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THE
WAR.
VERDUN.
ACTIVITY AT
DARING GERMAN ATTEMPT ON IRELAND.
FIGHTING IN
EGYPT.
ANOTHER ZEPPELIN RAID.
SUBMARINE WARFARE CONTINUES.
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
{THROUGH HEUTER'S AGENCY.)
CONTINUED FRENCH
PROGRESS.
GERMAN ATTACK REPULSED:
Paris, April 24th."
4. p.. The French are making continued pro
gress.
To-day's communiqué mya:-A German attack on Prissy was repulied with loss We dispersed energy reconnaissotices west
of the Meuse,
French bombers advanced north-west of Churéties Wood, taking prisoners,
The Gericats are brisky bombarding Deadman's Hill,
There was a lively artillery duel in thos Forest of Apremont,
in the direction of Bon Homme.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENUY.]
OPERATIONS ON BRITISH FRONT.
WBR
LONDON, April 25th.
TAX HONGKONG DAILY PRENK WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28rx. 1916,
A British communiyad reports :-Thers
some mining activity in the. Loos| sadient and at Neuve Chapelle
There was reciprocal artillery activity at Neuville, Angres.
Caual and Hooge.
the Ypres Coming
A hostile aeroplane was brought down by gunfire at Ploegstraete, and the pilot and observer were killed. One British caching is missing.
MAVAL ACTIVITIES.
(THROUGH REUIKE'S - AGENCY.].
DARING GERMAN ATTEMPT| ON IRISH COAST,
SIR RODGER CASEMENT
ARRESTED
LONDON, April 24th.
GENERAL.
LANDING DAY.
LONDON, April 24th
On the occasion of the anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli H.M. the King sent- the following message to the Governor General of Australia and the Governor of New Zealand:
BRITISH INDUSTRIES.
MR. RUNCIMAN'S REVIEW OF THE
SITUATION.
Mr. Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, in so laterview with the Associated
CANTON OPIUM COMMIS- SIONER EXECUTED.
FRANCE AND THE WAR
THE MEN IN COMMAND.
DEVOTION TO THE CAUSE ABOVE ALL HIS BROTHER TO SUCCEED HIM-
FEROM "THETIMES” SPECIAL.CORRESPONDENT.]
{THROUGH MEUTER'S AGENCY.) ANNIVERSARY OF HIS FORIC FEAT KING'S MESSAGE ON GALLIPOLI Press discussed the genero" industrial situa This war is anonymous and invisible,
tion in the British Isles. He declared that
On the side of the All as no obstanding there had never been greater activity in the figure dominate it. No "man" personifio larger industries, that wage were higher the Allied cause in the suns seure as the than ever before, and that the percentage German Emperor penaelling the crowy. By of unemployment bal never been so small
whatever drawbacks the lack of a ruling in the history of the country
The bulk of the output," Mr. Runet and guiding personality may be attended, man stated, "as for was purpost. The is at lust the advantage of pacing tas only trades relatively quiet aro the build-oause itself in the foreground, of making "Tell my people in Australia and linen, and some of the luxury-pro.it dwarf all individual interests and per
soual reputat.ons. ducing trades. The proportion of quen
As with the commanders su with thy men New Zealand that today I join with ployment in trade unions 4 present is
about one-half per cont. In normal tunes it and the incans of wargare, In the rncho them jo anlewn tribute to the memory of is about five per cent, and in tipies of whole rig ments disappear from view, mie the here, of Galipeli, They gave their peace it has marcely fallen below two por upon mile of excavat d earth ruus asing cent. The same condition prevail, in noa- uus rius Lehind irnges of barbed wire, lives for the sapremo esuso in gallan union trades. Longer hours are being without e.or a sign of hurean life. For worked in nearly all trades, and it is es back in some carefully-d sgu d position comradeship with the MAL of timated that this overtime represents an he the guns. A series of dull reports, a lus soldiers and sailors who fought and did inprogo of 4 por ocat is the number of wait like that of an ectric tramway. Few firms have had to shut mounting a steep sopa, a few crash ng de employed. with them. Their valour and fortitude down, but among the active firms only 7 tonations followed by little couds of grey. shed fresh lustre on British arms. May per cent of their machinery was idle dur black smoke are all that can norma ly be ing December, Abuat four-and-a-half of those who mourn their loss find-contort this 7 per cent. is due to the shortage of in the conviction that they did not di labour caused by recruiting." in vain, but that their sacrifice has draw our people more closely together and sida strongil and glory to the Empire." ANOTHER ZEPPELIN RAID. LONDON, April 23th.
