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THE WAR.

ENEMY'S

PYRRHIC

IN GALICIA.

VICTORY

GRIM CONFLICTS IN ALSACE.

GERMAN

SUBMARINE

MR. BRYAN A GERMAN-AMERICAN HERO.

RUSSIAN FRONT

[TEROVON NEUYER'S AGENCY.] RUSSIANS PIERCE AUSTRIAN LINES.

AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL ADMISSION,

LONDON, June 27th.

A communiqué issued at Vienna admits that the Russians have picreed the Austrian lines at one point between the Dniester and the Pruth..

RUSSIA'S GREAT HAUL IN GALICIA.

LONDON, June 27th, It is stated at Petrograd that during the seven weeks of fighting in the retreat in Galicia the Russians have explured 130,000 mom and 300 machine-guns, and

úfty guns.

THE RUSSIAN RETREAT IN

GALICIA.

OPINION OF EXPERTS.

LONDON, June 7th,

The progress of the retreat of the Bussinns, and their ability to continue bitting back at the pursuing forces will

be closely watched in the coming days. It is certain that the Germans will not be deterred by occnsional blows from endeavouring to carry out their plan, namely to separate the Central and Southern Russian armies and deal the Russians a smashing defeat.

Up to the present this object has not

·been accomplished, but it has heen nowise abandoned,

Experts, however, are confident that the Grand Duke will hold the armies together at any cost and never hesitate to retreat if it serves his purpose, and make the enemy pay dearly for every yard of terri

tory that he gains.

RUSSIAN RESISTANCE. STILL PUNISHING THE ENEMY. PETROGRAD, June 26th:

5.15.a.m..

An official communiqué reports that there is no important change in the directions of Zolkiew and Lemberg. The Enemy continued the attack on the Lem- berg-Brejany-Kamonka railways.

We drove back across the Dniester on Wednesday night the reminder of the Germans who had crossed in the Kozary

district.

We captured on Wednesday evening the remainder of the Austrians who had crossed to Martynovo and Rouzdviany altogether 715.

Notwithstanding the disastrous rezuits of the crossings, the Austro-German forces the samo night attempted to cross south of Bukatchevitz. The fighting con tinuer

RUSSIAN WAR MINISTER RESIGNS.

PETROGRAD, June 26th. The Minister of War, Contral Sukhom- linoff, has resignad.

THE ENEMY'S TRIBUTE. RUSSIANS' SOLDIERLY

QUALITIES.

LONDON, June 25th.

1.10 p.m. German war correspondents pay a tribute to the soldierly qualities of the Russians.

The colossal magazines at Lemberg were all emptied and the stores removed to places of safety.

(THROUGH REUTRE'S AGENCY:]

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 28TH, 1918.

FRANCO BELOTAN FRONT.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENUY.] ASPHYXIATING BOMBS AND

_____ BURNING LIQUIDS, GERMAN METHODS FAIL TO MOVE THE FRENCH.

Panis, June 25th. 5.35 p.m.

AŁ

{THROUGH-REGTAR'S AGENDY.)

BRITISH SUBMARINE'S DARING FEAT.

V.C. FOR THE COMMANDER.

LONDON, June 26th. The London Guzette announces that

[BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE CABLE.]

(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]

TRADING WITH THE ENEMY QUEEN-MOTHER'S VISIT TO

INDIAN WOUNDED.

IN CHINA.

TEXT OF THE PROCLAMATION,

Her

CM LONDON, June 28th. Her Majesty Queen Alexandra visited LONDON, June 28th.

the Indian wounded in the Pavilion n The following are the terms of the new Brighton, and afterwards proceeded to Lieutenant M. E. Nasmith has been Proclamation, which was issued this tents where Sikh wounded soldiers were granted the Victoria Cross for most disorening:-

holding a religious service for the success tinguished bravery while commanding a Whereas it is expedient that transac of British arms. The Queen-Mother then submarine in the Sea of Marmorat In Lions between British subjects and persons proceeded to the kitaliens, where Dr. the face of great donger be succeeded in of enemy nationality resident or carrying Salai, the Indian advisor to the senior destroying a large Turkish gunboat, two on business in China, Siam, Porsia or Medical Officer, was presented. transports, an ammunition ship, and three Morocco should be restricted in manner Majesty tasted various Indian foods, and atoreships, and drove another storeship provided by this Proclamation, now, asked Dr. Sahai to tell the soldiers she Whon ho had passed the most therefore, we have thought fit by and with had done so. Her Majesty thanked him ashore. difficult part of the homeward journey he the advice of our Privy Council to issue for the excellence of his arrangements, and returned to torpedo anotherTurkish trans this our Royal Proclamation declaring in the course of the tour took special

and it is hereby declared as follows:---

(1.) The Proclamations for the time being in force relating to trading with the enemy shail as from the Twenty-Sixth day of July, 1913, apply to any person or Lody of persons of enemy nationality resident or carrying on business in China Siam, Persia, or Morcces in the same manner as they apply to persons or bodies of persaus resident or carrying on busines in an enemy country, provided that where an enemy has a branch locally situated in

