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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

GREAT STRUGGLE IN FRANCE.

ENEMY RESISTING ALONG WHOLE FRONT:

BINGLE COPY 10 OEFTS," 186 PER ANNUM.

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FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1918.

伍拜禮 六廿月七英港香

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

BIO LOAN FOR CHINA,

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

GENERAL SMUTS' STIRRING SPEECH.

Important Allied Proposal.

London, Jaly 24. Beater's correspondent at Washington states that the Govern ment has agreed to an American Bankers' Loan to Chins provided that China cancels all outstanding loace and that all loans shall be shared by American, British, French and Japanese bankers. Details are not yet completed, bu: fifty-million dollars is regarded as the

NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE ADRIATIC.

AMERICAN TELEGRAMS.

The following telegraïm arB

from the Manila Daily Bulletin:----

· Milwaukee Builds Ships. Milwaukee, Wie,, July 17.- Contracts have been awarded for

building nest hero 13 steel ships for the United States Shipping

Board.

The Namlag of Paris Avenues. Paris, July 17.-The Manisipal ity held a reception at the City Hall on July 14 for the Ambassadors and Ministers of the Allied Powers. Formal sittings were held eat of the Municipal Council

America's Army Soon to Equal "Anglo-French.

London, July 24. General Smuts, apeskiög in London, said that American troops were pouring sorcss the Atlantis at the rate of more than a quarter of-a-million a month and it would not be so long before the Ameri- Allies Progress and Make Further Captures.

can Army in France would be as large as the Anglo-French com- London, July 24.

bined (Load cheers.) When it is remembered that Germans was at Beater's correspondent at the French Headquarters, telegraphing the height of her power before the Americans came in and could not approximate figure. at 10 30 on Tuseday evening, says: The German restetance to day strike this paralyeing blow, what would be her position when has been moet stubborn and the fighting most persistent almost America's new and incomparable army was fully on the poens ? It is as Between We can be confident as regards the end, be it far or near.

London, July 24. along the whole front between the Harne and the Aisne. the Marce and Vriguy, which village with the woods to the east bare

sure as the rising sun to-morrow. (Load obeers). General Smuts,

According to Renter'e correspondent st Rome, an Admiralty been esplated by the British, two British Divisions in the Arde sector referring to the political situation in South Af ios, asid the elements have been engaged in a deeperate offeceive battle for four which mate for unity and strength were far stronger than the commanique states that Italo-British navel units continue their in the course of which the Presid days. In conerquence of the advances scored by the Allies in heavy radio icfluences working in the direction of di-nnion-activities in the Adriatic. Military works and anchorages at Cattaro attacks the line to-night runs roughly along the railway from Nanteuil to Chateau Thierry. German artillery firing is most severe on both (Uзeer), "What oar valour has achieved in this war I hopeland Antivari were again bombarded on July 21 with visibly good proposed to the assembly that the

OnI tsteamanship will retain after peso"-(Cheers). South results. Africa's boundaries are cot going to remain where they are. It was South Africa's strongest wish, in the interests of the Empire and the whole of South Africs, that German South-West Africa should remain part of our territory-Load cheers)-and we look forward will come within the Unica. Then our territories will stratoh to the Zambesi and Canene Rivere. In that grest territory a great heritage will be established for future generations.

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sides of the Oared and their front is stuffed with machine gun eats. There was fierce fabling between the Americane and German on the crests north of the Marne. Speaking generally, the Franco- American bridgeheads north of the river were steadily enlarged during the day. We advanced two miles in the region of Charteres to the day, which we hope is not far distant, when Rhodesia also and Mont St. Pere, capturing monster fortified farm. Fires were visible during the night at several points behind the enemy'e front and the Germans are barning stores or depots fired by car gans.

The British Froat.

London, "July 24. Field Harebel Sir Douglas Haig reports:-There was consider able hostile artillery firing this morning in the Ypres rector. Little flying was possible on July 23, owing to wind and rain.

German Counter-Attack Smashed Up.

London, July 24.

