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三興街 三十月三英港香
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
EARLIER TELEGRAM.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE RAID ON PARIS.
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A Gotha Brought Down,
London, March 12. Reuter's correspondent at Paris says that one of the raiding Gothas was felled in flames near the Chateau Thierry. The ore were made prisoners.
Many Bombs Dropped.
Later.
THE RUSSIAN OUTLOOK.
American Sympathy and Hope.
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London, March 12. A message from Wshing on ways that President Wilson has telegraphed to the American Coneal at Moscow as follows: y | I not take advantage-of the meeting of the Congres of Soviets to express the sincere sympathy which the people of the United States feel for the Russian people at this moment when German power has been thrast in to interrupt and turn back the whole struggle for freedom and substitute the wishes of Germany for the purpose of United States is, anbappily, not now in a position to render direct and effective ald, it would wish to render it. I beg to sesare the people of Rassis, through the Congress, that it will avail itself of every opportunity to secure for Rassis once more complete sovereignty and independence in her own affairs and a full restors. fon to her great role in the life of Europe and the modern world. The whole beart of the people of the United States is with the people of Russia in the attempt to free themselves forever from an autocratic Government and became the master of their own life."
The alarm was given at nine colock in the evening and the All clear" was given at midnight. Sisty machines crossed the French lives. The barrage was most intense throughout, but a the people of Russia? Although the Government certain number of aeroplanes reached their objectives, and dropped pamerons bombe an Paris and the ratarbe. Several buildings were demolished or set on fire.
Au Aeroplane Brought Down.
London, March 12. A French communique states: A German seroplane was brought down during the night of the 11th instant to the north of Soissons by our special guns. The thres occupanta, two of whom were officere, were taken prisoner.
Four Gothas Lost.
London, March 12.
Reuter's correspondent at Paris states: The Germane lot three four-seated and one biplane Gotbaa in last night's raid. Nine quadrons participated and approached the capital from two directions. Our seroplanes, in a counter offensive, dropped 5,800 kilogrammes el bombs on the serodromes from which the raiders departed.
The German Version.
London, March 12.
A German cfficial" wireless message states:-Last night we copiously and successfully bombed Paris in retaliation for enemy stiaoks on October 9 on Stuttgart, Esslingen, Intertuerkheim and Mainz.
THE EASTERN MENACE,
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Chinese Warning to Bolsheviks.
London, March 12. According to Beuter's correspondent at Peking, & message from Harbin says that the Consack leader, S mencfi, has been obliged to retire and has taken op s position near the Manchuria
station.
The Chinese Commander has warned the Bolshevike that the invasion of Chinese territory will be regarded as an sot of war, declaring that Semencff's force represents the Russian Provisions! Government, which is recognised.
The Counaoke have arrested the Bolshevik leaders at Blagovestobonek, where they have disarmed the Bolshevik forces.
A Bolshevik Reply.
London, March 12: Reater's orrespondent at Shanghai says that the Bolshevik leaders at Irkatak bays telegraphed to the Chinsee authorities in Manchuria that they bave no unfriendly intention towards Chine. The Chinese bave replied, refusing to consider Sement ff a rebel
Ultimatum to Vladivostock Authorities.
London, March 12.
The Daily Mail correspondent at Petrograd states that the Allied Conents at Vladivostock have issued an ultimatum to the local authorities demanding the reconstruction of the Government existing before the Bolshevike and the protection of their nationals.
CHINESE UNREST.
London, March 11.
An Opportunity for the Eatents,
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London, Merch 12,
Dr. E. J. Dillon, writing to the Daily Telegraph, gives the gist of numerous letters received by representative mer in Rasis declaring that the Germans have already secured the support of important financial and scoial interests in Russia, and their schemes of arrangement actually reached to restore the Monarchy. Dr. Dillon's correspondente believe that the cohemes can be thwarted because other influential active elementa will be overjoyed if the Entente restore order. The former prejudice and suspicion at the Japanese intervention has disappeared during the last few weeks. The Japanese could reckon on the co operation of numerous political and military elementa if they entered as rescuers. There are six thousand refuges efficere in Vladivostock sloar. The Polish Army is the most effective military organisation, in the country sad many present supporters of the Bolsheviks would change eidee immediately if the fear of shooting and imprisonment were removed.
Red Guards' Terrorism. *
London, March 12,
Renter's correspondent at Stockholm says that the crimes of the Red Guards are daily inoressing. The Red Goards chooss their victims among the intellectual classes, assassinating principally clergy of democratic sympathies, and landlords. All the agricultural councillors except one, have been killed.
Gérmaa Canal Scheme.
London, March 12.
The Copenhagen Politiken states that the Russo German Com- mercial Trasty will include a plan for the construction of a great canal from the Baltic to the Black Sea, which "German fiascoiers are willing to finance,
German Representative to Ukraine,
London, March 12. Reater's correspondent at Amsterdam aaye that. Vɔn Mamm, formerly German Minister at Peking, bas gone to Kieff sa temporary diplomatic representative to Ukraine.
Opposition to Bolsheviks.
