FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1915.
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THE WAR.
GREAT BATTLE BEGUN IN THE ARRAS DISTRICT.
THE CHINA MAIL.
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BY TELEGRAPH. 1-day's Advertisements To-day's Advertisements
LATEST BULLETIN FROM SIR JOHN FRENCH, Bester's Service to the China Masl.)
LONDON, April 3.
Fill-Mursdial-Sir-Jolur-French in a "bulletin says : ——— Fighting northward and north-eastuanl of Ypres continned all yestor day. The British, in conjunction with the Frelich, definitively stopped. The German attack, which" has not beer resumed there. There have beur.Germas. Nestward of the anti-since yesterday Toming," exisɔpt" at the small bridgehend at Steenstrat
A adjustment of the situation was necessitated by the British and French counter-«tiucks.
outraveping The Hague Convention. In resisting these the Germans again used asphyxiating gases and
ALLIES' OFFENSIVE CONTINU-ls, ING IN THE YPRES REGION.
ON THE WEST FRONT.
*' COMPARATIVELY · QUIET."'
THE DARDANELLES OPERATIONS. “
TELEGRAM FROM SIR LAN HAMILTON GALLANTRY OF THE BRITISH TERRITORIALS,uring the past three days.
Reuter's Service to the China Mail.j
„GREAT BATTLE BEGUN IN THE ARRAS
DISTRICT.
FURTHER DETAILS OF RECENT ACTIONS.
LONDON, April 9
Josvay, April 29.
The Paris evening communique says: The day has been comparatively quiet. There is no change in Belgium. We hold the ground recovered The Germans in Champagne captured three gdred metres of trenches in the region at Benn Sejour, We-retook half of them.
The enemy bombarded Lea Eparges and Hartmannsweilerkopf but dil moraltack.
WHAT THE NEW ZEALANDERS WISH.
Losses, April 20. pm—Render's Ottawa respondent telegraphs that the Premier of New Unofficial despatches from France slats flint a great battle has begun in the Zealand has wired to the Tight Hon. R. L. Borden. the Premier of Arms district
Canada, that the New Zealanders at the front are enger, for the opportu nity of fighting shoulder to shoulder with their Canadian brothers. Mr. Borden replied reciprocating the hope,
The damage done by the Allied airmen at the railway junctions in Flanders prevented the Germans bringing up reinforcementa in the region of Ypres, where the British and French are pressing their offensive and are making many captures.
A French paper states that three thousand prisoners were taken in two days. The German counter attacks were only half-hearted.
The Canadians have been relieved and are resting. Though the Canadina won the most glory, correspondents point out that the British Territorials took amest gallant part-in-the-battle-and-though-many-were receiving their trapian of fire they behaved like seasoned troops. After the Canadians rushed the wood the Territorials were brought up on Friday afternoon and assaulted St. Julien. They included the Yorks, Kents, and Glocesters. They advanced for hours against machine guns and feally got home with the bayonet among the ruins,
pturing nay minchine guns.
BRITISH EAST AFRICA.
Lospos, April 20. Brigadier General 3. L Tiche, of the Indian Army, has been appointed de coramand the troops in British East Africa.
GENERAL SIR E. HUTTON.
LoxDox, April 20
General Sir Edward Hatton has reaigned the command of the 21st Army Dirision of the new Army owing to ill health.
DARDANELLES OPERATIONS.
THE LANDING PARTY' STEADILY ADYANCING.
LONDON, April 29.
The War Ofice announces that in face of continual opposition, the troops have now established bowelves across the end of the Gallipoli Peninsula, from a point north-east of Eski Hissarlik to the month of the stream on the opposite side.
They hate niso benton off all attacks at Saribair and are steadily advancing.. The Turksh acade considerable preparations to bamper the Innding of the scoops at the various points. There were wire entanglements under the sea qa well as oa land. Deep pits with spikes at the bottom were also among the obatacles to be urerroma by the troops.
The Admiralty announce that after days of haul fighting in difficult country thu..troops landed on Gallipoli Peninsulaute thoroughly, making good their footing with the effective Julp of the Nary, The French have taken 500 prisoners. The following telegram has been oficially pub shed in Caire Allied, Forces under Sir Tao Hamilton nve effected landing on both sides of Dardanelles under excellent conditions; many prisoners have been taken and our fores are continuing their advance.'
THE TROOPS PROGRESSING.
British Foreign Office Triegram,)
LONDON, April 2 The War Office ammosee" that in free of continual opposition, the Troops have now established themselves across the end of Gallipoli Penin- ula from a point N.Eof Eski-Hissarlik to the mouth of the stream on the opposite side. They have also besten off all attacks at Sari Bair and are stondily alvumeing.
AWARDS FOR BRAVERY AT NEUVE CHAPELLE.
LONDON, April 29.
FRENCH CRUISER TORPEDOED IN THE ADRIATIC.
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SUNK BY AN AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE.
"Loxdes, April 20.
A telegram from Paris states that it is semi-officially reported that the French urtoured-cruiser Leon Gambetta was torpedoed in the Adriatic on the 26th and sank. A great part of the crew was saved.
