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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1917.

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TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Paga 10)

RELIEF WORK IN BELGIUM

AMERICANS WITHDRAWING

FROM IT.

GERMAN CONDITIONS MAKE CONTINUANCE IMPOSSIBLE.

ki

MESOPOTAMIA.

THE

GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA.

ENEMY COMPLETELY HEMMED IN TURBULENT NATIVES ROUTED,

AT THE DAHRA BEND.

, LONDON, Feb. 13.

An official report from Messopotamis

states:

Wo directly hit the enemy bridge at (Shumran and sank wore shipping.

We resumed our advance on Sunday en the right bank of the Tigris and drova hack the enemy to their last line of trenches in the Dahra bend, west- ward of Kut, and established our line in the evening across the bead from loak to bank on a frontage of 5,500,

the yards completely hemming in

enemy.

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CAPE TOWN Feb 13. "It is oficially announced that a small Union expedition routed the fellowers of the turbulegt native chief, Mandame. at Ovamboland, German quth-West Africa, on the 8th inst., killing 40 in elading Mandume. Nine of the Union force were killed and eleven injured. No further trouble is anticipated..

WHY GERMANY WANTS PEACE.

CHINA MAIL.

CHINA AND THE WAR.

CHINA'S CHANCE.

NEWS FROM HOME.

(From Our Own Corrispondent, }

LONDON, January 1.

THE DUTLOOK.

The year opens with a prevalent

When the United States severed its diplomatic relations with Clermany, Putnam Weals" contributed to the Feking Gazette" the following article e under the heading "The voice of conviction here and in the racks of America: and ità Meaning to China our Allies that a victory for our The nasculine action of the American forece this year is certain. This Government in the face of a challenge optimism is the more macked and such as has not been offered to the

United States since the days of the noteworthy considering that the turn Napoleonic wars-when an attempt of the year has brought us many was made to coerce American shippion into servile obediences to alien deerees-reminder of the sternness of the should be the last argument necessary struggle and the merifices that have to convince China that the European

who

The New York Tribute on Decu struggle is a fight to a finish and that yet to be made. Today we con-

everyone ber reprinted the following article,

is not on the side of the published recently in the Berliner victory will be counted as on the side rating war bread-otherwise kalanziger "We began the was the vanquished. The voice of America Standard brand-by coupulsion, and

When we have svetoed is a powerful voice because the United white bread is bared. We, can only | jä German peace we must begin-iramali. Stuteris the douunant power on a rast have two courses to our lunch and i

New York, Feb. 13. It is officially announced that the Americans are Withdrawing from the #elief work in Belgium and North GERMAN REPORTS FROM VARIOU!] too soon.

WAR ZONES. France, as the German conditions for The continuance of the work naak it impossible.

TE President of the Relief Com mission states that six weeks" fed supplies are stored in Belgium. which Belginn otheials will be authorised to distribute, pending a re-organisation of zulief" work.

GERMANY'S REMINDERS TO NEUTRALS.

NEW Yons, Feb. 14.

A message to the Associated Press „from a correspondent was has he

Berlin states that five German Amat

VCTC

LONDON, Feb. 13.

and immeasurably strong continent-

ately "our anisation on render continent containing resources beyond three for our dinner. Our railway basis. We must carefully calculate in the dreams of avaries which are suth-fares went up this morning fifty per advance what the country lacks in raw cient in themselves to feed even a

world war to the crack of doom. cent., and every time we pass the A German official message says:— material and secure immense roerves toy ranging herself definitely on, thus barrier those of us who are season- Numerous enemy reconnoitring ad-remain unused until wow day in the side of those who are determined sances between Ypres and Arras failed future... We must be establish a definite once and for all to uphold the Public ticket holders will have to show our We repulsed two Russian attacks on munereind understanding with quatre petition is the history of the past three tickets, so that there will be no going outside Europe to prevent munition sup years will be an impossibility America through on the nod Last but not

repetition of the Upper Sereth,

she has indeed always been true through-

บ

K

We stormed a fortified position south, i plies, going to our enemies. Fizally when bas once more been true to herself as host hundreds of thBusands of men]

ward of the Vale-Putna Roul.

| We stormed an. Italian kill in a plant-

tion in the Cerus salient.

TERRIBLE EXPLOSION NEAR: HAMBURG.

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 13.

the next wadyomes it must not by a year

to mo.

GERMANY'S LAST HOPE.

THE NEW SUBMARINE.

