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THE WAR.
(Continued from Page 6) Aerial Activities,
ITAROTON" REUTER'S AGENOW. AUSTRIAN SEAPLANES BOMB BRINDISI
Rome, June 11th.
An Admiralty official report states:- A squadron of Austrian seaplanes flew over Brindisi on June 9th and dropped
several bombs, which killed and wounded
several persons.
Anti-aircraft guns and chaser-planes soon compelled the enemy to withdraw.
The enemy lost three machines, and the aviators were made prisoner.
British machines bombarded an ero drome hangar at Cattaro.
Italian machines twice bombarded, with remarkable effectiveness. niilitary estab lishments at Durazzo,
A steamer, mooted near the aerodrome at Cattaro was observed to be fire
All the British and Italinn machine, returned without having sustained any injury.
General.
EARLIER CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT-] THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCES THE PROGRAMME.
LONDON, June 10th.
The first meeting of the Imperial War Cabinet will be held on June 11th, and the first meeting of the Imperial War Conference on June 12th, after which the meetings will be held on alternate days. Mr. Lloyd George presides at the former and Mr. Walter Long presides at the latter. The War Cabinet will have fall powers to discuss and decide on matters concerning the war, while the Conference will be largely concerned with the Inter problems arising out of the war.
Several Overseas Ministers visited Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Boner Law, and Mr Walter Long yesterday,
SITUATION EXPLAINED.
LONDON, June 11th.
PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED.
LONDON, June 11th.
The fust meeting of the Imperial War Cabinet in 1918 emmenand at noon
to-day.
The Prime Minister welcomed the Delegats, and afterwards entertained them to luncheon.
THE FUTURE OF GERMAN COLONIES.
LONDON, June 12th
The Daily Mapress Lobbyist under
GREAT BRITAIN'S FOOD ECONOMY. EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
PARIS, June 11.
CONSCRIPTION IN EGYPT.
LONDON, June 11th,
In the House of Commons, replying to Earl Winterton, Lord Robert Cedil pro- mised that the suggestion to conscript
Sir Arthur Lee, Director-General of Allied and British civilians in Egypt Food Production, has informed the consider an, would he immediately London: Correspondent of the Petit considered.
Regarding the question to conscript l'urision that Great Britain hae econo.
more Egyptians, Lord Robert said tho mised a million and a balf tons of food, representing a million and a half more Government, were advised that it would be inadvisable at present to withdraw or Americans for war purposes,
amend the Proclamation of Noverster
stands that the Dominions Premiers in THE TORPEDOED KONINGIN
tend to discuss the future of German
colonies with the Home Government in the frankest manner Mr. Hughes particu larly is in earnest on this point. They want the Monroe Doctrine applied to their dominions.
The Daily News in an editorial says the control of raw material in future in the African Colonies must play the most
REGENTES."
ANTI-GERMAN FEELING IN
FLUSHING.:
AMSTERDAM, June 11th. The Telegraaf Flushing Correspond- ent reports that two German officers were to have attended the funeral of the parser of the
important part in the Conference, but died as abaingin Hegentes, who
of the torpedoing of at the last moment leave
the ship, but for the journey was withdrawn. It is reported that this was due to the urgent request of the Police Superintendent, who regarded such a visit as undeals able I view of the anti-German spirit pre
their consideration must take un account of wider interests than those of the British Commonwealth whose policy in 1-settlement would and must conform to the policy of the American Comшnon- wealth, than which there is no morevailing at Flushing. urgent present med.
THE DEFENCE OF PARIS. PARIS, June 11th.
A Committee has been appointed to
organise the defence of the Capital,
THE WORK OF AMERICANS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE WAR.
LONDON, June 11th. The Venice publishes an authorized. description of the work of the Americans in France during the past eleven months. It says they are rapidly completing the cations ever used in warfare. After a longent and greatest scheme of communi fortnight of solid travel I am convinced that what the Americans have accom plished will rank in history as one of thy greatest achieveraents of the war, For instance, out of the waste lands adjacent to an old French port they have constructed a splendid line of modern docks, where ships are now daily dis machinery. A huge new warehouse system charging men, war material, cars, and nt this point is nearing completion, In addition to motor parks, cold storage plaats, railway yards with tracks aggre gating 200 milles. In the car assembly shup steel cars are being pasembled at the als of a complete train daily. Work hospital, the largest yet constructed. There are also an immense artillery camp and a remount camp, where I saw several thousand horses. These port schemes have been so worked out that they are capable of almost unlimited ex- pansion, which will be most important in pooling the Allied effort for the American base ports may easily beconte main reserve centres distributing to the railhends everywhere on the front, The conditions were the same along the hundreds of miles of American communi cations which I visited."
