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THE WAR.

LULL IN VERÐUN BATTLE.

GERMANY'S FOOD DIFFICULTIES.

ENEMY CROSS GREEK FRONTIER.

PREPARING FOR ALLIED OFFENSIVE,

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT. THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOW]

VERDUN QUIETER.

ENEMY ATTEMPT AT ALTKIRCH

PREVENTED;

Pants, May 28th.

5.16 p..

THE BALKANS

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BULGARIANS OCCUPY GREEK FORT.

THE ENEMY'S EXPLANATION.

SALONIKA, May 28th.

A force of 95,000 Bulgarians crossed the. frontier at Rupel Pass and occupied a

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 30ra. 1910.

[HROUGH RECTER'S AGENDY.] GERMANY'S FOOD CRISIS. YEAR OF SCARCITY LOOMING

AHEAD

{TH BOUGH REUTER'S AOENCE:]

BRITISH AVIATION ACCIDENT.

ME TENNANT'S SON SEVERELY INJURED.

AMSTERDAM, May 29th

LONDON, May 29th Significant admissions were made, ing Henry, the son of Mr. H. J. Tennant the Reichstag concerning the food situa(Under-Secretary of State for War), tion. The Government representative who is in the Flying Corps, was severely emphasised that a anfficient quantity of injured in a flying accident in Kent potatoes was available, but there was no yesterday morning. The pilot, Captain excess, The number of entile had declined Grime-Jones, was killed. by 21 per couts since the 1st December, 1015, and pigs had likewise declined. The greatest possible restriction on con- sumption would shortly, bo necessary.⠀

A National Liberal Deputy pointed out that Germany's stock had decreased by 3,000,000 hul e year. A year of scarcity was inoming ahead. He urged the mass feeding of the population.

INTER-STATE COMPLICATIONS.

LONDON, May 28th. Evidence continues to accumulate of the German Government's great diff

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BRITISH PRISONERS.

MORE FOOD COMPLAINTS.

At the various camps at Sennelager, where over 1,051 British in the camp, and 300 more were absent on working parties. Representations were made by prisoners 88 the inferior quality and insufficiquey of the food, the men relying, according supplies from home. Otherwise they had to their statements, almost exclusively on

no cause of complaint on account of their treatment. Arrangements are to be made for more frequent bathing. At present there is provision for only one bath a fortnight.

OPIUM SMUGGLERS. OUTWITTED BY CALCUTTA OFFICERS.

In a report on the camp for prisoners

The Englishman of April 28th pays :** of war at Dülmen, Mr, E. L. Dresel, of Opium smuggiera in Calcutta were under the American Embassy at Berlin, states the impression that during the Easier rung holidays the usual strict vigilance of the that the principal ground of complaint Customs authorities would be in a on the part of the British non-commis manner relaxed and, ever ready to seize sioned officers and men was that convales opportunity, many attempts were cents from wounds and partly disabled made by thein to gel quantities of the men were not accorded special treatment, drug on board the Aum Sung and three and slept in the same barracks as the other vessels lying in port. They wore, others. On the matter being reported to however, sadly mistaken and all actempts the German authorities, arrangements to were frustrated by a party of Custonis house these cases in a separate barracks, officers, who it is stated, watched very where they could receive special, atten carefully the long stretch of the river It will he recalled that on the occation, were at once ordered.

Ironi Outram Chat to the Kidderpore sion of Mr. Pemberton-Billing's asser“

Docks with the result that in all over a tions in the House of Commons that a

maund of opium was prevented by thear large number of British aviators had

from being smuggled out of Calcutta.

It would appear that practically every been murdered " through deficient ma- chines and other causa, Mr. Tennant

Chinese--for these people are the worst defied them, and emphasised that his

offenders End incidentally the most in- son and also the son of General Sir A.

genious--who approached the river bark Henderson (Director of Military Acro

some large, some small, of the drug were was stopped and searched and quantities nautics) were in the Flying Corps.]

found on ten mon. Some of their methods. KING VISITS NAVAL AND

of secreting the opium are enumerated", below:-Shortly after six o'clock on Good MILITARY CENTRES.

