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WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1918.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Pagi 1.)`

THE

GREAT BATTLE.

SITUATION WELL IN HAND.

WILL IT DEVELOP INTO A GENERAL BATTLE?

THE ENEMY'S EXCELLENT, ADVANTAGE.

Tisnox, May 28. Benter's Correspondent. at French Houd parter, telegraphing af noon on the 27th, describing the German renewal of operations, says the Crown Prince's forces, probably commanded by Generals Fans von

Below and von Boelin, started them mi dawn and launched an attack after liberal bombardment throughout the first part of the night.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

'STRONG ENEMY ATTACKS DEVELOPING;

LONDON, May 27. Fiell Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports

Strong hostile attacks preceded by a bombardment of great intensity, de veloped this morning on wide fronts against the British and French between Rheims and Soissons and against the French between L'Oere and Yourmezeale. There was considerable bostile artillery activity on Sunday and at night, on the

British Front..

BIG ATTACK ON FRENCH FRONT.

get LONDON, May 27.

A French communiqué says During the latter balf of the night the Germans very violently bombarded the entire regibu between Forest Pinon and Rheims.

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The enemy, this morning, attacked on

very wide front bezween these two points. The French and British troops are resisting the German drive with their customary gallantry. The battle is progressing.

THE AMERICANS' IMPRESSION OF

THE BOSCHE.

LONDON, May 27, Reuter's Correspondent at American Headquarters show that the Germans bank on attacking fairly heavily at certain points of the American sector.

The Allied Comunandets have the situation well in hand and are wait. ing to see whether the attack is purely a demonstration in forve, ar whether it will develop into getrenil huttle. Possibly the enemy is ere. ly endeavouring to attract the Allied reserves while concentrating he forces for u min attack chewbere. inffered considerable losses The action In one of these fights the Americans

The ground on the greater part of was, of course, fought under conditions the line of attack incities Chemin-imposed by the enemy and on ground which the Americans considered tacti- des-Times, where the Germaus tally unsound. The Germans sent over thrown back hot year. The British and French are fighting in at harmonious comradeship. The enemy have the advantage behind their lines of an excellent system of rail ways by which they are enabled to

heavy barrage and enfiladed the Americans on either fanks. The latter of ground, and inflictedt vary severe fought like fiends not yielding an inch losses. The American impression of the Bosche is "He is yellow when cornered," but they don't underrate his gna.

The Americas bai their first experi bring up troops from the far rear.ence of mustard shels but, disarming It is hardly prebuble that they in-as these were, the prime poison gas, tend to make this memet into a phosgene, outdid their imagination of murderous devily, Invisible gas being principu atsekinless they are very used, the explosion of gas-shells is sheeessful in pushing forward and unnoticed amid the surrounding dia... capturing territory in the first rush. Whatever progress they are able to register enunot be of great military importance.

GERMAN DIVISIONS REFUSE TO GO TO THE FRONT.

MANY HANGED.

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Moscow, May 28, Two Cerma, Divisions at Drinsk have refused to leave for the French Frout. Several soldiers have been Hinged, and dozens condermed to penal servitude for life.

LONG-RANGE BOMBARDMENT. OF

PARIS.

CWIZENS NOT PERTURBED BY RESUMPTION.

PARTS, May 28. The Parisians are not alarmed atj the resumption of the long-range: bombardment," which

far bus effected very slight damage.

THE GERMAN BULLY.

DUTCH SHIPS SEIZED.

حية

NO SAFE-CONDUCTS GRANTED.

AMSTERDAM, May 28. In pursuinee of the policy of not permitting Dutch ships to suil, even to a neutral destination without safe conducts, which Germany is relus- ing to issue until Holland comes to termos, Germany has seized and taken to Swineminde three vessels bound from Rotterdam to Stockholm.

THE DUTCH ELECTIONS.

"TY-TWO WOMEN SEEK

SEATS,

AMSTERDAM, Muy 28. Twenty-two women, representing nine different parties, are candidates for the Dutch Parliamentary elee tions fixed for July 3rd

COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN SIBERIA..

COSSACKS AND BOLSHEVISTS AT GRIPS

COPENHAGEN, May 28 According to the Swedish news

FIERCE FIGHTING."

LONDON, May 27. Reater's Correspondent at Briniair Headquarters, telegraphing to day. Farly this morning the enemy heavily bombarded great depths of the line

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and Westoutre and their infantry attacked at half-past four.

The Germans are apparently attempt ing to recover the ground which the French took on the 20th around L'Ocre and La Clytte. It is reported they have made alight progress at places.

THE CHINA MAIL.

GREAT BRITAIN'S BUBMARINE CRUISERS.

