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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE LATEST FROM THE BATTLEFRONT.
German Artillery Very Active,
London, April 9.
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
BRITISH RAID ON COLOGNE,
Nearly Three Hundred People Killed.
London, April 9. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-The enemy's
A Biele telegrama ntatos that 248 were killed in a British Air sraillery early this morning developed great activity from the La raid on Cologne. Half the victims were soldiere in a troop train. are canal to the south of Armentieres. There is heavy hostile ready to start for the Western Front. The raid caused the greatest shelling in the neighbourhoods of V llers Bretonneux and Mericourt panic.
Labbe.
Renewal of Attack Expected.
London, April 9.
According to Realer's correspondent at Paris, & semi cffical announcement says:-A renewal of the attack on a vast front must
AMERICAN TROOPS FOR FRANCE.
London, April 9.
Reuter'a correspondent at Washington maya that the Acʻing be expected. Yesterday on the Oine and Ailette we withdrew is Secrerary for War announce that the transportation of American order to redaos the salient and after fulfilling the mission of holding troops to Franse has already been accelerated. the enemy while the French main body took up new positions. The Game are attempting to repressant this sa a simple operation in the great German attack, perhapa, hoping to attract some of our reserves here and so ease the Somme front, which is still their main objective. The enemy is employing French prisoners three kilometres behind the firing line.
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THE IRISH QUESTION.
A Basis of Agreement Discovered.
Londoo, April 9.
The Times raya that the Gorerament has found in the deliberations of the Irish Convention a basis for proposals se regards the Government of Irelsad, but their scheme of conscription for Ireland is not conditional apos the scceptance of these proposals by Parliament. Conscription will be insisted upon whatever the fate of the proposals.
The New Home Rule BII.
London, Ap il 9: The Daily Express 3858 that the new Home Rale Bill will include sa Irish Parliament at Doblin with an Executive responsibla thereto, military service, safeguarde for Protestant minorities, no control of the navy army or foreign policy and a new Custome acrangement.
MR. HENDERSON'S ATTITUDE.
Policy of Concilation Abandoned.
London, April 9.
Mr. Arthur Hesderson, speaking in London, said that the Kaiser and hia War Lorda, by the latest attack, bad drawn the British people together in a consecrated and determined fort to destroy militarism. Mr. Henderson abandoned the policy of -conciliation which he had hitherto favoured, because the Westerd offensive, following the shaïnefal treatment of Raesia, proved that organised Prassian bratality was seeking world domination, threatening the free development of national sainternational life.
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
The Situation in Finland.
London, April 9. The Tim's correspondent at Stockholm saya there is a very strong anti-Gerinan party in Finland, including not merely the wbate commercial sed industrial elemsote but even General Conni Kannerheim, commanding the White Army. Bat the White troops a pro-German. The Eatenie should take to steps which the Bath German Fions recommend, because Finland is rapidly becoming ́s German provincs.
Some Necessary Steps.
Londen, Ap il 9.
A Times editorial urges the Allies to protect and keep free the harbour of Kols in Rareian Lapland, keep open the Morman Bail- way, which is the door of Earopean Russia, besides trying to msing tain relations with the powerful sati German Finnish party. It says that there can be no just comparison between the sation of the Allies at Vladivostok and the German invasion of Finland, and the Allies net spare no ffort to prevent Siberia abaring the fate of Finland,
Germany Demands Disarmament.
London, April 9.
Beater's correspondent at Petrograd says that Germany has telegraphed to the Commissary for Foreign Affairs demanding the immediate disarmament of the Russian Fleet and the conclusion of the Rumi-Ukrainian paace.
The Germans at Hangoe have demanded the ceasstion of the destruction of Bassian warships, harbours and forts, and also that the bolts and sights of guns ön ships and land batteries mast be zemoved before April 11. The crews of Russian ships must return to Basis except emall nucleus creme.
THE BUDGET.
More, Taxes Foreshadowed,
London, April 9, The Daily Mail says that Mr. Bonar Law in the new Badget hopes to obtain a thousand million pounds from taxpayers, increas ing the income tax and duties on beer, spirits and licences step for tes, coffee, cocoa and sugar, and imposing an ad valorem tax as articles of luxury.
.COUNT CZERNIN'S "LIB."
London, April 9: Beater's correspondent at Paris says that M. Clemencean bas Issued a note regarding Count Castrin's "lie" in which he states that the Austrian Emperor in a letter of March, 1917, admitted the Justice of the French claims regarding, Alsace Lorraine. The news papera regard the admission as most important;
ARAB, SUCCESSES.
Loaden, April 9.
The Press Bareau saya that according to advices from Egypt, the Arabs have had several successful engagements, defeating cr capturing small bodies of Tarks in Southern Hedjas and also destroying the Portiman Railway near Bowst, derailing a train near Birdodid. Moreover, Arabe occupied Kerak on Sunday.
THE RANK OF GENERAL.
London, April 9,
A Royal Warrant states that promotion to the rank of General will henceforth be by selection instead of by ssaiority.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
INTERESTING REPORTS FROM
THE BATTLEFRONT.
