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TELEGRAMS,
CONDENSED.
THE AMERICAN COTTON CROP IS THE LOWEST ON RECORD... COTTON PRICES MAY REACH AN UNPRECEDENTED FIGURE GREEK COMMITTEE IN FAVOUR OF JOINING ALLIES IS FORMED. FURTHER PROGRESS & CAPTURE OF PRISONERS IS REPORTED BY FRENCH. MR. ALFRED NOYES SHOWS HOW GERMAN SUBMARINES ARE TRAPPED,
À GRAPHIC ACCOUNT IS GIVEN OF A FIGHT BETWEEN SEAPLANE & ZEPPELIN.
THE BULGARIANS HAVE SECURED 17 FORTS IN EASTERN MACEDONIA,
RUMANIANS HAVE OCCUPIED BOTH PASSES LEADING TO BERMANNSTADT.
RUMANIANS CROSSING FRONTIER FORDED TORRENTS UP TO NECKS. THE MASTERY OF THR DANUBE BY THE ALLIES IS NOW COMPLETE.
BRITISH AUTHORITIES SAY WAR OUTLOOK HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED, AUSTRIANS RETREATED OVER 23 MILES IN THREE DAYS. RUMANIAN MINISTER AT SOFIA IS SAID TO HAVE ASKED FOR PASSPORTS. THE GERMAN MOBALE ON THE WESTERN PRONT IS VERY BADLY SHAKEN, SINCE JULY 1, 43,000 GERMANS HAVE BEEN TAKEN ON WESTERN FRONT, GERMANS HAVE WITHDRAWN NINE DIVISIONS TO HELP AUSTRIANS. THE RUWANIAN ADVANCE CONTINUES SUCCESSFULLY IN ALL DIRECTIONS. THE RUMANIANS REPORT THAT THEIR LOSSES ARE VERY LIGHT.
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SEAPLANE v. ZEPPELIN.
A Daylight Fight Described.
[Reuter's Service to The “Tolegraph."] ·
Auguet 31, 2.20 p.m.
A steamer has brought into sa East Coast port an account of a daylight fight between a British seaplane and a Zeppelin, one of several which had been attacking fishing craft.
The Zeppelin descended to within a few hundred feet to attack a steamer, when she sighted the approaching sesplane. As the Zeppelia rosa to escape, the seaplane dived and began bombing. The Zeppelin's guna replied with shell and hit the seaplane, which wobbled, bat rose with the float emushed. It continued bombing and struck the stern of the Zippelin, which tilted sad fell, but
rapidly righted itself before reaching the water. Meanwhile the seaplane was retreating, apparently damaged.
It was afterwarde learned that she returned safely, and the Zeppelin alex probably got home, as the weather was very fine, but she was bidly damaged.
THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE.
Further Prisoners Captured.
September 1, 12.20 a.m.
The text of a Paris communique is:-The French artillery
are most active on the Somme.
A grenade attack at Haurepas wood was easily repulsed, Isolated operations south of the Bɔmme resulted in French' progress.
Soath of Estrees and south west of Shyecourt wood, we havA captured prisoners.
There is the customary cannonade elsewhere,
Enemy Attack Stopped.
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER
TELEGRAMS.
IN THE BALKANS.
Greek Pro-Ally Movement.
(Reuter's Service to The "Telegraph."]
1916.
September 2, 1915,
Temperature. 6 am. Humidity
832 p.m. 88
91 ** 70
六拜 號二月九英港香 8INGLE OOPY 10 OENTE
$30 PER ANNUM
TELEGRAMS.
U. S, RAILWAY DISPUTE.
TELEGRAMS.
HOW SUBMARINES ARE CAUGHT,
Wonderful British Methods.
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Threat of a Strike.
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(Reuiar's Surríos to The “Telegraph."}
London, Received, Saptamber 2. Reuter'a correspondent.
(Renter's Service to the “ Telegraph."]
