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THE WAR.

THE

BRITISH COMPLETE CAPTURE OF

ROEUX

TOTAL ANGLO-FRENCHLCAPTURES.

BRITISH ADMIRALTY

APPOINTMENTS.

ZEPPELIN DESTROYED IN NORTH SEA,

Branco-Belgian Pront.

LATEST CABLER. {THROUGH SJUTRE'S AGENOT.]

CAPTURE OF ROEUX COMPLETED.

LONDON, May 15th." Field-Marshal Sir Dougies Haig re. ports We continued our progress to-day northward of the Scarpe

We completed our copture of Roeux, which had been defended with great determination and was the scene of much dosporate fighting during the past month. We slightly advanced our hins north word of Gavrelle.

Naval Activities.

LATEST CABLES, {THROUGH BRUTEE'S "AGRNOY.] WARFARE ON FRENCH SHIPPING.

PARIS, May 15th. The number of French merchant-shipa which were unsuccessfully attacked and sunk by submarines, respectively, were:

Urocessfully

Attacked. Book

February March April During April the following engage- ments occurred; Submarines

with

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16TH, 1917.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

STIRRING ADDRESS BY GENERAL SMUTS

LONDON, May 14th. Speaking at meeting of the League of Nations Suciety, Lord Bryen presid ing, General Smuts said that the war had stamped into the hearts of millions of men and women an intense desire for a batter order of things. The old order was now useless.

EARLIER CABLES:

ADMIRALTY CHANGES. NEW COMMANDER IN CHIEF FOR CHINA STATION.

LONDON, May 14th.

In the House of Commons, Sir Edward Larson ratnounced the following changes on the Board of the Admiralty: --Ad- miral Sir John Jellicce to have the additional title of Chief of Naval Staff.

Vice Admiral Bir Henry Oliver, at

RUSSIAN WAR MINISTER RESIGNS.

PETROGRAD, May 14th. M. Gutchkoff has resigned the port folios of War and Marine

In a letter, to the Premier he explains that his resignation is due to the condi- tions affecting the

which threaten to be fatal to the coun

Government's authority over the Army and Navy,

try's defence and liberty, even to exist. for the grave crime which is being com enco. He refuses to share responsibility

mitted against the country.

LONDON, May 16th.

Rear Admiral A. L. Duff, at present in LABOUR UNREST IN ENGLAND charge of the Anti-Submarine Depart- ment, to be an additional member of the Board, with the title of Assistant Chief of Naval Staff.

Rear Admiral Lionel Halsey, at pro cat Fourth Ban Lord, to be Third Sea Lord in succession to Vice-Admiral F C. Tudor Tudor, who will be appointed Commander-in-Chief

of the China

Station

Sir Eric Geddes, at present Director tional member of the Board. General of Transports, to be an addi-

All the treaties and present Chief of Staff, to be an additional optimism of the nineteenth century had member of the Board with the title of ended in suffering and losses baffling Deputy Chief of Naval Staff description. It had been computed that eighty million men had died in war and a greater number had been permanently Baimed. It had been stated that the casualties in this war were equal to the white population of the British Empire. If such wars were allowed to recur, the whole fabric of civilisation would be endangered. It was time for action. regarding this, not for folding your hands and bending your head a hundredth part of the thought had been given to this war which had been given towards peace, there never would be war again." I believe that a passion for peace has been born in this wor which will prove greater than any passions for gain or conquest. As far as was bumadly possible such a war as this should never Six German aeroplanes were brought French patrol ships, 12, with French again be tolerated. However, there is down, and two others were driven down sonplanca, 13; gunfire engagements with danger in believing too much in treaties be placed under his control. As the French merchantmen 16. All the last until we have a radical change in the hearts of men. I think that that change is coming. There must be no patchwork OF DUTCH GRAIN peace, or a peace which is simply a com-

SHIPS.

promise of conficting interests. Every nation must have the choice of its own destiny and not have it cut and carved to, please the great Powers." He sup- ported the iden of the appointment of an Anglo-American Committee to discuss a scheme enstiring peace, and he suggested that if they could bring together practi cal men who know the world's bad ways splendid results would be achieved. Any nation not wishing to run straight must be compelled to realise that as Just resource the World would use force to

on Sunday. Three of ours are missing.

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BRITISH PROGRESS.

LONDON, May 14th Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re- portsWe repulsed raids Inst night north-eastward of Epehy and northward of Ypres.

