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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1918,
TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Pago I.)
FLANDERS OFFENSIVE.
ALLIED ATTACKS BEARING FRUIT.
-
EASTY ENEMY RETREAT.
TOWARDS GHENT.
Toxes, Nov. 3, A British communiqué from the Belgian Front states:-
THE FRENCH FRONT,
ENEMY FORCED TO RETREIT. THROUGH ARGONNE FOREST,
HUGE MATERIAL ABANDONED..
LONDON, Nov. 3.
THE CHINA MAIL-
GERMANY AND PEACE.
THE PEOPLE'S DEMAND FOR
PEXCE
FORMATION OF GERMAN SOCIALIST REPUBLIO
ADVOCATED.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 8.
"AIR-RAID ON NINCE.
SEVERE DAMAGE CAUSED.
PARIS, Nov. 3. German netoplance bombed Nancy on the evening of October 1st. causing civilian casualties and severe damage:
PRAGUE MILITARY COMMANDER
MARRESTED,
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 8.
ANARCHY IN‹ TURKEY.
THE HAGUE, Nor,
It is reported that anarchy prevails in Constantinople (and the whole Turkey live on robbery.
Hundreds of thousands of deserters
AUSTRIAN ARMISTICE.
REJOICINGS IN HUNGARY.
AMSTERDAM, Nar.
A message from Budapest 5A The Military and Naval Commanda | and Civil Servant are taking an oath of allegiance to the National Council. The Council is urging the people, resume work and soldiestuko, ruture to their
Popular rejoicings continue. PREVENTIVE CONDITIONS OF
The attacks by the Second British 'Army and a Franco-American Annybank of Ardennes Canal for two kilotion. Mon. Outobur Sist und November 1st
bore fruit today.
4 French cainuuniqué states; The vigorous attacks of the Fourth Army' on the Aiene front, combined. The whole of the German Press, with the victorious American effort discussing the Kaiser's: position, between Argoune and the leuse, publish inspired statement-"that he compelled the enethy to retreat intends to issue a deeree assenting A COUP D'ETAT THAT FAILED. through the Argane forest. His to internal political clanges. rearguards resisteil desperately, busi A meeting of the Progressive were unable to arrest the advance! | Party at Munich passed a resolu A mage from Vienna says the
Our left occupied the southerntion demanding the Kaifer's abilica Prigue Military Commander, Gen-barracks
oral Kestranek, and two Staff officers metres between Sepuy and Neuville- The Weser Zeitung reports that a have heen arrested by the Czecho- et-Day.
cronal, of thousands demonstrated Slovaks National Council for at- near the Palace at Stuttgart, de tempting a coup d'etat against the munding the abdication of the Kaiser Council with the assistance of Hun- aut the formation of a Gerinan gurian troops. The latter refused to Socialist Republic. The police disobey orders and fraternised with persad them with difficulty.
the Czech
na mag angezet tulen
Pred by the Belgian Army and the left of the French Army, the enemy was forced to retreat hastily in the direction of Ghent and the Nerneuzen Canal.
At the end of the day the Frenchi} and Belgians reached the line
Begloownerschoote-Lieve Canal, and
farther south, as far as Seeverghem,
they reached four kilometres" from the outskirts of Chent."
The left bank of the Scheldt was occupied from the north to Somer- gein.
Allied aviates throughout mula- tained the Toastery of the air. The results obtained by British aviators are particularly remarkable. ·
HARD FIGHTING BEYOND
VALENCIENNES.
Further south we captured Vetudy Woods and the Ballay silage, da reached the outskirts of Alles despite very feree Texistance.
"Our right taptured Longwe andt Feimat and passe Chenepute.
we ate vigorously pursuing the enery despite the serious obstacle of the Argonne Forest. The enemy is abandoning huge-material, and hundreds of prisoners have been captured.
Despite a dorise fog.on the whole tront our aviators were very not ve In two of their reconnaissances they
shed 73 is in the ref of the enemy, exploring the province at. Namur,"
de great activity of troops and convoys was reported in thertony rear opposite the Argonne front, 148 BRITISH MAKE GOOD PROGRESS.bambiag planes, in successive groups,
LONDON, NOV. 9.
BROOKLYN SUB-WAY.
A meeting at Rerlin, of the bank. ing commerciil umf industrial, re- presentatives pared a resolution | SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN urging the Government to accept the Ectente anvistive terms as it impossible to expect the war situa- tion to improve.
RUMOURS OF KAISER'S. ABDICATION.
SHOULD BE RECEIVED WITH GREAT SUSPICION.
