1918-04-24 — Page 5

THE WAR.

ANOTHER THRUST

EXPECTED.

GERMANY'S CHAMPION AIR

MAN KILLED.

·POSSIBLE TROUBLE IN IRELAND.

MILITARY TAKE CHARGE

·OF RAILWAYS.

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(TSKOUGA REUTER'S AGENCY,}

BRITISH FRONT.

SCENE OF NEXT BIG ATTACK.

(The first part of this mesange missing);

All onslaughts so far have failed to ustain their object, owing to the impos- sibility of using reserves, and has result, od in bottling up one and a half million men in the triangle of Hazebrouk, Amiens and Noyon These originally -supplied with a week's rations, are prac.

General.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24TH 1916.

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CATHOLIC CLERGY PREACH AGAINST CONSCRIPTION.

LONDON, April 22nd.

CORRESPONDENCE. THE CATHEDRAL

TIONS.

REGULA

FUND.

EXPERIMENTING WITH A SERVICES ENTERTAINMENT

WIRELESS INSTALLATION. TWO WELL-KNOWN CHINESE YOUNG MEN FINED.

At the Hongkong Magistracy, yester day, before Mr. Dyer Ball, Harry Sling and William Ming, two well-known Chi

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PREGS.]: S--As the conder to the main ametidment to the Cathedral Regulations The Catholic clergy throughout ireland proposed by Mr. Looker at the meeting yesterday preached condenining conscrip. of the seatholders and subscribers of the

The priests in many instances Cathedral, yesterday afternoon, may J remind with afterwards administered the anti-combe allowed to emphasize that the resolution at No. 122. Des Voeux Road Central. scription pledge to huge crowds

tion.

The military have taken over the prin- cipal Irish railways, post offices and telephone exclianges,

HOLLAND OVERSEAS.

CONVOY TO EAST INDIES.

11.

young men who are members of the Chinese Y.M.C... were charged, on éreating a wireless installa

Mr. Davidson, who appeared for the defendants, said he would tender a plen of guilty subject to the understanding that the prosecution were not pressing the winter and that they would be satis- fied by a nominal line and the confiscation of the wireless apparatus. If the police did not agree to this course he would show the Magistrate that the offenes was merely a technical one,

tion before the meeting was of one con- cerning qualification for a seat on Cathedral Body, but it concerned the temporary, appointment of additional representatives to sit with that Body for a special purpose. I cannot conceive of any member of the Church of Engloud being appointed for such a purpose nor of his being willing to serve for tot THE HAGUE, April 22nd. object who is not in full sympathy with Mr. T H. King, A.SP who prosecut- M. Kumbonnet, Minister for the Navy, the aim and object of Christian worshiped,said the police did not intend to press announced in the first Chamber that the and activities – There are munbers of the charge, ns they were satisfied that Government intends to send a con embers of the Church of England in the apparatus was used for experimental Foy of ships to the Dutch

Hongkong who value the Church's purposes. He proposed to Indies with its own

ministrations, as was admitted by several Magistrate for coal and escorted

the confiscation of he by a warship,

speakers at the mireting, but who, for one apparatus at 122, Des Vaux Road, list be cause or another, are not frequent in dit uột think he was justified in asking attendance - at Holy Communion--the for the confiscation ul the apparatus Lord's Supper. Surely some of such wen which had len found at Breezy Point. are qualified to say whether they con He thought, however, that the Magistrato sider this or that chaplain is the more could have no doubt that the bulk of the likely to suit and to serve the spiritual apparatus seized at Breezy Point was not nu expert in wireless telegraphy, but interests of the Colony. The qualifica part of the wireless to his used. He was

in sub-section 1 of sections of the he thought the gpparatus was capable of Cathedral Ordinance as stated in the receiving messages from a distance of papers

fifty miles. He asked the Alagistrate to

munication this is not the place (behavior and not to use the wirelega On the question of frequent cou order the defendants to be of your enlarge. I vield

no eng in a genapurns for twelve months at least. of the value of the means of grace which

The Magistrate I think you have no the Holy Communion offers to us, but do feel that undue emphasis can he placed

in order to bring back certain menthers of the Government and to fetch certain commodities which are urgently needed by the Government.

