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THE WAR.
The following Cables were received en "Saturday night and issued in our Early morning Extra yesterday.
Franco-djelgian Front."
(THROUGH REJTEK'S. AGENCY.];
BRITISH FRONT.
LONDON, November 3rd,
Italian Front
General,
LATEST CABLES:
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOX:]
ITALIAN FRONT,
BIGGEST BATTLE IN HISTORY IMPENDING.
(THROUGH BRUTEK'S AGENCY:)
REVIEW OF THE NAVAL SITUATION.
LONDON, November 2nd. The following is the continuation of the speech delivered by Sir Erie Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty, which ap-
Lokdon, November Ride Beuter's Agency authoritatively learns that the Italian situation, while excreared in our issue of Saturday :-
THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE Field Marshal Sir Donglas Haig re-ingly grave, is by no means desperate,
BALTIC. ports-Hostile artillery were more activi in the neighbourhood of the Ypres-Staden railway.
Dar artillery activity on the battle-front
has continued.
A pilat flew through clonds at a boight of only 200 feet and dropped two hotvy bombs on the Gontrose aerodrome on Thursday
A drizzle and heus anti-aircraft fire provented abservation of the results being
taken.
AERIAL WARFARE.
Loshoy, November 2nd. Field Marshal Sir Doughts Haig re Ports: Taking antage of the change uf weather on Wednesday, the enemy and our acroplanes were in the air all! day The visibility was not very good, Hundering artillery work. Many, photo- graples were taken ang wuch bombing was done by our Janelines,"
The Italians, who were outnumbered and outgunned, had to fall back on a live at the Tagliamento, and the possibility of baving to fall back further should be faced with calniness and confidence. Un the contrary, it is evident that the Italians are playing for time. The best brains of the Allies are now focussed upon the Italian front.
1917.
RUSSIA WAR-WEARY"
STARTLING ADMISSION' BY
M. KERENSKY.
NEW YORK, November 2nd. A message from Petrograd states that M. Kerensky has told a representative of the Associated Press that Russin is worn out, and that it is her right now to ask the other Allies to shoulder the burden of the war.
UNITED STATES DEPLORES INTERPRETATIONS,
FAITH IN RUSSIA.
That the United States hind faith in Russia has just received a fresh expres sion in the authorisation of a further lot of 31,000,000 dollars for immediate nae..
MAXIMALIST DEMONSTRATIONS.
FEARED.
crashed into an Albatross Scout, and also. drove down pumerous enetay muchines uncontrolled on July 3rd, attacked
troops on the road frem a of 200 feet; August 19th, attacked two enemy nerodromes, firing 150 rounds at the hangar from a height of 400 feet; September 20th, did excellent work in detecting and scattering troops massing for counter attacks, flying very low
BULGARIAN
GOVERNMENT'S NARROW MAJORITY,
AMERICA WILL STAKE ALL.
LONDON, November 2nd. The Freedom of the City of Edinburgh lus, seen conferred Dr. Page, tho American Ambassador.
America would stake it to the end-to The distinguished diplomnt said thus
the lost man and to the last dollar. They were faced with the fact, and they might as well recognise it, that upon the English-speaking people depended here- after the safety of the world.
WASHINGTON, November 2nd."
AMSTERDAM, November 2nd. Mr. Lansing has authorised the state The Bulgarian Government had a ment that neither on the basis of the narrow majority in the Sobranje, receiv Government's official advices or Ming only 11 votes against 110 for the Kerensky's cabled statement could it be Opposition, which was not satisfied with The Germans then scized the islands of said that Russis was about to quit the the statement of the Premier on the food Oesel, Dago and Moon. It should be re-war, and that the Government deplore question.
any interpretations to that effect. membered in connection with these opera-
UNITED STATES' TANGIBLE tions that the southern side of the Gulf of Rige and Courland was in German occupation all the time. The conditions nt the entrance to the Baltic Sea were It is possible that here one of the big-somewhat similar to those of the Gulf of gest battles in history may be fought Riga, but the islands commanding the the Allies now having an opportunity of entrance to the Baltic belonged to a neu- dealing the Central Powers a crushing aral Power, Denmark. It would be mad- blow in the open, the first condition of
ness for the British Fleet to pass into the which being that the Italian Army Baltic with the certainty that the Ger- thains intact.
