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FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1918.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS,

(Continued from Page 7.)

THE WESTERN FRONT.

ENEMY RAID.

reports:-

THE LUDENDORFF-KUEHLMANN CONTROVERST.

GERMAN PRESS COMMENT.

THE CHUIXA MATE

HUNGARIAN CABINET RESIGNS.

“COPENTTAGEN, Jia. 14,

A telegram from Buda-Fest staten | that the Hungarian Cabinet haa resigned, Amsterdam, Jan. 17. apparently owing to the Crown's Both political groupe in Germany rejection of the Premier's proposal to claim victory in the controversy between establish an independent Hungarian General Ludendorff and Dr. Kuehlmann. | Artic

The Tageblatt states that the Berlin conference has not fulfilled pan-Garman,

hopes. LONDON, Jan. 17.

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig Marshal ron Hindenburg's audience The Tageszeitung emphasiaca Field with the Kaiser and hopes with The enemy raided a post north-west-certainty that the military ideas have ward of St. Quentin. Two of our men

triumphed." are miraing,

THE YARMOUTH CASUALTIES.

London, Jan. 16. Three more deaths have occurred at Yarmouth.

LATER.

It is officially stated that the casual- ties from the Yarmouth bombardment are four killed and sight injured.

Altogether fifty shalls were fired.

T

RUSSO-GERMAN EXCHANGE OF

PRIBONERS.

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 16.

The Berlin Wesen Zeilung states that the negotiations of the German dalega. tions with Petrograd for the exchange of prisoners, etc. are very alow, So far shere has been ao result, as matters are

The Lokalanzeiger states that Count Hartling's viewpoint has triumphed as regards the East whereas von Hinder- barg has been given a fres hand in the eventuality of a German victory to deal with annexations in the Wert.

JAPANESE WARSHIP SENT TO VLADIVOSTOCK.

Tokio, Jan. 17.

A warship has been despatched to Vladivostok for the protection of foreign interests.

FOOD RATIONING IN LONDON,

WAR AND EVOLUTION.

“CONSEQUENCES TO MANKIND.

LOST ON CADER IDRIS.

PERILOUS ADVENTURE OF ARMY

OFFICER AND HIS WIFE

Dr. Ronald Campbell Macfe, a well- known English scientist and man at latters, contributes an article to a recent Cader Idris, in many respects the most number of Science Progress." in which majestic and desolate of the Welsh he discusses the evolutionary con mountains, was recently the scene of sequences of war on mankind. Though thrilling adventures by a military officer war has been in the world since the and his wifes Captain Pollock, Warwick- time of the trilobites, writes Dr. Macheshire Regiment, and his wife, whose and though its Importance in the erolu. boosa is Graydon, arrived at tion of animal types has long been a Barmouth for a holiday, staying at the cardinal article in the creed of biologiata. Cors-y-Gedoi Hotel, and set ent to climb Jet the sociological and biological the famous mountain. Nothing more. significance of human warfare with re- was heard nt them that day, but even furnace to the evolution of man's body when they failed to return af night the adequately studied. Thus we find com- thinking

mind has never been quite people at the hotel were not alarmed, possible that they had been petent biologists, auchi as the eminent compelled by the breakdown of their mcifist Professor David Starr Jordan, car to spend the night elsewhere. Next stating with reference to the dysgenics day, however, a ludy who had been of war, that war caused degeneracy climbing over Cader-hurried down to in the Romaus

that and

the Dolgelly, and stated that she had heard Napoleonic wars lapped inches of the cries for help from the precipice over tature of the Frenchmen. Yet both looking the lake. The mist at the time statements, though widely current, have was rather thick, and it was with never been proved, and creous. That the docting of Borut from which the cries come. Eventually dificulty that she discovered the spot was due to political murders and to the managed to get into touch with Mrs. Follock, and siter reassuring her started

and

The Frankfurter Zälung, criticising.