It is understood that at to-day's meet ing of the Imperial War Cabinet Mris rapidly proceeding on a now 20,000 hod Lloyd George explained at great length the whole war situation. The chief sub. ject at to-morrow's meeting of the Im- perial War-Conference will be the arrangement of the agenda.
LATER WHAT THE EMPIRE AND ITS DOMINIONS WANT.
QUESTIONS IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
THE W.A.A.OS.
LONDON, June 10th.
SHORTAGE OF SILVER
HOLLAND.
AMSTERDAM, Juno 11th.
IN
whole burden of the was as far as Egypt was concerned. Recruitment in Egypt, therefore, remained voluntary. A thor ough recruiting campaign was operating with creditable results.
th, 1914, by which Britain assumica the
THE SIBERIAN SITUATION.
PART OF RAILWAY OCCUPIED,
AMSTERDAM. June 11th. A message from Keiff states that 15.000 ~ Czecho Slovaks in the Chelyabinsk region have ocopied a part of the Siberian Railway and captured munitions. Soviet troops ovacuated Chelyabinsk and con centrated near Slatoust, where they were defeated by Czechs. Other Czechs are hear: Samara-
FAITH."
There is a shortage of silver money in GERMAN GOVERMENT'S "GOOD Holland owing to apparent illicit smelt- ing or export. The people aro buying. up silver as over its cominal value, and the authorities threaten offenders with penalties.
THE TON FOR TON POLICY. GOVERNMENT'S ASSURANCE TO THE IMPERIAL MARITIME LEAGUE,
LONDON, June 12th. Sir Spencer Wilson, taking the obair at a meeting of the Imperial Maritime League's campaign to ensure the inclusion of the condition in the peace terms that the enemy Powers should surrender an amount of mercantile tonnage equal to the Allied tonnage sunk by the enemy had been attained, as the Government had given ao assurance to the League on the point.
THE IRISH
PROBLEM.
NOT TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.
LONDON, June 11th..
The Daily Chronicle says it is now im probable that the Irish question, ast suggested by General Smuts, will be sub. mitted to the Imperial Conference The
signs are that both Home Rule and Irish conscription have been sidetracked.
Bir George Reid, in a letter to the orning Post, expresses the opinion thas the submission of the Irish question to the Conference would go far to destroy the most valuable safeguard of Imperial unity and harmony
New York, June-
nt.
the
Mr. Lansing, in an address. Union College, stated that the archives of “ the State Department disclosed that six weeks after Germany, arising out of the submarining of the hospital ships se gave the United States a solemn promise" to cease ruthless submarine slaughter. the appreciating Count Bernstorff,
worthlessness of the promise, naked the Berlin Forsign Office to advise him in ample time before the campaign recoin- menced in order that he might notify German merchant ships in Americun harbours to destroy their machinery, because it was anticipated that a renewal of ruthlessness would probably bring the What a United States into the war comment on Count Bernstorff stimate of honour and good faith in Govern ment!
must be won. said the war The task must not be left completely. half done. We must not transmit to posterity s legacy of blood And misary.
STANDARDISATION OF CLOTHING.
LONDON, June 12th.
an exhibition of standard clothing at Bradford, Mr. Albert Illingworth, Postmaster General, said that the 70 per cent of the wool used in Great Britain
AMERICA CONTRIBUTION IN was needed for official purposes. Still
MAN-POWER
more would be needed to clothe the American Anny. Standardisation would
OVER 700,000 MEN ALREADY SENT shortly by extended to hosiery and other
TO FRANCE.
WASHINGTON, June 11th. Mr. Bakor, addressing a delegation of Frenen Alpini, said that over 700,000 American soldiers had been sent to France
LONDON, June 12th. The Day Chronicle in an editorial on the Imperial War Cabinet Conference refers to the article of Mr. Arthur Hender.. Bon in its columns discussing our war aims as the cancern of the War Cabinet..
The Daily Chronicle says: With the general proposition of disinterestedness which President Wilson laid down the feeling
throughout British Empira is in
of In the House of Commons, Mr. W. C. accord: Noither the Empire nor any its Dominions want territory for terri-Anderson asked-How many members of tory's sake. They are however not quite the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps hava in the same situation as the United been killed or injured abroad t States Had there been a German Mexico, Mr. MacPherson replied-There have a German heen killed oight, died of wounds one, German West Indies, or Colombia before the war we may be fairly and injured ten. certain that America would not tolerate their renewal after the war and her BOMBING OF BRITISH HOSPITALS, objection would not infringe on her real Mr. Joynson-Hicks How often during disinterestedness any more than ours need the past three weeks have the Germans
What our southern in our present ease. Dominions want is not territory for its bombed British hospitals on the northgiris employed in was work would wish own sake but as a security for the Monroe coast of France, and what are the casual- Doctrine for the southern hemisphere. 4ties League of Nations would enhance such security, but he would be a bold prophet who could guarantee that it would render It superfous
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WOMEN WORKERS AFTER THE WAR. THE DOMINIONS AS AN OUTLET.
