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THE WAR.

GERMANS QUIESCENT ON WESTERN FRONT.

ALLIED FORCES PROFIT BY DELAY.

ITALIANS DEFEAT AUSTRIANS.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 25r8, 1918,

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Franco-Gelgian Front.

Italian bront

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THE BRITISH FRONT.

3.

GERMAN ATTACK REPULSED.

LONDON, Juno 23rd.

13.50 p.m.

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig ports: We completely repulsed a strong local attack delivered after a heavy bom- bardment last evening westward of Merris,

We captured a number of prisoners in successful raids in the neighbourhood of Morlancourt and Buequoys

in

There was active hostile artillery firing

the neighbourhood of Aveluy Wood: NOTHING SPECIAL.

LONDON, June 22nd. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haigre We poris:-There is nothing specint destroyed one enomy aeroplane. Two ours are missing.

ALL SERENE ON BRITISH FRONT

LONDON, June 23rd..

12.30a.m.

British Reuter's Lorrespondent at Headquarters states:-The past week was most unexpectedly serene on the British front-

At a moment when it seemed most incumbent that the Germans would

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AUSTRIANS DEFEATED.

ROME, June 23rd.. An official report states: - From Mon- tello to the sea the enemy was defeated

GERMAN IDEA OF RECIPROCITY

LONDON, Juna 22nd.

The Daily Mail's Correspondent at The Hague states that at the discussions this week of the Ministry of War at Vienna

it was stated that the Germans, propozad

to send twelve divisions to Italy in place

of twelve Austrian divisions to be sent

to France.

Naval Activities,"

New York, June 23rd. ·

remained cubedded in them. Both craft MEXICO PROHIBITS EXPORT GERMAN INDEPENDENT endeavoured to extricate themselves. The OF GOLD AND SILVER.

SOCIALISTS' MANIFESTO. enemy, through using his ballast tanks,

PARIS, June 23rd. almost came to the surface, bringing the A message from Mexico City states that

Humanite pblishes a suppressed Mani- British ship along with him; then the the Mexican Government has decided to festo by the German Independent boat drew away in great difficulty, prohibit absolutely the export of gold Socialists vigorously protesting against. apparently frantically endeavouring to and silver, owing to similar restrictions the prolongation of the war- keep afloat, but subsequently sank.

Two other cases of the successful tor- pedoing of German submarmos are men- tioned. In one, in which the opposing craft were engaged in deadly attempts for nearly half an hour to obtain favourable position, superior British navigation wori.

PUNISHING PIRACY,

DUTCH SAILORS REFUSE TO

SAIL WITH TROELSTRA

a

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AUSTRIA'S NAVAL LOSSES.

ROME, June 23rd.. In the Senate, Admiral Delbono, Minis- ter of Marine, referring to the recent naval suceasca, said the Austrians within a month had lost two, possibly three, battleships, besides other smaller vessels damaged. The severity of this blow is increased if they added the loss of a hat He is being closely pursued and is re-tleship when in port at Trieste, also the crossing the Piave in disorder.

damage and less inflicted on lighter sur face craft and submarines, It was re- markable the number of submarines that had been dealt with..

Mr. Wilson emphasised that their FRENCH AWARD TO BRITISH refusal was another striking example of

ADMIRAL

the policy of Allied and neutral semen to punish the Hun for his diabolical deeds at son.

EVERYTHING QUIET,

ROME, June 23rd. Bignor Orlando informed Parliament last evening that everything was quiet on the whole battlefront.

HITS ON HOSTILE BATTERIES.

LONDON, June 23rd.

3.30 am.

A British Italian official report, dated yesterday, atates:The situation is un changed on the British front.

Our counter-batteries were most BULTEER- ful, and many direct hits on hostile

LONDON, June 24th.. The Gazette announces that President Poincare bis conferred the Legion d'Hon neur (Grand Officier) upon "Admiral Peirse

GERMAN U-BOATS FAIL TO RETURN.

LONDON, June 22nd.

batteries. were obtained, exploding Reliable information from neutral

numerous dumps.

as regards these metals in other countries.

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA. OLD RUSSIAN FLAG HOISTED IN SAMARA

Amsterdam, June 23rd.

A message from Moscow rửa Berlin that "e

the Bolshevist rule has been overthrown in Samora, and that the old Russian flag has been hoisted at several places.

