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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1918,

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Paga L.)

RETURN OF GERMANS TO BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

QUESTION CANNOT BE DECIDED NOW.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

ADVENTURES OF BRITISH

DECOY SHIPS.

GOLDEN DEEDS OF HEROISH.

AWARDS OF "MYSTERY" V.C.Š..

· EXPLAINED,

LONDON, Nov. 20. The Admiralty publish most thrilling accounts of some very notable actions In the House of Commons at between Batish decor ships and stemy question time, Ma Bear Lawatarines. buted thaib it

It is noteworthy that Commander an impossible at Gordon Campbell, C. D.S.D., was one present to decide the question not these mystery," Victoria Cross the Peturn of Germans to parts of wincers. His name has previously been the British Empire whence they had published from time to time as gaining very rapid premistiona ali an unusual been deportal.

number of awards for heroism.

LONDON, Nov. 20.,“

CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS,

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Commander Campbell in March, 1916 was commeding EMS. Fornborough which was disguised as a vallier. After NO RELEASE FROM PRESENT cruising throughout the winter at

WORK.

decoy be got his first submarine and the following month necured a second. Then [in February, 1017 Commander Campbell commanding Q3" was torpedoed. Action stations" was founded and a

Lorpoy, Nov. '20,' The Government has declined to release conscientious objectors from their present employments, uni it would confer un advantage over soldiers and sailor.

FOOD SUPPLIES TO GERMANY,

NOT UNTIL ALLIES SATISFIED CONCERNING CONDITIONS:

Tonnes. Nov, 20.

The Ministry of Food announces that no ked supplies will be per- aitted to be sent to Germany until the Allied"Food Council has satisfied itself concerning the conditions in Geriauty.

THE PREMIER AND FOOD TAXATION.

Loney, Nov. 21.. In the codes of his letter to Mr. Bonar law, cabled on the 1th, the Premier, after stating that his policy does not include the taxation of too, says, that it does not interfere with

panic party "abandoned the ship. The engineer officer, although the cagine remained at bis post. A submarine was room was fast flooding, very gallantly then cer 300 yards off, watching through her periscope... The submarine, partly submerged, steamed past the starboard side and returned to the port side of Q3," which withheld her re until the enemy wat at point-blank range, when the Silden guns crews leaps to their feet and opened a most deadly fire, the Hrst shell beheading the submarine captain.

The Admiralty regard the action as the supreme test of Naval dissipline.

THE CHINA MAJL

-GERMAN NATAL REVELATIONS.

LOSSES AT JUTLÄND WERE

ENORMOUS

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SUBMARINES

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 19. Captain Persins, the German critic, in a sensational article in the Tageblats discloses that it was only the bluff and lies of the naval authorities' which induced the Germans to hope, their, Fiest would be able in a second Jutland battle to beat the British. The project was inherently imposible cving to the great inferiority of the Fleet. The German losses at Jatland were enormous and only favourable weather and good lendership prevented the destruction of the whold Navy."

GERMAN BÁRBARITIES TOWARD PRISONERS.

GREAT SENSATION IN ENGLAND.

LONDON, Nov. 200

KING'S OFFICIAL REPLY TO CONGRATULATIONS;

AN HISTORICAL SPEECHL.

Paris, Nov. 19%

4% FRENCH GOVERNMENT LOAN 1918.

(RENTE PERPETUELLE 4%).

Reuter's Correspondent's despatch. In the State Chamber adinining the PR Bearing interest from the 16th October, 1918,

regarding the sufferings of the released House of Lords His Majesty the King British prisoners has muted a greal this afternoon at both Houses of sensation. The barbarities they ander-Parliament and representatives of the went are compared with the "Black Dominions, India and other parts of the fiole of Calcutta and other similar Empire and deliveredan historical speech, which is being cabled officially, in reply historical incidenta.

The newspapers demand that the to the Addresses, from both Houses con- Allies take steps to prevent the Germans gratulating His Majesty on the con- from aquding off prisoners starving clusion of the Armistice. and naked, and have suggested that The proceedings were severely simple. prominent German people should be The Peers; hended by the Lord Chan demanded as bostages. The names of sellor with the Mace, entered the the Commandants and officers of the Chamber in procession, followed immedi camps concerned should be peremptorily demanded.

It is pointed out that the incident acutaly, raises the question of who is now responsible for the government of Germany.

Thereafter Admiral Tirpitz was urged by all sides to concentrate on the con struction of submarines but obstinately continued the building of battleships. Ultimately the scarcity of materials

The Daily News saks whether the necessitated the disarming of twenty Kaiser has not abdicated after all, and three large ships, including new says that if such crimes continue the cruiser, in order to obtain material for Armistice would be gravely imperilled, submarines At the beginning of 1918 as chileod States cannct tolerate garages all German battleships constructed from on their borders. 1897 to 1906 had been destroyed."