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London, April 8. ...Bauier's correspondent at British Headquarters saya:- Just before dawn this morning the enemy developed a truly terrific bombardment porth of the Somme, lasting an hour- but I have not yet been able to learn the meaning of it Our troops are ceaselessly vigilant, for an early resumption. of the German offensive on a grand scale is expected any time. We retaliated to the gas-shelling of Armenteret by gas-shelling German positions thereabouts. We now know definitely that the objective of the big attack on April by. ten divisions of Von der Maritz's army was the high ground, about Douzencourt, Mailly Maillet and Colincamp. This encounter developed into a pitched open battle wherein, despite his superior numbers, the enemy made very little headway. Our counter-attacks nave since further reduced his gains."
German prisoners subsequently taken stats that this failure considerably upset all plans since the verman, "second"* army was so disorganised by it that a further serious édoch. was impossible for some days. They also say that thers is each confusion behind the enemy lines and a lack of lason owing to many people not knowing quite where they are. A draft recently arrived for the Ninety-Sixth Infantry Reserve composed of thirty men who participated in the Berlin strike.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig "reports: Except for hostile artillerying at different parts of the battle-front, especially in the neighbourhood of Bucquoy, there is nothing to report.
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A wireless German official message says: We drove out the enemy from strong positions on the heights eastward of Coacylerhateau. Troops advancing on the eastern bor- der of Couywood and via Barises stormed a hillock north- eastward of Folembray and advanced as far as Verneuil The prisoners now number two thousand
Renter's correspondent at British Headquarters wiring on the evening of 8th inst says: The heavy bombardment mentioned earlier died down after an bour, apparently
smothered by the violence of our reply, Wet, cold and dreary weather has commenced. It is said the weather during this offensive is the first time the luck in this respect has gone against the Germans.
A French communique. says: The enemy" pressure has continued north of Ailette region and lower Coucy Forest" Our advanced elements resisted and delayed the advance of the enemy, who were very superior numerically, inflicting very heavy losses. There has been reciprocal lively artillery activity on the Somme front and between Montdidier and Noyon.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation, says:" Our lowfliers.dropped ten tons of bombs and fired. many rounds at hostile troops and transport on the battle- front.
We downed eight enemies and drove down nine, Four of ours are missing. Our night-fliers, dropped five and. a half tons of bombs or Douai railway station and Bapaume.
THE VLADIVOSTOK LANDING,
Why it was Effected.
Londen, April 8. Router is informed that the Anglo-Japanese landing st Vladivostok was solely necessitated by disturbances at Vladi vosto, where on March 4 Japanese business premises were pillaged and Japanese killed. The landing has no relation with any so-called Japanese intervention in Siberia nor any movement of wider character than indicated.
To Resist the Japanese,
Petrograd, April 8. The Government has proclaimed a state of war through out Siberia and ordered the Siberian Soviets, to organise detachments of Red Guards to resist the Japanese.
A Purely Local Affair..
Moscow, April 8.
The Commissary for Foreign Affairs has formally pro-- tested to the Allied representatives as regards the landing at Vladivostok, demanding the immediate withdrawal of the forces. The Allica replying characterised the landing as a purely local affair, due to local complications and said affair, would be soon settled.
A ZEPPELIN DESTROYED,
Copenhagen, Apri
A telegram from 8t Avangar reports that a Britial warship destroyedt & Zuppelin; off Jacderen,
April 10, 1917,
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
GERMAN AND RUSSIA.
A Demand, Regarding the Russian Fleet.
Petrograd, Apfil' 9. In response to the Russian protest against the German landing in Finland Germany bas demanded that the Russian Baltic fleet leave Finnish waters by the 12th inst. The Council of Commissaries has ordered the fleet to comply.
Warships Biowa Up
Washington, April 8. The State Department learns that the Russian warships were blown up of Finland and destroyed after the German warships had fired upon them, Three of the former were battleships.
America's Naval Assistance,
New York, April 9. Mr. Daniels has announced that over 150 American warships, exclusive of submarine chasers, are now operating in Europe waters.
·BOLO PASHA'S EXECUTION POSTPONED.
Paris, April 8 The execution of Bolo Pasha has been postponed in order to allow him to make a statement which may bear upon other cases before the Courts.
THE NEW LAND LADY,
Miss Talbot, Revivalist..
Harold Begbie writes in Daily Chronicle as follows:-
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CANTON NEWS.
Our Canton correspondent writes as follows:-
Chang King-ming, Command- er-in-Chief on the eastern front, bes wired to the Authority that the craisers Haï Yang, Shui Wo and fire others st present in Amoy harbour, are prepared for action and that Admiral Lam Kin ebai, appointed by the Cemind Government, has recently arrived with two more arnisere.
