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INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.

Rumours of Worklag Arrangement with P, and 0.

London, October 16.

The feature of the Stock Exchange is a sputs in the Deferred

shares of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, to £25, owing to rumours of working arrangements with the P. and O. Company.

RUSSIA'S HOUR OF TRIAL.

Workmen's and Soldiers' Appeal.

London, October 16. Renter's correspondent at Petrograd says that the Executive Central Committee of the Soldiers and Workmen's Delegates hae -issued appeale to the forosa to vigorously resins the invadere. It promises to see that ascrifices are 'so made in the rear and to do its best to prevent the war lasting one day too long. Meanwhile a group of political undesirables, recently expelled from Bassia bat allowed to remain at Helsingfore by the local Soldiers and Workmen's Delegates there, have returned to Petrograd, while the chemiate and chemists' maietants have decided to strike owing

the refmeal of their economic demanda.

German Captures.

London, October 16.

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A German wireless official message elates:-We have gained possession of the main portion of Ossel Island." The Russians are isolated on Sworbe Peninsula. They are still desperately resisting. Only portions of the enemy on the East Coast, escaped in the direction of Moon Talaud. We have made prisoner of 2,400, and have taken thirty gups and some aeroplanes. We have occupied the islands of Rano and Abro.

More Naval Actions.

London, October 16.

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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

GERMAN SOCIALISTS..

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

PREMIER'S LIBEL ACTION.

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Accused of Running Away on Approach of German ́Ralders.

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London, October 16.

A Widespread' Dentre for Peace.

London, October 10.

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THE SILVER MARKET,

London, October 15, -

Silver stands at 431. The apply exceeds the demand and

part of call comotries, The AMERICAN TELEGRAMS. Stial hortom would The following are taken from find thathe of the people the Manila Daily Bulletin im

The High Court libel sotions by Mr. Lloyd George against; the Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam mys that Herr Ebert, Exchange Telegraph Company, the Westminster Gamits and the the President of the Socialist party in the Reichstag, presiding at the market is dull. Star have been settled, the defendants apologining and paying a Socialist meeting at Waersburg, said that a speedy amolusion of costs. The case arose out of the publication of a paragraph, inaned; posso was a yital neogsvity, by the Exchange Telegraph Company, stating that on, the occasion policy of the 1515 of the air raid on September 24 the Prime Minister left Downing disappear and if a ballot wen Sirest for his country residence, when it became known that raiders were approaching London. Counsel for the plaintif contended that the paragraph implied that the Premier was zuilty of personal cowardice. The Premier had been informed that the effect of the paragraph, especially in the East Ead, where many munition workers had euffered greatly in the raide, had been most Mr. Lloyd George gave evidence, saving that he left London on the evening of September 24 for Boule zne, accompanied by General Sir William Robertson sud Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, in order to confer with M. Painleve sad the French War Chiefs. The Fremier stated tast no action would have been taken if the paragraph could be regarded as a mere personal attack.

damaging.

All the defendants declared that no imputation was intended,

IRISH UNREST.

London, October 16.

In the Houes of Commons, Mr. John Redmond gave notice of the following motion:"That this House deplore the policy which has been pursued and is being paraned by the Irish Executive, the Government and the Irish Military Authorities at a time when the highest interests of Ireland and the Empire demand the creation of an atmosphere favourable to a successful result of the deliberations of the Irish Convention."

THE WESTERN FRONT.

Raid by Irish Troops.

London, October 16.

would approve at pasta. Ha deblared that the Michaelis regime Japan's Foreign Policy, spells the collapse of the present Government system of Garmsay. Washington, October: 6-A Herr Subsidemann, referring to the naval mutiny, asserted that if dispatch from New York atatón the Government wanted to catch all those connerned in similar that Baron Ishii, head of be incidents they would have to prosecute three hundred persons official Japanese mission to the simultaneously. Every day soldiers ome to us with complaints United Sales, has there repeated and we have opened a special bureau to investigate these." Herr Japan's pledge not to violate the Seheidemmen affirmed that Admital von Capelle would go, bat integrity of China.. asked when would Dr. Michaelis follow. Another account of the meeting states that Herr Ebert said that the Socialists favoured Alence- Lorraine having complete republican autonomy and constitutional equality, with other Federal Siston.”"

NAVAL AIRCRAFT AGAJN BUSY.

Barou Lobii, in his speech,

dwelt upon the fact that the an essential difference betwee

the Monroe doctrine and the policy anuncisted by Japan, in the Far East, in that the former does not bind America's future polioy, while Japan volun- tarily engages to respect the

London, October 18. The Admiralty announces :-Naval sircraft carried out a considerable number of patrols yesterday and encountered several territorial and political integrity susmy, formations. We drove down two machines and one of ours of her neighbour and the open is missing. We carried out bombing raids on Brogee Dooks and door" in China. All Japan Varsseusers and Boatieve aarodromes, dropping large quantities of asks is that other nations respect explosives with good effects. All our machines returned safely. these right to an equal extent,

German Ceptałe Fand Guilty.

Washington, October 5.-A. dispatch from Philadelphia staton that the commander of the Prin Eitel Friederich has been found guilty of engaging in the white alave traffic.

