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*THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1917.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page 1.)

BOASTFUL PROCLAMATION

BY THE KAISER.

**WE ARE INVINCIBLE AND WILL BE VICTORIOUS.”

Lösnos, August 1. The Kaiser has issued a progelatini, tion to his Army, Navy and Colotilal troops in which læ says:---

THE SUBMARINE PIRACY:

BRITISH WEEKLY RETURNS.

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Losges, August 1.. The Admiralty report for last week is as follows:-

Arrivals A

Sailings.

2.747 2.770"

Sunk, over 1,000 tons Sunk, under, 1,800 tons

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3.

Enagiccessfully attacked

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THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY.

LONDON, Aug. 2 There was a meeting of the Cotton Control Board at Minchester today to consider the proposals for stopping forty per cent. of the spindles and looms and of imposing a levy on the owners of machinery, which, is allowed to work for the Fenent of the "machinery, and off You "rusbeat Rumatiku last Sear.40,000 workers who would otherwise The Russia Empire again trembles be rendered idle under your strikes, -.. Both these

The third your of war has enles. Our adversaries have increased bit their prospects of victory sup to "battery

The Annual Conferyfice of Textile States terificed themselves for Workers, representing 250,000 workers, etherey and now Jord death.

was hell at Blackpool You braved the enemy's assitults in Muvedonia and in the mighty, birti^ of the West you renin unsters,

Your lines, aw firm, posterting the dear ones at home against the ter- roes and devastation of war.

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The Navy new nekieved good, MN sults and threatened the enelays. gengestionand and their very exist

Fur, from-hoone, a little but is defending a Gemini Colony against many times superior forces.

The Chairmau said that after the; [glathus of the army, for food, supplies for the people and on shipping had been met, the claims of the Lancashire cotton trade must be very inily considered. It was the fovernment's duty to deal with the available cotton supplies so ustu sectire regularity of employment and full wage earning power to the work people Tishort time became necessary the wages must be equal to full time wages. Nothing else would prevent disputes and stoppages which they all wished

W to av

and our allies will also be, victorions in 1918. Ours is the will to final

victory.

the

War is still being forced upon us. We fight for existence in the fiture „with firi, resojation and courage and with growing proddur “our, strength grows. We are invincible prel will he victoriams. The Try" God- will be with ns in

in the fiel „PROCLAMATION FRCw

GERMAN PEOPLE,

Hovedrums. August 3. "Tipe Kpisar ias"issued a prochus them to the Gemmon prophy in which

te says:

After tips peurs et hand fightid We are resolutidy getermined- to | prosecute this rightfus war? of Fetter a Kjeressful toriuination, The enemy, giver will have Gerum territory to whicle they, ure stretche ing out their higi We are not frightened by new nations continu- ing outer the war against us, thir genies wish 10 be weak mal jewerless at their feet, but they

hell, ant prevail,

"They "discpired oxar "peace - woods. They did not kuow how Germany

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MR. HENDERSON'S VISIT TO PARIS.

Instos, August 1.

The Timers states that Mr. Henderson's visit to Paris has caused crisis in the Labour Pusty.

THE CHINA MAIL.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE OFFENSIVE IN FLANDERS.

ALLIES ADVANCE ON A FRONT OF

"FIFTEEN","MILES:

POWERFUL? DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS CARRIED.

3,500 PRISONERS BROUGHT IN

LONDON, August 1. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports

The Allied operations have been successfully continued, despite the unfavourable weather..

and advanced our line on

We entered the enemy's positions front of over fifteen miles from La Bastes Ville, the Lye River, to Steenstrant, on the Yser River. We captured both villages.

The French, closely co-operating with and protecting the British loft Hank, captured Steenstrant, rapidly penetrat. ing the German defences to a depth of

two miles

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THE RUSSIAN FRONT,

RUSSIANS HEAVILY ENGAGED,

LONDON, August .. A wireless Russian official message

We threw back the enemy, who bad crossed the the Zbruss northward of; Husistyn, and restored the situation-

We frustrated an effort to cross the Zortez in the region of Fukliany Podlipie

Wo evacuated. Zalesnik, and fall back to the Zalesnik-Snistyn front. We also fall back southward of the Valepatna Kimpolung road.

