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THURSDAY, MAY
1918.
四拜疆·號二月五英港香
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE REQUISITIONED DUTCH SHIPS.
Reply To Holland.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE GERMANS' BIGGEST EFFORT.
DEFEATED BY A RELATIVELY SMALL FORCE.
"PERILOUS WEEKS BEFORE US."
Enemy Employ Thirty Fresh Divisions.
London, April 4.
Large Number of Enemy Prisoners Taken.
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IRELAND AND CONSCRIPTION.
Gaverament's Policy to be Kept in Abeyaset,
Londes, May 3,
›Loodos; May 1,
* PER ANNUM,
AMERICAN ITEMS.
Tee New York State Senate has
def-ated the proposal of Senator-
Brown to make it unnecessary far: An Order in Council has been gazetted further postponing the Netherlands Note entperning the requisitioning of shipping in Five thousand American In London, May 1. women when registering to gira publication on Thursday was the first British reply to the their age. operation of the Naticast Servios Order as regaïde Iraland.
The Daily Newsays that the Government has decided to keep Allied porte. It regtets that the allegations published in the disas have enlisted in the army the Irish conscription policy in abeyanos for a few weeks to see Netherlands are calculated to raise mire voorption of what has and navy. They have subscribed what measure of socdes the Home Rule Bill will achieve. The occurred since the Anglo Datch negotiations which began in London to more than $9,000,000 worth Government hope to introduces the Home Rale Bill zezI WAJË.
in November, 1917. The reply traces the negotiations wh on ind la of Liberty bonds, have brought a the drawing up of the proposed basis of the agreement, which tremendous increase in the pro- Ecclesiastical Interference Deplored. Renter's correspondent at the British Hasiq arters, wiring on
Holland failed to ratify. Referring to the Modus swen is of the dacts on Ladisa reservations and April 30, sayɛ:Yesterday's attack was the biggest effort the
agreement reached on January 20, regarding the shipping between amistad in Red Cross work. Cermane have yet made daring the Finders offensive, the Germans. The Council of the Catholic Union of Great Britain has passed the Netherlands and the United States, the reply states that this Semb-oficial- Washington cal employing about thirty fresh battalions from close reserve in resisting conscription, expressing the coinion that it is just and influence operated in the osse of the tonnage clanses in the proposed money still to be raised by war resolation regretting the action of the Irish Catholic Bishops in andoubtedly broke down owing to German opposition. The same culations place the amount of addition to the large number of divisions in position at the beginning right for people in every portion of the United Kingdom to share basis of the agreement. The British reply points out that the lab loans bators June 30, at sroued of the battle. At one point the Freash were forced to yield a little in the defence of the Empire and the liberties of mankind. Tas sequent effort to arrive at a mutual arrangement was mellified by $4,500,000, Bat the Secretary Mes ground, bat supports promptly arrived and drove the Germsns Union views with misgiving ecclesiastical interference in temporal the Netherlands objection to the employment of ships militarily or McAdoo bas stated and has repeat back. A satisfactory texture of the straggle is the fact that the political questions. It requests the President of the Union, Admiral armed. Upon this the requisitioning which had already been ad that not less than $10,000,000 Allies employed a relatively small foros to defeat the enemy.
Lord Kerr, to forward the resolations to the Pops.
mooted to the Dutch Delegate became inevitable, otherwise the is the requirement. This is not s Central Powere would achieve their very object of immobilising difference so vary slight as to be A Deputation to the Premier.
Datch tonnage, British assurancea giver on Harsh 21 regarding unworthy of explanation. Reuter's correspondent at the British Headquartere, wiring on
London, May.I. the conditione under which abips would be requisitioned were now The Daily Telegraph says that the members of the Labour clearly re-stated and re-affirmed. Is pointed out that they embraced consolation regarding
New York has still the "old the evening of April 30, asys:-To-day has been all quiet on the deputation who waited on the Premier in the House of Com- no substantial departure from the originally proposed agreement. pernicionaly Flanders battlefield. The French mater-attack last evening was brilliantly #accesful, not only recovering the ground on the mone, respecting the Irish Conscription, admit that Mr. Lloyd George The reply mentioned that the associated Gorstamenta recently Committee. The more odious. Botive Sabbath outhern slope of Babarpenberg, but also advancing the line to spoke to the deputation with fraukucas and firmness and listened extended facilities for the shipment of American grain to Holland that bigoted body makes itself in Hepth of fifteen hundred yards astride the Dranoage Road. Loare most patiently to a reasoned statement prepared by Me Aribar Great Britain expresses perfect willingness to continue negotiations cases like that of the prevented, changed hands.several times but faslly the Germans were well enderson, from representations made to the deputation by Irish for an economic agreement.
