THE WAR.
OPERATIONS IN GALLIPOLI.
STIRRING STORY OF GENERAL ASSAULT-
GREAT TURNING MOVEMENT.
ENEMY'S BIG EFFORT IN GALICIA.
FIGHTING. GENERAL ALONG FRENCH
FRONT.
FURTHER SUCCESS NEAR ARRAS.
RUSSIAN FRONT.
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GREAT
GERMAN TURNING
MOVEMENT ATTEMPTED.
KAISER IN SUPREME COMMAND IN GALICIA.
PETROORAD, Jinic 21st.- Experts are of opinion that the enemy's advance west arid south-west of Rawa Rusaka initiates a great turning move, ment north of Lemberg.
A communiqué mentions that the advance was conducted on Friday and Saturday by great forces, including troops just brought from Belgium. There was desperate fighting on Saturday ngajust the enemy, who crossed the Dniester and
advanced but Russian counter-attacky
with the bayonet drove him back with great loss. Twe thousand prisoners were taken in one village alone.
14 is reported that the Kaiser has taken supreme cominand in Galicia,
“ENEMY TRIBUTE TO RUSSIAN RESISTANCE.
FRANCO BELGIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH RÉUTER'S AGENCY.) FIGHTING GENERAL ALONG FRENCH FRONT.
PARIS, June 21st. 1.50 a.m.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 22ND 1915.-
THE NEAR EAST
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ALLIES GENERAL ASSAULT IN GALLIPOLI.
AN HOUR'S SMASHING
BOMBARDMENT.---
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[FROM THE MANILA--CADLENEWS,”]-- as it would have meant leaving a gap MR. BRYAN WITH A between them and the French. Our divi
TO END WAR.
...
sion fought with the utmost bravery. The Gurkhas and the Sikhs on the left flank were unable to pierce the barbed wire-of-the-trenches. Thus when they closed the line showed a strong salient Reater's special correspondent at the in the centre which it must be The work of other days to straighten. One, price of Dardanelles supplies the first detailed account of the Allies' general assault. Ho the day was the largest bag of prisoners
"we" have yet secured.
anty:
LONDON, June 20th.
Along the front of Achibaby the British had been for three weeks patiently sap- ping, and had gained a few yards, until The two fronts were from a thousand to a handied yards apart. The order to attack was eagerly awaited by the Ariny,
A SLOW AND PRECARIOUS ADVANCE,
PLAN
WARRINGTON, June 15th.
AT THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
EUROPEAN ROBBED AND
-ASSAULTED.
The Criminal Sessions resumed sitting yesterday, the case before the Chief Jus William Jennings Bryan, former Secretice (Sir Way, Roes Davies, K.C.) being try of State, has a plan to end ube Euro one in which four coolies were charged made by him yesterday. Mr. Bryan has assaulting George Henry Hutcherson, pean war, according to an announcement with committing a highway robbery and not yet announced the details of his plan, Chief Engineer of the Cheong King. but promises to make it public at a later date.
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NATIONAL SECURITY IN AMERICA.
The Attorney-General (Hon Mr. J. H. Kemp) prosecuted. and the prisoners, who pleaded not guilty, were nh- İskendal.
The expected Turkish counter-attack { PLAIN SPEAKING BY PUBLIC MEN,
The following jary was empanelled :- Messe, T. Arthur. R. A. P. Deude, A. did not arrive, so the next day we een-
NEW YORK, June 15th. solidated our positions, and the reserve
Three former Cabinet Ministers were J, Slent, and G. A. Dutton
Botelho, A. French, A. E. Moghing. I. sponkers at a monster meeting of the troops moved up. We advanced slowly recently organized National Security The Attorney-General, prior to outlin- and precariously on the left. Then a day Leaguo which was held in this city noting the facts of the case, mentioned that evening. All of them urged that the the two principal witnesses would be the The gaps had been filled by keen young later the Turks launched a vigorous defences of the country, he strengthened complainant and an accumplier of the
soldiers from Home, while then who had been digging for weeks under a scorching sun-were-Tory-willing to relinquish the | spade for the bayonet and the bomb.
