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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,

THE HURRIED GERMAN RETREAT.

BRITISH CLOSELY PRESSING THE ENEMY.

MAGNIFICENT FRENCH ADVANCE ON

THE SOMME FRONT.

(ESTABLISHED Copyright · 1918,

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1918.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

SERIOUS CHINESE SITUATION.

CANTON GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO TAKE

OVER CUSTOMS,

Shanghai, September 7.

A Paking message dated the dihist, states: The polition! out- look in China was rudely affected to-day by the news that the Canton Military Government has announced its intention within a few days to take over the Canton Customs, of which two Chinese would be appointed Directors, adding that if necessary Southern soldiery will be London, September 7. ased to enforce the Southern resolve. The Military Governorkowever Writing to-day, Reater's correspondent at British Headquarters dissociates himself from the latter determination. If persisted in states: Prisoners say that much editions literature is now freely this step will be really serious, as it will amcant to the oirculating in the German ranks. For example, revolutionary and suicide of the Southern Government. A representative violently anti-Prussian leaflete are circulating among the Bavarians of the foreign, Governmente considers the affair already grave. arging the men not to fight. This doctrine, anyhow, is certainly Ho at first refused to believe that the embryonic Southern Govern- being carried out. For example, three German Machine Gun Comment, haring requested foreign recognition, would so unwisely panies surrendered without firing a shot, also the General command hatter any chance there might otherwise have been of obtaining such ing the 234th German Division complains of the number of men he

secognition. is having to panish owing to self-inflicted wounds.

"Americans Enter Muscourt,

London, September 8.

An Amaricas communique says;-Southward of the Aisis car troops entered Masscart, where fifty prisoners were taken. Bostila counter-aitseks in this actor were repulsed sad our line slightly advanced. Two strong hostile raids in Woerra were beaten of. In Alssos, a successful reiding party inflicted losses on the enemy.

Aerial Operations,

London, September 7.

AIR RAID ON GERMANY,

British Airmen Again Busy.

London, September 7.

The Air Ministry reports: Squadrons attacked two hostile serodromes on the night of the 6th inst., causing fres. The weather hindered obeerration of results. All the British machines returned,

Squadrons on the morning of the 7th inst, attacked railwaya at Ehrange and chemical works at Mannheim, obtaining good bursts, beside railway lines and eight direct hits and many other good Reporting on aviation, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig says-bursts on chemical works, over two tone being dropped on We brought down eleven and drove down twelve enemy machines Mannheim ancontrollable. Five British machines are missing. We dropped thirty-two tons during the day and night, heavily attacking railway connections at Armentieres, Lille, Dausi, Denaine, Cambrai and St. Quentin, All the night-fiers returned.

British Pressing the Germans.

London, September 7. Field Marshal Sir Donglas Haig reports:-On the whole front southward of Earrincourt the German retreat continues under our close and constant premare. We reached the line of Beauvais, Boisel and Harrincourt Wood. Our advanced detachments, in frequent encounters with the German rearguaide, are taking prisoners and inflicting namsmas caenalties.

September 9, 1917,

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-EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE GERMAN RETREAT:}~~

Momentous Decision Pending.

London, Sept. Beater's correspondent at the French Headquarters, writing on Friday, says: The Germans are retreating on the hole French battle-front. There the immediate objec tive is from St. Quentin, across the valley of the Oise, around the Forest of St. Gobain, to Laffaux, then past Malmaison to the Chemin-des-Dames, then from Juvigny across the Aisne at Berry-an-Bac, south-east to Eheims, and through the hilly country which has hitherto proved impervious to all assaults. The enemy has to-day from thirty to forty divisions in reserves, but his armies are being consumed. at least at the rate of a division per day. The question is whether the Allies will allow him to reach his old line, except in disorder and in such a condition that ha cannot stay there. This the next few days will decide. The French, progressing between the Somme and the Oise, practically captured the whole of Outrecourt Massif and are now within three miles of Chauny-sur-Oise, where the Crozat Canal furnishes the enemy with a water-line, which, however, is liable to be turned from Offoy, in the north The French secured a good hold on the northern bank of the Ailette and are very close to the Hindenburg Line in the neighbourhood of the great St. Gobain Massif. The latter would be most difficult to capture frontally. Since August 8 the enemy has put in 101 Divisions on the battle-front north and south of the Somme, also two dis- ¦ mounted cavalry divisions, Twenty-nine divisions have been engaged twice.

