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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,
COL, ROOSEVELT.
ON THE WESTERN FRONT.
ontoome of the intense humanity
of the man. The longer you
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FIGHTING SUBMARINISM..
„Allies' New Engines. Prove Effectiva.
London, May 26.
According to a message from Paris, the Minister of Marine, in
Germans' Latest Plaas.
Heavy Gas-Shelling.
London, May 26,
*London, May 28, In connection with the sinking of a German submarine cruiser, a correspondent of Lloyd's Weekly says that in view of the an healthiness of British waters for enemy submarines, which has -oaused a marked decline in the moral of submarine crews, the Germans have concentrated their efforts on more distant lines of
Field Marshal Sir Dougies Haig reports The French repaleed communication and may be expected to appear in the neighbourhood
s raid to the north of Bailleal. The shelling reported on the night of Gibraltar, the coast of Spain, the vicinity of the Baillies and in of May 25 at Villere Bretonneux was heavy, consisting of gas shells. the South Atlantic. The sinking of the sabmarine cruiser shows The enemy this morning heavily gas-abelled the region west of that the Admiralty is prepared for this development.
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
"Independence" of Esthonia and Livonia."
-London, May 28,
According to Beuter's correspondent at Amsterdam, Voru serie asya that Hort von Kuehlmson threatened to resign if, despite the Breatlitovak Treaty, Esthonia and Livonis were taken from Bussis, Nevertheless, Count Hertling informed the so-called delegates of the two Provinces, whom he received at German Headquarters on April 4, that Germany was ready to support their request for a severance from Russia and to benevolently examine the question of a personal union with Prassis. Germany bae now informed the Russian Government of the "independence" of Esthonis and Livonia.
Questions in Dispute.
: London, May 27. A Bassion wireless official messsge, referring to the fact that Germany has agreed to form a special Commission to alear up obecara points of the Bragtlitev k Peace Treaty, gays the Foreign Commissary has proposed that preasdence be given to the situations in the Caucasne, Crimes, Estonia, Livonia and the demarcation of the frontier, the determination of which was interrupted at Pekoy owing to the Busso-German disagreement; also misunderstandinga segarding prisoners of war and the fundamental principles respect ing inter-economic relations.
Hinges.
A Fruitless Enemy Raid. :
London, May 28, "A French communique saya:-There is fairly great reciprocal artillery firing in Hangard Wood, south of the Avre, The enemy raided, after a lively bombardment of our posts in tha: Arvillers Orel Bentor, without result. Enemy attempts in Champame and in the Vosges also failed. Our patrols and detachments took prisoners, notably in the region of Arlette.
Airmen Still Active.
London, May 26.- Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports on avistionFlying was only possible during fine intervals on May 25. We dropped over three hundred bombs on billets in the neighbourhoods of Armentieres and Merville, on an ammonition damp at Varasensere and on Bruges Dooks. We brought down nine machines, two aacontrollable. No British machine is missing. Our night fliere dropped are six tons of bombs on Feroane, Bapaume and Maricourt. All the machines returned.
MEXICO AND CUBA DISAGREE.-
London, May 26,
A Talk with the Ex-President, talk, the more his gift of kindly
New He "Met His Death.
Paris, April 11.--Standing
firing squad in the forest" men early to-day, @Pänl saha, condamned for
of indiference he had maintained
CANTON NEWS.
German Artillery Gets Busy.
::concrete humanity comes out into London, May 28.
