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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1918.

September 19, 1917,~

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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE YARN MÄRKET.

"THE SALONICA OFFENSIVE.,

REUTER'S - TELEGRAMS.

CONTINUED ACTIVITY ON Western front.

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AMERICAN AIRMEN HARASS GERMAN RETIREMENT.

French Fight to Knee-deep Water.

London, September 17,

KEUTER'S TELEGRAMS,

CONTINUED ACTIVITY ON WESTERN FRONT

Battles in the Air.

London, September 17.

Over Four Thousand Prisoners Captured.

Phenomenal Conditions

Prevailing.

As reported in our last circular

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A French Eastern communique dated the 18th inst. Bays:——-

London, September 17.4 ** Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation says :- There was grest seriál sotivity on the whole of the British front on/The operations begun yesterday were continued to-day with; Moseara, Polishwalla und Kot- September 18, despite strong opposition. We took a record number Front was widened westward and eastward and now extende ofers Saplember 18, state

complete sucores. The breach made on the Dobropolis Vetrenik wall, in their report dated of photographs. Our seroplanes and balloons reported mach A Belgian commanique says:-Grest srtillery activity and demage in bostile battery positions, and many explosions and free front of twenty-five kilometres to a depth of seven kilomenes

Westward of Sokol, the Serbians carried the fortified zone patrol fighting is prevailing along the whole front: The former is were caused by our artillery fire. We dropped twenty-four tors of baten Gradeinitza and Okol and crossed the River at Gradesnitxa; †

embe in the day time, and fifteen tons daring the night on throwing back in disorder, on the Rasimbay Bridge, enemy units remained very strong and pharo

dated ...:the 9th August especially intense to warda Nieuport, Bossinghe and Hercken.

serodromes, railheads, and dumps. There was intense day long who we canght under the fire of sirmen's machine guns, fighting, combats occurring st.8 considerable distance eastward of

Butward of Vetrenik, the Allies carried Chelo and Golobilo the lines. We brought down forty-five hostile meobines of which gratulaten General Perahing on the victory secured in the initial drove down twenty others uncontrollable. Anti-aircraft guns also thirty gaas and considerable other booty captured. The offensive

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a Special Order, con-seven were downed in one fight by ona of ear squadrons, We masifa and the Zboreko defences.

Over 4,000 have at present been taken prisoner, and over American offensiva, saying:-"Convey to all ranks oar anbounded | shot down one hostile machine. Sixteen British machines are

continues. admiration and plessure."

The Serbian troops fought with splendid moral, endurance, courage and self-sacrifice, alec in repulging Bulgarian counter

British Admiration of the Americans.

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London, September 16.

Minor Fighting on British Front,

London, September 17.

Field Marshal Sir Dagles Haig reporte-Minor fighting continued north-west of St. Quentin. We gained ground in the

eighbourhood of Holnon.

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BRITISH AERIAL ATTACK.

'Some Splendid Results Obtained."

London, Septembar 18... The Air Ministry reporte: On the night of September 15-18, There were local encounters also on the northern front. We our seroplanes heavily and repeatedly attacked four enemy captured a German post westward of Ls Bassee, taking prisoners, serodromes with excellent results. They started four fires, wrecked and eatablished new poste north-east of Neave Chapelle and in the three enemy machines on the ground, demolished two hangars, neighbourhood of Ploegetreet. We repaired raidera eastward of directly hit several other hangara and hit a transport ocavoy four |

Vierstraat,"

A German General's Appeal.

times.

More Raids,

London, September 17...

attacks.

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SPECIAL TELEGRAM,

THE HAN RIVER FLOODED..

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Highest for Eight Years. (From Our Own Correspondent),

Shangbai, September 19.. The Han River is feded 175 li above Haukow. Many houses

EARLIER TELEGRAMS:

