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August 10, 1918,
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REUTER'S " TELEGRAMS.
THE ANGLO-FRENCH OFFENSIVE.
FIRST OBJECTIVES GAINED IN TWO HOURS.
ATTACK PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY :
THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS.
London, Aurust 8. Beuter's correspondent at the French Beadquarters, writing at noon on the 8th inst., states:-The Anglo French are attacing on a front of approximately twenty-five miles between Albert am Mort- didier. A stiff fight is raging on the outskirts of Morisel. The first lice of objectivee had fallen by eight o'clock in the morning."
The First Assault.
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AUGUST 10, 1918.
August 10, 1917,
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE NEW ATTACK IN FRANCE;
REUTERS TELEGRAMS.
A. REPLY TO PACIFISTS.
Mr. Balfour on Germany's Euormities.
London, August 8.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Balfour, replying to proifista, said that the true obstacle to peace was that educated. Germans unitedly apbeld the greas immoral heresy that the policy of univer as domination was the irus policy of any nation withing to be grost(Cheers). The beray originated from the Facile war Pascerees of Germany, and the way to eradicate it as to show Germany tost war did not always lead to success. many had visibly practised these abominable dastrines and no Gel states man had ever unambiguously declared any intention restoring Bilgiom and making reparation to Belgium, which even the most
extreme pacist in the House of Commons was determined should te dore The carrying out of the German theories was even more London, August 9. X
strikingly exemplified on lar eastern frontier, where she wOH Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-Operations were beadily and remorselessly endeavoaring hy every means to bring gun this morning on the Amisas front by the French First Arm peoples ander her economie and military domination. For example, ander General Debeny and the British Fourth Army under General Germany came to Ficland a "liberator" and next to being Rawlinson, and are proceeding satisfactorily. The Allied troop haslayed by Germany-(Lighter and Chrors)-Finland was now sembled under cover of night annoticed by the enemy, and, at the the grip of Germany who insisted on dictating the kind of hour of assalt, French, Canadian, Australian and English Divisions, overnment Finland ehould have, had stripped her of her copper sssisted by large bombers of Britiab tanks, stormed a front of over at other materiale, had gertioned ber, and had attempted to use twenty miles from the Avre at Brainhee to the neighbourhood of her against Russia and the Alies, Germany bad so ognically and Morlancourt. The enemy was surprised We rapidly progressed at tadacionaly re-arranged the map of Esetern Europe regardless of sil points. At an early hour our first objectives were reached on the tional or ethnic limitations, that without Gercasa support the whole front. During the morning the infantry's advance continued rhole fabrio would fall to peces. He could not conceive of the actively, assisted by British cavalry, light tanks and motor machine- Allies tolerating any peace which would leave that state of things gun batteries. The German resistance was overcome at certain pointe auremedied and thereby enable enormously, to inorasse the German after sharp fighting. Many prisoners and guns were captured.
Thousands of Prisoners.
London, August 8.
wer for waging a fature wir Mr. Balfour dwelt on the crashing erman methode in Ramenis sad snimatedly contrasted the British hd German methods in the territories each had invaded and pied. He showed how the British cocupation of Mesopotamis led to more corn being grown than for centuries, how Palestine unpreceatedly prospereas, and also the great improvement in ex-German colonies, wheress Poland and Belgium were converted
Beater Jearoa that General Rawlinson commands the Fourth Army. The attack is progressing satisfactorily at Moreuil and Hard lancourt. Prisoners captured already number several thousands. All of our objectives were gained in the first two hours. The position on the Western Front is now regarded to be more favourable than it has ever been.
British Capture Harbannieres.
London; August 8, The British have captared Harbonnieres, six miles east of Villers-Bretonneux.
The Crossing of the Veale.
deserts. The Germen Government's action had not revealed the elatest symptom to make a pisce discussion fruitfal. The shres bereen the Entents and the Central Powers was unplumbatle and hally bridgable. He asked the pacifist group if they wished to retip the African Colonies to present-day Germany. That would me giving German submarine bases on all the world's greet trade rous tyrannical Government over the natives and the deliberate Greaba of a great black army in Central Africa. Regarding the last-
Blue Book would bishortly pablished.
