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THE WAR.

BATTLES ON THE WESTERN

FRONT

FRENCH MOW DOWN WAVES OF ASSAULT

ADMIRALTY SAFEGUARDING.

MERCHANTMEN.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 11TH, - 1917.

SITUATION IN RUSSIA. DECLARATION OF COALITION MINISTRY.

MR. BONAR LAW'S SPEECH.

Mranco-Belgian Front.

LATEST VABLES.

{THROUGH REDTER'S JOKNUY.]

BRITISH FRONT.

GERMAN FIRST LINE CAPTURED. The number of German bodies testifies absolutely to the purposeless enemy sacri- ficcs.

Our positions were entirely maintained, We took prisoners,

We in turn attacked last night and LONDON, May 9th. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re-brilliantly carried the German frst-line porte:-During the local fighting in the neighbourhood of Bullecourt a party of

the enemy, in attempting to advance in the open

were caught by our machine- gun fire and suffered heavy casualties.

There was considerable reciprocal artil lery activity at intervals north-westward

trenches on a front of about 1,200 metres north-east of Chevreux.

We captured 160 prisonera

GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, May 9th,

A German official report transmitted

of St. Quentin and in the neighbourhood by wireless says:-The Bavarian and <f-Bullecourt, Wancourt and Arleux.

GENERAL WARFARE.

LATER

We slightly advanced our positions last night north-eastward of Hargicourt

Our barrage and machine-gun fire com Petel

broke up an attack in the evening north-eastward of Gavrelle.

Simultaneously. our artillery dispersed. forces concentrating for an attack north

•Ward of Fresnoy,

Our counter-attack

during the night Improved our position westward of Fresnoy, regaining a portion of lost

ground,

Frankish Regiments which stormed Fresnoy held the village against counter attacks, and captured 100, prisoners.

We repulærd British advances at Rosur and Bellecourt.

We repulsed the French after a fierce hand-to-hand struggle between Winter borg and Corbeny-Berry-au-Bac road.

LATER.

4 German official report transmitted by wireless states that the British attacks near Fresnoy and Bullecourt failed

GERMANS USE NEW GAS.

LONDON, May 9th.

Mr. Beach Thomas, the well-known

We drove off a raid castward of correspondent at British Headquarters, Armentieres

GREAT ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.

PARIS, May 10th, A communique states-South of the Ciso we carried out destructive artillery fre against the German batteries at St. Gobain forest,

There was great artillery activity at Chaoin des Dames

We repulsed several counter-attacks in the Cherreux region..

atates that the Germans are asing a new gas and increasing the number of their long-range guns carrying 18 miles

The Balkans.

LATEST CABLES, [THROUGH RESTER'S AGMNUR. J. GERMAN ALLEGATION

DENIED,

PARIS, May 9th, The Macedonian communiqué states:—

Two hundred prisoners were taken in Artillery were active on the whole front, yesterday'a action.

A local operation resulted in our cap. turing & German trench and 100 prisoners north-west of Rheims,

BARLIER CABLES. VIOLENT ENEMY ATTACKS.

PARIE, May 9th. A communiqué states:The struggle was most keen during the night at Chemin des Dames, where the enemy at tempted at various points to turn us out

British aeroplanes successfully bombed enemy depots at Dedli and Paljorca.

Contrary to the allegations contained in the German communiqué of May 8th, there was no attack on the Cerna salient. Russian Front.

BARLIER CABLES. THROUGH REUTER'S JUENCY EXPLOSIONS IN ENEMY BATTERIES.

PETROGRAD, May 8th. A Russian official report trammitted

of the positions we recently captured. The attacks, which were made by large by wireless states:-Dur artillery north- forces were preceded by violent bombard east of Brzeziny caused explosions in ments, but everywhere they were repulsed. the enemy's batteries:

In the district Corny-de-la-Bovelle and on the Monument-de-Surtebite the Ger-

Naval Activities.

EARLIER CABLES. {THROUGH ZBUTED'S. AGENCY.]

SAFEGUARDING MERCHANT

MEN

LONDON, May 9th

RECORD VOTE OF CREDIT.

LONDON, May th.. In the House of Commons, to day, Mr. Bonar Law will ask for a voin of credit for Five Millions sterling, which - is - a record.

