THE
WAR.
TUE #JACKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER CIH, 1916,
ITAIN WILL NOT PARLEY WITH
ENEMIES.
FRENCH SUCCESS COUTH OF SOMME.
RUSSIANS INFLICT HEAVY LOSSES ON
TURKS.
ROUMANIANS CAPTURE ORSOVA AND HERKULESBAD.
ANDO-BELGIAN FRONT.
{THROUGH_RECIES'S AGENCY.] BRITISH **STILL PUSHING FORWARD.”
CAPTURE, OF LEUZE WOOD).
LONDON, September 6th. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a com
nique, stules:-We now hold the feater part of Leuze Wood. Despite heavy hostile artillery fire and adifferent weather we are still pushing and have bombarded the brward, henry's positions in the vicinity of the Hohenzollern Redoubt, opposite Givenchy, And south of Neuve Chapelle.
LATER.
Leuze
In a later commàniqué General Bir Bougias Baig antiounces that the whole
Leuze Wood has been captured. Fighting continues between Woud, Combles, and around Ginchy. There has been mutual active artillery fire north of Pozieres and in the neigh bourhood of Moquet Farin.
Last evening we successfully discharged gas opposite Gommecourt, and effectively beavily shelled 'enemy, hutments cast, GẸ Ypres.
SEVENE FIGHTING AT "GINCHY.
LONDON, Beptember 70, General Sir Douglan Haie in a cone benique, sintemThere has been severe fighting at Ginchy,
An enemy party emerging from Cour illette, was scattered by our artillery..
Fifty prisoners were brought in to-day, and numerous hostile working parties were dispersed by shell-fire.
The enemy's artillery was active on pyrtions of the Tixiepval front. We successfully bonbarded the enemy north of Arras, between La Bassce' Canal, and Richebourg,
A patrol of four aeroplanes encountered
and drove off thirteen German
NO WISH TO PARLEY WITH.
ENEMIES.
It is officially announced that the guns captured by the British forces on the Summe front will not be exhibited, but will be used against the Germans, because it was not wished to parley with enemies,
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AERIAL ACTIVITIES.
{JAKOUGA RIVUTER'S AGENCE.]
THE AIR-DUEL.
Lesnos. September 7th.
A courade of Lieut. Robinson, who
brought down the Zeppelin neur London,
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who was likewise chasing a Zeppelin,
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́(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGEKUT.]
GOOD WORK BY THE FRENCH.
PARIS, September 6th
& communiqué says:-The enemy has, not attempted to counter-attack north of the Somme. Active artillery firing cor tinues here.
We have taken fifty more prisonera to the east of Fleury.
SMASHED BY CURTAIN-FIRE. A communiqué states:--German attacke on our new positions south of Denierourt and in the neighbourhood of Berny-en Santerre have been smashed by
curtain of fire,
THE BALKANS
{THROUGH MUTER'S AGENOT.]
ROUMANIAN PROGRESS.
MEN AND MATERIAL CAPTURED.
LONDON, September 6th. A: Russian communique says that German and Bulgarian troops are attack-. ing the Roumanians in the region of Tartukai (Bulgarin),
BUCHAREST, September vil.
A communiqué, dated 4th September, states;~On the northern front there were small encounters. We captured 7 ofheers, 620 men, 500 waggons of food, and a completely equipped hospital,
On the northem from the enemy attacked Turtukai bridgo head ten times and were reputed,
ROUMANIANS CAPTURE ORSOVA.
COPENHAGEN, September 7th. It is reported from Vienus, that the Roumanians have captured Orova and Herkulesbad
STRUMA-DOIRAN FRONT.
FRENCH REPORT.
SALONICA, September sth. A French communique states that there is a violent artillery duel on the Struma- Lake Doiran front and an the whole of, the Serbian front.
A British official announcement says there have been patrol encounters on the
{TAROCIH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE CHENG CHIA NING INCIDENT.
DEMANDS. HY JAPAN.
REAL EMPIRE.
SIR. G. FOSTER ON NEW BONDS OF UNION.
WHY THE DOMINIONS HELPED.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S PRAISE OF OVERSEA TROOPS.
Mr. Lloyd George and Sir Sam lugnes, the Canadian Minister of Militia Allu Defeney, inspected Canadian troops at Brainshott last month.
