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CHINA.

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THE WAR.

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LONDON, June 18th.*:

11.56.p.m. Field-Marshal Sir John French reports that fighting in the northern and southern positions of our front was continued throughout Wednesday, in co-operation with Franch attacks about Arras. All the German first-line trenches which raptured east of Ypres remain in our

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which were repulsed with heavy loss. We were unable, however, to retain the second line of trenches occupied in the morning. A further attack east of Feathubert resulted in a slight advance.

Judging by the number of German dend found in the trenches which we entered our artillery fire was very effective,

ADVANCE IN ALSACE.

FRANCE KEEPING UP THE PRESSURE.

PARIS, June 10th.

18.40 a.m.

An official. comtauniqué states: North of Arras there has been a violent artillery duel. We have continued to advance in Alsace. The enemy's lines of communica- tion between Metzeral and Munster are Dow commanded by our fre. We took more-prisoners and mitrailleuses and- much war materiali.

| FRENCH SUCCESS ADMITTED

BY GERMANY.

BRITISH RENEW OFFENSIVE

NEAR LA BASSEE:

AMSTERDAM, June 18th.

7,60 p.m.

A Berlin communiqué reports that the British re-attempted to break through the German lines north of La Basses.

It admits French successes at Bouchez and Loretto..

The fighting in the Vosges continues.

A TASTE OF HIS OWN 4

PHYSIC.

KAISER'S INDIGNATION AND GRIEF AT THE ATTACK ON KARLSRUHE,

AMSTERDAM, June 18th, The Kaiser, telegraphing from the theatre of war to the Burgomaster of Karlsruhe, said: "I am deeply indignant! at the wicked attack on my beloved Karlsruhe, and the thought of the innocent victims among the civilian population has greatly afflicted me."

BRUTALITY TO BELGIANS.

HOW THEY ARE FORCED TO AID:

THE ENEMY:

LONDON, June 19th. 25.40 p.09 Accounts are received daily of the Ger raan severities to Belgian towns where the factory bands have refused to make muni- tions of war, barbed wire, etc., for the enemy. The general plan appears to be to isolate completely the offending town, even from the American Relief Commis sion, and starve the inhabitante into surrendering, at the same time inflicting heavy ines and removing the burgoman- ters and principal residents

GERMAN CASUALTY LISTS, PRUSSIA LOSES A MILLION AND A HALF MEN,

LONDON, June 18th." 5.40 p.m.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

GERMANS REPORT SOME PROGRESS.

RUSSIANS REST IN PREPARED POSITIONS.

AMSTERDAM, June 18th.

7.50 p.

A Berlin communiqué claims that in the battle in Galicia some progress was made towards Tarnegrod (Russian Poland, near the Austrian frontier), where the Russians occupied prepared positions at Grodek.

The situation on the Dniester front is unchanged.

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BATTLE SHROUDED IN UNCERTAINTY.

FERRONKAD, June 19th.

11.50 8.m greater uncertainty than ever.

The battle in Galicia is shrouded in Tho Russians have evidently withdrawn to a prepared line on the River Tonov, and a line at the Grodek Lakes.

The communiqué adds:-The enemý who crossed the frontier between tho Pruth and the Dneister has been defeated and hurled back into Austrian territory. The Germans are resuming tactics of desperation on the front around Warsaw, and gassing near Goumine along a front

of four miles.

AUSTRO-ITALIAN FRONT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GENERAL.

ITALIAN - AIRSHIP BOMBS RAILWAY JUNCTION.

POLA POSSIBLY. ISOLATED.

ROME, June 18th An Italian sirship has dropped bombs on, and seriously damaged, the important railway junction at Divaoen, ten miles east of Trieste. The junction is the starting-point of the branch line to Polo, which is thus possibly isolated.

AUSTRIAN ARMOURED TRAIN TRAPPED.

ROME, June 18th.

Daring the fighting for the pamage of the Isonzo, an Austrian armoured train WE trapped in the tunnel of the trans Alpine railway..

