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THE WAR.
BRITISH VALOUR A MATCH FOR
GERMAN TRAINING:
LORD ROBERT CECIL ON THE TERRIBLE AND STRENUOUS STRUGGLE BEFORE US.”
ANZACS PUNISH THE ENEMY IN PALESTINE.
INDIA'S LOYAL MESSAGE:
CAN SUPPLY FIVE TO TEN MILLIONS OF MEN."
SUBMARINISM DEBATED IN THE REICHSTAG.
anco-Belgian Front...
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BRITISH FRONT.
SUCCESSFUL MINOR
ENTERPRISES,
LONDON, April 20th. 2.60 p.m
In a successful counter-attack Inst night the First Division threw out the enemy at certain points from the ad vanced defences around Givenchy and Festubert, gained by him on Wednesday at the cost of heavy losses.
We gained all our objectives and re established our position.
We drove back, the attacking enemy
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 22ND 1916.
The Germans farther south have failed to widen the salient in the direction of Amiens, despite their colossal suerifees,
In short, the enemy's offensive las been hung up in every important centre, namely, on the Oise, on the Houtdidier Noyon sector, on a semi- circular position 10 miles from Amiens, and the line of Bethune-Mont Kemmel- Ypres.
Signs are nos wanting, however, that a renowal of great attacks is imminent both against Wytschante and Meteren Ridge,
We withdrew to the right bank of the Jordan, bringing everal thousands of refugces desiring British protection. We have maintained, however, the bridge head on the other side of the Ghoraniyeh
ford.
The enemy on the 11th inst. assaulted the bridgehead at Choraniyeh and ad- vanced his post for 10 miles up the west bank of the Jordan. The attack was preceded by violent shelling, as many as 40 shells being fired a minute.
Field and mountain-guns are spraying
which are on the British main line of deur positions, but all attempts to ad
vance have been completely held up. fence in the north, and between Arras and the Oise, where a colossal enemy enemy concentration is in progress, and where a fresh German Army has crossed the Oise under General von Bohn,
German Correspondents are busy ex- plaining why the German advance has been delayed, dwelling on the bad ground and weather, but, especially, on our stubborn resistance.
AUSTRALIANS DENY BEING SACRIFICED.
LONDON, April 20th.
5.50 .m.NE
The Australian Official Correspondent in France says: The German war cor- mondants have been instructed to pro-
Another attack was seriously pushed opposite Ghoraniyeh. The Anzacs utilis ing the excellent cover of the bank of the Jardan awaited 2,000 Tarks debouch- ing in open order from the hills against the bridgehead. Oor guns mowed down the assailants, who persevered until they were 300 yards distant, when they melted nway under our pitiless rifle fire and machine gunning,
The following morning 367 corpses be fore the lines were counted, despite the fact that the Turks throughout the night were, burying their dead. The actual number of the enemy killed is almost 1,000;
When the Turks fell back, the Austra
EGYPT'S BUDGET,
CAIRO, April 20th.
GERMANY S
HALF-CENTURY OF WAR PREPARATION:
BRITONS
VALOUR EQUALS. GERMAN TRAINING.
The Acting Financial Advisor, Sir W. E. Brunynte, K.C.M.G., has issued n note to the 1918 budget, in which he
LONDON, April, 20th. rers to the progress of cotton cultiva-
Lord Robert Cecil, in a speech. a6 tion and the difficulties of fuel supplies, fore the offensive began German officers Hitchin, said he was informed that be-
which mainly can be
by the
at neutrd Courts were prepared to bet development of the Red Sea oil fields that the Germans would recced in and the most valuable discovery by dividing the forres of the Allies within which gas can be distilled from vegetable a fortnight. refuse.
The Harghdada cil field, dis covered in 1914, is turning out 15,000 tons monthly The balance of trade for three and a half years represents an addition to Egypt's capital resources of E. £50,000,000.
Sir W. Brunyate's note leaves the best impression of the present position and future prospects of Egypt
BRITISH BUDGET. COLLECTIVISM OF NATIONAL EFFORT.
LONDON, April soth
It is fully expected that the Budget next week will involve still heavier azeri- Eces for the British civilian population.
The Westminster Gazette, in an articlo on the British war effort, says that if there ever was another such war we
Lord Robert Cecil continued to say that month had passed and the Gormans had
foolish if we thought that the battle was not succeeded, but it would be
be wickedly.
ended. We had an indefinite period of terrible and strenuous struggle before us.
We must not underrate our enemies, who had great advantages, namely, 50 years' preparation for war, a favourable geo- graphical position and united command, but the British armies who had with stood the Germins for four years, on equal terms proved that their valoar was equal to the German training, while recently our forces in France were placed with the French Armies under the command of the great soldier, Generalis
sino Foch.
