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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1917.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Pugs 1.)'..

SUBMARINE OUTRAGES:

steamers

LONDON, Feb: 9.

Azul

THE WESTERN FRONT.

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE WAR LOAN.

PARIS, Feb. 9.

THE LATEST LARGE SUBSCRIPTIONS.

A Franch communiqué atatas : An enemy attack in the region of Vaux les Palameix, east of Mouso, com pletely failed.

+

LONDON, Feb. 9. The following subscriptions to the There has been violent artillery work War Loan are announced:— in Werre."

German acroplanes bombed Corsican

the Pance, Crews Point, St. Ninian, Dunkirk and Frouard regions. Four axon Briton, and Vestra (British), persons were killed and four injured.

LATER....

The

Truccio (Spanish), four British } A French cohuniqué announces

small craft, one Norwegian and ene Peruvian sailing ship have been sunk, The total aggregates 20.000

Bona.

LATER. The captain of the Norwegian kamer 1, which was sunk, statos) that a submarine shelled the vessel. without warming unceasingly until The chief officer the ship sank.

and steward were killed.

The British steamer. Crown Poin! The Captain and Baa brer sunk. Chief Engineer wery taken prisoners. and five of the crew were killed and two injured...

LATER. Twonty-five, if the crew of the Johnston liver Fedanore, which Ins been sunk, were lost.

HOW SUBMARINISM IS BEING COMBATTED.

SPEECH BY LORD "CURZON.

Tisnes, Feb. af. Towl Carron, spuking in the House of Lords, detailed the steps that are o ing diken to cunhat sul Karina His Laip said we are multiplying destroyers to escort ships and to act as a screen, arming mer-

hentmon and developing inventions"

to discover and destroy submarines. ! nenimle by, protecting

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a successful coup de main east of eins, and also mentions' that the French effectively bombarded in the sector Hill 504,

GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT.

LONDON, Feb. 9.

A German ethical report says:- We repulsed an English attack noar "Serm.

We fost ground near Baillescount. The English attacked north of St. Pierre Vasst Wood, and retained small frgat.

During January, we lost 34 aeroplanes and the British French and Russians 55,

GERMANS PREPARING FOR A RAPID RETREAT.

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 9. Les Nourslice states that the Germans am huikling.new railways in the Liege region towards the Rhine.

‚ RUSSIAN-GENERAL "KILLED,

LONTON, Feb. 9.

A Russian official" report states that in the region of Manoinva General Kardinalovski was killed by a rifle bullet

THE MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN,

organising a lanes of safety and VERY SATISFACTORY REPORTS.

we are building new ships at an

LONDON, Feb. 9

celerated mate. His Lordship gave "Lord Curzon, speaking in the warning that far greater restrictions

on unessential imports would be "House of Lords, declared that there imposed and emphasised the neces

bad been a rast improvement in sity of ceomomising in load, increas-every respect in Mesopotamia, with Ing home pauction and making the the result that there had been a

Cardiff Corporation Swansea Corporation.

Glasgow Corporations.....

Sun Insurance Co.

Great Indian Peninsular Railway Anauity Trustees Bengal-Nagpur Railway

£2,000,000 3,100,000

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

CONSTANT BRITISH ACTIVITY:

IMPORTANT POSITION GAINED,

LONDON, Feb. 9.

EXCESS PROFITS TAX.

SHIPOWNERS' ENORMOUS GAIME,

NEED FOR PROVIDING FOR NEW TONNAGE.

Coneluding a series of articles on the working of the excuss profits tax, a writer in the London “Daily Chronicle " Field-Marshal Sir, Douglas Haig deals with the enormous gains made by 2,000,000 reports:-We attacked this morning the shipping companies since the out- important position on the highest point break of war, and urges shipowners to 1,200,000 of Silly Spilliael Hill, gained the whole take this very favourable opportunity of of our objecta, and took 78 of the enemy making provision for new tonnago.. Ho

writes: 604,500 prisoner: 200,000

We followed up the capture of Grand- court vigorously on both banks of the TO TERMINATE THE WAR BY END Are, making considerable further

OF SUMMER.'

LONDON, Feb. 9.

Mr. Hodge, the Labour Minister, speaking at Walwerth, said the recent Allied Conference determined to do ità utmost to terminate the war by the end of summer. It would not be long before avery British raerchantman was. Farmed.

progress

We captured, at night, Bailleacourt farm, on the Beaucourt-Miraument road, and also a trench between Grandeourt and our old front line, taking 83 more prisoners

Our gains on the Ancie since the New Year represents on advance of an avenge of three-quarters of a mile ca a three-mile front.

