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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG
BITTER FIGHTING ON WESTERN
FRONT.
ALLIES REPEL FIERCE ATTACKS.
RUSSIANS DEFEAT ENEMY OFFENSIVE.
BRITISH LABOUR AND
EMHE WAR.
MR. HENDERSON'S RESIGNATION.
Franco-Belgian Front.
EARLIER CABLES. (THROUGH ELUTER'S AGENOT.)
BRITISH FRONT.
BRITISH BEAT BACK SIX
ASSAULTS.
EARLIER CABLES.
DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, AUGUST 13TH,
VOTE.
MR. HENDERSON RESIGNS FROM THE WAR CABINET,
LONDON, August 11th. The Press Bureau announces that Mr. Arthur Henderson has resigned from the War Cabinet
1917.
THE SOARING DOLLAR. SALARIES IN GOLD AND SILVER.
BY RICHARD OLIVER.]
THE ALLIES
BLOWS IN
THE LABOUB CONFERENCE letter which accompanied this communi cation contained these words: I hasten
FRANCE. to hy before you the above information
GERMAN DIVISIONS USED UP. as I fear that the impression hins hitherto prevailed that, in the words of one of the
It is, perhaps, but small consolation for
When the offensive opened the Germana the man who is paid a sterling salary.
had in France 147 divisions, of which 12 London newspapers, Russin ardently de-
at the current rate of exchange, to know
were in reserve. This mass of 42 divisions stred the Stockholm Conferesce, and that that 60 years ago the dollar was at about consisted entirely of fresh troops. By this argument has been put forward in 5. Those were the days when it cost the end of April it had dwindled to order to inßitence British public opinion£150 for a first class passage from Houg 12 divisions.
Siner then the chomy has favour of the Labour and Socialist kong to Southampton, mid when the built up his reserve anew.
It now (June parties in Great Britain participating intrest cable station was at Trieste, 24th) totals 40 divisions, equally divided The Conference."
which was linked np with London by between the German Crown Prince and LATEST UABLES.
“Innidistely in receipt of this pirate fleets, deadly fever, murder, and 25 are alivisions that has been engaged an ocean telegraph. It was a time of Crown Princ Rupprecht, but of theso PREMIER'S STINGING CRITICISM intimation I sent it over to you with the sudden death, when nearly all of the either on the British or French battle
LONDON August 11th
request that you should communicate it Europeans in Hongkong were poisoned frout, have suffered heavy loss, and have Correspondence between Mr.
to the Conference. You omitted to do
beer, re-formed. Lloyd George and Mr Henderson regarding
80. It is true that in the course of your the latter's resignation line been publish-spech you made very casual reference
Mr. Neville Chamberlain has resigned the Directorship of National Service.
Bolh resignatious have been accepted.
arsenic placed in the bread by the order of neighbouring. Chinese 1923- darins, (No one died of the immediate effects, but many people usver properly recovered their health.) It was in the Mr. Henderson wrote ou the 11th inst. the Russian Government, but there is a days before the Hongkong and Shangbai tendering his resignation, and declaring, Danifest difference between the effect Bank was founded and several rear which have by holding some quiet
ed.
BIG BATTLE IN PROGRESS NEAR BRODY.
LONDON, August 11th.
A Rusajan official report by wireless, statés: --Dense engmy waves attacked our Field-Marshal Bir Douglas Haig rethe region of the villages of Dab and positions in the direction of Brody in gports: -Our rifle and artillery fire beat Zarkov.
back six 18saults for the possession
were maintained.
The battle is progressing.
* 3 share your desire that the war should be carried on to a successful conclusion."
intimating that His Majesty the King Mr. Lloyd George replied, and, after
ed:-- had accepted his resignation, proceed
• My colleagues and I received with satisfaction the assurance of your in abated desire to assist in the prosecution
There site, however, certain facts with which it is essential that the public. should be acquainted in order that they may form a correct appreciation of the -events that have led to this regrettable. conclusion,"
to some modification in the attitude of
now.
which would necessarily be produced upon before the now famous Taikoo firm any audience by an indifferent summary commenced its activities on the China
to them of official information showing had grievances; they have a different one of this description and the communication cost by opening an office in Shanghai.
