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FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1918
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"THE
GREAT BATTLE.
KO RESPITE FOR THE GERMANS. BLOW WILE FOLLOW BLOW
Laxpos, Aug. 21. Kontor's Correspondent at French Huulipunkti telegraphing toy,
Cil
con.
heter Humbert's Army
to mulvaner. Between Is siguy and the Oise the enemy were
THE CHINA MNIE.
GERMAN REPORTSV194) doop wonE BY `NAYAL AIRME
LONDON, Aug 22 11.40 A
A German official report ned on the evening of the 21st, anga Cent "To the north of the Ancre strong | Büglish attacks en wide front)
broke down with heavy kes.
inte
Loxtos, Aug. 2
ENEMY SHIPPING AND TOWNS
ANG BOMBARDED
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Losnoy, Aug. 21
The Admiralty states:- Between the 15th and the 18th the Air Force contingente astacined
FALSE TRADE DESCRIP-
TION."
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THE SITUATION IN SIBERIA
MERIC
AN INTERESTING CASE.
An interesting case was heard thi morning at the Magistracy by Mr. B. D. Ù, Wolfe, in which Wing Wing Sing, a Chinese cotton denier, of 159,
VLADIVOSTOCK.
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LIVER AIDS.
PODOPHYLLIN AND TARAXACUM PILLS
Heep the Liver Active and the System Fres
Waste Matter.
to the Navy dieppeal 15 to 16 toxum Queen's Hond Central, wat sunn-American troops docked at mid after THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY,
of explosives - crit railway works jet, moned by the Inspector of Weiglits Zeebrugge and the Bruges doeks, ant Mensures for selling cotton reels A wireless tornanoticial repunti-uiremit batteries as Westend with a false description.
The Crown Solicitor (Mr. G. HE Between the Ancre and the Aurel Osterid docks. Zeebrugge, der-Wakeman) prosecuted and Mr. M. since the Sith our troops report that yeke, Middekerke, the Plaaschen K. La defended, more than 500 Banks have been alengoyel
A French attack between the Oise and the Aisne penetrated the front lince, but wie broken on the line of
prosed back to the line of heights Carleront southwart to Berancourt, Overboking the Diwette. Although Verspänia and Ponuniers.
the Germans are still holding liegta.
Our counteraticeke drove back the mout the Freacht from the west have fewerly" advancing on Javigny ridge
[tex Biruny reached the outskirts of the village,
Fremely attack late, in fbe éven Cunneling on Beheral Sir Julian Bynek. the correspondenting vollapsed on the whole front.
hys Ther inference is that the Bocha" [Apropos of them any reports, we will be given no respite. Blow will may quote the following from an official communique furnished by the censor at follow blow ngtil the many is forced' Singapore on enemy communiques in to tillike a biggy step.lackwash than Koperal: le des yet contemplatesÏ,
PROGRESS BY BRITISH.
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REUTERS PACIFIC SERVICE]
VLADIVOSTOK, Aug. 15.. Yesterday the first contingent of
noon, saven and a half days out-of Manila, after an uneventful voyage, In excellent spirits the man crowded the rails and filled the rigging, cheering, and received the cheers of the Allied warships. The crowd on the docki appeated amazed at the vociferous entry of the Americans contrasting to that of the len, denignstrative Allies. The Crash on the docka returned the greeting is equal measure.
Alagneh from the U.S.S. Brooklyn picked up the transport early in the morning outside, where it lay log-bound for five hours.
dele Canal, St. Albille dunip, The Crown Solicitor said that Meetkerke, Lethinghe, Zeebrugge, under sub-section 3 section 3 of the the Bruges ennal and enemy ship-Methane and Trade Mark Orst
mance defendur guk bo tried
d Supreme Court if he so wished 11. ping. Good results were obtained.
destroyed
Mr. I said that his client wished the case to be dealt with summarily ons!" The Crower Solicitor, said the de- fendant was guilty of an offence
The men remain aboard the transport under the Ordinance.
tonight and are waiting the arrival of The Magistrate: Unkes ho qunftwo other transports which are due prove to the dontnury.
to-morrow, after which it is proposed to holi a general parada.
machines and drove down eight other. We lost four machines, of which landed in Holland.