in the week. Aeroplanes met with fierce opposition in the Mannheim raid, Aghting largely superior numbers before and after the attack. One qasdron fought hard continuously for a distance of seventy miles before reaching is objective and the fight continned for seventy miles on the way back. We destroyed ons seroplane and drove down two ancontrollable. Four British machines are missing.

THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.

"Trouble for the Bolsheviks,

Amsterdam, September 8,

The Cologne Gazette painta a gloomy picture of the Bolsheviks!

The stocks of coal and road metal and the quantities of other prospects. It points out that fifty thousand Cossacks are mustering war material which have fallen into our possession prove the enemy's on the Don, mountaineers in the Causaeus are revolting and a intention to remain in occupation of the Somme battlefelde during thousand Cossacks, and Czecho-Slovake are harrying the eastern the winter months and the hurried nature of the retreat that has been front. Disturbances and terroríem are general, forced upon him,

We captured northward of Havtinoourt s strong point called Thespoil Heap, on the west bank of the canal, das north and opposite Hermies, takings number of prisoners and machine-guna.

General Mangia's Infiltration Tactics,

London, September 8. Renter's Paris correspondent saya.-General Mangia continues to puraud infiltration tastice which gave him possession of Anisy-le.. Chatean, bringing the reverse slopes of the Chemin des Dames within. artillery range. The booty in Lower Coucy forest includes several heavy sad medium batteries, countless machine-guna and mortars and hundreds of thousands of shells. “

Cause of the German Retreat,

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Washington, September 8. The Chief of the Stuff has issued a statement saying the German movement of a general retreat is primarily due to the British stroke an the Arras-Perronne road and the Franco American advance on the Boissons Platean. He emphasises that the Germans are sixty miles from Paris,compared with forty miles on August 15.

Magnificent Freach Thrust.

London, September 8.

A French communique states:-To-day's advance resobed seven or eight kilometres in depth on the Somme front. The enemy, whose resistance has greatly increased, failed, despite all efforts, to prevent the passage of the St. Quentin Canal, which we crossed at Pont de Tugay and St. Simon after beavy fighting. We possess these places.

We hold the line running from the western outskirts of Vaux to Fluquieres, Appencart, east of Pont de Tagay, St. Elimon, Avesnes, the western outskirts of Bassy, the Ham-Tergnier Railway, Amigny and Buriais. The enemy has everywhere left vant quantities of misterial.

A Tense Situation.

London, September 8.

A tense situation in Russis is revealed by the hurried departure of the Italian, American and Japanese Government representatives, secompanied by a number of their nationals, who have strived at Stockholm homeward-bound. -

The former chief of the Italian Mission sseerts that M. Lenin and General Korniloff are dead and the Tearins and her children probably alive.

H. Tohioherin has not yet replied to the British demand cabled on the 4th inst, regarding Capt. Oromie, whose body the Bolshevike handed over to neatral protection after neutral pressure.

A contingent of Italian troops has arrived in North Bassis,

THE SIBERIAN FRONT.

Japanese Occupy Khabarovsk.

Vladivostock, September 8.

The Japanese have occupied Khabarovsk.

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No Trace of the Enemy.

Lokyo, September 8. The Japanese advancing on Krahnoyerek found no traces of the enemy south of the Iman Railway. Bridges at Tanga and Eman were not damaged, but small bridges were blown up. The enemy cavalry were defeated at Abagards, south-eset of Manchuli, and driven northward.

PEACE BEFORE WINTER.

Turkish Grand Vizier's Views.

