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„MONDAY, MAY 28, 1917.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page-1.

THE MISSION TO THE UNITED STATES.

AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

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AMERICAN FIGHTING UNIT AT THE FRONT.

BARLIER TELEGRAMS.

Losoon. My. Renter's respondent at French Floadquarters states thus the first American fighting unit, consisting of

are

section of motor transport, has gone to the frat. The Tren practically all undergraduätes,

Several other units are training in France for very early combatant service. They consist chiefly of The following authoritative statement | College mêm, nust of whim have Las been issued or the occasion of the hisherto been serving in the Au departure of the British Mission frombulance Corpe.

Wassaros. May 28.

the United States After conferences which have tonched every phase in the lives of America and the Allies, and

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TRADING WITH THE ENEMY LEGISLATION IN AMERICA.

with this

which are expreted vitally to affect the Sarture of the worlil, considerable

Wasmsdos, 'May 20. The Government's Triding with sympathy has been born by the personal contacs of the British and American the Earty Bill has been intralties, officials which ennot be mersurdi,in by the House of Representatives, words. Encertainty has been renoval The Bill is largely modelled on this and efficient "co-operation, made possible Brisksh Faw denling by the exact definition of the resortes mate and needs at the United States and the Allies. The former now knows the Allies needs in detail, while the Allies not only now know Anieri- ca's resources, bus the degree to so which they are available. Much has been finally agreed upon which runot become effective without legislation. The great benefit of the Mission's visit how- ever. has been the decisive advice of

BRAZIL AND THE WAR.

RIO DE JANTERO, May 26, The torpedoing of the Brazilian Vessel Tijaca, has strengthened the movement in favour of Brazil joining the Allies.

ENEMY AIR RAID ON ENGLISH TOWN.

SERIOUS DAMAGE.

THREE ENEMY AEROPLANES. SHOT DOWN.

THE CHINA MAIL.

It is officially announced that a large about sixteen, attacked the south-east of squadron of enemy aircraft, imeibering Fagland, between 5.15 and 6.30 hast evening.

Eamb were dropped at a anraber of places.

Nearly all the damage occurred in one town, where the bombs fell in the etrcota, causing considerable casualties among civilians.

Shops and houses were seriously carnaged.

Seventy-six were killed, of whom 27 were wonen, 24 children: 174 were injured, of whom 43 were women and 10 children.

Our aeroplanes pursued the raiders and Naval aeroplanes. from Dunkirk engaged the returning raiders,

The Admiralty reporta that shree enom aeroplanes were shot down.

FURTHER DETAILS.

LATER.

The air raiders few at a great

altitude. They crossed the town in formations of dive, bombing continzons- ly.

Much damage was done to property in the residential part. A butcher's and bootmaker's shops were demolished, the Decupants of the latter being killed.

The worst damage occurred in the busy business thoroughfare, which was thronged with people, where a very large number of "bombs were dropped. killing sixteen women, eight men, nine | children, and injuring 42."

ESPIONAGE IN SPAIN. men who have actually been in the fre of the war and who have made tha desirable policies obrions by merely re-

Paris, May 26. ating their experiences. The Cnicall The Ghamber, continued to debate Statas, has undoubtedly been placed on the question of submarine wariare. a clower basis of relationship with Great Critics of the Government especially Britain than since their separation denounced the fail to cope with eetary and a quarter aggs while respinge if Spain, which fräpped by the departing siders.

controversies during the long mouths of resulted in the Spanish costs being neutrality have' dissolved into a filler intestid with subharines, naderscaling by American offieids and statesmen of the difficulties of belligerency Mr. Balicar has seen aut realised his life dreams of the closer sympathy between the two great branches

Occasions not to appear us if interfering

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in American fairs. Their constant effort was to seribe Great Britain's experiences for whatever value these experiences might be. Regarding the immediate diplomatic result, if it has tended to lengthen the British view from necessarily

sighter absorption in the immediate needs of the war to a broader consideration of World construction afterwards, it has foreshortened the American view point from its absorption in the future, to the immediate pressing emergency. Briefly,

GERMAN NEWSPAPERS CEASE PUBLICATION.

„Apsrendam, May 26. The Colper: Finzette says that

AUSTRIAN POLITICS...