CHANCELLOR EXPLAINS,

LATER

EARLIER CABLES, COALITION MINISTRY FOR RUSSIA

THE PRESS CENSORSHIP. HOME SECRETARY SAYS THE PRESS WOULD NOT SUBMIT TO THE DICTATION BUGGESTED. In the House of Commons few months the censorship had been put Dillon complained that during the last to a wholly new use which constituted & M. Kerensky communicated the declarasion to Russia, and while in that country new policy Lord Milner went on a mis

PETEOGRAD, May oth The Government has declared in favour of a Coalition Ministry.

tion to the Duma comtnitter, the Council he made speeches which had been sup of the Soldiers and Workers' Delegates, correspondent, who must be taken as hav

preased. The Winning Post Petrograd ing been inspired by the British.

and to the Socialists, inviting their stated in his communication of Y..

participation.

27th that the general impression made on 4 Russian public was way the members of the Conference had been not a little. disquieted by the internal affairs of Bus- sia, but that this

In the House of Commons, Dr. Mae Raniars stated that since January 1st 35 British ships had been reported over due regarding which there was no in- formation. The Admiralty were taking

In the House of Commons Mr. Bonar all possible steps to accelerate the entry

Law, in introducing the vote of credit of food-ships into ports. The Admiralty for Five Hundred Millions, said it was resources did not permit their providing the largest sum ever asked for in a single an individual escort to every ship, but vote. The cxpenditure recently exceeded everything that is possible had been the estimate. The average daily expendi- done and was being done to safeguard ture de present was £7,150,000, of which Note to the Aflics, appears to bave been however trud in his hand

merchantmen,

The arrangements made Two Millions went to the Allies and the

could not be discussed without giving the enemy most valuable information. He had no reason to believe that the

submarines learned of the routes laid down for British merchantmen. General

LATEST CABLES, THROUGH ESTTER'S AGENCY.J ROYAL NAVAL RECRUIT.

LONDON, May 10th.

H. R. H. Prince Albert has passed for active service

THE PRICE OF TEA.

Loxpos, May 10th. The Board of Referees bus fixed the statutory percentage under the excessi molts duty at 8/8 for tea companies

East Indies at 10/11 for cocoanut com. and firms, respectively, and the Dutch

panies and firms in the Middle East.

Following the warning that unless the

ORDER IN RUSSIA

LONDON, May 9th. A telegram from Petrograd states that

everything is now most orderly. The situation arising from the Government's

Errone

how false, provided unit they supported the view which they desired to cultivate

The practice of the Government in the Censorship was to pass things, no matter-

for the moment, and to suppress new minion. We were exceeding the country, while the Workmen's and Sol-12 whichever from Dr. Dillon, the greas aleared up. The Government's firmness

which told view. He

against that has strengthened their influence in the days after the outbreak of the revolution, Budget estimate for such advances by adiers Delegates have shown a reasonable correspondent, from Paris. These were The Daily Telegraph of March 19th some copy of

Million daily, but he hoped the Budget

published,

estimate would still be realisable owing to the promptitude of America's ânancial assistance to the Allies

MR. BALFOUR'S GREAT SERVICE In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar baw, referring to the British Mission to the United States, paid a warm tribute to the self-sacrifice of Mr. A. J. Balfour m undertaking the Mission. He affirmed that no service in Mr. Balfour's public life had been greater to the State than that rendered by him in connection with the Mission (Loud chcers.)

nees which was not expected by the pacifists. The power of the Delegates is shown by the strict obedience of the people to their orders not to hold demonstrations.

THE BALFOUR MISSION.

WASHINGTON, May Dth.

The Balfour Mission was received in

the Senate with the utmost enthusiasm. * Me. Balfour, in a speech, said that Germany had bhindered in thinking that Great Britain and America were afraid to fight. "My confidence in the issue has redoubled since you have thrown in your lot. I do not believe that Germany can win by her submarines The war Dealing with the Mesopotamia success,

will not be settled by the sinking of Mr. Bonar Law said that no

small

neutral ships and the drowning of women part of the credit was due to the work and children. It will be settled by hard of the General Staff at Home, which fighting have no doubt that success

MESOPOTAMIA.

credit was also due to the splendid cour- regard the union of America, Great will crown out efforts, and that posterity

4g and ardour of the troops-(cheers)--||***

Britain and France as marking a new but much credit was due to General

epoch in civilisation,

Maude, who had shown military ability

the highest order. (Cheers.)

will act drastically the prices at the tec prices are lowered the Government made the arrangements Part of the London sales of Indian teas yesterday fell generally threepence per pound, and in some cases where there was a fall of fivepenco the tea was withdrawn. This is regarded as confirming the view that with caution on the part of dealers and blenders there was no occasion for the recent record wholesale prices of 1/9 and 1/10 per pound compared with sixpence before the war.

BRITAIN WITHDRAWS COTTON LICENCE

LATEST CABLES.

WESTERN FRONT PROGRESS.