**In those days the soldiers in Hongkong the attitude of the Russian Government Sisty yours age they died off towards the Stockholm Conference was almost like flies, of malaria, and many of very different from what had been the deserted on to American whalers supposed. In these circumstances your which called in n sution, sines not appear to have been Colony. In these days the soldiers do not the tittle British
Delegnies whom you were addressing. But they have a grievance, and it is They were left in ignorance of a vital face which must necessarily have affected their judgment."?
a
It is characteristic of the enemy's new method of emonizing his bose thos to allow his few wraining freak di the expense of the others that he refuses sions in be reduerd. Exhamsted divisidia which can to Jonger be kept in the battle line change places with divisions sector of the fat, but the reserve of fresh trucs is - yer meddled with, and
behind that of Crown Prince Rupprecht. semingly still mins at the total of 12 of the Gunn Crown Prince and four divisions, eight being behind the front
Germans have been able to maintain, and So far, in spite of their losses, the even to increase, the number of their divisions in France. They have brought which have been badly handled on the 14 divisions from the Russian front, re- placing the by 1 exhausted divisions
new divisions, two of the Lambirey
divisions, have appeared on this front,
Of the whole 155 German divisives now
of the important ground captured east-
We bent off an attack southward of ward of Ypres.
After force fighting all the positions foreing its way
the Pruth river. One of our battalions of the war to a successful conclusion fain, either, to the Government or to the desert; they are too proud of their work. French Front. Besides these, five entirely Lukovica, compelled the enemy to retire the cheese of and took 200 prisoners.
We occupied a height and took more then 200 prisoners.
We gained ground in the neighbour hood of the Ypres-Menin road and raided
renches southward of Armentieres.
GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, August 11th.
A wireless German official report states: Yesterday's strong English at- tacks on an eight kilometre front between #Freesenberg and Hollebeke at first broke in our line, bat our rapid counter-attack ojected the enemy wear Westhork, after
bitter struggle.
LATEST CABLES.
FRENCH FRONT,
FRENCH REGAIN ELEMENTS.
PARIS, August Hith.
We regained the heights we lost on Wednesday southward of Wammady,
The enemy forced the Roumanians to retire southward of Cena.
GERMAN VERSION:
LONDON, August ¡ith. A wireless German oficial report states:--Strong Busso-Romanian forces seven times stormed par Susita position. All the attempts broke down with heavy
losses.
Aerial
A communiqué states --North of Sto
Quentin we gained the greater portion
of the denients, in which the onesay-
obtained a footing on the 9th awi 18th, instant.
Jo Champagne, after artillery prepara. tion, the eneony delivered simultaneous attacles east and west of Mount Cornillet. Our fire stopped dead the assaulting waves, which sustained heavy losses,
North of Mount Cornillet the enemy ¿penetrated our advanced line, but our energetic counter-offensive recaptured it, with the exception of fifty metres
Italian Front
LATEST CABLES.
{TELOGOR BAUTer's agency.)
ITALIAN FRONT.
MILITARY WORKS BOMBED.
LONDON, August 11th,
An Italian official report states:-We
rectified our
front between Boscomalo i
Activities.
EARLIER CABLES. (THROUGH ELUTER'S AGENCY.3
NAVAL AIRMEN
ACTIVE
OVER BELGIUM.
LONDON, August 11th.
MARLIER CABLES.
COTTON CONTROL.
40 PER CENT OF SPINDLES AND LOOMS TO STOP.
Lonos, August 11th.
