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Evening Star, Issue 16515, 29 August 1917, Page 6

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CIVILIANS CLEARED OUT. Beater's Telegrams. WASHINGTON, August 28. {Received August 29, at 10.50 a.m.) A despatch to the Italian Embassy quotes the 'Corriere D'ltaliaV Zurich correspondent as etating that all civilians have been ordered to leave Trieste. ITALY'S SUCCESS, BRITISH ROYAL CONGRATULATIONS. Australian and N.Z; Cable Association and Eeuter. LONDON, August 28. (Received August 29, at 10.50 a.m.) The Press ■ Bureau announces that King George congratulated the King of Italy on the splendid achievements oi the past •week, which inflicted a heavy blow on the enemy, and will have a far-reaching effect ■J on the course of the war. He felt happy t&at British guns were able to contribute to the success. LABOR-SOCIALISTS. THE LONDON CONFERENCE. MR HENDERSON, M.P., PRESIDES. REMOTE CHANCE OF , RESULTS. LONDON, August 28. (Received August 29, at 9.50 a.m.) The Inter-Allied Socialist and Labor Conference, met to-day under Mr Arthur Henderson's presidency. Many delegates both privately and - openly expressed serious misgivings, expecting the "palaver" to collapse before the end of" the programme is reached, as the points on which delegates are likely to ' disagree are fax more important than those on which they are likely to agree. STRIKE IN AUSTRIA. AMSTERDAM, August 28. {Received August 29, at 9.50 a.m.) The 'Arbeiter Zeitung" (Vienna) reports that the Ringhoffex* metal works were idle for a week owing to 4,000 employees striking. The military introduced 300 skilled men as strike-breakers, and work has since been resumed. AMERICAN EXPENDITURE. HUGE ESTIMATES. WASHINGTON, August, 28. (Received August 23, at 8.35 a.m.) It is estimated that the United States ■war expenditure in 1917-18 will be 21 billion dollars, including seven billion dollar* which is it proposed to lend to the Allies. Mr Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, has » asked for a vote of 350" million dollars for building destroyers. THE GERMAN BLIGHT IN THE AMERICAS. WASHINGTON, August 28. (Received August 29, at 8.55 a.m.) Advices from the Argentine state that Captain Von Papen is directing the German espionage system at Buenos Ayre3. At "Yankton, South Dakota, 30 Germans have been arrested for opposing the war draft. U BOAT AND TRAMP. AMSTERDAM, August 28. (Received August 29, at 10.50 a.m.) Th« Hamburg ' Nachrichten' describes the sinking of a British tramp ship by a big German submarine. The U boat sighted a steamer of about 1,500 tons, which ex--1 cited attention by its high bridge, high deck erections, and the wild, zig-zag course it was steering. The submarine put in the last torpedo it had .aboard, which blew up the tramp, the ship sinking within three minutes after a second explosion caused by the boiler blowing up. Only a single boat was launched, and its six survivors confessed that the ship submarined was a tramp, ship. The captain and all the officers perished. ' GERMANY'S HARVEST. WAR, FAMINE, PESTILENCE. neuter's Telegrams. BERNE, August 28. (Received August 29, at 10.50 a.m.) It is learned on the highest authority that the epidemic of dysentery in Germany l\ it almost nation-wide, while -tuberculosis is rapidly spreading. The mortality has '-! increased from 50 to 100 per cent since beginning of 1916.