EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
Continued from Puge L)-
VALUABLE ITALIAN SUCCESSES.
London, July 1 An Italian semi-official message states: The recapture # `of Valbella, Col de Prosso and Col de Chele has wrested from the Austrians in the east their moderate gains on Asiago Plateau. The first day's offensive completely re- stored the situation prior to the great attack. These positions have been constantly contested throughout the war be cause they constitute an advanced flank for the Italians and ▲ jumping of ground for the Austrians wishing to scale the Italian positions. The victory was due to the perfect co-operation of artillery and infantry, reducing the Italian losses to a minimum, whereas the four enemy divisions engaged" suficred exceptionally heavy lossen.
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ALLIES SUPPORT CZECHO-SLAV ASPIRATIONS.
Paris, July 1.
M. Pichon has sent a letter to the Secretary of the National Czech Council as follows:-"Faithful to the prin ciples of respect for nationalities and the beration of oppressed Peoples the French Government considers the claims of the Czecho-Slay nations well founded and will apply itself, when the time comes, to uphold their aspirations for independence in their historic Emits. Their provinces will be liberated at length from the yoke of the Austro- Hungarian oppressor."
M Pichon declares that the French Government recog- nises the Czecho-Slovak National Council as the Erst step towards the future Czecho-Slovak Government. M. Pichon, speaking in the name of the French Republic, concludes by hoping that the Czecho-Slovak State will speedily become, though the common efforts of all the Allies and in close union with, Poland and the Jugoslav State, an insurmoun- table barrier to Teutonic aggression and also a factor for peace in reconstituted. Europe..,
M. Pichon has sent a letter to Mr. Balfour in terms similar to his communication to the Secretary of the Nation- al Czech Council
Mr. Balfour replied fully associating His Majesty's Gor- erament with the sentiments of the French Government. He emphasised that the participation in the fighting ranks of Czecho Slovaks had far-reaching political significance. It" represented a stage in the great struggle for the freedom and security of small nations in whose cause all the Allies are deeply concerned.
PATHETIC ARMENIAN APPEAL.
London, July 1.
Reuter learns that a pathetic appeal on behalf of the Armenians was made to the British Labour Conference. The appeal reveals an appalling state of afairs. It says: "None of the fearful horrers perpetrated in the various war zones compare with the tragic lot of the Armenians." It is pointed out that the Turks since the beginning of the war have committed unprecedented atrocities in Turkish Armenia, where they have massacred about a million persona. while two million Armenians in Russian Armenia are now Democracy is asked to threatened with a similar fate assist to save this small ancient people from complete ex-
ON THE WESTERN FRONT.
London, July 2
A French communiquo says: There is nothing important on the whole front Twenty-one German acroplanes were felled or disabled on June 30, six captive balloons were set on fire and twenty-two tons of bombs were dropped during- the night on enemy aerodromes and stations.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig states: An attack on the night of July 1 to the north-westward of Albert to re- capture ground taken on the sight of June 30, was repulsed except at one point where the enemy gained a footing in a trench. We repulsed attempted raids in the neighbourhood of Aveluy Wood, Avion and Hinges.
GERMAN EFFORTS IN CHINA.
London, July 1 Writing on June 27 Reuter's correspondent at Peking cays that by utilising the report of the defence measures of Paris the Germans have created a panic in Chinese Banking circles. The police allayed excitement by announcing that Paris was not taken and that the situation on the west front was unchanged.
Two Germans have been arrested at Harbin travelling with forged Dutch passports.
Allied residents demand the incarceration of prominent German intriguers who have been moet insolent since the postponement of the deportation of Germans from China,
U. S. TELEPHONES AND TELEGRAPHS.
Washington, July 2
"A resolution has been introduced in the House of Representatives authorizing Government control of tele- phones and telegraphs. It is understood that this action has been taken to prevent the threatened strike of the employees of one of the great telegraph systems.
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AMERICAN MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS, ""!
Washington, July 2... The Appropriations Committee has favourably reported to the House of Representatives on the new Urgent Deficieney Bill carrying 927 million dollars additional for military establishment
AMERICAN DEMAND ON TURKEY,"
Washington, July 2.
