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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1918.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Paja 1

'THE TURKISH GEBACLE IN PALESTINE.

JEWISH TROOPS TAKE PART IN

THE ATTACK.

TURKS BEING PURSUED.

PRISONERS LARGELY EXCEED

" 25.000.0

Loxos, Sept. 21.

40 TAX

THE BALKANS.

ALLIED SUCCESSES IN

· MACEDONIA.

ATTAIN CHARACTER OF

GREAT VICTORY,

6.

A PRECIPATE BULGARIAN

RETREAT.

LONDON, Sept. 24.

A French Eastern communiqué

The Alliet sucesses in Macedonia are attaining the claimeter of a great victory. Thy French and Serbian made 2. rapid advance towards the middle of the Vurder mal compelled the enemy along the whole front för A Palestine official report states:--- | 150 kilometres between Monastir and East of the Jordan the epony soinum fo betreut precipitately, the witluteowing for Annina on the Fedjuzj Allied troops closely pursuing. railway.

North-east of Monastif we touched The Analizu New Zanlunk, the line of Mogile-Kinatlartsi West kaulium and Jawsh troops of Kalyuti, while the Herbintis, murch. pursuing him and have reached ing a "Prilep and the Babuna Pass, Essalt, empturing gurls atul prisoners, reached the Vardär trom Demirkupu

Our cavalry in the worth oppompied Flaia and Arre, after slight opposi

Flax"

"prisoners are increasing and che thal largely exceeds 25,098,"

ng Flussein's Arabs have seen pid Maan..anfare hamssing bodies of the enemy, who bre" retreating gong the railway tó Augun.

ROADS BLOCKED FOR THE ENEMY,

PIGIFTING PORCE NON-

EXISTANT

COMBATANT STRENGTH 'REDUCED TO 3,500.

LONDON, Sept. 23.

to Gradsko, Sou detachments

lave indready enssed the river.

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

BRITISH CAPTURE A STRONG POINT.

THE FIGHTING IN ITALY THE AUSTRIAN PEACE

BRITISH PENETRÍTE, ENEMY ·

LINES...

LosDON, Sept. 28.

*NOTE.

BULGARIA'S ATTITUDE.

AMSTERDAM Sept. 24.

Lobos, Sept. 29. An Italian official report states:—

A mossige from Soft says Bul Fiel-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig On the Asiago Plateau the French garis laowledges the Austrian reports

by a brilliant coup-de-main east of Peace Note" with the liveliest satis- By a successful operation, this Sisemol penetrated deeply thefaction and alleges that her 'bians lo morning, north-eastward of Epeby, Lenemy's lines and took 100 prisoners, not conflict with President Wilson's we captured a strong point which The British rakleik the lines northļ views as regarba the settling of ther the enemy has stubbornly defended, of Asiago and brought back prisoners. Balkan conflicts in confernity with for the past five days. Northwarda of this, hality, a stile countr attack entered cur positions at one point where a party of the tiny,

truck was required, Is Still lokling out. Elsewhere the

AVIATION REPORT.

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Losos, Sept. 23 Fick-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, repeting on aviation, states.---

There was overcast and showery winther mi September 22uk.

We dropped eleven tous of igmbe

j

THE SIBERIAN FRONT.

JAPANESE CAVALRY OCCUPY IMPORTANT CENTRES.

Losnos, Sept. 28. The Press Bunt reports that the Japanese Military Atthe states that [inpuntos en valry ovenpied Blagovest

chenek and Alesélovak ou September 18th.

Two thousand Austrian and Ger tun prisoners surrendated at Kokka on the right hink or the Amu

THE AUGUST FRIEND OF CIVILISATION.

On the right bank in the Vantar fand destroyedheight hostile machings. | Valley she Allied troops me beyond Four of our machines are missing. GRAND VIZIER'S TRIBUTE TO the Bue of Koynsketeurincet. Ou Our night-fiers dropped our tons of

the tot bunk they curried Ghergheli homies on at enemy wergmue, year and ulo, the whole of the first cemy Valenciennes. M1, our machines line is far as Tales Deen,

Enemy rearguards ane endeavour- ing to stem the pupuit. Enemy volumes of the robs in the regina of Monestir. Krusive and Prilep dire |Beving in indescribable d'eander mader | the incessant fire of our aircraft; gu, bonding and unchine gunning. Sunes villages and dumps donning. Seting prisoners? guns and į enarrabus booty were captured, in-

returned.

