Page
THE WAR.
GERMAN
KAISER
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.
ATTACKS WEST.
IN
THE
AND BRITAIN.
SOME DISCLOSURES.
AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.
MILITARY SITUATION REVIEWED.
Franco-Belgian Bront
LATEST CABLES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACKS GALLANT CANADIANS,
Russian bront.
SITUATION IN RUSSIA, DEALING WITH A GREAT SPYING ORGANISATION,
TUESDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 1917.
REMARKABLE" DISCLOSURES. THE KAISER AND ENGLAND.
LONDON, August eth.'
GERMANY AND THE WAR ANNIVERSARY.
PEACE TALK
COPENHAGEN, August oth......
building to celebrate the sitting of August Thon was a reception in the Reichstag
4th, 1914.
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS.
PETROGRAD, August 5th. General Gourko was arrested in Petrograd on a political charge after search of his rooms,
Workmen's Delegates has resolved that The Executive of the Soldiers' ́and,
The Daily Telegraph publishes from PETROGRAD, August 5th..
tho Philadelphia Ledger, the memoirs of The Public Prosecutor has issued à Ar. Gerard, the American ex-Ambassador statement as to why the authorities are to Berlin, containing the reproduction of prosecuting M. Lenin and his many neconsplices for high treason and organisto President Wilson on August-foth, course of a specca, declared that upon Revolution and all democracy. It no-
an amazing letter written by the Kaiser:
The President of the Reichstag, in the
a manifesto be worded painting on that ing the rebellion. It is established this 14, in response to the latter's offer of their enemies would fall the responsibility pens to M. Tchernoff, who has resigned a continuance of the way will wreck the they were intriguing with Russia's mediation The statements in the letter,if they decline to accept our proffered his post of Minister of Agriculture. enemies with a view to disorganising the which are denied on the highest British hand of penev, Iussian army, for which they have been authority, include one to the effect that distributing bribes supplied by enemy King George.
Following charges, that he contributed. The Chancellor said they all knew what to, a assured
Russian journal in Switzerland; countries. The accused are also charged Prausta, during a visit to London, the posterity against the recurrent misfor-M. Khostoff, has been arrested and
Henry of
wanted. They would guarantee financed by Germany, the ex-Minister, with organising the Petrograd rebellion England would remain neutral if war of July 18th. Investigations disclosed broke out involving Germany, France, the existence of a vast German spying Austria and Russia. organisation, which WAS throughout Bussia. The conclusion is irresistible that M. Lenin was a German agent.
working
was
tune of such a war.
CANADA AND THE WAR. WIN THE WAR" GOVERNMENT,
charged with appropriating one and a quarter million roubles with the object of preparing for the 1917 elections to the Duma.
The first detachment of one hundred TORONTO, August 5th.-and-fifty-women sailors is being formed with a women's demonstration supportius THE NEXT STAGE OF WAR
The win the war" Convention closed to Petrograd,
SITUATION REVIEWED.
LATEST CABLES.
The Kaiser also insinuates that the British proposed the Austrian capture {THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
af Belgrade, and maintains that all was SOME RUSSIAN SUCCESSES.
going well in the direction of a settle GOOD WORK BY SCOUTS. STATEMENT BY M. KERENSKY,
ment when he was surprised to hear of LONDON, August 5th.
PETROGRAD, August 5th.
the mobilisation of the Russian Army. Reater's correspondent sy hendquarters, A wireless Russian official message a statement explaining that his resigna him that his offers to spare France, if and resources. The Win the War" The Premier, M. Kerensky, has issued The Kaiser admits that the King told partisan Clovernment conscription of men the policy adopted, namely, national nou- writing on Sunday, says: The weather says:--Our sconts in the region of the tion was
improving. There has been much Kóvel-Samy railway grossed the Stockhod establishing a compromise between the were based on a misunderstanding, while Convention demanded un
due to the inpossibility of Britain would guarantee her neutrality, candidates of each constituency at
LONDON, August 4th. Lighting and intense artillery activity neck-doep, and attacked the Austrian political Parties. He re-accepts office in Sir Edward Grey never took the offer saldiers pay and also three months far-newspapers, which review the military, the The opening of the fourth year of war throughout the night and morning. The advanced-post, bayoneting some
increase in is the universal theme of articles in the enemy somuter-attacked with great weight taking prisoner the remainder.
and view of the fact that defeat without with serious consideration. On the con- lough for the men of the first division. naval and financial situation in most in the neighbourhood of Hollebeke at barrage drove back an
Our and disinte ation within was threaten; trary, he declared that England had to Subsequently, a delegation visited Sir optimistic vein and point out that Ger- dawn Heavy fighting is reported, but direction of Kovel
attack in the ing the country, He appeals for the defend Belgium the position is obscure.
