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1915.

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June 11 1915,

2942 日九廿月四

TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS

ITALY DEVELOPING A BIG MOVEMENT.

AUSTRIANS LOSE IMPORTANT POSITIONS.

Outbreak of Cholera in Vienna.

PROBABLE STARTERS FOR THE NEW DERBY.

[Reuter's Servios to The "Telegraph."]

ITALIAN COMMUNIQUE.

HEAVY FIGHTING IN THE 15ONZO,

June 10, 12.45 p.m. According to Router's correspondert in Rome, the Italians are methodically preparing and developing a great movement on the Tyrol-Trentino frontier. A communique eage:

Our Alpine troops captured an important position at Preikoffel, in the Carnie Alps, after several days' stubborn fighting, and took numbers of prisonery. But the weightiest fighting continues on the Iconzo against strong positions and in face of broken bridges and reads, the result of extensive floode. Nevertheless the Italiane are everywhere most dashing and most tenacions.

We have won important positions and have also occupied Monfalcone. We have already over five hundred prisoners; our own losses are not serions. Prisoners declare that Austrian losses

are very great.

CHOLERA IN VIENNA.

(Havas Telegram.)

Janë 9.

West of Kolomes the Russians repulsed very fieros attacks; the Austrians abandoned 5,000 corpses."

WAR TELEGRAMS

QUESTION OF SUBMARINE PRISONERS.

Jane 9, 5.45 p.m.

NORTHCLIFFE V. ASQUITH.

Angry Recriminations in the Press.

June 11 1914;

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paper. Sometimes the attack is on L rd Haldane, to whom the country owes the Army reforms which have been so triumphant ja success in the present war. Sometimes it is directed against Mr. McKenna, sometimes against A remarkable campaign which Mr. Churchill, sometimes against has been in progress in a section Mr. Lloyd George or the Prime of the London Press may be said Minister. It is worked with char to approach a climax to-day saya acteristic astutences as well as the Globe of May 1. In it are con- with characteristic unscrupulous- (Reuter's Service To The “ Telegraph.”} cerned the Times and other ness. In the Daily Mail and the

London. Received June 10. journals ocntrolled by Lord Evening News Lord Northoliffe

Probable starters for the Naw. Northolifts, the Morning Post, the conducts one phase of the cam-Darby are as follow:Achtof Chronicle, and the Daily News. paign in regard to which the Times

Under the heading of "Mani.is perhaps silent. But in the Times (rigg), Apothecary (Cooper).

offensive In the Bose of Commons, Mr. Balfour said the farther capture tions for the Enemy, the Chronicle another

Chickamaugwa (Moodse), Danger is carried

Rook (Whalley), Florimond of a submarine crew again raised the question of the treatment of has a remarkable article in which on, without any ostensible con- submarine prisoners. For some weeks there had been no sub-it attacke the Times and the nection with the operations of ite (Jellies) Follow Up (E. Huxley), Cadabout (Lancaster), King stantial difference in the treatment of the submarine crews and Morning Post, alleging that they stable companions. But it is Priam (Heckford), Lemelior cther prisoners. Their treatment now was absolutely identical, bat are giving the enemy the idea important for the public to re- this did not indicate that there was any change of opinion as to the that there is disunion and distrust member that whether it is the (Stern), List (Fly Childe), My character of the acts of the submarines, which was a flagrant in this country with reference to Evening News and the Daily Mail Ronald (Fay), Pommern (Donog contradiction of the letter and spirit of the laws of war, and was the war.

which are assailing Mr. McKenna hue), Rossendale (Clark), Bush- mean, cowardly and brutal. But the submarine methods were not

A nential who was very lately or Mr. George, or whether it is forte (Wing), Sunfire (W, Har- the only ones adopted in violating law and humanity by the German in Berlin, and there saw some the Times which is attacking the ley), The Revenge (Piper), The Government. Toey opened up the whole question of personal very influential perronages, telli Prime Minister, it is always Lord Visier (F. Bullock), Vanclass responsibility, which was reserved till the end of the war.

as, says the Chronicle, that they Northolife who is calling the (Rickaby). all believed England to be sick tune. of the war and hopeless of victory, and when asked why, pointed to the leading articles in the Tmas. The same impression emerges un mistakably in the German news papers, to which these articles are almost a daily Godsend.

