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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, - MONDAY, JULY 23RD · 1917.
BIG BATTLE ON RUSSIAN FRONT.
ROUMANIANS AGAIN ACTIVE.
BRITISH PREMIER REPLIES TO GERMAN CHANCELLOR.
SITUATION IN RUSSIA IMPROVED.
STATE OF WAR IN VALENCIA.
Franco-elgian Front
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THE BRITISH FRONT.
ENEMY ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.,
LONDON, July 21st, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas, Haig ve ports-There was great activity by the enemy's artillery in the Lombardtzyde
sector.
Our neroplanes successfully bombed four nerodromes and an important rail- way junction, where a large explosion way caused
We brought down three and drove down six enemy aachines.
Four of ours are
missing.
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SUCCESSFUL RAIDS.
LONDON, July 21st Sir Douglas Haig reports: -- We raided last night Greenland Hill, neathwards of Rorax. The garrison hurriedly withdraw on our approach.
We also successfully raided south-east- ward of La Bassee and southward of Armentieres, where German positions were entered on a wide front.
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We repulsed raiders gorthward Havrincourt Wood and southward of
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GERMAN VERSION.
London, July 21H
A wireless German official report states: The artillery fire in Flanders
hos rage, only temporarily decreasing
ju violence. It also increased on the
We repulsed attacks in the region of Novica, where the enemy occupied a height north-eastward of the village.
The enemy attacked at the confluence of the Rimnik and the Sereth, but a Roumanian counterattack remored the situation.
GERMAN CLAIMS.
LONDON, July 21st. A wireless German report states: Pursuing the Russians, we crossed the Zluczow-Tarnopol road,
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CHANCELLOR.
BELGIUM'S DELIVERANCE"
SURELY COMING.
LONDON, July 21st
Speaking at the Belgian Independence Day feant at Queen's Hall, London, Mr. Lloyd George said that Belgium for three years had suffered humiliation, servitude and anxiety, but at the end Belgium
would be greater than ever. Her deliver- ance was surely coming-(loud applause) and France and Great Britain, `und.
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SITUATION IN RUSSIA.
RUSSIAN PREMIER TO DEAL WITH
GERMAN INTRIGUE,
LONDON, July 21st. Well-informed persons in Londen ave not surprised at the changes in the Russian Government.
last two months of 1917 we will turn out as many ships as we did during the whole of last year (Loud cheers.) I want to give these figares to the German Chan cellor so as to help him to give the right interpretation of his own statement. (Loud laughter) We will torn out in six times more than in 1915. (Cheers.) We are a slow people, not quick in the uptškė, but ruller difficult It is recognised that the recent to beat when we begin. The Germans Ministerial resignations rendered the underrated our intelligence; industry and position of Prince Lroff very difficult. determination; but they will starve us. It is believed that M. Kerensky's They have said so. (Laughter.) 1 am | appointment as Prime Minister is a good sorry, but as a Premier 1 must again step. He is described as a Russian Crom.
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OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT LIKED.
SOME ARMY TYPES AND THEIR FAILINGS.
BY A SOLDIER.J
The fine thing about the British Army, is that the officers and men, particularly
the heath, are compudes. on the whole the solders like their ontours, and the tradition of the British officer is that he should consider his men betore ho con- siders himself.
1 is Rütural, however, in an enormous army that there should De varieties of omers, and equally natural that there like I mave in mind one sarly-looking, shoud ba ulicers whom the soldiers do not
tnck-lipped officer whose manners were as boorish as his' igoks. When, for instance, rookie," to whom an oidish rifle had
Civilisation hold that when it does come tell the truth. Far from starving us, well, it is sincerely hoped that he willeen sued, informed this officer that hé
A STORMY CABINET MEETING,
PETROGRAD, July 31st Prince Lvoff's resignation followed a stormy Cabines meeting which lasted till
dawa.
it must be complete. (Cheers.)
