1918-09-17 — Page 8

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

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THE AUSTRIAN PEACE NOTE.

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London, September 16. The Daily Vad says:-"The Austrian invitation is another form of an old German trick We hear the Kaiser's voice therein, because the military masters under whom Germany is bleeding are afraid that if they retire or are forced back an inch their power will fall like a house of carde. Under the blows of the Allies in France they are becoming pervona.”

The Daily Express says:-"The Note does not bringa a real pesos say nearer. They that drew the sword are schem ing to save themselves from perishing by the sword.”

The Daily Bapress concludes:"While Germany offers friendship her submarines sink another liner, adding to the long list of murdered civilians.”.

The Daily Telegraph remarks"Austria has proved that it has learnt nothing and forgotten everything and is absurd and insincere. Matters hava vitally changed since Baron von Kdahlman'e speech. It is by no means certain nowadays that a decisive victory is impossible.”

The Morning Post observes:-"To pause now would be to throw sway the fruits of four years of war and to diamies for over all hope of vistory and betray the common canes of civilisation,"

The Daily News says "Thure can be no question of the Allies compromising their fundamental principles. On the other hand, there is more than a remote prospect that discussions that might leave Germany obdarate might have very different result in the case of Turkey and Bulgaris, or even Aŭstria.”

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The Times The Note is a very stale diplomatic trick. Austria-Germany hopes for its rejection in order to peredade disheartened peoples and armies that a conclusive reason exists for continuing the contest. This move will not deceive the Allied Democracies."

"Now is the Time to Strike."

London, September 15,

The Associated Press learns that the view in official quarters as regarde Austria's Pesce Note is "Austris is cracking, and instead of wasting time with utterly useless peace talk, now is the time toʻstriks her hardest."

It is authoritatively stated that the United States, in the event' of any action; will move in full concert with the Allies. Moreover, there can be only be one answer, namely, President Wilson's conclud- ing passage in his speech at Baltimore in April last :-" There is therefore but one possible response for us-force, force to the utmost, foros without stint or limit,”

Officials are of opinion that the principal object of the Austrian Note is to convince the Austro-German peoples that their Govern- ments really desire peace and that this is necessitated by the highly dangerous and rebellious feeling in the Central Empires, particularly in Austris. It is pointed out that that this object could be accomplished speedily and effectively by a full and unqualified Austro-ferman acceptance of President Wilson's fourteen points as a proper basis for peace.

French Comment,

Paris, September 18.

The Austrian pence proposal has not surprised political circles, where it is regarded sa s consequence of the Allies' military successes during the past two months. It is generally opined that France, Britain and Americs will refuse the offer, but there is some speculation sa to whether the Allies will seixs the occasion to address the peoples of the Quadruplica direct rather than their rulers.

The Journal BaTE:The offer is an admission of weakness, The only way to convines the German people that Germany is bestan is for the Allies to fix peace conditions.'

The Homme Libre says:"We refuse the offer. Our victorious forces are driving out the invader. We shall not allow them to lay down their arms.'

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The Petit Parisien says:-The proposal will not deceive anybody,"

The Excelsior says:"It is not clever to have chosen. the present time for a proposal when the Centralites' failara in arms is obrione."

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The Petit Journal remarks:-"The Centralites' tone was different when they thought that Germany was winning in the spring. Austria 18 now testing the ground and if the test fails Germany will disavow connection therewith."

The Matin says: "Sooh an obvious piece of comedy will dessive nobdy."

German Surprise,

London, September 16.

The general tone of the German" press comments on the Austrian Note is one of surprise that such a Note ḥen been sent, coupled with scepticism as to itu efficacy,

The Independent 2aegliche Rundschau regrets that Austria has not learnt wisdom from her former experiences,

The Conservative Tager Zetung does not expect anything tangible.

The Liberal Vorische Zeitung says Austris must bear the responsibility of this daagstoda separate action,

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The Tageblatt opines that the Note will stimulate the Allies to farther exertions.

Forwaerta declares that Germany most support Austria, and says the Note will be welcomed generally by the German people.

ECHO OF PEMBERTON-BILLING TRIAL,

Mrs: Villiers Stuart Sentenced for Bigamy.

London, September 16; Hre. Villiers Stuart, a prominent figure in the recent Pamber- ton Billing trial, has been sentenced at the Old Bailey to nine montka’ imprisonment for bigamy.

[EXPLOITER OF POISON GAS,"

{Capture of a German Professor.

London, September 16.

Beuter's correspondent at American Headquarters says the Americans captured, in Thisncourt, Professor Otto Schmeernkass, the exploiter of chlorine gas for military purpose, who is reported to have been developing some new atrocity of Kultur,

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

A BRILLIANT. ITALIAN STROKE.

