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THE WAR.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 26TH.

AERIAL WARFARE ON WESTERN

FRONT

PROHIBITED DUTCH SAILINGS.

GERMAN PRESSURE THE CAUSE,

THE IRISH-GERMAN PLOT. EVIDENCE JUSTIFIES THE ARRESTS.

AIR RAIDS ON PARIS.

Franco-Belgian Front.

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BRITISH FRONT.

ENEMY'S ARTILLERY” ACTIVE..

LONDON, May 23rd.

12,35 p.m. Sir Douglas Haig reports:-The enemy last night rushed one of our pants at Aveluy Wood Two of our men are miss ing.

Wo successfully raided in the neigh- bourhoods of Ayette and Bois Lenx St. Mare, inflicting casualties.

We drove off an attempted enemy raid in the vicinity of Ricz du Vinage.

The enemy's artillery were active at night in the Ancre Valley, southward of Lens, castward of Robeeg and eastward of Nieppe Forest.

INTENSE BRITISH ARTILLERY FIRE

PARIS, May 22nd, Artillery and aerial activity bag assumed great intensity on the British Front. One hundred and fifty thousand 75-millimetre shells are being used up daily by thres Army Corps in a certain sector. It is presumed that a German attack will come from north of the

Bomme

The Australians are greatly harassing the enemy with series of minor offences. No fewer than 10 German Brigadiers have been killed in this sector since

March 21st.

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FRENCH FRONT. OUTBURST OF AERIAL ACTIVITY,

LONDON, May 23rd. 12.15 ..

Reuter's Correspondent at French Headquarters, telegraphing yesterday stated:-Brilliant days and moonlit nights have evoked an amazing outburst of aerial activity. While fighting planes neighbourhoods of Armentieres, Bapaume carry out hundreds of patrols over

AERIAL OPERATIONS. We dropped 1,200 bombs on various targets, including aerodromes near Ghent and Tournai, and billets in the

and Bray

We

There was much air fighting. brought down 10 and drove down two un- controllable. Three of ours are missing There was much mutual night bombing. We dropped over 12, tons of bombs on aerodrome, used by the engmy night fliers, also in billetā

at Bray and Bapaume. All our machince returned We brought down two enemy machines by gun-fre. We dropped two tons of bombs on a chlorid factory at Mann- helm, causing three large fires, and two tons on railway stations at Thionville and Kartbaus. One of our machines in missing:

At dawn on Wednesday two forntations carried out a long-distance raid against an important railway triangle at Liege and dropped 22 heavy bombs. The first formation's "bombs caused three very large fires, which still burnt fiercely three quarters of an hour later when the second formation flew over Liege. Other machines dropped twelve heavy bomb on Mentz railway.

pennatation.

our machines returned.

All

THE SURREYS' DASH. The enemy's counter-attack west of

nie

busy mapping and photographing the German defenece and directing the fire for the gunners

Americans at Luneville rushed an Italian Bront ency patrol which took refuge in a trench taking prisoners,

Later the Germans - retaliated, but

were forced to withdraw so quickly that they had no time to take their dead.

Americans north-west of Toul drove back a German patrol to its own lines without suffering any casualtice..

VIOLENT ARTILLERY FIRING:

PARIS, May 22nd. A ̈ communique states:-Theto. was somewhat violent artillery firing at night-time in the region of Hailles, Loent Wood, Houvray and Plemrat,

There was great patrol and reconnais sance activity on the entire Ailette front, THE NEW GIANT " GOTHAS:”.

LONDON, May 22nd.

0.30 p.m. Renter's Correspondent at French Headquarters. reports:-The Americen ports the following particulars of the new giant "Gothe bombing plane which the Germans employed in the latent night raids on France and England. It has a wing-spread of forty metres, is driven by three motors each 200 horsepower and accommodates nine passengers, but on ruids the crew numbers five or six in order to carry more bomba and petrol, It carries about two tong of bombs, in- cluding one about a ton weight con taining 850 kilos of explosive.

Owing to the difficulty of landing at night by machines of such size it is probable that there will be a high pro portion of losses through accidents. GERMANS PERTURBED BY FRENCH SUCCESS AT LOCRE:

LONDON, May 22nd.

