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1918.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,
"GERMANY CAN HAVE PEACE TO-MORROW.”
Mr. Lloyd George's Address to U. 5. Troops.
London, July 6. Beater's correspondent at the American Headquarters, tels- graphing on July 5, says that Mr. Lloyd George, addræring American troops after a review, said :-" Germany can have pesce to-morrow with the United States, France and Britain if she socapta the conditions voiced by President Wilson yesterday, but the Keiser and his advisers have not given a sign of their intention to BOOpt. Your presence is a source of great disappointment to the Kaiser, who never quite expected you. The Kaiser's advisers counselled badly when they maid that America would never some into the war. His next illation was that owing to submarinism there would be no ships. The Kaiser was now beginning to realite that defeat, ware, osrtain and inevitable was staring him in the face.
INDIAN SELF-GOVERNMENT.
More Detalls of the Proposals.
London, June 5,
The report proposing to establish a responsibla Government in India, (referred to in our earlier telegrama) goes on to propose that the provinces of India eball bars the largest measure of independence of the Government of Indis compatible with the latter's discharge of its responsibilities. Devolution eball take the form of giving responsibility in certain subjects, to be known as transferred subjects; namely, those affording most opportunity for local koowledge and social service; those in which Indians are keenly interested; those in which mistakes would not be irremediable; and those most needing development.
AMERICAN TRANSPORT SUNK.
London, July 6. Beater's correspondent at Washington are that the reapeport Covington, formerly the 18,000 ton Hamburg-American liver Cincinnati. bas been sunk in the war zone. Six of the crem ars missing. There were no passengers aboard.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
INDIAN GOVERNMENT REFORM.
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London July 6. Momentous proposals for the establishment of a respon sible Government in India are now published. The docu ment was signed at Simla on 22nd April by Mr. Montagn, Secretary of State for India, and Lord Chelmsford, the Viceroy,
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It is based on a joint investigation of nearly six months' duration in
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given by British War Cabinet on 20th August last year that substant- ial steps should be taken as soon as possible in the direction of the policy then announced, namely "the gradual develop- ment of a self-governing institution with a view to the pro- gressive realisation of responsible Government in India as an integral part of the British Empire."
The outstanding proposals are: firstly, completion of the edifice of local self-government in India; secondly, a considerable measure of responsibility in various fields to provincial legislatures which will be mainly composed of directly alected representatives with as broad a franchise as possible under Indian conditions; thirdly, the Viceregal Legislature to be bifurcated, the second chamber being call- "ed the "Council of State; fourthly, provision of machinery for periodic inquiry for considering whether further subjects can be transferred to popular control; fifthly, setting up of Select Committee of the House of. Commons on Indian affairs; sixthly, an inquiry into the constitution and working of the Secretary of State's Council and the India Office; seventhly, the creation of an Indian Privy Council and & Council of Indian Princes. The proposals, in which the Government of India and the "Council of India concurred, are pablished not as definitely adopted in all details by the War Cabinet, but for purposes of discussion and criticism. The Report emphasises the complexity and difficulty of the Indian problem and testifies to the courage patience and bigh purpose with which the existing edifce of the Govern ment of India has been built up and to the hearty and genuine sympathy of the people of India with the cause of the Allies to which India has so largely contributed. The Report shows that the declarations of British and American statesmen regarding the liberalising aims of the Allies have given new force and vitality to the growing demand among the progressive. section of Indians for self-government.
In a letter to the "Times" Lord Sydenham says that where he differs with Sir Valentine Chirol is that as the only class of Indians which is influential at present is working. atrenuously to destroy the one safeguard of peace in India be gravely distrusta aus experiment which would place power in its banda. There is not yet the smallest democratic basis in India whereon Parliamentary Institutions can rest. He fully agrees with Sir Valentine that a progressive policy is necessary and be will support far reaching reforms in the Raj and India Ofice.
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ITALY CONGRATULATED.
London, July" 8.
