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TELEGRAMS.
[Beater's Servies to The "Telegraph."]
PRESIDENT WILSON'S DILEMMA.
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Action to Save Country from Disaster,
· London, March 5.
TELEGRAMS.
[Reater's Service to The "Telegraph."]
THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND.
Brave Deeds Now Fully Revealed.
London, March 5. Benter's correspondent at Washington says that President The thrilling story of the Battle of Jutland is now fully Wilson, in a statement last evening, informed the country that he revealed by an Admiralty announcement of the posthungon, award was without power to aim merchantmen or to take other steps to of the Victoria Crow to Commander Jones, of the destroyer Sbark, meet the submarine menses without the authority of Congress. An which led a division of destroyers in the attack on an enemy battle" extra emision was required to give him the sathority, but that would crainer «quadron.
be useless while the Senate works under the present rale, permitting The Shark was disabled by two shelle, when another destroyer a small winority to keep an overwhelming majority at bay. Became between the Shark and the enemy and offered to render assistance, proposes to call a special Sesion of the Senate to-day to revise the bat Commander Jones warned the craft off, saying that if it remained rules and supply the means for action to save the country from it would almost certainly be sunk. Then, though wounded in the disaster.
leg, be helped to man the after-wheel, and subsequently, when the forecastle and after-guns crews were blown away, Commander Jones assisted in keeping the mid-skip gun in aetion.
The Government "Helpless and Contemptible."
London, March 5, Bouter's correspondent at Washington. says the Senate meets tc-day under extraordinary circamstances:"
President Wilmon will deliver, in the morning, his inaugural message from the steps of the Capitol, but meanwhile be has stirred up the nation to the core by a manifesto denouncing "the_little group of wilful men, representing only their own opinion," who withstood five hundred sapporters of the Government policy at e crisis fraught with more far-reaching possibilities of national danger than any Government has ever experienced.
President Wilson emphasises that the whole nation supporta the Government with unprecedented unanimity, and says" the impression may be created abroad that other Governments may do sa they please without the fear of 'America doing anything. The great Government of the United States has been rendered helpless and contemptible, and the only remedy is to alter the rules of the Senate. The country can be relied upon to draw the needful moral.
CONDITIONS AT MONASTIR.
The Results of Three Mouths' Bombing.
London, March 5.
Renter's correspondent at the Serbian Headquarters says that the Bulgarian trenobes at Monestir are adowed ap.
It is officially estimated that the enemy has dropped 2,627 «bells' and bomba on Monestir daring the past three months. Forty-threes | houses have been destroyed and three hundred damaged. Tuirty. two men have been killed and thirty-seven injured, whilst forty-five women and children have been killed and eighty-five injured.
AUSTRIAN LABOURITES FORCE DISSOLUTION."
Mr. Hughes' Visit to England Indefinitely Postponed,
London, March 5.
Reater's correspondent at Sydney says that owing to the obstructive tactics of the Labourites, the Federal Government bae suddenly announced the dissolution of Parliament, entailing the indefinite postponement of Mr. Hughes' visit to England.
THE WESTERN FRONT.
A Violent German Attack..
London, March 5.
A French commanīgus aistos:—After an intense bombardment in the region of Caurieros wood, on the right bank of the Mense, the enemy violently attacked on a front of three kilometres between Chambrettes farm and Benonvang. Repeated assaults between Caurieroe wood and Besonvaux failed.
The enemy gained a footing in our advanced elements to the north of Cauriered wrod, but our fire meshed all attempts to penetrate the wood, iz fi cting heavy enemy losses.
German Claims and Admissions.
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
GERMANY AND AMERICA,
U. S. Senate Adjournes.
Washington, March 4,
The Senate adjourned without taking action regarding the Armed Neutrality Bill
**Most Reprehensible Filibusters,"
Washington, March 5,
The opponents of the Armed Neutrality Bill, who num- ber twelve, are denounced as the most reprehensible Alibusters of history.
