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MONDAY

THE

LATEST

1016.

WAR.

TELEGRAMS.

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(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

INTENSE FIGHTING ·

THE RUSSIAN FRONT.

ON

THE BRITISH FRONT.

FROM POZIERES TO QUILLEMONT.

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OUTER WORKS. CARRIED. BY AUSTRALIANS AND TERRITORIALS.

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Tossos, July 23. General Sir Douglas Haig reports The battle has been resumed to-day along the whole front from Pozhres

to Guillemont.

Near Fogistes the outer German works were carried by Australians

and Territorials.

Violent fighting is proceeding,

LATER.

Purnugrao, "July 29.

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A communiqué statos r On the Riga front there has been an intense artillery" duel...

Enony attacks

repulsed north-east of Smorgon, also on the Stokhod

were

THE CHINA MAIL.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

DEVELOPMENTS ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT.

THE DYINA CROSSED.

EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS ON RIGA FRONT.

12,000 AUSTRIANS CAPTURED IN

TWO DAYS

PETROGRAD, July 99

A communiqué statos — The Russian advance has continued south of this Lips. General Sakharoff's troops on the 20th and 21st July captured 300 officers and 12,000 men, including a General anta Colonel.

This brings the Austro-German louses ince the 16th July up to 26,000

An Austrian regiment, was aurreand of its confluence with the Lipa, and ed on the right bank of the Styr, south

it surrendered.

The Russians are steadily advancing on Hungary. They have captured the

It is snowing. On the Carpathianża roud to Delatyn and Marmarosziget.heights of laumarosziget. we took 158 prisoners.

Altogether a thousand Austrians and Germans were taken prisoner qu

PKTROGRAD, July 23,

A communiqué states-

the left wing of the Riga positions.

There has been fierce fighting on The Russians penetrated enemy works at several points,

RUSSIANS CONCEAL

SUCCESSES.

on the various fronts. PROGRESS IN THE CAUCASUS,

On the Caucasus front we captured. Fol, westward of Trebizond and Kelki, midway between Guinush- khane and Erzinjan. We crossed the Russians have crossed the Dvina the western Euphrites, engaging:

LONDON, July 23 A German communique admits that

The fighting has rouched a singe important forces unstward of Bewan-Russian communique, but it has now

of intense violence.

The Territorials and australians, attacking from south-west and south- east respectively, "curried the Grenaa outer"work at Puzieres by assault shortly after midnight."

Violent fighting is now proceeding At the village where the Germans are resikting desperately with large num»“ bere of machine guds.

duz.

[CORRECTION.]

Testerday's "communique should rad: We captured the heights of Varokta on the Martnarosziget road."

RELIEF" FROM EGYPT FOR

MOSLEMI.

CAIRO, July 23, Commercial relations between Egypt and ledjame have been resumel." The

This was not mentioned in the

lenkerl out in Petrograd:

The Russians have begur extensive operations on the Riga front. The first intimation of this was a telegram in the Some Fremgn announcing the capture

THE WAR WORKSHOPS.

TOUR OF THE CENTRES OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY,

LONDON, July

lined

same opposition will be shown'-horn- when the Bill is brought up for first reading. The ratio should be pro- gressive und not a daß rate." I would. suggest, say, one per cent, on in- comes up to $500 per month; for A special representative of Reuter's married people with a reduction. For Agency has visited the munition-makingsbildren and two and a half per cent. and ship-building centres and naval on the same income for bachelors bases of the United Kingdom and has who have no children, or dependents. been an eye-witness of the gigantic work Two and a half per cent. on insomes which is being done in Britain for the of $1,000 per month and five per Allied cause.

