THE WAR.
GERMANS AND AUSTRIANS ADMIT
'T'AILURES.
AEROPLANES BOMB PORT SAID.
ENGLAND RAIDED BY ZEPPELINS.
FRANCO-BELUÍAM FRONT,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LOST TRENCHES REGAINED.
ENEMY'S FREE USE OF GAS
SHELLS.
THE BALKANS
[TUROUGH" RELTEB'S AGENCY. ]
STATION BURNED,
SERBIANS REPEL ATTACK..
THE WÄÄAKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1918.
Psar, September 2nd, LONDON, September Sud. Ag official engrinitniqué from Macedonia Generdi Sir Douglas Haig, in a cum-
states: -On. Ce Strumin Tront and in the. moniqué, says: --As the result of minor | region."of the Doiran an intermittent operations last night, we drove the enemy, cannonade by our artillery set on fire the omi. of a' portion of the small area in station at Pardovica, which is to the tersectel trenches north-west of Delville|nurth of Jhevgheli,
Wood, which he re-captured on 31st August.
There were no infantry actions also- where. The chomy, artillery has been- *more adive during the fast, Ewelve hours.
and has ser umerons gas shells,
“Loston, · September 3rd.
A mamuniqué states:There was in- ereased reeiproenl artillery activity south of the Anere, and on other parts of the front.
The only infantry action was between the Ancre and the Somme, which consist-
ed of bombing encounters
Mines were exploded by both sides in The Auchy district.
The Serbians easily ropelled a Bul- garian attack on Vetrenik sector.
ENEMY SHELL BRIDGES,"
BALONKA, September 3rd, The British official communiqué, states: On the Strum front hostile artillery shelled the bridges in Fitoki Romarja
Our acroplanes bombed Angista station
There is no change the Doiran front,
ROUMANIAN PROGRESS.
BUCHAREST, September 3rd. An official communiqué ísméd on the 31st it. stated: The advance continua successfully everywhere.
AERIAL ACTIVITIES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) ZEPPELINS RAID ENGLAND.
LONDON, September 3rd.
It is officially announced that several. hostile airships attacked the East Coast at cleven in the evening, and dropped bombs at a few places."
LATER
The raid is still in progress. The attack was made by more airships than have hitherto raided England.
The Eastern Counties and London were apparently their objectives.
The attack on London was beaten off. RAIDER FELLED.
A raider was felled in flames. Many boobs wen dropped in widely separated localitics, but so reports of casualties or darnage inve been received. ZEPPELIN DESTROYED NEAR
: LONDON.
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S. AGENCY,]
DANISH STEAMER SEIZED.
LONDON, September 2nd.
A German torpedo-boat has seized the Danish steamer dael in the Baltic GENERAL.
(THROUGH NEUTAI'S AGENCY.} THE THREATENED RAILWAY STRİKE IN AMERICA,
Wasaisuroy, September 3rd. Congress has passeal the Eight-Hoor Day Bill
The Labour leaders, in consequence, have rescinded the order for n strike.
EGYPTIAN PROBLEMS. GRAND SHERIF'S PROCLAMATION.
CAIRO, September 2nd. The Grand' Sherif's Proclamation bas great impression on Egyptian made Moslems, who are greatly distressed by It is understood that the Zeppelin the Grand Sherif's account of the Turkish
istrict descend-bojabardment of holy places.
LATHIL
felled in 扎 ed in Dunes in
country. Crowns assembled in the surrounding districts and cheered loudly when the Zeppelin burst into flames. EGYPT
(THROUGE BRUTEL'S AGENCY.]
PORT SAID BOMBED.
LONDON, September Aud. An ufficial report from Egypt staics that hostile aeroplanes bombed Port Smid on the morning of the 1st inst., dropping 90 bombs,
There were some casualties, it no damaged resultel.
AUSTRALIAN COMPULSION.
MEN ON ACTIVE SERVICE TO
VOTE.
MELBOURNE, September 2nd. Mr. Hughes has announced that. Aus tralians over 21 years of age ou active servizi nbryad will be enabled to vote in the referendum on compulsion on October
SANDHURST APPOINTMENT.
