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THE WAR.

BUKOVINA

CONQUERED.

PROGRESS OF RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE,

AUSTRIAN RETREAT IN TRENTINO.

ENEMY PRESTIGE AND VERDUN BATTLE.

GERMAN SOCIALIST'S THREAT.

RUSSIAN FRONT.

(THROUGH REUTER': AGENOX.]

CONQUEST OF BUKOVINA,

KOLOMEA NOW THREATENED FROM THREE SIDES.

PETROGRAD, June 25th. By accapring

Gachaumora, General Lelehirsky has jammed part of General l'anzer's right wing against the Humanian frontier. The Austrian left). wing holds Kolomea, which is the only remaining connecting point between the enemy's Galician and Bukovinian forces, The loss of Kolomea would uncover all the roads towards Lemburg, vid Stanis Jaroff.

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT

(THROUGH REDTHE'S AGENCY.}

GERMANY AND VERÐUN.

BATTLE.

PRESTIGE DEMANDS

CONTINUANCE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRES?. TUESDAY, JUNE 2.тa 1936,

{THROUGH REUTER'S" AGINOT,}

| GREAT BRITAIN AND GREECE.

LONDON. June 26th,

THE WIT IN POLITICS.

WHERE LITERARY MEN PROVE FAILURES.

The first result of the appointment of MR.. BIRRELL UNDER. FIRE. M. Zaimis as Premier is the announce A writer in a home paper says:--. nient that the Entento Powera agree to It is a truism of English politics that advance a further instalment of an old

the man who is consistently amusing is never rogardod as safe. The path of loan to enable "Greece to tide over her political promotion is rarely paved with

urgent needs, pending the elections. ITALIAM FRONT.

ETHROUGH RZUTEN'S AGENOT.] AUSTRIANS

ROME, June 25th.

A communiqué says:-We drove the enemy back south and west of Arsiero, AUSTRIANS RETREAT IN

ROME, June 20th.

tino. The Italians have receptured several positions and continue to advanci vigorously on the heels of the enemy, GENERAL.

-{THROUGH REUTER'S "İGENOT:†

BEHIND THE SCENES.

SIGNIFICANT OUTBURST IN PRUSSIAN DIET,

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LONDON, June 20th.

PARIS, June 25th.

2.35 p.m. The 125th day of the Battle of Verdun witnessed the numerically strongest German-attack-hitherto made, says a French semi-official announcement! The Germans continue to pay a fabulous price for the smallest gains. For justance, they suffered terrible losses at Fleury in order to occupy a few houses at the entrance to the village. Clearly the The Russians now menace Kolomea Gernian General Staff will renounce the from three sides.

struggle only when they no longer possess the means of keeping it up. They wishEngland had raised £200,000,000 by taxa to save German prestige and to capture

tion instead of by loans, like Germany. Verdun at any cost, even though its If the German tax-payers had to supply possession is no longer of any military £300,000,000 the war would be ended advantage.

He warned the Government that if the war lasted for another year quite different forces would be set moving in Germany to curb the powers of the

The Austrians are in full flight towards the Carpathians, and the Russians now hold two-thirds of Bakovina, including all the important centres

OCCUPATION COMPLETED.

After

FRENCH RECOVER LOST

GROUND.

PETROGRAD, June 28th fierce fighting the Russians captured Kimpolung, with 2,000 prison GERMAN EFFORT AT MORTHOMME erk. This completes the occupation of Bukovina.

GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED.

AN ENEMY LINE BROKEN.

PETROGRAD, June 20th. The Russians repulsed German attack on the Dvina front, and captured ar outlying fort on the Styr, near Char torysk with two heavy guns, bayonetting tha garrison. The enemy attacked the Russians south-east of Sviniusky and renclied some parts of our trenches, but they were unable to stand the losses and fell back along the whole line, 800 being

STOPPED.

PARIS, June 25th.

