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YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS.
THE BATTLE IN BELGIUM.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1917.
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KING ALFONSO "ON SPÄIN'S ATTITUDE.
London, July 14. King Alfonso, interviewed by s Daily Express ourrer pondent, em. London, July 14.
phasised that Spain must be neatral to the end, a less attacked. Es Raster's correspondent at British Headquarters "graphically said Spain's relations with Britain and France were excellent, adding gives stories of the German attack on our new front in Belgium on We are able to supply them with necessary material. If England July 10, to which, he incidentally remarks, home military critics could send us cost and the United States extton, everything would manifestly attach an exaggerated importance. The scene of the be perfect." Some Spaniards admired the pre-war reputation of the fighting is a tumbled looking stretch of sand, sparsely covered with German Arms, but the pro-Garm 10s were in no wise anti-Ally. His brownish
places
Bapd rises grade. Io
hoped that Britain next year would import oranges and relieve in
bluffa from · ribbad foreshore, others the distress of the Valencia growers. shelve gently to the surf. The greatest height of ground the enemy occupied is sixty feet above the sea level. There are numerous gullies and holes which afford good hiding, but indifferent natural abelter from gunfire. Owing to the loose character of the sand, the position is impossible for conversion into one strong defence, al though the French daring their long tenare of the sector made the best of it in the circumstances.
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Referring to the crisis, King Alfonso said that Spain was suffering from financial indigestion. Some Spaniards were most prosperous as a result of the war, while others had suffered severely, This resalted in industrial unrest. The situation was complicated by the patriotic movement in the Army, which wants to see the money which Parliament voted for the Army utilised in the best Douglases Fossible meaner,
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The enemy artillery swelled in an ominous uproar early
The Army, said His Majesty, also demanded to be maderaised, on July 10, directed against six hundred yards of front-line trenches, but it
untrue. that ita discipline and loyalty parallel with the Esstern Yrer. Alter an hour, gane were directed were impaired. Another complication was Catalonia'e on the sapport trenches, an hour later the crampling ground west demand
Government sort of Home Bale. The of the river, and then shortened to the first range. The enemy were prepared to discuss Catalan comande when legally repested the methodical bombardment, largely assisted by creas made and also to satisfy the istified demands of other parts of Sugars aerial activity. Our guns were meanwhile thundering in reply. Spaic, but the crisis cannot be settled bafore the end of the war. He During the morning, the German shella destroyed bridges across believed that the war would long coatings, but it was impossible for the Year between the sea and Nieuport Lock, destroying the him to offer mediation after the declaration of Mr. Lloyd George and Kailans
M. Ribot. He was of opinion that the cause of the war was an possibility of reinforcing the front line...
By three in the afternoon the bombardment was intensified to a immense upheaval in all countries; and that in future Governmente whirlwind, which was maintained for three hours. The battalion must lean towards a Socialist character, similar to the British state quarters of the King's Royal Rifles became untenable and the staff of Socialism. He regretted that reformere in Spain who were for moved to a tunnel nearer the sea. All the breastworks towards merly pro Mo archist row sided with the Republicans, saying he Lombarizyde were levelled and the tranches were being rapidly belonged to a past age, but he asked if there was a mate modern wiped oni. It was evident that the Germans means an infantry King than himself. He looked to the future with coufi lence. attack and the officere disposed their men to receive the assault, The Germans were seen massing at six in the evening. A wounded sergeant of the Northamptone volunteered to swim the Year as the only practicable way of reaching and warning the troops on the right of what was being prepared. When scross, he saw three heavy waves of German merine infantry advancing. The sergeant reached his objective and delivered his message, in consequence of which a bomb stop was hastily thrown up and machine guns placed in position, and the attack was prevented from deploying beyond this point.
THE COTTON CRISIS.
London, July 14.
