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February 25, 1918,

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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

German Troops Pressing Onward,

London, February 24 A German wireless official says:-Our troope in Esthonia are pressing eastwards. We have occupied Werk, Livonia and Dabna.

The German Advance.

London, February 24.

The Germans have advanced an average of fifty miles in Rossis since they resumed operations on February 18. The only point where anything resembling resistance was encountered, was at Lemsal where a small body of Russians fought against overwhelm- ing odds for a short time. Leal ie sixty miles south-west of Reval" and filteen from the coast. Venden is 45 miles north-east of Rig

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

Baomy Raiders Driven Back.

London, February 24. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig in a communique, state We repaleed with enemy lowes an attempted raid on Hill 70. We drove nf riders north of Poelcavelle Patrols toooms, prisoners on different parts of the front. Boatile artillery is uõlien between Goussansourt and the Sarpe Valley, and at a number of points between Lens, Armentieres ad north-seat of worth pres. Owing to bad weather ouly a faw fights were possible.

Scottish Troops Successful Raid.

London, February 24. Field Marshal Sir Dangles, Haig in a communique, reports 1-- on the Petrograd Bailway. Volmar, on the same railway, is 20 Scattah troops carried cut a snoces-ful raid last night at Monchy las miles north of Bigs and 12 miles from the coast. Unofficial reporte Preaz. There is bcatile artillery fighting in the neighbourhood of state that the Germans are advancing in the direction of Vitebak, Hebin Road, sad south of Houthulst Forest. 150 miles south-east of Drinsk and 90 miles north of Mohileff. Their ecoats bare appeared near Plotsk, half-way between Vitebek and Dvinsk, while Holodatobna, 110 miles south of Drinek, is stated to be in the hands of the Germans whose cavalry is moving to Mobileff. The enemy has captured Riejitas, 60 miles north-east of Drinsk, and in advancing on Phtoff.

Further German Penetration.

A Formidable French System,

!

London, February 24.

Mr. Philip Gibbe, the war correspondent, writing from Head- quarters states:Since we took over part of the French Line about St. Queatio, a few weeks ago, we have been gradusily extending our frous to the right. One can look, at pointe, straight across to the German lices where the river O'es and its canal are in the flats and London, February 24. marshes beresih our slopes. Here no-man's land is sometimes a A German wireless cfficial memege states. We bare occupied thousand yards wide, owing to swampe, das to the breaking of the Hapesi in Esthonia, The First Esthanian Regiment has placed cans bant. Bhind the German outposta is a formidable French itself at the disposal of the German command. We are beyond system: Forming part of the Hindenburg line between St Quentin Ronneburg and Wolmar Spandan and entered Biszitzs amidel re- and Leon the ground south-east of Oise rises to St. Gobain Ridge, icings of the inhabitants. From there we advanced on Liesin which is a high rampart in the German lines. The whole of the and occupied Minsk. Our assistance to Ukraine in the struggle for country east and south of St. Quentin is wild and rugged and cover- freedom is progressing. We have joined with the Ukrainian ed with great foresta, detrohments at Nɔro Gradvolynek, and other columns are marching to Dabao.

Fleet Disorganised,

London, February 24, A Petrograd message says that the Naval Authorities have ziven op hops of active co-operations by the Fleet, which is

cmpletely disorganised,

BRITISH LABOUR WAR AIMS,

London, February 24

I

Esemy Rald.

London, February 24.

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-A large enemy party rsided two of our posts in the neighbourhond of Ypres Roulers railway. A few of our men are missing. The Belgians repulsed an attempted raid in the Harakem neator,

No ladication of Enemy's Offensive.

London, February 24,

"Beater's correspondent at Paris saya that a semi-official message. states:-Although reciprocal raiding is increasing, denoting that preparations for the offamiva are becoming more marked, and an artillery duel has increased, nothing yet indicaton, ihesi the auemy is on the point of launching an offánsive,

Raiders Repulsed..

