THE WAR.
FURTHER
FIGHTING AT
YPRES.
TRAIN LOADS OF GERMAN DEAD.
A FORMIDABLE
CANNONADE.
DESPERATE BATTLE IN PROGRESS ON RUSSIAN FRONT.
FOUR NEUTRAL VESSELS SUNK.
FEELING IN AMERICA.
TIME FOR "BRISK AND DETERMINED" ACTION AGAINST GERMANY,
FIGHTING IN TRIPOLI.
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT,
(THROUGH ZEUTER'S AGENCY.]
"TRAIN" LOADS: OF GERMAN
DEAD.
DARING
AIRMEN.
AN HEROIC EPISODE IN THE
LONDON, May ård,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5TH, 1915.
A report by "Eye-Witness" - dated
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
{THROUGH BRUTER'S ACHESOS.]
SINKING OF AN AMERICAN
SHIP.
TIME FOR BRISK AND DETERMINED ACTION"
AGAINST GERMANY.
ask for information relative to the Gulf Light, and also as to the attack by airmen on the steamer Cushino.
The New York Herald, commenting on the sinking of the Gulf Light, anys that
it time that brisk and determined action was taken against Germany.
The Evening Post says that the incident is the most serious which has yet arison
between America and Germany.
ĮTHROUGH REUIAR'S AGENCY.] BRITISH CASUALTIES.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
HEAVY FIGHTING IN TRIPOLI.
Roms, May 3rd. There has been heavy fighting in.
·lands). HMV Archer (Northumber Tripoli. lands), F. Athill, S. Badcock, W. F.
LONDON, May 318.
Wounded: R.
Allon
1,35 P
(Northumber
Details are
GERMAN WAR MAKERS,
THE KAISER, VON TIRPITZ, AND VON HINDENBURG.
AMERICAN EX-SENATOR'S VISIT.
The remarkable articlo by ex-Senator A. S. Beveridge, of Indiana, describing. Admiral von Tirpitz and General von white troops aro Hindenburg. is dealt with more fully in
The the Daily Chronicle.
Badcock, L Badham, O. W. BRtive officers and, but 18 white visit to the Kaiser and interviews with
anounced as filled or missing. casualties among the native troops not announced.
ara
A moeting of the Cabinet was suddenly summoned at which it was resolved to proclaim martial law in Tripoli and to take all necessary dicaspires,
It was decided that it was inadvisable
for any Minister to leave Rome.
A SEQUEL.
ROME, May 4th." As a result of yesterday's Cabinet meet- ing the King and Ministers will be unable to attend the unveiling ceremony of the Garibaldi memorial on Wednesday. SUCCESS OF UNION FORCES,
(Shropshire Light Infantry), R. Bergne, WASHINGTON, May 4th.
Booth (Connaughts), R. Boult, T. Mr. Bryan has proposed that thorough enquiry bo made into the sink-Bradford, J. Braze, J, O. D. Brown, W. A Buchanan (Connaughts), T. Butched, T. ing of the Gulf Zight, and has instructed
Callinas, H. Carrick, R. L. Chatterton, the American Ambassador in Berlin to
C. Chipper, End-Lieut. E. Collins (Shropshires), N. Crawhall, I. Delabore, A. Dene, C. Dennya, J. J. Dobi, H.
Easton, E. Faber, E. Fenwick Clennell; Dedda, A. Easton (East Yorkshirea),
Grant Dalton, F. G. Harvey, H 3. Hattcher, J. Helis, B T. Hewitt, P. Hickey, R. Homfrey (Worcestershires), G. Howden, end-Lieut. R. Hamie (Suffolks), G. Hunting, F. Huskinson, H. Jacks (Durham Light Infantry), B. Jackson (Yorkshires), R. C. Jenkins, F Kinsella, F. Kish, H. A. Lake (Artillery). ¡J. Lambton, J. P. Leighton, E. Léy- bourne, G: Lunaon, W. M. Mackay, A. D. MacPherson (Camerons), F. Merivale, [The Gulf Light, an American tank steamer, was found abandoned near the J. Merivale, H. J. Mille, E. Motum, H, Sally Isles on Saturday. The crow had been, H. Nicholson (Durham Light Infantry), rescued by patrol boats, with the exception R. W. Nicholson (Northumberlands), W. of the Captain, who died from shock," "and" two mon who jumped overboard.].
