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MONDAY,

JUNË

1918.

BARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE GREAT BATTLE.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE BIG BATTLE.

POWERFUL GERMAN ATTACKS CONTINUB,

Further Counter-Attacks by French Troopa.

London, Jane 2. A French communique states :-- The day has been marked by series of powerful German attacks on the whole front between the Dine and the Marne. After alternating advances and retirements, we only gave up certain points before the still superior forose, on which heavy losses were inflicted, Between the Oise and the Aiane, we carried back positions to the northern outskirts of Carlepont Wood and on the heights west of Aadiguiooart to Tantenoy. All enemy sttemple west and south of Boissons and to the north of Viersy were fatile. The battle farther south is most violent on both sides of Ourog. The enemy holds Chous and Neuilly St, Font. We continue fighting on the line of Villers, Heron, Nauroy, Tries Monthsires and Bepilly. We hold Chateau- Thierry. The situation north of the Morne is unchanged...

Despite the constant enemy pressure on our right, we praotically maintained our positions in the region of the Darmane-Rheim rod and particularly porth of Ville en Tardenois. The situation north- weet and north of Bheims is unchingel. A violent enemy attack south east of Rheims, supported by tanks, momentarily seized Pompelle Fort on the railway. An immediate counter-attack recaptured the Fort and restored the positions. We took two hundred prisoners and four tanks. ‚·

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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

AERIAL SUCCESSES ON ITALIAN FRONT

-London, Jane 2.

An Italian semi-cfficial message states:-Daring May the Italians brought down fifty-four seroplanes. The Brieb Brought down eighty-two.

The Anglo-Italians lost four,

RUSSIA AND FINLAND,

London, Cos

A Russian wireless official meerage' statra:-M. Tonitchszin has informed M. Mirbson that the Russian Governmsus socepts Germany's proposal concerning what Finland should code to Raseis, and agrees to onde to Finland the western part of the Marman Coast with a sea outlet, thus hoping that simed complication and bloodshed will be avoided.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

KING'S BRITHDAY HONOURS.

London, June 1

The "Gazettes" contain thousands of honours, mostly military, on the occasion of the King's Birthday. Lord Rhondda is created a Viscount Three Barons incinde Mr. G. D. Faber. MP; for Clapham Seven Privy Councillors include the leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party, Mr. W. Adamson and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Food Controller, MY. J. E. Clynes. Fourteen baronetcies include Mr. J. G. Butcher (MP. for York), Mr. R. L. Harmworth

Twenty-three enemy machines were felled and fourteen badly damaged in air fighting on Friday. Six captive balloons were destroyed. Our scouts reconnaitred onsmy movements during the day and at night our squadrons machine-gunned" marching German troops, inflicting heavy losses. Bombing squadrons during (M.P. for Caithness) and the Coal Controller, Mr. Caltarop the day and on the night of Friday dropped sixty-six tone of projectiles on troops, convoy stations and serodromes.

Successful British Elforts.

London, June 2.- Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports-Londoners succese. fully raided in the night south-east of Arrse. They took twenty- seven prisoners and a machine-gun. We also raided south-east of Lens and north of Bethune, taking prisoners. There was consider- ble hostile artillery firing this morning at Villers-Bretonneux and Ypres and on the front. between Albert and Arras. We took seventy-two prisoners in the recent fighting at Avsluy Wood.

-French Still Counter-Attacking,

London, June 2.

A French commanique etates:-German pressure continues to be intense on the front between the Oise and the Marre, Extremely violent enemy attempts in the region of the northern outskirts of -Carlepont Wood and Moulinson 8t. Davent ware checked by our troops, who threw back the enemy to north of the last named locality. Mont de Choisy was attacked four times by Germans and taken by them. It was recaptured by the bayonet and we remain in possession of it.

Between Viersy and Ourcq, the enemy gained possession of Longpont, Corey, Faverolles and Trosines which, however," we re-coonpied by an energetic counter attack

On the Marae, the Germans resohed the heights west of Chautes-Thierry. We hold part of the town situated on the left bank. Violent fighting occurred in the neighbourhood of the road from Dormine to Rheims, which the Germans slightly crossed south of Olisy, Violains and Vills en Tardenois. There is no change on the Bheims front.

NEW AIR SERVICE DECORATIONS.

London, Jane 2.

His Majesty the King-bas instituted two decorations in the Royal Air Force, namely the Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry, and the Air Force Cross for courage and devotion to duty, to officers and warrant officers; and the Distinguished Flying Medal and Air Force Medal to non-commissioned officers and men.

THE TEA CONTROL SCHEME.

London, May 30.

