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THE WAR.

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DESPERATE

FIGHTING: HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES.

BRITISH CAPTURE TRENCHES.

RUSSIAN PROGRESS.

MR. ASQUITH AND BETHMANN-HOLLWEG.

FRANCO BELGIAN FRONT.

ĮTHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) DESPERATEGERMAN EFFORTS EVERYWHERE REPULSED.

PARIS. April 11th

2.95 avr rummuntud states.-West of the Mense the bombardan has continuel with growing intensits. The Germans, at mid-day, from the Hancuri ond Bethis- court region, attacket our position soutli of the Forges Brook. Notwithstanding the violence of the assaulte, which wore costly to the enemy, our line as a whole was unmoved, Attempts to attack our paritions at Morthome and Camieres, following an intense artillery preparation, were stopped by our curtain of fire. The enemy east of the Meuse violently bombard. ed Poivro Hill and made several attacks at the end of the day on our position at Caillette wood, which were everywhere repulsed. There has been great artillery activity in Woevre, but comparative calm on the rest of the front,

A French pilot, felled a Fokker during

TAN HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12гa. 1916,

(THROCOM ESUTEE'S AGRNOY.] BRITISH CAPTURE TRENCHES ARTILLERY AND MINING ACTIVITY.

LONDON. April 10th. 12.55 an. A British communiqué - siater.-Last night we attacked and captured at St. Eloi tha main erater which remained in German hands. A further attack establish ed as in the enemy trenches running south-

There has been west from the crater. artillery and mining activity to-day. RUBIAN FRONT.

[THROUGH BRUTEH'S AGENCY.] GERMAN TRENCHES FLOODED RUSSIANS REPULSE HORDES OF

KURDS,

PETROGRAD, April 11th. A communiqué states:The German attempts to pump water out of their flood- el tronches on the Dvisa front were every where prevented by the Russian fire. The

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

MR. ASQUITH AND THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR. THE LIMIT OF CYNICISM.

LONDON, April 11th

STRAITS MILITARY

CONTRIBUTION. PATRIOTIC CONCESSION TO THE HOME GOVERNMENT.

ADVENTURES IN RE. BLUE”

THREE-HOUR FLIGHTE OVER GERMAN LINES.-

(TAKOUGE BEDIER'S AGENCY. ] DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA. JAPAN AN OBJECT LESSON.

LONDON, April 10th. Although the Industrial Commision

Arthur Holand will arrive in Bombay the suns £4.258 11. 83, and £111.819 175.at Rangoon from Second Lichtman C. W.

At a meeting of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements on the ast ult.

A vivid description of the ârst sens, tion of an enthusiastic cb.erver in an aeroplane and his adventures

In the House of Commons Mr. Asquith does not assemble until October, Birthe acting Colonial Secretary, moved that blue" is contained in a rezsived said that it was impossible for cynicism arly in May to arrange a prompt and gd., being the amounts by which the Mili- Short, the son of a former Secadary of the

go further than Dr. yon Bethmann- Hollweg's insistence that Germany would give the various races a chance of free

business-like investigation,

This is desirable, saya The Time, not

Rangoon Municipality. Mr. Ekore was first posted to the 6th Langers, and subles

evolution. After referring to the colossally on account of the value of the Com.tively, exceeded the cost of the garri.om quently transferred to the Baya Bay

ed invasion of her freedom. troken down must be repaired and restored. (Cheers.)

Corps in France,

tary Contribution paid by the Colony for the years 1913-1914 and 1914-1915. respre-

during those periods, be not recovered from His Majesty's Government. Ho I have to ly observer for the moths said that the island of Singapore was a

before becoming a pilot, hey, 1,812 LI

bebind the pot with a nie die Intest point of strategic importance in the British pattern machine gun, and get va-lous for Indian develop- | Empire, and the present arrangement was kinds of work, such ng taking photographs of enemy's gun positions. spo..ing for enemy gan positions, directing the fire our batteries by means of wirel81 signall- ing, bombing expeditions, and last, but have been up twice. One hour and a half So far I not least, hostile air patrols, the first time and three hours and a half to-day.

that the Colonial Government paid 90 per out of the revenue of the Colony towards the Imperial funds for its defenc In ordinary years, the cost of the military forces stationed in Singapore exceeded the amount of the Colony's contribution, but the financial statement recently received from the Army Council chewed in respect of the financial

31st.

