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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 28TH, 1917.
HEAVY FIGHTING IN WEST.
SOME IMPORTANT CAPTURES.
SUCCESSFUL ITALIAN OFFENSIVE.
DEVELOPMENTS
IN RUSSIA
GERMANY FROM WITHIN.
Franco-Belgian Front.
LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENTV.]
BRITISH CAPTURE STRONG POSITIONS.
SOME HEAVY FIGHTINGO.
LONDON, August 27th. Field-Marshal Sir Dougins Haig ports: ---We capturedįthe enemy's positions on a front of over a mile eastward of Hargi Court, and penetrated half a mile, carrying strong points at Cologne Farm and Malakoff Farmı, taking 236 prisoners.
The entry, this morning attacked the Ypres Menin Hond, using flamenca werfer, and momentarily re-occupied the
BRITISH RE-ESTABLISH
POSITIONS.
LONDON, August 20th. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re-
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
E VICTORY. LONDON; August 26th. An Italian semi-official message A
Baye
net-work of caverns
· Was
that the Austrians Considered that Monte Santo's trenches, tunnels and impregnable. The fall, morally, is very important, owing to the legendary sanctity of Monte Santo. The Twelfth Division, proclained by the High Com mand as the Division of Iron, was prac tically annihilated.
Reuter's correspondent at Udine says. it is estimated. that at least 79,000 Ans trians suffered casualties. The captáro of Monte Santo removes a constant menace to Gorizia. Further trenches on the eastern slope of Monte Santo, with considerable prisoners and booty, have been captured
A Paria message says that M. Matcel
GERMANY AND SUFFRAGE
REFORM.
DISSATISFACTION AT THE NEW
·SCHEME
SITUATION IN RUSSIA. MOSCOW CONFERENCE OPENS.
Moscow, August 28th.. The Conference opened with a speech LONDON, August 28th. by M. Kerensky The thoroughfares An Amsterdami message states that im were thronged with Maximalists, who portant conferences at the German Head-protested against the Conference and quarters have been attended by the provoked a partial strike in many of the Kaiser, Dr. Michaelis. General. Hinden factories. The trams were idle and the burg and General Ludendorff, after which restaurants and hotels were closed. The Dr. Michaelis returned to Berlin. He Mayor, together with Socialist revola- makes another speech on Monday. It has tionaries and Democrats, appealed to the leaked out that one of Mr. Michaelis workers, and soldiers to maintain calm. methods to placate the Reichstag Com STRIKING SPEECH BY M. mittee was assurance that the introduc.
KERENSKY. tion of the Prussian Suffrage Bill would. not be delayed, and that a draft of the Bill is being prepared in accordance with the Kaiser's promises. Dr Michaelis added that his time was greatly occupied
CHINESE TELEGRAMS. [BY COURTESY OF TEM CHUNG-NGOI BAN, FO]
- SITUATION IN KWANGTUNG,
SHANGHAI, August 27th. Lung Chi-kwong has been requested te go to Peking to report on the situation in Kwangtung.
CANTON NEWS.
[BY COURTESY OF THE CHUNG NGDI
"SAN PO."!
·CANTON, August 97th. REGULATIONS REGARDING GERMANS.
The Civil Governor has sent a dispatch all the local authorities asking them report upon the German schools and German teachers in their respective dis- Ariets.
porte:We drove out the enemy from a Hutin declares that the fall of Mont with questions relating to peace condi- with blood and fire. He warned those Minister of War containing the regula-
portion of a trench to the north-east of San Gabricio is ensured and the way is tions. Gillemont Farm which he regained yes-open to a considerable advance between terday morning, completely re-establish Canale and Tarnovo. A telegram from ing our positions. An enemy counter- Copenhagen says that the Austrians attack failed. The Portugueso repulsed admit that most violent attacks are being raiders to the south-east of Laventic. continued by Italians on the Isonzo to Enemy artillery is active near Ypres and the number of 656,000.
Loinbartzyde.
ANTI-TANK TURRETS."
LONDON, August 26th. Renter's correspondent at the British Headquarters, commenting on the ridien lous German claim to the destruction of twenty-one tanks, mationed on the 24th instant, indicates that only a fraction of this number were put ont of action. The tanks have done uncommonly well during the past week, but they are meeting with fresh opposition, namely, tank destroyers, which are called Anti-Tarik. Tarrets." brought down three enemy aeroplanes and ↑ The success of those turrets might have drove down four. Two of ours are been greater, but the crews of many of
missing.
north-west corner of Inverness Copse. Our counter-attack restored the prositions We slightly advanced south-eastward of St. Julien. The enemy recaptured a post Bouth-westward of Lombartzyde.
