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PRINCE LICHNOWSKY.

MOTION TO EXPEL HIM FROM PRUSSIAN UPPER HOUSE.

AMSTERDAM. July 15, The Passian Upper House on Friiscussed a motion to expel Princt, Lighnowsky. There was a very lively debute which lasted four jours.

The result dits not been dische ("thes Bumperor's sanction is neces LE

sary to enforce n decision.

CABINET-MAKING IN HOLLAND.

The Hu dute 15. Queen Willchuna hastaged Monsignor Solens,a Cubbolig. Meins For of the Sevani Changher, to forma

Cabinet

THE ROYAL SILVER WEDDING.

MERCHANT PRINCE'S MENI

PICENT GIFT..

Loss, Jely 1

SOVIET TROOPS DÉSERTINO. “

AMSTERDAM, July 14.

A message from Moscoir says that M. Trotsky told the All Russian Con- gress of Soviets that the unity of the Soviet troops was suffering us a resule; of Anglo-French propagands and part of them had deserted to the enemy.

**SPANISH INFLUENZA."

HUNGER EXHAUSTION, IN GERMANY.

AMSTERDAM, July 14. The Telky hat says that thousands of are suffering from the so called Spanish persons in German industrial districts Influenza. It is really a disease due to hunger exhaustion. Numerous deaths occur daily, and 8,000 school children in Berlin are affected,

FAMOUS FRENCH AIRMAN KILLED.

PARIS, July 14 The famous French airman Lieutenant Beaumont has been killed in a collision in the air.

THE ITALIAN FRONT.

CONTACT WITH ENEMY TAINTAINED,

LONDON, July 13.

An Italian official messagu states:-

We repulsed an attempted attack

southward of Sassorousd.

AMERICAN

AN CABLES

THE CHINA MAIL.

[U.S. NAVY COMUNICATION SERVICE

TO MANILA

JAPAN-LOYAL-ALLY OF ENTENTE

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 11. Jinji G. Kasai, a member of the Pacific Coast press, spoke at the Allied War Exposition, saying in par

"Japan has been a loyal ally of the Allies and her faithful record in the past ia a sufficient guarantee of her pacie intentions in the future. Japan is in the war for the Allied canse and. Bas been the staunchest friend of Rumia and the Russian people.

the Land of the Rising Sun, I offer a "In the name of the valiant sons of prayer for the complete vistory of the Allies and triumph of the cause of justice and humanity over Prussian harbarism."

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BIG OUTPUT OF LIBERTY MOTORA.

WASHINGTON, Jul

Me. Byan, Chairman of the Caited States Aircraft Production Board, anounced that the production of la berty motors in American, workshops during bar and Jane equalled the of all kincs in Great Britain for the entire production of aeronautical engines entire year of 1016.

tured capable of carrying 11,000 pounds, An airplane is now being minufie- including a crew of three.

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U.S. FEEDING ALLIES.

BALTIC SUBMARINES CHINA MAIL S.S. CO., LTD.

| SEVEN SUNK OFF 'HNISINEFORS.

The following is the full text of the Admiralty communiqué on this abjent which was summarised in a Reuter able some time ago.

S.S.

THE

NANKING

(AMERICAN REGISTRY 14,000 TONS) WILL SAIL FROM

HONGKONG TO MANILA

on or about 30th July, 'RETURNING FROM

MANILA TO HONGKONG

The seven submarines of the Roya), Navy which remained in Husman waters five days trois April 9 to April 8, 1918, yere destroyed by order during the pon the approach of Gemuan val forces and transports to Hango (South- West Finland). None of the ships.fell into enemy hands.

The guns at and near Hang bul already been dismantled and upon the The Federal Food Commissioner of appearance of the German forces tha 1, not less than 170,000,000 bushels of submarines. Four: British submarines California sanounced that by September Russians terrested from the vicinity, FARE ONE WAY G.$95.00 APPROXIMATELY H.K. $33.07 wheat or wheat products will be landed of Class were taken outside the bar- after blowing up their four American

RETURN on the other side of the Atlantic, of bour of Helsingfors on April 8 blown and return, requiring only a fortnight's time, at an extraordinarily low

"G.$40.00"

$520) which amount 150,000,000 husbele may up, and sunk. Three boats were

This sailing offers an unusual opportunity for a short on Toys Ma Accommodation and Cuisine sasurpassed on any steamer on the Facities

SAN FRANCISCO, Jnly 11.

on or about 5th August.

on directly attributed to the voluntary demolished between that day and April New Steamer, Huge Cabins, American Office

rings of the people of Amorita Hes. Their crews were duly remove [42

WATCH:

LOANS TO ALLIES.

