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JREABY TO COMPLY WITH THE…
JREABY TO COMPLY WITH THE I WILSON TERMS. f I I I EVACUATION PROPOSALS. 1 1 I ? ? i ;J 11 On Saturday night the following waa Bureau.. (Admiralty, per. Wirelem Pj-ess.) Netra from Berlin transmitted through the wireless stations of the German ,Govern- j ment. ¡. th A ""or The German answer to the American ') Note was sent off on Saturday, October 12, at j noon. The Note runs as follows: Berlin, October 12. j • reply to the> questions of the President 4f the United States of America, the (icl- man Government hereby declares: The German Government has accepted the terms laid -down by President Wilson in his address of January 8, and in his subsequent addressee on the foundation of a permanent 1rwia of justice. Consequently, ita object in entering into discussions would be only tc agree upon practical details I of the appli- • cation of these terws. The German Government believes that WWi GovernmeJús of the Powers associated With the Government of the United States a -adopt the position taken' by President Wilson in hie address*. The German Govern- ment, in accordanoo- with the Austro-Hun- garien Government, for- 'the piiipose'. f>% ■ rIllging about- an armistice, declares itselt feady to comply with the propositions of the President in regard to evacuation. The Carman Government- suggests that the j Resident ma y .Occasion the meeting of a, tttixefl Commission for making the neces- tajy Arrangements concerning, the evacua- M :The present German Government, which ] Jtas undertaken the responsibility ■ for this » 41tep towards peaoe, hoo been formed by ^conferences aim in agreement with the great '?ajor?y of the Reichstag. The Chancellor, ?uppojted in all his actions by the win of .? %h|s majority, upc?xo 'in the name of the JGerman Government and of the. German yeoplp. (Signed) SOLT, f- State Secretary of Foreign Oflice. PRESIDENT WILSON VS TERMS. 1l0 fourteen noiute formulated .by Presi- WiJson on January 8 may be sum- toarised a& follows:-  | 1- No, secret diplomacy. ..) F d ? ? Freedom of the &eas. ? ?- 3. No economic war. -4. -Limitation of armaments. 5.A11 oolonial claims to be impartia?y '? ) ?ecMied; the interest of the populations ^^scted to li?v? equal weight witll those of ? t 'W Governments who?e ti'?lw were in ques- tion 6. The evacuation of Russian territory. ?? 'aahi asaistancc to the Russian people. 1 .7: "The evacuation and ..restoration of f and the full recognition of her sovereignty. 8. All French territory to be freed"; the inva-ded districts to be "restored"; and "the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the matter of Alsace-Lorraine" to be ^righted.• 9. The readjustment of the Italian fron- tiet en the lines of nationality. ) ro. Autonomy for the Austrian subject, ttationa. J 11. The Balkans to be evacuated, Serbia to' be grs-lltcd an outlet to the sea, and the independence of the Balkan States to be guaranteed.. 12. Turkish subject nations to be assured of "undoubted security of life and un- molested opportunity of autonomous de- velopment." The Dardanelles to be inter- ■- ■nationalised,- and .Ottoman sovereignty to hQ recognis-ed only in Turkish districts. 13. Poland to be independent. I-tr. The establishment of a League of a.tiODJ:j. "IYE CONDITIONS. .La*t month, explaining the United States Government's views with regard to peace, JPcesIdeixt Wilson stated five conditions:— First, the impartial justice meted out toust involve no discrimination between those to whom we wish to be just and those .Jo, whom we do not wish to be just. It must fee a justice 1J{ät tid"f attmritesr -and knows no standards but, the equal rights of the several jteoples concerned. ..second, no, special or separate interest of aiiy 'sMigle nation or aay group of nations 0, Caii" be made the basi* -of- auy part of the '^•etticment' which is not consistent with-the boinirou interest of ,all. "bo." *Phtrd, there- can be no leagues or alliances .?' .Oir 'cíal' covenants ?nd understandings (? ??Hh the gcnNaI and common family of ?*?' League of Nations.. 5ii, fourth, s?d more specincaUy. there can The '? s?iccmi .sclnsh ecoix??ic combinations ?.?;?? ?h!?. tc I??ue, !d no employment of 5j. ?"y ?or;? Of economic boycott OB exclusion, ?'. *xcept as the power of economic penalty by ?; '*xt'?tgion frrm th? markets of the world ??? ''oay be.vest? &' • the League of Na.tiona ? M.w'? -?s a means of <liaciplme 6md control. }}r,FiHh,'an iuternatio?al a [tIi(.eIÍtents and ? ?K'?tics of every kind must be made known ?h then' 'utirety to the rest of the world. GUARANTEES ESSENTIAL. I President Wilson will now consult- with Allies on the Gorman answer. On the of it, the German N6te seems to-be an ? ?-?pta.iiM of P?;d?ut WHson's points, -?.'?Ut; i? is T?iuted o, t that th<; real points, I is that Cierxnany has hitherto shown utter t f Oii;ro" -ard of obligations tl.) .sPeak the: truth or to keep her word. The phrasi^ ng of t-he does not make it deiinitely clear if v fremdent Wilson's terms are Accepted out-. or only Tegarded asa basis for dis- 'CUssicl1. Mr. Wilson, in his question wuh regard to Ufa evacuation of Belgium and France, ] luade it clear that it was a necessary ,^re- limiliary to the discusHiou of any armistice. No armistice is possible that is not OtvOzllpanied by navalt and military guaran- s that Germany will not be, able to re. ^ttie operations on terms mqrc" favoùrable 'her. No armistice can he tolerated that dpio Marshal Foch of th?un' ??htcd. military advantage he now pos 'W?e?.