·
A recent Jenue of the Peking Gazette says-Advices received by the Ministry of Finance state that Taxi Nai-huang, the Opfun Commissioner, has been executed. Tsai has been visited with the extremes The term used is Cheng Fa, meaning that penalty of the law. It is understood the the Ministry of Finance has consulted Ministry of Interior for the appoint t of Tsai Hana-yuan, brother of Isi fa- huang, to succeed the deceased. Tegno yuan is now in Shanghai, acting special Opium Deputy at Shanghai.In this connection
is interesting to note that a certain monarchist papin Peking reports on the matter as fees Tsax Nai-huang, the Opine Comissioner, been assassinated by sparndoes Kwangtung
WAR NEWS
THE GENTLE GERMAN;
Through the courtesy of Professor J. H. Morgan, The Tunce reproduc letter written by a Gernian soldier to a Gran girl in Hamburg which contains the follow- ing passage qu
along the greater part of the endles battle front.
Occnsonalty, as in the positions before About five-and-a-half milion people had reggived higher wages, the total increaan Verdun, the privilegest spectator may get In closer and noro thrilling glimpse of the. being maghly, 210c0.000 a week.
Dear Greti Mayer---I will send you spite of one or se notable exceptionsrogress of the struggle. Her litte spurts a small present when I find ou again, a labour on the whole had toon reasonable and the confused hurting and bursting of ring from one of those shells which threat- in demands since the war began, One in the projecttox, give an impression of av eng us with destruction, and you wil lava fluence which contributed to this has been fulness not to be acquired in quieter see a nice wouvonir from a German warrior the limitation of profits in industries extors. Yot even here the movements of nies who has been through everything from thei ployed in the manufacture and transporta-are scarcely perceptible to the naked eye, start and has shot and bayonetted soinuny tion of munition. An example of the rise and, except to those retua,ly engaged in 16- Frenchmen, and I have alo bayonetted The War Office annognery that three in wages may be seen in the case of seamen pelling mass attacks, the war remains in- many French women. Dear Grati Moger, 1 bayonetted seven wonen and four girls Zeppelins are reported as having arrived Before the war they got about £4 103, per visible.
manth and their keep, now they received
in 5 minutes in an engagement neng Bato- It is behind the lines, in the headquartersville. We had a house-house fight and from seawards over the eastern counties hetween £9 and £8 10s. per month, The last night, Two crossed the coast of Norfolk remuneration. Exceptional men in the sonal aspect of the war becomes more ap that I should shoot them all. I bayonetted greatest inorsage had heca in piece-rate of the Generals commanding, that the per they shot at the captain, too, then be said these women fred at us with rego, yere and shortly before 10-30, and another crossed gineering trades by working overtime bare parent. In France, and in the greater part thom and did not shoot thon. This herd of earned From £5 to £10 and over per week of the evilized world, attention is concen about 11 p... A few incendiary, bobsona tool-anker in Coventry by great efforts trated upon the defender of Verdun Gen
mado more than £10 in the week. ::.-
were dropped.
AIR ATTACK ON DOVER FRUSTRATED.
LONDON, April 24.
THE DEFENDER OF VERDUN,
sowa, they re worse than the men,”
END OF WAR IN SIGHT.
FRENCH MINISTER' AND THE LUSSON OF VERDUR.
