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The Bulgarian reply supports the principle of nationalities.
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THE WESTERN FRONT.
GERMANS REVISING THEIR TACTICS OF DEFENCE. ADMISSION OF BRITISH AIR AND ARTILLERY SUPERIORITY.
Losnos, Sept. 21. Renter's Correspondent at tho French Headquarters writes:---
The terrife British and French bubarthents are
forcing the Liveman High Command to revise. its entire tactics of defence on the West Front.
A recently captured enemy army
Lesbos, Sept. 24. The Times states that it is not surprised that the Austrian and German replies have disappointed the Vatican. It is indeed, asserted order, after admitting that the Ger that the replies have been totally than front lines are regularly battered to pieces by our artillery before the reconstructed since the fall of Riga. Eniversal opinion, including that of
actual battle begins, proceeds to the Chemmans, is struck by the osten-
point out that the power of a defen- tatious silence upon the Pope of hiding the means of deferce." sive-depends upon the possibility concrete suggestions, excepting his
Trenches, shelters, machine gun. em- reference to the freedomy of the seas.
pacements and batteries, once photo- The Allies are anxious for pence but
graphed by the British and French are, impovable in their conviction
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The Daily Mail states that the object of the new Gernan naneurres is clear. The enemy fears Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Thalg ́s tictorious Froops, the future appearance of a great American army and: the application of commercial and economic pressure.
Therefore an entirely new sys-
all the Allied territory "l-evacuated, "We are going to fight till we gettem of defence is needed namely that the zone of defence shall be organised in depth, that is extended with the defences hidder as much towards the rear. Such a system.
a posible from enemy observation and the troops echelonned in depth so that their lines which are thin in front become progressively denser to the fair, ought to enable us to pass from the defensive to the offensive with the troops occupying the more thickly held positions in the rear,
men must abandon the
AMERICAN OPINION... ... .... New Youx, Sept. 24. The consensus of editorial opinion
In the United States is that the Tu
Kaiser's reply is hypocritical and his trenches and retire to the shell sentences are designed to cover up the German crimes, also that it is impossible to consider pener while the present German Government enduress.
* A WAY OPEN FOR DISCUSSION."
craters and redoubts held by the fachine gunners and arranged f depth like the squares of the summe colour on a chess board. The pro tective capacity of these shell craters will be increased by running "little" timbered elambers into their sides and, where possible, connecting one shell crater with another by these timbered usages, the essential point being that from above, the fortified shell craters shall be indis. tinguishable from the thousands of suranding shell craterss,
Rome, Sept. 247. The fitore Romano the Papal organ) is of the opinion that the replies of the Central Powers leave a way open for discussion and that their acceptance of the Pope's
The importance of the document termureus clear as bari be expected find not chly to the new tactics
A diplomatic documents,
predpibed but the fransk recognition THE POPE'S NEXT STEP:
of the effectiveness of our artillery and especially of our airten. The Ron, Sept 2" axiom one which the der starts. The Pope proposes when the in if a thing can be registered by the Allies reply to the fist, to issue airmen's cumetus, it will he destroy- second Nete to the belligerents cd. The moral fer la is ezay to { pointing out the questions cal which draw.
ill are agreed, for instance diurnia - ment and arbitration as facilitating THE SUPREMACY OF THE RIFLE. the adjustment of secondary pro blems
The Vatican especially fuseurs the abolition of conscription instancing the splendid example of the we war votary enlistinent in Greut Britain.
Losbox, Sept. 24, Router's Correspondent ai Head-
of the counter-attack by the enemy's quarters reports that after the failure
storm troops, to the north-east of Langemarck sulting in its severe repulse the Genua evidently decided to Becept the inevitable und YAGUE TALK OF KING OF SPAIN not to waste any further, infantry
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against the positions now effer,ively consolidated.
Toxcox, Sept: 2+,
During the last 24 hours we have There is vague talk in the Gennan
carried out smal attacka appreciably papers that the Pope intende proponimproving our new line, The Menin victory, between the belligerents, but King plasises the supremacy of the rifle Alfonso, anyhow, is not likely to uu an offensive weapon, well-direct accept the invidious office
rifle fire proving most
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struted that the pre-war tradis the British Infantry was eminently sound Stalking tacties. Auccessfully employ
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