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SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1917.

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'THE REVOLUTION IN

RUSSIA.

beening mors or leas under onderød rule--that is to say a rule over which the President and the Duban are exercising control. (Loud Cheers.)! *We have every reason to belièyo that she movement is in 'nowiso devoted towards an effort to secure pence. Aut against the Russian -DESIRE TO AID ARMY AT THE Government for not carrying on the

FRONT.

war with the expected efficiency and Orators from the Duma steps dwelt energy. " on the necessity for the preservation of ender and the need for an immediate resumption of work in all the factorios, lest the armies at the front be handicap ped when on the verge of victory.

The correspondent after Estering to speeches returned to the centre of the

BEFORE THE REVOLUTION.

Led val

The latest despatch ftom Router's Petrograd correspondent further de- scribes the ereats loading ip to the

revolution.

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town where he found the district Law Courts afame. A little distance of he

says that for weeks the saw signs of a recent fight between people, have been obliged to stand for factions. The guard used machine-guns five hours in 40 degrees of frost, waiting and rifles but there were few casualties: to buy bread. Even than they fro. Generally the Government troopequently did not obtain any. Potatoes showed little reluctance in accepting are eight times dearer than the usual prices, while the price of other food staffs are prohibitive.

the inevitable.

Telegraphing on the evening of the 13th the correspondent saysAll the Military and Naval forces in Petrograd bave now declared themselves on the side

of the people. Troups from Cronstadt,

with a few officers, have arrived and joined. The streets are now perfectly safe though there is occasional exuberant fring

There has heen wholesale demolition

www

The Minister of Agriculture has ascribed the state of affairs to the non- arrival of four owing to snowstorms,

though snowstorms are phenomenal

has this time of the year

M.. Protopopoff who is a wealthy manufacturer as well as à courtier with a reputaton for debonnair duplicity, was absent from Saturday's food conference convened by Mr. Rodzianko, It is

THE CHINA

MESOPOTAMIA.

FURTHER BRITISH PROGRESS.

Loxtos, March 16. An official despatch from Mesopotamia reports:-

After establishing posts on the left bank of the Tigris, 30 miles up stream, General Mauda attacked the Turkish

MAIL

SUCCESSFUL "RAIDS BY THE

FRENCH.

Losbos, March 15, +

such case arises Sir. Henry May told the

· Legislative Council that he would- make recommendations for dealing with it Because there is ng provision, we have A French communiqué reporta- always said that the call out here is upon Between the Avre and the Oise, after the single men dale. Married" "men in violent artillo y preparation, we exided thousands have had to leave their bónu several points on the enemy's wrecked in England, and the married man here front, reaching the third line stone is

Bot exempt except to this extent, point, and occupying the wood to the that he cannot go froni the Enso leaving depth of half a mile and taking wits to whits for herself, and the im prisoners.

perial separation alkurnace does not by Actually Lay means net such cases,

Abombing fight at Msions de Champagne resulted in our progressing.

trenches.

rearguard" on the right bank of the fani occapying soverst communication, our feeling is that no married man should

river 13 miles to the north of Bagdad, after a night march on Wednesday, The Turks were driven back three

miles and they continued to fall back tilllusk

"

We occupied a portion of the town off Bakubah on the right bank of the Diala

REPORTED EXODUE OF U.A GERMANS TO MEXICO.

Losudy, March 15. Reuter learns from reports reaching London that a large number of Germans are leaving the United States for

Our machine guni caused a fire on a Mexico. stemor which small Turkish

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be' pressed to go until every single man he bean called up, and whenever thef Tampacial Government gives the word to introduce compulsion, wo shaft welcome is just Because" there are still so many single men to whoor is impossible to apply any other term than slacker** Meantime every man has clearly "before him the Bassurance that his services-are needed, and thus what others do or lanva Ingdana dows not affect him in the least.

attempting to cross the Tigris on GERMANS KILL BRITISH NURSES. owe his services to his country Tuesday night. It drifted down the captured with a quantity river and was of ammunition.

BRITISH LOAN TO RUMANIA.

JASSY, Mar. 9. It is announced by the Cabinet that lend Great Britain has agree to

SALONIKA, March 15, British airmen bombed German air camps at Hudova, as a reprisal for German airmen bombing the hospital at Vertekop, killing two British nurses..

THE FRENCH WAR MINISTER.

PARIS. March 15.. Admiral Laenze, the Minister of Marine, has been appointed War Minis-

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Ramunia £40,000,000.

WESTGATE BOMBED BY GERMAN Pro lim

AEROPLANE.

