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THE
MILITARY
WAR.
SERVICE
DISCUSSION IN COMMONS.
HEAVY GERMAN
HEROES
OF
ATTACK.
KUT.
THE IRISH REVOLT.
FRANCO-BELGIAN FROMY.
STRONG GERMAN ATTACK
AT VERDUN.
Paris. May sık.
4.28. p.
"Tully's cymmyn?gai reports that there huye boon only ulinoć operations, except. west of the Meas, where `n most violent Ge bortent was sicceeded by a string attack, which was bluodily reputed, except 'aringlused prints on the front trench
There was houberate artillery, fighting cast
BRITISH COMMUNIQUE, ENEMY SPRING MINES.
Loxpos, May-Gli.
General Sir Douglas Huig reports: The my last night sprang mince near Neuville, and one tolay east of Albert, without altering the situation, There has ↑een considerable artillery activity during the night along the banks of the Some and opposite Hulluch. There is nothing| to report today. The art llery have beou
active than urus!
As a result of air-fights yesterday w drove down two earmy winchines behind the Cermus lines, one being wrecked and the other famaged. W lest an eroplano, which was brought down ju the enemy lines, BAD WEATHER. HAMPERS OPERATIONS.
PARIS May 6th.
NAVAL ACTIVITIES,
ITA ROVER HEUTER'S AGENOT.) GERMAN REPLY TO AMERICA.
SUBMARINE WARFARE,
WASHINGTON, May 5th
the German reply to the American Note
day.
LATELL
An official announcement states that the:
German reply promises thing, merchantanen within and without the naval war zone shall not be sunk without warning and without the saving of lives unless they attempt to
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRERA MONDAY, MAY 8гa, 1910.
(THROUGH REUTER 6 AGENCY.] DISCUSSION ON MILITARY BILL.
OBJECTIONS TO MEASURE MAINLY ECONOMIC,
LONDON, May Sub.
On the Second Reading of the Cisupilt- zion Bill Mr. Holt woved the rejection, of the Bill. Two other Liberaly supported iii.
The objections cased were mainly r-genomic.
Mr. Lloyd Georg, sail be mold inther las driven out of political life than necept responsibility for refusing the demand of the Military Authorities for men whom the Blake could semre. The Bill met the connomic objections maited. It was Satend. ad to follow the system in vogue in Franer, where men imiispensable for Home Indus tries were kept a Ho M. Holt's statement that if the war Insted until 1917 we would be unable to stand the financial
(THROUGH REUTEN B AGENCY.]
THE HEROES OF KUT.
LORD KITCHENER'S EULOGY.
LONDON, May 5th. In the House of Lords Lord. Kitchener spoke of the dagged: determination an splendid courage of General Townshend and his troops, and the excellence of the former's dispositions for the defence of Kut. He emphasised tho stran upon the trips holding the positions under most difficult conditions. In their honourable captivity, they would inve the satisfne inn of knowing thag in the opinion of the House and the country they did all that was humanly praibic, Their surrrader was to discredit to the Brit hor the Indian Army,
Lord Kitchener paid a tribute to the courage said devotion of the relief ferees and thought, the House would castorge the words in General Townshend's niessngo, (These who held and those who afrained
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
AUSTRIAN "CONSULATE OFFICIAL ARRESTED,
FANCY DRESS DANCE.
The annual fancy dress dance in. tion with the Royal Engineers'
Club
lent
connex hertain
en
Friday
was held ATHENS, May 5th. evening in the RE, Theatre, Walling
Barracks. Thero was large The French have occupied Florain and ton arrested the Secretary of the Austrian number of dancers. The co turies were" of " Consulate at Morastir, who was returning gent variety and much rigiuality Espe cially amusing were two stout gentlemon from a visit to Athens
who were noticed a boy, and a girl. The The Austrian Minister at Athens has pro-judges were Captain Fordham, R. E. Cap. tested guinst the arrest.
MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES.
The Lindau, Gizelle anyoúnçe
tain W. L. Carter, R.E., and Mrs. Carter and other R.E. officers, and the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper-Hunt. Their task was n LONDON, May 5th. incur for it was an exceedingly difficult that thing to discriminate between the many General Sir Ian Hamilton mentions really good costumes. The prizes were Colouc R. A. Carruthers, Major C. N. "warded as follow:-La fies--Mosh grigiant- McMullen (13th Sikh), and R. E. Horus Mrs, Axford; pretti st. Miss G Ruzavet; Gentlemen-Most origini, (38h Central India Harse), Captain RC.P.O. Baffles, RN mot comic, Gunner Coningham (10th Gurkhan), and Sur-McKay. The prizes wero distributed by geun-General W. Baltic,
PRESTON SPINNERS'
DEMANDS.
LONDON May 5th.
Mrs. Carter, after which cheers were heartily given for the officers and their wives, A most enjoyable dance was Lrought to a close at 2 a., and the R.E. Entertainment Club are to be congratulatod On the succos which attended their efforts,
A ballot of the Preston district of the The arrangements were cutirely in the.....
Spinners Lukon shows that 985 per cont; are in favour of a strike to enforce the demand for a ten per cent, advance in Wages. The Spinners Executive considers the result of this and other ballots on Saturday:
hands of Corpl. Grimes, R.E., who was also responsible for the work of art showing tho programme of dances. Corpl. Coxon effi- viently discharged the duties of 31.C...
our admiration and gratitude. Mr. Gerard has cabled that he expectes strain was get in the least true. He had very nerve to releve Kut alike earned.
Field-Marshal Lord Grenfell said the de consulted the leading financiers and they were confident of sa ability, however laufenes of hut wond lang be remembered the war lasted to outstay Germany. Sup
with admiration by the British Army and, country. posing Mr. Holt were correct, would be the wisent course to apply full power forth-i
FRENCH ARMY'S ADMIRATION, with
LONDON, May 5tic Generalissimo Joffre la, telegraphed the War Officc expressing in the warmest teras the admiration with which the French Army had followed the hero e defence of Kat and the brillinut efforts of their hofbated on Monday, column in face of the most unfavourable conditions, and asks that these sentiments. GROUP SYSTEM RE-OPENED. reports were to be made to headquarters in
escape.
The reply adds that Germany expect, the United States to insist forthwith that Great Britain shall observe the rules of International Law and should the steps taken in his direction prove unsuccesful
21 new situation will at in which Ger. any will reserve to herself the liberty of decision.
Some of the Cabinet Ministers were more reluctarit than others to agree to the Bill: The be argument for the Bill was that those who were rendy and those who were reluctant unuimously concluded that the Bil was absolutely inevitable. It is true that the Allies are overwhelmingly superio,
in numbers, but superiority must be inhe conveyed to the Commander in Mesopo.
The reply thanks General Joffre for lis equipped men." "Russia's comparative fat-tamin
ure last year was due to a lack of equip A later message states that the German rent: There had been a great improves message, and adds that the troops in Meso- reply has adversely influenced the openingent this year, but till Russin had com-potamin will be cheered and encouraged by of The Stock Market, and that the reply pleted the equipment of her troops Great↑ the assurance of the admiration of the Britain and Finnce, who were able to great Army which for many weeks has is looked upon as uncompromising,
equip their arinics, should putingery avail-rokes the enemy's most powerfal efforts GALLANT FIGHT WITH A
to reach Verdun, able.iaan in the field: SUBMARINE.
TRIAL OF SIR ROGER CASEMENT.
CIVIL COURT.
LONDON, May th
DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL,
LONDON May 5th.
