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FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1915

BY TELEGRAPH.

THE PROGRESS OF

THE WAR.

WAR NEWS FROM

QUARTERS.

ALL

:SPLENDID WORK OF THE

ALLIES.

Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

THE ZEPPELIN RAID.

INQUEST ON VICTIMS.

LONDON, June 3. At the inquest on this twe Zeppelin victius the Coroner compli ented the Metropolis on its quietness and coolness. "As he had always' bid, enhanced recruiting was the best answer to a Zeppelin raid.

The decussed were found kneeling together side by side, the hus- Band's ann being around his wife. The clothes were bumed off.

The verdict of the jury was to the effost inkl vo peserabla civilincs had died of suffocation and barns, and that they were murdered by Germans.

Another woman, who jumped from a building to escape from the fire, dot].

DARDANELLES OPERATIONS.

HEAVY ARTILLERY ACTIONS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

BY TELEGRAPH.

IMPORTANT ITALIAN SUCCESS.

LUNDOS, June 5.

An official announcement states that the Italians Inve firmly occu pied a ridge at Montenegro, seven thousand feet high across the Isonzo. This is the most important Italian success up to the present, the first main Austrian barrier of defence having boett penetrateil.

The enemy's repouted violent counter-attanks were everywhere repulsel, but they, indicate the Austrians serious view of the situation.

BRITISH STEAMER TORPEDOED.

LONDON, June 3. Thus British steamer Saidies, of the Kielival line, bound from Alex- andris to Hull, was torpedoed in the North Sea, and seven of the arow and a stewardess were drarned in the lowering of à bout. The remain- dar were rescued by a trawlar.

HEAVY CASUALTIES.

A Paris communique states Zonnebreke, with the bayout.

Lospor, June

The British stormed a chateau at Excge, near

The French repulsed a counter-attack south east of Neuville, afterwards. advancing and taking prisoners. The French division which captured Carency, Ablain, and the Souchez refinery took 3.100 prisoners and buried 2.000 Ger mata between May 9th and Jane lat, itself losing 2,600, acally wounded.

HERR DERNBERG...

Lexoox, Jime 3.

The Allies have granted Eerr Dernberg a safe combust on his return to Ger- many He saila via Norway on the 12th inst, on a Norwegian steamer..

THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE.

Over 38 Divisions.

MR. LLOYD UZORGE'S HEATEMENT.

A highly interrating spooch, packed with information, by 31 Lloyd George respect. ing the efforts put forward by the aantry in pronegating the war was the chief feature in the House of Commons last moalh

It was delivored in reply to a motion from the Unionist side criticising the administrative steps taken by the Govern mant to increase the output of munitions of war, and Mr Bonar Low, after bearing Me Lloyd George, expressed himself as quite satisfied that the Government had not underrated the tire of the problem bufore them.

POLICE RESERVE,

PARADES, (CENTRAL POL'OR STATEN.)

Friday, June 4th-Chinese Company, Ride Exercises, 3,50 p.m.

Recruits of

Portuguese Company and following mem bers of British Company (unless exempt) will also attend for Rifle Exercises Brown F. J, Grant, James, Kennedy, Martin. Nicell Rosser, Great-Smith, and Wenser, 5.30 pm.

Sfonday, June 7th.-No. 1 Platcoa of British Company, and Portuguese Company. Rifle Exercises. 3,00 p.m.

ARMLETA

Platoon Commanders will apply the Chief Inspector with a list of the mon still requiring arm.ets.

Armlets must be constantly earried by all met bery when tot in uniform

MESKSTEY.

The following is the result of the practice held on "B" Range on the Kings Birth-

LONDON, June 3, 1.00 am. The Press Barenu nonounces that yesterday there was close hand to hand Sghting on our northern front at the Dardanelles. We rushed two expe with the intention of filling in the excavations made, but heary bombarding com- pelled one party to retreat, the other holding on to its position between the firing lines. This necessitated beavy artillery support, and the enemy replied

"I am going to give a statement that vigorously, regardless of asparse. Throughout this fighting the enary again has not been discicued before," said Mr.day:→→ lost beavily. In the southern section the Turks last night repeatedly ro-attacked Lloyd George in upezing his speech. In the French right, and twice re-occupied the fort which was captured on Mayall the discussions about the Expeditionary

Force it

was thever suggested that it shoult 29th. They were twice driven out, and new French line now remains intact.

exceed six divisions. After eight months

THE FIGHTING AT PRZEMYSL,

ATTACKS AND COUNTER-ATTACKS.

