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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1917.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page 1)

THE BRITISH SUCCESS IN FLANDERS.

"The Kilties viel with the ! Luis English,giments and wi will say that either got the best in, the gkirious competitău? They get there, one and ali, and made up their meinde to stay..."

Throughout the day the Rétny "guns pounded away and many Founter.tacks wer Bunched ami beaten lagh or buiken up before the

sedubfed musses mould doplog..

I watched "miit intuite the night the luci palpitating sky and won Jord what the undulating thunder might be recording, but this weph jog, we re hedliner on to our goins, just is at Viny Raligd and Messian's, and aided by beneicient weather, w amoso consolidating that every hour hassets the chance of sueress of the most dempestate effort the eneing ent unke.

THE CHINA MAIL.

The Hyne concentrated in Folygon (GERMAN BRIBERY IN THE Wood to counter-attack the Austra

lis, but were' repulsed before they

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last

The new Anzue. position night, we heavily barraged, hus the men dag themselves in early

Who the Australians, were gojit

near Clapham Jungtion. they encountered a raiding pLEGY followed egerat fight

[with fanienwerfers, Thereupon the individual superiority of the in which

Anzues 'was the determining factor.

FRENCH VIEW OF THE BRITISH SUCCESS.

• PARIS, Sept. 21. It is seisudicially amounted that The ten British offensive is not on so wide a. front as the previous | British and French offensives That was restricted to positions to the feast of Ypres and was completely

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ressful, the infantry, in a few hours attaining all their objectives and escreding thero at song points,

The wing's formidable fortifier: tions were captured without exces. sive fo

THE RHODES SCHOLIESHIPS.

LONDON, Sept. 31.

Rechery and Sir Lowa Michell have Beuter is informed that the Earl of

Wasdros, Sept. 21. ·

recently resigned their positions as The State Department makes trustees under the will of the lats Air unutie startling revelation. Cecil Rhodes. The late Earl Grey had publishes, a message sent it fasturyadeo usiqued his frustamship, shortly be 1017, by Count Bernstorff, the ex. fore his death. German Ambassador to Washington, To the Berlin Foreign Office requicnt- ing authority to pay $80,000 toi intuenée Congress through certain organisations.

The text of the fressage, which is dated January 22, 1017, bs us fulf

lows:-

Mr. Otto Boit, Lord Lovat and Mr. Radyard Kipling have accepted" the position of trustees, the other trustees being Lord Milner and Sie Starr) Jameson."

BELGIAN SUCCESS IN AFRICA.

LONDON, Sept. 20

Fast Africa at Madego on September

A Belgian communiqué atates The surve of the Belgians in German 9th and 10th, has beep completed by the espeare of enemy positions at Kalcioto

Mahenge, an the whole front, being

The snomy in retreating towards paraued by the Eelgians.

T

RUSSIAN ALCOHOL REQUISI- TIONED.

PETROGRAD Sept. 20. Rescript, has ordered all alcohol at the distilleries to da licensed, and the pre- M.. Kerensky, repeating the Imperial

wises must be used for making vinegar and mineral waters.

The trustees have now definitely onstitute the Scholarship Find cos templated by Mr. Cecil Rhodes in bis will, and it has been decided to allof the four, Request authority outpay up new Scholarships created in substitution to sixty thousand dollars outer of the scholarships formerly held by THE TRIAL OF M. SUKHOMLINOFF. jass on former occasions influence armans, to the provinces of Alberta

Congress through organisations

and Saskatchewan, to the Transvaal and themof you know which can the towns of Kimberley and Port Orange Free State, and alternately to has provent, war- I beginning Sneantime to act actingly, la:

Elizabeth. abote virutansturices public official Geruan derioration fapour Ireland. highly desirable order gain suppert Trish inthener hæré, "

ANTI-BRITISH PROPAGANDA IN

AMERICA.

The strategic signifiennes of pos

This battle of the Menin Bad AN INTERESTING SUGGESTION. terday's victory must eventually. mailjet itse unmistakably, Twith have interesting results on "The { vidne of this in cannot be min

British position in Flanders. sured by "mere deres at nggovendi

Phe town of "Ypres is now Territory: thoigh flat was safstand of the enemy pressure while

tal

It was a battle for the can the

mending positions, and we have won a victory which leaves the corny

in this wide tract of Flanders, at serious diszolvantage.