LONDON, Jan. 16. the militarists, says a Government) The local Food Authorities in Londen remorable by the military is only, bare decided on a rationing schema caricature and a mogkery in the eyes of similar to that of sugar tickets, bonne its own people and foreigners. To ning on February 25, with butter and raverse the policy of pease by agreement margarine. There will be special cartis.oluntary enlistment is quite as plau- would expose Germany to parils for for children. which a few coal mines and a few square miles of territory are hopelessly inade quate compensation,

M. CAILLAUX.

MORE REVELATIONS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. The State Department has published

influenced by the Brestlitovsk negotia-telegrams sent by Count Bernstorff to tions, which the Russians are protract ing to an extraordinary extent.

ATTACKED VESSELS NOT DAMAGED.

THE SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, Jan. 17." Silver is quoted at 44. There is less enquiry and more offering. The Market is quiet.

THE BRITISH WATCHWORD.

sibla as the view Professor Jordan prefers. But it might be

Well con tended that the fall of Rome wis dae

equally to malaria, or too much eating or too many hot baths. With regard to the lopping of the French it is by no means certain that the modern Frenchman shorter than the Frenchman of Nape leon's time, and even granting that he is prove that the shortening is the result shorter, it would be very difficult to of war. Further, even if we could prove both propositions, we should still be unwarranted in formulating ■ general law, for the Teutons, who have possibly suffered more from. war zhan any otha race in Europe, are a tall rece; and the Montenegrins, who have been docimated | by war for centuries, are much above ordinary stature.

In the course of a speech delivered on November 21st in the Constitutional steady as a British watchword Pa Club, Sir Edward Carson recommended

Let us then consider a special case on said: We had arrived at a stage of the ita own merits. Let us consider the war when the people's grit, nerve, and probable evolutionary effect of the pre- soul will be tried severely. Nothing sent European war on the biologica! should be tolerated which would tend characters of the English, French, Italian to arouse schism and distrust. We had and Tentonic peoples. These nations have sent almost every fit man within worked-up crisis... The Ministers had

every unfit man within these ages has

off for assistance.

off with a plentiful supply of ropes and A rescue party was organised, and søt other appliances: It appears that in descending the mountain Capt. Pollock and bis wife nassed their way. While searching in the darkness for a pathway. they both missed their footing, his wife falling down the cliff about 8 ft, and in throughout Sunday night exposed to a fracturing her thigh. They waited there revere bailstorm, anow, and hightning. In the morning he ventored to the edge of the clif, hoping to be able to climb down, but that was impossible. There was a narrow edge below which appe ed to be a path, and he decided to and let his wife down to this edge He tore up some of his wife's clothing and his trench coat and made them into a rope 25ft. long. He let his wife down on to what looked like a path, but, to their horror, she discovered it was only a ledge of the cliff, not more than two

about eft, wide. yards long, by

It was impossible for him to go to his wife's assistance, and seither could more had taken no food with them, and his flowing from the rock. They called out for help, and very luckily a lady visitor from Barmouth saw his wife and gave information which led to their rescue. Ha felt none the worse after his trying experience, but his wife had suffered greatly from exposure, and would not be able to be moved from Barmouth for some time.

the German Government in February 1915 relating to M. Caillaux's visit to Buenos Aires. Is states that M. Caillaux spoke contemptuously of the French President and Government. He said he saw through England's policy, the war being a struggle for existence on In the House of Commons, Dr. the part of England, and requested the Macnamara Financial Secretary to the German Press not to praise himself just passed through tun days of a shain certain age limits to fight, and almost a fost from their perilous position. The Admiralty, stated.. that the vessels because it injured his position in France. been described as a crew of mere cyphers been left behind; and a cry goes a wife had to sit in a stream which was

LONDON, Jan. 16.

mentioned in the weekly return **unsuccessfully attacked were damaged.

THE REWA "'

13.

not

A BROKEN GERMAN PROMISE"

LONDON, Jan. 15.