owing to the exertions of the Food Cos-be able to stop the isolated cases of un- Turning to the German Chancellor's
troller and the Shipping Controller, the willingness to fight at the front. speech, Mr. Lloyd George naked food supply for 1917 and 1919 on the basis what hope of BJ honourable peace of the present consumption is segurud it contained. it was n dexterous
(Loud cheers.) We are arranging a pre- facing-all-way speech, I was the
gramme of cultivation that will make speech of a man awaiting a military 1918 secure, even if our losses are in- issue. Let our Albes bear that mind. creased. i do not want the Germans to (Heur, hear.) There were phrases in the harbour delusions that they are going to speech that the German military powers put us out in this fight till liberty has will understand, phrases about making again been established throughout the the frontiera of Germany secure.
That world, phrase annexed Alsace-Lorraine, and had drenched Europe with blood since 1914:
Belgium and Courland, and again pre- cipitate Europe in a welter of blood within generation unless it is wiped out on the battlefelds of Europe.
The Premier next referred to the Ger
|man Chancellor's statement that Amerien
across the Atlantic. He reminded Dr.
On both sides of the Jezernia, on That phrase, if they dare, will annex had not the ships to bring her army width of forty kilometres, the Russians aro burning villages, causing great destruction. Further fighting is expected
The Austro-Hungarians recaptured the positions north of Brzezany which they
The Chancellor's speech contained lost on July 1st.
phrases for democratic minds. For The Russian attacks on the Dneister example, members of the Reichstag broke down,
are to get offices; but they will not be Ministera-only `derks, (Laughter.) After saying that on the whole the
We drove out the enemy from Babin and stormed the high positions at Novica.
Artillery fire increased
Stokhod to the Baltic.
tary party had momentarily won, the
Michaelis that Germany once said Great
· Britain had not an army. If Great Britain, while maintaining, equipping and ever building up her equipatent for an army millions, while maintaining the largest Navy in the world, can organise herself in the third year of an exhausting war to then our millions of tons of new ship
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had
pulled through the barrel of the rifle about forty or fifty times in the alletupt to get clean saw him doing it), he was told in a gruff voice to "pull- through another fitty times.
The reverse of the fussy officer is the officer who is not sufficiently zcalous; und Every soldier likes to think that his he is disliked as much as the fussy officer. officers are the smartest in the Ariny, and
very much dislikes to see an vilicer care- lessly dressed or making mistakes,on the hesitating, unwerial voice. parade ground, or giving commands in a Dificers are that suldiers are criticised by officers; and criticised by soldiers a great deal more it an other comes on the parade ground. with badly-adjusted-puttees or gives an incorrect order, he may be perfectly certain that every soldier in his platoon or company will have sometlung to x87 about it in his barrack-rconi.
KNEW HIS JO
M. Kerensky, who Ind just returned from the front, criticised the handling of the recent situation by the Ministers and the military authorities, and declared that they should have used the fullest
powers to suppress mutiny. He was about to dismiss the Commandant of
My company commander was a very Petrograd, but refrained on teaming | strict disciplinarian, but he was a soldier from tip to toe: we all felt certain that that the Ministers were wholly respon-he knew his job, and we trusted him, sible.
implicitly, I do not say that we loved: Thin, but I do say that we respected him, He might like Archbishop Temple, be** M. Kerensky concluded:Treason | bensi," but he was just beast"; and we were convinced that if be were heavy. has brought the country to the brink of with his blame, he was also lavish with.
precipice. The German armies have
his praise
Another type of officer whom the soldior already taken the offensive. The enemy's heartily dislikes is the officer who uses & great deal of language." It is an extra- fleet may try to profit from the chaos.ordinary fact that soldiers who themselves Drastic measures are necessary to end The Army lud already The Beet should follow
from the Chancellor's speech meant that the mili.png, is America with twice our poppla the confusion.
tion and endless natural resources going to be beaten for lack of effort? I predict if Dr. Michaelis survives he will form
The Russo-Roumanians are more active | Premier proceeded to reaffirm that the on the lower Sereth.
