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THE WAR.

FIERCEST BATTLE OF THE CAMPAIGN.

RUSSIA FORESTALLS GREAT ENEMY OFFENSIVE,

DESPERATE ENGAGEMENTS ON THE SOMME.

FRENCH CAPTURE POSITIONS.

GREAT FIRES IN CANADA.

EXPLOSIONS IN NEW YORK BAY,

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.

THROUGH, REUTER'S AGENOY.]

HEAVY BOMBARDMENTS.

(THROUGH BELTER'S AGENCY) FRENCH CAPTURES.

LATER.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUKSDAY. AUGUST 18r. 1918.

RUSSIAN FRONT

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE CAPTURE OF BRODY. | INFANTRY'S IRRESISTIBLE DASH,

PETROGRAD, July 30th. Reater's correspondent at Fetrograd

says that Brody was captured without artillery preparation, solely as

a result of the irresistible dash of the infantry, whose attack was so unexpected that the Austrians and Germans were unable to evacuate with the enormous supplies, which were partly destroyed and partly

abandoned.

Brody was the junction of General Linxiagon's and General Ermolli's armies. and the headquarters of the Austrinu General Staff..

The ground from Brody to Lelierg is nost hilly and powerfully defended.

The Russian sacerases west of "Lutsk have improved their line very much in- deed. From the Vladimir-Volynsk main The French attack reached the out- LONDON, July 30th.

road to Turnopol the line is ideal and skirts of Maurepas village. Continuing, General Sir Douglas Haig reports:-

cannot be threatened, being favourable to the communiqué states:--We, capturedfle development of the offensive. East night we heavily bombarded

enemy trenches and reserve areas between the the wood north of the Hem station, the

The latest break through in the Lutz Anere and the Somme.

quarry north of the wood, and the region threatens Kovel, not only on the Monacu farm.

Stokhod side, but also from the southi,

There have been great rejoicings in Petrograd over the successes.

We exploded an enemy munition depol near Courcelette.

CANADIANS AND MUNSTER

FUSILIERS ON THE RAID. The Canadians raided enemy trenches ab two places south of Ypres and the Munster Fusiliers raided Loog

the salient. The enemy's casualtics severe in both cases,

were

The Germans made two raids on the Hohenzollern redoubt. One falled to get- beyond our wire and the other entered our front trench, but was immediately; driven out.

Com-

SUCCESSFUL RAIDS NEAR

YPRES AND LOOS.

LONDON, July 30th. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a muniqué, reports successful raids south of Ypres and at the Los salient. Ger- man raids near the Hohenzollern redoubt were unsuccessful.

ANGLO-FRENCH ADVANCE.

VIOLENT FIGHTING AND PROGRESS MADE.

LONDON, July 31st. Genitral Sir Douglas Haig, in a com2 muniqué, states:-Co-operating, with the

French advance made this morning on a Front from cast of Delville Wood to the Somme, progress was made east of Water- Jot farm, Trone's Wood and Maltzorn

fari.

FIERCE GERMAN COUNTER- ATTACKS.

The

German counter-attacks were especially fierce at Monacu farm, where the fighting was of the most furious naturo, hit the efforts of the enemy were shattered by our fire. The enemy losses were very heavy.`

The French took 200 prisoners.

VERDUN FRONT,

PARIS, July 30th.

THE ADVANCE FROM KOVEL AND BRODY.

;

PETROGRAD, July 30th. The Russians are consolidating their pusitions on the left bank of the Stokhod and are advancing from Kovel and Brody on the south of the Dniester. The Turks assumed an

unsuccessful

offensive to the west. of Gamishnken, while the Russians again expelled the

GENERAL

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:], LORD NEWTON ON THE FRYATT MURDER

LONDON, July wih.

Lord Newton, who is in charge of the Prisoners' Department, interviewed by Router, said that the master of a mor- chantman was entitled to do everything possible to protect himself, his crew, and passengers: The Germans themselves ad-

mmitted that when merchant vessels resist- ed capture and were Gually taken thei officers and crew ought to be treated as prisoners-of-war. It must be rentembered that when the incident occurred in March;

1915,

not March 1916, as stated, the

(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENOV.]