LONDON, June 3, I p.m.

A message from Petrograd shows that the momentous nature of the battle of Przemysl is shown in to-day's communique. The enemy's herry gans, up to 16 inches calibre, attacked the north front in the region of forts 10 and 11, both of which were completely demolished by the Austrians before they sarrendered Przemyal.

We repulsed the attacks, but the enemy succeeded in taking several of our guns, which bombarded the enemy's columnas till they reached almost to the amuzzles, and until the last shell was spent.

of war there are how more than six times runny of our men abroad fighting for who has this country, and every man dropped has boon replaced."

Turning to ammunition, Mr Lloyd George recalled that a distinguished French general

i had said to him: "The surprise of this war has been the amount of artillery ammunition which we have need." It was perfectly clear also that the Germans hal leo Teen taken by surprise, and they had had to change their tactics.

MOST NEEDED SBELL. **During the fortnight around the battis

tusta

Arnott

200 400 50 T.

201

Sergeant Major Rog- lance

ankety Sergeant Ohiochen

+1+ + IB 24.75

Chief IngvetoE) 28

Janes Wong J24

Possibly 10%.

(Sgal.) F. C. JENKIN,

A. S. 1. (Reserve).

NEW P. AND 0, STEAMER.'

The new steamship Kalyau has been completed for the Peninsuler and Oriental Company as the yard of Mesers Cammol, Laird and Co., Fizkonhard, and is fixed to begin her maiden voyage in Jane, when the

mail. This vessel is the last to be Indian

We captured a further 200 prisoners in fort 7 and eight quickfizing guns.munition had been supplied, and, he will leave London for Bombay with chu

Stubbornness in the fighting hetween the Vistula and Przemyal is again developing

We gained somewhat important succeses on the lower San, taking villages with the bay met.

The Russians in the villages of Kalnikove slone captured 1200 men with 22 officers, and eight quickfirers.

The situation is stationary from Przemysl to the great Dalester marsh. The enemy bas concentrated heavy guns and brought up intorsements between Lysmenitza and Stryj. Their large masses achieved some successes on the night of May 31. Fighting continued next morning. We took a part of the enemy's position and made prisoners. Elsewhere on the front, there was a series .of minor Russian successes." »

HOW THE FRENCH CAPTURED ABLAIN.

had

of Neuvo Chapelle almost sa mach ammu. nition was used by our artillery as during the whole years of the Boer War." Still,

with a note

of entisfaction in his voice, that there was at prevent a reserve,

"When we are criticised it is fair that delivered of the new class of .D,000-to the country should know the prodigious passenger steamers known as the things that we have done," he remarked class, designed more expecially to reinforce the P. and O. Company's servicos to inter alia. They had had to accommodate Calcutta and to the Straite, China, and themselves to a change in the type of shella Cak ulost required. It had been assumed that Japan. Notable features of these steamern heltered promenade decks sad the comfort it would be shrapnel, hat it had turned out are the great breadth and length of their that high explosive sbell was most necessary for the kind of siege warfare we had been and simple elegance of their public room

The Germans had had failures with

The main dining saloon, which is fitted with restaurant tables, is situated forward their shells, que to the fact that they had on the far deck; and extends through the o expand their manufacturing equip width of the ship, hein hghted from the windows ment and were using worke which bad sides and furward and by It'arge never before mads she'l, and a consider abers are the Great-class music and smoking or port-holen. Os the hurricane deck able proportion

of their shells did ut ea saloons; the Marroni room, and a limited plode.

number of first-class deck cabins

Accom Describing the steps which had been moustion is provided on the barricate and taken to increase the outpat, he said that "The value of the German communiqua is evidenced by the recent an han in the first instases a committee was spar decka lut Tu prat and 68 scoond-class nouncement in Berkia that the German's withdrew a small garrison from the appointed the advice of the experts was to plangetain on port the majority

or port-hols cabins for one village of Ablain, unnoticed by the premy, in order to avoid useless losses, work through the existing armament smar The fact is that the French capture of the last portion of Ablain, on the 28th but to extend the system of sub-contractor ten persons only. Most of the mains ing, giving the simpler work to the outside are furnished with wardrobes, writing and 20th May, was a most brilliant feat. It was a lovely day when the infantsyfrms and reserving to the regular non-tables. e. ; and the frea provision in arch. exhilarated by the sunshine, rushed to the assault of a German stronghold in