THE FRENCH FRONT.

THE ADVANCE ON THE DISE,

Losos, Sept. 24,

I a.11.

THE KAISER.

Tostos, Sept. 24.

the law of rationalities.

THE AUSTRIAN, NOTE'S SUSIDIARY PURPOSES.

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 24. A moge from Berlin ways in a lengthy interview Count Burian, referring to the "Allies', reception of the Pence Note, foreshadows fresh Patifist more honi the "Centril Powers and says the Note, lus achieved its subsidiary purposes, having revealed differences in the opposing amp of which the luiste Lef President Wilson's reply' in an

outstanding example.

LANCASHIRE STRIKE ENDED"

WORK RESUMED,

Foxbox, Sept. 20

The cotton dispute has been settled

The Grund Vizier, Talant Pasha, in terms of the Preinier's appeal to addressing the Germano, Turkish fatuit the trouble to an independent Lengue at Constantinople, contended tribunal, work resuming on the 23rd that all the rulers and peoples of the first. Central Powers, including tint of

the augast friend of Humanity und | Civilisation, the... Kaiser,” „wanted peace. He claimet that the Central Powers are fighting for the small

A Frenek ponamuniqué states:rations and the works liberty. He South of St Quentin we riched Jappealed for fortitude in the face of chiding two long-ning guns.. ig Oise between" Vendieuil nad temporary military failures.

Router Labs from Palestine thatents, dang down their arms

Turkish roulways which cecapé

Some dengoediset Bulgarian ele. Trivory.

to the Jumlan are blocked at Naza "Dich, Beisein and Megamie, while the Nublags road is ent at Et Dumit. 'Tius' the, reustīning Turks west of the Jonkun me boxed up. Moreover, ali their transport, guns, rolling stock and stores have been captureil. As fighting force they do not exist. "The estimate of 18,000 Turks west of the Jordan, cabled on the 20th, was the bayonet strength, which in.. elii the artillery, machine-gun and other units. The rution strength was 60,000, of which the combatants were 35,000.

KING'S CONGRATULATIONS TO

GENERAL ALLENBY, "

fled.

The advance conting Whole trent of the attack.

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TWO AIR-RAIDS ON. CONSTAN- TINOPLE.

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ARTILLERY ACTIVITY ON FRENCH FRONT.

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ALLIED ADVANCE PROGRESSES.

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ENEMY EVACUATES LINE FROM DOIRAN TO VARDAR,

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Lospos, Sept. 24. French communiqué, states Free There was marked artillery acti vity during the night in the region

Ailette and the Aisne,»

BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

Losuns, Sept. 23. The Admiralty states:--- Between the 17th and the 21st Air Force contingents attached to

of St. Qugatin and between the the Navy mile fair raids on Bruges | docks, dropping eight tons of bombs, Losnos, Sept. 23. In (Timpegne, we curried out twojal rise, successfully, bombed five British official report from ruids, in the region of Perthes and aerodromes.

near Butte-chi-Mesnil. We took 40 In the air-fighting we destroyed six Salonika states:--

enemy machines' and droves clown re out of control. Three ofour machines,

INTERESTING FRENCH SUMMARY. re missing.

PARIS, Sept., 24.

As a result of the British and prisors Greek attacks mid continuail, heavy pressure, in conjunction with the French und Serbian adrance further

A hostile balloon wus, shot down west, the enemy evacuated the whole!·

and feil in dames on a balloor. cap. line from Doiran to the west of the

A serni-othicial message emphasises setting or fire three hangars, all of Vardar. He Is set fire to the that the local actions to which the which were burnt out.

· A MEMORABLE TESTIMONY Cestovo und Huds stations, and

fighting on the West Front was the Tike and Taturli dumps.

