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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1916
THE WAR.
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's Sercia, to the China (Mail}
NAVAL ACTION IN NORTE SEA
GERMAN BATTLE-CRUISER SQUADRON COMES OUT.
« Losnok, April The Admiralty announces that at 9.30 this coming a German buttle- aruiser squadron, accompanied by light emisers and destroyes, appeared, off Lowestoft.
The Toon! Naval forces engaged it.
Lu statis Estenty mninutes it zokarned to Gernally, chrised by our light cruisers and destroyers.
On shore, two mem, one wehan.
child word "Ribbl
STILL FIGHTING NEAR VERDUN,
GERMANS SUFFER HEAVY DEFEATS.
Pants, Aphil 25. The French inflicted heavy defents on the Germans west of the Mouse.
Anamariqué supya The enemy zwies attacked our new position, at Delasan Hill, but completely failer!.
They then launched a final attacks supported by a crpions, use of liquid fire, hatt it was swope by our artillery and infantry fire, and the Germans were forced to return, to their lines, having suffered important losses,
T. GERMANY AND AMERICA
And
matérial shmage wreppe insignificant, and as Bras is Rigate at passent (wo) „British light craters And 'à de muger |
were hit but none With snuk.
TERRIFIC FIRING IN NORTH
れ
SEA.
Loss. April 2
The Evening News says there was terrific firing of the East Coast of Englundar 4 Sebels this morning, and it was couried at 50. Shells werd plainly seen falling in the sea.
IL
ANZAC DAY..
PROCESSION TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
Lostos, April 2 In glorious sunshing two thousand Australians and New Zealanders march- ei through Lotion to Westminster Abbey tu mamanzenpirate Anzac Day and;
the unparallele heroism shown by the troups in Gallipoli, also as a tribute to the memory of the gallist siend.
There were senes of wonderful
GERMANY "READY TO MAKE-
CONCESSIONS."
"
WasHisaros, April 25 Deparches From the Fuited States) Ambassador at Ferlin are soil to InBente thuit Germany is ready to pinko concessions for the American denuals, but is confrunted he the difficulty of finding a way to satisfy the United States without avoising the German
public.
THE CHINA MAIL.
CHINESE "AFFAIRS
NEWS FROM HOME.
(Reuters Service to the China Mail.) (From ther then Correspondent, if they are storing their private cors
THE NEW CABINET AT PEKING..
1.
Pesisa, April 23,
London, Mar. 18. POLITICAL
A Parliamentary correspondeur writes :-" 16' is widely rumoured in
nineteen ink. Arvanis,"
Semo heroic lilies are sing public com veyances under the impassion that
they are saving the nation. One dane with a huge house in the West End went to the tiuilibull and bean! Cabinet Ministers talk of economy. She went home, dismissed her fifteen
Tan Chi Juj bas fonaed a Cabinet | diplomatie quarters, not only heremaids and the bubler, and went into which included, in addition to these myutine in a previous telegm, the following:
„Education ... than Kuo Kan. Commerce...
Ching Pan Thng. Justice Chang Tsung Hsiang. Finance ...... Sun Puo Chi, Wang, Shih Chett becoruck. Chief of the thenemal Staff and Chuan Yun
Kaon Auditor-General..
(Wah Tay Yat Po'a Service)
** PRESIDENT POWERLESS."
Paxrse, April 26.
It has been decided that the new Cabinet as a whole shall infang the Southern Provinces that new Cabinet has been formed and that the President is powerless
THE LOST CHINESE TRANSPORT.
FIVÉ FUROPEANS DROWNED.
Suasaitat. April 200 There were sis Europeals on the Haing when she was sunk. Unly ze of the Wis saved."
THE FIGHTING AT WUSIEH, “
Snasional April 23.
a Severe fighting between Northern and Southern trops continues near
A number of shells Enve} Wasich. fallen in the city, houses have been
burnt
aml the wilway
These assitrares have little effect on | damaged. American officials who are almaly familiar with thermal eincessje aus.“
THE SECRET SESSION OF
PARLIAMENT.
