1918-06-18 — Page 7

"TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1918.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page 1.)

PARLIAMENT OF MAN."

MR. G. BARNES ON A LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

THE CHINA MAIL

TURKISH OFFENSIVE NEAR BAKU. We have taken 3,000 prisoners so far

Moscow, June 2. The Turks have launched a strong offensive near Lake Haku.

DISSATISFIED PETROGRAD

WORKERS.

STRIKE THREATENED.

Moscow, June 2. A general pinbly of factory and workshop delegates at Petrogul hus onferer the workers to go on strike Mr. George Barnes, who is member of the War Cubet, speok-Swiet Government.

sa protest against the poliny of the

ing at Dartford and referring to Lin

THE INCLUSION OF GERMANY,

Lesvos, June 16.

0

AFRICA.

including 39 officers.

Our own and Allied airmen are taking the crossings of the Piave and machine. ja strong part in the battle, bombarding

ganaing the enemy's missses.

| brought down 31 aeroplanes.

·Wa

REPORT BY SUPREME COMMAND.

ROME, June 16.

HOME POLICY DURING WAR

COMMITTER OF MINISTERS FOR EXAMINING LEGIS- LATIVE MEASURES.

LONDON, June 15. The Daily Mail wys is. Comunitiee of Ministers with. Sir George Cavo (Home Secretary) as Chairun with he appointed to shine the details

AMERICAN CABLES;

[NAVY COMMUNICATION: SABLAN TO MANILA

LAUNCHINGS IN MAY.

WASHINGTON, June 9.

The Shipping Board has announced that 71 vesels aggregating 344,450 tops were launched in May, which is at the

CARS on HIRE

Experienced Chanffer

And

Expert Mechanics.

A.Large Number of

legislative measures affecting a new record for lantchings and the New and Comfortable Cars

and Chamber that the Supreme Com Signor Orlando informed the Sonate

rate of 6,183,400 tone a year. This is mand at eight in the evening of June 15, bad reported as follows:-

Home policy during the war. The same month made a new record for The battle continues to be very

Reude of the principal Government deliveries. Thirty nine steel chips violent. The stemy pressure cousins Departments will serve on the Con-aggregating 229,750 tons, and 22 wood equally strong at all points on the front mittee, which will not have the title ships. 115,700 tons, were launched laing

tonnage in but 57,880 lean" than the total American launchings for the entire year of 1901, which held the record for Americe pranour to the war.

of attack, namely from Asiago Plateau nor the functions of a cabinet, and 26 more than in April. The teal betre to the sea. Our resistance has always! will meet once a week. Its decisions been very strong and does not allow the will be submitted for approval to the szemy to pass the lines of the greatest War Cabinet. resistance, and the battle still prosesda on the first line with Auctuations. Wa made aumarcus counterattacks some of Lasting and just LAND MINISTER'S WARNING which were successful in re-establishing jaen was through a Teague of

the original situation. Nature, Although an indispensable

proposed Coaforeng with the Allica THE GERMAN PERIL IN SOUTH for the purpose of mugurating | Lengt of Sutions, said the only way to obtain a

CAPE TOWN, June 17. The Hon. Col. H. Mentz, Minister

labor Puders

who had shown sense of responsibility in the present anxious, time: yes there were some

preliminary was the defeat of the of Iends, aid the Government up- German attempt to dominate Europe, preclater the attitude of some of the la beginning should be made before the war canis, Otherwise, in the first -flush of pance, then workh would Exit, i through sheer exhaustion, to make provision for the maintenanc pence. The Lengue should sind all Pow's sabruit their disputes to

Tribur!, and should sise ravvennontie begrott and, in the best Post, Internet oul force against any Power Breaking the peace in future. inclusion of Germany should Inter by i'd

AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE NOT ALTOGETHER A SUCCESS.

