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THE WAR.

THE HONGKONG

THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE.

FURTHER HAUL OF PRISONERS,

ALLIED TROOPS IN GREEK

TERRITORY.

EVAČUATION IMMINENT.

FRENCH BRILLIANTLY REPULSE GERMANS.

DAILY

PRESS WEDNESDAY, JULY 11ru, 1917.

To-day's meeting of the House of J Commons is awaited with the keenest interest, Mr. Claude Lawther moves the adjourainent this afternoon and is strongly supported:

SOME WONDERFUL ESCAPES:

-LATER. Despite a downpour of rain yesterday. thousands visited the damaged districts, there being brake-loads of men from the Dominions and most prominent people They were most surprised at the smalnesa of the damage, as compared with the wholesale destruction in France.

THE CONSPIRACY CASE.

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RUSSIA AND GREECE.

PETROGRAD, July 9th.

CONTRASTS.

LOOK ON THIS PICTURE AND ON THAT.

[BY JOHN SYSCOUGH

All over the world, at this Look here upon this picture, and on

momout, and for some time past, men and women of large heart and con- passionate charity are begging and have been begging for various groups of sufferers from the war,

We need at this moment only fustances few-the Belgians, the Serbs, the Poles, and the Armenians,

In public meetings, in a whole litera ture of printed appeals the appalling

been set out. It is heart-wringing to hear terrible condition, their awful need, have sufferings of these four peoples, their

SAN FRANCISCO, July 9th. The United States District Attorney, in The Russian Government, in a state- statement in the conspiracy case mentionment on the Balkan Conference, adds that ed yesterday said that preparations for the Government formally protested war against England were made in against the recent steps of the other th America a year before the mutbreak of Allics in Greece. While not being the war. He proceeded to summarise the animated by a desire to support King plot as follows: hundred and five Constantine, whom we disapprove and men were involved, of whom 98 are now whose personal pobey we continue to indicted and seven were named as fellow completely disapprove, we disapprove of conspirators. When the war broke out the means employed to forcibly anbstitute chisanries were despatched to

to Berlin, one King for another. We maintained Numerous narrow escapes are reported

where an India Committee, as an adjunct in the pourparlers with the Allies that Throw hundred girls in a factory had of the Foreign Office, was formed under the choice and form of government of descended into the cellars when a bomb Herr Zimmermann's personal attentionisation appertain exclusively to the Greece as well as administrative organ exploded, blocking the exit. The police The conspiracy's activities included General Korniloff attacked and pierced and public hastily cleared the wreckage large purchases of arms and ammunition, the enemy's foremnest and most important and the girls marched out unhurt. A the recruitment and despatch of men to position westward of Stanislau, and ad-

shell struck tha parapet of a famous Lidia, the organisation vanced and captured in battle the villages drapery establishment, which is crowded expeditions for carrying on from America of military Jezupol, Ciszor, Parolche, Rybno, and

with women sale-buying, and crashed on and from Siam the smuggling of arms Starylysise.

to the pavement and ricochetted to and munitions through China and Japan. Our cavalry inmediately pursued the the other side of the sorcet, damaging a The principal motive was to forco Great Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re-enemy, reaching the Lukva River.

Britain to maintain strong forces in India ports: Hostile raiders entered an ad-

and prevent their transfer to the fighting vanced post westward of Warnston and

fronts. Agents were sent to China and $renches eastward of Laventie,

Japan with the object to procure secret treaties in favour of Germany.

co-Belgian Front,

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BRITISH FRONT.

LONION, July 10th.

The enemy's artillery were active in the neighbourhood of Bulleconet, Ypres, and Nieuport.

Aerial activity was impossible owing to the weather.

EARLIER CABLES.

LONDON, July 9th., Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re ports :--We raïded to the south-east of Hargicourt and captured 35 prisoners.

We repulsed a raid to the south-east of Loos,

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FRENCH FRONT.

ENEMY GAINS RETAKEN.

Pants, July 9th A communique plates; We brilhantly repulsed a strong atinck against the

Pantheon.

We counter-attacked against the trenches

We bombed the railway station at Pitsk, causing a condugration. RUSSIANS · EVACUATE PENDJVIN We evacuated Pendjvin, Khanikin, and Kwirishirsen under Turkish pressure. Aerial Activities,

LATEST QABLES,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

restaurant.

A bomb fell in the centre of a block of six-storey warehouses. Fire broke out giulianeously with the explosion. Some of the workers are missing and it is fouted that they are buried in to debris.

