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SATURDAY, MARCH 10,

1917.

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TELEGRAMS.

[Reuter's Service to The “Talegraph.”]

FAR EASTERN SHIPPING.

Suggested Extension of Requisitioning Scheme.

London, March 7.

The Times mys that arrangements are being considered to extend the shipping requisitioning scheme, mentioned on March 3, : to the services to India, Ceylon, Burms, the Straits, China, Japan and the Fersian Gulf.

The Times adds that as regards the outward services it would seem that businem could be efficiently controlled by three main committees representing respectively (1) the Parsian Gulf, Karachi and Bombay; (2) Calcutta, Colombo and Burms; and (3) the Far East. It would probably also be desirable to Egem committees of management with respect to Homeward loading.

THE WESTERN FRONT:

Battlefield Swept by Snow..."

London, March 9.

& correspondent at Headquarters, writing on March 8, says that a furious gala is swooping the battlefield of the Amore, blinding snow and equalls sometimes, making it impossible to see more than a few hundred feet, hamparing the aircraft. The troops are working on new lines and the ground has again frozen, facilitating transport. The enemy is most active in improving his front before Bapaume.

THE HOME RULE DEBATE,

Lively Scenes in the Commons.

London, March 10.

The Nationalists frequently interrupted, questioning the Premier during his Home Rale speech.

Mr. Dillion angrily asserted:-"! You are turuing your back on Home Rule."

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When the Premier was dealing with the Polish parallel, Mr. Dillion interrupted :--" What will you say to the Siva Feinere? and Mr. Lloyd George replied :—"I will say to them 'You can have Home Rale for the asking, but we won't put under your heel people who do not want your rule,"

When the Nationalists left the House they shook their flats in- the direction of the Treasury Bonob. Ons shouted out “Hangman Carson."

COUNT ZEPPELIN'S DEATH.

London, March 3,

Reater'a correspondent at Amsterdam says that Count Zeppelin died at Charlothenburg, from inflammation of the laaga,

FRENCH MOBILISING CIVILIANS.

London, March 9: Renter's correspondent at Paris says that the amended Govern mant Bill for the mobilisation of civilians provides for the voluntary enrolment of both sexes from 17 years to 60 years, with eventual compulsion.

THE DARDANELLES REPORT.

Mr. Asquith Seeks a Discussion.

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London, March 8. Mr. Asquith has given notion that he will sak for an early opportunity for a discussion of the Dardanelles Esport, and also for the publicstion of the evidence on which it is purported to be founded.

TELEGRAMS.

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

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE NATIONAL SERVICE CAMPAIGN..

London, March 7.

It is announced that the campaign for national servios rolünteers cads on 31st March.

IN THE WEST.

Our Next Problem.

London, March 7.

A correspondent at Headquarters states that driving snow hampered operations on the Anere yesterday, a thaw at noon badly affecting the roads. The enemy continues his slow retirement, but the strategical riddle of his movements is still not clear. He is now right back on the line of defence in front of Bapaums. The next problem for the British to discover is whether be intends strongly to defend this line or to retire till he is quite clear of the salient, sbortaning his front by thirty miles.

French Opinion.

Paris, March 7.

Expert commentators anticipate a fresh enemy attack north of Douaumont, but are confident that his efforts will not counter-balance the British advance on the Antre, whose remorseless pressure and incessant attacks are responsible for the enemy's unceasing retiring.

Reciproca! Artillery Activity.

London, March 8. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-We advanced slightly on both sides of the Ancre Valley and entered trenches near Binches, from which we brought back prisoners. The enemy raided our front line south-east of Chaulnes and southward of Arms. A few British are missing.

There has been reciprocal artillery activity at various points on the wholo front.

More French Successes.

London, March 3-

A Prench communique staten:-In the Champagne, “after an intense artillery preparation, we carried the greater part of a salient which the enemy occupied on 15th. February, between Butte-du-Mesnil and Maisons-de-Champagne, Wo captured a hundred prisoners.

On the left of the Meuse our artillery fire wrecked Ger- man organisations between Hill 304 and Avocourt Wood.

In Aisico our batteries caught and dispersed strong enemy detachments south of Cernay.

GERMAN ANXIETY,

Preparing the People for the Crash.

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GERMANY AND AMERICA,

Money for Iscariot.

New York, March 7. There is a growing agitation against the eleven obstruc- `tionist Senators A mass meeting in New York, which pass ed a resolution demanding a coalition cabinet inclusirs of Col. Boosevelt and Mr. Root, collected thirty pieces of silver for presentation to Senator Stone.