LONDON, June 16. Reuter's correspondent with the British army in Italy, wiring reater. day evening, says: The first day of the Austrian offensive cannot be said, were trying to cum trouble by akogether a success. On the British from his point of view to, have been yunderinnd work. Del. Mentz stem-front, at any rate, be did not make much ed thms Hokism was rife in Wit. progress. It true that, attacking watersrand and played a greater part Casuna, he succeeded temporarily in Along the railway from Asiago towards than the majority imagined. Hecuting a small salient in war line and warned it's hearers, especially the even took a battery of guns which we loyal talamurites, against its evil have since re-captured. This short-lived thuences and said the day the of a whole division in depak up a success was only attained by an tack tronists cate into power. South depression where they were invisible Africa's son would begin to st. until the last moment The net result

of the day, as far as the British front isĮ practically entirely and have taken 200 prisoners, while the French captured 100 prisoners.

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A second Committee will be established to deal specially with. economic and commercial questions. Sir Albert Stanley (Presklont of the Board of Trade) will probably be the Chairman..

TRADE COMMITTEES REPORT.

RECOMMEND IMPOSITION OF SURTAX ON ENEMY PRODUCTS.

LONDON, June 14, electrical arades has presented a report The Departmental Committee on the

to Parliament. It says that startling evidence had been submitted showing the manner in which German or Ameri-

companies in British dominions and can control had been secured in existing

recommsuda legislation on the subject, It is suggested that, India and the Dominions take stock if the facilities water-power coal, pil or other resources of energy and 'should appreciate their. growing importance to the Empire.

The Committee urges that electrical supply ought to be considered no a master of Imparial importance and the Empire's resources for this supply - should not pass into alían hands,

15. VESSELS SUNK.

LONDON, June 9. German submarines have sunk a total of 15 vessels in American territorial watera..

No transporte. wero sunk.

CONVOYS ASSIST 'CUAST SHIPPING.

NEW YORK, June 10. Navy convoys are being organized for

be lurking in Atlantic waters. the protection of coastal shipping against German submarines supposed to

ANOTHER DOUBLE LAUNCHING OF

DESTROYERS.

AN ATLANTIC POET, Jine 10. Two destroyers were launched bere today simultaneously. This is the

at this shipyard within a month.

AMERICAN LIBERTY MOTORI SUCCESSFUL.

M. Banes advocated a reclecione ally alternative to British concerned, is that we hold our old line for generating electricity whether from second double launching of destroyers of artmments and the elimination conectin was a German comfection, of private profite in their number; fare and urged, as a practical prochallenged the strongest Republiquit Progding. Col. Meu said he

an hamediate Inter-Allied |

o say be favoured Gengan rule, yet Corderie with representatives of

the Republians were driving in thub organist Denioert.cy Clevermiert representatives to dild

direction. They said to GerANS

efer take South Afrien oss the terms, The idea was (Luugliter). Of course, the German exterkat application of the principiere too nuht to take our gold mines at present bhwling the elements of the British Empire, and the agree-laughter: The

if they had the chance. Aud fact that sothe

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ment should be a common defensive people were opposed to recruiting Traty or arbitration and the pool- ing of the resources of the Allies for some tried to restrain Ministers

IN FRANCE.

BUCCESSFUL OPERATION NORTH OF BETHUNE.

NEW PHASE OF OPEN WARFARE

LONDON, June 15.

Reuter's correspondent at British Headquarters, wiring on June 16, "the coining peace reconstruction. of religion burying an Africander describing the successful operation north

ble Felieved that i fermany was

who had fallen on the field of Lanour of Bethune on the night of June 14 feed with such an accomplished fuct was all part of the Gemuan move-mentioned in the communiques says: it would induce her to reconsider thement, started years ago. People position and stimulate the German should beware lest South Africa peoph to throw of their task became a German colony. It was He foreshadowed that this either the present union of the Con- Supreme War Council would be an stitution or slavery under German

DUISICUS,

-embryonic **Parliament of Man,

"

as

rule.

The Engineering Committee report recommends than all the Allies impose surtax against products of present enemy countries subject to progressive liminative, and that for three years after the war, no conference arrange

mint be permitted between British

shipowners and present enemies.

EXCHANGE OF GERMAN COLONIAL

PRISONERS.

AMSTERDAM, June 15.