One poor quarter, suffered badly. Tuo usmal Saturday open-air market was pru ceeding, and bombs were dropped whole- sale. An eye witness saw shops falling

polica extricated thres desd

Dien and then they found three children ud a woman alive. All the stalls were blown to smithereens,

ENEMY COMMUNIQUES,

LONDON, July 9th German and Austrian continue constantly to make

communiqués

state-

Greek people.

and to read; the sympathy of the bearer, ot the reader, is compelled by the horror The statements adds, for these reasons and tragedy of the story. No one with the Clovernment refused to allow Rus shut up his hand from giving. More anything to give could know the story and

tion in Southern Greece." sian troops to participate in the expedithan that, millions of those who give would fain give without having to hear the story if ney could be spared it, its four acts make up too ghastly a drama of persecution, ruthlessness, iniquity, erine. The tale is so brutal, its episodes are so inhuman; it revenis so hideous relapse to barbarism-that, gentle hearted she hearing of it must entail. Euribous People would be spared the personal pain numbers of good and sweet-natured people all over the world do, in fact, Bo pare themselves; they are generous but mentally timid. They argue "It is my help that is needed, not my tears my knowing the whole loathsome tale of

THE GERMAN POLITICAL CRISIS.

CHANCELLOR'S SPEECH CAUSES GREAT DISSATISFACTION.

AMSTERDAM, July 9th. The reports of the Reichstag debate

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following. Herr Erzberger's speech shown na't make it untrue; it is done

my hearing the facts won't alter them, that he was supported by the National So that only a percentage- very small Liberals and Progressives.

percentage of those who give their money, do know, do at all know how the dire need for their help, arose.

The Imperial Chancellor spoke for an

THE AIR RAID ON LONDON.across the street. Polico and special menta, especially regarding the Russian hour and a half, but declined to bind only a few of those who give their help

FULL CASUALTIES.

Lovnos, July 9th. The Press Baru announces that the casualties resulting from Saturday's uir raid are now 30 men, eight women, and five children killed, and 08 men, 46. women, and at children injured.

WARNING OF RAIDS.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Boner Law stated that he expected that Mr.. Lloyd George would make a statement at a private sitting, after which if a public discussion, were demanded the Govern, ment would not object

front, which are largely irreconcilable with the Russiau communiqué For example, there is no hint in either the German or Austrian communiques of the

himself to the policy of to annexations and no indemnities. The sprock caused great dissatisfaction.

Not only the Socialists, but the Liberals

introduction of a Parliamentary system

A thrilling episode was witnessed in the big Russian success at Stanislau. The and other parties, are demanding the Allied Powers who have flung their awful

East End. A British aizman dived four

same applies to the German communiquér

or five times in rapid succession into the regarding the French Front: For in. with the appointmeus of leading Deputies conscience of all the neutral world. For

eremy squadron, scattering them sem-stance, there is no mention in co-day's porarily. In one dive hạ cut off one of the enemy, who fell hundreds of yards. behind his companious, but oventually regained his position.

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It is supposed that the enemy nickines cach carried two observers. The raiders had the advantage of never being attacked Subsequently, Mr. George Cave, K.Cip force. It was always a case of our Bouvettes and the Cherrigny spar, after considering the question of daylight raida A very lively Aght.

the enemy occupied yesterday between key announced that the Government was isolated fiers doggedly hanging on

We broke up the enemy's energetic re- sistance, driving him out of our first line elements on a front of 1,500 metres, thus regaining the greater part of the gains the oneiny

won yesterday between the Pantheon and the Froidmont Farm, ENEMY SUFFERS CRUEL LOSSES.

PARIB, July 9th, According to fresh information the enemy's attack here yesterday was carried out by elements belonging to threa divi- sions reinforced by special assaulting troops, pioneers, and detachmonte of flame-throwers, the total aggregating a dozen fresh battalions,

Our troops, whose gallant defence was praiseworthy, inflicted cruel losses, a fact that is confirmed by prisoners.

PARIS, July 10th.- A communiqué reports considerable reciprocal artillery bring south of Filain and the vicinity of Hill 304.

Hussian Front,

"LATENT CABLES. (THROUGH HEUTER'S AGENCY.)

RUSSIAN FRONT.

RUSSIANS ATTEMPT DECISIVE

BLOW.

LONDON, July 9th.

warnings in order to ascertain if it was possible to give short notice when raids were pending.

COUNTRY'S AIR-DEFENCES.

lo the House of Commons, replying to a bombardment of questions ou Satur

day's air-raid, Mr. Bonar Law announced that he would this evening move to hold a private sitting to discuss the country's

air-defences,

SEMI OFFICIAL STATEMENT. Pending the official statement, which is

session, a semi-official and authoritative to be expected after to-night's secret

explanation is issued controverting the public's idea that Saturday's raiders fiew: low and slowly. It declares there were 22 machines, all flying at 70 miles an hour at an average height of 15,000 feet. The raiders were big "Goths" twin engine machines, which at 15,000 feet lock like ours at 6,000 feet. The statement maintains that our gunners shot well, but had hard fuck against a difficult target The defenders were not caught unready, The airmen who engaged the enemy were well equipped, and there were a large number of engagements in the air at closa quartere

BARLIER CABLES,

LONDON, July 9th. "What is wrong with our air de fences is the keynote of this morning's An Austrian communiqué states:-The comments regarding the air raid on Lon- enemy attempted a decisive blow with don. No attempt is made to conceal the superior forces against the road from dissatisfaction that the raiders escaped so Stanislau to Koloss, these penetrating easily advanced trenches, but they were ejected by our counterattack.

