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THE WAR.
GERMANY'S OVERDUE ATTACK COMING.
PAUSE IN THE OFFENSIVE EXPLAINED.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,
SUBMARINE SINKS MERCANTILE CRUISER BRITISH DESTROYER SINKS CRUISER-SUBMARINE.
SWEDISH MINISTER TO JAPAN DEPARTS.
Branco-Belgian Front.
EARLIER CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] BRITISH FRONT. SUCCESSFUL RAIDS.
LONDON, May 25th.
1.18 p.m. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re ports:--We raided trenches southward of Bucquoy at daylight and captured 14 prisoners and two machine-guns.
We carried out successful night raida eastward of Hebuterne and southward of Neuville Vitasse, capturing 15 prisoners,
We repulsed raiders in the neighbour- hoods of Bailly-le-Sec, Bucquoy, Ablain- zaville, Festubert and Merris.
Naval Activities.
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GERMAN CRUISER SUBMARINE
SUNK
LONDON, May 25th, · The Admiralty announce:-One of our Atlantic escort submarines on return to her base reports that whilst procceding to meet a convoy on May 11th in the lati tude of Cape St. Vincent, she sighted and sank a German submarine of the so-called cruiser type. A heavy sen was running, and there were no survivors,
Another enemy submarine was sighted, but escaped a similar fate by swift diving.
OUTPUT OF PLANTATION RUBBER.
TUESDAY, MAY - 16TH, 1915
THE IRISH CONSPIRACY.
A DISGRACE TO ENGLISH STATECRAFT,
| WAGES IN COTTON INDUSTRY
LONDON, May 20th.
sa
The adjourned conference at Man
THE DUTCH ARMY.
THE HAGUE, May 26th. The War Minister, in a statement on chester on Wednesday on wages in the the proposal to vote an extraordinary war cotton industry have agreed to an nderedit, says that politicn! and military ance of 25 per cent on the standard reasons preclude the reduction of treops price-list, to be paid for the week June 17th and to continue until December
ANNIVERSARY
ending
OF ITALY'S WAR-ENTRY
CELEBRATED LIKE A NATIONAL: FESTIVAL
LONDON, May 27th. The Times states that, despite the exist
LONDON, May 28th. ̧ ing restrictions on the output of
Mr. William O'Brien, in a letter to plantation rubber in 1018
there a Dublin newspaper, states:--“ Since will ho nearly 200,000 tons, the Polish plot there has been nothing. Taking the American consumption more disgraceful to English statecraft. The 7th. as 80,000 tons and British and French as Irish people will road Mr. Lloyd George's 40,000, the approximate surplus at the end of the year would be 90,000 tons. The situation scems to point, in the case of Malaya, certainly to the
e specdy initiation of a system of completo control.
The Straits and Malay Authorities cannot allow the rubber industry to drift into financial chaos. It is the duty of these authorities to move quickly in the dires- tion of formulating an effective system of control over the output of every rubber- growing property. Should they fail to do so the representatives of the rubber industry in London would be justified in the putting the strongest pressure on Colonial Offices in order that the well-nigh intolerable position might be speedily ameliorated.
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AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA EN-DOWAGER EMPRESS OF
RUSSIA
ZURICH, May 26th. It is reported from Vienna that the ex-Dowager Empress of Russia will short- In view of this being the first cruiserly travel across Austria to Denmark. submarins destroyed, it has been decided
HOSTILE ARTILLERY ACTIVE.
LONDON, May 25th.
9.50 p.m.. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig e ports that there was active hostile artil.announcing the destruction of indivi-
Iery firing to-day in the Villers- Bretonneux sector.
GERMAN OVERDUE ATTACK.
