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THE WAR.

(Continued from page 5.)

Franco-Belgian Front

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BRITISH THRUST RESUMED

SATISFACTORY PROGRESS

·REPORTED.

LONDON, October 11th. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re ports:Wo attacked at 3.25 this morning

Genera

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.] HOODWINKING THE GERMAN PEOPLE.

SOUND AND FURY SIGNIFYING NOTHING.

AMSTERDAM, October 19th- The Reichstag has adjourned until December 5th. The President, in his con- cluding speech, exhorted the people not to lose their nerve.

General von Hindenburg, replying to the German National Chamber of Com-

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

REMOVAL OF EX-TSAR AND FAMILY.

PETROGRAD, October 12th. The ex-Tsar and family have been transferred to a monastery in the vicinity of Tobolsk, as the ex-Tsar complained of the curiosity of crowds day and night surrounding the house at Tobolsk, which was without a garden.

COSSACK REPRESENTATION

DEMANDED..

A conference of the Cossacks has for mulated demands fucluding that Cossacks

THE COCKNEY IN HOSPITAL.

SALONIKA FORCE. A certain Cockney of the slums, Bert, WILD CHARGES DENIED. was an acquaintance of mine before the

Replying to several discursive critics war, and from him I gleaned some vague recently, Mr. Balfour repudiated with knowledge of his kind. did not guzas much warmth the wild charges. which how intimate was soon to be association have been current in some quarters with a multitude of the Berts of the British troops on the Salonika front: He respecting the discipline and courage of world. I was to be their servant, to wait ever, nor was these any truth in the sug said that they had no foundation what- upon them, to perform menial tasks for gestion of divided responsibility between them, to wash them and dress them and the Foreign Office and the War Office. undress them, to carry them in my arms: He had not the slightest conception, be In my own ward, and elsewhere in the hospital, I came in close contact with many Cockneys. Even when one had not precisely placed" a patient of this de acription, the relatives who came to him ou visiting days gave the one. The mother was sometimes a flower girl,'

the

said, how the attggestion arose. The For gign Office had nothing to do with mili try masters on that front. where a French General was in supreme On- mand He thought it very unlikely that there would be operations on a large cale in that quarter Mr. Balfour said that he looked forward with hope and bian Kingdom, under conditions which would ninke it more successful and glorions than ever before,

on a front of six miles north east of merce, said: England's envy has shall no longer be used as police for sweetheart with a very feathered hat, and confidence to the restoration of the Ser-

Ypres.

We are progressing satisfactorily. Heavy rain has fallen all night.

BRITISH AND ANZAC TROOPS ATTACK.

LONDON, October 19th. Reuter's Correspondent at the British Headquarters states: British and Anzac troops to-day resumed the process of pushing the Germans off what remains of wir foothold upon the great ridge system. enst of Ypres.

The French to the left have not moved to-day, but their artillery is pounding the eneng Pigorously;

The weather hay now improved, and thią. afternoon there is a crisp breeze and ni blue sky, but when the troops went for ward the conditions were miserable. Although the ground was benvy, it was better ima sm the last attack.

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closed the door of international commerce, but she shall feel the sharpness of the sword until she parishes,"

Admiral Scheer, replying ta the Stendal Pence Committee, said --" Your

political purposes and an increase in the umber of Cossack representatives in the preliminary Parliament.

confidence inspires the U-bout men, and PARIS PACIFISTS PUNISHED | of patient well enough to walk about, dissented. Secrecy, in his view, was

we shall ensure that the British shall never again dare to pick a quarrel

Herr Hertling, speaking. in the Bavarian Diet, remarked that

"" the British were hard-hearted, calculating business met, but they were also begins ning to doubt whether war was a paying business.

Foræderts declires that De Michaelis, after the recent scenes in the Reichstag, is finally impossible as Chancellor,

U-BOAT MEN MUTINY.

Loxnes, October 12th.