The President Consults h's Lawyers.

Washington, March 7, President Wilson has consulted legal advisers regarding his power to art merchantmen.

NAVAL CASUALTIES.

London, March 9.

The following casualties are announced Naral: Wounded: Flight Sub.-Lieut. Leslie A. Powell Slightly wounded: Surgeon Frederick G. E. Hill.

Naval Division:-Wounded: Captain John S. Marshall (Marines). Previously reported missing, now reported killed: Second Lieut. Cecil R. Burton (Marines).

THE SILVER MARKET,

London, March 8,

Silver is featureless and the market quiet.

A NATIONALIST MANIFESTO,

London, March 8.

The Nationalists have issued a manifesto to the effect that it is their intention to oppose the Government by all means in their power, but that their attitude towards the war and their allegiance to the cause are not altered.

FURTHER PROGRESS IN MESOPOTAMIA.

London, March 8.···

It is officially announced from Mesopotamia that our pursuing troops met with little opposition, The cavalry after traversing Ctesiphon, birouscked at Bawi, which is fourteen miles from the southern outskirts of Baghdad. They made prisoners of 85 and took one gun.

COUNT ZEPPELIN DEAD.

London, March 6. The death is annonacad of Count Ferdinand Zeppelin.

THE RUN AND HIS COLONIES.

336 PER ANNUM.

TELEGRAMS,

(Reader's Service to The “Telegra

COLD SNAP AT HOME,

London, March §. Severe frost is gonscal in Britain. There have beati heavy znawfalls in many counties.

GERMAN FEAR IN THE WEST.

Shortening of the Line Favoured,

**The call for petoe nɑw comer not merely from the politicians, but from the soldiers. It is an open souret that Hindenburg, who | hse just made his second visit to the Western front, returned pro- foundly impressed by the fact that the politicians must endeavour to make pesce by 'bonk or by crock. This is not mera gossip. I have the truth directly from sonres which, as you know, has always proved sccurate in my previous communications.”

The "Neutral" contributor in the Times makes this asertion in « a remarable contribution,

The problem that is worrying the German Administration at the present time, he says, is: How cin Germany exist until the next harreat?

"In my judgment, the whola question of the ability of Germana to bold out' in the question whether the Germans can live on vegetables, together with mah supplies of meat, gams, fresh- water fish, and imported fish se will be available," until the end of August.

"The whole line from Alsson to Ypres in really a nightmare to the German army. Every sort of influence and 'pall,' Govern

doubt that within a reasonable mitting as clearly se could be par Andrews was carrying on mis-mental, social, and financial, in time a tremendous crash of armies in words that the German peace eionary work in the Liudi district, used to prevent the return of will take place. All the proposal was a mere marcare: which is near the southern border particular regiments and particu States at war against as have Rotterdam, Tuesday, Jan. 25. great losses to the book of persons parent." he writes, "that the broke out,

"Slowly it becomes moze sp. of Garman East Africa, when war far officers to the Western front,

his sister, -German military critics are who wereontrasted with the organe conference was only the Andrews, who has also returned out sach attractions sa superior Mine although the authorities hold becoming remarkably outspoken|aiustion of the war, We also in concluding act of a series of nego-to England, being engaged in applies of food, shorter intervals with regard to the pro-pects of the course of the war have seen tistions of the highest signifi- similar some word distance away. in the trenches, sad the sELMOR- the near fetura. Appearancer new men come to the front.

osacs for the future of the war. seem to indicate that they have

Mr. Andrews esid he had been mente at Lille, Ghent, Mets, and "From one fact it appears deci- The German pesce action in this told by a Roman Catholic mis-other places, which are provided received a few biate to prepare the ively that the moral of the connection became fer our enem-mionary stationed nest Tabora, in order to maintain a moral that public for the gigantic straggle Badan, French, gal Eaglish is very unplesssus blow in the that it was estimated that some has not been so broken for more in which their armies nearly tries and their leaders has dee-flank which threatened to disturb thing like 200,000 natives had than a century. everywhere will have to bear the ended to a pitch which, when the dispositions made by their been done to death by the Gor brant of a great combined on the history of it is written, will leaders,

"My latest tour has dispelled slaught by the Allien. Beneath all bring the blush of shame to all

man. The brutality of the Germany lingering illusions about the bombast can be perceived a hair enoosasora-I mean the un diplomatic fink blows are war porters was booking. Tasse

Bush se ions looked upon as men soldiers towards their native] German efficiency, feeling of uneasiness, and theworthy treatment of war prison and means which in all ware in porters were overburdened, and stating facts accurately when I "I am confident that I am main attention is directed to the a. Lka red thread it runs all times have been made use of when une became exhausted he say that responsible Germans are Western front, where, rightly or through all the events of the war As the history of the Seven Years" was shot in cold blood. wrongly, the German General that our enemies have despised War shows, there are remarkable

in favour of shortening the lina Bia believe that the Allies are the methode of carrying on the parallels to be found."-Daily Germana seised all the native submarine warfare. The Germa

When hostilities began the in the West and extending preparing for a great effort in the war laid down by international New. considerable reinforcements have prisoners of war. Our enemies spring.

