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WAR TELEGRAMS

WAR TELEGRAMS

WAR TELEGRAMS

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AN INDIAN WEDDING.

The following telegrama appeared in our special edition of

GERMAN BANKS FAIL:

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February 12, 135 pm

The Gasette at Lausanne announces that the two of the largest banks in Southern Germany are in liquidation. The liabilities amount to twenty-fro millions sterling, and thousands of depositors are ruined.

FRENCH MISSION TO ITALY.

February 12, 135 p. At benquets in Rome the most cordial speeches have been made by M.Briand, Signor Salandra and Baron S.Sonnino, emphasising anity of setion. M. Briand, after an interview with Baran Sannino yester- day morning, said that the Franco-Italian agreement, on all its points, was absolutely perfect. His visit had convinced him of the sincerity and alearsightedness of Italy's policy.

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February, 12, 10.20 p.m. According to Beuter'a correspondent at Rome at a conference between MM. Briand and Bourgeois and Baran Sonnino to-day, it was agreed to hold, in Paris, as soon as possible a conference between the representatives of the Allies, with a view to the closest co-operation.

THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.

February 12, 5.30 pm,

A Paris communique says that in Champagne we affected a grenade attack Near Mesnil Hill we captured three hundred metres of enemy trenches and repulsed a nocturnal counter-attack, taking sixty-five prisoners.

RUSSIANS PROGRESS IN THE CAUCASUS.

(Hados Telegram).

THE BALKAN SITUATION.

February 12,2.15 p.

MINE SWEEPERS ATTACKED.

February 11, 9.00 pazie

▲ German destroyer flotilla attacked four British mine sweepers According to Reuter's exrespondent at Paris, „French wär correspondents at Salonics say that the enemy still on the Dogger Bank yesterday night. They sank one, the Arabis, shows no offensive tactics, but that the French have advanced and and attempted to torpedo another which reamed three British offers of the river, in the important regions of Yenisso and Verris, victory from this by calling the mine weepers cruisers. The crossed the Vardar and have installed themselves on the right bank and twenty-one men.

A Berlin communique attempts to devise a immediately constracting defence works. They have thus British Admiralty announces that the other three mine-sweepers gained strong natural positions which might prove invaluable against used safely. the enemy's beavy gana. "The annousement of further Allied re- inforcements enhances interest in the movement,

It is believed that the Germans are preparing for a raid on Salonica with three Zappe ins and twenty seroplanes

February 12, 3.35 p.m.

The battle of Cernawitz, in which the Bassians are taking a strong initative, is daily increasing in importance and is causing the utmost anxiety to the Austrians and Germans.

Railway caramunication between Russia and Roumanis is in terrapted owing to the movement of troops in Bessarabia. This, combined with the French move on the Vardar, opens a new phase in the Balkans, and the Germans openly continue to express fears of Eooms joining the Allies:

February 12, 19.10 pm

Beuter's correspondant at Salonies has been assured that there has been no occupation of Yanito and Varria; there have been only cavalry reconnaissances. “

M. BRIAND AND CARDINAL MERCIER.

February 12, 3.45 p.m. Cardinal Mercier had a condial conversation.

According to Beuter's correspondent at Rome, M. Brisad and

SPAIN'S NEW AFRICAN POLICY.

February 12, 3.45 pm Beater's correspondent at Madrid mays that a striking February 11 statement of Spanish policy in Afries was made by the ex- It is reported from Petrograd that to the east of Tchemerine, we Minister Senor Hontaris; who said: It is indispensible captared the heights, repulsing counter-attacks. South-east of Trebon that Spain should occupy the coast opposite the Canaries, se we carried fortified haiguts, taking prisoners. We progressed in the well sa Lufi, and join up with the Tangier Spanish territory, Caucasus, and, southward of Hamadan best important enemy forces. in order to avoid ta passing into the hands of other nations.

The Premier was present and congratulated Senor Houtaris

The Taxr has left for the front.

Near Keredas, a Cossack patrolling party arrested four Europe-most heartily. ans, including the Turkish Ambassador.

ARMED MERCHANTMEN.

