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THE WAR.

BATTLE OF GALICIA.

RUSSIAN

COUNTER- OFFENSIVE.

GERMANY'S SUBMARINE

WARFARE,

EVASIVE REPLY TO AMERICAN NOTE,

PROGRESS OF THE ITALIANS..

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONI,

(THROUGH: REUTER'S AGENCY.]

FURTHER BRITISH GAINS.

GERMAN AEROPLANE BROUGHT DOWN.

Losner, May 30th. Field Marshal Sir John French, in a communiqué says!--

(THROUGH RÄUTER'S AGENCY.) EN ROUTE TO TRENT. ADVANCE OF THE ITALIANS.

RONE, May 30th.

The

A communiqué states:—- The Italian advance continues. Italian forces in the Tyrol seriously dam- aged two Austrian forte.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PEESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 1st, 1915.

RUBBIAN. FRONT.

(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGEKOT.]

THE BATTLE OF GALICIA,

OBJECT OF ENEMY'S PRODIGIOUS

EFFO

PETROGRAD, May 31st.

A communiqué says:-- The object of the enemy's prodigious efforts recently was the encircling of Przemyai. The Germans after a des perato battle on the San, occupied four days in attempting to change the direction of their offensive from the north-east to the south-east. They con structed fifteen bridges from Seniawn to Jaroslav, and transferred the whole mass westward, leading to the supposition that the Germans were retreating. But then General von Mackenson began to hurl, bis armies against the Russian positions between the rivers Lioubatchevka and the Ban

Simultaneously, near Radymno, on the left bank of the San, hundreds of thousands of infantry, mp. ported by a thousand guns, attacked us on a front of fifteen miles. Von Macken zem, indeed, was trying to repeat his manœuvre on the front at Lodz, some months ago, but he was now using his entire armies instead of isolated corps The former were, fortunately, skwer in

their movements, and Mackensen's plan

We advanced on both banks of the Adige, and Exmly occupied the town of is still unfulfilled, though some German Since the 28th instant we have made Ala, en route to Trent. Fighting took Regiments have already lost three-quar further small gains to the cast of Festhu-place from noon till the evening, theters of their effectives.

bert. Otherwise all has been quiet.

A British acroplane brought down a German acroplane in the neighbourhood of Moorslede.

ALL QUIET.

PARIR, May 30th.

To-day's communique says :--

There is nothing to report:

FRENCH STILL PROGRESS.

PARIS, May 31st. 1.25 am. To-day's communiqué states:-We have right bank of the Yser Canal, in the dis

Italian losses being slight." NAVAL ACTIVITI ES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENDY.] GERMANY'S SUBMARINE

General Irmatof, the hero of Port Arthur, crushed the garrison at Leissos, behind Mackensen's Army, while the Russians decimated the Austro-Gorman Army which was endeavouring to meet Mackensen and turn Przemysl from the south,

PIRACY. REPLY TO AMERICAN NOTE.

LONDON, May 30th

The enemy has lost hundreds of thou- Germany, in reply to the American sands since the 24th inst, alone, and there Note, proposes that the United States are other favourable signs. Nevertheless, should defer definite consideration of the it is yet premature to speak of the result submarine policy until the two Govern-of the battle, which has been extraordin ments can establish whether the Lusitania ary in its intensity. was a merchantman or cruiser, carrying Canadian troops and Caucasian Corps, which captured 7,000

an auxiliary

It should be pointed out that the 3rd

whether the Lusitania carried sufficient Austro-German communiqués on

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) GOVERNMENT OF ALL THE TALENTS. FURTHER LIST OF APPOINT-

·MENTS..

LONDON, May 30th. The appointments in the new Coalition

SWATOW NOTES.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Swarow, May 26th.

DEATH OF THE BRIGADIER-GENERAL- The swatow officials are in mourning for their military chief, who died some what suddenly on the 21st. He came to

Swatow st.a

very exciting time immediately after the Revolution when

RECOVERY OF THE CANADIAN GUNS.

MIDNIGHT CHARGE.

GRAPHIC STORY OF A WOUNDED BOLDIER.

