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THURSDAY, APRIL 12,
1917.
TELEGRAMS.
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TELEGRAMS.
[Beater's Service to The "Telegraph."]
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THE BRITISH PUSH.
Canadian Premier's Views.
Londen, April 11, 6.15 1.0.
[Renter's Service to The “ Telegraph.”]
BRUTAL GERMAN NURSES.
British Wounded Appallingly Treated.
London, April 11, Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, interviewed by Appalling revelations of the systemstio brutálity of German Beater, taid:"The great victory just won in France is a glorious women employed in the Red Crows, towards British soldiers who begissing of the renewed British cffensive. It is especially interesting have been wounded, have been made to the Barse correspondent of to me, a month ago I saw the Vimy Ridge, and realised, from what the Times by more of British soldiers of all ranks, released from I saw and was told, the strength of the positions and the tremendous German prison osmps. task which ley before the Canadians in undertaking to carry it. AIL Caunds will be thrilled with pride by the glorious nahievement of our Expeditionary Fores. It was with equal pride that we heard the tidingsf the splendid success which attended the effuets of all
the British forcZL.
When I was in France, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig asked me to visit the battlefield of the Somme in order to realise what had been accomplished. My rinit convinced me that the men who had captured the positions I then saw in our occupancy could not be stayed in their next advance,"
· A Great All-Round Victory.
London, April 11, 7 10 am. As the details of the Arras battle are unfolded, to significant facts emerge. The fret is the inpreme spirit and behaviour of our men, and the second the suberb generalship of the leaders. As regards the first, the infantry talk in atmost admiration of the artillery. The gunnera speak most adoringly of the airman, and these tell in glowing terms of the splendour of the infantry advar os and of the magnificent audacity of the tanks. There is no complaint and no criticism among the fighting troops-there is only universai admiration and content. There has been no battle on this scalo fought by the British Army hitherto in this war in which every unit triumphantly obtained its immediate objective. All thin bespeaks hard work and tireless self-improvement among all ranka of the Army.
Monday's victory, indeed, is the result of a perfected tactical method, as practised by the French at Verdan, and by the British on the Ancre and at Arras, namely, a method of enabling the strongest field fortifications to be captured with less low to the attackers than to the defenders. It discredits the theory once favoured that generalsbip nowadays is less important in war, and that there are no great British Generals.
The tactical achievement of Field Marthal Sir Douglas Haig and his able Stiff, seconded by a remarkable group of "Army Ocm- manders, is now thoroughly sppreciated, and confidence is universal that their deeper strategical conceptions will be no le decisively vindiosted before long." It is now seen that it is the Germans who are being strategically outplayed on the Western front,
Satisfactory Developments.
London, April 11, 1.50 p.m. Field Marshal Sir Donglas Esig, in a commaniquo, ssys:— The situation is developing favourably, in accordance with the general plan.
We captured early in the morning a village on the heights at Monoby le Proux sad Li Bergere,
We are progressing satisfactorily elsewhers on the battle front
What Our Artillery Did.
London, April 11, 4.45 p.m. Renter's correspondent at the British Hosdquarters, telegraph- ing on Saturday afternoon, emphasises the decisiveness of our sapromney in heavy artillery. This was strikingly illustrated at Vimy Ridge. Aerial photographers, prior to the hammering. revealed a system of defences which might well have been deemed impregnable. There was now after row of wire on each liss, and many yards of deep and perfect honeycomb trenchwork, besides countless dominating machine-gon poltions. Yet when the assaulters went forward, they found many places in the trenches and wire alike absolutely oblitersted. A few oharred stumps, and an cootional rasty tangle of barbed staff, alone marked what had been a formidable barrier.
The splendid success of the fensive has oreated a most interesting tactical situation, fraught with tremendous posibilities, The enemy has been forced back on the jivot of his previous retreat in a manner creating a dangerously sharp salient at this spot,
The bitter cold continues, with high winds, and there are requent snow squalls. The work our airmen continue to carry out is nothing short of marvellons.
President Polscera's Congratulations.
London, April 11.
The Press Bureau sunounčte ihst President Poincare has sent a masomos to His Majesty the King Ipressing his great pleasure, and congratulating His Majesty on the fise sucessn of your valiant troops, which, I doubt not, in merely a prelude to new vistories.** The King has replied expressing his heartfelt gratitude,
Lively drenade Fighting.
London, April 11.
& French communique states:-There is artillery solívity in the region of the Somme and the Olse..
Lively grenade fighting cocurred during the night towarđa Maisons de Champagne."
There is a somewhat violent artilory duel at Bois le Patre,
General Smuts* Testimony.
On a long journey of the British wounded through Germany, it was a common siinsement for these women to tempt our men, who were in the last extremity of hunger and thirst, by holding out food and drink to try and make them sontoh thereal than withdrawing it. Many wounded, begging for a drink, had coffee and water soup tendered to them, and then, at the last moment, the gentle name would spit in the cap or glass. Frequently the wounded men bad to drink the defiled staff, while the women looked on and laughed.
