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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE OPERATIONS ÎN ITALY.

„A Lull in the Attacks.

London, December 17. An Italian official message says:Between the Brents and the Piave the straggle diminished in intensity on Friday evening and had not ivoressed on Saturday. A prompt counter-attack drove baek sa attempted advanos in the Col Dellaberretta region.

Daly Insignificant Caios.

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REUTER'S "TELEGRAMS.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

BRITISH LABOUR'S WAR AIMS.

A Comprehensiva Declaration of Policy.

London, December 17.

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THE WESTERN FRONT.

A Quiet Bay.

London, December 17. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Hsig says there is nothing

General Winter" Arrives,

London, December 17. A telegram from Beadquarters states that a snowstorm and north-westerly gale are raging in the Cambrai region.

SINGLE COPT 10 CENTS 136 PER ANNUM,

FREEMASONS IN THE WAR.

In honour of-Freemasons who have fallen in the war, a memorial

to service, unique and impressive în its character, was held on October 28, in St. Clement Danes Church, a distinguished gathering of mem Strand. There was a large and

The Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Union Congress and the Exeon'ive of the Labour Party have issued a statement of report. war aims which will be submitted to the National Labour Con- ferencs to be held in London on December 28. The sistemzent resfirms the declaration adopted at the Conference of, the Allied Socialist and Labour Parties on February 14, 1915 and says:-The fundamental purpose of the British Labour movement in supporting continuance of the war is that the world may be made safe for Parliamentary control of foreign policy, the universal abolition of compulsory military service, the limitation of armaments, the

According to the Daily Mail correspondent at Paris, it is service was the rendering by abolition of profit-making armament firms, the establishment of announced from Tokyo that the Japanese Government denise Lgue of Nations and sa International High Court, and the formalanding Japanese troops at Vladivostok. tion of so International Legislature.

Landon, December 17. Beater's correspondent at the Italian Headquarters eays that Genersi Krabatin has been chosen to command the Austrian divisions transferred from the Trenting to the Western Front.democracy. It urges the suppression of secret diplomacy and General Hoetsandorf's and General Von Balow's troops are continuing daily their savage attacks between the Brants and the Piave, but are gaining only insignificant salienta si great cost,

German Report on English-Attacks.

London, December 17. A German wireless official message states:-Austro-Germans have taken prisoner several banired. Bouth of Col Caprille sud south of Monte Fontsäesoca, English attaoka broke down.

Persistent German Attacks.

Laudon, December 17.

The Manifesto, while repadiating war conquest, insists on the necessity of restitution and reparation and certain territorial readjust- ments. It emphatically insists that the foremost condition of pesce must be the reparation by Germany, ander the direction of an Internations! Commission, "of the wrong done to Belgium and the restoration of Belgian independence. It rasffirms the reprobation The Daily Mail correspondent at the Italian Headquarters saya of the crime by which Alsson Lorraine was torn from France and that the fighting on the Piave, on the side of Mount Grupps, has saggeals that the inhabitants of Alsace-Lorraine should decide their reached a serious phase. The Germans are persistently attacking a own destiny under the protection of the League of Nations. It pro salient a mile and a half bread. The weather is cold sed most poses that the reorganisation of the Balkan peoples should be settled bitter, and the Italian garrisons are being enbjected to physical by an International Commission. It supports the claim, unredeem- effort unprecedented throughout the whole war, Since the Britished, that the Italians should be a united Italy and that the people of took over their sector there has been no infantry setion, the waters Poland must be allowed to settle their own destiny. It hopes that of the Piave forming an impassable barrier, but the Austrian free Jewish state in Palestine will be established. It says that the gunners have intensified their fire and demolished most of the peoples freed from the execrated rule of the Turks should be houses at Montello. The British are less affected by the cannonadestministered by a Commission under the League of Nations, and that Constantinople should be made a free and neutralised part. It shan by the cold.

proposes that the conquered territories in tropical Afrios should be transferred to the League of Nations for administration se a single independent African State. It opposes sa economic war after peace, bat says that British Labour will not be astisfied unless fall and free jadicial investigation is made into the accusations of cruelly made against particular Governments and persons, especially the loss of life and property of merchant seamen and other non-combatante, including women and children, from inbeman and ruthless conduct. Therefore, a Court of Claims and Accusations should be established to investigate such allegations.

A JAPANESE DENIAL Į

Lindon, December 17."