LONDON, May 20th.
to depart from the usual rule of not
rom the us
dual enemy submarines
ZEEBRUGGE AND OSTEND, LONDON, May 26tli. Mr. Archibald Hurd
states that the naval activities at Bruges are practically at a standstill owing to the blocking of
to the Zechugge, but it is known that the enemy has managed to move the stern of the indictive at Ostend, sensibly increas
The pause in the German offensive is the subject of much comment. Reuter's Cor. respondent at British Headquarters says that the overdue attack is most assuredly coming, but every day the pause finds the Allies better prepared. Their coming the fairway. fidence was never higher, while the tramp of the encoming American troops is almost monotonously reassuring. The British are in no way passively awaiting the German onslaught. Daily and nightly | fiudicire has been moved and is now raids take u heavy toll of the enemy lying close to the pier, the German, are
not using Ostend harbour, ARMED MERCANTILE CRUISER SUNK.
-man-power,
Reater's Correspondent at French Headquarters dwells upon the difficulty of determining where the enemy will attack owing to the new method of em- ploying assaulting masses brought to the battlefield a few hours after the artillery préparation, begins. He mentions that the German, on March 20th had only four Divisions in the line of 23 ready to move. under von Hutier's command, the re maining 10 being inassed at distances varying from five to sixty mileg from the attacking front. One Division was brought up on the eve of battle and marched 20
miles into action. Until the morning of attack the defense is unable to determine the sector against which the enormous mass of troops will be Jannehed, 1
The situation to-day is unchanged. The number of Divisions in the enemy
The Daily Express says the Germans stewed the Vindictive by dredging a channel 30 feet wide and 10 feet deep..
The Times Bays that though the
LONDON, May 24
The Admiralty announce :-The armed mercantile cruiser Moldavia was tor-
pedoed, and sunk on May 23rd There were no casualties among the crew, but 56 of the American troops aboard are missing, and it is feared they were killed by the explosion,
IRISH STEAMER SUNK.
LONDON, May 25th.
The Irish steamer uniscarra, from Fishguard to Cork, has been torpedoed and sunk. Only five, including the cap- tain, were saved.
It is believed that 37 lives were lost-
MUSSULMAN RESENTMENT AT BOLSHEVIK TREATMENT.
Moscow, May 27th,
The All-Russian Alussulman Council has been dissolved. There are growing signs of Massulman roscatment against
their treatment by the Bolsheviks
LATER.
GENERAL NEWS.
Moscow, May 26th. Food Fiots have occurred at several
notably at
Nijai provincial towns, Novgorod, where 10,000 employes of the Sorunova Works declared a one-day strike in support of their demand for the re- establishment of the Constituent Assem
bly.
story, with the same indignation and contempt as they read the forged letters Parnelliem and, of the author of Crime.
AUSTRIAN WOMAN ARRESTED.
ROME, May 28th. The police arrested an Austrian
The anniversary of Italy's entry into woman named Bruns, secretary to the the war was celebrated like a national well-known sportsman Major Edwards, festival. Meetings and processions were at his stud farm at Bansha, Tipperary held in all the towns and were es The cause of the arrest is unknown.pecially grandiose at Rone, where the Bruns, who has been secretary to Major principal function was held in the Edwards for four or five years, has been Augusteum. removed to Dublin.
COMMENTS IN THE PRESS. The Morning Post states:--The con -muigné teils us nothing which might not have been anticipated from public de clarations and nets of the Sion Feiners. It is indeed difficult to understand why the leaders of the Sinn Fein were released
after the Easter rebellion,
The Allied Missions received an ora tion, especially the Prince of Wales, to whom Signor Orlando, in the course of a speech, lengthily and affectionately paid: a tribute as the heir to the British traditions of fairplay.
Signor Orlando dwelt upon the fate of Russia and Roumania as illustrating the hollowness of the German peace pro theses, and voiced the unshakable resolus tion of Italy and the Allies to fight till victory for justice and liberty is achieved.
The journal proceeds to condemn granting of Home Rule to a population largely controlled by Sinn Feiners.
