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  2. "TITANIG PITCHED BATTLE."

    Mr. Lincoln Eyre, the Paris correspondent of the "New York World," says that Germany is preparing to stake her existence as a military Power on a titanic ...

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  3. STILL FORCING BACK THE GERMANS.

    A French communique issued this morning states: A violent enemy attack was made on our positions in the village of Artemps, north ...

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  4. RUSSIAN PUBLIC WARNED.

    The Ministry for War is not oblivious of the possible reason for Marshal von Hindenburg's retreat on the West Front. The Ministry has warned the public to ...

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  5. AMERICA AND GERMANY.

    The Cabinet discussed the President's proposed message to be delivered to Congress when it meets on April 2. It is understood its basis will be adequate ...

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  6. INDIA'S LOYALTY.

    The final meeting of the Legislative Council for the purpose of discussing the Budget has been held. The tone of the speeches by Indian members comprised the ...

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  7. SINKING OF THE HEALDTON.

    In connection with the torpedoing of the Healdton, an American oil tank vessel, bound for Rottetdam, the captain states that ...

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  8. POSITION IN RUSSIA.

    The Russian Government, in a proclamation issued on Thursday, states that the whole of Russia, including Finland, the Caucasus, Turkestan, and ...

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  9. BRITAIN'S FOOD SHORTAGE.

    In the House of Commons Mr. H. A. Watt urged that owing to submarines having rendered the food position se[?]s, the Government should take over entire ...

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  10. RUSSIAN FRONTS.

    A wireless Press message received by the Admiralty contains the following Russian communique: In the direction, of Lida our counter-attacks regained the ...

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  11. NEW GENERALISSIMO.

    It is believed that all the Grand Dukes will resign then military posts in order not to embarrass the Government. The Grand Duke Cyril has farewelled the ...

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  12. SITUATION TENSE.

    Mr. Baker (Secretary for War) interviewed said: "The international situation is tense. Although the country's policy must be determined by Congress, huge ...

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  13. BELGIAN RELIEF WORK.

    The State Department announces that it has instructed Mr. Whi[?]lock (its representative in Belgium), and also all the American Diplomatic and Consular ...

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  14. A GERMAN CLAIM.

    A German official wireless message in torcepted by the Admiralty states:— We stormed and took Russian positions between the Solcomtar and Czobanos ...

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  15. ASSISTANCE TO STAMP OUT SUBMARINES.

    The consensus of opinion of the members of the United States Cabinet is that America should not supply military forces for co-operation with the Allied ...

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  16. OUTRAGE AND PILLAGE.

    The Germans pillaged and ignited many Roumanian villages, and parts of the towns of Kalarasch, Djurdjino, and Orsovo. Children were murdered, women ...

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  17. THE WORK OF REORGANISATION

    The correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle " at Petrograd states that reorganisation is being speeded up with the utmost earnestness. The idea is ...

    Article : 154 words
  18. FIGHTING IN ROUMANIA.

    The Russian communique was contained in the following wireless message received by the Admiralty:—We drove out the enemy from stations at Vadeni, in the ...

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  19. KAISER'S "EXTRAORDINARY JOY."

    A German official report states that the Kaiser has forwarded the following letter to the King of Bavaria: "We owe the brilliant carrying out of the great ...

    Article : 133 words
  20. NEAR MONASTIR.

    A report from Saloniea states that the enemy has been reinforced on the Monastir front, and strongly counter-attacked the positions he had lost north-west of ...

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  21. SHORTAGE OF WEAPONS.

    The shortage of ammunition and rifles in the United States is serious. Factories which have been idle for years are being refur[?]ished. ...

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  22. THE RAIDER MOEW[?]

    The Admiralty announces that information circulated by a German wireless Press message states that, in addition to the ships sunk or captured by the raider ...

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  23. "A MIGHTY IMPETUS FORWARD."

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "New York World" interviewed M. Rodzianko, who said:—"The Russian Government is now in the hands of the ...

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  24. HANDLING MEAT.

    The Government has appointed Lord Devonport (Food Controller), Mr. R. E. Prothero (President of the Board of Agriculture), General Atkins, and Sir Thomas ...

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  25. BEYOND BAGDAD.

    A wireless Press message received by the Admiralty contains the following Russian communique:—We dislodged the Turks from positions near Charezia, and ...

    Article : 94 words
  26. MAKING THE BEST OF IT.

