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NEW ATTACK IN THE WEST.
Good Progress Reported.
London, October 30. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Baig reports?—At 5,40 this morning, we attacked north of the Tpree-Boulers Railway. Good program is reported.
Allies Firmly Established.
London, October 30.
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE ITALIAN DISASTER..
Beneficial Effect of Allies' Promise.
Londen, October 30.
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GERMAN DREAMS.
A Great Colonial Army.
TELEGRAMS.
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THE SILVER MARKET. London, October 30. *- News from Italy shows that the Allies' prompt asuranose of practical help have had the best feet and General Cadorna has of the German Colonial troops, which is especially interesting us The Gologna Gavette publishes a leading article on the subjsot
London, October 22, Silver in quoted at 434. The now got the armies under fall control after the inevitable confusion showing the views of the influential people whom this newspaper market is ärm and there are tow resulting from the first shook of the Austro-German chest. The representa in regard to the creation of a great African Army. The offers. Italiens are falling back to the Tagliament line, weet of Udine, and | journai admita that the German Afrioso Colonie wers organised There is another period of consolidation in Flanders. The are fighting desperate rear-guard actions. Meanwhile the Austra militarily for the purpose of carrying on a war of conquest against wasther has appreciably improved, enabling the Allies to Braly German attack seems to have lost its first impetas. Now that the the African Colonies of other Earopena Powers. With reference le establish themselves between the Year data and Passchendaele, enemy has come into the open a pitched battle on an unprecedented French statement that there were 40,000 parfectly-equipped RUSSIAN GOVÄRNMENT. Although the Allies have suffered from the med daring the psat scale is possible. German socounts of the operations say that native troops in addition to strong European reinforcements, the weeks, the plight of the Germans has been infinitely worse. Tolmino was chosen as a break-through point because the Italiaas paper says there were only 15,000 native troops with 3,000 Prisoners say that the troops were unable to advance to meet the had only two brigades on that front, with small reserves.
Europeans. The article continues to any :—“It is a great pity that British attacks beosuse the semi-liquid mad thrown up by the|-
Fall of Udine.
the German Colonial Army was not five times as large, for in that barrages blinded the wading men, clogging rifles and macbire
London, October 30, cars the Allies "would not have been able to bring such vasti The Prussinus advancing from Beoelaere left mäny
A German official wirelese message announces the capture of numbers of Colonial troops to the European theatres of war. The shoulder-deep in the mire and the shrieke of the drowning men
experience of this war shows that the East African native, if] were heard above the din of battle. But their comrades did not
cant of Venios. It has a Romanesque osthedral, a beautiful campo soldier, while the South-West African makes an even better one. announced that the following is
(Udice is a walled town of Italy, eight-five miles by rail north-sufficiently trained and led by Europeans, makes an efficient
Petrograd, October 9.—It in santo and, on a bill in its midst, a castle, formerly the residence of In order to prevent her Colonies from being over-ran in the future, the official list of members of the the patriarchs of Aquileia.]
Germany must make full use of these resources of man-power and
new Government, rsoonstructed such pativse as bave hitherto not been subject to Germany must by. Kerensky on the basis of Enemy Belog Delayed,
come under her rule, while all foreign Colonies which made war an agreement between the Da- against the German Colonies must beocine German property mocratic and Bourgeois parties Germany must have a strong Colonial Army in order to strengthen her position and at the same time to weaken that of her enemies.
guns.
dare to stop to rescue them owing to the danger of being engulfed
themselves.
A Futile German Effort.
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London, October 30,
A French communique states :—A`sirong enemy group trying to reach our lines in the region of Cerny was repelled. On the right back of the House, the artillery duel continued to be very lively on the Chaulnes Wood and Begonvaux front. We have taken new trench elements on the Geariers Ridge.
Germans Seat Reellog Back.
London, October 30.
Renter's correspondent st the British Headquarters, telegraph- ing this afternoon, es78:-Our armies have again track the German masses in Flanders and sent them reeling back in places to a depth of nearly a thousand yards. Luck was with a to-day in the matter of weather. The morning broke keen and dry, being just the weather that the Canadiana would have chosen for going ont. Apparently so accessful beve they gone over, that before the sun was two hours high they Lad gained a great part of their obj⭑ctives.