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| tie curver before he went to India, pronounced, much to the titled lady`s Until now it was generally understood annoyance At last the latter ingred that Land Harings was to suged to the small offender and said Blave THE QUEEN'S Lord Bersio in Puris.
you a handkerelaiet! To which the Whas at any rate is a fact is that juvenile shifter responded * Certain- Lord Robert Cecil has been doing allly I hapo? - But I don't lenik it-tól the work of his chief at the Foreign strangers Offee or the last few days, for every
PORTEGAL'S ENTRY. anniversary of his wife's druth Sit The South Africans în Loudon, srei Edward Grey withilaws "to, his filled with satisfaction ever the entry. northem seat and spenils the time in of Portugal into the war on the side. contemplation, sometimes with rod of the Allies. Portuguese territory inland. A warm regard, hus, I being coterminous with the south of Elward and darf Robert. understand, sprung up between Sir German East Arziću, General Smuts As for will now receive musterial and roml Ford Fausdown by and Sir Edwand Support in his difficult jobs of captur | live long been close friends anal theiring the last of the German Colonies. views on koreign policy are proctiently With the inland sea of, Luke Tapgau- identicul..
giku on the west, and "Fortuguése
The same corresponleft, who is territory on the south. the Germans quoted above writes: It is possible in East Africa "are now shut, within ra Spealt with authority about the thur own colony. Advantages of no
the health of
Prime Ministerul importance are also premised Setfing serious is the matter. But from loving the town of Lorenzo it is significant of the strah hoposed Marpres uil the stuport of Delagon and the one last November are the driven out of the Truusvaal, Gur- by the war that the present instance | Bageon the side of the Allies. When
only two enses in whieht be lits beep un settlel thers, (:11 entral luhl up in the last bagoly-one years. greind., The promptitude with which Mr. Balfour suffers so much frois, the Portuguese authorities have in- (volls that he is now, I hear, trying tomed those, Trutevial exiles will a new system of inoculation. Dine of prevent them from doing any more Mr. Balfour's greatest friends is that mischief while the war larte. The apostle of inoculation, Sir Almrot: future uf Delago Bay must, of Wright, who now has a military sure, be immensely important to laboritory at Boulogne, and it is due. Transesed, and, in the mutlank af | to his faith in this castrent that South Africans, the purticipation of the First Lord is now testing it. Portugal in the war is of gruter Mr. Pemberton BEEng, the new signirienne for Adrien than for Janonaber for "air that is, he beet Eiropie.
all the party guistions in East"! Herts purely on the demand fra more active air service, though the publicans helped a great dead too tade a rally effective entry to the House of Commons, and may sue cued in going father than most men who go into Parliament on some temporary wave. His success bas tempted other adventurous spirits to
NING LEARNING RUSSIAN. The King has been impressed with the future prospect of developing | rady with Ethssia and the consequent necessity for our conimercial men to study the language. That inay account for the report that His Majesty is kurning Russian himself/t 14 is quite possible that in our schools for boys with a commercial future, Russian will be substituted for Ger- man as a compulsory'subject,
I understand that the King has the
At the very commencement of the war by for the saine stakes, and at the I made an appeal to the Irish people, | title of writing two married men's and especially to the young men of candidates. one of their Mr. Gibso treland to nark there the Bowles that hardy critic of all family fellity for linguistic acquite- winch has been brought about in the relations of Treland to the Empite by side af putting the coalition mengent, so is undaunted by this most The Daily News Lobby correspon-whole heartedly supporting the Allies into a lot of trouble and may even wir dieult of European languages. King. the field. I pointed out that at last the seats they are out for. If this Edward, it is reeniled, spoko French dent wys there is no reason for after centuries of misunderstanding the continues, political trees will go to and Gertian as uently as English, seeroy reguating the size of our democracy of Great Britain had finally the dogs. We have all sorts of while Queen Victoria vesayed to lenzz
and irrevocably decided to trust Ireland Their Majesties the King and tung. Many numbers of the House and I called upon trefuntito pause that grievances that we might air.. We Hindustani After her Diamond received an immeuse gration outsile Corns, will be dissatisfied if the concession of liberty would, as we are summoned for letting a glimmer Janilce...
Home the Abbey.
