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TRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1918,

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page 1)

THE

GREAT BATTLE.

THE CHINA MAIL.

A RESUME OF THE BATTLE

PRICE PAID FOR ENEMY

SUCCESS.

THE ITALIAN FRONT.

RAID BY YORKSHIRE TROOPS.

LONDON, Jure 12,

LONDON, June 13, The newspapers state that it is

foolish to attempt to minimise the FRESS CORRESPONDENTS' ground, where every blometre is signifiennes of the eneing's gain of

REPORTS."

ast valuable, but they point out MEMORABLE INCIDENT OF THE hiring their programe, and is

that the Geornate are very for from

will be necessary to straighten ther FRENCH CAVALRY FIGHT FORfline, winke Correspondents agree that.

32 HOURS.

FIGHTING..

Losnos, June 19. Reuter's Correspondent at French telegraphing this

Headquarters, (moming, saya

J

MAT.

“MORE AIRTHDAY HONOURS.

LONDON, JUDA 10... The Gazette contains the an nouncement of a number of Firth-

Barurliston.

A British Italian communiqué,day Honours for services in connec dated the 11th inst, states:- tion with the war. There are a The Yorkshire troeps, mude a sucnumber of Companions of the Bath, cessful raaf, taking i prisoners and including Major-Genet NW inflicting, considerable casualties.

Our air force destroyed 2 znemy aeroplanee since our last report.

turn. Four of our machines have failed

AUSTRIAN BATTLESHIP: BUNK. their guerifices have been greater

BASE, June 19. than in any previous battle of the It officially admitted in Vienna, For the first time, indeed, that the battleship Sentistran waa since March, they have been effectorpriced and sunk in the Adriatic tively counter-attacked with a swift-us night-time. ness which gives their "storm " The enemy's main effort yesterday troops no chance to rest. Dae Cor-are uússing. on the Fe of Chetincourt-Macbe respondent estimates that the Ger Mont-Betancourt was a complete mans have thrown 100,000 new failure. Under the fire of our troops into buttie during the last 24 machine goma and artillery the Ger-hours and six or eight Divisions have man hifantry waves besitateal and already withdrawn broken. Such is yolet buck.

the price paid in the eneing's relent-

..

In the centre the Germans gained less pursuit of sucCESS, momenty possession – of Mache That the enemy's serves are not Mont, but were ejected by a French finexhinstible is proved by the fact

counter-attack.

It is

Several officers and 80 of the crew

THE ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE

MR. BALFOUR'S TRIBUTE TO JAPAN'S LOYALTY AND CO-OPERATION.

LONDON, June 12.

As a luncheon in the House of

HONOURS FOR EASTERN MEN.

LONDON, June 10.

The following names appear in a further list of Birthday promotions and appointments: ----

C.B.E..

Mr. W. H. Steel. Acting Manager al the Peking-Mukden line. M.B.E.

Mr. S. Evans, Acting Deputy Naval

Store Officer, Hongkong.

LORD PHILLIMORE MADE A PEER.

Ang LONDON, June 12 The Hon. Lord Phillimore, ex-Lord Justice, has been raised to the peerage

ROYAL SILVER WEDDING.

SHOWER OF GIFTS FOR QUEEN MARY'S NEEDLEWORK GUILD.

Lesbos, June 12

now known that die Crown Prince has already Cohons to the Japanese Ambus- that the Termaans began the battle been forced to borrow four Divisions 'with 14 Divisions, witch were all from the Bavarian Crown Prince i

sador and, the delegates attending On the occasion of the Royal Silver engage up the first day. The attack Bupprecht.

the International

Parliarventary Wedling. Her Majesty the Queen it was through these Commercial Congress, Mr. Balfour hus promised to accept, a Shower in the evatre, along the Valley of the thit the enemy captured the villages said that cirvist Britain and Japan of Gifts to Queen Mary's Needle Matz, which was the most sucess of Mery, Belicy and St. Maur ful, was entrusted to five Divisions. #enerally speaking the battle posi

in wir had no differences of opinion. work Gail on behalf of the soldiers including some of the enemy's best tine at present is that the French divergence in an und no arrière and sailors. troops and one Guard and one Chas-tuve, held in the centre, but have penser which either was unwilling to saur Division.

fallen ick a little on their right.

