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September 14, 1917,
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,
1917
五拜禮 號四十月九英港香
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS..
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
ANOTHER NAVAL AIRCRAFT RAID.
REUTER'S - TELEGRAMS.
THE RUSSIAN REVOLT,
Fruitless Negotiations with Mussulmian Troops..
London, September 12.
Direct Hit os German Destroyer.
.. London, September 13. Restor's correspondent at Petrograd says that the Commitles The Admiralty announces that naval aircraft dropped nevaral of the Haseniman Alliance has sent a delegation to the Massulman tons of bombs on Thourout aerodrome and dumps and Bruges anite marching with General Korailof. Telephonic news has been docks, causing explosions. They attacked the shipping at received that negotiations and verbal discussions have proved Zeebrugge Mole and directly bit a large dentroyer and several fruitless.
sesplane chads, causing fire. All the machines returned;-
General Korallott's Sole Desiré.
London, September 13, According to Bruter'e correspondent at Petrograd, General "Kornilof'e Proolamation says that his sole desire is to lead the country on the road to fortune. He will only hold power till the Constituent Assembly meets.
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A More Hopeful Outlook.
London, September 13.
Brest.
THE WESTERN FRÖNT,
More Prisoners Captured by British.
London, September 13.
Dominating German. Batteries.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, is a communique, sistes :—— We made a few prisoners in the Lane sector last night, Boutile The Istest news from Petrograd is still evidently from Govern-artillery is active in the Ballecourt, Messines and Langemarok ment sources and is to the effet that Gneral Korailoff's mɔgement sppears definitely to be failing. A collision between the troops of the two parties is no longer apprehended: General Alexaif is telephorically endeavouring to persuade General Korniloff to abandon the enterprise, and it is generally opined that General Kornikff will not pareas farther.
London, September 13.
A Freach communique states:--The artillery duel continued to be violent in the region of Bix-choote, Our artillery north of the Aisne is dominating German batterice, which have been very active in the region south of Javincourt, and bave prevented any H. Skobeleff emphasised the necessity of continued vigilance, sttack. German seroplanes bombed Deskirk. French airmen because the criminal activity of General Kaedia indicated new anti-accesfully bombed Parlemark, Giregeit-lindenken, Staden and wn: revolutionary attempts. He stated that the whole Army Administra- tion would shortly be altered. The Miai-ter af, the Interior stated aerodrome north-east of Thonroat,
that owing to General Korniloff's revolt the Russian fronts were defenceless and leaderleen for three days. The severest punishment must be applied to General Koruiloft. Tas Gure:nment would do nothing to soften bie lot.
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Appointments Confirmed:
Loudon, September 13.-
THE ITALIAN FRONT,
Fruitless Austr an Efforts.:
Loudun, September 13.
An Italian official message etater:-The enemy with renewed Renter's arrespondeat at Petrograd confirms the appointments inteneity attempted to dislodge as from Mote San Gabriels, bat of M. Kerensky as Commander-in-Chief and Prince Alexeieff sebe only gained a few advance posts. Chief-of-Staff,
General Koralloff O.fers to Surrender.“
Loudon, September 13.
Beater's correspondant at Petrograd says that, in a telegram, General Korniloff his expressed his willingness to surrender on terms, but the Government demande his unconditional sartender.
Korniloff's Headquarters Surrender.
London, September 13, Beuter's correspondent at Petrograd sage that M. Skobeleff, the Minister for Labour, has stated that the Korniloff adventure has definitely collapsed, and bie Headquarters have surtendered.
No Fighting.
London, September 13,{ Reuter'e correspondent at Petrograd states that M. Bevinkoff, interviewed by a representative of the Associated Press, said that General Krimff, who was the Commander of General Korniloff troope, was at Lugs, and so far there is no fighting anywhere. A portion of General Korail fe army ie fourteen miles from Tearkveselo, and another at Cutchins. He emphatically denied that any negotiations were proceeding or could prcoeed with General Kornilcfi.
RUSSIANS HIT BACK ON RIGA FRONT.
German Cavalry Forced to Withdraw,
Loudou, September 13. A wireless German cfficial message statee:South of Riga, on the Wenden Road, oar cavalry withdrew before strong Bassian
prestare.
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Austrians "D:clare Italian Offensive a Failure.