The Daylight Saving Bill will be del
LONDON May 5th The Group system of recruiting, which was temporarily used on the 20th April, has been re-opened
DUNDEE EMPLOYERS AND
THE STRIKE
LONDON, May 0
LONDON, May 8th. The Dundee spinners and inanufacturers have decided that unless the calenderers It is essential that we take the most REITISH STEAMER'S ESCAPE.
return to work by the 11th
install the posible share of the burdens of this year LONDON, May 5th
sunmediately. The themy realised the 10 TAKE PLACE PUBLICLY BEFORE calendering sections will close down. The fight put up by the Clan MacFadyen portance of our doing so, and the dunger
GREAT BRITAIN'S TRADE. against a submarine was most galin of our not doing so, The adoption
thi The submarine opend. £re at 50 yards' Bil would be the wors, possible news to range, and the Ciên MürFadyen's big gun the German General Staff. He regarded
The steamer was hit immediately splied,
the estimate that the Bill would secure several tours, but was not seriously demag.400,000 men as an under-estimate,
Ho The crew were not injurek
fully appreciated our responsibility in financing our Allies and maintaining our trade, and the difficulties of transport but taking all into secounts we find still fa substantial margin before we had made the same sacrifices as Fuince. He wanted the enemy and the Allies to know, if the kané camo when it would make a differene?
A communiqué state-:~Bad weather has hampered operations in most of the front where only artillery actions are reported. The bombardment has been increasingly violent west of the Meuse sector and Hill 304 There has be it moderato artillery-kute setivity east of the Mense
RUSSIAN FRONT
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENDY]
HE VY ENEMY ATTACKS.
MEET WITH FAILURE.
PETROGRAD, May 6th.
The
stemmer's escape was due to courage and gout senship, as her speed is only 11
WAR ON MERCHANTMEN.
SWEDISH SHIP BURNED BY PIRATE CREW,
LONDON, May 5th.
The French schemer Béraudette has been sunk. Eight of the crew were picked up, and 25 are missing.
the cow of a Geóun subtrarine.
GENERAL.
between defent and vielery, England won snuwun the whole of that margin to the Colour: He ridiculed the iden det en
workers. Elemental virtjes kjæw no class, zad patriotion was one of the greatest of
these.
A communiqué states:--We have words-The-Swedish ship-Here was burned-by-scription-would-inva venres among the slight progress southeast of Olyke, and Edated our gains Violent counter attacks were nasuessful. Heavy en my alticks in the region of Tarnapul and the Pejern railway were equal fatures, Car the Chiensus front in the direction of Bo Lert, Turkish attack were repusat, und ale-night - attacks in the ding na of "Bitlis.
ITALIAN FRONT
A
(THEOVOH BRITER'S AGEKOY.]. FIVE ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED,
NOME,, May 5th, unique any-Five inemy at- kucke in the Tohale and Adamı-llo zones e w repulsed with heavy losses. }.
The Italian airships dropped two tone of explosives on enemy positions east of Gorizia. Ons did not return..
AIRSHIP ACTIVELY.
--[BRITISH FOREIGN. OFFICE CABLE"," FLENT BRING DOWN
ZEPPELIN.
LONDON, May 5th.
[TAROTCH BEETER'S AGENCY.]
THE IRISH REVOLT.
NATIONALISTS TO ASK FOR DISARMAMENT
LONDON. May 5th.
Mr Theodore Taylor. (L) said he op- nused the first Compulsion Bill "bugs" wou'd support the prernt Bill, believing that the situation necessitated it..
