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FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1916.
THE
LATEST
WAR.
TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail,):
THE BRITISH FRONT.
LONDON, July 27,
General Sir Douglas Haig reports: Throughout the night cur artillery
ww active.
We continued at various paints to press to enemy with hand-to-hand encounters.
REMARKABLE FEAT BY
THE ITALIANS...
LONDON, July 27. The Italian capture of Mount Cimous was a remarkable feat. It is a plateau which is approached only by gullies on either side. Two attempts to climb
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE ABORTIVE IRISH SETTLEMENT.
LONDON. July 27. The heads of the abortive settle- ment of the Irish question arranged by Mr. Lloyd George are published. They are generally as cabled on Juna 11th and July 10th, og
The bead Representation at Westminster" reads: The number [of Irish representatives of the United Kingdom in the House of Commons shall remain unaltered, namely 108.“. It does not state for how long.^
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
FRENCH SURPRISE ATTACK.
PARIS July 27, “A communique states;---In a surprise attack south of the Somme the French Eatrees, with prisogers. captared a fortified house south-east of
The day was quiet elsewhere, except in Charupague, where there was a fierce artillery duel west of Franca AVIATOR FLIES OVER GERMANY,
BUT MEETS WITH MISFORTUNE.
AMERICAN CABLES.
"[FROM" THE › MANILA A” CARLENEWs)"}
FOUR" STELWERS COLLIDE IT.
· SAN FRANCISCO,
20
SAN FRANCISCO, July 21s The Arabsport Crooke and the T.K.K. steamer Anso Maru" coflided the Golden Gste in's heavy fog today. While some triding, demage was done to both ably, none of the passengers nor members of the crew was hurt. De
Immediately alter the crash of the ** Credits *** and * Anyo Mara "· the harbour tog **Argonaut” and the 9,000. “Pants, July 27. The aviator Marshal flew over Gerton steamar "Queen" of the Pisida The head relating to Ulster simply many on the night of the 20th inst;
Coast Starship Co. collided. Tha defines the excluded area and says: at Chelm, owing to the failure of the
but was made prisoner by the Austriana damage was slight. The Act shall not apply thereto.motor." He dropped a proclamation in It does not mention the duration of German at Berlin, declaring that the Central Powers, had premediated the the exclusion.
war. It referred to the strength of the Alfes, said that distress in Germany
being alienated by the cruelties of the Germans, who were fighting for blood thirsty Kinga a Junkers, while the Allies were struggling for the liberty of all peopler
The head relating to the duration
SAN FRANCISCO DOCK WORKERS
S RETURNS!
The enemy is using large numbers of these failed, as they were swopt by of the Bill tallies with Mr."Asquith's was growing, and that. neutrals were alioremen, whose walk-out tied up ships
gaa and tear shells,
Elsewhere on the British front there has been to incident of importance during the lang, forty-eight hours..
F
LATEX- General Haig reports: Except ar occasional artillery duel and sharp local encounters there is nothing of importance to report..
There has been hard artillery fighting to-day north-east of Pozieres, in the vicinity of Longueval and Delville
Wood.
A
machine gun and rifle are. Thereforestatement of July 10th, substituting it was decided that the Alpinists Parliament for Government,
straight wall at the
should scale, a
end of the plates. Two companies ia
Losos, July 27.
the darkness reached the over-hanging THE KITCHENER MEMORIAL FUND. brow by means of rope ladders and squatted underneath for two hours, bombed and stoned by the Austrians. Then the Alpinists, forcing a cheras de fris and other obstacles, assaulted a redoubt on the crest 100 feet above view to placing it on a national basis, the plateau A line of men hanging the Archbishops of Canterbury and
Owing to the growth of the Kit- chener Memorial Fund, and with a
RUSSIAN PROGRESS TOWARDS LEMBERO.
PETROGRAD, July 27. threatens the Armies under General The Russian approach to Brody Boehm and General Ermoll, whose en- position of the enemy forces in the velopment renders finally untenable the
CONQUEST OF ARMENIA COMPLETED.
on rope-ladders passed, up bombe York, Archbishop Beurne, the Chair-direction of Lamborg The trench we aptured lastKnight, When a man above fell, the lineman of the Free Church Council, the Chief Rabbi, General Booth of the north of the Pozieres-Barentin line, had moved up
arte,in tha coolest hitherto resisted all attacks. The manner imaginable. The redoubt was enemy recaptured the whole trench taken after five hours, enabling the this morning, after an intense enflading infantry to climb the gullies and artillery fire, but an immediate counter-complete the occupation of Cimune, the attack regained us a footing in it.
last Austrian post looking down on Heavy fighting continues in the Italian plain.
vicinity of Dalville and Longueval.