4.10 p.m. „To-day's communiqué says:–A. German attack south of Mort Homune was stopped by our fire. We carried portions of trenches west of Thiaumont. We pro gressed at Fleury by means of grenndes.

There were violent bombardments else where, on the right of the Meuse.

-·reconnaissance

in

A strong enemy

Mousson, in Lorraine, was dispersed. Cheminot Wood, north-west of Pont-a

An enemy attack in Fave Valley, in the Vosges, failed completely.

German acroplanes bombed Luneville,

The Socialist member, Herr Strobel, made a sweeping attack on the Plutocrats in the Prussian Diet. He declared that

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Tory Party if he had been less often frivolous in phrase and had omitted to write "The Foundations of Belief." Mr. Hilaire Bellae, a mats of great wit and much literature, was an absolute. House of Commons failure.

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PROPOSED INCOME-TAX

GROUPS IN CAMP. NEW TROOPS IN THE MAKING.

[FROM A CORRESPONDENT TO TIMES."]

If the shades of Clive or Wolfe wandor Across Salisbury Plan in this pleasant spring weather they must be surprised when they watch our latest soldiers in the making. They would be mystified if they were told that finished soldiers were turn ed out from the raw material in a few weeks.

But it is different material from that which went to stiffen the ranks on the Plains of Abraham-Oue realizes that there has been a change when a newly- subaltera aad, saluting, asks if he might promoted bombardier approaches his. be allowed to bring his car inte camp. Near a large training centre in the South- ern Command there is an excellent golf course and every evening one may see two

her gunners, & driver, and a buttery telephonist playing a friendly, foursome. At least one of the four men has played against Braid and Hilton. Coming back to camp the foursome is joined by two- other men in gunner's uniform, and the talk turns to the preservation of game. The No 1 of Number Three gun tells the No. of Number One gun just where and when he liberated his last lot of sal man fry in his own stretch of fishing in Clos North.

PROVING THEIR WORTH. These are some of the men who, after Wearing the Red Crown and khaki armilat of the attested, are now face to face with the reality. These men-have for the most. part proved themselves ideal material. and even the hardened sergeant-major, from whom praise comes grudgingly, has to admit that he has never seen their like for conscientious work and general cleanliness. The slovenly soldier is in- variably found out at kit inspection, aud so is the good ons. The new men seem to bave started their life in the Army. with the avowed intention of showing the old hands the real worth of new and will- ing material. They are wearing down the prejudices of years, and one glance inside ahut occupied by them is sufficient to show why. When you see men arranging their kit for inspection and alining every article in each kit with a length of cord

IN SINGAPORE. FURTHER CONTRIBUTION TO- WARDS WAR EXPENDITURE. The Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements decided last week to make an annual contribution of $200,000 a year for the next ten years, if the finances of Government towards war expenditure, the Colony permitted, to the Imperial

At the conclusion of the discussion in epigrams; and politicians who are witty thy Council, His Excellency the Governor said that it was very gratifying to su in their young days find it evenient both official and unofficial members not for purposes of preferment to get rather only unanimous in favour of the resolut stolid as years roll by--by this acquired tion, but considering whether £200,000 stolidity securing a character for DRIVEN BACK. security. The late Sir Henry Camp certainty of a similar contribution in the Year for five years, with the practical hell-Bannerman, pawky Scot that he was, five years to follow, was an ingnticient disguised a really brilliant wit behind an almost bovine exterior. If brillianey, is contribution from this Colony. It had dangerous in politics, literature spells been shown that the Colony was in a damnation. The House of Commons disflourishing condition and an excellent triste literature as much as the Stock financial position, and no doubt they Exchange does. Men who write books would have liked to have seen the ExU0,000 are not regarded with confidence as men definitely promised for a longer period, TRENTINO.

of affairs. Several instances may be but the fact was both the Government cited against this view the cases of and the unofficial mombors must be cau- ITALIANS ADVANCING AT THEIR Disraeli and Lord Rosebery as leading tious before they bound their successors,