A
FRENCH SUCCESSES.
DESPITE DESPERATE
RESISTANCE.
We
them have been unnerved by the line of advancing banks and have joined in a general stampede by scuttling back 10 their holes.
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M. Kerensky, in a powerful speech at the Moscow Conference, declared that any attempt to take advantage of the Conference to attack the Provisional Government would be pitilessly repressed
A telegram has been received from the thinking that the moment had arrived for Lions to be observed regarding the enemies the overthrow of revolutionary power of China, REICHSTAG MEMBERS ANGRY,
(1) An enemy who wishes to with bayonets, that the boundless con- rave any place must report his name, AMSTERDAM, August 20th. Dr. Michaelis announced, at a meetingfidence of the people and millions of address, age and employment to the Local of the Main Committer of the Reichstag, soldiers supported the Government, which Authorities five days before his departure,
believed in telling the truth the intention to form a small auxiliary
10 their A passport will then be ismed. Council representing the leading partics enemies within and without, as well as Baggage owned by Germans must be well to consult confidentially with the Govern assembly the fact that the State
to their friends. He impressed upon the searched..
GENERAL LUK'S VIEW. Was anent upon important business. This mea
passing through a period of mortalsitors the other day, that he had always General Lak Wing-ting told one of his sure, which is left extremely vague, is danger. He emphasised that patriotism favoured President Li Yuen-bung, and regarded as an endeavour to conciliate the demanded concentration of effort nembers of the Reichstng, who are angry against the enemy and the forgetting of tovernment established before Li Yuen- did not like to have the Provisional at the Chancellor's rafte føre regarding domestic quarrels. The country's diffi bung had resumed the Presidency. He peace and the rectistruction of the culties were accentuated by the Separatist thought it would be time to establish the Movement zmong certain Russian Provisional Government when Li had
definitely refused to resume office.
AUSTRIAN ADMISSIONS.
LONDON, August 28th. An Austrian official wireless message atatos:-We took up new line at Bainsizza and sheiled the enemy, who occupied evacuated positions in severa! sectors. The prisoners now total 250 officers and 8,000 men. British and French: aviators are assisting the Italians. The Government with more breatcrats after enemy everywhere is superior. Since large promises about parliamentarisation Nationalists, and the shameful voluntary
and democratisation.
the 18th instant we have shot down twelve aeroplanes and lost one. Russian bront.
EARLIER CABLES.
ĮTARÕUGA KIUTER'S AGENCY,}
ENEMY OFFENSIVES FAIL.
YIELDING TO PRESSURE.
AMSTERDAM, August 26th. The latest telegrams indicate that the German Government is gradually, if unwillingly, yielding to the pressure for enlarged powers for the Resebstag, as is LONDON, August 20th. evidenced by the summoning of the Reich- Russian official wireless message stag leaders to discuss various matters states: The enemy offensives in the in addition to the Papal Note. Dr. direction of Vladimir Volynsk and also Michaelis' statements on the subject are south-west of the town of Sereth have very vague, and it is uncertain to what failed.
We repulsed attacks in the extent the members of the Reichstag will
A
FRENCH FRONT.
Panis. August 28th. A communiqai states: PARIS, August 27th
To the north of Verdun, at night-time, there was great BERINGIN SEALAN ways1 Champagne our artillery exploded enemy gas reserves artillery activity on the right bank of direction of Kezdivasarhely and north be consulted. north of Navarin Furm, On the right of the Mouse, botwea the Meuse we vigorously and successfully Chaumy wood. We slightly progress d attacked between Tormont Farm and on the left bank, to the south of Bethin-
O-neral. Bois-le-Chaume, and captured all our ob court, our advanced poms rching the event. „jectives, despite a desperate resistance, outskirts of the village.
Santoneux
nad
on a four kilometre from and to a depth CONGRATULATIONS FOR VERDUN
of one kilometer.
The whole of Boix-des Fosses and Bois-
de Beaumont is in our hands.
ARMY.
LONDON, August 28th.
Beuter's Paris correspondent slates
We reached the southern outskirts of that General Petain has congratulated the village of Beaumont. Our artillery the Verdun Army on its glorious suc caught, and drove back with heavy losses, cesses.
a violent German counter-attack which was debouching from Bois-de-la-Wavrille, The captured prisoners are not counted yet. On the right bank the artillery struggle has temporarily assumed great
violence north of Hill 204.
"ARLIEK CABLES.