February 11, 5.10 p.m. Beater's correspondent at Washington says the Austro-German memoranda with regard to armed merchantmen is expected to lead to the Government warning Americans that they travel by armed merchantmen at their own risk, thus reversing the previous policy that merchantmen should be allowed guns for self-defence and that Americans have the right to travel on the high se as unmolested.

BELGIUM'S SACRIFICE,

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MR. GARRISON'S RESIGNATION,

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THE ALLIES IN THE WEST,

February 11, 11. 35 pm: north of Carnap and another south of Fosse eight. The enemy General Sir Douglas Haig reports: We sprang three mines apranga mine south-west of the "Hohenzollern Redoubt, bat we had and Ypres and the enemy shelled Armentieres and Elevarding he no casualties. Hostile artillery was active north of Albert, Lpos

February 12, 1.25 am.

Father's Jerion to th

Landon, Reosired. Fademay The marriage of Sir Ali Imr formed by Mr. Abdul Ass, ban to Mie Marie Saupion was pe rister, of Peshawar, to-day at the Langham Hotel. The party pro- ceeds to India in March.

THE REVOLT IN CHINA.

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Rebels Capture Chanking.

London, Eacefreď, Fahranty 1.

ment troops have gone over."

Chunking has been captured by the rebels, to whom the Goren

appeared in our special edition The following telegram of yesterday]

iously damaged an enemy fort. We blow up munitions depots near A Paris communique sys: In Belgium our field guns ser the Passchendsels Usual in Artois. There was an intermittent an THE SITUATION IN CHINA. February. We recaptured a large part of the trenches south of Frise nonade near the Lille Road, south of the Somme on the 8th and 9th and repaleed a violent counter-attack nurth of the Aisne. On the Heights of the Heuse our artillery wrecked enemy works

THE RUSSIANS.

February 11, 1135 pa A Petrograd & communique report sa heavy artillery duel on the Riga front. German attacks were repulsed elsewhere. Russian torpedo bosts continge to bombard the Turkish coast.

FROM THE PULPIT.

The Need for "Foreign" Missions

Yunnanese Score Again,

February 11, 2.25 pm. According to Reuter's carre Fondent at Shanghai, YannaneES. the Yangtze. troops have captured Luchow, on

OPIUM AS CRICKET PAD.

Defendant said a

man had

farce our ideas upon them? **

That the Chinese hare many "There is certainly no reason ingenious methods of concealing for any such attempt," said opinn about their person in order the preacher. "I would not cross to evade the vigilance of the the road to force my ideas upon authorities has been demonstrated any one. Let us get rid of this times without number, but the extraordinary notion once for all, method adopted by a man charged and understand that it is not a before Mr. Wood at the Police Notes of a sermon preached by case of forcing our ideas upon Court this morning with being the Rev. J. Kirt Maconachie at sayone but a case of laying open in possession of 27 tacle of the Union Church yesterday God's ideas to everyone. And a opium, was perhaps one of morning--

the entering in of God's word the best yet revealed. He was Text: Romana 10/14: "How giveth light, of that there caught by the police enderOUR- shall they call on hits in whom is abundant proof, but I fearing to escape detection by having February 12, 1.35 p.m.

they have not beleived, and how the real difficulty is that shaped the opium to his shin, Mr. Lindley M. Garrison (Secretary for War) is due to his disagrea they have not heard, and how enough for others" As to the ages, as though it were a cricket

Reater's New York correspondent says that the resignation of shall they believe in him of whom many consider twilight to be good and binding it round with bang ment with President Wilson's foreign policy as lacking in vigour shall they hear without and his disapproval of the proposed abandonment of the Philippines preacher, and how shall they from this life in ignorance of the

a future state of those who pass pad The Republican Press says that the departure of such prach except they by sent? true God, we had better leave given the drug to him on a strong man constitutes another evil omen for the Wilson administrs Christain missions is contain out of our dogmatics. We are sure taking it to Sam Chun.

