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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
ANOTHER ALLIED OFFENSIVE..
Satisfactory Progress Reported.
London, October 9,
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS. ✨
The New Coalition Cabinet.
London, October 9,
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reporta:-We again attacked, Esutor's correspondent at Petrograd says that the new at 6.30 this morning, on a wide front to the north-east and met of Ipeus, in conjuration with our Allies on our left. Raporta indicate satisfactory progrese at all parts of the front. The weather is
skornly.
A French Report.
Coalition Cabines which has been formed comprises six Socialinis, of which M. Kerensky in the Premier and Commander-in-Obiet. There are eleven Democratio and Bourgeois (repanoctatives, inclading M. Terestchenko, Secretary for Foreign Affairs; Gapural Verkhovsky, Minister for War, and Admiral Vorderevsky, · Minister of Marina.
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A Raliway Settlement,
London, October 9.
London, October 9, A French commanique statee-In Belgium, in conjunction with the British, we attacked 'at 8:30 this morning the German positions south of the forest of Houthulst, between Draibank sad
Renter'e correspondent at Petrograd asya that the Government Weindendreft. Fighting continues and is developing in our favour. has decided to grant the increase of wages demanded by the Operations on the Aime front are marked by artillery activity, railway striken, nacomitating an annual expenditure of 750,000,000, notably in the region of Pantheon on the right back of the Mense.roubles. The Government also provides for special supplies to There is an artillery struggle in the sector north of Bois le Chaume. railwayman, who will receive food before other supplies are
distributed.
The German Report.
London, October 9.
A German cfficial wirelera mennage sayu:-The Eaglish altacked this morning astride the Brades Boesinghe Railway and northward of the Ypree-Menin road. Fighting is progresing.
Germans Admit Loss of Territory.
Landon, Ock, ber 9.
“A Germen wireless official message states :-à fresh battle" has developed and still continues between the Draibank and Qbelaveit. The gain of territory, despite repented susults, is limited to the stretch between Draibank and Poelcapelle,
THE REICHstag debate.
"A Soothing Speech by the Chancellor,
London, October 9,
Oil-Fields Strike.
London, October 9.
been declared in the oil fields becsase the employere bars refused Realer's correspondent at Baka saya that a general strike has
not to dismiss workmen except with the consent of the Trade Unions.
Other Appointments.
London, October 9..
Beater's correspondent at Petrograd atates that the new Cabinet: include M. Nikitin, Minister for the Interior and Posts and Telegraphs, M. Avksantief, as Minister for Agriculture, M. |Gerosder, as Minister for Labour, and M. Bernatxky, ša Minister for
Finance.
RUSSIAN NAVAL ACTIVITY.
London, October 9.:
Beuter's correspondent st Amsterdam anys that Dr. Michaeliz,
A Bassion official wireless message states:-In the Boshporns who was scompanied by the principal members of the Government, region our torpedo beste destroyed seven col-laden barges, while s cathingly addressed the Reichstag. He dwelt upon the criticisme Russian submarine osptured and brought in to Sevastopol Tarkieb regarding the conduct of the Fatherland Party propaganda by officiale and stated that there was no objection to officials belonging steamer laden with corn.
to political parties, bat abuses favouring a particular party werent allowed, and nil political propugands in the Army was excluded. Be deplored the fact that antagonistio forms of propaganda had recently eprorg up there, and appealed for singleness of the commanity's aim". Sub-qasat speakers ref-oted keen irritation at Herr von Heiflericb's attita (e, as oxbled on the 7th instant, and condemned politics in the army, but they supported patriotic pro- paganda, which inexperienced eighteen-year old lieutenante could not scecmplish.
The War Minister, Herr von Seio, declared that the propaganda seITÍOS was covered from general funde, · Herr ron He Herich defended his behaviour on Saturday. Dr. Michaelis vasin spake and promised action in cases exposed where higher papials on behalf of the Fatberland Party had undaly if sepced the lower. He dwelt on the necessity of propaganda at the front, though it was sometimes difficult to distinguish propaganda from politios, se ex-mplified in the criticism of the Reply to the Pepal Note. He denied that propaganda was being worked to support the Fatherland Party. The Sapplementary Estimate for the cffice of Vice-Obanosllor was adopted unaltered, the Soial Democrata dissenting.