A small enemy raiding party entered trenches west of the Ypres Pilken road but were immediately ejected.;
A British party further south, riding the enemy's line encountered Gariaans in front of the German, wire, killing 30- Fighting their way into the trenches, the British found many Germans killed by the previcus bombardment.
Eritish aeroplanes did good werk on Wednesday in locating enemy batteries. They had to fly low ciring to a mist Two are missing.
BRITISH WARNING TO
CENTRAL POWERS.
the
PEOPLE STARTING IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES.
LONDON, July 27,
It is officially announced that the Imperial Government proposes to admit foodstuffs into territories occupied by the enemy, provided that the enemy reserve wholly to civilians all foodstuffs. in those territories and allow neutrals selected by the President of the United States to control the distribution.
THE BATTLE OF“ POZIERES,
LONDON, July 27.
If the offer is refused or unanswered The Battle of Pozieres is described in
before harvest-time the Imperial Paris as the most ferocious up to the
Government will hold the Central The crack German troops present. employed wore slaughtered. As an Powers responsible and exact such instance, it is stated that eight onreparation as can be secured by the Allied arms or enforced by the public slaught by the Brandenburgers were
opinion of neutrals for every civilian mowed down.
starred to death in the occupied i territories.
THE FRENCH FRONT.
STRONG ENEMY “ATȚACK 'IN
CHAMPAGNE."
12
PARIS, July 27.
A communique states:- We progressed east of Estrees." There was a lively furillade on the outskirts of Soyecourt, and intense artillery fire as Hill 304, Fleury and La Laufee.
We progressed west of Thisumont.. A strong enemy attack on a 'fron: three-quarters of a miles in extent, west of Prosnce, Champagne, only penetrated advanced positions from which they were immediately ejected.
THE RUSSIAN FRONT.
PETROGRAD, July 27.
An official statement says: We con tinue to pursue the retreating Turkish army in Armenio.
We seized the depot and war stores
at Erzinjan.
AFTER THE WAR.
LEGISLATION KITCHENER
SUGGESTED.
Salvation Army, Admimi Sir John Jellicoe. Field-Marshal Viscount French of Ypres, General Sir Douglas Haig, the Viceroy of India, the
Governors-General of the Dominions, Mr. G. N. Baracs, M.P., and Mr. W. Crocks, M.P., have been invited to join the Courd).
THE COMMISSIONS- OF' INQUIRY.
LONDON, July 2
Mr. Walter Looh, M.P., has been added to the Dardanelles Commission.
PETROGRAD, July 27. It is officially announced that the capture of Brujan has completed the conquest of Armenia.
GERMAN STEAMER SUNK.
AMSTERDAM July 27. The Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer Norderney, from Sweden, laden with a cargo of iron ore, has been suck in the Baltic "The Captain and three of the crew were drowned.
San Francisco, Jaly 21, Tires thousand of the striking long-
ping in this port, have now returned to work, and their action is taken to BAR that a general resumption in San-Fran- cisco and other Pselfie ports is likely at an early date.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC.
500 VICTIMS IN NEW YORK CITY.
A
New Yox, July 21. According to the latest estimate, since.
paralysis in New York Ave. hundred the butbreak of the epidemic of infantile
children have died in this city. Day by day the number of victims is being added to, and the conditions obtaining hers are still surious..
BIG APPROPRIATION FOR THE US.
NAVY..
P881,855,698 APPROPRIATION IS
PASSED BY SENATE.
WASHINGTON, July 2
the Senate yesterdag appropriates the sum The Naval Bill which was passed by
of P1,659,688 to be expended for cew ships during the next three years.
The bill was passed by a vote of 71 to eighty
THE SUBMARINE MERCHANTMAN. During the discussion previous to the voting there was a heated discussion ketween, Sanator Reed of "Missouri and Senator Feurose of Pensylvania.
HALTIMORE July 27. Clearance papets have been granted to In the House' of Commons, Mr:the submarine merchantman · Deutsch- Asquith agreed, to add a Naval and lauk.
Military representative to the Dardanelles Commission, and Mr. J.. Wedgewood, M.P., to the Mesopb. tamis Commission.
Both Commissions are empowered to enquire into the origin, inception, and conduct of the operations.
ROGER CASEMENT.
PETITION FOR REPRIFVE FRESENTED.
