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FRIDAY, MARCH 15,
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE RAID OF YORKSHIRE.
Bombs Dropped oa Hall,
London, March 13.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
BRITISH AIR RAIDS ON GERMANY.
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THE FIGHTING IN FRANCE.
British Aviators' Bomdlag Exploits.
Terrific Damage Done at Coblenz.
London, March 13.
London, March 13. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on vistion, states:- The Press Baresa announces that three enemy airships Marshal Sir Douglas. Haig reports:-Oar seroplanea during the daytime to day dropped a of Several reconnaissances were carried out on Monday well to the participated in last night's raid. Only one approached a defended bomba on factories, a stafion and barracks at Coblers. Barsts east of the line. Five handred bombs were dropped on large locality, namely Ball. It dropped four bombs and demolished s were seen on all the objectives, causing two fres. A very large aiding as well as on ammunition depote at Aulnoys and depots to the house. One woman died of abook.
The other airships wandered for hours over remote districts st explosion was observed from a building in the south-west corner, south of Valenciennes, south-east of Cambrai and south of Donsi
The enemy'e seroplanes attacked the bombers Ton hostile gress altitides and unloaded their bombs on open country, sítar- A few hostile machines were encountered, bat all ours returned.
machines were brought down and seven driven down, while two of wards proceeding seawarda. oare ste missing. A German observation balloon was brought | down in flames. We dropped two hundred bombs at night-time on a dump and railway sidings to the north-east of St Quentin. All our machines returned. An enemy four-erater landed in car lines and the cooo pants were taken prisoner.
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Later.
A message from Amsterdam rays that, nocording to reporte from Germany, the results of the Coblens air raid ware terrific. The military have isolated the eity and nobody is allowed to leave or enter without a passport. Two munition factories are burning fariously and vast quantities of explosives are continually exploding. A Raid on Freiburg.
Landon, March 14. Field Marshal Sir Douglse Haig reports:-Oar squadrons on Wednesday afternoon dropped nearly a ton of bombs on muation works and barracks at Freiburg, in Germany.
THE CHURCHES AND THE WAR.
Mr. Lloyd George's Stirring Speech.
London, March 13.
Mr. Lloyd George, addressing the Free Church Council at the City Temple, after referring to the present 88 a time of grave national emergency, reiterated the issues at stake in the conflict. It was conscience against a lust of power. This war mast be main wined as a holy war. The special task of the churches was to pee that the moral and physical fibre of the nation was not under-mined by drink and vice.
A voice-Why not stop it, then?
The Premier, continuing, ssid that Governmente have to deal with practical difficulties. He proceeded to give figures showing in enormous reduction in the consumption of drink as compared with pre-war times. He remarked that criticism which was merely * criticum was not helpful. If the Government ever had to choose between bread for children and beer for parents, it would not hesitate for a moment,-Load obeers), ...,
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A Futile German Attack.
London, March 13.
A French communique statge:-After a violent bombardment in the hill region of Champagne, the Germans attacked to the west Vandesincourt. After a lively engagement, we drove out the enemy from some advanced tranches in which he had gained a footing. The enemy sustained serious losses. There is fairly considerable reciprocal artillery firing on the left bank of the Mense. A Strong Enemy Raid.
London, Marsh 13.
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Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports We drove off an enemy party nest La Vacquerie and successfully raided to the north of Lene, taking some prisoners. A strong enemy party raided post to the south of Armentieres, after a heavy bombardment. few of our men are missing. Hostile artillery in active to the south west of Cambrai, at Looe, Meesines and Passchendaele.
German Claims. -
London, March 13.
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A German cfficial wireless message states:-We-raided French trenches to the north east of Proanas, destroyed enemy works and took ninety prisoners. In violent air fighting we shot down in- teen aeroplanes and two balloons yesterday.
Great Aerial Activity.
Daring daylong fighting, fourteen Garmin machines were brought down and eight driven down. Six of ours are missing. A German observation balloon was destroyed. Seven tons of bombe were dropped on Tuesday night on billets between Lille sad Cam- brai. All our machines returned.