Continuing, Capt. Persius states that during 1917 eighty-three submarines were built and sixty-six doitroyed. Germany possessed in April 1917, 126 anbmarines, in October 1917 146, in February 1918 138, in June 1918 113. During the hast months of the war it was moat difficult to get submarine crews as the soamen thoroughly distrusted the

weapon...

Captain Persius makes the remarkable statement that every thinking man is of the opinion that the seamen rendered an invaluable service to the equntry by mutinying on the 5th November when ordered to go out and meet the British Nay.

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The Chief Engineer, with the engineer on watch, remained at their posts until the rising of the water, drove thera uUP THE GERMAN EVACUATION OF After that they remained concenied upon the cylinlera while the guns' crewa lay concealed motionless for half-an-hour while the ship was sinking.

BRUSSELS.

ENTHUSIASTIC SCENES.

H.M.S. Pazarm, in the.role of an artied merchantman, commanded by

BRUSSELS, Nov. 17. Commander Langhell in August 1917, The last Germans are loaving the city feighted a tubmarive on the horizon and today. They exploded at con was the Dureren took a zigzag course where gone and depots of muniticos at three upon the submarine closed up to 3.000 stations simultaneously, shaking the yards. Then the submarine rose to the city and wrecking numerous house. surface and opened fire, which the The explosions continned during the Dunraven returned with "a merchant afternoon and night. vessel's" gen. Simultaneously reducing the grunting of preference on arti-speed, she let the enemy overtake her, Cks, such as tea and cofee; on which duty is imposed..

PRINCIPLE OF SELF-DETERMINA- TION.

APPLIED IN CASE OF

LORRAINE.

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 20.

A message from Berlin states that Herren Ebert and Haase, og behalf of the Government, have telegraphed to the Strassburg Soviet that the Allied occupation of Alsace-Lorraine does not prejudice is the solution of the question, in accordance with the principle of self-determination,

The casualties are unknown.. A number of dead have besa extricat and transmitted a wireless for the sabled from the debri. marine's benedit: "Help Come quickly, The last Germans left between four submarine is chasing and shelling me." and saven in the morning. The city When shell fell thick and fast the awoke to find the walls-placarded with a Duarte, qre fore and aft, stopped proclamation by aeting-Burgomaster and a pic party abandoned ship. Lemoner announcing that the city was Meanwhile the submarine closed, 400 preified and exhorting the citizens to ALSACE-yards, but as she was partly obsccured warmly welcome the Allied troops. by smoke Commander Campbell re- Crowds collected and made their way to served his fire, despite his knowledge the Grande Place, where M: Lemoner that the aft mauazine mit 2000 and the aldarmian, preceded by trumpe explode with a gun craw lying inters, appeared at the Hotel de Ville mediately overhead. A heavy explosion where the Belgian standard was boisted aft soon occurred, blowing up the gun Belgian and Allied fags appeared and crew and accidentally starting Are magically. Everywhere shops were gongs at other guns, whereapon gun decorated. The crowd, in reply to M. fright, submerged. Twenty minutes the German atrocities. They sang the opened are, but the subantine, taking Lemoner, took an oath never to forget later a torpedo struck the Dunraren Balgisa, and Allied anthems and then abaft the engine-room and an additional marched in procession headed by the panic party left the ship, leaving her Bags of the 1830 Revelation to Martyrs' apparently abandoned. Thereafter for Square whore M. Lamoner spoke recal fifty minutes the submarina inspected ling the sacrifices of the heroes of 1830. by periscope as boxes of cardite shells Subsequently the Communal Council exploded continuously and the poop met at the Hotal de Ville and corsm- was blazing furiously. Commander anionly welcomed Burgomaster Max. Campbell with a bandful of officers and Moving speeches were exchanged and it AMSTERDAM, Nov. 20. men lay concealed daring the ordeal, was amidet the popular rejoicings that Eleven German torpedo bouts have The submarine next rose to the surface the explosions at the station occurred. Amivel at a Dutch Frontier station, shelled the Dunraven for twenty minutes. astern, where no guns could bear, and fron Antwerp. All bara beer Subsequently, while the submarize was interned.

passing submerged, the Dunraren fired two torpedoes, missing by.inches. The Dunraren sank the following day with colours dying. The crew were picked up by torpedo boats..

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GERMAN TORPEDO BOATS.

ARRIVE AT DUTCH STATION.

