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THE WAR.

DISCONCERTING NEWS FROM

RUSSIA

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY,

CENTRAL POWERS ANGLING FOR

PEACE

BRAZIL CLAIMS GERMAN SHIPPING.

Franco-Belgian Front,

EARLIER CABLES,

(THROUGH ZEUTER'S AGENCY,}

· BRITISH FRONT,

RAIDERS REPULSED.

LONDON, May 30th

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a report, states: --We repulsed hostile raiders near Fontaine-les-Croiselles, to the west of Long."

GENERAL SMUTS AND RUSSIA.

LONDON, May 30th. General Smuts, speaking at the Rus sian Exhibition held in the Grafton Galleries, said that if nothing further happened as a result of the war but the Russian revolution, posterity would say that the war had not been in vain. The Germans always regarded the Russians as barbarians. Our prayer was that these

We raided trenches to the south of barbarians" would save the world from Neuve Chapelle.

LATEST CABLES.

NOTHING TO REPORT.

LONDON, May 30th. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig states there is nothing of interess to report.

MUTUAL ARTILLERY

FIGHTING.

PARIS, May 31st.

military despotism as they had saved Europe from Napoleon. Also, that they would continue to bear their share in smashing the blood Tarks and thus end the anti-Christion tyranny. He ventured to remind his Russian brethren that dis cipline must accompany freedom; other wise freedom was like a new wine that. eometimes went to the head. Germany. was quite ready to swallow all Ruggie's A communiqué states:--Both artilleries ident formulas about peace without su continued most actively in the neighbournexation and indemnities, and swallow hood south of St. Quentin.

Russia, tool Herr Bethmann-Hollweg's Our Champagno batteries silenced a speech showed that Germany longed for pence, but a peace based upon German victories. Germany, built on blood and BARLIER CABLES. iron, must go down by blood and iron CAPTURES.

He hoped that Russians would not forget the agony of Serbia and Belgium. The PARIS, May 30th. A communiqué saysThere is a fairly

latter was making a brave ught, not only violent artillery struggle south of Shere, but in East Africa and Contral Quentin.

Africa (Cheers.) He knew he was ex

heavy bombardment. of our trenches at Monthant and Casque.

FRENCH

our trenches uv Mont Blond, in Chimther democracies when he said “shame

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR POLICY.

NO HELP FOR WESTERN ALLIES

PETROGRAD, May 30th.

JUNE 18, 1917.

BRAZIL REVOKES

NEUTRALITY. GERMAN SHIPS TO BE UTILISED

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 30th.

The Bill also authorises the utilisation of German ships in Brazilian ports.

Two startling articles reflecting the The Chamber has unanimously passed' Revolutionary war policy have been the Bill revoking. Brazilian neutrality published in the organ of the Council of not merely in the German American War the Buldurs and Workmen's Delegates.but in the wor between the Entente and

One of the articles, which is more per the Central Powers. ticularly addressed to England, strongly dissents from the claim in the Provisional Government's declaration and the Revo lutionary lenders pronouncements re garding a Russian peace formule which shall coincide with the Anglo-French aims. It asserts that Russia will not sucrifice a single soldier to help her Western Allies to repay a historic in

justice.

The other article says the watchword interpreted. It defines annexation as the of "No annexation" must not be mis forcible soure of territory in possession of another State ou the day of the declaration of war, and adds “without. annexation" means that not a drop of the people's blood must he shed for such

a seizure,

GERMAN-RUSSIANS IN CONGRESS.

Orkes, May 20th,

A Congress of 3,000 Russians of Gar man origin has opened hare.

It has been decided to conduct the debates both in German and Russian.

A NEW POLITICAL PARTY,

Moscow, May 30th.

A meeting of the Octobrist Party, attended by the former Minister, M. Gutchoff, decided to form a new Party, which will combine the bourgeois and democratic elements, in defence of Láberal and Republican principles.

FRENCH MINISTER'S APPEALS.