Lord Robert Cecil did not think that the enemy's formidable advantages would decide the battle in his favour, but wo must not fall into an error of Incilo optimism.
Lord Bobort Cecil raferred to the
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig after sharp fighting south-castward of claim that Great Britain in these battles inn envalry charged, cut off their ze should begin by commandeering the ser Lichnowsky revelations and other proofs.
is placing Colonial troops in the hardest treat, and took 100 prisoners, besides vicos of all our citizens, and make those
parts:-Southward of Hebuterno and
southward of the Scarpe we carried out auccessful minor enterprises, advancing our line slightly, and capturing 37 pri soners and three machine-guns.
Hastile artillery was active at Ayette and southward of the Ln Enssce Chnal,
AERIAL OPERATIONS.
Despite the weather, four-and-a-half tons of bombs were dropped on the railway station at Thoubout, a dump at Engel and on other targets. Our night fliors were very active, dropping 10 tons of bombs at Armentieref Warneton, Estaires, and Bapaume and on the rail way junction at Chaulnes, directly bit ting four trains, one which, judging by the explosions, was full of ammunition
All our machines: returned:
FAIRLY QUIET NIGHT
LONDON, April 20th.
3.16 p.m.
Reuter a Correspondent at British Headquarters, telegraphing to-day, states-Relatively speaking, the night passed fairly quietly in the northern
Roberg
GREAT ENEMY ATTACK A COM PLETE FAILURE.
LONDON, April 19th.
3.40 p.m..
British Reuter's Correspondentat Headquarters, telegraphing to-day, says:The bitterly cold weather, with sleet and squalls, is probably profoundly distressing to the Germans, for whom A great yesterday was another bad day. attack launched at half past between Givenchy and Robecq, altor five hours" intense bombardment, was a complete
failure
Between Avelette bridge and Riez du age the enemy was repulsed with lamitous losses, leaving some hundreds
of prisoners in our hands.
BAPAUNE PRACTICALLY WIPED OUT.
LONDON, April 10th.
8.45 pm Reuters Correspondent at British Headquarters states:
The Gumans are energetically repair.
positions
inflicting numerous enemy casualties Our losses were insignificant.
Genaral.
THROUGH REUTER' AGENCY.]
On the contrary, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, though, he knew where the attacks were coming, had only. Eng lish, Scottish, and Irish troops in dan-
EXPORT OF CEMENT TO gerous parts. On the sixth day of tho
HOLLAND. battle the Australian Divisions began to be thrown in, as an important part
LONDON, April 20th. of the British reserves, in the southern The Government Committee appointed
ve shown, to investigate the export hatties since when they have
from the United Kingdom to Holland, especially at Albert and Villers Breton- neux, that they are made of such stuff which was recently deserted to have been as can do what the Third British Divi.exported from Holland to Belgium, sion and the Fifty-sixth
where, it was utilised for the German Division did at Arras, the Fifty-seventh Division did at defences, particularly “pill-boxes," JU- Givenchy, and the Ninth Division beyond ports that the evidence does not sub-
stantiate the alleged reexport. Report further points out that such Bri- tish export gives no advantage to Gor- many by releasing cement for military purposes instead of supplying Holland, because Germany a cement resources were most ample.
Peronne, and for the second time they have been thrown in at a desperate counter-attack on the old battlefeld at Messines
The Australian troops far prefer to bo clussed, as they are classed with Divisiong which made these glorious
battle aron, except for considerable bomb/g roads and bringing up large supplice stands rather than accept the double- of concrete slabs, which they lay like pavedged compliments which the German ing stones. As soon as they are nicely throws at them with a view to their own
ing activity in frosty starlight and a good deal of shelling.
The enemy artillery in the Lys region, which has been steadily increasing in strength, mainly consisted of field-bat- teries and trench-mortars, but a good
deal more shelling from 4.5 guns and 5. howitzers are lately reported.
A SHARP LITTLE AFFAIR. There was one sharp little affair after midnight when a large. body
German infantry rushed our out-
set, our gunners tear great craters in the sincoth surface
A captured lettor describing the ap pearance of Bapaume road, pays a tri. bute to the devastating work of our air
men and artillery nod describes the
ditches as piled with corpses. The shat tered highway is strewn with debris and the carcases of horses, and it says that the road can no longer be used.
ruin
FRENCH FRONT,
LIVELY ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.
Pabis, April 20th.
The
The Committee recommends a conti quance of British exports of cement to
Holland as being mutuaily boueficial ABUNDANT WAR MATERIAL
HIS MAJESTY S APPROVAL..
