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THE WAR.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 31st, 1917.

ANOTHER BRITISH OFFENSIVE PENDING

TREMENDOUS BOMBARDMENT IN FLANDERS,

AUSTRIA AND PEACE.

GERMANY AND SIAM.

Franco-Bolylan Front,

LATEST CABLES.

THROUGH TEDIEK'S AGENOV;}

ÅRTILLERY STRUGGLE

CONTINUES.

THE NEXT BRITISH OFFENSIVE,

EXPECTATIONS IN FLANDERS,

LONDON, July 9th, Experts anticipate that the British offensive will not materialise for some time.

These declare that the British methods were so splendidly sticessful in the Somme battle that they will be utilis in the forthcoming push, with provements gained by experiegN

PARIS, July 30th, communiqué. says: The artillery struggle has continued in a most, vigoure ous manner in the Cerny-Craoung region. Buccceding a short and most violent boned bardment the Germans attacked: at Huricbine but were completely frustrated. || "On the left of the Meuse there has been. Jively artillerying, particularly at Hill 304.

GERMAN MESSAGE

LONDON, July 30th.

A German wireless communiqué" snys that since mid-day the artillery duel ̈ín Flanders has again been of the strongest description.

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FARLIER CABLES.

TREMENDOUS ARTILLERYING

A WEEK'S REVIEW.

LONDOR, July 28th. Reuter's correspondent at Headquar ters, writing on, the 28th saya:-16 has" been a work of intense heat, furious gun ming, incessant reconnaissance work and

KAIR RAID ON PARIS

NO SERIOUS DAMAGE.

AERIAL ACTIVITY.

LONDON, July 30th Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re

PARIS, July 29th. ports-There was great aerial activity. In connection with thờ air raid con yesterday, and air fighting was continu Paris, the Journal says that one German

We bomber important railway | seroplano reached a suburb. stations, and two aerodromes, and carried

out a number of other raids. There was much successful protegraphic and artil lery work

--- We brought down sixteen and drove down fourteen enemy machines Thirteen. of ours are missing We also brought. down two baluons

Naval Activities.

EARLIER CABLEN,

THEQUGH BUTEE'S AGENCY.]

GERMAN STEAMER AND

SUBMARINE.

LONDON, July 20th The Admiralty announces :-One of our submarines in the North Ses on Friday captured the Gennau steamer Batavier 77. The crew abandoned the ship and a prize crew went aboard. Owing to gun fire damage it was impossible to bring the vessel to port aid she was scuttled..

THE KAISER'S ANX ETY

COPENHAGEN, Buly 20th. The Kaiser betrays anxiety regarding | General. Finnilers in a telegram to

General: Hindenburg. gratefully

Am Galicin, in which ho

the deeds of the troops in the West lo tenaciously resisting tho

enemy,

“ospecintly the bravo troops in Finnders who for weeks have be

been the

farget of most violent artillerying, and are now dauntlessly awaiting future usinalte."

FEROCIOUS FIGHTING,

TREMENDOUS CANNONADE IN

FLANDERS,

LONDON, July 29th. Despite the ferocity of the fighting in Chanpugne where, according to Reuter's errespondent at French Headquarters,

EARLIER CABLES.

LTEROGON-RECTER'S AGENOT.}

BRITISH RAILWAYMEN.

THEIR WORK IN THE WAR

LONDON, July 29th.

Sir Eric Geddes, speaking at Cam bridge, paid a tribute to the work of British railwayson in the war. They were giving the army the means of movement it had not hitherto possomed. The munitions waggon was now super- seded by small gauge railways which resulted in the saving of thousands of lives.

The destruction of German's military power had begun since last Spring.

The damage was not scrious.

SIAM AND THE WAR.

ACTION IN BERLIN.

COPENHAGEN, July 20th.