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

tically starving in a devastated region, ATROCITIES IN RUSSIAN TOWNS. tions of Chaplain have bon defined,

and which are difhcult to revictual as -the ground is marshy, and pitted with

Moscow, April 22nd. shellholes and is constantly under fire.. The Government has protested to Berlin There is great concentration of shell-fire against the numerous atrocitirsin, on Mount Kemmel, which has already Aussian town and villages, beenuse of stripped the trees. Thin, probably, will alleged isolated eases of guerillaism or be the scene of the next big attack. a refusal of the peasants to give up corn

and onts.:

Details of the Helgian success in the 17th inst. show most brilliant and also pathe most important results, "for it. played

...

A part in following an attempt to cut-off the expected British retreat in the Ypres salient

General Planer has congratulated the Belgian commander very warmly, say ing that the Second British Army 15 most grateful for their help.

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GENERAL NEWS.

BARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA on and a false value attached to, con-

stant attendance at that Holy Table frequently miscalled an Altur Atten dance

objection to that, Mr. Davidson ______

Mr. Invidson: I have no objection Lo at, but

hope that no stigma will be attached to my clients.

Los ANGELES, April 22nd: There has been an earthquake in south-

may become mechanical, and

Mr. King wish to mate that when the police want to them the defendants ern California and a portion of West spiritual significance lost to sight if couote aware that they were committing Arizon

stant attendance at the early service, is

some mischisi, because a part of the Two towns were wrecked, besides much garded as, all important. And harm or wireless appaftus was hurled out of the minor damage being done.

window

My. Invidon: That is alleged against one of the defendants, Mr. Bling,

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(General Secretary). F. G. B. HASTINGS, R.N.. TRA(Maral Secretary). UL. COOPER-Hust, C.F

(Military See and Treasurer), STRIKING FORECAST OF GERMANY'S INTENTIONS.

who have turned from German pri- hospitals as to the Sou Camps Brutality practised upon Systematic

Lexlion prisoners. These emanate not from one particular centre only, but dram over a dozen different parts of Germany, and are confirmed by inde pendent testimony. They are all of recont origin, as the persons by whom the evidence is given have lately left Germany, the majority having been released From thứ cumps in question orly":

: month ago. In regard to the camp, at Langensatiza evidence has been re- ceived from over a dozen independent - softrees Some of it is given below:

Private "Taylor, Essex Regiment, Bars In November about 2,000 Italian prisoners were brought in and put in a separate, part of the camp behind baited wire. They were unneces sarily knocked about by the non-com assigned officers and gitards, who struck them with rifle butts and scabbards. The Italians seemed famished, and used rush for their soup, which was the

libe of the

Lanos Corporal Horace Hills Suffolke, says: Five or six thousand Italians came in. They had travelled thres or four days, and had had nothing at all to eat. After they arrived soup ves brought in and as they were starving they rushel at it. The Germans then dasherl. forward, and stabbed them with their swords and hayonets, and killed and wounded a lot. Seven or eight Italions were dying of starvation vary day the camp They had no parcels.

an Englishman give an Italian bread, and the Italian went down

kacea and kissed his hands is

Lince Corporal II. J. Dned London Regiment, says: There is a strong Feeling amongst the English prisoner that something should be done for the Italian prisoners, who are being badly fer and generall pulled and knocktil about, and who are, I understand, in our camp dying at the rate of six or seven a day through starvation and dysentery.” From Daimen camp there are also many independent witnesses of the way in which Italian prisoners are treated Privats Vanghan says the Italiany are shamefully kicked and knocked about in cycry way, Private Le says Italian prisoners arg trenite worst Umn others, Lanes Cornl Greig says the Italians were brought in in a terrible state, and absolutely stary ing

We used to give them our German ration whenever we could

and they ate it rasenously sta

Baxter says the 2,000 Italians in Dulmen are starving, and absolutely

with

practised pilti velly

done to the Christian activities of the

Cassel Trooper Findlay reports that the Italians are worse treated than Colony if we emphasize the one service

the British, and that they are struck sak AMERICA AND THE WAR

and, by so doing, minimize the spirit that

pushed about by the Cerman corporals hould breathe in all the sEIVIECS, A

Bandsman Eliaison now an Italian Mr. Dyer Ball kid he would necept the

bayoneted MORE POWERFUL THRUST

sense of proportion is very important. plex and inflict a nominal fine, but he

Coing round asking for BOUD The tendency is, or the danger is-15 1t wished; the defendants to sign a bond VAAN EXHEEDED WARNINGS

At Mannbrim the same brutality is EXPECTED. LONDON, April 22nd.

