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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE BATTLE SITUATION.
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE BATTLES IN FRANCE.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE BATTLE SITUATION.
The French Outlook,
A Brilliant British Counter-Attack.
Londos, April 8.
Landen, April 8. Reuter's correspondant at the British Headquarters, says: According to Esuter’a correspondeat at Paris, & pemi-cfficial Tar counter-attack on Avelay Wood on April 8 was a brilliant one, message states:-Do to the present there is no reason gard the practically re-establiabing our position along the old line, and we German attack on Bill 344 yesterday na indicating a hemang
The Chaony-Barsisis anair de» not Book a hundred and twenty prisonere with a dezan maschine-gans. cffnsive in this sector. A German cfier anya that the casualties have been exceptionally to point to any new departare of a general nature. A great heavy during the past fortnight, apparently because they have been of Garman reserves is still moving towards Amiens, which is still moving more freely than heretofore. Among the men also there the goal of the German High Command, though the latter is has been ench a toll of non-commissioned cfficers that a petersi momentarily forced to interrupt the forward movement owing to Gub-cat among the older clasica is progressing to replace them. exbaustion and the heavy losses of his troops.
Three attack against the Na Zalsudera otoved horridly costly for the enemy. Os each cocasion the New Zealanders con- tinued firing Lewis guns until the rapidly-thinning wawa wor eniently close and then they bombed them fariously with band greaades. It is easy to believe the assurance that the Boches die liked this form of resistance. Their dead are lying like corn-swathes at harvest time before the New Zealanders' positions. The Germans are bringing immense numbers of guns of every calibre into the struggle, but we are combatting them preity adequately. Thus last night a heavy bombardment broke out east of Villen and Belon meaux and there were reasons to believe that it was preliminary to an infantry sttack. We retaliated with such intensity that the many bombardment died down, nothing transpiring,
A captured airman attributes our greater serial activity to the greater numbers and superior qualities of the British machines and consequently the Germans cannot afford to risk Aying over our ler- ritory to any great extent. The enemy is employing machine gane operated by trained teams in very large numbers. He is also losing them in very large numbers.
- Important German Losses.
London, April 8, A French communique says :~~Oar artillery stopped attempted enemy attacke io the region of Hangard in Santerre. We caught concentrations of troops at various points of the front north of Minididier.
4.A strong Garman attack on the right of the Mense, north-säst
CONSCRIPTION FOR IRELAND.
Home Rule as a Set-off?"
London, April 8.
Lobbyists of the Daily Telegraph and the Morning Post utaja that the application of Conscription to Ireland may be contingent upon the report of the Osavention and the offer of Home Bale by o the Government.
The Daily Chron‘ele implores the Government not to make the grant of Home Rile conditional upon the adoption of Conscription.
MORE GERMAN INTRIGUE.
Tribal Leaders Urged to Massacre Allied Subjects.
London, April 8
The Times correspondent e Tangier state that the Germans is Morces have made proposal to Rsisuli and other tribal leaders. that in the event of a victory in France they should rise and revolt, masesore Allied sabjanta, declare the independence of korceco and nominste a pro-German Sults.
BOLO'S FINAL APPEAL REJECTED,
Losdon, April & Beater's correspondent at Paria sistes that Proïdent Poincaré of Hill 344, was repulsed after sharp fighting. The enemy's loses has rejsotel Balo Parba'a foal uppoal. „were important. We took twenty prisoners.
Eleven seroplanes and two balloons were brought down and fiva ons of bombe were dropped on cantonments in the Boye region.
German Hopes and Disappointments,
Londa Ap il 8.
According to Beuter's correspondent at Now York, the War Department's weekly review states "The general strategical and tactical position of the Allise is becoming more favourable, Tas nemy, at the opening of the third week of the cfive, is still far short of attaining his principal objectives. It is now evident that the German High Commend contemplated overwhelming the Bitish at the outset and driving a wedge in the Franco-British forom. The enemy fully expected to schiave this 'decision“ în the course of one great battle. The success of the plan depended on his ability to break through the British front and advance so zapidly that the Anglo-French Reserves would be unable to arrive in time to close up the breach and restore the order of the battle. The wvidence of prisoners confirms that the enemy hoped to gain the line of the Somme on the evening of the fret day. As a matter of fact, he took ten days to cover the and he had expected to overran in forty-eight hours. The tumbbornnewa of the British resistance and the severe enemy
alties compelled the Germans to draw heavier reserves than they had anticipated. The Germans are now throwing fresi forces into the battle in an effort to secure some limited objectives. The Allied military machine, under the leadership of General Fock, ĩa working with precias amoothnzas eamring the grestest connomy, harmony and efficiency in the use of all forces. The moral of the Allied troopa remains high. The German offensiva has not spent itself, and owing to the enemy's determination to gain some sort of amooses at any cost, the situstion will continue to be uncertain for de time. However, the general strategic and tactical position “of the Allian is becoming more favourable and reports continue to indicate that the enemy contamplates an cfsmaive in the Italian thesize of war, possibly along a broad front incinding the entire morthern sector from the Upper Piave to Lake Gards.”.