London, March 12.
A telegram from Petrograd states that anarchists are fa possession of Moscow and are determined to fighthe Petrograd Bolsheviks if the latter succeed in reaching the city. The Bolshevik leaders are closely watched in Petrograd with a view to preventing them from leaving.
British Postal Services Suspended.
London, March 12. According to the Prees Bureau, the Post Office sunounces the Boater's correspondent at Peking states that Tcheng Teo-ling.spension of the mail and money order services to Rumania and
Rassis, except Finland. the Military Governor of Makden, ia defying the Government'e orders to send troops into Chihli, ostensibly en route to the South, to fight the rebale, but the arrival of several thousands of troops at Langfeng, apparently on route to Peking, is causing anxiety in the capital Bandite have robbed and captared near Yebsien, in Honen, two American engineers carrying a large sum of money for the payment of surveyors on the proposed railway.
A NEW GERMAN PEACE OFFENSIVE.
London, March 12.
THE RAID ON NAPLES.
London, March 12. Beuter's correspondent at Naples states that sixteen were killed) and forty injured in the raid cabled yesterday.
LONDON AIR RAID CASUALTIES.
London, March 12. A telegram from Birne says that the Wilhelmstrasse haa In the air raid, on London on March 7, the killed aumbered ordered German nowepapers to concentrate on new peace cine men, eight women sad three children, while there were forty. offensive based on the idea of balancing the gains in the East five injured. It is feared that one body has not been recovered. against the status quo in the Went.
GOOD NEWS FOR LOWER DECK,
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London, March 12. The Admiralty announces the promotion of fifty Warrant Officers to Lieutenants. This in, the biggest concession to the Lower Deck since the beginning of the war,
THE WESTERN FRONT.
Lisbon, March 12.
A French communique states: There were fairly lively bombardirente at night-time on the right bank of the Meuse in the region of Reillon, Ancervillier and Lousin.
BRITISH. REPRISALS.
London, March 12.
Failing a satisfactory reply from Germany today to the protest regarding the in prisonment of Lisatentants Wookey and Scholte, two German Flying Corpe Ober-Lieutenants of high family, selected by the War Prisoners Department, will be imprisoned to morrow.
EMPLOYMENTS FOR EX-OFFICERS.
London, March 12.
A scheme is afoot, under moat ir filentisi an-pices, to provide ex-Army and ex Navy cfficers with saueble employment si Home and abroad. The support of the biggest United Kingdom·sad Dominions employera is being sulisted.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
PROGRESS IN PALESTINE,
London, March 11 An' official · message from Palestine states Dur northward advance astride the Jerusalem Nablus, road- has continued through most precipitous and difficult employing numerous concealed machine guns. Wê pro- gressed three thousand yards on a twelve miles front, securing the high ridges, overlooking the north bank of the Wadi Eljib and repulsing three counter-attacks. We come solidated the new line northward of Wadi Airja. Our sero- planes bombed and roachine-gunned enemy troops, and trans- port on the Nablus road. The operations continue,
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NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS AS MINISTERS.
Lordon, March 11. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Chamberlain, the Premier disagreed with the contention that owners sad diggers of newspapers should not hold Ministerial offices. Le Northcliffe held no Ministerial office, while Lord **Rotharmere and Lord Beaverbrook gave up all "direction of their papers as soon as they were appointed Ministers. They were both axceptionally able men. Lord Bothermere had already reorganised an'important department of the War Office and his administration thereof was an unqualified success. Lord Beaverbrook organised the Canadian propagan- da most successfully. Tao Premer emphasised the importance of propaganda, which the enemy used with deadly effect in Russia and Italy. Lord Northcliffe had made a special study of conditions in enemy countries. No man better quali- fied to direct the propagands in enemy countries could be found in the British Empire. The Government was grateful to him for taking the post. The propaganda in' all other Allied countries and Germany was conducted almost ex- clusively by experienced newspaper men, and despite in- eritable prejudices; which the Government apprehended might be excited, they concluded they must follow that example as the only means of securing effective presenta tion of the Allied cause. His one object in taia as in all. other Government appointments was to secure the men best qualified to do the work efficiently. (Cheers), He reiterated... that he was in no wise responsible for the attacks on Ad- mirals and Generals. It had been suggested by the hon. member that his staff inspired such attacks and he thoroughly investigated the matter and unhesitatingly declared that the imputation was utterly unfounded and unjust.
Mr. Chamberlain said the principles laid down by Mr. Lloyd George were satisfactory, but there had been too much coincidence between the newspaper attacks on Gov. ernment servants and the removals of the latter. He re- gretted that the Premier had not made a clean cut and swept away forever the atmosphere of auspicion and in- trigue.
Mr. Asquith deplored the organised press campaigns in war time against soldiers and sailors, the first of which was against Lord Kitchener, which he, Mr. Asquith, felt most keenly. Consequently he advised the King to bestow the Order of the Garter upon Lord Kitchener at the earliest opportunity, which His Majesty did. It was of the utmost importance that the Government should be free from sus picion of direct association with the operations of the press. Therefore he advocated that the Propaganda Department be absolutely water-tight, without any influence on the policy of the Government.
