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WEDNES DAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1918

TELEGRAMS.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

(Continued from Page 1.)

THE AUSTRIAN NOTE.

ALLIES TO CONSIDER IT.

AARREMENT ON SPECIFIC POINTS REQUIRED.

AMERICANS BEYOND VILLERS- SOUS-REMY.

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STRONGLY FORTIFIED ENEMY

POSITIONS TAKEN. »

PARIS, Sept. 17: The paper state that the Tews from the Werre front is excellens. The Americans have gone beyond, Villers-sous-Remy na nehed Van-

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MINOR ACTIVITIES ON BRITISH

.. FRONT.

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LONDON, Sept 16 Lexpos, Sept. 16. Roater's Correspondent at British- A special Gazette announces the Headquarters, telegraphing today, award of Victoria Crosses to the

Our advance in the Ypres Canal sector has reached a depth of 1,000 following:-

Lieutenant Ateur BORELLA (Aus-Fards. We took 47 prisoners.

There has been much minor activity tralian Army), He captured in the Cambrai region where, according to Fspos, Sept. 18.diers, 2 kikanietres from the frontier-gun and also with tent en a captured Onter the enemy attaches captured a very strong position.much importance to the retention of

the territory. himself shooting mony of the ettery. He subsequently inspired his platoon

An indication of the state of the Ger- to repulse with very heavy as two

sansion,

Fast and northeast of Yailly the Americans, following the valley

Well-informed. "Pireles in Fandom are of the opinion that the Allies will paroda'iy vormideg' the Austrian Note Churaquently, an answer ennnot clar | * Duphate-Mail, carried a series string counterattacks, in the seemed

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SPIRIT OF THE AMERICANS.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7. Edward De Groot, Associated Supre- me Director of Recreation in the Alked Armies, in a speech delivered here said

Germany has been making gune and ammunition while we made men. The Americans have been matching the German military and Kropp prepared- and Y.M.C.A. movements. news for forty years with our playgrounds

The Americaca havo amazed the

French and English as well se the Ger

postarajgly-curtisied puszitions in the which his platoon was outnumber, nerve." Another threatens with court-mans. When the Americans were ia

given for some days. It is thought.)

direction of Viorze and Charhla hennes og, that little good can be done

Townzils Frestes the French a

ed by ten to one. by attending a

Sergente Jous Maste, of the Conference unless i

vanced they kilontetres on a frontonfarts Single-handed hys put out certain specific points, such as the f

IS metres and led the Pouze Powers venguising Beperes kline east of Watronville and wostror

„öf action the crews of two machine- Asity et indrumliging Belgiam and

Hautecourt. Dieppenia Morgeville,

gunsangt was killed while stucking Serin, Jave, bên agreed her face}

"the crew of another machine-gun, FURTHER AMERICAN PROGRESS. which his bravery stabled two other

ruen put out of netību.

The Maselcester tinandion says it wind be "monstrous to that the Austrian promposals and the paper | Nugget, fimt the Allies should res gunsi un esplosión of omény vieme, reading the possibilities of a-settle- ment on finds such as President Wilson and Me, felragde diverge" had

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FRENCH VIEW OF AUSTRIAN PEACE NOTE.

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MONTMENT OF FEAR ANDE HYPOCRISY.

Pants, Sept. 14. The coveny s petre offensive hiz Bom dirial shape in Austin invit ing the"Allies to open a confidential and win-binding discussion, The Allied pròpies. Inving been warned, Bare on their guard against triekers by the Coat Bowers. This peus ery is the inevitable restit "of the Sallundy a thug, Gieran offensive,

STRATEGIE RAILWAY LINE

TAKEN..

Pants, Sept. 16, * There has been further progress by the Americans, to the extent of a Winis advance on the Marsylle.

The Shiny Verdug, fine has been elesbest of the Hun and the French Juve regimed control of the two railway lines, which were extremely setul at the goanthronement of the Allied offensive, being one of the principal sections of stategic rail (ways in. Frame, Huras,

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THE BALKANS

SERBIANS IN ACTION.

BULGARIAN POSITIONS CARRIED WITH BRILLIANT 'DASH.'

