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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 4ru, 1917.
HEAVY FIGHTING IN FLANDERS.
'GERMAN
LOSSES "MUST BE COLOSSAL.”
THE WAR SITUATION REVIEWED.
RUSSIA'S POSITION EXPLAINED CONFIDENT TONE.
Franco-Belgian Front.
LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH EXUTER'S AGENCY.)
DESPERATE GERMAN
COUNTER-ATTACKS.
FEROCIOUS HAND TO-HAND FIGHTING
Wolbar continues.
LONDON, August 3rd. Realer's correspondent at Headquar. ters writes as follow: The semi-wintry The low, leaden sky and dense drizzle is imposing the very maximum of difficulties upon the opera tisun. Notwithstanding there has been much severe lighting in the past 24 hours. The Germans are manifestly seriously penturbed by our gaining so much high ground along the Pilken Ridge. They
Movern!
desperate
DOMINATING ARTILLERY
WORK.
GUN-POWER.
LONDON, August 2nd. Reuter's correspondent at Headquar ters says:-Our preponderance of gun- power enables us to keep up a steady barrage on the German rear through which reinforcement and reliefs have to come before an attack can be organised. The enemy artillery has been couren-
AMERICAN LABOUR TO THE MILITARY
IGNORE STOCKHOLM
CONFERENCE.
LONDON, August 2nd. Appleton and M. Joubaux respectively, The Anglo-French Trade Onionists, Mr.
the American Federation of Labour would telegraphed Mr. Gompers asking whether be represented at the Stockholm confer They received a reply in the negative.
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LI YUAN-HUNG REFUSES PRESIDENCY,
SHANGHAI, August 3141. Li Ymur-long has returned to his house
SITUATION CHINESE TELEGRAMS. INTERESTING SUMMING UP. [BY GOWITES OF TRE “CHƯNG NGÒI
LONDON, August 2ad.
BAN PO, J General Maurice, Director of Military up the sisundion to a Press representative Operations of the General Staff, summi
Sir Douglas Haig is pursuing his plans fu as follows:-In Flanders, Fizid: Marshal confining operations to Oxed objectives, determined by the power of artillery, ihus gaining ground with a minimum of to meet Feng Kuo-cbang, who tras per- casualties. On one-third of the front of sunded him to resume the Presidency. the present attack, namely the south, wo have not secured all we wanted. On Li Yuan-hung refused, but he was not ene third, namely the extreme north, wallowed to leave Peking, and after the centre for six hundred yards we did not meeting, he went into hospital. went beyond our objectives, hat in the quite reach our objectives. We had six times us many troops engaged us the ANOTHER RESIGNATION. French, and the English units ontnum
bered the overseas units by four to one. Paris, August 3rd. M. Teenys Cochin,, Foreign Under greater burdons ui the rest of the Allies
The situation in Galicia has placed od payment. Secretary, lus resigned.
|trating on sectors. The wretched weather WHY M. LACAZE RESIGNED.
prevents the airmen from directing the
PARIS, August 3rd. counter-battery work to any extent. Ito the demand of the Chamber that the M. Lacaze resigned because he abjected is very hard to get definite news of what Navy Committee be empowered to inquire
is happening in the thunderous, crim- son-tinted haze shrouding the battle
front.
into naval matters.
The fact is again illustrated that whatever side dominates in gun-power THE FINNISH DIET. gets the fullest value out of its infantry. For example, on Tuesday our
PETROGRAD, August 3rd. troops
The Government has ordered the disso bad comparatively little fighting but itution of the Tinnish Diet, and has fixed was when the lay of the ground rendered
the new elections for two months' hence, effective artillery support difficult or in- ALLIES' CONFERENCE. possible that the resistance was really stubborn.
GERMAN CLAIMS.
FRENCH AERIAL ACHIEVEMENTS.
PARIS, August end. A communiqué says: The Belgiuso artillerying is dominating the German artillery, whose activity is greater east and north of Bixschoote. We prevented any attempted attack and stoppent two enemy attacks east of Corny. There was! rociprocal artillerying on the left of the Meuse. Between the 218 and 1st July we brought down 20 aeroplanes and two balloons, and caused 21 aeroplanes to descend. Ten flying squadrons threw 41,000 kilograms of projectiles over statious at Koulers, Metz, Thranville and elsewhere, besides on factories, canton-prisoners captured yesterday now num ments, hixonacs and munition dépots. ber 750.
counter-causing considerable damage.
launtle attacks, and although these were repeated- ly checked by our intense artillery-fire, yet at places they reached the stage of hand to hand fighting of ferocious character. The Bans are clearly throws, ing in their best starmtroopen to try to retrieve the situation.