After two hours conferenca wish-Sir Albert Stanley the Cotton Control Bard issued the following notice:-"The Cotton Control Board, after carefully considering the position in consultation with Sir Albert Stanley regarding the actual appliss of cotton in the country, and the prospective supplies, has decided not to recom- The Germans advanced concentrically along the seashore. mead say immediate curtailment in production. Should it becoms Our ranks were now so thinned that the defence consisted of a necessary to reduce the consumption of cotton at some fature time, small detached handful of men. They put up a meguificent fight adequate notice will be given to sort ample opportunity for making against overwhelming odds, particularly the King's Royal Riflea and the necessary adjustment. In the meantime, the policy as regards Northamptons. A party of bombers and another of fime-throwers the issue of licences, is unaltered. Licences will be granted (for attacked, a tünnel in which were the Headquarters of the purchase of not more than one weeks! sopply at a time) oaly to Royal Rides, abeltering from the bombardment. The last eeen spinners who have less than two months supply in stock". here was a party of five officers standing back to baok. Men were pressed back to the river bank. They plunged in and swam across, One soldier amid a hail of bulleta awam across and fetched a rope. He secured the end and then re-swam the distance, establishing a means whereby many who were ucable to swim escaped. The German made a position for their machine guns around the former right of our positions and swept the ground.
Other instances of the glorions spirit of our men are told. The fight concluded at seven o'clock. The enemy did not consider it safe fally to take advantage of the access they had won. They limited themselves to try and consolidate our old sapport trench, some hundreds of yarde east of the Yeer back-" their existence has not been a happy one since."
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A dispatch from the High Commissioner of South Africa has been published in the Gazette, covering the Rhodesian opersHK. Ice Co.," The lions eince August, 1914. It tells for the first time satirringenterprise Ropes of courage and ball-dog pertinacity, and of how the German Com- mand at Lake Tanganyika was overthrown. A sobem, was approved in April, 1915, for sending from England to Capetown, and thence by rail and road to the Lake, two motor boats designed to outcisea the enemy ships. The motor boats were named Mimi and Toutou. They arrived at Capetown ander the command of Commander G. Simon A Belgien communique states that the enemy has violently in June, 1915, and were launched on the Like an December 23. The Germans were probably acquainted with the scheme, but dismissed bombarded the region of Steenstreete, and heavily shelled car comit as hair-brained. The journey up country incinded fifty-one miles
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of haulage ou atrocious roads, at altitudes ranging from two A French communique states:-There is fairly heavy artillery thousand to six thousand feet, and thenes by rail tracks to Lasis- fighting south-east of St. Quentin, and south of Filain, particularly bar River, where they were fisted through whosla abounding with near Laroyere.
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GERMAN COAL STRIKES.
London, July 14. According to Reater's correspondent at Zurich, in the Reichstag, Herr Helferich disclosed the fact that one of the principal causes of the coel crisis was due to the miners' strikes.
ANOTHER GERMAN PEACE MOVE.
London, Jaly 14.
The opinion is growing in Holland that the German Govern- ment itself is supporting the demoorstic agitation with a view to obtaining peace.
MESOPOTAMIAN DEBATE.
London, July 14.
In the Boass of Commons, the Mesopotamia Debate was resume ed. Mr. Asquith questioned the desirability of appointing a tribunal, being of the opinion that the House of Commons alone was able to say whether etatesmen and soldiers deserved censure. He expressed profound regret at the resignation of Mr. Chamberlain, which he ,, considered WAN not called for, and strongly denounced the manner in which the report had been travestisd, perverted and exploited, as one of the most disgraceful in bistory and a degradation to the Press. The Prime Minister stated that the administration of the Mesopotamia campaign at present wee everything that was desirable. The guilty persons must be severely punished, but fair and impartial investigations of the facts were the first essential,
The subject dropped, and no vote was taken: --
London, July 14.
Mr. Lloyd George, in a passionate peroration during the Mesopotamis debate, dwelt on the waste of time in discussing "this miserable business.” He concluded by saying "For God's sake, lát na get on with the war."
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