HEELS.

examples; but I fancy that both men As they knew, a very large proportion of would have he held in greater esteem, the revenue of the Colony was derived by professional politicians at any rate from opium. It was certain that as the if they bad never written a line-except tine went on, further traffic restrictions It is officially announced that the Aussible that Mr. A. J. Balfour would have no doubt the members of the medical those of their speeches. I think it pos would be made against opium, although trians have begun to retreat in the Tr

more fully enjoyed the confidence of the profession present would agree with bim that there were much worse things than pin smoking. Still they all knew the policy of the home government and of civilised countries in this mutter. As regarde the proposal which had been pitt IMPORTANCE OF LOOKING EARNEST.

forward, he thought they were all agreed that there should be an income tax. He MrAugustine Birrell his resigned his agreed generally with what was said by office as 418 Calef Secretary because his the secunder of the resolution, and he critics, who belong to all parties in the thought also that the tax should not be House and State, assert that, ne displayed in force for any restricted time. The shocking weakness in handling, or negi

home government even at the present gent to handle, the recent Dublin insur- rection. Whatever measure of truth there

time was expending sums which would may be in this it is certain that Mr. bear interest of 100 million sterling, and Birrell would not be so severely judged it was true that what the Colony could to-day if he had not been the author of give from its income would be practically ing books of essays. scores of witty phrases and several anus- a flea bite, but, as he had said, they If Mr. Walter could not bind their successors for the Long had been 10 Mr. Birrell's place,simple reason that they did not know course just the same, Mr. Long would continue to be the large sum which was and the Irish rioting had taken its how long the revenue from opium would have been condemned, but not exactly in at present derived from this article. He the same way, or with the same bitter- agreed with the honourable member that ness. His critics would have had at the if au income tax was imposed it should Mr. Long had done his best, since he tax income on which a tax was already back of their minds the thought that not be a double tax. They should not looked so very serious and concerned being paid at home. Another proposal have taken very drastic measures; but I pathy was that they should allow those shout it. Of course, Mr. Long might put forward with which he was in sy

possible failure to foresee mob violence crafts to ask for a refund of income tax am simply putting the case that his who had already contributed towards a in Ireland and to quell it would have up to the amount that they had paid received more sympathetic consideration because of Mr. Long's essential serious towards aircrafts. It might he asked why they should confine themselves only to aircrafts why should not those who had The queries be gets set him marching the No one who knows. Mr. Birrell person-contributed to charities be permitted toxick corners of his brain for the very em ally doubts that the Larkinite and Sisask for a refund? He thought, however, Firical formule of the gunner. He tem- tragic and miserable consequences, atfect- Fein outbreak in Dublin, with all its there was no doubt that subscription to Corizes, and perhaps says that he will the aircraft fund was in the nature ofal with that matter in his next lecture. en nim very deeply and poignantly, but subscription towards war expenditure, It is disconcerting when one is addressing. it is not his custom to wear has heart and subscriptions to war charities werdenly asked if it would not be easier to a class of gunners, all recruits, to bę sud- his sleeve, and when he was assailed in the ouse of Commons as to his stris of ission, he auswered his accusers in that old smiling fashion with which he has met every storm that has broken around the Irish Government and its chief official. Mr. Birroll is, in every nonse DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER (D.8.0.).

of the term, the best humoured man in future he thought there could be no doubt

ROUND PEGS IN SQUARE HOLES. the House of Common However bittery that no member either on the Government himself in a atrange backwater. A rail- When he joins the Army a man may find -Major d'Opping-Hepinstal (1st. Gark- attacked and seridly criticised, he has side or on the unofficial side would object has), Captains H. R. Huat (25th Pan-

always come up smiling. I have seen to any person who had undergone volun-way mechanic may be put on to drive a jahis), P. F. Gow (R.A. M.C.), and P. C.

him on many Trish nights in the Ilouse, tary taxation for war expenditure get-find himself in the artificers shop. This Timbered wagon or a polo groom may and have beheld him assailed from allting the benefit of a refund. He person happens too often, despite the multitude quarters of it, as often as not by Iriso Hobart (Royal Engineers).

