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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE NEW THRUST IN THE WEST,

TABLES TURNED ON THE GERMANS.

the German lipme.

Enemy Fears a Break-Through.

London, October 10.

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October 11, 1916, Temperature 6 am.

OCTOBER

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REUTER'S -TELEGRAMS.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

REVOLT IN THE GERMAN NAVY.

Scheme to Paralyse Fleet and Secure Pasce,

London, October 10.

Router's correspondent at Copenhagen says that sensational

The Reichstag Excited.

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TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter's Service to The

THE SILVER MARKET.

Lendor, October 8, Silver: is quoted at 45.1:

ere we holding back, The. market is dull.

THE ALL-USEFUL'

KEROSENE TIN:

PEACE CONDITIONS"

What the German's Wintz

London, October 10, speaking in the Roshang, declared that Germany was striving Raster's correspondent at Amsterdam mys, that Dr. Michaelis | statement has been made by Admiral von Capelle in the Reichstag, The tactical developments of the Fisoders fighting are most disclosing a plan to introduce Russian revolutionary ideas into the attain a pesce permitting her the widest economic and caltami interesting. The struggle shifted yesterday from south to north in German Navy, Admiral von Capelte asserted that the Independent development. So long as our enemies demand that we yield up a a movement apparently directed to envelop Houlthalat forest and Socialist members of the Reichssag, in the course of conference single piece of German soil or attempt to drive a wedge between.

the Kainië, and the people, we shall rainm preda. thus remove a mensoe to the northera face of the salient which which actually took place in the Beichstag building, approved of a Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig is pushing out towards Boulers, oheme whereby representatives should be molested to go aboard

Dr. Michaelin' speech was in reply to the interpellation of the It was the threat from Houlthulst so Sir Douglas Haig's left fink all the ships and who would persuade the men to disobey orders, Independent Socialist, Herr Dittmang, who complained of pan-

"I am unable in October, 1914, which caused Sir Douglas then to retreat" to the paralyse the Fleet and force a conclusion of pasics. line from Langemarok to Zonnebeke. The tables are now turned make statement on subsequent events in the Navy, but the few German propaganda in the Army. Dr. Michaelis denied propagands How it is Used in the Orient and the Germans recognise the momentousness of the issues. The persons who forgot their bonoar and daty suffered the deserved by the Pan Germans and proceeded to indicate that the propaganda

was to explain to the soldiers what they were fighting for. He The maltifarious usa to which Leipalg Neueste Nachrichten says that "if the British break through, penalty."

declared that those who knew the conditions at the front agree that kerosene tins are put to in the the whole Western Front would give way and French attacks on the

propaganda was urgently necessary, both morally and mentally East in one of the first things that Yerdan front might have incalcalable consequences.” › Experts in

Admiral von Oxpelle's disclosures created the greatest excite. Dr. Michaelis then broadly stated the pesos for which Germany strike a visitor. Their local valus London point out that a break-through is not necessarily part of the Allies' immediate plans se the trait of faller resalts will acornement in the Reichsteg. The reports of the debate are disconnected was fighting, namely for fee development on the Continent and is demonstrated by a communica from a continuance of the present policy of a swift nosesion of and naturally heavily censored, but they are sufficient to show that overseas. he must strive to prevent the economic offensive from tion to the Department of Com blown on the same front, driving a salient wider and deeper into the affair was very sericas. Admiral von Capelle specifically named succeeding, and the present armed offensive against her. She innst meros. form M. D. Kitimeof, three Independent Socialists Here Dittmann, Herr Hawse and Herr have markets abroad, hence her ships must be allowed to freely Ameriono Consul at Taikaka, From accounts by various correspondents it is evident that other was having had a conterence with sailors and murines in cur the world's ports. If her enemies refused such peace, Formoss, which says that the price of five-gallon kerosens tine has yesterday's attack was really a great readjustment of the bestle front, the Reichstag building and as having supported the revolutionary German cannon and submarines must continue their work.

proposals put to them.

Germany Adamant on Alsace-Lorraine,

recently doubled (formerly about There were, two advances simultaneously accomplished, with a

Detalls of the Mutiny.

London, October 10. 10 cents. apiece, now about 20 fragment of stationary line between. The larger operation was on

Loudon, October 10.

