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THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1918.

TELEGRAMS. LAST YEAR'S SUBMARINE

(Continued froma Paga 7.)

RUSSIA AND CHINA..

SIBERIAN FRONTIER QUESTIONS GETTLED.

PETROGRAD, Mar. 20.- officially announced that the Bovici authorities in Siberia have cncluded an agreement with the Chinese Government regulating the Frontier questions.

SINKINGS.

FIGURES, PUBLISHED IN PARIS.

LONDON, Mar. 20,

The Daily Mail's Paris Correpon dent reports that the following figures. are published of ships sunk by. German submarines in 1917:

By Gun-

THE CHINA MAIL.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS,

THE DUTCH SHIPPING QUESTION,

UNEQUIVOCAL ACCEPTANCE."

REQUIRED.

THE WORK OF THE WAR CIKIMET.

CO-ORDINATION AND SYSTEM

LONDON, Mar. 19.

The War Cabinet'ä report for 1917, previously briefy reviewed and now pablished in extenso, contains Illuminat lag information regarding the War Cabinet's working methods. It describes how each meeting begins with the hearing of the reports of the progress of the war since the previous day. The

THE SITUATION IN SPAIN.'

PARLIAMENT TO LEAD THE NATION IN POST WAR STRUGGLE

LONDON, Mac. 19

A bewildering mask of belated tele- grame from Spain team to indicate at Senor Lacierva still has the upper bad. The postal employees struck owing to dissatisfaction with their conditions of

LONDON, Mar. 19. The Government has again notified the Datch Government that the Allies will immediately proceed to requisition Datch shipping unless Holland with the employment, whereupon the mit tary

Just received.

A Small Shipment

GIMBAL'S AMERICAN

CHOCOLATES

HENNA SHAMPOO POWDERS.

Torpedoest. fire. equivocally accepts the last Allied. Note awaiting decision, anden wider questions took over the poet and telegraph service VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

.379

073

714

January to March..."200 April to June a.............. 428. July to August *$49 Sept. to Dec........811 The total is 2,038, Commenting on these figures, the AMERICAN MISSION TO SIBERIA. Daily Mail says: Even if the British Iships sunk last year averaged 20 b') work, that a would be 1,040 lost. Hence the Agypes may relate to all Allied and Neutral ships, including fishing boats.

TO INVESTIGATE REPORTS.

PETROGRAD, Mar. 20.. An Anerican Mission is going to Siberia to investigate the reports:al ho anning of prisoners of war...

GERMAN ARMY NEAR PETROGRAD,

EXPECTED ENTRY INTO THE CITY:

LONDON, Mar. 20. The Daily Chronicle's, Pestrograd Correspondent says:

The Germans are expected here

THE GERMANS "DIRTY

WARFARE".

AVIATORS DROP RUBBER BOMBS.

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concerning the subject to which a reply, expected yesterday, has so far not been received.

It is pointed out that Holland's apparent tardy scceptance of the arrangement proposed earlier, and mentioned last night, will no longer meet the case, the position has radically changed.

THE WORK OF BRITISH AIRMEN WAR OFFICE SECRETARY'S

REVIEW.

LONDON, Mar. 19.

In the House of Commons, Mr. MacPherson, Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office, announced that British aeroplanes raided Mannheim on March 18 and dropped over a ton of bombe, securing excellent results. Hits were obtained on the Badische Soda LONDON, Mar. 20.

Fabrik. An enemy formation attacked Beuter's Correspondent at Ameria British aqualron and two enemy manebines were driven down. The Jean Headquarters says:—

remainder were driven off All our German "sirmen are dropping rub-machines returned safely. ber balls eighteen inches in diameter, filled with liquid mustard and gas fover the American sector, north-west of Toul. As far as it is known this

ENEMY AIRMEN ALWAYS DEFEATED.

THE CURFEW ORDER" IN

LONDON.

of policy are discussed. In the formar under Senor Lacierra.

