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THE WAR.

RUSSIA'S GREAT OFFENSIVE.

NEARING CZERNOWITZ.

FIGHT IN THE BALTIC.

SIGNIFICANT CALM IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

MR. ASQUITH AND THE SITUATION.

RUSSIAN FRONT

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGKNOY.]

THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. FATE OF CZERNOWITZ SEALED.

PETROGRAD, June 14th

The Russians have cut railway.com- munication from Cornwitz with th North

Heavy fighting is proceeding east, wouth-rast, and north of the town..

Czernowitz is not expected long to withstand the Russians. It was 14 miles north-east of the town that General Letchitsky gained one of his most strik ing siteccases. Ho attacked the Austrians oh two sides and throw them into such confusion that 20,000 surrendered, in- cluding the Divisional Staff. The Aus trian artillery retired early in the en- gagement, and the. infantry lost a colos sal number killed before the final rout

AUSTRIANS STILL BEING DRIVEN BACK.

DESPERATE RESISTANCE..

PETROGRAD, June 15th.

(IHROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.)

BRUSSILOFF HOPES TO CRUSH ENEMY.

PETROGRAD, June 15th, General Brussiloff, replying to a tele gram of congratulation, saya:

ly hope to gain a success, which utterly crush the enemy,'

ANOTHER RUSSIAN COUP

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRŪS, FRIDAY, JUNE 16cm. Lulu.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] FIGHT IN THE BALTIC. CONVOYED GERMAN MERCHANT- MEN SUNK.

STOCKHOLM, June 14th. There was a forty five minutes fight in, the Baltic off Braviken last night between German armed trawlers and an unknown

onemy force.

A German trawler has arrived at

[TBROUGH REUTER'S LOENCY.]

FMR ASQUITH AND THE WAR,

PRESENT SITUATION INSPIRING.

LONDON, June 15th. Mr. Asyhith, in the course of it speech to his constitutents at Lady Bank, paid a tribute to the late Lord Kitchener's boundless self devotion and service to his

country.

CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

{FROM THE CELLIO NGÔI SAN PO IMPROVING THE

CONSTITUTION.

Li Yuan Hung has sent out a long tele- gram urging the unity of the nation.

A conference is being organised with the object of bettering national affairs,

CONDEMNED BIBELS.

MAJOR" MCBRIDE.

John McBride, who was sentenced to death and shot for his share in the Irish revolt, was put forward as Parliamen- tary candidate for South Mayo when Mr. It is announced that the Cabinet will Davitt resigned, and when he was nominated he was fighting for the Boerş be re-organised.

in South Africa. The nomination was, He however, subsequently withdrawn. was born at Westport, County Mayo, in 1808, and eduiented at the Christian Brothers School there and at Belfast. In 1897 he went to the Transvani und | worked as a sampler and assayer at the Robinson, Mines. When the South African War broke out he organised the Irish Transvaal Brigade, and accepted the offer of the rank of Major During parts of the campaign he led the brigad tish guns at Coleus. and took part in the capture of the Bri-

Nykoeping with five wounded, but they ¦ A survey of the present situation, he to which the Provinces will be asked, to

refused to give any information.

LATER

said, was inspiring. The Russian ad-send representatives. vince was one of the most brilliant fents

of the war, the indomitable resistance of the Italians to the Austrian onslaught was daily treding more effective, and nothing could exceed the valour of the French at Verdun. The co-operation of the Allies was also growing more com plete, and their material and economic

A newspaper version of the fight in the Baltic states that thirten German mer chantmen, steaming south and convoyed by three destroyers, an auxiliary cruiser and some armed truslers, were attacked by Russian destroyers and submarines, The convoy was dispersed, the merebant me fleeing towards the const. It is re-resources might well prove one of the

ported that severni were sunkia

deciding factors in the struggle. The battle of Jutland had established our. sea command more firmly and unshak

More German wounded are arriving Another invisage states' that Berlin ad- rmmits the destruction of an auxiliary shipably. will south-east of Stockholm, as the result of

PETROGRAD, June 14th.