A.. Nicholeon (Artillery), E R O'Connor, J. Pain, R. Parminter-RA RUSSIAN FLEET ACTIVE.
Parry, P. Paulson, L. Plummer, H. O. THE KAISER AT ANTWERP. Preston, Pretty, E-Proudfoot, S.
The Evening Sun contends that engage
monte must be exacted that no more such occurrences shall disgraço Germany's con- duct of the war.
PETROGRAD, May 4th.
THE KAISER. Ex-Senator Beveridge was presented to the Kaiser, whon ho describes aa follows:-
The complexion is pale with a faint tinge of colour; the lips healthfully red. Under the eyes are wrinkles, but not more nor different than one sees on the faces of must active men of the Emperor's age. The features are not full, as shown by jrtraits of year ago; still less are they haggard, as they appear in photograplis taken soon after the war began,
The voice is vibrant and strong, with -out the faintest tracs or suggestion of
weakness of nervous exhaustion.
Тво step is firm, decided, but not over-rapid. and at no time was there the slightest indication of woariness. The carriage is erect, elastic, vigorous. While physic ally as well as mentally the Emperor shows extraordinary animation, thero is a calmness and stendiness that enr prise you, because of the descriptions the contrary *50 universally published.
to
CAPETOWN, May 4th.
GRAND ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ. Grand Admiral von Tirpitz, he says, is General Botha's forces occupied Otjima powerful man, physically and mentally, bingwe, sixty miles north-west of Wind He is above six feet in height, woll pro- portioned, with a slight inclination to bak, on Sunday. Twenty-eight Germans, stoutness. The head is very large and including an officer, were captured. The featured and full the dark eyes large symmetrical in utline; the face big- Union casualties were thres killed and beard, double-pointed, falls upon either, and brilliant. A fall, heavy, long, white breast. The carriage is very erect; the two wounded,
step quick and exorgette; the gestures mu pulsive and dramatic.
An offcial communiqué states that the Pyne, 2nd-Lient. A. Robinson (Manches/FEARS OF ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE. this mental pieture, of the ideal soldier:
fleet effectively bombarded the Bosphorous ters), 2nd Lieut. G, Roberts, F. C. forts on Saturday, destroyed a collier Savile, L. C. Scaffo. F. Sorgenat,
FIELD-MARSHAL VON HINDENDUNG, Field Marshal von Hindouburg (Mr Beveridge continues) looks exactly like
"Hore is a man, you feel instinctively," that makes up his mind what he wants or wants to do, and then has no further doubt on the subject. It is the kimi yt others.
FORMIDABLE CANNONADING AT | April 30th says that splendid airwork and two sailing ships, and also caused E. Sharpin, W. Shipstor, L. Soden, H the Autwerp fortifications, harbour and self-confidence that inspires confidence in ̧
PRES.
has been accomplished during the paat few days. The stations at Staden, Thielt, Courtrai, Roubaix and else where have been bomed and there have been several successful .con: flict in the air. Ones a single seater chased a biplane to Routers and forced it to land.
AMSTERDAM, May 4th. Despatches from Eekhoo state that the antonade around Ypres on the 2nd inst, was the most formidable in the war. It was heard and felt in the whole of Flanders, Houses at Bruger and in the
The raid on Courtrai was one of the willages on the Dutch frontier trembled.
most heroic episodes in the war, but it The losses of the Germans vers terrible, cost the nation the gallant life of an and Flemish towns and villages in Ger aviator. Seated alone in his biplane he may possession are overflowing with reached Courtrai and glided down to wounded. Many were found dead on three hundred feet, and bombed the rail-
the ambulances.
Numerous closed trains, full of dead, passed Thielt on Saturday and Sunday,
The population are most optimistic of a speedy and thorough chango in favour
of the Allies,
The great Field Marshal was quite will
AMSTERDAM, May 3rd. The Kaiser and Prince Henry inspected
an explosion and fire at Fort Elmas. B. Speke, E. K. Squirce, R. Ha submarino yards. The Kaiser kioked well
The Turks replied vigorously but Tatton, S. Thorpe, J. Tolson, G. Tugwell, but older. The visit was made in secreting to answer questions, and each answer ineffectively.
F. W. Tarnor, F. Walton (Durham Light because of the fear of an attempt on the way like a shot from a gun.
Weeks, and-Lieut. C. Williamson Jones Infantry), W. Watson Armstrong, F. | Kaiser's life.