„Amsrennam, May 28. A teleph from Budapest sa5R that the Archduke Josephi has refused the Premiership-

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AN ERRONEOUS SPANISH REPORT,

MADRID, May 26. The Spanish vessel Begona, has been prpedoed."

HAY

THE ITALIAN SUCCESSES.

TRIESTE THREATENED.

Boux, May 26.

A semi-official report states that the Italiana have mastered the whole tone between Castagnavizza and the sea Thus only the Sesmada stronghok! stands between the coast and the read to the Comen Plateau, and Italian action towards Trieste and Laibach is now possibla

2419 PRISONERS..

LONDON, May 25. An Italian official report states Heavy fighting continues on the Carso

We carried allther strongly fortified. position and captured 3,500 prisoners, also a network of trenches from the mouth of the Timavo River to eastward of Jamiano, and took possession of the heights between Flandar and Modeaz.m

The couray's defances custward" of Boscomalo were broken and the trenches around Castagnavizza were taken,

We extended our positions on the hill northward of Tivoli ånd drove back the enemy in the Vodice area with heavy loss.

The number of prisoners captur et on the Julian Front since May 14th is 22,419, including 487 officèrš..

THE RUSSIAN TROOPS,

→ IMPROVING MORALE:

MR. BALFOUR W CANADA.

TORONTO, May 26 Mr. Balfour received the heartiest welcome" Thousands greeted him st the railway station and lined the strecta to Queen's Park, where a reception was given by the province and.city.

Replying to addresses by the Promiar and the Mayor, Mr. Falfour said he left of the other side of the border a nation of friends, and he had come to Canada, a great free country, composed not only of friends but of countrymen. The Enipire was brought closer together by the consciousness that for two and half years they had been engaged in grent struggle in which, thank God, all North America were now as one. The whole Empire falt profoundly the agnitude of Canada's efforts, and valued it for itself and for the evidence to all posterity and all the world of what Empire really means.

LONDON, May 26. There is a strong losire that Mr. Balfont should visit Alberta, Saskatobe- wan, and British Colombia.

SLAY FREDOMINANCE IN AUSTRO-HUNGARY,

GERMAN FEARS.

AMSTERDAM, May 35. German paper ascribe the downtail of Count Tisza to the new policy aiming as the triple administrative system in Austria, whereby a third of the State PETROGRAD, MAY 25.will be Slay, namely, Polish or Polish General Russky arrived after relin. Czech quishing his command. He spoke hape. The papers declare this Austria-Hun- fully of the improving plore of the gary will thus becuase overwhelmingly troops, their fraternising with the enemy Slay, which would seriously damage

Germany.. having stopped.

SUBMARINE WARFARE.

FRENCH VIEWS.

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Paris, May 23, The Chamber discussed the sub- marine warfare..

THE COTTON SPINNERS' DEMAND.

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""MANUFACTURERS' ANTICIPA.

⚫TIONS.

LONDON, May 26.

It is estimated that fifty bombs were

They were severely engaged over the Channe

The cotton manufacturers in Lanca The Minister of Marine agreed An eye-witness heard heavy firing and with Mr. Lloyd George and Load shire, Yorkshire, Cheshire and Derby- shire booked erders at Manchester to Milner tit submarines will not day for foreign and home trade at prices tan peculiar-looking aeroplanes

With the captured ton-based upon a ten per cent, increret in maneuvring as a great height. Shells beat us." were bursting round them, and one

ange and the fonnage pareiased and wages to 230,000 cotton weavers, on the machine nose-tired suddenly as though constructed, the Allied und Neutral assumption that the weavers to-morrow hit. Inter heary facing was heard seatomage at the beginning of 1917 was will accept ten per cent, increase instead

about the same as at the commerce of holding out for a twenty per cont

mens of the war, Our total" losses advance.

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› waril.

Other reports indicate that the raiders

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British and three hostile aeroplanes iu In an engagement between one of the

Mi-Channel, one of the latter was destroyed.

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Two large twin-engined hostile ma- chines, were shot down in the course

of several encounters off the Belgian

during the first four months of 1917 | might be put at 2 million tons, and

con-

(Continued on page `3.)

OUR SPLENDID WOMEN.

of the English speaking peoples. The termen daily newspapers have covered a wide area, penetrating some British have shown tact and consiensed publication simpe the out-distance inland and scattering bombs ation for American feeling and they

promiscuously.

taking account of the rate of con- have been most scrupulous ou all break of the war.