The following NA of the of the to be of good heliaviour for twelve months, October, 1907, on the three issues of soup. They madly rushed 4:12.20.

Italians Private

towards the WASHINGTON April 22nd.

which appeared Italians travelled for twelve days on Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re-

pastor in the importance attached to the That howwer, lid not tación

ays that the The War Secretary, in his Wekly ministration of a priest, icerdos, and not - we re ne characters They must under remarkable forecast of Germany inten From Münster camp Private Redding

nut tacitn that they subject of The Hague Conference, is a for food and some were bayoneted, ports:- There was a strong local attack Review, says that so for the enemy's ¦ presbyter, elder. siccompanied by heavy shelling last night enormous sucrifices have not produced It is because I ain in sympathy with the pireless apparatus in the fature, been so madly caught anpping Germans to the Italians became much stand that they were not at liberty to tions, and had greater attrition benton reports The behaviour of the paid to it at the time we should not have against our positions in the neighbour primary results, therefore he expects as the services and activities of Christian experiments they should first comult He assures us that his countrymen will five days journey without food, and the desire to see a wider interest taken and if they intended to carry out down a mere proposition in the abstract where Italian prisoners and arrived after hood of Mesnil and northward of Albert more powerful thrust elsewhere if the work that I seconded the resolution rs someone who knew about the matter always full most strictly the duties worn driven back by the Germans with

The Germen statesman does not lay worse since their recent large captures

Similar evidence comes from Zerbst, drive to the channel fails,

atzended by the speaker-1 am, etc. Mr. Dyer added. I find in the charge which emanate from the unwritten las drawn words when going to get soup of humanity and civiliantion, and he At Hemeln camp the Italians were nearly proudly refuses to admit that any coun try in the world excely Germany or hur of and fought like dogs for a hie

bread thrown to them by the Britisde Government in the sentiment of biomanity."

of the Italians were equally bar be, they will not barous, and the entries shot them for sprtament be

After sharp fighting, during which the enemy captured an advanced post, the attack was repulsed.

We improved our positions slightly at night time in the Villers-Bretonneux, Albert and Robce wctors.

We captured prisoners and machine- guns during the various raids southward and northward of Lens,

There was considerablé mutual artillery. firing in different, suctors, the enemy's Being chiefly directed to our positions astride the Somme and Ancre, also in the neighbourhood of Festubert and the Nieppe Forest.

FRENCH FRONT ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.

THE SILVER MARKET,

LONDON, April 2nd. The silver market is steady,

UNSINKABLE SHIPS.

BULKHEAD DEVICE WHICH MAY

FOIL U BOATS.

In these days, when the ory is for "ships, ships, and more ships," the man who can design ships that are " un- sinkable" by a torpedo is a friend in need to his country

Mr. J. W. Isherwood, of 4, Lloyd's. avenue, E.C., the naval architect, claims to be that nasional benefactor. In an interview with a Daily Express · repre- sentative My Isherwood said:

My reason for advertising so, exten- sively is to compel the attention of the Government to my designs. The Govern-

A. H. HARBIS Hongkong, 23rd April, 1918.

SPORT.

LAWN TENNIS

HONGKONG OC TOURNAMENTS

The following were yesterday's results in the Hongkong C.C. Tournament —–

MLERD DOUBLES

HANDICAP,

A. Morse and Mrs. Hudson, (owe 2/6) beat F. Joseland und Mrs. Crawford (owe 3/6) 6-3; 6-1,

H. E. Murray and Mrs. Hammond' (owe 1/6) w. o. N. E. Kent and Mrs. Kent (owe 15/1),

PROFESSIONAL PAIRS.

| shirt that the second defendant is described as follows; --- W. Ming, 30, Austria" I suppose that is a histakes

Mr. Davidson: Yes, I have papers to though But, intensend profoundners At Friedrichsfelt the treat

tralin

good ehaviour for selve months. The wirele apparatus is confiscated.

