the Allies.
ALIEN ENEMIES IN AMERICAN SHIPYARDS.
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