remnforced
bv Es honiars
have
revained
the initiative wnd
nave
moved
ac: ossed
the Dwina I iver, across
which they
fled
jate last
veui, according
v advices
re-
cerved
her:
from
Wenden.
Ledtich
for-
ces
never
sbandoned
the
portion
o
Riga
east of the Dwina,
but clung
(o tneir
po-
sition in
spite of a
heavy
bowmbara
aent
from German-Russian
army
that
anack-
ed
the citv.
Offers of an armisuce
made
by Colonel
Avaloff Bermondt,
command-
er
of
the
army
of the
Russian
ucneral
(ovi., hav: been
rejecicd,
it is reported
by the
Leitish
Govt.
Troops
are
being
mobilized
€ very where
in
Livonia and the
neighbourl ood
of Riga,
seemingly
pre-
paratory
tc
a
struggle
«gainst
the
inva-
ders,
wno
: uddenly begzn
their offersive
on Qctober
Bth.
Eritish
warships
in the
hzrbour
o: Riga
are
said
to
oe assisting
the Letts i criving the
German-Russian
army
back
from
the city.
All
German
shipping h:
s
been
ordered
off the
Baltie
and
the
entire
Russian
Baltic
coast
is
virtually bl)ckaded.
issy
ies
doulineaux,
France,
Oct.
14th,
-
Aviator
“Zoulet
started
at 7.14
o’clock
th
s
mornixg
on
his
flizht to Australia.
He
was sigated
over Cowes
at 9 oclock
on
his first att :mpt
to start
on
his flight last
Sunday
he
et
adverse
weather
condi-
ticns,
and
was
torced
ito
return
to his
aerourorae
here.
tHavana,
Cct.—lhe
Fabre
Steamship
Liner Vrezi i, reporred abandoned
at
sea,
carried
25(
passengers.
The
Vrezia
a»
riv d
here
Hn October
6th from Mexiean
ports
with
53
passengers
in transit
for
Spain,
and
some
200
other
passengers
were
taker
on at
Havasa.
The
vessel
had
a cago
oi 16,250 sacks
of sugar,
and
was
abandcned
on
fire
in
lat.
43.32
N.
long.
45.04
~est.
London, (ect.l3th.
—Sir Rider
Haggard
giving evide
12 betcre
the National
Birtn-
rate
«jommission,
dwelt
on
the
dangers
of
aitificial keeping
down
birth, whi*h
was
now
widespread
in
every
wesiern
naiion,
exc.pr,
he
said,
perhaps
Russia
ana
Germa.y.
He
said
he
was of the
opinion
thar
unless
a
siartling
change
happened,
tiie
western
races
within the
next
two
ecnturies
would be submerged
beneath
a
¢reat
new
influx
from
the
teeming
my' iads of the
east,
he
doubted
the effective
sess
of appealing
to the
con-
scieace
of
Lne mmpire
o
stop
this
race
suicide,
but though the State mizht stamp
out diseases
cending
to sterilize
the
race
and also
sukb
idize
motherhood,
as
a
des-
perate
last
‘esort
the
State
could
di-
rectly
or ind cectly bring up.ail
children,
holcing out & kind hand
to those
not
born
in wedloex.
London,
Cet.
156th.—Following is
the
resuit
of the
Cesarewitch
Ist.
Ivanhoe,
ond. Golden
ilow, 3rd, Bridgend.
Rome,
Oc:i.
15th.—Foreign
Miu ster
Tirtoni will . cpresent
Italy in the Leazue
of
MNations.
according
to
an
official
an-
noancement
nere.
'
. Paris,
Oct.
15th. -The
exchange
of
ratification
of
the Treaty
of
Peace
be-
sl.
LRI
AN LS
|
|
twe:n
the
Aliiod ani Assnciated
Powers
and
Germany,
wili
take
place
at
the
Freach
Forogn
Office
on t'uiday
or
Sat-
urday,
according
to ne feho
de Paris.
Stockhoim,
Oct.
15th.
The
Poles
have
.
begun
an offensive
against
the
German-
i
Russian
forces
in the
Baltic
region
ac-
|
.
cording
to a message
received
here from
Riga.
They
are
reported
to heve
cap-
tuced
Kovnoll 60 miles
north
wes.
of Vil-
na near the
Courland
border.
Rio de Janeiro,
Oct.
15t:.—The
"‘Re-
.
pown’’ which brought
Sir Raiph
Spencer
Paget,
British
Ambassador
to Brazil here
on
October
2nd,,
sailed
today
for
New
York to trke the Prince
of Wales
to Eng-
land.
The officers
and
crew
¢f
'he
""Re-
|
nown’’ were
given
many
officicl
recep-
tions
and
entertainments
curirg
their
stay
in the city.
‘
Beriin,
Oect.
15th
The
"‘Kreuz
Zei-
|
tung’’ learns
from ‘well infcrmed’’ quar-
ters
that
the Govt. will in
al:
probability
|
agree
to join
in
the
blockade
ot
Soviet-
'
Russia,
proposed
by the Entente
Powers.
It
is
said
that
the
Govt. will lay down
certain
eonditions
incident
to
its
partici-
pation and
wiil primariy
ccrsider
Ger-
'
many’s toreign policy in this when reach-
.
ing a decision
as
to its final
attitude.
|
L.ondon,
O-t.
15th.--A
part
of Riga
is
burning
owing
to
the
bombardment
of the city
by
the
Garman-Kussan
for-
ces,
according
to
a
ventra:
News
des-
patch
from Helsingfors.
