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THE WAR.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY MARCH 3LT 1917.

ALLIES STILL ADVANCING.

HEAVY FIGHTING ON BRITISH FRONT.

SIGNIFICANT SUCCESSES IN

PALESTINE.

BRITAIN'S MAN-POWER

NEW PEACE PROPOSALS?

Botan ETOT

EARLIER CABLES. (THROUGH RIUXIE'L SOUNCE.] ON THE RUN AGAIN. ST QUENTIN EVACUATED.

PAR16, March 9th. The Germans have evacuated St. Quien tio, and are burning villages for miles behind their present lines, this indicating

renewal of the retrest,

ZEEBRUGGE NEXT

LONDON, March 29th..

According to a Belgian source, the Ger- biens are destroying the country in the vicizity of Zeebrugge, Bruges and Ghent, implying a retirement there also. SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S SYMPATHY,

LONDON, March 9th.

Routor's correspondent at Paris states that Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig has written to General Nivelle, sympathising with the sufferings of the French on account of the barbaroas German devasta- tion

General Nivelle replied expressing thunks for British succout, and declaring that the spectacle of barbariem will in- spire the Anglo-French forces with fresh vigour to continue the punishment of the

Venemy.

The Near East.

BRITISH TRANSPORE MINED. I BRITISH FOOD PROBLEM,

THE BIRKENHEAD TRADITION.

LONDON, March 99th.

PUBLIO KITCHENS TO BE ESTABLISHED.

BRITAIN'S MAN-POWER.

MEDICAL UNFITS TO BE

RE-EXAMINED.!

LONDON, March 20th

A Government Bill has been issued

LONDON, March 20th,. The Minstry of Food is about to estab lish public kitchens in order to food ouabling the medical re-examination of all 100,000 people daily, in South London Itinen of military age previously medically She hoped that the rich will patronise these rejected or discharged from the Forces,

The Press Bureau anmunces that the transport Tyndareus, with a battalion of the Middlesex Regiment on board, struck a mine on March 9th off Cape Agulhas, in a strong south-easterly pale. gan to settle after the explosion, her pro-

pellera showing.

The men paraded in perfect order, the roll was called, and the order to stand easy given. The whole battalion then

sang.

Two stenazers were dispatched to the rescue and arrived in half an hour, Although they were faced with the pro- bsbility of imminent death the troops maintained the same steadfast courage and discipline.

LATEST CABLES, (TBRODGE SKUTER'B-AQUNUY,]

BAD READING FOR BERLIN, The incident occurred in the vicinity BAGHDAD, AND NOW PALESTINE. where the Birkenhead was lost. Thanks to the devotion and perseverance of the LONDON, March 29th, Coming after Baghdad, General Mur-captain, officers and engineers, the ship ray's success in Palestine makes bad read was saved. She reached Simvastown under. her own steam with two holds flooded and nig for Berlin. It is hailed here and in

another leaking. The troops were landed ↑ Paris në justifying the relentless and

by steamers persistent pressure against Turkey which, mooner or later, must be overwhelming

unless speedy sid is curning from Ger-

many. This is regarded as improbable. It is believed, incidentally, that the policy of pounding Turkey on all sides when the Turkish Divisions are fighting for Germany and Bulgaria is bound to fur ther embitter the Ottoman auti German feeling, and hasten the day of the total collapse of Teutonic control at Constan tinople,

The King has expressed his deep ad- miration of all ranks in upholding the

Birkenheads cherished tradition.

PRESS EULOGIES.

LATER.

The story of the Tyndareus has been published and is the theng of leading articles, eulogising the bravery of the men of the Middlesex Regiment and the sea-- manship of the officers, -

BRITISH DESTROYER SUNK,

LONDON March 29th.

Bir Harry Johnstone suggests the adop- tion of a Jewish state in Palestine soon A British destroyer collidel with a after the war, and thus re-civilise this steamer nad sank. There was one fatility, cradle of great civilisations ›

Russian Front.

BABLIER CABLES.

EGPYTIAN CAMPAIGN.

BIG BRITISH SUCCESS

LONDON, March 20th.

BRITISH IN HOT PURSUIT.

LONDON March 29th. According to Reuter a correspondent at

An official announcement from Egypt. the Britiel Headquarters, writing or

atatese advanced fifteen miles from March 20th, the enemy continues Rats to Wadi Chuzze, five miles to the getically to resist attacks on the northern

south of Gaza, for the purpose of cover- parts of his new line.

