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THE WAR.

DARDANELLES

FIGHTING.

TURKS' MASSED ATTACKS REPULSED.

BOMBARDMENT OF BOSPHORUS FORTS.

RUSSIAN VICTORY IN CAUCASUS,

BRITAIN'S WAE EXPENDITURE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENDT.]

THE DARDANELLES.

ALLIES PROGRESS IN FACE OF DETERMINED ATTACKS,

LONDON, May 4th.

The Press Bureau states that on the nights of the 1st and 2nd inst, the enemy In the Dardanelles attacked strongly and "determinedly ja mass against our posi- tion, constantly bringing up fresh troops.

The Allies

lett-only-repulsed-every|

attack, inflicting enormous losses, but assumed the offensive and drove the enemy from their positions,

We are advancing in the interior of the Feciusula

MORE TURKISH PRISONERS TAKEN TO. TENEDOS.

LONDON, May 4th, The Times correspondent at Termidos Bays that further 2,000 Turkish prison- Ers have been brought to Tenedos.

BOSPHORUS BOMBARDED. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE OF RUSSIAN FLEET.

PETROGRAD, May 4th. The Russian Fleet's bombardment of the Bosphorus lasted for several hour, notably on the forte Fener, Karidje, Dil- burnu, Buyakliman, Upper and Lower Kiliseimas, All the enemy batteries replied fochly, and there was a terrific explosion at Kiliselmas. Our fire was of great precision, and was very destructive. The Fleet also visited Kilimli, Zungul- Zak, and Eregli.

RUSSIAN FRONT

[THROUGE REUTER'S AGEBOT.)

ATTEMPT TO ENVELOP RUSSIAN FLANK.

A COMPLETE FAILURE:

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.

{THROUGH BEUTER'S ADRNUS.]

PROGRESS REPORTED,

PARIS, May 4th.

5:40 p.m.

To-day's-communiqué-states:- The British repulsed last night an attack northward of Ypres.

We gained ground at Bagatcile.........

PARIS, May 5th. £1.00

Last night's communiqué says: Qur. progress continued in Belgium in the region of Steenstraete.

Three German attacks near Beau Sejour in Champagne were repulsed,

We progressed at Bagatello in Argonne and extended our gain in Bois-le-Pretre. READJUSTMENT OF BRITISH LINE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PERSK, THURSDAY, MAY BE 1915

NAVAL ABTI

ZEPPELIN CLAIMS TO HAVE SUNK A BRITISH SUBMARINE

LONDON, May 5th

The German Admiralty states that a Zeppelin on Monday fought a number of British submarines in the North Sea One of the latter was ask by a bomby, while the Zeppelin was untouched by the fire of the submarine gure and returned safoly

ANOTHER TRAWLER SHELLED

BY A SUBMARINE,

dave-fuck marvel LONDON, May 4th

A German submarine in the North Sen

|shelled the trawler Granton and killed.

four of the crow who were on the bridge.

The remaining seven escaped in a host, on which the Germans fired, wounding

four.

THROUGE REUTER'S ADENOY.] Y

THE BRITISH OFFICERS

“UNDER ARREST.

NO COMPLAINTS.

LONDON, May 4th

The Press Bureau announced that the American Ambassador at Berlin says the British offers order arrest wako no complaints except that they had hoơn arrested. The Ambassador declares that Germany will follow exactly in the case of the officers the treatment of German submarine prisoners in England.

BRITISH CASUALTIES.

LONDON, May 4th.. Wounded:-E. Ainslie, Lieut. Bebat (Northumberland Fusiliers), D. Balders, E. Battle, K. Bedford, A. Beresford Piors, St. J. Blake, J. W. Boyd, H. R. Briggs (Liverpools), L. Brook, W. Colin York, A. Coltart, D. Conner, R. B. Com

A coolier picked up the survivors and ley, Captain H. Crichton (Scots Fusi-

took them to Aberdeen.

BRITISH COLLIER

TORPEDOED.

TWO FIREMEN KILLED.

LONDON, May 5th. The British collier interne was ter- pedood off the Scilly Islands without warning, and we firemen wero-killed.

SHANGHAI RACES.