Our front across the Peninsula was broken by two big and several smaller nullahs. On the day of the attack the sky was overcast, and a northerly gale swept suffocating dust down the Peninsula. The assault was preceded by a smashing bombardment, which began at 11 o'clock
counter-attack, bringing up fresh troops from the the reserves beyond Achibaba,
We were very hard pressed, and momentarily abandoned two conquered trenches, which we afterwards re-took by very hard fighting. Eventually the enemy was repulsed with great loss, as is usually the case when he attacks spirited Ir. The Turks continued an aimless bombardment, and also his curious trick of firing like Longfellow's arrow into the
in the forencon. Every British and at. These descend beyond the British Fighting has been general along the every French gun for an hour poured lines, occasionally hitting a soldier pars Western Front.
shells into the Turkish trenches, while ing his lawful occupations. The evening communiquë says:-North the battleships off the northern const of Arras the French advanced a kilometro | battered the enemy's right, .
direction of Souchez
westward from Buval Bottom in the A French warship at the entrance to
We repulsed a
the Dardanelles dropped heavy pre violent enemy attack in the Western jectiles on the left of the Turkish Argonne, taking prisoners.
position, while the British 18-pdr and the French 75's rained down shells along the whole line, which
at times obliterated by a billowy curtain of creamy
A French attack captured two lines of trenches on the heights of the Meuse, and we took 70 prisoners.
The enemy's centre of resistance, near Reillon, Lorraine, was captured, and
amoke.
was
THE ORDER TO EWANGE. :
The tower
of Krithia, which had
FORMIDABLE POSITIONS,
A fecture of this trench warfürc is flist although the barrier ahead is less rugged than the ridge on which the Australians, to their eternal honour, established them- selves, it will doubtless be no less difficult of assault, and may be even worse. The Australian ridge is like Majuba, or Elandslangte, so steep that men climbing are often out of the reach of the firing from the crest, but Achibala appears, through field glasses, to be a series of smooth sloper terraced at intervals
Henry Stinson, a former Secretary of
War, going as far as to declare that the prisoners, whose evidence would have to United States should follow the example set by other neutral countries ant should be received with a certain amount of mobilize in order to defend her rights.
Jacob M. Dickinson, also a former
caution. This tn corroborated the Secretary of War, was the first speaker of testimony of the complainant in many the evening. Mr. Dickinson doclared that respects, bas there were slight differeness. it was a folly to suppose that Americ could not be dragged into the European For reasons which would be evident, he war. He also urged that preparations be thought, Mr. Hutchenson did not pro- rican defences were wholly inadequate fess to have an entire or accurate recollec- and stating that any first-class Powerin of what transpired, but he would could easily invade the United States and say that be remembered fairly clearly. force the country to an abject submission,
commenced now, declaring that the Ame
followed Mr. Dickinson, said that
the
Secretary of the Navy and Attorney related his movements on the night of the Charles Joseph Bonaparte, is former The complainant, in 'the witness-box, General of the United States who robbery.
He came ashore from his ship honour and safety of the at 8.30, and visited certain hotels and a United States were being jeopardized by cinematograph theatre during the even the failure of Congress to make adequate
ing.. provisions for either defence or war.
At about midnight he went to As an initial step ho“ urged the "imitediate strengthening of the feet.
four counter-attacks were repulsed and hitherto withstood a score of minor bon similar to the glacis of an old-fashioned / will not fight to defend the rights of her possessed, including 2300 in notes a gol 50 prisoners taken.
fort. The Turks also possess the advan
The French offensive along the valley tazed and die air was rent with the line.
bardments, toppled over, the village
Blake Pier, thinking he might be able to engage a team launch to take him to of War, said that the United States was
Henry L. Stimson, another ex-Secretary his ship, which was lying off Wost Point He could not get one, and a policeman now pledged to use force in the event of on duty near the P'er told him that he a continuance of attacks by Germany might be able to get off in a patrol launch, on Americans afloot. America ho but he would have to wait an hour or so by the other neutral nations and mobilize Point, and engage a sampan to row him. declared, should follow the example set to get it. He decided to go to West an army for the defence of the rights of to his ship, and rude off in a risha, tically no step has been taken except to out for a sampan, and the riceha coolie Americans. Thus far, he continued, prac When he got to West Point he calledt advertise our own impotence. Tu con dropped the shafts of his vehicle on to the cluding, he said that there is the greatest danger that the United States will become
ground. Then suddenly several men an involved in war abroad where the idea peared, knocked the vehicle over, and has been sown broadcast that this country robbed him of practically everything be
citizens.