According to Beuter's correspondent at Amsterdam, speaking cents). the left with the village of Poeloapelle at the centre, while on the right the somewhat erratic line was straightened. The objective at information which has been received there, the matiny to which one answer to the question: Can Germany in any form make the

Reater's correspondent at Amsterdam saya that, according to in the Reichsteg. Herr Kashlasan declarded that there was only

As elsewhere in the Orient, karosana tinio put the deepest point did not exceed an advance of two thousand yards. Admiral von Ospells referred in veiled terms in the Reichstag arose concessions regarding Alsace Lorraine?" The answer was:--" No, to "great - many uses by- Generally spes king, it was from twelve hundred to fifteen hundred yards. Everything aimed at was secured. The conditions we Dreadnought Westfalen. The matinons asilora threw the captain "The integrity of the territory was handed down to uh sas glorious shops purchase them for making among the crews of four German battleships, one of which was the never so long as a single German can hold a gun." He added: the natives. For example, tin extraordinary, but the difficulty and discouragement seemed to make of the Westfalen into the sea and his body was not rroovered for inheritance by our forefathers, and can never be the object no difference. The blow was stuck as surely an the previous blows, though some of the troops had marched for twelve hours eight deyr. Then they left the ship and went ashore. Marimes were negotiation or concession

lampe, cookstover, potr," pamE, ordared to attack them but refused to do so. An Oldenburg Regi before going to battle and then fought like lions. A remarkable ment was called out and surrounded the matineers, who warrendered. He said the war was being continued merely for Alsace Lorraine, pumping oil out of fall tiss), and Herr Kaehlmann'a declaration followed Dr. Michzelis” speech, sprinklers, small pamps (for feature was the admirable contact maintained throughout by the British and French troope, the latter having the extraordinarily crew of the Nernberg, which was at sen, revolted, seised the four, conquest thereof a long as France desired. He referred to the kerosene tin is used as a binonit In addition to the mutinous crews of the four battleships, the Britain having pledged herself to France that she will fight for the innemerable other article. The difficult task of operating in a practically contioncus mareb. The and proceeded towards Norway, for the purpose of getting interned, French claim that there must be dissaarxation and said the latter display box by removing one face Germans at many points reverted to the use of machine guns in En route the Narnberg encountered a torpedo-bost Atilla which word was bashfully used to cover up what in reality would be and substitating glass; a new top trees,eridently mistrusting the "pill-boxes,” but the British machine

forceful conquest. If there were to be dissanexation, which your is affixed and it becomes a rios guss multiplied 24 those of the enemy were silenced and British gasiled, but the Nurnberg did not reply.

in the world's history was to be taken as the basis of the status oantainer; it is cut diagonally inta supporting guns of all calibres were moved steadily forward, main-

quo ?” He reminded his hearers that Franos had not always pomerned two parts to make two dustpane, taining an uninterrupted fire. The mad of the battlefield in every-

Teal and Vorden.

Without alteration tins are good. where studded with German bodine, 'victims of the last battle. Never before have the British encountered ac many enemy dosd,

Herr Kashimaan cangladed, by awerting that, as far sé he read as camphor-oil, lime, sloshal, and London, October 10, the world's situation, the only impediment to pasos wasn' France's molasses containers. Their prin- telling a story of headlong flight...

Renter's correspondent at Shanghai, wiring further particulars claim to Almans Lorraine. Other questions could be settled by cipal uno is as water bäckets, and of the floods in North Chins, says the rains have converted streams negotiation and without farther bloodshed. He was strongly of indeed it is hard to thick bow -Londen, October 10,

into rivers two miles wide and forty feet deep, which have breached opinion that pablic speeches would not help towards peace, because the natives would do without them" Reuter's correspondent at the British Headquarters, telegraph the Peking-Hankow Bulway in siz hundred places. They have these had to be simple and could not contain all the aspects of as much, Tins are sometimes used ing to day, "tays there was heary fighting on the new battle front broken down the banks of the Grand Canal, flooded the Tintain intricate questions. The latter portion of Herr Kaehlmann's to shingle roots and sides of yesterday afternoon and evening, gecemitating our withdrawal south Concessions and barst the banks of the Yellow River. The floods pesch was a ples, by implication, for immediate pesos negotiation, houer. The kerosene tin is par- of the Ipres-Baden Bailway. This was due to repeated counter extend three hundred miles from the south-western borders of but it was conditional on no dissnneration in regard to Alasco-hap the most useful single article attacks against our exhausted troops and to ponosaled machine gun Shangtung to Tientsin, bounded by the Peking Kaifeng and Lorraine. fire, which at some points was intense. The enemy threw in his Tientais-Tainsafa Railways. The water will take months to drain zwerves in ma formation and again and again these were beaten off. There is a probability of Tientsio being fooded annually in back by artillery, rifle and machine gun fire. What stoosas has gained has been most costly. Despite the bad state of the ground, consequence of the flow of water established.