The fighting is on a more liniited front than that of last Friday, It has been chiefly towards the outskirts of Paschendaele and in the region of Poelcspells. Beparts received at the time of telegraph- ing indicate that our meu fought their way wall along several important tributary spurs of the great ridge eyetem, which ia gradually being wɑn from a desperatsly resisting enemy. Shortly after making the first stage of our advance, the Germens lanzched
Udine.
London, October 30.
An Italian official message vistes?—The withdrawal on new positions continued yesterday. The destrpotion of bridge over the Icons and successful sotion by our covering unita detained the enemy's advance. Our cavalry is in contact with hostile vanguarda,`]
On Venetian Soll,
London, October 30,
A German official message says:-We are pressing on towards } Tagliamento." Austro-Germans from the Carnio Alpe have gained a foothold on Venetian soil along the whole front,
An Austrian Report
London, October 30,
An Austrian official wireless message states:-We wrested from the seamy frontier positions south west of Tarvis, uwer Pontafel, în the Ploecken region, and at Gresspal.
NEW VOTE OF CREDIT.
Funds to Last Till January,
Londop, October 30.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Ronse Law, folacing a Vots
THE ITALIAN PREMIERSHIP.
London, October 30. ex-Minister of the Interior, has sacepted the Premiership, and Baron Beuter's correspondent at Rome says that Signor Orlando, the
Sonnino retains the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. ||
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PARIS ÉCONOMIC CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS.
London, October 30, In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Norton Griffiths and Mr. Peto, Mr. Boner Law said he was having a statement prepared showing the measures which the Alliea of Great Britain were taking to carry out the Paris Economia Conference resolations, Mach had: been done and was being done in the matter.
BRITAIN AND PEACE PROPOSALS.
London, October 30.
In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Norton Griffiths,
The Personnel of the New Ministry.
M: Kerensky (Bevolutionary Soolslist), Prime Minister and Generalissimo..
M. Nikotin (Social Democrat), Minister of Interior with addi- and Telegraph. tional post of Minister of Post
M Prokopevitoh (Social De- mocrat), Minister of Justice.
Admiral Verdersvaky (lade- pendent Socialist), Minister of Marine.
M. Maliantovitch (Social De moorst), Minister of Supply.
M. Avkoontic (Revolutionary Socialist), Minister of Agriculture.
Grozdeft (Boolai Democrat), Minister of Labour.
General Verchovsky (ladepend-
ent Socialist), Minister of War. --
M. Saiaskine (Independent Bo- cialist), Minister of Pablia Ia
H.Terestcbenko (Non-partismo), Minister of Foreign Aff‹irs.
a big cooter-attack from the direction of Mosselmarkt. It so chanced of Credit for $400,000,000, said the Vots would supply the neces that the Canadiens had just carried the strong fortified redeable in aary funde antil the first week in January. The average daily ex the centre of which the enemy attack was directed. The place was penditore from the beginning of the financial year to September 28 Lord Robert Cecil said the Government would not receive any liberally furnished with machine gaar, which were promptly swang had been £6 848,000, being an increase of $1,237,000 over the peace proposal without immediately communicating it to the Allies.straction. into position against the oncoming Germaan. The billowy clay Budget Estimate. The increase was made up under the following ground was soon strewn with grey corpses. Rif fire completed the heade:Army and Navy, £500,000; Miscellanous Services, work of the machine gunners and the counter-attack wie beaten £306,000; and advances to Allies and Dominione, £341,000. back with beavy pánishment.
Mr. Bonar Law expressed the British and Allies' deep
PACIFIST MEETING WRECKED.
Loudon, October 30, Oar suack to day differed little from its predecesora sa regarde appreciation of the sesistance of the United States in flaansing Wochen wrecked a prejfist meeting at Cosbett, in Durkain. method. The barrage was very intense and while the artillery was purchases in Americs. Until the United States entered the war Alter free fights the speakers fed to be conducted to plaos of dramming forth ite flaming cartsin, great guns further back were the method of financing purchases there, and the question of safety. doing fine counterbattery work againet known positions of enemy jexchange, proved almost insolable problems. America's seristance artillery. Hence the enemy's retaliations were not very severe, was all the more generous in view of the fact that they were despite the high lande. Our indomitable sirmen are keeping in incurring expenditure at mach heavier rate than the Allies. contact with the infantry. The ground is still desperately bad but along the higher places, where the principal fighting is developing, the surface is reasonably good between the water-filled shell-holes The German Version,
London, October 30,
A German wireless official message atstea:-The English strongly attacked Passchendaele. The village was lost, but vigorous counter-attack drove out the enemy. English attacks near Gheluvelt broke down with eangainary losse5,
Anlas Strongly Held.
