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THE WAR.

BATTLE

IN

EAST

CONTINUES.

GALICIA

RUSSIA'S GRIM DETERMINATION.

BRITISH SUCCESS IN MESOPOTAMIA.

TAB HONGKONG DAILY PRES

KING GEORGE'S CHEERING MESSAGE TO KING PFTER.

PACIFISTS MOBBED IN ENGLAND.

GREAT FIRE IN NORWAY: THOUSANDS HOMELESS.

ENERAL

(THROCOK BEUTER'S. AGENCY.]

THE TEMPER OF THE COUNTRY.

FACIFISTS MORBED IN SHEFFIELD AND LONDON

LONDON, Janaury 17th.

Mr. Anderson, a member of the House

THROUGH REUTER'S AQENOT.]

WHITEWASHING PIRATE

CRAFT.

GERMANY'S ARGUMENTS IN

BABALONG " CASE.

AMSTERDAM, January 16th. The German reply to the British White

[THROUGH_REUTRX'S BORNOY.] THE NEW VICEROY OF INDIA.

HIS COUNTRYMEN CONFIDENT OF HIS BUCCESS.

17th LONDON, January The Morning Post, commenting upon the appointment of Lord Chelmsford as Vice roy of India, says a Governor who has been through o. Constitutional crisis like.

KSHAYYANUARY 18TH

[TESOUGE, ZBUYER'S AGERŠTĄ.

MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN IMPORTANT BRITISH BUCCESS. DELHI, January 18th. The British have won another important iccoes in Mesopotamis General Aylmer gave battle to the Turkish forces who had retired to positione at Orah, astride the Tigris, twenty-five miles to the east of Kat, There was heavy fighting on the 13th inst

began

BROUGH RUTAR'S AGENOT.}] GREAT FIRE IN NORWAY, THOUSANDS HOMELESS

__THE_DREADNAUGHT AND - SUPER-DREADNAUGHT..

Within a very few years both ships of peace and ships of war have been incress- - BERGEN, January, 10th. ing enormously, betb in wire and cost. The A great are swept the town, yesterday world thought that the and was or with and today. It is now under control, It spread to twenty different quarters and the dreadnaught, but news from Washing thongside of people are homeless Among tan brings the report that the Navy De the buildings which have been destroyed, are the Central Telephone Exchange, four partment is preparing plans for 36,000-tom

super dreadnaughts. This would! m botols, and three schools

Stavanger is offering to shelter 4,000 of engines of destruction 10 por cenɛ. largur the refugees.

than any yet known to have been planned CHRISTIANIA, January 17th.. by any power in the world.

The first great evolution in the build The image is estimated ating of warships came with the application of iron and steam, and the use of armour plate. The second hardly Jess important, GOVERNMENT MEASURES.

for it meant the scrap henp for all the CHRISTIANIA, January 17th.

navics then oxisting, was the creation of Details of the fire at Berger are lack ing owing to the telegraphic breakdown, the battle-slip Dreadnaught by England in 1906. It was such a fundamental de The warship Edewold has left for Bergerparture from the old that it gave its name its re with provisions and clothes for the destitute, the Government providing sugar and corn. Engineers have left to build sheds King Hankow and the Minister for War have also bit for the scene of the disaster

that of which Lord Chelmsford had the patil night, when the Turke The fire was the largest on record in

mands.

SURVIVORS OF THE "CLAN MACFARLANE.”.

LONDON, Janaury 17th. The Captain and five of the crew of the Clan Macfarlane have been picked up and brought to Marseilles. RUSSIAN FRONT.

retiro. They continued their withdrawal on the 14th, closely pressed on the east and north by the British,

THE BALKANS,

(THROVON REUTER'S AGENCY,]

A CHEERING MESSAGE, KING GEORGE'S TELEGRAM TO KING PETER,

Norway. €8,760,000,00

to a new type

The Dreadnaught was larger than any battleship that had previously been built. She was faster and carried heavier guns, The increase in the weight of her guns was amazing. It was customary at that time. for the big ships to carry four guns of the heaviest calibre, which was then twolva inches, The Dreadnaught carried ten,

