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FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1918

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page 1.)

THE WAR REVIEWED.

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE GERMAN MISCALCULA BRITISH NAVY'S RECORD.

TION.

A

BEL DARRIAGE OF 19 MILLION

LONDON, Ae: 7.

THE ALBANIAN FIGHTING.

ENEMY COLUMN. DISPERSED.

Lowboy, Aug. 7. An Italian official report states:- Our cavalry dispersed an enemy

SPRECH BY MR, LLOYD GEORGE.

Mr. Lloyd George paid a warm Losmos, Arg. T

tribute to the French nasistance to "Mr. Lloyd George, reviewing the the British and kuid that Generalis- war situation in the House of Commo Foch not only forced the enemy The Press: Bureau issues a state- SITUATION ON THE VESLE.

Tuons, wich had the British Empire to standstill but, by one of the maut affording än idei, of the uctivi. [colnun par tas Semeni, killing umny | THE COMING BIG BATTLE.

four yenes ages not decided to throw brilliant counter-strokes of the ties of the British Navy. It shows and faki"72 prisoziers. the whole of its might into the war war, had driven back the runtime between the declaration of the Eoxros, Aug. 7.

| because International right was cast. The danger was not over, but he, The situation on the Vede is not the whole course of the war, would be a sanguine un or the developing acurling to expectations, woh how been different and then ignem Scat who would 20,000,000 men, 150 million animals.

reele involve "seu-caringe |uf| A POMPREITENSIVE, SCHEME, The eny is transferring his shat. history of the worid for generationis now think that General Ludendorf 110,000,000 tons of Naval, and f

Laxnax, Ang B Military store

In the House of Connións, Mr. The total losses of men subarked, Macpherson stated that strange

£2re Divisions over the Aisne white would have taken a different course, plan, of campaign wolld sécel in its objective of obtaining a military it in stated that Generalissings Pearl is preparing a fresh advance.

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THE NAVY

war and June 9th his the Allies"

LEAVE FOR BRITISH SOLDIERS."

decision this year. The Premier em-due to neng nation, up to Anri Inents werd being made to give lense

phasise that the Allied success W

tribute

to the

that another element

·THE MONTINIECE

27th, reached the relatively trivialto 800 men daily, freap France, figure of 8,242,

1,000 weekly from Italy and 1,700 REMEMBER THE weekly from Salonika.

The transptation of well ever a million Atuericans to June 27th involved the organisation f 51 British cream" esports and: 903

can

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11 expected thus the next big) The Frinie Minister cloquently largely due to the rupidity with which battle will be soon for the possession painted the Navy's splendid services the losses were made good and the

'hinten Dumes, When the at all times and all weather and American troops brought moment comes the enemy covering in all parts of the globe and deThere were essential parts of the forces will assuredly be flung nero chired, amid cheers that until the German minisculeulation.. the Ape Owing to the Prew Navy we beaten Germany could. After paying a Prince's complete failure it is now ever triumphs. The British Naval bravery ant akit of the destroyer corts,, and 40 Ameri- problematic whether Priner up tonage, including the auxiliary Heet. can precht' blow against the British totalled right" millions, compard, declared

troops. Jr. Lloyd Gente destroyer escorts. In the course off

rocand $35 will uterinise. It wrtainly will be with two-and-a-half millions at the of success was the unity of the

steli inti the British escorts petikus, if not almost certain to fail. tbreak of the war. British war strategie command and Gengulissing" miles monthly. Patrol vessels were steamed over a million-and-a-quarter 4ships steamed eight million miles in Foch masterly handling, of the THE BRITISH FRONT.

une, excluding the efforts of the reserver. It was too gurly to pr SPUTESSFUL MINOR

Mercantile Marine, which daringly diet that, the Gemen efforte wen OPERATIONS.

fired similar dangers in the, thus axhausted, bentuse the tremaths still poration of American, trops. At Ìnd powerful reserv Pivisions,, but last 1,500 men were engaged in

their chunes of March 21st would wurming and maintaining the British Field-Marshd Size Douglas Haig Savak and, Mercantile Marine..