confess to the other. (Clieers.) This They's main jorbire on The situation of the French between the busis of the true pational the first day was a block of wooded the Ose and the Aise is becoming Alliance, which had lone so much Confidence in the Anglo-Japanese hills between the Oise and the "Matz, icult us the woed salient of for the peace and advancement of the which is turned by an advance down which Noyon is the apex is enufaworld and would bear sich fruit in the Mnaz Valley, After three days'ed and the enemy is threatening the hard fighting he reached the first high rund from Noyon to Compiegne.world in the East. He was sure that future for the higher interests of the day's objective in this quarter. Tha There will be une very costly fight the exigencies of the conflict re- second day's objective was the citying, however, before the termins at Compeigna, which is still for away succeed in fenching Compiegne.

quired us to call upon our Allies ter

as she always has done, up to her GERMAN METHODS OF TRADE full obligations. (Chedis.) -

and has not been brought nearer by The strength of the French resist.make fresh efforts Japan would live, yesterday's fighting, The most ance has delighted the Parisians, memorable incident of the battle was wiw, though confident that Paris will the defence of Plemant by cavalry- not be reached, are energetically men. This hill was the main French pushing preparations to defend the

ENEMY'S SMALL GAINS.

observatory post on the Lassigny capital. sector and was defended by dis mounted Cuirassiers, a few hundred i etrong, who held out against an in- cessant German attack from f'w'clock

on Sunday morning until midday on Alonday. The Commander sent wireless messages hourly, saying the defenders were still holding out

Pants, June 12. A semi-official message. duted to day, states:--

It is emphasised that all the Dominions are contributing and that Her Majesty will welcome the offer

tres will be formed to collect gifts ings of English women. Local con and money.

AN EX-LORD- MAYOR CHARGED.

COMMUNICATING INFORMA- TION USEFUL TO ENEMY.

Taxpox, June 12 Sir Joseph. Jonas, who was Lord charged at Bow Strock with con- Mayor of Sheffield in 1901, has been

Balfour said German methods of municating information useful to an

In the course, of his speech Mr.spiracy by obtain trade were a part of her policy of enemy and relating to a prohibited This made them place, between September 1918 and more dangerous than mere trade June 10th, 1918. He was remanded civalry, to which we never objected. till the 10th on £2,000 bail, (Cheers.) Germany was trying to use her manufacturing power to

...world domination.

The enemy's advance on the right practically exalare the rest of the bank of the Oise is bound to tell on world. That was the problem which the other bank. We will probably must be met and solved, The last message was sent when the, he obliged to bring our positions on hill was surrounded and consisted of the two banks into lire. That is the ore word "Fortus,meaning, "We are done for. The Cuirassiers Buc cumbed to the twentieth attack in

32 hours,

In the Matz Valley a amck Ger-

only advantage the Germans gained yesterday.

IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

man Chusseur Dizision were cut to MR. LONG WELCOMES DELEGATES.

pieces; the Guards also. suffered very heavily.

GERMANY DREADS ECONOMIC WAR.

FOREBODINGS OF ENEMY MERCHANTS.

PRUSSIAN FRANCHISE BILL

A COMPROMISE PROVIDED.

votes.......

“AMERICA'S IDEALISTIC

OBJECTS.

IMPORTANT IDDNESS BY

· FRESIDENT WILSON.

LONDON, June 11, Addressing a "group of distinguished

Mexican editors and journalists, who are touring the United States, at the White House, President. Wilson empha- sised American friendship towards, Maxico He said that his own policy towards Mexico was based on the

to interlore in anyway in Mexican principle that America was not entitled

internal affairs. United States troops

to assist Mexico to get rid of a man had been sent to blasico only in order

who was making the settlement of Mexican affairs temporarily impossible. Allading to the German attempts to

make trouble between the United States and Mexico, President Wilson instanced the fantastic statement în a Mexican paper that thirteen American battle ships had been sunk off Cape Chesapeake. The influence of the

United States for the time being, and he hoped it would not be for a short time, Was sosnew bat perrasive of the affairs of the world. He believal it was pervasive" because less powerful nations were coming to believe that America's sincere desire was disinterested service. The proident said: "We are champion of those cations which have not had is military standing which would enable them..to compete with the strongest. „nations of the world, and we look forward to the time, which I hope will come when we can give substantial evidence not only that we do not want

Nothing had stirred America so deeply would not accept anything out of it." anything out of this war but that wa

as the assurances that the war, as far sa they were concerned, was for idealistic objects. Nothing that he bad said in hia recent address in New York on the occasion of thesending of of the American Red Cross campaign had arauzed so much enthusiasm a his statement that America meant to stand by Russia just as firmly ss she would stand by France, Great Britain or any other Ally. That

The United States could tot make was an example of America's attitude.

ything out of standing by Russia at European nation, as far as America wa concerned, and the one with which the United States had the least connections În trade and advantage. Yet the people of the United States rose to that sugges tion as to no other that he had made in that address.

present Russia was the most remote.

