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Newburn Who Returned with 'T{0b¢T'N.B,orden Announces Plans Affecting
_ Canadians.
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(Special to The Guardian)
UTTAWA, Allglist 27.-General
Mewburn, who has returned to Eng- land with ‘Sir Robert Borden, has brought back with him the complete plans for the organization of the Can- adian Siberian expeditionary force. The plans were formulated with General Elmaley. the commander. As already announced the force will con- sist of 400 Canadians along with a British battalion, and several other units which will bring the total up to six or seven thousand men. This
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is the first time that British soldiers _|llW¢’ fflllliht abroad under the com- mand of a Canadian-born leader. While the Canadian force will be comparatively small, General Mew- burn plans to make it complete in ovory respect and of such a high character as to maintain the glorious reputation as lighting nren the Cana- dians have won upon the fields of Flaniiers. its organization and train-
ing will necessarily be slow, but it will be ready -for mobilization and transportation at a comparatively early date.
otlrmnns Arn-irirr ro Simi nurisrolus
Sensational Attempt to Blockade French Portal
Which U. S, Troops Land. The Attempt Failed
(Special to The Guardian) i
WITH AMERICAN DESTROYER
F‘LO'I‘T.LLA, BAY OF BISCAY, Aug. 26.-Within the pnst few' days Ger- many has made n sensational attempt to blockade one of the French ports at which the American troops outer- It was one of -her most daring submar- ine exploits. but it has failed because of the American navy.Her newest and biggest U-boats, commanded by her most courageous and resourceful yet foolhardy officers, were consigned by the Amercan destroyer' fiotiila to the bottom of the ses near the French coast. Unlike recent “Fat Bertha" ac- tivities the 'blockade was prepared for . more than window dressing for tho discouraged populace. It was a coun- ter attack for the great land disasters. It was the last hope to prevent Ameri- can troops from arriving in France. I-I-ad' tt succeeded -it would have 'been a real blow below the belt. lts purpose was to destroy the entire convoy of troop ships from America near the en-
in n day's work. `
trance to a French port.
A Great Gamble in addition to hiking. the foil .r
lives, it was' designed to block th' harbor and thus square accounts fo; what the Britsh Navy accomplished at Zebrugge and Ostend;
The 'boats assigned to tho task dill
not lurk far out. Seizing -the rar( chance for a thrust in the dark, they crept inland to a point whore it ws believed convoys must pass. Ther wi.th torpedoes and mines they wait ed' to sink every big ship before. thf destroyer escort had time to act. I was a. great gamble for great stakes worth .playing for, though the subma
rlne ofiicers knew they would The los? even in winning lt.
The biggest ships, particularly thosr
of convoy which were marked for de struction, belonged to Germany ir 1914. The silent navy that outwittei' the submarines and then destroyer' them considers it only its an episodt
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RECRUITING BIITIM I
IIN IN IRTIINII
LONDON. Aug. 27.~Dublin messes-
ss record the welcome surprise that a recruiting boom is in full swing in the Irish Capital. Men are crowding to I Col.1Lynche's recruiting centre and would be recruits are sitting on steps at air force headquarters awaiting their turn. The Royal Air Force is also proving an irresistible magnet to the Youth of the Belfast and District where there has been a steady flow of recruits.
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comme EVENTS _ MEETINGS, Ere.
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Closing at 12.30 today. Please
phone your orders early ns possible, Beer & Golf. 1108
“Iilntertainment tonight. The Choir
Ot Bt. James Church goes to Caven- dish this evening and will give an en- tertainment irlmthsf Cavendish Presby- tdrian Church 'for Red' Cross. Purpos- 9! lt 7.30. Admission adults 20 cents children, io cents. All invited. -
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IMPORTANTRMIIITINO. A MIAIT-
Iug of the residents of Msrshtlelil and Dunltaffnaga will be held M ir: , Narsltdldld Niall' Thursday' eveninl!