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INTENSE ARTILLERY BATTLE.
PETROGRAD, July 21st. Despatches indite that an intense artillery battle is in progress on the Smorgon-Knevo sector, where the Gore mans have massed hundreds of guns.
INTERESTING STORY OF UNWILLING REGIMENT.
LATER.
A communiqué says:Supplementary
reports show that on the 17th inst., when the enemy seized the height south of
form of Germany's Government 3:28 Germany's own affais, bet as to what
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different opinion and make a different speech, and that is one we are awaiting and fighting for
done something. suit.
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cardling character are disgusted when continually use ! language " of a blood-
they hear offers using the same sort of language.
The soldier likes his officers to maintain the dignity of their rank, and to remem ber that they are gentlemen as well as M. Kerensky intends arresting all who officers. If officers forget that, the soldier are guilty of having relations with tier
has A way of paying them out for it. 1. remember an officer in France who per- many. Already several notorious Maxi-sistently nagged his men on a long
heavy march. During a halt, some of mylists have been arrested. The where the contrived to get hold of his pack, alouts of M. Lenin are unknown. and they put three large stones in it. He could not understand the heaviness of the Mutinous regiments will be disbanded. I pack when the march was resumed, ands I did not like to open it, but his "nag- Further troops have arrived from the ging" ceased, and by the time the march was over he was aimest on his knees with fatigue
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manner of Government we can trust to make peace with, that was our business, (Hear, hear.) Democracy has not 119 A great German newspaper the other guarantee of peace, and if you cannot day said that Germany was fighting for get it in Germany then we must, secure | freedon, independence and the Father- other guarantees as substitute. The land. That was never true, and is less Chancellor's speech showed that Germany true, to-day than ever. The treer Ger- for the bioinent elected for war. Belgium many is the better we will like it. Har was not even mentioned. Its phraseology rulers, nor the Allies, are the enemies of ATTEMPT TO PROMOTE CIVIL WAR is full of tenure for Belgium. It makes freedom in Geraisy. We could make
DEFINITELY FAILED. the German Frontier secure; that is, it peace with a free Germany: we cannot takes Matz and Strassburg, and will take with a Germany dominated by autocracy,
Liege and control Antwerp in order secure German economic interests.
to
The
The State Bank and other banks have, re-opened.
PETROGRAD, July 20th.
It is popularly believed that the
GERMAN GIRLSHELL-MAKERS.
APPALLING SLAVERY.
(Cheers.) Since the Russian revolution attempt to promote civil war has definite-number of women employed in German in- and the Russian offer to concede, inde-ly failed. All the newspapers are demand.
La Bassen Canal and at in. On the Kalust, one of our regiments retired determination of the Allies is that Bel-pendence to the nation under the Russian ing a strict investigation into the
reconnoitring
Scarpe, strong enemy advances were unsuccessful.
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FRENCH FRONT.
ENEMY ATTACKS EFFECTIVELY
General Prince Gagarin, commanding in the district, seeing the critical situation thus created, immediately moved forward a battalion of the Ukhnoff regiment, which energetically attacked. Simultane ously General Gagarin threw into the attacks on both flanks the Daghestanian. Circassian nad Kabardian regiments. PARIS, July 21st, The attackers bore with them the before- A communiqué says:-Enemy attacks mentioned retiring Russian regiment. or attempted atineks followed very violent This changed the situation. bombardments at many points in the see-sted in disorder and our former position fors Cerny, Hartebise, Crnonne and north was restored.
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of Bray-en-Laonnois. but the accurate ire and vigilance of our troops enused
their plans to fail.
The cuciny's attack was carried out with a strong force south-east of Cerny. They twite penetrated our advanced trench front for 850 metres. On each occasion a
vigorous counter-attack completely drove them out.
