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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27x8, 1917.

THE

WAR.

OF

RHEIMS.

BOMBARDMENT

GREAT BRITAIN'S WAR EXPENDITURE.

GERMAN LEVY ON RUMANIA.

AMERICANS AT BRITISH BASE HOSPITALS.

Franco-Belgian Front.

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BRITISH MAKE PROGRESS.

LONDON, June 25th.

SIX MONTHS WARFARE,

LONDON, June 25th.. The Timer, summing up the views of its Military Correspondent on the situa tion for the half-year, points out that since Field-Marshal Sir Douglas nigrechiefly aphold by British triumphs. Pro- January 1st the Allied cause has been ports-We followed up last night success south-westward of Lens and anb stantially made progress astride the Souchez River on a front of one-and half

The Near East.

GREEK PREMIER BESIGNS.

LATEST UABLES.

ATHENS, June 26th. (THROUGH BUYER'S AGANDY.)

M. Zaimis has resigned. The King told M Jonnurt that he RUSSIANS OCCUPY HEIGHTS, greed to M. Venezelow forming

Cabinet

LONDON, June 20th. A wirolces Russian official report states On the Barzin Summit, 30 miles south-westward of Ushnut, we occupied a series of heights in the direction of Rayat

We repulsed a Turkish counter-attack We forced out the Kurds from positions westward of the Ashkan Summit, West ward of Senneh, General.

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MAHSUDS PUNISHED

longed battles on the Somme and Anere compelled the German withdrawal along a wide front, while the Spring offensive operations were carried out by the

SIMLA, June 28th. It is officially announced that successful terminated with a brilliant victory at Wasilistan Field Force, assisted by a Messines. We have taken Baghdad, Nepalese contingent, against the Mahsuds. We completely repulsed a raid south shattered the Turkish Mesopotamian Aeroplanes and bombs were employed,

amiles.

eastward of Ypres.

There was heavy air fighting yesterday, We brought down six and drove down fve enemy machines."); Five of ours are nissing.

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LONDON: June 2b.

Field Marsbar Sir Douglas Haig re- portsWe raided at a number of points. We successfully entered trenches Epeby, Bullecourt, Bomix, Lous, and Hooge, killing many and capting several prisoners, We remained two hours in trenches eastward of Vermelles, blowing up dug-outs, inflicting casualties, and capturing 15 prisoners.

We carried out successful miner opera. tions-south-westward of Lens and worth westward of Warneton, gaining ground and capturing prisoners.

A

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Pants, June 26th. cornmaniqué statesThere sustained reciprocal artillery firing north of the faux mill setor and

Cruonne and Cherreux.

Twee hundred shells were thrown into Bhei

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FRENCH FRONT.

PARIS, June 25th:

Army, penetrated the upper reaches of the Tigris cleared out the Turks from Sinaí, and invaded Palestine.

On the Western front the British and French since January 1st have captured 70,000 Germans, 500 guns, masses of trench-mortars and machine-guns and disposed of 300,000 of the enemy.

and the enomy were severely punished. Our casualties were light.

THE SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, June 28th The silver market is steady, but without feature.

LONDON, June 8th. The Directors of the Liverpool Cotton Association state that they hope to res open the market on Friday under new conditions.

M. Venezelos has arrived at Athens. FRENCH TROOPS OCCUPY POINTS. Fraich troops have occupied the Stadium

• A telegram from Athens states that at Zappeion and other points.

The Provisional Government has been proclaimed at Epirus.

The Venezelish troops have been landed at Preveza,

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ATHENS, June 25th.

HOLLAND'S POTATO CROP. GRAVE POLITICAL SITUATION.