F V T I' 'THE CZECHO-SLOVAK.I…
F V T I' 'THE CZECHO-SLOVAK. I  Tn,_ from t- ?nhabit. and have inhabited rl)l_tÙlie emorial, the ancient kingdom Jwt ,uuhetnii:t. ?? ? ??'' o?DaI 'home tioa ,*f9Tm a verT considerable por- tit}!' of .,th:è, 'ulation of Moravia?. and the <" adiaeont ? S?.a. The Slovaks, ? T-X? ?????? "? almost identical with th?t  o.t by'tl'e C?chs. and wh? spring from  .t-h4'\me Slav sto<k, exwnd from, Mor.avla -t?^ ?same i^t VJtock' ??? ?.Mor.aTia ^&^ ^Tnvm<>st ? -Northern Eu?ary.
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'Jo?ph Hcury Caslnjtorc, ?f OaMeM-yoad, Croydon, was nned -?o and 5 guineas cost? fr'-ndmg out P))?!? ('ontrary to the ?'??r Restriction Order.. ""? ?e"Lcndon Cha?!her nf Commerce Mr.  f?'Hrps said if the C.?rnnMnt wanted an &-lid if the ,iveramQnt w,,td an sixpdly Q? void thev w?6uld ha,e t,.
ENEMY DRIVEN FROM STRONGLY--FORTIFIED…
ENEMY DRIVEN FROM STRONGLY- FORTIFIED POSITIONS. 0- FALL OF LiON. I t. A great victory has been won by the French south of La Fere. Oar Allies have compelled the Germans ?o evacuate practi- rlyte. whole of the strongly fort;'Ped and t commanding position lovm as the St. Go- ? ba?n massif. As a re?ul? Laon was un- Covered, and was occupied on Sunday night: The enemy has thus evacuated the salient between the Oise and the. uppar Course of the Aisne. Though it is believed that he has managed to escape without heavy loss and in fairly regular order, ha has practically aban- dotted the gre-ater part of his defensive lines > and has retired to ground where he has done I little diggilig. Ilig position is far from com- fort able. The rapidity of the tetircment is rho-n [ bv the fact that 'during the last two or j three days the French have, advanced from fifteen to twenty miles.. The whole situation is regarded as extremely -oromisin ? from the  point of view of the Allies, ,and more or I uisis open warfare may now be looked for. i Saturday's French oEcial communiques reported; the close after seventron days of fio-hting of the battle which opened in Cham- pagne On SepteLiber. 26. The enemy has been completely defeated, and the Fourth Army has completed the liberation of the bend -of tiiQ Aisne by the, -xe-occui)atioix of thirty-six loc-alitiea1 in which, several thou-. sands of civilians have been delivered from the yoke which they have been under simee 1914.' The. total hutnber of prisoners taken by this army alone since the beginning of the Champag-ne offensive amounts to-21,567, iilelndiHg :499 oiffcers. It has captured in addition over: 000 guns, 3,500' machine-guns. 200 mine throwers, several hundreds of wagons, and a great quantity of munitions and material of all kinds. Communiques issued on Sunday gave the news of the Capture of La Fere, the crossing of the railway from La Fere to Laon, in the neighbourhood of Danizy and Versigny, and the entrv of the troops of the' Tenth Army into Latfn on Sunday morning. 6,500 evilian,4 were liberated. The French have passed far beyond the town on the whole extent of the front be- tween the Gise and the north of the Ailette. j To the Ast, of La.. Fere they .are on the southern bank of the Serre as far as the } station of Courbes.
