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ERIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1918.
TELEGRAMS.
· (Continued fromi Fago 1-)
BRESTLITOVSK
CONFERENCE.
ITS CHIEF OBJECT.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 7. The Foles Zeitung states that the -conference ut Brestlitorsk will be resumed to-day, the chief object of the Central Powers being to conclude peace with Ukraine.
SUBMARINE PIRACY,
BRITISH SHIPPING RETURNS.
Lospos, Feb. 0.
The Admiralty announces that the shipping returns for the week ending February 2, show : --
Arrivals
Departures
2,830 2,373
Yesseis sunk (over 1;600
tons)
10
Vessels sunk (under 3,600
tons!
5
Vease unsuccessfully
attacked
13
Fishing vessels sunk
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FRENCH RETURNS.
PARIS, Feb. 7.
THE WESTERN FRONT:
GENERAL AND INCREASED ACTIVITY.
TIP
THE GERMAN STRIKES.
DITTMANN'S CHARGE AGAINST TIRPITZ.
to
LONDON, Feb. 6.
AMSTERDAM. Feb. 6. The enemy raided a port in the According to the Cologne Gazelle. Harr neighbourhood of the Bapauma-Cambrai Dittmann, who has been tried by sourt- Road. One of our men is missing.
martial for high treason and convicted, There was great hostile artillery said the strike was only a demonstration activity southward of Marcoing, and in favour of peace by understanding northward of the Baperma Cambrai and would have Isated only three day Road, and incressed enemy activity the Government had agreed northward of Lana and north-eastward negotiate. He expresed the opinion of Ypres.
that Admiral Tirpits was the "intal Our aeroplanes dropped over threelectual originator of the strike." tons of bombs in the day time cu vacions Herr Dittmann and Elert Scheide targets, including amumition dumpi, mann, who gare evidence, both declared and fired many thousand machine gun that the strike was not connected with half tons of bombs last night on a rounds. They dropped over one-and-a❘ the Russian revolution.
hostile aerodrome south-eastward of Cambrai and on the Menin railway station. Fire German aeroplanes were brought down and three others driven down. One of ours is missing.
W repulsed raids at Mericourt and Avion, taking prisoners,
There was reciprocal artillery activity at Hargicourt and Lens
THE IMPENDING CLASH.
MOST STUPENDOUS EVER KNOWN.
LONDON, Fab. 5. Hauter's Correspondent at British Headquarters speaks of raids, patrol encounters and "trench mortar quarrele" as being the outward features of the presant operations on the Western Front
Last night a party of our raideni got
SIX THOUSAND MEN ́STRIKE.
AKSTERDI, Feb. 6.
men have struck. It is believed a strike The Lokal Anzeiger ways that 6,000
is threatened in Ger
The situation has hardly changed in of workmen are still out at Bremen, the Munster mining district. A number
GERMAN IMPERIAL PALACE
BOMBED BY STRIKERS. **
LONDON, Feb. 6 Berlin" telegram stats" that a bomb was thrown at the Imperial Palace by the strikers on Saturday evening Twenty five arrests have been made.
REICHSTAG. TO MEET.
- AMSTERDAM, Feb. 6.
A telegram from Berlin says the most- into the enemy positions near Pooling of the Reichstag is fixed for the 19th capelle and, after killing 19, brought instant. back three prisoners. Our casualties
were very slight, but these little fairs; LABOUR TROUBLES IN HOLLAND
The shipping returns for the week are only the transit phase.
wanding February ? show:-
Arrivals
969
Departurest
BOT
Vessels sunk (over 1,600
tom).
2.
Vessels unk (under 1,600
tobe)
I
Vessels unsuccessfully
uttacked
ITALIAN RETURNS.
ROME, Feb. The shipping returns for the week ding Fahruary 2 show:
Arrivals .........
Departures
Steamers sunk (over 1,500
441
415
tons).
:Sailing vessels sunk (over
*100 tons)
ඒ
Sailing vessels sunk (under
100 tone).....
Safting vessels damaged
Two steamers evaded attack.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS,
Meanwhile, enemy reinforcementa continue to arrive from the East, but the Allied forces in the West also continue to increase in an everlowing current The clash, when it does come, will be the most stupendous thing.in point of numbers ever known.
THE ITALIAN FRONT.
SUCCESSFUL AERIAL OPERATIONS.
LONDON, Feb. 4.
An Italian official message stater- British and Italian airmen attacked enamy troops and an aviation ground They set fire to ammunition stores and brought down fiva hostile machines. VENICE AGAIN BOMBED.
LONDON, Feb. 6.