"Every one of the 26,000,000 homes in the United Stater is working with PILED UP AT RATE OF 400 the Food Administration in eliminating MILLION DOLLARS A MONTHaster France, England and Italy Lave

WASHINGTON, July 11. The Treasury Department announced that the leans to the Allies now total 86,091,320,000, and are continuing to pile up at a rate of nearly $400,000,000 rach month. The eredits advanced are

follows:

Great Britain $8,170,000,000; France $1,160,000,000; fhair 650,000,000;

Kussia 3326,000,000; Belgium $131,-

315,000,000; Serbia $9,000,000.

A uredit of $5,000,000 was extended

Petrograd.

sinking ships in it had been rejected by The project of blocking the harbor by the Russian Admiral Cormanding-in- Chief. The effect of the destruction of the British submarines upon the crews been, ted and everrineed of food here fof, the merebant vessels was, however, promptly, filed. Our Navy is the best excellent, and induced the destruction fed in the world's history. Our people of many ships which would otherwise bave sufficient food forhealth and there have failen into the hands of the enemy. is: tranquility among all classes.

Of the submarines mentioned abova, two boats had been employed in the pounds of pork products abroad monthly. had left England on August 15.

We are now shipping 300,000,000 Baltic since October 13, 1914 E- We have a reserve, of 1,100,000,000 iets: 2–

and

and - (the forraor sub- Pounds, insuring a the Allies indefinitely. As a result of thmagh the Six and the Sound. The reserve supply sudotly lost on service) had wailed on fficient to take care of the needs of September 4, 1015, All these boats had

made their way to their destination i

within the last few weeks, enemy

COTTON GOODS PRICES FIXED.

had been towed to Archangel, leaving England on August 1, 19, floated at the latter port us to lighters, and re- moved to Kronstuit by inland water transport. They were unloaded at Kron-

We maintain contact with the new500,000; Greece $15,790,000: Cubeur beef shipments, France and Engrenstuder, C, C and C The fila "Office Proamers that enemy line northward of Scaeni and

land have increased their meat mation their Majesties, the King nind Queerlumns northand of Berat.

bare dispersed retreating have dirted that the Silver Weil-- The prisoners taken, since July 6, -ding pile ofcl2.000 frour Sir. Sussexcel 1,80)

David de malest over. Lo the Indur Soldiers Fund, to be devoted to pr wellare of hulian prisoners of war.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS:

THE WESTERN FRONT.

BRITISH REPULSE RAID.

LONDON, July 13. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig "reports -

We repulsed an attempted raid goath-. aril of Bacquoy.

Hostile artillery was active southward

of Arcas.

THE ADVANCE IN ALBANIA.

ENEMY SUFFERS HEAVILY.

LONDON, July 14.

A French Eastern communiqué

says:--

The enemy. Having suffered "beavily in the retreat in Agia is now holding aline near the junction of the Tomorica and Devolis

"BRITISH STEAMER SUNK IN

COLLISION.

NO CASUALTIES.

BUENOS AIRES, July 1. The 4,000-ton-British steamer Tie owing to rainstorms and clouds.bus bean anak in a collision.

There was no air fighting yesterday

Our night fiers dropped four tons of hambe

-FLANDERS" FEVER.

- EPIDEMIC AMONG ENEMY

PRISONERS.

Lopes, July 13. Router's Correspondent" at Britisk

•Headquarters y

3f00 prisoners which the Australians captared on July 4, a large proportion reported sick on the tollowing day and were found to be suffering from high fever culminating in complete prostro tion. The sickness is partly attributable to malnutrition brought on by short rations. The Germans call this alckness Flandera fever." It is more serious than Spanish influenza..