I EAT LESS BREAD.
I EAT LESS BREAD. I The Ministry of Food is appealing to the public to exercise -greater care in the con- sumption of bread. The whole question 1,4 one of tannage, and the saving of imports means the bringing of more American troops to help win. the war. It is true that this 'yc:l':s grain izirop is better than last year's, but the root crops have not been so good, aud consequently there will be a greater de- mand ouäamägèd grain for'tattle purposes. The increased consumption, of bread is doubtless due. to its being more palatable, but it is unpatriotic to eat more on that ac-.& count. There are plenty of potatoes,- which do not interfere with tonnage, whereas grain does. The ..policy of the Ministry has been to, take the public into its -confidence. Wherever the Ministry can do so, conditions will be improved as to price and supply,, and it im- poses restrictions and alters prices only when thcra is no alternative. The public will have themselves- to blame if bread is rationed.
I PRAYER BEFORE BATTLE.
I PRAYER BEFORE BATTLE. Presiding* at a prayer meeting for City men at' the Mansion House, Jondon, Alder- man Sir LlllhamPound said that when the, orders were given out -at- £ l*e General Head- quarters for the great British offensive, one of the "Bishops of the Church of England, who happened to be there, suggested to Sir Douglas Haig a, most unprecedented thing- that jnstf at that very busy moment the C.H Q. wOl'kshoul be stopped, and that •: all present shouM ?sk for the Divine guid- nCe and Messing on what was about to be undertaken. And it was .done.
IWEErS STOPPAGE IN COTTON…
IWEErS STOPPAGE IN COTTON TRADE. Three hundred thousand people are thrown out of work by the decree of the Cotton Control Board, issued in. Manchester. to the effect that looms- must, be entirely stopped throughout the week ending Oeto- ber 21. The -bulk of the- operatives- will receive pay from the Control Board. The shortage of yarn and brokm work in the weaving sheds is the cause of the stoppage.
WAR CROSS FOR PRINCE ARTHUR.…
WAR CROSS FOR PRINCE ARTHUR. Among a number of British officers upon whom the French President has conferred. decorations for distinguished services ren- dared durjng. the course of the campaign, is Prince Arthur of Connaught, who receives tlie Croix de Guerre. I
I - - FLIGHTS OF BIRDS.
FLIGHTS OF BIRDS. any aviators .have made notes of the heights at which they have* encountered birds. The observations of a French avia- tion offioer-,diselo-se an evident preference of sallows for height of two thousand feet, but other birds go higher, and he met plovers- at six thousand five hundred feet, the greatest altitude .at which he has yet seen bird groups. Wild duck make their migrations at about five thousand feet. They Follow the twists and turns of their leadet with extraordinary agility, and the whole flook has the appearance of manoeuvring automstidallyv They climb at sixty-five miles an hour, then travel at seventy miles.
* . FACTS ABOUT JAPAN.i
FACTS ABOUT JAPAN. Japan's name for Japan is Nippin.' There are no chairs or tables in the houses. Nearly every roan fbllows the trade of his father. The Japanese' Empire indues nearly 4,000 islands. No applause is permitted during the sittings of the Japanese Parliament. The smallest tob&cco pipe^ Sn the: world-affe smoked by the Japs. It is not considered correct- for women to enter a court of jus- tice. They do not ubuttoIlB for buttoning. regarding them as brnament-s. Ladies who contemplate going to the theatre begin to dress Jfor it the day before.
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Bedford Food Production Committee have ?>een offuv.ally inforitjed that Bedford stands first among all the municipal boroughs of England alldW ales in the matter of allot- ments. More candles are being delivered by te". makers this year than in the past two years. It -is, stated that .wax candles ought to be available at Is. 4d.- a pound.
