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THE WAR.
GERMAN ATROCITIES ON SEA AND LAND.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 16TH, 1917,
¡BRITISH_SUCCESSES SEAL DOOM OF LENS.
GERMAN RETREAT EXTENDING.
BOLIVIA BREAKS WITH GERMANY.
Franco-Belgian Front;
LATEST CABLES. {KUBOREN ZIUTER'S AGINOT:)
BRITISH FRONT:
VILLAGES AND GUNS CAPTURED.
LONDON, April 14th, old-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re- ports: Last night, after a sharp fight at the village of Fayet, a mile north- westward of St, Quentin, we captured positions at Ascension Farm and Grand- priel Farm, on bigh ground eastward of Le Verguier.
We also made progress northward of the Bapaume Cambrai road, in the direc tion of Quennt.
Our constant pressure, compelled the enemy to yield further ground north- ward of Scarpc.
We seized Vimy Station and La Chaudiere, and the enemy's positions at Forse No. G and Bugnet Mill, between Givenchy Engohelle and Angres.
The guns captured in this area include four eight-inch howitzers.
FRENCH ARTILLERY ACTIVE..
PARIS, April 15th
A report states:-We organised the conquered ground between St. Quentin and the Oise. We mado progress south of the Oise on the plateau north-east of Lower Quincy. Our artillery were most active against the German defences at St. Gobain, and Coucy forests.
LENS DOOMED.
GERMAN UNEASINESS.
AMSTERDAM, April 14th.
A note of anxiety is now emerging from the German Press regarding the British advance.
The Postarke Zeitung's military critic. adouts that it has created a widespread uneasiness, buf. appeals to the Germany. to trust Hindenburg. It says that the reverse at Arras clearly proves the right ness of the Hindenburg retreat, but for which, in view of the enemy's immense Buperiority in heavy guns and trench- niortars, what happened at Arras would have happened to the entire front to for south of the Bomme.
SIGNIFICANCE OF BRITISH,
SUCCESS.
LONDON, April 14th Reuter's Correspondent at British Headquarters reports:--It needs A strong mestal. grip to realise the full extent of the significance of the week's success, the most gratifying aspect being that so much has been accomplished with relatively light casualties.
The blow to the Germans is more severe than has yet been inflicted.
It is possible to estimate that several
Naval Activities.
LATEST CABLES. THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.) GLOUCESTER CASTLE.”
DISASTER.
LONDON, April 14th. The Gloucester Castle was torpedoed at
midnight.
An engineer and fireman were killed by the explosion, and several stokers were badly injured.
SYSTEMATIC GERMAN
ATROCITIES.
LowDon, April 14th. Special stories of shameless and crnel- Hunnism are multiplying, f
Reuter's Correspondent at the French Headquarters givce numerous instances.
ALLIED GOVERNME
RUSSIA.
EFFECT OF POLAND'S
ON EUROPE.
PETROGRAD, April The Allied Governments, in con lating the Russian Government of GIRLS KIDNAPPED.
Proclamation to the Poles, ASSO During the occupation of the recently themselves with the idea of reconstitu liberated territory, at one town alone Poland, which is bound, to play an 80 girls of the superior class were kid-portant part in the future of Europ napped for industrial and agricul
BRAZIL ADVISED TO SE tural labour.
TO EUROPE.
"POPULATION DRAGGED AWAY.
At another town the antira population were dragged away at dawn without warning to an unknown destination..
ARMY
A number of vessels hastened to the rescue and took off 400 wounded soldiers, who were landed and placed in hospital,
It was a moonlight night, and the calm sea facilitated transhipment of those aboard the stricken liner, a feat which was frequently difficult owing to the number of stretcher casca.
There was perfect discipline, and there 10,000 marks because a honso was burned、HUNGARY was no panic.
The nurses and doctors were quite cool in transferring the wounded regard less of the safety of their own lives.
Those aboard saw a submarine in the
distance.
The torpedo made a hole in the side of the vessel large enough to admit four. men abreast..
SPAIN AND SUBMARINISM..
MADRID, April 14th; The Governanent is sending a strong Note to Germany on the subject of the torpedoing of the Fulgencio.