A telegram from Reman states that the Austrian submarine 5 sank the Leon Gambetta at night time at Marth Dileucu, sauth-eastward of the Gulf of Taranto.
...
Up to the present news has been received of the rescue of 130 out of
about 700 officers and men.
The vessel was struck on the port side by two torpedños and sank in ten minutes. Most of the survivors were injured. All the acers died at their post.
boccurs at Castrignano.
Forty-eight bodies have been recovered and buried with military
ROME, April 29.
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Fach Tondo mat he accompanied 1 by receipt to the effect that the tenderer has deposited in the Colonial Tramestry, a jum of Fire Hundred Dollars (3300) as a plexigu of the bana rides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if the tenderes refuses to carry out his tender and comply with the above mentioned conditions, should the tender be accepted. Director of the Public Works.
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LONDON, April 27.
In the House of Commons Sir Edward Grey, replying to Sir William Bull, said that Great Britain could not suggest to Chips or Japas the need for expediting the conclusion of the negotiations, bat he hoped that the negotiations would come to a satisfactory conclusion as soon as possible.
(Wah Taz Yat Po's Service.)
PRESIDENTIAL MANDATES.
PERING, April 29.
A Presidential Mandate appoints Nan Chuen Sirin a director of the Tobacco and Spirit Monopoly throughout the whole county.
Another Mandate exempts twenty-four of the famine-stricken districts of Kiangan from the payment of taxes.
A SCHEME THAT FAILED... The Leon Gambette was proceeding to Malta at seven knots when she was torpedoed at one in the morning, twenty miles off the Italian approved of the buying up of all the Owing to Liang Shi having dis const. The dynamos were wrecked and the lights consequently extin-optum in stock in Shanghai, the scheme guished. The wireless was also paralysed. She was headed for shore in has failed. tho hope of beaching her. Two boats which were lowered capsized and the occupants were drowned.
Italian torpedo-boats attached to the signal station at Maria Dilouca rushed to the rescue. They saw blue-jackets swimming and clinging to the wreckage of the overturned boats, and to rafts constructed of cars and planke.·
The Imlian constguards semaphored for help, and all the fishing- boats in the vicinity put to soa and rendered most valuable help
Tear-Adiniral Senes was drowned.
The Leen Cambelts was an armoured cruiser of 12,341 tons displacement, built ut Brest, where she was completed in 1904, at a cont of £1,169,840. Her armament consisted of 4 7.0-ini, 10-8.4in. 29 1.8-in., sol 2 14-in. She. aleo hind two (sub) forpedo tubes, had a speol of 20.06 knots, and a complement
28.3
LIVING WITHOUT THE GERMANS.
Little Cause For Begrat.
"THE" JAPANESE DEMANDS.
The Japanese Minister has notifed the Chinese Government that Japan's mod demands must be replied to so within five days.
The Government intend to reply to day (Thursday).
THE UNITED STATES AND THE DEMANDS.
The American Government has noti- find the Powere that if Japan does not agree to the British proposal," namely, Talmost illiterate in music; wo haru" low (to cancel those demands which would
testes in the art;
interfors with the rights of other thetically that is the greatest loss of Powers, America would ask China to the war. With an effort it may be turned proclaim that the whole of the demanda to a great gain. In old English and old Irish music there is a wealth of inspiration should be settled by the Hague Con to be found, and there is latent music inference. us awaiting development if only we can find the right methods.
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ALLEGED KIDNAPPING.
Mr. Wond, at the Magistracy this after- and two women, on a charge of apu, hoard evidence against three Chinese,
intention of detaining a seven year old child with theị
deprising the parents or
One of the most extraordinary conse- quences of the war was that we worn suddenly isolated fem ever sixty millions as for modern German Art. German of the most pusliful perp'e in Europe. After eight months of soration we may performing dogs, German hotela, German drama, German the Germans! It is a remsikobla aitonare, German barbers, and, above all. well ask aurrelves bow life goes without tion, and from the paychological standpoint German professor-how indiferent, am 1 it is po taro an occasion that it merits pleasure to think that our absurd Touton departare! It gives me peculis careful study.
worship has been killed. Our professor Kayfawing the position today, it may be and learned men were getting to nail that we getting on very com fortably without the Germanor, prites Jesicallo state of basement to the Ger guardian of its custody. Briton" in the Marchester Daily De. Dan professors, and now to my great glas the man and Mr. Faithful defended the spatch" I tremble to think what our state i the same German professor have mada would be if war had isolatel the French
such mases of themselves that even the third prisoner.
Chinese detectives, on duty at the Yau- German people would like to kick them. from us in the same drastic manner. We
mati station early g the morning of April The biggest item to the story of the 4, saw the male defondant in elrug of s should lo e in all the raEnements the Germany professor was his blur.