Sunday parade of the Upton beyond the eastern fringe thereof. Desperate struggles occurred Teade Unionists and a lengthy explaustion by Mr. Thomas, MP., who in the reins of the village between small parties, there being much ed that the Cabinet would fully consider the labour representations, has been in Ireland on railwaymen's business. The Premier promis
soldiers, the more surely it works for a rational, twentieth-century bayonet fighting. A fine bayquet charge was made by one of our hat held na hope so far as he was personally concerned of any
amendment of the Sunday las brigades, just as the enemy was wavering in the face of furious change of policy on the part of the Government. Mr. Lloyd George, Bater's correspondert at Mo-cow, wiring on April 23, esys of liquor in dry Indian country London, May 1. Amendments to take possession fusilado. A brief rout caened. The Franco-British took a large in a powerful specob, insisted that equal rights of citizenship involve that the disarmament of anarchists in Petrograd was carried out on an offence and to prohibit the sala number of prisoners during the day but fewer than the magnitude quality of daty and responsibility, and Ireland cannot take all the night of April 28 in the most quiet manner. General Kiledia's on the importation into a reservas of the struggle would lead one to expect, owing to the desperate the advantages sccruing to its sesociation with Great Britain while troope entered Novo Tches kask, but were ejected by Sovies forces.tion of the intoxicating bean hand-to-hand obsrseter of the fighting. Prisoners show consider. ablo dejsation at the failure of You Armin's heavy hrast and admit refusing to bear a share of the burdens and sacrifices of the United that the teak ahead of the German army threatens to bleed the Kingdom of which it was a part, Fatherland of its manhood.
London, April 30.
Battle Analogous To That of Verdur.
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The Daily Telegraph recalls that Ireland has not refused the gift of Old Aga Pensions from the English Parliament for an advance of money for land purchase and the building of labourera cottages. Many Labourites in and out of Parliament shere, the Ireland do so not from principle but because they believe that it le Premier's view and those Labourites who oppose conscription for unwise in the existing circumstances.
THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE,
Sir Douglas Haig's Order. V-
London, April 20,
London, April 30. Beuler's correspondent at the French Headquarters, wiring on April 30, says: --Yesterday British tanke sasiated the French infantry in clearing Garman machine gun nests out of Hangard Wood. The enemy has hitherto engaged 140 divisions, or nestly two million men. He has besides, in France, fresh divisions which can still be braught into the fight and also reservea in depots in Frazos, and Germany. It must therefore be assumed that he can reconstitute his exhausted divisions rapidly, but what he cannot do is to refill the depleted units with officers and men of the same quality add degree of training. Moathe of intensive battle must be reckoned with before the enemy is reduced to the pitch of eruaustion. We hers everal perilous weeks before ne but bave every reason to await the imae calmly. The battle sa it progresses presents analogies to that of Verdan which are of the best sugary for the fature. The Ger- Her Majesty the Q teen sent to the Army and Air Force in the name mana preeent objectives in Picardy and Flanders, if attained, would probably serve as a departure line for the final great effort. As their striking power, was exhausted on the Mease in 1016, so it will be in 1918 on the Somme, Avre and Lys.
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Eight Enemy Machines Brought Down.
London, April 30, Field Marshal 8 Dualan Haig, reporting an aviation, says Our airmen dropped 275 bombe on enemy troops to the east of Loore and also machine gunned them. We brought down sight machines, but only two of ours are missing.
Heavy Fighting in The Noyon Sector.
