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London: Heavy fighting has
taken place in the neighborhood
of Ypres, in Flanders, British
troops made progress along the
right bank of the Steenbeck
river, capturing 124 additional
prisoners. A German attack on
the Ypres-Menin road was repell-
ed by the British, in Glencorse
wood. Much artillery fighting is
reported. The loss or damaging
of sixteen German machines, with
the apparent loss of twelve Brit-
ish planes, is announced.

Arthur Henderson, who favors
British representation at the con-
ference at Stockholm, has resign-
ed. Lloyd George has practically
charged the minister with -bad
faith and duplicity towards his
colleagues. - Henderson will ex-
plain his position before the
house.

The Seamen’s Union threatens
to prevent ships from _ Sailing
with British delegates to the
Stockholm conference, ,

Copenhagen: “Peter Wright,
director of the British Seamen’s
and Firemen’s Union, who has
been devoting his time in the
Seandinavian countries studying
conditions underlying the Sthek-
helm conference, tald the As-
sociated Press that he was firmly
convineed that the conference
was wholly a,German scheme,

Petrograd: An Austro-German
attempt to break the Russian
line near Zerkov, in ‘northeastern
Galicia, met defeat, Elsewhere
on the front there was but little
activity, except in Roumania.
In the upper Bopra valley the

Russians were driven back very

slightly, .

Southwest of Ocna, in Rou-
mania, stubborn fighting took
place, Roumanians being force
to retire somewhat,

M. Savinkeff, commanding the
southwest front, has been ap-
pointed to command the Russian
western front,

Paris: The French recaptured
fround previously taken by the
Germans in the St. Quentin re-
gion, and also captured important
trenches that the crown prince
won recently south of Ailles, on
the Aisne front.

Billy Sunday may soon visit
the western front.

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London: ‘Stormy weather in
the Flanders has prevented the
use of large infantry forces, but
the artillery fighting eontinues
unabated. German batteries are
particularly active in the Ypres
sector, where they are shelling
the positions recently won by the
British around Westhek, -The
aifmen of both ‘sides are out in
force, despite the rain,
| Heavy battles are raging -in
Moldavia, and the'scene of most
interest. on the eastern front has
apparently shifted, Many pris-
oners are reported captured on
both sides. ‘Teutonic pressure is

strongest on the Roumanian
front. sf :

No psissports to the Stockholm

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coriference will be issued'!by,the
-{Included in the restoration pio-

fe,

nations of the-Entente,- .

According to reports, Jellicce
~ will ‘soon retire and Admiral Sir
David. Beatiy. will ‘beeime, first

a ‘Sea “lord,
, a squadron of twenty Germaa |

_THE MINER WAR BULLETINS:

© |airplanes made another Sunday
raid over the southeast coast of

‘Hingland. Twenty-three persons

were killed at Southend. British
aircraft drove the invaders off
and destroyed two Hun planes.

The government. is nearing a| ‘
crisis over the Stockholm peace
conference trouble, and a general

: election may result. ,

Rome: The Austrians are now
hurrying reinforcements to the
Carso front in anticipation of .q
strong Italian attack,’ Italian
airplanes are extremely active on
the Carso and other fronts.

Ottawa: A whole, new Cana-
dian army will be mobilized be-
fore the end of the year, ‘The
first eall to the colors for 100;000
recruits will be made early in
September.

Cairo: The Turks are planning
to loot the Holy City. The situ-
ation in Palestine is most serious
since the war broke out. ‘he
eneiny is embarking on a_ policy
of pillaging; to leave the country
bare,

New York: Forbes Robertson,
the famous English actor, who
has just arrived from England,
says there is plenty of food in
Britain, and there is no danger
of Starvation. He asserts that
the war has benefited the people
by causing the free distribution
of wealth.
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London: Few changes on the
battlefronts are reported. In
France and Belgium sharp local
engagements have deeurred, and
German raiding parties in the
Champagne were repulsed. In
Tlanders both the Anglo-French
and Teutonic forces. apparently
are resting in preparation for
further infantry Activity,

Germans were again ‘pulsed
along the Aisne front,,

A British destroyer was sunk
by a mine in: the North Sea:
Forty-six of the erew were saved.

It is officially stated that the
numbet of lives lost on British
merchant vessels from Augutt 4,
1914, toJune 30, 1917, were 8828
passengers and 6920 officers and
seamert, -

China’ has declared war on
Austro-Hungary and Germany.