SOUTH AFRICA'S FUTURE, GENERAL BOTHA'S ADDRESS, LONDON, June 25th. The Daily Mail Correspondent at The The following is a continuation of the

LONDON, June 25th Hague reports that the populace of address delivered by General Louis Botha Rotterdam seized and distributed - from published in our yesterday's issue - Government, creating a grave political lighters potatoes consigned to the British |

sination

The Dutch British Agricultural. Agree ment allowa Holland to export fifty per cent of the potato crop, equally to Great Britain and Germany.

heirloom. We would indeed be work and South Africa is our fatherland, our

miserable if we did not stand in the first place for our fatherland. (Cheers.) But I believe in maintaining the link between South Africa and Great Britain, (Cheers.) You camiot destroy this link As Holland owed Great Britain without a bloody civil war. All this talk 11,000 tons on the 1016 agreement, of liberty sounds very well, but you Great Britam insisted upon receiv cannot create a republic unless the two ing this quantity from the 1017 raced agree. And is it possible that Eng crop before any were exported to Gerlishmen in South Africa will have a

M. Jonnart, accompanied by M. Zaimis, Subsequently the British authori. republic! You will do nothing but arouso went to the Palace, where they conversed is at The Hague ascertained that suspicion by talk like this. If people go. lengthily with the King.

Holland was preparing to export potatoes on se talking, you will never make this to Germany and

ad warned the Dutch a great country. If it did come to war Government that grave consequences

we should be killing off each other and might ensue, involving (be fate of Dutch in the end somebody else would walk ships in the Allied harbours,

fire. Let me warn them that it is away with the spoils and sit on top of (Cheers.) The people are playing

It is reported that the Cabinet has re- signed, and that M. Venerelos is fouming a new Ministry

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assume power, in order to nip in the informed the Government that the exit

The Venezelists desire to immediately

Sir Walter Townley having previously Peloponnesis by General Papoulos, who ness among the population, which hau bud any reactionary movement inportation was likely to produce restless. is stated to have a large following in now happened at Rotterdam in conse the Army at present.

quence of the recent reduction in the M. Venerelos has had a most cordial | petato rations, Great Britain insists upon he will have the same at Atliens, but the reception in the Piraeus, and doubtless the seized potatoes being replaced and

the

agreement being scrupulously, ob Venozolists are divided regarding theserved.

RECRUITING IN AUSTRALIA,

SYDNEY, June 25th.

pected to masks an important, recruiting The Right Hon W. M. Hughes la ex- antouncement here in a few days. He

Western Reserves numbered 62 divisions,

At the beginning of April the German LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET desirability of precipitating ovents, and at the beginning Reserves were only 12 Many divisions of Jhine the

were shattered and withdrawn.

Hindenburg's "silent" retreat

Colonel Hepington admits that although direct result of last year's battles, it compelled a modification of the TEA IN UNITED KINGDOM. probably declare that voluntaryism is on its final trial. If it fails the question of Conscription must again to the people,

be submitted

was

Allied plans, which had been prepared by General Joffre just before his resigna- tion of the Supreme Command. The Allied Mursuit, however, was far swifter than the enemy had anticipated, nor had he realised the advanced state of the m British preparations to attack northward of Arras.

Colonel Repington lays stress on the most violent character and invari able failure of the counter-attacks in the battle of Arras, while between Rheims and Ypres the enemy lost all his selected Commanding positions held since 1914, and now dominated by the Allies.

LONDON, June 16th. In the House of Commons, Mr. W Bridgeman stated that there were...” “"ky- proximately 90,000,000lbs. of ten in the Un Kingdom on the 31st May, sufficient for abant fifteen wecky if there were no imports in the meantime.

The figures given represented bonded stocks. He had no information regard ing the amount in the hands of whole sabers and retailers, which was probably considerable.

SITUATION IN SPAIN.

MADRID, June 20th. The Council of Ministers have decided to suspend the Constitutional guarantees. Senor Dato has gone to the Palace to ask the King to sign the decree.

DEMOCRATISATION

GERMANY

AMSTERDAM June 25th. Writing In the Foruderte, Scheidemat is greatly disappointed at Herr

the non-success of the German manœuvres

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FIGURES

LONDON, June goth.

most easy to start a are, but it is most dif- hcult to extinguish the flumos, Let us crase this nonsense and fit ourselves for the days after the war, when we will be called to settle all kinds of problems? (Choore)

General Botha concluded... by again. emphasising that South Africa is a sister state of Great Britain South Africa's

first day in the hou

katerrest of the Union

itself was to remain on n friendly footing in the British Empire without abandon-- ing any principles of South Africa.