But the Dreadnaught, the mammoth of her day, hind a displacement of only 17,900 bona, The proposed American battle-ships The Dreadnaught The American displace 38,000 tons, ships will cost about $18,000,000. The cost under $10,000,000. Dreadnought carried twelve-inch gans, throwing a projectile weighing about 850 pounds. The proposed vessels are to entry sixteen-inch guns, which will throw pro- jegtiles weighing more than a tön,

Our most famous sister ships in the Spanish-American war were the Oregon, fassachusetts and Indiana. They had

Thus displacement of 10,280 tons each, in the last two decades the size of battle ships have increased more than twice, and the cost had risen proportionately. The smaller ships cost about 85 000,000,

pilotage in Queensland, cannot be called an untried man. His administrative ex- perience is much boyond that of the Earl of Maye, who had barely any, when Lord Beaconsfield beckoned him to the Viceroyal- ty, but who nevertheless, made one of the best Governors General that India has known, All Lord Chelmsford's country- men will wish him well when, after a too

THE WASTERS. brief visit to England, he goes out to take

LONDON, Janaury 17th.

BETTER MEN THAN SHIRKERS. up the great responsibilities and heavy

King George in a telegram to King labours of his new office. Their best

**You have" all sorts of types-gund, bad, and indifferent in every regiment, guarantee of his success is that those who Peter, says:-I am fully convinced that know him most intimately are most con- the Allies, together with the heroic Ser-hut all animated by a common and en- Grant, Presbyterian chaplain to the New fident of his capacity to rise to its debian Army, are in a position to win back bling purpose, wrote the Rev. W complete independence for your people." Zealand forces, from the trenches in few days before the engage Gallipoli

"All the good men are not good FRENCH LANDING AT CORFU,|ment in which he was killed.

fighters; some of the bad men are great fighters. Some of the men we way re- TROOPS WARMLY WELCOMED.

gard na wasters astonish their fellows, and fill the hearts that they had well nigh broken with honest pride. They stand at all points of the social scale, the more conspicuous, perhaps being at the top and the bottom. The chap at the bottom largely what his surroundings have do him, I has been kicked from pillar to post he has had to fight for, bis place in his little world, and now in this great and strange world-happening he has a chance to come to his own, a chance to make good. Sometimes the waster! from the top, whose friends were glad to see him go, hoping it would make a man of him, moets in battle and in death his brother

Each 'waster' from below. gives his life wittingly or unwittingly that the world might be freed from the blight that threatens it with disaster, and who shall any that the waster, in meeting death does not and his true manhood and life itself One thinks of Dickens' was ter in The Tale of Two Cities,' of how love enrolled him until his slackness and littleness fell from him, and it was said of him that no nobler face had been seen in the city that day than the face of Sydney Carton, the man who died cheer- ing and encouraging the little seamstress as together they stood beneath the guillo tine! And so out of the horror and weiter of this awful time we may get an up lifting vision of the waster coming to bis own, proving his manhood, estah ish- ing his worth as a soldier, and asserting in the judgment of those most closely his right to be called a patriot. He is connected with the trade the rise is. certainly a greater man than many chiefly due to the abnormal consumption of the material in America, which has far ITALY'S, RESPONSIBILITY IN selfish, respectable shirker who stays at

home when his country calls."

and away exceeded the wildest estimates MONTENEGRO.

{THROUGH. REUTER'S AGENET.] THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. GRIN FIGHTING CONTINUES. AMSTERDAM, January 16th. An Austrian communiqué admits a re-

af Commong, attempted to make an apti. Paper on the Baralong case is a verbose nowed severe Russian offensive in Bessare conscription speech at Sheffield, but un argument seeking to whitewash German bis.

proar which lasted an hour and a half prevented him from speaking.

submarines.