FOREST FIRES IN CANADA.

SEVERAL TOWNS DESTROYED.

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RANDOM REFLECTIONS. Apparently the second anniversary of the war, like Empire Day, is to be allow- ed to pass practically without publie recognition in Honggong. At first there was some talk of a torchlight procession by the Special Police Reserve, but this has had to be abandoned owing to the Fallssibility of searing thes. In its place the Police. Reserve whold a short route march, bearing at the Bags of A hundred have buon killed and many the Allies. This, it is truk is something,

NORTH BAY (ONTARIO), July 31st. The towns of Cochrany, Matheson, Muska Station, and Timmins have been destroyed by forest fires.

Porquots Junction and Iroquois are burning.

injured.

THE TRADE OF FORMOSA.

the most prosperous the foreign trade of

but the demonstration would have been. far more impressive if a combined parade of all arms had been ordered, for tho public are in the habit of seeing the Polic Reserve march out and may be

• THE GROWTH OF EXPORTS.

pardoned if they fall into the erfor The year 115, reports the U.S. Consul of supposing them to be the only fores Germans were sinking even neutrals with-at Taikoku, Mr. H. C. Huggins, is of any size in the Colony. Of course, out warning, and it would be rash to the island of Taiwan has ever expori. the idea of hulding a public meeting to suppose that Britain under no cireun-04,258,577, an increase of 88,866,75 in record ourflexible determination " enced, The total trade amounted Lo stances would retaliate. The Cabinet were comparison with the preceding year. Of to continue to a victorious end the seriously giving attention to the affair or less than per cent, and exports in would never commend itself to our staid this amount imports increased #247,765, struggle in which the Allies are engaged It was impossible to confine onsself to creased 88,417,607, or about 99 per cent.,

The trade of and unimaginative community, though as compared with 1914. fruitless expostulation. This may only 1915, when compared with that of 1912. the Prime Minister and the Secretary of be the prelude to even more savage crease of $1,797,378, or approximately 3 State for the Colonics have requested the the previous record year, shows an in- German warfare, which in itself gives per cent. Imports in 1910 amounted to Chairman of the Central Committee for $26,598,196, as compared with 231,100,043 in 1912, showing a decrease of $4,609,747, National Patriotic Organisations to or about 15 per cent. But in 1912- ex- ports were only 1,270,206, while in 1015 range for such meetings throughout they reached a total of $37,680,391, an

the Empire, 1f asked what good pur- increase of 86,390,125, or approximately poses these meetings servo I should 2. per cent.

answer that, apart from showing the world in general and our enemies in Since 1912 there has been a general de particular that we are not weakening in crease in imports, due in large part to our resolve, they keep interest in the war the need of retrenchment in Government expenditures on public works and experi- from flagging and prevent a community mental enterprises, which in ordinary from falling into the comatose condi- circumstances require considerable quan tion of Hongkong.

Most of tities of imported materials. the Japanese population of Taiwan de pend upon Clovernment activities for their livelihood, either through Govern Government works, or through the sale of ment contracts, through employment on goods used in the public works. The people, as a consequence of the abandon

evidence of the desperate situation in which. Germany is placed,

AMSTERDAM, July 30th. According to Reutor's correspondent at Amsterdam, the Telegraaf says the sea- tence on Captain Fryatt was pronounced was on Thursday morning and he executed in the evening on an isolated plot of ground near the harbour. An Alderman of Bruges witnessed the exe

ention.

A Paris correspondent at Paris says the newspapers describe the excention as

murder.

...

REFRENCHMENT IN GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES,

There is no doubi, quite as much patriotism latent in this Colony as in size. All it needs is a vigorous, lend to any other British community of similar assert itself; if that were given we should not always find ourselves playing second

A correspondent at New York says the ment and curtailment of projected Gov-fudle to our neighbours. Thanks to the

A communiqué states:We dispersed Turks from organised positions at Sivas contrasts it with Britain's treatment of therefore, there is a boom in Government excellent so far as it goes, but it does

an enemy reconnaissance to the south of Lihons and repulsed an, enemy attack on a redoubt in a ravine to the south of Fleury,

There has been a continued bombard |ment at Fleury, Vaux Wood and Fumin

Wood.

and Kharput.