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In the House of Commons, Mi. Bonart always be seen that South Africa's Lay stated that the daily average uation interests were lo scure a constitutional al expenditurs from October 8th to connection between the Union and Great Jecember, 12th last year was £6,616,000 Britain. But for the British Fleet they from April 18 to May, 5th it was would have been in the greatest dif £7,971,060, from May 6th to June 9th it onling The fact of the Nationalists was £7,532,000, and from April 1st to winning a few seats would not scare him; June 9th it waя £7,752,000,

six seats had been won in Cape Colony,

The actual daily war expenditure for the above periods

ads wax £5,711,000

Spectively. £7,457,000 £5,980,000 and £6:793,000, re-

The increase of expenditure on the

in Russia. He fears there will be a Army was partly attributable to pay fourth winter of the war, and recom-nts which would be ultimately recever.

there

mends the democratisation of Germany

as a seans of preventing this.

SITUATION IN RUSSIA.

PETROGRAD, June 25th

able

the majorities of which only totalled 1,350, while there were 55,000 Union voters at the Front, who surely are not Nationalists.

appealing for the unity of Briton and Boer, and at ine close the gallant,

General Botha perdrated by eloquently

received an ovation.

EXPLOSION AT HAVANA..

NEW YORK, June 26th.

Expenditure on munitions and beer affected by temporary canses, such as the move rapid delivery of orders. Neverthe less, he feared that the Army munitioning one ad injuring many,

A magazine at Havana exploded, kill- It is believed to have been caused by a homh

Admiral | Koltchaff, ex-Commander of expenditure would exceed the estimate. the Black Sea Fleet, states that when

Regarding loans to the Allies, the Im

the crew of the flagship demanded the perial Government were still liable dur- RED CROSS COLLECTION IN

On the 18th, the insurrectionary inove-render of his sword he threw it into the non, saying that the Japanese left him

interlude due to the Russian Re volution go an incomparable oppor- tunity which thenemy was unable to grasp. This inability to bike effectively A communiqué states:-There was most on the Western Front is the measure lively reciprocal artillary firing in the of their fate. They will never have sector of Royero-Froidmont farms and in such the direction of Hartebisgeast.

& chance again.

Hussin may of be expected

ment was only scotched, and it may Chevrous

to 8000

renew the offensive when the Roumanians have regained their strength. Comparing the position of January 1st with that of June 1st there are sufficient reasons for buoyancy, Aerial

Activities.

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BRITISH CLOSING ON LENS..

LONDON, Juns 26th. Reuter's Correspondent at Headquar tors reports: We are rapidly drawing the salient closer round s We have advanced oast of Bois-de-Raumont und occupied a quarter mile of the Germa front line, thereby frontally. progressing towards the south-western fringe of Lens Apparently there was very little fighting, the Germans falling back. We found trenches and dug-outs deserted Un-onqualties in the air raid on June 13th are doubtedly our unceasing pressure on the now 81 men, women, and 42 children Lens defences is proving most trying and killed; 22 meh, 110 women, and 100 most expensive to the enemy. This prob children injured,

ably is the real explanation why we have not attempted to force the fall of Lens whilst the tactical value of Lens scarcely justifies a costly mass attack. The Germans must keep very large forcen in the town in order to guard against Burprise, is, our artillery dominates the place from the high ground The Ger mans tenure is manifestly most uncom fortable

BRITISH NEARING OSTEND.

LONDON, June 25th. Reuter's Correspondent at the British Headquarters says that the British at Lombaertayde are within nine miles of Catend

AIR RAID CASUALTIES.

LONDON, June 25th. The Press Bureau announce that the

nounce that

›GERMAN

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“DECORATED.”

LOSTOR, June 28th.

A telegram from Amsterdam states that Brandenburg, the air raider of London, has received the order Pour le Merite The Balkans,

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HEM THROUGH REUTIH'S AGENCY.]

ing the opening weeks of the current year

to fulfil commitments nodertaken before

AMERICA

revive at any moment imperilling this sword when the Russian forces the entry of the United States, the advan during the first six days of the nation-

dynasty.

IRELAND.

LONDON, June 28th.

The Military took control of the streets

capitulated Port Arthur, and he would not give it to mutineers

DESERTERS RETURNING TO

REGIMENTS.

The number of deserters returning to

tage of which was now being felt.