PARIE, May 30th.

WAR PROBLEMS. SCIENTIFIC COMMISSION VISITS AMERICA

WASHINGTON, May 30th. An Anglo-French Scientific Commission has arrived to co-oporate vidi American scientists on war problems. The Coiamis stoners include Sir Ernest Rutherford,

Physical Laboratories, University of Langworthy Professor and Director of Manchester.

NEW FOOD CONTROLLER. REPORTED PROBABLE RETIRE MENT OF LORD DEVONPORT

LONDON, May 30th.

The Daily Mail says it is reported that

Food Controller, as Lord Devonport is a Labour Member is to be appointed

resigning owing to ill health.

OBITUARY.

COL. NEWNHAM DAVIS,'

LONDON, May 30th.

Newnham Davis,

The death is announced of Colonel

(Deceased was born in 1854 and joined the Buffs in 1872. He served through the Griqualand West and Zulu cam-

CHINESE TELEGRAM.

PROVINCES IN REVOLT. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

PEKING, May 31st.

THE NEW MORAL. Mr. Palmer has studied a phenomenon of the greatest interest, the moral of England's volunteer Army, as

as exhibited in the battle on the Samme, July, 1916. His conclusions are hoth valuable and The revolt is spreading Chekiang rossuring. He has disposed of all declared its independence on Wednesday doubts as to how the town-bred man, more in co-operation with four other provinces, highly strung than his forefathers, would Fengtien also declared its independence

stand the test of a war far more nervo on Wednesday.

wracking than any that had gone before.. The battle of the Somme was not in Reports from Peking state that Nitended, as the public vainly imagined, to Shih Chung has raised the standard of break the German fine, but to gain a revolt against the Government, and is Victory in

to train the Army for converging on Peking.

"It accomplished its The New Army emerged as gold from the refiner' fire

Li Ching Shi declines the Premiership. [BY COURTESY OF THE CHEUNG NGÓI BAN.RO.]

DECLARATIONS OF INDEPENDENCE

SHANGHAL, May 31st.

Nei Tze Chung, Civil Governor of Anhui, declared his independence on the 20th

Fengtien. Shengtung.

Hupeh Henan declared their independence terday.

and yes

The Chekiang Tuchuns also held a

meeting yesterday and decided to declare independence.

future offensives.” purpose.

A question was answered for anyone who had been in the Manchurian War. He learned that those bred in sight of. cathedrals can surpass without any in- spiration of Oriental fatalism or religi ous fanaticism the courage of the land of Shintoism and Bushido.

The author cam, afterwards upon one of these heroic battalions in billet in a ware house: LENG They were Yorkshiremen, mostly workers in worsted mills. They had a would have done in one of the factories job, to do, and they did it, just as they at home. In the dim light of the warehouse they talked on, making their task appear as a half-holiday of sport phic mostly, I think, it was inborn racial The Gerimas, true to their instinct for It is reported that Fukien will declare that the Canadians lacked this racial making psychological blunders, believed its independence.

phlegm, that they would be “high- tu, nervous, quick for the offensive, badly organised and roor at stick- At St. Blot they were put to such test ing They soon found out their mistake

The time was winter, when chill water us only the Xpres salient can provide. filled the shell craters, and the soil oozeď out of sandbags, and the mist was a cold, wet poultice When a Canadian offi- cer was asked

ed if he had organised some trenches that his battalion had taken, he replied: How can you organise per soup

After it had been well mad soaked, the Canadian First Division, was caught in the gas attack. It refused to vield when it was only human to yield, and stood resolute in the fumes between the Germans and success

The President and Wang Shi-shen con- sulted with regard to the independence of Anhai yesterday, but with what result is not yet known,

MARINE COURT.

BOARDING-HOUSE RUNNERS

CHARGED.

