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Pants, August 12th.

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A moving appeal has been issued to the The Rumanian Government has, up to Western Democracies by the Presidents of too Zemstvos in Northern Russia against with reference to Hungary.

now, not replied to thi Batente's. Noto

LONDON, Aug: 12.

the withdrawal of troops, thus leaving The Czecho-Slovak Government Further official details of Denfkin'sheviks

the population to the mercy of the Bol-protested to the Supreme Council against the Ruunaian neenpation of Hungary. recent success show that his advance The appeal recalls the crimes of the Bol-particularly the wholesak seizing of pro- is continuing over the greater part of aheviks, their dispersing of the Constituent perty to which Czechoslovakia has south Russian front against consider Assembly, their wholesale murders of claim. able enemy resistance. Denixin's signing of the Brest-Litovsk Treaty, their steps to avoid the recurrence of acts of

those demonstrating in favour of it, their The Rumanian Government is taking) capture of Kamishin is of greater dissolution of the workers and importance than was at first estimatorganisations, their shooting of every!

peasants

BERLIN, August 11th. ed. The captures included 11,000 body who criticised then their arrest and Archduka Joseph has issued & proclama prisoners, 60 guns, and an immense expulsion of non-Bolshevik Socialists, etc. tion to the Hungarian people declaring

material. Two crack

The appeal states that, in spite that he bur no idea of reintroducing the Bolshevik regiments were complete-of Russia rose up to fight for the Con-

terrorism, the peasants in various paris Monarchy or of accepting the Crown. Ely shattered. Meanwhile Denikin's stituent Assembly and now they hear

Paris, August 11th. It is understood that the Supreme Coun advanced cavalry have effected a' that the allies are leaving Rowia.

cil takes the view that the political com junction with the left wing of the The appeal continues:-"This moral plexion of the Hungarian Gevernment in Ural, Cossacks near Eltonskoe, 85 and material blow will make the straggles matter for the people of Hungary, and miles south east of Kamishin. The We shall not give up the fight, but we as which is chiefy concerned with the estab against Bolshevism beyond our strength does not concern the Peace Conference effect of this junction with the left you to remember that help not only calla lishment of a stable Government with wing of Koltchak's army is bound to forth gratitude but brings certain respon which to negotiate and carry out its

Consider these obligations. be great as a united anti-Bolshevik sibilities to the helper. front new exists along the whole east women, these sufferings, the hunger, and thousands of executions of old men and and south Russia from the northers the absence of elementary justice and Urals to the north west corner freedom which will undoubtedly resalt the Black Sea and in from the departure of the Allies. We ask, the latter area only fiftywe demand that the Western Democracies miles separate Denikin's left wing appeal to those feelings of human justice think but this blow will mean We from the right wing of the Rumanian which never enn die in the hearts of free army along the Dniester. The booty democracies." taken at the capture of Poltava in- cluded 136 railway engines, 1200 waggons, two armoured trains, and! twenty: guns.

of

SOME "CONFERENCE.“

LONDON, Aug. 12.. An abortive conference of the Yorkshire coalowners and strikers was held at Leeds.. The owners emphatically refused to enter upon discussion until the men resumed work.

THE VERY LATEST FLYING STUNT.

PARIS, Aug. 12. 'The French cyclist Poulain bas succeeded in covering thirteen yards at a height of one yard on a man- driven aeroplane.

AIRBUS TO AFRICA....

LONDON, August 18th.

The War Ofer states

A communiqué says that the Pales, in the last fortnigot, have been advancing slowly but steadily towards Minsk against strong Bolshevik resistance.

given his assurance that he is ready to It is pointed out that the Archduke has comply immediately with the Conference's demands.

Bowever, it is certain that the Hun garians must submit to the presence of the carried out. at least as far as the de Rumanian troops till the Armistice is mobilization and disarmament of the Hungarian troops is concerned.

CARNEGIE DEAD..

