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February 20, 1915,
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE LATEST AIR RAID.
A German Account.
London, February 19. A wireless Germen oficial message says that aviators lset night! bombed London, Dover, Dunkirk and fighting forces on the north ponet af France.
Only One Machine Reaches London.
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
RUMANIA AND PEACE.
Proposal for Armistice with Russia.
London, Fetrien !
February 10, 1917,
1918.
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS;
GEN, SIR WM. ROBERTSON'S RESIGNATION.
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Retirement of other Officers · Expecând.
London, February 19.
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-The Sunday Times and National News state that they have A. Russian wireless official message states that delgason from the base formed by: General Sir William Robertson, that he has no Romanian General Stad have arrived in Patrogoad with a propbest med General Robertson sald Sunday Times reporter last for an armistios and with the object of considering pesos-
highs. It is quite true that I will not accept either position. They the The proposal has been agreed to, subject to the mapansion et attacks polition outpondses of the Sunday Times says that General of during the armistice. The message admits that the areasntials of the Robertson considers he is dismissed. The exrespondents: dda noerly London, February 19.
Bemanisa delegates ste doubtful,
An official momaga wys that six seroplanes approached she mouth of the Thames at 9.45 last night and carried out an attack on London. All were turned back except one, which penetrated to the ospital and dropped a bomb on the South-West district at ten olcek, demolishing a house and burying an invalid officer, his wife and two children. The raider had previously dropped other bombe on the eastern outskiria. The casualties and damage are not merious. An attack on Dover at 10.45 was driven of. Bombs were dropped in the open country. Several pilote engaged a large enemy monize which crashed into the ues. The casualties and damage -due to the raid are apparently light.
THE WESTERN FRONT:
"Sucesssful British Patrols.
London, February 19. Field Marshal Sir Dongise Haig reports that patrols took a few -prisoners north-ssat of Hargicourt, Hostile artillery is sotive in the
sighbourhood of Passchendaele.
Eaémy Surprise Attack Falls,
Landon, February 19.
A French commènique states ;—There has been fairly consider- able reciprocal artillery fighting in the night in the region of Chavignon, out of Rheims and in Champagne. An enemy surprise attack east of Auberive was without result.
Enemy Raiders Repulsed.
London, February 19.
... Field Marbel Sir Douglas Halg, in a commanique states: The enemy raided this morning the post west of La Basses. Three of our men are missing. We repulsed raiders at Poelospelle, There is hostile artillery fighting in the St Quentin, Lens and Armentiereu sestors, also north-east of Ypres.
Successful British Air Raids..
London, February 18. Field Marabal Sir Dongles Haig, reporting on Aviation says:— Our seroplanes yesterday bombed and machine-gunned billete, railway stations sad troope. We dropped over fire and-a-half tone of bombe on different targets. Fourteen hostile machines were brought down, seven were driven down and anti-aircraft gans shot down two, one being a large bomber with four occupante who were #taken prisoner. Another was driven down uncontrollabls near one of the aerodromes. Five of car inschines are missing. Last night we dropped four hundred bombs on aerodromes in the neighbourhood of Ghetet, Tourasi and Laan. We also bombed, at a low height, Confana Railway station and siding. Barets of me were observed on the latter. All our machines returned,
AMERICA'S PREPARATIONS GOING AHEAD.
London, February 19.
Beater's correspondent at New York soye that the Garfield Fuel Administration states that, owing to the five-daya industrial suspen- sion in January and sabeequent beatless Mondays, only a normal number of ships are now in America Ports. The file of supplies to the American Expeditionary Forces and Allies bae been re- established, and the railways have been cleared for the shipment of ssential war materiala.
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED.
"London, February 10. Beater's correspondent at Tekyo says that in the House of Bepresentives a motion of "No-confidence" in the Government was "defeated by 241 voter against 117......
PLAGUE IN NORTH CHINA SPREADING.