the open. It is a little hidden at Renter's correspondent at the British Headquarters, telegraph- This good Amazioan, for £ret by his precisenes of speech the course of a statement in the Senate, said that the new engines ing on May 26, mys:Since last evening the enemy'a artillery are Theodore Roosevelt. It goes and the armour common to which the Allies were using to sweep the esas had enabled them to has markedly increased at various places. Villers Bretonneux, the sweetly into headline, it be public man. But the "dieguire curs decisive resulta since January. During April, Great Britain Scarpe Valley, Auoison Villers, Eaglebelmer, Mailet and Martingart comes an endearment by repetis falls of in the swinkling of an and the United States slons bailt 409,000 tons of shipping in excess have been bombarded by gas and high explosive abella and thiretion, and all of or are mos prane eye hen common? congenial an enemy sinkings. There had been a considerable increase in have also been prolonged ontbarets of intense gun are from to use an all actionste same sinos ground is touched, and pechipeil damaged shipping restored to service in the last four months. In Featubert to the Year. Daring the afternoon the uproar Julled. Colonel Roosevels, was ill and is never wore for many muzu or in England the tonnage thus restored excede half a million toos There is no reason to assume that the bombardments harald an and since German abell in the cirole of his home. His very weekly, while laas week the total touched 698,000. Similarly Frence imminent resumption of the offensive. No enemy raids have been France dinted the arm, body, and clothes forbid it. They suggest subsequent to and during his had regained 260,000 tons in one month. There were indications successful in their main purpose of getting prisoners, and identifie leg of the most stalwart of his a workaday farmer or gamekseper thas destroyed enemy submarines in May will show a very much tione in a diary found on a prisoner reveal the loss that our airmen four fighting sons of Archic and I had an insane desire to nak. Led by several guarda, Belo are inflicting on the enemy. It mentions, inter alia, that two writes Mr. W. Beach Thomas whether his grey homespan stock loft the Sante Prison forty-five. better total than in April.
non-commissioned officers, and fourteen soldiers were killed by an from New York..
inge were not kuit, on the spot minutes before his execution, and English bomb near Lestrem." The incessant machine-gunning by
Personally I had a strong wish before the farm hearth during the watakon in an automobile ta Vincennes There he listened to the exhortation of a prisos our airmen of routes along which enemy troops and transport have to see this great American in his winter.eveninge
Oss pannot talk for long in war home at Oyster Bly before he to move has also proved most deadly.
was back again in the dust of time without coming around to abaplain Then his eye waza pablis meetings, as there would last friends and lost opportuni bandaged and he was placed before the firing squad. When be more chance of talking of the ties. Colonel Borrell was sty things that matter and not of ing how humble he felt in the the squad fire he fall with several Before setting forth from the inere politice. In a few days presence of people like Viscount bullets in his head. time he was to come out of his Grey and F. O. Selous they convalescence at home and jour- saw so much in nature that he, prison, Bolo naked to be permitted ney to a platform in Haine to set naturalist though he is to his to partake of communion. After the Republican note for his party. finger-tipe, would miss. And I the execution, the form of an It may be in need of his tuning speke of the pily of Belons's death, interment at. Viubentes was gone the oldest lieutenant in the British through and then the body was fork.
**When Bálo „was taken lɗ the Things fell out exactly as I had Army, and the fittest men Iknew, farned over to Bolo's family,
Yes, yes, he said with a sigh. hoped. We talked of most subjects Bat what fins death! And office to go through the formalities Ireland, republicanism, the gelous would have wis bed it ecs of his removal from prison for negro question, common acquaint It was a great epitaph to a great The execution, he refused to sign auces, booke, birds, beasts, srd "bags
"bat-mare of the red fighter from a grest fighter; and the register. The officials insiste authoritative tone: “It is I-who tangager than of the pronteer, so we came to speak of the ward, upon which he said in an command here, no ong hàs sny» Colonel Roosevelt has four sona more of John Burroughs and and America's part in it.
I think." Spring Rice, with whom I had oros hanted black woodpecker on and a brother-in-law fighting: thing more to impose upon me,
Stockholm island, than of the one was wounded in France, one Democrats or the President. Yet is in our armed motor service in he said some weight things on Mesopotamia, and one is in the the great insus which I will quote Flying Carps. It is the emprene regret of his life, se be did not in dus order...
attempt to disguise, that he What do you suppose Colonel - not that noble Our Canton correspondent= Roosevelt was doing when I
company. If only he could have writen as follows :-- resched the door of his moet
to-France with the Chung Kai-ra, the Commander, gone beautiful home, high up above division he was personally raising of Yunnan troops, who has been sound, some the woods of the day after war broke out he arrested and kept ia custody in Segamore Hill? He is busy with could have been in the trenches the Taohun'a yamen, has been speeches and diotatee several at Septembar with 10,000 men. released and appointed Military hand red letters a day, and con- There came back to memory bis Adviser.