BRITISH AVIATORS' WORK.
Tasnos, "Aug. 2
The Crown Solicitor Yes, the oms is on the defence to prove it. Pick-Murshid: Sir Douglas Haig,
Inspector Terrebisaid that he sent reporting on aviation, says: -- "In Chinese detective to defendants We brought down one wemplate.shop to buy a reel of cotton. The One British chine is missing, detective brought, the cotton and
gave it to witnow,, who later ou persi BELGIAN RELIEF SHIP SUNE.sonally purchased two reels of cotton from defendant's shop. Witness then asked defendant's men to mês sure the cotton in "bis presence, and it was kand the the reels which were marked 500 yards were con- siderably short in each case,
LIFEBOATS FIRED ON BY U-BOAT..
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 21.
The Crown Solicitor: Have vou had any experience of cotton in the Colony ?--Yes,
An avaluation of the enemy con- unique shows that they are usually at complete variance with our own. Coreparing them with our oficial vorsions We And abundant internal evidence mypressio angerario ruhi, the phrious intent buing to hearten the German people and depress the Allies. Whereas we have never attempted to hide any real enemy success and frankly admitted our diffic alties and the fierce, resistance of the enemy; his conuruniques either, com- pletely suppress any inention of our advance or make grudging and alighting nilmission to minimise his defents
'Be is
is particularly self-ogrule tory when our versions are claiming The vessel, which was fidly mark- į
What is your personal experience great #hteess during the most rapid and flew a the protod of one recent advance be chinis a
special flag, lowered about buying Japanese cotton - of daily increasing number of prisoners her lifeboats which the U-boat lave purchased it befors. The cot
He cries & cunning semblance of bombarded. One of the was de ton is inferior. Wablust and honest bluvity, particularly
ENEMY'S POSITIONS PENE- FRATER DEEPLY.
Lospos, Aug. 122. Field Marshal Sir Douglas ng
Peports desi
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is
The Dutch steamer Gasconier, en route from Brooklyn to Rotterdam with a large of "gmin and four for le Belgian Beliel Committee, was fired on without warning by a Uhout in Norwegian waters.
The Dutch
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Is there any common, knowledge of Japanese cotton-It seems to be | well-known that Japanese cotton, is
short.
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The Japanese contingents have!
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Experienced Chanteu
Expert Mechanics,
A. Large Number of
arrived at Nikolak and are proceeding New and Comfortable Cara to the Ussuri front.
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SPEEDY ALLIED HELP NEEDED.
VLADIVOSTOK, Aug 14. General Diedrisks to-day submitted to the representatives of the Allies a memorandum setting forth the urgency of speedier assistance on a larger scale in order to advance to Irkatek, pointing out that the Allied forces did not reach Irkutsk within six weeky it will be tantamount to the loss of all the Czecho-Slovake in West Siberia and will leave Bessis entirely at the mercy of
the Germana
JAPANESE TROOPS TO MANCHULI.
TOKIO, ADE. 14
(Delayed)
Dor attack' unebed this morn- ing on a temerile «front "trom
The Government has issued the
Antero te the neighbourhood
following statement:-
"The attention of the Japanese Toyst-Soville, tas suétiosful.
