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WEDNESDAY, NOVIMBER 21, 1917.

TELEGRAMS.

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EAST AFRICA.

THE BALTIC ZONE.

ACTIVITY ON THE WHOLE FRONT.

THE CHINA MAIL.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

FINE WORK BY THE SCOTTISH TROOPS.

S THE ITALIAN FRONT.

GREAT ENEMY ATTACK IMMINENT

LONDON, NA 20.

BRITISH GEMENT IN GERMAN

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LONDON, Nov. 19.

In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cenit atated that, in view of the

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LONDON, Nov. 20 French Eastern communiqué

An Italian socai-official report states letter from a British officer in the Times Balsamic Cough Linctus THE ADVANCE IN PALESTINE.

By the attack at Monte Feners and stating that be found in a "pill-bor" a Reciprocal artillery activity - was re

Monte Tomba tho sdemy was in contact-label showing that it had been made of sumed on the whole front, notably, to

LONDON, Nov. 10.

at every point of the line on which tha British cement, the export of coment Reuter's Correspondent at Egyptian Italians have made a stand. The energy was prohibited pending enquiries. the west of Warder, in the Cerus Bend 193 GERMANS KILLED OR CAP and to the parth of Mensatir."

Headquarters, talegraphing on Novasi were increasingly dense at 10 pays handsome tributes to she several places and movements of artillery military enquiries so far had ou TURED THIS MONTH.

The Russians repelled an enemy re-part played by the Scottish troops and columns are reported in various firmed the use of British cemeta, Ta

Lord, Robert Cecil pointed out that Essence of Taraxacum & Podophyllin connaisance in the region of the lakes, the recent operationa

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LONDON. Nov. 20.

We occupied Lutshemi, to the south-east of Chiwuto, and also a brge enemy camp in the vicinity of Nambindinga, to the north-east of Kitarigari.. Two hundred and #eventy-two Germans and 700 Makaria surrendered, and we drove the minder into the Aitangari Falley.

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Seven hundred and, ninety-eight Germans have been killed or cep-

tured since Noveraber 1,

THE SUPREME WAR COUNCIL.

·AMERICA'S PARTICIPATION.

.

LONDON, Nov. 20:

In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law stated that the Govern- ment had been, officially informed that President Wilson had selected Colonel House, to participate not only in the Inter-Allied Conference but

THE SHAM POLITICAL CRISIS.

SCATHING SPEECH BY BIR

EDWARD CARSON.

LONDON, Nov. 20.

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At luncheon at the Constitutional Club Sir Edward Carson said we had just passed through a worked-up stam crisis. The colleagues of the Premier had been supposed to be cyphers, or dummies, who had been struck obedient by the will of the Premier.(Laughter), Nothing was further from fact.--

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It was on the night of Ballew'on that with a view to surrounding the Italians; undertaking to rapidly break the winga the Scottish troops stormed Umbrells or by a slow methodical wearing down Ell, the Arish Redoubt, and the action; or a series of hammerblows strong position called "Little Devil" similar to those delivered at Verdun. At El Arish the enemy axploded four In any case, recent serious Jones mines which engulfed the Brat wave must have soayinced the enemy of completely, but the succeeding wave the impossibility of the dissolution of did not hesitate a second and swept the Italian Army through lack of over the position.

resistance. The Italian Army is pro-

to which the enemy is bringing up paring to face great imminent struggle

nous forces and material

THE BRAVE. BERSAGLIERI

In a subsequent phase of the opera- tions the Scottish troops reis was most important. They marched across the sand-danes 15 miles to Wady Hesi. It was beary going, with the guns having occasionally to be man-handled.

Arriving at the north bank of the Wady at night-time, the Scottish troops with the bayonet charged the positions, although not reconnoitred, taking the whole ridge of hills before midnight.

At Deirsineid, after being driven out

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· LONDON, Nov, 20. Italian Headquarters, telegraphing

The Daily Mails Correspondent at the 18th inst states

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LONDON, Nov. 19. The Union Castle Company has re ceivedi a cable from their South African representative stating that all towns on the Central Railway in German East. Africs from Dar es Salaam to Tabora

one will be, open to take, from January 1st, Erms desifonts of opening. Senior Political Omeer at Dar es Salaam, Applications must be made to the the applicants making their own

It is now ten days since the bolding of the Piave begun and the army on the river has stood firm against all shocks

cargo.

