LIVELY ARTILLERY DUEL
PARIS, April 20th.
A communiqué statos-There were no infantry actions to-day,
in
The artillery duel was very lively the region of Castel, at Grivesnes and on the right bank of the Meuse.
GERMAN REPORT -
LONDON, April 15th. 4.50. p.m.
A wireless German official report states: After yesterday's failures the French did not renew their attacks north-westward of Moreuil.
LATER,
was
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 22ND. 1918.
SUNRESTRICTED SUR-
MARINISM.
REICHSTAG FAVOURS CON
TINUANCES
COLONIAL SERVICES AND ENLISTMENT.
LONDON, April 15th. In the House of Commons, replying to Air R. Price, Mr. W. A. S. Howins, that every possible facility for enlistment, Under-Steretary for the Colonies, stated and in suitable cases, for obtaining com- others militarily eligible in the Colonics missions, was afforded civil servants and and Protectorates, and the response had been most gratifying.
holding, principally, the Vosges. They are not being employed in Picardy. In Flanders it is certain the enemy has other entirely fresh divisions to use on our front, and also divisions distributed on the eastern fronts. Therefore, we must reckon for the appearance of another enemy division on our battle. front. At the present rate of consump In the Reichstag, the Conservative
Amsterdam, April 19th. tion of German divisions this will take about another six weeks fighting The latter, Count Westarp, declared that enemy began the battle prepared for Keichstag unanimously favoured a con- except the Independent Socialists, the very heavy losses, especially of officers. Arrangements were made for the latter
tinusace of unrestricted submarinism as transport trains in order to immediately proposed an armistice, raising the block and the Eastern Colonies and released as by spare cars accompanying artillery England subming peace by making submissive even it England fill up the casualties. This precaution ads would not
Ceylon and furnished a separate unit, was necessary, because, departing from donment of submarinism
pensate for the sha
aban their rule, enemy officers now lead their
many men as could possibly be spared. men into battle. It is noteworthy that declared that Admiral von Unpelle had resorted to as far as possible, but in tro Herr Exzeberger, the Centre leader,The principle of substitution had been the Germans are endeavouring by every torn to shreds the Admiralty Staff's propical Colonies there were few men and possible means to spare tho lives of the vious calculations. The Navy now realis Tower women available as substitutes for remaining regular officers. An enemyed what he (Herr Erzeberger) foretold in men of military ago battalion now takes the field with only August last, namely, that the object of two regular officers. The rest are all unrestricted submarinism would not be rearrve officers. This marks an epoch in attained by January 1st, 1018, as was the development of the German Army then officially asserted.. One Guards regiment lost in the recent battles 20 officers. In a few days they officer in command of the battalion. The finished up with a non-commissioned moral of the German troops is suffering under three main causes, severity of the cold. We know of divisions in with lossen, overweight of our artillery and
Seventh Reserve division, which attacked the losses reached 40 to 60 per cent. The at Lassigny and Plesier-de-Royc, left about 2,000 dead on the field, besides an unknown number of wounded. Also 800 prisoners were captured by the French, The division attacked in a column of A communique states:-We attacked by side with a third in reserve, and was regiments, two regiments attacking side this morning enemy positions on both practically annihilated. The losses of sides of the Avre pan front of four other units are hardly less terrifying
Our superiority in guns keeps the enemy kilometres between Thennes and Mailly-in a perpetual state of discomfort rein Ruinoval
MACHINE-GUN. NESTS DESTROYED.
communiqué – states:There a somewhat violent reciprocal bom bardment in the Castel-Mailly-Raineval region.
We destroyed, during the night, some machine-gun neste on the front in yester day's attack, in which we have, so far, takon 650 prisoners, including 20 officers We carried out a successful surprise attack north of Bezonvaux and brought back prisoners..
FRENCH LINES ADVANCED
Paris, April 19th.
We appreciably progressed east of Avre, while to the west we carried the greater part of Bencent Wood, advancing our lines to the outskirts of Bastie. Southwaiths we reached the western slopes and heights dominating the Avre. We took 500 prisoners, including fifteen officers.
It is confirmed that the enemy raid last night east of Caurieres Wood was of a murderous character for the enemy. We found over 40 German corpses and took 20 prisoners.
MILITARY APPOINTMENTS.
PARIS, April 18th. General Belin has been appointed the French Representative on the Inter Allied War Committee at Versailles in succession to General Weygand, who re- mains as Generalissimo Foch's principal collaborator.