I arrived at firing beadquarters on De- comber 8th, and the same evening. I got orders to go up and take three photos the- following day but had to wait till the 120, ag every day the sky wa clouded the Hunst 5,000 feet upwards. and clouds are only 2,300 to 3,000 feet ups in is impossible to see or do anything, as you gaps. The 12th was not too good a day, only get fleeting glance through the but it reursined clear till. I got to padd

missioners' time, but because the changes failure of the twenty years attempt to

in Imperial and International tention Germanise Poland, and the brutal ireat-

which the war has made inevitable will ment of, Belgium, Mr. Asquith said that

provide opportunities the Allies were determined to see once again

ment which should be taken as they arise the old Belgium. She must not be allowed

If they are to be turned to full account t-suffer permanently the wanton and wck-India has an object-lesson in this respect What was in the energy and adroitress with which Japan has made the war serve the cause of her trade and industry. The selection The Allies were prepared to justify the of two members, in addition to the Chair- legality of the blockade, which was carried man, from England is highly satisfactory. that out with the strictest regard for humanity. That so distinguished a man as Sir you, from April 1st, 1913, to March over, and as we necessarily always fly over Not a single neutral life had been lost na Horace Plunkett should be spared from A result of the blockade. The Allies were his present services is evidence of the im. clear purtanes attached to the inquiry, and the fighting with clean hands and a conseiëng, and were confident is their selection of Sir Alfred Hopkin on need power to vindicate ako liberwes of Europe. un arouse the slightest fudian sensitive The terms on which they were preparedness regarding "Lancashire influence." as to conclude peace were the accomplishment although he belongs to a distinguished of the purposes for which they took up Manchester family, ho is independent in "The purpose of the Allies," he politics and unconnected with the textile added, "is to pave the way to an interna- trade, tional systems for securing equal rights for all civilised states. The military caste can no longer be allowed to interfere with the setilement of international problezas,”1

MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN. FLOODS HAMPERING

arms,

OPERATIONS.

THE ECONOMIC CONFERENCE, AUSTRALIAN PREMIER TO

ATTEND,

LONDON, April 10th.

1814, that is to Say-before the outbreak of war, the cost of the garrison was £268,663, and the Colony's contribution equi avent to £279,521 11 5., there thus being an excess to the extent of £4.256 11. b. In respect of the financial year from April 1st, 1914, to March 31st, 1915, the cost of the garrison sell to £181.748 and the expansion of the Colonial revenue swelled the contribution to ££93,066 178, 9., thus causing su excess over the actual cost of the garrison of £111918 179 ad. The fall in the coet the garrison was, of course, dus to the war. That gallant regiment the KO.Y.L.I was withdrawn in September, 1014, and no British troops replaced them Apart from the until February, 1915. war, the cost of the garrizon, owing to the triennial relief of the Indian regiments would probably be somewhat heavier than in the preceding year and the execss con

In ile House of Commons, Mr. Asquith immunced that the Australian Premier, Mr. Haghus, had hen invited to attend the Paris economic conferencsa, one of the LONDON, April 10th,

that General reprccatatives of the Imperial Governtribution would have been about £21,000 General Lake reports Corringe's preparations for an attack poment, and Mr. Asquith said that he sin- instead of what it actually was a little Bannay fat are well advance. Although corely hoped Mr. Hughes would be able over £111,000, foods have curtailed the frontage on which to accept. the attack can be delivered it, has been fine for the last two days, and the river has

an air fight in the region of Verdun on the Germans south-west of Pinsk approached not risen since the 7th,

8th. Another Fokker was felled by anti- aircraft guns in Woovre on the 9th.

A

the Russian positions in boots, but were driven off. The Russians captured a

A later message statee that General Lake reports that an attack was made on the

AMÉRICAN PRESIDENCY. MR. ELIHU ROOT NAMED.

WASHINGTON, April 10th. A manifesto by seventy-five leading

"We. in thig Colony,

be concluded. "are, owing to the war, carrying a lighter burden in respect to military ovpenditure than we were doing before and, partly, owing to the war, our revenue is increasing at a time when most of the members of the Empire are carrying a heavier burden than they carried in:

READY TO START.

