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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1918. a
TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Paqe 1.) ·
THE SITUATION IN
RUSSIA.
SANGUINARY FIGHTING IN RUSSIAN PROVINCES.
UKRANIANS TAKE NICHNT NOVGOROD.
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A RUSSIAN THREAT TO ENTENTE.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 57.
A Gorinan telegram states that the Soviet toveniment is informing the Entent that if any more attempts are made on the lives of Soviet statesmen in Russia. the Fatente statesanen will be killed in their own countries.
∙A RUSSO GERMAN AGREEMENT.
RUSSIA TO FIGHT AGAINST ENTENTE
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THE BOOTY.
THE CHINA MAH..
LONDON, Sept. 5. Router Correspondent at British Headquarters states that since Sunday, General Horne's army has captured 5986 prisoners, 23 heavy howitzers, two bigh velocity guna, 84 feld-guns, 30 trench mortars, six anti-tank guns and 475 machine-guns.
Since Saturday General Byng's army has taken 5,781 prisoners and con siderable number of uncounted guns..
Since Saturday General Rawlinson's army has taken 4,467 prisoners and a considerable number of uncounted guns, The Flanders front is becoming in creasingly active. The series of tactil suerasses daily recorded between Ypres and Lens are, assuming real strategical, significance.
GERMAN REPORT.
THE WAR IN SIBERIA
THE USSURI FRONT.
SEMENOFF'S SUCCESS..
Proxo, Aug."PR
Yesterday Colonel Semeno enp-1. ADVANCH, WITHOUT INTERtured Roris. Station. The Balshe
vike are rebrouting towards the Biver Onon, burning the bridges and de
MISSION
en "route.
VLADIVOSTOCK, Aug. 20.stroving the milwer at Metical points Accouding to further reports from ths Usenri front, on the 20th several THE GOVERNMENT AT OMSK. hundred Red hard disguised as punts penetrated to the village of Antenovka and eupied an advance post of the Allies with the result that part of General Kalmikoff's Cocks and a Comapny of Czecho-Slovaki were surrounded but, after a semiment at Omsk has control of the gl. Cut their way through the main förres with slight leest
According to details received by Better concerning the battle on the 24th on the Ussin frond, the enemy Tattacked desperately and in covekler. Lubluunbers on Sunday evening and
The
# CONTROL OF WHOLE ukazos.
PENING, Aug. 28 Acconling to reports from "Czech sources, Heund Vologotski's dov-
whole region between Irkutsk and Chelasinsk in, which 35,000, Czechö-: Skovits, are waiting ghance to (tove Guitwand and 65,000 Austro- Germans are in concentrations camps, (Genenil » Volregsski has misel
Losmos, Supt. "D.
LONDON. Sept.4. Frees The Coperdagen newspaper
A wireless Russian ge stated Alu states that the Ukranian revolts | Banda lav tiden Nichni Novgorod that arments signed betweya tand other vitles and also the town Gempus and Russia, with gourd to of Technet where they killel the territorio) changes and the Istrer's
all the killed, forevs took part in the Russian force of 25,000 former whole fierkini garrison of 1,500 mett, hancial bligations, chale
LONDON, Sept. 5.
Fotfirens which is dividat into three! fighting except the Agezien. bnt polired when German reinföreg. Junslertaking that Busshu will fight
A wireless forman official in Japitiiese bere the brunt of the belt, units amb pannanke the,itution | against the Fatente_trâqw" in northe saya *** iments arrived
The enemy pressed back our forefield and captured two armoured General Vologotski is surging out a | Moderate, Socialist popular policy. Sangulas lighting has deurried for Russia, Germany promising that
troups to a new line hetween Ypres and several field guns and cond, is supported by many four in the proslots of Poltava, Deherni Finland shall néz attack Bussin,
La Bagscer
[xiderable booty. gofal Kieff, where the revolution.
We coatinged our withdrawal in the wounded, Czech, the Japanese, in Bolsheviks, The Soviets have been ragion of Rope and fried ourselves with fainted at fining mutilated blee out a fight, the enemy following slowly.
We withdrew from the Veste, east-charged and rolted the enemy in the QFEKATIONS ON THE USSURI. wards of Soissons, turtiscarbed.
.
aries aber 30,400. The Umanian
authorities, in many places, have
Med
The Hetman, Goberal Skorupak sky, Murich in Bediny nad visited i the Kaiser,
THE BRITISH EMBASSY AT PETROGRAD:
GERMAN, EXCUSES FOR OUTRAGE.
