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THE WAR.
AMERICA'S
REPLY TO GERMANY.
CONSEQUENCES OF PRESIDENT'S REFUSAL TO MEDIATE.
BRITISH TRENCH FIGHTING.
SITUATION
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
[TBROUGH REUTER'S JORNOY.] BRITISH FRONT.
BEFORE
SUCCESSFUL TRENCH FIGHTING.
LONDON, May 10th
VERDUN.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] |
THE SUGAR MARKET.
AN IMPERIAL GUARANTEE.
LONDON, May 10th
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRERA, TAUESDAY, MAY 11TH, 1916.
(ZOROVOK REUTER'S AGENCY) PRESIDENT I WILSON'S REFUSAL TO MEDIATE ITS EFFECT ON GERMANY'S. POLICY.
LONDON, May th. The Rotterdam correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says authoritatively that it is thought if President Wilson declines the German request to mediate the new
orders to the crews of subanarines will be withdrawn, and the campaign of *** frightfulness" will be resumed, with the object of making the United States au enemy. Then the German Government will be able to tell the people that it is unable to continue the struggle against the whole world.
It is believed that German conditions of peace are that they are prepared to
BULGARIA AND SALONIKA. BARGAINING WITH GERMANY.
The special correspondent of the a car Fork World at Bukharest writes:--
The Salonika question remains one of the mysteries of Bulgaria. The majority of those who have the fate of Bulgaria in their hands are willing to make fur- ther sacrifices, but only on condition that Salonika be guaranteed to the Bul Brians. This remains the cause of much reviling among the allied forces.
General Jekoff, the Bulgarian Com mander-in-Chief, in an interview which was not allowed to be published by the Bulgarian censor, said .--
GERMAN DECEIT.
REVELATIONS FROM PRISONER'S DIARY.
Karl Gartner, & feldwebel lieutenant in the 43rd Pomeranian Regiment, while on patrol duty on the night of March 14th, lost his way and strayed into a French trench near Vaux. Disarried and taken to the rear, says The Liberte, he was forced to give up his pocket-book, which contained a long, unfinished tester,
GERMAN PAPERS. EDITIONS FOR HOME AND FOREIGN CONSUMPTION.
A correspondent of the Petrograd rech, who has passed some weeks in Germany, made up in Berlin a packet of newspapers which he despatched by post to an address in Bucharest. He was anxious to discover whether any news: papers would be stopped by the censor frem going abroad, and for this reason he chose several socialist and other op position papers, such as the Berliner Tageblatt Later, on arriving at Buchar
cst, ho found that the socialist papers had been removed, as well as some op- position pamphlets, and even one num Ber of the Berliner Tageblatt, Ka
of which the following is a translation :
lines to Otto Bilson, who is shortly to My dear mother, I shall confide those
This fact rather confirmed the rumour be sent to the depot to instruct the now
current in Russia that in the case of recruits; so I shall speak all the more freely knowing that the postal authori- many papers two editions are printed, buties will not read my correspondence, for one for export and one for circulation
we are obliged to send our letters open.
in Germany. At the Perlin post office he learned that none of the latest technis February 21st,Our front is being cal or medical reviews might be exported, violently bombarded. We are in reserve as it is not desirable list the enemy and we shall cot take part in the attackshould pront by the latest scientific in- We are being kept for the final assault vestigations in Germany, on Verdun DAY!
as long as the English and French remain We have conquered Macedonia. at Salonika our position is dangerous, "We want to attack them before they get Longer, and beside, we are not sure what Greek policy will be and what the Rumanians will do in the spring. But the Germans are not willing to make an offensive against Salonika. They are satisfied now that communications be
In the course of a speech at a meeting/abandon Belgium and Northern France, tween Berlin and Constantinople are
General Sir Douglas Haig, in a of representatives of the cane and suga! They are now preparing an attack with and French forces as possible at Salonika suffered badly. It appears that they placards, urging, people to save in every.
trenches
Some
east
We success-
communiqué, states: There was activity last night at different points along the line. The enemy, after a heavy Lombardment, entered our
and caused some of Thiepval Wood
were driven out, Cantialties before The enemy left" some dead and one prisoner in our trenches. fully raided enemy trenches north of Thiepval Wood, driving the occupants _into_dug-outs, where they were effectively bombarded. We were also successful in an enterprise near Fromelles, entering hostile trenches which were occupied and inflicting considerable casualties Our ensialries in both cases were very slight. These raids were executed by the Welsh and Inniskilling Fusiliers. There was artillery activity last night and io-day at the Ypres salient.
VERDON.
MATTERS TAKING A GOOD TURN.
