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June 23 1915,
2951 “日一十月五
TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS
June 23 1914,
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23,
1915.
TO-DAY'S
WAR TELEGRAMS.
DE WET'S SENTENCE,
GENERAL BOTHA OCCUPIES IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL CENTRE.
Immerse Popularity of the New Loan.
AUSTRIAN SUPPLY STEAMER CAPTURED,
[Reator's Servios to The "Telegraph."]
MORE GERMAN LOSSES.
June 22, 4.05 p.m. Eyewitness" at headquarters, describing the resumption of
DE WET SENTENCED.
June 22, 3.15 p.m. Renter's correspondent at Bloemfontein saya that Da Wet has been acquitted of the charge of proeseding to join the Germans.
Later. June 22, 12.55 P.. Reuter announces that Da Wet bas ceen sentenced to six years' imprisonment and has been fined £2,000.
AUSTRIAN SUPPLY STEAMER CAPTURED.
June 22, 4.05. p.m. Reuter's correspondent at Rome says that an auxiliary cruiser hotly obased, and captured, an Austrisa naphths steamer" in the Mediterranean which was carrying supplies for submarines.
[In the event of telegrams arriving too late, for insertion on this :
page they will be found on the Extra.]
the British offensive west of La Bassee, briefly obronicled in Field.
Marshal Sir John French's balletins says:-
By the morning of June 17, in the Festhubert region, after enemy counter-attacks during the night, the net British gain in ground was a hundred yards in depth and three hundred in front age; but during two days and nights' fighting, severe loss was inflicted on the enemy.
THE WAR LOAN.
A
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
ANOTHER WAR LOAN.
June 21, 6.15 p.m.
In the House of Commons Mr. R. McKenna, Chancellor of the
THE FRENCH GRIPPING THE GERMANS.
June 21, 7.15 p.m.
436 PE RANNUM,
TELEGRAMS.
BIG FIRE IN HAVRE
£40,000 DAMAGE, (Boater's Servico To The Telegraph.")
"London, Received June Z Reuter'a correspondent* et Havre reports that a fire lika den | irayed two warehouses and 12,700 bales of cotton. The damage in estimated at over £40,000.
Renter's correspondent at Paris reports that a communique. states: North of Arras we have progressed further towards THE BURMA SOCIETY. Souckéz, carried several trenches, and approached to the north-west
London, Received June 27, of the village. There has been a night-long artillery, duel. A German attack at Dompierre, west ward of Peronne, which was pre- the Barma 8ociety has been con- A special generala meeting of ceded by the explosion of three large mines, was defeated by our vened for July 31 m consider the infantry. The Germans count-attacked on the heights of the Meuse discontinuance of the Soiety with extreme voilence, bat we maintained all yesterday's gains, owing to lack of Burman support. We also followed up our advantages at Reillon, in Lorraine, cup- turing all the enemy's first line on a front of 1,500. yards. We dispersed in the evening a strong enemy oslumu.,
The Germans have abandoned their position near Chazelles, Gonderezon and Les Remabois, and we found the enemy trenches full of dead.
CIVIL PENSIONS.
London Received June 12 The Civil Liat pensions includes the wife of the late Doctor Hugh Baker, who died while investigat
We stormed a spur at Calvaire du Bonhomme, and an advance in the neighbouring hills reached the outskirts of Raboonhomme.
We continue to progress along the Fecht, and have got beyonding eleeping sickness in Africa; the cemetery at Melzeral,
GERMAN WORKS DESERTED.
June 22, 2.20 a,m,
A Paris evening communique states: There have been local local infantry actions to-day which have not modified the fronts.
llying squadrona bombed enemy aviation parks in north Arras, burning four bangars, hitting two aeroplanes and one balloon.
the wife of the late Biebop Tucker of Uganda, in consideration of the Bishop's services to the Em- pire; and Miss Violet Wallace, in consideration for the scientific work of her father the late Doctor Russel Wallace.
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
CONDENSED.
The Germans on Sunday evening in western Argonne, violent. ly attacked after a severe bombardment with sspyhriating bombs.
Major Lumsden, of the Royal Oar advanced line yielded at certain points, and two companies Flying Corpa has been killed at were buried in wrecked trenches. An immediate counter-attack Brooklande. recovered us almost the whole of the positions.