AMSTERDAM. Sept. 5. Tekymas Ben German sources give dimsy Laroses for the diangge on the British Baubussy nt. Peitogr mid insintake that the Ervinnesy wis pencerned it à Social Revolutionary › jakt indt det "trip advance a shred of
preok
THE LATE CAPTAIN CROMIE.
A SPLENDID RECORD
SUBMARINE PIRACY.
ENEMY AGAIN OPERATING FAR OUT
GERMAN PRESS TELLING THE TRUTH.
Toxos, Sept. 6. Heater is authoritatively infinted. tint Bern submarines are agmin popogating far out where shey get THE POSSIBLE EXPLANATION. fewer bu bige ships. Meanwhile, | (the Weirish murtisubumarine feels arg inquensely purensing. The h marine ents, who "Were forutely conscripts, marked loss
volunteers
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According t
of their commudes or the buttle-field
face of heavy machine-gifu and rifle fire. It is Catinate that upwards] [of three hundred of tire enotny mone
killed.
The Japanese Staff reports that Fibe"Ailed Forces are advancing with
out intermission.
THE ALLIED ÖFFENSIVE.
EN) Disa kh
Tuktu, Aug. 28.
Toxic, Aug 20.
War Office officiat On our right pegohum of cur "troops which was pursuing the enemy beyond the yetegu liver on th 205 Imited at Meriaujiyee, 10 miles Push of Sinakot. Our column "ad- vancing on, the left holds an in- eno worth of Sinakoff, while shari LONDON, Sept. 5.
contre stoppeil on renching Sinkoff. The ralage cette frankly admits that.
Our troops were in nearly the sunce the crtaan honic Front has been
formation on the 27th and were en-. weakened by the reverse in France and
Igoked in renaissance, repairs, to War Offen offel:— blames the Wolf Bureau for leading the
At dawn on the 21th the Allied' the bridge at Ussuri and other pre- people to believe that the energy woukl never recover from the blows. in March Army assumed the offenkice and after parabias our pavalry unl the and April The people were thus a hot contest drove back the enemy 'detaelnuent of mounted troops niuler huoyed by false hopes. Moreover, the and by the afternoon hud reached tieneral Kalnikoff advancing north newspater complains that they were the vicinity of Krisk. The meny through Ussuri. aimarly misinformed as regards the having destroyed the bridge atres effects of submarinism and of peace with the river Uyerayu, the Allies halted Roatia and Ruroasia. It quotes a semi-on the deft bank and are trucking pres official German telegram of April 16 parutions to continue the pursuit. announcing enormous captures of clothes During this engagement one butti
PERINd. Aug. 29. in Russia, Italy and North France and
During the reverit fighting a Bus- representing the booty in rubber and lion of our funtry and a Company
Can it be wondered at enemy's rear, where they destroyed cavalry to charge the Bolshevika but copper as sufficient for the German Army of Suppers succeeded in reaching the sin officer ordered intron of that there should be disappointment the railway and captured two neted his "mea di not follow him., Suz and mistrust when we are asked to part ears.
roupded by the enviny, the officer The Fendiparters of the troops, killed eight with his road until he with our clothes and door handles to cover urgent need! Patience gets worn under tieneral Enji arrived at Man-was wounded in the right arm, when out by such camouflaging of facts. hul on the rd. The train body he drew his resolver stul blew hig After admitting that the Allied air was due to arrive in the vicinity on brains out; Twenty-five per cent of the ferattacks do prodies the effects which the 24th. a submines in the Adriatic have enemy intenla, the writer proceerls to
admit that, lespite submarinism; Jawn Jest drie 1917.
are not within measurable distance of so
fast flame is juomale. The crews, however, and
the king the risks they tl, and five, clearly town entered to plus for salety.
The Blash minele li hi the North See had botripedleg enemy cabin to 14 Norwngine waters, Daten swt Zeebrugge now appear ty in, der lose to the pubung xept for long Captain Peaspre Oromir, D.S..isance submariner by which these
Fatses are tread very little.