very real one
having been once withdrawn on account of their losses, or the divisions which either of Artois or Champagne, 18 are have not yet taken part in the battles, Landwehr, and considered by the Ger- mans themselves as unfit for heavy fight
DOLLARS AND INCOME TAX,
in France, 12 have been engaged either. What the weekly pay, in dollars, of and 23 of them have re-appeared after on the British or French front of attack, private soldier is can be easily calculated by anyone,
but the soldier finds it much more difficult to buy things with it. All "The first is, that your colleagues were
ranks suffer, more or less, but, of course, taken completely by surprise by the
some cases are barder than others. Men attitude which you adopted at
ing. below commissioned rank with families
The remaining consist of the the
12 Eresh divisius in aeserve and 13 fresh. Labour Conference yesterday afternoon.
must regard the disappearing dollar with | divisions holding quiet sectors of the More anxiety, if not with more You knew that they were in the present
Front. indikna- The Colton Control Board ammatineesition, than the single men. Both services enemy divisions have been withdrawn It is known that between 90 and 100 eircumstances unanimously opposed to that a week's natice will be given to all the navy and the army are paid at the From the battle fronts since the beginning the Stockholm Conference, and you had cotton-spinuing firms and manufacturers
of the offensive, The rate of wasinge of yourself been prepared to
agree to an to stop 40 per cent, of their spindles and announcement to that fleet some days loans from September 3rd. ago. At your suggestion, however, and Levies will be made on all mills work that of your Labour colleagues, it was ing more than 60 per cent of their total decided to defor making any such spindles and looms for unemployed opera announcement until after the meeting Lives." yesterday. I was under the impression,
The scheme will only operate for two after severni talks with you, that your months, as the Shipping Controller is meant to use your influence against making the strangest offoris to increase meeting any representatives at Stock-the tonnage available for getton. holm. What has happened in Russia during the last few weeks has materially
[Telegrains received on. Saturday and un Sunday
on Sunday, will be found on
rate of exchange, Those who are paid a sufficienty high salary unit pay arome tax on earned income which no one else does in China. Coumlar officials do.. Ed.)
officer in China Untor years ago and now,
Let us consifier, the case of a naval
Asspuing that his pay has remained
ng divisions under the pressure of thy the following figures :-The divisions dip great Anglo French attacks is shown by posed to the British at the opening of the offensive in April were relieved iter six days fighting: those opposed to the withdrawn after the four days bard French in the heights of the Aisne were gliting ending April 20th The Germans stunt at £800 per annum, and that hot withdrawn after two days. The average engaged in the battle of Missines were paid income tax on all of it, at the fa Certa division on the dispictive rates of then and now, active foots is about 15 days-leuter. 9.and/ed: in the pond. In 1914 he hud o left after payment of the tax;
now he has £700, say, 10 per cent, les LET THE PEOPLE CONTROL In those days the dollar was about 2/ and to day in langkung it is about 2/91.
THEIR DESTINY.
The Admiralty announces that Naval affected the position in reference to that Foxton 14 morning and published in an with every prospect of rising, although MAX HARDEN'S PLEA FOR A NEW
airmen dropped several tons of hombs at Chistelles, on the aerodromic,. an › Zuites
railway junction on Thursday night. wege railway sidings and the Thourout
Dense clouds of smoke were caused at Zuitewege.
Machine, also attacked by gunfire the railway junction at Thourout.
We combed the aerodrome at Sparap lhook on Friday,
All the machines returned safely.
Naval Activities.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL
The
APPOINTMENTS.
are
it seins to tag behind the Shanghai doliar. (There are mysteries in the vary ing valt of the dollar in different pacts of China which inake in all long to fear the science of egonomics.) But to return In the plight of our service man on £800 year At a 2 dollar, he reerived 87,700 for his 2770 in 1914. At 2/3d.
income tax and the flight of the dollár, dollar, he receives $5,250 for his £700. In other words, owing to the increased
SPIRIT IN GERMANY.
The following striking passage occurs Max Harden's article in the Zukunft, piper which has been banned by the military
Conference You admitted to me, that Brue, 03. the situation had completely changed, even within the last fortnight, and that, whatever ground you might hay thought | there was for Delegates from Allied coun- tries attending such a Conference announced in the Hongkong Government
following apppointments fortnight ago, the events of the last few Caseller days had shown you the unwisdom of such Mr. G. N. Orne to be District Officer. a course. That was clearly what you led Mr. D. W. Tratan to be Hend of the
Sanitary Department. me to believe. It was also the impres Mr. E. V. Carpwael to be Chief Assistant privileged folks have a bouse- provided my traga of talk and smelly printer's
sion left on the winds of your colleagues
the War Cabinet, and of your Labour colleagues in the Ministry, It
hevolences in the Ministry,
t
to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
The same blindness," he declares,
us scorn America as of no importance. which caused us to compare England's Arny with Falstaff's recruits now makes he has lost $2,450 out of a total of $7,769; America's entry will be widely felt. Who or almost one third of his annual incoon has the inexplicable audacity to deceive Nor is that all In common with the rest the German people in the rocklike majesty of us he, of course, pays the increased of its struggle and suffering, of undream prices on commodities and takes a parted of sacrifice, in bloval and race, with in helping war charities. But while 8098
MF. N. L. Smith to be in officer of Classrens.