A British Withdrawal.

we are getting our guns forward, while there is reason to believe that the enemy is moving some of his batterien back. Prisoners utate that there is much disorganisation at the German rear. It is again raining heavily. However, we have the consolation of know- ing that while we are nearly everywhere on the highest ground of the ridge, the enemy is mostly down in swempy country.

German "Counter-Attacks Repulsed.

London, October 10,

THE NORTH CHINA FLOODS....

More Detalls of the Destruction,

́BRITISH ATTACK IN. MACEDONIA....

London, October 10. repulsed the English south-west of Lake Dairan.

A German wireless official message stated: The Bulgarisas)

FRENCH SOCIALISTS AND THE WAR.

London, October 10.

Field Marshal Bir Douglas Haig reporter-We repaised several counter-mitsokn last night in the neighbourhood of the Ypres Sinden Reuter's correspondent at Bordeaux says that after a four days' Bailway. The enemy forced back our advanced troops for a short conference the Socialist Party has concluded by adopting by in distance on a front of two thousand yards to the south of the rail. overwhelming majority a motion in favour of assisting in the conduct

We repaleed counter-attacks, with less, north-east of of the war and in voting Government War Colite.. Broodseinde and raided south of the Sourpe. There is heavy ráïd. » Õermaa Admissions.

Way.

London, October 18,

A German wireless official message mys:-Yesterday morning's "attacks were a prolade, so s battle on a twenty kilomstre front:

AMERICA'S NAVAL PLANS.

London, October 10,

PORTÙNAL'S PRESIDENT.

wall kinds of household utensils➡

London, October 10, Beater'e correspondent at San Sebastian states that Portuguess President has gone to Franco..

A · POINTED · WARNING,

London, October 10.

which the Orient receives from |the Oosident.

Ia-1916 the Tai-wan-Gorsen- ment Monopoly Barssa parobased 4,000 of these five-gallon tins für the camphor oil. When it is reslined

▲ Montreal momage mays that Lord Northolifts, speaking at the Canadian Club, said that unless the food question were taken up by Canada with a vigour equal to Great Britain's, the rations of soldiers at the Front must be out down.

PRESIDENT WILSON AND PEACE.

London, October 10, Renter's correspondent, at "Washington #878 that President Wilson, addressing the new League of National Unity, said talk of premature peace was subversive of the nation's aims. Hostilities could only be terminated when Germany was defeated and her Reuter's correspondent at Washington states that Mr. Danielsocracy superseded by democracy, between Bizeaboote and Ghelavelt, lasting far into the night. Our has snuousood that the Navy's constraction plans consist of 787 enemies, repeatedly reinfocond, assaulted six times st some pointe vessels, from anpse-Dreadnoughts to submarine-chasers. The cost, and the snemy captured fifteen hundred metres of ground in the it in estimated, will exceed eleven handred and fifty millions neighbourhood of Draaibank, Mangalaers, Veldhock and Poelespelle dollars. Some of the vessels are already completed and others are We firmly held the lines from Poelespelle to the south of Ghelavalt, being rushed towards completion.

French Extending Their Advance.

London, October 10,

A French commanique says:-In Belgium we are extending our advanos east of Draaibank.”. We have captured Papegoed Farm, taking forty prisoners. German artillery in particularly active in the region of Lafaux, north of the Aisne.

Two Interesting Points.

London, October 10,

Egypt is dead.

SULTAN 'OF EGYPT DEAD.""