The crew were saved.

DEALING WITH SUBMARINE

............PIRACY

MINEBARRAGE FROM NORW AY

TO SCOTLAND.

LONDON, July 11. Sir Eria Gaddes, First Lord of the Admiralty, in a speech in London said the extension and improvement of mine laying were gradually restricting the movements of euemy submarines. barrage of mines wretches from Norway to Scotland, and three are British mines in Heligolant Might. There is also a barrage across the Channel.

to Rumania, but the exact status of the loan at the time that country made peace with the Central Powers Eas, not been determinerl. Ot the credit extend- ed to Russia only $187,000,000 WBS paid out on treasury warrant before the fall of the Kerensky government and the peace treaty with Germany by the Bolsheviki, which stopped all further. aid in the way of funds.

"A credit of $100,000,000 has been extended to France, making the total advanced to France $1,765,000,000. The total thus far advanced to the Allies is 85,981,500,000

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WASHINGTON, Jaly 10 President Willson has approved prices for cotton products 20 to 30 per cent. lower than the quoted market prices...

GOVERNMEST CONTROLS

SULPHUR...

WAXIMINGTON, July 11, The War Industries Board bea taken over the control of the production and distribution of sulpbur.

ARGENTINE MISSION IN U.S.

An

THIRD LIBERTY LOAN.

EXCEEDS OFFICIAL ESTIMATES.

WASHINGTON, July 17. The final completion of the Third Liberty Loan subscription lists gives a total of $1,176,516,070, an increase f $6,407,900 over the total officially WOMEN'S LABOUR DIVISION. estimated last May, when the campaign, elised.

NumPolk, Vay July 10, Argentine Dreadnought has arrived here with Ambassador Naeo and a diplomatic mission to the United States.

A U.S. WORLD TRADE DRIVE.

NEW YORK COVENTION IN SEPTEMBER.

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 11.

WASHINGTON, July 10,

Mr. Wilyo. Secretary of Labour, has announced the establishment of Woman's Division of the Department of Labour to develop policies and methods for a more effective use of women's service in war industries.

The labour situation generally is better than at any time since Amerian undertook the feeding of the Allied

world...

MEAT FROM THE ARCTIC

The National Commission of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, the leaders of United States advertising, announced a plan for a meeting to be held in New York bext September having as its object the La view of the large demand for most launching of a definite campaige toeriments are taking place in the expand the world trade of the Unitedited states in connection with the States after the war.

use of venison, whales, and seals as

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stadt on September 19, and returned to

the Baltic Shipbuilding Works at Petro- grad the following day. Cran naboro in the Gulf of Riga on October 28, 1917, snd, it having been found impossible to redcat her, she was blown up by her crew, which reached Perana in

safety. (From The Time" Correspondent)..

FETROGR10 May 17 There have recently been some very funfair remarks about the late British submarines in the Baltic by a writer who was evidently unaware of the splendid.work of those boats in excep tionally adverse conditions. What have they done inquires this critic: The ignorance displayed by such a question probably due to the secrecy in which our payal operations have been carried on during this, war

At the end of the German operationa in taking the islands of Oese and Dago the British flotilla was officially informed that it could not be employed on the German coast as it was the sole defence of the Gulf of Finland, and must there- fore be held in hand as the only avail the Germans to Petrograd, able protection against the advance of

the Baltic it succeeded in sinking one During the presence of our flotilla in battleship, two cruisers, four destroyers... one aeroplane carrict, four transports, one collier, and 14 merchant vessels. This entailed not less than between 200 is to say, 10 times the numerical strength and 3,000 casualties to the enemy-thet

of the flotilla.

Under the able command of Captain romie, 0.5.0., the senior naval nicer in the Baltic, our submarine flotilla in this sea during 1017 constituted the only reconnoitring force in the Russian Fleet, and the only force that opposed the entry of the German Fleet into the Gulf

an bstitutes for beef and mutton. Acordone aeroplane carrier and ene transport. of Higa. On that occasion they sank ing to a recent report of the Department Two of their torpedoes passed under the of Fisheries at Washington one of the German flagship, and one of them ex- steamers regularly employed by itploded on the far side, probably against recently returned to Seattle with a large screening torpedo boat." quantity of corned seal meat, which British submarine met the Fleet between Another found a ARTILLERY ACTIVITY ON BRITISH canal, but from the side of the mole lied to follow a convention of all the Pacific coast, and ■ complete refrigeraground during the attack. In this came out from Zeebrugge, not by the of Japanese-American trade are expec. meat has also been introduced on the the minefield and the aliore and rani

fairly ready market. Whole

FRONT..