The Guns Active.
THE RUSSO-GERMAN. PEACE, །
TELEGRAMS.
(Bouter's Service to The “TelegƊA)
THE SILVER MARKET.
London March 13..
Silver is quoted at 43d. There
are smaller supplies and the market is steady.
WOMEN'S RIGHT TO THE VOTE.
Lady Byron's Protest to Peers Who Oppose.
German Socialists May Oppose Treaty.
London, March 13. Beater's correspondent at Amsterdam ears that an article in
The following letter has been Forwaarts, intended as foreshadowing the attitude of the Reich-addressed by Lady Byron ta tag Sccialists as regards the Russian peace, states that the Social peers who annouzced their inten- Democrata must oppose the Treaty in the Reichetag sad dewand a ton of roting against Women
vision by peaceful agreement. The understanding with the West Serage
"It is a mystery of my must not be wrecked by the demand that the Eastern situation will remain as fixed at Breetlitɔvek.
steries how generation after A meeting of Social Democrats at Frankfurt on Main has passed generation of men describing a resolution that the Russian peace was a policy of aggrandisement themselvom 25 Christiana in contradiction to the Beichstag resolution of August, 1917, and have been content to follow arging the Social Damperate to refuse assent thereto.
St Paul and to ignore Christ in Vaia Petitions to Germany.
their attitude towards women. London, March 13. There could not be two opinions According to Renter's correspondent at Amsterdam, Vorvaerts more, diametrically opposite than Bistee that the Lithuanian National Council has repeatedly and the expressed ideas of the Master rainly petitioned Germany to recognise the independence of sad the expressed ideas of Bt. Lithuani. The Lokalanssiger announces that the Courland National Paul-on: this subject. Christ's Council has ananimoonaly passed a resolution offering the Dasal attitude towards woman was plain Crown of Courland to the Kejser.
and unmistakable. He placed. A Denial..
her on an equality with man. Loudon, March 13. "La His isterdanzas: with.. Rentar learns that there is no truth in the statement, cabled on (women "Our Lord strongly com March 10, that General Lroff had formed a Bawian Government in demned the law that differentiated. Peking,
PUSHING ON IN PALESTINE.
London, March 13,
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
GERMAN COMMENT ON EASTERN SITUATION,
London, March 14. Fiend Maraba Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation, The Premier restated Britain's war sime, especially emphasising that the making of war must be regarded as a punishable orime by states:-Besides the raids reported last night, we dropped on nations banded together for the protection of each other and the Monday night three tons of bombs on Bruges Dooks. All the
A Palestine fficial menenge sister: -We alightly advanced world sgainst force, fraud and greed. To falter before this was machines returned. The bombing was continued on Tuesday even our line to the east of the Jeraselem-Neblas road. The Esas schiered, would be to doubt the justice of the Almighty. There more rigorously then on the previous days. Thirteen and a bali Angliana, South Auglisas and Indians on the oceatal sensor Korea criticism because the leader of the people had not given tons of bombe were dropped où railway sidings at Hons and Baval, advanced three miles on an eleven miles frost, capturing fire
atient prominence to the League of Natione. If he had not midway between Valenciennes and Manbege, on large dumps to villages, at each of which the enemy stubbornly resisted. referred to it more often, it was because the Bolsheviks had taught the north-east of Si. Quentin, south of Donai and billets to the east us that a real League of Nations will not come by talking. The of Lens. Bolshevika forgot that that most be fought for. While the Bolshe vike were writing despatches and making speeches they were left with barely half a nation to league with anybody. The Prussian War Lords would loudly accept any declaration of the most resound ing equity as a basis of peace, but, so the Bolsheviks had found, such declarations, interpreted, were sounding brass and tinkling cymbals. Nobody discoursed so eloquently about League of Nations as the Kaiser.-(Laughter). Hia reply to the Pope breathed the spirit of brotherhood and Christian kindness. There was never activity at Argonne, on the right bank of the Mouse. "a word about giving up Belgiam, but there were whole passages about disarmament. Not a syliable was said about Lithuania and Courland, but on the League of Nations the Kaiser was absolutely wound. (Laughter). The Kaiser not only accepted the League of Nations, but Germany was prepared to place barself at the bead of it-(Load laughter). The spirit of dominanes was still there-a
Youths from all The Admiralty announces that the shipping artivals for the dagger wrapped in the Sermon on the Mount. parts of the Empire, France and Italy, who would be followed by past week were 2,046 vesasis and the sailings 2,082 Fiftsen vessels millions from Americs, were demonstrating, at the risk of their over and three ander 1,600 tons were Bank. Eight were an gallant lives, that the world had reached a stage of civilisation successfully attacked and one fishing boat was sank.