** EARLIER TELEGRAM,

ACTIVITY ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

London, December 17. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: We drove off an attack westward of Villers Guiglain and repälsed a bombing attack northward of La Vacqueria. We slightly improved our position eastward of Avion and repulsed a raid southward of Armentieres. There is mutual artillery no- tivity southward of the Scarpe and increased hostile artillery- ing northward of Langemarck. Our aeroplanes fired many rounds into trenches and bombed numerous targets, includ ing two long range gun position south-westward of Lille. Enemy aircraft is motive. We brought down three and drove down two. All of ours returned.

A French communique reports an intermittent artillery duel along the greater part of the front, which is fairly violent in the region north of Bois-des-Canrives,

bers of the craft, including many grand offcars. The church was decorated with choice, whita lilies, and the service was fully choral. A feature of the Brigadier-General the Earl of Shaftesbury of the solo, "Ba then faitbfal unto death" ("SL. Paul") (Mendelssohn) and sho musia by the band.cf the Coldstream Guards, under the direction of Major T. Mackenzie Rogan. Lieut-Geneal⠀ Sir Frances Lloyd, Junior Grand War. - den tesd one of the lawsona. In tha course of his sermon the Bishop of Birmingham (Grand Chaplain) made an appeal on behalf of the Fremasons War Hornital. H remarked that in 1870, in the time of the Franco-Prusian War, he was s. schoolboy in Ger many. Even then, în German streets, English schoolboys wars joored at, and Germans openly gava expression to the hope that the time would come when English pride would be humilist-- the large towns than in the small ed. But even then the moral towns and villages, while the standpoint of Great Britain wea limited supplies of imported meat sccepted as the standpoint of the showed a smeller fall in price.morality of the world. Free The prices of the various cats now musons had died in the cans of show sa average excees over pre-justice, as well as in the cause war prices of about 18 cents ibeir brathren. At the close of Der pound. On the other the service" The East Post," was The pinch of war is being fels hand, the scarcity of bacon sounded, and the band of the.. all belligerent countries, and batter resulted in farther Coldstream Guards then played. The Guillotine-Not a Fortress.

Baya an American jurnal, es important incresses iD the the Dead March in "Saul,” London, December 17. pecially as regards food-prices, prices of these articles to the followed by the Hailelajak The operations which resulted in the capture of Jerusalem According to Renter's correspondent at Petrograd, the majority but it is difficult to compare con bighest point reached during the Chorus. began on December 7. The Tarks held a strong line west, south of the Executive of the Soviet have approved a decree declaring the ditions in Europe with those war-roundly about double the and north-west of Jerusalem, abundently provided with machine Cadets the enemy of the people. M. Trotzky, addressing the here, sa many commodities in pre-war level. » guan. Some of the bigger gans were mounted just outside the minority, said "You are perturbed at the mild terror we are France, England, and Germany "The prica of milk was ad- walls of the city. It was therefore impossible to deal with them applying to our class enemies. A month henos this will equal the are sold at prices fixed by the vinced, as permitted by the recent without endangering the town. Torrential rains made transport terror of the great French Revolutionarios. Not a fortress, but a Government. In England bread milk order, about half of the work most difficult. The sttack pirated on Nebysamuel, dismounted guillotine, awaits our enemies." Yeomanry attacking north sed north-east of Nabyssmael and Londoners.on the south thereof advancing mast upon Jerusalem,

London, December 17. while Welsh sad Home County troops threatened the Oi y from the Bouth. The latter pressed back the resistance around Bethlehem Beater's correspondent at Petrograd states that the Passants and reached a point two miles north of Bethlehem by noon of Congress by 360 votes to 321 denounced the arrest of the members December 8. Londonere climbed down a steep and stony ravine of the Constituent Assembly as a criminal infringement of the sad up the other side before closing with the enemy, and thereafter rights of the Constituent Assembly.

HOW JERUSALEM WAS CAPTURED.

Full Story of the Military Operations.

London, December 17, Reuter's correspondent st the Palestine Headquarters, in a despatch dated December 11, sent by saroplane from Jerusalem, fully describes the capture and conditions of Jerusalem. E emphasises the heartfelt gladness of all the city's population with which the British were received." A British General who entered the town early in the morning to take the surrender was surrounded by bags crowde laughing, crying, clapping their hands and abowering flowers upon the accompanying officers. These feelings of gratitude were intsonified because, despite provocation, not a single gun or rife had been fired upon the city.

