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WEDNESDAY,

FEBRUARY 27,

1918.

三洋楼 號大十月二英港香

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

RUSSIA AND PHACE.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

RUSSIA AND PEACE.

Endeavours to Avert Popular Dutbreak.

London, February 24.

́Allied Embassies Leaving Petrograd, ş

London, February 26,

The Allied Embassies are leaving Petrograd. Beater's correspondent at Petrograd says that that the Bolshe vik authorities are trying to svart a popular out-break against them

Bolsheviks Report. as a result of the German advance, by issuing statemente declaring

London, February 28,7′′ that it is merely a question of raids by Quana foraging parties and Renter's correspondent at Petrograd states that the Bolsheviks by talee of shooting of German soldiers, who refused to march.jolaim that the Soviet Forose bave captured Bostoff. They simultaneouely declare that the bourgeois agents and scrib- blers are impatiently awaiting the arrival of the Germans to abolish the Soviet authority and that each bourgeois must be compelled to work at the defences. At a meeting of the Soviet Parliament M., Sversloff, the Chairman, called attention to the demonstrations in the Nevsky Prospect against the Government and said that the members of the Soviet Executive must be armed in self-defenos.

Army Refuses to Fight.

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London, February 24. M. Lenin says that the army absolutely refuses to fight. will not remain in the Government for a moment if" the policy phrases" obisins the upper band.

Austria Ready to Conclude Peace.

London, February 24,

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Beater's correspondent at Paris says that Count Csernin bas sent a wireless message to M. Trotsky that Austria, in concert with ber Allies, is ready to conclude pesos with Russia,

The Evacuation of Aaland Island.

London, February 24. Bauter's porrespondent st Stockholm says that an agreement has been reached regarding the evacuation of Aaland Island by Russian and Finnish troops. A Swedish force has gone to Asland Island to maintain order.

Russia's Position Hopeless.

London, February 25.

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THE PALESTINE OFFENSIVE.

Important Results Ogined.

GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER RETURNS,

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Depredations to India and Pac.fic Oceans.

London, February 26.

POPULAR ENGLISH

GIRLS.

Huge Success In America.

“Our Balored Gil,” This in

Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam says that a Berlin official message stated that the suxiliary cruiser Wolf, commanded the name by which Miss Kathleen by Captain Nerger, has returned from the Atlantic, Indian Burke is known throughout the ad Pacifie, cossue with four hundred members of the crews United States. A young Boglina of gank ships, including white and coloured British military girl of slight figure, but gifted men and slec several captured guns and great quantities of valuable with unbounded energy, she has raw materials, such as rubber, copper, brass, sino, cocos bsane, and taken Amèrics by storm, and now coprs, worth many million marks. After her capture the Tarritella that she has returned to England. was equipped as an auxiliary orniser and opersted off Gula and she has been followed by lettera Aden, being commanded by the Wolf's first officer, until she en-to the Prime Minister and the London, February 26, Reuter's correspondent with the British Army in Palestine,

countered the British, who took the crew of twenty-seven prisoners. American Ambasador tegging

List of Vessels Sank.

for her immediate return, writing on February 22 saya :-The lull in operations since the New

Later. His Barke is the daughter of Year has been dús to the cold and wet weather sad the necessity of

The Admiralty announce that in reference to the German official one of the chief officers of the strengthening. The lengthened lines of communication have now report that the auxiliary cruiser Wolf has returned after Bfteen North Western Railway. Before been broken by a fresh cffensive which was completely successful in months oraise, it is presumed that she sank in the Indian and the war begensbeled life the of an yielding important strategin results. The fighting after Christmas Facific cessas the following ́vessels, taking the grews ordinary English girl of good left our troops in possession of important heights east of Jerusalem prisoners:-Turritells, Jamas, Wordsworth, Des, Wai-position, but sa soon as it started and dominating the road to Jericho. The Tarka had still some runs, Winslow Belags, Enoore, Katang, Hitachi Mara, ehe threw herself into work for forces west of Jericho, and if they had been sufficiently strong and and Igoizmendi, The Turritella, an unsrmed merchantman, was our soldiers. In 1915 she been ne energetic they might have worked round between Bethlehem and captured on February 11, 1917, and equipped for mine-laying. attached to the Scottish Women's the Dead Sea and eren menaced the road to Hebron. Most of the Shortly afterwards she encountered a British warship and the prize region between Jerusalem and Jericho is barren, broken crew Bottled the Turritella and surrendered. and very hilly till within seven miles of the Jordan where there in an apparently level surface farrowed with innumerable steep and narrow

surges. The Tarks held a line along

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GERMAN WORKERS' PEACE CONFERENCE,

London, February 28.