WASHINGTON, June 10, Ambassador Earl Reading has received & Lendon cable saying:- that the new American Liberty Motors "The 'British Technical News' reports have now been subjected to sufficient air experiment to warrant confideree. The excellent results have placed the engine in the fret line of high-powered

engines The United States should develop production with every bon- fidence."

The United States factories where the Liberty Motors are being made are already attaining quantity production.

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HONGKONG ST. GEORGE'S DAY-

DRAWING OF WAR BONDS.

THE DRAWING will take place in the THEATRE BOYÁL, CITY HALL, OD FRIDAY, 21st June, at 4 p.m. 100,000 tickets have been issued. 96,000) have been sold

the Imperial War Cabinet, will prove Col. Mentz appealed for the un- to be the germ of the representativa locking of the laud for the benefit of were overlooked and caused trouble neutral country and a speedy return of of the Americans who won the Ocean(for division of prizes see separate advertisement).....) authority which will yet nannge the returned soldiers.

affairs of the Empire.

AUSTRALIA AND THE WAR.

WILL NOT FALTER SAYS

f

MR. HUGHES,

LONDON, June 16.

Continuing the interview, the first portion of which was cabled yester day, the Rt. Hon. V. M. Hughes

THE WEEKLY SILVER REPORT.

SCARCITY OF SILVER ON

CONTINENT..

The attack was pushed to a depth of 500 yards and materially increased the security of our line. It was extremely

In the Reichstag, replying to carefully rehearsed and was preceded question regarding the exchange of a brief bombardment. On the left Germa colonial prisoners, Herr Kriege the enemy determinedly resisted and said it was a disgrace to keep prisoners the Gordons and the Suffolks, to whom in the tropics. A considerable number the flank was entrusted, found their of such prisoners whose health had work cut out for them. In the darkness suffered were allowed after long negotia some of the enemy's machine-gun neeta tions to be repatriated or interned in a before they were located and wiped out. Germans in Belgian hands in Africa Fighting proceeded throughout the was expected.. Negotiations were now night. A German guaper declared his pending with Great Britain for the whereabouts by opening fire and liberation of civilian prisoners, including csations encircling of the new seat colonial Germans both in Great Britain bad to be begun. This clearing of and overseas. ground in the dark initiated a new phase of open warfare. The prisoners taken belonged to the 18th Reserve Battle of the Somme and in the recent Division which took part in the first!

LONDON, June 13. Messrs. Samuel, Montagu & Co., in their Weekly Silver Report, sa:-Lys fighting and suflared very beary

The price is enchanged and the

DEPORTATION OF GERMANS FROM

... CHINA.

NEW YORK, Juve 10. The famous Kaiser's Cup" given by the Kaiser at a dinner in 1906 in honour Yacht Race, has proved to be powier with a plating of gold, instead of solid. gold as it was supposed to be

Its actual value is $40, but it has been repeatedly auctioned, adding $125,000 to the Red Cross funda

The following numbers have not been sold-10960/1699, 11120/11139, 30820/80959, 85757/85899, 96443/99999.101/

In the event of any of these unsold tickets being drawn against any prize, the number of the ticket will be treated as void and another number will be drawn immediately.

EIG BATCH OF STONE SHIPS. :

No ticket having drawn a prize will be eligible to draw WASHINGTON, June 10 The United States Shipping Bord

another prize. If any ticket number comes out twice, it will be casualties. It was one of the first to GERMAN THREAT OF SEVEREST states that concrete ship construction treated the second time as void and another number will be one continues good, especially since stained with the crimes at Termonde enter Belgium and its records are

will be adopted by five branches of the drawn immediately.. Australia has paid and is still shanghai exchange has risen to and Louvain.

Government. The efficiency of this 25 type ship is considered "as proved. Admission free to the Theatre. The stage will be reserved paying the price of liberty. She will point closely approximating that at

Ships of 298,500 tona net cargo for the Officials conducting the drawing. not fulter and is in the war to the which silver purchases for China

capacity have been decided upon as the "We have suffered in Ausnight become profitable. end.