Au oficial announcement states that the Russians have occupied Suiatyn, twenty miles north-west of Cennewitz, where they captured 6,000 prisoners six gans and ten machine-guns.

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.

attack by four Russian destroyers in Nykoping Bay on Tuesday night. An announcement in connection with the fight anys that the Russian shells at fire- to the ship and the crew blow her up. The Commander and most of the crew were

saved.

THE JUTLAND FIGHT.

MEMORIAL SERVICE AT ST.

PAULS.

LONDON, June 15th The memorial service at St. Paul's Cathedral to those who fell in the battle of Jutland was attended by Lady Beatty, Officer participants in the fight, repre-

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENDY.]

CALM ON BRITISH FRONT.

LONDON, June 15th. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a com wunigné states: ---There have been no in-sentatives of the Admiralty, the Lord.

Regarding Ireland, the Premier said that a provisional settlement was most desirable, but after the war the fabric of Empire will have to be re-fashioned, and the relations between Great Britain and Ireland and also, between Great Britain and the Dominions would be brought into cluse and connected review

REPORTED ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF CANTON'S GOVERNOR, Lust night our Canton, correspondent wired to the effect that he had been in formed from a reliable source, that an a reliable so attempt has been made on the life of the | Covernor of Canton, a soldier shooting at him and causing a serious wound in the neck. The Governor is still alive, but grave, fears, ary- entertained of his recovery. The shooting is supposed to have ocentred on Wednesday evening.

CANTON-HONGKONG - TRAIN "ATTACKED BY ROBRERS.

HEAVY CASUALTIES REPORTED.

Our Canton correspondent wired, last evening that the early morning" train from Canton to Hongkong was attacked by a large band of armed robbers when At least three in Chinese territory.

In after years, speaking of the brigade, he said it was organiend for the purpose of paying back part of the debt which There were Ireland owed to England. some Americans and Irish Americans in it, but the bulk of it was composed of pare-blooded Irishmen. The proudest time in their lives was when they were fighting the British. They lost over 40 per cent. in killed, wounded, and prison- ers, and though the sword, bad fallen from their hands they hoped to pick it u again, and they would not stop until they had swept away every vestige of that Empire of Hell He knew that the British generals were incompetent, and that their Army was rotten, and he was sorry to say that it was the Irish troops alone that saved the English from destruction. They had im's Ireland? several movements for the purpose of bringing life into the country, and one of these was piovement to prevent res cruiting for the British Army, Navy and police forces. The success of those movements would do more to hurt Eng-| land that centuries of Constitutional agitation They should strike how they might and when they might against the Throne and the cursed British Empire, and

Feturned to Europe and for upon President Kruger as one of the a time lived in Paris, where he waited

British assistance, he added, had been coaches were derailed, and at the time the the freedom of Ireland. After

offered to General Joffre, and the step that would be taken would be dietated by sound atrategy.

ALLIES ECONOMIC

CONFERENCE.

LONDON, June 14th. The economic conference of the Allios

of wiring it was estimated that the casualties total fed one hundred Irish Transvaal Committee He there

ORGAN RECITALY FOR BENEFIT OF NAVY LEAGUE

de

FUND.

vene

In aid of the Navy League War Memo rial Fand, Mr. Denman Fuller gave

A communiqué states that the Bussinns funtry actions, but the enemy heavily Mayor and Sheriffs and friends of the has opened at the Foreign Ministry, organ recial in St. John's Cathedral: fast Dublin, and referred to his son as the

coutinus to drive pack the Austrians on the whole front to the Rumunian from tier. The struggle for the possession of the Czernovitz bridge-hend continues, The Austrians and desperately resisting the advance from Lutzk to Vladimir

furious valynsky Despite

enemy cunter-attacks north of Buczacz, where

the Russians recently had a slight set- hack the Russians have dislodged the Austrians from the right bank of the

Strypa, bave crossed the river and

shelled the positions we gained cast of Ypres yesterday,

Mare German prisoners have been taken, bringing the total up to 161/

There has been in heavy recripocal boin- bardment and mining activity at other points to day.

VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT,

PARIS, June 14th. 4.35 p.m.

A cammaniyal states: There has bem

dead.

QENERAL.

(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.] THE LATE EARL KITCHENER,

WORLD WIDE MEMORIAL SERVICES.;

LONDON, June 14th. World-wide memorial services for the late Earl Kitchener have been held, In- cluding one at the British Headquarters in France, which was attended by

M. Briand addressed the delegates the objects of, its meeting.

AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION.

TION OF JUDGE, HUGHES,

AMSTERDAM, June 14th The Germans are pleased at the nominių

|tion of Judge Hughes, instead of Colonel

seized heights on the left bank. An offen- 14 Violent bombardment on the right of General Sir Douglas Haig and staff and Roosevelt, who they say is anti-German, even more strongly than ever that she is a play-wright For years she has taken

sive by large Turkish forces in the Cathe Meuse, but no infantry attack.

casts in the direction of Bagdad was stopped.

ANOTHER RUSSIAN SWEEPING MOVEMENT.

WHICH MAY HAVE FAR-REACH-: ING CONSEQUENCES.

ARTILLERYING,

Paxis, June 15th.. 12:35 am..

A communiqué states --There has been intermittent artillerying on the whole front north of Verdun. There has been

nothing elsewhere.

THE NEAR EAST,

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PETROGRAD, June 15th- While General Letchitsky's forces are battling for Czernowitz, a sweeping, Funn -sian movement is proceeding from Lata | AERIAL WARFARE IN EGYPT.

westwards towards

Vladimirvolynsk,

and west north-west in, the directios of Kovel, which is one of the most vital centres of the enemy's railway road of

cmamunications between his western and

LONDON, June 14th.

An official announcement regarding the the campaign in Egypt reports & sucess- ful air-attack on the lath on enemy camps, and on the aerodrome it Blarish A southern front. A successfuk develop Fokker was driven down. A hostile ment of this would have far-reaching aeroplane attacked Scrapeum on the 13th, consequences placing the Austrinus hat no damage was done. The machine operating on the Kovel-Sarry line and fried, without any result, to drop bombs also on the right, flank of Prince on the Canal, but was driven off by gun- Leopold of Bavaria's army in an ominous f

position.

AUSTRIANS OFFICERED. BY

GERMANS.

PETROGRAD, Jums 14the

The number of German officers with the Aus

trian Army is proved by the fact 20 per cent, of the officer prisoners Caro German, compared with 10 per cent.

RUSSIANS ENTER RUMANIA ACCIDENTALLY.

LONDON, June 14th Bukharest telegrams say that a Russian detachment crossed the Pruth into Rumania. The latter protested, and the Russian commauder apologised, and said that it was due to an accidental mis- understanding.

GERMANY SUPRESSING NEWS.

AMSTERDAM, Jung 34th. The German Censors are suppressing news of the Russian successes.

ITALIAM FRONT

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOX.] AUSTRIAN ATTACKS

REPULSED.

HOME, June 15th.

A comincniqué states that Austrian attacks on the Posina front on Monday evening were repulsed with heavy losses, Thorenemy on Tuesday heavily shelled the whole front from Adige of Brenta, this being countered. An attempt to

representatives of the French and Allied Military Missions.

The English church at Petrograd was attended by Ambassadors, diplomats, nil the members of Cabinet, representatives of the Court, Army and the Holy Bynod

The Bishop of Jerusalem offeisted at

the Service in the barracks at Cairo, and besides the High Commissioner and British Generals, the Ecclesiastics of all Oriental rites and erends, also Egyptian

notables, attended.

THE SHACKLETON RELIEF. EXPEDITION.

LONDON, June 14th.

The Admiralty announces that the Government had approved of the equip ment of the Discovery for a two years search for Sir Ernest Shackleton in the Weddel Sea, when the news of his arrival at the Falklands was

Teceived.