I was ordered to start at ila and vnutes before I went out my machine, with my pilot (Captain Havey- Kelly, a brother of Mr. Harvey-hels of the Burmiah Raways) was wailing for me. coat. long fur-lined boota, a par ai I dashed out in a heavy ceather fleece-lined chamois feather gloves, plus a pale c but-skin flannel-uned glovir, racher, huge gauntlet, and a fur-lied skul-cup and goggles. An RF.C County helped me to get up in my coas wits e series of pushes and grunts and after a little delay to allow the to tuck my s in a minimum amount of speed with a maximum amount of comfort I signed

ready, after being straped in, and the pilot then started his engine, and aber he was satisind, signaled Out The chokes were pulled away from do wheels. and we went bumping over the ground for about 100 yards as a terrife pace, and all of 2 sudden the bump. & ceased.. When you look over the side e carti seenis ja recede from you.

The next thing you notice is the ex- traordinary rush of cold, cold wind, whjuk seems as it you were being slapped in the face with a thousand razor blades, but this soon disappears, 3 your face becomes quito sub, The part that amazed me most was the absolute feeling of stability and safety Well, of course my eyes were glued on the network of tronches as we came up to the lines and over the Huns.

You can see the find of trenches plainlys the flashes from, the batteries, and the shell

third Fokkor landed in our lines in Chan rench on the Lower Strypa. Despite the Sannay Yat positiong at dawn yesterday, Eastern Republicani urgo, the claims of peace laues, This Council may perhaps bules in the ground. I had taken, ono pagie, The machine was intact and the deep snow and numerous crevasses in tho but it failed to get through the enemy's ex-Secretary Boot as a candidate for the consider that this Colony should cob take photo when my pilot by waving and point-

pilot was captured.

A German neroplane to-dog bombed Naney doing only slight damage,

ANOTHER HECATOMB GREAT GERMAN ATTACK AT- VERDUN CRUSHED.

PARIS, April 10th A semi-official statement says the Bernga attack on the French line from Avocurs to launched with great Cumiores was

force on a seven-raile front and was kept up desperately the whole day,

The only result was another hecatomb. French resistance remains unbreakable. Forty-eight days of fighting at Verlus have thus ended in a bloody defeat of the

enomy:

Caucasus the Russians continus to advance

the direction of Diarbeks. They re pulsed several attacks in the Bitlis regon, and fought hardes of Kurds, who were supported by Turkish infantry, south of Lake Urumiah....

NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

(THROUGH BRUTER'S AUKNUT.}]

SUBMARINE WARFARE.

LONDON, April 10th. The British, steamer Zafra has been Bunk.

The Norwegian steamer Sjolyst has boen sunk.

The crew have been saved, The steamera Young and Eastern Cily have been sunk. The crew of the former FIFTIETH DAY OF VERDUN were rescued,

BATTLE.

RENEWED GERMAN OFFENSIVE.

GENERAL.

(THROUGH ZEUYER'S AGENCY-} PARIS, April 102.

4.15 p.m.

FRANCO-BRITISH PARLIA- MENTARY CONFERENCE. renewed German offensive on the fitieth day of the battle of Verdun is the

FRENCH LEGISLATORS. WEL feature of the communiqué. The bombard-

COMED BY THE KING... mont has continued violently at night,

LONDON, April 10th being especially directed at Dead Man

The first Franco-British Parliamentary Hil The communiqué, also confirms the important German losses last night at Dead Conference has been held in London. His Man Hill, when the most violent attacks Majesty the King made a stirring address

lines. The operations were much hampered by the foods, which are extending.

LONDON, April 11th,

In the House of Commons, Mr. Tennant said that he had a information as to whother General Townshend has sent a reply to the King's message indicative of the spirit of his troops.

GERMANY AND ISLAM. BEFORE AND AFTER OUTBREAK OF WAR

Presidency

STEAMER SERVICE WITH FLUSHING BESUMED.

LONDON, April 11th. The steamer service with Great Britain

has been resumed,

..

BANDMAN OPERA AND COMEDY CO. "THE ONLY GIRL."