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AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

A Peasant Protest.

***An Untrue Report."

by simultaneoue frontal and finking attacks the whole of the Turkish positions west of Jerasslem were secured by seven o'clock

London, December 17. in the morning. The enemy still held the creat of the ridge over-

Beater's correspondent at Petrograd states that the report locking the city, with numerous machine guns posted on the houses the escape of the ex-Tear is officially denied.

of German coloniets in the outskirts of Jerusalem. On December

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Ukrainian Parliament Attacked. 8 the Londoners magnificently atormed the ridge, traversing ground

London, December 17. strewn with boulders and driving out the Turks at the point of the

Beater's correspondent at Petrograd states that a telegram bayonet with exceedingly beary losses. In the defence of Jerusalem from Nichaieff says that Maximalist troops at Odessa attacked the the Tarks displayed a more deeperste spirit than in any previons Ukrainian Parliament. The Ukrainian troops drove off the fighting, standing their ground to the last and meeting bayonet with Maximalists. The majority of the esilors of the Black Bos Fleet bayonet. During the night, the Tarks withdraw north and east of joined the Ukrainisus. the city and at eight in the morning of December 9, the Mayor, with the Chief of Police, surrendered the town. Możnwhile diemounted

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THE PINCH OF WAR.

Some Facts Concernlog the Food Problem.

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Foreign Shipping and U. S. Coast Trade.

America's coastwise trade was

formally opened to foreign ship- Heping on October 22 by a resolu ion" of the Shipping Board ordering the licensing for such trade of both foreign built vessels under-

is being sold anders subsidy places from which returns are from the Govaroment at eigb-received. The usual amount of teen cents for a four-pound loaf, increase was 2 cents per quart, actually, we are told, well under and the average price of milk on the cost of production. The October 1 was 11 per cent.-9.15 p.m. London Labour Gazelle, a semi-higher than in September, and official organ of one of the 18 per cent. higher than before departments of the Government, the war. Eggs, fish, and tea were the Board of Trade, notes also dearer than a month ago, general fall of prices as regards while potatoes, margarine, cheese, foodstuffs, sad this in spite of sad suger showed bat little the much-discussed submarine average ohange in price during problem. It says;—

the month.

The Paris correspondent of the "In consequence of reduolions in the prices of flour, bread, and Manchester Guardian tell us that mest under the operation of the cost of living in the French recent food-control orders, the capital, despite Governmental general level of retail prices of price controle, is 50 per cent, food on October 1 was consider higher than in London. ably lower than a month earlier.writes: London, December 17,

"With the approach of winter) The effect of these decresses was Yeomanry to the north drove out the Tarks from the village of Up to the present there are three bandred returns to the partially counteracted by upward food. restrictions increase. Ap the United States flag and vessels Beitskes, and gallantly rushed the entrenched positions, infi.oting Russian Constituent Assembly elections, including 160 Revolution movements in the prices of other plications for bread-oards have of foreign register. This notion. heary casualties. Our losses were comparatively light. The Welsh, ary Socialists, ninety-six Maximalists and thirteen Cadete. There important foodstuffs, bat on the been made during the last three taken upon authority to suspend advancing from the south, pushed scroes the road east of Jerusalem is no vital difference between the programme of the Revolutionary balance there was a reduction in days, and the cards will shortly provisions of existing laws leading to Jericho, pressing back the enemy reinforcements which Socialists and the Maximalists. The conflict between them is for the general percentage increase be distributed. The bread al-granted by Congress during the were being harried up.

lowance is at prezent libaral-closing days of the war sasion, The correspondent describes the conditions and says that the Herr Scheidemann and other German Hajority Socialists have cent. on September 1 to 97 per

since July, 1914, from 100 per 500 grams per day for each per will serve the double purp se af Tarka lost 45,000 pack animals from starvation and overwork. The arrived at Stockholm, where they are negotiating with the Bolshevik cent. at the beginning of 100, with so additional allowance replacing American tonnage. inhabitants fought for the bodies, of the animals lying about the representatives. M. Branting condemns this "eecret diplomacy."

of 200 grams for anybody that and of relieving many foreign withdrawn for overseas servios vity. Then began a period of persecution. All suspected of

can show that he needa is, and ships of the wasteful necessity of aympathising with the Allies were imprisoned, exiled and many

"The subsidised *ninepenny 400 grams for persons engaged going between American porta executed, including the Malti of Gazs. He attempted to ssaspa