Loudon, September 13.
虑好 Austrian official wireless message dated the 12th instant claims that the Italian teneiva is a failure. It declares that the Italian losses are 230,000, including 20,000 taken prisoner.
JAPAN PROHIBITS, GOLD EXPORTS.
London, September 13. Renter's correspondent at Tokyo etates that the Treasury bas prohibited the export of gold except by licence.
BRITISH TRADE RETURNS,
London, September 13. The trade returns for the past month show increases jä exports toiling £2,083 392 sad in importa. £24,475,978 compared with August last year.
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DISASTROUS FLOODS IN NORTH CHINA,
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London, September 13. Reuter's correspondent at Shanghai aaye that owing to Brods three millions are homeless sad destitate in Chibli. The numbera drowned cannot be estimated. There is also grest destruction at Honan, Hupeh and Honan. Large districts of North Chins are virtually impassable except in bust. The Chinese Red Cross is argently appealing to the nation for relief,
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NEW SOUTH WALES' GOVERNOR.,
London, September 12.
The Russian Advance.
London, September 13. Wednesday's Russian wireless official meesage *ttee:-
It is officially announced that Sir W. E. Davidson has been northern front, our vanguards, after a stubborn battle, took posar- sion of Manaive (?) south of Like Paade. We gained a foothold appointed Governor of New South Wales. on the Schkorsten-Silamonys linn,
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Thorsday's message stater:-Oar vanguarde are advancing in
the direction of Riga and. continue to hold the Nitzupe Panck- Ebayar line. There is intense stillery firing south of Vidas, wo causing several explosions. We took possession of 'a beight south of Radants, and repaleed counter-attacks. We took 412 Austrisas prisoner.
THE SWEDISH AFFAIR.
Argentina's Warning to Germany.
London, September 13. Beater's correspondent at Buenos Aires says that if Germany does not disavow Count Luzburg, Argentina will recall her Minister at Berlin...
Anti-German Demonstrations in Argentina.
Londou, September 13.
FRENCH SHIPPING RETURNS.
Loudon, 8 ptember 13.
The French chipping returns for the past week gres-fillows: —| Sailings 1,047; arrivala 1,005. The sinkings were one above and Eve below 1,600 tons. Three were anarcose,fally attack»d.
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· EARLIER · TELEGRAMS.
THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.
M. Kerensky Describes Mutiny as Complete Failure.
London, Sept. 13.
A wireless message from Petrograd says: The following precoder M. Kerensky's statement: In accordance with the Provisional Government's decision I have been charged with the office of Chief Command of the Army. The sense- less attempt at mutiny by the late Commander-in-Chief and a small group of generals has ended in complete failure and the mutineers will be delivered to the Military Revola. tionary Tribunal. The bloodless liquidation of the mutiny shows the wisdom of the people, the Army and the Fleet, who are loyal to the Fatherland and the legal Government.
More New Appolatments.
Petrograd, Sept. 13. It is understood that co-operation has been arranged between M. Kerensky as Provisional, Commander-in-Chief and Géncial Alexieff as Chief of General Staff Armed workmen are drilling hastily to resist General Komiloß. Arreste continue to be made, these including M, Gueghkoff, ex-Minister of War..
General Klembovski, who was recently appointed to the Chief Command in succession to General Korniloff, has been dismissed and is succeeded by General Boutch" and Generál Bouyceritek, ex-Chief of Staff, by General Russky. The Soldiers' and Workmen's Council at Petrograd is liberating the Maximalists årrested during the outbreak of the 18th- 19th July.
The trial of Gen. Sukhomilinoff has been post- poned till the situation is calmer,
AERIAL BATTLES IN THE WEST.
London, Sept. 13.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports-Patrol en- counters north-westward of St. Quentin and Ypres sector Fielded prisoners. There was great aerial activity yesterday and continuous successful artillery photographic work. Ia the day-time we dropped 281 bombs on various targets including two aerodromes Bouthward of Lille and two pero- dromes and a large ammunition dump at Boulers. At night- time eighty-nine bombs were dropped on railway stations, ammunition dumps and trains at Courtrai, making a total ** of six tons. Fighting was vigorous. Our patrols encountered strong formations, brought down eight machines and drove down twelve. Eight of ours are missing.
COUNT LUXBURG NOT WANTED.