Speaking in the Trench Chamber last month, M. Ribot, the Minister of Finance, said: We are at a decisivo hour. The
RING GEORGW-ND THE TSAR are performing every king of work which us and men were ch'efly due to the pre our entinies are feeling at this hour, His
EXCHANGE OF GREETINGS.
It is oficial announced that an eony aeroplane appeared at Dover in the urn-in Tho Admiralty announces that an attempting. but anti-aircraft guns drove the We carried an enemy post in the Vosges was made to lacd an army (1) and ammunt machine of No bombs were dropped,
tion in Ireland by a regel under the guise of a neutral merchantman, but which was in reality a German auxiliary, in con. junction with a German submarine. The auxiliaty was sunk, and a number of persons were captured, including the notorious Bir Roger Casement, who boa been conducting an anti-British campaign in Germany and elsewhere sines the begin
French si squadrons in Belgium twice. bonbarded the railway station of Vyfwego with heavy bombs, many of which found their objective. All the aeroplanes ro
turned,
VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT AROUND VERDUN.
ACTIVITY OF FRENCH AIRCRAFT, | ning of the war.
PARIS April 25th
1.40 a.m.
LATER.
Bir Rodger Casement was brought to London on Sunday, and he is now detained
The women who have taken the place of cral Pétain. Though a military teacher of men in various trades are doing amazingly high reputation for soundness of learning good work. It is estimated that the number and keenness of insight, the outbreak ef of women substituted for men in the metal war found him a simple coonel of engineers trades is 77,000, in the leather trades 14,000 Political-religious convictions had, it ap and in miscellaneous trades 274,000. Bogears, Fampered his promotion. But the sides these many are in Government em Union Sacrée which drew together all ployment, an increasingly large body are French parties and creeds in ons supreme
commercial houses, and a great number patriot e impulse opened the way in
More womens are year he was in charge of the Champagne employed in the dilution of labour and cognition of his merit. In September last on agricultural work. needed badly on farms; 200.000 could be offensive, The great capturs of German used in the South of England alons. Women
cision of his arrangements, No fitter man is not too heavy for their strength. In one could have been found to conduct the de: fro they are making electric motors, 15 fence of Verdun, and it was to him that his another they are doing all work in mu superiors turned in the critical days of the Landon, April 24facturing sin howitzer bombs, including German attack,
testing. And they are doing mons other
Of more than average height, well-built, His Majesty the King, in an Enster kinds of work requiring the employment of usage to the Tea", expressed his congnt machingry and calling for great skill both cor, reserved in manner and with
Mr. Ballonnen that the vital quesoticeably tuch of irony in his words alations sal renewed confidence in the riction of finding employment for the great General Pétain is not only self-possessed. number of men who would be released from but spreads around him an atmosphere f tory of the Allied Azmics. "I have, best the Army aftor the war was under conside calm confidence, A few miles east of the
folowed with slight the recent victurious lions would be found
nantion. He believed that railsfactory point where we sat beside him one of the
greatest battles in the history of the world. achievement, of you, gal'ant Ariny,” saka Under the dilution chen there would b. was raging. The sound of the guns could
The That replied, tendering his warmo t
the restitition
of their ald nieces to me be heard as he spoke. It was on the 18th who had served at the front. Labair woul," day of the struggle in which Germany was thanks for the King's good wishes, and find itself in minch the same position at the striving to imprese central opinion and to conflict began; no attempt would be made a severe moral defeat General Pétain's to take advantage of those who temporari' own position and reputa ion bung upon h waived their rights in order to fight fo ime. Yet by no tone or gisture d 3 he their country.
| botray auxiety,
|
whole world is watching what is occurring at this moment before Verdun. Thers, gen tlumen tha fury of the attacks shows what impatience for even on ephemeral success
the greatest things that has occurred to the tory will consider this defence as one of honour of our country It is permissible without boasting, withon Elusion, and without vain optimism to perceive the end of this þorrible war."