THE AUSTRIAN PEACE NOTE,

We bombed railways at Metzablone, causing a fire, and London, September 17. Ranter's correspondent at British Headquarters, writing on the sidings at Karlsrabe with good resalts on both targete. Seventeen are destroyed. The water has resched the highest level for eight

successfully attacked railway junctions at Mainz and docks and evening of the 17th inst., says: A captured dochment signed by direct bits were secured, at Karlsruhe, where three and half tous of years. General Von Morges, dated the 10th inst, and addressed to the bombs were dropped. A total of 350 bombe of 18 tone was dropped. Fourteenth Reserve Corps near St. Quentin, says: "Hitherto, owing All the machines returned. to military ressona, wa bave allowed the English to occupy desolate eneasy country. Now, however, that you have taken up a strong defensive position, not one foot more of ground is to be given up. The document exhorts the men to defend the homes and families of the Fatherland and, addg➡"You are more than a match for the themy, who only attacks with dash when accompanied by tanke. These we will destroy. I expect every man, from General to the most junior private, to do his duty in the imminent decisive battles." Vou Morgen was the General who stresked off in s motor car early on in our attack on August 8.

The St. Mihiel Sector...

London, September 18. An American communique states:-In the St. Mibiel sector artillery and aviation activity continued. We captured prisoners in patrol encounters.

The American Successes.

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The Air Ministry reports:-On the afternoon of the 18 h inst. we twice attacked aeroplane works and a chemical factory at Mountain with excellent results. The enemy attacked us over the objective and three British machines are missing.

We attacked the German bome defence aerodrome at X2 £380, Bursts were observed on and near the bangare, one of which was est efire. All our machines returned.

On the night of September 16-17 we attacked three aerodromes with bombs and machine gun fire, seoaring good results. We Frankfurt station with good effect. The night began calm basister dropped bombs all round Treves station. We also beavily attacked high winds arcee. At present seven British machines have not been

located.

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Daring the past three days we have dropped sixty tons of bombe.

COTTON SPINNERS ON STRIKE.

Possibility of 300,000 Idle Workers.

London, September 16.

London; September 17. Renter's correspondent at American Headquarters, writing on the evening of the 16th inst, says: The barning of Dommartin and La Chaussee, which are actually in the Hindenburg Line, cannot be accepted as proof of the enemy's intention to withdraw behind the line. Being both ander our fire, they were conceivably set on fire thereby, but the towne which are burning along the Moselle, being

The Lancashire cotton spinners' strike for payment for French towns, are not connected with the enemy defence, and could unemployment, cae to restriction of cutput, bas begun. It is feared not have been fired by shalle. The Bindenborg Line in this region that to-morrow most of the spinning mills will be at a standstill, and la pot of the formidable nature which it has become forther west. In if the strike continues, about 300,000 workers will be idle by the end the wide plain between Cotes-de-Mense, and the Moselle, there is po of next week. Still, it is hoped that this calamity may be averted. position of outstanding importance for some distance northwards, As the result of a private conference ci representatives of the ocos the neck between Vignealles and Thisscourt has been passed. spinners and the Contral Board at Maccheeter on Saturday, new Therefore the enemy may find the selection of a satisfactory line in propoesie will be submitted to the Board of Trade with a view to Do way easy, unless they are prepared to retire a long way, their consideration by the Premier as soon as he has sufficiently which is improbable, considering the value of the ground.recovered. American airmen distinguished themselves, enemy's withdrawal at the deepest part of the salient, The Americans accurately forecasted the lines along which the German transport would proceed. These lines converged on a gap between Vigneulles and Thiaucourt, with St. Benoit se centre. The airmen therefore found the transport exactly where they expected, and their attempte

A Melbourne message states that the Commonwealth Minister of to delay it were of the most daring kind, frequently swooping down Custome announces that future importations of foreign teas into to within forty feet of the ground, despite the rain, wrecking lorry Australia will be limited to twenty per cent of the total importations after lorry and abattering wagon teams with bombs or machine guns. (daring 1917-18. It has been found that the recent removal of the A considerable part of the booty taken was due to the work of embargo on Java and China teas has operated barebly sgainet India airmen in blocking the only roads of escape. The tremendous haul and Ceylon.

barsssing the

of guns, now over two hundred, was largely due to this bottling up│-

of the month of the saliept.

Freach Overcome Great Difficulties.

London. September 17.

Writing to-day, Beuter'a correspondent at French Headquarters

FOREIGN TEAS,

An Australian Import Restriction.

London, beptember 16.

A SEPARATE PEACE,"

Belgium Rejects Germany's Proposal.

