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TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 18, 1915.
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WAR TELEGRAMS.
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS
ALBANIA TO BE THE NEW WAR THEATRE.
ITALY TO PLAY A LEADING PART.
Hungarian Demand for Peace Proposals,
THE CONSCRIPTION CONTROVERSY AT HOME.
(Beater's Service to The Telegraph.”]
TIRED OF WAR.
HUNGARIAN COUNT'S DECLARATION,
December 17, 7.40 p.m.,
The Morning Port correspondent at Buda Peet, writing on the 7th inst., states that Count Karolyi, the Loader of the Independence Party, speaking in Parliament, demanded that the Government should make peace proposala. He declared that Hungary had schiered sil she wanted, and if the Government were unable to comply with the wishes of the nation, it should resign.
The transmission of the speech abroad was prohibited.
THE RECRUITING QUESTION,
BOTH SIDES VERY ACTIVE.
December 17, 8.55 p.m. The eve of Mr. Asquith's speech on Lord Derby's recruiting campaign finds the supporters and opponents of compulsion most activa.
A deputation of sad Conscriptionist Members of Parliament waited on Mr. Asquith yesterday. It is understood that they urged the point that the returns were most antisfactory and argued that single men who bad not yet been attested were not slackere, för there were doubtless good reasons preventing them. The deputa- tion pleaded that they be given another chance. Mr. Asquith's reply is believed to have been non-committal,
The Daily News, in a huge heading, says two million men, including over a quarter of a million direct enlistments, are freely mentioned in political circles as the total secured by Lord Derby
The Unicast papers are angry at the foregoing deputation, and declare that the anti-Conscriptionists are trying to steal a march on their opponents and are attempting to undermine Mr. Asquith's pledge to married men.
NEW WAR THEATRE.
ITÁLY TO PLAY PRINCIPAL PART.
December 17, 150 p.m The Italian Presa states that the next Austro-Bulgarian objective will be Albania. PAMELA
SIR JOHN FRENCH.
TRIBUTES BY THE PRESS.
FETING CORPS CASUALTIES.
STATEMENT IN THE COMMONS.
December 17, 5.50 p.m.
$36 PER ANNUKŲ
TELEGRAMS
SIR JOHN JORDAN,
AN UNFOUNDED RUMOUR.
(Reuter's Service To The “Tongan
Looden, December. Escaired 17 -- In the House of CommNORAMIC Lard Robert Cecil stated that the press report that Sir John Jordan was retiring was absolutely un- founded.
December 17, 155 pm. The papers are unanimous in orclaring that Field Marshal Sir that the total flying corps casualties for the three months ending In the House of Commons the Rt. Hon. H. J. Tennent stated John French is sacred of the lasting gratitude of the nation. Het August 31 were fourteen killed, twenty-one wounded, and eighteen NEWS FOR BUSY MEN. will still be precious to the country and render most valuable assist-prisonses. The totals for the three months ending November 30 ware eleven killed, twenty-one wounded, and sixteen prisoners.
anes to Earl Kitchener..
The Times asys our best soldier is needed in the great task of There were also ten missing. He did not know of any promise that arranging our Home Defence and re-organising and preparing for Mr. Chusbill was to have command of a brigade. The War Office, service abroad the great masses of troops now scattered throughout he said, had an aficient range-finder for Zeppeline. the United Kingdom. It is impossible for Earl Kitchener to under- take such executive Cuties effectually, and if Sir John French is given the direct charge, then badly Deeded reforms will have been accomplished. Moreover, if, as we understand, & further strength- ening of the Imperial General Staff is contemplated, then the changes will bring substantial advantages.
Sir Douglas Haig's brilliant leadership is also made the subject of tributes in the papera
* LEGS OF STEEL"
In the French Press appear many appreciative notices of Sir John French and Sir Douglas Haiz. It appears that the latter was known among the French soldiers sa “Legs of Steel"
The Illustration says -—" With a man of push like Sir Douglas Exig at its head, the British Army will not sleep.
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·EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
GREECE AND THE BALKANS.
NEUTRAL ZONE BETWEEN BULGARIANS AND GREECE.
December 15, 4.30 pm.
FOOD FOR GERMANY.
BY PARCEL POST FROM AMERICA.
December 16, 5.50 p.m. the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil stated that complerable quantities of food were being sent to Germany by parcel post from America. Steps were being taken to deal with the matter effectively.
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LAW OFFICERS EMOLU MENTS,
SUGGESTED REDUCTION.
In the House of Commons Mr. F. E, Smith (Attorney General) stated that the law officers had suggested a reduction of their emolaments by five thousand each yearly.
THE FIGHTING IN PERSIA.
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HEAVY TURKISH LOSSES.
December 16, 10.25 pm.
CONDENSED.
The Law Officers havasuggested. a reduction of their emolumdur. by $5,000 each ysstly.
The foreign subscriptiona 000 from Great Britain. the French Loan include £2,500-
The French have blown up another Games szumunition pot between the Oise and the Aisme.
Me. Tennant says be he zo knowledge of a promise that Mr. Churchill shall command a Bo- gada.
The British have entered tha. Gramma transhee near entieries and disposed of the OCCUPENÉS.
