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THE WAR.

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INCREASED ARTILLERY DUEL IN FLANDERS.

NAVAL AIRCRAFT SCORE SUCCESSES.

AFFAIRS IN NEWEST REPUBLIC.

PREMIER DEMANDS CESSATION OF EXCESSES.

H.M. THE KING TOURS WAR WORK CENTRES

Branco-Belgian Front,

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BRITISH FRONT.

SUCCESSFUL RAID.

LONDON, September 17th. Field Marshal Sir Donglus Haig, în a report, alates:We successfully raided cast of Epchy, in the neighbourhood of the Arras-Douni Railway......

An officer who was captured described the fcclings of the garrison, saying- "We wish we had the swine who invented gas. We would crucify him."

The Canadians are grimly satisfied, as

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THE RUSSIAN REPUBLIC.

KORNILOFF UNDER GUARD.

PETROGRAD, September 18th.

General Korniloff and 23 Generals and officers are under close guard at Mobilov, where the garrison demanded to be sent to the Front.

THE PREMIER REBUKES.

OFFENDERS: PETROGRAD, September 18th, M. Kerensky, in a message to the Baltic Fleet, emphatically demands an imme diate cessation of acts of violence and excess which the crews are committing, and scathingly rebukes the offenders.

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GENERAL SUKHOMLINOFF'S

TRIAL.

PernoGRAD, September 17th. Three hundred soldiers went to the Army and Navy Club, where (icneral

SCATHING INDICTMENT OF GERMANY:

AUTOCRACY DECEIVING A

GREAT PEOPLE."

LONDON, September 17th, Mr. Gerard, in his final chapter of revelations in the Daily Telegraph, makes a scathing indictment of Germany. He says that when he returned to America after living in the centre of the world calamity he felt for the first time he utter horror and uselessness of all the mistry the Prussian military autocrats had brought upon the world and what a reckoning there wont be for Germany sowe day when plain people realise the bruth, and when they learn what base

TRAINING OF BROKEN SOLDIERS

BRITISH AND FRENCH METHODS-

PENSIONS COMPARED.

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir A Griffith Boscawen's report to the Ministry of Pensions, on the Inter-Allied Conference at Paris for the Study of Professional Re-education and other questions of interest to soldiers and sailors disabled by the war was issued last month,

The conference was organized by a Franco-Belgian Committee under the pre sidency of Baron de Brocqueville, the Belgian Minister of War, whose place at the conference was taken by the Belgian Minister of the Interior. The discussions and trunk interchanges of opinions be tween men and women of the several nations were very valuable, and, in ad leuning a whole generation to war and several hospitals and training establish leath

mints in and around Paris-

NAVAL OFFICER'S APPEA

AGAINST RETIREMENT-

-TREATED AS A LUNATIC.

Because he had been treated Innatic Mr. Harry Macleod Fraser, retired naval officer, appeared last month in person to upeal in the Court of Appeal before the Master of the Rolls and Lord Justice Scrutton from a decision of Mr. Justice Atkin in Chambers striking one a portion of his claim delivered in an action which he had commenced against Admiral Sir Frederick Hamilton.

motives actuated their rulers in condition, the delegates wore able to visit 14 days as a lunatic. This, he learned,

DELEGATES CONCLUSIONS.

Appellant stated that in October, 1915, he was in command of H.M.S. Doon in the North Sen, where he had been since the beginning of the war, in charge of a division of destroyers. In that month be was removed from his ship and incurverat. ed in Chatham hospital, placed under observation for insanity, and treated fon was on Recount of a paper which he had written before the war, and which he had submitted to the Board of Inventions and Research. In it, be attempted. " to ex- amine (somewhat amateurishly) mental Summarising the conclusions arrived operation, particularly with a view to at in the delegates reporte, Sir Arthur seeing whether the faculty of invention Griffith. Boscawen says he was struck very would be developed by education and

subject evoked. Representatives of He attempted to get an inquiry into France, Belgium, Russia, Portugal his treatment, but eventually the Sur Russia, Portugal, Italy, and Serbia took

reported him part in the discussions Referring to unit for service owing to mental in- treatment, he says, speaking as a layman, stability. Upon this, Sir Frederick that so far as our hospital services and Hamilton, who was Second Sea Lord at methods are concerned, he came to the the time, enused him to be retired, and Why conclusion that we had not much to learn, the fact to be published in the Gazelle.

