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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1917.
TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Page 1.)
THE WESTERN FRONT.
BRITISH RAIDS.
Lospes. Nov. “5. Fioid-Maisha! Sir Douglas Hair --report» ¿---
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE FALL OF BEERSHEBA.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE OPERATION.
LONDON, Now 5. Reuter's correspondent at the Egyptian Headquarters, telegraphing on Novem ber 1st, saya The vail which has hilden the operations on the Palestine Front has been partially lifted and has revealed that the Turks have received Yesterday's mil at Gavrelle re-blow, in the capture of Beersheba, which
has considerably winded him. sulted in the capturis of fourteen
The achievement has necessitated primers; four archite-guns and two weeks and months of aaromitting toil french mortars, Nearly 100 Gar-preparing for the cup, and in conso mans were killed mul nil the dugouts quence the result has been an almost
machine-like precision. were doitrayal and set on fire
The Sherwood Foresters, yesterday evening, carried out a mil to the nonthecast, of, Los capturing a few prisoners and killing her of the enemy, thir casualties were light.
The ominona quiescace preserved on the battle front was broken five daya go, by the guns vigorously shelling the Turkish lines. The weight and extent of the Era transcended anything ex- perienced hitherto. Simultaneously, the the winter season occurred, helping to harden. the surface and facilitating, the the neighbourhoods of Holleleke and movements of men. Our fire was most intense towards the northern extremity, About Gaza and there was nothing to show that a blow was about to fall at the
Que tire disperarentures in
Rontel'
POWERFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE
FIRE."
rat welcome rain and thunderstorm of
other extremity, thirty miles distant Nevertheless, the Turks were suspicious aud reconnoitred around Beersheba Loxpoy, Nov. 3.
claiming access therefor. The truth is A Tiernan oficial message states that British mounted troops held up the There was a powerful and destrie-Turks, inflicting heavy casualties, en- tive fire qu the Eser low land, in the region Jetween Houthulst Woord the Ypres Cominas Patud.
THE RAID ON AN AMERICAN INSTRUCTION SALIENT.
GENERAL PERSHING'S
REPORT.
abling the infantry to advance and compelling the enomy retirement, in ignorance of our dispositions.
Meanwhile, frequent reconaissances and aerial photographs familiarised the Command with the rature of the ground, which arind Beersheba, gently undulates. It is traversed from north to south by deep "Wadies" the town rig in a depression, along the Banks of the Wady Sabab. The enemy defences extended to the north and west and also to the south, from three to five miles from Beersheba, constituting a somewhat isolated an vande post guarding the Turkish extreme loft. The position was one of great natural strength, the enemy At instruction salierit, before" day-well provided with guns and machine- believing is to be impregnable. It was Night, putting down a heavy baryag guns, and Was garrisoned by two and entting off the salient,
complete regiments, other detachments The mnemy's lessis are not known of infantry anil abrigade of cavalry. Awended Herman -Wars prisoner.
Wastuxoroy, Nov. 5. Cetaral Pershing pours that the American sekliers were killed, five wounded and twelve captans, on Saturday, when the Stormans metal
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PEACE MEETING BROKEN UP.
LONDON, Nor. Sv
A peace meeting at Swansea was broken up, the crowd" invading the platform and expelling Mr. C. Roden Button and other speakers.
[Mr. Charles Halen Buxton was pri- vate secretary to his father, Sir T. F. Baston, Bart, when the latter was Governor of South Australia in 1897-8. "He was also the first President of the South London. Branch of the Workers Educational Association. During 1014. be went on a political mission, with his brother, Me. Sunt Buxton, M.P., with the object of securing the adhesion of Bulgaria on the side of the Allies]
THE CHINA MATI
AERIAL ACTIVITIES.
JAPAN'S UNUSED ARMY.
ITALIAN PLEA FOR INTERVENTION”.
Laubon, Nov. 5. The Admiralty announces — Our air service carried out namarona patrols today, bringing down an enemy
The main debacle is the occamina" "de machine in the nou, driving down and an important inspired appeal in the chamaging another, ant probably desCorria della Sem" for the inter- troying a third
vention of the Japanese army,
We raided Engel aerodrome, and bombed the hangars and sheda.
Two of the enemy attacking machines were driven down.
"
All of our returned. ·
THE FRENCH · FRONT.
THE ENEMY'S HURRIED DEPARTURE FROM CHEMINS-DES-DAMES.
LONDON, Nov. 5 Renter's Correspondent at French andquarters says.
THE SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE CASE.
EXPELLEN BROKER'S ACTION DISMISSED.
