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TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS.
SATURDAY,
WAR TELEGRAMS
MAY 15:
May 15, 1914
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A WAR AGAINST WAR
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TELEGRAITI
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
BRITISH SUBMARINE'S WONDERFUL FEAT.
TWO TURKISH GUNBOATS AND A TRANSPORT SUNK.
French Find Three Companies of Germans Dead in A Wood.
THE WARNING TO AMERICANS ABOUT TO TRAVEL IN BELLIGERENT SHIPS WITHDRAWN.
[Reuter's Service to The "Telegraph."]
FRENCH COMMUNIQUES.
TRENCHES TAKEN IN THE RAIN.
May 14, 3.30 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at Paris reports that the communique states that in ceaseless rain the French last night carried several German trenches to the south west of Suchez. Despite the allppariness, they maintained all yesterday's gains.
The French destroyed four German blook-houses and several trenches in the valley of the Aisne.
In the event of telegrams arriving too late for insertion on this pare they will be found on the Extra.]
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE DARDANELLES.
BRITISH “SUBMARINE'S WONDERFUL FEAT.
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PARIS COMMUNIQUE.
GERMAN PRISONERS, GUNS AND MUNITIONS CAPTURED.
May 12, 2.10 .m. The evening communique says: The Belgians last night repaleed a fresh attack on the right bank of the Yeer. The retreat ing Germans abandoned several hundred dead.
We obtained new and important successes north of Arras. The booty captured at Carency includes two field-guns, three heavy mortare, a dozen trench mortars, many machine guas, 3,000 rifles and huge quantities of munitions,
In an adjoining wood we found the bodies of three companies of Germans who had been annihilated by our artillery fire.
We advanced and captured the village of Ablasen, taking several hundred prisonere.
We stormed more groups of houses in the village of Neuville Bt. Vaast taking seventeen gans and heavy mortars.
Two German attacks at Bagatelle, in Argoane, were repulsed and Bois-le-Pretre is entirely in our hands.
ITALIAN CABINET RESIGNS.
May 14, 3.05 a.m. A message from Rome states that the Cab not bas resigned. According to Renter's correspondent at Rome, it is announced that the Cabinet resigned boonuse it feels that its international policy has not the unanimous support of the Constitutional parties which the gravity of the situation demande.
TELEGRAMS,
COTTON LOCK OUT.
(Reuter's Serrios To The Telegraph,"
London. Received May F. Federation of Master
The
American Sympathy with the Allles.
Toronto, Maroh 27. In
Cotton Spinners at Manchester, patriotic address delivered at Se lo consider a proposal to dealers Toronto Sir George Foster said
CONDENSED,
a general lock-out in Lancashire, that Canadiana no longer used the The Belgians ropaleed a frenin The trouble is due to the Card pronoun "they" in referring to attack on the right beak of the room Amalgamation declaring the people of the Motherland, but Yeer. The retreating Germans atrikes at certain mills with emphasised the prosoan "our"
wakes.
A British submarine, E 14,
view to forcing employers to con-in all references to the war. He abandoned several hundred dead. oele a 10 per cent. bonas ou added that when Great Britain and her Allies had won this war Government intervention is there would be a power for peace
in the world that had never penetrated into the Son of practically assured.
existed before, and that would Marmora and sank two Torkiem go far towards solving aniveral gunboats and a Turkish transport. problems of international rela tionships.
were found.
owers? Second, If the obligation was, upon the charterers, for what amount?
Bir George, who recently visit-1.
In a wood near Carency, the The charterparty stated in ed the United States, said that bodies of three companies of clause 2 how the disbursements seven-eighths of the American Germans, who bind boon were to be borne se between people were strongly in favour of sunibilated by Belgian artillery, owners and charterer, and by the British Empire and its Allies. that clause the owners were to At a meeting in Boston, at which pay and provide for insurance. he was the only person "present Clause 23 provided that ibe who was not a neutral, a man in charterparty was not to be con- the audience sent him a 50 dollar. The booty captured it Carency strued as a demies of the steam- bill, (210) with the stipulation includes two field-guna, three ship, and that owners were to that it should be spent on shells heavy mortars, a dozen trench remain responsible for insurance, made either in Canada or in Eng mortare, many machine guns, among other thinge. It was ad-land and used only against the 5,000 rifles and huge quantities
of munitions. mitted for the charterers that the Germans. premiums payable in respect of The Western University of war risks fell upon them, but it London, Ontario, will equip a fall
A message states that the was argued that the duty of hospital unit for service overeen covering the Maria by a war risks with the Canadian troops, thus German embassy at Washington policy fell upon the owners. La following the example of other has instructed the newspapers to support of this argument he was Canadian naiversities.
