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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 1917.
RAID.
CASUALTIES AND DAMAGE AT SOUTHEND.
ENEMY ATTACKS IN WEST,
BITTER FIGHTING.
THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE.
SOME DEVELOPMENTS.
Franco-Belgian Front.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
LATEST CABLES.
THE YPRES ATTACK.
BRITISH PRISONERS.
LONDON, August 12. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re porte: The prisoners of the Ypres attuck on Friday, and subsequent opern- tions, now total 434. Six guns were also captured.
Aerial Activities.
LATEST CABLES. THROUGH REUICER'S AGENCY.)
THE AIR RAID.
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE AT
SOUTHEND.
LONDON, August 13th.
The Press Bureau' amounces that the cheny raidors caused considerable damage nt Southend, where they dropped 40. bowls.
The casualties at present reported are right men, nine women and six children killed, and about 30 persons injured.
Two men were injured at Rochford An uninhabited house at Margate was demolished. There were, no casualties at this place.
MORE FRENCH PROGRESS.
PARIS, August 12th
Thero
WIL
engagements
to the
A communiqué states:-There have been
artillery
at
Russian bront.
EARLIER CARLES, (THROUGE REEFER'S AGANOY.],
SUPERIOR ENEMY FORCES
RUSSIANS FIGHTING
EARLIER CABLES.
LABOUR AND SOCIALISM.
THE CASE OF MR. HENDERSON.
Losnos, August 12th, Mr Arthur Henderson, replying a Mr. Lloyd George, says that in connec tion with the Labour Conference what are obviously inspired statements appear; A Russian official wireless message in the Press today, and they contain states: --Following stubborn attneks, the reflections upon himself without being net against them in order to shorten the
STUBBORNLY:"
LONDON, August 19th,«*
Bommasians retired to Okna, along the Emile Myshoreli roud and to the west of Gorzesce Superior enemy forces attack. cd on the Focsani Merch soi Bailway, but we counter-attecked and took 1,200 prisoners. Later wo retired to Merochesel
and Furceni. We captured an enemy position at the mouth of the Buzeo River. GERMAN CLAIMS.
LONDON, August 12th.
CASUALTIES AT SOUTHEND.
A German official wireless, message splendid weather
north of Bixschoute, but no infantry visitors, when the evening, sky suddenly Valley we captured a dominating height Southend, which was unusually full of StatTo the south of the Tresu!
fighting. We completely recovered ele- ments of trenches enptured by the Ger mon to the cast of Fayet on the 9th instant. Two enemy attacks, one of which was most violent, were made un trenches, which we won yesterday to the south of Willes. They were repulsed with serious We held all the positions
The Portuguese troops repulsed a raid "emy iss. southward of Armentierers.
.
We brought down three aeroplanes and Brove down four. Five of ours did not
return.
EARLIER CABLES.
خستنت
GREAT AERIAL BATTLES,
་
GOOD WORK BY BRITISH.
LONDON, August 19th. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a Communiquc, ngs: The eney Je
attacked this morning our new positions
4o the north of the Ypres-Meniu rund. After heavy fighting they pressed un slightly back to Glencros Wood. Wel gained ground on the right bank of the Steenhoek, in the neighbourhood of the Xpres Vaden Builway. To-day we took 121 prisoners Despite enemy aircraft crossing our lines in many places and attacking our bombing planes in a great duel, sucessful work was carried out. A
large number of photographs were taken, Machine-guns effectively engaged many targets on the ground. Six-and-a-half
tous of bombs were dropped on nero. dromes and ammunition depots. The fighting was very
with large formations all day long. We brought down ten machines and drove down six.
Twelve of our machines are missing.
LIVELY
severe
ARTILLERY
¦
seemed to be full of seroplanes coming. from all directions. Six hovered over the town dropping bombs, mostly on the poorer quarters. Twenty-seven houses were damaged, Bevouteon being in one
street.
Most of the casualties were caused by one bomb dropped in a crowd of visitors
and the village of Gorozence.· ́ The Russo-Roumanians fruitlessly attacked
Railway. We captured 6,780 prisoners, between the Sereth and the Adjudülnew
eighteen cannon and sixty-one machine
guns.
HEAVY ENEMY LOSSES:
PETROGRAD, August 19th. An Odessa telegram says the enemy's
suported by evidence. He deprecates the possibility of his attitude at the Conference being made the subject of controversy or recrimination, and he ena only request the public to suspend its judgment till they know the facts f
any statement of his position is to bu
made at this juncture it will be made in the proper place, namely in the House of Commons, and even then his course will be influenced in so far as it would affect the national interest in the sue- cessful prosecution of the war,
HONEST MISUNDERSTANDING!-
LONDON, August altin
George and Mr. Henderson clears up the The correspondence between Mr. Lloyd
FRENCH SOCIALISTE DECISION.
