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MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1916

THE WAR.

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TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

"(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

THE CHINA MAIL.

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LONDON, Aptil 9. be used in otheial correspondence with VIOLENT BATTLE NEAR TS MOST MODERN AND UP-TO-DATE, ALL THE LATEST

A tale of marehemiam is revealed in the Court circular, The first class Albers Medal-which is very infre quently' awarded-has been given to Lieut. Commander Warden.

Fire broke out at Boulogne in the ammunition ship Maine, which was

GERMAN SACRIFICES AT | GERMAN INHUMANITY abandoned by officers anl crow.

VERDUN.

„OERMAN SACRIFICES AT VERDUI

FRENCH ESTIMATES

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LONDON, April 0. Authoritative French estimates, based largely OD precise figures regarding various Army Corps and smaller unita" place, the German losses at Verden to April 1st at a minimum of 200,000,

Hitherto 230 infantry battalions ard 23 Pioneer haitalions have been in the shock" Army, of which eighty battalions have been sent to the rear to be reformed, while others tata been reinforced on the spot.

Thus, altogether, 150,000 infantry have been engaged. Of these 150,000 fell in front of our lines and in assaults. The rest of the losses were among the artillery and troops in the Preserve communicntions, etc.

It is understood that the German General Staff estimate that Verslun was worth a sacrifice of 200,000 men, This number has already been exceeded and the goul is little neizer, FRENCH MAKE COOD PROGRESS.

Panish April 5, The German attacks has Les while the French continue to make good progress in The important Douaument region.

A communique says: We 200. tinued to advance in the communica tion tranchés southward of Douan mont and link 150 metres from the

Germans to the south-wess.

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A Gorman coup de main in Tor raire completely failed with lows pr

the gramp.

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REPLY TO A· WERLIN

• COMMUNIQUE.

PARTS, April

A Berlin ranam unique speaks nit

TYPHUS EPIDEMIC IN BRITISH PRISONERS' CAMP.

Lieut. Commander Warden boarded. the ship and discovered high explo- sive cases alight in the hold. He descended, separated them, and played the hose on them until they were extinguished.

Loxtos, April 9... An official report of a typhus Private Gimble, of the Middlesex epidemic in the British prisoners' Regiment, who assisted, has been camp at Wittenborg is a terrible awarded the Albert Medal of the indictment of German neglect:second cluss. cowardice and inhumanity..

The King, hopes to present the The conditions made vennin and awards personally, but Gimble is at disonses inevitable.

present at the front..

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When an epidemie broke out the German officials and lactors fed.

IRISH LEGAL APPOINTMENTS.

Food was merely shoved through | the entanglements. This went in for eight months. Thus 17,000

Loyoos, April 0. primouers were enduring glastlys. Derry), has been appointed to in Mr. J. Gordon, K.C.. (M.P. for suffering cooped up in

using 101 nores without the Hon. Walter Boyd who has resigned. ureIrish judgeship in succession to the possibility of griting clean.

Six British doctors heroically copie to the rescue, and of these three! have been stricken with typhus.

BULGARO-GERMAN OFFENSIVE

IMMINENT.

ATHENS, April 9. Germany has warned Greece thatva Bulgaro-German offensive in Macedonia is imminent,

RESIGNATION OF A GREEK.. MINISTER."

M. Dragoumis, Minister of Finanze,

Arness, April 9. has resigned despite all the entranties,

of bis colleagues.

His resignation is due to the empti, ness of the State coffers, and to attacks regarding the restoration to Turkish owners of certain properties in Mace.

donia.

THE RUSSIAN ERONT.

DUTCH' PRECAUTIONS. »

THE HAGUE, April 8 A Bill has been submitted to the second Chamber to anthorise the culling up of the 1917 class of recruits.

BRITISH AIR COMMITTEE:

LONDON, April 5 Montaga of Beanlian ta do resigned The Daily Telegraph says that Lord from the Air Committee.

VERDUN.

FRENCH EFFECT. PRE-MEDITATED | MAIL

EVACUATION OF A BALIENT.

...

Pants, April 10,

A communiqzetest Weet of the Moussa violent battle has been in progress all day, along the whole of our front from Avocourt

Eastern bank. to Cumieres, extending even to 108:

A pre-meditated evacuation of the Bethincourt salient was effected last night.