Dealing with the excess over the Budget estimate of expenditure which was recoverable, be said the first item was an inccesss of loans to the Allies and Dominions of 581,500,000, making a total increase for the half year of £222,500,000.
Secondly there was £24,000,000 which represented advance to the Dominione which were not connected with loans, but arose from the fact that the expenses of the Dominion Armies were borne in the first instance by the British Government and refunded by the Dominions in due course: Thirdly, there was 65,500,000 paid by the War Office for commodities on behalf of the Allies which would London, October 30.
be gradually paid off. Foaribly, there were raw materials, such Beater's correspondent at the British Beadquarter's stetes: hides, timber, foodstuffs and ships, totalling 74,500,000. This A gale at mid day brought up fode of rain, bat, fortunately, not was also recoverable in due course. British agents throughout the before the troops had gained the majority of their objectives. The world held £15,000,000. There was thua" a total of £179,000,000, Canadians are everywhere holding their gains. Greet Farm, the which, deducted from £222 500,000, left a total real increase in the scene of previous elubborn fighting, Vanity Farm and Vapour Farm Badget Estimate for the hell gear of £13,500,000. He proceeded are strongly held. We are well advanced slong the Meetcheele to give reasons why it has been decided not to introduce a Sap. spar, dominating the north-western approach to Passchendaele. plementary Budget in order to raise more money ty taxation. There There have been DO more counter-attacks ́ since pine, was reason to expect that the estimated revenue from taxation o'clock in the morning, when one was made from Mosselmarkt, would have exceeded the position of the second half of the year from The counter-attack in this region, mentioned in an earlier menasge the point of view of deadweight expenditure, which would probably was even more severely punished than indiested, car airmen report- not Le quite as favourable as the first half. This was mainly dao to ing that the enemy capports were caught by our barrage with the fixing of the price of the lost at ninepence and disastrons resale. Hostile sirma have been flying low, machine large increase in eoldiere and sailors pay, which together would ganning infantry in shell boles, but without over mach effect. add between £40,000,000 and £50,000,000 to the next six monthe' {expenditure—£33,000,000 ont of £43,600,000. The incresse in ex penditure scoonated by the War Offies was mainly due to the rise in price of commodities, also the provision for larger a number men abroad than was previously anticipated, also the increased personnel for the aviation programme, also the number of According to Renter's correspondent at Zurich, speaking in the troops in Mesopotamis, and finally the forward movement in Beicharath the Official Reporter gloomily described Austria's Flanders, necessitating an increased expenditure on railway financial situation. He said that England alone (mong the bridges etc. Mr. Bonar Law insisted that the gap between what belligerents was able to pay the interest, on War Loans and, more- was our railway line of communication and the extent of our over, to farnish considerable eums for current war necessities. advance had to be filled largely by motor transport, and the increased German finances were in an unfavourable condition. The impresses pay therefor during the past six monthe smonnted to £5,000,000. in Germany's revenue from new taxes totalled a milliard marka The National Debt at the end of the financial six months on Septem while the War Loan interest amounted to three milliarde, Hebar 29 satalled ve billions, but there was deductible there anticipated that Austria would long suffer after the war from a very from £1,100,000,000 advanced to the Alliea and £160,000,000 to
· low rate of exchange.
OUR ENEMIES' ROTTEN FINANCES.
England the only Belligerent Paying War Loan Interest.
London, October 30.
INTRIGUERS SENTENCED IN AMERICA:
London, October 30. Renter's correspondent at Chicago, eays that three Germans have been sentenced to two years' imprisonment and fined two thousand sterling, whilst a Hindu, named Laloupta, has been sentenced to eighteen months and fined forty pounds for fomenting
rebellion in India from Amerios.
GERMAN AIR RAID FIASCO.
