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: October 24, 1918,
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THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 24,
1918.
October 24, 1917,
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
„ALLIES STILL PROGRESSING.
PRESSURE MAINTAINED ON FLANDERS FRONT.
QUESTION OF HOLLAND'S CONTROL OF
THE SCHELDTS MOUTH.
London, October 29. "A French communique states: -Today we resumed the advance between the Oim sad the Sarre Oo the right, we carried Nobrecourt and Richtrocart, inking fifty prisoners. We advanced on the left between Laoy and Villers le 8o, despite vigorous
The Germans frequently heavily canter attacked on the plateaux east of Moozieres, batall our positions were maintained,
British Near to Valenciennes,
London, October 21: Field Marshal Sir Duglas H«ig reports -There was sharp fighting daring shè nigus and esrle mors far the passion of Amervel, which me osptared on the 20th fast. Wo-repulsed deter mined surempts to regsia the village.
To enemy in the morning an-neengafully attempted to driva į in our advanced foross in the neighbourhood of the Umbrai Bavi | Road. We took a few prisonera
We continue to progreen wistward and northward of Densin, despite considerable opposition.
We are within two miles of Valeccionar and have reached the general line Lm Sentinelle, St. &mand; Rongy and Tatatigne,
We bold the west bank of the Sebeidt at mad for several miles northward of Pontachin, north-west of Tourasi.
A German Claim.
London, October 21,
A Germen fficial wireless says;-Toa enamy on both sides of Solo-ms has been brought to a standstill on the heights sastward and wouthward of the town."
The Belgian Advance."
London, October 22,
A Belgian communique plates:—We cationed to avance, driving the enemy to the eastern_bank of the "deviation” Canol, between the Datch frontier near Erde and south of Meerendre, taking two hundred prisoners.
American Captures.
London, October 22. An "American communique eṭatre 1-In the conr-e of stubborn fighting north of Vardon we advanced the life at several pairte,
We caplared Hill 297, and ejected the enemy from Rappea Wood, captariog 281 prisoners and a number of machine-gans. We improved car positions further" weit,
German Resistance Increasing.
Loudon, October 22.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports as a result of "Icosì fighting last night we selv-goed our lias to the left bank of the Ecullon River, southward of fhi-nt, the western portion of which is ju ter posession. We farther progressed between Valenciennes and Tournai Ton enemy's rezistance on this front ià increasing.
Is the Tearpai sector, ae « regalt of "harp fighting at night, wei "expelled iba enemy from the village of O cq and the wood in the neighbourhood of Froyennes. We are within a mile of the towb.-
The Hürried German Retreat.
Lindon, Oober 22.
A British Belgien communique s'ates:-Pesate is maintained on the whole frcnt,
The Germans in their barried retreat north bars abandoned all their coarʼal guns, some of which are fauet.
The French across the Lys have repu sed violent counter-attacks and improved the bridge-beade.
Tae. British reached the Scheldt between Builicul and Sellebir and advanced a mile between the Echeldt and the Lys, despite lively resistance.
A New Allied Attack."
London, October 22, Renter's correspondent at British Headquarters, writing to day, #sya:-This morning strong French foresa seyring with the Belgian Army attacked northward of the British Becond Army towBid- Ghent and are ming excellent progress.
The British First Army osptured Thaint yesterday morning, bu 6 strong counter-attack caored us to withdraw from a portion of the village eastward of Eallion River. The weather is good,
Humour from Berlla.
... London, Ortahir 22.
Much am mert has been caused by an angrere meat from Berlin that a so-called Nentral Commission his left Bwvels for the front to investigate the allega ione, of auton destruction by the GIMADE.
Holland and the Scheldt.
· Lándon, October 22:
b. In connection with the arrival of the Allina in the region of the Scheldt, French newɛp nera poiti ant that the Alliea hiya pagar admitted the right of Pollend to control the month of the Scheldt. They drelaze the time has now come for the Allies to speak.
CONTROL OF RUBBER.
