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March 18, 1918,

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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

RUSSO-GERMAN PEACE.

The Treaty Now Ratified.

London, March 17. Renter's correspondent at Petrogred rays that the Peace Trasty was retified at midnight on March 15, after an open vote.

Herr Steinberg, the Commissary of Justice, sanounced that the Left Social Revolutionaries refused responsibility and ressered the right to hinder the fulfilment of the terms of the Treaty by all the means in their power.

ITALIAN PEACE RUMOURS.

Authors and Disseminators to be. Prosecuted,

London, March 17. Beater's correspondent at Bome says the Ministry of the Interior bas ordered an investigation into the origin of the ramours of an early peace, which are current in Italy, as well sa the prosecution of the authors and disseminators.

SPANISH UNREST.

Telegraph Under Military Control,

London, March 17.

A' Madrid message says a. Decres pitoes the telegraph fies under military control, while the dispatch of telegrama in temporarily raspended. The measure is the result of the resistance by employees to the Deores dissolving the Uniona in Government offices. A similar step is threatened in regard to the Post Office, whom employees have protested against the order depriving them of immunity from summary dismissal,“ ·

JAPANESE INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA.

The Danger of Inaction.

London, March 15

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Continuing his speech in the House of Commoss on the Russo- Japanese situation, Mr. Balfour said people had come to say that the disorder in Russis was intolerable, that any alternative giving's semblance of order would be better and that Germany was waiting for such an eventuality and would intervene and establish a new Government-possibly some form of autocracy which would be far worse than in the pre-Revolutionary days because it would be an antonescy leaning upon a foreign Power for its existence. Russian liberty would then be gone and Baseis would Central Powers Haule su is hea for Mhat the lady without external help. The question was, could say of the Affies go to Bussis with the help and sympathy which were sorely needed? Amarios, Britain, France and Japan all desired to render aid enabling "Russia to surmount a great crisis in her destiny. Mr. Balfour most strongly repudiated the suggestion that Japan wa notmated by selfish and dishonourable motives, and mid any promiss Japan gave as regards, the integrity of Russia would be kept sa loyally as all her promises had been kept. The sole object of the Allies was to pee Russia strong, intact, secure and free, for only then will the Revolution bear all the fruits which its friends desire,

THE WESTERN FRONT,

British Airmen Hava a Busy Time.

Landon, March 17.

Field Marshat Biz Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation, says :— There was reconnaissance, artillery work, photograph, bombing sod a great deal of air fighting to the east of the lines on the whole front yesterday. Over twelve tons of bombs were dropped on reat billeta, ammunition depots and serodromes, while a successful raid was carried out on important railway eidings at Hireos, hits being obtained on the railway. We brought down twelve machines and drove down seven others out of control. None of ours is missing. Our night fliers continued their activity notil the morning, dropping over eight and a half tons on rest billets. All returned.

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Mutual Raiding."

London, March 17.. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reporte-We carried oat! anccessful raïde in the neighbourhood of Epeby and Gavrelle. We repulsed a raid to the north of Lens. There is hostile artillery firing

the south of the Bapaume Cambrai road, in the Scarpe Valley nd to the Past of Polygon Wood, also against our rear defences to the south of Leps, between the La Rasses canal and the Lya. It is most active to the south-west of Cambrai and along the whole front from the La Bassee canal to the Menin road,

FINNISH BUTTER, FOR GERMANY,

London, Marob 17,

Renter's correspondent at Stockholm states that the Finnish Food Committee haa rationed butter with a view, to exporting the surplus to Germany in exchange for coin.

AMERICA'S SUPPLIES OF WHEAT and flour.

London, Marob 17.

According to a message.from Washington, the Department of griculture estimates that the wheat holdings at mille and elevatora are 68,972,000 bushels, a decreses of 20,000,000 bashels compared with Isat year!

The Food Administration declares that the flɔur stocks are only thirty per cent, of the normal quantity needed ull Jaly 1. but that it intends to carry out the programme of supplying 90,000,000 bashole of grain to the Allies between January 1 and Jaly 1, which is regarded as America's most important duty.