Mr. Lloyd George, winding up the debate, accepted the fundamental principles laid down by Mr. Asquith and said“ that after his "explanation this afternoon there had been no real challenge of the action of the "Government. "He con. cluded by paying a tribute to Lord Northcliffe from the standpoint of news organization as a man of genius and one of the greatest news organisers of the world.
GERMAN ATTACK IN THE WEST.
London, March 11,. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: We repulsed three raids following a heavy bombardment in the neighbour- hood of Armentieres. The enemy attempted a large raid this morning, his infantry attacking on a thousand yards front north westward of Passchendaele, but was every- whare repulsed with heavy lossen. A hostile party entered, & post southwards of Houthulst Forest; bat we immediately re-captured it
Field Marshal Haig reports: Haze interfered with air work on Sunday. Nevertheless four hundred bombs were dropped on Monin, Roulers, Ledeghem, Cambrai and Soles- mea railway stations and other targets. We destroyed three balloons and brought down six aeroplanes. We drove down seven. Four of ours are missing.
JAPAN AND SIBERIA,
London, March 11.
In the Fcuse of Commons, Mr. Balfour stated that the Government had no information as to Japanese forces haying arrived in Siberis. He could not say when he would be able to give information regarding the proposed Japanese intervention.
BRITISH THREAT EFFECTIVE.
London, March 12. The Press Bureau announces that the War Prisoners Department was informed to-day that the aviators Scholtz and Wookey, imprisoned for dropping pamphlets, would The month's be released and returned to their camps. notice of intended reprisals would have expired to-morrow.
AUSTRIAN DEMAND REGARDING POLAND.
Zurich, March 11. "Count Andrassy writes in a Budapest paper: Poland must be taken from Russia Bad brought under the Haps- bargs, otherwies Polish agitations will disturb the peace of Austro-Hungary and spread chaos in Russia
The "Nene Zuercher Zeitung" states that owing to the ferment against the Ukraine peace terms among the Polish legionaries at the front they have been disarmed and in- terned in Austria-Hungary.
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Amsterdain, March 11: A Berlin telegram announces that M. Tchicherin hes already ordered the return of the persons deported from Livonia
THE MESOPTAMIAN ADVANCE,
- London.-March-1·1,--- An official message from Mesopotamia states? The His garrison continued its retirement and, occupies Khanbagh didis twenty two miles, above Hit Our aircraft att #58" retreating Turks-and inflicted heavy
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THE SILVER MARKET.
London, March 13.
The silver market za sisady.
THE PEACE OF THE
FAR EAST."
Japan's Duties là Siberia.
There can be do manner of doubt, saye the Tokyo Arahi, that` the conclusion of pesce between Rosis and the Central Powers will quickly be followed by the liberation of the prisoners of war detained in Bussia, and in con BG- quence the question is naturally being asked how many prisoners of war there are in Bassin at the present time, sad what will be the effect of the military and othe sations taken by this hostila element on the already serious situation in Siberis and other. Eastern regions. The Tokyo journal is not in a position to Įmake any definite statement sa to [the number of "the prisoners of war in Rassis, bas it thinks that it will not be wide of the mark to 68- timate it at over 1,000,000. It also ventures to think thassome 500,000 for 600,000 out of the total nam- ber are easitered over -Siberis, most of them in the districts west of Irkutsk. As regarde the " prisoners of war detained in East Siberis, that is, cast of Ickutak, the Tokyo journal believes that they do not exceed 100,000 in all. Russia to-day is in a completely debilitated state and is entirely at the mercy of Germany, who will therefore find it easy to lanach her aggressive designl against the East it abe bar sny "such intention. Ia our Tokyo contemporary's opin- ion, it is very doubtful if Ger many, who has ber hauds fall in dealing with the European Ailies, can ever afford to devote part of ber energy to Eastern mastera, but at all events the deahi thinks that the prisoners of war in Rasnia particularly in Siberis, must be [reckoned with, as having a direct bearing on the welfare of Sibar is. Though not provided with a afficient supply of arma, these prisoners of war are men of good physique, and after a long period. of forced inaction are ripe for - anything. Besides taking mili tary action, they may proceed to take over the control of con mani- cations or to gain an ecocomio footbold. With every facility fforded by the "Russians" DOW as a friendly neighbour, the Germans will find it quite easy to start come enterprise; on an extensive scale in Siberia to the detriment of the Allied - interests. When such a' zitas-. tion is created in Siberis those regions san no longer be regarded. ss Russian territory but must be taken as German territory, to all intents and purposes, and as ruoli - Japan must take appropriate steps to cope with the situation in view of her duty of safeguard ing the peace
of the Far East,
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Interesting Masonic Event. An event which comerlater s lend mark in the history of Freemasonry occurred· at, Baern. recently when the District Grand Master. Bombay, R4 Worshipfal. Bro. W. A. Haig-Brown, con- seorated with the appropriate ritual the first Missonio. dgoin General Mesopotamis, installi Bir George MacManh