    The German newspapers are bolstering up the sixth war loan, eulogising the retreat from the Somme and Ancre as a great strategical move, while among the ...

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  27. VOLUNTEER ARMY

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Herald" states that the Council of National Defence, in co-operation with the War Department, is ...

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  28. ALLIES' SUPERIORITY.

    Mr. Joseph M'Cabe, interviewed by the "New York Times," said it was humanitarian to loathe war, but the mailed fist must meet something harder ...

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  29. AMERICAN NAVY.

    In view of the serious shortage of personnel, the Navy Department has recalled all available retired officers to the service. Thousands of sailors are lacking. ...

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  30. FRENCH BATTLESHIP SUNK.

    A Paris message states that a French Dreadnought has been sunk in the Mediterranean Sea. PARIS, Friday. ...

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  31. RASPUTIN'S REMAINS.

    The remains of the Monk Rasputin have been discovered at Tsarskoe-Selo. The legend that the body had been sent to Siberia was therefore a myth. The ...

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  32. WHEAT GROWING.

    The Departmental Committee of Food Prices recommends, as a suggestion, that India should stimulate wheat growing. Britain guaranteeing a price, and that ...

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  33. WHAT "KULTUR" MEANS.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, in a vivid picture of the [?]ekage of French chateaux, states that in one case the tabernacle was flung down in the chapel, the priest's ...

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  34. PRESS CENSORSHIP.

    Mr. Daniels has introduced a modified Press censorship. ...

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  35. REPUBLICAN LEANING.

    The Constitutional Democratic Party of which M. Milinkoff is leader, has voted in favour of a Republican form of Government. ...

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  36. PRICE OF POTATOES.

    At Stepney a woman was fined £1 for paying more than the official price of 1½d. per lb. for potatoes. The salesman, was fined 10/. Persons at Cardiff ...

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  37. COUNTERACTING EXTREMISTS' INFLUENCE.

    The "New ork Times" correspondent at Petrograd states that the War Office is drafting a freer system of army discipline, resembling that of the French. It ...

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  38. PRICE OF BEER RAISED.

    Brewers have raised the wholesale price of beer by 50 per cent. ...

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  39. LOYAL RUSSIAN SOCIALISTS.

    The Berne correspondent of the "Observer" says that several German agents, including two prominent Socialists, during the past week approached Russian ...

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  40. THE NAVY EULOGISED.

    0peaking at the Mansion House, Sir Edward Carson, on behalf of the Admiralty, said that they had received a portrait of Jack Cornwell. He said that ...

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  41. THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.

    The Rome correspondent of the New York "World" states that Italian strategists foresee that a very heavy German offensive will be launched towards Italy ...

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  42. ENGINEERING STRIKES IN ENGLAND.

    The Press Bureau states that Mr. J. Hodge (Minister for Labour), with representatives of the Ministry of Munitions and the Admiralty Shipyard Labour ...

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  43. NOISY PEACE MEETING.

    The Emergency Peace Federation held a meeting in Madison Square Garden. Several disturbances and three free fights took place. There were many ...

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  44. PRICE OF BREAD.

    The bakers have fixed the price of the 4lb. loaf at 1/ from next Monday. ...

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  45. SOLDIERS AT FOOTBALL.

    The Army Service boat the Australians from Salisbury Camp, at Rugby football, by 14 points to 12. The winners scored four tries, converting one. ...

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  46. DURATION OF THE WAR.

    Herr Helfferich, German Minister of the Interior, privately told the Ministerialists that the 1917 harvest was very bad, but that the war would be decided ...

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  47. INSURANCE AGAINST BOMBARDMENTS.

    Insurances totalling 10,000,000 dollars (£2,000,000) have been placed at Llyod's against damage to buildings by aircraft or naval bombardments in the event of ...

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  48. HOME-GROWN FOOD SUPPLIES.

    Lord Selborne's committee to increase home-grown food supplies has issued an interim report, but it is already largely out of date in view of Mr. Llyod George's ...

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  49. TURKEY AND GERMANY.

    An official message from Be[?]in states that Enver Pasha, commander of the Turkish Army, has arrived at German headquarters, and conferred with the ...

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  50. A TIMELY WARNING.

    The Grand Duke Nicholas, who was Commander-in-Chief, has issued a cordial farewell to the troops and inhabitants of the Caucasus. He appeals for unity, in ...

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  51. GERMANS IN MEXICO.