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GERMAN BACK-SNIPING.
TUESDAY'S BATTLE
LONDON, August Brd.
Reater's correspondent at Headquar❘ ters, writing in the afternoon, and filling in the details of Tuesday's battle, says :--- Infantry waves passed in the dark, an detected, partics of Germans crouching in ahell holes. Consequently, they suffered from back-smping. He declares that the Germans often defiberately shot the wounded. The enemy unsuccessfully re sorted to the device of wiring over shell
hole.
The fighting was very stiff at
EARLIER CABLES.
THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE. FRENCH ORGANISING NEW POSITIONS.
PARIS, August 2nd.
LONDON. August 2nd.
A German official wireless message states-We repulsed the C14:my in Flanders everywhere in heavy fighting, frequently pushing forward our battle- lines by counter-attacks and taking five French attacks on the Chemin des several hundred prisoners. We repulsed Dangs. The French fruitlessly attacked on the west bank of the Mouse. The
ANNIVERSARY
MESSAGES,
PARIS, August 2nd. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in u message to General Petain, on the ocea sion of the third anniversary of the war. expresses the Army's profound admira tion of the French Army' magnificent courage. The bonds of friendship have been tightened by the certainty of final victory and triumph of a just cause. General Petain replied: The success
Armies gloriously testify the strength of high command by the Anglo-French
until a decision is secured. the links which will unite the armies
Russian bront.
and the war has been lengthened. In the broadest strategie aspect the Russian front is so wide that it would take a very big break to affect materially the situ tion of the whole front which there is.10 reason to anticipate, provided the Rus sians hold now, but further retreats may affect the rest of the front. The most we can hope for now is that the Kussins will get together and reorganise. ↓ du not expect an effective offensive for soine time. The Roumanian mes ement is part LONDON, August 3rd. Mr. Lloyd George, Count Sonning, definitely recovered and shown that it ear of the Russian offensive The Army hus General Smuts, Lord Robert Creil, Mr.net effectively. But it would not be «pru- Honar Law and the Russian representa dent to anticipate big efforts by Roumania tives have left for the south-west coast to while Russia is unable to co-operate. attend the Allies' Conforenco.
LOOKING AFTER BELGIUM.
LONDON, August 3rd. The Government has appointed repre- Board of Trade, and the commercial com sentatives from the Forsign Office, the unity to promote trade between the British Empire and Belgium.
EARLIER CABLES.
SITUATION IN RUSSIA. REASSURING MESSAGE TO THE ALLIES,
PETROGRAD, August 2nd. The Foreign Minister has circularised steps have been taken to restore the com- the Allies. He declares that the necessary
Government will not be deterred by any bative strength of the armies.
The
A comuniqué suya: -In Belgium ther, which have bem obtained under your difficulties from prosecuting the war to
is persistent rain. Our troops continue lo organise the positions won north of The Aise. There is reciprocal artillery activity in the Craonne-Hurtebise sector. The Germans made an attack west of Cerny, but
were repulsed. We took thirty prisoners. There is an artillery duel to the right of the Mouse,
ENEMY'S TEMPORARY SUCCESS.
LONDON, August 2nd. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re ports: For forty-eight hours there has been incenssent rain. The enemy, yester day afternoon, succeeded, at grent eos, in obtaining a foothold in our advanced positions near the Ypres-Roulers Rail
BARLIER CABLES. TARVOOR REUTER'S AGENOY.}
ENEMY OFFENSIVE.
RUSSIANS ABANDONING
GOVERNMENT AND SILVER.
PRESENT METHODS APPROVED,
Mr. Gershom Stewart, as to whether the
LONDON, August 1st. Replying in the House of options to
Government would arrange for the pur chase of all silver requirements what- soever, either through the Bank of Eng- land or special committees of bankers, Mr. Bonur Law said in view of the high price, and in order to co-ordináte Gov ernment requirements, the present prac tice was for representatives of Depart ments requiring silver for themselves or the Allied Governments to meet weekly and settle in consultation with brokers,
the etal Government purchases required
alter it. worked well, and there was no reason la for the ensuing week. That predare
BRAVE COLONIALS
AWARD OF V. C''S.
latest
GERMAN-CTHNESE BANK.
The Gorman Chinese bank has suspend-
A SOLDIER FAMILY. An account of the funeral of a Crimean officer Veteran at South Sea recently in cluded the following passage: The fast dwindling ranks of the Crimean Veterans Association was evidenced by the presence of only one veteran, Gunner Tom Pin, R. M.A.. who wore his active service bonours;”.
