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THE

WAR.

The following Cables were received on Saturday evening and sasued in our Early Morning Extra yesterday.

NAVAL ACTIVITIES

{THROUGH REUter's Agency.

DESPERATE AEROPLANES

ATTACK ON A BRITISH SHIP,

BOMBS, MACHINE-GUN AND RIFLE FIRE AND A FLOATING MINE.

LONDON, November 5th.

1 p.m. Three German aeroplanes, one of which was

FRANCO BELGIAN FRONT

THROUGH EBUTER'S AGENOT.}

ANOTHER ZEPPELIN

EXPLODES.

PARIS, November 5th.

1,55 p.m.

The Brussels correspondent of La

(THROUGH REUTER') 10ENCY.]

STARVING GERMANS.

FEAR OF REVOLT.

AMSTERDAM, November 6th, The Telegraaf learns that the people are leaving Frankfurt owing to the fear of a revolt by the starving population,

THROUGH BEUTHI'S AGENUY.)

RUSSIAN COMMANDER

PUNISHED.

PETROGRAD, November 8th. of Kovno, has been dentenced to fifteen General Grigorefi, former Commandant

years hard labour and the loss of all rights for not taking adequate measures

Journal Debuts says that, despite German TRIBUTE TO THE PREMIER.|for the defence of the fortress. efforts to conceal the inet, it has leaked cut that a Zeppelin exploded and fell at Poix St. Hubert, between Namur and Arlon, on October 13th and was destroyed. Part of the crew was saved.

FRESH GERMAN ATTACKS.

PARIS, November 5th. A communiqué anys:-We have com- pletely checked two fresh German attacks were supported in Champagne, which by liquid fire. Air squadron bombed the works at Dornoch, where the Germans manufacture poison gas.

VIOLENT ENEMY ATTACKS.

LARGE FORCES LAUNCHED.

PARIS, November 8th.

2.20 a.m.

a large battleplane, determinedly attacked the Cork Steamship Company steamer Avocet, while bound for Liver pool. The battlepiane dropped thirty-six bombs, all of which missed, though some only narrowly. She then took up a posi tion off the port beam and opened fire from a machine-gun, striking various parts of the ship. Subsequently an air- man at an altitude of nine hundred feet dropped more bombs, and only the Cap tain's clever zigzagging saved the ship. Meanwhile, amallez seroplanes, crossed

A communiqué states-Artillery actions and re-crossed the ship, constantly drop-have continued in Artois, particularly B. ping bombs. All seemed very eager to around Loos. Violent fighting is pro

sink the ship, and only failed because eeediig unabated in Champagne, North they lacked the nerve to fly tower. When they saw that the ship was not hurt they of Massiges the enemy, with the usual preparations, launched large forces and started to fire rifles, the shots spluttering succeeded in gaining small portions of on deck, though fortunately, none of the

the French first line of trenches on Hill crew were injured. The look-out man reported a floating mine right ahead

199, but they were checked or repulsed everywhere else. while the bombs were bursting near by.

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MANY LIVES LOST.

LONDON, November oth The War Office announces that the Bri tish transport Ramsen was sunk by the shell firo of an enemy submarine on Sep-| tember 19th, in the Aegean Sea. There were about 380 Indian troops aboard, 7 of whom were saved, along with 25 of the crew A number of boats were sunk by sbell fire. The survivors reached the island of Ante Cythera in their own boats, and were hospitably treated by the Greeka.

THE BALKANS.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SERBIA'S TERRIFIC

RESISTANCE.

GERMAN ARMY OF 150,000, WITH ARTILLERY FOR A MILLION,

LONDON, November 5th. The Daily Chronicle's correspondent with the Serbian armies confirms their against terrific resistance, especially General vun Mackensen, whose progress is gained solely by an overwhelming artillery superiority, General von Mackensen's army numbers 150,000 and is provided with artillery sufficient for an army of a million. The progress of this army has been made at a terrible cost, altogether disproportionate to the results.

BULGARIAN ATTAOK FAILS.

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FIVE AIR FIGHTS. GERMAN AEROPLANE FELLED.

