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THE WAR.

GERMAN INTRIGUES IN JAVA. ~

THE MUTINY IN THE AUSTRIAN NAVY,

ITALIANS BOMB CATTARO.

Branco-Belgian Front.

BARLIER CABLES.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:]

BRITISH FRONT.

AERIAL OPERATIONS,

LONDON, May 14th. 12-25 a.m.

Aerial Activities.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 16′′H, 1018,

EARLIER CABLES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] NAVAL AIRCRAFT ACTIVE.

LONDON, May 13th. The Admiralty reports:-Between May 6th and 12th aircraft from Dunkirk

THE HOME RULE BILL'S PILOT.

LONDON, May 14th

The Daily Telegraph states that Mr. Walter Long has accepted a general advisership to the Government on Irish matters. It has been definitely settled that he will pilot the Home Rule Bill through the House of Commons.

LATEST CABLES. QUESTION DEVELOPING

RAPIDLY.

LONDON, May 14th The Home Rule question is rapidly. developing. The Government's intentions remain secret, but Lobbyists are of opinion that the Government increasingly favours a federal scheme, to be subse quently extended to the rest of the

Flying was impossible on Sunday until successfully bombed the docke and sca United Kingdom, with the present m the evening, when the visibility was excellent. We dropped eight tons of bombs in the heighbourhoods of Menin, Armentieres and La Bassco, also on Bruges clocks.

We brought down six enemy machines. One British machine is missing.

We dropped 14 tone of bombs at night- time on Marcoing and Chaulnes railway stations, Bruges docks and on Rapaume and Peronne. One British machine has not returned.

FRENCH FRONT.

NOTHING TO REPORT.

PA8, May 14th.

A communiqué states-Nothing ex- cept a somewhat lively reciprocal bom bardment, notably on both banks of the. Avre has transpired. THE LONG RANGE BOMBARDMENT

OF PARIS.

Pane, May 14th. Aeroplane photography confirm the drstruction of the emplacement for the guns bombarding Paris. Four shells Accured direct hits, shattering everything. The railway, for the service of the guns have been broken at numerous places.

Naval Activities.

EARLIER CABLES. THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE OSTEND OPERATION.

OFFICIAL REPORT.

LONDON, May 14

plane bare at Ostend, also Zeebrugge Mole, lock-gates and shipping, Thero were several direct bity on the sheds on the Zeebrugge Mole, and on a large shed nt Ostend, which was completely burnt

out.

We destroyed six machines and drove down two during patrols. One British machine is missing.

A seaplane on Friday over the North Sen engaged Zeppelin, which retreated after half-an-bour,

Italian bront

"EARLIER CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ITALIANS BOMB CATTABO.

Roma, May 14th.

An official report states:-Our dero planes successfully bombarded the sub marine base at Celtars. All our machines returned safely, despite a heavy bar

rage, Genannt.

LATEST CABLES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY 1 SIR WILFRID LAURIER'S GOLDEN WEDDING,

perial Government supreme in Imperial affairs. The followers of Sir Edward Carson will probably accept condition ally, but the Nationalists are already proclaiming that they will have nothing

to do with it..

EARLIER CABLES.

MUTINY IN AUSTRIAN NAVY.

PROPORTIONAL REPRE

SENTATION,

LONDON, May 13th...

The House of Commons rejected by 166 votes to 116 the proposal for experimental proportional representation in one hundred constituencies in accordance with the arrangement between the House of Lords and the House of Commons when the Electoral Reform Bill was passed.

This decision finally disposes of pro- portional representation for the duration of the present Parliament.

CENTRAL EMPIRES CON-

FERENCES:

AUSTROGERMAN UNION

PROPOSED.

LONDON, May 13th. Reports from Switzerland state that the Conferences at the German Head quarters especially related to future Austro-German relations. The Germans proposed an Austro-German economic and military union, in which they aro supported by the Germans in Austria, ban it is doubtful whether the necessary.

-thirds majority of the Reichsrat for this constitutional change could be of

The following are the concluding portained, tions of the report from the Times Cor- respondent with the Italian Army, which appeared in yesterday's issue.---

was

nt

Frankfurter Zeitung declares that the great Austrian question of the day is whether or not her continued existence as LONDON, May 18th a separate State is possible owing to the The mutiny began at Pola carly in demand of the South Slavs for independ. February among the arsenal work-ence and the demand by the Germans in ers and almost simultaneously there Austria for a union with Germany.

