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FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1916
THE WAR.
TO-DAY'S
TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mast.) -
THE FIGHT FOR VIMY
RIDGE.
100 ENEMY BATTERIES CONGEN-'
TRATED ON SMALL FRONT.
12
غرا
SITUATION ON ITALIAN FRONT.
STILL ANXIOUS. BUT IMPROVED.
THE
THE BATTLE OF
VERDUN.
**MORE ENORMOUS AND VIOLENT
THAN EVER."
CHINA MAIL.
KEY TO MESOPOTAMIA.
-hru BATTLE DEVELOPING.
PETROGRAD, Funo I Mosul, the ancient Ninerek, and not Baglad, is now the key to the situation fin Mesopotamis. The Turkish forces which attacked the Russians at Rewan
uz. 250 miles from Bagad, proved to The troops from Kus. The Turks are apparently moving northwards in order to bar, the progress of the Russians towards Mosul. Stubborn fighting is proceeding, and threatens to develop into a little east of Mosul for the mastery of Mesopotamia -
FIGHTING IN AFRICA.
WHIT-MONDAY, HOLIDAYS
POSTPONED
Lostos, May Me Me. Asquith announced in the Flo of Cosinums, that in view of urgent mini- tior requirements, it was, proposed to postpone by Proclamation the Whit Monday Bank, holiday, til August 8th. The bankers were agreeable to this (Cheers.)
AMERICAN TROOPS IN MEXICO,
CARRANZA DEMANDS THEIR WITHDRAWAL.
FAR, May 31, A communiqué says:- The battle of Verdun ir more enor. mon and violent than aver. There has been terce tighting day and night between Deadman Hilt and the Meuse. The Germans, after a bonthardment of percalented viclence, lasting for two rinys, nebed repeated concentric attacks with large effectives, especially
WASHINGTON, June 1, The State Department has received a enstward of Deadman Hill and around
fresh Note from Carmiza asking for nat Conferes Every where our trowy ow
LONDON, May 31. resister and repulsed the enemy who
explanation of the continued presence of Genem! Smuts has made a further American troops in Mexico, mul de forest heavy losses.
advance down the Panguni river. Heruanding their withdrawal. Nevertheless, in the region amithward found the enemy, strongly entrench- of Cantertes Wood, we were obliged to fed at Nikocheni, marrow. It is authoritatively stated that evacuate one of our first-line trenches, between the mountains and the river. the situation in South Tyrol is still
which was completely levelled by the Mr. Boner Law has telegraphed hearty anxious but has improved in the lust southward of Cumieres, from both sides his troops or their capture of Nenhangers horbalment The German attacks congratulations to General Northey god, few days.
of the village, succeedel at the outset in burg, The Austriane are now held nostrolling us back in the direction of rigorously in
Chattancourt, but a strong counter- Eajarins and attack drove the Germans to the Saguna Valleya ni the Italians are
outskirts of Camieres German de- After the enemy's recapture of dominating the position of Asiego,
zachmuetits which crept along the Meuse ona enter on, May 16th: the enemy's Therk is no reason to suppose the Bomberment with gums of heavy feremy's plan for invading the plains calibre hersine daily more intense will be necessful.
Lispos, June 1,
« Vivid details any nów available of the fighting at Viny ridge in. the mihlle of. Mag.
It began by the British exploding mines on May 15th and occupying the nearer lips.
à until the climax was renched on May
LONDON, June 1.
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21st, in the Trost concentrated THE TRISH SETTLEMENT.
artillery attick that hus ocenered in
this area since the terrible fighting
is September.
LONDON, Jure b
An official statement says:
Mr. Lloyd George's inquiries are not There were probably a Junftred ezeng batteries concentrated on this yer complete, though they are progess tall front." The smoke and dusting as rapidly as possible.
Ehe statement that he will make a For visible for miles
westenite amounvenient in Ireland today
is premature
Shaels of the front, trenches alfirematel aml.the enemy's infantry „ntenek: had little to face, except
curtain fire.
The rolly's artillery was also very. native Flanders, especially t Honge.
Our replies effectively punishesl the enemy at variomis prints,
deal with the question of compensasior Mr. Samuel has gone, to Dublin to
for bosses caused by the rebellion.