Strong entury forces were also repulsed in the Strzyca Valley, near Hunt.

RUSSIANS HEAVY HAULS.^

LONDON, July 8th. Awireless official report states:-In the successful offensive westward of Stanislau General Korniloff captured on Sunday several villages, 131 officers, 7.000

The Times says that the raid produced much anger on the part of the paklio, and the Government must be prepared to face widespread indignation. It is clear that all our aerial arrangements require fresh investigation.

the enemy's formidable

One of the formation.

was

German official communiqué of the French success between Les Beauvettes and Cherrigny On the contrary, it speaks of the continued German succeEYCS. It is probable the enemy aim is to be. wilder neutrals and at the same time plinse their own people,

from all parties to Ministerial posts,

Another demand is the introduction of the Reichstag franchise in Prussia.

PROHIBITION IN AMERICA:

À PROHIBITION IN AMERICA.

WASHINGTON, July 9th.

And, addly enough, this also is true sland mentally still and ask themselves? "By whom were these things done? We would save the broken remnant of the victims-chose victims were they "

Neveridless, let them all ask it, Let them continually ask it, and persistently remember the answer to it Is it the mass of ruin and misery upon the world's charity? The reply should concern the the common conscienon of mankind is never satisfied by such aid as it can afford it feels its honour concerned with the Lo the victim of violence and brutality branding of the criminal The Neutral world will never have a clear conscience at less price. The bystander who contents himself with giving his Jesse money to a man who lies almost beaten to death, to a woman who has been the victim of horrible Assault, knows he is a patroon, and knows that he must look like aur accom plice if he abstains from denunciation.

Is it the powers of the Grand Alliance who have merited this objurgation? Is it 15inst them that Neutral condemnation, loud and fearless, should be passed? If

Neutrals of the Allies bullying, of their claimed, for there is no fear among

that which has befallen the four stricken having even to suffer (in the even of Allied triumph) treatment similar to peoples of whom we have spoken. The Neutral nations are well aware that there is nowhere any need of appeal to the world's charity and compassion for of Allied brutality. Has any

The latest Berlin claim, with reference While the final form which the Prohibi tó "Saturday's raid, incidentally confirmistion legislation is to take will be settled that the enemy airmen never know what by a conference of hoth Houses, it is re-it were, it would have been loudly pro- they hit in these rida.

garded as probable that the Senate's decision forbidding the importation of

bombed popular resort of Germans before the war.

Anti-German riots spread in the north GERMAN AGENTS AND GREAT distilled liquors and the we for beverage,

of London Thousands, largely women, marched in the streets, shouting "Down with the Germans Several shops, be longing to Germans were wrecked. The damage amounts to several thousands of pounds. A poliveman was hurt. Several

arrests were made,

General.

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• COMBATTING THE SUB-

MARINE.

AMSTERDAM, July 9th.

Frankfurter Zeitung, writing on the sub- The military correspondent of the

marine campaign, recalls how he had always warned the German people not to expect too decisive results from it." must be admitted that both in offensive and defensive moans for combatting sub marines our enemies had made progress, He then describes the methods such as nete, minos end spoke clouds," and tinues, “Only continued new construe- tion and technical perfecting of the submarine will permit us to maintain our offensive advantage."

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The correspondent condemns such state ments as that England is completely blockeded, and such prophecies as that the submarines will bring a decision by August. He considers the submarines cannot produce a decision.

CONFERENCE OF ALLIES.

PETROGRAD, July 9th.

The Gaverament announces that s

special Conference of the Alli a has been convoked to consider Balkan affairs. Bucha Conference in necessary in view of the extreme complexity of the political and strategical situation in the Balkans Ita abject will be secure -policy.

a common

The Daily Ohronicle says that the raid was not exactly a feather in the cap of the Government or of Viscount Franch. London's defences must be strengthened.

The Daily Mail calls upon the War Cabinet to deal promptly with those

This Conference separate from the men, 18 guns, including 12 heavies, and responsible for the miserable display of forthcoming general Conference of the

Allis regarding peace-terms.

also many machine-guna.

incompetence.

BRITAIN.

LONDON, July 9th.. in the House of Commons, replying to Sir P. Magnus, Mr. A. J. Balfour cur firmed the reports that German agents were spreading falsehoods in Spain and Russia regarding Great Britain, who was represented as endeavouring to produce a revolution in Spain and to restore the monarchy in Russia.