Flue Work by Americans.
London, Ap il 8. According to Router's correspondent st Faria, a'despatch from the American front states that the enemy on Friday evening attempted st, two points to raid the American trencher. The fret Black was easily repulsed and the second allowed to spproach close to the wire. Then fire was opened by the Americans, whose ânfantry immediately tempt into the trenches and drove back the "momilanta. The first German trench was cleared and the enemy compelled to retire to his support trenches. American artillery replied violently to Gormiso artillery sad, twó German batteries
were silenced.
The Bombardment of Paris.
London, April 8 According to Beater's correspondent at Paris, an official meunge stains :-The bursting of one of the long-range guns bombarding Paris is confirmed from a sors source of information. This barating occurred on March 25 when a Lieutenant and nine men were killed. The long-range bombardment continued yeater- day, but there were no victims.
British Line Advanced.
Londor, April 8,
Field Me Thal Bir Douglas Haig, in's communiqas, states:- advancedar lins slightly during the night on the south bank of the Boman and exet of Vire-sous-Corbis. We took a dne peinners north of the Somme, rear Neuville Vitesse, There wa8 dorsed hostile stillery firing during the night on the whole of So battle front. There is heavy gas-shelling between Lane and the La Basace Coal and also east of Armentieres.""
The Quas Busy,
London, April 8. communqine statos em The night was marked by sotions, notably on the left bank of the Ožte,
--EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE BATTLES IN FRANCE.
A Great French Milliary Feat.
London, April 7. Beuter correspondent at French Headquarters reports on April 8: In the second battle beginning on Thursday we held the enemy and repulsed him in most places with heavy losses with troops entering the battle on March 25. The closing days of March were among the most critical of the war. The Germans had been stopped on the Oise" and Somme bat confronting them between Montdidier and Moreuil with a mere cordon barring the way was Apiens. Troops were railed from a sector hundreds of miles distant as fast as possiblo and engaged the enemy as soon as they detrained. The General, carrying a carbine, with his staff, had arrived and were scouting in the battle-field with only a few cavalry patrols-between them and the Bocht A Staff Major was actually killed engaging the man mounted troops. The firet reinforcements arrived on arch 25, but the main body were several days later. Merile the enemy was preparing a grande tack. The memen war most critical for on March 27 nine miles of line were screened only by cavalry patrols and a few guns. The line was re- ́established on March 8 but held by only three French divi- sions. These bad for four successive days to meet the shock If thirty enemy divisions. It is a sober fact that for those four days the General with three divisions beld up ten times our numbers. There has been no finer military feat daring the war. During the whole battle relief was impossible, yet fresh German divisions were thrown in daily. The enemy is Fully exploiting his superiority in numbers by attacking in crashing strength, also always with fresh troops. As soon as an enemy division gains its objective. it is withdraw and its place taken by another,
A retiring division is reinforced, rests a few days then- is again sent to battle. Hence within a week the First Guards Division was engaged on two different sectors. Wa still hold essentially the line we beld on the 29th March. The enemy hold Morcul and a number villages on the west bank of the Avre but they are dominated by the fights we retain. We hold Grivespes and the chateau despite determined attacks on March 28th, 29th and 31st." This ight is typical of what is occurring daily. The village was beill by five hundred French infantry, commanded by a colonel who blocked the windows of the chatean with mattresses and took up a rifle to help tho defenders. They repulsed three regiments of the First Prussian Guards Division, ae- coupled the best in the German Army. The enemy came, an in waves, pushed and fed by thick columns of infantry. The French Hought them from tree to tree of the park back to the walls of the chateau, whereupon the colonel ordered a counter-attack. The Poilus, crying Vive la France," charg- ed. After a hideous melee among the trees, they drove the Germans from the park. Fighting against similar, odds occurred on those four days along the whole Avre front. The enemy' halted on the 31st for a breather and the attacks were renewed, on the 4th inst, with fifteen divisions, includ ing the Guards and Brandenburgers. The onslaught was repulsed with a slight loss of ground little more than the villages of Emailly, Raineval and Sauvilly. To-day the enemy is quiescent excepting for artillery activity, but the hill i expected to be of soort duration.
French Line More Gölid.
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With reference to the French withdraval at Abbecourt south of Channy in Barious sector montzoned in last night's communique it is semi-officially explained that the French ine there formed a dangerous sector which the French High “Command decided to reduce. The Germans believed they could catch the French napping by anticipating the move ment and attacking the point. They were unable, however to prevent the conclusion of the French manmurrs and their attempt was as costly to them se it was wielou, drawal merely maces the French lina mors solid
Aerial Operations.
London, April 7. Reporting on aviation, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig says: Our aeroplanes, watching the enemy movements, re- ported a hostile concentration southward of the Somme Large formations immediately went out in the rain, and -dropped over five hundred bombs and fired firty thousand rounds on the assembled infantry. We brought down fifteen and drove down eleren. Sixteen of ours are not yet located many of which doubtless were forced to land behind our lines owing to the difficulty of finding their cerodromes in the heavy rain. The Canadian airmen are doing imost valu- able work in the present battle,
A wireless German official message says: We have cxp- tured Pierromande and, Folambray.
