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THE TREATMENT OF BRITISH",

PRISONERS.

Lospos, March 23rd, Further correspondence has been pub tiched between Viscount Grey and Mr. Pago, the American Atabassador, with regard to the treatment of British prison ers in Germany, that there we 372 British Indians from the Hans liners sterned at Havelburg. The conditions are satisfactory and there is little illnces,

Mr. Page states

GERMANY SENDS PRISONERS TO

WAR ZONES

LONDON, March 23rd The International Red Cross Bociety announces that large number of pris soners have been sent to the war zone from Germany.

Franco-Belgian For

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY MARCH 26TH, 1937,

Several genemy coupadamom to the north-weet of Rheims, towards Maisons- de Champagne, in Avocourt, Wood and in the region of St. Mikiel failed;

An Albatross seropleus chasst wAR brought, down in our lines.

GERMAN REPORTS HA A Gman official message, transmitted

clest, states:

We drove back the French, who had crossed the Somme at Crozat canal, with sanguinary losses. We took 230 pri soners,⠀

We repulsed strong French attacks to the west and south of Margival

An airship successfully bombed English establishments near Mudroë, “

APPALLING DEVASTATION.

PARIS, March arde

THE MACEDONIA FRONT.

SOME REAL DIFFICULTIES OF

THE ALLIED ARMIESAIS

The following article, written for the Daily Mail by a man who has been with the forces on the Macedonian front from the outset, well worthy of consideration time there fangerous Small-scale

fascinating things,

THE "SINGLE FRONT" IDEAL.

ALLIED CONFERENCE

DISCUSSIONS.

STATEMENT BY LORD MILNER

PROM

THE TIMES CORRESPONDENT" AT

PETROGRAD

Lord Milner and General Castelnau re

maps are especially perilous.ceived a number of Russian journalists, When it is used to illustrate discussions and gave them some interesting informa of the art of war, a little map of a big tion dealing with questions which have country is one of the most deadly thing imaginable. It leads people to imagine vain things, to plan impossible tasks, and to make themselves

ridiculous

in various when the

i no Afished

venture

ture to think that if large-scale sentatives

DRINK

CASCADE”

BEER.

There was a young man of Wanchai

Allied Conference, Lord Milner, was in: come within the scope of discussion at the Who remarked "When my throttle is dry pressed with the benefits accruing to the common cause from personal contact be tween the Bussinn and other Allied repre

The newspapers continue to be filled and the truth about the Balonika Russian and Allied Armies, there a

with stories of appalling devastation o

Cascade

Is the

tap

I am anxious 10 lap,

of Macedonia were plentiful in be to establish unity of command over the He said that, however desirable it might

the line of retreat. The latest example is expedition would beye been realized long Chaunny where 1,800 out of 2,500 houses Out in that unpleasant country one General Staff for the Western and Eastern great difficulty in the way of creating one have been destroyed and fred, insolitding used to read the English pizzement, fron, owing to the distance separating it's the finest that money can buy.” churches, the Palais de Justice, the Ecole after week, and note with amazement them. The iden embodied in the Primaire, the Hospital and Almaouses very general assumption that if General One front for all the Allied forces was All males between the ages of 14 and Sarrail chose to do so he could march his one that had already been attained in BRITISH PURSUIT OF THE 60 years have been taken off. The enemy armies home by way of Viennes respect of the high-command of the B

inhabitants of the thirteen surrounding end the war umselfish, French, and Italian forces,

LATEST CABLES.

(THROUGH MUTER'S AGENOT.)

ENEMY.

FIGHTING AT MANY POINTS.

Losnos, March 23rd. Bir Douglas Haig

reports:Our patrole encountered detachments of some strength at a number of points bet Etreillers Beaumetz, Lee, Cambrai and Bonuraina. We drove off opunter- attacks at Alrecourtlebas, Beaumetz and

bourhoods of Econst and Creilles,

east of Arres.

The enemy blow a mine to the north of Youville St. Vaast but it did no damage, We effectively bombarded trenches to the south cast of Loog and to the east of Vormellos.

herded women, children and the feeblest

and

came

communes, in a certain quarter of the announcing in far one looked legates by members of the Russian Parlia

town and then trained gune on this quar ter, killing and wounding many,

It is now officially confirmed that the Germans have been poisoning the wells with arsenic.

