THE WAR.
BRITISH COMPLETELY
POZIERES.
SHD HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 27TH, 1916.
HOLD
TURKS FLEEING FROM RUSSIANS.
THE IRISH DEADLOCK.
** UNNATURAL PARTITIONING OF THE COUNTRY.”
BRITONS ABROAD AND MILITARY SERVICE
BANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
ACTS.
[THROUGH REUTzr's agror.]
GERMAN FAILURES ON BRITISH FRONT.
HEAVY BOMBARDMENTS.
*LONDON, July 25th. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a com...” "muniqué, states :~An attempt to attack
our right Bank yesterday afternoon was
frustrated.
Two infantry atlacks against the contro
of our line were fruitions.
Further ground has been gained north of Dozieres, despite strong opposition.
The enemy has recently been further. reinforced on the Somme front by both infantry and guns. The tombardment is exitinuona and occasionally very heavy
Yesterday's infantry attacks, which were preceded by a specially violent bombardment, wore stopped by concen- trated are, the enemy nowhere reaching our trenches. His casualties niust have
basen, severe.
There has been much hand-to-hand fighting on other parts of the line, | where infautry, in pluces, worked their way forward.
The greater part of. Puzieres is now eurs. The prisoners taken here included two Battalion Commanders..
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] FRENCH SUCCESSES ON THE SOMME,
BATTERY, REDOUBT AND
MACHINE-GUNS CAPTURED,
PARIS, July 25th.
& communiqué reports:--North of the Somme, south of the village d'Estress, wo captured an enemy battery.
Since July 20th, we have captured beyond the Somme over sixty machine-
guns.
Our infantry took the redoubt imme- diately west of Thinumont, taking five. machine-guns and forty prisoners.
'carried Х
LATER.
A communiqué says :---Last evening we group of strongly-fortified houses south of d'Estrees and cleared out the enemy from the tranches north of Vermand Ovillers.
There is a violent enemy bombardment from Fleury to La Laufce,
A French air squadron, kas bombed the railway stations at Pierrepont and Lougayon and biyounes-near Mangiennes. RUBBTAN FRONT.
faHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] MORE RUSSIAN SUCCESSES.
TURKS RETREATING IN DISORDER.
PETROGRAD, July 25th
-BOMB -- AND HAND-TO-HAND | ----A communiqué-states: The Western
FIGHTING.
front is quiet.
On the Caucasian front, the Russians, repelling two Turkish counter-attacks, occupied the heights of Aglik "in the
LONDON, July 25th. - General Sir Douglas Haig, in a cum- munique, siates The Germans attempt neighbourhood of Etzipdáman, to the ed an infantry attack on Pozieres from the north-east, but were repulsed by our artillery
Throughout the day there was fierce hand-to-hand and bomb fighting at vari ous places all along the battle-front,
Between the Anere and the son thero is nothing of importance to report.
BRITISH COMPLETELY HOLD
POZIERES.
LATEU
A further communiqué from the British General states: The whole of Pozieres is now in our handя
West of the village a further advance was made, and two strong trenches were captured.
The Territorials carried out this ad- vance, in which a number were made prisoner, including five officers captured.
Elsewhere there is no change.
-VALUE OF POZIERES...
PARIS, July 28th. Poxieres, situated on the summit of a small plateau, is a point of vantage for artillery, hence the desperate resistance of the Germans.
east of which the Bussians have occupied
(THROUGH REUTER'I ACEMOS.}
THE DOVER PATROL.
'RECORD OF GOOD WORK.
Lownes, July 20th. In a despatch, Vice Admiral Bacon gives an account of the operations of the
(TBROUGH REUTEN'S AGENCY.]
HOME RULE CONTROVERSY.
NO SETTLEMENT,
LONDON, July 25th.
The debate on the Irish question in the
(THRÓUAR REUTER'S AGENCY.]
MILITARY SERVICE ACTS ABROAD.
MALTA, July 26th.
It is understood that the non-enforce
{THRUVOR REUTER'S AGENCY.]
CASEMENT.
PETITION FOR REPRIEVE.
LONDON, July 26th. The Daily Mail states that the execu
Dover patrol since December 3rd, 1915, House of Commons concluded as follows: ment of the Military Service Actstion of Roger Casement has been fixed
in which he pays tributes to the unremit ting energy of the officer and men under his command.- He states that 21,000 merchantmen, besides warships and auxiliaries, passed the patrol in six montbs, of which only twenty-one were lost or seriously damaged by the enemy, while four per cent, of the patrollers were aunk, with a loss of seventy-seven lives. The patrol assista in guarding the flank of the cross-channel transports in
which not a single life had been lost.
