TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1918,
TELEGRAMS.
THE BALKANS.
(Continued from Page 1.)
AUSTRO-GERMAN RETIREMENT ON THE DANUBE.
ALMOST WHOLE OF SERBIA FREED.
THE ITALIAN FRONT.
COL SANTO CAPTURED.
100,000 PRISONERS AND 2,200 GUNS.
Losnos, Nov. 3. An Italian official report states: The Seventh Army, entering into the struggle, le broken through the enemy's fortifications at Sella-del- Tonale and is preseling in the Sermiglin Valley.
It has forced' Vallare and cap- tured Cal Santo, north of Pasubio:
The other Arties contime to Edvance insistibly.
The primers now number 100,000 and more than 2,200 guns.
ROVERETO OCCUPIED
ROME, Nov. 3.
An official report states that the Italians have errupied Rovereto.
Lonbón, Nov. 4. A French Bestem communigus
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Following the capture of Belgrade, the defeated Cormans and Austrians lave Yatired to the north hunk of the Danube.
The Second Serbian Ariny s runched the Rosian Frontier. Almost the whole of Serbia has been) fiberated.
HUNGARY'S MESSAGE TO THE WORLD.
AN APPEAL TO PRESERVE. HER INTEGRITY.
THE CHINA MAIL.
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC IN CHINA. A NEW CONCEPTION, OF INDUSTRY.
YANGTSE VALLEY DEVASTATED.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 3. Influenza is greatly devastating the Yangtee Valley.
Whole families are being wiped out.
There are many cases in Shanghai, but few fatalities.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS,
THE WESTERN FRONT. GENERAL OFFENSIVE RESUMED
PARIS, NOV. 2. While Germany asks for an armistice a general offensive has been resume on the Western front."
Everywhere the German resistance has been. broken and soon the enemy will be compelled to withdraw from the presont line. A wireless massage in French from
An attack was launched yesterday Bodupest on Saturday sight, adby General Gouraud's Fourth Army dressed to the people of the world. Co-operating with the First American nt the top of the loop of the Aisne,
Army, the French pushed the ling three accom.miles to the important junction of roads leading to Seday and Mezieres. The shut-ormans depend on the road for retreat juto Germany from the whole centre fine, At many points the Kriemhild Line was broken.
states:-
Zrazen, Nov. 4.
The Hungarian people his ITALIANS OCCUPY TRENTINO.
plished a peaceful revolution, ITALIAN CAVALRY LANDED AT tered the yole of its oppressors and
TRIESTE.
Luxuos, Nov. 3. Au Italian official suge states: We repied Trent al have Jana Trieste.
Our Cavalry hus intered Udine.
éstablished an indepenient State.
ft repudiates responsibility for the world-war and says the people lay down their arms and desire peace.
It declares Iraternity and equality to inhabitants in Hungary—- Magyar or Mon-Magyar-and p- pende to the Tree nations of the world.
THE LAST DAYS OF FIGHTING IN La prosurve the territorial integrity of
ITALY.
LONDON, Nov. 4.
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Titlis, the Hot City, as its name aptly Major Astos, M.P., Parliamentary signifies, is the most importans com- Secretary to the Ministry of Food, maxial and agricultural centre in Asiatic Bearing interest from the 16th October 1918, payable quarterly. speaking in London as the guest athick as the fifth century, when a famous Hassia. It came into prominence na far luncheon of the Rotary Club, told how, with industrial reconstruction in hieorgian chief, Wakhtang, made it his mind, he succeeded in reconciling the capital in place of old Mutset to its north. Its prosperity from that day on points of view of masters and men.