London, February 19. A Peking telegram states that the plague is spreading. It has appeared near Paoting Fu and is threatening Peking and Tientsin. The mortality is enormous,
THE UKRAINE PEACE.
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given to London, February 18, General Bir Henry Wilson and it is anticipated that other officers many people whom p Esater's correspondent at Amsterdam says that the Handsleblad will follow the retirement of General Robertson, dot it is not expected stationary at the time falt the learns from Vienna that Rumania intends to negotiate with the that the defection of the Generals will wreck, the Government feet of the disturbance, Dikota Central Powers, provided the Central Powers will give a previons because there is a great sympathy in the House of Commons assuranos cos to seaail the sovereignty of Rumanis and leave the regarding the siti.ade of soldier. solution of the dynastic question to the Ramanians themselves. Rumania will then declare its readines to pede the Dobradjs to Bulgaria, provided the Central Powers benevolently support Romania in the Bessarabiac question. H. Averesa's onhicet is not yet formed, but it is stated that the first point in his programme is pesce by agreement with the Central Powers.
German Period of Grace Extended; ·
London, February 14. Bautar's correspondent at Basle says that Germany has extended to February 22, the period giren to Rumenis to reply to the ultimatum demanding, pesos negotiations.
GERMAN-RUSSO ARMISTICE TO END.
Germany Reserves a Free Hard.
London, February 17,
Rautar's correspondent at Amsterdam say that Germany announces that, owing to the conduct of the Petrograd Government, the armistice will be regarded as renounced from February 10 Accordingly, after the lapse of the week's notice of the termination of the armistios provided under the treaty, Germany reserves a fres hand in every direction.
M. Trotzky Claims Seven Days' Notics.
London, February 18.
A Bassian Wireless official message states thas M. Trotesky hsa seked the German Government for information concerning the message from Generals Hofmann and Sambilu in which they state that way will be resumed at mid-day on Monday." Trotsky claime seven days notice before a resumption of bostilities.
CHAOS IN PETROGRAD,
Shooting and Pillaging.”
London, February 17. There have been no telegrams from Petrograd since February 6 until to-day when messages dated February 7 and 8 have arrived. These reveal that there is a most chaotic situation in Petrograd. itself, where indiscriminate ebooting in the streets, pillaging, and lynching by desperadoes are prevalent. It transpires that the officers of the conspiracy to capture M. Lenin and hold him as hostage have been discovered. The Balsheviks claim to have captared the town of Simpheropol, in the Crimes, after routing the Tartars, and they also claim to have defeated the Ukrainisng at: Nikolaje. On the other hand it is reported that General Alexsieff has defeated the Bolsheviks near Vorosess, while the Ukrainiane claim the gaining of the upper hand at Kied.
Twelve Hours' Sanguinary Fighting.
London, February 18. Reuter's correspondent at Petrograd says that the White Gaarde have occupied Tammerfore after twelve hours' sanguinary fighting. Massacre of 1,500 Workmen.
London, February 18.
Beuter's correspondent says that a belated Keff telegram shows that the White Guards with the junkere, after defeating the Red Guards at Petchersk massacred fifteen hundred workmen and also all the members of the Revolutionary Military Committee.
BDITOK OF THE WORLD" FINED.
London, February 19.
Mr. Fenton de Wend-Fenton, editor of the World, has been ficed a $100 for publishing sa article which referred to Col.. Kepingion's article in the Morning P.st, also for publishing the cor fi lential warning to newspapers with regard to the Versailles. Conference.
AMERICAN LABOUR'S DECLARATION.
London, February 18.
YET ANOTHER AIR RAID "ON LONDON..
London, February 19.
Reuter's correspondent at Washington sage that the Americas Federation of Labour has adopted a declarating that this is Labour'e London, February 19. war which Lesbaur most win sal that every etste fighting for final The Bret Austro-Gorman. transporte over the so-called bread victory must count for bumanity. Iturges the Ra-ian workers to pesce in Ukraine are fast diminishing through the acconcealed make common cause with those of Americs, Britain, France sad hostility of the Poles and all parties, including the Austro-German Lisly. partizans to the alienation of Cbolm and especially the anitude of the Bolsheviks towards Ukraine. Tae Rida he already taken réings at Zhitomir 15 cecape the power of the Bolsheviks, who oon- tinue to increase in camber to a strength which threatens to over.