(Manchesters), N. I. Wright (Northum herlands), N. Dryden, G. E. Hunter, H. T. Hunter, J. Lovibond, W. B. Noble, G. T. Parkinson.
MORE TRAWLERS SUNK BY GEKMAN SUBMARINES.
LONDON, May 3rd. The trawlers Mercury and Martaban were sunk on Sunday by the gunfire of a German submarine. The crews were saved.
GERMAN INDEMNITIES FOR DUTCH TRAWLERS SEIZED.
AMSTERDAM, May 3rd.
A telegram from Berlin says that Hamburg Prize Courts have awarded indemnities to the owners of a number of Dutch trawlers seized by German war- ships.
way junction. He was the target for hundreds of rifles mud guos, and vas severely wounded in the thigh. Ho might have saved his life by descending to the enemy's lines, but decided to save the machine. The aviator descended to one hundred feet in order to increase his speed, and was again wounded, this time BRITISH REPULSE GERMAN mortally. Ho continued to fly without A telegram from Lemvig (Denmark) desponding to the The rest British states that eighteen eurvivors of the aerodrome, and returned to his own Swedish steamer Ellida have arrived base, where he handed perfectly, made his there. report and died shortly afterwards..
ATTACKS..
LONDON, May 3rd. Field-Marshal Sir John French reports that on the evening of the 1st inst the Dermans attacked Hill 60, and yesterday evening they attacked in the neighbour- hood of Bt. Fulien. Both attacks were repulsed. We lost no ground.
A TAUBE NEAR DOVER.
LONDON, May 3rd.
A Taube was sighted at Dover to-day, Heavy casualties were inflicted on the coming from the direction of Ostend. onemy despite their use of gasts emitted The airship was driven off by the fire of from tubes in the trenches, and their use anti-aircraft guns. She dropped ro ale of specially manufactured shells.
One of our neroplanes yesterday after- Boon chased a Taubo do within rifle range of our trenches whose fire brought the ferman aircraft down.
PARI, May 3rd. To-day's communiqué states:-There is nothing to nanoance beyond the British report.
PARIS, May 4th.
The evening communique says: There hes bean nothing noteworthy except the defeat of two German attacks-one on Sunday night against the British north of Ypres, the other against the French at Bois-le-Pretre.
HEAVY CANADIAN
CASUALTIES.
LONDON, May 4th, The Ottawa correspondent of the Morning Post announces that a state mont by the Minister of Milin shows that there were 5/403 Canadian casualties
between the 22nd and the 30th April. The
Minister says that throa German divi- sions got to the rear of the Canadian Highlanders, who fought while Cartridge remained,
bombs.
RUSSIAN FRONT.
ĮTEROUGH ROUTER'S AGENCY.)
DESPERATE BATTLE IN
PROGRESS.
PETROGRAD, May 4th. An official communiqué says :.. Singe Saturday (vening a most desperate battle Ias been in progress between the Lower Nida and the Carpathians.
Enemy attacks on Sunday morning on the left bank of the Vistula were repulsed after desperate fighting in the vicinity of Tarnow.
We have captured Mount Makurka, south-east of Colovetzko, in the direction of Stryi, tuking 300 prisoners,
AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES AT 'THE DARDANELLES.
LONDON, May 3rd. To-day a list is published of a officers killed and 20 wounded, they belonging to the Australian Force in the Mediter
rapean.
SWEDISH STEAMER SUNK.
LONDON, May 3rd.
Correction, not wounded: Muirhead.
SHANGHAI RACES.
SECOND DAY'S RESULTS. The results of yesterday's racing B. Shanghai, as communicated. to
Hongkong Jockey Club, were £8 follows:-
2.35 p.in. Wounded and believed to be prisoncis; J. E. Ritson, J. L. Wood (Durham Light Infantry)..
Missing: H. Bryant, II. D. E. Evans, W. E. Guiness (Manchesters). W Nesbitt, J. A. Stenhouse, N. A Theap, A. N. Tovey, R. Burnand.
