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TELEGRAMS.

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

A GERMAN CLAIM,

Reported Torpedoeing of a Transport.

Londor, January 29.

A Berlin official morsage says:-One of our submarines sant, in ten minutes, on January 25, an armed enemy transport fall of troope. At the time the vessel was zunk, she was steering in an easterly direction two hundred and fifty miles east of Malta, and was accompanied by a French torpedo boat.

CANADA'S WAR APPROPRIATION,

London, January 29, According to Reuter's correspondent at Ottawa, Bir Robert; Borden, Prime Minister, explained that a large proportion of the proposed war appropriation, amounting to a hendred millions sterling, would be advanced to Britain for the purpose of financing British purchasen of war material in Canada, of which the Dominion had already advanced fifty millions,

THE WESTERN FRONT.

Mora Aerial Work

London, January 29,

A French communique says:—A German attack on Hartmanns

Weilerkopf was easily repulsed.

An enemy seroplane was brought down.

Our seroplanes bombed railway stations at Athien, Savy and Etrollers.

Three English Attacks

London, January 29.

A German wireless official mosesgo states:-We repulsed three English wares with heavy losses to the north of Armentieres. Repeated French attacks on Hill 304 were unsuccessful.

RUSSIANS CAPTURE MANY PRISONERS.

London, January 29.

A Russian wireless official message says:-We took 1,030 prisoners on Saturday in the battle north-east of Jakobeni.

RUSSIAN SUCCESS AGAINST TURKS,

London, January 29.

A Raasian wirelers official message Bays:-We attacked with the bayonet south-west of Potutory and to the south of Bineshany, taking the first line.

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We repelled a raging Turkish counter-silack and exploded siz Turkish mine galleries. We demolished trenches and withdraw...

The Turks twice attacked, but were driven back,

London, January 29.

A German wireless official message states that the Tarka cepulsed strong Russian attacks on the Ziots Lipa,

THE LAURENTIC.

London, January 28,

There are no farther details to band concerning the sinking of the Laurentic,

THE SUBMARINE DANGER.

To be Vigorously Combated,

London, January 29. According to Reuter's correspondent at Paris, Admiral Corsi, on leaving for Italy, said he was most satisfied with the results of the Naval Conference in London. He declared that the most vigoroas anti-submarine measures had been ananimously decided проп.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S SON KILLED.

London, January 23. Brigadier General Long, a son of Mr. Walter Long, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has been killed in motion.

Decessed served in the Soots Greys in the South African War, doing good work and receiving rapid promotion.

A PRIZE COURT CLAIM.

London, January 29. The Prize Court has reserved judgment in the claim made by Lieutenant Commander Bayle, V.O., commander of the E14, sa prise money for the sinking in the Sea of Marmora of a Tarkish gunboat and trapaport wijk 6,000 troops on board, all of whom were drowned,

It is pointed out that if the troops are inaladed in the reckon ing, the prize money would be increased from £2,000 to £31,000.

THE ATTEMPT ON KING ALFONSO,

London, January 20. Reuter's correspondent at Madrid, staten that the man arrested In conpretion with the attempt on the life of King Alfonso is a nativa of Barcelona, named Darsa. A Portuguese has been arrested, but he is believed to be innocent.

It is reported that en infernal machine capable of bloring up the

train was found at Bilbao..

§in the event of telegrams arriving too late for inserison on thianage they will be found on an Exten]..

TUESDAY, JANUARY 30,

TELEGRAMS.

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

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME.

Earolimeat of Women,

London, January 28,

A forecast of Mr. Neville Chamberlain's scheme of National Civilian Service, which has been published, says that it will be applied to men between the ages of 18 and 60, but not to women, with the object of replacing those who have been combed out from the munition factories, colleries, shipbuilding, transport work and agriculture. Hostings are to be organised to stimulate the enrolment and the local authorities have been asked to start recruiting rallies.

There will be seven recruiting areas each provided over by a Commissioner. No provision will at present be made for men giving part of their time.

Women Wanted.

London, January 29.

The National Service Directorate announce that yester- day's forecast is misleading as regards women. Their services are urgently wanted and a sobems of snrolment is being prepared for them.

AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS.

Melbourne, January 20. That a Coalition Government will be formed is more unlikely than ever.

The Hon. Mr. G. F. Peron, Minister of Defence, has been mentioned as Australia's representative on the Imperial War Cabinet

NAVY LEAGUE APPEAL

London, January 29.

A deputation of the Navy League appealed to Sir Edward Carson for vigorous messures against the submarines.

