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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1917.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page 1.)

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

· THE SUKHOMLINOFF TRIAL.

PETROGRAD, Sept. 10. M. Sukhomlino, during his trial, declared that he undered the fee REPRISALS AGAINST PRISONERS tresses to be dismantled because they,

OF-WAR.

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A RED CROSS SOCIETY RESOLUTION.

BERNE, Sept. 19. A Conference of the Nentral Red Cross Societies has demanded that the belligerents shall renounce reprisals against prisonera-of-war, or, in the alter- native, shall' gire a month's notice of Auch reprisals in order that a Sentral Commission way in the meantine ebeek

the motives.

The Cenforonce urgently appeals to the United States Red Cross Soviety to despatch provisions to prisoners belong ing to the Entente.

were not suited to modern, warlare, He affirmed that he always worked Fezebwively, on "behalf of the Father

land.

THE COSSACKS AND GENERAL KALEDIN.

PETROGRAD - Sept. 19,

A meeting of the Don Cossucks at Noveöherkassh has petitioned the Government to countermand the

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THE CHINA MAIL.

AN AUSTRALIAN PREMIER IN NEW YORK.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

WAE MUST BE FOUGHT TO A FINISH.

New York, Sept. 10, Lord Northcliffe has entertained

STATE SECRETS, SPIES, PLOTS,

BURGLARS

HISTORICAL ROMANCE OF THREE

GREAT POWERS.

A pair of imprisoned “ Rafilieg** "no-

ment; tened from gaol, and given. 122,000 spisen. ta corupassa burglary for the Govern

papers guarded by chetrie altri anit deadly chemicals:

A Garman mist of plotters and of swert

THE RUSSIAN CRISIS.

THE DEMOCRATIC CONFÉRENCES.

PernoGRAD, Sept 1 the Hon. Mr. A. Holman, settlement of the question of a power The Democratic Conference, for the Premier of New South Wales, capable of leading the country until the luncheon. Mr. Holman was warrals mesting of the Constituent Assembly received by the Mayor, Mr. Mitchel, be accended by exit felegatea

The chief of these are the Soviet of and other prominent personages,Petrograd and the Soviet of Moscow, norbering 200..

and the Fessants' Conneil of Petrograd; 100 delegates from each Soviet and 50- from the Peasants' District Councils, These are only some of the features of 150 from Co-operative Associations, 100 mmates of the war and war platting from Professional Associations, 20 from which loses none of its interest from the the Chemists Union, 10 Post Ofies fner that it comes by a moundabout way. employees, 15 from the Teacher's Union, through Vientus, Horne, this United Pro

In a spreel, Mr. Holman aroused enthusiasm by deduriig that the war must be fought to a finish in neder that desnoergey shall be enabled to fake up its task with a free fail, Corder for the arrest of General jumiisunyed by the frightful spectre Kaledin and alsos reiterated that the of Prussian vuilitarism, Although for Cossacks have always been Quithfulpehoved from the seruil scenes of to the loverment,

tlas strile, the Australians, like the "Tine"Commander of the troops arAmericans and the Canadians have The Conference appeal to the Moscow, who was urdered to sup taken their plays in the miks of the belligerents to repatriate unwounded (press the Cossack movement, las veteris of France and England and prisoners who had been long in captivity consequently ordered the cessation aud covered themselves with glory, on the edition that they were not all proceedings against the Ts In all sinevity he predicted that the -used for enmbatative purposes, and de, j särks,

putriotic sons of Aburica would also manded that all people interned should

make the presence felt in no uns ber patriated as soon B posible. The

certain my,"on the battlefields, of 'Inhabitants of occupied countries should

Engope. He dochured that the im be allowel to correspond with their

-pressive families, subject to a censorship, and

curriestness with which Amerien had set herself to work with shold be allowed to depart if they

such enthusiasm tould only be shown wished it was also demanded that

by a prople who were thoroughly except in case of forer majeure, only

imbued with the principles of demo. military eligibles should be deported

cray What the people of the Build States are doing now we, in Australia; have already dope. roung men took up as with same aherity and enthusiast. The spiritual change that came over the nation when the news was first re- evived of Belgium's plight

was little short of miraculous. The same may

from ocempied countries.

THE SUBMARINE PIRACY.

BRITISH SHIPPING RETORT,

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LONDON, Sept. 19. "The Admiralty shipping report for the week criling September 15, states:— Arrivals

... 2.695

Departurdy

2,737

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PUNISHING MAXIMALIST

SOLDIERS..