AIR FIGHT IN MID-CHANNEL |struction, without being unduly The Admiralty reports:-Our ma- optimistic, our losses for the year, chines in the evening engaged over the if the submarine warfare is sea several of the enemy aircraft return-tinned with the same intensity, ing from a raid in England.

would be 4 million tons. Our total With the

81.000 AT WORK. Allies restricting imports we can with is. over 40,000,000 tons.

the present tonage mees all the

Women's part in the engineering side requirements of the country and of the war is shown as an exhibition Parlia opened by Mr F. Kellaway, MP resume the transport of war material. mentary Secretary, to, the Ministry of The Minister pointed out that the Munitions, at the Royal Colonial sinkings to May 3rd had markedly Institute, Northumberland avenue W. C. sxhibition contains official photo decreasel, being only 200,000 tons. All our machines returned infely.

taken sty the

the factories and He gave statistics showing that the ENEMY AERODROME BOMBED.

samples of work. One interesting section German blockade was never effec show the various parts of engines used The Admiralty announces that Nayal tive, since the French ports received in Tanks, and another the most recent aeroplanes attacked the aurodrome at St all the ships they could accom-inventions in shell fuses, hand

grenades. bullet proof

belmets, body armour, and

If does not over... dropping many bombs.

thing needed by the country.tax their

strength, During March 4th, 200,000 tons to women," said an expert engineer Foods entereg French ports yesterday. In one place a woman of and 4,300,000 tons in April. On the distinguished family worked 34 hours a contrary, practically nothing had ener coachman worked in the LIDO on bombs, beginning at 7 LM. tered German porta. It was therefore LONDON, May 25.

factory. untrue to assert that submarinism Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re would win the War. The Minister "ports ---We repulsed maids last night described the defense against b northward of Gouzeaucourt and east-marines, including the improved arms

LATER.

.

The owners of the Brgono deny

coast.

both sides feel that they have gained the report thut the vessels has been Denis. Westram yesterday morning morate. These had brought every aerial torpedoen werk mes amies

д

truer " perspective. President torpeted and state that, the vessel Wilan's League of Nations plan is safe in barbour.

not

has been disessei formally but not conclusively. The German plan of a grent Middle European Empire has been fixesiasel and attention has been, directed to the necessity of the" com. pleto restoration of Rumania Sarbia and Montenegro as a counter. New Russia's opposition to conquest and icdemnity ik

considered antagonistic. All the changes proposed are on a basis of nationality or the The Bri return of the lost provinces. Mahers have expressed their confidence that all will turn out well with Russia The restoration of Poland and the situations in Ireland and

Far Mexico have beeu" discussed. reaching understandings have been arrived at in trade matters. Generally,

STRIKES IN FINLAND.

PETROGRAD, May 20, There are many strikes in Finland, ecjälly amongst agriculturalists.

ADJOURNMENT OF BRITISH

PARLIAMENT.. «

Loxbox, May 29. The House of Commons had adjourned til June 5 and the of Lords to June 12. House

DROUGHT IN CENTRAL CHINA.

SHANGHAI, May 26., The drought in Central China is

the United States will give the Allies affecting the rice crep and a famine

preferential treatment incommerce, is feared.

but details

cannot be divulged

oving to the fact that Congress bu not

psssed

the necessary

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TORNADO IN ILLINOIS.

CHICAGO, May 27. »

legislation. A joint allied buying com- mission is expected to result in assurÍR g., A tornado swept over a number of uniform prices to all the Allies, to towns in southern Illinois. The dead prevent extortion and to secure eco-are estimated at 75. Hundreds were nomical and scientific distribution of injured and thousands are homeless.. supplies. America will co-operate, as far"

a pogible, in maintaining the Britiab blockade. Americs will participate, through the Consuls, in rationing Hol land and Scandinavia. Except that a system of export Licenses will be intro duced in this connection, the British system will, as far as possible, be main tained and moans will be taken to Frevent American products reaching

TO PROTECT SOLDIERS' EYES.

It

... BRITISH PROGRESS.

