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THE WAR.

HARD FIGHTING CONTINUES ON THE

WESTERN FRONT:

EXPERTS REGARD IT AS THE PRELUDE TO NEW GREAT BATTLE.

ENGLAND'S GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE WAR,

Branco-Belgian Front.

EARLIER CABLES, (THROUGH REUTER'S Auency.)

FRONT.

BRITISH RAIDS AND PATROL ENCOUNTERS.

London, July 31sk. 2.00 p. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas. Haig ré- ports: We captured prisoners in sur

·cessful raids and patról encounters in the neighbourhoods of Lens and Bethane

and in the northern meetor on our front,

DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND. 1915.

THE HONGKONG,

The

re-

AMERICANS REPULSE COUNTER- ATTACKS,

LONDON, July 31st

4.15 a.m."

An American oficial report states: --- We repulsed counter-attacks, after severe fighting, on the Onreg, and improved dur position.

FOCH MAY FORCE A DECISION AMSTERDAM, July 31st. -The Westfaetische Zeitung's expert is of opinion that Gmerulissimo Foch will renew his attacks with the object of forcing a decision

Aerial Activities,

EARLIER CABLES. REUTER'S AGENÒY.]

THE SITUATION IN SIBERIA EARLY ALLIED HELP WANTED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

VLADIVOSTOCK, July 22nd..

DECIMAL COINAGE. THE SOVEREIGN STANDARD.

In the House of Lords on June 4th, Lord Southwark moved the second read-

The

The Czecho-Slovaks occupied Spaskaing of the Coinage (Decimal System) Bill, and Elgenicfka on the 18th and on the Coinage Acts, 1870 and 1891, and to sane- which he said was framed to amend the 17th reached Botalka river, where 2,000 Lion a decimal system of coinage. Austro-Germans withdrew and 3,000 Bol. sheviks fled, leaving their arms behind,principle of the hill had been agreed in They intend to resist near Ussuri, with by the Association of Chambers of Con

merce of the United Kingdom, which re- headquarters Yeman. Bolshevik

presented some 120 chambers of commerce,

at

armoured motor cars are under orders to destroy bridges near Pafts.

DIAMONDS IN IRON. POSSIBILITY OF GEMS BY MANUFACTURE.

Real diamonds, artificially inade, wore town recently at the Institute of Civil Engineers, where Sir Charles Parsons, of turbine fame, read a paper on experi- ments which showed that diamonds exist in iron.

The dinmords were fow and small, and it was stated that they were produced

by the Institute of Bankers, the Decimen at enormous est compared with Bond- Association, and many other important street prices for South-African diamonds. Newly taken prisoners state that the bodies. Nearly every country outside the Only the resources of the largest engineer- Austrians and Gerinans are employed as British Empire employed som system of works in the world made the experiments gunners and telephonists.

decimal coinage. This was one of the possible. HARIS, July 22nd. must urgent commercial questions that Largely owing to the pressure of the had to be dealt with: and, farther, it enemyls cavalry, General Simionov has should be considered during the war, and fallen back to Manchuria station. His not be regarded as m after-the-war' left' funk is now inside the Chinese bor subject.

Sir Charles Parsons showed that dia- The Air Ministry announce:-On the der. Two thousanil refugees, of the 7,000 posed to make any change in cur coinage with one in 5,400,000 in the blue clay, Under the bill it was not pro-monds exist in iron in the proportion of pne in 20,000 parts of weight, compared The forest of Nesles, tying right ahead night of July 29th. we attacked railway General Sipijonov is sheltering, have been down to sixpence, but an alteration would which is the average yield of the De Beers

..

was no asking or giving quarter. ency was stout hearted, and very few

#ed to the forest of Nestes The mainder were buried in the village.

The final success of the day was the capture of the hill above Sergy and the reestablishing of our line,

of our advance, will take some" clearing, The prisoners state that the most elaborate preparations were made to hold it.

The enemy is still retreating, but it is We drove off yaiders southward of Laplain there is slow work befon us.

sce

The enemy's artillery

Retive were

astride the Somme about the Merris and

Kemme sector.

AUSTRALIANS CAPTURE VILLAGE

Loxnos, July 30th. 10.50 p.m. Field Marshal Sir Dougle Haig, re- porting last night, stated:-The Aus tralian First Division patrols, who entered the German positions, about Merris, successfully established them. selves eastwards of the village, which hey surrounded and captured, taking 100 prisoners, 1 number og freach-mortars and mchine guns.