The Daily News Boys as regards, the 1916 rebellion the Government have estah Tished
but -unanswerable case,
evidence much more specific than nere proof of the German machinations is necessary if the Government's recent action is to be vindicated. If such
ROYAL ASSURANCE OF BRITISH SYMPATHY
K.H. the Prince of Wales, speaking e anniversary of Italy's entry into the war, assured the lialians of the constant sympathy of
at the celebretion of the:
Dominions.
evidence cannot be published it should Great Britain and the at kast be examined by competent and impartial judges. Parliament must insist upon some such investigation:
THE SILVER MARKET.
The Traie, says that no patriotic person here or in Ireland will be dis
question the Government's posed to grounds for reticence; they are self-evid. ent. We agree wholly with the view of the fovernment's duty, as expounded by
WEEKLY REPORT..
LONDON, May 26th. Messra Samuch Montagu's report staten:The market is steady and the price unchanged.
Shanghai exchange receded a furthing from 4/6, at which it had remained for
under armES.
CHINESE DANDIES FINE WORK BY THE CLÜ AT THE FRONT.
Little has been heard of the admirabla work done by the Chinese Labour Com panies behind the lines on the western front, p
suits in summe
comfortably dressed by the British autho Coolies of the CLC. are very well and ritics, blue suits, blue puttes, Army their own Chinese hats), and blue cotton boots, overcoats (they generally wear Cuthbert" (to all British members of the C.L. C. the China- man is known as Cuthbert has a passion for dress, and spends all his unilable cash on it. He generally has a most extensive wardrobe, including a khaki sult, and a ser
and all sorts of toilet re quisites.
If he has a good officer to keep an eye A on hita, he is a splendid worker more work in a stated time than a British Chinese Labour Company gets through Labour Battalion, but the comparison 13
pick carcely fair, for the coolics are all ed, strong young men, and the Europeans use mostly war worn or time-worn. You should have seen the Chinese loading up a train with Army blankets, rolled up sausage-wise. They to the European ninely, and 150
did 120 comfortably 160 at high
pressure
The Chinese are so lithe and quick- and so cheerful. They are always cheer- While they work they sing, strange ful, under the greatest discomfort, East ern melodies, adapted to the task they have at the moment in hand. Special
with good voices, are the
of the songs, and the rognised rhythm of the song helps their labours
labours most tremendously CLC, is a
"Tommy of No. singing lender, the cheeriest, ugliest man ho tumbled you ever saw. The other day ho off the root of a temporary building on a heap of timber. We thought he might be killed, but he wasn't, though the tears
picked him up..
and was reported badly
Seen
He asked for a cigaretto
by a passing doctor, no bones broken, but very
Whe bruised
the verdict was translated to Tomory he niled and said, "Me rester two day, then Die all right workee. It took his longer to recover, but still tha spirit was willing.
and
When they are off duty the Chinamen amuse themselves, in their camp, with gaming an
music Eastern games like fanton, in which their pay changes handia duce it on Eastern or Western Instru very freely. As to the music, they pro
and the Chinaman usually plays Chinesa ments: gramophones are very popular.
which make the most fearful dis cords to
The Germans have arrested a number the Prime Minister yesterday. If any some time, but recovered next day to the record, estern cars, though, as tíma
of Austro-German war prisoners who had joined the Bolsheviks. It is reported that 100 of these prisoners have been shot at Poltava. AMERICA'S GIGANTIC WAR EFFORT
LONDON, May 20th. The gigantic war effort of the United States is well illustrated by the figurës given by M. Tardieu, the French High Commissioner to the United States. M Tardieu declared that the American effee tives en June 6th would be over 2,000,000, and a new call for 1,000,000 men would follow as soon as the transport of troops was assured that the American Force in France would be doubled before midsummer and trebled before the end
of the year. The transport of American troops to France hind surpassed consider. ably the transport of German troops from Russia at its most active period.
thing is clear from the sordid story of Sinn Fein commerca with the foes of civilization, it is that it could in no way bing profit to Ireland.
