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THE WAR.

The following Cables were received on Saturday night and issued in our Barly morning Batra gesterday.

General

MEM (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY,]

TURKS DESTROYING ARMENIAN RACE.

ROUMANIA'S HUMILIATING

PEACE

BOLSHEVIKS RESPONSIBLE FOR

DOWNFAL

LONDON, March 7th

MONDAY, MAROR 11ru, 1918.

THE BRITISH WAR-MAP.

Mr. McKanna, following Mr. Bonar

AN UNBIDDEN GUEST.

With feasting, and revel, and wine, And the roar of his canon re-echoed From Riga across to the Rheine;

The Allies all recognise that Boumania almost impossible to maintain our con- not superior to the enemy Blaspheming the name of his Maker,

no

hae option but to acquiseco - "in Germany's penal and humiliating terms, Her downfall was finally precipitated by the Petrograd Bolsheviks

The Allies will not recognise the Peace Treaty

The French Press is especially sym pathetic, pointing out that Roumania

Mouthing a braggart boist, He stood at his birthday tallo

And called for another tot.

the throne of Grenon, and the whole of Greece would have been over-run by Ger- ináns, who would have been able to con- trol the Balkans from all quarters, thus Law, hoped that in view of the policy of The Kaiser was holding a birthday, greatly increasing their strength. Greeka ringia front, and the Italian numerical harbours would have been at the disposal superiority on the Austrian Front, come of enemy submarines and experts were of Italian troops would be transferred to the opinion that it would have been parta of Belgium whore the Allies word

municationa with the East, That Buff Continuing, he invited attention to ciently ustified the present seeming the British war-map, which was conclusivo waste of enorgy in this war theatre - evidence that. Great Britain was an THE WESTERN FRONT inch of British territory, whereas Ger defeatable. The enemy did not hold an Turning to the position in the West, many had lost every Colony.We Here's to my gallant Allies, Mr. Bonar Law bulieved that the hope occupied Mesopotamin and Palestine, in an Allied victory last year would have and our war-map was as indicative of which were a terrible flow for the Allies. But despit, Russia's dropping out Ger- MADY not one stop

victory. GERMANY'S ADVANTAGE BY RUSSIA'S DEFECTION

an

And here's to them every one,

LONDON, March 8th strove to the last to fulfil her obligations been realised, but for the events in Russia, success as Germany claimed theirs to be since their God has been good and allowed

FAR EASTERN PARCELS MAIL LOST.

Reports which have been received from to the Allies, and expresses the hope that the Armenian Information Bureauer servitude will not last indicate that the handing over of Trans- Caucasia to the Turks will lead to fur- ther massacres of Armenians, and per- haps, to their final exterminations

The Turkish troops, which are advane- ing to reoccupy Armenis are destroying CHANCELLOR OF EXCHEQUER ON of the undoubted advantage that Gerroceived at the Post Office in London

all the remaining Armenian population.

Evory · Armenian male-man, boy and babe-at Samsun høre keen put to the]

GREAT BRITAIN'S WAR FINANCE.

THE BITUATION.

LONDON, March 7th. The Postmaster General announces the It was difficult to estimate the extent loss, through enemy notion, of parcels

many had gained in regard to Russia. It between January 9th and February 19th, was absurd to assume that Germany inclusive, for China, Dutch-East Indica, would be able to exploit Russia. Hongkong North Borneo, Sarawak, Siam We were informed that there would and the Straits Settlements, possibly be barely anticient

food procurable in Russia in 1018 to teed the population. He believed that the ruth

LONDON, March 74h sword. Similar atrocities are being per- Speaking in the House of Commons, in petrated at every town and village. introducing & Vete of Credit for Boghos Pasha, President of the Armen. B800,000,000, Mr. Bonar Law bid that ian National Delegation, in Paris, this was the largest single vote ever introles way in which Germany was tra declares that the Armenian nation cuced. He was glad to say that the Vote throughout its whole history was never so of Credit for £45,000,000, introduced in near complete annihilation. Armenians Deceraber, would carry us to the end of hitherto have always found abelter with the financial year. The Average daily their brothers in the Caucasus when war expenditure from the beginning of danger threatened them. Now that this the financial year to February 9th was refuge has gone they are bound to be £6,557,000. V crashed by the Turks, followed by hordes of Kurds and Tartars, INCREASE DUE TO THE ARMY