Our ensualties were remarkably light Our patrols captured prisoners in the Nieppe Forest sector,

There was lipstile artillery firing on cone new positions at Merris,

AERIAL OPERATIONS. Despite a mist we dropped 13 tone of

bombs or dumps and billets.”

We destroyed 14 aeroplanes.

British machines are missing.

Two

night, we pubed · Braye and Bapaume All our machine returned..............

LATEST CABLES.

FRENCH FRONT

SERCY,

Lasson, July 31st.

4.13 m.

on this side of the Yesle.

ENEMY'S ENORMOUS LOSSES IN

MUNITIONS.

Batte-de-Chaimont has been the centre of the enemy resistance on the west of the salient is capture by die Allies brings the much-needed assistance to the flank of the American line at Beringes. It will he certainly costly to take the forest of Nesles, but there are alternative possibilities in the open ground west of the railway now that Butte-de-Chalmont

(THROUGH RAIDS ON GERMAN TOWNS.

LONDON, July 30th.

stations at Offenburg, Rastut and Baden:

We нико attacked Stuttgart

sent back to Hailar, wire the barracks su and afford accommodation, thereby releasing Sollingen. We bombed und machine the railway ears in which the refugees

were formerly housed..

gunned three aerodromes and numerous. ground targets.

We also bombed the railway station at Offenburg today, with good results.

We shot down three aeroplanes and ongChangelan. other uncontrollable. One British machine is missing. Generat

LATEST CABLES, [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] CHOLERA IN, PETROGRAD.

AMSTERDAM, July 31st

A message has been received from Kovno that the cholera in Petrograd is

is in our hands. Against that must ho continually increasing. One hundred and set the fact that the Gerninns dill holdventy cases were recorded on July 20th

and 209 on July 21st. both flanks of the salient.

It is still impossible to estimate the enemy's enormous losses in imunitions,

The forest and roads are herdered with shells for miles, and dumps covering acres piled to the height of a man have been discovered

fire.

RESISTANCE.

31st.

THE SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, July 31st. The silver market is

quiet

EARNER CABLES. DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF FOOD

PRODUCTION. -

The

LONDON, July 30th, Press Bureau states:-Sir Charles Fielding has been appointed Director-General of Food Production. BRITISH ARMY AND NAVY MARKED. PROGRESS DURING THE

WAR.

BRIBES TO BELGIANS.

It

It is believed that with the advance of chemistry and electrical engineering it may, one day be cheaper to make dia- monds than dig for them.

SOLDIER RECOVERS

SIGHT.

UIS

A WONDERFUL OPERATION. Thomas Skeyhill, the blind soldier

be made in the denominations below that mes. tion of the hill, said it was purely and equal to that exerted two miles below the Diamonds in variable quantity, be Lord Leverhale, in moving the rejre added, might be produced at a pressure simply the bill of the Institute of Bank earth's surface, heat of about 700 ers. As for the chambers of commerce, degrees Centigrade and comparatively they had been largely influenced by the Though not critical, the situation calls fact that the Institute of Bankers had moderate pressate being essentials in the the Japanese are in a position to supply had had an opportunity of expressing an for early Allied reinforcemetns, which adopted and sapported the Bill.

He Process.

He demonstrated that the would like to know if bankers overseas fundamental mutter in diamond manu-

facture is the concentration of gases. with the troops at present available opinion. He did not oppose the principle of decimal eonage. Trade and comnieres Reports from various had been seriously hampered by our pre sources indicate the probable advent of sent basis of coinage.. But he opposed ARied troops in Siberia, thus relieving make the sovereign our unit, and divide the method by which it was proposed tu the feeling in border-centres,-while. theit into a thound or a million parts important question of the Chief Com.senined a strange proposal to dethrone tha mand is being widely discussed.. Opinion country for twelve centuries, and instal poet of Australia, whose experience has penuy, which had had its place in this generally favours a distinguished Bus in its place the parvenu sovereign, which sinni, French or British General familiar century. (Laughter.) The basis of our tragedy in the Light that Failed, has we had known for scarcely more than a largely paralleled - Kipling's poignant with up-to-date, modern fighitng, as op international fee rested en our re posed to one with a prehistoric or peace word was our bend, and our agreements ary operation.

putation and honesty and integrity: Our recovered his sight after an extraordiu- time record, however brilliant, for the were not scraps of paper.

And as an inspiring The British. Austro-Lierman forces are displaying in position in international finance had to the story of his weavers, the timate knowledge of the latest tactics it previously rested on the guinea, but

rested not on the sovereign any more than of going back to the trenches.