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE BATTLE.

WONDERFUL FEATS BY BENNE

SZIRMEN.”

ENEMY MACHINES DESTROY EACH OTHER

Losnos, June 11 Router's correspondent as the Briti

fine has

AMSTERDAM, June 12. After emphasising that his beatery The Prussian Lower House has had been gladly admitted to every again rejected the equal suffrage establishment in America that they Clause in the Reform Bill by 285 had wished to see and had been votes to 184, but has accepted a

shown just what America was doing, President Wilson proceeded to explain compromise by which certain persons why America was doing what he is do will be provided with two extra ing "We are doing it," he said,

·AMSTERDAM, June 12. The German fear of an ecanonic

so that you may never berenfter

that you PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTA- have to fear, the only thing that LONDON, Jure 12 war is reflected in an article in the On our left enemy Divisions havė

At to-day's unceting of the Imperial North Germen Gozcile by EarrTION IN MIXED DISTRICTS any nation has to dread, namely been engaged in a three days' huttle Couference, Mr. Walter Ling cor-Eduard Achelis, Fresident of the

AMSTERDAM, June 13, unjust and, selfish aggression by

HEAYY ENEMY LOSSES. for a line of villages, which are still dially welcomed the Delegates and Bremen Import Association, whoccording to Berlin telegram, another astion." Sometime ago he in our hands, and they raust have spoke on various Dominions pro says it is a mistake to suppose that the Suffrage Bill passed the fourth he had prepossi a sort of Pan-American

LONDON, June 12 left half their numbers on the field. bleins. The representative of cuch Genainy can find a substitute for reading at the Prussian Tower House agreement One of the difficulties of A French communique states: We as well now hold'sorne points of Dominion replied.

her former world economic position with the proposal of the Conserva- America's past relationshipa with Latin The hottle continues today from the original German line. The gen The Delegates will attend the in a close union with countries east tives and National Liberals for the America had been that the Monroe Montdidier to the Oise. On the left Headquarters, telegraphing on June 11,

our troops, supported by Tunics, says email impression is that although the anceting of the Imperial War Cabinet and south-east of the Central Powers, introduction of proportional repre- Doctrine was adopted without the counter-attacked in the afternoon on of the weather its been proetine battle will continue for several days to-morrow...

for that Germany can protect herself sentation in mixed language districts consent of suy Central American or front of twelve kilometres between

South American State That was all Babescourt and St. Maur. Notwith have accomplished wonderful feather against an economic wat by estab- of the Eastern Provinces.

very well as far as protecting such the southern approaches of Le Fretor leading

standing desperate resistance we reached On June Sons or our fighting muchiies patrol met Halberstadt States from aggression from across the and captured the height between which fired green light and showed sea was concerned, but there was Courcelles and Mortimer. We carried no disposition to escape Suspecting nothing in it that was protecting those our lines over two kilometres east of trap the British machine hovered round; Mery, co-captured Belloy and Tioiagents whereuponix Albatrosses entered the States from aggression from the United and reached the southern outskirts of scene. The rest of the British patroł States, and he had repeatedly been told St. Maur. The enemy lost heavily and was coming up to give battle when st of the uneasy feeling on the part of left 1000 prisoners and several guns in more Albatrosses appeared and dived our hands. An upon the first half dozen, which they representatives of those States that In Autro, the (fermans who had mistook for exemle regular melse America's self-appointed protection succeeded in pushing to the south of aned into which our patrol planget. might be for her own benefit and own Hoges farm and Authent were driven causing a Halberstadt and two Ala intereat, and zot for the interest of her back beyond both these points. On trosses to crash and sending deva

several others ont of controuer time our right the enemy by accentuating neighbour So he said "If any one his preamare sought to gain Mate Valley. of us, including the United States Several violent attacks against Chevin- violate the political independence of the court were repulsed The enemy gained footing in lachemoat and

the enemy's rush has been stemmed. THE IMPERIAL WAR CONFERENCE.

ENEMY'S PRETENSIONS" SINGU

LARLY MODIFIED."

Loxox, June 12.

A semi-offici" message, dated the 12th, us

An enemy communiqué, after 1 dsye of fighting, announces the objec tires attained, indicating that he scarcely hopes to further advance

-

CROWDS WATCH OVERSEAS PREMIERS.

lishing a large number of monopolis- fie und militant organisations. Ger any's peace terms must, therefore, be such us to induce the Alles to| abandon the idles of economic war.