LONDON, July 14,

of

A. Paris communiqué maya :---- In successful actions, north and south of Long Pont, we advanced pur positions entwards and, crossed the Havieres) despite enemy resistance, "expturing 30 prisoners,

Our captures in the Monulidier region ou Friday exceed 600 prisoners and machine-guns.

THE FALL OF YON KUEHLMANN.

German photographs in the possession of the Admiralty confirmed that Zee- brugge barbour entrance was completely blocked. They showed that destroyers

outside.

THE GERMAN MEAT RATION.

FURTHER REDUCTIONS.

AMSTERDAM, July 14.

reduced at the end of August from 250 The German med: ration will be to 200 grammes for towns of over 100,000 inhabitante. Smaller places will receive less

TO AID U.S. JAPANESE TRADE.

WASHINGTON, July 10. Far-reaching results in the extention

WASHINGTON, July 10.

Mt. Baker, Secretary of War, ha abolished the War Council, and has turned over its principal functions to the Assistant Secretaries of War, Chief

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Japanese in the Pacifle states and Grays harbour for its scommodation, greatly damaged condition. This boat, tor plant has been established ating numbers, but managed to escape in We visited Heligoland Bight almost Canada pledging their loyalty to the where it can be prepared for shipment however, continged to work in the Riga position she was passiled by overwhelm- daily on, over or under water. Giving United States. Another purpose of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haige, Sir Eric Geddes told how six of the commercial relaties between the pre-war days, the United States being the Russian forces had retired, and she examples of daily events on the high the convention is to plan the expansion venison, this used to be an old grade in month, cut off from all support after all the distant markets. As regards Galf in spite of her damage for over a reports:-

We drove of raiders eastward of marine, which fired 100 shots; but the

trawlers off Iceland attacked a sub-two countries

big customer of Great Britain in this Locre. IN

trawlers knocked out one of her guns

respect. It is now. however, predicted anally escaped by a pas létted by our Hostile artillery was active porth, and hit her again. Then she dived. It

passage. considered that the day will soon come when of our boats, owing to 3,01 mines having westward of "Albert, westward Kemmel Hill and southward and He also told how an enemy submarine.. was impossible to tell whether abe sank

BIG INCOME-TAX YIELD.

reindeer neat will be as common as beef been placed there since the beginning of or mutton in the American markets, the war.. south-eastward of Ypres. Our artillery discovered by a certain method, was

the result of an investiastion into was ective at a number of points.

WASHINGTON, July 7.

During the Revolution the circum- Alaskan conditions. It will form the bunted for 72 hours. Many charges were The income-tax receipta for the fiscal be shipped in refrigerating steamers, tering and the mom effect of this small basis of a large packing industry, will stances of the Service were particularly FRENCH POSITIONS-ADVANCED..

dropped on her and she was finally year were $2,891,300,601. The total and sent to every town of importance in force on the revolutionary feet...which compelled to come to the surface and revenue collections were $3,671,918,236. North America. There are now, it is the naval ports and the Naval Staff. Was was fully recognized by inhabitants of surrender. LONDON, July 14.

estimated. about 100,000 reindeer in out of all proportion to its military MR. BAKER ABOLISHES U.S. WKH Alaska. They are being barulled under Government regulations, and are said to

value. COUNCIL.

The idea of returning the boats be doubling in number, very quickly. to England had to be abandoned, as the --Birminghani Post.

passage of the Sound was recognized an impossible. There remained no tor- nutive but to leave the boste pore of less interned in Helsingfors. Be when Finland was included in the German Our London orespondent writes: that of destroying the boats on the war area there was no other option but of Staf General Peyton C. March,anding publisher and advertising enthu- end produced a deep impression in Sir Hedley Le Bas an enterpris-approach of the Germans. Their gallant Assistant Chief of Staff General siout, with a cord of successful Bussian naval circles, and this excellent Goethals, who is also in charge of military, commercial and political purchases, storage and trafic,

activity, has put his foot in it. BIG AMERICAN WHEAT CROP.