THIRD DAY'S RESULTS,

Yesterday was the concluding day of tho. Shanghai Race Meeting. The results were as follows:-

1.--GREAT NORTHERN PLATE. 7 furlongs, Mr. Thomson's Paladin (Moller)..... Mr. Morrisa Mahatma (Hard) Mr. Demet's Moratorium (Burkill)

Time, 1.483-5.j

2-THE RUBICON PLATE. 1 mile. Mr. D. Turpin's Volga (Crighton)... Mr. Evelyn's Sir Nigel (Heard) Mr. Elrettus Freddie (Vida)

Timo, 2.42 4.5. 13-PARI MUTUEL STAKES. 1 mile

B. P. Kongsi's Gay Bird (Johnstone).. Mr Coutts The Trader (Dalgleish)... Mr. Evelyn's Sir Lamorock (Hoard)

Time, 3,13 3-5.

*Doad heat.

4. THE RACING STAKES.1 mile, Mr. Neville's Bonnie Boy (Burkill).. Mr. Thomson's Roland (Moller) Mr. Shanghai's Cossack, (Brand)

Time, 2.04 1-5.

5-TAD YANGTSZE CUF," 17 mile.

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ENGLAND AS A GERMAN

SEES HER,UUNGANO

NO ENTHUSIASM AND NO

DEPRESSION."

LOY A GERMAN "ORAFTSMAN:] The following sketch of the English character in war-time has been contributed to the Daily Mail-by a German master- is a native of Wuerttemberg and attended eraftsman resident in London. The writer

the ordinary German schools at about

the time of the war with France. He has

nson born in England who was very

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anxious to enlist in the English Army when war broke out.

The writer says:---

That which has made the greatest

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by without one boing reminded of the war, you would hardly notice it in the demeanour of your people. The news

people: Despite the fact that never nu hour goes

pression upon mò is the ecrie quiet which! prevails among your whole

paper placards about war news BYOU the dimly lighted strees remind you the war perifs; the shaded lights in the e tramway cars seem to comment on the 3 news you try to read in the evening papers. The streets are full of khaki, -and-last, but not least, prices are risin

in the shops, And yet the English peo-

Mr. Morriss Wakefield (Stewart)ple shows neither enthusiasm nor depres

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0-THE CONSOLATION CUR. 14-mile. Mr. Elms' Mahatma (Moller) ......... Mr. Elms Moana (Hill) ...... Mr. John Peel's Sailor (Johnstone)... 3 Time, 2.41 4-5.

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Mr. Durgor's Concession (Burkáll)... 2 | sion. Mr. John Peel's Poter (Johnstone) 3 I have long wondered what night Le Time, 343 3-5 (constituting a record by the cause of this. It could not be so ia one-fifth of a second).

AL my own country-why is it so bera? Last I have come to the conclusion-that- your whole people is really conscious of the magnitude of the undertaking in which it is involved. I believe, too, that your whole people was sincerely convisced- that a war with Germany was an iron necessity with which it had to reckon. sooner or later. Whether this conviction. was justified by the facts of the case is another question which I am not asked. to discuss,

7-THE PAPER HUNTERS HANDICAP.

1 mile.

Mr. Fay's Historio (Heard) Mr. D. Turpin's Viator (Dalgleish)...

stone) Mr. J. Peel's Special Request (John-

liers) W. Downes, T. Eardley Wilmot, L. Easman, L. Essell, G. Gerard, E. Get ting, H. W. Gibbs, D. Griffith, G. Grin dal, H. W. Harrison, D. Herriott, T. Hume (Suffolks), P. De Isaacson (Liver pools), A. H. Jolliffe, A. Kentiemon, P. C Knight, J. Leslie (Lancers), J 8-D Lloyd, M, McNamara, E. MacSwiney, R. Mallinson, T. Happlebeck, A. E. R. Mason, K. fason (Engineers); FW Masters, H Melly, C. M. (Camerons), RW, H. Moline (Rifes), RB-THE MAXEHU STAKES. 14 mile

Mr. Robson's Peace (Burkill) ...... N. Moore, T. Morrill E M. Moulton Winsome and Hasty's Buzzard (Hill) Darrel J. Nichols (Londoniana), F. Mr. Shanghai's Husar (Brand) Packie, P. Pargoter, A., E. Palmer The papers contrast the abandonment of (York and Lancasters), La Parker (Fly British prisoners on a German destroyer,ing Corps), N. C. Parry (York and which was sunk a few days ago in the Lancasters), E. R. Preymun, O. Reid, North Sea, with the treatment of the S. Rivers, C. Samuda, A. Simmange, D. German prisoners on H.M.S. Amphion, which was sunk at the beginning of the

A CONTRAST.