The Press Bureau says: The Supreme War Council at its seventh session earnestly congratulated the Italian army and people on the memorable defeat of the Austro-Hungarian army." It regarded this victory at a critical period, of the war as an invaluable contribution towards the eventual success of the Allied cause. A feature of the session was the presence at the third meeting of Bir E. Borden, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Massey, Mr. Lloyd and other Ministers of the British Overseas Dominions whom Mr. Lloyd George pre- sented. On behalf of the Supreme War Council M. Olemen- ceau and Signor Orlando tendóred these representatives the thanks of the Allied nations for the very great services rendered on the battle-field by the Dominion troops. The Council.considered all the aspects of the war situation jointly with General Foch and the other military advisers, and came to important décisions in regard thereto.
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
ON THE WESTERN FRONT.
British Takes Fifteen Hundred Prisoners.
London, July 5
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: The number of prisoners captured in the operations on 4th July at the Somme and in subsequent German counter-attacks exceeds fifteen hundred, including forty officers. There is hostile artillerying at Scherpenberg.
A wireless German official message says: Southward of the Somme the enemy penetrated the village and wood of "Bamol Our counter-attack frustrated his attack eastwards of Hamel
There has been a week of intense air fighting, the out- atanding features of which were the abnormally high percen tage of German machines destroyed by the British and the increasingly menacing portent of the British air raida ovez Germany whose larger and more. distant cities are now in constant fear of attack. This is occasioning a rapidíly spread. ing feeling of anxiety and alarm throughout Germany. Tha new British Independent Flying Force is especially conspicu ous by a series of heavy and telling blows against big in- dustrial centres in the Rhine provinces. Naval airmen have. also vigorously and daringly offensived against vital enemy sea stations on the Belgian coast.
A message from Sir Douglas Haig saya: We prisonered a few in patrol encounters in the neighbourhood of Ypres. There is hostile artillery activity between Fillers Bretonneux and the Arcre.
Aerial Operations.
London, July 5.
The Admiralty states that during the 1st, 2nd and ånd July aeroplanes dropped fifteen and a half tons of bombs. Fires were started at Bruges and also Varssenaire aero- drome. Bursts were observed among the sheds, hangars and warehouses and on Mariaäelter aerodrome, also on the lockgates at Zeebrugge and on sheds and warehouses on the quay at Ostend
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation says: Acroplanes co-operated successfully in the attack on July 4, southward of the Somme by heavily bombing the German positions throughout the previous night and by machine-gunning and bombing, from low altitudes, enemy troops and transports during the actual operation. We destroyed eleven machines and drove down ten uncontroll able. Four British machines engaged in that area are missing. All engaged on other parts of the front returned. We drop- ped 334 tons of bombs on July and on the night of July 4 and 8.
Artillery Activ.ty.
London, July 6.
An Air Ministry official statement says: On the morning of July aeroplanes heavily attacked the rail station at Coblenz, Observation was difficult owing to the clouds. They also successfully attacked Saarbrucken, where we brought down one of the attaching aeroplanes and drove down aa- other. All the machines returned.
A French communique reports, that moderate reciprocal artillerying is more lively south of the Aisne, particularly in the regions of Catry and Montgobert. We raided weet of Bussaines and brought back prisoners.
FURTHER ITALIAN SUCCESS.
London, July 5.
An Italian oficial message states: On the lower Piave, having repulsed violent counter-attack, we destroyed new centres of the enemy's resistance. We considerably extended our occupation south-eastward of Chiesanuova and north- ward of Carazuccherina, prisonering 419, and taking battery of six howitsers and many mach-ne-guns We pere trated the enemy positions north-eastward of Grappa Wo. repulsed two counter-attacks on the Asiago Plateau, engag ing the enemy with bayonet and bomb, inflicting sevare losses, The Brities destroyed a postat Cazove.
-LIMBURG RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
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The Hague, July 5. The Allied Legations have issued a statement emphasis ing that the associated Powers never contemplated conceding the transit of military supplies on the Limburg Railway.