General Smute, spesking on reconstruction problems, said that from the present straggle would emerge a new world in which new methods and greater organisation would be more necessary than in the past, but be desired to sound a note of warning concerning the importance of not submitting too much to Govern- ment control-(Oteers)-a: Government agencies. Bareaucratio: administration had been generally fatal to industry and commerce A French communique says: The night was characterised by in the past and us had no reason to think that it would be. any great artillery firing between the Harne and the Aisne in Bois-de- different in the fatare (Hear, hear). The vast fabric of British The Germans counter-attacked at pine commerce had been built up on private enterprise and resource, Courton and Bois-de-Rai o'clock last evening in the region of Vigny, bat our troops amssbedd if we wished to rise to greater heights be adjured them not to pall the assault and maintained the positions intact. The remainder allow that initiative to pass out of their banda-(Bear, best). The trae function of a Government was not so much control of trade az of the front was adventful.

the opening and strengthening of the Empire'e great trade com munications. This Empire was scattered and not compact and London, July 24. Reuter's correspondent at the French Headquartere, telegraph. depended on its communications. He hoped that one result of the ing on the afternoon of July 24, says :-The British recamed opers-war would be that the Empire's strategic communications would be tions this morning and farther advanced in the woods surroundingsfeguarded for ever. Begarding trade communicatione, let them Vrigny. A considerable pocket of thickly-wooded ground was thus see that raw products were brought at the chespeet rates to great taken from the enemy, the possession of which is of considerable entree of industry-("sar, bear). Not so much by erecting a importance. Meanwhile the French continue to press with ansbated Chiness wall as by the opening up of more channels and more vigour on the western side of the German salient.

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A Further British, Advance.

French Resume the Attack.

London, July 25: A French communique eaye Between the Ourcq and the Marne our attacks were resumed this morning and continned We hold on the left Armentieres anccessfully thoughout the day.

and Chatelet Wood beyond which we reached and occupied Brezy. The Franco-Americans in the centre advanced over three kilometres at certain points. There was desperate fighting in the region of

windows would the Empire soonest recover from the shock of war (Cheers): The war had revealed the enormous efficle of long' distances. Let them remove these distances and help transport- ation with Government money and advice,

DEFEATING SUBMARINISM.

Some Striking Shipping Figures.

London, July 24.

A.000olusive proof of the dimanition of the U-boat menaca ia Epieds and Vrigus. The Germans recaptured Epiede on Tuesday afforded by the Admiralty in its latest statement of losses in svening, but an American counter-attack recocquered it We merchant tonnage. Tais reveals that the total losses of the world's advanced the line north of both villages and to beyond Courpoil. merchant ships for the month of Jone were 275,029 gross tone, com- We are advancing our right in the forest of Fere north of Charteres prising 161,062 British and 114,567 Allied and neatral. These and Jaulgonne. Farther east we enlarged the bridgehead at figures show a monthly drop in the world's pinkings of B1.005 tone Treloap and captured the southern part of the forest of Ris. We as compared with H-5; 37,788 as compared with April, 125,834 a captured in this sector five five inch gone, fifty machine-gune and much compared with March, all this year, while compared with the month material. There is intermittent artillery firing between the Mirae of June last year the world's drop is 437,092. Tae purely British and Rheims. In Tuesday's fighting, in which we captured Bueims drops are 64,627 as compared with May, 67,005 as compared with Wood south of Courmas, we took several hundred prisoners. The April, 63 604 as compared with March this year and 271,333 as com- total prisoners taken in the region of Mailly Esineval and pared with Jane laes yeer. The losses in the world's tonnage, inclad- Autsvillers, north of Montdidier, on Tuesday is 1,850, including ing merine rick, are lower that for the month of Jane, 1918, than Alty-two officers, of whom four are colonels. The booty includes say month since September, 1916. Comparing quarterly periods, four field guns, forty five trench morters and three hundred the losses for the thres monthe ending Jane were lower than any machine gune.

American Penetration.

London, July 24.

An American official messsge says:-Between the Oarcq and the Maine local combate resulted ia s farther forcing back of the enemy's lines. The enemy's positions north-west of Janlgonne were penetrated to a depth of from one to two miles.

-The derman Version.

London, July 25.

quarter since the third quarter of 1916. Bailings exceed the high level of recent months. The total sailings for the quarter ending Jane 30 amount to 7.430,386 głos tone, being chneiderably higher than the two preceding quarters.

IMPERIAL PREFERENCE.

An Important Scheme Approved.