Ubang Wai Chee's troops (from Mukden) having retched Hanas, the defence position in Shuikwaz At the head of there splendid has become very serious. Chun women is Miss Talbar, reckoord Kai-yu, the chief of the Military by all those who know her work Department of the Military 48 one of the ablest women in the Government, has conelted with coautry. She is a lady of middle- the Tuchen with a view - age, with's good masculine voice, deepatching six battalions to the large humorous eyes, and a quietly guard the northern boundary of decisive manner. She gives you Kwangiang, The Tuchun his Of the good things which may the impression that she has just agreed to send six battalions of issue from this war is a revival got off a ship after a tremendae King Wai troops as requested, of the old nglish countryside hammering on the high seas, sad Li Kwai-song has been abot The happy village may be bore feeling all the better for that by order of the Tuchun for having baking up, and doesn't care wrongfully accused and given again.
balton if her hair is a little dit falen evidence against another stranged and her garments any-as the murderer of Obing Pik mes. Left to men, the village bow. She belongs to that cowong. would have gone from one stage of siderable body of aristocraty. daloers and deariness to another, which is completely overlooked by rating under the eye of heaven the photographer and the pira for lack, not of a tax cn coro, balaphist of the society juzrast
She is intellec u«l, unfashionable, of a little imagination.
If this reformation stoelds come, it will be the work of wa
up into a tearing rage over piniona ccotrary to her owa.
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Men were making a dreadfulsoriginal, and a worker. She has been all over the Empire, and mers of things. I remember sog gating to Mr. Lloyd George air ovea is as her friend the late Erl Or even years ago that he should Grey loved, it, passionately, sta sek for the Board of Agriculture, great spiritual force, as a moral end set bimself to feito cortitude, se something to be shap agricultural life. Ile agreed that d and inspired to the is fored creative statesmanory and service of bamasity. bip an immense opportasity, and this love goes with a pro found commoa sense. Miss What creative: statesmanship) never attempted to do women Talbot'e laugh tells you that she have now begun to do under the either s fanatio not a jingo I am sure she would never break driving arg ney of war.
We are much to Mina Talbo, Privy Oncillor's windows, or director of the Women's B.anch to on hunger strike, or work ber of the Board of Agricolare, the first woman ever admitted to any position of responsibility in that I am sure she would work assistence to their members, and extra conservative establishment. herself to skin and bone for a develop rational, erjagmentu It remains to seen whether ehr good sensible idea on the road of Wherever one of these institutes
volution,
ta established the boredom and will be the Horace Plankeft of Esgiand; bat already ahe has She told me that the women of inertia of rural existenca en dose encash to earn our the Land Army nieisken from all challenged, and wherever they gratitude. Under her directionjol seees, but that most of them are fuccentally not going there are now two armies of come from domestic service or intelligence and jy give a ner women growing food for us if om factories. The other day horiz n to the life of that village. this country. One of there is a 19. stood admiring a vigorous. If women take permanently ta mobila army of 7,000 women, the url working in a farmer's Geld, the land and continue to asscoials expeditionary force, as it were, of and asked her what she had been themselves together in thes our feminine agriculturists; the loing before the war. The girl institutes, it is reasonably pertain other is an immobile army of replied
that h
she had been that we shall have's new English some 220,000 women, compered 1 housemaid in the Mansico Arcady. The person, the church of villagers who labour in their towe. "And wogldn't yon," warden, and the village postmar own localities. The mobile army asked Mia Talbot, "rather be back ter mey thake their grave heads, of 7,000 is composed of volan fusting the Lord Mayor's parlour, and prophesy a judgment from teers, and I sm inclined to think than working so hard in the heaves, but these young that in their rank-sie some of folde?" The girl protested that women, marching shoulder, to the most heroic womsa of the not for all the world would she shou'der, will press - forward antion,
gobange the open air for the to a fuller existenos. - They will For there are war workere te Mansion House. No fear! Never have their songs and fances, they whom hard service offre naither gain !
De will drene sa they choose, they
the consolation of an attiretive But Miss Talbot looks abend. will think so they like, and they enilorm nor the reverde of biz):] Will this entboslaam last 2. Will will respect no conventions which wages.
They work for sever be life of s village continue to are not rationally founded.
Paya & week, beginning with the content? She sees that a new very fact that their institure 2.
first grey hours of dawn and rowdy must be born if we are to establish in our villages the sense ending op with a lantern in the keep women on the land. The of commanal existence is în itsal dark of the evening. They are land, she says, is in some ways|sravolution, Buralladívidualism zivan no. bolidays. They bar etter than most other employ is doomed These girls, with no city diversions for spareate for women; it is not a dead. theže, edao_hon, impring and hoore. They pay as much as 16. end occupation; it presents op their gulida expanding, are des or 174 for their board and long portunities olvarious kinde; and tined to be the pioneers of ing, and they: rosive about 18. r is healthy, interesting, na'qjs),Į joyous agriculture. for their toil No minister, o But the village in dall
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maydon per Fo far as I know, ba To restore village life is growing more food newspaper,FO
for yet told there womm that the Talbot, with Mra Alfred Lyttelton learning their basin are among the most gallant of help her, is doing all she can ly, finding out that oor war workfra. Their self to further what are called women's so intere sacrifice has not yet sureted the institutes. These institutes re- and ro attention of any commentator,mble the Villige Guilds which tere so the peace except the caricaturist and the flourished-to-England-up to the of the mind. manufacturer of revues, They and) of the 15th centur
men neglected, but they are most provide edasitional facilition, sim gulmily #ghting the U-bost.