Washington says that the Pre- August 31, 2.55 pm.
August 31, 3.40 p.m. sident and the leaders of the infantial committee, including prominent officers, formed an At each auxilliary base there are office or "strafe houses" where mutatives have agreed to a com Kanter's correspondent at Salonica says that on August 30 an Mr. Alfred Noyes in a third article (Copyright 1916) saye - Senate and the House of Repre appeals by the people and the Army to join the Allies and drive the naval officers control all that happens in all our seas. They are promise on the hill for a settle- Bulgarian oppressor from Greek soil, summoned a monster meeting mapped out in all our waters, on which the movemente of all reportment of the railway dispate to explainita objects. Becruiting of volunteer battalions isstimulated, ed submarines are recorded and followed up.
which provides for an eight-hour. Our enemies would be disconcerted to see one of these great day, the establishment of mape, opon which not only the spots at which submarines are Special Commission to observa righted neatly marked, but also their exact courses, with all their its operation, and the military wanderings for hundreds of miles, traced by this red linos till the operation of railroads in the event guns and nets to close in. moment when the signal ie giren by telephone and wireless for of a strike. The punishment for
Bulgaria and Rumania.
September 1, 4.15 a.m.
That the Bulgarian position towarde Rumanis was not clear yes- terday morning in Constantinople was indicated by an arrange- ment whereby Germany, Turkey and Bulgaria should jointly declare war on Ramscio, but, though Turkey complied, there has been nothing heard from Sofia or elsewhere to show that Bal. garia bas taken such a dangerous step.
Now a Barlin telegram asserts that the Ramanian Minister at Sofia asked for bis passports on Wednesday evening. It adds :—- **Therefore Rumania būs severed diplomatic relations,"
The Austrian Retreat.
September 1, 5.40 a.m. The Austrians have retreated, before the Rumanians over twenty miles in three days, as Chikesoreda is twenty-three milse within the frontier on the Romanian right.
An Austrain communiqué also shows that the Rumaniane in the direction of the Iron Gate are attacking the heights east of terkuler bad.
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Rumania's Ambitions.
September 1, 5.40 s.m.
Proclamation issued by the King of Ramsais, indicates that Rumania's territorial ambitions include Banat, Transylvania and part of Bukowins. Otherwise, "From the River Theise to the Black Sos "is Romania's watchword.
Allies' Mastery of the Danube.
September 1, 6.30 a..
German newspapers announce that the Ramaniens occupy both passes leading to Hermannetads sad have joined troops thousand inhabitants of Brasso in crowded trains, leaving at six- advancing from Brasso. They describe the fight of twenty- minute intervals.
The fugitives describe how the first Rumanian troopa, in their eagerness, orossed the frontier in a torreaf up to their necks. Their rapid advance was aided by aeroplane reconnaissances.
Tas mastery of the Danube by the Allies is complete, and Rastchak, Vidia and other Balgarian towns are exposed to dee-
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traction.
German papara urge the public not to be alarmed at farther new front and retirement is inevitable. retirements, as the Austrians are unable to hold out long on the
The Outlook Completely Changed. ́·
September 1, 6.30 e.m.
The Daily Telegraph says the authorities at Whitehall are all of opinion that the war outlook has completely changed during the past forty-sight hours. The rapid advance of the Ramanisms has exceeded all expectations.
Rumeulens Progressing Everywhere.
September 1, 7.55 a.m.
An
violation of the provision is 620 and imprisonment. Other features of the Wilson plsa, in- olating the adoptiɔn of Canadian the men obj cied, may be con- Iqdustrial Disputes Act, to which nidered in Congress.
PROGRESS IN EAST AFRICA. "
August 31, 6.30 p.in. East African official message states:We occupied Hrogoro, on the Central Railway, on August 28. The enemy is retiring towards Kahenge. English and Belgian forces are approaching Tabors from mated if the Bill passes Gongress, several directions.
[to the event of telegrams arriving too late for insertion on this page they will be found on Page 8 or on Extra).