We raided trenches to the south of Bouchavesnes, killing a number of the anery in their dugouts, which were

EGYPTIAN FRONTIER OPERATIONS. bombed.

Losnos, Feb. 9

An official report states that the main force of the Seunssi sothward of Girba has been muted. We occu- pied Siwa and also. Munusil Pass. captured a conroy and ambushed a leading party from Girba.

We repulsed two attempted aids in the neighbourhoods of Grandecourt and

"La Bassee..

There has been considerable reciprocal near Armentieres. At artillerying the enemy Haeg Ypres a large explosion was caused in

Never before has our shipping industry made such profits as since the outbreak of war. Struggling companies with an unsuccessful past and note toc thearful

prospects have been quite set on their fest while the prosperous concerna have realised profits such as they never hoped to earn even in boom times

Its the shortage of tonnage that has the great factor. Apart from one war losses, the Government has had to commadeer vessels freely for transports hospital ships, do, to say nothing of

of the tonnage required for carrying goods for ourselves and our Allies. Possibly from 50 to 60 per cent. of our mercantile marine has been thus requisitioned

Moreover, foreign tonnage available for the world's needs has also been much reduced, with the Germain mercantile marine off the sent and a good

propor- tion et our Allier vessels requisitioned for the purposes of their respective Goverments. High freight rates were bound to be the outcome, but fow could hare

& rise from 800 to contemplated a 1,000 per cent, such as actually cccurred. The Government were pressed to fix quotations, but found themselves von- fronted by an awkward problem.

Arbitranly to fix freight rates in con- The Senussi sustained 200 casual-

pection with

ising our purts would ship several Turkish ENEMY NERVOUS AND JUMPY, have been to drive away to more profit- Lies. including

able routes the balk of

of the 70000 tu officers.

000 tons of foreign shipping entering our ports monthly; which would have been suicidal The Government did the next best thing, commandeered and more tonnage at Blue-be regulated the sailing

the British

ENEMY BHELL STANISLAU.

Tospex, Feb. 9.

FIFTY-THREE VILLAGES TAKEN

SINCE JULY...

A Russian official report" states Anglo French have re-taken sinec July cargo vessels not routes of with the

that the enemy has bombarded enemy nervousness

Stanislan with 12-inch shells.

THE TANNING INDUSTRY."

LONDON, Feb. 9.... The Times understands that the tanners of the United Kingdom strongly farour developing the trade in Indian |"dend" bides, and are prepared to spend much on erecting plant provided that measures are adopted to remove the German taint from the business în India and to prevent the possibility of Germans recovering control of the

War Loan a sürgéss. “We are now wonderful recovery in the spirit of Indian dealers alter the wan They also approaching the supreme and terrible the force Letters he had received propose a substantial duty on exports

to the present cuemy countries.

THE CAVALRY MAN'S CHAIN SHOULDER STRAP.

PARIS, Feb. 9. Grandcourt, the latest "of the series of British ribblings at the German line. in the West, is the fifty-third village the 1st. These gains are preclucing growing

and jumpiness They have been gained by the newest form of attack, in which there is a con- tianous and general, instead of a special- y localised, bombardment which no longer enables the enemy to discover where the bomb-carrying Tominies," creeping up under cover of the artillery, are likely to burst in on dugouts.

BELGIANS REPULSE ENEMY RAIDERS.

LONDON, Feb. 9. A Belgian official message says: A posts to the south of Dizmude, but were, strong party of Germans attacked our met with rifle and machine-gun fire

surrendered. Numerous corpsca... were which decimated them. The survivors haped up before the trenches and soms were brought it

THE CALIFORNIA" OUTRAGE.

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AMERICAN CHILDREN MISSING.

LONDON, Feb. 9.

object D seeing that they were utilised first and foremost to the best advantage of the Empire rather than to increase funduly the profit of owners

the

.

RIMARKABLE VIGURES

marine has been able to take advantage Although less than half our mercantile. of the abnormally high freights, profits have risen by leaps and bounds. Sixty per cent. of the excess over pre-war stard and large amounts have bad of course, goes to the Go to be set aside for income tax, and so on. But even then the figures are remark- able. The following table embraces. resulta published by well-known under- takings during the past few months. Many of the companies, it will be seen, strike, their proba for the second war all taxation liabilities period after making full allowance for

PLOPITH

Pre-War

1515-16 1914-15. Standard Anchor Line £323500* £307,200 2321,600 Britain SS 242100 75,700 150,000 Century Ship

port

ping 250,450 123,900 77,800. Empire Trans Forgrove

Steam. 271,100 Furness,

Withy...... 1,383,950 Ein S.S, .... 508,800

318,300 166,000 103,500

times of the war. Possibly in the fron offers. in Mesopotamia all coming months tie enemy will expressed confidence and specially attempt to surpass his previous praised the wonderful vidurance and atrocities. We must use every constancy of the Indian troops in!

