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THE WAR.

FRENCH, RUSSIAN

ITALIAN SUCCESSES.

AND

AUSTRIAN TREACHERY IN

GALICIA.

NAVAL AEROPLANES RAID CONSTANTINOPLE,

TROUBLE BREWING IN THE BALKANS.

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.

{THROUGH KIUTER'S AGENÚT.] BRILLIANT FRENCH SUCCESS. ENEMY TRENCHES AND MANY PRISONERS TAKEN.

Pans, April 10th. 1.05 p..

A commuinqué says:-On the left bank of the Mouse, the enemy violently bom. bardag our positions at Avocourt wood and

Hin 304.

On the right bank of the Meuse, there was artillery activity on both sides in the region of Dopant and the Woevre

sectors, as well as at Moulainville, Haud remont and Los Eparges.

The day was comparatively quiet on the rest of the Front. '.

PARIS, April 16th.

3.30 p.

A brilliant French success at Dousmont is the feature of a communiqué.

The French made in vigorous attack southward of the village at dusk and worn completely successful. Ther occupied song onenty trenches and took many prisoners,

The Germans continued to hombard Avocourt and Couretites wood.

There was intermittent bombardweg in Woevre, and the usual artillery activity. on the rest of the Front.

BRITISH RID ENEMY

TRENCHES.

SATISFACTORY RESULT.

LONDON. April 18th. -Sir Douglas Haig reports that yester- day night after the explosion of two wines the British effected a satisfactory qual) raid. on the enemy trenches south of the Bethune and La Basses rund.

To-day there, was artillery activ about Arrus, Neuville St. Vaast. Grenny

and Lons.

RUBSTAN FRONT

{THROUGH RKOTER'S AGENCY.] AUSTRIAN TREACHERY.

RUSSIANS EXACT HEAVY PENALTY.

PETROGRAD, Apr 10th. The Russians continue to have the upper hand in Galicia, where the Austrians play. ed a treacherous trick. They threw away their rifles, shoating that they had sur- rend red, then drew their daggers and attacked the Russians, but were severely punished in the melci which followed.

The Russians have taken further pri- sorers in Galicia,

ASPHYXIATING SHELLS.

GERMANS UNSUCCESSFUL

OFFENSIVE.

PETROGRAD, April 10th. À communiqué states that the Germans continued an unsuccessful offensive against Ik-kull and Smorgon, using asphyxiating shel's...

RUSSIANS STORM IMPORTANT POSITIONS.

BATTLEFIELD COVERED WITH GERMAN BODIES.

PETROGRAD, April 18th A communique states that the Russian infantry have scored a brilliant Bucoses at Garbukovka, near Dvinsk, where they carried four lines of burbed wire and stormed two important hilla The Gor- mans' repeated counter-attacks were com pletely repubed. The battlefield between the hills and enemy's trenche, is covered with German bodies.

THE BALKANS

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

NEW DIFFICULTY IN THE BALKANS,

SITUATION BECOMING ACUTE.

LONDON, April 16th.

An explanation of the Allies' temporary occupation of Argostoli is indicated in a telegram from Athens.

There is talk of resisting the -use of Grek railways towards Macedonia by the Serbian Army from Corin, where it has been completely refitted.

THE HONGKONG DALY PRESS. TUESDAY, APRIL 18Tя. 1916.

The Allies have now doubtless clounsed the Ionian Sens of submarines, but it is most difficult to clear the Aegean, with its hund- reds of islets. Hence it has been decided to transport the Serbians overland from 1. the railhead at Patras, thence to Athens and Larissa with a short final streich by

rond,

It is stated that the British Minister de clared to an interviewer that the need of transporting the Serbians by railway would not have arisen. if Greek waters had been properly watched.

The Ministers of the Central Powers have visited King Constantine and the Premier, and the situation is showing signs

of acatoness: GOVERNMENT GIVEN FREE HAND:

ATHENS, April 16th.

It has been decided to adjourn the Cham ber til May 3 and to give the Government a free hand to deal with the situation. ALLIED WARSHIPS AT BUDA BAY

ATHENS, April 16th.

Allied warships have anchored in Suda Bay but no troops have been landed, NAVAL ACTIVITIE 8.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

FOUR MORE SHIPS SUNK.

GERMAN STEAMER MINED.

LONDON, Apri? 10th, The Danish schooner Protea has been sunk. The crew has been picked up.

THE NEAR EAST

[THOUGH MOTER'S BENDY.] BOMBS DROPPED ONPOWDER FACTORY.