Loisros, Sega. 16.

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The Allied attitude is clear. The Prodight Easter eusiquēj Repin reparation, restitution and states:---

man moral is shown by a captured Order referring to "rumours spread behind the front by people who have loss their

martial men returning from the frontuction they have not only tarried the without arm3.

expected ground bat refused to wajt for counter-attacks and kept right on going until they got the Germans on the run. An instance at Chateau Thierry showed this spirit. At first the Germans used erack Prussian shock-troops and held Bavarians and Saxons in reserve. The American Marines drove the Prussiana back to their reserves. The Germans changed their tactics and put the Saxous and Bavarians in as shock-troops and held the Prussians in reserve.

FRENCH CAPTURE VAILLY.

LONDON, Sept. 16.

A Franch communiqué aays— We bave captured Vailly.

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LATER

A Preact communiqué states:— Between the Oise and the 'Aisne we

Géporal dusert: KARBLE. Quelve Legimpt. When the whole of his FRENCH PROGRESS CONTINUED. section, except one, wers casualties, " he jumped upon a grupet and helst, up the enemy with a Lewis gun. Finale, firing all the winter he fell backwards into the french, mortali wounded. He red the last of cartridges at the treating Germans, While lying on his back in the trench and before losing consciousness, shoutell to the wounded: "Keep it

beys. Don't let them though. We cust stop thein." The com plete reputed of the eng at this punt was dite to sarkable i | hanvery and volt-swarifing,

RUSSO JAPANESE ECONOMIC CORPORATION.

WITH A CAPITAL TO 20 MILLION ROUBLES.

Tokio, Sept. 17. The organisation, oli a Russ

guitares, and this, pranishment of in the 15th, after a violent artil Japanese Economic Corporation for the orientals for the outings onery preparation the French and cranercial and, industrial develop- French, teoritory.. The Apsttun Note Serbian attacked ene: works in ments in Siberij is pretically con

to tidig belligerente is a monument of the mounusitzons zone of Dobropoljc.pleted with a capital of 10 to 20 feur and hypersy. With the peace The entire first line the bullion còubles, "proposals citiren mid on Paris, garian positions was brifinatly cur- „The Sevalist papers "dig, net" voan", rivel, on a frumn of 11 Kikmetres,, quent of the Austrian Note, except, despite the diffrenties of the groun the Froded Biber, which definitely Many prisoners and guns were taken, apposes the iden of an acceptance; Hama."

AMERICAN PRESS CONSIDER IT

TEUTONIC TRICKERY,

New Youk, Sept. 17, Penetically the whole of the Pressa of-fle, United States unconipronils. ingly reject the Austriant "peaga petami posal, regarding it as part of a bat page."af" "Teutënde trickery. Con-

The World sys: **When - Ger- Tuy wants peace, she wil bave to ask for it in her own natue,"n

The Nee, York Herald ways: "Dur answer is, not intil the Centrul Power: hy down their ann und withdrew front the occupied terri-, tories and renounce the shameful Brestlitvesk Treaty.".

The New York Times récontends neetptance of, the invitation,, but not anhuigment of the war prepara- ticar

Cand impririint, boty vupturivi,

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

The operations are developing AIR RAIDS INTO GERMANY. fa coumbly

CONTINUAL STRAFING BY BRITISH

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British underlim almuen effec- tively supported the Phantry and bambal communitientious.

MOST IMPORTANT POSITIONS

TAKEN.

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Lostos, Sept.

Benter's Agency learne, that alter

DABING ATTACKS ON AERO- DROMES AND ENEMY WORKS.

Losnos, Sept. 15.

continued to progress during the night. East of Vauxaillon we carried Mont Farther south we captured Vailly. des Singes and took nearly 300 prisquets.

We raided the region of Leintrey ini Lorraine and took prisoners,

THE AIR-RAID ON PARIS.