He said that some time ago he invited century le attracted the attention of over in doubt, and in the tenth eight urs dozen trade union leaders in many Arab writees. So important was Plymouth, bis constituency, to spend a it that it had a double wall for defence, week-end with bins in order that they its gates being of enormous, thickness might discuss what had been wrong in and strength. It stood, at that time, on the past, and bow they might try to im- both banks of the Kur, between which prove matters in the future. After a long was a picaresque bridge of boats, sitting they "ondel up on terra firma." of the river and has a population of To-day, it lies chiefy on the left bank Later he invited an equal number about a quarter of a million. It is a to stay with him, and, without knowingo ixture of new and old, of un conclusion, alike us to the past and the eastern decay, coupled with modern ing it, both parties came to the same ciant Armenian bazaar and Persian future. Then be invited both sides to innod German buildings of can visit him. To their complete surprise pidated houses and tortuous byways are siderable magnificence. Ancient dila- they unanimously agreed in to what bading replaced by the houses of modern been wrong in the past and what was princes of commerce, and fine opca necessary in the future, and they formespaces anch that of Golavinski themselves into an industrial reconstrue. Prospect. Every year its prosperity han tion association. Not only did capital increased until, at last, the tide fof; wat and labour not question each other's and the subtle schemes of German poli- point of view, but be found that they ticians thaten its serenity. This is the had never come together before. As about; it importa och silk, both raw convnercial core of the region romid soon as they had agreed on the defini- and manufactured, from Persia, with agreement was enormonily simplified connected, as well as cotton, carpets, and tion of capital, their task in arriving at which it has for centuries been closely They were all agreed that every form of fruit. It acts too, as the distributing capital was entitled to receive its parents of Russian piaducts to Asin, large titular form of interest; and then they supplies; there is no mere shrewd race districts of Caucasia furnishing ite found themselves discussing what its the world of commerce than the ordinary and fair remuneration should Armenian, and at Tiflis he has prede- be. Afterwards, they discussed what minance. should be done with surplus profit, but did not arrive at any solution as to the way in which it should be dealt with.
On the queation of the "living wage it was regarded as not fair that industry should, have to bear the burden of bringing up a man's family; and the conclusion they came to was that the
Tiflis is the capital of all Caucasia State, and not industry. ought to hear though Vladikavka, far to the north, is that burden and that responsibility frequently considered the capital of Uir- They were of opinion that a man's caucasia. The railway system of Cau- income should be such a sum as would cacia, of which Tidig is ultimately des enable him to live in comfort and that the responsibility was on the State sists of two mighty trunk roads. The to assist in the matter of education, northern system, youneeted with the school children. Another point discuss Rostov, on a north eastern arm of the medical service, and the free feeding of general Russian railways and hence with the European system, commences at ed was the obvious and admitted Sea of Azovy itself an extension of the unfairness of two groups of men, belong. Black Bea. It runs thence to Vladikav ing to different industries, putting forth | kaz, and so on to Petrovak, the same amount of energy, labour, and pian Sea. There it turns south, follow skill in the same locality, and earning ing the shore till it strikes the great largely different incomes. It was falt petroleum peninsula of Apsheron, and to be particularly unfair when it was terminates at Baku. The southern trunk realised that that was due to the fact he runs from Batau to Santali, whore 6 branch from Poli joiar it. It then that one industry had been well moves on to Rion, sad through & district organised in the paat and another bad inmemorably famous for its fertility, bet badly organised, or not organised branch striking north to Kutais. Cross- at all.
ing the great amphitheatre of hills at the Suran pass, about three thousand feet The Intest is that the Kaiser signed Major Astor said. was a more general thence to Elizabet hopol and to Baku, se
high,
it passes on to Tiflis itself, and the Abdication Decree at an assembly system of remuneration. In the past thatall Caucasic is engirdled by rail. of the confederated. Princes held in
our standard of success had been too Nor is this all the important cities of Berlin on October 30, but the execus gauged by a purely cash basis. If Vladikarkaz and Tiflis are thenisolves tion of the deerco was, postponed owing we could have a new conception of connected by nature borself, by way of to fears of its effect upon the public industry, and look upon it se a form of the famous Darel Gorge. This tremendous ing the succession. moral and divergencies of views regard.national service, and if all connected break in the chain of the Caucasos lies with industry felt that they did not almost midway between the Unspian require financial atimulus na in the prat, and the Black Sex, so that a great their reward being in the feeling that into two portions. Again and again natural fissure, almost cleaves Caucasin they were serving the State, we should this has served military purposes, when be able to get a new epirit in themes of the Caucasue to beol, sho Russia despaired 1 of bringing the fighting
The French advanced at some points two miles, while American troops had
zual success-Hares.
FURTHER ADVANCE, BY FRENCH.