Forward Contracts May be Rendered Inoperative,
London, Oʻtober [1 (0+1»y@d).
The Press Baréka announcer that in wine of the neoensiiv of mying oosan freights, it is e^nsidered desirable to notify the rubber trade sbat the Minister of Monitions. hse appointed a Committee. Sir Clarados Hyde se Chairman, to advise him regarding the of rubber sanwhile, it is deemed necessary to issue a at it may be necessary to fix msximam priore for robber to make orders 3 orders
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE BALKAN CAMPAIGN.
French Troops Reach the Danube
London, October 22,
A French Emern communiqte statesFrench troops on the 19 h icat, reached the Danube in the region of Vidin and proceeded to stop treffic. An enemy monitors forced selore ender cur gunfire.
Allied forces captured Z‹itebar. The Shians on Morays are in contact north of Alen«ivats and Kru-her-swith- the Germans, who are 'rongly entrenched,
COTTON CONTROL BOARD'S ORDER.
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Stoppage or ali Looms.
Lendo Omber 11 (dalsyed),
Io order to help to maintain the balor ce between the production of ection yarn and the reqsirements of the looms, the Carton Catrol Board his ordered the entire atoppage of all Is-ms daring ite werk beginning the 21sionari
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE WESTERN FRONT.. »
Heary Fighting Reported,
London, Oct. 21.
Field Marshal Sir Dongias Haig reports: Sunday's pri soners northward; of Lecatena exceed three thousand The enemy's positions along the Selle are of great natural strength and are being held resolutely. English, Scottia, and Welsh divisions launched an attack at two in the morning in most unfavourable weather. Continuous rain rendered the advance extremely diffikult Fighting was heavy all day long, the enemy offering a strong resistance in the villages and along the railway. In overcoming this re- sistance great assistance was rendered at certain points by tanks which crossed the flooded river at an early hour. As soon as the Aisne river was secured a number of bridges were rapidly constructed under heavy fire from hostile artil- lery and machine-guna, enabling our gans to closely follow the infantry and effectively support them at short range.
Allies Neäring Chent.
London, Oct, 21:
Renter is informed that the British have reached the Scheldt between St. Amand and Tourna, The Allies are within five miles of Ghent. The Lecatean sector is quiet to-day. Although the enemy retreat is halted there is no reason to believe that the pause is more than temporary.
British Attack Near Courtrai.
London, Oct 20 Reater's correspondent at British mendquarters, tele- graphing on the evening of the 21st, says: The enemy resist ance is stiffening. In Flanders we reached the west bank of the Escaut between Pecq and Lenter, both of which are our possession. The enemy is maintaining a heavy fire from the opposite bank. Strong enemy rearguards are disputing our progress on the line of the Roubaix Avelghem railway We reattacked this morning eastward of Courtrai, and are progressity satisfactorily.
More German Terrorism.
Paris, Oct. 22,
Roubaix and Tourcoing suffered the usual cruel treat- ment at the hands of the German. Not content with destroy- ing the station, bridges, foot-bridges and cranes at Roubaix they blew up the watermains, imposed a fine of Frs. 800,000 and seized the municipal coffers containing Frs. 750,000. They rendered useless, or removed to Germany all machinery of the mills at Tourcoing, Roubaix and Lille. Indeed the in- babitants of all re-occupied towns have the same story to tell of robbery, cruelty, terrorism and destruction.
Preparing to Evacuato Brussels..
Amsterdam, Oct. 22 The "Handelsblad" correspondent at Rosendaal states that the Germans are verishly preparing for the military evacuation of Brussels.
SPANISH INFLUENZA RAMPANT,
· London, Oct. 23′′ Spanish influenza continues to rago in ditrerens parts of the world. It is particularly violent in Sweden, Holland and Canada, where hospitals are overzowing sini bundanE disorganised.
