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THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1915
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THE DARDANELLES OPERATIONS.
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INTERESTINO DESCRIPTION OF REGENT EVENTS.
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LORD KITCHENER'S APPRECIATION OF THE
TROOPS.
LONDON, Juur 20.
Lord Kitchener has written to Mr. Ben Tület: “I am much obliged by your letter giving such an interesting description of the feelings of the men in the trenches. There no doubt that they fought splendidly against a foe who used the most dastardly means to conduct the campaign. We are doing all in our power to give the men the munitions that they require."
MORE SHELLS DROPPED ON DUNKIRK.
Heater's correspondent at the Dordianolles, telegraphing on June say Sa has just returned from a visit to the Front to the trenches occupied by the Australians and New Zealanders who repelled the grand Turkish Attack on Jane 16. The periscope, which afforded the only method of viewing the ground owing to the proximity of the trenches, still reveals abundant evidence of the enemy's terrible pazishment. Everywhere the dead were lying singly or in groupa, sometimes soo thick. for counting. The attack began a mid- night on the 18th. The day before bad bean quiet until the evening, when A Paris comagnique states that 15 long rangs shulle wero ngain dropped the enemy opened a furious bombardment with arms of all calibres. When into Punkirk this morning. Our hinty batteries concentrated on the enemy the Turks, had finished wasting their ammunition in this way it was found that gra, practically no damage was done, but the Turks took a different view and
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CANTON'S ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.
PEXING. June 28. The Canton Government has been allostel $4,000,000 for administra- tion expenses by the Central Govern-
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A Mumlate deprives from officu Cheung Fin Ting, Magistrate of the Foning district of Kwangtung, for
Sermmt Loan.
-opened an attack at midnight with a heavy fusillude. The whole line there. NEUTRAL COUNTRIES AND THE SUPPLY OF ENEMY GOODS. } neglect of ilities relative to the In-1
apon advanced in the bravest way at 3 o'block in the morning against thin mardarova fire,
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LONDON, June 23,
The Hour of Commons to-night passed the Exportations Bestrictions Bill, the first effect of which will probibit the exportation of any gooda to Holland except through the Nederlands Overseas Trust, which guarantees that no goods will reach the enamy destination.'
TURKS FUTILE ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THE AUSTRALIANS.
At some points they reached the trenches only to be shot down at point blank ninge. Many were killed in the trenches themselves. The Mr. Pretyions, Under Secretary for Board of Trade, declared that there had attacks were repeated at short intervals with the same disastrous result, already been a partial arrangement with this body which he believed kept its At no point did our men even look like, giving way. The last grand obligations. He hoped that this new arrangement would arrest trade which was attack was hunched at noon on Wednesday after another thunderous certainly passing through Holland into Germany, The Bill, which could be bombardment. This one also withered before the blast of rifle and taxin extended to other neutral countries, contained penalties in fine or imprison- fre. The Turkish deud hy in ghastly piles, Hundreds were counted | Sir Henry Dalział welcomed the Government's acknowledgment of goods along the front of short segments of the line.
Loing into Germany and mid that there were insufficient warehouses at Copen- hagen to hold all the cotton and that whole streets were filled with bales destined for Germany.
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OPERATIONS IN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA.
GENERAL BOTHA'S FURTHER SUCCESS.