London, October 20, Is in officially announced that there were no casualtion
by last night's air rai
a very
the Dominione. They were also entitled to deduct the gift of £100,000,000 by the Government of Indis, but something like | £34,000,000 thereof had been treated na reveque. The Indina Government, however, had taken the responsibility for the balancs, The National Debt at the outbreak of war was £845,000,000,
Mr. Bonar Law contrasted the British and German financial. positions and pointed out that the Reichstag had passed Votes of Credit amounting to £4,760,000,000, which did not isoinde ad- vandes to Germany's Allien or items like separation allowancer, which, In our case, carde from the Vote of Credit. Our war expendatare was therefore 81,700,000 below Germany's. - The latter's increased- war taxation fell short by £55,000,000 of the interest on their debt. While we could not bear the strain indefinitely, it would not be or want of money which would prevent us from winning the war, be-
cans we could stand the strain länger than our snorzien.
EABLIER
TELEGRAMS,
OUR FIGHTERS THANKED.
Stirring Speecn by Mr. Lloyd George.
London, October 25, In the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George, moving the resolution thanking the Forces (cabled en October 24th) said that even had he the leisure in these terrible timet, especially in the anxiety of the last two or three days, he felt he could not do justice to this great theme. The deeds referred to in the resolution had won the admiration and gratitude of every subject of His Majesty and he felt that no words were needed to cominend the acceptance of the resolution to any body of Britons throughout the world. Referring to the Navy the Premier said it was like a vital internai organ of existence, of which we were unconscious until something went wrong. The Navy was taken for grant-- ed. The Navy was the anchor of the Allied cause. If it lost hold the hopes of the Allies would be shattered. To understand the great part of the Navy one had only to imagine what would have happened if the Navy had been defeated even a year ago. Our armies in France, Meso. potamia, Salonika and Egypt would have languished and finally vanished for lack of support of men and material. France would have been deprived, not merely of our sup- port but of the material assistance which the British Navy enabled us still to get from abroad; would have been unable, probably, to defend herself against the overwhelming hordes / of the for. Italy, deprived of coal, ammunition and food, would have fallen a ready prey to her berce and vindictive "enemies, which she had not done yet and would not do (Cheers). Bussia would indeed have been defenceless and, he unhesitatingly said, but for the British Navy overwhelming disaster would have fallen on the Allied causo (Cheers). Prussia would have been the insolent mistres of Europe nod, through Europe, the world (Cheers). Never in the whole affairs of the world had the British Navy been a more potent and more beneficent infidence in the affairs of man. Despite hidden foes, despite black piracy it had preserved the highway of the seas for Britain and the Allies: (Cheers). Since the war the Navy had transported thirteen million men, two million horses, twenty-five million tons of explo- nives and supplies, fifty million tons of coal and oil fuel for the feet and armica and the needs of the Allies. Out of those thirteen million men only 3,000 had been lost (Cheers) of whom only 2,700 were lost through action by the enemy, That was apart from the prodigious quantity of food rud other material totalling one hundred and thirty million tons transported by British ships. This indeed had been & triumph for the Navy (Cheers),
Mr. Lloyd George procceded to say that it was too carly to summarise the effect of the blockade, which would have been complete if we had not left the gates of the Balkans ... unlocked. The Grand Fleet had not had many opportunities, but that was not its fault (Cheers). It was due to the "anenty's knowledge of its merits (Choers), Since Jutland the Germans had never challenged the Grand Fleet: That was the best proof that the Germans did not-trust the varašity: of their own claims to victory at Jutland. (Laughter), The
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M. Konowslcff (Cadet), Minister of Commerce and Industry,
M. Barna zky (Esdical demo crat), Minister of Finsnes.
M. Kartschef, (Cadet), Minister" of Cults.
M. Kischkine (Cadet), Ministar of Public Assistanus.
M. Smirnoff (Cadet), Blake Con- troller.
M. Tretiskoff (Non-partieso), President of the Economic Council of Government establishment.
All the sew members of the Cabinet are eminent political men in Moscow. M. Kiechkine has been the Government Commissary. Moscow, M. Smirnoff, Vice- President of the Central Com mittes in Moscow of the Mobilised Indoetry, M. Tretiskoff a repre- sealstive of the Moscow industrials and aleo a well known member of the Liberal Party, and. M. Maliantovitch an eminent lawyDr in Moscow.
It is reported that the Pro- Parliament organised by the Democratic Conference with tha agreement of the Bourgeois parties, has been denominated the Provisional Council of Russian Republic.” It will begin its official sittings after the nomination of Bourgeois delegatem has been completed. The num ber of Boargeois delegatea in the Connoil is fixed at 120. The Central Committee of the Cadeta bas formed a special commision consisting of five members for electing the Boargania delegates to be sent to the Preliminary Parliament.-Költusai Westnik,
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