London, September 18. saya: The French are now barely a mile from the highest Belgium, after consultation with the Allies, droided a beolutely to According to a Paris message, the Pelit Parisien leszne that "point-of--Laffaux - Platono. The German line with qasrry of fortifications was taken and the garrisons killed or reject the Germen proposal for a separate peace.

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captured. In one quarry an entire Battalion was osptured, and in another a Oslonel with his Regimental Staff. The Germans held out in the quarries with machine-guns and a most bloody fight occurred

material.

THE SIBERIAN CAMPAIGN.

Splendid Captures by the Japanese.

London, September 17.

for one these subterranean "fortresses on Monkey Mountain, north of Vanzsillon, Finally the garrison was killed almost to a man. Beater's correspondent at Tokyo says the War Office annouces Altogether five German Divisions were engaged against the that on the 9th inst, the Japanese captured the enemy naval base at Frecob, including the Filth Guards and Brandenburgers. The Khabarovsk, with seventeen gunboats, four vessele, wireless enemy has succeeded in. flooding the vallega. The French son- ecquently fought knee-deep in water across the valleys before station, 120 guns and great gasotities of ammunition and other storming the stone fortresses on the plateau. The enemy resisted with great strength. One French Battalion fought knee deep for twenty-four hours: The Germans brought op field-guna, almoet into the first line and fired from ranges of a few hundred yards. The ground is sown with obstacles of every kind. Nevertheless, General Mangin's infantrymen have beaten biok the German front from Vauxaillon to the bank of the Aisne.

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"A German Report:

London, Beptember 16.

THE ITALIAN ATTACK,

Austrian Story of a Retreat.

London, September 177

An Austrian wireless official message says:-Between Brents and Monte Solarolo, the Italians yesterday morning opened an attack after strong artillery fire, We drove them back in the Brents | Valley and before Col Caprile.

Bitter fighting developed on Moante Pertiks and Salarolo, and ▲ German cfficial wireless message says:The enemy between on Tasson Ridge, in which the enemy was forced to retreat every the Ailette and the Aiene on Sunday somewhat extended the point at where. which he broke through on the previous day and gained a footing in the southern part of Vailly.

Between Cole de Lorraine and the Moselle, vigorous infantry engagements developed before our new positions. The enemy in the evening stood approximately on the line Freence, St. Hilaire, Haumont Rembercourt and Rapper Forest,

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AMERICA'S, CONTRIBUTION,

Another 300,000 Men lo Europe.

London, September 17.

The Press Barssa announces:-The number of American troops ar

were carried in British shion,

Ai, a zaprimal for the bombing of German towns, our squadrons embarked for Europe in Augast was 313,000, of which 180,000 fast might dropped twenty-two fons of bombe on Paris.

Proposals Futile la Present Form

London, Sept. 17.

The Austrian note continues to be a subject of lively discussion, the chief feature of which is the absolute acaaim- ity regarding the futility of the proposals in their present form The papers fully endorse Mr. Balfour and welcome President Wilson's uncompromising rejection of the propos- als. They warn Austria that she never made a greater blunder if she expects to sow dissension among the Allies, Diplomats are of opinion that one of the motives of the note was an attempt to calm the restiveness of Bulgaris änd satisfy the Turks, who are showing increasing readiness for some kind of peace. Altogether the note is regarded more as a war manoeuvre than esa pence move.

America's Diguilled Reply.

Washington, Sept. 17. The official reply to the Austro-Hungarian note rank as follows: "The Government of the United States feels there is only one reply which it can make to the Austro-Hungarian suggestion. It has repeatedly with entire candour stated the termon which the United States would consider peace and ean and will entertain.no proposal for a conference upon a "matter concerning which it has made its position, and pur- pose so plain."*

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German Clumsiness,

London, Sept 16. The following is an amplification" of Mr. Balfour's speech reported yesterday:The German excels when be deals in methods of direct, simple and efficient brutality. When he tries to dress himself in President Wilspo's colours.

or to set the part which he thinks President Wilson would like him to play he is very clumsy because he is a very in eincere actor. However he may-dress himself the mailed fist always appears. Negotiations can never be effected or be fruitful until those responsible for German policy understand that borrowing and clumsily endeavouring to adopt President Wilson's phrases to their policy at a moment when every- where they have the power they are violating the fundament- al essentials of all President Wilson's teaching is a policy. which will never deceive even the simplest minded amongst the Allies. It seems to me almost incredible that anything good can come of these proposals.