AMSTERDAM, January 17th. It ostentatiously protests

Au Austrian communiqué says the terri- against "unhoard-of accusations` against the German Army and Navy." Germany fo battle in East Gelicia and Bessarabia A number of paciâsts attempted to repeats the threndbaro contantions that continnes. The stubbornness of the fight- hold a meeting at the Brotherhood Church, the Arabic was sunk because the sub ing a few miles, to the north-east of Czer- Kingsland, London, with a view to

marine thought that she was about to ramowitz surpassed everything on this battle urging Great Britain's withdrawal from her. The reply proceeds to repeat the old fold. The tenacious Russiaus advanced six the war. Fireworks were thrown from the starvation complaint, obviously intended times, in columns 14 deep, and frequently gallery and the audience rushed the platfor consumption abroad. It rejects the the struggle was hand to hand. The com form, pelting the pacifists with red ochre, British proposal to submit the Baralong muniqué speaks of the bravery of the de- Phe meeting ended with the singing of and other cases to a court of Ameri- fenders in maintaining their positions. "Rule Britannis, the polico escorting The pacifists to safety. GERMAN PLOTS IN AMERICA:

FURTHER "ASTOUNDING

REVELATIONS,

NEW YORK, January 15th.

con naval men, arguing that the accuse- tions against the German military authori- ties must be investigated by their own authorities.

The Reichstag discussed the Burolong case, the specches being most violent, The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs de clared that the Government would find

PETROGRAD, January 16th.

A communiqué says that on the Western Front there is no change.

RUSSIAN CAPTURES IN 'CAUCASUS.

PETROGRAD, January 18th.

In the fighting in the Caucasus on. Fri-

Azi Associated Press despatch, outlining means of retaliating sharply and impres day wo captured 20 Turkish oficers and

The contents of the correspondence seized at Falmouth, in the possession of the re- bale: German Attaché, Captain-- von Papen, make moet astounding revelations of intrigue. The documents show that Captain von Papen made frequent pay ments to persons charged with the respon- ibility for the explosions of munition works and bridges in America. His cheque book, counter-foils, pass-booke and letters to bankers contain a number of items show- ing payments to various persons who have figured prominently in the activities of German agents in America,

At New York Count Bernstorff made several large payments to Captain von Papen sad the entries show that Captain von Papen paid $700 to the man who was convicted of blowing up the Maine Bridge, while Captain von Papen sent 8500 to the Consulate at Seattle a fortnight before the explosion on May 30th

Among the letters is one from the notori-

sively.

over 400 troops, with six guns, one heavy Dr. Liebknecht regretted that it had gun, eight machine-guns, quantities of am- been made impossible for him to make effecmunition and provisions, und engineering tive protest against such exploitation of equipment. the affair.

KAISER'S RECOVERY.

AGAIN AT THE FRONT

AMSTERDAM, January 17th.

A semi-official telegram from Berlin states that the Kaiser has completely re- covered from his slight loss,

He was cheered on Saturday when driving to the Imperial Chancellor's palace where ho lunched, staying several hours,

front

AMSTERDAM, January 17th..

An official communication from Berlin. states that the Kaiser returned to the

on Sunday,

NEUTRALS AND THE BLOCKADE.

ons General von Bernhardi which plain-ACTION WHICH WILL ELIMINATE

tively remarks that the Anglo-French Press has insulted him incredibly

AN AWKWARD MATTER FOR THE GERMANÉ.

MISUNDERSTANDING.

NEW YORK, January 18th, The newspapers publish telegrams from London which state that Great Britain will

shortly replace the present Orders-in Council by the declaration of a regular blockade against Germany.

PARIS, January 16th. The French landing at Corfu was com ploted by, 11 o'clock, and the soldiers were settled in the barracks and forts the same evening. The inhabitants were friendly and increasingly so when they were inform- ed that a cargo of whest was prriving.

MONTENEGRO REFUSES SEPARATE PEACE.

Rou, January 17th. The Tribuna says that Montenegro re- fuses a separate pince,

ENEMY TAKES NO PRISONERS

AT CETINJE.

AMSTERDAM, January 17th. The Berliner Tageblatt admits that no Monteregrins were captured at Cotinje,

EXILED SERBIAN MINISTERS.

-

BRINDISI, January 17th. Members of the Serbian Government have arrived here

IMPOSSIBILITY OF TRANSPORT

IN INTERIOR.-

GREEK PREMIER'S, FLAIN. WORDS.

ALLIES IGNORED AND

HUMILIATED US.”

Mr. H, Donohoe, the Daily Chronette's correspondent, interviewed He describes, Secuoudis as cultured Scouleudis, the Greek Premier, at Athens and sympathetic, and a witty, conversa tionalist, replete with virile energy de spite his 78 years."

