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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 29ra, 1917.
BRITISH MAINTAIN AGGRESSIVE PRESSURE.
GERMANS SPEAK OF BRITISH WITH FEAR.
AMERICAN TROOPS IN FRANCE.
P. & O. "MONGOLIA” MINED AND SUNK.
GREEK CABINET FORM ED.
Franco-Belgian Front
BRITISH AGGRESSIVE
LATEST CABLES.
ETHNOGOM REUTER'S LOKNOT.]
BRITISH FRONT.
PRESSURE.
SHARP FIGHTING
LONDON, June 27th. Reuters, Correspondent at the British Headquarters states: Strong battle pat
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LONDON, June 27th.
AMERICAN TROOPS IN
FRANCE
LONDON, June 28th. The first United States contingents
United have arrived in France.
DESCRIPTION OF ARRIVAL
LONDON, Juma 98 Rester's Correspondent, telegraphing from Somewhere in France,'' describes the arrival of the first United States contingents on French soil.
The huge transports, escorted hyde stroyers, were sighted at six o'clock in the morning.
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P. & 0. MONGOLIA" LOST. STRUCK A MINE
BOMBAY, June 27th..
BYE-ELECTION ATLIVERPOOL GALLANT DEEDS REWARDED
LONDON, June 27th
LOBDOS, June 27th.. In the bye-election in the Abercromby The Gazette announces the award of Division of Liverpon, due to Col. Right Victoria Crosses, the recipients in- G. Chalonero
thecluding Lieutenant R. G. Combe, of the peerage, the new Federation of Dis- Canadian Conings, for conspicuous charged Sailors and Soldiers which Mr. gallantry in leading an attack which Boats craining a number of pissen Pringle, M.P. organised, has seized the collected others and repeatedly charged, 1. Hogge, M.P., and Mr. M. H.renchiet its objective. With five men ho
The Penirisular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's majl stemmer Mangolia was sunk or June 23rd, 28 2 result of striking a man,
gers and grow have arrived,
There are no further details, that the passengers destined for Chin care [We learn From an authoritative source safe}
Great crowds assembled as they were slowly brought alongside.
The troops came to the salute at eight
At a
P. & D. S. N. COY.
LONDON, June 29th. moving of the P. and 0.
opportunity to run the ex-soldier, Mr.taking eighty prisoners, He scoured the Krank Hughes, managing director of the object before he was killed.
Merchant Service, Regen, who fought në Mons, us their candidate in opposition to Welch, of the Berkshires who, after kill. Another recipient is Lance-Corporal J. Lord Derby's son, Lord Stanley, chieflying one man in a severe hand-to-hand
a protest against the re-enlistment of discharged soldiers.
struggle, chased and captured four of the
flock, and they raised cheers, to which Coy., the arrangements for the acquisi-popular discontents, notably food pro kept the machine guns firing for five Mr. Hughes has been voicing otherneme with only an 1 empty revolver. Ho
the populace heartily responded,
German war-prisoners working on the breakwater gazed in astonishment at the spectacle.
Philippines, and Mexican veteran, was The American General, who is a Cuban,
tion of the Union Company of New Steering, the decrcused supply of work- Zealand were unanimously confirmed.
men's beer and the probibition of racing, but his candidature is in nowise pacifié,, It claims to have the solid Jewish vote. The Liberals, Unionists and Nationalists, however, are supporting Lord Stanley,
BRITISH SHIPPING.
LONDON, June 27th. The Admiralty announce that the
hours by daring and initiative.
Sergeant Major E Brooks, of the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, also received the Victoria Cross.
Single- handed, be captured a machine gun which was holding up an attack, kill
vals are maintaining aggressive contact received in a most friendly manner by arrivals of shipping during the week who has been twice wounded in the war, ing two of the gun's crew. He then turn-
with the enemy to the south and west of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig rLens, where we continue to gain ground. parte:--We repulsed raiders northward
of Boenx. There was sharp fighting. with considerable enemy Juss.
We brought down six and drove down two enemy aeroplanes. None of ours aro missing...
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EARLIER CABLES,
NIPPED IN THE BUD.
Loston, June 27th, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re. ports: --Our artillery this morning pre vented the development of a counter
the French officers, and he proceeded to
were 2,870, and the sailings 2,923 dinspect, this encampaenite. The right fank of our presente advance
Twenty-one vessels over and seven under appears to rest upon the Arras-Lons Rail-men will land presently.