The Rumanians captured fortified positions on the right bank of the Putna

THE PARIS LABOUR CONFERENCE.

MR, HENDERSON'S ACTIONS EXCITE MUCH FEELING,

FRUITION OF WEEKS OF PREPARATION.

Router's Correspondent of the British Headquarters, telegraphing at p.m., states

1.

We got on with, the war famously daring the hat twelve hours Natar ally the achievements are the fruition of weeks of preparation and rehearsal

The fighting extended over such a very great width that it is impossible to reduce to delnita tarms the full measure of success. Everywhere the same quiet emile of satisfaction, speaking volumes, is observable.

A whole British Army advanced an average depth of a thousand yards by 10 am, which means, a lot in trenek,

warfare.

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The prisoners are streaming in, and many are readily surrendering.

We crossed the Ysenat many places. Our bridging work is, wonderful, one division alone, exposed to fire the whele']. time, throw over seventeen bridges....

The country where the heaviest LONDON, August 1. There is much feeling in the House of fighting is developing may be likened to a a vast saucer, of which the German Commons over Mr. Henderson's visit to positions form the rim. Nowhere is Paris. Bis explaustion today is anx there any great ridge to tackle such as ously awaited, as the decision of the at Vimy and Messines, but a steady Labourite Exgentive to appoint ineline scarcely appreciable to the eye Having gained our day's objectives at delegates for Stockholm reverses the and rendered difficult by the stubbiy an early hour, we continued the attack, fanchester resolution of January, and it growth and sparse trece to where," and with greatest gallantry we captured is believed this is due to Mr. Hatlerson's further north, it merges into the Yeer Bixsehocte and the position south-east.elvice since his return from Russia It. front of two-and-a-half miles, including there will be less danger to the Alhe wart and westward of the village on a is understood that the motive inter lying the change is the feeling that | Kortekeer-Cabaret.

We repulsed a counter-attack in the cause if the Auglo-French represent atives are at Stockholm to check the afternoon.

impulsiveness of the Russians.

and left-centre penetrated to a depth of The British Divisions in the centre two miles and secured the crossings of the Steenbesk River, which were their final objectives.

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The Daily Chronicle declares that the Conservatives, resentful at Mr. Churchil's appointment,, are making the most of the Henderson incident in order to teach the Government a lesson.

The Times and the Daily Telegraph, în editorials, denounce Mr. Henderson's

In the course of their attack they stormed two powerful defensive systems and carried the villages of Verlorenhoek, Freznberg. Stutter and kan suctions. woola organize in these localities. many strongly defended farms and

Further south, our right-centre, after gaining the whole of the first objectives inclurling Hooge and Sanctuary Wood, avancert against the most obstinate resistanes and over difficult country in

and al carried Westhoek, the neighbourhood of the Ypres Menin

It is anffärstood that the Ministers informed Mr. Heißlerson, yesterday, of their anxiety to see him as early as possible.

BRITISH OFFICIAL DENIAL OF GERMAN ALLEGATION."

statement

"Lospos, August. 1. The Admiralty genies the German official

that hospital ships, were misused in Mesopotami. The German allegation is based on We have penetrated the enemy's the Commissioners criticisms of lack of defences to a depth of a mile.

hospital asip accommodation, necessitat There has been heavy fighting all daying, temporarily, the conversion into long and it is still continuing

hospital ships of two steamers which were loaded with horses anel ammuni-

We repulsed a number of powerful comiter-attacks.

It is statert that Mr. Hewlerson did not čonsult dime of the Labour Minis ters with regard to the new orientation Labour Policy and the strongest other carly in the day on the extreme right W'e gained the whole of our objectives have restived not to foilaw him. It is southward of the Zillebeke--Zanvoorde suggested that Mr. Henslerson's read, capturing La Bassee Ville and

Holleboke in addition, and inflicting signation is the only solution...

Beavy casualties.

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The more stalwart labour leaders are. Three thousand five hundred prisoners now up in arms and will determinally have aiready been brought it. It is oppose the proposal that

impossible yet to acctirately estimate British

the captures. Labourites" shall meet the Herman Socialists during the war

THE SILVER MARKET.

"

LONDON, Aug. Silvar is quoted at 7:401. There) is chiefly, Contineutal denwand wid the Market in steady.

