THE WAR.
LEYLAND LINER
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 38D 1915.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENÚT.), THE BOMBARDMENT OF WINDAU.
PETROGRAD, Judy The bombardment of Windau lasted by 15 minutes, and little damage was at a. Tho Russiaus suffered no casualties fer
SUNK.shore or afloat.
TWENTY AMERICANS DROWNED.
ADVANCE IN
AUSTRALIANS
GALLIPOLI,
ATTEMPT TO PIERCE FRENCH LINE.
EXPLOITS OF THE. "Ei
A WONDERFUL ESCAPE FROM
DESTRUCTION.
LONDON, July Details received from Malta, concorn- ing the exploits of the EII show that the submarine remained in the Sta of Marmora until her provision of tordoes were exhausted. Thore was only of miss, when the strong currents, in Ceveland tinople Harbour deflected the torpedo, which hit the jetty. When crossing the minefield on leaving the Sea of Marmora, the submarine struck the cable of a mine. Thore was no room to manœuvre oving to the number of mines. According the submarine towed the cable and mine w
ITALIANS OCCUPY IMPORTANT POSITION.distance of 11 miles. Despite the extremity
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
GERMANS COMPLETELY - CHECKED AT METZERAL.
PARIE, July 1st. 5.00 pin. To-day's communiqué says:- The battle in Argonne is particularly viclent. Wo repulsed two further attacks, Another violent engagement at Metzeral completely checked the Germans, who Bustained important losses.
TO
GERMAN ATTEMPT
PIERCE FRENCH LINES.
PARIS, July 2nd. 3.10 ani.
The evening czuimaniqué says:——— The day has been quiet, exempt for a violent cannonading north of Arras and a the Aisne.
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
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of their danger, everyons on boat i was very cool,
THE NEAR EAST
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AUSTRALIANS'
DEMONSTRA-
OUTPUT OF MUNITIONS.
w
TION.
AN ADVANCE OF 700 YARDS.
SCHEME, BY LONDON STORES.
LONDON, July sad The great London stores such as LONDON, July 2ad.
Harrod'e havo dorised General Sir Ian Hamilton, in a des-white and ration and interchange of patch, describes the Australians' demon- Ia small staff of mechanics so na to release stration in northern Ga'lipoli in conjunc tion with the British attack on Monday, He says that, covered by the fire of the warships, they advanced for 700 yarde The artillery meanwhile were effectively shelling the cuemy's reserves. The troops returned to the trenches in the afternoon, after repulsing enemy counter-attacks.
GENERAL.
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INDIA AND THE WAR.
QUESTIONS IN THE COMMONS.
LONDON, July 2nd. Replying to questions in the House of Commons, the Secretary of State for India (Mr. Austen Chamberlain) said- "I will enquire as to the number of shops in India owned or managed by Germans. Only a few licences to trade are granted without conditions, but I am comunica
LEYLAND LINER SUNK BY THE GALLIPOLI OPERATIONS. ing with the Raj
SUBMARINE.
TWENTY AMERICANS DROWNED.
LONDON, July 1st.
TURKS EXPENDITURE OF AMMUNITION.
LONDON, July 1st. Reuter's correspondent at the Dar
Mr. Ortal of the Public Works. Assam, has lived in India for 37 years, and renounced his nationality before he went. From a report received in the Spring I am satisfied that there are no grounds for dispensing with his services."
the maximum number of skilled men to It is hoped manufacture munitions, smaller businesses will act similarly, and also undertake to reinstate their volunteer munition workers.
VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE
JUSTIFIED.
It is officially announced the «nrolments e so satisfactory that the voluntary principle is justifying itself. Twenty thousand have been enrolled during tho last two days.
MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS BILL.
LONDON, July 2nd. The House of Commons passed the third reading of the Ministry of Munitions Bill unanimously.
PREVENTING STRIKES AND
LOCKOUTS.
Losoos July 2nd.. In the House of Commons, in the course of a debate on munitions, Sir John Simon announced that Sir Babington Smith will Chairman of the tribunal to deal with
The Leyland liner. Armenian has bren danielles, in a message dated the 22nd June.every European to join the Volunteers. It the limitation of profits under the Bill.
torpedoed off Cornwall.
It is reported that thirty persons were drowned, including eleven Americans.