M. Caillaux added that on his return he would reside in his constituency, fearing Paris and the fate of Jaures.

The second telegram advised the departure of the Aguaya, with M. Caillaux aboard, requesting the capture of the steamer, whereupon M. Caillaux should be treated with courtesy and consideration. In June, 1917, the present revolutions in other countries ful, however, whether this prelimin German censorship instructed the and they must not imagine that there German Preas under no circumstances was no revolution in this country. It was In the House of Commons Dr-to-mention-M. Caillaux's-name- quite likely that twuld be a disorder Macasmara, Financial Secretary to the

ly revolution, but by facing the facts Admiralty, emphasised that Germany

we should be able to prevent the disaster of anarchy. The debt which we owed to had recently promised hospital ships

our soldiers and sailors must be immunity if they kept west of the line. In the Chamber, a Socialist interpell-repaid. Sir Edward Carson depre Land's End-Ushant. The era com-ation asserted that the searches made cated attacky made by the Daily Mail plied with this requirement.

in Italy in connection with M. Callaux on Admiral Jellicoe, and urged the were illegal because the accused wastewspapers to attack the politicians and nop the men at the beim. Heferring to MUNITIONS SHIP TEXAS" SAFE: absent.

Lord Northeliff recent letter to the Prime Minister he remarked that in the midst of all this a superman came to tell as that we were a inefficient that

and dummies struck to obedience by wild Fremier. There was nothing fur- from the pacifist and the quas-scientile ther from the truth. There was never and even from the scientific, that since more wicked and scandaloux attempt the fit go to be killed and since the unit, to sow dissension than these allegations remain at home to procreate their kind, and this conspiracy against the adminis this preliminary sitting, with the tem- tration af the British Army. The period porary procreative advantages it gives of reconstruction, he asserted, would be to the unfit, must in itself have avil the most critical of all. There were at racial conséquences. It is very doubt

ry me

Medical selection can have any the future physical fitness of the fight. Or permanent effects on ing peoples. The great majority of men rejected are rejected on acconas of short sight reptare, fat feet, varicose veins, heart disease. Most of these defects, once acquired, have no affect on the racial value of the individual, and are not likely to affect his offspring, It is doubtful, indeed, whether, taking all things together, the average enlisted man hus 3 per cent, more racial value than the average unenlisted person.

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Wisnisorog, Jan. 16.

THE SEARCHES IN ITALY,

PARIS, Jan. 16.

MEN OF ALL SORTE,

THE LATE SIR. WILLIAM

HERSCHEL..

AUTHOR OF FINGERPRINT

„IDENTITY SYSTEM.

The Navy Department is advised Governmens, according to International Americs would have to assume the conarmy by war itself. Almies are not practical use of finger print impressions

that the steamer Teras (reported ram- med and sinking while on a voyage to Europe with nitrates) is safe.

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THE PEACE DISCUSSION.

DISTORTED GERMAN VERSION.

PETROGRAD, Jan. 16.

to 36.

.

PARIS, Jan. 16. Deputy Loustalot has been arrested in connection with the Caillaer affair, also M. Comby, who is stated to have It is officially declared that the land when the latter was ectamunicating accompanied M. Loustalot to Switzer German version of the peace pourparlera with Munir Pasha, the ex-Turkish distorts the real meaning. Dr. von Ambassador to Paris. It is also stated Kaehlmann said the German Govern- that M. Caillaux planned to make ment reserved the right to delete General Sarrail Generalissimo, everything tending to excite the German

· FRASES,"

ARRESTED RUMANIANS

RELEASED.

PETROGRAD, Jan. 16. The Rumanian Minister, and a few other Ramanians were released on Tuesday afternoon..

SHOTS FIRED AT LENIN

PETROGRAD, Jan. 16.

Shots were fired at the motor wherein M. Lenin was returning from Smoley, after inspecting the Red Gnaris.

citizens.

THE PLAQUE IN THE NORTH.

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FINCHEN, Jan. 10.

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THE

Clemenceau admitted that French

Sir William James Herschel who died law was supreme only in France, but

recently added to the scientific lustro enquiries were addressed to the Italian

Now let us book at selection in the attaching to his name by discovering the Law and they were not entitled to think trel and management of the war. That composed as popular writers assert, of as a means of identification. He was that it bad acted illegally.

Min Bruss calumny an our fellow the dower of the land."

