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SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1918.

THE

WAR.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

THE WESTERN FRONT.

BERLIN, NEWS.

AMSTERDAM, June 30. A Berlin telegram says that a heavy artillery duel is proceeding from Basaco to the Mense.

LEcho Beige says the Germans are bringing up to the Weitern front' new batteries of long-range guns of especially heavy calibre.

AMERICA AND MEXICO.

THE AMERICAN PREPAREDNESS

CAMPAIGN.

MEDIATION WITH MEXICO

DECLINED.

WASHINGTON, June 30. Congress has passed Bills authorising the transfer of Militiamen to the regular Army and appropriating 21 milion dollars for their transportition to the BRITISH TROCES IN HIGH SPIRITS border which is proceeding space.

BRILLANT EXPLOIT BY HIGHLANDERS,

LONDON, June 80. Reuter's Correspondent at Head- quarters says the troops are in the highest. spirits as a result of the Activity following upon the innation

The Ministers of Bolivia and San Salvadore have again offered their services as mediators, but Mr. Lansing has declined to discuss the matter until the prisoners ara actually released and General Carranza'a reply has been.

received.

during the winter, and are very, keen THE SHACKLETON EXPEDITION. to make rushes upon the enemy

trenches.

The troops officially mentioned as doing especially well include the

"MONTE VIDEO, June 30. The Captain of the Instituto Pesca has

THE CHINA MAIL.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE BRITISH FRONT.

MORE RAIDS ON GERMAN LINES,

THE RUSSIAN FRONT

LARGE RUSSIAN CAPTURES.

PETROGRAD, June 19 The Russians yesterday marie pri ENEMY TRENCHES ENTERED AT soners 31 officers and 10,285 men on

the southern front

TERUS LINES OF TRENCHES. TAKEN.

VARIOUS POINTS.

LONDON, June 30. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a rem muniqué, states that during the past 24 hours a large number of our recon- noitring raiding parties entered the nemy tranches at Taricus points along the entire British front. All achieved their object, indicting heary casualtics and capturing prisoners and stores

In several stances our troops re mained for a considerable period in the German lines repelling counter-attacks across the open.

One mid was made after a discharge of gas, and the troops entering the Ger man trenches found a considerable number of the enemy dead. Our casualties were insignificant

The artillery on both sides have been active along the front, and hostile trenches were much damaged. The intermittent discharge of smok

haw aroused into activity the enemy's gans, causing him to disclose battery positions.

and ga

BRITISH SHELLING GERMAN: LINES.

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ENEMY'S FEEBLE REPLY...

LONDON, June 29. Router's and other correspondents at Headquarters describing the steady British shelling of the German lines daring the last two days, state that the: cannonade, has been practically ceaseless, and the line of the enemy trenches waa traceable by a kind of grey-blue fog, compounded with white and... black moke of innumerabie shells and the dust of craters. They counted 5,000.

Bighland Tight Intry, the Ano/wireless that he proposes to renew, shells falling at Thiepvál, alone in hali

tralians, the Lancashire Fusiliers. the Liverpools and the Oxford and Bucks Infantry.

A brilliant exploit was that of the Highlanders who pierced the enemy front at Vemelles, "and after a pro. digal employment of bayonets and "grenades and various incy weapons, brought back 46, prisoners and twe Hieb. Only two machine-guns.

landers were wounded.

Heavy intermittent rain has not

facilitated the work of the artillery. but reports from prisoners and aerial chaervers show, that its destructive effects were terrible.

his efforts at rescue.

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The Government has ordered him to wait as Punta Arenas for favourable

weather and meanwhile repair the damage his ship has sustained."

THE RUSSIAN PROBLEM.

A writer in the "Outlook" of the last mail has this reasoned statement of the position which seems well borne out by

the wires after the attack -

The German" will not meet in the

ab four. The zone of the shell Bro is most extensive, and many important positions have been searched by concentrated bombardments. The enemy's reply was feeble.

SIKH BRAVERY.

TRIBUTE BT MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

LONDON, Jane 29. Presiding over a lectare delivered by Sirdar Daljit Sigh to the Indian section.

THE SITUATION IN CHINA.

Wali Taw Yat Po's Service ):

THE CHANGED CONDITIONS:

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SHANGHAI, June 30, Replying to a telegram. from the Southern Provides appointing him and Tang Shao Yin-Chief Delegates, for PREVENTION PETROGRAD, Jiña 30-

Political and Diplomatie Affairs

OF "A' communiqué stato :-----

respectively with full powers of Despite a desperate resistance, General Latchinsky dealt another heavy blow to negotiation with Peking, Liang Chi Chao SORE FEET the enemy between the Dmeister and the bas telegraphed that conditions have Pruth, carrying three lines of trenches now changed, "and" on the Peking and indieting severe losses, also capturing 10,506 officers and men, a great number Government is not autagonisto" to of machine-guns, and other guns, which wards the attitude of the South, and include a complete heavy battery. the questions relating to, the Con atatitation, Parlament and the Cabinet

In Volyhina the desperate Ighting Stokhod continues. D

GALLANT SIBERIANS.