watch and chain, and some small money. P.S. Clarke said that plaintiff camo to him at the polico station after his head and also use on the right leg. The coat be was wearing was torn to pieces. The watch was found behind a step in the longe where the first and had the following on the 17th ult. :--
From Shanghai the_news comes to-day second prisoner lived. The watch had. that the British cerumunity in China are stopped at eight minutes to one, Sam. at last taking definite steps, both merean-pans were not available after sundown. tile and social, for separating themselves P.C. Clark deposcd that at 11.30 am, Correspondents in China have called at- constables to 20, Staunton Street and from their German connections. Our on May 13th he went with four Chinese tention more than ones to the anomalous arrested the first and second prisoners. position existing there between British Subsequently, at 7a, Stone Nuilah Lane, and German trading firme, and to the arrested the fourth prisoner. apparent uncertainty of British policy as
In the coarse of their statements all to the severance of commercial relations the prisoners gave a dat denial to the with the German traders in this neutral.
The first man made a leng country. To judge by a letter published charge,
tage of large reserves behind the firing TRADE WITH GERMANS IN the attack. He had a cut on the top of
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of the Fecht enutinues to make progress.mixed noises of the cannonade. When
GERMANS THE DRIVING FORCE, GENERAL.
the terrifying din abated and the troops, Prisoners complained of lack of food with fixed bayonets got the order, they and denounced the German officers. They leapt forward. TH first line with say they would have surrendered earlier, bombers had to cecupy the Turkish first but then the German machine guns behind would have been merciless. This line. The Allios' second line were dess possibly true, because it always tined to follow the men of the first line appears that the Germans are the driving and take the Turki.h second line of force.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.] PEACE TALK IN PRUSSIAN DIET.
AMSTERDAM, June 20th, Peace talk in the Prussian Diet drew from the President a speech in which the
AMSTERDAM, June 20th. The people of Germany are being
· encouraged to expect great things in Caliein, but are warned not to display following passage occurred?" Peace trenches, while another line was held in
CHINA.
The writer of the Tinies “City Notes "
One truculent Turkish officer said: Germany is our Ally. We know our country's hours are numbered, but we The British went forward with magni-fight for her, as you would for yours."on Saturday in Manchester by a member ambling statement in the course of
readiness to fill the gaps.
We
excessive optimism. The Germans are
in God's hands. The greater described as having continual gucresses,
energe from this war the greater will be Hit the power of the Russian resistance is.
ficent clan, and occupied the first trenches the endeavour of our adversaries, to servi officially emphasised: We must
in a few minutes despite the enemy hold anstel by u- now coalition what we haveing his artillery fire till we charged. not forget what a dangerous enemy Дus- sin is, because she has human material gained. Our sourity depends on our ow
that can only exhausted."
COSSACKS CAUSE PANIC IN
GERMAN RANKS...
ENEMY CROSSES THE DNIESTER.
PETROGRAD, June 20th.
bo with difficulty
strength."
MR. BONAR LAW AND..
CONSCRIPTION.
LosDos, June 21st. The strongest passage in Mr. Bonar Law's speech was as follows. In my belief we, us a nation, now realise so clearly the task that is before as that In the various battle areas, except in
the nation will be ready to accept the Galicia, the Russians have the upper
principle that the emuntry has the right, A brilliant feat by the Russian. hand.
at this hour of danger, to enll upon every cavalry near Lemberg is reported in -1 communiqué. They, with exceptional, and to take what we have. (Cheers) I believe they are ready to accept that boldness, charged to German advanced forces in the direction of Ravarassa, principle and ses it carried out where cut up, and routed them. The cavalry necessary, it carried out fairly to all caused a panic in the German rauks, and classes and all sections of the people gonerally arrested the German offensive. alike," (Renewed cheers.)
The enemy also attempted to force a SERBIANS OCCUPY DURAZZO
the Grodek Lakes, But passage across
ATHENS, June 20th. were driven back by our artillery and rifle lira.