President Wilson has signed the Naval Appropriation Bill: Likewise the issue for 160 million dollars bonds to be expended on Naval construction,
RUSSIA'S MYSTERY CABINET.
Riddle of Resignations and Appointment.
place of M. Trep in M. Krie gervoinovsky, and in this Minis. [try again an Assistant Minister
has resigned.
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TELEGRAMS.
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IN THE WEST.
Energy Stuji Yields Ground.'
London, March 5. Field Marshal Sir Dougins Haig reports: We captured the enemy's front and support lines to the east of Bau- chavesnes on a twelve hundred yards frontage, taking pris oner 173 We heavily repulsed several counter-attacks. The enemy' continues to yield ground to the east of Gommecourt, where we advanced to a depth of 1,200 hundred yards on a' frontage of two miles. The total number of prisoner for the day was 190.
The French Heavily Engaged.
Paris, March 5. A communique states that there has been violent artill- ery firing to the east of the Meuse. A German attack at Caur- ieres Wood, after an intense bombardment, reached our first, line. but was completely ejected by our fire and counter- attacks. Our line was maintained. The French: effectually “ bombarded the enemy batteries in the region of Malancourt,
FURTHER RUSSIAN SUCCESS.
Petrograd, March 4. A message from eheran states that the Russians have captured Hamadan, and are pursuing the retreating enemy.
THE ALLIED CONFERENCE,
Fetrograd, March 5. An inspired statement says that the Allied Conference afforded freak proof of the increasing solidarity of the Alling in their unswerving fidelity to the common cause, The Con ference decided on measures for the better distribution of the common resources,
SUCCESS OF ITALIAN LOAN.
Roma, March 5. Subscriptions to the new loan at present amount to j milliard lire, of which 1,720 millions are new money.
BESTORING MEN BROKEN IN WAR.
Sir H. Norman's Report on France's Methods. Captain Sir Henry Norman, P., Liaison Officer of the Ministry of Munition
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KWANGTUNG LAND SURVEY.
New Regulations to be Enforced,
Since the recent Revolution the financial condition of Kwangtong Provinos is simply deplorable, and the revenuse of vations kinde have fallen abnormally. Through ths efforts of the local authorities, most of the collecting offices bare been reorgahiled and attempts have been made to introduos necessary reforms to various branches of the administration, Land tax in the principal revence: of the province; but the collect- ion has been greatly reduced an nocomus of the low of records and "books during the time of Bavola - - tion, benos the irregularity in the collecting system of various dis triots. The Shanchang has deem- ed it imperative to" commanOS sionde the work of land measure- ment, and he has isoned an in- struction to the Finance Barása: to the effeck that:" "The General Principles laid down by the Mini- -stry of Finance on the method of land massorament sed the form calling for partieniars of lande attrahed thereto, are quite pract- 10al and should be enforced without delay; but hitherto, ow- ing to the local disturbanoes, - we have bad no time to at- tend to this important matter. Now that pesoe and order have be-n restored in various districts, the matter should reseire das attention, and we hope that by: Sick-These, if they recover.declion of anaiform system Isnd massarement and the intro- retarà to the army,
of taxation vefis ior
of lands the SCTV100, receive, receipta of the land revANUSA Fit the unfitness 18 Count Ignatif, who as Minis-
nised as arising from their ser-Chief of the Finance Bureau recog will be greatly increased. The ter cf Education enjoyed uo-
vice, permanent pension, or, in bereby instructed to draw up [ex-miled popularity, and who,
otherwise, a provisional allowance, a set of detailed regulations einos hie resignation, has received The Daily Chronicle Special over a thousad mssenges of French Ministry of Inventions, are treated in
Functionally jared.~These governing land measurements for Correspondent, Dr. Harold sympathy and esteem, has been has made a report to the War physiotherapy, bene" in dos various forms to the districta to centra of joar spproval. He should imuH Williams writea :---
sacceeded by M. Kolchitsky, Office on the treatment and course they return to the army for be carefully filled in, and as soon Petrograd, January 18.-It is protege of the former Minister, training of disab'el and disctive or base duties, or receive as the work of investigation in difficult for British readers te. Casio.