BIG U S. STOCKYARD PIRE.

A Bussian cfficial wireless message states:- German Dreadnought shelled a petrol'équadron of the Sɔela Sound, severely

· London, October 16. damaging the torpedo boat Grøm. Subsequently, twelve German

Beater's correspondent at Kansas City statee that half of the torpedo-bosts of the newest type penetrated the Boels Sound and

city stockyards, the second largest in the country, has been engaged our patrol equadron. They put out of action the Grom's

destroyed by fire. Several thousand heads of eattle perished. The "guns, and the Grom took fire and sank. The balk of her crew was Bared. We sank an enemy torpedo-boat, and, other of our warshipe

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:➡Irish troops success-origin has not been determined. appearing on the scene, the enemy turned back. Our Fleet fally raided north-west of Ballscourt There was considerable Commander testifies to the good firing and the stubborn spirit of hostile artillery firing dating the night in the neighbourhood of the crews. Eye-witnesses report that two enemy torpedo boats the Ypres Staden railway. wore sank and two damaged. The enemy, re-inforced, continues to develop hie success on Oesel Island, and is endesronring to oplare the batteries st Cerel, covering the entrance to the Gulf of Riga.

KILLED IN 'ACTION.

London, October 16. Among those killed is mentioned Lieutenant Allao Ive Steel, of the Coldstreams, who came from Calcatta,

DUTCH EDITOR ACQUITTED.

London, October 16. Renter's correspondent at Amsterdam says that Herr Schroeder, the editor of the Telegraaf, has been finally acquitted after six trists in which he was only convicted once of endangering Datoh neatrality by describing the Central Powers as a group of conscienceless scoundrels who caused the war.

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NORWEGIAN SHIPPING LOSSES.

London, October 16. Twenty-eight Norwegian ships were lost during September, of which nineteen, representing 30,000 tons, were due to "erents of

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THE FUTURE OF POLAND.

London, October 16. Benter's correspondent at Amsterdam says that the Central Powera bere appointed the Archbishop of Warsaw, the Mayor of Warsaw and a lauded proprietor named M. Vonostrowski, as a Regency Courcil for Poland.

* PARISIAN dancer exECUTED,

London, October 16. Beater's correspondent at Paris says that Marguerite. Golle, the Parisian dancet known as "Matebari," who was sentenced death on July 26 for espionage, bas now been executed.

CUTTING OFF SUPPLIES FOR GERMANY,

London, October 16,

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News from the French Froat."

London, Oslober 16.

A French communique states -03 the Aisne front the reciprocal artillery firing is less intense. On the left bank of the Meuse, we repulsed an attack north of Hill 304. On the right of the Mease, the artillery duel is particularly active north of Boie des Caurieres. German aircraft last night bombarded Dunkirk. There were no victime, nor was there any material demege.

SENSATIONAL AMERICAN ARREST,

London, October 16.

Beater'a New York correspondent says a man giving the name of Danbar, which ie not believed to be his real name, has been arrested on a charge of attempting to obtain military or neval ipformation. He is an ex-member of the crew of a United Sistea submarine-chaser and has been spending much of his time near a great naval bass on the Atlantic Coast. The Department of Justice regarde the arrest as very important, believing that he is a German sgent.

WANTON GERMAN DEVILRY.

London, October 18, According to Renter'a correspondent at Rome, rescued men from the s.8. Bari state that the submarine continued the Lombard. ment after the torpedoing, thereby killing a number of passengers.

THE KAISER` IN TURKEY.

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London, October 16.-- Reater's correspondent at Ameterdam rays that the Kaiser bas arrived at Constantinople. He was welcomed at the station by the Saltan, Princes, the ex-Khedire and other notables.

LABOURITES AND THE COLONIES.

London, October 18.

In the House of Commona, replying to a question, Lord Robert Cecil stated that the Government was not responsible for the proposals regarding the Cologies which were contained in the Labour Party Memorandow, cabled on August 10. These pro- posule did not represent the views of the Government.

[The proposals in question were that all the present Earopran Colonies in tropical Africa, with Liberia, ahould be transferred to a According to Realer's correspondont at Washington, in League of Nations and administered by an impartial Commission as continuance of the strict policy of cutting off supplies likely to a single independent pentral African State,

reach Germany, the War Trade Board publishes an agreement which abippers must sign before exporting goods to bracobes abroad. Shippers most guarantee that goods will not go directly or indirectly to Germany or any ally of Germany; also that they will not be sold or delivered without the written approval of the American Consul at the place of delivery,

PETROLEUM PROSPECTS AT HOME.

London, Oktober 16.

The House of Commons his adopted the second reading of a Bill seaoring Government control of all ́applies of petroleum discovered in the United Kingdom. Mr. E. G. Pretyman represent ing the Board of Trade, asid that certain eminent geologists both here and from the United States, ware of the opinion that local conditions in some parts of the country justified boring experiments.

BULGARIANS OF DE VILLAGES.

London, October 16,

*CONSOLIDATING America's Gold_RESERVE.