LONDON, April 14th. The latest British successes seal the- doom of Lens, which General Allenby is approaching on both banks of the divisions were so badly cut up as not to Souchez River, while General Horne, in
be at for Bighting again for many weeks the Loos salieni, has gained a footing
Fresh troops are being hurried up to in the trenches north-east of that town, the front and flung into the fighting on The Captain of the Fulgencio states These successes were won on a front forty ground with which they are not accut the ankuarine captain, while cover- miles from Hardicourt, and fifteen milestoned Thus Hindenburg is being forcing him with a revolver, actually com south of Cambrai to the south of Loos. GERMAN IDEA OF OFFENSIVE. German communiyat
have seized shortness of the opening stage of the match in open fighting for their machine battle to suggest that the offensive is pre-like adversary, and have shown a marked maturely, exhausted, but it is really due superiority in field tactics, outpos to the swiftness of the infant
to draw heavily upon his much talked
about strategic reserve..
the
The British have proved more than a
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polled him to carry a homb in his own boat to sink his ship.
FRESS FAVOURS VIGOROUS-
ACTION
LONDON, April 14th. The Spanish comments reveal a dis
COMMUNE FINED. The Commune of Ugnyleggy was fined
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RIO DE JANEIRO, April 14th.
It is suggested by tho newsnaparg ti Brazil should send 200,000 infantry, Europe.
DEMANDS
ELECTORAL REFORM.
down, but really through the fault of the Germans. Nevertheless, the fine was enforced. Three local notables were im- PARLIAMENT ADJOURNED BY THE prisoned and inflicted with spare "diet and rigorous treatment till the fine was paid.
KING.
AMSTERDAM, April 14th.
A message from Budapesth staten that,
GERMAN TIME" FAVOURED. · At another town the Germans stopped after repeated suspensions of the sitting the people and demanded to see their of the Chamber, owing to the continuous watches. If the watches did not show clamour of the opposition for universal German time the owners were heavily
fined.
A STORY OF TWO BRITISH
SOLDIERS.
Mr. Beach Thomas, in the Daily Moil, tells the following story of two of our men who were
prisoners with the enemy and who escaped to our lines: --What these men say will fill our army with more fury than anything yet recorded against the enemy. They were captured early in the year, and immediately wer set to work near the lines, sometimes un- der our shell-fire. were starved from
the ground gain in the roast up on work, mashine-gun, stalking, and hand tinst cleavage of opinion with respect the ong sining they the we, ved rom
vations links up with the positions gain exceeding the limits of effective fire of ed at the battle of Loos,
heavy artillery. Their performance is We drove of an attempted raid cast-
described by British experts as the most ward of Lonsk
ivanarkable of the whole war, in view of the strength of the positions attacked Altogether during the week the Ger- mans had to meet attacks from four points on a seventy miles line, and they were daily uncertain where the next blow would fall,
BRITISH PROGRESS
CONTINUES.
LATKIL.
Field Marshal Bir Dunglas Haig
•ports;-We_captured Leivin, south wesward and adjoining Lens, taking eonsiderable quantities of war material.
This afternoon we seized Cite St. Pierce, north-westward of Lens. We pressed on the whole front оп the Scarpe liver southward of Loos and reached points two or three miles east ward of the Vimy Ridge.
GERMAN RETREAT
EXTENDING.
Lonnon, April 14th. Reuter's Correspondent at the British Headquarters reports this afternoon that there is an indication that the German Throughout the day ther has been heavy retreat is extending to the region imme fighting southward of Scarpe.
diately south of Lens, where fires and explosions are frequent
We everywhere maintained the posi tions we previously captured, and in- flicted serious enemy losses.
We made progress on. a
wide front north and south of the Bapaume Cam- "brai rond, fierce encounters resulting in
our favour.
Southward and eastward of Fayet, to within a few hundred yards of St. Quen. tin, we carried Gricourt village at the point of the bayonet. The enemy stub bornly resisted.
•We
red $00 prisoners.
Beyond the enemy lines conflagrations are observed in Lens itself.