The simple philosophy of that, not out of our thoughts, but steamer azi Taumati. He was The New York Herald says that the present situation at Washing-ed in this passage, God is "rich lat suyrate that they do not suffer The Sergeant in charge of the ton is far worse than at any time during the war. The United States to all who call upon him" any wrong or injustice, but the case said the man bad not February 11, 5.00 p

has fallen into the German-trap designed to hamper Allied without distinction, as all without continuity of the human mind certificate. Mona J. Bankia, the Belgian Colonial Minister, on being ban-shipping by preventing its admission into American ports.

distinction are alike in the need and character would 'seem to His Worship inflicted a fue of quetted in London, made a notable speech. He said that Belgium had State's acquiescence to the German policy is the hope of securing the bus multitudes cannot call on loss

It is suggested in New York that one motive for the United of salvation and capacity for it, necessitate that they must suffer $1.50, or three months' imprison- sacrificed herself for her plighted word. The responsibilities for the

It romst be at some ment, hostilities in Central Africă rasted entirely with Germany, who passage of a Government Shipping Parchese Bill Tris taken for grant-

Him because they have never disadvantage that one who dreamt of creating a rast colonial Trans-African Empire at the ed that Great Britain and her Allies will not disarm their merchantmen even heard His name. Modern has spent a lifetime in this world LETTER CARRYING.

missions arcse out of a keen ander error and superstitionenters Men were filled with sorrow and beyond our present stage. Their troubled in conscience at the own expectations of the future thought of the condition of the life are dismal and fearsome heathen world, "without God enough as a rules surely we do and without hope." It may be not need, to think of them in said he found the man ou, the A Chiness Preventive Officer It transpires that thirty six Chinese were aboard the Dutch tank that our fathera conception of torments of hopeless perdition Wing Lok Wharf, and took him steamer, the Artemis, which a German torpedo boat sank off the salvation presented it under more before feeling responsibility for to the Police Station. Some of Datch coast upon the baseless, prstart that there had been a breach urgent and exciting aspects than their enlightenment by eran the letters were marked “Paia”

are usually thought of to-day, galisation! What we do need and some "To be paid." The crew were given five minutes grace to get into the boats, They are said to have thought of a more human sympathy and but the torpedo was fired before the expiry of that time. The salvation sa an escape from ever- & larger share of Divine love. $150, oz three months' imprison- Bis Worship inflicted a fine of German boat steamed off without concerning itself about the safety lasting anguish in a future world, Ir these do not move us, little is of the crew, but, happily, the tanks kept the Artemis afinas and the and the same belief is popular to be expected from lurid visions crew were able to return aboard.

ly supposed to be the lead of horror projected into the sphere ing motive of missions to this of the unknown. There is sorrow, day. No doubs our fathers darkness and degradation enough held a sterner creed on the whole in the life that now is to Zouch ths we do, but they were not nar- the heart and reach the conscience

expense of Belgium. To-day this dream had vanished and every./and, it is pointed out that the right of arming them is immemorial realisation, of these simple facts,apon whatever experiences lie Mr. J. R. Wood, at the Police

where the forces of the Allies were overfawing German territory, and established by American as well as British decisions. Mr. Benar Law, who presided, paid a tribute to the heroic Belgians and emphasised that the end of the war would not come till Bel- gium's wrongs have been avenged.

FORD PEACE CONFERENCE OPENED.

February 11, 5.10 p.m. Beater's correspondent at Stockholm says the Ford Peace Con- ference has opened.

GERMAN-AMERICAN PLOTS.

February 11, 5.10 p.m. Rauter's correspondent at San Francisco states that the Federal Grand Jury has returned sixty-one indictments in connection with the alleged German conspiracies to violate American neatrality.

TURKS REPORT GREAT BAITLES.

February 11, 5.45 p.m.

A Turkish communique reports two violent battles with General Aylmer on the right bank of the Tigris, but no change near Kut.

CAMEROON GERMANS FOR SPAIN.

of orders,

GERMAN'S TORPEDO DUTCH BOAT,

February 12, 4.30 pm.

THE ENTENTE AND AMERICA.

February 12, 9.50 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at Washington says that representatives of the Entente have made oral representations to Mr. Lansing rs Renter's correspondent at Madrid atates that the German sol-garding the American memorandum of January 29, concerning the diers for internment in Spain, from the Camerooms, number disarming of merchantmen

· 2,600, and with their families they total over four thousand.

February 11, 6.55 p.m.

