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THE WAR.

GERMAN RESISTANCE

STRONGER.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3BD.

GROWING

ASSASSINATION OF GERMAN FIELD-

MARSHAL.

COUNTER-REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA. CZECHO-SLOVAKS CAPTURE EKATERINBURG.

LETTER BY LORD LANSDOWNE

APPEAL TO THE ALLIES. -

Franco-cielgian Bront

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BRITISH FRONT.

SUCCESSFUL RAIDING,

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THROUGH HAVAS AGENCY.] PRESENT SITUATION FAVOUR ABLE TO ALLIES.

PARIS, August 1st.

SERINGES CARRIED BY AMERICANS:

General.

PARIS, July 318

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A-munique states:-After a strong | LETTER BY LORD LANSDOWNE bombardment the Germans attacked, our APPEAL TO THE ALLIES. new positions east of Oulchy-le-Chateau, han we repulsed the assault and maintain.

Loxbox, July 31st. ed our line, intact.

Lord Lansdowne, in a further letter, contends that the war is not to be ended

On the right bank of the Ourcq, thereby a knock-out blow. He does not affirm were lively engagements north-east of Fere-en-Tardenois.

positively that a preliminary agreement conversations are in prospect at present, upon the essential points and profitable but he says there are abundant indications future, when we should be prepared to that such sensions may arise in the near meet them in a reasonable spirit. agrees, however, that sooner than accept a-dishonourable peace we should be ready

The village of Seringes passed from hand to hand, but was finally carried by on. American counter-attack,

Numerous enemy raids near Mesnil St. Georges, east of Moutdidier, and at Bois le-Pretre, on the right of the Meuse, and the Vosges were unsuccessful,

We raided north-east of Perthes-les-to fight to the bitter and. Hurins and brought back prisoners. Aerial Activities.

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LONDON, August ist.

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1918.

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS. CZECHO-SLOVAKS CAPTURE

EKATERINBURG,

AMSTERDAM, August 1st.

An official report states the Soviet organ, Foresti, reports that the Czecho Slovaks have captured Ekaterinburg.

THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION. The Provda" writes that the Czecha Slovak danger is growing like

a avalanche, The counter-revolution oxtending like an oil-bløtan paper. SOCIALIST FATHERLAND

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GERMAN

FIELD-MARSHAL

ASSASSINATED.

AMSTERDAM July 36€ - An official report from Kieff, d I beck July 30th, rid Berlin, states: --Who, Marshal von Eichhorn and his Adjutani, at twa 'elock in the afternoon, Ficht-

Captain von Dressler, were returning from the Casino, near

Your Eichhorn's house, à iu drava elonely past them in anb and threw a boni.

Both were very seriously wonded, and subsequently died,

The assassin and the cabdriver have been arrested.

An aguny has established that the crime originated with the Socal Revola tionaries at Moscov.

LATEST CABLES. A SIGN OF RUSSIAN REVOLT AGAINST GERMAN TYRANNY.

regarded es another sign of Russian

Jospos, August 1st. The assassination of von Eichhorn is

revolt against the German, tyranny, Vons Eichhorn was the most ruthless of all the! Kaiser's Generals, He treated tho Ukrainians from the beginning as slaves, whose sob up was to provide food for Germany. He forced the peasants to cul- tivate the land under very severe penalties and fixed the price which would enable, Germmys to obtain bread cheaply, han to the ruin of the Ukrainian penguts and fand-owner He overthrew dhe Ekrain- Fian Goverment, two of whose member's

he had arrested and imprisoned.

THE ASSASSIN. The murderer is a Rusien, not a Ukrainian, aged 23, and he says he was Lappointed by the Russian Revolutionary Committee to exeente von Eichhorn.

ENDANGERED..

ASSTERDAM, August 1st.

passed a resolution declaring that the A mesting of Bulsheviks i Moscow, after speeches by MM. Jonin and Trotzky, Socialist Fatherland was - endangered. The chief tasks at present are to requise Lord Lansdowne appeals to the Allies, the Czecho-Slovaks and obtain grain. The f. define, at their, war-ainis, but their working-clnsa must be roused and arned prelitainary conditions to pence Hend wholesale terrorisin must be practised Quotes General Smuts speech, of May against the bourgeoisie, who are every- 17th, as finally obliterating the theory of where joining the counter-revolutionaries, a knock-ont blow, and as pointing a to the realisation of a victory perman-

way FAMINE IN CAPITAL.