BY ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE first big order in concretens"

HONGKONG, 18th June, 1918.

tralia, s elsewhere, from the effects The report that silver coin is being of insidias Geruan propagandu.thefted down in Holland for use in which is being manifest as pacifisindustrially suggests a scarity of silver and otherwise. We have men whose on the Continent. hatred of England blinds them to

all lee; caring nothing for Australia:

or liberty, a long us they can strike

A blow at the heart of England, bat these me are in the minority.

As regards New Guines and other islands in the vicinity, Mr. Hughes said it was essential that Australia should control them or that they be -handed to a friendly civilised nation, n the saine relation as they stood to Australia us Amiens to Puris or Calais to England. Although not wanting to extend its sphere of ter ritorial authority, Australiagis deter. amined that what she has she will hold and therefore stood committed to the policy of the Menoc Doctrine in the Pacific.

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

CAUCASUS DIET DISSOLVED,

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

:

THE GREAT BATTLE IN ITALY.

INTENSE ARTILLERY FIGHTING.

ENEMY'S PREPARATIONS

ANTICIPATED,

LOCAL ACTIONS.

LONDON, June 16.

A French communiqué says:--- Local actions north-east of Bois-de. Genlis south of Dammard and in the region of Vinli enabled us to captare 70 prisoners and machine guns. An enemy attempt to cross the Mata at its junction with the Uize failed under our fire....

REPRISALS.

AMSTERDAM, June 15.

A message from Berlin states that in the Reichstag replying to a question regarding the deportation of Germans From China to Atralia, Herr Kriege, on behalf of the Foreign Office, said the German Government had taken most omphatic steps against such a measure and threatened the sererest reprisals. He said the Dutch Minister at Poking recently reported that the danger of the deportation of Germans was now removed.

The statement says, "the only limit to production of this type of ships will be that of the machinery and equipment

available,

A Pacific Port, June 10. The United States Shipping Board has officially designated a site offered at this city for the construction of the first ||$10,000,000 concreteshipyard, this being one out the fix Congress has authorized. BRITISH LABOUR CONFERENCE. Two cities joined in the virtual gift of a large tract for the aite Surveys started to-day. The pouring of the AMSTERDAM, June 16..

first ship is expected to begin within 30 A. Viesna telegram states that before days. There will be 12 ways at first going to the British Labour Conference and 20 when the plant as a whole thail in England on June 25 the Dutch be completed, employing a fores of Socialist leader, M. Troelstra, has been 5,000 miu. A message from Moscow, dated June invited by the Austrian and GermanThe first ships to be built will be of 5 states that after being driven back Socialists to confer at The Hague, 7,500 tons each; which is 2,500 toge from Penda the Czeck-Slovake advanced whither the Austro-German Socialist larger than the fint concreter Fath The Faith's builders will support the

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

“AN FÍ-BOLSHEVIK LEADER

DEAD."

LONDON, June 16.

as far as Syzren and took possession of Delegates, Seitz and Ellenbegen, are the great railway bridge across the Volga, which is the pricipal artery of accordingly proceeding, the Trans-Siberian communications

Plekhanoff, the anti-Bolshevik leader, bay died in Finland.

JAPANESE, RED CROSS MISSION.”

LONDON, June 16. An Italian communiqué saye A grent battle has been in progress since Saturday. The enemy's masses of infantry began their expected offensive against the eastern sector of Asingo Plateau, the end of Erenta Valley and Mt Grapps. They also attempted to force: the Piore and carried out benvy local actions on the remainder of the

The Red Cross Mission to the Allies, front. Our own and the Allied barrage handed by Fringe Tokugawa, has left anticipated the enemy's preparation with for America. a deadly counter-bombardment and our infantry sustained the onslaught in the advance defensive ares

Toxio, June 16,

-AUTOMOBILE CLUBS,

work.

HONGKONG ST. GEORGE'S DAY DRAWING OF WAR BONDS?

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that out of 100,000 tickets

96,000 have been sold.

The resulting

ount will be dealt with as i

96,000 tickets at $5 each

480,000

Lesy estimated expenses

10,000

Total for distribution

$470,000

25% is given to War Charities Leaving for distribution in prizes

•The Prizes will be as follows ----- Prize No.