JAPAN AND CHINA.

London, March 18... According to Beuter's correspondent at Tokyo, replying to the Leader of the Opposition, the Premier stated that no relations exist- ed between Japan and Chang Tao-ling, the Military Governor of Makden. The Premier said he was unaware that Japan or any other of the Powers had protested against the conveyance of Chang T80- ling's troppe over the Paking Mukden Railway, in contravention of the Boxer Treaty, but he added that the dissension and dispates between Northern and Southern Chins constituted serions concern for the interests of Ispan, who, however, had not attempted to the report of the debath of a small body of Batente

ast foundation.”

BRITISH RAID IN GERMANY..

Succ ssful Attack on Miltary Objectives.

London, March 17.

Field Marshal Sir Doglas Haig reports :—Aeroplanes to-day attacked military obj atves in Germany, dropping fourtons heavy and ten ligut-e bcmbs on barracks, munition factories and the rail- way station at Z veibrucken, a

Barste resoen, on she barracks and all round the railway station. Oar form a wee sttasked by soquts, and sută-nirarafs gone, but all returned.

RUMANIA AND PEACE.

According to Reuter's correspondent ät Amsterdam, & meerage

London, March 17. from Bakbsteet says it Marghilomam (sic), interviewed, said the sooner Romanis cocuinded peace the better would be her position.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.

Germans Still Advanclog.

London, March 13,

A German official message reports: We dispersed enemy

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Dissension from the Caucasus."

Petrograd, Maren 15:

In order to strengthen her strategic position Garmaay has demanded the establishment of a new line seven miles east of the present Russian positions on the Pskod front,

The Caucasus Government has rotused to recognise the Brestlitrosk treaty providing for the cession to Turkey of the regions of Kars, Baum and Arduhan. A delegation has gone to Tribizond to negotiate a peace with Turkey.

Germans Aim at Domination.

Amsterdam, March 13. The Russo-Ukrainian peace negotiations are about to begin at Kieff.

Besides demanding the withdrawal of the Russians from the Pakoff region the Germans have insisted on the Russians helping to destroy bonds and in burning and pillaging. It is reported that frasandins vitamin "Aubigerü has been appointed commandant at Odessa. There were anti-Jewish riots at Odessa before, its occupation. The Germana announce that, after ratification of the peace treaty, German commissions with the right of reto will be appointed to the Russian ministries to control the fulfilment. of the treaty.

Opposition to the Peace Trest

Petrograd, March 15. The Congress of Soviets at Moscow opened on the 14th inst. and included 723 Maximalist and 238 Revolutionary Socialist delegates,

Messages from Petrograd indicate that there is a strong undercurrent of opposition to the ratification of the peace treaty. The Social Revolutionaries of the theft and the Council of People's Commissionaries have resolved to resign if the Moscow Congress ratifies it The Commissary of Justice publicly counsels the rejection of the treaty and saya that the Congress must form a necessary Government of revolutionary defence.

Position in the Aslands.

Stockholm, March 15. '

It is officially stated that the Swedish detachment des patched to superintend the Russian evacuation of this Aalanda has begun to withdraw; but the withdrawal ir Dowise prejudices the Swedish position regarding political questions connected with the Aslands,

THE SITUATION IN-SIBERIA,

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Japanese Casualties.

London, March 16.

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The Daily Mail'e" Tientsin correspondent states that the Japanese Embassy at Peking has been informed that three Japanee have been killed and seven, wounded in de feading property against Bolsheviks it. Blagovestchensk.re cently. Chinese troops are busily entrenching on Siberian-Manchurian frontier. The Times" Tokio corres- pondent says: In the absence of any oficial pronouncement here the reports from America and from England that Japanese intervention in Siberia has been virtually decided are mystifying and absolutely in conflict with local news. The minority press and public advocate an expedition but the powerful commercial elements which are wholly oppos." ed to intervention are pow generally supported and exchap- ges have stiffened in consequence of the belief in non-inter- vention.

