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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1018.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page 1.).

theatres, there is every reason to be antisfied with the results achieved. The additinasi strungth which the enemy obtained or may obtain from thò events in Hussia und Italy, has already been hirgely discounted und BRITISH OPERATIONS IN the ultimate destruction of the enemy's forces is brought appreciably :-1917.

nearer. "

DESPATCH BY SIR DOUGLAS HAIO..

Lostos, Jan. 8. The Gazelle contains a Despatet from Field Murihal Sir Douglas Haig, of 26.000 words, covering the operations in 1917, excepting at Cambrai,

THE CHINA MATT

THE ITALIAN FRONT

BRITISH ARTILLERY 'AND- AIRCHAFT ́SUCCESSES,

LONDON, Jat" 8.

"HIGH" COMMISSIONER" TO US.L.

LORD READING APPOINTED.

LONDON, Jan. 7

COMMUNAL COOKING,

CHANCE FOR ENTERPHIMENO, WOMEN.

It is understood that Lord Reading has been appointed British High Com-

How long shall we have to wait before. A British official message from maioner to the United States and will communal cocking becomes common in also take charge of the British: War fevery class of society † saka ni weiter in a the Italian Front report

Mission at New York and Washington, London paper; and he or she, go ou Our artillery has bad several auc-Lord Northcliffe remaining the head of

The needs! coma system of catering on esses during the past week, and the the British Mimic to the United these lines constitutes, the felt wash of In the operations at Arrux, Messuccess in the air was well mainstre

the moment. aines, Lens and Ypres, 191 Gennau tained. Divisions were defeated by less than hall that number of British Divisions.

A TRIBUTE TO THE ARTILLERY.

In paying a tribute to the artillery, Sir Douglas Haig points out that in the Battle, of Ypres, the batteries operated, practically unprotected, month after month, under a con.. tinuous bombardment of gús und high explosives, He says that in-

EARLY PLANS MODIFIED. Sir Douglas Haig explains, that the conference of the Military Heads of the Allies, in November 1918, runged a plan för last year coinpria- ing offensive on ull Fronte. The British offensive in April was to be preparatory for a more decisive and subsequent French operation by the French, in the latter stages of which the British were to co-operite, but the events in Russia and the fact that the French offensive in Cham.infantry's call, with a full knowlerige pagne met with very obstinate of the consequences. resistance, necessarily modified the plan. li

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stores could be multiplied when the signal from the infantry for urgent artillery support and the warning that gas was coining were received simultaneously, the gunitera i discarded their musks and obeyed the

THE FLYING CORPS:

ני

States in London.·.·

LATER.

In residential neighbourhoods in very

In every

village throughout the

The appointments of Loren and breadth of the land, there i

We destroyed sigla machines and and Northcliffe are officially centred drove down two others.

LORD NORTHCLIFFES

One of our machines was last We carried out several successful raids on aerodromes,

There was much snow yesterday.

GERMAN REPORT.

Tospov, Jan. 8.

COMMENT.

an opening for supply kitchens worked on really practical bustorsa lines, where wall-cooked food of the plain and whole- some variety could be bought at reason- LONDON, Jan. 8. ble prices all ready to serve, or merely Lord Northeliffe, interviewed in con- requiring to be heated nection with Lord Reading's appointally help to silve the servant difficulty, Not only would such a system matari- meat, emphasised the tremendousness but it would sasura za enormous saring. of the task of representing the in coal, in labour in time and monsy-to British interests in the United States at say nothing of lessening the waste of time when the inter-dependence of food that is so flagrant.a acandal în A German official message states: each other's war efforts had sasumed hundreds of homes to-day, while at the There was violent enemy surprisecha vist scala. He was of opinion time it would sat free numbers of that Lord Reading would be given fall

WOTDRDE war workers bo sccording to arillery activity throughout the day, suthority to act on his own initiative; National Carice as the present moment.