Stores were quickly faded, and the 1000 tons were sunk. Twenty-two were way and the present' push cafends beyond.
unsuccessfully attacked. Reservoir Hill, otherwise Hill 05/
The enemy's resistance can scarcely be called rearguard fighting, since we are apparently pressing the whole of his re- tiring line. He cannot employ artillery. much, because he would probably puhish his own infantry equally with ours.
The German line now
now fronts on Avion, in which many fires and explosions have
THE MESOPOTAMIA REPORT,
PRESS COMMENTS.
LONDON, June 7th. Mesopotamia Repost the Daily Telegraph Among the Press comments on the
says it is the most melancholy, most daroning and most humiliating document of the war. It is for Parliament to give
attack to the north-west of Fontaine-leg been occurring during the past few days effect to the national opinion which the
Groisilles
We successfully raided to the west of Oppy, while our fire stoped a raid to the south-west of La Bassen,
LATEST CABLES.
FRENCH FRONT:-
ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.
PARIS, June 27th.
A communiqué
---There greater reciprocal artillery, activity dis played in the Hurtebise-Craonne and Avocourt sectors and on the heights sauth of Moronvillers.
EARLIER CABLES.
FEAR THE
BRITISH.
AMSTERDAM, June 27th. The population of Menin, north-east of Messines, has evacuated.
The German General Staff has left Courtrai for Ghent
ITALIAN SHIPPING..
ROME, June 28th. The shipping return for the week end- ing June 24th shows that 583 ships arrived and 526 departed, - * ...
out,
One stearner and two sailing ships were
AFFAIRS IN GREECE.
THE GREEK CABINET.
ATHENS, June 28th. The new Cabinet, has been formed as follows:-M Venizelos, Premier and
disclosures will certainly produce. -
The Morning Post says: -Such incom- War Minister; M. Reponlia, Minister petence and neglect deserve something for Foreign Affairs; and M. Con more than censure. The attitude of the douriotis, Minister of Marine, three gods af Olympus, Viscount Hardinge, General Sir Beauchamp-Duff,
The Germans now speak of the British, and Sir William Meyer makes it impos
sible for any of them to continue further e in public employment,
not with dislike, but with fear,
The whole of Flanders is now like a fortress.
Russian bront,
EARLIER UABLES. THROUGH KELER'S AGENCY.]
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A communiqué states that an artillery RUSSIANS COMPEL ENEMY
duel was fairly lively in the region of Laffaux mill. There was a violent hom-
bardment of Rheims.
ENEMY STRONGHOLD CAPTURED, A communiqué states --The artillery -struggle continues most violently in the
region of Hurtsbisc.
TO RETIRE.
LONDON, June 27th.
report
A wireless Kitssian official
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KURDS REPULSED.
Qar
EARLIER UABLES.
A GERMAN TALE.
ATHENS, June 27th. The reservist tomonstrators on June The Daily Chronicle says: -The Indian 24th cheered Germany. General von Mac- Army has been the school of bravé rackensen tried to spread a report that and efficient officers, but dry-rot and Salonika had fallen, but the Allied troops inefficiency have been at the top.
QUESTIONS IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
In the House of Commons, replying to queations regarding the Mesopotamia Report, Mr. Bonar Law suggested post- ponement of discussion for a week to en stated that it was obviously the Govern- able the House to consider the Report. Ho
regarding those specially accused of ment's duty to take immediate action"
culpability.
Replying to questions as to whether Viscount Hardinge would retain his pre- sent position, Mr. Bonar Law said these We repulsed a Kurdish attack, sunth questions assume Viscount Hardinge is eastward of Erzingan.
guilty. He had no wish to make any We occupied enemy trenches at the such assumption at present, Abiahirvan River.
states: --Southward of Brezany the enemy forced. his way into our trenches. counter-attack compelled the enemy to retire. There was intense enemy artil- Among the organisations which we caplery Bring in the regions of Potatory, tured on the 25th instant is "The Ribaik, and Kotov. Dragon's Leave," which is over a hundred metres wide and three hundred metres. deep, with many exits and shafts in which machine-guns were placed. It' constituted an important stronghold and was the point of departure for enemy counter- attacks. It contained considerable war material, including nine machine-guna, over three hundred sets of equipment, many rifles, ammunition searchlights and a dressing mation. So far, the prisoners e sumber 340, including nine officers
THE "SUCCESSFUL MINOR OPERATION,***
THE BRESLAU ACTIVE. The cruiser Breslau on June 25th bom- barded the radio-station and lighthouse on Fidenisi Island. Our warships pur- sued the Breslae to the Bosphorus.