An Italian official message states:— The enemy bombed Venice, Mistri, and Traviso.
WAR-PRISONERS IN-UNITED
KINGDOM,-
HOW THEY ARE EMPLOYED.
LONDON, Feb. 6.
In the House of Lord, Lord Newton stated that out of 50,000 war prisoners THE HELIGOLAND BIGHT ACTION. in the United Kingdom 41,000 were
DETAILS OF THE THRUST,
LONDON, Feb. 0.
Details are now available of the thrust into Heligoland Bight by British light forces on Nov. 17.
employed, mostly co work such as road making under the Admiralty and War Office, and 4,200 were employed in agriculture in which 4,000 mors, who as abortly expected from France, would also be employed.
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ENDED.
AMSTERDAM, Feb 63
After the procession of strikers ab The Hague was unsuccessful in the attempt to interview the Minister of the Interior, the city strika was declared to be at an ead.
HOLLAND AND THE ENTENTE.
DETAILS OF PROPOSED. ECONOMIC AGREEMENT.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 6. The Telegraaf states that, as a condi- tion of a proposed economic agreement with Holland, the Ententa demands the entire stoppage of export to Garmany and the grating of credit for goods exported to the Entente from Holland and the Dutch Colonies. The Dutch Government is strongly opposed to the condition.
THE FOOD BITUATION.
MOST DIFFICULT STAGE. APPROACHING,
LONDON, Feb. 6. The Press Bureau announces that Lord Rhondda; addressing the Members the food situation would be in ita nost of Parliament, expressed the view that diffenit stags during the next two months. Ho inked Members to give him, all help possible in their con stituencias.
COMPULSORY: RATIONING
2
POSTPONED.
In the House of Commons, Mr.
The remainder consisted of officers Clynes, Parliamentary Under Secretary and men unfit for work sad men entitled to the Ministry of Food, stated that to exchange and repatriation under the compulsory rationing had been postponed recent agreement
antil April or May.",
The objective was to penetrate the minefields and bag all the available
There were also 29,009 civilians in- -enemy light craft and eatice out to
sea the bigger German ships. Atterned, of whom about 1,000 ware out 7.80 in the morning a procession of a licence for work, chiady agricultural
enemy minesweepers, light."cruisers and destroyers was sighted ahead. The British force put on full speed and opened fire, while the enemy, in a cloud of smoke, fled homewards. The destroyers overbauled and sank S enemy rninesweeper and then chased an enemy light cruiser which was heavily afire, but fell back upon encountering the concentrated fire of two supporting enemy cruisera.
were
The British destroyers handled in the narrow and mined waters with conspicuous skill and effected their withdrawal without being hit and with no casualties.
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CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY ENTENTE'S MUNITIONS.
MAXIMUM PENALTY IMPOSED.
NEW Yoar, Feb. 4. The German agent, Rintilon, and ter other Germans have been sentenced to the maximum penalty of 18 months' imprisonment and a fine of $3,000 gold each for conspiring to destroy Entante munitions.
RECENT SHIPPING LOSSES OFF
BRITISH COAST.
PERCENTAGE SMALL COMPARED TO NUMBER OF VOYAGES
LONDON, Feb.
Meanwhile, the British light- ruiser, amidst a main of shells and number of torpedoes, loosed of at shence, made a desperate attempt to cut off the enemy. A 'running- fight continued for two hours for thirty miles, into the minefields and In the House of Commons, replying till Heligoland was only twenty to Mr. Houston," Dr. Macnamara, eight miles south-eastward. Then Parliamentary Secretary to the "Ad- the enemy battle squadron came up miralty, stated that out of a row of 20 it fall-speed, whereupon the splinter and 26 Naval and Military passengers, riddled little attacking force began to the enemy recently sinking a Channel 14 and 18 respectively were lost owing perilous retreat under a hail of big passenger-ship bound for a French port. alibre shells. The Gerraan BattleHe also stated that the captain was the Fleet, however, did not proceed very only survivor out of 25 on Ward a Mandateamer bound from Ireland to Liverpool
Lar
An enemy seaplane swooped down Bay. The steamer, carried 400 cattle, within 200 feet of a light-cruiser and 200 sheep. and dropped its freight bomba, but Mr. Houston asked whether a steamer missed. Head was sunk by the enemy in Liverpool The German Commander of a sunk Bay on January 26th with a loss, of minesweeper, when rescued with the twelve lives, 168 cattle, 301 sheep, and arew, exclairned Shooting big abella 139 pig at little ships it's not fair
The British casualties were light
THE FUTURE OF SAMOA.