Referring to the Western Front, hesaid that the rapidity of their attack forestalled the enemy, who had to fight in the open and suffered heavy losses before the trenches which they had not had time to The Dutch Oversea Trust has been 20,000 prisoners, 257 gans, 227, French prepare Hince April 1st we had taken informed by Great Britain that no fur-mortars; while in the first 24 days on the ther export licences for cotton can be Somme we advanced 33 miles on a six-

THE HAGUE, May 10th.

GEN. HAIG THANKS MUNITIONERS.

LONDON, May 9th.

letters which were suppressed. The first Telegraph evidently was not allowed to Was dated

tex Dr. Dillon

Peris, January 19th, and The publish it until March 10th. In that let of a revolution, and made some spoke of the probability animadversions

vitaff regarding M. Shtsheglo

That continued M Dillon, was the friends of Lord Milner, who came

was one home and boasted of the great result of criminal, who was lying in gaol awaiting his mission in that he had cultivated re lations of intimate friendship with that trial for his life. In another letters Dr. Dillon went on to say that revolution was truth, and if it had been published it absolutely

Inevitable. That was the would have told us here where we were two months before the revolution took place. When Lord Milner came home brow, he issued a most false, scandalous, with all the honours of his mission on his and deceptive interview, which was pass- tish people with all the authority of the ed by the Censor, and seat out to the Bri already complaining bitterly of the tone Government.

The

revolutionists were of some newspapers in this country. He whole tone of the Milner campaign; Mi Dillon complained that the Govern could not help nunccting that with the

decessors had done Information was ment had not fulfilled their promise to give more information then their pre- also suppressed by the Government con cerning the Baloniks expedition, which. etnerprise he regarded as nothing les than woonstruck madness,

As regarded the submarines menace,

HOMES RECRETARY'S REPLY

were

* Sir O. Cave Sad Bir Dillon had made a general churge that the censorship, SES one sided supissed facts the Govern The Press Bureau announces that ments that were untrue. That general

ment disliked,

ed, and encouraged other state Pield Marshal Haig has written to the statement was wholly unfounded. The

rantum Minister of Munitions stating that the other wholly untrue or of such a nature

statements which vore suppressed Army during the recent operations ap with the conduct of the war Mr. Dillon that if published they would interfere preciated the efforts of the workers had said that general directions wore, to supply

on, aircraft, and tanks,

guns, rifles, amuni Van to the Press as to what they should publish, and that pressure was put upon knows that it can rely upon the workers of Great Britain would submit to any The Army no others. He did not believe the Press the Pross to publish these statements, und

to maintain their efforts to ensure that ceivable to him that any Government-

att-mpt of that sort, and it was incon the Army will Jack nothing in the future

should venture to is purview

This fighting The reduction of the number you will suffer."

it if you do not

!!!

pablish the Preso

of ́ prematures ” proves that the manu charge. I end a custom had arlsen af

Mr. Dillon: I did

not make that

granted in view of the domestic require mile front. We had now, advanced facture, filling and inspection have issuine documents advising the Press to

ments of Great Britain.

FOOD PRICES.

miles on a 20-mile front. There were now twice as many German divisions against ns as were on the Somme, and half of these had to be withdrawn Our.

reached a high standard.

PEACE TERMS RUMOURS. LONDON, May 9th.

propagate certain views. I said the Press were not bound to act on the advice, but that the censor had the power to annoy them,

Sir G Gave said that was the statement- he had in mind, and that amounted would submit. Nothing was done ex- coerced. He did not believe the Press to a charge that the Prees were

cept to guide the Press 88 to what was true Mr. Dillon complained Count that Lord Milner's speeches in Petzo will He himself had read some of them in this grad were suppressed in this country country, so that statement was not whol ly true. He would like Mr Dillon to rention one speech of Lord Milner & tele graphed to Great Britain which was supr- pressed. If anything was suppressed in Russia-well; the Press Bureau of Great Britain could not be held responsible

LONDON, May 9th.. Devonport has fixed the maximum retail from 50 to 75 per cent less than on the German Chancellor crisis.

The Press Bureau announce that lord casualties in the present offensive were in Switzerland pointing to another A flood of rumours has suddenly arisen price for maize flour and maize meal at Somme Our success was largely due to It is even reported that fourpence por pound, and oatmeat,

our distinço artillery superiority, in con- Hertling, the Bavarian Premier, rolled oats, and flaked oats at fivepence nection with which he paid a warm succeed Dr. Bethmann-Hollweg. halfpenny.

tribute to the Royal Flying Corps.

