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July 2, 1917
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TELEGRAMS.
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RUSSIANS RESUME BATTLE
Attack Follows Violent Bombardment.
London, Jaly L. An Austrian official message etater:-Russian artillery fire has increased gang the past few days. It became most intense on Friday stigman in the neighbourhood of Braejany and Keninohy. An chemy infantry attack was launched near Keninshy, but it broke down under our bariags.
The Russian Version.
London, Jaly 1. Russian offcial message states:-Our artillery and the enemy's was most active to the south of Fripet, especially in the regions of Zolotahev and Brsejany.
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LATEST NEWS FROM GREECE.
Proposed Despatch of Troops to Macedonia.
London, July pondent at Athenue: invited the cast of the Army Corps at Peloponnesus to come to
to Macedonia. Athene to discuss the despatch of a fores
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Lasinn, July 1. Bauter's special correspondent with the British army in France,
three opposition par describing the operations around Loss, says :-D to Thursday
Andrassy, Apponyi, Ind- evening, we had been ayatamatiosily pushing that Gormsas in
havs össued aquabbling north-easterly directbb, by which time oft line roughly ran from
other and have united to the fringe of Clite dalloulin across the Souches Biver and Lane
Tizza's overthrow This news Arres road, through the old trench system in front of Elsa Dit Leaurette, bending round so as to follow the tread of the Mencourt, Reater's correspondent si Paris states that MM. Ganaris and jyfally greeted by the Américas Avion switch. Doable operations which developed on Thursday Damanie, and twenty-six other expelled Greeks, bare arrived at paper published in Migrat.
tactical schema. reaing, although distinct in their phases, were part of the same Ajaccio
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The Expelled Pro-Germans.
London, July 1.
One of the most important” of, them, the Chicago" "Amerikai Figgelo, cannot conosalita delight, and than apostrophime? the once all-powerful Hangazian Minister (*--
*The enemy's withdrawal from the outer defences of Lans had
MORE GERMAN TYRANNY. tended to weaken the resisting powera of the Oppy line betweeä that place and Souches, and 60 occasion was taken to strike a blow
Twenty Belgians Placed Under Arrest. "Attacks lotended to be Strong.”
here, with quite satisfactory resalta. Ae a comesque moe, of the
London, July 1. activity during the last few daya sround the Lans salient and wonth London, July 1
According to a mesasge from Amsterdam, & Brussels ufficial Referring to the Russian front, à German communique states: thesof, the bare mide substantial gain of territory and have taken Owing to the tocase of preware of other Eatente Powers, the something like four hundred prisoners, about twenty machine-guns, announcement states that twenty Baigiana connected with the
· Baesian sativity in Eastern Galicia begins to give the impromion of and killed and wounded a very large number of the enemy. Oarcologies have been arrested because a number of Garmin non-c to the Unitsch Bistes, to the Land attack' intended to be strong. The Bassian destructive fire hayowa essualties in these operations have been light,,relative to the butants captured at Tabors have been faterned in France instead of of Promiser live out our des... ·
numbers engaged and the sacosse aghieved.
been maintained since yesterday from the Lemberg-Brody Railway sa for the heights wonth of Braejuny.
Another German Version.
London, July 1. A German evening official message states: After strong fire, Rassisa infantry attacks between the Upper Strypa and on the western bank of Zlotalisst, becke down under our fire.
TROUBLE IN AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
Serious Franchise Demonstration.
Budapest was most astiona
London, July 1 According to Renter'a correspondent at Amsterdam, scconcia in the Gatuan, papers show that the franchise demonstration at The mob attacked the Tisss Club for an hour with stones and of iron, fariously demanding that Count Tuza should come Afterwards they destroyed tramcare. The troops then dis persed the crowd.
Politic Crisis Expected."
London, July 1
Beater's correspondent at Zerich states that Dr. von Seidler's aclely with the Emperor, will probably provoke s new Ministerial arisis. Already there is increased aggressiveness among the Czechs and Slava, which even the Germans regret.
On the whole, the enemy has not been fighting well, although there have been instances to the contrary. He knows that be is going backward, and whether he is told that this is according to pisa, or whether he has the perception to realise that he is being beaten back, the resnit must equally produce the ander-ding feeling. More than once, the occupants of trenches and posts have bolted on Even the order of the higher Command the advance of our men, to economise man-power to the utmost can scarcely justify such
tactica.
being sent to a neutral country.
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A WAR CORRESpondent killed.
London, July 1, Renter a correspondent at the British Headquarters states that Sergi Basset, a French war correspondent with the British Army was killed by a sniper's ballet while visiting Hill 85. He is the frat war correspondent to be killed in the war, 4`
FOOD. MATTERS AT HOME.
