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November 26 1915,
3082 日十二月十年卯乙
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1915.
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THE OBJECT OF THE ALLIES'
NOTE TO GREECE.
BULGARIANS FURIOUS WITH ROUMANIA.
Allies Preparing to Remain at Salonioa.
FRENCH APPRECIATION OF RUSSIAN ARMY'S PERFORMANCES,
[Beater'a Service to the "Telegraph."]
THE FIGHTING IN THE BALKANS.
ALLIES SETTLING AT SALONICA.
November 25, 3.00 p.m. Router's correspondent at Zurich asys that Austrian reports indicate that the Allies intend to remain in Salonios for a long time. Heavy guns and the maschinery for an electric power station have lauded and contracts made for the erection of an extensive barracks.
BULGARIA FURIOUS WITH ROUMANIA,
November 25, 3.00 p.m A Bofia telegram states that the Bulgarians are furions because Roumania ia refusing to permit the transport of goods through her territory to Bulgaria.
A CANADIAN GIFT.
HOSPITAL FOR RUSSIAN WOUNDED.
November 25, 3.00 p.m. Renter's correspondent at Ottawa reporta that the Dominion
THE RUSSIANS,
FRENCH RECOGNITION OF ARMY'S PERFORMANCES,
November 25, 8.10 p.m.
Router's Paris correspondent states that the uplendid perform. Boss of the Russian Army under the Tear and the new Chief of Staff have been recognised by the French Cabinet conferring the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour on General AlexsiË.
It is announced that General Pan will proceed to Bussis in order personally to present the însiguin.
GREECE AND THE BALKANS.
THE ALLIES' OBJECT.
November 25, 8.10 p.m.
Router is informed that the Allies' action at Athena is based on a desire not to make the position more difficult, while at the same time safeguarding Allied interests. Hence the Allies have not demanded Greek demobilisation, but bave proposed that Grook troops shall not be at present in the zone of the Allied retivities.
THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.
Calling French TrʊOPS TO THE COLOURS.
(Havas Telegram.)
November 24.
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,
THE NEED FOR ECONOMY.
November 24, 5.30 p.m.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith affirmed that the Gov rament would not hesitate to adopt means which were thought to be proper and effective to impress upon every class of the community the need for rigerona soònomy.
THE COMMAND IN THE WEST,
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November 24, 5.30 p.m.
Robertson that it was not considered advisable to place the whole In the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith informed Sir G. 8. British and French foress on the Western frost under one supreme
command.
THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE,
November 24, 6.20 p.m.
CONDENSED.
The new Australian contingent
ia to be raised voluntarily.
The main points of the Greek reply to the Allies'-Note are given in a telegram.
the Allies intend to remain a long Austrian reports indicate that time at Salonica.
Bir Edward Grey and Mr. Chana” berlain attended a meeting of the War Council yesterday.
Churchill's Dardanelles speech.
In a letter to the Timer, Mr. Ashmead Bartlett replies to Mr.
The Bulgarians are furiona be. canse Boumania refuses to par mit through transit of goods to Bulgaria.
The Canadian Government's
In the House of Commons, the Indian Civil Service Bill was not amended in committee and afterwards passed its third reading. The Army Committee has devided on December 15 as the Rees intended to enable the appointment dating the war of pital for Bussian wounded has A brief discussion took placs on an amendment by Sir John D. offer of $50,000 to equip a how- date for calling to the Colours the 1917 class.
candidates who had served with the forces of the Crown.
"THE USUAL CANNONADES."
November 25, 5.20 p.m. According to Reuter's Paris correspondent, to-day's communique reports that there were the usual canaonades during the night, and bomb-throwing in Artois and Lorraine.
In the event of telegrams arriving too late forinsertion ea this
page they will be found on the Extra).
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE SITUATION IN INDIA.
GENERAL CONDI IONS SATISFACTORY,
November, 18, 6.40 pm.
been accepted by the Tear:
sidered advisable to place the Mr. Asquith says it ignot oon-
whole British and French troops in the West under ons supreme Commander:
Sir John D. Rees said he gathered that Mr. Obamberlain did not intend to make appointments under the Bill daring the war.
Mr. Chamberlain has made an Thus there seemed to be a disparity between the objects of the Bill important statement on the situs- was snxious that such appointments should be made. There must is substantially entisfactory. and the expressed intentions of the Secretary of State. He himself tion in India, in which he mays it be many candidates who were invalided home and unfit for further service, bat who are well suited for the sedentary duties of an In- The Allies have landed hany dian Civil aortant. The amendment applied outside the one fourth, guns and machinery at Bes both to Indians and Europeans. There were many gallant Indian sad contracts have been mat for gentleman fighting for as who, by educational qualifications, were the erection of extensive befrom. quite equal to the class which now carried off those appointments.
Mr. Chamberlain esid his reason for not desiring to make appointments under the Bill daring the war was that until the length and effects of the war were known it was most difficult to frame regulations for men who served with the forces.. He did not want to frame regulations under which a selection would be made | during the war or to make such selections. The object of the Bill was to preserve as far as possible under extraordinary conditions the ordinary rights of competitors, both Indian and Europesa. If the In view of the establishment of In the House of Commone, in reply to Sir Edwin Cornwall, who same conditions were laid down for both there would be very difer-friendly relations between Runnin as.ed, regarding unfavourable reports respecting Indis, whether ent results,
and Persis, the proposed trans- there was any information sa to those being of enemy origin, Mr.
