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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 15TH, 1017.
BRITISH SUCCESSES IN FRANCE.
AUSTRALIAN GALLANTRY.
AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.
ZEBRUGGE HEAVILY BOMBARDED. BRITISH NAVAL ACTIVITY.
Franco-Belgian Front,
LATEST CABLES;
(THROUGH NEOMAN'S AGENOY,]
BRITISH GAINS.
HEAVY ENEMY ATTACKS.
VIOLENT ENEMY ATTACKS.
PARIS, May 13th.
A communiqué states:Artillery and rifle fire broke up violent enemy attacke on the Creoane plateau, north of Rheims, and in the region of Maison de Cham
Naval Activities
LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH MUTER'S AGENCY.] SPANISH STEAMER SUNK. COMPENSATION DEMANDED
MODRID, May 14th.
A German sulumarine sank the Spanish steamer Carmen which was proceeding to Cette The Government is protesting demanding compensation
Two Spanish destroyers have been vidored to act as guardships between Gijon and the French coast,
BARLIER CABLES.
ATTACK ON ZEEBRUGGE. BOMBARDMENT BY BRITISH MONITORS AND AIRCRAFT
FLUSHING, May 13th. There was heavy firing and bombing
pagne with heavy losses. We took pri during the early hours of the morning
in the direction of Zeebrugge.
Reports from the frontier state that warships and aircraft attacked Zeebrugge from three till eight o'clock in the morn
CALM ON FRENCH FRONT.
-PARIB, May 13th. A communiqué states:There is a teng. lative calm on the whole front,
LONDON, May 14th. Router's correspondent at Headquar-soners. ters anys-We bombed the enemy out of Ballecourt and drove him out of the maze of riverside defences around the Roeux quarries. A cratered field and German fort, known as Cavalry Fasma, near the Cambrai-Arras road, was easily captured. The Germans desperately on deavoured to re-take Bulleccart. At 3.20 on Sunday morning they launched a heavy attack which was smashed up by gunfire. Only twelve men eanic within
bombing distance, nine being killed and three prisonerod, and these died of wounds. A fresh attack was dispersed an hour later, when but twenty man got
who was captured. It is dificult to give
We continued destructiva artillery firing on works and organisations of the enemy, who but feebly replied.
The Belgians brought down a German aeroplane south of Ulst.
GALLANT AUSTRALIANS.
LONDON, May 13th. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in o communiqué, says: --We repulsed two counter attacks upon positions on the
The Australians for the past ten days
in this sector, repelling at least twelve. determined counter-attacks,
The bombardment was unprecedently heavy.
GERMAN VERSION.
LONDON, May 13th
enemy monitors shelled Zeebrugge on A Berlin official message states that Saturday in the fog, at long range.
There was little damage, and there were no fatalities
ADMIRALTY'S REPORT,
ENEMY CONFERENCE.
AMSTERDAM, May 13th. A telegram from Berlin says the Im perial Chancellor has gone to Vienna, whore he will hold a conference with Count Czernin.
RUSSIAN GIANT AEROPLANE DISASTER.
AMERICA AND THE WAR NEWSPAPER CENSORSHIP
RESENTED.
WASHINGTON, May bath.
GERMAN MERCANTILE
MARINE.
DISMAL PROSPECTS.
The boastful and confident articles on
The Senate, after an acrimonious the future of German mercantile ship debate, expunged by 39 vates to 38 the ping which filled the Gorman Preas at provisions of the Espionage Bill estab-earlier periods of the war have given "lishing a modified newspaper censurship, COLONEL ROOSEVELT'S DIVISION. LONION, May 13th.
After a storny debate, the House of Russian: One of our giant liomurometz acroplanea against 178 to restore the Army: Bill wireless message states Representatives decided by 315 votes unexplainedly fell 10,000 feet at Monasteramenduent which the Senate eliminated jiska,
The crew of six perished.
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
GENERAL KORNILOFF RESIGNS.
PETROGRAD, May 13th. General Korniloff has resigned com mand of the troops at Petrograd without giving any explanation, but it is up
permitting Mr. Roosevelt to lead a Division in France.
SOCIALISTS DETERMINED. OVERTHROW OF HOHENZOLLERN DYNASTY DEMANDED.
New YORK, May 13th.. Prominent Socialists have sent messages
way to a soberer way of looking at things. Less than a year ago we werə German merchant ships.would pour told that the war had only to cease and
Seas, conquering and to conquer, British from their harbours, to sail the Soven forth
tonnage, we were further assured, was bither sunk or wom out, and the build- ing yards were not making good tha losses. It would be an easy victory los German shipping conecina, all the morð as the yards were turning out enormous quantities of new tonnage of a most superior type, Ships of ten, twenty, and even fifty thousand tons were rapidly ers were only waiting for the magic word approaching completion, and their build- "Peace.e
parently due to friction with the Council to Socialists at Stockholm, Copenhagen Buba chunge has come over the spirit
of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegatea.