Mr. Albert Thomse presided at yesterday's Inter-Allied Socialist Conference in London, and said that the discamions in Paris were assured of a certainty of agreement and common policy based on British Exbour war aims. The memorandum was 60

London, February 24, international, and so human, that enemy Scoialists were able to

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reporta-We repulsed raiders accept it. The British section of the Conference refused to allow the Independent Labour Party and the British Socialist Party to in the neighbourhood of Broodseinds. There is hostile artillery be sep-rately represented. There was a movement on foot to form fighting in the Passchendaele sector.

British Trade Union Labour Party,

WILD SCENES IN THE REICHSTRATH. {

REPUBLIC IN GRAVE DANGER.

London, February 24.

According to Bealer's correspondent at Petrograd the Council. London, February 24, of Commissaries, in a Proclamation, says that the Republic is in the According to Renter's correspondent at Amsterdam, the gravest danger. It calle apon everyone to defend the positions to Vousische Zeitung at Vienna, says that Dr. Seidler's statement that the last drop of blood, to remove rollingsteek and destroy railways Cholm has not been ceded to Ukraine, has not eased the situation. behind them and even provisions which are in danger of falling into There were wild remed in the Reichstesth, S'ava and Casche shoat- the enemy's hande; to raise battalione, and to dig trenches. These ing down the Premier, sad abripking "Lies and treachery"" One battalions will include all the bourgeoise class. Men and woman Catch Socalist was forcibly removed.

are under the surveillance of the Red Guards. All resisters will be shot

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"All the bourgeoise clase, male and female, must be made to ostry out defence work under the Badguards.” Foreign agants, speculation loiterers, counter-revolutionaries and German spies must. be abot at sight. The local Soviets must "see that these decisions are carried out.

LORD MILNER APPEALS FOR CO-ORDI NATION,"

London, February 22, Lord Milner, continuing his speech on War Aima st Plymouth, foreshadowed greater efforts and much greater hardships, in the immediate fatare. Be therefore appealed for more perfect.co

SURVIVORS OF SPANISH STEAMER LANDER.. -ordination in the firs of all the allier, the exppression of domestic

London, February 24. iscord and the coreentration of the efforts of "all men and women

Reater'a correspondent at Cadix reports that there are twenty- of all classes and parties upon the supreme object of national sight savivors of the torpedoed Spanish steamer Marcaapso, which aalvation. Owing to the policy of the Versailles Council we had now, got a reasonable machinery for attaining co-ordination of efforts proceeding to New York. The earvivor were picked up in the

sea and landed hars,

and the essence of the new system was that we had got a permanent body of experts always sitting engaged in the study of war problems from the viewpoint of allianod as a whole, Conelading Lord Milner esid he not fear that anything would be "seen in this country any. thing like the follies and excesses in Bussia. Such revolutions destroy not despotive but democracy, which was, perhaps, on its greatest and final trial.

EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.

London, February 23, An East Africa afficial message states:We dislodged the enemy from the Lajends Valley and forced their retirement to the eonth toward the Upper Lario Liver. We took some prisoners in the ricinities of Marika and Luvwmbu Laboms. Portuguese have re-occupied Malaktére. The British are following up the main body of the enemy slong and north of the Lario.

THE PALESTINE PUSH.

Enemy Retured from Jericho.

London, February 23.

A Palestine cfficial messge states:-The enemy from Jericho bas retired to the north of the Wadi Auj, leaving posts on bigh ground on the left bank, and they have also retired to the cast, Borces the Jordan, holding the bridgehead of El Ghoraniye.

Positions Extended..

Lendon, February 24.

A Palestine official message states--Ogr forces advancing on Thursday morning encountered small opposition and at 8.20 Ans savarálian Mounted froops enteredi cho, and established themselves on So the line of the Jordan and Wid dis.d he wenilor la bað

*zon: Wednesday night were alight. Forty-sir, Tajki wite takom

orifusor. We have aztinded politicos north-east of

JERICHO REPORTED CAPTURED.

London, February Jericho is reported to have been captured.

