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General.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE VERSAILLES COUNCIL.

PACIFIST MOTION DEFEATED.

BRITISH ARMY'S TASK IN FRANCE,

MER LLOYD GEORGE'S EULOGY

LONDON, February 13th The following was the text of Mr. Lloyd Georges reference yesterday to the great part the British Army is now playing in France→→

THE UKRAINE PEACE

GERMAN PRESS NOT JOYFUL.

AMSTRILDAM, February 13th News from Berlin. indicates that the joyful reception given by the population to M. Trotzky's anomalous Russo Quad- ruplice peace declaration is not shared by the Press, which dwells on Germany's difficulties in future dealings with Russia.

FRENCH PRESS OPINION.

PARIS, February 13th,

1015.

FOR VALOUR."

TWELVE AWARDS.

LONDON, February 12th. Another series of heroic acts is gazetted, in connection with the award of twelve Victoria Crosses Seven of those who

them snorificed their lives. The exploits inclado

Italian Front.

{THROUGH REUSER'S ADEBOY.}

BRITISH LINE IN ITALY.

CONSIDERABLY LENGTHENED.

LONDON, February 13th.

Router's Correspondent at Headquar ters in Italy states that the British line The late Lt-Colonel NEVILLE ELLIOTT has been considerably longthened east of COOPER, Royal Fusiliers. On learning the Montello Ridge, along the Piave, aud that the enemy had broken through an now extends some miles east of Nervosa. outpost line and was advancing across

Naval Activities. the open he rushed out of his dug-out, mounted the parapet and dashed forward, calling the reserve company and details

[THEQUER REUTER'S AGENCY.]

The British are holding the most im portant part of the line. I felt fattered at the Versailles Council when I realised LONDON, February 13th.

that this new army, which sprang into In the debate on the Address, in the being in, the cojiras of from two to three

The French Press commenting on the House of Commons, Mr. R D. Et years, has been entrusted by France with Ukraine Peace, emphasises that Cerranny (Hexhor) moved an amendment regret the defence of its capital, with the de has courted trouble with Poland by al of the battalion headquarters to follow SPANISH VESSEL TORPEDOED ting that the Supreme War Count fence of the mest vital parts of Franco locating three Polish provinces to the Absolutely unarmed he made a beeline was only concerned with the thak (cheers), and that the porte along the Ukrainains, and consequently the Polish for the enemy, and, leading his men, of the prosecution of the military effort and suggesting that there were alterna France to the defence of the British army will still play a part in the forced back the enemy 600 yards, He

tive methods of accomplishing our end.

Mr Balfour said the debate was duc to, a misunderstanding of what had hap pened at Versailles and the reference The thereto in the King's speech. Versailles Council had mot to deal with the great military problems with which We were faced. The Council did not at tempt to survey the war aims. It was unfitted to den! fully with them. Nevor theless, the Council concluded that there was no glimmer of peace in Count Hertling's and Count Czernin's speeches, Therefore the military measures were more important than ever,

Mr. Balfour, continuing, said: Had

anyone been able to extract from Count Czernin anything as satisfying the war-aims of the Allies? It was true that President Wilson found a more

const were all voluntarily handed over by

Army, and France's demand was not that the British Army should take less, but more, responsibility" (Chicers.)

BRITISH ACHIEVEMENTS DURING LAST YEAR, INTERESTING FACTS

LONDON, February 13th, In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law gave a list of interesting British. achievements. He said:

Last year 820,000 men were added to the Army, while 737,000 men and 800,000 women were placed in employment in Britain; 880,000 tons of cereals and 3000,000 tons of potatoes had been added. to our production.

We were the only belligerent whose food production was undiminished. A million additional acres were plougher, last year, while 1,200.000 more acres were already ploughed this year.

The wheat stocks in the United King- dom in Deceraber exceeded those for December, 1918, by two million quarters One million tons of shipping had been built in the United Kingdom in 1917, and we lent 1500,000 tons of shipping to our Alliea.

Our guns in France were incrcazod by thirty por cint, and our aeroplanes had multiplied two and a half times compared with 1916

struggle.

