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THURSDAY,

OCTOBER 12, 1916.

TELEGRAMS.

CONDENSED.

NEW PREMIER SATS JAPAN'S FOREIGN POLICY WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. PORTUGUESE COLUMN NORTH OF ROYUKA RIVER REPULSED ENEKY. PREMIER SAYS JAPAN WILL NOT VIOLATE CHINA'S SOVEREIGNTY. THE DEATH OF‘ADMIRAL SIB WILLIAM KENNEDY IS ANNOUNCED. MAJOR GENERAL H.S. HORNE HAS BEEN GIVEN THE K.C.B. DECORATION. **TIMES" WARNS „AMERICAN SPECULATORS REGARDING COTTON PRICES. -THE GERMANS CLAIM THE CAPTURE OF TOERZBURG, IN TRANSYLVANIA. THE ENEMY CLAIMS THE CAPTURE OF AN ISLAND ON THE DANUBE. BRITISH ADVICES INDICATE IMPORTANT PROGRESS TOWARDS KUPELPASS. LATEST BRITISH PROGRESS IN THE BALKANS KENACES SERES. THE IRISH PARTY PASSED A RESOLUTION AGAINST IRISH CONSCRIPTION.

ADAKİSH SUBMARINESUNK AFTER COLLISION WITH NORWEGIAN STEAMER M. VENIZELOS WITH FORMER COLLEAGUES HAS ARRIVED AT SALONICA. . A DETACHMENT OF RUSSIAN INFANTRY HAS LANDED AT SALONICA.

U.S. DESTROYERS WITHDREW FOR GERMANS TO SUBMARINE STEPHANO. AMERICASAYS BELLIGERENTS MUST DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SUBMARINES IT IS BINTED THAT THE ALLIES ARE TAKING A STRONG LINE WITH GREECE AFTER ALL-NIGHT SITTING THE GREEK CABINET REACHED NO DECISION.

THE BRITISH HAVE OCCUPIED TOPLOVA AND PROSENIK IN THE BALKANS. STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO ENABLE BRITISH SERVICE MEN TO VOTE

[AH telegrams appearing in large type are the latest, having been received during the course of the day. Those in small type have come through over-night.]

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IN THE BALKANŞ.

Germans Claim the Capture af Toetzburg.

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[Beater's Stevice to the "Telegraph.")

October 10, 14) p.m..

A Berlin offisial message claims the captare of Toersborg, in Transylvania.

Austro-German comman'ques claim the captare of an islan on the Danube shore Sistovo.

Important Progress in the Direction of the Rupel Pass.

October 10, 1.40 p.m. The capture of the three small villages, mentioned in the British Mcial message from Salonica on the 9th fast,, marks important progress in the direction of the Rupsi Pass, the nearest point from which is seven miles and within three miles of the Hapel-Serea railway. Farther south, we menace Seres, and four miles east of the point where the Vardar enters Lake Tahinos.

Russiens Land at Falonica,

October 10, 3.15 p.m.. Reuter's correspondent at Salonica saye :—1 strong Russian detachment of infantry has landed and was warmly cheered.

British Occupy Toplova and Prosenik,

October 11, 1.00 p.m.

A British official message from Salonica saja :-We hava occupied Toplova and Prosenik.

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Our mounted brigade ¿rove back hostile cavalry two miles) south of Seres,

THE GREEK CRISIS.

M. Venizelos Arrives at Salonica.

October 10, 3.15 p.m. Renter's correspondent at Salocica says that M. Vecission has strived, sccompanied by MM. Coadoariotis and Danglis, as well as Deveral of his former Cabinet colleagues.

Allies Taking a Strong Line.

October 11, 4.15 p.m. French newspapere hint that the Allies are taking a strong line with Greece.

Premier Admits Situation Serious,

October 11, 4.16 p.m. Heater's correspondent at Athens says:-The Premier has admitted that the situation is serious, but has declared that no decision has been reɛched by the Cabinet, which had an all-night sitting, after lengthy conferences between King Constantine, Professor Lambros, and the Ministers of Marine and Foreign Affairs. It is noteworthy that the sating Chief of the General Staff, was present at the Cabinet meeting.

IRELAND AND CONSCRIPTION.

October 10, 9 20 p.m. At a meeting of the Irish Party, a resolation was passed against conscription and demanding the release of the untried i Irish prisoners. The Party requested Mr. Redmond to ask for day for a discussion of the motion, d claring that the system of government in Ireland was inconsistent with the principles for which the Allies were fighting; and that that system was mainly responsible for the rebellion and the present state of feeling in Ireland,

A DANISH SUBMARINE SUNK IN COLLISION.

October 10, 9.20 p.m. Renter's correspondent at Copenhagen ways that a Danish abomarine was sunk in collision with a Norwegian sinamar, "yentor: day afternoon, Eba was mivad at midnight, when fre out of niz Aboard were found alive. The mammsader was found dead in the

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TELEGRAMS.

THE NEW SUBMARINE CAMPAION.

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A Grave Accusation.

(Renter's Service to The "Talegraph.”].

