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THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 19180
TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Page 2.)
THE
GREAT BATTLE.
ENEMY'S PLAN TO TAKE PARIA.
THE CHINA MAILY
་་་
NATIVE FRENCH AFRICAN HELP
IN SUCCESSES.
BASIA OF THE ALLIED HOPE OF SUCCESS
-Pants, June 11. Taxpos, June 11.
The well-known Military critio,· Renter's Correspondent at French M. Henri Riley, writing in the Headquarters, telegraphing today. Journal des Debate, bases his hope
of Alled success on the stuper wastage of the Gering effective troops. Te the list two offens vs
During the evening and night of the Iuth the tiernums attempted to enlarge the sultent enrved, on our
ALLIED RESOURCES TO BE POOLED.
BIG AMERICAN SCHEME..
WASHINGTON, Juva 11.
à plan for pooling all the resources of the United States and the cobelligerents into one vast economic and war machine will soon be submitted to President
RECRUITING IN EGYPT.
CONSCRIPTION OF ALLIED BRITISH CIVILIANS.
LaxDON, June 11
In the House of Commons, replying to Furl Winterton (Unionist M. P. for Borahum), Lord Robart. Cecil promised that the suggestion to conscript Allied British, civilians in Egypt and, the
of 1918 the enemy employed the Wilson. It is now in the hands of Sudan would be immediately considered.
Front by pushing forward, both their equivalent of 20" rivision.
He
Baruch, Chairman of the War Industries
FOR
CARS
HIRE
Experienced Chauffeurs
Expert Mec
A Large Number of
IMPOSSIBLE OF ACCOMPLISH. wings us well as the centre. On threw in the equivalent of a further Board, who has been conferring with Regarding the suggestion to conscript „New and Comfortable Cars
saya
MENT.
tolt the onety made no progress Divisions in the offensive con- Juul has been driven back in placesencing on May 27th and a further Lossos, June 10,
between Mury and Vignemout. 1 Divisions in the present attack! Bouto's Correspondent at French
A magnificent counter-attack by Headquarters, telegraphing. tplay. Natire Africans, supported by Tanks, enabled us to re-take Porte Farm, Th seene of the hatest offensive west of the Compiegne road with the is a wonded and hilly country bisect-high ground north of it. ed by the river Metz, which flowing neighbouring fan. The enemy was south joins the Oise at Montmace.
checked and even thrown back on the right and centre. The Germans have thrown in fresh asses or the
The enemy's principal progress yesterday, was along the goue
'the Motz.
Their first ohjeet was left wing with probably to reach the Oise, and the Olse
the members of the Cabinet and the Allied representatives.
It is understood the plea urge greater coordination in industrial effort A. Bidon maintains that this pro-and Allied Snancial requirements, also digious effort cannot be kept up the elimination of duplicatiof mon R. indefinitely, and calenists that we ufacturing effort. are approaching the time when the German Army will have reached a state of dangerous fatigue, which will synchronise with the fral prepared- ness of Amerien's young sud- vigor- | Army, which is thirsting for) view to reaching petion.
the
thereby tak in think the whole of f The emitty here in wooded with|
"AMERICA'S SHIPBUILDING
ACHIEVEMENTS.
NEW YORK, June 11. Mr. Hurley, Chairman of the Shipping Board, speaking in Indiana, declared that by 1920 American, shipbuilding would aggregate 2,101 vessels of over
the French salient north of the Oise, bills and deep ravines and it hul AMERICA'S GREAT ACHIEVEMENT 14 million deadweight tonnage. Five Which might result in our withdrawal itself reuelly to infiltration.
to the south of the bank,
Suppe-e enemy's objective
Chir
troops are operating in a narrowe felt!
IN FRANCE.
