THE WAR.
PEACE MEETINGS IN GERMANY.
SEQUEL TO APPALLING LOSSES.
ENEMY'S LIGHTNING CHANGES,
OLD TACTICS AGAINST RUSSIANS,
THE
AMERICAN
NOTE.
GERMANY RELIEVED AT ITS MILDNESS.
RUSSIAN FRONT
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PEACE MEETINGS IN GERMANY,
GERMANY'S APPALLING LOSSES
IN GALICIA:
LONDON, June 13th. Information bas reached Petrograd that Peace meetings have been hold u many German towns in consequence of the i sappalling German Iosses in Galicja where,
it is stated one Army of 150,000 was annihilated and re-created in a singlo month.
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE
DEVELOPING.
GREAT CAPTURES.
PETROGRAD, June 13th,
A communiqué states:---
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT,
(THROUGH RÉVAR'S AGENCY.) FIGHTING FOR THE LABYRINTH,
Paris, June 13th,
5.55 p.m. To-day's communiqué states:-After an incessant night cannonade we captured the railway station at Souchez. A desperate battle continues in the southern part of the Labyrinth.
We have maintained all our gains.
FURTHER FRENCH
SUCCESSES.
HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES.
PARIS. June 14th.
1.30 a.m
The evening communiqué says:- Wo stormed in the afternoon a fortific ridge to the north of the Souchez Refinery, and organised and held the position. against a heavy bombardment.
Our infantry, in the morning, in a
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 15rn 1915.
[AIRSHIP ACTIVITY,
(THROUGH REUTER'S MORNOZ )
THE AIR-BATTLE AT EVERE,,
-JOY OF TOWNSPEOPLE.
.
|
SWATOW NOTES..
Swarow, Juno sth. DEATH OF AN OFFICIAL
SHIPPING NOTES.
The steamer Hadnorshire, which was requisitioned by H.M. Government, haq Following close on the death of the been released and put on the run again Brigadier-General is the death of the Dau- to Far East ports last month.
It was not unexpected. He has
A fire on board the steamship Toyo been a sufferer for some time, His daties maru, belonging to the Kanamori Co of Hakodate, and now chartered by the man of some reputation. When called Nippon Yusen Kaisha, is stated to have upon, he was doing magisterial work in
tai PARIS, June 13th.
6.40 p.m.
will be attended to by Lu Kuet Pul, a
in
A French Eye-Witness reporting on the air-battle at Evere
that saya the tremendous German caquotede
the town of Chin Ai. That ho has been destroyed about 160 bales of Bombay row brought nut the townspeople, who marked off for Dautai duties, oren tem-cotton and 11,000 bags of salt. The total eagerly watebed the contest. The porarily, indicates that he is going to be loss is estimated at Y.100,000. The sessel British aoroplanes manœuvred about, and promoted is higher office than that of the which was anchored at the time off Wado Point, Kobe, was not seriously damaged the people shouted with joy when the Ger- county magistrate. In the meantime man shells missed their mark. The Gor- however, military rule is in the mans wore attempting to remove the ascendancy and civil rule is largely airship, which was a Zeppelin and not a
abcgance. Perseval, when suddenly the aeroplanes dived and threw three bombs which ex-The new Brigadier-Gonoral lias entered ploded in a most violent manner. Then office determined to stamp out opium there was an explosion and a flare, and smoking and gambling. Having sent out the Zeppelin blew up.
a batch of soldiers to spy questionable quarters, they suddenly came upon a gang of twelve, some of whom were smoking opium and others gambling. Eight of these were discharged soldiers-four werd Swalow men,
He committed them to
The joy of the Bruxellois was indecorib able and the people sing the Marseil
laise" and "Brabancome."
The Germans lost their heads and sent cavalry to charge the crowd:
Five Taubes were also burned in a hangar and nineteen German soldiers were killed.
GENERAL.
THROUGH EEGTEB'S ADENOT.]
AMERICA'S MILDNESS.
GERMANY BELIEVES NOTE ADMITS OF FURTHER ARGUMENT.
AMERICA WARNED.