British, aviators and Italian naval air- An Italian naval official report states:ideals, relief from German militarism. appealed to the Provincial Authorities to ently securing under President Wilson's

Moscow, August 1st. The Soviet Authorities have again The test of its completeness will be found men are continuing intensive attacks in the enemy's readiness to discard the

rosene the capital from famine. Moscow ou the Austrian rear lines in Albania doctrines of the extreme militarists, and

and Petrograd have alrealty heel without bread for four days.

GROWING UNREST AT KIEFF AND MOSCOW. July 30, bonbarded installations and ing that the present is not an inopportune Eichhorn's assassination, published des

falian scaplures, on July 28th and

LONDON. August 1st. ignee in the neighbourheed of the moment for the consideration of reason-patches from Kieff and Moscow indicat The German papers, prior to von

Ardenica Monastery. All the aviators reable proposnis, because at present we are ing a growing murist. turned safely.

more confident than ever as regards our Ukrainian Government was trying to They stated the ability to hold our own in the deadly avert the coming storm by wholesale struggle.

arrests, one of the first of which was the Minister Gygicki, who was a pronouneed

AMSTERDAM, Augus Ist. Fostische Zeitung states Monarchist. There had liven a great con-investigation shows that the nssassination that gress of Monarchists at Kieff with the of Skoropadki as well as that of von when it was resolved to organize an agita- object of restoring the Russian Empire, Eichhorn was platined. Fion with centres in all the towns of

harded Ragorina, setting fire to the Elbeen allowed to consider at the beginning A British squadron, on July 20th, boatcept terms which he would never have Bassan railway and store-bouses.

A Havas Agency message says : - - The situation on the Tardenois battlefront LONDON, August 1st.

remained the same yesterday, which des Rot mean that it bas,come to a standstill 12.40. p.sh. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig

It seems the Germans have arrived at ports: --We successfully raided in the their positions of defence and their neighbourhood of lens.

resistance is growing stronger, probably Hostile artillery, were active at Ville.in order to gain time to sive part of Bretonneux, Bacquoy, Merris and

the enormous roaterial which had necumu. Meteren.

| tated-south of the Ardre before the offen [sive on July 15th, in view of an advart. south of the Marne, Bat the new front not being a straight line, gives the Allies possibilities for manoeuvre of which they will take advantage The necessity of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, from the rear to keep pace with the advancing our artillery and material Ports: There

hostile artillery enemy's retreat also explains the actual firing south westward of Albert and temporary slackness, but now our guns eastward of Roberg.

We dropped over Hi-tons of boobs on

fare on their new positions and are setting to work: The light is not ended yet, but enemy sidings and dumps. More enenty the resent situation is clerrly machines were

encountered, and we favourable to the Allies. brought down ta and drove down siz un- -controllable.

Six British machines are missing

HOSTILE ARTILLERY FIRING.

LONDON, August ist. -.

12.10

WILS

Our night tiers dropped thro-and-a- half tons of lambs in-addition to those alrendy reported.

BRITISH BOMB GERMAN TOWNS AND WORKS

LONDON, August 1st. The Air Ministry announces:-Jn addi- most tion to the attacks on July 30th, we bon:b- It is, therefore, fed the station at Labr,

of the war.

Lord Lansdowne, concludes by anggest

GENERAL

ELECTIONS. Losmos, August ist. The Daily Chronicle states the fort- ing is „growing that a General Election

seeing that the overwhelming majority of before the end of this year is undesirable,

the people favours the war. All the offi- cint party organizations-dislike the idea. The Time says the opposition ta General Election corses from the extreme pacility and hard-shelled reactionaries. We'll both plainly that an early cles We attacked Cablenz yesterday morntion is as inevitable as the rising of the ing. Rain and clouds prevented observa-sun.” tion

in vain that the Germans used 80 divi- sions in the Soissons and Champagne oa the Beeche Magneto Works, the Daim At night we dropped two tons of bombs batile. In the Soissons-Rheins bulgeler Works, and the railway station at sions, and several of them, repeatedly, Intone the Crown Prince engaged 45 divi- Stuttgart, setting fire to the station. The tiersans can never laugh, a fur barracks, causing a heavy expÍTAÍON.

We also boinbed Hegenau station and We bombed and machine-gunited te Billy junction and two aerodromes.

The infantry shot' down an enemy her attack more powerful than the one machine on July 20th,

"TOTAL BRITISH CAPTURES. N

Loxox, July 31st.

4.30 p.m

in the House of Commons, M. Mae Pherson stated that since March 1st the British traps have captured about 14,500 prisoners in the Western. Front,

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FRENCH FRONT.