OFFENDS AUSTRIAN POLISH

PARTY. AMSTERDAM, February 13th. A Vienna message states that the Austrian Polish Party has broken off relations with the Vienna Government, because the Ukraine Peace has assigned the Cholm Government to Ukraine,

THE KAISER. The Kaiser has resumed his truculent tone over the result of the Ukrain Peace. He has telegraphed to Count Hertling that the cordon of Germany's enemies has at length been broken by the victorious Garman armies..

He also telegraphed to the Managing Director of the Norddeutsche Lloyd that the German sword had opened a door which must lead to a general pence. A CAUTIOUS WAITING ATTITUDE

SUGGESTED

TWENTY-SEVEN SURVIVORS.

MADRID, February 13th.

The Barcelona steamer Ceferino has bein: torpedoed, five hundred miles off Cape Orchilla

twenty-seven Entish

was severaly wounded when forty yards ahead, when he signalled as follows: "Withdrawn realising insuperable odds,"

The submarine towed four boats, con regardless of the knowledge that he must

taining twenty-seven survivors, to Hierro be taken prizoner.

The Cefering carried salt to a The late Captain WALTER STONE, Royal Fusiliers Though ordered to withdraw colony and a general cargo for Manila his company and leave a rearguard owing t to an expected attack remained when he ITALIAN TORPEDOED BOATS realised the unexpected rapidity of the onslaught He proceeded to telephone SCESSFUL RAID INTO BAY OF most valuable information under o

BUCCARI, tremendous bombardment and was seen

ROME, February 14th. fighting to the last when the rearguard was surrounded and ent to pieces. Italian torpedo bouts on the night of Liontenant SAMUEL WALLACE Field February 10th daringly raided into the Artillery. When the personnel of his Bay of Burcari, near Fiume, and tor- Battery had been reduced to five and pedoed a large steamer. surrounded, he maintained the fire by dog swinging trails round close together, en GERMAN DESTROYERS ACTIVE. abling the men to serve the guns, thereby rendering very valuable support to other troops. He was in action eight hours

Sergeant Cynu GOCRISY, Field Artil lery. Though closely best, he fired & view the whole day and kept the enemy Buy a short range and in full enemy in check.

The late Private WALTER MILLS, of the Manchester Regiment. Despite being Indly gassed, he continued to bomba strong enemy patrol single-handed until the arrival of reinforcements. The exertions and the line was retained intact. enemy was sorely defeated, owing to his Mills died from gas-poisoning.

(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.]

tender tone in Count Czernin's speech, and President Wilson was amply justified in dwelling upon the different tone com- pared with the speech of Conat Hertling; but he did not profess to find definite propositions in Count Czernin's speech: Even Count Czernin was not prepared to accept any of President Wilson's, impor. tant war hima Becaus, the Versailles Council referred to its only business being the prosecution of the war, it was incorrect, to assume that no efforts bail been made by the belligerents to come to torms. The Government's view was that the attitude of the Central Powers shower that diplomacy was at present impotent.

He concluded by dofending the Wa, The Central Powers had banged the door.

Cabinet system of government, which, he The German Chancellor and the Kaiser

pointed out bad been adopted by all the had emphasised that they were as far rebelligerents. If the House of Commons moved as three years ago from acceptingad no confidence in the Government-cautious waiting attitude with a view President Wilson's ideals, to which all the Allies had subscribed. Germany had Bown that she did not mean to come to The differences between Count Hertling and Count Czernin might show that Austria was nearer a reasonable frame of mind than Germany, but the friendliest investigation into Count Hertling a speech did not

AMSTERDAM, February 14th. According to latest indications from the German Press, M Trotzky's latest move has caused the greatest dissatis faction and suspicion in Germany. The highest quarters are busily conferring Franco- Belgian Front.

find a solution of the puzzle, while a section of the Press insists that M. Trotzky must be forced to sign a regular peace It is authoritatively stated that Count Hertling has resolved to conduct no. further negotiations and 18 even considering the recall of the Economic Commissions from Petrograd. Another section the Press urges a

terms:

the least symptom that the end of German militarism was near. Germany's enstern successes, which were not due to fighting, demonstrated

they ought to get a government which would carry on the work better, but until they did so it was their daty to avoid dataaging criticism (Loud choora ) BRITISH LABOUR AND PEACE DETERMINED TO FIGHT TO THE FINISH,

NEW YORK, February 14th. At a Labour mass meeting addressed by members of the British Labour Min sion, Mr. C. Duncan (member of the House of Commons for Barrow-in-Fur-

The fear is generally expressed that to securing an exchange of prisoners

the Bolsheviks are vigorously working to form Red Guards out of the remnants of the Russian Army, with the object of hampering the German restoration of order by guerilla bands,

ULTIMATUM TO ROUMANIA.