It is well-nigh 'incredible that the Entente Powers should actually be post-In the Su fponing suprema futtles in order to await October 331
the arrival of trape of a great nation Skinner Tuma overseas which started only a few mouth ago to maṣform is eenmarcial popula tion inta williers, whereas the Extenta Powers have been steadily declining, dur.
ing the p three years, the user of a [strong, well-equipped army, endowed with perhaps the aws tertial spirip on earth. There will come a time when this mikel opportunity of Japanese aid will be considered the worst error of the Allies, There are no jusurmountable material
reme Court at Shanghai'on be Assistant Judge (Me
I gave judgment fin avour of the defe stichoal against the ndants) in the action brought by Mr L. Range claiming a Shanghai Stock Exchill a member
Exchange and Tercisa the
'for the Kaster
declaration that he wa of the Shanghai Stock entitled to enjoy and privileges of such membership
Mr N. G. Homa appeared plaintiff and Mr. R. F. O Unferided.
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difficulties, for the ante ship which is Lordship in a very lengthy, fu dig- to gunvey to Europe the soldiers of the meat gave the following history of th Stars and Stripes could have brought taso:-This case comes before me under, across thrise of the Rising Sun. " very unusual circumstances. The Slang-
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It is not aceful to know the secrets hai Stock Exchange, which Was the enemy was there overnight, and of diplomacy to divine did the leading apparently in existence for some yesis general infantry advance began one Allied States feured that they would have before incorporation as a company, Balsamic Cough Linctus hour inter, curiously, by the Sime to pay too heavy-n. primetni FariFheten decided in 1904 or 1008 to apply for hell. They have not redected that a registration in Hongkong under the
troops who followed up similarly at Tassigny, last spring.
The Germans eft trenebes and speedier victory would have been won. Companies Ordinance then in force (that
tunnels, intact, kettles full of warm
and that the wiring of innumerable lives soup being found in the trenches show. and jumense was at unney wahl have ing the precipitancy of the ernenation. largely compensated theru for the grant
The advance was necessarily slowing of territory or this addition of prestige, wing to the necessity of care to avoid to our valiano Ally. What, alasid they have done is to apply to the tremendous tragedy of the world war habits contracted hy Governments-bad old, habits of buit mares and temporising contracted by
numerous gapr.
Our galling bombardment on the slopes of the plateaux during the last few days, left the Germans with no option but to surrender the whole line.
FRENCH DISPERSE ATTACKS.
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in the Ordinance of (N53) as a compeur Essenc of Taraxacum & Podophyllin limited by guarantee and having no shareholders. At that time the present plaintiff was a member of the Exchange. After obtaining the licence of the
arerior to omit the word "limited in Hair Vita Incorporation on February 1, 1905. The its name, it received » Certificate of plaintif is described as an original ember his certificate of memberably is dated December 21901, and is in the following tering "This is to certify that Raymond Michael is a registered proprietor of ons kent, No. 19, Nut a"single" responsible statesman, in the Shanghai Stock
tire Allies haw had the timely held by the said Isnae Ray, that is Michael A French communiqué mys:
insight to urge a straightforward bid fue subicct to the rules and regulations of
the said Japan's intervention; white nobody of
Shanghai Stock Exchange, dated 'Artillery activity continues to be very
the end of
of December, 1964" signed by marked, to the north of Chemin-des-minenes in the political world has shown
the chairman and secretary and with Dames, in the region of Pinon and frusell capable of wrenching from the the officia: seat of the Shanghai Stock
Entente sa salutary a measure, o Vauraillon.
Exchange-Its Memorandum of so- ciation was registered and certain Regulations appear on the file also as- having been dina Blistered. The Memoran
is signed but the signatures are not witnessed: the Regulations na fied are unsigned and unwitnessed bat
· Of there has been produced to me a copy these Regulations which bears the sizou- tare of the plaintiff The Exchango so constituted carried on its functions in Shanghai. In June 1010, there was considerable difficulty over the boom. Several brokers were in dif- Settlement: the result of the rubber
culties and after an ineffectnal attempt The legend indirectly grew out of the I had been made to tide over the difficul
Kaiser's Government and testais Ameri: come to with the Cathay Trust, Ld
Exchange itself, au arrangement was catus, that President Wilou did not wherebe 1st Company advanced con represent American public opion. ideale moneys to the Exchange for the OF these brokers and took writes Mr. Gerard, was man named over securities and shares from them Shanties Sowbors, a German-American, writing and the assisted brokers also.
arrangement was embodied in Sobold did he become that he oven, in in their turn entered into written the presence of a number of persons in engagements with the Exchange in re my room, one day said that he would turn for the assistance they received. The like to hang Secretary Bryan as high as plaintiff was one of the assisted brokers Hanun, and President Wilson one foot the money advanced by the
and received nearly five lakhs of
MR. GERARD AS EMBASSY
"BOUNCER.