PETROGRAD,», Sept, 15... Pròdeelings have begun at Minsk and at other places against the Maxinulist, soldiers charged with Intertising with the enemy and refusing to carry out the order to | fight," Arendy, at Peket, de of such schfiers have been condemned to hard labour for perjos ringing between six years and 20 years.

RUSSIAN FRONT.

FIGHTING IN RUMANIA.

Loxpox, Sept.

Our

the

and 50 of various nationalities.

It is stated that the secondary and high grute schools will be closed and that the currents will he motilised industrially.

The Municipal Council has requested the Government immediately to abolish the death penalty, which has been re- establisher at the front

M. Varkborsky hus announced that the Government will shortly be electing reforms owing to the necessity of creat ing a powerful army,

REORGANISATION OF THE ARMY.

LONDON, Sept. 19.

A revelation of espionage and trináša, involving hundreds of persons, new hup- pity in gol:—

יין

the Montreal Star, and the Daily Express."

On April 6 houses adjoining flori, nat known to be connected with) the Garmanu

by in Vienna was burgled. The burglars escaped with their lusty.

Thoh night sensation was sind fr Rome by the dight of Cardinal Gerlach across the Swiss border. Ítalían, sevrat service agents burst in the doors of his Faminence's "house two hours after his

jestupe, and discovered the muchinations 'of a score of pro-Clerman plots,

On April 7 nire than 20 arrests tank place all over Italy

**RE OF RAFFLES AND CO.

The Russian Embdsay, in a statement to a Reater representative, said that M. Kerensky had taken all measures tofnected with the fact of th prevent the rebellion interfering with the establishment of the fighting

be connected; much low to be con- Those events did not at the time sceni

power of the army.

General Alexeiff, who was the most

escape**

early to January of two of Italy's most stories sefetreakers, who had brea im

prisoned for life in Rome,

authoritative Russian tieneral, had been

What has never been disclosed til entrusted with the immediate direction today is the feet that a warrant for these reorganisation of the army, and there is feet of the Italian police himself, and thas of the military operations, and the friminale release was signed by the pre- every reason to believe that all minor each of the criminals was later give enses of insubordination have been service they rendered the Government disorders will cease All the separate by the Italian Government. The successfully haiulled

proved well worth the price. They were the heroes of the perilous burglary of April in Vienna. How perilous that was 34 yet to be told.

FRENCH PREMIER'S DECLARA- TION.

he said of the great American nution, VERY FAVOURABLY RECEIVED although you were more deliberate

Mr

A Passian communiqué states in accepting the change"": 20

The Rumanians exptured a height the south of Grosvelati, in the

Vessels sunk (over 1,600 tons).... Vessels sunk (under 1,600 tons). Vessels unsuccessfully attacked.

One fishing vessel was also sunk. The twenty vessels under 1,500 tons in elded nine sunk in the previous week.

ITALIAN SHIPPING REPORT. -

ROME, Sept. 19. The Italian shipping returns for the week ending September 16 state:- Arrivals.

493

Departure

.497

Yessels wank (below 15,000 tons) Vessels sunk (small sailing ships)

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TWO ENEMY SUBMARINES THE

LESS...

region of Ocna.

GERMAN REPORT.

Jostos, Sept. 19. A-German official message states: Rumahan attacks in the Oituz Valley were initially successful, to the south of Grosej, but a comter. thrust repulsed the enemy,

CHARGE AGAINST A FRENCH DEPUTY.

PARIS, Sept. 19. The Chamber of Deputies Conn huicter, sitting on the mugulry into

Italy's werer service and traced cer tais pro Carman-plote-and-intrigues-in- Italy to Vienna. Their spies narrowed PARIS, Sept. 19. the search down to a errtait, house adjoin- Holmd predictes that when he next accorded a most favourable reception the German Embassy,

M. Pahleve's declaration ha beaning.in having no connection with, visited New York it would be to both in the Chamber and the Senate, celebrate the achievement of a glori-especially the passage warning anybody found guilty of treating with the enemy ous victory by the Allies.

will be punished with all the rigour the law.

Lord Northcliffe paid u glowing tribute to Mr. Holman, us "one of the most remarkable, statesmen of the Empire for whom the future holds many good things.

LABOUR STRIKES IN AMERICA.

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The ereaing newspapers pay glowing tributes to the new Government which") determination the problems of the day described confronting with

The Temps says:We are promised that we shall, above all, have a more vigourous prosecution of the war, and that is what the country demands and hopes for..