"The Allied barnge of Be Straits Otranto his resulted in o ditinu. vily on the sinkings in the Meliker
Jainpox, Septe‘5."
was "ogof, the earlast subtitarinoi office
At the cutbreaks of wor he conut sanded the Hongkong Subs marins Floti. "During 1915, be
gand the ED in the Balbin which torpeded a German destroyer | and the cruiser Budine and sauk or "apleroft, Gentrats **CU
:)
On November 1917 be assumed cons mâni of th, Balti Tlotilla. He was awarded the D.8.0. in May 1916) mend a somviendon of Tissian hànöins. During Bustin Revolution handled the imation with the great- cst ter and earned the respect of the extremists her hair dealing for the way he continal to work! the desillu against, the inaus He was responsible, la April, 1918. dur til gestruétisar situl Karnationa of mir Baltic subnaviness.
Captain Crone was appointed to the Embassy owing to his know- ledge of the Itussim and the prevail- ing dowlitions"
falteali
THE SILVER MARKET.
Lixnos, Sept. The Silver Market is quiet
"
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE GREAT BATTLE.
BRITISH GAIN MANY NEW POINTS.
16,000 PRISONERS IN FOUR. DAYS.
.
LONDON, Sept. b. Field Marsha Sir Douglas Haig reports:
for a year.
cutting off the enemy's supplies as to render their means of anisistence: na Bearce as ours."
The appearance of these sentimenta in what is practically the German official newspaper possibly means that the High Command intends to imitate as far as possible the British policy after the reverses of March and April of taking! the people more into confidence and plainly stating the actualities, arguing that this method which has benefited Britain will probably bencht Germany,
THE GERMAN SUFFRAGE BILL.
THE CROWN AND DYNASTY AT STAKE
AN INCIDENT OF THE
FIGHTING, A
Colonel Serenoff hus, occupied BRIDGE OVER 'USSURI CAPTURED. Hiding No. 84. about thirty-five iniless west of Marchal,
RETREAT OF THE BOLSHEVIKS.
ALLIED. PURSCIT.
TORIO, Aug. 27.
War Office official --
VLADIVOSTOCE, Aug 29
A detachment of Allied cavalry with some of Kalmiko's Cossacks scized a bridge which was intent over the River Ussuri on the 26th.
"
THE SITUATION AT, VLADI. YOSTOCK.
FIRM ATTITUDE, NEEDED.
VLADIVOSTICE, Aug. 29.
To day the Couaclar Body issued a
The enemy who retreated to blie glit bank of the River Decaya, halt dur Sinakotke. ma took up positions there. The inain force pl the 12th Japanese Dison took publie announcement explanatory of its position on the left bank near their motives in advising the Military Council to disarm the Russian Volunteer! Autofku, Komiloska aid the railway
Meanwhile the Zemstvo is ambar
Corps, stating that it was done to pre- and commenced to recomcitre.
On the 25th the enemy retreated rent a lamentable collision between the political factions which would bare northward, elcsely followed by:
Imperilled the lives and properties of etupany clear infantry, and oce-peacolel citizens. It concludes The piel Shoukolka
Consular Body is sincerely desirous of HOW CAPTAIN CROMIE MET
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 8,
The Allied troups comienceda alleviating the situation resulting from HIS DEATH.
In the Prussian Upper House, the pursuit of the enemy early yesterday the disarmament on the 5th instant Where the Enbusy was attaideri After sharp fighting on September 4, Chancellor, Count Hertling during the
northward of the Lya, we captured Hill discussion of the Suffrage Bill, appeates and is still following them up. and will be glad to take any measures,
In the engagements which oceny possible to that end." Captain Crotnie opposed the entry 63, south-westward of Messines, taking for an nederstanding because he was red on the 3rd and 24tle Captain siroting three wolliers. Subsequent over 100 prisoners.
honestly convinced that the protection ly be was murdered and the corpse. We captured in the afternoon, Ploeg outraged. An English clergynu steert village, taking another 100 forbidder to pray over the prisoners and a aber of machine guns. eorwe. The Frabassy papers were Northward of Hill 43 we were on entirely destroyed.
tinuously engaged in the Wytschacte BOLSHEVIKS IXCITING MOB sector, where the enemy's repeated
attacks were unsuccessful TO MASSACRE.
We hold, on the Lys front, the general Amir attack is feared upon the line from Voormezeele to Walvorghem, French Embassy and necessary Ploegsteert, Nieppe, Lavintie and
Givenchy.
:
Fenus have been prepared. The Southward of Nouve Chappelle, as lur French Military Mision was lorcibly as Givenchy, we have regained the old entered and some Frenchmen urrest-line we held prior to April 9; and east- .ed. The Bohovils, are already ward of Givenchy we have occupied inviting the populace to assure the portions of the old German positions.
