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ANOTHER AIRSHIP RAID THE PEACE MANŒUVRE

AN AGENT EXPELLED FROM

RUSSIA

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À ZEPPELIN. BROUGHT DOWN.

LONDON, June. 17.

PETROGRAD, June 17.

M. Holmän requested the Swi

A British official report states that; early this morning some enemy airships) Minister to communicate his offer approaches the east and south-east through Robert trimite, a Swiss citizen who came to Petrograd in

vousta.

Two came a short distance inland. the middle of May," ostensibly one crossing East Anglia, the other cometing us "guide to "returning ing over Kent. The latter dropped Russian refugeek. bombs and some damage was done, also it is now henced that tbo. a fire broke out in a coast town."

Provisional Government has oeylered One Zeppelin was brought down in the expulsion of Grimm because it has evidence simt he is a pucifist Germa-agent.

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The Fress Barenn announces that two- airships were engaged in last night's raid.

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Grimm has already left Russia. CONGRESS OF DELEGATES APPROVES THE EXPULSION. A general Congress of the Council of

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open places and was shortly afterwards brought down in flames and destroyed by a pilot of the Royal Flying Cups,

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THE WESTERN FRONT

BRITISH SLEDGE-HAMMERING !! IN FLANDERS.

WHAT IT INVOLVES,

PARIS, June 17.

The Echo de Paris states that the

British "oledge hammering" at Ypres

the Fetrograd Council of Workmen's and Soldiers Delegates has been elected President.

The Congress has approved of the expulsion of Robert Gen by kin votes tu 11. It is of opinion that the expulsion is essential intha interests of the Russian Revolution and Interna- rional Socialians.

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

AMERICAN MISSION GREETED BY THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.

AMERICA'S REQUEST TO RUSSIA.

NEW YORK, June 17

A message from Petrogiad states that Mr. Elita Root who is the leader of the and Armentieres is forcing Germany American Mission to Russia, was greeted to decide between further- most by the Provisional Government."

costly suerifices in order to maintain her new lines in Flanders, or a fresh

retrest

EKEMY ATTACK ON FRENCH FRONT FRUSTRATED,

LONDON, June 17. A French communiqué reports:—An enemy attack, in the course of prepara- tion, against our positions at La Bovelle, to the north east of Gerny, was dispers ed by our fire.

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In a speech Mr Root laid stress upon the fearful ringer of the Germ Military Autoemey threatening Ragam new-found freedom, and the world's liberty: America, he said, had begun to fight for Russia's liberty equally es for her own and she asked Russia to reciprocate.

M. Terestebenko, the Prime Minister, expressed his confidence in Russia's ability to meet the problems of the ercation of a strong internal democratic

The artillery thiel is most intense on force and to fight the external foo. the Hurtebise sector.

ACTIVITY OF PORTUGUESE

TROOPS. 7

LONDON, June 17.

"Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig states that Portuguese troops repelled several raida during June..

PROLONGED INACTIVITY CON- DEMNED BY DUMA.“

"TREASON TO THE ALLIES."

PETROGRAD, June 17.

The Duma has passed a resclation that a separate peace and prolonged insetivity on the Russian fronts would We successfully carried out a raid to be ignoble and treason to the Allies.· the north of Gouzenequit. Our artillery The maintenance of Russia's safety frustrated an enemy raid to the south and her berties, depended upon the of Ypres Comines canal.

immediate resumption of the 'offensive.

APAN-RUSSIAN CONGRESS.

PRISONERS BEHIND-THE

FIGHTING LINE.

LONDON, June 17.

PETROGRAD, June 17.

The Pan-Russian Congress of Soldier A German official message states that and Sailors Delegates has opened. * Great Britain has announced that the withdrawal of sil German prisoners-of- AUSTRIAN PARLEMENTAIRES war to "thirty kilometrca behind the front has been completed, all British war prisoners have been, similarly

·GRAYE RIOTING IN GERMANY.

ARRESTED.

PETROULAD, June 17. Two Austrian officers and two privates who visited the Russian lines at Yezopol, on the south western front

arrested as parlemanisiren have been AMSTERDAM, June 17 and have proved to be members of the Greve rioting is reported to have A Austrian Espionage Burean. taken place at Essco and another German town.

INCIDENT IN A RECENT NAYAL ACTION:

TIRING ON RESCUERS.

Loxnow, June 18.

THE SILVER MIRKET,

LONDON, June 18. There is nothing doing on the silver markest which is steady..

LONDON, June 18 announced of Colonel

OBITUARY:

The death

Colonel

A statement by the Admiralty dis closes that a British destroyer, while rescuing German survivor who Thomas jumped overboard during the naval action on June 5 was fired on hy

the German destroper 8.20 before the biilitary the latter sunk, and also by the shore fle badalas

Frontier. batteries while enswy seaplanes

livered over to drop bombs