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THE

WAR

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1818

THE

Aerial Activities::

BRITISH PROGRESS IN PALESTINE AND MESOPOTAMIA.

ENEMY REPULSED ON WESTERN FRONT.

AMERICA'S CONTRIBUTION TO

SHIPPING.

THE PAN-GERMAN PRICE OF PEACE.

PRIMEMINISTER'S DEFENCE OF NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS' APPOINTMENTS.

Brand-Belgian Front.

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BRITISH FRONT.

BRITISH AIR WORK.

LONDON, March 11th. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, re- porting on aviation atatce :-The aviation haze infered with air work on Sunday.

Nevertheless, 400 bombs were dropped on Menin, Roulers, Ledeghem, Cambrai and Solesms railway stations and other tar gots.

We destroyed three balloons, brought down x seroplanes, and drove down

.seven.

Four of our machines are missing.

RAIDS AND ATTEMPTED RAID.

LONDON, March 11th.: Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re- ports-Wo repulsed three raids follow- ing a heavy bombardment in the neigh- bourhood of Armentieren.

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The enemy attempted a large raid this morning, his infantry attacking on front d 1,000 yards north-westward of Passchendaele,

A party entered a post southwards of Houthulst Forest, but we immediately. recaptured it.

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ENEMY RAIDING PARTY

-REPULSED.

LONDON, March 10th. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re ports-A hostile raiding party, under -cover of a heavy bombardment, attacked Our posta eastward of Armentieres. A fea British are missing.

We repulsed the party. Artillery has markedly increased between La Basce Cand and Ypres.

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LONDON, March 19th.

The Press Bureau announces War Prisoners' Department was informed to-day that Lieutenants Scholtz and Wookey would be released and returned.

to camp.

The month's notice of the intended prisale would have expired to-morrow. ANOTHER AIR RAID ON PARIS

PARIS, March 12th. It is officially announced:Seven

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aeroplane squadrons attacked Paris at ten o'clock on Monday evening. Bombs were dropped at several pointe, causing casualties and damage.

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The King's Royal Rifles, who were holding the position fell back in good order after teavily bombing the enemy

"AIR RAID ON NAPLES. and had counter-attacked, but unsuccess

HOME, March 11th. fully. During the night the Royal

A semi-official report states-In Fusiliers reinforced them and the second counter-attack resulted in fierce hend-to-air raid on Naples 20 bombs were dropped, hand fighting and by dawn we had entirely killing a number of persons. recovered every inch of the lost ground

BRITISH NAVAL ACTIVITY.

LONDON, March 11th. The Admiralty reporte-Naval aero

The enemy artillery responded heavily to our barrage, and three shells burst successively apon the Company Head-planes bombed the Engel nerodrome and

of the Royal Hiles, bury dump, starting two firms. quarters

ng the occupants, who were all dug out alive..

Elsewhere along the front there has been | violent artillery firing.

We destroyed three enemy aircraft and drove down, four others uncontrollable.

All returned AERIAL RAID ON STUTTGART

LONDON, March 11th, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re ports on aviation as follows: We drop- The latest record is 12 machines put 600 bombs on dumps, billeta and crashed and one shot down by our aerodromes; also on the important rail- :" Archies," 21 driven down out of conway centre north-eastward of St. Quer-

The weather was fine but hazy, and | our airmen continue to do wonderful work in coming the Germans out of the sky,

trol.

During Friday's daylight only three of our plans failed to return.

SUCCESSFUL RAID. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re raid ports: Wo were successful in a southward of St. Quentin. Several of the enemy were killed or captured.

Two machine-guns were captured. We trove off an enemy party north westward of La Hassee.

There was considerable reciprocal artillery firing south-eastward of Armen- tiores.

FRENCH FRONT.

ENEMY'S DOUBLE ATTACK REPULSED

PARIS, March 11th.

A communique states-Our counter attack repulsed an enemy attempt to reach our lines in the neighbourhood of the St. Hiliaire--St. Soupict road in Champagne, and we took prisoners.

After a violent bombardment the enemy LONDON, March 11th. made a double attack, in which special Renter's Correspondent at Headquar- assaulting troops participated, against ters porta-Since the German attack Goase Hill and Dead Man Hill on the on Friday and our subsequent counter-left of the Meuse. Our assailants were attacks the enemy infantry have been everywhere repulsed. factive. It is believed that the enemy A strong enemy group, in attempting planned to launch these attacks on to gain a footing in our trenches north earlier dates, but the intensity of our of St. Mihiel were dispersed. artillery firing caused their postpone ments.

The American troops in Lorraine carried out a daring raid.