AMSTERDAM. Dec. 28.

The Hamburger Nachrichten onl German shipyards are working day and Сотря concentrated on the rounces a terrible explosion near night constructing an enormous fleet of submarines. The only limit to the num Dutch Frontier, when ruthless sub Hamburg. Two large ammunition ber is the great diffanity of securing rining began: while other neutral factories were destroyed, 63. people adequately trained The chief

President Wilson invited to being killed and Ga injured:

who

jein Anieries, wore all,indirvell || reminded of the fate of Belgium and Serbia.

ATTACKING IN SNOWSHIRTS.

A MILITARY DEMAND FOR LADIES' NIGHTSHIRTSC

the

" Lesbos, Feb. 13. A correspondent at Headquarters, escribing the snow-shirt attacks) mentioned in a' femian communiqué (published yesterday), sys Canadians startles the milliner's

■hop of a certain village by demand, ing hundreds of, ladies' nightshirt of the largest size. There were scout of laughter in the Canadian trenches when the nightshirts were donned over khaki and tied up with blue ribbon.

A party went out at moẞnlight in, the snow, with rifles and bomb! cleared the dugouts and brought back prisoners.

Similarly the Gordon Highlanders ellied out in white stocks and with

THE C.M.G.

TOWN.

out her fourteen degules of history. have this week to don khaki, and a

it is by American action, conditioned as

by

powerful sentiment of altruism, will compending number of homes are

future historians to be one of to feel the pinch at me in added |

1014 mesure.

the sirene things of the

1917, a

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a decisive, thing in the

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markable therefore this the nationa spirit is us cheerful -- * fq.' The secret of it lies in the unshaker' shihnism"of the ye

I policy a thing or nations to a doubtful New Year Gifts, it is me. in the sea-war, ax With all this nerunulation" of to guide lesser haven of

of safety, he is inexion

impossible longer the belligerener Power 3,000 miles removed from the fiery crucible of war may not in a military sense be decisive, the moml effects will be so immeasurably

rust is to seal the fate of lush From Field-Marshal Sir Denglas have been guilty of violating

those sanctions on which western civilization Faje, to the most weant Tominy at bo the trenches there are not dochting

|training centre is Kiel harbour, where 30 rosacation before China can now

the front:

dt, the newest and largest bubmarines are Ino daily used solely for the purpose of trainstated very laconically. It is simply Thomases. They one and all assert icgocrews. A feature of the der vessels this: Is this country to remsta without that the end of 1917 will soa, the i Foreign Policy when everything demands

is the extraordinary shape.

The bows

that

Loynoy, Feb. 13. Air, F. W. Mayor. Thief of the heable the fide of a scythe, pointisi Customs in East Afrin, ad Mr.rds from the entwater. Anewly invented. proces makes the blade rx- Frederick Spire, Provincial Commiaremely hard and sharp in order that impl

have

of

y nos

it should have one or are the Chiarmies ready for disbanding, even if mese today bitong cakan bithout that crent does not take place before. realize that if action is taken without will their future only

Nor does this prophecy indicate government be immensumbly

with the unter world? We The sentirnents of the Hon. W. F. pointed Companions of the Order of may be able to cut through a wire baw

ser 14 inches thick. The larger sub-ments so constantly uld be a work of New Zealand that the end must be

in the columns of 8. Michael and St. George..

this newspaper that

that it macines are equipped for a voyage of supererogation to return to them today attained before our arms are laid ne thing and one thing only we have

simplified but. new relationship ang weakening of the determination. stones in Uganda, have been up-f submarine travelling at moderate speeti establish reputed all our own arguMassey and Si Jownh Ward; from }

THE PRICE OF SILVER.

FUNDOS

TONDON, Feb 19.

days.

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to

to add: that no possible harm can come down, are echoed everywhere. It is to this country ifit follows the America in fact, well that these representa.

provided that careful sound-

To launching " submarine at the Germania whart recently, the rese! Silver 38 110d. There is confided down the slips with increasing precedent T petitive buying und the market is the submarine the horrified spectators submit that the moment used in China and strengthen home ideas of see speki. When it was impossible to checkings are taken in Europe to secure that tives of overseas opinion should be proper guarantees are forthcoming. We here at this moment to stimulate

•has come to air & hig inn "implement flying across borrow the wise expedient used the slips. The vesset strack the obstacle, under the Empire in times of crisis-ing it through. Their speeches to bounded up and fell upside down into namely, the Council before the Throne. New Zealand troops and to the wen-!