BEMI-OFFICIAL DENTAL

AMSTERDAM, Tebruary 13th.

her true spirit, namely, to add to herness) declared that the assertion that damies that Germany has sent an ulti

British Labour desired peace was ridiculous,

territory, secure her military extension by nequiring a controlling influence over Mr, Appleton oxpresed supreme con- new great areas and make her borders fidence in British's ability to hold her own, and belittled the so-called British Bocuse by getting new alien populations Labour unrest, declaring that the bulk under her control. That was Germany's of the workers were in the war to the BOLE AGENTS

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Mr. Holt's amendment was defeated by 159 to 23 - The minority were all pacists

SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON Parliamentary correspondents declare that the differences between the Gore ment and the Opposition on the subject of the Versailles Conference, as manifest

- LONDON, February 12th. Hoping to encourage recruiting for the Labour Corps the Government has asked some of the Church Missionary Society's Missionaries to

companies of raise double Christions and to accompany their

them officers

and chaplains. In accordance with this three of the Society's mission- aries are now in France in charge of the Indians working behind the line four are in France in charge of the Chinese, while eight are serving with the Labour Corps in Africa..

ITALY'S DETERMINATION

Rom, February-13th.

A semi-official message from Berlin matum to Roumania and states that General Mackensen is negotiating with the Roumanian Army Command regard ng 3 continuation of the armistice,

The Bulgarian Minister at Berlin has stated that Bulgaria is willing to

give Roumania Besarabia if she gets Dobrudjs. The Central Powers would not object to this

The interview is regarded as an official feeler

RAILWAY TO JERUSALEM COMPLETED.

LONDON, February 13th.

In his speech in the House of Lords, Lord Curzon said that the operations of General Allenby, which were being con-

pressed, tinuously

had been much facilitated by the railway from Egypt to Jerusalem, which had been completed during the last few days,

In his reference to the Imperial War Conference, Lord Curzon said

ed in the debate, are much discussed in In a speech delivered in the Chamber the Lobby, together with General Sir of Deputies, Signor Orlando, the Pre-

It is as essential to our Dominions Muthier, emphasised Italy's inferible doter- William Robertson's position

from the earth as it is for ourselvom in prominence is given to the text of Nr.mination to continue the war from oversea that militarism should parish motives of self-preservation and the attainisent of her national ideals Europe. It is esential to them that they

given free scope The deliberations at Versailles he ment to which tay look forward in said, han inspired the fullest confidence future. A Cayman victory would mean One factor alone which must greatly in the dental to them of many of their prove the situation was the growing highest aspirations

o Tersailles Con- Americat assistance. The xference emphasised the necessity of close

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NEAR NORWAY.

LONDON, February 13th. Large destroyers, supposed to be Ger man, passed Mandal, at the southern or tremity of Norway, going full-speed

westward,

Maay German submarines have been observed off the south coast of Norway during the last few days.

THE SUBMARINE MENACEL BRITISH SHIPPING RETURNS. LONDON, February 13th. The Admiralty reports that the ar rivals for the week totailed 9,401 and the sailing 2,274

Thirteen vessels of over and six under. 1,000 tons were sunk.

Eleven were unsuccessfully at ucked Threa fishing vessels were sunk. FRENCH SHIPPING RETURNS. LONDON, February 14th.

The French arrivals for the work wers 891 and the sailings 841NADA

One ship of over and one under. 1,600 tons were sunk.

BRITISH FRONT.

FINE WORK BY CANADIANS.

LONDON, February 14th. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig ro portsThe Canadians, who successfully raided south-eastward of Hargicourt, killed many Germans above ground and took thirteen prisoners as well as two An Italian official message states that machine guns. They destroyed four the arrivals were 187 and the sailings French mortars and bombed sorentoen dug 421 outs whose occupants refused to s17 render

One vessel was unsuccessfully attacked. ITALIAN SHIPPING RETURNS.