Iilth at 8 o'clock to 'consider instal- lation of telephone system. Every body invited. Mr. Vin Buskirii. manager is expected, to be Dresent
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issue! and Tee. Wednesday neat. Cie" W l oonve pet hom the ctr. l°"iu| thsyouexirri eomr so imi- vsls 'after 4 9'. iii. Help this worthy
FISHING SIIHUUNTR 1
SUNN BY SUI?
A CANADIAN ATLANTIC PORT
Aug. 27.-The crew of the new lishin' schooner Rush of Boston arrived her' at noon today on board another vessf- reporting that their ship was sunk b_- a submarine yesterday morning. on th- fishing grounds off this coast.
P. E. ISLANDERS
IN CASUALTY LIS"
OTTAWA, August 27.-Killed lr
action, J. A. Wlgmore, Emerald, P lil. ‘I. Died of wounds, August 27 W Gallant, Charlottetown, P. E. I. A H. Gallant. Abramsvil-le, P. E. I. -Killed in action;-G. J. Matheson Cardigan, P. E. I.; F. V. Lynda, Ken slngton, P. E. I.
nav. on. w. P. Ancn|BALo HAS PA_§'_s§o AwAY
Many in this province will_learr
with regret of the death of Rev. W P. Aruhllbald, D. D., which occurref nt the Victoria General l'IosllIl-ul. Hllll fax on Sunday night last, after ii. -bri-2' illness. The inte Dr. Archibald war born in Musquodobplt. N. -S. He grail usted B. A. at Dalhousie in 1872 ani- M. A. in `1s'ls. in isss he received the degree of H. D. at the Presbyter ra.. college. 1-rsriiax ana nn D. n. i._ 1911., I-le was ordained in 1875, ani his first charge was in the Hampton Bonlhnw congregation. He later ac. ,gentes the psstorste of the Cevendisr Presbyterian Congregation - and 190' pgcsme pastor of the Springslde N. 3, congregation. I-Ie was regarded er. one of the ebleet men in the Maritime provinces end was for I COND M05" stef of the-Maritime lynod. I-lie wif: formerly Miss Minnie Reins!! 0'
institution. ,li "im to bathe "°°\ lu¢ilI;o|TNlg'i`_q::lTn. muh. sem" I ste. - ‘ “' 1 . ' -' ' 1e'1;.|-i’lll'i_i.
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(Special to the Guardian)
LONDON. August 27.-The aston-
ishing news comes from France that
it was the tlnnaurarls who at three o’clock yesterday morning attacked the German line southeast ot' Arrrts. captured Wancourt, Guemappe and Monchy Le Preux iinfi 'prcssetli on UHSIUFIY 1.0 it point ncirr the Ilindcrr burg lrino,-or rather to what is known upon the .ofllcial maps as the Dro- court Queant switch of the Wotan de- fensive system of the enemy, Mon chy is a_ little more than six miles south oi’ the southerly boundary of the Canadian Vimy front, but the corps lras not been irl the line ul Vimy for some months. When last hoard of, little over two weeks ago the entire four divisions wore star tinned linrrlerliatcly to thc north of Roye, alrnoet` l`orty~ilve miles duo .south of Monchy. There they ha<l~ar- rived after driving the Germans bo- foro them for over fourteen miles, and captured over ten thousand prison- ers.
French oflicial tlcspittohes ycstnrrlity
iolil of the capture of Frcslloy Les Itoye, to tlic east ol' D'Amery b_v French troops under Deney, and of Starmard. south of Roye, six hundred prisoners being taken in tho opcrn- tion.
THEI CANADIANS' AMAZING TREK
The report disclosed the fact that
the Canadians had gone from the Royc front, but it was not until almost. mid- nright that at bulletin came tolling of their appearance on the front sopth~ east of Arras and their notable vlc tory there. The trek from south of
any time during the oilcnsivc ni' that period. ,
On the Sonime ‘birttiellcld there has
been steady progress on both sides
of the river, that on lhe ilt1r'i.lr_r-iri'i'_\'- Ing the advance to n polnl. ircirr Marl- courl itbuut six irnii ci. hull miles from l’r-ronne on thc lmrtli birirlt oi' thr
river Susilrrrlc, iirirl on the south. t‘up- py was ciipturr-.d.