M. Gerard asks: Is it not a shuine that the world should have been so dis turbed that peaceful men were compelled

they were the first victims of gas at Ypres Sukhomlinoff is being tried, and demand.to lie in mind and fith in the depth of mich with the great interest which the training."! :

Italian Front.

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ITALIAN FRONT.

as

and

ed that he and his wife should he delivered aw winter? Why must the people of

lo them,

Foland die of hunger, not finding dogs

geon-General of the hospital the trial was taking too long and they wanted to deal summarily withnough, in the streets of Lenberg, him. The demand was refused, and the Prisoners of war starve in huly or be

South-east of Gaviolle, we destroyed FOUR ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACKS in three days when, if the trial was no inflicted on the world because it trance, and among Belgiang differs from him a post on some old bulk" at Ports- soldiers stated that they would return hold the honour of teu million dead In one important respect the practice in Subsequently, appellant said, they offered

dug-osts, emplacements and dumps.

Hostile artillery in active to the east of Ypres.

ENEMY RAID REPULSED.. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Huig te portsThe cuemy's attempt to raid to the south of Lombartzyde was repulsed.

Our artillery was active in the Ypres wector, while the enemy's was less marked, except to the south of Lens and in the neighbourhood of Nieteport

The enemy's aeroplanes dropped. fifty bombs behind our lines yesterday morn ing, but the damage was slight. Ours dropped 143 bombs on an aerodrome and billets and fired, thousands of machine gan rounds at various targets, scattering 2,000 infantry, froin a height of a hund-

red feet:

We brought down seven and drove down four enemy machines, while eight of our are missing.

GERMAN REPORT.

A German official wireless message states:—The artillery duel in Flanders

has increased and ab several times has been most violent. Drumfire is also in-

tense in the Aisne, Champagne and Ver- dan regious, The enemy lost eighteen neroplanes yesterday.

FRENCH FRONT,

ENEMY. ATTACK FAILS,

PARIS, September 17th.

REPULSED.

finished, they would finish it. Meanwhile LONDON, September 17thi... | they demanded that General Sukhoin

A lialing official message says repulsed-four counter attacks on Rainsizza Plateau.

Aerial Activities..

working in factories and mines?

our own. No man is discharged from the mouth, cancelling his retirement. Ha re- dark, cold, northern plains of Germany Army until his cure is complete, so far rendering himself liable to court-martial fused to take up the appointment, thus as this is possible, This question, Sit and to be shet, and he was then there exists an Autocracy deceiving Arthur adds, has been discussed frequent again. In these circumstances retire great people and poisoning their minds ly with the War Office, who have stated bringing an action for wrongful imprison- from one generation to another and that they are unable to retain disabled ment and wrongful and malicious retire-

men for a longer time than they do atment. preaching the virtue and necessity of present. He points at that the French Mr. Justice Atkin had struck oud of wards

and Belgian military authorities accept his pleading the clause in which he said a large responsibility for the disabled that defendant wrongfully and malicious- and profess at all events to retain them ly caused him to be retired from the either as in-patients or out-patients. The and also caused the retirement to be pub until they require no further treatment Navy, and to be placed on retired pay, only cases where treatment after dis lished in the London Gazette and other charge is said to take place are those in newspapers, Mr. Atkin struck it out on which a man's condition gets worse after the ground that it was unnecessary and he leaves the Army.

likely to embarrass a fair trial of tho action. Applicant cited cases in support of his application.

Welinoff should be placed on common the soners fare, und this was granted.