The Italian shipping arrivals for the week were 430 and the where justice could be enforced against the most powerful nation that trampled on its decreee. When they had succeeded, the League sailinga 391. The sinkings were two vessels over and one ander of Nations would be a fait accompli, has not until then could swords 1,506 tons." One was unsucossefully attacked,
be made into plough shares.~(Obeers). Great burdens must be carried in the heart and not on the shoulders. Don't discourage, don't depress, don't always point to the clouds sad sek when the dawn is coming. It is always coming. Believe and trust in God, and the light will shine. There is no hunger, even if people are
London, March 13.
A French communique states that there is marked artillery
A WEEK'S SUBMARINISM.
London, March 13.
ENEMY REACH ODESSA.
A German cfficial wireless message states:-The Austro-
being deprived of a good deal of what they have been taught to Germans are before Odessa. regard so the essential ingredients of a comfortable existence, (Laughter). There is no lack of abundant food and no prospect of
London, Marob 13:
Later.
A German official wireless message states :—We have
auch deficiency.-(Cheera). Bas certain things which years of pros-penstrated Odeses. perity taught as to expect, we see no more."
[Odeses, the fourth city in Russia, is situated on the Black
POPULARITY OF WAR BONDS.
The Premier concluded:"I have a terrible task on my Sea, midway between the Dniester and the Daieper, by rail 987 shoulders, almost more than I can bear. I ask in the hour of the miles south-south-west of Morców and 381 south of Kit nation'e greatest perplexity your help, sympathy and prayers. You can only wage a war with all your strength or not, at all. Show me the way to peace without betraying the great and sacred cause for which we entered and the millions of lives sacrificed, and I will listen gladly and gratefully and thank God. Short of that, mere. peses talk ie andermining the fibre and moral of the nation.result of last week's special campaign was that nearly £123,000,000 (Cheers).
SERBIAN CABINET CRISIS,
London, March 13.
Reuter's correspondent at Corfa states that the Crown Prince hes socepted the resignation of the Pasitoh Cabinet and has ovsferred with party leaders with a view to the formation of a Coalition Government, which apparently is beest with difficulties.
BAST AFRICAN NATIVES DESERTING. '..
London, March 13.
An East African officiel message stated:-A column from Port Amelia expelled an enemy detachment at Polara, to the west of Hess There are indications that many native troops are deserting the enemy..
BRITISH. EXPLORER'S. DEATH.
Mr. Ernest Wild, who wa of 1913, has been killed while Helit
Lendon, Maroh 13.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Bocar Liw announced that the
of War Bends were sold. In addition there were nearly? £300,000,000 mold by "the Post Office, whilst War Savings Certificatee realised over eight millions. This was a very satisfactory reealt(Cheers), War Bonds had realised £570,030,000 in the last five months. This big contribution indiosted the lasting deter mination of the country to continue the sustained effort necesary for euccess.(Cheers),
THE WAR RIBBON.
· London, March 13,
La the House of Commons, Mr. M10Pherson stated that empplies of the 1914 ribbon had been despatched to Indis and the various war theatres and should be available for issue How, except in dintant thea'res.
NAVAL AIRMEN STILL ACTIVE/
London, March 13.
