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THUR DAY, OCTOBER 24, 1918.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page 1).

COTTON LOOMS STOP. WORKING

FOR WEEK.

TO PREVENT OVER PRODUCTION.

LONDON, Oct. 23.

to help maintain the In order bulance between the production of cotton yarn and the requirements of loons, the Cotton Control Bound has ordered, the entira,stoppage of all loons for a week beginning from the Pist instant.

THE CONTROL OF RUBBER.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

APPOINTED.

Loxbox, Oct. 23.

VIEWS IN HIGH BRITISH QUARTERS.

LONDON, OG 2016 Authoritative circles regard the Ger (man reply as "not business but moraly argumentative protestation designed to cover the absence of a reply. A high official described the Note as badly camouflaged insincerity.

It is pointed out that Germany is prosceding on the assumption that President Wilson merely demanded evacuation of occupied territories where as this is falac Furthermore naval questions require to be cleared up should be noted that the principle of freedom of the seas as intarprated Germany is whuli, unacceptable to Great Britain.

AMERICAN PRESS COMMENT.

New York, Oct. 22. The United States Press call the Gerdian reply a clumsy affort to gain time. The vast majority urge that unconditional surrender is the only possible basis of peace.

After publication of the German reply, Mr. Poindexter (Republican) introdneed I joint resolution proposing that Con- gresa forbid further negotiations by, the United States with Germany until the

unconditionally... German military forces have surrendered

OPINION IN "FRANGE...

PARIS, Oct. 24 Parliamentary eireles and the Press regard the German reply as 'wilfully equivocal and tortuous, specially as regards the armistice. They do not reforma afford a guarantee of duration. consider the protewly constitutional

The Press Bureau, announces In view of the necessity of saving Decen Freights, it is considered desir able to notify the rubber trade that the Minister of "Munitions has up- pointed a committee with Sir Chre- don Hyde as Chairman to advise him regeling the control of rubber, Meanwhile, it's deemed necessary to issue a waring that may be necessary to 28 maximum prices for rubber transitetions, and the Minister may be compelled to "inake orders "rendering Vinoperative any forward

continetilor transactions entered into. efter publication of this notice.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE GERMAN REPLY TO AMERICA.

BRITISH PRESS COMMENT.

DIPLOMATIC HUCKSTERING.

"LONDON, Oct. 23.

The Dilly Chronicle says the reply is

KING SAYS VICTORY MUST BE

COMPLETE.

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LONDON, Oct. 21. Addressing the delegates of the inter- Parliamentary Conference at Bucking ham Palace the King said! Victory

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- THE CHINA MATELI

WESTERN FRONT.

KEM A POSITIONS «ТАКЕН.

LONDON, Oct. 21.

Cateau exceed 3,000.

Sunday's prisoners northward of Lo

The enemy's positions along the Selle of great natural strength and are being held resolutely, English, Scottish and Welch Divisione launched as attack

ANOTHER IRISH PACKET STEIMER

TORPEDOED

AMERICAN RED CROSS BOCIETY,

HONGKONG CRAFTERS FIRST ANNUAL MEETINGS

LONDON, OC St. Another fish packet steamer, the DL has been torpedoed in be The Ant-anquil meeting of the Irish Sea

Hongkong Chapter, at the American Thirteen of the crew of 30 have boon. Red Cross Society as hell Inst landed.

evening at the Hongkong Hotel. Mr. G. E. Anderson, Consul-General. for the United States, presided over a good attendance:

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LANER STRIKES MINE,

STOCKHOLM, Oct-22

two o'clock in the morning in meat unfavourable weather. Continuous rain rendered the drapea extremely difficult, OVER 100 SOLDIERS DROWNED Fighting was heavy all day long, the enemy offering a strong resistance in the villages and along the railway. In overcoming this resistance great nasist ance was rendered at certain points by Tanks which aroued the flooded river at ambarly hour. .-

As soon as the Aisus river was secured a number of bridges were rapidly con struoted under heavy fire from hostile artillery and machine-gane, anabling our guns to clovely follow the infantry and effectively support them at short range:

ALLIES REACH THE SCHELET.

LONDON, Out. 21. Router's Agency is informed that the British have reached the Schelds be tween St. Amand and Tourpai..'

The Ailes are within five miles of Gbeat."

The Le Catean sector in quiet, today: Although the enemy retreat is bulted there is no reason to believe that the pane is more than temporary.

ENEMY RESISTANCE STIFFENING..

LONDON, Det 22.

Reuter's Currespondent at British Headquarters, tolographing on the evening of the 21st, saya..

