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THE WAR.

ENEMY RETREATS IN GALICIA.

ENCİROLING MOVEMENT CHECKED.

FURIOUS FIGHTING

FRONT.

ON FRENCH

3.000 GERMANS SLAIN IN 25 MINUTES.

BRYAN THE IDEALIST.

**FORCE THE OLD SYSTEM-PERSUASION THE NEW.”

ITALIANS NEARING TRIESTE.

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.] FRENCH CONTINUE TO PROGRESS.

PARIS, June 19th,

5.40 p.m. Today's communiqu states that the French repulsed German counter-attacks, maintained the captured ground every where, and made further progress.

PARIS, June 11th.

1.46. 3,ni.

Tho evening communiqué says:- The artillery duck has continued north of Arras, though hindered by dense jog, the battle ending in the capture of the village of Neaville by the most desperate hand-to-hand and house-to-honse fighting,

ITALIAN FRONT

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY. JUNE 12#. 1918,

NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

(THROUGH ABUZER'S AGENOT.)

CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO GERMAN FLEET.

PETROGRAD, June 11th. It is confirmed authoritatively that the|| Russian submarine, and mines in the Baltic on the 3rd inst. did considerable damage to the German Flect.

by a mine.

AUSTRIAN TORPEDO-BOAT

{THROUGH. HEUTER'S AGENCY.]

MR. BRYAN "ROCKING, THE BOAT."

AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE.

[TEROUGH DEUTER'S AGERET.)

OUTPUT OF MUNITIONS,

TRADE UNIONS TO ASSIST.

LONDON, June 10th.

AMERICA AND GERMANY.

TEXT OF PRESIDENT WILSON'S FIRST NOTE.

The following is the text of the first Note sent by President Wilson to Ger Mr Lloyd George, Minister for Muni-may after the sinking of the tions, submited to 73 Trade Union Lusitania -

output of munitions. The scheme was delegates a scheme for Trade Union assistance in the task of increasing the ́

WASHINGTON, June 11th.

can Note, Mr. Bryan has issued ad appeal On the ove of publication of the Ameri-

to the American people declaring that adopted.- the real issue is not between President IMPORTANT LONDON ENTERPRISE. Wilson and himself, but between systema

A submarine the next day sank German destroyer and a transport, and

of government. He says Force represents damaged another destroyer,

the old system: Persuasion represents Another German vessal was blown up the now system that has been growing all oo slowly for nineteen hundred years, Austrin affords a recent exataple of the old system. Mr. Bryan hisarelf, us a humble follower of the Prines of Peace, calls upon the United States to lead the world out of the black night of war inte the light of day when swords shall be beaten into ploughshares.

SUNK.

PARIE, June 10th. An Austrian torpedo-bont which endea voured to leave the Gulf of Trieste has beem sunk by an Italian subrcagine. The crew were drowned.

TWO BRITISH TORPEDO- BOATS SUNK.

LONDON, June 10th. | ̄ ̄ ̄Th ̈Official · Press Bureau announces

that two torpedo-boats, No's 10 and 12, whilst oporating off the East Coast, 'were' torpedoed and sunk by submarines, Forty-one Burvivors have been landed."

(The 10 and 12 were launched in 1907. They were of 225 tons displacement, and had a speed of about 26 knots. The full comple ment of nach was 35.3.

SUBMARINE WAR ON

(THROUGH BLUTER'S AGENCY.] ITALIANS PREPARING FOR GREAT MOVEMENT.

HEAVY AUSTRIAN LOSSES..

ROME, June 10th.

TRAWLERS. The aliens are methodically prepar ing for the development of a great move.

LONDON, June 11th ment on the Tyrol-Trentino frontier. A The submarining of treviers continues. communiqué states that our Alpine Six are reported to have been sunk to-day, regiments captured an important position and also a German steamer, captured at Proixoffel, in the Carnic Alps, aftor aftor t'e outbreak of war, and a small- several days of stubborn fighting. They schooner. Two crews were rescued by Dutch vessels. In one case trawler men also took a number of prisoners.

wero without food and water for 52

The must weighly fighting continues da the Isonzo against strong positions, and there are broken bridges and roads as the

The Germans were at their last ex-result of extensive foods. tremity when they retired, abandoning t

ITALY

SUCCESS-

.

hours.