Ros, January 17th. The Italian Press welcomes Big. Bargi- lai's speech as most opportune, and says that it is wrong to ascribe responsibility for the fall of Mount Lovtchen to Italy. The position of Montenegro was the in-

In the course of the interview' M. evitable edusaquestes of the Balkan situa to The papers emphasize the difficul- Soouloudis said: "This is the most cri- tical moment in Greek history. The fu

Greece has ties of re-victualling in Serbia and Monture is as black as night. tenegro. Italy Janded 4,500 tons of food at Durazzo, and San Giovanni di Medua, ARTILLERY much of which lay ratting owing to the impassibility of transport in the interior.

ITALIAN FRONT.

FRANCO BELGIAN FRONT.

(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.;

GOOD

BRITISH

FIRE. LONDON, January 16th

A communiqué reports that it has been generally quiet along the frost. There was some hostile shelling about Givenchy and Ypres Our artillery fire against a German strong paint to the north of Ypres was satisfactory.

"DESTRUCTIVE ALLIED FIRE.

PARIS, January 17th.

(THROUGH REUTRE'S AGENCY.]

AUSTRIANS REPULSED." ITALIANS CAPTURE MUCH BOOTY.

Rowe, January 17th A communique states that there was an intenso cannouade on the fath inst., qu the heights to

Several years ago the prediction was made that 50,000 ton battleships, Costing $25,000,000, would eventually be reached. Though there must be some limit to the size of these floating forts, it seems that it has not yet been reached and the propheep might be fulfilled-Philadelphia Prin

THE RISE IN RUBBER.

REASON FOR THE ADVANCE,

With the object of giving special, ius formation to the public, in view of the strong interest taken in the position of the rubber market, we have elicited the allowing facts, says the Financier, from a high authority in the rubber world whose knowledge of the position is second to none.

The rapid advance in the price of rub- ber appears to be generaly regarded a due to manipulation by dealers. This is not the case,

of manufacturers.

In the second place, the abnormal de mand is contributed to by some nervous-, tress in regard to the possibility of further. interference with freight arrangements from the Middle East, as affecting Eur opean and American shipments.

Thirdly, there is the idea of buying on the possibility of the declaration of peace is strongly in the near future, when argued that Germany and other enemy

Powers will require a large quantity of rubbor for immediato delivery at almost any price holders may demand.

THE 18E UNFORESEEN,

So far as can be gathered the sudden rushing-up of prices was entirely unfore seen in the market, and dealers who made uncovered enles must be heavy losers both in Europe and America.

tried to play the game, as you English say. She has sought to se eye to eye The forward contracts effected by com with the Entente.It Greece is not fight panies for delivery during next year. ing whole heartedly on your side it is were negotiated on what was at the time because the Entente's statesmen and di- rightly considered a very profitable basie, plomatists bad failed in their duty. The although at much lower rates than these Allies had fouted and angered Greece now ruling; but only a proportion of the instead of placating her. They had co-crops to be harvested have been so dispose quetted with Bulgaria, treating Greece of, and in the nature of things the majo disdainfully, with the result that the rity of companies must benefit very sub- Allies had faken between two stools. If stantially by the advanced prices which the Allies had come frankly and asked have been, and are likely to be, obtained for aid Greece would not have hesitate for the balance of their crops.

for a moment. Instead, England and The policy of forward sales under pre- Franco began by demanding the sacrifice sent conditions is considered to be esser- of Kavalla and eras to our bitterest foes,tially in the interest of plantation rub- When Grecce was asked to cu-operate ber. It has indeed, enabled manufactur- in the Dardaneles,' continued M. ers to enter into advance contracts for couloudis, we were warned on no a manufactured goods, with the certainty count to dream of marching to Constan- of the parties being able to secure the canopie. The Greeks were forbidden, in the north-west of Gorizia, deterence to Russia, to show their flag aw material at known rates, This Is made for the ever-increasing popularity The evening communiqué reports that followed by a night attack by the enemy within 50 miles of the Byzantine capital undoubtedly one of the factors which has Yet Greece nourishes, national dreams and of plantation rubber with manufacturers, the British and French artillery, co operatin large foros. They were repulsed but, ambitions. Nevertheless we have not for to the exclusion of wild ribber, which

gotten Gadstone and Byron, Though ing in Belgium, gravely damaged German trenches in the district of Retsas, and caused heavy explosions in the German linesi, French hatteries successfully bon barded the read from Lille to south of Thelus, exploding an ammunition depot north-cast of Neuville,"