MORE BRITISH AND NEUTRAL

»VESSELS SUNK.

This enabled us to establish continuous line from A vocourt LONDON, April 9. Redoubs along the wooded slopes is anaonaced:-

The sinking of the following steamers west of Hill 304 to the southern bank Chantala, St. Imus, and Braun of Forges Brook, north-east of Hau- ton, British and the Danish schooner court, rejoining our positions, south Clyde.

of the Bethincourt-Ennek and Bething court-Chattaucourt cross roads.

The crews of the Braunion and Clyde have all been sved.

Nine Bremen were killed on the Chantela.

DESPERATE ENEMY ATTACKS AGAINST ITALIANS."

RONE, April 9.

All this line was most violently attacked but resisted the most furioare. ussaults.

THE SITUATION IN CHINA.

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TANG SHAOYI TO YUAN...

A communique states:-The ertillery R.C. (M.P. for Dublin University), The enemy concentrated many batteries The Rt. Hon. John "Cumpbell, have been active along the whole front. has been appointed Attorney-Gener!gainst our recently gained position at for Ireland in succession to Mr. advanced line in order not to expose recently sent by Mr Tang Shaoyi to Rauchkofel. We avacuated the most. The following is the text of the telegram

We repulsed sa enemy attack resign our troops and suffer unnecessary losses, President Fuat calling on the latter to Montenero, taking a machine-gun and 76 prisoners. An advanced Austrian post in mid-Isonzo was captured.]

Gordon.

The Hon. Walter Boyd has been and a Bifonet..

FARLIER TELEGRAMS.

REVIEW OF YERDUN POSITION.

PARIS, April 8. -

A remi-official statement says that the last 48 hours have been bringing us back to the old trench warfare.

The French successes at Douaumont are most important, as this sector re- mains the principal poist of resistance at Verdon,

Haucourt region with whole Division 4 Gariana abortive attack in the on a front of a mile and a half left innumerable German dead on the fald, while French grenade attacks are re- taking the small German gain yesterday south-east of Bathineourt,

BIG SUCCESS IN EAST AFRICA.

To Ma YAS SHIR BAL,

Caro of Mr Hsu Shih-chang,

State Department,

Fating:

Several years have slapsed since I baga you farewell. In 1913 I incurred your dia pleasure because I sent you a telegram OVER 400 PRISONERS, CAPTURED. remained in Shanghai, making no cam

advising you to resign. Since than I have

TRADE WITH THE ENEMY.

BLACK LIST OF DUTCH FIRMS,

mouts and offering no suggestions on cur rent politics. Tam sorry I have not had in the meantime the opportunity of writ ing to you.

asiry

LONDON, April 8.. van der Ventor's success is tnore the constitution hare, during the past few Further reports show that Colonel Your administrative acta in violation of extensive than it at first appeared.yenes, riveted the attention of the whole A considemble German force was world. Of the trend of pablic opinion, 400 atives have surrendered, with movement started to the declaration of engaged. Already 17 Europeans and you are, of course, fully aware.

From the time when the monarchical machine-guns and tauch amanunition. independence of Yunnan, weichow, and Other prisoners are being brought in.Kwangsi, the bele country was in a'state' of disturbanco. I would have remained silent but for the seriousness of the) situation which I cannot look upon with indifference. I learn from the newspapers RENEWED GERMAN ATTACKS.

that you have ordered the cancellation of the monarchy, and reverted to your former To-day's communique sys-There

position as table you to arrive 18 President Ten my Hatter has bear mine fighting is Argoans.

TONDON, April. 8. garself that this The Germans west of the Mease. on The Gazelle contains a further lista temporary settlement of the whole Friday night renewed their attacks of 37 firms in neutral countries with but everybody sise is of the opinion Harcourt, owing to the treacherous GERMAN AND TURKISH ATTACKS, the French, who poured in a murderous dorn art forbidder to trade. The list bly believe that you will still abide ance of shameless about Bancourt, but failed to dislodge which persons in the United King-anserapainomes has no parallel

glaring instancÉ history of any nation. Cm anyone fre, inflicting the heaviest losses. includes 28 firms in Holland and five

The bombing advantage of the in the Dutch East Indies, including preserve the Republic with sincerity?

by Jour anth of offics, and defend and French continues in the communication the Batavia nowspaper Jara Bode, trenches along the Bethincourt end)

The present internecine war will inevit Chattencourt Road.

able lead to the wholesale slaughter of our

bombardment east of the Mente.