HEART RENDING STORIES,

LONDON, March 23rd.. Correspondents relate heartrending

From the words of Lord Milnor and

when the batch of Парст

headlines A a banquet given in

in honour of the de from those headlines to the relentless hills mentery deputation which last year visit

Salonika Offensive Begun." around-looked, and marvelled,ed the Allied countries one of the speakers It was not possible to understand how expressed the hope that the Russian front prople, otherwise sane, could write so would, as a result of the Petrograd Con airily about the prospects of our alleged ference, come more closely in touch with offensive.

It was a great mystery, and the Allied Western front, General remained a mystery till came home and Castelnau responded to this by proposing realized that to get a really big map of the toast, One heart, one purpose. court and progressed in the neigh-stories of the condition of the inhabitants Most of the critics who have been writing General Casteltion it is evident that, while

Macedonia is very difficult in England, of the re-occupied districts in France, glibly have perforce contected them much has been done by the Conference to We carried out a successful raid to the particularly it Nesle where they bout selves with little maps, iniserable little consolidate the unity of the Russian and famished children wandering about, frauds, which make no mention of such a Allied Armies, the idea of personal unity ghost-like, amid, the ruins of their homes, river, say, as the Galika, which more of the high command has not found sane- with bluish faces and heavy-lidded eyes a mountain, of the eminence of Rotation in practice. The holding of periodi Some who were prostrated wanly smiled which represent the Seres road

a track At the soldiers who supplied them with proceeding happily across an anruffled that we may look forward to a more fre

cal conferences has rendered such service the first food they had had for days. The plain. And, of course, if you think inhabitants had had no meat since Sep duais is like that you may be excused forquent meeting of Allied delegates. tember and no milk for a year. They

marine blockade lard Milner pointed out. that so far as Allied shipping is concerned Unhappily the country is not remotely the Germans have already done their like that placid picture. I have before utmost without success to interfere with me a map drawn to the scala 1:200,000, the freedom of British trade. The effects so that one inch represents, roughly, three of submarine activity had been largely and one-fifth miles. It is not a large discounted by the measures slready adopt scale, 28

25 military mens go, and it is noted to safeguard our shipping, and he a particulrly adequate map. Looking at hoped that new and more effective mex- the country. I can see that all sorts of

in the light of my own knowledge of sures would be found in the near future.

On the other hand, the German blockade vital details have been left out, But it is a maze of contour lines and river beds:ould cause undoubted injury to neutral it does hint in the broadest fashion at commerce. But that was evidently not at Germany'a main purpose, Germann had the intolerable difficulties of transport in such a country it does suggest the hoped theroby to hamen the conclusion of incessant adventures of the Seros road along the fifty odd miles which lie be tween Salomka and the crossing of the Stra Stroma, And it suggests the difficulty of dislodging an enemy who holds those great mountains which are the walls of Mace

FRENCH STILL PUSHING FORWARD.

HEIGHTS DOMINATING THE OISE VALLEY CAPTURED.

PARIS, March 24th.

The

A French communiqué states:Between the Bonine and the Oise our troops, with determination and doch, carried out completely successful offensive. ehemys despite desperate resistance, were driven Enck over a wide front for & die- Hance Fanging from two to four kilometres north and east of the St. Quentin canal sod north-east of Tergnier. We

We pushed! the heights detachmonts as far an dominating the valley of the Oise. The Germans cruse noc in this region and

the town of La Pure is inundated

APPROACHING MARGIVAL South of the Ong we continued to cross the Arlette in the region north of Soissons. Dar troops made considerable progress towards "Mürgival,

Two enemy attacks to the north-west of Bloms failed under barrage of machine gu from the enemy, Idases were consider this judging from the number of bodies kung up in our entanglements

** EARLIER CABLES:

THE ALLIED ADVANCE MORE ORGANISED RESISTANCE.

LONDON, March 23rd.

Router's Correspondent at British Headquarters reporte that the worst possible wintry weather has almost brought operations to a standstill.

The enemy are offering a more organis ed resistance, particularly along the line running to the north-west from Bois-de- Bavy, which is three miles west of St.

to maintain

Quentin continue

The enemy

trong covering patrols and cavalry. guarde fu the most northerly sector where many machine-guns are posted at vantage points. It is clear that they want to provent na advancing with the same rapidity as hitherto hoy en hier Most tremendous activity prevails be hind, pur now front, z troop move ments, road-mending, road-making and railway mald og.