This KAISER INSISTS UPON AUSTRIAN Cattaro. rising *

OFFENSIVE indicates connivance between the two

LONDON, Muy 14th. ports. The mutineers at Pola demanded

The Daily Chronicle's Correspondent the cessation of various disciplinary measures and the punishments which at Paris says it is understood that the were inflicted on board vessels and ashore. Kaiser insisted at the Imperial Confer The movement soon spread, and the ships once on a big Austrian offensive in Italy. crews left their posts and thronged the simultaneously with the renewal of the

The

German offensive in the West. The decks, shouting and hurrabing.

Austrians were obliged to

to consent. The officers were powerless. The Naval

transport of Austrians to the Trentino authorities parloyed with the men for a

has been increased tremendously, and week and finally granted all their de

some of the Austrian heavy guns in France have been retransferred to Italy

OTTAWA, May 14th. Golden wedding felicitations to Sirmands, Wilfrid and Lady Laurier are pouring

The mutiny at Cattaro was more

in to-day from all over Canada from poli- serious. Bix cruisers and several de tical opponents and frienda alike. The stroyers hoisted the red flag. The Gem Liberal Senators and Members of the and Magyar elements on some ships re- House of Commons presented a gift of sisted the mutineers, turning the guns gold pläte

of one cruiser upon them and killing a

number.. RECRUITING REVIVAL IN

AUSTRALIA.

SYDNEY, May 14th. Mr. Walt, acting Federal Prime Minis ter is greatly pleased with the revival in recruiting. He says that the most im

The Admiralty issues the following account of the Ostend operation, dated. Dunkirk, May 11th-The Sirius lieg in the surf some 2,000 yards east of the entrance to Ostend harbour, which she failed so gallantly to block. The plan-portant thing is now engaging the atter ning and execution of the enterprise were tion of Australia. He is delighted at the entrusted to Commodore Hubert Lynes, now spirit evidenced in every State. who had directed the previous uttempt to STRIKE IN JOHANNESBURG. block the harbour with the Sirius and Brilliant. On the former occasion unfore

JOHANNESBURG, May 14th.

The Municipal electric employés struck seen and unforeseeable conditions fought work for an increase of twelve shillings. against him, but on this occasion the The Corporation refused and the city is main problem was to secure the effect of in darkness Business is at a standstill

surprise attack upon the enemy, who

IMPROVEMENTIN TRANSPORT was clearly expecting him.

LARGE SUPPLIES OF MEAT.

The Sirius and Brilliant had previously. been baffled by the displacement of the Stroombank buoy marking the channel to the harbour entrance, but since then an aerial reconnaissance had established the the Germans bad removed the huoy altogether, and there were no guiding marks of any kind. They also cat gaps

LONDON, May 14th. The improvement in transport is

evidenced by the announcement that the Government will shortly permit the sale of offais, including kidney, liver, and ex-tails without coupons. Supplies of imported meat are so large that people

in the piers as a precaution against are urged to use frozen meat in preference. landing Furthermore, when at midnight to home-fed,

of the 9th inst, the ships were moved from their anchorage, it was known that some

nine German destroyers were patrolling the coast.

From

EARLIER CABLES.

THE SITUATION IN THE CAUCASUS:

FRENCH PRESS COMMENT.

The night was favourable for the enterprise and there was little wind and a moonless and still sen Dunkirk a sudden brief gunfire an nounced that aeroplanes were about. The Vindictive was seen mistily through the streaming smoke from the destroyers fannels as she plodded silently to her goal. She receded astera as a destroyer to the heart of Central Asia and have

Panis, May 14th. Echo de Paris, referring to the situation- in the Caucasus, points out that certain national elements will resist the Turco- German invasion. Since Russia's down- fall 16,000,000 Mahomedans have been echeloned in an almost continuous zone

GERMAN INTRIGUES IN

NETHERLANDS INDIES.

LONDON,

WHO PROVOKED WAR? MPICHON'S DISCLOSURE.

ROMANCE OF A CIPHER

[WHOM THE "DALLY TELEGRAPH S' PARIS CORRESPONDENT]

revelation at the meeting at the Sorbonno The history of 11. Pichon's sensational.

in comniemoration of Alence Lorraine, is

May 10th

The Timce Correspondent at The Hague states: Captain Vermeer, of the Dutch East Indian Army, lecturing on German intrigues in the Dutch East Indies, said the Germans had succeeded in getting a large number of their in itself extraordinary. The message from nationals into the Dutch Colonial Army. Von Jagow, the German Foreign Minis- There were no English Americans or ter, to Von Schoen at the end of July, | Japanese and only one Frenchman in 1914, which M Pichon revealed, was the that Army. Moreover, since 1901 all the conclusion of a long despatch, the first barracks in the Colonies had been supplied portion of which has appeared in the with pictures of the Kaiser and the disclosed the final part, for obvious req German White Book. The Germans never

Sultan of Turkey. Sympathy with the sons. Moreover, this conclusion which Germans had been carefully aroused in M. Pichon revealed had not been known the Mahommedan section of the Colonial in France until last week. It had been forces, which was mainly exhibited in the impossible to decode it. The story of this anti-British_tone of the Mahommedan | I give below. Before that it is well to press, and by desertions from that fores recall those startling days in Paris at These had increases from 15 per cent in 1914 fo 50 per cent, în 1918. Germans from Japan, Hongkong, Singapore and New Quines led to the Dutch East Indies, where they were actively en couraging native unrest, chiefly in order that the flame would spread to British India. Those Germans live largely in the highlands of Java and go about in the fields talking to the natives.