Mr. Chamberlain said it would be unfair to the Indians to ference of the Persian capital has Chamberlain, Sonretary of State for India, said:"I do not know impose conditions which circumstances beyond their control might been abandoned, to what reports the member refere; therefore I am unable to offer prevent them from fulfilling. There must be special provisions for an opinion as to their origin. As regards general conditions in them. The amendment would not produce the effect upon which Iadia the information I have is that it is substantially satisfactory. Sir John D. Bese laid the greatest stress, An emergency Snoh difficulties as have arisen had their origin in movemente oataide measure of this kind was not a suitable occasion for changing the of India, or in an effort by a small group of extremists who do not whole basis of entry into the Civil Service. reflect the sentiment of the great mass of the people sad of whom
The amendment was withdrawn. many are fagitives from 'justion. In Northern India, where canot- ed attempts were made by membare of an anti-British Association with headquarters in the United States to disturb the peace, tamper with the troops and upset the Government, the active loyalty of the people is shown by the resistance they voluntarily offered and by aid they gave the oil power. My information in that the Raj have the situation well in hand.
November 19, 6.30 p.m.
INDIAN SCHOLARSHIPS,
November 24, 8.30 p.m.
In the Hours of Commons, in reply to Sir John D. Ress, who asked whether more scholarships would be awarded in circumstances pared to anggest that all scholarships should be suspended because one scholar had turned out ill.
Government's oler of fifty thousand dollars to equip a Hospital for neutral countries is the deposition of the Nizam by bis people. The similar to those of Hardayal, Mr. Chamberlain said he was not pre- |
Russian wounded men has been accepted by the Tur.
WAR COUNCIL MEETING.
November 25, 4.60 p.m.
Sir Edward Grey and Mr. Austen Chamberlain attended a meeting of the War Council to-day.
PERSIAN AFFAIRS.
CAPITAL NOT TO BE TRANSFERRED,
November 25, 4.50 p.m.
Another story circulated by the German press for the benefit of
India Office to-day publishes a categorical denial of the story.
THE DARDANELLES.
MR. ASHMEAD BARTLETT ON MR. CHURCHILL'S SPEECH.
November 24, 2.10 p.m.,
THE COTTON QUESTION.
Novembar 24, 830 p.m.
Mr. Aebmend Bartlett, in a letter to the Times on Me Churchill's Dardar los speech, says we embarked on the enterprise
In the House of Commons, în reply to Sir John D. Rees, re in ignoranes of tus enemy's defenses, believing that the Queen garding the increase in exports of raw cotton from India to Elizabeth's gone would destroy the forta at the Narrows. He Japan and the imports of cotton piece goods to ledis from Japan declares that the nst result of the operations against the outer forta Mr. Chamberlain said he had no information that the Japanese. was to prove that the damage inflicted by the ship's shells was Government would give bounties in respect of these exports. Il relatively unimportant unless a direct hit was scored on a gun. Sir J. D. Bees had proof that anch bounties are given he would be The interval between the fall of the outer works on February 25, glad to bave it. and the battle on Marob 18, was occupied in mine-sweeping with
Beater's correspondent at Petrograd states that a telegram little angoes. Before the flot attempted to force the from Teheran says that the Persian Government has informed the Straits a passage had to be cleared through a triple minefield below Bussion and British Ministers that, in view of the establishment of the Narrows, otherwise thers would have been the risk of an ad- friendly relations between Russia and Perais, the proposed transfer- | precedented naval disaster. This was obviously the right moment ence of the capital has been abandoned.
to withdraw, Lord Fisher then became ecoptical of the whole enterprise.
WAR BENTS.
A NECESSARY MEASURE.
November 25, 5.30 p.m.
THE FIGHTING IN THE BALKANS.
GERMAN OLAIMS,
November 24, 8.00 p.m.
Mr. Ashmead Bart'ett declaren that Mr. Churchill's refarenosn to Lord Fisher are irreconcilable with the notion on March 18, which was not an 'attempt to foros the Narrows but merely an attempt to A German communique states that Mitrovita and Pristina clear the minefield. The Times mates that whereas the diessters have been captured by the Austrian and Germans 'respectively, which occurred show that it would, have been impossible to force the Straits that day, a Turkish official account of the attack says the damage done to the forts was practically nil; nevertheless Mr.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Walter Long introdnood a war Churchill wished to resume the nasal attack. Apparently Lord measure to restrict the increase of rent on small dwellings or the Fisher and the naval and military authorities on the spot saved the rate of interent, etc., on such dwellings. Ho said there had been feet from unparalleled disaster. bitterness, especially in some of the munition areas, on account of high rents owing to the inevitable shortage of houses. The Bill would apply particularly to populoos dietriots, and the general standard would be pre-war rent,
·SERBIAN GOVERNMENT MOVES.
November 25, 12.25 p.m.
Queen Elizabeth was a long way up the Straits amongst drifting from Prizrend, the Serbian Government has moved to Souteri,
Mr. Asamend. B`rileit adds thii, throughout March 18, they ▲ Paris official message statea shat, sooording to a telegram mines, one of which actually knocked ant the Inflexible of the same division and on the same alignment,
(Continued on page 8.).
The Duke of Marlborough has denounced the attacks on Sir John French, who, he
ssys, hsa endeared himself to his own and the French officers,
In a battle with the Turka eighteen miles from Bagdad, the British took 800 prisoners and | large quantities of arma and lequipment; our cienalties were
2,000 killed and wounded.
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