4.20 p.m. Reuter Correspondent at British Headquarters, felegraphing today, states: Much counter buttery work against large concentrations of German

The French success at Loere has manifestly perturbed the German High Command considerably, judging by the wireless efforty to minimise it. For behind the front the Germans are con- tinuing to train Divisions for a fresh

effort. Rather more than 150 Divisions

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LONDON, May 23rd. An Italian official report statea Wo captured on cutpost north-east of Monte Di Valbella and advanced into the village Stocca reddo, inflicting losses on the garrison.

There has been considerable aria) activity. We brought down eight enemy unchines. General

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LONDON, May 23rd.

The Mansion House Conference in Dublin against conscription has ordered that provision be made for prisoners dependents out of the National Defenes Fund.

THE LORD MAJOR OF DUBLIN'S PASSPORT

1916

RECRUITING BOOM IN QUEBEC LABOUR AND THE GOVERN-

·MENT

LONDON, May 23rd. The Timer Correspondent at Toronto

LONDON, May 23rd, states that ns an indication of the

At the annual meeting of the Northum better situation at Quebec large eberland Miners Council a proposal that ployers of labour are withdrawing their the Government initiate pence by negotia- claims for the exemption of workmen, tions was withdrawn, as the movers now: from military service, also the big rush considered that the present time was of voluntary recruits to the colours inopportune. Thoro was a great patriotic demonstra

· The Congress of the National Union tion at Quebec, which was heflagged for of General Workers at Blackpool rejected the occasion of the departure overseas of by a large majority a resolution that groups of young French Canadians, from Labour's support of the Government the best known families, including the should cease, as the war is being pro- sons of the Premier Count, Justice longed for materialistic and capitalistic Dorion, and Sir George Garneau. The objects.

streets were thronged with thousands of cheering citizens.

GERMAN PREY IN

ARCTIC

THE

REMARKABLE WAR THRIFT

of

LONDON, May 23rd Sir Robert Kindersley, Chairman the National War Sayings Committee, writes that one of the most romarkable aspects of the financial situation since the intensive war saving campaign was initiated in October has been the in crease in contributions by the smell in- Berlinvestor in the elope of sules of war-savings

CHRISTIANIA, May 23rd. Bitter complaints are being stormed at the Germans for not only sinking fishing boats in the Arctic, but lifeboats.

The Foreign Minister has announced that he is communicating with

concerning the matter,

A Deputy remarked. How long are we -going to sell part of our fisheries to Ger- many while she is sinking our fishing

boats t

PROHIBITION OF DUTCH SAILINGS.

It was decided to publish the corre spondence between the Lord Mayor and Mr. Balfour. The former, in thanking for the receipt of his passport to America, refers to the prohibition againal |- Passengers proceeding to America taking DUE TO GERMAN PRESSURE documents, and asks for authority to

LONDON, May 22nd.. convey a document drawn up i

for pre-

The reasons for the prohibition of sail- sentation to President Wilson Mings from Holland aro unknown, but it Balfour replied on May 18th that the document in question ought first to be is assumed they are due to German pres- submitted to the Lord Lieutenant. The Lord Mayor replied on May 22nd do- sure clining to submit to the Lord Lieutenant a document which was a direct communi- cation between the Conference and the President of America

FURTHER ARRESTS,

AMERICA'S PROMISE OF GRAIN,

New York, May 22nd

The Government has refused Holland's

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certificates, and Post Office bonds. Simultaneously, the deposits in the Post, Office Trustee Savings Banks have in- creased The total investment by the

small investor for the first four months of 1918 was 205,205,304, compared with an average monthly contribution in October, November and December, 1817, of £1,203,333 There were altogether 345,100 holders of British Government securities at the outbreak of war. There

are now some 103 million holders of

various types of Government securities.

GREAT BRITAIN'S WAR. CONTRIBUTIONS.