Sir Edward Carson and Admiral. Sir.. John Jellicos described the measures taken. The deputation expressed their warm appreciation and satisfaction that everything conceivable had been done to anfeguard merchant ships.

GENERAL SMUTS' DISAPPOINTMENT.

Pretoria, January 20. General Smuts concluded by saying that he departed from East Africa with feelings of great disappointment. It was very hard when so near the end not to be allowed to enter the prämised land but his Ministerial colleagues thought it bis duty to go to the War Conference. He felt mankind was in a grave crisis end even South Africa might be able to contribute its small mite which might yield im- portant results. (Loud Cheers).

IRISH-CANADIAN RANGERS.

London. January 20,

The Irish Canadian Rangers attended special servicen at Armagh, the preachers being the Primate of the Church of Ire- land and Cardinal Logue. They were subsequently civically welcomed, and received a popular ovation at Belfast,

THE CORFU GARRISON,

Piraene, January 28,

The Greek garrison at Corfu has been ordered to pro- cood to Patras. Only two hundred- are to remain, these to be commanded by an officer loyal to the Entente.

GERMAN SUBMARINE CREW.

Christianis, January 20.

A Norwegian motor boat has landed at Hammerfast 34 of the crow of a German submarina which foundered off the Norwegian coast,

TO DESTROY GERMANY'S LAST HOPE.

London, Jiuuary 28.

The "Observer," in an apparently inspired article says: the Germans hope to snatch an eleventh hour triumph by cutting Britain's son communications. If we smaak the new sabmarine campaign directly or outbuild it in our yards or outstay it by reducing imports and increasing homa supplies or achieve a final decisive success by all these means together. we shall destroy the last Gerinan hope and ensure victory for the Allies. We can and will do it, but only by the maximum national effort during the port six months,

LAURENTIC SUNk off irish coast,

London, January 29.

It is officially announced that the Laurentie!! was sunk off the Irish coust.

THE FRENCH EXPLOSION.

Paris/Janustry 29, The fire at the powder works at Mumy Palaisear spreed, involving the malinits" stores, which exploded, damaging houses within "a" vide" vatini Large injured.

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TELEGRAMS.

[Renter's Service to The "Telegraph.”).

BRITISH SUCCESS IN FRANCE.

Paris, January 20. Field Marshal Sir Dougles Haig's success was agineved in a populous district the centre of which is Tranalog, scattered borough bordering on the Peronne-Bapaume Road and four miles from Bapaume. The enemy strongly entrench- ed the approaches of, the borough, whose houses were forti- fed. As Field Marshal Haig spoke of the region of Transloy, the Freach experts wore ignorant of the exact locality of the works captured on Saturday, but they emphasise that it is an important operation as it is a further advance on the stronghold of Bapaume.

ATTEMPT ON KING OF SPAIN.

Madri, January 29.

An iron beam was found across the railway near Grana- da just before the passage of the train conveying King Alfonso. It was removed just in time.

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There was a mass of load, weighing one hundred. weight, placed on the railway st Granada. "It was discuter- ed an hour before the passage of the royal train. Another similar hump was found in close vicinity. A man haa besa arrested at Granada. General arrats are expected. The Madrid authorities are making active investigations into what they - believe to be an anarchist plot.

EARTHQUAKE IN DUTCH EAST INDIES.

The Hague, January 29. Fire hundred and fifty persons have been killed by an earthquake in the Dutch East Indies.

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RELIGION AND WAR.

Bishop Welldon on the Failure of Science and Education.

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"It does not reem to me,” Birbop Welldon, Dean of Man. cheater, addressing the Christian Evidence Society at Sion Colle London, “ that the war creates in espect of religion sny difficulties which did not exist before,

"This war," he proceeded {"d ́ffers from other wars only in its magnitude and its intensity, but if war is a disproof of God's. being, then all' war is such a dieproof. Whatever may be the impression made by the war, it in not Christianity which has chiefly failed.

"To my opponents I say, 'It is not Christianity that has forged the ivstruments of war. - It is not Christianity that is now destroying ocuntless lives. It is your soispos that is proving itself a care.” It is now becoming apparent beyond ali dispate that man's so-called mastery of nstars may prove the attor rain.cf all that makes lifa worth living.

