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PLAGUE IN North china.
Fears that It Will Reach Shanghai.
(From Our Own Correspondent).
Shanghai, March 20.
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Plague bar broken out at Nanking. Twenty-three people have died in two days. The closing of the city is suggested.
It is feared that the disease will re ob Shanghai.
(Reuter's Telegrame.]
AIR. RAIDS.
When Germany Will Cease Bomblog Paris.
London, March 18: "The Supreme Commander of the German Air Forces, intervien ed by the Cologne Gazette, states that the raids on Paris will cease when the attacks on German open towns orase. He admite that the raids on Germany have inflicted heavy lossen and says:-"We are waiting to see whether France will take our severe penalties to heart,"
THE RUSSO-GEPMAN PEACE.
Comment by Entente Statesmen.
London, March 19.
MARCH 20,
1918.
【三拜禮 號十二月三英港香
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· FINE WORK IN THE WEST. Holland Agrees on Certain Conditions.
German Communications Badly Smashed, London, March 18.
London, March 18, According to Reuter's correspondent at the Hague, the Foreign
Beater's correspondent at the French Headquartare states: Silver is quoted as "434d. Minister, speaking in the Second Chamber, stated that Germany The centre of activity has now shifted to the Meuse. The big There are small supplies and having declared that it was impossible to faraich Holland with French raids mentioned in yesterday's communique were directed China is buying in A marios, hundred thousand tons of grain within two months, the Government against sectors where the enemy had completed all preparations for would agree to the Alliee taking over Datch shipping if Holland stack. The result of the raids is that the communications are so could rely on getting a hundred thousand tone of gals and thoroughly emashed that it will be many weeks before the enemy certain other commodities from Americe, in accorch the can attack from these places. The French advanced a handred recent agreement drawn up in London, and also if beaker coal for Jarda at a time, in ecocrdance with the gunners' time-table. One the transport of goode to Ho land were furnished to certain Daten of the main objects was the destruction of minenwerfer batteries. abipa; also if the Allies guarantee that the ships shall not transport This was eff-oted partly by artillery and partly by blowing up with troops or war material, stall not be armed and the crews shall be hand grenades. Some fifty of these powerful weapons were thus perfectly free to attend to navigation; also if destroyed ships were
demolished before the French returned. replaced immediately after the war, The Government could not 8o further than that.
THE SIBERIAN SITUATION.
Easmy Aerial-Losses,
London, March 19... Field Harshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation, sya There has been increased air activity. We dropped ten and a half tons of bombe on railway sidings at Somsin and on billets at all parts of the front, as well as on three serodromes. We brought down three enemy machines in a fierce encounter over an aerodrome, Daring the day we brought down sighteen and drove down eight Four of ours are missing.
Our night fiers dropped fire tons of bombs on two berodromes and a dump north-east of St. Quentin and on billets at Donai and
A Possibly Serious Outlook,
London, March 17. According to Renter's correspondent at Tokyo, in the House of Representatives the War Minister stated that thera were 94,000 German prisoners in Siberia east of Baikal and 60,000 west of The Press Bureau saya that the Prime Ministers and Foreign Baikal. They were uncontrolled and trying their utmost to get Ministers of the Entente, dasembled in Lendor, feel bound to take armed. A thousand Bassian moderates cader Colonel Seminoff Menin. All our machines returned. note of the political crimes ander the name of German peace which were opposing the Maximaliete east of Baikal, The Entente might have been committed against the Russian people. Hassis was support Colonel Semincff, bat bin force at present was weak. anarmed, and, forgetting that for four years Germany had been There were also some moderates at Vladivostok and Blagovestchenik, fighting against the independence of nations and the rights of The Maximalists' power was growing and they were getting a mankind, the Russian Government, in a mood of singular credulity, supply of arms and smmonition. Should the German prisoners be expected to obtain by persuasiona demcoratic peace, which it organised to support the Maximaliste, a serious situation would be failed to obtain by war. The armistice had not expired when the created. Germane, contrary to their pledged word, transferred troops en masss to the West. Badsia was so weak that she could not protest against this isgrant violation of Germany's plighted word. When the German peace is translated into action, it is. found to involve invasion of Russian territory, the destruction or capture of all Bassia's means of defence. The organization of Bassian landa for In the Marconi case, the Attorney General admitted a breach Germany's prcft is a proceeding not differing from annexation of contract by the Crown, and said the Postmaster General would because the word is carefully avoided. Meanwhile, the Bassians, give a declaration to this effect. The petitioners were entitled to who have made military operations impossible, have found damages on the basis of six stations. diplomacy impotent. Their representatives have been compelled to proclaim that while they refused to read the Treaty they had no oboice but to sign it. They signed it not knowing whether it meant peace or war, nor measuring the degree to which Russian national life is reduced by it to a shadow:
GERMANY HAMPERING NEUTRAL SHIPPING.
London, Marck 18.
DISAPPOINTMENT FOR OUR ENEMIES,
London, March 18.
THE MARCONI CASE,
Crown Admits Breach of Contract.
London, March 18,
RUSSIA'S REPUDIATIONS.