'THE ALAY MOVEMENT IN AUSTRIA.

DEPUTATION TO EMPEROR KARL

LONDON, May 272 The sinking of a German submarine cruiser in the Atlantie is receiving great

AMSTERDAM, May 17, attention as it is the first published: The importance of the South Star evidence that Great Britain also possesses movement in Austria is evidenced by submscines capable of cruising far afield. ' Vienna telegram reporting that Elmi- Mr. Archibald Hurd writes: It is roperor Karl and Premier Seidler have secret to the Germans that soon after received deputations, one of the the outbreak of war numerous large Slovene-Staker party which advocates submarines Were "Laid down in the maintenance of the Austriap Im- Great Britain and many have been perial System and the other of the hunting pirates for mouths past. They Styria, Carniola and Triests Germans, have not merely been most successful in Both emphasised the danger of the fighting the U-boats, but they have South 1 propaganda and the proved most useful ir convoy work and arcessity of encouraging the German have greatly contributed in unnerving element. The Emperor, replying, said the German crews who are now finding the grounds of racial friction must be that the cruiser submarines, which are Germany's last bope, bring instaed in State institutions, the dras frame removed but whatever change occurred danger to them personally owing to work of the State must not be loose their nawieldiness and slower submered, the sacred inheritance of a glorious

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LONG RANGE BOMBARDMENT OF

PARIS RESUMED,

PARIS, May 27. After an interval of several weeks the long-range bombardment of Paris. was recommenced to-day.

DISCHARGED SOLDIERS,

SIXTY PER CENT. RETURN TO OLD PROFESSIONS.

LONDON, May 17. Mr. G. H. Roberts, the Labour Minis- ter, speaking at Smethwick and referring to demobilisation, said that 400,000 discharged soldiers had already been dealt with, of whom sixty per cent had returned to their old employers.

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EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.

THE FRANCO-GERMAN AGREEMENT.

LONDON, May 27. publishes details of the Franco-German The Clonera International, Red Crosa

Agreement for the exchange of prisonera and appeals to the remaining belligerents

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conclude similar agreements. military prisoners shall be exchangeable including the following rules-All after eighteen months, and no civilians shall be made prisoners and deportations shall be abolished.

NAYY AND MERCHANT BËRVICE,

· ADMIRAL WEMYSS ON THEIR

CLOSE RELATIONSHIP.."

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past must be preserved. The& overn- ment would, therefore, combat to it utwost agitations menacing the strength and unity of the State.

His Majesty admitted that much in the conditions and national culturs! development of the individaal races sad the monarchy nanded improvement, but solution was only possible

within Austrian: limīte. There must act be the slightest prejudice as to the bistoric

THE FRAWLEY COMPANY IN

*THE GREAT DIVIDE.”.

In some ways the piece presented by the Frawley Co. Lt evening was their beat. It was an old story, one of man and woman, of passion and of hatred, but at the same time the story of the triumph of love. Most of the work of the aren ing fell on Miss K. Browns-Docker sa “Ruth Jordan" and on Mr. S. A. Forbes

"Stephen thest," and these two, by the cleverness of their acting, were the making of the story. In Miss Decker's acting in the first act, one saw first of all the light-hearted, home-loving girl in Southern Arizonan homs, Probably

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HONGKONG WAR

BONDS DRAWING

the wholsstory was when Rith was at one of the most touching incidents of

the hands of drunken men and especially when hy one she was taken away. This was a dificult piece of acting, but the picture of a women suffering for the preservation of þer bonour and yet

The sale of tickets has proceeded so satisfa willing to carry out her promise even at

torily that the Committee is now able to indicais the sacrifice of this, was most cleverly drawn by Miss Decker. Throughout & provisional allocation of the 3 big prizes and the the whole piece she stands out as a 100 smaller prizes

PRIZES!

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Woman struggling against fearful odda peculiarities of different to remain trus to herself and bèr

States, the firmness of their union or the unity and strength of the mon- archy. He exhorted the deputations Bot be anxious last gitation against the maintenence of these principles should spread unhindered.

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The prizes given below are, as already advised.

obligations. It is, of course, a matter of subject to the amount available for distributi opinion, but she is considered to have being the sum of $500,000,

achieved last night her greatest success in the Colony, even greater than the other evening in "Tiger Rose"

To MT. Forbes. as her husband greMA praise is also due. As an actor we liks | him; be obtained a pince in cur eisima- tion when he made us roar withflwrighter in "It pays Advertise," and each oven-

The Emperor, addressing a deputa tion of the German Women's League of Styria, said a great and important share was destined for the German people in Austris worthy of its great schieraments in the war for the right fof the Germian people and the con-

ditions requisite for the preservationing bebas confirmed the first impressions. and development of their nationality But last night he was at his best. As a industria would never be prejudiced, man gambling for a woman for whom he had no love, and later as a man struggling for the love of the mme woman who had no love for him, he gave to us one of the finest piecca of acting ever seen in this Colony. TEO other members of the east were but few Moscow, May 21.

in dumber and had but little to do, but foodstuffs and the constant increase of

The refusal of the peasants to provide it is only their due to say that the little the anti-Government bourgeois sie. they did was well done. The first two ments in the villager were discomed at scenealog cabins in Southern Arizona meeting of the Executive of the were very prettily staged: In all Boriate.