PANIC AMONG GERMAN SAILORS.

LONDON, May 4th!“

Mills

Stayner, L. Stovell, W. Strong (Arti)- fery), D. V Thomas, A. H. Walker, R. M. Watson (Buffs), J. Welch (North- umberland Fusiliers), C. Windeler.

LSV KATAS

London, May 4th

LONDON, May 1th. The callousness shown by the Germans Field-Marshal Sir John French reporte is regarded as probably the reult of that the loss of ground resulting from panis A German oficer com Woudest, Prisoners-W. G. Jackson, the unexpected use of asphyxiating gas suicido as the destroyer was sinking, after pegun by the enemy last week necessitated a shooting several of his men who were readjustment of our line in front of struggling in the water.

Ypres. This readjustment was success A number of British bluejack ta jump- fully completed last night. The new linged overboard to save the Gormans One rana west of Zonnebeke

During the last twenty-four hours the situation has been normal along the whole front, with the excoption of one half-hearted enemy attack north-east of Ypres, which was easily repulsed.

GALLANT GURKHAS,

SIR JOHN FRENCH COMPLIMENTS THEM.

LONDON, May 4th. Field-Marshal Fér John Freach in- spected the Gurkhas after the battio of Neuve Chapelle, and said:-"I have come to congratulate you on your gallant behaviour in the recent fighting. You took Bois du Bicz, from which you were ordered to withdraw for tactical reasons. I know full-woll you would not have re- tired had you not received those orders. Your fine conduct in the winter months is all the more creditable seeing that the pathians. Enemy, detachments crossed winter has been very trying, and that

PETROGRAD. May 5th. A communiqué does not confirm the

Austro-German claim to a great victory En Galicia. It states that a series of batiles developed on Sunday and Monday

in Galicia from the Vistula to the Cur-

"you have ̈come from a warm climate

the-Rivor-Dunajets, but the Russian fre prevented them from advancing,

The wish to thank you for the good work on fighting was particularly desperate in the all-occasione, and I am confider that region of Tukhoff and Bietch, where whenever called upon you will attack as Russian counter-attacks resulted in the readily as you did at Neuve Chapelle," Capture of hundreds of prisoners.

A very ferca battle continues in the direction of Stry. The Russians finally taptured a hill near Golovetzhom ́ which had frequently changed hands, and took 1,200 prisoners.

POISONOUS GASES.

COUNTER-MEASURES-NOT REPRESENTATIONS. -

LONDON, May 4th. In the House of Commons Mr. Asquith said that Germany's use of poisonous. The attempt of the enemy to envelop gases was a breach of The Hague Conven the flank at the source of the River tion, and, had been clearly committed Svitza completely failed, and the enemy with deliberate parpose after careful was forced to retira in disorder, losing preparation. Ho on phasised that the prisoners.

time was better spent in counter-acting such action than in making representa

The Russians still hold Mitau. - TURKISH CORPS DEFEATEDtions.

BY RUSSIANS.

HEAVY TURKISH LOSSES.

PETROGROD, May 4th.

A. L Ryder, F. W. Tomlinson.

Mising. Chamter, H. Colston, A. A Jockson, GL #70**

Wounded Mediterraneta E. W. Ager,

CH- Birkett., 1. H. Bowen, C. L. German was so suffering from exposure: Boxell, O Carruthers, H. C. Crozier, H. that it was decided to give him the benefit Deboer, D. Fronch, G. W. Geddes, R. of the heat of the stokehole, Mistaking Gillitt, C. C. Harland, G. H. Harriso, the motive, he fought desperately, being torrified, and he was got below with diff- culty.

GENERAL.

ĮTAROUGĖ KRUTER'S AGAROF.]

THE BRITISH BUDGET.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S STAGGER-

'ING FIGURES.

LONDON, May 4th.

Time, 2.37.

Time, 2-44 3-5.

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Mr. Morrise Beaconsfeld (Stewart).. 1 B-THE CHAMPION SWEEPSTAKES. 1 m.

Mr. Ezra's Rosewood (Jolinstone)..... Mr. Evelyn's Sir Victor (Heard)

* Dead heat. Time, 2.95. 10-NIL DESPERANDUMI

STAKES.

furlongs Mr. J. Peel's Gretna Green (John-

stone)......