The Press Baresa ananunca that. hostile seroplanes crossed the run Ukraine, and they certainly will not permit the export of grain a which the Austro-Germane are confidently reckoning. The Ger- Themes Estuary at 10 o'clock at araning and prooseded towards mang are now confronted with the prospect of fighting the Balabe Landos. Some bombs were dropped on London. The raid is still vike, who are believed to be collecting a big army, Germany is in progress." maah pertarbed at the capture of Germans and pro-German Eatbonians, rivals who the Bolshoivka regard os hostages and have already threatened to maessore. Germany is now threatening reprisale. Austria has intimated that she will not employ troops against Rassis which is no longer her neighbour, but is ready to BERist Germany with technical material.
FORMER M. P. SENTENCED.
London, February 19
Mr. Arnold Lupton, formerly a Member of Parliament, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment tot circulating a pacifist leaflet. The printer of the left has been foed £90,
Poles to Organise a Strike. Don
London, February 18.... According to Renter's correspondent at Zurich Lemberg telegram states that a great demonstration took place on Feburary 414 and was attended by the united Polish parties. It was decided
to organise a strike in all the public offices, insitutions, schools and He festories se s protest against the new Ukraine frontiers,
MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S HEALTH.
London February 19.
Mr. Lloyd George, though indisposed in working incessantly. out to the country on Friday, but was recalled yesterday on urgent business.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
WHY GENERAL SIR WM. ROBERTSON RESIGNED.
London, February 16,
The Press Bureau says: The extension of the functions of the Permanent Military Representative decided on at last meeting of the War Council at Versailles necessitated the limitation of the special powers hitherto exercised by the Chief of the Imperial General Staff. The Government there- **fore thought it right to offer General Sir William Robertson a choice of becoming the British Military Representative on the War Council at Vexiaillea or continuing to be Chief of the General Staff under the new conditions.
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Mr William Robertson, for reasons which the Prime Ministar "will explain in the House of Commons early next wack, was unable to accept either position and the Govern ment regretfully accepted his resignation.
→ General Sir Haury Wilson has accepted the position of *Chief of General Staff and the appointment of the. British.
Representative at Versailles will be announced shortly.
ANOTHER GERMAN LIE NAILED.
London, February 16,
A correspondent of the Morning Post" says: As Ger- -man agents in Moslem countries for many years have mon
daciously accused Britain of robbery of religious truste he has collected evidence through Zeki Paaha, Minister of Waqfe, who allowed him to examine the ministerial records at Cairo. This evidence showed not only a widening aros of reform in estate management, but, the increased materia) advantages how enjoyed by "ten” thousand offcists of all grades engaged in religious duties, The correspondent quobis Agures proving this and absolutely coatéadieling the German las maliciously circulated in Turkey, Perais, and the Red Sea 'littoral.
DISORDERS IN POLAND.
London, February 17. German papers report the outbreak of strikes at Warsaw. sad Lemberg. German troops are patrolling Warsaw to prevent demonstrations against the Ukraine peace. The "Cologne Gazette" says: "Our bread peace with Ukraine is endangered. Fighting with the Bolshevika and the Bads has already compelled the latter to move to Zhitomir sad the suburbs of Kieff äre already in the bands of the Bolshe- viks, who are rushing up troops.
NAVAL AIRCRAFT RAID, '
London, February 17.
The Admiralty reports that aircraft dropped many bombe on Zuydwege, dump on Saturday. A fire was started in the centre of the objective. All the machines returned.
MORE ARMENIAN ATROCITIES EXPECTED.
London, February 17.