Wirbin a few Tours, yesterday, De ruum at Ypres id regeded a full anile in the back arm, atą), several offe best teman Divisions Tave been No. Shattered 1 to esitate their withbenuat

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stion" becomes more "insistem withrotery, repetition of this tansiness how anuch longer can the enemy go on filling these gaps in has dwindling and unehelarrassed amy?

British

installed in

eitige which gut be more easily defended, and which will be a fel starting point for their ultimate progress in Flanders.

[hitherto hurt one scholarship between Au 'Alberta, and Saskatchewan have

that each of these provinces will now them, the effect of this decision will be

have a scholarship.

Public Prosecutor urged that tronson

PETROGRAD, Sept. 20. At the trial of M. Sukhomlinoff, the had been proved, and said that the accused would also be charged. abady characters who surrounded the

THE SMOKE BOX” SUBMARINE DEFENCE.

After careful consideration asti con-

Losos, Sept. 20 sulations with the Fresidents of a oum-from ships against submarines, in addi- Regarding the smoke cloud defence

have decided not to make any ap men are carrying a special smoke funnel her of Universities affected, the trustees tion to "smoke boxes,” many rerchant- pointments to any scholarshipe this requiring oil feel for continual use. ATLANTIC CITY," Sept. 21.

Once the smoke baxes are thrown over- the Convention of the Chambers of Empire.

year, either in the United States board they cannot be reentered, but if Lord Northcliffe has promised that for in any part Commerce shall convey to the proper examinations in the United States will States is causing the manufactura of of the British skilfully used completely laille U-Boats. although the qualifying The Navy Department of the United George, Lord Derby, General Smuts cision is hal pois the fact that as all by every vessel. quarter the suggestions that Mr. Lloyd be hefd as already "arranged. This dege quantities of smoke bores which and Mr. Hughes shall visit the United candidates must be men of military age

the Departmeds states shoahl fe carrie.:. States to comteract the anti-British it would not be in accordance with the propaganda.

young men who first responded to the spirit of the testator's decision if the

call of patriotism, were to be penalised for having done so. Any candidate who is eligible this year will be equally qualified releetfoion next year.

Land Northcliffe said that, the whole DERMANY REMOVING CIVILIANSpirit of the Convention was war to the

FROM FLANDERS.

Losods, Sept. 25 Router lear that the Belgian |_ Government_bas_ _received inlennus! tion that during the past the weeks a great portion of the civilian populi- tan ni Bruges has been remás ed-in order to perfora military work behinei the fierman front.

bitter end. He rejoical to find an increasing sentiment in favour of the South Africa and Australia. retention of the German Colonies by

H.M.S. GLASGOW WELCOMED AT. BUENOS AIRES.

The

BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 21. British eruiser Cleager has arrived, escorted by pumerous beflagged

In the Antwerp province the steamers and yachts, and was mans are making fresh requisitors of hedsteads, blankets and shepisatud Timon Shirts have been seizeri.

THE GERMAN REPORT.

Luson, Sept. 21, All the news Sitefing heross the A German officia! message státos: frontier slaws Sat, for two months Nine British Divisions, including the civilian population, per the several "Australian Dicisinus, sup Gen trout in Flanders has fest ported by armoured cars and flamegrutally removed towards the 'reur, throwers, carried an yesterday's only men obliged to work for the attack in 'else formation.

anny being retained.

The afteng pointed; to a depth of a kikametrs pour defence one and advaried further at Passchendaele" umi Gheluvelt..

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FRENCH INFLICT. SERIOUS ENEMY LOSSES.

Losmo's, Sept. 21. A French communiqué states:

wel-

comed by salutes from the guns, the singing of anthems and cheering crowds,

Pro-British speeches were delivered from the balcony of an hotel from where the Commander of the star and the British Minister addressed the

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GENERAL ALEXIEFF RESIGNS.

DISAGREES WITH A DEMAND BY THE PREMIER.

mand for the sail from General Staff of all the officers sus

We pressed tray back to the west of Paschendale, but he In Champaging there. Las been disagrees with M. "Kerensky's gained gromel to the north of the great artillery etivity, In the Ypres Cominus Rou

| heights region our fire dispersed ar Flo was thearn back with very attack at Mount Flaut with serious heavy losses elsewhere and fris re inforcements were unable to make

chemy losses. further progress.

The villages in the fighting wine renin juur possession.