The German, manifestly regard Croi-ing the construction of a railway, and silles as of great technical importance and heavily engaged 20,000 of the elemy in are strongly defending it, but they are this neighbourhood on Monday and Tues hard pressed and are suffering heavy | day. ensunities

They have also suffered badly in the capture of Neuville Bourjonval eight

miles east-south-east of Bapaume «

Our casualties were light at both places, owing to the good gorer, enabling us to captare many machine guns,

Farther south our outposts hold the Etreillers, Vaur and Ville Eveque lines Our advance here thus forms a wedge, the apex of which is five and a half miles from St. Quentin.

We indicted heavy losses, taking 900 prisoners, including the General Com manding and Staff of the 53rd Turkish Division, as well as four Austrian officers, We also captured two Austrian howitzers,

All the troops bebaved splendidly, especially the Welsh, Kent, Sussex, Here. ford, Middlesex and Surrey Regiments, the Anzao mounted troops and the Yeo

madry.

FRENCH ALS0 ON THE TRAIL, Italian Front

LONDON March 29th.

A French communiqué states.There is no change from the Somme to the Aisne.

We are everywhere in contact with the

enemy.

Wa captured south of the Ciso, m- portant depots, ammunition and other material

A brisk attack captured the lest portions of trenches which the enemy had still been holding since March 18th in the sectors of Avocourt wood and Hill 304, on the left bank of the Mouse

BRITISH CAPTURE ANOTHER VILLAGE.

LONDON March 29th. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig baya: -After a sharp fight, we captured the village of Neuville Bourjenvel, the enemy losing heavily

Raiding parties destroyed dug-outs and indicted casualties on the occupants in. the neighbourhoods of Arrea, Neuville Et, Vasst and Neuvs Chapelle,

Two German seroplanes were driven -down and damaged during air fighting

Faree of ours are missing.

GERMAN REPORT.

́ ́ LONDON," March 29th.

BARLIER CARLES;

(CHROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY,}

ITALY THREATENED.

BY AUSTROGEEMAN FORCES.

VEVET, March 20th. Large Austro-German forces are march- ing from Vorarlberg towards Italy.

Noval Activities.

FARLIER CABLES.

(FRBOROB BRUTER'S AGENCY.]

CARDIFF COLLIER'S FIGHT.

DRIVES OFF A SUBMARINE

LONDON, March 20th. Lord Brassey, speaking at the Institu tion of Naval Architects, told the story

of how & Cardiff collier armed with a 3

pounder gun fought a submaria hour and a half, drove it off, and reached Rouen.

for au

EARLIER CABLES.

[CHROUGH RENTRE'S ADENOT.]

RUSSIAN ACTIVITY,

ENEMY DEPULSED

LONDON March 29th. A. Rasika oficial-wireks, message says:The enemy attacked northward of Stanislavor, but was repulsed. He was also repulsed south-west of Bizetany,

Our counter-attacks south of the rivers Oussa and Tchabanioch were unsuccess

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General.

BARLIER-CABLES,

[TEROUGH BRUTER'S AGEBOT.]

THE IRISH QUESTION.

AYEW ULSTER PLEDGE;

LONDON March 29th,

It is expected that the Cabinet wil announce its now Irish proposals before. Easter

A new pledges is being circulated in Ulster refusing, inter alts, to accept any modification of the agreement of June,

1818/or "sny decision of Overseas states.

me, in a matter of such vital concern to

us, Bg we do not seek in any wise to in,

terfere with their domestic affairs...

AALTITUDE OF COLONIAL

MINISTERS:

LONDON, March 29th; The Westminster Gazette Baye the Colonial Ministers are not eager to parti cipate in the attempt to secure an Trish settlement.

THE REICHSTAG,

CHANCELLOR EXPECTED TO

SPEAK ON POLITICAL

REFORM

AMSTERDAM, March 29th

Herr on Bethmann Hollweg,, the Im-- perial Chancellor, ie expected to speak in the Reichstag to day on the subjock of political reform, which the German p ITALY'S SHIPPING RETURN is now more boldly discussing.

London, March 29th. të

Forurnirte demand franchis,

orm

kitchens

PRUSSIANS AND POLES.

POLICY MUST BE CHANGED.

LONDON, March 29th, During a debate in the Prussian Upper Chamber on the Budget, Prince Radziwil) said the Polisli policy must be changed.

Herr von Breitenbach, Minister of Public Works, said the Government was considering the abolition of the Expro Priation Law and the granting of fact-- lities for the use of the Polish language,

SIGNIFICANT VISIT. EMPERORS CONSULT ON PEACE PROPOSALS.

LONDON, March 29th,

It is reported from Switzerland that cho wait of the Austrian Emperor to Berlin is connected with new peace pro-

BAVARIAN FOOD SHORTAGE. FEAR OF BRITISH PRESSURE.