(Chsers). The Ministers were supposed the Turks counter attacked four times The mountain army in the Trentino arrangements for landing and shipping to have been waging war on that great during the night, each time recapturand Feltre quadrilateral is withstanding adminstration, our splendid army. Aing ground. For the Efth time the successiva onsets. more wicked and a more scandalous Scottish troops returned to the charge attacks were made in twenty-four hours

For instance, nine] attempt to sow dissension in our midstand drove out the Turks, who then at ao grare and perilous

crisis had gave up the struggle. never been known.

The whole thing was a mischieveous lie brought about by political reachina tion, ignorance and suspicion. If there had been the slightest idea of politiciana

These feats were wonders of dogged persistance after exhausting marshes, bat the results were invaluable in checking the shemy withdrawals and leading to important captures.

On the 10th inst, the Kilties were ordered to take the heights, beyond

PROBLEM OF PENSIONED

SOLDIERS.

against the Malette Sisemel line, east- efforts were made by General Krobatin's ward of Asiago. The most desperate Army to break through near Quero, which is the critical hinge between the Army facing the north and the Army Italians' ropulse of the river crossing, facing the east. Along the Piave the RELUCTANT TO TRAIN FOR CIVIL

in the Suprine War Council, with interfering with soldiers in the manage, Ashdod, which they again accomplished though it does not alter the course of General Bliss as his Military Adviser of the war he would not have remained with the bayonet, making their third

'REDOUBLED EFFORT.

in the War Cabinet, *

POSSIBLE COMPULSORY

RATIONING.

OCCUPATIONS.

the campaign, is most important, be- night attack in four days.

cause it inspires the Italian Army with On August 31st: least the Statutory Com There was desperate content at trian brigade which

the breath of victory. The whole Ausmitse of the Royal Patriotic Fund, set Barkah on the 12th inst. The enemy annihilated, largely

thanks to the had two lines of trenches 1,000 yards tonacity of the Bersaglieri, who fought spart and splendidly situated, with all night in extreme cold with rifles and

crossed WE

STATEMENT BY THE FRENCH ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FOOD glacis slope.fronting both, and supported machine guns. They received supplies

PREMIER.

PARIS, Nov. 20.-

In the Chamber. M. Clemenceau said: "We intend to conduct the war with redoubled effort with a view to obtaining better results."

The Chamber passed a rote of Bonfidened ini the Clemence Government by 418 votes to 84.

THREATENING FAMINE IN

FINLAND.

AN APPEAL TO BRITAIN FOR ASSISTANCE.

LONDON, Nov. 28, "Lord Robert Cecil stated in the House of Commons that Finland had appealed to Great Britain for assist anee in view of the threatening fumine. The Government would most gladly do all it could but the position was not easy.

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MILITARY MEDALS FOR MEN OF

THE H.K.S.B.R.G.A.

Losbos, Nov. 21.-" The Gazette announces that Mili tary Medals have been conferred apon Gunners Chulain, Mohamed Nibal and Singh of the Hongkong and Singapore buttalion of the Garrison Artillery.

JAPAN'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

TO ALLIES..

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Toxo, Nov. 20.. The financial assistance rendered the Allies by Japan should read $100,000,000 and not £1,000,000,000, as cabled on November 17.

The mistake was due to a tele- grphic error.

THE CONTROL OF THE SILVER

MARKET.

OVERNMENT PURCHASES.

CONTROLLER.

LONDON Nav.,, 20."

surviving Austrians surrendered.

THE LATE GENERAL MAUDE.

́ ́ PREMIER'S TRIBUTE.