The Only Girl" is a musical comedy LONDON, April 11th. without a wallz motif, which is, perhaps, A further search of the German something to be thankful for. There is, in fact, comparatively speaking, very little archivos captured at Moshi shows that not

music but what there is is of good quality only was an anti-Islamic programme de and very pleasing. The comedy, strangely finitely drawn up, but that just before enough as it seems when others of a similar the outbreak of war steps had been taken order are recalled, is almost sufficiently to carry it out. The recipients of the serious to have a moral. It is scarcely a circulay mentioned on the 7th inst had play which bachelors should attend. It been instructed to report upon it withis might, perhaps, persuade them not to do three months. The official recommendations their duty. The old married man, with a prohibit al Government very keen sense of humour, may derivo a officials following the Musulan faith; certain amount of grim amusement from it. Essentially it is a comedy which all ladies, secondly, to prepare a register of all the whether married or single, should make a mosius; and, thirdly, to prohibit circun-

point of seeing, and if it causes a little cision except by licensees who must submit heart-searching in this small. Colony it will themselves for examination by a German not have been played on vain officii before receiving their licence Nevertheless, Germany is now figuring as the chosen champion of Islam

worte

to

advantage of a temporary re-distribution of His Majesty's forces in connection with the war, especially ag that re-distribution is merely an incident in the wor and it is for that reason that I now this Council for permission to bring forward the motion standing in my name.““

The Treasurer seconded the molim, Sir Evelyn Ellis: Sir, I desire to sup- port the motion that has been brought for ward by the acting Colonial Eretary, and I am glad to say that the Colmy is n a position to be able to give up this quite handsonic figure without feeling any undue strain. At the same time, I should have still been disposed to support the acting & strain. All I am anxious to see is that Colonial Secretary's motion if it had been overy part of the Empire should do what it can to help the mother country.

The motion was agreed to.

IRELAND THE "KEY OF

DESOLA

THE ATLANTIC.”

This

were repulsed, especially at dusk The to the members at Buckingham Palace, wel. AUSTRALIA AND VOLUNTARY have plenty of life and vigour, so that if ence; she is fighting also for the liberation

ing drew my attention to one of our machines about a mile away being

Archie." by an strafed

EXCITEMENT.

I got excited then, but this feeling gavo way to a very peculiar and hollow one when I heard a terrific erash immediately below my machine and a little to the righ and then another on about fifty yards ahead. My pilot imediately no ed up the machine, and from a little over 40. / feet we climbed to 6.500 feet, and almost immediately a bank of cloud passed below. Although you can see them through the gaps, they can't see you.

As the clouds thickened we returned just over the top of the clouds, and after s few minutes dived through one of the holes to find ourselves well clear of the lines. Ane. You shut off the engine and plano and over our own batteries. Landing is down to about one hundred feet or so, and then flation out till the wheels start bus ping. So much for the first flight.

HUN RUNS AWAY,

Shortly

To-day I was ordered out on a "hostile. aircraft patrol that is to say, you go up well over the German lines and Hy up and down for three hours. looking for and engaging any of their machines. We left the ground at 10.15 am, and arrived over the Huns about 10-30; arid iley greeted my machine with a burst of SECRET GERMAN PAMPHLET

four Archies." The first two were a The New York World publishes extracts little to the left but woll below, the third little to the right and two bits of shrap- frow a pamphlet which the German

nel went through the right wing and ene bit cut a stay; the fourth was dead under, titled "Great Britain and Europe. Foreign Office is secretly circulating, en-

We bomediately zigzagged up

up and precious work is from the pen of Count battoo far below. Reventlow, and a translation has been made Archie" did not bother us again; bat strafed?? and "printed for private circulation only" another of our machines got

the Irish. Fourteen chapters are about half a mile on our left, having devoted to Irish history as the Germans eleven bits of shrapnel through his planes would like the Irish and the world to view and two landing wire cut; the observer it. The work culminates in the following and pilot were not scratched, For the rest, is certainly far and away

passages, which are interesting because after my pilot spotted a Hun machine some above the average musical comedy in merit. they constitute an indirect admission that distance off, and belied over to him for all It is really amusing. The toenes are pretty, unless British sea power can be destroyed he was worth while I got my machine

gun Luto pasilion the dresses very effective and the choruses Germany must lose the war

