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IRRESISTIBLE OFFENSIVE
CONTINUES.
PETROGRAD, June 9. A communique states-The Germans are vainly endeavouring to arrest the development of our offensive on the pierce front. German troops have arrived from the north of the Pripot karshes..
The prisoners include many Germanë.. Despite an obstinate resistance here and there the offensivo continues on the whole of the Pripet Rumanian front.
Our cavalry has had many opportuni- ties to charge. We captured a bridge head at Rojestene ca the Styr, taking prisoners 2,500 Austrians and Germans.
rich booty.
65,000 FRISONERS.
PETROGRAD, June: 9. The Russian successes in Volynia eon- tinue. The total of prisoners taken sinte theraffensive began in over 65,000.
A communique states:We have cros se the Stryn and have reached the river Zlotapotek, General Mikuline has been severely wounded.
A strong German offensive in the Krevo and Smorgon regions failed to rench our positions.
IMPORTANT STRATEGICAL POSITIONS OCCUPIED..
FETROGRAD. June 10,
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NOMINATION FOR AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.
A DESTROYER ENCOUNTER.
GERMANS RUN TO PORT.
JUDGE HUGHES FAVOURED.
LANDON, June P.
SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL "RECREATION CLUB.
The International Recreation Chab's An official announcement states 29th Gymkhura Meeting opened ab Cincino, June 10, that a patrol of monitors and Kiscgran co Sutining afternoon (June 3). At the Republican Convention, destroyers yesterday morning en in perfeck weather condition", and an Senator Fall nominated Mr. Roose aged enemy destroyers off Zeexcellent afternoon's sport, was wilzested veld as
& candidate for the Pre brugge. Ou being fired at the intter | by wag mapes have in almost a record" |
[returned to poz-. We had no casunte sidency. He described him as a colossal figure of American manhoodies and sustained no damage. The speech was received with cheers. mingled with hisses
The nominations of Mr. Elihu Root and Jodge Hughes were also propose at the Republican Convention. The name of Judge Hughes was cheered for twenty minutes.
The first ballot at the Republican Conference resulted as follows.
Hughes.
1953 Weeks
.105 Root,.
.103. Cummins
82.
Burton Fairbanks Roosevelt,
74. 65.
It is necessary for the candidate selected to have 493 votes, or two-thirds of the ballot.
The second ballot follows:-
TEATER. resulted as
Hughes
Root Fairbanks
Cummins.. Roosevelt.. Weeks
.928. 98. 88," St. 81. 79. 76. 03.
Burton, Sherman
FUNERAL OF COLONEL FITZGERALD.
Loxoos, June 11,
** HANDS OFF HOLLAND.”.
THE ARMY READY.
Attendance of spectators. Fields, were good, thu mees were well contested, and the course was remarkably fast, 'de is evident from the fact that the va furlongs, soten furlongs and It" miles records for the onus were beaten during the afternoon. Of tho jockays, 'Mr. F. Vida had a modnes successful day. He rode in eight rases and gained f'te fratx and. two thirds, being only once unplaced. The remaining races were aan by Messrs.
owo, Muller, Liou and Hill, with one
zuccess Meb.
LONDON, June 10. The Dutch official announcement that the army is ready to taka the field if or when, necessary has aroused-con- aiderable interest, and there is some speculation as to whether this is more than a mere warning of hands of Holland The conmuniquia in which the announcement was made described in a most detailed aaner the extent of the augmentation to Dutch war material of every kind during the war
Een pace, but entering the straight, the feld was well together. A quarter of la SCHOOL FOR ORIENTAL STUDIES.mile out home, Nirysan made his effort
Losso. June 11.
A school for Oriental studies has been incorporated by Royal Charter. The Governors include Sir John Hewett (Chairman), Sir Charles Lyall and Lord Reay, representing respectively the Indie Cffice and the Asiatic Society and representatives of the Foreign Offee, War Office, Universities, City of London County Council and London Chamber of Commerce.
The appointments, are mostly, for five years. It ia understood that the first meeting will be held before the end of June and it is hoped the school will be started before the autumn.
The alterations in the London Institute for the accommodation of
The Russians occupy the whole of The funeral of Colonel Fitzgerald the triangular fortified position of (the late Lord Kitchener's Military Kolki-Lutzk-Olyka, which strategic-Secretary, whose body was among ally is most important as connect those recovered) took place at East- the school are nearly completed. ing the cente: between Poliessie, [bourne with military honours to-day, Volkynia, Poland and the roads to being preceded by a service at St. Galicia and Bukhovina,
Matthew's, Westminster.
Commander Kitchener (o nephew
The Russians fought their way to
over
Kantak, a distance of twenty-five of Lord Kitchener), Sir Reginald miles in three days, through forests made (Secretary of the War Office). and marshlandis,
battered General Sir William Robertson (Chie defences which the enemy, for of Stiff), and representatives of Field Rumanian consumption, had boosted Marshal Viscount French and tho were insuperable..