The United States has formally requested Turkey to give an explanation of the report that Turkish troops sacked the American Hospital at Tabriz and seized the consulate there.
MORE RAIDS ON PARIS.
Paris, July 1.
The alarm was given at 11.55 last night and all clear at 12.30. Fire was opened on the approaching aeroplanes which did not reach Paris. A second alarm was given at 12.48. Bombs were dropped on the outer suburbs. The all clears sounded at 2.90.
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A Paris official message says: Enemy aeroplanes at tempted to attack Paris at 12.4 in the morning. All clear was given 31 22.68 Nothing is reported.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1918.
THE BATTLE FROM ABOVE.
What Our Airmen See:
the heart of it.
It had been decided that ob
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JAPAN'S INTERVENTION DEFENDING GARDEN-
IN RUSSIA.
Views of a French Diplomatist.
Winifred Stephens, writes in
WITH A BAYONET.
How Mr. Jones Resisted a Comedias,
DISCIPLINE - AND DEMOCRACY.
Our will to Endurs.
Our
CANTON NEWS.
Canton correspondent
writes as follows:-
Shum Arrives.
Shum Ohun buen and his so arrived from Hongkong on the
Eden Phillpotts, writes in the gunboat Fo Pik at 6 am. the 3rd
inal and were met by a number “ Daily Chroniels as follows B
A comedian's encounter with the Daily Chronicle as follows his tensht in a garden," and the The night mista came oreeping
On Far Eastern problems no tenant's defence of the garden at up like a smoke forsen, and the one is better entitled to an the point of the bayonet, were battalion that marched up towarde
Did Germany win her prosent of high officials and members et struggle against the evolution of the Parliament and Providoial the edge of the baillefeld along opinion than the eminent French recounted at Brantford Police the road that skirted the far end diplomatist, M. Angusta Gerard, sourt recently.
Mr. John Jones, of Wellington morals and the advance of civiles Assembly at the Government of the aerodrome was a regiment Hislong and distinguished career, of shadow forme. A band of rst as Attache in the French road, Hounslow, was mummoned tion, the spectacle granted wharf. After cordial complimenta more material were exchanged, the party were drums and fifes was playing them Legation at Washington, later for secsulting Mr. Halcolm Boost, would be no out with a merry little tane, so (from 1893-1897) as French Min- the popular entertaiber, and triumph for her prosecution of escorted by police to the bead-
handed claim.
Bowhich will be Shum's temporary whimsical and yet so sad also inter of Peking, and finally (from brother of Admiral Sir Percy war. No militarism might eingle. quarters of Kingwai troops,
victory 1907 to the eve of the war) se Boots.
residence. His family also Ambassador to Japan, han ens blød Mr. Scott said defendant was stupendous against human pro-
The uation, as well as arrived on the same morning by important railway junction back him to watch the emergence into his tenant, in a house adjoining gress, behind the German lines was to the main streem of world politics his (Mr. Scott's) own, and was its armies,, would sarn the credit, the s.. Honam and are living in- be bombed. All day long had of the three great Facilo Power under notice to give up possession and in Germany's national die Sui Ho Hotel. It is reported that been the continuous roar of death,America, China, and Japan. on April 6. Next day, Mr. Scott cipline, rather then her military the question of peace or war will
The story of this evolution M said he went into the garden of devilries, the source of success soon be decedid. and now, when night had fallen, all the sky seemed on fire with it. Gerard has told in his recently Jones's house, intending to will appese if she does not lose Voluminous gloads, all bright pablished book, "Ls Triple cultivate it, in addition to his the war. For in discipline lies the with a glory of infernal fire, rolled Batente et la Guerre." He has in own, and Jones set his dog at supreme strength of a man, the poor apparatus now in use in the Telephone Bureau, the Gar up to the sky, the most frightful press three other valame him. The animal, however, party, or a nation,
We have perforee responded ernment has decided to effect s Ma Mission en Chine" "Ma quietly cuddled up and wagged and tragie thing it has ever been Mission en Japon," and "No ite tail
to the enemy's military movelties, wholesale improvement in the given to men to behold, with s0
Jones then shouted to a man to and availed ourselves of his Bares and intends to borrow infernal splendoar beyond words
M. Gerard received me at his bring him his gun and bayonet, innovations where it was possible $150,000 from the Bank at to tell.