The weather has improved.
GERMAN REPORT,
LONDON, April 14th.
set among the Germans, the prisoners marinism. The Liberal organs strongly behaving like an undisciplined rabble, favour vigorous action regarding the disregarding their own officers and non-under-sea campaign, and emphasise that coms, This is most significant, and up solidarity of the Cabinet is a necessity ominous change in the mentality of the
for nations unity and patriotism. German army.
CHIEF CAUSE OF GERMAN DISASTER
The German officers freely complain that the chief cause of the disaster is: their difficulty in controlling their men. A further factor in the victory is the wonderful efficiency, incredible inton sity, and marvellous securacy of the British artillery.
The Gerinan gunners on the whole have done poorly.
Prisoners complain
that their batterics frest on their own patrols. This is probably due in some measure to the fact that the Germans, are frequently wearing British kit col lected on the field. The shortage of cloth- ing is becoming almost as marked as the
shortage of food.
The rations of the troops were reduced a week ago,
There have been further considerable captures of guns, howitzers and large. ammunition depote.
A German official report transmitted by wireless states -There was a pause in the fighting yesterday north-eastward of Arras and Scarpe, further southward of Croissillesand Bullecourt. After M
enemy
An attempted hostile counter-attack violent artillerying, the British Vainly was broken up.
attacked several times, but our later Our aeroplanes on Thursday and Fri-thrust inflicted considerable day dropped large quantities of explo losses, sives with good results on enemy stations, ammunition depots and aerodromes.
We successfully attacked enemy in- fantry convoys with machine-guns.
Four German aeroplanes were brought down, six were driven down, and twelve of ours have not returned.
FRENCH FRONT.
BONKARDING GERMAN POSITIONS,
PARIS, April 14th.
A communique states -South of St. Quentin we continued to bombard Ger- man positions between the Somme wid the Oise.
There has been great mutual artillery activity in Champagne, where we effected
numerous reconnaissances,
Strong enemy attacks failed against our St. Quentin positions.
We captured 238 prisoners.
ST QUENTIN BADLY DAMAGED.
During the past week the heart of St. Quentin was violently bombarded, and the Falace of Justice, Cathedral and Town Hall were serious'y damaged.
Our artillery is fighting at full strength at Boissons, Rheims, and in Western Champagne,
The enemy lost on the Western Front on Wednesday 11 seroplanes, and on Friday 24 aeroplanes and four balloons.
LATER
A German report transmitted by wire tess this evening states that there were strong British attacks between Scarpe and Balloqurt, which failed with heavy
roases.
Trained teams of artillerymen are now accompanying the Infantry in the ad- rance and make prompt use of the guns falling into our hands,
The total number of captured enemy guns and howitzers know estimated at 200, making a considerable difference to the balance of their powers of aggression of defence,
The Balkans.
LATEST CABLES.
{THROUGH RETTER'S AGENOY.}.
ALLIES IN THE BALKANS.
PARIS, April 14th.
A French report states:- Our Eastern Army reports that the enemy made a local attack in the direction of Tirnova, west of Monestir,
which failed.
lands of Comitadjis,
Bupported by Austrian troops, attempted en offensive west of Koritza, but were repulsod.
British aeroplanen successfully attacked the aerodrome at Drama,
On the contrary, the Conservative Journals strongly oppose intervention, declaring that such would ruin Spain without being in any wise decisive.
ARGENTINE VESSEL SUNK,
BUENOS AIRES, April 14th, It is officially announced that the Argentine sailing ship ante Protegido,
has been sunk in European waters,
which has created a great impression.
A minute inquiry has been ordered,
The Near East,
LATEST CABLES. THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]
MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN. IMPORTANT BRITISH SUCCESS.
LONDON, April 14th
It is officially announced that General Maude reported on the 14th April that withdrawing the advanced detach-
ments on the right bank of the Diala river, he drew the bulk of the enemy
forces on this flank towards Deltawa.
The report continues: We marched towards Diafe and attacked the enemy on the morning of the 11th April
13 stow when captured, is now eight"
store. The other man's foot was covered with boils. If they asked to be allowed to stop work because of their weakness they wore lashed with a whip or hit with the butt-end of a rifle. Their diet was
of a loaf of bread, some thin
and occasional small extras.