War Office were present.
Only a few days ago the German organ at Bukharest ridiculed the of a Russian irruption in
"myth Galicia.
The total opexpectedness of the Austinian onslaught is confirmed.
officer prisoners "state" that on the eve of the attack they were celebrat the German "victory" in the
North Sea.
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Glass Ware including quantity of Cut-glass, Cooking Stoves Catlery, Toilet Sets, Ice Chests, etc., Bath Room Utensils, etc., a quantity of Good Electro Plate. ""
Eren Safes, Pianos, Electric Reading Langs, Blackwood and Teakwood Screens, & quantity of Furniture, Pictures Engravings, a few
Blackwood
Oil Paintings Bath Tubs Large American Ice Chest, etc. *,,
THE BRITISH FRONT.
LONDON, June 10.
BRITISH VESSEL'S 'ESCAPE.
GERMAN HOPES AT VERDUN.
INTERESTING COMMENTS BY A
GERMAN WRITER.
The famous Herr: Harlan has published some suggestive in the Zukunfi " criticisma of Herr von Bethmann-Hell- HELD UP SINCE, BEGINNING OF weg's speech.
TAR. i
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LONDON, Jane 10.. The Daily Mail correspondent at,
Beginning with the Chancellor's state- ment that the military situation on all the fronts is very good and thoroughly in accordance with German expectations,
Heer Harder says:-So he did not expect Verdun to fall before Whitsuntide, or that the speedy fall of this fortress, which
The big event of the day-The Gymkhana. Derby attracted a good-clama- felt of eleven statters and provided an intereeing race. Black Diamond, despite his 10lb. penalty, made the running at
and looked a probable, winner until Banzai came with a wet wall and beati Nirvana out of first place by length in the record time of Smin. 10 3-3. Sentry was a bad third, four lengths behind Nirvana."
The second day's racing at Riangwan began in muggy weather, followed by light showers and then by atrody v Nevertheless, there was a large atten dance, and though in some instances fulde were small, the racing generally was interesting and there was one dead beat for hest place, and two dead beate for
ubordinate places,
....
The biggest dividend paid was $131.40 for Ridey Boy's win in the Holiday Sell ing Plates.
THE GAMERANA Dean.-Value $1,500. #ng pony 2300, ind pony 8100, 12 5 or more KIBITATH. For China ponies being griffins of the year: 1916, and the bona-fide property of members of the International Recreation, Club. Weight for inches as per scale. Win- ners of Klangwan. Shanghai, Funkow, Tientsia and Hongkong. Dergy and/or Champions, 10lb. estrą. Penalties not accumulatire. Non-winners allowed 5lb. One and a halt miles. ;
Mr. Maguro's grey Banzai (Mr..
E. Moller).....
.156-1 St, Fay's boy Nirvana, late King-
Alee, (MFMAN J. P. Heard)...155–2 Air. Elrettus grey. Sentry. Dr.
F. I. Vids)
1508 Also rai-Crazfield (Mr. W. E). Tyingfeld (Mr. H. E. Morris). Black Diamond (Mr. J. Johnstone), Galloway
(MT. L. Huy, Cocos Chief (M. J. A. Brand) Paragon . J. A Bayes). White Nile (Mr. E. S. B. Howe), North-
Copenhagen states that the steamer Dambin, of Newcastle, has passed the Sourd en route for England. The vessel has been in a Swedish port since the has been menneed since February 21 and . J. Lion). Magnetism (Bir. I. beginning of the war Twenty German would crush the French confidence in armed trawlers, chased the vessel, but
Swedish torpedo-boat, with Prince Wilhelm commanding convoyed the Dunrobin to safety,"
victory, make possible a rapid advance into badly fortified country, and compel a decision for peace. Even if Verdun were to, fall before the end of May, the
As the Dunrobin has been at Lulea, General Sir Douglas Haig, in's const the northern end of the Galf of people would have had time to accustom after the Jutland battle, as it's a thou-, loss of Lille and Maubeuge, and Joffre Bothnia, she must have started directly itself to the loss of this town, as to the
sand miles from there to the Sound.
munte, atates-Last night a party of the Gloucesters entered enemy trenches south of Neuve Chapelle and captured a mulchine-gun after a sight. Otherwise there has beeu no infantry action.
GERMAN SUBMARINES
DESTROYED.
فرام
Our heavy artillery yesterday de stroyed the railway station at Salome, east of La Baasee, setting a train on fire. Good results were also obtained by our
LONDON, June 10. guna against strong points behind the It is reported from Kiel that five German submarines were lost in the There has been considerable artillery Jutland battle. fighting today east of Ypres. Mine warfare continues in the Hohenzollern. Halluch, Nauville and Albert areas.
