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THE AIGHAN BOTHER.

BRITISH LOAN.

AN UNILLUMINED AND

UNILLUMINATING MESSAGE.

SMLA, June 13,

1,500 Mohmands proceeded in Basawal on purpose to molest our foraging parties.. Qur aeroplanes

bombed azinda in the Sheranni|| country and it has since been evacuated. An aeroplane which visited Musa Khel, Lakaband, and Fort Sandeman helped to clear the situa tion at Zsob, where the telegraphs were eut over a great area. This had isolated the past. On the 7th a column of Gurkha militia proceeded to Mina Bazar to reinforce: Fort Sanderman. They were attacked by tribesmen and sustained elight casualties. 2,000, tribestäën. attacked a defence post in the Fort Sandeman vicinity and were dis-i persed, sustaining casualties. In the action reported at Musa Khel the energy withdrew after cutting off the water supply. The Afghans are! entrenching on Takst Hill command-i ing the Kandahar road.

AVIATION.

ST. JOHNS, N.F., June 8. Alcock, the pilot of the Vickers machine, has formally notified that he is starting to fly across the Atlantic on June 11. The Handley Page machine is expected to start this week.

WASHINGTON, June 8. The Governor of Texas has re- quested reinforcements. He declares! that the border situation is critical.

POLES AND GERMANS,

BERLIN, June 8.

A railway bridge near Lissa, Posen, was blown up and held up the transportation across Germany of General Haller's army.

BOLSHEVIST WAR.

DEFENCE OF PETROGRAD.

STOCKHOLM, June 7.

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BONDS.

NEW TREATY.

ENGLAND AND ESTHONIA.

STOCKHOLM, June 9.

A message from Reval on June 7 AN UNPRECEDENTED FEATURE. said an Anglo-Esthonian agreement has been concluded, whereunder British troops will occupy the island of Oesel as a guarantee for British financial assistance to Esthonia. Fifty British warships will be stationed off Hangoe, Helsingfors, and Reval.

OUR ENGLISH OILFIRED.

LONDON, June 10. Reuter learns definitely that the conditions of the new Loan will in clude provision for annual drawings of bonds for redemption. holders of bonds drawn will receive a konus. This is a revolutionary departure in the history of British

leans.

PEACE ON JUNE 181

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PARIS, June 9: The Germans have until June 18 to sign the Peace Treaty,

AUSTRIAN VIEWS OF PEACE

TERMS

LONDON, June 9. The ci struck at Hardstoft, Derby- shire, is overflowing the surface at the rate of 400 gallons daily, from a depth of 3075 feet. Drilling continues.

WILL THEY SIGN.

PARIS, June 9. Latest reports from French obser- vers at Berlin and elsewhere indicate that the German government declare their inability to accept responsibility to sign the treaty. They will request time to consult the National As sembly, which, however, is likely to reject the treaty.

GERMANY AND LON.

ADMISSION MADE EASIER.

PARIS, June 9.

COPENHAGEN, June 7. A message from Vienna says demonstrations in protest at the peace terms and in favour of union with Germany resolved upon calling the 'Austrian delegates to refuse to sign the treaty. The crowd subse- M. Clemenceau, Colonel House, quently shouted its protest outside and Lord R. Cecil re-examined the the quarters of the Eatente mission. terms whereunder nations other An extraordinary session of the than founder members may be national assembly was held to con- admitted to the League of Nations. sider the peace terms. President Heits The terms were modified somewhat said it was a death sentence for in order to render the admission of German-Austria.

Germany easier." The report will be Foreign Secretary Bauer said the submitted to the Council of Four loss of German Rohemia not only to-day. It is understood the condi- meant the subjection of three and a tions recommended for Germany's half million Germans to foreign admission to the League are. firstly, dominion but the loss of the most the establishment of a stable govern- valuable parts of German Austria ment; secondly, the signature of the industrially and agriculturally. He peace treaty thirdly, the loyal declared that a nationaliststate formed execution of the treaty. by violence would be a constant danger to peace.

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Herr Bauer added that months. ago we submitted to the Italian government a draft of a treaty under which the German south Tyrol would remain with us constitutionally and [COURTESY HONGEON: DAILY PRESS."] economically but be militärily neutra lised. He hoped the Italian govern. ment which had hitherto not been able to enter upon direct negotiations

A message from Petrograd says nartial law is most rigorously enforced in Petrograd. All the cafes, theatres, and kinemas are closed would not refuse to discuss the Espionage is rampant. M. Zinovieff proposal at St. Germain. a speech exhorted all the ferred to the danger

in

THE CABINET.