President Svardloff aid that if the successit is a pity that the house waye last night's production was a

Bolshevik authorities did not wish to

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

EXCITING THE POOR AGAINST THE RICH.

be surprised they must combat the was tidli LONDON, May 27. dangerous coalition of the pesante The First Sex Lord of the Admiralty, and bourgeoisie by exciting, the poor Admiral Wemyss, speaking at the Man-against the rich thas provoklog civil sion House at the Centenary gathering war as they did in the towns.

A BOLSHETIK WARNING.

from south of Tpres Canal to Ouderdom of the British and Foreign Sailors The Executive adopted a resolution Society, referred to the close relationship proposed by M. Sverdicff that it was which the present war had reatored urgent to-arm-the poor peasants to between the men of the Merchant Service fight the surak bourgeoisie. puw the Navy, He said that 200,000 merchant sailors and 80,000 fishermen we at present serving under the White Ensign, who had bean assimilated standing the depletions and the into the fighting Fleet and, notwith

tremendous dificulties which the Mercantile Marine had sufered, it had continued business as undauntedly as the Naval men whose morale was better than ever, despite submarinic warfare.

there is no to assume that the Fierce fighting is progressing but present operation is more than a local bas designed to restors or improve the enemy's positions as Scherpenberg and Mont Rouge.

The Belgians have defeated all the German attempts to" push back their defences between Ypres and Holthurst Forest.

The weather is fairly fine and clear in Flanders.

NAYAL AIRMEN'S EXPLOITS.

AUSTRIAN BASE OF CATTARO BOMBED.

AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS.

BUTTER SURPLUS.

MELBOURNE, May 27.

In the House of Representatives it was announced that the sale of next year's exportable sirplus of batter to the Imperial Government is being. negotiated....

THE DEBT OF THE COMMON- WEALTH

Moscow, May 27, .. The Pranta, the Bolshevik organ, says: "Germany's violation of the Brestlitoval Peace will inevitably face the Government with the necessity of taking advantage of the military aid of one Imperialist group against the other."

UKRANIAH MINISTER ABSCONDS.

AMSTERDAM, May 27

M. Kovaloski, the Minister of Agricul- tum of the late Ukranian Government, ha absconded with five million rouble

MR. ROBERTS ON WORK AFTER THE WAR.

DECENT EXISTENCE.” FOR ALL WILLING WORKERS."

If industrial strife were to succeed after the war the recovery of the country would not only be retarded but the fall of the British Empire would follow, said Mr. G. E. Roberts, Minister of Labour, at Exeter.

Speaking of demobilisation, Mr. Roberts said he hoped to find work for every demobilised man within four weeks of his discharge

Rather than a man should

be unemployed he would keep him longer in the Army. Eminent economists had been considering the problem at the request of the Government, and it wan known there would be tremendous for employment after the war, and the Ministry was doing its best to see that the country had all available supplies. Some people thought we should share our materials with Germany after the war, but he did not subscribe to that

doctrine.

There could be so going back on the THE SAND AND GRAVEL QUESTION. past, we had to make substantial advance

and we were going to retain what we) had got

LONDON, May 47. ! The Admiralty reports:--

AMSTERDAM, May 27. Between May 23 and 26 our naval sirmen's operations were hindered by stated that the total debt of the Com- of mand and gravel from Germany to Mr. Watt, the Federal Treasurer, The Telegraaf states that the transit the weather. Nevertheless, wa bombed monwealth was £609,000,000, including Belgium has been resumed. The first Mariakorks and Zeebrugge, where bombs £148,000,000 of Commonwealth War ship has passed Lobith en route to Ghent were observed to fall near the lock-gater Loans, and £19,000,000 of War Loanit and the Canal derivation. We dropped from the Imperis] Government. This nearly three tons of bomba on Bruger docks on the night of the 22nd 23rd represented an annual intérent of

and all our machines returned. In bome waters thoro have been numerous flights in escort, and patrol, and other anti

aabmarine dutier vers carried ong

Submarines were sighted and attacked and caemy mines located.