It is of interest to know that the Crimean vetrant referred to is the father of Sergt. Tom it, of the Hongkong Police Force, Serg. Pitt has two brothers over 50 years of age at present serving in the R.M.A., and a third brother, close | Upon 60 years of age, has recently been invalided out of the same regiment as the result of sustaining a broken arm by being thrown from his borse... For ten years, also, Sergt. Pitt was in the R. M.A.
THE NEW TERRITORIES.
NO SERIOUS CRIME AND NO
ACTUAL WANT
In his report on the northern district of the new territories for the year 1916, Mr. S. B. C. Ross says:-
IGNORANCE OF THE WAR. The war continued to exercise prac tically no influence on the people of the district. There are no local newspapers from which they could follow the course of events, even if they could read, which the vast majority of them canoot. Tho only purveyors of war new TH ho occasional fremen and stokers who return to their homes from foreign parts, and 14 is probatia that their views on the war are pot very illusmating. 14sen te exception of kerosent, the way does not affect the price at loud commodities.
ot
a final triumph for the principles of the Russim Revolution, knowing that their liberty and that of all mankind depends
LONDON, August zid. upon it. Reorganised and regenerated Stirring stories vi extraordinary armies will at the appointed hour, regallantry and heroism are related in the sume the onward march of victory. Gazette in connection With the
INDERARE IN THE COST OF LIVING. Victoria Cross awards, which include
There has, however, been a considerable THE OUTLOOK EXPLAINED.
six to men of Imperial Regiments, two increase in the cent of living. estimate PETROGRAD, August 2nd.
to Australians, one to a New Zealander that the cost of living in Tai Po market The circular states:--The moment has and one to a Canadian. The following is now. 50 per cent, higher than it was
are typical cases: --
two years lugu. come when new and grave misfortunes are
Prices and rentals have Captain R. 42 Guisve, of the Austra-atl gone up. threatening Russia, and we consider it
A house which one of my POSITIONS.
our duty to give the Allies, who have lians. During an attack in the face of clerks rental ten years ago, a $4
month now costs $7.00 Pork is six venis heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, shared with us our burden and trials of after all the officers had been wounded a ty dearer than a was and the cust LONDOS, August 2nd.
the past, a hrm and definite explanation and the Company had suffered
very wie fas gone up 2 cents a catty. official wireless message of our viewpoint regarding the conduct heavy states: Between the Zrucz and the of the war. The greniness of the task of located two machine-gung and, despite a
Casualties, be, single-handed, Fish, owing to the railway, has become Dniester, our troops abandoned positions the Russian Revelation corresporis in continuous fire from them, izmed and
dear and wikendi to get. All good fish to the north-west of Khotin and between magnitude with the upheaval it has easked hota erews,
gves' ter alongkong »y train ana il qua* He re-organised the wishes to buy good fish locally it the Dniester and the Parth. The enemy ed in the life of the entire guvernmental remnants of the Company, which gained y be obtained at Hongsong prices. assumed the offensise alung our bank of system, and it could not be effected with the original ibjective. Finally, he felles have also risen. The accountant the Uniester and secupied a number of out serious disorders, Nevertheless, wounded.
of a shop in the market who used to ru and have fallen back west of the Patna other means of safety than continued New Zealand Forces.--The assaulting and lodging now receives $200, and the positions. We
are retiring to the east Russia is convinced that there was no Lance Corporal S. FRICKLETON, of the eive a salary of $150 a year with board River. We drove back the enemy negr fell back slightly, in the region Mounts Paucha and Lumuntelu: General.
A Barssit
CHU
Hollebeke Machine-guns, advantageous way. Our counter-attack drove him out Moldavica and took 154 prisoners Wommon action at the front with the troops were checked by a heavy fire, wages of coolies have also increased.
ly placed, proved the greatest obstacle to the Germans, who declined to emerge from their concroto dug-outs. Conse-south-east of Hargicourt. quastly, their casualties were extremely heavy,
at all points, completely re-establishing our former line. We successfully raided
ALLIED CONFIDENCE,
LONDON, August 2nd. The correspondent mentions that the
Field-Marshal Sir Dongins Haig has enemy frequently determinedly counter-
telegraphed General Petain paying tri- attacked unsuccessfully at La Basso Ville,bute to the ability and ardour of the
which is a very definite stepping-stone bowards Lille The correspondent also
instances a number of splendid fests by
airman, who fought as low as 200 feet in consequence of the lowness of the clouds, He also pays a tribute to the wonderful efficiency of the medical organisation.