The Hague and Berne requesting them of this dream of supremacy. We hdsr MUNITIONS QUESTION.. to forward them to the Socialists in Gor- little or nothing more of busy yarda
PETROGRAD, May 13th.
many, declaring that the democracy of filled with orders fox now ships. De According to Beuter's correspondent at the world would continue to fight Gerging of yesterday, and when the subject. pression has taken the place of the brag- Petrograd, the War Minister, M, Gutch many till the Hohenzollern dynasty was with a hope that at some near day the is mentioned at all it is always coupled koff, says if a definite agreement is reach overthrown. The signatories include Mr Imperial Government will consent to ed with America, who has undertaken to Russell, a member of the Mission 10 cover the war losses of shippers, and come down with a thumping big sum to organise Russia's transport system, the Russia
provide them with ships to resume busi- ness when peace comes.
question of the supply of munitions
SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON'S APPEAL TO NEWSPAPERS.
ecks. The rovictualling of the Army would be satisfactorily solved in a few RESOURCES OF THE NATION,
it would shortly be improved.". was at present most unfavourable, but The Army had been reorganised, enabling the utilisation of men of talent.
ANARCHIST8.
LONDON, May 13th. The Admiralty makes the following Despite M. Techcidze's denial, it is
Zeebrugge.
DISMAL SHIPPING PROSPECTS.
Dr. Isenheimer, the Syndic of the Association of Shippers for the Weser (Bremen), district; in a lecture delivered. before the Institute for Oceanography gives a most depressing account of the notuar state of affairs. He spoke in desponding tones of the men, loases which may be still further increased as the wor goes on SVETA
With regard to the lusson of tonnage by the breaches of international law practised by Germany's enemies, by the
LONDON, May 13th through and all were killed except one. Hindenburg line, eastward of Bullecourt announcement:-A portion of our Dover confirmed that the conditions at Schlone Paper Press Fund, and, in acknowledg- he explained that this was mainly caused
General Sir William Robertson was the guest at a dinner given by the Newa a right impression of the scale of pers have gallantly maintained their positions rog a very heavy bombardment of inst. A small party of anarchists has that during the last five or six weeks and by the seizure of German chipse forces auccessfully carried out yesterdayselburg are as telegraphed on the 10th Navy and, merchant seamen, mentioned injury done to the rights of neutrale, spective of the various engagements,
ing the great de
of the Army to the Summed up, we have made a most valu- ble advance, and took nearly 1,000-pri-
seized the Duke of Leuchtenburg's house we had expended 200,000 tons of muni- calculates that 1,300,000 tons have been of Workmen's and Soldiers Delegates, auros 50,000 tons of stone weekly for the reckoned. Whether compensation for in Petrograd and is defying the Councils in France slone, while we had sent lost owing to these causes German shipa moners, and have captured the better part
fore the outbreak of war. Dr Isenheimer of two villages, muny bits of trench, a
is dead and claims that the Committee meant a great, amount of work Sir Dr. Isenbeinier reckoned, the value of the The latter's organ deolares that the Duma making and mending of ronde. All this these lowes will be forthcoming, only the confiscated by the enemy must also be fair amount of booty-french-mortare and machine guns and have put
put large
has the sole right to
further progress of the war will show. numbers of the enemy out of action. The
until the Constituent Assembly meeta
for the people William urged newspapers to realise lost tonnage at £12,000,000 Other de- weight of the German artillery is still
their great power and responsibility to German landing and loading stations plorable losses consist in injuries done feature of the situation
MANCHESTER STRIKE ENDED. and to encourage the seventy-five abroad, and bere the loss is so great that
not even an estimate is possible, LONDON, May 13th. per cent of the nation which was not
EARLIER CABLES:
FIGHTING IN THE WEST:
BRITISH CAPTURES..
LONDON, May 13th.
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in communiqué, says: We stormed last might the Roeux Cemetery and chemical works further northward, and continued to advance today, carrying positions in thig neighbourhood on a front of a mile and-a-half. We took 700 prisoners and captured a number of trench mortars and machine-guns,
We destroyed yesterday seven German zeroplanes. Five were driven down un- controllable. Four of ours are missing.
GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, May 13th.