We broke up with heavy losses powerful themy concentrations for attack between Hurtebise and the California Plateau. Russian Front.
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RUSSIAN FRONT.
ROUMANIANS RESTORE
SITUATION.
LONDON, July 21st, Awireless. Russian official report states-The enemy artillery fire is in tense south-westward of Dvinsk.
The enemy further offensived in the direction of Tarnopol, where our troops are lacking stability. Elsewhere they are not obeying commands, and have continued to retire,
General,
The enemy
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AFFAIRS IN SPAIN,
MADRID, July 22nd.
as a
There is no news of Lenin.
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BY THOMAS . A. SMITH, PH.D.]
BERNE Between the years 1882 and 1907 the
Yet in the latter year only 88,000 women dustries increased from 4 to 8 millions.
found employment in mets works because heavy work involved. of the unsuitability of women for the
July 1st, 1916. no fewer than 3,827,640 The war has changed all this, for on women were at work in the metal trades, which means, of coures, the munition in- dustries.
During August and September last year
been re-established.
It is officially stated that order has vestigated the conditions under which the
the German Metal Workers' Union in-...
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giùm must be restored free andag, the last shadow of a pretext of Ger- of the disorders. The authore of the independent people-loud eheers)-not many fighting for freedom vanished. It Maximalist plot and the Leninists have as a Protectorate.
Its sceptre must big nown struggle between a group of hen disarmed and troops are proceeding senbbard must be Belgian, and its soul Belginn, its sword must be Belgian, its demigeratic freemen and a group of nations to arrest the Jen ders, must be Belgian. (Loud cheers.) I have
governed by a military autocracy. That read Dr. Michaelis' speech as my duty The Premier concluded:There has
whole thing
once, twice and three times to seek any thing from which we could hope to end the bloody struggle, and see in it a sham independence for Belgium, a sham democracy for Germany, and a sham peace for Europe.
And I that Europe has not sacrificed il lions of her gallant sons to reestablish a soil consecrated by their blood as a
sham. mere sanctuary for a cheers) Dr. Michaelis tries
Ray
dope his
|been a more significant ebańge announced a few hours ago than the substitution of Dr. Michaelis for. Dr. von Bethmanu.. Hollweg, namely, the brilliant young
statesman, Russian
the outstanding figure in the revolution, a man inspiration regenerated and the Russian military power,
WAR NEWS.
PETROGRAD,
Petrograd is one of the few "European whose capitals which have never been besieged or captured by enemy forces- fact revived partly due, of roarse, to its modernity
who I was in May, 1703, that Peter the Great founded the city by building, himself a
women were working, and published the results in a pamphlet, Women's War Work in the fetal Industry." It is a appalling indictment of the slavery which is possible under Kultur. We have heard a great deal about welfare work for the German minkses before the war, but in order to be freed from sach trammels the Reichstag passed an emergency law in August, 1914, giving the Chancellor power to set aside all the factory laws and re- griations for the well-being of women, young people, and children employed in factories. It would seem that Dr. von Beth mann-Hellweg has made extensive use of
to the leadersluipsniall wooden hut upon the site. In 1710 his powers hours of 36 per cent, of
of the Russian democracy,
The
was found that women put in 75 to 84 hours in the week. The shift workers in some cases work 17 to 24 hours at a stretch.
Count Golovkin built the first brick honar, (Cheers.) and in the following year the Emperor, the women were found to be 54 in thes people with illusions. Germany in the coming great struggles in with his own hands, laid the foundation week, while 63 per cent. of them work of a house for his own residence, and over 80 hours weekly.. In many cases it find these, liks others, will be dispelled the East and West every German sol-transferred the seat of Government from "The harrussing six weeks" That isdier must know in his heart if he fails Moscow to the new capital:
he is dying for a military autocracy fighting free peoples. On the contrary, every Belgian, French and Russian sol- dier knows he is risking his life for the
A state of war has been proclaimed ingone (Laughter.) The circumvention of Valencia
the blockade by opening the road to Baghdad. That is, gone. The Zeppelin raids. Where are they? Now it is Turks
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KAISER AND NEUTRAL SHIPPING.
