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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,

PEACE

TALK.

Imperial Cabinet and German Colonies.

London, July 15, The Morning Post understands that the peace terms on which, arcording to Mr. Lloyd George, "the Imperial War Cabinet is pretty well agreed," certainly include the determination to refuse the return of German territories in the Pacifio and Africa.

Another "Feeler" from Germany.

London, July 12.

Count Hertling, in a speech in the Reichstag on July 11, lengthily covered the familiar ground that Germany abided by the policy indicated in the reply to the Papal Ponce Note and was ready to begin preliminary peace talks, but he said enemy statermen continued to make inciting and insulting speeches revealing a desire to destroy the Fatherland. The Chief of the Army Administration is also ready to follow up any manifestations of a serious desire for peace smongst its enemies. At a conference at the General Headquarters, held on July 1, it was decided to abide by the Brostlitovsk peace, bus there were difficultien owing to the instability of Bassin's condition.There were grounds for doubting the Bolsheviks' ability to carry out the promissa made. Count Hertling declared that he did not want a fresh Russian War, which the enemy was trying to engineer, The Fatherland was doing its utmost to support the Russian Government's peaceful sims, but tos varied political movements in Russia required the moet careful watching. He said that Von Hintas possessed a thorough knowledge of Russian affaire, and Von Hintxe had already given guarantees that be would follow Count Hartling's policy which was still the same as the Reichstag majority sdopted in November, 1917.

The Question of Belgium.

London, July 13. Beater's correspondent at Amsterdam says that the following is enbstantially the text of Count Hertling'e reference to Belgium in his speech:-"The present occupation of Belgium only mesne that we bave a pawn for fatara negotiations. Une does not intend to keep what one holds as a pawn, if the negotiations result favourably. We have no intention to keep Belgium in whatever form. We want Belgiam restored after the war se an independent State." Count Hertling proceeded to dwell upon Germany's need for

open air for expansion," especially economically, which was quite compatible with Germany's viewpoint as regards Belgium. But how that viewpoint could be established in detail depended on the fatore negotiations, in connection with which he was usable to give a binding declaration.

GERMANY'S DELAYED OFFENSIVE,

A Suspicious Peacefulness.

London, July 14. Beater' correspondent at the British Headquarters, writing on July 14, says: The peacefulness on the front hes now reached a pitch which may be labelled suspicious." The enemy is husband. ing bis ammunition either with a view to accumulating a store or not provoking retaliation in sectors where his plans have been maturing for some weeks. Paris is entirely, sad Amiens almost, immune from bombardment. The enemy bae accepted with strange meekness the loss of positions of which he previously seemed desirous. These facte andoubtedly resemble storm portants, or, alternatively, adverse conditions for the enemy of which we are ignorant.

A Successful British Venture.

London, July 14.

Fiely Marahal Sir Dodging Hsig, in a communique, states:-In a successful local operation in the early morning of July 14, English troops advanced their line east of Diokabasoh Like and took over 260 prisoners.

More German Aeroplanes Destroyed.

London, July 14.

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation, Baye We destroyed twelve seroplanes on July 13 and drove down four' uncontrollable. Three of our machines are missing. We dropped four-spd-s-balf tone ni bombe during the day, and over eleven hundred bombe, weighting ninteen tone, daring the night on enemy campe, railway lines, trains and billets. All the night fliers returned.

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

Finnish Guards Attack Railway,

London, July 15.

Beater's correspondent at Stockholm ways the newspapers report that the Finnish Guards are attacking the Murman railway in the direction of Kandaler sad Kem and that they are thirty miles from the railway,

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COUNT LICHNOWSKY.

Lively Debate in Prussian Parilament,

London, Jaly 15, Reater's correspondent st Amsterdam says that the Prassian Upper House on Friday discussed a motion to expel Count Lichnowaky. The proceedings were most lively for four hours. The result was not disclosed, as the King's sanotion is necessary to enforce the decision.

CHOLERA CASES.

London, July 15. Banter's correspondent at Stockholm that six of the crew of a steamer from Petrograd are suffering from Asiatic obolera. One had died.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

BRITISH STEAMer sunk.

Bueno Aires, July 14

The four thousand ton British steamer Induna, has been aunk in a collision. The crew were tatód.--.