LONDON, Nov. 19.

by strong artillery." Both were captured of bonths at daylight, upon which the after bloody bayonet work,

Later, after seven days' continuous In the House of Lords, Lord Rondda, proceeded to attack two villages on the fighting and marching, the Scottish troops the Food Controller, said the response Wady Rubin, which were perfectly to voluntary rationing had been inade screened by cactus hedges and thick quats and if the response was not better plantations. They assaulted, after during the next few weeks, com-traversing a stretch of bare plain without pulsory rationing would be enforced making a wide traing movement north scrap of cover, and the Yeomanry, The firing of maximam prices. Kadwards, effected the necessary diversion greatly reduced profiteering. The to enable the Scottish troops to rush position of the food stocks in Great the position and capture 1,400 prisoners. Britain was more satisfactory than last

The following day the Scottish troops year and did not cause alarm, but the participated in the fighting north of the railway junction, reaching the Jerusalem necessity of supplying Frace and Italy Railway wigem de pa semin might lend to compulsory rationing. During the seven days and nights they covered 69 miles. It was a great YOTES FOR SOLDIERS AND

echievement, because during part of the SAILORS.

time a best wave prevailed

LONDON, Nov. 21, The House of Commoni has unani- mously agreed that soldiers and sailors

should be satitled to a vote directly they attain the age of nineteen years,

CHINA

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QUESTION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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LONDON Nov. 21, In the House of Commons, the "Rt. Hon Mr. T. Lough; Liberal Member for Islington, drew attention to the voyage of the neutral steatzer. Fienia, Shanghai to Copenhagen, with 596,000 pounds of China tea and suggested that such quantities of tea should not be allowed freely to enter neutral countries adjoining Germany.

HOW JAFFA AND RAMLEH

WERE CAPTURED.

LONDON, Nov. 19. Headquarters telegraphing on the 18th Reuter's Correspondent at Egyptian

inst, describing the capture of Jaffa and Ramleh, states the former was occupied by mounted troops, who captured 300 prisoners at Lydda.

Ramleh is the centre of a fertile region, and is extensively cultivated, supporting the population. The Turk fight was so precipitate that the town is not damaged.

The affray at Abusbuebeb on the 15th inst, was a brilliant piece of work by the Yeomanry, who charged the ridge and sabred right and left in deadly fabion. 360 prisoners were taken hore Four hundred dead were counted and

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T: THE WESTERN FRONT,

POSITIONS IMPROVED.

LONDON, Nov. 19 Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re slightly. porte:We improved our positions

George, in announcing the death of In the House of Commons Mr. Lloyd General Sir Stanley Maule at Bagdad, paid a tribute to "his valuable services in Mesopotamia, where he took over the Supreme Command when we were still under the stigmas of the Kut failure Ea overcame all difficulties hitherto paralysing our efforts and raised the men's enthusiasm to, the highest pitch. He achieved a series of victories which safeguarded our position in the East, and in securing Bagdad after capturing it he displayed qualities of resource, decision and enterprise which marked him cut as a great leader of men and a commander of the first rank. The most valiant.com. country mourns the loss of one of her

pin November, 1935, came to an end... and its funtiur_dealing with supple- mentary pensions und Beparation 'allow acces, have beau transferred to the Special Grants Committes of the Ministry of Pensions. The Prince of Wales was the first chairman.

Alus-book has been issued covering the Statutory Committee's operations during 1916, "and bringing its encounte

ticns in Tanuary, 1018, and established up to August 1st last. It began opera local committees in 102 areas. It was ovided in the schemes for local coo mittees that at least one-fifth of the num- her of member of committees should be

presentatives of labour, and that usually ope fifth of them should be women. It was soon found impracticable to appeal for voluntary contributions towards supe plementary pessions and separation allowance which were properly looked upon as a State charge and negotiations with the Treasury resulted in a grant by Parliament of £1,000,000 on March 31st. 1916. This grant was available for the costs of any of the Statutory Committee's

functions?

THE KING'S SYMPATHY. The liability for supplementary allow The Press Bureau announces that His ances was taken over from the National Majesty the King has dispatched a Relief Fund on July 1st 1816. Regula message to the Commander-in-Chief in tions were framed for the guidance of the Mesopotamia expressing the deepest local committees, who were now dealing regret at the death, under and and with State funds and had not discretion- tragic circumstance, of General Sirury powers, but their suggestions for Stanley Maude, who has rendered meeting the just "claims of wives and. incalculable services to India, the Empire dependents were welcomed. and to the Allies. I am confident that his memory will be an incentive to the completion of the work for which he laboured and died".