Friday evening one Chinese was stopped near the Eden Gardens and two Custores At the various camps at Sennelager, officers searched his baggage. Nine con where over 2,700 British soldiers are in densed milk tins were seized, ench of terned, there were the usual complaints which was found to contain a smaller tin as to food. These did not, however, ap full of opiam embedded in the condensed near to the inspector to be fully justified milk. The coconuts were found to be as the soup served at the midday meal stuffed with a scer of opium each. An was tried and found good. In all the innocent-looking mirror, about eighteen employed, and they are allowed to make quantity of opium stuffed behind the suggestions in regard to the fare. The glass. Four dozen match boxes, which chief dependence is on packages from were packed up in paper as usually home, and considerable apprehension was sold in the market, were next examined. expressed by some prisoners that the In each box two tolas of opium were supply might cease. That there seems, found concealed under a layer however, to be no immediate danger of matches. Another elever device used by this is shown by the fact that in January this Chinese was a dozen tin dianer 56,000 packages were received by the Bri plates. The top and the bottom plates tish, and in February 53,000, out of a were intact, but the centre had been cut total for each month of some 160,000, out of the remaining ten and was stuffed with about two soers of the drug. Some more opium, was found on searching the man's bedding. In all thirteen and a half Reers of opium vere found in the belong- ings of this man.

th.

LONDON, May 29th. HM the King in visiting Portsmouth and other Naval and Military centres, returning to London on Wednesday

anainte minor operations. Lively hom Greek fort at the entrance to theculties in connection with the food DAYLIGHT: SAVING IN ITALY kitchens seen, one or more British are inches square, was found to have &

· To-day's communique says there were

bardments occurred east of Mort Homme, and there was intermittent Artillery Bring in Woevre.

Enemy attempts to attack north-west of Altkirch were prevented by French fre

VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT OF MORT HOMME,

question, especially owing to the inter- State complications.

The Food Minister's decision over- riding the local State food export pro- *hibitions is deeply resented. Indeed

several

Governments, including the Bavarian Government, have refused to be

bound by the decision.

com-

Struma Gorge, and also the station and bridge of Demur Hissar. The Greeks withdrew without resisting, except one Company, which fired 24 shots, and then retired, upon an order from Athens.

German and Bulgarían ufficers on Thursday waited

the Greek

mander at Rupd and intimated, that in order to assure the Bulgarian left wing against an attack by the Allies they

Pro- The evening says French posed, to occupy the fort in accordance artillery blew up an ammunition depot with the principles of neutrality as in-

the Ville-sur-Tourbe region. There terpreted by others." was violent bombardment of the entire the withdrawal of the Greeks within 24 Mort Homme region and west of Thian- hours. The commander telegraphed for anonti No infantry action occurred on orders, after which a Protocol was signed in which the Germans and Bulgarians the right of the Meuse,

FARIS, May 29th.

1.55 4.10.

They demanded

There was intermittent artillery firing pledged themselves to restore the fort as on the remainder of the front

soon as the reason for its occupation die appeared. GERMANS ATTEMPT TO RAID

BRITISH TRENCHES.

EFFORT COMPLETELY FAILS.

LONDON, May 28th.

General Sir Douglas Haig, in muniqué, reports: Laat night, after, & ahort but heavy bombardment, the enemy 4 attempted to raid our trenches east of Caloune. The attempt failed, not one of the enginy entering our trenches."

An cuemy patrol was put to flight near Hebuterte, and one of the enemy WAY

one of the kilind.

In the early morning the enemy heavily south-west of abelled the area to the M Zillebeke with gas shells, and also shelled our communication trenches.

The enemy blew up mines south-east of Neuville St. Vasst, south of Loos, and

The Germans and Bulgarians are also showing great activity at Xanthi, other wise Eskidze, to the north-east of Kavala, where they are collecting pontoons, etc., with a view to crossing the Mesta ITALIAN FRONT,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

DESPERATE AUSTRIAN

ATTACKS.

GOOD WORK BY ALPINI

ROME, May 28th,

A rammumqué states that desperate Austrian attacks at Lagarina, Rio Ca veras and Buole failed. Elsewhere ther

have been only artillery actions. The Italians disporsed many enemy concentra tions and marching columns.

The

The Chancellor has therefore gone to Munich to confer with the King and the Government, and he subsequently will go to Stuttgart and Karlsruhe.