Thou

the Canadians to be sacrificed without

guns were too valuable to straggle," remarked a Canadian gunner.

regain them from the Germans they had "Before they inspired the infantry to already contributed to the history of the war. They swept away a German obser

Government include:- Under-Secretaries of State :

Home Office, Mr. W. Brace (Labour), the town was in continual uproar and civil strife was rife, Adventurers claim- War Ofoe, Nr. H. J. Tennant (L.) Foreign Ofice, Lor. Robert Cecil (U.)ing to be friendly to the Republican causevation tower at Neuve Chapelle, and Colonial Office, Mr. D. Steel-Maitland stove for position. Finally the quarrel when our gunners were complineated consisted in a contest of strength between they maturably felt a little proud of their Hexloy and Hakkas. It was at this ach rent, But i don't want to boost juncture Brigadier General Va arrived your artillery; let us rather think of the at Swatow and by clever strategy pacified

weapons. they are the belligerents but nut before he had

'some guns which put one of the would-be chiefs to death. He came vested with exceptional powers

... (B)

India Office, Lord Islington (L.) Financial Secrcturien::===*

the infantry captured,"

1.

Admiralty, De MeNavara (L.)

Parliamentary Secretaries:-

War Office, Mr. H. W. Forster (U.)

the value of the Canadian guns, was The guanor, who spoke eloquently of Board of Trade, Mr, Pretyman (U)ong to the disturbed condition of the present at Nouve Chapelle, and at tha neighbourhood and he did not hesitate to injury, and was conveyed to an English ught for Hill 60, where he received an Local Government Board, Mr. Hayo put his powers in fores so that a super-hospital.

Fisher (V.J

ficial pease had been secured. Foreigners by which the gans were recovered was But the story of the Canadian charge Munitions, Dr. Addison (1) Liked Lila He was always kind and told by a company sergeant-major of the Treasury, Mr. Gulland (L.) and Lori granicus to them. The native Press 10th Batt, Canadian Force, which was in

Edmund Talbot (U.) Junior Lord of the Treasury; Mr succes as an administrator. But the body, his appearance gave an indication speaks somewhat restrainedly of his the thick of the fight Wounded in the | head-and-ans, and other parts of the George Roberts (Labour),

meaning is obvious. Recently robberies of the severity of the fighting through Comptroller of the Household, Mr. are on the fuereuse; illegal and miswhich he had passed, Charles Roberts (L.)

chievous societies are largely increased.ing an opportunity to charge," said the "For weeks we had been eagerly await- The Government now consists of 20 Many forms of illegality are indeed wounded soldier, bat we did not expect very evident. The bestr elemente amongst an offensive movemens quite like hect the people regarded the general as a time or forty-eight hours we waited patient- server, who, in order to maintain a decent advance. There we were in the reserve

ly at Neuve Chapel the order reputation, did not care to grapple with division, and we understood that it them seriously. So they liave been going intended for us to take part in the battle. ahead plotting mischief and largely with that occasion never caste, and we were But the order for us to move forward.on impunity. He certainly deal very disappointed, The Japanese Minister of Marine has drastically with the opium growers wins. telegraphed to Mr. Winston Churchill:shot some of his soldiers. Liu Kuch Stang "The co-operation of the British and has been appointed pro tem in the Japanese Navics owes much to your deconsed officer's place. efforts” Mr. Churchill replied that the comradeship and goodwill of the two navies would assuredly contime. concludes;." All goes well."""

Liberals, 18 Unionists, thres Labourites, and one non-party (Lord Kitchener). CO-OPERATION OF BRITISH

AND JAPANESE NAVIES,

LONDON, May 31st.

CORRESPONDENCE.

AN APPEAL TO ENGLISH- WOMEN,

[TO THE EDITOR OF TER "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,"1

C

He

18-May 1 through the hospitality of

SULPEN SUMMONE

to

incur billets, we were suddenly called Last Thursday, when many of us were out. We did not knew exactly what had occurred. Only a short time before we, had been relieved of our position in the trenches by another portion of the Cani- rest. When Jack Johnsons began falling dian Force, and we had gone back for about Ypres we knew something was doing. We were told that the French hat fallen back, that the Canadians had found it necessary to do the same, and that our duty that night was to regain our position, and at any cost take a parti. eular wood, which was somewhere in front of us.

