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THURSDAY, JULY(20, 1916.
THE
WAR.
LATEST TELEGRAM S.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail,)
THE BRITISH OFFENSIVE. ENEMY'S SMALL BUCCESSES AT HEAVY, COST.
AN ALL NIGHT FIGHT. ENEMY ATTACKS WITH DENSE MASSES OF MEN.
· LONDON, July 19. The enemy collected very large, rain forcaments for the attack against our After new positions east of Bazentis. intense artillery fire the first assault was delivered with dense masses of man at 5.30 last evening,
Fighting continued throughout the night and was particularly violent in Delville Wood.
After suffering very heavy losses the enemy succeeded in recapturing a por tion of Delville West and also in obtaining a footing in the northern cutskirts of Longuevul.
The struggle in these places is still violent.
Elsewhere enemy's stracks, including three separate assaults on Waterlor Faru, completely broke down under our
fice.
RUSSIA'S GREAT DRIVE,
TEN MILES OF LIPA DEFENCES OCCUPIED.
L.
FETROGRAD July 19.
The Russians are driving the enemy across the Lower Lipo, and have occupied tan miles of strong defences on the north bank, from the junction of the Styr and the Lipa, westwards
This is ominous for General Ermoli'a army defending Lipa..
Military experts estimate that there are now only 200,000 Austriana on the Russian southern front.
.
CHANCELLOR CONFERS WITH GERMAN PARTY LEADERS.
AMSTERDAM, July 19.. The Chancellor had a five hours' conference with the Party lenders in the Reichstag with the exception of the Socialist leaders. The general war position was diseassed
OPERATIONS IN EAST AFRICA.
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PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY.
LONDON, July 19
THE CHINA MAIL
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE ANGLO-FRENCH OFFENSIVE.
HEAVY FIGHTING ON BRITISH FRONT
INDIAN CIVIL SERVICES
EXCLUSION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS.
LONDON, July 18
MORE SCIENCE AND LESS GREEK.
PLEA TO GOVERNMENT FOR
- EDUCATION REFORM"
HARPER'S
PRICKLY HEAT POWDER
NOW SPIRIAMA £230,000 T GRANT'S
Importann recommendations for the
ANATURAL EMOLLIENT AND ABSORBENT DUSTING POWDER reformy of our public school and univer SCIENTIFICALLY COMPOUNDED FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF
are, contained in a
the Imperial College, of Science anct PREVENTION
Apply a small quantity of the Prickly Hest
In the House of Commons, in reply to Mr. P. Snowden, Mr."Austen Cham Berlain said that the regulation prohibit ing conscientious objectors from enteralty education ing the examination for the Indian Civil memorial from the professional staff of ALL ITCHING INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS OF THE SKIN. LONDON, July 19 Service was made under section 97 of Technology.
1.10. the Government of India Act, 1915. It The memorial, which, in addressed to General Sir Douglas Haig, in a sawas justified because any person having Lord Crewe (chairman of the governors unique states:The Germans are moral objections to the use of force by of the college makes the following attacking our positions in the vicinity the State in any circumstances could not points of Longueval and Delville Wood. Heavy perform "all the duties which were fighting is proceeding.
required of Indian Civil Servants, who ware responsible for the maintenance of urtlar.
THE FRENCH' FRONT," A communiqué states:-South of the Somme the enemy did not renew their attack at La Maisonnette
We.axpelled the Germans from a few houses which were held by them at Flinches. |
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BELGIANS RAID A TRENCH. Dixmile, killing most of the occupants Belgian raided a trench northward of
and making the remainder prisoner.
CONGRATULATIONS FROM KING AND TEAR.
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LONDON, July 18-
STEAMER SUNK.
LONDON, July 18. The British steamer Firginia and three smacks have been torpedoed JM
The Captain of the Virginia and AT man, inchiding six wounded lascars, have landed at Malta. The Chief Officer is missing, and one lascar was killed.
A COSSACK RUSH.
PETROGRAD, July 18, "A"cquemonique states -The Cossacks, His Majesty the King has telegraphed in an impetuous advance from Elastouny to General Sir Douglas Haig his captured 34 Turkish officers, 608 Askins admiration of the continged successful and two machine-guns. advance of the troops, His Majesty also conveyed she Tsar's congratulations.
General Haig replied, conveying the Army's thanks to Their Majesties for their gracions appreciation."