The Daily Mail says the communiqué convinces by its very midderation. It is #hare recital of facts, and no effort what- ever is made to work up a case against the traitors. What the Sinn Feiners were aiming at needs only to be under stood by the American people to be con- demned out of hand. They were tiding tha enemy to use his deadliest and most detestable weapon against the men of the American Army and Navy.
Commenting upon the Irish evidence the Manchester Guardian says it justi- fics the arrests and will antisfy English
people.
round figure.
LATER
The giver market is quiet.
THE TURF.
RESULT OF MANCHESTER CUP.
LONDON, May 25th.
The result of the Manchester Cup is as follows
Jingo Planet Hainault
Ten ran Won by eight lengths, a neck. between second and third. Betting:
to 2 aget. Jingo 9 to 1 agst. Planct und 7 to 1 agst. Hainault. -
advances, one is almost as likely to hear the voice of some famous
singing the * Jewel Song:""
For Bulger
Most of the coolies are good fellows, though, of course, there are some trouble- some ones. They work hard and long in a strange country, in which they are not
RIO T stricted as to what
and
allowed to roam at st this
out bounds.
they receive what, to them, is very high pay, good food, and good clothes. Then there is the prestige which will be theirs when they return to their native land after the great adventure.
ENGINEERING SOCIETY OF
CHINA
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
The annual general meeting of members of the Engineering Society of China was held in the Royal Asiatic Society's Hall,
PACIFIC ISLANDS MUST BE Shanghai, en May 21st
RETAINED;
MELBOURNE, May 26th The Acting Premier, Mr. Watt in a speech, said Mr. Hughes and Mr. Cook, Australia's representatives at thy In- perial Conference," would tell the Allied
The Chairman, Mr. J. S. S. Cooper after commenting upon the excellent attendances at the weetings during tha Bession, expressed the hope that, before long, the membership of the Society would include practically all live
Sn China,
and that their influence gineers in and power would grow proportionately.
Chairman added that he had
news to the effect that Mr. Public
Stanley
-CB
The steamer sank quickly. Ropes ine is known, approximately, but he attached to one but became entangled The Allies in the final phase would be says If this is so the Government Pacific Islands, would mean danger and Bchool) had been adjudged the winner
density of the enemy's front does not afford a clue to his intentions. Fortu- nately, with unity of command the masses of the British, French and American
reserves will be available for instant
Gervice wherever the front is threatened.
GERMAN EXPLANATION OF
DELAY:
AMSTERDAM, May geth.
The semi-official 3orddeutsche Gads
into the
and the occupants were thrown sea. The submarine picked one.
The Inniscarra sunk in four minutes The submarine commander approached the wurvivors on a raft and handed them letters from prisoners aboard the sub- marine for mailing at a post office.
Italian bront
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ît necessary to explain the pause in tho offensive, and says it is due to training AIR FIGHTING ON ITALIAN
storming divisions in fighting methods with a view of diminishing the bloody
losses.
The paper declared that the stoppage was not forord upon the Germans by the enemy, but is the outcome of the Com. manders own plans.
FRENCH FRONT. NOTHING TO REPORT.
PARIS, May 26th. communiqué states: There
FRONT.
LONDON, May th.
A British official report states --In Italy since May 16th our air force carried out numerous raids and reconnaissances and destroyed 24 enemy aeroplanes. We din not lose a single machine.
General,
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numerically superior, with the power of unlimited renewal. America's exportable surplug of foodstuffs was now 3,000,000 tons, and the necessary supplies for the European Allies were assuredeli
AMERICA'S RED CROSS CAMPAIGNA
NEW YORK, May 25th.
The dastardly German bombing of British hospitals in Francs has given 6 marked impetus to the Red Cross cam-
paign.
