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TELEGRAMS.
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THE WESTERN FRONT.
French Repulse German Attack.
Loadoo, January 28.
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GERMAN DESIRES.
London, January 25.
According to Renter's correspondeat as Amsterdam, writing jo the Berliner Tageblau, Theodor Wolf says:—"Neutralisation of the A French communique sare:-The Germane last night attacked Dardaneller, under a general gasrantee, would find many German at four points from Avocoart wood to the east of Morthomme. Oarapporters, who, of course, would desire that the San Caval and fire drove them back into their trenches. Only same enemy parties the Straits of Gibraltar ehcald not be forgotten."
succeeded in penetrating the advanced trenches in the sector of Hill 304. The enemy sustained very heavy losses and left numerons bodies before our lines, especially at Avccourt wood.
Seven enemy seroplanes were brought down, including Lieutenant Guynemer'e twenty-eighth, sad Lieutenant Hearteanx's nineteenth.
Oar air quadrons heavily bombarded several railway stations; also butments and military establishmente. A great fire was caused at the railway station of B.ieulles.
A German Claim.
Londen, January 28,
A German wireless meenage asy-The Westphalion and Biden troops stormed trenches on Height 304, along a mile front on the west bank of the Mease, is cting sanguinary losses and taking prisoner five hundred;
A French night counter-attack failed.
THE RUSSIAN FRONT.
Prisoners Taken in Offensive,
Ludoo, Janas y 26.
A Russian wireless official message ea58:-Between the Tirul Swamp and the Ax Kirer, we adopted the offensive and dielodged the enemy, taking some prisonere,
Wa withdrew under German pressure.
We advanced a mile in the direction of Kslacem, but fell back before counter-attacks.
General Irachkevitch led the firet line, and, though wounded, remained at his post.
Further German Progress.
London, January 26.
A wireless German message faye:-We occupied farther positions on both sides of the As River and repulsed counter-attacks on the east bзak. Five hundred prisoners were captured.
SUFFOLK COAST SMELLED.
A German Veis:l's Vinit.
Lindeo, January 28.
An official mesɛngs saya that a small, anidentified German vessel approached the Suffolk Coast last night and fired shells,
There were no casualties, and the damage was insignificant;
A Three-Minute Visit.
Lsados, January 20,
The German attack on the Suffolk Coast was made between Il and 12 o'clock,
Shelle were fired, and the visit lasted three minutes,
EAST AFRICAN. CAMPAIGN.
Sucerssor to General Smuts.
London, January 26.
An East African official message saya that Lieutenant-General A. R. Hoskins succeeds General Smutz as. Commander-in-Chief in Eat Africa.
Enemy Faillog Back,
London, January 26.
An East African official message enyi :—North and south of the Lower Rufiji and is the delta, the Germans are falling back in the direction of Uiete and Utembe Lake.
Strong forces of the enemy are retiring to the south from Mahenge and Rabadje Biver.
We invested and compelled to surrender an enemy detachment at Likaja. We took thirty-nine Eu:opeans and 250 Askari prisoner, besides a field gau..
GOVERNMENT'S TEA SCHEME FOR TROOPS,
London, January 25.
The Times says it in anderstood that, with a view to the continued the forcas, • scheme is large requirements for iss for proposed whereby the Government will acquire the uus-ld crops of Certain Indian tea garden. It is suggested that prices ourrent before the war be paid, with a fair additica.
The raheme is somewhat criticised by the tea trade, on the ground that the companies whose balanes of crops is so acquired Will fare less well than those able to continue to secure the full market prices.
There is an opinion in certain quarters that a method might be devised whereby the lect of the lower prioss payable to the Government could be spread over the whole trade.
SPAIN OBLIGED TO REMAIN NEUTRAL.
London, January 25.
Locording to Beuter's correspondent at Madrid, the Premier, Benbor Romanoner, in a speech, said that Spain was obliged to remain neutral at promni, bet, in view of his guest prestige, King "Alfonso would osrtainly have the glory of mediating when the copportunity arone.
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE NAVAL CONFERENCE,
Results Entirely Satisfactory.
London, January 25, The Admiralty announces that during the last few days an important naval conference at the Admiralty between the British, French and Italian Admiralties discussed the. Daval policy in the Mediterranean. Britain's delegates wero: Sir E. Carson, Admiral Jellicoe, Commodore Halsey Rear Admiral Oliver. France was represented by Admirala Lacaze, De But, Fatou and De L'Ostende, and Italy by Admirale Corsi, Marzolo and Captain Di Villarey. More- over Signor Dallalio the Italian Minister of Munitions, M. De Joly, the French Director of Shipping, and Signor Ancona, the Italian Under Secretary for Transports, attend- ed; also naval and civilian experts.
Mr. Lloyd George indicated the proposals which the British Government were of opinion would tend to a closer co-ordination and more effective unity of action of the Allied forces.
