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The Hongkong Telegraph

April 2, 1917,

7626 日一十月岱潤

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TELEGRAMS.

(From Our Own Correspondɛn!).

GTHE SUMOPSHIRES.

ssex Battaliới pected at Singapṛre.

Singapore, April 1. Ercellany the Governor inspeoled the 25th Battalion of the Middlesex. Regiment, which is replacing the Shropshires.

easy referred to the King's massage of admiration on the cocasion of the socident to the Tyndarous, by uphold the splendid tradition of the Birkenhead.

Bedler's Servios to The “Telegraph.”]

FREICHSTAG SCENCES,

ints D. -"ra a Republic Inevitable,

London, April 1,

mdam states that there were stormy women in Son Reichstag on March 80; Bocialists, amid shouts of Tesason i declaring that a Republic in Germany was inevitable, and demanding larger powers for the Reichstag in regard to foreign poliny.

THE GERMAN RAIDER.

Probably a Converted American Vessel.

London, March 31 *Renter's atmospondent at Bio de Janeiro sya the raider The used in the earlier telegrams) is probably a osptured porrorted Americi barque. She feladen with mines, armed with two guns and ive quick-fiters, and has a wireless installation. She is commanded by Count Ukser.

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MONDAY, APRIL

TELEGRAMS.

(Beater's Berrios to "The

THE ADVANCE IN THE WEST.

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British Still Advandog.

London

Beater's correspondent at the British Headquarters, on Saturday afternoon, maya:—We are still advancin” The enemy opposition is weaker along the row our new front; consequently we magrethe biggest ad sector, whils from Beaumets to Attar, every gain wa hard fighting.

We wised a hill which brings us within four „Cambrai-St, Quentin Road, while further south our ad

a poins baraly four miles from the centre of St, Quanti In a triangle there has been greater resistanos betwe Vrancourt (Wanoourt?) and Queant. Two more posts after a fierce straggle, in a bombing post protecting th every German being killed,

Survivors relate that the raider has been re-named the Sas Adler, and is provisioned for eighteen months. They sata yang ka abe hoisted the Norwegian flig on sighting the merchantmen, and then displayed the Germen ensign when her prey came within range of her guns,

There are 235 refugees aboard the Cambronne, and the surken shipt number nine, including the sailing vessel Charles Gounod. Another resinted, but was obliged to surrender after her engineers bail been wounded."

Further Details.

Later.

A survivor sister:-"The Cambronas, on the morning of March 20, when in Latitude 20.10 South and Longitude 28.05 West, sighted a siling ship, which approached rapidly. Her sails were suddenly lowered, sad at 2,000 yards the German fisg waS displayed, accompanied by a cinusa shot. A German officer and armed seamen boarded the Osmbronas, her papers and invited me aboned the craisse,"

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nemt "A company of infantry captured every man in a outposts two milse from Croisilles,

Counter-attacks were sevicely panished by es fa a field battery, the presence of which was prownmably unsuspected by the Germans.

Germans Admit British Progress.

Londong April 1.

A German official wireless message states:---Strong English (attacks batween Arras and Leas failed.

The English pushed forward their lines two Er-thina kilomètena between the Perouns-Gangcourt road to Omignon lost heavily

More French Progress. 27.

Eos, April 1. **A French axmunique records an artillery $£duel considerabis violence on the Somme and the Oise, and perceptible progresa during the night north and south of the Al'etre, particulary north-east of Margival.

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Further Polats Occupied.

Londos, April 1.

Field Marshal Sir Danglas Haig, in's communique" says:--- The Captain of the French sailing stip. Daplex says that, though ill, he was roughly tested by the Gaas, who pillaged his Daring we March, mide 1,239 Garmsne prisoner, sixteen of whom ship for four hours, The Germans told fantastic stories in order to were offers. We also captured three field geas, twenty-five trench depress the prisoners. For instance, they stated that France was mortars and sixty machine-guns. The total number of prisoners about to be overwhelmed by six million Germans, and that Bassis | taken in January and March amonata to 4,800.

We occupied, this morning, Savy, four miles to the west of St. had been dismemberad.