Sir John Simon said that the differences It is understood that the Nationalist between the supporters and opponents of Mcabers of the House of Commons will the Bill related to toethods, not to objects. shortly ark the Government to secure the Thers was no limit to the crifice the complete disarmament of Ireland, The country ought to make, but the problem National Volunteers are willing to sur involved a difcuit and delicate adjust render their armes if such a measure is made - ment of various needs. He did not beli vo
general,
that the Bill is a whole would add to our SIR M NATHAN'S. SUCCESSOR:ational force and strength
LONDON. Mayōth, Itiramoured in the Lobby that Lord Derby wil be offered the Viceroyalty Ireland if Lord Winborno resigns,
Mr. Henderson, winding up the duste said the Government had Aut allowed the General Staff to override it, nor did the Here- It is dated that the Hon. E. B. Montagu General Staff expect it to do so. (Financial Secretary to the Treasury) has pudiated the idea that the Bill had been refused the appointment of Chief Stere used to effect industrial compulsion. With tary for Erdland. There is que difficulty referencs to the criticism of his supporting in filling up the vacancy.
It is reported that Sir Robert Chalous,the Bill while still Secretary of the Labour who is now in Dublin, will succeed Sir Conference, he wished it to be known that Matthew Nathan, who has resigned the
The Admirally officially announces the Under-Secretaryship. destruction of Zeppelia, which about
•-10 this morning approached Salonika,
MORE REBELS SHOT.
ng-
in intiated that Sir Roger Casement wil he tried before a Civil Court, as it is desirable publicly to investigate hig tivities in Germany. It is stalzy that the trial will begin within a fortnight.
Sir Roger Casemo wished Sir Edward Caison to defend him, but this is unlikely. IRISH IN THE TRENCHES. THEIR ANSWER TO A GERMAN INVITATION
LONDON, May 5th
The increnses in exports during April have been £4,648,100 in imports £2,040,790 as compared with the corre ponding period last year.
AN INTERESTING VISITOR: LONDON, May 5th. Zil-e-Sultan bag arrived in London I visited the Furtigu Often, the Indinu Office, Mr. Asquith, Sir Edward Grey Mr. Chamberlain, and Lord Kitchener, and diplomatias called-en-hini,
ENGLAND.
Captain William Redmond, M., A MUSLIM CEMETERY IN written to Mr. John Redmond, M.P., that the German put up on the trenches oppo site the Irish Division entises saying:
"A Revolution has broken out in Ire and. English guns are firing at your wives and children. The English Military BI has been rejcetul. We will offer the Irish a hearty we comes?
and
The Irish replied by singing Irish ales
"Bale Britannia."
SHANGHAI IRISHMEN'S
RESOLUTION.
LONDON.. May 5th. Signghe Irishmen have passed a re- solution expressing their shame and horror at the disloyalty of a few compatriots. DEPRESSION IN SOFIA.
MANY DESERTIONS FROM THE
"ARMY.
Ateers. May 5th, There have been many desertions from the Bulgarian Army,
There is great depression in Bofia. Re lations between Turkey and Bulgaria are
unsatisfactory.
*SOUTH POLE RELIEF EX
PEDITIONS.
LONDON, May 5th.
LONDON, Muy sth.
SLANG AT THE FRONT-
HEADQUARTERS BAN ON USE IN REPORTS.
A divisional order was recently issued, writes W. Basch Thorns from British headquarters, France, that in future o
Wang, Beldoin us an order catised more scratchings of head, or authors' pains. It the trenches you cannot think except li ferns of slang, if slang it is to be
this happy, crisp, and often called.
naming of otherwise clingy and offensive. thing
About the daty of the order. I found a captain hunched up at a table-in a neigh- bour's dog-out in thrors of composition. With ns 1jus labinar bé-had-just-achieved the cardinal seatened in his report. It was to the effect tht a 60-lb. projectile from a minenwerfer trench mortar had fallen be hind wrench B17 and failed to explode.