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. The Chairman of the Shipping Bourd has appealed to Mr. Gompers,COLLECTION OF STUPIDITIES." the leader of the Amèriman Labour A FIGHT NEAR THE SHETLANDS, the actions of M. Turnel, who is Organisations, to intervene and end suspected of having had dealings with the, strikes which are endangering COPENHAGIES, Sept. 19.

the enemy, have unanimously passed the shipbuilding programme on the "Thirty mies to the south east of the

In resolution in favour of authorising | Pacific const. Shetlands, an armed British steameraänk.

# prosecution

a German submarine which was shelling

a neutral sailing vessel. A seconil sub- marine which attacked the steamer was THE BRITISH PROPOSAL TO DUTCH simk by, à British destroyer.

DEUTSCHLAND" DESIGNER

COMMITS SUICIDE.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 19. Herr Gotthokleisusse, one of the designers

the subtnarine Deutsch land, and wh voyaged in her to 'America,' bas" conuenitted suicide by hanging himself.

GERMANY'S APOLOGY TO SWEDEN.

A SWEDISH CHORUS OF DENUNCIATION.,,

FISHERS..

THE HAGUE, Sept. 19. Owing to the berring fishers' refusal to ratify the trawler pwners' acceptance of the British proposal to compensate them if they lay up 35 per cent of their vessels for two months, during which not more than 2,000 tons of fish shall be exported to Germany, the proposal has fallen through.

MORE RIGID PRESSURE ON THE ENEMY:

LONDON, Sept. 19. Bord Robert Cecil, Minister of Blockade, and M. Metin, the French STOCKHOLM Sept. 19. Minister of Blockade, conferred on The newspapers, including the Get- manophiles, are panimous in denoun-Tuesday with a view to more closely cing Germany's apology in connection co-operating with America's policy sim- with the Larburg affair a insufficient, ing at a more rigid pressure on the and are demanding satisfaction for the enemy, without interfering with the injury done to Sweden.

economic conditions of neutrals.

ITALIAN FRONT.

Lospos, Sept. 19. An Italian official message states: We took 200 prisoners in the Sugana Valley, and repulsed attacks at Bainsizza plateau.

THE KING'S TOUR.

-FIVE SHILLING NOTES.

LONDON, Sept. 19.

It is suggested that five shilling notes should be adopted in the United Kingdom. This will enable the Government to sell its surplus silver coin at a considerable profit.

THE BRITISH WOOLLEN AND

WORSTED INDUSTRIES.

some statement

serets of the greatest importance to the In that house were papers containing three great, Powers of mid Europe.

Ilut attached to the bundle of docu-

ments was an iẞtrieste series of wires.

With almost devilish ingenuity the Gor opened and the papers moved, a cloud of mans had provided that if the safe was

polaco gua, deadly is effect, would en. velop the disturber, and render the place uninhabitable, while 대 burglar alarm would call railitary and police.

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THE BRITISH M.L.3.

OVERSEA Y UNTERSEE, BOATS

REFRESHING, EIRILARAWING

million parts a fraction wrong would have thrown out the whole series

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** CRACK CRACKMEN'S "SteCESS. Hence the necessity of employing the erick trucksmen of Italy. Promised their troeden and £2,000 apiece if they succeeded, these two great rascals agreed ther the Government would lay on the

Lori Balfour of Burleigh asked wheto undertake the dangerous mission.

How they were stuggled into Vienna table of the House a copy of the order no one wil ever know, but when they fumtio promulgated by the Ministry of did undertake the robbery of the safe they Munitions as to the supply of cartrides, and whether grouse, partridges, wood were provided with as-ky and every cock, and spipe were included in the tool for safe-opening known to the police terta vermin He wished and in that order. for erimizial world. He wished to ascertain what was the Cracking the safe and evading the eer underlying necessity for the

which appeared to in-

the-action

taio death of the alarm signals was a the ion of all shooting for cumparatively simple matter for "these volve the sport, lf that course were necessary for Rafieses of Italy; and the papúra, against its adopshould be made to show sion of the secret service.

ses nobody would sur word which incriminated prominent personages war purposes

bat be asked that throughout Italy, were soon in the posses

To meet market shortages white oak the need for a sudden and drastic change

from Virginia and yellow pine from th which would inflict a great deal of hard-

south had to be contracted for four Finding their precious hoard of villain-

million feet of it in 49 feet lengths, Land ship upon many innocent people, thou ons documents gone, the Austrians, by

[BY GERALD BIS.]

ash, ping.