London, July 24,

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Mr. Walter Long, in a speech delivered in London, encounced A German official wireless mesasge states:We defeated five that the War Cabinet bad approved the scheme of Imperial pra sitsaks between Noyant, and Hartenres and receptured Ville fererce formulated by a Committee of the Cabinet which was don Montoire. We repulsed enemy attacks between the Aisne and the sidering the question of inter-Imperial trade. He believed that the Marne and drove him back from a height to the north east of whole of the Empire would approve of the scheme. The committee Roccart and Chatelet Wood. After a desperate struggle lasting had dealt with the question of securing raw materiale «for the all day we repulsed the French and British at many points north of Empire in the first instance and a whole series of reports on the the Ardre.

GERMANY'S LATEST ENEMY.

London, July 22, Reater'e correspondent at Washington etates that Bondaras has deolared war on Germany.

matter had been approved by the War Conference Cabinet. Th Government was losing no time in sesing to it that the Allies' victory should be a real victory, not not only giving peace to the world, but giving a lead which other countries would gladly follow and which would enable us to develop the Empire along linee lead- ing to prosperity to carrel-er and our co-operators—(Applause),

THE ALBANIAN OPERATIONS.

London, July 24.

THE WAR PRISONERS' AGREEMENT.

London, July 24,

A French Eastern communique states: The operations in In the House of Lords, Lord Newton, replying to Lord Devon- port, eaid that the Anglo-German Agreement se regarde prisoners of Albania resulted in the occupation of the whole of the mountainous war was very fer-reaching. It involved the exchange of a very large region and domination of the right side of the valley of Dovali, We Qar losses were number of combatants and the repatriation of all civilians who have taken villages above the japation of Melts on the left bank and wished it." The Agreement alto dealt with the relief and treatment 642 prisonera were captured on July 21 sad 22. of prisoners. A speedy ratification of the Treaty was difficult. There small. The operations complete the suoseases in Albania during the were points requiring rauch consideration, and reservations on the past two months, which were carried out with much smaller effective part of Germany might ocession delay, bat the British were doing than the enemy's. Our troops fought sometimes in anow and some.

times in a broiling sun. their utmost to expedite ratification.

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

London, July 24.

FRENCH ARMY DISCIPLINE.

London, Jaly 24. According to Heater's correspondent at Paris, a most stringent A meessge „from Amsterdam states, that M. Tohitoheria has Army Discipline Bill has been introduced in the Chamber which informed the Garman Charge de Affaires at Moscow that up to July provides inter alia for the deprivation of rank and from two to fire

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE SIBERIAN SITUATION.

Appeal for Allled Help.

Vladivostock, July 24. The Provisional Government has requested the Allies to afford joint military action. Two thousand Germano- Magyars and a thousand Red Guards are opposing the Czechs, who are strongly entrenched along the Ussari River, while a further 4,500 ex-war prisonera and $,000 Bolsheviks with 43 guns are fortifying positions south of Khabarovsk.

Japan's Decisiou.

Tokio, July 4 The Privy Council, presided over by the Emperor, has passed the Government agreement regarding Siberia. Particulars are unknown.

Czecho-Slovaks Advancing.

Amsterdam, July 23. The Czecho-Slovaks continue to advance astride the

Soviet railway between Ekaterinburg and Tcheljabinsk troops are rear Enoslenovo in the western Urals. The Soviete abandoned Oreeburg carrying off all valuables. A new Government has been formed there under General Dutof. A hanger revolution has broken out at Uglitch, Lublin, Vijinak and Jaroslav.

AUSTRIA'S FOOD SHORTAGE,

London, July 24. Confirming that the fall of the Dr. Seidler Ministry was partly attributable to economic distress in Austria it tran- apires that at a sitting of the Reichsrat on July 19 the Ministry was sharply criticised with regard to the food situation For example Deputy Pik said that Westera Bohemia bad been, flourless and breadless for months. Pilsen has been foodless for a fortnight and the consequences there

The town

was permanently had been most lamentable. under Martial Law. The Food Minister, Herr Paul, gloomily surveyed the position and admitted he was pot nptimistic with regard to the future."

WAR ON AMBULANCE MEN.

