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July 7, 1918, Temperature 79

July 7, 1919, Temperature 80.

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Speaking at meetings of the In dependent Socialists. in Berlin, Haase and Hoffmann urged the workers to prepare for the es:alishment of a proletarian dictatorship.

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TEETOTALISM. IN U.S.&.

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PARIS, June 30, Lieut. Lemaitre, flying from Paris alliance which was eventually, toto Dakar across the Sahara desert, include Russia to overthrow thrashed when 400 miles from Dakar. Hohenzollern" government, The He and his passenger were unhurt delegation adds that the report

originated with the German pro- but the machine was smashed.

[Dakar is a pleasant little town on pagarda department. The public in the coast of French West Africa. the Allied and Associated countries according to a member of the China is too intelligent to give any credence Mail staff who has been there. The to such a story.

crash must have occurred. not far north of the Senegal river.]

HUMAN DEERIS OF WAR

COPENHAGEN, July 1. Hamburg reports that Lettow ven Vorbeck's troops occupied the city without fighting.

BERLIN, June 30.. Herr Noske has prohibited the sale of arms or ammunition in dis M. Clemenceau received a great tricts under martial law. He has ovation in the Chamber of Deputies ordered acts of terrorism aud inter-i for his. Bill of ratification of the Eruption of traffic on railways to be treaty. France will carry out the)

most strongly suppressed.

work of peace, he said, as she waged) BERLIN, July I. war, without flinching. A general SCATHING CRITICISM. BY HAIG. Following the food disturbances peace would be a deceitful mirage excesses occurred at Bielefeld. The unless France were prepared to make mob occupied the Town Hall and internal peace the foundation cf Railway station, and forced a num external peace. Social Union remains mittee of inquiry on pensions ber of works to close down. It seized the foundation of the country. quantities of rifies and ammunition. Two were killed and a number in

jured..

THE BOLSHEVIST WAR.

LONDON, July 1. Reuter learns that the Bolshevists continue to advance on the eastern front. They are now two days march from Perm, and have crossed the! Kama river. General Koltchak's i retreat continues without much fighting.

LONDON, July 1. Giving evidence before the com-

The Paris municipality honoured administration, Marshal Haig scath- the peace delegates at a reception at Fingly denounced the present system of providing for sufferers by the war.. which M. Poincare was present. There were brilliant scenes" at the He declared that many disabled officers are absolutely starving. hotel de ville.

Soldiers' families are living in abject poverty. He urged a more generous State provision for such sufferers, including flat rate of at least £2 weekly to totally disabled men.

FLYING TO NEW YORK.

The general tone of the Bourse is irm. French rentes have made a further advance.

COTTON MILLS STILL IDLE.

LONDON, July 1.

An extraordinary situation in

LONDON, July 2 COPENHAGEN, July 1.

Lancashire has arisen owing to the

The Air Ministry "announces that Helsingfors reports that escaped refusal of the .Operative Spinners officers from Petrograd declare the Amalgamation to zesumcontrary to up to one o'clock in the aftempon Bolshevists recently, arrested 800 the decision of the council of the the RV4 had covered" 430 nautical persons and subsequently slaughtered United Textile Workers Consectent. miles out of the 3100 to New York, them with machine-guns at the Peter ly forty million spindles are still idle. maintaining an average speed of 42 and Paul fortress. The bodies were The spinners object to the new agree knots. There was a thick fog but thrown in the Neva. The total ment being fixed for eighteen months. all was well. number arrested is over 18,000 which There were disturbances at Burnley is reported to include all the for- yesterday. Windows were smashed. eigners. The famine-stricken popu- In some cases bands forced entrance lation is desperate. The anti-Soviet into the factories and intimidated operation against the city filled them the workers. They removed the with dismay.

shuttles at several factories specially protected by police.

BERLIN, July 1.

A concentric advance of Leish detachments from the north and the Lithunian army from the south on Dvinsk, which is in Bolshevists hands, is progressing. Contingents have already effected a junction to the

LONDON, July 2. Bolshevist communique claims they have captured Perm and also completely cleared out the Finns from the Olonetz sector.

westward of the town.

VON DER GOLTZ.