America's powerful | Haal victorious Amng in France wona |

reports

LONDON, Aug. 8.

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vities. They voyaged at leven six, million miles nthly in Home

ENGAGEMENTS, IN NEW ZONE. Waters.

BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPPING.

SHIPBUILDING RESULTS.

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LONDON, August 7. The Eghting in the Marne-Aisne Ralient has momentarily subsided.

Engagements are proceeding in the new move out of Amiens where the French gained ground and repulsed an strongly attacked the Morlancqurt sector.

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raphasising the inpertance continue to gras until it was neily.SUCCESS OF THE CONVOYING attack near Montdidier and the Brition The enemy's further attacks in the attaining the strength of the Navy morning, and afternoon astride the and the Morantle Marine, Af quite, as large, as the German

SYSTEM. Aray-terile" road were repulsed after bliğal Theonge pointed out that Jad

Ang itself. Germany could never Slump fighting.

again maintain the ane mauber of the subingrine wärking winded Ele; Divisions that shy previously bad.

Lextos, Aug. 7.

DELAY POSSIBLE. Attempts cueing raids to the war would have bien ended by the i

The Press Buren states: sole Hamel and south-west of that of starvation of the Entente..

She was now begging for Agiatrían The world's new merchant on-

LONDON, August 7- La Basse were driven off. | Enfers The Allies had been entuplets. Support. Germany's allies

were struction during the quarter ending Headquarters, telegraphing on Tuesday, Beater's Correspondent at American The progress of our patrols to, they trimphant at Sea from the out-

becoming disillusioned at the June 30th mounted to 1,234,274 saya ens of liaberg continued and the set of the war no effort on land could)

Gernum vincibility. The economie fine when the Law and Clarence Bave saved them. The British Hot position of the Central Powers was British, and 800,309 Allied and reconnoitring along the Aisne.

prising -4-12,068 General Hangin's patrols are basy depente. Their harvest was tot Neutral rizers pas adyanved to a depth of was, mainly responsible for the goal and they were short of many world's output of 870,317 iens, during can only be conjectured. The position New and Comfortable Cars

The enemy's intentions regarding the This compares with the ridge between the Vesle and the Aisne sentials, Mitarily, they haul pass the quarter ending March 31st. fed the height of their endeavours. The world's input for the quarter THE RUSSIAN SITUATION. [ending June 3011: exceeded the He denied that we ware behaving losses from alt couses by 296.000

hostile way towards Buissin gross tone.

1,400 Wards of a front of early fixe, plote triumphs at TuRes.

ther pounds entered the, enemy's tries to the east of Nieppe Forest and emptined over 30 prisoners.

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MAN-POWER RESOURCES,

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in

POSE

tons.

Notwithstanding the enormous de- mands on the country's resources for sea-going purposes and essential AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

Allied needs, 0,250,000 sailors and was always our polley to deal with British merabanten completed in CZECHS SHELL KAZAN" soldiers, including pre-wur service

de fagto tinvermments but "it" was Joly reached 11,048 gross tons men, were rised, in Great Britain

impossible to useertain from day tu, giving 905,134 tons for the seven Lognos, Aug. 7..

nlone.

day what is the goverment of anties of this year, and 1,490,025 A Ruian wireless report states:- Caited States population had been

A similar proportion of the single Hussian village. Recent events for the your ending July 31st com- The situation on the fronts is that called to the colours. It would demonstrated that the Bus pared with 80,070 or in July Just the English, and French have landed mean nearly 15,000,000 men. The resented the German author year, 578,645 ton for the first seyen et whingelsk and, are usivancing Dominions had contributed a millionty. The Russians were rasingly month of last year, and 5,147 for along the muilway. Our staff is at

seeking, Allied assistance. We would the twelve months ended July 31st, (Cheers.) Obozerskada.

