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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 148, 1918.
BRITISH CAPTURE ATTILLY. VERMAND AND VENDELLES. GERMANS OFFERING. A DESPERATE DEFENCE.
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FRENCH REPFL-GERMAN RUSHES.
FRANCO-AMERICAN ATTACKS COMMENCED.
BOLSHEVIKS MURDER RUSSIAN EX- ROYALTIES.
PETROGRAD" SCENE OF FIRE AND MASSACRE
Franco-aloian Amer
LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) BRITISH FRONT.
BAD WEATHER FAVOURS GERMAN
DEFENCE.
LONDON, September 12th.
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BELGIANS CARRY ENEMY.
POSITIONS.
Loyoos, September 11th.
10.50 p.ro.
A Belgian commaniqué states: --With a view to enlarging our successes on August 26th and September 8th, we attacked on
front of two miles.
RAIDING.
→ PARIS, September 19th. * communiqué states:-North of the Äilette we raided and took prisoners.
There was artillery firing in the region of Rheims and Prosnes. "Two enemy, raids in Champagne and in the Vosges were repulsed.
FRANCO-AMERICANS FIGHTING
MAGNIFICENTLY,
Was
LONDON, September 13th.
4.40 p. 51.
Reuter's Correspondent at American Headquarters" at Nancy stales-The French and Americans attacked between Sve and eight o'clock this morning "on either side of the St. Mihiel alient..
The attack was preceded by a four hours barrage. The southern attack is on a front of 12 miles and the western attack on a front of eight miles.
The weather is fine.
a great concentration of There artillery and aeroplanes in the attack, which has been so far successful. The nemy is falling back on beth fronts.
The enemy, though undoubtedly suspi- After a violent struggle the enemy posicious of our intentions in this region, were unaware of the time and direction tions were carried and maintained, com-
of the attack, advance 81 400 metres, and prising ar
The troops are immensely eager and are the capture of 71 prisoners. Our losses
fighting magnificently. were light. GERMAN REPORT CONTRADICTED.
LONDON, September 11th. 'The Press Bureau Announces:-The height of 30 feet, dominating this German communique's claim of 3,000 portion of the canal.
prisoners is probably a mistake in trans. steadily increasing their gains in this mission for 300. Even this number is in region, and the continuance of bad wen
excess of the number reported missing... ther favours the German defence, but the
GERMAN REPORT CORRECTED. French, despite the floods, are also push-
LONDON, September 12th. ing abend. They have cut the German lins between La Fere and St. Quentin..
7.10 2.1.
The enemy is offering a desperate defence in front of the subterranean po tion of the St. Quentin ennal, which part of the Hindenburg Line is vulnerable The ground in the to task attacks. Gouze court and Epehy sector, where the were test violent, rises to counter-attacks
The British are
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A wireless German official report con
General
·LATEST CABLES, [THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.] THE PRIME MINISTER'S TOÜR RECEIVES DEFUTATIONS AT MANCHESTER.
Logpos, September 11th. Mr. Lloyd George arrived at Manches ter, where he received an immense "ova tion from great crowds and thousands of munition workers.
LATER. FREEDOM OF THE CITY. The
Prime Minister to-day received a great ovation from big crowds in the streets of Manchester during his journey to the Hippodrome, where he was pre- sented with the freedom of the city in the presence of a large and distinguished gathering,
KAISER TAKES A HAND, GERMANY ALWAYS READY TO
OFFER HAND OF PEACE."
AMSTERDAM, September 18th..
5.20 p.m.
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FOOD RIOT IN ROTTERDAM
AMSTERDAM, September 12th. There has been serious food, rioting at Rotterdam. Several shops were sacked Women and bread vans plundered. paraded shouting for bread.
HERTLING MAY RESIGN.
AMSTERDAM, September 18th.
A message from Berlin states that Count Hertling will probably resign before the meeting of the Reichstag in November.
PETROGRAD BURNING.
WASHINGTON, September 11th. The American Legation as Christiania telegraphs that it is reliably informed that Petrograd is burning at twelve differ- ent places, and that an indiscriminate masssere is proceding in the streets.