IRISH SEA CRIME.1 i I 1 +
IRISH SEA CRIME. 1 i 1 + MAIL BOAT LEINSTER SUNK BY SUBMARINE. I 587 LIVES LOST. I The sinking of the "Mail Boat Leinster in the Irish Sea is the biggest German U-boat crime since the torpedoing of the Lusitania. The boat was- twice struck, and sank in a, few minnteef with a loss of 587 lives. Announced ut7 the-same, time, though W occurred some days earlier, was the tor- pm .liff of the Japanese liner Hirano Maru, also o& the Irish coast. In this caste 291: lives were lost. The Leinster was ón, the way from Ki. ngs-* town to IHolyhead. She had on board 78ft Ing, and of these only 193 have been; rescued. The steamer was struct Tight forward by the first torpedo. The crew at once set to work lowering the lifeboats, but barel," three minutea after the- first, explosion; another torpedo struck the vessel near the engine-room. The Tiesaers two funnels Nvere blown into the air, ^and immediately she began to sink by the head. Within a few? minuses abob had disappeared. r There were many women and children among the passengers. The few boats it. wju* possible to launch were overcrowded; soims were so packed that they quickly nUedwitN. water, and overturned. A number of sur4. vivois were rescued .clinging t £ the uptijrtled bpats others; were1 saved by rafts -thrown overboard. A wireless r^essage had been sent out whien ^the vessel was struck, and all the ships in Kingstown, about fifty of all descriptions, sc.t out to the rescue. The first of the rescuing vessels to arrii?o at Kingstown carried 109 survivors. Five other vessels, bringing both living, and dead, arrived within the next two and a half hours. One of the officers said all would havo been saved but for the second torpedo, which .smashed the LeinsteT into matchwood. When 'the funnels were blown out many pèrsoM ?ere injured by splinters of wood. ptrsons four boats had been got dear when the second torpedo struck the vessel, and, rafts had been thrown out as well. Another survivor, who was in one of the boats when the second torpedo hit the ves- sel, aid the ship was nearly down to the rt and -the stern c,-unwale at .,the for?b. rlwi? the -propellers was high in the air, showing the propellers cleav.oiit of the water. The-second torpedo, ;tt\i<lk her direct in the engines, and w terrific explosion followed. Boats and rafts in the writer were lifted I up and smsahe^ into matchwood. The pas* E^eLi fer narrated one terrible incident. 'Still attached-to the davits overhanging the sidtf- of the ship just about where the second tor- i-.c.do struck, was-a large lifeboat with about seventy people in it on the point of being lowered. The boat and the people in it were blown to fragments. I RESCUE SCENES* I The difficulties of rescue were complicated by the angry sea, in which scores of were lost. Immediately some of the boats J were launched they were \\P&t, and numbers i clambcred on, to the rafts with which the waters were quickly covered. Destrovers, patrol, boats, and trawlers tvere busily engaged in the work of rescue. Ma ny of those picked up were semi-clothed, and most of' the rescued seamen were bare- footed. Three little infants were among the sutf-l vivors landed at Kinobto-wu. tl- large i-tuizi,- her of women,. who were brought ashore iw a famtiBS condttMO- Werd -carried'to tJu?;reqt room at the wharf. 131ankets and ell-ettiiin of various descriptions were requisitioned from Kingstown, every attention being raven the stricken qll. r u Ladv Phiilis Hamtlton, daughter of t:' Dowager Duchess of Abercorn, and sister of Lady Wu-klow, was a passenger on board the Leinster, and is among those missing. i I JAPANESE LINER SUNK. The Hirano Maril, a liner of 7,700 tons., was torpedoed off the Irish coast on Satur- day night, and gank in fvè minutes. 01 about ?? persons on board—200 passengers and 120 crew—only 29 were saved. So quickly^ did7 the vessel sink that there waS lie- time to launch the boats, and any that were attempted to be launched smashed to pieces. Foul weather prevailed at the time, and once the lijaqr was hit under such a heavy gea the ])Qsitioa of those on board was hope- less. When an American destroyer went to the assistance of those who had beens in tho water sorge time, .the submarine, which had been lurking about watching the victims, fired at the destroyer as she was picking up the survivors. Captain Frazer, the com- mander of the- liner, perished with all his officers. I MR. BALFOUR'S CONDEMNATION. Speaking at a luncheon to. American editors on Friday, Mr. Balfour referred to the sinking of the. Lei nster. He said we had to make a right peace, apd lie did not think, zi riaht peace was of itself a very easy thing to make. Our enemies were at-' tempting to. change their constitution, but appeared to have no notion that what we called a change is not so much a change ó. ,a formal purpose of Government, as a change of the hearts by which that Gov- ernment- wad to be