There was fighting with grenades in Argonue,

The Paris communiqué issued on the previous day says there is nothing to re- por

tering the Italian trenches near Oslavis. vigorous Italian counter attack on the morning of the 15th drove the enemy be yond Uslavia, the Italians reoccupying the trenches and capturing much booty."

DA

men of both manufacturer and consuT. lug reinforced, they, succeeded in en-you bullied us we turned the other chees formerly was marketed and manipulated

EFFECT OF NEW SELLING SYSTEM, gers of the Dardanelles expedition More We warned you of the difficulties and dan by a few speculators to the natural detri- The principal reasons for the present set, we offered a perfected scheme of worked out long ago in the event of war operations which the Greek General Staff price of rubber are the abolition of public with Turkey. Let the Alles ignored and sale and the forward contracts entered humiliated us, and when we decided to into for 1910, by the companies. When public sales were held dealers knew there continue neutral they almost goaded would be large suctions at regular inter- into hostilities.

"You laid an embargo on our com.vals, against which they could make pear sales forward without undue risk. When Here is azother good story of General merce," said the Greek fremier. You the auctions were discontinued, and com Monro, who carried out the withdrawal held up our ships and suppressed our

of forward sales to manufacturers, the point of of the troops from Gallipoli with such cables. We were within an age of stag-panies adopted more generally the policy. conspicuous success. Although exceeding yation, nevertheless we have done our

view was very largely obscured. He modest and retiring, he is of a very utmost for the Allied cause which your position, from the speculators determined and resolute nature, and what

we are faced with the pro- does not know in what quantity or for the orkes up he carries through Nothing blem of how to prevent the ingress of the what period forward sales have been perturba him, One day, when he was com

will be available to cover bear sales. [THROWOK BEDIER'8~AGENCY.)

manding in France, one of his officers Bulgars, who have their eye upon made nor does he know what quantity delusions about the retrocesion of the came to him and in tones of deep depres Kavalia and Seres. We are under Manufacturers, on the other hand, hoar eeing that considerable quantities of rubber

of their con ARABS SEEK SAFETY IN

sion said that his division, which had occupied territory. Paper, guarantees have been purchased by sowledge of the FLIGHT.

just taken part in a great attack, had

are at a discount nowadays." been practically wiped out. General Seoulendis added that he contem petitors, and with no CAIRO, January 17th.

Monro looked him ever and said: "Well, plates retiring from the Premiership in proportion of the crop so sold, have be On the 13th inst., a columa dispersed you go away and take a liver pill, and favour M. Gounaris, who bad secured theme nervous, and, instead of relying on from hand-to-mouth, have reverted to the German officials attempt to explain the goods reaching German ports and probably 400 hundred. Arabs 40 miles from Matrali have breakfast and a bath and shave, and largest following at the elections. the public sales for their requirements. then come back to me and we will talk. M. Venizelos strength at the elections policy of acquiring a reserve stock. These The Arabs fled leaving all their sheep, that is when he came back the situs is shown by the abstention of his party two factors alone have had an enormous peats and tents. There were no British tion did not appear nearly so serious as for only one-third of the total electors significance in bringing about the prices

Tuling-to-day. casualties.

it did on his earlier visit,

WASHINGTON, January 16th. The publication of cabled summaries of Captain von Papen's documento is arous

The State Department has no officiaj in- ing the deepest interest in Government circles Count Bernstorff exclaimed petul-formation, but the officials believe that: "I don't believe it," when there such action will eliminate much misunder- antly cords of Captain von Papen's expenditure standing and remove all question of the legal right of the British to prevent all were brought to his attention

matter sway by saying that Captain von settle the doctrine of "ultimate destin

was responsible for the expenditure tion" with reference to gooda consigned to Papen

Germany through neutral countries. solely to the War Office,

THE NEAR EAST.

voted.

Napauded, haughty

way