Ms. James W. Gerard, is his must recent article in the Pally Telegraph." corrects a popular legend regarding one of his sets as American Ambassador to the Kaiser's Court, Song W
ITALIANS REPULSE ATTACKS.
LONDON, Nov. 4; The attack was a complete surprise Ar Italian official message states for the energy, who was cornered and We repulend strong attack against practically wiped out, almost before our advanced poats in the Decne the news of his plight reashed the and Fiumella Valleys, in the Giu-di-belief, fostered in Germany by the ties amongst the members of the enemy headquarters. All arms par Carie sector. ticipated but the lion's abare fell, to the cavalry, who marched fifty miles, chiedy
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at night, in order to outflank the ACTIVITY IN THE TIGRIS REGION.One of the crest active of these, assistance enemy. Anzac mounted troops took the outer tireuit, the Yeomanry form ing a junction with the infantry.
Atates:
LONDON, Nor. ti An official message from Mesopotamia reconnoitring caluma engaged the Turks on the right bank of the Tigris, opposite Dur. The enemy withdrew towards Tekri, under the cover of a strong rearguard. Va drove out the latter from successive lines of trenches and occupied the whole position. Our cavalry harassed the retreating enemy all day, taling eighty-nine prisoners.
The advance began at nightfall, and succeeded in completely our fanking the enemy. The Anzacs met with the first Opposition, ten miles southeast of Beer theba, They were later held up by strong redoubt at Telelsaba, defending the castern approaches to the town. While the fight was here progressing our light horse captured a position
little to the cast, across establishing themselves on the road to Hebron cutting off escape by that direction. Telelsaba foll two hours later, but a strong force, with guns and
achine guts were holding out at a FURTHER DETAILS OF GERMAN
Mounted Anzac reinforcements there. upon brilliantly attacked, at sunset, and
LONDON, Nov. 4. charged the strong positions on the crumbling banks of the dry wady, by brutality when attacking the North Sea Continuing the account of the German The Holy War," urging the nation the pale light of the moon.. Those Ceqnvo7, the Norwegian newspaper
NO TRUCE WITH BLOODMEN."wady barring the approach to the town.
The entier front advertisement paire of The Lily Mad August eith, is devoted to us article in his type, headed
have nothing to do with those who would parley with the enemy. It begins with the fullwing quotation from Tony
Holy War."
The Landines are people that
question of the faith and fidelity of the
horseback naed fixed bayonets as lances and literally swept over all opposition and carried the town with a rv.h.
Meanwhile, west of Ecersheba, where the refences were strongest and aided by great natural advantages, the infantry,
THE NORTH SEA CONVOY.
BRUTALITY:
Tidendegn says:
A shell went right through the, Swedish ship ienday and exploded in lifeboat on the other side, killing all the occupants,-1 men and three
women.
higher."
stated
The American newspapers that I called a servant and had him thrown out of the Embassy. This state ment is por entirely true selfishly kept that pleasure for myself."
this
Cathey
Trust. The Exchange then proceed
tory aright with his own version of what dertaken to produce their books for this Here the former Ambassador sets hised to make its inquiries into the followed the words of the would-be hang,inquiry and to assist in it. In Novem business Of those brokers; who had un
ber, 1010, the plaintiff was found re- pudiating part, at all events, of his s agree- meat: be never produced his books nor to make the inquiries. The Committee, gave assistance to the auditors appointed thes, in December, 1910, purported to suspeed the plaintiff hom the Exchange; and instituted criminal proceedings against him which resulted in his acy
quittal - At this time, too, they had before them the report of the auditor on his accounts. In March, 1911, after the conclusion of the criminal case the come -mittee called an extraordinary general meeting to consider the advisability of exp
certain members from
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the expelling. Before that meeting bigamy by Frank Mitchell, a sergeant in a petition to this Court to wind up the Present plaintiff presented hay their name derived from the after barely an hour's artillery prepara-
the Army, who was committed for trial tion was withdrawn by the plaintiff on company as it. was insolvent That peti malignity of their nature and from the tion, rushed the first line Men of the reactie the Captain and two waitresses The other lifeboat rowed back to for that is in them to execute it upon London Regiments captured bill.1,070, from the wreck. A shell struck the
at Sunderland recently.