M CLEMENCEAU COMPLETELY
CONFIDENT,
LONDON, April teth.
U-BOAT DEBATE.
AMSTERDAM, April 20th. In the Reichstag debate on the U-boot criticised as regards the delays and the question, the Administration was suverely
Admital von Capelle said, Wo must anner in which the submarines are being constructed.
prepare for a long war
The Socialist Deputies urged that the U-boat wartare had prolonged the war and increased the number of opponents.
The Socialist Kapp alleged that Japan's non-intervention with a big army was directly due to submarinism
Herr Kapp (Conservative) and Herr Ledebour protested against the statement that all she Deputies favoured unrestrict
ed subminism
CAUCASUS CAMPAIGN.
TURKISH CLAIMS,
A wireless Turkish official report
LONDON, April 19th.
We have occupied Tscherutsujii.: states:We are approaching Kara
2,500 men and 150 guns,
At Batum we captured 600 officers;
forced by inciement skica. We find no THE more enthusiastic entries in prisoners' of France in the spring. What we do diaries about marching into the gardens find are entries about the reprehensible habit of the French Paune of always positions of their guns and the weather. falling on their feet in the matter of the
to write home, but are still allowed to Bosche soldiers, now, are not allowed receive letters. To-day I saw one writ ten by a friend from Essen to a soldier, that boys of the 1920 class, who are now the principal nowa item of which was 18 years of age, have to report to the Military Authorities, between March 18th have been captured in the recent battles. and April 12th. Youths of the 1919 class It is their first appearance on the Front In France, boys of this class are, this month, being called up for their preli- iminary year training.
The figure of 105 enemy divisions given above is apparently has been officially stated that 126 enemy telegraph error. It divisions, live participated in the battle between March 21st and April 18th.)
Italian Front.
TRAUUGH REUTBE'S AGENCY.]
message from Paris says that M. BRITISH RAID SUCCESSFULLY Clemenceau expresses complete confidence in the result of the military operations.
BRITISH FOUGHT LIKE
MADMEN.":
LONDON, April 1sth. 12:30 a.m.
LONDON, April 19th, A British Italian official states: The Manchesters and South Staf
message fordshires both successfully raided last night, billing 30 Austrians and taking 24 prisoners, Our losses were very slight
There was fine weather yesterday and several long-distance reconnaisances and much nerial activity. We carried out destroyed eleven enemy machines, in addi tion to which we drove down another
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS
ESTHONIA PROTESTS AGAINST SEPARATION.
HOLLAND'S FINANCIAL
POSITION:
BIG LOAN SUGGESTED.
Holland's financial position, the most
AMSTERDAM, April 10th. In the Second Chamber, the Finance Minister declared that, in consequence of
drastic measures were necessary, and he suggested raising a loan of one-and-a half milliard Berins to cover the war exceeded one milliard florins. crisis expenditure, which had already
The Finance Minister stated that he hoped the army could be partly demobi lined when the big offensive in the West concluded and Holland's dangers were
·lessened
GERMANY'S TREATMENT OF
BELGIUM.
STRIPPED OF EVERYTHING,
LONDON, April 19th Ar Balfour, speaking at a dinner given in honour of the Anglo-Belgian Delegates, Baid that despite the infamous treatment of Belgium by Germany in the early days of the war, which would be forever an indelible blpt on German history what was not equally well- known, but ought to be known, was the Moscow, April 19th. The Esthonia has protested against the recent
Provisional
treatment to which Gormány has deliber- Government of ately subjected Belgium during the occu resolution of the Livonian-Esthonianwhich was even more horrible than the pation. It was a system of slow torture Diet at Riga in favour of the separation outrages of the invading army, although the creation of a Baltic, Monarchy in rages which made the blood of the civi of the Baltic Provinces from Russia, and perhaps less dramatic than the first out.