October 10, 15 p.m. "The_Times correspondent at New York says;-When the sub- marine_firing on the Stephano found that two of the United States destroyers impeded her aim, the German commander awa the destroyers to kindly clear out of the way. The destroyers acquiesced, whereupon the submarine torpedoed the Stephano,

America's Reply to Alllès' Memorandum.

October 11, 19.35 a.m. in replying to the Memorandam of the Allies, regarding belligerent According to a telegram from Washington, the United States, submarines in neutral ports, says that she is of opinion that the Allies have not brought forward proof rendering the existing rules of International Law inapplicable, and reserves her liberty of motion in all respects. She will treat such vessels as in her opinion becomes the action of a Power which may be said to have taken the first steps towards establishing the principles of neatrality, and which for over a cectory has maintained those principles with a high impartiality.

She deems it the daty of belligerents to distinguish between neutral and belligerent submarines and says the responsibility for soy conflict between belligerent warshipe and neutral submarines, owing to neglect to so distinguish them, must rest entirely with the negligett Power.

The United States' Contention.

October 11, 12 20 p.m.

The United States osutantion, that belligerents must, dis- tinguish between neutral and belligerent sabmarines, refers to passage in the Allied Memorandum, which points out the grave danger incorred by neutral submarines ́ navigating in regions frequented by belligerent anbmarines.

SIR EDWARD CARSON SPEAKS OUT.

October 11, 6.25 p.m.

Sit Elward Carson, who followed Mr. Asquith, declared that it would be a disaster if Germany were permitted to crush Ramania. It was no ass concealing the fact that we were fiend with's Harcalean task in securing ultimate victory. He sekød Mr. L'oyd George whether he could give assurances that we possessed the necessary man-power. If steps were necessary to secure this, then they should be taken without delay. The question of the man-power of Ireland must also be debated anon, and we must be prepared to make: mora sacrifices, involving far greater inconvenience to the osantry's trade.

[The first part of the above message it not-to hand).

SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' VOTES,

October 11, 7.45 p.m.

In the House of Lords, Lord Lansdowne announced that the Government proposed to introduce a Bill to enable soldiers and milor and allwar workers to vote without returning to the consti- tuercy in which they previously resided.

THE LATEST SINKINGs.

October 10, 1.40 p.m. The latest sinkinga inolude:-The British steamers Sidonia and Jupiter sed the Norwegian steamer, Resham,

THE PORTUGUESE IN AFRICA.

October 10, 4.45 p.m. According to Renter's correspondent at Lorenon Marques, it is officially san sacod that a Portoguese colomon is proceeding to Newala, trenty kilometres north of the Rovams River, where s reconnoitring detachment repulsed superior enemy forces and killed many German Atkerin,

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE NEW SUBMARINE COMPA:ON,

Excitement in America,

October 11, 14)'p.m. English nowspapers dwell on the gravity and complexity. of the fresh German-American issue raised by what.."The Times" describes as tantamount to a pacific blockade of the American cosat—“A form of coercion 'occasionally adopted. in peace time to bring a wrong-doing State to reason,”

"While the papers are unanimous in thinking that the main issue lies with the United States and Germany, they point out that the havoc. wrought by the Us3 emphasises the importance of the recent Allied Memorandum regarding the treatment of belligerent submarines in neutral waters,

Telegrams from New York describe the excitement as greater than at the outbreak of the war, and say that an explosion is bound to follow the loss of Amer- ican lives. But for the activity of American destroyer, much greater hardships and possibly loss of life would have resulted,

America Refuses !

October 10.10.15 pm. ̈ ̄ According to Bouter's New York correspondent, the Councillor of the State Department has announced that the United States has refused to accept the Enter's Pow contention regarding bellgaeunt an ¿watara"mentioned on tober

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TELEGRAMS.

THE NEW SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

"Unpromising" for Germany, [isator's Service to The Telegraph."]

October 11, 2.35 1.m.

The Secretary of the Liverpool Steamship Owners' As- `sociation, on being interviewed, renewed the opinion that the German submarining was not alarming and was really an unpromising development for Germany. The fact, that soportos were not conducted on both sides of the Atlantic showed an insufficiency of submarines. Our loss through submarining during the whole war was only ten ahillings to. every hundred pounds sterling of cargo. We imported nine hundred millions sterling worth of stuff during the year end- ing last July.

Norway's View.

October 11, 1.35 .. According to Reuter's correspondent at Christiauin it ie announced that the Norwegiau Government will protest to Germany where the safety of the crews of sunken Norwegian ressels 1. disregarded and will also call attention to the excitement in Norway through the abandonment of Norwegian crews in bosta in the Arctic. The Government is considering the advisability of excluding submarines. from Norwegian waters.

THE ALLIED" OFFENSIVE.

British Aircraft Active.

October 11, 12.35 μ. General Sir Douglas Kaig, in an official statement, an- nounces that there is "nothing important" to report. The work is improving on the new positions south of the Anere, and has continued without special incident. A further 968 prisoners were brought in. Our aircraft was yesterday again very active.

Substantial French Successes.