Boghos Pasha is of opinion that the

After stating that he would meanwhile Turks are not likely to stop at the frontrent the mouay lent to Russin as recover tiers assigned to them, but will attempt able, bir. Bonar Law said that the excess to fight their way through the Caucasus of expenditure over the Budget estimates In Turkestan they are preparing a Ger was $151,000,000. The increase was main mano-Turanian march towards the border ly due to the Army, including the pan of Persia and Afghanistan,

sion of operations in Mesopotamia and Palestine, involving a great deal of rail. KEYS TO WORLD POSITION way construction and provision for river

ALLIES POSSESS THEM

LONDON, March 8th.

trafic. The expansion of the aviation programme had also cost a good many additional millions. The increase of expenditure on the Navy was about $13,000,000, whilst the subsidy for the ad loaf bad cost £17,000,000.

LOANS TO ALLIES AND DOMINIONS

Mr. Asquith, speaking at Cupar, said that there were two keys to world post- tion-command of the seas and the Western Front. Both, despite vicis situdes, remained in the hands of

The loans to the Allies up to March 9th the Allies. There had not been amounted to £1,284,000,000 and the loans more instructive contrast between pre to the Dominions 2108,000,000, represent tension and intention than that by the ing increases of £437,000,000 Germans at the so-called peace negotia 33,000,000, respectively. It was estimat

and tions, which were more harsh and more ed that the National Debt at the end of humiliating than any in the world's his 1918 would not exceed £5,900,000,000, of tory, If ever they are carried out they which £1,600,000,000 would be loans to the will cause conflicts embroiling the Allies and Dominions, nations for generations,

There is o territorial acquisition that Great Britam has made during the war which we are not ready to submit to the judgment of 2 tribunal of a League of Nations

THE MILITARY SITUATION. Reviewing the military situation, Mr. Boant Law remarked that the withdrawal of Russia, had deeply affected all the subsidiary war theatres except the Ger- INEQUALITY OF PRISONER man Colonies. The Germans had been driven out of their last Colony some time EXCHANGE/

ego, and a force of about 2,000, including 900 Germana, was wandering in Portu guese Bast Africa. The net result of the in the House of Lords, Lord Derby, was hitherto had been the flaappearance

March

in justifying the Government attitude towards the non exchango of interned many.

EXPLOSION IN LONDON.

LONDON, March 7th. pling on a prostrate for would create

The Press Bureau states that an explo- intense hostility throughout Russia. Dursion occurred at a small Government ing the last few months the enemy had workshop in South London on March moved at least 30 Divisions, representing

5th.

Four people were killed and one was 300,000 troops, to the Western Front. The majority wore moved despite the

injured.

The shop was destroyed. Gerraan pledge given at Brest-Litovsk. Nevertheless, he believed that at present. we were slightly superior in men and from Russia, but they would be very in- guns. The Germans might bring more men ferior Possibly the Austrians would come West, but we know that on the whole Allied front, extending from the Channel to the Adriatic, the number of men would remain in cur favour

BRITAIN'S OVERWHELMING AERIAL SUPERIORITY.

Ag regards the enemy gun-power, there was no cause for serious alarm, because the power of artillery was limited, not merely by the number of guns, but by the supply of ammunition. The use of guns depended upon the air-service in which we had an overwhelming superiori ty, which would greatly neutralise any possible superiority in guns, Our super- iority in the air was due to the superiority of our men,

ITALIAN SHIPPING.

them

To share in my place in the gur."! Then, spite of the burst of cheering,

And spite of the drunken din, Thore came a voice from the doorway

"Pardon, may I come in!"

"Who is it that socketh to enter t The wondering Kaiser cried; And," Only another ally,

The same

me steck

voice replied: Only another ally,

Bringing his horange to you, And rendering every honour

Where honour is surely due." Then the Kaiser looked down the table,

To the guests who had come at his calf- Turk and arrogant Austrian, Bargaining Bulgar and all.

week ended March 2nd show that 334

LONDON, March 7th.

vessels arrived in Italian ports and that so did they leap to his bidding- The Italian shipping returns for the" An ally that I have forgotten ? :

there were 285 departures

Then open my portals wide!!