Mr. Lo: Inspector Terret, I under. Government has recently been called. festetrated sleepily, into the enemy's when he has thing good to report, stroyed and several games restural from you that is in common to the growing activities of armed
and makes pensional excursions into frightfully cripple
knowledge that Japanese cotton is German, Austrian and Hungarian pamitions on the whole front and the truth to price the pres
prisoners in Siberia along the borders May I prisonerad a noníter English and sion in allied minds shut all his com-rew heroically attempted to save short in measurement.
of Manchuria. These prisoners have muniques tealy redect the position of their compudes but eis of the wound assume that this common knowledge practically assumed command of the New Zealand troops accompanied affairs. Some general statement such as died in the water.
is shared by those who buy Japanese forces of the Soviets and are now the Tanks and sthenied the fore the enemy failed to break through
is employed as cloak to hide a real con- innst lines pæder cover of a mist,siderable Allied
The stemer took fire and sink By the majority.
pressing upon the Chinese frontier in For instance. I buy 500 yards the direction of the town of Manebuli suptaring Beaucourt-sur-Aucre. Ful-Bar in and porance, is hardihood in twenty minutes.
of Japanese cotton. I should not and the imminence of the danger has time when we were making great progress Twenty-one of the crow, including expect to get 500 yurds?--You may, compelled a large number of the and the enemy was rapidly falling back wanted, were subsequently rescue; but somebody may not.
Japanese and Chinese inhabitants of he asks the world to believe complete SUCCESS Germans, estoy attack down-but the U-boot made off without If it is common knowledge that that town to seek rolage us flight. The broke,' 'we backthrew enemy,,
Papanese goods are of short measure-situation involves a direct mehate to attempting to save it vietus. defeated ashult, 'heavy losses.' 'WO
ment, there is no point in saving Chinese territory and is 's no es sanguinarity repulsed Anglo-French.
that the man is deceived if the cotton scrione concern to Japan, united as (Wireless German official London July 23). This is characteristic of most
is short? If you ere possessed of she is with Chins in bonds of closs
solidarity. enemy communiques which frequently
that knowledge; the other may not
The two Governments according ¡be. betray a total lack of restraint
What do you call.coumon know.ly have considered, in common, the course to be adopted in this state of elge People in Hongkong way affairs and have agreed, as a provisional have an es that they max it smeasure of emergency, that a portion measure when buying Japanese cot of the Japanese troops at prezept ton, but a person fiore ad "outside" stationed in South Manchuria be order district may it lave that know-ed immediately to proceed to Manchuli. Jelge.
Each a movement of troops has
Bácquey, Ablainserville onel Memmegille, v
The English Fivisions continued to midvance us far as the neighbour tel the Albert-Anus railway. captáring Achiet-le-Petit, togcast Wood and force-les-Comitet
There was ever fighting at dif. ferent points along the line of rail- way and west of Achiät-le-timad. A hostile aftrek was repulsed.
Our battle patrols actively engaged The enemy opposite Thiepval ard northwards of our attack.
"
We advanced the line betweên Belen, Itsure and Meteatel, and alfvenced the line of the Lys: front in the neighbourhood of Be
Toured eastward of Paris, and be. tween "Merville, and Outrostrewe. tuking, a Jew prisoners.
We took 138 prisoners southward of Leer."
GENERAL BYNG'S SURPRISE ATTACK.
GERMAN INFANTRY COM- PANIES 50 STRONG.
LONDON, Aug. 21. Reuter's Correspondent at British Headquarter sys:—"
General Sir Julian Bynge attack, in which Tanks participated, was tretien surprise.in a thick morning mist The German infantry were "found to be weak in plates. Sour
companies were only 50 strong.
We captured a number of field. gans in the early stages of the ad- vance, which is progressing well.
'Our ainnon were at first restricted by the fog but as the fog lifted they took a full hand in the buttle.
PRISONERS AND OUNS SWELLING
REVOLUTION IN GERMANY
AFTER WAR.
WHISPERS IN GERMAN ARMY:
LUDENDORFF'S ATTEMPT TO SEPPRESS SUCH - TALK:
THE COAL SCARCITY
THE PREMIER'S APPEAL TO USE WOOD FUEL..