GERMAN RAIDS REPULSED.

work of Armentieres,

of

Wemen have done marvellous work as the exhibition shows

Mr. Kellaway said that in the first summer of the war about 221,000 women only were at work in inition factories ment of patrols, the training of last January there were over 601,000. A We have slightly improved our posi-merchant officers as gunners and the at 471 different processes, but it was im few months since women were working tion on the right bank of the Scarpe. establishment of wireless and aviation possible to give the figures to-day as There has been increased hostile stations on the consts. He stated that they would have to cover practically the artillery firing between Croiseller antall French merchantmen would be whole engineering and chemical trades. the Scarpe.

armed by Oetober. ·..

SUCCESSFUL BRITISH RAIDS,

Loxbox, May 201 Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reporta:-

Our line was advanced slightly to-day westward and northward of Fontaine-lez-Croiselles.

We carried out a successful raid early this morning north-westward of Wytsehaste and secured' prisoners.

There were many air reconnais- ances and bombing raids were car- ried out On Friday five Germún. aeroplanes were brought down and Eve were driven down...

Five of ours are missing.

FURTHER FRENCH GAINS.

LONDON, May, 26,

A French communiqué states: Two successive attacks against our salients east and weat of Cerny proved resultless We attacked on both sides of Mont Corvillet, considerably extending our positions.

We captured 120, prisoners..

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BOYS OF THE "BIRKENHEAD " BREED.

SINKING OF THE TYNDAREUS.

It was inevitable, ways a Home paper that sooner or later the fact should become known that the commanding officer who displayed-such gallantry in AN AMAZON BATTLESHIP.

the mining of the transport Tyndareus "So wide in the scope of women's off the coast of Cape Colony was Colonel labour," said Mr Kellaway, that a pro-John Ward, the Labour M.P. for Stoke- minent engineer has expressed his firta on-Trent In the earlier reporte it THA conviction that, given two more years of admitted that the Middlesex Battalion ¿Paris, May 25.

war, he would undertake to build & bat. was commanded by a member of Parlia It is officially announced that tleship from keel to serial entirely by ment, then somebody stated that the well-known Labour man,, during the week ending May 20th woman labour. We have assembled in man wa the arrivals were 901 and the sail this hall examples of some of the most and if we pot two and two together and

There was one yessel technical processes in engineering pro-consulted an Army List the identity be ings 1,010.

duced entirely by women who, eighteen came obvious. Manchester has some sunk above 1,000 tons and two months ago, knew no more about eng little interest in the fact, because as a below. Three vessels were unsucneering than the average man does rarvy Colonel Ward worked on the cessfully attacked.

about nursing a baby,"

construction of the Manchester. Ship Women are to-day building high speed Canal, and it is interesting to note engines, he continued rach woman that but for his mother, who died setting her own tools and work. Women six years ago and to whom he was building, guns and gun-carriages, pasmonately attached, he might now. including fine fitting work. They are have been a

been a sailor instead of a soldier LONDON, May 25.

much of the work in some shops MP. Mrs Ward was left a widow when The Glasgow shipowner, Mr. Hector on the beginning of the war, was con- and for long she had to support the

Army lorries. The aero-engine the future M.P. was

two years only

old, McNeal, has been appointed Controller sidered a tool room job throughout. In family. When Colonel Ward was seven of all coasting shipping

some shope to-day women fire turning one worked for a farmer at half-a-crown The new controller will arrange for centre lathes to a half of a thousandth a week. He tried to run away to se the transhipment of cargoes from the of an inch- larger linere arriving at the first home ports with cargoes for other destina tious.. It is anticipated that this arrange ment will save much shipping from the submarines

A COASTING SHIPPING

CONTROLLER.

INCENDIARISM IN GERMANY,

AMSTERDAM, May 25, Great firs continue to break out in Germany.

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· KITCHENWAID - ENGINE-DRIVEL

SA ́1, WYNDĒLAM OT- loway Street) ÄRTAKLISERA · 1903

THE MIDDLESEX REGIMINT

By every sign and token, By every lock and, deed, They kept their faith unbroken, Untarnished their creed:

In cruel ocean races They saw their drifting places, But steadfast turped their faces To Death

•) and sang God-speed. There is no desolation, No might on land or sea, That shall ensisvesnation Of meno died at ease: For such souls live for ever, And Hell nor Hell's endca foor Can vanguish or dissever The land that bears us these.