#1
between the ones advancing line, FEAT IN COMMUNICATIONS.ON
THE FRONT: * is Pars, he will satindly begin as the Oise and run the risk of being. tinuating a paverfuk tentele to the cut off by the enemy racing the
Loxpos, June 11. south-west down the so Valley's bank to the south of them, Accord-
The Time Corresponderit at the and another to the west, from the ingly, they are being gradually with-Frout is authorized to give a descrip- Chirog Ene, thereby encircling the vast ran to the river, where the enemy ton of the work of the Americans miss of the Aigle, Compeigne and, is pursuing and will find, himself |
in Fringe during the past eleven Villers Cotterets forests, which are withous cover." The open valley is
months. He says they are rapidly Ang made impregnable to a rotul unter the fire of our attillery
completing the largest and greatest attack. The enemy probably intetis nunchimes.
scheme of countsunications over used in warfare. After a fortnight of GROUND LITTERED WITH GERMAN solid trivel, I am convinced that
to pass north and south of them. bringing his tentacles together. This
is the my's plan, but it is over- punbitions and impossible of accom- "plishment.
DEAD.
what the Americans have Recom- plished will rank in history as one
As sem us its impossibility is ENEMY'S DETERMINATION, TOf the greatest achivements of the realised the enemy's efforts will probably be directed against Amiens
Calnia.
Meanwhile,
or towards his battalions are being depleted
PUSH ON
LONDON, June 11. Reuter's Corresjement at French
in constant fighting, from Noyon Heuluarters, telegraphing of
appearance
on
portion of lads of this ches.
The enemy, in the course of the
said that the Government were advised more Egyptians, Lord Robert Cecil
that it would not be desirable at present to withdraw ce amend the Proclamation of November 6, 1914, by which Great Britain esumed the whole burden of the war, as far as Egypt wis conceflect Recruitment in Egypt, therefore remained voluntary. -CA. thorough recruiting campaign WAR boing operated with creditable resalts.
RECRUITING IN IRELAND. :
A NOVEL SCHEME.'.
LONDON, June 11. The Daily press correspondent at billion dollars would be required to carry Dublin says that recruiting in Ireland, out the present. programme. It is will be carried out on the lines of a estimated that in 1919 the United States General Election, with an extensive should turn out over 13 million tons of distribution of leaflets, dealing with the shipping in one year. It is hoped in pay of soldiers, allowances to depen 1930, to establish a weekly passenger dents the provision of land, and service beheven New York and both the pirates on boardings, including the consta of South America, also to meet. Irish Katie in national colours: 'Imper. the trade requirements of Russia and tant progress has been made in enlisting
the of the Nationalists.
China
IMPERIAL WAR CABINET MEETING.
FUNCTIONS OF CABINET AND CONFERENCE MEETINGS.
•
Mr. AA. Lynch (Nationalist. M. P. for N. Clare), has agreed to act as recruiting officer.
Prominent odlords buve expressed their intention of raising battalions in their counties. A feature of the campaign will be marches by American Regimente with their priests
TION SIDE-TRACHED.
:
LONDON, June-10. The first meeting of the Imperial {*** war. For instance, out of, waste War Cabinet will be held on the 11th HOME RULE AND IRISH CONSCRIP- lunds adjacent to an oli French port and the first meeting of the Imperial they have constructed a spletulid linear Conference on the 12th, after which meetings will be held on alternate of modern decks, where hips. ure
days. now daily discharging men and war nasterial, eats and tonchinery. A
huge new warehouse system at this
|
Mr. Lloyd George presides over the former, while Mr. Walter Long presides
over the latter.
The War Cabinet will have full powers to discuss and decide upon matters concerning the war, while the Conference will be concerned with later problems arising out of the war,
Several 'Overseas Ministers visited
NOT LIKELY TO BE SUBMITTED TO IMPERIAL CONFERENCE
LONDON, June 11.