LONDON, November 8th. Field-Marshal French states in a com- muniqué that there were five air fights yesterday, resulting in a German aero- plane being brought down within the British lines.

The wettest weather has prevailed since November 1st.

Mining activity continues on both sides.

THE NEAR EAST.

{TERCOUM REUTER'S AGENCY.] AT GALLIPOLI. TURKISH ATTACKS REPULSED.

LONDON, November 5th... The Press Bureau announces that last night the Turks attacked four times the British troops on the extreme right at "Anzac. They advanced with filled sandbags and built small barricaules, Our but were completely repulsed. casualties were of the slightest descrip- tion.

THE

DARDANELLES CAMPAIGN.

OFFICERS SPECIALLY MEN- TIONED IN DESPATCHES.

FROM A FURNER POLITICAL OF PONENT,

LONDON, November 5th. Sir F. E. Smith, the new Attorney. General, speaking in London, paid a great tribute to Mr. Asquith. He said. Whether you agree or disagree with him, you must at least admit that he has grown grey in the public service; that he has three brilliant song in the trenches, two of whom have been wounded; and that he is bearing a burden of respon- sibility, the like of which has never fallen on the shoulders of any English Statesman in the whole of the country's history. (Cheers.)

AUSTRALIA APPROVES THE

SPEECH. PREMIER'S

* WE SHOULD CONTINUE FREELY TO GIVE OUR AID."

LONDON, November 5th. Australia reviews Mr. Asquith's speech favourably describing it a manly and dignified, especially the references to Gallipoli The Melbourne Argus says that the soldiers' letters from the front do not show any trace of bitterness or discouragement, and that we should con- tinue freely to give our aid.

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

PEACE DISCUSSIONS AT AMSTERDAM,

SOCIALIST MEMBERS OF THE GER-

MAN REICHSTAG PARTICIPATE.

Tae Haoue, November 5th. It has been confirmed that there havo been pence discussions at Amsterdam, German Socialist members of the Reich seg participating in them,

MONARCHICAL MOVEMENT IN CHINA.

JAPAN WANTS CLEARER STATE- MENT,

PEKING, November 5th. The Japanese Charge d'Affaire, has requested, on behalf of the Japanese Government, a clearer statement in reply to Japan's advice to China to sus pend the monarchical movement.

The French Minister has informed the

Chinese Foreign Minister that he has been instructed to associate the French Government in the advice offered by Japan, Great Britain and Russia,

More than half the Provinces have voted in favour of a monarchy,

The Chinese newspapers ask why the Powers' advice was not given when the movement began and when it could easily have been postponed.

TOWARDS BAGHDAD,

ADVANCE.

MELBOURNE, November 5th. The Premier, in the House of Repre sentatives, announced that the Premiers of the several States, having agreed to ask the State Parliaments to grant the Commonwealth during the war, and for PERILS AND HARDSHIPS OF OUR one year afterwards, powers sought by a referendum, with certain limitations, the Federal Government had decided to post- pone the referendum. The compromise [BY AN ENGLISH RESIDENT IN MESOPOTAMIA,] has given general satisfaction, obviating,

PERSIAN GULF, Aug. 27th, as it does, political turmoil in war time.

As you know, we have had troops here AUSTRALIA'S WAR FINANCE.ince last Novauber and at present occupy

MELBOURNE, November 5th. The Commonwealth Treasurer, in his interim financial statement, has estimated 1914-15 to be the expenditure for £74,000,000 sterling, and the revenue to

A further loan bo £26,500,000. £23,750,000 will be required for military expenditure on the expeditionary forces, and £38,500,000 for providing 225,000 men in June,

of

SIXPENCES FOR DESTITUTE BELGIANS.

THE LORD MAYOR'S APPEAL.

LONDON, November 5th. The Lord Mayor of London appeals to the peoples of the Empire for three nil lion sixpences to feed the destituto Bol- gians on King Albert's fêle day.

Woodward, THE GREEK CABINET CRISIS

THE KING AND M. ZAIMIS.

all the country south of Basra, while ou the north we are near Kut-el-Amara ou

the Tigris and are in possession of the River Euphrates as far as Nasiriych, which town we recently took after hard fighting.