There has been

fellow citizens, I may baliers that your an intermittent

Bnancial and military sources are for the time being superior to those of Yunus, DECLARED TO TE UNWORKABLE. Aweichos and Kwasgai; but, in the words of one of our ancient ages, it is one thing to hold the people in subjection by sheer force, it is another to win their hearts." The justice of our cause is such that it be crushed. Your most formidshis canot be

in th's strife. enemy is

is public opinion. It

f this is *agmizat you,

nothing will enable you to be victorious

"the heavy losses of the French/nt

behaviour of some of the troops." The truth is that great German forces advanced against a small French detachment whose trenchery was! * fight. so valiantly thrs they were punished by manere to the last

man.

ENEMY, ADOPTING NEW TACTICs.

BEPULSED.

"PETROGRAD, April 17,

A communique states: In the Rig region one of our Mownmetz airships bombed the enemy's cantonments.

An enemy attack North of Luke LATER, Nurotch was repulsed,

A Semi-official statement say that

The Turks made three inifcecess

the enemy is a guin adopting newful attacks on our positions on the tactics, confining thereby the failure Kurudere river, eastward of Tre

of their previens attempts.

After making simultaneous assaults

en both wings they are now returning

to alternate attacks, east and west.. of the Mouse.

Fighting is now proeceding most

vigorously on the left bank.

zond..

MORE ITALIAN BUCCESSES.

17

Rows, April 0.

A communique says:—

In an enemy attack between Mozli

SITUATION EXCHANGED. The evening communique says:- The French artillery destroyed an observation post al-Picardy.

Violent reciprocal bombardments, infantry actions, occurred at. Verdun, which were generally, not followed by The situation is unchanged,

THE BRITISH FRONT.

LONDON, April 9. & communique says:-There has been some mining activity at Huläch quarries, Givenchy, and south-east of Rocitacourt,

NEW MATCH TAX.

Loxbox, April 9. Trouble has arisen in connection with the new match tax, which the cinlly unworkable: They have passed manufacturers declure to be fraan u resolution suspending all sales and deliveries. The manufacturers have not sold sinee the 4th April.

BRITISH AVIATOR DECORATED.

Loscox, April 8. The London Gazette anbounces that the Distinguished Servies Order

in the

The only solation that I have to offer is our retirement. You need not be anxious ag to who will be your successor,- 22 provision therelor has been made in the constitution.

I beg to remind you

of the danger of the stack on the foreign Legations at the Boxer outbreak, or of the mutiny and looting of the troops sa in 1912.

Being frank, by nature, I believs yon will not regard my words ›s offensive. I

The French advance south-east, of and Vodil we captured 136 prisoners. There was mutual artillery activity has been conferred on Flight-Com-therefore venture to submit to you" this

Betbincourt continues.

"THE YOUTH OF GERMANY "AP

THE FRONT.

PARIS, April 9.

The Germans are making over greater use of the 1910 class of reemita at Verdun, Champagne and

on the Russian front.

Some units now consist of 50 per cent of this clas

THE BRITISH FRONT.

CAPTURE OF A GERMAN FOKKER.

Lostos, April 9,

The enemy, trusting on a surprise, at Roclincourt, Bellacourt, Bouchez, caine on in close formation and Loretto Ridge, Wulverghem, and Br.

Elol.. suffered the heaviest losses.

: THE TORPEDOING OF THE

"BUSSEX.”

-GERMANY DISCLANIS RESPONSIBILITY.

NEW Yons, April..

AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE REPULSED

BY RUSSIANS.

ENEMY TRENCHES BLOWN UP..

PETROGRAD, April 9.

"A communipis states that near Illuxt the Rassians exploded four miner, blow- ing up German trenches and a block- The newspaperi- state that Gerhouse," An important Austrian "offen- nary has disclaimed responsibility are in the Middle Stryps region was for the torpedoing of the Susse

KING CHATS WITH INDIAN ARMY OFFICERS.

repulsed,

PLIGHT OF GERMANS ON BALTIC

FRONT..

