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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,

THE FIGHTING IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS,

FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS · COMING INTO LINE.

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General Foch's Decisive Stroke Not Yet Made,

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London, April 18

There is a more obeerful note in the papere to-day, following the reports of the British counter attacking and the indicatione auch as the Germsa attack on Robeneq, that the enemy is diverting his main efort farther south again, threatening Bathaus. This is partly Ce to the fact that French reinforcements are coming into the line, but there is still anxiety se to when General Foob will make a decisive stroke. now that the British have stood for four weeks the hammering of immeòse German reserven estimated at 420,000 m in s fashion, which led French writers to describe the British armies

THE FIGHTING IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS.

A German Message.

· London, April 18.

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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

BRITISH POLITICAL CHANGES.

Lord Milner Appolated Secretary For War.

London, April 18. A German official wireless message states:We accupied The Prem Barean announces that Lord Derby Secretary for Passchendaele. We advanced our lines usar Beclagre and War, bar been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Ghelavel. We stormed the village of Wytashaete and drove the Planipotentiary of the special mission to France in succession to enemy from beights to the north-east and west, repulsing strong Lard Francis Bettis. Lord Milver has been appointed Secretary for counter-attacks. The enemy, while retreating month mami of War and Hr. Anetsh Chamberlain a member of the War Cabinet, Walvergbem, was prowed hapk scross the Doare. We captured Baillent and Meteran and the stubbornly defended apport-point of Cappelvade to the north of Baillen. Strong English forces, sup- ported by the Freneb, vainly endeavoured to receptare Esteren. territory on both sides of Merris, but the attacks broke down with very heavy losses,

* Belgians Take 600 Prisoners”--

Landon, April 18..

A Belgian communique says:-The Germans in force attacked *The wing of sacrifice." Though all the exports do not endores and gained a fosting in the outpost system between Blacknerspend the opinion advanced in some quarters that the advance in the criti- sad the railway from Ypres to Thourout. Counter-attacks.com,lete al northern theatre is definitely checked it is agreed that the ly drove out the exemy, and we took six hundred prisoners. Germans have not obtained the decisive result they aimed at, thanks

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OBITUARY,

The Oldest Member of the Hause of Commons.

Tonka. A pell 11:

- The doŝth is annonhöers of Mr. Samael Tonng, M.P, who wa

he oldest Member of the Hom of Commons,

The deesssed, who was in his |96th year, bad represented the Esat Division of County CavaR in, the Nationalist interest since 1892. He was head of Mosers. Young, King and Co, distillers of Belfast and was a member of the Royal Commission on Boyal

THE MAN-POWER BILL.

Discussion in the House of Lords.

London, April 18. In the House of Lords, sparking on the Man Foxer Bill, Lord Lansdowne hesitily weloamed the messure. He said it was their duty to help to encourage to the atmoet the gallant Army. He said he felt met strongly on the question. He was ready to overthrow Licensing Laws. many old notions and satsgonists. That could now be done without inconsistency or barming the pledges given under less serious circumetanose. At the same time Lard Lansdowne described conscription for Ireland as doubtful wisdom;"

NO PERMITS.

Exporters la Trouble,

There were several casse heard at the Magistracy this morning in which firms were summoned for exporting goode withouts permit. The first case was that in which the Chey Le firm, of 35, Wing

parting 66.7 piculs of old iran by iha a.a. Sanning without a permit,

Me: Stevenson appeared for the

matter had arisen through the mistake of a broker. A permit was obtained to export a certain · quantity but soms other deliverion A Proclamation Issued at Rotterdam.

which were exparted at the same London, April 18. Eater'e correspondent at Rotterdam ata:66 that the Bargo-entered on the permit by the time were failed to have been.

Lord Darby, replying for the Government on the Man-Pawor Debate, emphasised the great gravity of the present situation. Any minimising of the gravity would, in his opinion, be disastrous. At the same time be desired to emphasise that although one must have the greatest anxiety he was still quite confident as regarded the because he believed the Government would get therefrom a number since March 21.

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BIII Read a Second Tims.

London, April 18. In the House of Commons the Man Power Bill was read a defendants and explained that the second time.

HUNGER DEMONSTRATIONS IN HOLLAND.

Unprecedented Slaughter of Germans. to the extreme stubbornness of the British resistance. The battle.