NEW BRITISH SHIPYARD.

THE FRENCH REPORT.

HEAVY "GERMAN LOSSES.

BARIN, Aug. 1.

tion.

did not claim immunity, did not hoist The Admiralty points out that these the Red Cross and did not display marks indicating their claim to titral ity. The enemy would not have acted illegally if they had sunk them.

SPAIN TO INTERN A GERMAN

SUBMARINE.

:)

MADRID, August 1. The Prsinier states that the German submarine, which anchored at Corunna and has been taken to Ferrol, will be interned.

SOCIALIST CONFERENCE.

Lusnos, "Aug. 1. The Socialist conference in London has been fixed for the 28th inst..

A communiqué Baya After crossing the Yaer canal at night, the Freach, at in the morning, attacked in conjunction with the British as their right. The formidable artillery prepara tion completely "levelled the German. organisations, and inflicted heavy losses. FRENCH PREMIER AND GERMAN

By the end of the morning we had captured both enemy positions. The troops, ardently passing over the ob

advanced to the Lizerne Dixtude road, capturing Eixschoote, and Korteker Cabaret.

Twenty one acres of river frottage at Stockton-on-Tees were recently trans ferred by the Tees Conservancy Boardjective, to the Fast-Coast-Steel Corporation, and stee: works and shipyards are to be built on the site at a cost of two or three millions sterling.

THE MODERN VOLUNTEER.

Our louses were insignificant. We took much meterial and many prisoners,

The battlefield was covered with Ger- man dead:

The artillerying in the Aisne is most violent.

mads, world-wide;" but they cimet extinguish German glory. Ger many starkhe "burnoyabk, victoris and intrepid and will meet possible farther bar trials with grave mien, and full of faith. If the uneing wishes to prolong the war bis guffer" ing will be havies than ours.

iust tirelessly toil and fight, but

Details of the Royere fighting show

·Gommans may be assured that Ger

that the French, on the whole battle The close touch which is now each front, exceeded their objective, and were man blood and zent are not being listed between the Volunteers and Re gambled with for the empty shadowgular Training Battalions for instruc-able to clean up the trenches which of ambition, or schemes of conquest, soldiers the virtues of an age of

tional purposes emphasises for civilian were shoked with German dead.

speci- The enemy, at eleven in the morning, ***But in defence of a strong, free Eunism, remarks, a London contemporary attacked west of Chevigny, but were

pire in which our children may live The overage Volunteer is full of ad-repulsed.

miration for those magnificent young men, securely,

the staff instructors, under whose tuition he has lately come

Every department has its".

Pry

expert. There is the fierce bayonet fighter, the bumber, the aiming instructor, the firing

the martinet at.drill, the pundit who ex- pounds the mechanism of the rifle and differentiated: all address the

THE CANADIAN-PARLIAMENT.

THE CONSCRIPTION BILL."

*

OTTAWA, "Augusti.

instructor, the teacher of entrenching.

Three German regiments attacked east of Cerny, but were driven back by imterlinte coupler attacks.

"GERMAN ACCOUNT.

LONDON, August 31,

A wireless German-official message After drum-firo, strong attacks were

Six ne Senators have been awarching the retards section-es~

them on the

“A

CHANCELLOR,~~~

"CLUMSY MANEUVRE."

PARI, Ang-1.

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appointed moment for the beginning of the enemy, one

The artillery were literally pursuing minute after the the attacks, all our guns were moving|| forward.

that the Hans have not stiffened their The borrespondent expresses surprise front more, in view of the long anticipation of attack, and surmises it is due to a shortage of resources He realises that the enemy, have large mnases of reserves, but says it is rather extraordinary that the enemy are not taking full advantage of the unusually favourable positions.

Our troops are imbined with a fine spirit of determination. They crept up close behind the barrage in readiness to rush the Gernian trenches, when the guns lengthened the range. In one case they actually dashed through their own Are in order to prevent the escape of a large number of Hans who were prepar leg to fee, and they bagged numerous prisoners at amall cost.