8.40 p.m. Killed: A. Biddlecops, A G. Burt, E. S. Bamford, E. H. Buttanshaw, &, Cuthbert
(Middlesex Regiment), C. Dumsday, W. S. Fergusson, A. A. Fowler, A. D. Geddes, D. Grant (Camerous), D. Grose Hodge, L. farvey (Middlesex Regiment), P. E. Kelly (Middlesex), C. The Ellide was torpedoed in the North W. Laing, P. Large, T. W. Lloyd (Liver Sta while proceeding to Hull.
pools), F. W. Parker, J. Pound, R. Pritchard, J. McR., Romald, Second- NORWEGIAN STEAMERS
Lieut. C. Sharpe (Middlesex), E. W. Stephenson, II. Tarrant, K. Trofter,
Died of wounds: O. L. Hawkins, P. Wills.
SUNK.
Loknow, May ord. The crew of the Norwegian stramer American (6,000 tors) have been Isaded ¿' at Newcastle.
IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, Killed: D. V. Anderson, W. Andrews The American was torpedoed in the (Dublin Fusiliers), A. C. Addison, C. North Sea and bank in two hours. The Antrobus, R. Bernard (Dublin Fusiliers), crew were thirteen hours in the boats W. Cheatle, D. V. Corbet, 3. Costaker, before they were picked up by the Frankland, Rev. Finn, C. W. Grimshaw, Norwegian mail-packet Sterling...
D. A. James, C. R. Jarrett, A. R. Mac-
The German
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1-CHU-KA-ZA Cur.4 mile. Mr. H. Morriss Castlefeld (Stewart) Mr. Elms' Mahatma (Heard). Mr. Thomson's Paladin (Moller)......
Lime, 1.30 1-5
2.THE MONGOLIAN PLATE. mile.
Winsonic and Hanty's The Capercailzie
CH
Mr. John Peel's Peter (Johnstone).... Mr. Fcidenstam's Springbok (Burkill)
Time, 8.134-5.
at
the
At bottom, who is responsible for this war That is what America wants to know," I began.
"England! Boomed the Field Mar-
shal.
Why England ?"
She was jealons. The English_mar- chants made this war. It is
war-English merchants."
merchants
Most Americans think that Germany began the war because she declared, wat first, I suggested.
"Germany did not begin in Russia ide Russia's action that caused answered the Field Marshal
war why do you say that England was 1 responsible
2
She could have stopped it. Russia [3] would not have begun it if England had said No. But England wanted “t. - Sho thought that, with Russia and Franes to help her, she could kill Germany. - We do not dislike France, nor Russia either. We like the French. But England!" 2 Jute England! She is the cause.”
3
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J.-THE SHANGHAI DERBY, 1 mile. Mr. Morriss' Beaconsfield. (Stewart) Mr. Robson's Peace (Bürkill) ........... Mr. Ezra's Rosewood (Johnstone) .....3 Time, 3:07-1-5 This is a record, the previous fastest time being 3.03 4-5 by Sandringham the Trader,
4. THE RACE CLUB CUM 2.mile. Mr. H. Morris Wakeeld (Stewart) Mr. John Peel's Ampfeld (Jchnstone) Mr. Sky's Diakhan (Hill)
Time, 4.26.3-5.
WAR NEWS.
BRITISH AVIATORS.
AMERICAN EXPERT'S TRIBUTE.
Mr. Thomas MacMechen, an neronauti cal engineer, and the President of the Acrouaulical Society of America, 1 deplores the tendency to minimise the. 2 powers of dirigibles in warfare. Mr. 3 MacMochen has studied all. classes of aviators, and he declares that the British temperamentally possess the beat requirements.
You cannot jar him. like a bullterrier. He never lets go. He Ho is dogged. has a fine physique and endurance, and ho lias a heart like that which carried Cap- tain Scott through. He is the Lost avia tor among the Allies."
However, Mr. MacMeelon complains,
Mr. W. H. Jackson's Suñolk (Vids)...' A
6.THE SICCAN¤r Cer. :14 mile.
Mr. H. Mooriss Homefield (Stewart) Mr. Laminerton's Manieluke (Rowe)...
Time, 2-10 1-5.
2
6. THE GRAND STAND STAKES. 1 mile. Mr. Dick Turpin's Volga (Crichton).... 1 Mr. Neville's Ridey Boy (Rowe) ... Mr. Dargor's Bazaar (Burkill)
Time, 2.10.
