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THE ones ‘MINER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER. 22 4y1T

THE MINER WAR NEWS SUMMARY,

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MONDAY, DEC. 17

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London: The Italian front re-
“mains the only major field of
military operations in which there’
is more than local-infantry activ-

_ ity. The Italian line, though
almost ceaselessly assailed i in the,

mountain. regions, is still intact,

and is holding well, except for
& small recession here and there,
forced at the cost of extremely
heavy casualties upon the part of
the Austro- Germans. © Berlin
claims the taking of over 8,000
prisoners in the past few days,
and the repulse of Ttalian coun:
ter-attaeks.

The Franeco-Belgian front is
inactive, except for local fight
ing mostly*due ta German thrusts
hefe and there, delivered with
the seeming intention of keeping
the Anglo-Frencti commanders
guessing as to the enemy's in-
tentions,

In-Palestine the British have
scored another success nor theast
of Jerusalem.

The escape of the former Czar
was reported by the Bolsheviki,
which statement, though later
denied, has aronsed considerable
speculation, It is rumored that
the retdrn of the Czar is planned |.
by the Bolsheviki, who will take
this course when established, a&
cording to correspondents.

The army votes give the Bol-
shevili a big majority.
Berlin: _ The protocol commis-
gion which will ratify the armis-
tice between Germany and Rus-
sia is now sitting, At Satur=
day's session a full conference of
representatives agreed as to the
drafting of the armistice terms.

Washington: The government
willsupplement the making. of
explosives at.its plants. -

. Charges. made ‘by President
- Spreckles of the: Federal Sugar
- Refining Co. before the senate
_ investigating eémmittee that the
food administration is responsible

fur the sugnr shortage drew from

food éontroller Hoover a vigorous
attack ‘on Spreckles. Hoover
suys that Spreckles wauld like to
see the food administration des-
-troyed, and though Spreckles’
balance shéet may not look so
ood, others were sacrificing more
than money. Boos
The.U.S. war council has been |.

appointed and - consists of the}.

’ secretary: of war, the assistant
war secretary, the chief of: staff,
‘and Generals Sharpe, Weaver,
Crozier and Crowder,. Col; House
has returned from Europe. ~
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London: .
vancing on the sacred places in
_ Palestine, but are handicapped by
. their refusal to use their artillery:

The Turks fight stubbornly to

the last machine gun, .
‘One: British and’ five neutral

“merchantmen and’ one. ‘British

destroyer” and four mine sweep-

ers were sunk in: the - North ‘Sea
Ton

‘by German. naval forces.
nage lost approximates § 8, 000. -

_ _An explosion occurred. at ‘the
a zeppelin’ “works - at: ‘Prederichs:.

z= haven resulting: fu the death , of |.

The British are ad-'

ar fist. Hiding.to a'fall. .
ond Pétrograd: “garrison, :

er conflict ever known, ~ ” Attilla
and his original Huns, centuries
ago, reached exactly the same
spot between the Piave-and ‘Sile
rivers that the modern Hun has
reached today. “The enemy. who
attacked from-San Marino was
‘driven back in disorder,

Geneva: ° Prof, Wrangell, the
well-known German pacifist, says
he sees that Wilson, Lloyd George
and Clemenceai are: right, that
there can be no durable peace in
‘Europe until Germany, especially
Prussian militarism, are crushed,
This verdict should be a shock to
the ~ German authorities, with
whom Wrengell has beén,on ex-
cellent terms since the beginniniz
of the war, |

The Bolsheviki forées. have
been defeated by Ukraniang, and
sailors from tha Black Sea fleet
aided in repelling the Maximal-
ists’ attack. |

Trotsky insists that no transfer
of troops be made, and armistice
nagotiations are almost threaten-
ed with failure at this point. The
foreizn ‘thinister says Russia will
not aid Imperialism.

Stockholm: Scheidemann, the
German socialist leader, is here
today conferring with Orlovsky,
the Bolsheviki minister, on peace
between Russia and Germany,
Séheidemann, who is clothed with
full powers trom his. masters in
Beriin, has for four monts tried

.|to arrange the meeting, and- will

not diseuss his progress,

- London :. Newspapers here
forecast that the Allies will have
to recognize the de facto govern-
ment of Russia in’ order “to pre-
vent ltussia. from passing under
the political and economical heel
of Germany.

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London: “Phe. successful at-
tack by German warships on the].

‘eonvoy in the North Sea, result-

ing in thé sinking of 11 vessels,
added to by the raid off the Tyne
last Wednesday by German war-
ships, is expected to cause a re-
vival of serious criticism . of the
admiralty,’

There is nothing of special in-
terest to report from the west
front ‘beyond the usual artillery
activity.

* "Our way in ‘the west is clear, a
said the German-cliancellor, who
is trying to play Wilson's game,

+An effort by him to separate the]:

British people from Lloyd George
has been made apparent,, Vy

Paris: ‘Artillery: ig active along
the Rhone-hine eanaly

The: official German statement
announcing the capture of Ani:
erican forces on Nov, 3 near the!
Rhone: Rhiné canal‘is contradict.
ed by the Paris war office state-
ment ofthat day, whith said the
only ‘activity. reported : wus’ the
repulse of German: raids’ south: of
Givencourt, oi

Copenhagen: “Kerensky” has
appeared near: Petrograd’ ‘at the].
head of several thousand trodps.,| ¢
The: Bolsheviki has ‘sent armed [+i
forces. to ineet ‘hia t newest Pour
ter-revolution.: ,

- Stoclcholin: “the: Bolshevik i

._ Hven: the] §

“ tying to coax ‘the old revolution-

ary leaders to their side, No.
torious police agents of the old
regime are in Lenine’ s employ.