other and sands of whom derived a large part of ineans of a secret wireless, communicated

wood for ares milion pounds" of their incomes from the sports which were with Cardinal Gerlach, who departed un-(Motor-Launches) built on the other quantities of electric

Here is the romance of the ML Joinery work. Three million

Various metals and porhibited. While

e fittings, 150, turning over the of Who's Who" be found certain per ceremoniously from the Papal Court. side of the Atlantic for patrolling the Manila rope, 310,000 fret of galvanised gallons of paint, 011,050 feet of ions described as "fencing, BOD'S recreations

With the evidence in hand, however, waters round the British Isles against wire rope, 100,000 pounds of gai- tennis, and searching The Times for vid the Italian police were able to round up the Hun U-boats, which has at last boen vanised Bails, ence of almost incredible stupidity A Board of Control, has been (Laughter.) He had been thinking of Germall plotters, and to make dangerous given to the enterprise of the Motor

everal hundred of the most given to the public on the other side copper nails, 100,000 pounds of

pounds established for the woollen and worsted notices which might be classified in such heart of the Teutonic element in high Boat of America.

forming a collection of

of Gaverament industries whereby the Army Council terms (Laughter.) In some places, circles of Rome.

under the order to which his question

Many references to them have ap. determines the amount of wool that refarred, the parish minister, was the

peared, especially in America; but very will be maintained for the military and authority who was to license cartridges.

little has actu-lly been known either of the amount to be released for the necessity of des friend had com-

whole job wasthe tank What did a parish

minister know of the AVALUABLE STAME COLLECTION.

the boats themselves, the uses to which ing of the templates, moulds and pat civilian trade.

of destroying partridges and

they were being put by our Admiralty terns for the first master boat. Al other

or the remarkable accomplishment of plained to him that

the reason officially

their construction at the rate of thore feet was simply duplication, with per of accuracy, the asembling assigned for allowing him only

than a

about a a day by a comparatively at Montreal and Quebec centage of the number of cartridges for

when complete, by express which be had asked waa. that

even American

merican bankers looked sekance across the tion of his home farm was arable.

at this

biggest understaking in the from Quebec to Halifax, for their tests and subsequent shipment to this country LA which he received lection of stamps belonging to the late Bankers would Regulation 1

not credit the

of Sir David Parkes hiasson on the true pany which, in Ministry of

LONDON, Sept 19."

THE AUSTRALIAN CABINET ENLARGED.

MELBOURNE, Sep. 19.

could bo

the

In the Appeal Court before Lords per. Justice Swinden Fadly, Bankes, and

Warrington.

Justice Eve on an originating

This

$40,000

enorm

anised washers and rings 1,000,000 frais

bolts and nuts, 2,700,000 wood ping- these represent a few of the figures in volved in this colossal new feat of paral engineering, against time.

The crux of the

of was an appeal from a ́decisi tail-firm," financed by backers, when: The thousand milo stretch of ra

The Commonwealth Government has of such a silly summons to determine whether & col.histore of hand building that matter they had been handed over tons increased the number of portfolics from for facilities reply to an application construction of a clause in his will passed perhaps a dozen and twenty on and thirty ⠀

inat

in

to erect a church at

eight to sine, and Mr. Millen becomes iustrated the attitude her nongth | to his wide or formed mrt of his

TAXING THE ELIGIBLES WHO - HAYE NOT ENLISTED.........

MELBOURNE, Sept. 19

persons

12 authority. He could not make out whether the communionation was

Estate

testator, wh

who was this for

Pale Poms Bark, spent ma

OVER simply

silly or was intended to be san

sarcastic. It

mido

2,000,000

dollar

ce, built the British, authorities One handler

resid-thirty ama

smaller craft, could tackle to take the porta were

across with a nam Tar (4,400,000 contract spares and equipment and every one of

boats on totally them got and, tum ort time; butMe./ arrival they were int

· over, Bafely. Tudi

days after the water and

was a colossal masterpiece of

many years in new

in such

The Bayonne Nand

of his death

ambered some as of postage

informed him that the case had been stampe, hich at the

sent to the Admiralty for their opinion

in

the vice prenden of the Elco for their Admiralty Fontaine-

nf

were

It

tests

to back their organisation effected by standardisation,

Find

as to whether the increase of output at þand Weylon stampa Ecards to ar to paraned and shows what unexpected things can

Rosyth which, might be the increased spiritual

a daw of safe custody with a bank at IODET, to the states in February 1916 (Laughter.) In the acties for the Alle collection was valued for the par- cuttened ont to his 1029 08 baikling to be erected. He was told that poses of probate at 210,150. The clause mosquito flee the the other day a man cosplained that be in the will wess bequest by:

hy the

compensate for thosed a

foalbum, the rest were mounted on

The House of Representatives is coun the Admiralty gave sidering the question of an additional tar on those who have hot enlisted."