BERNE, March 29th,

Her Brettreich, speaking in the

Bavarian Diet, concluded with a most gloony picture on the food situation, de claring We must endure, otherwise the British will squeeze the blood out of our finger-nails.

GENERAL SMUTS ENTER- TAINED,

NO POTOATOES CONSUMED

LONDON, March 29th. General Smuts was the guest of the Benchers of Gray's Inn last night at a dinner which was served in accordance with the requirements of the Food Con- trover there being no potatis Those invited to meet General Smuts included the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Franch, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, General Sir William Robertson, Mr. Winston Chur- chill, Sir Edward Carson, the Duke of Marlborough, Lord Darby, Lord Halsbury and Lord Reading.

It is estimated that a million men are

affected.

CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

CHEDNⱭNGOL"

BY COURTESY OF THE

IBAN APORA

CHINA AND THE WAR.

SHANGHAI March 27th. The Government will appoint Lu Cheng Hsiang Minister of Foreign Affairs, but the agreement of Parliament is the dif bulty. It is expected, therefore, that the Premier will introduce a measure in Parliament to ascertain the opinion of the members,

AN ABBOLUTE NECESSITY!

LONDON, March 29th.) In the House of Commons, in moving the second reading of the Bill enabling the Ling Chi Chao has submitted a pro- | medical re-examination of men rejected or posal to the Diplomantic Conference în discharged, Mr. Bonar Law said this was favour of declating war on Germany, and an absolute necessity, in view of the transmitting to Austria an ultimatum military situation. Owing to submarinism requesting her to declare her attitude preventing meu from being taken from towards the submarine policy within agriculture and shipbuilding, the recruits

twenty-four hours, obtained at the beginning of the year were 100,000 less than was expected. The shortage had been made up to a consider. able extent by measures such as the employment of units and of women behind the lines, but further steps were necessary. He estimated that the Bill would produce 100,000 recruits in three montlus,

According to the Peking papers, the Chinese Ministers at London, Paris and Tokyo have telegraphed to the Govern ment that China may join the Enterta and participate in the Paris Conference.

SHANGHAL, March 20th..

A Dutch vessel, with the German Minis tor on board, sailed yesterday

The decision of the Diplomatic Con ference on the question of declaring war on Germany will be embodied in a Bill to be submitted to the Cabinet and Parlia

ment

Mr. Bonar Law pointed out that a Similar Bill had been passed in France. The shortage of recruits was less disastrous than it might have been, because the 1917 casualties so far had been less than was Anticipated. But the time of great fight, ing, with terrible losses, faced us, and the whole value of the present campaign might depend on our ability to drive it home consider the question a with any success. A shortage of recruits war against Germany- might make the difference between a deer. The chief Ministers of the lintento alve and an indecisive victory.

Powers are te meet today at the French Legation,

AMERICA RECRUITING.

SUGGESTED DESPATCH OF ARMY TO EUROPE

NEW YORK, March 20th, British recruiting methode have been

adopted here.

Posters are much in evidence, paredes are being held, and re

uiting texts are erected in the public

sofiares.

The Cabinet bas discussed a proposal to despatch immediately a sentimental Army of 10,000 Regulars to plant the America flag on the Western Front.

AUSTRALIAN ZINO

SOLD TO BRITAIN.

SHANGHAL March 30th. Yesterday a Cabinet meeting was held to of a declaration of

THE OPIUM PURCHASE.

SHANGHAI, March 29th, The Lower House of Parliament yes terday demanded that the Government Cancel the agreement for the purchase of

opium,

LEGLESS MACHINE GUNNEL

It is now fully accepted that the task tae Allies is neither the capture of Ger- a positions nor the expulsion of the Germans from their territorial gains.

These are mere accidents of the main issue,

which is to kill Germens, for in their kian power lies our enemy's weakest point. Therefore, whether in some great push, where millions are more or less directly concerned, or in trifling encoun ters of hundreda, sɩorca, ur evin such odil units as dere devil scoute, this man kill- ing goes steadily forward day by day, or rather, night by night,

SPANISIT UNREST.

MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED.

LONDON, March 29th.

MELBOURNE, March 29th.

Petrogred correspondent), They no Beuter's correspondent at

Mr Hughes states that only the longer chain sound men, for Madrid

states that martial law hna been pro

claimed throughout Spain.

Apparently the Spanish censorship has previous explanatory - tele- suppressed.

Inge gtamsa

A SERIOUS SITUATION

LATER.

Earlier telegrams from Madrid indi-

AUSTRALIAN LABOURITES.