The results were entirely satisfactory. The decisions were important, affecting, besides the naval operations, the use of shipping, the control of trade routes, and other prognate problems.
The Delegates.
Londor, January 28. The delegates to the Naval Conference are:- Britain; The Fourth Sea Lord, Commodore Halsey (Chief of the Staff), Vio-Admiral Oliver.
France The Minister of Marine, Admiral caza (Chief of the Staff), Vice-Admiral De Ben, Rear-Admin) Faton (Naval Attache in London), and Rear-Admiral De L'Ostende.
Italy: The Minister of Marine, Vice-Admiral Corsi (Chief of the StaT), Rear-Admiral Marzolo (Naval Attache in London), and Captain Di Vellarey,
A GERMAN ANNOUNCEMENT.
London, January 26, A German official announcement, received by wireless, states:We progressed on both banks of the A■ River.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S PEACE TALK.
A Dutch View.
The Higus, January 26, ....” The Foreign Minister has expressed the opinion that it would be unwise for the Netherlands policy to bind itself to exercise economic and military compulsion against any other power, as outlined in President Wilson's speech.
Oplaion in fluńgary,
Amsterdam, Jet uary 26.
In the Hungarian Parliament, Count Tista, in referring to President Wilson's speech, said he syrupathetically greet- ed every effort to restore peace. He was therefore, inclined to continue to exchange views of penice with the United States, but the Entente's war aims, which meant the dis- integration of Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, were irreconcilable with President Wilson's sime,
He asserted that Hungary honoured the principle of nationalities; indeed the free development of the nations. of south-eastern Europe was only completely realisable" by the existence of the domination of Austria-Hungary. "Therefore, we are completely in agreement with President Wilson."
DEAR COAL IN PARIS.
Pati, Janky 26. The price of coul in ten shillings a hundred- weight.
AN INTERESTING ORDER IN COUNCIL,
London, January 28.
An Order in Council renders compulsory the sale or loan to the Treasury of Foreign securities. This is required to regulate the exchange, and has been, so far, volimtary,
THE ST. THEODORE.
London, January 26. telegramy from Pornambuco Баум that the caplared St. Thedoro was despatched on a raiding expedi Lion on December 28.
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Many of the officers of the German raider wore iron crosses for service on the Moewe.
When the Mount Temple was sunk, some pornos, which formed part of the 'carigo, swam towards the raidisr, but were shot
at from the deck by offers and crew.
BAD WEATHER in rumania.
London, January 25,
"The Times" correspondent at Finny shygi chat listanse cold has practically stopped military operations,
THE WESTERN FRONT.
Sir Douglas Haig's Report;
London, January, 26.
Sir Douglas Haig reportsWe carried out a suposatul raid at noon in the neighbourhood of Hallach, Many the enemy were killed and some captured. A dugout waną destroyed. We had four slightly wounded.
We drove off two raiding parties last night eastward of Fauquiert. A third party reached the trenches eastward of Ypres, but was immediately driven out and our position re-established.
There has been much serial activity. Our anti-aircraft gunt brought down an enemy machine and, in the course of air fights, four others were destroyed and three driven down damaged. Three of ours are missing.
Destructive Bombardment by the French.
London, January 28.
A French communique states:-German organisations and batteries in the region of Luneville and Hartmanne- weilerkopf were destructively bombarded.
There was a fairly lively artillery struggle in Upper Aliace.
AMERICAN OPINION,
Lloyd George to the Rescue.
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Future of Employment Exchanges.
It is on the Gäverement Em- ployment Exchanges that the Exco of the transition will depend when the time comes to reinslate varal millions of munition workers and soldiers in moemni, korinatry.... To make the working of the ” Grabunger mors | bamın′′~ more... ulaatio; -- lega mechanics, to help: all;" particu engaged in indestry "to operate without loss of time and energy to add to the skill of the perman entofolala, the special knowledge of local industries posseted by | the people engaged in them--this would be a long step towards securing the successful transfer jof-men and women from military. services to the normal employ- ments of peace."
In the first place, the supreme control of the Exchanges should be placed in the hands of a small commission of employers and | trade unioniste, with the chief Government permanent official sa dealty in finding, for a com chairman. There wculd be no mission of this mature, men of wide experience and of the high-' ent ability.