London, May 1. A French mmmunique esya:-There is a violent bombardment in the region of Haogard. A German attack in the seototot Noyon resulted in hasj fighting. Wo ej öted the enemy fron advanced elements, where in the first rash he gained a fooling. We re- established the line.
British Rush Enemy Posts là Metoron Sector.
London, Msy 1.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig in a report sintes:-We repulsed an s tack on a post in the neighbourhood of St. Julien. We ruched enemy prata, in the Meteran sector, vaking a sumber of prisoners. The French have improved their positions in the neighbourhood of Loore.
Her Majesty the Qleen's letter, asbled on April 28, has been published in a special Order of the Day, for the information of the troops in France, with the following telegram to the Queen from Field Marshal Bir Dangia: Asig, which says;➡"The message from
of the women of the British Empire, will inspire with new strength and fresh determination all those brave men from every part of the Empire who, on the battlefields of France and Flanders are fighting so gallantly, for all they hold most dear. They who with their own eyes daily see the 'woman and children homeless in onos peaceful villages and towns once prosperonis, now ruined and in flames, have remlved that their own loved ones and homes shall not share that suff ring. No peril can be too great and no sacrifice too extreme to save their country from such a fate. Side by side with car gallant Allies whose wrong we feel as our own, and as our own have determined to set right, we will persevere in the fight against all odda natif vistory is at last achieved. In this grant struggle we are heartened by the love and confidence of the women of the British Empire to which Her Majesty's gracious message has given sach moving expression."
PRUSSIA'S ELECTORAL REFORM BILL.
Squabbling lo The Reichstag..
London, May 1.
- According to Reater'e correspondent at Amsterdam in the Prussian Dis. Herr Spee of the Centre Party, mored an adjourn. ment of the Electoral Reform Bill till after the war.
The Minister Friedberg said that the postponement would mean the gravest danger to internal pesce.
The Socialist Herr H. fmano, amid shoots of “Traitor," naid that if the motion was passed he would call upon the soldiers at the front to cease fighting, and
The motion was rejected by 833 votes to 60,
Orunt Hertling said that the Government would wat zocept thë clause in favour of placeratio suffrage, beosave they considered bat the promise of equal sofrage maat be redeemed, but the Government would benevolently examine the enggestion for prevent- ing too radioil reforms. Count Hertling warned the Honan-shat what was refused to-day might be wrung from it later amid national
rulsions.
Herz Porich of the Centre Party, promised that the majority of The debate was sdjourned,
THE MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN,
British Forces Advance North of Bagdad.
London, April 30, A Mesopotamis official messige states:-Oar forcas bave advanced north of Bagdad along the road leading to Mosal, vis Kifri and Kirkak
We capture Kiriri on April 27 taking forty prisoners. The Turke retreated rapidly towards Kirkak bat our cavalry overtook them and charged one column killing over s hundred and capturing 538 and mooh war material. Our cavalry his party would vote for the B.LL forced & panasge at Amten at a point south-west of Tarthurmatli on April 28 and simultareously cur mein forces reached that river. Cavalry in the early morning of April 29 got astrīda the enemy's communications towards Tacq apon which the infantry advinced and captured Tarkhurmatli osptaring three hundred prisoners and six guns. We continue to parans them to the north.
GERMAN SLAVE-DRIVING METHODS,
Harsh Treatment of Belgian Deportees,
London, April 30,
COMPLIMENT TO THE BRITISH NAVY.
London, May 1.
The Iotor-Allied Naval Council has expressed to the British Navy their admiration of the cool see and reckless.coursge displayed in the attack on Ostend and Zebraggo and the rapidity with which the objectives were sohieved despited the enormons difficaltice and desperate resistance of the enemy.
The First Lord of the Admiralty saknowledged the Navy's pride at reosiving no gratifying testimony from the naval représent
Beater lesras that 25,000′ Belgian men and boys are being stives of the Allies. compelled to work militarily behind the German lines, in the region
of Valenciennes and Manbenge alone, under the whip of German
London, April 30,
sentries. The mortality in the deportees campi ia terrible and the becomes the Master of the Ball Me Dake, K., Saoretary for The Press Baress announces that Bir Charles Braaten Budy zige Bery went back as unft are replaced by fresh rewruits-
Ireland, ancceeding him as Laard Chief Justice of Appeal,
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE WESTERN FRONT.
