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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1918

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Pagg 1.)

PETROGRAD BURNING.

INDISCRIMINATE MASSACRE.IN THE CITY.

LONDON, Sept. 11 The American Legation ut Chris- tisuhe telegraphe that it is reliable informed that Petrograd is burning a twelve different places.

Inscriminate assiche is geoling in the treets.

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PEOPLES COMMISSARIES IN DANGER.

PRECAUTIONS FOR THEIR SAFETY

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 19 The Whitesele Wortfalische. Zel- "houg's correspondent at Mowwow states the S. vint" "Coverment has degil mi egder for all the Peoples Consulssaries dat henceforth, they trust take ring roast careful measures for their safety and use only stavasis, wanned areared cars in the streets of Betegul and Alesrom, securing flour agyin-ta sudden attack.

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WAR AGAINST THE SOVIETS.

PEASANTS OP IN ARMS,

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Sesota, Sept. 2.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE AT: MANCHESTER.

IMMENSE OVATION FROM GREAT CROWDS;

GERMAN COLONIAL

METHODS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

MURDER LUST AND CHICANERY.

A MOST DAMNING INDICTMENT.

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LONDON, Sept. 12........ Mr. Lloyd George arrived at Man | chester and received an immense ovation from great crowds and thou sunds ofmumition workers.

LONDON, Sept. 11. Hon. Mr. EHL Gorges, M.V.O., the He was welcomes by the Lord British Administrator of the Protectorate Mayor and Corporate and pro- of South-West Africa, bas presented on led to the Mansion House, where of the most sensatinhal reports ever Armenians, Syrians and Zionists, indictment of Garroan fitness to rule he Creedived the deputations of methods. It constitutes a most damning issued in connection with German colonial

Carlos presentent patriotic addresses of black native races and is brimful of welcome, to which the Premier well-authenticated instances of raping replied sympathetically,

murder and lust, of chicanery and knavery and of despoliation of the simple and barless utives of South West Africa.

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The Premier te-day received guns ovation, frani big crowds buthur b;E; Mabester during his journey to the Hippostrome, where he was presented with the Freedom of the City in the presence of a larg and distinguished gathering.

In aosmen lodging the honour, Mr. Lloyd Georgü mill the lie and honour of in Britain, the fate of the British Empire and the dusting humanity hung upon the issue the war.

COTTON OPERATIVES AND THE GOVERNMENT.

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DARA, TO BE INVOKED.

Losos. Sept. 1. The Press Baru"-ntes:-

4 incasage from Mushow says the Potion spitiners' Beeision to strikke, In vwo the squntives al White Curls days retulted.

Tise Chevernment of Niji Novgorod | Defence of the Restul det surt face the Gorequent as invoken the and sis dapets are unit against obtain an ind, sim injuncticas from the Sale?

the Court to prevent the distribution of strike pag

The jene stres of Kazan ure every -vlore upping against the Soviet.

THE LATE ROYAL FAMILY

OF RUSSIA.

Then Beard on Thule ays the dis sagt fetween the singer Card the operatives, but relate bely to the condition, under whigh dhein LUNTON, Sept. 12

ploymatt benefits are paid from the ely "Express unterstates coleted for the simpleyers that Bolsheviks undered the fair conditium dmwn up by the press of bein anul iter fir daughter

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The evidence on which the report is based is drawn from official German documents at Windhak, from sworn tatements by native chiefs and Eure peans familiar with the country and from the writings of Leutwein, who was Governor from 1894 to 1903 Doctor Paul Rohrbach, Professor Doctor Karl Dove and other unimpeachable Germau sources. Altogether the report constitutes & telling reply, to Dr. Self humane treatment of native races bad recent claim that "Germany's pre-war two for her, the moral right to hea

grent colonial power."

AN UNBROKEN RECORD OF OPPRESSION

In view of this claim the following statement by the Hon. Mr. Gorges is interesting.— Xative opinion here is unanimously "against any idea of their ever being handed back to the tender of a possibility of an act of this kind on. mercies of Germany. Any buggaation the part of Britain produces the utmost

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HOW GERMAN LAW WAS ADMINISTERED,

THE ITALIANA FRONT.

BRILLIANT OPERATION BY

BRITISH

LowDoy, Sept.

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

Part of the Report" deals at length with the position of the natives. before the law. The ordinance governing crinstual jurisdiction over the native contained provisiem repugnant to every

An Italian offcial message mya ---- ecoception of justice. Natives were not

The British affected a brilliant comp tried in the ordinary courts but by demain on the Adlago Platasus, inflicting floers who also did Polise duties and considerable, losses and taking, 17 had authority to delegate their judicial prisoners. prisonment in chains and fogging were Monte Asolone fares and sanguinarily powers to subordinate oficials. Im. allowed not only for serious crimes but repulsed counter-attacks.