THE BOLO CASE.
Startling Developments Expected.
London, October 9, Beater's porrespondent at Paris anys that a French Com- mission of Equity is going to England in connection with the Bolo case.
Later.
The visit of the French Commission to enquire into the activities of M Bɔlo's friends in England is expected to resnis in come starting developments. Bolo is a Frenchman, who has been
ladies hairdresser, & elcok-broker's agent, a bogas company promoter and a supposed millionsure with an entree, to Paria society. He bad illicit dealings with the ex Koodire, who made him Perhe. The discovery of his activities on behalf of Germany has caused as onormous nation in Fauce. He is supposed to have received £1,600,000 from Germany to effect a separate peaos with France. Bolo tried to secure control of the French Press,
THE SUFFERINGS OF BRITISH PRISONERS.
London, October 9.
The Daily News, in a leader, refers to the callousness which is the inevitable result of war and aaye that the fatalistic acceptance of misery and suffering and death is a thing that mast be resisted at all costs. E-pecially must it be remembered thes the case of the prisoner of war is not less pitiful to day. Izie ponibla to baliara that the best is being done, privately and i fficially for prisoners in Germany, but what of the other-2 The leader proceeds to dwell upon the wretched lot of prisoners in the bands of the Turks end mrgrn the British Government to take steps to affect their exchange without delay.
U. S. TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYERS.
London, October 9.
- Reuter's correspondent at Washingtón safe that the Administṛa- tion is arroging to spend 350,090,000 dollars in building torpedo bost destroyers, which will be réany wubin eighteen monthe,
AUSTRALIAN BUTTER.
London, October 9.
Beater's correspondent at Melbourne suyu it is announced that the Imperial butter purchase involves toirty thousand war, of the value of four-and-a-half miilio; a ̈nterling.
„MUNITIONS WORKS: FIRE,
London, October 9.
The Priss Barsen sumounem, that ten, were killed and two
in the manisions works fire cabled on the 2nd instant,
ARGENTINE AFFAIRS.
Count Luxberg an" Outcast.
· London, Oslaber 9.
A CANADIAN STRIKE ENDED.
Ottawa, October 9, The strike of longshoremen at Fort William has been -netiled on the intervention of the Government. Grain will· now move rapidly from the head of lake navigation to this seaboard.
GERMAN BUDGET DELAYED.
Amberdam, October 9.
"A message from Berlin states that the Beichstag has -postponed the debate on the Fatherland Farty interpellatios
and, instead of passing the third reading of the mpple- mentary budget, has sent it back to the main committee despite the protesta of the ConservaĞYes.
*The Socialist; Herr, Ebert, sald that' after “Baturday's dobabe it was most interesting to wcertain how Imperial funds were used for the Fatherland propaganda in the Army, The Budget, which authorised the issue of another two
· hundred millions sterling of Treasury Honda, must be re- considered. Thereafter the Reichstag might insist on the reorganization of Government offices.
Dr. Michaelis, the Imperial Chancellor, has returned to
· Berlin from a hurried visit to the Kaiser at Headquarters, the object of which is much commented upon....
"ECUADOR'S TURN NEX","
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TELEGRAMS..
(Beuter's Service to The "Tolagtap
THE SILVER MARKET.
London, Otober 9, Silvar is quoted "at döl1. cance. The market is dull.
CHURCH NOTES,
We take the following from? Church Notes, the St. John's. -- Cathedral magasine *-**
A change in the time of the werk-day_morning envion bas |been made necomary, owing to the important nature of the wock |being done upón the orgas. The nervios at 10,15, coming in the middle of the morning, was found | toânterfere gröstly with the work. | Therefore, in order not to delay |ita completion, the hour has been ahsaged to 12,15. The stelos in the Pesk Church will still A held at 10:15 on Wednesdays, and the Holy Communion öelek- [rated" with "'intention "for the
Wor: in the Cathedral Thursdays at 7.45 a.m. Owing to. | maan people will believaorpretand other duties of the
Washington, Qotober 9.