Nationalists as well as Irish Unionists. MILITARY CROSS Captains WR did not preserve his equanimity, display

I can remember no occasion on which he James (89th Punjabis). W. H. Riddelling through the bitterest debates a won (R.A.M.C.), Lisuts. T. N. Kemp (0th tact, patience, and good nature.

derful and unflinching combination of He temper; he never gave his case away. peration of the Irish Secretary became fercer, his clever parallelogram-like face grew a little paler and a little more con- tracted; but it remained four square lo all the bitter wilds of criticism that blew and the pleasant sardonic smile lever flickered round the corners of the mobile, witty montire has, a his hearers well know, a peculiar light ness and distinction of touch in speech, just happily midway between sober jest and flippant earnest. To this attractive form of rhetoric the descriptive tille "Birrelling" has been given.

-to-morrow.

Junkers.

CABINET MINISTER RESIGNS.

LONDON, June 25th. Lord Selborne (President of the Board of Agriculture) bas resigned.

MILITARY

DECORATIONS. LONDON, June 25th.

The Gazete contains the following de corations:-

neas.

that all the mess tins, all the house- Wives and hold-alls are dressed like a row of railway sleepers, then you know that When the same men buy themselves boot these men are out to prove their worth. scrapers and coir mats that their huts flowers by their doors, then how can you may be kept the cleaner, when they plant fail to look and admire

Queer things happen on these parados. An instructor, armed with all the know after a lecture if there are any questions. ledge of Shoebury and Woolwich, naks

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purely, to his mind, charities. There might be some who would not agree with work out the battery angle by using a sub Dr Lim Boon Keng, and would say the versed sine! war had continued for two years and

The questioner may have been a quali- they had not been directly taxed, so why surveyor or an honours man in mathe- should they be now 1 As regards the natics.

y agreed with Dr. Lim Boon Keng both of papers which every nowly joined re- as to the future and as to the past.

captured, half of whom were Germans. Baccarat, and St. Die, doing unimport | Gurkhas), C. Tedman (R.N. Reserve), never lost his head; he never lost his agreed with unofficial members that the he is often disappointed and becomes a

The trenches were filled with corpses and bayonetted wounded.

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The Russians broke the enemy's, front linc.

north of

RadzivilofE The Russians contine to capture vast quan titres of atores which have been abandoned in the enemy's precipitate flight.

MAVAL ACTIVITIES.

(THROUGE REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ant damage. Children were wounded at

St. Die, and a note was taken of this Second-Ligute W G. Gong (2nd. Gür. Perhaps as the hours went on and vitu-

action with a view to reprisals.

INTENSE ARTILLERY'

ACTIVITY.

PARIS. June 26th. 1.5.2.m.

The evening armaniqué says:-There was no infantry serion to-day on either MINES IN THE BLACK SEA, bank of the Meuse, but there was intense

ANOTHER RUSSIAN STEAMER

PETROGRAD, June 25th.

Four hundred persons were drowned -in the steamer Mercury, which struck a mine near Odessa. There were 800 aboard; inclading scholars who were going home. ward on holiday.

artillery activity in the regions of Hill 304, Mort Homme, Chattancourt, Froi de Terre, and Fleury. There was the usual cannonade along the rest of the front.

ENEMY RAID- PREVENTED:

SOME HEAVY SHELLING.

LONDON, June 26th. General Sir Douglas Haig, "in a com CAPTUREOF THE “BRUSSELS" muniqué, states:-The enemy last night attempted a raid north-east of Loos but were repulsed.

TENTH GERMAN ATTEMPT.