We have enptured renunciation of Party quarrels and Kaiser, had to he violated by Germany flict proceeded it became more and more direction of ponce are equivalent to a "which," says the R. L. Borden who said that as the con-many's latest pronouncements in the Doljok Wood, castward of Czernovitz, dwells on the stern necessity of carrying for strategic grounds, news having been clear that the full strength of the Com-confession that her strength is waning, with 520 prisoners.
on the war, sustaining the Army's fight received that France was preparing to ing forces, and re-establishing economic enter Belgium, the King of the Belgians balance, if victory was to be assured: - He strength.
must be thrown into the as that of the Allien is growing,
ampliatie expression "will be given at a the feelings of his subjecte, to
The King's message to the Allies voices which
Success ..1
The Canadians, farther south, ad vanced their posts in the direction of Cite-du-Moulin, with great one o'clock in the morning, whereby our "line was advanced to a depth of 900 yards towards Lens, on a front of 1,009 yards. Eneny aineks against the new front all taited. Apparently there were appalling Gerinan, casualties.
We know that even the heavy and Mustained German bombardiments are inlicting a degree of loss on their own infantry, since they repeatedly shoot short.
The enemy occupied the villages of Molodia and Kotubbanski, southwest ward of Boinn. The enemy, after battle westward of the. Sereth, captured
Neifradovz
We retired eastward under pressure in the direction of Kimpolung. The enemy. occupied Vam
Our scouts successfully raided in the region of Kotomikhali, bayoneting wares.
of the enemy.
GERMAN MESSAGE.
Losos, August 5th. A wireless German officin! message
monwealth
sability of reorganising the Government under the guarantee of his country's the War" Government would he formed, He emphasises the indispen- having refused my petition for a passage hoped in the near future that a Win in accordance with the Government freedom," Mr. Gerard lays stress on irrespective of Party, and including # principles already declared.
the glaring discrepancy between the Em-special representation of
great meeting at Queen's Hall to-day, peror's and Dr. Bethmann-Hollweg's agricultural labour interests, in which War Aims Committee has expounded great when the campaign which the National statements.
he was fully supported by his colleagues,
EARLIER CABLES.
MORE SUPPORT FOR M. KERENSKY.
PETROGRAD, August 5th. The Provisional Committee of the Duma endorsed the all night conference's decision of the indispensability of M. Kerensky's Premiership.
A joint meeting of the executive of the Soldiers and Peasants' delegates.
Proofs are available that the namber of guns captured represents the minimum of what the enemy really lost.
Officer prisoners admit that the 1918 says:-There have been violent artillery approved of the decision by 147 votes to
class of regulars have been embodied and many of the 1919 chuss are in the feld, which indientes that the limit in -power is being rapidly renched, VIOLENT ARTILLERY DUEL
PARIS, Angust 5th.
ducts near Brody and Zimuez. We are advancing in the wooded region south- ward of the Dniester, in the direction of Chotin. We pressed back the Russians, after battle, from Radiutz, and crossed the Bistrita between Lunga and Brosteni.
A communiqué says: The intermittent | Naval Activities. artillery duel has been somewhat violent towards Laroyere farm, in the Craonne sector, and in Champagne.
LATEST CABLES:
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:] ENEMY ATTACKS ON BRITISH
ATROCIOUSGERMAN OUTRAGE LONDON, August 5th.
END OF THE * BELGIAN PRINCE." Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re-
LONDON, August ath. parts:-After heavily shelling our The Admiralty confirms that a German positions southward and northward of submarine torpedoed the Belgian Pence the Ypres-Comines canal, the enemy on July 31st. The crew abandoned the attacked astride the canal and agentship in two boats, which the Germans arily gained a foot-hold, ut Hollebeke smashed with axes and then deprived the Our counter-attack immediately drove him out and we took prisoner several of
crew of life-belts, leaving them on the the enemy. Elsewhere the army's attacks submarine's deck and taking the Cap- failed. Our fire repulsed raiders wouth tain below. The submarine was
theu ward of Queant.
submerged without warning,. The
GERMAN CLAIMS.
46.
The Maximalists protested.