With a tense, restless emotion house in the Boulevard Saint and prodded at the comedian to do so; but it cannot yet be Formoss for that purpose, and whole property the order to set of out over the German I found him surrounded with the bayonet, saying, “I'll said that in the vital matter to give the
Bureen as ascurity. sahame is, however, snemy lines was swaited. In the by the proof-sheets of this last run you through with this if you whereon all turns: in the united of the
volume, the greater part of which don't get out of my garden," He strength of purpose and the will This ground log the machine, with a
is devoted to Japan, to its art, pressed the point against him to endure for a common cause, objected to by the Provincial load of bombe stacked away
litarature, and history, as well as (Mr. Scott) and tore a bols in his wo stand as solidly sa ha. ander the wings looked B
spat. Jones repeatedly asked mysterious, weird thing, and to its foreign politics.
him to leave the garden, but he shadowy forme fitted fither and
declined to do eo until the police thither across the serodrome.
had been called.
The tramp of marching men could be heard, and the tsp of drome to the zhythm of their fees,
■nd those transport columns
along.
Man's Land
Allies on Extreme Orient." When
The Telephone Bureau. Owing to bad management and
Assembly, on the ground that an Undisciplined as a whole we investigation must first be made are not; we have responded to and if funds are necessary for the the grest call superbly, incredibly; improvement these should be but every people has the defect borrowed from Ohinese sources, Mr. Wilfrid Firth argued that of its qualities and the national as the amount required in not The there was a bona-fide question of serias responsible for the British very large.
right on the part of Mr. Jones to Empire, the colonial instinct, the
It was inevitable that our talk should turn on the role played by Japan in the present war, and on the proposed interven tion of Japan in Basis. enllapse of Russian resistance to
Japan
House-Rent Tax
the ths Central Powers, to disastrous resist Mr. Scott being in his hamsaity, and the loces rein on It is rumoured that which shake the Flemish cottages for the Entente in many ways, garden, and therefore the Court which we have ridden trium. Authority will comply with the of the little hamlets as they pass is especially threatening in the had no jurisdiction.
phantly through the world, while demands made by the Provincial our Asembly to submit to the House Far East That there is only The Court upheld the paint and effective ingredients for At last the order was given, one power which can immediate suggested an amicable settlement parpoee, yet arise out of the Bill regarding house-rent and up into the chill air the mely and effectively ward of the between the parties, leaving it to paychology which does not find its borrowing, chine rose. Circling round a
highest expression in discipline, couple of times, the nose of the blow, and that this power is the lawyers to arrange.
Japan, M. Gerard is convinced. Mr. Malcolm Scott is the son of German disciplins cannot achieve aeroplane was set in the direction
Quoting Mr. Balfour, for whose a well-known Harley-streetdoctor, the like, and in the complex
Against us is arrayed such a of the objective, away behind the inferno of the hell-fires of No statesmanship he has a profound now dead, and brother of the dis-business of colonisation, to site no discipline as Sparts itself did act imiration, the ex-Minister said: tinguished seaman, who invented other connection, the unyielding know, a discipline that is stronger Only the mighty voice of the "We must not foraske Russie," the night signalling apparatus and unimaginativa bentality of than the natural instincts of the engine could be heard, and head.and he added. "Rassis's only now in nes in the Navy and the German rule is loathsome to all human soul, a discipline that lights were switched just possible helper for the present is gan carriages that enabled 6in. peoples, civilised or eavage, who massles the conscience of 10. sad 4.7in. guos to be used in the entertain any ideal of freedom. Consider the discipline that makes before crossing the line. There
"America is fully occupied on South African war. Mr. Soott is But where saptable, se to the people eppland the rape of was still a dank, heary sort of the Western front. She may nes: of kin to the Scottish dass! Germane themselves, or where Belgium and the breaking of mist hanging over the ground, and visibility, was not so good se give financial assistance, but she family of Bacoleach. Es will be need as part of the machinery of sacred treaties, that inspires cannot send troops across the remembered as the funny Widow war, such dissipline becomes the the Church of Christ to thank might have been desired.