Successful French,Counter Attacks:
London, April 31
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: French counter attacks yesterday noon and evening drove out the enemy from the remainder of the ground he gained in the morning in the neighbourhood of. Loers, prisonered's number and secured the whole villaga. After the heary repulse inflicted on the enemy the night was is Comparatively quiet on the northern battle front. Our line was advanced slightly during the night eastward of Villers Brestonneux.
Artillery Duel North and South of the Avre...... London, April 30:
A French communique reports: There is a somewhat violent artillery duel north and south of the Avre, in the sector of Noyon and on the south bank of the Oise. Our patrols are active on the whole of this front. We brought back prisoners. Our fire repulsed enemy detachments on the right of the Meus and in Upper Alsace before they achieved any result. We took prisoners.
·BRITAIN AND HOLLAND.
Protest Against “ Pecumar” Dutch Statements. Amsterdam, April 29.
The Foreign Minister has presented to the States Gen eral an orange book dealing with a variety of questions, which have arisen between Holland and the belligerents since December 1916. a memorandum dated October 5th, 1917, relating to Dutch regulations regarding the admit tance of captured snips to Datch ports particularly the case of the German vessel Marie, alleged to have been captured by a British ship which entered the port of Tandjongpriok, Java, the British Government strongly protected against the "peculiar, and unsound views adopted or invented by too Netherlands Government during the present war in matters of international law sud expressed surprise at the as- sociation of the name of The Hague with such views, which were bound to be a serious factor for the British Govern- ment's consideration in deciding the meeting place of lature legislative conferences.
EAST INDIES'S TIN EMBARGO.
New York, May L
The officials are pertarbed at the cabergo ou exporta from the Dutch East Indies from the 22nd April, especially the embargo on tin as supplies are needed for munitions and food preservation,
The American production is only ninety tons and prob ably Bolivia will be looked to for supplice.
GENERAL KOKNILOFF ALIVE.
Amsterdama, April 30.
German papers contradict the report that General Korni- Toff has died of wounds, and say he is marching on Oreuburg not with the object of restoration of the Monarchy but to convoke Parliament. --
ASUNGARIAN CABINET CRISIS,
Zurich, April 30,
messago from Budapest rays that Dr. Wekerle, owing to inability to reach an agreement as to the details of franchise reform, has declined to form a Cabinet.
BAKU OIL WELLS DESTROYED,
peyots have been added to the annual Indian Appropriation Bill- by the Senate committee. The committee's report says the most stringent prohibition legislation is necessary to prevent the am of liquor in swindling isnd owning Indians.
with the
License to trade enemy" has been granted the American Red Gross by the Wat Trade Board. Germany gave the Bei Cross exclusively
the privilege of sending letters, food snd money to American prisoners in Germany. In return it de manded that the Red Cross sot IN is medium of communication between Germans and their re- latives in America, Eranthe transfer overees of a brief megarance that Germans in the.... United States are well constitutem "trading with the enemy" and ea the license was asked for.
An serial postal service be tweeen Washington, Philadephis and New York is to be insugus= rated not later than April 16th, |By arrangement. between-- the Postmaster and the Secretary of War. This service will be cond not- ed for one year as part of the aeronautic training service of the War Department. "Sx powerful army a roplanes will be provided. with tao in reserve. The War- |Department will faraish the aviai
tora and machines and will pros vida a landing field and hangers. st. Washington. The Post Offica Department will provide landing fielde sad bangers at Philadephis and New York, will bear the expense of gasolina and upkeep of machines and will Tarnish the necesary motor trucke und clerical force in connection_ with the service. Beginning not Ister
than April 15tb, ove trip each way will be made daily, except Sunday, on a fixed schen. dule. Fires clase mail not ex oseding 300 pounds, cccupying a space of not more thần 25 cuba feet, will be carried on each trip. It is expected that the trip. between Washington and New York, juslading the stop at Pailadelphis, will be made in lees then thres honts..
DONT FORGIT.
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The export of petroleum from Baku-has-ceased-and-it- reported that the oil wells are destroyed:
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