Au equally common entertainment with these women. was to offer a wounded man a glam of water, and then pour it slowly on the ground. Onsen of physical maltreatment of British wonnded by German nurses were just as common and systemstio an their refasil to give them nourishment. They not only refused to "attend the "British wounded, but regularly insulted and spat at them, The truth is that the German Red Cross is merely a branch of and frequently even struck a bandaged limb in order to give pain. German militarism. It has prostituted the sacred sign, shamed its name, and forfeited all right to be regarded as an organisation of humanity.
GERMAN OPPRESSION:
Riots Reported in Bulgarit.
London, April 11
Renter's correspondent at French Headquarters in Macedonia, says that, according to reliable information, owing to popular dis satisfaction at German tyranny, rioting has broken out in moporsi towns in Bulgaris, especially in Bas, where the German cavalry charged a crowd. During the first of these demonstrations, which are spreading, there were numerous ossualties among Balgerian troops, who in some ossen sided with the population and refastd to attack the demonstrators; indeed, they even jained them.
A LINER MINED.
The "New York" Badly Damaged,
London, April IL
The liner New York was mined on Monday evening during dinner. A terrifio explosion occurred in the forepart, causing a largo hole below the water liner.
As the sixty passengers, including women and children, took their places in the bats, heir andast was most orderly.
Wireless manages sent nut brought help.
"The passengera were safely transhipped, and the New York was towed into the Mersey and docked.
OUR NAVY'S WORK.
Tribute by Chambers of Commerce,
Landon, April 11,
The annual meeting, representing over a hundred Chambers of Commerce in the United Kingdom, has sont to the First Lord of the Admiralty a copy of a resolution expressing "profound admiration at the servion of the Navy, and the heartfelt gratitude at the way in which the Fiesta have protected our country and commerce and safeguarded the lives and families of ourselves. We also associate with our expression our thanks for the services renderd by the munantile marina.”
Admiral Beatty replied :--" All ranks value this great tribute to the work of the Flest."
AMERICA'S ENTRY. -
Sympathy From the Argen-las.
London, April 11.
Renter's correspondent at Buenos Airea saya that while Argen- tine intends to maintain neutrality until her own rights are violated, the Government has issued a declaration sympathising with the motives of the United States in declaring war,
Spain's Difficulties.
London, April IL Reuter's correspondent at Madrid states that the entry of the American Republics into the war has woricudy" inaressed the difficulties of Spain, the greater part of whose supplies of grain and i così recently have come from Americs,
SWEDEN'S FOOD PROBLEM.
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London, April 11 Eenter's correspondent at Copenhagen says the Swedish Government has taken oɔntrol of all fats and stocks of mains and rice. The daily rations henceforth will be seven ounces of flour or grain, and five and a half ounces of hard ani
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London, April 11
CANADA'S, FINE RESPONSE, Edinburgh has conferred the Frendon of the City on General |:..... Smuts, who, in his reply, referred to his recent visit. to France, Hamid that he saw the opening phase of the great battle." The Reuter's orrespondent at Toronto my it is officially
London, April IL Cormai organisation had been overtaken and, notwithstanding the announced that 449,074 Canadiana haya enlisted. heaviest bombardment in. the world's history, the found in the SE ZALIA.
fawring that the amount of our shells bad sotaally incraised. He daolaend that we had also the oodpleje mastery of the sir, and added that be
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE BIO OFFENSIVE.
The Immensity of the Blow.
London, April 10% To-night's news from France emphasises the immunity of the British blow. It is a thousand pities that the weather was so execrable and the "only consolation in that it was worse for the Bocher than for the British. The French press is full of praise of the fine execution with which the beginning of the great offensive was carried out, and the magnificent spirit of the troops which enabled' such pro- digions work as that at Vimy Ridge to be accomplished.
The "Matin" says "When the full story is told_of how our Allies accumulated acar the front, their supplies munitions and material, how they brought up their heayy guns and how they surmounted the numerous obstacles con- frosting prompt action, the world will be lost in admiration. Vainly did the snemy seek by the action of his counter batteries to foil imminent attack, vainly be offered persistent and desperate combat to the British aeroplanes and obeer- vation balloons. The inevitable hour came and our Allies began the content at the minute they had chosen.”
Other newspapers write in similar strain and also dwell upan the difficulty the German higher command will have in explaining the present retirement, as voluntary, especially in view of the thousands of prisoners...
Meanwhile good news comes from China and South America, which are almost the last strongholds of Hun intrigue..
à message from Shanghai announced that 47 German consular officials, including women, and children, from Tien- tain, Hankow, lebang, Mukden, Chefoo, Tsinanfu, Amoy and Fuchow have arrived thore and are returning to Ger- many on board the Dutch steamer Goenter. This news is the more welcome «s recent reports show that German in- trigue in Chins was becoming a menace of this first order and included the wholesale bribery of the Press," There was the same thing in South America, but thers is evidence that the Governments there are also awakening to the danger. For instance Reuter's correspondent at the Hio de Janerio. reports the existence of numerous German rifle clubs in Forth Brasil-all being allied to the headquarters of the Bidemon's Lenget, whose headquarters are at Naremberg. These clube constitute a serious menace and it is expected that action will be taken against theen soon. It is also officially stated that there has been constant sending of wireless messages from land to German ships in Brazilian waters.