The King opened Parliament on caso the limiters and the chief depart- mental officials concerned attend. Im Monday, and his vigorous, apoosh fors portant matters of administration are shadowe drastic administration and deliberated with a view to departmental economie and financial reforms, partien co-ordination so as to form paclarly in the direction of promoting consistent war plan and the Ministers Spanish overseas trade. He reminded are invited to bring in outside experts Parliament that it was expected to lead if desired. Telo mandred and forty the nation in the post-war straggle. eight outsiders thus attended in IAITU and tendered their views on Foreign, Dominion, Judian, Colonial and Home. affairs. The Foreign Secretary, the First Sea Lord and the Chief of the Imperial Staf attended, every meeting to com municate the latest war intelligence and consult with the War Cabinet on new points. The War Cabinet met 30 times in 1917. A considerable number of less important but highly complex questione were referred to individual members of the War Cabinet or to Committees of Ministers or others with or without power to adopt the conclusions. CANADA'S UNFALVERING SPIRIT,

GOVERNOR GENERALS

REVIEW.

OTTAWA, Mar. 19.

The Duke of Devonshire, at the

in two or three days. It is reported is the first time that aeroplanes have October we bad made 38 effective air?opening of Parliament said he was)

but a German control commission

will sit here.

RUSSIA'S WAR BILL

A GRAND TOTAL OF £5,050,000,000,

LONDON, Mar, 20. The total Russian War Bill amounts to 3,000 millions sterling.

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

DETACHMENTS ORGANISED TO MEET GERMAN ADVANCE.

PETRUGRAD, Mar. 20. The Left Social Revolutionaries of the Quittin Government ars proceed. ing to the south to organise detach- anenta against the Germans.

RUSSIANS WITHDRAW, The Russians in the Pskoff sector have retired seven miles.

ENEMY OPERATIONS CONTINUE DESPITE TREATY.

PETROGRAD, Mar. 20. Despite the Peace Treaty enemy operations are continuing."

It is suspected that his intention

as to outflunk Moscow.

TROTZEY IN MOSCOW.

M, Trotzky has arrived at Moscow.

RUSSIA AGĦAST.

A WORTHLESS PEACE.

PETROGRAD, Mar. 20. The Austro-Germans have ocea -pied Scuny, five hours from Khar-

koff:

The energy is also moving in the vicinity of Ono, on the Petrograd

These facts are Moscow railway.

beer employed on such an operation. Luckily, hitherte it has been without result.

The Americans are furious, and characterise it as diety warfare."

SWEDISH ALLIED AGREEMENT.

FOR SUPPLY OF CEREALS.

LONDON, Mar, 20.

raids

COAL SAVING.

LONDON, Mar. 19. Londoners are little moved by the uriew order" practically closing down. everything at 9.30 p.m. as it in recognis ed as an urgent war measure. It is exported that shopwindows will no longer be lighted. The consumption of cool for domestic purposes has been reduced by one-sixth also train and bus services have been largely curtailed

THE MINERS' COME-CUT.

LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE "AGAINST."

LONDON, Mar. 19. The Lancashire and Cheshire minera

“OBITUARY..

VOISIN BEY.

PARIS, Mar. 18.

Mr. MacPherson stated that since

on Germany under the most confident that the legislators, animated voted 14,840 for and 30,550 against difficult conditions. We had dropped inspired them during the long anxious

with the anfaltering spirit which the comb-out. 48 tons of bombs, and lost only ten machines in 250 flights-(choars) The Fears of effort and sacrifice, would Bomber of raids and the amount of stain the high cause in which the explosives dropped bad steadily in country had already borne a splendid The effort confronting them part creased whilst the increased dis tance to which the raids were carried demanded the sternest resolve, but their into Germany was most satisfac-hearts were as firm and their courage

sa undaunted as among their country- The death is announced of Voisin tory. The majority of the raids were carried out in broad daylight. The men bolding the battle fine beyond the Box, Vice-Chairman of the Board of

Acas, who still sustained an dabroken | Directors of the Suez Canal.·· bursting of the bombs was photo record of distinguished achievement graphed, completely confirming tha reports of their effectiveness. Attacks Reinforcements necessary to keep up the Canadian forpes at full strength had were concentrated on militarily impor tant objects, strikingly contrasting with been provided and would be maintained the enemy's promiscuous methods. Our in the future. The industrial and night raiders few down and fired at the critical conditions, had been well

financial stability of Canada, despite ITS RETENTION A VITAL MATTER. searchlights, trains and railway stations maintained, foreign trade had exceeded