CHARGE OF LUKEWARMNESS.

MEBOURNE, March 20th,

Mr. Hughes, in a speech at Castlemain,

The Germass fully appreciate the signi- ficance of this (says the Morning Posts

for example, to

Commonwealth's output of zinc-not all e-gung, in order to ensure that the

gun will earn i

Ban, of course, according base metals has been sold to Britain enemy hands Price before falling into to the German reckoning before, and in the early periods of the war, being a worth leas item. Men in the German Armies on the Russian front are nowadays either few and far between or they are lacking in training. Gormany in these circumstaneca evolved the heroic idea of utilizing met for machine-gun work who were not only fully

trained but had already earned the warrior's repose by sufferings in the field. Old soldiers whose arms and truuks are sound, but whose lower limbs are missing, have been collected for machine gun work, says Petrograd correspondent. They save the cost of chain and padlock, and are in any case worthless items in the accounta of German Kultur The Russians. mepy, such dead at their gure in the cent push on the Northern front. The as a deadly earnest about such method, warfare, which stamps the German b as something absolutely inhumanife strikingly illustrates the conditions. which prevail where the German

cate a serious economic and political declared that the Labour caucus did not

situation

The Minister of Commerce hng stated that the movement of shipping bag almost caused, exports have fallen to a mini- mum, and the import of cold hag consent

The Government has issued a prociems.

tion denonacing as seditious an appeal

to "the people, the signatories to which

have been imprisoned. The discussion

thereof is forbiddən

The text of the appeal has not yet been. received in London.

THE ARGENTINE PROHIBI TION.

Loynow, Harch 29th,

Renter's correspondent at PHILS BOYE

it is understood that the Argentine pro-

phibition of the export of grain does not

apply to grain already purchased or load

low pointed out that the Allies have topcluded the bulk of their purchases in

An Italian naval communique states immediately, and declares that it is North America, Australia and India

sufficient to ask the troops to

German official wireless message says ¦ -Our__rearguards have advanced that for the week ending March 25th northeast of Bapaume. They killed many 517 merchantmen, of $33,870 tons entered, English, and made prisoners of fifty-five and 488 vessels, of 376,500 tons, left Italian Attacks in Champagne failed with san porte. Four Italian steamere, esch uncer 2,000 tons, and one sailing vessel, over 100 guinary Jasses:

We frustrated attacks on a wide front tons, were sunk. Ono venel which was on the flank of the Meuse.

attacked escaped.

Fatherland but “ Fatherland already.

reformed for citizens

AFTER TEN TEARS

LONDON March 29th. rights." It insists that the Poles It is announced that the German iter

gueran: shall be given the same

Sesostris, which was stranded off Guster mala in 1907, has just beng refcated by an expedition from VanDOG PET

tees of freedom as those guaranteed by

The Beauan democracy.

dare openly to declare its disloyalty, but it was openly lukewarm on the war.

Fifty Parliamentary members in Vic toria State have unanimously decided to support the National Government

RUSSIA'S DEVELOPMENT.

DOWN WITH WILLIAM |}

LONDON, March 27th. Reuters correspondent at Petrogra states that the Council of workmen's and soldiers' delegates has issued a Manifesto

les of all countriesparti

cularly

uncing aspirations of conquest by the ruling

GERMANS WANT BUEZNE

Kayof the Pan- The minimum peace tanite conípany Germanics and of the Bral League-in- knows de the Germanoant, every in clade all the Flexcluding Marsailles, portant Frerea porfica. To this pre and the bulk gemisch Westfäli

ramme the more small items-the Zeitung add Sner Canal and the freedom afaltar (

Straits of graceful thing that Eng- The Labour leader, M. Tcheidze, said: It creatively only bandful of land, he Pillars of Hercule and in The Manifesto's watchword is, Down troops Delta, should have the-powon

beerranean Bes the these two important roads to the

with William In addressing ourselves to "the Germans we do not loosen the grasp

THE BARROW STRIKE

HEN REJECT GOVERNMEN

the whole; miserable enslavenient to kland in which Entope has to exist ads its expressions in this inglorious Jack For the sake of Earone in chains, the Central Powers must make it a bind- ing proviso ju their peace terras thas The Strait of Gibraltar sa well as the Euer Canal be internationalised

Turkey Bulgaria, and Austria Hongary are in argent need of the oper lg of these two great means of communi- by 2,838 cation, while for Germany the matter, work on though of less importance, is still equally necessary at her means of exit from the watery trap of the North Bel!!

TERMS

LONDON” M-

The Barrow strikers have

votes to 218 against reg

Govement's term