PARIS, August 19th. The Socialist Party has decided to participate in the Stockholat Conference. I declares that it is not seeking a compromise, which will leave the fate of nations in suspense and at the mercy of fresh
wars, but a peace enduring respects. for rights of nations and treation, and submission of all possible conflicts for the future to international justice.
The Socialista also declare that they are going to Stockholm in order to ask all Socialists wheller they condemn the Governments responsible for the war and if they will war. They will also demand which still refuse to agree thereto to Socialists shall compel Governments state their war aims. They will also in supporting culpable Governments shall enquire whether Socialists who persist remain members of the Internationale.
that
SITUATION IN RUSSIA. IRON DISCIPLINE FOR ARMY.
PETROGRAD, August 19th. The Government has authorised the hibit meetings of Congresses endangering Ministers of Interior and War to pro the continet of the war and the Hecurity of the State. The Minister of War, in- terviewed, said the first task was to restore iron discipline in the Army, and Commis sioners would be appointed by the.. Government for this purpose, but the High Command would retain exclusivo
young slicess to posts in the High Com- power of the field operations. The Governant did not intend to appoint
and again progressed at night-time, Two who were proceeding to the railway action on the Roumanian front is rapiden uttered by all sections of the Press front fired at the Cuirassiers guarding
enemy aeroplanes were brought down. As a reprisal for the enemy bombardment of Nancy and the region north of Paris 2w6 French avropilanes bombed Frank fartun-Main, and both returned un- harmed.
HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING, JULY AERIAL RESULTS.
LONDON, August 12th, Renter's correspondent at British Head. quarters states: Bitter hand-to-handt fighting, with give-and-tak, results, fol- lowed
our attack yesterday morning against che positions along the high Bround between Frezenburg and Inverness Copse The Germans have been giving vigorous effect to their policy of swift Is this demonstrating the great attneks,
great tactical value they attribute to the terrain thereabouts. They have been mainly Gght- ing in the open, directly under all description of tre, so their losses must have been prodigious Fusiliers, the Queen's, West Surreys and the Bedfords have particularly distin guished themenices, during the past two rinya.
The Lancashire
The correspondent states that during July our airmen crashed down 122 enemy machines and drove down 120 out of con WORK trol. The artillery, assisted by airmer, destroyed over 300 gun-pite and caused PARIS, August 12th,
nearly a thousand explosions on enemy front, many by the touching-off of ammunition dumps,
A communiqué, states:-There is very lively artillery firing in Belgion. A German attack cast of Fayet, north of Bt. Quentin, was stopped dead by our fire. Artillery firing in Champagne has slackened. German attacks at Montbaut and Montbland were repulsed.
BRITISH ACTIVITY,
LONDON, August 12th.. Field Marshal Sir Douglus Haig re. poris: The weather is wet and stormy. Fighting occurred for the possession of a mine crater to the east of Givenchy lee La Basses. We established ourselves on the lip of the crater and drove off an enemy counter-attack. Enemy artillery was active to the east and north of Ypres.
the
station.
terrific. Most of the windows in High The explosions of aerial torpedoes were Street were washed by the concussion, but not a singhs fire broke out.
A bomb killed one girl in the street, tearing off her clothes and reducing her body to pulp.
British aeroplanes speedily chased the raiders towards the sea,
BARLIER CABLES.
ANOTHER AIR RAID ON ENGLAND. TWENTY ENEMY AEROPLANES.
"Losnon," August 12th, The Pass Bureau
that "quadron of twenty enemy aeroplanes was reported off Felixstowe at 5,15 in the afternoon.
announces
They skirted the coast going
towards Clacton, where they divided,
Be part turning in the direction of Margate.
The reminder, crossed the coast and dropped bonus in the neighbourhood of Bouthend,
Bombs were also dropped on Margate. Reports of damage and casualties have not yet been recñived.
Our aircraft pursued the eaeng to- wards the sea. GALLANT CANADIAN AIRMAN STIRRING STORY.
LONDON, August 19th, The Gazette records a story of wonder. ful daring and skill in connection with the award of
the Victoria Cross to Captain William
Bishop, LONDON, August 12th. -of the
GERMAN REPORT.
A German official wireless message states that two French attacks at Cerny broke down.
Naval Activities.
EARLIER CABLES (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SPANISH OFFICERS FOR HOSPITAL. SHIPS.
Canadian Tory
1.
AN UNHAPPY INCIDENT.
PETROGRAD, August 19th, Ukraine
Despatches from Keiff state that a regiment entrained for the
the station. Ukrainers surrendered. Fourteen were A fight ensued and the killed and 50 wounded,
ODESSA A REPORT DENIED,
LONDON, August 12th.
