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TUESDAY,

TELEGRAMS.

[Beater's Service to the * Telegraph.”?

GRAVE HAPPENINGS IN GREECE,

BRITISH OFFICERS HAULED FROM STEAMER.

THREE HUNDRED VENIZELISTS REPORTED SHOT.

December 18, 1.25 p.m. A telegram from"Athens says the Allies have demanded repara. tion for the murdered soldiers, in the shape of a salate to their flig the re-establishment of Allied control of the services; an indemnity; and an amnesty for the Yenisolista.

It is expected that the blockade will be maintained till the conditions as fulfilled.

The price of necessarion has risen thirty per cent. consequence of the blockade.

Venizelists. Shot.

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Temperature 6 a.m.

December 19, 1915,

Humidity

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DECEMBER

19,

1916.

二拜禮:骏九十月二十英裕律

TELEGRAMS.

SINGLE COPY 10 OSHIг.

156.1 ER ANNJE.

“COMBING-OUT" THE COTTON TRADE.

[Renter's Service to The "Telegraph."]

TELEGRAMS.

[Beater's Service to The "Telegraph."]

THE FRENCH OFFENSIVE.

British Eater German Trenches.

Desember 17, 11.40 p.m. General Sir Douglas Haig says:-We successfully raided trenches at Benhart, inflicting casualties and bombing dug-outs.

We entered trenches south-west of Wytschsete, dnd destroyed a machine-gun emplacement.

The enemy blew a camoufit to the east of Ypres."

Moderate Fighting.

December 18,2.50 .. A German evening communique sage:-There is moderate fighting in the west.

Enemy Bombards New Positions.

December 18, 12.10 p.m.

December 18, 1.25 p.m.

A Paris official message says :-On the right of the Meuse, our The Daily Chronicle correspondent at Athens says that thres new lines from Vacherauville to Besanvaux, and particularly the thousand Veniselists are in prison, and that three hundred kava Chambrettes Farm sector, were bombarded. We replied. ... been shot.

Two French Soldiers Killed.

December 18, 1.25 p.m.

The Daily Mal correspondent at Syra, wiring on December 11, Greek offers seized gans sad ammunition ander Allied control

reports grave bappenings in the provinces.

at Volo and Larisa,

At Trikkala, they expelled the controllers, who were insulted by crowde.

At Volo, gang hauled British officers from the steamer and threw the furniture for the British Control Offices into the sea. They also killed two French soldiers and a Greek interpreter.

Panic on Stock Exchange.

December 18, 2.00 p.m. According to Reuter's correspondent at Athens, there is a panic on the Stock Exchange in consequence of the blockade.

Transport of Greece Troops,

December 18, 2.05 p.m. According to Renter's correspondent at Athens, the transport of Greek troops to Mores began on Saturday. The passage of trains was abocked at Elasia etation. Allied officiere and French warships at Patres and Coriath are supervising.

THE BALKAN STRUGGLE.

Enemy Cavalry Refuses Battle.

December 17, 10.20 p.m. A Russian communique eaps:—A strong enemy attack was repolled in the region of Walaṛatna, at the point of the bayonet. We pursued the the enemy and secured e height,

On the Rumanian front, cavalry twice rushed to attack the enemy cavalry which was attempting to attack our retiring troope in the ragion of Buzeu. The enemy did not accept battle, and retired behind the infantry.

Germans Gala round.

December 18, 2.50 &.m.

The Verdun Victory.

December 18, 12.50 p.m..

According to Beuter's correspondent at Paris, the capture of

THE PEACE OVERTURES.

Shortage of Food the Explanation..

December 18, 1.45 p.m.

Can the Milia Yield Mor · M-n?

London, Nov. 1-How far the It is reported from Amsterdam shat food shortage is the key to "combing-out" of indu string the German peace cffers.

which have hitherto been whally

Herr Bitochi, twenty-four hours previously, told his auditors or partially reserved will affect that the potato crop is only twenty million tone, as compared with the cotton trade of Lancashire, it fifty million tone last year. The grain crop is one-and-a-half million is impossible to say" at the tone short of the estimate, and the expectation of supplies from moment. A revised list of re- Rumania will not be realized, as Bungary and Austris are already corvations is in the banda of the quarrelling over it,'

printers, and in expected to be The Kosinische Zeitung hints that Berr Koerber's fall is das to pablished within the next week a quarrel with Count Tirza is connection with the osptures of or ten days. There is a tumour Rumanian food.

Excitement Subsides fa"Japan.

December 18 2.00 p.m. According to Router's correspondent at Tokyo, she excitement due to the announcement of the German peaus proposals is now stlayed.

SAD PLIGHT OF SERBIAN PRISONERS.