TEMPTATION SQUARL
On
The Garden of Eden is not inany hundred yards from my camp at least that in the Loen! belief, says an officer of the Mo.opota. min. Expedition, writing v
to his wife. the river front grows a ireo of a kind vary common in the Punjah. I do not know whether you will recognise it by the nasse shireen; it ha, long, flat, yellow beans
The evening communiqué says:West of in military custody. It is understood this saying: "I entirely share your confidence and of the war as had obtained before the inflict upon France and the Allied cause a feathery leaves. It is the only one of
the Meuse the enemy in the afternoon vio Fenty bombarded the Mort Homme posi,
Log.
Bast of the Meuse and in Woevra there was intermittent artillery activity. Els where there was nothing of importance,
French air squadrons were active où Sun- day night, and dropped 29 bombs on the station of Longuyan, fys on the station ab Stenay, 12 or bivouac, east of Dun, and on bivouac in the Montfaucon region and the station of Nantillon
CANADIANS
CRATER
IN CONTEST.
GERMAN CANNONADE OUT CLASSED.
evidence regarding his proceedings in Ger many since the outbreak of war will bo produced at his trial.
MORE VESARLE SUNK,
LONDON, April 24th. The following steamers have been sunk:- British-felteinna und Pregnantle. -Italian-Josef Aynu Foherczeg (2.051
tons).
French-Chanara? (barque). Norwegian-gla (barque).
The Flein was a steel screw steamer of 3,070 tu, built in 1909, and owned by Messrs. Furues, Withr & Co., Ltd,
The Treguile a steel screw steamer of 3.091 tons was built in 1903, and wis. owned by the Hain 8.8. Co., Ltd., of St. Ives.
THE NEAR EAST,
in the ultimate success of our combined effaria."
EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN. -
BRITISH TROOPS SUCCESS,
It is officially
PLENTY OF MILK IN
LONDON, April 246.
GERMANY! announced that Compra LORD R. CECIL ON A DISHONEST Smuts reports that British troops, after
PROPAGANDA. defeating the enemy before Koanda Inngi on the 19th, occupied that place. The Gormans, who suffered considerable leses; retreated in the direction of the railway. CHINESE Transport SUNK NEARLY A THOUSAND LIVES LOST.
SHANGHAI, April 24h.
In a fog southward of the Shusen Lelands the convoying croiser Hagang collided with and sank the Chinese irar sport lingu. Only 30 havo so far been FIGHTING NEAR AL KANTARA. } saved out of 1,000 soldiers and crew, ENEMY SUFFERS HEAVY LOSSES.
(THROUGH RAUTIR'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, April 24th.
LONDON. April 24th. The share of the Canadians in the recent erater contest at St. Eli was most aplon did. The craters. which were caused by the mines by which the Fusiliers captured Gorman trenches, are from 50 to 100 feat deep, often with precipitous sides. The Canadians, who were ordered to hold them, were subjected day and night to an inous sang shelling, the nature of which exemplified by 200 trench mortar bombs falling in one crater in two hours. Nevers o'clock in the morning, and they were
eless, the Canadians worked very clamly beaten off. After the arrival of reinfore
ments the enemy withdrew, leavins: 30 prisoners and 40 kiled,
in construeting purapts, while bombing parties crawled out of the holes and at tacked the Germans, there being constant
nffrays.
Au official report from Headquarters in Egypt stores that fighting occurred in the Katia district, east of Al Kantara, on the 33rd inst. An aerial reconnaissance indi- cated hostile parties in strength of from 200 to 500 pasabling in the neighbourhood of Davidar. About 500 of the enemy delivered a strong attack on our past at Dueidar ai
The Australians, aging in concert with acroplass, harassed the enemy's retreat The enemy suffered the heaviest Losses from The German cannonado was outclassed by the fire of the troops and the bombe and the British in the proportion of three shella' machine-gun fire of the aeroplanes: to two. When the Garisan crowning attack Katia villoge, which was held by a small was made on the main crater the assailants force of Yeamagry, was attacked simultane. were mow down by the British artillery, ously with Dueidar by an enemy force of but a remnant got through and captured 3,000. The Yeomanry withdrew after a
severe engagement. the crater after a desperate fight with the Canadian. When the Brigading heard the TURKISH POSITIONS SHELLED news he buried up, but was twice buried owing to the Germin fire. He was dug out and organised the halls for the recovery of the crater.