LONDON, Nov. 3,
A French comuniqué says — On the Aisne front we again advanced at night-time and took the villages of la Croix-aux-Bois and Nivry.
The enemy's resistance has appreciably Argonue.
A British official report from the MORE MINISTERIAL CHANGES IN increased especially in the Forest of
Italian Front states:-
The Tenth Amy yesterday reati ed the line of Villotta-Pesturlow- Biedums river, east of Porfienoje, Sacquiring and Avion. vane cetines
The ad-1
Flo pomers exceed 10,000 which 1,000 were taken by the Fou teenth Corps mounted tops.
The 18th Division in the operation on the Ago Plateur took 470 pri-| Bones and captured 13 guns.
AUSTRIANS EVACUATE
AUSTRIA,
COUNT ANDBASSY RESIGNS.
COPENHAGES, Xar. 3. A message from Vienna states that Count Audrassy ins resigned.
THE AUSTRIAN FLEET
CZECHS OFFER TO TRANSFER IT TO THE ALLIES.
PARIS, Nov. 3. The Yugo-Skive huve sent a wire TRIESTE,
less message to President Wilson, ITALIANS AND SLOVENES TAKE stating that they are ready to hand over the Austrian Fleet to the United States or the representatives of the Allied Novies.
OVER GOVERNMENT.
AMERICAN SQUADRON'. EXPECTED TO OCCUPY.
TRIESTE.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 4.
A message from Vienna states that
the Statilukter and other Austrian authorities left Trieste on Wednes-
EXGESSES AT BUDAPEST SUPPRESSED.
“AMSTERDAM, "Nov."},
A message on Bidapest stutes
day when the Public Welfare cord.thut comparatively light excesses: mittec, consisting of Italiers and curred on October 31st on the out- skirts of the city, but they were Slovenes, tool over the administra- tion. The committee sent a torpeilo suppressed most severely,
bant to Venice to request the Com-1 mander of the Eulente Fleet, to | occupy Trieste and to prevent ex- ceases by the Austrian troops, whọ | are fleeing from Italy.
It is expected an American squid, ron will ecupy Trieste,
AUSTRIAN TROOPS CEASE. HOSTILITIES.
LONDON, Nov
The material abandoned by the retreating Germans yesterday which fell into our hands includes 14 geus, including fire of large calibre.
Since the beginning of this operation we have taken over 2,000 prisoners,
KAISER'S ABDICATION STILL RUMOURED.
LONDON, Nov. 3. Tumours regarding the abdication of the Kaiser continue, but are received with the utmost reserve.
FRENCH PILORIMAGES.
PARIS, Nov. 2 The customary pilgrimages are being held in Fraues.
M. Poincaré visited many of the comcteries. Over 180,000 people visited
Bagneux, 85,000 visited Fantin and
62,000 visited Pere Lachaizė.
THE INTER-ALLIED CONFERENCE.
PARIS, Nov. 2.
At the Inter-Allied Conference at Versailles, Belgiam and Japan are
represented. GERMAN ADMINISTRATION FOR
GERMAN BOHEMIA.
CZECHS PROTEST:
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 3.
A message from Vienna says that German Administration for German Bohemia is being established, despite the opposition of the Czech authori fies.
ITALIANG LAND AT TRIESTE.
ROME, Nov. 3 Italian troops have lauded at Trieste AUSTRIAN DREADNOUGHT SUNK BY NEW INVENTION:
What they had to look forward to:
Foti, on the Black Sea, is the natural port of Tifis; and is 217 miles distant. It bis ab extremely unhealthy climatej exposed to wind and wave, bat, previous while its rondatead is alike shallow and. to Russia obtaining Batum, it was mok- ing great strides usa Black Sea port. Its southern neighbour is now supplanting
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clearly revealing annexationist plans, Udius, Trent and Trieste has led to humanity and the preservation of spontaneous demonstraticus in all monuments of civilization." It says the towns of Italy. An immense that Gemban aviators were ordered procession was founed at Corso to cease such attacks at the begin Umberto Amid frankie cheem, it ning of October.
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ROME, No. 3. The Giornale di Hale states that the Austrian dreadnought Viribus Unitis was sunk by a new invention by Engineer Commander Rossetti.
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