December 18. 4.16 p.m. The Serbian Legation reports that an escaped Bustise priest Pepper Hill was the decisive svest leading to the Verdan victory. describes the Serbian prisoners in Austria as weak and emaciated.

Hs never saw The Germans were clinging desperately to the Hill, when they were anexpectedly attacked in the rest. A debeole followed, and the They go in search of roos and sometimes beg enemy fled, casting sway hin arms, munitions and equipment. Our contingenta cut off his retrost, and the enemy surrendered by the

hundred:

Further to the east, the powerfally fortified Chambrettae Farm, on which were found sixty machine-ganu, was gloriously assaulted by

■ wesk foros. & battery of night-inch guns was found at an adjscert point intact, and the ganders were dead alongside. Bg captures of munitione farther testified to the completeness of the victory.

Over 11,000 Prisoners.

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December 18,430 p.m.

A French communique sunounces:-The Gormane violently counter-attacked our new positions on the right bank of the Meana, but did not succeed in gaining a footing, except at the farm si Chambrettes, the immediate approaches to which we continue to

hold.

We have so far counted 11,387 prisonere at Verdun since December 15, including 284 officers. We captured or destroyed 115 guns, forty-four mine-throwers, and 107 aschine-guns,

French Wrest Back a Farm.

D:cember 18, 1.20 .m.

A Paris communique asya.—Saath of the Somme, there was fairly lively reciprocal artillery activity in the La Maisonette motor. On the right of the Men-e, after a sharp fight, we ejected the enemy from Chambrettes Farm, the whole of which we have re-occupied. Two machine guns have been captured.

BOMBING RAIDS IN FRANCE.

British Aviators' Good Work.

December 18, 3.05 p.m. The Air Board describes sacos:aful bombing raide in France on German artillery.

Prisoners admit that large numbers of guns were directly bit ▲ German evening communiqe” caye :--In the east, our army as the result of accarare observation of British aviators, in the Dobradja gained ground northwards.

A Vast Russo-Rumanian Plan,

December 18, 125 p.m. Beater's correspondent at Paris says that advices from Petrograd speak of the enemy having suffered enormous losses in Wellschia.

The Ramanian armies are completely enved, and are at present on the other side of Sareth, where they are re-organising.

The Rasians are holding the ground or sil fronts, except that between Rimnicu Sarat and the Trotne region, where, however, General Averesco is standing firm.

General Brusillof has moved to the south.

OUR BLIND HEROES.

A World-wide Appeal.

December 18, 420 pm.

Sir Arthur Pearson makes the following appeal to the Press of the world. He begins with the request:-"Will you sek your readers to send New Year's gifta to help men blinded in the war?' The numbers are increasing very rapidly, and we have nearly three | hundred learning to be blind workers. Nearly two hundred more are coming shortly from hospital. Already one hundred and eixty have been taught to read by the Braille system, and to typewrite, and are settled in useful and profitable occupati ne.. A large permanent

In South Holdavia, a rait Ensay Romaniso plan has been fund is needed to ensure adequate supervision and saustsoos for carried out, and importent fighting it impending.

Two Successful British Raids.

December 18, 4 15 p.m. A British message for Balonica reports two successful raids on the Strumm front and at Lake Doiran,

Our seroplanes have bombed Tombs station and damaged a transport on the Ghergli-Chernista raod.

Russians Capture Heights.

December 18, 6.45 p.m.

these and others who are following. Their courage, determination and rapidity in overcoming the handicap are shown to be beyond all praise. We trust that those possessing the inestimable gift of sight will send a New Year thank-offering for the benefit of those who bare given their eyes for the Empire."

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The above message is sent through the courtesy of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Ocmpany from Bir Arthur Pearson, St. Dunstan's, Regent's Park, London.

ITALIAN DEMAND FOR WAR COMMITTEE.

Desember 18, 2.00 p.m. Rester's correspondent at Rome says that a number of mers bere A Russian communique says:-We have captured a number of beights in the Carpaibiane, and, have taken two hundred prisoners. of Parliament are urging Signor Boselli toappoint a War Committee

We have repalsed enemy counter-attacks there and in the similar to that of the British and the French. regions of Filipessi and Dibbstogo, in Romania.

German Aerial Attacks.

December 18, 6.45 p.m.

A German communique saya:-Oɑr air equadrons attacked the emény retreating to Brails, with visible effook.

GERMANS BOMB RUSSIAN' WARSHIPS.

December 18, 2 50a.m.

SAFE CONDUCT FOR AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR.

December 18, 1.45 p.m. The Foreign Office har granted Count Ternowski, Analrian- Hungarian Ambassador at Washington, wife condget to the United

8 stem.

THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

The following mesmere

December 18, 200 p.m. have been suck:-Westminster.