⠀⠀⠀ LONDON, April 20th. The Press Bureau announces-His
or
who are not lighting perform other State services for wages fixed on a scale that would suspend profits reduce them to a minimum, “ This complete collectivismo of national effort is the logical concin sion of modern wars. Men between 40
as showing that Germany had absolutely not changed, She strove to lu)! us to sleep by a talk of peace, while planning this attack but now that the battle had begun there
was no talk of peace. In stead, there was nothing but talk of Gorman annexations indemnities and the increase of power of the German
and 50 discovered suddenly that the ser- military caste and the slavery of the rest vice they thought quite natural and proof the world. We were fighting indubit par for their juniors was also required ably for the freedom of the world. Any- of them, while men de veroved and desired to live in peace with their
one who now said that the Germans see themselves not far removed from a hours and were ready to make a just, and liability which never entered their wildest, righteous peace
was indulging voluntary self-deception. imaginations four years ago,
THE MAN-POWER APPEAL.
ENLISTMENTS IN AUSTRALIA IMPROVING.
The Westminster Gazette proceeds to say that taxes will be imposed which four vents ago we would have thought it impossible to pay. People who live in big houses will have to let or leave them and take smaller ones. Homes will have
to be broken up and the fumiture stored, As regards domestic servants, the muni, tions Department bas already taken half, and the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps went a good many of the remainder. Moreover, by a big compulsory cutting down of light and coal, houses are being desolated, hence the middle-class in Eng land has seriously to face a new way of Hie, and
thousands more will have. many to face it aftor the coming budget, The
MELBOURNE," April 20th." Enlistments from the various States are improving.
The full number of recruits have been secured for the Sportsmen's Battalion.
It is believed that the Railway De The Sydney Chamber of Commerce and partment is combing out the cligibles.
others are insuring 1,000 married cruite at. £200 each. £17,000 has been subscribed by the members of Tattersals for insuring 130 men.
-re
REINFORCEMENTS FROM "CANADA ·
OTTAWA, April 20th.
In the House of Commons, Sir Robert
communique states: ReciprocalMajesty the King has expressed his high newspaper mentions these things without Borden opened the debate on the rew artillery activity was very lively between approval of the exertions of the Mant Lessigny and Noyon. We carried out tione Ministry, officials, employers and several raids, and captured prisoners in munition workers during this critical similar enemy attacks, which were
Our airmen report that Bapaume has pulsed, practically ceased to exist.
The rate at which the enemy is running
Host lipë. east of Ried-du-Vinage 402d. reached our main front-line, where they were brought up by a heavy rifle and machine-gunfire, and were driven through his man-power is illustrated by back into Pacau Wood, after costly and the way he is drawing upon the 1910 class of which, according to prison persistent efforts to gain a footing,
ers' statements, the recent drafts largely consist. It shows what failure of this supreme effort means to Germany.
FIRST CORPS CONGRATULATED.
LONDON, April 20th.
There was more activity south of
Arres, where, yesterday morning, we succeeded in advancing our line over 1,500 yards on the front castward of Beaurains.
Last night the enemy delivered a hears assault from the direction of Telegraph Hill which was repulsed, after hard
ighting.
OUR TRENCHES POUNDED. A herce bombardment so pounded our Tig trenches that we decided to with
draw to the line held yesterday morning
The energy beavily shelled Tillfull
Wood.
The Press Bureau announces:-Field-
Marshmi Sir Douglas Haig congratulates Lieut-General Sir A. E. Holland and all
ranks of the First Corps on the gallant and successful way in which all the euent's attacks were repulsed yesterday. SUMMARY OF WEEK'S FIGHTING.
LONDON, April 20th. 640 am Yesterday marked the first real pause
in the infantry fighting on the Northern
There is a general increase of artillery Front in France since the enemy broke tring in the Scarpe Valley.
through near Neuve Chapelle on the
th
ADVANCE DEFENCES
RECOVERED.
GOOD WORK BY AEROPLANES. LONDON April 21st.. 1.5 a.m.VER
A Paris communiqué states: -East of St. Mihiel the enemy yesterday morning
time.
His Majesty statee he has learned that practically all the losses and expenditure of "munitions during the battle have already been made good and without any undue depletion of the reserves
There are now actually more service
dolivored an attack on u front of one able guns, machine guns and acroplanes kilometre uens Leicheprey and gained at the Front than on the eve of the footing. Some elements advanced to the offensive, and all other supplies are trenches, but immediate counter attacks abundant partially drove them out,,
Our airmen dropped four tons of bombs on the landing ground at Cham- pion and Bitouach, and in the regions
of Ham, Guiscard, and Noyon.
At night, between the 19th and 20th inst seventy machines effectively bombed the railway-station of St Quentin, the ailway lines in the Jussy region, and also aerodromes The Near East,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
TURKS RECEIVE SEVERE LESSON FROM ANZACS.
ENEMY FORCES MELT AWAY. A summary of the week's fighting LONDON, April 20th.