Ameterdam, September 8.

The Graad Visior, Talast Pashs, interviewed by an Austrian paper, said nothing more is to be got from the war and its contino- There is little change on the Ailette and Aisne front. We advenosace is manifestly aseless. Peace will come before the winter. ed north of Vaaxillon, carried Cellis-aur-Atane and repulged two violent counter-attacks south of Laffanx Mill. The enemy's artillery is violently countering.

Extent of French Galas,

PROHIBITION IN AMERICA.

Breweries to Close in December, a

Washington, September 8.

Paris, September 7.

The Food Administration has decreed that all breweries must A Hayes madeeage sayOwing to their latest progress, the Allies have come into almost immediste contact with the Grozat close on Dreamber 1 and beer and other malted drinks must Canal in its whole lengths between the Somme and the Oise. Between disappear from the market as soon as the stocks then in hand-a the Oise and Ailette, the centre of the Hindenburg Line has been exhausted. resobed at the outskirts of the St. Gobain wooded hills. By the capture of the plates and Fort Conde-sur-Aisne, the Allies will soon threaten from the south, the Chemin des Dames, which is already mentoed in its western extremity by Laffaux

British Make Further Progress. "

London, September 8, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig raporte--By nightfall yesterday we had taken Villerequi and St. Emilie and gained possession of the greater part of Harrincourt Wood. There was local fighting yesterday evening and night eastward of Hermies and in the sector westward of Armentiered, without material change in the sitnation. Weetward of Lis Basses our patrols farther progressed in the enemy positions

THE ITALIAN PRONT.

A Successful French Rai

AERIAL BOMBARDMENTS IN ALBANIA.

London, September 7. Italian naval and British seroplanes carried out several bone bardments on September 5-8 in Albanie, joflicting low and damage,

REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS..

Germany Obstructs an Agreement,

London; September 7. The Foreign Ofis Bonouree that the Austro-Hungarian Government has promised that the vessel used for the repatriation of Beitish and Turkish war prisoners under the Bernë “Agreement shall not be attacked by their naval forces, but the German Govern- meat has not made the same promise, despite repeated representations 21 Berlin and Constantinople, There appears no doubt that the

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Desperate Fighting,

London, Sept. 6.- Reater's correspondent at American Headquarters says: The amazing advance of General Mangin's left and centre in the past 24 hours is the direct result of setions earlier.

A French officer, who has seen the hottest fighting at Verdun, testifies that he has not witnessed more. desperate valour than that shown by the Prussian Guards in the attempt to check the French advance towards the Chemin-des-Dames. Some of the Guards charged right up to the tanks which they tried to smash with the bitts of their rifles. The fighting was nearly as desperate when Leuilly was captured, also Mont-des-Lombes where in all casss the Germans were femely aggressive and thereby. piled up their casualties beyond all expectation. The French have captured Neuville, which is just below the ridge of the hill, where there are through railway tunnels and looks across the head of the valley at Laffaux which our gun-fire has rendered uninhabitable. Despite their losses the Ger mans still hold the outworks of the hills about Fauxilon for the sake of their coinmand over the Ailette Valley and for the cross-fire They thus bring on our advance towards the Chemin-des-Dames, Fighting is still to be expected between Vauxillon and Laffaux.

Germans Deride Their Officers.

London, Sept. 6. Beuter's correspondent writing on Friday morning from the British Headquarters says: The past twenty-four hours hare been mainly devoted to a general mopping up on the " fields of our late victories. A good deal of straggling fight ing occurred especially in the vicinity of Moeuvres, where we cleared the ridge. During yesterday, between the Scarpe and the Somme, we prisonered 300. The enemy is blowing ap ammunition dumps in the areas behind Letesnil and Athies Wood and is evidently endeavouring to get back as quickly as possible to the Hindenburg Line. Our patrols are feeling their way along the crest north-east of Wulverg. hem. The enemy continue to show apprehension of a Tank surprise, and are also using their batteries at extreme range. A considerable number of enemy wounded have been shot in the back by their own officers, The attitude of most prisoners towards their own officers is a striking revelation of the present frame of mind of the German army. Not only do they refuse to salute, but sometimes openly jeer, and deride them...