THE GREAT DAYS TO COME. Sir George Foster, Canadian Minister of Trude and Commerce, and the Cann- dian oversas delegates of the Empire PEKING, September 7th.
Parliamentary Association were enter were drawn up at
At the close of the marea past the troops Baron Hayashi, the Japanese Minister, tained by the Canadian Club at luncheon
little distance from e Saluting base, and the officers cunte on Saturday, presented demands for the at Princes" Restaurant last month...
forward and formed a somi-circle. Mir Lloyd George, speaking from his motor punishment of those responsible for the Mr. Maggaster, M.P. (president), was car, expressed his pleasury that his first Chengchiatung incident, and for the pre-in the chairy and in proposing Our inspection, as Secretary for War, ahould ave been of such fine Canadian troops, fvention of a rourrence.
Guests," spoke of the perishablend congratulated Sir Sam Hughes and gratitude of the Mother Country for the the officers. He proceeded:--- The details of the demands have not splendid services and sacrilices of the been disclosed.
great Dontinions. History had no paraller to this moving spectacle at volumters by hundreds of thousands from the law Britain in detence of national freedom parte the Kampire joining with treat
TRADE UNION CONGRESS AND AMERICAN INVITATION.
with a determiuntion to carry the way to victory
It is a wonderful thing that in the third year of the war, which our focs are beginning to get exhausted, we should be preparing to pour into the fold troops. of this quality. It is an inspiring sight. it is a sight that gives confidence. (Cheers.) At the beginning of the war e sent 120,000 men as an expeditionary Mr. Long said that in no LONDON, September 7th.
spirit t
turce, and it was our conviction at that. boastfulness, but in quiet confidence, he time that that was the contribution the The Trade Union Congress, now in
venture to say that the mheutate results of a war would snow capere Canada alone has sent 120,000 ment British Empire could make. Now, ssion at Birmingham, bus rejected, by changes in two great Capires. The in- (cheers), and he has many more in res a mojority of two to ones a recunemenda-so that the bod in its veins would course
pire of Great Britain would be engesa- serve. That gives hope, that gives con fidence, that gives conviction of ultimate inore freely and strongly than ever ne tion of the Parliamentary Committer to
victory to all. accept the invitation from the Americanmerce we meant in future. to be in realty
fore, and poll. in goverment and em
Why has Canada do it? done it undoubtly in order to stand by She his Federation of Labour to participate in
the In
country in an International Labour Congress to be
(Cheers.) But that is not all. If the old her difficulty. her own folly; if she had go into troubles sountry had got into trouble through held at the same time and place as the Peace Conferenc
through the mere greed of possessions,
COTTON CROP IN EGYPT.
CAIRO, September 7th.
It is officially stated that the average condition of the cotton crop is 90 per cent
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one Empire, living for and devoting our selves too and the same object. Win the other much younger upire. Ger- many, the change would be of a different kind. Our Empire had hitherto bren: bound together by silken threads of many colours, the dominating uns being the golden thread of love. The German Empire has been held together by steel, and just as in the past those Empires which had relied on tanks and chains had perished, so to-day the German Empire was, approaching dissolution.
A German attack at Fleary was re-Strum front, while the enemy engaged Pulsed with machine-gun fire,
artillery firing on the Doirau front 100,000 MILES IN A YACHT. spirit of their ancestors. Well did they for three hours," GENERAL.
Between Verman d'Ovillers and Chilly the fighting is particularly stubborn. The northern portion of Ver:non d'Ovillers has been carried, a
German trenches have been caplurcii on different parts of the front.
POSITIONS AND PRISONERS TAKEN.
Pants, September 7th.
A communiqu? states:-North of the Some there has been violent artillery work but no infantry attacks.
South of the Sonte several important positions were carried-after blocity ngnts) ing and a large number of prisoners were taken.
(THROUGH REFFER'S AGENCY, } MESOPOTAMIA INQUIRY.
LONDON September 7th. The Mesopotamia Commission has re- sured its sittings and is taking military evidence.
KUT · PRISONERS. GOOD NEW'S REGARDING THEIR TREATMENT.
LORDER, September 3th. Flight Lieutenant C. B. Gasson, one of the officers taken prisoner at Kut, There has been an intense entmonade writes from Baghind under date of 23rd on the right of the Meuse.