Losnes. Aug. 21. Mr. Lloyd George, spouking at Criccieth (his country horne in Wales), emphasised the necessity of saving coal and increasing the oute
When a un goes to buy a reel been actuated solely by the spirit of put. Without minimising the British of cotton does he satisfy himself | harmonious co-operation existing be Bufferings, they could not be une, whether the reel contains the 500 tween Japan and China in face of the pared for one hour with those of yards or not?. Suppose your wife-threatening danger, and in undertaking France All the latter's coal mines goes to bag, would she resure it is the Japanese Government will scrup- had been taken away. The less wooff-As a matter of inct my wife lonely respect the sovereignty of China as well as the rights and interests has complained to me. She, on one could do was to provide her wants occasion, found a Prel contain of the lom population. They are happy to believe that the proposed Great Britain also needed, coal for the the description."
measure will be largely instrumental in war purposes. The miners could
promoting relations of mutual confidence It has come to my knowledge help just as much as if they were
and good neighbourliness between the two nations in the battle line. He appealed to thut nun on leave have spoke the people to use more wooden-fuel now that the quantity is lows thun)
TONDON, Aug. 21. Reuter's Corpodent at British Headquarters, graphing to-day
says:-
The following German order, signed by Genel Laudendorf, hus fallen into our hands:
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TANK BRIGADE FOR OVERSEAB.
AUSTRALIA'S NEW OFFER.
MELBOURNE, Aug, 21.-
Assuming that the defendant was heating in-pane goods for the first time, would you expect him to
500 yards?—You must expect it of Pa dealer, ING
CHINA TO SEND TWO BRIGADES.
publicly of a revolution, to break out in Germany. after the war One soldier from the Rheinish Westphalia has declared that it is with this obje* tiut the men in his { district are going op leave, taking | It stated that the Military
rapors with thein, namely, caputhorities are considering the forelve you measured euttare goola tured revolvers or hand grenadesion of a Tank, Brigade for service of any manungturers, other than appointed two additional delegatin
I understand that you had rel
Prxist, August 15. warrant, or at any rate, you at on The Government has decided to time or auther made surch auf despatel! two, brigades of Fengtien seized the godsIt was the troups to Manebuli to co-operate with 17th. Issued the summons before Japanese under the terms of the I took the warrant out
Sino-Japanese Military Agreement..
Overse
I desire the kit of the iman going on leave to be searched, as test |
It is -bulieved that many men eries, when the cecusion offere, for offences which if detected must possessing special qualifications 55 be severely punished. Above all mucus will eagerly join such a I wish to impress upon the superior.
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officers who bene such talk or hear.8.0. AND M.CS. ONLY FOR it through others that they musĖ Į deal with immediately. The Home utliorities and the Director
of Military Railways will take Corresponding menores.
ALLIES NEW TANKS,
BEIENE, Aug. 20. The Austrian paper Neue Freic faction."
LATE1. Press of August 18th Rays: The
A
ne
SERVICES IN ACTION."
THE TRAM AND BUB STRIKE.
WORK TO BE RESUMED,
Loanos, Aug. 2
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has Japanese 2-1 have measured Eng Yuan Sheng-ping, formerly Chinese lish shufacturas. They are in Consul at Irkutak, and Lt Shin-churig many cases over. Seventy five yards formerly Second Secretary to the ay turn out to be 76 yuzde. Chinese Legation at Petrograd, to carry Assuming that the defendant out an investigation into the situation merely got the thing from a manu in Siberia factoren in Japan, paid him the price and sold the goods in Hong kong, he would not be deceiving i he cold them in Hongkong: From his point of view he wonk not rake -profit-It depends co the prices
he has paid.....
* THE LANDING OF THE
JAPANESE...
bazoop" Tozio, Aug. 14. An official mesingo kaya :-* LONDON, Aug, 24.