FIERCE FIGHTING
STRONG GERMAN RESISTANCE.
LONDON, August 28th. Reuter's correspondent at the British Headquarters states:-The pivot of the
GERMAN REPORT.
A German
LONDON, August 6th official wireless message states:- The French gained initial suc cesses near Beaumont, but we subsequent
ly drove them back.
Italian Front
EARLIER CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE NEW OFFENSIVE,
IMPORTANT CAPTURE.
cast of Soveja. We farther progressed on the Caucasian Front.
LATEST CABLES. (TAROTON RECTER'S AGENOY] AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA. GENERAL KORNILOFF.
PETROGRAD, August 27th. General Korniloff has left for Moscow, after conciliatory telephonic conversa- tions with M. Kerensky.
Russiz.
General Yanouschkevicth, ex-Chief of the General Staff, deposed to what he described as the terrible plight of the army owing to the almost complete lack
L
ALSACE-LORRAINE.
LONDON, August 28th.
Is the course of his speech before the Main Committee of the Reichstag, Dr. Michaelis announced that it was pro- posed to form a "Free Commission con. sisting of seven members of the Reichstag and son Federal Councillors, under the presidency of the Chancellor, the men. bers of which must not be regarded as
members of either House.
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retreat of troops. Those who had once trembled before the autocrats now marched armed against the Government. The Government would like
to make those who had exceeded its limits of
(9)
DEPARTURE OF THE CIVIL GOVERNOR.
The Civil Governor, Can Hing-lan en- tertained a number of important person. ages to dinner yesterday and informed. then that
he had resigned office. patience to remember the time of Tsarisa,signation has been accepted he left for Although it is not known whether his re- The Government would be implacable Hongkong by this morning's train. - His because it was convinced that supreme departure was kept secret. paid a tribute to the self-denial of the banded over to the Provincial Assembly power alone could save the country. He The seal of the Civil Governor has been officers who had battled against anarchy by the Superintendant of Civil Affaire and the dis-organisation of the Army, Tang Ka Sun in accordance with the and earnestly appealed to the Conference orders given by Can before he left.
A special meeting of the members of to assist in the consolidation of the con-
the Provincial Assembly has been called quests of the Revolution. He referred to
to choose a successor to Chu and we under the unfriendly attitude of certain Rasstand that the Tuchon has called the sian nationalities. Russian Democracy Authorities together for the same pur would give what it had promised, but pose. where the limit of tolerance was passed it would cry Government would forcibly prevent the re-opening of the dissolved Finnish Dist.
Hands of l' The POLICE RESERVES AT MACAO.
GENERAL KORNILOFF,
About 150 men of the Hongkong Police Reserve, accompanied by Mr. F. C. Jenkin, D.S.P. (R.). and Chief Inspector Leo d'Almada, joùrneyed to Alavao on Satur PETROGRAD, August 26th.
day to take part in the Macao Volunteer General Korniloff, in the course of an Corps celebration of the third anniversary interview, stated that the safety of the of the formation of the Corps.
The Army was dependent on his disciplinary Police Reserve contingent, which was proposals, and these betraying the coun❝ccompanied by the band, huglers and
like traitors in the Army. try behind the front should be punished drummers, reached the Portuguese Colony
soon after mid-day and at once marched to the Volunteer headquarters. In the afternoon the Reserves took part in a review at Long Ting-Chin cam and
camp, also marched part.
The officers of both Corps subsequently.
MILITIA RESIGNS.
PETROGRAD, August 20th. The Militia, who have been substituting for the Police since the Revolution, have resigned in a body owing to their requests for an increase of pay being refused.
BIG FIRE IN PETROGRAD.
MANY CASUALTIES,
The Weser Zeitung says Dr. Michaelis TRIAL OF EX-WAR MINISTER
returned from Headquarters requisite. The trial of General Sukhomlinot, only authorised, and, also with the various charges, including gross neglect Crown's assent, to transform Alsace of duties while War Minister, is proceed. Lorraine into an independent Federal ing before the first jury empanelled in State. The papers state that the majority of the members of the Reichstag openly declared that they considered the parlia mentarisation of the Government of the conntry quite a different thing from the proposed Commission: The Cologne of projectiles and rifies on the outbreak | Gazette says the Socialists and the Centre of war. The accused, be said, disre Party have cách two members and the garded hundreds of ammay requests for National Liberals, Conservatives and LONDON, August 28th.