WASHINGTON, July 1st. The United States Consul at Bristol officially reports that twenty Americans were drowned in the sinking of the Armenian,
on
LATER. The loss of Americans
the Armenters has created a sensation in official circles, following as it does on the expectation that Germany would reply A German attack in the Bagatelle disfavourably to the American Note, trict of Argonne on Wednesday was most violent and aimed at piercing the French linos. Their heavy shells and asphyxiat ing bombs wrecked the first trenches, but the attack was stopped by the solidity of
Dr. Page, the Ambassador in London, the second line. French counter-attacks and Mr. Gerard, the Ambassador at
Officials contend that the ship should have been visited and searched and the crew transferred to safety before the vessel was destroyed.
Bay's:
Volunteers
No steps have been taken to compel would be unsuitable in special circum- situation at Gallipoli since dint satisfactory increase in the numbers of There has been little change in the stances in India, but there has been a the 4th June. Fighting continues. especially on our left, where we are per- sistently pushing forward in the teeth of determined opposition. ters have been mostly in the nature of
These encoun
local affairs by one or two battalions, with the object of capturing a particular trench, but twice recently big engagements developed, hath being unsatisfactory to the enemy.
ARTILLERY SUPERIORITY
"I am in close communication with both the Raj and the Munitions Department the manufacture of munitions." wegarding the participation of India in
FALLEN MOSLEMS.
ENDOWMENT FUND FOR THEIR DEPENDENTS.
LONDON, July 2nd. A Commitere of the Islamic Society is raising funds for the endowment of the widows and orphans of Moslem soldiers killed in the war. The appeal for aub- scriptions emphasises the bereditary and traditional fidelity of the Moslems in
India,
On the evening of the 18th June. the Turks, whose artillery had lately been very active, opened a general bombard- ment with high explosives preparatory to an infantry attack, but the troops in the trenches were quite unshaken, while the Allies' artillery replied crushingly giving the correspondent the impression that their guns were more numerous and their fire more rapid than the enemy's,
The Turkish attack in the night was ably in the Centre, where the situation INDIAN TEA ASSOCIATION. was complicated by the fact that a Brigade lad that night prepared a local Whom they attack on its own account. advanced they found the enemy massed in his trenches preparatory to attacking. We lost a trench, which we recovered; however, during the night On the Left we gained ground,
immediately drove them back, the French Berlin, have been instructed to obtara feeble on our Left, but developed formid-| advancing 200 metres beyond the first line.details of the occurrence. Two German attacks on Thursday were imhediately stopped.
RUSSIAN FRONT.
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FIGHTING.
PernoGrin, July 2nd..
A communiqué, says :--
LONDON, July 1st. The West African mail liner Torquat, which has arrived at Plymouth, reports having received a distress call from the Armenie when twenty-three miles west- ward of Trevos Hend.
LATER.
Six survivors of the Armenian have arrived at Carditt.
ATTACK BEHIND A SHRAPNEL CURTAIN
WAR AND THE TRADE.
On a motion by Mr. Lloyd George, a existing machinery in regard to the min- clause was added to the Bill, utilising the ing, cotton, and railway industries for the prevention of strikes and lock-outs.
Replying to criticisms, Mr. Lloyd George said that if the men refused to obey the'r loaders then a Royal Proclam- tion would be made.
REALISING THEIR DUTY.
(FROM THE MANILACABLENEWS."]
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE,
NEW YORK, June 28th,
In the forty-ninth boat mice between tho two great American universities Yalo same. in a winner to-day, beating Harvard by a
hird of a length.
BUILDING TRADES' DISPUTE
IN CHICAGO.
Chicago, Jure 25th. Two hundred thousand mon are affected by the decision of the employers in the building trades of this city to shut down, which was announced to-day.
For some time past there has been a serious dispute between the men and their: employers, but it had been hoped that the points involved would have been found... susceptible of settlement. The decision of the employers amounts to a lock-out, and will affect Chicago is materially as the recent draction strike which paralyzed traffic.
EARTHQUAKES · SHAKE CALIFORNIA.
WASHINGTON, June 25th. Five more severe earthquake shocks have been felt on the Lower California border. No details of damage done are at hand.
HONGKONG MAN'S BAPTISM OF FIRE,
Á NARROW ESCAPE,
Mr. James Judah, of Messrs. E. D. Sason & Co., has received an interesting letter, dated 30th May, from his brother, Mr. J. H. Judah, who is well known Hongkong.
