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THE WAR.
AMIENS NOT THE ENEMY'S GOAL.
CENTRAL POWERS' HARSH TERMS TO
ROUMANIA.
Naval Activities.
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LONDON, May 12th. The Admiralty announce. A mine sweeping Bloop was torpedoed and sunk on May, 8th.
Two officers and 13 men are missing.
THE ZEEBRUGGE RAID.
* VINDICTIVE'S" POSITION CONFIRMED.
1918.
SUBMARINE FAILURE.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15TH,
LICHNOWSKY MEMORANDUM GERMAN NAVAL ESTIMATES. CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF EXHAUSTIVE ANALYSIS BY LORD DEVELOPMENT OF SUBMARINISM.
BRYCE
Mr Wilson, representative of the AMSTERDAM, May 19th
American Federation of Labour, inter- LONDON, May 13th. In the Reichstag, during a discus Lord Bryce, in an article in the Daily sion on the navy stimates Ad viewed on his return from the front, sys the most conclusive evidence we have seen Chronicle exhaustively analyses s the miral von Capelle declared that the re- Lichnowsky Memorandum as the most ports for April of unrestricted sub of the failure of the enemy submarina
again complete vindication of Great Britain's marinism were
favourable. campaign is the huge American Army attitude towards the war. He says the Naturally, losses had occurred, but the France and the hundreds of thousands. Memorandum was written, not to increase of submarines had exceeded the of tons of stores brought across the Justry England, but to criticise the losses. Submarinism was more and more Atlantic. These vast munitions stand policy which tied Germany to Austria. developing into a struggle between sub- as irrefutable proof of the ~protec- It exposed him to the anger and peraccu.
marine action and the construction of tive power of the British and American |tion of the German Government, which ships. Hitherto the monthly destruction Navies. Less than twelve months have is evidence of the importunes they attach figures continued to be several times as passed since General Pershing, with fifty to the Memorandum as a condemnation large as the new construction. Homen, landed in France. The develop of their conduct,
neserted that the British shipbuilding menta since then are little short of Lord Bryce attributes the wild outburst results fell from 161,000 tons in March miraculous. We are amazed at the work of anti-English feeling in Germany to to 111,000 in April, or, reckoned in ships, of the supermen of the British and Ameri- the fact that the German Government from 32 to 22. America had built little, can Armies. Everywhere among the did everything in their power, not only and her building had been far below American troops is a feeling of absolute to create hatred, but also to stifle every expectations. Even if it were increased, confidence in their power to withstand voice raised to let the people know the America herself would use up the in successfully any offensive launchett kuth. They were never permitted to crease. There was every reason to re against them. Their spirit, like that of know the truth, and the disappointment gard the submarines with trust and con- the British and French troops, is won- that fell upon them when the march to Paris was arrested, with the help of the British Army, and their coast strictly blockaded by the British fleet added fact
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LORD BRYCE ON THE LICHNOWSKY MEMORANDUM.
EX-PRESIDENT TAFF'S TRIBUTE TO GREAT BRITAIN.
Franco-Belgian Front.
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FRENCH FRONT.
MUTUAL ARTILLERY FIRING,
PARIS, May 13th
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HOSTILE ARTILLERY FIRING.
A communiqué states--There
LONDON, May 13th.
12.30 p.m.
WAR
LONDON, May 11th. It is fully realised that the German High Command has many good reasons for denying the unquestionable success of the Ostend affair, However, in view of the German communique of 10th inst., it is worth while emphasising that there is no shadow of doubt about the position of the Vindictive, which lies at an angle of 40 degrees between the piers about 200 yards inside the entrance. This has been photographically confirmed interesting to note that the German public are only now beginning to know that something serious really happened at Zeebrugge on April 23rd the High Command having taken great puing to conceal the fact that two cruisers filled with concrete block the canal there
The recent flamboyant announcement of the bestowal of various honours on
ly an effort to finally dispel the wide- spread doubts in Germany that that Enterprise was really, according to the
to their anger, and made it ever since
fidence.
derful.