October 11, 120 s.m. According to Reuter's Paris correspondent it is offici- ally announced that north of the Somme there has been great reciprocal artillerying and that south of the Somme the infantry carried a position constituting the objective. " The hamlet of Bovent on the outskirts of Ablancourt and most of Chaulnes Wood have been captured. Twelve hundred and fifty men were taken prisoners ·

A “coup de main" south of Saillesi! resulted in fifty ⚫ more prisoners being taken. The enemy greatly suffered.

round Ablancourt.

Airmen bombed the Bosch magneto factory at Stuttgart. apparently with serious result.

IN THE BALKANS.

Otober 11, 135 8.m.

A Paris official message says:-The Eastern Army's offensive was successfully continued. There was very sharp fighting between the Serbs and the Bulgars in the Cerna Bend, 616 prisoners being taken.

Aeroplanes bombarded Monastir and Prilep.

IRELAND AND THE WAR.

Uusver 11, 2,35 a.m.

The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (Lord Wimborne) in a speech at Dublin, said the Irish Divisions needed forty thou- sand men before Christmas. There were 34,822 Catholics and 16,224 Protestants in the army before the war and 157,504 had joined since mobilisation, including 92,405 Catho lies, 62,301 Protestants and 2,796 unclassed. He estimated that there were between one and two hundred thousand eligibles in Ireland to-day. He had never advocated compul- sion in Ireland because general consent was lacking, but the view in England was a endden conversion to compulsion, There was no reason to despair of convincing the Irish Democracy by the overwhelming logic of facts.

The "Belfast Telegraph" points out that Lord Wim- borne's figures refer'only to infantry.

FIRST BATTLE FOR THIEPVAL.

The German Losses,

Can explanation of the heavy

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TELEGRAMS:

OBITUARY.

Admiral Sir W. R. Kennedy.

(Reuter's 'Barrios to The Telegraph")

Loudon, Received October 12, "This death" "is" apnounced of Admiral Sir William Babert | Kennedy, G. B.

A NEW K. C. B.

London, Received, October 11. The Gusetts angraross that Major General Henry Sinclair dorse has been made a Knight Commanderof the Most Honours- blo Order of the Bath.

RUBBER COMPANIES IN

JAYA,

Question of Increased Costs.

London, Rocstved, October 12, The 2 imez says it is proposed to form an independent society in London to represent the Babbar Cc inpanies in Java and the Datch East Indier, to deal with the question of Dutch income tax, freights, wages and labour.

DEARER COTTON.

Trade Seriously Restricted.

London, Reosived October 12. In connection with the East that cotton in dearer now than at anytime since, the American Civil War, the Times Warns American speculators that cotton goods may sasily be seat to a agare at which they will be ua, parchaeable in Eastern markets.

The Times fears that this in happening already and is serion+ ly restricting the trade.

JAPANESE POLITICS. New Premier Interviewed.

Londor, Received October 12. Field Marabel Terauchi, inter- viewed by Beater's correspondent at Tokyo, said that Japan's foreign policy would remain unchanged. The new Administration would do the same in regard to all treaties, alliances and friendships as its predecesLOTS,

Japan to Maintain Faith.

London, Received, October 1. According to Heater's corres pondent as New York, Field Marabal Teranabi, during sa interview with an Awociated Press representativa at Tokyo, · declared that his programme wAN neither revolationary, aggressiİTA

German losses is contained in the or militaristic, but that its end fact that we seem to have caught intend to viclate the sovereignty, } vas. cometructive. Els did · nat them while a relief was going on, of Chins, or to hamper equal

In the whole attack, as we now as we learn from the prisoners. opportunties of interested nations. know, we lost, including the There would, therefore be double He would make a impreme Eart lightest casualties less then 100 the usual number of men in the

{to maintain“ faith with foreign. men, We took twice that nam treantes, the new men having just Powers and to fulfil Japan's obli- bor of prissuers alone and more come in and the others not it goigations under the British and than twios the number of German out. And, if so, it was hard on Lassian Allies oes.

those who had only been there a few minutes.

dead were in the treahes,

The enemy's lowess, then, in killed and prisonera slons were about five times our total casus!-

Some of the prisoners taken tim, including even the lightest were troops which had recently fi ssh wound. If their wounded been at Verdun, and they declare were no more than equal to their, that the worst at Vardan wor killed, and "mising➡ most im heaven compared to the Somme. probable thing their losses were We have beard the same thing ươn times as big as ours. Nor before, and I believe that, fri m does this make any allowance for the German point of view, it is what may have been done and tree. For the beginning of this it must have been mooh —by our battle the Germans have been artillery fice when it lifted to be subjected to the hammering of ax yond the tracob which we took. | artillery definitely superior to Later, moreover, the enemy were their own. The openness of the -men maming for a ocauter st. country and its expoeurs combine tsok, sad they, were broken up with the emailnews of san thestra sad sostiered by our gans. It can to make the- ffect of shat artillery only kays been the utterness if terrifio. I doubt whether at the defast and the demoraliss-Verdun, or anywhere else, on thin tion which followed which laf hout or any other front, has asab prevented the enemy, ap till now, a poncentration of

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