It is understood that Mr. Satel will act temporarily as Chief Secretary for irglam L
STATE TRIAL AT CAIRO.
neck
• GREECE AND BULGARIA
ATHENS, Jane I The Bulgarian Minister has proteste in the fog were annihilated near Chat-against the action of the Greek frontier footing in Upper Elsace, but were the latter occupied Fort Rupel. tanetxart. The Germs grinedards in Bring on the Bulgariaus when immediately ejected.
The Premiet, has refused to consider the protest.
FRENCH CAPTURE GERMAN
WORKS.
PARIA, June 1. Last night's commannique statess
the left of the Meuse after violent bepaalment with heavy guns in the region of Avocourt and Hill 304 or troops attacked and exptured a strongly fortified German work on the south- western slopes of Morthonume, taking 270 prisoners, and seven machine gara A surprise attack last night on the resulted in south-eastern slopes of Morthomme the French capturing twenty-five prisoners. There has been at artillery activity on the right of the Mense between the river and Vaus Fort.
A FRENCH SUCCESS IN SERBIA.
SALONIKA, June 1st. of Puros, nurth-west of Lake Doiran."
The French have occupied the village
MR. CHURCHILL AND THE ARMY
DISCUSSION IN THE COMMONS.
LONDON, June 1
Tar the House of Commons, during the dulate on the vote för. Lord Kit chener's salary, Mr. Tennant, replying to Mr. Churchill's statements in a speech delivered on May 23rd said that ME Churchill's estimate of the numbers of recruits obtainable from India was Tastly exaggerated. He emphasised the dith
CHINESE AFFAIRS." Wah, Tez, Yat Po's Service".)
TROOPS FOR PEKING.
PERING, June 1 Yuan Shih Kai has orderedt General
stations for the protection of the Cheong fun to bring ten or twelve
Capital
CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF RESIGNS.
PERIN, June 17- Leung Kai Chut has resigned the post of Chief of the General Staffy owing to the fleath, of his father.
THE MOVEMENT OF TROOPS.
SILANGHAL, June 1. The provinces of Huuan and Kwei- chow have come to an understanding whereby Keiebow troops will be allowed to pass through Human, but they must not be stationed in the province.
General Lak Wing Ting, of the Kwangsi Expeditionary Army, arrived
BRITISH LINES ATTACKED.culty of officering new units. Similar in Huaen on the 29th hat and his arguments applied to Mr. Churchill's advance arts arrival at Chuting anggestion regarding Affies. Mr.
On May 3rd our guns hurst five) gas cylinders in the depan trenches CONSPIRACY TO KILL THE SULTAN TRENCHES TAKEN AND RETAKEN. Tent paid a tribute to Lord Kit-chow, south of Sheungtam
an in is phuh? that the enemy *ufferel Boëm his own poison,
LORD KITCHENER TO GIVE INFORMATION TO M.P'S.
Losos, June 1.
of the House of Comptons to meet him at the Foreign Office on Friday to receive any military information ther
desire.
A large response to the invitation is expected.
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CATRO, June 1.
THE COTTON TRADE DISPUTE.
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LONDON, June 1.
At the request of the Government meeting of masters and inen will take place at Manchester to-day with u view to a settlement of the dispute in the easton trule.
chener's foresight in providing great"| The General of Shantung has armies for a long wur
resigned.
services,
the Patrol Commissioner of the Yang The Government has telegraphed to este to come to Peking. The Govern ment intends appointing him Minister of War.
LONDON, Junie 1. General Sir Douglas Haig, in
Mr. Churchill, in reply, said he did The State trial of Shams-of-den commige states that the weather not think that the officering of Justive and Hellawi on charges of conspir-yesterday was unfavourable for dying, troops was so serious, and suggested that ing to kill the Sultua of Egypt ended but British neroplanes did good work.
temporarily disabled officers might be in both being found guilty on all
The enemy, last night bombardel our trained for that purpose. Ele urged the Lon? Sitebener has invited members counts and they were sentenced to and Laveutic. The bombardment at seriously consider the matter. Taking trenches at Fricourt, Neuve Chapelle Tulin Office and the Colonial Office to
THE FINANCIAL SITUATION. he hanged
Neuve Chapelle was the heaviest. Is 5,000,000 as the strength of the army, lasted for eighty minutes and wasir. Churchill said be found early followed by an infantry raid which 2,000,000 unaccounted for He urged
PEKING, June 19, penetrated our trenches and took some in investigation into the proportion of The Peking Chamber of Commerce. prisoners. The riders were
sub-non-fighters I highters, and the has raised 82,000,000 for the axistance sequently driven out.
replacing folder officers by younger of the Bank of China and Fand of Another raiding party east of He paid a tribute to Lont Kitchener's Lávestic failed to enter our trenches, supreme
but said that)
Communications.