The enemy are sending worm he tween the ages of 17 and 35 years to the

fortress at Maubeurs to make munitions, The inhabitants left behind state that the

ever received a quarter of the rationaWin why General Sarrail in Dealing at length with the German sub

supplied by the American relief fund.

THE MISSING GERMAN

PRINCE

PARIS, March 23rd.

A French commentator announces that included Prince Friedrich Carl's maching the aeroplane "bag" in the advance

THE NEW GERMAN LINE,

LONDON, March 16th.* The Times military correspondent states the Germans are retreating from the Aucre because they apparently want to fight on clean ground and seem to have prepared euch a position on the so-called Hindenburg line from Lens through St. Quentin towards Lon

(Delayed in transmission)

The Near East.

SARETER CARLES [THEODOR SEUTER BACKNOW

AGENCY.]

THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA.

CARE OF THE WOUNDED.

donia,

the war by himself

MONOTONOUS LIFE.C

peace, nod this

appointed hope we do

to be dis He looked forward with the utmost con fence to the good moral effect on Conference in bringing about a closer union between the Allied peoples, and thereby aanring victory to the common It seems reasonable to sup-cause.

pose that if such maps could be bought General Castelnau, reviewing the year, in the shops in England a great deal of spid, the Germans had suffered compléte pernicious nonsenseould beter bays failure, in the active operations in the been written, and, long before this there principal theatres. Verdun, the Somme would have been general demand for General Brusilofi's victorious onslaught, reconsideration of the whole of the and the successes of the Italians were con Balonika adventure,

Life in the Balonika Army is not exto victory. His present visit to Russia had picuous lard-marks on the Allied road chilarating.

Before the landing at that given him the fullest assurance of the down of minarets one had heard that some sort of a war was going on in the neigh strength and sincerity of their Russian

Allies: bourhood, and there was a certain ploa

excitement, But surable ex LONDON, March 15th *

the weeks and Sir Arthur Lawley cables that the

He months we

by, and it did not seem arrangements for the evacuation of the possible to find the war Eyes that merk men wounded in the recent actions ined the far bursting of a shell and ears Mespotamin were admirable. There was plasions these testified that the war was that recorded the dull thud of distant ex- not the slightest hitch, the Red Cross actually going on, and sometimes a Hun motor launches worked splendidly

would come over, flying very high and Replying to the congratulations of the throwing things at us, but for the rest it Liverpool Exchange, General Maude rays was chiefly a matter of making roads and that the Lancashire men bore themselves digging trenches and learning how to do moet bravely at the passage of the Dinla

("Delayed in transmission.)

without things that had seemed necessary at other fimes. HIS MAJESTY'S CONGRATULA

TIONS

LONDON, 15th,

to

went

CANADA'S RESOLVE.

ou Parliament, Sir R. Borden expresed his appreciation of the co-operation of the Inberals in facilitating the passage of business In order that he and his col leagues could attend the Imperial War Conference Referring to events in the United States Sir Robert said that he believed these events would facilitate the early cousutomation of the victory of the Allied nations, NT

Before the adjournment of the Domin

Canada was more than ever determined to see the war finished. The German sub marine campaign bad steeled their bearts, lished a record for resourcefulness Canadian soldiers, he added, had estab curage and heroism. He hoped that all Canadians would unite in the effort to throw every resource of the country into the contest.

That doing without desirable things the conclusion of the whole matter so far

Macedonia in concerned. For the His Majesty the King Marchanted lem is the same as that of obtain to General Mande as follows I have things which are really necessary. Bo received wath the greatest satisfaction the cause the problem is so acute we were held good news that you have occupied selves with nawrying when we desired to

our unthreatened lines, concerning our Baghdad. I heartily congratulate you be pushing Bulgars off adjacent moun and your troops on the success achieved fains I remember coming one day to under so many difficulties, a hill just beside the sixty-fourth kiloactre

General Maude replied: All ranks have received your gracious message with forty miles out) on the Seres road and

feeling of intense gratitude, loyalty and things If the leader writers and mill-facilitating the business of Parliament, sitting there for a long time considering Sir William Laurier replied, In devotion. The difficulties only increased tary experts of England could journey Libera averred, were merely doing our determination to surmount them.