CRUSADR AGAINST OPIUM-9MOKING AND
GAMBLING.
A LOST CHANCE.
INTEMPERATE SHIP'S OFFICER -
At the Marino Court yesterday" W. J. Fraser, third mate of the Huimun, was Chatain A. H. Stewart, with insobriety. charged by the muster of the, uoimun, The Court was composed of Commander Beckwith, R. N. (President), Acting-Com mander Gibson, R.N., Capt. A. Mackin
bridge (Master, Tean), and Capt. John noz (Master, Kinshas), Capt H. Trow- Legge (Master, Lintan).
effect that when the defendant came
Captain Stewart's evidenco was to the
to
One of the latest lotims of what is him and asked for the post of third mate believed to be the German submarines he gave it to him. He knew the ware another nantral. She Is the steamship habits, but decided to give him another, Cathay, of Copenhagen, 2,000 tons, bound chance. On the 31st May, when the ship for China, with about 0,000, tous of gen. came back to Hongkong from Swatow, the cral cargo
It may have been that she defendant was under the influence of struck a mine, but it is thought she was drink, and witness warned him. On the torpedoed on the night of ath inst. in the ard Juno" Fraser was drunk, and inter- North Sea. Her crew, passengers, andfered with the work on the ship. In the pilot were landed at Ramsgate Harbour afternoon he was hopelessly drunk, and on 6th ult, from a British Government on the 4th inst, he was still too drunk boat, The Cathuy is one of the East even to go to the Harbour Office. Asiatic Company's regular traders came on watch on the 4th inst. sober, and between Denmark and Far Eastern ports.
had been sober ever since. New York papers
The Court found the charges proved. state that the THE MILITARY HEADQUARTERS.
Taking Hamburg-American steamship Georgia dant's certificate of competency had been into consideration, that the defen Bwatow has been the headquarters of now at New Orleans, has been transferred previously suspended for a year by a the military since the Revolution up till to American registry and re-named the Hongkong Marine now. Brigadier Ma wants to take up || Housatonic. The purchaser is the Hous-from this and the evidence just given Couri, and as residence at the prefecture city of Chao tonic Steamship Company, of which the man appeared to be a confirmed chowfu. It certainly is more central for | Edward F. Geer, of New York, is pro drunkard, and as such his Certificate of the wide region he has to govern. Briga sident. The other incorporators, are Competency was a menace to shipping,
prison..
.....
Ha
dier Vit, recently dead, has left heavy George 1 Allison, Frank Southart.the Court ordered his certificate to be. arreais, We are hoping that the new | Edward Sandford, and Henry M. Hewitt, suspended for two years,
official will bring order out of chaos and make the law respected.
PLACCE
of the New York law firm of Hright." Sandford and Smith. Mr. Geer ownS shares of the stock, "Tho stated price paid- for the vessel was Gold $85,000. The Georgia was built in 1891. She is a vessel of 3,143 gross tons.
SHANGHAI TRADE. Messrs. Ilbert & Co. of Shanghai in their Piece Goods Market Report say:
In Galicia, in the valley of Sklo, angle rush, captured three lines of security by the Note, and says that the This matter of sanitation the Republicanis arrived at after deducting from the cost level is stated to have brought out a cer-
“German motor battery advanced, but was - compelled by the Russian artillery to
retreat immediately.
The Russians captured at Juramo of the heaviest during the last few days. many ammunition waggons and feld Certain units, preparing to attack, were
kitchens.
annihilated immediately they were form-
'An Austro-German counter attacked. which reached the village of Gruszow, was immediately defénted.
We captured 33 officers and 490 men. The Russian offensive is developing successfully at Shavli, The feature of fighting was the brilliant charge of the Cossacks. We captured, in the three days' battla at Juravno, 348 officers, 15,431 men, machine guns and also ammuni
the
tion transport.
The enemy is endeavouring
Rectors to cross the, Dniester.
at.
GERMAN LIGHTNING
CHANGES.
A Germann comiter-attack at Quen- nevières farm, north of the Aisne, was repulsed Soissona was afterwards bom- barded with 120 shells. ITALIAN FRONT
IN THE EVENT OF WAR.