horrors the

that

ment

Ohrdrun. Nimmelstories, comps from

Nammelburgh, Limburg, and Hamburg

Stendal Boltaŭ

LADY BATHURST. FIGHTS TIMES AND DAILY MAIL"

• prove that defendant ennie from pledgi. themselves, to refrain from multi-trying to get food froin the British

plying to anal wartete. They reserve Mr yer Ball (to defendinta); Very

right to strew the great highway of the sea with deadly engines when and well, u are fined $25 each, and must where they please, to the imminent dan enter to

bond of 100 each to be of right of furtively placing such of neutral commerce. They reserve engines off the consts and harbours of the enemy they desire to assail, without regard for the merchant shipping which is certain to be destroyed without a chance of escape. They reserve the London Morning Post, again appears in Lady Bathurst, the proprietor of the right to establish by the uas mines the spotlight when, by proceeding trolled by those mitigations in favour of MH. A. Gwynne, and the military do

pecies of p-called blockade on instituted by the Government, the editor, neutrals which the most rigid and con servative of international jurists have respondent, Colonel Repington, were onest hitherto allowed Baron Marschall proof an article in the Port Rasailing the £100 each and costs for the publication mises indeed, that they will use the

sparingly, they will not

conduct of the war in France. unless sons of absolutely

Lady Bathurst, as the sole

inherited the paper

AN WO MANS HEROIC PER. FORMANCES IN THE AIR.

letter Iron Lieut. A. M. Scott, 10th Argyle and Sutherland Highland

er who went home about a year 880,20thods of barbarimit vernment and the War Cabinet for, the communique states: An enemy raidment knows that this is my object for W. J. Morrison and J, R. Irvine 7. Jaline's has then doing great things. urgent character They will not use the love Lord (

HA Nesbitt and H. R. Philips beathe by Yung Joe Radcliffe for military redsons

PARIS, April 22nd..

was repulsed last night east of Avro in I have made no secret of it. I assert that We took pri-50 per cent of the merchant ships that

the region of Thennes. sonere.

An enemy raid east of Rheims was equally unsuccessful.

There is artillery activity at various points on the front.

Aerial Activities,

"OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES

Hent into be Flying Corp, had been the then of course, thus about NY

yuse gated, but bid to do three more facts to get his wings, via, pans as pit. The wary I heard was that when

8. Majo beat J. M. Socters 6-3; 36; 6

have been sunk by U boats could have been saved if they had been built with for every soft. of their length. bulkheads in the proportion of about one 6-2, 6-4,

HANDICAP SINGLES “A”

M.

that means, unless they must prevail. It indeed, the charge of

respect which for law that prevents her from running

the would

profound

Bha

world soon Germany

which to

provision keeps

surviving from her Glenesk who died She took active and the journalistie that she was actually the office of the

de rapid changes in the mes berse stall whenever if suited

sidered the back

of the law Bazon whim or when she conside

Laton he put up one night in ga eld Marschall

persisent raids were on over The then onto the Conterence, grounds for finding

be only dong 60. He was soon in the

be lessened were it not restricteding world soon recogniz to ciruses the execution of which is

C. Winkler (rec. 15/3) beat H. E. of things Five Gothes doing 120 eible from military

Murray (rec. 3/6),—–26; 81; 86.

It is quite an etry matter," mid. Mr. C. Stark (rec. 15/9) bons Capt. not be sunk by one torpedo and as a Jones (rec. 2/6)-7-5; 6-1. Isherwood, to build a ship which can

rule, that is sufficient to sink the ships of the mercantile marine to day 1 main tain that if the Glenart Odatle, the hospital ship sunk in the Bristol Channel on Tuesday morning, had been htted EARLIER CABLES.

with ten instead of six water-tight com (THROUGH REPTES BUBULJOY.]

partnacnts = she would have remained afloat. The same applies to practically GERMANY'S CHAMPION AIR-noored down as the

result of one torped

MAN KILLED. BURIED WITH MILITARY HONOURS

#

HANDICAP RINGLES 4 B

Bathurst way ably

of independent point of vie

learned

the world is Joft Sam Har

ph

father, JEN

A L. Boult (ser) beat Capt. Gray | Gaydon the Brighton, about 30 miles, Convention to profeat it. supplemented froth MESS

(ser),

16; 63, 63

MONDAY'S RESULTS

CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES.