The personal union with Prussia. lised world run cold. The Germans have Eethionin says that this only expresses facture and capacity of a friendly neigh Previsional Government of set themselves to ruin the trade, maud- the pretensions of an insignincant num- hour whom they were bound by treaty to ber of the German nobility and their protect. Germany has rejoicingly declar- partisans,
ed that, if peace were to come to-morrow it would be many months at the lowest cstimate before Belgian intelligence, capital, industry, and enterprise could again interfere with German rivals. LONDON, April 2010. Further, they have in a cold-blooded A German wireless report states: In manner stripped Belgium of every- view of the reports of the formation or thing in the way of plant, raw revolutionary committees in war-prison- material and machinery of produc ers camps in Russia, notably at Omsk, tion on which industry depends. Tomsk, and Ekaterinburg, aiming at Belgium was among the leading Euro- equality among officers and men and the prevention of the repatriation of pri-industries and manufactures, and nothing pean nations as regards mining and other that the Russian Government immediately operation was carried out, inflicting a soners, the German Government demands exceeded the cynicism with which this disarms all prisoners at Omsk and takes far deeper and more dificult injury to prosperity. It was the business of the over the management of all camps pend- beal than the destruction of agricultural alse the separation of the German from Allies to remedy this gross wrong, and the Austro-Hungariau prisoners, the re Great Britain and America would do instatement of officers, and the Russian their utmost in this direction pesupation. of the railway station at Omsk in order to secure the free passage of prisoners from Biberia.
DEMANDS BY GERMAN GOVERNMENT,
Reuter's Correspondent at French Headquarters, telegraphing yesterday, states have interviewed one of the foremost French Generals, who command- to-day. None of our machines are missing the arrival of a German Commission,
ed in the great fighting cabled on Apriling. 7th, in which three French Divisions held
up thirty for ten days. Ile declared un- Naval Activities.
(THROUGH EKETEK'S AGENCY.] OSTEND BOMBARDED.
LONDON, April 19th. The Admiralty announces that British monitora, on Wednesday night, bem- barded Ostend and the batteries in the vicinity.
reservedly that there was nothing dis quieting in the present battle situation. On the contrary, we have every ground for confidence. Both in Picurdy and Flanders the Germans would continue to fling their wearied divisions into tho battle until the moment of exhaustion had arrived. In the course of this battle, like all others, it was essentially the same. Each side would contique to ply blow with counter-blow, endeavouring by weight of numbers or superior skill to find weak points in the enemy's armour. BE to the results. Each is endeavouring to retain reserves
The enemy batteries replied, but with suficient to turn the scale when the deci-out hitting any of our ships. sive moment, is reached. reached
Owing to bed weather it is not yet possible to obtain accurate information
One or two enemy destroyers, yester Dunkirk and then quickly retired. day morning, fired in the direction of
"Anter four years we are only within Light of a decisive point. As the Ger mans who are still in Francs have not
THE SWEEP IN HELIGOLAND used up their reserves of fresh divisions
BIGHT 415 the battle wiB procetd, and the next Dar destroyers, on March 28th, during shock must be expected as soon as the sweep of the Heligoland Bight, cap- food, pouring in through Bailleul Gaptured and sank three armed outpost towards Hazebrouck, is checked. The trawlers, taking the crews, consisting of
three officers and 69 men, prisoners"
We suffered no casualties.
battle might continue a month or more, but the enemy will be held until the enemy reserves are exhausted and their
numerical strength worn down to vanish Russian Front.
ing point. Then our turn will come with
the help of the American divisions."
(THROUGH ERUTER'S AGENCY,]
RUSSIAN FRONT.
GERMAN REPORT.
The General spoke with entirs confid ence as regards the positions. Jóst, as an- nounced in last evening's British com muniqué," and described them, after a rapid glance at a map, as one of the in- evitable fluctuations of the front. He. cxpressed unbounded faith in the British
LONDON, April 19th: A German wireless official report Army During the retreat across a de states:We copied, Tschaplinka and vastated region two British corps operat Melitpol in Taurida
ed under him, and he spoke in the
warmest praise of their fighting spirit, feneral.
despite the tremendous battering they had received. He said the British fought like madmen. He was specially grateful for the co-operation of the British artillery, which had been placed
[YHROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY,]
THE SIBERIAN MENACE.
uureservedly at his disposal, and con- BOLSHEVIKS DEMAND DELIVERY cluded by saying that the Germans are consuming divisions at a rate that can- not lag We have used ours with paine-
OF SEMENOFF. taking economy. Nevertheless, wa hold the enemy.
THE GERMAN STRENGTH. Reuter's Correspondent proceeds to analyse the German strength as follows:
The Germans possess about 2:40 divi sions, but we must allow for the existence of thers from the reserves There are 200 divisions on the front in France and Belgium and 125 are already engaged in the offensive, Twenty of the divisions in France are Landaturmers, who are
HARBIN, April 19th.