The French troops have resumed the offensive in the Souchez region and made Progress. A great battle as developed on the lights of the Meuso, At Colonne the Germanis delivered a very violent attack along the whole front, hurling EXPLODES.asphyxiating bombs and throwing burn

ing liquids over the French soldiers.

A communiqué says:-The enouy, after penetrating a portion of their old | port.

His Majesty the King has further second line, were thrown back. midnight the Germans re-attempted the granted the Distinguished Servico Cross offensive. Tary were enoloped into Lieut. E. D'Oyly-Hughes and Acting Licut R. Brown, and the Distinguished It would be wrong, the German curtain of fire, and dispersed with heavy

Servics Medal to the crew. correspondents say, to suppose that the losers. The French are easily maintai Russians will immediately retire withing the upper han in Lorraine, and

Alsace. their own frontiers. Even now they are steadfastly barrying the Austro-Germons. The correspondents declare that the populacó · enthusiastically welcomed: the Austrians, The city was found much damaged by fire. The Russians, of

An official communiqué says there have cracasting the city, burned the benzine been actions worth of Arras, between the Oise and the Aisne, and on the hills of Argonne, chiefly confined to cannonading and fights with hand-grenades.

stopes.

GERMAN ARDOUR DAMPED.

A PYRRHIC VICTORY.

AMSTERDAM, June 5th.

6.10 p.n Germany's rejoicings over the recapture of Lemberg have been damped by to-night's communiqué from Berlin admitting a serity of reverses the Russian theatre of war. The Germans have been compelled to evacuate the ground captured in Galicia on Wedney day by the Austro-German left wing. The situation of General von Mackensen's remains unchanged. General army Lissingen, north-west of Halicz, has been compelled to retreat across the Dniester

before the enemy's counter-attacks with: superior forces,”)

AUSTRO-ITALIAN FRONT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENDY.] PERSISTENT PROGRESS IN THE TYROL.

ITALIANS SMASHING MALBOR- "GHETTO FORTIFICATIONS...

ROME, June 25th.

12.55 p.13. The Italians are methodically and persistently progressing in the Tyrol. The Italian guns continue to smash the fortifications of Malborghetto

GERMANS REPULSED. ATTACK IN THE VOSGES.

PARIS, June 26th. 4.25 ..

A German attack in the Vosges has been repulsed. THE CAPTURE OF METZERAL.

FRENCH HEROISM.

06RMANS MINE VAULTS IN A CEMETERY.

LONDON, June 27th,

Details received in Paris concerning the capture of the Alsatian village of Metzeral show most heroir feats of arms by the French.

The encory had transformed Metzera! into a fortress The streets were, barri-

ceded with barbed wire, and carts were used to mask "machine-guns. There was terrific fighting all night in the cemetery where the Germans had nined vaults, which were blown up when the French entered. Then the grimmest of conflicts followed in the houses of the village, the "Blue Devils," as the French Alpinists are styled, driving the Germans to the collars and barns and killing all, At daybreak piles of dead were found in the streets.

BRITISH SHIPPING.

AND THE SUBMARINE PERI

Loxpox, June 26th. During the work ending 23rd inst. threa British merchantmen. were sank by sub marines,

Enemy Proclamation No shall bo

notion of two Gurkha' brothers who vero wounded by the same shell. The men sanje

Tipperary" to the Queen.

Prior to visiting Brighton, Her Majesty. visited an Indian Hospital ship, the locality of which is not specified." BRITISH DECORATIONS FOR JAPANESE OFFICERS,

LONDON, Jane 26th.

This London Gazette announces that Rear-Admiral Oguri, the Japanese Naval Attache, has been made an Honorary Com-

The arrivals and departures of oversea China, Siam, Persia or Morocco, nothing mender of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, and Colonel S. Inagaki, Mili. mers in Great Britain during the week in Article 6 of the Trading with the

tary Attaché has been made an Honorary totalled 1,469.

constructed so as to prevent transaction by Companion of the Bath, -GENERAL

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] EBHITAIN'S TASK AT THE

FRONT. OUR NUMBERS ADEQUATE.