It is noteworthy shot Count Hertling, If wo wish to realise how

who recently returned from a

visit to much has been

done

Vienna, ons the REA

writing to a Bavarian news

THE TONNAGE SITUATION.

Bling

LONDON, May 5th, In the House of Commons, Bir LWestern Front, let us picture our feelings paper, asserts that Germany does not Chiozzá Money said that the tonnage

it in the same period as the battle of red an indemnity, but that the Peace pathy with those members who complain confessed he had very little syr situation was exceedingly serious but

Arran we lost 20,000 prisoners and the Termos rust include the return of the military matters was not satisfied by what-

that their curiosity with regard to more hopeful than a few weeks ago, He

same bumber of guns as the Germans German Colonies and served ships, and was allowed to appear in the Press. The was of opinion that we should overcome.

Tost (Chiers)

whole of the permission for German trade to continue which could be given without injury to.

information and bena the problem if we gave it proper atten-Explaining the apparent increase in

as before the war in all oversen countries. denied that statements which were know

the conduct of the war. He entirely. the cost of the wary he said there was

to be entrue were allowed to be published, a sum of Thirty Millions sterling during

or that there was any desire on the part of the Government to publisk only what the period under review which could not

they liked

tion.

ITALIAN SHIPPING,

ROTE, May 9th The official report for the week ended

towards Jonawer,

We advanced north westward of Seune May 6th states that 464 els arrived

A German official report states: --

of Kilibaba and southward of Vleput

We repaised the Russians northward

mans twice suffered & sanguinary reverse. A powerful efort was made further easi against the California Plateau, hat the German waves of assault were, mown maroad. down by our barrage and machine-gun

They renewed their attacks several times, despite considerable losses, in the hope of ousting us from this important position

MACEDONIA, FRONT.

and 430 soiled. The Italian vessels sink were seven steamers and eight sailing ships. One steamer and two sailing ships were unsuccessfully attacked.

SILVER

London, May 10th @ The silver market is without feature

SHIPPING NEWE

NY.K SERVICE TO LIVERPOOL According to the Acah, an agreement

be regarded as a real expenditure. The fus been renched between the Japanese Luzaph read by Mr Dillon yer

and British Governments by which the NFK, European liners will extend their touch alternately at London and Liver- service to: Liverpool They will hereafter

THE STABLE BOY'S VIEW.

disited and to suppress what The questions from The Dril plained at the time of their private letters written by Dr) Censor. (Bajo The Daily Telegraph) extracts which had not been submitted to the

GERMAN AEROPLANES FELLED

expenses of the Dominions Governments ware paid here and reimbursed by the Dominions Governments. In April we paid out but did not receiver There was, therefore, no reason to suppose the Budget estimates of expenditure for the A well known Sydney jockey tells the The German Government is trying to

BY FRENCH. AVIATORS IN 1916. year would not be approximately correct trainer in Victoria The trainer in ques221 machines in 1918. To show how fa following story at the expense of asbe neatrals believe that they lost only 24′′ front, be naid it was inevitable that pro- The trainer was surprised, and decided 1910 in January, 17 in February,

tion employs 20 or 30 stable boys, who below the truth this figure is it is su eperting to operations on the western recently complained that the food proficient to state that French aviators alone vided them was not up to the standard accounted for 417 German acıoolanes in gress was low. One of the most encour that if the lads were justified in their in March 27 in April, 41 in May, 18 in aging features of the battle, however, remedial He arrived just as the boys September, 41 in October, 30 in Novem complaints mattere would be immediately June, 49 in July, 49 in August, 20 in was the elangt hysterical German com- Fereitting down to the morning meal ber, and 12 in December. minéqués about imaginary victories in freckled faced youth holding ont a chop destruction is absolutely certain and con Look at that said a red-haired, In addition to these 417 machines whom The Steel Corporation has subscribed people. The extent of the German fail manner order to keep up the courage of the at the There was most bitter fighting in the Five Millions eterling to the Liberty are was well illustrated by the figures

a fork The trainer firmed by the rigorous control carried aniffed

and in a hesitating out in each air squadron, account must- Cerna salient.

eered that he thought it he taken of 195 other German seroplanes On the turn, be whose fall cannot be given as certain, buk- he bad quoted.

orted the youth; why, it's which, an ang

damage

LONDON, May th

and is quiet

A German official report states: The enemy attacked at numerous paints between Lake Prepa and Lake Doiran.

The enemy momentarily gained a foot Their repeated assaults heavily broke

ing in the north-east salient of the down. Platean, but a bayonet charge hurried

them back in disorder.

Lóan.

EARLIER CABLES.

LIBERTY LOAN.

NEW YORK, May 9th.

wason

blowed half way down the straight.