July :-- Several of us are in an English hospital, and are very comfortable. We are paid regularly and can buy most things in shops. We are very well
FRENCH CLOSE IN ON CHAULNES.
LATER. The French advance has almost closed in on Chaulnes.
FREED FROM ENEMY. Since the 1st of July French locali ties have been freed by the British and French forces.
FRENCH SUCCESSES
Treated"
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PLAGUE AT BRISTOL. OUTBREAK KASTERED.
A REMARKABLE VOYAGE,
as is suggested by our foes, out of mere envy of the prosperity of others, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa would not haw poured out their best blood on our behalf. It is be cause of the conviction of Canada that the old country has with chivalry, with a reckirss chivalry, flung herself into the battle in order to protect the weak, the wronged, against the oppressors-that is why her sons in all parts of the world have stood by her side in this great in the greatest struggle for human free- truggle. They have come to help Britain:
in which she has ever been engaged, and well have they helped es. (Cheers.) I am here as a Britisher to thank Canadia for her cuntribution in this war.
Sir George Foster said the determina tion of Great Britain to fight the war to a victoritas finish had a response m Canada as enthusiastic as the heart of the Empire. They were peaceful people in the Dominions, but in them, was the
appreciate the issues at stake.
In her efforts Canada had reached a higher con ception of her position. and would ot hereafter be what she was before the war. Exertions and sacrifices had called forth The brilliant description by Sir Mus war and its consequences, the Ypres, when you saved Calais, will be higher ideak, and, horrible as was the Aitken of the great second battle of years encant men for the progress read for many a long day in Canada, of humanity and for the world.
overseas had been able Cheers.) We know what you did then. Just as the Rocky Mountains hurl back the storms of the West, so did those berces, in the battle of Ypres, break the hurricane of Germanis fury. Amid the flames and the poisonous fumes of ficheana they held high the honour of Canada and saved the British Army.
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Dast.
a struggle for freedom; but in this TRIBUTE TO MOTHER COUNTRY,
truggle we are federating this great The delegates would go back with a Empire for even greater enterprises in corrected and clear impression of what the future, Such as it was before the the old country was doing. They had zeen the minttion works; they had taken one great coherent unit which will thi
war it will never be again. It will b with workers and administrators, they had noted the spirit animating alt. they the world than it has ever done in tac mor to neuld and direct the destiny of and seen the output.
They had seen the Grand Fleer standing, as it always had stronger than it was two years ago, Theypride in their prowess, their strength, stood. between the Allies and destruction,
Ah! as as these magnituent batta lions march past to-day. I was filled with had seen these things and they would go back to the Dominions with no doubt of the impression.and of the extent to which they would distribute that impression, that the old country was doing a noble duty and would do more than was being done. The kindness and hespitality with which they had been received were warm- ly appreciated
Router's Agenty states that the little 23 ton yacht Mine has arrived safely in an English portafter a voyage of a hub-Men from dred thousand miles. Belonging to Mr.to take pars in the contest for the and Mrs Scoresby Houtledge, the vessel good of the British Empire. but
history would record that each m left England over two years ago fought and wrought not only for hine scientific mission to Easter Island. Mrs. and the Empire, but for humanity. As Routledge returned some time ago, but he was had progressed from day to day its purposes came into fuller light, and Mr. Routledge himself caine home entire-the mighty world-issues depending on it.(Cheers.) You have the deep-felt, grati ly by sea. The last stage of the littlele was proud of being a citizen of a tude as well as the admiration of every vessel's voyage was from San Francisco, Every nation for generations 1 come islands, aud such men as were produced. country taking a part in the struggle. men and woman and child in these where she left five months ago. Altoge would enjoy a freedom they would not then I am sure you will prom yourselves have if the cutest ended in the triumph to be in this coming struggle. It is a ther there were eleven persons on board,
of Germany and the defeat of ideals for including two men from Pitcairn Island. which men were fighting and dying.
great struggle. We need your help, It Kave Beater' representative stine, in- Mr. Sobreshy Routledge on arrival
"After teresting details of the voyage. leaving San Francisco," he said. “ came down the Mexican coast, not, low- ever, going in to clost, as we did not want the risk of being boarded by Mesi Cans Two hundred miles from fand we came upon three islands marked as imin- habited, and I decided to land to try and
Their promise of what will be done. I now what they will do. I know the get some meat. Frous the masthead 1 saw
victories that they will help to bring to LONDON, September 7th.
