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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1917,

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page 1)`.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

ENEMY ARTILLERY ACTIVE:

Loxeos, Nov. 30. Field Marsland Sir Douglas Haig

EARLIER TELEGRAMS,

EDRI" LANSDOWNE'S “LENIENT.

LONDON, NOV. 19. Reuter's Lobbyist authoritatively learna that the rumour that Lord Lansdowne's letter was written with Government's knowledge is entirely without foundation.

PRESS COMMENT..

LATER. Lord Lansdowne's leptor is everywhare reposts:

discussed, and all the orening papers We drove off riders, yesterday reproduce it.

The Westminster Gazelle generally evening, near Garrelle.

THE CHINA MAIL.

GERMAN TORPEDO BOAT STRIKES

LONDON, Nov. 19.

An Amsterdam' messige says that a German torpedo boat, belonging to the Zeebrugge flotilla, struck no just outade the Dutch territorial waters and sank

Daly two of the crew were saved.

HONGKONG'S GIFT TO CHIALI.

The following letter appears in the |North Salma Daily Ne

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It may well be said that this donation Club in Shanghai last week. We take will not only go a good way towards the following report from the ~ € Hair Vita tha end in view, but also, that in these | Daily Nene ti

"Mr Beary is on the last stage of a times of universal calamities it is a splendid proof of "the disinterested 49,000-mile tour of which 16,000 miles

AN INDIAN SEDITIONMONGER IN the relief of the sufferers.

THE U.S.

LONDON, Nov, 28. In the House of Commons the Rt. of the Local Government Board, stated, States. So far as was known he was at large and as far as hir. Fisher was aware the United States had" not been communicated with regarding his interament..

The very artillery was active to indorses it but points out that the spirit Hon. Mr. W. Hayes Fisher, President brotherhood of man, which, alone car has been done in Russia, having left | the west and south-west of Cambrai, doctrines of Prussian militarista, whose that Lala Lajpat Rai was in the United give it its true value Bant with retrograd two days before the present |

and to the east of Ypres.

IMPORTANT ENEMY RAID FAILS ON FRENCH FRONT.

of the letter wholly conflicts with the appetites are whetted by the prospect Hence it is not over, sanguins of the of results, from the collapse of Russia. affect of more threats on Germany, at

least for the present.

The Sar regarda the letter as a Lospus, Nov. 30,thunderbolt in the camp, and says it is A French entranniqué states that "Never Enders," who brow-beat every- after series of violent bombard.one who thinks about peace.

The Evening Stanulerit says that Lord ments in the region of Les Chani-Lansdowne expresses the views of brettes the retuș -carried but an thoughtful men.

The Pall Mall Gazelle says that unless important ridd which coupletely!

wo defeat Germany in the field the war

'EAST AFRICA. '

CAMPAIGN PRACTICALLY OVER.

Lusnos, Nox. 30.

A mage from Nilanda, Gomant Kast Afrien, describing the extru eclinary progress towards the close of the East Afriven campaign during "the st fortnight says: The chief sons fack of the British army has keen to feed, and provide an escort for the large columns of prisones captured. The peters are, glad to bg taken into British service where they are well fed and paid real inenty.

must end in a Gorman vistory,

The Erening Nows anys the letter will be read with great satisfaction in Germany Ita weak point is that it lisregards the fact that Germany's word cannot be trusted.

The fol says that Lord Lansdowne's progamme, which means trust of the Hohenzolleros, scarcely enhances his reputation for statesmanship patriotian.

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and

THE RUSSIAN PEACE EFFORTS.

GERMAN CHANCELLOR'S

ATTITUDE

LONDON NOY. 29.