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LONDON, Nov. Heaters Agency is informed by the Foreign Office that the rumours of the abdication of the "Kaiser protected by 120 fighting planes, should be received with the greatest dropped x0 tus of explosives and Pie-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig fired thousands of cartridges enus. Reports: --
ing panic and dispersing enemy con There has been determined fight- į centritions. Seventeen Getinañ aeto- ing all day south and eist of Valen. } planes were brought down. Twenty- cienus,
one tons of bombs were "dropped, où
We made good progress north-enemy stations as night, cast of Murethes and east and rworth
of Presenu, capturing the hamlet of St. Hubert und farms in the vicinity. Eastward of Valenciennes we cap. tured Marly village and our advanced | troops entered St. Saulve,
In the course of these operations we captured two Tanks which the enemy bad used in his unsuccessful counter-attacks on the 1st last, and we took several hundred prisoners.
We advanced our line and unp tured prisoners in a successful minor operation westward of Landracies.
Reporting on aviation the Com mander-in-Chief says:
We dropped 16 tons of bombs. Many direct hits were observed on railways. We shot down 13 enemy Beroplanes and drove down seven out of control. Ten British machines are missing,
BRITISH ADVANCE EAST OF
· ́YALENCIENNES:
+
5,000 PRISONERS. IN TWO DAYS.
LONDON, Nov. 3. Field-Macebät Sir Douglas Haig report:-
We captured on the 2nd inst the steel works south-cust of Valen- ciernes which "the enemy deter- minedly defended throughout the day.
We advanced our line 14 miles east of the town and completed the capture of St. Sauive.
We took in two days 5,000 pri- soners, and also four Tanks and a few guns.
BELGIANS CROSS THE DERIVATION CANALL
LONDON, NOV, 9. A Belgian communiqué of the 2nd inst. states:
THE AMERICAN FRONT. AMERICANS CAPTURE SIX-TOWNS.
COMPLETE BAVARIAN BATTERY TAKEN.
LONDON, Nov. 8.
suspicion...
MOST REICHSTAG FARTIES NOW OPPOSE ABDICĂTION.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 3.
It appears that in order to "mah:- tain the unity" of the Gentian Empire ost of the Reichstag Parties now oppose the "ubdication of the Kaiser. Some of the Socialists are protesting against Herr Scheidemann's demand for the Kaiser's ubdication.
88. KILLED AND 200 INJURED.
New York, Nov. 2 Eighty-five persons were killed and 200 injured by a subway toxin at Brooklyn jumping the rail. The first carriage was anushed to fmg ments and others caught fire..
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PREMIER EMPOWERED TO HAND OVER GOVERNMENT.
AHSTERDAM, NOW
A mange from Kianna states comp Premier Lamuach, representing the Imperial Régime, informs the President powered to hand over the Government within the German-Austrian sphere. THE SOLDIERS' CENTRAL COMMITTEE
of the State Council that he "ia crp-|
AMSTERDAM, Nov.
A message from Vienna says that plana are being drawn up for the forma tion of a representative Soldiers' Central Committee to replace the present pro-
THE SILVER MARKET.
THE WEEKLY REPORT,
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There is no, fresin movement in the Shanghai exchange.
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JAPANESE TRADE METHODS IN Hungary as an independent State,
THE EAST
Polish deputies in the Reicherab an nounced the union of Austro-Hungarian Polish territories with the Polish State A Liquidation Commission has been established at Lemberg to arribge for Loxpos, Nov.« this.*
MANCHESTER GRIEVANCE.
The Manchester Chamber of ComA message from Agram says the
• MR. ASQUITH ON FEACE.
VICTORY MUST BE DECISIVE. An American communiqué stutes
merce has down the attention of Croatian Diet bas declared the absolute The Fist Ary 'continued to ni-
LONDON, NOT. 2.
the Cotton Control Board that independence of Croatia and Dalmatia vance, overcoming all resistance and Mr. Asquith, speaking at Cupar Japanese and other cotton goods are EXCITEMENT IN RUMANIA capturing, among others, the towns said: "Matters have reached supplied in India and Chins at prices of Champigneulles, Mont Homme, stage at which victory roust be Verenal, Buzancy, Villeres-devant decisive if peace is to be secured. Dun and Clery-le-Petit
with which British competition is impossible, and that the Japanese Our pri- All bur sacrifices will have been
are acquiring control over many soners now exceed 4,000, including thrown away if we acquiesce in any classes of goods hitherto almost ex four Battalion Commanders with thing less than a peace which declusively supplied by Great Britain
cides permanently on the crushing
their staffs.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
The enemy abandoned huge quan- of the present enemies' ugnssive it is considering the problem.
The Control Board has replied that tities of material. Sixty-three guns ambition and renders the recurrence and hundreds of machine-guns were of such a war impossible, by striking captured"
at the very root of the causes of A complete Bavarian battery was the war. The League of Nations captured, with its personnel and must be attained, but, if it is to horses,
exist in a practical sense, then no country can participate in partner- ship if its Govchment is based en Autocracy."