DORA INVOKED. INJUNCTION TO PREVENT STRIKE PAT
The Kaiser has now taken a band in the peace offensive. Addressing Krupp's employés at Essen, he declared he had left no stone unturned to shorten the war. The enemy had jeeringly and contemptu. asly rejected the unambiguous peace offer be presented in December, 1916, and had similarly treated repeated responsible suggestions which had since been made. Germany was always ready to offer the hand of peace, but the enemy compelled The Prime Minister was welcomed by Germany to fight for her existence."
After lauding the army and reiterating the Lord Mayer and the Corporation, the claim that the British Navy was de- and proceeded to the Mansion House, fented at the Skagerak, he eulogised the where Mr. Lloyd George received three U-boats, which, like consuming worms,
were gnawing at the enemy's vitals.
He proceeded to argue that the war deputations of Armenians. Syrians and
envy of who
patriotic was really due to the enemy presented Zionists,
German industry and kultur, That eavy addresses, of welcome, to which the Prize was now replaced by hatred, owing to enemy miscalculations. Everyone know- Minister replied sympathetically;
LONDON, September 11th. ing the Anglo-Saxon character knew what it meant to fight with them-how teng- The Press Burean announces:-In view cious they are. He accused Great Britain of the operative cotton spianges' decision of criminally attempting to overthrow to strict the Government invoked the the altra-democratie Russian, Liovern-Defence of the Realm Act and obtained ment, nad warned his hearers against an interim injunction from the Court to were the moral of the German people
The enemy tried to prevent the distribution of strike pay. rumour-mongers.
The Board of Trade states that the dis- by spreading false rumours, and whoever pute is not between employers and opera hearkened to them was a traitor to the tives, but relates solely to the conditions Fatherland.
drawn up by the Cotton Control Board, He proceeded to quote Scriptural which is the representative of the en passages showing that the Almighty ployers and operatives. would sustain' His own. For example, PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH.
Matthew vii., 35 (1) However, if they GREAT BRITAIN'S GREATNESS in acknowledging the honour, the were going to build upon God's assistance
NEW ZEALAND PREMIER'S God. Moreover, had was ingratitude to
IMPRESSIONS. Prime Minister said the life and honour they must have faith, because to doubt of Great Britain, the fate of the British they really ground for doubt Had they
LONDON, September 12th. Empire, and the destiny of humanity not won peace with Russia and Roumania
and finished" Serbia and Montenegro? M. W. F. Massey, Interviewed in the hung upon the issue of the war.
The Way God at the last moment going to Morning Post on the cumpletion of his... news now was really good, but we were
the War Cabinet Conference, not at the end of the journey. There were abandon them in the West! Only the work at
faint-hearted would think so. Bas the said that one of the most abiding im steep gradients ahead. The tunnel we are Germans must wield themselves into a pressions he would take back to New passing through might be dark, but it solid block of resistance to the enemy Zealand would be that Great Britain would be short. The worst was over.
"Now promise me, on behalf of the entire never before had attained such heights of (Loud cheers.) There was no finer feat in
No the history of British industry than the German labour, that you intend to fight greatness, as in the present war:
the and hold out to the last, so help us God- other nation could do what Great Britain transport of the Americans across
Whoever intends to do so let him anywer
had done in training, equipping and The Germans did not expect: Yes.' Atlantic.
maintaining armies, in manition making, more than two divisions of Americans, but
The assembly answered
with A loud
in war finance, in providing the ships there were hundreds of thousands now in
Yes," and the Kaiser replied: "I and the Germans knew it France,
of the горм of the. Allies and (Laughter.) They were the advance guard thank you Now you must banish doubt.cessary for commerce and the transport No nation the world had of at least ten millions of the finest Our watchword now is,The German munitions.
swords are raised. our hearts are strong,
ever scen
could have done it Sho In order the world LA material
Op to battle had taken the leading part for four years to realise what bas happened we
of war, yet her strength and determina- must contrast the advance of 1916 with against everything that stands against us,
so help us God.--Ameri. Farewell"
tion were undiminished. hours the the recent advarks over the same ground.