Our leaders the most difficult conditions. This resource to beat hiru. must be courageous, prompt and

improvement was reflected in the

It may not be generally known resolute; otherwise better men will character of the results, of recent Sir George Luck, whose death is a- observea a contemporary that General

The latest American advices state replace them.".

military opentions. The force was nounced, was the first British soldier to that at least two, and posibly three Harrowing

wear the chair, shoulder straps which

American-born children are missing from now able to threaten very sertare still part of the equipment

of the of our cavalrymen, and that it is to Lady the California. ously the main

Luck that the army is indebted for their eneray on the left bank of the introduction. When Sir George started SPAIN FIRMLY PROTESTS AGAINST ONLY FIVE SURVIVORS.

: |tiver. Although operating in non a campaign she sewed som

some strips of the cloth of the stone

shoulders of secondary theatre the force was his tunic as a protection against LONDON, Feb 9.

playing

sabre cuts, and the device acted so well

BRITISH DESTROYER SUNK BY MINE.

The Admiralty announces that a British destroyer of the older type while patrolling the Channel struck : mine and sank.

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All the officers were lost. were only five survivors.

COUNTRIES.

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front

chairs

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far from unimportant that it was adopted for the cavalry gener-A"MOST PAINFUL IMPRESSION."

part in the worki-wide campaign in ally. In this war, so far, there has been killing urge numbers of the enemy to cavalry Eghting worthy of serious. and hekling up a very considerable notice, and the device has not been

testel under modern conditions

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8.5. Indo-China

Steam..

140,300

1997,850

511,500 89,400 88,000.

57,700 100,500

674,700 +714,750 315,700 247,900

48,500 91,400

78,200 11'1,200

W. & C. T.

"cnes...

Northern. 687,200 200,100 171,400-

Ship-

90,900

8.9.... £94,950

153,300

5,300

~48,00

-109,800

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WEALTH IN OLD, TIN CANS.

HOW GERMANY MADE MONEY FROM BRITISH WASTE.

158,700 208,800 140,000 cestitate a direct and serious menace past to control certain zoutes have been miserable failures. It is far mone to our mercantile supremacy.. 108,600 -61,300 30,450

Pruvision for new vessels is, therefore, difficult to create anything in the nature MADRID, Feb. 9. Natilus S.S. 197,300* 83,000,000 in urgent question. from the nation of a monopoly on sea than it is on land. Nevertheless this combine tendency is Spain's reply to the German proclama-Nitrate Pro-

of view. And it is not for the the shipping trade will need to be care- polut dacers S.S. 404,000 tion of unrestricted submarining says

151,000 134,500 shipowner to shirk his responsibility Turkish army, thereby casing the The utility of the chain shoulder strap that the proclamation has made a moat

Orders & Hand-

the matter. Had the war not broker fully watched. jy phrious enough, hut.

but it may be new,

ford S.S... 74,200 73,900 36,200 position of the Russians and our

a period perhaps, that the thick cord which takes painful impression, and tranquilly, but Prince Line 498,300*† 374,000+ 387200out the period 1914 18. would have been of trade depression and com- selves in the Caucasus and Persia its place in other branches of the service irmly, protests that such unprecedented Pyman SS. 346,300 85,900 100,000 paratively poor shipping profits. Every and also retaining positions of great bee cuts or other blows. Again, most observed by all nations, even in their

has the same object the "bruking" of warfare is contrary to the principles Scholefield

thing pointed to such a state of things 12.800 The war brought prosperity, only Formal conditions COCALY ar with pictures of most violent momente. strategic importance, putting an people are familiar

The reply Sutherland

unprecedented 89,300 possible by reason

the supremacy FIRELESS STATIONS IN NEUTRAL efective extinguisher ch the Pan-French cavalrymen wearing helmets with refuses to admit the legitimacy of such

tails of horsehair hanging down over

doubt that Tempus Saip- German dreams of a great Teutonic | their necks. The first in pression will be warfare, and does not dominion, extending from the Besthat they are merely ornamental, but Germany will and a means of satisfying actually they are to protect the neck the demands of Spain, which is bound A decrcé plates all wireless porus to the Persian Gulf and letly from sabre cuts and were caly adopted to protect the lives of its subjects and stations in Spain, under Government they were preparing for future even by the French after tests had been made maintain the integrity of her soverignty.

concerning the resistance of horsehair tualities.

to the sword.