Other South American Governments aro gravely con- sidering the position created by the entrance of the United Statoe into the war and the consequent difficulties of s neutrality policy, expecially in view of frightfulness at mes and Eun intrigue and some cases of conspiracy on land.
Over Eleven Thousand Prisoners.
London, April 11.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Baig reports The operations have been energetically continued and, despite heavy snowstormia, wo have reached the outskirts of Monchy-le-Preux, which is five miles eastward of Arras. We also cleared Farbus and Farbus Wood. There was hard- fighting this afternoon at the northern end of Vimy Ridge, resulting in our gaining further prisoners and important positions. We have advanced our line northward of Leu- verval, Enemy counter-attacks at different points were unssccessful
The number of prisoners taken since yesterday, morning exceeds eleven thousand, including 235 oficer. We have aho captured over one hundred guns, a number of them being heavy guns up to eighteen inchens, sixty trench mor tars and one hundred and sixty-three machine guns.
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Valuable seroplane work was done. In many case our acroplanes machine-gunned hostile reinforcéments. Bombing expeditions were also carried out. A large railway station was hit and three trains were wrecked. Three enemy machines were destroyed and four were forced down. Ope of ours is missing.
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British Cavelly's Useful York.
London, April 11. Telegraphing on the evening of the 10th inst. Renter's correspondent at Headquarters, who had just returned from a tour of the ground beyond which the offensive ja thunder- ing, describes his impressions. He states:-
The wonderful scenes of the first week of July Inst year have been quite eclipsed by the extraordinary volume of activity since the night of Easter Sunday. In one village this afternoon I saw within half an hour seven battalions, each headed by its own band, marching to battle as if to a review," 'I have never seen such crowds of prisoners. In one village 1840 werá proceeding to the rail head, and shortly” after on the road. I saw an almost equally large batch of prisoners, including « Divisional · Commander.”
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OBITUARY.
Mr. James Welch.
- Londar, April 12. The death is announced of M James Welch, the relor,
The deceased uzved" bis articles to a chartered acccuntent, but joined the dramatic profession with. Mr. Wilson Bureit at the.. Globe, Theatre in 1887, inbe when he has played; in most London theatTOR
GREEK MERCHANT IN TROUBLE.
Van xolist Heavily Ploed la London,
At the Old Street (London) Police Court recantly before M. Clarke Ball, Ebotion Georgisées,
Greek export merchant and shipper, of Chinwell Street, was fined 450 and ordered to pay 15 guidena costs on a summons under the Defence of the Realm Regula tions for proposing to deal in war material without a permit.
Mr. Balkin, for the Director of Pob'io Prosecutions, said that tha defendunt. was in partnership with another Greek named Kandi'zli; the gresser part of the trade being done with Athèng mid- with a frm of importers and merchants there. Last year the defendant sent a letter to this firm offering 10,080 revolvera: military pattern, sleeping, bag khaki cloth, boots, and other in litary orticians & He mid that his firm was in a position to amp»"\ ply them from London - or elsewhere...
The letter was opened by the Censor, and the prosecution ordered. Daring the whole of the
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in Paris and knew nothing of the matter. The defendant, ina vol untary statement, mið "that" he had served in the Greek uriny until it was demobilised, which, remarked Mr. Bodkin, must hav been in 1915, and not recently- probably at the end of the second Balken str. He had known the Grock Arm of Mosers. Dintinos and Kriesis for 15 years. I November, 19:6, he entered into partnership with Mr. Kondiraki, putting is £8,000 out of £9.000 aspital.
In October he met'ni the Im | perial Restaurans a Greek ñamað Costallos, who, said Mr. B.dkin, had been inquired about for woma tima. without success, Costallas offered him 10,000 revolvers, and these together with other things, the defendant cffered to the Greek frm. Hedid not take out a licence, as he did not believe it wa neory, no basiném having been done. ".
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Mr. Bodkin mentioned that there seemed no resson to d.abt (Le s'atement, the authorities wished to im DTUDE' (upon the defendant and "other ma: obanta that to deal in mani tions without a permit was exceedingly serious ofenos. To | mad or jet into Greeon: for the | purpose of the Greek GoverningNG' military (quipment" would "hawn bsen exceedingly meiour for this ocúntry,
Mr. Patrick Hunting Temsibat dalanda
igopranon (and was sta country.
Describing the capture of a pair dif-heivy, howitzeri onli the bank of the Scarpe, the correspondent relates that a party of cavalry charged the gunners in the fine old style, cutarifans ting down those who resisted and eventually putting the wespons out of action until they could be dragged to the CheThe tiny win largely devoted to consolidating Mondly's important gains and clearing by. --Boattered” spatar are stili resisting There are no signs up to the present of any big counter attack, but in any event, we must expect beary
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