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THE WAR.

The following Cables were received on Saturday night and weed in our Barly morning dasta seslerday.

neo-Belgian Front.

(THROUGH BRUTER'B ADENOS. BRITISH FRONT. ENORMOUS NUMBER OF GAS SHELLS FIRED BY ENEMY,

LONDON, December 29th. Bouter's Correspondent at French Headquarters says: The whole of the British Front continues snowbound.

Gorman artillery is fring a very large proportion of gas shells Undoubt edly, the enemy has now very large sup- plies of gune and ammunition, but our replies are offretive.

Winter training is in full swing in the back areas, which are alive with the khaki movement

The health of the troops is wonderful and the abundance of recreations keeps them in good spirits.

Africa.

(THROUGH BRUOTSIB AGENCY.I

GERMAN ATTACK IN

- MOZAMBIQUE.

PORTUGUESE POST ATTACKED.

LISBON, December 28th. An official message says: Is Mozam- bique two thousand Germana, with ten machine-guns and two cannon, attacked positions on Moant Mkula held by 250 Portuguese and five machine-guns.

The enemy assaulted after three days fighting, taking prisoners nine officera and soventeen men.

RUSSO GERMAN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. CENTRAL POWERS REPLY TO PROPOSALS

LONDON, December 28th. Replying to the sir points contained in the Russian demands, cabled on Decem- ber 23rd, the Central Powers doalare:

Firstly, that they do not intend to for- cibly appropriate any lorritories at pre- sent occupied.

Secondly, that they have no intention to rob suy nation of independence which has been lost during the war.

Thirdly, the question of self-determina. tion of national groups which possess no

as botwood States but should be solved by State independence cannot be regulated

every State with its own people, indopen- There were Forty Portuguese casual dently and in a constitutional manner.

tics.

The Germans liberated the prisoners. We put out of action the machine guns before they fell into the enemy's hands.

THROUGH REUTELL'S AGENCY.]

The latest drafts of Overses troops will General. probably feel the cold most, but their sea sound comrades tell them they will soon find it hot enough.

ENEMY TRENCHES BOMBED

LONDON, December 28th Field Marshal Bir Douglas Haig, in a 18 active roport, states:-Artillery firing north of St. Quentin and in the neigh bourhoods of Arras, Messines and east of Ypres

AMERICA AND THE WAR, GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF

RAILWAYS.

WASHINGTON, December 28th. The affected interests approve of Pre-

Firing was intermittent on Wednesday aident Wilson's taking over of the rail. roads. Important financial agreements Owing to snowstorms,

Enemy trenches were bombed and are foreshadowed, including an applica- Billets were bombed tion to Congress to sanction the Govern machine gunned.

ment acquisition of an unlimited quantity during the night

Field Marshal Bir Douglas Haig in a of new railroads securities and the right later message states there is nothing to to appropriate all earnings over an agreed figure Congress will be asked to appro report

prints 200,000,000 dollars for rolling stock.

THE LATEST SCHEMES OF

PREPARATION.

GERMAN REPURT,

LONDON, December 28th. A German wireless official message states:-There is lively fighting at Hout hulst Wood, on the north bank of the

LONDON, Deember 27th. Reuter's Correspondent with the Ameri Lys, and in the neighbourhoods of Moeuvres and Marcoing. We stormed can Army in France states that several first-line treaches north-east of thousand American air mechanics trained Bezanyaux to a breadth of nine hundred in England are ready to begin tusir metres, and blew up shelters, We return datica when the American airmen teach ed according to orders, capturing a hundred prisoners.

two

FRENCH FRONT.

the Front.

The

ARTILLERY ACTIVITY CONTINUES. of labourers,

PARIS, December 27th,

A communiqué states On the right bank of the Meuse, artillery activity con tinues to be marked at Caurieres Wood and Betonvaux.

Batteries caught enemy troups assembl ing north-west of Beronvaux and dispers ed them with heavy loss.

Italian bront

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

THE ITALIAN OPERATIONS. ENEMY AVIATION CAMP EVACUATED.

LONDON, December 28th, An Italian official communiqué says ---

We drove back patrols in the Giudicaria and Lagarina Valleys, Successful minor engagements on the Asiago Plateau Fielded prisoners

A powerful squadron of aeroplanes bom barded a large hostile fores in Romohl Valley with satisfactory results Wo forced the enemy to evacuate their aviation camp at Conegliano and destroy- ed four foot bridges in the rear of the Zenson bend,

GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, December 28th, A German wireless official message Bays-We repulsed an Italian attack at Monta Tomba.