a white patch of the land and decided
the cause of humanity and freedom, and tri make for it. Dur landing was, be The Medien! Officer at Bristol · reports
from the bottom of my heart I congra DETAILED.
tutar you, Sir (Sir Sam Hughes), who Pants. September 6th.
that the contents of the rag factory in
evor, delayed, as the mouth of the cove
helped to raise then, and you who will Amplification of
was accupied by two whales, who were which the recent outbreak of bubonic feeding, and who refused to move until
command them; and in the struggle which a Paris eum-
Great things would allow after the in front of you may the Lord of Hoxts muniqué saya:-North of the Somme, plague sccurred has been burned, and all the following day. On landing we found have greater days for the future of the war the few years succeeding would
with you, (Cheers) 1 thank you. Three chears for Mr. Lloyd George after a series of brilliant actions, the rats within it have been destroyed: No to our surprise a rough shanty, together Empire than even the great days of war, were given at the call of Sir Sim Hughes. French pushed on to the east of Le Forestinfected rats were found outsid
with not so much of the poetry and with a derelict boat and alongside a glamour of these days, not so much en- and reached the western border af
There have been no fresh cases of plague Near by was a rough inscription with the to action for the security of the Empire,
CONSCRIPTION OF RICHES. rough cross" evidally marking & grave.thusiasm, more prosaic themes. These great days of war had kept men's minds Anderle Wood. They carried by an
THE PREMIER'S REPLY TO sine August 10th, The patients are surprising notice, Go to Post Office for and the greater days to follow would
TRADE UNIONISTS, assault Hospital Farm, Rainette Wood recovering". None of the rage in which letters. Following a rough path. Isolidation of the Empire. The war had have to do with the development and con-
Mr. Asquith, in the course of a reply and part of the Marriere Woods and infected rats were found were imported.found no empty beer bottle sealed with enlisted all the best energies of the race,
to a deputation from the Trade Union occupied, north-east of "Elery, the extreThey came mostly from other towns, to:
Congress, said with referener to mity of a ridge, over which runs the whigh warnings have been sent.
what looked, like blood, and again a
and these energies must not relapse into seription of riches "one of the subjects torpor and neglect. They must be con- raised by the Deputation-that in the Boucha resnes-Cléry rand.
notice signed with an Euglish name tell-centrated on the work of the future in un balance sheet of the Budget of April. The French
ing the finder to go to the Post Office. In
the same spirit as that applied to the 4th the estimated defeit in the ratiosul likewise joined up their positions north
conduct of the war. a rift in a clist we found a sort of cave mobilization must be applied to the work, provision were to be made in the war, Organizatiot atid revenue was given as £1,323,00,000. If and south of the river, capturing
strewn, with old bottles and adds and and there must be ne waste on party con without, as the resolution suggested, add- Oniecourt.
cod gła excup. Near by was a piece of
ing to the National Debt, the whole of acot bearing the memes Annie Lare, portions of our scattered Empire would
It must be reagnized that the outlying that sum would have to be raised by bith flearn from a shipwrecked sailor develop pupulations larger than those t
taxation.
That would mean the imposition of who was on the yacht was the name of a the centre, and problems of Empire must
additional taxes substantially equal to vessel engaged in blockade running of be regarded with a large view.
three times the amount of all existing contraband. There is no doubt that the sincerity and determination those prab-axes, which was, in itself, a very formid remote island had ren ground for Mexican revolutionists. The step by step to be more united than ever
dumping leis could be solved. We had grown illustrations of the extent to which what able proposition: He gave the following Man was, of course. entirely off the in this time of war. Let the movement they called the conscription of riches benfeu track. There were so many turiles go on, until the seal could be put on a
had gone nu during the war. that we got tired feeding on them. It constitutional union. Under the stress
Income. was curious to see the creatures being of a great war we had been drawn to regarded by the birds as a kind of float-gether to understand each other as we ing island. and to see gulls preening never had before, and the time would be themselves on the turtles' backs,
SSIAN FROM
{THROUGH REGIER'S AGENCY.]
gives a thrilling account of the duel, At MORE RUSSIAN CAPTURES.
an altitude of 12,000 feet, the Zeppelin was frantically trying to shake off its "pursuers, emitting clouds of smoke, and
wildly firing machine gun
Lieut. Rob-
HEAVY TURKISH LOSSES.