AIR RAID ON CONSTANTINOPLE LONDON, Apr 16th, It is officially announced that on the evening of the 14th inst, the ava] aero. planes at Constantinople dropped bomb on the Zeituslik Powder Factor and scroplane hangars, and andher deroplane boshed the Adrianople railway station

The Aight to Constantiniple and back

was three hundred miles,

Fine weather prevailed at the start, but thunder-stoing supervened; alf returned safely.

RUSSIANS' ROOT: TURKISH, DIVISION.

NUMBER OF PRISONERS TAKEN.

PETROGRAD, April 16th,

In the region of Bitlīs the Russians, after obatinate fighting, routed a Turkish Divi- sion which had recently arrived from Con- stantinople, and took

Soflers.

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"LTBROUGH NEVIENS AGENCY.)

THE SINKING OF THE FOSPITAL SHIP.

RUSSIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY'S ACTION.

THE FORMOSANS.

ABORIGINAL TRIBES AND THEIR

CUSTOMS

KAISER'S

ORDER TO SLAUGHTER.

A GERMANOPHILE CONVERTED BY FACTS.

At a joint miceting of the Japan and China Societies, at the Caxton Hal, West The Paris. Latiu prints the following, minster, recently, a paper was road by written by Count Meigar, former secretary PETROGRAD" April 27th;

Mr, Shinji Iahti, FRA... denling chiefv. and confidant of Don Carlos, and now a The Russian Red Cross has resolved to with the primitiva inhabitants of Foringsa, leading number of the Carlist party, ag

Mr. Arthur Diósy, the Chairman, in sympathies of which are strongly pri

German: Pease rect relations with the enemy Rid Cross in the absence of protects against the introducing the lecturer, said hẹ was up-- sinking of the Porngal. The Ru sinn Redoubtedly the first living authority on the subject on which he was going to speak. Cross Society Megaphed provisionly He had been led to form a high opinion

cancelling the mandate of the Russian delegates at the International Red Cross Commission at Stockholm, ond aking Prince Charles une rain the vines of te German and Austrian Red Crows Societies regarding the Portugal.

NEW FRENCH LOAN.

TWENTY MILLIONS STERLING.

NEW YORK, April 16th. There has been a sharp revvery ef French exchange as a result of the an- number of pri-ukcem at of a ww French Loan. It is reported that the amount is twenty millions sterling.

NEARING TEEBIZOND,

FURTHER RUSSIAN SUCCESS,

PETROGRAD, April 16th, After the most severe fighting the Rus sians drove out the Tarks from a strong position sixteen miles east of Trebizond.

OPERATIONS IN MESOPO-

TAMIA

STEADY PROGRESS, REPORTED. :

LONDON, Apr 1816 Geveral Sir Percy Lake reports that during the 15th inst, gradul but steady progress was made on the right bank of the Tigris, whery, the enemy's advanced- Cines are being driven in and occupied, The enemy left any dead, and a consider able number of prisoners was taken in de captured trenches.

The weather is fine but hazy after i heavy rain,

GENERAL.

{THRUVOM BEUTKM'D`SİSNOY.};\

MILITARY HONĢURS.

LONDON, April 16th.

It is announced in the Gefle that the following honours have been awarded :--

Companions of the Bath-Colonelg G. B. Smith, H. O. Grier and H. M. Adam- Lieut. Colonels J. F Donegan (RAM.C.), S. H. Pedley (Royal West Kent)

SED,

THE TROUBLE IN MEXICO.

MR. WILSON TREATING WITH CARRANZA,

WASHINGTON, Apri 16th. President Wilson has decided to propose on agreement with Carranza, whereby the United States troops will not proceed much further into Mexico and will be withdrawn ns mon as it is evident that Carranza's followers are abo to deal with Villa bitter

It is understood that the Farrni nciden. will be treated separutely in ano hir Note,

WANTED IN ENGLAND.

EXTRADITION OF TRIBITSCH LINCOLN

NEW YORK, April 18th. The British Consul General Ims app is to the Supreme Court for the extrað Lon of Tribitsch Lincola, oua charge of Lorgery, erwo guol-keeper have been dismissed in connection with the plot regarding Lincoln's ecupe

OBITUARY.

THE BISHOP OF MOMBASA

Lennon, Apr 16 h. The death is announced of the Right Rev. William George Poe', D. D., Bishop of

Mombaga since 199

[HAVAB SERVICE.

GERMAN GOVERNMENT'S

FALSEHOODS.

WHAT THE FRENCH KNOW.

PARIS, April 15th.