THE GERMANS RETREATING TO 1 AVOID BEING CUT OFF
The Germans west and south of the
bond 0l` lilo Solnlne must he getting 'out its best they can across tho river forrls to avoid being cut ufil by. the advancing British. Many large cali- bre guns should bc secured by thc victors in this.
CANADIANS TOOK 1,000 PRISON- ERS IN DAY'S FIGHT
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY iN
FRANCE, August 157.-South of thc Scarpa the -Canadians driving along Arras, Allwrl, ilztlubrui Road. have
1,000 Germans to the bag ot' prison-I, ers during today's fighting.
BRITISH TOOK 15,000 MORE PRIS-
the Bomme to the Ar-ras front must, have involved a wide detour for thc Albert road system was not available.
Tile most probable route was by wa.y` of Amiens and Doullens and fully n hundred miles would be covered eith- er by road or rail in the detour. To pick up the entire corps and transfer' it back to the region of Arrns in it
but the -Canadian transport ofllcers are equal to it, having had much ex- perience. l
'rue soci-iss sswlLnEsEo `|
The corps wont down from the
Ypres front to the Homme in the early autumn of 1916 to take ‘part in the first battle of the Somme. It was then moved up to the front north of Lens. After the _Vimy Ridge cam- paign it was suddenly moved into
Flanders in October, 1917, to do thei Passchendaele jo'b. Now it is whisk ed to the Avre and back to the ‘Scarpa again with a rapidity that must be-_ Wilder the Boche who has learned that the Canadian corps is as unexpected in its movements as it is, thorough in work. .
THE SCENE OF THE BATTLE
The sector ear.'. ,and southeast. of
Arras where the new attack has been
any eyt lpringlide. Upper Btewiscke.
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few days must have been a big( task ,
I ' LONDON, August ' 27.-Clremlcal
` sin sowAso KEMP vlsrrs cAN-
ONERS IN DAY’S FIGHTING
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FRANCE, August 27.--British troops yesterday took another 1,500 prison- ers and made it further collection of
guns, trench mortars and machine. guns. Field _Marshal Haig'-5 forces swung forward its fitr as Lolrgllval in their advance north of the Sornme.
GERMAN CHEMICAL FACTORIES BOMBED
factories nt Mannheim and the rail- way station at Frankfort were suc- cessfully itttacked Sunday 'night by the 'British inrlcpendent rrir force, ac-
1‘m'rii|ig to an ofllcinl colrllillrriczilioll issued tonight. All the Brill:-ill rniicli- ines returned safely to their buses.
ADIAN FRONT
LONDON, August 27.-~Sir Edward
Kemp, Canadian Overseas Ministcrtif Militia, has returned from France,
gained ground and added more tlratn|
Turned Up Unexpec.tedly"45 Miles from Where They Were Supposed to
be,_Attacked the German Line at 3 o’clock Yesterday Morning, Capturing Wancourt, Guemappe and Monchy Le Preux. They l'Iad Made a Detour of About |00 Miles Striking the'German> Before They Knew Where the Blow Came From. Their Achieve ment 0ne of the Most Glorious Feats ol the War.