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PETROGRAD, September 18th, The accused General's hanker

Hiva

Until that autocracy is either wiped evidence. He said that accused's current ant or made powerless, there can be no secount was £50,000. An additional peace on earth. The golden dream of £20,000 was deposited during 1914,

conquest was almost accomplished. A ittle more advance, a few more wagon loads of ammunition and there would have been no battle of the Marne, foffre to hammer back the invading hordes of barbarian."

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[THROUGH EEUTER'S AGENCY.) SPLENDID NAVAL AIRCRAFT ATTACKS.

LONDON, September 17th.

Naval

The Admiralty annouares aircraft, on Saturday. bombed enemy. shipping between Ostend and Blanken- berghe.

A large destroyer was hit amidships, while one, probably two, trawlers were sunk. Our seroplanes shot down a Ben- plane in the evening.

A patrol engaged an enemy formation of aircraft yesterday morning, destroy

one, probably two.

General

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GENERAL KALEDINE RESIGNS;

PETROGRAD, September 17th. General Kaledine has telegraphed to she Government denying that he is organising a rising, and placing his services at the disposal of the Government,

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It is seniofficially announced that General Kaledine has resigned his position as Hetman of the Don Cossacks.

SERIOUS STRIKE

ARGENTINA,

LONDON, September 17th. While Argentin is awaiting Germany's

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Zonica, September 18th..

The German Food Department an nounces that no barley will be distributed this winter for feeding pigs, is the bad

AMERICA AND THE WAR.

EXPORT RESTRICTIONS...

The greatest interest is taken in the not only are workshops sttached to all the appeal, said that a naval officer was question of training by all the Allies, and The Master of the Rolls, in dismissing the French and Belgian hospitals, but subject to the jurisdiction of his superior there are also large establishments officers. The Admiralty regulations mado specially set us for re-education. One of it quite clear that there was a domestic the finest examples of these is the tribunal to deal with any grievances Institut Militaire Belge eg Mutiles, which might arise in the service, and it Invalides et Orphelins, at Port-Villez, was contrary to all president that there which has been built on a magnificent site should be an appeal at the same time to overlooking the Seine half-way between the High Court Although the allegation Faris and Rouen, and accommodates was made that this thing was done wrong- In order to conserve supplies the Ex..

about 1,300 disabled men. Here are the fully and maliciously, it being a naval most complete installations of electrical matter the Court had no jurisdiction to porty Board has issued an order practi-and other appliances for orthopedic

interfere cally prohibiting the export of wheat, flour, sugar, butter, cotton linters, iron and steel and many chemicals unleag for actual war service..

NEW YORK, September 17th.

SALES OF OXEN TO GERMANY

treatment and 30 separate workshops where almost every conceivable trade is taught. Training is compulsory, as it is in all French, Belgian, and Italian hos pitals, the doctor having the principal voice in deciding what trade the man is to learn, and being guided naturally by considerations of the curative quality of varinus forms of manual train

Government is faced with a serious strike: FRENCH DEPUTY SUSPECTED OF ing in each case. The man himself!

of railwaymen, who have held up troop trains, seized the telegraphs, and blown up a bridge, interrupting the services.

ENEMY TRADING.

PARIS, September 18th.. The President of the Chamber has

I appears to have little voice in deciding bis future, while a battle royal between the doctor and the technical expert often rages over his mutilated body..

LUCKY THIRTEEN,

SOLDIER'S REMARKABLE RECOVERY OF

SPEECH-

outcrops will barely suffice to feed the The strikers refuse arbitration. Ti instituted an inquiry regarding the ice differs from our own in the fact that ment, to tap the table after 13 had been communiqué states:--After a violent nemy horses. Barley must be used for Government has decided energetically to actions of the Deputy, M. Tarmel, who

bombardment, the Germans attacked our human food... positions in the Apremont forest. Frac-

tions which gained a footing in our advanced elements were driven out and the line re-established,

FRENCH AERIAL ATTACKS. "A communiqué states: There is very considerable artillery firing on both banks

of the Meuse, especially worth of Hill-344 and at Caurieres Wood.