Companion of the Order of St. Michoel and St. George:-Lieut-Colonel T. G. Blois Johnson (22) Punjabia)

Distinguished Service Order Co mander C. S. Hickman (Indian Marino). Majors H. J. Cotter (Artillery), T. J." McLeod (7th Gurkhas N. V. Rybot (76th Punjabi),Captains; P. B. Bhorucho (R-A.M.C.), E. Butterfield, H. N. Colan (67th Punjabis), W. Dent (103rd Mahrat- ta) Hewitt (481) Pineers) A. T. Wilson, N. W. Wilson (7thGurkha?);

Military Cross-Cuins; J. H. the Note suppose; the ship was muk by wind, Germany proposis to refer to the Carruthers (30th Garhwali), R. C, CHI- Forrport (British), l'estaff (Nor-ferd (R.A.M.C.) W, Johnsar (7th Gurkague ibunal arbitrat on. wegian).

The German stramer Hispana was mined and sunk, south of Stockholm. The crew was saved

LONDON, Apr 16th,

The following steamers have been re ported suuk

The Fairport was built by Messrs. W. Doz-

for & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland and belonged to the Port B. S. Co., Ltd. Her tonnage was 3,8 and her port of registry Newcastle-on-Tyue-]

ITALIAN FRONT.

has), E. J. Nixon (Artillery), S. Pember- ton (Engineers), S. V. Lang (70th rua jabis). F. W. Pater.on (eb Punjabis),

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The l'emps, the lead ng French new paper, deoared on this subj et that the French Government as its pursession

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of the aborigines of Formosa for any rea sons, and was doing his best to oppose the barbarous policy of extermination which,

-unfortunately, had been advoerted by some very high Japanese military authorities us being the wie moans of obtaining pracz and

order in Formosa,

Was

In the course of his lecture Mr. Shinji Ishii said-In the latter period of the Ming dynasty, ... in the first af of sevouteouta century, Taiwan" 13 men tioned for the first time in Chinese history. For me origin or caus are thera ale various theories, but I'`thing it is a corrup-| Lion of "rawane largest ubong. tribe in south Formiga. known to the Japanese as Taka, Sugo." In Murope” Formosa, nianning beauti- ful sand," was a name given by the portuguese, the year but the guit appeared in the bormosa Channes, und after occupying the. Pescadores, they settled in the main 1824, by con structing a fort at Anping and "aiwan. At that time the western coast of the island was entirely peopied by the aborigines, with atu Ag them. a sprinking of Chinese From this time onward we have an authen- tio history of the islands.. Soon after the Dutch-occupation the Spanish despatched troops from the Philippines and occupied North For#034; After several encounters wish the Dutch they withdrew from the island in 1642. The Dutch were the nas ters of the bind tor 37 years, until they were driven out by Koxinga (or Cheng Kung) * 1611. The Lach to a gresk extent WO0 the conndener આ ine acorigines; they not only secured a large number of religious converts, but thou- sands of vative people rendered assistance when the ring, of Chinese last-gens vor place,

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"I was at Trobaturf where xa broke our 1 was then termaphi was pleased over the prospect of Germa Vienna, and the first thing I saw was th succés, on which I counted. Taurried io

secret document written by the Germaa Raperor to the Emperor of Austria. inter iof the order given to carry da a war of extermination.

aly soul is bursting with grief." wrote the Kaiser, but is absintely sword: men and women, children and aged necessary to put everytning to fire and th

must be slaughtered; not a single trei With such a system of terror, the only one

be left upright,

2001 mins. nor Lo be followed against a people so debased as the French, it is certain that the war will not last two months, while by pro ceeding with hawonitarian consideration”i!. might be prolonged for years. I am having recourse, thon, whatever it may cost me, to the method, which, in spite

of appear ences, will greatly diminish bloodshed.'-

Such atrociou; words made the first bronch in my admiration for Germany. A few days later I read in an evening paper a speech delivered by the Kaiser to his soldiers in which he declared that he had josened that two French military doctors had entered Mez and poisoned the gar-: rison wells with cholera microbes. Then I anderstood that such a man was not merely cruel, but a shameless liar and exjumniator.

I also had an opportunity of learning of the grief of the Russian Auberendor who had told one of his friends how he had, in an interview with Emperor Francis Joseph, declared his Government. ready to unko important excession to avoid war.

The aged merch had yielded to his. prayera and authorized him to telegraph to Petrograd that a danger of war was ever. The next morning the dunssador was hurriedly summoned to the Emperor. who said that he was obli-ed to take back his word, as the Kowe, Wilhelm had teles graphed to him" If Austria is afraid Germany fears noborly, and to burn the bridge I have just declared war

Russia.