AERIAL ACTIVITIES.

which has failed so pitiously.

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STRONG GERMAN COUNTER- ATTACK.

PARIS, August 18. A Havas Agency message states: -The

We twice attacked the station and factories, at Saarbrucken, The firsit formation encountered

many hostile

souts before reaching the objective, and a sitter fight ensued, in which four

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The

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Ukraine, and to enter into communication CO-ORDINATION OF ALLIED with the Grand Duke Nicholas.

FOOD SUPPLY.

The Fossische Zeitung says the Czecho- Slovaks are even menacing Moscow: There

Losnos, July dista The Press. Burei announce:--The

is also a great reel povement in the Foot Controllers of Great Britain, Urals, where between 40,000 and 60,000 France, Italy and America have appoint Czechs and 15,000. Cossacks are opeintioned 4 Fermurent Committee to study the The journal says that owing to the food supply programmes and co-ordinato powerlessness of the Moscow--Government AMERICAN BANKERS' LOAN communication between the

the possibility of the establishment of

then regarding the available shipping. TO CHINA-

Batente's ALLIED ACTION IN RUSSIA. troops in Murraan and the Czecho-Slovaks cannot be disregarded.

RUSSIAN SOVEREIGNTY TÓ BE MAINTAINED.

WASHINGTON, August is The State Department announces a new policy approving loans by bankers to

German resistance is gradanlly sing its ritish machines were lost. The remain China In connection with the entem. j

character of "a" rearguard defence. The chemy ateensingly, throws in mumerous fresh divisions in attempting to slacken

der hoinked the objective, but again, were heavily attacked on the return journey, the British sing three more machine.

plated loan it is understood the amount is $20.000.000.

Under an agreement the bankers and

BRIGANDAGE IN POLAND, The Berliner Tageblat says the Aus- trian authorities have appointed 2,000 Poland. gendarmes to suppress brigandage in

Buku is

Our advance and it sees is endeavouring Wo disabled one of the enemy machines the State Department bankers will ro-almost, al 2 standstill, as the famine-

to establish a solid line held by the bulk of his forces. Despite this, the French and American frers are pushing forward north-east in the direction of

Dunter-

Our second attack was completely success- ful, and harsts were seen at the factory. Despite attacks, all our machines Lumed

J'!-

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LONDOS, July 31st. An Italian navel official report skates in the Upper Adriatic the Air Sewis, early yesterday morning, hom. barded the military and harbour works at: Poli

sperate.

The Government is submitting for approval the names of the banks compes- ing the Loan Group,

WORK MEN LEAVE BAKU. The naphtha industry at

stricken workmen have left CAVALRY ACTIVE IN ARABIA

LONDON, August İst.

LONDON, July 1st. Reiter's Agency is informed that the object of this Allies' action in Russia is to assis the Czech Slovak armies 10 prevent any danger to Russia from Germany, also to prevent at any cost the Germanisation of Rhy

portion of Russia. The Allies have not the slighest their territorial aggrandisement. intention of doing anything tending to Their main purpose is the maintenance of the Russian sovereignty. Not a single Allied soldier will remain in Russia when thest

The Department also announces that it

The War Office states that a message is hoped the British, Japanese, and Aden eays our cavalry disperas an French bankers will be associated in thelemy party westward of Sheik Huth objects are attained.

man, killing 20.

Joan negotiations. Such co-operation is now in progress.

Mr. Polk, acting Secretary of State, in a formal statement, says the engagements

COTTON WORKERS ON STRIKE

LONDON, August. ist.

The Preston Cardroomers have strack}-

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LORD LICHFIELD. ACCIDENTAL DEATH.

LONDON, July 31st.

At the inquest on Lord Lichfield, shot wound while duckshooting was

of the United States hitherto in the Eura work, demanding 25 per cent. increase on verdict of accidental death from a gun-

PARIS, August 1st. British and French tombers, on Jaly 19th, dropped over 20 tons of projectiles on cantourments and troops in the Ardra and Vosle valleys, on Fismes. Comiczne. Fismes, and have, within the last 2 hours, Moreuil, and Bazoches railway stations met several strong German and on the Mont Notre Done nerodrome.attacks, roken them and hurled the Thirty-six tons of bonds were dropped atmckers back to their starting point and on July 24th on objectives in the same begond, regton. Firea and explosions CLA In the Rheims region the Germans. observed at Fismes, Alincourt. and endeavoured to remove the danger of Bazorbes.