Referring to the declaration of Mr. It is not likely the Germans will Lloyd George on April 9th, that even if attempt a further push towards Amiona the land war were lost the naval war along the Luce valley, They have more would still be far from ending, he said to gain by expturing the Esclainvillers. plateaux, and so avoiding the marshes tish people makes this threat its own which form natural barrier before If they do our submarines must continue
mutual artillery firing at some points the Zeebrugge Command was undoubted- an cusier matter to keep the truth from We must wait and see whether the Bri
north and south of the Avie.
Detachments penetrated the German
them.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Eaig re-lines north of Momeny, in. Lorraine, and German communiqué, of April 24th ever towards the German people. King to do its duty. Success assuredly willAmiens Along the line of the Avre the
ports: There was hostile artillery fring|brought back prisoners.
in the Somme Valley and Albert sectora
and between Locon and Nieppe Forest. HOSTILE ARTILLERY ACTIVE.
LONDON, May 13th.
10,20 p.m.
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CHAMPIONS OF THE AIR,
PARIS, May 12th.
Reuter's Correspondent at French Head- Field Marshal Sir Douglas Huig red report ficut Teck men
tioned in a communiqué on the 10th inet, ports-Rostile artillery developed con-
is officially credited with the destruction siderable activity north of Serre, and actually accounted for at least 60, as of 42 enemy aeroplanes, but he has Was also active in the southern portion the French officially credit the pilots only with enemy machines the destruction of the British front, and in the sector
of which is confirmed by French abservers. Since almost all our air fights northward of Kemmel.
occur over the enemy lines a large pro- portion of British and French air vic torics are never officially recorded. If the whole trath could be published, Richthofen's record could easily be matched by those of Guynemer, Ball, Fonck, Nungesser and half a dozen others.
· LIVELY ARTILLERY DUEL
EXAGGERATION OF VICTORIES FOR GERMAN CONSUMPTION.
LONDON, May 13th, Reuter's Correspondent at British Headquarters gives other examples of false statements in German commnuiquée in the early days of the battle, besides that cabled on the 12th inst.
A German communiquf stated that the Fifth Berkshires were annihilated. The fact in the Fifth Berkshires lost 15
net officers, and 300 of other ranka.
A German communiqué asserted that The Fourth Yorkshire Light Infantry was -captured almost complete. The truth is the total missing from this regiment is
There are numerous cases of similar exaggeration. Many of sheer mendacity could be given. Some are in themselves unimportant, but in the totality they show how impossible it is to accept any German communiqué at its face value.
PARIS, May 13th.
A communiqué states: There was a fairly lively artillery duel south of the Avre.
Our bombing aeroplanes on 10th and 11th inst. dropped 7,000 kilogrammes of projectiles on enemy railway stations, depots, and cantonments
・at·· Noyon Chaulnes, and Flavy le Martes fires were started.
Our chasing aeroplanes brought down two enemy maschines badly damaged. Eight German machines were brought down on the 10th inst
FIGHT FOR GRIVESNES PARK. LONDON, May 12th. 5.25 p.m. Reuter's Correspondent at French Headquarters, dealing with the French re-capture of the park of Grivesnes, men- tioned in the communique of May 10th, says the French bud retained the south- ern end of the park and chateau of Grivesnes through the battles of April, but the Germans had established them. selves in the northern end of the park and held the ridge commanding the two valleys with the roads running along them, which were their main means of LONDON, May 19th. access to the park. The French captured
0.40 p.m.
the whole ridge with 260 prisoners and Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re-sixty machine-guns, with the smallest loss within a quarter-of-an-hour before the ports:-There has been nothing except formidable German artillery and ma reciprocal artillery firing.
chine gun defences could come into play. The Near East.
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AERIAL OPERATIONS. Mist interfered with our air work yes terday. We brought down one enemy machine. Two British machines are missing. It is ascertained that three further enemy machines were brought down on the 10th inst., in addition to the eight reported.
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THE PURSUIT OF THE TURKISH
frustrated,
THE FINAL ACT.