From prisoners we learned that the enemy had brought up an entirely fresh division for the attack, in which, unending to our computation, they lost half their strength...This sprees with the estimates of prisoners who say that fifty per cent, returned at the end of the successivo attacks. The battle had a sequel next day, which shows that the Turks are learning the tricks of their German, masters. In the late afternoon red orescent flags shot up from the Turkish thymeltes, and were answered by white Hags from ours.". Turkish stretchine-bearets" appeural between the
Laxpos, June 28. tines, orilently intending to remove the woundel, Simultaneously a Genent Sir Louis Botin's forers, says telegram from Pretoria, Turkish otheer, seemapanied by o sturgeons, approached our lives. The have occupied Omararu, on the Swakopmund Grootfontein Railway Australian general went forwuni to wet them. They asked for an The advance continues, Armistice in order to remove the dead and wounded. The hour and the conditions," says our official report, ** were calcplated to excite sus- picion right away, as night was approaching and the enemy's frenches wore lined with double rows of armed men glancing in the bristling trenches. The Australian general said that if the Turkish officer returned:
Since the occupation of Windhoek, General Botha's movements have at a Yengutable hour in the morning they raight exchange letters, subject been hindered by lack of supplies. The troops have been on half, and meanwhile to hostilities being restuiet after ten initutes gave, weaver on quarter rations. Replenishment now permits of the resumption And not long to wait before our suspicions were justified, that under the of active postilities, which are likely to be effective. cloak of butunity the enemy were seeking to profit by the darkness
in order to escape from the fire of our artillery, which had caused phom auch heavy losses,"
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RESUMPTION OF HOSTILITIES.
LONDON, June 23.
THE SUPPLY OF MUNITIONS.
LONDON, June 29. -
The Australian General having soon through the maneuvre, they Ariel another trick. The muses in the trenches advanced with Sixed)
Mr. Lloyd George, the Minister of Mänitione, conferred with the French Bayoneta Lehind a screen of weaponless soldiers, who held up their hands Gader Secretary for War. J. Thomas, who is the organiser of the French as though suger lo surrender; but the ruse was detected inediately mouzitions, at Boulogne on Saturday and Sunday. Bolk Ministers were acccam and the Turks paid dearly for their attempt to share the privileges ofanied by experts. the Red Crusa fug..
The envy then commented à lubartiment lasting until darit, after which the rifles and maxims maintained the combat until as 4 in the anurning the,, enemy, tried on more rush but lacked vigour and were speedily repelled to their troebes. Thus failed General veu Saunders shree days' atteaups, first by fair and then by foul means, to drive the Australiaus to the set.
TURKISH FAILURES,
The Press Burgau imates the following dispatch from Headquarters at the Dardanelles, dated Jung 20th-e
GREECE AND THE WAR.
A Significant Statement
LONDON, June 23.
A Venezelos. the Greek Premier, says a telegram from athens, has anthorise the etatement that he is convinced that any policy except supporting the Entente Powers would be disastrons to Greece.
DESPERATE STRUGGLE FOR LEMBERG.
RUSSIANS BRAVELY: DEFENDING IN..
LONDON, Juno-20,-
EXHIBITION OF NATIVE GOODS.
The Ministry of Agriculture has decided to hold an, exhibition of native goods from September 28 to October 16,
SUBMARINE'S VALUE,
Thwarting the Torpedo,
In the "Dublin Review" that well- kouwn naval writer, A. H. Pollen, makes
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The official subinarioe war began on February 18th and only savua merchant- mon were hit and eleven attacked in the
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At this period Germany was credited by competent critic with at least thirty, and possibly with sixty, submarines. Surely these figures of the numbers of stipe attacked less that thirty ons of
2,000 testimor y to sloquent
the extreme difficul- ties that best the ass of the submarine na ship; and the fact that only one target was hit of each two that were fired into shows how greatly the power of the sub- mariae to destroy, when is has inveigled itself into a position from which to attack, has been over-rated".
Mr Pollen bas earned a reputation for careful statement, and the nervous may taks comfort from the following:-
And the interesting point to remember That the BOR-BOCEL of the enemy's sub- atines was not inmedi faly due to Asy zubi-aubmarine campaiga" ME Duts, but simply to the employment of ordinary vigilance pitti against the natural Hosita Ftians of the submarine itself. WINK sca Tirpitz's December throat that Germany would send her suhmariñas derslopinant it was this coualer offensive ibat so many English counter offensive.