EAST AFRICA.

ENEMY REAR GUARDS EXPELLED FROM DEFENSIVE POSITION.

LONDON, Nov. 19. An East Africa official report states The enemy's rearguards were expelled

Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of Block- ade, replied that the free entrance of such goods to Denmark was not allowed. They were only permitted to proceed if Great Britain was satisfied that they At night-time, north westward of frem defensive positions eastward and Paraskendaele wo repulsed an attack on south-eastward of Chiwats, and a num- certain advanced posts north-eastward ber of Indian and African prisoners of of the Polygon Wood:

were required for bothe conscuption and if guarantees against re-export from Denmark were given.

Three hostile machines were brought down on Sunday and one driven down. One of cars is missing.

war were released; asi

HIS CRITICS.

END OF THE DIFFICULTYEN

TRAINING BERTHED BT. DISCHARGED WOLDIERS

The report mentions that the commit toes desire to malis the medical treat ment of disabled men complete, balore their discharge from the service was not approved by the War Office. It has been found that men after discharge are re- luctant to undergo the special treatment which is necessary in their interests. Although the medical profession and tho Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Unions Congress supported the Statutory

should not discharge mer injured during Committee in asking that the War Office sarvice until they had been as far as possible restored to health, the War Office

zot, see its way to consent

It is even more difficult to us, disabled

ocrations than to get them to submit to special medical treatment. Generally they refuse training and deft, into the many temporary jobs at Elyli pay which. ara at present: offered to them.

Our machine-guns this morning Toys caught other parties approaching south- THE CANADIAN ELECTIONS."

eastward of Poalcapelle, and the MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S REFLY TO men to accept training für new civilian majority were killed or captured." OTTAWA, Nov. 20:

The enemy raided the trenches laat Incomplete returns of the nomina-night eastward of Goazeaucourt. tions throughout Canada shows that seven supporters of the Union Government and nine Quebec fol- LONDON, Nov. 21.lower of Sir Wilfrid Laurier have In connection with the silver been elected by acclamation. Sir soessage from Washington, on Nov. Wilfrid Laurier has been nominated 18, which stated that representa for Quebec East and Ottawa and tires of the British and American opposed in both places. In thirty Governments are, conferring with the constituencies Labour or Socialist and inflicted losses on the enatoy.

candidates are running.

RIỚT AT A TOKIO DOCKYARD.

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FRENCH "ADYANGE.

A French communiqué, states On

LONDON, Nev. 19. the right of the Meuse, in the region of Chanma Wood, we advanced sppreciably The artillery dual continued lively in the same region.

Jeading silver producers in connection with proposed contracts under which the Governmcuts will virtually con-

THE RELIGOLAND ZOZION. wol the silver market for a year the Financial News New York Cor-

WE REPORTED GERMAN LOSSES: The riot of the workman in the Asano, anderen DENG respondent states that Great Britain dockyard, which is situated in a suburb AMSTERDAM Nov 19. and America have agreed to purchase of Tokio, over the question of special Travellers from Geriasny state that compensation, which thought to one, possibly two, German destroyers 100,000,000 ounces of silver from, have been quelled on November 14th, wers lost in the Heligoland fight, and

155e res most of the crews perished. Pa the American producers, of which started again on the

Workman refuted to work America will take 40,000,000 ounces

ces Finally, collision with the police hich stones werd and Crest Britain 60,000,000 ounces force occurred, in

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TAR RUSSIAN EITUATION.

KSTUAL OBSCURE

In the Horan of Commons,

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LONDON, Nov. 19 Following Mr. Lloyd George's speech in the House of Comenous, Sir Edward Carson repudiated the suggestion that there was say whittling down in the The Agreement made at Bapallo would proposals to secure cicsere operation. be adhered to as one of the most solsamo undertakings entered into during the

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Subsequently the debata ispaed. The feeling in the Lobby is unsuimous that the difficulty is over."

The papers are practically unanimous that yesterday's debates person triumph for: Mr. Lloyd. George rarely has shown such persuasive power political crisu. His explanations of the in dissipating any apprebe

working of those dos

new Cour

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