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'MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1918

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from. Page 1.)

THE GREAT BATTLE.

ALLIED TROOPS REACH THE

AISNE.

Laxpos, Xag. 9.

4.50 pm."

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A Fengh communiqué states: - Dung the night our twigs vone Tinned to advance toward ule Vysle mal Fischet The Misties between Soissons and Venizal

ENEMY FALLING BACK BEFORE AMERICANS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

ENEMY DRIVEN BEYOND THE ALLIED INTERVENTION IN

VESLE

AMERICANS CAPTURE 8,100 PRISONERS AND 139 CPNS,,

Lesvos, Aug. 4...

An Aihertean official report, dated the serinst., states

The enemy has been driven in [eininson hayond the line of the

Yite.

ner July 18th, in the course foperatióis, 8,400 prisoners und guas have been captaged by u

of

SIBERIA

JAPAN'S DECLARATION.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE KAISER'S PROCLAMATION. THE EMPEROR BEGINS TO

WHINE

AMSTERDALS, Ang 2.

the Kaiser say of which was telegraphed on August

In bis proclamation the first portion

BOXING BOARD OF CONTROL »

LORD TONSDALE ELECTED PRESIDENT."

Lord Lordale has accepted, the presidency of the British Boxing Ecard ol Control, which has bear formed to encourage boxing in the United King

regulating professional contests dom, and to raise the standard of professional boxing by controlling and f

TENDON, Aug. - £, charation gazetted in. Tukio on the Reuter informed that the de

2 instant announcing the tex stock, ways the Government of the patch of Allied trips to Vladivo

the Japanese Government, pyet want penca. United States recently apprched We have neglected nothing to will be controlled by the new Board, All the official British championships restore peace, but the enemy doces not and will be contested under the National 133,

ig an early" dispatch of thops tu smirch the fair name of Germany with council of the Bosvel of Control is They shamelessly Sporting Club rules of boxing. The relieve the pressare upon the Carelo. canales end declare that Germany empowered to issue certificates to Siimaks. The Japanese overfore continue to fight until our remis judges of public contests, and to set as a must be annihilated. We must there- pornans qualified to ver as reierses or nent, anxious to comply with the acknowledge our right to exist. desire of the American Government,

court of reference to settle disputes. deriled to immediately, proceed with

The board will be composed of repre- the disposition of suitable forces pn

sentatives of the National Sporting Club, officers of his Majesty's forces, this mission. A certain number of

the Amateur Boxing Association, the troops will be sent to Vladivostock

Liverpool Sporting Association, and the

GERMAN REPORY

SLOWLY WITHDRAWING,"

Laisvos, Aug. 4

A Gerpaan official message by wire- less referring to the Crown Prince's

AN ADVANCE OF FIVE MILES,Vanny Sass tieneral von Beebin forthwith aviall the Japanese troops |

Loxngx. "Aug. 3

Au Aanesiens effieiss rapent, date the ad inst., sbutes: ..

Yesening on the line of the "Oatey, in hard fighting, we cennal Hill to the mouth of Coulonges and to work to the rest of "The

In the ring of the is the egem), divimentovel ver fall farck, :AWE are in pursuit,

the adkano Las advenly progresse end to a depth of tive tiles and it copiires.

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reports:

HEAVY AIR FIGHTING.

LONDON, August 1. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haigffiliated members, There was heavy air fighting on July survesses in August dat contribute thdrawn in Russpat.

The complete success of yester mission site realised and the sover-drove down 9 out of control. Four territories when the objects of the We brought down 26 zeroplanes and Bay's quotements. The enemy fol awed-sitatingly our Swefickt paninic

elguty of Bussia will be left whedly

British machines have not returned win tre slowly wishedbewing!

THE BRITISH FRONT.

ENEMY'S PRONT LINE IN ALBERT SECTOR OCCUPIED.

Oxtos, Aug. 3.

THE KING OPENS, AUSTRALIA HOUSE.

TRIBUTE TO COMMONWEALTH NAVY AND ARMY,

Field Marshark Sir Douglas Baig | KNUTHTHOOD CONFEËRED ON poss

We use with less an enemy id. in the

Our aviators successhilly Fombed alie mikrout, station and vanis et Penny Conthes, musing several fires and a labgger ers plesions.

All a mockines retium sl,"

A MOST IMPORTANT GAIN OF GROUND.

ཏིསྶཎོཎྜར', ཙ ཝཏྠཱ*ས

JOSEPH, COOK.S

We dropped 15 tons of bombs with good effect. We dropped at night over 23 tons of bombs, beavily damaging several railways, including those at Cambrai and Lille. Many direct bits were observed and a number of large fires started..

THE ORIGIN OF INCOME-TAX-

Income tax has always been definitely associated with war. It has been traced back to 1519, when King Henry demanded a special grant for a sortem- plated war with, France. But it was in the financial year 17989 that. Pitt founded the tax on incomis for 'a' scurce of national revenue with special reference toe-war. The schedules of head of income in Pitt's Act are identical with ZEEBRUGGE AND OSTEND AGAIN those of the present day. Pitt also

BOMBED.