-there iinrl hold their nwn within tlre|corigr'al.ulrile General (lurrie iriitl hir fnmous German position till the battle oiiii-urs on the magnificent. slrr-ceases of St, Quentin in March ol' this year. and sccnrrilly to discuss with Gcricra
lt was this much disputed ground Currie linpiii‘li\rrt questions uffeciinl
that Sir Julian Byng's limit fouglrl. uv- ;rrlminislriillon of the corps. l"ron er again ycsirwilay. Tllcir srict:i=.:.'.=r llrt-. corps corrrrrmllticr down irli (‘ltll
was lar greater' than on the first rlziy :iiliitus in l"r;urcrr arc most iiptinristir oi’ tho 'balllc of Arriis sixteen niurtllis uvcr' tht- rc:-llrlt of tho present opera ago, and there is no doubt limi the lions, As one ollicer rcnlarkcil “Wt Drocourt Qucitnt, lines :ire in inure have gut l"it1. guessing. lie docs no serious ilullgor than they were in at know where lm is going to be hll
:ind his morale is corrsequelltly biidl;
elraken."
HlNDENBU_lT§__Lll\lt. CUT
WlTli THE Bitl'l'i.-I' \l<\l‘. .
-l~‘ItAN(‘I~}, August 27_--
tlre liritish troops mist ui' l’cni~
iiro arlvziriciirg ilstritlo the ltivo Scarpa and are pushing forwilril l
so continui-s, 'l`ll0re has bceil heilv lighting at lirirrgeviilc and on the iii jitrzont- |.zr'.»\inil where. the German launched a heavy counter attack wil’ fresh t‘orccs brought up especially fc the purpose from Sedan. In the fsc- of this counter attack the British fe? back to the edge of Lorrgllcviil, In th' courso of the night the New Zealand cis, according io rcpDrts,swept z\roun< Bapnume at the North and reached th Railway just north of the Bapaumf fiamhra Road. Tile Germans are ofi’e‘ ing slid rcsistarlrc in the neighbor hood of ’l`llillcr to the south oi’ Bop sumo.
BRITISH PATROLS ENTIER BAPAUME
Fteporti-.` have been roceiveti fron
the irflvirrlrerl lilies that British patrol: have again entered the outskirts n Bapnume and that there has beef- street lighting between the German: and British on the edge of the towr:
NO GERMANS LEFT IN BAPAUME
PARIS, Aug. 27.-The Matin declar
es that at noon today not a singl- German was remaining in Bapaumr:
FRENCH CAPTURE 1100 PRISON ERS
PARIIS. Aug.. 27.-French troops ad
vancmi this morning in the region o St. Mirrtl, southwest of ltoyc, itfic hiiving repulsed it number of cnon|_\ counter attacks in the sector. Accord ing to the official statement issued il' the war office today they have captui' cd 1100 prisoners, including two Bal tallon commanilers. '
LAST OF ROVE‘S DEFENCES BROKEN
where file visited the Canadian corps and wont ovcr l.he ground captured by the -(llruariiztns in their victory bc- forc Amicns. 'l`he object of thc Min- ister's visit was first to personally.
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l:ll'lT:<lih‘Tllle liiattlo of Arrasg was foultlilt THE \vI|cf\:-TIE"
ln April and Mny, 1917. Wlhon the TETWPERATURE,
Canadians attacked at Vimy on April |‘|[)]<]_ MOON, F;'|'(l,
9, British troops along the front to - .- the south 'fought their way with splen- ___
did valor eastward on -both sides of 'l‘OltON'i`0`. August 28.- Moderato the Scarpa. The entire countryside winds. fine' and comparatively cool. I was n mane of barb wire and in the The tide will -he high this afternoon 'endeavor to pierce' the Drocourt Que- at 3,43 and tomorrow nt 5.54; it will ant system of trenches connecting be high tomorrow morning at 4,08 the main Hindenburg line with tho and Friday at 5.07. . defences of Lens, English, Scottish The sun sets this evening at 8.03 and Australian troops fought many and tomorrow at 8.01; it rises tomor- blootly- battles at Oppy, Gabrelle, row morning at 6.37 and Friday at Roux, Monchy, Guemappe, Cherisy, 6.88. ‘extends for over forty miles from Ar- Bullsoourt and other points along the The moon rises tonight nt 11.43. ` ensmy's defensive line which was laid The moon was full on Thursday persistent rumors from s German german artillery has dung badly out along e series of ridges with long Ausust 22nd at 3 p. m. , A source. says the frontier- correslwhi While the British and -French gun- grsdnel upward slopes from the west. The last quarter of the moon will be ent of the Telegraph, that German ner, "9 following closely behind the
The direction of the British advance Zn Wednesday. Ausust 28th ll 3-27 D battalion Oh Twill! Ordulnd to the advancing tanks and infantry and to- st suiiecourtwes the Drocourt dns- . .front unanimously refused to so where gather with the aviators sro taking ‘ng _‘yum gf mg I-]|||Q|||T)h|-¢ line, The length 0! tbdhy will be thlrtéen upon eylery tnfith mln was shot, this vgry heavy (gil of the 1-91|-opting eng. Aultrelilns at greet cost get bsugh hours and twenty seven minutes. others then gave up their resistance.