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THE ALLIED LANDING IN RUSSIA.
London, August 8,- Beater's correspondent at Ameriosn Headquarters, writing in the afternoon of the 8th inet, atatea:-Despite the bad weather, General Petain is continuing bis advance and has already pushed a sufficient force across the Vesle to hold the bridge beads on the right bank. The enemy risks having his line cat through at the weakest point, severing the Lorth-western end of the plates from
Opposed by 8,000 Hostile Fighters, the strongly held ridges to the east, thus threstening the direct line
London, Aagra: 8. of retreat scrose the Aisne of the force now holding the ridges,
ThAllied landing at Archangel was accomplished without The tendency in that direction is an enlargement of the front at casualtiend was assisted by the White Guards. O Angues 4, La Neuvillette, north of Rheims. It will be instructive to see the the Bolshiks who had withdraws across the Dvina were abelled enemy's view of these threats as indicating his strength, sa "nything out of the positions. The hostile forcee namber 5000, of which confirming the impression of a German shortage of men may have 5000 are orkmen, 1500 armed Maximaliete, 400 Lipa and 900 considerable weight in determining the strategy-
Allied Activity.
Paris, August 8,
A Havas Agency message states:--The activity of the Allied troopa on the French Front is far from slackening. While local sations took place on the Vesle, which was crossed at some points yesterday, despite violent counter-attacks, and an advance was realised north of Rheims, an attack was launched south and east of Amiens and is now in progress,
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Special mention in General Orders has been given to the French tanke by General Petain, who says:-"Sinos the beginning of April the tanks took part in thirty engagements and two pitched battles and proved to be of great attacking value. The tanks, after stopping the enemy, broke through his lines on June 11 and July 18.”
PRINCE HENRY PRUSSIA.
Taken to Task for Deceiving the People.
London, August 8.. A Bavac message from Zurich esys the Munchner Post protests against a recent speech delivered in Hamburg by Prince Henry of Prussia, who represented lost battles as victories. "It is so udalons," saye, the paper, "to give the German people s picture of the silastion 10, no way corresponding with reality. Instead of con tinuing to deceive the people, cfficial oratore would do better to say openly that Germany is to-day in an extremely serious situation."
A Havas message from Stockholm aaye German papare confirm the report that the Supply Committee has, decided to impose four mextless weeka on the civil population between August 1st and October 31.
FRANCO-AMERICAN» AMITY.
Parit, August 8, A Havas Agenor message states:Members of the American Socialist deputation now in Paria yesterday mat several French Ministers,
Mr. Charles Ragrell, one of the delegates, eaid the new relations created between the French and American Labour worlds were. proof of the entire community of Frano-Ameriosa pricoiples and a guarantee of common victory which would esuse their common ideas al democracy and justice to prevail,
< ANOTHER HOME RULE' ATTEMPT.
London, August 8,-
In the Bones of Commons, Mr. Shortt announced that a Govern ment Ɑmmittee was sitting and endeavoaring to shape an accept- able Home Rule Bill.
THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.
London, August 8. Bedter's correspondent at Copenhagen ssys Herr von Helfferiok bes arrived in Berlin to report to the Ksiver and the Chancellor on the situation in Emsis.
Germans the Allies captured large qasn'ities of rolling stock, atores and to heavy batteries. The German forces north of the Gall of Filad are estimated to number 50,000, mostly of the inferior ty which are concentrating for an advance on the Murmansky, where there is already some pkirmishing.
A supplentary mesesge states that the Allies are pushing forward rapidfrom Archangel along the railway to Vologda,
GERMANY'S WAR LEVIES.
Fact to the Considered When Peace Comes:
London, August 7.
In the Hour Commort, Lord Robert Cecil eisted that from November, 1914 November, 1917, the Germans had levied war contributions of 20,000,000 irance on Belgium, besides enormous{" fines on localities and individuale. Tuese monekode er- actions must cery taken into account when pesos terms are. being stranged.
ALIER TELEGRAMS.
RMAN DEPRESSION.
Paris, Aug. 7.