We exptured a few prisoners, We made progress st villago

Rooux

LATEST VABLES, VIOLENT BOMBARDING DUEL

PARIS, May 15th.

A eommunique states The Germans

mentioned escaped.

SINKING

AMSTERDAM, May 15th. According to a deserter, it was the Usa which sank seven Dutch grain-ships of Falmouth, on February 22nd. The sub marine's number was changed whenever it was noticed by a neutral or enemy. GERMAN PROFESSOR URGES HARSHER SUBMARINISM.

COPENHAGEN, May 15th. The state of mind even among the

bombarded Brayo-en-Laounais- and educated classes in Germany is shown

Cerny.

Bombarding squadrons dropped 3 tons of explosives behind the German lince.

EARLIER CABLES.

FRENCH REPORT,

the blockaded zone.

make it run straight.

The labour unrest continues. While the engineers in several areas are resuming work, the extremists remain out

London is almost without omnibuses. A mass meeting of drivers and conduc tors passed a resolution by an over- whelming majority in favour of a strike. They are demanding the recognition of their union and a ten shilling weekly тіве

The weavers employed in Lancashire,

CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

[BY COURTESY OF THE

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CHUNG NGỌI

THE POLITICAL SITUATION:

SHANGHAI, May 15th, To-day at the Tuchuns invited the Meinbers of Parliament to exchange opinions with them.

All the Tuchuns entertained the Minis- tern of the Eutente,

Military officers to his residence, stating Yesterday the Premier invited the

that he will resign,

The Tuchun have declared their policy as follows:-(1) To maintain Tan Chi sul's Cabinet, (2) to regard the diploma tie policy as unchangeable; and (3) to demand (2) that Parliament approve of a declaration of war, and, in that eventy to consult as to the maintenance of the Cabinet,

KWANGTUNG TROOPS TO BE. INSPECTED

Wang Chihsiang left Peking yesterday for Kwangtung in order to inspect the troops.

When Don Manuel George Sequira, native of Brazil and a local character well-

→ Sir Edward Curson said that Sir Eric Yorkshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire have TIRED OF VICTORIA GAOL- Geddes had been chosen for the position been instructed to hand in their notices named and would be responsible for ful-on Wednesday of their intention to striks filling the shipbuilding requirements for on the 20th ist, demanding 20 per cent the Admiralty, the War Office and the increase Ministry of Shipping For this purpose the all of the three Departments would

CONDITIONS IMPROVING.

duties for which he would be responsible ab the Admiralty would include not only shipbuilding, but the production of arms and muritions, it was necessary that his touch with the Admiralty should be close and intimate, hence his appointment as a member on the Board of the Admiralty. He would also be associated with the Ministry of Shipping as a member of the Shipping Control Committee,

known in the Police Court, was brought before Mr Melbourne yesterday morning to answer a charge of vagrancy, he said:

·LATER

I have been in Victoria Gaol twenty- The strike situation is improving. six times and I'm tired of Victoria Gaol Munition workers and engineers in many your worship will let me off easy this places have resolved to resume work, time, I'll see Mr. North, get a pass for while the Sonth Lancashire strikers re- Maza and leave the society of Hong- umed work to-day,

kong. I'm also tired of Hongkong."

Mr. Runciman asked whether the duty. of supervising the construction of mer chant shipping would be transferred from the Shipping Controller to the.

dbirhaty

Sir Edward Carson answered that Sir Eric Geddes would act with the Ship ping Controller, and added that Sir Eric had just completed most important

GENERAL JOFFRE IN MONTREAL

MONTREAL, May 14th General Joffre paid a flying visit and received the warmest welcome.

WHEAT PROSPECTS IN CANADA.

MONTREAL, May 14th Winnipeg reports splendid prospects of the wheat harvest, the growth of which has been phenomenal.

FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER

CANADA.

IN

„OTTAWA, May 14th

M. Viviani, the Foreign Minister for France, addressed both House of Parlia Ment, and met with a most enthusiastic reception.

Furthermore, your worship, I don't plead guilty this time," added the de- fendant. How can the Indian Sergeant who arrested me know whether or not I FLAW vagrant Can he see in my pocketa whether or not I have money Becauso I am known, as a beggar and a drunkard, and wear dirty and shabby clothes, ho look advantage of me.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Indian Police Sergeant B 240 deposed that he had seen the alleged mendicant accost several.

persons in Hollywood Road, near the Old Bailey, asking for alms.*

I only spoke to Mr. Osborne of the China Sugar Refinery,

explained the defendant.