"Germany is fighting for her own exist

Directly the Hun spotted us he turned thero is a "pill" somewhere it is pleasant. of the world. The great day of liberation to run away, but, unfortunately for him, will surely come sooner or later. The en

two of our machines were coming down on MELBOURNE, April 10th lygilded Miss Betty Linley as Pansy ditio sine que now of that liberation the him from the other direction and closer Mr. Pearce, the Minister of Defence, puts plenty of energy into her somewhat destruction of Britain's maritime sure to him than we were, sad they "strated" hum right out, for when still about a mile waves humanity must remain her slave, from the Hun he took a terrific!" in a speech at gathering of Trade small part and it is quite catching. As the macy. For as long as Britain rules the

" Drum Major,” for instance, ako wan This is fundamental truth. And another dive and then went spinning to earth, There was a sharp night struggle cast of as I trust, to be perpetual." His Ma Unioniste, said the Commonwealth policy

even one shot the Meuse in a little wood eastward of ity dwelt on the valuable work of the was to do their utmost to assist the particularly effective and generally confundamental truth is the Britain's mari and I didn't get a chance of popping off.

tries to be the life and soul of the chorus, me supremacy cannot bo destroyed until

After thig nothing out of the coromon Ireland is a free country. So long as Vachersurille. We progressed southwards French legislators, and emphasised that the Allies to win. Their policy was one of Miss Phyllis Ashwell is perhaps the most Ireland remains a British Colony or happened, except seeing some of our rather, a British fortress Brita nens at machine Archied" at a hopeless range of Dousmont. There was a bombardment visit was an expression of the friendship Voluntaryism, but they were being de convibeing of the young brides and of the villagos at the foot of the Meuse which was binding the two nations to

any time shut off the whole of Northern and watching our own batteries have a and Eestern Europe from all access to the terrific go at the Huns for about five kills. The communiqué concludes: Yester

ocean even as by means of Gibralter, Port minutes gether

was well-covered in anti-frostbite grosse Said, and Aden she can close the Med ter- The cold up there is intense. My fren day's operations at Verdun saw the first

rancan, Ireland is the key of the Ataatio, Release Ireland from bondage and the When up there one feels awfully sorry for

the poor chaps in the trenches attempt at a German general offensive, on

Atlantic is at once opened up to Europe. morrow I'm going up on a reconnaissance, a front exceeding twenty kilometres. The

Therefore must Ireland be restored to We all go up every day at various times. Europe if Europe is to be free. An in I think flying is the most fascinating na appreciable results, Germans had

dependent neutral Irish astion would be game in the world, he adds, and if still especially in view of their tremendous

the natural bu wark of European liberty in alive and kicking at the end of the war

ing. This is a terribl the West, Freedom depends on freedom will continue fring efforts and the losses sustained, to which

of the seas and freedom of the seas de long description, but I am absolutely ful the bodies heaped in front of our lines

pends on the liberat'on of Tre'and.” testify.

Germans were only able to penetrats 500 coming, in Franch, the legislators of a yards of the first line trench at Hill 295,great Republic to which they rejoiced to be united by an intimate alliance and The French made numbers of prisoners.

mutual confidence; "an alliance destined,

DUTCH STEAMERS NEW ROUTE.

AMSTERDAM, April 11th.

Handelsblad the According to the steamers Kambangan and Krabatan will sail for Java on Wednesday by the

northern route.

ENLISTMENT.

fonded by the conscript armies of the Allies, and sooner than submit to German ruje ho would bave conscription; but he believed they could do their duty t voluntary exlistment.

SWEDISH PROHIBITION.

LONDON, April 11th- Sweden has prohibited the export of magines ore,

dances vary prettily Miss Gracie Roslyn also gives a charming danon in Act II. Mr. Leyland Hodgson as Kim takes the principal re very sati factorily while, as may be imagined Mr. Johnny Oshores, Mr. Chimplon Coutts and Mr. Edzard Granby extract all the fun possible from ther parts as the young but very much

married men.

The popularity the Company has won during its short stay in the Colony was demonstrated by the large number of bouquels, presented to the members of the caste at the close of the performance.

of

Bose-

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