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THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1917

THE MINER WAR NEWS SUMMARY enemy from consolidating, Thelon the horizon, The decks are| Melbourne: The latest figures
, side : battles continue day and night, |jow, and in the danger zone hard |in. the referendum , are “870,000
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MONDAY, DEC. a with pest wetke sommpaes despite terrible hardships, t coal is burned, leaving no tellin g|for and. 1,050,000 against -con--
Hannnnnitans wus! No news from the west front. ort. are’ ig nothing special to ree trail of smoke, _|seription, including the first re- -
‘London: According toa des-| Amsterdam: ThefourTeutonic| Russian-German peace negotia-| Geneva: The German emperor | 2°98 from. the Australian military

patch from Amsterdam, forty
million ‘Germans are starving.

‘Lloyd George’s emphatic dis-
claimer that Britain had selfish
aims of extending her territory
through the war has ‘brought al-
most universal approval from the
London press.

The lull on the British front
continues, German raids at sev-
eral points being the only activ-
ity reported,

_ Continuing their irresistible
counter-attacks between the Piave
and Brenta the Italians have
‘retaken from the enemy a con-
siderable portion of the ground
lost on Tuesday in the region of
Monte Asalone,

Paris: The two artilleries are
are active in the sector uf Chen-
ay, northwest of Rheims, on the
tight bank of the Meuse and in
upper Alsace in the regions of
‘Thur and Doller.

A .resolution has been adopted
by the chamber of deputies de-
‘priving ex-premier Caillaux of
parliamentary immunity in the
accusations made arainst him ‘for
alleged treasonable dealings with
the enemy. The vote was 407-2,
Caillaux, in a statement before
the chamber, denied that he ever
tried to get into touch with the
enemy oc had relationship with
Bole Pasha, and charges that he
is the object of a conspiracy to
persecute him,

Rome: M. Laprestra, who is
connected with the Caillaux case,
is said to be an American. The
Osservatore Romano, the organ
of the Vatican, states that he is
entirely unknown at the Vatican,
but is a man of prominence,
having American banking con-
nections and having subscribed
1,000,000,000 lire to the Italian
war loan. The newspaper says
he is now in New York.

Melbourne The majority
against conscription now stands
at 178,000.

Washington: Admiral Capps
is alleged to have been respon-.
sible for the delay of two months
in shipbuilding, having refuged
to close contracts with Goethals,
“according to testimony given in
the senate invéstigation. The
inability to get pine in. the east
will lead to the transference of
contraets to the Pacific coast.

Ottawa: An order-in-eouncil
has been passed prohibiting the
importation into Canada of. all’
intoxicating liquors, except for
medical and sacramental pur-
poses. The order is designed as
a first step towards total prohibi-
tion, The manufacture of whis-
key has already been prohibited
by the recent order in connection
with food conservation. The new
-order will also prevent the send-
ing of money out of Canada for
liquor, No liquor: may be im-
ported after today. After Apzil
1,. 1918, the shipment of. liquor
into “a province which has a pro-
hibition law will be a criminal
offence.
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London: There ig: 8 big. falling
off in the, casualty.’ lista, the

tration, . the Austro - Germans
| stormed’ two dominating heights
at the head. of the: ‘Frenzela’-val-
‘ley, taking 9, 000 prisoners,
lin:~ announced . today,

allies have agreed to reply jointly
to the Russian peace proposals,
The reply will be delivered today.

The explosion which occurred
recently in the Krupp works had
its origin in a building where
thousands were employed. One
building was partially wrecked,
but no lives were lost,

Venice: Venice remains com-

paratively undisturbed by the
recent renewal. of enemy press-

ure on the lower Piave, nearest
to Veniee, where his line is but
twelve miles.ecast of the city.
No shells have fallen anywhere
near the city, and it is believed
the Pope has intervened in some
way by which the Austrians will
not shell Venice. Custodians of
art treasures here have consider-
ed it advisable, however,to move
a large number of paintings and
statues stored in the city.

Rome: In a succession of
brilliant attacks throughout the
week-end, the Italians succeeded
in“dislodging the enemy from a
great part of Monte Asalone,
driving him back two-thirds of a
mile on a three-mile front. The
enemy’s occupation of Asalone
was regarded as a~serious’ men-
ace, because it gave him partial

leading tothe plain and Bassano,

Melbourne: Australia is op-
hosed to conscription, the latest
returns giving a majority. of
175,000 against the measiie,.
without the soldiers” vote,

New York: The discontinuance
of the manufacture of rifles for
Russia by the Westinghouse Elec-
tric & Mfg. Co. has been ovder-
ed by the British government, ag
they are not now: required,

* Halifax: The disaster’ ‘death
list is growing. The estimated |
dead are 1500, of which: number
over 1100 bodies have been re:
covered,

San Francisco: Federal offi-
cials have announced. the arrest
on a_ presidential warrant’ of
France Shulenburg, alleged to” ba
one of the cleverest ‘and: most
dangerous German spies operat-
ing on the Pacific coast. Ac-
cording to army officers he plan-
ned ‘to destroy the. government
docks and‘ shipping in most of
the coast ports. ~

Winnipeg: Entalling the loss
of $250,000, a large terminal
elevator of the Northern Elevator
Co. at St. Boniface,. containing | -
80,000 bushels of wheat, hag been
completely destroyed by fire. -

Montreal: Sir-George Garneau
is ageinst rupture at present, and
says the only thing. Quebec can
do now is to conferm to the will
of the majority.