A greater victory for the Germen merce goes on to say, he desired to Government than the taking off be the head of this war-council and Bucharest is the crieis in the act to have a Prime Minister con each of the sub-divisions, at pre- In the second place, to control British Cabinet, by which Mr.sected with it. When the Prime Asquith was forced to resign and Minister resisted, the War Minister sent directed by a divisional the War Minister, Mr. Dava offered his resignation. This led experintendent, a local committee Lloyd-George was appointed me Mr. Asquith to yield "not to the
should to appointed with the his successor, according to the War Minister, but to the King, permanent official as the secre- New York World, while other with view to retiring and made available by such local tary. With the added knowledga journele call it a confession of permitting the formation of a new 12Competency in war-policies. | Cabinet,"
executive committees, employers would expect that their special needs would be more exrefully met; qually well, workpeople of the apply of labour, within would expect a better regulation
which is confirmed by the secret In the view of the New York sessions of the Chamber of De Commercial the failure of the paties in France, with recom- Entente Allies to save Romanis panying rumore of-abanges in is the cause of the Usbinatorial
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the operations in Bamanis, re- Chief of the Western Allied accentuated this need for the marks the World, but he can no forces, may be supplanted. We improved use of the available be sceptical about British are further told, too, that Lloyd-apply of labour. With the rapid Cabinet crisis resulting from die George
development in the use of satisfaction with the way things vigorous war in the
similar machinery in many dif» are going in the war. Yet it where the Teutonic Alliance give subdivisio of processes,
farent industries, and the exten» · wonders how much of this dissat winning more
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more there is also proceeding a dɔr- isfaction is grounded in the territory in a region which is the blunders of the Government and goal of the German Emperor responding increase in the mo how much in the ignorance of the ambition. Indeed, it is said that lity of labour from industry to nature of war. For, the World Germany "can afford to abandon industry. The fall posibilities in this direction are, howeTIT, goes on to say, in all the oriticism | all her colonial posessions if she
of the Arquish Government ther can expand in the Near East and known only to the men engar d has been no onanimity of opinion lie across England's road to India is the particular industries. This as to what it ought to have done and Bassin's path through the co-operation on local committees could very greatly reduce the or how it could have better Dardanelles to the open sea," mobilized the resources of the The shake-up that has placedreves of labour rosary to Empire for better effect on the Mr. Lloyd-George at the head maintain the groups of trades Eastern and Western fronte. No of fairs, remarks the Pittsburg labour is possible. To obtain the within which enoh mobility of thing in eo esay in lime of war as Chronica Telegraph will “1
"bearten criticism, and this daily utters the nation at an bear which is far assistance of trade unionists in the admonition that the British from the brightest in its history." securing this improved organitz- people will discover that the end the Brooklyn Ea 11, also bition, standard rates would have
to be recognised. oftener they change their Gor-admirer, contraste his place in the Much of the disbelief amonget ernment in this war, the more it publia eyé tc-day with that six
remains the same thing and the years ago, when he was "rovoln work people in the value of the more id and comfort they give te tionising theories of tex tion and Employment Exchanges is due to their "bighly resourceful enemy." reducing the House of Lords to those men and women who, for Furthermore, the World believe the position of in innocnouatious reasons, are unft for em that Mr. Lloyd George bas been debating-club." Then no man in ployment, and are tacitly refused ending "his great powers and the Kingdom was so bitterly rinse to register week by week, it by the officials, but who con- repute as a Liberal to the partisan assailed, says the Eagle, and the purposes of a Tary cabal which commna feeling was expressed in to haunt the Labour Exchange will next turn upon him if he the old story of the hero who offices from day to day and to does not change his cost alto- jamped into the Themes near the grumble at the naclesmess of the gether."
place as a medium for finding Houses of Parliament to rescue a The break is plainly due to a drowning men, and subsequently burden on the Exchanges: On work. Their pressure is an unfair difference between Mr. Asquith assured an admiring crowd that and Mr. Lloyd-George, the Nor "it was nothing, nothing at all," the other hand, no single per- York Journal of Commeres noter adding, I heard him cry for masent official should have such in reviewing the facts in the case, help, went in after him, found power over a man as indefinitely. and the difference in not a personal him flating on his face, turned to withhold work from him, and one so much as one of tempera him over to make sure he wasn't only by a group of workmates and mest and of methods. We an Lloyd George, and then towed employers abould it be possible reminded inc'dentally that the bim ashore! English Cabinet in a combination body of more than twenty mem. bers, whose immediate contract with Parliament and the Kirgi through its chief member, the Prime Minister. Mr. Acquith has been disposed to consult and deliberate to secure harmony. | -9.15 p.m. whereas Mr. Lloyd-George is for rompt and energetic action, Le is recalled "that as head of the War Department, “Mr. Lloyd Georgemet with so much obstine- tion and delay that he eventually Monday, January 29. sought to have the cɔndust of the West Point Building Co's i-war placed in she handle of aamul|| Meeting; 13.30 a.m345 CHAN
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to decide that's man"oshaot ressonably, expect employment in a given industry,
The benefit; derived from the chenges here outlined would not be confined to material things. Mach present-day industrial un- rest is a msaaurs of the intelleo- taal difcentent of. workpeople anxioon to assure a larger share. in determining the conditions QË their life and isbour, grow of the pramunity i momured” by the?
for sell-go! polition!” "which"