* 10 is learned from a reliable source that there is a strong and growing disinclina tion on the part of German coamento serve un bonts,"

Several Germans have verently on shit for refusing service or submarines

The Germans were again caught un expectedly for they could hardly have anticipated that we should again strike Ho soon, nor in such weather, but Sir Douglas Haig, whom I saw yesterday,

It is noteworthy that the execution was looking partienlarly well and wear- were quite apart from the mating at ing an air of complete satisfaction, HeWilhelmshaven, which occurred at a prios

date. fully realises the value of time when the epemy is still staggering under the shock SYMPTOMS OF ALLIES POLICY of previous blows,

The scheme of to-day's battle seama to be fraught with the most interesting possibilities; more than this. I must not BA. We have driven the Germans prneti- cally out of the whole depth of their defen sive front over a width of several thousand yards. The result is that the Germans, Dust now oppose us more than on any previous occasion since the first Battle of Ypres with Besh and blood instead of dug-onis,, deep trenches and concreted

redoubts. They are now shovelling and running up wire in feverish haste at the rear, but the dominant ridge enables us to see all this and to shell the workers with very disturbing effects. A pill-box takes a month to construct and cannot be built in wet or frosty weather.

The harrage was more terrific than beretofore and crawled ahead of our lads this morning, searching with incandescent corruscations every yard traversed. The enemy's artillery response was somewhat ragged.

It is always dangerous to draw general conclusions from foent symptoms, but many reports are current to the effect that the Germans are getting short of big-gun ammunition. Certainly their Army Orders invariably adroonish, in heavy type, in husband this as much as possible. Recently the enemy had been firing at us some of our own shells captured from the Russians. The fact that they are bring ing these so far. in view of the great transport difficulties is significant. It was reported at 7.40 this morning that our troops had gained their first obiectives, Machine-gun fire appears to be the chief trouble, indicating that a large propor- tion of the German artillery has been withdrawn well to the rear.

Our airmen are up in great strength. doing splendidly, especially in directing artillery fire on large bodies of marching troops. Some tanks were seen, but no reports in connection with these are avail

able

GERMAN REPORTS.

LONDON, October 12th. A German wireless official message atates:-Between the Lys and the Ypres Menin road ring increased suddenly. There was drumfire this morning. New chamy, attacks then commenced on wide

sectors.

DUTCH TRESS FAIRLY PHILOSOPHICAL

·LONDON, October 11,

PARIS, October 19th."

Six persons have been sentenced from four months' to two years' imprisonment for distribating pacifist pamphlets BRITISH MILITARY APPOINT-

MENT.

LONDON, October 12th.

The War Office announces that Major

General Sir Willian Salmond has been

appointed Director-General of Military Aeronautics, in succession to Major General Sir David Henderson, who is un- dertaking special work.

ARGENTINA'S SOLICITOUS CARE OF COUNT LUXBURG.

hair which evidently lived in curling pins except on great, occasion, probably worked in a factory. These people, if the patient were confined to bed, sat be side him and talked in a subdued throaty whispers. But I have seen the same sort meet his folk at the hospital gale. There is a crowd at the hospital gate, passing in and going out; hosts of patients are waiting, some in wheeled chairs and some waited on the iron fence which fringes thebut-l truth cannot be told at all time drive. The reunions which occur at that The Foreign Secretary recalled gate are exceeding public syste of his predecessor, Viscount Grey, that he and a rather stupid bashfulsandid Mr. Balfour approve the proposal to In a higher class there is here restraint certainly could tell the House everything, but that he could only do it once. Nor seen a wounded youngster Bush apprehen sively and only peck his mother in return This was not the time for change, and he set up a Foreign Relations Committee. for ner sobbing embrace. That is not believed that the existing system did not Bert's way. He knows he is no fool work ill. There was a widespread deln that his mother looks a triflu absurd as, sion about the so-called secrete diplomacy. with bonnet awry, she surges perspiringly Diplomary was not a criminal operation past the entries. But he Lobbles sprily Leovering up dark transretions; it was a to meet her, and his salute is so more

extension to international relations of

A good deal had been said about the conduct of foreign policy, and the need for greater publicity Mr. Balfour essential. Debates were the lifeblood of `. a free country, but not en foreign affairs, here storything depended on discretion. Truth is desirable said Mr. Halfour,