Mr Balfour stated that both reports were untrue and absurd, ond were incon- sistent with the policy of Great Britain,

their own affeirs. which leaves other countries to manage

FOREIGNERS IN PEKING.

there was no danger to foreigners in the Regarding China, Mr. Balfour said

Legations He had warned Peking that communication between the Capital and the sea must be kept open, ALLIES EVACUATING GREEK TERRITORY,

PARIS, July 9th.

purposes of such liquors new in hond will be upheld..

The Senate has also decided that spirits vid power sine the war began had to

in band shall be paid for in a basis eindge timid appeal with the Allied Powers

ten per cent, above cost.

GERMAN SOCIALISTS AND PEACE.

STOCKHOLM, July 9th. The German Minority Socialists, in a manifesto announcing its views on pence, demands general disarmament as the sole means of destroying militarism. It de nounces economic warfare and demands compulsory arbitration at the conclusion

in ravour of any victim of theirs Han the Holy See, has Spain, ever had to prefer such an appeal to the Allied Powers for a little mercy, a little restraint of irresponsible brutality For Belgium such appeal has to be made over and over again for Serbia for Poles under the heel of the Central Powers; for the Armenians To us? To the Allies!

Between the Belgian people and sheer starvation the United States long stood: has there been any such need for any such pity and inercy on the part of any outside Yet vast numbers of Germans all the Power for any people under Allied rule?

Britain and her Allics Every German world over are in the power of Great

Allied Powers. In Great Britain and her Colony has passed under the rule of the

of peace, without annexations or indemni-colonies there are vast numbers of German ties, and the re-establishment of Serbia

it would be unjust to treat Russian as an independent nation. It declares

Poland differently from Austro-German Poland and favoura a referendum regard. ng Alsace-Lorraine and payment of com pensation to Belgium. It denounces the policy of colonial conquests.

It is announced that the Allied troops PRESIDENT WILSON SECURES

are about to evacuate the Greek territory which they recently temporarily occupied as a precautionary measure

Salonika region.

The evacuation does not include the.

EARLIER CABLES.

CONTROL OF US. EXPORTS

WASHINGTON, July 9th. The Government's more strict control of exports will operate from July 15th.

The President's explanatory statement on this matter again emphasises that every effort will be made to prevent sup plies reaching the Central Powers,

The commodities controlled will include ooke, fuel oils, Kerosene, pig iron, ship plates, scrap iron, ferro-manganese, ferti. lisers, flour, peal, fodder, meats, fots and

grains

FIFTY PRISONERS.

EFFECTS OF HIS SPEECH.

nationalities fighting on the side of the prisoners, and of prisoners of the other

nitigation of the rigour of the treatment? been constrained to make appeal for a Central Powers. Has any neutral Tower

Germany are, in truth, fed by the charity The British and other Allled prisoners in of their own people, but for the food.

them from home they would long since sent. have died of faming Have the German and Austrian prisoners in Great Britain had to be fed from Germany or Austria Would those prisoners themselves have been willing to trust to the brotherly charity of their own folk at home?

behalf the charity of the world is enlisted

To return to the four nations on whose

have the Allied Powers stood aside and left this office of charity to Nentrals Have England and the British Empire, has France, have the other Allied Powers been content to shrug the unconcerned shoulder and say: We did not work First tangible fruits of the mission mitigate a ruin that was.

the evil, we cannot be expected to try to enterprise originated by the New York making

was one of our World and carried out by the French all Government, which sowed copies of Pre Empire, all over 1

the over Great Britain and

Britisa sident Wilson's address, in German tries of the Entente,

France and other counë. translation, over the German lines and as have been made, and are being made, to unwearied efforts

were gathered near St. Quentin on May to bind up their wounds and pour in far behind them as aviators could reach, repair the chip of those victire peoples 10th St

and wine. And this, while every penny French sentinels in the front trench of the Allies might well teem to be claimed heard a rattle among the tin cans hung for their own flesh and blood. By whom entanglement by way of warning signals By them who did the damage? What along the outer edge of that barbed wire have the stricken people not been herned? blue glare disclosed a party of Sfty-odd concerned in the agony of these and threw up a star shell Its weird nations of the earth have old themselves youthful and hungry locking German peoples? Those alone who brought it on and each waving a white paper which has ever touched them, no belated seronle, soldiers, every man with his hands up hom. No tardy impulse of compassion proved to be one of the German copies chivalric thought of raising the fallen, They were conveyed safely into the study of those who held themselve of the President's address

no human movement towards reparations French lines and taken to the rear, Neutral, whose function it is to consider

Surely these contrasts are worth although under a sputter of rifle fire two manner of trees and know them by from the German trenches,

their fruits