The War Trade Department notifies that the concession regard- ing the transhipment in the United Kingdom of the 1517-1918 crop of Chins green tea for Morcoco is extended to all consignments shipped from China on bille of lading dated November 30 next, provided the total does not exceed the quantity previously allowed, namely 11,500 tone of forty cabio feet for the whole season. In view of the situation regarding tonnage from the Far East it will be imporrible to make any further concessions regarding the 1917-1918 or 1918-1919 crops.

ANOTHER RAID ON PARIS.

London, June 2,

A French efficial message states:---On June 2, an alarm was given at 12,8 in the morning and several groups of enemy aero planes aucceeded in reaching the Paris region. They were met by a lively oantonade by our batteries. Several bomba were dropped. It is reported that a number of people have been injured. The

clear"

was given at 2.6 in the morning.

PLAQUE ON STEAMER FROM INDIA.

London, May 30,

Two cases of plagas, one of which has proved fatal, were dis "covered at Gravesend on the arrival of the sa. Somali from Bombay, Several dead rats were found in the Somali's storeroom when the cargo was being discharged into the lightera,

LATEST REPORTS FROM ZEEBRUGGE.

London, June 2.

The Admiralty announces that a photographis reconnaissance of Zeebrugge shows clearly a submarine or other vessel lying on her bilge close to the male. This vessel was probably torpedoed by the North Star on the night of April 22. The reconsicernos also shown a destroyer, with her deckawash, three hundred yarda from the mola which was presumably sunk by suropians bombe on May 20.

The knighthoods include the Theatrical Manager, Mz Alfred Butt, the editor of the "Daily Telegraph," Mr. Le Bags, and the editor of the "Liverpool Post," Mr. Jesus There aro hundreds of recipients of various classes of the Order of the Bath, Cross of St. Michael, Indian Empire, etc. and thousands of Distinguished Service Orders, Military Crosses, Military Medals, etc. for services in France, Egypt and.. Saloni

OBSTINATE FIGHTING ON FRENCH FRONT.

Landon, June 1.

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A French communique says:-To the south of Soinona the enemy have been driven back on the Oise. Further south, after obelinata fighting, Chandia and Vierzy were captured. and lost again" several times, and finally remained in our bands. The battle was no less violent in the region of Chanty, Neuilly and 8E Foht Our troops smsahed the pay's aftacks and maintained their line "immediately to the west of these localities. On the northern bank of the Mare the ene by pushed his advanced elements from the northern and eastern edges towards Chateau Thierry as far as Verneuil Oa our right there have been very lively engagements on the road from Dormare to Rheims. The situation to the north-west and north of Rheims ia, unchanged.

THE GERMAN PROGRESS.

London, June 1.

A wireless German official telegram states:-Our attack is progressing favourably from Noyon to the west of Rheims.

SHAMEFUL GERMAN BARBARISM

London, Jane 1

An official report on the treatment of prisoners of war published to-day confirms the unofficial stories of shameful barbarism. One man captured on March 28, 1918, was com- pelled to work immediately serving a German field gun with ammunition and digging out a position for it-under British fire. A working party including warrant officers, non. coms. and medicals was made to work on roads and on light railways under shell-fire and knocked about with rifle-butts and sticks. One man was thrashed until he lay on the ground groaning. One working party had a corporal killed and three men wounded by shellfire. Many behind "the lines died of weakness. When fresh batches were cap tured they were kept working behind the lines instead of being sent to registered camps.

A SUGAR PROBLEM.

London, May 30.

The Times" correspondent at Amsterdam states that Dutch Indian Flantation circles in Amsterdam were recently greatly depressed owing to the reduced consumption of sugar in Allied countries and the restricted shipping facilities. It is reported that air and a half a million picule of the last arop are still unsold owing to the inability to ship. Sugar. prices are now 1/10 to 118, which are, Bakl to be below cost price. Herr S. W. Zeveryn, of Tiedeman and van Kerchem, and Doctor J. W. Ramsar, representative of & general syndicate of Sugar Manufacturers in the Dutch Indies, are proceeding to London to endeavour to remove the 'difficulties.

ABOLISHING HALF-TIME EDUCATION.

London, May 30.

In the House of Commons in the committee stage of the Education Bill, the section abolishing half-timers "in elementary schools was accepted without division. Mr. Fisher explained that it was not proposed that the change should operate during the war,

THE MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN.

London, June 1. A Mesopotamia official message states: Our mounted troops, which drove the Turks over the lessge Zab, with drew without interference...

FRENCH SUCCESS IN BALKANS.