Mr. Durgor's Bazaar (Heard)

3. P. Kongsi's Disappointed. Bird

(Bremner)

Time, 1.47 3-5.

TERRITORIALS ENTERTAINMENT FUND,

But this conviction is the explanation of the feature of England at war which must be most striking to foreigners-- namely, the absolute lack of readiness shown by young men and öld of all classeB

to go out to fight. This lack of enthusiam strikes us Germans very forcibly. For we ourselves are accustomed to consider war as something ideal, wo go to the front like gladiators, and we greet the Kaiser as the symbol of Germanism even if we are to die. Now the English regard this war at any rate as a struggle for existence, and since you are practical folk you make up your minds that you have got to win whatever it costs.

The Englishman does not think of glory, but also he does not think of death. Ho does not want to fall, but he realises that

1 losses are part of the business of war, and being a good sportsman he takes the risk into the rest of the bargain. That is a very material and practical

patriotism but it patriotism just the same. I was convinced from the outset that England would never be satisfied with sending 100,000 men into the fold, and to this day I cannot understand how our Government can have been so misled by its representatives here. However, England could raise such a huge volunteer I would never have believed myself that army. I was prepared for the coming of I passed, for I have a son born in Lug- conscription, and many sleepless nights land and I was afraid he would be called

up.

To carry out the project for showing some appreciation of the patriotism of the Territorials quartered in Hongkong by making their stay as pleasant as (Borderers), E. L. Henderson, with power to add to fr's numbers, consist possible, a committee has been formed, Johrison (Dublin Fusiliers), R. Lateing of Major Humphrey, Mr. E. A (Munsters), F. Lanigan O'Keefe, H. Cartwright, Major Hawkins (0.0 English in his ways and sympathies Nelson, F. J. Joe C. Maffett, G. M. Shropshire Light Infantry), treasurer Ogilvy, A. W. Molony (Dublins), Sand Messrs. G. C. Arebbutt and R. P. Renny, H. Rice, F. X Russell; A:-Thursfield (joint hon, secretaries). Sanderson, R. Shorter, C., Tippetts, F. H. Verschoyle, J. P. Walters, H. S. Wilson (Munsters)

Wounded, Missing: M. Becher.

INDRAN CONSOLIDATION

BILL

LONDON, May 4th.

In addition to the offers already Announced in these columns, a letter has been received from the Victoria Cinema Theatre inviting the Territorials to the entertainment free of charge for one week; and thenceforward at the reduced rate of 20 cents each. Further, it is pro posed to give & special entertainment a this cinema on or about the 19th just

Amount already acknowledged.. $520

Durisdeer

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In the House of Commons Mr. Lloyd | George, in his Budget speech, said that taxation would be unchanged. The time

In the House of Lords, Earl Crewe ex-and to deve a third of the proceeds to was inconvenient to review the financial.

plained, on the second reailing of the the Fand position, which depended on events in India Consolidation Dill, that it was the next two or three months. The result simply a consolidation Bill dealing with of the war was never in doub, but then Acts which went back to 1770. It repealed they would be able to give a dependable 42 Acts and some provisions of six others. opinion as to its duration. He said that The greatest care had bees taken in the eight months of war had cost £307,000,000. | task of co-ordinating sections which was The estimated revenue for the coming extremely laborious, year was $270,000,000, an increase of

Lord Lansdowne said that the Bill £43,500,000.

He pointed out that if the would meet with no opposition if it was war ended in September the total expen-merely a consolidation Bill, and that

only.

diture would amount to £786.000,000, of

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SHIPBUILDING IN JAPAN.

GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGEMENT.

I had the same anxicty to put up with Well, conscription did not come, but Later, for my non wanted to offer himself as a volunteer in the Army. He is quite Even as a boy at school he would not take his sausage and bread to school with him if it was done up in a German paper to prevent his becoming a patriotic Eug- printed in London. I made no attempt lishman, but I could not endure the iden that he would fight against the land of grounds of health. kis fathers. Luckily, he was rejected on

I have been much struck by the way ia which many of my son's friends, young their jobs to go and join the colours. fellows earning good incomes, gave up Many of them were independent crafte nections, and there was no one to keep men who had worked up their own con- their business going. Still they went.

1 have spoken to many of them, and what they have told me only confirms what E Jave supposed-damely, that your people is perfectly clear, as to what this war really involves.