WASHINGTON, June 14th.
tion.
BOYCOTTING JAPANESE GOODS.
It is
THE LIVING BANNER.
A LITTLE STORY OF BELGIAN PATRIOTISM.
Germany may temporarily overrun and verride e soil of Belgious, but she
LONDON, June 14th. The German papers are relieved at the
In the town of Fengshun there are mildness of the American Note, and nati- several cases of plague. Anti-plague
There is a fairly steady feeling-in-the- cipate & further period of argument, as
scrum is now believed in, and as the anti-
market, and clearances are becoming more they declare that the Note permits of dis dote is put within reach of native foreign-
general in character day by day, compris There has been a remarkable rise in the ing & numerous description of sports for cussion of methods of sca warfare, includ-trained on the ravages of the plague value of shipping toanage
a-well-distributed number of outperts. ing the British methods.
will probably be greatly mitigated. I steamer of 3,500 tons was built in 1905 at the season of the year is usually a slack A cargo Tos total movement is only moderate, but the town of Mienfu, about 55 miles from a cost of 231,750, and has just been sold one, and thero is also the native settling Swatow, there is a considerable outbreak for £1,500, or £14,750 more than Erst quarter after the Chinese New Year, day that takes place at the end of the NEW YORK, June 14th.
of plague. It has suffered from this original cost 10 years ago. Her value for due next week. The New York Herald warns Americans scourge more than most places. It is insurance in the State scheme was only declined slightly compared to quotations not to be lulled into a sense of false largely owing to insanitary wellings. £20,320, since the Government valuation of a week or two earlier, and the lower The Manchester market appears to have
trenches gear Serre, on the Mailly-Maillet beginning.
German crisis is not past-it is only Government is giving no attention to. depreciation at the rate of 4 per cent. fortain amount of fresh business, the market road, taking a hundred prisoñera, who
each year of age Erou now with the
now bring stends to firm-et-the decline Boycotting of Japanese goods is still addition of 20 per cent. permitted on report gives a crop condition of 80 per The American Agricultural Bureau admitted that the derinan Josses had been
maintained and there is no sign of diminuvalues, she would only be rated under the cent for May against 4 year. Unger
A woman whose husbead recently Government scheine at £21,380.
tain weather has, however, strengthened that the Note was materially altered after suicids in protest against her husband's price actually paid for the Government
f Bryan, in another statement, says
That prices since the issue of this report invested in Japanese goods committed leaves $22,120 as the difference between the he resigned, though the change was insul-pro-Japanese spirit,
valuation. A further example is a steamer The people ap ficient to justify the withdrawal of his plaud ber aution,
of nearly 3,000 tons, bailt in 1809 and The boycotting spirit resignation. He does not doubt that the is at no time to be recommended.
Bald in May of last year for £14,500; in country will support President Wilson in at best but a spiteful weapon. The August for £18,000; is November fer the event of war.par
Japanese match, which is everywhere 20,000; and early this year for £25.00 inet with, is now discarded by hosts off appreciation within 12 months of meannot kill her spirit or her wit. Witness STRUGGLE REACHED EX-
people, and the old flint and paper is TREME INTENSITY.
used justead. I wonder how long patience GROWING POWER OF ALLIES, will endure on the part of the user
think the Japanses ousted all competitors
Antwerp, in spite of the invader's hard- PETROGRAD, June 14th.
ly veiled threats, kept holiday, Bave tho An official statement says that the
in the industry of making matches. Now The returns compiled by Lloyd's 'regis- | Triegenph's Tor's correspondent, who struggle has now reached its extreme
is the opportunity for rompetitors to ter of shipping which only take into enter the field. intensity, The Germans have nearly
account vessele of 100 tons and upwards doubled the troops in the field since the
the construction of which has actually beginning of the war, and the possibilitying attention, to education. New notions there were 471 vessels of 1,557,467 tous The brainy men of China to-day are giv begun, show that, excluding warships. of a further increase in the infantry is doubtful. The Allies had compelled the there is dissatisfaction with the amount of Kingdom at the close of the quarter ended. come and go: this mmains. At present gross under construction in the United
Then suddenly three little girls appear. note that greater accent is laid on the progress made.