Wo captured enemy. positions in the

as a "disciplinary measure on the application of an employer or for offensca

dination or ecntinued idleness or neglect PEASANTS WIFE OUT GERMAN Serrants law-for example, for inkabor- against a master, and there was a

of duty. From the records of the Gerasa courts it is clear that native

GARRISON. evidence was habitually disregarded and the natives were not allowed to give evidence on path. The autives were massage from Kief reports that a thos kapt in a state of abject fear. No tanguinary akirmish has occurred at opportunity of redress was open to Brusilovz botween well-armed peasants them. They dared not go to the Police and Germans. The former occupied the with complaints. Crimes by Germans, village and wipe out the German however, against natives were either son, bushed up or tolerated by the courts with amazing leniency. The case of number of German corpses from Travellers report xoving an enormous Lieut.Voonleth is a striking commentary Brusilovke. on how the German vaunts his superior civilisation. This officer held a court- martial on a native war and was for GERMAN PRINCE WANTS FINNISH

stock theft. Ele constituted bimwolf practically the only evidence raken, with president of the court and supplied the result that the natives were cen- demned and shot. The poor creatures were not even present at their so-called trial but were sentenced in their absence.

STOCKHOLM, Sept. 11.

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STOKHOLM, Sept. 11 declared his willingness to accept the Prince Fredrick Karl of Hesse has Flanish Crown.

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Lieut. Vanuleth was subsequently arrested by the British authorities and red for murder. Another ugly occur. Face was & muvage, assault- by" "Ladwig Cramer on certain native women two of whom were fogged so severely that they died, yes the court only imposed four months' imprisonment and a fine ELEVEN SHIPYARDS WORKING.

26th inst. for the purpose of electing a

The Finnish Landtag will post on the $5.00 King.

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GRUESOME PHOTOGRAPHS

SHIPBUILDING IN AUSTRALIA.

SYDNEY, Sept. 11. The keels of three now steamers,

that orders had been placed four 53 ships each of 0,500 tone, have been laid here. B. Foyuton, Federal Ministar, said 11 abipyards were now

INDIA DAY."*

APPEAL BY LORD MAYOR,

Loxios, Sept. 12.

The Lord Mayor in a letter to the

twenty-Sve years of German rule in natives. Executions were carried out Graesome photographs are given in The Report shows that the first the report of bangings and foggings of South West Africa was an unbroken in a manner which would have been and that record of official bad faith, private considered brutal two hundred years ago. working. and robberies culminating in the Herero on bores while the ropes were being uppression and cruelty, the barbarities One method was to stand the victims and Hottentot rebellions. During the adjusted the boxes were then kicked of first seventeen years there was no law pulled away. The hanging babit was a for the natives and such protection feature of the native administration, also the law eventually provided was not fogging. Three out of every four dictated by considerations of humanity, natives convicted in the courts of but in order to exploit the natives German South-West Africa in 1913 labourers. When the Germans fire suffered fogging. The Germans did Condom Couriol Battle which is retivet, saya Mir. Gorges, they entered their dogging in the cellast way with finantarius of the suployers and but these became scraps of paper and gravest injury or death, and as many a into agreements with the native chiefa, a long sjambok capable of causing the Rod thirds at Yalta teist kaperatives.

the natives were fraudulently deprived fifty strokes were given at a time. the Dowager Express, her daughter,

of their best land. Traders and icttlersi robbed them of their cattle which was and so telt-law, the Duke of Olden

their only wealth and the law, subae bury,

Suore of the Hank S

quently prevented the natives possessing Fleet intervened and fought the ted

large stocks. Tho natives were thus driven to work for ridiculously inade -Chand Bop a fortnight, lefenting

quate wages: Often they were never them.

paid, and they were treated like elave and their womenfolk were habitually maltreated by Germans who took them into forced concubinage,

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COUNT HERTLING.

WILL PROBABLY BESION.

AstaTERDAM, Hypt. 15.-

A message from Pelin says Count Bertling will probably resign before the mating or the stug in

November,

FOOD RIOTS IN HOLLAND.

SHOPS SACKED AND BREAD>

VANS PLUNDERED, “

AMSTERDAM. Sept. 12. Serious food ricting lus, taken place at, Rotterdam. Several shops were sacked, and brend vans plundered.

Woinen parade, shouting for bread.

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THE, SILVER MARKET.

Losos, Sept. 1. The Siler Market in study.

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

PROGRESS OF THE BATTLE, - EXTERMINATION OF RACES.

QUIET ON FRENCH FRONT.

LONDON, Sept. 11.

