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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1818.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page 1.)

THE WESTERN FRONT.

UNSPEAKABLE CHAOS IN

RUSSIA.

INCREASING CHLOS

THE CHINA MATE

THE REPUDIATION OF STATE. LOANS.

ALLIED AND NEUTRAL PROTEST.

PERDORAD, Feb. 10. The Representatives of nineteen Allies and Neutrals have presented

THE GENERAL STAFF CHANGES.

THE TENSION RELIEVED.

LONDON, Fab. 19. Mr. Lloyd George's statement on the General Staff changes will be made after question time today. Mr. Asquith is expected to follow.

Lesbos, Feb. 10. The latest telegrams from Russin point to increasing chaos and wide- spread disturbances in the South. VIOLENT ARTILLERY ON FRENCH The only definite fact is that the to the Bolsheviks a Note refusing to the tenaĵon on personal issuna bas been.

FRONT.

Loxos, Feb. 19 A French communiqué state- There was violent artillery activity Zuring the night in the region to the south of the forest of St. Gobain, on the sector at Chavignon and to the

porth-east of Begonvaex.

LATER.

A French evinmanique states: There was violent artillery activity in the region of Verdun.

We repulsed a Germain attack on the positions we captured on Febri- ry IB, at Hutte-iú-ålesnil,” taking some prisonery.

RAIDING OPERATIONS ON BRITISH FRONT.

Losbox, Feb. 18.

Apparently, the House does not wish to vote against the Government and considerably relieved by General Siz recognise the Decrees which repu-William Robertson's acceptance of the disted the Reasing State Loans and Eastern Command. confiscated, property in so far as foreign subjects are affected.

Germans crossed the Dying because there was nothing to prevent them: Germany's move has roused even the idealists of Petrogrid. Gorky's

The Note gavo warning that the paper, New Life, which hitherto has been pacifist, says the German Powers interested would at a Inter Government having quelled disaffecdate insist upon satisfaction and smash the compenention for all losses sustained owing to these Decrees.

tion will attempt to Russian Revolution. In points out the necessity to withstand an Austin German attack by organizing an army for which plenty of material oxists,

THE POLES AND THE UKRANIAN PEACE.

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BOLSHEVIKS ADOPT GREGORIAN CALENDAR

PETROGRAD, Feb. 18 The Bolshevik Government has

adopted the Gregorian calendar from the 14th inst

PATRIARCHIAL TREASURES

STOLEN.

PETROGRAD, Feb. 18. Treaslırsa valued at £2,000,000 have been stolen from the Patriarchial Sacristy at Moscow, including the gold church plate, which is encrusted with gama, and bejewelled bibles

EMPIRE WHEAT GROWING.

DOMINIONS APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.

LONDON, Feb. 15,

IMPORTANT DEBATE INEVITABLE The Daily Telegraph Parliamentary Correspondent says: General Wilson's accession to General Robertson is an event of serious import and in the present state of political feeling may- lead to further complications. The In the House of Commons, Mr. probable action of the Government is Warwick Brookes, Unionist Member The Government newspaper Ines.ather uncertain owing to the Prime for Mile Tad, saked what stope The Minister's indisposition. Elther to-day Rt Hon Walter Long, Secretary of tia is indignant at the Allied and or tomorrow be will endeavour to State for the Colonies, was taking to Nentmil protest against the annulattend the House and make a statement. promote wheat growing within the An important debate is inevitable. NO SERIOS ISSUE

MANTICIPATED:

LATER.

ment of the loans and says the belli- gerant capitalists are united against

A PROTEST BY THE REGENCr the victorious march of Communiszo

Incross Europe.

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AMSTERDAM, Feb. 10..

THE POSITION OF RUMANIA. According to the Lokal Anzeiger,

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 11. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig the Polish Regency Council hus

issued a manifesto, addressed to the A Berlin telegram states that reportaj -

nation, pointing out that the Central negotiations with Rumania have not

Mr. Bonar Law stated that if the op- pertunity for vote was desired the Government would be willing to meet the wishes of the House.

This interpreted as meaning that the Government was ready to meet a vote of censure, but in view of Sir William Robertson's acceptance of the Eastern Command, the prevailing opinion

Expiru

Mr. W. & Howina, the Under Secretary, replied that the Dominion Governments were fully alive to all Aspects of the question.

THE STORM IN SOUTH AFRICA.

ENORMOUS DAMAGE...

DURBAN, Feb. 19.

We drove off raiders in the neige Powers guaranteed the independence (yet begun. Probably Baron Kuehl.in the Lobby is that no serious issuemont has been notified that 300 people

bourhood of Gabrëlle

The Portuguese troops took a low prisoners in the neighbourhood of Neuve Chapelle.

The enemy suffered casualties in patrol encounters, on the Messines acetor.