directed and animated. And if we were to judge of a man's heart by what he did, he would ask whether those who had made mankind pale with horror I uver the early barbarities and brutal ex- cesses in Belgium, had shown the. least sign, af ter "6f after four years of war, of any material im- provement in their- disposition. Brutes they were when they began the war; brutes, they remained at the present ploment. < > Perhaps with a warmth of indignation un- 11 refitting' a Foreign Secretary, but with the. news of this outrage in the Irish, Channel, he confessed that he found it difficult to- measure his epithets, for this IritiTA- paeket, boat, crammed as it always was" with mel,lo" I women and childien, in broad daylight was leliberat,ely torl)*dood by- a German sub- marine. It was carrying no military stores, i it was serving no military end. It was pure barbarism, pure frightful- neSS) deliberately carried out, and one would have thought that those who, after all, brought in America to their own undoing by crimes of this sort, wipuld have shrunk n little from repeating them at a moment when their fate was to' be decided .by America, perhaps even more than by any other of the co-belligerents. He could not measure the wicked folly '1 of the proceedings of which they had been guilty, and yet let us not forget that -this J was only one,, and "not the most destructive, the most 'owardly, or the most brutal .of thei things which, at the moment when ti??y'- were asking for peace, they were perpc-. ,traing upon hélple, civilians,' and st?ir more upon helpless prisoners of war. He wished he could think that these atro- i cious crimes were the crimes of a small dominant military caste. He agraeft that the direction of national policy might be iti > I the ,hands of. a. caste, but it was, mcrj&dible that crimes like this. perpetrated in iho Ifght day, known to all .mankind, -coir- demned from one end of the civilised workf to the other, should go on being rep:, month- after month through four years embittered warfare, if it did not commfjnd3 itself to the population which committed* theni. < j*
BRITISH TROOPS FIGHTING f…
BRITISH TROOPS FIGHTING f "GERMAN REARGUARDS. i t I CLOSING -ON D0UAI. The following reports from Sir Douglas Haig have been issued by the Press Bureau: r Saturday, 10.25 a.m. Our advance north of thonsee River was continued -yesterdSy evening. We now hold the villages of Hamel, Brebiei-es, and Cumcy. Our troops are east of Henin-Lietard, and are on the western outskirts of Annay. On the remainder of the front there is nothing to report beyond local tghting at certain points. Saturday, 8.5 p.m. Local fighting has taken place to-day along -the line of the Selle River, between Le Cateau and Solesmes. North-west of Sofesmes steady -progress has been made throughout the day towards the valley of the Selle. The enemy's rearguards have b-etn driven-from the villages of St. Vaast, St.. Aubert, Villers-en-Cauchies, and Avesnes-ler Sec. Farther north, our' troops have cleared the west bank of the Stensee Canal- between Ar- 'k-ux and Corbenhem, both of which villages ,aro in" our PLQS-.aSjoll, and-* are closely ap- proaching the, line of the, canal west of Do.ual.. In the sector ,east of Lens- we have cap- tured Montigny, Harnes, and Annay. 11 On the whole of this front sharp fighting of a local character has taken place, in the. course of which we have inflicted numerous casualties the German rearguards, and have taken prisoners. r. I N&ARING DOUA1. I Sunday, In.10 a.m. East of the Scheldt Canal we have gained possession of Montreeourt -village, and have reached thO outskirts of Lieu St. Am. In the Douai sector our" troops are. now within a-few; hundred yards OT the town, and have captured th-3 Fauburg d'Esquer-. chin, Douai prison, and the greater part of Flers., East of Annay we have made progress along the south bank of the Haute Deule j Canal towards Courrieres. Sunday, 8.12 p.m, During the day"la1' Dgagements between our own and the eaemy's advanced detach- !;vents have continued on the line, of the SeUei -Kiver. Our bridgehead positio&a in the neighbourhood of Solesmes have been en-' hrgoo, and progress has been made bit the west bank of the river, about itl-aussy and" Sautzoir, Fighting of a local character has taien place also in the neighbouhood of Lien Ft. Amand. We have captured a number of prisoners. Early this morning our advanced troops stleceedod In crossing, the Senseo Canals at Au.bigny-au-Bac, and .captured ^nearly 200 prisoners, but were unable to maintain thfciy position in the -face of strong counter-at.. tacks. North-west of Douai our troops have con- tinued their advance. We bold Courcelles- lez-Lens and. Noyelle-Godaulty and are ap- proaching. the line of the Haute DeUle -Ca-nal the. whole front between Douai and "Ver- dincJe-yieil. A number of prisoner have lieen captured by us in our operations in this sector.
BOGUS DOCTOR SENTENCED...