A German wireldas message gives au extract from the Chancellor's speech relating to the Russian proposal for negotiations concerting a truce and He predicts timt the South Africa general peace. He said I do not besitate to declare that it is possible to Tofwery-will at their Chesttious

recognise in the Russian proposals, as diny in the Union, while the far as they are at present known, debate Geruge commander, vin Tuttow.able principles on which the opening of will cat bis as a prisoner or in exile.negotiations may be hased. "I am ready to enter upon them is soon na the Even today it is a question whether #py other than British govenanent sists in what was German East

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BRITISH PURCHASE OF "TEA,

LONDON, Dec. 1.

Russian Government sends fully powered representative I hope and wish these efforts will soon assumes definite shape and bring peace""."

RUSSIA.

THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY.

LONDON, Nov. 20,

Renter's Petrograd Correspondent elections in 110 of the 194 districts of states that the Constituent Assembly Petrograd give the Maximalista 220,000 votes, the Cadets 180,000 votes, and the Social Revolutionaries 80,000.votes. RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS MEET IN

In the House of Commons, Mr Clynes, Parliamentary Under Secretary to the Ministry of Food, stated that the arrangements for the Government pur chase of Ten from India and Ceylon had not yet been completed but a scheme was contemplated to purchase appror mately forty per cent of Indian tea nad twenty-seven per cent of the Ceylon crop. The contracts would extend from

LONDON, NOV. 30. November 1, 1917, to May 31, 1918. Reuter learns that an important mect The price would be based on the average ing has been held at the Russian Embassy in London at which leading

LONDON,

I

THE WAGES QUESTION.

BESTET, CAMAR.

the Chinese Republic finds itself, a troubles, and with inadequate means, as

trouble broke out its coming WAS British Colony comes forward and no surprise. As a member of the stretches out a helping hand, when American Red Cross work he was in practically all her financial resources position to see things and to bring away sppear to be pledged for a greater, and

a deep understanding of the underlying Elisinterested, and therefore all the causes of the collapse of the Russian more acceptable, this Yote "ik as bear. Dr Boury was net to speak of the Hongkong has no direct, and hardly war situation in the sense of describing LONDON, Nov. 29...

an indirect, benchit in the well-being of battle scenes and, war-ravage which The War Cabinet has appointed a the province of Chihli in commericial are mach the same on all fronts, bat Committes including Mr. G. Baracsense, its direct trade being mostly in beding up to his subject, Russia's the Pensions Minister, Mr. Auckland with that part of China which Bes difficulties, he made a brief reference to Geddes, Minister of National Service, south of the Yangtze, and Mr. Ashwith to deal with the

It is not doubted for one moment

the Circassian front which had come questions of wages, and the co-ordinate that similar feelings to those obtaining more closely under personal observa settlement of labour questions affesting in Hongkong prevail also ap north here tion. Government Departments.

and in Tientsin, etc. Our municipal No other section in the whole war authorities are no doubt handicapped keld had falt the ravages of wae po in passing credits at a moment's notice greatly at the strip some 600 miles long But should we really, as a body, merely and 100 to 300 wide, with Turkey on the look on, sud do nothing, simply because loft and Russia on the right. In the a paragraph of our land regulations, whole district there was not a house and so to speak of our tonstitution, standing and one could travel hundreds. does not it an emergency case! I leave of miles and see no living human being or animal not engaged in military work, The people who lived in the land had' disappeared.

THE SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, Nov. 28. The Silver Market is steady.

THE WAR CASUALTIES.

AN ESTIMATE OF 8,750,000 KILLED

LONDON, October 18. We take the following from an Amer icno journal -

Forty nine million five hundred thous and art were called to the colours in the first three years of the war. The number

the

it to the Settlement "authorities to decide, whether in such a case no way could be found to surmount a mere letter obstacle, or whether a sum should be rotud at the annual inceting, when the greatest suffering is over, mome thounds more Chinese citizens have died in consequence of letter paragraphs, and not sofficent means are available in time to cultivate usted lands and dead commerce.

We bere, and in Tientsin, have the more practical side of the issue much Bearer to us than Hongkong ever will

."

THE OLD OFFERSION.