The casualties in the last advance were GERMANY'S LOLONIAL WAR PRESIDENT WILSON'S
JOURNEY DENIED new positions in the region of Laffaux main difference between 1916 and 1918 was the qnity of command, We bad beco and Celles-sur-Aisne. Every rush was extremely fortunate in securing for the Supreme Command Marshal Foch, who is repalad, and we captured 150 prisoners.specially fitted for the exceptional con- 'ditions of this war, where battles are A NEW BATTLE PREDICTED.
fought on a front of 300 miles. Notang bat heart failure on the part of the nation PARIS, September 11th.
could prevent our achieving a real victory. A Havas message saya:-Unable to end all wars we must iurpose a dur- prepared during the German Spring able peace upon our enemies. Not only offensive. Thus Foruzert draws atten carry out their plan of mantlining the host the Frussian military power betion to the pamphlet on the colonial war beaten, but the German people must know adversary west of the "Cromat Canal, which would have covered St. Quentin on the south-west and La here on the west, the Germans have been also unable prevent the progress of General Debeney's troops westward. The latter, through the occupation of Travecy on the Oise, north of La Fere, have thrust a new wedge into the Hindenburg Line,
EARLIER CABLES
SIX ENEMY RUSHES REPULSED
PARIS, September 19th
re-
A communiqué states:-An enemy coun- ter-attack south-east of Roupy was
Some prisoners and machine pulsed guns were captared.
During the past twenty-four
and it is now expected that the artillery tains the following correction:-We cap themy, made, six attempts to rush our under one-fifth of those of 1916..
will resume their preponderating role in preparation for future inroads on the Hindenburg defensive system.
ATTILLY. CAPTURE BRITISH
VERMAND AND VENDELLES.
LONDON, September 19th. 1.55 p.m. Field-Marshal Sir Dougins Haig rë porta:-Yesterday evening we captured Attilly, Vermand, and Vendelles, and at night-time made, progress in the western outskirts of Holmon Wood"
English troops carried out successful local operations yesterday afternoon in the Havrincourt and Moeuvres sector, -overcoming considerable opposition,,
We crossed the Canal-da-Nord, north West of Eavrincourt, and established our- selves on the western bank cast and north of Moeuvres.
At night-time we captured a strongly fortified position known as " The Railway Triangle," south-west of La Bassee, taking a number of prisoners and machine guns.
LATER. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig an nounces the capture of Attilly, Vermand and Vendelles, alan the Railway Trian- gle" south-west of La Bassee...
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GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, September 12th. 5.15 p.m.
A wireless German official report atates:--English attacks last evening againgt Marquion and Havrincourt, in the Canal sector, failed.
EARLIER CABLES. SUCCESSFUL LOCAL OPERATION,
tured 300 British prisoners, not 3.000:
STRONG ENEMY ATTACKS.
Lospos, September 11th.'
1.25 p.m. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re- ports:-We advanced our line yesterday in the direction of Attilly and Vermand.
The enemy at night-time again strongly attacked our positions on the ridge weet of Gouzencourt.
After sharp fighting the enemy were. completely beaten pfi, except at one point where a post remained in their possession. During local fighting a strong party entered our treaches in the neighbourhood of Moeuvres, but our counter-attack re pulsed them.
to
The
our muscles are taut
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AIMS.
"LONDON, September 12th. The Times says that in view of recent military developments and the sudden need for a peace offensive, some em- barrassment is being caused in Germany by a flood of literature, all of which cannot now be suppressed, but which was
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LONDON, September 11th. The Press Bureau announces that the American Embassy denies that President Wilson is visiting Europe in the near future.
OBITUARY.
SIR-GEORGE REID, G.C.B.
LONDON, September 12th. Sir George Reid, G.C.B., Unionist that their raters have outraged the lawe aims of Germany, which was finished at
Albrecht Wirth and Emil Zimmermann. M.P. for St. George's, Hanover Square, is of humanity, and that Prussian strength the end of June by the colonial enthusiasts cannot protect them from punishment.
The former insisted upon the importance dead. (Cheer This must be the last war. A League of Nations would not in itself of a German Mohammedan bloc in Asia secure the world against catastrophe. A and Africa, declaring. The backbone of League of Nations with the Prussian our enemies is broken. We could ask military power triumphant would be a what we like, and they would have to Wirth concluded that League of fox and geese-one Fox and give it to us." maus geese-and the geese would greatly Germany must take the western half of diminish in numbers. (Laughter.) Re Morocco and Senegambia. Zimmerman, was all for a League of Nations. Indeed, on his part, demanded the French the League had begun. The British Em- Sadan, Dahomey," the Ivory Coast and a league of free nations. the Portuguese colonies. He says, “At pire
WILL
(The late Bir George Houston Reid, ... was Prime Minister and Colonial 1809 and Prime Minister of Australia in Treasurer of New South Wales from 1894 to
1004-5. He was High, Commissioner for Australia" in London from 1910 to 1916).