LONDON, April 24th.
It is officially announced that a bombard- ment of the Sannai Yat position way to tained throughout, the day on the 24th fut
LANCASHIRE COTTON
SPINNERS.
DEMAND ADVANCE IN WAGIS:-
A MAN AND LONDON, April 9th. Lancashire cotton spinners, have decided to ballog on the question of a strike, to enforce their demands of a ten per cent. advance in
Wages.
AMERICA AND ASIATIC IMMIGRATION.
"Can the Germans break through ↑ " 1 asked indiscreetly,
When, in modern warfare," he answer ed "s well-equipped force is given 48 hour to prepare positions in viry of the kind of attack which is now being delivered, it is very difficut for enemy to break through."
secure at all costs some success that would
he stated his conviction that they would not break through as though he were un- concerned with the result save, perhaps, as a demonstration of a principle which he had lad down. W
D'ESPERET AND GOURAUD.
it kind here, and T. Alking has named ir the forbidden tree. In its vicinity small Arab boys hawk cheap cigarettes and biscuits and tinned milk, and the locality is known as Temptation Square. It comes a a shook to think that this can have bee the cradle of the human race,
CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S SALARY, Charlie Chaplin began work at Los Angeles, UB.A., last month for the Mutual Fi Corporation. His contract under “war_riska" stipulates that að Chaplin is a British subject he shall to leave the United States within the life of the contract without the persion of the cor- ponrtion,"
The contract is for one year and ensur to Chaplin a salary of £134.000. The Mutual Fils Co-parat on kag insured Chaplin's life for £50,000.
The umwer characterizes the man, It The American newspapers last month indicats his work" objectively He know published an intervi w which a represents, the superlat ve valour of his men; tha er- tive of the As ociated Press had with Lorcellence of his arrangements for supply Robert Ceail on the subject of the German the vast stores of ammunition on which he agitation in America for the export of mil coud draw. He knew also the composition for German babies. This agitation, Lord of the enemy forces; their formidable array Robert described as most dishonest and of artillery; their frante determination to Belgium, said Lord Robert has! 1,500.0 Empress the imagination of the world. Yet catt'e. We know that practically one-half of these have gone to Germany, I am informed from sources whose veracity unimpeachable and that have expert know ledge that the German, have been so zelo in the maintenance of their orig, sal cavit ! of eattle that probably less rather the" more milk cows have been slaughtered du ing war than normal times. Germany touched on all sides by the greatest mille producing countries of Europe, amt it idle to contend that a he is not still getting supplies from these sources,
Of course cotton seed cake and similar imports for fodder have been shopped, ku' we have good grund for believing that this shortage has been met by the slaughter bull leaving the larger proportion of the fodder to supply the cows, Moneone vealed. Every feature, every movement Army, and their appreciation of the Germany reaped vast crips of cereals. The showed energy and decision. His face sad smartness with which it has carried out resulting fodder, added to what she re-bearing suggested at one moment the keen- recent operations, moved from Belgium and Nor hern France ress of the hawk, end at another the na-But it is necessary also to place on re- and other occupied territories must have city of a buldog. It was at the battle of cord their earnest desire that every avail- goue far to compensate for any deficing the Marue that he came to the fore. One alle unit should be sent from Engian 1 with- due to our blockade. To this may be ad "el can imagine with what uncompromising out delay to complete ita training and to be the fact that Germany sent enormous berd steraness he will have held his grond, and tuned up in the bracing wer atuos here of of cattle to be pa t red in Northern Fra^o^|| with what momentum he will have launched Frang and the German Chancellor has promises men in pursuit of the beaten for Bhind the strong characters and com- in the Reichstag to take the same actor At another headquarters we were received manding personalities who direct the work la Belgium