(Delayed in transzniesion.)

out along that road to that hill and sit their duty. there for a couple of hours

they might

HEART BREAKING WILLS,

Foods have been talking a good deal SIR PERCY SYKES' PROGRESS

rive at the beginning of wisdom.

below

plain, dotted

Down Gery far below was the sin of bally beef, as well na every shell. with little toy-shop villages

every biscuit and every revolver: cart- „TÁSO the wall of

of great mountains, rub aweating, grunting forrig ning north and south. Seres to the south brought up and down

They must be which would and Demir Hissar to the north were re brun the h

any ordinary motorist, that Greece hra played over a miten the partin

would bring everlast

broad level of the Strum Beyond it ridge, must be dragged up bero by the

Jately and know more of the true situa- tion that is generally believed. They

IN PERSIA. have not concealed their apprekensions

ORGANISING MILITARY POLICE, at the prospects of another great British offensive. Indeed, one possible reason

LONDON, March 15th, for the retreat may well have been the dubiety of the higher command on to Rees assel regarding General Sir Percy In the Hore of Commons, Sir John D. whether the men would face another Bykes' progres in Pervin and the extent

in this business, and there was the mistying disgras of may road authority which which he had sucorded in organising pass which hides Fort Rupel Running allowed it to stand for even des toparent to me Don't you think there is a good the doal in this very simple idea that the army officers in South Persis bouti

minders of the

Somma,Asi Staff Officer remarked to of military polica under "Indian east and west from the pass was that other of the stes within ere, jurisdictiomaz Boche is quitting because he knows he's Lord Robert Cecil replied that wall of the Bela Siten mountains which inches deep with dust in entamer, swim-

HEAVY FIGHTING ON FRINCH

FRONT,

Loxton, March: Bard:

A Freuch communiqué reporta: — A violent enemy attack on our positions fore the village of Artenyes, north of ** Simon, yesterday evening, at first ghtly drove back our troops, but wo mediately rigorously counter-attacked i throw back the enemy na far me undseraucourt

here was a livaly artillery duof: be- on the Foning and the Oise,

make modern

with no foolish, but ming with mad in winter, the Rowers Fond Sir Percy Sykes is at present as Chiens I was concerned with more intimate, organising the South Persian Rifles It mediate things than this huge skeleton of

threads between and up and down and across the great hills.

It is the only way by which sup

WRA Obviously undesirable to discuss the 4 battle ground. Beside me on the road con he brought up to the troPDA

to and fro

matters raised in the latter part of the motor lorries and motor srbulances were qucation **(*Delayed in transmission.)

Russian Front,

Short Is the life of the mod which occupy a considerable portion of

BARLIER CABLES. THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCE.) RUSSIAN SUCCESSES.

LONDON, March 23rd.

T

which

the Strama front and to all the units Without transport it cannot get ammunition for its guns of food for its along the road. Every mile of on that front, every fresh hatta. stomach. Every shell that is fired has to los ang into the lino, nant an increase carried to the battery at the cost of of a difficulty which was almost insur-

toil and labour of men anl

ponutable as machines. Every day's rations must be *I have written of this, road because it. brough

in the same fashion. You can. 1. not give the soldier his arominition and well only to deal with the thing one a day's food and send him out to live on fate of Whole Macedonian cumpaign, knog hest, but the problem is the proh the country. You must take him his food. These to be: qure, the zailway every day. If he chances to be in a sharp, will the supplies, within measurable nebion you must ansinition to take the real mas le medial to imp

give him tance of the Dotren Trout, but elsewh

Sulsions. It is confirmed that the enamy dayeg regained trezonea wo Foss youbar Ahe place of that which he has expended. v am toiis unbessingly to

saks on the Yregmy-Chivsen front have

More out the chemy from the goldier himself away boon most violent. A hole regiment was adhibna thrown against a single poini. Two of Brailov. »Frenct chasseur companies who were We dislodged the Turks from posi- momentarily isolated from the bulk of tins Hear Charezin and occupied Aliabad, our forces, sucosedett in extricating them near Kernids, after a 16 hours battla melyes kiter stubborn fighting and brought tack some prisoners.

or detachments crossed the Ailette to A Russiad official message transmitted

Both of the Dise. There was ins by wireless states hittent cannonsding in this region In the direction of Lida our counter-

sexió progressed to the north of attacks

The enemy losses during the course of thekr. Itúťujeme esferatu karo bern vory

SOL LONDON, March 23rd Except for the message sunonacing the sapture of Kermanshah, no nows from this Lumin, Front b buen received in March 18th.

at least 200 rounds of

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wn hard to find sawers to all the questions that fooded my mind in the

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I was only aware that the mess Sunet grrently as a change

pareful bow. I set to work very much revolver sme and goodness, only know when

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