On the 10th Lust, the Bolsheviks at Dauria Station presented an ultimatum to the Chinese Authorities, demanding the immediate delivery of the Cossack General Semenoff and the disarmament of bis forces
The Chinese Authorities refused, upon which the Bolsheviks bombarded Man- churia Station, but ineffectively,
It is reported that the Bolsheviks are concentrating in force at Vtorairechka Station, near Vladivostok,
INSPECTOR OF MEDICAL STORES.
LONDON, April 15th. Major-General Sir William Babtic, V.C has been appointed Inspector of Medical Services and given the tempor ary rank of Lieut-General
MAN-POWER
BILL PASSED
LONDON, April 19th In the House of Lords, the Man-Power Bill passed through all its stages.
The Bill has received the Royal Assent.
EXEMPTEDS MUST JOIN VOLUNTEERS,
Lospón, April 19th. The only alteration in the Man Power Bill made by the House of Lords and accepted by the Government and the House of Commons was that all men exempted after April 30th, except in the case of protected industries, must join the Volunteers.
EXCLUSION OF THE CLERGY. The Bishops of Lincoln, Salisbury, Chichester and Bristol write to the Times protesting strongly against the exclusion of the clergy under the Man-Power Bill, affirming that the Archbishop of Canter bury a expression of regret in the House of Lords at the withdrawal of the clause voiced the grave conclusion of the Bishops as a whole.
INDIA AND THE MAN-POWER APPEAL
SIMA, April 18th
ADMIRALTY REFUTES VON CAPELLE
FIGURES CONTRARY TO FACT.
LONDON, April 18th. The Admiralty has communicated to Reuter's Agency the following reply to Admiral von Capelle's statement in the Reichstag relative to the submarine cam- paign:The figures quoted by Admiral von Capelle (from which the deductions as cabled are drawn) are entirely misleading and contrary to fact
Admiral von Capelle states that something over 2,000,000 tons gross were built annually for the past ten years, including Allied and enemy countries, The actual figures are 2,330,351 gross tons, output to-day cannot be more, owing to ***Admiral von Capelle adds that the entiro labour and material difficulties, but the actual world's output, excluding energ countries amounted to 2,703,000 gross tons, and the output is rising rapidly.
Admiral von Capelle tries to raise con fusion as regards the figures of 3,000,000 and 2,000,000 tons and the actual output last was ever given that 3,000,000 tons and year. Everyone knows that no forecast evan 2,000,000 tons would be completed last year. Three million tons is the ulti- mate rate of production, which, as the First Lord stated in the House of Com mons, is well within the present and prospective capacity of the United King dom shipyards and the marine engineer ing works. The enemy, still relies upon age monthly loss of British ships last exaggerated figures of losses. The aver- year including marine risk was
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gross tons, whereas Admiral you Care?
bases argument on an average loss from arrives here with Mr. Montagu (Secreter ended March 31st, will be published Tho. figures for the last quar tary of State), when a conference will be shortly, and will vindicate the statements held in connection with Mr. Lloyd as regards a continuance of a drop in the George's appeal for increased war efforts, rate of loss. The First Lord has already
MODIFIED CONSCRIPTION
The Viceroy has cancelled his tour and montt, marines alone of 600,000 05
ADVOCATED.
CALLUITA, April 16th sponsible Bengali leaders have notified Surrendranath Banerjee, and other re. the Viceroy of their readiness to make the fullest sacrifice to guard the sacred sail of the motherland of the Empire, and have circularized representative Bengalia advocating a modifed conscrip tion for the duration of the war.
assured the House of Commons as regards the adequacy of the supply of steel to give the desired output, and at present all shipyards are fully supplied with steel.
THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, April 10th- Silver 18 quoted at 47d. Sellers are holding back. The market is firm.
THE SOCIETY OF
OF ST. GEORGE, HONGKONG.
TOMBOLA
(IN AID OF WAR CHARITIES)
THE PRIZES WILL AVERAGE 6 FOR EVERY 100 SPILLS SOLD. There are in all 2,000 Prizes Valued at Approximately $20,000.
Purchasers of Spills Containing Numbers must keep such Spills until St. George's Day when the Prizes will be drawn in public view.
SPILLS $1.00 EACH ARE ON SALE AT ALL CLUBS. HOTELS. STORES. ETC.
PRIZES are on SHOW at 13, Queen's Road Central (next door to Astor House Hotel),
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Incubators,
Dozens of Pictures,
Curios and Fancy Goods,
dino
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