PETROGRAD, June 30 A communiqué states company of Siberians aspecially distinguished them- selves in the fighting at Pultare. Enemy artillery and trench mortars destroyed the tranches and entanglements, but the. survivors held their ground, repulsing all attacks with the beyanet till re- inforcements arrived. They lost two officers, and half their effectives were killed

THE CAUCASUS OPERATIONS.

PETROGRAD, June 30.

A communiqué saya me Turkish attacks in the Caucasus in the direction of Erzindjan and Bagdad were repulsed

RUMANIAN RIOTERS.

IN PAY OF GERMANS AND BULGARIANS,

BUKHARIST, Jane 30. Serious rioting at Galate has resulted in the arrest of Syndicalists who are alleged to hava been paid by German and Bulgarians to create disturbances.

SUBMARINE WARFARE.

LONDON, June, 19, The Italian steamers, Mondello, Bona and Fino have beeir sunk.

of the Society of Arts, or Sikhs, Mr. BIOGRAPHY OF LORD KITCHENER- Austen Chamberlain, Secretary for

India, dwelt on the Indians, services in the war.

STANDARDISED: SHIPS.

SHIPS.

BIG SHIPPING SCHEME.

Loxbox, June-29, "

LONDON, Jura 29. He paid a tribute to the part

The Daily Express states that the coming contest in the East quite the played by the Sikhs. They had taken biography of the late Lord Kitchener same foe that he left in send-stricker 400 of the 1,500 decorations awarded to has seo antrusted to Sir George Arthur, state in September 1915. One of the the Indian Army, including a Victoria with Lord Derby as adviser.

Cross, six Military Crosses two Indian remarkable spectacles in a war which Orders of Merit, first elnas, and L19 TRENCHES WATER-LOGGEÐ. has seen so many extraordinary things

was the re-establishment of the Russian and elas. He gave two instances of The Times correspondent at Head-battle line all along the frout after four Sikh bravery. One was at Gallipoli quarters says the ground is 'deep in months of enforced retreat. No tate in where the 14th. Sikhs suffered asvers where Lieutenant Smith, of the 15th mud and the trenches are water war will ever equal the story of endur losses, and the other was in France ance of those brave men who were con logged. We have no where attempted damned to live under a hellish hail of Ludhiana Sikhs earned the Victoria to hold and consolidate the ground fire.. without the means of retaliation, Crasa, in May 1915. won: our abject has been to indict Our Ally, stricken as he has been. was not struck down. His armies remained intact and unbroken, ter- cibly shaker although they were. Their great friend, the clements, came again to their support, as it did nigh-s century ago, and the opposing forces

local losses.

BULGARIA'S FINANCES.

THE FRENCH FRONT,

GERMANS ATTACKING STILL AT

YERDUN, M

LONDON, June 29,

THE GROWING NATIONAL DEBT.along the front of 700 miles were left at A French womunique states that a

AMSTERDAM, June 30.

A Sofa telegram ways the Bulgarian Budget estimates a deficit for the year of £4,000,000 sterling The National Debt after the end of the year will smount to 28,000,000.

* KUT INCIDENT.

GRAHAMSTOWN, June 30. A private letter from British Colonel in Mesopotamia states that the Türkish Commander at Kat-el; Amara and General Townshend immediately recognised each other as school friends in France.

are receiving favourable consideration he must decline the appointment.

AFFAIRS IN KWANGTUNG.

PEKING DISSATISFIED.

SHANGHAL-June. 30. The Peking Government, influenced by the report of Governor General Lung Chal Kwang. regarding the Shiu Chow cident, is rather dissatisfied with the attitude of the Funnan Army, and has telegraphed to a Republican leader in Shanghai for advice na to whether force or peaceful methods should be employed,

(Router's Service to the China Mail.)

JAPANESE MINISTER TO PEKING.

RECALLED AT OWN REQUESTS

"PartNo, June. 30.

Mr. Hioki, the Japanese Minister, bas been recalled at his own, request It is stated that Baron Hayashi will probably succeed him.

NEW CHINESE MINISTER TO TOKIO.

PEXING, June $0. Telang Teong Siang, Minister of Justica, has been appointed Chinese Minister to Tokio.

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Hongkong, July 1918.

NOTICE

best in a state of unstable equilibrium strong German attack north-west of CASEMENT SENTENCED TO DEATH TE KAVE This Day appointed M

Thiaumont was stopped by a curtain of fire and by machine-gun fire with gn, viderable losses to the enemy

ENEMY TRENCHES PENETRATED

· IN » CHAMPAGNE.