Many Germapers show signs of depression, The "Dusseldorff Nachten," one of the leading annexationist papers in the indal districts, says: No one looking into the future can see end in sight, Though it is true the end might come 4 it muld be an end in terror as in Russia. The Vorta says: The events of recent days have shattered the ion that Germany is invincible.
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Herr Salzmann, "Vossische Zeitung's" critic, drawS grave attention to tathering clouds eastwards saying it is imperative that tho-Slovaks advance be stopped before it reaches U
The Weser Zeit admits there can no longer be a question after the restatements of British statesmen that the Allies means with their threat of an econ omic war.
The Welkired Carlsruhe, declares that the
·Bovists' troops would Ips overcome the Czecho-Slovaka if the latter were alone they have rallied all elementa hostile to the Bolshevikecially the peasants. The Cen- tral Powers must expect a change in the Russian situa tion. The fail of the Bolds can only satisfy the enemics of Germany,
A LANSDOWNACE IMPOSSIBLE,
London, Aug, & In the House of Commcplying to pacifista, Mr. M. Robertson, who describnself as a lifelong pacifist, emphasised that peace wasible until the Allies rece able to compel Germary, after which universā disarmament must follow, Aowna pesos would enable
all other nations to mintáin wiption.
A Number of Villages Captured.
London, Aug.
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A French communique says: At five this morning we, in conjunction with British troops, attacked south-east of Amians. The attack is developing in favourable conditions." Reuter's correspondent at British Headquarters, wiring on the 6th, says: The British hearily attacked at dawn tais morning south of the Ancre to where their rigat rests upon the French for a distance of twelve miles. The French shortly afterwards took up the battle on a prolonged front attack southward for several miles. The main weight of the blow was directed against von Buiter's Eighteenth Army. The battle opened with a three minutes bombardment then s barrage of field-guns and trench mortars crept forward, the heavier concentrating on obstinate points of resistance. Some hundreds of fighting tanks advanced as the infantry wares adranced.
The latest news is: We have penetrated hitherto four thousand yards. The captured villages include Arancourt and Demuin, also the heights west of Cerisy and the height southward of Morlancourt. The Germans are holding the north bank of the Vesic in considerable strength with many guns. It is reported they have withdrawn some teary guns across the Aisne and destroyed some of the Aiste bridges. The Germans will probably be compelled to abandon the Veste line if seriously attacked. Seventy-four German divi- sions have been engaged since the 15th July
Marshal Foch's Great Work.
Paris, Ang
A Havas message says: Yesterday an artillery duel took place, but infantry actions were limited to a few successful akirmishes. The Allied forces are now across the Vesle..
General Petain, Commander of the French Armies, "has been granted the Military Medal, which is the highest dis- tinction for a general.
General Foca, who since. April 14, has been Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies in France, has just been raised by Decree to the dignity of Marshal of France, This decrée says: "When the enemy by an offensive on a front of 100 kilometres expected to snatch a decisive victory mean- ing the enslavement of the world General Foch defeated him, the pressure on Paris was relieved, Soissons and Chateau were reconquered, more then 200 villages delivered and 35,000 prisoners and 700 guns taken. The glorious Allied armies moved in a single vittorious drive from the banks of the Marne to the banks of the Aisne. Such are the results of manoeuvres planned by the High Command. The confidence placed by the Republie and the Allies in the victor of the Sagond marshes, in the illustrious leader of the Yser and Somme has been fully justified.”
THE ALLIES IN RUSSIA.
London, Aug. &.
After landing at Archangel the Allies advanced south- ward along the Vologda railway. An opposing force support- od by Germans offered resistance five miles south of Archang- el, but was driven back and retired towards Obozerskaya seventy miles south of Archange. Some
German" war material was captured,.
ITALIAN WITHDRAWAL IN ALBANIA.
London, Aug. $.
A message from Albania says: The Italians have been forced to further retire north of Beut, entailing & conform able movement by the French, who are operating on the Italian right. The retirement, which was seven miles deep, has now ceased. The Allies occupy strong positions and still hold Berat.
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ITALIAN SEAPLANES BUSY.
London, Aug, &.