An official latter to the Civil West newspaper, but at this within 60 days of the raising of Governor's yemen from the Bank moment he
was indignantly bis recruite in America his men of Formoss in Shamsen sistes answering some writer on natural were already veterane-one-third that s loan of $1,500,000-sa bistory who had gone wrong on of the officers and one-fifth of the advanced to the Bank of China South African deer and was
He spoke with admiration of instalmente of $100,000 each, backing the excesses of the Ner-men were casualties on the field. last year, to be repaid in monthly Darwinians--the word is the the coloured troops, They will one-half from the bank and one- colonel's on the subject of pro 6ght well, I know they will fight half from the sale revenue. Now tective colouration.
well for I have fought with them as the business of the Bank is Heaw me from his desk and Well led, they are as good as suspended, the resposibility osme around to open the door any troops you could wish. If I should be borne by the Govern= himself, and took me to the wie had gone to France with my ment, and payment, should be ioner hall, which is a treasure division we should have had two made sacordingly.
In reply to a telegram from the cave strewn with gems in precious coloured regiments, ons, of them metals and in vellum, and bra en'irely officered by its own men, Tachan and the chief of the vast ivory tasks for its stalactites and after fighting with them 1 Finanois Department, the Civil Hing that all foreign merchants and stalagmites. It is a great know they would have given a Governor has wired from. Shin room to talk in while you sit in good account of themselve›."
I could not well sak bim of the who intend to export ore mast the deep window and look out brer the spicious view, eipaise and immediacy of the Am give statements the Commit English tea, and handle untold erican contribution to the armies sioner of Maritime Customean to treasures, the gifts of Kings and in France. National, international, where the ores are extracted and Emperors or the booty of many and vital as the subject is, it is from whom they are purchased, etill involved in the details of and after enquiry is-made and- continenta.
Colonel Roosevelt has been administration. But he said found correct, an export, permit. this, weighing bie worde; "Am-will be granted. No export per dangerously ill and is well again.rics will exercise & constantly mit. has ever been officially and The Amazonian fever that settled in his ears has left him deaf on increasing pressure in all de directly granted to foreign mar partments until the war is chants, therefore any explanations (one side, although I noticed no deafness, and he is still re-learn- Thinge are not going so neked for by the Consale in regard ing the instinct of balance almost quickly as we should like, but to this matter should be replied to. this will be assured because some A report from the headquartere se a child learns it Otherwise of us are seeing to it that the of Tam Homing in Hengahsa, he is still, as ever, the compact "pitome of American virility, people shall be told the truth." He Hunan, states that all the soldiers added a note of admiration for of the Northern Armiss who had- utters 14 Every word he
the special school of public truth been made prisoner have been separate sad clear-cat, everytellers at the shell crisis in Eng released after a mark had been
burned on their foreheads and, thought is vigorous as it finds land precise expression past the barrier
A correction be made in my certain parts of the thumb and of the most perfect teeth on the re-collection of his words is the sound floger of the right continent.
characteristic of the man. I had, hand cut off so that they cERODE His memory is amazing, capac thought his tense had been fature use fresma RLY TROTS, ious as his deep chest and strong and conditional, that he had said. 44f the the lines on his forehead. If the war would be won
A curions situstion has arisen between Mexion and Cabs, which have mutually withdrawn diplomatic representatives, but apparens ly without formally raptaring relations, The Foreign Minister admits that tension existe owing to stepe taken by Cubs in on sequence of the state of war affecting Mexican interests, but hopes Reater's correspondent at Moscow, writing on May 22, saya that the matter will be cleared up and the solidarity of Latin America tributes regularly to a Middle Sghting time in the Spanish War
maintained.
Internal Strife."
London, May 26.
the Caucasian Government's forces have re captured the town of Sakbamkale. The Bolshevik argan Pravde states that peasant insurgents in Ukraine and in the Governments of Cherningoff and Polters have defeated General Skoropadsky's Germano-Ukrainian troops. The Ukrainian railwaymen have struck in order to sesist the pessants, and have been replaced by Germans,
Part of Russian Floet Escapes.