Italian Front.
EARLIER CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,] AUSTRIANS RECAPTURE
POSITIONS.
THE CURZON-KITCHENER
DISPUTE:
arrived within four hours and Franco Russians with artillery are encircling the eity.
Petopenness ae disquicting. The blockade M. Jonnart considers the situation at
at Peloponnesus is possibly preventing the export of currants.
ATHENS, June 27th.
of 31. Zaimis the dismissal of the Chief The French Government has demanded
of Police and the punishment of the organisare of the demonstration.
AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA. COSSACKS SUPPORT
GOVERNMENT.
PETROGRAD, June 27th. The Cossacks' Congress passed a resolu. tion of confidence in the Government, and
The Times says it is understood that promised strong support towards the end- Viscount Hardinge will seek the earliesting of anarchy, and the stifling of all opportunity to make a statement in the efforts at a counter-revolation. House of Lords regarding the Mesopo
COURTS-MARTIAL ABOLISHED. tamin Bleport,
PETROGRAD, June 27th..
The rule which prevents permanent officials who are peers from addressing the Lords will presumably he waived is his favour.
Should Viscount Hardinge's statement be followed by a debate, Lord Carzon. LONDON, June 27th.
will find himself in a peculiar position. An Austrian communiqué says:W. The Report goes far to vindicate the fighting, the positions south of the Sugana Viceroyalty of India twelve years ago, completely recaptured, after tenacious reasons which led him to resign the Valley which were still in the enemy's which has constantly bend, misunder hands. All counter-attacks are collupaing stood in this country,
He had no We took 1,800 prisoners.
difference with the late Lord Kitchener, about the reorganization of thes Army
in -India.. The dispute arose because Lord Curzon protested
A Lieutenant named Debedeff has been appointed Temporary Minister of Marine. The Government has abolished courts- martial, substituting permancat Military Courts for urgent grave cases,
M. Kerenski is touring Nazan and the Caucasian front.
DUTCH POTATO FIGHT.
HOTTERDAM, June 27th. There were noisy scenes in the neigh- kourhood of the lighters laden with export potatoen · Mounted and foot police charg ed the mob who are demanding the dia- tribution of the tubers.)
They protest against the signatories to Mr. Hughes' nomination, which include those of eleven naturalized aliens.
PREMIER'S SUPPORT.
ed the machine-gun où the enemy, ensur- ing the success of the Attack.
Another recipient is Private Tom Fresser, of the Yorkshires, who, despite the fact that he was twice wounded and exhausted, conveyed a most important message to the front line trench, which proved most valuable at a critical time.
Mr. Lloyd George has wired to Lurd Stanley wishing him success in his can didature for Abercromby. The telegram
some of the fiercest battles in Franes stater:-"As a soldier who fought in
you are well fitted, to see justice done GERMANY'S “NO CONQUESTS” to our gallant soldiers.!!
SITUATION IN SPAIN.
MADRIN, June 27th..
PEACE,
PARIS, June 27th. General Petain, in the course of a
Señor Dato in a statement justifying striking article in the Bulletin des martial law, declares that certain foreign | Armées, anys that Germany, having failed revolutionary movement. He states that scheming to scoure it by a ruse, including correspondents are implicated in the to obtain pence by force, is at present the censorship of the newspapers is the formula of No conquesta," which essential, because their distorted views German Socialists are spreading abroad, on the international situation are incom- although the same Socialists at home re- patible with neutrality, which Spain fused to condemn the Government's plan refuses to abandon
to dominate Europe. Germany still maintained these preposterous, aims with. out having the honesty to admit them.
STONING A GERMAN CONSULATE
BERNE, June 27th.
recently appointed consists of:-Presi-
The Commission on Foreign Affairs GERMANY EXPORTING GOLD sident, M. Schulthess; Vice-President, M. Calonder; and Councillor Ador.