Tho communiqué continues--The Austro-German forces crossed the Dnics- ter at one place in great force, but in at
TURKS PAZKI.
The Turks, dazed and deafened by our avalanche of shell, fired a few shots in
the air. When we stabbed down on them they fled. Large numbers of them, killed by shell fire, were found in the trenches.
Our second line dashed through a “hot
Turkish fire and captured the enemy's second line. Now that the enemy were on the ran, the Allies followed up their
advantage wherever they could, which was chiefly in the centre, where resistance was weakest.
We captured Ane after line till early in the afternoon we hold the fifth Turkish line.
Many captives profess to be untrained and say they were forced into the ranks Eto fill gaps, # statement at which the
British cficers smile.
ITALLAN FRONT.
· [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
ITALIANS CROSS THE
VISONZO, STRONG ENEMY POSITIONS CAPTURED.
ROME, June 20th.. The Italians.continue to deal success-
In the battle for the
of the Manchester Chamber of Com- which he contended that, being a rieshn merce," who "*
prosumes that he "eat conlie, he could not be a robber; that was trade with a German in New York, though left to people like the man who had the goods may be for German consump turned King's evidence. He never did. tion," and asks why, therefore, he should anything and therefore he must live by not continue to trade with a German in thieving. The man also remarked that China, when he knows the goods are for Hongkong was not a cheap place to live Chinees consumption, some odd notions in and one could not livo and do seem to linger in oar old citadel of Free nothing at all. He also alleged that ho Trade eren after the Lusitania lesson. I was innocently involved by the man who auch views are know in Manchester to had turned King's evidence, and who, he be at all widespread, it is not surprising alleged, was under the protection of n that the rioting there last week against likong at No. 2 Police Station. the Germans and naturalized Germans should have been particularly ferocious
Tho jury retired to consider their
The problem created for British traders verdict, and on their return they found in China, who for many years have been the first prisoner guilty of receiving only, Tho far toe lax in employing German rather and the remainder not guilty. than British agents, may require some second, third and fourth were accordingly energy and enterprise for its solution, but discharged and the first was sentenced in
three years imprisonment. tik time has come for tackling it.
A COWARDLY ROBBERY.
Before M Justice Hazeland, a Chinese
robbery at Shanghai Street, Yaumati, on pleaded not guilty to a charge of armed
the 14th May,
fully with the Austrian counter-attacks
A TIENTȚIN CIRCULAR, An instance of the attempts that are in the Carnia. heights across the Isonzo, commanding apparently being unade by German firms in China to terrorize their Chinese Plava, the Italians had a great success customers is given in the Peking and China, no less than Great Britain, has and crossed the river in pontoons at dawn. Tentan Times of April 21st, just to hand They attacked with the bayonet, and, beer dependent-for-miline dyes on Ger- despite firo from heavy guns and say. In 1913 more than Tla 5,000,000
The jury was composed of the following machine-guns and the strongest entrench worth was imported, and when war broke
out large stocks were held in the country, gentlemen:-Messrs. A. W. Smith, W. J. Meanwhile another weapon. which ments, they carried the heights and which the Chinese dealers have been selling Hodge, J. Wattis. B. J. Apitties, Jans helped the Turkish confusion and terror defeated repeated counter-attacks for reexport at considerable profit. But
this does not suit the Germans, who want Crmiston, J. W. Stewart, and T. W. was the naval armoured turret motor- A communiqué records that the Ita
to stop any opening there for the non- | Mackay- cars. These had been hidden till to-day. lians took hundreds of prisoners and Gerinan imports of aniline dyes which
The Crown Solicitor (Mr. P. M. Hodg
À BRITISH SURPRISE.
It is announced from a good source that Eight armoured cars came jolting along large quantities of rifles and ammunition, may result from the starting of manufacson) described the offence as a pticular-
the Serbians have occupied Durazzo (Albania). Essad Pasha has fled to Italy.
after
two roads till they were held up by pit-"Our losses were serious, but the results Many of the holes caused by shells. They concentrated obtained are important.
enemy positions, made strong by nature their fire un the retreating Turks. and by art, were taken one Naturally the cars were a good target another." tempting to issue from the deep windings WARNEFORD TO BE BURIED and when the Turks recovered from their
CHINESE TELEGRAM.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
of the river they were successfully ro pulsed. The Russians are progressing between the Dniester and the Pruth.
