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THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1918.
THE GREAT BATTLE.
A LULL
STORIES OF THE RETREAT.
(Continued from Page I.)
"THE BRITISH COMMANDS AT THE FRONT.
LONDON, April 9.
The Daily Chronicle states that General Bawlinson will command the Fifth Army. He has absorbed Geceml Gongh who is temporarily unemployed.
THE LONG-RANGE BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS.
ONE GUN BURST.
PARIS, April 9. German prisoners state that one kong-range gul bombarding Paris burst and five of the crew were killed.
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IMPRESSIVE SCENE IN AMERICAN SENATE.
RUMOURS OF BOLJHEYIK EXCESSES AT YLADIYOSTOCK.
LONDON, Apr 3.
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A telegram Iron Tokio reports rumours of Bolshevik excesses Vladivostock which may ferce Allied intervention.
OBITUARY.
LONDON, April 3. The death is announced of Charl Mitchell, the famous ex-pugilist.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE GREAT STRUGGLE.
GERMAN POST CAPTURED BY
BRITISH.
LONDON, April 2. Field-Mural Sir Douglas Haig
reports:
neighbourhood of Seree.
We captured a German post in the
WASHINGTON, April 3. The Archbishop of York at un impressive scene in the Senate delivered a prayer for the victory of the Allied arms, for a lasting and v righteous peace, and for the menį defending the cause of Truth and CALM NIGHT ON FRENCH FRONT.
the
Freedom in the great battle overseas, The invocation closed with Lord's Prayer, Senators and speel tors joining.
AMERICA AND BULGARIA AND TURKEY.
PROPOSED DECLARATION OF WAR.
WASHINGTON, April 3,
A resolution, introduced in the Senate proposing & declaration of war against Turkey and Bulgaria, has been referred to the Feign Belation Committee.
The Associated Press states fint
LONDON, April 2 A French communiqué states Front from the Oise to the Somme.
The night was relatively calm on the The artillery struggle assumed a certain activity on a portion of the
battlefield.
The French and British forces made some progress, during the night, bo tween the Somme and Demain.
· AERIAL ACTIVITIES:
LONDON, April 3, Field-Marshal Sir Dougins Haig, reporting on aviation, states -- of bombs and fired thousands of ruands Our lowfliers dropped seventeen tona
at infantry and other targets.
Some low-flying hostile two seaters, on the southern portion of our Front machine-gunned our men.
THE CHINA MAIL:
owing to the casualties and the Fifth Division had 50 per cent of essualties in taking Ham and further losses in forcing a passage over the Somme. It is noteworthy that a considerable increase in the enemy artillery activity at Passchendaele and Goudberg Spur is reported put the Germans are to heavily committed upon the present battle-froat! that it is not easy to believe that they will now try an offensive elsewhere.
It is now permissible to say that it was the New Zealanders who carried out the attack as La Cigno Farm, taking "over 200 prisoners" and 109 machine guns.
QUIET DAY ON BRITISH FRONT.
LONDON, April 2
The Preis Bureau reports:- British fron
The day was quiet on the whole There was no serious ighting on the French front.
GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, April 3. A wireless German official message says!—
The position is unchanged. Stubbarn enemy counter-attacks near Hebuterae and between the Lupe and the Avre broke down heavily.
The French continued shelling Laon, where there were numerous sivilian victims.
We shot down 22 Beroplanes and five balloons.
A SPLENDID FRENCH COUNTER- ATTACK.
FURIOUS GERMAN ATTACKS HELD.
NINETEENTH DAY OF ENQUIRY.
which have been already passed over RACE COURSE TRAGEDY. by infantry and the position of whose defenders is hopeless. It is evidently intended that they shall be bebind the zone beaten by our fel-guna, thus the whole machinery of trench The inquiry into the circumsines warfare is rudintained, bus put by the attending the disaster, at the Race Germans into the second line instead Course on Felk 16, was resumed at the man tactics of assault have been Wood (Corner) and the jury consisting of the first. In twelve months the Magistracy this morning by Mr. J. R. verse. In 1917 the enemy's prin of Mesars. A. H. Baria, W. C. Jack eiple was economy of men obtained and J. F. Wallace: through a profusion of material; in 1038 it seems to be economy of material through reckless employ ment of men.
LONG-RANGE BOMBARDMENT ON PARIS RESUMED,
PARIS, April 2. The German long-range bombardment re-started at 10.30 this morning.
BRAZILIAN WARSHIPS FOR EUROPEAN WATERS.
THE KING'S MESSAGE -
LONDOS, April 1 The Press Barena, states that in replying to the President of Brazil's announcement of the early departure of warship to Europe, the King says the Navy is anticipating their co-operation with profound satisfaction, adding that Brazilian airmen are receiving an enthusiastic welcome by the Royal Air Force.