saying

pick, but a smacking kiss, so noisy that private intercourse. To reveal from day - makes every one laugh. He laughs torto day what was ultimately revealed in but the main thing is that he has managed its proper proportions in a Blue Book to please his mother. Sit sing loud would really be insanity, As for secret ty, yet laughing als, and one could want diplomney being responsible for the war n better pieture of human affection than Mr. Balfour did not believe that in June. this of Bernad oy Bert and his shape 1914, either the British or the Frenelx less, work-distored, mayłe bibulous-100- Government had the slightest notion that ing mother, exetunging that resound-there was daager ahend

and ungracesul kiss at the hospital gate. I have heard Bert BUENOS, AARES, October 12th. shout "Mocher!" from a hundred yards.

off, when he spied her coming through the Conat Luxburg, who was awaiting an

gate. No tuise shame there! No soug opportunity to depart, evaded surveil-good formin tator in the time. lance and attempted to flee to the interior. honoured jest which follows: And ave you remembered to bring me a bottle of He was arrested and his luggage seized:

beeg, mother?” (Of course, visitors are Count Luxburg protested and insulted

not allowed to introduce alcohol into the the authoritics, and he was taken back hospital otherwise I am afraid there is to Buenos Aires..

no doubt that mother would have obliged) In one of our wards we barboured for a

GENERAL HAIG AND THE RED CROSS.

Dutch newspapers appear to accepty. fairly philosophienly the stoppage of commercial telegrams which is the new form of pressure exercised by the Allies. The stoppage applies to all commercial cables between Allied countries and Hol- land.

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· Dutch business men are much perturly ed, and are likely to urge the Governmen to comply with the British demands.

THE SILVER MARKET.

strings, leading to different beds, complete this instruinent of torture, After a deter- mined search, nurse finds one string, and, having cut it, flatters herself that she has gab the better of her enemies. Not a bit. of it. She has scarcely settled in her chair again before the tinklings recoin- monce. The second string is in action; and as she lunts aout the ward for the source of the melody in the ceiling, muffled convulsions of mirth, from the dim rows of beds, furnish evidence that her naughty charges are not getting the r

A use who happens to be unpopular never has these pranks played upon her. They are in the nature of a compliment. Nor do they occur in a ward where there is a patient seriously ill. It is impossible to imagine war-hospital patients acting rade. This observation renders all the inconsiderately towards a distressed coni more amusing the scandalized conect which I once be held on the demure phy siognomy of a visiting clergyman when lo gathered the drift of certain allusions to

case on the Danger List.

while a costermonger. This coster, 10 entertaining and pucky creature whe had to have a leg amputated, received no callers on visiting-day his own relativesse which they require, and to chsure were dead, and he and his wife had sepa which is part of the purpose of her pre- LONDON: Orlober 12th.

rated. "Couldn't "is it orf,” he explain. Fold-Marshal Sir Donging Haig lused, and with tandable impartiality added: written to the Chairman of the Red Cross

Married beneath er, she did, w'en she and St. John Sucieties in connection with married me.” As the lady was herself a Now that the whole world is becoming the "Our Day" appeal on the isth inst,

coster, it was plain that here, as in other increasingly concerned in the war, direct expressing gratitude at the admirable grades of society, there are degrees, con- ly or indirectly, the Allies are no longer work they are doing with the Expedi-ventions, and barriers which may not be hesitating to adopt stringent peasures for tionary Force, whether in transporting thought that the patient should inform his lightly overstepped." Sister," however, the furtherance of their policy of shorten wounded or in supplying a host of com ing the war by hurting the enemy to the forts to men in hospital. He says their wife that he had lost a leg, and prevailed on him to send her a letter to that effect, sonable methods, even though neutrals and efficiently, while their aid rendered atmost, utilising for themselves all red-work is performed zealously, devotedly

A few days later he was asked: Well, are temporarily inconvenienced. The to the Medical Corps is beyond ali did you write and tell your wife you had extreme tightening of the blockade, the praise. Sir Douglas hopes that there is lust a leg? Yus." I suppose she's