ENERY AEROPLANES BROUGHT DOWN

LONDON, December 29th. An Italian official mago states:- Twenty-five enemy aeroplanes attempted to bombard an aviation camp west of Treviso, t

British and Italian aeroplanes ascend- ed and anti-aircraft guns came into action, and forced the enemy to retire

Eight enemy machines were brought

Eight machines renewed the attempt in the afternoon. We drove them off, bring ing down thres

Altogether eight fell in our lines and. three in the enemy a lines

All our machines returned The damage was insignificant

WASHINGTON, December 27th. Government has been naked to send to England 1,300 bricklayers and arpenters, and also hundred for construction work st extensive training quarters which

being established, are how

after which they will be transferred to France for other construction work.

CITY OF NAGPUR"

WRECKED

PASSENGERS AND PART OF VALUABLE CARGO SAVED,

Losgos, December erth. The Times correspondent at Lisbon gives details of the wreck of the City of Nagpur, off Danae Beef, Delagoa Bay.

He says that the passengers, number- ing 259, were saved, and also part of the cargo of 8,000 tons and four racehorses valued at £7,000.

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The ship is split in two and is aground. The ship and cargo are valued at a million sterling.

BRITISH TREASURY BILLS

LONDON, December 27th, British Treasury Bills rate for three and six months maturities has been re- duced from 41 to 4 per cent,

GERMANY IN THE FAR EAST.

PARIS, December 25th.

M. Pichon Foreign Minister, inter viewed, says he does not fear the intentions of reaching the Pacific and penetrating China as Japan would watch over China. Germany 18 barred from China and will never succeed in gaining an entry.

ENEMY REPRISAL FOR BRITISH FOOD CONTROLLER'S LATEST

BAID

LORDON December 28th A British-Italian official message ays Prisoners state that the enemy's "bombing attack on Treviso was in retalia

Gon for the British seroplane attack, consing many casualties in a military

POSSESSION.

LONDON December 28th The Food Controller take possession of all oil and fats, in or arriving in the

United Kingdom on or after January lek

The protection of the right of minorities forms an essential and component part of the constitutional right of peoples to self. determination, and the Central Powers will grant this right so far as it in prac tically realiable,

Fourthly, the Central Powers will not only renounos indemnification, for the costs of the war but also for war damage. Accordingly, every belligerent Power would only have to indemnify the expen. diture for its nationals who were prison- ers of war is well sa for damage done in its own territory by illegal acts of foren committed against the civilian nationals of an enemy country. The question of the creation of an International Fund for this purpose bould only be considered if other belligerents join the peace nego tiations.

Filthly, the return of the German Colonies constitutes an essential part of the German demands, from which Ger- many will haver desin),

Sixthly, there must be no economic re- straint after the war. “This condition is of the greatest importance in the pre- paration for amicable relations between belligerent countries." GERMANY'S FORMER COLONIES.

PETROGRAD, December 28th, The Russian offcial version of the Reply gives the following addition to

as regards the Colonies:- Daldering the nature of the German Colonies, the right of free peoples to determine their own destiny is at present practically impossible and the fact that Com conditions natives, under unfavourable, and without hope of victory against a much stronger enemy who receives nup- plies by sen, remain antil death faithful to their German friends, is proof of their attachment to and resolution to maintain contact with Germany."

A RUSSIAN. HOPE

The Russian Delegation, replying to the German contention regarding the des. ting of peoples in the German Colonies, SOON HO TUMBO why the German Colonies. should not be evacuated by the occupying. troops and the régime instituted during. the war anewtled so that the peoples of the Colonics may express an opinion as. regards their destiny. Any difficulties in consestien with this course could be ad justed by special appointed Commis moners. The Russian Delegation finally expresses the hops that the other belli-.. gerente will join the peace negociations. when the pourparlers are resumed on January Didi.

SMALL NATIONALITIES' INDEPENDENCE.

28th

FETROGRAD, December The Russian De'egation, replying to the Central Powers peace reply, point- ed out that the third clause contains a reservation which nullince the right of people to regulate their own destinica, and declares that the war cannot end without the rotoration of the indepen dence of all nationalities. Further- more, the Boian Delegation insista on those rights being protected in the Peace Tresty,

OPINION IN UNITED STATES.

WASHINGTON, December 28th The general opinion is that the object of the German Pesos Reply is to protract the negotiations, although there is no ex- pectation of peace, morder to mislead ber own people and strengthen the Western Front.

tude of the United States is unchange as regarde her determination not to enter into any agreement with a Government anropresentative of tha people

The German silence as regards Alsace Lorrains is emph

VIEWS OF FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER

28th

A mango from Paris says that during an important; debate in thei

Pichon

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Offical Lowing to alliances

red

to have Holanevike,

of the

butly showing All France disap proved of the Bolsheviks, but neverthe

ould maintain touch with the lose, 1 sane elements in Rumis France had not desired of her ancient Ally and swait- eda olence to resume former relations