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THE DIRECTORY AND CHRONICLE
1918.
JAPAN FOR CHINA,
COREA,
INDO - CHINA, BIAM STRAITS SETTLEMENTO, MALAY STATES, NETHERLANDS INDIA PHILIP PINES, BORNEO, Em
FIFTY-SIXTH ANNUAL ISSUE,
THE DIRECTORY covers the whole of the ports and cities of the Far East, from Netherlands India to Siberia, in which Europeans reside.
Not only is the Directory as full and complete in each case as it can be made, but each Colony, Pert or Settlement is prefaced by DESCRIPTION, carefully revised each year, most of which will serve as accurate GUIDES FOR THE Tovarer, giring every detail. in connection with the places, their History
etc., eto.. Topography,
THE
WAR.
(Continued from
Page 6.)
Branco-Belgian Front,
ĮTHROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]
BRITISH FRONT,
GENERAL ACTIVITY.
LONDON, June 20th. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig Te portsWe carried out a number of raids in the neighbourhoods of Boyelles, Lens and Givenchy and also in the Strazeele and prea sectors, which led to some sharp fighting, in which the enemy suffer ed many casualties. We took eighteen prisoners.
Our artillery and rile-fre dispersed raiders in the neighbourhood of Morlan
Italian Front.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY]
PORNO GRA THE AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE
HITTER FIGHTING.
J LONDON, June 20th -An Italian official menge atates:--The battle is continuing bitterly and unin- terruptedly from Montello to the sea
We drove back the enemy last evening to the north of Monte Bel luna Railway, compelling him to with draw on the whole front of attack some- what towards the north eastern salient of Montello, taking 1,220 prisoners and num erons machine guns.
The struggle along the Piave fluctuates hercely on the front lines. It is waged by the enemy with decision and hardiness" and sustained by our troops with great stubbornness and bravery.
AN AUSTRIAN REPORT An Austria wireless official message states: The battle of Venetia continuos The enemy replied to the fall of the bulls of the Piave front by violent countor attacks carried out with stubbora tenacity.
Bitter fighting occurred for our new positions on the Fossetta Canal, on the Oderzo Treviso Railway, and on Mon- | tello. In the Montello region the battle increased to a violence equalling the great Curso hatiles
The Italians at vertain points, drove forward storming columne six times.
Heavy losses forced the enemy to employ reserves without any system, throwing divisions and regiments into the General von Borovic not only main battle.all his efforte were in vain.".
tained the captured lines but, with Gen eral Schariczer's infantry divisions, drove back the Italians towards the west to the south of the Treviso Railway. South- The enemy, yesterday afternoon, at cast of Asingo, the Italians again storm tacking with fresh and
ed with the same ill-success as on previous days. Hostile artillery is active between the troops, gained at the outset some ground
HALF A MILLION KILLED IN fronting Zenson, but our supports, arriv
OFFENSIVE E Somme and the Ancre.
There is considerable reciprocal artiling immediately, forced him to retire. lory firing north of Albert and the La Qar energetic partial counter-attacks suc Hassee Canal sector.
ceeded in greatly reducing the fighting in the sector west of Santa Dona, We took
prisoners.-
court.
numerons
General
(THROUG REUTER'S AGENCE,]
POLITICAL SENSATION.
HOME RULE AND CONSCRIPTION ABANDONED,
LONDON, June 21st In the House of Lords, Lord Curzon, in the debate on the Irish policy, denied. that there was and bargain to give Home Rule in return for conscription, although the two were inseparable parts of the same problem. The discovery of the sinister treas mable Sinn Fein conspiracy
pursue the Home Rule policy, Whilo with the enemy made it impossible to
the Roman Catholic clergy's resistance to conscription forced the Government to readjust its policy, the Government was hopeful of the results of the voluntary, seleme. It was better to get 50,000- volunteers from Ireland than a larger number at the cost of a possible civil
war.
AMSTERDAM, Jund 21st, Half a million mon have been killed in
The condition of Ireland was the new Austrian offensive.rte.
grave, but the Sinn Fein arrests hail pro. NQ CHANGE ON BRITISH FRONT.
duced feelings of relief, especially LONDON, Juno 21st.