No vessels were sunk, One vessel was unsuccessfully attacked

TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT

LONDON, March 8th. The Chancery Division has ordered the winding up of Mohr Brothers & Co. Ltd, Burmah and Siam, under the Trad ing with the Enemy Act.

THE SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, March 5th. The silver market is steady.

LATER. The state of the silver market is un. changed

LONDON, March 6th The silver market is quiet.

Franco-belgian Front

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. }

BRITISH FRONT. AERIAL OPERATIONS.

Here Mr Bonur Law broke down killed The House cheered sympatheti thinking of his airman son, who was

cally, and Mr. Boner Law quickly re covered. He proceeded to say that the whole of our forces in France had been most energetic and most skillful in strengthening our defences, and the result was wonderful. For example, during the first two months of 1018 we had used more barbed wire than during the whole of 1917. The German offensive ought to be coming, but he was a little sceptical concerning it. But if the attempt was

onde and it failed, there could be nothing Field Marshal Sir Dougins Haig 14 a decisive in the war. A member of the ports on aviation as follows : --There Government who had visited France had been fine weather and great mutual told him that while Headquarters expect activity. We dropped over 400 bombs on which were in daily contact with the gunned enemy infantry, transport and ed an the commanders of the units billete and

sidings, and machine

LONDON, March 8th.

has

And the Dovil stepped inside.

There did he stand in the doorway,

Looking around with a grin,

As he numbered his newly found comrades.

In their brotherhood of sing

Sir, I am proud to toast you, For over since hell had birth...

I had hoped to find the colleague

Who would open a branch on earth?

Then bo snapped his wavering wine-glass

As has swang on his heel to go, And the wine ran down or the damask

cloth

Like blood on the Belgian snow: Brothers," he cried, “I leave you- But not with a final toast Tonight I stand your unbidden guest-

To-morrow I'll be your host.

~London Opinion.

EX-TSAR LIVING IN A FLAT.

Nicholas Romanoff, formerly Tsar and At Tobolak, in Siberia, Mr. and Mrs. Tsarina of Busie, now live in a rather seall backyard. dreary fint, with no garden and only a

Their five children live with them, and

enemy did not believe the Germans batteries, asse would attack, so confdent were they of We brought down 10 and drove down their superiority.

10 enemy Three of our they are allowed four servants a butler and three women. This makes eloven machines are

persons among fourteen rooms including the kitchen. Mr. and Mrs Romanoff have two rooms, their four da"ghters have two between them, one is allotted to "the boy Alexis, and there is a general living room and a lining-room

That did not mean that if the attack were made there would be no losses of territory Any side choosing to concen- trate suficiently upon a narrow front could carry it. That might happen

an

civilians, said that of 15,000 interned ROUMANIA'S TRAGIC POSITION Germans in Great Britain who were oligible for repatriation the majority Referring to Roumania, Mr. Bonar were reservists in the German Army Law said that action by Roumania had while of 3,000 British subjects interned always depended upon complete co-opera- at Ruhleben 2,000 were sentarers, whom tion with Russia, whose collapse put Germany regarded as combatante.

Boumania in a tragic position. He ex the attack occurred, but if it did happen Field-MAALONDON, March 7th.

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA

HEPLY TO GENERAL KRYLENKO

pressed the deepest sympathy of the House for the Roumanian people and soldiers. (Cheers,)

SHIPBUILDING DISAPPOINTING

Despite the mist our night fliers bombed

aerodrome at Metz.