London, April 18, in fact, appears to be following the course of the great series of

Mr. Percival Philips, the war correspondent, describes the Gar German thrusts in October, 1914, which ended as Ypres sad our man methods of stack on the Western Front, in an account of the failure was then due to their being no Allied reserve. Tast reserve heroic stand made by certain English units who prevented the thuous flactustions in the zorthern area for some time to carne bat/enemy breaking through between Meteren and Striseeley, He maya Pesalt. He supported the conscription morament for Iceland, now existe and has not yet been used. There will probably be con

The Gar the salient foot of the fighting is the staying power of the British that the unite kept repelling the rashee all night long. oldier. He has stood the most severe tests for a month and the /aus dribbled is a few men at a time, fresh parties coming along of young men that would, mare than fill up the oseaaltios sustained Wo Street was summoned for ex- frequency with which the enemy is repulsed at various points and despite slaughter of their predecessors. The osseeless, trickle of grey among the khaki uniforms resulted in sconmalation of certain is now being vigorously counter-attacked is a most healthy sign.

pockets, no matter how fast the British worked their gunr. · Some- times these packets, drifting together like particles of quick silver, Enemy's Heavy Price For Recent Successes.

would suddenly become a formidable menace on a firk. London, April 17. Beater's correspondent at the British Headquarters, wiring on incessant flow of Germans in twoe and threes was on one occasion the evening of April 17, says: The opinion is general amongst the built into a machine gun attack on one of the British Headquatters, troope that the past twenty-four hours has been anything but good itself in a local no-man'e land with ballets pattering on the welle whose staff was working at high pressure in a cottage. It found for the enemy, despite his successes st Bailleul, Lavelsberg and A relief force aipped the Garman advance just as it was about to Mousines Ridge. The last-named has been largely neutralised be- cause "at what a price." Our withdrawal to the east of Ypres wacat off the cottage. Frequently the line was shifted so quickly that socomplished with masterly skill, the net result of which has been anite in the rear found themselves in the front and a company of mister, in a proclamation beaded. "Disorder means famine," warns the broker who was seeing the con

Germans would be stranded, enclosed by khaki. A feature of the people against collecting in crowds or unruly behaviour, against to greatly stiffen our power of resistance whilst forcing the battle is the heroism of British transport drivers, who were loading which the Police and Military will take energetic setion. to lengthen his communications seroes unfavourable terrain. The Sister intensity of the fighting, which had been in progress since ammunition sometimes only a few hundred yards from Garma ma

Mob Barricades With Barbed Wire, yesterday morning, lalled during the forenoon and the burzione ofchine gans, supplying the front line with food and driving calmly

London, April 18. the artillery duel subsided into spasmodic outbursts with intervale throughout a constant bombardment, Mr. Philips saya lust the

Ruter's correspondent at The Hague saya a mob barricaded of Comparative calm. We have taken a good number of prisoners slaeghter of the Germans at Meteren is unprecedented. Bodies are the street with barbed wire which cavalry broks, Hunger demon- during the last two days. There are signs that another attack is piled on the roadside lining the hedges. He emphasises that instrations have occurred at Gorinchem, Delft, Enkhuisse, Hastlem coming between Brilleal and Wytechaste. Doubtless the enemy is signing the asschendaele Balient all gune and ammunition and season determined, after the heavy sacrifices he has paid, to get Wytschsets was removed or destroyed and nothing of value was left

"Satisfactory Record in Our Favour." and will make another onslaught to again remove on from there. Last night there was a sharp conf at at Bɔyelles, south of Arras, but

London, April 18. it is quiet to day. Our positions are being fully held. Fierce shelling of Villera and Brettonneux led to expectations of an infantry -assault, but as yet it has not materialised.

The Lys Battle Front.

AUSTRIA'S NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY.

What the Appointment Meaas,

4.

Beater's correspondent at British Headquarters, writing on April 18, says:Yesterday was a strenuous time for our infantry

London, April 18. in co-operation with the French, who are now engaged in 'the' 1- According to “ Heater's "correspondent at Amsterdam, Vienna northern baile area. The day is a satisfactory record newspapers regard Conut Barian's appointment ne guaranteeing the balancing heavily fa car favour. The German waves dashed closest Asatro-German alliance without restrictions. London, April 18.

against our lines in half-a-dozen places. Only at Beavers Hill did Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haiz reporte-Intense hostile they force as to yield ground which a counter-attack regained.