Anekland Heddles,

is the recent call for woka toate Asekoe and to the north was the case during his former visit. National Sand

He would posses the good-will of the and feminine war workers that has made people and the Government of the this matter an urgent necessity; for United States. Our combined establish there is not the slightest doubt that this: mante at Washington had grown appeal for women workers will entail much that they would now make a most domestic stafs and render the shrinkage the forced curtailment of a great many creditable showing in Whitehall,

of the supply a serious matter in the SIK C. SPRING RICE LEAVES immediate future, and

WASHINGTON.....

of. Vidor.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

*

BRITISH CAPTURES IN 1917.

114,544 PRISONERS. '

LONDON, Jan. 7, The War: Office has issued the follow- British exptures in

Prisoners. Gume

With regun to the Flying Corps, Sir Douglas Haig mentions that longing atatement of distance miding has becohere 1917

THE BATTLE OF ARRAS. The Dispatch emphasises the in- mense bandicap upon the British in the Battle of Arrus by quia pod snow

gognized part of the preparations for and says the effects of this in the an infantry uttack und the bombing matter. of bringing up guns before of netodromes behind the enemy the enemy, was able to assemble bic lines was intensified. In several case.r reserves was incalculable. Neverthe- the enemy was thus compelled to less by May th twenty-three fier-abanken particular nerodromes, man Divisions were withdrawn. The REFRISAL RAIDS QN GERMAN Field Marshal explains that it was in onler to wis: the French that the operations at Areas were con Reprisal raids on German town tinued. This hussarily routine carried out whenever the weather interfered with the "preparations for perite Sir Douglas Haig em attack in Flanders,

THE SUBTERRANEAN WAR-

TOWNS

plusies. However, that the unethy does not show signs of relaxing "lis aerial efforts, and therefore lays stress of the need for a liberal supply of efficient muchines.

FARE AT MESSINES. Speaking of the unprecedented maguitude of the subterranean wars i

He also mentions that carrier fare at Messines, Sir Doughs Ruig mentions that it was known time the pigeons have proved extremely valu- nemy was diving gallery which able in conveying information from

unite to Headquarters. gallery would ultimately cut into a leading to our nines, but by careful listening it was judged that if our offersive began on the date arminged the enemy's gallery would just fail teach us. This proved correct.

A PRACTICALLY BEATEN ENEMY.

Time after

to

1

THE USE OF GAS. The Dispatch show that the British dre increasingly using gas which is almost nightly discharged mong the entire Front..

A TRIBUTE TO THE NAVY.

Western Theatro. In Palestine.... In Mesopotamia..

In East Africa. In Salonika.

131531

. 17,646 ... .... ........ 108- :15,944......124

6,728... 1,095.

18

Total 111.544...78г The British losses on the Western Front were approximately 27,200 pri- soners and 166 guns; in Palestine 610 prisoners; Mesopotamia £67 East dies 100 and Salonika 200 making a total of 28,379 prisoners and 166 guna

THE WESTERN FRONT.

RAIDING ARTILLERY AND AERIAL ACTIVITY.

chendaele.

LONDON, Jan. 7.

Te repulsed a raid south eastward of Ypres.

Hostile artillery was active at Pass Our aeroplanca, on Sunday, machine targeta, firing 12,000 rounds. Thay gasned troops, transports and other as dropped three tons of bombs on diferent objectives.

We brought down six and drove down two machines,

Tours are missing

THE ITALIAN - FRONT.

SUCCESSFUL ́ANGLO-FRENCH

BOMBARDMENT.--.

“LONDON, Jan. 8. It is officially announced that Cecil Spring Rice is departing from Washington on leave."

Stil retrench as we may, cooking re- mains an essential that cannot be done

with, no matter whether the Stovernment conscripta all our cooksand refuses to supply us with anything like kitchen-minids, and the Coal Controller

the amount of fuel necessary for our requirements

Lord Reading's appointment as High Commissioner will have the character, of Ambassador on Special Mission, with full authority over all British Missions

in the United Stites.

CALCUTTA GOLF CLUB EXPELS

ENEMY. SUBJECTS.»

Since Germany thro-and-a-half years [ago", proved-and has emphasised on numberless; occasiors since, to-day, for instance, we hear of the advancing to theatres in t

Italy with Italian women

attack

..

PROVIMONS READY COOKED.