LONDON, June 12th." At a conference of women workers in London, Mrs. Ogilvie Gordou, presiding, said that large numbers of women and
textiles. The country's morale was better to-day than twelve months ago. Good Buits were being supplied to discharged soldiers, costing less than two pounds: each:
Another speaker declared that stand. ard dress for women was probable.j
GREATER ALLIED CO- ORDINATION.
WASHINGTON, June 11th.
A plan for pooling all the resources of into one vast economic and war machine the United States and co-belligerents- will soon be submitted to President Wil to find fresh fields of work in the san It is now in the hands of Mr.: Dominions after the war.
Baruch, Chairman of the War Industries Mr. MacPherson replied Sir Douglas Lord Durham said the Government Board who has been conferring with Haig recently reported that from May should interest itself more in emigration, members of the Cabinet and Allied 10th to June 1st the number of hospitals especially the emigration of women, presentatives. It is understood that the which had been attacked is seven. The which had been much neglected. There plan urges greater coordination of total casualties resulting from these raids would be a surplus of women labour after industrial effort and Allied financial re- were Killad, -eleven officers and 315 the war and women should insist upon quirements, also the elimination of dupli- mon, five sisters, eight W.AA.Cs, and representation on the Emigration Board, cation in manufacturing effort. sus men, 11 sisters, seven W.AACs, and tion Thero should be greater cohesion SHIPBUILDING OUTLOOK IN six civilians. Wounded, 18 officers and which was really an Imperial organist
73 civilians..
among emigration societies, irrespectivo of their connection with any particular Dominion. Emigration would be an important part of any demobilisation scheme after the war.
THE PRISONER IN THE TOWER.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Ronald McNeill asked for information regarding the prisoner now in the Tower of London. who came ashore from German sub- marine on the west coast of Ireland,
Mr. MacPherson replied The accused has been identified us Lance Corporal J Dowling, Connaught Hangers He will be court-martialled on charges of aiding the cuemy Presumably he was a war pris
AMERICA.
W NEW YORK, June 10th Mr. Harley, Chairman of the Shipping, Board, speaking at Indiana declared RECRUITING IN IRELAND.
that by 1,920 American shipbuilding LONDON, June lith would aggregate 2,101 vessels of over, The Daily Express Correspondent at 14,000,000 dead weight tonnage. Five Dublin states that recruiting in Ireland billion dollars would be required to carry will be carried on on the lines of a general out the present programme. He estimat election, with en extensive distributioned that in 2019 the United States. of leaflets dealing with the pay of should turn out over 13,000,000 tons soldiers, allowances to dependents and of shipping in one year. It was The provision of land, and pictures on hoped in 1920 to establish a weekly hoardings, including an Irish "kiltie in passanger service between New York and In the House of Commons, replying to the national colours. Important pro both chaste of South America, and to also Lord Cavendish Bentinck, Mr. W. A. Sgress has been made in enlisting the aid meet the trade requirements of Russia Hewins stated that the matter of securing of the Nationalists. Mr. A. A. Lyneb, and thina. to the natives more adequate prices for M.P, has agreed to act as a recruiting palm-kernels and palm-oil is not being overlooked, notwithstanding the difficulty of the problem, AWARDS TO INDIAN SOLDIERS
A SOLICITOUS MEMBER,
LONDON, June 11th.
LONDON, June 6th The Gazette announces among the birthday honours for distinguished service in connection with military ope rations in Egypt, the award of the Mili tary Oross to Subarar Alimaher, and the Distinguished Conduct Medal to Havil dar Rur Singh, both of the Hongkong Singapore Garrison Artillery.
officer, and prominent landlords have expressed their intention of raising bat talions in their counties. A feature of the campaign will be marches by Ameri can Regiments with their priests. GERMANS AS PEACE
CANDIDATESI
5.
OBITUARY,
SIGNOB ABRIGO BOITO.
MILAN, June 11th_ The death of Biguor Atrigo Boito, the well-known poet, composer and librettist is announced.
LONDON, June According to the Turkish newer THE SILVER MARKET. Tenidumyd, the University of Starobul has selected M. Lenin to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Other candidates were the Kaiser and von Hindenburg.
LONDON, June 8th. The silver mørke, la stendy-