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An official message states: A Bulgaria against our new positions at Skradilegen fails oners now number 1,712

attack "Our pris-/

British Advance Their Lima::

London, Je 1.

Field Marshal Sir Douglas. Haig reports: In the courme

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TELEGRAMS.

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of local fighting at Aveday wood reported this morning, we in their advanced our line and prisonered thirty."We prisonered during May. 1,168, including twenty-nine officers. Our soro planes did successful work on May 31. Our long distance 3702 hambers in the morning, despite strong opposition

amy aircraft, dropped over a tour of bombe on the sa Workshops at Kamaruha. Ons Brfilan mataine Ya returned. Another group of British seroplanes dropped a ton of bombs with good effect on the railway triangis så Metsablons. We dropped a further thirty-one toms in the coume of the day on different targets behind the enemy's Tines We brought down twenty German machines and six were driven down uncontrollable. Our anti-aircraft güns shot down' another. One British machine is missing" We dropped azteen tons during the night, including a tors on Bruges docks and the Zeebrugge-Bruges canal. In addition we drop- ped four tons on railway junctions and stations at Mets- ablons, Karthaus, and Thicaville, All returned One Ger man night-bomber was brought down in flames in our lines.

NEW ADVANCE IN PALESTINE.

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London, June 1.

Palestine official message states: We advanced, our line, to a maximum depth of 13 miles on a front of 54 mil. in the coastal ares southward and south-westward of Tabsor, capturing two posts and repulsing several counter-attacks, indicting considerable enemy loss. The Arabs renewed their attacks on the Hedjaz railway northward of Maan, prisoners ing 125 and effecting important demolitions.

WHO

GOES THERE?"

A Sentry la Macedonia,

through narrow spaces: he tilts up one side to get through. He makes a uoise out of all propor tion to his sise. Unsocustomed to leaping, he rarely looks before. He does not see the 6ft. precipice forward in beyond, pressed

Samuel, Montagu & Co.

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auss good. A fair amonni #vilver-has- changed – handa.. Shangh erhange has gained s frsation – En ocuuiotion wish t recent United States Act provid- ing for the melting down of three hundred and fifty milliós zilver dollars, it is noteworthy that purchases of silver to replace · maised down dalları,"-mont- be made in the United States af product mines or reduction worka in the United Statten; also that Do limit to date or delivery, of proposed paroliseen in laid down.

EARLIER TELEGRAM.

A. BANKING APPOINTMENT.:

London, June L-

Bir C. B. Addie, of the Hong- kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, has been elected Director of the Bank of England for the remainder of the-year-in place of Mr. A. G. Sandeman who has retired.

HARROWING TALES,

What Is Happening in South Russia.

Whoso by night keeps watch in

a fever of slowness, and falle

Harbin, May 21--Mr. Georg Macedonia may gaze from his post headlong over the side, his shell at evening, at mountains behind and claw scraping the rock as Daniel, who was employed by the mountains, at bills covered with a he descends. A dnil bump marks British American Toboso Com dense and seemingly impepers ble his arrival at the bottom of the pany in South Russia, bas arrived bash, scross a plain that divides ditch, where he sprawls on his in Harlin. Els tells harrowing the mountain systema with league back until he finds a stone against stories of conditions in that upon league of fertile land,broken which to lever himself over. region. He was bald up for two by Tavross; atteggling villages, which to lever

months at Eksterinodar owing to

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take

and minareta. The starlight

stoppage of the train strikes down upon the twisted shines a reddish light. His noises service. He saw the Bolsheviks. strands of wire before him, the might be a glow worm, or an Provisional.

have produced no flicker in it. It

the city, which the troope, remole whiteness of the empty illuminated watch dial. A pair of coasted wholly of officers, ware wha cottages, and a shallow stream that meanders beneath its trellie-field-mics can see better. They forced to evacaste owing to lack ed roof of branches. All else is pair of lights, and remain of ammunition. Survivors wars lent sad motionless. But the immediately murdered. Bolabe

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foudly and darte into the dug-out murder came up to Mr. Daniel, Now the tortoise has but one Hour siter hour the crickets and who was a spectator," and mil, aim in life-to discover suitable grasshoppers maintain theirifera My Goil She never cried osta winter quarters. All day and all tion: At let's jackdaw obuokles night he looks for them. That is hard by, a hoodiecrow flaps a why he walks slowly, with fresinister wing, and a mag quent glances right and left. His shakes out the black and anxiety that the winter quarters his plumigen. Alm will not be found before the end ceptibly the other so of satoms has wrinkled his movementa haya, died, brow. He blunders through the first sirenk has Toni hornbeama. He cannot squeeze behind the eastern

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