VIOLENT ENEMY ATTACKS
REPULSED BY BRITISH.
LONDON, August 2nd. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig ro- ports: The enemy, in the morning and aftemoon, violently and unsuccessfully attempted to recover ground north-east- ward of Ypres. Strong, forces repeatedly attacked, regardless of the increasing Reverity of the losses, the positions be tween the Ypres-Roulers railway, and St. Julien. We, in every case, broke up and dispersed the advancing lines. We raid- ed north-eastward of Gougeau Court, and inficted many casualties,
Hucce38
plied:-The success of the combined attacks which you directed is shedding & fresh glory on the British flag and strengthens the mutual confidence of the Anglo-French armies.
LATEST CABLES, {THROUGH REUTER'S ADENOY.} BRAVERY IN THE FIELD. AWARD OF V. C'S.
THE POTSDAM COUNCIL MEETING.
ALLIED SHIPPING.
A PADI WORM.
of tered insurmountable obstacles both at section.
Allies in an offensive. We have encoun-when he dashed. forward to head his There can be no doght that there is more Although wounded, he want money in the Territory than there used the Front and in the interior. Enemy into our own barrage and personally to be ten years ago, and the largely in- agents made use of criminal propaganda, boubed and destroyed a machine gun creased sales of aerated waters and and irresponsible elements were provoked eyew. He then attacked a second guu, foreign cigarettes point to a general rise to revolt in Petrograd. Part of the troops killing the crow of twelve, thereby saving in the standard of luxury at the front were seduced by the same
his own and other units. His magni- fcent courage ensured the capture of the propaganda and forgot their duty to
objective. their country. This facilitated the enemy in piercing the front, but the Russian people have showed an unshakeable will that the revolt shall be crushed and the French Army commanded by General
LONDON, August 2nd.
The orginators brought to justice. The following have been awarded Government intends to bring to a success
LONDON, August 2nd. Anthoine, whose
assured the V. C's.--
ful end the task of establishing in ad-
In the House of Commons, in connee Allied flank and largely contributed to the Dragoons.
Second Lieut. J. 8. DUNVILLE, late of ministration capable of meeting all tion with the Potsdam Council meezing
He set to-day's succB88.
magnificent dangers and guiding the country along of July 5th, 1914, Lord Robert Cecil stated General Patain re
example of courage, determination and the path of regeneration. The country that the Government's information indi- party who were destroying barbed wire. great work of restoration and preparation 1914, decided on a policy which in their devotion to duty when in charge of a will continue, with renewed courage, the cated that the Central Powers in July, Despite being severely wounded, he took for the coming campaign. We are on the opinion would almost certainly lead to suring the success of the raid. He has we firmly believe that Russian citizens against France, up, an exposed protecting position en-threshold of the fourth year of war, and war against Russia and consequently since succumbed to his wounds. Second Lieut. T. H. B.
will combine all their efforts in defending MAUFE, their beloved country against the enemy. the Artillery. Under intense We are convinced that the retreat of our artilllerying TERRIFIC ARTILLERY.
ho repaired, unaided, telephone
wire,
armies is only temporary, and that they enabling LONDON, August 2nd.
his own-battery to open fire.
will victoriously finish the great work Subse Reuter's correspondent at the French guishing a fire in the ammunition dump, up arms.
quently be prevented disaster by extin- for which they were compelled to take Headquarters in Flanders, wiring on he knew were there
regardless of risk from gas-shells, which
NEW GENERALISSIMO: July 31st, saya:-8o terrifie
Second Lieut. F. B. WEARNE, Late of
PETROGRAD. August 2nd. our the Essex Regt. In attacking he gained artillery activity that
General Brusiloff has resigned and the Germans the objective and, by magnificent daring, General Korniloff has been appointed abandoned their first and second lines on eritical situation he jumped the parapet been appointed Commander-in-Chief on maintained the position. Seeing Generalissimo. General Tebererisoff hast the Yser Canal on July 29th, and allowed of the trench, firing and bombing the the South Western Front. the French to occupy them. Their subordar, He remained directing opera BRITAIN
enemy and throwing them back in dis sequent attempt to recover them was an tions, despite being severely wounded. utter failure. The ground where the
Subsequently he was mortally hit. French are consolidating is most flat and CONFIDENCE IN FRENCH so wet that it is most difficult to en-
GOVERNMENT. trench. Great shell crators fill with! water under the eyes of the observers. The most notable feature of the battle)
was
of
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AND STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE.