PARIS, May 10th
9:10a.m.:
producers of India, Egypt and other parts of the Empire, which was held at the Caxton Hall, the Australian Pre- mier, Mr. W. M. Hughes, said he did not doubt but that the Empire could pro-
AWAITING TURN OF TIDE February 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th.-- We are doing absolutely nothing, but the but are determined to hold Courland.open, and moreover they consider it to
their interests to have as large English regiments near us have attacked and have inactive. It they are driven from the Dave seized Douaumort and Vaux, the Balkans they may go to another front,two principal forts of Verdun. We hear and the Germans fear they may land on a terrible cannonade, but we see notaing the Asiatic shore and cut communica of the battle. We are held in rezerve and tions between Constantinople and Bagh ball march only when the tide of battle dad and Egypt. As for us, we are turns one way or the other. The chief of anxious that the Entente forces should the battalion, whom I have just seen,
to watch the Rumanians,”
victory,
the object of securing the whole Dvina line as the basis of negotiations. Another German offensive in the West is unlikely The shortage of food is the dominant
The passenger service between Berlin and Dresden has been greatly curtailed, and every train running is full to over- flowing. The restaurant carriage is in structive. The interior is covered with way possible and to do without food in order that England's, design of starving Germany may be frustrated. There are also printed warnings to beware of Spies, and to be careful in conversation while in the restaurant carriage.
Once out of Berlin it is noticeable how many wounded are seen in public. In
ed as far as is possible, and people are urged not to wear mourning. Near the stations between Berlin and Dresden many new munitions factories have been built, with branch lines connecting them with the main railways. For this work- Russian prisoners have been chiefly em ployed, which is a violation of all inter- national agreements about prisoners of war. They are also to be seca in largo numbera at work in the Belds, or loading and unloading trucks.
duce all the sugar which was required factor in Gerinany's present desire for be driven away, so that we may be, free tells me that we have achieved a great Berlin care is taken to remove the wound-
As the post-war market would be flooded with beet and sugar, he suggested an Imperial guarantee to take a quantity at a minimum price from each part of the Empire.
certain
BREVITY IS STRENGTH. AMERICA REPLIES TO GERMANT
IN 200 WORDS.
SCRUTVICUS EXECUTION OF PROMISE
RELIED OX.
-to
New Yock, May 9th, The Americarm: Notę Germany has been dispatched. It comprised 200 words only...
The text of the Note is as follows:
The Note of the Imperial German
Government of the 4th inst, has received It is especially A semi-official communiqué slates:careful consideration. Matiers are taking a good turn at Verdun, We now regularly recapture en the morrow the slight and costly ephemeral gains made by the energy the day before.
Thanks to the untiring heroism of our troops the situation on both banks of the Meuse has been re-established ́as it was before the last renewal of the formidable German offen
xive.
RUSSIAN FRONT.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGERTY. GERMANS AUTIVE,
PETROGRAD, May 10th.
A communiqué states--There has been the usual mutual bombardment on most portions of the front. The Germans were particularly active north of Lake Han auf south-west of Drinsk. TURKS EVACUATE TRENCHES.
PETROGRAD, May 10th. The Tarks have evacuated the entire front line of trenches in the neighbour how of Erzindjisn, under Russian fre RE-OPENING COMMUNICA
TION.
PETROGRAD, May 10th. The Tabriz-Julfa railway has been upened for passengers and goods traffic. NAVAL ACTIVITIES
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.]
favourable pence
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
TOURS ITALIAN FRONT.
ROME May 10th
The Prince of Wales has paid a fur ther visit to the front, being accompanied by King Victor Emmanuel, He motore through Cividale to the most advanced positions in Mid-Isonzo, and received an ovation. Later he met M, Salandra and General Cadorna and had an hour's most cordial conversation,
INTERMENT OF MUSLIM
SOLDIERS, E
LONDON, May 9th
In the House of Conimons Mr. Chain: berlain said that interments of Moham medsa soldiers who had died at the Front were carried out by their fellows in accordance with their religious rituals. Careful records of all such burials were kept so that permanent headstones may be put up
THE VIENNA VISIT.
King Ferdinand, M. Tonteheff, the Minister of Finance, and a few others are for the Germans for ever, as their policy is to be in agreement with their masterly ally by all means, regardless of sacrifice, as they well know that their positions, and even their skina depend on the success of the policy into which they have drawn their country. But there
have been differences ..