Besides reconnaissances, naval airmen have carried out eleven raids on enemy aerodromes in Belgium, and thirteen attacks on enemy vessele, destroying nine enemy aeroplanes. The subnurine ser vice and the naval airmen in Flanders had been most valuable. Patrol boats had destroyed several submarines and some surface boats, much reducing the activity of submarines from the Belgian coast.
SUPER-SUBMARINËS
LONDON, July 26th.
The German technical monthly journal
the
Mr. J. Dillon, folloying Sir Edward against Britishers residing in Carson, declared that the settlement had Colonies and Protectorates is due to the fact that they are not applicable in. finally broken down. -
Ireland.
Mr. Asquith strongly appealed to the Nationalists to reconsider their decision.
The motion was talked out..
CABINET RESIGNATIONS
RUMOURED, --
DUTCH FISHERMEN'S
PROTEST.
THE SEIZURE OF FISHING VESSELS.
LONDON. July 25th..
The Hague, July 25th According to the Daily Terra, it is
With reference to the seizure of fishing freely stated that Mr. Lloyd George offered to resign in view of the Irish vessels, the Fishermen's Unións have controversy, and it is understood that telegraphed to the British Minister (Sir. Mr. Asquith's attitude, if Mr. Lloyd George resigned, would be that he would consider himself bound to resign altur
The matter is not being discussed, but the situation for the Coalition Govern ment has not improved.
Alan Johnstone) protesting against “the abuse of power, gross violation of rights and unjust measures" which will render idle ten thousand people dependent on the fisheries.
The Socialist paper Het Folk dr.
nounces this" act of war."
for the 3rd August.
The Inspector-General of the Redmond- ite Volunteers hus forwarded a petition to Mr. Asquith for the remission of the sentence passed on Roger Casement. The petition is signed by Members of the House of Commons and 51 other not-
bales
MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S PREDICTION.
Rom, July 28th. Mr. Lloyd George's prediction of vie tory within a few months is much com- menied uponi. It is pointed out that Mr. Lloyd George has presise knowledge of
the military power of the Allies and the conditions of the Central Powers,
AN AUDIENCE WITH THE KING,
LONDON, July 25th.
The British Minister has replied to CHINESE EASTERN BAILWAY. There are no signs of the removal of the Unions reprobating the language the Irish deadlock. Mr. Asquith con-used, and adding that it is useless to. ferred with Mr. Balfour, Mr. Lloyd enter into a discussion, as a representa George, Mr. Benar Law and Mr. Chom- tive of the Datch fisheries is discussing berlain for an hour to-day, after which the matter in London.
Prometheus declares that two leading he had an audience of the King which THE DECCAN HORSE CHARGE.
naval Towers are buildingve them- sand ton submarines with a speed of 26 knots on the surfaces and 18 knots submerged. They will each be filed with thirty torpedo tubes and carry mines.
150
SUBMARINES FOR DUTCH EAST
INDIES
KOTTEREM, July 26th.
The Feyenoord Shipyard is construct; ing four large submarine for the Dutch East Indies.
is believed to be connected with the war- time administration of Ireland. In the event of negotiations for a settlement not being resumed, the Irish Members will meel before the sitting to-morrow, and other Parliamentary organisations re closely following events,
The Premier has promised to publish a previa of the Carson-Redmond agree-
ment.
MIL PLUNKETT, M.P., ON THE SITUATION.
In a letter to the Times Mr. Horace
Japanese Press reports are circulated to the effect that the Russian Government will transfer to the Japanese Government the Harbin-Kwanchengtzu section of the Chinese Eastern Railway in payment of the prices of munitions. The intrinsic on the basis of the actual disbursements for construction alone Such questions as how the railway connections are to be effected at the interlineal terminus and
value of this section cannot be compated
LONDON, July 28th. An officer in the Deccan Horse, in a letter to his wife, which has been pub- what will be the bearings of this section lished, describes the charge this Cavalry
on the political and diplomatic relations of both countries must be taken into con. regiment undertook with the Dragoonsideration. This section, about 180 miles in length, is appraised by some experts Guards as follows:--Wo started at six in the neighbourhood of Y. 25,000,000, thirty in the evening. We galloped three which price, it is reported, will prove satisfactory to both parties. In the event miles, under beavy abellare, over of the transfer materializing, the Gov- crament will, in all probability, place ground full of shell-holes and barbed this section under the management of the wire, old trenches, corpses, and all sorts
South Manchuria Railway Co.
of débris, We went full tilt down the
B
steep bank into the valley, past the THE POPELATIONS OF THE British Infantry, who were cheering
FATE OF THE " BREMEN » Plunkett, M.P., says that the proposed madly. On we went past the wrecked |
LONDON, July 6th... The Times New York correspondent states that the Germans fear that the
submarine Bremen, sister-ship to the Deutschland, has been lost.