M. Tako Jonescn made to the Paris The enemy's anti-aircraft defecces had all records and the favourable balance correspondent of the boring Fort the The Bulgarians following statement: POSTAL STRIKE IN SPAIN. steadily increased and the enemy of trade had vastly increased. The and some of the Austro-Germana speak

aeroplanes were defeated with loss GOVERNMENT ACQUIESCES TO whenever they attempted to intervene. effort of the tied nations would con of the Ramanian Dobrudja as if the tinue until the triumph of the Allied Ramanians in that province constituted Our airmen occasionally attacked enemy

inerely a dominant minority of the aeroplaties preparing to raid in France.

population. etting aside for the mo In the Manaheim raid eight direct hits were obtained on the Badische Soda

ment the fact that the Allies bave guar anteed to me the integrity of Rumanian it must be remembered that territory Fabrik, causing an abnormally large

the Dobradja was given to us by the colume of smoke to ascend; also two

Powers in exchange for Bessarabia, bursts were seen at the docks and one

which had been taken from us without on another large factory.

Reuter learns of a Swedish-Allied agreement for sending and assuring Sweden of supplies of wheat, maize

and oste.

"

STRIKERS' DEMANDS.

MADRID, Mar. 20,

The postal strike hus been settled. the Government conceding all the demands, including the increase of salaries and the removal of Military control.

SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS,

MADRID, Mar. 20,

WOMEN SOLICITORS.

RESULTS OF AN AIR-RAID ON GERMANY.

LONDON, Mar. 19.

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The Governor-General paid a tribute to the United States, whose energies, power sad vast resources beginning to be felt strongly.

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For as the Dobrudja is a vital ques The present position of Ramaniation, for without it weshall be the slaves The Timer Correspondent at The

of Germany. When we entered the The Cabinet has resigned, follow-Hague states that a neutral who has appears to be that following the of Austria and Bulgaria, that is to say. ing the resignation of the War returned from Germany gives vivid resignation of the Averescu Cabinet, Dobradja in 1877 the Bulgarians formed TICKETS $5 each HONGKONG OURBENCY.

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majority the rest of the people being composed of Turka, Tartars, Bulgarians, Premier, is inendly with the Germans. Greeks, Germans, etc. In that portion Consequently, it is thought he may be of the Dourodia which was taken by us able to obtain better terms than M. 1913 the majority of the population Avera M as a Prise. To speak of the Dobrudje as a Balgarian country is an Bukharest telegrama i Austri holate absurdity. If the Bulgarians Hungary state that M. Marghileman had massacred or put to fight the whole opposes the handling over of Dobrudja population of the Dobradja the fact to Bulgaria, but would consent to its would not be altered. If the Germans Belgium that would not have trans- being administered jointly by the had exterminated the whole people of Central Powers

formed Belgium into a German country."

LORDS. PASS THIRD READING

OF THE BILL.

LONDON, Mar. 20. The House of Lords has passed the third reading of the Bill enabling women to become solicitors by 47 Totes to 10:

CONCRETE BEOPS.

LAUNCHED UPSIDE DOWN. Some of the new concrete ships are arousing serious suspicion. The built upside down, to make the casting Austro-Gennuns, despite the Peace Process essier, and they are not turund right side up until they are in the Treaty, are planning on outflanking water. This scheme was first adopted in Moscow.

This explains the arrival of M. Trotzky at Moscow, Be submitted

COUNT HERTLING ATTACKS THEM. Marghiloman, the prospective

ALLIES.

VITRIOLIC SPEECH IN THE REICHSTAG.

COPENHAGEN, Mar. 19. Count Hartling, speaking in the Reichstag, made a vitriolic attack on the Allies, to whom, be stated, bypocrisy has become second nature. Their untruthfulness was aggravated by their brutality towards a neutral country. The Roatian treaty did not contain conditions disgraceful to Russ Busin herself had permitted her provinces to break away.

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

Ordem fæsted by Mr. F. C. Teskin, CBE, D.SP. (R.).

THE NATIVES OF TOGOLAND.

A GERMAN REPORT DENIED.