Sir Ernest Shackleton now goes to the rescue of the Elephant Island party in the Uruguayan ship, and in the Aurora at the end of 1916 he will go to the rescue of the Rowe Sea party. Aus- tralia and New Zealand are co-operating.

ITALY'S POLITICAL CRISIS.

ANOTHER CABINET TO BE

FORMED.

mot his future wife, Miss Maud Gonne, who was well known in the French capi tal as a lecturer on Irish; grievances, Later she applied for a divorce on the ground that he was drunkard and rak bas only obtained a separation order. MeBride returned to Ireland in 1000, and two years later wak, giren an official post; at £150 a year, by the Dab- the possibility of 4 German landing in lin Corporation. He looked forward to

Paris.

Future President of Ireland. evening. The programe consisted of ab-

COUNTESS MARKIEVICZ Great interest was evinced in the pro-solutely popular, rather than strictly

Countess Markievicz, who was sentene- 'ceedings..

classical, music, and was thoroughly ened to death, but commuted to penal ser onjoyed by the large number of masic-lovers vitude for life, was out of the most strik present. Miss Wilkes, whose appearing personalities of the recent Irish rebellion:~~~~The daughter of Sir Henry ancer before a Hongkong public, (though William Gore-Booth, fifth baronet, of comparatively fow, have roade her a Lissadell, county Sligo, and sister of the great favourite, was the soloist. She present baronet, she is about 10 years of

age.

She was a splendid horsewoman, GERMANS PLEASED AT NOMINA sang the popular air, "Angels ever bright rode to hounds constantly, and drove i and fair," (Handel) and a soprano num four-in-hand, more than mce in Buf

fragist processions in London. She was ber, Hear ye lorgel, from Mendel presented at Court, and spent several ssohnis Elijah. It is much to be re-seasons in London, after which she gretted that this will be the last ap bucking art student in Paris, where pearance in Hongkong of this talented she achieved a certain amount of success. vocalist, who is shortly leaving for Home. Sixteen years ago she married Count Her performance last night emphasised Casimir Markievicz, a Polish artist and of great natural ability and an active part in various, agitations.

At the 100% election in North West Man Among the organ numbers were Elgar's chester she worked hard against Mr. Military March (No. 1), Dvorak Winston Churchill, on behalf of the bar- Humorenke, ," Batiste:s Meditation maids affected by the Licensing Bill, -probably better known as The Pil- which was then the issue. In 1911 her grim's Song of Hope and the popular revolutionary sympathies brought her Fantasia The Storm

into contact with the police in Dublin, (Lemmens). Y During the singing of a hymn a collec, and she was charged with, assaulting a |tion was taken up for the Navy League constable at the breaking up of a Social- War Memorial Fund, which amounted at meeting where disparaging references to $31149.

were made to the King During the labour troubles three years ago she and the sister of Larkin the strike leader, organised the distribution ni meals to the families of the strikers When, « in August, 13, Larkin was arrestode, she led the cheers of the nob for the captured leader. For some time the has been ou extreme Bihu Feiner, and as recently as Considerable importance attached to the niceting tast month of the Manchester the end of January her house in Leinster Chamber of Connores, which was called. toad, Raibininea, was raided by the for the purpose of considering the war police, why there found a rinting press policy of the Chamber in relation to and type sed for printing pro-terman Frade after the war. Up to a few months literate the revolt she commanded the

During age the board was composed bus party which seized the Royal College of tirely of Free Traders who saw no necessity for considering at presed after the war conditions. As the result of a by election brought about by the retirement of many of these gentlemen, the board now bears exactly the opposito, com plexion, A

The Germans assert that Judge Enghos must have the German-American vote-to- defeat President Wilson.

TRIBUTE TO DR. WILSON.

St. Louis, June 14th,

At the opening of the Deiceratic Con- vention ex-Governor Glynn, the Chair- man, paid a high tributs to President Wilson's statesmanship and athrined that his policy of neutrality was truly Ameri-

can

GERMAN-AMERICANS AND JUNGE-

HUGHES

NEW YORK, June 14th: "

The German Americans are trying to secure the support of Judge Hughes and are lavishing flattery on him. Asked by the reporters to defino his attitude to wards the German-Americans, Judge Hughes replied that it was one-of "* an diluted Americanism.**

AMERICA'S PART

NEW YORK, June 14th President Wilson, addressing the West. Point Cadets, said that Americanism

inger

romise...

