FRESH ADVANCE IN PALESTINE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 129, 18 February 1918, Page 5

FRESH ADVANCE IN PALESTINE

LINE MOVES TWO MILES FORWARD

(Rec. February 17, 5.5 p.m.) London, February 15. An official dispatch from Palestine states: "Our line has been advanced to a depth of two miles on a front of six miles astride the village of Muldimas, norEh-north-east of Jerusalem. We met with little opposition."—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assu.-Reuter.

UNDER THE RULE OF THE

PAN-GERMANS

KAISER'S PEACE SUGGESTIONS STIFLED.

New York, February 15. Mr. Simms, the United Press correspondent, writing from Zurich, states that he learns on reliable Authority that the Kaisar lias declared President Wilson's terms to be sufficiently reasonable to form the basis of peace, but that the pau-Gormans silencod the Kaiser. The Gorman masses no longer expect victory, and believe that another offensive will only result in further German casualties.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

THE ROUND-UP IN EAST

AFRICA

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL DRIVE.

(Rec. February 17, 5.5 p.m.)

London, February 15

An official dispatch from East Africa states: "Wβ occupied Mtarika, in the Lujenda Valley, on February 3. The enemy has now been driven out of the area westward of Lujenda.'—Aus.N.Z. Gable Assn.-K'euter. .

SHORT OF FUNDS

THE BRITISH i RED CROSS.

(Rec. February 17, 5.5 p.m.) London, February 16. The balance-sheet of the British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jernsalem balance-sheet, 1 1917, shows a deficit of £187,872. Tho committee is anxious to raise a sufficiency of funds wherewith to carry on.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

BRITISH TRADE FOR JANUARY

IMPORTS INCREASED. (Rec. February 17, 5.5 p.m.) London, February 16. British imports for January increased 1)y £8,465,757 in value, while the exports docreased by £5,194,607, compared with January of 1917. Reexports decreased £5,240,635, as compared with the previous January.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.