cent for bachelors." For incontes As an instance, he says, he steamed the whole morning long river ceeding $1,000 per month ther should be a graduated and progressiva a famous ship-building through centre. Both banks were

scala. It would be wias if incomes. with warships and merchantmen of all under $500 per month be totaly sires and kinds a course of conexempted. And this limit of examp struction as double the mate proviously tion will be the most important regarded as possible. The warships question which the Government will included soms of dimensions, speed have to face. It will probably ba and gun-power that must not be hinted put forward with quite a serious There were also mysterious vesela view that it should be fixed as low hidden nader convas screens. He also a $100 or $150 per mensen but. SAW most of the ships that were this figure is not only undesirable but damaged in the Jutland fight, including most inequitable and unfair. to have sunk, repaired and ready for higher than in the United Kingdom the Farste which the Germans claim limis her should be very much

owing to the cost of living and the standard and status which Europeans. base to follow, and keep up. The income,tx dait now exists was introduced by Sir Robert Peel and gentlerria also introduced police Fit. has never been repealed. This ment. The limit of exemption in England now is, I believe, £130 per annum with gradual and substan- tial abatements up to £700, allowances for insurance preniiuns

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CABINET MEETINGS AT AN UNUSUAL HOUR.

LONDON, July 22. A Cabinet meeting was held this morning. This is usual and it is presumed that it was held for the pur pose of choosing the Commissioners and defining the scope of the Mesopotamin and Dardanelles inquiries, and also to secure a final agreement in regard to the terms of the Irish Bill.

(Continued on Page 3.)

CORRESPONDENCE.

of three lives of German trenches, TRADE MARKS AND INCOME TAX many prisoners and guns. Now the Riga correspondent of the Bourse Gazatle describes the population listening with the fullest joy to the tremendous bem- bardmant, which commenced on the

16th inst..

END MAY BE SOONER THAN EXPECTED.

Fighting is equally intense at other Government has authorised Sibuks to carry foodstuffs from Port Sudan to parts of the front.

Jeddah, whither steamer leaves INTERVIEW WITH "A RUSSIAN shortly fully ladan.

GENERAL

5,1

No definite progress is got reported. At one time this morning we recaptured the whole of Longueshl,

but, the cremy gained the northern end of the village. Similarly, the outskirts of Guillemay have already twice changed hands.

10 p.m. General Haig reports: We have further progressed in the neighbour hood of Pozieren, Between Pozieres and Guillemont the battle continues with intense violence.

In the neighbourhood of Pozieres we captured a number of prisoner.

and

FURTHER DETAILS.

Reuter's Correspondent at the

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Thus, thanks to the benevolence of Great Britain, material relief has been brought to the Moslems at Sijaz who. are now certain that provisions will not. be confiscated.

THE MAROONED EXPLORERS.

GOVERNMENT'S RELIEF

MEASURES.

LONDON, July 23

PETROGRAD, July 23, General Russky, interviewed at. Fetrograd, en route to Finland, where he will convalesce, said the Allies were aiming at continuous pressure at a number of different points. If they avoid the mistake of advancing too quickly, the end of the war will come sooner than may be expected.

Press Camp reports: After a heavy cued beinse the Discovery, which is M. Samnoff, dwelle on the Minister's bombardment last night the British being fitted out at Devonport, is ready

Anzaca attacked towards to sail Pozieres and Guillement. Despite Lient Commander Tames Fairweather, desperate resistance by the enemy an experienced ice master, has been the Anzacs succeeded in establish appointed to command the vessel. ing themselves in Pozieres, wherest

ASPECIAL MILITARY AREA" IN they are consolidating their line.

SCOTLAND. It is reported that the casualties

INDIAN ARMY ADMINISTRATION.

To the Editor of the "CHINA MAIL."

St-At the moment of writing the relationship as appears from recent correspondence in the Press -existing between the community

and children.