THE NEW WOMAN" IN CHINA, There is much talk at present about the wife of a high official in Peking who has charged her husband with plotting against the state or members of Govern ment. This official belongs to our neigh bourhood and being a man of whom his neighbourhood is very proud the action of the woman is deeply resented. has brought disgrace on the womanhood of China. She has the advantage of that we marched away from Ypres. My education she has passed through a

battalion, the 10th, was associated with the 16th. These two formed the altarge Girl School: By her conduct she has line where I was situated. How keer and Yet we maintained good order, The opportunity for a

She

It was in the twilight of the evening

carried all the German trenches on the ammunition. The Note proceeds to argue prisoners, was entirely annihilated in your eglumns make an appeal to the Eng. truly given a bandle to ridicule general excited we were

trict of Pilken, taking fifty prisoners and three mitrailleuses.

boats.

Germany cipressed her readiness to pay The artillery dued his continued north compensation in the cases of the Cushing

of Arras.

Wo attacked a German redoubt, entitled The Labyrinth, south-east of Neuville,

and the Gulf of Light.

Wieloka last month.

GERMAN ADMISSIONS

AMSTERDAM, May 31st.

the

charge had come when it was least ex pected. The idea of having fallen back before the Germans was irritating Armentières they had done their best to

lish women of Hongkong My subject education. Many of the rich will now is the mainly feminine one of fashion inject the school girl for a daughter in dress, but the principle I wish to speak law. Thus it will be because of the vicious of is the wider one of good citizenship. As conduct of this wife She is like the shift us from our trenches, but without

à general rule I think we women regard woman who was recently the chief of a Jaueces. We did not feel like baing beaten

suda y ceblackno, who had the now. Then again there were the lost in audacity to blackmail her husband."

.o be recovered.

The Note does not mention specifically

A Berlin communiqué makes the impor- President Wilson's demands for the dis-attack compelled the Germans to evacante tant admissions that the Russian surprise progressed four hundred yards and took awal of the sinking of the Lusitanis Bawdyliky, on the Dubissa, and that the are several reasons why we ought to hold readers; It has almost been a matter of German position. It was a period of

numerous prisoners.

We have also captured more tronches on the outskirts of Bois-le-Freire, taking fifty prisoners. An enemy atfack at St. Schnepfenricib, in Alsace, was repulsed.

BRITISH CASUALTIES.

LONDON, May 30th

Killed: N. Bavin, C. Twining, H. J. Walters.

Died of wounds: €. Loxton, Wounded: F. A. Wilson, Artillery.

ITALIAN FRONT.

(THROUGH RECTEN'S AGENCY.]

AUSTRIAN FORT DISPLAYS

WHITE FLAG.

FIRED ON BY ANOTHER FORT:"

ROME, May 31st,

2.10 a.m.

A communiqué says:--: In the Tyrol, on the Trentino frontier,

we occupied an important position at

and the discontinuance of the present sub- Russians captured German guns. The marine methods.

Russians are now attacking in the regions of Jaroslav, Przemysl, and Stryj.

BLUE FUNNEL LINER'S BRILLIANT ESCAPE. TWICE CHASED AND SHELLED BY ENEMY EVACUATES RIGHT

BANK OF THE SAN.

PETROGRAD, May 31st.

SUBMARINES.

LONDON, May 30th.

The Blue Funnel liner Piugsuey, from Batavia, with a valuable cargo on board, had splendid escapes from submarines. She was twice chased and shelled in the Channel, but managed to reach Plymouth, One of the crew was wounded. STEAMER TORPEDOED OFF USHANT.

LONDON, May 30th- The steamer Tulloch Hoor was tor- pedoed off Ushant. The crew have been landed at Barry.

LONDON, May 31st.

was submarined in the Channel.. crew was saved,

The

5.83'a.m

An official communiqué says:—— The Russians are continuing to press the Germans in the region of Shavli, and captured on Friday nine gans and seven machine-guns.