Odessa officially
GENERAL KORNILOFF'S
CONFIDENCE,
position of the Government on the sub-marid, ject of the Stockholm Conference and thus answers criticistus regarding the ambiguity of its attitude, which have
daring the past fortnight, but persona! diminishing in intensity, owing to their
resistance of the Russians, who only fall being straightforward and incapable of very heavy losses and the desperate Mr. Henderson lias a reputation for aspects of the case, are still a mystery.
back unwillingly in bedience to double dealing. Hence it is assumed denies that the evocation of Odessa is
4 telegram from strategie necessity. The Russian High that there has been an honest misunder imminent. Command records cases in which orders standing, probably due to Mr. Henders to retire had to be repeated before the son's lack of clarity in expression, Tha: trompe obeyed.
he is deliberately provoking a trial of
LONDON, August 12th. A Paris message states that General General
strength Ixtween organised labour and Korniloff has telegraphed to General Foch the Government is regarded
stoting1 am convinced that after the restoration of firm discipline our troops probable. There is no indication of a will very shortly bring full support to growth of pacifcism quong the workers, the Allies. General Foch replied, pay- ing a tribute to General Korniloff'E and it is not likely that Mr. Henderson ardour and unconquerable energy, and will more closely identify himself with anticipating powerful Russing offensives
as a perinde to decisive victories. Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, whose phrase
WHAT RUSSIA NEEDS MOST our German
friends"
at Friday's conference Kasrovokid (widesprend
NEW YORK, August. 11th. All the members of the American criticism.
Mission Petrograd, except the Important Labour societies have at. Socialists, oppose the sending of Ameri can troops to the Russian front, believ ready arraigned themselves against Fring that Bussin most seeds organisation
and not troops. day's verdict, which may be reversed by a referendum of Trade Unions or by COLONIES WAR DETERMINA- general esett, Mr. Havelock. Wilson
TION.
American
LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH BEDTÉB'S AGENCY.] RUSSIA AND THE STOCKHOLM
CONFERENCE,
PETROGRAD, August 12th.
A semi-official statement refers to 'Mr; Henderson's speech at the Labour Con- ference on the 19th inst. regarding the Russian Government's attitude to the Stockholm Conference.
It says that it certainly seans that the Russian Government has always been of the opinion, and still shares the opinión, that the projected Socialist confermic is not directly related to a policy, of State, and being solely a party question, all Parties of all countries may go to the conference to formulate points of vica.
AUSTRALIA AND THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE.
A GENNING. TRAP."""
has
telegraphed to the abourite, Mr. Gompers, that a ballot which he and Mr. Appleton had taken of the branches of the Unions show, that one million and a half Trade Unionists were in favour of the Seamen's Union
LONDON, Angusį 19th. Mr. Walter Long announces that re- plies to the message from Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, which were sent by Mr. Lng to all the Oversen Dominions on the 4th instant, have Isen received from the Governor of Australia, New sioner for South Africa, the East African foundland, and Fiji, the High Commis-
boycotting. Stockholm. He adds: We Protectorate, Barbados, British Hon are convening conference of Trade the Straits Settlements, Gilbraltar, the duras, Dominica, the Windward Islands, on August 90th to demand a Falklands, Ceylon and the Gold Coast, all expressing their determination to de their trust to carry on the war to victory,
Losnos, August 13th, The Rt. Hon. W. M. Dughes, Premier of Australia, has telegraphed the Colonial Ofice expressing the strong opinion that British representation at the Stockholm Cabinet.
It is expected that Mr. George Barnes will succeed Mr. Henderson in the War
SOLDIERS AND WORKMEN'S MOVEMENT.
Losbos, August 12h.
RUMANIAN GOVERNMENT.
PETROGRAD, August 12th. The question is being considered of establishing the Roumanian Government and Royal family at Roster on the Don. TROUBLE WITH MAHSUDS ENDED.