LONDON, June 29th.

4:25 0.

Mr. Runcima, speaking at Hartle port, said that we provide the defence of Flanders against aftack, however great it might be. Our numbers were adequate for would come

The Government would take drastic

or with that branch being treated as transaction by or with an enemy.

(2.) Nothing in this Proclamation shall be taken to prohibit anything which may be specially permitted by our licenes or by & licence given on our behalf by a Secretary of State or the Board of Trade or the Lords Commissioners of our Treasury..

|FAILURE OF GERMAN_CROPS.

AMSTERDAM, June 27th,

The Handelshind mys the German crop

In prospects are most unfavourable.

ug places complete failure is exported. The cattle are being fed on the leaves of **brees oying to the drought

(3.) This Procination shall be called the Trading with the memy, Chinn, Siam, Persiu and Morocco Proclamation

task, and our turn 1915. "

measures, if necessary, to prevent the exploiting of food and coal. There was not enough meat for all, and civilians mast ispect to experience a shortage.

We were now karning how to deal with the submarine menace,

THE WAR LOAN, DECIDEDLY SATISFACTORY

RESPONSE

LONDON, June 25th."

: 10.10 pat

"The public response to the War Lonn is decidedly satisfactory. Enormous

HOCH! HOCH! FOR BRYAN,

New Yonk, Juno 26th Mr. WJ. Bryan was the hero of a demonstration held under the auspices of "The Friends of Peace presided over by a Socialist named Weissmann and attended by about 15,000 people, mostly German-Americans.

Captain Boyed au, Captain Paper, German Attachés, and other Gernrums, as well as the Austrian and Turkish Ambas sadors were present.

Mr. Bryan on entering was cheered and beamed on an enthusiast who shouted

The fighting in the forest on the banks though the Kubscriptioms have been, Dress cheers for Bryan and then on of the Fecht was also of the fiercest des

however it must be remembered that the

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the President

MUNITIONS WORKERS,

ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE TO THE APPEAL

LONDON, June 2ộth.

1.20 p.2. Reports from the English provinces. testify to the enthusiasm with which the response is being made to the appeal for munition workers. A thousand men, who came straight from their labours were- waiting to enrol at Liverpool when

the Bureau opened. Similar con-

obtained .in ditions

Birminghand, Wolverhampton, Cardiff, Manchester and other great centres. The Universities aro rallying to the appeal, and munition classes are being foribed.

A PROUD RECORD. OF BOYS

SAVED FROM THE HUMAN SCRAP-HEAP.

LONDON, June 25th. 1.25.p.m.

Of the 10,048 reformatory and indus

Forces, three have won the Victoria Cross, twenty-fire the Distinguished Conduct Medal, twenty have been men tioned in despatches, and eight have been decorated by France. Five hundred and thirty have been killed in action, sixty- two have died of wounds, and 1,540. have been wounded. ·

ANDROMANN THEO aborted" Hoch trial-schoolboys serving with the British oription. Here the Bavarians were the loan to cover the expenditure of the year hoch!?!" The Band began to play A communiqué says: "We are still defenders. The French shells uprooted will advancing in Montenero, establishing

trees by the hundreds. Then the infantry positions across the Isonzo, and gaining more and more ground. All the Austrian advanced. They had to cross tranche, usaal night attacks have been repuked.

AUSTRIANS ACTIVE. STRENGTHENING THEIR POSITIONS,

ROME June 201

A communiqué states that reconnais sances, pushed beyond all the fronts, showed that the enemy were very actively engaged strengthening their works, bring- ing up re-inforcements, and mounting new batteries. Their activities were dis turbed by the Italian artillery and bold raids by small detachments.

GERMANS ON ITALIAN. FRONT.

UDINE, June 26th.

Tudans have captured German prison- ers, who say they belong to a force of 30,000 Mecklenburgers.

| ITALY THREATENS RETALJA-

TION-

Roa, June Bath.. Italy, in retaliation for the bombard-

filled with barrels of pitch which the enemy electrically lighted; but the French andaunted, took all the positions.

The results of this success on the Feel is that the capture of Munster is shortly expected.

PARIS, June 27th.:

5.30a.m.

Last night' cotamuniqué saɲɛ;- The infantry actions north of Arras ended at night in our maintaining our gains

whole-hearted require the operation of all classes.