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES.

AN OFFER TO NEGOTIATE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.

It has been confirmed that Germany offered, on the 11th instant, to negotiate with the United States re- garding submarine activities provided The commercial blockade, against Eng- belmets painted white, and destroyed land was not interfered with." German outposts, Flew up a nest of dugouts and captured prisoners.

+

ENGLISH ARMOURED CARS ON RUSSIAN FRONT.

„Losnos, Feb. 18.

A Russian official report, received by wireless, states that English armoured cars twice advanced in the region of the mouth of the Servib

of the SusseZ.

the water, the crew being drownel.

ing expicit of the submarine feet which has, renewed the cheerfulness of greet bodies of the people.

Thina urgently needs a definite Foreign.

mbment

All Germany is ringing with the tom-ly carried out without such a Foreign interviews in the Press base all Policy properly formulated and proper exal public here, as well as their Policy, even a good and workable Conte stitution will

valueless. She proved to the people here—and, to; needs to

at the earliest

the enemy that the decision not to conference of grand 055hiles to decide what guarantees/ Lave. a tinkered peace at the bidding must ask of the Powers who desire ber of Germany has behind it not merely" intervention, since once she has

the approval, but the deliberate deter- mination of the men of the Domin! sons

RUSSIA'S CLAIM TO THE STRAITS.

WHOLE-HEARTED BRITISH ASSENT.

M. Rodziarko,

of

her she

aristes she will be secured against surprises. As matters atand today China's futura position is pot happy. She has steadfastly believed that the war was to be drawn war and that 1913. or 1918 would bring things back in the Far East, to much where they wers in 1914, allowing her to resume her old rat bas consistently deluded ber- ing. She

has refused? self with

vaguenesses--she

thing,

were

Only in well-informed quarters, perhaps, is the full significance of the calling of the Empire War Council in Whitehall realised. For while

seas to deliberate on war, when the

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Israel, went out to meet Jehu and asked, surrendered in publicly who have rushed to the aid of Europe must be admitted that he is making

and kombarded eneiny positions. In the House of Commons Mr. Hope of thy mother Jezebel and her witch other beton in Peking the Pence to be accepted will be a

GREAT BRITAIN'S PRISONERS OF

WAR.

EMPLOYMENT ON WORK OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE.

Loxpos, Feb. 18. In the House of Commons, Mr.

1

J. F. Hope, Parliamentary Secretary AMERICAN BOLICITUDE FOR

to the Lords of the Treasury, inti- |

mated that the interned enemies!

would be employed on agriculture

BRITISH PRISONERS

OF WAR..

LONDON, Feb. 11.

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• HONGKONG, FOLICE RESERYE”

COMMENDATION.

Friday, Feb. 16thNo. (No. 3 Company).

Thursday, Feb. 22nd--No. Pla

Petrograd, Jan. 1.-The annual New Year's dinner of the New English Club Mr. Lansing replied that the United took place day. Sir George Buchanan, States will gladly discuss the subject, the British Ambassador, presided, who think it the hard, concrete terms which they will come from over the seven provided Germy withdrew her Fre the guests included

of the Rusan-English Society,

ety, reality demands. Basing ber attiturie lamaation of the 31st January; but President, who is president of Loe on nemtive

namely her present cannot discuss the submarining of Russo-British Chamber of Commerce, immoderate fear of Japan, she ba neutrals until Germany renews her and General Sir John Ranbury Williams, arrived at the negation of policy which time of the Allies comes they will also applied to the Bun dumpers when in the country are no longer on, thig assurances given after the torpedoing Sir George Buchacan, in the speech is exemplified in her belief that she is's deliberate or Pence, and it is good they attempt to unload their cargoes schedule of highly paul servants ef

Il a neutral's the evening, referred to Germany's peace neutral Power with all a move, and aid there was but one answer sad, privileges, when the ery first that these strong men who live on foreign shores, BRITISH PRISONERS IN TURKEY, which the Allies could give to such a pro- attributes of neutrality--the pover, made the Dominions should be here Whatever may be said of the

willingness

gness and resist overt

sand fortitude to protect your to voice, the opinion of the myriads Premiership of Mr. Lloyd Georgs; it

ert acts of We have read in the Old Testament own territory and

that 'CONDITIONS GENERALLY (be said) how when Jeram, King of war within

August 1911 in this crisis. It is a guarantee that more drastic changes than any one Sergeant Major Hoylsnéd and FC. 00 DEPLORABLE.