It is peered that the Food Minister will be compelled to revise the whole scheme of organisationa

Meanwhile the appointment of a

Socialist Dr. August Mueller, member of the Food Bureau, is signi ficant of the Government's desire to placate the masses. He is the first of the Socialists to occupy an important post in the German Government-

TOWNSHEND'SAPPRECIATION

DEEPLY IMPRESSED BY TURKS"

CHIVALRY,

LONDON, May 29th Major General Townshend, interview ed by the representative of a Constan tinople paper, said he was deeply pressed by the chivalry of Halit Pasha All our wants were attended to, beyond our expectation," he declared.

LIVELINESS EXPECTED IN

COMMONS.

a

____________ Rome, May 29th A Decrco prescribes daylight saving Italy. PRESIDENT TUAN SHIH-KAI,

SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN

POISONED:

LONDON, May 29th.

It is reported that President Yuna Shih-Kai is in a grave condition. It is

There were no complaints as to non receipt of packages, but some as to irre gularity in the receipt of letters, both those addressed to the prisoners at the

in England. An inspection of the postal bureau and inquiry of the camp officials failed to disclose sufficient grounds for a belsof that the trouble was within the

of

suspected that he is suffering from pocamps and to their relatives, and friends on the same day a kerosine oil tin

soning.

COUNT OKUMA RESIGNING,

Tokyo, May 29th.. - Count Okuma (Prime Minister) has intimated that ho will soon resign:

Baron Kato will probably succeed him.

THE NEW DERBY.

PROBABLE STARTERS AND

JOCKEYS.

LONDON, May 20th.

The probable starters and jockeys in the New Dorby are an follow-Gilbert the Filbert, Wheatley; Kwongsu, Temple- man Folyclamon, Lancaster: Ferox, C. Childs, or Fox: Sirian, T. Bullock Figaro, Whalley; Nassovian, Spear ; Planning Fire, Donoghue, Forest Guard. Hunter Canyon, Biokaby, Fifinella, J. Childs, Condoltiere, C. Childs, is a doubt ful starter,"

casap.

Mr. Dressal mentions that several inen outside work, and that twenty others are at Bennelager are permanently unfit for under treatment in hospital for acute discasos. Sir E. Grey has requested that inquiry may be made as to whether these men are not sufficiently incapacitated to warrant their repatriation.

BAIG'S OFFER TO HEIP

VERDUN

WHY JOFFRE WAS AGAINST A

BRITISH ADVANCE.

A number of French journalists why returned from a visit to the British front in France a month ago are all very enthusiastic over what they have seeno and their articles are full of admiration for the marvellous organisation of every department of the now huge British Army. There is another point which they touch upon most sympathetically, says CHINESE TELEGRAMS.She Daily Uhronicle special correspon

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

NEGOTIATING FOR AMERICAN LOAN.

London, May. 291h.

The business before the House of Cum-

mans this week will include the Con-1

solidated Fund Bill A keen debate is

PEKING, May 28th awaited concerning Lord Kitchener's The continuation of protracted negotia

5th, and Sir Arthur Markham, will, it eluded This improves the Government to the belief that a loan will be con-

prospects, and should ease the situation

** TIMES " CORRESPONDENT

nt. Since the beginning of the battle ¡fır Verdun many people have asked her axiously What are the British doing 1 / and though the French were given some mengre information about the extension of "the British front there has been undoubtedly some surprise atong certain classes of the public that the pressure on Verdun pas replies as follows to all worried by these M. Serge Baset, in the Petit Parisien, perplexities

containing four seers and seventy tolas Chillese. The lower part of the tin was of opium was confiscated from another staffed with opium, while there was small tin containing kerosine oil placed on top of the opium so that only oil opened or probed would be seen if the top of the tin was

Another Chinese at the Kidderpore. Docks was challenged and the pigstiekor hut which the man was wearing was found to contain a small quantity of opium cleverly concealed at the back. The same day another Chinese was arrested at the same place for having a seer, of the drug concealed around his fest and inside his hat. In another instance a Chinese was arrested while. driving in a first class phaeton towards. No. 8, Kidderpore Docks, for having a seer of opiuni concealed in his socks.