THE "HOSTAGĖ“ REPORT. Mr. Bonar Law, in a speech in

† After provisions for depreciation.. What are the private or semi-private out. Germany and Austria reped

refase metal ed AMSTERDAM, Feb. 8. When it is remembered that the shipowners doing! Their profits have profits from the de-tioning de

been equally prodigions.

me private fait run of of our

tine, sardine tins, salmon tin A telegram from Berlin rather dis really petive trade and gerst shipping shipowner la si farling since the war and all kinds of discarded metals were

and hall counts the strange Copenhagen story tionally

prosperity the war £gares are even Troke

Pre the companies

out. Are he and many others like returned to us from Germany, after and states that Mr. Gerard's departure doing with their pas pot then fixed because the batch of years ago shipowners were very im sge of war and make our commercial descriptions, match boxes, match strikers.

provident in times of success. Proft position secure?

There is passporta are not ready.

were divided up to the hilt and very nection with our shipping industry little was set aside for the inevitable

which should be mentioned. It is the

MADRID, Feb. 9.

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control.

RIO DE JANIERO, Feb. 9.

the House of Commons, mid that the

A Gorin wireless station bas been discovered at Nietheroy.

- INTENSE COLD IN GERMANY...

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successes attending the intensive TO NORTH FOLE BY AEROPLANE. operations during the past iw weeks ||

ping mailes West Hartle

the British Navy. If, therefore, 20,000 22,360 owners fail to do their duty in regard to this new tonnage question, the Govern- We steps. & Sona...

12,400 26,200 ment should take drastic

afford to take: cannot pool Stm....315,800 191,800 117,500 quid be ambered that public Wetherall S.S. 60100

20,000 13,400 companies represent only about 40 per

ceat, of the British mercantile *After allowing for excess profita tax

tilo marine.

made over

How Germany and Austria mede money from the old tin cans carelessly cast side in this country was described at Capton Hall, Lantion, recently, st conference of minnicipal authorities.

Previous to the war, it was “pointed

hage

in Mesopotamia had been achieved CAPTAIN AMUNDSEN'S PLANS FOR regarding the detention of Americans more startlips profita? Until a few him doing their part to repair the wast-treatment, in the shape of trays of all

despite large enemy reinforcements whose despatch was of great mili-

-BRITISE MAN POWER.

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day

letter

photograph-frames," and many other articles which were un

The

18 another development in con-mans had taken from this us depression. When that day came tendency towards combines. Anal- country at the very lowest 30,000 J

the shareholders were the enfferers.

and

shelter. It was also stated that the steel obtained in this way, had been made into light rails which had been supplied by the Germans at a very low rate in competition with British and other It is proposed to deal with the waste tim in this country by a special process.

manufacturers.........

NEW EXPEDITION. Captain Roald Amundsen, the Nor tary advantage in weakening the wegian explorer, who discovered the SCARCITY OF FUEL.

forces to be opposed to the Russians South Pole, and who has come to the United States to buy concentrated foods" BERNA, Feb. 9. when the time for movement comes. and scientiae instruments for his North

LONDON, Feb. 9.

at last. lexrat The intense cold in Germany is Colonel Maude estimates the enemy's Pole expedition scheduled for the suns

The War Office has called up for Bat the boom of 1919-13 saw the gamation schemes galore have been of old tip per snuum at an average co and there was little carried through in recent months. The of El per fon, And it pre-war prices f make the last lap of his mer of 1918,

a few weeks salons.

opmans recovered 25000 worth al pare tis greatly aggravated by the shortage killed to February 3rd had amounted journey by seroplane.

mediate service employees of the dividing up to the hilt. The amsequer biggest dead in the tristory of shipping every £1,000 worth of old tins the Gar

absorbed "the The Vessel in which he will, sail into Government and the local authorities,

Sit Jaline, paying, said, between and various by predicts, tell us co was that when the war broke out the was cowho

In addition they had the best of coal. It is 18 degrees below zero to 2,630, Our losses were very the Arctic Ocean is

is now under construc- from 18 to 22 years of age following ever much a cataclysm might bring, Wilson any millions sterling, for *t Leipzig.

elight. The mistakes of the past tion, and will be launched is Karch. Ee the cancellation of their exemptions. After two or three months of trade for

paralysis it brought, property, nct latest scquisition. Sir John now own All places of amusement in Saxony had been repaired and now there will proceed on this as la- as possible,

or "controls vessels built

building hoping to

to drift over the North Pole with

THE KING'S SPEECH.

adversity. have been closed in order to save were no complaints about supplies. the polar current. Should this be im-

which represent 1,400,000 tons dead MENACE TO QUE PROSPERTUDY.

weight, equal, as a shipping paper points, fuel.