A Freach communiqué saya artillery activity at various points or the There is nothing to report exempt Aisne, on the Vesle and in Champagne

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GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, Sept. 11, A wireless German official message Fresh English attacks in the neiga bourhood of Gouzeaucourt and Epchy lod to violent fighting.

A SIGNIFICANT ARTICLE.

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 11. The Fassiche Zeitung publishes a significant article by Count ren Zalzmann who articipates shortly a heavy British attack on Cambrai. He says the Garman lines before Cambrai cannot be regarded as final lines of resistance. He further depreciates the importance of St. Quoatia Caual and These were some of the things which declares the main defence Enes lie atili guaded the natives into rebellions, further east. He also says the Germans which were suppressed by ruthless cap, without running any mak volun cruelty resulting in the practical tarily abandon all territory south of the extermination of the three tribes Aisne and retire on Chemin-des-Damon,

from 20,000 to 3,800 and the Berg solved. The Herorcs were redacted from 80,000 to 15,100, the Hottontos Damuras from 30,000 to 11,800 Thus eighty per cent of the Herero people disappeared and more than half of the Hottentots and Berg Damares ahored the name fate. How it was done wa to supersede the lenient Governor Leutwein by the notorious Trotha fresh from ex-Gorman East Africa where he suppressed an Amb rebellion by a wholesale massacre. Trotha issued an

SOBERING EFFECT AT BERLIN.

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT FOR

GERMANS SUGGESTED."

Preas appeals to the citizens of London 30, to raise £50,000 to provide huta to support an effort on India Day, Sept. and clubs for Indian troops as small token of the City's appreciation of the magnificent loyalty of India and the splendid fighting qualities of her sons of which we have avery, right to be. prqa and grateful.

HOME RACING".

LONDON, Sept 11. The September Stakes, a substitute for the St. Leger, was run at Naw market, resulting as follows:-

Gainsborough

My Dear

I'riace Channing The betting was as follows:- 11 to 4 on Gainsborough. 9 to 1 against My Dear

four lepas divuling second and third. 100 to 14 against Prince Charming.. Five ma. Won by three length;

▲ JOURNEY THROUGH SIBERIA.

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Further evidence of how responsible

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 11, opinion in ecemy countries, with ́s significant unanimity, is sobering down contigues to come from various quarters tracts from the notes of a German, who The Cologne Gazette has published ex- Thus, Professor Delbruck declares is described as having for many years The enemy reached our first lines at "extermination." order by the terms of the Pan-Gervikna are not only Far East, and who has iately been able occupied a distinguished position in the which no Herers man, woman, child or for its continuance. He attacks the Siberia The writer's main object la largely guilty of the war but especially to travel from China to Germany across "Kill every one of them and take no expectations and asserts that the world babe was to receive mercy or quarter. U-boat politicises for their extravagant evidently to encourage the Germans "t prisoners" he said. These orders were would be justified in demanding only too faithfully carried out. There

a few points. Our counter-attack drove him back. We took 300 prisoners.

Strong enemy attacks between the Ailetted the Aisne failed.

observations are decidedly interesting.

in and restore arder," but soms of bis

He begins by declaring that the idea of

intervention in

ŞİR GEORGE REID, "

THE ENEMY LINES OF DEFENCE. is, for instance, the story of Trothwe guarantee that the Pan-German is not

the German spirit. native ex-groom who describes how he

Biberia was originally LONDON, Sept. 12.

PARIS, Sept 12. was once ordered to kill a young tonale Korrespondens, which does not any available forces. He is very con- similar views are voiced in the Zillerna Photo 3nglish, bo, Arding

Japanese relaetent, cast about Sir George teid ja dend.

The enemy has three lines of defence Harero woman. He refused in disgust consider Count: Hertling sufficiently temptuous about "Semenoff's so-called The Bon. Sir George Houston ft behind the Hindenburg line. Firstly, whereupon a German soldier showed was High Commissioner for Australia toro is the "Hunding Brunnbilde line him how to do it then hold the bayonet strong to cope with reactionaries, and Cosmcks, but speaks with great respect durig 1910-1915. He was a member for running south of Lille, west of Douni dripping with blood before his face. weakened morally if a markedly demo they are a very serious force; that they believes the Entente can only be of the Czechoslovaks, insisting that and Cambrai, east of Le Catelet and Officers and soldiers were standing Fast Sydney upl 1901 afterwards Fresnoy, on the left bank of the Oiseaud around, but none interfered on behalf cratic government be formed.