Washimgton,
QOct.
15th.——In
aa
effort
to
avert
the
threatened
nation
wide
|
strike
of
bituminous
coal
miners,
Sec-
retary
Wilson
of the
Labowr
vept.
will
invite
Mr.
Lewis,
actiny
Iresident
of
|
the
United
Mine Works
vi Amer
ca,
and
Mr.
John
T.
Boaster,
represent:ng
the
operators,
to
confer
with
him
nere,
orobabty
on
Thursday.
Mr.
Wilson’s
announcement
followed
a meeiing of tne
|
Cabinet
at
whieh it was decided
to
have
'
the Dept.
of Labour'deal
wicth
the
tnreat-
ened
strike.
Copenhagen
Oct.
15th:—3avage
fighi-
ing
is
still
going
on
the
ecity
of
Riza
between
Lettish
and
Lithuanian
(roons
and
the
German-Russian
army
which
encered
the
western
part
of
the
city
last
week.
Reporis
reachinz
here
states
that
shells
have
fired
portion
of
tae
town
and
that
great
damag:
has
becn
done
to the quays and harbour.
Despatci-
es recieved
here
state
that all
the
oris»n-
ers
taken
by the
Letts
have
beer
Bava
rians.
British warships
have
beccme
in-
volved
in the fighting, having beea
fired
apon
by
the German-Russian
iorces
and
~an
unconfirmed
report declar:s
a British
.
forees
has been
landed
near ih2 Ciy.
|
London,
Oect.
14th.
- A Trade
Urion for
'
English clergymen
tc entorce
a mirimum
|
salary
for
the benefit of under pad Pas-
|
tors is being advocated
by
a Dorsctshire
'
Minister who does not hold wich the
say-
|
ing
that
'‘He
who is called
to preach
is
privileged
to starve’’.
This suggestion
'
has
at
least
had the
effect of starting
.
widespread
discussion.
More
(han
haif
the
clerzy
inen
ia the
Church
of Eng-
land
receive
less
than
£2OO
a year.
ondon,
Uet.
15un.— ‘The
success
of
General
Yudeniichi
acainst
the
Bolshe-
vik
1s
so complete
as
tv be aimost
stag-
gering’’,
says
the “‘Daily Mail’'s”’ Reval
correspondent,
telegraphing
on Monday.
His
advance
guard
took
Koloslicva,
o 0
miles
from 'Petrograd
on
Sunday,
and
his army recovered
almost
the
advanced
point
of the July cffentive’
A thousand
prisoners,
13
guns,
many
inachine-guns
and
an
armoured
ear,
were
captured.
A
ftforce
de*ached
from
the
northward
seized
Gonoksk
and
600
prisoners.
Pskov
was
retaken
this
morning.
The
Russians
also
are
close
to
the
mmportant
station Logc which probably
already
has
falleri.
The Bolsheviki
everywhere
are
in
a panic.
ihe Bolshevik
Ministers
1n
Petrograd
are
said
to have
been
closed
on Thursday.
General
Yudeniteh
otfen-
sive is continuing
under
a
wave
of
pat-
riotic enthusiasm
on afront of 100 miles.
l.ondon,
©Oecr.
15th.— General
Dene-
kine's
army
has
captured
the
important
city of Orel together
with
thousands
of
prisorers
and
enormous
quantities
of
material,
it
was
announced
in
advices
received
here
today.
Two
batteries
of
artitlery fell into his hands.
While
Orel
is 238 miles
south
oi
Moscow
the
posses-
sion
ot
the
ecity
~ill
give
General
Dene-
kine
a
secure
hold
on
vast
stretches
of
territery in old
Russia,
as
t-e
place
is
one
of the
most
important
railway
cen-
tres
south
of the present
Russian
capital.
NEw
YORK.
Ocet.
16th
1019
Kiour, Blencdad
Ciear
St. Lawrence
[-rand
pr.
bri. $10.50.
Meal, Kiindried
per
100 tbs §3.80
New
Season’s
Pork
per bri. $45.00
tHeavy
Mess
Pork
per bbl.
$43.50
sugar-
-orystais
(Confirmed
by Drokers)
per
100 lbs.
»7.28,
Moiasses
839 ' test
pr
190 Ibs.
no quotation.
Cotton, Middiing Upiand,
st iverpool per
th, 22 11-100 d.
ixchange,
New
York
and
London,
60
days’ sight $4.144
isxehange
New
York and
lLondon,
sight
‘
$4.163
LONDON,
COetf,
16th
1919.
Sugar-iremerara
Crystals
duty paid price.
fixed n,
the Royal Commission
per ewts
575. 9d.
-91s.
od.
Liuscovado,
89°/ - basis,
floating rerms
in
bond,
Ditto duty paid.
Hos.
vd.
T6s. od.
uelman
Beet 887/¢
1.0.b.
no further sales
during
the
war
Java 96°/
Gibraltaror
Channel
for Orders
floating terms,
no quotations.
Demerara
Rum,
per gal. nominal.
Trinidad
Cocoa,
Good
Middiing Red
per
ewt.
1265.
od.
130s.
od.
Cotton, Medium
Fine
Sea
[sland.
at L.iy
erpool nominal
per
ib.
Bank
of
England
rate
of
bDiscount
per
cent.
o.
Consols
524
‘l'hree per cent
rentes
in Paris
Fes.
61.00
all
prices
sabject
to correction.