Co-operating with the Greeks Naval OF BRITISH LEADERSHIP."

finited yesterday, are merely "an aircraft we bombed Constantinople Our airmen are belly bonding interlude prior to the imminent ye on the nights of the 20tist. Losnos, Sept. 23. and michine-gumming his troops mid The Bress Burcu ștales:

transport cowling along the add tions. These actions were moet sue-station and also on buildings in the sumption of more important opera-Dombs bursts on the Haidar Pasta H.. the King bus talegmphed to to the north.

"ressful, the British progressing west north und in Stainbul, where any General Allenby thus:

We are advancing, and have reach- With pride and admiration wed the line of Kuni-Oular-Hanzai, of Cutelet, while the French, saith tonsuds of propaganda have received the news of the ably-a kilometre to the south of Bogdance Quentin, by the capture of were dropped. conceived and brilliantly carried

West of the Vardar we are d out operations in which the British, yaueing on Orzenci and are in touch

Indian and Allied Forces under with the Greeke "at Zurincet.

your command with the support

of the Royal Navy gained a cou

plete victory. I am confident that

SIXTEEN VILLAGES:

this will ink n' a great exploit

CAPTURED.

in the history of the British Em-

Loxos, Sept. 3.

leaflete

AMERICAN COTTON CROP.

PRICE TO BE FIXED.

At n

Wasmxetos, Sept. 21 recent conference of the Senators of the Cotton States, Pre- sident Wilson muude it clear, that he intended to fix the price of this year's cotton "crops and to control the dis tribution.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE.

Losnox, Sept: 24.

Mr. Lloyd George is staying in the country till he has completely covered. He is expected at Down- ing Street next week,

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THE SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, Sept. 21. "The Silver Market in quiet.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

GERMAN SCHEME FOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

LONDON, Sept. 21. The newspapers in London de not

daring the war, and it in anticipated taka the German political crisis seriously, na it is the eighth such crisis in Germany that the farce will be re-enacted of making a change of Ministry without wakening the control of the militarista. The latest move in the peace offensive

dam stating that grest prominence is given in the German Press to the scheme

Venteil, progressed on the Dise One Greck and one British machine is indicated in a telegram from Amster and threaten La Fere with envelop have not retuned." ment from the north. These sue-

esses are useful as buses for sub- GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA for a League of Nations to be outlined sequent operations.

As regards Macedonia, the swift advance of the Allies threatens Prilep and also the famous. Babunä

"

DH. HELFFERICH'S

RESIGNATION."

AMSTERDAY, Sept. 24."

Dr. Helferiche resignation of the

pire and ever stand as a "memorable] » In Macedonia on the night of the As an instance of the disorderly post of German representative in Testimony of British lealership. 21st we continued to pursue the, retreat of the Bulgarians, two batta and the fighting qualities of the enemy: After an advance of 12 tons of the litter, on throwing down It is recalled that D. Helfferich,

British and Indian traps."

TURKISH CAMOUFLAGE.

Losbox, Sept. 24,

5.27 p.ny.

-A Turkish commudiqué stutes ---

Very skilful rearguard fights facilitating the accomplishment our plaas un both sides of the Jordan

TURKISH RULE IN PALESTINE

ENDED.

SEVERE BLOW TO GERMAN PRESTIGE IN NEAR EAST.

Pants, Sept. 24. The Turkish forces have not inere ly been defeated but annihilated. Twenty-five thousand prisoners and 13) guns have been taken. British avalry have occupied Nazareth, and

Ressi hus been accepted.

kilometres and the rapture of sis- their arsns, were machine-gunned by subsequent to the assasination of teen villages, our left wing and the German troops.

Count Mirbach, went to Moscow and eputre ruched by dawn the line Owing to the cutting of confed from there after a few days. Cairli-Dobrusoito-Alum-Oba,,

munications, the Bulgurians areja Our right carried the strong posi- tamishing and are fleeing into the

GERMANS TO RESPECT SPANISH' tion of Ment Dobiste. Numerous interior. On the contrary, the Allies

FLAG. prisoners were captured...

are electrified with success and are

SEVEN INTERNED VESSELS Military circles are astonished at advancing with extraordinary "dash. the mpidity of the Serbian advance.