"NAVY ESTIMATES.

London, February 24, The Navy Estimates provide for 450,000 men.

EARLIER "TELEGRAMS.

SOUTH AFRICAN FLOODS.

Capetown, Feburary 22. Speaking in the Assembly, General Botha announced that owing to the Klip River overflowing, balf the town of Ladysmith is under water from two to five feet deep. A minber of houses have subsided and eight-fire families are destituto,

HUNGARIAN WAR EXPENDITURE RISING.

Zurich, February 22.

The Hungarian Finance Minister stated in Fifliament that despite the cessation of hostilities on the East Front the Hungarian, war expenditure was rising. The present figures- were thirty-two million sterling monthly, compared to twenty- eight millions last December

GERMANY AND RUMANIANS.

-Amsterdam," February 21.

been postponed

A. Berlin message says that Herr Küchling's, dep

Lumanian situation

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

Germaɛs Enter Missk

London, February 21.

A wireless German oficial message says: We hare enter- ad Minsk

Civil War in Finland.

Yasa, Feburarý 21. Events in Finland between the White Army, which is -mati-Bolshevik, and the-revolutionaries or Red Guards are apparently moving towards a climax. The East Finnish White Army, fifty thousand strong, is advancing south along the Mikkeli-Kuwols railway, a second force along the Goen- sun-Viborg railway, with the object of capturing..Viborg.. and a third contingent proceeding from Kristinestad upon the Ead stronghold, Bjoerneborg, The Whites hold the railway. to Haapamak north of Filppula, ensuring communication between West and East via Nyslott. Hundreds of students are besieged in the Helsingfors district, and a terrible death is awaiting them if they are unable to hold ont. The Head- quarters of the Red Guards have been moved from Tame merfors to Richimski, south of Tavastehus, where the black fisg with skull and crossbones is. Rying. "..

Germanis Marching on Petrograd.

London, February' 22. Everywhere, except at Lemsal, the Russians have appar reatly bolted, abandoning their guns and material. Mean... while, instead of organising resistance, the Bolshevik Gor- ernment is engaged in publishing feeble and futile protests 'and also in" massacring compatriots.

It appears the telegram accepting the German termi wis sent to Berlin without consulting the Bolsheviks' Par- liament. The decision of the Peoples' Commissaries was settled by M. Trotzky, who had previously favoured fighting to the last, unexpectedly voting on the other side. The Government then convoked only their own party groupe. “ M. Leniti in communicating the decision said the only way to secure the results of the revolution was to make peace and thus the Government could continue "civil war against ite internal enemies and crush them before Ger- many, in alliance with the Western Imperialists, crushed the revolution.

The population of Petrograd, starving, tortared and harassed by the Bolsheviks, seem to be completely indiffér ent to the approach of the Germans, whose arrival in the capital is expected in 'ten divi. It is reported in Petrograd 01 that a German fleet of forty-five ships is steaming towards

Reval” and a-German descent on Finland is expected.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

London, February 22,

- Field Marshal Bir Douglas Haig reports: We repulsed raiders southward of Armentieres, Patrols elsewhere brought in a number of prisoners. The enemy artillery is active in the neighbourhoods of St. Quentin, 'the Arras-Cambrai road, Lens, Armentieres and Ypres. A break in the weather pre- vented flying, except for artillery observation

A French communique reports fairly lively reciprocal artillerying on the whole front, especially in the regions of Pinon, Yaxxaillon, Malmaison, Pontavert, Guyencourt and Butte-dn-Mesnil Three German seroplanes' were brought down and two forced down in their own lines, seriously damaged.

A CRUCIAL TIME,

London, February 22. Lord Milner, speaking ‘on, war sins at Plymouth, de- precated sidetalk about details of peace negotiations when the German military party was again more firmly in the saddle, and when we are fighting for our very lives and the very existence of the free nations of Western Europe. The militarists, single object, openly proclaimed, was to deal Italy, France and Britain a knock-out blow, thereby secur ing dowmation throughout Europe and the greater part of Aris and enabling the establishment of military despotism to be world-wide. It was not now a question of destroying Frassian militarism but whether Prussianism would, destroy, us, sweeping away.everything for which the freedom-loving nations had striven for centuries to attain,

NATIONAL PARTY'S IMPERIAL POLICY.

London, February 22.

The imperial policy adopted by the National Party advocates closer imperial unity, with permanent machinery therefore, secondly, unity of the Empire in defence, and a policy of mutual aid with a view to development of natural resources, foodstaples and raw materials, thirdly, the invest- ment of British capital within the Empire, fourthly, encourag ang the flow of emigration to the dominions and the establishment of permanent machinery for overseas lână settlement. Finally it condemns the injustice of double acome tax...

PRESERVING WAR GRAVES.

London, February 22:

A meeting of the Imperial War Graves Commission pre- sided over by the Frince of Wales, approved of the report of Lieut-Colonel Bir Frederick Kenyon making a recom mendation as regards the provision of memorials in ceme- tries and that the general supervision of such constructional work be given to the architects Mr. Reginald Blomfield, Sir Edwin Lutyens and Mr. Herbert Baker. It was announc ed that the Government had undertaken to bear the cost of laying out and maintaining British military cemetries abroad and providing suitable headstones. The Kenyon report recommends equality, in the treatment of headstones and graves for officers and men and the erection of central memorials in each cemetry in addition to individual head- stones. Regiments and other military, formations have been asked to send suggestions for the design of headstones. It was stated that some, if not all of the Dominions would decide on headstones representing the dominion rather than the individual The Commission will consider the special quest tions arising in connection with the graves of Indian soldiers.

The

COL REPINGTON'S PROSECUTION.

Morning Post states decided not to appeal.

YESTERDAY'S -

TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter's Bervice to The * Talegraph,

REMOVAL OF GERMANS

FROM EAST AFRICA.

Lendan, Feburary £1.

In the House at Qummonë, Mrt: Hsopherson sapounced that, bë hoped arrangements would short ly be made for the removal of all German subjeo's from 'German East Africa (Cheers).

"THE IRISH CONVENTION.

London, February 25. In the House of Commons, Mr Bonar Baw stated that it was too zoon to conclude that the Irish Convention would be without result.

WILL THE ENGINEERS STRIKE?

London, February 22. "', of toe Despite the result Engineers' ballot, further negotia tion is probable. Moreover, tha result does not necessarily mean that the Engineera will strike.

A PRIZE COURT RULING,

London, February 23, The Prisa Court has ordered the release of 6300nut oil vilasd at $100,000 asisei in a steamSE Bonna which, with five other neutral vessels, was -woyaging. from the Dutch "Esus Tadión ta Sweden.

The Président. Sir. Sammal

Grown's contentina – tas materials, destined for, a neutral country for manufacture and †conmmption-were thus liable to condemnation on the ground that a similar article might or would consequently be exported to the enemy by other citizens of that ocuntry.

THE NEW SUMMER TIME.

London, February 23. In the Honge of Coramont, Sir George Cave sosouneed that summer-time would begin on March 24 ind end on August 29.

BRITISH SHIPBUILDING

OUTPUT.

London, February 22. In the HousöLOömmang, Mr. Chios Money stated that Inst year 200 British-bails merchant. men of 1,600 tons and upwards, of an aggregate tonnage of 1,087,698 tons and baan complet.. od, while the net loss of auch Tassels was 698.

INTER ALLIED SOCIALIST": CONFERENCE.

London, February 21.1 The inter-Allied # Bodidlist. Conference on war sims has

8 preliminary meeting at the Central Hell, Westminster, behind doors. The attendance included slowed Mr. Arthing Henderson, Mr. Rameny Macdonald, Mr. Will Thorne and Mr. Bidney Webb, also M. Vanderveldė Huystann, representing Belgiem, W. B. Andrews - representing South Africa and Hepresentatives of Sweden and Bamania.

The French and Italian delegations have not yet arrivéð.

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