PEACE TALK.
PETROGRO), August oth.
The letter was handed to Mr. Gerard when he interviewed the Kaiser at his castle in Berlin. despondently, about the war.
The Kaiser talked "I tried to cheer him up, saying the Germanis would soon enter Paris." He answered:
situation. They are an obstinate nation. -** The English have changed the whole
They keep up the war; it cannot end
FIGHTING IN ROUMANIA, RUSSO-ROUMANIANS REPULSE
the
AUSTRIAN MINISTER. TO
SWEDEN
RUSSIA
FIDENCE.
will be inaugurated. Lord Crewe will preside and Mr. Lloyd Georgo and Baron Sonninn will speak. The audienc will include the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal Bourne, twenty members of the ZURICH, August 4th.
Government, a hundred Members of Par- Count Tarnowski, formerly Austriniament and Metropolitaa and Provincial Ambassador at Washington, has been ap- Mayors, pointed Minister to Stockhojm,
SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S CON- DEVELOPMENTS IN
LONDON, August 5th. THE MAN OF THE HOUR,
According to Renter's correspondent at Amiens, Field-Marshn) Sir Douglas M. Rosanoff, a delegate at the negotia At a meeting of the Soldiers' Delegates,
ATTACKS:
Lostos, August 5th. Baig hus iested an Army, Order to-day, Following M. Kerensky's resignation in which he says:--We enter the fourth tions as regards the International Socialist
JABKY, August 5th.. the Government summoned a meeting of year of the war with firm.confidence Conference, reported that the date of fighting in the Patna and Casin valleys, the Dums, the Soldiers and Workmen's have already done. This recollection of Recent rommulignés contine to report, vepresentatives of all parties, members of based on what we and our gallant Allies the conference had been fixed for Sup-where, the Russo-Romanians repulsed all Delegates, and the Pessants" Delegates, the past, three years can have no doubt tember 9th. The conditions therefor attacks launched with the object of which, after an alknight sitting, agreed in our minds that the British armies in ‹ were favourable, and all agreed that it regaining positions. would hasten peace. The situation of the devastating new treas, which they were Central Powers was somewhat precations, forced to alaudon. They pillaged, every: owing to the breakdown of German thing in the neighbourhood of Sofie, and policy in Poland, where a revolt may carried off the inhabitants to work momentarily be expected. The German Hungary. majority and the minority of Socialists adopted the Russian programme. majority of Britishers refused to parti
The
cipate, whereas the French wanted the conference postponed.
M. Rosanoff concluded by saying that 43 men standing on the deck were all the success of the eqnference depended on drowned, except, three, who secretly retained their lifebelts and were picked the attitude of their British and French up after being in the water eleven hours. The three survivors have made affidavits Juvincourt,in support of the details of this
LONDON, August 5th... A German official wireless message May! :-Our "shock" troops penetrated French *positions taking 100 prisoners.
EARLIER CABLES.
atrocious outrage. It is cold-blooded murder, cqualling, if not transcending, GERMAN ARTILLERY MORE committed against humanity.
the worst of the crimes our enemies have
ACTIVE.
comrades,
M. KERENSKY.
the
PETROGRAD, August will M. Kerensky bas re-accepted Premiership.
NEW CABINET TO BE FORMED. PETEOGRAD, August 6th. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a
The Ministers have placed their resigna communiqué, states:--The caciny's artil lery is active in the neighbourhood of
tions in the hands of M. Kerensky in "Hellebeke and the Ypres Comines Canal. mined off Texel, is being towed to Niet- new Cabinet,
order to facilitate the formation of a The French further progressed north-wedien,
LONDON, August 8th.
EARLIER CABLES. DUTCH LINER MINED
LONDON, August 4th. The Dutch liner Yordam, which was
west of Bixschoole. We repused a raid General. south of Arieux en Gohelle. We auccoss-
fully raided east of Vermelles. A Ger- man attack on a Portuguese pont was driven off with loss.
HEAVY ENEMY ATTACK REPULSED.
PARIS, August 5th.
A communiqué says:- South of Juvin
court, the enemy delivered a serious attack at midnight. After lively Egbe ing, the assailants were driven out from portion of the trench where they had gained a footing. The line has been re- established in its entirety. There is
violent artillery duel in the region of Northomme
and Courieres Food.
LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTERʼ8 AGENOX ] AMERICA AGAINST, SOCIALIST
to govern the country, the enemy are that M. Kerensky was the only man able France and the workers of the Empire,
PEACE BY THE SWORD, A STRIKING SPEECH.
of
upon whom they depended, havo, the HISTORIC CONFERENCE.
power and the will to complete the task - PETROGRAD, August 5th,
they have undertaken, and that they will M. Nekrisoff, the Vice-Premier,
continue until their labours are croword presided at the historie conference with a certain and definite victory. which ended at six o'clock in the morn- GEN. SIE V ROBERTSON'S VIEW ing.
ONDON, August 5th. M. Tereschenko, in summing up the
General Sir William Robertson, inter LONDON, Angust 6th. Mr. Holman, Premier of New South French all agreement guaranteed the safety Zork Times, said:--No soldier man debate, said anxiety of all parties to viewed by a representative the New Wales, speaking at Sheffield; said that as of the country. The silting was suspend answer the question how the war is going. one who all his life had been a pacifist,ed to enable the parties to settle their It is a struggle of nations in which the he had been compelled to adopt the view differences, and subsequently it waz psychology of the peopley is involved and that pence in Europe, and the safety of announced that the five chief parties were the armies in the field are only a part. Democracy could only be secured by the prepared to entrust M. Kerensky with of this tremendous conflict, Behind them avhitrament of the sword. This war was the reconstitution of the Government, on is the nerve of each separate nation. a war of pacifists against militarism; it condition, firstly, on behalf of the The will of nationg can be broken by VAS es war of the pence-loving peoples of Socialists, that the Government adhere to hopelessness and despair. If the Army the world against war-loving peoples. He its declaration of July 21st, and, second does not track, the nations behind it wanted the war carried to its finally, on behalf of the Cadets; that the may. When you consider the numbers. eracy could devote its energies to the policy and not be subject to influence or fairly conclude that if the Allied na victorious conclusion in order that Demo. Government enjoy entire freedom in its and resources on each side, you may activities of peace. If we accepted the pressure from political parties. All are steadfast, if the civilian heart as pace for which the so-called Pacifists parties agreed that M. Kerensky was the sound, submission must come sooner or clamoured we should have to devote all only man able to assure the government later from the Central Powers. M. Kerensky is busy conferring with our energies to further preparation, for of the country. M. Nekrasoft announced material odds are on our side at last, hut politicians.
that the terms of the compromise would quality and character are going to win
Kerensky- be immediately communicated to M. this war. The Germans affect to despise the intervention of America, but only because the Higher Command is anxious that the will of their people shall not break when a nation of a hundred mil lions, inventive, resourceful and im- mensely courageous, with the fire of moral idealism in ite blood, joins the democratic Powers which are hammering autocratic militarism and are absolutely determined to go on hammering it until the world is really safe. For democracy should hasten the end. If I may send the end is certain, and America's entry
page to America would mere say; Gentlemen of the United Brate
war
The Petrograd garrison remained per fectly quiet during the political ferment,
teaching of Bismark was right; that she Germany would tell her people that the A Military Commission which was had chhed the world without punishment. sent to Kronstadt to investigate the Instead of having conscription as a tem circumstances preceding the Petrograd perry measure we should have it as a NEW YORK, August 6th. Mr. Gompers President of the Amerising, was obliged to return to Petro- permanent institution. can Federation of Labour has issued a
grad owing to the hostile reception.
social and industrial reforme would be delayed a hundred years, and the rattle
CONFERENCE
SERVICE
M. KERENSKY TO REMAIN. After consultation with the Socialist Ministers, M., Kerensky has decided to Educational, remain in office. The Cabinet majority
is expected to be Radical-Socialist GENERAL KORNILOFF'S APPOINT ∙MENT.
of the German sword would be heard at
statement opposing any International CANADA AND COMPULSORY socialist's conference at present, as the workers of America, Britain and France are doing their utmost to aid the war against autocracy, while the German workers are helping the Kaiser... There- fore, an International Conferenc, would ing of the Compulsory Military Service the shipments of foodstuffs to neutrals
be positively injurious
OTTAWA, August 5th.
The Senate has passed the second read-
Bill by 54 votes to 25.
slightest opposition to German policy. FOOD FOR NEUTRALS
WASHINGTON, August Gh An agreement is imminent regarding
guaranteeing to re-export to Germany.
LONDON, August 5th.
* General Korovoff has accepted the Chief Command on condition that nobody will interfere with him, and that the ratures recently adopted at the Front e applied to the depots at
The