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The Chairman of the Ways and Méans Paris, Sept. 16. Committee of the House of Representa This morning's air-raid, the first since tives, explaining the details of the August 18, was one of the most remeasure for $8 billions in taxation, markable hitherto owing to the intensity showed that the condition of the business of the anti-aircraft fire and the deter-men in the United States is such that mination of the raiders, the latter incli- they will be amply able to absorb the cating the enemy's desire to intimidate taxation without hardship. the population perhaps as a part of the peace offensive.

INTER-ALLIED NAVAL COUNCIL

MEETS...

PARIS, Sept. 16. The Inter Allied Naval Council has met, the French Minister of Marine pre- siding. There were alan present. Admical Wemyss (Great Britain) and Admiral Sims (United States), besides Italian and Japanese representatives.

FAMOUS RACEHORSE TRAINER

DEAD. “

Losos, Sept. 16, James East, the famous racehorse trainer, is dead.

THE CANTON CUSTOMS.

LU YUNGTING'S COraiON SENSE

Renter's Correspondent at Peking wrote on the 9th inst.:-

The influence of the Military Gover

himself with the threat to use fores în

THE YARN MARKET IN HONGKONG.

PHENOMENAL CHANGES. ·

In their, yarn report for the past month Messrs Polishwalla and. Kotwall, state that phenomoral charges have taken place in the interval which are the trade- unprecedented in the entire annuals of

There has been captinuous advice from India to all foreign bolders to reship a large quantity of yarn owing to greaf scarcity and extremely high rates rolicg there, and although 4,000 hales are ready to be reshipped, they are. unable to secure torminge

This most unusual position has greatly affected our market and a big rise of 815 to 321 per bale bas occurred during this iocerval but the business was effected on a very small scale, in about 1,350 bales, which is mainly due to absolute unwillingness on the part of sellers to ho'd on firmly to their small stick, which they are so enger to reship to Bombay.

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particularly 2rs, remain almost station. ary, the range being now almost in parity with those of 10s and 125. This is rather extraordinary, ns, in ordinary The Ministry reports:-

times, the difference between the higher On the battle-trout, in additions to!

and lower counts is invariably about presten alke, Democrats and Reartillery frag the French and Sercoming, we curried out thaking over the Canton Customs, is ap. weeks, benvy, floods in many southern

the houting reported in yesterday's now, whe from the first did not associate $20. publimmas, are kupposed to it.

Owing to continuous rains for several bians on the 15th attacked very following operations. We twice.atparently prevailing and it is likely that districts have greatly hampered bost powerful Bulgarian positions, which tricked Afetzalon, obtaining ang the matter will be settled without the mess as traffic with those place had beer. necessitasing almost suspended for a long time, hence workshops, gus works and burruckt, from every point of view...

Allied actions, which oyer two yea

The whole of the positions"on ar

and also attacked the Boulay ner The Canton Government several weeks ecently improved on account of cord- munication having been restored and drome with good results.

ago took over the Canton Falt Adminis floods much subsided. At the close, the of 15 kilometres, inchiding

th the night of the 14th-15th, wetration, and Swatow followed suit. The tone of our market is steady. Total Veternik. Dobropolja and Solo,con-kept up throughout the night heaty Canton Government at first voiced the sales 1.325 bales. Bargains in Chinese

intention of

two-thirds of the hunds 3.000 bales." stituting the most important part of attacks on Metzablon, Lourelles revenue, but, meeting with co opposition the Magedonian front, were carried. Ebrage, Saarbrucken, Raisers Lay- Segond diplomatic protests, soon annex-

Several handreds were taken pin tern and the nerdromes at Frescatyed the remainder.

and Boulay. We obtained many The Southerners probably thought somers and a great number of direct hits on the railway, especially over to the Northern Government, but

In addition to the two inatches H.K. at Metzsabler and Courcelles. and this is not so, as since 1917, the whole C. C. v. The Rest 1st Divison . B. E. v. ensed several fires at Metz. Kaiser's Customs revenues have been hypotheca The Rest 2nd Divison, the Junior Lantern, the Saarbrucken station and ted in the service of foreign loans and League final watch will also be played obligations. Canton, Tannen and reviz. C. R. C. (C) The Rest Junior the Frescnty aerodme.

chuan, therefore, would be in the happy League on the C. R. C. ground at Three British machine have not but antenable position of absorbin &

Causeway Bay on the occasion of their returned.

cocsiderable portion of one of

annual at Home." the coup On the morning of the 15th we try's greatest revenues without contribut

C. B. C. (C) TEAM I Wilson v. C.-F. Leo. again attacked Metsabtori ilwaying to the repayment of loana contracted whilst Chips was as near to being united

Chow Chow. triangle and aniny direct hits were as she has been since the inauguration securel Enemy scoute were active. of the Republic.