PORTUGAL AND THE WAR. LISBON, August 11th. - The Chamber has passed a vote of con- fidence in the Government regarding the motives determining participation in the
Conference was
most undesirable and
was calculated to have the Allias
Cavalry
and Proscention of the war and the deciding
At an open air demonstration at Glas Flying Corps, who already possessed of the terms of peace. It was impossible the Distinguished Service Order and then reconcile representation at Stockholm Kew yesterday, to protest against the Military Cross, Captain Hishop, who
with the British war ains as stated by prohibition of the British Soldiers" and
SIMLA, August 11th. Workmen's Conference. Mr. Lloyd George. had been sent out, to work independently
The Mahsuds on June 26th complied Mr. Ramsay
with the Government's terms, Three "I regard a conferete, at which the Macdonald was received with this sing thousand assembled at Sariskai, taking of the First Fleet, to an enemy aorodrome, peace cranks of all countries, including ing of the Socialist song, The Red the outh of peace. General Munro, in finding no machines about, flew to another Britain, and Germany's secret agents, Flag" He said :— Our enemies tried to praises. their skilful operations and the ordering the dispersal of the troops, werodrome twelve miles at the rear of the masquerading as parfasts and friends of camboozle the Enbour movement not to pluck of all arms. He says that the tri- Chemy -
y lince. Beven enemy machines, Labour will be gathered together, as a go to Stockholm, but they got their of the Flying Corps
besten for the first time felt the power some with thoir engines ruoning, were on cunning trap set to catch tho Teyal
auswer yesterday." British Labour the ground. He attacked these, and a
representativos, and,
The Observer calls upon the Premier through them, the organised labour now mechanic who was trying to start one supporting the war."
to grapple immediately with the British Soldiers and Workmen's Delegates move-i was seen to fall. One machine got off the
ment or we shall lose the war. MR GERARD'S DISCLOSURES Captain Rishop fred fifteen rounds into
MR. HENDERSON'S POSITION... ground, but at a height of sixty feet
KAISER'S NEW ROLE
it at very close range. It crashed to the
LONDON, August 13th. ground. A second machine got off the A further instalment of Mr Gerard's ground, but Captain Bishop fired fifty book has been published in the Daily rounds at 150 yards range into it, and
Telegraph,
He describes un interview, in October Londos, August 12th.
it fell into a tree. Two more rose from 1815, with the Kaiser, who had previously The Gazette announces that the CM (rodrome, and he engaged one at a refused to receive him
mbarrassing complications arising out of this duality of office_Therefore, 1 height of thousand feet. He emptied a
deem it advisable to ask you to release He says the Kaiser remarked that heme from further membership of the drum of ammunition into it, and it crash- would not have permitted the torpedoing desire that the war should be carried to
Government. I continue to share your ke ed to the ground. After emptying of the Lusitania if he had known it, he successful conclusion and trust that in other drum into a fourth machine, cause “no gentleman would kill so many on Government capacity I shall be ble to render some little assistance to Captain Bishop few back. Despite the wonten and children.”
this end fact that four hostile scouts were above
MADRID, August 11th,`-| Eleven Spanish officers to be posted to hospital ships, in accordance with the agreement with Germany, have gone to French ports
BRAVE COMMANDER HONOURED.
* LONDON, August 12th. Mr. Henderson, in his letter of re signation to Mr. Lloyd George, wróte as follows: "I gathered from our inter Flow last night that you had reshed the conclusion that my retention of the Secretaryship of the Labour Party was
member
longer compatible with my
of the War Cabinet. Recent ex
WET
SILVER.
LONDON, August 11th.
The silver market is steady,
partones have, impressed me with the CHINESE TELEGRAMS.
BY COURTESY OF THE CHUNG NOOI
BAN PO
CHINA AND GERMANY.
FRENCH AERIAL RAIDS.
PARIS, August 12th. A communiqué states In Belgium the artillery duel is gonewhat violent in the section of Hurtebise and on both banks of the Mouse. The Germans directed dispersed artillery fro on the whole at Rheims, two civilians being killed and we wounded.. Aeroplanes bombarded on the Belgian Front on Friday night, and revognition of his services in command yesterday, enemy barracks to the north of
of the naval armoured car squadron the forest of Houthulst and railway
which was raised at the beginning of the war. He commanded it throughout its stations at Cortemarck and Pichtewelde.
operations în Belgium, Persia, Armenia, Fire and violent explosions were observed Dobrudja quá Roumania with great zeal at Pichtewelde, An aviation ground at and gallantry, personally participating the station, his machine being very badly shall stand no nonsense from Amerien points out that if one Ally grants pass Ministers' opinion, and also to persuade
Comarl was shelled,
decoration has been conferred on Com mantler Locker Lampson,
Min ¤ M.P.,
Ein most of the fighting.
him for a mile of the return journey, they did not attack him, and he reached
damaged by shot,
The Kaiser, who was careworn and America and repeatedly said, "America nervous, showed great bitterness against had better look out after the war, and,
fter the war
FAB16, August 12th.
FRENCH DISAPPOINTMENT. The Tress is disappointed at the decision of the Labour Conference, and norts, the others will be obliged to do likewise
SHANGHAL, August 13th. The Ministers of the Entente Power. held a meeting at the French Legation on the 11th, with the object of discussing a declaration of war by China against Germany. The meeting also decided to pay $10,000,000 to the Government,
After the meeting the Japanese Minis- ter visited Tan Chisu to report the Tan Chi sui to declare war against Cer many at an early date