withdraw the warning to Amer referred to olauses 2 and 23 and A second call has been issued icans against travelling оп to the obvious convenience of for all Russians of military age belligerent ships, that course, as the war-risks in Canada to return home, and colicy was to protect the owners those enlisted in the Canadian and not the charterers, and as the Forces have been ordered to WONDERFUL REVIVAL OF TRADE IN INDIA.
amount to be covered was to be secure their discharge, May 14, 9 pm. based upon the value stated in re Sir Charles Armstrong lectured before the Society of Arts on the owners annual policy, sa "Indian Trade and the War." Lord Crewe, Saoretary of State for amount of which the owners only
It is to be observed that by We would be aware, Indio, presiding.
He said the revival of Indian trade since the beginning of the His Lordship said that he did October 5 the plaintifs were wer had been wonderful. He emphasised the debt we owed to the not think that ccntention was asking to be covered against the the food prices will be found in
risks of a war between this to day's issue, people of Ladis of all classes, raves and religions for the part they sound.
country and Holland, and they "For Charterers' Account." were taking in the world-wide straggle. Firstly, the Indian troope
Continuing, he said:1 think returned to the point in a further were excelling, if possible, the feats of their past wars. Then the Princes were carrying on their ancestral traditions of chivalry and the words "wer riska, if any, letter of October 9. To this they "Our Contemporaries" appeare
not, in my opinion, entitled, munificence; and, lastly, the whole people, men and women alike, required for obarterers' account" were not, according to their opportunities and their mens, had shown mean that the charterers are to nor could the defendants have on page 2, Commercial News eympathy with the oзuse of justice. The Government's duty was, provide and pay for the wax-riske effected such a policy. The fact page 9, and Log Book on page 6. as far as possible, to temper the results of the war to the small policy. The words" for char- that they asked for too wide s form of expressing that the char- the defendants in giving them no trader and cultivator of India. That was the origin of the what terers account" are a business policy does not, however, justify policy and the measures for the purpose of supporting exchange.
The King has reserved his decision.
investor.
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NEWS.
Notes on the crisis appear on page 4.
Particulars of emendations to
An act for the restriction of Lord Crawe said the Baj also hoped that it would be possible to terers are to provide and pay for policy at all, nor did their request the transfer of British Shipping continue throughout the war the policy of not increasing the a war-risk policy, just as by affect the matter. The defendants may be found in our column tazstion of the people of India, and to curtail expenditure on olanse 2 the owners are to provide were not minded to insure. I to-day. productive works in India as little as possible. But it was and pay for the ordinary insur hold that the defendants com necessary rigidly to limit the issues of capital in the London market. ance, The word policy does mitted a breach of their charter
Among the important notifica He took that opportunity to point out that anyone in India wt not occur, but it was common party and must pay damages, capital to invest who took a share, large or small, in a Government ground, and is, indeed, obvious The remaining question is how tious in to-day a Government Gazette in a warning to bathers rapee losn, thereby not merely assisted the development of the from the words "if any required" much.
olauss, that The war risks policy was to be that they make use of the beaches country but positively assisted the prosecution of the war. and from the whole of
It is impossible to speak too gratefully of the unending the charterparty means war riske based upon value stated in of Junk Bay for bathing at their
annual policy. The risk while the examination. liberality of Ladie's subscriptions to the war funds," he said but policy and not war risk. It is owner's let us slso keep a word of praise for the intelligent and patriotic not, of course, conclusive, but it amount of cover asked for by the service is in force.