It a masculine act has been taken Jehu?" the latter replied,

mun has done in this country since La Man Wai have been commended by pence LONDON, Feb. 13.

"What peace so long as the whoredoms Washington, bonour,

Time not to.

is fast lasting Peace, and that there will be Oliver Cromwell: He has paid a big the Police Magistrato and by the Capt stated that the Government had made crafts are so many Our reply, though passing away and what, is:

no craven spirit in its fruning not price for the assistance of the Labour Supt. of Felice, for their zeal and activity in effecting the arrest of a patcher in the strongest possible representations to couched in the diplomatic language of day will be unfeasible to morr

her immoderate fear

fear undue baste in its completion. Chins alute

men-in itself an augary for change Queen's Rand Central on the lat inst. Turkoy with the view of obtaining per the twentieth century,

virtually to

has

POLICE SCHOOL NEW CLASS mission for representatives of the United

Ger- or in the past from Barde

me effect. Between us and Ger- of Japan, acknowledge that

There is also the after-time to be in the future-but he has also drawn

The Q,C. No. 2 Platoon, will detail 33 States to visit the British prisoners of baby & Freat gulf non-combatante. We and subjection will just as infallibly save considered. Imperial relations, like into the Governgent some of the war. Their efforts had hitherto been

exanut grasp ber hand again until the her in the future. It was England who many other things, can never be the most experienced and resolute busi. Constables to form Class IV which will "be taken by Chief Inspector Kare Dat unsuccessful, but would be continued.

armies of Germany have cer defeated intervened in the Summer The Government had been informed and the spirit of militarism, permeating marines lay of Nanking and were Imperial Conference, to be held in Lord Devonport and Lord Rhondda.. warships crammed

with same again. The summoning of an ness men in the country, such an of the sittings of Class TV, will be issued, from various sources that the condition the whole nation is exercised."

marind to

-MUSKETRY INSTISTICTION. of the officers was tolerable, and that of During the past two years Great prepared

vengeRace on Britain has more than once been accused country for the slaughter of Japanese the near future to discuss questions Red tape is being chopped in frag Members of Nos. 8. and. 4 Companies the other ranks generally deplorable.

Hsun's

r's soldiery. It Chang only,

of wishing to secure for herself civilians by

Coumes and have no, previous experiande the lion's share of the spoila bat of was again England in the Spring of concerned with the war and other "ments in Whitehall to-day, and who have to fire Fart II of the 1927 thwarting the

the realization of

of Russia's

1915 who killed Group V. of the Twenty vital matters," says Sir Joseph Ward hitherto drowsy permanent officials with Service Rifles will attend at Central traditional

tional ambitions. M. Trepoff's re- one Demands which, had it not

is undoubtedly an event of historic, are bestirring themselves in a fashionation for instruction as follows:- would Viscount Orgy cent statement in the Dema

have been forced in their entirety upon importance which is bound to be that must make them reville the new, stantinople and the Bong been

at rest for ever, the country, or the sword driven through fraught with important consequences order of things. For example, some and other work of national import- Mr. Balfour has sent a letter to Mr. His

England not act from ance. (Cheers.) Compulsion would Page, the American Ambassador, warmly approached on the Misjes exly in the altruism in these meters England to the future of the Empire." He Jack in Office the other day issued

expressed ̧ita thanking America for bor solicitade for spring of 1916, 81 We want to see and be pross supported her

acted because policy demanded it her

comments of the limitations of an official notice that owing to the not be applied to the civilian in Germany, especially situa exchanges by cable and adds "How quality of white flour in the county prisoners.

war prisoners,

services and sacrifices, we want to help tion-the vital things today, as yester much better to have these opinions the halting of white bread would be

guides the prize she so long dreamt day. These things should he we want to see her strong and pros- For Cairs to go on living in her own exchanged in personel discussion and allowed for a longer period than to

we want to consolidace for all dress

cam-world, forall dream““ ame the alliance which this war has innocent argument that her consultation, and how much more day. Within a few hours there was!