Allied aircraft successfully bombed direct his on the barracks occupied by the Austrian base of Caitaro, obtaining

submarine crows, where a fire broke out.

AN, ITALIAN VICTORY.

LONDON, May 27.

'£25,000,000.

SCOTLAND'S DETERMINATION.

HER MESSAGE TO THE PREMIER.

'IMPORTANT AFRICAN RAILWAY. COMPLETED.

LONDON, May 27. The Katanga Railway in the Belgian Congo was completed on 22nd May giving through communication by railway from. Capetowa to Bukama on the Upper Congo,

NATIONALIST CONFERENCE IN

IRELAND.

MR. DILLON DENOUNCES SINN FEINERS.

LONDON, May 27.

Mr. John Dillon presided at a Nation

at Conference at Bailieboro, at which

During the coming mouths he was in the way of extension of the Trade going to ask Parliament for larger powers Board system. The Government meant to see that after the war many con- ditions which existed before the war were abolished for all time, and that every honest, willing, worker could gain & decent and tolerable existence. Ee was hopeful that the Ministry of Labour would have powers whereby they could bring under the Trade Board system any trade in the country in which a living wage was not guaranteed.

Then Bit was. proposed to establish Industrial Connois for every trade in the country. These Conncils would be composed of both employers and employ ed, and he hoped that by their means consideration of trade affairs would be for ever remored out of the cockpit of party politics..

The country would be severely tested during the next few months, and food especially would be scarce

AMUSEMENT OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS.

Fifteen more Liberty Theatre have

LONDON, May 21 Before returning to London from Beotland, the Premier, interviewed by the Glasgow Herald, said he was very much impressed by the determination of the Scottish people to see the war. through The message: Scotland · had An Italian official message says: giren him was to "stand fast.” We have consecrated the dawn of our Continuing, the Premier said Scat- fourth year of war with a victory in an Taïd is se firm as her mountains. If operation which continued uninter- there is any change between last year ruptedly on Saturday and Sunday. We and this year is is an even deeper pots stormed Zigolon Mount, the present lake of remive, of absolute quity, quiet it was decided to oppose Sinn Fein basin, and Monticello Pass and inficted determination and subordination of candidate Me Dillon said that though been ordered by the War Department to severe losses. The prisoners, so far, everything to the prosecution of the he did not approve of the arrest of be constructed at various National number 870 and the booty inplaces war. The people of Scotland bad got Grifith, who, was the Sinn Fein candi Guard camps, principally in the South twelve guns and a great quantity of all their minds fixed upon defeating the late for Fast Favan, he believed These theatres, when completed, wi kinds of material

terrible menace threatening the world, the Government had thereby helped by the American Government for the bring the number of theatres operated The enemy twice strongly attacked Ther would decline to consider any Sinn Fein. It would be regarded as amusement of soldiers up to thirty-one. our position et Monte Corno, bat ourth ag else until this is done and they sign of weakness if the Natlogslist can- The new Liberty thostres are design- counter attack, drove him back and

are absolutely rightémo We brought down eight aeroplanes.

didate were withdrawn MrDillon ed especially for theatricstperformanoo. added that Mr. Lloyd George was much The steres will measure 40 by 22 Loot mistaken it he thought the statement and the buildings will be 188 by 60 feet. Stationary: benches will be set up on about the Binn Fein compiracy published the earth doors. Large doors in each AL MADRI, May 27.

Saturday would be accepted as side of the buildings will open upward. King Alfonso, the Premier and other evidence by fair-minded people suywhere gising more space for spectators echte on the side and better ventilation: AMATERDAM, May 27,

Ministers and 50 per cent of the popola in the world Hou of Spain are suffering from an Mr. Dilloc added: "It w absurd to In cold weather each building will be The Frankfurter Zeitung in greatly unknown epidemic. The sparptome are any that I have broken my shliance with heated by sight stoves. concerned over the prospect of severe high fever, pains in the chest and Sisan because all mince Beyog Allied serial reprisals. The paper asks diarrhea. The disease is of a traild oxisted. Taknk God, I am not a Simu. whether Count Hertling would consider nature.

Feiner, sad nerer man to be one

"KERIAL REPRISALE. “

GERMAN PRESS CONCERNED.

STRANGE EPIDEMIC IN SPAIN,

counter - Bevolutionary movement enemy Ln understanding in this counsen serious consequences recommend Government xts in the Ural Mountains, Biberia, con I say, it has always been teed preventive precaction is open seared of

The Comark Header Dutoff, has conviction that the mintary advantages as far as possible. Several theatres have | Foons are

of thesa Exida quikali pesceful homela

Baliard Jokratten, a strong sign of weaknow to suggest to the The few disenan has not yet resolter Sinn an plays into the bands.

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