AMSTERDAM, June 27th.
The Frankfurter Zeitung states that
-An apology has been tendered to the there has been considerable export of gold throwing at the German Consulate at to arrest the fall of the mark. German Minister for the recent stone- recently from Germany, the object being
Geneva.
It is significant that the Berliner: MOVEMENT OF RACEDORSES!Tageblatt is now endorsing the Socialist
LONDON, June 28th.
plea for the immediate introduction of a Parliamentary Government.
AMERICAN COTTON MARKET,
A decision in favour of the partial re- sumption of racing is expected forthwith. The following horses have left Newmarket for India-Stop-Watch, Corisol, Red Spear and Francis Armand. These will be joined on board by Tagamor, Mazooot, Shilborne Foolish Fancy, Royal Bank and Pretentions. GERMANY AGREES TO CEDE SHIPS TO HOLLAND.
THE HAGUE, June 27th. It is officially stated that Germany bas agreed to cede a number of German ships. now in the Dutch East Indies in value equivalent to the seven vessels torpedond on February 23rd. Germany will also compensate the crews of the last ships. "GERMAN SHIPPING AT
ROTTERDAM,
ROTTERDAM, June 2ila:
NEW YORK, June 28th.
has advanced cotton 80 to 85 points for Renewed foreign domestic trade buying
July and has reached 20.91, a new high re-
tionis, closing, however; 50 to 72 points cord, but the market reacted on realisa
higher.
EGYPTIAN COTTON
EXCHANGE.
ALEXANDRIA, June 28th. The Cotton Exchange has been closed until June 30th.
THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, June 28th. Silver, is quoted 20d, Thero is
market is steady.
Twenty two German ships from Ham-demand and more silver is offering. The burg and the Baltic entered the new waterway last week. German shipping at Rotterdam is steadily increasing THE BRITISH NAVY. HIS MAJESTY S CONGRATULATIONS.
LONDON, June 27th. The Time Correspondent at Headquar ters, referring to the British progress south-west of Lons, says: What the official communiqué called a successful minor operation" in this region had a success the significance of which is beyond its actual dimentions. As an advance it gave us the slopes of Hill 05, dominat ing height in this section which is about five hundred yards in front of the British General. line. The English troops from the South
LONDON, June 27th. Midlands took the Hill with littlo diG-
The Press Bureau announces that His culty, although the 56th Prussian Division
Majesty the King, us his return from a were holding it. They wore told they
visit to the Grand Fleet, sent a message would be given a reat if they held it, but
to Admiral Sir David Beatty congratu in-Chief, Lord Curzon protested that hundredweight. Thoy did not form part lating-him on the Fleet's high standard the enemy never came near recapturing the position. On the contrary, thuy At a Conference of seafarers' organisa-he predicted that disaster would in- populace, however, continues to crowd the stood higher in the estimation of friend the position was unconstitutional, and of the consignment to Great Britain. The of preparedness, and saying that the Navy evacuated the whole complicated mass of tions held in London it was unanimously evitably ensue in the event of war. Lord whares, watching the lighters bringing and for trench-lines immediately before and resolved not to remove the embargo on Curzon would be less than human if he the potatoes from the country to the ships, around the Hill, and retreated into the Messra. Macdonald and Jowett proceed did not desire to say something about There were some fresh disturbances yes fringes of Leas itself.
ing to Russia at present.
this.
terday.
LATEST CABLES. {THROUGH REUYER'S AGENUX.)
LABOUR DELEGATES TO RUSSIA.
LONDON, June 27th.
against the excessive centralized powers with which*** Lord
Kitchener sought to invest the office of Commander-
ONE HUNDREDWEIGHT PILLAGED!
The total amount of potatoes pillaged on the 24th instant did not exceed one
Majesty of unswerving loyalty and devo Admiral Beatty replied assuring His
tion
CHINESE TELEGRAMS.
THY DOURTESY OF THE CHUNG NOOL
BAN FO. 1
THE PRESIDENT AND KWANGTUNG:
SHANGHAI, June 28th
The President has sent a delegate to Kwangtung with a letter.
The Vice President has wired to Chen Ping-kun, Tan Ho-ming and Là Lịh-chun- asking them to mediate with Li King-shi
Chang Ching-yao has been ordered to go to Peking