Amongst the Nationalist leaders A British-Italian official message states: Lord Curzon's announcement of the The situation on the British front is unchanged. The total of our prisoners abandament of Home Rule and cong during the battro on June 15th and
RAIDS AND PATROL ENCOUNTERS.
LONDON, June 21st, The Information in theso Descriptions.)
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re consisting of a bundred interesting articles,
ports: --We captured a fow prisoners and packed with facts concisely set out, and containing statistics of the Trans of each machine guns and inflicted many casual Country and Port, wou'd alexo suffice to Etics, in raids and patrol encounters at
Royal Octavo Containing nearly 9,000 Aveley Wood, Hebuterne and Boyelles From dawn to sunset our and Allied Wo destroyed ten enemy machines, and failure is bound to affect the Govern
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The Czecho-Slovak units have valiantly given their first tribute of blood to the principles of freedom and independence for which they are fighting on our side.
and or both banks of the Scarpe. We airmen and Italian seaplanes have parti repulsed with loss several attempts to recipated uninterruptedly and effectively in the buttle Fourteen enemy machines capture
have been brought down, and one Itali Merriz
machine has not returned,
ground north-westward of
Low clouds and ruin interfered with Besides the anal Alphabetical List of Firms the Directory giroa the CLASSIFIEDying on June 19th. The enemy &peraft LISTS of TRADES and PROFESSIONS at showed little activity. We destroyed nine German machines and drove down two the larger Commercial Cantres.
One British machine is missing.
The ALPHABETICAL LIST. of RESIDENTS in the Fac East contains the names of over
10,000 FOREIGNERS,
arranged, with the Initiale na well as the Surnames, in strictly iphabetical Order, so that any name can be found instantly.
THE MAPS AND PLANS
of tão prjelpal ports in the Fa, East have been engraved by one of the most eminent Firma to Great Britain and are annually sorrested and brought up to date.
They bare not yet arrived from England, but can be obtained on application at the and of the month.
FRENCH FRONT.
ARTILLERY DUEL.
PARIS, June 1st.
French units andde a successful surprise operation on the Asiago Plateau and cur- ried the positions of Bertigo and Pennar, - We completed our gains, capturing Monte Costa Lunga, taking another hun dred prisoners
taking 101 prisonere.“
Enemy attacks on Monte Corno have
been repulsed.
PIAVE IN FLOOD.
is now 19 officers and 1,060 others.eription caused a sensation.
· Our hircraft were active on June 19tlf. dropped 1,460 pounds of bombs on various targets. There is heavy rain this morn-
ing
CONSIDERABLE ACTIVITY ON THE PIAVET
The Daily New says the confession of :
ment's prestige. It has been finally. proved that it cannot settle the Irish "question, but an immediate settlement
was never more imperative. Loston, June 20th. Router's Correspondent at Italien The Unity Newg suggests that advan Headquarters, reporting to day, states-tage should be taken of the presenen of The position at the front is not appreci ably changed. Very considerable activity continues on the Piave, the enemy at tempting to widen his salients, and we are counter attacking continually and gradually reducing the small enemy still holds
the Dominions representatives it tho Conferences in London to refer the question to the judgment of the Domin- mount the ions,
The
We continue taking prisoners.
The Morning Post says the Govern- largest number obtained was in the ment has again burnt its fingers badly, Fossaulta Musile sector, where local coun-
ter-attacks resulted in the capture of The abject, surrender will hardly make more thau... · 500 – prisoners and the government of Ireland easier. The bed-
A comunque reports an intermittent Austrians have speedily constructed tem good deal of ground. Open warfare o rock fact remains that union must be
artillery, duel between Monididier and the Oise and south of the Aiane.
AMERICAN REPORT.
LATER
A communiqué states-We improved our positions north of Faverolles and in the region south of Hautevenes, exptur ing a score of prisoners.
An Aaterican, oficial report says -Our machinegun fire and patrols inflicted considerable losses on hostile patrols north-westward of Chateau Thierry and in Weevre. There is artillery firing in
The flooding of the Piave has washed away all bridges except four, but the porary foot bridges and the river is now bading. Apparently the Italians are to take full advantage of the awkward position of the Austrians at pre- dent. Out of fifty-six Divisions the Aus trians have hitherto engaged well over thirty......... The situation continues, quite satisfactory
a small acale prevails there.
Comparative caini continues in the mountain sectors.
maintained.