The Government has ordered the our bombers driving them back. The that should not present an improvement provinces to follow the exemple of the Bethune and La Basse rond. We enemy at night sprang a mine north of in organisation.
Mr. MeKonus, in reply, said that the Tientsin in catablishing "Market relief: occcupied the lip of the crater.
figure 5,000,000 did not represent our banks. There has been recipro artillery military effort, but the total min power activity to-day at various pointe,
which had heen withdraw from the Empire since the begfaning of the sur
Mr. Asquith, healing with Mr. Churchill's comments, doulter whether the.disproportion between the rational rifle strength of our forces in the field was as great in our army as it was in any other, though all the supplies had to be transported by sea. Steps were being taket, however, to utilise the greater proportion fo the Bghting line. With regard to the disproportion be tween troops at home and abroad though
Lord Kitchener will dress the gathering and will then auswer question.
BRITAIN BUYS "NORWAY'S CATCH
OF FISH.
Lospos, Jane 1.
SHIP SUNK..
LONDON, June 1.
The British steamer Dalegarth bus
Mr Kauciman has concluderi nego- aiations for the purchase of Norway's entire catch of fish for the year, thus been sunk. depriving Germany of valuable food and adling to the British supply which has recently been reduced to a minimum owing to various causes, including the employment of fishing ernit for naval purposes.
Germany in 1915 secured Norway's entire catch of fish.
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(Havas Bervice.)
NATIONAL HONOURS FOR A FRENCH GENERAL.
PARIS, May 30,
THE ITALIAN FRONT.
SANGUINARY FIGHTING AND' ́
HEAVY AUSTRIAN LOSSES,
ROME, Julle 1. The resumption of the Austrian offen sive in Trentino is recorded in a com
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The activity advised in our report of the 18th alt continued on a pretty
free night, due no doubt to a further set-backe scale during the early period of the fort.
of respittance which em- inldened dealers to operate anreservedly and as most of the importess
preferred munique. The enemy in the Easingwe hat, not been invaded we must meeting out for better values, bustness The French Chamber passed un-valley sast of Lake Gorria attacked Subject to that provision, the troops in books ist an appreciation of 3 to
this ardently looked for demand always effectively provide against that to the tune of 1,000 bales came to the animously a credit for a national repeatedly and fiercely, supported by Great Britain were either sick, con funeral to be accorded to the late sanguinary losace. The fighting in hot-were new divisions which were ready, from the market and app
heavy guns. They were repulsed with ralescent, forming drafta for abroad, or
dige having latterly assumed a PETROL AND WHEAT FOR TURKEY. General Gallieni.'
dealers have withdrawn test near the Buols Fass, east of Ala, or approximately ready, to go. A sub rally in silver, are audeavouring to force apprehending a where the Sicilian and Parna regiments staasial reduction in the staff of officers sales. In the circumstance, business bas frequently left their trenches and drove at hozze was being effected, notably at again come tais halt, and it is difficult to back the Austrians with the bayonet.
A great battle is developing between
Salisbury, Ripon and Aldershot. place any parcel even at a concession Posina and Astico valleys, near Arsiero, Kitchener, he said, was immeasurable
The debt the Empire oved to Lord 22 on the highest point touched last where the Austrians are concentrating He had laboured with zeal and self Cotton has tiered the position of
weck.sk large forces An intense artillery fire devotion, and his efforts were beyond spinners more difficult than ever and
The recent tremendous advance in the qualities compelled the Italians farther east to praise. Ele did not avert that Lord any fresh business is entirely out of the Loston, June 1, evacuate their positions on Mount. Pria
A High Class despatch from Sir Ernest Shackleton, regained the lost trenches. However, affected himself and the Government, owing again to weak exchange. Sales
The Daily Chronicle has received a fort but s desperate, counter-attack Kitchener had made no mistakes, but question.