A dosen German acroplanes drapped forty bomle on Dvinsk, but Russian avia tors drove them off and brought down one of the German machines.

The Russians raided Yolovka station und also brought down a German machine to the east of Baranovitchi,

RUSSIAN SUCCESSES

CONTINUE.

PETROGRAD, July 31st.

A German attack, west of Thinumont on the right of the Meuse was repulsed. ALLIES' SITUATIONS DEFINED.

----LONDON, July 31st The Britisht

are now attacking the A communiqué states: The Russians enemy's third line, which the German continue their successes. In the Stokhed have enormously strengthened, utilising region they took 1,000 prisoners on

thousands of Saturday labour of

the forced

Belgians.

Opinion in Paris, based on the slaugh- er of the German reinforceurnts and the weakness of reserves, is confident that the Germans will have to retire to new positions.

It is stated in Rotterdam that there The enemy was in considerable strength": and must have suffered heavily in the have been no German troop movements valent fighting.

We have taken 230 prisoners.

on a big scale westwards since the failure of their counter-offensive, but their guns The Fernch on our right have also ad- have been greatly increased in number. Vanced their fine.

There was no infantry fighting in the Patieres area, where the day was spent in consolidating the ground gained lust week.

Karl Weigand, the pro-German-corre spondent to the American Press, laments that there are

no signs of the Allies wavering in the Somme, where the fight ing is like all the famous battles in

Three hostile aeroplanes were destroyed history rolled into one.

yesterday, and several others damaged and forced to land.

There was nothing important between the Ancre and the sea.

HEAVY FIGHTING ON SOMME.

PARIS, July 31st.

A communique states:- There was a series of desperate cugagements north of the Somme all day. The French in the morning attacked on a frout between Hill 139 and north-east of Hardecourt and the river. They captured a whole

system of enemy trenches to a depth varying from 300 to 800 metres.

We held all the conquered ground against fierce enemy counter-attacks in the afternoon.

AEROPLANE ACTIVITY-FOUR. GERMAN MACHINES FELLED. Three German aeroplanes were felled on the Somme and a fourth in Argonne. We bombed railway stations in the Noyon district and a railway station and military establishment at Mulheim.

Meanwhile it is pointed out in Potro grad that General Brussiloff's line, 50

They are also advancing south of the Rozischy-Kovel railway.

After breaking the enemy's front they captured 417 Germans.

GERMAN POSITION

THREATENED.

LONDON, July 31st.

TRADK WITH JAPAN THE PRINCIPAL FACTOR

newspapers condemn Captain Frynte's able portions of their incomes, and their native of the Overseas Club a prize ernment enterprises, have lost consider- execution unreservedly, The Harnid purchasing power for imported articles y competition on the subject of the has correspondingly declined. Until, war is to be held in the British schools of the Colony, I understand. This is works no marked increase chn be ex-

not go far enough. A much more useful pected in imports.

purpose would have been servad if the The island's trade with Japan is by far the schools of the Colony, for it would competition had been thrown open to all the most important item. Imports from have tended to arouse interest amongst Japan are steadily increasing, and ac

the rising generation of the Chinese, exports are more valuable every year

whose views on the origin of the struggle In consequence of the frequent service and the issues at stake leave much to be between

Taiwan and Japan, imports to desired, I am told. Taiwan from foreign countries are now alien rates under our rule to remain

We cannot expect made, in large part, through Japanese

submarine ani Zeppelin crews. The Globe says no pro-German in the United States can now fail to understand why the world fears German success, DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN NEW

YORK HARBOUR.

AN ISLAND DESTROYED.

NEW YORK, July 20th. A Gro which started in a munitions warehouse on a small island in New York Bay spread to a lighter loaded with shrapnel bullets. The exploded shells set fire to dynamite trucks on the wharves,

The whole country for miles round was shaken and the island is now a mass of wreckage, Seventy-five persons have been admitted to hospital.