ENEMY BALDS BERULSED. All our machines ret

returned.

be felt confident that its true significance would be realised by the British people in a fog, raided our advanced poste north describes their life in the Denver Post,

Sir Douglas Haigre portsAfter artillery firing, the enemy,

Ivan Naroday, the Russian author who Be well as by the Friitah soldiers, whose westward of La Basses Some of our men says the Romanoffe fat has no bath, no THE NEAR EAST.

one desire would be to recover the lost are missing from the post, which the hot and cold water laid on, and no gas ground. Regarding Mesopotamia and Palestine,

enemy entered. he stated that it was hardly possible for

- We repulood the raids,

or electric light. When. Mr. and Mrs. 4 wireless GONDON March 8th,

Romanoff want a bath they walk to the official: message is to carry through decisive operations

There was enemy artillery firing at public baths, under escort. Their only states The Austro Hongarian Supreme by means of troops transferred by Be the results of our shipbuilding, Mr. Bonar

Vermelles, Armentieres and other walks are to the cathedral or

the General Krylenko as follows: a lend-troops we had insufficient numbers of shipbuilding and the destruction of sub-

on a balcony which faces cast. The lower ing aid to Ukraine the Austro-Hungarian trained troops, and now the tonnage posi marines From the point of view of stay Reuter's Correspondent at British pied by the revolutionary, gaard, Tho

March th

Bour

of the building they live in is occu troops only engaged in fighting at places tion made it impossible to move very ing power be asked the House to remem Headquarters reports--The weather is have.orders to shoot them if any attempt where the enemy resistance had to be large forces in that way. No competent ber that onco equilibrium was established ideal, hence the great serial activity is made to nonpe

soldier or civilian ever thought that every week would mean an improvement Yesterday we destroyed many enemy Great Britain could stand out of the in our favour, and our increased ability aeroplanes, drills th at least a score and spends much of her time in the Mrs. Romanoft prefers German cooking, FOODSTUFFS FOR CENTRAL routs in the East, and at the same time to bring resources from America would of machines.

POWERS.

The Germans continto.

continue raiding, but with kitchen. it was essential that the Western Front be believed were the facts, he did not be. The should have sufficient men to secure what- lieve there was any doubt that if the COPENHAGEN, March 8th.

ever result was obtained in that theatre Allies held together they would secure & big The Hamburger Fremdenblatt states it would be a great mistake to suppose the results they had set out to achieve fronts against reid on. & bro kilometro Naroday. When the meal is served the that Germany has secured the use of the that the value of the Palestine expedi- when the war began. (Cheers,). Roumanian oil industries, also large tion was purely political and moral, The quantities of grain and fodder fined to Europe.

British Empire's interests were not con

Command despatched message to When we had sufficient tonnage to move Law Isid stress upon the vital quality of books IANT FEAT monastery. They take the air, as a rule,

After expressing his disappointment at Cambray S

broken

AMSTERDAM, March 8th. The Vienna Fremdenblats states that Ukraine is endeavouring to deliver to the Central Powers by April 15th 30,000 wagons of grain, 1,200 wagons of sugar, 2,000 wagons of frozen meat, and 1,000 wagons of dried fruit.”:

PORTUGAL'S CABINET

RECONSTRUCTED.

no competent soldier ever doubted that play a part in the war. Looking at what brilliantly acquitted the Tsarina is very lively in her conversation

GREAT BRITAIN'S POSITION IN

Belve

Tobolsk reports that the former, March, 5th on the occasion of and bitter with her tongus, adds Mr. Beyerdyko and Reigersvliet. Keeps up a series of comments in this Picked the Oper @struppen were employed in strain: Now children let's have our had been well rehta a manifest they prison fare. But there's a better time back the raiders the Belgians counter

beating coming.

Believe me. I will make the

who have trested

fighting for peace, and attacked splendidly behind an intens, think we us

Tear, on the other hand,

THE PEACE THE ALLIES ARE

GSTIGHTING FOR: We are

monsters there would be no security for the creeping barrage. The Germans, despite future if the war ended before their determined resistance, were steadily is very silent, gloomy, and reflective. He

The that object was attained Before driven back to their own lines with heavy has Referring to our position in India, he the German people have learned that war losses. emphasised its importance, not only on does not pay, before it was no longer pos The

bastions of moral advantages and sight machines

INDIA

prestige, but on the strength and possibili-

ties derived from it. Until the British plunge the world into misery, then

He wears

the old

captured 94 prisoners and undress uniform

lookingory haggard, grey, and old

GERMAN REPORT.