The name of the Danger List explains commandeering of foreign abips, the no risk of their splendid work being answered What has she said? Said

I'm a liar! Her retort had neither dis- itself. When a patient is put on the stoppage of telegrams and bunkering curtailed through lack of funds. facilities are symptoms of this policy.

concerted nor offended him. He was a Danger List his relatives are sent for, and philosopher--and, like so many of his may be with him whether it is the visiting kind, a laughing philosopher. "When he afternoon or not. (If they come from the GT. BRITAIN AND SWEDISH

was sufficiently recovered from his opera provinces, they art presented with a rail- SHIPS

tion to get about on crutches he was the. way pas, and, if poor, are allotted lodg He took a special de-ings near the hospital, a grant being made wag of the ward. light in those practical jokes which are

to them from our Benevolent Fund) For the information of the VOD's. who no- invented by patients to tease the nurses, and devoted the most painstaking inswer visitor's questions in the Inquiry gonuity to their preparation. It was he Bureau at the main entrance to the why found a small hole in the Jath and hospital, a copy of the Danger List hangs plaster well which separate, the ward there, and it is un record that an awe from the wards kitchen. Through this struck child, seeing this colution of hole a length of cotton was passed and patients' names, and reading the heading, LONDON, October 12th.

tied to the handle of a mug on the kitchen asked: "What does Danger List Mr. A. C. Balter, K.O, Unionist shel At this period, owing to the mean. Does it mean thit it's dangerous. Member for Basingstoke, and Mr. Zeppelin raids, only the barest minimum to go near them? Now, in Ward Cee a pointed Justices of the King's Bench Alexander Roche, K., have been ap-of light was allowed, and the night nurse patient, a Cockney, was on the Dinger. when she entered the kitchen, went into List-which circumstances availed nothing Division,

almost completo darkness.. No sooner to depress his spirits. In spite of con- was she in the kitchen and fumbling for siderable pain, he poked fun at the pros what she required than a faint noise- pect of his own imminent demise, and was that of the cup being twitched by the himself the chief effonder against the cotton leading to the mischievous coster's edict of quietness which Sister bid bed arose on the shelf, and convinced issued for her ward. He would talk; and. her that he was in the presence of a he would talk about undertakers, post. mouse. She retreated, and perhaps if morte, epitaphs and the details of a any convalescent patient had been awake she would have enlisted his aid to expel the mouse but in the ward the patients were, as one man, noring vociferously. It was this slightly overdone snoring, at the finish, which gave birth to suspicions

LONDON, October 12th. It is beloved that forty Swedish vessel.. alone are affected by the British Govern ment's scheme of requisitioning British- owned ships registered under a neutral flag now lying in British ports. Four have already been taken over.

TRADE AFTER THE WAR.

LONDON, October: 12th.

Addison has appointed a Committee to The Press Bureau announces that Dr. report on questions connected with the securing and distributing of raw mate rials required. for Britial industries for the purpose of restoring and developing trade after the war.

CANADA AND COALITION.

OTTAWA, October 12th, ment that the formation of a Coalition Sir Robert Borden authorises the state Government is assured. ̧

It is expected to consist of Liberals and Conservatives equally..

AMERICA AND THE WAR. GEENAN BEAMEN SENTENCED.

CHARLESTOWN (S.C.), October 12th. steamer Lichenfels, which was sunk at her Three of the crew of the German anchorage in January, have been sen- teneed to two years' imprisonment and"

LONDON, October 11th. Silver is quoted at 143d. There are rather larger offerings, and the market is dully

JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS.

has resigned.

The Hon. Sir Edward Ridley, K.C,

Aerial Activities.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ENEMY AERODROME BOMBED

LONDON, October 12th- The Admiralty announces that, despite the weather, naval aireraft dropped many bombs on Sparappelhock aerodrome yes- terday. All our machines returned.