Han, would occupy and fortify these At present the Italian Armies are unstarts in their rear. The Gorman objec. broken and undaacter.
tive was clearly, arst, to command the Gulf of Riga in order to gain facilities for an attack on Reval and an advance towards Petrograd; and, also, to be in position to command the entrance the Gulf of Finland. Our tosin objective in the Baltic would be the destruction of the German Fleet participating in these operacions; but, if we did pass into the thers in our arrival? It must be remem bered that the operation of pussing thrungh would occupy a considerable time, as there were most extensive mine fields to be cleared, and that the leading vessels of a Fleet, debouching from the great bell, which was only possible by
usage in necessarily deep formation on a very narrow front, would find the whole German Fhe deployed and concentrating Seg on them. No responsible naval officer
ITALIANS REPULSE ENEMY PATROLS:
LONDON, November 2u.. An Italian official message states Aeroplanes cofuperated successfully in There is reciprocal artillery firing on the the infantry's raid to the north-east of Tagliamento, Lous yesterday at noon, firing several thousand machine gun conds and bomb-patrol, which advanced to the river lauk, Baltic, should we find the German Fleet
ing drugs and communication trenches,
Five uns of bombs were dropped on Rou- lers, enusing fires and explosions, and on
Di
IMPROVING THE BRITISH
POSITION.
Machinegun fre repulsed tuney
GERMAN CLADUS,
LONDON, November 2nd,
f. the enemy.
THE RETREAT GE THE THIRD AMMY
Pernooia: November 2nd. A recrudescence of armed Haximalist demonstration is feared on November th with the object of seizing suprein power Indications exist that the movement s only supported by extremists and that th Government will succeed in coping with the threatened ontbreak.
ALLIED REPRESENTATIVES
OVATED.
THE FLOODS IN DURBAN.
Deunas. November 2ud. The Uingeni› Biver has considerably, subsided,
stat revealing countless Indian houses ruined. The police ar still covering bedies.
A resumption of partial railway sur- vice has been attempted, Considviable
Natal
ge is reported from other parts of
Communications are interrupicil. Bridges have been swept away and large quandties of stock have been drowned.
In the Preliminary Parliament, en sa delate on foreign policy, M. Miluikeft criticised the circumstances whereby M. Skobeleff's instructions as regards perre proposals at the Paris Conference world id be antagonistic to Russia's official foreign pulley. Therefore, it was not surprising AUSTRALIA AND THE WAR. that the Allies did not understand why
The THE QUESTION OF CONSUMPTION. M. Skobeleft should meet them. spirit of the instructions was anti- Russian.
MERROURNE, November 2nd. There are now sixty thousand Common- wealth War Pensioners drawing a total
At the conclusión · of the speech the whole of the Left parties stood up and Fires in the diplomatic gallery,
supported such an enterprise. He also gave an ovation' to the Allied 'représenta. | of £2,140,000 annually, and in
THE NAVY'S DUAL ROLE.
year.
AFFAIRS IN ITALY.
WAVE OF PATRIOTISM,
many billets, A further twosud-a-half A German Wireless oficial message mis, you dropped at night on Bero-states: Our attacks on the eastern bank dromes in the neighborhood of Content of the Tagliamento compelled the lufian an arrive at Gastrode and the rail: brigade, still holding out to retinue sur
statius Rulers, Tourout and der. The left tk of the river, frem Courtrai. Two trains were attacked from the Falls in the true ritus frite a low bright: one was derailed and the other completely destroyed. The meaty alvern it is more active and more aggres
emphasised the length of the line of com save, attacking our artillery with bombing machines. Sesen wees brought down and
municating to be maintained with the
STATE TEA MONOPOLY. aine of outs are missing.
Two of our
Loss, November zud.
Fleet when in the Baltic, and also that,
M. Bernatsky, Minister of Finance bas group of six machines were each succese.
The fuely Heilsonsspendent at ng very apply ship mier Tas, within fat in a caid on Germany to-day on the Italinu: Headquarters states that the thing miles of Kist, only a small popoly of tea, which is expected to grate prepared a bill establishing a munition work at Kaiser Shutern. The retreat of the Third Army was a gran- portion would get through, inless strongveld a revenue of 400,000,000 roubles a cloudy weather impeded the acenrate diose sight and was marked by lines of forces were detached to protect them. dropping of bomis. One group encount-fire and smoke. The Italian guns, being Our Fleet, if it entered the Baltic, would efed defending scouts and brought down withdrawn were unable to reply to the soon wither to impotence, with its vital
All of ours returned.