London, July 21. The "Times" correspondent at British Headquarters says a captured German Army Order says that the Allies will not be allowed in future to recover dead and wounded. The former are needed for identification of units and the latter would help to maintain the Allied fighting strength. If Red Cross stretcher bearers disregard the warning shot they will be shot down. The order is already being acted on.

A CHEERING OUTLOOK.

London, July 24.

Speaking at London General Smuts, in referring to the general military situation, said it was most interesting and most hopeful. We were not entitled to cherish extavagant anticipations, but there was sufficient ground alter the hap penings of the last two months, for cheerfulness and grati tude. (Applause.) When they thought of the anxieties of March, April and May, what ac enormous, almost pro- vidential, change had come about. The great German offen- sive of the Somme, Lys and Alane has ended in a tremen dous collapse. We had been looking forward to an offensive which was to paralyse our armice, finally leading, inter ala, to the capture of Paris and the end of the war. Well, the great blow had come and what had happened! On the Marne the tide had been turned, as it had been in 1914, but perhaps in a more significant sense. (Cheers), "We hope and trust that this time the tide hae turned finally and conclusively. (Cheers). The gaps in the Allied armies, due to the defection of Russia have been made up with much sterner stuff from the United States." (Cheers).

BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.

London, July 2

In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. King, Mr. Balfour stated that he had no information regarding the Murman Agreement cabled on July 23, Telegraphic com-. munication with the British officials on the Marman Coast and in Bussia generally was very difficult.

"AMERICA'S FIGHTING FORCES.

Washington, July 24, When Congress reassembles Mr. Baker will submit pro- posals to modify the Draft ages and for a somewhat larger military mobilisation.

Mr. Daniels announces that the Navy personnel is now 503,782 officers and man.

16.two hundred Left Social Revolutionaries who were implicated in years' imprisonment in the case of general officers guilty of gravado

the murder of Count Mirbach have been shot.

mistakes. The Bill is not retrospective.

GERMAN REPRESentative in mosCOW. Amsterdam, July 24,

A telegram from Berlin says that Her Heliferich has been appointed Diplomatio Representative at Mosco W.

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asmes of the chief stateeman of

the Eatente be given to the thor- aughfares of the capital.

Indians Raise Rice.

Salt Lake, July.-The Indian irrigation service announces that the Indiane si Ries Lake, Min. nesota are raising 1,000,000 pounds of high grade rica.

Food Prices Go Up.

Washington, July 17.-The Baresa of Labour statistion has announced that retail food prices in the United States increased three per cent. since April 15. Most vegetables showed & decline ia prices. For the five years end- ing May 15, the average inoresse was 63 per cent. October cotton in quoted at 24.98, December at 24.39."

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Women as Farm Labourers.

Atlantic City, N.J., Jaly 17,-- The President of the National Fertiliser Association 'encouDoes that the patriotic response of women to the esll to the farms, has greatly sureliorated the farm labour situation. He said that the women's motor corps services in teaching women to drive tractors and other power imple- ments on the farms, has effected much aid.

Enemy Property in America.

New York, July 17.-The United States alien property castodian has announced the formation cf a selling organisa- tion for the purpose of disposing of 140 German "concerns which wers taken over by the govern ment under the trading with the enemy sot. The firms are valued at approximately P250,- 000,000. Forty of these com pazies with a capitalisation of more than P100,000,000 are now ready for sale.

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Women Bond Sellers. Chicago, July 17.—The Nation al Women'e Liberty Loan com mittee bas started the enrollment of 1,000,000 women of the United States who are pledged to sell one half of the Fourth Liberty loan which is to be $6,000,000,000.

Record W. S. S. Sales, Washington, July 17.-War savinge stamp receipts for the week were $50,190,000, which is the best weekly record since the campaign started.

Slave to Jola 'Allies.

New York, July 18-A hun- dred Oseobo Slovaks have basn granted permits to leave the. United States to join the allied forces in France,

Gettlog Out Potash. Lovelook, Nev., Jaly 13.- Operations have been began on the big potseh properties a few miles from here. Deliveries will start Boom.

To Build Concrete Ships. Seattle, Wash., July 18,-The first large concrete shipbuilding plant of the northwest Pacific has been started with the commoRÖS- ment of constraction, cl, wasa for ons 7,200 ton concrete ship, and for several smaller vesels.

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