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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY

3BD, 1918

THE WAR.

ENEMY'S BIGGEST EFFORT IN FLANDERS FRUSTRATED.

GERMANS DEJECTED BY THEIR FAILURE. PERILOUS WEEKS AHEAD, FOLLOWED BY MONTHS OF INTENSIVE FIGHTING.

OUR TROOPS HEARTENED BY THE LOVE AND CONFIDENCE OF THE WOMEN OF THE EMPIRE.

HOLLAND'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE BELLIGERENTS.

CONSCRIPTION IN IRELAND,

Franco-Belgian bront,

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BRITISH FRONT.

ENEMY'S HEAVY LOSSES CON. FIRMED.

LONDON, April 30th.::

∙11 p.. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re

From this point of view, the Germans, despite their spectacular succoSÉES, CAN be regarded as having had the worst of it on the balance of nearly six weeks fighting, for it inust not be forgotten that they have sustained a series of disastrous.

repulses, of which Monday's was the bloodiest

of the past fortnight. Indeed, apart from the capture of Kemmel the offensive has been one complete failure,

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Naval Activities.

ENEMY POSTS RUSHED

Lospos, May lat.

19.20 p.m. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Hnig ye. ports:--We repulsed wi attack on a post in the neighbourhood of St. Julien.

We rushed enemy ports in the Meteren

sector, capturing a number of prisonera,

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THE ZEEBRUGGE RAID,

ALLIED NAVAL COUNCIL'S.

ADMIRATION.

LONDON, May 1st. The Inter-Allied Naval Council have

The French improved their positious expressed to the British Navy their in the neighbourhood of Locre..

AERIAL OPERATIONS. Our airmen dropped 275 bomba on enemy troops enstward of Loere and machine-gunned them.

We

admitation of the coolness and reckless.

courage displayed in the attacks at Ostend and Zeebrugge, and the rapidity with which the objectives were achieved, despite enormous difficulties and the desperate resistance of the enemy.

The First Lord of the Admiralty acknowledges the Navy' pride at receive ing so gratifying testimony from ther Naval representatives of the Allies

The Near East.

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IN

FURTHER PROGRESS

MESOPOTAMIA.

CAPTURED.

NEW V.C.'S HEROISM OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS.

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AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA

DISARMAMENT OF ANARCHISTS,

LONDON, May, Jet.

A message from Moscow, dated April

chists at Petrograd was carried out ou 23rd, stated that the disarmement of azizi-

the night of April 22nd very quielly-

FIGHT BETWEEN SOVIET FORCES

AND KALEDIN'S TROOPS: -

General

Kaledin's traps. entered

LONDON, May 1st Victoria Crosses have been awarded to two officers of the Royal Air Force.

Leut. Alan Jerrard was attacked by five enemy aeroplanes. Be shut down one on fire, and then attacked an enemy aerodrome from a height of 60 feet. H engaged, single-handed, 18 machines, which were landing or attempting to rise, and destroyed them. Subsequent Novo Teherkask, but were ejected by the ly, although attacked by a large number | Soviet-forces. of machines, he went to assist a pilot of his patrol who was in dificulties, and lestroyed a third enemy inachine. Alter this be attacked fresh enemy machines from an aerodrome and only retreated, still engaged with five enemy machines,

WASHINGTON, May 1st. when ordered to retire by his Patrol duced to increase America's man-power. In the Senate three Billy were intro. Leader. Although apparently wounded, One authorise the President to m he repeatedly attacked, single-handed, mediately call up 1,500,000 men under » pursuing machines until he was over-selected draft, the second proposes whelined by numbers and driven down. adding 3,000,000 men, and the third pro-

Second-Lieut. Alan A. Meleed, whilst

AMERICA AND THE WAR

"PROPOSALS TO INCREASE MAN-POWER.

brought " down – eight enemy machines. Two of ours are missing

GERMANY'S BIGGEST EFFORT, LONDON, April 30th. 4.20 p.m. Beuter's Correspondent at British Headquarters, telographing to day, status Yesterday's attack was the biggest effort this Germans have yet made during the Flanders offensive, ... The Germans are employing about 10 fresh battalions from a close reserve, in addi tion to a large number of divisions in A THOUSAND TURKS KILLED AND Hammond, bombing and machine-guu-posals to increase the drafts, which are

flying with his observer, Lieus, A. W ses raising the Army to 5,000,000.