The battle of Galicia continues, Wo compelled on Saturday the enemy, to

to the

mouth of

THE HISTORY OF THE TALPING REBELLION. The following item will interest come

"It is difficult to describe the sensation at such a moment; We marched towards the spot from which we were to charge the tension. We of the Canadian Corps felt

Wa sew

the changing fashion as a kind of game

threatens to became disastrous and there which makes our clothing more interest ing; at the present time, however, the game

ourselves aloof. Usually a change in regret that no satisfactory record of the that we had to make good. That in fashion is gradual and can be either interesting episode of the Taiping rebel itself was sufficient to inspire us, ban adopted or avoided (at least for a short lion was known to be in existence. The appealed to our manhood.

besides that, around us were scones which time) without attracting particular no item of news I refer to is the following:- wonien and children, who, frightened by tice This season, however, it is drastic; When the King of the Celestial Kingdom the German shells, were moving away ar the dressmakers, finding their trades died his son Li Chiu Siang was stil! a rapidly as possible from the fire. A try interfered with by the war, have sought boy. He was taken and nourished by a coming. What terror it scend to ecnvey had gone forth that the Germans wro to revive it by issuing a decree that every rich family in Thien Thang, who saved to the women and children. Livell-dressed woman should provide him in the midst of great dangers. Of all their faces full of fear as they passed us, We gav herself with an entirely new stock of the precious collections in the paita, nd that sight, in itself, was a stimulus to larrying from the danger zone. I believe dresses. Incidentally we are expected also took with him but one and this contained many of us.

We marched on, the to make a complete replenishment of our the account of the affairs of the Tai Ping and the Teth. foot gear, There is it be no bringing Celestial Kingdom prepared by the King. up to date of last summer's clothes; This same being also wrote poems, some these, if wo do the dressmakers' bidding of which are known to be in existence, 1st be discarded absolutely, while the

À TOUGH JOB. "Evening was succeeded by night, but Star shells of the Germans illuminated there were only brief periods of darkness. the sky, and at frequent intervnimated night was turned into day. On we arch ed, grim and orderly, led by our officers,

and in a series of counter-attacks makers, cloth... nxirchants, etc., need to Republic's historiography"! (Thai-Tung as they paved the way for the onslaught

and

much

Pau).

· FERNY, BOAT CAPBIZES

A serions accident took place at Shang

change is to be so great that every woman but we do not know that they have been who really cannot afford auch extravag-collected in book-form. Li Chiu Siang, evacuate the right bank of the Ban herself to be what she may not be at all-now an old man, has taken this precious We knew that we had a tough job, and·

ance must feel conspicuous and imagine the Lubaczewka, dowdy. One is ready to admit that dress-manuscript and has handed it over to the we were prepared for the toughest,

hind ns. boomed the guns of our artillery keep their heads above water, but in tho aggregate is their need as great as that

which was to follow. It seemed some time. of the vast numbers who will suffer from

before we reached the spot from which this untimely addition to the hurden of

our charge was to commenco, but a fare keeping up appearances? I submit that Hang the other day. A ferryboat crowd-revealed to us the situation of the wood fashionable at any cost is at all timesed with women and childsen chiefly, up- this endeavour to look prosperous and

which was the chief object of our attack. burdensome to many; to aggravate it is set in midstream and over 20 men were before we were arranged in order for the I think it must have been midnight short of criminal. these days of stress and sorrow is little drowned. The bump of eventuality is was the bush concealing the German post- charge. About 600 yards in front of us There is another point of view the woefully lacking in Chinese! They will tion that had to be taken.We pres local case. I am not defending the not admit that a boat is in danger as long quietly and in excellent order, and every-

hobble skirt" for, that was only a

thing went well until we got within about 200 yards of the wood.

against the main body we captured 3,060 prisoners

booty Stubborn fighting continues beyond the The steamer Glenlee, bound for Aden, Dacister. During a counter-attack against the enemy's advance a Russian battalion got to the enemy's rear, and captured 617 prisoners and ciglit machine-guns,

We took the offensive in the valley of the Dolina, and forced the enemy to evacuate the right bank of the Switz.