GERMAN REPORTS.
LONDON, Nov. 3.'*.
A wireless German official report atotes:--
We withdrew Bouth of Deynze behind, the Scheldt. We cracuated Valenciennes,
PEACE CONFERENCE.
A FRENCH SUGGESTION,
PARIS, Nov. 3. The Temps suggests that the The enemy neur Vonoq advanced Peace Conference should be held at to the heights on the eastern bank Versailles." of the Aisne and obtained a footing
at Fulaise.
The Americans gained territory on both sides of Bayonville.
A German evening report states :----| The English south of Valenciennes and the Americans west of the Meuse. gained local territory.
LONDON, NOT. 8. A German official massage by wire
lese states:-
We have withdrawn from the As a result of the fighting during the last few days, the enemy this junction of the Lys and Scheldt to morning abandoned his positions on Ghent The English pressed us
the Derivation Canal which we cross-
ed at dawn
North of the Bruges-Ghent Canal
back to Baultaen, recapturing Presenu.
WAR-RISKS INSURANCE RATES. "'-
REDUCED TO NOMINAL FOR
DISTANT VOYAGES:- 2
Loxpos Nov. 4 Lloyd's war-risks insurance rates have been reduced to a nominal figure for voyages in more distant parts and by 50 to 25 per cent for other voyagen.
"SERBIANS OCCUPY BELGRADE.
PARIS,
Nov197
The Serbians have occupied Bel-
LONDON, Nov. 8.
Owing to the American break we occupy Eeblome, and Weschoot trough we withdrew between the grade. and carried our line to the Lieve Aisne and Champigneulle."
Canal
Between the Bruges Cheat Capal and Lye wo advanced beyond Mecrentre. Overspoucke, Baervelde, Bhreide and Bairle
DUTCH SOLDIERS DISCONTENDED.
POLICE CALLED OUT-
ヴ
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 8,
wment
result of
the Bu
off
ALLIED CAPTURES IN
THE WEST
A Franch Eastern communiqué
The Serbians reached the Danube on October 80th between Semendris
KING BORIS ABDICATES.
COPENHAGEN, Nov 2
LONDON, Nov. 2. excitement in Ramanis over the recent News" from "Jassy show the great
events
The King held numerous conferences
with leaders of the Government and
the ex-Premier, M. Bratiano There are indications of interesting developments.
BRITISH CAPTURES FOR THREE MONTHS.
172,650 PRISONERS AND NEARLY 20,000 GUNS...
LONDON, NOV. 2. The British during October took A message from Berlin says the 49,000 prisoners in France, inchiding. Bulgarian King Boris has abdicated and 1,200 officers. We also captured 925 guns, a. Peasant Government has been estab: 7,000 machine-guns and 670 trench mor- lished at Tiruoro under M Stam-tars. In the arms of the enemy's retreat balinsky.
IS THE KAISER FLEEING?
LONDON, NOT. 4.
Swiss reports depict the Kaiser's departure for Headquarters as a fight.
It is stated that the Government is urging his abdication.
General Ludendorf, who is apparently still at Headquarters, is said to be chief of the military cabal against the Govern- ment, but it is believed that the latter could thwart any such plot.
SCHEIDEMANN URGES EM- PEROR'S ABDICATION.
COPENHAGEN, NOT, 2.
It is officially announced that Herr Scheidemann, as Secretary of State, has sent the Chancellor a memorandum emphasising the necessity of the abdica- tion of the Emperor
SUPPORTERS OF THE HOHENZOLLEENS
AMSTERDAM, NOT-2
enormous stocks of awrsunition, material and stores have fallen inte.our hands, including several locomotives, quantities. of rolling stosk, many wagons, a fow Tanks, hundreds of tous of wire, several thousand tous road metal, some hundreds of miles of telephone cable and great number of engineer and other dumpe
The enemy abandoned on the front of one army alone some two million feet of timber.
The British in a Bories of successful battles during the last three months have taken 172,659 prisoners and cap tured 2,378 gens, 17,000 machine-gane and 2,750 trench mortars.
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THE AMERICAN COTTON CROP.
Hopes for one of the largest cotton Aeroper in the country's history went glimmering with the tesne of the Government's Feptembet repest of condition, mys an American paper. As the result of a severe drought in July and “Magnet í it is declared that the production | this year will not exceed 11,157,000 + balas less than was bales, or 4,088.00 forecast at the beginning of the sERIOD. The sarengs planted this yose was the second largest on record. Drought dar ing Taly red cood the crop by 1,616,000 balos, and dry weather In August caused the greatest deterioration ever reorded: in's single month, there being of 17.a pointa in the cou
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118,343 PRISONERS AND 16,800
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THE ADVANCE IN MONTES NEGRO
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