ENEMY DESTROYER RIT.

LONDON," Aug. 2. The Admiralty states:- Zeebrugge, Bruges docks and Ostend.

Over 15 tons of bombs were dropped on

the same waters, directly hitting a We also bombed enemy chipping in

columns of smoke to arise. destroyer with a 930 16. bomb, causing

recognised the principle of graduation sccording to means, and made the allowances for young children which have been inchaded in recent Finance Acts. Lospos, Aug." 3.

Pitt's Act was repealed in ISIG, but in 1842 Sir Robert, Peel His Majesty the King, recome aliui patrols decopied a portion of panied by Her Majesty the Queen

re-established the tax with these fundamental differcaces: the memy's font line in the Albert fait Prities Mary, to-day opened

that substituted a complicated system of Austiilia House, the tingnificent

percentage, and made a tax at the poundage for the simple principle of Copogonwealth inequarters

normal rate of 7d, in the pound appli envered on the finest site out thei

cable to general purposes.. of revenue. Strand at a cost of Elando The

Yet, by force of circumstances, this without reference to exigencies of war. H. Hoa. W M. Highes (Premier

unpopular impost has frequently resum- Five British machines have not returned the ancient attribute of a special, tax for Australia)," the alt. Hof, Andrewed, of which one landed in Holland. to defray war expensex. It rose to 16d.

One British seaplane was shot down Lund other prominent representatives in flames, and two of the crew drowned.

of the Positions welted theif Majesties.

"BEFFIST AND PREXCH Tones) PRESSING ENEMY'S RETREAT.

Losnis, Ang. 1

ad

Heuter ́s Correspondent at French, Heulprenters, telegrphing 6% kek in die evening on Friday,

Tesla,dvance, presents a urst important gain of ground. zivatóval troops fallowing the enemy, resell the valley of thet 'rise, whit empers the Aisi ar Soissons. Thej etmeny, under „fiever, and repentest ↑ attacks, adendoned the whole of the Carl Plateur, aut is already iving back his guns. The British and French troops, are following hina -up. The British and Scottish trips are in the thick of the fighting. Our

cavalry are in the Neste forest to the

portlist of Fere-en-Tardenois.

Chur troops rust of the salient are in towth with "Vezilly.

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Bestil artillery was, notar las | 210 19 Wen Betaine and Bailieu.

ITALIAN NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

WHARVES AND SHIPPING AT Pister the Rt. Bom, deseple Cawak

DURAZZO DAMAGED.

Taistos, Aug. 3. An Italinn Nual comtaganique states:

The King's inquqund Speech was most contig). It eluted a glowing| tribute to the Services rendered b the Hupire by the Australia Na

Our ajutor, in three successive seriously damaged the wharges and tipping at Thirazzo, and alsand. Military defrost several seaplanes.

A CANADIAN "ACE."

. RECEIVES FURTHER

RECOGNITION.

Loxtos, Aug. 3

English and Australian tipers excited the Royal Family to an froin" Buckingham Palace. A fine heels of hefty Anzes finished the Gast of Honour at the opening |

ceremony,

His Majesty the King onferred Hon. Joseph Cook (the Australian. the Order of Knighthood on the Rt. Minister for the Navy).

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ENLISTMENT IN UNITED STATES.

MILITARY AGE LIMITS, 18 AND 45.

A feature of the London Graetle. which contains a large number of awards for British and Dominions airi, is the award of the Distin guished Flying Cross to the Caha- The Germans, unch against their "dian Captain W. A. Bishop, "a will. have ngepled "delent; and are retreating probably to the Vola less fighter in the air, whose nats of Thus has ended the third protest utstanding bravery are already re-

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. Gennan pusli, which was to firing tognised by the awards of the Vic-Secretary for War, will introduce in It is announced that Mr. Baker, toria Cross, the Distinguished Ser Congress a new Amy Bill, making The failure of the Crown Prince's View Order, bar to the Distinguished the Military age limits 18 and 45.

Per within the enemy range.

Anny is complete..

most saksful and the most feur-

Service Under and the Military

Cross The Flying Cross huis been sigually valuable

ENEMY LOCAL RETIREMENT NEAR conferred for

ALBERT.

LONDON, Aug. 3, 2,45 pm.

详情

די'

THE INDIAN REPORT."

DISCUSSION ASKED IN

COMMONS.

LONDON, Aug. 2.

Between July 25th and 31SE destroyed 15 aeroplanes and shot down we 13 out of control.

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AIR-RAIDS ON GERMANY.

Lopos, Aug. 25

The Air Ministry reports - On August 1 a squadron started put

to bomb Cologne but being enveloped in clouds turned and dropped their fire. All our machines returned. bombs on inctories at Duren, causing a A second formation sttacked railway ops at Traves. These were heavily machines, of which three were destroyed. attacked by a large number of hostile Ons British machine has not returned.