Ca Naturday two Chinese were ap proaching the Chinese steamer Aum Sang, when their movement, aroused the sus picion of a Customs officer. On being searched, opium was found tied around their legs and chests, a haul of four and a half seers being made here. In another case on the same night sixteen tolas of opium were seized in the possession of Another Chinese who was approaching the steamer Saug lying off Esplanade moorings. The drug was also found con- cealed in bamboo chairs, bars of soap and in one instance in a tifin carrier which, on first sight, appeared to con- tam only some cooked Chinese food.

WAR WASTE OF SHIPS, TAXATION AND NEW CONSTRUC TION

east of Sonchez. There was some damage enomy have continged strong pressure salary. Mr Churchill, Mr. Ellis Gritions here with American financiers feat British had not done more to relieve the of Shipping indicates that the worst fears

to our trenches, but no casualties were

caused.

in the Assings, Assa and Golmara valleys. The Alpini on the 20th inst. in the There has been more than the usual Strengo Basin, captured 157 prisoners, hostile artillery fire at Fricourt, Mametz,300 rifles and a section of machine-guns, Hohenzollern Redoubt, and St. Eloi. We which were immediately turned on the

shelled trenches west of Beaurains, oppo site Hannes Camps, with good effect.

The enemy's trench inortars were active, about Anthuille, Herre, and the Quar-

Tits.

Our acroplanes accomplished much use- ful work Enemy, aeroplanes were in-

active

RUSSIAN FRONT

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] GERMAN OFFENSIVE

NEAR

DVINSK

PETROGRAD, May 28th. A communique anys that on the Western Front, south of Lake Drisviaty (near Divinsk) a German offensive, preceded by violent artillery preparation, was repulsed.

In the Caucasus an offensive by strong Turkish forces on the Revandez and Dergals front was repulsed.

WAVAL ACTIVITIES,

(THROUGH REUTER'S 105NOT.]

FRENCH LINER CHASED BY SUBMARINE

MARSEILIES, May 99th: The French linor Zoulouyn has arrived:

Jure. The vessel was chased for fifty minutes by a submarine in the Mediter ranean, but managed to escape by travel ling at full speed and zig-zagging.

enemy. There has been successful mine fighting at Monte San Michele, where a stretch of enemy trench was wrecked, the occupants being wiped out by machine-

guns.

GENERAL

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.

LABOUR AND HOLIDAYS.

WORK NOW; PLAY AFTERWARDS.

LONDON, May 29th

is understood, speak. In view of the expected attack, Mr. Asquith himself will reply.

PRESIDENT WILSON AND PEACE

AN INTERESTING REMARK,

WASHINGTON, May 29th... President, Wilson, in an interesting passage in his speech to the League to Enforce Peace," declared that it was

probable that if it had been foreseen what would happen, what alliances would be formed, and what forces would be

MARRIED.

PEKING, May 28th Mravid Fraser, the Times cor respondent here, was married on Satur day

PLIGHT OF BRITISH |___PRISONERS IN BULGARIA.

VIGOROUS REMONSTRANCE FROM

UNITED STATES:

A Memorandum issued by the Chamber

of shipowners on the question of the taxa-

bearing on new construction, which is realized. The question has an important tion of shipping sales arC not to be

urgently needed at the present time, If during the German offensive since many owners have been proposing against Verdun our Allies have not to apply the profits realized on sales of attempted a diversion it is because shipping to pay for new ships. General Joffre considered that they The Memorandum now issued points would be accomplishing a task equally out that in an interview between the useful in consolidating certain positions, | Chancellor of the Exchequer und repre- and in perfecting the military instrncsentatives of the Chamber of Shipping. mon NEL tion of several hundreds of thousands of and the Liverpool Steamship Owners

READY TO STRIKE

The British Generalissima, Sir Doug las Haig, had already spontaneously offered to strike, and he is ready now, as ho will be ready on all occasions, to launch his army forward on a word from our own Hendquarters Staff,

"It is well to say these things in order to prevent any misunderstanding Nothing could hurt our Allies more than to insinuate that they are husbanding their troops and allowing the brunt of the struggle to be borne by us

oyd George the United States been given an oppor Prisoners of war in Bulgaria: The joke is stupid and unjust that

There has been an instant and remark able response to Mr. Whitsuntidy appeal for no holidays for tunity of apprising belligerents of the munition workers. Labour leaders attitude which it would have been her heartily supporting the non-stoppage of duty to take, and of the policies and prac work, and a movement is afoot for a tices against which she would feel general ignoring of Whitsuntide holi-bound (o use all her moral, economic, days. The universal feeling is "Work and, in certain circumstance, even now and play afterwards.