BERLIN, July 1. A Lettish official from Libau states that vun der Goltz has entirely thrown the mask and that the Needra government has ficd. He is openly making war with the imperial Ger man forces and has established martial law at Riga and proclaimed himself governor-general,

HUNGARY..

COPENHAGEN, July 1. Budapest reports that in accor dance with the Allies instructions, the Hungarian troops have begun to evacuate Czecho-Slovak territory.

NECROLOGY.,

LONDON, July 1. Sir John Brunner, chairman of Brunner Mond & Co, the alkali manufacturers, is dead at the age of 77.

BILYER.

LONDON, July 3. Silver is quoted 533 to 53. There

is a scarcity of offers. The market is steady.

CELEBRATIONS IN LONDON.

LONDON, July 2.

The R34, carries thirty people in its historic flight. The commander is Major G. H. Scott: There are seven other officers. Brigadier E. M. Maitland, senior officer of the airship department of the Admiralty, travels with it as an admiral does in a flag. ship. Lieut.commander Lansdowne of the American navy is travelling as a passenger. The remainder LONDON, June 29. consist of noncoms and air force Rejoicings broke out in London men. The airship is 639 feet long yesterday on the appearance in the and 80 wide. She lifts thirty newspapers of Reuter's announce- tons and carries 5,000 gallons of ment of the conclusion of peace. petrol. She is fitted with five Salvoes of gunfire were heard. Six Maori engines- and has five bands played the National Anthem. days

generous food supply The King spoke, concluding "I join aboard. The journey is from East- you all in thanking God." Crowds fortune to Hazelhurst, Long Island, at various points vented their feelings New York, where the American navy by singing, dancing, cheering, and has arranged a large landing ground. discharging fireworks. There was a for the R34. The journey is 1,500 great display of searchlights in the miles longer than the aeroplane route evening, which concentrated their from Newfoundland. beams over the Palace. Warships

LONDON, July 2 and naval stations were beflagged.

The airship R34 left Scotland for They fired a salute of 101 guns and America at 1/48 this morning. blew their sirens.

PUGILI IM.

LONDON, June 30.

LONDON, July 2. The royal proclamation announcing peace will be publicly read this morning with all the anciert pomp At the National "Sporting Club for and ceremony. A procession will the bantamweight championship of form at St. James's Palace, composed Britain, (twenty rounds) Walter of the Deputy Earl Marshall, the Ross of Glasgow beat Tommy Noble Heralds Pursuivants, all wearing of Bermondsey in the tenth round. magnificent tabards, trumpeters, and Noble was the holder of the belt. macebearers; and proceed to the city. The proclamation will be read at the Palace in Trafalgar Square, at Temple Bar, (where the heralds have to ask permission to enter the city) at Cheapside and at the Royal Exchange. Trumpets will sound. Paris on July 3, are permitted to This ceremony is usually reserved remain a few days to see Paris. for accessions and roronations.

They will probably be recalled later.

LAWN TENNIS.

LONDON, July 1.

The lawn tennis championships at

TURKS SEE PARIS.

PARIS, July 1... The Turkish delegation, leaving

FRANCE'S" REASSURING

TREATY.

PARIS, July 2.

Le Journal says that under the Wimbledon are nearly over. In the Anglo-Franco-American treaty, semifinals of the ladies' singles, Mrs. Satterthwaite (England) beat Mrs. Britain is bound to defend France. The Silver market is steady with Beamish (England) 6/4 10/3. Mrs. only if the United States take up

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LONDON, July 2.

CRICKET.

LONDON, July 2. The match Marylebone v. Oxford' was drawn.

Beamish played with an injured ankle, arms and vice versa. Intervention will Mile Suzann Leglen. (France) beat occur if the articles of the, peace Miss Ryan (California) 6/4 7/5. In treaty providing for the disarmament the gentlemen's singles, Kingscote of Rhineland prove insufficient to (England) beat Garland (America) protect France.

PARIS, July 1. 6/1 6/4 2/6 5/7 €/4.

In the gentlemen's semifinal Pater- It is pointed out that the Anglo- agreement 'promising son (Australia) beat Ritchie 6/1 7/5 American

1/6 6/3. This was the only set the succour to France in the event of NEW CRUISERFORHONGKONG. Australian lost in reaching the finals. German aggression must be ratified

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