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AFTER-WAR · TRADE.

IMPORTANT MANCHESTER ⠀

DECISION..

iji

The meeting was private, but the fol lowing official communication was issued afterwards:

At a meeting of the board of directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce it was resolved that the following state- ment should be printed and circulated to each member of the Chamber, a reply be

Surgeons, the last place in St. Stephen's green to surrender. When she gave her self up at the head of her following she was dressed entirely in green green tunic, green hat with green feather, green putties, and green boots.

ENGLISH VICAE'S CHALLENGE.

BEORTING OFFER TO ANYONE WHO CALLS O CALLS

LIHIM A SHIEKER

The Vicar of the Somerset mining vil-

meant something bigger, than the Uniterling requested as to whether the members go of: Ouleford, dear Bath, the Rev. J."

asserted to it of otherwise

the need for improved scientific educa challenge.

he had the chamber to convinced of chloro recently issued a remarkable received anonymous tion especially in its highest branches, lettera urging him to practice what he better organization of individual indus preaches and join, the Army, the Vies, tries; general famendments of the patent explaining the position of the clergy, laws, improvements of transport and invites the writers to disclose their banking facilities, the appointment of a identity, when he will put on the glovce Minister of Commerce, the extension of and meet them individually in the ring. the system of trade commissioners, and a thorough are organization of the Consular sexy exceeding in urgency any of these

States. The latter was ready to join with the other nations of the world in securing a reign of justice everywhere. She would play a disinterested part in the European settlement, but she was EOME, June 15th.

prepared to act to prevent any interfer- Signor Boselli, the doyen of the Chamence with her liberties ber, is forming a Cabinet with the co- ptration of Signor Dissolati and Signor RUSSIA PROHIBTS EXPORT desirable reforms, this Chamber considers

capture the positions won by the Itálisas Orlando. in Upper Boite collapsed.

NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

[HAVAS SERVICE.]

GREEK SHIPS SUNK.

PARIS, June 12th.

A Petrograd message says that Russian destroyers sank 13 Greek chips off the Anatolian coast

LORD ELCHO A PRISONER

LONDON, June 14th. Lord Elcho is a prisoner in Damascus,

OBITUARY.

LONDON, June 14th.” The death is announced of Dr. Silvanns Thompson, D.Sc., F.FS., B.A., London, Hon M.D., LL.D.

OF LEATHER.”

PETEOGRAD, June 14th.

"But 201

Russia has prohibited the export of leather and leather manufactured goods.

BRITISH IN PERSIA,

HEHERAN, June 15th. Bir Percy Sykes, column entered Ker

man an the 12th and received: 1) most Scordial reception.

Here are his own words, in his parish magacineThe Vicar of this parish has hit upon the following measures to meet his own case In⠀⠀ school.⠀ college, and curate days he was supposed

it to be essential that after the war the to defend himself ably in the Boxing same facilities for trading with the Bri: Ring, and does not remember being tish Empire shall not be allowed to our beaten ander fairly equal conditions. enemies as those granted to our Allies

and to neutral nations, and, particular He is now ready to put on the gloves ly, that steps shall be taken not only to with any of these unknown persons if they will reveal their identity in public. render dumping and a return to pre-war Further, in order to relieve any likely trade conditions impossible, but also effectually to eliminate enemy influences so actively in operation prior to the war. The Chamber so urged that immedi ate consideration should be given by the Government to the desirability of prefer ential reciprocal trading relations bet ween all parts of the British Empire, and, so far as possible, with our Allies.

miner recruit who may have a conscien tious reason as, for instance, the support of a widowed roother, he is not ashamed or afraid, but willing to take his place in the mina and give the wages to the dependent, if piece work can be arranged which will not intercfere with clerical duties