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BATTLE STORIES FROM THE COUNT TERAUCHI EXPLAINS.

WESTERN, FRONT.

· HOLDING A BRIDGE.

A young

Corporal of the Sherwood Foresters, whose hospital locker beide his cot held the ribbbon of the Military Medal, gave a very calm account of the fighting he had seen during the German thrust from Cambrat. He was not much moro than a boy, but a boy with some years of fighting behind him. His decora tion ho won in the early part of lost year in one of the many pushes that gave 1017 its place in history.

A GERMAN JAPANESE ALLIANCE IMPOSSIBLE

The full text of the interview granted by Count Teraucht, Premier of Japan,

OUR LONDON LETTER-

[FROM OUR LWN CORRESPONDENT}] SEALING UP THE SEA LAIRS OF THE HUNS

LONDON, May 13th;

Mr. Bernard Falk, who is visiting the Fne East, on behalf of the Daily Mail, We are opt to become obsessed by the is published by special permission in the

land warfare, especially the Titano Jugendurefixer, and throws considerable struggle in the West, where millions of men light on the famous intervies reported backed by countless guns confront each by Mr. Gregory Mason a month ago Mother, from the North Sea to Switzerland. Falk writes:

But what of the British Navy? The I asked whether he was willing to refer Navy works silently on the lonely deep to the statement attributed to hini by Mr. and we take what it does - almost for Gregory Mason in the New York Outlook, granted. Yet from time to time there namely the exigencies of inter-aro revealed, as by lightning flash,

· HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION:

TRADE OF HONGKONG.”

The following statistics are taken from the price current and market report of the Hongkong General Chamber of Som- marce, dated June 28th s

The stocks on June 27th were 200 chests

af Patna, 303 cheats of Bendres, 135), of Malwa and 12 of Persian and Turkish. There had been neither imports nor ex- ports during the preceding fortnight. The stock of uncertified Henares opium. on June 27th was chosts of Paina and 300 chesta of Benores.

EXPORTY. There has been practically no chango sewa din the export market.

The Premier intimated his willingness pedition that completes the daring enter to discuss the matter and went on:- A prise. On April 23rd the entrance to the purely hypothetical but leading question

IMPORTS.) Owing to floods in the interior and the unsatisfactory, political situation business

goods still remains at a standstill →

He had nothing to say of the enduran relationships demanded, Japan, ance and tenacity displayed by himself being unable to maintain a position of glimpses of what the grent Service is totai isolation, may be induced to seek doing. The raid on Zeebrugge and nid his fellows, but, from his very plain

my and observed that it

Ostond, which set

man's pulso recital one could grasp that these quali ally in Germany,

every ties had been superh in his regiment were loft there the statement was liable would be the 20th," he said, and wing might cause an unpleasant sensation has now been followed up by another ein cotton piecu goods and fancy cotton

We went up Wednesday night that to be nisunderstood in Entente countries throbbing with pride and admiration, got down to it to dig in. We were well dug in by Thursday morning when the battle started. The bombardment was heavy, mostly big stuff and gas abell was put to me as to whether under may Zeebrugge Canal was closed, and that to This live were on was a reserve line circumstances after the war n German- Ostend Harbour partially so, by the sink behind aanal. The fighting seemed to Japanese alliance was conceivable, and ·L be heavy in front of us, but thy chans replied that if a country found itself ing of obsolete oruisers filled with con in the front line stuck it until Thursdayennirely isolated with no support or allied crete, and a gap that (owing to a well night, when they retired on to us, överaationships, that--

ps; that country, becuing understood cause) remained at Ostend has

would be the canal. All the bridges and crossings were blown up as they came back all to consider an offer from another great now been sealed by a third blockship, the Power. The whole thing was hypotheti. but one.

never got past.

part

A slightly better demand existed for cotton yarn and more business has been Cone, but rates gave way somewhat owing to the rise in exchange. Quotations are: No. 10s-8170-82090,-129 at 8185- 4910. No. 168 3210-3218 No. 21s at £212- 8928. Arrivals pit. Sales 2,000 bales. Ship ments, fit. Unsold stock 4,000 bales. Bargains 8,000 bales The raw colton market has ruled on the enar side. while Indian descriptions are nominal st 845-832 per pioul. Woollens are quiet and there is nothing doing.