A message from Capetown dated the 11th, says: The influenza death roll in Capetown is roughly estimated at five hundred daily of whom oue-fifth are caropeans. A later message says the epidemic of Spanish influenza in South Africa is extraordinarily serious, Ductors declare it is the worst epidemie South Africa has ever experienced, plague being nothing in comparison, The outbreak is most severe in Capetown where there are ten thousand eases and many deaths especially of natives bat. European victims include: Mr. HL C. Becker, the member for Ladysmith in the Union Assembly and the Government Whip Businessen, schools and entertainments everywhers have been closed and the public services curtailed. Relief work is proceeding most actively, thousands of volunteers coming forward Tho ladies, headed by Mr. Botha, have rallied splendidly to the call. Eeveral thousands of people have been beneficially inoculated. Apparently the disease was brought aboard a ship. The epidemic at Johannesburg is causing much anxiety but the position in the mines is steadily improving and hospital cases have fallen from twenty thousand to three thousand in a week There have been numerous. European deaths at Kimberley and five hundred among the natives in the Kimberley mine compounds. There have, been eight thousand cases 10 Durban but no desine and the epidemia, is diminishing,
The loss of thirty seven South African
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THE GERMAN PEACE REPLY. -
Badly Camouflaged Insincerity.""
London, Oct. 99. Authoritative circles regard the German reply as "bo business but merely argumentative protestation" designed “ to cover the absence of a reply. A high official described the huta sa badly camouflaged insincerity. It is pointed out that Germany is proceeding on the assumption that President Wilson merely demanded evacuation of occupied territories whereas this is false. Furthermore naval ques- fiona require to be cleared up. It should be noted that the principle of freedom of the seas as interpreted by. Germany is wholly unacceptable to Great Britain
The "Daily Chronicle" says the reply is obviously in- acceptable. The suggestion that the armistice be based on the status quo does not lack impudence. The only terms we can offer must correspond certainly with our victory. The Ente seems to be a piece of diplomatic buckstering marking a stage in the path of surrender.
The "Daily News." questioning whether Germany is only playing for time, says the guarantees demanded by the Allied military and naval authorities would furnish a prac tical test of Germany's sincerity and the power of her mili- tary rulers.
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The Morning Post" says these ravishers, despoilers, torturers, pirates and breakers of covenants have the extraordinary inpadence to protest against the charge of illegality and inhumanity and brazenly propose a court of enquiry. The Allies can see the business through themselves."
The "Daily Telegraph" says the studious vagueness of the Xote shows that Germany desires us to ga ou talking, bat we demand definite acts like the abandonment of for tresses and surrender of warships. It is time an end wis put to negotiations which most be resultless so long as Ger many is in her present mood.
The "Daily Express" says Germany has tacitly admitted deleat and it is for the Allies to discover whether her desire for peace is strong enough to impel her to pay the Allied price.
The "Daily Mail” says it is no reply at all Diplomacy has seldom had to deal with such a puerile and incoherent missive. Germany can prove her sincerity by sending a parle- mentaire with a white faz to Marshal Foch. «
Admiral Wenyre in a letter to the "Times" says the domment is a monument of insincerity, make-beliere and deliberata untruth It would not change the conditions which the United States and the Allies were inexorably determined to impose.
Against Further Negofistians,
Washington, Oct
After publication of the German reply. Mr. Poindexter (Republican) introduced a joint resolution proposing that Congress, forbid further negotiations by the United States with Germany until the German military forces have sur rendered unconditionally.
The Only Basis.
New York, Oct. 29. The United States press call the German reply a clumsy effort to gain time. The vast majority urge that uncondition- al surrender is the only possible basis of peace.
Insufficient Quarantere,
Paris, Oct 22 Parliamentary circles and the press regard the German reply as wilfully equivocal and tortuous, specially as regard the armistice. They do not consider the pretended constitu- tional reforms afford a guarantee of duration
The Kaiser's Cross"
Amsterdam, Oct. 22 Maximilian Harden addressed several thousand in Berlin, when he declared that the Kaiser must shoulder the cross of socking peace based on the enemy's military superiority and must thereafter be shorn of his despotic powers.