NOT SANTA KLAUS.

LONDON, Sept. 19 Minister of Repatriation. The King to-day toured the principal iron and steel works nf Lanarkshire. He shook hands warmly with Mr. William Hodge, a brother of Mr. Hodge, the

argency of tháilerfan aubmarine be done when they have to be done. Pensions Minister, who is an employee

would and were tied in separate bundles, and at campaign and had sent a special com made the time of his death were deposited in the same steal works where the

of The

who got inty, touch with Mr Sutphen Minister formerly worked.

and A

flect big enough to patrol" Conversing with a member of the

testator to our codistal watera. Executive of the Steelmasters Union,

A workman named Klaus-is reported not sell the wool from his flocks | his wife of “books, pictures, could

prints The idee soon crystallised into a type Mr. Forrest explained that the police and had no facilities for storing it, and and other household effects. It was tail and early in April contract for so of in n Vienna, papes to heve saked for a His Majesty expressed satisfaction that and prison officials, lighthouse the answer was what a stupid fellow be on behalf of Lady Masson that the stamps these chasert was signed for delivery divorce because he could not get enough ly with the Government. the emelters had worked so harmonious. Dioyocs, parsons, and all whose eligible sheep's backs until he could dispose of it within the words other household the torpedoing of the Lasilan, which bread. The, estion, he says, is small, and

be not to lasva, the wool on the passed to ber under this being by Februkey 1918. Then in May

Missions have been visiting the Italian The King subsequently watched the rejected mp, would not be required to the question would have an effect upon the testatorAmneried doughter, Mrs Morder for more was that same month |ally i he must share..

brothers were on active service and also (Laughter.) The order referred to in effects. The defendants to the summons, gave things such an impetus that in quite lasufficien

the supplies of food and upon the revenus pay the extra tax

from game licen

BRITISH WAR MINISTER ON"

ITALIAN FRONT,

LONDON, Sept. 19.::

- Lord Derby and a British Military

Front where they gained first hand

knowledge of the dificult caon the Cars pouring out of 60 tons of steek present the middle Isonzo, the higa mountains inga veritable river of flame.

of Cadore and the plateaux, which the Italiana

overcame “and still have "to Dvorcome, and are able to appreciate

the value of the recant and past successes. of the Italiana

The Government believes the proposal will stimulate recruiting.

FOODSTUFFS ROTTING IN

AMERICAN HARBOURS.

|

In dat

The breed sho rels and other

T. Stanley Creek, and others said that fixed up by cable for delivery br Novem the collection cams within the trust to ber 16, 1918, which only, allowed the Elco realies all his real and personal property 501 working days. Funders excluded

not otherwise disposed. and to in However, Mr. Zutphen bad realised A jobbing gardener came into the sess the proceeds, the annual income the beginning that the only pou Wheatsheaf, Tavern, and ordered a half therefrom being paith in Lady Masson Way and the touchstone of eru tión.

int only, instead of his usual amount of during her life and afterwards disposed scienti Ustandar

The proprietor ssed

wecordance with the terms of the bad in comparati of ing Sevoral Swiss newspaper New Yonx, Sept. 19. against the avalanche of matemoniak protest

possible the ima likethi "xplained thegardenes. Mr FB. Faller appeared for the sp the huge American motor

sp There are 100,000 tons of grain and circalars which are now arriving for allus been quite willin to excepellants Me Whitmore, Richards for to produce a boat wit food stalls retting in the holds of German girl advertising for busbands a rad And, just now

Switzerland from German agencies. The my expenses one Law the quality truon and Arty red high spoedd in all

Larly

for the Standard motors

THE SILVER MARKET, 6

nentrál vessels at New York, Boston orally declare that owing to the absence jo of work up at the Hall

File in addit and Balilmore, where

Tons of from sociale of eligible men they are Erev

compelled to seek homemakers brough called, economy. His Sept 19,

shipping are, ide The Government ja cthe agency of publicity. Most that was paying music in thardn The Market credited with the intention

Ewould

beriye significant enough and they was both of the playi express a willisz

the Father you this hotk af en playin coo land, and settlo

ris nooted

the ship's car

oficen

thet

and that

for any