We hold the greater part of Bullecourt, western houses of Roeux, and have again We to-day established ourselves in the
progressed on the western slopes of Greenland Hill
and there were over fifteen aorial combats The Naval Air Service cooperated,
machines were destroyed and five drivch fought, in which four of the enemy's
down uncontrolled
vo affour are A missing, one of which landed in Hollend,
being interned
and five were brought down out of conTM Wo destroyed six German aeroplanes
trol. Six of ours are missing.
BULLECOURT SURROUNDED.
LONDON, May 14th Router's British Headquarters states:--It had correspondendent at the
become apparent that during the fighting on the 11th and 12th inst, we scored gratifying important successes and tacti round the chemical factory near Roeux cal advantages. The smart unflanking
nonplussed the enemy as to the where abouts of our main attack, and the large
erodome after spying the attack swoop- flight of our aeroplanes returning to the
ed down and circled very low till all their ammunition was epent
In and around Bullecourt, the situa tion is developing favourably.
The
A German official message transmitted enemy to day hold one hundred and by wireless says:-British attacks Bullecourt, between Gavrelle and the of the villege, which
at twenty yards of trench to the south-west Scarpe, and on both sides of the Arras-
bave surrounded. Cambrai Road, failed with heavy losses, ARTILLERY ACTIVITY:
PARIS, May 13th. A communiqué states:-Duy artillery has been active, especially scuth of St. Quentin, on the plateau north of the Aisne, and in Champagne. There has bean no infantry action, except a French raid at Berry-au-Bac There were numer- ous air fights on Friday, in which seven German acroplanes were destroyed, Seven others fell badly damaged.
BRITISH STILL PROGRESSING. LONDON, May 13th.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a
communiqué, says There were patrol
∙ed.
Small parties of our troops have filter- through the village with very few casualties and are now clearing numerous enemy machine gun pickets established in the ruins.
The
Balkans.
BARLIER VABLES. (TEHOUGH REUTER'S AGESOY, J
MACEDONIAN FRONT.
SERBIANS GAINING
F
PARIS, May 13th."
A Macedonian official message says:-
encounters last night north-west of St. On May 12th the enemy opposed with
Quentin.
violent reactions our attacks, during
NORWEGIAN SEAMEN AND SPIES. CHRISTIANIA, May 18th.
The Manchester Engineering Strike in the firing line, but whose work was
ぎ
Committee has decided to resume work essential to success, to do their utmost
centres.
nation could be utilised.
Four Associations of captains mates, stewards and seamen have passed & re decision affects all
on the 14th instant. Presumably its so that the whole of the resources of the solation arging the Government to exercise more effective control over who are responsible for the sufferings of foreigners poaring into Norway so spies, the seamen,
General
LATEST CABLE!. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] RUSSIA CALLING UP RESERVES.
A FRIEND OF AMERICA. MR BALFOUR WARMLY ACOLAIMED
LORD DERBY ON THE OUTLOOK.
EVERY REASON TO BE OPTIMISTIC.
lines during the war, the lecturer stated Turning to the incomes of German that afthough a number of companies their revenue from this sourse was hardly employed their ships in the Baltic trade worth talking about, German shipping, he stated, is faced with almost insuper- able dificulties, and it is extremely difficult to know how, when the war is over, the companies will. again resume their activities.There is first of all the almost entire lack of man, oficars, crew, artificers and engineers, the supplying of ships with coal, oil and provisions, the repair and fitting out of German ships in neutral harbours
LARGE SUBSIDIES: DEMANDED.
NEW YORK, May 13th. The Chamber of Commerce luncheon to the British Mission was memorable from the fact that American financiers and
LONDON, May 13th business men of world wide note cast paid a tribute to the bravery of the Fly-all these difficulties. It must be
Lord Derby, speaking at Liverpool, u the opinion of the lecturer the peace negotiations must provide a way out of axide their accustomed restraint and ing Corps. He defied anyone to say condition that interned ships shall be uproariously acclaimed Mr. Balfour as whether any nation had complete air the friend of the United States,
shallows must be again deepened, vrecka provided with coal; artificially made.
