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FRIDAY, FELRUARY 8, 1917.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Puge 1

UNRESTRICTED

SUBMARINISM.

AMERICA TAKES ACTION.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. President Wilson and Mr. Lasing Bonferred for an hour." Afterwards became known that the Government had already begun to formulate definite stepa relative to the submarinism. The situation is regarded as very grave. It is intimated that some kind of action has already been taken, but the

nature of it is not indiested.

PANIC ON THE MARKETS..

Now Yong, Fab. 1.

The cotton market on opening ex perienced an unprecedented break, but recovered later,

The Stock markets were similarly fected. There has been the wild- est selling since the war began

THE ANXIETY IN HOLLAND.

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AMSTERDAM, Feb. 1. The Dutch Press dwells on the risks of entting off the seaborne impurts and exporta of Holland and of the entira paralysis of industry through Germany's Intent threat.

The Telegu states that Germany is resorting to new and desperate action. because she is aware that she cannot

win

The time has come, now or never,

when Holland will seriously ask where har interests will be the safest. The reply to that question is not anubeful The Allies are fighting for the freedom of our Country.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

"VICTORY OF ALLIES

INEVITABLE.”

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

BRITAIN AND THE GERMAN COLONIES.

SPEECH BY MR. ASQUITH.

Losses, Feb. 1.

Mr. Asquith, is a speech at Lady bánk, said the victory of the Allies was inevitable. The notion that the struggle would end in stale-mate was a mere

dream. He urged all to subscribe their utmost to the War Loan. He urged ako the necessity of mobilising and organising labour

He denounced the now German ubrzarinism. He admitted that the situation was grave, but the Navy and measures such as the arming of met chantmen and the acceleration of con- struction and the allocation of the tonnage reacurces of the Allies were all being used to counter the campaign.

RUSSIAN SUCCESSES.

LONDON, Feb. 1.

A Russian official report states: Despite asphyxiating gas and frost, we cleared out the enemy on the Kalncem high road and re-occupied the trenches.

We frustrated three attacks against the heights castward of Jakobeni. We tools more than a thousand prisoners thero ou Tuesday,

Our warships captured five boats near Antolie.

FRENCH ACTIVITY.

LONDON, Feb. 1.

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NEVER TO RETURN TO GERMAN RULE.

LONDON, Jan. 31. The Rt. Hon Walter Long, Secretary of State for the Colonies, in a speech at War Loan meeting held at Westmin ster Hall, said: "I speak with respon- sibility and an a representative of the Overseas Dominions, who are the pride and glory of the Empire to-day; when I my 'Let no man think the struggles, whereby we acquired the German Colonies, have boen fought in vain- Let no man think that these territories. shall ever return to German rule.""

NEUTRAL COMMERCE WITH ALLIES.

CENTRAL POWERS FORBID IT MADRID, Feb. 1.

GERMAN COLD-BLOODED

BRUTALITY.

LONDON, Jan.-31. The Admiralty relates a story of cold-blooded German brutality in the torpedoing of the steamship Artist in heavy easterly gals. Sixteen survivors drifted about and were picked. ap three days after the torpedoing, Seren of these have now died of wounds and from the effects of exposure.

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GERMANY'S STAGE THUNDER.

MOST DECISIVE PERIOD

ABOUT TO BEGIN."

EXTRAVAGANCE AT

LONDON HOTELS.

WITH THE SMART HET.

London's extravagance in eating and drinking is, of course, as old as London is as a capital city. Ofrecent years, writes a correspondent to the Manchester Guardian, there has beau a tremendous increase in the number of people who | spend extravagantly,and it is necessary: | to remember that they have increased in | the same ratio na facilitios for travelling“ If every Landon resident was put DA bread and water for a month a number of the best hotels could still go on with- į out being disastrously affected. In ordi- nary times a vast part of luxurious living. is paid for by people who are visiting London on pleasure or on business..

Speeches about deputations to London at town councils and other bodies

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 1. A telegram from Borlin states that Dr. von Bothmann-Hollweg, the Ger man Chancellor, and Herṛ Zimmerman, Foreign Secretary, have "returned awakened the prudent long ago to' the Berlin from headquarters after langthily debating Germany's policy on land and

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The telegram declares that the most serious and most decisive period of the war is about to begin.