The Government is studying other pro aing hostile formations, was attacked at likely to entirely depend upon the a height of 3,000 feet by eight enemy auccess of the shipbuilding programme. triplanes. Hy skilful manoeuvring he enabled the observer to shoot down three, these being out of control. Me- Leod was then five, titres wounded and a bullet penetrated the petrol tank and set fire to the machine, He climbed out to the left bottom plane, cont

LONDON, May 1st. trolling the machine from the side of the fuselage unit, by side-slipping steeply, further postponing the operation of the An Order-in-Council has been gözetled war kept the flames to one side, thus enabling National Service Order as regards-

ground was reached. INTERESTING QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

position at the beginning of the buttle. At one point the French were forced to yield a little ground, but their supporte promptly arrived and drove back the Germans. M

Satisfactory feature of the struggle is that the Allies employed relatively sina!l forces to defeat the enemy.

BRILLIANT FRENCH COUNTER. ATTACK

LONDON, April 30th. 11.00 p.m. Headquarters, telegraphing this vening Reater's Correspondent at British states:-To-day all was quiet on the

·LONDON, April 30th. An official message from Mesopotamin atates: Dar forces have advanced north wards of Bagdad along the road leading to Mosul riê Kitri and Kirkuk.

We captured Kifri, ou April 27th, taking 40 prisoners. The Turks retreat ed rapidly in the direction of Kirkuk, but our avalry overtook and charged

column, killing over 100 and cap

with much Bab, together turing 538, material. Amtsu at a point south-westward if Our cavalry forced the passage of the Tuzkhurmatli on April 28th, and, simu). taneously, our main

Frenched that

one

porte The French captured 94 pri including four separate defeats in pitched Flanders wat belter-attack last evening river, forco

battlefield.

soners in last night's counter-attack at battles, namely, La Basses Canal, the Locre.

Further reports confirm that the enemy's losses were very heavy in yester day's unsuccessful attack.

Belgian front, Villers-Bretonneux and now on the Bailleul and Ypren front. The culminating effect of this has been to immensely increase the confidence of There was no infantry action to-day, the British and French troopis, whom except local fighting..

Patrols brought in prisoners south- word of the Bonime.

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DIVISIONS CONGRATULATED

LONDON, May 1st The Press Bureau announces:-Field- Marshal Sir Douglas Haig has congra tulnied the Ninth Division upon its great gallantry at Wytschafte, the Lys and

on many other ocensione" southward of Arras The Twenty-fifth Division for its courage, enterprise and resolution in the counter-attack

The

April 26th. on Thirty-first Division for its fine ighting

qualities on the Lys and southward of Arras. The Forty-ninth Division for its valuable service in checking the enemy. northward of Armentieres. The Twenty- first Division for its gallantry and resolution southward of Arrns and north ward of the Lys The

Nineteenth Division for its determined courage southward of Arras and southward of Ypres,

MAJUBA HILL MAY BE REPEATED.

correspondents describe as now feeling that they have got the measure of the new enemy divisions. Other strokes with doubtless.come before -the- German reserves gre exhausted, but confidence is felt that wherever the try they will and the Allies Germans try ready. Now that the attack by no lewer the 100,000 Germans has been broken in a sheer trial of strength on ground gone too favourable by a thinner Allied line, there is a growing hope that Ypres will not be abandoned. The Germans, appar ently, are as anxious to capture Ypres as they were Verdun two years ago, and it now looks as though their experience at Verdun is about to be repeated. The loss of Ypres would be less serious thàn the loss of Verdun would then have been,. but now that the Allies have shown their ability to hold their positions with a small force compared with their assnil ants it may be advantageous to hold Ypres and continue to inflict enormous losser,

GERMANY'S HANDS ARE FULL

Correspondents emphasise that every- thing favoured the Germans on Monday They had magnificent artillery support, a favouring log, innumerable machine- guns, masses of men and a limited objec tive, yet they failed, after experiencing

was brilliantly successful, not only did they recover ground on the southern slopes of Scherpenberg, but they advanced their ling to a depth of 1,500 yards astride the Dranoutro road.

Loere changed hands several times. but finally the Germans were well beyond the eastern fringe of the village,

FINE BAYONET CHARGE

Desperate struggles, occurred among the ruins of the village between small parties, which included much bayonet fighting. A fine bayonet charge was made by one of our brigades just as the enemy was wavering in face of the furious fusillades, and a brief rout ensued.