LENOY (Massachusetts), Aug. 11th. The Bolsheviks. faced with a convery Carnegie, the world famous philan The death is announced of Mr. Andrew ing movement west and north of the city,thropist, whose besefactions, up to July, counter-attacked heavily on July 30th 1915. amounted to £70,000,000.

The whole of the Bolshevik position on the Western Russian front is becoming difficult.

LONDON, August 11th.

It is officially stated that the Volunteers are re-advancing along the Caspian Coast, They have landed parties 65 miles from Astrakhan.

East of the Volga, a Partisan Corps, attached to General Lienikin's Army, raid between Urbach and Astrakhan, taking el Uptorn on the railway line midwar many prisoners.

West of the Volga the fortunes are Auctuating.

The Volunteers gained ground in heavy fighting 65 miles from Kharkov, and are now within 40 miles east of Odessa along the coast. Thus the Bolsheviks pouess only 50 miles of the Black Sea coast

bia

WOULDN'T CONFER TILL MEN breaking the claws of the in-closing makes a very romantic alor

from both directions, with the object of [The Afe of Mr. Andrew Carnegie DEFERRED.

Born in pincers, but both counter-ofensives were Damfermline, Scotland, en November 15th, costly fuilares.

1-3, Ec went with his fandly to America The Bolsheviks evacuated Minsk, which when he was only 13 years old. Soon after the Poles entered on August 5th.

arrival in Amerien he trained work na The Polish offensive north of the Piaska weaver's assistant in a cotton factory in marsh belt is also progressing. The Poles Alleghany, Philadelphia, and when he was Sluck, in the vicinity of Mir. have captured Siniutka. Nesvi and 16 years old he became a trigraph messenger boy in the Pittsburg Office of the Ohio. Tele- graph Co. Being of an industricus mind, he learned telegraphy and entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., becoming promoted, gradually, to Superintendent of srst a telegraph operator and then being the Pittsburgh Division. Philadelphia System, He then joined Mr. Woodruff, the investor raf Sleeping Car Compass, gaining through of the sleeping cas, in orgaising the Wood- this Company whas proved to be the nucleus About this time of nae of the biggest fortunes in the world.

invested carefully in oil increased his means very considerably. lands, where, fortene being with him, he During the American Civil War he served as Superintendens. Military Railways and Government telegraph lines in the East. After the war, Ee developed ironworks of various kinds, and established. at Pitts bargh, the Keystone Bridge Works, and the Union Iron-works. In 1989, he revolu tionised the steel industry by introducing the Bessemer process of making steel, and became the principal owner, few years later, of the Homestead and Edgar Thomson Steel Works, and other large plants, all of which he consolidated in 10 with his own Company, the Carnegie Bros., into the Carnegie Steel Co., which, 12 years later, Fa raerged into the., United States Steel Corporation. In 1001 he tired from husi-! uess, and began the long list of benefactions which has made his name so well known throughout the world. Remembering his early struggles against the difficulties be had to contend with from a very deficiens educa tian, he has given libraries to many towaR in the United States and Great Britain, and large sums in other benefactione. His antive town, Damfermline, is replete with

He is a life trustee of the Carnegie Corpora parks, schools, libraries, town hall, etc. memorial of his generosity, in the form of

tion of New York founded to carry on the Tarious works on which he has been engaged. He has published several books: An American Four-in-hand is Britain," 1883; Round the World," 18; Friumphant Sir Auck and Geddes emphasised that the 1900: The Empire of Business 1907; Democracy 1888 The Gospel of Wealth," babefal effects of profiteering included the Life of Jax Watt," 1906; Problems of creation of social unrest, which materially to-day," 1908. Mr. Carnegie was appointed Loo Wing Chang, of Shanghai and organisation of industrial life. Workers France in 1907, and has so received the contributed to the disturbance and dis Commander of the Legion of Honour of

CAFA BLANCO, Aug. 12.