A German Note to the Government) says that Germany and Austris forbid absolutely commerce of neutrals with THE NEW BRITISH MINEFIELD. the Allies They declare that they will torpedo nil ships without respecting flag or cargo, but will give all ships five days in which to return to neutral porta

GERMANY THREATENS

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REPRISALS.

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 1. A telegram from Berlin states that authoritative circles characterise the new British minefield as "an aggressive measure, further evidencing. Britain's SURVIVORS SUCCUMB TO COLD. ruthless warfare, against which there

THE LOST LAURENTIC.""

LONDON, Feb. 1.

The Admiralty, in a statement, em à French communiqué states that a phasizes that all the survivors of the French air-squadron bombed railway explosion on the Laurentis were placed stations, and depots at Cureby, Voyanin boats. Those lost were unable to and a bivouach cast of Neale. A reach the shore owing to the cold and French gun aeroplane fred ifty she's the severity of the weather. at cantonments at Meanil, St. Nicaize and Herion the Somme.

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The Finndelsblend recent entours of the concentration of German troops and fortifications DC Holland's stern frontier with the new German measure. It deduces that Germany is convinced that Holland will be forend to take up acpas.

SPAIN AND THE GERMAN HOTE.

MADRID, Feb. 1.. After the Cabinet had discussed German Note, the German the Minister of the Interior conferred

TURKS AND THE ARABIC LANGUAGE.

LONDON, Feb 1 The Turks are trying to suppress the Arabic language and also to eliminate Ambic from the Mohammedan religion. by introchucing non-Arabic prayers.

INQUEST ON VICTIMS.

Loxnos, Jan. 31,"

has been hitherto no effective protest made by neutrals, and concludes by threatening reprisals,

FRENCH ARMY. MEASURE.

REEXAMINATION OF RETECTED AND EXEMPTED MEN.

PARIS, Feb. 1. The debate in the Chamber on the

At the inquest on the Laurentic victims Captain Arthur Norton em Bill to re-examine rejected and ex- phasised that the victims died of cold.empted men iserpected to last some days For instance, a boat picked up next There are 78 seadments, testifying to afternoon contained seventeen frozen the keenness of the upposition. bodies. In another boat there were five survivors out of twenty, the remainder being frozen to death.

!! UNSPEAKABLE TURK."

DIABOL DIABOLICAL TREATMENT OF

THE

THE KING AND THE TERRITORIALS.”“

LONDON, Feb. 1.

In the King's letter to the Lords

with the Editors of newspapers and Lieutenant His Majesty, referring to communicated to then the contents the Territorials, says It is with much

ARABS.

LONDON, Jan. 31. Reuter learns authoritatively that the

Turks are endeavouring to exterminate

M. Lyautey, in a maiden speech, said the Bill would epsble soldiers who had

recovered from wočnds to serve. refused to bring pressure on their loyal allies in order to increase the number of effectivea.

OBITUARY.

cost of the flesh-pots of London. Experts and witnesses up for important law busi ness and the principals in law cases, merchants who are putting the final

to big contracts or the thousands of men who came to London to receive appointments, and big commercial men from the country who have come ta puak some new enterprise-all these are spend ing each day asem which, would keep them for w week at home. A point that people forget is the large numbe in London who are not spending their own money and who do not scrutinise their expenditur. as

in they do their own city. Then there are the people on holiday from all over the world. In wartime the people on business and visitors from other parts of the world have greatly decreased while the pleasure parties nowadays consist chiefly of young officers and their relatives, who, in the vast majority, belong to quiet-living class of the com- munity, but are anxious to celebrate the meeting in a notable way. The result is agreat deal of extravagance whichneither- the young officers not their people wish, but they feel that nothing less

thuo Great Babylon Hotel or the Turenne Bestaurant wil do. Any simplification of t

frestanract life would be a great relief to the givers and receivers of these little entertainments.