The French and British took a large number of prisoners during the day, but fewer than the magnitude of the struggle would lead one to expret, owing to the desperate hund-to-hand character of the fighting.

BLEEDING FATHERLAND OF ITS,

MANHOOD.

The prisoners show considerable dejec- tion at the failure of von Arnim's heavy thrust, and admit that the task ahead of the German Arms threatens to bleed the Fatherland of its manhood.

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LIVELY BOMBARDMENT.

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the cavalry carly on the morning of April 28th, astride the enemy's munications towards Taug, whereupon the infantry advanced and captured Tuzkburmatli, taking 300 prisoners and 6 guns. We continue the pursuit north- Wards, | **

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29th.

FURTHER ADVANCE.

A Mesopotamia official report states, We reached the Tauo River on Tuesday, We captured 12 more held-guns on April

Our prisoners now total 900.

General

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LONDON, May 1st.

CONSCRIPTION IN IRELAND.

FURTHER POSTPONEMENT OF

'OPERATION.

The Dolly New says that the Govern Koription policy in abeyance for few ment bas decided to keep its Irish con-

weeks until it sees what measure of success the Home Rule Bill will achieve.

The Government hopes to introdies tha Home Rule Bill next week.

LABOUR DEPUTATION TO PRIME MINISTER.

In the House of Commons, Dr. Mac- Numars stated that the Government, was considering whether to leave the Vindic tive unrepaired as an example, and inspiration to the public..

LONDON, May 1st. Mr, H. A. Watt, M.P., urged that The Daily Edlegraph states:- The non- soldiers who were sent to France after bers of the Labour deputation who serving three years in Gallipoli, Egypt, waited upon the Prime Minister in the and Palestine should be given first leave House of Commons, on April 29th, when circumstances permitted. Mr. respecting Irish Conscription, admit that MacPherson replied that all leave from Mr. Lloyd George spoke with a cowbing Franto was suspended at present, but cases tion of ankness and firmness and list such as Mr Watt had mentioned would ed very patiently to the reasoned state- be sympathetically considered by Sirment prepared by Mr. Arthur Hender- Douglas Haig as soon as circumstances MP from the representations made

Hon, permitted

the deputation of Irish Replying to Gilbert, Mr. Mac-unionists, and a lengthy explanation by Pherson stated that there did not appear Mr. Thomas MP who has been in to be any evidence that the enemy were Ireland en railwaymen business. using any new kinds of explosive or gas since March 21st.

AUSTRIAN EMPEROR TO VISIT KAISER.

visit.

GT. BRITAIN'S PROHIBITED SEA AREA.

LONDON, May 18t The Press Bureau announces-The Viceroy has transmitted to the King-

AMSTERDAM May 2nd. Emperor the Delhi Conference's unanis Emperor and Baron Burian (Foreign It is reported from Vienna that the Alajesty's message and an assurance that the German Hendritis visit the Kaiser at ous resolution of a loyal response to hie India's Man-Power and resources will the Headquarters. Far-reaching be ultilised to the utmost in the cause political importance is attached to this for which the Empire is Aghting. CANADA'SWAR EXPENDITURE

OTTAWA, May 18t. In the House of Commons, Mr. Mac Lean, Acting Minister of Finance, stated A French communique states: There that the year's war expenditure amount was a fairly lively bombardment northed to E6,000,000. The total expenditure of Montdidier.

vince outbreak of war was £175,000,000 VIOLENT ARTILLERY FIGHTING. Canada's net debt was £240,000,000, He

PARIS, May 1st.

estimated that the deficit for the current year would be £50,000,000, to be provided for by leans raised in Canada.

JAPAN AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON. EXCHANGE OF FELICITATIONS.

- Paris, May 2nd.

A communiqué states: There was fair, ly violent artillery firing, in the region of Villers-Bretonneux and on both banks of the Avie,

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TWO MILLION MEN ALREADY EMPLOYED BY THE ENEMY.

RESERVES FOR MONTHS OF INTENSIVE BATTLE.

trade-

The Prime Minister promised that the Cabinet would fally tousider the Labour representatious, but he held out no hope, so far. as be personally was concerned, of any change in the of the Gov

Mr. Lloyd Gro

I George, in a powerful speech,

sibility, and Ireland cannot take all the insisted that equal rights of aitizenshi involved an equality of duty and respon- advantages acoraing from its association with Great Britain while refusing to bear a share in the burdens and sacrifices of the United Kingdom, of which it is a partner sa

The Daily Telegraph recalls that Tre land, did not refuse the gift of oklage pensions from the English Parliament, nor the advance of the money for land purchase,

the building of and

of labourers","

Many Labourites in and out of

Parlia

CATHOLIC UNION'S RESOLUTION.