A glance back at the position of the opponents as they stood in September 1915 will find but Ettle change in May 1916. Three distinct steam rollers were

PARIS, June 30, slowly being driven from the West in Last night's communiyad states:-

Left of the Mease, after a violent the direction of Petrograd, Moscow, and Kieff. It was in the latter sector. bombardment extending from Hi '304 that the Austro-German advance was to Avocourt Wood, the Germans, in first arrestert. They had reached the the afternoon, attacked positions west Sereth river. General Ivanoff, we may of Hill 304, but were repulsed by remember, surprised them in the neigh infantry and artillery fire. There have bourhood of Tarnopol and threw them been no infantry actions qu the right of back upon the Strypa: The contest in the Meuse, but the artillery have been this southern sphere has raged and way most active. ed backwards and forwards, but the mus aim of the German war directing staf has been foiled. The enemy has been denied the full value of the entire length of milway that runa north to south from Rigs to Rorne on the western A communiqué states:West of Bu confines of Old Russia. His means of tede Mesall, in Champagne, we cleared lateral communication for his armies in out the enemy from first line trenches the Eastern theatre are incomplete and penetrated at some points as far us. heavy handicap In the redistribution of the forces of the Central Powers this the second line, where we blew up southern sector of some 250 miles is apparently entrusted to the charge of |the Austro-Hungarian Army. The departure he participated in a deputation absence of s. German leaven in this to Mr. Bonar Law at which the Imperial direction might reasonably suggest that Government was urged to adopt a Sugar a decision, is not sought by them in this Schere prohibiting the import of enemy sphera sugar for five years after the war, and thereafter subjecting it to a general tariff plus 50% surtax aposing the general

A POST WAN SUGAR SCHEME

LONDON, June 30, The Hon. W. M. Hughes, Prims Minister of Australia, sailed for Aus- tralin on the 24th inst Before his

tarif on neutral sugar with Burtex against neutrals who decline to re eiprocate the Empire concealing the Allies a preference not exceeding 12

abeltera

PARIS, June 29.

GERMANS EXPECTED TO

· REDOUBLE THEIR

E. EFFORTS.

PARIS, June 30 A semi-official announcement states The central actor, of which the that it is anticipated that the Gormans ripe defines the southern bound will redouble their efforts at Verdun in threatens the rosite to Moscow," It has enormous physical difficulties of terrain order to obtain's success as compenes

to encounter should an offensive be proposed On the other hand, it has in passcasion a good hold of the Russian both direct and lateral communication railway system is its rear, affording

been added a supplementary systems constructed most probably by prisoners, both peasant and soldier

per cent on the general tariff; granting To this, we may be certain has Empire sugar a preference of 50% and granting a bonus to stimulate the growth of aggar at Home

IN ENGAGEMENT

gement in announced of

tion

CANADIANS AT BAY

"A GERMAN COMMENT,UN

LONDON, June 29. The Koelnisch Folks Zeitung, describ| ing the fighting of the Canadiana at prea, says that they resisted chatinate The northern sector, which embraces ly, many groupe refusite al mercy, and the country between Bigs and Drinskoy and to be cleared out with bombs on the river Dwins, thence to Vidry A General and several officers who

LONDOS, June 19. Sir Roger Caserment was found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death.

Casement will be hanged, "

After being sentenced Sir Roger Case ment made a long statement in which the declared that his offense was putting Ireland first. He should, he said, hava been tried by an Irish jury,

The man Bailey was them charged high transoir, and pleaded not guilty. The Chiel Justice directed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty, and Bailey was discharged.

THE IRISH PROBLEM-

RESIGNATION RUMOURS."

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THE TUNG KEE AND WING KEE FIRMS.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that The Daily Chronicle states that Lord the MEETING of CREDDITORS held on THURSDAY the 22nd June Lansdowne and Mr. Walter Long, have 1018 it was resolved to adjourn until resigned, but that the Ministerial posi- THURSDAY the 8th July, 1916, at tion is not regarded as desperate. The 2.15 p.m papers generally are more hopeful re- ganling the Irish outlook since the Unionist meeting was postponed. It is notoworthy that the bulk of the Unionist nowspapers in London and the Provinces advocate the acceptance of Mr. Lloyd George's proposals

LATER

In the House of Commons, asked, whether two of his colleagues had re signed Mr. Asquith said he regretted the question and advised the questioner to await developments. All the Irish questions, he said, had been postponed, Mr. Asquith added that it was not desirable at presex. to say anything DISCUSSION IN THE LORDS

In the House of Leeds, Lord Salisbury Earl Crewe said he red the Irish question discussion and added that diffic

predsrod the And Smorgon, will recall the scene refused to surrender were killed. When details wara etil

of the hammer blow of ons sorgeant demanded him to pield, the in viewi Hindinburg in his great attempts to General cut him on the face with his Lord Landsdowne

The pierce the fine, to Petrograd: sword,wherexponan Infantrymen

hope Germans have not yet abando

LONDON, June 30

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