A. G. PRYR-JONES.

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE,

POLICE SCHOOL, 5.45 PM. Tuesday, May 29th Class 13

spector Gordon)

Whinenday, May 30th pector Gract

Thursday, May 31st. Inspector Herr)

but the nary would not have him unlese he secured the consent of his mother was taken to the workhouse, and oven Then he met with a bed accident and ually some kind-hearted visitors, paid ome fare home again. His mother refused Gerrard):

consent to the boy going to ses, so be

typical examples of women's work in the Mr Kellaway gave the following factories

-Twenty-four-women

Friday, June 1st--Class 14 (Tüspeak

(PARADELA 5.45 PM

Tuesday, May 29th. - Ambulance

Wednesday, May 30th-No. 2 Com-

under 16, making air pumpe for the Clergei rotary seroplane engine, in & returned to the farm, became a navvy London workshop. Besides the manager he took part in the railway construeistoon. Also Becruits of all Companie fought in the rocks in the Buda (where only two men, are employed. The finish tion), and on his return to England he ander C.S.Majors ed pomp, contains 3 parts and is on founded the Navvics Union, of which exhibition...

formerly a kitchen- A woman driver, maid, works & 900 hp. Willans plant and attends to a Diessel Engine..

Ata South Wales"works 47 women are unloading loading and healing, bricks and breaking limestone. The men The Middlesex Regiment, whose betta Friday, June 1st.-No. 1 Section" and steel works.

woman in a Scottish boiler shop mined Tyndareas, is one with a remark at all Companies for passing cat be is a smith's striker

there are many to get into the thick gaged. Its batle, NO. 2 PLAZION

able record, as it has generally managed women stokers, and women, are also to

fighting in S.P. (B) it has been employed brick

at praeses, coal crdelning, and kinfiring,

he became geners! secretary. He entered 1915, accepted a captaincy in the Public the House of Commons, and in February, pany undez own Commander.

Thursday, May 1st.No. 8 Company Works Pioneere Battalion, and in May under own Commander. Ne.Secon colonel given a command se lieutenants Water Police Station.

as

American and Canadian wheat to the it provides a firm steel cage before of Brave-en-Laonnois three stroog Ger part of Vilna and the township of leased have doubled the output in the ton beaved so splendidler on board the No. 2 Platoon at Central Also

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One of the many interesting examples of women's work in war time now, being exhibited at the Royal Colonial Institute is a galvanised steel chain visor. hangs on a thin steel rod round the front of the stoel belmet and forms a complete covering for the eves and nosa, being firms dealing regularly with the enemy.strate to each side of the head, and ther

tightly

The latest include the gutting of stratched

from the noso

back

the Moabit goods station in Berlin, A deficite understanding has been fastened by hoolat sttached to the leather An official report states After in in which tanks of petrol, hydrogen, reached in the matter of the sale of strap of the helmet. When adjusted most violent bombardment north-westfc exploded the destruction of

thegyes, and is

clicient Allies through the Allied wheat ex protection spainst fine

man columns assaulted the salient north Osjory, near Grodno, and a con- splinters ocutive, but the details will not be of shrapnel. The vision is now material of Chemin des Dames and succeeded, agation in the station and basket published at present because of they interfered with by the steel mesh of after suffering sanguinary losses, in factory in Halle effect such publication would have on be carried or without raising gaining a lodgement at some points in Incendiarism is suspected:

it. If the advanced trench. & the market. The munitions control necessary either eye can be uncovered Immediate counter-attacks, however, by unhooking the chain from the bar will be sunilarly centralised Tbs and aiding the visor along the steel bar recaptured most of these points. Unites States is considering the British and ther booking the chain on to the

the

helmet. When not in use it brim of invitation that permanent representa is hooked on to the top of the helmet. tives of all the Allies should sit on The visors are made by women, and are RUSSIANS FRUSTRATE THE TURKS commissions in London, including built up by band link by link, abour

the

four square inches of mesh representing

- wheat, matitions, shipping and general an hour's work.". Some thousands of the

We brought back 55 prisoners and

two machine-gunaan

aupplies commissiona. Besides the above, visors are now in use, and, it is thought & Russian official report, transm

(RAK) [tany" will prove effective in premsving by

the most important military and naval the men's eyes, especially daring bombe

svarahon, bàs been arranged

attacks.

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