nicat firms tha more important and difficult cabin of electric ventilating lan and a cemetery. The tombstones were thrown down, and a sunken road beyond work. In this way some 2,500 to 3,000 sttachment to pracy bed of a movable was reached: Along this the French rushed back and sunoonded the Germs hail bean engaged in the production

hi added: respec ppreciated. It may "mane, a hundred of whom were shot or bayouetted, and the remaining foar 1 of munitiers. If the supplies which thing lamp are conveniences which will | hundred capitulated. The French second fine was about to advance when been promised and come to hand in according the five forerunners of the new sel they were startled by the apparition of a danas column of Germans running snoesith the contracts there would have which have been placed is commision at out with hands raised and leaping like baros. Fearful 'aunihilation was caused

been a sufficient apply at the present inter-als during the past two years that moment. But the contractors found it they have amply fulfilled the expectations by the enemy's own artillery, and those who reached the French lians were impossible to keep up to date. It was of air designers and the travelling public panting.

discovered in December that the supply would be inadequate and an effort was made to fill the deficiencies of labour which had been revealed.

LONDON, June 3, 4.50 p.m.

Everything occurred within a quarter of an hour. Night was falling, bat the French rushed on and captured a group of houses, and then, a fort with fall stores and supplica. There was half an hour's battle with hand grenades, bat the German resistance was feeble. Next morning the vicarage, the church,

and

of which

nd the

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THE BIRTHDAY HON

OURS LIST.

FURTHER NAMEJ.

Losnos, June 3.

The Birthday Honours List in- cludes the following :--

BARONS, -The Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Bertio,

G.CB.,.Ambassador to Paris. Sir Kenneth Mair Mackenzie (for-

merly of the Indian Civil Ser vice).

PRIVY COUNCILLORS. Lord Robert Cell, K.C., AL.P. Sir John Jordan (H.M. Minister to

Peking).

Mr. F. D. Acland, M.P.. Mr. H. T. Bakor, M.P Mr. G. Cay C., M.P Mr. H. Duke, K.C., M.P. Mr. J. M. Robertson, M.P.

BARONEWS.

Me. Frank Bowilen (cycle manu

facturer).

Mr. A. H. Cresfield (M.D. for War-

rington 1906-101

Mr. R. T. Lyle (a member of the

Sugar Commission).

Mr. 5. A. Goulding, M.P. Sir E. Norman, M.P.

Sir Gilbert Parker, M.P.

KNIGHTS DACHELOR.

Mr, Robert Ha Tung. Hongkong Mr.. A. W Renton, Chief Justice

of Ceylon,

KNIGHT OF THE GARTER.

of Khartoum, Secretary of State for War,

Lord Kitchener

G.C.B.

The Rt. Hon. Sir George Bucha-| run, Ambassador, to St. Peters *burg...

The Rt. Hon. Tord Reading, Lord

Chief Justice of England. Gonem Bruce Flarrilton.

K.C.R.

Liont.-General E. Bethune. Lieut-General W. P. Campbell, Licht.-General Watkis. Major-General W. Birkbeck, Major-General Seost-Moncrief. Baron, Moulton.

Major-General Foy, Indian Arpy. Colonel Bingley, Indian Army, *Colonel R. H. Ewart, Indian Army.

Colerel Bernon, Indian Army. Mr. Mulcola Seten, of the Indi

Office.

6.C.M..

1. Hon. Sir Jaines Ronnell Toril, B.M.'s Ambassador to the Court

of Italy,

C.M.G.

Mr. Michael Bowes, Collector. of

Customs, Ceglon,

Mr. W. G. Maxwell, Adviser to the

Kedah Government. Brigadier-General Ridout, in re- engnition of servicca rendered in the disturbances at Singapore. Mr. W. M. Hewlett, Acting Con

sul at Shanghai.

Mr. H... Duft, Nyassaland: Major Bryant, for military services

in Togoland.

Lieut.-Colonel Maroix (honomiry C.M.G.) for military services in Togoland.

THE PREMIER'S LIST. The Promier's list contains twenty Kighthood, including :--

Mr. C. E. Fryer, Superinotnding Inspector of the Board of Agri

nulture and Fisheries, Dr. F. Nelhi, H.M. Commis

sioner in Lunacy.

Mr. Edward Rigg C.B., 1.5.0., Superintendent Operative De- partment, Royal Mint.

Mr. G. L. Chiezza-Money, M.P. Mr. W. Pearce, M.P Tr. J. Mackenzie (Heart; Specini-

Mr. IV. F. Nevill (Stockbroker). OTHER HONOURS.