The traffe up to the Tigris in Janu- possible he will try to reach his goal by

Leroplane.

LONDON, Feb. 9.

prosperity has out, to nearly ceighth of the liner But unprecedented ary was almost ten times what it

Captain Amundsen is now said to be

The House of Commons has adopted

meant also greater reponsibilites. Ships tonnage of over 1,000 tons, 7.7

DANGRE UY THE DEVELOPMENTA was in July. The success attending personally supervising the construction the address in reply to the speech now cost four and five times as much to

of a machine built to his own require from the Throne

build as they did before the war, and, Now many of these combines-we are, the expedition and the knowledgements.

new tonnage is vital to the supremacy not speaking of this particular one-are of our mercantia marine, Vessels having the result of s timorous point of view that, it was well cared for bad had a

been hard driven, heavier depreciation on the part of boards of directors who most splendid effect upon the troops, who were showing spirit of which According to the Parliamentary cos-

allowances are a recessity: Provision le fear to enter on a comprehensive con- respondent of the "Daily News," among

needed for alterations and renewals when struction policy last a period of depres we had reason to be proud. Colonels number of measures decided upon, to

are handed back by the Gov: sion should follow the war, and partly Tessela Maude, who himself deserved con- limit the use of metal is one prohibiting

"Our Litt's Bit" Society, Kowloon, crument. It was on account of these of anxiety on the part of "shipowners to

Last their gratulations for the work he had the manufacture of hairpins

yesterday forwarded their usual fort responsibilities on the part of shipowners a golden opportunity never in

we advocated months ago that

Tessols Fat prices they restricted at be BERNZ, Fob. 9.done, reports that the stubborn

nightly parcel of comforte for the dividends should

1812-13 loval ja 11 kuman probstulity see again. But determination and fighting spirit of

most of

not affect faveurbly do of these deals troups, to Mrs. Philip de Fonblanque, to

sót

tonnage. The

ships The dividends in the case Austrian civilians between the ages the troops, and the complete co BEWARE OF COLDS.

care of the Matron, No. 2 General list have question of

merely change banda. of 28 and 45, except minera, are operation of all arms, had been

HILDREN are much more likely to

contract the

contagious disease Bospital, Chelsea, England, through the been doubled and in some cases trebled Ws candidly contean we do not like this development, though the shipping being re-examined for military pur superb.

what they call the when they bare colds. Whooping cough, courtesy of Messrs Shewan, Tomes & Co as compared with the results in 1913.

which the poses a fourth time.

diphtheria, scarlet fever and consumption consisting of the following-3,396 rolled creased their appropriations in various organisext are diseased that are often contracted bandage, 016 swabs, 63. faznel many di ronin specially set aside for the con The Infare, mercantile marina depends

tharinedepende intura of one when the child has a cold That is why

of funds all medical authorities/sy beware of tiled bandages, 15 floor muis, 39 ayestruction of new tonnage: We have re on nothing of the art, and particularly A Bill has been introduced in t TAVEN the slightest tickling or hourse colds. For the quick cure of colds You

28 raira

stockings,peatedly drawn stention to the enor the movement be harraf if the NEW YORK, Feb. 9,

ness in the throat may be the will find nothing better than Chamber An anti-war meeting in Colorado waforerunner of a dangerous illness. Stop bin's Cough Remedy. If can always be 24 caps, 6 pairs socks,

iote, Many it once with Chamberlain Cough depended upon and is plant and wald 38 units broken up by flaga

Tely by all Chemists and to take Remedy

For sale by all Chemile and Storekeeper.

FOOD SCARCITY IN HOLLAND.......

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 9. There are queues of women outside the food shops in the poor quarter.

THE MAN POWER PROBLEM IN AUSTRIA,

ANTI-HAR MEETING BROKEN UP

were injured

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HONGKONG WOMEN'S WAR WORK

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Hongkong Leads he Cementa..........

86 buyers $1.

buyers

büyes

F'kong Tramways – Shai Cottons... Tia 115

milz cover mous profits made by neutral companies tipping incastry falls into the hands of Baarpered only to a very small extent as a cerealthy capitalists. We are aware inger, they are by was taxationThe funds

the

wt are being piled up by these contents that shipping combines formed in