The enemy resistance is stiffening In Flanders we reached the west bank of the Escaut between Pech and Lenfer, both of which are in our possession. The enemy is maintaining a heavy frs from the opposite bank.

within our reach and we are all ag-ceding our progress of the line of the

it mint be complete and decisive.

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THE KAISER MUST SHOULER THE CROSS..

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 22.

Strong enemy rearguarda are disput-

Roubaix Avelghem railway." ward of Courtra, and are progressing We ro-attacked this mornings satisfactorily.

LONDON, Oct. 21.

Maximilian arden addressed soverd? BRITISH PRISONERS IN GERMANY. thousand people in Berlin when be declared thir the Kaiser must shaalden the cross of seeking pence based of the enemy's military superiority and met thereafter he ahora of his despotic

powers.

LONDON, Oct. 32. -

obviously inscceptable. The suggestion | WHAT GERMANY OWES BELGIUM. that the armistice be based on the datas que does not lack.impudence. The only terms we can offer must correspond certainly with our victory. The Note seems to be a piece of diplomatic huck- stering marking a stage in the path of

surrender.

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ONLY PLAYING FOR TIME. The Daily News, questioning whether Germany is only playing for time, sayı the guarantees demanded by the Allied military and naval authorities would furnish a practical test of Germany's sincerity and the power of her military rulers.

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EXTRAORDINARY IMPUDENCE.

A Belgian official message BAYL: Germany's bill in Belgium totals £384,200,000 including 2200.000.000 for damage done up to December, 1914, £104,200,000 for their exactions from Belgian towns and £50,000,000 for raw materials and machinery taken by the Germane up to January, 1915.

The bill does not include materials ako, destruction or requisitions since January, 1915, which are estimated at several hundred millions

GERMANS "SERIOUSLY DAMAGE. BRUGES.

AMSTERDAM, Oët. 22.

In the House of Commons. Mr. Hope stated that there were 5,362, British officers and 142,887 men hold prisoners

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in Germany.

'ARMENIANS HARRASSING THE

TURKS.

A message from Helsingfors states that the Hamburg-Amerika liter Haks Aurg has struck a mino

She was proceeding from Riga to Danzig and over 100 soldiers were drowned

two items of business to be fract

The CHAIRMAN aid there were, ouly

and, if the hye-laws were adoptext. al--the adoption of the bye-laws, the election or an Executive Com mittee. He reminded thous present that the Chapter was formed last prig, on a temporary basis, with

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MR. HUGHES TO REMAIN IN of in regular course. This informa-

ENGLAND.

tion from Wistrington had been de- Layed much beyond all anticipation, MELBOURNE Oct2stion had gond ahead with its work, but in the meantime the organisa- Mr. Wait in a specch stated that, and he was sure that all who were Mr. Hughes has agreed to the Federal Government request to remain in conversant with what had been done, Great Britain in view of the possibility and with what was now in hand, of peace and in order to solve post-war

were fully satisfied that the organisa problems affecting Australia, including tion we heads a succes. The the Alfea retention of Germany only question was as to how great possessions in the Pacific.

tint success was going to be. In the-last-muin Hon they had Teceived a copy of the bye-laws sug gested by the national organisation of the Red Cross, the outline, for duel locul organisation. It was sug- gested that the bye-kws be adopt LONDON, Oct. 22ed, with such modification is was -The Times authoritatively denies that demanded by beal conditions. The Lord French interis to resign the Irish Executive Committee which it had Viceroyalty,

charge of the work so far hud con sideret the bye-law in detail and now offered to the meeting a draft, ultered-80 ns to suit local conditions, for approval

THE VICEROYALTY OF IRELAND.

VISCOUNT FRENCH TO REMAIN

RUBBER FOR UNITED STATES.

LONDON, Oct 23 The United States War Trade Board on 10th inst. authorised the issue of licences for the importation of not more

than 25,000 tons of crude rabber from

overseas. The licences will be allocated

and South Americ so as to enable one quarter of this total to be brought from Central America

THE COUNCIL OF INDIA.

LONDON, Oct. 23. Mr. Frederick Goodenough, chairman of Barclay's Bank, has been appointed a member of the Council of India

succession to Mf Curre

THE SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, Oct

in

Messrs. Samuel Montagu and Com LONDON, Oct. 28,

pany's Report saya the Market insteady The War Office states that owing to and quies. China axchanges have the Armeniens noder General Andranik moved substantially.. Shanghai quotes harassing the Turks lines of commuti5/3 for the tael after a rise to 5a. 44, cations between Jolta and Erivan the Turks were compelled to divert con- siderable troops from north-west Pursin

General Allenby in telegram says the Armenian contingent in Palestina fought brilliantly and had au important share in the victory.