STARVING AUSTRIA

HUNGARIAN TOWNS SEND -

The Manifesto says the peace imposed in the East by the Germur sword has Provoked intense rancour, and there is dinger that the German forces will soon enter & fresh struggle for the domina- tion of the world. A policy of renction at home is growing similarly to the This is reign polier of violence, proved by the refusals of the solemnly promised right to equal suffrage in Prus

sin. Moreover, the already unbearable conditions of life are aggravated by the fact that the pence gained by violence in the East hay not given the Germans the brend so often promised

SUPPLIES. LONDON, June 24th. Mr. Havelock Wilson, in a specch delivered in London. stated that the

AMSTERDAM, JHUe #3rd..

Seamen's Union had received a cablegram towns have declared their readiness to Budapest and many other Hungarian

from Rotterdam announcing that Dutch reduce their corn quotas in order to teilow-workers to join in the struggle of The Manifesto concludes by inviting. sailors had refused to sail with Mallovinte the situation in Vienna and the Independent Socialista for peRoc, Troelstra, the Dutch Socialist leader, other Austrian towns. mentioned on June 16th and 18th.

Budapest has already sent large supplies of meat, fruit and vegetables, as well as 29,000 lures to Vienna.

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DOMINIONS MINISTERS'

SUPPER.

LONDON, June 22nd The following passage in Mr. Lloyd George's speech was received too late for yesterday's issue

sources shows that more and more sub- Yorkshire troops on Friday necess-marines are failing to return to Germany He regrelfed that the Premier of

positions southward of Many of those which do get hack are South Africa couldgant le present fully raided Asiago, inflicting heavy casualties and mostly badly damaged, necessitating ex-| (heur, hear)-al either this Council or fensive repairs, while the condition of previously. His absence was pront of capturing 31.

Between Jane 12th and 21st we destroy the crews mentally and physically is his devotion to duty. The Premier said ed 23 neroplenes Two British machines | causing considerable anxiety This Is he specially welcomed the great repre

have not returned,

ITALIAN ARMY RESISTS GREATEST

ONSLAUGHT OF WAR.

Roxx, Juno 23rd.

partially confirmed by a lecture reported senlatives of India. The Maharajah of in the Munchner Neueste Nachrichten. Patiala had worthily followed the great by the well-known German U-boat com and inherited tradition of attachment inander Rose, who spoke of the awful to the Crown and Empire. His gallant effects of depth-charge explosions on a people fight side by side with Britons, experienced crews. This is the first dy hi welcome them as worthy comrades. mission that the Cernians are employing. He also welcomed Sir §. P. Sinha, who

experienced crews on submarines. Aú

is the first Indian King's. Counsel,

other submarine commander is quoted ny

GRAIN FROM, GERMANY.

AMSTERDAM, June 22nd.

A message from Vienna states that the arrival of 1000, wagons of grain from Germany has alleviated the situation.

STRIKES IN HUNGARY

AMSTERDAM, June 23rd:

A message from Budapest states that Count Karolyi, in the Lower House, said that four were killed and seven injured

in a collision between the police and

strikers at the State Engine Works on

June 21st-

Premier Wekerle said that cusunltics hail occurred on June 10th, and that there bad been frequent strikes at these works, and that they were extending to other factories.

IMPERIAL FEDERATION

LONDON, June gard.

Lord Salisbury, in a letter to the Press says that until there is some assurance of a change in the Irish sentiment federal system cannot he applied to Tre land. Therefore, there seems to be a com plete bar to Imperial Federation, which

liberty and brend.

THE SILVER MARKET.

LONDON June 23rd.

· The sliver market is steady,

HOW PRISONERS ARE TAKEN

The British peoplu as a whole have not yet nequired the habit of viewing war happenings in the right perspective. If they had, one would not hear so much perplexed comment upon the number of prisoners taken by the Germans during this past few weeks.

An aspect of this matter that should be kept in mind is that the totals quoted by the enemy include wounded as well as others, The Hun believes in big figures when they show to his own advantage.. Nor is he by any means scrupulous as to how he swells them out.

A battle of such prolonged intensity and covering the wide area of the colossal struggle that he bent hack, our lines

many wounded thousanda of them. Of these only the walking esses are able to retire with their units. Most of the others must of necessity fall into the hands of the side that is advancing. Sub- tract these from the men actually taken under arms and the cllemy's prisoner clauns would show very differently from what they do when viewed as he wants the world to look at them

do something they have done practically "nothing. With bare four months retunin, ing in which to crush the Powers opposed to the Germans, which increase every Week in strength, resources and vitality, it is small wonder that speculation is

Signor Orlando, in a speech in the somewhat at a loss to n account for this ap| Senate, said the Italian Ariny bad vie, ent quiescence. The Germans are toriously resisted the greatest onslaught though they know that waiting of the war against Italy. Another battle is bad for them. The explanation may may be joined, but meanwhile we are be found in the weather in Flanders, entitled to claim

having said that to send inexperienced | SHIPPING AFTER THE WAR is impossible without Ireland, victory; where rain bas steadily been pour-sidering the enemy's superiority in num-men with l'honts in face of the present-