GERMAN SUBMARINES Prisoners declare that the Austriad REPORTED BADLY DAMAGED.

LONDON, June 11th. field gun, several machine-guns and much losses are very great.

Over a thousand corpses were

It is reported that twò German sub- material.

marines have been sowed into Libau badly found in the houses, trenches and cellars.

damaged, ROME, June 11th. The enemy attack at Beausejour in Champagne was repulsett Many German- dead were abandoned.

FIGHTING FULLY.

Mr. Bryan issues another statement to- sorrow appealing to German Americans,

CURIOUS GERMAN COMMENTS.

AMÄTERDAM, June 11th.

·German comment on the resignation of

Mr. Bryan shows that the leading Gorman newspapers are extraordinarily ignorant of American opinion. Their views are sumained up in the comment of the Cologne Gazette, which considers that the resign tion is, a victory for German-Americans, and says it is boprit that the latter will now obtain the prohibition of the export!

of munitions.

THE UNARMED “ LUSITANIA.”

GERMAN WHO SWORE SHE MOUNTED GUNS ARRESTED.

New York, June 10th. The Federal Grand Jury has examined the German Reservist Gustav Stahl, who is unable to speak English, and ordered

May 13th, 1016. Department of State (Washington), The Secretary of State to the American Ambassador at Berlin

Affairs and, after reading to him this Please call on the Minister of Foreign communication, leave with him a copy.

"In view of reomt acts of the Germaan authorities in violation of American in the tarpes and sinking of rights on the high seas, which culminated

1915, by which ever 100 American citizen Kritish steamship Lusitania ou lay th

LONDON, June 10th. A scheme has been approved organizing authorities for this additional production workshops in London under public

of munitions. It is estimated that at least a hundred workshops, will be Curs pre-lost their lives, it is clearly wise and desirable that the Government of the videu.

United States and the laperial Gormat Government should come to a clear and full understanding as to the grave situa tion which bas resulted.

ENTIJUSIASTIC WAR WORKWOMEN.

LONDON, June 10th. It is announced thap 78,946 women have registered under the Government's war work scheme,

CAPTAIN DISGUISED AS COOK.

INTERESTING - CAPTURE BY BRITISH CRUISER.

MADRID. Jum 10tk.

A British cruiser in the Straits of Gibraltar arrested on board an Italian German steamer the captain of the who was disguised as a cook and had anxiliary cruiser Prins Hitel Friedrich.

escaped from the United States.. FOOD PRICES IN ENGLAND. PROSPECTS OF ABUNDANT HARVESTS.

The sinking of the British passenger steamer Falaba by a German submarme on March 29th, through which Leon C, drowned; the attack on April 28th, on Thrasher, um American citizen, was the American vessel Cushing by a German aeroplane; the torpedoing on May 1st of the American vessel Gafflight by a Gor, nan submarine, as a result of which two or more American citizens met their death and, finally de torpeding and girking of the steamship Lusitania, constitute a series of crents which the Government of the United Sinte, has observed with grow- ing concern,' distress and amazement,

Recalling the humane and enlightened attitude hitherto assumed by the Imperial German Government in matters of inter.. national right, and particularly with learned to recognize the German views regard to the freedom of the reas; having

and the German influence in the hold of international obligation as always humanity and having understood the engaged upon the side of justico and instructions of the Imperial Germa Government to its laval commanders to be upon this same plane of humano uction. prescribed by the naval codes of other LONDON, June 10th. nations, the Government of the United Ranci-States was loth to believe-it can not Bow itself to believe--that these acts, 90 bring absolutely contrary to the rules, the prae- tices, and the spirit of modern warfare, could have the countenance or sanction of that great Government.

It feels it to be its duty, therefore, to address the Imperial German Government. ness, and in the earnest hope that it is not concerning them with the utmost frank mistaken in expecting action on the part of the Imperial German Government which will correct the unfortunate impres- sions which have been created, end vindicate one more the position of that Government with regard to the sacred freedom of the seas.