The Daily Chronicle saya that it is now improbable that, the Irish questionTM &* uggested by General Smur will be submitted to the Imperial Conference. The signs are that both Home Rule and
tracked. frish Conscription have been side
Sir George Heid, in a letter to the
te Clustean Thierry and from day evening, says pe Vormeuil, to Rheins. His re- serves of marbood are declining. day at immense cost, succeeded in point is nearing completion. In addi- Aut of 200 prisoners taken in the pushing his advance from a hite to tion to rotor works, cold storage Srst few days in June, over one three miles deeper en our front. At pianta and railway yaris with stuck sfourth belonged to the 1919 class, Marqu Eglise to the southernmost aggregating 200 miles. In the car and the 1920 class have made their point of his salient he is about seven assembly shop steel cars are being assembled at the rite of a complete the battle-feld, chiles from the starting point. Among the prisoners captured at Yesterday morning's fighting was train daily. Work is rapidly pro
the submission of the Irish question to Bligny there was a considerable pro-almost unprecedented in fury. The reeding on a new 20,000 bed hos Mr. Lloyd George, Ms. Bonar Low and Morning Pad, expresses the opinion that the Conference will go far to destroy Germans continue to attack in com-pital, the largest yet constructed.Mr. Walter Long yesterday. pact masics, which are mown down There are also an immense untillery PREMIER WELCOMES DELEGATES. the most valuable safeguard to Imperial
Others, and still camp and a remount sump, where I
unity-harmony. by our gunfire.
LONDON, June 11. others, follow. When the position is saw several thousand botses. These
The frat meeting of the Imperial finally taken by the energy; it is as port sebemes have been su worked often as not promptly re-taken by out that they are capable of almost War Cabinet of 1918 commenced at TURKISH UNIVERSITY HONOURS
LENINI the Franch. In these counter-aliraited expansion, which will be noon to-day.
The Premier welcomed the delegates
BESTOWS NOBLE PEACE PRIZE. attacks the French invariably find the most important in pooling the Allied ground littered with German dead, effort, for the American base ports and afterwards entertained them at often lying shops. The little may easily become the main reserve lunch. Throughout the night And anorn-height, caller l'ipont, south of centres for distributing to the rail- ing the battle bus raged along the Lessigny, must be paved enemy heads. Everywhere on the front the front. The attack has not dead. It was held by dismounted conditions were the same or along abited. in fury. On the wings the cavalry. The ne despatch runners the hundreds of miles of American enerny is still held on practically the who got through from Flement be- communications that I visited:** same line, despite persistent and fore its fall say they thermalves saw reckless attempts to push, on. On 14 unsuccessful. German attacks, on
BATTLE RAGING ON NEW FRONT.
FIGHTING OF BLOODIEST CHARACTER.
LONDOX, June 10.. Jenter's Correspondent at French Headquarters, tekgraphing this after noon, says:→→
W
LONDON, June 10. In the House of Commons. Mr. W. C.
the extreme right of Piemont, n the Hill. There were others after CASUALTIES OF THE W.A.A.C.S. though almost in the first line, we they left. It is estimated the Ger ure "still holding out, the Frenchimarus hud engaged 20 to 30 Divisions garrison having beaten off successive up to the evening. The enemy's waves of German infantry. Mont wivance was so slow, that he was Anderson (Labour M. P.for Atarclife). Renaud is still pur
able to bring up light artillery, while asked: How many members of the In the centre of the battle-field the the heavy guns were still firing from Women's Army Auxiliary Corps have enemy by pouring in fresh butts their old positions. The artillery been killed and injured abroad 1- lions, has penetrated deeper into our strength accordingly is. practically Mr. J. L Macpherson (of the War line. The fighting is of the bloodiest equal, although that of the French Office replied that were killed; I died character. The French and Germans is more effective, the French being of wounds and 10 injured
.are fighting hand-to-hand over the familiar with the ground. The fierce- Tins every Bamlet and farm. ness of the fighting and the inflexible
REASON FOR ENEMY'S COLOSSAL LOSSES.
WAR SITUATION EXPLAINED.