Anzac hero has announeed his intention and methoils of fighting,

n our charecter for financial honesty

It was in the fierce fighting before We did not want to make an embalued in the Anzae fortes, was instantly blinded Gallipoli in 1915 that Skeyhill, a signaller mumny of the sovereign, which on its in the blast of an exploding shell. In merits was much too large and high a capacitated in our coinage system, it could only be elfort from the lecture platform · and unit. If we wished to make a charge sought to preach the gospel of the Allied For further figthing, Tre done by building up a decimal system through the Press in Australia. on inere scientific and convenient, hues. speeches were instrumental in rallying which would be more in consonance with hosts of Australia's manpower to the the habits, wants, and usages, of the great colours, and his yorso published under be founded not on the sovereign, but on caused him to become known as the masses of the people. The system should the title of Soldier's Songs of Anzac " the British halfpenny, which had been in Blind Soldier-Port. He recently went we adopted the mil, and asked our foreign first addresses in San Francisco were heard. use for more than twelve centuries. ifto America for a series of lectures. His customers to divide the sovereign by more than 100,000 people; and be met 1000 parts, we should be asking them to with similar successes in many other parts adopt a new and unknown unit, and of the country, should put a tax in our business relations is found that the vertebre at the base At Washington a special. and good will towards them.

of Skoyhill's neck had been dislocated in that had blinded him. A very delicate three places, presumably by the shock. esteopathie overation was undertaken, and as the vertebras were snapped back into position sight returned to the sol- dier's eyes.

tion became so acute that he was kept Rearly on, Joy at his sudden recovery his mind, and his condi in restraint for a few days until he com- pletely regained his mental paise. Nonne he is trying to rejoin his Anzac comrades in the trenches overseas.

As the time during which operations in Russia will be possible is limited to a few months, this question is urgent, and if a Riussian or French General is not speedily available it is hoped that the Allies will recognize the facility with which a distinguished British General could he furnished from Egypt.

Documents found on Magyar prisoners show that the Kaiser has ordered the former prisoners to consider the Siberian as important as other fronts, and to serve the Fatherland there as Austrians and Geitas elsewhere are doing, after which they will be suitably rewarded..

GENERAL HŪDYATH'S INFLENCE.

A COUNCIL OF MINISTERS.

GOVERNMENT AND THE BILL.

His

BRITISH BRILLIANTLY STORM

HEIGHTS.

LONDON, July

7.35 a.m. Correspondents with the French Armies:

Lord Hylton said many of the keenest in tellects of the inst century were advocates sunte fint the attnee on the front at

of seine such change as that which was Oulchy-le-Chateau and on Grand Rozay

now proposed; a few years ago the late Geneta Horvath is steadily gaining Lord Kelvin argued in that House that and Batte-de-Chalmont was carried out

influence in Russian fircles, winning over sures was introduced in this country, if the metric system of weights and ten The

LONDON, July 30th delegates of parties in various centres combined with a decimal coinage, the GUÀRDS. CHAGRIVED AT LOSS OF by British and French divisions.

British, according to a French Staff offi- Mr. W. F. Massey, Premier of New Hargely owing to his earnest assertions, course of elementary instruction would be shortened by two years. A feeling in cer, bore the hardest part of the work Zealand, in a speech at Kew, said that

first, of his readiness to carry an under favour of devinalising the currency bud and fought brilliantly, storming the line out of 7,500,000 soldiers contributed by he hopes will be appointed: woondly, his decisual coinage was adopted, for mus AD. Allied supervisory commission which been growing during the last few years.

He

was not prepared to deny that if Reuters Correspondent at American heights beyond Rooy and advancing the Empire the British Isles had su desire to cooperate with the Czecho-reasons the pound standard would per Lord Balfour of Burleigh, in opposing Headquarters, telegraphing on Tuesday on the open ground sloping gradually tied 75 per cent, including 4,500,000 from Slovaks in forwarding Allied and Russian was not altogether prepared to accept the he presided give considerable attention. Imps be preferable But the Government the hill, said the Committes over which afternoon, stated: There was denseless the enemy's positions through a terrific England alone. The tonnage of the rests; thirdly, his wish to hand over argument that this was the most favour to the matter. The Committee was prac his past immediately a suitable succcasurahie tune to introduce such a change. ticully, unanimous in considering that at äghting on the American front yesterday,

British Navy is now over 6,000,000 com- is found; and, anally, his willingness to Lord Southwark might be entitled to as the time of social and financial difficulty in which little neimal progress was pos

ENEMY'S CONTINUOUS LINE OFpared with 4000,000 ir August, 1914, and melde in his Government representa that the man who worked with his head through which we were passing it would Sivi effival parties desiring to adopt a was in favour of some such change as thee extremely inexpedient to add to the silly the enemy resisting in the most

the persauer! 420,000 ninpared with broad platform promoting the Allied and bill proposed. It would, generally speak financial confusion by introducing such determined fashion, and bringing up

PARIS, July 31st.

