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THE WAR.

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

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NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GENERAL.

MYSTERY OF GERMAN INTENTIONS,

LONDON, March 17th.

A French conmusique indicates that the Germans have lost the footing they gained ou the low spur of Deadman dill on Tues- day. As the situation develops the ystery of the German intentions deepers. There is much speculation in Paris as to what the repeated prolonged pauses EVERYTHING IN FAVOUR OF THE between the German short-lived offensives

FRENCH..

mean. It is believed possible that the Ger-

PARIS, March 16th. 1.45 p.m. The opinion is growing that the battle of Verdun bas reached its final phase and that everything is in favour of the French, Alikough their attillery attacks are a desperate as ever, the Gerbang have bardly gained a foot of ground, and most of what they have gained has since been retakon.

It is now certain that the German, in- fantry is not equal to that engaged at the beginning of the battle,

Experts anticipate another desperato onslaught on the Douaumont-Vaux front. ENEMY TRENCHES WRECKED. PARIS, March 16th.

4.35 p.u A communiqué states that our batteries wrecked the enemy's communication tren ches at Nieuport, many being killed. There was no artillery actige north of Verdun,

The bombardinent was feeble west of the Meuse, but more intense at Haudremont and Dandoup, while the French violently bombarded west of Douaumont, where the enemy was constructing earthworks. Wo effected a coup de main to the curt of Apremont, inflicting losses and taking pri

Koners.

A German attack at Bernhaupt in the Vosges was defeated by a curtain-of fire,

FUTILE ASSAULTS.

PAB18. March 17th. 1.15.m.

A communiqué states that west of the

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· THE LOST. ** QUBANTIA.”

THREE AMERICAN PASSENGERS.

LONDON, March 16th.

the newest and fastest liners on the South The Dutch steame, Tubantia wee one of American service.

on board.

There were passengers and 294 crew

abs, while maintaining a slow of activity. torpedoed,

The captain believes that the liner was

ĽKTER. · There were three Americans aboard the

MANY NEUTRAL COUNTRIES INVOLVED.

at Verday, intend to divert the offensive elsewhere, but this hypothesis is not gener-Tubantia.. ally favoured as all signs point not merely to a check of the original designg but to a weakening of the instrument of attack although the enemy is still bringing up reinforcementa. A hundred and thirty. trains were counted in twenty-four hours passing the northern French frontiers

MUTUAL ARTILLERY

ACTIVITY.

LONDON, March 16th,

A communiqué states that yesterday evening the enemy's bombers made a féchle demonstration near Hohenzollern,

We sprang a mine south-west of Loos with good effect,¦‹

There was

mutual artillery about Loog and Ypres,

ITALIAM FRONT.

activity

ĮTERGUGH =RKUTER'S AGENOT.}" GROUND: COVERED WITH CORPSES.

ITALIANS REPULSE VIOLENT ATTACK.

BONE, March 18th. After a violent bombardment, the enemy Mease, after a most violent bombardment made two force attacks on our newly cap- of our-front from Bethincourt to Cunieres, tured positions in the San Martino zone. the Germans, this afternoon, etrangly at They twice reached the parapets but were tacked our positions ut. Nort Hom Waves of assault failed to secure a footing repulsed. The ground was covered with

at any point and they were compelled corpses.

to retreat to Crows Wood, where our con- THE NEAR EAST.

centrated artillery fire, which was imme-

diately let loose, inflicted heavy losses,

On the right of the Meuse artillery.

activity was redoubled east and west of

[TABOUGH REUTER'8 ACENCY.]

Douaument and in the vicinity of the CAPTURE OF GUNS IN EGYPT.

village of Yaux. They wee no infantry attack but our batteries she led the march ing troops, There was an intense bom hardsent in Wovie and zorth of the

„Arinë.

CAIRO, March 16th,

Three game were captured in the pursuit of the cammy alter the occupation of So.

* AMSTERDAM, March 18th. The Tabantia was one of the finest vessels of the Dutch Mercantile Marine, Her loss has caused consternation, Six European neutral countries were repre, sented in the passenger list, several diplomats and consuls being among those on board, MAGNIFICENT BEHAVIOUR OF ALL ON BOARD.

LONDON,' March 17th. There was a heavy ses at the time of the plosion on the Tubantis Bore of the lifeboats were smashed, and passengers were thrown out of their banks. Every one behaved magnificently. Banta were launched in the most orderly manner. The passengers were taken off first. The Cap- tain, left a few minutes before the ship Bank.

THE HAQUE, March 17th. Three people have made affidavit, affirm. ing that they clearly siw the white wike of a torpedo approaching the liner which was holed two metres under the waterline on the starboard gide, The Rotterdamsche Courant says the crime is inexcusable.

THE BALKANS.

· [THROUGH-REGTER'S AGESOE.)-

WITHDRAWING" GERMAN

TROOPS

REINFORCEMENTS FOR FRENCH

FRONT

ATHENS, March 17th.