London, October 16, Reuter's correspondent at New York states that President Wileon has issued an appeal to alt eligible members of the Federal Beserve Board to join the Board and thas contribute their abara tó the country's consolidated gold reserve. There are at present be tween eight thousand and nine thousand such banka and companies) A German official wireless message asya tire Balgerians have with resources estimated at between twelve billions and sixteen ceded some villages to the English on the Strums Plain, billions of dollars whose activities are controlled by State LawI. The President desires that these hoge resourose shall be mobilised under the supervision of the Federal Reserve Board.He

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AN AIR MINISTRY.-

London, October 16,

nation of the war will depend” to no small degres "In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law, announced that a ability of the Government not only to finance imat kas to nobene constitating the Air Ministry, would shortly be introdwood, the Allies, which must be kept supplied with munition na Konawale Genial Boam would continue to supery me the Air.

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EARLIER - TELEGRAMS,

THE ANGLO-DUTCH. DIFFERENCE,

London, October 15.- In connection with the gravel affair in Holland Renter authoritatively learns that the Netherlands Government has admitted that if sand and gravel used for military purposes had passage through Holland from Germany to Belgium it would be unneutral and indefensible, hence the following figures justify the British action. The prewar requirements for the upkeep of reads' and railways in Belgium were 1,320,000 tons annually. This could be supplied four times aver from the Belgian quarries which are known to be working at their fullest extent. Moreover large quantities are going to Belgium over German railways and further large quantities are going from Holland The traffic on Belgian roads and railways except for military purposes is absolutely insignificant and therefore there is virtually no civil demand.

On the contrary the enemy demands respecting roads and railways in the military area, trenches, dugouts and pill-boxes are enormous. From January 1 to Angust 15 of the current year the Germans imported into Belgium, via Holland, over 3,000,000 tons and in the second half of August "at a rate of 5,000,000 tons per annum. Thus even the Netherlands Government estimate of 1,650,000 tons annually as Belgium's civil requirements, which is grossly excessive, does not represent half of what has gone through.

GULF OF RIGA LOST...

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London, October 16 Informed circles at Petrograd regard Oesel and Dago Islands and the Gulf of Riga se lest, but nevertheless the value of Rign to the enemy is small until the western fair- way of the Gulf is cleared, which is impracticable as long as the forts on the western peninsula of Ocsel hold out.. The Russians destroyed the fairway two years ago by sink- ing interned German craft laden with stone and cement. It is pointed out that the islanda are likely to be an admirable Zeppelin base against Petrograd. Preparations for the land- ing

which was undertaken by two divisions, were made with the minutest care, and included a clever piece of trickery. Enemy light craft succeeding in altering the post- tion of bunya inarking the mine fields between the islands and the mainland," canning a number of Russian scoute to run ashore, thereby warning the enemy that landing could not he given,

THE WESTERN FRONT.

London, October 15, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports-Yesterday's prisoners at Monchy-le-preux total 64. Hostile raiders east- The hostile ward of Shrewsbury Forest were repulsed. artillery was more active in the neighbourhood at Lens and Niesport. Our aircraft yesterday dropped 1 tons of bombs on Ledeghem railway station and billets eastward of Lens. Three German machines were brought down and one driven down. Two of ours are missing.

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WOOL CARGO CONDEMNED;

London, October 10.

A Prize Court has condemned wool valued at £140,000 consigned to the Swedish Army and dealfaed for Germany, The President expressed surprise that a Government Depart ment of a neutral country should be thus employed,

FRENCH STEAMER TORPEDOED,

Paris, October 16, The steamer Medic carrying 150 passenger.

including freción soldiers and, some prisoners of wag, and a crew

been torpedoed in the bastern

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Japanese Shipping.

Tokyo, October 5.--Japanese ahipowner have been notified that they cannot obarter their rousels without first asturing the permission of the Government Sale Call for Bishop Brentw

New York: October 6, Bishopi CH. Brent has been elected bishop of western New York, with atation at Buffsio.

Bishop Brent. Ioft Manila Saturday morning for Bagalo, before thie cable was received, and no word could be got from bim with regard to his accaptanoo of the post. However, in view of the fact that he has refused asyaral other calls to the homeland-one of them from the see of Washing. too, D.O.—it is generally believed that he will decline the part offered him. The Bishop has made all his plane to leave Manila in the near future for France, where he will engage in work among the Army Y. M. C. A.'. Neither his acceptance, noF_75- fusal of the new post, it is believed, would interfere with these plans, Major General Pershing

Promoted.

Washington, October 8.-The Department of War is planning to give the title of fall General. to Major General Perebing, and to the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Brigade commandern will have the rank of lieutenant- general while serving in France,

It is the consensas of opinion In local military circles, that the "brigade commanders" referred to in this cable are the command- era of army corps, which will be composed of several brigados and will be identical with the samG anite of the French and British armies.

Discuss "National Party' Obirago, October 6-Progres aives, prohibitioniste, social demo. crata and eingle axers are con vened in a conferencs here to dir.. cuss the merging of their parties and the formation of a new party to be known as the National · Party,"

Bagar Drop. Washington, Otober 6 —Bugar. has dropped #L15 a bandred.

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