LONDON, June 25th,

Our artillery has continued most active

The G.E.R. Liner Brussels was laden to-day on the whole front. with foodstuffs, principally margarine,

There has been most heavy shelling

and also contained parcels for German about Neuville, south of Wailly, and prisoners. The crew numbered 50, and north of the Ypres and Meniu road the only passengers were Belgian- refugees.

The Great Eastern Company has main tained a regular service since the out- break of war. Encounters between their steamers and enemy submarines are the talk of Rotterdam, owing to the skill in manevring of the steamers, enabling them to escape. The present was the tenth attempt by the Germans to capture the Brussels.

There has been mining and trench wor tar activity elsewhere.

THE BALKANS,

[TBBOUGH BRUTER'S, AGENCY.]

BULGARIAN FORTS BOM- BARDED.

SALONIKA, June 28th. The Allied fleets have bombarded Porto Lagos, Dedeagatch and other parts,

kkas), J. A. Kiddle and F. A. Menzies (B. N. Reserve).

SOUTH CHINA SILK TRADE

HONGKONG PROTESTS AGAINST BRITISH REGULATIONS.

The London correspondent of the Y.-C. Daily News writes:-

The regulations as to imports and ex- ports are producing all sorts of quaint troubles where we least expect them This week the London Chamber of Com- merce received the following cable:

A BIRRELLISM.

any other points which, had not been re-

He did not know whether there werecruit has to fill in and the must-personal and sometimes irrelevant inquiries which Ferred to, but he could say that the whole He may look forward to being put into ho has to answur as to his qualifications. of the Government officials, not only ne Government but as private individuals, some congenial and suitable position; but proposed taxation was not adequate for round peg in the square hole. The cookery that rich Colony towards war expendi- may be controlled by an ex-plumber, while ture (Applause.) He would do his best a former restaurant cook may be orderly- room clerk. An optician, who was obvi- to get out, as soon as possible, the out- lines of the lines on which an Income Taxaly cut out for a range-finder, may be Bill should be introduced, and ask the helping the battery farrior, while a opinion of the unofficial members on the Pastry-cook may be sending down strange lines proposed. (Applause.)

ranges to the guns.. The motion was then pat and carried unanimously.

NEED OF CRITICISM. THE PRESS AS THE NATIONAL OPPOSITION.

The new role of the Press as the national Opposition was emphasised by Lord Derby in presiding at the annual dinner of the Newspaper Press Fand at the Hotel Cecil, London, last month.

Lord Derby, who has been the target for In proposing the toast of the fund,

In-the-old-Army such things were not so noticeable. There was almost an etern- ity for training; and if a man started in the wrong groove he settled down in the fullness of time. In the new Army all classes,, trades, and professions are em bodied. Often a man may be doing a private's work when he should have com- maud and responsibility. In some cases. it is obvious that the man should not be allowed to stay in the ranks. There is & mining engineer who served in the ranks |asa private, but after 10 months his worth is now a captain and wears the Military was realized and he was promoted. He

a good deal of criticism on account of his Cross. His chief occupation now is think- pledge to the married men, said the ing out delightful surprises for the Bocke. wondered if people realised what a change He is a master of all explosive unpleas the formation of the Coalition had made antnesses, and the strip of country in in what he might call the almost official front of his trench is in a state of constant position of the Press. The regular Op eruption. There are many such men in position had gone, and its place had been the new Army, and they are worth watch- taken by the Press. (Cheers.) It was ing for and culling from the herd. left to the Press to put forward the views Late arrivals though they were, these and the aspirations of the country as a whole. (Cheers) Personally, he regretted to the routine and discipline. Among men are no conscripts. They take well the absence of a regular Opposition from them are many men accustomed to com- the House of Commons, but taking it mand, and such men almost invariably all round I think I might say taking it submit to discipline with good grace, for as an absolute fact the Press has con- they know the reason and the need for it. ducted its criticism in the same fair man. They are the leaven of the lump-Times. ner as we would hope any Opposition in the House of Commons would have con ducted its opposition. (Cheers.)

