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TELEGRAMS.
[Reator's Serviön to The "Talegraph."]
GERMAN TYRANNY in belgIUM,
The Whole Population Thrown lato Unemployment.
London, March 7.
TELEGRAMS.
[Router's Service to The "Talegraph."]
THE LLOYD GEORⱭH CONSPIRACY TRIAL.
Story of One of the Prisoners.
London, March 7,
According to Beuter's correspondant, at Amsterdam, the Wheeldon gave evidenos to the effect that = Sorat Bernice agent, At the Old Bailey, in the Lloyd George conspiracy trial, Mrs. Telegraaf says the Germans have ordered a complete stoppage of named Gordon, told her that he was a conscientious objector and Belgian industries, thus practically throwing into unemployment the whole population, alleging inadequacy of coal and transport.
Store houses at Hamelt, containing 20,000 kilogrammes of coffee, besides other foodstuff belonging to the Belgo-American Relief Committees, have been destroyed by fire.
ITALY AND SUBMARINISM.
New Department to Cope With the Menace,
London, March 7. Renter's correspondent at Rome states that a new Anti- Submarina Department, under'ss Admiral, has been orested.
Its fanations include the arming of merchantmen and the rewarding of those sinking or dimmbling submarines.
THE WESTERN FRONT.
Freach Attacks on German Positions.
London, March 7.
A German official wireless message state:We repulsed Frank attacks on our new positions in Caurieren wood.
We shot down Afteen asroplanes.
Lively Attacks on French Front.
London, March 7.
A French communique says:-We were successful in a coup de main at Quennevieres, between the Oise and the Aisne, sad brought back prisoners.
We blew up a mine in the region of Four de Paris, in Argonne, and occupied the crater.
The enemy attempted a soup de main north-east of Flirez, at Bois Boucsot, north of St. Mihie!, and in the direction of Ammeriz. willer. Our barrage of fire stopped him dead and inflicted louses,
Two enemy aeroplanes were brought down.
THE GREEK SITUATION,
Reassering Statement by Mr. Balfour.
London, March 7. In the House of Commone, Mr. Balfour stated that the evacuation of troops and artillery from the North of Greece was proceeding astislactorily, but certsia demande were still unfulfilled. About sir thousand regulars and three thousand gendarmerie were still north of Palponnoee. The Greek Government has released the Venixaliets and has promised to abandon proceedings against them.
IRISH HOME RULE.
Favoured by Australian Senate.
London, March 7.
According to a message from Melbourne, the Senate has passed a resolution by 28 roten to two in favour of Homs Rale for Iceland,
Mr. T. P. O'Connor's Plea.
London, March 7,
la the House of Commons, Mr. T. P. O'Connor moved that, with view to strengthening the hands of the Allies in achieving the recognition of equal rights of small nations, and the principle of nationality against the opposite German principles of militariem and Government without the consent of the governed, it is essential. to immediately confer on Ireland the free institutions which have. long been promised her. He appealed to the House to make s united and genuine effort to setila the Irish qomation.
AMERICA AND AUSTRIA,
'Relations Must be immediately Broken_Off."
London, March 7,
The New York papers comment soathingly on the Austrian Note. The Timer says that the reasoning therein aurpemos in hardihood the moet dezing exploits of the German mind during the whole of the war.
The Herald says that Austria, was given the opportunity to choose between Pramianism and decency; therefore relations must be immediately broken off.
MESOPOTAMIAN COMMANDER PROMOTED.
London, March 7. Major General Frederick Stanley Mande has been promoted * Lieutenant General for distinguished service in Mesopotamin.
ITALIANS PENETRATE, ENEMY LINES,
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London, March 7.
An Italian official wirelom message statee :—We repulsed, with heavy losser, a night attack at Costs Bells, and penetrated lines at Mossingh, on the Axingo plateau,
THE IMPERIAL WAR CONFERENCE,
London, March 7,
In the Hons of Commons, Sir C. Kinloch-Cooke, saked whether the Government intended to hold a series of War Cabinet meetings in the near future, replied that until the delegates arrived he could mot answer that point.
had been helping these who were interned to essepe. This naturally She bargained with Gordon that she would get him to poison and interested bar, owing to her sympathies with conscientious objectors. to kill the dogs in the interament camps, to enable his friends to escape, if he would help her son sad two other youths to fise the country to avoid conscription.
THE MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAION,
Huge Enemy Booty Abandoned.
London, March 7.
A Mesopotamia official message. says :--Cavalry engaged Turkish rearguards on March 5 at Lajj, asar Ossiphon. Esamy booty is strewn over eighty miles of country, and it is impossible to gira scourate figures of the asptares. Thirty-eight gani up to the prament have been salvaged from the river.
THE EASTERN CAMPAIGN,
A Tremendous Task Ahead.