The 8 Adlar is a vessel of 2,820 tonn, equae rigged, with Qantin, after considerable fighting, and inflicted heavy oscualtios, a speed of 12 kaots: She has concealed guan, and had two In the afternoon we occupied Bary wood, one mile to the north of gasoline launches in her hold till past the danger Espe after leaving|the village.

We captured Vendo *on/ Saturday night, and Epeby and Germany.

The only sesman detained as a prisoner is a Dutchman, who Pisiere this morning.

We progressed north of Grohilles aad, raided during the refused the paper money red him for working in the raider's

night north of Roolincourt, Earth-east of Neuville St. Vasst and galley. Eleven chips have been sunk.

|south-west of Linohy, inflicting many casualties, t

Moewe Commander's Story.

London, April

According in Beuters correspondent at Amsterdam, the com- mander of the Moews, interviewed in Berlin, stated thate conärt- ed one of the esptured vessels into an auxiliary cruiser and remed her the Gayer, the sink a number of vessels, but eventually bad to be sunk herself, owing to her aselons engines.

The interview furnished farther particulars of the British 'steamer Olski's brave resistance, mentioned andarch 29, The fight lasted for twenty minutes. The Oteki was hit by twenty-fi shells, but both vesselt caught alight. The Moess develop troublesome lork, and the fire was so serions that most of the anffered injury by barns, to which an-under-cfficer, and six men succumbed. Mam the mow of the Otaki were badly woyaded before they diecosted the fight,

MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS.

A New Branch Extablished.

London, April

A now ratch of the Ministry of Maniticna has been established, with Sir Lone! Phillips as Controller. It will deal with the aramination and development of mineral properties in the United Kingdom, with the exception of coal and iron. It is likely to be. specially valuable for purposes of war. An Advisory Committen of pius members will senint the Controller.

THE BARROW, STRIKE,

Regarded in the Gravest, Light"

London, dill, Tas Pros Baresu announces that the Barcon striks now allsola uraotically, all the engineeringankape in that area, but doen not affect the shipyards.

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There was boomiderable six-fighting on Saturday, when we destroyed two Germans machines and drove down* three others. One British machine is missing.

THE MESOPOTAMIAN PU

Enemy Troops in Full Rethit.

London, April 1. An official message from Mesopotamia staten:-The enemyr tempted onverging movement from the Shatt el Adasim and Deli blew on our Deltaws detachment failed,

The enemy's movement from Deli Abbas has continued, and his troope are now in fall retreat,

We attacked on the Shait el Adhsim in force on Thursday, and, after were fighting, we occupied the whole position. Several enemy Lcounter-atțacks failed, the enemy leaving 124 ähwounded and many wounded in our hands. He again retired to the right bank of the Shattel &dheim.

AMERICA'S NEW POSSESSION.

**The Virginia feinada,"

London, Aprik L

According to Banier's 'correspondent at Washington, Mr. Lansing has handed the Danish Minister in the United States a tzwatory warrant for five millions sterling as payment for the Danish West-Indies, which will henceforth be known as the Virginia Lalandu,

Admiral Pollock, pommanding the warship Hancock, has been ordered to receive the islands in the name of the Daited Bistos. * ̈*

GOOD AERIAL WORK BY RUSSIANS,

London: April 17 Ramion (ficial, windený mesenga atatea:-We rapoland

Jacobosi and Walepritan road ragione, and gyakre barni na majig in the Odobestchi

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In other words, we want a Gip- ilian Machinsă Corps) organised political * ciralot of Count Cmicnin'a interview. It like our "Army Medias! Corp Jount Caarain's frank utterances were guested wish joy. Nothing Leondham this will meet Edboy will doɑhitisir help to destroy the "sdemy ramones the need. The public must be The Central Powers are willing to assist in the restocation told plainly think so instat of "Eu sian resation. It adds "It now lies with__Rumis their sccustomed medical to reply to the clear and unmistakabla uttaranose of Harz von the would-be to Bethmann Hollweg and Count Chernîn. The latter's readiness to only the wounded mold negotiste för pasos, welatusver our enemies abandon the unrealimable: also the shell-maker intan på senahing us, agrest with the wishes of the Garaan people, the ebildrwa......... The dosto fille can hold our bead emot and await an offer of the enemy who mast be made "* to go round knows our intentions, Sisos Desambar 12, we have been stronger sad they oan only be made to go than ever on all frosts, and we can endure aill we mours in bonour-round it all inducements to able peace worth ong gigantic scrifices/

THE ITALIAN FRONT.