I’Altl-S, August 27.-Tho last Gov
lrrzrntlcfclwn hofore Royc was broke by the Frellclr this inortiiilg and the are now within fiftcnii litindrcd yard- of thc town which is also threatene- fronr the north hy the Iiritish. Ret-rum ptiou of activity is reported in thi Noyon region. The French are also rr: tncklug along the Allette line nnrl pushing southwitrd' townrd f`.--icy-Let liatoau.
The newspapers do not In-ll. ve tha
the Germans will be nblr -.. ...wld o. In Itoye much longer -l»-~.-- he ». ormous sacrifices they ‘. ..- ... attempting to hold that tor.
GERMAN BATTALION REFUSED
_ T0 FIGHT
AM|S’i'l~)lil)AM, Aug. 27.--There are
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hul‘i;l1lir';: lino has br-on pencil. - .-if
'l`ruup>i of i"iclri llliirslrirl lliiig ttalir
the south of Bapaurne. Elsewhere a` img the Iiritish front their' proi',-ross ii'
TROUBLE IN
to Berlin. Bavarian
Want of Patriotism.
WASHINGTON, August 26.-A dlp-
lonratic telegram from Berne today says:
illscussions of ii bitter nature har-r
broken out in Germany in correc-
quenrfo oi’ tt supplernentury ration fit’ meal -of 250 grarnincs ntfcorticd th Berlin, which is 250 grainurcs in ex- cess ol' the ration granted to the rest of the ? ;\pi1'e. The iiitvnrirrir .dlrrlstcr of -= lntcrinr oillcinll_\' irotcslcil l. " Set~r‘ctary oi` State
- .t thc imp- . .».- 1-.od Supply‘Burea'.l . rgilirlst the ... -- to Berlin.
This act was .ire signal for a viol- tconirovcrsy between the Berlin . Ilavnrlirn Newspapers. Tile Ber-
- '[`rrgehintt tleclared that Bavaria
'cared on the threshold of tho 1-:» your ul` wiir like it lfertiie on-'ls,
-hat it was unjust for the T- ‘ia » t-
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CIIINIIDIIIINS AGAIN IN LIMELIGHT
IN DASH THAT IIMIIZED THE HUNS
.G-E RMANY
ovsejoog liiltrorls
Rest of Germany Jealous Over itai._ions,_Allntted
Newspapers lndignantly
Protest While Berlin Accuses Bavarians of
ants of an oasis to be jealous of the inhabitants of the desert.
The reply from ‘Munich was a tele-
gram to the Frankfurter Zeitung giv- ing an account of the vvomen‘s rising recently in front of the Munich town hall, when the women protested ag- ainst the high cost of living and the scarcity of food.
"Tire Vorwaert says: “This dispute which is caused' by
rr rrrlserrrlrle 250 grammer of meat per week, ha ssomething shameful about it. it gives the impression that the iighting to seize the few provisions suffering people of Germany are llsl\lln§ to seize the`few' provisions that still remain in the country like dogs over bones. The Bavarian gov- ernment in sivlns this exhibition to the world, hi.-r not accomplished a patriotic wort-_ "
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IN AIR I.
