The Hongkong Telegraph
April 23 1915,
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ZEPPELIN SIGHTED OFF YORKSHIRE.
ENEMY'S VARIOUS COUNTER-ATTACKS REPULSED
Activity of Russian Torpedo Boats
„GERMANY RESENTS AMERICAN PEACE MISSION.
[Reuter's Service to The "Telegraph."]
The Canadian Casualties.
April, 22, 1 p.m.. Unofficial despatches received in Canada indicate that the Canadian are fighting to the south of Ypres. Hitherto 305 Can- adians have been killed in the war:
Allies Refuse to be Diverted From Their Task:
April 22; I'p.m. It is stated at New York that a high French official visited Colonel House, President Wileca's Observer at Paria, and told him that so long as the Germans remained in France find Belgium apy American peace mission would be reseated by the Allies, who refused to be diverted from task of crushing Prussian Militarismo.
Bernstorff Takes America to Task.
April 22, 1 p.m. It is reported at Washington that the German Government have accepted the responsibility of Count Bernstorf's Memorandum, taking America to task for supplying arms to the Allies. It is understood that President Wilson will reply direct to Berlin, de- olaring that it is Germany's own fault if the Allies alone secure American arms.
appointed Temporary Major General.
April 21, 9.40 p.m.- The Gazette atatea that Colonel Sir Paroy Gironard K.O.M.G., lats Governor of the East Africa Protectorate, has been appointed a temporary major General,
Trawlers Sight a Zeppelin.
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Foochow Resident's Son Awarded the V.C.
April 21, 6.15 a.m. Lieutenant Margin, who has been awarded the Victoria Cross, is the son of the Principal of the Missionary College at Foochow Bad was born in China. He also won the Distinguished Service Order after the retreat of Mone, when he captured a German trench and held it with a platoon of Engineers, though shot in the shoulder and bayonetted in the hand, until they were relieved. It is believed that he is the only officer who has won both distinctions
Home Racing.
April 21, 6.15 8.m. It is understood that the "Ascot Meeting will be curtailed to three deye. Five handicaps have been abandoned.
[In the event of telegrams arriving too late for insertion on this page they will be found on the Extra.].
EARLIER TELEGRAMS,
The Premier and the Mualtion Supply.
April 21, 2.40a.m.
April 20, 8.45, p.m.
The Canadians are fighting
"Eye-witness" gives instances of the absurd forme assumed by south of Ypres. German hatred. Thus gasometers at Diedenhofen are painted in The Canadians have had 305 enormous letters with the word "Gott Strafe England," while killed during the war. recently soldiers in the trenches were heard shouting "Gott Strafe
Hoiland."
Balkan Troubles.
April 21, 6 a.m. : Renter's correspondent at Nish reports that an official, meenago states that several banda of Bulgarian Comitadjia have entered Servis during the past few days. Troops were sent to meet them.
Seven hundred Albanians attacked the frontier near Ochrida on Sunday and a battle ensued, but details of it are lacking.
Turks and Arabs at Variance,
April 20, 10.05 p... Replying to a request for information concerning the operations in Mesopotamia, Earl Crowe, speaking in the House of Lords, said that we had been under no delusions regarding the probability of attack by considerable Tarkiah förces. That was why we strengthened our position by despatching troops thither from India and Egypt.
His lordship emphasised that operations threatening the oil fields pipe-line in the neighbourhood of the Karun Hiver represented the Tärkish attack.
It is understood that President Wilson will reply direct to Berlin, "It is understood that the Ascot Race Meeting will be curtailed to three days.
The Allies refuse to be diverted-- from their task of crushing Pra eian Militarism..
Trawlere arriving at Hull re- port Laving sighted a off the Yorkshire const.
Zeppeli
President Wilson daya Amer is's neutrality is not due to a Pelty desire to escape trouble.
Bombs have been successfully dropped by the Allies' aviators at Mulheim, Habaheim and Mannheim.
The wholesale distribution of [Iron Crossos has caused the Referring to the co-operation of the Arabs with the Turks, decoration to be despised by the Earl Crewe said the reports he was receiving seemed to indicste fighting troops. considerable disaffection and dissension between the Arabs and the Turke. It might, therefore, be hoped that as the campaign proceeded and the Turks received more lessons like that at Shaiba, the Arabs would be less inclined to co-operate.
More Shells on Rheims.
The Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith, the Prime Minister, received a great ovation while visiting Newcastle to-night for the purpose of addressing the munition workers. He affirmed with emphasis that he saw no sign in any quarter of the King's Dominions of any Dugging of the national spirit. Practically every household was contributing to the fighting forces, and everyone working with brainwas and muscle to maintain the supply of necessary munitions #AS equally a combatant.
April 20, 12.40 a.m.
Sir John French emphatically denies the German statement: that the British have been using | asphyxiating gaseG, *
"Eye-witness
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atories estab- list the fact that German troops have been guilty of beating wounded Britishers to death.
Mr. Asquith says there is not
a word of truth in the statement that the work at the front is crippled owing to lack of supplies.
There are now forty British. cfheara imprisoned in Germany in revenge for Britain's" treat- ment" of German submarine prisonere,
A Paria evening communique states that fifty incendiary shells have been dropped upor Rheiros.
There has been artillery fighting, unsupported by infantry, in Champagne.
In Argonne slight progrean has been made between the Meuse and Moelle. Near the Flirely Essey road our attacks have slightly progressed.
At Bois le Pretre tlie Germans violently bombarded the French positions in the regions of Croit des Carmes. The attempted attack
promptly stopped by the French Artillery. Two counter-attacks at Hartmannweilerkopf were repulsed. The President Explains United States Neutrality...
April 21, 6 a.m... ̧‹ This was the nation's war, and no one was worthy of the name
Reater's correspondent at New York reports that President
Germany has accepted respon of a British citizen who was not participating in it.
There had been an noprecedented rush of recruita in a spirit Wilson, in a speech delivered at the Associated Press luncheon, the finest self-sacrifice. The same spirit was needed in the declared that the neutrality of the United States was not due to any sibility for Count Bernstorff'a petty desire to escape trouble. It was something much greater. Memorandum taking America to He affirmed that there was not a word of truth in the statement The United States would acquire the distinction of being a nation task for supplying arms to the
Allies. that the work at the Front had been crippled by a lack of supplies.capable of self control, and would therefore be bound to play an (Load cheer.) There had not been any general slackness on the important part in adjusting the affairs of the world at the end of part of employers or employees. The present situation was dus to
He added that the United States did not desire a foot of any the unprecedented scale upon which ammunition was expended to day, and to the shortage of skilled labour owing to the success of body's territory.
General Smuts' Örder. recruiting: (Cheers). He was convinced that when the factories were organised and mobilised all would be well.
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munition factories.
The Rt. hon. gentleman concluded by mentioning the late Mr. Gladstone's saying that Britain was contributing her best blood to the war, but there were others not on the battlefield who were show ing mantul honest heroism as deep as those who were in the fight ing line. (Grest cheering).
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Interesting "Eye Witness" Stories...
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April 20, 8.45 p.m.. Eye-witness" present with General Headquarters reports that!" the fire from our french mortars lately has been very effective. few days ago, opposite Gevinchy, our concentrated fire drove the Germane from their front trenches to the second line, where they received the attention of our artillery.
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April 21, 6 a..
A high French Official told Colonel House that the Allies will resent any American peace mission so long as the Germans remsin in France and Belgian Router's correspondent at Capetown reports that General Smute Lieut. Margin, son of the has issued an Army Order which states that, with the seizure of Principal of the Missionary Bethany, Seeheim, and Keetmanshoop, the southernmost provinces D.S.O. after the retreat from College, Foochow, who won the of Damara Land (forming part of German South-West Africa) from the Orange River on the south to Laderitzbucht on tue west, and Mons, has been awarded the Hasuur on the east have been occupied.
The central, eastern and southern forces hitherto operating separately will now co-operate in forming a southern Army, as distinguished from General Botha's northern Army.
Earl Crewe on Persian Gulf Operations.--
April 20, 9:50 pm,
Victoria Oro a.
Sir Edward Grey, in the House of Commone, said in regard to the Sino-Japanese negotiations and conditiobe, the policy of Britain was governed by the term of the
In the House of Lords Earl Crewe said that our successes in the Japanese treaty.ng Anglo-
Sir Edward Grey added; the were in com- munication with the British Representatives in China and Japan and the Government. would do all in their power to secure the open door to British commerce in all parts of China.