The Minister for Ecuador states that his Government has decided not to receive the German ex-Minister from Peru, who has left Lima for Quito,
This is regarded here is equivalent to a rupture with Germany,
RUSSIAN DELEGATES IN PARIS.
International Humbug.'
in believe that Herr Michaelia or |thers will be no mid-day Baron van Kahliano are speak- on Thursdays. We may add that ing the truth. It is therefore the service at 12.15 will be very pretty clear that the pilgrimage | beirt,
to Scandinavia ona do no harm The meeting of the Mothers' to Prossian militarism, while it Union, which was to have taken Lo the Cbserver, Philippe Millet do some barm inside our place this month has been post- blessed democratic countries, poned owing to the absenos from writa from Perin as follow»--
The day after the British, bere e cm-li bar active minority the Colony of so many of its
still profomes to b-lieve that the | members," Renter's correspondent at Buenos Aires say that Senhor French, and Russian Foolit Penesien Fafner can be reduced massive, well bound Bible
fhed meniged to canecat a number Pueyrredon, the Foreign Minister, in an interview regerding of resolutions recommending tha impotence by a concert of birde (revised version) has just been received far man in the Cathedral, The second new fact is even The donor is C.plain Carr who is Argentina's attitude, stated that the Government would not an international Socialist congres beatitate to never relations with Germany if any act were committed should meet in September more impreswing. When the interfering with the principles of International Law.
Gurave Hervi pab'ished in La Sorist launched the invitation is a keen student of the Bible and It appears that Count Luzburg, has not siled, but bas Victoire en ertiole entitled: "It May last, the Rasian Govern offered to provide a anitable book. temporarily withdrawn to an unnamed place in the interior, se be the Wake of the Sorier," Herrod the Bucsiac people had just when it was decided to use the Revised in the plaas of the was unable to embark without safe-conduct and his pro noe in hes blways been and will always been more or less Maximalised by Authorised version. It is gen Buenos Aires was dangerously exciting the population. Neigh he the enfant terrible of French number of gentlemen who sp boaring Governments have objected to his crossing the frontier.
There is no prospect of a settlement in the railway strike. There adequately expressed the Russians. An old French saving comparison with the older trans- Socialism. For once, he seems to parently were out all reliable erally admitted that the language striker: are attacking railroad repairers,
opinion haid by the overwhelming stater, however, that a revolution
POLISH ARMY FOR SERVICE IN FRANCE,
Londos. October 9. A message from Washington says that the Government approves of the raising of a Polish Army in Americs to fight in France.
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ENEMY ATTACKS ON 4TALIAN FRONT.
London, October 9.
An Italien official message aaya :-After an intense bombard- ment, the enemy renewed bis attacke on Ooste Bella and Massif. bat car stillery compelled him to withdraw. We took a bundred prisoners in local engagements on the Bsineizzs Plates."
SULTAN OF EGYPT DYING.
London, October 9. Renter's correspondent at Paris says it is reported that the Sultan of Egypt in dying.t
of the Revised version: rufare-in
DON'T FORGET.
| majority of his countrymen. lways ente ap its own children.ation; but the former in for m ́ra Let us try to avoid being un After what happened recently in sccurate and clear, a virtue which perhaps outweighs - beauty of fair to theBoialists of the western Petrograd and in Galicis, oue language. world. Professing, so they do, to may well Wonder" whether hold advanced views, they cannonia is not true of the Bug help living on compromise. The wian revolution as wall Of British Labour Party has to com- [conṛ00, Mr. Henderson, as well as promise with Mr. Bameny Mio M. Albert Thoms«, has been care Donsid, the French Socisfies | ful tö draw, a distinétion between Party with M. Jean Longuet, they the Maximalists and the other could not but come to terms with Bassian Socialists who, while the smbarasdors of the Soviet, backing the dictatorship' of Once you threaten a Socialist to Kerensky, are still ouger for the call him an Imperialist, be it -econstruction of the Laternation bound to climb down to anything ale. Bat the question is: Are you like. Perhaps they coal con sure that the main politics not this time do better thas power is still to day in the hende endorse the Russian proposal of men who do not represent the with all the mental reservations real feeling of the only force that which have always been familiar pono's, the Russian pessent? Sop both to Joenits and to extrem pose men of the type of Milink political parties.
return to power before nex
EGYPTIAN COTTON.