BRILLIANT ITALIAN FEAT.

ARTILLERY PLACED AT AN

ALTITUDE OF 3,000 FEET.

Lospos, June 18th., 2.25 1.0. Reuter's correspondent reports that the Italiana have performed a brilliant feat in occupying the whole of Montenero and placing their artillery on the heights, which attain an altitude of nearly five thousand feet. The Italians are also now solidly in possession of ground to the north-west of Montenrro,

It is reported that Gorizia is full of Austrian wounded.

AMAZING WORK BY THE ALPINI.

THOUSANDS OF AUSTRIANS

· OBLIGED TO RETIRE.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

BULGARIA AND THE WAR.

REPLY SENT TO THE ALLIES'

̈PROPOSALS.

LONDON, June 18th. 2.10 p.m.

(THROUGH BEUYER'S AGENOR.]

CANADA'S SPLENDID

PATRIOTISM.

ROOM IN RECRUITING IN THE DOMINION.

OTTAWA, June 18th. Reuter's correspondent reports a boom in recruiting. It is estimated that Canada

The Times correspondent at Sofia ro-will have 180,000 men with the colours in ports that the reply of Bulgaris to the a few weeks. proposals has been forwarded.

LATER SPOONER WOUNDED AGAIN..

LONDON, June 19th. 7.50 p.m.

Bulgaria has sent a friendly reply to the proposals of the Entente, which, it is understood, contains the basis of an understanding, as soon as Bulgaria R. H. Spooner, the well-known Laries. receives assurances from the Entente shire oricketer, has been wounded again, regarding the realisation of Bulgarian but not dangerously. aspirations...

KING OF GREECE.

WILLIAM

Proposals were made by the Entente to Bulgurl on the 20th uit. To-day's reply relates to those proposals. It is officially declared in Sofia that absolute secrecy must be maintained regarding the parti culars of the reply.

SINKING OF THE

FRYE,”

AMERICA REFUSES TO ACCEPT GERMANY'S CONTENTION,

WASHINGTON, June 19th.

6.20 a.m.

... . . . .

The American reply to Germany on the subject of the sinking of the Filliam Frye refuses to accept Germany's contention that an American ship with contraband of war on board may be destroyed pro- viding Germany paya compensation.

GERMANY IMPRESSED.

AMSTERDAM, June 18th The clear American Note has produced a deep impression in Germany. The newspapers suggest that great concessions should be made, bat denounce the Lokalanzeiger, which declared that Eng-. land did not really wish to starve millions of Germans, but only to compel them

The Cologne Gazette says that America could only give the Entente Powers money and munitions of war, but Germany does not wish for a ninth or tenth enemy,

Burrender.

BRITAIN ROUSING HERSELF.

THE AID OF SCIENTISTS TO BE SOUGHT.

LONDON, June 15th- 2.25 p.m.

HIS HEALTH IMPROVING.

ATHENS, June 18th. The health of the King of Greece shows a perceptible improvement.

HUGE

A

IN

FIRE CONSTANTINOPLE.

FIVE HUNDRED HOUSES DESTROYED.

AMSTERDAM, June 18th. telegram from Constantinople ounces the outbreak of a huge fire lu which five hundred houses and a large store have been destroyed.

HOLLAND AND THE HOLY SEE.

THE HOUE, June 18th. The Chamber has adopted the BILI appointing an extraordinary misation to the Holy Bee.

INDIAN JUDGE KNIGHTED.]

LONDON, June 18th H.M. King George received to-day Judge William Bock Ayling, of Madras, and conferred upon him the honour of knighthood.

SHIPPING IN PORT.

STEAMERS.

BAMORA, British str., 1,877,-F. G Pittam, 9th June-Bombay 4th June, General

Jardine, Matheson & Co.

CANADA MARU, Japanese str., 3,128, 1.

Buruga 18th June-Tacoma 18th June, Ganeral-Osaka Shosen Kai- shu.