charged soldie & in France. fixed permanent pension, and completed, a few districta porses- penetrate the mists of Russian There is a change, too, in the A oentral sathority has been enter, at their own wish a school sing easy means of communias- politics, and to distinguish the Ministry of Justice. M. Maker: ff, created in France to deal with of re-education. various figures in that long pro who was a rigid Legalist of the those cssea, and the Chamber of
tions should be selected na start- cession of fanationsries and old rebcol, has been succeeded Daprties has voted funds for its centre of surgical equipment. It is hoped that competent
Amputated. These entor dignitaries which constirates the ifters short tenors of office by work. The Nations! Office pro where they are fitted with so experts may be secured for the ing points for land measurement.." changing scene of the Famiar Senator Dobrovolsky, whose past poses that an organimion shall artificial limb, receive a per-work, otherwise, no result can be Cabinet. It is difficult, 100, tofords a guarantee that be will exist in every industrial district manent pension, and ecter, stoxpeated.-Peking Daily News, enggest any explanation of the carry out in his jadicial sphere of France, where both technical their own wish, a school of re- changes, and it would be the principles of the present re-education and subsequent edoortion. super flaons effert to analyse the eagime. Hore, again the Under employment will be provided for altimate cauKON.
The men who have passed Secretary has rosignad.
the men who had joined the army through a school of is education All that can be done in te M. Bark, Minister of Finsacs, from that district. There are are provided with work by an register events as they come. has taken two months leave of already in operation many centres employment bureau, Any prediction is entirely out of sbance, though fortunately the of surgical equipment and the question. The Rarainn state of his health gives no re-education.
In conclusion, Sir Henry Nor- papers in their New Year articles ground for great anxiety. Some
man gives an soncunt in detail of] Tra: ky express their inability to papeza
Mon discharged from the army the work done at each stage of read the riddle of the fatore Bark had, knigned, but this ary service are entitled to an ly he remarkethat the agricultural
reported that
Mr. incurably disabled through milit the French treatment, Incidental The general position is roughly ramcur is contradicted.To-day it is annual pension. Men discharged abouter shows a strong desire
TO-MORROW. as follows:-
nnounced that the War Minister, because of infirmity not due to for a town trade on his discharge
Victoria Theatre 9.16 p.m. lished as Minister of the fat rior. has been succeeded by General entitled. In France, as in Eng. He has clearly perceived that | graph.-9.15 p.m.
M. Protopopcff is fimily entab. Skævaleff, has resigned and their military service are not so from the army — ̈
Bijon Theatre-9.15 p ́m : Now Hongkong" Oisemsto- of Home Beare'ary. His chief Bielai, former Chief of the lend, this distinction bas resulted the sistant is General Kucliff, General Auff, who last year paid in hardship and a sense of griev-lehity manned by agricult- trenches have been
Thursday, Marob 8. former official of the scoret police, [s visit to England and France.
anco. The amount of pension arists that
H.K. Horticultural Socisty. who has, as far as is kɛowr, no
it is The papara expres regret at the varies with the character of the they who have suffered hardship. (First Day). :
chiefly Annual Show at Botanic Gardone formal fficial position in the resignations of M. Shuvaled, disablement, and the scale is that exile from home, wounds, mutila- Ministry, but appears on various whom the Nowe Vremys describan of 1870, which is generally beln (tion and death while the towns- beplative.