It appears that all Frenchmen are clamouring for peace. Poincaré has written to the Kaiser asking for clemency, but the Kaiser desires to end the war by a military success. When we have seized Verdun by force, there will be an armis tice
We must give up all hope of going to Paris, but we shall occupy Champagne and Bourgogne during the peace negotia tions. You will be able to join me and live near me as if I were in barracks. All the officers of the regiment will send for their wives. We shall all be boarded and lodged at the homes of rich middle. class Frenchmen. No one will dare to say anything to a German woman, be cause we shall be there
The weather is awful here. I almost regret our trench before Dvinsk (Karl Gartner came from the Bussion front). There we had warm trenches, with onarne! stoves, and alarms were rare. Our furs were taken from as when we came to France. I should be glad to have them here
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REVIEWS,
The Mammoth By STANLEY PORTM
HYATT, author of Black Sheep," eto.
T. Werner Laurie, Ltd., London, Magy This is a story of an entirely different character from many of in contemporary publications, refreshingly s5. One thing that will recommend it to the average doiastic circle is the absence of the eternal ex question its purity of thought frei beginning to end. There is sufficient plot to hold the interest of the reader. It is nicoly developed, and the happy eljuss comes, as it should, in the last chapter. As title suggests, the theme is written' on the
Mammoth is floated as a copper mine. of which metal it is almost innocent. It has a value, however, of which the promoters are equally innocent. By way of gaining public confidence, they send out a noted mining ongines to make a rai
amine.
German secret service men were keep ing watch on everybody, especially on foreigners and travellers, fearing that communications might be sent out, and that the Bulgarians might come to a secret understanding with the Entente Powers. I was the only foreign journa- list at the time in Sofia, and I was sub- jected to strict surveillance. An officer, a member of the Staff educated in Ger many and attached to the German Gene ral Staff at Sofie, was put on my trail. He came to my hotel; noon and night he was always at the table next to mine in the restaurant and I met him often in the streets. He was always anxious to.
February 28th-The battle is raging know when I was going to loave the coun- We are still out of it. We have been try. I arranged an interview with the informed of a great naval victory I Minister of War, but the police prevented am a little deceived. I believed that wo my seeing him at the appointed hour.
When King Ferdinand and prominent should enter Verdua on the 25th at the members of his Cabinet visited the Ger- latest! We should have put up euch a ception accorded them in Germany and mon and Austrian Headquarters the reight for the final assault
February 29th.We are still teld in re Fieuna made the Bulgarians feel proud. serve and we have been given some Francs Great preparations were made in Sofia Prisoners to look after. They refuse to Crematoria -for-Hindus have been pro for the return of King Ferdinand and reply to us, but look at us with inexpres-clusion amongst the promoters, consequently
his suite, and a triumphal arch was able batred. All that will pass after erected in front of the palace. Work was the war.
HEAR OF AWFUL LOSSES.” carried on night and day until it was completed, when Dr. Radoslavoff return
March 1st. I have emerged from my ed. To the surprise of everybody, after bole to line up with the division. I have the return of the Prime Minister the witnessed scenes of horror. Our losses nech was torn down in a night and the frightful, but they tell me the French rotura of the King was postponed. Just losses are heavier. They have 200,000 what was mid and what could not be killed. They cannot continue the strug agreed upon in Vienna is not yet know ple. Our dead are being sent of by rail. but all in Sofia say that Dr. Radoslavoff- came back thoroughly displeased and his evening we are going into the front. dissatished.
Those who are
are scquainted with condi- March 2nd--It seems that our loasca tions in Bulgaria declare that it is vain still more terrible than I imagined. to expect that she will be able to shake have just met Ludwig Heller, my corn off the German fetters and make rade of the 20th. He is in charge of the separate peace with the Allies. That will parties that pick up the dead and given bo possible only when a Russian army me the most horrible details of the scenes marches through Romanis and the army of carnage which have occurred before of General Barrail invades Bultaria Douaumont and Yaux.or from Salonika. Then the world will see · March 13th --All that I wrote you, how the Bulgarians will welcome their dear mother, is false. We have been, bad- friends and fiborators, an
ly informed by the commanders We are The Bulgarian Army is neither enthu-holding the conquered ground at the price siastic, nor willing to fight against the of frightful losses and all hope of seizing Allies, and this is why public patriotism Verdun must be abandoned. There has it being incited to reconquer the Do- been no naval battle. Never again will brudja
I be so stupid. The war is going to last «GERMAN ARROGANCE
indefinitely and there is going
vided at the larger base hospitals.
ZILL-ES-SULTAN RECEIVED BY THE KING.