Losnos, June 12. The first sitting of the Imperial War Conference was held at the THE SIBERIAN SITUATION. Colonial Office to-day, Mr. Walter Long presiding. A large crowd watched the anival of the Overseas

"AUSTRIANS AND GERMANS

RETIRE.

Prime Ministers and representatives: SEMENOFF CAPTURES-GURKO

but German Anarching orders up-RESOLUTION OF LOYALTY TO

tured lurve foreshadowed the entry into Copeign on the first evening

THE KING."

PRKING, June 12.

BRIGADIER F. W. LUMSDEN-

KILLED IN ACTION........

LONDON, June 10. Brigadier F. W. Lumsden has been killed in action.

ANOTHER AMERICAE VESSEL TORPEDOED.

CREW ARRIVE AT PORT:

WASHINGTON, June 18. The United States ricamer Pisar The following resolution of loyalty General Semenoff reporte that the del Rio was subrunained 10 miles of the battle. The enemy's preten was moved. Sir Robert Borden. Austrians and Germans threatening from the Maryland const on the 8th territorial integrity of any of the others Bathancourt, which are being bitterly sions have been, therefore, sing-seconded by the Rt. Hon. Wilham his communications have since re-instant. Jarly modified.

-CONFIDENCE IN GENERAL FOCH.

ALESSAGE BY EX-SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.

LONDON, June 12 The Association of Britikh ex Soldier and ex-Sailota, known as * Comrades of the Great Wur Inve telegraphed to Generalissimo Foch --

Massey, and carried unanimously:-

tired.

General Semenoff reports the cap- ture of Gurko, to the north-east of Berzia

The crew have arrived at a port.

INTERNATIONAL HELMEN'S

The Imperial Conference at their first meeting as their first act, desire to present their humble duty to Yor Majesty and assure you of the de- voted loyalty of all portions of Your Majesty Empire here represented, WOMEN WORKERS AGAINST PEACE GERMAN THREAT TO RUSSIA been formed

BY NEGOTIATION.

ENDANGERING "DEABLY BOUGHT

FEACE.

FEDERATION

LINDON, June 12 A telegram from Copenhagen anye international Seamen's Federation has

LEERICANS PROGRESS IN

·BELLEAU WOO

all the others will jump on her." That disputed

The Americans to the south of the

LONDON) June 12 ws, in effect, giring a bond on the part Ourog this morning brilliantly captured *An Americki communique says, of the United States that the United Belleau Wood and 300, prisoners.

Northwestward of Chateau Thierr States would enter into an arrangemen

"Qur day, bombing aquadrom continued we again advanced our positions in by which the Central American and South to work on Monday despite bad weather: Belleau, Wood; taking 250 prisone

Groupe of heroplanes flow low above American States would be protected most exposed points of the battlefield from the United States. Now that is and dropped projectiles on enemy

that kind of agreement that must be oncentrations, dispersing reinforce SYAL FIGHT NEAR DALMATLAN

the foundation of the future Life,

a. The world is a whole family of nations, and it must be guaranteed

monta and inflicting acary longen. Several crew made several tripa Eight: Sir Havelock Wilson is Prezident

tons of explosives were thus dropped and M. Teamm, Copenhagen,

with the best results. The enemy rear was actively bombel on Monday night. The Norddeutsche Zeitung; in a Secretary. The Headquarters will be to each nation that so other antion Twenty tons of projectiles were dropped "shell violate its political independence on convoys, cantcumentsland: stations inatory article, teik Rimsin that in London.

the and two munitions depots were blown

AMSTERDAM, June 19.

LONDON, June 12. We have perfect faith that da the scene of your historic victory in

The Women's Co-operative Guild 1014 in which many of, as were privig resolution favouring an Interna peace if she permits the Czech at a Congress at Bradford défented she will endanger her leatly bought Isged to share that you and, your fioul Conference of Worker to ob- Slovaki, who fought with the Bu -gullat nen will again stem the tide tain immediate peace by negotiation, sians, to leave the country with atmos

of invasion and hurl the hated the tenga including no annexations to join the Entente.

from the sacred soil of and universal disincament

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AUSTRIAN BATTLESHIPS

TORPEDOED,

An official mesenge says

near the Dalmatian

can only balloon were brought down on Monday, Austrian naval Divisi

Four enem aeroplanes and captive tropedo boats

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DEPENDABLE.

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