Buenos Aires, Sept. 13.
Senor Bariluri, a diplomatic functionary, on the 11th inst handed the Secretary of the German Legation the following note requesting its transmission to Count Luxburg, the German Minister:—
"Your. Excellency having ceased to be 'persona grata' the Government has decided to hand you the attached pass- ports. Senor Barilari has been instructed to facilitate your immediate departure."
AMERICA AND THE GERMAN COLONIES.
New York, Sept. 13.
Mr. Lowell, President of Harvard University and Chair- man of the Executive Committee of the League to Enforës Peace, addressing a meeting of the National Safety Council f was loudly applauded when he declared that with the fall of military autocracy must be removed the oppression of one race by another. Therefore we cannot consider the return to Germany of her former colonies that their people. may be exploited as they have been in the past.”-
QUEEN OF BULGARIA DEAD.
Amsterdam, Sep. 13. A message from Sofia states that the Queen of Bulgaria is dead.
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[The King of Bulgaria was twice married all his four children being of,tbe first marringe to the late Marie Louise, eldest daughter of Duke Robert of Farma, who died in 1889. His second wife, now reported dead, was Princess Elenore of Reuss Koestritz, whom he married in 1906.)
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VOTES FOR AUSTRALIAN FIGHTERS,
London, September 13. "Renter's correspondent at Melbourne states that, if arcenary: Some Polnis about Its. Personnel. Arrangements can be made for Victorian soldiers abroad to vote at the forthcoming State E éctions.
́HOLIDAY FOR AUSTRALIA'S WARRIORS,
NEW FRENCH CABINET FORMED.
TELEGRAMS.
(Reuters Serrios to The “Telegraph."
THE SILVER MARKET. :
London, September 15,
The silver market is firm, with bayera.
DON'T FORGET.
TO-DAY.
Victoris Theatre--9.15 p.m Bijon Theatre-0.15 ja Now Hongkong Linsnesu graph -9.15 p.m.
TO-MORROW.
Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m. Bijon Theatre-l Now Hongkong. Oinemato graph.-9.15 p.m.
Saturday, September 29. Douglas Stes cehipCo.---Share-
holders' meeting at quo.
alive movement, He is also in | agricoltural expert, an artist, and
& port.
Mr. Lysaght is another poet, co-oper·tor, sad sgrientorist,
Mfr. Dempsey is a leading Bel- fast merchant and'a member of the Seante of the University,
Mr. WM. Marply owns the |Daily Independent if Dublin, is chairmen of the Tramway Com- pacy thera, and is in business a railway contractor-s very able and cutspoken man, with definite views about finance, and a· Home Ruler to whom the Home Rale Act is unathens.
The representatives of the Irish. party need no introduction, with the exception of Mr. Harbison, | who is not an M.P., IIs is a coli- citor of Cookstown, co. Tyrone, a lending Ulster Nationslist, and a |strong opponent of "partition"
in any form,
The Ulster Unionists are all stalwarta. Lord Londonderry, sa the great-great-grandecu of Vis- chant Castlereagh, who passed the Usion, ban a hereditary inkrest in that mes-ure» Sir G. Clark is head of the other great shipbuilding firm of Belfast, Meners, Workman and Clark, Mr. H.T. Barrie, the only M.P. of the group, is the secretary of the Ulster Unionist Parliamentary party. Colonel Wallace iGrand Master of the Belfast Orange Lodge, and Mr. Knight is a Clones Bolicitor who stands for |the Unionist organisation in
Ulster.
Lord Midleton is the chairmsK. of the Irish Unionist Allianos, and nå bio meat is in gounty Oark he ie naturally one of the Southern Unionist group. Sir M. Dockrell - ́ in a leading Dublin solicitor, and Mr. Powell a Dublia K.O..
Among the representativan ok the churches it should perhaps he mentioned that Dr. Kelly, the Bishop of Rors, was a member of
THE IRISH CONVENTION. Proscations, is a Brisieh msm
ber of the Hague Court of Arbi-the Cabinet Committee on Irish iratio.