He is a friend of the Asquith regime and opposed to Mr. Lloyd George At the Brest-Litovsk conference a so he conceived the idea of starting German admiral and a Russian admiral, private.conversation took place between WASINOTON, July 11.

the Westminster Prean Agency and in which the German admiral told the The Department of Agriculture's sending out from it articles by Arnold Russian that the only force the Germans forceast of whest production in the Bennett, James Douglas and others, really feared was the British submarine United States is 891,000,000 bushels, compared with 651,000,000 bushels in some of which attacked the present fotilla which had compelled them to

Premier in 1916-1917. The record production of

organize a special fotilla of their own immeasured terins

Submarines are only able to operate Country a crops srestimated at the Provincial Pry in the ordinary seven months in the year, but these 3,160,000,000 bashele as compared with way he secured publication for them British boats have often worked in con- 21154,000,000 bushels in 1815-1917. by paying te for advertiserents, a to bring than back to port, when no ditions which required an icebreaker The corn acreage is 113,335,000.

Tutes Varying from a shilling to four other vessel was moving in the Although the Jane weather was shillings an inch. Some papers Northern Baltic. The reconnaissances somewhat unfavourable for most crops, printed them as leading articles. included the locating of channels indications are that the season's barrest The Daily Mail discovered this and through the incficis protecting Liban will make this a bumper year In went for the enterprise: with all which defences wers penetrated on many HONGKONG THEATRE PROGRAMME, and the approaches to Riga; both of THE MOSCOW BOLSHEVING

DON'T NEGLECT YOUR

addition to the record crops of corn, its force. This rather disturbed the occasions. FAMILY

barley, rye, sweet potatoes, and rice easy tehour of the enterprise and so which are forecasted to exceed UNABLE TO SUPPRESS REVOLUWEN you fail to provide your previous yearly proditions, the harvest embittered the life of Sir Hedley-a

family, with a bottle of Obamber laiu's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoes of cats, white potatoes, tobacco and hay very genial gentlerdin personally Remedy this season of the year, yan will he larger than the average for fire that he has served 6 writ for libel are neglecting them, as bowel complaint point years, v

on the Mull people. If the case goes AMSTERDAM, July 14, is sure to be prevalect, bud 1 is too The Federal Amployment Service has to trial thers will be piquant evi The entfalische Zeitung's Kieff dangerous a malady to be tried with acnounced the prevention of the threat: debce. The Oki Grang, their the Bolsheviks at This is especially true if there areened shortage of harvest labour in the opponente call the Asquith Group, suppressing the children in the family. A doar or two western what belt and the probable don't like these developments at all, we only holding their within control and perhaps are life, saving of avary acre of the eror. Therefor they have the spirit of the ridicu

of this remedy will place the trouble sistance of the Titish or as lost a doctor's till F sale by will, a no shortage of labour at any lone in them, and nothing kills in

all Chamista and Stereoopers!

whore the harvest begura 44 NOG politics so rapidly a ridicu

"SIGNIFICANT AUSTRIAN

COMMENT.

ZURICH, July 14,

The Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung declares

THE FALL OF THE BASTILLE.

ENTHUSIASTIC CELEBRATION IN PARIS.

that the fall of von Küeblmenn is a

PARIS, July 14, The anniversary of the fall of the

complete victory for Prussian militarism Bastille was celebrated most enthus{ corn is most valuable. All of the Where he could not get these intagainst the British boats, etc

and extinguishes, the last hope of astically. speedy peace. It must be clearly

Detachments of all the Allied Armies, acrtained whether Berlin and Vienna amid the cheers of bugs crowd, still agren over their war aims and the marched, past President Poincaro from continuance of the war. The German the Boida-Boulogne to the Place de la Army Command alone cannot dictate Concorde. to Austria for what, and how long the must fight.

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