“Buenos Aires: ~AD committee
of notable citizens have addpted
a formal resolution. urging Ar-
gentina to declare war ron’ Ger-
many,) * 7, a.

Ottawa: 50. élean eut was ; the
Unionist victory on Monday that
it is estimated that the ‘govern-

counted, it is believed there will
be not more than six Laurier
supporters west of the Ottawa
river. . Of the ten Ontario seats
which went to Laurier all but one
can be accounted for by French-
Canadian or German: influence,
InNew Brunswiek the division
was on racial lines, the. French-

and when the! soldier vote is: ‘

Canadian ridings going Laurier |;

Union,
lose their deposits, A record
Inajority was made for Sir George
Foster iv North ‘Toronto, who de-
rented his opponent, by 15, 000.

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‘THURSDAY, Dec. 2

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London? | A German raiding

sqdadron of from 1% to 20 mach-|

ines dropped bombs over. Kent;
Hissex and London last night,
One, possibly two, of the raiders
were accounted -for by ’ British
aircraft. Ten. were “killed and
70 injuired, ,

The British have captured ter-|.,
ritory southeast of . Jerusalem,
with 117 Turks,

The sucewss ful bombing by the
French naval airerdft of Rngel-
airdrome, behind the, German
lines in Fianders is aunouneed,

The serious vidw that is. enter
tained here of the’ Buecésslul Ger-

jman doubli: attaelk on shipping in

the North Sea is reflected by. the
“preat: prominence. ‘given io the
incident in the morning papers. .

General Sarrail, conimander of
the Allied armies yat-Salaniki, has
been recalled, anid is succeeded
by General Guilleniet;

Balfour has arinonneed that .

President Wilson’s war policy. is
identicai w ih that of. the leaders
of Britain. lg

Paris: The old Pr ench erritve
Y| Chateau Renault, employed aa a

‘{transport, has heen loxpedoed 4

and sunk in the- Mediterfanean
on Dec 14. Ten ofthe crew
were lost. ~ ; ae.
Two attempts by the Germans
tojapproach Freie positions in
Argonne near Four'de Paris | were
defeated with logses,,

_ Stoelkholm; :

would enslte.

“Petrograd : The: “ab
government, today. v corre

- There’ is |:
©] the usual artillery activity 0 on the ;
remainder of the front,: ares

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_ FRDAY, DEC, 2i

~ Rome: The: situation in the
northern zone has assumed- a,
more Serious aspect with the
enemy "y ‘occupation of Monte Az-
olone, -whérece there is a stretch.

of hills between him and a. lével:

plain; .- Monte Azolone is the. last
of. the: heights, with: an -altitude
of more than. 4000 feet, and -is
'|snowless except: in gévere winter.

Washington: - “What - purports
to be the Kaiser’s ‘‘Christmas!::

peace terms” have been received, yom
and include: Britain is to: pay
lost African | ¢ .
colonies, and thé money used for|# .

Germany for her

the rehabilitation of Serbia; Bel-

xium; Roumania- and“northern

France; the disposition of Alsace-
Lorraine to be left to a plebiscite
of the inhabitants; Russian. prov-

and the E English-speaking for: the. inces bordering the Black Sea,.
Many candidates will ; the Baltic and Prassia.to become

‘independent under German plan;

Poland under Austrian suzerain-

ty;: disar mament and freedom of
the seas ta be left to a peace con-
| férence; Roumania, Serbia and].
Montenegto'to retain their boun-

|daries, with access to the sea be-

ing granted Serbia,
la remain intact. .

. Turkey. is

London: Complete restoration |
of territories taken bythe enemy,
compensation far damage done’

and security forthe future peace |,
of the world, the secirity. to come |.

from from: destruetion of” Ger-} 7
dmany’s military. power ‘and’ the

democratization of her- govern-
ment are Britain’s war. aims. as
enunciated by. Lloyd: George i in
the House of Commons, on

Portuguese tronps nor th of. Ar-
ras répulsed a German night-raid..! 3
British artillery is active-in the}:
“Ypres sector and Pasichendaele,

The presence of British troops £
in Persia for the purpose: of _re-|:
storing order is -not~ ‘fo be..con-|E-
strued asa violation of-our ‘ledge 1
,of Persia’s, independence or. ale
evidence of any ‘desire for annex:

ation, Law-told the. commons; -
_Haparanda:

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- Kerensky © ‘with. i

his arin yi is now. marching against
Moscow, while the Grand. Duke
Nicholas: has - fathered a preat
army of royalists i inthe Caucasu

Petrograd: “Goria. i is gléter-:

‘mined. to restore the ‘throné and. |
Ib ig.
expected “a German. pronuncia-
ménto to this effect. will be issued

place a Romanoff ‘an ity

shortly. i in: Petrograd... ‘Germany
in. future j is-likely. to. control all

Russia’ and utilize the vast. pow. °

er. thus acquired to the. defeating

of the great. democracies: of the ~ oe

west.

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