With that wonderful adaptability that war has brought forth, the housewife is already making the best of her altered nditions, and it in of interest to pote that the reduction of domestic staffs has already created briak boom in the of ccored

in the specially in

neighbourhood of

In all the hig stores one sees more ad

more customers collected round the cooked provision counters while there isa greater demand than

ever for tinged sad bottled food of every description.

Although exp isfactory-commodities sold in this

ugh expensive and often urat- come nearer to supplying the ideal system of etamunal catering than any and the Italian forces that she cannot

even higher conduct war as a civilised nation and cost of feeding and housing servants preferred to out-rival the Hans of old in to-day, more than balances the extra the "outrages her soldiery could perpe expense the housewife is put to in bring

ver the world have in this manner. discussed the question of expelling their

Still German and Austrian members for development, and improvement in remains very vast field Royal Calcutta Goll Club has now taken his direction, and the extension of an definite action. Ata meeting held last enterprise of this sort offers work at a week a a new Article of Association was

was highly lucrative and valuable nature to adopted laying it down that "no subject hundreds of women, i£ will

they of Germany or Austria-Hungary skill set to work

only be eligible for membership of the Roval opening up shops in middle-class neigh

really practical lines, Calcutta Golf Club. It will be noticed bourhoods tere well-cooked dishes of that the disability does not apply only various sorts of the ordinary every day for the duration of the war. In the household variety can be bought st auch is declared, cupity between the belli it, advantageous to adopt this new

of

events, when peace | moderate prices that the housewife finds gerents would die

would de As Sir Archy system of catering. this will enthe possible with the are Brat, that the food, must be of good, Bickmyre pointed

ted out in Calcutta,

two great things to bear in mind Germans. The horrible outrages that wholesome quality, cooked and served in the Germans have committed on land and an appetising and attractive guise, and ses-and are now repeating in Italy second, that it must come so well within place our foes outside the pale of human the means of the ordinary housewife

Their, acts

not the that she finds it well worth her while to

difficult, provid

wages, together with the screen between them thing else, for the saving the cost of

The

Heimpulses of battle lust. They support auch an enterprise-the latter

extravagant

line

anta ot

alf wiste

dishes, peelings from

and milk, used to

are part and parcel of a cold and calea task being by no means lated programme, Long before the wared the caterer buys with care and the German War Mantal laid down the discretion, and applies those, improved

of action derman soldiers should methods of wring. and selling

མར་ adopt

war ways the Manual, materials such as bones, refuse, ke.. **conducted with energy" cannot be which fetch such an astonishingly high confined to attacking LONDON, Jan. 7. ·

the combat price, just now, that it is the rule to An Italian official communiqué states: tions.

the enemy and its fortifica make systematic income by the sale o

le of It must at the same time such hitherto unconsidered trifles as the The British and Freach batteries be directed to the

draine of sour repeatedly shelled positions and the rear the whole of

as between Vitor and Ponte della steril: resource for three and & in Friala achieving excellent results.

Germany The British patrols forced the river

ntained this dictum, and the u loodity and canteens all over the land today,

SUBMARINE WARFARE.

EXTENSION OF BRITISH MINEFIELDS.

The Field Marshal points out that the enemy dilistinest to prevent

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Enig, in his Despatch reviewing the opera- our advance in Flanders, using up no fewer than seventy-eight tions, pays a tribute to the Navy." sions in this effort. Nevertheless, it

Sir Douglas Haig says:- The was the immensi natural difficulties, debt the Army owes the Navy grow! accoutuated by abnormally wes ever greater, and it is deeply realised weather, rither than the magnitude by the British Agnies ir France. of the enemy's resistance which As the result of the Navy's uncens prevented the complete capture ofing vigilance, the enemy's hope that unrestricted submarine warfare would Paschendaele ridge. time the rain enforced fuils, enabling hamper our operations in France dive at some points.

Flanders has been signally disap- practically beaten enemy "* reorganise and bring up reinforce pointed. The immense quantities of ments behind the sea of indd con- ammunition and material required by stituting his in protection.

the Army, and large numbers of men, Sir Douglas Haig emphasises that continue to reach us with unfailing owing to the necessity for taking regularity." over an additional line from the French we were very definitely handicapped in the Battle of Arms.