*UKRAINIAN HARVEST.

London, February 22.

GERMAN SOCIALISTS PROTEST,

the create eix miles east of Jerusalem on either side of the road, their defencee plentifully supplied with machine guns. It has declined the German Trade Unionista invitation to attend a According to Router's actrespondent at New York, Mr. Gompers was decided to drive the Tarks beyond the Jordan in order to make Workers Peace Conference. our right flank absolutely secure. The first British movement on February 14 encountered no serious opposition and the line advanced about a hundred yardə. On the morning of February 19 - Beater's correspondent at Petrograd says that there has been Welsh troopa and Londonera attacked along a broad front, respec sitting of the Soviet dcutive in the Taurids Palace, at which the tively north and south of the Jericho road, while Australian Light Renter's correspondent at Zürich says that the Bavarisa Land German terma were accepted. H. Linin, in urging the acceptance Horse made a wide turning movement from the south." The enemy Tax Minister of the Interior has stated that there is no great hope said that Russia's position was hopeless, and this peace must be botly contested the advance, clinging tensoloutly to his positions, that the Ukrainian harvest will permit of increased rations. accepted as a respite enabling the preparation of decisiva resistance The Britieb, notwithstanding the difficult ground and bad weather, to the bourgeoisie and Imperialism. The proletariate of the whole swept forward and carried the whole of their objatives.” Thể world will come to car sid, and then we shall renew the fight." M. advance was resumed on February 20. The British, fighting with Martoff and the leaders of the Internationaliste contended that the irresistable valour, dislodged the enemy from a series of erests and

London, February 22. proposed, pesce meant evil to the Russian Revolution and the ledges amidat & drenching rain, and by the end of the day advanced in the Reichetag protested against the galling up of strikers for According to Realer's correspondent at Amsterdam, Socialists power of the Borists,

six thousand yards ons ten mile front. The cavalry bad a the army. They complained of soldiers heing insulted and beaten, particularly difficult task as they could only more single fe in some that they are ill-fed and refused forlough, with the result that donar- London, February 25. ́**

places. Yesterday the enemy evacuated Jericho which we entered tions are increasing. General Scheach, Chief of the War-Board, According to Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam the Vienns to-day. The Turkish defeat not merely secures access to the Jordan admitted that agitators had been called ap. Arbeiter Zeitung saya that a separate pance with Russia will only and the Dead Sea but it valuably assiste the operations of King make a general peace more remote, because America, Britain and Bedjsa who is advancing to the north, France will fight to the bitter end. It declares that Austria. needs a general peace and hence it does not rejoice at Germany's pyrrhio viotory with Russia. The Leipzieger Volks Zeitung says that the Bassino Government's latest rapid move has upset the carefully prepared game of the German Government, which does not want

peace.

A General Peace Wanted.

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The Socialist Herr Cohn, speaking in the Reichstag on Friday,

denied that the people of the Baltic Provinces were longing for Germany and declared that a general pesce was emphatically no

nearer.

The Stuttgarter Tageblatt, commenting on the sati-German speeches in the Austrian Pacļisment, recalls the terrible soffering of German soldiers in the defence of Austris and says that snob apeeches severely try the sympathy of the German nation for the Anatro-German alliance,

German Claims.

RUMANIAN PEACE QUESTION.

Bulgarians Commence Negotiations.

London, February 24. Benter's correspondent at Amsterdam says that Balgarian delegation has gone to Bucharest to participate in the Ramsaian peace negotiations. Before his departure, the Finance Minister, M: Tontcheff, who is the chief delegate, informed M. Sabranjs that the Balgarians were concentrating upon regaining the Dobradjs.