Lord Rhoadds the Guardian of the Poon
London, July 1,
We know him welk. Many of his reactionary policies, and osmo left the old and on accomms of
tinies. We sought the abundant opportunities which America offered. We reached our goal without humiliations, not needing credentials here since this recep ion of Komath.
not.
"Our old country at last is on the threshold of portentous times. We rejoice in his imminent downfall, & Hia mame" "will blackand longer the prestige. of our native land. His name will soon be among thoms mizo
finaalled
The spirit of car troops is indomitable, and beyond all praise. Here is a little episode which suffices to prova.that these are not words of extravagant eulogy. A little advance on s post south of Orjaal River, held by 15 of our men, was the object of a surprise sttack during the darkest hour of Wednesday night, following upon
It is stated that Mr. Kennedy Jones has guigned has position i which Ju
conspiracy audden shower of bombe which wounded ten of the little garrison. Twenty Garman Sturmtruppen rashed the pos The sining at the Food Ministry, five, standing back to back, made a stand that regalle Roof Lord Bbondage wpeaking at Bard., said he ipected that Mr. The noise of bombing and firing soon brought up reinforcemente, Lloyd George had sppointed bim Food Controller because he knew and the Germans took to their heels, leaving two prisoners in the shat he had the hide of a rhinocerous. He would be the guardian hands of the five defenders. The Germans took back with them of the consumer and especially of the poor. He had determined to end profiteering, but warned his bearera that they must not expect a return to pre-war prices.
none but their own wounded.
A Convenient Omission.
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Bread for the People.
The F as it foreseeds of the the Central Rowers the politeial freedom of all the other nations in the Dual Monsroby:-
hejoices in the war
"The people of Haagary will obtain their political freedom sad, happiness, after this war, whethe London, July 1.
London, July 1.
Count Tiezs likes it or not. The A German communique states:We repulsed a British Com
There is much interest ovinosd in the statement made by Mr. proclamation of his King, dissolv decisistion in the Reichsrath, that decisions of peace of AT rest pany attacking south-east of Armentieres, supported by seroplanes Lloyd George at Dandee regarding the steps the Government are ing Parliament, may be his pre-
flying low. .
The conmanique does not mention the British success in the taking to keep foodstuffs within bounds, He said: We firet of all rogative get-bat to-morrow-ob, neighbourhood of Lens. It claims to have inflicted sagainary are taking strong aution to prevent unreasonable profit-swelling in that terribly to-morrow! When the losses on the French in the Morthomme attack, making prisoner of the price of food, and, if necessary, we shall even go to the extent of people at last discover how they ceorting to the Exchequer in order to see that at any rate the price have been deceived, deluded, and over eighteen hundred.
of bread to within the compass of the bulk of the people, because it inflamed to farious passions and is vital in war time, as well as in peace tims, that if people are to be deadly hatred and awful sleaghter teps up to efficiency in order to ostry through their tack, they should-what then? His power will reach of every classe of the community.
ve an abundance of the essentials of life at a prics within the fail before the will of the awaken-
Premier's Declaration Explained.
London, July 1. According to Renter's correspondent at Amsterdam, the Freudenblatt explains that Dr. von Seidier's declaration in the Esicharath, mentioned this morning, as directed, not against the rights of the people of Austria to participate in peace-making, but gainst the presumption of the Eatente interfering in internal affaire in Austria by insisting that the nationalities of Austrei-Hungary are entitled to settle for themselves the nature of their rela ionship toward de Stata.
GERMAN INTRIQUE IN SCANDINAVIA.
Giberal Indignation in Sweden.
Landon, July 1,
According to Beuter's correspondent at Stockholm, there is gen eral indigestion in Sweden at the Baron voo Ratonfels, invident, which is voiced by the Dagbladet, which appeals for the rigorous collaboration of the three Scandinavian countries against morally
· indefensible German sots,
A Paltry German Excuse.
London, July 1. According to Reater's correspondent at Amsterdam, the wem-official Norddeutsche Zeitung sistes that Germany has pro- theted at Norway's arrest of the Diplomatie Courier, declaring that the explosives in his possession were not intended for use in Norway. It says that the Courier will be prosecuted in Germany for violating Norwegian laws, and an enquiry opened. If regrets that the incident fans cased anxiety to the Norwegian people, and repeats that the bombeere not intended for use in Norway.
Arrest of German Suspects.
London. July 1. Renter's correspondent at Copenhagen statea that arrests of spected Germans continue to take place in Christiania.
GENERAL PERSHING IN FRANCE,
London, July 1. According to a message from Renter-st a town in France, Gen- Pershing has arrived and hise immediately proceeded to the
CONFIDENCE; IN. ITALIAN GOVERNMENT.