A Protest by the Powers.
CHAOS IN RUSSIA.
London March 185.
Five Hundred People Massacred.
London, March 19,
ST. GEORGE'S DAY.
The Proposed Hongkong Celebrations.
It is now possible to give sp proximately the programme for In the morning there will be. St. George's Day (April 23). street collections, sale of badges, and office-to-office collections...
A "Tombia" Competition is to be held, full particulars of which will be published in these columns later.
Beater's correspondent at Amsterdam says that the high hopes Petrograd newspapers report that five hundred people were of the Central Powers regarding food supplies from Ukraine are massacred in a single night at the small town of Gharkov. apparently doomed to disappointment. The Germania asya the Sailors murdered the inhabitants of two strests in Sevastopol agriculturists in Ukraine are faced with rain, and that complete and threw the bodies into the river. “ anarchy prevaila. The villages are sowing crops in a faulty manner and all corn stocks are hidden so that the large towns in Ukraine are threatened with a scarcity. The Germania hopes that the situation will improve when the troops penetrate East Ukraine.
to bald an International Fair and It was intended in the afternoon
Basaar, but, owing to the prevail. Enemy Ralds.
ing epidemic, this has had to-be London, March 18. reluctantly abandoned for the two pasta to the east of Poelospalle.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Baig reports: The enemy raided sake of public health, the Com Hostile artillery is active on the Bapaume Cambrai road and in the Medical Authorities that, on Four of our men are missing.mittee having been advised by forward and back areas at Armentieres and Ypres.
account of the epidemic, any Germans Belbed to Carry Out Ralds.
plan involving great prowds London, March 18. thronging together in very Beater's correspondent at the British Headquarters says undesirable. This is to be Our airmen continue their brilliant work: The meaning of serial deplored, as the Committee bad in dominance in relation to artillery affectiveness is well demonstrated preparation such an extensive, which 4,400 rounds were fired, the Germans damaged four of our for the afternoon's entertainment by the following figures:-In twenty-two counter-battery shots, in vast and attractive programme guns, two gun-pits end a dug-out. They caused eight casualties as could not possibly have failed and destroyed a small amount of field ammunition. In a corres- to be a great draw of people and ponding period we carried out ninety-five countery battery shoots money, Fate, however, decreas and hit 55 gun-pits, of which ten were apparently destroyed. We that in must be cancelled, and it paused sixty-four explosions and sixteen fires. The damage done is therefore sincerely hoped that to gans and the casualties caused are only conjecturable from these the public, with that generosity figures.
for which Hongkong is justly In the House of Commons, Mr. Balfour stated us an informal shown by statements of prisoners taken in an unsuccessful raid subscribe to that part of the Day'a The reluctance of the Germsa soldiers to undertake raids in noted, will the more liberally declaration signed by the representatives in Petrngrad of all the south of the Ypres-Commioes Canal on the night of March 13, that programme which can safely be foreiga Powers had been forwarded to the Commisery of Foreign liberal inducements were offered the raiders in the shaps of pro- held. A Berlin cfficial message states:"Owing to the conduct of repudiation of the Russian State Debt, the confiscation of property machine-gun being seventy-five marks. The prisoners attribute the Fairies" has had to be abandon Affairs etating that they considered the decree regarding the motion and leave or money, the average reward for capturing a The play "Pinkie and The British naval forces in the barred zone declared roand the German and similar measures, as being without force, and they reserved the failure of the raid to our sturdy resistance and the lack of surprise, ed, as it involved rehearsale by Bight by England, we are forced to take measuree which will make right of claiming damages from the Government for all losees to owing to most of their non-commissioned officers being drank, very many children whose health, navigation in this region most dangerous for neutral shipping," their nationals. So far as Mr. Balfour was aware, no reply had having been heavily doped with brandy. Wherese our men volan of course, mast be the first con- The measge disclaime responsibility in the matter except where been received. the directions of the German Admiralty are followed.
teer eagerly for the raids as fine adventures, the Germans apparently sideration. Another play will be must be bribed and dragooned,
staged at the Theatre Royal by adulte. The French Front.
London, March 18. There will therefore be "soms. A French communique states :—ån enemy coup de main to the thing doing", morning and north of Javinocut and another to the south east of Corbeny were evening, bat, for health reasons, repulsed with appreciable enemy losses, after lively fighting. There the afternoon programme which Bezavaux districts and between Bares and Badenviller in Lorraine, encrees has had to be abandon- fia lively reciprocal artillery fire especially in the Bamognenx and was bound to have been's financial
The Belgians Attacked.
ed. Nevertheless, we feel we London, March 19. shall not appeal in vain to our London, March 19. Austro-German forces have occupied important points in the enemy attseked in the region of Nieuport, Dixmade and Merokem sapport of this most worthy A Belgian communique states-Following recent activity, the readers for their fall financial direction of Karak and Kharkoff, the latter being hastily avsouated. in considerable force with store ruppen. The enemy gained, a foot osas the raising of funds for
Retreating Russians attempted to set fire to Odesas, but the ing in some advanced elements near Nisaport, from which he was
War Charities. Germans prevented them.