shipping companies during the war hays and mines must be removed. And not to be forgotten is the fact that noutral made enormous profits and accumulated
PETROGRAD, May 14th. General Gutchkoff has ordered the send-
Mr. Balfour, responding to the toast, diction, he said that on essential days supremacy, but, without fear of contra ing to the front of reserve officers and said his life's dream had been that the in the battles of Arras and the Bomme large reservis. Only by means of an men who were mobilised in 1014 and have English-speaking and liberty-loving the supremacy of the air was absolutely efficient mercantile, marine will it be pos centage of such officers' is soventeen, not yet been sent to the war. The par-branches of mankind should be drawn ours, and without it we could not have man economic life, and therefore it is to sible to bring about any revival of Gor closer, and that all temporary causes of done what we did. Lord Derby believed be hoped that the Imperial authorities difference should be seen in their true that there were at present better brains sidies large enough to secure shipping will speedily come forward with sub perspective. He had been and would in this country perfecting and improv interests against disaster, PETROGRAD, May 14th, The anarchists who evacuated Count
remain, unalterably faithful to the ideal ing flying machines than in any country Leuchtenberg's house, mentioned on the
of American frienship. 13th, proceeded to the villa of ex-
in the world. Minister Durnovo, which had been consen-power is transferred to German hands reason to be optimistic. "We can cer- Shouts of "No" greeted Mr. Balfour's question:- "Does anyone think that if the war, Lord Derby said there was every Referring to the general outlook of mandeered by other anarchista,
RUSSIAN ANARCHISTS.
THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE.
GERMANS REFUSED PASSPORTS,
AMSTERDAM, May 14th.
The Berlin Government has refused passports to Herr Hasse and other In dependent Socialists to proceed to the Stockholm conference.
THE BANDMAN OPERA CO. The Bandman Opera Company will soon be with us once again. They will commence their all too short season here amuning - municat There comedy High Jinke. This will hold
it will be exercised on behalf of human tainly beat the submarine menzee if we with that highly freedom
ration ourselves fequired.":
Mr. Balfour continued to say that the was no place in the country for the man the boards on Thursday and Friday
German Fleet was deliberately brought into existence in the hope of crushing Naval Power which German autocracy of freedom and one of the most perfect recognises as one of the great bulwarks defences against world domination.
ALLIED OFFICERS IN GERMANY
in
EARLIER CABLES. ATROCITIES ON JEWS.
AMSTERDAM, May 13th. North-east of Le Verguier we advanced
Losnos, May 13th
A Berlin message says the transfer of our posts at certain points, inflicting which be aucceeded in regaining a foot-
Reuter learns that all the Jews were Anglo-Freach officers to Freibrug has casualtics.
ing in some trenches captured yesterday expelled from Jaffs at the Passover and begun. They will be housed at Brkedalegen, but east of this point They were robbed during their flight and SCANDINAVIA AND THE WAR
were compelled to flee We advanced our line slightly south of French troops briliantly carried an
northwards hotels the Scarpe and improved our positions enemy work and made prisoner of about Those resisting were hanged. Thousande
their houses were looted and destroyed NEUTRALITY TO BE MAINTAINED on the western slopes of Greenland Hill thirty.
and ill. Those deported to an unknown destino 10 included masses of wandered in the roads, helpless, starving.
Jews from Jerusalem.
Fighting continues at Rallescurt,
North of the river, we repulsed a The Serbiana are gaining ground foot counter-attack east of Reenx Cemetery by foot They captured Height 1824 and and took fifty of the enemy prisoner.
continue to progress at Doblopolje.
STOCKHOLM, May 13th.
A conference of Scandinavian Ministers young resolved to continue absolute neutrality
and to abstain from mediation,
for the country and the war who did not do all the work in his power nights, and on Saturday" Mr. Manhat
GERMAN LABOUR PROGRAMHE.
will be presented.NE The following week come The Merry Widow The Happy Day, The Bing Boys are here," "The Girl form Diro and the ever popular Girl in the Taxi which will be the Company's farewell night.
The Social Democratic Labour Union of Germany has published its programme, Speaking of High Jinks," The The chief feature of it is the demand Daily Telegraph Rays:-A success of that the consent of the Reichstag be laughter and high obtained to the preliminary negotiations word, describes her That, in a High Jinks we for the conclusion of all alliances, and saw at the Adelphi last night. And the
responsibility to the Reichstag must be insidious and insistent-tune with a to declarations of war and treaties of very agreeable racket? Introduced us peace, and that the Imperial Chancellor's simply crazy is an alarmingly to s tune 18, going to send London
clation by all the belligerents of all fixed by his liability to dismiss upon lightly syncopated rhythm and a frolic the demand of the Reichstas. Finally some lilt that would set an accurate the programme urges the speedy conclu dancing. had one tuns so maddeni sion of pasce on the basis of the renun- stand more
musical comedy would
claims of annexation.
Padhesive the rollicking one.
rans through the piece as a kind of leading motive. And by the rarest luck the fun mlief in the Hamburg district is come indeed, was as brisk and metry as an
and the high spirita did Every woman in receipt of public the end was reached. The last
not fizzle out, as so oft, u happens, balore led to do six hogis agricultural work of the three. Never, in short, re gh daily Fifteen Ponsand forced meat jinks sustained with greater spl tickets have been circulated in Munich miccem.
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