LONDON, March 16. The Press Bureau announces that a

dropped bombs on Westgate., Thera" were no caualties and the damage done was slight.

and burning of police stations in regenerally believed that he was enged hostile seroplane, at 5.30 this morning, venge for the police, in soldiers' uni; in spiritualistic xcances .at the forms, maning machine-guns and drop-Tsarskinelo palace. pinggrenules from buildings and house A Naval Brigade which was thus machine-gunned retaliated with a sharp fusillade, broke into an hotel which was used as a hospital, arrested 200 Russian officers and took them to the

.

The wounded among the foreign officers, including Britishers, are treated with the greatest courtesy. They have been transferred elsewhere. It isesti.

few hundred.

With the Premier a nonentity it is not surprising that the Food situa- in produced dismay. Although thousands of Consucks and mountedl infantry Patrolled the Nevsky the prople were not deterred and they dienstented from 10 o'clock i the morning until 10 at night. It sinirkable that they were mostly of the middle classes. They cheered

RAILWAY STRIKE ANNOUNCED IN AMERICA.

"

HONGKONG

he is young enough and tram enogh to serve Ele has no right ta shelter. behind the assertion..it wil employer that his service apa necesary here. It is iz his power to volunteer, and to make his employer prove that ba cannot be spaced, and this he must do if he would be trung to his own manhood, To those who hesitate we would say this from the ¡depths of a long life experience :-* You

can never be a man is you act like coward. "Year after year the knowledge} that you shirked will eas into your heart, (degnuling you in your own estination and making you hate yourself and hate the SINGAPORE.world, which will seven you because you

Wi take the following from Straits Times of the Bedin

arennt of those who wear the token of manly, service honourably rendered. " theProbably there are many who do not quite

realise what it will mean when the men

A recent expy of the China Mail who have fought come back again from bringe before what is happening in the fiery orden) which has exalted their Hongkong with reference to active mer. vier. There are, it appears, a number fof men there who want to go on service, aub there are a curtain namby more who MUCITY

to have argued that the Govern HALF A MILLION MEN

meat was vetoing the departure of men CONCERNED.

Ultimately Colony, NEW YORK, March 16.overnor was asked to consider a

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inanhool. These neu will have no aed for the shirkers the men who hid be hind petticoats or made petty little ex used to get out of facing duty and anger. To live as a parish, scorned by ail true manly men that is the future of the shirler, and he must be a sorry wrotch if he can ecntemplate it with the equazionity.

In order to enforce their demanis emorial from the men of military age

mated that the civilian casualties are a the tops and sotne of the latter for an 8-hour day andi-pro rata pay-from 20 to 55 Thas memorial asked

Most of them were doffed their hats and cheered back for overtime, four of the representa- | people wounded; the streets present abut to this eloquent sign of the times

the authorities remained blind."

moat animated appearance with troops and hospital vans. There is. ceaseless cheering and a feeling of the deepest thanksgiving for what has been accom-' filished with so little bloodshed

When the turbances culminate the Ministers were sitting at the Ad- miralty, which was defended by troops, but the gaari finally went over to the revolutionaries. The Minister of Justice took refuge in the Italian embassy, whence he telephoned to M. Rodzianko, President of the Drums, to send a motor car to take him to the Duma Committee. Dubuovin, the Black Hundred leader, has been arrested and taken to the Duma

Late last night the ex-minister M. Frotopopoff, voluntarily surrendered.

- Commissioners of the Executive Com-,

Jk Fi

- REJOICINGS AT MOSCOW.

Moscow, Mareb, 16. The inhabitants are rejoicing over the overthrow of the Government.

Officers are supporting the new National Government and a Military Committee has been formed to presrce order and regulate food supplies.

whether permisstor to volunteer fort tives of The Brotherhood

active service was refused. The answer Was in the negative, qualified by a state- announced a general railway strike, mest that the Governor must riverve

have

to begin at 6 o'clock on Saturday puwer to decide as to applications. Loom evening.

Half a million men are concerned. It is anticipated that President Wilson will intervene.

SPARING MEN FROM MUNITION WORK FOR PLOUGHING.

Lenox, March 15. The Press Bareau announces that the

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LIFE IN THE GERMAN RAIDER.

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RECORD OF A PRIVATEERING CRUISE.