GERMAN OCCUPATION OF LIBAT.
TOWN TO BE HELD TO THE LAST.
PETROGRAD, June 20th. Prince Henry of Prussia and Field: Marchal von Hindenburg have visited Libau, which is in the hands of the Ger- The Prince, in a speech to the officers, declared that Liban would be held to the last extremity, because it was the key to the Baltic Sen.
IN ENGLAND.
PARIS, June 20th. The arrangements to bury the late Flight-Lieutenant. Warneford, V.C., at Versailles have been cancelled, and the body has been entrained for Britain.
THE BIGGEST "BATTLESHIP.
ARIZONA " LAUNCHED.
surpris:, shells_began to whistle around them,
FRENCH KELD UP.
tures in Great Britain or the United States,
One b't the turret, which was knocked DISMISSED FOR CORRUPTION and other dyce in China. Stocks cannot it. The man dropped the wearien, ani
off, but nobody was killed. All the cars got safely back, and only, two were damaged. The quick success of our Centre carried the line forward thansand yards. The enemy were more strongly posted on the flanks, and a desperate struggle, began. We began to The battleship Arizona has been sucess-straighten our line, but the French on our fully launched at Brooklyn. It is about right were. stopped by a formidable the world's largest battleship and coat gully. A Naval Division gallantly joined £3,250,000 Her principal armament is the rest of the British line, which found composed of twelve 14-inch guns.
itself unable to maintain the ground wen
NEW YORK, June 20th.
PEKING, June, 21st. Chang Hu has been dismissed by Man- date from the positions of Vice-Minister of Finance and Director of the Salt Gabelle for corruption and fer his failure to realise his estimate of the salt receipts, He is sent to Ezechuan for appointment. Yi Kuengcho Vice-Minister of Com munications, has been suspended from his office peading trial.
Director Chas, of the Tientsin Pukow Railway, Kung-sinchan, succeeds Chang
Ho
A circular has accordingly been issued, y cowardly and daring robbery in It appeared that a signed by the following German firmis: broad daylight. Arnhold, Karberg & Co., Carlowitz & Co., lukong on duty at Yaurati observed the A. Ehlers & Co., E. Gipperich & Ca, Otto prisoner running from a side-lane, lead Kleoman & Co., Eduard Merer & Co., ing from Shanghai Street, and heard cries Sander, Weiler & Co., Siemssen & Co., of "Save life," and police whistles being Sietas, Plambeck & Co., Telge & Schreter, blown. "He chased the man, who threw and A Walte & Co. --
down an anklet (produced). The man Tientsin colour dealers are aware that was apparently armed with a rather representatives of foreign nations have deadly darger, and the Jukong, seeing for some time past been busily employed this in the fugitive's hand, closed with in buying up all stocks of aniline, indigo him, and attempted to prevent him using possibly be renewed until the closes of the was taken in charge. It was afterwards. European mer, as direct communication ascertained that two men had entered the with the country of origin, ie, Germany, does not exist, and it is therefore to the house of a married womun at 440. Shang- interests of China that euch stocks as at hai Street, on the pretext of desiring to
see the woman's husband.
The latter present exist be kept in the country and
happened not to be in, and the visitors under no circumstances re-exported.
The undersigned firms are determined waited. The woman became suspicicas. She wa immediate- take action against all dealers who all ran to the top of the stair and called aniline and indigo dyes to foreigners, in out for asistarre, order to protect the interests of consumers ly attacked, gagged, and bond, and a in China, who would suffer loss icom the small apprenties was also tied up. The intraders then raosicked the premises, reexpert.
stealing over $100 in money, jewellery, clothing, etc. Among the article elolva was the anklet which the prisoner threw down when being chased.
In the Chinese version the words used for to take action are Chin chui, which mean "recovering stolen goods by prosecution." If this sort of thing is not etrongly countered by proper British organization, a good deal of mischief may be done.
Prisoner was sentenced to seven years* hard labour and was also ordered to receivy twelve strokes with the "cat."