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE.
Enemy Attack Repulsed,
September 1, 12.20 a.m. A Paris communique states that an enemy attack on Maurepas wood was easily replied.
Enemy Driven Back.
September 1, 1.00 sm. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a communique statos: The enemy's attempted attack in the vicinity of High Wood was repulsed.
RUSSIAN FLEET AT RUMANIAN PORT.
August 31,9.50 p.m. vessels have arrived at Constanza
Russian war (Bumanis).
GRAVE MILITARY
SCANDAL
Murdering British Territorial, Soldiers.
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Later the Labour lealers inli-
where it was introduced August 31, they would order an cfficial strike.
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sad the medical authorities there rore to the ocossion, a large staff of doctors and numes awaiting the train at the station when it four hours late-orme in. The traffic manager had an extra | engine coupled, and ordered that the journey should be continued at express speed. A medical cfficer with experience scc0M. panied the troops, and it is prob- ibly owing to these energetic measures that more fatalities did ant cocar. The death roll was, however, abcaking. Twenty-fire gallant British soldiers had "been. killed by the neglect and incom petence of some, danderhanded official. Over 200 men were taken to hospital, and we regret to learn that of these twelve hsve since died, whilst several of the victims bave, unfortunately, gon› raving msd. Ons terrible case was that' of a soldier who was laid out for dead in the train, and three
The contents of the men's water corpses piled on top of him. bottles were soon exhausted, and later the officiale removed" the When, however-many hours so was the single pound of ica bodies, they found the poor fellow per head with which a munificent still alive, although he breathed Government had provided them. his last a few moments later. It is well to draw a cartsin over
In the opinion of those qualified
who nerded
In India the authorities still the gruesome details of that awful to judge, it is a miracle that any seem to look upon Tommy sa little night. The poor fellows-aicken- of the thonsand men should have lower than dog, and of teeing, choking, suffocating and survived their terrible ordeal; value than a horse. On June 5th, dying-suffered the tortures of and on behalf of these pror tor- over a thousand British Territorial the damned. A Major and three tured creatures we demand that soldiers, drawn from almost every doctors were in charge, but criminal proceedings shall be regiment in the King's Army, these officers were getting their taken against the gold-blooded disembarked at Karachi from aret experience of Indie, their experimentalist September 1, 1.20 a.m.
transport, and were hustled into services were totally inadegaste. Europeane into what were prac General Sir Douglas Haig, in a communique, saya:-An enemy attack on High wood was stopped by machine gune immediately advance continues scocessfully in all directions. Oar losses are on which their treatment had o'clock the next afternoon they on a journey of over a thousand A Bucharest communique dated August 30 says:-Ours sigh of relief at leaving the ship, passenger trains to past, at three decencies of life, and sent them
a waiting train.
They breathed After many stops to allow other tically sheep pens, without the the Germans left the trenches,
| very light.
been none of the best, and eagerly reached Rohri Station, 291 miles miles in a train so slow that it anticipated better conditions on from Karachi, where there was a took four days instead of thirty- land. The unfortunate fellows okeduled stop of three hours, six hours and this when they were in disgrace. After "doing When the carriage doors were were not even supplied en roate gone on well-earned farlough, two nick were taken out from for drinking which is part of the but had overstayed their leave where, a few hours before, there silowance anthorised by the some by only a single day. For had been only healthy men. Government, this offence they had been won Five died soon after reaching the tenced to disciplinary treatment in local hospital; the survivora"
There was unimportant mining activity in the Neuville and Loos vicinitise.
There were fairly heavy bombardments in the daytime in various sections,
The Bavarian prisoners, mentioned yesterday morning sa being
captured, included eight officers.
British Take Oround Every Day.
September 1, 6.55 .m. Correspondents at Headquarters asy a feature of the tense straggle on the Somme has been the fact that the British have not failed to make ground in a single day. Nowhers have they boom thrown back, while few days have passed without the capture of ́s respectable number of prisoners.