PARIS, August 11th. The two British Divisions garrisoning The French airbus with eight Armenia will begin thei: evacuation passengers has arrived here in ex-jon August 15th. The withdrawal was cellent condition, and resumed its postponed for two months by the wish of journey to Dakar.

the Peace Conference-

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SHANGHAI CONFERENCE.

PEKING, August 13. Wong Yap Tong, the Northern re presentative, has full powers.

MILITARY GOVERNOR DIES, SHANGHAI, "August 14. Yang Sin Tak, the tuchun of Chekiang, died yesterday.

THE NEW TUCHUN.

The outlook in Armenia is stated to be grave, but the British Government feels that it cannot longer garrison Armenia owing to responsibility elsewhere.

Armenia is still hoping that the United States will accept the mandate.

PROFITEERING BILL

SECOND READING PASSED..

Geddes, moving the second reading of the In the House of Commons, Sir Auckland Profiteering Bill, defined profiteering as "making an unreasonably large prat, all the circumstances of the case being known, by the sale of an article which was one, or one of a kind, in common use by, or for, the community.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

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1914.

because they felt that they were lining the and the Grand Cross of the Order of Dane pockets of their employers.

As an instance of profiteering, he said Androw's University, from 1999 to 1907 and

brog. that boots which could be purchased whole of Aberdeen University from 1919

He was the Lord Reeter of St.

sale at 10 to 90s, were sold by retail He married, in 1887, Miss Louise Whitfeld, from 30s. to 70s. per pair. A tender for of New York. His only daughter (an only. repairing cottages amounted at present to child) was married about three months ago £3,500 whereas £2,500 provided an ade quate profit.

fo an American Naval Officer.)..

The Government intended to stop these" things

A MILLION STERLING SAYED.

Bir Auckland Geddes acknowledged that the present high prices were not entirely due to profiteering. He admitted that

LONDON, August 11th. there would be very great difficultion to Btar liner Laurentic, sunk by a mine off The salvage operations to the White be overcome in administering the Bill,

but there would be greater dangers if the Fanad Light north of Ireland, in Janu- position was left untouched. He stated 2:3; 1917, has resulted in the recovery of that Ireland was included in the measure.

bullion valued at £1,000,000, Mr. Kennedy Jones moved its rejection. He thought the. Bill would be ineffective and would be positively harmful to trade.

To the Editor of the "CHINA MAIL. It would create another vast and expen-

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sive Department, which was at present

ST. John's, NewFOUNDLAND, Aug, 11th. undesirable.

The battleship Renown and the croisers Sir,-An official of the Assyrian Sir W. We Rutherford seconded the re- Dauntices and Dragon anthered near Bell Christian Church has written to ejection. A very animated debate ensued. Island in Conception Bay where the expressing regret that several of his supported it, because its passage is bound morning.

The Bill was much criticised, but many Prince of Wales remains till tomorrow countrymen at the present time are to have a good moral effect, showing that

LATER. in China: soliciting alms for the the Government realises the need of speedy support of Assyrian orphans.

action.

LATER.

MORB TITLES,

My correspondent asserts that some of these people are known to 251 votes to

The Bill passed its second reading by him as Impostors, that they are exploiting the charitably disposed for, their own personal benefit and that needy Assyrians in Mesopotamia are being cared for by the British Government. If you think it advis able will you please give publicity to this warning: 10

WE JUDD BARNETT.

~ August 15, 1918.

LONDON, August th been published

A deferred Birthday Honours list bas for Viscount Iveagh: Baronics, for Sir It includes an: Earldom E. R. Rassell and Colonel Hall Walker the racehorse owner; 15 Baronetcies, in- cluding one for Mr. W. Joynson-Hicks and H4 Knighthoods.

The Prince of Wales landed at. Topsail, a village in Conception Bay, with Rear: Admiral Halsey, and west for a long country walk.

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