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THE WAR.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRRES, MONDAY, JUNE 3RD, 1018.

The following Cables were received on Saturday night and issued in our Early morning Extra yesterday. Franco-jelgian Front,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE BRITISH FRONT. GERMAN POST. RUSHED.

AERIAL OPERATIONS.

LONDON, May 30th.

On the Right as well as North-west of General. Rheims we are holding on to our posi-

the weather cfenred.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY-]

TASTE OF FRENCH QUALITY DASHING FIGHT NEAR LASSIGNY.

One of the finest of the many fine per formances of the French during and after the first fury of the German offensive was

Uur aviators, participated in the battle Reporting on aviation, Field-Marshal with endurance and daring beyond all RUSSIAN PEASANT RISING Moscow, May 31st. praise. The crows fought against an Sir Douglas Haig states: Low clouds

of Odesso the disarinnnient and poor visibility prevented much flying encruy air force which is very aggressive Fon May 29th until late in the day, when and most numerous. Flying Tow they rainnu troops carried out by Germans brilliant counter-attack carried out by

machine-gunned enemy troops and carried

and a hill called Plémont, respectively a We brought down five German machines out reconnaissances far into the enemy resulted in fusillading after which regiments of Coloniale, Chasseurs, and

with officers were arrested. and drove down one out of control. No lines. They played an important part in Hajdamaks and partisans of the Rada infantry of the line at Plessis de Royo

maintaining communications.

Peasant troubles are spreading through-little to the south-west and the south-east British machine was lost.

just TO THE MARNE 4

out Padalia, Strong detachments of of Lassigny, writes the special correspon revolutionaries, consisting of demobilised dent of the Times, I have. LONDON, May 30th.

soldiers and peasants armed with machine from the French lines at Elemont, and Reuters Correspondent at French guns and artillery revolted at Tschigerine can testify from my own observation that but to-day, against the Government at Kieft in order on this part of the front the German has Headquarters, telegraphing

The chemy attacked from Lassigny with Troops wore summoned to suppress the has been squarely beaten and driven back. two divisions. At Plessis de love the to seize the power of the Government, not only been stopped in his advance, rising.

THE ESCAPED RUSSIAN

French had posted a strong deinch- WARSHIPS.

muut of machine guns, which mowed down the first five waves of the advancing tide. By way, however, of some marshy ground

We dropped five tons of bonds during the day on dumps and lillets in the Armentieres and neighbourhood of Bapaume

LONDON, May 31st.

1.20 p.m

We hearily bombed the railway triangle Sir Douglas Haig reports:-We ruskog a German post south eastward of Arrasat Metzablons ou the night of May 28th.statos The enemy is held on the flanks and took a few prisoners. A few were One British machine has not returned.

We dropped sixteen tons of bomba on also taken in patrol, encounters north- enstward of Ypres.

the sight of May 20th on railway stations on Bruges Docks. All our machines re- at Valenciennes and Busigny, and also turned.

The enemy raided a post north eastward of Robey and it few British are missing Hostile artillery was active in the Villers, Bretonneux and Albert sector. aid berween Festubert and Clarence river,

PRORABLE ABANDONMENT OF RHEIMS.

GERMAN ADVANCE STILL UNCHECKED.

at Soissons and heims and is throwing his whole strength, this morning, into thrust southwards, his obvious goal being

AMSTERDAM, May 30th." the Marne. During the night and early mile towards the river, advancing his

A message from Kieff states that the crews of the two new Russian Drend- front to the line La Fere Vezilly. Prob morning he pressed forward about five ably the Germans hope to establish thom

from Sebastopol prior to the selves on the Marse with a view to turn out and of two torpedo-boats, which ing the direction of the main effort westernan occupation and are now lying at wards, trusting to the river to protect Novorosysk, have resolved to blow up reach their right, as they used the Oise in April their ships if the GermNOS

The hottest fighting is proceeding on the Novorosysk, whole Southern Front of advance.

the first time," This morning, for

the onslaught since Monday, A Divisions which have borne the weight of

FRENCH PRESS COMMENT,"

PARIS, May 30th.

TREATMENT OF WAR PRISONERS.

HAGUE CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS QUESTION

LONDON, May 30th.

coure in

park of the Chateau of Plessis, the enemy managed to circumvent the word diag a stream leading into the defence, and in a short time. 1,500 of them had worked their way into the park. The park lies sonth of the village. Its four. boundary walls, in shape like the outline each 500 or 600 of an ace of diamonds, and yards long, were at once closely manned. by the Germans with machine guns, and. under cover of their fire, several small infantry patrols advanced still farther into French territory, where the ground still strewn with their dead bodies. At the same time the park in the troops wheeled round Borth of

is

LONDON, May 30th Yesterday morning, hope that the LONDON, May 31st. 27.25 p.in.