furious enemy cannonade. bin, the intaneamunications cul Rissin could not try repeatedly charged, saving the gums, supply it with furi, ammunition.or stores, The infantry drove back the enemy five times into Vallong. Artillerymentare also
Paurs. November 2nd. Figd. Marshal Sir Douglas Halg redoing splendidly, dragging heavy guns
Sir Eric Geddes dealt with the com- The newspapers describe the wave of Ports: We improved our position to the with repes up the mountain side across plaint at the Admiralty had been con-patriotism that is sweeping over Italy. south and west of Pusselendrele and to the Isuza. the southeast of Poelcapelle, taking
The German Erst break-through was the tenting itself with concentration on a de.issensions have disappeared as if by "prisoners,"
onteoine of devilish ingenuity,
frusive role instead of adopting buldmagin, offensive measures; and pointed cut that The Journal states that the Germans terrible drumfire, gas and tear shells at it was always dificult to count on an have already lost the battle politically, Pezzo and Sac Gabriele gave the impresnilling chemy to came out into the while militarily they have only won the sion of a universal bombardment, a cer
open and fight against a stronger naval first stage. tain sector was left unbombarded.
Power. The role of the British Navy close mist prevented the Italians from through which the German Aray Corps noticing the gap in the ring of free-day was both offensive and defensive. passed, cutting off the defenders of the adjoining position. The Germans, after two hours, suspended fire and then renewed it at daybreak, and Two hours later masses of infantry poured through the mist, They were desperately oppos GERMANS EMBLOVING CIVILIANS, especially at Globok Ridge and St. Lucia. The latter is at the entrance of a pass leading to Italy, and it changed hande no less than eight times. RIVER TAGLIAMENTO MAY PROVE
The Lingsinshire and Lancashire que cessfully aided to the east of Vermelles and to the east of Shrewsbury Forest.
There is great activity among hostile artillery to the cast of Yures, BELGIAN ARTILLERY STRUGGLE A Belginn communiqué says:--There is a most violent artillery struggle, especial ly before Dixmude."
We made several direet kits on enemy
batteries and works.
NEAR THE FRONT,
E is stated from Belgian official sources that the Germans are most active behind the front in Belgium and have brought
great number of new "pill-boxes made of thick cast-iron, each capable of holding four incu. The number of civi- liaus who are compelled to work near the 'front is stendily increasing.
FRENCH FRONT.
GERMANS FORCED TO ABANDON CHEMIN-DES-DAMES.
PARIS, November 3rd. & communiqué states:-The results of our victory at Malmaison have not been slow in glowing,
BARRIER.
While
London, November zid.
A
The latest haul of prisonery taken by the Germans in Italy apparently belongs to the Third Army from the Carso, whose rearguard is believed to have been cut off by a surprisingly rapid march by the Germans from the north, thus faclating masses of troops. ·
The encay does not claim to have cross ed the Tagliamento.
Experta are of opinion that the river flooded, causing disastrous congestion to men and material at the crossing pinces. This is the crucial question, and it is still not clear whether General Cadorna has safely withdrawn the main body of his armies behind the river barrier.
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errase in losses due to submarinis is We defend trade routes, and the de- brought about partly by offensive mea- sures against. the submarines, which are sikding increasing results, and largely rain apou the light-forces of the Navy, y defensive measures, causing a great
giving at present, considerable success. In September, ninety per cent. of the total number of vessels sailing in all the Atlantic trade routes were con- voyed, and since the convoy system hud on started the total loss was firo per thousand.
-AMERICAN NAVY'S ASSISTANCE.
Sir Evic Geddes acknowledged the American Navy's valuable assistance, which was gradually extending. While the German Fleet was sheltering behind powerful land defences, the British Fleet kept the sea, not relying on any shore defences, but solely on its own strength, During a recent month, the Flect steamed a million ship miles in
Home waters...
SOCIALISTS: STIRRING APPEAL
MILAN, November 2nd. The Socialist Municipal Council has issued a stirring appeal to the population to be calm and to show the enemy that
unite and discourage the people. he is mistaken in his calculation to dia-
VENIZELOS ARRIVES IN ITALY.
Rous, November 2uc.
M. Venizelos has arrived, ITALIAN HURDERER ARRESTED
The alleged murderer of Signor Ballori, a prominent Freemason, who was shot yesterday at the Masonic Headquarters, has been arrested,
HEROES OF SEA AND AIR. REMARKABLE STORIES OF
BRAVERY
Committees are being hundreds of centres, to organise ·public meetings in favour of Conseription.