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(Special to the Guardian)
LONDON, August 27.~ln Albania he Austrian:-1 are corlilucting an ol- 'T-nsive \\'hich has rcniloreii neces-
1;try it retirement of the French and *alien troops in the region of the 'pper Devoli. The result of the fight-
nz docs not seriously affect the Ai-_
- led iinc along the Semini. '
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RIIWN PRINIII RUPRTIIHT UTHERWIST TNRAGIR
Special to The Guardian)
COPENHAGEN, August 27.-King
-.eopold of Bavaria ,at a. family din- .ier Sunday, according to an ofllcial rtate-ment made in Munich, announc- ed the engagement of Crown Prince -tupprecht to the Princess Antoincttq if Luxemburg.
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ENEMY USED SEVENTY DIVIS- IONS
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BRITISH I-IEADQIIARTERS, Aug.
‘2'.'.-Until Sunday night it was esti- mated that the enemy had been forced `o use between the' Scarpe and the Aisne at least seventy divisions since August 8.
l00,000 GERMAN8 CAPTURED, A8 MANY KILLED, AND 300,000 WOUNDED
Since Jirly lil, when the couirter-
atlack of the l<`i'our:ll :intl Aiucrican army against thc army of the Crown Prince in the Marne salient was launched, iibout 110,000 Germans have
been captured, nt loust as runny more have been killed and not loss tlinn 300,000 have been wounded more or loss seriously. Thu Allied armies, which inflicted these great losses up- on tlie enemy have themselves had many casualties, probably not less than a quarter of a -million, but they have lust. new ely :my prisoners and in battles l`.~ it by thc troops of Mnngln, ‘J I N "son, liiubert and llynr; sn n». :I ~' ilu- cnerny's guns llitvc been - lhnl relatively few of tho Allied ~..snaities were caused f\ sliellflrc and a much greater pro- I ---ation of the wounded than usual , ~ ill speedily return to the front. It l . :hereforo within the rrlurk to state l'l~~»t the net losses of the enemy in mi.. nirst six weeks have ber-n not W... than 200.000 greater time those ol the Allied Armies and tin- -nd is 'not yet. ln the battle of th.~ .»=-nrime which has spread north an-l .rrrrrtli ‘from the original front so that it now
ras to the south of the Somme. thu
my.
IIIRII SHAUSHNTSSY It
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(Special tothe Guardian) _rfI_‘OItONTO, Ont.. Aulust 27.--Lord »Shaughuessy..President of the Can- arian Pacific Railway. Montreal, for- UIBITY d00IBX‘sd.tho opening yesterdswl of the Canadian National Exhibition for 1918. In his address for the occa- sion his Lordship touched interest- ingly on railway problems. He de- clared he did not oppose railway na- tionelization, but warned the counrr" to proceed slowly and carefully 'cn any such scheme, The greater par' of his address was a frank discus sion of the problems that will cor
front -Canada after the war,
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MYSTERY SIIIP
W'l'I’H Tl-IE GRAND FLEET, Aus
27.-Visiting the fleet recently Kim George inspected a mystery shi). which is rr puzzle to the enemy. Reference to peculiarities is otllcially restricted to statement that she is an airplane carrier.
Slilll, Wil TH IIT SGRAI Sl ll IN U. S.
(Special to The Guardian)
NEW YORK, August 26.-Seizure
by the government of 1,957,000 lbs. of devitalized wheat gluten which was to have found its way to Germany through Switzerland, was announced in a statement today by A. Mitchell Palmer. alien property custodian. The grain, worth ingpremar times ep- proximetely $200,000. was discovered i f
n .Tune in a warehouse hers rsedy or shipment oversees. It will be
sold st public auction August 26.
OTTAWA. Aug. 27.-Timnkagiving
day may not be held t'his year until November. The date has not been nx- od but there is A proposal that Canf adisn holiday be named nearer the American Thanksgiving day. For the past few years Thanksgiving Day hu been the second,llond"s§ in October.
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