HOW THE GERMAN PRISONERS REGARD THE VICTORY.

LUNDUS, Sept. 21. The mos trianophant feature of yesterday'a splendid victory is the henth blow it is dealt the German faith in the invulnerability of their new method of defence.

THE PAPAL NOTE.

GERMANY'S REPLY.

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 21, The text of the German reply to the Papel Note is now beginning to arrive. The first part states that the Kaiser 'eberishes a lively desire that the Papal appeal may meet with success."

pected of complicity with General

Kornilo.

General Alexief feels that it is Latifficult immediately to replace ex-

periences and trained "officers.

General Teheremissoff, the ex. Commander the South-West Front-b-bien numed as General Alexieff's successor,

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE NEW OFFENSIVE.

GREAT SUCCESS.

GERMANY TO-DAY.

NO DOUBT THE SITUATION IS

DETERIORATING,"

The latest. German newspapers. con- tain a good deal of information-bearing on the Labour situation, says The Times. As soon as the Russiar offensive was seen to be inevitable, the Press began to prépare the public for another winter of war. At the same time the Govern ment began to agitate, for fresh efforts in the production of munitions.

This movement is similar to that which was initiated by Hindenburg last simmer, as a result of the Battle of the Los pos. Sept. 20.

Some, but it fuld be noted that the --Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Taig-re-iernan Government is getting to work earlier this year. For the present the a problem is the most prominent abject of discussion.

Genaral Garner, who, as head of the

ports:

Ypres, was on

The attack this morning, eastward of between the Ypres Comines Canal, aud War Bureau of the Frussian Ministry of

An eight-mile front

the Ypres-Staden Railway:

Great success attended our troops. War, is now a sort of Minister of Mani Positions of considerable military-imtione, began his campaign ten days ago portance were mand heavy casualties by addressing at Frankfurt a large meating of representative of the war industries." Reports of the meeting were heavily censored, but the Bavarian papers contain some details,

were inflicted

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to break through, although the Entente people deny it. There are always denials after failure. Our success is due to your work-to the industrial leaders and workmen."

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THE DESTRUCTION OF RHEIMS.

CATHEDRAL A HEAP OF RUINS,

OVER 15,000 SHELLS IN. TWO WEEKS.

1. WENDZAM ST

Flower Beat)

BOT GEKETORTZAI

ALFLASHING, KXHILARATING

TATE OF THE VATHEDRAL," The most convinced Protestant w ul-E not quarrel with me for passing lightly over tho bare, burner! wails of the Pro testant church of Rhaims to speak af the mighty and wonderful pile of the Cathedral, now in immment peril.

of shells have fallen upon abis

roof Gothie fanes. Eight streets ·

We assemble the attacking regiments without incident. Despite a stendy *PerepGRAD, Sept. 21.

infall during the night, the first objectives were captured at an early

WOMEN TO BE CALLED IN, General Alexieff has resigned the hour, including a number of concreted General Groener is reported as post of Gneralissing because herong points and fortified farms, for the

deprevious heavy fighting. The north been something quite unheard of in the poucation of which there has been "The battles in the West, which have the country regimens carried Inverness history of the world, and something Copae, and the Australians stored which could not be anticipated, have The Scottish and South Africau whether they will be repeated. These Glencorse Wound and Nonne Boschen. now diet down. God alone knowe Brigades took Potalam, Vampir and fixattles have ended with the complete Bray Farrus, and the West Lancashire repulse of the enemy's attempts to break Territorials carried Iberiau Farm and through for they really were attempts

strong point kuown as "Gallipoli." We then advanced to the assault of the final objective. The English county troops on our right reached the line of in the woods northward of the Ypres their final phjectives after sharp fighting

General Groener argued that the loent Comines Caual. The north country and branches of the War Bureau must not Australian Battalions, in the centre, be blamed for the closing and fraien of penetrated positions to a depth of over a business; they were merely acting under mile, and ciptured their whole objectives, orders. He then announced that the including the hamlet of Veldhock and Government is again couaidering the the western portion of Polygon Wood.application of the Auxiliary Service Law