"Nor has education fared any better than science, Germany in the most highly educated country in the world, methodically and scientifically. What is the result ? Education is mapping the vary PEACE AND ITS PRICE. contra account the delivery of Germans are preaching a gospel vitals of her society. The the Eastern world from the blight What are the Minimum Terms? of Turkish misrale may shord which, however slaverly it may opportunities for adjustment be defended, is training a geasca- In the Daily News Canon Armenis at least can never be dread anywhere in the world in tion of Hana. What is there to Masterman writes:- Lika mon restored to Turkey, sa Macedonië | men who bold way cfficial position was rew'ored in 1878.

comparison with the civilised

gery of the German Empire ?” bolder policy in the Church of Bishop Welldon called for a England at home in regard to indastrial and other 'evila. “What leadership, and the only leader- we want," he concludes, "is hip which will be of much valus in the collective leadership of the Epica spats."

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY.

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I am constantly receiving appeal. But the minimam terma that it to join in efforts to persuade the would be possible for Britain and Government to initiate negatis her àilies to accept must slso in tions for peace. Such efforts are elude the setting up of an in. | dangeran", because they are based] tornational tribunal to adjudicate on a failure to recognise the apon, and punish such breaches sotual fois of the situation, and of international law as are brought imply, or at least room to imply, before it by any of the belligerent that the Government is less ac- Powern. Unless all that has bren zions than we ste to bring this gaired in the last hundred years ghastly conflict to an honourable by Hague Conventions and in- end.

ternational agreements is to be The main purpose for which lost, the verdict of the civilised we and our Allies" are fighting is world must be given on the not to "ernih" or "deelrey" Ger- barbarities of which we believa mary-a delusion saiduonely Germany to b› guilty, and on the propagated by the German G.v. sccusations that are made against ernment for its own ende, but an- as and our Allies by our oppon supported by any responsible ents, Anything less than this: statement on our side. "It is to we could not accept. deliver Europe, eo far as i

The Irreducible Malmum, humanly possible, from the

These terms are far below any- danger of a repetition of th ontrage that bas rearly wrecker thing that present or probable our civilisation. This we bope conditions would justify us in re- They constitute the to achieve, partly by convincing quiring. the German people that war is irreducible minimum on which not the glorious and profitable alone peace would, in any cir enterprise that they have been cumstances, be conceivable. To taught to believe, and partly by accept such a peace would be to such a reorganisation of the confess that we had failed to European system as shall give *ccept less would be to forfeit for

the legitimate over the the respect of all honour-holders meeting, IL30 am. satisfaction to

sble peoples. sepirations of nationality, and so

The recognition of these facts remove those grievances that constitutes constant menade to ought to protect as against the pesce and goodwill among the danger of premature sttemple to nations. If we do not anoceed in goliate for penos, No one this, we shall have failed in the seriously supposes that t

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Saturday, February 10.

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Our Honour at Stake. outlined. Pocas is only possible Co.---Shareholdere meeting; nono, But even if, in the end, we now at the cost of the escrifice of wers obliged to reconcile our-the interests of the smaller Powers ceives to the idea that Europe that have trusted us, sad whose life of which it needs most. To must still remain an armed camp, cause we dare not betray. It is carry on this wat one day longer pilicz up the materials for true that we a10 fighting for the than is necessary for the attain. another e nflict and the time for preservation of all that the meat of the purposes for which such a confession of failure is for British Empire stands for in the we entered upon it would be a distans yet we have incurred world; that unwillingnzar to ea orime almost withoni parallel; bat obligations that honour forbids durs to the end would mean a it would be hardly less oriminal as to repadiate while any re-betrayal of all who have died for to delade ourselvas with the ides sources remain to us for continu-he cause for which we are fight that any terma that we could ing the struggle. We and ouring. But even if we were willing honourably accept are possible at Allies are bound by the to sacrifice our own interests, we the present stage. It is essential moet solema pledges to insist onnot sacrifice the interests of that our Allies should know that, on the restoration of Belgium, others. Northern France, Berbis, and

One of the dangers of a long plough, we shall not look back having est our hands to the Poland, and fall compensation, as war is that the ideale that gave till the long farrow has boon far as compensation is poes blo, moral value to its beginning are turned. If those who advogate, for the injuries and outrages that liable to become slonded and the opening of negotiations for have been is flisted on them. The obscured by the claims of self-in-pesos were able to win any non exact form that this compensation torost and she wearness of hope widerable body of: supp shall take may be a matter for defarned. There are ominog? Taxation of effort wool negotiation. Compensation to signs that, we have not escaped inevitable conique Francs and Sexhis may be terris from this pronoms of ideturforation: torial rather than Enancial; the il, wo waste one available?