Persian Gulf did great credit to the commanders of the troops. The prisoners taken, express great respect for our artillery, and Our cavalry on the 18th inst. reached Makhailsh, which they especially for our field guns, whose shrapnel is splendidly timed. found abandoned though strongly entrenched. Hitherto it had been Government"
1he wholesale distribution of Iron Crosses bae caused the decimpossible to follow the enemy by water beyond Ghubbashiyab, oration to be despised by the fighting troops, who say they are but the commander bad ordered the water channels to be recon- being given to fawning deadheads, who have never even heard the noitred. Bound of a bullet." No fewer than thirty thousand Crosses were dis- The commander at Shaiba, from personal observation estimates
the enemy's casualties on the 14tk inst, to be not less than 2,500.
Lord. Lucas on African' Operations." The Crown Prince, also, has lost caste.
Lord Lucas, reporung on the recent operations in East Africa. and Nyassaland said all was quiet
April 21, 1.15 Trawlera that arrived at Hull yesterday evening sighted atributed before the fall of Liege. Zeppelia at four o'clock yesterday morning, proceeding eastwarde, between Flamborough Head and Bridlington.
German Stations Fired by Aeroplane Bombs.
Habebeion on the Rhine on Monday, and set fire to immenses. Lorage Two aerial squadrone bombed the stations at Mallheim and
stores at Mannheim.
To Avenge Britain's "Treatment" of the Pirates.
"The German private soldiers consider that the British prisoners are very proud and obstinate. They say that they refuse to work in mines and factories like other prisoners, They are not allowed to concerted atteropts to escape, Consequently they are more strictly work in the fields, which, apparently, they are willing to do, for fear guarded and more harshly treated.
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The Anglo-French forces in the Cameroons were dealing with
Middle Congo as far as Gaban Territories.
German strongholds in the Mandara Hills, on the Benu River, and the French columns also penetrated from Ubangishari on the
Sir John French Answers German Lies..
April 20,6 p.m. Field-Marshal Sir John Franch emphatically denies the German the Ypres district,
Extracts from German letters are quoted by "Eye-witness,” giving an account of the treatment accorded to prisoners of war, and According to Renter's correspondent in Paris, it is reported that they make the most painful reading. The diary of a German officer statement that the British have been using asphyxiating gases in anolber thirteen British officers have been imprisoned in Cologne dated December 19th says that "the sight in the trenches of the by way of reprisale for the treatment (by the British) of submarine fury, not to say bestiality, of our men beating to death wounded English affected me so much that for the rest of the day I was fit for
officers.
There is now a total of forty British officera imprisoned.
Belgian Aviators Good Work,
April 21, 4.20 p.m. Renter's morrespondent at Paris reports that the official com- munique states that there have been fierce artillery engagements at Arras and also between the Oiss and the Aisne,
We have repulsed two German counter-attacks in the Mont marie Wood,
Belgian aviators bombarded the Arsenal at Bru and the Hying ground at Lleovegh.
nothing.
Any such statement, sage Sir John French, is false, and is doubtless made in order to justify the use of these gases which have been freely employed by the Germans in their attacks on hill No. 80; Germany signed the clause at the Hague Convention eliminating from warfare the use of asphyxisting gas.
Russians Recapture a Position,
April 20; 9.35 p.m.
An extract from another letter asys that some Englishmen being surrounded, surrendered after a gallant resistance, but they got mercy1 Rifle butts were turned and we went for them and made sparke fly. Prisoners were not taken one form and
A French civilian, who has returned from captivity, predicts A Petrograd communique states-The enemy in the direction that more than a quarter of the prisoners in Germany will die of of Stryi gained a footing on the height at Orawczik. We counter- hunger before, six months, while the remainder will suffer for the attacked in the evening and recaptured the positions, taking rest of their lives from the horrors of their captivity.
pre prisoners, the exact number being at present unknown. Bome inhabitante returning from the or
the occupied ares brought We mined a German trench at Baat Rozanke, and took the samples of bread farded to them which was a kind of soft frown position at the point of the bayonet, capturing prisoners and guns, dongh largely composed of potatoes and extremely indigestible.
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NEWS.
Yesterday's Gymkhana ia ro- ported elsewhere,
Further Notes on the Crisis appear on page 4.
Magistracy are given to-day. ⠀⠀
Some facts concerning the new
The Langkat output up to yesterday is given elsewhere.
A report concerning an ex- plosion on the Shameen, Canton, will be found elsewhere,
General news and an artiole beaded "Lloyd's and the War Peril" appear on page 8.
The Hon. Colonial Treasurer's report on the finances of the Colony for 1914 is given to-day.
"Our Contemporarice appears
on page 2, Commercial News an page 9, and Log Book on page 6.