- There. are 16,000 exemption
appeals-to be considered in. this
city, Patore th the twelve Judges,

Teyererrr

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London: Tn their prodigious
pew: offensive on the Asiago plat-|
‘eau, which operied: ‘on “Sunday.
with a terrific artillery. ¢oncen-

Bere

-“Tast week, /uumbering; ‘14,9 8, .8

Italian’ -eounter-attacks ce p, the |:

control of the San Lorenizo valley |.

any:

tions have been suspended. ‘The
German delegates expressed a
desire to confer with their gov-
ernment and left for Berlin.
The Russians: left Litovsk for
Petrograd,

under the new policy, British
airplanes bombed Mannheim, with
marked success, Many fires were
started in the big manufacturing
town on the Rhine, upon which a
ton of bombs was dropped. Orie
machine was- forced to descend.
The Rhenish city was one of the
big supply bases for the western
front,

Buzo and Montevabella is now in
progress. Despite violent Italian
attacks, the enemy, at a fearful
cost, still held on to the .two-
thirds - mile gain achieved on
Monday, . The enemy’s advance
was made possible by an immense
concentration of artillery of -all
kinds, which smashed the Italian
lines,
Around Monte Grappa the. en-
emy tried to attack, buat failed.
On the lower Piave the Austrians
vainly endeavored to fraternize,
and were. answered by Italian
machine-gun fire. -

Petrograd: Ensign Krylenko,
commander-in- chief, has reported
to: the Bolsheviki that the Ger-
mans are transferring troops in
very large numbers to- the west
front, Trotsky has ealled atten-
tion to this breach of armistice
‘terms to the peace delegation,

Stockholm: The Boisheviki sees
its power waning, One minister
frankly admits the government
will be overthrown, but flatly de-
nies that Germany is -financing| |
its operations, as the Russian
government. is printing. all the!.
money it needs, Levine may flee,
The manufacture of all’ muni-
tions of wat in Rusaia will cease,

London:

Labor’ 8 expected. de-

before Britain today, The gov-
ment - has indicated its intention

not abandon their safeguarda
against drafting without making
a -counter-bargain,

San Francisco:
cials are seeking a mysterious
woman known ag. “H’’, said to
have’ directed the activities of
Franz Schulenburg, who had plans
for blowing up bridges in Cana-|
da, and.who sought to establish
& Hindu. colony’ near the B,C.
benndary.

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| Baltimore: -The first of Edis-

son’s “invisible Ships”’ -reached.
anchor here - ‘today. . When the}
vessel. enters © waterg’ infested-|
with U-boats: the masts are low-
ered to the deck ‘so that . they f
extend along eac| e, near: ‘the! E
tail, The funnel re
reaks left. inthe. to

As the initial attack of reprisal

Rome: Pierce fighting between |-~

mands when its leaders meet]
Lloyd George, Geddes and others}:
on Friday is the biggest question|:

of asking further, concessions of|]
British’ unionism. permitting the; 4
rfovernment to make heavy drafts
for the army from Labor's ranks. | 3
The Laborites are expected tol!
accede to.such a request, but will |’

American offi- | €

and his staff, returning from the
Verdun front, had a narrow es-
cape during the reprisal raid on
Mannheim on Christmas eve by
a British air squadron, ~”
Rome: Eleven Austro-German
airplanes were destroyed by Brit-
ish and Italian forces in a big air
battle, when the Teutons made-an

only the Allies now stand in the
way of peace, _. The peace terms
announced yesterday by Count
Czernin, the Austro‘Hungarian
premier, to the Brest’ Litovsk

powers to apparent adherence to

and no indemnities, but only on
condition that Engldid and her
allies apree to the same. policy,

The younger strategists of the
navy will now have their. chance..
Jellicoe, who has resigned as first}

| sea lord at the admiralty, will be

made apeer. He will’ be sue-
ceeded by Vice-Admiral "Wemyss.
Further changes are predicted.

Hostile artillery fighting north

Haig reported yesterday,

More than 800, members of the
German‘ Sociglist party werg ar-
rested on Christmas eve by’ the
military authorities, = Ws
Eleven vessels ‘over 1600 tons
and only. .one of less ‘torinage

submarines. :

Petrograd: The Germiins are
said: to have been’ givén 48 ‘hours
in which to decide whether they
want peace FC) drawn up by Rus-.
sia,

Russia

unsuccessful attempt to bombard | #.
Treviso, 18 miles north of Venice. | 4

the people, with ‘no annexations:!

were sunk last; week by ‘German q

London: Germany is trying to | +
persuade the Russian people that |;

and east of Ypres was all that! -

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“Take it or leave it’, says :

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forces, which are announced offi- |
cially ag being 17,000" for and ;

23,000 against conseription.
Ottawa: About 20,000 young

Canadians affected by the mili-~

tary service act will report for

duty at the different military.
headquarters on | Thursday next.

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