BOGUS DOCTOR SENTENCED. Edwin O. Blackiin, aged thirty-five, was sentenced to six -months' .imprisonment, at Liverpool, on charges of giving false in- formation on registering at a hotel, .of wear- ing military without au- thority, and of Rearing mniform. so closely resembling, naval uniform as to be calcu- lated to deceive. A fine of was also imposed on the third charge, or in default three months. At the hotiel pcisonerribed himself as, Surgeon-Major Sir Patrick. BiApk. Sailing as a ship's steward to the River Plate he diagnosed a passenger's illness as appendicitis, and administered a seidlitz pow- der and salts.
IPAWNBROKERS -AND THE PUBLIC.
I PAWNBROKERS AND THE PUBLIC. At the Slough Tribunal, when a pawn- broker applied for exemption, it was urged OYr his behalf that a pawnbroker cannot close his shop without giving notice to the public a year and a wee)c. This is to permit pledges or ",under 10s'. 'to be rëdeemec}. of under 10s. to be redeemed. » t
I HOW TO GET SLIM-LATEST
I HOW TO GET SLIM-LATEST The latent remedy for obesity comes from Dr. (r,all., a German physician. He claims that one of the; main causes for an increase of weight is .the late ..dinner hour. Food taken in the..evening and then followed by Vie repose of the'night is the best thing in .the world for th. foruiingf fat tissue, and those who lament their increasing weight should stop that particular form of pleasure at once HiS treatment in a dietary is as follows:— In the morning the patient must take a cup of tea with buttered toast, and if he is too hungry to wait for luncheon, he may take an egg and some. bread and butter at ten o'clock. At one o'clock the meal consists of meat, vegetables; salad, and a little com- pote. In the afternoon some coffee with a. little,white bread, and butter. And in the evening there is only a small piece of bread and .butter. For the first two or three days the patient will feel extremely hungry in the evening, but this soon passes off and he gets into the habit of eatipg more at the first two meals, this being, counteracted by exercise in the afternoon. It is claimed for Dr. Galislh that his patients lose one or two pounds a week. ———.— — > qo
1-. SALOME ELEVEK YEARS OLD..
1-. SALOME ELEVEK YEARS OLD.. Theodore Reinach has made some very interesting' discoveries as a. result of ten years' constant study of the coins of Niko- polis, the capital of Little Armenia, whose last King, Aristobulos, was thq hug band -of t.he fannous;- Salome, r whom. d;tnciug cost, John the Baptist hi? head. Jteinach, through a new • interpretation of the coins, has found it possible tp elear up unknown particulars of the Yfe: 01 Aristobulos and of Salome, and at the same time the savant ,Fives a complete description of the ^personal appeiarAnce; of the dancing girl, supported by conclusive facts pieced together, by. great labour and..patienqe< SJie. must have, been cf really bewat-elling, beauty. Her noge was straight, her forehead 'high, and her bust, compared with the circumference, pf he hips, was ?ausua?y Ml a?d large. q Hec husband, was,on tlie contrary, quite homely. 1J.is .fnoe irev* o-als Nigns of fdilllness of inind and brut.%Ii tv, r q aT Reinach. An accurate study of.th.o dates of the coins proves that Salome made her famous ?ance befoTe her father, .Herpd., mud h e been a child of only, about eleven years, "but gir4 of that Of only, ?160?t "41eirli" yeare of age were oft4ii, i d ;? W"v?g tli? tin& of
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE IN COUPONj…
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE IN COUPON j IN A SMRM. —.— On Sunday paorning H.M. auxiliary cruiser and transport Otranto and the ex-P. and O. liner Kashmir, each carrying American troops in convoy, came into collision off the ^sort-h' Irish 'coast, and the O trail to was, beached, badly damaged. The Otranto was a steel vessel, of, 12,124 tons, owned by the Orient Steam Navigation Company, and f built in 1909. She carried 699 American troops and between 300 and 400 men of the British Navy, including many --reserves and ex-mercantile marines. Of these numbers, 431 are missing. The following official statement has' been issued by the Admiralty: — At 11 a.m. on, 6th inst. H.M. armed mer- cantile cruiser Otranto (Aeting Captain Ernest G. W. Davidson, R.N., in command), was in collision with the steamship Kashmir. Both vessels were carrying United States troops. The weather 'was very bad at- the time, and the two ships drifted apart and. soon lost sight of, each other. lH M torpedo-boat destroyer Mounscy (Lieutenant F. W. Craven, R.N.) was called by wireless, and by skilful handling suc- ceeded in taking off 27 officers and 239 men of the crew, 300 United States itary ratings, and 30 French sailors, and landed them at a North Irish port. The- Otranto then drifted *shore on the island of May and became a totil, wreck. Sixteen survivors have. been picked up at Islay, and* the casualties, .missing, feared drowned, are as fol-lowa:- 335 United States military ranks and Tat. ings. 11 officers, 85 crew—-including specially en- tered mercantile ratings. Steamship Kashmir reached a Scottish port and landed" her troops without casualties.