with delicate courtesy by the Bayard off the French Army stand dozens of men this war, true chevalier sont pas et hitherto unknown but equally efficient, sans regouche-General Gourand. The right equally devoted and equally strong. Yet Pleeve of his tune hanging loose, tad of one and all they seem to feel that in this his mishap at the Bardanodes. In our hin- great war man hardly count. The cause
Commander--Chief and bis Chief of Staff. Differing -uttery in views, convictions, last 3, and apparence they have been close Well away behind another part of the freads from boyhood, and BOW work French line lie the headquarters of another together in completo accord," completing ....: and very different type of French con- and supplementing each other. Joffre, the mander. The name of General Franchet pran fication of quiet solidity and con- d'Esperey is scarcely known in England, $dence; de Caste nau, square-, keen-oyed We had visited a part of the sector for the embodiment of the gallant efficiency which he is responsible. The efficiency of that marks every asp ct of the French the commisarist and communications and army. They spoke freely an! frankly. It was the nestiem of the ammunition depôts bo-pleasant to receive their expressions of con- spoke excellent staff work under the direcfidence in Sir Douglas Haig and Sir Wil tion of a vigorous personality.
Hiam Robertson, their tributes to the great
When we met him, the secret was reimprovement in the quality of the British
EXCLUSION LEGISLATION.
LONDON, April 24th. The Times correspondent at Washington says that in view of the passing by the House
Germany had the effrontery to include of Representatives, and the likelihood of the in her appeals for milk distressing dewtrip Senate passing the Bill excluding Aaticstions of the shortage of milk in Poland and legalising the Agreement of 1308, re- stricting the entry of Japanese, the Japan. What can be thought of this when we find ese Ambassador told President Wilson, that in the Austrian papers particulars of Irrefour he wore his Pritish decorations, A and its triumph are everything, the indivi Tokis considers that such legislation is importe of milk from Russian Poland charm which no words can define engel dual instruments of triumph nothing. superfluous, as Japan has foyaly obed Austrian ter tory so large that the wu
desky kripally of Crac u olone aus getting 1:00 the Agreement,
The President is underfood to heye litros (880 geneto) daly from Rusia promised 10 try and have the propo ed Poland? The whole ritation is rarely e altered. This does not mean that he intend, poli igal move des good to di credit us will to try and secure for the Jopanego thu phíanthropic Americans privilege of fres entry, still leas natura lisation,
LORD HARDINGE IN ENGLAND
LONDON, April 24th. day Interviewed, he remarked that India Lord Hardinge arrived here on datur.
was perfectly quiet.
A report from the Rhino districts that 1,500 Germans from Verdun had nrrived for a re They were unwounded, They were deaf, species, and helples but unable to oudure further bombardment
automats utterly useless for an attack,
from his presence. A gentle ka ght but France is grateful to her heroes as they a knight "nde d,” so'd truly one of our are whole-heartedly loyal to her. But so party. Soms hidden reserve of strength French soldier mema to imagine that be commed to support him and to secure glad can have any special claim upon his coun- compliane, with his every wish almost be- try's gratitude or that he can des;rve. A fore, it cou'd uttered. No French so her higher eucqmium than that of hay ug dome has a grander air; none is more beloved: L's duty. It is this that lends sublimity none excites less envy, none enjoys mere to the whole attitude of the French Army
which a distinguishable from the Preach universal regard, a
dination, France is in many memperts – the WAYS THE SUPEKNE CHIKTS.
Far behind the fighting line, in a now | hears and the brain of the i
of the French Army. Here two men rege worthier of its work peaceful town, lie the Grand Headquarters bast in the West. Non sever supreme Joffre and de Castelnan,
to do it.