La recent discussions, 131st March, 1915.
ed, walking side by side in the very centro- of the silent crawih find one was dressed necessity of the study of Chinese language the United Kingdom is about 10,000 tons all in yellow, and the third was a flame The tonnage under construction in all in black, and the second was dressed and literature, and less attention is to be less than that which was in hand at the symbol of unconqueraiko patriotism,
of red. So the living flag moved on, given to foreign languages. There is also end of last quarter, and about 302,oon moved on through the streets and past the & desire to return to the yearly two-term tous less than the total building 12 which the Germans have placed in the very muzzles of the sullen machine-guns system, as the Three terasystent ronths ago. It will be understood that great station square. le difficult to carry, through, A large the rate of progress in merchant ship consensus of opinion favouri military construction is very much reduced in tioning for school bays, Or Sundays, the present circumstances and that ti which are now recognised in all the edura miliate output will be considerably tional institutions as a day of post, if Piss than that which would be obtained is strongly recommended that lectures beder armal conditions. delivered to the boys on matters of con-
(THROUGH REUTER'S "AGENCY.] ITALIAN PROGRESS.
ROME, June 13th
A communiqué states: Thero are other reports of continued progress from all the theatres of action, and thero has been good work by the airmen and artillery.
The Italians took some hundreds of prisoners.
OLD TACTICS AGAINST RUSSIANS.
LONDON, June 13th.
That the Germans are reverting to
their old taelies of lightning changes
IMPORTANT ITALIAN
SUCCESSES.
ROME, Juse 14th
mostly by means of night-attacks, but was everywhere, repulsed,
Germans to keep on both fronts larger forces than was originally intended. The unshakeable unity and growing power
of the Allies augur well for future success.. THE MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS.
LONDON, June 14th, Mr. Llewellyn, manager of the Cain Brian Combine Cellieries, bus accepted. an appointment in the Ministry of
Munitions.
EDUCATION..
A communiqué saya!- The enemy attempted to arrest the of front is crident from a Petrograd Italian offensive from Tonale to Carnia, communigié which, besides announcing the continuance of desperate fighting mouth of Bhavli, mentions strong German attacks east of Mariampol, north of Prasnysz, east of Mlava railway, and in the Dzura region, left of the Vigtula, ~- Pass, dislodging the enemy from successtrations in connection with to-day's | dust-and morals, As a rule, Chinese boys
The enemy has suspended his attacks sive trenches and pursuing him from rock election. at Halincz-ng-a resalt-of-bis-defet-at-to-rock:Our Alpini-gevaren-this-victori- Juravno, but after a series of attacks ons result.
Dur offensive in the Nolaja zone con- tintes rapidly and successfully. We also groupied at night time the Valentino
down the Dneister, detachments crossed The Italian heavy artillery are now the river at the town-of Zalescziki, con bombarding the fortress of Mal" Borg siderably east of Jurarno, Russian
hetto, and have obtained remarkable results in a brief time, setting fire to a cavalry charged these detachments; sabring 500 and capturing 200...
fort, and exploding ammunition and
Prisoners taken by the Russians in the recent fighting included several hundred unwounded Fusiliers of the Prussian
stores.
THE GREEK ELECTION,
ATHENE, June 13th, There have been pro-Verezelist demon-
than 70 per cent..
the story that M. Cerard Bauer tells in the Echo de Paris.. It was at Antwerp on Lloyd's régister giving the shipbuild-April 8th the King of the Belgiaus ing wturus, for the quarter ended 31st
birthday. March, 1915, says:—**
are allowed too much freedom on their NEW O.S.K. TRANS-PACIFIC
It is expected that V-Fenizelos will be "ff day and frequently get into successful.
trouble.