Russian Front,

{THEOVGH KSUZEK'S AGENCY.]

and caused the trick to be detected.

military funeral, That there top nota of the Last Post on the bugle docsn't arf sound proper," he said a verdict. which any one who has heard this beauti ful and inspired fanfare, which is the farewell above a soldier's grave, and which ends on a Boaring treble," will en- The nigh', narses do not have a placid endorse But, he went on, if the time of it if their patients are at the bugler's ad a drop somethin' warm on stage of recovery when spirits begin to the way to the cemetery, that there top. rise and the early slumber hour which the note always reminds me of a 'iccup. Am. hospital rules prescribe is not welcome, if iccups over me, I shall wanter spit String-actuated nuveries, more or less in 'is cy, blimey if I won't." This similar to the mous in the kitchen one of days, and getting to be more and more persiflage had been going on for a couple are always devised for the plaguing of a

A Gerthu official message states:-The fined one thousand dollars each for con REPORTED RUSSIAN new night nurse. Sometimes in the deat elaborato and allusive, infecting the entire

battle is still in full swing on the Lange marek and Minebeke fronts.

The fighting continues in some places where the English have penetrated our lines, to the north of Poelcapelle and to the south-west of Passchendaele.

"FRENCH FRONT.

ARTILLERY DUEL

Patis, October 12th.

spiracy to sink the ship.

EXPORT OF TUNGSTEN.

NEW YORK, October 12th. A plot to export tungsten on board a Scandinavian liner has been frustrated by the arrest of a steward and two local Swedes. Two hundred pounds of tungsten were found concealed on the liner.

THE EXPORT OF HIDES AND SKINS.

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SUCCESSES.

LONDON, October 12th.

A Russian wireless official message atates: --We mounter-attacked and restored our position south of the Pskov high road. The enemy took several trenches in the Buczacz region. In a counter-attack we re-captured them.

We drove out Turks from a height south of Urmia

▲ communique saysThe night was

A Tanners Alliance has been formed,The marked by great mutual artillery activity on the suggestion of the Government, to and a series of Gernian attempts on control the export of hides and skins, in various parts of the line, including west order to prevent them reaching enemy of Cerny, west of Maison-de-Champagne, destinations. and in the regions of Souain and Auberive, all of which failed. The duel continues to the right of the region of Beronaux and on the right of the Meuse,

NEW NATIONAL ARMY.

WASHINGTON, October 12th.

Balkans:

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

INTENSE ARTILLERY FIRE.

of night, when utter silence broods over ward, so that the fact that the man was the ward, the gramophone will abruptly on the Danger List had become a kind of burst into raucous music-its mechanism catchword amongst his fellows Entered has been released by a contrivance, which in all innocence, the clergyman. ("The gives no clue to the crime's perpetrator. Very bloke to put me up to all the tricks !" The flustered nurse grope her way down from the irreverent one.) At the same the ward and stops the gramophone, moment walking patient, also a Cockney, every patient meanwhile sitting up in bed who had been reading a newspaper, gave and protesting against her cruelty invent to a cry of feigned horror. "Boys [" Half-an-hour after the ward has quieted the sally. Every one saw the innuende having awakened them by starting it, he announced, it says ere there a shortage of timber 1 Guffaws greeted down, the other gramophone (some wards own two) whirrs off into impudent song it at once every one except the clergyman, albo has been primed. Nurse is wiser on Chum So-and-to was on the Danger List, and when he grasped the point that Ol future occasions she stows the gram and a shortage of timber was supposed phones, when she comes on duty, where to imply that he might be done out of no one can tamper with them. Even a coffin, he was visibly shocked. Perhaps so, the may have her nerves preyed upon he did not understand Cockney humour. by earie tinklings, impossible to locate

However, one may add that our

in the darkuess these are caused by two irrepressible friend, at the moment of koives, hung from a nail fixed high up in writing, is off the Danger List (albeit LONDON, October 12th rafters. By jiggling a string, which is only after a protracted struggle with the There is most intense artillery firing National Army actually in training crstates: There is intenso artillery fire in the wall to his pillow the patient makes contriving to E as funry about Lile as A German wireless official message conducted over another rafter and down Enemy at when he jeered), and is now

Meure.

Mr. Baker the Secretary for War, has stated that the number of men in the new

ing, etc., is ready as required.

Bend

knife clash. Sometimes two (Continued at foot of next Column.)-Ward Muir