SECOND EDITION BRITISH FRONT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 167, 12 July 1918, Page 1

SECOND EDITION BRITISH FRONT.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.} (■Rue. .Tulv 12.- 2.10 fi.m.) ' LONDON, July 11. Sir Douglas Haig reports : We slight l.v improved our position east of Breton11CUX. Hostile artillery is active astride the Somme. MAN-POWER. I Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Rec. Julv 12, 1.40 p.m.) * LONDON. July 11. General Maurice writes:—The cause of all our man-power troubles- in 1918' ; \va s that we began too late. We adopted a. ivumber of unsatisfactory expedi-, ents. whereof the placing of 194 year old youths in the trenches was the most unsatisfactory of all. . The French have not yet '.ailed up thisi class. The .. Germans have not put them in the trenches. America has; fixed the ago at 21. On the other hand France and Germany have long used older men. • General 'Maurice urges the Government to immediately prepare 'the 1919 programme. ' DEFEAT OF SUBMARINES. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.^ (Rec. Julv 12, 2.10 p.m.) ' LONDON, July 11. Admiral - Jidlicoe. • speaking at •Southampton, saidi tha.t his prophecy that the submarines would be defeatel by August was perhaps unguarded, but, although phi |is owe re being miiH', thuy were building faster t'haiv sunk, while submarines were -beiiiig faster than built. That was what - he meant, '\Wien he said that submarines would be uel'oaitrd. Ho had every NEW SIBERIAN GOVERNMENT. -i (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Rec. Julv 12, 2.10 p.m. v TOKIO. July 11. A member of the n,ew Siberian- Government interviewed, eaid the Go,vernment aimed a.t .the establishment of a Russian Republic with «n auton- '• on;oii.« . Siberia.■.-,' It' intended to remidiate the Brest Liitovsk Treaty. Rehabilitate the army and fight the Germans. Tt would .acknowledge the national debt, itssuming responsibility for Siberia s soare. (Rec. Julv. 12. 2.10 n.in.) STOCKHOLM. "July 11. Russian newspaper reports of the ■Soviet Congress of 4th July show" that Mirbach was piesent,. when (be Ukrainian delegate, in a. violent speech'., protested against the Government's toleration of Mirbach. Social .Revolutionaries cheered, shouting, "Down with Brest I/itovsk; down with Mil-bach." anldi finally withdrew as , -a protest. AEROPLANE WORKERS' STRIKE. fAustralian and N.Z CaTole Association.) (Rec. Julv 12. 2.10 p.m.) * TjONDON S , July 1.1. The Press Bureau reports : The Minister of Munitions (Mr Winston Church- , , ill) conferred with the parties concerned 4 in the strike at the Alliance Aeroplane , \Works, and decided that neither side was free from blame. The Government will forthwith take over control of the factory. i The workers decided to abide by the decision of an inquiry into the matters , t in dispute. ' /