LUNCHEON CHARGES,

the

Pot

has two sides. A man may spent a great The question of hotel extravagance, deal dinners without consuming more food than is his right. Restaurant and hotel extravagance is largely a matter of cocktails, wine, liqueurs, cigars, and coffee. So long as these luxuries are there to tempt people extravagance will continue There are restaurants in Len He don where the cost for the meal does

for the food, but the cost for other pay for things bas no such limitation. One One almost smart restaurant charges Zs. 3d. for a very excellent lunch, but the Wine list includes no cheap wines, sad azy sort of liquor costs st least i shalling, while there are extras such as & slice of melon to begin with or a A considerable number dozen schert

ten shillings & pay head. On the other hand, almost all at a fashionable restaurant eat more food than is good for them. The object of the cook is to keep the appetite uncloyed heal. The waste is

ADMIRAL KANE

LONDON, Feb. 1., The death is announced of Admiral

Samoa in 1889...

of the

of the Note. He added that in view pleasure that I welcome this oppor-the Arabe similarly to the Armenians Kane, the hero of the Calliope at to the end of the meal.

of the necessity of defending Spanish tunity of thanking them with all my

heart for their services.

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pertly in employing people to produce small quantities of expensive food instead doing ether work of more national as well as in the consumption of more food than peop

people requira In the Mid-Victorian days the common luo- cheon

of pearly every City man, however good many much-talked-of people, chiefly women, and smart, difficult clothes cor- successful, was a chop or steak, potatoes, weteors, and there is also a band. and cheese. To-day great many City The meal consists of toasted teacake. men come west and lunch in the big bread and butter, sandwiches of have joined since Saturday, January 20th,

It is hotels, either in the grill-room, where everything lies is wait to mount

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a many

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All Recruite of No. 2 Company who

location-became known, ilisorders speech at Maidstone on the subiect soldiers were sent to the worst fronts, a sky as has ever looked down upon this à la carte bill, or in the restaurant, where not Kinda, and French pa #titara warned to attend the Range oa Sun-

LATER.

The newspapers declare that the Dew submarinism threatens Spain with hunger and/ ruín," and it is significantly remarked that they are waiting to see what the United States will do.

products

klow the example, to sacrifice war pro- fits and enter into a great, movement hereby they would be able to smap their Angers at Chicago speculators,

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less

COMPANY PARADES.

at Central Station at 5.30 pm Uniform,

The following Parodes will take place

Helmets with Spikes, and Rifles

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which was borne on the buffets of the Hor which be done away the centre pathway, usually by Companies, and Ambulance Platoon LIBERALITY OF NATIVE RACES. gaie 90 miles around. At & on Christmas ported material, the diner

the Germans put a barrage on with altogether, and

line

and Maxim Gunners.

A military cordon surrounded the whole of the Lebanon region, keeping out food, neutrality and the gravity of the

with the result that half the population position the Cabinet appealed to the

died of hunger. The Turks have de patriotism of them all to observe

FOOD CULTIVATION IN ENGLAND. vastated Syria and Palentine and deport 2iscreet composure as it is feared

ed numerous illustrious Arah families, CHRISTMAS ON THE BATTLEFIELD. that when the purport of the Note

"LONDON, Feb. 1. Mr. R. E. Prothero, -bich mean the interruption of

after hanging the leadere wholesale, President

Somewhere in France, December 31st whether pro-Turk or anti-Turk. Arab Christmas Day dawned with as bleak

for the visitor, foreign trade and grave "internal dis of the Beard, of Agriculture, in a

economical fe

consumption of food is considered-Fier at 9 a.m. Section Commanders will and those who escaped conscrip desolate battlefield. Low, ragged cloads the lunch varies from 38. 6d. to 58. The counts as a meal it may be an economy day next, February 4th, leaving Bloke might occur, particularly in the of fixing the prices of

hurried across the weeping heavens and easiest way to simplify the betel meat frobably food to the value of sevengence warn their men acesidingly. appealed to the formera to cultivate to tion, deportation, or hanging were the wind blew bitterly. There was no would be to make the lunch the dinner, Frobal

resis on an average consumed by cach tes- Eastern districts.

fashiorable but that one complaint The Note also made it necessary the greatest extent so as to induce forced to seemmodate typhus-stricken pretence of any mutual courtesy this and to devise a luncheon of thres coarses is on an average ca

Armenians.

year. On Christmas Eve both sides used

exilling, but their artillery heavily. At eleven o'clock cannot get at night the sune size of excellent used to have a round charge of

threepence bo prevent all unnecessary, consump-India, Egypt and the Dominions to

ence has since been night tket

broke

meal se is available through the day. shilling, out a roll of guns

are mainly of in- acded. Besides the food and the laxurious tion of commodities.

ini, might

place and the hand, there will be dancing

Tuesday, Feb. 6th No. 3 and 4 Tea the morning

Spanish South

or American lady and her of the certain parts

British In the

Wednesday, Feb. 7th.-No. 1 Company option of meat and fowl, but not both. LONDON, Jan. 31.