HOME BULE AND CONSCRIPTION LONDON, June 23rd. ing down for three nights. If theers and his ambitious aime it was not a day conditions is like taking a forced

POSTPONED, The report of the Committee

on ship- weather be not responsible for the

question off failure but defeat for him, plant out of a hot-house and putting it ping after the war, cabled on June 19th,

LONDON, June 22nd." 3n a nonth-east wind,

The Times understands that the Govern referring to the suggestion that the The Germans recently succeeded in indian consting trade should be reserved ment consider that the proposals of Hunc quently. They are always quita ready

subsidised competition of Japanese linos, says it doubts whether the adoption of

German delay, one is formed to fall back on one of two assumptions Either he is awaiting the arrival of more

for con-

WES wrong to say that the enemy's attack on the Asiugo Plateau and

I have never known of a British soldier walking over the top and surrendering voluntarily. Nor have I ever met any body who could tell me of such an otettr-

rence.

But Huns have done this fre

troops from Russia, or, possibly, the app was merely, a great domonstra saving the boat in Heligoland Bight to British ships, especially owing to the Rule and Conscription are postponed, to put up their hands and yield in the

armies may be suffering from some sort.

of epidemic.⠀⠀⠀ Whatover may have been

weeks

In

All the tion. The epic fighting there, in which which the British had sunk. the British and French forces co-operated, plates were found to have been forced

Tho

the reason for the delay, the past two whigh brought the enemy to a standstill from their rivets, and in sonie instances this messure would materially and Bri in a single day, deserved to rank among ↑ the crow were found standing bolt up right. All were dead." They had been the greatest battles of the world. italians French and British fought in suffocated by the air pressure- fraternal concord which a national army General. could not have surpassed. Indeed, the ardent spicit and emulation intensified the concord of the three arutles, and

have been of the utmost value to us," » certain sector, not on the British front, the transformation wrought in fifteen days in its defensive capacity is almost past belief, and what has happened there may well be happening elsewhere

THE FRENCH FRONT. FRENCH LINE RESTORED.

PARIS, June 3rd.

A communique states: -We carried out

several coupé-de main between Montdidier and the Oise and made prisoners.

The Germans attacked Vrigny Hill be

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Fassault were so equal that none could have said they expelled the others. The gratitude of the country is no less due to the defenders on the Piave, where the conditions were so different. The true

EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSFUL

BRITISH METHODS,

LONDON, June 23rd. Interesting narratives from a reliable source completely refute the German

and in

no way abandoned.

GERMAN VENGEANCE ON ROUMANIAN NOTABLES.

LONDON, June 22nd.

Not content with the penal peace terms imposed upon Roumania, Germany ap

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most lamb-like manner when cornered

Upon ose eccusion I saw. a curiots instance of their docility after being cap- tured and of the odd, half-contemptuous tolerance with which our Tommies treat thom. A party of Huns who had been gathered in somewhere forrard” were

tish shipowners to meet Japanese enm- petition clowhere. If ever the Imperial Government decided upon the reservation of consting and inter-Imperial trades onparently, is pressing for the punishment making their way towards our rear. other than trade grounds, it would be of the leaders who favoured war against Nobody seemed to be troubling much essential to provide certain exceptions, the Central Powers.

about them, all being too busily occupied including those countries opening their Speaking in the Reichstag Baron at the moment in killing others of their Kuhlmann said the policy of the Central kind. In their roud the Huns met a that important entrépots and centres such Powers towards Roumania would depends a word he motioned them to continue sargent from Overseus. Without speak- as Hongkong, Singapore and Penang upon how the present Roumanian Cabinet and directed them to the prisoners' cage should be excluded from consting trade carried out this act of national stone.

merely by jerking his thumb towards it. limita

ment."

Then he went on to the fight and the Huns on to the cage. The gesture had been sufficient for thein. But would any British soldiers have been waved into

would one find them trying to break f in a thousand years! Far more likely Usually they do, and often successfully In one case that I came across a 19-year. old trooper belonging to English Yeo- manry regiment Filled eight Huns who were holding Kam i-a dug-out, Esrambled through the German front line trencher,

got safely back to his unit. Who considering this prisoner ques- tion one should bear in mind what modern battlefeld is like. It is rather difficult to visualise this with accuracy unless one has seen the thing · ftself. Burating shells, rolling sexgens of smoke, rifle ballets lying around us thick as of loctists over the veld, machine clouds guns making impassable barriers in all directions, great multitudes of soldiers at deadly grips in a battle line scorez of niles long and many miles deep. Is it surprising that in conditions such

line of defence was somewhat behindtions regarding the alleged ineffer foreign scamen on British ebips is unJones and a number of his supporters captivity in this casual way! Not once. the river, and this was heroically maintiveness of depth-charges and other Lained without the enemy even succeeding tween the Marge and Rheims, and suc ceeded momentarily in seizing the summin driving the Italians from the ap

proaches to the river.

mit

The Italians shortly afterwards vigorously counter-attacked and drove off the enemy and took prisoners. Our line swas completely restored.