BEBERAL,
(THROUGH REGTER'S AGENCY.]
AND
MESOPOTAMIA
DARDANELLES.
LONDON, July 25th. Mr. Asquith will announce the names
unnatural partition of the country darns the scheme in the eyes of the Irish [people
AFRICAN NATIVES. -
TO BE UTILISED FOR MILITARY
PURPOSES.
LONDON, July 24th." In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Laxy said the Government were carefully considering the question of the recruiting and training of native troops in East, West and Central Africa. Stops ware
the line from the River Douroum to of the Mesopotamian and Dardanelles being taken to make the best military
Davusi. The cavalry has reached the line from Bortapa to Mertekli
Commissioners to-morrow.
LATER
The Mesopotamia Bill provides for the sitting of a Commission in India with the same compulsory power regardi
A later communiqué states that a furious battle is proceding in connee- tion with General Sakharoff's offensiveing attendance of witnesses and the pro- between Brody and Vladimir Tolyask.
The Turkish armies in Armenia arc retreating in disorder. We are within ten miles of Erzingan.. RUSSIANS PURSUING FLEEING Council.
TURKS.
PETROGRAD, July 26th
A communique states:-The Russians are close on the heels of the Turks, who are fleeing in disorder towards Erzingan, abandoning guns, rifles and stores, ITALIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.].
ITALIAN SUCCESSES.
ROME, July 25th.
A communiqué says:-We captured Mount Cimone and repulsed with heavy loss two enemy attacks. At Asiago we cap- tared enemy trenches and prisoners.............
ALLIES' CAPTURES TO DATE. |×4 V4L ACTIVITIES.
PARIS, July 28th."
Up to the present the British and French forces have taken 28,333 prisoners and enormous booty, including 150 guns. and more than 80 square kilometres of ground.
A VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT,
Paris, July 28th.
A caminunique says that apart from a violent bombardment in the La Laufee district, on the right bank of the Meuse, there is nothing of importance to report,
(THROUGH BRUTAL'S AGENCE.] STEAMERS SÜNK,
LONDON, July 26th. The British steamers Wolf, Llongwen and Knutsford have been sunk. crews were saved.
use of natives in tropical Africa.
QUESTIONABLE COCOANUT
DEALING,
LONDON, July 25th-
In the House of Comm ns, Mr. Bonar Law announced that the Government were inquiring into the alleged pur- chases of cocoanut estates in various parts
duction of documents as in England If sittings are required elsewhere, as, for instance, in Egypt, the necessary provision will be made by Order-in-of the Empire by an alien firm. .
PRISONERS IN
BTAIN AND
GERMANY,
A. COMPARISON
LONDON, July 25th.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Forster said there were 25,350 British prisoners in Germany and 20,200 German prisoners in Britain on June 30th,
TROOP TRAIN INCIDENT.
LONDON, July 28th. In the House of Commons, Mr. Austen
Chamberlain, announced that he had directed the Raj, when it had fixed the responsibility for the deplorable troop train incident, to hold those responsible to strict account.
BLACKLISTING AMERICAN
FIRMS.
LONDON, July gaili.
In the House of Commons, referring to The the blacklisting of certain American
firas, Lord Bobert Coil pointed out The steamer Clive has been sunk by a that it only applied to persons manifest- submarine in the Mediterranenti.
ing hostility against Britain, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
NAPLES, July 20th/ Seventeen of the crew of the torpedoed Elongwen have been landed here. Four- teen were drowned through the capsiz- ing of a boat.
Lomon, July 28th.
The Liverpool Cotton Market will be closed on the 29th inst, and on the five
following Saturdays.
SUPPLEMENTARY CIVIL SERVICE VOTE.
SHACKLETON RELIEF
EXPEDITIONS.
LONDON, July 26th. The vote for the Civil Service Supple- mentary Estimate includes £20,000 for the Shackleton Relief Expeditions,
DOMINIONS AND WAR
MATTERS.
QUESTION OF REPRESENTATION
LONDON, July 25th. In the House of Lords, replying to Lord Templeton's question as to why no representatives of the Dominions, were in- cluded in the Committee appointed to consider the conclusions of the Paris Economic Conference,
guns, tons of ammunition, abandound material, and dead Huns. Everywhere
machine-gun-fire f
WORLD.
JAPAN HOLDS FIFTH PLACE.
The Statistical Bureau has just an- we met a, terrific
nounced the population of Japan at the Sheltered by the bank, we were ordered end of 1913, the figures for Japan proper to proceed. Our advance guard advanced under heavy fire for half a mile and prisonerad eight terrified Huns, and killed 10. We dismounted and orawled into a wheatfield full of dead Germans.
At
the top of the hill we were held up a heavy fire, to which we replied with our Hotchkiss guns. We rotired a
short distance, dug in, and held on till daybreak, enabling the Infantry to come
up The divisional General and Army Commander subsequently congratulated the Cavalry, who were all very bucked and proud.
DANISH WEST INDIES,
AMERICA'S NEW. POSSESSION.
WASHINGTON, July 25th.
It is officially announced that the United States has practically concluded the purchase of the Danish West Indies for five million sterling.
The Treaty confirming the sale will probably be signed to-day, and will go immediately to the Senate.
PRUSSIAN HARVEST.
COMPULSORY SERVICE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
AMSTERDAM, July 26th Compulsory service in the harvest fields for women and children has been introduced in West Prussia. Refusal to comply is punishable by a year's impris- onment or a £75 fine.
KITCHENER MEMORIAL FUND
LONDON, July 20th
The Fund for a memorial to Lord The Marquis of Crewe said the present Kitchener now stands at over £121,000. Committee was of a purely preliminary Among the subscribers is the Rastera nature. He added:-"Opportunity will Telegraph Company, £200, and the be given for the representation of all the Bengal Iron and Steel Company, £100. self-governing Colonies on all questions BR TISH SUGAR DEAL WITH affecting the Empire"
HOLLAND
LONDON, July 20th. It is reported in the City that a further arrangement has been made with Hol land for another large purchase of Java sugar, financed by the issue of Treasury
FATAL EXPLOSION,
CLEVELAND, July 15th, Twenty-four persons have died as the result of an explosion in a waterworks tunnel under Lake Erie Rescuers are
seeking survivors.
Rills
being 52,358,295, and 15,189,923 additional for Chosen, 3,266,169 for Formosa and 1,691 for Saghalion. This make the entire population of Japan 71,793,078. On the rough estimate of the world's population at 1,440,000,000, Japan has about 5 per cent. In population, Japan proper ranks fifth among the great countries of the world, China coming first, Russia, the United States of Ame-
rica and Germany next in order
The increase of population in Japan proper is very rapid, the average in the live years previous to 1913 being 1.5 per cent. a year. This is a more rapid in- crease than in any of the European Powers. The density of population is great, coming next to Belgium, the Netherlands and England. The popula tion in Japan is 2,334 per sqohra (2 miles) As to the proportion of sexes there are 102.13 males for every 100 females. Quite recently there has been a tendency for the male population to increase more rapidly than that of the females, due to the greater death-rate of young females. Only 49 per cent, are married and the percentage unmarried' in growing. This is because of poverty and late marriages,
AMERICAN FREIGHT CAKS FOR CHINA,
The management of the Hanyuch branch of the Canton-Hankow Railway, of which Jeme Ten-yu is the managing director, has awarded the contract for 150 freights cars to the Robert Dollar Co.
The price for these cars was in the neighbourhood of G. $400,000 delivered to the railway at Hankow, and the time of delivery has been settled for some time during the first half of next year. They include 75 of the high sided and 75 of the low sided type, and areto be constructed to conform to spectifications furnished by the railway company. According to pre- liminary strangergents effccted by the company it is probable that they will be built on the Pacific Coast
Among the other bids were the follow- ing
Samuel & Co., high sided cars, f.o.b. Liverpool, £550 each low sided cars, fo.b. Liverpool, £530 each
Jardine, Matheson de Co., delivered at Hankov, exclusive of lending charges, high sided cars £170 each; low sided cars £725 each. These prices include freight of £8-7 each.
Mitaui-Bussan-Kaisha, offering cars of the American Car Foundry Co,, bið on * f.o.b. New York basis, G. 8260,000
The Stableford Co. offered high sided cars delivered at Wuchane for £581; low sided cars £542 each. This company offered to commence work within twenty- six weeks from receipt of the order, and to begin delivery ten weeks later. Their bid was conditioned upon the British Government - permitting them to accept the order.