London, May 26. According to Beuter'e correspondent at Amsterdam, the Cologne Ganetts reports that two big Russian battleships and eight destroyers escaped from Bebastopol before the Germans occupied the city. The Germane captored the rest of the Fleet.
RUBBER RESEARCH,
London, May 26.
At the annual meeting of the Rubber Growers' Association, held in London, the Chairman Sir Edward Boaling, said that the Association had made a proposal to the Colonial Office which, if it materialised, would link up all the existing rubber research sohemes in the Colonies and dependencige and enable research proper to be carried out alongside the study of preening questions, such as disease. It would not be safe to ignore the danger from synthetic rubber, although there was no sign that Germany was able to produce it on a commercial scale. War relief fands for Ceylon and Malaya needed increased support. The amount of restriction of production hitherto promised was only 30,000 tons, leaving the world's for 1918 265,000 tons against a consumption of 160,-
crop 000. The prodnation could be reduced by concerted action with the aid of the different Governments, whereby each estate would be rationed regarding its output on the basis of permitting the survival of all; or, failing some each arrangement, it would be done as a result of financial stringency, because it was not likely that mach credit would be forthcoming in order to produce unshippable rubber. Owing to very altered conditions, Companies who had agreed to a twenty per cent restriction could hardly be expected to continue to support that proposal. In view of the seriousness of the position, the Council has asked Mr. Walter Long to receive the deputation.
BULGARIA'S PLIGHT,
London, May 26, Renter's correspondent af Athens stetos that a Bulgarian deserter way that there are many deaths" from starvation in Balgaria, The Government barbarously repressed the constant outbreaks The Bulgarians desire peace. The Bulgarian forces in Macedonia are so week that the 1918 class was sent to the front line before it was properly trained. The Bulgarian Army is - ill-fed that the men seek any opportunity to desert,
U. S. TROOPS" FOR ITALY.
London, May 26, Beater correspondent at Now York states that Mr. Baker, the Bretary of War, has announced that American troops would soon be fighting on the Italian front,
AMERICAN VIEWS ON IRISH TREASON.
London, May 27. According to Beuter's correspondent at New York, newspaper editorials, notably in the New York World and New York Herald, declare that the British statement regarding the Sun Fein plote amply justifies the potion taken. The papers condemn the transon- ableness of Irish Americans towards the United States in Baiting the Sinn Feiners. The papers say "Any person believing that Ger- many will be sny kind of friend to Ireland except the kind which it had shown itself to be to Rassis and Ramanis should be put in a straight-jacket"
RUSSIAN STEAMER SUNK,
London, May 21, Reuter's correspondent at Moscow states that a German sub marine has sunk a Russian steamer in the White Sea,
EARLIER
TELEGRAMS.
FOOD RIOTS IN RUSSIA,
Moscow, May. 25....
Food riots bare occurred in several provincial towns notably at Nichnenovgorod where ten thousand employes of the Bormovo worka declared a one day strike in support of their demand for re-establishment of the Constituent Assembly.
The Germans have arrested a number of Austro-German war prisoners who had joined the Bolsheviki. It is reported ens hundred of these prisoners were shot at Poltave.
CONTROL OF RUBBER INDUSTRY,.
London, May 21.
The "Times" says that despite existing restrictions, the output of plantation rubber in 1918 will be nearly, 900,000 tons. Taking American consumption as 80,000 Bond and 'Anglo-French sa 40,000 tons the approximate surplus at the end of the year will be 80,000 tons. The situation seems to point in the case of Malays certainly to a speedy initation of a system of complete control. The Straits and Malay States anthorities cannot allow the rubber industry to drift into financial chaos and it is the daly of these authorities- to move quickly in the direction of formulating an effective. system of control over the output of every rubber-growing property. Should they fail to do so the representatives of the rubber industry in London will be justified in putting the strongest pressure on the Colonial Office in order that the well nigh intolerable position might be speedily amalior sled.
PRESIDENT OF REICHSTÃO DEAD.
Amsterdam,
death "announced of Doctor Kaempt, Presi Reichstag
“because,'” ha oor-
is more than Macaulayan, espeal people were told the truth. ally for faces and names. Be not it," say “ can name on occasion people rected, and there is the best you are thinking of ground for confidence in his happened to be saying some amendment,
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