Further Loxbox, Sept. 21.,,

north Zertokok was to women, who, it will be remembered, the front, for the French trenches are today, and by which riatous storns The Times states that notice is likely Territorials carried the second líne year. He adder-

captured, and the London and Highland were excluded from the scheme last over a mile away eastward, but that for may enter to-morrow. In the nave most to be given immediately of increases in farms, including Rose Farm, Quebec

weeks past the German batteries on the of the fallen stone has been removed, outward freights to Australia and Now Farm und Wurst Farm, on the line of great that it is even greater than that town, as they would say, playing upon

The willingnce of the women hills of Berra and Nogent FAbbesse have but the choir in nearly filled, and its two earching” the oricelte medharied under "huge. been systematically Zealand, representing advances of the final objectives. which is the extent to which the Indias active part in the battle, indicating the to their capacities and physique. The considerably more

of the men. We have no opposition to it day and The weather this morning cleared, expect from the women, but we miast, sives cost nothing he a great ass glt were night, as though high explo

One shell sen pillars and arches

right through the than one-third, sad seroplanes were able to take a more of course, adapt the conditions of work its reckoned that during last worked in.

nave from eat to wist and burst in the street outside Another le

Another 12 incher freights will be raised, provisionally, on position of troops and reporting hostile future will belong to the people which within the city, many of large calibre cl

buried itself five feet deep in the week before 15,4 shells fell colourert fragments of the glorious 1

the floor but did not burst... concentrations to our artillery. Thus a bas the largest increase of population and muns, containing Incendiary stuff and 13th century glass still cling to the number of German counter-attacks were Care for the women is therefore, our On June when President Pointre window leads of the clerestory or lie broken up and others were repulsed by national, patriotic duty."

me and decorated the Cardinal Archbisbout in the dust beneath, where they INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS,

shop with the Cross of the Legion The prisoners exceed 2,000.

are being laboriously collated by We

Meanwhile, there seems to be no the recent average has been over 1,0 D IS ANOTHER MONTE, *** Honour, 2000 shells were thrown in, and

devoted artist,

FREIGHTS TO AUSTRALASIA.

PROBABLE INCREASES.

CANADA AND THE WAR. SPEECH FROM THE THONË.

OTTAWA, Sept. 21. from the Throna proroguing Parliament, The Duke of Devonshire in his speech

stress of war is increasingly severe, the November 1. concluded by stating "Although the

people of Canada in their resolve- and An advance of one-third in "outward victory and an abiding peace, have not believed also to be under consideration. supreme purpose of achieving a thorough freights to the mouth of France is our infantry. faltered. Whatever further efforts are There is no question of profit to the captured a few necessary they will unhesitatingly be shipping lines, since all lines have had

SPY'S DEATH BENTENCE COMMUTED.

will be covered.

it on one day last werk It says much "The Daily Chronicle Special-Corres-

for

the w

work of medieval builders that ponilent. Mr G. H. Perris, writing from the structure should not already have

collapsed. the French frond on July 4th, suic But the

waningofter leave to enter and examine it have for many days and argently sought four gaping holes in the inner roof, went in the early fire. There are now across which the summer clouds drift The difficulty was not its position on

is

now being most literally destroyed 1 The great and beautiful city of Rheing that of the interior. The

It

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YEAR'S CHANGES,

of broken

And so it is being completed. Of these years have completed it inn, couple

The effees of the collapse of this new defence is heer very serious lipon the prisoners captured. The officers. win hitherto would have been haughty and supercilious, are now literally towing to their captors, They confess defeat in. what was regarded their strongest point and they now regard the future with disinay..

The fighting generally was of a hand-to-hand character; therefore a made in a stern determination that the tonnage requisitioned, but the Companies engaged hostile troops and transport, asertions that the coal difficulties are during the was have been able to course they could at any time in these."

There was considerable aeroplane doubt that the situation in Gers day. At last there has come a quiet observation Un Wednesday. We many is deteriorating The official interval, and for the fifth or sixth time large proportion of the prisoners are vast sacrifices already made shall not be are concerned to ensure that expensca and also decppcctane and a half-tons of merely a problem of distribution are observe princtly the progress of this wounded. They speak most respect in vain." fully of the terrible effect of our

bombs on various targets, and another obviously untrue, The Frankfurter vandalism.