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS,

RESTRICTION OF SUBMARINISM.

London, July 11 Şir Eric Geddes in a speech in London said the exten- sion and improvement of minelaying wore gradually restrict- ing the movements of enemy submarides. A barrage of mines stretches from Norway to Scotland. There were British mines in Heligoland Bight, also a barrage across the Channal. German photographs in the possession of the Admiralty confirmed that Zeebrugge harbour entrance 'vas completely blocked. They showed that destroyers came out from Zeebrugge not by the canal, but from the side of the mole outside. We visited Heligoland Bight almost daily on, over or under water. Giving examples of daily events" on the high seas Sir Erie Geddes told how six trawlers off Iceland. attacked a submarins, which fired a hundred sbots; but the trawlers knocked out one of her guns and hit her again. Then she dived. It was impossible to tell whether she sank. He also told how an enemy submarine discovered by a certain method was hunted for seventy-two hours. Many charges were dropped on her and she was finally compelled to come to the surface and surrender,

DO GERMANY AND AUSTRIA AGREE?

Zurich, July 14

The Vienna "Arbeiter Zeitung" declares that the fall of von Kachlmann is a complete victory for Prussian mili tarism and extinguishes the last hope of a speedy peace. It must be clearly ascertained whether Berlin and Vienna still agree over their war aims and the continuance of the war. The German army command alone cannot dictate to Austria for what and how long she must fight

THE WESTERN FRONT.

A Germ in Effort Fails.

London, July 13. Field Marsbal Sir Douglas Haig reports: We repulsed, an attempted raid southward of Bucquay. Hostile artillery ia active southward of Arras. There was no air fighting on the 19th owing to rainstorms and clouds. Our night fliers dropped foar tons of bombs.

We drove off raiders eastward of Locre. Hostile artillery is active north-westward of Albert, westward of Kemmel Hill and southward and south-eastward of Ypres. Ours is active at a number of pointa.

French Capture 500 Prisoners.

London, July 14.

A Paris communique says: In a successful action nortà. and south of Longpont we advanced our positions eastwarda and crossed Havieres despite enemy resistance, capture ing thirty prisoners. Our maptures in the Montdidier region on Friday exceed six hundred. We also took eighty machine- guns.

"Flanders Fever."

London, July 13. - Reuter's correspondent at British. Headquarters says: Of eight hundred prisoners which the Australians captured or 4th July a large proportion reported sick on the following day and were found to be suffering from high fever culminat- ing in complete prostration. The sickness is partly attri butable to malnutrition brought on by short rations. The Germans call this sickness "Flanders fever." It is more serious than Spanish influenza.

SPANISH INFLUENZA IN GERMANY.

Amsterdam, July 14.

The "Telegraaf says that thousands of German indust- rial districts are suffering from so-called. Spanish influenza. It is really a disease due to hunger and exhaustion. Numer ous deaths occur daily. Eight thousand school children in ̈ Berlin are affected,

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

Amsterdam, July 14.7

The Westfaelische Zeitung's" Kieff correspondent says: The Bolsheviks at Moscow far from suppressing the revola- tionaries are only holding their own with the assistance of the Lettish Guards.

A message from Moscow says: M. Trotzky told the All- Bassian Congress of Soviets that the unity of the Soviet " troops was suffering as a result of Anglo-French propagands" and part of them had deserted to the enemy.

REDUCTION OF German meat ́RATION,

Amsterdam, July 14

The German meat ration will be reduced, at the end of August from 250 to 200 grammes for towns of over ane "hundred thousand inhabitanta. Smaller places will receive

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THE ALBANIAN SUCCesses.

London, July 14. A French Eastern communique says: The enemy having suffered heavily in the retreat in Albania is now holding a line near the junction of the Tomorice and Devolí,

An Italian official message states: We repulsed an attempted attack southward of Bassorosso. We maintain contact with the now enemy line northward of Bemeni and have dispersed retreating enemy columns northward of Berat. The prisoners since 6th July exceed eighteen hundred.

PRENCH NATIONAL DAY.

Paris, July 14 The saniversary of the fall of the Bastille was celebrated most enthusiastically. Detachments of all the Allied Armies, amid the cheers of a huge crowd, marched past M, Poin eare from Bois-de-Boulogne to the Place Concorde.