LONDON, May 1st.

THE

LONDON, May 1st The Admiralty announce that, owing to Germany's unrestricted and ruthless Lub warfare by mines and submarines against ment share the Prime Minister's view, all shipping, Great Britain notifies, the and those labourites who oppose dan establishment, on the 15th inst, of a seription in Ireland do so, not from prohibited area enclosed by a line join-principle, but because they believe it tng the following positions Firstly, would be unwise under existing circum Latitude 60 12 North and Longitude stances. 4° 49' East; secondly, Latitude 59 20 and Longitude 3° 10 East; thirdly, LONDON, May 1st-

Latitude 58 and Longitude 0° 50′ Reuter's Correspondent શ Britich

West; fourthly, Latitude 59° 20′ and The Council of the Catholic Union in Headquarters, telegraphing to-day states:

Longitude 0° 50 West; fifthly, Latitude Great Britain have resolved that they 60° 21' und Longitude 3o 10 East; regret the action of the Irish Catho Activity on the battlefront during the

WASHINGTON, May 1st.

sixthly, Latitude 6000 and Longitude fic Bishops in resisting conscription. past twenty-four hours was confined to

Baron lehti, presenting his credentials East, thence along the western They are of opinion that it is just to President Wilson, said that he would

limits of Norwegian territorial Wasices and right that the people in every the artillery French and British bat

spare no effort to strengthen and in-

to the position frst marked,

of the portion

United Kingdon teries constantly shelled Mont Kemmel.

should share in the defence of the tensify the spirit of mutual apprecia- Unless the enemy can push on beyond a day of steady slaughter, which only

LONDON, April 30th. tion happily existing between Japan and MR A HENDERSON AND GER- Empire and the liberties of mans

the United States. He would endeavour

kind. They regard with misgiving 11.50 p.

MAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATS. ccclesiastical interference with temporal this isolated fastness he may find the slackened with the fading light. The Headquarters writing on April 30th, spirit of frank and friendly cooperared Reuter's Correspondent at French to deal with such questions as arise in a

and political questions, and they request. NO MEETING POSSIBLE. tragic lesson of Majubu Hill repeated British alone between La Clytte and the French infantry in clearing German that Baron Ishii's appointment we of

the President of the Union, Admiral states:Yesterday British tanks assisted President Wilson, replying,

Lord Kerr, to forward the resolution to and the hill top practically a denth-trap.

LONDON, May 2nd. Mr. Arthur Henderson has specifically

the Pope. The real advantage of Kemmel to the Zillebeke defeated five German divisions, machine-gun nests out of Hangard arded evidence of Japan's policy

Woods.

peace and goodwill. He expressed the informed the Evening Standard that no QUEEN'S MESSAGE" TO menly is tactical and he is now com.but the French valour is praised in high-

The enemy has engaged up to the pre-confident hope that the cordial friend-conference with the German Social Demo

THE TROOPS. mitted to trying to push on and capture

est. They fighting alongside the British, sent 145 Divisions, or nearly two million ship of the two countries would be rats is now possible until they have men. He has besides, in France fresh greatly strengthened by our cominon accepted the position of no annexations the whole chain to Mont Cats.

and their batteries, were firing in the divisions which can still be brought inth efforts in the righteous cause in which no punitive indemnities, and the right of A SOURCE OF NEW STRENGTH

self-determination; and until they are

AND FRESH DETERMINATION.” HOPEFUL AUGURY. FOR THE

same fields in

spirit of the most loyal the fight, also reserves in depots ine are engaged."

ready to preas their Government France and Germany. Therefore, it must

apply co-operation.

by to every question of political and these principles, honestly and unreserved.

LONDON, May 15t The Queen's letter to the Navy, Army The Daily News concludes a hopeful

territorial readjustment with which any and Air Force (cabled, on April 28thy has editorial on the whole position as fol-

official peace Congress may have to deal. | been published in a special Order of the As the details of Monday's fighting are low The new British advance in

Mr. Henderson expressed himself most Day for the information of the troups in to embarrass the Government and hinder the Queen from Sir Douglas Haig— decidedly against doing anything likely France with the following telegram le received they confirm that it was the Mesopotami, threatens the most vulner

the war. worst day the enemy has experienced since the opening of the great offensive. The papers, which so far have been reti cent in view of possible ductuations in the battle, now comment on the opera tions, in stone of confidence they had not yet displayed. As the Times says, "Of all the violent combats witnessed that Germany's effort to browbeat Hol- during the last few weeks; we know of none which is of mere hopeful augury for the Allies than this ten mile Germoun failure:"

ALLIES.

LONDON, May 1st.

8.00 a.m.

It is pointed out that the paelic are apt to reckon victory in term of an offensive success, but a defensive victory, Jike Monday's, may contribute equally towards the ultimate object of the cam paign, namely, the destruction of tnemy's fighting strength.

able book of the Germans military system, things are not going too well in Russia, and the fact that Germany wante prisoners in Russin back on her own terms throws some light on the state of her man-power problem. Nor is it clear

land is working to her advantage. Added to her economic anxietits, Ger many has ber hands pretty fall".

GERMAN WIRELESS MESSAGE.

LONDON, April 30th. 11.00 p.m.

"

A wireless German official report states:-We captured several English trenches northward of Voormezele and Vierstraat.

The French recaptured Locre.

Divisions rapidly. What

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ho assumed that he can reconstitute the AMERICA'S SHIPPING OUTPUT exhausted Divil the depleted us witQUARTER OF A MILLION TONS IN afficers and men of the same quality and Months of intensive battle must be degree of training, partes faci reckoned with before the enemy is reduced to the pitch of exhaustion. We have several perilous weeks before us, but have every reason and await the issue cajunly,

VERDUN RECALLED. The battle, as it progresses, preacute analogies to that of Verdun, which le the best augury for the future. The Germans' present objectives in Picardy and Flanders, if attained, would prob ably serve as the departure line for final great effort.

As their striking-power was exhausted on the Meuse in 1916, so will it be in

18 on the Somme, Avre and Lys.

HEAVY FIGHTING.

PARIE, May 1st. A communiqué states:There was a Hangard violent bombardment in the region of

The German attack in the sector of Noyon resulted in heavy fighting

We ejected the enemy from advanced elements where the first rush bad gained a footing, and we re-established "our line,

WASHINGTON, May 1st The Shipping Board announces that 240,000 tons of new shipping were con- structed in April.

ROUMANIA AND BESSARABIA. PROTEST BY RUSSIA.

Moscow, May 1st

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ZANZIBAR CONTRIBUTES £20,000 TO THE COST OF THE WAR

LRODON, May 2nd The Government has gratefully accept The Government has protested againated £25,000 sterling from the Government the recent Roumanian announcement, or Zanzibar towards the cost of the war, stating that Roumania will henceforth making £75,000 altogether considor Besenrabia an inalienable part of Roumania. The protest, adds: This is a flagrant violation of the agreement between Russia and the pre- vious Roumanian Government, and also a violation of the aspirations of the population of Bessarabia.

HOLLAND AND GERMANY.

MUTUAL AGREEMENT.

The Dieuze Rotterdam Courant reports

AMSTERDAM, May 2nd that a mutually satisfactory arrange ment has been reached between Holland and Germany. An announcement on the subject may be expected shortly.

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BACING IN ENGLAND.

THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.

LONDON, May 1st. The race for the Two Thousand Guineas resulted as follows:-

Gainsborough Somme Kiss Blink Thirteen ran Won by a length and a third. half, with six lengths between second and Gainsborough, 8 to 1 agst. Somme Kiss, The betting was:-4 to 1 agst and 190 to Gagot Blink The place bet ting was 5 to 4 on the winner, with the others at proportionate odda

***The message which your Majesty han sent to the Army and Air Force in the name of the women of the British Empire will inspire, with new strength and fresh determination, all those brave men from every part of the Empire who, on the battlefields of France and Flanders, aru fighting so galiantly for all they hold most dear

"They, who with their own eyes daily ser women and children homeless and once peaceful villages and once prosperous towns ruined and in Bames, are resolved that their own loved ones and homes shalk not share that suffering. No per can be too great, me sacrifice, too extreme, to have their country from such a fath whose wrong we feel as our own and

Side by side with our gallant Allis

our own are determined to set right wo will persevere in the fight against all odds until victory is at least achieved.

In this great struggle we are hearten ed by the love and confidence of the your Majesty's most gracious message haa women of the British Empire, to which

given such moving expression." (Continued on Page 6).