Allic resistance on the wings would so narrow the front of the Ceruan advance In accordant with the precedent of previous offensives the German advances to make the restoration of the post-reserves were engaged to support the yesterday slackened considerably in both tion possible has not been realised, and the centre and on the wings. Au encour it is recognised that the enemy success 18 aging feature, compared with March, is gaining fresh space for movement at both

The newspapers admit that the Ger

In the House of Commons, Mr. Joyn that the slackening occurred after four ends of the line, and this makes the pro- blem more difficult: The enemy is appar

no days, but anxiety is undiminished.

antisfied that British prisoners are The abandonment of Rheing seems inently saking towards Paris, and if the man attack is indisputably well conduct. evitable. The Germans are nearing the advance is to be effectively checked, re-ed. The enemy has advanced sixteenson-Hicks asked-Are the Government Marne where there is the Paris-Chalons series must be brought up with all speed, miles in two days. His immediate objec- longer forced to work inmediately behind railway, which is the main communicand in large numbers Generalissimo live is apparently Rheims. the German lines? If not, what steps are M. Marcel Sembat writes in L'Ilenre-being taken or proposed to be taken to tion with Paris and the Verdun line. Foch does not dare to risk depleting his

The battle represents a wedge driven in main strategic reserve for the Germans have received a heavy blow, but less prevent the continuance of cruelty to our Mr. Macpherson replied. The treat the Allied front, with its point twenty have engaged a comparatively small por grave than on the Bomme, where a breach men

tion of their available forces. miles from the line held a week ago.

discussed at a Conference which, it is Some experts estimate that the assail was made on March 24th. But to-dayment of prisoners of war will be generally rises some 150ft.

M. Henri Bidou, writing in Journal hoped, will shortly assemble at The Hague. RACE AGAINST TIME FOR

there is no open door." 1 RESERVES.

George Faber suggested the of the hill they were a long way from decision and must emerge victorious or ment of prisoners behind the lines he destroyed.

Lifte mys: How the German, are appointment of a high official with the being masters of it, as the following little able to surprise us and suddenly appear sole duty of carrying out as soon as incident pretty well shows.

Bulgaris four times more numerous-must be in- possible the direct exchange of all prisone vestigated later. Prisoners of Algy 25thers of war with Germany, Turkey and described enormous concentrations of.

of Lassigny, which was defended by An attack on Plémont was also success- direction of Canny-sur-Maiz north-west French Colonial troops, ful, and a division, about equally com their way up the crest of a hill which posed of Prussians and Bavarians, fought

above the level of in thickly coveted is an ions and assigny and Plessis in the plain balow Beyond that they could make no progress towards the valley running north to

The main factor in arresting the that the present blow is the only di† dey Debnis, says that Germany is seeking The discussion will. include the employ, Plessis, and even though they were on top

onemy's rush has been the arrival of the Allied reserves, but it is recognised that the Allies have a most difficult task in preventing a further development of the enemy's success. The battle, indeed, has developed into a race against time for

resolves

ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT

FEATS IN WARFARE, Only now are details arriving showing the fearful strain, and the splendid heroism and comradeship in arms of the Anglo-French defenders, which saved the situation, inspiring confidence in the ultimate issue.

The

ants are not more than twenty-five Divi- Kions. henee, it is not in any way certain less menacing attack contemplated. and Generalissimo Foch i, accordingly bound to postpone the employment of reserve as long as possible It is, however, con sidered unlikely that the French General issimo will omit to provide for an offen sive directly threatening the capital. anxiety but not alarus, and dwell on the Newspapers view the position with admirable coolness and resolution of the French who are sustained by memories of staying the onset of the German hordes, when the latter were a arrogantly con- hident of n decisive victory as now.

ADVANCE HAS APPRECIABLY.

SLACKENED.--

LONDON, May 30th,

6.45 pm

attack was fixed for May 27th. It is in troops and tanks and warned us that the

a defensive possible for us now to parry the blow by

∙∙Mr.

Mr. Hope replied that the possibility of Turkey und Bulgaria would be con extending the existing arrangements with

sidered.