BULGARIA'S ATTITUDE.

February 11, 6.35 p.m.

A Chinese was charged before Court this morning, with carrying 94 letters into the Colony in contravention of the law.

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LANGKAT OUTPUT.

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GENERAL SMUT'S APPOINTMENT.

February 12, 3.35 p.m. Beuter's correspondent at Capetown says that the appoint-row-hearted, and they as well as of any man who loves his kind, advise us that the Langkat output ment of General Smuts to the East African command is warmly we know that the Judge of all the and antil we hear of some suzer for the current month appreciated in South Africa, although the circumstances rendering earth will do right and proportion means of removing it than God followe General Smith Dorrien's participation impossible are reagirtied.

responsibility to knowledge, has given us in the gospel of His February 1 Salvation is a large word, import grace in Christ, to that we must ing deliverance from sin and not look for a remedy. When we merely from the painful consequare called to socount for our ences of sin. This is eternal life," failure to convey, to these said our Lord, "that they should our brethren the glad tidings know Thee, the only true God, which brighten our own lives and and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast give us hope in death it will be s Bent. Men and women ignorant lame answer to say we had come of God are in a lost and wandered to believe there was hope beyond state. No one need deny that a the grave for those who paas hence good heathen in a better man re in ignorance of the truth. That Latvely and often absolutely than would be to prevent God's mercy an indifferent Christian, but com-into a cloak for our indifference, parisons of that sort do not affect making our larger hope an excuse the general fact that the world at for lesser effort, congratulating ignorance of God, and worships restricted beliefs of our fathers but large outside of Christ is in ourselves on having outgrown the multitude of gods which are no really playing into the hands of gode but merely the reflection of whatever powers and they gre men's own imaginations. On the many are opposed to the reign

It is understood that Mr. Lansing has informed the Entente that he is unwilling to adopt the suggestion.

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Daily average 178.00

THE NAVAL INTRIGUE. According to Beuter's correspondent at Amsterdam the Balga-

February 12, 135 p.m. - zian War Minister in an interview emphasises that Bulgaria is fighting write to the Morning Post, supporting its protects against the Admirals Sir Noel Moore and Sir Atkinson Willes (retired) only for herself and he declared that as soon as the Salonica cam- "intrigue" to bring Lord Fisher back to the Admiralty, and declare paign is finished the war would be over for Bulgaria. ̧

that the majority of Naval men have perfect confidence in Mr. Balfour and his naval colleagues, especially Admir Sir Henry B. Jackson earface this does not appear to fof Christ in lives of men Balet the South Seas; Morrison

THE BRITISH NAVY.

February 10, 8.25

P.. The editors of twenty French provincial papers and a number of distinguished neutral journalists visited the battle-craiser fleet and were deeply impressed with the might of the British navy. It in the world's greatest concentration, of speed, combined with gun-power, with fresh and alert officers and man, despite the long waiting in constant battle army. The visitors considered it a wonderful manifestation of sea power, sa the fleet is only one of three tremendous lines of offence and defence.

MUNITIONS, OUTPUT,

February 12,1,35 pm. The Ministry of Munitions announces that there are now 2834 controlled establishments.

NORWEGIAN STEAMER MINED.

February 12, 1.35 p.m. The Norwegian Biesmar Vaarli has been mined off Tezachelling The Captain, chief engineer and wecond mate have been drowned.

Moffatt and Livingstone Africs, Williams, Lawes, Chalmes

matter greatly, in the view of ring to the crisis in the affairs of many people. The outward tokens the London Missionary Society, Gilmour sad Mairbend zu Cha of bestheater havetheir pictures the preacher said it was not the and very many more. Its basis wa que aspect. They are part of the war bat lack of faith and zeal catholic and its agents came from fascination of distant lands and which is the real cause of it. The many denominations, I had strange peoples. Those peoples Society held a very honourable Peculiar claims on Hongkong. themselves sem satisfied enough place in the history of modern specially upon Umer Church with their religions, if not fanati-missions. It numbered which had its beginning in the we are often saked, cally devoted to thera. Why unusual roll of illustrious namas bouse of Dr. Legge and for many

to among its agents: Vanderkemp, Jars looked to the Society faite ?

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