LONDON, May 23rd. The Daily Chronicle, commenting upon Sir Robert Kindersley's statement, retera to the many sidedness of Great Britain's. contribution to the war, and mentions

the balance of grain promised to Holland Great Britain to December 1st, 1917, most of their armament except artillery.

by President Wilson. The Government advanced £2,180,000,000 to the Allies,

Bhe has informed Holland that Dutch ships and £170,000,00 to the Dominions.

transports daily an average 7,000 should be sent from Holland for theered and 30,000 tons of military sup grain.

enemy lines and seek combata with guns was carried out during the, fine Dublin yesterday, including the wife America should be permitted to carry rican troops in France, and is providing

Two more arrests were effected eques, that thren Dutch slips now that Great Britain is clothing the Ame-- enemy machines, cheervation planes spell, also the bombing of ammunition of the executed rebel leader: Clarke

dumps by our aquadrons,

CHIEF SECRETARY IN LONDON.

LUNDON, May 23rd, Mr. E. Short, K.C. Chief Secretary. has returned upegpectedly to London It is understood that he submits to the Cabinet the evidence of the German plat. EVIDENCE JUSTIFIES ARRESTS.

Press Association states, on the The est authority, that there is astounding evidence justifying the arrests, but its publication is a question affecting not merely the welfare of the prisoners, but the well-being of the Empire. It is not. likely, even the evidence is published, that any of the prisoners will be released. PRIESTS AND SINN FEIN.

Farther afield bombardment squadrons scatter bombs by hundreds on one of the snemy lines of communication, while nightly other squadrons drop scores of tons of explosives on railway stations, depots, and cantonments, FRENCH AERIAL PERFORMANCES. From May 15th to 18th the French fighting planes have carried out 581 patrols, engaged in 105 duels, destroyed 37 German acroplanes, forced 60 more to land damaged in their own lines, and

burned six balloons. In the same period our observation planes executed over 1,000 flights, including long-distance re- connaissances as far as Mezieres and Friedrichshafen, while the bombardment squadrons have dropped 100 tons of benibu on military establishments, especially aerodromes.

Ham, and on the following, night: 100 machines operated in the same region causing fires and explosions.

ofensive to tap of offensive so far, of which nearly half have been in battle once, over one-third twice, well over a score thrice and one Division four times.

Herial Activities.

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CASUALTIES AT COLOGNE

AMETERDAM, May 23rd.

persons were killed and 87 injured in the recent air-raid on Cologne.

·The. Colugne Gazelle states ti x 25

RAIDS ON PARIS

NO DAMAGE.

PARIS, May 23rd. An official report states: Enemy aeroplanes dropped bonibs on Paris yesterday evening. There was no damage nor victims,

THIRTY RAIDERS..

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NEW YORK, May 23rd Cardinal Farley has prohibited priests from presiding at Sinn Fein meetings under pain of expulsion from the diocese.

SINN FEIN'S FINANCIAL SUPPORT

GERMAN SEIZURE OF DUTCH STEAMER

AMSTERDAM, May 22nd. The Germans have taken to Swine- muende the Dutch Government steamer reprez, bound to the Baltic from Rotter dam in ballast, on the ground that the ressel bnd no German safe-conduct.

WORLD'S PEACE FOUNDA TION-STONE

AMSTERDAM, May 22nd. Vienna Tageblatt; says:-" Precisely as Baron Kuliment, interviewed in the the Alliance of 1979 was the bulwark of deepened Austro-German Alliance will he European peace to the renewed and tbo foundation stone of the Peace

world's

at GERMANY SUPPLIES BOMBS

TO ANARCHISTS.

GENEVA, May 23rd. Thirty bombs and a quantity of explo sives were recently found on the Limmai River at Zurich Kayze

ver at a vevealed that the bomb

plies to France, and her Navy and mer- chantmen to the end of August, 1017, transported and protected across the sca 13,000,000 personnel with the loss of only 3,500. The scale of the Navy'u work is too little appreciated, For instance, the Royal Dockyards since the beginning of the war remired 31,470 warships, exclusive of repairs to Allied

ships.

AFFAIRS IN AUSTRALIA.

RECRUITING.:

MELBOURNE, May 23rd. increased numbers throughout the Com Volunteers are enlisting in greatly monwealth; including many big strong fellows just under 21.