LONDON, September 3rd. Colonel Stopford has been gazetted Commandant of Sandhurst Military College
SIR H. RIDER NAGUARD'S MISSION.
LAND FOR EX-SOLDIERS.
Sir H. Rider Haggard has returned to London on the conclusion of his tuission to the Dominions on behalf of the Royal Colonial Institute as their honorary re- présentative. He has travelled over 50,000 miles and has been in negotiation with 20 Governments. The object of the journey was to ascertain what facilities way of land settlement and employ ment the various Dominions and States are prepared to give to Imperial ex Service men.
the
The Royal Colonial Institute, said Sir Rider Haggard to a representative of Reuter's Agency, feels that whatever may be the terms of peace, so many dangers, some immediate and some future, wil: still confront our Empire, that it is ab solutely necessary it should retain all its sons and daughers within its limits. With, of course, some exceptions there acems to be an open door for ex-Service men, who will receive in most parts of the Empire the same treatment as the various Dominions will accord to their town, returned soldiers.
Land settlement of soldiers is for vari outs reasons not practicable in the Union of South Africa for the moment, bui Rhodesia has made a very fine offer o half a million acres, and private offers have been received in the Uinon itself. South Africa is an excellent place for settlement for the officer class, as the climate is unsurpassed, and the settler and his wife find there many advantages and comforts. It cannot, however, be recommended to men of the working classes. These remarks apply to the Union, as I am not yet nequainted with the scheme of settlements to be adopted. in Rhodesia by the Chartered Company: The Union Government has given me a letter relaxing its inunigration regula tions in favour of those white soldiers of Enure who have fought in the war, especially in the case of any injured in health and likely to benefit by the climate of South Africa,
In Australia a conference had heer held of the Commonwealth and State Governments at which no resolution was passed as regards the admission of these en This meant that co facilities were at the time available. I was fortunate. after conferences with all the Govern meals of Australia, to secure letters from every one of them promising materia assistance towards my nim. Three of the States promised to treat British Servies men exactly as they would their own. I had also an opportunity of addressing a conference of all the Premiers at Adelaide, when resolutions were passed giving assurances that the Premiers.con ference would give its best consideration
Regarding the operations at Katin lost | HIGH FREIGHTS AND COTTON Three others have given definite gifts. onth three store machine-guns and
Roumanian authorities have been in- 15000 rounds of ammunition have been
Fighting is in progress at Mouquet stalled at Brass..
farm.
South of Thiepval we gained ground.. Fighting is also procceding on the banks of the Ancre and on our right, about the Falfemont farm, and therefore on a front of several miles, with Thiepval roughly in the centre.
DELVILLE WOOD FIGHT.
A DESPERATE AND COSTLY GERMAN EFFORT.
LONDON, September 3rd. 'Henter's Special Correspondent at the Front says The German counter-attack on Thursday night in the neighbourhood of Delville Wood: was the fiercest the enemy has yet delivered. Picked troeps were employed. · The desperate character of the assaults suggests that Cae Germons attached the utmost importance to success at this spot. The onrush of dense masses of troops was heralded by an intense barrage.
The trenches in which outing was ultimately effected were so battered that they afforded no shelter.
The attack was probably meant to signalis. Geroral Hiudenburg's premie tion, but ii pho casualties were published is Germany they would assuredly pra Phee blank danny.
FRENCH FFONT,
SLIGHT ENEMY, SUCCESS.
wc
have captured 1,800
found.
Our artillery is shelling the railway 108BIAN FRONT. station at Orsova.
ão far prisoners.
Enemy infantry and cavalry crossed the frontier near Salviä, but vere imme- diately repulseder
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] RUSSIAN WESTERN FRONT.
ENEMY POSITIONS CAPTURED
AUSTRIAN ADMISSIONS.
LUNDON, September 3rd.
PETROGRAD, September 2nd. Aledm menéqvé state:-On our western frit, thirty-eight miles north-east of Kovel, enemy attacks in the directions of
An Austrian commnuigné admits seri-Zolocher and Haliez were repulsed. ous defeat at the hands of the Rou- iminiaus near Orsova, where they with drew to the west Innk of the Corna, after five days' fighting.