An Italian naval communique says: Seaplanes dropped six hundred kilogrammes of bombs on the night of the 2nd and fifteen Eundred on the morning of the 7th on the mill- tary works and docks et Durazzo with effect.
RUMANIAN EX-PREMIER TO BE TRIED.
Amsterdam, Aug. 18.
A massage from Jassy reports that the Rumanian Cham- bor has ananimously approved of the prosecution of eI- Premier Bratiano in connection with Rumania's entry into the war,
SINGLE COPY 10 CE^ TS, $36 PER ANNUM.
HONGKONG MILITARY SERVICE FORCE.
A Further List of Enrolments,
The Gasells notifies that the following persone shall, sa" from the date of publication of this. List (August 9) be deemed to have been enrolled in, and to belong to, the General Military Service Foros of Hongkong -
Archibald Hubbard Oraw,' Charles Balmer Johnson. Percival Horace Weston.
It is also notified that the en- rolment of Kenneth Mention Comming, published in GoveID-A mant Notification No 285 of July, 1918, is cancelled, and that he has been permitted to proceed to the United Kingdom for the purpose of enlisting in His Majesty's regular forces..
A WANDERING WOMEN.
Sentenced for Roturing from Banishment.
Violet Brown, a Earssian wo mao, was charged before Mr. J.B. Wood this morning with return- ing from banishment..
Defendsat alsted that she had found out ber írisad, bat he was not present at the Court, as he seked her to speak for herself,
At thia jancture a Chinese came forward, and, going into the witness box, sisted that he knew defendant's grandfather and mother, but he did not know defendant very well. He also stated that abe was not married and that she led a wandering life. His Woranfpihen seked withers if he could suggest anything in regard to defendant, and witness replied "No."
His Worship sentenced defend- ant to three months' hard labour,
CORRESPONDENCE.
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CONSCRIPTION ALLOWANCE.
[To the Editor of the "Hongkong Telegraph"
Sir.-Every person of normal intelligenca must uphold "Euro peana" remarkaznent this singularly unfair. allowance scheme. Teabmit it is bat another of those stupid, easily avoidable blunders for which Hongkong has been famqua over since it became an integral part of the British Empire. And the Bad point is that these laws once passed are misally irreparable owing to the non official minority. What is the Constitutional
LARGE WOODEN SHIPS. he details and the fittings on the Reform Society doing? Where
American Yards to Produce
5,000-Ton Model
former will be employed on the are our knights of the people, the larger design to facilitate con-non-official members of the atruction.
Legislative Council? It is about Following tho. Shipping time they entered the lists and Washington, Jane 24.-The Board's decision ta 188 the sought to redress a wrong impos largest wooden ship ever bailt i sjority of wooden ships in the ed upon man of our race who are soon to be turned out in qusati1s entwise trade, it has been decid going to make the supreme by the Shipping Bord. Is will be to construct the new vessia so sacrifics but who alagi socording a new model 5000-ton standard that they may be able to tow to our paternal Government have type, adapted from the 4,700 ton barges, in order to get the maxi- made the mistake (sis) of "taking bost, now being built, which was num of carrying capacity. Pians to their bosocus wives of not pare originated at Orange, Tex. Are, being completed for the European descent. Ithink some
Numerous obanges in the building of a fet of 2,500 ton thing should be done and that design have bres made by Dave towing barges."
quickly. How would a genersi architects to avoid troublen en Plans for new steel steamers protest and mass meeting do? countered in previous types, sunmnced to-day contempiste
Yours eto, especially the use of timbers so he purchase of 100 electrical
EQUITABLE large that they cannot be obtain propelling ante, suitable for large-Hongkong, Aug. 9, 1918, ed anywhere except in the isnii cargo steamers and of the forests of the Pacific Coset. Apa found satisfactory in naval timbers needed for the new ship will be available in the pine
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rèneels. This is an innovation in merchant ship construction. The oroblem of obtaining men to sot Mochinery ordered for the electrical engineers on the 3,500-ton wooden ships, which resale" has been solved by the were the first wooden craft order nouión to ask for the services of ed by the Board, is to be utilizxperts from big power plants in the new vessel, and many ofl throughout the country,
DON'T FORGET.
TO-DAY.
TO-MORROW