Since April there has been terrific beat, the whole of the country until within and tremendous foods have inundated the last five or six weeks. I am told that the casualties owing to the heat have been very great. The Indian troops have felt it quite as much as the white troops. Troops who have been in trenches for two or three days and have but little sleep at night owing to myriads of mosquitoes cannot do much after they have taken the enemy trenches at the point of the bayonet.

Since the taking of Nasiriyeh we haya been quietly concentrating, and possibly

an advance will soon be made again. Future movements are kept very quiet, and I therefore cannot say for certain what these may be. In another month the great heat will be over, while the ground will be sun-baked and hard enough to carry any weight.

LONDON, November 5th. The London Gazette announces that Sir Lan Hamilton, in continuation of his despatch dated August 20, specially men- tions Major-General de Lisle-Colonels- S. H. Winter, E. M. PARIS, November 8th.

Q. C. Wolleydod, W. Scott Moncrieff, A communiqué states:-The Bulgarians, Noel Lee and H. C. Errith; Lieutenant- despite violent artillery preparations Colonels the Hon. E. A. Lawrence D. E.

ATHENS, November 5th. completely failed on the 3rd inst.

Cayley (Worcestershires), de Lotbiniere,

The King has proposed that M. Zaimis attacking the French bridgehead at

E. M. Paul (Engineers), H. A. Simpson- Krivolak The French, on the same day, Raikie, H. E. Street, M. C. Ward. C. J. should retain the Premiership, but he bag in the taking of Kurna and Amara at carried two villages west and east of Percival (Artillery), and A. E. Keblo refused, on the ground that he only Rabrovo,

the frontier (Medicals); Captains CN. MacMullen accepted it provisionally before in order ridges.

(15th Sikhs, M. Saunders, C, Kennedy to use the situation, and the dissolution Me-would entail on hiar active participation Crauford-Stuart (Marines), J. G. Conaghy (25th Cavalry Lieutenant in internal politics, which he had already B. W. Onslow (11th Lancers); and Lieu-declined to do. The King has now sum-anal banks behind which an army can

Asquithmoned & Ministers' Council. tenant-Commander (R.N.V.R.)

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE

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BULGARIANS DEFEATED. SERBIANS CAPTURE IZVOR AND GRADSKO,

ATHENS, November 6th. The Serbian Legation announces that the Bulgarian Army, descending upon Old Serbia towards Macedonia via Kup- rulu and Perlepe, were defeated at The Izvor after several days' battle French infantry and British cavalry from Krivolak accelerated the victory. The Serbians took Izvor and Gradsko, The Balgarians were decimated, retreat

The ing in the direction of Kuprulu.

the right Bulgarians have evacuated bank of the Vardar.

FRENCH SUCCESS.

PARIS, November 5th. A communiqué states that the Bul- garians are entrenching before Krivolak, 200 yards from the French outposts. An action is proceeding northward Mr & Mrs Moss and Rabrove. The French have captured,

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GENERAL ACTIVITY,

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ROME, November 5th, A communiqué states:-Our artillery and infantry activity yesterday was directed on the strengthening of the cap. tured positions. We repulsed a number of enemy attacks. The weather was every where bad, there being heavy snowfalls and persistent rains.

AUSSIAN FRONT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S LOENOY.]: TERRIFIC LOCAL STRUGGLE,

PETROGRAD, November 8th... A communiqué continues to record

of the regions

Riga fighting in

Dvinsk, Jazobeladt, the

Ster and Strens, and terrific local struggles in which the enemy was repulsed, losing hundreds of prisoners and a quantity of material.

GENERAL.

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(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCE.] HIS MAJESTY THE KING. ISSUE OF BULLETINS CEASE.

LONDON, November 6th, His Majesty the King is progressing satisfactorily. He has enjoyed a better night, and was able to be moved to a couch for a few hours, but it will be some time before he is well enough to leave his room,

No further buletins will be issued, CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE KING'S MESSAGE. INCREASE OF 100,000 MEN.

LoxDos, November 5th. H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught has tilegraphed Mr. Bonar Law, Secretary of State for the Colonies, that Orders-in- Council have been passed authorising the mobilisation of a quarter of a million Canadians, including those under arme, but the increase of a hundred thousand on the number hitherto authorised. This is intended by the Canadian Government

CABINET.