Advices from Florins, state that the Ger mans are withdrawing troops from Serbias | Macedonia and transferring them to the

western front

TURPENE”

A PERFECT SUBSTITUTE FOR TURPENTINE,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

TRADING WITH THE ENEMY.

ENEMY GOODS STILL ENTERING INDIA.

LONDON. March 16th, In the House of Lords, Lord Sydenham affirmed that enemy goods entering India

were still

[JHLOUGH BEUTRE'S 'IGENET.}

MUNITIONS MAKING IN

CANADA. CREDIT OFFERED BỶ THE BANKS.

OTTAWA, March 13th.

THE SILVER MARKET.

The Minister of Finance has announced that Canadian Banks have offered a credit of fifteen millions in connection with orders for munitions made in Canada during the next two months.

This is a matter for great pride, coming, Lord Islington announced that a Bills it does, after the Dominion Government

credit of ten millions. would shortly be introduced in the Legia [lative. Counci} to validate the seizure of suspected goods. The real responsibility lay with the Consula of neutral nations. The Indian Customs authorities' were scrutinising consignments must closely and the recent publication of Black List firms with which trade was prohibited would strengthen their powers in exclud ing enemy goods. Any cases which Lord Sydenham could produce would reoiva close and early attention. The Government desired to carry out the spirit and the letter of the policy of checking, as far as possible, the entry of enemy goods into India

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THE BLACK LIST.

LONDON, March 16th,

The Gazeste publishes the names of a number of arms in Persia. including the notorious Wassmuss Cotonany, which have been black-listed under the Trading with thenemy Act,

NO FREE TRADE WITH GERMANY,

LONDON, March 16th. Eighteen out of twenty-two new Direc tors of the Manchester Chamber of Com merco have pledged themselves against Free Trade with Germany after the war NEW FRENCH WAR MINISTER.

RESIGNATION OF GENERAL

GALLIENL

PARIS, March 16th. It is officially announced that Admiral Lacaze has temporarily taken over Gene ral Gallieni's duties,

LATER.

Licut, General Roques has been Appoint ed Minister of War in succession to Gene ra Gallieni, who has resigned an account of-il-health,

PARTS, March 18th

16th.

General Rogne a favourite with the

LONDON, March 16th. Messrs, Montagu's report says that the tone of the silver market continues to be remarkably steady, the demand for the Home Mint being the chief factor.

The Continent has been a more or less constant buyer, while there have been a few orders from India,

(THROUGH REUTZK'S AGENCY,}

NEXT ALLIED CONFERENCE. TO BE HELD IN ROME.

LONDON, March

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The next Allied conference will be held in Rome shortly. Mr. Lloyd George vill attend and possibly also Sir Edward Grey. The conference is being held at the rechest. of the Government

AFTER THE WAR. FARMS FOR THE SOLDIERS IN CANADA

soldiers.

MONTREAL, March 1. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy announc scheme for the settlement of disbanded Tho Canadian Pacific railyay. are preparing a thousand farms in West ern Canada which will be grouped in colonies with military names and with a ceptral instruction farm.

COAL-OWNERS AND MINERS AGREE.

The closeness of China exchange to parity, the absence of free selling in the United States, mintage by Japan on account of Russia, and the extension of the area in which the rupee has to do duty, ALL THE WORKMEN TO BECOME ng well ng the readjustment of the car- rency in India creato confidence in the future of the market,

GERMAN SUBMARINE POLICY VON TIRPITZ RETIRES " WITH ALL HONOURS.”

LONDON, March 16th, A Berlin semi-official statement says that Admira von Tirpita withdraws with all honours and the choice of his successor, who has co-operated with Admiral you Tirpitz, guarantees continuity of policy, particularly in regard to submarine war- fare.

THE GERMAN BUDGET.

NECESSITY FOR NEW TAKÁTION.

AMSTERDAM, March 17th,

TRADE UNIONISTS.

LONDON, March 1th. Yesterday the South Wales coal-owners

and the Miners Federation decided that all workmen should be required to become trade unionista with a view to preventing restriction of output by strikes over the non-unionist question during war

KING OF SIAM ILL.

BANGKOZ, March 16th. The King of Bian is suffering from Beurasthenia.

DEATH OF LORD THURLOW

LONDON, March 18th. The death is announced of Lord. Thurlow. who was on the Earl of Egin's Mission to China in 1860-61 and was present at the

Herr Hellferich, in presenting the Gerpture of the Taku forts and Peking. man Budget, announced the necessity of raising five hundred million marks by new

DEATH OF COLONEL SIR taxation. He admitted the food problém

C. M. WATSON. was more difficult, and emphasised that the new war loan would be the most significant point in the struggle.

"STANDARD" CEASES

PUBLICATION,

LONDON, March 17th.. The Standard has ceased publication. LATER All the newspapers regret the suspen army. He organised the French Air Ser-sion of their historic confrere. It is point. vice and has commanded an artoy at the ed out that the Standard's copyright i Front

preserved with a view to republication

LONDON, March 16th, The death hag occurred of Colonel Sir Charles Moore Watson..

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