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THE BONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 19′′E, 1916.

THE

WAR.

The following Cables were recolved on Saturday night and used in OKC Early Morning Extra gesterday. FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT

(TBROUGH EEUTER'S AOPHOY.] DASHING ATTACK BY THE FRENCH.

SUCCESS AT MORTHOMME.

the

PARIS, June 16th.. A communiqué states: On the left of the Mouse, after artillery preparation, the French delivered a dashing attack and rushed a German trench on southern slope of Morthomme, capturing 130 prisoners..

intense There has been

artillery sotivity in the region of Chattan Court.

On the right of the Mouse the enemy violently bombarded the Thiaumont and Souville sectors.

There has been an intermittent cannon- ade on the rest of the front.

NO THIRD BATTLE OF

YPRES.

STRUGGLES ON BRITISH FRONT PURELY LOCAL.

LONDON, June 16th. Reuter's Correspondent at Headquar- ters says the successful Canadian attack at Zillebeke dispels the idea that the recent fighting was inaugurating a third battle of Xpres

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.)' SECRET MEETING OF FRENCH CHAMBER.

FULL-EXPLANATION OF GOVERN MENT'S POLICY.

{THROUGH BZUILE'S AGENCY.]

AUSTRIANS OVERTHROWN. FURTHER IMPORTANT CAPTURES.

PETROGRAD, June 16th.

10.35 p.m.“

PARIS, June 16th. a beroic A communique says:-By

The French Chamber of Deputies hold effort General Scherbatcheff's Army yes- terday overthrew the Austrians in the meeting in secret to-day in order to allow the Government to give a full ex- Gaivoronka and Gnilorady region... the Austrians and the Germans support the preparations made to meet the Ger- Fighting north-west of Buczner with planation of its policy, and especially of ing them still continues. Up to the pre-man attack on Verdun. sent we have captured 6,899 prisoners.

There were captured altogether yester day roughly 14,000 prisoners, with quah- tities of material.

The violence of oar artillery stopped German attempts at an offensive in several sectors, in the Dvinsk region. They were everywhere repulsed.

the In the Caucasus the Turks in const region repeated their attempts at an offensive, but were repulsed.

On the Bagdad front the Turks took the offensive, and occupied Berpul. They were afterwards ousted and re- pulsed to their former positions.

THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. WHAT IT HAS ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED.

THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION.

ST. Loris, Jane 10th. Ar. Thomas Marshall has been

nominated for the Vice Presidency.

HOLLAND AND GERMANY. WHAT WILL HAPPEN?

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COMING EVENTS.

THE NEXT GREAT ACT.

The question what is to be the next great act of the war drama is the chief theme of thoughtful conversations among civilians and soldiers alike, says a Paris message of last month.

Discussions in the Press of future military developments is restrained by the scruples of responsible writers as For the moment I confine myself to quoting three statenients printed herk much as by administrative supervision.

Two of these are from the Temps, saya Mr. G. H. Perris.

In its military notes this semi-official journal mentions the Dutch report of German troop movements in Belgian, and adds, "It is to be presumed that these reinforcements are intended to in crease the enemy effectives before the Bel- gians or the British.

SIGNS IN THE AIR.

Is it to provide a guarantee against an offensive movement of our Allies, as

German command in the

Belgium gives out, or to attempt a piercing of a part of the front less tenacious than that This second hypothesis of Verdun?

the more probable, the the seems to us

enemy aeroplanes over activity of British lines being an indication, not to bo neglected."

In its diplomatic notes the Temps, after a reference to the French occupar tion of Florina on the Graco-Serbian frontier, says "General Sarrail's army is gradually reinforced.

The moment is not far distant when the colours of nearly all the Allies will float around Salonika and will give tho signal for operations against the Bul-

BY JAMES DUNN.] Will Holland follow America's lead and demand satisfaction from Germany for the loss of her torpedoed and mined ships? Will the Dutch invite the anger of their powerful neighbour by seizing the German interned ships? Only one man can answer these questions, and that man is M. Cort van der Linden, the PETROGRAD, June 16th.

silent, cautious, clever Dutch Prime any other the Minister, who more The minimum enemy losses on south-western front are estimated at Minister of the day enjoys the complete 300,000.

confidence of his fellow countrymen. But There has been no check in the pursuit. Cort van der Linden is wise in his of the Austriana, with whom contact has silence. He will not speak until he iolence of the opening bombard been re-established along the whole south-knows the mind of his people, and at

enough to encourage

western front.