I FLYING FOXES.I
I FLYING FOXES. I People wbp have lived in India are familiar with the long strings of flying foxes which can often be seen wendin g their way in single file from their sleeping places in temote trees to the fruit garden's upon which they prey, These curious creatures some- times measure as much as 4ft. across the HingSj and have reddish brown fur and mole- coloured wings. After their nocturnal depredations they fly awav with the dawn to a trc-e in some isolated place, and there rest during the day, hanging head down- wards from the boughs in th*e., ma pm; er-of bats, clutching the branch with their feet. As the flying foxes gather on the tree selected there ig a, tremendous bom motion, for each new-comer is vigorously driven off from one pface after another until he even- tually manages to secure a perch for him- .self. Those on the tree meanwhile keep up .an incessant wrangling,. each endeavouring to secure the highest and best place to rest ou. Sometimes many hundreds of these structive creatures- may be seen "banging from the branches of a large tree. When opportunity offers they are often shot, ,and souiQ of the natives consider their flesh a delicacy, though it hardly appeals to Euro- pean#. When the foxes start their flight in the early hours of the morning they fre- quently swoop down into any water which is liandv, and when on the wing do not By in iiockti, but follow each other in single file, Hying with a peculiar, measured 6weep of th wing.
I RABIES IN ENGLAND.I
I RABIES IN ENGLAND. I Rsfbies has broken out in the South ot England. The Board of Agriculture states that a case was detected in a dpg, at Ply- smouth on September 7, and twenty-six further cases have since been traced. Be- tween St. Blazey, Cornwall, and the Avon river, In Devon, is the specially dangerous area. Np, person travelling into Devon or. Cornwall should take a" dog with hiin. It is known- that a number of dogs have been moved out of the area, and owners are warned of the grave risks to themselves-and the public. They should at once acquaint the Board of Agriculture and send the dog to veterinary premises. The" incubation period, of rabies varies between twelve days and many months. The disease often develops suddenly, and great harm may be wrought before a "mad dog" csm be destroyed. m
I WAR WAGES AFTER WAR.:1
I WAR WAGES AFTER WAR. :1 The Press Bureau has issued the following rmiouncsemcnt 0 The situation which may result at the end of' the war in. regard, to 'the various ..wages awards which, have' been made during tlie war has for some time been under the consideration of the Department concerned. The present scale of wages in many occupa- tions depends upon the compulsory -enforce- ment-of awards which were made in view of- circumstances' arising cut of the war; .but the machinery for enforcing these awards will not continue after the war. It ia neces- therefore, to consider whether the compulsory operation of such awards should i>e continued during a period of; transition after the war and also whether the .-power to make such awards should be extended so as to cover the same period. With a. view to immediate action on this meat, -important subject the Minister of, Reconstruction, with the concurrence of the Departments affected, is appointing r. Com- mittee, with the following terms of refer- ence: (1) Whether the, compulsory operation of awards made under the Munitions of War Acts, or orders extending such awards, and of orders regulating wages made under those Ada should be continued after the war. (2). Whether' the power- to make such awards or orders should be continued after the war. (3j The manner in which awn res and 'orders if made or continued should be en- forced after the war and for what period. The Right Hon. Sir- John Simoii., K.C. M.P. has been asked to act as Chairman of the Committee, and he has made arrange- ments to do so. The Committee will con- sist of representatives of employers and .Trade Unions, besides representatives of the Government Departments concerned.
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In the Patents Court the ControHer agreed to recommend the granting 6 of a licence to B M. Stationary Office to pub- C lish a, translation of a German work on gunnery which n8 valuable new matter not to be here. The neglect, to pack sweets and other soft and sticky substances in tins before des- patching them by post to soldiers in Frarce the Postmaster-General states; has caused damage to the mails on several occasions. I Manitoba branch of -the Canadian Rea Cross is to make an "Our Day" grant, of ^630,000 to tie British Red Cross. Mr. Arthur Powell, K.C., has been ap- pointed Recorder of Wolverhampton in the place of Mr. Abel Ram, K.C., resigned. r, X50,000 damage was done at a fire in the joinery shop of Messrs. RusseU and Com- pany's shipbuilding yard at Port Glasgow. Electors in the new Parliamentary borough of Wimbledon number 36,258, of which 8,309 are upon the Absent Voters' List.