LATER. M. Zaimis will be entrusted with the reconstruction of the Cabinet, The Chamber will be dissolved, but the old Ministers will retain their portfolios. There will be new Ministers of Public Worship and Justice.

THE KING'S DECISION.

ATHENS, November 5th.

Three or four aeroplanes arrived in May and were a great success and help the beginning of Jane Acroplines in this country are in valuable, as it is quite impossible to make any useful cavalry reconnaissance; there are no hills; ther country is practically flat, interested by lie hidden without being seen by the attacking force until the latter gets right on top of the other,

The

Tho Arabs are ostensibly with the Turk, except in those districts we have conquered. They then turn pro-British ! They have been useful to the Turks, no doubt, in gathering information of our attacking forces and movements. Arab, essentially, however, is out for loot, and he does not care a cuss whom In the Turkish re- ho gets it from. treats he has been their curse, for he has hung on the outskifts, and every "sbrag- gler has been killed by bim and looted. He would do the same thing to us if the It seems cortain that the King is deter-positions had been reversed. The Arab mined to keep M. Zaimie and the Cabinet is a jackal. He reads friendly overtures in power and to dissolve Parliament, but as weakness; the only argument he under- M. Zaimis does not agree on the latter stands is force and sudden death. At point, and the King has appointed him present the Arab as an ally is a dangerous Minister of War and Aide-de-Camp sccumbrance, whether he be the ally of General as a mark of his appreciation of the enemy or the British. He cannot his conduct. This has caused a painful be depended on, and I know the Turk impression among the Venezeliste, who realizes this, and I believe our people do regard it as a blow to their leader's presso DOW. tige, but they are hopeful of the results at the coming elections,

BRITAIN'S OFFERS TO GREECE. STATEMENT BY M. VENEZELOS.

LONDON, November 6th.

In the time of the Turks there was no administration and no foreigner could take up land and develop it, for, al- though there was no actual law against this, the difficulties put in the way of aay foreigner purchasing or leasing land were such as to make it not worth while trying. For this reason one can say that Mesopotamia is practically virgin and only waits for the help of man to show A telegram from Athens states that M.che is one of the richest tracts in the You will doubtless have beard that wo as a reply to His Majesty's stirring mes Fenele has declared that Great Bri- world. sage to the Empire.

tain's offer of Cyprus was independent Mr. Bozar Law has replied expressing of the result of the war, while other pro have occupied Bushire, as a result of the

appreciation of Canada's his warm

most welcome on the succese of the Allies. Besides tribes in the vicinity, presumably ineitad patriotic response to His Majesty's apmises and concessions wore conditional attacks made on that town by the Persian Cyprus, Greece was to acquire part of to do so by German intrigues. I hope peal, in providing this material reinforcement of the Canadian Vilver and Bruse, and Bulgerian after this war is over we shall really contingent, which has been fighting to gallantly in the common cause.

THE

FOOD AND SIEGE QUESTIONS IN GERMANY, GERMAN SOCIALISTS' DEMAND FOR DISCUSSION REFUSED.

AMSTERDAM, November 6th, The German Chancellor has declined the Bocialists' demand for a speedy con- vocation of the Reichstag to discuse the siege and food question."

Thrace, Bulgaria being reduced to her seriously tackle the Persian Gulf littoral frontiers before the Balkan war. In re- and put some sort of law and order into turn for this the Entente Powers only it; British prestige has been very much required the assistance of the smaller knocked about during the last two or

three years. The Times. units of the Greek fleet.

A LORD KITCHENER CANARD.

LONDON, November 8th.

Almost the last city in England to retain that famous survival of the past, The Press Bureau announces that dur-the Curfew Bell, has at length decided The authorities of the ing Lord Kitchener's temporary absence to abolish it.

on public duty, Mr. Asquith will carrycathedral city of Chichester have decided on the work of the War Office. There is that Curfew shall not ring to-night," no truth in the statement circulated for any other night until the war is to-day that Lord Kitchener has resigned, ever.

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