An Outspoken Comment.

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New York, Sept. 17.. The press unqualifiedly approves President Wilson's emphatic rejection of the Austrian proposal, which was de- livered within half an hour after receipt. The "San" epito- mises the views: "No talk of terms of peace, no negotiations for peace of any kind and least of all for an enduring peace, until there is evidence that we are dealing with the German people and not merely the present rulers of Germany, on whose word nobody can now depend"

A Labour Conference.

London, Sept. 17. An Inter-Allied Labour Conference bas opened at West- minister. Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, United States, Greece and Serbia are represented Mr. G. E. Bunting, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Union Congress, presiding, said the conference was called to try to find agreement amongst the Allied labourites. They were not there as peace at any price men or defeatiste, but as people who desired an honourable, lasting peace.

Referring to the Austrian note, the Chairman said it was their duty to explore all avenues toward peace.

A Clumsy Trick,

Paris, Sept. 17.

A Haris message says: The Austro-German note pro- posing peace talk is scorned by the Allies and regarded as a clumsy trick to gain time for the Central Empires to reorganize their exhausted armies, hoping also to stir up discord among the Entente nations. Official circles in Wash- ington warn against losing time discussing the proposals and urge striking harder. Mr. Balfour has replied that there are no misunderstandings to clear up. The cynical proposal is an attempt to divide the Allied nations. The launching of a peace offensive was anticipated now that the German armies are in, retreat. The offer of peace to Belgium by Germany is bypocrisy. There is no suggestion of reparation, to Belgium, which is to become neutral immediately only for safeguarding the Rhine towns, No Belgien is to be influenced by the German dodge. The combination wail for peace is emphasized by the air raid on Paris, as a genuine product of Austro-German diplomacy

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oar yarn market

during this interval of five weeks; menal changes have taken place

which are unprecedented in the

entire sanale of yarn trade.

There has been continuans bolders to reship large quantity advice from Indja'to all-foreign of yam owing to great scarcity and extremely high rates ruling there, and although 4,000 bales are ready to be reshipped, they sre unable to secure tonnaga,

This most unususi position has greatly affected our marker and a big rise of $15 to $20 per hale has occurred during this interval, bat the business was effected on hales, which is mainly due to a very small scale in about 1,350 absolute onwillingness on the

part of cellers to hold on firmly their small stock, which they are so eager to reship to Bombay.

In contrast to this smart rise în lower counts, the values of higher counts, particularly 20s, sremain almost stationary, the range being now almost in parity with those of 10 sad 128. This is rather extraordinary, as, in ordinary times, the difference between the bigher and lower anunte is invariably about $20.

Owing to continuous rains for several week", hewry flonda in {many Southern · D stricte "bave

greatly hampered bosinas traffic with thore places had been almost suspended for a long time, hepce, clearancas had been very #mall, bat bare recently improved on account of communication having bean restored and floode Eu beided,

At the close, the tone of our market is steady,

Total Fales, 1,825 balee. Bargaine in Chinees hande... 8,000 baler.

Arrivale-Steamers from Bom- bay bave brought in 3,000 bales for Hongkong.

Shanghai-Market has kept

very strong on account of ballish newe from India, but very small' tranenetions have taken place in view of the high values ruling...

Jspazeee Yarn.-Importa of these spinnings have greatly been cartailed owing to increased local demand in Japan, and values have enbanced so much there, that several local holders have repurchased the goods from Chinese deslera at great pre- miama. Quotations are 28 follows: Bales Nagasaki No. 208 at 8273; Bales 3 Horses No. 168 st $200; Belen Horses No. 20a at $270; 1,300 Bales Yellow Joes No. 20% at $258/265; Balen Betsu No. 10 at 8245; Soten No. 20s at $280; Blue Fish No. 20% at $278.

Baw Cotion. There is nothing doing in cotton market. Bengal : nominal quotations $54 to $64;- Chinese: 855 to $87 per pical.

Sugar by Parcels Post-

The Hongkong Post Office han been advised from London that packets of sugar not exceeding one pound in weight may still bs pent by parcel post to the United Kingdom, and that ench packets are admitted free of import licence or customs daly.

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