SIGNIFICANT AUDIENCE,
LONDON. July 18. There is some speculation regarding the audience General Willocks had with His Majesty the King yesterday.
MUNITION WORKERS AND ARMY
NEEDS..
LONDON, July 19. The Trades Union Congress have decided to send to all the Allied Com Geucral South reports that Brigadier-manders a copy of the resolution passed General Crewe occupied on the 14th inst the town of Muntza south of Lake
There has been no event of importanze Victoria. on the rest of the front
GITENSION OF THE OFFENSIVE FORESELADOWED.
LONDON, July 19.
The Germans tled in steamer. which was pursued hy our armed vessels, leaving many rides, supplies, and a gun from the destroyed eruiser Koenigsborg
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The enemy north of Handeni hare heen driven down the Fantenni River, Router's Correspondent at Headquarshandoning å field-gün. tery anticipates that British efforts wil not be confined to Gorimecourt and the Somme front He says our guns have been roaring on the whole of the remain ing seventy miles, giving the Boches no respite.
It is stated that the captured German guns run into three figures, exclusive of Maxima.
-QUIET ON FRENCH FRONT.
PARIS, July 19.
A coianniqué stictus :--
The night was quiet on most the front.
There was heavy artillery, work Fleury.
BRITISH POLITICS.
PREPARING FOR A GENERAL ELECTION.
TREMENDOUS PROBLEM OF THE ELECTORAL REGISTER
LONDON, July 19.
THE
after the reading of General Sir Douglas Haig's letter, us showing the spirit of the British workmen.
ENEMY TRADING IN INDIA.
LONDON, July 18
GLASSES IN THE ARMY.
REMARKABLE EFFECT OF
EXPLOSIVES.":
OF
Pawder to the Soles of the Feet and between the
Toos:... this will ensure perfect casu and provans. Sore and Blisters.
PRICE 75 CENTS PER TIN.
It would be an advantage to the SORE FEET country if more trained, men of science could be found in our public services, and it is desirable that a larger pro- portion of boys and young men thuur að present shall bare instruction of the best kind of science"
Legislative changes, to affect reforms in the conditions of ́entrance to anci universities, should be made immediately method of government of the older
after the war 2 S
Heferring to the establishment (last summer) of a Special Committee of the Frivy Council to add industrial research and the grant of 210,000 made for this purpose, the memorial expresses the need for an expansion of this....
The Government is urged to establish a large number of Government scientific scholarships tenable at the univerities and colleges of similar ruak. It is point ed out hake German Government makes grants of about 1 million a year to universities, as against less than million in this country. Another million year could be advantageously expended by Parliament in this direc tion."
THE WRONG MENTAL PASULUM. The memorial complains that many. the best boys at the public schools are.) practically forced to the classical side, and it is often only in exceptional cases, Ls where a far-secing parent has inter- vened, that a clover boy has been allow ed seriously to study science. 6.
present
Lecturing at the Royal Institution on the 9th alt, on Eyenight and the War," Dr. Ernest Clarke arged that the wear
amount of time is st ing of glasses should not be considered
teach disqualification for military service. certain types of boys Greek.
Many It was asserted, he said, that the main boys to whom Greek, and often "Latin reason why The War Office had always too are completely distasteful, might set its fum against the wearing of and the more practical training of the
Was that formerly most of our laboratory and the glasses
workshop an small Ardy was serving abroad, and ontlet for faculties which an education lost or broken
could not easily of a predominantly literary character be replaced.
But ilm
supply of
Boys and young men of real ability to good oculists was available for the never effectively develop
secondary Army, and every military centrs could be found in our State-sided
its
schools, technical schools, and evening glasses were permitted a better choice schools should have better opportunities af men would be possible when the size of being well caught, and better chances of the Army was scall, and when a of coming to the universities and large Army was needed fumtes could colleges of university rank. For this be obtained more easily than under the purpose we need in these schools, above present restrictions.“
all, teachers with better pay and pros pects of a persing.
wearing of
The memorial was introduced by the Right Elon Arthur H. D. Acland (chair- man of governors ir J. W. Wolfe-Barry, and Sir A Keogh (rector).
HUGHES OF AUSTRALIA:
SUCCESSOR IN OFFICE.