Government servants. Civil Servants are servants of the Crown, and the Governor-responsible as he is for early

Copenhagen, Jan: 30. ing on the administration of the Colony"

The crew of the Norwegian steamer sad of maintaining peace and good order Pullbjorb, (Hallbjorg, which was yet. and the protection of life and property terelay reported, to haval hin sunday. therein is bound to decide the number which was stopped on her voyage from of officers required to carry on, the work America to France in December by the that is absolutely necessary in the public of the trip on board the German pri- new Moewe, give an interesting account interest. Nobody will demur to that vateer and the captured British steamer statement: and we think, also, that Sir Yarrowdale. Governrdent has agreed to spare for Henry May was right in saying that he Pallbjerb aw

One day

day the end of November the few weeks, ploughmen who

Jarge steamer Ap are "at could not introduce a compulsory netive |

The stranger changed ber present engaged in munition factories. service law without the anetion of the course "began manoeuvring in such In the House of Commons, Mr. Secretary of State. Co the other hand. manner that the Norwegian thought Bonar Law stated that, in connection wrong in refusing to set up a body, pa steamer and when a few yards away let it seems to us that he was obviously the crew must have gone mad. Suddenly the veel came towards the Norwegian with the withdrawal of men from tically identical with the Advisory Com-down her bulwarks, disclosing four large PETROGRAD, March 16,"

the Army for agricultural purposes,mities we have here, to deal with cases guns. At the same time a German fing very important conference the Cabinet, bad informed the War voluntarily brought forward, nnll he had was hoisted and an order given to the

Pallbjorb to

General Miosavsky, the Commandans at Moscow, and a thousand police and gendarmes have been arrested and political prisoners have been released.

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GREAT POLITICAL CHANGES IMPENDING IN RUSSIA.

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RESERTES.

EQUIPMENT.

Members are reminded of the neces sity for keeping..all Metal portions of their Clothing and Equipment properly

.mittee, of the Dumas have taken over between the Executive, the Duma Office and the Board of Agricul- the Secretary of State sanction. In sailors the Thirty naval officers the ministries and other important apund delegates of the workmen lasted tar that it regarded the production had to her abandoned, and Hongkong her. The

deed, the stitude was so resented that 1 saized 500 boxes arded the Pallbjorbi

of food. and then sank pointments have been made.

all night. Finally an agreement of food as even more important than has now an almost exact copy of the ship

proteated, saying was practically reached concerning sending additional

I not carry contraband; but the the transition period prior to the

into the Straits and F.M.S. systems. We are very German officers declared that they

they dis glad to hear that a number of the leading regarded the contraband regulations.

On board the Moewe was the crew of elections for a constituent assembly.

Erme in Hongkong are dealing with men 93 from the British steamer Voltaire, Major Hakeiman, Commanding H.K.Y.Rpolished. The Excentive insisted, in the,

who polunteer in a thoroughly generous which was !!

was unk on December 21. way-keeping their placed open for them, December Ney

Newfoundland trawler interests of the war, upon the neces

and in some cases helping them substato Gibraltar with fish. The same even- was stopped and sunk, while on a journey sity of a complete establishment of

tially to meet their family obligationing the C.P.R. liner Mount Temple, with order before the elections.

Is that being done here? We have heard

Cargo of

There is little doubt that the Army is now unamimods, including a number of officers in the crack regiments.

FOREIGN MINISTERS ENTER INTO RELATIONS On March 14 the British and French Ambassadors entered into business

relations with the exeentire of the Duma

The revolutionary troops have occupied the Winter Palace.

MR. BONAR LAW AND THE

"KATIONALISTS.

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On

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Hongkong, 18th March, 2017.

DETAIL.

PARADES. FOR VESZ WEEK.

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LONDON, March 16.

of 700 horses and BC01 tone of On duty from the morning of Sunday "M. Kerenski, who is a Socialist, Referring, in the House of Corn-very contradictory statements. We are marchandise, was stopped by seven the 16th March to the morning of Sunday The Grand Duke Cyril informed as accepted the portfolio of Minister Boat Law criticised the National-tell men point blank that the moment killed, and another sailor had both his

the Irish question, Mr told that certain large and wealthy firm shots. The steward and one aniler were the 28th March E.K.V.C.

