A dominant condition of the third year of the war has been the relative decline of tho enemy's numerical power. This relative decline has applied not ...
Article : 1,329 wordsAn official, message states that the Central Advisory Committee on meat, supplies is generally of the opinion that the position resulting in a shortage of fat cattle will improve. Recently, owing to a shortage of feeding stuffs the cattle did not fatten as usual, and large quantities were slaughtered. The ...
Article : 173 wordsThe Peterograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says that one of the Bolshevik organs, the "Ozvestia," has ceased its diatribes against Britain. The Cadets and Social Revolutionaries now bitterly attack the German Imperialists condemning the German oppression of the working classes in ...
Article : 449 wordsThe congestion at the railway ticket offices during the holidays calls forth torrents of abuse from the luckless individuals wedged in the crowd. And ...
Article : 1,439 wordsThe United Press correspondent At Washington states that the Senate is creating a Ministry of Munitions. It will be a Cabinet office. President Wilson, addressing Congress, said. It was their duty to do everything to secure the complete mobilisation of the whole resources of America in the ...
Article : 127 wordsRear-Admiral Fletcher says that the convoy system abroad will be removed as a result of the Antilles investigation. ...
Article : 32 wordsIt is not likely that the Germans will despatch any appreciable number of troops, to the Mesopotamian front because of the length of the line of ...
Article : 1,128 wordsThe Government has decided to undertake building steel ships on an extensive scale of 5000 to 10,000 tons. The existing shipyards will be utilised, and new ones established. Encouragement will be given to steel plants, with the object of Canada producing her own ship plates. ...
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Advertising : 729 wordsA report from British headquarters states that numbers of Germans, who tried to fraternise on the New Year, had a very strenuous reception from the Australians. When the Germans saluted, the lines with. "Hello! Australia! A Happy New Your," the placards were shot to pieces in a ...
Article : 78 wordsSir Thos. Mackenzie, in a letter to the newspapers, contradicts Jameson's charge that no care was taken of New Zealanders in England, but regrets that, he must agree with him regarding the laxity of London street control and the facilities for intemperance and immorality. He says: "I called official ...
Article : 73 wordsA message states that 367 Norwegian ships, amounting to 566,000 tons, have been torpedoed in 1917, Norway now possesses 1669 ships of 1,996,000 tons and is constructing 127 ships of 91,000 tons. Two hundred and fifteen Danish ships, amounting to 223,912 tons, have been sunk and 234 Danes ...
Article : 65 wordsReports from Southern Russia show that the Bolsheviks have entirely failed. The Cossacks and Ukrainians continue to advance. ...
Article : 34 wordsTalant Pacha, the Grand Vizier of Turkey, interviewed at Berlin stated that it was impossible to concede to the Jews in Palestine privileges, which were not enjoyed by other citizens of Turkey. Therefore, an autonomous Jewish State in Palestine was impossible. ...
Article : 63 wordsRadical Republicans and Socialists have issued a stirring manifesto to Russian Republicans, refusing to bellies that they will abandon themselves to the dictates of Prussian militarism and forget their ancient friendships. The manifesto adds: "The actions fo M. Lenin and M. Trotaky sadden us. ...
Article : 91 wordsA message from Amsterdam states that the Kalser's reply to a telegram from the king of Bavaria was: as follows:--"God will aid us this new year, and will know how to break the ill will of our enemies, who cling to a programme of destruction. I am confident that the German people will ...
Article : 90 wordsThe correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" at Petrograd says that the German delegation here admit that they only realised the state of affairs on their arrival. They imagined that the Bolsheviks were the real Government. Wen they found that all the educated Russians and whole territories were ...
Article : 122 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig last night reported Enemy raiders were driven off before reaching our positions eastward of Epehy. Hostile, artillery was more active south-westward and westward of Cambrai, and was also active along the front southward of Lens to Armentieres and the ...
Article : 121 wordsM. Trotsky has addressed a Note to Persia, offering, to withdraw the Russians if Turkey does likewise. [Note--The Cauensian army, which is in Persia does not recognise Trotsky or his Government.] ...
Article : 68 wordsField-Marshal Haig reports that as a result of the local fighting on the Canal du Nord, reported on Friday, our advanced posts pressed back a short distance, and a few men ore missing. ...
Article : 49 wordsThe four Ukrainian delegates, who arrived at Brest-Litovsk declare that they wil follow an independent policy. The German Turkish, and Bulgarian delegates on the way to Brest LItovsk, understood that the negotiations were to do resumed on Saturday January 5. ...
Article : 51 wordsAn official message from Palestine reports a further advance of more than a mile of part of General Allenby's line, to the northward of Jerusalem. A bombing raid was carried, out in the Afulch direction and hits were made on rolling-stock, hangars, and a camp. One machine was shot down. ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Vienna "Reichspost"' states that the Austro-German artillery on the Italian front is no longer superior. The Italians, in two months, have readjusted the balance bringing up enormous numbers of guns of all calibres. They have thousands of guns in the sector between the Asiago Plateau and ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Food Committees in London decided in favor of the individual ration card rather than a household car. Representations to the Food Ministry said that uniformity was of the first importance or compulsory rationing was impossible. Within three months during November and ...
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Advertising : 69 wordsAn Italian official message states that there is considerable artillery activity of the various sectors. The enemy again bombed Treviso and Padua. ...
Article : 39 wordsBesides the Pope's formal protest against the bombing of defenceless towns his Holiness wrote to the Austro-German Emperor charging Karl with a breach of his undertaking to abstain from such attacks. ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Electrical Trade Union whose membership numbers 20,000, threaten to strike at noon on Saturday (yesterday) owing to dissatisfaction with the unequal distribution of Government, war bonuses. The strike would affect, the tram services, munition factories, underground railways, and the ...
Article : 70 wordsAn official message state that the Allies have sunk nearly half the German submarines operating since the outbreak of the war. ...
Article : 28 wordsMr. Grasty of the New York "Times," says that Trotsky's exposure of Germany's duplicity has strengthened the Allied cause, and may have an important bearing on the war by convincing the German people of their leader's perfidy. ...
Article : 72 wordsThere is much uneasiness concerning Mr. Wardle's resignation. Five other officials of the Board of Trade have resigned in a similar manner. ...
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