Count Czernin Thanked.

London, April 18. bombardments this morning along the whole of the Lys battle-front Heary onslaughts were made south-east of Kemmel Hill, west of were followed by attacks from the forest of Danieppe to Wytschsets. Merris and two attempts north-west of Wulverghem. The Karl has written to Count Csernin expressing his warm thanks for According to Renter's correspondent at Amsterdam the Emperor All were repulsed and we inflicted considerable losses. Our enemy's grand objective was undatedly the domination of the ridge past services and conferring the Brilliants of the Grand Cross of the counter-attacks are reported this morning to have succeeded in system from Cassel Hill to Wytschests. While the Germans have Order of St. Stephen upon him. entering the villages of Meteren and Wytechsets, but we were anable so maintain these positions in face of continued attacks. The French are now co-operating on this front.

The French Front.

London, April 17.

not made definite gains their losses have been appalling. Our kerners

German Newspapers Welcome the Appointment. anticipating the enemy's cocupation of the evacuated Passchendaele

London, April 18. Salient prepared to give him a warin reception When German infantry

Beater's correspondent st Amsterdam states that German news advanced over the dreary waste of the great cemetery in the cockpit papers welcome Count Burian's appointment as they are convinced of Europe, they gathered another ghastly toll. The Germsa itak of a supporter of the alliance polios... is near the coast. It is specially noteworthy at this stage of the campaign that the enemy employed four divisions, namely, Karin Infantry, one Bavarian and two Prumian,

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́ ́Hungarian Cebinet Resigns,

London, April 18. According to Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam a mege from Budapest states that the Hungarian Cabinet has resigned.

Cause for The Resignation.

London, April 18.

FRENCH AND ITALIAN SHIPPING RETURNS.

London, April 18. It is reported from Badspect that the resignation of the Cabinet French abipping reargs show that arrivale for the past week is immediately due to the impassibility of reaching an agreement were 1,051 and the departures 1,063. The sinkings were all above on the franchise question, but the appointment of Count Barisa is and one ship below 1,600 tons. There were no boats unsuccessfully also contributory. It is stated that the Premier, M. Wekerle, favour attacked.

ed the appointment of Count, Andrassy.

Beater'e correspondent at the French Headquarters, wiring on April 16, says: -Although there have been no important battles from Hangard to Noyon for several days the activities are reciprocal. Loemy concentrations to the north of the Somme indioste that he hes abandoned the hope of a break through to Amiens. The French have maintained artillery supremacy and the enemy's front lines and communications have been continuously bombarded, paralysing attempts to fortify positions, breaking up convoys, and apeding the establishment of hostile batteries. Meanwhile weer organising our positione in readiness for Boche onslaughts, French aristore have done magnificently. Daring sine daya and nights they dropped seventy-three tone of bombe on enemy railway and muntion centres. Daring the same period thirty-one enemy aeroplanes and three balloons have been shot down on the battlefield and innumerable attacks have been made by our fleets of aeroplanes, as many as eighty machines engaging at one time on a troop train and marching troops, which were machine-ganned from

London, April 18, 4 an altitude of from 50 to 300 fest... One of our squadrons at work A German official wireless message says;Bolgarisse on the on April 8, included fifty-three fights of fighting planes, There Strums plain took 155 English prisoners and some G-eška, were 120 air fights in which eight enemy machines were brought The British War Office comments that the total B itish cucualties down. twenty-three ferred down damaged, five balloons destroyed on the Birama were considerably less than the prisoners claimed by and five damaged. Forty-eight tone of bombs were dropped the enemy. during various expeditions, in which Italian equadrons Participated.

Fighting North of Montdidier.

London, April 18.

A French communique says:-There has been no infantry sotion. The enemy bae foriously bombarded our first lines and some villages north of Montdidier. Our batte.ion effectively oqunter fired.

The Italian shipping returns show that the arrivals for the past week were 394 and the departures 332. The sinkinga, wäre inne vessel above 1,500 tone and one sailing ship above 100 tons. One vessel was unsucosentally attacked.

The Balkans Campaign:"

signment through. It was paraly a mistake..

↑ Mr. Traiman did not dispata the facts but pointed out the amount of the discrepancy was very large,

His Worship imposed a fine of

The Oa Tai firm, of 12 Kwong Yasn Strest West, was summon ed for exporting 4,200 osities of old iron without a permit,

$25.