In the House of Commons, Mr. minn, President of the Board of Trade, said there were prospects of abundant harvests, and no chance of supplies being cut off, or of a margin of supplies wing destroyed. Referring to wheat, he men danelles, to which all fooked forward, tioned that the opening of the Dar

a still further decline in

LATER. The prices of wheat, maizes and other CONTRABAND IN NEUTRAL foodstuffs continue to decline. Wheat has

SHIPS.

dropped 4fw quarter and maize 1/

COLONIALS UNDER ARMS.

CANADA'S BRILLIANT RECORD,

would mean the price.

his arrest in connection with his affidavit that he

Say guns mounted Lusitaniæ.

021

GERMANY AND THE SINKING OF

THE WILLIAM FRYE

WASHINGTON, June 10th. Germany's answer to the American Köte The steam trawler Letty has been blown regarding the sinking of the Wiliam

YaGIDEN, June 11th.

TORONTO, June 18th, The Minister of Militia and Dofence, Major General Sam Hughes, is appealing

...

"The Government of the United States has been apprised that the Imperial German Government -considered "them- selves to be obliged by the extraordinary circumstances of the present war, and the measures adopted by their adversares in seeking to cat Germany of frem til wom merset-adopt methods of retaliation

nossession of Friekofel on the Carnish off the Dogger Fank. All the crew Frye by the Prins Eitzl Friedrich, von- for an additioner 3,000 soldiers, includ elamation of a war zone from which they

wero drowned.

A communiqué says:-The Austrians | STEAM TRAWLER BLOWN UP. lost 200 killed and 400 wounded, and OVER 3,000 GERMANS KILLED abandoned 220 prisoners, in the fighting

IN 25 MINUTES.

on the 7th, 8th and 9th inst. for the PARIS, June 11th. The official Eye-Witness says that in twenty-five minutes on the 6th inst. the Germans lost over 3,000 killed, prisoners and numbers. of guns when the French stormed the salient of Queaneviere, The plan is farm country between the

Oise and the Aisno. It had been strongly fortified but a day-long bombardment followed by the launching of serial torpedoes at night-time demolished, the enemy's works. Then there was a huge mine explosion and afterwards the Zouares, Senegalese and the Brittany Infantry charged and completely defeat- ed the Germans, in less than half an hour, The French General distributed. War Crosses to the brave assaultere.

The enemy brought up reserves on motor-buses and måde eight attacks, but cach was defeated in turn by curtains of shrapnel.The Germans then tried out flanking but were overwhelmed by a rain of land-grenades.

MAGNIFICENT DRAGOONS.

HOW THEY HELD A CHATEAU.

LONDON, Jure 10th.

frontier..

The Austrians re-attacked the position,

to which they attach great importance, on the night of the 9th inst., but were repulsed with heavy loss.

Bevory fighting continues along the zonso whore the enemy is offering a most stubborn resistance. We have occupied the citadel and heights dominating Mou-

falcons.

LATER.

AIRSHIP ACTIVITY.

{THROSGI REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ZEPPELIN SHED BOMBED,

A PARSEVAL DESTROYED.

AMSTERDAM, June 10th.

tends that Germany is entitled to desing our Highland Regiments, bringing Troy neutral ships carrying contraband, the total of the Canadian contingent up though she agrees to pay damages in such

cases.

HOLLAND'S DEFENSIVE

MEASURES.

AMSTERDAM June 19th. The Chamber, has unanimously passed Allied airmen on Sunday night flew War Credits and Bills extending the over Brussels. The citizens were awak- Landsturm and calling up the recruits. The Italians accomplished an importened by the reports of guns of all calibres. ant foat in capturing Monfalcone which is The airmen dropped bombs on Etterbeek, ou the railway twenty miles from Trieste, but did not hit the hangar. Despite the heaviest gunfire, however, the airmen re- RUSSIAN FRONT

turned and dropped bombs on a Zeppelin shed at. Helmet. Orcat flames arose, and Parseral and part of the shed was des- troyed. The airmen, on the way home, threw bombs on to German stables.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:]

GALLANT RUSSIAN DEFENCE IN GALICIA.