In the metal market a fair quantity of wire mail huve been done for forward are firmer, 13 to 3 specification being on- quired for at 316 por pical: Other Lines are quiet with no enquiry

In window glass local prices are very much below replacing values. With sup plics from America restricted, however, substantial rike is anticipated in the fature. The sugar marketer

market is active.

neur

at reduced prices, tout c

The stock of flour is

tions: --Japanese

This one bridge was all the Germans cat and had no bearing on Japan's polit Vindictive, which took an immortal past Chinese grades are quoted at $44-852, had to get over by, and they kept on cal outlook, intention and desires. As in the original raid, being badly battered trying, but they always got it hot from the question was put to me I could not by German shells.

very well escape it, but the idea would FINISHING TOTCHL ns. They gave it up during the day on never have originated spontaneously with Friday, but came at us at night Lines To appreciate its worth the remark Thus the British Navy has put the was clear moonlight when they came and should not be violently divorced from its finishing touch to the gallant raid on the delivery at various rates. Locally prices we could see them. This was, their second

context. Fray understand that I was attempt at night-they tried on the merely resenting to a statement of the twe Belgian ports last month. It was in Thursday night, but were beaten of interviewer, who himself was discounting extraordinarily, smart piece of work, well Friday night some of them must have the

possibility of German-Japanese

worthy of the successors of Drake, who Remember, aled, that I express swam the canal, because we got ten priuilinned that in is belief Japan's Koners all soping wet. We could see the

"singed the King of Spain's beard" in dark musses of them round the bridge relations with the Entente would continue the harbour of Cadiz, and of Nelson, who and of coarse our machine-guns and out unalterable. Let me go further and say rifles mindy in ings of them. They kept what I feel very earnestly that under the always acted in the principle that the on trying pretty much all night but I present circumstances such a contingency best defence in warfare is to attack theme market is quiet and steady, Quotan

German-Japanese alliance is in enemy and to keep on attacking him.

im

End Patent 1.81 per A queer thing happened on the possible. Friday night. When we saw them coming apanese only, as you must know, the The main importance of the great adven-mok, Shanghai Flour 33a per sack the utmost ture at Ostend and Zeebrugge, which Australian No. 183,60 per sack; Austra

lian No. 1 83.40 per sack over we challenged. Chubberoc, the anese

yanctity to international morality and said, we're the West Yorks' We kit loyalty. It is against our most cherished have been the basis for German destroyers quite well who they were and that there sentiments to violate international, laith and submarine; near the narrow sens, is weru none of the Britisk on that side of.

or guty national honour, and it is my that these places are no longer available the canal and of course they caught it

conviction that nothing will ever lead our SURROUNDED people to sin against that principle" Or for tip-and-run expeditions in the caso On the Saturday forenoon both our course in Japan as in Luther fruiente ni destroyers, and that the operations of Banking regiments were pushed in and contries, there may be some people who the U-boats are inevitably restricted. we were pretty nearly surrounded. We are pro-German-lo we not find it so -in. did not know it unlit they began to firs every country but the Japanese people This consideration must have a profound on us, and when we looked round as whole could never naging them effect on enemy activities against our looked like a gone case. The 0.0 worked selves under existing circumstances pro shipping. No doubt the Germans may it fine. He left some of the battalion, German. a small crush, to hold the line and dras Later, the Premier said: The future he trusted to use every endeavour to clear away the attention of the Germans, and of Japan is just as dependent on the away the blockships, but there is this victory of the Entente as the future of disadvantage that the sand is piled up the rest of us crept round by a communi- cation trench, between the two bunches Great Britain, though you are much of Germans. We got through without much trouble and took up a position beyond them, and with them between is and our men left behind. Then we let them have it and kept ups a strong stonds

fire

carer the actual secne of the conflict and at the mouth of each harbour, by every hear the sound of the guns. The feeling tide, so much so, in fact, that constant

common dependence upon victory 18 reflected to the way dapun has striven to dredging was necessary in normal times do her duty by the Alles in such die Dredging will be impossible now, and tions as guarding the Indian and Perahu Admiralty are well within the mark berans and sending" warsapis" to the **While we were doing that the cover Mediterranean. Unnesitatingly 1 tay we ing party followed us by the commun-are convinced that our futura depenus on cation french nad we all got away.Wis the outcome of this war. If the war did

successfully completed. had very few casualties considering the not concern us why should we be Allies) corner we got into, but we made an awful You cannot answer:solely, lexance of

The cables will have recorded that all mess of the enemy When we were gel the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. That ting through them, the Germans were would be untait. We realize, for who took part in the raids volunteered, being led by a man on horseback. He stance, that if the German power in each officer and man knowing that the the Far East cannot be broken then the chance of returning was extremely doubt seemed to be urging his men on, the way

inture of Japan is seriously menaced.