This bandicap was subsequently increased by the difficulty of obtain ing adequate drafts a sufficiently long time before the Divisions partici: pated in the battles; to enable the drafts to be assimilated into Divi«.

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

MR. HUGHES" CABINET RESIONS.

MELIOURNE, Jan. 8. Mr. Hughes' Cabinet bas resigned, Mr. Tudor, the Upposition Whip...

THE MEAT SUPPLY IN GREAT

BRITAIN.

•sions and the Divisions to be trained.hus beet, autioned.

"The general conditions of the struggle in 1817 were very different from those contemplated by the aforementional Allied Conference

LONDON, Jan. 8. and the great, general and simul-

The provincial butchers have been taneous offensives then agreed upon, licensed to buy only half as much did not autoriais. The events is as they purchased in October. The Rusaju enabled the Germans to bring surpluses will be sent to London.

40 fresh Divisione from the Russian

to the Westem Front, and this and

the events in Italy, imposed a for

AMERICA AND COAL.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.

ier task on the British and the The Fuel Administrator recom-1 French than was anticipated. How.ends that coal should only be ever, the British Armies rasintained exported for war purposes and, in vigorous and continuous offensives exchange for those commodities from April to November, except at needed by the United States. short intervals due to the weather

or to completo preparations.

THE ULTIMATE DESTRUC

TION OF THE ENEMY'S

FORCES

was the longest and Bost fully sustained offers

THE BILYER ‹ MARKET,

LONDON, Jan.or Silver is quoted at 45. The Markes in steady,

CURENTHAL

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Dis not

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REAL FACTORY OF HEALTH."

fixed and the combatants remained in the same places. Vaccination WEST TE sorted to, and this way the case wille cholen also. Our institute, in this way. delivered to the troops about nine mal Son doses.

of racines We helped the Serbian Army considerably in typhoid and been Armies, out

of all of us. Meanwhile, the Royal Cal cutta Golf Club Baaresolved to prepare for any gescies in the fularo,

How has the war affected the Pastuar Another

opted at the same meeting provides that "the membership

A striking speech by the Archbishop of Institute! Dr. Rasx, the director ex- of any permanent member who is a peur, of a debate in the plained this to a porrespondent of the subject of a foreign State shall be ipso House of Lerds recently on Labour Paris Edition of the New York Herald, whic fatto terminated war be "declared between Great Britain and the state of

hich

a subject. Timur. of

LONDON, Jan. 7." Lloyd's Registry announces that two new British minefields for the protection of merchantmen against submarines Ceylon have been laid, covering practically the whole senaren between the Belgian coast and Dover and Folkestone

The British mine area of the coast of Jutland and the German seaboard has also been enlarged."

AIR RAIDS ON ENEMY TOWNS

LARGE FLYING CAMP DAMAGED.

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 8

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he

LINER LOSSES.

Funrest:

holar

ver Typhoid-bas.nor

in the Western har

tormented thəf

soldiers considerably in billets and in the trenches. Our institute prepared Bachets, containing

certain which were placed in the clothing, and subjec

the as follows was introduced

this method was effectual in either kill- Marquis of Sulishare who called ation Before the was our personnel num-ing the insects

ar driving them tion to the reports of the Commission on bred about 200 individuals, and of this of these sachets have been sent to the

and very many hundreds of

thousands Industrial Unrest and moved for papers, amber. 188 were mobilizd in August. Front Maladian levers were common in Saspicion of profitsering, he said, vas

by

one of the greatest causes of onrest and 1914 This group.comprised 1 doctors, the East and consed many of our men it he had made a great fortune out of

ry's necessities he would feel chemists, 6 veturinary surgeons, 78 to be sent home for matmest. and this necessitated the establishment of a num ficers and soldier. The laboratories ber of services for examining the blood himself.

the cosmed, e

of

20 PER CENT. DURING THE WAL, 1420sing the York said it was 1 för study and teaching in closed, and of the patients.

the

sto dy200

wounded was

nd

that there should be la only few laboratories for research were The same may be. bour

or unrest, but it was surprising that allowed to remain open. Some of our tery From the time of the first battles there had been so little of it. When the services, which could not be allowed to of the war the number of An important report prepared by the war was over there would be demod be interrupted; have been kept going by considerable, mostly caused by explosion Liverpool Steamship Owners Associs on the part of the workers and of all a very limited number of our people of shells Tetanus followed frequently tion, which has 3,921,075 tons gross classes Èfunt.