·
“A CHANGE OF UNPROFES
SIONAL CONDUCT."
Prior to the hearing of evidence, this morning, Mr. G. E. Wakeman, Crown Solicitor, addressing the Coro ner, mid he would like to make a short alatensent. At the conclusion of [the enquiry last night Mr. Wright was feeported to have made certain remarka with regard to his (Mr. Wakeman's) conduct of the enquiry, imputing that he had carried out the equity with a view to protecting the police and that
had kept back evidence which might be favourable to the F. W. D. Such statements regarding his position in that enquiry could only be taken as's charge of unprofessional conduct He had received instructions from - His Excellency the Governor to conduct an enquiry as fair and as searching as ecald possibly be done said he had endeavoured to carry out those instructions to the ZURICH, April 2)
beat of his ability. As His Worship The Bulgarian Generalisaina Schekov, but he did not know in any. knew, he bad bad several talks with in a blustering interview"published in tan
-BULGARIAN BLUSTER.
the Neue Freie Presse, said the Bulgarian way what questions were going to be Army is ready to give Greece a violentput. He had purposely refrained lesson:
| from taking any atatements beforehand
LONDON, April 2 Reuters Correspondent at French Headquarters, telegraphing to day, RUSSIA, GERMANY AND FINLAND, or to ask for any information as to the
states:-
LONDON, April 2. A wireless Russian official message states-
Government has promise to take the Replying to Berlin, the Russian
most severe measures to prevent the Red Guards entering Finland.
The enemy, having failed in yester day's attack on the Lasiguy-Mon:didier line, shifted bis weight, according to his of the Avre from Montdidier to Moreuil tactics of alternative strokes, to the line
Moutdidier the Germans were able to In consequence of the capture of dig a pocket into our line, ou the west persistently seeking to enlarge. Having bank of the river, which they are
JAPAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY. captured the village of Malpart, a mile | west of the Avre and three miles north
TOKIO, April 2 of Montdidier, the Germans, on Sunday, The report that Baron Uchida has renewed their attack with the object of been appointed Foreign Minister is extending their position west of the without foundation. river..
The enemy incessantly assaulted the village of Grivesnes, which is on the highroad from Montdidier to Amiens. They used their best troops and fought. Division, which is the very elite of the with great fury. The First Guards
German Army, after terrible hand-to- and fighting, took the village, but two tbe American Consul ut Sofu on
hours later a splendid French counter March 21st declared that no
attack retook the village at the point of garian troops had moved to ti and the infantry brought down soother the sasasit with extraordinary fury. We brought down sixteen machines the bayonet. The Germans returned to Western Front for the herman within our lines. Elaven of ours are French armourer cara
with thair .offensive.
misning.
machine-guns were brought up and Our night-fiers dropped many tons drove back in disorder the assaulting of bomb on the railway station at waves of the First Grenadier Regiment Cambrai, na radway station south east and the Prussian Guards. The battle of Douai, the railway southward of is not yet concluded. Douai, also un billets and transport. All our machines returned.
JAPANESE SHIPS FOR AMERICAN USE.
NEW YORK, April 3. Approximately 30 ships, each of 15,000 tons, will be obtained Irem Japan under the recent agreement.
THE MURMAN RAILWAY MENACED.
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MILITARY. ORGANISATION AT ·
IRKUTSK PURELY GERMAN.
FRENCH REPULSE ATTACK.
LONDON, April 3.
& French communioné says :-
duel, especially between Moutdidiar and Lassigny.
:
TWO SMART ENTERPRISES BY
BRITISHL
POSITIONS. TAKEN.
LONDON, April 2 Rauter's Correspondent at British Headquarters, telegraphing to day, states-
HOW A GERMAN DIVISION GOES
INTO BATTLE.
Peuter's Correspondent at French Headquarters writes:-
German Order, captured on the battlefield, describes the order of battle ofla German Division in the. present offensive 25 follows:A
them.
evidence, zeither had he made any attempt to suppress evidence. He very much regretted to have to make this statement, but he felt he coull «not
conclusion of the enquiry, if such allow it to pass, un his position at the
reporta were allowed to go about, must be a very serious one.
Mr. Wright replying, said that the Crown Solicitor's statement eame!: absolutely shock to him. He had said nothing that he thought could be taken in the sense that the Crown
Solicitor has said. All he bar said was
THE LICHNOWSKY DISCLOSURES. that he would like to call some moTÉ witziesses, or words to that effect. If
YON JAGOW'S OBSERVATIONS:
the Crown Solicitor put the construction indicated upon his remarks he certainly" withdrew them unreservedly.