Finance in 1911, and has tha Lord Granard bas military and reputation of being one of the liplomatic distinctions to be ablest men in Ireland. Both the credit, and was Assistant Port Primate of the Charch of Ireland Commenting on the per ongelmaster General from 1906 to 1909. ad the Bishop of Dublin bars abowo conciliatory views towards of the Irish o pventina, a coYIRES. Sr Horace Piasketi's great their Catholic fellow-countrymen. pondeat of the Manchester Guard or ca to Lieb agricoltore and London, September 13.
As to the Lord Mayor, and ian writes and di According to Renter's correspondent at Buenos Aires, a great
According to Reuter's correspondent at Adelaide, the Director
the re-operative, movement in representatives of urban councils, crowd fred on the German Clab and attempted to set on fire the General of Bearaiting states that arrangements have been made to,
The nominated members calor. [reland are well know. He too nothing calls for special note, bot offices of the pro-German jaraet Union. The crowd atinoked the sand five thousand of the original Australian troops home for a all challenge attention first. Larda secrp'ed the position that it is worth mentioning that among German Legation, Corral.te and shoge sod demonstrated at the holiday, irrespective of whether reinforcements are sent. The visit MacDonnel! has been one of the omething must be done to meet the chairmen of county councile house of the Foreign Minister, cheering him, and execrating Count of these gellent men' will give a great srimulas to recruiting.
most vucces-fal administrators of be tional claims.
➡the most numerous group in Luxburg and Germany, with whom the street oratora demended a
(oar Indian Entire, where he beri
Dr. Mshay ni Sir B. Windle the Convention the nomes aro zaplure.
raled over pravicces with large. populations then Ireland. He preseas University culture. The representative of the districts Iformer in the famous Provost of of Ireland to which London, September 13,
was called in by the late Mr Trinity and the lacter the Vice they belong to a remark- Reuter's correspondent at Paris save at M. Painleve'a failare George Wyndham when a Chancellor of the National Uoib's degree. Thus it is eminently yesterday morning was due to the objection of the Socialiste to M. brilliant Tury (and descendant ofversity. Sir B.. Windle is well fit ing that a Kavanagh should Ribot, A mesting of the Socialist yesterday decided not to permit Secretary for Ireland to assist the as Professor of Anatomy at an O'Reilly of Cavan, a Barry on-
a famou. Irish rebel) was Obie knowu in Birmingham, where he be the representative of Garl any Socialist to join the Cabinet, though they were ready to "Devolution" scheme, which King's College. support the Government entrusted with the safety of the country. Wyndham's colleagues torped
Cork, a Danlery of Donegal, a Saberquently a list of the new Ministry was published, including and rest.
Batler of Kilkenny, and an Bir O. McCollagh is an ex. O'Dowd of Bligo, ■ Power of Lord Mayor of Belfast, Lord Dunraven has long beer
Sir William Goulding is the ford, to all of which counties. Waterford, and a Bolger of Waz.. for meeting Ireland'a demand £»
ghairman of the Great Bouthern those names have belang territoris self-govenment by some sort ol agreement, and be made stroop ad Westera Railway of Ireland.ally from time immemorial, appeal to M, William O'Brien to Sir W. Whits is so ex-presid MoMurrough Kavanagh is a par lend a hand in the pressat Con-nof the British Medical Aspois ticularly happy choice, for he in
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lineal descendant of the trade? fitonal Irish" bero-kingi, Art.
CANADIAN RAILWAY PURCHASE.
London, September 13. According to Beuter's correspondent at Oitars, the Senate bae read for the third time the B 1 aathorising the Government to parchass the Canadian Northern silway..
U. S. MILITARY SERVICE.
Roping in Alleos..
| M. Painleve av Premier and Minister of War: M. Ribor, Minister for Foreign Affirs; and M. Lachicar, a Minister of Masitions. There are no 8jcialist Ministers.
THE DECLINE OF THE ROUBLE.
London, September 13. Renter's correspondent at Washington says that the Senate has passed a resolution drafting into mditary service all aliens of ́s year's residenes in the United States except those exempted by
London, Beptember 12, Trusty and Germans and other enemy subjects. It is estimated
While the exchange valus of the romblé is at present only vention. shat a million are sllected. Allied and usnical sabjonta olaiming hd, the intrinsic valus, owing to the rise in the price of silver,・・ Load Desar), whoon most people * Mr. George Barsell is an ally exemption will be allowed to leave the country within ninety days. (in 20. 743.
member, na Dirymor of Publio of Er H. Plaskett in the way