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Balgarian communigas
General Townshend telegraphs that according to the Arab states that the Balgarians have In the House of Commons Lord Robert Cecil announced that reports the Turks lost 2000 men in the attack on Katalamara on the Provisionally ceased the parait the Allies in Greece desired to regularise the military position in 12th. General Townshend cannot confirm this, but estimates that of the enemy. Salorica but denied that the Central Powers had control of the same, they lost fully a thousand. The attacks have not been renewed since. He believed this was in accordance with the wishes of Greece her- self. The negotiations were being actively passed and he hoped would be satisfactorily comcinded.
December 16, 4.45 p.m.
Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam states that the Bulgarian official capture of Monastir and other places near the Greek frontier was made desirable so as to avoid Graeco-Balgarian, sccidenta Consequently, Bulgaria proposed a neutral zone by Balganan an Greek troops retiring two kilometres on the frontier line:- Grence agreed and ordered the Greeks to co-operate with the Balgarian officers in the formation of a neutral zone.
THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.
GERMAN AMMUNITION DEPOT DESTROYED.
December 16, 4.45 p.m. According to Renter's correspondent at Pare a report that the French betteries are smothering the German artillery is a feature jof a communique. Another German ammunition depot was blown up between Oise and the Aisns.
December 17, 1.15 2.1. According to a Paris communique cannonading and mining at various points of the front resulted in further considerable damage
to the German defences,
MORE TRENCHES CAPTURED.
December 17, 12:30 am
The British Headquarters reports that lastnight hostile reaches were entered near Armentieres. The occupants disposed of ste estimated at 70 killed. Our losses were trifling. To-day there were matual bombardments about Ypres. The report by Gennan wire Lees on the 15th that we had lost four seroplanes is untrue,
KING OF GREECE INDISPOSED,
The Austrians propose to cyar-run Montenegro and advance to San Giovanni, joining the Balgacians advancing by El Baan and
December 16, 5.50 p.m. Jizzas. Hence Albanis will shortly be the new theatre in the
Renter's corespondent at Athens reports that the King, though Balkan war, in which Italy is expected to play the principal part still indisposed, received the Premier in his bedroom and discussed
There are several hundred thousand Serbian women and the foreign situation, which is officially egarded as children refugees in Albanis without food, and the American Gov
“normally. ernment has ordered the Ambassador în Rome to charter all steamers stailable sud bring them to Italy,
There are three Serbian Armies totalling 150,000 men between Beuteri, Darazzo and Bl Basan, and another 50,000 in Southern “Albania.
THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.
GERMAN BOMBARDMENT SILENCI
THE FIGHTING IN THE BALKANS.
NEW ISSUE OF EXCHEQUER BONDS.
AN INTERESTING FEATURE.
December 16, 11:45 pm.
Greece has agreed to the Bal- garian proposal for the establish- ment of a neutral zone near the Greak Frontier
The Landon newspapers. ps
Exchequer boods at 100, repayable at par in 1920. They will be warm tributes to Field Mazabal
The prospectus has been published of the issue of five per cent. accepted at face valce sa cash for subscription for future loans. An Sir John French and to General interesting fexture is that where they belong to a person domiciled Sir Douglas Esig. abroad the bonds are exempt from income or any other British taxE
2 THE ITALIANS.
INTENSE ARTILLERY ACTIVITY,
December 17,115.m.
A Bome communiqas announces that the enemy continued intense artillery activity, especially with long range guns. artillery replied and bombarded Goritz,
Our
The 878 of M., Asquith's state- ment on Lord Derby's scheme. finds the supporters and oppone ente of compulsion most activa.
The general opinion in Washs ington is that the relation be- tween the United States and Austria are at breaking point.
Count Karolyi, the Leader the Hangarian Independency Party, has demanded that Government, shall make peace un-proposals.
THE FRENCH LOAN, UNPRECEDENTED RESPONSE.
December 17, 220 p. Beuter's correspondent at Paris states that the Chamber animously agreed to the vote on account of the first six months of 1916: M Ribot, Minister of Finance, in winding up the debate, various points on the Western Cannonsding and mining at said that they were as yet unable to give the results of the loan just front have resulted in farther con subscribed hat the response of the country was unprecedented. This siderable damage to the Comman
a loan from French thrift and was in no way speculative. The emble foreign subscription included two and a half millions sterling from Great Britain. M. Ribot added that the subscriptions from Grest Britain amounted to twenty-five millions.
ABYSSINTA AND THE WAR. SUGGESTED CO-OPERATION.
December 1
Bouter's correspondent at Paris states that a motion has been
so buritted by the faceran Affairs Commitee to the Chamber asking the Government to institate, in concert with the Alling, an immediate enquiry with a view to obtaining Military co-operation Abyssinis in the war.
AUSTRIA AND USA.
COMMENTS AT WASHINGTON RESERVED.
December 17; 130 p.m. Renter's correspondent at Washington states that President porta that Balgarian Wilson and Secretary Lansing reserve comment on the Auste the whole front reply pending the receipt of the official text, bas it is state captured allogesher thurely that, the United States decline to
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Pazia communique
December 17.115.5
all in quiet in Macedo
rtillery activity in the Dardanelles
tas stated that Count Bezmaten
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The Italian Pros says will short
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