4ad contrivances

follow message to the public, ends will when peace comes, avail her any hope there is for a quicker and mora cemented, force if the world. That is the thing in the great Europeni arons who effective settlement of the questions signed by Lord Devonport as Food to the LONDON, Feb. 14.

future peace of corner stone of our policy, and now that men go down to die in millions is z The Free Bureau issues a Foreign we are firm friends let us both take to ness. She must make terms, discuss, under consideration. Further it is Controller, to the effect that the The Press Bureau announces that Office statement which says that in heart the advice given by Polonius, to discover, now; and when she sees where an explosier, preceded by a fire,

obvious that some of the more im- previous councement was issued grapple them

m to thy soul wisdom of the market place she must portant issues to be dealt with at without his approval and it therefore occurred at a munitions factory is exchange of British and German is adoption tried,

Apply abandoning and forgetting the Yorkshire. this" morning.

capacitated prisoners of war by means of with toorure of his speech Sir George little mazims of prudence, which this conference can only be satis carried no weight Bomebody is

British hospital ship to and from In It is believed that all the employes Holland, preparations were made to carry Buchaun remarked that during tas war longs to a world that has already disfactorily disposed of in a discussion Whitehall had been badly rapped

Great Eritain had advanced over appeared.

where full information on these over the knuckles for that which is escaped. Some damage was done in out the exchange on the 7th inst. Ger £600,000,000, to her Allies for the pur

is for the first time in the all to the good for the Empire, seeing the neighbourhood, and possibly many telegraphed through the American chase of war material, which otherwise Embassy, prior to America's severance would have been unprocurable, besides

long withstood the aid of business reply to the man power resolution sur there were some "casualties but this of diplomatic relations, that the depar what she had supplied direct.― Reuter

PEXIQ, Feb. 13.

tives. The great advantage, indeed, men have coat the Empire enormous they are able to understand how the is not yet known.

ture of a hospital ship with severely wounded Germans was no longer con

The contract signed by the Vice of the prospective Imperial Confer sums in waste and incompetence. present scheme causes uncertainty and

employees, of military age to sidered cafe, and suggested the trans portation of wounded to and from A story of the Into Lord Kitchener, President for the purchase of the Shang-ence is that it promises decisions. But the new Pranier is going sull truote that all employees will encou England by Dutch paddle stemmers, cures of which the mean, for the achat opina stocks has been confirmed by endorsed by the Empire as a whole furthere has proved the value of the Advisory Committee, but if

Blter careful and thorough ventila-trained specialists, in the various that employers are putting presioro

departments, and so from day to ny employees not to do so or that mea which would be guaranteed a German carney of the present writer can the President.

vouch, is not without its deeper-lesson ROKE, Feb. 18,

safe conduct. The transport of severely to-day it an early stage în the negu-

more men of that stamp are being mintary age are objecting for other reasons to be examined Find Like advies, Germany is instituting an old clothes

ready in consider Italian seaplanes bombed, the wounded English prisoners would be ciations leading up to the Peace of

If the Germans are preparing, as Aumored to breakfast at Downing the Government and rhips in the harbour of anspended until Britain's reply was Vereeniging (May, 1909) a distinguished monopoly. The atilization of test off communities Argenti

Street where the Premier Obtains whether the soljoint mee

Pola and returned safely,

ing those of German and English or in-bief sent the latter at which will hava s monopoly of the purit is said, for after war trade and from them vieweds to this and that representatives cannot de, 100% niki received. Future repatriations, includ officer and personal friend of the Com clothing entreated to

a private talerram as follown chase of these article.The exchange of other developme tas need is problem with which to check the enactment providing for com An enemy air squadron bombed prisoners, would thereafter be affected May we sing at Church parade next old for new articles will be carried out

sapience of the permanent official. Ca hospita

train at Brindisi 8 in the same manner

Sunday hyrano. 637.1 (Fesce per- on the ticket systein. During 1917 two obvious for an Imp Comment feet peace) The reply cate stern and

shoes de luxe will be slowed Pusof Red Cross officials and two civilans The Foreign Office adds

Jermanent offent prompt: #Nosing hymus: Ko 200 lt person in return for used 11 we agreement as to the policy as the All this makes the

Purable pain

Ten o'clock till four, and we "Christian, soek mot yet repose

EXPLOSION AT A YORKSHIRE

MUNITIONS FACTORY.

LoxDor, Feb. 18.

AUSTRIAN AIRMEN BOMB A HOSPITAL TRAIN.

Saware wound

EXCHANGE OF FRISONERS.

GERMANY'S INSULTING"

SUGGESTION.

on such communications seems super

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MAN-POWER EN THE PM.L.

„COMPULSION NOT IMPOSSIBLE.

A Kuala Lumpur telegram to the Straf

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