AUSTRALIA'S VIEW.
** WELLINGTON, Feb. 6.0 Mr. Massey in an interview said that
Dr. Macuamara admitted that the details of the cargo were as stated, but added that the percentage of losses of Vessela voyaging from Ireland to Great Britain was extremely small compared with the number of voyages.
TRADE UNIONISTS INVITED TO
WEST, SIB A. GEDDESS
Lompor, Feb. 6.
any arrangement allowing Germany to reposiŠKY Bázača, would be a national | The Press. Hurent states that Sir An -salamity for› British internats in the Geddes Minister of National Service,
Facific, and therefore he urged that has invited all the Trade Unions, New Zealand and Australia should be participated in the Jamiary Conferences, represented at any peace conference. to meet him on Friday?!
FOOD HOARDERS.
MANY INADVERTENT
OFFENDERS. 2
CHINA MAIL.
AFKAIRS IN RUSSIA.
-SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND „STATE.
PRTHOGRAD, Fab. 6.
RESSO-GERMÁN : PEICH NEGOTIATIONS.
AUSTRO GERMAN NEGOTIATORS RETURN TO BRESLITOVSK.
A dooroo has been langed, saparating
AMSTERDAM, Feb. f. A Berlin message says that Dr. von the Russian Church anal State, abolish in the privileges based on religious Kuehlmann and Count Crernia have belief and the restrictions on liberty of returned to Brasilitovsk to continue the schools and obligatory religions instruc conscience, suppressing separx to religious negotiations.
then, and proclaiming that all aceleias-CONFUBING NEWS FROM RUSSIE. teal property belongs to the people.
BOLSHEYIKS EXCOMMUNICATISD BY THE PATRIARCH.
LONDON, Fah C News from Russia, both direct and Borlis, is so puzzling that it is obriously coloured by the wishes of PETROGRAD, Feb. 6. thoes controlling the wires sad wireless. Monseigneur Tikhon, the Patriarch of It is impossible even approximately to All the Russias, in an elict excommunium up the situation, but amid the cates and anathematises the Bolsheviks masses of confusing telegrama it is clear
and chanting, formed procession and Bads and the Bolsheviks, hoping there rolators of religion, law and justies that Germany is doing her best to Thoumads of women, carrying ikons widen, the breach between the Ukranian
against the Bolshevik seisure of the Ukraine, enabling Germany "to get marched through Petrograd, protesting by to hasten a separate peace with Alexandrernevaly monastery.
supplies from that territory.
The Metropolitan. of Petrograd and other scclesiastical dignitaries conducted ¦ CANADA AND U.S.L. CO-OPERITE. spen-air services of the processionista.;
A semi-official Bolshevik statement THE DISTRIBUTION OF LABOUR deolares that in consequence of the
Government's confestion measures, the FOR WAR PURPOSES. elergy are stirring up fanaticism among
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6: the populace. breaks, which the Red Guards immedi operation has been established between There have been insignificans out It is announced that complete co-
ately suppressed.
the United States and Canada for the The Abbot of Alexandrernovskyffective.clistribution of labour for war monastery has been arrosted for resisting Purposes. an inventory being taken of its furniture Canada agrees not to import labour for charitable purposes
from the United States without
ployers undertake not to import America's consent, and, American am-
Canadian labour without "Canada's consent.
attacked the Red Goards, wounding
A crowd, incited by the monks,
two, and soldiers had to be sent to the rescue of the Red Guards.
The monastery is occupied by the military.
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A LETTISH PROCLAMATION.
LONDON, Feb. 5.
PREVENTING POSSIBLE ENEMY ACTIVITIES
Fresident Wilson, in a proclamation, defines the term "enemy "in the Trad ing with the Enemy Act, as including A wireless Russian message statesh slien enemies who are permanently A Proclamation by the Lattiah pleni-interned by the War Department. · · potentiaries demands the undivided Tais interpretation enables the existence of the Lettish nation and Goverment to hand over to the State. denies the Austro-German claim that all property of interned Germans, the populations of Lettonia, Courland thereby preventing possible trading and Biga desired separation from activities from internment campa Russia. It demands the withdrawal of forces enabling free expression of opinion, and pointing out that Russia having agreed to withdraw, the Central Powers could not object, if they believed the population desired separation. “
RADA TROOPS OCCUPY KHARKOFF.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 6.
The Vorsiche Zeitung states that the Rada troops have occupied Kharkoff and Holabowitch and have formed a Mimstry containing to Bolshevika.
UKKANIAN. SOTÆ IN BSUPREME AUTHORITY.
LONDON, Feb 6
A Russind wireless message declares that the Ukranian Soviets are now the the supreme authority in Ukrania.
federal union with Russia and complete Agreements have been reached for
unity on foreign and internal affairs.
SOVIETS RELEASING WAR PRISONERS.
PETROGRAD, Feb. 6. The Commissioner, of War Prisoners
states that the local Soviets are releasing thousands of war prisoners, who are becoming nomads, of whom there are already 40,000 in Petrograd,
TARTARS ADVANCING ON
SEYASTOPOL. --
THE HALIFAX DISASTER.
CHIEF EXAMINING OFFICER ARRESTED.
HALIFAX, Feb. 6
The Chief Examining Officer con- rerned in the disaster of December 6th has been arrested on a charge of man- slaughter.
THE QUEENSLAND FLOODS8.
BRISBANE, Feb. 6, The casualties in Mackay number 120 and the damage is estimated at £1,500,000 starfing.
UNREPORTED TRAGEDY.
·HALF- A MILLION NOMADS
HASSACRED,
In long and detailed article, dated 101. October 1, Mr. Brice tells a story of a rest rising of which the public have never heard. Describing s journey
through Asintie Russis, he soja:
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mother's authority over her daughska Beyond the Siberian black-earth zone
mode of dress. Queen Mary witILON AME come the stepper "of Turgni, Akmolinsk, When two gentlemen of spirit have a of the homely type; she is endowed whi and Semiretch, where live the nomad & difference of opinion in the bar parlour great deal of common sense and a THE FINNISH HEVOLUTIONARIES. Kirghi and many hundred thousands of it ends by the one inviting the other to strong will. Her vatues make her
come outside. There they bettle the recently arrived Russian peasants. The matter as wath and honour demand, popular with the bulk of the people of late Tar's Government adopted the There is fair field and no favour. We England, but she is not popular will PETROGRAD, Feb 6. The Franish Revolutionaries have tap- policy of settling this dry steppe region, aro continually inviting the German society. She is the foremost indy in the torod the Headquarters of the White expecially that near the Chinese frontier. Fleet to come outside the invitation, land, but she has never been the leader
is systematically declined, and if WB LONDON, Feb. 6. Guards at Karbialo and arrested the with colonists from Ukraine."
chance to catch any
of mocisty, except in the strictly official it outside, whole garrison.
of part Lord Rhondds indemnifies against
This involved ousting the nomad Kirit makes haste to get inside again. So sense. She has never aspired to be, fer prosecution food-hoarders who surrender
ghir from some of their best grazing we have the use of the sex, and the Ger- she never dressed for the part. The Indy their supplies batweon February 11. and
lands. This, in fact, was done, and the mans are deprived of it. There is no writers of the society journals who histo 18, pointing out that he believed many
2,000,000 Kirghis of these regions were blame to them for their coyness. It
their business to make, ne fight where to describe the Queen's attire when ako become liable to prosecution by inad-
by 1918 reduced to something like half they want re to fight, just as it is our extenda public functions have to mil of the territories they possessed ten year to make them fight where we want them upon their imaginations in writing abeul ago. When on the top of this the Tsar's to fight. Probably we shall eventually the same old dress, and the same old fast Government demanded military service ancceed in doing so but the compulsicur in a way that will make them sprene now will come from a quarter far remote from" in the rear from the Moslems of Asia, the Fleet. Economic pressure or 'des to readers. When they venture to suggest the camel's back broke.
perato military situation alone will tempt that Princess Mary" nende advice," about The homed population of Central Asin † phe : Germans to come outside." her clothes, they mean that she nonẪN rose in rebellen in the summer of 1016,) (Gerald Fiennes.)
the advice of someone who is moms in and civil war beaulted
sympathy with the dietaten of fashion- than her mother. The most interesting espect of such crificisin la that. It cer from ladies who by instines are too loyal to have had the courage to discover, such the Queen and the Princos os gorzarkly dressed dowdily if the discovery bad mo
vertence.
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EXTROGRAD, Feb. 6..
A telegram from Sevastopol says the FURTHER COLONIAL CONTRIBU-Tarts have occupied Yalts and are
TIONS TO WAR FUNDS.
advancing on Sevastopol, dealing mer eilealy, en rouds, with the Rod Guards, sailors and soldiers.