is satisfactory to find that the plaintiffs was £30,500. They parties understood their obliga- were insured to the extent of some tons in the sense in which I have $20,000 by valued yearly policies decided.
on hull and machinery. The value In the latter of September 9, of the Maria assisted in there 1914, the defendants ask the policies was £24,000. They had plaintiffs the steamship's insured alec a yearly policy on what was value. This they required to described as excess value, but enable them to effect a policy for that was obviously to cover that the agreed amunt. They did very elusive subject-matter of in- not get this information until surance called disbursements for A STEAMER SUNK BY for their failure to insure the October 8 or 9. It was con something more than £8,400, THE KARLSRUHE. plaintiffs steamer against war royed to them in a letter of and they added that sum to the rieke in the following circumst October 5, and was said to be $24,000, and so arrived at their Heavy Claim Agalast Charterers. Baces The Mark was suck at 238 500. By October 9 the figure. The disbursements policy, sea by the German oraiser Karl Maria wadoverdue at Las Palmas. was an honour policy, and con- The Holland Galf Stoomvaart ruhe on September 21, 1014, She had been sank nearly three tained the clause "full interest Royal.-9.15, Co., the owners of the Dutch while on a voyage from Fortland, weeks before. No evidence was admitted." I do not think that steamer Maris, claimed, before Oregon, to Ireland with a cargo given sa to what premium would this policy can be taken into Mr. Justice Bailhache from of wheat for merchants in Belfast have been required for a wer-risks account..
Mr. O. O. MeLeod read an extract from a letter received from General Willcooke, respecting the work of the Indian soldiers at the front d
They are the most loyal fellows that ever lived. They are possessed of that extraordinary nature which will endure the greatest trials, and will fight bravely for the Government they serve This Indian experiment will live in history as a most remarkable
May 13, 4.20 p.m. Mr. Churchill, in the House of Commons sanounced that E.M.S.xample of the reality of British rule."
Goliath had been torpedoed in the Dardanelles and it was feared there was a loss of 500 lives. He added that submarine E 14 penetrated into the Sea of Marmors and sank two Turkish gunboats and.a Turkish transport
THE LUSITANIA ATROCITY.
'MORE AFRICAN RIOTING..
May 14, 4.10 p.m.
The rioting was remmed to day. German jewellers" establish ments were looted,
BEZ GERMAN WARNING WITHDRAWN.
time.charterparty made between
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A Johannesburg message states that filly one buildings, includ-the obatterers of the steamer and Dublin. Hot lost was not polioy on October 9, but I cannot The truth of the matter is that ing ten large warehouses and twenty shope were destroyed and the $30,500 as damage for the loss of wil October 24, assume that she would have been the defendanta considered the Anninaarable in fact, or in a busi- risk to the Maria so small as to German Club was wrecked and ransacked to the accompaniment of the steamer through the defend the National Anthem snd Rule Britannia."
ants breach of the charterparty The Maris at the time of her ness sense. So far, indeed, as be negligible; they did not sinking was ander a five years' war riske alone were concerned anticipate that Germans wouldas in failing to insure the steamer
war risks,
she was rot an undenrable ship violate into untional law, asíto against war
the parties to this action and to aubmit to underwriters. She sinks sentral vessel with an The facts and arguments are
dated September 17, 1912. AY was Datoh, and her cargo was at English ergo not contraband, in the judgment. The de
preferr Reuter's correspondent at Washington states that the Germandants were Mesere. Walter the end of the charter party, there most bessy has instructed the newspapers to withdraw the advertise Manto and Coyoungst
The burden of proving that she to insure. was this written claus most conditionally contraband, and they ment warning Ameriosas against travelling on belligerent ships.
May 14, 4.10 p.m.
SUCCESS IN GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA.
GERMAN FORCES RETIRE NORTHWARD,
Mr. D. C. Look, K.O and Mr. Wer risk, if any, required for B. A Wright appeared for this oharterer's account. It is under- reed that valde for plaintiffs Mr. Adair Roch KC, stood and and Mr. A. Neilson reprveented war risk at all times to be based on
ve now stated: the defendants,
May 7.10 p.m. Windhoek reports that the German qu tones retired northwards to Grootfontein, to which place the
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