London, July 1.
Jo Kenter orrespondent at Rome, the Chamber has sys' sect fitting. It resumed in public, when a In the Government was passed by 361 votes to 63, Bignor Bogelli
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- Forward.
London, July 1. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig report: Following yester day's access to the south of Lens, we attacked last night on the north bank of the Banchez Biraz. We captured the enemy's de- fences on a half mile front to the south-west of the town.
We successfully raided last night to the north east of Epeby. As the result of hostile raide to the east of Gonz sscourt, near Ar- mentieres, we took prisoner a few Germans,
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
[asúbordinate Troops Surrender.
ARGENTINE'S DEMAND on germaNY,
London, July 1.
ed nation.
"Cultured men conversant with Hangarisu affaira know well that Count Tiess is one of the con- spirators of the world war. When the car sin of secrete drops we will detect his hand in the most
Reuter's correspondent at Buenos Aires says that the Govern-terrible, most minister, tragedy of ment is demanding compensation from Germany for the torpedoing of the Argentine vessela, Orina and Toro.
mankind. Hungary had no con fiet with Serbia, with free Italyag the Republic France, or Groat Britain—or wh us, the United States.
"The
London, July 1.
FRENCH MAIL STEAMER SUNK. According to Reuter's correspondent at Petrograd, by order of
people of Hungary London, July L. sought and laboured for universal M. Korenaky, after a failure of peaceful persuasion, the Twelfth and
According to Reater's correspondent at Pa.ie, the Managering and equal suffrage. We know Thirteenth Divisions of Sharpshooters, which refused to fall in, was surrounded by cavalry on June 28 in the village of Joukoff. After Maritimes steamer, Himalays, which was chartered by the Govern- that the non-Hungarian-speaking the village had twice bean shelled, the cavalry charged, whereupon five hundred of the Sharpshootere warrendered sad were disarmed.ment, was suck in the Mediterranean on Jane 22 after an explosion. races in Hungary, if granted the
Twenty eight persons were drowned. " There was no bloodshed.".
The Provisional Government has appealed to the people of Ukraine not to follow the fatal path leading to disruption of Rassis by seeking independence.
Russian Mission to Travel Abroad.
London, July 1. Boater'a correspondent at Petrograd etates that MM. Golden- barg, Bossua and Smirnoff, delegates of the Soldiers' and Work- men's Council, have started on a mission to enter into pourparlers with all Socialist parties. They will proced fires to Stookholm and then to Britain, France and Italy.
British Labour Methods Explained.
London, July 1 According to Beatar's correspondent at Mow, Mr. Henderson addressed the Soldiers' and Workmen'. Coać, Ir explaining the British Labour Organization.
BRAZIL AND AMERICA.
London, Jais L According to Renter's correspondent at Nework, a special diplomatic mission is proceeding to Brazil to arrange the co-ordina. tion of the American and Brazilian Governments and forces.
GENERAL SIR JULIAN BŶNG.
London, July The Obsorsar states that General Sir Julian Byng sɔmmands the Third Army.
(In the event of telegrams arriving too late for insertion on this page they will be found on an Extra].
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE ACUTE COTTON CRISIS,
London, July 1 The Cotton Control Board announces that the Liverpool and Manchester Cotton. Associations may purchase cotton abroad without licence. The Board is prepared to consider applications for licences to purchase cotton abroad from spinners and others who have habitually imported cotton direct from abroad. Cotton spinners requiring a licence to. purchase spot cotton to meet their immediate requirements. must state their weekly requirements and the number of weeks' supply they hold." Licences will be granted for the present for no more than a 'week's supply at a time. The Board is taking, census of supplies of cotton, etc.
The Liverpool Cotton Market is pessimistic. A number of prominent houses threaten to retire from the trade and have declared that if the restrictions are enforced for the period of the war the market will cease to exist.
TO PATROL DUTCH WATERS.
New York, July 1
The Dutch armoured érniger Zeeland has arrived at an American port en route to Datch East Indies, via the Panama Canal, to patrol Dutch waters in the Far East.
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virtue of political and economic,. freedom to evolve a better citizen- ship, would be perfectly ustialiedr and not be looking for usvistamen or allegiance elsewhere."
The influence of Russia will be felt in the Dual Monarchy, mya the Figyelo, and it looks forward to a Hungarian Republic
"The whole world is glorying so the victory of the republiona form of government, and although we are not ready to state that everything that is done in a republic couldn't be improved, 'it' is the conviction of our age that the old form must go and that the Espublic of Hangary will re- deem the erore and the mistakən of its present rulers,
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