London, Sept. 15 An Italian official message, dated yesterday morning, esys, In the Brenta Valley, after a short and effective artillery preparation with the co-operation of zeroplanes bumbing and shooting from low heights, we attacked the enemy barrage at Grovelle, southward of Corte: We, after crushing the fierce resistance, of the garrison, conquered the - whole defensive system, consisting of entrenchmente at îño- bottom of the Valley and strongriefenure work astride it. We prisonsred 243, including brava olis sex

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A PURSE SNATCHER.

EARLIER TELEGRAM

AUSTRIA SEEKING PEACE;

Amsterdam, Sept 15% A Vienna official message on Saturday says: "With a view to examining whether conditions such as make the instiguration of peace negotiations appear promising the Austro-Hungarian Government has to-day invited the bath- gerent Governments to confidential non-binding discussions at a neutral centre and has addressed them a note drawn up by this aide.. A special note has also been sent to the Holy See bringing the Government's action, to its notice and appealing to the Pope's interest in peace." Furthermore the-Governments of neutral States have also been acquainted with the demarche." The constaut ad close accord which exists between the four Allied Powers warrants the assizoption that Austria-Hungary's Allies, to whom proposal in the same manner is being sent, share the views developed in the Note"

Later

The Austro-Hungarian note mentioned this morning says" the objective of conscientious examination of the situation of all belligerents no longer leaves, any doubt that all belligerents long for a speedy end to the bloody straggle. Nevertheless, it has not hitherto been possible. to create preliminary conditions which are calculated” to bring peace efforts nearer realisation and bridge the gap which would still separate the belligerente More effective ways and means must therefore be considered whereby the responsible factors of all countries can be offered an oppor tunity to investigate the present possibilities of reaching so understanding. The first step which Austro-Hungary in ac cordance with her allies undertook on 12th December, 1816, for bringing about pesce did not lead to the end hoped for. The note alleges that this was owing to the fact that the Allies in order to maintain their peoples' war spirit, which was steadily declining, most severely suppressed even any discussion of the peace idea, but the peace step then taken was not entirely resultless. The pesce qucation has not Aince vanished from the order of the day and, though public discussions prove that the differences still, separating the belligerents in their conception of peace conditions are not. alght, Devertheless an atmosphere has been formed whica no longer excludes discussion of peace. The utterances of responsible statesmen indicate that the desiru to reach an understanding and not to decide the war axclusively by force of arma is beginning to gradully penetrate the Allied States, except for some blinded war agitators who certainly must not be estimated lightly. The Austro-Hungarian Gov- ernment is conscious that, after the devastation of war, it will be impossible to re-establish the tottering world order at a single stroke The path peaceward is toilsome and wearisome yet it is our duty to tread it. If there are still responsible factors which desire to overcome their opponent mittarily there can no longer be any doubt that this aim, even if it were attainable, would, first necessitate & further bloody protracted struggle; but even a victorious peace will no longer be able to make good the consequences of such policy, which would be fatal to the whole of Europe."

The reminder of the Note appears in today's telegrams.]

AIR RAIDS ON GERMAN TOWNS.

London, Sept. 15,

It is learned authoritatively that twenty-one impor- Laut German towns were bombed by the Independent Air Force during August, including the following thrice: Frank- fort, factories and railways at alanaheim, caemical factories at Metzṣablon, railways at Suarbourg, Thionville and Treves;. and railways and workshops at other towns. Once: Bettem bourg, Burbach, Coblentz, Cologne, Darmstadt, Dithagen, Durea, Ebrange, Karharuhe, Luxembourg, Offenburg, Kemu- y, Kombach, Naaralbe and Volkingen. Over one hundred cons of explosives were dropped During the past three months 249 raids have been made on Germany and 247 LOBS of bombe dropped..

The German territory brought into the war zone reprú sents a belt of the Rhine Valley approximately 250 miles long.

THE FIGHTING IN FRANCE.

More British Progress,

London, Sept 13. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: North-west- ward of Saint Quentin we made further progress yesterday. and during the night southward and northward of Holnon- wood. We repulsed local nostale attacks on the Trescault and La Bassee sectors. The hostile arullery was active dur ing the night in the Boisel, Moeuvres, Marquion and Givenchy sectors, and with gas-shell north-westward of Armentiaren.

The French Advance.

London, Sept. 15.

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A French communique says: South of St. Quénum we have advanced to the outskirts of Fontain-des-Cleres Between the Ouse and Aisne we made local attacks with the object of improving our positions. We captured the ages oI Altement, Laffaux "and Mills despite severe resistance and increased our progress east of Sancy and north-east of Celle-sur-Aisne, Two thousand five hundred prisoners Dave been counted. South of the Aisne we made progress and captured the village of Glencis and two hundred prisonera - Our aviators on Thursday and Friday actively partici- pated in the American offensive and notwithstanding & gale, wita clouds and rein, felled seven enemy machines.