BY PREMIER
It is understoor that, at taday's meeting of the "Imperial War Cabinet Mr. Lloyd George explained at great length the whole war situation.
The chief subject at to-morrow' meeting of the Imperial Conference will be the arrangement of the agenda.
WORK FOR WOMEN AFTER WAR. EMIGRATION TO DOMINIONS: CRGED.
LONDON, June 11.
According to the Turkish newspaper Yeni Dumgn the University of Stambul has elected M. Lenin to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The other candid- stes were the Kaiser and Field-Marsbal von Hindenburg
SOVIET TROOPS EVACUATE CHELYABINEK.
AMSTERDAM, June 11.
Always in Readiness.
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for Special
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WI DEMONSTRATE WAIS
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PHILIPS HALF WATT LAMPS
A message from Kieff says that 15,000 Czecho-Slovake in the Chelyabinsk GERMANY'S SENSE OF HONOUR.
region have occupied a part of the Siberian Railway and aptured mon- LONDON, June 12tions Sorist trops evacuated Chelya At a Conference of the Women binsk and concentrated near Slatcast Workers of London birs. Ogilvie Gordon, where they defeated the Crechs. Other presiding, said that large numbers of Czechs are near Samara. women and girls employed on wax work
SANTI-GERMAN, FEELING, IN would wish to find fresh fields of work
· HOLLAND. In the House of Commons Mr. Win the Dominions after the war,
AMSTERDAM, June 11.
CASUALTIES IN RAIDS ON BRITISH HOSPITALS.
Killed, 11 officers, 318 men 5 Sisters, 8 W. A. A. C.'s and fi cirilians. Wounded 18 officers, 634 men, I Sisters, W. ALA Cʻi, sad 73 civilians.
Lord Durham said the Government should interest itself more in emigration,
MORE BERNSTORFFL
DISCLOSURES.
NEW YORK, June, 10.
CONSUME VERY LITTLE CURRENT
(about) Watt per candle power).
The light is steady and does not ficker
Obtainabis from the principal Electrical Contractora.
antic ruthlessncas
FOR WHOLESALE APPLY TO:
HOLLAND-CHINA-
TRADING CO., Hongkong & Canton.
Sole Agents for Bouth. Chins,
NAYAL" AERIAL RAIDS.
BRUGES AND ZEEBRUGGE
BOMBER AGAI
LONDON June 11.
The Admiralty, detailing ten ride
Rous Turs II. An Admiralty official report state "A soundiron of Austrian seaplane
Mr. Lansing, in an addrees to the on his objectives in Belgium boy tween June 6th to the tla incideixo, Union College stated that the archives of the Stato Department Fourteen tons of barbs word disclosed that six weeks after GBedropped and fires started on tha The enemy's lows has been extretern intion with which the enemy
hay, arising out of the submarining Bruges Docks, and the Maraton, ordinarily heavy. This time the accepts his shocking losses show that Joynson-Hicks asked Howoften during
The Telegraaf's correspondent at of the hospital ship Sussex, gave the St Denis Westrein aerodronsent. element of surprise has been absent. he is determined to continue until the past three weeks have the Germans The enemy's dense moneste have complete victory or complete exhaus bombed British hospitals on the north especially the emigration of women, Flushing (sesport town in Holland) two United States a solema promise to Four fires and to explosions in the were started. Two direct hits were been exposed to the fire of our tion. The decisivo battic of the coast of France and what are the which has been much neglected. There German officers were to have attended cease her ruthless submarine laugh-eastern busin of the Bruges Docks
would be a surplus of women shout the funeral of the parser of the "Roningin ter Count Bernstorff, appreciating served on the sole at trigge casualties machine-guns and artillery dunng year is being engaged,
Mr. J. 1 Macpherson replied: Field-after the war, and women should insist Regeptes, who died ante result of the the worthlessness of the promise, Heavy anti-treraft fire was operi- the past 88 hour. The Germans
apon representation on the Emigration torpedoing of the vessel, but at the last
Offlee to enced and enemy teroplane were sked the Berlin. Foreign Marshal Sir Douglas Enig has recently Board, which was really an Imperist moment leave for their journey was advise him and give him single time driven of All our coochings had to resemble behind the linea
turned AGA reported that between May 15, to June
organisation. There should be greater withdraw under our counter preparation fire.