London, March 7. Accoding to Beuter's correspondent at Paris, Deputy from Chappa de Laine, who was sent on a mission to Salonica by the Foreign Affairs Committee, states that if General Serail had two more divisions when Monastir feil, he would have gone to Uskuž. Constantinople. However, a gigantic work had been accomplished, liberating half of Berbia and threatening the high road to sad the army was now reinforoad. He urges that the blockade of Quarants to Monastir should be finished, thus enabling troope and the Otranto Channel should be completed and the road from Buinti material to be brought ap more quickly. He concludes :-"A tremendous task confronta the Eastern Army,”
TURKS LOSING HEART IN EGYPT.
London, March 7. An Egyptian official message says:-The Tarke have abandoned strong positions at Shaikhnarp, to the west of Shelial, upon which they had spent two monike constracting deleroos. Yesterday our seroplanes dropped a ton of high explosives on troops and railways,
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS..
TRIAL OF MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S CONSPIRATORS.
London, March 6.
The trial of the alleged conspirators against Mr. Lloyd George, mentioned on January 21, has opened at the Old Bailey before Mr. Justice Low, the Mahommedan barrister, Mr. Riza, defending
The Attorney General (Sir F. E. Smith) prosecuting, suggested that the attitude of mind and conduct of the prisoners was due to an unreasoning, inveterate hatred of Great Britain, a profound dislike of compulsion and other meanures for the defanos of the country and *
hatred of statesmen whoes duty it had been to recommend the adoption of such measures. He main. tained that the prisoners were a gang of dangerous revolu- tionarios, and the State would be lacking in its duty if it had failed to get into touch with such persons by means of its secret agents.
THE WESTERN FRONT,
British Make Further Progresss,
London, March 7. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports :---Wędzade further progress to the north-west of Iries and north of Puisieux au Mont
We raided the trenches to the cast of Bouchavarnas. Later artillery dispersed the enemy massing for a counter- attack on the trenches recently captured there,
Franch Demollab Dugouts.
London, March 6,
A French communique saya :---Between the Qise and the Aisne destructive fire wracked enemy organisations north- west of Mauli Sout au Vent. We demolished casemates and dugouts port of Autreches. There were violent artillery actions north o ha Mouse along the Chambrettes-Bozomvaux front, but no ind. try fighting.
ENEMY MILITARY CLAIMS,
London, March 6.
A Berlin official miosange says that there was molt vio lent artillery firing on the right bank of the Bomme. We ropulsed British attacks to the cast of Bouchavesobs, and a Russian attack south of Brezany and in the southern part of the wooded Carpathians.
ITALIANS THRUST BACK THE ENEMY.
London March 6, An Italian official message states: We repulsed repeate -ed› attmok at.Costaballa,šnapinring ong gunkt. We drove sit. with heavy losses renewed attacks to the south-sart of Ver- toibs and the Julian front.
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RUSSIANS PURSUE TURKS,
London, March 6.
· à Russian wireless official message states:--In the Caucus we are pursuing the Turks who are withdrawing to Bidjarsonne. We occupied the villagon of Husseinabad and Chariak We attacked in the direction of Hamadan to the south-east of Abrol Lake, pursuing the Turks towards Dovletabad. Our airships bombed Baranovitchi,
U.S. AND ARMED NEUTRALITY.
Washington, March 7.
In the Senate Mr. Lodge introduced the Armed Kentra- lity Bill at the Extra Session, but the Chairman ruled it out on the ground that Congress was not in Session. Notice was given of intention to amend the rules.
It is proposed to hold a Senatorial Conference of the opposing parties to discuss measures for the prevention of
unlimited debates.”
APPAM'S OWNERSHIP DECIDED,
Washington, March 7. The Supreme Court has finally confirmed British owner- ship of the .. Appam, which was kidnapped last year, (**
THE ENTENTE AND
COLONIES.
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Muskatry Course: Part II.
All members of No. 2 Company qualified to fire Part II of the 1917. Conres will attend the Binge on Sunday next, "March 11. Uniform with helmets.- :: Those in possession of Seivine rifles will being same to the range. Leave Blake Pier at 9 a.m., turaisg about 3.30 p.m.
Staff Inspector McEwan, Mao- kens's and Aroulli, Crowa Sergeant Wilks and Ford and Sergeant Goodwin will attend for raugi datiem. All ranks will maka tbeir own tiffia arrangežibata,
Examination of Rifles.
All Winchesters are to be re- turned to Armbary, en Tuesday, March 13, between 6 15 and 6. p.tn. Parades &c.? ̈
Monday, March 12-AH Be crnita szcept No. 2 Odmpany,
Tusnday, March 18, No. 2 Company Beornita Plašion.“
Wednesday, March 14—All. Recruits except.No. 2.Company." Friday, March 18,-No. 2 Coca- pany Recruits Platoon,
Practice.-Wednesday, March
Band
Strength,
THEs certain intercourse from taking
place between them during | 14, 116 p.m. the war. One of the con-
quanoss of the war has been Crown Sargeant 15. Tamen Wong is permitted to revers to the ranks.