SPANISH INFLUENZA.

WORLD-WIDE. RAVAGES.

LONDON, Oct. 33. The Morning Post ways those ravisboru, Before evacuating Bruges the Ger- different parts of the world it is Spanish influenza continues to age in despoilers, torturers, pirates and mana serionely damaged the docka, brankers of covenants have the extra-dynamited the locks and blocked the particularly violent in Sweden, Holland ordinary impudence to protest against. Canal by sinking destroyers and sub-and Canada, where hospitals are over- the charge at illegality and inhumanity marines. and brazenly propose a court of enquiry. The Allies can see the business through themselves.

STUDIOUS VAGUENESS.

The Daily Telegraph says the studious vagueness of the Note shows that Germany desires us to go on talking, but we damaad dengite acts like the abandonment of fortresses and surrender of warships. It is time an end was put to negotiations which must be resultless so long as Germany is in her present

mood.

MUST PAY THE ALLIED PRICE

The Daily Express says Germany has tacitly admitted defeat and it is for the Allies to discover whether bor desire for peace is strong enough to impel her to pay the Allied price.

PUERILE AND INCOHERENT

MISSIVE

GERMAN VANDALISM CONTINUES TERRORISM AND DESTRUCTION.

PARIS, Oct 22

flowing and business disorganised.

MANY DEATHS IN CAPETOWN

11th sys the infvenza death roll in A message from Capetown dated the Caps European Capetown is roughly estimated at 500

THOUSANDS OF CASES IN

Koubaix and Tourcoing suffered the

"SOUTH AFRICA ANA usual cruel treatment at the bands of Spanish influens in South Africa is the Germaus. Not content with des extraordinarily serious. Dostora declare troying the station, bridges, foot-bridges is is the worst epidemic South Africa and cranes at Roubaix they blew ap the has ever experienced, plague, being water mains, imposed a fine of Fra, nothing in comparison. The outbreak 600,000 and sized the municipal is most severe in Capetown where there coffers containing Fre. 750,000. They are 10,000 cases and many deaths, rendered useless, or remared to Ger- especially of natives, bat European many, all machinery of the mills at victims include fr. H. C. Becker, the Tourcoing, Roubaix and Lille. Indeed, member for Ladysmith in the Union the inhabitants of all re-occupied towns Assembly and the Government Whip have the same story to tell of robbery, Businesses, schools and entertain- cruelty, terrorism and destruction.

ments everywhers have been closed and the public services curtailed. O

GERMANS TO EVACUATE BRUSSELS,

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 23.

The Daily Mail says it is no reply at

The Handelsblad Correspondent st all: Diplomsey hat seldom had to deal Rosendaal states that the Germine are with such a puerile and incoherent foverishly preparing for the military missive. Germany can prove her evacuation of Brussels.

incerity by sending a parlementaire. with a white flag to Marshal Foch.

A MONUMENT OF INSINCERITY.

GERMAN SAILORS AT FLUSHING.

FLUSHING, Oct. 22, One hundred; Garuian; cailor“ from: Admiral Wemyss in a letter to the batteries on the Belgian coast have Times, saya the document ia a monument arrived and will be interned. Many of insincerity, make-believe and deli- more are expected berate untruth It would not changed

the conditions which the United States GERMAN WARSHIPS ESCAPE FROM and the Allies were inexorably deter-

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SUNSHINE AND COMMON

SENSE

LONDON, Oct. 221. In the House of Commons. Dr Machamara stated that there was good reason to believe that all the German your blood for and Zeebrugge had escapod to Germany

destroyers and torpedo-boats at Ostend. raumatisms are extra Everything possible was done to inter

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get you up and cept teem, but the yeaah were able

turn the rich red blood to your veins sand van rid the system of this trouble-

Relief work is proceeding most actively, thousands of volunteers coming

OBITUARY.

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MF, S. E. Honor, the Hong Secte- turg, read the byo-haws, "which" the meeting anonimously approvedsta

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the Executive Committee. C. E. Richardson, Mr Samah Gos FOUR AIRMEN ARRIVE ON TIME, der, M. J. H. Taggast, Mrs. WE AFTER 2,000 MILES FLIGHT Dunbar, Mesars. O. H. Ritter, G. E. Anderson, DH. Cameron, SE Hodge, D. Biggar, MB Ying,

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at of the funds of the Chapter:: The epidemic at Johannesburg is suitable stopping places, was in every causing laarh aazisty but the position respect a piece of routine work, and not in the mines is steadily improving and matter of special designing or organis- hospital cases have fallen from 20,000 ing to 3,000, in week

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