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With the surrender of Chong-ko-Shweng, Koxings's grandson, the dezand passed, co the Manchu Government in 1669, Tho The revention compel'ed my conver Chinese régime, extended a little over owe sion. I felt sure that the Kaiser Wilhelm. centuries.

instead of being the instrument of God. was in wired - the devil."

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REPORTED MUTINY AT SMYRNA-

In 1895 the island came into Japanese possession, and this - the twenty-first.yea of our rue. The istoud is 240 mies long from north to souch and 90 miles tras east to wesi, its widest part. The total area 1 13.861 grace mes. The aborigines who occupy the mountain districs, the east A gres auține is reported to have, oc- const, and the sinnil island of Lo-to-sho, or curred og Smyrna. The revolt is stated so bag, off the east cost are rough privations to which the Turkish troops Hotel Tabago, cist to have been the intolerable

Taiya, Banan, Teuco, have been subjected, and by their hatred seven tribes: Faiwan, Ami, Sale, and Youi, The of the German, who are regarded as the.. Taiyals were known as the must forvelous authors of Turkey's ruin, tribe on account of their head-nun ing customs. A large part of the distric, in- habited by that was made recessible to civilisation for the first time in 1914, he the arrival of strangers in their and. The a costly campaign, waged continuousy by Taiyals only worship the spirits of the They think that a human being and years, which war casualties reached a total of consists of a carnal body and spirit.

our Government for hve.

PRIMITIVE GROUP SYSPÆRET.

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Than 10.000. It secins that the suthe Death is believed by them to be rities had two object, in view: fire the separation of the spirit from the body; establishment of a road connecting the cast-after one's death the spirit goes to the tin ern and western parts of the island with of the highest mountain, which is looked the north; secondly, the development of the apon by then as a sacred place. wild country for industrial purposes, as

spirit world is a very beautifu posee, and the mountain district contains valuable on the way thither one must pass a bridg camphor and other forests Camphor is called Hango-oitofu, they also call &

rainbow by the que mine,. the monopoly of the Government, and is

To be alowed one of the principal products of the island.

to cross the bridge one must be olever in Of the remaining tribe, a portion of the hunting, ar have obtained a suficient num Bunun still practise head-hunting, but

ber of human heaths; otherwise one must sink back into hell. In the casu of women, all the other tribes lead a peaceable life. Each of the seven tribes speaks a different

one who is a clover werver is a loved to Now, turning to tha dialect and has peculiar customa and social cross the bridge. institutions of its own. The dialects second cause for head-bunting, it wil be The German reply to the United States spoken by these tribes may be consified as necessary to deal first with the social a body under the so-called Malayan, organisation. As I have already stated. concerning the torpedo d Surs 2 and other

or the yet more comprehensive "Austrone- the Tay tribe consists of groups of stenners pretends the torp do'ng has been" language. The Tuly men and several villages; each group has its own women tattoo their Taces, and on this se form of ceremonial customs, and hunting committed in conformity with the maitime count they are also called the "Tattooed and cu Livation gounds are held in con Suvages." Anoiber peculiar custom-theon by its meishers. Hostly generally Concerning espec aly the staknocking out of the two incisor or canine exists between one group and gnother, the teeth in the upper jaw in practized by principal cause bring trespat on their these Taiyals. Bununs, and fun.. the respective hunting grounds. A 1 boys in savage iden being that if they knock out & group are trained as warriors and, of

course, courage is these ferth it wi] add to their beauty.

an important qual fica- With regard to the social institutions, the tion for the Naturaly the best evidence civilised And and a portion of the Pawan of prowess is the posses on of an enemy bove the untrilinen) or mother-right system; head. The conditions described shove give Head-huning they also have a peculiar age grade or rise to many customs.