ammunition. The Germans, taking ad- Progressives one each on the Commission. The capture of Monte Santo by the vantage of a knowledge of this state of fiercest fighting in Flanders at present is Italians is most important. The moun-affairs, brought up their artillery close PACIFIST PREMISES RAIDED the crest of high ground on either side tair was one immense fortification and to the Russian positions, and created of the Ypres Menin road, of which we had long resisted the Italian progress on fearful havoc in the ranks. want to get the whole, while the Germans the Isonzo, north of Gorizia. It lies east do not want us to get any of it. A ding- of Vodice and its occupation gives the doing strife continues. Sometimes we go Italians domination of the Austrian forward and sometimes wo arc pressed salient between Monte Santo and Canale. back, but each successive time this hap- pens the chetay defences have been ren- dered less capable of maintaining resistance. We have seen aimilar phases more than once since July 1st, 1917, and they have always ended in the same way.
A not dissimilar, although more clearly defined situation exists around Lens. the Bainsizza Plateau. Directing them- BELGIUM AND THE PAPAL Last night the Canadians, with another selves towards the Jelenik-Vrh Front,
THE HAGUE, August 26th. NOTE. of their irresistible spurts, captured an they broke through three lines, even-
The Dutch Government has protested important. trench curving around the tnally capturing Monte Santo, and are
LE HAVRE, August 28th. against German aeroplanes flying over centre of the western outskirts of the city. now advancing on the eastern border of ing the Papal Note, pays a tribute to its The Belgium Government, acknowledg
Dutch territory on the 18th instant and officers. Another trench, which ruas across the Bainsizza, pursuing the enemy. The lofty sentimenta and is grateful for the dropping bombs, The Government does Arras road, and down a copaiderable captures now total 600 officers, 23,000 men, particular interest taken in stricken not accept the German explanation that ledgment of our salute, always caught however, are limited to materials for war
EARLIER QABLAS.
ANOTHER OUTRAGE IN AMERICA.
WASHINGTON, August. 26th. The report on the explosion which occurred at the Mare Island Navy Yard
LARGE OPERATIONS..
LONDON, August 20th. An Italian official message summarises the action to the north of Gorizia from the 10th instant as follows:-The Second Army threw fourteen bridges across the not accidental but was the deliberate act Isonzo, crossed the river and attacked on of some person unknown.
LONDON, August 28th.
The police have raided the residence of the pacifist. Mr. E, D, Morel, at King's Langley. They have also raided the offices of the Union of Democratic Control, in London, the Secretary of which has been seized, as well as numerous documents.
last month, in which fire people were GERMAN AEROPLANES OVER killed and 30 injured, shows that it was
HOLLAND.
down to dinner at the Macao Hotel, when Mr. Jenkin, in proposing the toast of the Macao Volunteer Corps, returned thanks, in the name of the Hongkong Police Reserve, for the invitation which had been sent to them from Macao, and also for the great hospitality which had been extended to them. The honour, be PernoGrad, August 26th, Following an explosion in the Okhla said, was deeply appreciated, and
A expressed the hope that at the next quarter of Petrograd, a fire broke out anniversary of the Hongkong Police causing other explosions. Four factories Reserve, the Macao Volunteer Corps and a number of houses were destroyed would not refuse an invitation to attend,
One hundred and twenty persons were
The dinner was followed by an enjoyable killed and injured in the explosion.
conversazione in the Volunteer Head- quarters, which was very largely attended. When the Police Reserves left for Hong- kong on Sunday afternoon they were given very hearty send off. As the ship was about to leave the Police Reserve Band played the Portuguese National Anthem, and the band of the Volunteer Corps replied with the British National Anthem, amid a scene of great enthusiason,
HOW SCOTTISH OFFICERS RETURNED THE WOMEN'S SALUTE.
One of the girls in the Women's Auxiliary Service, who had been in PROTEST BY DUTCH GOVERNMENT. England to say that the most using U.S.A. EXPORT PRIVILEGES FOR France some weeks wrote to a friend in
part of the life in France was when Scot tish officers came along. In the days when the corps first landed on the other side of the Channel we were told to salute But the Scottish officers, in acknow
ALLIES,
It is reported from Washington that nounced that the Allies will be accorded the United States Government has an- the privilege of purchasing goods in the United States at the same prices as thes United States Government, Buch goods, service and guarantees will have to bes So we are told not to salute offers that the goods will be used for no other. given to the United States Government
purpose.
hold of their kilts and curtseyed.
length of which they are already able to seventy five
guns, many horses, one Belgium. It will deferentially consider the aeroplanes out their way in the orth look, is reported full of enemy dead. aeroplane and other booty,
the proposals therein,
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now l