SILVER COIN IN IRELAND

LONDON, May 14th The Bank of Ireland states that over half-a-million sterling of silver coin was received in Ireland from the Mint during year ending May 10th, compared with £100,000 during the previous twelve months

the

the end of July, 1914.

Von Schoon called constantly on M Bienvenu-Martin, who was heting as Jocum tenens for M. Viviani, Prime

linister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, who was then in Russia with M. Poincaré. Von Schoen was constantly amiable, even to excess. He was feeling

his way. M. Viviani returned from Russia and took up his duties. Von Schoen continued calling at the Quai d'Orsay: It was at this moment that he received his instructions fra Von Jagow. On that historie Friday, July 31st, 1914, Von Schoon saw M. Viviani, and an nounced to him "Krieg's gafuhr zustand” (a state of danger of war). Von Schoen then had up his sleeve the conclusion to Von Jagow's despatch, which M. Pichon has. just revealed Von Schoen offered neutra lity to France. He expected one of two re- THE UKRAINE SITUATION,plies from M. Viviani, The first might be that France refused to by neutral. GERMAN PRACTICE DIFFERS

Then Von Schoen would have said: TROM PROCLAIMED AIM.

This Monsieur le President, is a de- Loanos, May 14th. claration of war upon Germany," and The German howspapers are beginning. France would have horne the onus of to complain at the large number of commencing the world war. It would Divisions required to maintain peace in have been the story of 1670 over again. Ukrains

The second possibility was that M Vivinai, speaking for France, would ac- cum surrender and betrayal of Russia. Then Von Schoen would have brought put those final conditions of Von Jagow which he was keeping back. “We shall be do- lighted if you rensin neutral, but as a simple plodge of good faith we ask you to let us occupy Toul and Verdun, which, of course, we will restore to you at the

Frine's conduct would be dictated by, merely replied in to many words that

her honour and her interests, and Yon Scheen took his leave without disclosing those final instructions from Von Ingew.

The Frankfurter Zeitung says the conditions there are becoming more difficult for Germany.

COL, REPINGTON'S VIEW YOU

- As regards the German policy in Colinet Repilgten is of opinion that the Last generally the journal sarcas, the situation on the Eastern Fronts hastically remarks that the German pine become more unfavourable for the Gertices often completely differ from the mans since the signature of the Russian proclaimed aims

treaties. The Germans are involved in

bigger operations then they expected and the consequences of their failure are serious. Altogether the delay in their

climax

x has profited us more than the enemy who are now deprived of the hopea of a strategic surprise, except by

vasion of England.

ELECTION.

LONDON May 13th. Mr. E. Shortt, R.C., Irish Chief Secre tary, has been returned unopposed for.

Newcastle.

After three days the mutineers gained the mastery of the por

port and seized the officers and removed the Admiral to con finement on another ship. They treated him roughly. The autineers, by printed Pamphlets signed by a committee of the the violation of Switzerland, or an in- crews, gave all orders bore and afloat and wirelessed their demands to Vienna, giving prominence to an immediate peace. The authorities sext placating and non-committal replies, and after prolong- ed councils, sens to Cattaro another flest division under a German-Austrian Admiral, The situation was not critical, owing to the outbreak of murmurings in the new division, but the position was eaved by the Teutonic element, one of the revolting cruisers overpowering the mutineers. The revolt lasted eight days, As most of Austria's sailors belong to the oppressed races, it is not doubted that the ferment in the fleet will continue.

GREAT BRITAIN AND FINLAND

STOCKHOLM, May 14th. The Dagens Nyheder states that Great Britain has proposed the establishment of diplomatic velations with Finland, provided certain friendly conditions are reached.

DANISH COAST MINED.

GOTHENBURG, May 14th. The Danish coast between Thisted and North Bkaw has been mised by German

eubmarines.

AMERICA AND THE WAR MANUFACTURE OF ORDNANCE.

NEW Yon, May 13th.

It is announced that the Steel Corpora

TO AID EMIGRATION.

LONDON, May 14th-

Mr.