the charges which had been made largely
The market closes quite but study Scotch which was sent from Port Stanley, on the Italians were compelled by the and he (Mr. Asquith acceptet his full during the fortnight 3000 bales. Sold for Connoisseurs. on May 31st. This anya:--
violence of the bombardment to, with share of the responsibility.
and Unsold Stocks in gordowns 50,000. Endurance crushed in the middle of draw slightly on the southern slopes the Wedall Sea on October 27th, 1915. of the mountain The Itains also chener's salary by £100 was negatived from Bombay brought in 16,000 bales for
beles d The motion to reduce Lord: Kit- Arrivals:The extra str.Sangola " We drifted for 700 miles in the ice evacuated a position on the Asiago without a division, and his salary was Hongkong only. Shipments from Hong until April 9th. We landei at plateau but withstood the enemypres unanimously approved, Elephant Island on April 17th.
ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN RUMANIA AND TURKEY.
BUKHAREST, Jane 1 Bamani will shortly, make an arrangement with Turkey allowing the exportation" to Turkey of petrol and wheat in return for tobacco... »
The Cabinet has rejected a siri. lar arrangement with Bulgaria.
MOTOR-BOAT COMMANDER
DECORATED.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
SHACKLETON REACHES PORT STANLEY.
left on April 24th, leaving twenty two men in a hole in the cliffs, and, proceeded for help towards South Georgia with five men in a twenty-two foot boat. When I left the island, all the men were well but they are urgent need of rescue.”
LONDON, June 1. It is announced in the Gazette that the Distinguished Service Cross has been conferred on Lieutenant A. E Waitewright, who commanded the
LATER. motor boat on Lake Tanganyika Shackleton's cablegrand states that be when German gunbont whe has arrived at Port Stanley. destroyed.
AUSTRALIAN WHEAT HARVEST.
SYDNEY, June 1. The official estimate of the wheat harvest is 66,823,000 bushels.
NEW COMMONWEALTH WAR LOAN.
MELBOURNE, June 1
LONDON, May 31.
sure on the rest of the frout. ITALIANS STUBBORNLY RESISTINO,
Roux, June-1.
The Italiana have evacuated the town
of Asiago, but are resisting in the meat stubborn manner on the lofty Asiago
GERMANY AND PEACE.
STATEMENT BY MR. ASQUITE
kong to Shanghai and Coast Forts de 6,600 bales
Shanghai-Advices from Shanghai point to a quieter feeling, the natum sequence to a series of animated and robust markets, and the sales during the fortnight ended the 27th inst. are returned at (bales",
Japanese Yarns.-A fair quantity was sold in the beginning of the fortnight at
200 bales Yellow Jens No. 2006 129. 100 Nagaanki
200
table-land. The inhabitants of the plains were alarmed at the approach of the Austrians, but are reassured by the signs that the Austrian advance has been checked. The Italian wings are punish In the House of Commons, Mr. ing the Austrians mest severly, and Asquith soul that an Admiralty further enemy advance in the centre Committee were dealing with the does not seem likely Shackleton relief expedition, for which The splendid Italian motor transport Parliament would shortly be asked to has saved, the situation enabling great provide funds.
reinforcements to reach the Arseiro. And Astago plateaux in time to II the AMERICA'S PREPAREDNESS! gap made by the breaking of the first line. The most serious loes was the SUDMARINES AND AIRSHIPH
LONDON, May 31 abandonment of the big guns on the In the House of Commons, Mr. Prety INCREASED
Monte Maggio and Toneaza line-man announced that the economic Cone The Italian troops, at most entans ference would be held in Paris on the fastic and are anxiously expecting the 14th insta counter-offensive
LONDON May, 317- In the House of Commons at advancing rates, including question time Mr. Asquith said there was nothing in the German Nets to the United States on May 7th to indicate that Germany was prepared to consider terms of peace, or terms which would safeguard the interests of the Allies and the future peace of
cs of Europe
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WASHINGTON, June 1. A prospectus has been issued of
The House of Representiver, which Commonwealth War, Leap of submarine authorized in the Naval on Tuesday inreased the number" of same terms as the previous loan Bill from twenty to afty has gain amount authorised in amended the measure increasing the £50,000,009 hub it is stated that to $3,500,000 The House also auth aviation appropriation from $2,000,000 Govern
take as much bed the expenditure of $11, by the Government for the man for armour plate
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