We also bombed the Bubl uero- The Peking correspondent of the N.C.

Daily

News, writing on the thihat, says: to the Sulonika offensive, stated that drome. Three Bribisli.machines are learned to-day that the Allied Power

intend to lodge a protest against the the first and second line of the enemy | We also bobet, the Danuler announced intention of the Southera trenches and also various important works as Stuttgart on the 15th with Military Government to seize the Chinese be completed, players are requested hills were carried and 800 tuhen good results. During this up we Maritime Customs within their authority by the League Secretary to be ready to

To whom the protest has to ho presented prisoner.

"This is only a prelude encountered 20 hostile muchines, is not very clear the moment, but I commence play at 4:30 p.m. susrр. -

which we destroyed two.

All of greater successes and triuraphs, British machines returried."" her said, "in which, British und We dropped 27 tons of bombs Greek troops will take an equally 24-hours. glorious part.'

The

The Chicago Herald says: talk of peace-jų now vilė, until thei war ends with declive victory."

Most of the newspapers' emphasise that Germany inust submit to the. specific terms outlined by the Allig statasin before peace discussionis are undertaken..

THE AIR-RAID ON PARIS.

ENEMY MACHINES BROUGHT DOWN.

PARIS, Sept. 15, official report states:- A German raiding aeroplane was brought down in a suburb of Puris and three German airmen were killed:

LATER.

An official report states that a Feeund German raider way brought down by anti-aircraft guns and dropped in the forest of Compiegne.

FIGHTING IN ITALY

A PRELUDE OF GREATER SUCCESSES.

BIG DEVELOPMENTS ANTICIPATED.

"LoNpus, Sept. 16, Me Bullour, speaking at a Greek dinner at the Carlton, and referring

200,000 GREEKS UNDER ARMS...

SOMETHING BIG ON SALONIKA FRONT PROMISED..

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1. Mend t. Pyle. „2'Imura v. "A. V. Rumjsha. 3.Lia v. F. H. Ismail, joy Aa thore is a rather big programme to

: HONGKONG POLICE KESERYE,

Order Isaned by Mr. F. C. Jenkin,"

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at Cautan to protest. That the Consti tutionalists of the south should attempt anything so illegal scems unthinkablo. It would simply ruin any little prospecta they had of recognition being accorded BRITISH AERIAL ACTIVITIES, by the Fowers. Moreover, it would ex

NO. 3 COMPANY, EIT pose them to counter measures such as Inspectors, and Sergie, of the Chinese Donox, Sept. 1.

would put them in an extreniely, awk Command are required to attend in ward plight. For instance, they might uniform at ·Headquarters Office on Piel-Marelal 'Sir Douglas Huig, be told Very well. Take the Custome Friday, September Such, et 5.30 p.m. ill. if you wish but trade between Bong- reporting on wviation, ways t

Finis could kong and Canton CELSER... LONDON, Sept. 16.

We destroyed four hostile machines then be written over the Canton Admin-The following is to be inserter Reuter's Agency interviewed and rise two 2-seaters on the ground istration.

opposite page 4 of the D. O. Book-

The slate with the left hand is Michala Copoulos, the Greek Mining a successful attack from

low height on an aerodromne setl

with the right, and only. (C. 8. P. Memo

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No Pintoon-P-C47 Hussain deptember 18th, 1916,

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to the lack of shipping Greece, however, was immediately commenc

ITALIAN POSITIONS IMPROVED.

ENEMY LINES RAIDED

LONDON, Sept. 10. wirele Italian offeint repurting to build shipyardy.

He concluded by saying thu lie cessfully raided the enemy's was convinced that the

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