of hours but they desired, but then thero could have been no possible dispute is barrage which, for three days, cut

ton at night-time on billets and hatmeste. Zeitung wrote last Wednesday Six German machines ware brought When the first difficulties, in the The change is very marked since my of long torture can, in Germany at,

to their intentions, whereas the process them off from all rations and levied

down and four driven down. Seven of coal supply made their appearance last bust visit more than a year ago. Yet be represented as accidental. There is least, fearful toll of death. The advanc

winter, it was believed that their cause one's first feeling is of astonishment that ing troops have confirmed these

anything but heaps of rubble should. in fact, no

nyong king my ident as down from a neighbor transport conditions and defective die The statements, because they found im

explication is

not

and the gof far to se tribution. Only gradually was it Rheims was a town not only rich; dignited himself.

week the

the church towering above mene number of corpsen.

realised that it is a question much less and fall of charm, bat for the must part of transport and distribution than of stoutly built of The enemy have never yet parti

of solid white

treasury aanistone. cipated in a more bloody battle and counter-attacks are equally costly For example, yesterday afternoon, the Germans, and times maseed for attack upon our left. Front, and on our Northern Army four times Our guns created such

બહેન નો હ havoc that the masses melted away without deploying. Twice the enemy reached the

oper

whereupon our

their

THE BILYER MARKET.

LONDON, Sept. 21.' Silver is quoted at $4. The Market is firm.

LONDON, Sept. 21, The Presa Barcau announces that Alfred Hagn, a Norwegian, who wa Messrs. Samuel, Montagu and Com- arrested in London is July last on a pany's Silver report states that the charge of espionage on behalf of Ger price of 54 is a record since September many, was court mecialed and sentenc. 1890. The rise is due to the puppies ed to death.

again being insufficient to meet the The sentence has been commuted to demand. penal servitude for life.

EXPLOSION IN A FACTORY, IN IRELAND.

LONDON, Sept. 21. The Press Barena announces that nine people have been killed by an

QUEBEC BRIDGE COMPLETED.

QUEBEC, Sept. 21. The bridge has been completed.

mpotone-gune and volleys from the explosion in an explosivos factory in and ship buikers, whose autho is

up the sacrlants before

ose quarters,

For the year ended April as last Forness, Withy and Co., Ltd, shipowners Ireland,

expita its0.000, a profit of The number of injured has not yet £182, afterp.ving the excess profits been ascertained.

fax. The company has declared dividend of 20 per cent

ours are missing

ANOTHER GERMAN · PEACE STATEMENT,

AMSTERDAM, 20.

bad been discovered in the amatisfactory main after 23 months of such hositioning bill upon the city HFORY NAUSZy:

street

سيارة

Rheims and

the

of inspiring

azicient piety": one ther

production. No way has yet been projectile will often pierce a small ed, and the cad is very near

memories are deliberately destroy telegram from Berlin states that ment, and all the mcas-Trên thus far expeling grithip and

found, which promises a real improve Bent hole in the stone facade of hou

house, Another month "such as the list, and

shrine ment in the Beicbatng on the 37th inst. us about that. Dr. Michaelin is making a peace state taken by the authorities cannot decore shell nearly intact.

interior

of the catent outer and the outs

chivalry of France general Still more interesting (concludes The what has happened, especially when it cities of the Pharachs

gives smileding idea of wettest et pitals, with its

will the no more hián THE COURT MARTIAL OF GENERAL Times) is the following resolation which has been point of pride the cityCenturies have passed over

KALEDIN

was passed last week by the Mets oficiale faithfully ho

holding

misfortune. cleared as soon as possible, and generally Iview of the fact that the working to up a cheerful appearance.

notwithstanding about 6,000 of the

Worker Uman palidad de sus ja & carole-collar to tasks world, since it suffered PETROGRAD, Sept 20of short fime is becoming evermore Foments and municipal advices

TREATMENT FOR DYBER

The pour parlers between the Council comicon in the war industry, on sccount of Workmen's and Soldiers Delegates of shortage of cost, electric curren wird farther 150,000 inhabitants still cling to

Petrograd and the Vice Estiman of manteriale, we demand that the the Don Cossacks, has resulted in an men shall overwhellapid for

reement for 12 mosting, the latter seing in the dasjon for a Court

erlin adair, pr eputed are allow

theft some Some of them have safe cell's of their own. It is tight to see CHAMBERLAINS

me lost. Th

ition

he others gathering at night vitjumall / Diarrhoea.

Cand

I ennilles and matching together dome of joustom chl

to the larger collare here they themes scabbor sleep surais de listed

and tror

rain of fire. It is especial!? the German bell on the Phase