LONDON, April 4. The German newspapers contain lengthy observations by Dr. von
The Crown Solicitor. I have given Jagow, who was German Foreign exactly the words Mr. Wright is re Secretary between 1913 and 1916, on the ported to havo said. he confirms a great deal. For instance, would withdraw anything he had said Lichnowsky disclosures. His intention is Mr. Wright again stated that he to confate some of them, but incidentally
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FURTHER EVIDENCE
Inspector Watt said he was in charge of the detectives on duty at the Race Course on Feb. 28. Ha detailed the
the Races that day at 10,000. He saw
1. The value of tickets to be sold shall be limited to [$500,000 (Hongkong Currency).
2. The sale of tickets will be extended two months, and wil therefore close in Hongkong on Wednesday, 12th June, 1918. Sellers of tickets are requested to send their returns and remittances to reach Hongkong by that date.
the collapse of the sheds from a distance. which will be announced, later by advertisement.
By Order of the Committee,
THE OPERATIONS IN PALESTINE.
SEVERAL MILES OF ENEMY RAILWAY DEMOLISHED.
LONDON, April 2 An official message from Palestine
There was a somewhat lively artilleDivision advances in two regimental Hedjaz Railway were successfully accom- them to keep a look out for pick-pockets on the 23rd December, 1918, the tickets will be cancelled, Loxoox, April 8.
Dar raiding operations against the men to the different posts and told 3. Should any winning ticket not be presented before noou A telegram from Petrograd states
groups, progressing side by side. plished on March 30 and we have and to stop anlawful gambling. At the and the value will be destributed amongst War Charities by the Our batteries caught under fire The first line of each group consiste commenced our retirement towards commencement of the inquiry witness Committee of the St. George's, Society of Hongkong through that an the Finnish White Guard
enemy concentrations east of Cantigny. fust of a regiment or three battalions Essalt. advance from Tammerfors towurde.
A szrong German reconnoitring party of infantry whose task is to advance We effectively demolished several asked Kwok Kün, the managing partner the medium of the Hongkong War Charities Committee. -the White Sea is menacing the attacked, but was repulsed by our straight upon their objective, regard miles of milway and an important of the Sze. Hop firm, for a detailed plan
troops, on the left bank of the Oise, less of losses, leaving the work of bridge. The enemy stubbornly resisted of the matsbeds Kwok Ein did not has been arranged that the Bonds of the Hongkong Government 4 Notwithstanding the extension of the selling period, it .Murman Railway the British and south-west of Gervais.
reducing our centres of resistance to in prepared. positions in and about French authorities have effected an
the specialiat detachments following Amman,, to where the attack was not then give it to him. He only showed a War Loan of 1916 that are paid as prizes shall bear Interest Amman, Wecently repulsed a small rough working plan. from the 1st May, 1918 and the first half-yearly payment of understanding with the Murman Soviet for the protection of the line.
These consist, first, of one cca: Turkish attack on our rearguard, We By Mr. Bowley The Contractor Interest will be due on 1st November, 1918, S pany of staastruppen, one-and-half tock 700 prisoners and four guns gave him all the information he wanted.
6. Lists of Winning Numbers will be despatched to nchine-gun companies, hall & com- between March 25 and April 1.
fle would estimate the crowd attending selling centres as soon as possible after the Drawing, the date pany of sappets, one detachment of liquid tame-throwers, half a heavy trench-mortar company, one battery
Kwok Kin was again recalled and Tokyo, April 8.
of light trench-mortars, two batteries
A train food of 1,500 Austro-
of what are described as infantry
several questions regarding the constoc guns.. In reserve come a third
tion of the sheds were put to him. The German prisoners with 12 machine
infantry regiment and a division of
The first ambulance train built in this | cross bracings, he said, were lashed to gune has arrived at Irkutak, Their During the past twenty-four hours five Tanks of British, origin, and an country for the American Army has been every upright pole and where the outer destination is believed to be Vladivo- there have been only comparatively independent group consisting of two handed over to the American Expedi stock. All wear Russian uniforms very largely on our side.
minor affairs with the balance of saccess companies of cyclists and one of ticnary Force by the builders, the Mid-cross bracings did not touch the uprights
[sturmtruppen.
land Railway Company record time of
wooden wedge was placed between. and carry new arms. There are ców We carried out two very smart little
The train, built in the This Division is supported by uine weeks, cost £40,000. It is made up By Mr. Bowley-He bought news -6,000 prisoners-of-war at Irkutsk enterprises yesterday. A small infantry twelve "batteries of field, and six of 18 car and designed to carry, 393 building materials, every year. As where the military organisation is by Sir Douglas Haig to-day, improved of eight-inch howitzers. According window frames and fittings, the nine materials were bought last Chinese year attack south of Hebaterns, mentioned of heavy artillery, including a battery soldier patients Painted in glossy much as $16,700 worth of new building
white enamel with mahogany polished purely German.