To prepare his beavers for a better un derstanding of the causes that led to the present chaos in Russia, Mr. Beury briefly reviewed the old governmental system which he compared to a pyranid with the Tsar at the apex. Supporting him were the church, the bureaucracy, most of whom were unfit for office, the business of men killed was 9,530,000, the total have I shall not go into the obvious men, then the working people, and anally loss of populating was 14,250,000, and reasons why Shanghai, as a body (0 the great mass of peasants of whom so pumber of men permanently Corporation) should do something per cent. are illiterate. A revolution was disabledi, 19,0 (3,000.

These are some of the conclusions practical, but merely point out that markable analysis of the conflict up to with individual contributions, but would was needed; and when it came it found reached by an authority here in a rewould not only be easier, in comparison of and planned for years, a revolution action similar to that taken in Hongkong expected in Russia, it had been dreamed

August 1 last. The writer says in part

First to be considered is

is the direct also allow of a better control of the those who planned and welcomed it un- destruction of life. No country publishes money thus spent, and I may add, prepared. They had created more than totals, and some belligerent countries well spent. If one part of the body they know, and the result was chaos. publish no casualty lists at all. The is suffering, it may be said that the The chaotic condition of the whole number of British and Colonial troops Filled and died during the first eighteen whole body will aufer, and wa here, country was indescribable, almost. I months of war has been estimated at whether merchants or lawyers, whether was most evident, naturally, in the wheelbarrow coolies or steamer agents, my. Everywhere were masses of sol- To this must be added coloured troops have a keen interest in the well-being diers, the speaker said, idla soldiers in and a large proportion of the missing, of China in part, or as a whole. To which would bring the total to not less emulate the example of Hongkong broken ranka with nothing to da, mere than 170,000. As in the last eighteen should be so much easier for us, a loafing men. The trains the · Volgá. months, the average strength of the material reasons speak as well for it, steamers, were packed with them mov. ing has been greater than daring the British army directly engaged in fight To neglect both aspects of the situation ing in all directions. He cited an first eighteen months, the total for three can-in our own estimation--not put instance where a down river Volge years is probably 400,00. If we add a very high. navel losses at en generally, 100,000 will certainly not be an excessive

125,000.

estimate

The French martality in three years has been catinated by the Copenhagen. Society at 1,300,000. The Russian mor- tality is probably not less than 2,5 0,00 The German mortality is hardly less than 2,950 the Austrian than 1,75/100 the Turkish 70-00 the

the Bulgarian, Roltalian thar.

I am, etc., Shanghai, Nov. 23."

M. W

FAILURE OF SOCIALISM,

steamer was halted by those on board and compelled to head up, stream again the men had gone far enough; downstream,, they said, now they would go back. Disorganized sol.

tho diers controlled

trains. The train to which the Red Cross ent was attached on which, be had trecently Let me explain at the outset that crossed Siberia was detained at one to let it pass because the train was the have long since ceased to believe in

ocialists. I have stadied and preached state train, the aristocrat's train. At and written about Socialism for over the end of the two days their interpretar it means: Socialism certainly does not

מi

Mr Edwin Pugh, the novelist, writes

the Daily Express":

price of tens paid to each garden during Russian diplomats and military and civilian and Portuguese together though I still believe in Socialism, 1 place two days by soldiers who refused

*ervian,

1911, 1912 and 1913, subject to certain offcials at present stationed in England mortifications to meet war conditions.usanimously passed a resolution strongly 500,000. That gives a total for all the condemning the Maximalists, whom they Private importations for the United denounced as a criminal faction of belligerents of 0,750,000 deaths."

If we make allowance for the reduc Kingdom would not be allowed but usurpers. The assemblage pledged to tion of births arising directly out of the Wenty years, and claim to know what found one of some authority who allow

private purchases for the Colonies and abroad woukl be permitted.

THE SILVER MARKET,

LONDON, Nov. 30.