ITALIANS REPULSE ATTACKS,

London, October 10. Reuter's correspondent at Osiro reports that the Saltan of

London, October 10, The death of the Sultan of Egypt is announced in the London Beuter's correspondent at the French Headquarters, telegraph. Fress, and Prinos Ahmed Faad is mentioned as aucceeding. ing to day, says.-Two interesting points emerge from the latset Lattle in Flanders-first, that the enemy system of cabelonnement proved a failure, and, second, that the substitution of prepared lines

London; October 10. of shell-craters for battered trench lines was nimust valueless, because

An Italian official messeja etates:-We repulsed_repested after heavy shelling the craters are little good as shelters. Prisonera admit that the Higher Command realison that during heavy fire the enemy attacks on Monday attempting to gain ground as Castagon men cannot be trusted to hold them; the officers meanwhile are in vissa, on the Carso. Farions fighting ensued. All the positions "pill-boxes" or similar shelters, where they are unable to exercise were maintained. We drove back with heavy lossen enemy attacks effective control or even know what the men in the craters are doing, sat right between Vippacco and Castagnavissa, Hezne, at the moment of astink, the men are either not at their posle or are in a frame of mind wh'oh makes surrender a 'winer course than fighting.

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA,

A Council Dissolved.

London, October 10.

According to Renter's correspondent st Petrograd, the formation

U. S. FOOD CONTROL, SCHEME,

AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT.

Londor, October 10, Renter's correspondent at Washington says Mr. Daniels announces that an American patrol boat at night-time fired at-an Ivalien submarine which failed to answer the signale, killing an fficer and a man, Mr. Daniels expressed regret at the unfortunate

occurrence.

GERMAN RAIDER BURIED,

London, October 10, 2 A telegram from Sydney mys the See Adler leit German diaguiard se a Norwegian timber ship and the crew claim to have sunk 48,000,000 worth of abipping. She was being cleaned at Mopeby I-land when a tidal wave buried her in the sind, w

CANTON.NEWS.

that the camphor, vil exported in 1916 to Japan smounted to oVER

| 795,000 gallons, and that most of thie oil was packed in sins of this kind some idea of the number used in this one industry may be had. When amplior oil in ars ported to Japan the dealers and not the Monopoly Burran must supply, the tine.

· CADET: AQUATICS.;

Before the Harbour Swim yesterday, the Volunteer Cadata beld their aporta in the V. E. 0. baths, when some excellent reces were witnessed. ·At the conclus-

eion, Major Morgan presented the prisse. "The events were zon

Nine Lengthe open champion ship-1, Jack, (3 min. 14 BOOK); 2, Lyos.

Plasge-1, Duncan; 2. Sim-

mons.

High Dive-1, Hast; 2, Railion and Martin, tor

Team Race-No. 4, section.-- Taylor, Ramsay, Stradbery, Gras ham, Forsyth, Logan, Graham

Martin."

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY, "The Fantastics” Theatre Royal, 9.15 p.m.

Victoria Theatre-9.10 p.m. -Bijon Theatre—9.15 p.zaza

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to the Authority for instructions, The Tuchan bas ordered Eva ongboats belonging to the Kwangtung Provinou to cruise Our Canton correspondent Bones Tigris, Kongmoon and Writes under date of October 10

Hoangshap.

A statement of the financial us follows:

ĺposition of Kwanginng has been Anotorious bandit in the disfodered to the Tashan by the London, October 10. According to Reuter's correspondent at Washing on, the Food himself a Commissioner ordered hat the monthly defost is over trist of Hwangshan bas deniered Provincial: Traseurer, showing

TO-MORROW Administration announces that Pesident Wilson will within a few by the Authority to recruit 8250.000 The loan of over

Victoria Theatre- days-insan an Executive Order requiring manufacturers and citisen soldiers for the Northern $10,000,000 and interest is not

Bijou Thestre distributors of some twenty fundamental foods to operate under diting-and-has-collected, a

and if this

New Hongkong 800 on 14 license pertrictions designed to prevent antessonable profits. large number of oasiswa in Tang-

not only will the old graph-0.15

of the new Cabiont has entailed the disolution of the Council of Speculatora hoarding and mest pokers, cold storage houser, millers, bet and lomilae, rander Ere, oreated to deal with the Koralof trouble., M. Keroosky, canners, grain, dealers and, wholesale dealers doing, busi Gautral Verkhovsky, Admiral Vardorovaky and M. Tatomichnako #100,000 manually will be subject; to the regulat karstums to fitadgasrters to confer with Allied Altsches and she announcement mys that the Ad

Administration's prime prison. Ention going to Paris to attend the inter-Allied Confaraons.” I protect the patriot aguijnt the sinO

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