Miscellaneous expenditure had subeten. tially increased, as compared with last

land and sea transport, including the year, owing, inter alia, to charges for

in Cork last ercning, and the police were their regiments is stated to be increasing purchase of ships and food supply, and reinforced Everything is quiet.

daily. Over 5,000 passed through Minsk to War Pensions, which were now £600,000 weekly, and which would continue to expand.

RAMSAY MACDONALD,

LONDON, June 28th. The Seamen's and Firemen's Union are unanimous in recommending that the embarge placed upon Mr. Hamsay Mac donald and his companions proceeding to Russia be removed now that their purpose has been achieved in drawing attention to the sufferings of British seamen in the

War

U.S.A. EMBARGO COUNCIL

WASHINGTON, June 28th. President Wilson has created an Embar- ga Council, consisting of the Secretaries of State, Commerce, and Agriculture, which will immediately apply plans for rationing European neutrala

on the 23rd inst.

LEFT ON RUMAN

JASSY, June 25th

THE DUMA The Novarajisn states that the Gov GERMAN LEVY ON RUMANIA. erament has decided to dissolve the Duma

BOMBS IN A DIPLOMATIC VALISE THE KAISER'S COURIER.

PARIS, June 25th.

two hundred and fifty million franes on The Germans have imposed a lovy of

the territory they occups in Rumania.

Rautenfels, the personal courier of the

Prominent. Norwegians state that Baron ANGLO-GERMAN WAR Kaiser, carried bombs in his diplomatic

PRISONERS CONFERENCE.

valize

Germany is attempting to terrorise the Norwegians, alleging they are provision ing the Allien,

AUSTRIA'S NEW MINISTRY.

AMSTERDAM, June 25th

Seidler's Ministry, which is provisional, A Vienna message says that Dr. vou

ry Bonsists of bureaucrats

The

THE HAGUE, June 25th. The War Prisoners Conference, men tioned yesterday, has assembled. Foreign Minister, M. London, opened the proceedings.

IRISH NAVAL COMMAND. TAKEN OVER BY US ADMIRAL.

WASHINGTON, June 26th. Eighty million dollars were collected wide Red Cross Calopaign.

GERMAN MINISTER TO NORWAY.

has advised the Norwegian Government. that it is intended to appoint Admiral

AMSTERDAM, June 26th. The Tidenategn states that Germany

Hintze, as-Minister at Peking, Minister at Christianis, U.S. MEDICAL CORPS RELIEVE BRITISH:

Reuter's Correspondent at Headquar

LONDON, June 25th, ter states that two thousand men of the United States Army Medical Corps have. taken over six big British Base Hospitals.

JAPANESE

PARLIAMENT

OPENS

TOKTU, June 25th The Emperor opened, a special Session of the Diet with a formal speech Hin Majesty did not refer to foreign relations

CHINESE TELEGRAMS. [BY COURTEST OF THE CHUNG NGOI

SAN P.5

THE NEW CABINET AND PARLIAMENT

QUEENSTOWN June 25th.

SHANGHAL June 28th. Admiral Sima, US Navy, has tempor Shi-chen have wired to the Vice-Pre- Kali King-shi, Chang-haun, and Wang arily taken over the Irish Naval Com-

sident in favour of calling representa tives of the Provinces to confer with

FRENCH CAVALRY OCCUPY JAPAN'S ENVOY TO AMERICA A telegram from Milan, states that a mand, during the absence on leave of reference to the political alt

LAMIA.

BALONIKA, June 25th. French cavalry have occupied the town of Lamin. Thus the railway is how opened to Livadia, Thebis and Athens.

Czech Deputy has revealed to the Austrian Vice Admiral Bagly, who has been order. TOKIO, June 26th Parliament that the troops fired on aed a change and a rest owing to the The suite of Viscount Ishii, Special crowd of women bread demonstrators be severe strain of duties since the outbreak Eavoy to the United States, includes fore the town ball at Probeinte, in of the war, Vice-Admiral Takebita and Major Moravia, killing twenty-four and wound-

ing forty.

General Bugano.

Minister of the Minister of

chien

Minister of Communications; and Tang Minister of Education; Wang Tal-ver, Hwa-lung, Minister of Justice, The Stars and Stripes now floats over Parliament must consist only of ons Li King sha is of opinion that the new the Naval