M. Poincare bas visited the French troops at 8). Mihiel, on the'

beights of the Mouto.

French stook now stands al 73.

A'okolera epidemic has broken out in Vienna.

[la the event of telegrams arriving too late for insertion on this page they will be found on the Extra.]

EARLIER

TELEGRAMS.

MEDICAL OFFICER'S SUICIDE.

June 9, 6.50 p.m. Captain A. T. Pridham, M., Indian Medical Service (attached to the 8th Gurkha Rifles) committed suicide at Plymouth, in a train; an the 5th inst. deg

ON THE ITALIAN FRONTIER.

The Italians, fighting with the greatest dash, lave won im- portant positions and occupied the town of Monfalosne. They also captured a strong Austrian position at Monte Naro.

from the Times such as, what it The Daily News recalls articles calls, "that cruel story of the plight of the British Army after Mons," and the statement of the Times' military critic that the Russiana would be in Berlin in

We in England, continues two months, and asks: the Chronicle, of course, know how Is the country going, in the old semi-national authority Lincoln's phrase, "to swophorses"

NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.

CONDENSED.

Cholera has broken out in

of the Times has departed from while crossing this onprecedented Vienna.

occupied

June 10, 5.55 a.m. An Italian communique reports as follows:- Along the Isorzy river on the 7th, and 8th, operations were continued with a view to dislodging the enemy from their positions on the right bank and establishing bridge heads. ·

The enemy, resisting most stubbornly, were favoured by the it and since it became a part of stream, simply because. Lord The Italians have nature of the ground and their strengthened fortifications, while the gramophone Press, and came Northcliffe has set his heart on Monfalcone.

to be published under the same showing that he is powerful floods have broken the bridges and roads,

President Poincare has visited we expect sensa-enough to make and "anmake auspices, tionalism from it much rather Ministries? He does not tell us the French troops at St. Mihiel." than responsibility: We under in the Times the Daily Mail or

Reuter senda as a list of the stond how to weigh the relative the Evening News whom he pro- importance of Prese attacks, but poses to put in office. But we probable startere for the New in Germany and in other foreign invite the country to think of the Darby..

to Mr. Asquith. Austrian leases in the recent countries this is less generally alternatives realised. Articles which carry no When it has thought of them it engagements with the Italians are greater weight in the Ostlton and will know what to say to Lord described by prisonera se very Constitutional Clubs than they Northcliffe and his campaign. grest. do in the Reform or the National Liberal, are read with elation in Barlin, and with depression in Paris and Petrograd.

The Corozier's verdict was one of Suicide during temporary insanity,

The deceased was suffering from blood poisoning which was incurable

Five hontred prisoners have been captured along the Isonzo

front..

IMPORTANT VIllage CaptureD.

Jane 9, 12.50 a.m.

A Paris communique states: The artillery duel continued most violently in the sector north of Arras. We captured the remaining houses in Neuville St. Vasst and the whole village is now in our possession,

We also progressed in the "labyrinth," extended our gaine at Hebuterie and repulsed a violent counter-attack nath of the Aisas.

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THE COST OF WAR..

June 9, 5.15 p.m.

In the House of Commone, Mr. Asquith announced that the total British casualties in Flanders and the Dardanelles up to the 31st of May were as follow:

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Meu

Killed. Officers......... 3,327 ******* 47,015

Wounded.

8.408

Missing, 1,136

147:482

52,017

50,342

153,080

53,753.

Helping Germany. Where the language of a news- paper points to national disunion en1 distrust, they will naturally suppose it to be blarting out the

Mr. Churchill, Amateur:

The Italians are methodically Both the Morning Post and the preparing and developing a great Mail to-day have articles regard-movement on the Tyrol-Trentino ing a member of the Cabinet and frontier. the whole Cabinet respectively: Heavy fighting continues on The Morning Post referring to the Isonzo, The bridges and Mr. Churchill, sage:-

roads are in a tad condition,

Do not let us trust to tradition

any longer, but let us have it re

owing to recent foode.

NEWS.

Tennis fistares for to-morrow

truth. Every Times attempt to established that the Sea Lorde destroy the nation's confidence in and the officers afloat are in con ita leaders is meat and drink to trol of ravy operatione. We are our enemies and Tolson to our accused of having a personal Allies and neutral friends. It has motive in making this criticism. appear in another colama. been, and is worth thousands of We are careloss of such accusa- fighting men to the German cause. tions, because our whole object is "Our Contemporaries" appears

The Timce does more harm to have the Navy directed by the on page 2, Commercial News abroad than any other unpatriotic experts and not by a politician, page 9, and Log Book on page 8. paper, because the legend of its. It thrt an unreasonable object at former authority causes more a3 this great crisis of British history, tice to be taken of it. Bat if one when the very existence of our magistrate to-day in connection were measuring the intrinsie unaountry depends on the Navy, with extradition proceedings, patriotism of newspapers when any serious mistake might for alleged kidnapping at Macao. articles, the Morning Post would overwhelm the Kingdom and the In a case in which a solicitor b a strong competitor." From Empira in hideous destruction sned another European at the the early days of the war it has and rein? The Army is directed Summary Court, the point of

Two Chinese were before the

[The total casualties from the shove are 10,881 officers and missed few opportunities of trying by Lord Kitchener and the Com-inserting addresses in wrils was 247,114 men.]

MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS ESTABLISHED.

Jane 9, 8.30 p.m.

to undermine public confidence mander-in-Chief, Sir John French. discussed.

in the Admiralty. Mr. Churchill The Navy also has va'our and

is its pet aversion, and all possible skill, but the direction at the top,

mad muit be thrown at him, no whion is all-importank, is in the

matter what national interess hands of an amateur, If this their fallon-mortala a liability to suffers. Its latest philippics about amateur would confine him- err. That is an unhealthy the Dardanelles show it argung self to his appropriate position, and debilitating symptom; and almost the least plausible thesis governed not by his the best and the only remedy for

His Majesty the King has given his assent to the Munitions Bill, that melios could invent.

AMERICAN POLITICAL SITUATION.

June 10, 2.20 a.m.

new

Ha'plal criticism, aaye the legal powers but by Constitu- it is that the Opposition should

tional custom3,

we should resume something of that function Chronicle, is one thing; but sour have nothing to say. But he has of criticism and debate which was rilous attacks only stimulate and entered not once but meny times never more needed than now to encourage the enemy, while de in the direction of naval opers make victorious use of the on- pressing and bewildering our tione, and every time disastrously, grudging help which the country friends. At the present moment

is only anxions to render.

Danger of Power

the most formidable force which we have to face in determin- The Mail says:-There is a A Washington wire states that Mr. Robert Lansing has been ing the duration of the war is not danger, and it is no small one, appointed interim Escretary of State.

June 10, 10.55 p.m.

Mr. Bryan bas isened a statement that he and President Wilson differed on two points, Mr. Bryan wishing the submarine attacke to be investigated by en International Commission, under arbitration treaties, negotiated by the United States, with thirty countries, although Germany was not a signstury.

Mr. Bryan alco maintained that an American had no right to imperil his country by travelling in a war zone after the German warning,

It is understood the whole Cabinet supports President Wilson's view that arbitration is impossible unless Germany previously agrees to discontinue the indiscriminate desirmotion of merchantmen, and

After a conference between President Wilson and Secretary of State Lansing, it was announced that the Note would be dear ntched in the afternoon, sad published on Friday in the morning papers, without awaiting notification of itendeipt.

the military or mechanical organi- that our conduct of the war may sation of the enemy, their num- be impaired by too great an bera, or their diabolical inven-abstinence from criticism, Critoi tions, but the confidence and iam that checks and stimulates anity of the German people. It and is not merely wasteful and is no over-statement to say that irritating is a corrective that no these Press attacks are playing a British Government can long do chief pait in maintaining that without, Many mistakes might confidence and unity have been avoided bad we had

Against the Premier, more of it in the past The Dasty News heads its lead- nine months. So quickly ing article, "Mr. Asquith or Lord does the possession of all bat un Northolifle?" and says ... limited power fly to the head that The country, we hope, is we netice among the Ministerialist taking note of the campaign journals a disposition to work up against the Government which

a prende pairistjo passion at the Lord Northcliffe is conducting merest hint that the Government, day by day in it verious newes, or any of its members, skaro with

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