In the House of Commons the Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions CHANGSHA, British str., 1,483, F. O. Gam. announced that he was conferring with Lord Kitchener, Secretary for War, as to the appointment of a body of selentints to assist in obtaining the fallest employment of all the resources, chemical and mechani- cal, of Science and juvention.

FOOD IN ENGLAND.

COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INCREASE PRODUCTION

LONDON, June 18th. 8.10 p.m. Earl Selborne has appointed a Depart mental Committee, presided over by Lord Milner, to consider steps for increasing food production in England.

SEEING IS BELIEVING.

CLYDE MECHANICS AND THE SHELL PROBLEM.

LONDON, June 18th. "'!

A party of Clyde mechanics have return- ed from a tour of the front impressed with the urgency of the shall problem and determined that there must bỏ no stoppage of work from any cause whatso ever.

TRADING WITH THE ENEMY.

EXEMPLARY SENTENCE ON A BCOTTISH FIRM.

CHIASSO, Juns. 18th. From Chiamo (Switzerland) it is report- The German official casualty lists showed that the Italians are now only five that Prussia alone has aufered 1,459,480 miles from Rovereto (a town in the Austrian Tyrol), although the interreging casualties.

ground is of the most difficult nature. It

LONDON, June 18th. 7.50 p.m. FLIGHT-LIBUT. WARNEFORD. is supposed that the Austrians will con-

The trial at Edinburgh of Robert tinue to concentrate the most powerful V.C., KILLED

artillery on the Carnic Alps, but the Hetherington and H. A Wilson, two WHILE TESTING AN AEROPLANE Italians maintain their superiority. The Glasgow merchants, has resulted in cach Alpini have done amazing work along being sentenced to undergo six months' the chamois paths, surprising and captur imprisonment and pay a fine of two ing the entrenched enemy. The Alpini thousand pounds for trading with the and the Bersaglier, with mountain enemy. A machine-guns, outflanked Montenero, The Lord Advocate said that both men with the result that many thousands of were partners in the firm of Jacka & Com the enemy were compelled to retire, pany, of Glasgow, which had contracts leaving many prisoners and much booty with Krupp's, of Essen. in the hands of the Italians.

IN PARIS.

PARIS, June 18th.

2.16 p.m. Flight-Lieutenant Warneford, V.C., has been killed while testing an aeroplane in Paris.

A civilian was killed, while flying with Flight Lieut. Warnetord."

RUSSIAH FRONT.

[THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE. CAMPAIGN IN GALICIA.

ENEMY PAY A HEAVY PRICE FOR THEIR ADVANCE.

PETROGRAD, June 18th.

7.10 p.m. A remarkable official review of the tremendous military operations that have taken place in Galicia during the last month has been issued. It preserves throughout a firm and buoyant tone, em phasising the immense efforts of the Ger Its description of Chinese Social mans and Austrians with their masses of Customs and Buperstitions, combined artillery and phalanxes of infantry, and with the insight it gives into polities)|| admitting their successes. These, how tonditions in China, makes CHILDAY ever, it is pointed out, were by no means FAR CATZAT an excellent volume for unbroken, for the enemy several times suffered severe defeats: Between May 20th and June 15th the Russians took, in the Stryj sector alone, 40,000 prisonera, including 860 officers, a hundred mitrail leuses and twenty four guns. The total losses of the enemy in one month upon a front of sixty versts (40 miles) numbered between 120,000 and 150,000 men.

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MAVAL ACTIVITIES.

(THROUGH BRUTEN's Adency.]

ITALIAN SUBMARINE

TORPEDOED.

VENICE, June 15th. 9.50 p.m.

The evidenes proved that they delivered to the enemy iron ore, lying at Rotterdam, during the war.

EMBLEM OF REAL BROTHERHOOD..

-RANJITSINHJI ON THE UNION- JACK.

brill, 18th June Melbourne - 14th May, GeneralButterfeld & Swire. CHAOCHOWSU, British str. 1,145, Wolf, 14th June Bangkok 8th June, Butter- feld & Swire.