เวล pleasures which we draw from Gallic ballied our pour, rosek, learned meu into child, who, when asked what relation the bud was to kim, said that an old womIRD. sources. Fancy Paris shut off from by
intellectoni
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Mr. Kong ding appeared on behalf of
The Victoria Cross has been awarded to the following for conspicuous fumenities, and artistic ad Gallic believing that Germany was immeasurably bad brought the child to his house în
Bravery in the battle of Neave Chapelle-
Sergeant Major Daniels and Corporal Noble of the Rifle Brigade. They voluntarily sushed forward and succeeded in cutting wire in face
of
a
the most severe machine gun fire. Both were immediately wounded, and Corporal Noble died.
Private Buckingham, End Leicesters.
For resering wounded under heavy fire.
Private Rivers. 18: Sherwood Foresters
On his own initiative Private Rivera crept against masses of the enemy qa
ring of steel and hatred: feinging French that of the world in fourning, whereas in Yaurati. The istectives then escorted trath she was hit le better than a pirate the man to a house mentioned in Canton
wines taboo for men and French fashiona
for wote; conjure up the deprivation of and copyist. We were fed on German load. The second defendant at Yaumati
the countless little things of civilization philosophy. Gorman solenes, and every Police Statics and that the child was her which we ora to the Franch. It would be doctors swore by German text books and bild to the first defondant, bota she said other form of mental foodstuff. Derson, and added that she had given the an appalling stato.
With Germany the wrench of paning is by German drugs. Our militarists help up as he had. not so hard, though in other lays we have the Germs war science and the Gar
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bated breath: our Socialists printed to German Fucialiau vitli no len pride than four advocates of autocratic rule pointed out the solidarity of Germany under "strong" government.
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For my own part the chief loss in that of German muria anno no foolishly patriotic as to call Beethoven and Wagner Prussians, and boycott dead German From what a load of cant and intellectual rife brought the boy to Yaumati
The second defend nt said that witness WILKINSON'S TANSAN gacinsot necount of ring Gorman suubbery, have we been relieved It is stupidity. Nor am I in love with the pleasurable now to enter a fashionable frat adfendent bringing him a piece of & shopkeeper of Taumati tertide to the neurotic modern German mute which has London hotel and misa the Fetasian guard paper on which he asked him to become been received with such rapture in who exacted toil at the door, and miss the amator to the extent of LIG. The frat Englant
priggish Teston at the inquiry oflies.. And But tegrat that we shall have no of all classes of Germans who I trust will defendant said he was going to buy a boy
to be his son." German exponents of German upara and be eliminated by the war it is my hope LONDON, April 20. classic Garman music. The war han ewept that the German hotel manager will autfer
The first defendint said he was a doctor. The following additional list of casualties are reported c Killed:-. F. Arnold, P. W. Bradlay, G. Dauboney, H. Fardell, D. H. and so are isolated from the vast How we Lolasted this bully how the Fannsti Railway Station was Austria and Bongary into confict with us, most heavily in Irrezaodiable disaster of baying a child for his friend. The wo der and had come to Hongkong for the purpoad
Field, J. B. Wallace, L. R. West,
majority of those musicians who gave as such leangirs. Great music, and the ex- engined that we wore happier ander the Reclamation Street the women. hotel proprietors could have not going with him. When he was stop- Diod of wounda: E. MacCabe, Wounded:2nd Lieut. Broad (Leiniera), W. Cobb, J. E. Crombir, Aion of grent music, are almost Garang hypocrisy and sneering talenting ul. this defendaste brought him the child and ha
monopolies, whatever other nations may tyrant I cannot onderstand. He won his 0.-B. Davior, J. B. Eilie, I. C. Grant, (Camerons), A, H. Hatton (South Lan- cisim. The Gariusn preponderance in pretion and held it by beer bhrif Hatoll on with the third defendant to safe Percival, P. Symonds-Taylor, W. H. Watson, D. Wilkins, 2d Lieut, Willing The best music of Germany has heen it The German aigle af fotal bed sec100
abra). B. de adgkinson, de Lugore, W. Luusade, S. T. Maunder, Ele as great na the Engusa superionty: Le English that no man, of English, race temper to be in document for
could msonga sa hotel. And we believed guario teed. They each asked for son (Engineers), J. Wingfold..
Wounded and inlsaing: 8. Banderoun,
written long since, however, and in recent gaudity furnished Pran barracks sons concerned in the esso ahasuaded on Detective Sargonut Walls mid nine per. years there has bcea marked dostace The came hicff pins a sinister organiza. the night the boy was found by the Police is inspiration, duo, pe laps, to the Pros Eon, trailing upon the Bog'ish employer's sianizing and militarizing stall Germany, pugum for cheap labour - hanterend they did not we take their furniture may be imposible Tor us to produces. man waitres farhees, Cerke englouers. The case was precooding as we want to
with them. Boothoven or Wagner, has I do not see chemists, basinos mp, Alather doon.us why we should pos-evolve swear, singer,But let ti ne verlose the fact that the pro gifted conductors and genuinely existic shelling off of Germany has deprived as of and ssion which now to be killed and lack of enterprise we failed to produce. pisuista and violinists with that soulful many oveful articles which is our laziness Undoshtedly the most astounding burder BEESTIVE TO DELISH IC inade by ou
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