FOR see in old pictures of battica, Of

course, he was asking for it and he got it alright.

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PURTUGAL'S AIRMEN THE HIGHEST PAID FLIERS IN THE WORLD.

Portuguese avintors are the highest paid fighting men in the world, licuten- ant pilots receiving an equivalent of 926 a day. There are a number of Portu- guess officers in both the British and the French aviation service and they receive the difference between the pay allotte them by the Army they are with and the

made by the Portugues allowance

Government.

So for no Portuguese escadrille has been put into the field, but after the youths now in training receive lieux brevets as pilots it is expected they wil

formed into separate units and will in stating that the closing of hotli hre 18 elled 46 Destinia. Experi-

ours has been

tionary Force which holds a small sector in Flanders, between the Belginti and BALLOT FOR V.C.

British troops French aeroplanes will be used by the Portuguese.

Portugues pilots must pay for the

salaries, but this still loaves them a kum unkeep of their mechanicians out of their far in excess of what aviatore in other armies receive, American pilots are the

Of course, Japan entered the Yor directly ful. Where all are heroes it was diffi Alliance, so much is the Anglo-Japanese culty, or nt Jenst invidious, to ask cam-next highest paid to the Portuguese, ht there was with us the further consideru

so much is true. But believe, ne nanders to select individuals for apecial tion that the mutsous of the wor would honour. Accordingly, I fear that the affect the future of Japan. Our services novel plan has been adopted of inviting

There was a bit of a full then while the Germans were trying to bring up their guns and we had retired on to our FORITVES, We were with them for a hit to the Allies, into the details of which

Government has doi for the Allies since

its appointment may stand as proof of PARTY POLITICS AGAIN!

has been heard in certain quarters at

Captain pilot in the United States Army will reesive only $12 a day. A lieutenant in the French aviation sot váce arra a little more than a dollar a day,

ertain extra allowance. NAT

and then we were shifted, a mile or so I do not think it is necessary to enter all ratings to select among themselves and English pilots get a pound and a ints support to another regiment. They fully, bear out our conviction of the neces those whom they regard as deserving of French nees" earn a good deal of were pushed in and retired through skity of an Allied victory Whal this decorations,

money in excess of what they are officially and we bild the Germans up for a while.

paid, however, as the various aeroplane manufacturers allow them certain aume They came on thick with a very well managed machine-gun barrage--the Go- my contention. Had we been content Another political crisis There have for every German machine, they bring. mans stemed to be very well off for merely to carry out the terms of the been far too many already for the good down and besides thus, magneto, ar- machine-guns all through and through Anglo-Japanese Alliance there might have

cash prizes. and we got the word to retire. We went been a justification for the criticism which of the country. The latest crisis is, how-bureter and tyre manufacturers fier back a bit and then we hold them again.

On the sath the reserves were hold. home that under the terms of the Alliance ever, different from any of the others, ing the line, for we had been relieved, we were not called on to send ships to the inasmuch as it was not brought about by

Mediterranean.""" bat about eight o'clock we were taken

some disgruntled politician, but by Gen RACK FROM BOUMANTA. As he left the room to receive an official up for a counter-attack. It was a good caller, Count Terauchi, apologizing for eral Maurice, until lately Director of A friend tells me that the other day theght, we got in amongst then with being unable to give me more time, turned Military Operations, who charged the he had a long conversation with an officer the bayonet and killed a tidy low, those and smilingly added: "Please do not Prime Minister and the Chancellor of which has returned from Roumania The

attached to the American Medical Mission. that waited for it, and we sent them back forget that i am one of the original about a quarter of a milo, la promoters of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance the Exchequer with deliberately mislead members of the Mimion which is now in London, and will I nudersand, ko

forces were digging in when we were asked to to this Alliance.” Thero was an obvious make another counter-attack on another note of sincerity in the Premier's closing gard to the strength of our armies in France-reached bit of the line. We were gama enough parting statement which could not fail to the field. Of course, if such a charge for it, and we went over the top on this impress Enyone who heard it. other bit and drove the Germans hack pink anda after a bit of fighting. Then we held the