GENERALISSIMO FOCH,

ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST COMMANDERS.

LONDON, Aug. 3.

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NEGLIGENT CYCLIST COSTS "EMPLOYER 27,000 DAMAGES.

Damage of £9,000 were awarded, Mr. James Condron, a borse dealer, of recently in Middlesex Sheriff's Court to Kilburn, arainst Messrs. Coppin and the negligent cycle riding of their errand Son of Barnet, for injuries caused by

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TWO ZEPPELINS DESTROYED.

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THE VINDICTIVE" OR

**VINDICTIVE."

LONDON, Aug. 2writing of "the" Vindictive, e, may Float-atrect scribes who have been

A telegram from Copenhagen stale at irast plead that they have sinned in that in the recent Britiah air raid on good company, remarks a journal at services in personally destroying 25

Zeppelin sheds at Tondern two Zeppelins Home Our standard naval biographies enemy warhinus in twelve days, nat

were completely destroyed.

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Souther „last day of his service at the Front. The Germans are retiring on a The total machines destroyed by this

only 24 ships of different sorts, the To the House of Commons, Mr.

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tons, and the smallest, the George, was must bank of the Anere, in the neigh-

a mernl factor to the Royal Aesolution.. on the Indian Budget, wounded at. Havre, while there were no has followed. For, when on the eve of One person was killed and four ander 90. But it was Nelson himself ho set an example which Fleet-street bourhood of Albert and Awekay Forer ambot Le over-estimated."

usking for a discussion on the Indian casualties at Rouen in the air-raid ou Trafalgar he wrote that our weather ..Wood.

Report as early as possible.

Wednesday night.

The retirement at present appears to be found..

OTER FIFTY VILLAGES CAPTURED

IN ONE DAY..

VICTORIOUS MARCH OF THE FRENCH.

THE FIGHTING IN

ALBANIA

AUSTRIAN REPORT ADMITS ALLIED SUCCESSES.

Losbos, Aug. wireless Austrian ocial report states:-

تولی

THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY. INCREASED OUTPUT

PERMITTED.

AIR-RAID ON ROUEN

ROVES, Aug. 2

FEYER HEROES.

INOCULATION VOLUNTEERS IN CAUSE OF SCIENCE.

beaten ships would rake the enemy's sides "like a plum-pudding," did be not add: "Woe to the Frenchman the Victory gets alongside of 1o

TOKYO IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY,

"NO MORE FOREIGN

PROFESSORS."

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for

Luxmox, Ang. 2. The Cotton Control Bouf un- Hampstead, is eight men, who will bo In award at Nor. End Hospital, nourees that American anal inised numbered as pot amongst the least of LONDON, Aug. 4.

the heroes of the war. They are men spinning milk will be licensed to run over military age, who have volunteered the young professors have carried the At last, says & Tokyo contemporary, A French communiqué. status: The enemy penetrated portions of

per gent. of their spindles on to contract trench fever, the disease day in the conference of the professors During the day our troops, who our positions at Dosso Alto...

American cotton for 45 hours week-which, according to a medical authority of the law college of the Tokyo Imperial interviewed by & Press representative, University, with their cry of no more Lave-been driving back the enemy The enemy re-occupied "the Fiers instead of 50 per cent. for 10 takes tens of thousands of men from foreign professors The argument is rearguards, continued their victorious Berat line in Albania.

hours. They will also be allowed to the fighting lise

there is no need to retain, foreign Major Byams is in charge of the inver-professors with so high salary march on a front of about 50 kilo, i

run extra spindles on Egyptian cot-tigations which are being carried on a lectures which can be equally well giren inetrex in the direction of the Vente.

top. Manufacturers who have been to the origin of trench fever and the by Japanese a result of this agita AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

conditions under which it is spread, tion there will be no foreign professors On our left we reached the south-

hitherto allowed to run 60 per cent and the men under treatment have in the coming term in any

any at the depart ern bunks of the Aisng arul the Vale

of their looms on American yarns for agreed to silmit to certain Casts whichments of the University. This does not ENTENTE AMBASSADORS TO from Soissons: to "Eismes, the out

40 hours weekly, are now allowed to already known about the digera eigners, but only the self confidence of will be useful in adding to what is mean at all anti feeling toward for ARRIVE AT KURMANSK. skirts of which the Arteries hold.

run 60 per cent, dor da hours? The

The first two volanted were W. H. Japanese intellectual lenders in their East of Fisines we reached the",

WASHINGTUS, Aug. 8.

rotu system will be abolished from Roberts's column as gunner during one of of outside waistance.

Cole, a man of 44, who was with Lord ability to carry their work independent general line north of Courville, Mr. Francis, United States Ambax the 10th after which only workers the Indian campaigns, and H. H. Edge Brunco it, Courcelles and Cham-sador to Russia, his telegraphed that continuously played off can be paid Americe at the beginning of the wfrom pigny. Our envalry reconnaissances he has arrived at Alurranse with frou Control Board, funds.

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