LONDON, May 12th. Findictive was approaching the harbour The papers stile that when the of Ostend the officers, owing to the henvy, fire from the shore batteries, went into the conning tower, but when the thing came to sink the ship they returned to the deck to see the operation carried out that the British developed an artificial The German official account mentions fog at Zeebrugge simultaneously with the attack at Ostend, probably to diatrect îne Germans attentionUKA
The British people bore no hatred whet
Edward meant no harm to Germany when
not fail them. As far as the other rechemy is organised for defence and hig batteries are extraordinarily close to hia he showed his liking for the French, neither quirements of the Army and Navy.admit i front line which consists of a chain of our entire war industry will be placed organised shell-craters, with only one line at the service of submarine construction of trenches. The enemy has dug himself in between Montdidier and Noyon and Other speakers emphasised that the has already prepared his defence lines. Reichstag unanimously favoured
CENTRAL POWERS AND restricted submarinism.
ROUMANIA.
na
did his Ministers when they took steps
causing trouble betweer ourselves and to remove the differences that had been
France, and, again, when they came to a friendly understanding with Russia These arrangements were made in the will, not in order to damuge Germany interests of European peace and good- British merchants and manufacturers GOVERNMENT RENOUNCES SOME etter
never dreamt of fighting Germany to get It is noteworthy that we the official rid of her commercial competition, and account contends that the Vindictive was British statesmen did not desire to add sunk outside the harbour, the necount by the so-called Eye Witness published to the British possessions abroad, feeling in Berlin, admits that the Vindictive that we already had all we needed, and struck the jetty.
that the greatest interest of the British
General
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Empire was a universal peace.
RAW MATERIALS AFTER THE WAR
COMMERCIAL CONVENTIONS. LONDON, May 13th In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law stated that in view of a probable shortage of raw materials after the war and the necessity for providing for the
No section of our people had any idea requirements of the Empire and the of the dangers of a peace which lay in Allies, the Government intended, similar the mind, and of the purpose, of thosely with the French Government, to who rule Germany. We did not realise renounce all commercial conventions what the feudal aristocracy and the containing the general clause regarding military caste in Germany were punder-most-favoured nations. LONDON, May 13thing and planning, nor how little weight
AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA GRAVE FOOD SITUATION IN PETROGRAD.
LONDON, May 13th:
HARSH PEACE TERMS.
LONDON, May 11th.
On the other hand, the Germans who have suffered damage in Roumanian territory are to be recompensed. Moreover, Roumania must indemnify neutrals in Houmanis for damage inflicted by the Germans. A commission of one-third each of Roumanians, Germans and Neutrals ve decided the amount of compensation. All pre-war treaties and are restored. Germans in Roumanian 1 agreements
will all be restored to full rank and service before the war who were dismissed salary. A significant clause is that com pelling Roumania to grant an amnesty to Germens for their political conduct or military conduct based. political grounds during the war. H
Finally, the German Reichsbank shall retain for five years the balances of the Roumanian National Bank as security.;. KAISER FILLED WITH PRIDE AND
VAJOY.
AMSTERDAM, May 10th A message from Berlin says the Kaiser has telegraphed to General von Hinden burg declaring that the conclusion of A message from Moscow, dated the 11th peace with Houmania fills him with pride
Bad
joy He is ordering the commemora inst, states that M. Lenin has telegraph-tion of the Battle of Tannenberg, which
A German official message states The they attached to the considerations of s Emperor Karl visited the Kaiser at the good faith or humanity. Hence, we made main Headquarters, accompanied by ao preparation for war, had scarcely Count Burian and General von Tez bothought ourselves what action we should chief of the Austrian General Stall. have taken on land if we became in Germany was represented by Generals volved in wer In this attitude
there von Hindenburg, Ludendorg and Kuch-uny have been less prudence
than was NK.
needed, but our absence of suspicion is There was a cordial and thorough dis- the best proof of how little we expected cussion on all fundamental political, aggression. It is an absolute refutation economic and military questions affecting of the calumny that Britain, with a tiny "A counter-revolution is raising its head Austro-Germany. There was complete Army, was planning to attack the and is turning the discontent of the necord in all these, and on the extension | greatest military power in the world. starving masses against the Soviet and deepening of the existing alliance. The guiding lines of the contemplated pacific spirit of the British people and The memorandum hears witness to the contractual agreements already exist in principle.
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elements and
the British Government. Still weightier
dence of the goodwill of the British
Government, is supplied by an account of the
to Germany,för concessions
ed to all food organisations demanding immediate help in view of the entas trophic position in Petrograd. He says,
authority."