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HEDJAZ ARABS' ATTACK.
London, July 6,
A Palestine official message says: The Hedjaz Arabs attacked and captured Kalast-el-Ahmar on the 99th June and took sixty prisoners.
NORWAY'S SHIPPING LOSSES,
London. July &. Twenty Norwegian vessels of a tonnage of 26,233 tons. wore lost in June owing to the war.
DUTCH POLÍTICS.
Amsterdam, July 5. The Dutch elections conducted on a basis of proportion- al representation, have resulted hitherto in the defeat of the Liberals who now tie with the Bight groups with about fifty seats each. The Catholics and Socialists have the largest gaina. "The Cabinet has resigned and a coalition Ministry is moro probable.
GERMANS SECURE RUMANIAN OIL.
Milan, July 5.
M. Take Jonescu, interviewed at Lucerne, said that the Germans have got the Rumanian Petroleum wells and are working one hundred motor lorries removing the vil for submarines.
ARMENIAN ACTIVITY.
Amsterdam, July 6.
A telegram from Tiflis says that 25,000 Armenian troɔpë have occupied Erivan.
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
GERMAN POREIGN MINISTER'S LIBEL ACTION.
Amsterdam, July 5".
Dr. von Kuehlmann's libel action against Herr Lohan, editor of the "Deutschereitung" and Herr Duncke, editor of the "Alldeutsche Bastior" for allegations as to his im morality at Bukharest has opened. The Judge asked soomed to settle the matter by loyal explanation. Herr Loban said. he did not desire to wash dirty linen in sight of the enemy countries but the article had a political aim, namely the removal of von Kushimann as politically harmful. There fore if von Kuehlmann promised to resign shortly he was pre- pared to assure von Kuehlmann that he did not intend to affront him in his private capacity, Herr Duncke concurred, The Judge said it was impossible for von Kuehlmann to give such a promise. The court decided to sit in private because publicity would endanger the security of the State.
JAPAN AND AMERICA.
New York, July 5.
The Japanese Ambasador, Baron Ishii, speaking st Fairhaven, Massachusetts, pledged Japan to continne her fall share in the war as she judged would conduce to the most eff- cient success. Ho characterized the rumour of possible rappro- chement between Japan and Germany as a fine specimen I of German intrigue, designed to separate the Allies. betrayed utter ignorance of the Japanese character.
Baron Ishii delivered the following message from the people of Japan to the people of the United States-"We trust you, love you, and, if you let us, will walk by your side in loyal good fellowship down all the coming yeaza.!!
NOT THE TIME FOR PEACE,,
London July A
"The Internationalist Socialist leader M. Braating inter- viewed in Paris said that at present it was impossible to talk of peace. It was first necessary to have a democracy which the Alfies represented.
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THE ENTENTE OF COMMERCE,”
London, July
HM the King at Buckingham Palace addressed the delegates of the Inter-Allied Parliamentary Commercial Con- ference at which all the British Dominions are also repre- sented. His Majesty emphasised that Allied unity of action "commercially was proving one of the main features of Allied strength. He hoped this joint action would be as powerini an instrument of the happiness and prosperity of Allied peoples as it had proved in defeating the schemes of our enemies. "May the Entente of Commerce be, a guide and forerunner of that universal peace to which we all look forward with patient confidence as the triumph our arma
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Men engaged in all the varion jobs which have to be done behind, the lines were quickly made ap into companies and battalions.
By noon they were ready to march and at two o'clock in the | afternoon they had already started digging scratch positions for themselvas, machine-gun" placements, and so forth.
Fshould have mentioned that ame fity troopers mom a cavalry regiment, were allotted to the Force, which hence-forward is spelt with a spital E. and that it was given some, guns, but thass gure it had to yield up again immediately. There was even greater need for them elsewhere.