April 28, 1911, after he had notice of his the town Mansond. Their land lith a strong redoubt. The bombardment boat and killed five, only the mate Mitchell last February, said that. Mit in consequence of an arrange and the Emily May Mitchell, who was a widow expulsion: (he had special leave given with two children when the married him to present another petition): mainly nader the star, and by that they wiped out the majority of the enemy escaping by swimming. are governed as to their intellectuals. machine guns, although it failed to
tween the Stock Exchange The Wiendar was now a mass of shell "deserted her in June; and Elisa Cathut Trust, under which the latter These people are always in league with chliterate the wiring. Nevertheless, flames Two girls jumped into the scaleth Borrass, a murs, of Sunderland, pra the Doubters, for they jointly make the infantry, in most keen spirits, tore and were drowned. The Captain was said that she married Mitchell, who was ctically gave up ita right to repay- mert of the moneys advanced. The ax down the barbed wire with their hands.saved by clinging to the wreckage. patient at her hospital, on August 9traordinary general meeting was held
Subsequently, the main position was attacked at midday, and was captured ship waved a white flag, but the answer Mitchell then returned to hospital.
Two women on s sinking English They passed two days together, and on April 10, 1911; and, with a pro
per quorum and by the necessary m in twenty-five minutes. Towards the was a shot, which killed both.
jority, passed a resolution expelling the left, among the hills, north-west of
Mitchell, who has been under treat-plaintiff from membership and for Twelve men on another abip had just ment for a long time, suffering from feiting his seat in the Exchange. them all.
of this case, nothing seems to have been beard of the matter, nor has the plaintiff been called upon to pay interest on the the present-the Statute of Limitations 1 him nor to repay the which he had not mentioned in his money arouffers lapse of more than indgement capital six years he come forward and asks this Mr. HomeIsubmit we are entitled Court to make a declaration that he was and that we should get an order from illegally expelled explanation of
the company: and your Lordship for the value of the seat.
men of the town of Mansour." The article continuex:-
We wre now in the fourth year of the war, and there are subtle commselors who orge us to party with our enemy.
There
Beersheba, the Turks continued to
is no harm they say, in friendly talk.cppose, but a combined movement drova 20t into. & lifeboat when a ebell killed the effects of shell explosion, said that from that day till the commencement.
Let us remember, then, what our enemy
them headlong, at sunset.
One instance of gallantry was a Lewis
fe, what he has done, and what he zaren gun detachment, charging a field to a The Bloodmen of The Holy Battery, driving out the Turks and War' are the blonde beasts of Nietzsche.capturing the guns. They represent the power of evil cruelty, A most satisfactory feature is the "rape, slavery, murder. It is a truce with smallness of the casualties, which do this power of evil for which our Doubters not attain the sum total, of our work."!
prisoners. The article then enumerates the many We entered Beersheba in the morning. authenticated eases in which the Germans The feature of the whole operation have carried their palley of organised was remarkable staff work, enabling all evil"The extermination of the Heraron movements to dovetail with such in Africs; the raping of thousands of exactitude and be timed with such “wothen and girls in Belgium and France: precision.
the transportation of thousands to slavery": the massacre of whole streets and villages
of people; the placing of non-combatants in front of their troops in battle as shields; the ill-treatment of prisoners of
vivors of the Belgian Prince when a submarine submerged with them un deck; the bombing from airplanes st French and British hospitals, ets. It concludes
coast,
TURKISH REPORT.
آنتن
THE BRITISH FRONT.
ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.
EX-KING CONSTANTINE'S
#
DUPLICITY.
INTERESTING REVELATIONS.
ATHENS, NOV 5. The telegrama secretly exchanged between Athens and Berlin, have all been deciphered, and conclusively prove that ex-King Constantine and his Queen were-acting on behalf of Germany, with the Gounaria, Skoaldis and Lambros Cabinets as mere tools.
he had no recollection of, his first mar- ringe; and his wife told the court that
she believed him.
FERRETS FOR THE FRONE..
The little consequences of the war are numberless and often inexplicable. It is Dow agitating the ferrets. Great Britain, before the war, bred ferrets for the word and then the world forget it wanted the Now they are being rapidly mobilised and are being sent to France to fight the ras, especially in the Sooms region.
he
e offers no sort
1903
VISCOUNT GREY OF FALLODEN.
READS ELS OBITUARY NOTICES IN THE GERMAN PRESS.