1000 people the Government themselves do not had promisel in your naine, have the of ligas out et our windows, forį
sume effect in our country, as in very example. Somebody ere long will The difficulties of transport and
of the Empire, and that attchere? the Anda! commemoration
instead of weakness. Treland
enthusin.
the whole Empire. The service wassimple and impressive. It began with the National Athan an inclled the singing of Kipling's Recessional
Mr. Asquith, instead of attending the service, conferred with his colleagues, including Mr. Birrell (Secretary for
Ireland).
Ang Day was alsogenerally observed in Australasia by memorialservices and patriotic meetings. All sport was' post- poned.
THE FIGHTING ON EGYPTIAN,
FRONTIER.
The Thurs, and the, Daily Mail especially, criticise the clause in Saturday's Order-in-Council prohibit ing any person in a newspaper or
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for the field at home in Ireland,
date."
OPTIMISM.
POUNDS OF COAT.
those fanulies that have been slowi
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The congregation invitalet af ary facts. Mr. Asquith, Mr. Bonar
acquaint the famistry of the element-Luther pd henceforth be a strength be starling as the "anti-blind erindi-distribution ure putting the pinch on wounded officers agt men representing Law and Lord Kitchener arranged a I further printed out that this was a As to the married protesters, the about getting in supplies of coul to private meeting with the Labours war provoked by the intolerable whole matter will be settled within porer this dreary March weather. military despotism of Genoany, that it the next week, but the outery is Three weeks notice is needed to many members on Wednesday, presumably was a war in defence of the rights and to give them more detailed informa-liberties of small nationalities, and that being overlore and the nurried dealers before, the accustomed to or would be false to her history campaigners are in danger of making more can be dumped into household tion than will be given to Parliament and to every consideration of honour, themselves ridiculous. Lait to them cellars, so the result, is that ple to-day.
good faith, and self-interest if she did selves, the married men are not itinerant small dealers who sell by The Times hopes that private ot respond to my appeal.
I called for a distinctively Irishmen's willing to go into service, but the the sack or less are doing a big trade members will not miss the opportu.army composed of Irishmen and trained Northcliffe papers, as is their wont,ut fine profits, selling moderate nity of insisting upon the production
Five whipped up a feeling of resent-quality coal at forty-five shillings a I acknowledge with profound gratitude ment by making it appear that all tan. Pretty soon we of suburbia of the truth about the problem of the magnificent response the untry has sorts of pledges have been broken and will be trundling our own coal home the men, and says there is now no
male,For the first time in history injustices dones
in, wheel barrows, unless we can get have today a huge Irish army in the excuse for mystery regarding the field. Its achievements have covered 4
fashionable dies to take to it as a figures.
Ireland with glory before the world, and Cheerful as our men at the, front craze. It is about the only thing North and south have viet with each there now is one of absolute copt. and the curious spectacle is to be have thrilled our hearts with pride. Lave been all the time, the feeling they have not so far tried their band other in springing to anns and idence. The French feel suro they seen of women who would refuse to God, the sacrifices they have male side by side on the field of battle will forms have whipped the Huns in the des- dust as sideboard in their own homes the surest bond of a United Irish nation perate blow at Verdun, and the news getting down with a scrubbing brush in the future. We have kept our word. we have fulfilled our trust. We have from Germany as to the state of the to clean up the floor of some more definitely accepted the position and people there is such as to prove that or less public institution "for the obtained dictaten the obligations of a self- even the obedient dupes of Prussian wake of the nation." Oh well: even unit amongst the nations which junkerdoni are beginning to see if the logic is awry, the sentiment up the Empire.
may have its redeeming side. or anyone in the service of His One more duty remains to be fulfilled. glimrner of light.
That we may look for saine more We have had a rush of omnibus We have to stand by maintain the Majesty." The Daily Mail inter- Irish army at the front. We must not
frightfulness seems certain, conducterettes this week. They be prese this as meaning that the and will not tolerate the idea of our especially after the torpedoing organ their duties the day before Government is determined to put the briments being reinforced by any mining of the big Dusch South yesterday, and 1 understand they are but Irish soldiers. Ireland must maintain American liner Tubantia on the muin to be used as travelling relies on any Pross out of sctice, and The Times the Irish regiments und of our shipping route from Holland across route that is suddenly depleted" of
won. The gaps in the ranks suggests that members of the House Irish army must be filled not by English- the North Ses the day before yester men by the calling up of the groups. of Commons should lose no time in men or Scotchmen or Welshmen, but by day. Ar outage such as that stripe I mounted a pus yesterday where the
Irishmeh
the Gerilans of the last shred of fair conducterette was taking the challenging it.