The Premier dwelt on the valu-not hesitate to render very help to 1017.

"We treated to Povering on the Dou. We are reinforcing Kazan and Simbirsk.

The Czecho-Slovaks on August 5th

Belled Kazun...

BRITISH TROOPS LAND AT YLADIYOSTOCK.

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is strongly protected on the eastern fünk be uncomfortably under the fire of the and if carried from the west we ahdild

German guos across the Aise. A certain delay therefore is possible, even though the enemy possibly does not

tend to make his final stand here.

FRENCH LOCAL SUCCESSES.

LONDON, August 7.

A French communique states:-- local progress south of Framiccurs and In the region of Moatdidier we made south-cast of Mesnil.

We repulsed an enemy attempt against station of Ciry Sal-Sogue. We took 100 La-Fere-La-Grange and occupied the

prinders east of Brainne."

We repulsed a local attack south of Auberive in Champagne this morning. REASON FOR GERMAN RETREAT.

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SUCCESSFUL COUNTER-ATTACK BY

The Czech Slovaks after taking able aid rendered by representatives

endble their self-emancipation. The The Controller-General states that Sam and C captured Noveof the Dominions, especially their

Czecho-Slovak movement Niklasak. Ekaterinburg

was füly was always a bad month for and

Prime Ministers.

most remarkable or. The Cacho British shipping owing to workinen's the Council Sibirsk.

Boards. He recognised the anxiety

Slovaks only desired to leave Rusia, holidays, while this year a serious of the Dominious to ge their leaders to come" West, and fight for the durum epidemie proved an addi

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ZURICH, August 7. Allies. The Czecho-Slovaks did not tional drawback Nevertheless, the return for the crying on of their

Two local German-owned newspapers fairs, but he trust that it wood wish to participate in Russian poli-British output in July 1919, in arcunce the further retreat of the firs: We had sat ships at Czechncreased 174, per rent. as compared to Rheims and state that it is due to the be possible for the representatives

Germans on the whole front from Arras to remain, for some time longer, under to bring them away, but the as compared with July, 1917,

Slovak request to Vladivostock in with July, 1916, and 71 per cent.necessity for sending troops to Russia. because their presence would be in Bolsheviks, under German duress, Evidence of the success of convoy- valuable at the grave decisions, to be taken with reference to the coming refused to allow the Czecho-blovak ng is shown by the fact that. British winter and the next year. i had this fact because President Wilson's to and from the United Kingdom o to reach Vladivostock. He dwelt on steamboats exceeding 500 gross tons mised a million-and-a-quarter of iren since the war,

action had beer criticised for his the main Oversen routes, of which decision in conjunction with the 3.8 per cent, were "convoged" he Japanese to sends forces to Vladi- tween March and June last, sustain stock for the rescue of the Czecho el submarine losses totalling 1.23 Shvaks from their plight through percent. cosipared with 5.41 per the organisation of Germun wartent. prisoners for their interception and capture.

A FRIENDLY RECEPTION.

·VLADIVOSTOCK, Aug. 3. The "British troops landed at.dawn and were secorded a friendly recup

tion.

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The Premier proceded to describe the diffilt onditions obtaining at the Front on March 21st when we STRENGTH OF CZECHOSLOVAKS were face by the Hower of the

UNDER ESTIMATED, ·

German Army. The early enemy successes caused very, very, anxican GERMANY MUST INTERVENE.

moments, owing to our losses of meḥ Land material." A seco Germap Laxnes, Aug...B: A telgum to The Hague. Weser low might well have overwhelmed Zeitung ass

The Premier Czech Slogak the British "Army:

BRITISH.

LONDON, August 7.

reports:

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Holg

The English counter-attacked' ibin

morning in the sector south-westward of Morlancourt and regained all the more important portions of ground lost yesterday.