LEAFLETS FROM AEROPLANES

LONDON, May 30th. Is the House of Commons. . Baird

planes dropping leaflets had ceased. stated that the practice of British aero-

A COLONEL'S HEROISM On the northern slope the Germans over-ran the summit without stopping to operators stationed there called up tho colonel of the regiment; in his port de examine it, and two French telephone commandement. Revolver in hand, fol- only force he could collect, as all the rest lowed by half a dozen liaison men-the were in the thick of the fight he fought of his way to the summit, disposing several of the enemy by the way, and thero, placing a machine-gun in position, he kept the Germans at bay and kept his end up till a counter-attack finally drova

Be much for the Germich the many

Reuter's Correspondent at the French trusted the desperate task of holding the IRON IN DUTCH EAST INDIES the enemy off at half-past- four in the

Headquarters telegraphing on May 20th,

A Correspondent of Liberte says that the passage of the Aisne by the enemy when the British on the right, and the French on the loft were still engaged on the opposite bank might have entailed the The High Com. gravest consequences. mand, calmly viewing the situation, en- enemy, till these troops with material had crossed the river, ton picked Divi- sion whose regiments were a decorator for valour. Most furious fighting deve loped in the afternoon and the Germans struggle was extraordinarily desperate threw in Division after Division. The towards Pontarly hand-to-hand fighting lasting till nightfall Artillery on St. Murd heighty mowed down the enemy

AMSTERDAM, May 30th. Iron-oro beds estimated to contain

upwards of a thousand million tons have been diece cred on the Island of Celebes, Dutch EPAL Indies. It is stated that their exploitation will be easy, PRINCE OF WALES' VISIT TO

afternoon.

sicies of the

Correspondents phasise that the retreat over the Aisne was one of the most brilliant feats in warfare, both us regards calin generalship and the courage of the troops. Ground was repeatedly defended to the last man British officers were seen

south-west of Plémont, without, however, bolding bridges. to the last moment and

hadi asht in they were killed when they blew the situation to-night is that during the

had forced a pocket in the French line making any impression on these two the outstanding spicode was

ding epizode was the past twenty-four hours the enemy set

between Canny and Thiescourt (which is

of advance has very appreciably slacken

Colonial

the facing cast on regiment, French left, bad only a few companies. defence of Craenne by one British and ed. It is encountering greater difficult one French Colonial Division against ties. The enemy, after taking Boissons,

points on the flanks. Now for the French

available for the counter-attack, which double the number of Germans whose pushed out a wing between Soissons anil initial gas attack was followed by an Arcy St. Restitue to an average distance

of two miles on his left. The British masses. The Germans thrice crossed the. attack by tanks in mass,

machine-like progressive Both remained constantly in touch durwers forced back in the angle formed by Aisne between one o'clock in the after In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar was pushed forward almost as soon as the The British oven the Vesle and the Aisne and Oise canal.noon and six in the evening without Law informed Mr. Craig that the visit attack was held, preceded by a typically ing the retirement. counter-attacked in the hope of recaptur-The enemy now surrounds Rheins on succeeding in ejecting the French heroes of the Prince of Wales to the Pope was French

precedents. ing Craonds and failed chiefly owing to three sides and frontally the Germans from their positions. The village of St. made on the advice of the British Govern arrage on the Lassigny roads and the the tanks flanking re

There is no prospect of a lull in the continue to push in the direction of Fereard changed hands six times, Que regiment and was strictly in accordance with German communication trenches and to

en-Tardenois and are at grips with thement withstood repeated assaults-by-a fighting. Indeed, with both sides bringing French on the heights south of the river six times more numerous enemy, and SOLEMN APPEAL TOGERMANYthe park and on the reverse - )

up reserves, fighting is reported to be increasing in intensity.

The Allied airmen are beginning to assert their superiority, and as first class Allied troops are now engaged there is an appreciable prospect of restoring the

situation

The possibility of a big attack develop ing shortly on the British Front is quite

and valley. Our reserves are beginning frequently counter-attacked, holding back to arrive on the battlefield. The Germans the enemy until midnight, the hour fixed at present have a superiority of about for the retreat. Thus the Anglo-French fire to one, and it is calculated that the troops in the directions of Vailly and have engaged about forty Divisions and Pontnvert were saved from envelopment have another forty in reserve. It is quite and almost all the material was saved, possible that they may strike another the remainder being destroyed. sudden blow in the direction of Amiens.

THE POPE

LONDON, May 30th.