Mejor Wigram, Equerry to E.M

the King has been promoted Brevet-Colonel.

Large numbers of workers were tranethe point of view of persons who bare only been awarded to eleven Australasians. { and the remaining houses were captured, the remainder of the enemy perish ferred to asamunition manufacture during one object, and that increase the list of those on whom. Military

"ing either by the bayonet or by fre. The German artillery mercilessly bom

barded coaurades and foes alike when they saw that the village was lost.

ITALY'S WAR FINANCE.

LONDON, Jing 3. The PM Bureau aunonaces that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England, and the Financial Secretary to the frentary will beel the Italian Ministör of Finanes. at Nice this week to discuss the financial questions arising out of Italy's entry into the war.

“A RUSSIAN COUF.

Luspo, June 3

January and February, but by March It munitions of war, "-

Varidus honours ate conferred on tes prominently connected with the arianee and ammunition factories.

The Distinguished Service "Order for gallantry in the Dardanelles has Australasians abso figure, largely in

was clear that all the deficiency of labour Rounding off his speech. Mr. Llay Grosses de Distinguished Connet could not be supplied. This hoing the George claimed that the problem had been Moda's have been conferral. state of affairs they fell back on the second tackled in serious earnest. Great things

The Gazette contains a list of 429 best course, which was to take over the have been done; I think wonderial things, works, and in this respect they were work (Chede)hether it would have been awards of Distinguished Conduct ing on the lines of the resolution batter in October to have frinkly adopted Sledal inferred on non-commission- INCREASE YEARLY 20 rozs. the policy now recommended by the rescued officers and men for gallantry und

tion Instead of the policy of rocking devotion to duty in Flanders. To show how output bad been increased thro

through the

firms is a Armament Mn Lloyd George, to a crescendo of cheers, for argument Our experts adried the quoted the following ratios of progress, Tatter. We have existed that policy being obviously unable to give exact figures and wo have now been called upon to of production. Taking 20 is a figure to supplemest it, and I think hon. gentemen repreheat our output in September the may feel consdent as a result that the omitted. August lest the Germans might munitions of war slill be ndequate to the mize tiseful calculations) ho gave the fol- | greatarties which have been raised. lowing table:

180 200

October

00 JEBERTY November 90 February December 156 March 368

Dink came next in the Chancellor's cata

CONSCRIPTION.

SETTANGKIL02′S DISCLAIMER.'...]

matter

UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.

LONDON, June 3.0) President Wilson, in a manifesto to the nation, declares that the United States cannot permit the anarchical conditions in Nexico to continue in- definitely, and be calls upon the faction A Telingrad telegram states that a Russian patrol captured General

από το Pritwith the German Commider at Liban, along with sexeril officers fogad of subjects, kad Grorybody was on The Government are part of the opinion leaders in Mexico to unite par the Russians also killed or captiul the Ceneral escort; The the qui vive for an inkling as to be that thors is Au round for thinking that organise a Government, otherwise, the General, hiraself, was slightly wounded

Government's intentions. La adhered the war would be more kusocásfully prose- The battle et Bzura und Pawka is regarded as merely a diversions drinking among workmen, be declared, but Lloyd Georgez toplying, in the absence of

absolutely to what he had wid regarding cated by means of copcription, mid Mr Cuited States will intervena. from Galicis, where a momentous decision is approaching. The forta insisted empasticsly that he had never Me Asquith, to a questing addressed to the which the Germans attacked are from twenty to twenty-five miles from gone beyond the accusation that a wall Prime Minister by Mir Tickler in the House

" of workmen were implicated. af Common recently Przemysl

cainority

BRITISH CAVALRY LEADER WOUNDED.

Loynox, Jute 3.

Britadier General Philip Chetsade bad been wounded.

BOWEL COMPLAINT IN CHILDREN. I can't be responsible for what other (Mr. Tickler "naked" "ít; this Government Overen

people say he pleaded, and

HERE ARE word quite natisfied with the progress of

tecruitlog and he her they are putinties,

URING the summer months mothers

should watch for any natural wil not approseli that the present' Army would ya able to looseness of the chilid's bowalzi this questio from the point of view of beat the Gormant.,

given prompt attention at this time. persons who want to advance any particular MF Loyd George The Secretary of Stato frouble may be pied Chamberlai idea.'" he assured uisubore, I will gear for War is very gratified by the rearonse | Colica: Cholers and Diarrhoea. Bersed antee this to the House that when we up which has been made to the appes

can always be depended upon Farmle-t proach the matter we will approach it from country,

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