The first crop of rice was fair, but the second crop partially failed in all dis tricts the failure was about 30 per cent of the crop and in soine amounted to as much as 40 per cent. Landlords had in consequence to reduce their rents and the managers of loan associations in which payment is made in padi did not call for any biddings after the second crop, this is always a certain sign of a bad year, for it means that the people have spare padi with which to pay their con- failure of the second crop, way to thy tributions to the loan association.
The due to lack of rain and partly to the appearance of a minute worm which destroyed the crop. I tried to obtain specimens of this beast but was unfor tunately too late to do so. The animal is well-known by repute, but is said not to have appeared in the district for fifty years. Whether he is really a. arithmeti eal monster, as some affirm, and reap- pears with regularity at the second crop every fifty years, I ata unable to say, but he is gourmet and feeds only on the best variety of padi, the stalk of which the attacks and causes it to become blight-
ed and unable to bear a head of grain.
SO SERIOUS CHIME AND NO ACTUAL WANT.
On the whole in spite of the bad crop. it may be said that the year was prosper. The Crown rent and other dues were paid without a murmur and with practically no arreurs, and as far as the people of the territory were concerned there was no serions crime and no actunt want:
LONDON, Augast 2nd. During the week ending July with, the Italian shipping arrivals were 619 and the suilings 536. The sinkings were four
small sailing ships.
The French arrivals were 1,688 and the sailings 1,072. The sinkings were over and one under 1,800 tons.
C. S LOANS TO BRITAIN AND FRANCE.
WASHINGTON, August 2nd. The Government has loaned to Britain and Frano thirty-seven and thirty-two millions sterling respectively to cover. their needs in American markets during August,
NAVAL MINISTER RESIGNS.
HEAVY ARTILLERYING..
PARIS, August 2nd.
five times that of the Germans. A communiqué says:The bad weather continues in Belgium. There was great August 1st, says that the battle main The same correspondent, wiring on artillerying east of Brayenleonnois and taina predominantly an artillery char-ence in the Government by 392 votes to 61, west of Cracone. A violent artillery acter. The hapless German infantry struggle is proceding on the left bank of must have been practically unprotected, the Meuse The Germans, without result impossible in the water-logged country. as dug-outs and even deep trenches are re-attacked the sector of Avocourt Wood. Hence numeroes dead are being found.
In the House of Coinmons, replying.
LONDON, August 2nd. to Mr. Wilson Fox and others, Mr. Boner Law emphasised that no Govern | FRENCH WAR AIMS.
ment representative would attend the Stockholm Conference, and it did not PARIS, August 3rd,
depend on the Government, but upon the
PARIS, August 2nd. In the Chamber, M. Ribot, replying to Labour Party, whether they approved of Admiral Lacaze, the Minister for the was—the appalling preparation, in interpellations criticising the Govern such a conference Personally he hoped Navy, has resigned. accordance with General Petain's cherishment's policy, re-emphasized the neces they would not, and probably the Gov ed idea that the Allied gumire must be and compensation for the damage done attend the Conference, but, in any case, sity for the restoration of Alsace Lorraine, ernment would not allow anyone to
by Germans in France. He declared that the question would be most carefully
The Chamber passed a vote of confid Socialists, by going to Stockholm, would considered. be merely mandatories of the Kaiser,
GERMANY AND SPAIN.
Government has
AMSTERDAM, August 3rd. A pessage from Berlin says that the protested to Spain against the submarine, decree.
PARIS PASSPORTS.
LONDON, August, 2nd.. In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil atated that the passports for Mr. Henderson and Mr. Ramsay MacDonald were endorsed on July 26th for France at the request of Mr Henderson. The War Cabinet was informed and decided that it would not be right to withhold the passports in the circumstances.
HOME RACING.
THE OAKS.
LONDON, August 2nd.. The Oaks resulted as follows : =*****
Sunny Jane Dindera
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TYPHOON WARNING,
The following telegram was received by the American Consulate General at 4:34 p.m. yesterday-
Cyclone or typhoon, east of Fashi Channel; direction unknown.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN FOR THE FRONT.
Charlie Chaplin, credited with being the highest salaried comedian in the world, has been forced to forego signing a new contract with the Mutual Filax Moravia
3 Eleven ran; won by half a length, four He received notice from the British Con-
Corporation because of te war situation... lengths separating second and third. su at Los Angelea that the Empire was
to 1 Diadem; 100 to 8 Moravia. The betting was:-4 to 1 Sunny Jane; seeking all its subjects of military ago The place betting was to 2 Mora Chaplin was born in England and is stift for war and he promptly registered. via; others proportionate.
a British subject.