In the Marin Court yesterday morn

paigns with the Imperial Mounted In- fantry, 1877-1879. He also served in the Straits Settlements, China, India and was attached for three years to the ing, before Commander Beekwith, R.N Intelligence Department at Simla. In Marine Magistrate, 45 Chinese boardinged. But they showed themselves missters 1804 he retired, and joined

Again the Germans supposed that the Australians were undisciplined, untraja- grim, stealthy advance. The the Sporting Times in the start of house runners were charged with being of the

same year, on board a certain ship without the mas-alertness, and resource, inna lo man, The content of will, courage, audacity, In 1912 he resigned this appointment and ter's permission. The accused were de suited the Australian bent, became editor of the Man of the World, fended by Mr. F. Davidson, and pleaded the Australians advanced

"Advance, Australia is the Australian matto, and later becoming editor of Town Topics. not guilty. On the outbreak of war, he applied for

The French Socialist Minister, M. Thomas, is accompanying M. Kerensky on

four of the Russian Armics. former has delivered numerous speeches on the need for discipline to defeat mill- tarism, otherwise they would

again

be

After evidence of arrest had been

very

Special units endeavoring to reach Pressing the sentiment of the Russian and laves. He also replied to numerous reemployment in the Army and was given, Mr. Davidson said the charge was with their high strung temperamen pagne, were obliged to fall back under on the Allies if we let these small nation,f questions and refuted sophistic and appointed an officer of the Military in the nature of a test case. His defence whose standard of individual intelligence

the violence of our fire, abandoning dead 50 under.”

and wounded. We captured prisoners, a

General Smuts concluded We have machine-gun, and a flamethrower

achieved what was thought impossible, Three enemy aeroplanes have heen namely, a union of the free peoples of "brought down.

the world against autocracies like Ger- many, Austria and Turkey, and, you may add, the Devil! What a combination!" DEPLORABLE INSOBRIETY IN RUSSIA.

Italian Front.

LATEST UABLES. [THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ITALIAN FRONT.

ROME, May 30th. The official report states:There was very heavy artillery firing on the Julian front, from Mount Cucco to Mount Vodice, eastward of Gorizia,

The enemy three times unsuccessfully attacked our trenches on Hill 682 between Jamiano and the coast.

NEW YORK, May 31st.

A despatch from Petrograd states that the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers Delegates have drawn attention to the deplorable events arising from the in- crease of drunkenness and lays stress upon the grave dangers to be expected from such. It declares that no one has a right to buy or drink vodka, and

We extended our gains westward of appeals to the people to abolish it for Medeaza.

General,

LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S LOKSOY.] CONTROL OF TOBACCO.

LONDON, May 30th.

The Board of Trade assumes control of tobacco, prohibits dealings in tobacco, except as authorised, and fixes the whole sale and retail prices from June 1st.

BRITISH SHIPPING.

LONDON, May 30th,

evermore.

ROUNDING UP DESERTERS.

PETROGRAD, May 31st. The deserters have been rounded up at Kieff.

THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE.

At Congress of Delegates of the Officers serving at the front it was re- solved that, while hailing the Provisional Government's aspirations towards a stable peace, the Congress declares that the only means of arriving at that are by imme

pacifist arguments. The speeches have made a deep impression. GERMAN PEACE PROPAGANDA

GERMANY WILLING TO DISARM

LONDON, May 30th

In an inspired article, the Neue Frese Presse says that Austria is only con cerned that the balance of power shall not be changed against Austria, and de- clares that freedom of navigation in the Adristic and the Danube are more im portant to Austria than the distribution of territory.

Guard over prisoners of War at Alex- andra-Palace in 1916]

GEITMAN DYES,

was that the section under which the accused were charged, said, "Going on board, a ship without permission. The accused were already on board the ship and must have been there with the master's permission. What they had actually done was to remain on board

THE KAISER AND PATENTS. From an American official who left matic relations, 1 learn what Germany is after the ship hati left the buoy, and the Berlin just before the rupture of diplo more concerned about the inviolability of section did not pr her patents in the United States than she

provide for this as an.