On the subject of Mr. Birrell's wit, one example occurs to me. It was on the HONGKONG, May 23rd. Occasion of the serious rioting in Dublin Referring Government Proclamation in 1914, headed by Mr. Jim Larkin and prohibiting export raw and waste silk his troosport workers. In the frays the to America this Chamber views with Dublin Metropolitan Police were very feelings gravest alarm considering it severely handled by the rioters. M calculated do very serious and irrepar- Birrell was making a statement to the able injury British silk trade South House of police casualties, and he rand

but

a long het of constables removed to China and consequently in view of the hospital because of injuries received turnover of some two millions sterling He came to the last casualty. This all other trades must suffer., Prohibi ho said, is the case of Constable tion docan't affect Shanghai or Japan. Michael Hanrahan, removed to the Japan likely be deliberately benefited Mater Hospital suffering from contusion by this proclamation in their increas of the scalp caused by forcible content ingly severe competition British slik

with a statue of St. Joseph." The Irish trade with America which once lost women of the fighting quarter had been exceedingly difficult regain. British hurling their portable property at the banks shipping companies strongly D.M.P., and a cherished statue had been protest against proclamation which sacrificed. The heartiest laughter in the apparently will not benefit allied House came from the Irish Nationalist Urge you make strong repre- Benches. Even the stern faced Irish sentations Foreign Office immediate leader could not restrain himself from --withdrawal owing to season already smiling, a

Lord Burnham, the president of the opened being paralysed-Lowe, SEO- Mr. Birrell was also exceptionally good

at the art of convincing reply at ques- He was not one of those who disbelieved fact that in the position he occupied that fund, in replying, made allusion to the Apparently various commercial groups tion time, when he was invariably rid in free communication between Ministers evening he was in the place of his “ dear received a similar message and imme- dled with very awkward interrogations long as they did not disclose secrets old father," who had been "known as a diately everyone got a move on." The Ons recent occasion that noted Irish and the principal pillars of the Press Fleet-street man for close on fifty years. London Chamber of Commerce, a formed a solid party of one in the House, the Press to push him and to advertise yest on account of the number of mem Independent obstructionist, who has "I don't mean that a man should go to The Fund was £500 short in its income this Eastern Section, summoned its officials and at the moment of writing consults Mr. Learence Ginnell, put to Mr. Birrell him; but for him to go to the leaders of hers serving at the front, and he appeated tions are in progress. We doubt whether query in nine clauses, each clause be the Press to find out what public opinion to those at home to strain every nerve to the Coloniti Office will be approached ginning with the words, Is it not is and to give them his opinions as to see that the fund did not suffer. and it is more thaz possible the Order fact? He patiently listened to the long why his policy is good and as to how it Responding to the toast of the visitors, may be modified in view of the results and tedious questions, rose up quickly should be put before the country seems Mr. Hughes, the Fremier of Australia, which I am quite sure were not expected resumed his sent. In the view of most to me the sanest thing that anybody in said the Press was so much a part of our

It precision, here. It seems there is a lot of silk going | Nationalists, Mr. Birrell was the best political life could do. (Cheers) But free institutions of Government that it to Scandinavis for Germany where it and most popular chief tecretary that the man who does that must also be pre was inconceivable that civilisation should helps to cover Zeppelins and do many Ireland has had since the days of Thomas Pared for necessary criticism, and as long exist without the Press. If the Empire. other things of a nature useful to the Drummond. For nine long, tormy years as that criticism is good, straightforwas ever to come closer together the Press Hans But commercial men think we he retained the affection of Irish hearts, ward, and honest it is the best thing a would be one of the hief means by which ought to intercept it in the North Sea and stil 2008,

public man can have."

this would be accomplished.

Buse

RETARY

said with polite

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