FREIGHTS ON INDO-CHINA PRODUCE.

TO BE REDUCED SHORTLY?

PARIS, Nor, 17.

The instances recited are typical of the ordeals and very gallant exploits of a large number of British decays whose actions oftener than not ended fatally for the U-Boat.

It is officially unsounced that

Another heroic instance concerni freights on rice and caoutchouc from

H.HS Prize, a 200-ton schooner com- Indo-Cirina will be immediately remanded by Lieut. Commander Sanders, duced to 660 and 500 fines respec. V.D., who, with bis gallant crew, after Lively,

successful actions finally paid the suprema penalty in an engagement with a number of submarines,

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** THE SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, Nov. 18. The Silver Market is steady.

SURRENDER OF GERMAN SUBMARINES.

KING ALBERT ENTERS ANTWERP.

LONDON, Nov. 20. King Albert made a State entry into Antwerp on 19th inst, and was ovated

by crowds.

There is little sigo of damage to the city or suffering of the population..

BRITISH ADVANCE 28 MILES..

LONDON, Nov, 20. -Renter's Correspondent at British Headquarters reported yesterday that the British had advanced 28 miles since Sunday.

OCCUPATION OF THE RHINE.

GENERAL RAWLINSON'S REQUEST TO HIS MEN."

BRITISH AND FRENCH WAR CASUALTIES

Lobos, Nov. 12,

In the House of Commons, Mr Ian

The killed totalled 37,876 officers and 620,828 other ranks.

The total casualties för France were 125,700 officers and 2,593,000 cien, of which 32,800 officers and 547,000 men were killed.

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staly by the Commoners, hended by the Speaker with the Mace. Meanwhile, the representatives of the Dominions and Inc sented themselves on aither side of the Royal Gallery close to a raised dais where chairs had been placed for their Majesties and the other Royalties. 45 the moment the Royal party, which included Queen Alexandra, Princess Mary and the Prince of Wales, appeared the whole asismbly fose and the Lord Chancellor and the Speaker presented the Addresses. Then the King, who was wearing a frock coat, read his reply in a strong and resolute voice. There after the Royal paěsy left without

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MacPherson announced. that the British military casualties in all war theatres up to November 10, excluding the Air Laku Speaker. Force, but including the Dominion and The Dominions and Indian represent- Indian troops, totalled 3,050,000 of fatives present included the Rt. Hon. Sir which 142,534 were officers and 2,000,000 Robert Borden (Premier of Canada), Sir were men.

Josaph Cock (ex-Premier of Australia), Sir George E Foster (Minister without portfolio, Canada); the Rt. Hon. W. M Hughes (Premier of Australia), the Rt. Hon. Andrew Fisher (High" Commis- moner in Lordon for Australia), Goneril Jan Christian Smuts (Colonial Secretary, Union of South Africa), Major General Northey; Hon. W. P. Schreiner (High Commissioner in England for the lafon of South Africa); LE-Col. F. H. Ores In Salonika the casualty figures were well; the Rt Hon E. S. Montagu 1,200 officers and 26,000 men; in Meso- (Sacretary of State for Indis), Lord potamia 4,300 officers and 93,000 men ; | Islington (Under-Secretary for India), in Egypt 2,600 officers and 54,000 men; members of the Council of India and and in East Africa 900 officers and several Indian editors. 17,000 mėn.;0-

In the Dardanelles, the figures were 6,000 officers and 115,000 men, of which 1,800 officers and 32,000 mens' were killed..

THE COST OF THE WAR..

HUGE FIGURES.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 The Federal Reserve Board estimates the cost of the war to all the belli- gerents up to the end of 1918 at £40,000,000,000, the indebtedness of the Entente Allies at £20,000,000, and the indebtedness of the Central Powers at £90,000,000,000.-

THE GERMAN CABINET,

ABOLISHED BY REVOLUTION,

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 20.

PRESIDENT WILSON AND THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

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WASHINGTON, Nov.-20. President Wilson contemplater re- maining in France until the major por |tion of the work of the Peace Conference

completed.

He is especially interested in the point concerning the freedom of the seas.

DISASTERS IN CANADA.

STORM CAUSES WIDESPREAD DAMAGE.

HALIFAX, Nov. 19.- A servere storm swept over Nota the Cabinet has notified the Reichstag shipping damage.

À Berlin official announcement says Scotia last week and caused widespread that it can no longer reassemble. The revelation abolished it with Kaiserdam and the Federal Council.

National Assembly as speedily an The Government intended to conroke FLOODS ON THE ST. LAWRENCE:

possible.....

THE FUTURE OF GERMANY.

SOVIETS' RESOLUTION.