Next for duty "B" Coy. H.KV.R.. the Committee that he placed the Justice on condition that a Conists for leaving the House on March they go their situations are closed to were

lega smashed. The crew, numbering unt

Orderly officer Lieut. C. R. Blason. taken on board. He said he was pot certain them for ever, and curiously enough Temple was finally sunk by bombs, the xarines under his orders at its disposal.stituent Assembly will be convened 7th. The Grand Duke visited the President and the elections are based on whether there was much sympathy except in a few cases of semi or actual borses struggling for life in the icy water. Monday, the 19th instant

with the Nationalists threat to go partnership we have not heard of local Large White Star liner Georgic, having tion in Bayonet Fighting at Scandal

In the evening of December 10 the

Sergeants will attend a class of Instrue. and placed himself. similarly at the universal suffrage.

into opposition. He declared that firm dealing with their men in a friendly on board 1.100 horses, was President's disposal

brought LATEST NEWS FROM RUSSIA. this might compel an appeal to the spirit. Perhaps we should except the balt by shots. Urcat panic prevailed onbat 5.15 Ph. Drew and undert

Recruits on the Cricket Ground at 5 Country on the ground that the directors of the "Strait Times." They on board and 50 of the men jumped into p.m. under Instructor Sergt. Oxberry. LONDON, March 16,

Nationalists would not let us get on gave one of their staff unlimited leave only one of them was drowned. The

the water without their clothes on, but reas: Drill order.

Signalling Section "A" and "B" Classes On Thursday evening the Grand with the war.

they have been paying him quarter salary vessel was then blown up by bombe. at Volunteer Headquarters at 15 pm There has been no communication for over a year, and they are banking Hundreds of horses, swimming towards ander Signalling Instructor L/Cpl. G. Duke Nicholas telegraphed to M from any of the Irish parties since another quarter of his salary which will the Moewe, made desperate efforts to Lloyd, Dres: Clean fatigue Rodzianko that in agreement with the debate on March 7th.

he handed to him when he returne to clamber on board, but the

German

Machine Gun Section at Wellington General Alexieff, he had requested The Government is earnestly con- take up the post he rated in order that sailors, standing with loaded revolvers, Farracks at 6 p.m. under Instructor

killed them as they reached the ship." the Tear to take the only possible sidering the situation

be might serve his country. There ara

Bergt Bowles. Dress: Clean fatigue. On December 11 the British steamer decision which would save Russia.

we hope faany other cases of men Yarrowdale was encountered As there Tuesday, 20th instant being decently treated, and we think it were already 500 men on board the Mowe the Courts at 5 pm. howloon and and secure victory.

would be a thoroughly good thing to name the captain decided that this latest cap Tattoo ections on e Polo Ground at

ture must go to Germany

with his firics as an example to others. Pay prisoners. For a whole day after loving 5.15 p.m. Drew: Drill order. ment of part salary may not be possible the Hawe the Tarrowdale was in com: Wednesday, 31st instant-

The Dums Committes has arrested M. Goremykin, the ex-Premier."

MOSCOW JOINS IN THE MOVEMENT.

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· Moscow adhered to the movement ад hour and . balf without a drop of blood being shed.

MANIFESTO TO TROOPS AT ·

THE FRONT.

M Rodzianko bas issued A

Calm is rapidly being restored in Petrograd. Troops are still clearing

manifesto to the Army at the front, the roots and garrets of partisans of and to the feet, assuring them the old regime.

The garrison at Tsarskoeselo has

that the struggle against tha"foreign enemy had not beer suspended for andhered to the new Government, welcoming the latter's delegates

moment.

The correspondent, telegraphing on most enthusiastically."--

March 15, stated that Cronstadt,

Hackoff and Nijninovgorod had declared

for the naw Government.

The Juma has arrested M., Eark, the

Minister of Finance.

TSAR ABDICATES.

REGENT, AFPOINTED.

LONDON, March 15. Mr. Bonar Law announced in the House of Commons that the Taar 'hes abdicated and that the Grand Duke Michael has been appointed "Begent

PETROGRAD COMING UNDER

ORDERED RULES

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

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THE BRITISH ADYÁNGE,

ENEMY WITHDRAWING

FURTHER SOUTH.

LONDON, March 15.

reports:—,"

tell a man that if he comes back he will

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"A" and "B" Con, on the rund-outside"

order.

in all cases, but it is simple decency to manication with her by wireless. The Recruits on the. Cricket Ground at 5 Yarrowdale at last got the order to go p.. under Instructor Sergt. Oxberry. northwards, and the ship then made for Dress: the south coast of Iceland,

Drill Norway Signalling Sections:" "A

"Class at the Cattegat, be, and was compelled Volunteer Bladetractor LCPL 0. by stormi to anchor near Hreen Island, under Signalling G. in the Sound, where a German patrol Lloyd Dress Clean fatigue.

that ship appeared. It was at this spot

sbsence.

ZELNSTER.

Pte. R. J. Sleat "is transferred to the ALK. Y. Carps.

Pte. E. Howard is transferred to the Mounted section.