We went into support, again and and no one can acense me of disloyaltying Parliament and the country with rout to join the Wut after

Thoy

were true the only thing for the Govern ment would be to resign. But the charge

that unhappy country went down a result of the Bolshevist surrender to Gez

was nothing for it but to many There was come back The party had gone to Ran- mania across Russi rom Vladivostock,

was not true, as Mr. Lloyd George had occupying several special trains, and

no difficulty in proving to the House of returned through Russian territory

found anarchy rampant everywhere ok them some eight weeks to read

whence they are able to get ship!

line for a while. We were relieved again.I didn't see the Germany coure uter A WEEK'S CONSTANT FIGHTING actually shoulder to shoulder, as I've We had been fighting for a week, as heard they did in other sectors. You can judge, with a lot of dodging were thicker certainly then we would mons. The result is that the Prime I about to places where the line was weak ever put our men over the tor, a good Ministar kas strengthened his position in a carly on that morning we were takenace. They came at us firing from the Maurice has been placed on retired pay,

stopped

atation they with another lot to make a very heavy lip and getting up a good body of fire.

anything to pay

from: 400 to 1,000 roubles before they Were push. We did it and sent the Germans Then they had their machine-guns put nnd we know now who are the political stoke up the engine and

allowed t procent

By back again, but they counter attacked Atting over a very clever barrage all the Bolshevists in our midst capable of jen accounts there is not even a semblance once with swarms and warms of the time. Still, I think our men would have pardising our cause for the sake of a government in Russia No wonder the I've never seen such a big crowd of themasked often to have stuck it longer than

Germans are in a position to do exactle all the time I've been in France. They they were allowed to our chaps don't party advantage

as they please pushed us back with sheer weight and we like having to get back. They'd see all PARTS TELLS AT AN END.

WOMEN FOR THE LAND retired on to the French, who had come right when they got the time to think, This attack on the Prime Minister Strange sights are to be seen in Lon

Zais brought as up to the 28th. Very enough target, but they were apart by a the confidence of the country,

General On the way through Russia

over to back us up.

that it would all be according to the The Germans were pushing over their general plan, but they were so busy kill machine-gun barrage pretty effectively,

rupted.

marks debritely the end of the party don in these times. Passing along Oxford truce which has been more or legs observed Street a couple of days ago I caldo act and just as I got within a yard ng Gormang that they hated to be

ated to be inter since the outbreak of the war. The of a farm waggon drawn, and by the Iside of the head. We knew the French that's a smoke screen. I saw it arst from Air. Asquith, and voted against the Goy- A lady spe

of the French trench I got one in the The Germans have one new thing, and feial Liberals ranged themselves behind opposite one of the great dru were behind us, but it was aquces start a distance They seem to push note ernment on their leader's motion, which merch to land on then suddenly all the game boxes in front of the advancing troops in effect, was a Yote of ensure, and in fecruit girls for work at the

A

Censure, and with smock and slouch

object was ta attract

I didn't know how tired I was until and all you can see is a rulling mass of at any time. Everybody is amazed tha7aces and millinery and 1

End places of bonoras to.

got hit and then I seemed to be tired to black smoke, coming down in a wave 1 Mp. Asquith made such a mistake as lo death, all of a sudden. I had to boot it don't think it is much good, because it lead the attack. Imagine what it would for a few kilometres before I got dressed gets patchy and then all you have to do mean to have a General Election at this wat such a street scene in London wom

to. tha hoe and the bay raze Before th and then I was bunged straight into fire at the base of the cloud when you juncture Yet there are people not have been thought remotely pobibt ape the game When they get nearer, of of forcing one upon the country in order. But it is a common thing to meet wit « GERMAN SHORE CAMQUILAGE AU An officer who confirmed the Corporarsey it is a hopelessly plain trick--you to obtain a political advante in gaiters and breeches, and with day can see the feet moying quite well. The men responsible for this will pay the idea of the German machine-gun fire smoke is dense black showing up very penalty when hu election does come in boots walking round the Wort Ent added the information that the Germans well against all backgrounds, and natur.due course. In the meantime the popular They have come up from the farm to

their friends, no doubt, and are rather came-on firing from the hip.

ally makes a good target. I bet it killed verdict is, Confound their politi

pleased to show themselves off in ther Continued at foot of nes Colamn.): -Imore Germans than it saved."

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