The

with

Now no one with any stretch of magination cut for one moment. imagine that Europeans here, who are only, drawing $200 or $250 per month are getting the equivalent of 180 per annum in England. I think experience has taught t that e married European drawing, say. $150. por month is to better off than he would be in England on £160 per annum. He has his living expenses · here, periodical homo passages to pay for, and the education of his children in Europe according to their position in life. And then provision should be male in cases whore people

of this Colony and its Legislative draw no fixed incomes but neverthe Council does not seem to be very less whose incomes fetuote to s cordial

very great.extent. A good many per From time sime we bearsons in this Colony, know what it is grumblings uttered and see protests to sometimes suffer from "suspended written about its various act and animation of their finances and bow doings, and now, owing to the result slew the process of resuscitation is of certain divisions passed in this in, taking place, And it must also assembly the wrath and indignation be seen that incomes already taxed

of the populace seams once again to are not taxed twice over. On the have been aroused.

whole, the tax will meet 1 think with

The views of the commercial.com- strong opposition and will be a

other

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E. M. TOZER:

Hongkong, 22nd July, 1916.

INDIAN PORTUGUESE CONSUL

rounity on a subject of great local failure. And moreover why intro- importance, have been absolutely duce a tax for which the Government ignored, and notwithstanding the will never get a full and honest article written by "A Liberal, return and the evasion of which which appeared in the Daily Press, means that incomes which are per- all enemy trade marles registered in manently regular and publicly ascer It is officially announced that the RUSSIAN MINISTERIAL CHANGES. this and other colonies should betainable have to pay for the rest. Government has decided to dispatch

suppressed. The Home Government Truly, all this taxation is very dis the Hudson Bay Company's ship

PETROGRAD, July 23. notwithstanding the Puris conference tuthing to one's health and peace of My Sazanofi, Minister for Foreign and the British people would wel mind. What with money depreciat Disney, especially built for Antarctic Affairs, has resigned. He will become such suppression. Protection Ing and a, heavy income tax it will exploration, and which has been placed succeeded by M. Starmer, who retains versus Free Trade has nothing to do soon be cheaper to dia, than to liv at the Admiralty's disposal for the relief the Premiership M. Khrostor has with the matter. It is an affair of of Sir Ernest Shackleton's, party on been appointed Minister of the Interior, justice and right for the British Elephant Island, if they are not res- and M. Makaroff Minister of Justice. pecple. Some of these trade marks Victoria,

should these ever be again allowed The Taar, in a Reseript addressed to dato to well-known chops and why zcal in His Majesty's Service and says to be exploited by enemy subjects at Russia regrets that the state of the retiring Minister's health has compelled the expense of those owing allegiance him, to resign.

to the British throne. In article the writer asks if the officia! HOW BRITISH TREAT PRISONERS. members of Council are free men and patriotic Britons and why they. always do what the Governor tells ther to and the reply to this is that they are not free to vote as they like. Can this really be true? In this Senhor Alfredo Cassanova, Portuguess democratic age does such coercion Consol-General in India, contributes an also successfully advanced, but on Lochalsh to Inverness inclusive, is succeeded Lord Kitchener as Com exist

General Sir Moore O'Creagh, who and stifling of conscience really interesting article entitled Hear the the right of Pozieres the wire endeclared a special military area.

Such a position must some- English trest German and Austrian mander-in-Chief in India, says in a times be a great tax on sentiment. prisoners-of-war to a leading Portuguese tangléments were found to be insuf-

Apart from the ordinary inhabit-letter to the Times, that the late Lord And speaking of a tax on sentiment, paper in Bombay. He had visited ficiently destroyed. We were can-14

Kitchener's system of administration of reminds mo that taxes seem to be Ahmednager camp. I had expected." sequently checked by heavy machine ants of these and adjacent areas, the Army in India was sound. It was pouring in "from al directions.writes Senhor Cassanova, to find hun gun firo. Nevertheless, we gained a visitors are not allowed without a infinitely better than that which it Taxes, inxes, nothing but tares dreds of feld-barracks and a large mili

superseded. The only flaw, which Lord Taxation in all its forms is now thetary fores guarding 1,400 prisoners-of- footing at Guillefront, but owing to permit from the Commandant.

Kitchener told General Moore O'Creagh fashion and order of the day. First war, but great was my surprise at seeing determined onerny counter-attacks, Railways will not bock passengers was forced upon him by the Govern the liquer, then tobacco, and next instead spacious quarters, structures of wy were unable to maintain the unprovided with the necessary ment, was the system of finance, but the. Income Tax which I believe in stene sad mortar of unimpeachable neat advance.

the control of the Finance Department, intended to be brought in at an carlyne. These "anormous buildings are pernit.

was lost in war.

date and to which I would advise all divided into three sections destined for classes of persons to give their prisoners of different classes They are carnest and close attention. It will separated from one another by a double probably be introduced as a war barrier of barbed wire and at every. contribution. But don't forgot that corner there is a European sentry stand Government scrutineers will be ap- ing stiff and immovable. Our visit was pointed who will have authority to unexpected.

are comparatively light.

West of the village the British.

Progress generally continues satis factory, especially in the neighbour hood of Pozieren and along the road through the village northwards, along which we are reported established.

ON THE FRENCH FRONT. -

-PARIS, July 23.

ommuniqué says: There has been artillery activity. on the Somme.

A night attack against our new positions south of Soyecourt collapsed under our fire..

Lespor, July 231

·Scotland, northward of's line from

DÁNISH MOTOK VESSEL SHELLED

BY SUBMARINE.

KITCHENER'S SYSTEM

DEFENDED.

LONDON, July 23.

THE SEE OF PETERBOROUGH

LONDON, July 29.

LONDON, July 23. The Row Frank Woods, Vicar of The Danish motor vessel Samas Bradford, has been appointed Bishop of having been shelled by a submarine Peterborough.. has been towed in to the Tyne in a water-legged condition

SHIPS BUNK

LONDON, July 29. The Swedish sailing ships June and Ide and the Norwegian ship

SCHOOL FOR ORIENTAL STUDIES.

LONDON, July-22," Sir Mortimer Durand, has been nomi- nated Governor of the School for Oriental Studies by the Royal Asiatic Society, in succession to Lord Reay, who has resigned on account of bis frequent absences from London.

GENERAL SURPRISED.

Peer into our private affairs and to What strikes the visitor moet in their examine our business books. The thorough hygiens and cleanliness în spita last annual report of the Chiet Secreof the hundreds of men gatheréd there. tary of the Federated -Malay States We went through the kitchens, baths and concludes with these words: The reading rooms. We were astonished to question that must be put, in every see the cars and kindness with which the part. of the Empire, and in every Germans and Austrians are treated here. dependercy of the Empire before the They are not compelled to do any forced war is concluded and the bill of labour as our prisoners are compelled by costs paid is not so much what each them to to I noted with considerable country has done but what each can surprise that a large number were outside afford to do. Dur neighbour the the barbed wiro enclosure indulging with Struits Battlements has already come full freedom in games and sporta, Eu to the conclusion that it can afford cepting a small number the rest of the this unpleasant and most-unpopular prisoners are given liberty to leave the tax and the Colony of Hongkongfanced enclosure. Incy appeared to be will no doubt. very shortly be called in excellent health. They have taratre what is the British purpose. We do not, like The Frivy Council has decided in a apon to decide whether it can afford and a music hail for their use the German Chancellor, judge victories money-leader's action that an entry in a to follow this example.. There are prison cells, but there are only. by the map Our aim is not to family record is admissible a proof of There is one thing in favour of no prisoners in them recover so much territory, nor even to infancy. They have reversed the decidirect taxation such as taxation of seize any particular place not necessary sion of the Supreme Court of the Straits to push in the German front and compel Settlemente in the case, the Germans to retreat REA NOAA

There has been a bombardinent at Bams have been sunk. Fleury, grenading on the outskirts

of Chapelle Ste. Fize, and an enemy attack at Les Eparges which was repulsed by machine-gun fire.:

THE "DISCHARGED BADGE

LONDON, July 23 The discharged badge is also award

THE BRITISH PURPOSE.

Mr Join Buchan, in a summary of events" on the battle-fronts dated July 15, Buys

It should be clencly understood

STRAITS SUPREME COURT DECISION REVERSED.

O.

LONDON, July-22,

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