There is another feature, probably to be explained on similar lines but to me rather returkable-namely, that there is no expression of hatred for the Germans. Of course there is an animosity against Germans in general, but the relations between Germans and English, where the acquaintance is of long-standing, is not disturbed. So far as there is any hatred it, is directed against the Kaiser, 1 think it is unjustified, but perhaps it is has helped to make him appear the bad true that his typical Berlin big mouth" boy that always begins the trouble.

Commenting upon the great activities observable in shipyards in Гаран the Tokyo Asahi observes that the rate at subsidy to be paid to new ships under the present Law for encouraging the ship building industry is now shown to be too high. The time has comes to reduce the

Your English nation has not only gone rate without affecting the progress and into the war with absolute quiet, but ing to the estimates of the Ministry bance with complete equanimity-I would development of that industry. Aecord-it suffers also all the economic distar-

which the Army expenditure would be Lord Loreburn hoped that the Bill £400,000,000, the Navy £100,000,000, and would be referred to a Joint Committee advances to the Allies and Dominions The Bill was started not to amend but to £100,000,000. If the war lasted another consolidate the criminal law of the of Communictions, the amount of sub- almost call it indifference, The English year the total expenditure would be country.. £1,138,900,000, and there would be a net deficit of £802,000,000.

sidy to be paid in the current year Government has shown so far an organis reaches a million and a half yen, while ing ability which we expect from a Ger The Bill comprises 68 pages and 138 in the year following the amount will go man Government but which we had not

Articles

"CONTRACTS.

up to two and a half million yan. So far expected in England. It is surpri; v. the amount of the subsidy paid exceeded because the English rule so far has always one million yen only once. But now on been to interfere with private affairs as SWEDEN AND THE WAR.

account of the conditions brought about little as possible. PROFITS ON GERMAN ARMY by the war in Europe, grut activities. Apparently people in Germany believed -DANGER-OF-BEING INVOLVED.

have come to be suddenly shown in all the before the war that England was a decadent and dying nation. As I sro it, shipyards of the country, and the paper England may have been asleep when war thinks that the building capacity bas now COPENHAGEN, May 4th.

The Vorwärts gives some accounts of the realized a degree of progress which does broke row. Perhape the German Govern The King, in a speech at Gothenburg, activity of the Special Trade Courts not require so liberal an amount of sub-ment would have acted differently if it had hed better-informed representatives. which are dealing with disputes between dy as twenty years ago

It thinks that over here... said that the danger of Sweden being in employers and employed in regard to the amount of money saved by lowering (volved in the war, was as great as before, payment for work for the Army and the rates of the sub-idy can be devoted to Navy. It seems that the military much better and more useful purpose His Majesty emphasised that Sweden's | authorities who give out tailoring and for the country. It further points out A private erwatch from Berlin to Major-General A. E. Sandbach has been indispensable duty was to observe strict fast rufe that 75 per cent of the sum paid cent, duty on siel and other materials appeals by the authorities and news- other such work have made a hard-and that the Government levies twenty per Copenhagen str'es that, as friendly wounded in Flanders.

neutrality, and he exhorted all to du must go to the workmen, and only 25 er for shipbuilding, and this fact appeals papers to bile s people in German to

cent to the employer. Difficulties arise Russians completely defeated Khalil fors the war Chief Engineer in Ireland. Betion. He was confident that in case of hands, and it appears that employ is the subsidy and that of the import duty lately a mumko of demonstrations ch [Major-Genera1 Bandbach, C.B., was bo nothing to aggravate the country's posi- when the order passes through several to the paper as a contradiction in the remove or chang Paglish, French, and

Government measures.

Both the rate of Russian sinds have been in a

number Favo somtimes find that have to in Bey's Corps in the region of Khori has seen much service in the Soudan necessity the whole nation would be wages more than they receive themselves on steel and shipbuilding mater-re

Barmah, India, and South Africa. He

signboariana naibited. The polio dalmon. 3,500 dead Turks were found on commanded the Royal Engineers at united in defending the country and their for the goods. The Courts, however, giveduced, the paper think that it will ulti have now taken, he matter in ban,, end the battlefield.

no relief in such cases, and the system mately be found of advantags to the pro- The pursuit continues. Aldershot in 1908-10.]

stems devised to shat out middlemen. gress of that industry.

A Caucasian communiqué states that,

after a battle lasting three days the

BRITISH GENERAL WOUNDED

LONDON, May 4th.

liberty.

the sigbon ds will be compulsorily. removed..