the rank system for men while the rest of the practised by the Taiyals on tribes have the patrilineal system

following occasions; -- When bey ob tains majority, and to settle & dis-, pute between two parties, the idea In respect of the form of government, the being that the righteous is always protect- Ami have a sort of republic. The men'sed by the spirit of his ancestors, and that sesal position is divided ints ten to twelve he will have no difficut in obtaining an age grades or ranks. The boy joins the enemy's head (similarly they prectiss head. lowest grade when he reaches 14 oz 15 years hunting-in order to clear themselves of of age, and his grade is promoted every a fake charge); and livify as revenge for five or eight years. Among them the upper murder, the relatives of a murdered man age rank or elder men exercise contra over being in duty bound to avenge him in this social matters. Among the La yals, manner. When a boy attains the age of Bununs, and Tanng the eœcini unit is the five or six years be tattoo on his fore- family, and a number of villages for head series of three blocks of borizontal A soldier aged thirty was partially group which exercises (as independent lines. A girl also tatoos her forehead at

the same buried by a mine exposion on Juy B, power, the chief being one of the influe and in the hospital he was found to be ting heads of the villages. Astong the Pal of marks on both cheeks when she reaches Loy trust have another deaf and dumb dots the Lanert. Three wins we find a hereditary chief for ear womenhool. A weeks after admission to hospital how group. With the exception of head-bun- tattoo maszk on his chin, but this mark is given gas for a tooth extraction, the outing, which is the only crime recorded only allowed after success in head-hunting, geong hoping that the shock of the anesthe against them, the moral character of the It may be called the savage D.3.0.

Taivaly is very high, and compares very Thus every young savage strives to obtain No improvement followed until Novem well with that of civilised people, For a head for himself at the first opportunity. the war, said that, thanks to the co-opern- ber 1, when after a day off with sate instance, they never stea other people's but since extension of our police control friends, the soldier came back to the hes property, they keep their promises, are in the border districts the chances have Italians briliantly assaulted and captured tion of the Italian and Alli navies, thou-pital is very excited atate, shoutine faithful to their friends, respect their become rage and they haver to wor

sands of tons of stores had been seab to His power of speech remained perfer and children, and ace let. Another in and has tonehed a corpse of beseeche

been sent to and obviously under the jufluence of drink, parents and elders, love their wive the following means: A you may

the morality bhog joined in a headhunting expedalie Albania, and 230000 Serbins and 10,000 when he became

de sober, but the dentue's tween the sexes is

teresting point is that their women hold enemy or has carried on his back. persisted, horses had been transportel across the seas Three weeks later the patient was given a high position. if not equal to that of bag containing the enemy's brad is al owal with the smallest Losses depite numerous gas and ether. While he was recoverin men. I have often observed that petty to have the tattoo mark. In some cases be from the augsthetic the eargron defeated v wars among them have been stopped and enjoy. the same privilege by virtue of suc- attacks.

shouted to him that he could now hear, ant peace restored by remonstrance on the part cessful head-hunting performed by his

father or brothers. As I have weid, head when he regained consciousness this was of women ha found to be the cove. “ Anak The reason why thean people, pos es irg hunt ug is stil pastisen bes portion of The abock eared by falling downsta; « | so many fine qualities, are guilty of such the Taival and Burns, bus with the con- at a Saffron Walden hospital has restore! a crime as head-hauling is to be four struction of good ready into their districts

and the introduction of outside Taffuence the hearing of Sergeant Coxall, Bedford in their religious ideas and social conr

Momover, these savages fre mar they will certainly give up the grassome Regiment, who was made deaf by a big't- tions. explosive shell,

zow-minded and suspicious with regard to ouston.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

FIGHTING IN HIGH ALTITUDES.

ITALIANS CAPTURE ENEMY POSITION.

Rose, April 16th.

A Rome communiqué says:Fighting in the high altitudes has continued, and several machine guns have been capturi

T. R. Wells (33rd Punjabis). Lieu the name of the Captain and also the nm. tenants:-CO. Mosse (20th Rajput her of the submersible which sank the

Susser. tanas), H. M. Pim (24th Punjabis), P. J. Wigley (90th unjable). Second Lieuten ants--P. S. Bapty, F. C. Hendry. O. V. Heron-Jones and A. L. Hi.

ITALY'S PART IN THE WAR,

BARON SON NINO CONFIDENT IN

THE FUTURE."

ROME April 18th, During the debats on the Foreign Es timates in the Chamber of Deputies

CURE BY ANÆSTHETIC,

HOW A BOLDIER REGAINED SPEECH AND

HEARING.

Artifery duels are unceasing in the Baron Sonnino, recounting Italy's part in tic might bring back the man's speech.

Giuicaria and Sagana valleys. The

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position at Santoos Valde, in the Bagans va ley, taking oghty prisontars.

DARING ATTACKS.

Boss, April 7th. To-day communiqué deals generally with misor operations, The Italian, carried out - daring attacks cast of Monfalcone and captured new advanced positions, a score of prisoner, and some ammunition.

The battle of Verdun, he und, constituted a remarkable success for the French stur because the enemy had mised their chief aim. He was most confides in the future of the Allies.

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