The full details are being officially re-
corded.
SEA ATROCITIES Meanwhile news of fresh atrocities The latest example is
accret suffrage, a Royal letter was read adjourning Parliament
KAISER'S HEALTH.
RUMOUR UNFORTUNATELY ILL-
FOUNDED.
AMSTERDAM, April 14th,
A Berlin message states that it has been officially-stated that the rumoira-of- the Kaiser being ill' are ill-
nded.
DEATH OF BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHNSON.
LONDON, "April 14th. The-Daily Express reports that Bri gadier Bulkeley Johnson was killed in a brilliant cavalry charge preceding the capture of Monchy
BOLIVA AND GERMANY.
RELATIONS SEVERED.
La Paz (Bolivia), April
Bolivia has severed relations
14th..
Ger-
many.
VISIT
RUSSIA.
PETROGRAD, Ápřil 14th. ⠀
come in dail that of the French schooner Leontine. | ALLIED LABOURITES The submarine fired on the Leonting, whereupon the schooner immediately put out her boats. The submarine: watched for a few minutes, then, satisfied that arrived.
The Franco-British Labourites baye
the schooner was not armed, the pirate They were greeted by huge crowds. fired forty shells into the vessel, killing There were Military and Militia guards- four and badly wounding three, includ-of-honour and their bands played the the skipper, who was conveyed to his cabin. The submarine then fired incen- diary shells and finally put a crew on board.
Marseillaise."
A SIMPLE RUSE.
There is a curious story from Stock- holm to the effect that thirty Russian
The boatswaju and cabin-hoy lay bleed-revolutionaries from Switzerland passed ing on deck, and, knowing that an ex there proceeding to Petrograd, The Ger- plosion would mean their death, asked man Government waived the passport for mercy The German officer's reply and baggage examinations on condition was to shoot the cabin-boy through the of their promising to obtain the release head with a revolver.
MERRY MURDERERS. The submarine crew meanwhile were. laughing and singing. The Leuntine
The effenty was driven out of his ad finally blew up. Including those wound- vanced positions near Chaliyeh, northed, five of those not wounded were, how- eastward of Deltawa, the same evening, ever, saved.
The enemy withdrew siz miles towards THE EXPLOSION IN AMERICA. Seraijik
The operations were continued on the 12th and 13th inst the Turke falling
back towards Deli Abbas,
The Turks last 700 wounded on the 11th inst Two hundred dead were
found
Qut, casualties were about ROD,
General
LATEST GADZES,
{TIBODIM REVYER'S AGENCY.}
P. & O. DIVIDEND.
FOUR ARRESTS,
WASHINGTON, April 14th.
In connection with the explosion at the Eddystone Ammunition Works four arrests had been effected.
RATIONING IN ENGLAND,
LONDON, April 14th,
of a similar number of civilians in the
Concentration Camps.
VICTIM OF SUBMARINISM.
LONDON, April 15th.
The well-known Wesleyan Frofessor
James Hope Moulton has died from ex- posure after the sinking of the ship ont which he was returning from India,
[Telegrams received on Saturday and en Sunday morning and published in an "Betra" on Sunday, will be found on Page 6.3
A large number of distinguished
guarazitco against.
A memorandum issued by the Board English and French officers have boen of Agriculture shows the diminished placed in the concentration camp
Baxteruke importation and military requirements
aerial bombardmenta. will reduce the feeding stuffs of the coun
LONDON, April 15th.
try during the coming year be 11 million The Peninsular and Oriental Steam tons Simultaneously the numbers of Navigation Company has declared an live-stock are unprecedentedly large. interim dividend on the Deferred shares Therefore, the rationing of feeding at the rate of twelve per cent, free of stuffs and a substantial reduction of stranging to take advantage of the varORM
tunity
mcome-tax.
live stock are essential
Indian newspapers have been invited by: the military authorities to depufe a re- presentative to pay a visit of amę lengħbu to the Mesopotamian front, and aren