Dro-war

-war conditions should

Suck Bre departments of rabies. We had only about 150,000, doses of nati- ays the not war-time, loss in liner ton not be restored, but that a new departure diagnosis (examination of blood), pre tetanic serum in our reserve, stock and incress A telegram from Karlsruhe, dated the condition beter en cant. Under peace should be made. It const be put bluntly paration of (vaccines (type and she so we had to get to work

condition liner tonnage, to keep pace that those who bad borce the greater

racines for animals the our untput In ordinary times fifty 4th instant reports Add air attacks with normal growth in overses trade, portion of the strain and the sacribes of saro-therapeutic service. This war brings horses salticed the producing this seran on Mannheim, Rastatt and Frieburg, should have increased during the fast the war were determined to see that the into requisition all the resources of our This figure jumped up to 400 bowser, The Telegraaf states that the big new three year by not itss than 10 per cent conditions afer the war were adequate country, and these incins not stopped thar four millions of doses & this re wo furnished the Army more the Ovstackeros. Then if peace were re-established next to the sacrifice they had made.

resources. But the war as yng camp on

The negro troops on coming to Ghent-Lokern-Antwerp ling has been year, fuer fonnige of the United King Predisposing causes of Industrial on our acut the Institute; it has

granformed is 10 psrtment of monis,

veritable Franes suficied & greatly damaged in the urial attachdem must be insuficient to meet the reat were the unequal distribution of the simply

considerably ferm phen demands this would be made upon it to rewards of industry; and the dehurspl- fretery for the Health

monis, but especial vaccine MI. ROCEFELLER'S MUNIFICENCE. enable the overseas, communications of sing of industry, and very often aning the Army and under ita control smitantly successful in combating

bas de disease cites of berunts were serious the United Kingdom to be re-establish youngce men a strike was simply the The experience of all ar od. The probabis shortage would not setion of personality agrist condi monstrated the fact that epidemics have in the Orient, but we had, a stran be lose the 30 per cent..

tions that cramped and hampered it always been serions, and the difcalties that trouble which prod

the protective results

duced the best It was unfortunate that the working can only be

wach The horses bought in foreign cou class.Bad norepresentativo in that Houes measures prese

crobes and tries were rather commonly affe disinfect to address their!

Purification, directly even, decred the Homer that they diagones, march of Sir Donglus Height, he had taken ihmedu

Bir Dunglas was, some few weeks ago the recommend in a great karty toy got to certain and speaking o place. He found bis car, but the Chauffeur waB. XXIĚNITE get in the car and Then the

GIFT OF $5,500,000

NEW YORK, Jan Mr. Rockfeller bas given $5,500,000 the Foundation to meet the increasing, expenditure for war work KOMMENTER V

Mr. Rockfallar's contributions to the Foundation now total $130,000,000

NATIONAL WAH BONDS

SUBSCRIPTIONEJONE

A RECORD WEEKS AN

«Last week's reabse

tional Way Bonds

Here is a story, our wounded boys have bronkhu back from the Front about

cer disa

there's Alp

Well

LONDON, Jan Pre Tommy

time to the MA ton oike

ugh the banke 1,000,000,00

By Mir Dougins

off by himeci

and saw

affecting

tale be

dow

on

for the form

alope to adopt

the

misul

"and top | žlanders, but we cupid with infectious | fully, Lympbatfedisinaan

fers and rendered a large number of for:

In Franca cech for works for months'aða time. A

has been vaccine, bowatarly bacteriolds in now being very

tion with

More than this reach. Zonis disenser: hazı

two-hundreds

the al

Even the

la connecINISCIOUS SPRACHE

pelariant pital for chemists plenty of cteriologist to say that their

eth the menseres which hav

result

sre supplied in this