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THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1917.
TELEGRAMS.
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(Beater's Servion to The **Telegraph."]
RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONISTS,
No Help for the Western Allies!
London, May 30. Reuter's correspondent at Petrograd states that two startling articles ref:oting the Revolutionary war policy have been published in the organ of the Council of the "Soldiers' and Workmen's Delegates.
One of the articles, which is more particularly addressed to England, strongly dissents from the claim in the Provisional Government's declaration and the Revolutionary leaders' pronounos- ments regarding a Bamian peace formula which shall coincide with the Anglo-French aims. It asserts that Basia will not suorifice a ingle soldier to help her Western Allies to repay "a historio injustice."
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The other article says the watchword of "No annexation 32 must not be misinterpreted. It defines annexation as the forcibis isare of territory in possession of another State on the day of the declaration of war, and adda **without sanexation" means that not a drop of the people's blood must be shed for such a seizure.
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German-Russians la Congress. ·
London, May 30.
Beuter's correspondant at Oderes atston that Congress of 3,000 Rumians of German origin has opened there. It has been decided to conduct the dabates both in German and Bassian.
A New Political Party,
London, May 30.
Renter's correspondent at Moscow says a meeting of the
•O:tobrist Party, attended by the former Minister, M. Gataboff, bas decided to form a new Party, which will combine the bourgeois and democratio elements, in defence of Liberal and Republican principles.
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French Minister's Appeals.
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BRAZIL REVOKES NEUTRALITY,
German Ships to be Utilised.
London, May 30. Kanter's correspondent at Rio de Janeira mys the Chamber has unanimously passed the Bill revoking Brazilian neutrality, not. merely in the German-American War, but in the war between the Entente and the Central Powers,
The Bill also authorisen she utilisation of German ships in Brasilian ports.
WAR
PROBLEM S.
Scientific Commission Visits Arterica,
London, May 30.
According to Reater's correspondent at Washington, an Anglo- French Scientific Commission has arrived to co-operate with American scientists on war problems. The Commissioners include Sir Eranet Rutherford, Langworthy Professor and Director of Physical Laboratories, University of Manchester.
NEW FOOD CONTROLLER.
Reported Probable Retirement of Lord Devonport.
London, May 30,
The Daily Mail mays it is reported that a Labour Member is to be appointed Food Controller, as Lord Devonport in resigning owing to ill-health.
KING CONSTANTINE.
Venizelista Repudiatè Reconciliation.
London, May 30. Laterviews with M. Veniz los and several of his Ministers have been published, repudiating she idea of a reconciliation with King Constantine.
"London, May 30, According to Renter's correspondent at Paris, the French H Avaroff, one of the Ministers, adds that it is essential that Socialist Minister, M. Thomas is, accompanying M. Kerensky on a M. Vaniselos chill occupy The saly in order to secure the crops tour of the Bassian Armies. The former bag delivered which are simt ready for harvesting, to prevanr King Castṣatine namarons speeches on the need for discipline to defeat militarism, from requisitioning them. otherwise they would again be slaves, Hs also replied to numerous questions and related sophistic and pacifist arguments, The speeches have made a deep impression.
PEACE
EFFORTS.
Reported German Willingness to Disarm.
London, May 30.
Ia view of the forthcoming opening of the regular Session of the International Socialist Cafereäce at Stockholm, Austro-Garm va peace efforts are intensifying..
Ia sa inspired article, the Neue Frei Presse says that Austria is only concerned that the balance of power shall not be changed against Austria, and declares that freedom of navigation in the Adristic and the Danube are more important to Austria than the distribution al territory.
Meanwhile, the German peace propaganda is most active in Sweden. Writing to the Swedish jarnai Dagens Nyheter, the well- known German journalist, De. Haas Vorst, attempte to influence Socialist opinion in favour of a peace conference, by professing the Gorman willingness to agree to au immediate general disarmament.
FINANCING THE WAR.
Now Measures by U.S. Government.
London, May 30.
Reuter's correspondent at Washington states that, in order to facilitate greater efforts towards financing the war, the Government contemplates the virtual closing of the American money market to farther foreign Government bond issues throughout the wars sleo the centralising of the country's financial system, by the addition to the Federal Reserve Baird of one thousand strong Trust Com- panies and State Banke not at present members.
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THE WESTERN FRONT.
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German Ralders Repulsed,
London, May 30.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a communique, says: We rapulesd hostile raiders near Fontains les Croisalier, to the west of Lens.