Nearly all the German newspapers this Mr. Master urget that the point wAS amazing delay in trying ·to rectify
i would not come within the gener relief with their old arch-enemy, Sir Edward tongs allexed to have been done him int specially mentioned at the trial. It confuse Earl Gier who died reccully
1910 and April, 1911. Ee December, 1910
Grey and publish long biographies of asked for, because never
went into the
might be special meatier Britain's Lormer Foreign Fecretary, at which
should be mentioned Apart from this mixture of identities all even though I hinted vary if it had been insisted upon
the most remarkable feature about thefe of the ease that explanations were very have held that there is no power to and some even sympathetic strongly more than once in the course Elis Lordship Is bot the fact that I comments is that they are all eulogistic, dearable; and I am thrown back on the forfeit the seat sufficient 1 admitted documents in the case and Mr. Home-Up your Lordship's judgesich
*The Krupuk decherer that it organbe theinisch auch evidence as the defendana put ment I am entitled to ask for the valueery probable that neither Grey mir before me. Many points have been taken of the seat.
King Edward desired war with Germany, on the plaintifs behalf, even to the Mic. Waster pointed out that the plain Grey's foreign policy was supported, fiy extent of suggesting that this company tiff paid notiring for his seat
which be was an original member
the overwhelming majority
of
His Lordship Boes that matter!lish people. He was certainly not the
<lavolopment" but must rather be suc
The Queen telegraphed to the Kaiser, A Turkish communiqué says:-
in November 1916, anxiously enquiring There is intense artillery activity at when the Central Powers would be Gaza
ready for an offensive in Macedonia, and
I was not a company at all: and that its Mr. Master Of course there is Our batteries effectively replied to urging a German attack on Gonceal Axitish soldier, fighting on the transaction with the Cathay Trust, of value upen the seat oor, bat be actually man to force his country into the present par the drowning of twenty nice aur the enemy crnisers bombarding the Farralle left wing. The Queen and Italian troet, writes Tommy is an which he took full advantage to the tare paid nothing sud he signed the rules garded se the real horald of the people's
ex-King Constantine, on January 2nd, adaptable bird. Ho aate his inscaroni of Th. 473100 was outaide its powers and regulations. telegraphed the Episer that the and cheese sad drinks his chianti (which he presented his petition to wind rules and regulations in his favour as aiders the late Viscount Urey
though that was not the ground au His Lordship And he signed the The B
Krupp organ side that con mitilation would become desperate, get Italian rations) with the same gusco Cup in 1911. I do not think that he is in much ne against it. He signed regule statesman of the first order, whose only unless the Germans attacked initie stew and a pot of beer, any way entitled to put forwuld these tion 4 in his favour. He takes the rough fault was that of bating ignored the merlately. The Kaiser replied, saying. He la Also Anglicising the Italian lane points; be in partly responsible for the with the smooth enemy. It will remairy unique in the that the telegram bad caused him guge in the same way as he Anglicised taboo in 100s and he profited to the the defendants would much prefer pot journal concludes
formation of the defendunt, company as Mr Master My fóstructions are that annals of England's foreign policy the LONDON, Nov. deep emotion, admiring their courage in Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Higa horrible position, and declaring that French
This is a source of nor fall by the cast transaction to pay anything at all. Becretary knew flothing at all about de
that&ber Forei Tino" must act against his execution ending ratacent to the Italiana,
Alter reviewing at great Length the
His ordship The plaintify himself continent of Europe: London Territoriale succenfully era, by attacking General Serrail's left
arguments put before him, His Lordships in that position in 1811. He would The Cologne Volk diamalaner, the action with costs His bo entitled to the value of the most at the only part mided to the east of Gavzelle, taking flank prisoners and machine-guns. Other talegrams which metod. Det
Lordship remarked that no applicatiut Germany if they are only given time and The enemy, undor cover of a bombardween the Fornigo Mirister,
PEN had been ade to him to give specie the timin he was expelled
Loriabip support. There is only one peace. the
refjel se to, the fgrfoltare, of the scat my be inforrible. ment, railed to the south-east of Epchy
and be did not think that in a case like inexplicat peace of victory all others are delusicas but we repulsed the raid
Snah are the Eloodmen with whom we are asked to parley by their allies, the Doutters. Surely there can be no trace or turning back intil this power of evil is broden. To hard any truce with the enemy would be to betray our soldiers and our mailnes, who know they can defeat
reports
and snores Let us then go forward To the north of Polygon Wood there
without doubting for thos
against the power of en Bringeth peace Énall
Zalocosts and M. Theotikis, the Minister in Berlin, show the part
by the Royal Government in organi bands with the obje
holy war wasconderable manzarallery activity
General Sergilets
victory and hostile artillery was sobre activa in
the Nieuport sector.
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