But down below one of those Pacific. The young Republic of Twanker in the pantomime of greatest weapon of any national God for the destruction of the Lusitania, that impels support terrible bombardments, a beauti-China has not yet had time to "Aladdin" at the Adelphi Theatre armoury.
In Germany the helot instinct, for slavery and destruction of Bed fal and devilish thing, was in fall gather together and to concent in 1908, but he has also played in
latent always, and developed to Dross ships; that can condone blast. All the sky seered on fire rate her resources. Japan alone is the "legitimate" drama,...
ite highest terms by generations every barbarie and inhuman out- free and on; within a reasonabla with it, and thousands of gun interval, be ready to sot."
of Prussian dominion, has pro rage that "frightfalness" plotted sebes were winking and blink to the necessity for snob
duced discipline which is now in cold blood and has driven its ing from hidden places and
A hawker was charged at the second nature to 80,000,000 of armies to perpetrate upon ald action, H. Gerard has no doubt hallows, Shells rushed through that the Japanese, Chinese and Police Court to-day with calling people. It runs through the fibres the air a though Books of colossal American Govermente are agreed. [out bis wares in Leighton Bos of their thought, regulate in men, women and children. If the human heart contains a dynamic Amidst all the noise and din This main difficulty, he belives, Kawloon. Defendant said rome a wall as body, and echoes power towards good need and
every human who shall deny it?-then what" has arisen, in the sees of America "famale devil in the vicinity through their was certain the monotonous drone sad Japan at any rate; from anked him for his waren, Mr. activity, Opposition to authority terzifo restraint mast that be E. D. O. Wolfe said to defendant: is viewed with such general die which has imposed this secured of the engine would not be certain opposition at home.
The Gabinet orisis in Japan" You had better be more careful, favour among them that their illusion upon Germany and beard.
The and not to do basinses with socialism can only be sademic, taught a mighty people to say Then, when the Han lines had has now been tided over. been crossed without trouble from pro-interventionists remais in devils." Dafendant pleaded ignor for democracy is a theory of Evil be thon my good "7:
Bat discipline is da vital to office. During the Parliamen-ance, saying he came to the civilisation they dread and doubt "Archies," glancing back, star- shells could be seap bursting and tary rocese measures to prepare Colony a few months ago. The theory which if they win the liberty sa to slavery; to be first in pouring down golden rain. And intervention will be taken, and plen, however, was not zoospied war they will deny for another freedom we must be first in discipline slao; and when wa as far as eye could see, northward on the opening of the new session and he was charged with bad be- gatury.
But to-day we are being handi blase into our enemy's eyes the there is little doubt that thehaviour in Cours. He was £ngi sad scathward, stretched seem-
ine. of ingly unbroken lines of Verey cry war credits will be 36 or 14 days hard labour, for capped by a greater disability fact that the
Toted.
asing abusive language and $1 than our democratic instincta and democrsey can kanscend. Dy
inherent distrust of military or other, the and accordance with the principles of
It would not, however, be in for banking in a publio strest.
political restraint. These tradie in sight. Uninvited Guest ▲ Chinese was charged before British discipline in the face of of life to tighten up with our eyes tions do not seriously shake It becomes us in every relation the Entente for Japan to go to
birds were in flight.
of those fires of hate and hell it
|lights:
The enemy was also sending up bie fares, ae be often does, to reveal any masses of men who
An Ojectionable Phrase.
sutoorsey will
may be moving between his shell the help of Russia if Russia were Mr. J..E. Wood, this morning, the enemy. The crying danger on those at the battle front. To
ninity
fed with a propagands of pacifism hear the constantly expressed hope striking at those roots of national of the soldiers, that we will "Stick
ultimate from
it,
*,” should cause every man and Fucoses can only spring. The
coms about thatthey doubt un any avowed purpose of this threat one pang. For how has it to democracy (sinos
more than we doubt them In internationale ruined) is to get They see the dangers, the false Vistorians Prassis leaves the truth they have had a resson, the astion in two minds and open values, the emptations lying in
not willing to accept her sasist with having entered the servante craters and ours.
ance. America is willing, Chins quarters of the Peak Bobool with Quickly the "
were eggs"
is willing. German endeavour to out consent. Defendant said he dropped on the objective, and two B
80W jealansy and mistrust terrifio bursts of fisme indiosted
between the three great Pacise was formerly employed there and Erading the the explosions.
on the night in question he beams of a eearchlight that sought Powera has completely failed. To brought some money to his wife, quote the last sentence of M. who was employed there and to pick up the machine, home Gerard's book "Le Triple being late to catch the tram he and the friendly darkness were Entenis et la Guerre"): "To the decided to spend the night sought.
The German lines were recross-sovereign, who had succeirs. Sergeant Cashman mid there we the way to inconclusive peace wait for the man in the street at ed; and, glancing below, it was ly invented and evoked £rst the \■ window in the premises and otherwise conolasivs defeat, for every tara, Had we the army's seen that 808 light signals, with allow Peri), then the American often these unwelcome strange the Allies. The danger, grow, discipline, this state of things their little cries of colour to the Feril, the Far East and the need it for escape.
On the night and in one's own experience it is could not exist. The rain of United States have made the only in question he posted a Chinese German ganners behind, ware |
reply possible, viz., the League constable at the bottom of the possible to mark how the increas falsehood that worked such being sent up into the skies.-
against the German Peril" window and he himself was asing strain juras man after man havoc in Italy, fell and fally- G. B. in the Daily Chroniels,
Yes, but what of Russia?" I the boz. Shortly afterwards into an unconscious pro-German upon the French and English naked, Will ahe join that league accused was soon unshod stand.hey would deny it bitterly, but soldier in vain; but shall it be or will she in this instance, as in ing on the window ready to with authority is serving their and people are less immune than is in tren that their impatienced that our Parliament, Press others, be caught in Tentonicape, but he was arrested. His toile? Will she refuse
Memorial Tablet."
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A memorial isles, to the late Japanese intervention the aid of Worship and defendant $5, or anemies and those who seek to the armis Aghting for them?
| destroy their country,
From the highest to the lowen; Bev. K. O. Pope is to be unveiled Entente offers it to her?
10 days hard" labour,
Discipline, ander our rals, is from those who command as well. harder to soniere, than for any as those who obey; for the grestest nation but America The United and the least, a higher discipline
at next Sunday morning'e serviceThere exists a party in Basis
in St. Andrew's Chateli, Kowloon, in favour (of such intervention," by His Excellency the Governor. Gerard replied. "Bat the idea of territorial aggrandisement States have no peshed our is demanded; badly we need this Bribing the Constable, strength of that, party, who can in Manchuria or elsewhere. An orpoial challenge, and they may tonic force. And if every man one of their principal objects is not be called.do reach it; but it begins with himself, looks into the At the Police Court this morn-talli?” ing a hawker was charged with In Japanese honesty, M. Gerard to develop their commercial reis certain that their fall value in orel chamber of his own heart, hawking in Jubilee Street and has complete confidenes. While lations with China, it is to their the war depends a mech spon makes a parsons, clock, and pota bribing s constable who effented the Han regards international advantage to promate the unity as as upon then at thi janoture, personal example to those about bis arrect, Delendant pleaded agrementa sa mere sorape of and to safeguard the integrity of and while they are labouring for him, the result would be a matemat guilty to both charges, Bergpant paper, the Mikado's Government the country. And in the various the common esase with all i Blackman said hawking in that bas never been known to break a agreement to which, between material strength and street was becoming a nuisancé, | tresty,
1908 and the autumn otlant year, energy, to mustwa.com Mr. E. D. C. Wolle fined defin The ex-Minister's experience of Japan has come with the United nor naglect the fat ant. 35, or 14 days hard labour, Japane foreign polity cares State this principle of the discipline, pasi urgently on the first charge and §25, óf 2) him to refuse to believe that the integrity of China has always) for az a vikal, perhaps a e
factor of the imuS, days' hard labour, on the second, Japasam new actuated by, any been laid down.
exhilaration, and, universal in- crease of resolutions
striving and so doing, we creáty a of light to shine before the nationa and flaminate our rood to the only. goal that to-day can promise bope
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