Mr. Lloyd Georgo has agreed to receive The enemy was compelled, owing to heavy losses in the initial attack, to a depation from a committee appointed. change or reconstituto most of the divi from all parties of both Houses which sions employed in the Grappa, Asiago and other mountain sectors and collect will urge the appointment of
commis munitions to replace the immense amount sion to draft a scheme of Federal Home BRITISH ADMIRATION.
expended The Press Bureau announces that Mr. The latest German methods have been
Rule. Lloyd George has telegraphed to Bignor employed in the recent enemy attempts The Times' Lobbyist states that the Orlando that the Imperial War Cabinet, to enlarge his talent namely, forma abandonment of Home Rule and con representative of all the peoples and nations in depth with orm-troops.com tons of the British Empire, desire to posed alternately of bombing specialists, ecription is bound to react seriously on congratulate the Italian Army on the rifa and bayonet exports and light the political situation. The course of splendid defence they have made in the machine gun detachments. great battle now in progress. The War Cabinet has watched with pride and ad AUSTRIA REFUSES GERMAN
DEMAND. miration the unwavering courage with which the brave soldiers of Italy, in com- pany with the French and British, have repelled the offensive conducted with the whole strength of the Austro-Hungarian Army. This great success has been a deep _A__communiqué states:-Detachments source of encouragement to the Allies, -It is published as the Diffie of Abspenetrated the enemy's lines between oming at a Post fateful hour of the the Western Front. The demand AS Home Rule and conscription for Ireland, whole war, it is a good augury that the Montdidier and the Oise and in the realliance of tree nations will ere long free gion of Bois le Chaume and brought back the world once and for all from military domination which has threatened it for so long.
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FRENCH PENETRATE ENEMY LINES.
twenty prisoners.
Paris, June 20th.
RESUMPTION OF OFFENSIVE HERALDED.
PARIS, June 21st.
A semi-official message saya:→→The pre sent heavy artillery firing between the Somme and the Ancre possibly hernida the resumption of the offensive.
FRENCH ARMY COMMITTEE IMPRESSED.
ITALIANS EVERYWHERE HOLD
THE ENEMY.
An Italian official message says:-The chiclay pressure of Montello continued strongly on Thursday, but he was every where held by as, our counter-attacks regaining ground. The enemy attempted advances westward and southward, where there was an animated struggle, particularly eastward of the Casa Cheller-Baeuariz line and in the vicinity of Nerveen station.EN
ago
events is convincing members that the only hope lies in Federalism. CONDITIONS REVIEWED BY LORD
CURZON
Lord Curzon, announcing the Govern
S PARIS, June 20th. The Bohu de Paris cars, according to trustworthy information, that General
on Hindenburg three months domanded three Austrian Divisions for ment's decision not to proceed with refused on the ground that the Austrian People would not permit of the despatch reviewed the altered conditions since the of trans thither had an often Irish Convention's report was presented. against Italy was promised, to which the
The Government's earlier decision to German, Command agreed.
apply conscription. was rapported by the Naval Activities,
unanimous sentiment of every part of the United Kingdom and of the overstas Dominions and of the United States, where Irishmen are being conscribed. The synchronistic announcement of the intention to introduce Home Rule was a mere accident. Ho repudiated any element of bargaining having entered BOMB DROPPING.
the former policy. The change of policy LONDON, June 21st had been influenced by the discovery for The Admiralty reports -Aireraft bo tween June 17th and 10th dropped in the first time in May of the sinister and teen tons of bombs, with good results, on formidable Sinn Fein conspiracy. The con the following objectives: Bruges docks. Ustend docks, Zeebrugge,
vention St. Denis
spirit had everywhere diespnear- Westrem, Maria Aelter and acroromesed in Ireland, while public opinion in elsewhere in Belgiums They also attack-
(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.}
NAVAL AIR RAIDS ON": BRUGES.
AMSTERDAM, June 21st Airmen's bombs destroyed a submarine torpedo depot at Bruges. Several in habitants were killed.
