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FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1918.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Paga 1.)

OFFICIAL REPORTS.

A GERMAN 'COMMUNIQUE.

LONDON, May 8 -A wireles German official report states

We made a successful roconnoitring operation sunthward of Nieuport.

We captured some Belgian pri The forefield engagements SEVERE ONSLAUGHT ON ALLIED on the Somme resulted in the esp. tune of British and French prisoners.

FRONT.

Koners.

The enemy, after strong mining preparations, unsuccessfully attacked both sides of the Corbie-Bray road.

Our fire effectively caught the troops, which are being kept in rendiness. After a further attack

ENEMY PENETRATE AT CERTAIN POINTS. "

LONDON, May 8. 11.16 p.m. Field Marshal Sir Douglas. Haig

during the night southward of the reports:-

On the morning of the 8th thed our counter-attack drove back -enemy launched a strong heal attack tire eiterny "against the British and French be- tween En Clytte and Fremmezeule, After hevy fighting in the centre the attack entered the Allied Trent Jina at eertain points, Fighting con tinues in these localities.

The attruks were repulsed at all other points.

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We advanced our line during the night southward of La Clytic, taking a number of prisoners,

BIG AIR-FIGHTING..

TWELVE MACHINES BROUGHT DOWN.

Loxnox, Jay 8. *Field-Marshal Sir Douglas. Haig, reporting on aviation, sas

We dropped 100 bonbs on difer- ent targets along the rout and

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THE ITALIAN FRONT.

EIGHTEEN MACHINES.

status:--

FET.LEMS.

Lesbos, May 9, A British official report from Italy We have twice successfully mided during the past week, kinig a few Prisoners.

Our artillery carried out several destructive bombardments.

. Our airmen destroyed 17 Lontile machines and brought down another out of control. Several of these fell

bito our lines.

PANEGYRIC ON THE

EMPIRE.

THE CHINA MAIL.

A GLORIOUS RECORD IN WORLD HISTORY.

HEROIC DEEDS IN LETTERS OF GOLD.

LONDON, May 8. Mr. Walter Long, Scoretary of State for the Colonies, presiding at

CONDITIONS IN THE CENTRAL EMPIRES.

STRIKES, SHORTAGE, DIS- TRUST AND DEPRESSION.

HOME RULE BILL.

[TO BE INTRODUCED HEFORE WHITSUN.

LONDON, May 8.

STOCKHOLM, May 9.

In the House of Commons, Mr. The Politikes a Copenhagen eor

Borne Law said he hoped that the respondent interviewed a traveller from the Central Empires who aid Hans Ride Bill would be introduced

Austria, The food shortage is sari- the depression is great, expecially in befors Whitann

ous and internal strife is continuous.

The Social

The.

CONSCRIPTION IN IRELAND.

UNTIL ESTABLISHMENT OF IRISH PARLIAMENT.

LONDON, May 9. From & manifesto issued by the joint Executive Trader. Union Congress and Labour Party is appears the Government

frain from imposing Conscription

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a luncheon to Sir Frederick W. The Czechs, Peles, and South Slavs) tion of Miutster of Crown Lands in win and the cry is "Tong live Wi- Young upon his vacating the post-only desire that the Allies should South Australia, said the Empire o

Strikes are frequent in was a wonderful thing: There never Vienna and Prague. had played! The moment it was Democrats hate Cermany since the whole history of the world. In war Bastlitovsk Pelee Tready, what a marvellous part the Empira German confidence in victory has had played. The moment it was been lessened since the failure toment is fully in existence.

|în Ireland at least until the Irish. Parline

apparent we were going to stake our reached the Channel perts, and a ro very existence on a sacred cause vulsion of seling is probable. The MAJOR-GENERAL BRYAN KAHON, there came from every part of the losses in the ofensive, estimated at world where the British flug flow 600,000 are being conyaled, but

EUMOURED SUPERSESSION.

and awkward questions but one won with the expected reduction of ther hot requests for further information the conditions wit

will become serious

LONDON, May 3, The Daily Chronicle's Dublin cór derful ery of "We are coming "bread and potato nations. There is respondent says it is stated that General cheery, and when they came what intense disappointment that there is Sir Bryan Mahon has been superseded. a pape they had written in the mili- no food frou Ukraine. The resump- tary history of the world! Although)tion of the war by Russia is generally loosely knit the moment the Erupire expected.·

RUMANIA'S PEACE TREATY.

was confronted with a real danger had shown that they were entitled it stood, as one man and all troops to rank with the beroee whose names were written in gull in the Empire's history. He had never doubted the FINAL STAGES FAVOURABLE TO issue, but victory would be obtained only if we pealised the magnitudes of BRITISH CIVILIAN PRISONERS IN the task and the immediate nature.

We also bonbed military targets to the rear of the enemy lines. We lost no, machines.

HOLLAND.

of the difficulties and set our backs

to the wall, determinded that nothing brought down 12 German machines THE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT should overcome us and that no during the alrighting, eight of which i were in a big encounter in the weigh- bourhodil of Ikuai.

None of cuts are inesing.

There

FRENCH ACTIVITY.