They contain born in January, 1833, was a grandson of The Chamber accorded the Govern-Parliament considered that these things hakim, and bantams-mex of 50-inch son of the-na-less eminent, astronomer sman with a seat in pen of all sorts and sizes, sons of the famous discoverer of Uranus, and a ment a rate of confidence by 100 votes were going wrong why did he not tell chests and men of 32-Inch chester frat baronet who on his death in 1871 and ahemist Sir John Frederick Heschel, us in Fartament what we ought to do magnificent specimens of humanity and FURTHER ARRESTS. He (Sir Edward Carson) had searched very feable creatures-men of keen sigh buried by the side of Newton in

Bansard, but had been unable to find and men of impaired vision. The question

Westminster Abbey. Sir William gradu- that this great men had given even ais-Docs modern war select the best or sted M.A, at Oxford, and receiving a simple suggestion in Parliament where worst of these! And if the best, will nomination to the Indian Civil ServicS, it might have been criticised. !'.

1653. He served for many This is a difficult question, and we years in the Hooghly district, and it was should not care to answer it dogmati Kutiny, that be applied the frat tests of ibera, in 1958, after the suppression of the cally But, considering the nature of modern warfare, the impartiality of the practicability of using finger-printim- pressions as a means of identification. machine guns, the wholesale CTO of shrapnel, it seems very probable that is more immediate, object was to death is indiscriminate in his harvest circumvent the personation then pra It is no longer a matter of individual valent in the Bengal Courts of justice courago and initiative; it is no longer and which, in the general state of matter of hand-to-hand combat, where illiteracy, could not be checked save 10 THE DARDANELLES COMMISSION.

the strong or canning man survives; it exceptional cases by a comparison of is no longer & matter of diseases tersus signatures. He wrote a report recom constitution; it is no longer a case of mending the general adoption of the FINAL REPORT WITHELD. !"

battle in the epon, where the bigger ratem for civil purposes throughout I returned yesterday from Koeibus men are the better targets it is a case India, but his advice was not followed. LONDON, Jan. 16. cheng, northwestwards of this town. of blind, indiscriminate slaughter. On and the practice lapsed in the Hooghly In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Pneumonic plague is spreading rapidly the dysgenio side we might point out district after bis departure for other that the best regiments have in most spheres. de served as secretary of the Revenue and sub- Law stated the Government had decided in the city and villages all round.

Das Bengal Board cases, been given the most dangerous One village to tha east claimed

tanks: not to publish, for the present, the fast eight deaths when we first passed, would be suficiently stringent to have Beast. His enthusiasm for the system

whether this selection but

ction sequently as Commissioner of Cooch report of the Dardanelles Commission, because that would give valuable which bad increased to 40 on our much efect on the rice as a whole must did not abate, and though he evolved-it smid "depressing dificulties," to use his information to the enemy,

raturn journey within three days. be doubtfal, especially in view of the

Hundreds of wool-certers came daily fact that many more are wounded and own term, and his work went wirawarded. from the infected centres of Protu and captured than killed. And even if a satisfaction in later years of seeing his and apparently unrecognized, be had the question-modern warfare does Saratal to the railway, carrying infec-chiefly kill off the bigger, may be methods applied in all parts of the world tion to the villages en route. Nothing stronger men, so also do many industrial on a larger scale than he had over antici is being done by the local Government occupations. On the eugenie side may pated. to stop the traffic.

As was fitting, India took the lead in bo counted the good and reficient food, We urged the Governor of Saiyuan the open air life and the physical train this respect. In 1897, nearly 20 years to institute preventive measures. He ing that soldiers enjoy. These tend to after he had left the country, the Go- refused to believe that plague even improve the soldiers general health and vernment of India accepted the to diminish their vulnerability to commendation of an expert committee existed, and refused to allow us to in-tabereniceis and some other discuses, and that Suger-prints should be adepted us vestigato any cases. We nevertheices may have me actual racial results, a means of identifiention both for civil procured blood-stained spation and since war, through higher wages, with and criminal purposes as being in every

the proved the existence of plague by less overcrowding and more food, will way aspecios. microscopic examination.

also tend to improve the health of the method. Evidently the Governor's reason for women and the children of the lower disbelief was the revenue derived from classes

It is obviously very difficult to estimate the wool-carters, which amounts to 1500 the net result of such conflicting factory LONDON, Jan. 16. daily passing through his hands. as we have mentioned ; but, altogether. The Daily Chronicle states that this.