We secured all cur objectives and The losses between April and done took a number of prisoners,

Patrola advanced our line s short last year were before convoying was distance astride the Clarence River and THE QUESTION OF PEACE. Festublished. 81,601 sailing ships took a few prisoners and two machine- Dealing with the question of have been convoyed since May 24th guns. peuce, Mr. Lloyd George said there last year, when conroying was intro-We successfully rushed a post north- danger, which was originally under showed that the losses were rer Fogardant any efort to make peace

were people in every country who duced. eatinated by the Soviet Government swiftly replaced and mentioned the and by Germany, has developed into precedentedly large number of

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as dishonourable" and treasonable. That attitude must be steadfastly a very serious menace and must be guns and machine gins at present discouraged. He asked those whol combuted by the strongest force, and

in France. The series of Gernian as it is most improbable that Lenin

only wanted honourable peace whe miscalculations regarding the British. will be able to raise a sufficient force, Amuy culminated in the British deer this was the moment, when Germany must intervene. Hence, fenting them into two or three of the

LONDON, Aug. 7. the Journal concludes, the recent most sanguinary battles of the war, facts to show that the military caste American yurde in July launched 2223 Lloyd George quoted, well-known The Shipping Bound states that developments on the Western Front, leaving then unhealthy sulfonts

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GERMAN SAILORS IN REVOLT.

PROPAGANDA AGAINST SUB- MARINE WARFARE.

LONDON, Aug 7. The Daily Express Correspondent dorff a resignstion was due to revolution at Amsterdam, states that von Soitzen-

ary troubles at Wilhelmshaven on the part of saikus who for six months past has been carrying on propaganda with the object of stopping submarinism.

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was still predominant in Germany vessels, agregating 031,041 dead Peace was not procurable so long us weight tons, and delivers 41 other they remained so. (Cheers) He vessels, aggregating 235,020 dead believed in a League of Nations weight tous. They constitute, new but its success would depend on the world shipbuilding records. conditions under which it wws Ret The July launchings alone exceed up Unless those conditions were those of any single previous year. Referring to lads of 18 years who, favourable the Germans might ry strike in kruime owing to the owing to the great emergency, were they had never been defeated mili BRITISH AVIATORE DESTROY FIVE Germans having confiscated food at to France with a few months tarily and would have won but for reserve for the railwaymen, the training, he said the lads were sent ecotonic difficulties for which they North German Gazelle quotes a straight to the Front, where, they lad would henceforth provide."

LONDON, "Aug. 7 ananife of a secret organisation into face the referuns of victorious time that a decision caine to be reporting on aviation, says —

Every Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, Great Essia, urging railway men to prevent the transport of German tone sugestan en fought taken, the Prussian word would troops and to enable thomsends of more courageously and more stau chink at the Council table. What much of doeth and dropped Norway lost 11 yeascle in July of of HONGKONG THEATRE PROGRAMME

We destmyed five. German armed pasunts to over-run the towns fastly than these lade. (Loud was the good of entering into peres 24 tons of bomber on railways, nato 55 lives, at agien moment

cheers.) We must all be proud of negotiations under those conditiona? dromes and billete. Several direct The hezifesto saya: We have the boys who so held up the honour (Cheers) Pence would come when hits were secured. put up with the Kaiser's dogs long of their native land a enough.

and helped to we had demonstrated to the enemy | The wepaper adde that the rail save the cause of the Allies from that the power of Law was bebind way linehas been blown up at many discutere seen the Justice, which would enforce, the

points and many trains have been It was remarkable that the Ger fired on The life of the Railway mans had left the British Army, alono Minister was attempted and other for two or three months. They would high ones were threatened with

probably come. back, but the reuson

death t

Several aplicated persons have would be that they had failed eko- Ken ahoa the strike is stating where

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THE BILYER MARKET.

LONDON

Aug The Silver Market is very quiet.

All our sachines returned."

NORWAY'S SHIPPING LOSSES.

OVER 15,000 TONS IN JULY,

LONDOR, Aug. Z

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