Another German Attack Expected.
London, April 8.
Reuter's correspondent at British Headquarters, tale- graphing on the evening of the 7th, says: Local fighting has continued at various places along the British battlefront and there are sundry signs that the enemy is about to thrust again on a big scale. By the recent fighting north of the Somme the enemy endeavoured to improve his positions and possibly to secure a better jumping-off place. Between Mesnil and Buequoy the German positions are very un- favourable to artillery movement, therefore there should be a big push to develop this region and only by such could a great concentric attack upon Amiens be carried out,
The infantry would soon outpace their gun supports if the enemy achieved further success. So Ear however their a tempts have been almost entirely repulsed, invariably with very heavy losses. The attack of the 5th inst, was carried out by four divisions in waves having only a limited objec tive. Since the enemy heavily gas-shelled Auchon- villers befors attacking and as the stuff hanga for days it is unlikely he would have employed it if he hoped to occupy the place. Last night, after twice laying an intense barrage. -to a considerable depth, the Germans attempted to advance north of Auchonvillers but were smothered by artillery and were unable to advance.
PREMIER'S MESSAGE TO INDIA,
London, April T. The Press Baran announcer that Mr. Lloyd George has sent a message to the Viceroy of India as follows: At this time when the intention of Germany's rulers to establish tyranny not only throughout Europe but in Asis has becoms" transparently, clear, I ask the Government and people of India to redouble their efforts, Thanks to the heroism of the British armies and their Allies the enemy's attempt on the West is being checked, but to prevent the menace spreading "Eastward every lover of freedom and law mast play his part. I have no doubt that India will add to the lautels already won and equip itself on an even greater scale than how as a bulwark which will save Asia from the tide of oppression and disorder which it is the enemy's object to achieve.
The Viceroy has replied that all India is stirred to the depths by the noble sacrifices of the British people in the cause, of the world's freedom and the stern and unalter able resolution that those sacrifices evince., India, anxious yat confident, fully realises the great issues at stake and your trumpet call at thin crisis will not fall on deaf ears. I feel confident that it will awake the Princes and people's leaders to a keener sense of the grave danger which, stem- med in Europe, now threatens to move eastwards. I look to them for the fullest effort and fullest sacrifice to safe- guard the soil of their Motherland against all the attempts of a cruel and unscrupulos enemy and to secure the final triumph of the ideals of justice and honour for which the British Empire stands.
PLSSIAN DENUNCIATION OF JAPAN.
Petrograd, April 7. The Council of Commissaries in a manifesto accuses Japan of striving to 'crush the Republic and seize Siberis and declares that Jepan is a deadly enemy of the Republic It says that the Council has demanded an explanation and warns the Allies that their replies will greatly influence the Council's foreign policy.
M. Joffe has been appointed Ambassador to Berlin and M. Kamenet to Vienna,
U. S. LIBERTY LOAN.
Now York, April 7. The first day's subscriptions to the Third Liberty Loan were three billion dollars. In New York and throughout the country they exceeded the subscriptions of the first days of the two former loans. Over one hundred millions was subscribed in New York. The subscriptions include the Bankers Trust Company twenty-five millions, the National Park Bank twenty millions, the Corn Exchange Bank air. teen millions.
CANTON NEWS.
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THE SILVER MARKET.
London, April 6 Silver is quoted as #51 ind the market is very quiet."
TRAMCAR ACCIDENT.
Inquest at the Magistracy.
At the Police Court this "after" noca, before Mr. E. D. O. Wolfe, siting as Coroner, an inquest was held into the circumstanced at- |tending the death of an unknown
Chinees male, supposed to bam ? mendicant, who died as the { result of injuries · · sustain- ̈ ed through his being koooked down by tramcar. No. 60, on the Pmya East, stabout 7.30 p.m. on March 25,
The jury was composed of the following:-Yosers. C. T. Gan- dell, J. Gracs, and A. Lay, B
D. MoKenay deposed to the deceased being admitted to the Government Civil Hospital. Ha was then quite Roconscious, and suffering from a fracture of the akull, which proved fatal by early the next morning. A port-mortem exsmination revealed that there win & very extensive fractura of the base of the skull, this being the cause of death.
The driver of the, car stated that he was taking the car from Happy Vdley to Whitty Street When opposite the zodówna at the Praya - East, he had to switch the current of in order is round the bent. Be rang the bell, and later puk |the current os again. The road. was fairly dark, and when nearing 11, Praya Esst a number of peo Įple rushed out from under the verandab morces the rosd, He was forced to put on the emergency brake, and some of the people tried to tarn back. The docensed failed to get clear of the car and was knocked down. by the brass hand rail at the front. The cat did not pass over the man. for he fell away from the car. Witness and the can [doctor"picked the man up," Ha was unconscious. A ticket Ia- spector told witness -to take the cer on and he did so, leaving the deceased with others, Witzen denied telling the police that the decessed simply walked into the our. He waarocaing with others. D.casted was only five or s fest, from the car when witnes Baw him.
Farther evidence' was given. The jury returned a verdict Dasth by midventure
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