We raided trenches to the south of Neuve Chapelle.
French Captures.
London, May 30.
A French communique saya : --There is a fairly violent artillery strugale south of St. Quentin. ·
Special asite endeavouring to reach our trenches at Mont Blond, in Champagne, were obliged to fall back under the violence of our fire, abandoning dead and wounded. We captured prisoners,
a machine gun, and a flime-thrower.
Three enemy aeroplanes have been brought down.
NEW POST OFFICE SCHEME.
'A System of Interest to Hongkong..
London, May 30.
The Post Office has adopted a system whereby orginals and duplicates of letters posted together will be sent, throughout the
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE ITALIAN PUSH.
London, May 29.
An Italian official message states: We repalsed za attack along the railway eastward of San Giovanni and Daino. We broke up an attack against the summit of Hill 62 in the Vodice area. Overcoming the tenacious resistance of the enemy, who were hidden in caves, we made important progress on the south-eastern slope of the hill.
The total number of prisoners captured on the Julian front since 14th inst, is 23,681, including 604 officers. We bave already counted 38 guns (of which 13 are heavies), 148 machine guns and 27 trench mortars.
A. Reuter official message says: Besides occupying im portant positions the Italians have inflicted great wastage on the enemy. The 23,531 prisoners are only a very small part of the enemy's losses. The battlefield was covered with tens of thousands of dead while the number of wound- ed was also very large. Whole divisions were practically wiped out and many others put out of action for weeks. Nevertheless the Austrians continue to resist desperately › and formidably.
HUNGARIAN POLITICS,
Amsterdam, May 29. The Budapest telegram that Count Andrassy has been charged to form a Cabinet has not yet been copármeż
THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE.
Successful British Raid.
London, May 29. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: We carried out a successful raid early this morning eastward of Biche- bourg la Vone.
Two German aeroplanes were brought down on Monday, and six were driven down out of control Five of ours are missing.
Violent Artillery Duels,
London, May 29.
A French communique states that there is nothing to report except occasional violent artillery duels in Moron- villiers and Maszii areas, especially on
Casque and Teton,
NEW WAR CABINET MEMBER.
London, May 23.
It is officially stated that. Mr. Barnes has been invited to become a member of the War Cabinet during Mr. Hen- darson's absence on an important mission in Russia.
SPANISH CONSUL, MISSING,
London, May
In the sinking of the Spanish mailboat the mẾNGINE include the Spanish Consul at Cairo, not the Consul at Colombo, as previously cabled:
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ANGLO-FRENCH CONFERENCE.
London, May 28 It is officially announced that M. Ribot, H. Canbon, M. Painleve and General Foch, with military and diplomatic advisers, held a series of conferences with the British War Cabinet Fosterday, and to-day on important matters affect ing the two countries. Complete agreement was reached" on all points.
FOOD PRICES AT HOME.
London, May 29. Lord Devonport, the Food Controller, has taken over all imports of cheese from the United States, Canada, Aus tralia and New Zealand and fixes the retail price at is. 4d. per lb.
Lord Devonport has fixed retail prices as follows!~~= Large Butter Beans, 10d. per lb. for June, sd. per Ib.. for July and 8d. per lb. thereafter.
White Haricot Beans: 8 per lb. for June, 7d. per lb. for July and 6d. per ib. thereafter.
Coloured Haricot Beans: Tid. per lb. for June, old. per Ib. for July and 54d. per lb. thereafter.
Green Peas: od: per Ib. for the whole period.
Large Lentils: &d. per Ib...
Small Lentils: 7d per lb.
Yellow Split Peas: 6d. per lb.
THE RECENT AIR RAID.
London, May 29.
Three more deaths are reported from Folkestone as a result of the air raid. At the inquest on the victims the Coroner congratulated the population on its calmness. -
The Chief Constable gave evidence to the effect that forty-three bombs were dropped in the borough: Sixty- three persons were killed and ninety-three were injured, including 26 women and 24 children.”
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The jury expressed the opinion that warning of the approach of the raiders should have been given."
EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.“
London, May 29.