HONGKONG POLICE RESERYE,

PERKANTATION,

A presentation to Chief Inspector at Headquarters Club on Wednesday, Mason and P. C. Fyfe will be made

March 21st, at 6:30 pm:

POLICE "SCHOOL””. Class IX (Chief Inspector Kerr).- Wednesday, March 21st, and Monday, March 26th.

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Clue X (Inspector Gerrard)-Monday, March 19th, and Thursday, March 29th,

Claas XI (Inspector Gordon)-Friday, March 23rd, and Friday, March 30th.

(Egd.) F. C. JaxxIN,

D.S.F. (R)

NURSERY PATRIOT.

Economy in washing in order to save

soap is the latest suggestion

For

How oft have I reviled

My own my darling child

chronic and enquestionable grubbi

ness,

and robbed it at the glory of fe chubbie

When streak on grimy streak Has marred that infant cheek

And, spite of may appeals

His little banan at meals:

Affront my sense of cultured domesticity,

step into his old place and that nobody will be allowed to felre advantage of his There has been a good deal of talk here

D" Co. at Yolunteer Headquarters ef a kind which was meant to suggest Field-Marshal. Sir Douglas Haig that the loca: system is not satisfactory, but they were discovered. They offered Thursday, 22nd instanta clsea of Ine

two British sailors attempted to scape at 8.10 p.m. Dress: Drill order. A CABINET FORMED.

We have argued that, short of a com- violent resistance, and bit and scratched The ares of the enemy's withdrawal pulsory system introduced by order of the enemy. The sext day the Yarrowdale struction in Baronet Fighting at Sean-

Bergeants will PETROGRAD, March 18,

| has extended southwards. The new National Cabinet is com

two and sanction of the Imperial Government, ft anchored in Bardial waters and a dal Point at 0.15 pm Dress: Drill We occupied trenches of a two and is sufficiens for all purposes. A man who prisoners were commanded to

Swedish destroyer! appeared. The boo onder. posed as follows:

half miles front southward of St. Pierre

go below. Recruits

ta on the Cricket Ground at s Premier and Minister of Interior. Vasst wood to the north of Baillieel. wants to go can ascertain Erst ball The Swedish officar came on hoard, but im under Instructor Sergt. Orberry. Prince Lvolt.

Wa beat off strong counter-attacks whether be in medically fit. If the failed to find anything suspicious. Dress Drill order. President of the Alliance-Mastward of Achietie-Fatit and improved answer is satisfactory he can go book revolvert levelled against the prisoners Barracks at 6 pm. under Instructor all their Ethiopian simplicity

Meanwhile the Germans stood with their

Machine Gun Section at Wellington Zemstvos.

our position in this neighbourhood. an Advisory Committee to settle the quos in the holde

Sergt. Bowles. Dress: Ulcan fatigue Despatched in sad disgrace, Foreign Affairs-M. Iniliukoff. The enemy entered our trenches to tion of whether or not he can be spared, the south-east of Arras. A few British and if the answer of such a committee

Friday, 23rd instant Justice--M. Kirenski. Communications.-M. Nekrassoff. are missing.

is in the affirmative, the employer who resiste if and tefosos to keep the man's Commerce.-M. Konovalo.

place open is a hog-he is, indeed, pretty Education. Manuiloft

cloes up to being a traitor, and we would. Agriculture M Shingreff.

Uka to 868 very suda dim or individual War and Marize.-M. Dutchkoff, Finance M, Tirestchenko

Comptroller of the State.-M.

Godne

M Mamiloff, the Minister of Education is a Moscow professor Mr. Bonir Lew stated that tele. and Dutchkoff is a Comellor of

showed that Petrograd ia-Emple

Another raiding party was repulsed to the north-east of Neuville St. Vaast

TROUBLE AVERTED

-A LIFE-SAVER:

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Storekeepers.

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My orders may be clear,

But still those pada appess

To wash his hands and face,

y detectable.

And try, at least, to make himself and Signalling Sections including all t

Jak work respectable, exempted members the Cricket Although he does his best Ground at 5.15 p.m. Dease: Full MarchIt still must be confest ing orders Haverianka Water bottles, pouches with 150 rounds Amante aut remler achieved to serve tion, Montin in Covers, Great Costs in Carriers, Shorts and pattoos. Topeen will be worn. Starday 24th instant ****

Cos. Machine Gun and ana alling Sections including all

chers on Ede Cricket Ground Marching order. pazado:

But now at last 1 sop CA, patriot is he Who patiently enduren paters

And plainly shows his grit He wants to do his bit.