Mr. Judah, who went Home from Singapore last November_and enlisted in the King Edward's Horeo Colonel J. E. B. Secly), was a prominent commanded by the Inte Minister for War.
member of the Victoria, Recreation Chule-
COTTON WORKERS' RESOLUTION. I was almost smothered in mud and earthi
LONDON, July 2nd.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George announced that he had received resolutions from the cotton people prasti cally amounting to a guaranted that there would be no strike ur stoppage during
the war.
They conferred to-day with Mr. Runci man and Mr. Henderson,
COLONIES' GIFTS OF AEROPLANES,
LONDON, July 2nd,
LONDON, July 2nd. Presiding at the annual meeting of the
Queen Alexandra in Saturday will pre- Tea Association, Mr. James Indian Warren said that in view of the uncar-sent the Flying Corps with the aeroplanes tainly of the outlook when war broke out subscribed by South Africa, the West they could congratulate themselves upon the Indies, Gibraltar, and Hongkong through comparative speed with which the position the Overseas Club. Further aeroplanes had been cleared. Despite the Russians have been promised.
The Armenien, a 9,000-ton ship, bound from Newport News, sighted the sub- marine 200 miles off the Scilly Islands The French on the 91st June attacked The enemy's offensive bolween the vivere She put on full-speed and mado a great the defences of Kereresdere, ravine,
effort to escape, but was eventually charging behind a fine shrapnel curtain inability to take their usual share of the: Vieprz and Bug continues. There was force rearguard fighting on Tuesday overhauled by the submarine.. which from the 75s, which were firing, so demand they were able to deal with a rapidly that the reports merged into large supply. The working classes had the Tomaszow-Zamere road, and, also on proved to be the s
each other, even when the observer was more money to spend, and the require- the reads towards Sokal. The enemy is
elose behind. The French infantry ment, especially for the Army, were con- Galicia on Tuesday and Wednesday per
quickly captured three lines of trenches siderable. Condemning Lord Crewe's sistently attacked between Kamionka and
and held two of them against persistent vetoing of the Labour Enticement Bill, Halics, but were repulsed with heavy loss,
counter-attacks. The fighting was very he said if there was anything in it pre we taking a thousand prisoners, $
severe, The French infantry were con-judicial to the coolies it would not be tinuously under heavy rifle and artillery sponsored by the Raj. The committes fire for over 16 hours.
were continuing to press their claims, and they hoped to have better news for the industry in the new Year.
RUSSIAN POSITIONS
STORMED,
ENEMY CLAIMS TO HAVE TAKEN 150.000 PRISONERS.
AMSTERDAM. July 2nd,
A German communiqué rays :--. After severe fighting GeneralTM von Linsingen stormed the Russian positions east of Guilalipa,' and north and south of Rohatyn, capturing 2.331 prisoners.
The Armies conuunded by Generals von Linsingen von Mackonson, and Woryseb took in June 151.000 prisoners. 80 guns, and 268 machine-gaus. AUSTRO-ITALIAN FRONT:
(THROUGH BLUTER'S ADENOY.] SEVERE FIGHTING ALONG THE ISONZO,
The Captain of the liner kept zig-zag ging, defying the submarine's orders, til a shell crashed into the engine-room and brought the ship to a standstill.
Men from the submarine they came aboard and placed two large bombs in the liner, which sank in thirty minutes..
Five boats got clear safely, but the ropes of another were cut by shell-and the occupants thrown into the sea.
The submarine fired on a Belgian trawler coming to the rescue of the five boats, but eventually desisted, the trawler securing the survivors.
Another estimate says the crew num bered 50, and then were also 80 stablemen on board.
POWERFUL
ENEMY SUB- MARINES.
A few nights ago an Irish battalion captured a trench in a night attack, cap turing 30 prisoners and accounting other ways for 80 Turks.
HAND GRENADES AND MAXIMS.
UNINTERNED ALIENS IN INDIA,
LONDON, July 2nd.
Hand grenades and Maxims are playing an increasingly important part in the In the foam of Lords, Lord Serachie fighting. The chemy are causing some raised the question of the uniutered alien
There trouble with cricket-ball bombs.
Lord Islington (Under Storelary are stories of thess Lombs being thrown missionaries in India. backward and forward to the treaches" like tennis balls. The Australians recently Sat for India) sald that the report for organised a bomb throwing competition which Mr. Austen Chamberlain had asked A had not arrived. The question of alien at the enemy's trenches for prizes. HOW THE “SCOTTISH MONARCH" elaborate code of rules put out of action enemies in India was prculiarly difficult, These were institutions staffed by Ger- mans and any system of wholesale intern- meat was impossible without some arrange ment of substitution. The question was receiving the closest attention here and in Indie, and nothing would be left undone to feguard the interests and the safety of India..