Aviators dropped fifteen, tens of bombs on barracks and munition factories at Stuttgart und Uckingen, on an aerodrome at Colmar, store-building at Logelbach, military establishments south of Metz. and railway stations at Thionville, and Sarrebourg.

GERMANY'S

INFANTRY

STRENGTH.

LONDON September 18th.

The Department. proposes the slaughter of all pigs over thirty pounds, leaving only a few breeders.

SPAIN TO INCREASE ARTILLERY.

MADRI, September 18th.

repress sabotage. The cause of the strike is not stated.

is suspected of dealing with the enemy He has requested M. Turmel to explain HIS MAJESTY VISITS THE is possession of one thousand pounds in

CLYDE.

INSPECTS NEW SHIPBUILDING DEVICES.

LONDON, September 17th)

The Cabinet has decided upon a hig increase in artillery and the establish His Majesty the King has begun a tour ment of an organisation for industrial of the great industrial districts of the mobilisation.

THE SWEDISH INTRIQUE. "A SERIOUS TREASONABLE

OFFENCE"

BUENOS AIRES, September 18th.

A semi-official statement declares that, in addition to using the Swedish Legation

Clyde.

After chatting to a bundred war workers at Greenock Town Hall, His Majesty proceeded to dockyard and watched a new time-saving system of working ship's plates without templates being lifted off the Vessel, Scotch lassics

acting as "holders on" to the rivetters,

for the transmission of messages, Count He was also greatly interested in a

Swiss bank notes.

Investigations have revealed recent sales of thousands of oxen destined for Germany,

Further proceedings will be instituted

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a flash of lightning in April. He was a former amber of the Coventry Rugby Football Club, and is now able to talk as usual. The muber 13 played a prominent part in this case, Private Batchelor was told to tap the table when 13 cards had teen selected, the Home number is 13; the number of the bed te sleeps in is 13; and there was a company of 13 present when he recovered his speech,

From St. Joseph's Convalescent Home- Bournemouth, a remarkable case of a War- Wickshire soldier's recovery of speech is reported. During a game of cards things had reached such a high pitch of excite ment that it was decided to select Private In France, Belgium, and Italy the prec. H. Batchelor, Royal Warwickshire Regi the origens it is not compulsory in sporch, surprised the company around by the training in the supervision of the counted. This man, who had lost his exclaiming, "Whoa!" After two minutes Great Britain, even in orthopedic and of a clubking nsation, and a walk through limbless hospitals which have workshops attached. Thost who have experience of the woods, he talked normally, when he reesived the congratulations of his friends. these spitals state that better results ur Private Batchelor lost his speech through obtained by allowing the training to be shell shock in July, 1910, and recovered voluntary and by appealing to the good it in a Liverpool hospital in the presence sence of the men Compulsory training of his wife and some friends the follow- ceases in France and Italy as so ang September; but lost it again through the man is discharged from the Army

Dealing with employment, Sir Arthur Griffith Boscawen says that the French have many of the same difficulties as have, but do not possess our admirable organization of local committers, Atten tion is called to the possibility of insur ance companies charging higher rates for workmen's › cunpensation insurance for disabled soldiers as being more likely to met with accidents than fit men. By a recent French law an employer does not pay higher rate for a disabled man, the State paying the difference out of a quality, and argued that for the same fund created by a special tax on all em, hurt there should always to be the same ployera. This, Sir Arthur ways, appeurs money compensation, irrespective of a to be an admirable arrangement, facilitat man's circunstances. The argument that ing the toployment of wounded soldiers, a totally disabled man who could earn. and is worthy of consideration here. nothing after the wur, but who befors the war was earning £ a week, and made FRENCH AND BRITISH PENSIONS CUMPALED.