Bucharest the Venue for Negotiations.

London, Febrasty 24. Reater's correspondent at Amsterdam says that apparently the Central Powers have chosen Bucharest as the venue for the negatis. tious with Ramania because they desire get the ruling power of remained in the occupied territory.

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NEW FOUNDLAND VESSEL WRECKED.

Hospital, and one doy her gift of speech was discovered almost by accident. Dr. Elsie` Inglis was, announced to speak at Oxford, bat could not go, and Miss Burke was sent to take her place.

|' In February 1916 she was sent

to Americs, and spoke all over

the Eastern States. She managed

in a few weeks to collect #11,000

for the hospital, Coming home,

she spent a few weeks in the Citadel at Verdun with Generals Petain and Nivelle, and then returned to America in November

to travel 120,000 miles and

maks 300 speeches, which re- eulted in the collection of

French hospitals. £53,000 for the Besttish Women's Hospital and $290,000 for the

A Wall Street: Speech,

A speech before the New York Stock Exchange-she is the only women who ever addressed it! brought in $800,000 and one to the New York Chamber of Com- meros $450,000.

London, February 28. Beater's correspondent at St. John' says that the New Found- Now abe is about, fo return to land steamer Florissi sailing from St. John's to New York has been the States for another campaign. wrecked in a blizzard near Cape Race. Forty passengers, including Asked by our representative sato number of promisat people from New Foundland and sixty of the what Americs was doing, Hies. perished. The Florisal was pounded to pieces in the heavy Barke asid that we in this country 16 is now announced that there were 156 persons aboard the have no ides of the gresiness of Florisal of which eighty were passengers including a score of St. her effort.

"Some of the people over here. A message from St. John's states that forty persons have been make me tired," she said. "They saved from the Flarizel.

John's business men..

LABOUR'S CLAIMS,

A German wireless official message states:-We have occupied Kamanis into the hands of pro-German Rumanian statesmen, who Cónference endorse the memorandum in respect to their own day' every week, when no`meat in .

London, February 28, Raval after a battle. We have also isken Pleaken, south of Lake Pripus.

gram ble because they cannot get little batter; in Amerios the people, although there is plenty London, February 28,

of food, are denying themselves to The Daily Telegraph'e labour correspondent says it is problem-send it us. atical "whether all the delegates of the Inter-Allied Socalist

"They have a Meatless Tues national claime. It is understood that the Italians are dissatisfied eaten in any of the Stater, and a Support for Provisional Government.

with the meagre recognition of the Italian claim of the Trentino.Wheatless Wednesday, when London, February 24. The abstention of the British-speaking peoples is still a very serious nothing is esten made from flour. Reatar'a correspondent at Jasay says that a large number of matter. The absence of any delegations from the British Dominons "London, February 28. Reuter's correspondent at Petrograd states that M. Krylenko Russian officers and other militaires, on the Rumania Iront have is to be deplored as the real opinion of labour in Australia, Canada 3.000 as in the shipyarda. "I spoke in San Francisco to has telegraphed the German General Staff requesting a renewal of passed a resolation in favour of supporting the new Provisional and South Africa are most important as regards the fature of Many of them were members

Government formed at Novecherkask by Generale Korail and German colonies. the armistice with a view to Russia's soceptance of peace terms

Alexie II.

'Request for an Armistice.

Germans Further Advance.

London, February 26,

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▲ German wireless official massage states :-We have occupied. Pernau where an Esthonian Battalion bas placed itself under Ger

Returning to Romania.

Landon, February 26.

· Beuter'e is informed that M. Mitau, Rumaning Minister to

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THE NEED FOR. MAN-POWER.

COULD NOT FIGHT HIS KINSMEN.

London, February 28, Reuter's correspondent st New York says that the German- tenced to twenty five years (?) hard labour for resigning on the ground that he could not fight his kinemen. “

THE WESTERN FRONT.

American's Successful Raid.

man command. We have cosupied Dorpat. We have captured Bilal, is en route for Ramanis. The French press report that M. born-Captain Hookes has been dismissed from the army and sen three thousand prisoners and hundreds of sutombiles. We have Mitsu is to be Foreign Minister. reached Jitomir. A ping detachment which occupied Dorpat covered over 130 miles in a five-and-a-half days, The whole of the staff of the Russian special army at Rovono fell into car hande, The Commander in-Chief fl». We established a contact with Ukrainian troops at Jitomir.

Japan's. Hour Approaching......

London, February 26, Beater'e correspondent at Paris says the Press regarda the Ger- msn terms to Russia as bumiliating.

The Draconian Ezo-leior saya history cffers no exemple more complete or more servile than the compliance of the Bolsheviks in agreeing to renounce their own propoganda.

London, February 26.

Hr. Auckland Geddes in a sosech in London, esid there was no clear end of the war in sight. The need for man power was never

London, February 25, greater. The whole of the man-power question was profcuddly. Bealer's correspondent with, the American Army in France modified by the defection of Russia. There had been a most severe writing on Sanday says:-An Americaâ patrol in the Chemin des blizzard in America. The defection of Roasia had enabled Germany Dimes sector, in conjunction with a French patrol, and under to establish an approximate equality of strength on the Western Front, French commend, penetrated the German lines on Saturday morning thus the Allies could at present obtain no decisive advantage there, a few hundred yards. They captored two officers, twenty men and and until the American Fores arrived we must see that our army is one maabine gun. There has been a lively artillery bombardment kept up to the necessary strength. The bizzard in Amerion had of the American sector for several days north-west of Tours where The Echo de Paris says that Japan's hour is approaching. She greatly delayed the arrival of raw material for munition works, so the enemy is strengthened by artillery. alone can check the German penetration. She is anxious to inter- for the next few weeks there would be fewer mutition workers

Artillery: Duel. vere and is only awaiting the signs!.

needed and the number of monition workers who bad not yel served abould be put into the army.

M. Lenin's Polley.

London, February 26,

MESOPOTAMIA ADVANCË.

It is becoming evident that it is M. Lenin's policy to socept the most humiliating terms imaginable in order at any cost to prevent the Germans from marching into Petrograd and overthrowing

London, February 26, Bolshevik rule. Some telegrams from Petrograd speak of the A Mesopotamis official message elatna —Our troops on the Bolsheviks collecting forces to resist the invaders, but this is mere Euphrates pecupied Khanaburayat on Wednesday Fairola met camouflage. If forces are assembling it is only to carry pat the with alight resistance. We took thirty prisogers beheate of the Bolsheviks who cure only for the upholding of the revolution, and nothing for their country.

Delegates for Brestlitovak.

London, February 28, According to Bouter's correspondent at Amsterdam a Berlin Lassage states that Count Bertling informed the Reichstag that delegates had gone to Brestlitovak. Although a dispute about detaile

possible the conclusion of peace must ensue shortly.la

* A telegram from Vienna slates that Anstro Hongarian delegatem kare gone to Brestitorak,

POWER OF GERMANY'S GENERAL STAFF.:

London, February 28.

A farther instalment of Mr. Gerards' book dolares that the ultimate power in Germany rests with the General Staff, which more or less controls the actions of the Kaizer and even claims the right of final decision on questions of foreign policy. Fince, Mr. Gerard concludes, it was General Lendandoff who decided the reptare with Amerios

London, February 28,

A French communique states :—An artillery duel continues to be very lively in the region of Tabure, Ohsapague and the sectors Borth and south of Upper Alsace,

SOUTH AFRICAN FLOODS,

by Landon, February 28. /... Beater's correspondent at Durban says that the magistrate at Empangeni reports that thirteen Europeans at Umfolosi are known to be dead and that fourteen are missing. It is estimated that from forty to fifty natives and Indians have been drowned.

of the LW.W, and I was guard- ed by detectives with revolvers. When I began to speak they. rattled their dinner osus, but before I had finished, 3,000 of them had joined the American Red Cross.

*** América is all right, and sha is going to see this this through.

DON'T FORGET.

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