GREECE'S POSITION,
M. VENEZELOS URGES INSTANT ACTION.
ATHENS, September 2nd,
tant action. He asks: Who can. M. Venerelos, in a statement, urges in
doubt that Bulgaria may now seek a isparate peace, and who does not under- stand that if this happens before we jaia the Allies it will mean the permanent extinction of Greene! "
The Russians onptured several enemy positions. The enemy retired westwards, stubbornly counter-attacking.
GERMANS ADMIT RUSSIAN GAINS.
LONDON, September 3rd. The new Russian activity is on a front of two hundred miles. Fierce battles are
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reported thirty miles west of Laitzk, aho at Alexinaz, south of Brody, and on the Horozanka river. west of Haliez, besides the Tomatic mountains, in the Carpa thians.
The German communiqué, admits that the Russines gained ground everywhere, LONDON, September 3rd. except in the Toiminatie mountains, where M. Venezekaz na message to theit asserts the Prussian troops are main
Sunday Times, trusts that the Roamanistaining, their positions. It also states intervention will confer it impossible for that the Hessians are fighting south of the existing Gurk authorities to persist
PRICES.
LONDON, September 3rd...
In reply to representations regarding. the effect of the high freights on eatton prices, in connection with which the example of Japan in saisidising and pra viding war-insurance at a low rate was mentioned, the Board of Trade state that Dey are unable to fake special action in the case of cotton as compared with other cargoes.
to the matter.
From the Government of New Zealand also a very satisfactory letter was receiv ed, although not quite so definite as those from Australia.
In British Columbia I found an exist ing Act dealing with, the settlement of sent year, which in effect excluded from returned soldiers passed during the pre- its benefits any men not born or resident in British Columbia. I made representa tions to the Government with the happy. result that equal treatment is now pro the Act will be amended. Every Govern mised. I have a written promise that ment that I saw in Canada extended the fullestustitute. At Ottawa I met the Prime utmost sympathy to the efforts of the Minister and set ou my case before a coumitive of the Cabinet... Sir Robert Borden has given me a letter in which le
The Times emphasises the importance of the Lancashire cotton industry, and urges the Government in make the investigation before it is too late, CANADA'S NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS.
OTTAWA, September 3rd. His Highness the Duke of Connaught has relaid the cornerstone of the new Parliamem buildings.
ARCHDIKE LEOPOLD IN
-COMMAND.
German
rummuniqué shows, that Archduke Leppold of Bavaria commands the Arty group hitherto commanded by General Hindenburg.
DUNDEE JUTE-SPINNER'S
WILL.
LONDON, September 3rd. The late Mr. Jah Sharp, the well-
neutrality, and that Gwe will at this and the Hesins is the first in £8.5!!.
the Doiestor. This nuntion of the Pruskowa jate spimier, Dundee, has left carliest join the camp of her provedisation of the Germans liaving been con- pellet shiffen the Austrian line in the Carpathinus.
traditional friends,
T
ENTENTE MINISTERS VISIT
PREMIER.
ATHEN 3. Senteraler Brdo Entente Ministers visited M. Zain's the Premist, and afterwards met at the French Legation ta draft a note to M. Zaimis,
Pants, September 2nd An official communiqu? states: ---Théra lans been considerable artillery activity at Maurepas and south of the Somme.
The Germans mid repeated violent attacks on the tærneles we captured on 7629 Prender, this afternoon; the 31st August and succeeded in reg
ccupying soras portion.
ENTENTE'S FINAL DEMANDS. A Note embodying the Entrate's final mands will be handled to M. Zaimis,
The enemy violently bombarded th Thiaumont work during the night.
An attempted attack at Fleury was crushed by our fire,
A Russian patrol routed a party of the Leteny at Auberive after a severe fight.
NOTHING TO REPORT.
PARIS. September 3rd communiqué, states:There is no thing to report except artillery duels north and south of the Somme..
A feeling of nervousness prevails,
THE KING ILL The King is still suffering from a
fever.
ANGLO FRENCH WARSHIPS ALERT:
Since the 1st iust. fortytwo British and French warships continue to cruise off the Pitesus.