PEKING, June 13.

Though the Cabinet has resigned

He re it still functions. Chu Shu-mu will

of at be asked to form a Cabinet. His

BIG STRIKE AT TONGSHAN.

&

proletarians to watch not only the irredenta in German south Tyrol, selection will not be opposed by the bourgeoisie but their own ranks, remarking that the German people Anfu Club. owing to the presence of a great might hope gradually to win Italy's number of counter-revolutionaries in friendship but it would be a mis a part of the high sea feet stationed fortune to both if the annexation of at the mouth of the Neva. It is the Germán south Tyrol prevented believed that they intend to sink it. Regarding the Carinthian and these ships in case of attack in order and Styrian frontier questions and to block the entrance. It seems west Hungary, the Austrian peace the Bolshevists have now decided to delegates would propose a plebiscite defend Petrograd..

WILL HE SIGN?

VERSAILLES, Juna 8. Count Brockdorff Rantzau has arrived.

HELLO STRIKE IN U.S.A.

CHICAGO, June 8. A national strike of the telegraph and telephone operators who are members of the Commercial Tele graph Union has been ordered for June 11.

THE FIGHTING FOLK.

COPENHAGEN, June 7.

A message from Vienna says 4,000 armed peasant assembled between Zintendorff and Kollerhof with the) object of displacing the Soviet Go- vernment at Oedenburg. They were intercepted by the Oedenburg Gar rison with artillery and machineguns

near Zinkendorf. A battle resulted

and the peasants were driven back and surrounded in Kollerhof, which was stormed with much slaughter.. "A military dictatorship is pro- claimed at Budapest.

Red Hungarian troops,captured Kaschau in two days fighting, decis. |ively defeating the Czecks,

HUNGARIANS RESENT AUTOCRATIC DEED.

BERLIN, June 7.

il

under neutral control.

DRAFT TO RUSSIA.

BAD FOR THE BOLSHES.

There are twenty thousand employes on strike at Tongshan.

GERMAN SHIPS FOR THE STATES.

There is a growing feeling of dissatisfaction amongst the officers and men of

Mercantile the Marine, which is by no means LONDON, Jnne 9. confined to the large and increasing Seven hundred British, Canadian number who are unable to find and Australian troops left Leith for employment, at the virtual surrender Murmansk to-day, aboard the ex to the United States of a very large German merchantman Steigerwald. amount of German liner toncage The passengers included a Russian which has been made by our repre gereral and staff and French and sentatives in Paris. It cannot be too Italian officers. The Scots Greys often emphasised that in this class of band played selections on the Quay, ship Great Britain has suffered losses where a great crowd sarfg "Auld far in excess of any of the Allies, and lang syne" as the ship left the dock-to turn over to the States so many of

ANOTHER BŸE-LLECTION.

NOT A LIBERAL THIS TIME.

LONDON, June 9.

The East Antrim bye-election thus resulted.

1,778.

the best ships of the Gerinan mer- cantile fleet is but further arming that country in her competition for the trade of the world, which she is determined to exploit to the utter- most extent. It might have been thought that the United States ship- building programme was extensive enough to render her independent of such outside additions to her mer- G.B. Hanna, (Independent Unionist) chant navy. The United States 8:714; Major W. A. Moore, (Unionist) Government and her shipowners 7,549; Mr. C. M. Legg, (Liberal) have a perfect right to all the trade they can, get, but it is another matter for Great Britain to help her in her competition with ourselves, particularly when we have need of every ton we can get just now. In a letter, which appears else where to-day, a well-informed corres pordent suggests that the ship which Germany has willy-nilly supplied are to be paid for on hire. It is earnestly hoped that no such bargain has been ertered into, for a more complete solte-face from the ton for ton policy could scarcely be immagined-Journal of Commerce.

FRENCH WORKMEN WIN.

PARIS, June 8. It is reported that the Turkish peace delegation is en route to Paris, The Minister for Public Works has declared it is practically certain the strikes will be settled shortly as all rallwaymen's demands are satisfied There have been serious riots at and the eight hour day is to be en- Steinamanger, Hungary, where the forced immediately. workmen refused to accept the

· PARIS, June 9. money issued by the Budapest gov. - Contrary to the advice of their re- ernment. Hundreds were arrested, presentatives, who warned them that) and of these 75 including many the concessions made by the Govern- railwaymen, were shot. A strike ment were the maximum, the miners

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