Empire WR absolutely defeated, obvions. Peace would be a defest for us. All the LONDON, March 7th-

Kitchener's catixate of the number of

maticulous talk about what Count

ensky

which he to use although he no the rank His chief dissipation is longer

twenty to thirty cups a day, and the wireless official message drinking tea Ha usually consumes

large part to this cause. He also sickes failure of his health is evidently due in a great many cigarettes ?”

ly we could not shaadon Egypt. Lord Hertling meant was simply ridiculous statesWe took 117 prisoners north west Owing to the rehmal sof the Unionist vision was for larger than the total which rulers of Germany by their acta, notretch artillery firing is xooro violent

LISBON, March 7th troops necessary to save Egypt from in- We must fudge the intentions of the of Dixmuds. members of the Cabinet to adopt universal had been operating in Mesopotama and words. What is the 200 of talking about We brought down suffrago at the Presidential Elections the Palestine.

Count Hertling accepting President WiWe brought down nineteen aeroplanes son's principles when the Germans yesterday

Cabinet was reconstructed without the THE SALONIKA FRONT.

Unionists

The Premiership remains unchanged.

FINLAND SIGNS PEACE

TREATY

TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT

mor gra

out

have taken Livonia, Esthonia and Cour- Aerial Activities. land and are demanding that Roumsain should give up not o other parts of Houmanie, as a part of only Dobrudja, but

her peace terms

WHAT DEFEAT WOULD MEAN.

The position of our troops at Salónika, was unsatisfactory owing to events in Russ The Government never expected, these troops to be purely on the defensive, for there was good reason to suppose that they would play another It was tru, the country was war wasry, part, but events in Russia had made that and wished to see the end of the terrible Impossible. He paid a tribute to the conflict, but to say that we are faltering moral of the troops at Balonika aud to the in our purpose showed a complete igu AMSTERDAM, March 8th ability of their commander The Governance of the feeling of the people. Bəzline message staten A Penes ment recognised that the position there had never engaged in war in moder

ween Germany and Finland bas might become dangerous, because the times in which the pacifist

also a trade and shipping Central Powers might be able to send a not far more pronounced and more dres

force which it would be difficult, perhaps ed than now. At bottom British people

THROUGH ROUTER'A AGENOT.] AIR BAID ON ENGLAND.

LONDON, March 8th. The Fress Bureau announce planes crossed the East Coast at elev

on Thursday evening and pro- tows Pandion

progres

Baat.

LEUTER'S AGENCY)

Aero-

Tatiana recently reported to be on her

way to America is said to have taken advantage of the freedom allowed to ber and her sisters by going for a fortnight to Irkutsk, which gave rise in Tobolsk to the rumour that she had been married sad was going to America The girls go to the theatre and mix with the towns folk like any one elee They attend the 's club and go to tea parties. and is goifig to give free piano lessons Olga nurses at the military hospital,

to the children of Socialiste, Bho in said to have become a Socialist, and the Tobolsk people take a romantic interest in her friendship with a young Socialist orator. NAM

women

Marid, the third girl, is taking short- hand and typewriting Lessons, in order

to endeavour to impossible, for us to adequately meet. knew what defeat in this was would mean

is Powers of Bat the man power of Germany was not in the history of the nation, the empire OPERATIONS IN PALESTINE, that she may be able to write her father's

inexhaustible, and the Germans could not and world re

Bonar Law, concluded by repeat-*

Finland not

do everything simultaneously, and from territory

er any terr ement on

itions provide for change of war prisoners, the restor

of public debt services, the

All the information which the Governing that if it were posible to have au ment had it believed that such an expedi expression of the feeling of the country tion would be costly for the Central on the plain issue Powers, who must pay for every yar

|_ non-fortification of the Aaland Islands, that they drove back the Allies. Be em2

and the establishment of a Civil Damages phasised that but for the Salonika Commission with neutral representatives, pedition Constantins would stil

the war should

TURKISH REPORT.

the states Op the to achieve are attained advanced out

astonish the coonpied Djine Cheers

ber-attack firove him back

account of his life

The boy, who is generally known as Aliosha, is allowed to play in the pre pas long as he likes.

report The ex-Thar's windowe give a view of ront during the sheds in which during his rein, The enemy about 200,000 men and women were lodged Car con like animals on their way to the mines

in Siberia