Undoubtedly the morals of the Germans is badly shakon, due to the pitilessness of our artillery and magnificent bravery of our infantry.
Bulgarians Secure Seventeen Forts.
September 1, 2.05 ...
Salonica says the Bulgarians without fighting have secuted se
Beater's special correspondent at British headquarters at their bis" in France, they had opened seven corpess and thirty-with the boiled and cooled water teen forte in Eastern Macedonia. They cost four millions and contain | large quantities of munitions sad provisions and a hundred gans.
Bulgaria Declares War on Rumania,
August 1, 2.05 a.m. It is officially announced that Bulgaris has declared war
Rumanis.
No Change.
September 1, 3.40 p.m.
A British Salonios communique states: There is no change The enemy has exerted his uttermost strength to hold the on our Struma and Doiran fronts. dominating ridge,
43,000 German Prisoners,
SERIOUS COTTON POSITION.
September 1, 6.85 a.m.
At
There is no war in India, and.
can wipe out this
DON'T FORGET.
India for periods varying from suferings were prolonged. no 168400except it be to six months to two years. They were Rohri they had a mest in the should not have travelled by say punish" the men--by they on packed closely in third-olam station shed, which has only an elages in proper osrriagee, during carriages which Europeana naver iron roof. For four hours, during the cool of the night, with use with the same kind of so the hottest part of the day, generous supplies of ics. No commodation sa s traveller gote they were kept waiting on garbled excuse, no glib tale of in more temperate climes when the borders of the desert.orders," # passengers. Thus they started, they entrained, and this peram-John Bull. sharing a bench with fire other At
in 06YBD the evening ghastly, erime. Who shall hang? at saven in the evening, on a four bulating "Black Hole of Cacultia" days' journey to Eswal Pindi, commenced the second stage of ¡ across the Scinde Desert, with its fatefal journey, shedding its scarcely any water for drinking dead and dying at various stations September 1, 6.56 m.
The Times sorrespondent at Manchester states there was great rangements. This "disciplinary"|
and practically no sanitary ar- en route. Mr. Warner Allen, writing from the British Beadquarters, anxiety at the Royal Exchange when the report of the Washington party, it had been thought by although almost prostrate with
The Major and the doctor- says that since July 1 the Anglo-French armies have taken 13,000 Agricultural Bu.ean was received, showing the condition of the someone in authority, was just the heat themselves worked among prisoners on the Somme and at Verdun. Nevertheless, the Germans crop to be the lowest on record-11,800,000 bales compared with very thing to undergo an experi- the sufferers to the utmost of their have withdrawn nine divisions to help the Austrians, including 13,000,000 last season. There is a prospect of the prios soaring to ment which had never been tried ability, supported by ofhoers who four ginos July 1, so critical is bis general position.
the apprecedented range which staggered the Manchester market before-namely, that of transport bad come to meet their drafta. lest week.
ing a crowded train, loaded with What had been two pounds of loo The influence of such an adrance on yarns and all fabrics in Europeanain third-class carriages, per man was now issued, bat, Lanowshire milla will be extremely unfavourable. The priose now unprovided with fans or any of having been brought over forty S ptember 1, 4.00 p.m.
quoted by manufacturers and spinners are a serious obstacle to the other contrivances sally miles, the greater part of this A Basian official annoncement says:--We captured yesterday,
basinoes,
thought essential when crossing life-saving substance had melted.-415 in the regions where battles cocurred, 289 officers and 16,501 men, other cloths with great onation and reluctapon. In the event of a where the temperature is often ita lagging course. Urgent tela. India especially will not look at grey ataplas and is buying the burning plains of India, The train of death continued 2,400 of whom were Germans, We also captured six guns and further ries, many spindles and looms must close down.
| orar 120 dagreer in the shada......... grams had:1
I been went to Lahore, Royal,
HUGE RUSSIAN CAPTURES.
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