The Silver market is quiet.

resist as far as possible the treacherous forces seeking to destroy Russia.

THE MILITARY, COMMANDER OF

MOSCOW.

war, we may pus the total loss of populantean teetotalism, vegetari-nism, trudu cd the train to go on because it carried tion to the world as the result of three unionism, anti-militarism, pacifism, or, Red Cross workers. years of E war at 14,50k),(nf),

The number of wounded may be

Put

Indeed, any other "iam," except, of course, patriotism

at two and one-half times the number

· NOT TO BE BLAMED.

the concientious objector, who is essen- the condition of the country. "Bat That is why it has no use whatever for Such instances were told to illustrate tially anti-social in that he would oppose

of killed, or about 23,800,000. All these LONDON, Nov. 30.

represent human suffering, and not less Reuters Petrograd: Correspondent than one-half, or 12,000,000, represent the will of the people, and is therefore the Russian soldiers cannot be blamed states that General Chemisoff, the ex-permanent disablement for military ser anti-democratic, too, since the will of for not fighting their share of the war,

people means democracy the rock Norther fronts, has been interned in the civil life and fortress of,St. Peter and St... Paul and that a private soldier has been appointed FITTINGS TO SUPPLY GAS, ELEC. Military Commander of the Moscow

NOVEL STREET PROBLEM.

THICITY AND PETROL TO VEHICLES.

Tho, London, Commissioner. of Police has intimated to Kensington Borough Council that the question as to the supply

to motor vehicles on the road of water, and power from mechanical Ettings on the public highway is engag

fael.

Commander of the South Western and vice and to a large extent for active the pich the whole fabric of Socialism said Mr. Beary, they have lived all

district.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

FURTHER SLIGHT ADVANCE.

LONDON, Nov. 39. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig ing his attention, and he says that it is reports: likely to demand urgent attention after

There was considerable reciprocal the war, when motor traffic, especially the heavy variety,

in artillery firing this morning in the will increase in volume.

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labor. Aver

very moderate estimate of the Pont. Democracy al over the urld is their lives closer to the ground than the military prisoners of war in the various countries is 1,000,000, and another practically unanimous in insisting that troops of any other nation. The men 230,000 may be added for civilian righ if we are ever to be fought to a themselves are not to be blamed for finish if we are ever to have a solid and leaving the front. When the proposal prisoners. Therefore, about 4,350,000 men, who for longer or shorter period Lasting Pecialists have worked and was made to General Scott that American have been languishing in captivity in an

for their country during the war troops be sent to Russias aid, the Amer foreign lands as a result of the war.

as well, and as hard as any other class can officer said it would be impossible; of ecurse, in any calculation of

of the community. human suffering account must

that Americans could not be fed on taken be

·My quarrel not only of the dead, the wounded, and slehdusel is not, with the rank and Russian fare and that it would he

Have the captives, but also of all who have themselves true patriots but rather with absolutely impossible to transport Amer been taken from civil life to the arduous, some of the so-called leaders of the can commissaries. It was just as im perilous We can only guess at the number called that noisy rabble of cranks and faddista The situation in which M. Kerensky irksome life of the army; various Socialist parties and also with possible. Mr. Beary thought, to send.

Japanese troops, for the same reasons. to the colours by the various belligerents, who hitch their wagons to the star of found himself was cravoidable. He was but the following estimates for both Socialism but are really anarchists, in

that they rebel against the will of the men of wild ideas and army and navy are bot improbable

a-strong man but he was surrounded by and chaotic nationa--- British Empire, 7,000,200;

Belgium, Socialist to a beery FAILED. The bureaucratic systemen who

successfully 750,000

bandle the situation Servia, and Portugal, 220,000 appearing of installations for the supply vanced our line west of the Wood.