Germans Offer Small Resistance.

Londra, Sept. 6. Reuter's correspondent at American Headquarters, tele-, graphing at 9 am, says: The Germans are across the Aisne without making any attempt to veil the retirement or exact the ordinary penalties for the Franco-American advance, Opposition between the Vesle and the Aisne was very soft. The machine-guas left behind proved quite inadequate to compromise the pace we were going. The enemy's shelling of roads and villages was also spasmodic and planless. The French further east experienced stiffer resistance, but the Americans everywhere gained the crest of bills and are able to overlook the long promised land. There may be some sharper fighting to-day, if the last rearguards have not with- drawn across the river at night-time, but it is quite plain that in the American sector the ground on this side of the 'Aisne is going to be conceded.

The Germans Balt

London, Sept. 6. Wiring in the afternoon Benter's correspondent t French Headquarters says: The French are in full paruit of the enemy across devastated country. General Debeney's troops crossed the Somme in force all night from Epenan- court to Offroy, while, southwards General Humbert's army forced the Germans, to throw up the sponge and bolt for the Hindenburg line along the whole front The French have now passed Channy and early in the day were close to Terguier which is, a mile from the pleas where the Hinden- barg line crosses the Oise. On the right General Mangin's army has taken the height above Landricourt which gives us a view up the Ailette valley as far as Pinon General Mangin's men this morning were fighting practically on the old line. There were engagements along the edge of the upper Coucy forest and at Boziore farm which, commands Barisis The latter was the point of junction of the Franco- British fronts before the attack of 21st March.

Wiring the same night the correspondent says: Abe enery resistance is increasing on the Petit-Bazin front. The German artillerying is most violent, the French have appreciably advanced and

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THE SILVER MARKET.

London, Sape. 5. Mesars. Samuel, Liontagu and Qo., reporting on silver, my thera has been no change in the tone or price daring she week. Shanghai exchange is officially quoted at five ahillinge.

London, Sept. 3.

The silver markes ia aready.

London, Sept. 6.

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YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAM,"

GERMAN WARNINGS AGAINST RUMOURS."

Amsterdam, September 6.. As an instance of the wide spread disquiet in Germany the Keelnische Volke Zeitung drawy attention to the fact that the

Military Authorities have placard ed Berlin, Breslag`and other towas with a decree threatening with imprisonment people circalating disquieting rumours. The decres rebukes foolish chat- terers who are circulating rumours devoid of real foundation which exaggerate the "transitory encoees of the enemy and streng then his resources. This agita tion is calculated to shake oar resolate confidence in finst victory.

SWINDLING CHINESE

WOMEN. **

A Syadicate of Dice Gamblers.

A Chinese was charged at the Police Court his morning with swindling a Chinese woman of rings and other articles in a dios gamble.

Sergt. Marphy prosecuted, and eaid that the Police had everlast ing trouble with this sort of people. It seemed that there was,

syndicate of them working and they swindled women of their bangles and other jewellery. The facts of the case were that the defendant, was Amongst one of those who gambled on a launch going to Xsumsti. A woman whose curiousity was aroused went and had a look at the game: She was asked to atske, but abe refused. „At Isit the men got her to ʻstake her ringe and it WES alleged that the defendant manipulated the dice, and announced, to the woman that she had lost. "When -- near the Yamati. Wharf, the defendant jumped into a sampan and was chased by the woman, antil finally he was arrested by s district watchman near the wharf, The Police had approached the launch people on the matter, but they were afraid to interfere, because they would be assaulted. In "Anot once they drove the men off but they sessalted the launch crew instead of going away. He could neither find the ringa nor the dios; the | Police had simply got hold of the

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The complainant then gavA evidence and corroborated the story given by Bargt. Murphy.

His Worship discharged tha defendant..

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