Dr. Clarke went on to point our that our that the wind pressure cursed be modern explosives was enormous, and said that In the House of Lords, Lord Syden-an officer what he saw had an eye ham asked whether the firm of Schroedersmashed solely by the premute. Follow and Sehmitt, of Bombay, which rasing the pressure came an enomuus closed, was still dealing in manganese vacuum, aut he Fuad seen a case in which
the eye
had been tora nut by that. A ors under the name of Ettlinger and
sergeant major, while lying in a dugout! Company of which it was an adjunct,
anconscious Lord Islington replied that since his by a
in Gallipoli, was upon him. He MRAFISHER'S TRIBUTE TO HIS previous specel he bad found that sufferer
with constant Ettlinger-and-Company before the war
headache and
and giddiness, and was unable had had close relations with a drm into walk, stand, rend, or face, the light.
When William Morris Haghes, a youth Frankfurt." Orders had been issued Glasses were given to correct a very terminating the firm's trade in India. small astigmatic myopia, and within a of 20, landed in Australia 32 years ago, s short time he could read, his healache Federated Australia was the vision of La crder to secure complete power over was gone, the giddiness vanished, and a few, though the need of a central such firms, the Raj was issing two now he was able to walk In soldiers and government was then urgent Ordinances, one empowering the Raj to civilians alike at times, Dr. Clarke suidh, Mr. Andrew Fisher, himself thres prohibit and restrict, imports in any exceptional strain was placed upon the The tremendous problem of registra-way the Rajsces fit and the second nerves, and much might be done to tion was emphasised in the House of closely following the British Trading alleviate the effects of this by the use of Commons to-day by Mr. Samuel who with the Enemy Act. The Raj long glasses suited to individual needs.
ago had prevented hostile firms conduct. moved for the appointment of a Selecting business in India for the benefit of Committee to consider the subject. of enemy interests but for the purpose They would have to consider, he said, of determining what was a hostile firm whether in a General Election it was
it was necessary to decide whether a firm whose business was carried on possible to exclude solders or whether before the war for the benefit of the an arrangement, was possible to include enemy interests was hikely to be résumed them. The Ballot Act did not provide on similar lines after the war. for voting during a bombardment. He gave the Raj power to close down firma which were now closed down but were spoke strongly ou the undesirability of preparing to resume businesy after the an election st" the present time and war alluded to the effect it was likely to Lord Sydenham *expresseri his produce abroad. Fa was convinced the approval of the Ordinances, public did not desire it.
at
We progressed by grenading near Chapelle Ste. Fine.
THE FIGHT FOR OVILLERS.
"A FRENCH DESCRIPTION.
PARIS, July 19. A correspondent describing the capture of Ovillers (by the British) saya
Sir Edward Carsonopposed the motion, brigade attacked on three sides He said he believed a General Election and furious close-quarter fighting must occur in war time. A Select Com followed in street full of abell-holes.mittee would be a farce. The propcaal The ruinyl houses and cellars were each was merely meant to shelve the question. fortress Ar entire German brigade The debate was generally unfavours was lost. The streets were strewn with ble to the motion mutilated corpses, eight hundred being basped up in the roadway between two forts defending the approaches to the village.
THE SUBMARINE MENACE.
LONDON, July 19.
Finally, Mr. Asquith regretfully with drow the proposal, adding that the Government would consider the whole matter and submit proposals of its own
HOME RULE BILL.
LONDON, July 19, Mr. Macunuara assured the House of,
Mr. Asquith has announced in the Commons that measures were being House of Commons that the Home taken to make a submarine attack on Bule Bill will be introduced nort British shores jaereasingly dangerous | week. 1
for the submarines.
ESTÉLKERS KUNK..
LONDON, July 19 The steamers Evangelistra (British) Anglo (Italian) have been sunk
Crews of the Angelo and Willin Hall have been landed at Algiers.
The French steamer Ville de Bemen
has been surile de
**RUTHLESS SUBMARINING.”.
LONDON, July 19
It is rumoured in Switzerland that Prince von Buelow is about to supercede Dr. Bothmann-Hollweg. The former is eved to support ruthless b-
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MR. TENNANT'S RE-ELECTION.
LONDON, July 197 Mr. Tennant has been re-elected us opposed for Berwickshire.
KITCHENER MEMORIAL FUND
LONDON, July 19 The Eichener Memorial Fund now mounté to £38,000
SIR MATTHEW NATHAN.
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Hugh Rider to Prime. Minister
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