Germany, 2,000,000- Anatria- petrol by a flexible Hose from a We repulsed raids in the neighbour-Hungary, 70,000; Bulgaria, 500,000; The Socialists had their schemes all but with one stroke stand pipe on the footway, that power for hood of Aviop and Hollebecke. The

2000,000 total, 40,

drawn up in readiness. They had their were trying, cach for himself, $720,000 electric vehicles can be supplied in the

In other words, the war, Apart from plans all fully matured for the socializa themselves forward were satisfying per- same way, and that doubtless attempts enemy's artillery is more active in this

ili be made to secure permission from sector, and alay east and north-east of other things, he taken 48,780,000 men since been means of existence. If har sonal ambition with little thought of

from ordinary course peaceful proved that some messure of

of country M. Kerensky, At local authorities to charge from pres. plugs by the roadside. Bimilar facilities Our aeroplanes on Wednesday drop citizens and completely deranged their State Socialism was urgently

Fransportation the time. lives. To this total there might be added if we were to win the war, RA Sary extremis socialist, was now gas. Menin, and Thourout railway stations children at home who have been subjecteskes have been wide by well-meaning can of collectivist Socialiam, numberless misad petrol engines and ordinary coal

and other targets in the Ypres battle ed to extra strain in order to maintien men in high places, which might have the carrying whatever

may be

Bres. Seventeen heavy bombs were the armies is be dold, a strainer heen avoided if the Socialists and come It is said that 100 American locomotive system, there may to

here in England, as well as in other dropped at night on Roulers station,

belligerent countries, has expressed itself forward and offered their services. They are arriving monthly dying" and breaki FRENCH ARTILLERY: ACTIVE.

in serious industrial unrest. le cons of did not, and the thrair Aways the finest up from rolsusesnil peelect. It was zo un lend to, was hard to my. It was pro vigilance committ

These estimates take little RCCOUN chance that Socialism has ever had of common thing to find 16 men and, perhaps blem of which no outsider unfamiliar are recently from America, the Ind LONDON, Nor 99%

the ravages of dimase. Some countrice getting itself understood.

women ton, inks four-berth compartment with the horrible condition of life that freedom, complain there is no more free A Franch communiqué says

include and others exclude from their But they were not idle. Indeed, they He had stood an hour on one foot in a use people have led could form an doin in the nited Staten

It was a Emple matter of Russia are having freedom alt they Thore is reciprocal artillery Bring on

were very basy hasy making mischief ear full of soldiers because there was not adequate ides. where is the greatest volums of test the whole front, it boing esperally

and bickering aming themselves instead room to put the other foot down. Two for the German and Austrian prisoners wat of flex of working for the coming weal and amen each on the lower step of railway to impress upon their guards that the Ent Insaf will come through it the first, or pught to have knows the food problem was the hardest The worst wa enn de were not unsoal,

rest cape naturally this was a war of the democracies against Jor

Our only hope is to try to help, the aptocracieszk

problem of all, that and transportation,ear stropyta applauding our foes and the age depending on the c

other In the Beury decrying their own kith and kin, ceny Fetrngren corner of the country with its Governmen6 ever Wo ora improving the strength of cough be careful to keep the and chemins the 15ind eventions et ont quentin war acute, but the south when the revolt

HEN your child has whooging (ing the truth of the Gecmukh, atrocities, surrounding water wastes the food hug the Bussian soldiers, opinion that any further encroachment our new guins, giving the enemy no rest cough lose and expectoration carby enemies, they had stated hot the ethical and In Siberis here was plenty of food) (nee Peace and

their limited space for what are There is evidence that enemy troopsgiving Chamberlains Cough Remely s

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and where the greatest demand may be intense in some sector. anticipated

In-most districts where

there is appreciable pedestrian trafic. NO REST FOR THE ENEMY. Las parements are already too narrow toment the present demand. Fublic service requirements involve a portion of these congested pavings being utilised

in various directions for lamp pasta

LONDON, Nov. 29. Renter's Correspondent at the British Headquarters says

pillar-boxes, simposts, de, and he is of

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