LONDON, May 9th. H.M. the King received Zil-es-Sultan
noted, an indicating the future purpose of the Imperial Government, that it is prepared to do its utmost to confine the operation of war for the rest of its dura tion to the fighting forces of the belli- gerents, and that it is determined to impose on all its commanders at sea the limitations recognised by the rules of International Law, upon which the Government of the United States has insisted throughout. For months since the Imperis] flovernment on the thin audience at Buckingham Palace, and February, 1915, announced its submarine conferred the Knight Commandership of policy, now happily abandoned, the the Star of Indis upon his son, Prince Government of the United States has Ismail been constantly guided and restrained by motives of friendship in patient efforts to settle amicably the critical questions arising from that policy.
SHACKLETON RELIEF EX-
PEDITION.
LoxDuy, May 10th.
The Admiralty is forming a Committee to relieve Sie Ernest Shackleton.
TROPICAL CURIOS DESTROYED BY FIRE.
LONDON, May 9th.
"In accepting the Imperial Govern- ment's declaration of the abandonment of the policy which so serionaly menaced the good relations of the two countries, the Government of the United States. relies upon the scrupulous execution of Á unseum of tropical curios has been the declaration of the Imperial Govern- destroyed by a fire at the residence of ment that its altered policy in such as to Mr. E. P. Gueritz, ex-Governor of Bri-
tish North Borneo.
remo the principal daager of the in terruption of the good relations existing between the United States and Germany.
"The Government of the United States. feels it necessary to state that it taken it for granted that Germany does not intend to imply that the maintenance of THE TORPEDOED "CYMRIC." the newly-announced policy, is in any QUEENSTOWN, May 10th way contingent upon the course or the The Cymric was torpedoed yesterday-result of diplomatie negotiations between afternoon.
the United States and any other bel ligerent, notwithstanding the fact that certain, passages in the Imperiai-Govern- ment's Note of the 4th inst. are suscept ible of that construction. In order, how-
SUBMARINE WARFARE.
LONDON, May 10th. The British sailing vessel Colgate has
been sunk.
fourteen persons are missing.
THE ** BRESLAU:"
PETROGRAD, May 19th. The enemy cruiser Breslau has bom barded Eupatoria
GENERAL
[WHROUGH ESUTER'S AGENCY.] SAVING DAYLIGHT,
LONDON, May 10th
THE HUMPHREY EISHOP COMPANY.
por As John Buton had gained a repu bation for uprightness and honesty, the nature of his report was a foregone con arrangements were made in advance t after the telegram to their own liking. The plot aucceeds, and the mine in Blasted. The shares se rapidly and with equal rapidity become values. Meanwhile the per discovers a rich was of gohl in the hire and he determines, by the aid of thi discovery, to wroak his vengeance on theas who
have so treacherously injured his re putation. There is a judicious amount of love making nicely woven into the plot. There is she really had man and one silly old woman. Some of the characters, who look like coming out of their parts.
the end hady clear themselves in and leave the one with amarnished repu tations. When we close the book we are quite ready to read another by the same Bihor
hits Woman (1 Cornish Idyll), By Mes
HAYELOCK ELIAST Werner Ltd, London,
This is a reprint of a book which, some time age, caused no little sensation. It raises in a novel style an old problem of love and marriage rights. The circumstances with which it deals may arise, and probably have arisen bat husbands such as the hero of this story who would
rejoice, under my
arty
tho
it is to be hoped, rare.reth, maiter. They are not liked by the mass maitant the Germans will do is another victor not vanquished.bether wives
You adrise me to remain in the army hero, and the lover are the only men who of the people. As an officer put it.after the war. Never shall 1 'wimmit
figure in the story,
story, with the exception of ” The soldiers cannot bear German arzo-- such a stupid act. I have cirried out ry the "pusson," who appears for a few wif instroduced as an Trenoweth is they consider the Teutons inferior | duties as an officer since July 31st, 19 moments gunce" zi to themselves in bravery," "A week ago and the second lieutenants, whose rank invalid, permanently crippled through as in Sofia, in a restaurent, a German non-dates from yesterday, look at the with accident in a Cornish mine. The only oc commissioned officer was killed
fishermen' A Bul by:
cupation open to him is
to him is monding fab garian officer. Those who were present conterupt because I am not of the same
Ders. He has been ourried two and no child has blessed the union. He told the writer that the German seted social rank as they. This title of felde
loves his wife Janet with a devotion that is Tat the restaurant. A Bulgarian officer recalled the German to his senses,
love witli an equally unselfish and the latter, feeling himself insulted
aged
webel·lieutenant means
a not-commis-
The audience at the Theatre Royal rotfully towards a Bulgarian girisioned officer who is not worthy of being praisworthy in itself, and she returns. bis.
created a deep impression.