ENORMOUS DAMAGE,

ware-

NEW YORK, July 31st. There were few fatalities, but the pro perty damage was of the heaviest descrip A German communiqué, admits their tion.

It is estimated at £5,000,000, in- withdrawal from the great salient forin-cinding 10,000 tons of raw sugar, valued ed by the bend of the river Stokled inst,250,000. Can loaded with salt the direction of Korel.

pork, ammunition, 13 storage The Fine--correspondent-at-the Rushouses, and six piors were damaged. in Headquarters describes the opera The Statue of Liberty

was slightly ions fading up to the above result. He damaged,

The authorities are investigating into says that General Brussiloft, within an

the possibility of a German plot, hour of beginning his offensive on the 28th July, captured 38 German guns and

FOOD VALUE OF..TEPAKY BEANS 4,000 Germans.

The refiring enemy is concentrating

ports. It is even cheaper to tranship loyal if we never take the trouble to goods from Europe and from New York point out to them the principles of free- Hongkong. As a result shipments from rusta. They will accept the benefits as a * Suez in Japanese ports than in dom and justice upon which British rule

shipped at Japanese ports are not cred: they have any cause for thankfulness and to foreign countries that are tran matter of course without realising that tod in the Customs return to foreign

when their own limited experience does countries. The imported goods pay duty not furnish them with any means of com- also in Japanese ports, and the Customs parison. revenues of Taiwan ports suffer a con- siderable loss thereby. The Government Many bathers are asking if it is not of Taiwan has recently made an arrange possible for the Government to relax the ent with the Imperial Japanese Governort regulations autreiently to allow of rent that secures the privilege of retains- ing the revenues from Customs entries in which was su popular before the war. the resumption of moonlight bathing, xchange for the receipts from the sugar It is urged that if the passes which have consumption tax. The Customs revenues, to be obtained before a launch can go however, do not amount to more than outside the harbour limits in the day- $1,000,000 a year, while the sugar con sumption tax is about $7,500,000 a year.

time serve any useful purpose they should GERMAN, BRITISH, AND AUSTRALIAN TRADE. be a suncient guarantee that the occu¬" The foreign trade of Taiwan, like the pants of the launch are harmless folk foreign trade of Japan, particularly the returning from a dip when the sun has export trade, is carried on principally sunk below the horizon and the cost. with Asiatic.countries The trade with zephyrs of evening are whispering over Europe is very limited, and consists of the waters. On the face of it the sug exports of camphor and tea, and imports gestion seeius not unreasonable in view of machinery, woollen and cutton goods, of the fact that the examination launches, some paper manufactures, sheet glass, aided by powerful searchlights, are on and foodstuffs.

duty day and night, but, of course, if Germany from the trade routes of the tions

Despite the war and the isolation of any relaxation of--the present restric

were made it world, the statistics of trade of Taiwan to be general and the risk is hardly

would

have in 1916 show that imports from Germany worth while. Even the Macao boats have have not, as yes, entirely ceased, Imports to anchor outside for the night if they in 1916 amounted to $52,692 There were cannot get in to time, though they are no exports. German merchants have well known and every been particularly strong in the Taiwan board is furnished with passenger on market for light railway equipment, We escape all the horrors and hardships police permit. sugar-making machinery and woollen of war, and cloth. The supplies of railway equipment fortunate that we suffer only some of its must account ourselves and sugar-making machinery have now minor inconveniences. ceased. The demand, too, has greatly decreased owing to the financial retrench- companies, and in this hot climate woollen cloth is not particularly in dein large supplies before the Bill become law would be well-advised to keep silent. In 1915 the trade with Great Britain A few days ago a certain resident who and an increase in exporte of $114,399, as of patriotism was proudly displaying a showed a decrease in imports of $281,906 regards himself as the personifiention compared with those of 1914. Great large collection of cigara, cigarettes and Britain exports to Taiwan machinery, tobacco which he had purchased in anti- tea, lead, and cotton cloth. Exports to cipation of the taxes being introduced Great Britain are camphor and tea.