His

day we heard that they had taken more che, thanks to a grim persistence,

some had said would not comport. But what about the New Zealands, und education was so high, who loved chicily to discuss social organisation and municipat make good fighters

improvements would they objective net them," said

They have never failed to take mu the taking of Flers, and they have d a general, after ways, gained their positions with get praise? Saccess and thrift, courage and slight

skill in taking cover They went, keeping their order as working out each evolution with the parade,

on

tanks option wit

thele crews.

ACAS

In view of the forthcoming opening of the regular Session of the International Socialist Conference Cat Stockholm, Austro German peace efforts are intenis even about the possible seizure of her offence, and therefore no 'offence had been

Each part of the Empire in turn rises sifying.

ships, says a correspondent in an proved American paper.

to the occasion, displaying, with certain The whole future of the Germanstood that hoarding-house runners were

His worship stated that it was under interesting differences in their spirit, the dyestuffe in which the Germans had supposed to leave a ship before it left the the Mother Country, who furnished the chemical industry and the production of

same magnificent fighting ability. mention of the tanks brings us

The gained monopoly is involved in this buoy and not to remain on board until novelty of thin those canks. In the back to

told, are alarmed at the efforts the the ship reached Kowloon Bay. question. German manufacturers, I am

of this new engine of war and the curiosity as to its movements we are United States are making to supply their worship found the charge against the apt to see sight of the strain put upan and at the decision of the Washington nccused proved and ford them $2 each, own dyes and other chemical products, Goverdment to impose a 100 per cent adding that if there were any further

Columbus

crossing uncharted

cas did not undertake a more daring journey duty on imports of these articles. Once offences of this nature the full penalty was speculation and certainty. Off- than the skipper of the tanks. All the German patent rights wete cons Meanwhile, the German peace pro

cated the whole of her chemical trade would be inflicted. The fact of boardingcers and crew were sealed up in a steel paganda is most active in Sweden. Writh America would be ruined beyond house runners remaining on ships after out prepared to des

box, the sport of destiny. They went recovery, and the loss of the markets of they had left the Lucy was the cause ing to the Swedish journal Dagens the two greatest textile, manufacturing all the smuggling of passengers down to Nyheter, the well-known German journal ist, Dr. Hans Vorst, attempts to influence Socialist opinion in favour of a peace conference, by professing the German willingness to agree to an immediate general disarmament

FINANCING THE WAR GREATER EFFORTS BY US

GOVERNMENT..

WASHINGTON, May 30th

countries Britain and the United States

would be one of the greatest disasters Singapore. thewar would have brought,ONTA

from a soldier's wife at Rausse a letter The Tupuncht says We have received condemnatory of the official methods that we deemed it right to reproduc. part cf it in order to bring the matter to the notice if the proper authorities Unfortunately, this is by no means a isolated case: RAN

Until February 16th I was in receipt

tions relating to patent rights had beenTRAGEDY OF A GERMAN

My informant further stated that ques for years before the war a source of friction between Berlin and Washington SOLDIER'S STARVING WIFE The Germans, he said, had always beenMU ready to infringe with impunity Ameri- can rights, but loud in their protests if there was the least suspicion of the violation of any German right. The Kaiter himself had laid himself open to suspicion, in proof of which the follow ing story, long current in American business circles, was told 6

When Edison visited Europe in 1880, ut the time he was porfecting the

scientist would send him a model of the ment contemplates, the virtual slowing of wonderful machine. The was done, and the American money market to further before many months phonographs of a sort were being made in Germany with foreign Government bond issues throughout regard to patent rights, out the war; also the centralising of the pleted the German Ambassador in Wash When Edison's next invention was com country's financial system, by the additionington made an application for another to the Federal Reserve Board of one thou this occasion he was told bluntly that model on the Emporer's behalf, but on sand strong Trust Companies and State" the young man" could not be obliged.. Banks not at present members.