middle of the morning, British and Aus- A very great saving in food and service partner. Sometimes there are child- Mr. Walter Long (Colonial Secretary) tralian guns tare rolling continuously; could be evolved if the à la carte systers dancers. The hotel ten at present in

Thursday, Feb. 8th.-No. 2 Company, states that since he has been at the ard when evening fell, threatening and was done away with. People who eat very popular.

and. Band. Warn vnë 60- As to supper. M. Ritz is said to be glowering, the. German shells could be mostly in restaurants

No exemption is to be granted from Colonial Ofice Ez has been very much seen flashing luidly over Bazantin, while other against the à la carts meal, ay mainly responsible for teaching smart struck with the fine liberality the native the

the British

artillery fumed even

ven more ing that

came it is said to have gone to bed, sup these parades except by the undersigned. who another. Despite this in areas outside wishes to do a friend or customer mo- perless or with sandwiches ignominiously

Ria Excellency the Governor will shown in order to help the country, the line there was some distant approach debately well will usually mount up at home. Since then it has struggled

to Christmas leativity. Even in front of bill for the two at a fashionable grill eat five-shillingsworth of food, smoke a

and drink cup of coffee inspect all ranks on Saturday afternoon, the Somme battle itself, at

like this-Cocktaila, cigarette, something like e to enjoy one 1) duzen oysters 58. 3h, soup ku ed, and within half an hour. The was, however, February 10th Detailed Orders in me Australian bride was able to enjoy Duffle 4s. Gd., sweet or savoury 25., claret }: bas affected the supper more than any issued. No absence will be permitted momentary

Of the colour of

it would almost seem as except on the certificate of the Surgeon arrival about nightfall G.,

liqueurs 8.

2s. 6d. tip is. other roml.

food because took It though people cloakroom tip #d; total 2. 6d. It

Erilliant and longer does nos compare le now, no

and e-order time in orth

several The change which came over, the of those men would recompense t

the giver well with the h MADRID, Jan. 31.

dark streets of millions, but if I can suggest to lunch. Then dinner at the expensive of them find it hardly it for their e

urge one would with

pagne usually at 178, a bottle, and the had a good deal to do with it. It is one l earnestness would be the provision, be- same two men, if they had lined instead of London's big extrazavances that is The harbour was closed at night, barsting shells, whistling bullets, and of the General Staff, in connection with

band-to-band encounters o towering pro-German speech alleged to haro fore the war cois of a completo establish of lunched, would probably have spent vanishing Supper after the theatre

dinner All departures were forbidden. A beights. Miss Sanda was the first out

with the theatrical happy lives those whom the war has left luncheon and dining whore the one man

shals further in 4 return hotels torpedo-boat was stopping, al arrivals of her trench and across the snow-covered been delivered by him on the 24th ed system for helping to lead useful and over £2 10s. The amount of competitive often worked out more expensively than

ground in an assault on "the highest instant, but the Captain General has maimed, crippled or blind Wonderful wants to go a at the quarantine island.

crest of the mountains. She had reached ordered two months detention as a work is being done in England and Gar-dinner is enormous. The only way that world. There is one restatirant in the

it has It is believed that German merchant the Bulgar trench when a hand grenade

would bring economy into hotel menas Strand where supper for two usually left I beeould be to have a standard miul which little change out of a five-pound note. many in this way, and burst, inflicting 25 wounds on her right disciplinary measure.

been a study of Mr. Fisher, the High men were preparing to dash out to scaids, leaving it a mass of torn flesh

Commissioner, Australia cald not do must not cost more than, say, 8a. That wrong in making her

would abolish all the more expensive. provision even The police are guarding the docks and shattered bone. A royal nice-de

more complete Two of the greatest imported foods and the high price for camp, on behalf of the Serbian Prince

problems which will confront Australia of sters.

NEW YORK HARBOUR.

CLOSED.

SUSPICIOUS OF GERMAN MERCHANTMEN.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.

it

SCOTCH HEROINE'S GALLANTRY, races of all parts of the world have persistently, first in one area, then intrously always works out disas London how to snp. Before. M. Ritz

The "Day Chronicle's" Salonika correspondent telegraphed on December 30th:-"The only woman patient in camp of 1,800 wounded Serbians is Miss

Flora Sande, & fcotchwoman, formerly SPANISH MAJOR'S INDISCRETION. | Christina by i

a nurse. After witnessing the Serbian auffering and heroism, ahe enlisted as R during the 1915 retreat, and won promotion to the rank of

before

the army reached the Adriatic. She saccesful isted in the arduous and

next

TWO MONTHS DETENTION.

the end.