APPLICATIONS FROM ABROAD. The Press Bureau announces that the Bank of England is prepared to receive applications for the War Lone froni abroad provided that telegraphic advice is received that a deposit of 5 per cent. has been paid before July 10th. NATIONAL RESTRAINT MEANS CHEAPER FOOD. MR. MCKENNA'S PLEA FOR ECONOMY.

LONDON, June 25th. 1:10 pm

Wacht am Rhem," but suddenly broke off and played "The Star-Spangled

Banner,"

The Chairman welocened Mr. Brynn to

this ̈ German atmosphère.

Mr. Bryan, in a speech of pious vishes for peace, bitterly attacked the American papers which had tried, he said, to assassina e lim,

Mr. Bryan refused to support a resolu- tion demanding an embargo on the export

of arth

Sir John Sinn hag sent congratula- tions to the managers of the schools-

DETERMINATION

FRANCE'S

SHIRKERS TO BE SENTENCED.

PARIS, June 28th.

1.25 p.m. A message from Paris states that a remarkable Bill was debated in the

Chamber yesterday. contains meesares for ousting skirkers from safo billete; imposes penalties varying from two to five years imprisonment on men in the The meeting wound up with the Chair-

army having soft jobs and on their man sanding on the table and shouting: protectore and provides that men who are indispensable in the manufacture of War with Germany is impossible: Ger- Imunitions and working in the public service shall not be removed from their posts,

Mr. D. McKenna, he rew el the Exchequer, this afternoon urged man-Americans won't permit it."

A German attack in the heights of the Mouse was repulsed.

Elsewhere there has been miscely can economy in foodstuffs, "for which we are shelling out money to foreign countries nonading.

in higher prices." National restraint, he | added, will man cheaper foodstuffs.

BRITISH EXPORTS TO NETHERLANDS RE TRICTED.

TORRENTIALRAIN ALONG THE WESTERN FRONT.

PARIS, June 201li.

A communiqué issued to-day staley that calm prevails everywhere, a torrential downpour rendering the ground impracti cable aud checking progress,

ment of defenceless towns and the destruc- | NAVAL ACTIVITIES. tion of unarmed merchantmen, haa decreed that compensation shall be obtain ed by the confiscation of enemy ships and cargoes intarned in Italian ports.

LEADING SOCIALIST ORGAN SUPPRESSED.

AMETERDAM, June 27th. The feading German Socialist organ

ST B-

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ANOTHER GERMAN

MARINE SUNK,

AMSTERDAM, June 27th, A German submarine has boos sunk near Borkum after a serious explosion aboard. The Commander and two of the crew who werà in the conning, tower, are.

LONDON, June 27th,

A Proclamation is published in the Cure prohibiting any exportation the...

iberlands except through the Netherds Oversea Trast.

ADDITIONAL MEN FOR THE BRITISH NAVY.

LONDON, June 26th.

A supplementary estimate issued to-day shows that the number of additional men and officers required for the Navy in 1010 is. 50,000 is addition to the original estimate of 250,000..

BRITISH

PRISONERS IN GERMANY,

NATIONAL REGISTRATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

LoxDoy, June 27th. The papers state that the National Register will be on the lines of the census. It will require every man to state his age, permanent address, occupation, whether have now returned to their former places married, or single or suffering from any of detation, except Lient the Hon. E,

GERMAN MINISTER

RECALLED.

NOT ACTIVE ENOUGH IN BULGARIA:

Sorts, June 26th. The German Minister to Bulgaria has been recalled to Berlin. He is regarded as insufficiently active and too bureau- cratic, and has been placed by the military attaché at Constantinople. THE POPE AND THE WAR. HIS RECENTLY EXPRESSED OPINIONS.

LONDON, June 20thi

ROME, Jano 25th.

01:10 p.m The Press Bures states that at the

The Vatican organ explaisan the fact. that the Pope, in the recent La Liberte thirty officers placed in confitement in Germany as reprisals for the imprison-interview, spoke in his private capacity. The Italia Press considers the matter ment of the German submarine prisoners exceptionally grave, and refused to believe it authentic until it was officially An invitation from the Spanish bishops confirmed p

Rain is occasioning much discussion in Home.

Formaerts has been suppressed for pub believed to have been saved, and the physical disability, and whether he is pro Goschen, who is in hospital a Magde the Pope to transfer the Holy. See to

lishing an article advocating peace.

remainder of the crow drowned.

pared to enlist or do other war work.

burg