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The Turks yesterday evening expended 150 high explosive shells and Were sectiussing for attack. The encug's heart failed and the attuck degenerated into fire action. One of our, brigades at 6.30 in the evening Rassian military experts do not conceal the probability of the fall of Lem- attacked a Turkish trench but were unsureéssful. The Turks counterborg, although a last desperate stand is being made nearer the city behind the attack British xade there began the attacked and effected a lodgment of their line at an awkward slight Grodek linea But the town is not strongly fortified, and even the Austrians
aptured by us on Jung 4 As the brigade were unable to recover the last September did not attempt its delence.. Jost tranch, the ith Payal Sente assisted the company and the Worcesters A German phalanx is approaching the town from the north by way of Rawa at the time of the Scott controversy. What then came to help. This attack was briffinatly successful. The Turkish Rusaka in a wide encircling movement, while the Austrians are advancing from a neglected in pace we were driven to dead were estimated at three hundred along the front of one brigade the south-west The Russians, however, have succeeded thus far in retiring in when the trouble begati. At the time of alone, and probably amounted to a thousand altogether. Prisoners state good order, hence the Cherman victory is incomplete, while they are confronted writing it is impossible to specify what that the Turks were trazed that their high explaive bombardiment offenaire which will make themselves felt at the most favourable opportunity.
with a practically unbroken front, possessing unimpaired potentialities for an, the means of the counter-defonsirs are, and it is equally impossible to estimate rade so little impression, though the treaches were auch darnaged.
ant make more than sixteen bits on 8,000 their efficiency L
"I forty sabmations can- targets it may be partly due to their limitations, partly to the aficiency of the meuna taken to attack them. For myself I have a grest faith in the efficiency of these men and its i my belief that they will so profoundly affect the employment of submarines as to make over the shadow of meuses from this source seam ridiculous.”,
THE POPE AND THE WAR
HIS HOLINESS INTERVIEWED.
LONDON, June 23.
The Home correspondent of the Paris Liberto" states that the Pope, in an interview, defended his abstention ia denouncing the revolting war crimes because he was unable to discuss the merits of the mutual accusations. Tbe destractions of cathedrals, and Louveia library were abominations which he utterly condemned though be did not pass judgment. The Judge ią above. There was no more horrible crime than the sinking of the "Lusitania" bat be asked was a blackade condemning millions of innocent people' to starva- tion inspired by very banane principles?
The situation is somewhat akin to that on the Western front on the occasion of General Joffra's retirement upon the Marne. The strength of the Russian positions upon the Tanew front make the enemy offensive northwards improbable.
THE FIGHTING NORTH OF ARRAS.
LONDON, June 22.
To-day Paris communique says: 'The German long-range gun that has been firing into Dunkirk showed itnowed activity, Fourteen shells were fired, and soude civilians were 'killed. **
The Belgians achieved a neat success in the St. Georgo's region. They took a German tronch, killing or capturing all the occupantя,
A HINT TO JAPAN.
Mr. Patoam Wesle, in the course of 'a
In the battle around Airas the enemy, after a very fierce bombani-striking article published simultaneously unt, attacked at various points, but was completely repulset, except is Peking, in Yokobaras, in London and in The correspondent, in commenting on the bad impression in France to the south-east of Bouchez, where he regained a footholl in a portion Manchester, has the following interesting used by the Vatican's efforts to keep Italy neutral, anys the Pope admitted that of one trench. The Germans in the region of The Labyrinth sustained brilliant Hungarian wbg i
passage.
made Eag be was aquiral because, be was God's representative on earth and wished to heavy losses. Another German attack was defeated by infantry and artil-nd his home set down pregnant words to
pare Italy the horrors of war, and also because war would endanger the inery fire. The enemy used gas bombs. Sorests of the Vatican,
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The French continue to advance in formine und in lace, easily The hour had not arrived for him to take the initiative in peace, repulsing counter-attacks and capturing some prisoners and machine but he would feverishly watch for the opportunity and grasp the "first-hand extonded.
GERMAN HARVEST A COMPLETE FAILURE.