KARL PETERS. COPENHAGEN, "September 12th."
A message from Brunswick states that"
The enemy were also repulsed at Ecourt and the Germans' obstinate and desperate Ppisuse.) The Allies also were now a least we must have Nigeria,; and we Karl Peters, the African explorer, is
St. Quentin, after stiff fighting.
We advanced our line slightly to the west of Erquinghem.
FRENCH FRONT. FRANCO-AMERICAN ATTACK IN VERDUN SECTOR.
Losoon. September 12th.
4.35 p.m.
A French and American attack on a
resistance must yield finally:
The French are less than six kilometres from St. Quentin. Evidently guns must intervene strongly to, destroy the enemy's organisations, where machine-guns and a swarm of tanks are bringing their power. ful help to the infantry, thus achieving destructive work with their projectiles. It will, therefore, be a new battle.
The summer offensive ends after 53
big front in the Verdun sector has com days in the most crushing defeat the menced.
Germans have ever sustained.
PRANCO-AMERICANS ATTACK ON
TWO FRONTS.
LONDON, September 19th.
4.40 p.m. The French and Americans are attack. ing on fronts twelve miles south and eight miles west of Saint Mihiel.
of free nations, and if after the should not grant England an armistice war Germany repudiated and condemned
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THE DUTCH CABINET. PRESS COMMENT.
the perfidy of her rulers Germany would until she has promised to cede us that be welcomed to a great League of Nations, territory. As security we should insist upon England handing over the Suez But the only sure foundation for peaco was the victory of the Allies (Land Canal until we got Nigeria" applause.) Peace must be such as to com. mend itself to the common-sense and conscience of the nations generally, and it rast not be dictated by the extremists of either side. We could not allow the Bolsheviks to force upon us a peace so humiliating as to dishonour the national flag and make a repetition of the horrors of this war inevitable. When a satisfac- tory, peace was secured we could proceed with a clear conscience to build up new world. The first lesson of the war was the immense importance of maintain- ing the solidarity of the British Empire.
AMSTERDAM, September 12th. It is stated that the new Ministry's pro gramme includes partial demobilisation if circumstances permit.
The Handelsblad says the Foreign Minister had never given any ground for the supposition that be desired to deviate from the policy of strict neutrality. The Premier is the weak spot in the Ministry The Telegraaf regrets that a National Ministry was not formed.
dead.
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS. WHITE GUARDS IN REVOLT.
STOCKHOLM, September 12th."
A message from Brunswick states that White Guards are in revolt at Asaamas, in the Government of Nijui Novgorod Six districts have united against the Soviet.
The peasants in Kazan are everywhere arming against the Soviet.
COMMISSARIES' SAFETY.
AMSTERDAY, September 12th. The Ricerche Westfaelische Leitung publishes a message from Moscow stating that the Soviet Government has issued an order to all the People's Commissaries that henceforth they must take the most. The Nieuwe Courant says the Foreign careful measures for their safety, and ase Minister is pro-German, and suggests that only strongly-manned armoured-cars in it is intended that the Premier's official the streets in Petrograd and Moscow, assistant shall supervise the Foreign securing them against attack Minister. The paper describes the Pre-
THE IMPRISONED ALIENS. AT second-rate figure,
PETROGRAD. ....
mier as a
A violent artillery duel is reported in There must be healthier conditions in the workshops. "Bad health for the nation Lorraine and in the Vosges
was bad business for all We must pay mare-attention to the schools and initiate Italian Front.
the best conditions for production. There must be bold reconstruction after the wart but the war must first be won. There were disturbing (Hear, bear.) social economic symptoms all Europe which we must provide against INDIA'S SHARE IN THE WAR in time, then we should enjoy settled weather for the great harvest which in coming. (Cheers.)
LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] OPERATIONS IN ALBANIA-
LIVELY ENCOUNTERS.-"
LONDON, September 12th.
6.55 p.m.
"An Italian official report states:-
THE SPOILER IN RETREAT. LONDON, September 11th.
PARIS. September 12th. 1.95 p.m.
French Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re-Rector's Correspondent, at ports:We carried out a successful local Headquarters. telegraphing yesterday. operation early this morning north of stated:Ham, the largest town in the Lively encounters occurred south-east of Epeby, advancing our line and captaring devastated country which the Germans ".. spared in the retrent last year, has been number of prisonera.
visited with destruction even more com- plete and less justifiable than Noyon. They methodically destroyed it by fire,
We made progress in the southern portion of the battlefront; in the neigh- 'bourhood of Vermand.
Berat.
AUSTRIAN REPORT.
LONDON, September 12th. 5.15 p..
An Austrian official report states:-We
We repulsed an attempted attack on and when the inhabitants evacuated captured the enemy's positions at a few one of our posts west of Gouzencourt. infernal machines were placed in the points on the Tomorica ridge.
We captured a few prisoners and estabhouses, and fires were started by pressing Russian Front. fished posts in the enemy's forward posi-a button miles away, and bridges were tions as the result of local fighting north blown up. west of Halluch and south of La Basser
L'anal.
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There was considerable hostile artillery bring fast evening in the Harriacourt Wood sector.
Heavy rainstorms hindered air work Une machine did not return.
LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH "« RESTER'S AGENCY.] Ham has not suffered by shell, neither AMERICAN TROOPS ARRIVE side being interested in ûring on it. The
AT ARCHANGEL only excuse the Germans could make, that"}
it blocked the ronds againes their puranit,
is invalid. The destruction of the bridwen
WASHINGTON, September 12th. The Chief of Staff announces that
alone made it impossible for the French American troops have arrived at Archan to enter the town until they were replaced. gel
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over
EARLIER CABLES.
SIMLA, September 19th. Bir W. S. Meyer, Finance Member of "WE WILL FIGHT TO THE END."the Viceroy's Council, moved a resolution in the Legislative Council to the effect Speaking subsequently at a luncheon, that the prolongation of the war justi- the Prime Minister, referring to the talkies India taking a larger share in the of peace by negotiation, declared, amid cost of the military forces raised in India. loud cheers, that there could be no com promise between" freedom and tyranny, "We will Raising his voice, he added: fight to the end"
ELECTORAL REFORM IN
RUSSIAN EX-ROYALTIES MURDERED. .,
ters.
STOCKHOLM, September 12th. It is reported that 11 British pubjecta and 11 Frenchmen are imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress at Petrograd including Mr. Lockhart, the British re- presentative at Moscow, who was cun demned to death, but reprieved owing to Neutral Ministers', joint representations.
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KILLED "IN ACTION.
PRINCE ALBERT OF SAKE- WEIMAR.
Paris, September 13th.. A Hava message says:-Prince Albert.
Pants, September 11th. M. Dumesnil is the thirteenth Deputy to have met his death on the field. .
NEW ADJUTANT GENERA L
LONDON, September 12th. The Daily Express understands that the Bolsheviks have murdered the ex-of Saxe-Woimur, second son of Prince PRUSSIA.
Empress of Russia and her four daugh- William of Saxe-Weimar has been killed
in the recent offensive in France. AMSTERDAM. September 12th The Red Guards at Yalta tried to kill Vorieverts states that two-thirds of the the ex-Dowager Empress and her daugh- A FRENCH DEPUTY'S DEATH Secret Committee on Electoral Reforma ter and son-in-law, the Duke of Olden- appointed from the Upper House are barg
The The sailor of the Black Sea Fleet in- sworn cherhies of equal suffrage. pipnary House is proportionately anta- tervened and fought the Red Guards for gonistic. Meanwhile,
Socialista fortnight, defeating them. the Trame of mind is indicated in a party It is understood that the ex-Dowager- manifesto in Vorwaerts, protesting very Empress is safe. strongly in the name of millions of un- influential supporters against the con- tinuation of the electoral reform comedy and demanding the immediate dissolution of the Lower House. It proclaims the watchwords, "Away with the three class Parliament Away with the Upper House! Up with universal, equal, direct and secret suffrage! Long live Democracy and Peace 1"
FRANCE'S HARVEST.
PARIS, September 19th. The French Minister of War has just informed the Budget Committee that the Armies have ensured a harvest on the About $2,000 neres reconquered land. have been reaped and another 5,700 acres are to be done.
LONDON, September 11th. The War Office announces that Major- General Sir George M. W. Macdonogh succeeds Lieut. General Bir Nevil Mac- ready as Adjutant General of the Forces THE SILVER MARKET.
AMSTERDAM, September 12th. The silver market is steady.