BETWEEN FLOOD AND FIRE. Lostos, April 0. A British communique montions The investiture at Buckingham

PETROGRAD, April 8, that a Fokker machine descended Palace was attended by fifteen Indian fey food-waters are overwhelming the At many places on the Baltic Frost yesterday in our lines. The pilot, Army Officers, with whom the King Germans and the Russian fire compels who was not wounded, was captured.chatted for some

them to remain and perish. In the There has been artillery aétivity to-day about Nouvelle St. Vaast, Suchez, Hohenzollern Redoubt, Heisnes, and Wylschacte

The enemy spring a mize in the Hohenzollern sector,

time.

FRENCH PARLIAMENTARIANS IN

LONDON.

Lordos, April 0.

A party of French Parliament- We had at St. Eloi a considerable erians arrived at Victoria Statics portion of the ground gained on this evening, returning the recent March 27th, including three out of British visit. They met with on four of the main line craters

SUBMARINE PIRACY.

LONDON, April 9, British stearner Adamion bas

enthusiastic recention.

A NEW BRITISH PEES,

trenches.

BRITISH YOUTHS TO BE CALLED UPE.

mander Bose, who brought down a meat with your approval.

my last and sincere advica. I hope in 1

raider on the 9th March

AUSTRIAN TRANSPORT SUNK.

PARIS, April 9. A French submarine sunk an Austrian transport in the Adriatic.

(Continued on Page 3.)

THE PEACEFUL SOLUTIÒ

2D RANDE BY THE GOVERNMENT.

(Signed). Taxo Sauṛtı.

DR. WU TING-FANG AND HWANGTUNG:

Dung lang

few, nther prominent natives of Kwangtung residing In-Shanghai depatched the following telegram to General Lung Cii-kwang, the Chiang

Chun of Ewangtang

In the Hainhal 'and 'Kusivho” yenes Kwangtong Provinaa suffureð frám the effect of Ravolutions, and again' in Chiavi," and "Yimon" yesra it was again a flicted by floode. Normal conditions have not yet been restored, and the people them are still in a very miemble state. On seccant of the troubles in Kwangai-the According to the Tu Ching Hus Jih hearts of the inhabitants are sottled, Fuo, the Government at Peking sent to fearing all the time that great changes General Lung Chal Kwong, just before the will soon occur. As the people are able independence of Kwangtang was declared to earn their living, and are in a most deplorable condition, they should not have the following raised basis of settlement indicted on them again the misery of with the revolutionazioa

Manther war in their province. We therefore There is no need for the President to request that peace and order be maintain resign, or abdiests from his present pear, ababy cost, and that the life and property The convce tion of the representative of the people be protected. Best means parliament should be quickly and actually should be devised an that no fighting hoold

dinamang take place there, etc. a enforced, res

3. The o iginatore of the monarchical E

movement

ent should be rep imanded and To-day's Advertisements deprived of their privilege of being employ

ed in public as vicer, dedinke

4 Hostilities should be immediately.

unpended hetween the

Boothers Troops

or Northern and

LOST

CIAL MAP and DIRECTORY

LONDON, April 85-Yuans, Keninbow, and Kwaage 1916 Ppy of M48SEY'S COMMER should immediately cancel their declaration containing loose noses, printer a proofs ero. control of the Central Government. om Office, or call up phone 2089. of independence and come under the direct Finder please return to CHINA MIL

It is reported that all single men of Years of age will be called up this week and fo- Rome service till they reach the

of 1000

age

THE FRUIT SEASON.

6. The revolutionary leaders in and Prozinces Yunnan, Kwaohow," Kwaggai will be kitap sailable |

posts by the Central Government.

The leaders of the thero Independent Provinces should not make any andne

Reward if desired, juba k Hongkong, April 10, 16.

DOWBL complaint is sure to be prevedenied, recruits enlisted at H

Bloat dong the fruit aro

the declaration of rodepentance shoeli ba at once disbanded,

to keep a lottle of Chamberisiae Colic, Chore and Libes tamedy on hard becz.It may avea life. For role by all Chom 1 The No

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