London, December 37, loaf (18 cente) was almost uni in manual labour, who can thus empty or only partially laden. Boross the desert to Sinai, but he was captured and banged with his of Tchetchentai has surrounded and besieged Grosny, the population on October 1. An additional pounds a day. In view of the Carry, its director of operations, The Times correspondent at Odress states that the warlike tribe versal for oseh over the counter obtain 900 grame, or nearly 2 The Board designated Edward F. non outside the Jiff. Gite. The American colony was anmolested of which is pauio-stricken. Fires broke out at the oil-wells and charge for delivery usually of the great shortage in the wheat to administer, the new set and and throughout worked nably in relieving distress. They were mosk there were many victime, helpful to the British wounded soldiers and prisoners. The Germsas recently attempted to procurs the exile of the Americans, and, despite the Turkish oppostition, had a number of the younger males

The Times correspondent at Petrograd says that numerous gent to Damssons. Our arrival prevented the deportation of the perquisitions at the residences of officers and a diligent search are remainder. The papalation was very excited at the sound of the being made for M. Kereniky, who is supposed to, be hiding in the canonade in the battle of Beersheba. When the truth of the city. British Victories leaked out, deportatione became more numerous Several officers arrived bare-foot. After the capture of Axelou.they bad ran all the way, abandoning everything, including the hospitala

about 11j cents. The present the trade in cakes and bonbons, wages have not risen in anything and four hundred wounded. Bevere measure were taken and the

price of bread in therefore 22 per which are still sold except on like the asms proportion. fugitives were compelled to retain the line. Enver Pa-ha arrived Renter's Paria correspondent says the Special Commities of cent, lower than s month ago, Tuesdays and Wednesday",\ from London the cost of living-

"According to persoas coming early in November and recommended evaoustion, bat three days later the Chamber, examining the charges against MM. Caillaux and and shout 55 per cent, higher should have been prohibited. he returned to Constantinople end-issued-a-proclamation stating Loustalot, has recommended the withdrawal of Parliamentary than just before the war. The Coal-cards are already in in Paris is about 50 per vanl that the city had to be held to the last. Reinforcements arrived immunity.

alteration in the price of bread force. Prices continue to rise in higher than it is there " and posted machine guns, and it was even eated that they had

j was accompanied by a similar larming proportiona; during the Bow folks in Germany mined amored sit s. Babsegasusly General ratkenusya cams to M. Clemen'osan told the Committes prior to its decision that though somewhat greater redarstwo or three months the shops facing it is almost impossible: în control the defence measures, The Bitish rash in as the end left Ban Banino had warned, the Anglo-French ad Baarisation in that of a jur.

have pat op their prices about say, for the newspapers preserve the Turks no time to carry out their worst intentions. The Governor Ambassadors of the disquietude caused by the notiķīties of M. The decrease since September once a fortnight. No steps have discreet ailemos on the sab of the City failed to prevail upon the troops to defend the hand. Uasilaus in Rome. f. Clemenceau added that if M. Csillang, were 1, in the priced of British bel and vet been taken to prevent pron pocasional <fl-istatteren. Besides a Latin Patriarch who was arrested and deported some an ordinary citixon there would be no dispassion abans the obarges mation averaged sbour 24 cente Bitering, and the cost of living is however, shows that there is wooks ago, the Tacks deported a Greek Patriarch and eleven against him. If the Chamber refused to sanction the prosecution, and & cents per pound respective saunaga considerable unrest distinct scarcity of al members of the Holy Synod and an Armenian Patriarch and Orundil. of M, Osillaux, the Government would resiga.

ly, the fall being more marked in among the working classes, sa

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Searching for M. Kerensky,

London, December 17.

THE PROSECUTION OF M. CAILLAUX.

London, December 17.

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cent, but sometimes of 2 cents. apply it is not certain that this issue permits. He will begin the par 4-pound, was reported from allowsnos can be maintained. work immediately. Conditions lover one-third of the places from)

which returns are received. Up has been reduced from 750 grams Gulf trades will be affected "Meanwhile the sugar ration in the Atlantic, Pasifs and to the introduction of the nine 500 grams (1-1/10 ponade) per penny loaf the average price had month for each person, several specifically by the set of Congress.

materially. Alaska was exempted:

been about 23 "cente for some of the papers have suggested that, months. Is July, 1914, it was before this reduction was made,