HANDED TO SPAIN They are fighting so splendidly that it is interesting to recall the Kaiser's statem at that Serbin is out of the wyr. The enemy is falling back on the British Front at Lake Doiran and the only roadway of retreat, is

SIEGFRIED LINE ATTACKED.

by Deputy Erzberger of the Centre Party in a forthcoming book The draft constitution he has prepared and published provides for the establishment of's League immediately Germany, Great Britain, France, the United States and Russia.announce their adhesion to

it,

Each will have a sest at The Hague, where there will be an International Burson for the conduct of business,.cob- trolled by an Administrative Council, and presided over by the Dutch Foreign Minister: Ma

The scheme provides that the Lagoa should guarantee the territorial posses- sions of eacle-Federal' State belonging to the League, and the undisturbed pouession of the Colonies; while States outside, whoes Goverments, proclaim neutrality, will be recognized as per manently neutra, All States and Colonion in Africa will be perpetually neutral

Logoox, Sept. 24. The Times Correspondent Sau The scheme provides for obligatory Sebastian says on the 19th on the arbitration, the reduction of naval and BRITISH PUSH FORWARD.personal intervention of the Queen military forces to an agreed standard, the recognition of the freedom of the Mother, the Germans offered to land soca, and that members of the League PARIS, Sept. 24

should renounce raising troops in the Colonies, and van

the Kosturing-Strirnitza road which The British continue to push-for-over seven interned ships and to heavily shelled and bombed, ward to the redoubts, which form, the respect the Spaniel ting at se pro- The enemy is without a lateral line backbone system of the Hindenburg vided it is flown on ships exclusively for a long way to the rear find in Line, and to maintain their progress, engaged in Spanish trade. portant developments are anticipated.” North of the Scarpe the Siegfried

SERBIANS CROSS THE YARDAE.

LONDON, Sept. 24..

the venue of escapes hun boen A Serbian communiqué issued just||| blocked. It was a dessive victors

The British casualties are incre

evening staten:

line was attacked. Hares.

GERMAN WOMEN MANNING MACHINE-GUNS.

Our troops on the 22nd-continued. WOMAN AVIATOR BROUGHT

bly small compared with the Tur to crom the Vardar, where they are "Tish Army and the captures will in contact with the enemyst

DOWN.

PARIS, Sept. 24.

It is apnouticed that the Germans

PRUSSIAN VANDALISM

MORE PROOF'S AT PERONNE

AND BAPAUME.

Pists, Sept 2

M. Clemenceau has paid a visit to

a British General and saw

self the acts of vandalism

by the enemy in the

of Bapaume and Per

BE you subjecti

have a repercussion on the Western Towards Prilep the Sathings reach Front The King of the Hedazed the very steep massif of Vrenska are removing the inhabitants of Cam- brilliantly co-operated, seizing the and Plonina and at several ponte bra and Douan, to the Mons, district, CHRONIC DIA railway at the junction east of there on the Gradaica Prilep road. The

at the rate of 2,000 a day. hemy continues to barn vilinges and There a persistent urvour that „German" prostage in the Near- ha own stoc Nevertheless, a

the Germsza('ure, employing women tremendous greatinantity of war materi

to fire inchinem ande Palestine, been captured, including several rail ovator is said to have been shot down

in Ameroun

Hav

days, rest

your dist

For a decade after the foundation of

the Leagus each of the Stater surplus.

raw material should be divided with Labe others

THE SUBMARINE PIRATES.

SAREA PARIS, Sept. 25.

M. Havelock Wilson, in a Jecture,

stated that 20,000 non-combatant Allied seamen, including 15,000 British, hase

THE CARD PARTY

Mra S.-I have true upon a brilliant idee. The men, I hear, ard playing golf and tennis for War Bond Tickets. Hubby hom quite a few chances already, ao instead of the usual silver trinkets I have decided at all my card parties, until the end of the to give War Bond ticket as prises. Wouldn't it be lovely if one of my guests won the 395,000-and at this rate of exchange tool. Mrs. G. Capital. I think we might all to do the same and we'd not have that nasty feeling of just wasting our money on trash. for half of every ave dollars apent on War Bond tickets goes to help the wounded,

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