Mallby and H Handley Pegg Capt. Cooney and G. N. Manley beat

then

Are was a power in

Northcliffe set the directing: Mars Times, there were only two di

in London that such re

this stresa d

pape

to the pocasion under

vi for him, but Bad, managed to keep, la posible,.

en is exceptional thm of zul fought all the way from stances

nothing stronger than the rage of the ben he got smashed. Shot in the thiga, on the one hand, by Baron Marschalla The following were Monday's retalles in the calf and one in the iration, and on the other euit's:-

may foreshadow. The failure of Count and didn't know anything till Tonelli committee on the other main

Lady Bethu

Bathurst relentless war an the Times and on Lord" Hoke in hospital, Baiber 2 good gabiest referred to it is equally humiliatorthcliffe. It has been a lively you

lng. It haë

It has left unsettled all the prob lems which threatened the peace of the induced Colonel Repington, who had been

nalistid

Recently war

Lady Bathur Lout Scott, since writing the above, world during the Russo-Japanese war the military critic and expect of the an accident practising beabing and and it has made the more dangerous hairs for aften, years to come over Lu a recently in hospital; his injuries were before, by treating as yet open to Morning Fast and all a hike position.

Conversy doctrines and practice Jong

by established law and unge was considered that Lady Bathurs The last days of the Conference renalistic bonnet when she employel Colonelt.

had placed an extra feather in her jour being mainly devoted to the melancholy Repington, taking him away from her Zack of embalming in the shape of most hostile newspaper enemy. But it in the successive fuscos in which its pro now noted that, while Repington printed tracted labours have for the most part, terminated. The debates at The Hague many stractures on the way the Govern- ment was running the war when he was from which, if we are wise, we may pro

auwritten law of hums by Comine dorp g smashed into a medies ay Sir Ernest Bato's warning and the Morning has. Especiali

By C. L. Cooper Hunt beat B. V. Bradbury 6-1; 60; but,

CHAMPIONSHIP SISOLES,

material," and he added, cannot be estimated, but it would be great. I want to see commission appointed to go thoroughly into this vital matter. For a whole year 6-4, 6-1, 60. I have tried to get the authorities to act LONDON, April 22nd. In November last the Deputy Ship

3.15 pm

ping Controller wrote as follows: The Reuter's Correspondent at British whole question of floatability has been Headquarters, telegraphing on Monday therefore unable to take advantage of the decided on general principles, and I am stated: The famous airman Richthofen Proposals in the meantime. I shall, how.

keep the plans before me for con- beat Sommeration should a different w. KOKAN BINGLES HANDICAP

in support

Valley

brought down in the

yesterday

ever,

arige

MIXED HANDICAP DOUBLES.

Thorne and Mrs Black (rea 75) CC Hickling and Mrs. Hickling (rec. 3/6)-6-2, 46; 14.

His body has Mr. Isherwood mentioned in support Mor (recs, 4/6) beat F. E. Jose-

of his claims that the American Govern land (recs. 3/6)-6-1, 6-2.

been recovered and is being buried ment is making provision for additional Irvine (rees. 4/8) beat Hon. Mr. with_military honours to-day. It bulkheads to he fitted in all

dangers from U boats. He also said: 63. ships under constraction to minissent. R. Halifax (reen 18/3)36-48

is anticipated that the ceremony will be

that ten existing ships could be refitted

very impressive and worthy of the fallen

airman's remarkable record.

PROBERCIONAL PAIRS.

LONGKONG TRAMWAY CO., LTD. statement. of trafic

rpte for the week ending 20th April

as followe

with the necessary additional bulkheads Major Ardonino and Captain Milner This Year in the time it takes to build one ship. Jones beat. A. L. Boult and H, H. Taylor. Inst

212.296

the

line at least one conspirous advantage sith the time and was not arrested, as fit They have laid bare the degrees of so sooner dipped his pen into critacar sincerity and of insincerity in which then on the Post than he was arrested and several Powers worship peace, and they aned. It is wondered if the merry 100. Eure revealed not tecurely the fashionista war has had as much to do withs in which some of them hope on occasion Cabinet-

his arrest as his criticisms of the War to wage wa