The correspondent proceeds to refer to the boiling oll-drums mentioned on June 10th which are enough to quench the most heroic spirits. Our people, penditure in these projectiles. In some realising this, did not economise ex- places the Huns are fighting as sturdily as ever, and he instances a strong redoubt, bristling with machine-gums, holding out to the last. When it was finally rushed there was not a single unwounded man in the garrison. The correspondent remarks:It is true there had been a little white flag în- cident here, which, perhaps, influencer |the garrison's rezolve to avoid surrender:" The weather has cleared considerably since early morning, and there is great

is activity.

QUARRELLING AMONG THE. PRISONERS.

In a supplementary report, sent off gesterday afternoon, Renter's correspon- dent says:-

The infantry prisoners are so bitter against the gunner prisoners, owing to alleged insuficient support, that it is necessary to separate them. It trans- pires that the Welsh particularly dis- tinguished themselves against the Kaiser's Evourite fusiliers.

The correspondent towebes on the Fratch accomplishments, which evoked the highest admiration. They threw 29 bridges across the Yser and made very deep advance.

In the Flouse of Deputies, M. Ribot referred to Dr. Michelin's speech. He declared that the facts had been grossly inisrepresented The Tsar promised to support French claims in Alsace- The Germans show signs of counter Lermine, and agreed to the creation of attacking from the Langtarke lins to anautonomons State from the territories wards St. Julien. They have already left of the Rhine in order to protect counter-attacked unsuccessfully in the Belgium and France against trans- neighbourhood of Pilkem. Rhenish invasion. The German Chan- | cellor ignored France's repeated declara tions of not pursuing a policy of con quest and subjugation. The ailegation that France wanted andexations was a clamay mametre anlikely to deceive anyone. The restoration of Alsace- Lorraine, which was violently seized, was an entirely different matter.

RUSSIA AND THE ALLIED' WAR-

LIMS,

PETROGRAD, Aug. 1." The Foreign Office denies the state ment made by Dr. Michaelis to jour

SUPREME COURT.

A SUCCESSFUL APPEAL.

Sir William Rees Davies, KC, Chief Justice, and Mr. Justice Gompertz, delivered judgment in the Full Court this morning, in the case in which Mr. Eldon Potter appealed against a decision

in, in the Upper House, thus ensuring bo "Uncle," and keep, "Oh, you're commenced on a wide front from theists in Berlin, that Russia had specially of the Puisnéadge, given in chambers,

a majority for the Compulsory Service Bill, which enters its second reading stage. to-morrow,

Cardinal Hegin, of Quebec, han initiated an opposition to the conscrip tion of Divinity students, asserting that it would be a violation of the Treaty assuring Canadian Catholics of the free practice of their religion which would lead to fatal religious discorda

TEA SALES.

LONDON, Aug. 1 There was again a very keen demand at yesterday's tea anies for the better class Indian tean, especially the

with After mc, nip!

slow, slow!" An attempt at a shout Yser to the Lya."

during a bayonet charge was compared The French penetrated at two points

to the effort of "a lot of horse robius." And thus amartness is instilled.

GERMAN SPIES' MAP..

HOW NAVAL INFORMATION WAS

TELEGRAPHED,

The "Tidens Tegn (Christiania) pub- lishes a map which was found in the possession of spics-in Gothenburg. It shows the extent of sea from the Baltic the Atlantic and from English Channel to a point north of Bergen. The map is marked with mambored aquares, and has a telegram code attached,

to

the

According to this code a

to this code a torpede boat

at Chemin-des-Dames.

BRITISH AND ENEMY SOCIALISTS.

LONDON, August 1.

The Blackpool Textile. Federation Conference, by a narrow majority, de- cided to support the recommendation of the Labourite Executive to meet the enemy Socialists at Stockholm.

The majority acted do the advice of Mr. Henderson.

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MIKE (in bed, to BIG BEN as it goes off) “I fooled yez that time. I was not ashape at all.

described the local prisons as the worst they have ever seen.

the Times correspondent at Pou octu THE IMPRISONED RUSSIAN „JYVHSTEIN,

message dated June 7th wrote During & visit yesterday Peter

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protested to France against the latter's as follows

A person named Ho Ngok Lan took war aims, and says that an Allied Con ference will shortly exhaustively, ex-out summons under section. 61 of the amine Kuasis' general declaration of Trustees Ordinance asking for the relief war aims made ou May 18th.