CRBIAN MAHU, Japanese str., 1.000, Yamaks, 17th June Hongay 15th June, Coal-Order. CHISHUA, British atr., 1,356, J. V. Bidford, 18th Juno Manila 15th June, God- oral-Butterfield & Swire

CHINGSHOW, British str., 1,195, J. Doyle, 13th June Karatsu 5th June, Cost,

Dodwell & Co.

CHIYUEN, Chinese str., 1,177, Wm. Ross 9th June-Shanghai 5th June, Gen- eral.-Chinese.

DARTENT, British str., 1,995, A. Jenkins,

17th June-Baigon 13th June, Rice- and General-Chinese FUEURA MARU, Japanese str., 1,929, T. Okagaki, 13th June-Moji 7th June, Coal-Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. Horawar I. British str., 2,080, J. Mason 13th June--Penang 8th June, General -Chinese.

Troia, British str,, 8,402, R. 8. B. Butler, 18th June-Calcutta 9th June, Gea eral-David Samoon & Co.

JAPAN, British str., 3,087, C. P. Seddon,

16th June Moji 18th June, Coal-- Divid Sassoon & Co KWANGTAH, Chiace Stewart, 18th June-Shanghai 9th June, General.— Chinese.

KWONGBANG, British str., 1,428, W. F.

Bichard, 16th June Shanghai 9th June, General-Jardine, Matheson & Co.

Loponas, British str., 2,053, B. L. Costs, 8th June- Dalay 1st June, Bean Oil.-Dodwell & Co. LOKSANG, British str., 979, D. W. Ritchie, 18th June-Haiphong 15th June, Gen- eral-Jardine, Matheson & Co. MANCHURIA, American str. 1,863, A

Dixon, 16th June-San Francisco 18th May, General.-Pacific Mail 8.8. Co. Monesar, British str., 1,888, J. Fothering ham, 17th June-Hangkok 9th June, Rice-Order.

PANAMA, Danish str., 3,300, A. R. Soye

mann, 17th June-Port Arthur, Kero..... sine Oil-Thorcben & Co. SUTEIRO, MARU, Japanese str., 1,069, R. Aoi, 18th June-Keelung 10th June, Coal-Nippon Yusen Kaish TRIOONIA, Dutch atr., 1,058, F. J. Vyge boom, 18th June Singapore 9th June, Bulk Oil.-Asiatic Petroleum Co. TRINGTAI MARI, Japanese str., 1,529, "B. Yamada, 16th June-Chingwantao 9th June, Coal.-Order.

|TDA British str. 2,598, G. W.

Mair, 10th June-Chingwantao 3rd/ June, Coal-Dodwell & Co. UTRECHT, Dutch etr., 1,084, J. C. Anker, 17th June Singapore 9th June, Keto- aine Oil-Asiatic Petroleum Co.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS,

TO-DAY

LONDON, June 16th. 11.50 p.m. ROME, June 18th.

2.10 p.m.

HM King George has accepted” an The submarine Mede a has been tor-offer made by Maharajah Jam Babeb pedoed by an enemy submarine, An of Nawanagar (more popularly known as officer and four of the crew were rescued Ranjitsinhji, the famous Sussex cricketer) aud made prisoners.

of His Highness' beautifully situated residence at Btaiya as a hospital for wounded officers, the expenses of upkeep to be shared by the donor and the Maharajahs of Kashmir and Patila

The hospital was formally opened top-Auction of Crown Lead at Kan Tsin.. It appears that the Medesa, which was day by General O'Moore-Creagh

“New Territoriga, at Public Works Dopt. believed to be the fastest submarine in the world, and an enemy submarino sub he said that he was never so proud of being Ranjitsichji delivered a speech in which merged close together without being an Indian as he was to-day, when the aware of each other's proximity. The Indians were fighting side by side with fact, and was consequently sighted by the was an honour to have dosting over the Medusa was the first to come to the sur the British against the common foe. It enemy vessel's periscope and promptly hospital the Union Jack, the emblem of torpedoed.

Empire and of real brotherhood.

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