£4 FOR DEAD ENGLISHMEN.
Concerning those engaged in Silesia the AUSTRIAN PROCLAMATION. -
report says; "Same cloak-room accom- modation for men and women; no appor- bin pojutation against the bratalities of women are hollow-cheeked, their eyes aun Owing to the recent revels of the Bertunities to wash themselves, and the
and the boats; both equally barbarous freedom and independence of his native the Bulgarians, the Austrian military ken and apathetic, while all
and good company for each other. Oving to the submarines we are told wo cannot last much longer,
governor at Belgrade has issued a projey of life has disappeared.
Bense for the claanation accusing English agitators and agents of being the cause of the revolt, ventilation. The women had to lay on the In Krupps' works at Essen there is no He offers a reward of £50 for every live driving belts themselves, which is danger Englishamn captured and £40 for every ous on account of their clothes. Work- dead one, with another £40 for information women are often carried out of the fac leading to their capture. The proclamatories unconscious, says the report, while against the
the unarmed Serbs,
land Every British, American and Portu: guese soldier knows he is fighting side by side with others for international right I am sorry to disillusion Dr. Michaelis and the justice of the world.
It is that ships shall be treated as enemy ships when at the outset of his career, but the truth growing conviction more than a know-tion concludes with the customary threats the descriptions which it containg of the
COPENHAGEN, July 21st. The Kaiser has ordered that neutral
they are totally or for the greater part compels me. Gradually but surely we are ledge of our vast unexhausted resources owned by enemies or when they are char- increasing our production and diminish which gives them and be heart to go on tered by an enemy Government or are ing our losses at
fighting to the end, knowing that the ses. Although our at ses. Al
sailing in the interests of enemy warfare apprehensions were great for the summer future of mankind is our trust to main. the frontier that of over 150,000 workmen The Brovided it is always too small.
The Kaiser says this is a retaliation for months, we have gradually decreased our rain and defend. (Loud cheere.)
the maritime regulations of the Allies.
THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, July 21st.
Silver is 38 15/16d. There is no de mand and the market is dull.
losses. For example, comparing the thres weeks of July with the corresponding period in April, we have not lost half the number of ships. (Loud cheers That is not all We will turn out in 1017 four times the number ships we turned out in 1916. (Choera) In the
cloakrooms in many cases the absence of POLES AND BELGIANS MADE TO the
sarae are quite unquotable.
ninjority of
casra the WORK AT ESSEN:
modation for meals is bad. The women have to sit on the ground to eat, and where a room is
in one Berlin factory where 700 women are employed has sitting accommodation for 30, and as only one. hour is allowed for the midday meal it is impossible for the women to go home.
During the war German Socialist leaders have tried many times to induce
The
The Telegraaf (Amsterdam) learns from
and workwomen employed at Krupp's factories at Essen 40,000 are Poles, main ly from the Warsaw district. German military authority justifies their When volunteering for national service, i compulsion on the ground that Poland is prominent businessman in England, an independent State and an ally of the with an income of many thousande, pat Central Powers, the Reichstag to recall the emergency law himself down ag organizer. He was Eight hundred Belgians are also em- and to improve the conditions under protested, and it was found that the Essen before the war and were prevented nelled to work. They have achieved sent to the docks to unload ships. He ployed. These are people who worked at which German women war slaves ars.com- girl clerk who had dealt with his appli from returning to Belgium in August.tive to those optimists who expect Ger nothing a fact which should be instruc cation form had entered him in the record 1914. They are considered prisoners, and man neslists to influence Germany as organ-grinder,
are quartered behind barbed wire.
Buy and foreign policy -Daily Mail.