Our gallant fellow-countrymen at the neutral sympathy-it is even sillier, fares Where do you want to go?" He would appeal. They appeal to-day throngh mein its wickedness than the Zeppelin, she would ask a man. from the trenches to the farmers, the raids, Ae has long been predicted name his destination and then she labouters, the artisans, "and to every by those knowing well the Teutonic would say What is the fare class of our people not to desert them.
MORE SEVERE THAN FIRST BELIEVED.
r
Lospos, April 26. A War Office communique says the Sighting at Katis was more severe than was at frat believed and that the
-defence of Ducidar was gallantly maintained by one Company, the Royal Scots
The enemy left 70 dead, numbers of prisoners, and much war material
The Australian puraging column took further prisoners.
One mounted brigade engaged the enemy all day.
Eight seroplanes on the 24th inst. attacked and completely" destroyed the
a speech reporting or alluding to the Cabinet proceedings or publishing confidential information
from any Government Department
IN MESOPOTAMIA.
!!
ESCAPE.
Turkish comp at Katia and inflicted] A MEDICAL OFFICER'S NARROW -severe losses.
The enemy appears to be withdrawing from the Katia district.
SUBMARINE PIRACY.
LONDON, April 25,
The Dutch steamer Berkelstrdom has
heen sunk by gunfire from two German submarines.in the North Ses. The crew were saved by a British vessel
The steamers Parisiana and Base
(British) have also been sunk Eleven
→of the crew of the Bose were picked up
BIR ROGER CASEMENT.
LONDON, April 21? Bir Roger Casement was brought to London on Sunday, and he is now detained in military custody
It is understood that evidence regard ing his proceedings in Germany since the outbreak of was will be produced at his
front commissioned me to make this
In your name I promised them in mentality, we may look for a wild there?" Three halipence" he France and Flanders that Ireland would and desperate exhibition of German would reply. Then she would serve stand by them. Will you fall that offensiveness, but we rat regard it out the ticket with a smile and say: promise "The task is not difficult. Fill in its true lights the demonstra The Company will loose on me, for 110 the reserve battalions. Your brothers tion of the German consciousness of I can't got used to these fares. Major W, C. Scott, LMS, who was at in the trenches are not only upholding defeat and as their desperate throw
For all that, she was doing her bit Bagdad and was subsequently medical the honour of Ireland before officer and political agent at Muscat, has they are defending Ireland itself, from for military, and naval advantage.
cheerfully, not quite sure that she had an experience in the Gulf and rain and destruction, from murder and At the time of writing, however, would get over the hardships of it, Mesopotamia
He was captured by sacrilege, from the confiscation of the it would not appear that there is any but keen on doing what she could Turke, hut having plenty of money he lands of the Irish farmer and the wreek- expectation at Lloyds of an early and anxious to succeed. I should bribed his jailor.. When he passed over ing of the property and prosperity to peace such as the extreme optimists not wonder if there are good results the agreed amount the Turk said: "This every class of our population. money, which you have giving his You are under no compulsion wave ore prophesying. In the last few from the fact that so many of us are blinded my eyes so that I shall not be able that of duty. In the name of hongar, days a considerable number of poli- being urged to try our hands at things to see for twenty-four hours." Major justice, and religion, in the name of com-cies are being effected, to pay a loss we thought we could not do. Some Scott took his hint and camped. The mon, gratitude and in their own highest if there is a declamation of peace of us will frd that we can do things, Turk was true to his word and it was self-interest I appeal to the young men between Great Britain and Germany not til twenty-four hours afterwards of Ireland who are still available to join
Lou doing things worth while. In in used an alarm and sent cavalry the reserve battalions and to commence on or before the 31st December, and after peace combe we will keep in pursuit. By uzu tine, however, Major that training, to that in the event of the 1916. The protoner paid to cost that way there may be quite a Scott was well away, Ele managed to war not predily ending they may be this contingency is only 25 guineas national awakening. get aboard a launch and imagined him ready to fill every gap in the ranks of
self well out of danger when the launch the Irish army at the front." per cent, which is a very low and
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