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 20,

The Soviets at Berlin have passed resolution against the summoning of Constituent Assembly, demanding the summoning of a general. Workmen's and Boldiers' Congress to decide the future of Germany.

· HINDENBURG'S CHAMPIONS,

AMSTERDAM, NOT. 17. The Camel Soviet proclaiming its protection of Marshal Hindenburg, say he belongs to the German nation, to which he never stood bearer.p

BOLSHEVIK PLOT DISCOVERED.

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 20.

QUEBEC, Nov. 19.

A flood tide swept up the St. Law- rence last night causing immanie des truction to slupping and villages and towns between Quebec and Three. Rivers. The village of Batiscau WES partly submerged and is now afame. TURKISH GRAND VIZIER RESIONS.

A MORE PRO.ENTENTE

GOVERNMENT,

LONDON, Nov. 20. The Times Correspondant at Constan- tinople states that the Grand Vizler, Izzet Pasha, has resigned and Tewik Fasha has formed a more pro-Entente Government with Naby Boy as Foreign

Ministarkan

Envac And Talaat left aboard a German destroyar, the former probably for Caucasar and the lattar for Odessa.

OBITUARY,

GENERAL SIR ROBERT BIDDULPH;

A Vienne massage says that a great": Communist plot to occupy all public buildings, arrest the members of the

LONDON, Nov. 20. Cabinet and proclaim & Bolshevik Gor

The death ta announced of General ernment has been discovered.

Hundreds have been arrested, includ-Sir Robert Biddulph, G.C.B., J.C.M.G. [Sir Robert Biddulph served through

· LONDON," NOV. 70. FIRST INSTALMENT RECEIVED.

General Rawlinson in an Order of the Day, dated Nov. 11th, anys est, LONDON, Nov. 20.

The Fourth Army is ordered to paring Dr. Paul Friedlander, leader of the the Crimean Campaign, 1834-66, the Baar Admiral Tyrwhitt received the ticipate in the occupation of the Rhine. Comunista, surrender of the first 20 U-Boats ask you men from all parts of the

The movement was evidently up- Indian Matiny Campaign, 1857-8 and the China. War, 1860. He was Governor, from his fagahip 30 miles from Harwich Empire when on Gergorn territory to ported by the Bolsheviks of Russia.

and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar from 1893-1900. Army Purchase Com- missioner in 1901 and HM. Copi missioner to Constantinople 1879.

their own crews

THE PRUSSIAN YERMIN.

Apropos the persistent stories of the -dislike of the "outh Gormana for the Frussians they are now recalling in Faris a story which was a favourite of Alex andra Dumas. A. Prussias oficer was being shown the relics in the cathedral at about sunrise on November 20. The show the world that British soldiers, at Brankfort, the South German town- where the Royal Air Force has left some boats are going to Harwich in charge of unlike Germany's soldiers, do not wage relics in the shape of bombs. The sndria

war against women and shildren. I A showed the Prussian & strer mouse. Treaty more submarines will be rely on you to sustain the Army's fair

surrendered What's that said the Prussian.

on November 21st, 20 name. The sacristan explained that Heaven on November 22nd., and the balancë spanishracat once sent to one of the quartets of Frankfort a monstrous plague of mice, which were fast devour. ing it in rain the united attacks of cate and dogs, and all the other animals which eat mica Then a devout lady "had the happy idea to vow this silver mouss to the Virgin. Eight days later avery mouse had disappeared.

The cristan fimshed.

You must be very dive said the Prussian, tu believe such nonsense.

We tell the story" replied the cristan, but it does not follow that we believe it. If we did we siorld Jong go have ofured a silver rutin to the Virgin

subsequently.

NINEÏT.FOUR READY TO BE SURRENDERED.

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 21.

first detachments of aabmariner have A message froin Berlin states that the

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The Gorman Admiralty bus announced that '94 submarines are rely to be. sisrrendered at the rate of 20 dally, St.

FRENCH ENTER METZ.

Pants, Nov, 192. Marshal Fetsin with the Teath French Army has enterod Metz amid indescribable enthusiast.

STATUES OVERTURNED.

LONDON, Nov. 20... Reuters Correspondent at Nancy states

The population of Metz overturned the statues of the Emperors William the First and Frederick and Prince Frederick Charlss

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ALLIED EXPEDITION IN RUSSIA

BOLSHEVIK ATTACKS REPULSED KWITH HEAVY LOSSES...

AROTEANGEL, NOT. 14. The Associated Press reports

that renewed Bolshevik attacks on American and British positions et Talgss on the Dvina were ropulsed. The tillery heaped up files of Remy dead.

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A MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT.

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