It's uae sentence." he said, and then, shaking his hand meditatively, ** Bub & sausage dug, would have sound, mach letter and saved a lot of puncil. He was right. Indeed, there, ja something to be gaid for the formal and officia; adoption of the trench slang properly regarded, but ads Emirable shirthand techüleal, terms, con
|
The only reason why they are not accept- ed as technical is that they arù, coucher in choring Saxon instavað ề bogus Latin or. Greek. What could be better devised to thouribe the vacinių kings of shells? The high explosive is “a erump "; the mixed shṛapie; "und high explosive inf! & whizz hung"; and the pip. ueak" could only be a pip-qquek. He who has once seen the epanations from a wolly bear will never duuln the fitness of the title "Jack Johans re as inmortal as the intr mites." Both descriptions are rather a compliment than so but to the 17 men
howitzy,
-In consequence of Siy George Birdwood's letter of the 21st April, Miss Constance
It would not be a bad idea for the army Faithfull, of Tunbridge Wells a former romident of India, has offered her freehold or corps of division to pay the part of a Frenes academy of letter, and formally hours and grounds of four acres.
hiess or ban wote of these technical teras, Walton-on-Thames, and will meet the cat giving thing quite precise deficition,
The woulda Suggest an index expurgatoriu®. of laying them
but as a Muslin Cemetery. The first might very well start with “dud.” Sir George Birdwood has submitted, the Did over word better indicate its own meal Ang? A good, Lat shell faling with u offer to Mr. Auster Chamberlain with flop into mud and failing to explode a *** dud”””” brenuse when once, the word has recommendation that the property be
been coined it could not be anything else. vasted in the India, Office, the Cemetery th May we not in future write the word dud
I suppose withint apologetic commas ↑ я Cosurittco 耀 be administered by
much the popular adjective in the Driy ;་
a worl not without cusby,' Maslim Elders.
merit. The contempt poured on people with cushy jobs is only less general MEMORIAL TO CAPTAIN
than the French scorn for the “ embusqué,” SCOTT UNVEILED,
and not every soldier is sorry for the man who receives a cuby wound that qualifies LONDON, May 5th.:
hint for "blighty.
Mr Asquith-bay unveiled the memorial to Captain Scott, RN, the famous Ex plorer
The Frech popuʼution has been so quick to pick up English words that surprisingly few French words have passed into co01 mon use; and we are not as a rule natural linguists. Most soldier afraid to attempt.
real
pronounciation, and instead exer- cise their ingenuity which is great, LONDON, May 5th. anglicizing the commoner worded names into witty equivalents, The best of all is The result of the race for the Thousandthe endearment for the popular "entami. Guineas is as follows:
HOME TURF.
CANYON FIPINELLA
SALAMANDRA
in
net," the little wine shop that is found wherever troops are billeled, however all the hamlet At an early date in the war it
was called by some wit a" just-a-
*minute.***
wit of the French, but-of-the fast there is
It
Ton an; three quarters of a length be I suppose it is largely due to the quick cho his country before big party. (Cheers.) He was convinced that the al- The organisers of the Shackleton Extrem first and second; three lengths bete doubt that an excellent working ternative of conscription was defeat. It pedition bare preetically given up hope ten second and third. Betting: 8 to 2 lingua franca has been developed. The rebel John MacBride has boun shot, was said by Lord Derby the 850.000 men of the Endurance arriving at Buenos Aires 2gainst Canyon; 11 to 10 against Fifinella; When passing over the harbour it was and two others who received death sentene's had failed to come forward when the last this seaman, Therefore it is felt that steps 10 to 1 agains, Salamandra. huvily fired on and hit by the fleet and have lind them commuted to life sentences, Act was passed, but the number really was must be taken immediately to send relief expeditions both to the Rose Sea and the came down in a blaze near the mouth of Three others have been sentenced to three 750,000.
Weddell Sea Vardar River. There were no survivors. years imprisonZLť.
The Nationalists absløjned from voting.
[l'elegrams" received on Saturday, and published in an “Extra” on Sunday, will be found on page 7.]:
largely of substantives chiefly names for foods and drinks. Verbs and conjunctions a language of tags and jerks, consisting
are particularly rare, but it serves to -keep-adequate communication slire, and is the occasion of a thousand laughing conversations between the billeting and the bileted.