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on. Christmas Eve of a consignment of be seen that less than half is spent they wanted to dk Supper-time Superintendent.

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The Military Tribunal has abandon-Australians the provision of una Christmas fa carte places, where people do them.tinuing the meal Fossibly while con-week ecmmencing on Monday, Feb. 6th.

September offensive. She lived fed proceedings against Major Francizen. gift the giftrymen rather than ap-selves well, means or has meant cham and the shortage of conveyances have

for three months in an atmosphere of

where five Hamburg America liners are Eegent, baa visited the ospital, and interned.

presented Min Sands with the Serbian j decoration-only-given for conspicuous

Tavery."

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when the War ends will be tot

ensuring this, and, adeoudly, in

THE BUTZL TEA..

that the enormous war wings of soldiers The biggest change in hotel life in re are spent as far as possible in producing cent years has been the coming of the valuable · indovtry which will help hotel ten. Ir besne very fashionable, Australia to recuperate. It is urgent and me be the hotels began to cater

at the restaurants and

EXTENSION OF THE BRITISH FRONT.

AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT.

"The Scotsman" of December 31st mays :—“ The extension of the British front has been common knowledge in the Allied armies for some time. The course arenta for the last three months ren- the step inevitable; but “the movement was of such magnitude and Seeing that plague is once more on the importance that it could not be carried out rapidly. The meiny was in cutire

of

TODINE TREATMENT OF PLAGUE

A TOTAL WRECK.

LONDON, Jan. 31 Lloyds Agency announces that the steamer Clanshaw, which struck a mine

those sezems must be in going order hotel is very small proportion Tecker, of the Salvation Army, again Various schemes werd employed to dis

carried out

At a meeting of the Hol Chaber and wont sahore on January 23rd, hse that Australians should realise that both for it nderciop it apart from the increase in India, Commissioner Booth ignorance of what was going on et Commerce it was napounced that one ince broken her back, and in" a total before the wai endis, or burn will be of the purple who are taking tea at the calls attention to the vase of Tincturel guisa the situation Coe French GBI shipowner, hnd intimated he desire to wreck. The alvage operations have, incurred which can never be repaired "faabionde botels are residents thereof Iodine as simple and efficacious wrenches at night, and was relieved half

SHIPS BUNK.

LONDON, Feb. L

of the commercial intercourse between Rasta and Hall, which was likely to be

The following steamers have

Frank

of the members, Captain E. Samman, a encourage the study of Russian, in view been abandoned

TICKLING IN THE THROAT

the same privilege, but

could

lively

raid

on German

When

the mode began it had the advantage to most men of permitting amedy especially usetal in the early an hour later, to wake room for British comrades tiping to the experience them to alte without guin: to a smok stage.

The Commissioner recently quoted the gained in taking over the Albert and soan gave" g room, The smart te bold not offer eats at a tes, gardon, where plague was Arras sectors, and the menora de trans Cambrian Range (British) Pozdo Douro still greater in the future, and we will

portation of the British trooper from the vistas sand the same space and ex

and expensivo (Portuguero), drgo and Hallbjoerging to start an endowment fund for theVEN the slightens tickling or hoarse. At a Sooth Wales Free Church crowds The price to te in the big raglag in the neighbourhood, and out of Aisno averything worked smoothly. The 2,000 coolies there were only 17 seizures actual taking over of the positions wasa (Norwegian), o British trawler and a purpose with a sum of £10,000. It was | |}}}

Ines in re throat may be the Council the enormous growth of gambling hotels is half crown one hotel goes as

been received with the livellost Danish schoones.

left to the Parliamentary Committee of forerunner of a dangerous illness. Stop among the highly-puud mini was die for three shillings. For that saw you are three deaths, owing to the tae effenly possible at night time. The wa the Charchar to formulate scheme, and it at once with Chamberlain's Cough cand. It was and that sweep-statos haze the privilege of sitting in an im- Lodins, as a preventative, two drop being satisfaction in noce, wherein The Combrian Raige was punk by a

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