ENEMY PRESSED ON THE DNIESTER.

PETROGRAD, June 11th.

An official statement says:- After a bombardment, partly by asphy xiating bombs, masses of infantry rushed to the assault against the Russians at Moseista, in Gelicia, on the evening of the 8th inst. The en my acathed our entanglements, where they were repulsed.

Their attacks were renewed the next morning. when they were driven back over a mile with the heaviest loss.

The Russians on the right bank of the Dniester pressed the enemy, capturing 2,000 prisoners,

After the ught at a chateau at Houge, near Ypres, on the 3rd inst. the Brigadier General, in an Order, particularly con gratulated the 3rd Dragoon Guarda for their magnificent courage and determina tion in defending the chateau. When the Dragcons arrived in the trenches on the 29th May they were heavily shelled by high explosives, and retired temporarily. The enemy on the eft bank of the but they returned during the night and Dniester, near Jurewno, were unable to dug another trench. in front of, not advanes further, and, after a stubborn behind; that which had been wrocked. On battle, wero driven back from the rail the early morning of tthe 31st May the way The Russians captured a number Dragoons crept towards the ruined of villages and took 800 prisoners, chateau and expelled tho German defenders. They then dug trenches in the park, foiling all the attempts of the Germans to re-occupy the ruins.

GERMAN OFFICAL ADMISSIONS.

AMSTERDAM, June 10th. Russian successes, North and South, are

A ZEPPELIN SUCCESSFUL AT

LAST.

SINKS TWO FISHING SMACKS

AMSTERDAM. June 11th.

A Zeppelin sank two Lowestoft fishing smacks in the North Sea. Eight survivors have been brought to Mansluis. GENERAL.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ALIEN ENEMY QUESTION, PROGRESS OF INTERNMENT AND REPATRIATION.

WAR EXPENDITURE.

ANOTHER CREDIT OF 260

MILLIONS:

LONDON, June 16th. It is understcuit that Parliament will be asked for a further vote of £esa,p«n,po) on the 15th insi. ·

BRITISH COTTON TRADE,

LONDON, June 11th.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Runei- nan, referring to the making of cotton and yarn contraband of war by the British Government, said he was glad to think. the terms we had made with the vendors of cotton in the United States had been Cotton which had satisfactory to them.

beon held up was going to Lancashire, and it was hoped that it would be exported to our enstomers abroad. A Cotton Licensing Committee-was being establish ed to igne liceers for the exportation of

yarn.

· LANCASHIRE CARD-ROOM WORKERS' DISPUTE.

LONDON, June 11th.

LONDON, June 11th. -At-question-lime in the House of Com÷-

mons, the Home Secretary (Bir John Simon, R.C.) announced that the intern- ment and repatriation of alien entmica' were proceeding rapidly. Over 6,000 have been interned or repatriated. An Advi- sory Body considered 1,309 appeals, of The Russians bringing up reinforce monts from the North-East checked the which 159 were granted, and the excup- German encircling movement at Duhisation of 657 definitely declized. Seps are and the Germans retreated to a new line. also being taken, by an Order-in-Council,

The communiqué also says that fresh Russian forces have advanced from South to deal with suspects who are not alieation of the kidneys and there are traces

The Germans on the 2nd inst. tried to admitted in to-night's German com-

annihilate the Dragoors with a cannon- muniqué. ade so interge that it was like machine- gun fire with high explosive ahella instead Bucceeding infantry attacks

of bullets. were repulsed. a

When the Dragons first entered the chateau they found the body of a British

soldier with seventeen bayonet wounds.

and South-East of Lemberg.

enemies.

A joint conference to-morrow at Man- chester between the Federation of Master Spincers and the Card-room Amalgams tion is regarded on a hopeful siga.

THE KING OF

GREECE.

ATHENS, June 10th. The King's wound is satisfactory, but his Majesty has developed slight inflemma-

of albumen,

to 130,000.