WAR LOAN SINKING FUND.

The Federal House of Representatives Fund of one and a half per cent. has passed a Bill establishing a Bizking

nually in respect of all war loans.

AUSTRALIAN WAR LOAN,

50

an-

war

FROM NEW YORK:

NEW YORK, May 23rd.. Mr John Dillon, interviewed Dublin by the Associated Press repre sentative aftor condemning the Govern ment's Irish policy denies that the Nationalists have embraced Sinn Fein ideas, which he asserts are wrong and

In the House of Representatives, Mr. foolish, and bound to end in defeat and

Watt, Fedoral Treasurer, moved a resolu disaster. He reiterates the Nationalist On the night of May 15th alone 120A second raid began in relays after mid-adherence to the inte Mr. John Redmond's

tion authorising the Rotation of a wit bombs were drop declaration that the Allies cause is the had been manufactured in Germany and jeet to taxation.

that He stated French bombardment machines-attacked night. This mornis. Our machines cause of freedom throughout the world.

ped on a district in

were sent to Italian anarchists to blow up £168,000,000 Nesles, Rose, St. Quentin, Jussy and went up and a violent artillery barrage and declares that one of the grant-forces Numerous arrests have been made at were

have been munition worksnarchists to

authorised, of which £140,000,000 was kept up.

which has been the root cause of Ireland's Zurich, Lucerne, and Lausanne, include The Government subscribed,

mostly tax free, troubles recently has been the unlimited

desired to giro financial support

accorded to Sinning the well-known anarchist Bertoni. the Imperial Government definite prosz Feinism from New York.

of its intention to promptly keep its SOLUTION OF THE AUSTRIAN promises regarding the payment of ita debte, and the success of the last war Dublin states there is a plan for volun-

loan justified the Government in assur-

tary recruiting, which will include the don, said the Allied Government saw a the war sxpenditure for the current year

LONDON, May 23rd.

ing the Imperial Government that the Lord Robert Cecil, in a speceh at Lon- behind its promises. He estimated that Commonwealth and people were solidly formation of homogeneous Irish: brigades solution of the Austrian problem in the would be £84,000,000, and a similar or divisions, in which by the use of liberation of the populations subject to Irish emblems and the observance of Irish the Hapsburg rule, who should have full amount is estimated for next year. So customs everything will be done to Tiberty and independence, and be able by far only ten per cent of Australian

federation to uphold in Cen

wealth and been placed in loans... foster the idea of distinct within the Empire. Some

Europe the principles upon

The Labour Lender – Mr. Tudor, and by or to the European polity must be founded, others congratulated the Government on

the new departure as regards taxstion. thement in recruiting to contemplate

Express Correspondent at

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA

DEVALUATION OF PAPER MONEY

Moscow, May 23rd.

An official report states: Thirty enemy aeroplanes participated in the Paris second raid. Fifty-four machines went capital and dropped a few bombs, killing up. One German machine reached the one and wounding further casualties in the outlying districts; ⠀⠀

There were

Merville against the Surreys, mentioned The operations during the past few in a communiqué, resulted in a force days illustrate the extraordinary dave attack. A most violent lifting barrage topment of air warfare, and the skill beralded the enemy's approach between with which our pilots have solved the the river Bourne and the Merville road, difficulty of manœuvring in large num. The enemy succeeded in reaching our bers. On May 10th and following treaches, but every man who scrambled day our machines bombed & German AIR RAID ALARM IN PARIS over the parapet was either killed or aerodrome at Cappy, setting fire to the

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PARIS, May

gand.

The

PLAN FOR VOLUNTARY RECRUITING.