We mentioned the serious con- and giving dee and full weight to the week's sitting of the Irish Convention sequences that would arise from neglect considerations that it is only a part of is regarded as critical

to stop the traffic, as in the Manchurian the male population who are subject to From all accounts remarkable progress epidemic, when tens of thousands of the direct selection of war that many shipbuilding branch of the Indian Muni- of these leave children; that many skilled tion. Boord has amased a great deal of has been made and agreement has been lives and millions of tsels were lost

workmen of war so are shielded in war reached on many troublesome points, He simply laughed. His actituds is factorics; that all females are unselected interest in Calcutta. The main difficulty ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE. but the Convention is now encounter-criminal and beartless, ABS WYTWAT; that variations for physique, that exists at present of constructing stool- ing a most formidable obstacle.

The spidemio is already spreading in even if selected, are often only Burter, built vessels is the famine of steel plates The Daily News Correspondent in the direction of Taiyuantu, the provis and that in any case all stocks remain in India. There is no business concern Dublin states that the last fortnight has cial capital, and threatening the Peking. well represented in the survivors-taking in India that possesses adequate machin- witnessed the drawing together of the Hanko Railway It has reached the right to these special considerations,ory for the ling of large steel plates

everything together, and giving dos In the House of Commons, replying Nationalista and Southern Unionists, Faking-Sinyuan line, where traffic has I think we might be justified in conclad for hipbuilding. It is, therefore, pre HE the 0.0.C. at the Military Hospital if Middle Europe comes out of the peace to questions enquiring into our attitude leaving the Belfast Unionists isolated bean stopped since yesterday but the ing that the present war is unlikely to sumed in shipping quarters that the early towards the Bolshevik Government, Mr. It is believed that the Convention will plage will spread in other directions have any important engenic or dragenic energies of the construction branch in Friday, 26th inst st 10.80, Ospe nad way will have been fought in vain. Fin Balfour, Secretary of State for Foreign not last put the wook h

en unless most radical measures are taken effects on the three nations weo, bare Affairs, said that Great Brital did not Ths. Time Correspondent in Dublin by one contral qualified authority under review. But our very interesting India will be almost eclaty devoted to capes must be worn and the uniform much catastrophe should happed s recognise the present administration instates that events in connection with

aball here to wipe out the stain on our Pour Chine, with bor wars food, and important eugenic actions an action the raakdog of barges and small crate for must be in accordance with the V.A.D. Valour and danity with another great. Petrograd as de facto or de jure the the Convention have taken, a dis: famine, pest and incompetent self-acct that has been bitherto strangely over the campaign in Mesopotamia, and fo booklet instted to the membara.) Government of the Russian poopla Weappointing tara..

looked the war will have. It will load turning out wooden coasting ships to ing officials!

A Swiss socialist necompanying Lesin was slightly wounded in the haral.

"ROSSIAN ULTIMATUM TO "RUMANIA.

NO. TAX ON BRITISH CAPITAL.

LONDON, Jan. 15. PETROGRAD, Jan. 16.

In the House of Commons, Mr. The Goverantit accuses Rumania of Botar Law stated that the Government hostile acts against Russian soldiers, of had no intention of imposing a tax on disallowing the transport of, provisions, capital also of arresting the committes of a "Russian regiment and Austrian officers

who were visiting the regiment.

The Russian Government has sent an ultimatum to Rumania demanding their release, punishment of the authorities concerned and a guarantee against, tha repetition of such acts. Failing a reply within 24 hours Russia will break off negotiations and take most energetic military measures.

GREAT BRITAIN. AND THE BOLSHEVIK GOVERNMENT.

LONDON, Jan. 16.

THE IRISH CONVENTION.

CRITICAL SITUATION.

the Embassy We were establishing RUSSIAN TURKESTAN DECLARED

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