Three entered the harbour and seized thron German tips, and others seized the wireless at the Greek arsenal.
GERMANS ARRESTED.:
On the 2nd inst., several Germans were arrested, and there are many in hiding.
A telgram frain Paris contas, ie, formation that the enemy is preparing, to exert its full weight on the southern Romanian frontier, towards which Heavy movement of troops has been e ported.
The opinion prevails that General.com Hindenburg's first effort will be made the Danube. He is meanwhile holding and perhaps shortening the Western Front, hence the vigorous offensive.
LIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH BEUTIR'D AGENCY.}
SUCCESSFUL DEFENCE. ENEMY ATTACKS DRIVEN OFF.
LONDON, Scptember 2nd.
An Italian communiger states: There kas bro, violent artillery firing in the
Trentino.
An enemy attack un Mount Civaron and in the Sugaun Valley was promptly driven of
un, jaje 6.)
WERONEWS.
5,000,000 BRITISH, SHELES FIRED
IN FOUR WEEKS.
The policy of the Government for this purpose (the settlement upon public. lands of Canadian, British, and other soldiers and sailors who participated in the war) will in due course be announced legislation as my by introduced to ac- in Parliament in convection with such complish the object in view. You may be assured that this policy will be satis factory to all those who have at heart the great purpose to which you have directed your energies."
GERMANY'S MANY MISTAKEJ.
AN AMERICAN VIEW.
In an unusually interesting editorial, comparing the fruits of Germany's much- vaunted efficiency with the fruits of The alleged inefficiency of the British, the Sew York Times says:-
It has become the fashion of political thought to apologise for democracy in enr, to compare it unfavourably with its opposite, which is autocracy, and to apostrojahise the manner in which the mechanised nation meets its great emers gencies. It has been particularly trite to contrast the multiplicity of counsels mong the English, their muddling' and general ineffectiveness, with the marvellous efficiency of the Germans.
By none mers than by the British. themselves are these conclusions asserted. carl Curzon said recently that there were wo prerogatives of which they could nover deprive an Englishman--the pas sion for depreciating himself and the right to abuse his Government.
The greatest contribution that Great Britain has made was not the number of turned out, or her ships that sail the nen she put into the field, the munitions
solidarity, the tenacity of the nation as seas, but the unbroken front, the
a whole.
Against is arrayed what the world has been pleased to make a fetish of namely, German chiciency. And what is that How shall it be judged 1 By results, perhaps. Well, then, its first justifica- tion would be victory. In this it has failed so far, and is in danger of failing utterly.
Germany counted on a short war which was a fatal miscalculation. It under- estimated the strength and resources of its enemies, which is thought to be a vico of democracies. If failed to geo the economic isolation of the German Ex pire, which was automatically bound to Rappen.
Having been confronted with the fact of this isolation, it parleyed with the food question, and only after the lapse of nearly two years took the necessary arbitrary measares to conserve the means of life,...
had been made, as German critics of In the meantime hopeless blunders their own Government now unite in saying bitterly. There is first a great slaughter of swine, so that there was more pork than people could consume, and next there was a great shortage of fat on that recount, which apparently cannot.now be made good.
German officiency has failed to over- whelm either of its grant enemies.. It has conquered only Serbia and Belgium. On against the French at Verdun and is non- its second wind it does its mightiest
that was thought to be more valorous plussed by the resistance of a democracy than efficient in war.
It counted abstrdly on the Zeppelin, capable of freezing the blood of this an instrument of wanton frightfulness, world, but powerless in the slightene That is a symbol of ineffective efficiency. degree to affect the siteome of the war,
Are divided counsels and embarass land 1 Not at all. A member of the ments of Government peculiar to Eng Reichstag is arrested in Berlin for de ment. He has to be suppressed by force. nouncing the Imperial German Govern-
Germany has her Irish proble within. The Admiralty and the Foreign Office come to an impasse and the Kaiser han head of von Tirpita to decide between them and off goes the·
The nation is then divided upon the question of how submarine warfare shall be conducted, and the von Tirpitz papers Chancellor. There is at last & compromise openly and concertedly atuek the
in the Reichstag
Next the food question comes to a head acutely, and there is another upset in the Government. The Minister of the: Interior is interned, under & beautiful decoration, and in his place rises a Foodl Dictator, whose job will be thankless, because everybody undertakes to hate him boforehand,
CHINA INLAND MISSION..