It is announced that the Kaiser
Grodek,
We have extended our gains on the heights of the Meuse, cap- turing more trenches. Our patrols in Lorraine. found the German was present at the operations at works west of Gonderexon unoccupied, the Germans having retired to tonth Cintrey. We captured the cemetery and station at Metzeral, in Alsace, and then eto:med the village and pushed our line 600 metres eastward. The prisoners taken hers singa yesterday exceed 200. A German attack at Reiohackerkopf was repulsed."
MANUFACTURING MUNITIONS OF WAR.
June 22, 4.40 p.m.
Exchequer, in moving the loin resolution, said that a prompt decision was required as it was to desirable that a big loan should be kept hanging over the market. The Bank of England would tasna a prospectus that nigut. The Chancellor emphasised that behind these basinises prrangements was an appeal to the patriotism Mr. Lloyd George announced in the House of Commons "that of the country to carry on the war successfully with its gigantic he hoped shortly to appoint a commission, including in its member resources. The total deficit on the 19th inst. was £518,000,000, ship business men, to advise with regard to the manufacture of and we had borrowed £597,000 000. The present loan would bear munitions of war. interest at the rate of 43 per cent., par was repayable in ten yeara,
INDIAN LABOUR QUESTION.
June 23, 4.40 p.m.
General Eotha has coonpied Umarera in Damaraland and is continuing his advance,
Mr. Venizelos has stated his conviction that any policy other than supporting the Entente would be disastrons to Greece.
The youth of Germany
is now being conscripted for training in mountaineering in the Trol sa as to be prepared for Italian forces.
All day yesterday there was a June 22, 4.05 p.m.
rush in the City to obtain prospectase of the New Loan. Almost before Mr. McKenna had concluded his speech in the and must be repaid in thirty fle affirmed that a loan was batter
It is spoken of as the most attrac House of Commons there was a rush of would-be investora to the than a continued issue of Tressary Bille, as it obtained publio
tive investment of modern times. City when the Bank of England closed to normal business. All money, promted Economy and assisted foreign exchange. day long, queues of city men formed up, awaiting the issue of the Privileges would be allowed to the holders of the old war losa and
It was reported in the House of In the House of Commons Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Secretary Commons that the health of the prospectus. The opinion is unanimous that it is the most attractive consola (cheers). The holders in the old war loan contributing to investment of modern times. When the prospectus was issued at the new one could convert the old loan at pas, getting 1 per cent, of State for India,, in reply to Mr. Reginald Neville, said the troops could not be better. 7.30 the queue had assumed enormous proportions. The distribu-while consol, holders applying £100 to the new loan would be question of employing the inexhaustible labour supply of Iniis in Nothing approaching it had been tion was made in the open courtyard. Some applicants took huge allowed 75 per cont, oa conto's for oseb fifty pounds in the new the manufacture of munitions was receiving the fallest consideration known in the past piles of prospectases for the banks, A dozen vans were requisition loan. This meant that console would be re-exchangeable at 80-2/3. ed to carry consigaments to the railway stations for the provinces. If the console were all converted it would mean a eabsoription of £600 000,000 to the new loan, while the conversion of the old loan would mean some hundreds of millions. It was not expected that
THE OPERATIONS IN AFRICA. all the holders would convert, and the element of macerisinty made it unwise to fif the limit of the loin. Mr. McKenna added that
June 22, 4:40 p.m. the minimum subscription to the Bank of England was "$100 |
In the House of Commous Mr. Bonar Law, Secretary of State sterling, but the Post Office would sell from £5 to £25 benda. A great crowd at Victoria Station awaited the arrival of the Alao, five shilling vouchers would be sold through the Post Offices, for the Colonies, stated that he hoped acon to be able to give more remains of Flight Lieut. Warneford V,C. this evening. His sisters the Trades Unions, etc. These vodokers would carry interest st.5 information about the operations in East Africs and Central Africa, and stepfather, together with representatives of the Admiralty, were per cent, per annum for every complete month, and when they had proment. The coffia covered with the Uaioa Jack and masses of accumulated to £5 could be exchanged fo: a bond. wreathe, was accompanied from Trance by a detachment of the
THE LATE FLIGHT LIEUT. WARNEFORD V.C,
June 22, 405.8,m.