our position amongst the quarries. It to prisoners, a number of enemy bright ward ears, each contain 28 folding and they were all adisiactory. The gallops this morning took place is stated that at least 100 German desd battalions have now got special light cots in three tiers, the cats in the middle. were counted along the front of this french-mortar detachments known as tier being arranged so that they be
Me A Wright Exentire on the grass and were the Finals for
Baturday's Gymkhana.jpg The dualties were quite light infantry artillery, equipped with tre folded down ta dorms backs for sitting Engineer in charge of Buildings, said he Brown Mouse put up the Star gallop 2.59.1. last 1 30.2 The second effair was an attack on the fight trench-mortars of a new model esse in the lower fier. There are Clso disagreed with the opinions expresed of the morning being, sccompanied by Proustez, i, last 3, 24.3, 1.09.1, kust wood south-west of Hangard, into which
infectious ward car dispensary, treat a
"Secund Violin which he left hopelessgr. 32.3. 1 two battalions of Germans had penetra-mounted on specially high wheels ment, operating and emergency rooms, by Colonel Ward on several pointe ly behind, and anubed home the RIDGEWAY 98. 1:08, 1:413, isst }; 31.1- ted during the slight enemy advance and supposed to be capable of firing bathrooms, kitchen, officers cars, and regarding the construction of matsbeds, last quarter. the along the Luce River on Saturday twenty rounde a minute against staff and personnel cars
Catford did a very nice 11 miles the afternoon. Here we took 50 prisoners Tanks or other obstacles. The perful in the Mediterranean trains are 1914 were better form of structure.The Dahlins galloped yesterday what
The gauze chatter windows so success, etc. He agreed that the sheds of the year finish being very strong-s sonnel of each detachment comprises
"with many" new improvements,
their times would be interesting. „It is apparent from the foregoing including water tanks buis into the that the rear
A rear wall of shed No. 9 should
This morning's tiines are apponded that the whole apparatus for destroy roof, which carry 2,935 gallons, the best- The general situation for the momenting the. resistance of our centresing apparatus in the floor, and a have been strengthened by strata.:: It MARRE 1 mlib last 2, 34.3, 1.08.4, 2.421; | that the main movement of fresh
self-contained hot water circulator for was his opinion that, without malice,DITIDIS. 26, L14 which is the source of all his power and moderately fresh enemy Divisions has been relegated to the second line. ehem the engine is not attached bome of the cocupants of the matahede 32.22 k
The celebrated tosstruppen und The American sisters and doctors who Hand glory. Moreover, the essential continues to be towards the zone sappers with explosives, and light form the staff of the train will have might have, tampered with the conatrun. KiDLY CHER (1) joined furlongs by
whilst north of the Somme we succeeded, trenth mortars instead of going first good reason to be proud of their travel tion. He noticed one instance of this. Is
·HARDEN AND THE LICHNOWSKY RETELATIONS,
AMSTERDAM, April B. Herr Harden, writing in Zukonft, defends Prince Lichnow
such a man who is wealthy and holde
s high social and political position
to prove that he loves his country,
H. C. SANDFORD, (Hon. Treasurer), CHAS. BESWICK, (Hon. Secretary),
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facts of the Memorandum were ad
mitted by Dr. Bethmann Hollweg
in the White Book. Herr Harder
cites a passage proving that Ger many assented to Austro-Hungary's against Sarbin, knowing that action this might lead to war with Bussin
THE GENERAL SITUATION
between the Somme and Montdidier,
anyway tomporarily, in stabilising our follow after waves of infantry have ling hospital when it arrives in France, would have
where its engines already awaitst
line neuron Toy swept over a position. The mission Further insight into the extent of of these specialists remains the samej
the German lowes is given by the they clear trenches, reduce strong BOWEL COMPLAINT IN OHILDREN. criticise the following figures: It is estimated that points, and bomb rectleitrants from
the children
the Two-Hundred-and-Righth Division dug-outs but while this is being DURING be surer months o last 70 per cent of its effectives, and done, the battle is sweeping on miles bowce and should receive the host dou the Eighty Eighth, Division lost 301 further abend--at any rate in nati-careful attention. As soon £8% ny and Her Farden adds that Prince per cent is the first day's attack and cipation.re Sunnatural looseness of the bowels, Lichnoweky bas
amplified | 40 per cent in the attack on Mezieres It will have been remarked that noticed Chamberlain / Colic patchniers, on March 23. The uttack of the Fourth Tanks with fame throwers follow and Diarrhoes Remedy should be given, Division, north of the Scarpe, collapsed with reserves only, attacking trenches
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Ahe inquiry was then adjourned
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