& German evaping.commen'que reports:-German seaplanes (British); Braak (Norwegian), Miobailoproboukoll (Dacieb), Vala bombed Russian warships/at Balius and felled a bowtilu reaplane by (Swedish); ́ and the mailing vessels Nsiad and Consando Mary'

(British). nchiza-gna Krs.

more wretched set of men, -

IN MESPOTAMIA.

British Nearing Kut,

December 18, 4.50 p.m.

An official message aaye that Colonel Maude has extended his hold on the Hai River, and has bombarded the Turkish positions with good results.

that all single men of military lage in the cotton trade and all married men up to the age of 25 |will be made liable for serviOS. at present single men over the

are exempt.

go of 30 and all married men

In the spinning mentions there is general agreement among em ployers and operatives alike that any now draatio, measures would Roughly, imperil the industry. it is estimated that of the mile pioners and cardroom operatives till following their own occups. tions about 50 per cent are of military age, and that of these |about 15 per cent are unmarried. Of that 15 per cent, and of the comparatively small number of married men under the age of

25 e considerable proportion ars (unfit for military service. The

| military representative in an im- Cavalry discovered Tarke constrasting a bridge on the Tigris, portant spinning centre stated to six miles to the west of Kat-al-Amars. Our casualtios were inconsiderable.

[In the event of telegrams arriving too late for insertion on this page they will be found on an Extra).

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

NO PEACE AT ANY PRICE."

December 16, 2.50 p.m.

Mr. Henderson, the Cabinet Minister, in a speech said that the peace loving British would welcome peace; but they remembered that the offer emanated from a power which infamously proposed in 1914 that we should betray France and acquiesce in the violation of Belgium. Therefore the proposals must be scrutinised in the light of our sacred obligations to our Allies and must be tested by the principles for which we were fighting. Indemnities for the past were insufficient without guarantees for the future and the latter were insufficient without ample reparation to Belgium, Serbia and Poland. If the proposals were merely a pretence to secure azi armistice we should set our faces like steel and confront all hardships and dangers in order to secure a

righteous peace.

MEATLESS DAYS EXPECTED.

December 16, 257 p.m.

It is expected that Lord Devonport will shortly enforce a meatless day, probably Thursday, including private houses; also sugar tickets and the compulsory use of maize, oals or barley in addition to wheat in breadmaking.

RE-ELECTION OF MINISTERS UNNECESSARY,

December 16.

The House of Commons has passed the Re-election Bill By this Bill the re-election of Ministers is dispensed with

THE ITALIANS,

Appreciation of British Help.

December 16, 345 p.m. According to Reuter's correspondent at Rome, the

his Finance Minister in

that Badget speech said last year's deficit was 769,000,000 lire. He foresaw no great difficulties in providing for the forthcoming period for internal expenses, while he was confident of the cordial given support of the British Treasury to overcome the difficul ties regarding war payments shroad.

Idea of Pesce Repúdlated..

Lambax 17, 4.40 p.m. Communications in Italy have been interrupted by

snowstorm.

A belated message shows that the Italian pross repudi. ates the idea of peace negotiations at prosent.

Baron Bonnino, speaking in the Chamber on Wednes day, said he had received the German posce note, which was very vague, and be therefore deproosted any discussion as it was most important that the Allins should act in unison.

AN ELECTION POSSIBILI : Y.

December 17, 4.40 p.m. **Beynolda Newspaper'' says that in the event of anything Like a concerted effort to oppose the draalia proposals which Mr. Lloyd Georgo will submit to Parliament, the inner cirela of the Premier's supporters make no secret of the possibility of La-election

(Continued on page: 6.)

Is representative of the Mun- chester Guardian yesterday that he did not expect much to result from any tightening of the grip on the cotton industry-that, in fast, he had been greatly surpris led to find in the contes of his [inspections no' low eligibis men

in the mills.

Much machinery is already idlo in consequence of the lack of labour. Whilst many of the mills have been able to announce good profits, some of the older types are finding utmoet difficulty in keeping their core open, and. in others, it te stated the produc- tion is not more than 80 per a inf. of the normal. "We are no shorthanded," a prominent leader of the operatives said yesterday,

that if they take say mors of the men it will mean stopping the mille. Women have already been introduced wherever it isponible. Much of the work is quite ua- uitable for them-it is 100 dangerous."

La the Oldham district the "ombing-out" process has been in operation for many months, and has been a constant sourOS Of trouble in the spinning mills. The recruiting officers, having been set the tank of finding so many men sich" week, have hed to pay rounds of visits regularly. and have distributed their "calls" as evenly as possible. The reaals is that mill managera bars no sooner adjusted one dislocation than another has been caused, aud, generally speaking, sach encossaing one baw proved narder of adjustment. Skilled workers cannot be brought in from outside, and a youth becomes eligible for military service by the time he in Etted for a responsible post in a certified occupation. The inevit- able effect is a lessening of pro- dac ios,

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