Our chasing squadron, in the evitseing strongly at Sainte Euphraise The haring their left flank turned by aút nok- of tumerous combate, brought down 14 enony failed to storm this valuable sup Geranan inachines...

pran war theatre prevented specific steps per point and bad to content, hinasali French and British aeroplanes, on July with creeping up slightly toward the achieved most important results. Several Powers, but the recent approach of dis A strong attack lasted to hours, and equip herself for war against the Central- to help China to realise her desire to suth, brought down 18 enemy aeroplues. AMERICANS DRIVÉ OFF GERAIANS. moment which is being carried out by the sealities of the submarine and effort to place the means at China's die village. As a result of the rongergingas fires were observed, especially in order to Chinese territory made a speciál the French and American troops advanc aviation stations, 2.85 m. Sp American official report states-tores moving up the Ardi, the low is ing from Fere. and by General Berthelot's

All our machines safely returned, The enemy whờ penetrated the region of gradually being speezed into another

Italian bront deringes and Nesles were casualtied or bulge which the Allies have created for inptured,

Lospex, August 1st.

South-westward of Bois Meunier, after

re bayonet fighting wo drove, the enery into the woods.

We captured Grimpettes Wond and rachel Giriges village.

GERMAN ATTACK REPULSED

Paris, August 1st.

As communigar states:--South-west of Rheims a German attack on Bligny men- itain was repulsed, after a lively fight.

him

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ARTILLERY ACTIONS ON WHOLE FRONT.

Pakis, August L.

A communique states: There were artillery actions on the whole battle front

The enemy made several raids in the ion of Four-de-Paris and on the right

Between Montdidier and the Dise Bank of the Meuse, when the enemy lost an enemy raid north of Antheil was heavily and we took prisoners.

made, but without result.

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ITALIAN FRONT.

AUSTRIAN REPORT.

LONDON, July 31st

posal desirable.

Mr. Folk hopes that the co-operation of the British and other Allies will serve as an agency for the expansion of their mutual interests abroad.

their current wages...

[THROUGH HAVAS AGENCY.] MEAT IN FRANCE.

returned.

IMPERIAL PREFERENCE.

France have just been done away with, year had considered the question of pre

PARIS, August 1st The three meatless days a week which Hotel, declared that neither the Imperat

LONDON, July 31st. Sir R. Borden, speaking at the Sam have been in force for a short time in War Cabinet, nor the War Conference this livestock having been sufficiently conference. The recent announcement concern.... stituted.

the British Government as a statement. ing the subject was made on behalf of of dairestic polity. ENENY GOVERNMENTS AND PEACE.

MEATLESS WEEK IN BERLIN.

PARIS, August Jati From Berne it is reported that in KAISER EULOGISES HIS ARMY begin on August 18th...

Berlin, the first week without meat will AND NAVY.

AMSTERDAM, August 1st.

A message from Berlin states the Kaiser A wireless Austrian official report

has issued a proclamation to the army States: In Albania the enemy, under and navy eulogising their fighting spirit continuous pressure, evacuated his front and acclaiming the victories won during lines at many points.

the past four years in the wan

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AUSTRIANS.

LONDON, July 31st. An Italian offeial report states:-We completely repulsed strong attack againt Cornone.

He says the battles won in recent months are amongst the most famous deeds in German history.

Concluding, he says: You are in the midst of a very hard struggle, but the entire Fatherland is certain the desperate efforts of the enemy will be foiled.

POTATOES SUBSTITUTED.

AMSTERDAM, August 1st. ration is increasing, but the first meatless A Berlin telegram states that the flour pounds of potatoes are substituted, Week starts on August 18th. Seven

CHINESE COOLIES' SAVINGS

BANK,

LONDON, July 31st. In the House of Commons, replying to

the Government regarding prace, no enemy, Government had approachn), Mr. Lee Smith, Mr. Balfour stated that

GERMÁN BOMBING OF HOSPITALS.

LONDON, July 31st. Mr. MacPherson, replying to the Gerican Governmmit's attempt to justify

Mr. Gershom Stewart, Mr. MacPherson night of May 19th, on the ground that

LONDON, August ist. In the House of Commons, replying to the bombing of Etaples, Hospital on the stated that a Savings Bank scheme had conlies in France recently been established for the Chinese the Red Cross was not shown, said he

was satisfied the Red Cross was shown Then, anyhow, hospitals were bombed or the night of May 31st, although the photographs in German newspapers show. ed the Red Cross displayed on them May 27th.

THE SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, August, Ist.

The silver market is quiet.