man, with a long record of devoted pension given to a private in 630 at munition making, receiving the The official Assistant Minister-service to his oradit,
|sonnally, and the lowest £15. of the Interior, or Under Secret In the Ministry of Foreign Bir Henry Normen dwells ajother war in bislifetime, he wishes while high wages.. If there in an ie live in realm of flitting Affairs the Under Secretary, M. some length on a difficulty whiob to be one of the latter. It not, he shadows, and one of them, Prince Norateff, has been transferred to has already been discussed in wishes his foo to have this better Volkonsky, a former deputy, who the Council of Empire, bat he is Englandthat of re-educating pert Ass result there is likely still commande the respect of bi provisionally carrying on the disabled soldier who is not oblig. to be a greet and dangerous one-time Dama, colleagues, har duties of the department, pending ed to be re-educated. The bea: shortage of labour on the land in just resigned.
the appointment of a GOOMBOT. men gladly avail themselves of France after the war. “
to the
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DON'T FORGET.
TO-DAY.
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-9.15 p.m.
A German official wireless mezrage states:-The English/ocossions an Protopopcí's repre- | 18 a plain, bluff and ootaciëntions to be inadegaste. The highest men has largely worked in safety | Annual Show at Batanio Gardom.
London, March 5.
"attacked to the south of St. Pierre Vauet wood and captured' a
trench sector on the Benshavener Moisinins rond,
We stormed and captured a Frenob position in Caurieres wood, on a front of 1500 metres, and repulsed nocturnal counter-attacks.
We captured an important position in the south-east corner of Fosses wood, taking prisoner 678 and capturing sixteen machine gans and twenty-five quick-loading guns.
There were numerons air fights. The enemy lost sighteen aeroplanes yesterday. We lost four.
SENTENCED FOR ESPIONAGE.
·
Friday, March 9, B.K., Horticultural Society.➡
(Second Day),
Saturday, Marob 10. holder' meeting at 11.20 s.m.
Hongkong Rope Ca-Share-
permanent fanational disablamant should be divided into clamDE.
In contrast with the firmnem M. Pokrovsky is still in office, as the opportunity; but large num The weak point of the French cording only to the nature of of M. Protopopoff's position, the for us is known, but he is said to ber do not." There is wide-system is the want of po-ordinate invalidity. Onos granted, other departments of the Govern. be suffering from inflgerss, spread desire that re-education tion, and in his suggestions to these pensions should not be unbe ment display & pronouncedly The Novos Vrempa, complains should be made compulsory, mobile tendency. There is a new of the prevalence of wild rum-
the War Ofios Sir Henry Normanet so willsdenwal or modification The French method of treating recommends that the treatment for any reason, whatever, and. Premier Prince Galitsin, not ours, and instances the reports of sick and wounded soldiers is of the disabled soldier in this Thould have no relation “bataver Prince Galitzin who, a few weeks the impending dialalion, of than
stagee;
one central authority presided, industrial efficiency. the tosse of Commons, given for an ras kas over by a Minister with rat in
A higher penni
possibility during a man's life. «lly i
The State should sesame To for a log sa puisi) time for the provision, repe
The Press Baresa sanonnees that in the ass of a prisoner who|sgo, made a noteworthy specob]the Dams for good shd all. No Amarised in its ancoensive | country should be controlled by to a men'shpresent?" or? falára
London, March 5. wasonart-martialled in London and sentenced to death for espionage, the Ending was confirmed, but the sentence was commated to life
service.
AN ITALIAN SUCCESS.
1,
2: London, Maroh 5. An Italian official wireless meenage sintes:-Wa brilliantly and scoupled a strong position on an altitude" of 2, menus as Las Costa Bella group, in the Aviaĵo motor.
in the Council of Empire, bu strong Government, it mys, would another gentleman of the same risk such a precipitate mosaure as slón is granted, if they can live Totally Disabled. A per nome, who is unknown outside the complete suppression of a with: friends. Otherwise they the circle of his intimate friends. patriotic Parliament in war time. are supported in Siste innlitu. On his appointment be made The Novos Vrsinga attribales the tíone, and it is suggested for this the mual declaration so the Press. prevalence of siaj rumour to the rpose to restore the Hotel des but ainos then he has given no enforced silenos of the I indications of, his programme or it should be noted that 1990.
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