FAMOUS AIRMAN KILLED,

Paris July 24

The famous French airman Lieutenant Beaumont has

· been killed in a collition in the air, de fot

How An American in the War Lived and Died.

Y.M.C.A: Stores Disꞌributed to British Troops.

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FILIAL PIETY,

An Extraordinary Tale.

At Chiengang Halen, in Kansa resides, nằmán by the name of Kiang. “He is 60 years old and if All the ornice and the paori-

|yới saw him you would not nee misis ought to read the letters of s

anything remarkable about him, young American soldier, Edwis During the recent German Every morning for a few hours. Austic Abber, in the April advance in Picardy and Flanders he is to be seen outside the Atlantic Monthly. Abbey was s 130 YM OLA. huts sad esatres megistrates yamen writing letters · University graduate and engineer, were lost.

and calculating horoscopes: Yst devout Roman Catholic and a Sir Arthur Yapp before leaving this obscure, ragged and com- perfervid patriot, Ho was for France to take part in á con- monpisos man is revered by all bridge · building in Canada ference of American Colonisi, snd his fellow townsmen, old and when the call came to bim British workers, told a Daly young, rich and poor. For sixty in the spring of 1915, with Chronicle representative that the long years be has saprificed his irresistible demand. When he lost hate and equipment were own comfort in his flisl love for was appointed general manager worth about $150,000. "Bat the bis mother now deceased for some of the job in which he was enga-eziemy did not, gein-much from ten yeara,

ged he accepted on the ander our lost property," added Sir When he was a boy and his standing that be should be at Artbär, "Most of the huts were mother was left a widow, he swore liberty to leave it whenever the destroyed, and the stores were that he would devote his life to United 8 ates declared war upon given away to the troops. In one her comfort. He waited on ber Germany. "I ao so fall of that." section alone more than a million hand and foot and ataolutely ra- be wrote to his mother, "it cigarettes were distributed." fused to marry lest a wife and the drowns out every ambition or Daring the present stage of the area of a family should be a daun desire or thought of the future great battle it is impossible to terrent to his wow. This is that I have. I have nothing bats replace the huts and tents, so anuenal in China where marriage great big desire to give myself to temporary centres are therefore is almost universal. As the old help in this battle sgainst evil." being erected as fast as they can lady grow in years, each milestone

Then came the affair of the be taken arose.

marking an inoresee in her Lusitania, which made him feel: Shortly to be added to the leableness, the devotion of this sa if he could not just go ahead activities of the Y M. C. A is so singular son did not diminish. In making plans for my own ad- educational scheme, in which all order to insure that his parent. vancement or my own family's the Universities are co-operating became a vagetarian and in every ehould have laxuries the son welfare." "Above everything in One of the greatest education

the world I want to go to the war, alists in England will be in charge way he deprived himself to give and I want you and father of the working details. Die everything to his mother. so tell me that I can govern tinguished leotarere will help The son was brokenhearted at Eventually the old lady died. myself by what knowledge with the curriculam, which and judgment I have with the includes languages and such his loer but he resolved to con- sarety of your confidence in me practical subjeca sa agriculture tinne bis filial piety to the end. Esch down and every evening, to do right. I think I can man- and mechanica. age to serve in some way if only

hot or cold, rain or fine, he Here is an abbreviated list of ended his way to his mother's you will give me the inspiration articles which have been sent to of your approval and trust, yea the French front during the past grave, and there offered the and father." Great was his jaw six months by thế Y. M. 0. A.- prccesde of his day's work, in when his mother wrote bims lester Pianos and harmoniums, 98 mother's spirit. You will laugh | meat and vegetables -- to - hin recorde,

and the dead cannot eat and

of lofty sacrifice. Bat would the gramophones, 170; Canadian militery authorities 2,500; billiard and bagatelle that this practice wasonly a jiks overlook his defective eyesight ? tables, 186, boxing gloves, 1,080 as the son would eventually eat He was sick with suspense during volley, punch, and nat balls, ets; the dishes. You are wrong. The the ordeal, and when he was ac-203; steel quoite, 1,200; cricket cepted he was stunned by his bats, 725; cricket nete, 60: son continued his austere and Boccas he was enlisted as staricket balle, 3,420; tennis egetarian life and the mest and private.