A French communique sayɛ: in the region of Vauraillon, daring the night we stopped three enemy counter-attacks on our new positions. We also repulsed several raids in Cham- pagus and Lorraine,

Mr. Lloyd George Cheered.

London, Sept. 15. Ms, Lloyd George Las telegraphed to General Pershing his heartiest congratulations on the great victory. The enemy," he says, "nas made any mistakes in this war, but none greater than when no underrated the valour, determination and intrepid spirit of the brave soldiers of the United States Now he has tested the mettle of the American armies the enemy knows what is in store for him. The news reached me in my sick bed. It has been better and infinitely more palatable than any physicła

DERMAN POLITICAL AGREEMENT.

Amsterdam, Bept. 15

A Berlin massage says: The representatives of the Beich- stag majority parties resumed and concluded their delibera tions on Friday and agreed on the lines of their future” political conduct.

Deputy Fischbenen, subsequently reported the result of the deliberations to the Chancellor.

The "Vossische Zeitung" says: The majority parties adhere to the standpoint that the future and form of govern- ment of the eastern border states must be decided purely ou the ground of the peoples' right of self-determination and the Reichstag's peace resulution of July, 1917, remains the basis of their policy.

MURDER OF RUSSIAN ROYALTY.

Amsterdam, Bapt. Lä. According to the Czecho-Slovak orgán “Bemarkije List,” published in Samars, there is cited a Kieff telegram to the #Tages-Zeiting" stating that the Taarital and her tour daughters were murdered in the neighbourhood of Ekste inenburg contravy to the windos of the Borjat, Gomperament,

Sentenced to Six Months'

·Imprisonment.

PROPAGANDA FROM AMERICANA

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(By Capt. A. F. Ozanpe) It is a favourite conversational gambit in England you often hear it in botal lounges, hospital wards" and "divers, other places Where people with red and blusalice Court this morning, before fille on the American

Mr. J. R. Wood, charged with distribution of informa ve printed chevrone on their right forearm, snatching parse containing matter by American aviators or by and maybe a gold stripe or two 3150 and other articles to the French balloons and gane have on their left, assemble and meet value of $154.50 from another aroused spprehensions in the together. If ever you happen to Chinese at Wing Lok Street Fan German prees which are overhear that opening phrase just Inspector Kent prosented. pourly concealed. The news- branthe discreetly, there is pro- bably s good yarn behind it.

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The Germans claim that in the

Complainant, in giving avid paper vent irete ebullitions to the ence, said he was going to Wing heat that the mental armour Second Lieutenant Paroy Al-Lok Street alone, wearing a short of the loyal and devoted gizmon Fitsoorietson, otherwise at Hs had the purse in the German soldiers who are "con known as The Seraph, was in lower right hand pocket of his scions of their superiority" is proof anything but a seraphic frame of jacket. When he was walking, against such shafts, as the Arous

Dame from Zeitung pals it. mind, in fact his remarke shout the defendant

behind, sustched the purse from the universe in general and his his pocket and started running. advance from the Aisne to the ownstate in particular would have caused his fond mother no little turned back, arrested the Marne whole truckloads of pro- defendant, and raised a dry. When paganda pamphlets fall into their pain and anxiety. The causes con-

handa, he shouted, a constable came up tributing by his peevishness were and he handed the defendant over There was also a French army many, bat, to use his own happy to him. The purse was on the order directing their distribution phraseology, what had put the raddy tin hat on it” was the fact ground, and the constable picked in accordance with President that he had mistaken a plank When arrested, the de- Wilson's wished

fendent struggled and tried to The Rheinische Westfadische floating on the top of a flooded

Leitung says that Otto H. Kahn, mine crater for a foot bridge and the result, from the point of evidence of the defendant's arrest in this connection, and it turns ▲ Chinese cocatable gave of New York, has been working view of his obearrar and his and deposed to seeing the desavagely upon him for such telephonist, had been most enter fandant throwing the purse on activities. This newspaper draws taining. The trio were engaged the ground. »

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in the pleasing cocupation of The defendant in giving conic and illegal measures against a new Observation. evidence, denied that he stole the Germandom in America the

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war enthusisem rigna "B. 27. s. 85, 34" purse. He said he was standing inference that ** together with a 1/10,000 map of behind the complainant when he among the German-Americass the country were all the data he dropped his purse. He told the cannot run very high." bad to go upos. He had already would not do ao.

complainant to pick it up, but he CANTON NEWS. search for that partioaler dwell-defendant to six months' hard His Worship sentenced the ing known in these parts 8 labour and four hours' stocks, "Cheapside." Various pedest.