SECRETARY OF INDIA RETURNS.
LONDON, May 13th The Right H. Edwin S. Montagu, example, in Asia and Africa,-in pu- Secretary for India, has returned to suance of Earl Grey's policy to arrive London. at a friendly approachment and under- standing with Germany Great Britain went a very long way to meet the Ger- man wishes in respect of the Bagdad
GERMANY'S FUTURE COM- MERCIAL RELATIONS.
saved East Prussia; that the castle at Marienburg, the stronghold of the old German knights be renovated, and that its entrance gate bear the name and arme of General von Hindenburg and that its turrets be inscribed with the names of the generals who distinguished themselves, in defending the castern frontier.
ROUMANIA IN STATE OF NEUTRALITY,
AMSTERDAM, May 10th.
A message from Bukharest states that the Roumanian Government in a pro clamation announces, the conclusion of peace. The country again enters the state of neutrality, and can now work in removing the scars of war by con solidating the internal position. JKRAIŃELER
GERMANY PREFERS KIEFF TO KURSK FOR NEGOTIATIONS.
Moscow, May 10th. Germany bus informed the Foreign Commissary that in view of the change of Government in Ukraine the Peac Delegation of Ukraine mes be radically. reconstituie and at Reef, non Karez,
the ease of the pingerbre AUSTRO ROUMANIAN TREATY EQUALLY HARSH.
ADMIRAL MADE A PRISONER.
LONDON, May 13th. The Times Correspondent with the Italian Army states:-It transpires that mutiny broke out in the Austrian
ZURICH, May 13th. Fleet at Cattaro, Pola, in February Railway. Not less large were the con- The officers were powerless. Six cruisers
Speaking in the Wurtemberg Diet the
LONDON, May 13th.
and several destroyers at Cattare cessions made in South and Central Minister of Finance admitted that it will A Mesopotamia official message states: between German
hoisted the red Bing. Encounters occurred Africa, Had we in England known the require the labour of generation a to GERMANS BEHIND THEIR
the inner spirit of the German Government restore Germany's commercial relations AMENDED TIME-TABLER Mounted troops pursued the Turks bemutineers, who gained the mastery of and the use they would make of our con- THE SANCTUARY OF LIBERTY
LONDON, May 12th. yond Kirkuk and drove the enemy the port, seized the Admiral and concessions, British Ministers might well
11.45 p.m.
AMSTERDAM, May 13th. across Lesserzab, at Altonkeupri, captur
WASHINGTON, May 12th. Reuter's Correspondent at Britishing 30 prisoners and two guns.
The financial provisions of the Austro- fined him in a vessel in the harbour. have beaitated to go as far as they did, Headquarters telegraphingto-day,
The mutineers finally returned to their but that they conceded so much is the
Lord Reading, addressing the National Roumanian Supplementary Treaty are as statea:--The weather is grey and cheer- Italian bront
allegiance after a week's negotiations, most complete proof of their goodwill and Press Club, paid tribute to America's equally hersh against Roumanis as the earlier mentioned Germano-Roumanian less on most of the battle-front.
receiving guarantees that they would not The chemy has fallen considerably behind his
be punished and promises of settlement the most convincing refutation of the swift and unhesitating response to the treaty Roumenia, is similarly forced to amended time-table. In a diary found
of their grievances. Thirty officers were German charges.
Allies call, and praised the efforts of renounce indemnification for damage.
caused by Austria, including cashiered on the ground of slacknees. A on a captured German officer there is an
notorious martinet was subsequently
Lord Bryce concludes. Never in her Canada, South Africa, Australia and mandeered goods, and has also agreed to entry stating that a certain big attacki
He said that India remit to Austria-Hungary thirty-five planned near Albert had been abandoned
appointed to command the Fleet, and long history has Great Brita had so New Zealand because the second Naval Division had
million kronen gold within two your's he has begun to inflict wholesale punish perfectly clear a conscience as in the case proved her devotion by her attitude in broken into Albert and had indulged in a
ments for imaginary offences
future arran unless superseded by some wholesale
riot. The diary added that the
of this wat Her people neither contemthe present crisis, the German efforts 20gement Roumania cleo pledges for a Division was dealt with for disorderly. behaviour and pillage.