racquets, 650: tennis balls, 900; mother's epirit were regularly dishes. which he dared to his

Ais anquestioning Christianity footballs, 1,100; hockey sticks, continued to shine in the trenches 324. Similar aide to recreation given to support another aged amid the most overwhelming have been sent to the Egyptian her old sg Rover" in the woman who was left destitute in Salonica Expeditionsry Central China Post. negation of it. "Do you not and think," be saka bis mother from Forces.

the hell of Flanders, “that the

war in making people less sal-

fish 7" He had pity even for the

German soldier. "One must be Church, and your long cherished

CANTON NEWS.

here to realise that men have hopes and prayers will by Our Canton correspondent riaen to a height of courage fulfilled.. Mother, if you could writes as follows :- sad andurance in this war that only see these boya in the ranke Government Headquarters. people living in modern civiltaa cheerfally enduring the most 8bum Chan-haun bas ordered tion never dreamed of" How frightful hardships, and facing that the Agricultural Teating much it meant to him, he said, horrors with the most inspiring Department be the headquarters that he was being prayed for and indomitable courage and of the Union Military Government twice daily in the school chapel determination, your heart would and will remove there Be soon. 43 at home! His mother had naked nearly burst with joy and pride, the neccessary repairs have been bim what her "bit" could be, and you would know that God done. He has also expressed the "Dear mother, that is it. You was going to give ua victory opinion that,

8. the Civil

are praying not just for me, but Just now the trenches are in a Governor is an important person. for all of us out here, and the frightfal condition of rand and in the capital, if Joverar La Can German soldiere, too. When I am water and it is utterly impossible not come to Canton from Shiq- under fre I pray not only for for the men to keep dry or to hing in the near future it is protection, or a worthy dying have dry dag onts to sleep in. better to appoint someone to sot bat for courage not to lose my They are in a state of misery 80 for him. control and to help others. The far as physical comfort goes for

Oplum Syndicate.

one great thing I need is courage days at a time, and yet they stand It is rumoured that the Autho and self-control in danger. Not all night, often for 16 hours starity has accepted on offer from a only for myself, but for others. stretch, in pouring rain and under syndicate of $800,000 per annum, There is nothing which so en-intermittent fire, looking out over for selling opiam in Canton courages and gives heart to the the parapet into the darkness of under the name of " medical weak as the strength and coolness No Man's Land guarding ointment for remedy of opium of others; and there are many hamanity."

habits"

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boys here, sixteen, seventeen, He gratefully acknowledges the Wa Ting-lang's Appotatment. eighteen, full of bravery, but too gift of a Crucifix, which he ping On the election of Wu Ting Foung for a man's steadiness inside his left breast pocket and, fang an Minister of the Foreign Pray for them too."

feels "glad." On the day that Dapartment, it has been decided He returned to this fear of be- the news of America's entrance to ask Nan Oborg.yao, who is ing found afraid again and again into the war rejoiced and inspired at present in Shanghai, to be

I suppose one of the greatest him beyond expression he wrote. Wu's assistant, fears a man has is that his nerve his farewell letter to be-posted to Betora Long Arrives. .... will give way or that he will be his mother in the event of his On hearing that Laug In- cowardly, in some way. I have being killed, and within lees kwong has been instructed by found in every trying cir-then a week of its being his brother, Lang Uhai-kwong, to cumstance that praying is written it" was posted by protect Hoinan "and", Laighow wonderful comfort, I do not his major, who told of his pending his return with reinforced know how a man can go through|instantaneous' death in an sot of ments from the north, the Author- it who has not a belief in God to davation and self-marifios to ity has decided to inoresee the fall book on." Then he got which all his thoughts at the front attacking forces to a great extent commision, a fresh stimulus to had been directed. "It may be with the intention of capturing plans of self-ssorifice" I am comfort, for you to know" he the two places within a month, sure now that I can never go wrote in this last letter, that I before Lung's return, bank and go on with my own haves great company of comrades, To Develop the Pratas. work for myself. If God will men sad, offiour, all filled with A eradicaté nas formed's com« that I do go back I must go into determination and cheerial cour pray with $100,000 ospital and service of some sort; perhaps I age. He had his prayer, for he requests permission shall be "ábla”- tỏ go into the wind to his death washed the Praim Island, “

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