present Dutch public opinion is perplex-garians, meat was ferocTUime -

clear that

Attention is being concentrated on ing in its varying moods and sympathies. the suggestion, but it is now

Vladimir-Volynsk, Czernowitz, If the Allies mean to possess: Holland's there is no particular enemy concentra 1.

sympathetic neutrality now is the time Lion at this spot and that the struggle

The Russians have so frenetrated to convince the Dutch nation that Dutch prosperity ia limited to the mastery of local com- manding positions.

the enemy's front in Volbyuia to a deptideendence and Dutch of 40 and a breadth of 60 miles, and stand or is with the arms of the Allies. southwards of the Dneister to a depth Germany is using ever possible lever to move Holland from her firm ground of of 30 and a breadth of 33 miles.

A long solid wedge has thus been strict neutrality. And Germany is mak ing progress. In the Court, in Parlia driven between the Austrian and Ger-

ment, in the Press, and in trade Germany man armies in Vellynia.

has clever and unscrupulous workers aiming to place Holland under the wing- of the Imperial eagle.

con-

The Canadian success revealed that our bombardment was so devastating that the Germans were unable to

Moreover, solidate the new positions. the stores abandoned by the Canadians on the Zod inst. were found intact.

ATTACKS VIOLENT ENEMY

SMASHED.

PARIS, June 13th.

4.35 p.m. To-day's communiqué, says: Violent enemy attacks at Hill 321 were smashed by machine-gun and rifle-fire, with heavy losses. German counter-attacks south of Morthomime were repnleed.

THE FRENCH SUCCESS AT

MORTHOMME.

PARIA, June 17th The evening communiqué says:-There was intermittent artillery activity on both banks of the Mouse, but no infantry action occurred.

It is confirmed that our attacks yes- terday on the southern slopes of Mort- home captured trenches on a front of "Allenemy attempts to a kilometre. eject as failed completely. We took 206 prisoners.

There was nothing of importance che where,

MINE FIGHTING.

LONDON, June 17th. General Sir Douglas Haig reports:- Last night we successfully exploded minesin the neighbourhood of the Soucher Quarries and Coinchy. The enciny exploded a mine near Givenchy, doing no damage MA

The enemy artillery was rather more active than usual north of the La Basare Canal and in the Loos salient.

Our trenches east of Zillebeke were. hoavily shelled for a short period in the

afternoon.

ITALIAN FRONT.

[19HOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.} BULGARIAN TROOPS ON ITALIAN FRONT.

and

The Russians hold the entire line of the Strypa. A number of good ronda north of Buczacz run westwards to Podhaytse, the terminus of the Lemberg railway v hence the vigour of the enemy's resistance in this sector.

The capture of Kodin, south-west of Dubno, is an important step in the nd vance on Leatherg.

GENERAL

**THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ENTENTE AND GREECE DISAPPROVAL OF AN INCREASED

NOTE ISSUE.

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The Balkau army does not rest idle, and the work it is doing will bear fruit. The Serbian share, to speak only of this, exceeds expectations. The army, whose chief will he Prince Alexander, is home- geneous, keen, and numerous. The sol- diers are rested, and form a vigorou and well-equipped army corps."

TILE ROAD TO VIENNA The third article is a review of events in the Near East, from Salonika to Baghdad and Trebizond, by General Malleterre in the Revue des Deus Monda. General Malleterre holds that the attack on the Dardanelles was logical before Bulgaria came into the war, this being the nearest way to Constantinople.

victory in the Balkans by opening the road to Vienna for the Allied armies, the Italians included, will be as fruitful as the forcing of the German Fines in France and Russia."

General Malleterre discusses at length how the Russian forces in Asia Minor and the Britisk forces in Mesopotamia and Egypt can combine for a march He indicates "Constantinople.

Alexandretta

theid

upon

Aleppo and natural meeting-points.

as.

The intrigues of the Court and the wire-pullings in Parliament are subjects too delicate to handle in public print,

It is now necessary to enter Sofia, but but the German use of the influence of

the offensive from Salonika will evident- Holland may and should be exposedly he powerfully helped by Allied ad- the Press and, the pressure of trade in Before a Britisher can appreciate the vances in Asia Miner, and, ultimately, subtle and active methods of German agents in wooing the Dutch Press he musi Grst understand the system under which Dutch newspapers are prepared. Unlike their English contemporaries, the infinential Dutch newspapers have many The chief editors and few telegrame. editor is really the leader writer, and the twenty or thirty other editore are to the Dutch journal what the special and resident correspondents are to the Eng Aruesa, June, 16th.