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Lospos, Mag 9.·

SPLENDID CO-OPERATION OF

AIR FORCE.

LONDON, May ..

In the House of Commons, Mr. J. F. Hope, replying to Mr. W. E. Hume-Williams (Union'st M.P. for Passetlaw), said that all the 400 British civilian prisoners eligible under The Hague Agreement were

lend.

difficulty would be too great.

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RAILWAY TRAVELLING

RESTRICTIONS,

DRASTIC INCREASES.

LONDON, May 8.

RUMANI

AMSTERDAM, May 9.

A message from Bukharest states

The correspondent describes the suparcession, if true, as a gave blunder because it would be associated with

Ulater and the covenanting anteced- outs of Sir Henry Wilson with the rigid, Frassianism of Lord Milner."

[Major General Sir Bryan Mahon was. {G.U.C. 10th (Irish) Division sines 1914.]

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

COMPANIES.

NO EXEMPTION FOR HONG- KONG COMPANIES,"

telegraphed to the King announcing the Premier, M. Marghiloman, has TAX LIABILITIES OF SHIPPING

the signature of the Peace, Treaty the final stages of which have under. gone favourable changes to Rumanis. Joyalty to the King and Dynasty.

FRENCH COMMENT.

PARIS, Finy "9.

The newspapers comment sadly on

LONDON, May 8.

In the House of Commons, Sir 0. Philippa asked: What will the Treasury lose owing to the recent transference of the ownership of certain British steamers from a company, under the laws of the United Kingdom, to a company register- Mr. Baldwin replied: The place of registration of a vessel is immaterial to the question of liability to United BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA AND Kingdom for income tax of CXCASE

DALMATIA

profits duty, which are chargeable in the profit of any business carried on in the United Kingdom by British, Colonial or forsign owners,

A French communiqué states:--intered in Holland.

Sir Albert Stanley announced in the Rumanian peace treaty but em- was recipes artillery The majority of the officers and the House of Commons that owing phasise that revenge is boing pre-ed in Hongkong activity north and south of the avre. [non-coms, who were captured up too, the enormous increage in railway pured on the battle-felds of France. FIGHTING IN FLANDERS July 30th. 1916, had reached Bol traffic further drastic restrictions would operate immediately. The The exchange agreement worked price of the senson tickets would be Autobationlly and, fresh numbers increased by 10 per cent, within a were becoming eligible by effusion 12-mile radius from Charing Cross TO BE INCORPORATED IN CHOSTILE INFANTRY SWOOPED of time, Germany had rejected the 20 per cent. outside it. The

HUNGARY proposed extension of the Agreement issue of season tickets outside the Ito includo privates who had been in radius mentioned would be discon-

AMSTERDAM, May 0 Lospos, May 8,

eptivity for 18 mouths.

tinned except in the case of scholars, A message from Berlin states the 10.20 p.ra.

apprentices, and privileged railway incorporation of Bosnia, Herzegovina Beuter's Correspondent at British THE MAURICE SENSATION. employés, or unless adequate reasons and Dalmatia in Hungary is fare- Headquarters, telegraphing this even-

for travelling ure shown. No more shadowed us a sop, to Hungary's sup ing. Ray-

reason tickets for under six monthsport for Austria's Polish policy. for journeys over 12 miles would be issued.

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LIBERALE AND UNIONISTS SUPPORT GOVERNMENT.

Losnoy, May 9.

A meeting of the Unionist War.

Following a heavy and continuous bombardment along a wide front in Flanders. the German infantry this morning attacked south of Dicke busch Lake. It was not a very big Committee has decided to support affair. Apparently only a Divisional the Government in the event of a strength of the enetny penetrated division to-tacrrow on the Maurice our front line between the Lake and affair.

Ridge wood. Some, enemy parties It is understood that the Liberal were reported in the eastern fringe Wat "Committee has similarly de of the wood, the greater part of cided. The Labour Party will not which we hold, and which will likely decide before the debate, while the prove very costly to the enemy it Nationalists, who are in Ireland, are be attempte an onrush.;

not e pected to return. We also od Kleine Vierstraat.

It is understood that the: appoint- Fighting continues in fine weather ment of a Judicial Tribunal has been aud with good visibility.

abandoned. The House will debate The sirinen on both sides are very on the advisability of setting up active. Ours are splendidly serving Select Committee of the House of the artillery; swooping and engaging Commons. bostile infantry,

The tactical objective of the opera

tion is apparently to attempt to clear

GERMAN MISSIONARY ENTER-

PRISE IN INDIA.

ENEMY CAPITAL, AND INFLUENCE IN FACTORIES.

WHAT AUSTRIA RECEIVES THROUGH RUMANIAN

TREXTY.

ADMIRALTY ENCOURAGES' CON- CRETE SHIPBUILDING.

LONDON, May 8.

In the House of Commons, Mr. giving every encouragement to building Pretyman stated the Admiralty' was

concrete.ships.

NATURALISATION CERTIFICATES. TO BE REVIEWED.."

LONDON, May 8,

In the House of Commons, Mr. Cave, AUSTELLAM, May 9. the Home Secretary, atated he hoped to introduce next week's Bill for reviewing certificates of naturalisation which the. Dominions had approved.