Encyclopaedia Britannies (35, vols.) enemy's lines north of Hulluch. with Revolving Stand.
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There was much successful aerial work yesterday but no fights, our chines working unhampered though many enemy machines were seen.
THE VERDUN STRUGGLE.
TIOLENT GERMAN ATTACKS.”
PARIS June $.
A communiqué states:--The Gerniaus have continued moet violent attacks on
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LONDON, June 10.
The Transport Workers Conference at Glasgow passed a resolution demand ing legislation for the purpose of putting a check on the alarming increase in the employment of Chinese and other Asiatics on British ships.
NOT A BLOCKADE OF GREECE.
SALONIKA, Juno: 10.
It is explained that the Allies have
the right of the Meine on a twokiko pot instituted a blockade of Greec
metre front, and they succeeded in
but a restriction of commerce
penetrating, one trenck Everywhere The consting trade and fishing are else they were repulsed with heavy loss. still carried on:
PARIS, June 10,
A communigid states-Left of the Meuse there have been several German attacks cast and south-west of Hill 334, The attacks completely failed owing to these being accompanied by liquid fire.
our artillery and machine gun fire. The bombardment has been most violent or the right of the Meuse, but there has been no infantry attack,
THE ITALIAN FRONT,
DESPERATE FIGHTING,
COMPULSION IN NEW ZEALAND.
WELLINGTON, June 10,
The House of Representatives passed the third reading of the Compulsion Bill by 44 votes to 4
would have bad time to build up the positions between Verdun and Paris according to all the rules of the most modern art of war.
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Beccadly, says the Times. in summarising the article, Herr Harden Commenting on the visits recently paid Obtain quotations from- Pints out the inconsistency of the to the British front in France by French Chancellor's assurance that Germany correspondents, and their enthusiastic
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cannot be starved with his fresh attack secounts of what they saw, the "Vader- on the starvation policy ** of Germany's land says cneties. He remarks that oven Caprivi
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she could produce at home, that the brand the action of the British on the European Supervision agrarians have always used this fact, as western front az inadequate. The British the most effective argument for the troops have, like the French, continually agrarian tariff, and that the present state succeeded in holding up the Germans. of acains can have surprised neither the They have done no more and no less. German Foreign Office nor people e fu September of last year, together with Herr Hallia. Herr Harden, says that the the French, they undertook an offensiva. Chancellor's argument merely injures Both wers able to gain some advantage, Germany's canse
the so that there also the British were not behind thair Allies. And now, during the great German offensive, they have quietly. taken over defence line of the French, ea that the British front, extends from Dismude to the Somme region. In this way, French troops were reissed for the defence of Verdun. The British fem mander-in-Chief, Sir Douglas Haig, has THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR. rapeatedly, during the battle of Verdun,
spicion that he desire to obtain by unreasonable complaints the right to use forbidden weADODY.
OPINION IN THE TRENCHES.
An officer who is serving somewhere near St. Eloi writes home on the subject of the conscientious objector thus
If you see or know any of these con scientious objectors, go and shoot, 'em, also some of the members of the Tri- bunals. Take, for instancx-aman in
company. He writes to his wife
is no place for
man Diarried with nine children." Image his feelings on reso ng of some of the rotters who actually get off combatant service be THE DUTCH EAST INDMAN LOAN, cause it's against their beastly teaching!
LARGELY OVER-SUESCRIBED.
They ought to be pushed over the ra pet every night out her and we'd very abon see if they would object to kiling Germans. It simply makes me fume when I read of the cases that get off, and THE HAGUE, June 10.4
June think of even that one poor wretch in Subscriptions to the new Dutch my company. It's alwolutely tos wrong of 80,000,000 to be allowed to go on Let's hope they on the Sette Comuni plateau has not East Indian Losa of abated in violencs since Wednesday guilders amount to over 140,000,000 catch it in the next world.
ROM June 9.
Aommunque states that the battle
The desperate struggle around our nos tions was continued at midnight, our men making bocatombs of the asaslants, 203 of whom were counted dead in front
THE WEEKLY EDITION OF THE of a single Company. Yesterday the
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enemy, enormously reinforced, reattacked after an intense bombardment. enemy'"column" were reportedly re-
at the close of the day in
polsed. The enemy coun
the effects of an
guilders
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Rose June 10% Two Austrian submarines attacked, three
troop-ships,
THE NEW FRENOH, REMEDY,
THERAPION NII THERAPION N: 2 THERAPION
proposed an attack as a diversion, Fut hns, General Joffre's roquest not resorted to this. Truly, therefore, the Rinitish Army cannot be reproached for at making itself much heard of "in France, so long as it is not immediately attacked.
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