Exchange of Views lacomplete.

Tokio, March 16

In the House of Representatives the Premier stated that the exchange of views between the Entente Governments concerning the dispatch of troops to Siberia had not yet. Teached finality.

A newspaper reports that Maximalists have murdered 15) Japanese at Blagorestehenak.

GERMANY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.

Amsterdam, March 13.

"Herr Solf, speaking at Cologne, emphasised that any peace to be lasting must satisfy Germany's colonial nécas- kities, He favoured a re-distribution of colonial possessione in order to give Germany a fár larger shard than before the

when her colonies were small and scattorod

war

ALLIED AIR RAIDS ON GERMANY.

Amsterdam, March 15.

A Berlin telegram states that there were twenty-three Allied air-raids on Germany in February, including thirteen on industrial districts in Lorrains, Luxembourg and Saart Moselle, three on Treves and one each on Baarbrücken, Mannheim and Pirmasens. The damage to houses will not Sinconsiderable in divalta sem killeda unda franjhted. enemy biplane was captured.

DUTCH SHIPPING QUESTION,

Austro-German Anger,

London, March 18, -Tre-Austro-German press are most indignant at the.. Allies taking over the Dutch shipping

The Neue Freie Presse" characterises it as an "unpres dedented act of violence against a neutral.

The German press demands drastic-reprisals and threa tens to cease the supply to Holland of coal and other neoss-:

Lord Bobert Cecil in an interview lays stress on the fact that the contemplated taking over of Dutch ships is based on the Allies sole desire to obviate the laying up of shipping which may be useful for the world at large. points out that these ships are lying indefinitely in our har bours and receiving various consequent facilities. All nations onght to combine to oppose the German attempt to starre not only Germany's enemies but the world. The total Dutch tonnage in Allied ports approximate, a million tons of which soventy per cent is in the United States and fifteen per cent in each of the British and other Allied porta.

A Report from Singapore,

The Hague, March 13. The Dutch Consul General at Singapore reports that clearance has been refused varions ships, including those. of the Royal Packet Company. The Foreign Minister, through the Dutch Minister in London, has asked the British Government for information thereanent.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

Numerous Reports of Activity.

Landon, March 15,

A French communique reports: A fairly violent artillery duel prevails especially on the right of the Tele, in the regions of Bezonvaux and Vacheruuville. We dispersed an enemy raid following a lively bombardment west of Merville, in Lorraine.

A wireless German official message says: A French at tack on a wide front only got a foothold in trenches west- ward of the Thuizy Nauroy road

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: The Canadians raided south-eastward of Lens and brought back prisoners. A large party of the enemy who undertook last night's raid op Passchendaele suffered heavily from our artillery and

A Belgian comedenjsevat, ride, wouthward of Manifi able artillerying during the past two days. An enemy raid on Mercem was stopped by our barrages The enemy is using quantities of gas shells and we replied similarly. Serious bombing encounters occurred in the regions of Nieuport sad Dismude..

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation states: We bombed a railhead near Lille and serodromes north-eastward and eastwards of St. Quentin. One of the latter's bangars was set afire and two badly damaged. All our machines returned.

Raid by Welsh Troops.

London, March 16, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: Welsh troops. in a successful raid in the neighbourhood of Armentières pris- ocered fifteen and captured two machine guna. There has been hostile artillerying south-eastward of Ypres, in the neighbourhood of the Menin'r ad and southward of Hothulst forest.

We made a successful raid north-westward of La Va cquerie. There has been hostile artillerying south-west of Cambrai, in the neighbourhood of the Scarpe river, north- ward of Lens, on both sides of the La Bassee canal and in Messinés sector. Our artillery set on fire a large dump

eastward of Queant."

A Paris communique says there has been lively artillery- ing on the right of the Meuse.

COLLISION IN IRISH CHANNEL..

London, March 15

The London and North-western steamer Rathmore collid ed with a warship in the Irish Channel The Rathmore was badly damaged. Twenty-six people are missing and 20 are injured.