To

In the House of Commons Walter Long introduced a Bill improve the organisation for affording information and assistance to emigrants from the United Kingdom, providing the establishment of a central emigration authority, and the supervision and control of passage brokers, agents and

emigration societies, and for purposes

connected therewith

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS,

EX-ROYALTIES.

ANSTERDAM, May 13th The German newspapers state that the cxDowager Empress of Russia and the ex Grand Dukes Nicholas and Alexander, who were residing at Aitodore, are in German hands.

EFFECT OF SUBMARINISM ON GERMANY:

AMSTERDAM, May 13th. In the Reichstag, the Independent

The Vienna Jewish Correspondence conclusion of peut M. Viviani

Bureau announces that the German anthorities in Ukraine arc anti Jewish and have abolished the Ministry of

Jewish Affairs.

WAR'S AFTERMATHI

A LEGACY OF DISEASE IN ENEMY COUNTRIES.

Famine dropsy" is a new disease that is spreading rapidly in Germany

and Austria.

Doctors in Bohemia have reported the the disease is maing extensive ravages. It chicly attacks men between forty and fifty years of age, and proves fatal in the majority of cases where it is not por sible immediately to put the patient on a nourishing diet.

CUNNING TRICK,

The whole German game was well planned, as well planned as that of Bis- marck about the Ems despatch in 1870, but Germany did not bring it off as well. Upon M. Viviani a reply on that fateful Friday of July 31st, 1914, depended perhaps the whole course of the war. If France had been forced into taking up a position us aggresor against Germany what would have been the attitude of the. French people? As it was the trick fail- cd, and on the Monday following, at 7 p... it was Jon Schoen, when the machinations of bis Government proved abortive, who had to call on M. Viviani and declare war by Germany on France on a pretext which, M. Viviani has often afterwards said, Von Schoen himself searccly even pretended to believe in that French avintors had attacked Nurem berg.

The spread of consumption in both countries is also terrible Figures ob I come to the story of this ciphered tained from a reliable source show that conclusion of Von Jagow's message, only disclosed two days ago. Why was it not in a number of German towns, ropre decoded before? Of course, the French Senting about two-fifths of the popula- Government had at once in, its possession tion of the empire, the number of deaths the ciphered text of that message, but here is the crux of the whole thing. The from tuberculosis in the first six months French Government since 1911, at the of last year was 37,004. The number for time of the Agar negotiations, no longer the same towns in the frat hall of 1913 ment's cipher. In all this time it was possessed a key to the German Govern-

was 22,028,

only the other day that the Quai d'Orsay On this baste it seems probable that the cipher department succeeded in finding total death-roll for Germany from this out the secret of the German cipher used

since 1911. Tho German Government- disease last year must have heen nearly changed its cipher in 1811, and the follow

ing are the circumstances under which 200,000

Conditions in Austria are worse. The was, Prime Minister and M. de Belves that cipher was changed. M. Caillaux latest available reports from Vienna was Foreign Minister. M. do Selveg was how a total of 10,365 deaths from con- negotiating about the Congo officially sumption in the capital alone. The with the German Government. The Quai d'Orsay, in decoding the German Govern figures for the first half of the year for ment's message to Van Schoen, discovered that M Caillaux was negotiating direct- three towns are

ly with the German Government, without the knowledge of his Foreign Secretary The Quai d'Orsay protested vehemently, and there was an extraordinary dispute at the Cabinet Couteit between M. Caillaux, the Prime Minister, and de Belves, the Foreign Secretary. M Caillaux communicated with the German Ambassador, and protested against his

meat being revealed. - A few days later

Vienna Prague... Budapest

1913. #3,589

1917.

7,081

1,783 3,816

1,035 1,927

This means an increase of 84 per cent in the mortality in those three towns, The chief medical officer of Vienna, in

Fang

raced on to lay a light buoy which was been made accessible to Turco German tion, at the request of the Government Socialist Herr Vogtherr declared the foal report, saya bluntly that the negotiations with the German Governa to be her guide. She passed thence into enterpris. The Caucasus is the beginning begins to manufacture heavy guns and submarines had not brought peace any physical strength of the greater part of the Germann Government altered its

the hands of the small craft whose mis sion was to guide her to the light and hide her in the clouds of the smoke-screen.

of the road to India, and the paper hope, that the British will strengthen their

influence in this quarte

projectiles in great quantities Special nearer. Meanwhile they were destroying works will be constructed at Government the tonnage needed after the war to bring expense in the interior of the country,

raw materials to Germany,

the population has been so undertained cipher and this cipher was found wit owing to insuficient nourishment that only the other day. Hence the Quar unless food conditions improve soon the Urshy has only just been able to decora death rate from consumption will rise that final messag, of Von Jugow's which

M. Pichon read at the forhoune, much higher.