Me: Cunk stated that the Floral Couns with the gravest attentioni. cil was watching the military situation
RECORD QUEENSLAND SUGAR- CROP,
BRISBANE, November 2nd..
This season the sugar crop is probably a record. It is expected that there will be a surplus of 1900.000 tons.
THE
:
CHANCELLORSHIP OF
GERMANY.
NOMINEE CONFERS WITHI KAISER.
AMSTERDAM," "November 2nd, Count Hertling had an audience with the Kaiser yesterday afternoon, when, it is believed in Berlin, his appointment ar Imperial Chancellor was finally decided
upon.
COUNT HERTLING ACCEPTS
MAJORITY'S DEMANDS,
The Vorische Zeitung says that Counk. Hertling has accepted the demands of the Reichstag majority to carry out the Prus sian Electoral Reform and abolish or mitigate the Political Censorship, and to conduct the foreign policy on the basis of the reply to the Pope's Note.
APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED...
LONDON, November. 2nd. Berlin now officially confirms the re- signation of Dr. Michaelis, and the appointment of Count Hertling as Chan- cellor.
IMPORTANT. RESIGNATIONS.
It is reported that Horr ffelfferich, Vice-Chancellor, and Herr Waldow, Food: Dictator, have resigned.
VON CAPELLE REMAINS. Admiral voo Capelle remains in office
BYE-ELECTION.
LONDON, November 3rd. In the bye-election at North Salford, Mr. Ben Tillete (Independent) was clooted by 2,822 votes to 1,546 polled by Sir Charles Mallet (Coalition).
LONDON, November 2nd. The Gazelle announces the award of the Victoria Cross to the late Skipper T. Crisp of the Naval Reserve, of the smack Nelson, and the Distinguished Referring to naval activities farther Conduct Medal to his son. The snack was afield, Sir Eric Geddes mentioned that trawling on an August afternoon when hiring a recent month blockading squad-it sighted a German submarine which Threatened on his right, pressed by our
rons had performed in the North immediately began shelling tho emack, the infantry, and crushed by our artillery,
Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean the almost latter returning the fire. The submarine's which have unceasingly bombarded his or
incredible feat of intercepting and fourth shot struck the smack below the examining every single merchantmen waterline and the seventh san marred ganisations south of Ailette from our new THE BALANCE OF POWER. tanding with neutral countries.
wounded the skipper, whose son positions, the enemy has been compelled
the tiller. The fiting ately took charge to abandon Chemin-des-Dames, to which The Times military correspondent ad- THE STRENGTH OF THE NAVY. continued, but meanwhile the wader was he has been clinging for the past six mits that losses such as those claimed by months. On a front of twenty kilometres, the Germans will entirely change the The displacement tonnage of the Navy pouring into the smack, which was sink- The gunlayer wont to assist the from Froidmont Farm to a point east of balance of power on the Italian front. in 1911 was 2,400,000 tons, but today it
skipper, who said. It's all right, boy: Craonne, our troops, descending the He says that measures have been taken was 71 per cent, greater. At the outdo your best, and also told his son to northern slopes of Chemin des Dames, which should almost iramediately a breaks of the war there were eighteen send of a message elson being attacked
LONDON, November 3rd. Skipper killed. Send
Major-General Balmond hay been occupied the German positions to a depth quaint the War Cabinet with the exact vessels employed in mine-sweeping and by submarine. exceeding one kilometre
at certain situation of General Cadorna armies, Buxiliary patrols, bus to-day the number assistance at once. As there were only appointed a member of the Army Council.
the and places.
The personnel of the Fleet five rounds of ammunition left and upon this, evidence grave decisions was 3,300.
SPAIN'S POLITICS. The villages of Contecon, Cerny-en. must be taken without delay, for it will before the war was 146,000, but today it smack was fast sinking, the skipper, lying Laouais, Ailles and Chevreux are in our involve reinforcements equalling those was 390,000. That included the Naval Air on the deck, ordered the crew to abandon
captured.RAN
Service, which had increased from 700 to the ship and throw the books overboard,
MADRID, November 2nd. Asked whether 41,000,
should lift him into The announcement that Señor Maura the boat, he
done, throw is forming a Cabinet aroused a storm among Republicans and Radicals, whose moved, and they left him newspapers had declared that the coun
bonds.