ร:

GREECE AND THE ENTENTE LOSS OF SEVEN MILLION LIVES

THE ABDICATION OF TINQ. MR HENDERSON ON THE COST

PORWAR {BY PROFESSOR. 3, BURROWS, PRINCIPAL OF KING'S COLLEGE, MEMIAR OF THE COUNCIL OF THE HELLENIC SOCIETY,}

Events have been, moving rapidly in Graece, and it is early to estimate their

Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., spenking Faia devonstration at Richmond im support of the Brotherhood Continental Relief Fund for France, Belgium, Scrbing and Roumania, said it had been estimated

number of persons, killed

full siguificance. Le niny unssum d the ectly and indirectly,

the Allies have not only persuaded the

King to abdicate, br, have insisted that during the war exceeded the popufàtion those who were responsible for advising of the United Kingdoin. Of these, seven and carrying out his policy shall go into millions or a number larger than the exito with him. We have presumably, population of the County of London, lad tou, taken measures to prevent any seri- been killed. They had not all bem killed “ ous resistance being offered to our actions, in action, but their deaths were due to One of the most effective and beneficent cases connected with the war, though A selegram from Berlin states that the ways of securing this will be at one to large proportion of this gigantic, fotol Siamese Minister will receive his pass the blockade, and conciliate any represented women and children of disaffected elements that still exist by the Armenia, Serbia, and other 16rritories ports when & safo conduct to Germany introduction of an ample supply of food. occupied by the energy. The expenditure of the Imperial representative at Hang-

We are, we may assable, wasters of bid been estimated at not less than eight Greece, and our settlement of the country, my nine thousand million pounds; and, kok has been guaranteed.

will constitute a kind of test case for in addition, a vast quantity of fixed pro Siamese of military age are

our attitude at the ultimate Peace Con- ports," shipping, and goods had been gress. Here at least the Allies have destroyed, amounting to many millions interned

won," we ein imagine the world saying more. Thus the impoverishment of the

What are they

to do With

being

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Tile Dutch have been requested to take victory at the world by waste of life, waste of Inhour,

over the German interests in Siam,

ISLAM

DECLARES WAR AUSTRIA HUNGARY.

ON

COPENHAGEN, July 29th- A telegram from Vienna says that Siam has declared war on Austria-Hungary.

FRENCH IN ROUMANIA.

SOME BIG CAPTURES.

PARIS, July 20th.

A Romanian communique says-On the 20th we enlarged the breach north-" ward in the enemy front and scized the whole of the old position on a width of | 9 kilometres and to a depth of 15.

took 1,245 prisoners, and captured two batteries of howitzers, nine guns and quantity of munitions,

THE IMPERIAL CABINET.

LORD HARCOURT'S PROPOSALS,

We

•Lord Harcourt has addressed to a cur respondent the following latter, which connects the new decision to summon a

a

The need of putting such a question is and destruction of material had been more important to-day than it would have appalling. Moivover, the organized har beer six months ago. Even then there | barity of the enemy had added enormously would have been many to watch how far to the burrors which war always entailed. our actions bore out professions and our The atrocities perpetrated recently by the ideals. The enemy would have been on Germany Army in retreat veriled and the look-out for a chance to knear, tourencived universal courtenmation, a neutrals would have held the "baliber With regard to the present position, ready, the Serbians and the Roumanians | Mr. Henderson said that, speaking frank. and the Austrian Slave would have waited ÿ with nearly three years of millitary in suspense to see what kind of men thear effort without precedent, there was no Allies were

immediate prospect of cessation of

stilities; he should not be doing justice. to the country if he conveyed any other impression. The severe character of the war, and its prolongation, had tempted

MARUSSIAN AND-AMERICAN OPINION, 5.

It would have been open then for a cynks to urge that such opinion did not practically matter The great nations could safely listen to the mure respocinblu and time honoured appeals of Balance of me to ask why peace was not attempted Power and Bepuranic Interest and by other means. He would fel them, perial Expansion. But the Russian Re Because a challenge thrown down by volution and the entry of America have Germany in 1914 still held good. The lust brought ideals uncomfortably into the for world domination which dietated the | region of practice, Even the hardened policy of aggressive military action on advocate of Real politik must admit that the part of Germany continued to be sup it is vital for the successful prosecution ported by this Kaiser and his Prussian of the war that we should justify our advisers, The German arpies continued aims and our actions before the bar of to threaten the very existence of inde- public opinion in Russia and Amerien. Igendent nationalities. Under such air. persanding Russin that her first simple be a defeat for liberty, and would imperil We will succeed, and rightly succeed, in, cumstances a victory for Germany would formanla of no annexation seeds all the future of democracy in Europe. mminer of expauszon and explanation Among the many suggestions made with. before it can be properly applied Woļa view to the accomplishment of this end, sadly deceive ourselves if we imagine that added. Mr. Henderson, none appealed to. we shall shake Russia's adherence to the him with greater force than the proposal meaning the spirit of her formula. If we for a League of Nations to enforce peace. are to gain her support as an active An indispensable condition, however, to fighting Ally we must show, her here past

now that nxx one member of the Allied its success was that it unst, be it Langue group, is out for loot of free peoples. In this way only would The first point that Russia and Amit be possible to rid civilization from the rica will want to make sure of is that terrible nightmare from which it at pre- ly temporary, and that, it will be with continue the war, und so prepare for nur military oceuiation of Greece is para, sent suffered (Cheers.) We should so drawn is soon as ever sa Mable Gover: the end, that when the end came we should miratis established representing the berendy with our machinery. We should give the fallest assurances that this sill ingenuity could make it, should be the be the case list great war the civilized world' was to

There are two further points,

know......... (Chenys,) elaborate which would demand an article sia, and Amerigu might kn

One, to

by itself, would be that we should allow

moment

much sharp local fighting. The tree the Gerumos have employed five divisions More than people imagined, the moral annual meeting of the Imperial Cabine popular will. The Allies can, of course, I see to it that the war, so far as human

wind, generally, has been favourable for the use of gas. We profited thereby the fullest extent Even at night the

artillerying dilinished hot slightly, and

dens artillerying northward of Amen |

in fruitless, all seks during the past werk, tieres, near Labs, is causing the -- Hups.

sending oven cooks and orderlies in the grent inxiety and heavy casualties. The SAN

assulting waves, interest remains centred on Flanders. French correspondents are struck when describing the cantonude The Germans are probing everywhere raids and gunår in a vain attempt to lườn the sea to the south of Arras by

Devine le British plans. It is the anny's dread by the British attack that actuates his desperate blows in Cham pagna. French experts say that the enemy, knowing he will shortly be gripped by the throat, is trying to recover Numerous ammunition dumps important positions in Champagne in

increaser intensely at dawn. The en shelled our rear and communications intervals, but his firing, in our buttery

arcon was promiscuous and was chiclly carried out in the darkness. Our counter buttory work was most successful, direct hits being obtained on dozens of gun

pits.

were most active in raiding. The fact thas

reverses farther north

the Germans are indulging in a spanes

of warfare they dislike shows the enemy's Russian bront,

anxiety to learn what is happening. opposite them.

SUCCESSFUL BRITISH RAIDS

PRISONERS AND MATERIAL

TAKEN.

LONDON, July 29th.

LATEST UABLES.

{THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.] ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED HEAVY PRESSURE.

PETROGRAD, July 30th. communique says:-In Galicia, an

A

Colmial Secretary in 1911 and 1812;--- with the proposals innde, by him as

the new Greek Goser Dent,

Común

warmly approve of the decision of his You are right is assuming that

annual me ting of an Imperial Cabinet, A Majesty's Governmeal to institute an

It follows almost precisely the lines of stituted, to call at the opportune

ELECTORAL REFORM.

Secretary to the members of the Imperialulitin form of the Constitution. We the sitggestion made by me as Colonial | Natinas] Convention to decide on ri 10,000,060 MEN, 6,000,000 WOMEN.

the exception of the participation of the Gover incur during the war on the upon the recommendations of the Speak The Representation of the People: Bill, Conference of 1911, and subsequently to the one the list freely elected Parlia the Dominion Governments in 1912, wile deas of June, 1915, be at once summoned recently introduced in the House of Con

montas a Government measure, is based. to weak again at Athens, and carry on India, which at that date would not have lines of the present Constitution. It is Conference on Electoral Reform

A been possible, but which is one of the vital that aimately the Greek nation Unionist member of this body is respon happy results of our closer co-operation should be allowed to shape its own sible for some striking figures in rela during the war, You will find this destiny, even if that means tampering tion to the electorates at the period of matter fully set out in the Parliamentary with the Dynasty, or with Monarchy the last four Reforin Bills. Before 1834-

there were fewer than 500,000 electors en White Paper [Od:7547] (1814), itself.noint on which we múgy elzar the register, and the great Reform Bill

My at time was that the The final

AUSTRIA AND PEACE.

REPLY TO MI LLOYD GEORGE.

COPENHAGEN, July 29th. Count Czernin, the Austrian Premier, interviewed at Vienna, and replying to Mr. Lloyd George's speech of the 21st inst., alleged that there was complete agreement between Berlin and Vienna re- sarding peace, which Dust be an honour ablo pence,

Dominions should be continuously repro

HADES

of the German arnty was ussuredly going fast. From his own experience Sir Eric Geddes assured his hearers of the con- fitence of the Army and Navy. He was the public generally placed their confidence in both services. As regards

would not interfere with naval strategy his own attitude at the Admiralty, he

bat attend to the needs of the fleet,

MORE FRIGHTFULNESS.