FAMOUS CASTLE PARTIALLY
DESTROYED
CHINESE WHISRY AND TOR-CCo. People are anxious as to what the Government wins to do with whisky ad LONDON, June 14th. Labacco: These items are now taxed Dunrobin Castli was partially destroy-much-more-heavily. Both have been from ed by fire yesterday. Wounded inmates time immemorial the monopoly of the and valuables, including priceless pic people. Restrictions may produce much There are rumours to the
take over: the sale of whisky. This will create an interminable huhtub “ Every Chinanian I know distile his whisky.
We are oneelidsting our positions tures were
removed.
The Duke and discnutent
LINERS.
quctes the story. The schools were closed, trailun was negative, but in the early the papers did not appear. So the demo afternoon the population of Antwerp,
appeared as if ligge orderly thousands which, as a rule these days, keeps at home, cant out and thronged the streets. -It waited for some pageant to pass.
Eyes were wet and heads bared as tho pageant, frazile as a flower, went by.
STARVING BRITISH
PRISONERS.
The Copenhagen correspondent of tho Times writes:---
A statement has reached me from a is in Germany to the effect that there rean who knows the smaller prisoners' is an enormous difference between the treatment of prisoners in the great camps (which Germans are very willing to show LARGE REFRIGERATING SPACE to some neutral foreigners) and the treatment in the small ones. In the latter, The Osaka Shosen Kaisha are starting of which there are many in North Ger atrans-Pacific service in October with two
many (Mecklenburg, &c.), the authorities have made agreements with son business- October 12th and the awan-mart on priser has to provide his food. This new liners the Huvilamaru leaving on men who for 1 mark 20 pf. (about 1s.) por October 30th. These vessels which will be his duties to another man, who takes over ontractor in turn very often transfers of 9,000 tons gross, will each have retrithe business for smaller eunt.. The gerating spot for 500 tons of cargo, this consequence is that the prisoners aro pearly starving, and have to eat disgusting
across the Isonzo. Our heavy artillery Duchess of Sutherland directed the effect that the Government is guing provision being made specially for carry things, and even the German military
destroyed a dyke at the Moufalcone
Oward, the most popular regiment in Canal, and succeeded in interrupting the Berlin where they are nicknamed "The railway between Monfalcone and Gorizia,
Dear Sagrado.
:
Cockchafera"
The enemy originally selected Juravno as the crossing point, as the forests on the left bank hampered the Russian, artillery, but the forests proved the ruin of the -Germans whose centre was split and isolated detachments were easily taken in detail.
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
[TKEOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY-] SUBMARINE ACTIVITY.
LONDON, June 13th.
helpere
Masy pictures and much antique furni ture were destroyed in the fire,
An Army offer, and two bluejackets who were helping the firsmen were badly hurt.
THE PORTUGUESE ELECTIONS.
LISBON, June 14th,
The election is proceeding quietly. The A British collier and a Norwegian sail results up to the present assure a Iremo ing vessel have been submarined in St.cratic majority and an Evolutionist George's Channel.
minority.
ing fruit, eggs, vegetables and other guardians, many of whom have been at the front, have asked to be sent back in perishable cargo butween China, Japan order to get away from the sight of such and America,
The refrigerating machin-misery. ery installed on these ships is of the musst Emproved type and the temperature cou regulated to shit the various classes of perishable goods carried.
A Belgian Day was organised in Sydney, New South Wales, last month with the double object of paying a tribute to a hrave nation and to help to relieve the distress which the war has occasioned inmong the Belgian poople, “Belgian Day was observed on May 14th, The collections on that day amounted approsíthat street colections in the city and suburbs mately to £ston, of which £21 000 wory
of Sydney:
It is reported in German naval circles many has lost 17 submarines sinde Weddigen has greatly depressed the crews February 18th. The loss of Commander
of the other submarines.
By public subscription the residents of The British North Borneo Herald says: Sandakan have purchased a particulariy fine Brunei gong, which, after having heon suitably mounted on mirabau, has been sent home to the Secretary of Lloyds, Admiral Edward P: Iurlefield, to by re- seated to Lieut. W Bell, R.NR. D.S.O., as a small token of our admura- Captain of the steamer Thordis, ramned, tion and respect for him, for having when sunk and disposed of a German au marine.