Don't I know Jimmie! Why he's an old ex-school mate of mine at St. Joseph's College. I merely said, Hullo, Jimmie, How are you? How's the Now, if your worship will just lot ma Family Burely that's not begging. off easy this time, I'll aze Mr. Leo or Mr. F. X. D'Almada, both old ax-school He dwelt upon the services of Canada mates of mine, and arrange to leave the

His Worship Have you any witnessce 7 Defendant-No, but neither has the Police Sergeant.

by an article in the review Woche, by the They were violently answered by our well-known Professor Flamm, urging a artillery.

Lord Buckmaster trusted that before work in France, which was very success- more harsh treatment of neutral ships, to the war was ended it would have broughtful and the Government were glad to There was lively artillery fire east of force them to remain in their home ports, down the whole of the Powere respon avail themselves of his services. Berry-au-Bac and Montbaut.

und that too many of their crews atsible for the great wrong In voicing Sevan enemy aeroplanes were brought present were saved. It would be best if his own opinion, he said, the scheme of

FIRST LORD EXPLAINS. down,

LONDON, May 14th. neutral ships disappeared tracelessly, the League of Nations would fail unless then terror would keep them away from Germany admitted we have got to Carson, explaining the New Admiralty In the House of Commone Sir Edward

separate the German rulers from the appointments, said the changes had a two- EARLIER CABLES.

German people, and to destroy one and fold object. The first was to free the at the Front, notably at Ypres, and he Colony and get to Macao." support the other, if that is done we First Sea Lord and the Heads of the acknowledged the material aid given by BOMBARDMENT OF ZEEBRUGE believe the future a safe.

Naval Staff as far as possible from the Dominion, REVERBERATION HEARD AT

Lord Hugh Cecil said that of Inte administrative work, in order that they RECRUITING IN AUSTRALIA. years Europcon sentiment had retro concentrate their attention upon gressed. We felt a boundless devotion important jasues relating to the naval

MELBOURSE, May 14th. LONDON, May 14th.

Mr. Pearce the Minister for Dofence, The bombardment of Zeebrugge was un any other. He would like to see the

for our own country, but we had none for conduct of the war. The second object

usually severe.

He was to strengthen the shipbuilding and had a consultation with the Director of It was clearly felt at ministers of Christianity of all dano

production departments of the Admiralty Recruiting. It is understood that they Dover, Deal and elsewhere, the doors and minations of all countries foregather to

aa by providing an organisation comparable discussed the acceptanes of men of good windows rattling.

enforce the principles that war and ve

en to that which had supplied the army physique up to fifty years of age.

with munitions. It was further intended nationalism were inconsistent with

ZEPPELIN DESTROYED. to develop and utilise to the best advant Christianity.

age the whole shipbuilding resources of AMERICA'S WAR STRENGTH.

the country, and, as far as possible, to concentrate the whole organisation under

PARIS, May 14th.

A communiqué states:-Strong German reconnaissances attempting to reach our lines at various points broke down com pletely under our fire. The enemy Buffered important losses and we took prisoners.

ANGLO-FRENCH CAPTURES,

LONDON, May 14th. Reuter's Correspondent at French Headquarters reports that the Franco- British captures since the beginning of the offensive on tho sth of April, to the 12th of May total 40,579 prisoners, of which 976 are officers, 444 guns, 350 trench-mortars, 43 machine-guns, ex- cluding a quantity of mach ne guns which had been put out of action

GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, May 14th. A Berlin official report admits that the British forced an entrance into Roeux. A ferce

battle continues at Bullecourt, There is morensing artillery firing in the Ypres Wytschacte stors

The Balkans.-

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{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY, / SERBIAN FRONT.

LONDON, May 14th. A Serbian communiqué dated May 12th states: There is a violent artillery duel along our whole front.

DOVER.

The Near East.

EARLIER CABLES. THROUGH ARUTER'Ḥ AGENCY.]

RUSSIANS RETIRE

PETROGRAD, May 14th An official report transmitted by wireless states Southward of Erzingan the Kurds repulsed one of our companies. We repelled a Kurd. attack near Belamer

Under superior Turkish pressure we retired to the left bank of the Disla

aver.