LONDON, June 23, Henter's correspondent at Amsterdam states that the German harvest is completo failure. In some districts there is drought; frait is falling and the grass withering,
guns.
GALLANTHY OF THE FRENCH ́ TROOPS.
| show what that inevitably bringa." He said.
having foolishly over-reached himself. It *It is custumary to accuse Napoleon of
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is likewise a summonplace to blame Louis XIY for an ambition striving for the absurd idea of subjugating Europe. It is less known that George III failed in his attempt: of trutaining thirteen colonies within the British Empire chiefly because of LONDON June 23. anambition
with that of thor Sapientiali identical The Press Bureau públishes a despatch from the Headquartors of XIV. King Georgu the Danisuelles, dated the 22nd inst., which states that after 24 hours did not, it is
The only at try to
the Tasding heavy and continuous fighting a substantial success was achieved in an Powers of Europe. Whilst fighting the attack by General Gourand's troops, resulting in the capture of a con- Americans, ho had the boldness to fight the French, the Eraumb, and the Dutch. ITALIAN FLEET TO GUARD THE ADRIATIC.siderable portion of Turkish trenches,
As alieady repotter, the battle on the 4th and 8th June resulteit too, rouring at the same time to hostility in a good sevance of the Centre, to which neither the Right nor the Baltic Powers. As Louis XIV for a Left Wingh were able to confoma owing to the strength of the Turkish heim, Tutin, and Malpinquer and positions in front of the flanker General Gourand, at 3.30 on Moray Napoleon for the same game of the Europe, The Franch Admiral in Chief praises the endurance of the bluejackets Keresdere and by boon, the fad French Division had stormed and King George, committing the same fatal
kirning began an attack on the formidable works running along the enhed at Lapie and Waterlog: sized for the past ten months in this region
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LONDON, June 23. Reuters correspondent at Paris atatea that the Italian foot has taken over the immediate guard of the Adriatic Sea.
BRITISH AEROPLANE SERVICE.
LONDON, June 23.
captured all, tas Turkish fires and second line branches opposite their front, including the famous Haricot redoubt, with a subsidiary maze of cutanglements and communication trenches.
TRENCHES TAKEN AND RETAKEN..
On their night the 1st French Division, after force fighting, also At question time in the House of Commons, Mr. Tenusas, Under Secretary of State for War, said that the aeroplane, service could not be improvised in a took Turkish trenches opposite their front, but a heavy counter-attack dunrry. Its steady developemmt bad progressed since the War had was conformed them back. Again this Division attacked, and again it stormed tioning rapidly and is as possible that the develpement of the Flying Corps the position, but again it was driven out a d would be a legitimate cause for satisfaction in the country (cheer).
The hornbandment of the Turkish Left Wing was resuined, British guns howitzers A fume had at nogers goin ailing the French drillery Xfido niecie was we ay most emphatically that Count
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WOMEN MENTIONED IN DESPATORES.
LONDON, June 23.
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and BAFOR Kato should pause and Turkish first-line trouches were taken. Despite heavy counter-attacks consider curnfully the European point of in positions are still in our hands.
during the night, especially at 3.30 in the mornin all the captured the last fourteen years in China. For the view as well as the history and meaning of
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GERMAN COUNTER ATTACKS BEPULVED...
Tha (;irman counter-attack north of Arras ceased this morning and there was only a vinient artillerý duel during the day. The Germano attacke on the Heights of the Medze, Wowza mod in Lorraine wern repulsed and the French continue their advance so the Vorger
DSEXY'S HEAVY LOSSES. W
The thorny lost most heavily One Turkish battition, advancing to reinforce the Turka, was spotted by un seroplane, and practically wiped out by 75% before they could scatter
The clan and contempt of danger shown by the young Franch drafts -the Just, contingent of French averaging only 20 years rouch addınired.
The French battleshin St. Louis diil oxcellent service against." the Asiatic butteres during the fighting. **
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