The English papers give lish paper, The Entente Powers threaten to refuse

tions. The leading newspapers of the BLOW AT OTTOMAN EMPIRIA,

"The consequence of a Russo-British Greece financial support and not to allow news in telegrams; the Dutch in transla- the further quotation of shares and the world arrive in the Dutch newspaper new Ureak Loan of 115 million francs on office and are passed on to specialised front, from Trebizond through Sivan to

Alexandretta would be the The Scandinavian and tim London Stock Exchange if new departments,

from the Ottoman empire of Mesopo National Bank notes for 20,000,000 francs Russian news will be handled by one ran are issued. The International Financial versed in these languages, the Spanish taalia, Syria end Arabia, and the draw- Commission regards the issue as com-and Italian news will be the work of ing away of the Turks from the Balkans The Turkish army, General Malleterre nercially unnecessary.

another, while English and French news usually employ a separate specialist.believes, does not exceed 500,000 men, com- and its best elements, and most of its Not only foreign news, but art, merce, finance, agriculture has each its officers, are lost. The great mass is al own editor, who impresses his own per-ready in Asia Minor.

Germany will only stop the fright- sonality on his article.

ful slaughter when the East is definitely In a large Datch newspaper office torn from her. We persist in one cou¬ Bays it was the work of hooligans.

and lude to a retrest upon the Rhine and the another half-dozen pro-German, police agent's employee at the British half a dozen editors may be pro-Ally viction that this defeat will be the pre- Legation was attacked but was rescued their articles are coloured according to Oder." by a passer-by. The great majority of their convictions. Here is where the wily the Greeks are very friendly to the German agent steps in and uses the

to serve the GERMAN INTRIGUE IN THE EAST. Entente and disgusted with the conduct Dutch newspaper system of the pro-Germans.

cause of Kultur. Recently one of the editors on a widely circulated Dutch Commenting on the recent disturbances-

in Netherlands India, the Telegrap paper criticised Germany's idea of war- fare. Shortly afterwards be was invited writes:

THE PHO-GERMAN CAMPAIGN. LONDON, June 16th. An uncensored message from Athens regarding the recent anti-Entente de nonstrations, in which the offices of the were wrecked, Venezalist newspapers

A

[HAVAS SERVICE.]. POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS INTERRUPTED.

SALONIKA, June 15th. No Greek ship has arrived at Salonika, The arrival is reported of a Bulgarian and all postal communications with

Athens, is interrupted. Division in the Isonzo region, to replace two Austrian Divisions which have been sent to Galicia

ROME, June 16th,

AUSTRIAN MASS ATTACKS. ENEMY LEAVES" PILES OF CORPSES."

ROME, June 17th. A-communiqué says:ase attacks by 18 Battalions on the Asiago Plateau broke down. The enemy left piles of corpses. We counter-attacked and took priteners.

Strong enemy night attacks in the Lagarina Valley were driven off.

The muciny made further fruitless and costly attacks between the Adige and the Brenta

RUSSIAN FRONT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.} HEROIC RUSSIAN ASSAULT. ENEMY PUT TO DISORDERLY FLIGHT.

ALLIES CONTROL SALONIKA DISTRICT.

WILY: AGENTS.

BEVENRICA

to meet a charming member of the Ger- The German roles have beer at work, man consular staff, who cajoled him with

just as in Andrica, South Africa, Egypt, Although it, sweet nothings and pleaded Germany's Morocco where not!

Really cause with persuasive eloquence.

civilisation it a hopeless failure, Germany we are not all Prussians. Think of the must have realized that its attack on think of the many jolly good fellows you

Netherlands India. The only possible good times you have had in Germany, has nevertheless continued its intrigues in

be to have met in Germany, and do try

reason for this must be a desire to bring fair to us, like a good chap. We may hare committed offences, but look what the Netherlands face to face with a rising England is doing in keeping back your in its Colonics, should it at any time be nails, etc., etc. We only want you to compelled to take up arms against Ger- be fair, and should you require any in many in Europe. No one need be sur→

machinations of Herr Kel and the panic: conformation at any time a member of our prised if it appears that both the

staff will be at your disposal."