LONDON, Feb. 6. Mr. Bouar Law announce the follow- ing further war contributions from British Colonies and Dependencies:--
Bahamas, £10,000;
Beroados, 240,000 as a free gift,
making £80,000 altogether; Basutoland, £60,000 for aeroplanes; British Guiane sugar valued at
·£17,000;
BRITISH OFFICERS ÄRRESTED
· AND RELEASED.-
PETROGRAD Fab 6. Tps Bed Guards arrested Commander Dye and Lieutenant Smith, of the Bri tih armared detachment charging them with the ownership of two bomba,
About 500,000 Kirghiz were massacred, sad something like a million fed into the confines of China is the beginning of this year. While Western Europe kae heard about Armenian massacres, the massacre of Central Asian Moslems by
ROYAL FASHIONS.
Gold Coast £200,000-in ten soznal found in their hotel-room after work) Min Haar's agente, has been studiously Thay Daily Chronicie does not elaun been previously made by so many at Shade
instalmente; Nigeria, the dier to pay one per cent. *** o¤ £6,000,000 of the war debt; Zanzibar £50,000 for aeroplanes Hongkong $5,000,000 from loans and
(0 revenues;'.
Mauritius, Ra. 1,000,000 to be used
for aerogians.
PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
EXPERIMENT BUGGESTED
BY THE PEERS, FINA
LONDON, Feb. 6.
The House of Lords has adopted the proposal of Lord Lansdowne to appoint Commission to consider the applica tion of proportional representation to a hundred constituencies-urban and rural razperimentally
Lord Curzon promised that, if the House of Commons favored the Com mission's report, the Government would do its best to give effect thereto.
SHIPBUILDING IN AUSTRALIK:
STONEY, Fob 0.
It i officially stated that before l lozen ships will be softally Ind in various partc of Australia
departure,
Both ware accamined at langth before Commission, but warn nilsequently released after the intervention of the British Embassy, AR
The grenades werd souvenira, at cidentally left owing to their hurried departare.
-KUBBIAN ARMY: CORPS, TNT, TO CROSS THE FRONTIER.
hiddon,, gays crued to be an authority en teminina faahiran, radest.
After the Bossian Revolution, the Kir. but with ardent loyalty is proclaims that ghiz refugees in China tried to return is is more than dished with the way but found that the Remian colonists and in which Frincos Mary dressed. It Cossacks of the Semiretch and Akmo chastises the lady writers of the society linsk had occupied their remaining lands. journals who hirit that Prince Mary's JUDGE'S DISBELIEF IN 1 BRAN So they were driven back to the Chinese mode of dress is old-fashioned and bordels again, where the Chinese officials that she needs advice. What her refused to allow them to pasa. Neither crition mean m comes to this, the Provisional Government nor the or coclaims the indignant gats of the revolutionary democracy have The beauti
been able as yet to control these colon, which reach he and sad AMSTERDAM, Fab. 6. ists and the Cossacks who zatuco to slow score the knee-protector, which The Zakal Anzeiger states that these the Kirghiz to sottie down. As the for shirts, and the waist belts Eussian Army Corps on the Rumanian present moment civil war fe still going: phonkier straps which are called Bront tried to cross the frontier but on in these regions between the nomads Sba is not old-fashio only 3,000 men reached the Central and the colonists. Fowers lines.
THE PARTIES IN UKRAINE.
BEWARE OF COLDS. PETROGKAT, FU, 6. Apparently there are three parties in
a much more likely to Ukraine, namely, the anti Bolshevik when they have cold
contract the contagious disessen.
hooping Reds, the Bolshevik Rade, and Kaledin's diphtherinylcar Cormack, whose attitade is unknowa, It is impounble to discern whether any real national fooling exists, binding south Kassis to north Basis. What certain is that the; anti-Bolihevik Rada. wanfz a separate pesca, and Germany in
arently finding is easier to deal wit
are dise bontracted wheat That is why all me
Beware of colt
priestess of a cult. largely forge which combines grace and bestry modest dignity to
„Tins“ nesurenDO (IRIY incing
says an Aus) the point
hink that
Lord Anderson, in the Cours Fassious Edinburgh, diaposed of what was knowin as the dress will ease. The partion to anesthe action, wars the eldest son and hair. 350 at law, and the younger son, the widow
answer, and other children, of the late mhome-
to Dunnett, loot and this marchant, s
who died possessed of means amount. to over £2,000. At the data of Mir. high nett's death he will could be found frees younger son, however, stated that with time later the whenkiin ta
suggested to him in a dream, and" "senrdly" being made in the con cost worn by bis father
dnced sound: The maintained that theco was the pocket when it was
kulte, and he chilenges,
of the document produced. His
khay pave, itdgment for the plai
tza, I holding the tho will prodirend grad
that of the Iste Thomas,
the
Lordably waid he had e closion that the story of the drasti
pare invention, designed to lead p and account for the