Victory Within Reach,
London. Oct. 21. Addressing the delegates of the Inter-Parliamentary Con ference at Buckingham Palace the King said: Fictory is within our reach and we are all agreed it must be complete. And decisive.
EVACUATION OF BELGIAN COAST. ¡
Escape of German Destroyers.
London, Oct. 22
In the House of Commons Dr. Macnamara stated that there was good reason to believe that all the German de stroyers and torpedo boats at Ostend and Zeebrugge bad escaped to Germany. Everything possible was done to in tercept them but the vessels were able to make the passage in the darkness by Dutch waters.
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Mr. K. P. Houston: Did the vessels escape up the Boheldt towards Antwerpi
Dr. Macnamara gava no reply.
German Sutters interaad.
Flushing, Oct. 22. One hundred German sailors from batteries on the Bel- gian coast have arrived, and will be interned. Many more are expected.
-Bruges Caral Blocked.
Amsterdam, Oct 22 Before evacuating Bruges the Germans seriously damag- ed the docks, dynamited the locks and blocked the canal by sinking destroyers and antenarides,
GOOD WEK BY ARMENIANS,
London, Oct. 23 The War Office states that owing to the Armenians under General Andranik harassing the Turks' lines of com munications between Juifs, and Erevan the Turki were
pelled to divert considerable troops from north-we
General Allenby in a telegram says the Armenian con- £ingent in Palestine fought briliantly and had an important share in the victory.
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BERLIN'S HUNGRY
GIANT.
Lamant-bly Underfed”
"War Rations.
The ouse of Berlio's “bungry ziñas” han egin been before a Berlin' csart," and the German `paper no’long reports of it, Ha isa han k director, Herr Ferdinand Patiksmer, who has the arie- fortums to weigh 20-t., sada to tower a good many inches above Bit.
Ose.can imagine the in Fabia ern with which such a meÏTA prewenality would regsed· Git msay's sonaty sent day rations did bà roj:y g...d health. - Bat;- unfortuna'sly, be does not Hi «ni»r« «mvarele from diabetes, and bis medical man ben subernate. ed bread, patatese, sad other things from the meagra war-time "Ouly meet, batter, ne d' are pre-cribed by the domar...
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Barter was the giant's great trable, and is an evil, mamant he obrained is considerable qaɛn. tity by illegal · marans, Bis mthede in this matter werØ GO“ ug-kilful that his misdeed wag detected. Be was hauled before }the eart-and fined £3, Ho appealed, and the sporal bas just been heard by another Berlin cart..
The giant's advocate maintain- ad that, though the barly de- fendent bad nu fætra mest qard Ard twa additional fat eardr, he was still lamentably "dangerously anderled. He bad, it was main- tained, seted in an iarcornt way [ ín order "to rave himself from the prent danger to body and bfs":
"But why doesn't he bay. elf-kent, ducks, snaigress ? " qɛi en zhejidze.
"Ah,” replied the giant, ** these are alwaya bespoke s { maximum" priow, and if I offer more I am liable to another' charge."
The judgh then enggested that: Patiksmer knald employ several gervants to best the markets of Berlin; they would manage leg. jelly to maure food for him, Bat hia Honour'attention wan dir-at- ni towarda the servant problem. The rearcity of laboerment to mention food-made it impossible to carry out the suggestion..
A statement by a medical export that the gisat had absolute, need. of 5,600 caloria anïts per day, and that his food oseda only assured him 363, failed to move the judge.
Then the advocate for, the defence invited all the judges of Berlin to used that they did that they lived on legal rations
no: indulge in illegal food gett« ing. On behalf of hie numeroBE colleaguer, the presiding judge. refused the kind invitation as “irrelevant."
In the rwait the 23 far wi confirmed. Bat the end of the onse is not yet. The hangry giant bonaere after justine even |more than after food. He meine tairs that the State should enable him to secure legally a onthaient amount of daily nourishment and not fores him to break the law in theart to keep body and woul togather. Bo be hum sppenleit farther, and his Ists and that of a low pomode of bultz will sent with the Sapremy Gourt of its German Empire
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