The annual report of the China Inland Mission is issued in att abbreviated form as an illustrated booklet entitled China and the Gospel.**
DRESS REFORM IN TOKYO.
A movéinent has been started among a number of Japanese ladies in Tokyo to discover whether or not the Japanese kimonu may lo changed to suit the con venience and needs of modern Japan Many people have made designs for in- proved kimanos. But there has been no concerted action, and no substitute has Iron adopted. It is claimed that the Japanese kimono is not suited for prac Lical purposes. It is very inconvenient. In last year's report a small decrease when at work, and it is rather unneces in the number of workers was recorded sarily expensive. The people of the for the first time; in spite of the war, middle elas and below. have to spend one- the reinforcements of 1015 have raised third of their income on clothes, and the the figure to 17,077, which is one higher lowest class of people spend nearly all than at any previous time. During the of their money on clothes. It is said that past year the mission was reinforced by: the number of rolls of cloth needed for a 43 persons. The total income of the set of suits for a man or woman is on
Mission from all sources for the year the average about eight; the length of 1015 was £87,878 4s. 2d., of which £37,222 thread nended to sow them about 30ft During the four, works ended July 24th
was reveived in Great Britain. There is computed that one artillery put These have to be made by the women of Increased attention has been given to and the number of stitches about 30,000 were 1,043 baptisms during the year. 5.600.enc shells into the German pesitions.
the family by hand, not by machines, and Bible instruction, both in the Bible These figures were given to me as 20 ex- pression of opinion, rather than as a
it requires days to do the work. The Training Institutes established for that defuite statearent of fret (says The
womenfolk have to devote much of their purpose, and by the increasing practico Headquarters), but I may add that the educated women, those responsible for for Bible study and prayer. Conferences Times Correspondent, at the British
time to it all the year round. For of gathering the Chinese leaders together marce whence the cone confers wine fo such service is not economical have becu hold at many centres, in some the movement declare, to devote their for the deepening of the spiritual life thema claim to be regarded as approxi mately vorrect.
from the point of view of the conserva
of which the Rev. J. Goforth has oxer tion of human energy-Times Japanese cise a must helpful ministry Provin Supplement
nial conferences and representative gatherings have been held for the botter organising of churchea located in the same province or district. Special evan gelistic missions for women have been A service was held in the Chapel of conducted in many stations. Miss Gregg the Order in St. Paul's Cathedral on having travelled 2,620 miles during the July 24th, when the banners of the Inte year for this purpose and having beld Sir Cecil Clementi Smith and Sir missions at twenty-six different stations Thomas Fowell Buxton were taken down. in the provinces of Shanxi and Honau On the same sension the bannere of During the missions more than 600 Baron Hardinge of Penshurst and of Sir women and girls professed conversion. Chapel. Amongst the company present gnart the Chinese Church in the matter Frank Swettenbau were afixed in the Definite steps have been taken to safe- were Miss Clementi Smith, Mrs. Hubert of its Church property, the main dhjett. Frank Swettenlani, Sir Charles Lucas, trouble through the possible clans of Clementi Smith, Lord Hardinge, Sir being to protect the Christians agrist General Macgregor, Mrs. Nevill May separatists, and to secure the constitus Mr. A. G Angier, Colonel Davidsoutional responsibility of the missionary Houston, and others,
in-charge for what goes on in his district,
GERMAN SEA DEVICES. ·
The Bwedish paper aftontidningen states that the Germans have begun to collect their inerchantmen bound for Swede sailing together in a long line of convoys, the sternmost vessel being a drguised auxiliary ernier, $s the enemics preferrbly attack the last ship jy te ling.
As his already been reported, the Swedish Press claimed that the Coveru the Germans having captured British ment should protest to Berlin owing to steamers inside Swedish waters. Al though steamers wore released later on, nevertheless the Germans violated Lou- tral waters, and it is now officially stated that the Swedish Government have made such a protest,
ST MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE