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THE WAR.

FIERCE FIGHTING ON WESTERN

FRONT:

ENEMY ADVANCE IN THE NORTH BUT REPULSED FURTHER SOUTH,

GERMAN

POLICY SEVERELY CRITICISED

IN THE REICHSTAG.

AFTER-THE-WAR TRADE: RECOMMENDATIONS OF LORD BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH'S COMMITTEE.

GERMAN PRESSURE ON HOLLAND.

Franco-belgian bront.

ĮTRAUDRE 'MALTER'S\AGENCY.J

BRITISH

FRONT.

ENEMY SUCCEEDS AT FOURTH

ATTEMPT

GERMANS CAPTURE POSITIONS.

LONDON, April 8th,

11.45 p.m. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 20TH, 1918,

Scherpenberg, the attacks have been The Near East.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENÖr.)

PALESTINE CAMPAIGN, HEDJAZ RAILWAY LINE OCCUPIED:

ALESTINE," April 27th. A Bcdjaz official message states: -The troops of the King of Hedjaz during the week onding with instant, occupied 54 miles of the Hedjas railway-line, south ward of Mnan.

stabilised. What happened to Villers and Hangard was not impossible in the case of Kemmel. The severity of the THE German losses has not yet been com pensated by any strategical success. Even if further withdrawal from Ypres is considered advisable, this will not make an immediate difference to the Channel ports. The Ypres salient was chiefly valuable as a jumping off ground for the recovery of the Flemish coast.

As this objective is a present un- reliable, the value of Ypres is now only secondary. It is important to remember that though the Germinus have apparent- ly reverted to attacks with limited objec tives, as they did at Verdun, their main effort will probably still be made between Arras and Amiens, and against the Bri tish.

OUR FORCE IN SALONIKA, WITHDRAWAL FROM ADVANCED POSITIONS IN STRUMA VALLEY

Lovnox, April 27th. A British official message from Saloni Thene loen! offensives are conducted in astutes:We withdraw unmolested on great strength. For example, it is the 18th instant from advanced villages stated that aine Divisions were used on in the Strain Valley, which we had Thursday to capture Kemmel, but unoccupied on the 16th instant. The enemy the Somino and farther south huge Ger. subsequently shelled the villages, man forces were waiting in the hope that the Allied strength may be dissipated:

General. Elsewhere, the object of the enemy is to use up the Allied resorvos. He has French Armies, but a more formidable thrust than pay so far launched will probably be planned in the direction f Amiens and the Somme estuary with a view to cutting off the British from the main French forces. Hence the repulse of the enemy at Viliers is very import

THEODON HUYER'S AGENCY.]

ports: The battle is continuing fiercely still failed to separate the British and DISSATISFACTION AND DIS-

on the whole front from the neighbour hood of Dranoutro to the Ypres Comines Canal.

LONDON, April 27th.. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re- ports: There was great reciprocal artilnel Hill and the village.

The enemy captured Drannutre, Kem ery firing at night, on the whole River, in greeny's attack yesterday was

The made

battle-

in this area yesterday was very severe, the enemy repeatedly making determined attempts to develop the advantage gained, on the previous day After many hours of a fluctuating battle

the enemy's advance was held at all points, and heavy casualties were in flicted. The enemy's assaults from L'Oere to La Clytte were pressed with extreme, violence. Three attacks were beaten off with great enemy. loss. The enemy sue -ceeded at the fourth attempt in carrying

L'ero village.

VILLAGE REGAINED. Our allics counter-attacked in the evening and drove out the enemy, re gaining possession of the village,

At other points all the enemy's attacks were repulsed. There was fierce fighting northward of Kemmel village and in the neighbourhood of Voormezeele, which, after

a prolonged struggle, remains in our possession.

The enemy heavily attacked this after

British counter-attacked and succeeded at first in nunking some progress and capturing prisoners. Later in the day

the cremy renewed his attacks, burtien

larly against positions from L'Oere to La Clytte and nstride the Ypres Comines Canal,

ing every nerve to maintain the line astride the Soume. So long as this is achieved the retiremente in the north

are not irreparable DED RETURN TO

THE FRONT

Despite the

among various parties,

being out-

POST WAR INDUSTRIAL

POLICY SPECIAL COMMITTEE'S REPORT,

LONDON, April 28th The fnul report of Lom Balfour of Burleigh's Committee on the Comineren!

CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

BRIGANDS

army.

CAPTIVE RANSOMED.

PEKING, April 27th.

and Industrial Policy after the war says months captivity. The brigand leaders Mr. Kyle has been ransomed after two that, in view of the shortage of the world are to be incorporated in the Chinesa tonnage, any policy tending to check the ize of the ports by foreign shipping is inexpedient, although it may be desirable. to impose restrictions on enemy shipping temporarily.

The Committey do not think that any attempt to make the Empire self-support- ing in respect of all raw materials is practicable or economically sound, but a selective policy is necessary, with due regard to probable military needs.

THE SINO-JAPANESE NEGOTIATIONS,

negotiations with Japan: concern only. The Government announces that the

probable necessary joint military opera- tions in the Far East, and denies that Japan is making other demanda.

The Committee deem it unwise to, aim

PREMIER CONFERS WITH at exclusion of foreign (other than the

MILITARY LEADERS, present enemy) capital from sharing in the Premier is conferring with the the development of the Empire, and military leaders at Hankow, Kiukiang recommend legislation compelling the and Pukow. He returns to Peking on disclosure of foreign interests in par Sunday. ticular cases, and that mineral and other properties be not secured by foreign con cerns in order to prevent their develop ment and check competition in supply, and that Dominion and Colonial Govern ments have measures of control over the working of properties, where commodities of great imperial importance are con A telegram from The Hague states cerned. The committee recommends the that Holland has yielded to the German adoption of a uniform policy by the Limburg, provided the traffle is not mili demands for railway facilities across

Alien

GERMAN PRESSURE ON THE NETHERLANDS.

ARMY AND NAVY LEAVE SUSPENDED.

AMSTERDAM, April 27th..

GENERAL

CONTENT IN GERMANY BITTER FEELING AGAINST MILITARY ADMINISTRATION

AMSTERDAM, April 27th close censorship, a report of the discussion of the Main Committements concerned. It does not tary, and that the food transported is rising of feeling Early this morning the French and ant, showing that the Allies aru strain of the Reichstag reveals a remarkable up. recommend special restrictions on pardestined for the civilians, ma

not only Socialists, against the Military industrially, but pilots and patent ticipation by aliens, commercially or

Leave has been stopped in the Dutch Army and Navy. Apinistration hac regarde in Ger; registration of fres

which

agents should be British-born and the

QUESTIONS CONSIDERED IN foreign commercial man brutalities ir Ukrains and Belgium, travellers should be considered.

LONDON, April 27th. and the arbitrary conduct of the Ad

The Limburg Railway mentioned int Civil War in favour of a denite police regulations after the war with Antwerp win Roermond and Weert. ministration m intervening in the Finnish enemies should temporarily be subject to connection with German demands or Holland connects the Dusseldorff region party

Replying to endeavoured to allay the discontent as dustry, but suggest that Governtent, sessioning the situation in secret The committee are not in favour of the The Dutch Seconil Chamber has been to erticism, Her Graeffe of the considering the regards the confiscation of Ukrainian take action to safe guard the develop peasants grain and the wholesale ment of pivotal industries. The fature received the Dutch Minister from Berlin: massacre of recalcitrant farmera Ho British economic policy should include in special audience.

It is reported that Queen Wilhelmina said the action of the military bad loen serious attempt to meet the declared in the interest of German consumers.

During a subsequent debate, although India for the roadjustment and develop

wishes of the Dominions, Colonies and forbidden soldiers on furlough to travel The Commander of Amsterdam has

charges were mado as regards German the United Kingdom, also an effort to FURTHER GERMAN DEMANDS. particulars are not specified, the gravest ment of their economic relationis with scent on return to their garrisons. cedures in Ukraine shocking pro develop trade between the Empire and

autocratic measures and The presiding Deputy said if the Allies. Subject to the Allies agree aequiesced in the German demand for The Times states that Holland has

it would be necessary to inquire further trade with the Empire unrestrictedly as purposes. Moreover, Germany has made statements which wore made were true not, at least temporarily, by allowed to ing that it must not be used for military ing, the present enemy countries shall the use of the Limburg Railway, stipulat that purpose to be held on Tuesday with Allies or Neutrida and he proposed & special sitting for before the war, or on terms, with another embarrassing demand as regards

We held all the attacks in the neigh bourhoods of La Clytte and Scherpen berg, but, after severe fighting, in which we repulsed a serica of determined at. tacks with heavy losses, the enemy sue- ferded in pressing back our line in the direction of L'Oere. He also progressed astride the Ypres-Comines Canal:

attacked the enemy's positions in the The French and British this morning neighbourhood of Hangard and Hangard Wood and advanced their line at certain points hy heavy fighting.

AMSTERDAM, April 20th- In the Reichstag, General von Schultze stated that so far 21 million wounded had been able to return to the Front, while 629,000 were discharged us unft for service, including 70,000 cripples,

GERMAN REPORTS.

April 26th.

wireless German official report and throw out the English from their states: We captared Mount Kemmel, positions at Wytahaete and Dranoutro, We advanced as far as Komcelbook, captured St. Eloi, Dranoutre and the height north-westward of Vicugchook.

We took over 6,500 prisoners, princis pally. French recaptured Villers-Bre

The enemy

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AERIAL OPERATIONS

LONDON, April 7th Field Marshal Bir Douglas Haig, retonneur Bouth-westward of Voormezgėlė, com-thunder storms yesterday compelled our ward of the village and at llangard counter-attacks cast- pletely, but was repulsed.

aviators to fly within a few We

of the failed.

Prisoners from this battle area note There wi

reconnoitring in the neigh ourhood of Kummel. We dropped 650 A Gerinan evening

number 2,400, hombs on Menin Roulers, and Armen states: The enemy's counter-attacks at official report tieres.

Bretonneux failed heavily. Mount Kemmel and south of Villers

noon our positions at Ridge Wood, porting on aviation,... says:-Mist and Further enemy Minisellor preJEDEN O

captured some hundreds of pri- ground,

Boners

In the local fighting

yesterday fore noon, in the neighbourhood of Givenchy, wo captured 40 prisoners:

Fighting continued from afternoon to evening to our advantage in the Hangurd Villers-Bretonneux-sector.Pa

Our line was advanced at certain points

We broke up hostile attacks, accom- panied by tanks, this afternoon. We captured in this area over 900 pri Boners.

We carried out successful raids at night. time in the neighbourhood of the Arleux- Vicuzberquin sector, and took 20 pri soners.

ENEMY PAYS THE FULL PRICE.

LONDON, April 27th.

30

We brought down. 10 and drove down two enemy machines.

Anti-aircraft guns brought down four others, while the infantry shot down unother.

Two of ours are missing,

ANGLO-FRENCH ATTACK

LAUNCHED.

FRENCH FRONT FURIOUS STRUGGLE AT HÄNGARD

PARIS, April 7th

The Committee recommend action, shipping facilities, the particulars of QUESTIONS IN REICHSTAGimilar to the Canadian, against the which have not transpired.

dumping of goods. Preferential treat, RUMOURED FAILURE OF GERMAN- ment should be accorded the overseas DUTCH BANKING FIRM. Panza, April 7th. According to Forumeets, the military or hereafter imposed in the United There is much excitement on the empire in respect of customs dues now as regards the vore severely criticised in the Reichstag Kingdom, and other forms of imperial Exchange owing to a rumour that a hig

AMSTERDAM, April 28th. West polyan the Rest and pr should be forced a certain rater German-Dutch biriking firm, said to be

East and preference should be considered. Protec Herr Ledebour asked if it was true that great numbers of German soldiers strong independent board. The Com Indian trade, has failed.

of industries on the recommendations of a. Particularly interested in the Dutch- had been drowned in Flanders. Shouts mitted oppose the metric and decimal from the Right prevented the reply being heard.

Herr Scheidemann, complaining of the severity of the censorship, instanced the suppression of the reports of proceedings in the Alace Lorraine Landing

Hery Ledebour asked why Germany is

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coinage systems, and recommend the Prohibition and importation of enemy goods for at least a year after the war

EMBARGO ON TIN FROM DUTCH EAST INDIES.

exportation from the Dutch East Indies

AMSTERDAL, April 27th. Holland has placed an embargo on the

United States must rely on, Bolivin for of tin and tin ore. Henceforth the supplies.

MELTING OF SILVER

IN AMERICA-

the melting of 350,000,000 silver dollars

WASHINGTON, April 28th. The Government's Bill, providing for has passed the House of Representatives and new goes to the President for signa ture.

A communiqué states: We counter attacked tho Germana from Villers LONDON, April 26th. Bretonneux to south of the Luco this Her Mueller (Progressive) sarcasti

10.40 p.m. Beuter's Correspondent at British ground lost yesterday. Despite a herman and British accounts of the morning and recaptured much of the cally commented upon the conflicting Headquarters, telegraphing on the even desperate resistance by the enemy, who ing of the 26th, says The French have was strongly reinforced pure declared that Germany's policy in the

580 raid horne the brunt of today's fighting. Monument south of Villere, and

Rotheim, another Progressive, Their magnificent resistance to

pene Reuter's Correspondent at British enemy has caused the enemy failure to The battle lasted eptionally, nolent openly insulted by the Military Com great numerical superiority of the western part of Hangard village Hery Noska (Socialist) affirmed that

thetrated Hangard Wood. We captured the East was a

a disgrace Beadquarters, elegane no the report their aim was declared to be the

all day and con-public institutions in Ukraine were to day, attain states:Yesterday's fighting

a decisive result, In an official heaviest that has ever occurred

The Germans attempted to wrest oar mand, who actually instructed the sel Flanders since the present offensive. The got a substantial footing upon the com- heavy losses caused by our first each cratic institutions as their main task.

capture of Mount Kemmel. The enemy gains from us at all cost. Despite the diers to regard the abolition of demo THE enemy developed two great thrusts, the manding position of Kemmel Hill, but attempt, their battalions attacked seven The soldiers in some cases revolted first being a continuation of his effort the French are attacking this morning times north of the Hangard Wood with against such demands. against Kemmel and the ground west and & furious battle is still raging out causing the French to budges at invading the Crimes to which there was ward, and the second was the new attack Further north the Germans attacked between La Clytte, which is a kilometre this morning on a front extending from Hangard village, which twice changed no reply.

The struggle was equally furious at north-east of the Scherpenberg Hill, and La Clytte to Bluff on the Ypres-Comines hands the where his line crosses the y Comines Canal. Later, his second at By successfully filling in

Ypres Canal. No particulars are available. We captured and retained the orchard tack extended southward and linked up La Clytte this morning, we completed

the gap at south of the Luce with the battle proceeding around Dran the restoration of the fine castwords of

NO CHANGE court, thus forming a continuous on a front of ten miles The British and French launched an

Villers-Bretonneux p The enemy employed win-at-any-price attack this morning from southeast of tactics, and continued pushing forward Villers-Bretonneux to opposite Hangard. fresh formations from his reserves It is reported that the operation has wherever his front threatened to get made some progress, thin through ensualties. The Germans can certainly show a considerable gain in territory, but they have paid the full price for every yard of it. It cost them three attempts in mass to get into L'Ogre and four attempts to carry the brewery south of Vormezeele, the rums of which We had converted into a miniature redoubt

struggle

ATTACKS ON TREMENDOUS SCALE.

PARIE, April 271b. A communique states: There 25 uo change on the Villers-Bretonneux Han gard front.

Naval Activities.

GERMANY IN PERSIA. THE SCUM IS ONLY TAMEABLE

BY FORCE

AMERICAN LABOUR

THE RAID ON OSTEND

LONDON, April 7th. It is authoritatively stated that though the suitting of the wind and smoke-clouds Interterca with the Ostend operation conditions, still these may have been. attended with fruitzul results

the Zeebruggo Vanal

complete blockade has been effected ofE Coin! photographs clearly show that

the Alola Will be much below the com

The grand total of the casualties on plement of a battleship,

AUSTRALIA AND

POWER.

MAN-

SYDNEY, April 26th. Messrs. Massey, Harris & Co., a large manufacturing urm,

er unmarried employés, declaring are discharging that they feel bound to release them for the service of the Empire. PRESI-acting sumuarly

DENT IN CANADA ADDRESSES SENATE AND HOUSE

OF COMMONS AN

It is reported that other firms are

AMERICA'S DETERMINATION.

LONDON, April 27th. Reater learns that a number of documents have been discovered in Persia revealing German Agents Persia in similar guise to those in the

NEW YORK, April 26th. United States, who regarded their

At the annual banquet of the Ameri- American bosta as Vidiotic Yankees."

OTTAWA, April 27th can Newspapers Mr. Samuel Gompers, president of the Daniels, Secretary for the Navy, declar

Association, Me The German Agents in Perata wrote Conteniptuously "Persien swing

American Labour Federation, has ad-ed that the war must be won, even if it The German Vice Consul at Shiraz House of Commons, the only precedents or all men under 10

dressed a joint session of the Senate and required the calling up of boys under 22

always think of Persians as being when last year M. Viviani and ↑ MZ Baker, the Secretary for War He said the Persian leaders Nz Balfour addressed the Joint Ses referring to his recent visit to Europe were below even the usual Persian level.

foren

This scurs is only tameable by ions Correspondence which has been The Montreal Gazette commends Mr. discovered reveals the system of German Gomper's patriotic attitude to the war as up agitation the schemea for stirring a lessen to the lukewarmness of certain

against the British."

labour leaders.

FRENCH ENVELOPED

[THEOCON REUTER'S AGENCY. } LONDON, April 27th.

6.5 ...

A NAVAL ENGAGEMENT. Correspondents state that four Ger man mountain divisions enveloped the French defenders on the Kemmel crest

TWO BRITISH ATTACK FIVE and gained it by heavy sacrifice. The

AUSTRIAN DESTROYERS. enetsy is now striking towards Scherpen berg, the next hill in the chain.Al-

LONDON, April 27th The Admiralty announces Two of though the French bore the brunt of the our destroyers on the 22nd instant en attack, the British heavily engaged the fighting show the tremendous scale of British left Kemmel Hill and were apled for shelter to the fortifed port of NEW YORK'S LIBERTY LOAN

The German wireless accounts of the enemy on either side. One body of the countered and engaged Bive Austrian destroyers in the Adriatic. The enemy the attacks Two Army Corps Comparently surrounded in the last hour of Durazza, pursued by our destroyers, manders Generals Beiger and von attack, the fog enabling the Germans to Eberhardt, directed the Prussian Bava creep up at night The Royal Scots, British and one French destroyers. The which were reinforced by five more rian Divisions, which poured in to sup-

the Camerons and the Black Watch plement the picked battalions of Alpini fought throughout

chase continued until after midnight, the

Our casualties are seven killed and nineteen wounded

and Jaegers, which won the crest at very heavy losses inflicting when our ships lost touch with the enemy.

Mount Kenmmel.

The correspondent adds that further heavy enemy attacks were launched in the same area this morning, but they were repulsed. The enemy is also again heavily assaulting Givenchy and Festu

bort.

CONTRAST IN AIR-CRAFT ACTIVITY

The French defenders of Kemmel were ordered to hold out till they died rather than retreat. The command was im- plicitly obeyed. continued long after the garrison, was Hand-to-hand fighting isolated by the enemy swarming round the base.

DAY

TWO BILLION DOLLAR MARK PASSED.

NEW YORK, April 27th. The damage to the enemy is unknown.

Liberty Loan Day has closed with the dropped a ton of bombs with good results dicted that the two billion dollara mark British air forces on the 23rd instast enthusiasm. Subscriptions are on the seaplane base at Durazo. All has been passed, and that the loans will pouring in, and it is everywhere pre

our machines returned.

ultimately be over-subscribed.

FIGHT IN STRAITS OF OTRANTO.

POSITION EXPLAINED. LONDON, April 7th.

LONDON, April 27th. It is admitted that the situation in The Press Bureau announces British the north has become seriously worse as aircraft, in March, dropped 23,099 result of the past two days fighting bombs during the day-time, and 13,000 as the enemy has not merely held Kem during night-time on the enemy's lines the British Front, but has spread west issued on the night of the 22nd, says:

mel Bill. the best observation post on apposite to out front in Francewards while he has crept nearer Ypres Our destroyers advanced

The enemy dropped 517 during the on both sides of the canal and southeast Otranto Straits and seriously damaged day-time, and 1,348 during night-time, of the town Northwards, however, in an enemy Hestroyer in an engagement on the area vocupied by the Britanh the neighbourhood of La Clytte and with light forces

AESTRIAN REPORT.

Awireless Austrian official report,

into the

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS. UKRAINE UNDER MILITARY DICTATOR.

AMSTERDAM, April 26th.

established a military dictatorship in In the Reichstag, & Socialist Deputy Ukraine, and for this reason Germany stated that General von Eichhorn had

is getting no supplies from that source

THE ZEEBRUGGE RAID,

THE ADMIRALTY'S THANKS.

LONDON, April 27th The Admiralty has issued the follow- ing order to the Fleet

affirmed that the Entente civilians were supremely confident of the outcome of the struggle.

IMPERIAL WAR CONFERENCES

INDIA'S REPRESENTATIVES.

LONDON, April 6th. The Press Bureau states: The Vice- roy of

India has nominated Sir Satyendra Nath Sinha to represent Indis in the forthcoming sessions of the Im- Their Lordships express to all con perial War: Conference and the War high admiration of the perfect co-opera the Indian States at the War Conference. cerned in the gallant and successful Cabinets

tion and single-minded determination to enterprise on the Belgian Coant their The Maharaja of Patiala represents

achieve the object. The disciplined dar

THE AIR MINISTRY. ing and singular contempt of death exhibited by those assigned to posta of SIR WILLIAM WEIR APPOINTED. the greatest danger places this exploit high in the annals of the Royal Navy

LONDON, April 8th. and the Royal Marines, and will be a

The Press Bureau states that Sir proud memory for the relatives of the William Weir anceccds Lord Rothermers..

LATER The Press Bureau announces that Bir- William Weir has been appointed as Privy Councillor

fallen!!

THE SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, April 28th,

Silver is steady

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