So the wily German agent talked, and organised on March 31st, by the German the editor came away impressed, if not Minister at The Hague, together with u convinced. It is in the direct personal number of other open and covert German appeal that the German shows his clover-means of agitation, were all pieces of the ness. Every effort is made to discover self-same plan. the identity of any writer antagonistic

SALONIKA, June 16th.. The Allies are now in complete

Greek trol of the Balonika district. troops which had hitherto occupied the forts on the outskirts have been trans forred to Volo.

EAST AFRICA CAMPAIGN. LONDON, June 16th. has arrived close to Handeni (the General Saints reports that a column terminus of the branch railway from Mombo), where a considerable Germaa

force is entrenched. ›

General Hannlington has occupied Korogwe, on the Tanga railway.

Our forces have occupied Ukerewe, in the Victoria Nyanza, capturing two Krupp guns

MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN. Lostor, June 18th. A British communique says that the situation in Mesopotamia is unchanged. HIGH COST OF LIVING.

A COMMITTEE OF

INVESTIGATION.:

to Germany, and sooner or later one or more of Kuhlmann's many agents wil

will be who seeks to pull the leading strings porring poison in his ear. Kuhlmann it and offices, pianos, enamel ware, and ornamente lor. Dute housewives, binding of the Pross in whatever country it may for Dutch booke, envelopes for Dutch lease the Kaiser to place him. When correspondence, are among the things Dr. Euyper,

journalist pro-German

where

and

pouring into Holland from Germany at former Dutch Premier, decided to visit low prices and under ordinary trade con- Austria in order to see his daughters, ditions. This week three large inotor- Kuhlmann arranged a semi-triumphal art arrived from Germany to one Dutch tour through Germany,

Dr garage, and myself I have just seen a Kuyper was received with ordered flat newly arrived massive German pianola leries and festivities. Is it surprising resplendent in metal and rubber, and

free, that when Dr. Kuyper weites of Ger the price was only £50 carriage

In addition to booking orders for Ger- many his pen cozes honey and when he deals with the Allies it is dipped in gallan manufactures, it is the duty of Almost all Dutchmen have a knowledge German commercial travellers to make of German in addition to their own lar converts to the German cause, and guage, and German papers are cheap ja must admit they are widely auccessful ing In banks, offices, Holland.

both undertakings In Belgium

un similar Preas enterprise is and hops the pioneer of trade is also seen. Papers printed in Flemish

the pricat of patriotism. And always the freely supplied with news from the Gertext is the same: We are not all man side and with lying statements about Prussians. Think of the many good good English designs and failures.

Germans you know. Think of the times you have had at Weimar, Wiesha den, and. Düsseldorf is stolid and

The average Dutchman

AND INFLUENCE OF WONDE.

aro

PETROGRAD, June 17th.

2.55 am. Details of the latest Russian captures, given in a communiqué, show that 1,770 prisoners were taken during a powerful but fruitless Austrian counter-attack north of Bojistehe, and 5,070 prisoners,

LONDON, June 16th. with numerous guns, thousands of rifes,

of barbed wire The Board of Trade has appointed a and enormous resér VES were captured by a new Russian regiment Committee, presided over by Mr. J. M. Where the printed word fails to con-

which dislodged

Robertson, MP for Tyneside, to vince, Germany is well served in trade the enemy from the River Pluichsvka between Korne and to recommend steps to ameliorate Holland is overrun by these adron born as his own dyke if he remained un- and Kremenez. The Russians, after a

educated men for while in England moved against all these influences of the people are talking about a trade war in printed and spoken word. But despite fierce fight, forded the river to their the situation.

Dutchmen the future, Germany i waging &.irade these influences a great inany

to war now. Iron for Dutch shipbuilding, I refuse to accept Germany's hend or

be machinery for Dutch Factories, coal for believe Germany's word. This may Dutch railways, toys for Dutch children, due to the fact that not infrequently cotton and woollen goods for Dutch British consular service causes bulletins. stores, electric lamps for Datch homes to be displayed in the windows of tobac

(Continued a next. ColumA). coniste nad other shops-Daily Mail.

after a heroic fied positions vestigate the increase in the cost of living and policy by her commercial travelers level-headed, but be would be as stub

chins A whole Company was drowned, but their comrades pressed on and storm- ed the positions, capturing prisonera as mentioned above.

Oving to the enemy's disorderly fight the Russian cavalry was agein mest effective, pursuing the enemy west, and south-sound of Lutek.

THE WAR COUNCIL.

LONDON, June 16th

Mr. Asquith, in London, presided over a meeting of the War Council. He Lloyd George was present..