Ist, hospitals had been attackal on cobssion among the Emigration Societies Itis reported this was otheurgent before the campaign was recom
AUSTRIAN SEAPLANES ATTACK which had been sweeping the Ges.
seven occasions. The total commities in irrespective of their connection with requicat of the Police Saperintendent, menced, in onder that he might
BRINDISITATE man rear for three days before the
these rids were
soy particular Dominion. Emigration who regarded such a vistas undesirable notify the German merchant ships battle. The enemy 18 to 20
FORCES THROWN IN AT
would be an important part of any in view of the anti-German spirit in American burbou to destrey Divisions in the attacking line, the
GREATER RATE.
demobilisation scheme after the war, prevalling at Flashing
their machinery because he divisional front being 2,000 yards
SHORTAGE OF SILVER MONEYputed a renewal of the i behind the line. His reserves are
LONDON, June 11,
IN HOLLAND.
would probably bring the United States into the war. What a com-flew over Brindel on June Sull dipp pede several Fombs and killed, and ready to re-place the shattered Divi- The Daily Chronicle's Correspon
There is a shortage of silver money sions, A prolonged and desperate dent at the French Front anys:-
in Holland, owing to ad appartat illicit ment on Count Bernstorff's estimate wounded severst persons, struggle must be anticipated, albo Owing to the heavily fortified
LONDON, Juta 12 melting or export The people an of the seriae of honour and good faith At an exhibition of standard clothing buying up silver money at ever their of his Goverment!" exclaimed Mr.
minai vaina. The authorities threaten Lansing In the House of Coupons Mr. Ronald
at Bradford, MG A gworth Tendors McNeill asked for information regarding Postmaster General and that 70 per the primers now in the Tower of coat of the wool und in Great Britain, London, who were captured after coming was needed for ashore from a German submarine ch still more would
the the coast of Irelan
arditation woul Mr. Macpherson replied that the to hosiery, The slight advucco, of the enemy accussed was identifedia Le the direction of Compiegne is due J. Dowling, of the Connau Diser comprising to the enemy use of a large uuma He will be court-mar
which our arüllery did of aiding the ope Ourscamp Forest, ber of fend of the rivée ou succeed in destroying in time. is a priser 'ói xwaz
the posibility of meeting the shrek Allied front now being attacked and of Field-Murabal von Hindenburg's knowing that no surprise is obtain- disposable réserves before the enemy able General von Hutier has been breake off from battle.
compelled to throw in new forces at The enemy, instead of sweeping on victoriously as in the first days of a greater rate than in the previous the Aire Battle, is advancing pain-stages of the offensive. This is the fully and by yard, paying the full reason, for the immensity of the price of every step in the advance. German losses A
tain effort is still the centre
Pants, June 11 Pard the Ose with the object of
The
salientWe hold him
the apex at Pont
PRISONERS IN TOWER OF LONDON:
LONDON, June 10.
west
CLOTHING FOR THE ARMY.”
STANDARD DRESS FOR WOMEN PROBABLE
licial purposes and ge
to clothe
used
Lly taranded
stand-
clared it probe
Mr. Lunsng said the war must be on completely, and the task must „BRITAIN'S ECONOST OF FOOD.ot be left half done. We must not
PAS Jos 112 Director General of
transmit to posterity a legacy blood and misery.
the anti-inft guns and chas
to withdraw. The enerziy planes soon empelled the machines whose avialdia wens taken prisoners
British machines bomb
Italian