An official message from East Africa states that the dry season is approaching, favouring renewed activity. The first days of May were marked by a general southward movement of the German forces in the Rufiji Valley and the coastal areas. Those southward of the valley were transfer- red to Matandu Valley, whilst further south raiders pens- trated Portuguese territory towards the border of Nyassa- land, burning native villages, terrorising the inhabitants and carrying off food to depots northward of Bovuma. The southward movement in the central areas commenced early in February. The German columns at Mahenge proceeded towards Gumbiro and Shonges, finally breaking up into two main bodies, one going to the Portuguese border.
The other, commanded by Major Wintgens, broke northward, evading the columns operating between Trings and Lake Nyasa and reached Kitunda on the way to Tabora. On 6th May the British, Rhodesian' and other troops went in pursuit and the German commander was captured on the 22nd sixty miles south-west of Tabora by Belgians co-operating with the British from the Central Eailway.
RUSSO-RUMANIAN ACTIVITY.
Amsterdam, May 29.
A Berlin official message states that the fighting activity has recently increased on several sectors of the Eastern front. Russian and Rumanian attacks are expected
RUSSIAN SEA Raid.
London, May 29.
A Russian official message states: Our ships landed a party at Chivi, eastward of Bamsun, where we destroyed a gendarmeria post and burnt a store of grain. Two large sailing vessels were conducted by two other vessels to Trebizond.
THE CLYDE LABOUR AGITATORS,
London, May 29, Dr. C. Addison (Lib. Hoxton) recommends allowing the Clyde" deportees to return to their homes.
THE EGYPTIAN FRONT.
London, May 20.
An official message states that our fire destroyed several of the enemy's guna.
ANOTHER HOSPITAL SHIP SUNK,
London, May 29
The Admiralty reports that the hospital ship Dover Castle was torpedoed without warning at six o'clock on Saturday evening in the Mediterranean. She was again" torpedoed at 8.30 and sank The whole of the patients and staff were transferred to other ships and the crew were also saved, excepting six who are missing. It is feared they may have been killed by the explosions
The mercantile druiser Hilsey has been torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea. Four wore killed by the explosion.
British desteurer has been sink insp
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OBITUARY.
Col. Newnham Davis,
Theo the homeowner Colonel Newnham Davia.
(Deceased was born in 1854 and joined the Boffs to 1873. He served through the Gaqualand West and Zalo campaig
the Imperial Mounted Infantry, 1877-1879. He also served in Straite Settlemente, China, India and was attached for three yan to the Intelligenes Department at Simla. In 1894. he retired, and joined the stuff of the Sporting Times in the same year.: In 1912 he resigned this appointment and became editor of the Man of the World later becoming slitor of Town Topics. Ou the outbreak of war, he applied for re-employment in the Army and was appointed as officer of the Military, Ganed dvie prisoners of war at Alexandra Palács in 1915.] *
DR. "LEYJS ON GERMANY. Boer Ex-Secretary... Hopes
Kaiser's Overthrow
The Hague, April 4-Dr, W. J. Leyds, former Blats Suecatar of the Transvaal, and the friend and companion of President Kruger, has given me his view on the world war,
While insisting bu his old point. * of view regarding the events in | South Africs, in which he played a leading part, Dr. Loyds was equal. ly emphatic in his condemnation of the poljoy of the Kaiser and |the miktary party in Berlin in the present war. The victory of Germany, he mid, would be a ménsoe to the world.
"Germany," he mid, "ha protested very loudly in this wer gainst America's supplying the Eatente-with arms. She c00- sidera American action, no peatral, but forgets conveniently. that during the B er war she held different conception of neutrality.
"At that time K upp and, Imay adð, the Austrian Stoda Works, supplied the British with waT- material, and this despite the fast that popular opinion in Germany was on the side of the Boars, while the Creusot works in Franos. declined to avail them olvas of the opportunity of doing profit able business, Great Britain had a quarrel with the Bɔern and it Cama to
bat Gar bad many
no reason for quarrelling with us and yet she went out of her way to supply | arms against us.
"Against the German people themselves I have no grisrance, and I would not favours termine- tion of the war which would place some sixty to seventy million people in the middle of Europe in political bondage, but the ora throw of the present. German system of what is commonly called Prawien Militariam would only be a blessing."
Dr. Leyds went on to say he was not quite sure whether a decisive victory of the. Entente would be posible, or even en- tirely s blessing. That depended, be thought, on how the "victory" was used, bat he was quite suTS that the triumph of Germany would be a calamity for civilis, tion, and that the victory of Cer many, with her present form of Government, would undoubtedly. be a greater mahaca to the world. than the triumph of the Entente.
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