an officer. After the war there will be a re-arrangement of the staff and we shall be thrown out.taff
March 13th--Yes, my dear mother, we are well fed. I received your letter of February 23th. I suffer when thinking of this privations which you must be in Bicting on yourself. Do not send me any more packets.
last night was again disappointing, but what the house lacked in numbers it fully stoned for in genuine enthusiasm, The talented artistes, individually and in return, drew his sword and killed the collectively, were seen to even better ad German instantly vantage than on the opening night, and Recently an officer's wife, who had had
no news of her husband since the begin The Company has secured thening of hostilities, went to the War. Patronage of HE the Governor, who Office and insisted on seeing the War will
probably attend the performance on Minister, She
the walked up to him and finished f Friday evening.
said:
The following day Karl Gartner, vas General We are in Bulgaria; stop made prisoner. using German oppression over us, we cannot stand any more.
THE EDITOR'S SAUSAGE.
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When will all this
but
all the while the longing for metty and
the censure that its non acquisition seems to bring upon her clouds her happiness, at least that is the iden with which the morbid Kit has become obsessed. The fact that this desire, under the present conditions, cannot be satisfield clouds his whole life. He broods over the matter till a solution presents itself to him. He does not suggest to his wife that she should adopt the course his orbid brain has devised; she thinks of this for herself, and that, repenting, confesses to her paraly tio husband. What does he do Ho rejoices. Think of it 1. More than that, Be proposes that this other man should become a member of his domestic circle, to which suggestion,
The aditor of the If unich Post has felt it she walked out without saying Philippopolis in the company of a gentle the full rigour of war, even if he is not another word.
During the Serbian campaign Bome
man who is my informant. What they ever, to avoid misunderstanding, the at the front, and he tells the story in 30,000 Serbians, 1:200 Franch, and 500 saw there is indescribable. Huts made however, she does not consent. **
his paper Government of the United States notifies A few days ago one of our representa toarned from a very retable she amaranes, exposed to the cold, snow, The type of shell, which is fired from
English ware - taken prisoners As I of wood and shingle are situated in the M the Imperial Government that it cannot tives called at the sausage factory of the conditions under which they
"and blizzards. On the damp earth they the great German howitzera costs £1,200. for a moment entertain, much less dis. Court Purveyor Hossfeld to purchase absolutely terrible,en kan kn DURA
the half
a pound of calf liver Bausage. For All of them are
illche dente prisonera lying half Even the comparatively small field guns we are dying, we are loaded with shells which each cost cusa, the suggestion that the respect by this he was chai therenpon called exposed to cold and snow, covered with are dying. The ladies wont they were orer £3 to produce. The German 8.sin. the German Naval authorities for the the dealer's attention to the fact that min and live, half sick, half and The report that some English prisoners costs £53 and the Kaiser's fortress on
Our representative
heart broken--and they were Bulgarians. quick firing guma demand a shell which rights of the citizens of the United States recently he had obtained liver ssusage in and many of them who properly aboard have been killed is not true. But when non fire a projectile valued at £
another establishment at 38 4d the pound. be in hospital art employed on army The reply was that he (the dealer) him work, and will later be forced to work they were on most of them were robbed The cost of gun Are in the Royal Navy self paid 3s Td the ponnd for this sanon farms to take the place of the men of their shoes and clothing, sa the Bul is very heavy, and single discharge
garian soldiers were in need of them. From 2. under arms, Notwithstanding all the
browderde mess that $1,500 worse than the English. But, so worth of ammunition has gone. In ́s efforts of the American and Datch Minis The French and Serbian prisoners are battleship wespen costs at least £500. can verify there were no cases Sea fight, if the large parveke: And the Buns on a Dread- refused up to date,
cold-blooded murder The present bought only Bre ten shota miserable condition of the prisone is sublier weapons discharge twenty fre not due so much to Bulgarian cruelty as shells, the cost of ammunition for oce to the system that has been newly intro battleship during the engagement is
£180,000 (duced into the country.E
on the high seas should in any way, or
in the slightest degree, be made contin gent on the conduct of any other Govern-
If the Daylight Saving Bill is passed ment as affecting the rights of neutrals
it will be enforged on the 21st inst., and and non combatants. The responsibility normal time will be restored on Septem-in auch matters is single, not joint;
her lat.
absolute, not relative."
On-our representative remarking that to charge for half a pound was no thing but an unwrupulons robbery, he was insulted and almost forribly ejected The editor adds a few remarks appro-
From the shop.
priate to the cocasion.
ters to visit the prisonera, they have hoen
Two ladies, one of them the daughter of a former Bulgarian Brime Minister recently visited the prisoners' camp at (Continued on mini Columa.)
of