Amount"

$176,250

2

52,875

$52,876

35,250

4-5

of

$10,000

20,000

7,500

£15,000

·5,000

10,00

2,500

5,000

2,000

30,000

1,000

$700.

400%

300

200

100

95

40 MORE CONCRETE SHIPS.

At the annual general meeting of the

WASHINGTON, Jane 12: Singapore Automobile Club the Chair. The United States Shipping Band men pointed out that the membership has arranged for the immediate con- of the Club war" small in comparison | struction of 40 consrate ships of: 7,500 with the number of cars owned privately tous each. The work is to be done at in the Southern Settlement. The five Clovernment yards, each of which Automobile Club of Ceylon, in an gets eight concrete ships to build. 6-7 endeavour to popularise the Club, and One Pecific yard is already operating 8-9 to increas its scope ofreefulness, p. One Atlantic yard near completion 10-11 pointed a tub-Committee to report, sad The work on thres others is being 12-16 ita main findings are that the Club rushed, should employ a larger number of scrits, BUINS AIRES, June 16.appoint Honorary Agents to superintend the work of these accots and obtain nów. The visit of the British Mission under members, and to erect rigubosrds and Si Maurice de Bensen, which is now signposts at dangerous crossings and proceeding to Calle, hal made an corners etc.. It has been found nécessary We energetically counter-attacked all axelleat impression, destroying every to recommend the raising of the aubr GEORGIA DECLARED INDEPEN along the front. We succeeded in where the effects of Germanophile seription from 10 to 30 but it is

Moscow, June 2.

In consequence of the Govern

The enemy attacked "most Intensely on a 150 kilometres front, the initial ment.cris and the increasing energ) rush occupying a few front line positions of the Turkish offensive, the Cou in the Moste-di. Vathella and Awolone casus Diel has declared, itself disarees, also the bead of the ME Solarolo zaliont Some of the enemy crossed Polved and the Republic no longer the Fiave in the Nervesa and Fagare.

in existence,

musile arcía."

→ BRITISH MISSION TO CHILE.

EXCELLENT IMPRESSION,

·DENT.

holding the powerfal pressure and propaganda. ragained a good portion of the positions

Moscow, June: 2.

which we temporarily yielded although

isolated dotachments, with great valour,

CREATED

الحمد

17-22

23.31

$1,751,710,000 FOR MERCHANT

MARINE

32-43

44-57

14

58-80

23

81-102

22

103.

WASHINGTON, June 11. The Appropriations Committee of the pointed out that if this is agreed to, and House of Representatives hus recom- motoriste"""support the Club, it will manded Bill providing #1,781,710,000 become a living entity and & powerful for United States Merchant Marine.

motorista The Committee recognise, will be made available from the Govery,

Turkey has proclaimed to in continued to remain in some at all costs BAFE, SURE, ALWAYS CURES.rporation supporting the rights of More than $1,000,000,000 additional

ence of Georgia

THE SILVER MARKET

LONDON, June The Buter Marrest is quer

The violence of the struggle was Do O not suffer from cramp colic or saya a contemporary, that the presentment's operation of merchant ship undiminished during the night We are. poin in the stomach when Chaman anfortunate fime to recotamend The Bill provides 11,439,401,000 for Phar firmly holding the front of Asiagorain's & Colic, Obolera and Diarrhen the raining of subscriptionabile with building ships in the United States, Pistern and completely recccupied theory goes in the right spot and given the petrol restrictions

imediate Felfel You cannot ford

program | #56 €10,000 for building (ahip 14.original positions on the Asolone and to be withouz #51 you are object to motoring in its wider sense,

$82,000,000, establishing Sobrala salinke pressing very closely attacks of 15 kind, For sale by the enesty which doused the flave: Chemista and Soroksepers

being my belandd Ceylon

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103 prizes totalling

Winning tickets should be presented at the Hong

Banking Corporation, Hongkong, dunng

BY ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE

HONGKONG, 18th June 1918,