LINER.
ATLANTIC
The Anchor liner Osmeronia was the victim of a submarine attack, but fortunately she escap ed. There were several pro- minent American on board.
It has been found according to the New York Herald, that Gor-
tions from America through many has been obtaining mani- South America, Holland and Denmark,
NEWS."
Mr. MoK-nus, the Chanceller The Chanellor, in further explanation of the loan, asid: "I ANOTHER SUBMARINE ATTEMPT ON Naval Air Service. It was conveyed to Brompton cemetery in a you apply for a hundred pounds of the new loan we will at the same
of the Exchequer, in a speech in gun-carriage by s' detachment of the Royal Naval (Division;) time allow you to convert 75 per cent, of console at fixed minimum
the House of Ommons anent a per cent, of the new loan, and then relieve the consol price into 50
June 22, 4.45 a.m.
new war loan revealed a wun ler holder of stock which probably will be almost unsaleable, giving in The Anchor liner Cameronin which arrived at Liverpool on ful scheme of interesting Bri- exchange a new and bigbly marketable security." He added that Banday from New York was attacked during the voyage by a sub-fishers throughout the world. the Government undertook, if bigher interest was cffered for any marine. Though travelling at full speed it was imposible to elude other war loan, to grant an improved rate to holders of the new the submarine. Accordingly, the Camorosis attempted to ram the Ioan. Ele arged the nation to make every effort, not only to carry submarine, which enbmerged and was not cean again. on the war but to enable us to main ain Anancial pre-aminence after Many prominent Americans were aboard the Cameronis, and the war, He who subscribed now was doing an act of mercy to the incident has been reported to the American Embassy. himself and to the country, and he who thus economised now would be able to bear the strain after the war, and would have the koow. ledged that every aid he gave was multiplied for bis country, which would bless him for his providence and generosity.
ANOTHER SUCCESS FOR GENERAL BOTHA.
Jans 22, 3.15 s.m. Reuter's correspondent at Fretoris saya that General Sir Louis Botha has occupied Omararu, on the S sakopmund-Grootfontein Railway. His advance continues.
GREECE AND THE Entente,
June 22, 3.15 am. According to Reuter's correspondent at Athens, M. Venizelos has authorised the statement that he is convinced that any policy, exospt that of supporting the Entente Powers, will be disastrous to Greeor,
A MUNITIONS CONFERENCE.
Jane 22, 3.15 a.m. Mr. Lloyd George conferred, on Saturday and Sunday, with the French Under-Secretary for Wer, M. Thomas, who is the
A meeting of the Hongkong Tramway Company Lid, was held to-day.
"Our Contemporaries" appears on page 2, Commercial News o page 9, and Log Book on page 6. Two Chinese constables clover- captured a thief in Connaught Road Central, after about a mile
RUSSIANS WITHDRAW FROM GRODEK, Mr. Mo. Kenna, in winding up the debate, said that the only
June 22, 4.45 a.m. amount he could insert in the loan resolution was a maximum of a
Petrograd communique states that the enemy's offensive in the thousand million pounds, but he was not asking for, and did not region of Rawarnaska continues. The Russians, on the night of ran. want such an amount. As regarde future toration, with the 19th inst., withdrew from the Grodek lakes on the Lemberg positions. increase of the ioooms tax and the super-tax the present generation was already doing a good deal towards paying for the war, though
if it, continued there would have to be fresh taxation.
In reply to a question as to whether India would be allowed to contributa, Mr. Mo. Keans said that he would be gald to bring in the whole Empire, but it was impossible to expect, much from the Dorin ous as they were borrowers rather than fenders.
The resolution for the new loan was unanimously passed. The prospectus issued shows plainly that only.
organiser of French munitions Both were acompanied by experts, now war loan have the option of converting the old lo
THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE POSTPONED FOR A YEAR.
Jane 22, 4:40pm.
In the House of Commons Mr. Asquith, the Premier, announced that a Bill would be introduced forthwith postponing the Genera the Election fore vest in view of the war
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TO-DAY.
Bijon Theatre-9.15 p.m.1 a Victoria Theatre 9.15 p.m. Charity Polo Match6:30p.m. H.K. Tramway Co., Ltd. or dinery General meeting noon. FOTO-MORI Bijon Pasaur