The exports to Australia in 1914 wore fact that the supply would last until and was congratulating himself upon the 823,253, consisting entirely of Oolong the war was over, when someone pointed fea in 1913 exports of the same com out to him that there was not much cause modity reached $30,224. Imports from for pride-but rather the reverse-in but to only $5,564 in 1915. Lead is the clal burdens imposar of the Australia amounted to $12,329 in 1914, evading his due share finan chief import from that country, and warmunity by the war. demands caused a decline in the amount of satisfaction died away and the atmos After this the glow that could be spared for the needs of Taiwan. The imports from Canada are phore became Aretio. insignificant.

Those who boast of the fact that they

miles long and extending from the Prinet about Kovel, where the battle is develop-Burruah, which has been made by the ment of the Government and of the sugar" dodged" the tobacco taxes, by laying

LONDON, July 30th. An analysis of tepary beans grown in river to the Carpathinis, is now 60 miles ng into one of the fiercest in the cam-Imperial Institute, indicates that the farther westward than it was seven wenke paigu and threatens the entire German stated that they should be ready for sale mand under any conditions.

beans possess a high food value. It is in the United Kingdom and some of the haricot beans, and, if introduced during Allied countries as a substitute for small

the war, should obtain a good footing in the market.

ago.

It is estimated that General Brassilof put 750,000 of the enemy out of action, including 400,000 prisoners.

The progress of General Sakharoff has now brought the whole Russian front into line, and General Brussiloff has gained the point of departure for the next great

push.

ITALIAN FRONT:

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ITALIAN PROGRESS,

"FIERCE FIGHTING

Rowe, July 30th.

fierce fighting north of Monte Cimone, A communiqué statos:-Thore has been

where the Italians gained ground.

Alpini carried Forcella Wood, in the Tofana region, and began to advance in the Travenanzes Valley.

position. The Germans are lighting like demons, preferring being bayonetted. to surrender.

The correspondent describes General Kaledin as an extraordinary commander, who first broke the enemy front west of Lutzk. He took-10,000-prisoners-and-47

guns in a single day. He advanced 47 miles, surmounting the most formidable obstacles, and, assisted by General Lesh, he crushed the German efforts to recover their lost ground.

• MECCA

PILGRIMAGE

ARRANGEMENTS

A

CAIRO, July 30th, the question of the Mecca pilgrimage, The Ministry of the Interior is studying and it is understood that the pilgrims of £70, £60 and £50 sterling for first, will be asked to deposit caution money second and third class respectively. regular service to Jeddah ia being or ganised, but there ate apparently only The fares are vory high, and the Government will do its utmost to facilitate matters, but the expenses attendant on the pilgrimage re strict the numbers.

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HINDRANCES TO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. I notice, by the way, that the scale of

It is not probable that Taiwan will dutice on cigars, cigarettes and tobacco- ever be a manufacturing country of cou has been revised, thus establishing the sequence. There are too many obstacles contention that proper consideration was to be overcome in developing specialised not given to the Ordinance before it was industries. The population is scanty and radhed through the Legislative Council. poor, and its needs for manufactured While one welcomes the changes which NEW ZEALANDERS IN ACTIONs are few. There is no supply of make the tax more just in its incidence, Marge nus is amused that should be thought number of manufacturing establish- necessary to go through the solemn farce It is officially announced from Egyptments. Capital is expensive, and is all of submitting & Bill to the Legislative

little money to invest, know nothing of imported; the native population, having Council for approval when its passage investment Only the most simple of facts may by and its provisions can be is assured in advance, whatever its de skilled operations can be carried on in varied at pleasure afterwards Taiwan with native labour, but little Japanese labour is to be had at any price."

BODERICK BANDOM

As regards General Sakharoff, the cor- | four steamera available. respondent says he forestalled the great offensive prepared by the German for the recapture of Lutzk by crushing them

grandiose plans of the enemy. He cap at the river Lipa, which rained the

tured enormous quantities of stores and shells at every village.

Since General Sakharoff's victory the Gormans have abandoned the Austrians.

LONDON, July 30th.

that there were several patrol engage ments on the 23th inst, in which the New Zealand Mounted Rifles inflicted fifty casualties on the enemy, our losses being very slight