plated, nor desired it. They were driven start disaffection in India having failed. period of five years the Roumanian National Bank balances and deposite at The same diary, contame a running
into it by the action of the German The British Empire and United States the German Reichsbank.rohibition,! Tament upon the havoc wrought by our
The treaty provides for the Airmen, which is punctuated by many casualty lists caused by their bombs,
reciprocally, of objectionable school books GERMANY'S CONFISCATORY Completed casualty returns available
METHODS. show that the German Wireless statements regarding our losses in the early days of , the offensive were grossly exaggerated. The Fifty-sixth Division, which the Ger man Wireless stated was almost com- pletely wiped out, lost in killed, wounded and prisoners 43 officers and 1,425 men FRENCH ACHIEVE CONSIDERABLE
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GERMANY OBLIGED TO RETIRE.
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An Italian official report states: After; an intense bombardment on tha night of the 11th inst. the enemy attacked our new positions at Monte Corno. He was arrested by our fire, and we counter- attacked. He was obliged to retire, with heavy lostes.
EX-PRESIDENT TAFT S
TRIBUTE TO GT. BRITAIN, TO HER WE OWE OUR-LIBERTY "
MYSTERIOUS FIRES IN
com-
Zonich, May 18th.
Germany's confiscatory methods in Ban-
mante.
Government, which persisted in pushing were each based upon keeping the it on, even when Austria seemed willing sovereign authority of a country as the WASHINGTON, May 18th. to draw back All evidently had been sanctuary of liberty which was founded Ex-President Taft, introducing Lord settled at the famous Potsdam Con- on justice and right Together they Reading on the 12th inst, paid a high ference, when the Emperor enquired of would proceed, determined that our The influential Vienna Labour «orgen, EARLIER CABLES.
tribute to Great Britain's efforts, which his Military and Naval chiefs whether avatem should prevail, and that there Arbeter Zeitung has joined in the MONTE CORNO.
he said, is something we cannot, they were ready for the conflict for should be no room in the world for nilichorus of Austrian warnings against appreciate, nor estimate. We are living which preparations had been in progress tary despotism. LONDON, May 13th Reuter's Correspondent with the comfort and luxury, and have lost Neither, when the war began, did Great BUCCESS. British Army in Italy reports that the comparatively
few men. We have not Britain wish to do more than prevent Moute Corno mentioned in the Italian been in the valley of the shadow of death Germany destroying Belgina and mort communiqué of 11th inst. is 5,000 feet the Austrian artillery and commanded world of the greatest military conqueror GENERALSIR BRYAN MAHON'S high. It formed a useful observatory for as has been Great Britain, to whom we
owe our liberty. Great Britain rid they wounding France. the Italian trenches at Monte Trappola the world ever saw, and did it by sacri AUSTRIAN REPORT fice, and, holding him on Et. Helena, finally told the story of British por- tinacity and British determination to stand up for civilization against tyranny and world domination. Her function in this war, Enid Mr. Taft, is the same.”
The French troops operating along the gully of Wyverbeek, running southwards Mont Saumel, have had a considerable of Dickebusch Lake to the eastern foot of
GERMAN REPORT.
success.ĭg Meg
LONDON, May 12th.
1006 p.m. K A German communique states:We arrested in our lines an attack north word of Kemmeli
LONDON, May 12th
A wireless Austrian official report states:Our counter attack threw out the Italians who had penetrated our ad vanced position in Monte Corno.
SUCCESSOR.
LONDON-May 13th
GERMANY,
LONDON, May 12th. destructive Gres in Germany continue. The outbreaks of mysterious and
The latest instances of destruction are the Berlin Municipal Granary contain-
The journal points cut that a final decision can only be reached by a general peace conference, zad sarcastically con- cludes, that such is a peace without political and economic violation pro- claimed by Count Czernin,
NEW KCB
LONDON May 12th. The Press Bureau nonnances that General Shaw successor to General Siring 1,000 son of cereals, and the burn General Sir Bryan Mahon has brew ing of 18,000 acres of forest near Oestrup, | appointed a Knight Commander of the Bryan Mahen, ling arrived at Dublin, in Westphalia
Bath: