1915-05-27 — Page 1

The Hongkong Telegraph

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WEATHER FORECAST

FAIR

Barometer 29.79

May 27 1815,

Temperature "Humidity

6 a.m. 74

2 p.m. 76

96

88

May 27 1914,

Temperature 6 8.m. 78 Humidity

2 p.m. 83

91

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●日四十月四、

To UESDAY, MAY

27,

1915.

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TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS.

WAR TELEGRAMS,

WAR TELEGRAMS

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TELEGRAMI,

NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.

CONDENSED.

AMERICA, CHINA AND JAPAN,

THE COALITION CABINET.

The Italian Advance on Trieste.

AUSTRIAN DESTROYER FLIES BRITISH FLAG AND BOMBARDS UNDEFENDED TOWN,

[Heater's Service to The "Telegraph."]

AMERICA SENDS NOTES TO CHINA AND JAPAN.

May 24, 3.05 a.m.

The Times correspondent at Peking says that the United States Government has presented identical Notes to China and Japan, re- fusing to recognise any agreement impairing American rights in China, the political and territorial integrity of China, or the Open Door policy.

BOMBARDIER WELLS ENLISTS.

May 27, 11:50 p.m. Bombardier Welis bas enlisted in the Welsh Regiment.

HOME OPINION ON THE NEW CABINET.

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May 27, 11.50 p.m. The Cabinet, upon the whole, has been favourably received. The Liberals den unes the inclusion of Sir Edward Carson, and surprise is expressed that Mr. Lloyd George should have left the Exchequer. It is declared that his absence is duly temporary and that he will remain in touch with Mr. McKenna. It is also stated that the office of Post Matter General was kept open for Mr. John' Redmond, but that the Dublin party's decision makes his refusal final.

ITALIAN WAR ENTHUSIASM.

May 27, 11.50 p.m. The Italian advance towards Trieste has caused an outburst of enthusia sam among unredeemed inhabitants, who welcomed the soldiers with open arms, offering all their possessions, and who em- braced and kissed the bersaglieri Everywhere the Tricolour is hoisted on public and private buildings, charches and houses.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE NEW CABINET.

May 25, 10.35 p.m. The Press Bureau announces that the Premier has decided to create a Ministry of Munitions and that Mr. Lloyd George during bis temporary direction of this Department of State will vacate Fig post as Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is understood that "Mr. Arthur Henderson (Chief Whip of the Labour Party) will assist the Government on labour questions, especially those arising from the

war,

His Majesty the King has conferred upon the retiring Lord Bigh Chancellor, Viscount Haldane, the Order of Merit.

His Majesty has approved of the new Cabinet as followe:- Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith, Premier and First Lord of the Treasury.

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Rt. Hon. the Marquess of Lansdowne, without portfoliɔ. Et. Hon. Sir Stanley Bookmaster, Lord Chancellor. Rt. Hon. the Marquess of Crewe, Lord President of the Council. Rt. Hon. Earl Curzon of Kedlestoa, Lord Privy Seal, Rt. Hon. Reginald McKeane, Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Rt Hoa. Sir John Simon, Secretary of State for Home, Affairs, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

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Rt. Hon. A. Bonar Law, decretary of State for the Colonies. Rt. don. Austen Chamberlain, Soretary of State for India. Rt. Hon. Er! Kitchener, S-cretary of State for War.

R Hon. David Lloyd George, Monitions, ".

Rt. Hon. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Admiralty.

Rt. Hon. Walter Runoiman, Board of Trade.

Rt. Hon. Walter Ling, President Local Government Bard. Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill, Chancellor of Daaby of Lancaster.

Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland. Rt. Hon. T. McKinnon Wood, Secretary for Scotland.

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Rt. Hon: the Earl of Selbourne, President Board of Agriculturǝ. Rt. Hon. Lewis Vernon Harcourt, First Commissioner of Works.

Mr. Arthur Henderson, President Board of Education. Ru Hon. Sir E, H. Carson, Attorney General.

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Mr. John Redmond, leader of the re-united Irish Nationalist Party, was offered a place on the Cabinet but was unable to accept.

FRENCH COMMUNIQUE.

May 26, 1,00 a.m. A Paris communique says:- North of Arras our attacks to-day realized important progress. We captured the salient of a large ork, atormed another work north-west of Angres, and or ried a trench one kilometro long further south to the east of the Aix Noalete Sucbez road.

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SIR JOHN FRENCH'S REPORT.

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ITALIANS REPULSE AUSTRIANS.

May 26, 6.00 a.m.

The correspondent of the Times at Campozologno reports that Jan action coourred on the 24th inst, at Col del Tonale, twenty miles cast of Lirano, The Italiana repulsed the Austrian, who had ap- parently entered Italy, and captured several hundred of the Aus- trian Alpine troops.

ITALIAN COMMUNIQUE,

May 28, 1.00 p.m.

A communiqué from Rome says: -On the Trentino frontier the Italians advanced from two to four miles, occupying the passes and heights, and taking some prisoners. We occupied all the fron tier passea in Cadore, which the Austrians, through the medium of artillery, cannonaded abortively. We stormed Valinfermo Pase with the bayonet. The Italian colamas on the Trieste front con- tinned to advaree successfully and e.nsolidated their positions on the heights, while the Austrian artillery made another useless bom- bardment. Our effensive, in order to reach lower Io.zo, continues everywhere, the enemy retiring and destroying bridges.

AMERICAN STEAMER TORPEDOED."

May 26, 2:10 p.m,

The American steamer Nebraskan, 4,000 tong, outward bound from Liverpo I was torpedoed off Brow Head this morning, and sent cut wireless messages for help. The crew have taken to the boats, and are standing by. The weather is calm,

OUR LONDON LETTER.

(Continued from yesterday.)

Bombardier Wella has joined i Welsh regiment.

The Nationalists have promised hearty cooperation with the Ministry,

His Majesty the King has con- ferred on Lord Haldane, the Order of Merit.

The British have demonstrated that with due precactions attacke by gas can be defeated,

Everywhere the Austrians are retiring before the It lians; burg- iog bridges in their retreat,

The King La approved of the New Cabinet, the names of the members of which uppers in the telegrams.

The new cabinet baa bern received upon the wi ole very favourably, the liberals denouros the inclus on of Sir E. Carson.

There was great indignation in Italy when it was announced that the Austrian destroyer which bombarded the open town of Barletta flew the British lag.

It ie said that America bas presented identical Notes to China sad Japan refusing to recognise any agreement impairing Ameri can rights in China,

The American steamer. Nebras aka of 4,000 tour, was torpedoed

Brow Head, on a journey from Liverpool to America, The crew were taken off in boats,

The French have måde farther mach mose. The crowds cheer progrese north of Arras; they' the men as they swing along, do- captured a salient of large enemy ing their best to march like real work, atormed another work, and trench -4 kilometre soldiers, and learning already the carried a frit principles of keeping touch long."

in the trenches, the Neave Cha-and covering your man. Last of all At Ypres the amount of gaa peile operations have been entire- strides a tall recruiting sergeant, emitted from the cylinders was y auccessful. Mr. Thomas At-swelling "wisibly before your greater than on ang previons kina has always believed that he worry eyes," li.e Mr. Weller's occasion-it lasted four and a had it in bis power under any young ladies at the tea party, as half hours, over a front of five thing like fair conditions to give the ranks of the recruits gather miles. the Germans something more strength or a likely youngster

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then a run for their money. suddenly falls in. In spite of the A meeting of the Irish Nation- All the men engaged in the recent effort of the conscriptionist press, alist Party has approved of Mr. fighting tell gleefully how the which does not realise that the J. Redmond's refusal to accept Germans ran before the first cause of Nation il service to which office in the Cabinet, being in attack of our infantry at Neuve Lord Roberta devoted his closing accordance with tue policy of Chapelle, and there is not a man heroic years is already won, to independence, natil whose khaki is stained with the queer the pitch, the London re Government controls every inch mud of Flanders who is not row cruiting week has been a big of Irish soil. convinced that the boasted invin. success, and Lord Kitchener has cibility of the German army is a gained from it many thousanda great big myth.

of good steady men. For noth- ing has been more remarkable

London War Scenes,

NEWS.

The result of the aircraft ap We have had a recruiting week than the demeanour of these repeal is inserted in this edition. in London, with plenty of fiery craits, who step out of their,

Judgment in the Master Mari patriotic oratory up and down the normal routine on the call to take town, and, what is much more to their part in the drams of the ner's Oase was delivered to-day.

"Dar Contemporarias" appeara the purpose, men in kbaki na war. Very few indeed of them May 26, 3.20 a.m. Field Marshal Sir John French reports that some portions of ching through the streets all over are men who act on any sudden on page 2, Commercial News on our line east of Ypres, which were lost during the enemy's gas the West end and suburbe to the impulse of mere a iveatare. Their page 9, and Loo Rink na page 6. attack, bave up to the present not been recovered. The amount of thrilling tune of a military march whole look and beating denote The result of a Inquest on high the body of the late Mr. Bishop gas used was the greatest hitherto. It was emitted from cylindera and the skirling of pipes. Re-rather a set purpose and a for four and a half hours along a front of five miles, cud, simultane-cruita are invited to fall in and serious resolve. Meanwhile will to found in another column. Extraste from the Botanical ously, our line was bombarded with asphyxiating shells. The gas and follow the drum in the old all day long Londoners can watch

way, the way that on the wide parade ground at Annual report and the Annual cloud in some places was forty feet high.. Portions of our line re-historio mained intact throughout, and our men demonstrated that, with due filled our cadres in the good old Wellington Bariacke the new bat Education report appear in this

days of Marlborough and Well-talions of Guards being drilled in issue, precautions, this form of attack can be defeated.

RUSSIAN COMMUNIQUE.

May 26, 5.00 8.00.

ington. It is an inspiring and a to shape. It is wonderfully con- An account of the legislative thiilny sight to see men briskly soientious process. There is the connoil meeting held this after- stepping out of the crowds and awkward quad, sweating away noon is inserted in another lining up four deep behind the at the rudiments of drill and column. soldiers. As the march proceeds phyainal exercises in its shirt the column of recruits grows, sleeves, bat very scan showing Sometimes you may see five or something of that simultaneous An official report from Petrograd states that the battle in Gali-six hundred men, diawn from all click which the drill instructors Great indignation is felt at the announcement that an Anatrian ola was renewed on the 24th on both banks of the river San, and in grades of society and of all ages at Wellington Barracks set their destroyer, which bombarded the open town of Barletts, flew the front of Jarosaly and Przemyal. Repeated enemy attacks on the between eighteen and for ty, mar-heazte upon. More advanced front from Gussakays to Krakeniiza were scattered by our artillery-ching along Berlin. The ranks men in full khaki can be seen British flag.

Though men between twenty and forty are compulsorily liable for military service, an unofficial register of volunteers of non- military age has been opened, and over a thousand were enrolled within twenty-four hours.

AUSTRIAN AEROPLANE ATTACK FAILS. ··

May 27, 11 50 p.m.. Reater's correspondent at Venice says that the first (Austrion) morial attack was a complete failure. Three or four people were slightly injured, a few windows were broken and a couple of holee were made in the ground. The population rushed in the streets to watch the aeroplane and to cheer the anti-aircraft and the soldiers.

[in the ovent of telegrams arriving too late for Insertion on this page they will be found on the Extra.]

NATIONALISTS AND THE GOVERNMENT.

May 26, 5.00 a.m.

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY.

Bijon Theatre-9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m

TO-MORROW.

of these reoruiting squade in mot doing platoon and company drill, ley civilian attire present all sorts and laboriously acquiring all the of queer contraste. There are little frills in which the Guarda. emait youngsters in best lounge delight. Others can be seen enite with their raincoats over, doing field exercises in extended their arms, sturdy mechanics in order and delivering ferocious their cape and working overalls, charges with gleaming bayonets A meeting of the Nationalist Party held in Dublin approved of pale but well set up young clerks against tightly packed socka

mid air. Mr. Redmond's refusal to accept office as it was convinced that the in the somewhat shiny livery of suspended in old Irish policy of independence, should be continued till an Irish the office deek, labourers recruit is taught how to use and Government actually controls every inch of Irish soil. The meeting in corduroye, stained with lime handle his bayonet until he never resolved upon accepting Mr. Asquith'a declaration that the recon- and earth, and, by no means least fails to transfix the sack at the P. Lammert's Bales, Room 2,30 struation of the Ministry was solely for the purpose of the war, serviceable, typical specimena of first lunge, and it is by no means pm. Basuring the Government of the hearty co-operation of the those sturdy skalliwage who have so easy as it looks. From the Nationalists.

Been the world without gathering To be Continued.

The

Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. Victoris Theatre-9.15 p.m. Sale of China and Carica-G.

Monday, May 31. Crown Land Bale-3 p.m.