It was not until it had been in the field for some little time that the Force was able to get artillery. As soon as they had it they certainly and it to good advantage. To that I can bear witness” from seeing
bat" the batteries at work, in the beginning it was the men who held the enemy back with their bodies and with the Ans British spirit of them, and under their active commander secured. the situation so far as this part- icular peril was concerned. BatTM. for them the enemy might have | pushed through into Amiens,
The attacks upon this part of the front were frequent and vigorous, but the soraich battal- ions fought stubbornly, and though they had to yield sonia ground they made the enemy pay dearly for it. Nor wha anything gained by the Germans in the way of territory in spite of their forta, Daca our men ware in a hard plass. The large forces pressed them back so that their line bent south-westward of Villers-Bretonneux (8%”miles eaut of Amiens) Not being seasoned troops most of them, indeed, not having had any experience of this kind before they could not havB been severely blamed if they had brokes under the fierce pressure. They did nothing of the sort. They did begin to fall back, but fighting all the time, and fuckily at this critical moment other British troops, cavalry and in fantry, wars sent to help them: Thus the line was restored,
| A BRILLIANT BRIGADIER. Loos. It was urgent that it should
I chanced upon the Force after be strengthened, but I believe here was a difficulty in finding it had been "sticking it" for four troopa immediately available for days. The men were in good the purpose.
heart; the batteries were pound- There was no time to lose. If ing the Books most effectively on we had not been so strong in the the skyline; stretcher-bearers A London report dated Mayir that we kept the German could be seen at their devoted soorplanes from scouting over our work somewhere shout the battle- 10th sta ee that Brig-Gen. So liner and discovering our weak field. Their general was riding deman Carey, who commanded the scratch fores of British and pot the enemy might have been round looking for himself to see pouring through already. Next how things were going and American troops which elored a day he would certainly pach for encouraging his men. All bis the gap in the British lino beard patrols to test car strength, improvised staff arrangemanta tween the Third and Fifth Armies would find a chance to get were working admirably. A very in the early days of the March through and would at once take capable young man whom I had offansive, had been promoted to advantage of it.
known, before in the more
the rank of Major-General. The At 2 B.m. orders were given for ornamental capacity of A. D. O. following narrative by Kr.
creating a composite force, and get the chance of his life and Hamilton Fyfe refers to the employing it to strengthen the seemed to be making good use feats of General Sandemaning running through Hamel to of it. Carey's force:
the wood of Hangard until the The Foron was than looking for Now that the British cor French relief appeared. This relief. Not long after that relief respondents with the Armies in could not be expected for at least came and with it the necessity of France have been permitted to tell three days, probably more, and keeping the Force together pass that in the last days of March the the troops to be esat would of ed. It had done its work. The French troops came to the relief of necessity be a scratch let. Bat line had been held. The bat our front to the south of the they were Englishmen and they talions scraped up and thrown Somme, there on be no harm in would be told how much depended together had proved that the my giving some secount of the
upon them. There was no doubt confidence placed in thema waS gallant way in which that front
in anybody's mind that they justified. They broke up again was held by ita thin khakiline of would hold on grimly so long as and dissolved into their former defendera.
breath remained in their bodies, elements. But the record of their Among all the episodes of that!
plack and resolution must not be First: it was necessary too. Lest it should be I have. difficult and dangerous period which followed the overwhelming sppoint a commander. He must tried to give some sketeby outline assault upon us, none is more be a man of energy, initative, of it here. Some day I hope I picturesque than this, none illa rapid decision; also one who shall be able to tell it in fuller. strates more vividly the character would give the men confidence in detail
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of open warfare, and few reflect his leadership, These qualities finer credit on British plack and were found in an artillery general, doggedness in the face of heavy and the emergency auit. was
named after him. odda.
The story begine on the eizth Before daylight the rounding. day of the battle, Tuesday, up of men for the new force had March 28th. After the Germans begun. The labour battalions in had entered Albert on the north the neighbourhood were called of the Somme and Boys on the apon, and in every ones responded south, and were advancing rapid with alacrity. There was an in-
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