A recurrence of the Armenian atrocities is expected. The German newspapers have recently printed official Tur kish communiques resembling those preceding earlier massacres and accusing armed Armenian bands of commit ting atrocities on Ottoman inhabitants. Talsa] Pasha, in- terviewed by the "Vossiche Zeitung," says the Russian troops are beginning to leave the Caucasus. A Turkish, Armenian telegram to Constantinople speaks of resistance by bands of armed Armenians in Erzingan and adjoining" villages being broken by Kurds, who are cleaning the Armen- isas out.
THREE THOUSAND” GERMANS CAUGHT,
Petrograd, February 17, A Russian guard ship captured 3,000 volunteers, proceed- ing by tea from Germany to Finland in order to assist the Finnish White Guard
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esses. Daring the afternoon lower stopped, in some telegraphic: :communication on the Great Northern Telag |graph Co.'s line-was-interrupted- between Shanghai and Hong kong, and while the sense of this beo not been sacertained-as the time of inquiry in, is thought possible that "the" "earthqus] might be responsible: However, the Great Esstern Teleg Qa's lines were not slao
The report issued by the wei Obeserstory", "abows that the tremors were first experienced 29 pm and that it 212 vibrations became very strong. undulatory and in a woskiem. direation. The tremare listed ke |some time, but as all the dallónke instruments were seriously alsos- [ed, some were sotuslly thrown down, it is impossible to give socurais figures. · The shock was felt particularly in the western districts and as far as 240 kilometres from -Shanghai. The motion was from east to west and it is thought likely, from the | information, available, that the strongest, sbook sacarred 600 miles westward- ar zanith-west- wand of Shanghai. At Sipsawel Obeerestory the chock was neverent that had buss experience during the past la pourne Olooka ware stopped and movable objseta violently shaken for 20 seconds.
School for Stammerers. There are 1,500 aŝammering children in 1.0.0. elementary | schools,and an experimental èlass in remedial exercisen is to be started. Stammering · children. jaffiot other children with whom |they associata, says an investigat-
ing committee.
"Without Encumbrance." Attention was recently called by the Poor Law Officers' A sociation to be growing praction of inserting the worla without encumbrance" in advertisements. for muried couples for Poor Law appointments, declaring that such is restriction was objectionable st any time and in present cironme stances inimical to the interests of the B'ate. The Poor Law Uá- jocs Association, which represente Poor Law guardians, denies that the practice is growing, but adda that it entirely agrees that sait- able persona should not be pan-". alised on account of having families.
DON'T FORGET,
TO-DAY ::.
Victoris Theatre-9.15 p.mi Bijou Thestre-9.15 p.m.: New Hongkong Cinematograpă .-9.15 p.m.
TO-MORROW. · Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m.
THE SILVER MARKET.
London, February 17. Silver is quoted at 428. There is an absence of business. GERMAN SLANDER, 13,000 Chinare of the Chinese Lahoor Carpe have been killed in Some Threats. Against China. France, The etorg, of course, is
Bijoa Thestre--0.15 *m The North China Daily News atterly antrae as it is improb
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half masca 110. kill. a little Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf not yet af d in China - to be a proved by the many wild remourer 14,000 non coments of & Godown Co-Shareholder that find cirenlation in vetre Western nationality, the wildness meeting noon. Duroles. Only a few months ago of bestry is almost without ***Saturday, February 23, enemy agents were busily spread-parallel. A gentlemas intioned
Hongkong & ~ Susoghai ing the story that, when pewe in the interior tells us that the Banking Corporation. --Annual was declared with Russis, the ipinion is still fostered amonger meeting; noon, Germans would merah seruas he Chinese, by the Germans, that Thestre Royal➡9.15 Siberis in force and then be latter are wibaing thin war. | Performanceina.Eid Gof-
what would become of poor The beat answer to that work of Charitiem China?” This report was tale in the question put-to-his given the fallest possible public toredalous Gains friends by ity, but apparently did little good Shanghai gentleman, who on za far as the enemy was concerede a-ks them when the next Garmsa
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