148,000. A dert of a steamers is con-

Lussiert gause against the Central Powers, ing, be convenient to bankers, merchants. change. If the pound were decimalised. litherio Reuter's representative has fail and large business firms. There was no it would simplify encalations for those fresh troops, but though this delayed us

A semi-official report states the Allies finally employed carrying troops anded to find a prominent foreigner in this evidence that the matter had been in any who kept large accounts, but it would for a day the enemy is not likely to stand north of the Marne pre no longer facing stores to the Armies in France and in the ral Horvath is the Russian leader at or by retail traders. In the opinion of engaged in retail trade. The bill actually region who was not convinced that Genway considered by representatives of labour enormously complicate them for those isolated rearguards, but a continuous liue East.

present in sight.

the Treasury, for purposes of retail trade proposed six new coins below the valite The enemy's machine gunning scarcely of resistance defended by considerable,

and the payment of wages, it was dught of twoperite-halfpeany. There was a case ful whelfer shillings and pence were not for further inquiry in all its aspects be censed the whole" of yesterday." It was forces. Five fresh enemy divisions were

PERING, July 23rd. The Russian Legation as received & to bring the bill into operation, it would a scheme that would hold out some hope

superior to decimal coinage In order fore passing this bill. He would prefer. plain the Guards Divisions were bitterly identified, yesterday, including some of the

GERMAN HYPOCRISY.

telegram from the Siberian Government be necessary to accumulate certain silver of bringing within its hounds the whole at risk, dated July 8th, stating that pieces, an operation that was quite in of the British Empire, and perhaps the chagrined at the loss of Bergy the previ best. The enemy undoubtedly is busily

General Gillain, Chief of Staff of the Western Siberia the Commissioners of the of the Mint were now overtaxed, whilst

after the overthrow of the Bolsheviks in possible during the war. ous evening after romaking it four times, reorganising in the rear, and has not Belgian army, recently, received a repre- Provisional Bikerian Government found

The resources whole of the English-speaking race. Therefore it was not surprising when they lost hope of revenge sither on this front sentative of the Havas Agenty at Cien- themselves faced by the necessity of taking or as required for very different

The Earl of Crawford thought great acattacked at dawn, supported by gunfire, or elsewhere.

purposes at the present time, and the caution should be observed in making any eral Army Headquarters, to whom he of the Czechoslovaks and the presence of cal difficulties made any change impos.rency. He had a great respect, and he important decisions. The co-operation same objections applied to nickel. Physialterations in the present system of cur made the following statement:——

narderons German prisoners-of-war in the tible now, and would possibly do so for might almost say affection, for the sound For four years the Belgian soldiers have ranks of the Bolshevik troops require some time after the war.The Govern sterling, upon which foundation our cur- been exiled separated from their wives mediate contact with the Allies. Un Experts agree that the present hard and families, without news of those who the other hand, the Siberian Government there could not support the bill, but if centy should be based, and be

are dear to them, knowing full well how it ting with determined opposition of appointing a joint committee of both dethroned without a tremendous struggle there was any general feeling in favour opinion that the sovereign would not be pleasant hours' occupation of the place, fighting is merely a prelude to a new great hard and distressing must be their exist from Conservative quarters and from the Houses to deal with it, there would be for its existence. He saw no particular after which an - American attack drove | battle. The enemy is striving most on They are, moreover, the unceasing commercial and industrial classes, whoseus obstacle placed in the way.

object of the treacherous agitations and detivities are undermining its position in

virtue in decimalisation in itself, and out the Guards, who, apparently, were desperately to consolidate his front or hateful machinations of the detested Ger- the eyes of the population. Therefore, appointment of a joint committee of both ed to it. Personally, he would be rather Viscount Haldane doubted whether the certainly no inherent sanctity was attach shaken, for few remained to face the both wings.

In spite of all, however, their the members of the Siberian Government Houses was the best course to take. The reluctant to agree to a second reading moral remains unimpaired and their con-at present assembled at Omsk have decid-present system of coinage was out of the of the bill with bayonet.