Mr. E. J. Grist appeared in this case sad explained that the firm was told that iron could be exported provided it was first Ins spec'ed by a Ravence Officer. The Harbour Offce and was kept there iron was brough in a junk to the for over three hours, during which

time several revenue officers pass ed along.. A permit was later. given to the man in charge and he thought that this gave full permission for the iron to moved, and it was sont away in | das course. The iron was moved ander the fall impression that tha permit was complets.

Mr. Tratman sisted that the permit bore a special condition - that the iron was first to be ins spected by Revenue Officer. No Revenue Ofior. did inspect the iron for if he had done so he would have signed the permit and the duplicate,

His- Worship took a serious view of the case, saying that the | defendant should have taken every trouble să see that his -per- mit was in proper order...

He imposed fine of $100, Before Mr. J. B. Wood, M. Navalli, of 3, Wood Road, was pounds of baiter from the Colony summoned for exporting four

without a permik

CANADIAN PARLIAMENT'S SECRET SESSION.

London, April 18. Beater's correspondest at Oitams, telegraphing on April 17, ays: The first Sroret Session of the Canadian House of Commons brid today, when the Prime Minister communicated to the Members and Senatora a statement revealing the seriousness of the wer situation and the imperative necessity for a supreme effort While extreme gravity and peril was › realised the attitude of Parlis- ment and Press, was unmistakably one of determination that the

The defendant maintained that. nation shall not falter, but make every scarifice of men as a means be did not know that he had to so reinforce the armies at the front. An order calling out every gets permit, or else he would one Bomarried man from twenty to twenty-three and directing the re tainly have done so gistratipa of men of nineteen, was unanimously supported, sa wall His Worship thought that the -Loodon, "April 18.

*a drastic mystores taken to repress anti-war propaganda; in these would be met by a fine of The Cabinet Committee drawing up the Ame Bale Bilt, om-Qiebec N-tionalist Press, Onsoription is also being anteed $5 and the confestion of the site of ten, namely dr. Walter Long, Mr. Chamberlain. Mr. Dake energetically in that Province as in the rest of the Dominion. Bir George Cave, Lord Cousin, U-nonists; D-Addison, Mr.Burberr Fisher, and Sir Gordon Hewart, Liberala'; Mr. Barnes, Labourits; OERMANS CUT RAIL COMMUNICATION WITH PETROGRAD, and General State, Independant,

London, April 18..

THE HOME RULE BILL

Cabinet Committee Appolated.

Meeting of Unionist War Committee.

London, April 18,

The British Line Intact;

London, April 18. Field Marshal Douglas Heig in a communique erases-fbare in un ohinge on the British froht, Daring the night there was

• Renter's correspondent st Stockholm saya that German troopa great activity of bostile artillery from Givenchy to expt of Robicg, A protimoted meeting of the Unionist War Committer, er-sided wh ob landed" at "Livian have advanced to Lshii," "between There in a l'eavy bombardment of our positions between Locon sun over by Lord 8Nisbary, passed no resolation, but it is underwood Tammerfors and Viborg, cutting rail communication with Petrograd Raberg which was still continuing at dawn. We repulsed local here was enbrantial agreement in fivour of an immediata Federal stracks last night in the Merrie sector. Details of yesterday's Home Eale in the United Kingdon, giving Ulster the option of

WELSH MINERS RUSHING TO JOIN THE COLOURS. fghting at Huppe Forest and Wytechaste, front establish the being a separate unie, heverity of the enemy's Ireass. Three waves of German infantry

London, April 18, sttacking routh-east of Kimmel Hill presed book var line slightly

The rush of welsh miners to the Cardiff recruiting offosi is so st one point – à counter-attsok Test red the situation and an enemy Bir Edward Carson presided at a meeting of the Irish Vélonists, wreat that the latter, though wo-king-day and night, is unable to attack as repulsed at all points. Three enemy attacks in the He denied that he had recommended Ulster to sent the whole cope with it. Hence an appeal has been issued fat clerical assistance Ballied srotor were completely repulsed. Car line was intact Irish Garnment polioy. He said he has advised Ulster to support for recruiting afkorrige slong the whole front this morning:

nonenription in Ireland.

trisk Unionists' Meeting,

London, April 18,-

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