The enemy strongly attacked our British and French. The British new positions at Tachy-en-Artois in the -Government has telegraphed to 3. evening, but was repulsed after sharp
Cicherin, a Commissary of Foreignfighting.
and preservation of the Crown and Konomi un Sergeant Major, Sous-rassing the situation by high-harded Dynasty were at stake in connection mato were killed, seven other officers casures. To-day it arrested the The Government saw no wounded, Sifty ren-commissioned Director of Customs for obering an possibility of approving the Bill as gentofficers and men killed and 120 order of General Horvath.
A l attitude is needed on the with it.
The neiny casualties up from the Lower House. The latter's wounded. recognisable scruples about the intro-were double qurs, the number of deat part of the Allies, otherwise they will duction of general equal suffrage must left on the battle-field being over 300. enmeshed in the vortex of Russian be subordinated to the protection of the The Allies emptured two unoured cars, three guns, tour machine gun, Dynast, and Crown.
ten kilometres of telephone wire unil a number of rides with mininition SEMENOFF OCCUPIES DAURIA
THE TRADE UNIONS AND THE FORCES.
ADMIRAL BEATTY'S
CONFIDENCE.
ESENY AT CHITA.
TORIO, Aug. 27 War Office officials they A portion of General Semenoff's LONDON, Sept. 5,
troops occupied Duurin on the 24th Admiral Sir David Beatty, replying His anai for is being concentrated We improved our positions southward to a message from the Trades Union and captured Neuville Bourjonval.
Ap enemy counter-attack in the evening eastward of Manancourt was repulsed...
Affairs, demanding immediate of Moeuvres, and eastward of Hermies, Congress, said: The Grand Fleet is there and has advance guards, have
The
convinced that complete victory will already copied Harunor crown the continued efforts of the strength of the eneiny along the full Empire and the Allies, and the sacrifies way is unknown, but Dear Soltowni o nobly born will bring forth a new body of 1,000 Luve been seen. The Fighting occurred in the neigh world in which all that is best in enemy in le retreat destroyed the bourhood of Peronne and our line was humanity can have free development.", railway bridge and water tucks and
(Loud cheers)...
poisoned the wells. uralightly improved
paration and the prompt punishment of those concerned in the abouaulų outrage, and intimating that should the Soviet Government fail to give satisfaction and further sets of vio dence against British subjects occur, the Goveniment will hold the men That of the Soviet Government in
dividually ren onsible and secure thint they shuill be treated as outlaws by, all civised nations.
It correlaties by saying that the loveminent has learned that the arrest of all British and French Bub jects between the ages of 18 and was ordered on August, 20th
rumped up charges.
politics as all the political parties are seeking all means to entrap the Allies, The opinion is growing that, in order to ensure tranquillity here until Irkutsk bas been relieved and contact made with the interior, the proclamation of martial law is an imperative hecessity in Vladivostock.
It is reported in Nerchinsk that the Bolshevicure forsing the mobilization of the peasants on, a large scale with the aid of machine guns.
[BY AMERICAN NAVY WIRELESS SERVICE.]
GERMANS APPLAUD PRESIDENT
"WILSON.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29,"
A French despatch says that a German audience of 4,000 people Werlate Udinsk and New Releng recently applanded the name of Pre- The British, during the past four days, SIE DOUGLAS HAIGS THANKS have taken over 16,000 prisoners and
Finsk seem to have been taken by the aident Wilson at a public gathering captured over 100 gans...
telegram from Sir Douglas Haig moving from the west and organized by Syndicalism at Mannheim was read at the Tindes Union Con-
of the Independent Party who gave an gress at Derby as follows: Warment the Cossacks near there and the led to discaan the food situation. A member thanks of all ranks of the Army for the Guanla are reported to have retreated outline of President Wilson's war aime along the railway
de
FRENCH ADVANCE CONTINUED.
Loxpox, Sept. D.
A French communiqué reporta *- At night-time we maintained contact | with the enemy rearguards and advanced on cast of the Canal-du-Nord and in the
direction of the Aisne.
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TONIGHT! press, the masses of the German people
The enemy who landed at Kamere giving consideration to Prendent Khanks, meeting with rexistan eluibulot, ont shores of Lake Wilson's porca nime
Parthor south, we passed Monbleuz, Abu Keep absolutely point for
RE you subject to attacks of une from the Russian troops, were forced
Emory, Hellon and Flavy-18. Melders, few days, rest in bed if possible be to take the offensive and were finally and carried our lines north of Guiscard careful of your diet and tako Chamber event from their po
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