The sum of £13,000,000 was collected in four days, a colossal result which, with the buoyancy of Wall Street, demon strates the financial resources of the
country
BRITISH MISSION TO AMERICA
LONDON, May 25th. A British Mission, headed by Prince Arthur of Connaught has arrived in America.
The Westminister Gazette, referring to the three and a half years' negotiations between the Sinn Fein that the withdrawal from the even ruin to Australia. Hence the Empire or the Allies must retain the Islands.
have ground not merely for interning but for taking the stronger measure, against
the Sinn Feiners,,
SWEDISH MINISTER TO JAPAN
ALLEGATIONS OF UNNEUTRAL
CONDUCT;
LONDON, May 4th.
INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISTS
MEMORANDUM.
in
of the Society's Engineering prize, the examination held last and State
The Report of the Council and
adopted un
unant- Council was How W
Williams HH.
(Presidence Presidents) Harpur, I.
ment of Accounts were a wmously and the followi
en bloc: Messr elected
Arnald Tuxford, ET. Forestier Sites, L
A. W="Brank- ston, B. Pitcairn. Tweedie Stodart and Tissot Dupont.
THE DELAY IN GERMAN SOCIALISTS' REPLY.
TREACHERY IN THE "CAGE.
STOCKHOLM, May 24th Forwuerts, on May 21st, quoted the
A party of German prisoners from The Daily Express Correspondent at Chairman of the British Trade Unionists crack regiment, were brought into Tokio states that the departure of the as saying at the Allied Socialists' meeter and from their truculent he
a cage behind our lines," says a returned Swedish Minister, M. Wallenberg, acing in Paris that the only answer of thehaviour it was suspected that some of companied by 14 prominent Swedes, has German workmen to the London Inter- them were officers dressed as privater to caused speculation regarding allegations national Bocialists' Memorandum was a restrain the less experienced from giving of unneutral conduct being made. No diplomats were present at the statis when M. Wallenberg left." DISAFFECTION IN BULGARIA. AUSTRIAN EMPEROR'S TRAIN STONED
resumption of the offensive.
information or
An intelligence officer who speaks German fluently, selecting from the party a youthful soldier, who was shivering with fright, took him to his own dug-out and made him comfortable with a hot meal and tobacco. As a result of this interview the intelligence officer returned to the cage and picked out two German officers, There was still a third
Herr Branting to-day writes that he fruitlessly attempted to send the Memo random to German Socialists by courier, then on April 29th he sent it in six registered letters to Herren Scheidemana and Haase, Berlin, Dr. Adler, Vienna M. Buchinger, Budapest; MM Sokasoff Giving sharp commands in arizon ZURICH, May 25th
aud Kyrkoff, Sofia, Herr Dranting in he paraded the men and was pawing slowly down the ranka, cross-examining The train carrying the Austrian each letter offered to be the intermediary several of the men when one, who after- Emperor and Empress was stoned by for the official answers, but no answer wards proved to be the third German
en received train at the station of Vosine Silipoli. Forwaerts now explains this by say The number of recruits last week in
The windows were broken.
ing that the German authorities prevent New South Wales was a record for two Disaffection is rife throughout Buled the delivery of Herr Brauting's leta sergeant, snatching a rifle, drove the years, largely exceeding the State's quota.
The Mission proceeded to Washington
nothing to report except intermittent REICHSTAG PRESIDENT DEAD RECRUITING IN AUSTRALIA Bulgarian soldiers on leave in another had yet been
artillery firing north and south of the
Thirty thousand kiloe, of bombs were dropped on various stations and camps in the enemy zone.
AMSTERDAM, May 26th. Dr. Kaempf, President of the Reich. stag, is dead.
BYDNEY, May 25th.
garia
tere.
officer, sprang forward and erging. You low-down traitor, drew a tiny automatic pistol from under his armpit and fired point blank in the English officer's face.
He had no chance to fire again, for bayonet right through him."
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