I learn that recently laws by making misuse of their arrived in the West.

have sinned against those princi- Of all that in now being writples fired by them and by many ten by the German critics the thers in the spirit of humanity. most significant is a pasange in en "It is a horrible chapter, their artiale by Majɔr Möraht. Con- rougbuses and hate disclosed by | trary to the usual praction of aɔm- their treatment of our soldiers. menting only on purely military France forces them to actions |fairs, thin critic makes am zing directed against their own comm- and totally unfounded allegationerados. England expreasca źle ment of German prisoners of war. naval officers and men, Whilst This all leads up to the signif-we in Germany only with reluct- Chinese admirers of Germany cant wentence: "Our troops know anos and of lats have decided to and her humans methods would what fate threatens them in ones take measures of reprisal exola- do well to consider the following

Victoria Theatre-9.16 p.m. they are taken prisoners." dively to prevent the inernase and

Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. His purpose would appear to repetition of our opponents un-count, giren in the Times of

New Hongkong Cinematograph be to induce through fear a frame heard of crasitics and their January 23, of the brutality of a party of six men and six-9.15 pa of mind in the German soldiers brutality increased with the the Huns towards the natives of women-had to travel four

Volunteers for the Front.--- calculated to make them offer a lengthening of the war.

hundred miles on foot through the Farewell dinner and entertain- East Alcion, Beuter's correspondent at Paris atatea that the newspapers are tremendous ordeal which is anti-expects that our army leaders will desperate resistanos in the "The whole · German nation

forest, and this occupied fortyment: The experiences of the twenty, dayu. "At Tahoru they were intern paying great attention to the rapidity of the advanos in Mesopotamia, cipated. They prediot that it will have a deepeflect throughout Western Asis

insist upon it that in some way or four British misionarios soms of ed with other British; Belgian, and will probably mean grave trouble for Turkey, who must bitterly Ramanian front," Major Morabi better. Our troops, however, London, daring the week-end instances the overcrowding

With the exception of the other our enemies shall be taught then women, who arrived in and Italian civilians, and in some regret the handing over of several Divisions of troops to Germany writes, all direct war action is will know what fate threatens from German East Afrion, confirm so great that double-decker · beds and Bulgaria, when they are urgently needed at home.

at present in the background. In them in osse they are taken pris the charge of grows brutality and bad to be used. The food was the West and East, probably also|soners."

arnelly brought against the Gar- unwholesome and nasally in- in Macedonia and Italy, prepara-

Captain von Salzmann, the mans One of the party, the suficient, and during the greater tions are being made and organi- military critic of the Vourlasha Rey, Clement O. Andrews, made parc of the time they were in mened sation elected for a future general Zeitung, in an article, entitled a statement to a representative of they were forbidden pr atibok. Nowhere is there any” What is Going On," write whisky Times on Baturday, Mr. parohues food.

* YARROWDALE" PRISONERS RELEASED.

London, March 8. Beater'a correspondent at Amsterdam states that the neutrals from the steamer Yarrowdale, including the Americans, kave been | against the Allion' dastardly treat-hate especially against oòr bravO released.

THE MESOPOTAMIA PUSH.

Turkey's Bitter Regrets,

London, March 8.

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How Germany Treats the Nativo Races.

olergy and tesohers. The native people are not pleased with their priest was put in chains and Western army, and the Western compelled to work on the roads, | army is angry with the German while the clergy and towobers people. The Garmura ate, na were pressed into service an regards the Western front, fød porters, and many of them died | up," if, indeed, that expression |from exhaustion and diseass. | strong enough."

The treatment of the Indian |prisoners of wax captured in the early months of the war was most disgraceful. Improper food was provided, and, when large nam- |bers of them fell sick, a callous indifferenos was shown towards them and the proportion of deaths

at an alarming one.

After being taken prisoners | Mr. Andrews and his colleagues

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