Patros, keeping contact with the enemy, reached Ailetta, between Braye en-Lonnols and Cerny,
GERMANS ANNOUNCE
WITHDRAWAL.
The Morning Post's expert says that the country behind the Tagliamento has dis- advantages na ́a site for a decisive battle;! being intersected with parallel streams which impede the supply and retreat, and is exposed to turning movements based on the Pontebba and Plecken Passen.
LONDON, November 2ad. A German wireless official message Egypt states-noticed and undisturbed. we withdrew, last night our lines from the hilly front of Chemin-des-Dames
VIOLENT ARTILLERY DUEL
A communiqué says:-There is a some- what violent artillery duel north of the Aisne, in the region of Maisons de Cham pagne, and on the right of the Meuse to the north of Bezosvaux.
FRENCH AIR REPRISAL.
A communiqué says: Three enemy aeroplanes were brought down and seven forced down damaged.
ÍTANOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}•
CAMPAIGN IN PALESTINE
A SEVERE LOSS TO THE TURKS
THE TERROR OF ENEMY SUBMARINES.
He paid a tribute to the Air Services; which were the terror of the enemy sub marines and stated that during one
British coast along exceeded a diatas, the
am
me overb was in too bad
APPOINTMENT TO ARMY
COUNCIL.
condition to be on the dock and took to the small boat. A try was confronted with a Germano- quarter of an hour afterwards, the Nelson Maurist plot and had forecasted went down, bow first carrying the heroie general strike, as a protest. skipper with her. The crew rowed for two sights and a day before being
of rescued.
Honours are
Among
SENOX MAURA ABANDONS TASK.
Señor Maura yesterday afternoon aban- doned the task, Isiling to secure the
five times round the earth. The Air Ber
ase given for services in vice men had dropped 85 tons of explo action with enemy submarinos. Bives in the course of sixty-four raids the recipients of the Victoria Cross are support of any party...
Lieut. Charles, George Bouner and Petty during September behind the enemy lines Officer Ernest Pitcher. The latter was in France. He emphasised the bravery selected by the gun crew of a warship to of the mine-aweepers, who were not only
enemy minefields to enable the submarines to pass through. He strongly deprecated the unfair criticism of distinguished Daval officers.
deed of valour for
THE SILVER MARKET.
POSITION EASIER.
laying mines by night, but sweeping the receive the honour, row of War
scoond barto
the Distinguished Ser
LONDON, November 1st. Captain Gordon vice Order
Order is given to
Messrs. Samuel, Montagu & Co., in Campbell, who is already been awarded the Victoria Crich Captain Camp of threepence on October 30th was a ro No details of the their silver report, state that the rise cord movement for one day. Tho immediate cause of the rise was the of supplies on a firm market and absence of ang supplies speculatively The strength of Shanghai exchange.
to native influences, assisted in
LONDON, November 201d Beersheba is a severe loss to the Turks, as it was the main base for attempts to invade Egypt through Sinai. Its capture ends the stalemate position on the front RNEMY SHIPS IN CHINA of Gaza and forestalls the German
Fit Palestine designs in
In Mesopotamis important
As a reprisal for the bombing of Dunkirk, seventeen of our aeroplanes. dropped 2.500 kilogrammes of explosivements are shortly probable.
Duchy of Baden, ve
An Egyptian official message states: the town of Offenburg, in the Grand We hold the position to the aorth of
Beershebs. Railway stations, ammunition dumps We successfully raided a portion of the and an aerodrome were also heavily front, killing a large number of the
bombed-
enery.
1
PORTS.
LONDON, November 2nd, The Timer correspondent at Peking statos-chat China has agreed to charter wine confiscated enemy ships, of a total tonnage of 20,984, to proceed to Great Britain:
bell was awarded the Victoria Cross and other honours have ever been published.
Remarkable stories of air lighting are a number of Naval airmen, regarding a told
·who are the recipiente of the Distinguish
ng of ed Service Order. The most striki these stories is the record of Acting
cercity
held.
Lieutenant Richard Mina whose reaction has now set in and achievemente are thus recorded: On the market is angging
LONDON, November 1st. April 22nd, destroyed two enemy" ecouts,.
China in August 8th, brought down an Albatross Silver is quoted at 158. Scout on Gre; Beptember 16th, destroyed profit-taking, and there are increased Albatrons Scout; September 19th, American offers. The market is easier.