NEW LIBERAL PAPER TO

BE PUBLISHED.

LONDON, May 20th The Pall full Gazette states that $95,000 has been subscribed, and much more is promised to start a new Liberal morning paper associated, it is suppose-1, with the war viaws of Mr. Lloyd George... The plant has been secured, and only the difficulty of the paper supply in de laying the start.

We

says the British will fight to the last Frenchman. The figures of the British losses in France suffice to show the injus

M. Basset, in his description of the British Army organisations, relates piquantly that at one of the French ports the British make use of a factory estah lished by the Germans before the war, whore, the Germans had built platforma ready to receive the beavy cannon with which the Kaiser hoped to bombard the British const.~*

Amociation, Mr. McKenna stated that his object was not to levy a tax of 60 per cent on the difference between the pre- was value and the sale value, but to pro- teat the Exchequer against any loss of excess profis tax consequent on the sale of assets Such loss might arise either... from the fact that the purchaser's datum line (which would be calculated as a price) might exceed the vendor's datum statutory percentage on the purchase line (which had been fixed by the stand- ard of actual pre-war earnings), or by the operation of the section of the Act which provided far allowance for ex- ceptional or obsolescence of assets.

In other words, a steamer if sold might yield less to the Treasury in the form of excess profit taxation than if she had

The Chancellor explained, that the exact been retained by her original owners

found in the Bill; and in the mean- while the terms of the resolation had to be wide enough to cover any pro- vision that he might find it necessary to insert in order to achieve his object.

Chan-

Lord Newton has addressed the follow arrayed, those who brought on the ing communication to Mr. Stephen Walsh, MP, who drew the attention of great contest would gladly have aub- the Foreign Office to the reported do stituted a conference for force. Had plorable plight and treatment of British I regret to say that the statements to which you allude in regard to the treat ment received by British prisoners of war in Bulgaria are unfortunately only too tico of such an insinuation method of preventing the leakage would well-founded. A letter from the United States representative at Sofa (Mr. Ein stein) to the Ambassador in London, of which his Excellency has just sent me a copy, leaves no doubt as to the treatment, that the conduct of the Bulgarian auther ities in this respect has been deplorable, sad that the latter have been far from realizing their obligations towards the prisoners of war in their hands. Mr Einston is, however, keenly alive to the The correspondent of the Matin urgent necessity of bringing about an im writes: mediate and material improvement, and The organisation at the British base has already addressed to the Bulgarian is tremendons. It is based on perfected Government vigorous remonstrance, principles which arouse our admiration TO which will be followed by further repre mingled with a light feeling of jealousy Su sentations which he has been requested to of the British Colonics when we see with maks on behalf of his Majesty's Govern what consummate art the Mother Conn 20th. mantry has succeeded in sending her sons You may be well sured that no effort everything necesaty for their material Mr. Lloyd George continued his nego will be spared, either on the part of his and moral sustenance

during Majesty's Government or of the United |States Legation at Boña, to put an end to a state of things which is as distressing to us as it is discreditable to the Bul- garian

physical strength her contribution to counsel which might have averted the struggle, would have been considered worth weighing and regarding.

THE IRISH PROBLEM. MR LLOYD GEORGE MAY GO

IRELAND

LONDON,

tistions with the Irial the week-end. He hopes

will visit Be

Ved

SHIPS AT WAR PRIORS deputation put before the cellor the extent to which the shipping industry was suffering from war wastage, and pointed out that although Fon national grounds there was an argent necessity for the immediate replacement of this wastage, it was only possible to squire tonnage at war prices, out of The Chancellor, it is stated, esplained at the straordinary expenditure re- war prices would be dealt with as ex- acquisition of ships at ceptional depreciation or obsolescence of and on the basis of an allowance

~"Looking at it from a distance, one thinks this machine is splendid; but, oh! how slow 1. But when one is on the spot, face to face with it, it must be admitted man how complete and how strong it is,'

war con- s to Store: