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MONDAY, JULY 31, 1916.

THE

LATEST

WAR.

TELEGRAM S.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.

THE RUSSIAN SUCCESSES.

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KOVEL THREATENED.

PETROGRAD, July 30. Brody was captured without artil- lory preparation; it was solely the result of the irresistible dash of the Infantry whose attack was so un. expected that the Austrians and Germans were unable to evacuate the enormous supplies, which were therefore, partly destroged by thera and partly abandoned.

Brody was the junction of the armies of General Linsingen and General Ermoli and the Headquar. her of the Austriah General Staff.

The ground from Brody to Lem berg is very hilly and powerfully delended.

LAZIN

THE BRITISH FRONT..

SUCCESSFUL BRITISH RAIDS."

UNSUCCESSFUL GERMAN

RAIDS.

LONDON, July 30. General Sir Douglas Haig in communique says:

Successful ruids were made south) of Ypres and in the Loos salient.

German maids near Hohenzollern Redoubt were unsuccessful

Last night we heavily borgbarded enemy, trenches and reserve areas between the Aners and the Somme, and we exploded an enemy munition depot near Courcelette.

enomy trenches at two places south of

The Canadians raided

THE CHINA MAIL.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

OREAT RUSSIAN VICTORY.

*DETIL'S WOOD."....

LONDON, July 30.

Mr. Philip Gibbs, in a message from the front, mars

Delville has been nicknamed by the troopa "Devil's Wood."

NEWS FROM HOME.

(Frons Quer Cars Correspondent,)

LONDON, July

PENSION HUDDLE."

THE STARVATION OF POLAND,

An article from a correspondent of The Timur tolls of a city of 1,000,000 people suffering from starvation and with industry at a standstill. This is Warsaw, and yet it is compelled by the PETROGRAD, July 30

German invader to pay exaction which A communiqué stater:An incomplete

must add financial ruin to the miseries estimate of the Russian ciptures recorda

of the inhabitants city with a that General Brussiloff on the 28th and ' The worst point of the situation at million inhabitants cannot be fed except 29th inst. captured 32,000 Austro present is the practical neglect of the by a revival of its trade," says Prince Cermans, 114 guns, including 9 heavy pensions scheme for disabled soldiers Lubomirski. This has to be kept in Many men have been mind when discussing any reliof gun. Of these 21 heavy and 85 and sailore

Dules will not remedy machine-guins were taken by. General compelled to serve, but have aubschemes. Letchitak A total of 15,569 prisoners sequently developed such ailments as the German-minde, misery in Foland, were taken by General Sakharof in the have caused them to be discharged real care could be found only in

thorough change of the Gerinan system three days fighting at Brody. Al- No pension has been allowed them on yet if that cannot be attained and the together General Sakhareff took 39,132 she ground that their ailment was con-highly desirable relief work is to be prisoners and 49 guns, including 17stitutional and was not caused by war undertaker, whether by private people heavy, and 100 machine guns, and huge service. Sir Frederick Milner, though or by official bodies, some safeguards must be introduced against its being quantities of war material between the ja staunch Conservative and upholder rendered nugstory by the German atae, i 18th and 23th inst. These figures are of official authority, is a supporter of tions. Warsaw is now spending on food the Soldiers' and Sailor Help Society, one for its destitate population mere exclusive of 1,600 officers captured:

al in that capacity he was let to than its total income, and thus Germa PROGRESS CONTINUED,

investigate some of the hugger authorities continue to burden it with The victorious progress of the Russians of official muddling and neglect heavy taxation. requisitions, and orders was continued on Saturday in the Stok- and these so impressed him that heightens the crushing bardens of the for supplies. If relief from outside bod and Bevel regions; also south of gives over his whole time, working Polish municipalities, will not the Der the Dneister in the direction of fourteen hours a day, to the task of man authorities treat it as a walcome Stanislau, the enemy everywhere re-putting things right. He has tried opportunity for imposing fresh tax- tiring.

quiet means and by persistent efforts tion 1 has obtained aid for several cases, but In spite of the constant denials of the now the work has become too much for removal of food supplies from Ruin him and kis doctor has warned him that Poland to Germany, it is now openly he is on the verge of a breakdown announced that there is to be a

The result is seen in the appearance notice is to be used partly in the arca exportation of fruit, which by official of this Conservative aristocrat, on the of occupation itself, while a great part platform of the Labour party to urge of the fruit of all kinds will be taken that immediate measures abould be away into Germany and used there. An officer said: "I wish to goodnewsaken" to press the Government to The fruit is to be delivered in wagons we could wipe the place of the map, to ensure that men shall be given the help in the chief market centres of Germany Having announced their intention about cleanse the ground of the filthy wreek- they are entitled to on heing discharged the fruits, the German authorities ar age and the trees, which were death from hospital and the service. I have now making arrangements for the ox trap to so many good fellows. It looks had an opportunity of examining the portation of quantities of geese after like a small wood crowded with torpses, donater that Sir Fredrick has collected the beginning of July: they will be which makes it easily the worst place and some of the facta are appalling, distributed all over the Berman Empire. He himself-co longer young is. On July 1s the organised exportation of When the British Infantry advanced obviously suffering from the stin of eggs will begin en Thursday they had to stumble over tackling the huge problem single Cordier and loga neress the sunken road handed but be imported by the Which the Spath Africans, and after flood of letters that reaches him daily wants the Scots Greys, had converted from all parts of the country, thanking into a trench, nicknaming it Prince's him and orging him to go on with the

A recent issue of the Berlin "Lokalan- What be contende is necessary is to zeiger earns up the food situation is Street." Simultaneously, another attack work. was made from Longueval with the object. of joining the men advancing, have a central committee of wide powersGermany as follows:

It is no longer any secret that certain This will make the history of the fight and ample means, free from the red tape ing for Devil's Wood" mee the 14th and othicial coldness that now chat supplies are short, not so much as a result of the friendly efforts of our inst one of the most wonderful things acterise the consideration of the pen enemies, but as a result of last year's for sheer stubborn courage in the whole sions. question. I aux not sure that his poor harvest. It is true that we do not work is not about the most important need to worry about bread. We have of the great battle.

that any single individual is doing in ved enough by economie admini the country to-day, for there will be a stration to reach to the new barvest. big row later on when we all become We shall even be able to increase the civilians again, unless he gains his way also come through with potatoes even ration for manual labourers. We shall and secures justice for the fighting me though with scant rations until the and some sort of security for their early crop. But meat and fat supplies, dependente. It will be a very ugly s well-known, leare minch to question for the politicians when peace be desired. The last animal census returns and the soldiers resume their showed caly slightly over 13,000,000 swine. but we may expect in a year or place as citizen voters.

more to make up in some degree what Sir Already

Fraterick

is lacking. The number of meat eattle gained a partial concession that had decreased less than

supposed, WAA led to an inadequate but what we lack is cattle fit for but- has pension being allowed to thousands who chering. The older animals are ech- were being left out in the cold. Under somad, and the

that even animals this amendment men who have all mentrare so mighty than meat, require ments that have been so aggravated by unfit for slaughtering must be taken. In no circumstances must we touch milch service conditions as to cause them to be 40

cows o or wo shall invalided out are eligible for assistance, supply of our

Hence, unt

・grownup..

The Russian successor west of Ypres.

have improved their line, The Munster Fusiliers ruled the or earth."

Vladimir Volynek along Locs salient. Indeed from the main mad to Tarnopol the line is ideal and cannot be threatened, and is favourable to the development

of the offensiya.

The latest break through in the Lutsk region threatens Kovel not only from the Stoklad side but also

from the south.

There are great rejoicings in Petro- grad over those successes.

LATER.

The Russians are consolidating the

The enemy's casualties were severe in both cases."

of the enemy's two rails at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, one failed to get beyond our wire': the other entered our frus trench but was immediately driven out.

ON THE FRENCH FRONT.

PARIS, Joly 30 A communiqué bays: We dispersed ar-enemy reconmissance south of Libons

5.5. APPAM" RESTORED.

left bank of the Stokhod and ada-and repulsed an enemy attack on the UNITED STATES NEUTRALITŸ cing on Kovel, from Broly and also Bouth of the Dneister

UNSUCCESSFUL TURKISH

OFFENSIVE.,

The Turks unsuccessfully nasamned, the offensive west of Gumishikhan.

The Russians again expelled the Tarks from organised positions at Siens and Kharput

redoubt in a ravine south of Fleury

The bombardent of Fleury, Faux Wood and Fumin Wood has continued.

AERIAL WORK. Three German aeroplanes were felled the. Somme regional a fourth

in Argonne

VIOLATED BY GERMANS.

NORFOLK (VIRGINTA), July 29,- The Federal Court has ordered the restoration of the ateanser pas to her British owners.

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It was decided that a prize cannot be brought within neutral waters without Conroy, and that the meaner in which We bombed the railway stations in the App was brought in was a viola the Nayon district and the milwaytion of United States neutrality. itation and "military establishments at

HEROES OF WITTENBERG:

AERIAL RAIDS A dozen German aeroplause | Mulheim. dropped forty bomba at Drinsk. Russian aviators drove them off and brought down one of them!

.

The Russians ruided Tolovka and also brought down a German machine gast of Bomarovitchi,

THE ITALIAN FRONT.

FIERCE FIGHTING.

Rouz, July 30. A connnunique says: There has been fierce fighting north of Monte Cimone where the Italians gained ground.

The Alpiai carried Forcella Wood in che Tolana region-and begaï an advance "in the Travenanzas Valley,

PATROL ENGAGEMENTS ON EGYPTIAN FRONTIER.

Cairo, July 30."

It is officially announced that several

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THE OFFICIAL MURDER

OF

CAPTAIN FRYATT.

UNIVERSAL INDIGNATION.

AMSTERDAM, July 30, The Telegraaf states that the sentence on Captain Fryatt was pronounced on

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Loxins, Valy 34, The Order of St. John of Jerusalem has conferred gold medals upon Surgeons Lander for life-saving at the Wittenberg prisoners' camp.

GERMANY'S FOOD PROBLEM.

but it in on a very mesave one. There animals fiter the milk

hare

Major Priestley and Captains Vidal and waiting months before they have received rations will become vert 8 -;

+

KING OF DENMARK'S NARROW ESCAPE.

COPENHAGEN, July 30. "The King of Denmark, while sailing

remains the grave scandal of scimin we must impose the most extreme limi

without istrative delays which have kept men tations on our meat consumption. Meat Eat- any pention at all. The fact that these distinction in the whole men have been admirably treated in the pire, It does not require, furthermore, to be said that the butter scarcity various hospitals makes it all the harder compels the greatest possible sparing of for them when they are cast out. Some milch cows, since the butter we import who came home suffering, from shell from abroad eats up enormous sums of shock have even been relegated to the money workhouse sayhuma, an action that has at a strong undercurrent of anger going Government at the next election.

Thursday 10orning and executed in the alone in a small boat near Aarhus, was among the people that bodes ill for the evening on an isolated plot of grated capsized. His Majesty clung to the in the harbour. witnessed the execution.

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An alderman of Bruges

PARIS, July 30. The newspapers describe the execution Es murder.

NEW YORK, July 30. The newspapers condemn Captain Fryatt's execution unreservedly. The Herald contrasta it with Great Britain's treatment of submarine and Zeppelin crews... The Globe_saya that no pro- German in the United States can now

bottom of the bout, and was eventually rescued, being none the worse for his long immersion.

G.C.M.G.

LosDos, July 30. His Majesty has conferred on the Duke of Devonshire the Grand Crose of St. Michaeland St. George.

OPIUM RESTRICTIONS.

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FICKLE JUNE

Those who have come home just now under the impression that they would enjoy a warm English June have been disappointed. June has proved, for the most part, wet and cold, with occasional days of moist warmth suggestive of the Turkish bath. There is not winch holi day making yet, and what there is has not bad much sca-bathing and beach resting about it, but these on the South East coast have zaade up for this, doubtless, by the fact that when the wind is in the right direction they can hear more or less distinctly the distant.

patrol engagements took place" on fail to understand why the world fears apim is to check eggling from the rumbling of the great guns across the

the 28th inst. The New Zealand Mounted Bifes inflicted 50 essualties on the enemy. Ours were of the alightest.

AT NEW YORK,

NEW YORK, July 30.

German success.

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LONDON, July 30.. Lord Newton, who is in charge of the Prisoners Department. "stated to a

GREAT EXPLOSION OF MUNITIONS Rester representative that master.

chantmen were entitled to do everything possible to protect themselves, their

and

passengers. The Ger. A fire which started in a munitioná

bad' admitted warehouse or a small island in New that when merchantmeti resisted

crews

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themselves

LONDON, July 30, The object of the prohibition of United Kingdom to the Far East and sea telling of the attention that is to the United States. Boar fide

being paid to the maranding Huns medical preparations containing opium are exempt, but all dealings in the drug The preparation of opium for sucking itseli are forbidden, except under licence is also made an offence

(Continued on page 3.)

IRISH AND OTHER BULLS.

York Bay, spread to a lighter loaded. capture and were finally taken, the QUAINT THINGS TO BE FOUND IN with shrapnel and bullets. The ex- officers and crew ought to be treated an

The whole country for miles around.

remem-

ploded shells fired dynamite trucks on prisoners of war. It must be the wharves.

ered that when the incident occurred March 1915, not 1916 as stated--the Germans were sinking even neutral ships without warming.

was shaken The island is a mass of wreckage. Seventy-five persons were conveyed to hospital.

It would be rash to suppose that Great Britain would in no circumstances

PRINTERS PIE.

NURSE'S WINDFALLA Mr. William Lang, of, 27 Down Street who died last month, aged 74, left pro- Piccadilly, W., formerly of Shanghai,!

perty in this country to the value of £24,893 He bequeathed £1,000 and the income for life from £10,000 to Lavinis Lizde Wooldridge for her great kindness as his nurse.

DULCE DOMUM.

Euought for me" (a year ago).

A tropic sky the China sen Green' 'padi field and rubber treš and palm leaves fapping to and fro about

my, shady bungalow-

*

Enough for me.

•

To-day a dugent on a height

19

Above a shadeless plaits three By eight and lenky as can be And rats and frogs come in at night:

sounds a bit mouldy, yet it's quite Enough for me.

"

KLIP KUP, in B. N. B. Herald.")

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THE MECCA PILGRIMAGE.

Cairo, July 30. The Ministry of the Interior is studying the question of the Mecca

letters he had himself received these Said Mr. Hitchinson, of Hamley Let us gird up the icics of our mind Brothers Ltd, one of the biggest houses pilgrimage. It is understood that

hope the widow's mito (a small boy freightage diffenity, Japan, would reag per we may receive the latter train." for this sort of thing. But for the pilgrims are asked to deposit caution money amounting to 250, £60, and German warfare. In itsolf it evidenced in an orphanage) may

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