The sale of tickets for the War partially driven out. After a violent bombardment, the enemy The Odessa and Nicolai banks have been resumed under penetrated advanced posts in the direction of Dismude and, by the Bonde Drawing proceeds space- "A telegram from Bostoff states that 3,000 well-armed Austro- the Year.
use of flammenwerfer, into part of a trench on the west bank of upwards of 40,000 tickets have. German war prisonera. have completely gained possession of the enemy attack in the direction of Kerckem was repulsed by our bar of which Eave been actually sold. Counter-attacks entirely restored the positions. An been distributed already, the bulk
| rage." -The artillery struggle is very lively along the whole front.
There is, therefore, a very strong probability of the smonnt which the Committee set out to get being obtained, to sarist which, tickets have been sent very far- afield. This will involve extra time for the returns to come back Hrom distant places, and the Cona
mittee have therefore wisely de- cided to extend the data of draws: ing. The closing date for sale of tickets will be eitended to 12th | Jana: The data on which first
instalment of ... întarent will bə: paid will be similarly extended, and the final date for presenta tion of winning tioksta will be extended to 23rd December. All this will be fully advertised to the- public and thous who have als ready purchased tickets will | thereby know that ditas elated
thereon are so extended.
SPIES DEPORTED FROM AMERICA.
London, March 19. "Rauter's correspondent at New York esys that two men and two women, supposed to be French, have been deported. They lived in fashionable localities and were amply supplied with fonde. It is alleged that they carried on a code correspondence with Count Bernstorf.
TURKEY AND THE CAUCASUS.
London, March 19. Reuter's correspondent at Petrograd says the Commander-in- Chief of the Turkish Army has accepted a proposal by the Caucasual Government to commence pour parlers for a separate peso0.
REICHSTAG SITS ALL DAY.
London, March 18. According to Reuter's corresponder! at Amsterdam, Vorwaerts states that a sitting of the Reichstag lasting all day discussed Prince Lichnowrky's Memorandam, cabled resently.
German control.
town.
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BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIPS,
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Suggested Placing of German Officers Aboard.
London, March 18. In the House of Commone, Mr. Hunt suggested that German officers of superior rauk should be placed on all British bospital ships and also on ansrmoured merchantmen.or
Mr. Bonar Law replied that the subject had been carefully considered by naval and military authorities, bas that the sation proposed would not be taken. He could not publicly state the reasons for the decision.
COMBING-OUT MINERS.
1wo Opposite Decisions.
London, March 18,
The previous Sgares in the South Walce miners' ballot warn incomplete. The fast result showa 59,250 for a 60,870 against the Government'e combing-out proposals.
IMPORTANT ALLIED CONFERENCES..
London, Marob 18. The Prees Bureau announces that meetings of the Supreme War Council and important political conferences were held at Downing Street from Thursday to Saturday last. The Premiers of France rad proposals by 33,578 to 27,178. Italy attended.
MORE CONCRETE SHIPS.
London, March 18.
The Times Washington correspondent says it is officially an nounced that the first big concrete ship of eight thousand tone was Launched on the Pacific Coast with complete success. She was launched six weeks after the concrete was first poured into the forma. -Arrangemente· ́are being made to build fifty-four more concrets A vessels. The advantages claimed for snob ships are that their con afstraction does not interfere with the building of, ütsel vocals, that ponorele shiper can be launched within ninety days after the work. starts and that the cost of the plant is only one-twentieth of the cost of a steel shipyard of equal capacity.
The Darhom miners have voted in favour of the combing out
RUMANIAN AFFAIRS,
London, March 18,
to Switzerland.
An unconfirmed report says that the King of Rumanis has gone
attempt to assassinate him.
A Sofia telegram says that M. Averescu resigned owing to an
ALLIED COUNCIL'S POWERS.
London, Mamb 18.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law stated that the operations in the Esstern war theatres came under the control of the Allied Council at Versailles,
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE WAR SITUATION REV.EWED.
Washington, March 19. The War Secretary's weekly review says: While hostile preparations for an offensive in the West are not slackening it is becoming more evident that the enemy will adopt the offensive only if compelled by the exigencies of the gen eral strategic situation. While fresh, German divisions aro reported to be arriving in the West it is important to nota that the density of the enemy forces has nearly reached a point beyond which it will be impracticable to go owing to the chances of congestion of, the lines of communication The preventing the essential fexibility for manœuvre. American detachment i, entrenched near the Swiss border where enemy bombardments are frequent. The arrival of fresh enemy unita and material from Germany "east and wort of Lake Garda indicates hostile operations having Vérons and Brescia as their objectives.
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THE WESTERN FRONT.E
London, March 18, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig-reports successful raid southward of Acheville. There is hostile artillerying southward of the Bapaume-Cambrai Road in the neighbour hood of Lens, being most active between Warneton and Zonnebeke.
GOOD AERIAL WORK:-
London, March 18.
The Admiralty reports that during offensive patrols from Dunkirk our seroplanes destroyed five moschines and shot down five from Thursday to Sunday. All of our machines
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