Park

and

rake-

tho

on the cards in view of reports of German For Dunkirk. The problem for us is to midnight the enemy crossed the Aisne in ships, the ill-treatment of prisoners and and the park into and through the, vrage

activity at any points.

THILLOIS RETAKEN.

LONDON, May 31st. The French coramunique, of which the first portion is published among the earlier cables, continues In the centre the enemy succeeded in slightly advancing in the region north of the Marne. For ther East and also North west all the fruitless. An cnetay's efforts

119 to energetic counter-attack enabled retake Thillois,

were

so distribute our reselves as to be able to hold the enemy on both flanks, Momentarily the enemy whole strength is in the battle between the Aisne and the Marne Soissons was taken after fierce stree, fighting. The Germans, after reaching the centre of the town, were ejected by a French counter-attack, but they renewed the attack and finally push ed back the French to the western edge,

which was in fumes.

the north of Plessis and Plémont, and in Pl lemont, by what the Froach call of fire, which moves backwards and forwards LONDON, May 31st.

overage

a given area with the notion of a

gravel on raking

a path. The Order of St. John of Jerusalem in

and its machine-gun defences, they England has prepared a solemn appeal Instead of making a Frontal attack on its influence with the Kaiser and his to the same Order in Germany to exert formidable obstacle of the left wall of the After Government to end the sinking of hospital lought their way north round the château wounded and other breaches of the Here they met the Chasseurs, who had advanced from the valley west of Picasont Geneva Convention.go

The appeal says, in these respects, that in the same way along the other wall of The evening papers generally are calmly confident, but there is a certain amount the Kaiser's Government has not always the park, which was equally strong in of discussion on the German surprise noted in accordance with the ideas and machine-guns; and the two, joining although the observation services had laws of our Christian Brotherhood. twenty German divisions previously reported the disappearance of northern front and the High Command had endeavoured to discover their point of concentration,

'masses:

from

and AUSTRIAN TORPEDO WORKS

"BURNED DOWN.

M. Sembat, however, like other writers, fonime Libre, which is confident that the fferman advance will be stopped.

Zuaics, May 31st. The Whitehead torpedo works at St. Vienna newspapers affirm that there Poolten have been burned down:

hands, turned inwards, and inside the Look back the Incidentally they Park captured 700 prisoners hundred of their own men captured carlier in the day, Amongst them were three sappers who had insisted on staying with their wounded colonel when he was knocked over in the first stage of the German attack. Till he finally died of his wounds late in the afternoon he had

The Germans hav, succeeded in the first three days of the battle in entting a fetrahedron in our front, the four formerly was M. Clemenceau's organ, was due to sabotage by Italian workmen. kept on asking whether the counter-attack,

Aisne.

AUSTRIA AND FINLAND SIGN

PEACE.

confident tako place, had begun..

On Plant be counter-attack haut which he was throughout

brilliantly

Dette but gave way though here the enemy were not before the French dash, and were chased

points out the impossibility of defending with equally strong forces both the sea and Paris which were the two possible enemy objectives and says that the High Command had no choice. It had to pre- rent at all costs a further advance to the sen and hold less strongly the part facing. south where there is more room forty of pon Finland have signed across the plain half-way to Lässigny- anneuvring.

GOOD AVIATION WORK During the 27th, estli and 20th of May, corners of which are approximately inarked by Crecy-au-Mont and Juvia 19 German aeroplanes and two captive court north of the Aisne, and by Arey balloons were destroyed, and 23 were comt. Restitue and Rheins, south of the pelled to land badly damaged. During

During May 27th, the enemy advanced the night of the 97th-29th bombing planes dropped as tons of explosives of bridges about six miles to the bank of the Aisne and crossings of the Ailette and the and on May 28th, carried the front for Aisne, and on cantonments at Guigacourt ward to the line through Beuys, Villers and Juvencourt. During the following and Franqueus, another advance of six night and day they drpped 37 tons of miles with a maxiamin depth of nine or flertal Activities. bombs on convoys, troops and stations at Laon, Fismes." etc. Bevere explosions were observed at stations at Fismis, Lao, and Concy as Eppes. A munitions depot way also blown up at Fismes.

Between the 27th rnd, 29th of Muy six German acroplanes were brought down by anti-aircraft gans, agis

AMERICANS REPULSE ATTACK.

LONDON, May Bist An American communiqué saysEnemy attacks on our new positions at Cantigny were again completely repulsed by artil lery and infantry. Active artillerying continues there and Lorraine where gas- shell, were used

DERMAN CLAIMS

LONDON, May 31st. A German communique states that the forts to the north-west of Rheitus hare fallen and that the prisoners now num- ber 35,000 It claims the capture of a tremendous Amount of war material, in- cluding guns of the heaviest calibre, and an aerodrome with machines.