The London and North-Western Railway says there were no fatalities on the Rathmore. A telegram from Dublin says that possibly four persons perished. The Rathmore was carry- ing 680 soldiers and 33 civilians, including women and chil- dren, when she collided with a mine-sweeper in the darkness. The boats were lowered and one capized but the occupants were rescued. The soldiers and crew were most cool and slid down, ropes into the destroyers, The Bathmore and mine-sweeper were towed in

MORE GERMAN BOASTING:

Amsterdam, March 16. Marshal Hindenburg and General Ludendorff, interview-" ed on the military situation, said that having, burst the strangling chain they could now concentrate towards the west. "We can now think of attacking. If it comes it will be, a hard task Possibly the enemy on the Franco-British. front: al ne has aïí sbundance of reserve divisions and pos - sesses-z well consolidated network of railways, but it is

moral strength that matters. We are entirely confident that' "the battle which is bursting will be wccessful for at Thà centre-point is the good spirit of the German soldiers. We are convinced that this spirit is flourishing everywkera, in the homeland.”-

MÚNITIONS EXPLOSION IN FRANCE.

Heard in Paris,

KeddParis; March 15 Two big. explosions, heard in Facia, occurred in the mos Courneuve district Sixteen dead have been counted and there are many injured. *OURNE BAMBO

Many Casualties:

Pada, March 16

There were thirty dead end many injured in an explosion f at the momentions depot at St. Denis, (which was built tokiam replace the Der Coitstormes depot-blown up in 1916), . Fowa; were working at the time of the explos violent and felt for a great distance - Arpail of smőké hing

which was most

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TELEGRAMS.

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THE SILVER MARKET.

--London March 17.

The silver market in osady, with emeli tapplies.

Landon, March 13. The silver market in steady,

RETURN OF SIR-

G. BUCHANAN.

Sincere Friendship-for Russia

Ou sooount of s somewhat seris one breakdown in health, the British Ambassadorat Petrograd, Sir George Bachanan, has been granted leave of sbasnos to return bomer

Bir George Buchanan was appointed Ambassador to Petrow grad (then St. Petersburg) November 23, 1910.

He has thus had the post. for more than seven years. The last four years he has spent unin- terruptedly in Rasia, and bàs neither asked for nor received Tadre of abe Boo' since "the" WAZ began. Though by no mesna strong physically, he has chair- fully sacrificed himself to his extremely arduous daty, and has become, by his Armness of obarso- ter and transparent honesty. of purpose, the foremost figure in the British diplomațio service.

Falike many diplomatiste, who regard it as their chief object to be personas gratas with the Bovarsigns or Heads of States in

the trne welfare of: Rusis and | the maintenance of close and | friendly understanding and o

operation between Runas, Grant Britain, and their Allies. – Thus, when it became alese: that they reactiˇnary, poljoy puzzard by thes late Emperor and his advisers was leading the country towards “an: internal oriais, the British Ame bassador sought repeatedly to convince the Tast 'of the expedi- ecoy of sincere constitutional and democratic reform. He met with. more than one rebuff, "but neYBINI theless persevered in the hope of avoiding the revolutionary un- heaval which the attitude of tha Court eventually...... rendated inevitable:

Upon The abdication! of the Tsar be played the part, of. a counsellor and friend to the Pro- rigional Government, and sought by every means in his power to | exerciseze létesdying influsson. upon events. He građanity be- came the outstanding representas tive_of_the_Western Allier in |Russia-and-worked-for-the-Al

liance and for Bumia with un- remitting zeal. If German ine trigue, and visionary ingenuous- nes on the part of madure- volutionary lenders, combined to: "drustrate his "efforts," "hin record, nevertheless remsing 50 % monument of permetest good. faith and good will such as faw diplomatists have left behind them. A more difficult (not to. say dangerous) and delicate task hse rarely, if ever, fallen to a British Ambassador, and rarely: has a British diplomatist addrona. ed himself to his task with grøster straightforwardness, ope mind, and freedom from preconceptions.

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DONT FORGE.