THE POLISH ARMY IN FRANCE LONDON, June 23rd. Beuter's Correspondent at French Headquarters reports:-President Poin- care yesterday presented a flag to the new Polish Army, which is composed mainly of Poles from the United States, and also includes many Poles who have fought for France sixce the beginning of the war, Polish national music, which is prohibit ed in Poland under the German "Libera tor" on pain of death, was played,

ENEMY RAIDS.

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PARIS, June 2nd.

communiqué states:--Enemy raids in the region of Bellow, in Upper Alsace, were repulsed.

An enemy post south-east of Saint

Maur was captured.

British methods of coping with sub-

marines,

TURKEY AND BULGARIA. GERMANY RECONCILING

The Committee declares that any men In this connection it is significant that sure preventing the free cuployment of that great friend of the Allies, A. Take desirable, and it is important that re have left for Switzerland, while the strictions should not be placed in the Italian and Serbian Ministers and United Kingdom or the Dominions on the French Charge d'Affaires have left, it For example, on a bright moonlight employment of Asiatice or coloured sea is reported, on furlough Bignor Orlando concluded by eloquently referring to the past seven months' night a British patrol-boat noticed amen, whether British subjects or not, tional chiscipline and anxiety and said submarine half-a-mile distant, appar GREAT FIRE AT CONSTAN-

TINOPLE it was permissible for the people to de ently recharging. The Captain im- monstrate their legitimate pride.

mediately beaded full epced in the direc

The speech was frantically cheered.

tion of the U-boat with the object of runming her before she was able to sub- DIFFICULTIES OF CAMPAIGN.,

merge. The U-boat succeeded in sub merging, but the patrol boat came up, dropped six depth-charges, and then fired a shell at the centre of a visible disturb ance. Large quantities of oil came to the surface, and cries for help were heard. One survivor only was found.

LONDON, June 22nd.

4.35 p.m. Reuters Correspondent at Italian

MOST TERRIBLE IN HUMAN

MEMORY.

THE HAGUE, June 22nd. The Balkans Correspondent of the Rotterdamache Courent says that the fire at Constantinople which raged from May 31st to June 2nd was the most terrible in human memory..

DIFFERENCES.

****AMSTERDAM, June 22nd, Indication that strained relations be tween Turkey and Bulgaria immediately. due to the question of the future of the Dobrudja is afforded in a Sofia news paper article, which suggests that Berlin and Viama should dissipats the Turkish idea that the Bulgarians are dependent It covered a distance of 2 miles across upon Turkish friendship and must pur

chase it to Stamboul,

these a few thousand of the combatants: either the one sto

should be captured on eith or the

Headquarters describes the difficulties of campaigning. He states the whole coun- tryside is one mass of vegetation concen! ing machine guns, while the maze of conuls, dykes and ditches trailing with

Ten districts of the city were ravaged, Confirmation of the above is forth vines overhead impede a quick advance. submarine near Cape St. Vincent on May 5,000 houses, 20 baths and a dozen mosques coming from a speech by Baron Kuhhorne down by sheer weight of numbers. It is difficult to see beyond ten yards 11th, other instances have occurred. For were destroyed, and 200,000 are home ahead at some places.

Besides the ease of the German sub marine craiser, torpedoed by a British

example, a British submarine espica, lest, and their condition is desperate, as

Altogether 12,000 enemy prisoners have

charged, and successfully rammed an spotted spins is already raging The

been taken since the opening of the offen- enemy submarine. The British vessel's fire was due to a cigarette which had

stern cut through the enemy plates and been thrown away.

mann in the Reichstag on June 21st, in which he admitted that Turco Bulgar public opinion was highly excited and that, Germany was endeavouring to reconcile their differences.

the other stated in mall batches. Dazed by heavy shell-fire, which differx from hell-fire only in the

way 16 is

Speit (and that is no great difference either), probably out of ammunition, and finally men are picked up in little scattered bunches here and there When all these are mustered they may make a consider. zole total." But a thousand British er may be, does not mean that these were (toldiers captured," or whatever the num-

all taken in a heap as some of our croakera at home occasionally seena tom imagine-E