LATER.

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Rais reports:-

We drove off a paid, to the past

of Epehy.

The hostile artillery was netive uti Cambrai, Arrnentieres and Ypres.

NAVAL AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY.

LONDON, Feb. 18. The Almiralty announces that naval aircraft dropped many bomba on Lytkerke aerodrome, at noon, en Sunday. The enemy machine was machines.. Aff, our

driven down. returned.

SEVERE FIGHTING IN THE AIR.

Losnos, Feb. 19.

of Polard: yet they would not admit the Polish representatives at the Brestlijovsk Conference und that they have bought peace with Ukraine with a Polish province,

The Council protests at the new division of Poland and only rerains in office in order to preserve Polish schools, the organisation of justice and to transmit to posterity its con ception of the integrity of the Father

land.

mann (the Foreign Secretary) will go to Focsane on the 22nd int. to negotiate..

:

A GERMAN REPORT DENIED.

PETHOGRAD, Feb. 12. The Bolsheviks deny the German report," cibled on the 5th inst., that the Polea have captured Mobeleff and arrested Generalissimo Krylenko Furthermore they declare that the

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

A BRITISH INTIMATION TO RUSSIA. towns of Kharkoff and Poltava have

not adhered to the Ukrunian Rada. PRTROGRAD, Feb. 16. The British Chargé d'Affaires bas intimated that Great Britain does not recognise the independence of Ukraine or other territory hitherto belonging to the Russian Empire. VIOLENT ENCOUNTERS NEAR ROSTOFF.

PETROGRAD, Feb. 9. General Alexief's operations are |developing in the region of Toganróg,. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. Violent encounters occurred near reporting on aviation, states:-

Rostaff, while near Vorow the Bol Our aeroplanes, on Sunday; drop-sheviks are surrounded. ped six tons of bombs on "various targets, including acredromes at Tournai and Lille and a dump near Courtrai.

There was severe fighting in the air. We brought down ten and drove down sie meiny machines. Three of ouns tre missing.

Further tulds were carried out last night on aerodromes at Cheat and

FORCES OPPOSING THE

BOLSHEVIKS.

PETROGRAD, Feb. 10 Two outstanding forces are now arrayed against the Bolsheviks. namely, General Alexieff's Anny and the Church.

The followers of General Alexief

Tournai and railway stations and and General Korniloff are apparently sidings at Conflans, where a ton of increasing y

It is stated that the Bolsheviks bomba was dropped Bursts were observed and a large fire was started. ure sending an anny of 100,000,

Our air squadrons, to-day, carried under General Krylenko, against cut a daylight raid, with excellent Geperul Alexieff.

results, on barracks and a railway Apart from the above messages, station at Treves and steel worke and nothing is known in London of the u railway station at Thionville. Two movements of General Alexieff and large fires were started at Treves and General Kornilo. direct hits were obtained on the rail- way at Thiouville. All our machines

returned.

These raids were carried out des- pite very heavy and accurate anti- aircraft gunfire.

IMPERIAL CONFERENCE,

LONDON, Feb. 18.

In the House of Cornmons, Mr. Bonar Law announced that the hold. ing of an imperial War Cabinet in 1919 would afford an opportunity to hold an Imperial Conference.

THE BOLO AFFAIR

ANOTHER ARREST.

PARIS, Feb. 18. Senator. Humbert, who was men- tioned, in connection, with the Bolo, ense, has been arrested.

THE WORLD-WIDE DEMAND FOR

SILVER.

LONDON, Feb 2 the House of Commons, Mr. Bouer Law, replying to Mr. Billing,

said there had been an abnormal and

almost wotki-wide demand for silver

FIERCE FIGHTING AT ODESSA.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

GERMANS ATTACK FRENCH POSITIONS.

LONDON, Feb. 19.

A French communiqué states :— In Champagne the Germazs newly attacked in the afternoon our positions

south-west of Batts-du-Mesoil. Our fire prevented the attackers from reaching the lines. A morning attack in the same region was made by three German battalions. The enemy everywhere was expelled after suffering heavy losses.

Our aviation activity continued. We dropped thirteen tons of explosives in the Metz region, causing several fires and explosions.

will arise after the Premier's explanation

to-morrow.

CLOSER CO-OPERATION AN ADMITTED NECESSITY.

The Daily News Lobbyist Correspon dant says that the rumours that Lord Darby has resigned are officially denied. The Daily Chronicle says since the war began the need for cineer Allied co-operation has been an admitted necessity. Mr. Lloyd George has always

advocated it and was once inclined to place the Western Armies under a Generalissing, and bad na Allied. military genius arisen would have done so.

In the absence of such genius the next best plan was an Allied the Council with secured unity on political side and as far as possible oa the military side. It is understood that the chief advocate of a united command was President Wilson. This policy, which General Robertson does not accept, was accepted by the military representatives of all other Allied Powers and was supported by General Smuts.

THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.

UNSPEAKABLE... CHAOS.

LONDON, Feb. 21. The huge batches of messages held up for over a weak from Petrograd continue to arrive. They reflect un- speakable chaca, owing to the unbridled licence of hordes of Red Guards, besides

wholesale robberies and confacations everywhere, but especially in Western In some cases one village is Russia.. fighting another over the division of the apoils of landowners' houses.

A Decree empowers the Soviets to

The Johannesburgh Railway Depart have been drowned at Umfolori, includ- ing the refugees on the roof of a mill

Communication between Durban and Umfolosi is difficult, the north coast line being washed away, and in several places the telegraph and telephone lines

are down.

The Magistrate at Empagneni says a umber of Europeans have gone to Umfolosi.

There is anxiety in Durban where

Working at Umfolosi.

there are a number of relatives of those

The damage everywhere along the ccast is onormous. There were sixteen inches of rain in twenty-four hours at Umkomase and ten inches in eight

hours at Pinetown.

THE MAGISTRACY.

(Continued from Page 4.)

MOTOR-CYCLIST IN TROUBLE,

FAILED TO SOUND HIS HORN WHEN TURNING A CORNER.

Mr. A. B. Purves, assistant engineer of the Public Works Department was poned before Mr. A. Dyer Ball for failing to reduce speed and also with failing to sound his horn when turning the corner of Garden Rond and Lower Albert Road on the 19th instant.

Mr. E. E. Belilios appeared on behalf of the defendant, who pleaded not guilty.

Dr. J. H. Saunders, J.P., said he wis walking along Garden Road near the Lower Albert Road when he saw the defendant" on a motor-cycle coming round the corner very rapidly. He did have been acquired without working not hear any horn sounded and it Owners of more than three horses or struck him that if anyone happened to three oxen, or four sheep, or two pigs

THE COMING OFFENSIVE IN THE confiscate any person's savings which

WEST,

HINDENBURG'S BOAST.

LONDON, Feb 13. Reuter's Correspondent at British Beadquarters my, the politics and domestic situation in Germany is now creating internal excitement and anxiety and causing pressure upon the militarists, who have been forced to endeavour to paddly the people.

The following instance is typical of

the present situation —

Field - Marshal You Hindenburg, recently interviewed by a number of newspaper editors, said in reply to PETROGRAD, Feb. 14.

statement that there would not be any For two days there has been fierce food in Germany hert May, "I shall fighting between the Usracian Cos-be in Paris by the 1st of Apri" sacia and the Soviets in the streets. There is no longer any doubt that the enemy will attempt to break through of Odessa.

It may now come at any moment and The Bolsheviks claim that the while the French will doubtless bare to withstand the stock of heavy sumber, Soviets are victorious.

grand attack will be hurled gainat the British somewhere between Arras and St. Quentin (second portion).

Another interesting fact has been revealed, namely, whereas the new A special message from Petrograd method of enemy attack has the en- dated the 14th inst. states that a tire confidence of the German, offi- Decrso authorises the organisation cere, the men regard it with dismay, declaring that local successes only will

A BOCIALIST "RED NAVY."-

LosDoy, Feb. 19. ·

of a Socialist Rod Navy, placing the old Navy.

REPORTED SUICIDE OF GENERAL

KALEDIN:

LONDON, Feb. 14.

It is reported from Petrograd that General Kaledin has committed suicide.

ARMED ROBBERY ON ITALIAN

AMBASSADOR...

PETROGRAD, Feb. 14. Three armed desperadoes stopped

for currency purposes, owing to war the Italian Ambassador's.automobile,

bava been heavily taxed, and the be near there would have been an Soviets and Peasants' Land Committees accident. Very soon aftor, he heard get 25 per cent of the proceeds,

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ARRIVE IN HELGIUM.

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 19.

The Nicuice Rollerdamed Courant states that according to frontier reports 30,000 Turks and Bulgarians have arrived at Verviers in Belgium.

THE AIR RAIDS..

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THE SILVER MARKET.

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PETROGRAD Feb 14 Decreo recognises only civil and cor the RAIDS Begiturate and

marriages

with a view to mving the Eussian masse said the Defendant's cycle stopped at while the Petrograd Soviet bas passed the entrance leading to the Cathedral a resolution approving the declaration and the estimated the speed to be 15 to of Brestlitovsk and inviting the workers 20 miles per hoor.

of Germany, Austria, Bulgaris and

Turkey to oppose their Imperialistic Mr Purves said that he had been Governments contemplated violence riding a motorcycle Bicce July last and upon the peoples of Poland, Lithuania had never had an accident. On the at Courland, Y SE VERA day in question he got on his eyele from

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