The ceremony of landing at Vladi The Wor Office has decided that
vostok was carried out on the morn from August 1st the Distinguished Supposing 80 yen for 12 dozene ing of the 12th in the presence of Service Order, the Military Cross and was the price he paid in Japan for the Divisional Commander and officers and the representatives of the Allies. the Distinguished Conduct Merial these goods, de you think there in any The advance guardew the infantry have already left for Nikolsk and are will be awarded for services in Advanlige in deceiving take it
he sells at 10 cents, a reel or $120 expected to arrive there to-day a dozen. There 0 per cent, gross Since General Somenoff's retreat to profit.
Manchuli large numbers of Russians Geceral von Below's Anny to-day new Tonks used by the Allies are
Fifty per cent. gross profit is not have been taking refuge at Hailer, much in wartime. You how not causing an abnormal congestion and s got a heavy gruelling from General real ambulance fortresses. De
taken into coloration freight, etc. rise in the price of all commodities. Sir Julian Byng, who, uchdered ap The Arbriter Zeitung of the
The Crown Solicitor wid the ques The Mayor of the railway zone at important stritegic result. The pri-date wiites: "We do that know if
tion was whether these trade Hailar stater that the railway employes sonera and gung are swelling into the Gennuns are able to make up
Acinforener of bus strikere, and description was to apps in the pre- and other Russians there total: 4,000, Ane round numbers.
for the technical.nd vanicw.the-Alliert. resentatives of the unions con- sont case. The sell ng of these reel besides 5,000 Chinese. There has now Enemy casualties are added to ve been able to make. The interned and Sir George Askwith of of cotton marked 500 yurken- been an influx of over 12,000 refugees titled a man to yet. 500 yards and from: Marcbuli, and every available be very high. The 18th Germunter, who have the industrial develop the Board of Tinde has recommend not a lesser number. It his Worway, cars. The Japanese thore Army Corps suffered terribly.
ment of the countries as their dised the resumption at work, pending, ship deculed that he mark was 100 cars.
Tare being well cared for but the sudden Our infantry and Tanks fought posel und also the raw materials of a reference as the disputal questions wrongly applied he was bound to and abnormal congestion is coming no with irresistible spirit Swarms of the whole world, may be able to to the Committee of Production, convict him under the description of little distress
Yule trade descriptions in the "Ordi- our aeroplanes participated.
speed up the construction of Tanks whose award caused the strike.
nance Fle then cited a few cases. The main line of the enemy's
Mr. Lo (interposing). I cannot defence was the embankment on the
deny that it is a false trade descrips ton last year. He had a branch at Albert-Arran railway, which was TEETHING CHILDREN
For wearing the V.C. decoration, to tion...
Kobe, and it was this branch that -honeycombed with machine guns, but TEETHING children have more or which he was not entitled, man was Continuing, Alt. Lo said the, only sent him, the cotton. He was not lesa diarrhas, which can be con sentenced in London recently to three defence was section 9 that Laying aware how many yanls the reel con some of our heavy guns have beco hurried up acd are now erfilading and Dir has Remedy.
trolled by giving Chamberlain's Colic mouths' hard labour.len
taken all perguson, he land in lained 4 gros of Tecla pout, 8 "All",thaz" is the line. There is an unconfirmed recessary is to give the prescribed dong At the Coildhall the fort of us reason to suspect the tride-murkyen, and he admitted that ble prost report that the infantry and Tenkach operating of the bowels, matting was opened with the formula All That would apply to all rewounhle was about we per, eput, gros He
natural and then caster il le manner of persons who has been Giro presautions Hus reco
received no coroplujnbf from his have crossed the railway! A
cleanse the system. it is safe and surd times called and not surrendered their The manager of the finnesid that customers to the effect the resa There is general fatisfaction as Ever the most svare and dangerous boilies to the Sheriff, ithic Court dogs
conde dra quickly dural by i kalu adjudge the man to be outlawed and 4 ebop dealt in Japanese goods were short. regards the progres of the battle. 1oy all Cheung spankers to be weireldrar He anb commenced fealing in cột
en masse
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