THE GERMAN FLEET.

In the course of a letter concerning the German fleet Mr. Charles White, 73, Cranbrook-road, Chiswick lane,” says ---- The German fleet is still a fleet in being,

present very serious U-boat campaign, such lends incalculable support to the in the very casence of the term, and as

and at the same time necessitates the diversion of a great part of our resources High Seas Fleet The German fleet to the proper maintenance of our en shelters in the Kiel Caor) simply because that great engineering under-

The Admiralty returns of the shipping diate re-establishment of the military towards, financing the war, the Govern Kaiser, who extracted a promise that the . When I pointed out to the communal Practised a foolish policy of leaving In order to facilitate greater efforts phonograph, he was received by the The following day this was reduced to foresight to construct while England of 10s, a week separation allowance taking, which the Germans had the

for the weak are:--Arrivals, 2,719; de offensive." partares, 2:768.

Eighteen vessels over and one under 1,600 tons were snok. Seventeen were unsuccessfully attacked. Two fishing boats were sunk,

THE AIR RAID ON

FOLKESTONE.

LONDON, May 30th.

EARLIER CABLES. KING CONSTANTINE. VENIZELISTS REPUDIATE

RECONCILIATION,

LONDON, May 30th. Interviews with M. Venizelos and Lord French, replying to a Folkestone several of his Ministers have been pub- deputation, said it was impossible to liation with King Constantine.

lished, repudiating the idea of a reconci absolutely prevent seroplane attacks, but

M. Averoff, one of the Ministers, adds

the scheme of defence had been reconsider that it is essential that M. Venizelos

red, tu the light of the experience gained shall occupy Thessaly in order to secure from the recent raid. He hoped measures the orops which are almost ready for would be taken to make any further zaid harvesting, to prevent King Constantine

risky operation involving heavy loss, from requisitioning them.

an enormous number of merchant vessels

president how badly off I was, he said of its own coast line, is a component part that did not concern him at all; I should of German naval defence.

undeveloped the strategic potentialities go out to work, only I was too German navy destroyed, the bulk of our lazy to work. ...

Were the I have four little children, aged rerent warships could return to harbour, years, and six years. Not a soul will food and for other important services, spectively five monthe, two years, four would be released for the carrying of look after the children. How, then, can the great flotilla of light craft operating I go out to work My child of two is laid up very ill. The doctor says he will the work of protecting the trade routes with our main fleet could be diverted to not preas for immediate payment, but and combatting the submarine menace, the drug store man refused to make up and hundreds of thousands of trained the prescription unless I paid him at troops and skilled civilians would be set NEW POST OFFICE SCHEME OUR LITTLE BIT” SOCIETY. once

free for the furtherance of the military OF INTEREST TO THE COLONY.

My children are, now shivering, operations in Flanders and elsewhere. Qur. Little Bit Society has sent the IAM, with half-frozen limbs; because of Snch is the influence exercised by the undermentioned articles this week to coal, coko, or wood I haven't a fragment. German fleet withdrawn from the LONDON, May 30th

Messra Shewan, Tomes & Co. to be for When I told the communal president theatre of war." That the German fleet The Post Office has adopted a system Guild, 2, Cavendish Square, London, quest for assistance, he said to me What it will be defeated by the British Fleet- whereby originals and duplicates of jetters 1344 rolled bandages, 13 quilts, ustion if they will do nothing for you, doing sustain the greatest losses it will. warded to Quem Mary's, Needle Work that I should have to send a written ro will eventually come out and fight, that posted together will be sent, throughoutairs trench banta, 11⁄2 nillows, 17 suits and I am not going to be troubled with ever have incurred in Ite history are in- is the use of your writing Unless I sane and that the British Float will in Ro the Empire, by successive mails

pyjamas. 100 white woollen caps, 48 aye such people as you, who have an right lubitable facts in the storehouse of time- bandages, and 8 bags swabs.

to so many children

Dusly Telegraph.