of the Court. The summons 'WAS AD ez parte summons, and when it came before the Puisne Judge, his Lordship directed that the papers should be seved upon s person named Ho Cheng Tse, and they were so served. Hoben The took EX-TEARS LIFE AS A PRISONER, Reval sailors forced four lines of out a summons that the brief of Ho Ngok kau might be struck out, and this enemy trenches, instead of two, application duly came on-for-bearing summer residents into Tsarskoe relo, On account of the large, influx of When they asked for Dating the hearing a preliminary ob- additional measures were taken to guard reinforcements the soldiers fired on the jection was taken by Mr. Alabaster for Nicholas II, and his family from pus and Paul Forties, where sailors, who, between the fires, began to the respondent, that Ho Cheng Tse gible indiscretions. The ex-Tear is Ministers are confined, I formed the retire, only 14 being unwounded. Three officers-shot themselves rather than right not be heard upon this summons permitted to take exercise for only two impression that no indue hardship bus

innemuch as she had not entered an retreat

appearance and the Puisne Judge fund hours daily, morning and evening A be imposed, and that if no colaxation. GERMAN REPORT in favour of that preliminary objection. military escort follows all his movements peronted it is perhaps well

should be so in the inferents "f. The Chief Justice delivered judgment from a distance not exceeding 25 paces, the prisoners themselves, They pr LONDON, August 12 A wireless official: German message costs of this appeal, but each ride to pay ly. The ex-Tsar and his wife have tu: sician, whose orders in respect of diet in favour of the appellant, allowing The children take their outing seperate rinily attended by a well-known phy- says.

roberrved. The prisoners are scrupulovaly it's own cont of the hearing in the lower appear of their window twice daily, in ore We have gained new successes in

the be able guard may The Puisne Jadge alsrelived judge cordon of troops surrounds their daily exercise they wear thei

to see them. & triple

In their cells, over ordinary gown, while the Palace Cilian clothes. When they zo: out for ment agreeing with that of the Cuiet grounds mister of Justice has authorized hats and overcouts: They as pernille Justice in the light of the further ar guacate on the question addressed the Grand Duchess Maris Pavlovns to to see relativis un a week for beide the Full Court, S

leave the Caucasus, where she lins been minutes, and to write an Dive oin

fare m Mr Eldon Potter, for the appellant under domiciliary arrest for six weeks, letter week

*****exictly the sanie argued that the Court should allow and to go to Finland

At a meeting of the Labour section of whe guard them Fuch Inma costa of the hearing in the lower Court, the Petrograd

rad Committee recently, It was the whole tiux in Buliturg quoting legal authorities in support of resolved to demand the transfer of the iu a large, well-lighted. his contantion after which theit Lord- ex Tour and bis family to the prisons of Yenflated cell, and wel

hips allowed ts in both cases for the Kronstadt. Two of the Socialist Ministers literature Several of the

who have returned froin that town devote their Limus to learning.

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PARIS, August 1 Mr. Henderson, speaking, before tho British Parliamentary Committee, which gave is termed a barrel first she words a reception to the Russian delegates, Erco "D" class, the price of which, may nationality is indian by "sixth said his visit to Russia inspired him East Galicia and at Bukowina Court, de porter that the officer commandment the regulation dark blue dresing

"first quality

now be said to average about 2/3 per

word ig

Rudian

the

pound. On the other hand, there black for Nude ith the highest confidence in the crossed the Zbrucz at many points on a

blue, and for Danish red."

was a large quantity of cheaper ten hot Boll The Brokers Bre Thus an order for six hundred bar. Soldiers' Delegates.

He added that Great Britain, what us back southward of Cosinulni.

mystified at this and it is suggested that British torpedo-bosts in position in ever the duration of the war, would rels first quality first series" would mean owing to the good wages, the workers diested by square of on chart."

by the

are insisting on better class teas, or that ideas also given never swerve from its resolution to |

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Germane

the distributers are concentrating on obtain their agents. English-speaking Peace at the present position of the the better class kinda because they do Norwegians, it says, are advertined for way would be a criminal act to the not consider that the fixed prices of the and engaged as commercial travellers people who had suffered so much. ndes leave a sufficient profit. * Once in the set they we kept there by Victory alone would ensure a durable

threats.

AUKEEP ET HANDY, IMMEDIATE relief is necessary

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