Amaspezza, near Storo." Our artillery in | THE NEAR, EAST

the Asiago plateau destroyed an armoured. fort at Luserna, which hoisted the white flag. The Austrian fort of Bolvedre Our thereupon bombarded Luserna artillery also destroyed a modern work at Cimovezza which was occupied by our infantry, who advanced and captured the village of Vezena. We occupied the Pass of Trococi. and the town and valley of Cortina Damlezzo in Cadore.

The Austrians along the Friuli frontier have long been strengthening, with numerous guns, the position on the left bank of the Isonzo, commanding the fords. They also strongly hold several points on the right bank, covering the town of Garizio.

Heavy rains have transformed the rivers into torrents, but the Italians con- tinue to advance most vigorously,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ALLIES BOMBARDING TURKISH FORTIFICATIONS.

ATHENS, May 31st. The Captain of a Gycek steamer reports that the Allies are bombarding the Tur kish fortifications along the Asiatic const The British destroyed a petrol depot for German submarines.

TURKISH TROOPS. GREEK WOMEN VICTIMS OF DISGUSTING ORGIES.

ATHENS, May 31st. Tho Tarks have conducted almost unparalleled excesses in the district of Aivali against the Greeks. Women and girls have been seized, and it is declared that they have been made the victims of disgusting orgies.

GENERAL.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

"A BOND OF BLOOD."

ROYAL MESSAGES.

LONDON, May 1st King Victor Emmanuel telegraplied to King George: The ancient traditional friendship between the English and Italian peoples is strengthened by the bond of blood."

King George replied:→I am deeply gratified that the two countries are closely allied in a great and noble cause and feel confident in, their success."

NEW GALENDALL DAY.

freakish over-development and need not as the gunwale is above water, be taken seriously; on the whole it has been a relief (especially in a hot climate)

The 3rd of May is henceforth to be made to be free from the hampering weight of

memory as a mass of machine guns began. Then what is impressed upon my

much unnecessary cloth. We have rejoiced special calendar day. For on that day to fire upon us Immediately we made.

Japanese humiliated China. 1–

MALAYA'S GIFT TO THE ARMY.

A SQUADRON OF 15 AIRCRAFT

A Penang telegram in a London paper

too in our collarless conditics; indeed the some of us have had the audacity to con- sider ourselves the wiser sex and to look with amazement on our suffering brother, wondering why he has not the courage to reject his monstrous cylinder of lives and starch, or else the ingenuity to devis a substitute for it. But now, alast unleas we take a firm stand, that sense of super- forty must yield, for we, too, are called We are told, moreover, that we must once apon to swathe ourselves to the cars, more hang around us masses of super-5375; - fluous cloth while our ankle are to be enessed in high boots,

And shall we do Whatever may be done in London and Paris, let us exiles in the tropics resolve that we will at least be as cool as we can. And the money which we discomfort refuse to spend on "smart can be used to clothe the naked children of Belgium,

it 7

Fours etc.,

·CITOYENNE,

a-rush; the cheers and shouts of our men mixed with the noise of the guns. When we were told to advance we had beenr cautioned to go quietly and not to cheer. But who could be quiet now? This way the 10th, exclaimed an officer, as he led his men. and indicated the way to the wood. We cheered and shouted as wa rushed forth. Men fell around me. How we lived in front of these machine-gun will ever be a mystery to me. How - men could face such a fire puzzles as unve when I think of it. But they d1à

"WE MADE GOOD).”

**We raust bar lost a lot. I wa" strucki

Malaya is presenting to the British Army Council a gift of Bfteen aircraft, the money for which is being defrayed by voluntary subscriptions in the Colony rather badly, hong hit in the head, arut thusiastic and all races and classes are the wood, took the German position, andr and States. The response has been en-shoulder, and thigh; but we went through co-operating in this must populer more-recovered the guns-three, I think, the ment

fourth I believe being smashed. After In the Chinese mining village of Kinta, that the position was held. Yes, I think for instance, one collector during the past we made good," added the wounded few days has received promises of various soldier, with a smile, as he lay in bed in sung of money totalling £2,000.

hospital-Daily Telegraph.