PARIS, June 20th. After bearing the statement of the
We captured 400 men and recaptured two batteries, which were promptly turn- Prender, M. Clemenceau, the members of ed against the enemy. We completely the Army Committee of the Chamber repulsed an attack westward of Candelu. Our counter-offensive before Fagare and stated that they were well impressed, Zenson, begun on Wednesday night, has especially with the number of American continued irresistibly carrying us to the troops in France, which exceeded all expositions of the previous day. The enemy pections and would soon give the Allies stored losses equal to his strenuous re-ed enemy shipping with bombs and am- Great Britain and the Dominions had also sistance. We captured several hundred munition, obtaining two direct hits, one changed, and it became apparent that the aboard a destroyer Home Rule Bill would not have a ghost equality in effectives.
Enemy aircraft attacked two of our formation. We drove down one. All the British machines returned except one, which was forced to descend in Holland. SEAPLANES ATTACK BRITISH
Aertal Activities,
[THROPOR BEUTER'S AGENCE }
GERMAN AIRMEN DESERT.
COPENHAGEN, June flat, . Two Germans aeroplanes have landed in Apparently the airmen are
Denmark. deserters wishing to be interned.⠀⠀⠀ One
prisoners.
The enemy westward of Sandoma vainly attacked four times against Losson, being forced to desist by his exceptionally heavy
losses.
Parties of sailors and Bersaglieri north- ward of Cortelazzo daringly broke in the enemy lines, prisonering two hundred and firmly retaining the captured position.
We extended the bridgehead at Teava. Zuccherina
American airmen participated in the battle for the first time.
ENEMY OFFENSIVE COMPLETE FAILURE, Generally the Austrian offensive may be of them is believed to be Professor regarded so far as a complete failure. Nicoll, author of the pacifist book The enemy's objects have not been any. "Psychology of the War," whom the thing like achieved in any part of the
seventy-five front
mile Gorman authorities sentenced to four months' imprisonment for writing it
GERMAN CLAIMS DENIED.
PARIS, June 20th.
Contradicting the German claims of Allied losses, it is announced that during Prov, Wellesley, May the French alone brought down 231 enemy machines and put out of action another 160. They also destroyed 35 balloons, against the French losses of 80 aeroplanes brought down and twelve put
Syrants SupPLEMENTA,
Gemarang, ⠀ Padang. Sourabaya. Macarat Back Clossk of Numatra,
of aution.
The Austrians now hold only, the north- cast corner of Montello.
The Italians re-entered Nervesa and re- captured over half the ground they lost in the south.
SQUADRON,"
LONDON, June 20th.
of a chance of acceptance by the House of Commons, and to proceed with it woul almost have amounted to a crime. This
situation reacted on the proposal to introduce conscription. Two great events happened to change the situation, name= ly, the discovery of the Sinn Fein
The Admiralty announce-A British squadron reconuoitring north of Heligo- land Bight on the morning of June 18th conspiracy and the action of the Roman was attacked by seaplanes. No hits were Catholic clergy in Ireland, who ordered obtained.
Uno scaplane was brought down and destroyed by gunfire.
The ~7
Near East.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
EXTENSIVE AIR RAID IN PALESTINE
their flocks under penalty of eternaj damnation to resist conscription to the uttermost. The success of the new. Gov crament scheme of voluntary recruiting would depend largely on the attitude of the Roman Catholic clergy and tho Nationalist leaders, He would be very. surprised if many of the clorgy did not rally to the side of Great Britain in in the Montello region, which is being A Palestine official message states the present crisis. The promise of land
bombed heavily
the east of the Jordan killed a stumber pursued in England for the last two or It is believed that the Austrians at to the art on toitring on the 17th instant grants was exactly the same policy June 18th. Montello have rece
received no support since of the enemy.
Imperial and Australian air squadrons three years relating to soldiers small The Austrians have so far used up 35 carried out an extensive raid on still grave and had necessitated the pro- holdings. The situation in Ireland was out of 69 divisions The bulk of their Kuttauf railway station on the Radiaz clamation of sixteen counties and cities reserves is behind the mountain front, Hallway on the morning of the 16th in under the Crimes Act, but the arrest where possibly the enemy will renew the staat. Direct hits were obtained on and deportation of Sinn Fein leaders
The Austrians have now only one bridge
LORDON, June 20th.
on enemy
offensive while keeping up the pressure on train full of troops and the Piave line for abefters, while station buildings were set had produced a general sense of relief, There is no sign of German troops com afire. A similar raid was carried out on felt by none more than the Nationalist ing to assist the Austrians.
Amman etation on the 18th instant, leaders themselves.