MUTUAL ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. PARIS, March 11th. A communique states: There reciprocal artillery activity at Bandisapt and Viole,

was

The northern attack was delivered at Four o'clock on Friday morning and the soullern attack was due simultaneously, but our barrage held it up. The object of the former was to straighten the salient

Our neroplanes dropped 14 tons of in car line south of Hoult Forest. The entry saulted under cover of a smoke bombe on enemy works behind the lines. barrage on a front of 2,000 yards. northern flank was completely repulsed.

Its

In the centre the Stosstruppen succeeded

FRANCO AMERICAN RAIDS.

tia.

A large number of machines carried out. a particularly successful attack from &

low height on three aerodromes, directly ectly hitting the hangars and machines in the open in each aerodrome Returning to height of 10 feet they machine gunnel favourable ground targets, causing

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ADVANCE OF SEVERAL MILES.

LONDON, March 10th.

A Palcatine official massage states: --- Our advance to the north continued, yes. terday morning.

We crossed the Wadiauja and captured strong Turkish position five miles west

of the Jordan.

We have advanced on either side of the

Jerusalem Nablus Rond on a front of thirteen miles to an average depth of from two to three miles,

1918.

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NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS AS MINISTERS PRIME MINISTER'S EXPLANA

TION..

LONDON, March 11th.

BRITISH SYMPATHY WITH ROUMANIA.

LONDON, March 11th. In the House of Commons, Mr. Balfour stated that the peace between Roumania and the Central Powers had not yet been

In the House of Commons, replying ratified. The Government knew tho to Mr. Chamberlain, the Prime Minister enemy terms before they were assented

to The Government very deeply sympa disagreed with the contention that owners and directors of newspapers thioed with Roumania in the cruel post- should not hold Ministerial offices tion in which she had been

bo the certainly Viscount Northcliffe helt no Ministerial (Cheers.) It would office while Lord Rotharmere and Lord Government's duty and endeavour to

Breez

placed.

We have occupied Kefrmalik, Selwad Beaverbrook gave up all direction of obtain at the Peace Conference a revision and Telasur.

their papers as soon as they were of the harsh terms imposed upon Rou- appointed Ministers. They were both mania.

We

oxcoptionally able men. Lord Hother

AMERICA AND THE WAR.

the

SHIPBUILDING PROGRESS.

East of the road the enemy unsuccess fully attempted to take Telasur. encountered little opposition west of

road.

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BRITISH OCCUPY HIT.

LONDON, March 11th.

A Mesopotamia official report states: The Hit Garrison continued its retire. ment and ocouples Khanbaghdadi, miles above Hit.

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portant department of the war Office, mere bad already reorganised an im and his weininistration of it had proved an unqustided success, Lord beaverbrook hart organised the Unnuda

most successfully propaganda The Frame Minister emphasised the

WASHINGTON, March 10th,

America's shipbuilding programme was

importance at the propaganda which the advanced by the completion and delivery chemy used with deadly entert in 18818 during February of 17 ships with and italy. Lord Northcliffe had mate a

special study of the conditions in enemy tornago of 121,000.

countries, and no man better qualified to direct propaganda in enemy countries

The Shipping Board officials estimate

could be found in the british empire, and that the March delivery will be 93' ships the Government were graccial to hit for taking you post. Propaganda in as the with a tonnage of 188,000,

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Aircraft attacked the retreating Tarks other Alista countries and in Germany WBS conducted almost exclusively DY and inflicted heavy casualties

experienced newspaper men, and, despite

The authorities are confident that there

the Inevitable prejudices which the will be a continuous monthly increase in Government approbended might be

excited, they concluded that they must shipbuilding, reaching a total output of follow that example as the only menos 1,500,000 new tonnage by January, 1919 of securing an effective presentation of the Allied cause. His one object in this, ns in

Men and supplies are being forwarded

do the

schedule.

Pershing

according

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LONDON, March 10th. A- Mesopotamin official report states: We occupied Hit on the Euphrates yester all other Government appointments, was to General

to secure the men best qualified He day morning without oposition.

work effectively. (Cheers.)

the The Turke retired seven miles up the attacks on Admirals and Generals It

that he was in no way responsible for

WEEKLY WAR REVIEW. his

WASHINGTON, March 11th. had been suggested that a member of stream.

Hil is 10 miles west of Bagdad, and thoroughly investigated the matter and that in the West, despite enemy efforts staff had mopired such attacks. He had The Weekly Review of the War states

declared that the imputa has rich petroleuni deposite. The Balkans,

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LONDON, March 11th.

A Bulgarian-com

communique states After artillery preparation the Corman storm troops penerated enemy trenches in the Cema: Bend north of Hopech and brought back French prisoners.

nhatterly unfounded and unjust.

tion was

for three and a half years to shift east- Mr. Chamberlain said that the prin ward the enemy is completing the redis ciples laid down by Mr. Lloyd George tribution of his available foreca. There were satisfactory, but there had been too is nothing in the situation to indicate much coincidence between newspaper

that he has abandoned the plan of a attacks upon Government servants and major offensive in the West. He has the removale of the latter. Ho regretted developed two principal centres of sctivi that the Prime Minister had not made a ty, one pivoting on liheims and the other clean cut and swept away forever the in Alsace on Luneville The Allies, whila alertly on the offensive, are content to atmosphere of suspicion of intrigue.

Mr. Asquith deplored the organised allow the enemy to break his strength in Press campaigns in war-time against assaults on the impregnable lines. The soldiers and anilors, the first of whico was British and French morale was tievor against the late Lord Kitchener which he better. The activity of the American (air. Asquith) had felt very keenly and forces is daily being extended and their consequently he had advised His Majesty, numbers in the line are constantly being

Lord Kitchener at the earliest four separate points, the King to bestow the Order of the increased. They now man trenches at

BRITISH TROOPS RUSH A POST: my, which His Majesty did.

LONDON, March 11th."

A British official message from Salonika mys: We rushed a post at the mouth of

Was Government should be free from suspicion of direct association with the operations of the Press, and therefore, he advocated that the Propaganda Department should

The Hovies, marising the opera- tions, expresses the opinion that the Ger- mans are preparing for more extensive action in the Toul sector and are contem- plating an offensive in the mountain area

casualties and scattering a company of the Struma River, killing the entire gabsolutely water-tight, and without of Italy, possibly with a view tdebouch

infantry in all directions. Air fighting was heavy, and we brought down 10 and drove down 10 enemy machines. Two of our machines are missing.

rison.

Naval Activities,

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To-day we dropped one-and-a-quarter tons of bombs on the Daimler Motor Works ut Stuttgart in broad daylight..

Several bursts were observed at the railway station where & stationary train was set on fire; three bursts at a munition factory south-eastward of the town and other bursts at the Daimler | General. Works and buildings.

Hostile aeroplanes withdrew after weakly attempting to attack our forma-

tion.

One of our machines did not return owing to engine trouble.

AVIATION ON ITALIAN FRONT

LONDON, March 11th

An Italian official report states. Our acroplanes in the day-time and our air ships at night-time dropped seven tons ef bombs on enemy aerodromes and

camps,

All our machines returned.

The British brought down two enotty

machines.

The Near East.

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LONDON, March 11th.

LONDON, March 11th. Restors Correspondent at the French A Palestine official report states ---- in ushing six posts forming our ad Headquarters says that Americans parti.

Northward the advance astride the vanced line. The garrisong re-formed. gpated in two raids in Lorraine on

Jerusalem Nablus road was continued one hundred yards away and immediately Saturday.

The first was east of Beillon, fifty of through the most precipitous and most counter-attacked, but unsuccessfully, upen which the supports from the King's the Ohio Infantry co-operating with sixty difficult country in face of obstinate re- O Yorkshire Light Infantry attacked, French sappers. They crossed 500 yards sistance, the enemy employing numerous and the Germans ran before ours could in the open under a German barrage and concealed machine-guns

wrecked German shelters and wire. They close with them..

returned with only four wounded.

The southern attack began at si o'lock in the evening and was aimed at pussessing the little ridge near Polder

The second was east of Neuvillers, where one American and two French com hok Chateau Despite a heavy barrage, panies ejected the enemy from three linee the Germans gained the nose of the ridge of trenches, which they systematically

and got into the front trench on a front destroyed. The American artillery

of 300 yards.

operated most splendidly.

MINED.

STOCKHOLM, March 11th. The ice-breaker Hindenburg, which was accompanying the German expedition, mined and sunk at the Aaland Islands. Three were killed and eight wounded.

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THROUGH NUTRE'S AGENCY.) JAPAN AND SIBERIA, BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS NO INFORMATION;

LONDON, March 11th In the House of Commons, Mr. Balfour stated that the Government had no in- formation that Japanese forces had arrived in Siberia. He could not say when he would be able to give inform tion regarding the propored Japanese intervention

THE HAPSBORGS WANT POLAND.

Zurich, March 11th Count Andrassy writes in Budapest paner that Poland must be taken from Russia and brought under the Hapsburgs Otherwise, the Polish agitations will die turb the peace of Austro-Hungary and epread chaos in Russia,

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA. POLISH LEGIONARIES INTERNED.

ZURICH, March 11th The Veneruercher Zeitung states that owing to the ferment anent the Ukraine peace tering among the Polish Legionaries at the front they have been disarmed and interned in Austria-Hungary,

RETURN OF DEPORTEES ORDERED

AMSTERDAM, March 11th. SEVENTEENA Berlin telegram announces that M

Tchicherin has already ordered the return

mentioned on March 8th of the persons, deported from Livonia,

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We progressed 3,000 yards on a 12 mile front, securing the high ridges overlong, ing the north bank of Wadl el Jib, and repulsing three counter-attacks.

We consolidated our new line north ward of Wadi Ani4. ---

Our acroplanes bombed and machine gunned enemy troops and transport

The Nabing road operations continue.

be

TEA SUPPLIES IN GREAT BRITAIN.

nny influence on the policy of the Governing in the plain through Valia Garing This will doubtless develop when the ment

Mr. Loyd George, in winding up

up the weather improves. debate accepted the fundamental prin ciples laid down by Mr. Asquith, and nid that after his explanation that afternoon there had not been a real challenge against the action of the Government, and con- cluded by paying a tribute to Viscount Northclife from the standpoint of news organization as a man of genius and one of the greatest news organisers in the world.

THE SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, March 19th, Silver is steady.

LONDON, March 11th. Indian tess amounting to 5,118,000 lbs. and Ceylon tea amounting to 645,900 JE is being balloted for to-day.

THE COTTON INDUSTRY.

LONDON, March 11th. The Cotton Control Board bas n- nounced that licences to exceed 50 per cent. will not be granted to spinners of American cotton except where over 30 BABLIER CABLES.

per cent, of the spindles are engaged on IN Government work, in which case licence will be granted to enable an additional per cent of spindles to run on private work

THE GERMAN DESIGNS

SPAIN

LONDOY March 17th. According to the Times Madrid corres pondent the German Ambassador writes to the Sel admitting the authenticity of von Stohrer's letter and Pascuals visit to the Embassy, cabled on the 8th instant, but asserting that the Embassy broke off relations with Pascual when aware that be was an anarchist.

The Sot replies to the letter, main taining its assertions and reserving fur ther evidence till the trial,

THE CABINET FORMATION.

MADEID, March 10th, Senor Prieto bas definitely declined to form & new Ministry.

The Conferences of the Party Leadors are being resumed,

THE CABINET RECONSTITUTED,

LONDON, March

Two hundred thousand operative cotton weavors in Lancashire are demanding that employers shall accept the principle of a minimum wago

ITALY'S TURN NOW.

BEENE, March 11th. The Tan-Germanism now prevalent im Germany is reflected in an article from Breslan by Professor Hasse, in the Schlesische Zeitung, in which the writer y now that Russia has been adequately dealt with, it is Italy's turn

BRYS

He saye Italy must ecde to Austria all territory to the egliamento, restore Tripoli to the Turke and cedo Somali- land to Germany,

As regards France, Professor Hassa says a tremendous wat indemnity and a suitable Commercial Treaty will be necessary, but jusuficient. France must The Cabinet has been reconstituted as cade Longwy and Briey and the forts at before

SUCCESSFUL RATIONING.

LONDON, March 11th. The fortnight's rationing the London and the Home Counties has been very successful. Margarine and meat queues have practically disappeared.

Verdun Sungau and Belfort, and the re- maining occupied districts in France, will be restored when an indemnity of £4,000,000,000 is paid

Further, Germany will require Western Morocco with Tangier part of the French Congo and French Somalilzáð.

U,S. WAR

SECRETARY

FRANOE

IN

It is stated that a surplus of meat was returned to cold storage on Baturday, yet it is announced that heavy manual labour Workers should have had a double-rations. scheme of rationing. The rationing of War and a Staff of seven have arrivek bread will be issued shortly, necessitating in Franes

fewer bakara

PARIS, March 11th Mr. Baker the American Fesretary of

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Mr. Baker, the American Secretary for THE FUTUREBULING POWER? WE in the Ospital to-day. He

made calls on Eresident Poincare and M Clemences. He remains for a few daym and then inspects the American training

DENMARK'S CENTRE OF

GRAVITY -

LONDON, March 11th. . Mr. J. B. Clyner, speaking at Wear Ham said that Democracy, was being PETROGRAD March 115. accerted on all handa sa the future ruling The Pravda declares that the transfer power. The working man refused to sub- of the Government to Moscow demon- it to terms similar to what Russia

wanted peace a

and strates the firm determination of the swallowed.” Labour

before it Government to resist to the end the Ger we willing to negot

erance Chamber its COPENHAGEN, March 11th man stempla to make Russia her vassal, could enter the

hancet in The War Department states that the and proves that there is no understand must have some guar

formantention on the part of the Central centre of gravity remains the steamer, ing between the Revolution and

Jootemendi Imperialism