LONDON, "July 21.. The petition for the reprieve of Boger Casement was presented to Mr. Asquith hat evenings
NEW CIVIL LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY.
LONDON, July 37.
LONDON, July 17 The Morning Post states that Lord Kitchener, shortly before his death,
Lord Lytton has been appoined a suggested that the Imperial Govern Civil Lord of the Admiralty in ment and the Governments of the succession to the Duke, of Devonshire Dominions should pass legislation pro hibiting Germans for twenty-one years after the war from becoming neutralised or. domiciling within the Empire or becoming partners or shareholders, in British, businesses."
GERMANY'S FINANCIAL
EXPEDIENTS..
A LOAN TO TURKEY.
A communiqué confirms - yesterday's
LONDON, July 27, news of the capture of Erzinjan and the Constantinople official reporta stato success of General Sakharoff's army that Turkey is obtaining & further north-west of Brody, and adds that two advance of about two millions sterling German attempts at an offensive in the from Germany. Turkey receives, not district of Commern were repulsed with coin but depreciated. German Exchequer
considerable loss.
It further states. We have crossed Sloniovka and are pressing the retresting enemy, who is losing very heavily. Wo captured fire guns, six machine-guns.
THE CAPTURE OF ERZINJAN.
WHAT IT MEANS TO RUSSIK.
PETROGRAD, July 27.
The capture of Erzinjen is most
Erzerum road and gives the Russians
THE ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
RESOLUTIONS. »
LONDON, July 27 Met Asquih announced in the House of Commons that the resolutions adopt- ed at the Economic Conference in Paris will be discussed on Wednesday.
GERMAN MACHINERY."
AMERICA'S PRECAUTIONS.
WASHINGTON, July 21.0 The cruiser North Caroline and two destroyers have sailed to do what Mr. Daniela Secretary of the Navy, terms neutrality duty outside the Virginia Capes presumanty in ecnnection with the attempt of the Deutschland to depart shortly.
AN ITALIAN-HERO.
ROME, July 91. The Cabinet will submit to Parliament Bill to erect" a monument to Herr Battisti, the ex-Austrian Deputy for Trent and to publish his works at the cost of the State defraying the cost of publishing...
THE BRITISH · ADYANCE.
(A^ COMPARISON WITH VERDUN
Britian Frunt, written by Mr. John In a summary of the operations on the Buchan and telegraphed on July 22nd. to the British Legation, he says
It is claimed in the German press that the present auccess of the Allies in En- farior to that won by the Germans at Verdun in the same space of time. It is worth pointing out that whatever test taken, this view is false. The offen- sive in Picardy has been superior in every respect to the Arst week of the Ge man attack at Verdun It was made against a stronger enemy widerfront. It captured more
is
more
quickly, it took ground o in more prisoners. guns, its artillery preparation was prarious telegram mentioned that more exact and effective and it lost far Herr Battisti fought with the Talians fewer men. This comparison in with the first stage of the Battle of Verdun, and was mortally wounded at afonte when the Germans were most successful corno. He was picked up by the Aus- trians and hurried off toward Trent' and hanged, the hangman being summoned by telegraph)
EXCLUSION, OF MHS, BESANT FROM BOMBAY.
LONDON, July 26,
CAUSES AND CURE FOR
DIARRHOEA
VEREATING, a stange in the tem-
perature, anripe fruit, and impure water are some of the causes of diarrhoea. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholers and Diar In the House of Commons, in replyrhoes Remedy curea these bowel dise turbances promptly. For sale by all Chanista and Storekeepers
to Mr. Philip Snowden, Mr. Chamber lain said it was not necessary to specify the reasons for the exclusion of Mrs. Besart from Bombay.
OBITUARY.
GENERAL SIR HENRY HILDYARD.
LONDON, July 26.
The death of General Sir Henry John Thornton Hildyard is announced
[Decossed was Directx-General
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FAREWELL TO ENGLAND-
Mr.T.HU Aldridge, municipal THE RETURN OF MARQUIS INQUYE. electrical engineer, has a report in the Bonds, on which a fresh issue of paper enment Municipal Gazette of Shanghai money will be based.
concerning the serious breakdown that the occurred on Jun 17 ab Waysido. He
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The alternator of No. 3 5,000-kilowatt Great Britain at this eventful moment turbo-alternator sat, built by the Allgo-I entertain no manner of doubt regard ENEMIES WITH BRITISH HONOURS meine Mektrizitate Osellachet of Bering the outcome of the great war The
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