LONDON, M. 19. Count Hertling mentioned that The German Press has been making one of the Norwegian shipyards that has Esthonis und Livonia were cast of the the most of a statement attributed to and renst success in building this type

No.1 Company. of vessel. In constructing a bridge frontier fixed by the Breatlitovak treaty German, misionaries in Togoland de

Membera et No. 1 Company are ordered platoon, in 1915 claimed to be the firts saying: But we hope to have close claring that the tribes were obliged, in concrete vessel built in Norgny-een-friendly relations with these countries" the middle of 1916, to become English to return their Service Rifles to the in Bill for the defence of the countrysiderable difficulty was encountered, as He declared that Germany's enemies or elect to become German and those Armoury at Central on either Monday, we learn from an article in Nature had not yet abown the least inclination who chose Germany were punished by March 25th or Tuesday, March 26th. between the hours of 5.15 p.m. and p.m. (London) Especially was this the case to finish the terrible war. hence the forced labour

Pall through and oil bottles need not be The Government will probably be with the casting, in which one or two responsibility for further bloodshed was An official Statement published returned.

faults had subsequently to be: remedied.

to be remedied on their heads. (Load cheers, except in London affirms that the above is pure (43/EQUIPMENT tmosfered to Saratoff or Nijni Says the writer... that the from the Laft.)

Its counidered

invention. The future of Togoland has to me

Equipment, Officers will apply to this j) Novgoroda

difficulties with pontoons having fairly He affirmed that it was necessary to not been discussed with the natives and office as any time on or after Monday, The Patriarch of the Russian rectangulat section would become very police Ethonis and Livonia until forced labour cessed when Germana rube March 28th, for whistles whistle- be no doubt from chains, and armlet numbers for men to ordinary section, and Mr. Harald sisen destiny of Courland, which, had old the

if the enemy's operations continue.

Church announces that the Church | pronounced in building vessels of internal security was guaranteed. The capent his pressions of Chiefs whom samý have pot yet been issued. “

cannot support a peace which threat use overcome them by building the cultural relations with Germany, would and others regarding the denre of the ens to dismember and enslave the vessels buttom uppercat, and ingen bereaved till the conditions tribes to remain British .country.

with the reorgan antion of the Navy have been mysteriously murdered.

Inner abutter, or outer boarding only, so

far as the vertical sides are concerned there were cocaalidated. As regards

HOSPITAL SHIP CANARD.

London, Mar. 19.

Threb Commissaries entrusted This plan was adopted with the lighter Lithuanis he referred to the reso Beter interior shuttering onlylation of the Lithuania National being used. This vessel is a 200-ton Council for close union with Germany: dead weight carrying motor vessel. As and foreshadowed ultimately an inde the vessels in intended to be teaming, pendent Lithuania. The independence In the House of Commons, Me: Bonar the reinforcement was made 50 per cent.. heavier than ing lighters intended for of Poland was proclaimed by the two Law said the statement that German inland waters, rib and girder dimen. Emperors in 1918 hence the further prisoners STK now being carried in sions were ingreased, and a fat concrete shaping of that state was only possible Freach hospital abins was erroneous... mixtum of one to two without cobbles by negotiations between Austris, and

NEW RUMANIAN CABINET:

COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF GERMAN PARTISANS...

BABLE, Mar. 20. A message from Jassy vit Vienna says that the Marghiloman Ministry consists exclusively of the partisan of the Central Foyers.

SWEDISH TROOPS WITHDRAWN FROM AALAND ISLANDS.

BONDON: Mar:20,"

was used. The wall thickness is 1.07 Germany on the one hand and Poland TELEGRAPHIC COMM

WITH FINLAND KESTORED. inches based on the other Speaking generally of The shuttering was built on a glede Russia he said Germany did not which towed the vessel into the water At the launch On becoming fully water contemplate opposing the "Suntiked borne the vessel is in stable equilibrium wishes of liberated Ruin

sing

and the turning right side uppermost is Count Hertling concluded "When accomplished by permitting the air to peace with Ramanin is signed, then escape front des interior the vessel peace will reign on the whole Eastern smile in the water until x draft" is Front but do not indulge in delusions. reached for which the equilibrium be comer dristal le, and the vessel thon world peace is not yet accomplished, Lens over without further aid vatil the as our enemies aims seem still

fght till we are des deck is appermCIA L

The first yessel took about six weeks not lose to arrange the boarding and reinforce over ment and two days to cast three weeks he

Tis confirmed that the Swedish Allowed for the concrete to set. It

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