Trade and Tariff Problems,
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to isolate that remote part of the world from Europe and therefore to bring the British and French establishments closer together,
the present relations between trade conditions are still very But a comparison between two There is one curious feature in figures will suffice to show that France and Britain. Both coun-amatisfactory. The trade bs- tries seem to be equally eager to tween Madagascar and Mauritias establish a close coonomia sit-in 1915 resoned v¬little over ance. Both seem to overlook the $120,000. In the same year the colonial side of the problem. The trade between South Afríos and ignorasos of the average French-Madagamar amounted only to ontained in the British Empire sempted to infer from this that men as to the enormous wealth £80,000. A Chinaman might be is simply stupendous. average Englishman, on the other than South Africe.
The Manrition is a far richer country hand, has only a vague notion of Now, the first reason for this what the Colonial Empire of strange state of things is that there seems to be some hope that France may be; he rather aus while Mauritius is connected with the old system may change for pecs that it is a colies ion of Madagascar by two shipping the better. Colonial protectionista failures. We have not learned lines muning several linera every are still very powerful, as they yet to place our fature Franco month, golv one ship a month finds good deal of support among British policy on an Imperis goes from Msdage car to Darban, pertain clases of manufacturers in basis; and our way of speculat- and this only since 1913. Where the textile and metal industrie. ing about our Alliance does not there are no ships, there is no But the large majority of the differ much from what it was in tade. If the French Government French publia sad the whole the good old days of Heary V, follow the suggestion made by French sommarcial world" are when the Queen of France, in the local administration of Mads linked with the local interests in Shakespeare's play, expressed the gascar and starte a shipping the colonies in an efxt to dia. wish:-
line which will
conncel the cover a more liberal policy. "They "That English may as French, French island not only with are prepared to admit that wome French Englishman, receive each Darban bat with East London, protection may be kept in the other!"
Port Elizabeth, and Cape Town, which are imported from France, colonies for those special urticles Just to illustrate the anomal things will certainly improve at cuiness of some of the Franco- once, and the South African but rightly contend that if Franol British inter-Colonial relations, colonists will come to Antairabe, textilee must be profeited in let me quote the typical instance the waters of which are already
* of Madagascar and South Afrios recowned, as their forefathers in Evary educated Englishman England used to go to Bath," knows that British South Africa Shipping, however, is not the
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Madagascar it is not a reason for exolading from the name island South African cost or agricalment implements.
The problem from the British
is going to be in a very near only point. The real difficulty point of view, is of mourne, a faturs an enormous industria! is the tarif system.. I have no
conatty. In be aware that the besitation in saying that the different dan, not only because French island of Madagascar, main responsibility for the self-governing Dominion like which is placed at the very doors tariff wall which" now separates South Africa La Ezoo' To Ermanow of South Afties, is developing the two colonies lies with the its own tariff, but also o fast into an important agrical-French. The narrow-minded, high of a preferentist tariff inside the account of the present advomney tural colony, the external trade of protectionist policy which has Empire. However, it does not which is increasing even during prevailed in some parts of the
the war, and will have recated in French Colonial Empire since seem that the adoption of Immichak 1916, the respectable figure of 1897 is nowhere es objectionable British Empire from maki
preferenos would prevent fije seran million sterling? La hasin Madagascar, which has been ther geaaral or local arrang aware that Madagascar and South surrounded by an almost prohibi
mentary to each other?
Africs are in many ways completive tar f. On the other hand, ments of the kind wigga
While imports from Madagascar into kyseiselves. Why, for instanc
the French Anti-protection South Africa oan or will be able South Afrios, are, anbi siad to should South Africa genotio to supply coal, sgricultural high, detion even when they reads wool from Mada equipment, European crops and do col compete with local
cattle, Madaganoar han big re products. Bioe pays ons shillin mut it more selokly serves of excellent wood and fog hundred pounds, mas cheaply than from may raises tropical products of every and topical peas, two shillings. of the world ? description, such sa rice and No wonder that both countries It appears, thereformi manioc, a certain variety of pets and it difficult to profit by son must be a way but of which is used for the manufacture other a present and potential tangle. What she emot of biscuit, not to mention sali weslih,
may be will have to be dolara. and other secondary articles which might be welcome in after this was? Are we going to express the hope tha Is this system going to prevail by experts. Onlookeru |Banth Afrion,1231
allow the British and French Held la which British and
view will be taken of the sop There is no doubt that, had Empire to wagangainst each other things-been allowed to follow thrill wit whilst Great Britain co-operation le to their natural course, the trade rechod France will hive stablished the future. - An ́ lations between the British Intimate espaomie Dominion and the French Colony home?
would by now be very consider do is
artificial dimoultina I shall point
cjalism; murt; BOR prevent both