Premier Kerensky of Russia
says be has not long to live,
heredity and disease numbering
his days. He is anxious to hast-
en the work of liberating Russia| :
before departing. “A peace now
would make us vagsals of the
Kaiser,’' he said, “twhich would |
be worse than being vassals of'a
Russian emperor.?’

An executive committee of the,
labor party, has decided to stand
behind Henderson, who will be
succeeded in the cabinet. by Geo.
M. Barnes,. a former locomative
engineer, .

» Rome :.. Rope Benedict has |.

jesued another Peace proposal,

including reduction of armaments |:

and freedam of the ‘seas and Entente. at. daybreak bean“ an-|”

international arbitration. The
Pope declares that. the injuries
+o: all ‘belligerents’ ‘are 80 gpgat
there {is no thought ‘of. ‘reparation.
exeept the return. of territory,

‘posals are the return to Germany
of her colonies and the complete
restoration fot Belgium, . Serbia;
and Roumania, '

"Pettograd: . There j AN deviaé

improvement in the morale of the
Russian infantry,  Hosiat is the
‘center of the Austro-German of-
fensive, Our artillery and the
British. armored cars cledred the
east hank of the Zborez. Our
failure to stop the foe’s advance
on the Carpathian and Rouman-
ian front continues to arouse,
anxiety,

Zurich: Austrian 1 newspapers
are jubilant over the vote of the
British labor party to send dele-|,
gates to the Stockholm confer-
ence and over the resignation of
Henderson.

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London: . Peace proposals fail
press opinion. being generally
hostile-to the plans laid down by
the Pope. The Times declares
they are totally-inadmissable by
the Allies, whose terms are known
already, The Morning Post says
the proposals were instigated by
Germany, The Daily Mail dis-

. | misses them as impossible, as a

status quo ante settlement would
leave Germany the victor. The
efforts of the Pope are bound to
have effect. The Austrian court
has been in constant touch with
the Vatieah, Holland heavs that.
Germany. will make no move until
Detober, The internal situation
there is steadily growing worse.

- Capturing the first line of Ger-
man trenches on the outskirts -of
Lens, the British today are elos-
ing tightly on the famous-coal’
city. The Anglo-French forces
have resumed. their attack in,
Flanders,

Paris: The French attacked in
Belgium last night and made a

of the Dixmude road. Germans

directed a heavy artillery fire on
the French lines along the Aisne
front between Hurtehoise and
Cracnne. On the. Verdun front
enemy attacks were repulsed.

Petrograd: The battle of Put-
na forms the most? stubbornly
contested of all operations on the
Roumanian front. Nine enemy
divisions have been shattered be-
fore the line. Mass attacks have
continued without interruption
for four days and nights,

‘Washington: The ‘preat war
must go on until Germany’ is
willing -to talk repatation, TOS,
toration and guarantees. The
U.S. stands With the Allies-in the
determination to fight! until their
objectives are secured,

_ American. troops were review-
edi in London yebterday by King
George and. Ambassador Page.
Great crowds ined, the Streets,

London: “Wecare. figh ting for.

democracy over aggression,” de-
elared Lloyd Gear ee, whose ntter-

reply to the Pope’ 8, plat. -

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aes at the hospital at Bath.

‘Kaiser chooses, for when the
;German fleet comes out, it will

to meet with’any favor, London |

considerable advancein theregion f

but» ane: ‘think, . the victory of!

ance is regarded as an informal:

The Canadians still hold the) - Petrograd: A counter revolu- Y
positions dominating Lens. .|tionarysplot, having as its object
These meager facts represent|the restoration of the Czar to the
the total newsfrom the zone of throne, has. been discovered and 7

; ; seotched, It is believed the for-
the new offensive.

mer czar and family are now en =;
“According to the Daily News, "

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some wounded American soldiers Berlin: The refusal of the” _.
from the western front have! Entente powers to -grant pass- (. q

port’s to the delegates to _the_
Stockholm conference shows that
‘England and America are deter-

‘ing into British naval strateg’y, me pon “pation “and her

and says in time the enemy will allies, ~~
be worn down, even under the . —— 1
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Paris: The French troops im
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on both sides of the road between
Steenstraete-and Dixmude, cap-
tured all objectives. ‘The French
made an attack on the Aisne and
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front of 1 kilometer. Four Ger-
man counter- -attacks were re-
pulsed,

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