WAS SUNK.
any thrower exposing himself.
Machine-guns are the sterngest point in the Turkish defence Without them the LONDON, July 1st. The Scottish Monarch sighted twu sub- Turks would be unable to stop our attacks, marines at two o'clock in the morning. She while it is doubtful if the Tark himself urned stern and went at full speed, but would make the attacks did he not know was quickly overhauled by the suit that the Germans working the maxims marines which were 300 feet long, and in the second line would fire on him if he failed to advance with the requisite possessed great speed. When within 100 isority,
The Turkish trenches extenors
are
yards they began to fire without warring, The crew got out the boats, and stood dinarily deep, sometimes as much as fen by until the vessel was sunk, at 7 o'clock t in the morning, by which timo 34 shella had been fired, and the vessel was alight fore and aft
LONDON, July 2nil. As Austrian commun qué mentions that severe fighting has taken place along the Isonzo front, following a general Italian attack, principal.y on the positions to the north-east of Monfalcone and a bridge hoad at Gorizia. While the communiqué Elaims that the a lacks were repulsed with feary Joss, it admits that he Italians MORE STEAMERS TORPEDOED. reached the first line of trenches,
ITALIANS OCCUPY IMPORTANT POSITION. AUSTRIANS UNSUCCESSFUL NIGHT ATTACKS.
Rose, July 2nd.
A communiqué ways!-- Vigorous enery night atacks in the Passes of Monte Croce and Palpiccolo, in Carnia, in which the enemy employed flares, searchlights, and asphyxiating bombs, were repulsed.
The Italians have occupied an important position at the herd of the Resia Valley, commanding Plezzo.
The advance of the Italians in the Isonzo zone is uninterrupted, but slow, owing to the necessity of wresting the ground from the enemy by inches and immediately fortifying it
LONDON, July 2nd. The British stemers Concian and Inglemoor have been surk ft Cornwall.
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There are signs that the enemy's reserves of trainci men are failing.
WASTE OP AMMUNITION.
The enemy's enfading fire from the Asiatic shore resently increased in inten sity. Apparently they have mounted behind the ridges overlooking the Plain of Troy naval guns from the Goeben and the Breslau. On the 19th June 500 The graner Lomas, Indon with Argenf these shells fell on Southern Gallipoli, tine maize, was torpedeed and shelled by but the damage done was ridiculously a submarine west of the Scillies. The small. "I was watching the working
SCARCITY OF COTTON IN GERMANY.
AUSTERDAM, July 2nd. The Lokalanzeiger reports that the Army Command in Brandenburg forbade the manufacture of cotten goods.
SUPPRESSION OF GERMAN PEACE ARTICLE.
AUSTERDAN, July 1st. Socialist papers in Konigsberg and mat was killed. A trawler rescued the parties. among whom a dozen shells fell Goerlitz have been suppressed for reprint reminder of her crew: mumbering 25.- in a ouarter of an hour," says the cor
"Not a man was touched, ing tho Forwaerts peace article,
The Kalian brious Sardomene was for.
respondent,
ios of Mezen Herd without warning and not a man left his work, although Nire of the crew were drowned, tws died, shelter was close at hand. of injuries and two of the nine survivors were wounded.
A BRITISH DESTROYER
DAMAGED.
LONDON, July 1st The Admiralty last nicht announceil Persistent rains have that the old destroyer Lightning has been increased the difficulties and transformed damned off the East Coast by a miner the trenches, into torrents.. Repeated torpedo,
LOSSES IN DARDANELLES.
LONDON, July 1st, In the House of Commons Mr. Asquith announced the the British Naval and Military casuali at the Dardanelles to the 31st May were:-
OFFICERS. MEN
6,927 23,542 6,445
Killal Wounded
406
1,134
enemy night sticks on the 20th June to j retake their lost positions were repulsed,
She is rov in harbour. Faurtean of tha crew ar inissing,
Missing
02
1,722
36,811
HELP THE FARMERS.
AN APPEAL TO WOMEN.
LONDON, July 2nd. Lord Sethorne, Presid n of the Roar of Agriculture, has issued en coal appeal to women of all classes to assist the fariners.
TRUSTEES LOAN BILL.
LONDON, July 2nd. The Trastes Loan Bill has passed all its stages.
THE BRITISH WAR LOAN.
LoxDos, July god.