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Our Osnton - correspondent

Extortion at Swatow, An important notification from the Military Government", has

been circularised to the chief and other commanders on the eastern front to the effect that an official letter from the British Consul in Swakow says that extra duties - have been levied by the military on fields and houses, and on the

enquiries with a couldn't tell steps. They found themselves you, air," thereby adding fuel in a damp and evil amelling vault to #furnace which was and various squeakinge and already beated FAVOR times scurryings told them plainly that more then it was wont to be the rightful owners resented heated.

their intrusion, Our friend had At last Paroy, alias the Seraph, his torch with him, however, observed an isolated rain about and in the hope that he might fifty yards to the left of the road find s yet more secluded spot exportation of manganese and and by the circle of shell craters he turned it on and explored. In wolfram at 310 per pioul.

All the British with which it was surrounded he the far corner he spotted an ovEN

merchanta and those Chinese rightly concluded that it was an door and opened it. It creaked on

who cheervation port. Five minutes its rusty hinges and revealed what Britain have equally suffered the ara subjsota of Great

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bie entire satisfaction Percy want down on his handsame treatmens.

telephonist was and knees to crawl through. It Minister in Peking has been busy getting into touch was an uncommonly tight fit but informed of this and the attention of the Military Governmentebould with the expectant battery, while he had just got his right arm,

called to the fact the Seraph WBS trying to head and shoulders through when be distinguish, from the maze of light flashed before him. He that the British will take wire entanglements and trenchee clutched at a figure which he measures for protection. If this in front of him, which was the saw in front of him, but a violent is true, says the Military Govern precise portion of that particular blow fell upon his head and he ment, the recognition of the Southern Government by the system known as the Kaiser's Beak remembered no more. he was expected to observe on. It was just about then that foreign Powers would be hindered. The proper conduct of troops and "Through, Sit," reported the Captain Delville, salephonist, then a moment after; Provost Martial, happened to be the continuance of friendship of "Wanted on the phone, sir," and going his rounds and he also the foreign Powers must be the Seraph equelshed down the elected to retire to the cellar, oberved. ladder in bie wet clothes az There he found two "ganneza

Assistant

The Presidential Election. All the important persons in

meat.

quickly as he could. He had al-rendering first aid to an anoon the South West have jointly wired ready kept the Major waitingcious subaltern and was rather

surprised at the story they had to cannot recognise the election of to the Fang Kao-chung that they quite long enough.

"Can't ses very well, sir," he tell him: The point was how to Cha Bai-chang, as it has been reported, "light going. It hasn't get the people who were the other carried out by an illegal Parling been anything very wonderful all side of the wall: Onviouály by the day." This was true enough; if oven door was out of the

Old Taxes Wanted. the visibility had been better the question. The first thing About 30 officers have been Seraph would have stayed with to do was to connect the j

appointed and distributed to the battery. Ona usually keeps telephone, ring up Headquarters various districts by the Financial one's best man for the best days, and post a picket onlaide the Deperiment, for the purpose of However the Major wse annoyed P. There might be senbterranean forcing the people to pay ap taxes and said so with much fuency. passage to the enemy's lines but, due to the Government many

years ago.

"Can't hear, sir,” replied the in view of the fact that the onsl Seraph blendly and the Major lay between the O. P. and the gulped. One is very helpless enemy tranches, that was unlikely, when the object of one's wrath is Half an hour later Feroy,still un- TRAMWAY RETURNS. two and a half miles away and conscious but with his right hand the only medium of giving him firmly olenched, was lifted into mate statement of the long- The following is the approxi- one's exact impressions concern motor ambulance Four hours kong Tramway Company's traine ing his past, present and probable later the sentry on Chespaids got receipts for the week ending future is the field-telephone. The the shook of his life at the sight 7th September, 1918 Major therefore contented himself of a figure falling suddenly, and with informing Percy Algernon apparently from nowhere, into she that he had better come in and field in front of him. He roused: that, as the car had broken down, the guard and two went so the This Year: he would have to do the distance rescue of a Bararian, under-officer Last Year on his own flat feet,

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To-day's Peking News. A Poking telegram received to- day says that the ceremony of the

Now the prospect of a two and They out him from his De a half mile walk, wet clothes parachute and took bim prisonST, apart, is not an exhilarating one The net result of the night's work st the end of a hard day's work was that the guardTM had the and the Seraph was trying pleasure of escorting back to the to do justine to the situation. He prisoners' cage three men of presentation of Presidental cred- had come to the conclusion that certain Bavarian regiment, the entials to Chu Sar-ching wa there was neither speech nor other two, sewing that the game formed yesterday by the moun bum language that could possibly was up when the ander-offlour of the two Houses. meet the case when several ‡ had been taken, had crawled out A Law Abiding.Citizen. things happened. A missling of their ratrest. There is little A Chinese was charged at noise then three appelling crashes to be mid about them except that Police Court this morning, bela followed by yet soother asiyo ons of them had s tanis buttan | Mr. J. R. Wood, with the proclaimed the fact that Cheap- missing.

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