General

LATEST CABLES. {THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

MAILS LOST.

LONDON, May 16th.

Forces reaching London for despatch on Of the correspondence for the Egyptian

April 27th, 28th and 9th, the 27th We carried more trenches in the region newspapers and packets only were lost, Dobropolj

also the parcel mals from Australia,

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We heavily repulsed violent counter India, the Far East, Egypt, Malta and attacks

Gibraltar.

New Yors, Máy 15th . One thousand have already joined the Ofheere Training Camps Provision is being made in New York for a

camp at Plattsburg for 5,000

ESPIONAGE BILL PASSED BY SENATE.

WASHINGTON, May 15th. The Government Lapionage Bill men- tioned on May 5th has passed the Senate by 77 votes to 6. It was ahorn of the censorship and alcoholic prohibition, which will be embodied in separate

mensures

has Authorised

RECRUITING

President Wilson

ing expansion of the regulars to full 20 pending Army Bill, contemplat

war strength Eighty-three thousand of the additional 183,000 required have already beca recruited.

one authority.

LONDON, May 14th. The Admiralty announce that Naval forces destroyed Zeppelin Lez in the North Sea this morning,

MR. BALFOUR AND

ROOSEVELT.

MR.

NEW YORK, May 14th. Mr. Balfour had a four hours inter view with Mr. Theodore Roosevelt at

Sir Edward added that Rear-Admiral Tothill becomes Fourth See Lord in place of Rear Admiral Halsey Meanwhile the process of strengthening the Naval Staff by the

addition of officers transferred from active service was being continued.

The new Commander-in-Chief of the Oyster Bay, China Station, Bear-Admiral Frederick Charles Tudor Tador, has been Third Bea Lord since August, 1014 From 1912 to 1914 he was Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes. He was made a Companion married in 1913 the widow of Admiral R. of the Order of the both in 1913 He Craigie RAILWAY TRAVELLING RESTRICTION IN GERMANY

LONDON, May 14th Railway travelling in Germany is being restrict

between Mey 16th and 20th owing to military needs.

ROYAL TOUR.

LONDON May 14th, Their Majesties the King and Queen are making a tour of the munition works The organisation of new regiments in the North of England, and are chat- begins on May 15th

ng freely with the workers,

ENEMY CONFERENCES.

AMSTERDAM May 14th. Herr Bethmann von Hollweg lunched with the Emperor and Empresa of Aus tria and dined with Count Czernin.

He afterwards returned to Berlin, where the conferences still continue.

HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO. LTD The approximate statement of trafic receipt

the week ending 18th May He as followE'S

This Ther

Decrease

Receipte for

$18,478 16.776

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receipta

for 18.wee 28,

6250,258

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His Worship Well, I'll have to order you to the house of detention.

Defendant-Can't you send

Macao?

me to

Hie Worship-No, I'm afraid not.

HOTEL BUSINESS IN HAMBURG.

A CHEERLESS OUTLOOK.

The hotel proprietors of Hamburg have had rather a depressing meeting. They met to consider what steps could be taken by their organisation to tide over sen so bad. Foreign travellers grow the present stagnancy. - Trade has never scarcer, even visitors from H

Holland and the Scandinavian lends are rapidly dir and Hungarian travellers,

and Turks, used to visit Hamburg in the first two years of the war, but those faithful friends now prefer to

to remain at home, The Fremdenblatt reports the meeting,

appearing CE

and a very cheerless gathering it must have been. The first business on the agenda was a proposal for gathering Coffee

grounds The meeting was told that efforts were being made to use the coffee grounds se fodder, and that it wa their sacred duty to assist The next business was eliminate from all bills of for the

A proposal remark that the prices of foods would he increased where beer or wine was not consumed This, it was pointed out, hak now become an absurdity. Nobody would stand it any longer Food prices vers was little use. quite high enough without this, and it tion of beer when the supplies

encouraging the consump

beverage were so Very

Berve

of this

Next came the Landlords portions of meat demanded by mest cas

those microscopic toners without heavy loss. It was resolved to serve them no longer I

& mea

dish is ordered it

be of such a quantity that the endlord secure a profit The customer pro- test, he may point to his meat card, but this will be all in vain. De rust, there- fore, hypothecate his ment-cards, and do without meat, until he is able to excamn late a suficient quantity to enable him to obtain another square meat meal.