are not really destined for the front in Federation Member for Fast Sydney right bank of the Serre to Sissthe south of the woman. He way Prime Minister and Culoniai east of Vouziers, crosses the Mouse when German soldiers played ball with shows that be plainly indicated that clother Belgians at Harbin, who were Another occasion w Czernin's article (cabled yesterday) after remarking that he saw 500 well- The Veraerts report of Loant France, and that they will be employed. axclusively against the Bolshevists. Tresser of New South Wales for 1804- north of Verdun and joins the prosent nine-month babe. They got tired of Germany is responsible for the refumi said to be on their way to join Semenof 1800, during which period as Senior front on the Moselle a dozen miles south, this and finished the game by catching to agree to a diminution of competition the writer proceeds Preuset he carried the Federal, novi of Metz, Secondly, there is the Metz the wee mito on the point of a fixed in armamenta

On the Amur Railway we met tem ment to a successful issue. Horn. in Lille line from the Scarpe ven miles bayonet transfixing its body amidst the

columns of Croche-Slovaka 1,000 me 1845]

east of Douai, across the Scheldt, fiendiab laughter of the gamesters who through La Cateau and Hirson, west of seemed to think it a great joke. A

as possible to the front in France, by to column. Their officers said that they were to be transported as rapidly -MAINTENANCE OF INDIAN ARMY. | Mezieres and Sedan, on the right bank reliable witness deposed that he wa of the Meuse west of Briery and two years with Troths and knows ne Conday and joins the "Hunding," line instance of prisoners being sparod. at Faguy-sur-Moselle. Thirdly, thers is Even after the rebellions the surviving the line from Valenciennes to Givet on natives fared, but little battar... which the Germans are working feverishly at present.

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A LARGER SHARE TO BE BORNE BY INDIA..

SIMLA, Sept. 12. Sir William Meyer, Finance Mem ber of the Viceroy's Council, moved LOW MOHAL OF GERMAN ARMY,

resolution in the Imperial Legisla tive Council that the prolongation of

LONDON, Sept. 11 "the war justifies India in taking a "Reuter's Correspondent at British larger whore in the obst of the mill Headquarters, telegraphing this evening, tary forces raised in India.

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A SIGNIFICANT DOCUMENT,

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KAISER EIHORTS HÍS SOLDIERS.

APPEAL TO SUPPORT HOME FRONT

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 11. The Kaiser, replying tos, message of One of the most significant documents the German Soldiers, Union, urges the in the report is a secret circular address Union to exert all its powers to support ed in 1912 by Governor Seite to magis the home front and not to let them trates. In it he refers to the most selves be turned from the will to victory desperate feeling, becoming prevalent by the enemy's superior forces me among the nativer. The reason," be states, which is unanimously given for WAR CANNOT BE DECIDED ON The state of moral of the German this fact is that the brutal excemtes of

BATTLE-FIELD. Army in Indicated by the demeanour of Europeans against the natives · sre prisoners of the Second Guard Division, alarmingly acreoung. It is much to TURKISH FINANCE MINISTER'S the corps d'élite, which was withdrawn be regretted that even Police officers from the fighting less than 1,000 strong, become guilty of such offences in a Law LONDON, Sept. 11. The prisoners were heartily glad to cases and such offences go unpunished The Press Bureau states that the surrender and urged our troops to com- by the courts of law in the way they

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 11 Arnerican Embassy denies that tinue attacking assuring them that there ought to be according to our sense of The Turkish Fincnus Minister, in a President Wilson will be visiting were swarms of Germans only too justice to the natives." Mr. Clorges interview given in Vienna, declared Europe in the near future anxious to surrender. Letters found on supplies sword, statements of natives that the war could not be decided or

the prisoners were nearly ali couched in which give soms ides of the reign of the battle field DEETH OF A GERMAN AFRICAN teams of hopelessness or resentment, forror existing among the natives, and

EXPLOREE

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addanstances of crualty, injustice

VIEWS.

COUNTRY UNDER WATER and barbárism might be multiplied A GOOD SUGGE Rainstorms continge to swell the almost fodefinitely instances of gross streerus and the inundations caused by bestial condust, which for sheer dimming bare spread. The country ty and immorality are

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rextends" from

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but they are hardly at

way of South America. But the tran sport of 10,000 men from the Far East to Europe is at present quite impossible, for, on the whole coast there is not single non-Japanese ship which could be used for the purpose. We were told is nearly 50,000 men that the whole corps of Czecho-Slovaks divided into three division Tro, it was said, were already on their way to Vladivostock, and the third was still being formed. The commander of the corps is said to be a French gederal can only insist that the 10,000 men whom we met were splendid material! They were all very well fed, and very well clothed, but than still anstined, a any rate, «we could not see weapons of

any kind not even among the officers

They these secho-Slovaks should reach France was, for the reason already rivon, practically impossible. Why, then,

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