AN AMERICAN WARNING.

WASHINGTON, July 29th. The Attorney-General warns the public sunted on the Committee of Imperial opinion is that we mean to deal justly tion then was about 24,000,000. When, in

were also exploded. Both the infantrist order to protect his dank in the event of that an experį examination has disclosed of course, be replaced by his Prime poni sins which are largely our own grown to 30,000,000, and the hill added" against using sticking plaster, declaring Defence by one of their Ministers resident with the Greek people, and not, either 1807 Mr. Disraeli made his memorable in London for that purpose He would, from irritation or from self-interest, visit up in the dark, the population had

about 1,500,000 electors to the roll, raising the presence of tatanus germs in plaster Minister whenever the latter was able to view the fact and without prejudice the local to 2,500,000. When the Reform

us briefly attend. % The Committer of Imperial For the first six months of the war the Bill of 1884 was passed the country cou believed to have been distributed by Ger-Defence contains always the Prime Greets were almost unanimously an our tained 34,000,000 people, and another man sympathisers.

Minister, the Foreign Secretary, the side. They would probably have come in 3,000,000 were put upon the register, Colonial Secretary, the Secretary for as soon as Turkey declared war if we had bringing up the aggregate to 5,300,000. War, the First Lord of the Admiralty, not deliberately discouraged them in ao Thirty-thren Vears, have and the Chancellor of the Exchequer,cordance with our then dominant policy then, and the population has with any other Ministers who, for the of keeping the Balkans out of the war 15,000,000, with an electorate of 8,000,000. purpose of current business, the Prime Whatever King Constantine's personally the present measure it is prapused to Minister thinks it desirable to summon views were, he could have found no popu- put a further 2,000,000 men on the regis In a specch which I made to my con-lar support for opposition to as till the tér, muking 10,000,000 in all. As to the stituents in 1913 I used these words :-- Summer of 1915. The three factors which women's franchise, everything depends gamed him that support were, first, our upon the age agreed to by Parliament. I see no obstacle, and certainly no failure in the Dardanelles; secondly, the Putting the age at 40 would wean adding objection, to the Governments of all the great retreat of Russia, and, thirdly, our 3,000,000 women to the register; 35 would Dominions being given at onse a larger attempts to buy Bulgarian support, raise the number to 4,500,000. But the on the executive direction in matters Note the less, the election of June 1915 Covernment have reduced the age to 30, of defence and in personaj consultation gave Venizelos a large majority for his and that means pusting 8,000,000 upozi and co-operation with individual British policy of intervention, and it was not till the roll, Total 10,000,000 men and Ministers whose duty it is in frame policy | the very end of that summer that the King 6,000,000 women. here. I should welcome a more continuous and his followers ventured over to men Minsters propose three changes in the representation of Dominions Ministers, cion the possibility of repudiating the method of voting, Hitherto the Ballut if they wish it, upon the Committee of Serbian Treaty Grace had, in fart Act has been a temporary measure, re- Imperial Defines; we should all be glad already given immense help to Serbia by enacted year hy year. It is now intended if a members of those Cabinets could sending her guns and ummunition | to make it permanent. Next, there is a provision setting up what is called the

Germany Austria, and Bulgaris invaded vent the possibility of a candidate who through Salonica

alternative vote on single-member con- We must admit, in fairness, that when stituencies, the object of which is to pro- less and it is necesary, to rench an under-tinuity of Impérial confidence. It was not unnatural for a small nation cause the votes of the majority are split Serbia, in the early autumn of that yen represents a minority being elected br These words were subsequently, by the to feel that intervention would only in between the two other candidates. The must unity in order make impossible direction of the Cabinet, embodied in my volve itself in Berbia's rain. We ate third alteration is that in a constituency for dispatch of December 19th, 1912, to the s Ives bad shown no foresight, were late, having three or more members the plan of a future world-war. Democratisation of Governors General of the Dominions for and ineffectual None the less, Venezeles proportional representation by means of Constitutions was the keynote. At prosents. It was thought then, and it may entering the war in Serbie's defence, and in operation. The aim is to protect mino- communication to their respective Govern: and his Parliamentary zvajority voted for the single transferable vote shall be put sently Austria and Hungary are work so be found in the future that an it was only by the personal power of the rities from going entirely unrepresented- ing to that end, but we decline outside annual attendance by the Prime Ministers King that their decision was brought to of such distant Dominions as Australia nought and the Parliament dissolved intervention."!