FIGHTING AUSTRALIAN TRADE UNIONISTS.

it

Orrawa, June 19th. The Hon. Mr. Wise, who is en route la London to become Agent-General for Now Sonth. Wales, said Australia, the time of his departare, had sent 13,000 troops overseas including garrisons to eapture islands. The total number of troops raised was 70,000, mostly Trade Unionists. It

the intention of was Au-tralía, he said, to retain the captured islands.

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BIG FIRE IN. LONDON.

300 MILITARY MOTORŠ DESTROYED,

LONDON, June 10th..

A fire in the West End resulted in the destruction of 300 Military motor-ears, including a hundred Red Cross cars.

LORD CHANCELLOR OF IRE AND.

LONDON, June 10th. Sir I.. J. O'Brien remains Lord Chau: cellor of Íreland

cary

THE NEW DERBY.

PROBABLE STARTERS AND JOUKLYN.

which go much beyond the ordinary methods of warfare at sea, in the pr have warned neutral ships to keep away.

This Government has already taken occasion to inform Lie, Imperial Gover

ment that it cannol admit the adoption of such measures or such a warning of danger to operate as in any degreo, au abbreviation of the rights of American shipmasters vr of American citizens, bound on lawful errands as passengera og merchant ships of belligerent national. ity; and that it must held tho Imperial German Government to strict accouat. ability for any infringement of those rights, intentional or incidental.

It does not understand the Imperial German Government to question thos righta

assumies, on the coutrary, that the Imperial descrument, accents, 23, of course, the rule that the lives of non- combatants, whether they be ni neutral citizenship or citizens of any of the nations at war, cannot lawfully or rightfully be put in jeopardy by the cap- taro or destruction of an unarmed mer- chantman, and recognize also, as all other nations do, the obligation to take the usual precaution of visit and search to aɛser- tain whether a suspected merchantman in fact of belligerent nationality or N fact carrying contraband of war under a neutral flag.

The Government of the United States, therefore, desires to call the attention of the Imperial German Gover¤ment, with the utmost carnestress, to the fact that the objection to their present methods of altack against the trade of the`r enemics, ties in the practical posibili v of cm- ploying submarines for the des ruction of comineres without disregarding the rulea of fairness, reason, justice a d humu ity, which all inodera opinion regards as im- perative

It is practically impossible for the officers of a submaring to visit a merchant- man at sea and examine her papers and cargo. It is practicaly impossible, for them to mako a prize of her. ind. if they cannot put a prizo crew on board of her, they cannot sink her without leaving hor LONDON, June 10th. The probable starters and jockeys for crew and ali on board of her to the mercy the New Derby, to be run on the 18th in t of the sea in her small boats. The facts, are as follows:- Achtoi (Trigg); Apothe it is understood the Imperial German

(Cooper), Chick Amangwa Government frankly admits. (KücGee); Danger Reek (Whalley); We are informed in the i stares of Florimond (Jellis); Follow Up (E. which we have spoken time Aough for Huxley); Gadabout (Lancaster) King even that poor measure of safety was not Priam (Heckford); Lemelior (Stern); given, and in at least two of the cases Let Fly (Childs); My Ronald (Boy); cited not so much as a warring was ree dve Pommero (Danoghue); Rosendals ed. Manifestly, submarines ca^^ot be (Clark); Rushforte (Wing); Sunfire (W. need against merchantmen, as the last Huxley); The Beverge (Piper); The few weeks have shown, without a izvit Vizier (F. Bullock); Vaucluse (Ricksby). able violation of many sacred principle

of justice and bumanity. CHINESE TELEGRAM. CHINESE DOMESTIC

IOAN

OVER SUBSCRIBED. ["DAILY PRZES” KIOSUSIYS SERVICE.]

PERING, Jure 11th. It is reported that the Domestic Loan has been over-subscribed to the extent of

$2,000,000.

American oitizens ent within their indisputable rights in taking their shina and in travelling wherever their legitimate business calle them upon the ich s and exercise those rights in which should be the well-joutibed confide that their live will not be endangered by acts done

clear violation of universally acknowl. edged international obligatim, ad for tainly in the confidence that their c Goverment will sakfoin them in the exercise of their rights."