IPRISONERS IN GERMANY. -—--——
I PRISONERS IN GERMANY. -—- —— BRITISH DEMANDS. AND THREAT Of REPRISALS. An official protest against the brutal treatment of British prisoners has been addressed to Germany. Certain demand* slze made, and unless they are carrie d out reprisals are to be enforced. The following 'announcement is made by the Inter-T)Fpart- xoental Committee on Prisoners of War:— The German Government have now com- municated through the Netherlands Government their decision not to ratify the Anglo-German agreement for the exchange of prisoners unless guarantees are given against the deportation or internment of the Germans, in China. They have- been .in- formed that the British Government cannot give way on this point, but, subject to this condition being withdrawn, are prepared to ratify the agreement. In view; of recent information as to the continued maltreatment by Germany of British prisoners of war behind the lines and in the salt mines and elsewhere, the Government have determined to take • drastic steps with a view to bringing these proceedings to an end. They havoC accord- ly lled upon the German Government forthwith to redress the grievance's com- plained of, and, in particular— 1. Immediately to remove all British pri- soners to a distance of not leas than thirty kilometres behind the firing-lines. 01 2. To afford, proper and humane, treat- ment to the prisoners in occupied territories and elsewhere. 3. To permit representatives of the Netherlands Government forthwith to visit and inspect the occupied territory behind the German lines with a view to ascertain- ing whether the grievances complained of have been redressed 4. To undertake that no British prisoner shall henceforth be employed underground in a salt mine; and 5. To adopt and undertake to carrv out Articles 28 to 59 of the recent Ha|ue Agree- ment, which contain a humane code for the treatment of prisoners of war. The German Government have been noti- fied that, unless within four weeks (being the period of notice stipulated by the- Hague Agreement of 1917) these roquine- ments are accepted and the British Govern- ment are satisfied by the reports of -1 the- nieuttral representatives that the necessary action has boeji taken, the British Govern- ment will take, in concert with their Allies, such measures of reprisal as they may deea> necessary for compelling the German Government to treat the prisoners of war in their hands in accordance with the rules of international law and with the practice of civiliBed nations, and that in any case the British Government will hold Gerntauy re- sponsible for the unlawful and inhuman ,trn.tment of the British prisoners in their hands, and will tako all steps in their power to' ensure that the- persons respon- sible for these outrages shall be punished for their misdeeds. steps -a.re. also being taken for securing- the better treatment of our prisoners in Turkish hands; and instructions hatfe been. given to General Allenby that, in tie event of an armistice being concluded with. Turkey, the immediate and unconditional l return of the British prisoners should be. required. ————- .—————-
I FUR FARMS OF ALASKA.
I FUR FARMS OF ALASKA. l There are ten or twelve fox farms in Alaska. One of thm., situated -in the Tanaua Valley, a niilc- and a half from Fairbanks, consists of ten acres of cleared laud, the greater part of which is covered with pens in which the animals live.. From a distance the fox farm looks like a huge chicken-yard with walls of woven wiye and hencoops of various sizes inside. Each pen is 50ft. leng, 8it. wide, and about 10ft.. high. The wire is of tor.gh st-eel and is sunk about four feet in the ground, and is theij berfc so that it riin6 inward under the ground for about two feet to jfrevent the foxes from digging out. At the top the wire has an overhang- of two feet to prevent the. cajrhvp foxes climbing ovc-r. Each pen has a made of boards like a dog kennel, the ,1- trance to which is a chute or a wodeu ynve a foot square. Onlyoll-2 pair cf ioxpn e in each pen. They are very timid, and hvo to be handled carefully; most of the iV.\ farmers will not allow strangers to ent< •• their property for fear they will fri.htea the animals. The foxes tire fed with 'siilmon, moose, meat, horse meat, rabbits, carrots, turnips. A comqjon feed is' rice raVbits cooked together in a stew.
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Captaila R. Terrell, Grenadier Guards, son of Mr. George Terrell, M.P. for Chip- penham, has been provisionally selected as piospecthre candidate for the division by the South Oxfordshire Unionist. Associa- tion. Lance.-cpl. H. W. Carpenter, Qvv i;? Regiment, recently killed in France, was the headmaster of Upper Abinger S'.hoo!. T. H. Maxwell, a Government slaughter-, ing agent, was- fined £5, at Aber?.r»\ nuy. for cruelty to 70 sheep, ",ithholdihg uod and water from them for four days.
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