a greater sacrifice that a similarly dis With regard to Government action and abled man who before the war was earning responsibility generally, the report states only £ia wesk did not appeal to them in that the institution of the single Ministry the least. Both have lost an arm sod of Pensions appealed to the Allied dal a leg, they said, both have been blind- gates as a most excellent plan, the imd, or both are totally paralysed, there- portance of which they had not realized are they should have the same pensions. before. With regard to the scale of pen- They thought that we were, as usual, 6ions, we are far ahead of any of our generous but illogical, mud I do not think CHINESE TELEGRAMS. Allies, especially since the issue of the that they will ever appreciate our stand- new warrant, A Class 1 pension in point any more that we shall subscribe to -France, which, corresponds to var highest their doctrine of abstract égalité. The degree, amounts to only 18-751, a week (a conference, however, agreed to give the little over 138.) for a private, as com question further consideration in special pared with 275. Od in Great Brilam kaseg

THE SILVER MARKET.

Silver is quoted 52d., and the market J& firm.

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OBITUARY.

LORD HENRY MANNERS

LONDON, September 17th,

A correspondent of the Traps at the Luxburg tried to induce an Argentine machine for punching angles, the Arst of Lord Robert Manners has been killed in British Front, writing regarding the

official to commit a serious treasonable enemy shortage of offectives, declares on

France. offence," the nature of which cannot yet its kind used in a British shipyard. incontestable proof that the strength of a German Company of infantry in certain be revealed. sectars varies from forty to sixty then. The shortage is compensated for by additional machine guns,

BESIEGED LENS. GERMANS WOULD CRUCIFY INVENTOR OF GAS.

His Majesty spoke to and shook hands It is expected that Count Luxburg will with numerous Forkers, including a leave on the 28th inst

blacksmith aged seventy-nine who said he had retired but could not remain idle

while there was war work to do.

His Majesty asked an Australian about his home and family.

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CONDUCT:

STOCKHOLY, September 17th.

There have been great meetings of REPAIRING QUEBEC'S BROKEN Socialists and Liberals, presided over by

LONDON, September 17th. lens is literally drenched in Canadian gas, according to Mr. Percival Phillips, M. Branting and Professor Hácu, the the war correspondent. The garrison is forced to live in darkness and torment have been passed strongly protesting

Liberal leader, respectively. Resolutions

BRIDGE.

QUEBEC, September 17th, The five thousand ton span of the Quebec

Major hard Robert Manners, T.8.0., was He was 47 years of age.] the fourth san of the 7th Duke of Rutland

[sy counTESY OF THE TUNG NE91 SAN POI

CHINA AND THE "ENTENTE."

SHANGHAL September 18th.

The Government is discussing Patente Ministers' proposals for

the

(1) The diaposal of German and Aus.

Again, in France pensions are not paid The conference recommended the "Weekly, bat quarterly in arreas, which

pension scale.

leads to much hardship at the countercreation of a permanent Inter-Allied ing period. The French, it is added, Committee, and it was suggested that another conference should be held in contemplate an early revision of their London. In the meantime it is proposed The report atatea. There is one Information on all questions relating to to establish an Inter-Allied Burean of portant feature in it, which the French pensions, treatment, training, and em- tion entirely disapproved of, and, indeed, until this is done information is being and Belgian delegates inthe Sixth Secployment of men disabled in the war, and failed to understand, and that is the forwarded to the French Statistical alternative persion. They took their Ofice, which undertook to codify it and (3) Transfer of enemy ships to the stand on the principle of absolute publish it for the general benefit to the

(Continued ot fout of neze column.) Government concerned,

The men dare not remove their gas masks against the Conservative Government's Bridge has been safely towed into postrian property. for a moment. Fifty tons of gas shells conduct in the Luxburg affair and tion. The operation of hoisting, lasting (2) Control of German and Austrian were thrown into ous sector in one night, emphasising the determination of the

subjects.

filling the dug outs and galleries with Swedish people to maintain strict on thirty hours, is proceeding satisfactorily clouds of poisonous fumes. The prisoners trality. The Socialists have demanded a and is being witnessed by twenty-five

re all suffering badly.

change of Government.

thousand people.

Entente.