FURTHER AMERICAN LOAN TO BRITAIN.

the

A message from Pienna says an inspired communication points out that Austria receives 600 square LONDON, May 10. In the House of Commons, reply. kilometres south of Czarnowitz und for Yarmouth), Dr. H. A. L. Fisher tainland. The war damage payment ing to Sir A. Feli (Conservative M.P. 150,000 square kilometres of mour

said there were certain factories in provision primarily relieves South India connected with, well. Romaniane of the destruction known Mission under German wrought in Transylvania... fluence, in which a Swiss agency was GERMAN OCCUPATION OF RIEFF. nearly £1,000,000,000. to secure the elimination of German employed, but steps had been taken

capital and influence from it.

ZURICH, May 9

A meuage from Vienna states a Sir A. Felt: Are not some of these deputation of Kieff Socialista has warned factories run at a great profit? Is the Chief of the German General Staff it certain that the profits are not in Ukraine that the German messurés held in reserve for the Germans might necessitates German occupation interested?

requiring Lot 6 but 26 Army Corps.

60,000 ANARCHISTS IN MOSCOW.

FRENCH COMMENT..

PARIS, May 9, Several newspapers express regret the way for a thrust against Scher: regarding the publication of the penberg from the north-east. It may Maurice letter, and emphasize the prove the beginning of further fierce necessity of maintaining the credit tories were being closely looked into.. fighting in this region.

A PRELUDE TO FIERCE FIGHTING,

LONDON, May 8, The German attack yesterday morning is believed to be an attempt to clear the way for a thrust towards Scherpenberg from the north-east and is possibly the prelude to re newed Berce fighting,

of the leaders of the Allies and also

the unity of the Allies in view of the renewal of the German offen- sive...

AMERICAN NAVAL MEN ENTERTAINED.

AMERICA WILL STAY WITH BOTH FEET.

LONDON, May 9,

Dr. Fisher replied that the fag-

EX-KING CONSTANTINE.

Zunion; May 9, The ex-King Constantine's condi- tion is improving.

GERMAN SOCIALISTS SENTERCED,

SEQUEL TO THE PEACE STRIKES

'A' semi-official message from Paris

AMSTERDAM, May 9 says, the front of the attack, La

A thousand Americary Naval ED Twelve German Independent Social Clytte-Voormezeeks is less than two here entertained at the Nationalists have been sentenced at Leipzig to milen distant from La Clytte and Sporting Club. Sir Faderick Smith imprisonment for terms ranging from constitutes a hinge on this front with said he was glad the Americans were eighteen months to twelve years for the line running north and south to the spirit of the people and inter alin calling strike for pasce in bordering the Flanders hills. The the sacrifice they was prepared to make February and September, 1917. Line Lu Clytte Vormezeele.com

to secure the victory of Democracy. mands an unbroken plain leading to Admiral Sims said America bad come Poperinghe, six miles west of Ypres/ in with both fest and wolld stay in If the enemy pierce the line, thus with both feet till she fanshed the war. alanking Ypres from the South; Germany only hope of winning the the evacuation of the latter will be war was submarines but since April lant „come a delicate operation, although rearthesinkings were steadily increasing it in at present not difficult. The and the curve of the building programme High Command is bound' Condor WA Alesnding. These Chaves would

entualition in its lonté cross Turbin – fostnight, and we won

defence. were

to the interests of

The frermans yesterda

be increasing par shipbuilding, instead.

6f the abmarines decreasing it? many know that and thre: forms making a tineperate.

Front. It was bet

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OPERATION. RA

LONDON, May 9 enada has been operater for

Ha i progressing

THE ALLYER MARKET

Market is steady!

WASHINGTON, May 7 The United States has further loaned to Great Britain £15,000,000, bringing the total advanced to Great Britain to

GERMANY REQUISITIONS STORES PROM FINLAND.

** COMPULSORY MILITARY

SERVICE ENFORCED."

PARIS, May 8: It is reported from Helsingfors that į Germany is requisitioning all petrol metals, coffee, tobacco, leather, textiles and rubber is Fiolaad and" is "slao ZURICH, May 9. ming control of the Customs, Mendapat salada a retaining in bond all Entente mer. The Kisf newspaper states that chandise; also enforcing compulsory anarchists in Moscow have secreted military service, great quantities of munitions, including mountain-guns and machine-guna. The Bolshevista vainly demanded their urrender. After fighting: all day they stormed the munition depots and arrested 400 anarchists whom they imprisoned in the Kremlin.

The newspaper estimates that there are 60,000 anarchists in Moscow, which the headquarters of the principal anarchist organdations.

THE LABERATION OF FINLAND.

-A GERMAN EXOUSE FOR

PLUNDER SI

AMSTERDAM, May 8.

là thà

yer declared

Germ

"IRISHMEN FOR THE FRENCH ARMY.

A SUGGESTION.

LONDON, May T suggested that Irishmen be allowed to In the House of Commons, Mr. Falle

enlist in the French Army

Mr. Bonar Law replied that he diff not think the suggestion was practicable.

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