7-THE PEXING STAKES. 1 mile. Mr. Grayland's Claremont (Rowe). M. Demes's Moratorium (Hi) Mr. Marini's Perversity (Elliot)
Time; 2.04 4-3)
submarino fred a leod (Artillery), J. C. McMurdo, E. &-THE SHANGHAI STAKES. 1 mile. torpedoes at the Sterling, but both missed Marrow, E. C. Margesson, T. A. Miller, Mr. Laumerton's larengo (Rowe) Mr. H. Morris Cornfield (Stewart)
their mark.
The Norwegian timber steamer Lajlü was also sunk in the North Sea. The
ert were saved.
Captain R. Palmer (South Wales Bor. derers), R. Notes, R. C. Smith (Hamp shides), C. D. Vaughan,
Died of wounds; W. G. Bartholomey, A S. Cooper (Scottish Borderers), A. Ko, P. N. Sanderson.
LATER,
Licut-Colonel Doughty Wylie has been killed and Brigadier W. R. Marshall has been wounded; both in the Dardanelles. GENERAL.
A German submarins also Back the Norwegian steamer Baldwin, but allowed the crew to take to the bonts, which brought them to Licth. GERMANS SAVED: BRITISH PRISONERS DROWNED.
Loynoy, May 3rd... The Admiralty announces that prenu
[ROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ous efforts were made by the British des-
IMPENDING INDIAN LOAN. trevors in the action fought in Saturday to rescue the Germans of the destroyers but
LONDON, May 3rd." which were sunk, Lient, Hartric wont | Indian Stocks are caster in consequence into the water to save a German. Only of repowed talk of an impending Indien thirteen Germans were drowned. Government long-dated Loan for 3
millions sterling.
One of the destroyer prisoners admitted that his vessel had previously sunk a trawler and captured a lieutenant and In some quarters the rumour is attri- they were below during the fight and the millions sterling bills mature, which will |two-blue-jackets. He explained that buted to the fact that on May 16th 2
time was short, consequently it must he probably be renewed in their present concluded that they perished.
form
L.
P. Kong's The Gay Bird (Bremners)
Time: 3.11 4-5. 9.-TI SPRING CUP mile..
Mr. Evelyn's Sir Lantorock (Heard)... Mr. John Peel's Monilive (Joan tone) Mr. MacGregora o Prestidigitator
(Lindsay)
* Dead heat. Time, 2.00 35
fr Evelyn's Sir Nigel (Heard)
10-THE SCURLY ETA EZ. 7 furlongs
Mr. John Peel's Gretas Great
(Johnstone) Mr. Thomson's Roland (Moller)
Time, 14795.
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that the British aviator has a ter deney to regard himself as a sort of aerial jockey, and, instead of taking a scientific interest. ia bis machine like the French or Ger- man ho jumps out and leaves it to half-a- dozen mechanics.
THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE:
Some of the German papers are still loan was a "glorious triumph, and that telling their raiders that the last wor
an aggregate of £450,000,000 has been raised without an effort." The official Kölnische Zeitung has quito another story to tell
Many cases have come under notice whero patriotic societies have ravited the people to deliver up their golden trinkets and oven their wedding rings for the good of the Fatherland, in exchange for which rings of iron were furnished them.
It sp aks volumes for the love of coun try that inspires our people that the response to these appeals hoabien general.
We may, however, observa that although Germany's commercial and in- dustrial situation certainly it mands individual sccritions from every 010, it is.
not yet such as to require the prople to offer up their wedding rings those. acred emblems of love and faith.
A diplomatist of world-wide renowa who is also an important member of the According to a writer in the War. occult cognoscenti, informed a select Budget, it would cost the Queen Flar weeks ago that only four days previously sought, which is in the Dardanelles, a audienca in one of the London clubs a fow beth, Great Britain's new super-Dread- with the astral forms of those great Ger- to fight all her gans to their full capacity ha and a companion held convenation quarter of a million sterling if she were mans, Bismarck and Von Moltke. To te for one hour. diplomat's demand Tell me, your high-
ness, how will the war finish?" the Chazi- After the German defeat at Neave
seven months and, as if to emphasise necessity for the Germans fortifying collor's reply was "Very badly for Ger- Shapelle Prince Rupert of Bavaria many. When will it end!" "In issued an Army order insisting on the his utterative in case of inaudibleness, or themselves against further British attark. confusion, Bismarck struck the Hoor The order concludes! Tho-day Joudly with his staff seren times.
revenge will come."