II of the Civil Service.
ink
for them by their employer, there are service people who have to pay house
Even if wassi's army is dissolved And in Hongkong they have our Western enemies, who have Bagdad, was, therefore, with no small surprise Mr. Chang Ming Chi to be a Member cent to 20 per cent, in order to assist colonies, who in twelve April days took recently increased the taxes on houses by Mecca, Valoun, Coeritz, part of the 50 per cent., fr., raised it from 13 Trenting, Salonica and the German that I received a letter from you yester
of the Court of the niversity of in paying for the war.
31,000 prisoners, and whicko wrath over- Hongkong, for three years,
THE CASE OF THE CIVILIAN.
laying the waste of Picardy blazes to The employers in Chin, who engage heaven-they de ung see events and the
In
EARLIER CABLES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
EUROPEAN WATERS.
LONDON, August 11th.
and Castagnarizsa by including some of JAPANESE NAVAL UNITS IN day afternoon stating that you ought to Ho Kam Tong and Mr Chan-Kai men on stering salaries, usually make future so darkly that they will agree to
our old lines.
Our flights dropped three tons of high. explosives upon the ruilitary works in the Chispo. Valley.
Russian Front.
LATEST CABLES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
RUSSIAN FRONT.
FAILURE OF ENEMY OFFENSIVE.
Joybox, August 11th.
hen th
enemy'a
A Wireless Russian official report dated 11th inst states that the partial offensive in the direction of Brody has proved a complete failure.
He was averywhere repulsed with great losses.
Buchuva valleys.
inform we that, after most careful con sideration; you had come to the conclu
• Ming to be Life Members of the Court of the University
The Fress Bureau announces that addi.sion you could take no other course than Mr. T. Oliphant to do a Rural Sanitary shilling dollar In Hongkong the Gov- South Americans and all the people who
tional Japanese Naval units have joined, the Allied forces in European waters. General.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENDY.]
to stand by the advice yon had given the day after your return from Russia, Surely this was a conclusion of which you ought to have informed the War Cabinet before you entered the, Con ference. When you spoke at that Con-
Inspector
THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE.
me compensation for the varying pile arms. dollar. Speaking very generally the stiILLIONS HOSTILE, TO US. usual practice is to pay at about a two The millions hostile to us-Chinese, ernment servants are, according to the condemn Germans as the violaters of latest arrangement, paid 40 per cent. of human rights will not trail wearily kome their salary at 1/9d. and the remainder before the gigantic weight of America is at the rate of the day, and that, just thrown into the scale. What can be use- works out at about 2/- Sonie firing. Day Ful in us before that day! Not whimper. one half the niorthly salary at 1/ed and the other half at the rate of the day amateur diplomants, but a brave attempt Jug about porce, not wild shuttle-cock There are cases in which one half is KING GEORGE SENDS Aference you were not merely a member to the French mission attached to the rate of the day, with 2 as a maximum worthy freedom of criticism, without The following letter has been addressed paid at 1/nd and the other half at the to know the truth clearly the return to MESSAGE TO M. KEBENSKY.