Daly News Correspondent at

PROBLEM,

captured. A bombing party entered on aerodrome sheds, and causing widespread An air raid alarm was raised Inst the Press, urges the desirability of ascist- unless we are to face disasters too horrible

the left of the attack, but supports damage. The Germans were powerless to promptly closed in and the Germans protect themselves. Other German aero were ontflanked on both sides. They dromes on the battlefield were attacked attempted to bomb a way, out, our rifle by 50 French machines simultaneously, men for a considerable timo erouching with similar results. The Italian - and ananiping them. Then the Surveys American squadrons co-operated in a made a dash and cleared the trench of number of these expeditions with remark the remainder of the bombers. We can able success.

orening The All Clear" was signalled at one o'clock this morning. PROTECTION FROM AIR RAIDS

GERMAN CHANCELLOR

INTERROGATED

LOSSES BY GERMAN SUB- MARINISM.

Dublin states that Major General. Sir of the recruiting campaign, in which Bryan Mahon will be placed at the bead regiments headed by bands will be en ployed throughout the country.

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Expert comment on the tonnage losses of paper thoney is imminent. Uitics. points out that the Germans during the point out that this will indvitably deter THE CAPTURED SINN FEINERS whale of the first quarter of 1919 have nine the peasants more than gran puket

LONDON, May 22nd.

done little more than they did in these sell food supplies. The Daily Chronicle reiterates the remembered that the effects of blocking

months last year Moreover, it must beKOROPADSKY'S RESIDENCE desirability of a public trial of the Irish Zeebrugge and Ostend and the new prisoners or the immediate publication North Sea minefield are not yet ap

tured 30 prisoners, and nine machine. RECIPROCAL ARTILLERY FIRING. warning was not given at Cologne, of the evidence of a conspiracyent Further, the totals for

guns.

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LONDON, May 22nd.

10.35 p. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re portsWe repulsed a second attempt to raid our positions south-westward of Mesnil.

We successfully raided in the neigh bourhood of Hebuterne, inflicting heavy

casualties and taking prisoners.

PARIS, May 23rd

A communiqué states that there was reciprocal artillery fring at different points on the Somme and the Dise

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AMERICANS IN THREE FIGHTS.

LONDON, May 22nd Router's Correspondent at American Headpuarters reports-The Americ patrols in the Luneville and north-west of Toul sectors have been engaged in three fights during the past twenty-four

hours.

AMSTERDAM, May 22nd The Folly Zeitung states that in the Reichstag Horr Hrickhoff questioned the Chancellor as regarde better protection from air raids, alleges that timely

recently, and asks if the Chancellor is of women and children by international treaties. LONDON RAID CASUALTIER

LONDON, May 22nd." The Press Bureau announces :- The casualties resulting from Sunday's raid ing in all districts are now : Killed, 44; injured, 179.

parent

cach

previously Was

BESIEGED.

prepared to end this senseless murder! The paper says the fact that they were quarter from April last year have so the forces at its disposal These are

rested under defence of the Realm Act steadily and suggests that a trial was not contem total for April, which

regularly fallen, and the platel, and the journal adds that such the effect upon Irish opinion will be bad, decision requires explanation, otherwise

RAID ON COBLENZ.

AMSTERDAM, May 22nd

A Wolf Burcau message states that 21 bombs were dropped in the air raid on Coblenz, of which two fell within the town.

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the most favourable month of the year less than the average for the three pres for submarines, was nearly 20,000 tone

ceding months. Experts are confident that the improvement will continue to be progressive. The facts have stultified Admiral Capelle's boast about the in- creased number of submarines, for if his statement were true the damage they

A message from Kief states that the Rada is mobilising and concentrating all

besieging the residence of the Dictator. Skoropadaky. The latter is reported to have been seriously wounded.

THE FATE OF KORNILOFF AND ALEXTEFF

AMSTERDAM, May 23rd. The l'osische Zeitung publiates a story by a zeturned German priser from Russia, who says he witnessed the exccn-

SUGGESTION BY UNITED STATES have done is less. The important question of Korailoff and Alexich by the tion is whether or not the new construc Bolsheviks at Novo Tcherland on tion will be overtaken by destruction, and is regarded as satisfactory, the world this, with the belp of the United States. February 20th. Both were shit.

This story is not, confirmest by any tonnagu built during April having other course, coded the 305,000 tons sunk during that month

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WASHINGTON, May 23rd.. Germany has not replied to the United States suggestion to hold & Conference at Berne to discuss the treatment of their respective war-prisoners.