Losbus. September 6th A Russian cummuniyur states: the
AMERICAN. REVENUE BILL. ADOPTED BY SENATE.
ASHINGTON, September 5th The Seat has adopted the Revens B'. MB provides for the raising of $90,000,000 annually by taxes on inheri- tangs and war munitions and by inecenses in the income-tàx.
It al authorises retaliatory, measures against countries dixriminating com
which America is not engaged. For mercially against America during a war
of Mail. Telegraph Cable and Wireless facilities to the citizen of such nations.
ison, who was flying at a terrife speed, direction of Halien we captured a fortinstance, the President may deny the use charged the raider. Then there was an fied position and took 4,500 prisoners, of valburst of fames, vividly colouring the whom 2,000 were Germans. clouds beneath, A second Zeppelin, seeing the fate of its capànies,, turned | heights on the Carpathians, repelling re- toil and fler
peated counter-attacks.
ZEPPELIN OUT OF ACTION.
AMSTERDAM, September 7th.. The Echo de Belge states that a Zep- which raided England landed at as badly damaged.
Airship was sent to Germany in
eral of the Brew were wounded.
traverss.
With
The Manať visited one small islaud (Cheers for organic indissoluble union,
BERLIN NEWSPAPER'S LOSS.
£
منان .
1,000
5.000
-can-
Income tax, Prent: Incone before the war.
tax.
£
113
90
292 12.458
139 1,502. 100,000
17,129 That was a very substantial progression compared with pre-war times. If a man with an income of £100,000 paid excess profits duty, his total contribution would be £01,000, or 12, 3d. in the £. Certainly no other country in the world had ex-
since the beginning of the war. He did to do classes to that which we had exacted not know whether the process had yet come to an end: Mr. McKenna was courage, man of great resource, and also, of great
We have captured a series of wooded He may also prevent the ships of such out. The Panama Canal was closed to holders of the Heutsche Tayaszeitung, the acted anything comparable from its well-
We are inflicting heavy losses, on the Turks in the region of· Ognot,
HALIL BEY GOES NO BERLIN.
LONDON, September 7th.
natione iron leaving American ports.
AMENDMENTS INDICATE
INTENTIONS.
in the Gulf of Panama where elephan- tiasis was rampant among the people. The currents in this region were very that had been drifting in circled for thir ditbeak, and there was une sailing ship Leep, months and had been unable to get
At a general meeting of the share all trafic when I was there, but the Ae- rican Government very kiudly allowed the business year with a loss of 37,000 report showed that the newspaper finished the and, as the vessel of a scientific ex-marks. The Tugenzeitung is the chief pedition, to go though.
Some fifty miles from Jamaica we
organ of the Agrarians and of the sub- WASHINGTON, September 7th,
marine extremists. saw what appeared to be at first a barn-tinction of being the only newspaper to I enjoyed the dis- Mr. Lansing, Secretary of State, hasing ship and afterwards looked like show a large profit during
the first ve indicated in
rinuke from a gavel action.
"I say without any hesitation," Afr. We found mouths of the way. The returns for the Asquith added, that I do not believo amendments
that the
it t to be a submarin volcano blowing off first year of the war also showed a hand that this burden of increased taxation, Revenue Bill will not be made effective The ses flow had been broken and we say some surplus, but the last few months heavy as it has ven, has really acted as unless the diplomatic efforts to remove showed no land. Under the circum popularity.
reas breaking in places where the chart showed an immerise decrease in the a clog on the industry of the country. It ous profits, but resulted in the worst loyalty by every person subjected to it," stances no investigation was possible. doctrines, and not only swallowed previordinary cheerfulness, resignation,
Count
Reventlews has been borne with the most extra- at the entrance to the channel.
deficit during the newspaper's existence. (Hear, hear.)
A Constantinople telegram states that Halil Bey, the Turkish Foreign Ministhe Allied restrictions upon American The only heavy weather experienced was ter, has gone to Berlin.
trade failed.
of