The Admiralty announos that naval airoräft, dropped" three London, March 13, fons of bombs on Brages Dook on Monday night and raided billata member of the Shackleton and sidings at St. Pierre Capelle yesterday. They started fargs
to the frog and machine-gannad enemy frenched during pataria. ↑ brought down two macltinor in flamsa.:: One of vazn la minu
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London, March 13.
The German press is remarkably reticent concerning Japan. The only serious comments hitherto are by the "Frankfurter Zeitung" and the "Vóssische Zeitung." The former emphasisės Japan's loyalty to Russia and states that Japan only began to revise her policy when the dissolution of Russia seemed beginning. The "Frankfurter!' criticises the change of German policy from peace by reconciliation to peace by numiliation and says Germany has played the Entente's game of excluding her from Asistic markets by breaking up Russia, giving the Entente the excuse to en- courage Japanese penetration. It concludes: Germany can no more hope now than before of conducting her Far Eastern policy except in connection with Britain and Russia. Hence it is unlikely that, a weakened Russia will contribute to Germany's ultimate welfare,
Herr Balzmann; in an article in the "Vossische Zeitung says that Germany's Russian policy nas cemented the Anglo- American and Anglo-Japanese alliances and increased Hol- land's gratitude to England by delivering the Dutch East Indies from Japanese pressure. The result is the opening of the door to Japanese enterprise in Siberia and Russia. Moreover, the security of the Anglo-Indian and Australian colonial possessions has been renewed and Germany again finds herself friendless in the world, while Britain laughs in" the background.
George Bernhard, in an article in the "Vossische Zei tung" says it is daily becoming clearer that the Peace of Brestitovak has not secured finality in the East. Instead of. finding a protective rampart in her border States Germany is unable to win the souls of the people and sees feeling be tween Poles, Ukrainians and Lithunians at white heat.
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS,
More Fighting Reported.
Amsterdam March 13.
A message from Berlin states that military activity on the Bastern Front has discontinued, hat there is intensified fighting against bands, especially in Ukraine, where the Maximalist commandos include Czech and Austrian deser ters. When the Germans capture the latter they are shot A severe battle with the Bolsheviks north-east of Kief continues, wherein the principal combatants are Czech deserters, who have heavy artillery.
Defence of Petrograd.
Petrograd, March 18 The Governmental institutions, particularly the Council of Commissaries and the Executive of the Soviets, having gone to Moscow, the special Council mentioned yesterday, alled the National Communist Council, is charged with the maintenance of order and the organisation of the defence of the capital, against invasion if necessary.
Finalsh Premier's Escape.
IN WIN SAW Amawrdam, Minh 13, Finnish Premier, Brin Er Bed Guards at Helsingfors and his
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between the sexes. He exalted the woman who was a sinner to Saintship. He upheld the wo man who had higher ideals than domesticity, and to the accusers of the unfaithful wife he said, "Let him that is without ain cast the first stone.
"Christianity stande for equal rights between man and woman, for the emancipation of women was evolved 1,900 years ago by Jesus Christ. To their sternal shame, men in their dealings with women have denied and utterly- disregarded Chief'a tosching, and the waning power of the Church is the result.
"My Lord, do not deceive yourself. The man who, volem against the emancipation of women has no right to call himself a Christian.'
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CANTON NEWS.
Canton correspondent writes as follower-
The Military Government, after having taken over the control of the Judicial Department and the Balt.Revenue Department,intends to take.possession of the money derived from the salt revenus st present deposited in China Bank. Li Man chee, the Superintendent of the Salt Department, wBA ordered to see the Tuchun on the matter. The latter, after replying that an order from Lak Wing-ting must first be obtained, immediate ly dispatched a number of troope to keep guard on the Bank.
The New Admiral, Lam Po- yik, is reported to have received information from Shanghai to the
foot that the commander of the. second rquadrom disapproves the attack on Tachow by the Nor thern troops and has ordered the retirement of the squadron to Mai Yaet. The Northern troops on seeing this stopped their operation..
The Military Government hea sent a special envoy to persuada. Lam Po-yik to take up the port folio of Admiral es posible:
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