Adence in the future is unbounded. Hav ed topssume supreme authority ing exhausted every cans of attempting Siberis, which will be vested in a Council changes he thought the public took to new There was no desire on the part of the in fashion, and as to the unpopularity of reference to an inquiry to be set up- making it a to detach them from their duty the Ger- of mans have tried to exploit the family ing the arrival of all the members of the rapidly than we had been in the habit sidered by a Committee to the exclusion

Ministers constituted at Omsk pend- things and assimilated them much more Government that this bill should ho sentiment which vibrates so intensely in Siberian Government. In the interests of of suppasing. their breasts. Letters are thrown into the a Democratic regime and the very exist

of other bills, and he therefore recom Belgian trenches saying: "Give up ence of the Siberian Government, the could be put into force until after the drawn or postponed.

Lord Bwaythling did not think the bill mended that it should be either with fighting; go home to your wives and Counel of Ministers at Omsk request the war. The advantages of the decimal cut children. The war will be over and you Vladifostock members of the Siberian rency were without question. Whilst hement of the debate, agreed that if a com-

Lord Emmott, in moving the adjourn will be happy."

Goverment to declare their Approval of was in favour of the sovereign standard, mittce were appointed it ought not to buy families and allowed for a few moments, by Vologadaky Krutovsky, Patushinsky, would like to see the sovereign, regarded of Parliament,

Begian prisoners are taken to their this measure. The telegram is signed he also favoured the dollar unit and confined to members of the two Houser to abandon themselves to outbursts of jor Mihatov and Shatilov. on finding their own again. Photographs

as five dollars. He believed the purchas

The Marquis of Lansdowne and he Another telegram signed by the Presting power of a four-mil picce would pras anderstood that if the debate were ad of these meetings are then taken, and denti to the Council of Ministers at tically remain the same us one penny at journed the Government would make it Belgain lines. These are the temptations address to the nations of Siberia concern. would be advantageous to the working the whole of the scheme, including the numerous copies are distributed in the Umsk announces the publication of an the present time, and that the result their business to instituts an inquiry into to which they are constantly subjecteding the self-government and the declara classes. The loss would perhaps fall on scheme embodied in Lord Southwark's They resist by their simple and robust tion communicated to the Powers pro newspaper proprietors, and that was one

se The Belgian will::

which compelled the defenders of Sergy PRELUDE TO NEW GREAT BATTLE. to withdraw across the river.

PARIS, July 1st

The enemy was permitted a few un-

AMERICAN TROOPS ASTOUNDING PERFORMANCE.

Then the attack developed at Seringes, which, the enemy held in great strength

EARLIER CABLES,

SLIGHT ENEMY ADVANCE.

PARIS, July 31st.

machine-gun nests on either side A communiqué states: On the right of the village. The Americans formed bank of the Oure we advanced to the up on the open ground south of the north-east of Fere-en-Tardenois Ourcq, which was swept by a terrible fire;

In the region of Sergy our gains were yet they advanced most steadily and maintained, despite an enemy counter. forded the river as on parade. It was attack, an astounding performance for troops so South-west of Rheims the onety recently blonded." "The men steadily counter-attacked on both sides of Sainte climbed the slopes and silenced succes Euphraise, resulting in only a slight sively the German machine-gun rests and enemy advance west of Sainte Euphraise wept on to the top of the bill and stormed All attempts to capture this village fail. the village. A fierce fight ensued, and there. ed.

mans.

never

PESATH ADJOU KNED.

view to

proposal. If that were the understanding Lies and crimes will, however, remain in

abroad what the German makes Order the independence of Siberia.reason why newspapers, in past years had he would vote for the adjournment. suffer. The memory of these atroci effaceable in his mind. The watchword that of the Belgian is "Always hate." of the French trooper is Never forget" And the spirit of your soldiers, who still say at Verdun "They shall not pass," is the spirit of the Belgian Army.

the Snypts, restoring the Siberian Duma, Lord Leverbalme's speech was really ciple of the bill which could not he

have been issued by the Council always opposed a change in the currency. anhulling the Bolshevik decrees, closing

Lord Joicey urged that all the commer and reabring land to the owners pending very strong argument in favour of the delayed without injury to trade.

Lord Muir Mackenzie considered that cial classes were in favour of the prin-

the Constituent Assembly. The telegram was clearly a matter for the considera passed or not, he believed it would not a solutie of the agrarian question by course proposed by Lord Southwark, itther the bill before their lordships were

Whe adds that all these measures are dictated ion of the Committee which had beene Jong before such a measure became the by urgent needs and dominating public suggested.

law of the country.

om100.

(Continued at foot of next Column.)

The motion for the adjournment of the debate was carried without a divisioní.