Within one

Tenezeles and his and New Zealand, or even of Bouth ends had broken out in open revola-side, 5,000 gendarmerie keeping order. in Africa, might not be convenient or postin

Macedonia, and countless thousands of sible, but the proposal 1 then made of There is not the least doubt that I in workmen securing our communications. Continuous representation here by some the autumn of 1918 the Entente had ac Nor is his a paper army. His soldiers Minister daly accredited for the purpose knowledged Venezelos and disavowed have been repeatedly mentioned in the would have mot, and would still meet, Constantine, as we Phil-Hellenes steadily French Order of the Day for dash and WARRINGTON, July 28th, the purpose of continuous consultation, urged our Government to do, the whole bravery, and their casualtion havo already

General Botha in his reply of January of Greece would have been for eight run into thousands, the com Mr. McAdoo, submitting to Congress 30th, 1913, expressed the pleasure of his months our Ally. It is we and no one No wonder that officers and soldiers of the estimates of the War Budget, said the constitutional practice in ictanded hat pel the spread of the Venezelist movement, steadily deserting to Salonica week by Government that "no new departore in ele, who have thwarted, and handicap King Constantine's army have been first year of war promised to cost the that the proposal was simply a further driven as we were from compromise to standards of their regiments that had, as werk, carrying with them, sometimes, the United States $10,736,000,000, besides expression of that spirit of mutual constilpromise by the need to adjust our they phrased its been dishonoured by the Icans to the Allies, making it necessary

station and helpful co-operation which in | inter-ally differences. Yet, in spite of all

in the past has so happily animated the this Venezalog has been true to us, stead King. If we make no fresh blundère, but British Government in its relations fast and patient as Odysseus. He has a find that if a few months there will

taka Venezelo pa our edviser, we shall raise $6,500,000,000 (not $65,000 to the Governments of the self-governing this moment 53,000 men fighting by our 5 Greek divisions fighting with us be the

(Continued at foot of next column)Balkan front.

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Hang te

enemy attack in the Questzbaran region sports-We carried out successful raids was repulsed. The enemy's advanced last night north-eastward of Enthy, elements approached south of Tarnopol south-eastward of Hayrinenurt, Vest- und wo were forced to evacuate the line ward of Fontaine-lez-Croissiles and near

west of Gossiatine. The enemy occupied Fleurbaix. We captured prisoners and Jassioneuvolay and Toporovce, west of machine-guns. We entered the German

Zalestchik, and drove back our elements lines at Roeux and the Chemical Work and took 30 prisoners, a trench-mortar and a machine gun. We entered positions near Ypres and prisonored 54 and took two machine-guns. We repulsed raider

·South-eastward of Messings.

VIOLENT ENEMY ATTACK.

MUCH FRENCH ACTIVITY

PARIS, July 28th.

A communique says:-A violent enemy attack west of Hurtebise, on a front of 600 metres, collapsed. Subsequently our infantry attacked with superb dasli be tween Hurtebise, and the district south of La Boiselle, achieving progress at all points, especially in the Monument dis trict Following an intense hombard ment, an enemy attempt to recapture trenches between Avocourt Wood and Hilf 304 failed with heavy losses.

in the Carpathians a little eastward, in the region of the Mount Tomaatik sector, north-east of Kirlibaba.

The Roumanians have progressed in the direction of Rezidvasarhely and have occupied a line of heights west of Mones- tirkachinout, and other heights.

AUSTRIAN ADMISSIONS.

LONDON, July 30th.

An Austrian wireless communiqué says: -The enemy have somewhat advanced their front at Putna. Their attacks were repulsed near Sovoja.

Allied forces aro approaching - the western frontier of Bukhovina

GERMAN NEWS.

LONDON, July 30th

A wireless German message reports that progress has been made in East Galicia

"The Batente, he said," will never crushi us, and we do not intend to crush them

standing, hence further sacrifices are use The war will end in a peace by under

standing na soon as possible. All States

AMERICA AND THE WAR.

A CORRECTION

to

000,000) in addition

to them, and we require no formalities be annually in London. The door of fellowship and friendship is always open

of an Imperial Conference for the con-

Dominions.

WHEN SERBIA WAS INVADED,