But they have not spparently September, what will be the been aware that the moral and attitude of the then Kussiz London, October 8, political'sitaation has been con Govaromat towards a isocialist Baator's correspondent at Cairo says that the cotton condition aiderably changed since the firs Congres which will appear to in Lower Egypt is 94.and in Upper Egypt 96. The fipsi result in stiampt to convené. ED inter-hem s6-an sftermath, "due to the. not expected to be so favourable se anticipated, but the quality of nation: congrem o made in weak as of the western Soois- fibre and the ginning out-torn are expected to be particularly good. May last. Two great for how lists, of the most unfortunate
THE NORTH CHINA FLOODS.
Will Tientsin Become Uninhabitable ?
London, October 9,
TO-DAY. Barbour Swimming Race.' Elongkong Football Club most- ing; 530 pm.
***The Fantastica" open at the Theatre Moyal.
Victoria Thestra---9.15 p.m. Bijou Theatre-10 1 New Hongkong Uinematog -9.15 p.m. · ·
TO-MORROW. Victoria Theatra--9.15 p.. Bijon Theatre-9.15 p.m.
New Hongkong des
zráph:-9,15 pan.
Saturday, October 20, Chins Light and "Power (7 happened since that time what period of the Rossian volation? Dany.Shareholders meetin
it was dangerous to overliot. Nothing might be left then to our 11.30 s.m. the fi at place; the recent politic-xcellent and well-meaning. crisisi. Germany has conclusively Sociclists but the homiliation of shown, il sach a demonstratio, baring consented to shake hands
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was still - uncassary, that`: th with the most "devoted servants men like Mr.' Henderson or. MM; Beater's correspondent at Shanghai reports enormous floods in German Socialists 918 more the Kaiser,
| Albers Thomas and Rennådel find North Chias over a densely popolated ares: Twenty thousand puppets in the hands One cannot wonder, therefore themselves to" jay, shore is hero am quare miles have become an immense deep lake, and there is a the symbolie Bindenborg. Nu that this last earrender of bevisens resentment that not que kelihood of Tientain becoming icebound and uninhabitable; also body endowed with common ber 8 islets to the Extremists of them has apparently, had thes the removal of the ospital from Peking might be necmmary, owing sense can believe any longer hould have been received by our ge to tell the four Basi to the instability of the communications,
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
AMERICA AND DUTCH SHIPPING,
New York, October 9,
The Government has refused a licence-for, bunker coal to the limer Nieuwe Amsterdamn because Holland would not KITE BAKITAADGs that the ship would return to the United Blates after discharging her Belgian relief cargo:?
It is stated that the action föreciatárú cómplata embargi) on a large foot of Dutch ships now lying in New York unless Holland parasite them to carry cargoes for the United States.
that no international congress of French opinion with a distins delegatom that, before thinking of Socialists can have the slightes oldnow. There is no sozialy prince, Russia's duty is to make effect on the duration of the war, bere, as there wan in May, 1st | war aud thus relieve the burden. Bappose the coming Stockholm or {this new Stockholm underiaking; we are bearing. The nicoties af Christiania congrass manages 10-hould lead to premature peso». 8 oulistic diplom 07 zaby foren the Gherman Bos at The feeling is much more that all allow tas loaders of the Demokrate to the wall. It is only his international bumbag might Soraliste to prevent the suo esey to forsees that "Heti deter, Basis - Lom the paly tuzul congres from doin Michaelia or one friend), Baroosth leading to copalvation, harm. At the gama"time von Kuhlmann will at once com and thereby prolong the war. oomustent moord of the Soal out with a speech in which belas org. Russian mint-ke Sis will prorn that she said songi-s being paid fit tha
was nothing, bustav