    Officers of the Norwegian steamer Vera report that thousands of Germans are entering Mexico with the object of waging war on the United States in the event of ...

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  52. IRISH QUESTION.

    The Manchester "Guardian" understands that the Government's solution of th[?] Irish question contemplates the applying of the Home Rule Act, with ...

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  53. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    Only Government wools were offered Competition was keen, and there was a good selection of merinos, and prices hardened. All crossbreds were ...

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  54. WITH THE BRITISH.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a report issued this evening, states:—Our patrols encountered detachments of some strength at a number of points ...

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  55. GERMAN SHIPS DAMAGED.

    The "New York Sun" says that the German vessel Vaterland has had its machinery damaged beyond repair. Other German ships have been so damaged that ...

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  56. GERMAN PLOT.

    The British steamer British Transport, which arrived from Archangel recently, reports that two steamers were blown up there, killing 1500 persons. Presumably ...

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  57. COMFORTS FOR AUSTRALIANS.

    During the recent severe weather the Australian Red Cross representatives in France made special efforts to am[?]liorate the conditions by supplying men with ...

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  58. GERMANY EXPECTS WAR IN A FEW DAYS.

    "Le Matin's" Zurich correspondent says that the "Berliner Tageblatt" states that in a few days the American Government's formal declaration of war will resolve the ...

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  59. IN THE AEGEAN.

    A German official wireless Press message picked up by the Admiralty states: Our airship successfully dropped bombs on English establishments near Mudros (on ...

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  60. MISERY IN GERMANY.

    Herr Ku[?]rt, the Socialist, speaking in the Reichstag, drew a vivid picture of the people's misery. Child mortality and victims of consumption were increasing. ...

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  61. SUBMARINED DUTCH SHIPS.

    The Dutch Government, has refused Germany's offer of compensation for the seven Dutch ships which were torpedoed by German submarines. ...

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  62. SECURITIES. JEWELLERY, AND CASH STOLEN.

    On the eve of departing from Noyon the Germans visited the banks, and ordered that the private safes should be opened. They seized securities, jewellery, ...

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  63. WHEAT MARKET.

    There was no wheat offered to-day. NEW YOUK, Friday. The quotations in Chicago for May wheat options are from 191 to 187 cents ...

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  64. PRUSSIAN TREATY OF 1799.

    America has notified Germany that she declines to reconstru[?] the Prussian Treaty of 1799, as requested by Germany. ...

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  65. SUPPRESSING SPIES.

    Regarding the Ministry of War's warning concerning rampant espionage many spies and abottors of spies have already been caught, and now General Sukhomlinoff's ...

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  66. THREATS OF REPRISALS.

    Despite Anglo-French warning Germany enforces threats of reprisals on a large number of prisoners sent to the war zone. The International Red Cross ...

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  67. THE LIQUOR TRADE.

    The Parliamentary writer of the "Daily Chronicle" says that there is anxiety among the brewers at the prospect of immediate Government action in ...

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  68. IMPERIAL WAR CABINET.

    All the delegates attended a prolonged third meeting of the Imperial War Cabinet at Mr. Lloyd George's residence. Mr. Walter Long (Colonial Under ...

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  69. FRENCH CIVILIANS FORCED TO DIG TRENCHES.

    Mrr. Sim[?]s, correspondent of the United Press on the British front, states that the Germans drove off women and girls before devastating the countryside. An ...

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  70. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS.

    The Bank of England returns for the week ended yesterday are set out in the following table, which for the purposes of comparison shows the returns for the ...

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  71. GERMANY'S FOOD SUPPLY.

    In view of the stocks of corn in Germany being lower than was expected, the weekly bread ration has been decreased by one-quarter. The allowance of ...

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  72. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOAN.

    It is stated that £1,400,000 of the South Australian loan at 97 was quickly underwritten. Stock is redeemable in 1922-27. It replaces the 4 per cent, stock bonds ...

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  73. GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF FINLAND.

    M. Dakovitch, a member of the Duma, has been appointed Governor-General over Finland. ...

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  74. POSITION IN GERMANY.

    American correspondents at Berlin say there is no truth in the reports regarding a German revolution. German officials, state that the report is ridiculous. ...

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  75. REVOLUTION OF 1863 RECALLED.

    The Polish troops participated in a review at Kieff, and carried the colours of the 1863 revolution. ...

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  76. GERMAN COINAGE.

    The German Federal Council has resolved in favour of minting 10 [?]fennigs (one penny) coins of zinc. ...

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