FRENCH IMPROVE POSITION

LONDON, May 30th.

940 p.m. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re ports-The Fanch, on the night of May 29th, carried out a successful local opera tion to the east of Dickebusch, improving their position

There is reciprocal artillery activity on the remainder of the front.

ten mile at Bruys. To-day the Germans have gained from two to three miles, although at certain points, notably at Brouillet, they have progressed farther. APPROACHING THE MARNE.

LONDON, May 31st Tre-12.10 num.

A wireless German official message saysSouthward of Ferent Ardenois we are fighting our way towards the Marne.

THE FRENCH FRONT. LONG BANGE BOMBARDMENT AT

PARIS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGESOX-]

AIR RAID ON PARIS.

NO VICTIMS.

Loxbox, May 31st. A French official message dated to-day states that hostile aeroplanes crossed the

AMSTERDAM, May 30th A message from Vienna states that

Treaty peace. ECONOMIC TREATY BETWEEN ALLIES AND SWEDEN

STOCKHOLM, May 31st. Sweden has concluded an treaty with the Allies."

THE IRISH PLOT.

economic

LONDON, May 30th- la the House of Commons, replying to Mr. King, Mr. Shortt said that persons arrested in Ireland were interned in Great Britain.

On Sunday the work was finished off. and 60 more prisoners were taken, with the final result that the whole of the front was re-established and new ground gained.

COST OF THE NAVY

£225,000,000 IN 1916-17.

According to the Navy Appropriation Accounts the total net cost of the naval services in 1916-17 was £221,972,935, or 13,551,024 more than the expenditure in tho previous year Shipbuilding, repairs, maintenance, etc., and armaments, works,

lines last evening going towards Paris A SINGAPORE PROBLEM buildings and repairs, and miscellaneous

The observation posts signaller them and defence batteries shelled them.

The warning was given at 10.59 and the "All clear" zignal at midnight,

Bombs were dropped in the Paris region The long-range bombardment was rebut there were no victims. sumed this evening.

PARIS, May 31st.

BATTLE RAGING WITH

UNDIMINISHED VIOLE

PARIS, May Sist A communique states: The battle has continued with undiminished viclence on the whole front. Our troops hanging on to the western outlets of Soissons pre vented all enemy progress from there,

Southward we solidly hold the left baik. of the Crise

In the Centre the intense struggle has not slackened. The enemy has captured Ferent-Aracnois, and Yezilly and multiplying his efforts towards Villeent Ardencia.

is

Hallan Front

(TEROVON REUTER'S AGENCY.1

BATTLES IN TONALE

LONDON, May 30th. An Austrian wireless official message states Bottles in the Tonals region continue.

The enemy's artillery activity in the Adamello region has increased.

south of the Presena glacier.

Wo repulsed several enemy attacks

in

PARLIAMENT.

effective serviors are grouped together, and show an aggregate outlay of $162,770,299. Pay of officers and en

LONDON, May 28th. In the House of Commons, replying to the It. Hon. T. R. Ferens, Mr. W. A. absorbed £23,94,258; victualling and Hewins stated that he bad received a clothing £11,470,591, and civilinos - In illustration of variations in con- fall and confidential report from the ploved on feet survices £817,200, Governor of the Straits Settlements re

tractors' prices it is mentioned that the tolerated brothels in Singapore. Burding tolera

Hewins said he had complete consums paid for twenty-vessels of uniforme the Governor, who, throughout, had given ing to 35 per cent, above the lowest nest careful attention to the matter, in Towards the end of 1814-13 sayrtion was given by the Treasury for expendi consultation with the official members of the Legislative Council and was anxious ture amounting to £850.000 on a new to adopt all practicables means which naval cordile factory. The total approxi would really effect on improvement and mate cost of the buildings to September not lead to the substitution of worse 30th, 1016, was £1,100,000 and of the evils. The wide varity of races reprenant and mechinery 2050,000, making an tented in Singapore made the problem peculiarly difficult.

Padence this connection in the policy of type contractors showed differences vary.

THE SILVER MARKET

LONDON, May 31st. The silver market is steady.

gregate expenditure of £1,840,000. From an inquiry recently made, the Auditor General understands that the sndetion of the Treasury has not been obtained for the increase of expenditure. over estimate.