LONDON, February 14th.

The sinkings were four steamers over 1,500 tons and three sailing vessels under 100 tons, and one mailing vessel datinged,

Our casualties were slight and all our wounded were brought in.

The Canadians last night successfully NORWAY'S MARITIME LOSSES raided Hill 70 northward of Leus. They ret considerable opposition, but took six Our prisoners and a machine-gun. casualtine were light.

LONDON, February 13th To January 31st, 714 Norwegian_mer- chantmen, aggregating over a million

Local fighting took place this morning tons, have been lost owing to the north-westward of Passchendaele A war 883 seamen have been drowned; party of attacking Germans occupied two and 53 Norwegian ships with crows posts, but our counter-attack regained the totalling over 700 are posted as mir About two thirds of the latter sing. ** T Posta

are war lossch

The enemy's artillery is more active southward and westward of Lens !!!

AVIATION

The Near East.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,

The weather rendered flying on Tues day almost impossible. Observations m batterica.

lor artillery to engage a few hostile THE PALESTINE CAMPAIGN.

We bombed various targets behind the lines and machine gunned the enemy's trenches Yesterday's raid on Offenburg gave excellent results, 1 tons of bombs ceing dropped on barracks, the railway station and railway workshop,

Several bursts werd secured in the vicinity of the barracks and two fires broke out in the town.

All our machines returned.

A British seroplane made a successful reconnaisance of German aerodromes.

SUCCESSFUL RAIDS

LONDON, February 19th, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig ro ports a successful raid south-eastward of Hargicourt, patrol encounters south-east yard of Lens and hostile artillery Brins at Epeby and pre

A GERMAN REPORT. Avireless German official message states:

We repulsed strong reconnoitring de tachments northward of Lens and forth- ward of Omignonbach,

BRITISH AVIATOR'S PLUCK

LONDON, February 13th.

A Palestine official message states: Australian flying anits on January 12th bombed the railway station at El Kutram, 20 miles northward of Mean, dropping 1041ba of bombs. Fourteen direct hits were obsorved on the station buildings, tracks, focomotives and rolling

stock. All our machines returned safely. Five

enemy air scouts and two larger of our machines, aeroplanes attacked one which droves down twa of the Ecouts,

other thres ed. Srators then pursued

drover

down the

Arah forces under the King of Hedine continue their successful operations and have repeatedly raided the Hedjaz railway northward of Madina, effecting importart demolitions.

DUTCH REFUSE GERMAN PAPIR

Difficulties have already arisen the recent establishment by the Dich We repelled, inflicting losses, a Frenih Government of the Export Central to attack between flirey and Moselle

control Dutch

Bonar Law's reply to Mr. Pringle when the latter asked whether Sir William Robertson had been dismissed. Bonar Law replied: Certainly not." Mr. Pringle added: "Has he resigned 1 Mr. Bonar Law replied: No, sofer Allied cohesion on the Western Front DEATH OF SIR CECIL SPRING air raid on Baarbrucken.. as I know." Mr. Tringlo demanded an concurrently with freedom and respon explanation of this qualification and Mr.sibility for each Allied Command Such Boaar Law, replied. "It is impossible autonomotes command was due to reasons. of general utility and not considerations

to be absolutely certain when a question of national amour propre. 1 sprung upon one,

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OTTAWA, February 14th,

F. We bombed Nancy as a reprisal for the dai corret

FRENCH FRONT.

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The ex-Ambassador Bir Cecil Spring. GERMANY'S INEVITABLE BECK Bee has died at Government House, from

ONING WITH BRITAIN.heart failures a The Rheinssch Westfaelische Zeitung,

(Sir Cecil Spring Rice, G.0.M.G., was 52 communiqué saysThere was age grandson of the Rt. Hon fairly considerable artillery activity in

Lord Melbourne Chan the region of Finout and north west of the Government has already made eve million forins (12 Horins to the pearl). Exchequer. He entered the Rheims

In the House of Commons, Mr Bonarins remarkable article says Germany's Lawannounced that proceedings, under sins from Russia are too modest Cer many fuust have all Poland and White the Defence of the Realm Act would be taken as speedily as possible in cones Russia. Moreover Bussi conceals enormous explosive forces which are cle.by. Cal Honington bound to affect the German masser and Em

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