2.50 p.m.
shows that the Germans in this region
LONDON, April 19th 11.10 p.m.. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Baig re- bave (not succeeded in dividing – the
Beuter's Correpondent at Palestine Allies or dividing the British Army, ports: We have captured a few men, Thelt object was to cut off half of the Headquarters, telegraphing on the 14th, hing machine-guns and a trench-mortar latter against the coast at Boulogne with says:-The Australian troops have · in- in a successful enterprise southward the consequent loss of Calais, Dunkirk flicted, a very severe lea on on the entahy and Nieuport, and forcing the other half
the Scarpe River.
to retreat with a view to covering Houen in the Jordan area. In a recent raid and Havre British tenacity,
LOYAL INDIA.
THE MESSAGE OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS TO PRIME MINISTER
LONDON, April 20th. The Indian National Congress has telegraphed to Mr. Lloyd George and the Viceroy as follows:-
The Prime Minister's stirring mes sage to India and the Viceroy's hearty response are entirely in accord with Indian sentiment. Youths, whether Irish or Indian must be made to feel
that they are not fighting to establish a principle abroad which is not applied to them. India alone can supply five to ten millions of men. Our League would be willing to work and place they humble resources Of the disposal of the Govern ment for that purpose."”.
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
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the slightest complaint, and it con- eludes: We now have to realise that the whole of our lives will have to be ration ed, and that there is no sacrifice of com fort or convenience which the State is not entitled to demand of ur
WORKERS JOINING UP.
Man-Power proposals. He said that i was too much to expect that the Cane. dians would not be attached. Therefore, it was necessary to preparo, for an assault
For this reason the Government pro- posed to depart from the principle of selection embodied in the Military Ser LONDON, April 20th. The Home Secretary (Bir George Cave, vice Act and to abolish KC) speaking at Kingston on granted to certain classes exemptions said that, since the great offensive began was taken it would be impossible
The Premier added that unless action the workers had joined up in greater
to sup numbers than ever, and the effect of the ply adequate reinforcementu strikes of which we used to hear so much
Sir Robert Borden asserted his belief and of which we now heard so little wasn the people, and said he did not ap Yery small, The total lost time among dians in France to be reinforced by
prove of the idea o of leaving the Cana the war-workers through strikes WES Great really in a twelve-month, about 25 per Great Britain as the United States. cent of the totalnej
BE LATER. The Government's Man Power pro-", nosals have been carried in both Houses ROYAL PROCLAMATION CANCEL LING EXEMPTIONS
LONDON, April 1st. A Roval Proclamation cancels the exemptions of men from 19 to 23 years The Irish leaders at a Conference at of age, granted by the Tribunal and Dublin yesterday decided that monies Government Departments There are collected for the Defence Fund should certain exceptions, chiefly doctors and remain in the hands of the parish priests, those ponosing certificates granted by Defence committees will be
In the Colliery Recruiting Courts. each parish
CONSCRIPTION IN IRELAND, STATEMENT FOR WORLD CIRCULATION
LONDON, April 20th.
The Conference decided to statement of Ireland's case against con- scription for presentation to the world and has requested the Lord Mayor of Dublin to proced to Washington to pre cut the statement to President Wilega.
THE NEW SECRETARY FOR
WAR.
•
LONDON, April 20th Lord Milner will henceforth confine his
Sir Edward Carson, in a message to attendances to Cabinet Council meetings the Belfast Press, says - Our clear at which military problems are involved duty is to support the gallant soldiers. it the Front and to resist any Home Rula Bill which attempts to degrads Ulster
LATEST CABLES Y IRELAND'S OPPOSITION TO CONSCRIPTION
OBITUARY.
RT HON CHABLES FENWICK,
MP
LONDON, April 20th. The death is announced of the Rt. Hon. A conference of 55 Nationalist mem- Charles Fenwick, P.C. M.P hers of the House of Commons, in Dublin, presided over by Mr. Dillon, for Northumberland, Wansheck, since 1885,
[The Hon, Charles Fenwick was Mi
RED decided to remain in Ireland to organise in the Labour interest. Delegate to Trades opposition to conscription de Union Congress, 1883, Secretary to Par Fifteen hundred Trade Union dele- liauientary Committee on Trade Unions, gates, meeting in Dublin at the Mansion 1800 Member of Parliament Coel-Dest House, pledged resistance to conscrip Commission 1801, and served on Regak war-prisoners for the stoppage of all work to eable
workers to sign the pledge.
LONDON, April 20th, A Russian wireless message to German Foreign Office states that mon
the
Bure
with into Gilead they destroyed five miles af are being taken for the speed tien and axed the 23rd instanst as a day, Commission on Becondary Education. We also repulsed a counter attack in prompt French intervention, verted the the Bedjaz Railway line and captured evacuation of German
this sector.
misfortunes.
over 1,000 prisoners,
From Eastern SiberFLE
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