of the Labour party, but a member of British Army hy some of the old inhabit old days of the Government service in sovereignty droops and fades, the decision value for the rate of the day. In the which guard and menace the strongest the Cabinet responsible for the conductants of Cappy and Suzanne (both south Hongkong there were other arrangements, so to arrange the German house that to-
and it is of the war. Nevertheless, you did not southeast of Albert] who have been allow some of the what curious fact that morrow it will be fit to live in and not deem it
servants obtain a compensa an abomination before the world. The necessary to inform the Con
tion. Thus a man is listed at, let us United States won't fight & Germany led Sir, We, the andersigned inhabitants at 1/pd. be obtains 81,400 if his monthly road towards the goal pointed out by Mr. ference of the views of your colleagues, of Cappy (Chausse quarter) and Suzanne salary is £70. There are many mysteries Wilson. Not because he pointed it out 3/8d dollar. When the dollars by sensible men which gres along that "At the moment that you are re- and the Delegates accordingly
desire to express our sincere thanks to about the dollar which puzzle were
the British Army for the facilities and China hands
old must we reach it, but because the im-
LONDON, August With. The Press Bureau announces that HM The King has telegraphed to M, Keren sky, the Russian Premier; as follows;
ed to return to these villages:
KEY
established in the leadership of the Bus justified in assuming that the advice you assistance we were kindly given towards Ti has been wentioned our necessities of German existence...
thet,
We repelled attacks in the Sereth and sian poojile, I assure you that the British gave was not inconsistent with the the re-establishment of normal life in this ago, the dollar was at about $1 In stubborn battles south-westward of peoples will never relax their efforts, opinions.
Otra the Houmanians were forced to against the common enemies." Telure five versts."
The enemy developed his offensive Bestward of the Focsani-Mereshestchi railway and compelled us to retire across the Suchitza.
We repelled attacks eastward of the railway, and we captured 100 prisoners,
The hattle is progressing. Counter-attacks last night enabled us to recross in places to the south, bank of the Buchitiza.
KILKENNY BYE-ELECTION,
LONDON, August: 13th. The result of the bye-election Kilkenny City is
Mr. Cosgrave (Sinn Fein). Mr. MacGumuess (Nationalist)
Majority
700
302
380
sorely-tried district
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spirit, and economic conditions have long outbreak of war it has varied in een forcing us towards it. We have nothing but praise for the The second point is this. Yesterday generous and brotherly assistance with was, almost 50 per cent in Hongkong. Never again among white men will cannot prophesy and if we could we such a war be never will war prepara which the British Army spontaneously should not use a newspaper as a median tions he the root and summit of German morning we received a most important contributed to the restoration of part of of recording our prophetic powers, but national life and overwhelm attention to communication from the Russian Gove our houses, thus enabling us to resume we should simply puttre book. We the needs of to-morrow, while enthroned our ecenpations. This sincera sympathy cannot prophesy; we must merely adopt Mars devours the finest productions of ment in which as wire informed that, displayed an understanding of our post price of the dollar. Three years ago one Triumph and conquest, perhaps after
Oriental fatalist in our putlook on thus the earth, at although the Russina Government did not our distress
Hongkong and to-day the latter are worth arrangment of the noblest human efforts. tion. Every effort was made to mitigate othained about $110 in Shanghai for 8100 many years, perhaps never, or a deem it possible to prevent Russian Dele- We would therefore be very grateful to somewhere about 90 Shanghai, Theif each and every German will make gates from taking part in the Stockholm the expression of our gratitude for all it is 2/7 Thirty years ago it was 4/34d. And the responsibility for the peace which you for kindly conveying to the Army dollar in Hongkong to-day (end of July) the right choice, peace, will soon come. Conference, they regarded it as a party did for us. Please accept sir, the x-Lnt 15 years ago it was 1/60 There is mist come cannot he carried by a prince conccen, and its decision as in no wish J. R. Roque (farmer), Jules Naillon without the wheel or even fantan of the whole nation Democracy
pression of our thanks and deep respect. plenty of opportunity to gamble in China or a family, but only on tan abent neck binding on the liberty of action of the (coal dealer), Lefebre bookers but we do not like to gamble with all resistible. This pence can the German Government, And, further, the covering Naillon (fishmonger).
(farmer), Goudefroy (hutcher), Cailly of our salary, especially when we have people only conclude when it has reeng
a family-North China Daily News. nised what it must
The election was occasioned by the death of Mr. 1. O'Brien (Nationalist),
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