The investanent in the War Loan of the Prudential Assurance Company has been increased from £3,000,000 to £3,000,000.
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION IN
FRENCH FACTORY
MANY WOMEN INCINERATED.
- Marseilles, July 2nd. An explosion destroyed a factory where 100 persons, including 50 women, were employed. Fire broke ous, and was so ferre that only ten were rescued alive, but these were badly injured. Only four bodies of women were able to be revered.
"BRIDES OF THE BATH”· CASE.
SMITH SENTENCED TO DEATH
LONDON, July 2id. George Smith was sentenced to death at the Old Bailey in the famous "Brides-in- the Bath case for the murder of Bessie Mundy in a bath.
INTERESTING INDIAN
APPOINTMENT.
QUESTION IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
LONDON, July 1st
Trooper Judah writes-! We have been ont at the front close on a nonth new, and only a few days ago received our baptism of fire. We were four days and five nights in the trenches, together with the Canadians. We were under heavy shell fire or two occasions, but although the shells were dropping pretty near, managed to preserve my composure. These Jack JohnsONS make one feel untasy.
when one dropped two yards in front of me and made a huge hole. Our casualties- amounted to about 70 killed and wounded; in my troop there were even out of We were in a captured German Her trench-immediately facing the enemy, and, although we had a hot time under their shrapnel, they must haves fared worse, 48 our guns gavo em hell, mashed up their trenches, nad gave them no time to repair the damage with sandbags, but they heaped their own dead and used them as a parapet against our fire. We succeeded in pushing the enemy back a good distance and this particular part of the line is of special importance we were congratulated by Beferal Alderson, commanding the Cana
He also dian Division, on our work. told us that as soon as the 2nd Candian contingent arrives we shall most probably be relieved, and wo and the other Canadian Cavalry (Strathcong's case and the Royal Cavadian Dragoons), now working as ilifantry, will to all probability sea ur horses again.
We are now having a real in a farm six miles to the rear of the Bring-line, but I hope we don't go to the same place A again. The Canadians lost heavily. fellow told me this afternoon that out of That 115 nie only eight were left. dd gay gels my goat. I hope we escape it, as one gets a poor chance against
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HONGKONG.
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that the SiR-1 Sorry to
3.11 Imperial Arus of Germany are still being exhibited all over the front of the GoTENES Government Bank in Queen's Road, in spite of the protesting letter of" D.C." to the papers last May. How long will this exhibition of the German Army be allowed to remind us of the foules Government of modern times? Thy Tat On pirates vers gantiemen compared with the pagan, German savages of to-day. (A number of very indignant sporches were made in the Colony at the time of this piracy). I feel sorry for the British firms occupying and compelled to pay rent for Offices with the Geringu Vulturs Arms hanging ont- side their windows. This truly could only happen in a British Colony,
The King has caused the Kaiser's baanem to be removed from the Chip at Windsor and struck his name off the roll of Knights of the Garter Why don't we remove hiz Arms here?
VOX POPULI.
BURGLARIES IN
KOWLOON.
In the House of Commons, replying to
Burglers woolil appear to have been a question, tabled by Sir JL Rees whether the selection of a Judge of the bagy during the wekend at Kowloon," High Court in Madras to fill the vacancy several reper's of robbery having been in the Council of the Governor-General made to the police.
is to be regarded as a proostent for making: Mr. B. Wylie of 1, Granville Road com the judicial office a epping stone o high plains, that a burglar entered his room by Austen climbing a waterspout, entered an open executive appointments, Mr. Chamberlain said the appointment of Sir window, and stole a lady's gold-alled key- C. Sankaran Nair was made by his less watch, valued at $11. a gold chain, predeces or, and did not indicate the valued at $11, and a eurer card case adoption or the abandonment of a valued at $5.
The orly general principle of selection, inference to be drawn is that the Score-
tary of State will always get the best man he can.
RACE MEETINGS. IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, July 1st,
As a result-1 nazotiations between Mr. Runciman and the Joker Cb, rage meetings will be held at Newmar et fait nightly for the remainder of the season,
Mek Chom, of No. 3. Punjthis Build- Granville Road sites hot some person entered her house by forcing th lock of the door and stole properly valued w. $7.50 and 84.50. in money.
C-meru Mrz Edwards. of No. 1. Tantee. Kowloon, reports then the rly hours of the morning on the 1of inst., some ner on entered her bedroom by climbing the waterspout to the verandah, ad stole a key es watch valued at $20. and 90 in money.