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

A GERMAN CLAIM, -

London, March 31.

A German official report states :-We took two hundred prisoners eastward of Kirlibaba and southward of Mesta- bonerci.

ENEMY RAIDER AT LARGE.

Rio de Janeiro, March 31, The French barque Cambronne has arrived with two hundred British, French and Italian sailors belonging to vessels which a German raider tank of Trinidad. The raider is described as a mailing vessel with gasoline auxiliary enging She is probably, one of the Moewe's captured ships. The survivors state that many live were lost in connection with the sinking.

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS; ~

London, March 31. AdminBir G. Callaghan, Commander-in-chief at the Nore, succeeds Admiral of the Fleet Sir A. D. Fanshawo, the latter retiring owing to having, reached the age limit. -Vice-Admiral Sir F. E. E. Brock has been promoted Admiral, Vice-Admiral Sir George Patey, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Fleet has been abbed into the cablishe ment.

INTERESTING FINANCE DETAILS.

London, March 31. The revenue for the your was £573,427,582, an increase of £238, 10,758,- The expenditure was £2,198,112,710, com- pared with £1,659,168,577 last year.

The features of the venus returns are Ingok Tax and Excess Profits Tax. This deedide amounts jp 906 millions compared with 1981 millions and the latter 140 millions com- pared with £140,000 last year. The total revenue is seventy millions, in excess of the estimate and the total defcit is £1,624,685,128.

THE ALLIED ADVANCE,

British Still Capturing Villages,

• London, March 31, General Bir Douglas Haig reporta :-Wo captured Hrude- court and regressed considersblý eastwards of the village. We also took possession of Llirieville, Vermand and Boye

court.

| Our artillery, forood the enemy to retire from St. Emilie, which wà occupied. We captured the villages of Jeancourt, Thomally and Hosbscourt. We captured poate in the neigh bourhood of Otnon Bt. Mein and Keninsicsojenj, jerkill- ing or capturing the whole garrison, a

We successfully raided north-east of Neuvilla St. Vganism eastwards of Loos-and nowihward of Ypres, destroying several routs and taking some prisoners.

We repulsed a hostále mïd in the n'"ighbourhood of Neu- ville St. Vaust,

“CLAMOURING FOR PEACE.”

Londan, April 1 Naws comes from Vienna, that the Amstríần Azả Hơn ian press, following the load of the Farsign" clamouring for pesos, declaring that:Downk One posal, pilary an honourable

penotion in waalshy distriose or to rush through the work of big pinels are removed. Qué civilian medical merrice, tharadors, ahquh be a salaried servion. Oskuewins: the present wasteful methods, will" defons Mr. Chamberlain'2001

To avoid wakts “we”war have onch man doing one

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be told off to carry out Fir Rhondda's sohams for expectant mothers and akildeng--to “sava the babies”—and we want theen |to become absolutely sliment st this work. These men will have their hands so full" that they

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be able to do any other work, PAZIA want surgeons and physicians, and we want staffs, witha special training, to attack the proble of home disease as Lio Army stata have attacked the problems of Army disso. La two yen waz the B.A.MO, and thos scussing it bays conqane least “balf-a-dosan -dimensen, pointed the way to their conquest (typhoid fever, bilkaxis, tatanna, cerebro-spinal farer, ancabla dysentery, severe septic condi tions, and trench foot). The Civil Medical Corps will" have taberculosis, with 150,000 casualtics. "a your, Tenegal dimaan, infantila distzkins“ lasma only thrus enemign="to desi (with. To deal with Civil Medical Corps

genise like the RAMO

The British Medical Journal

is for tinkering on the linse ofy

'an ́ ́arrangement among. medical practitioners in residents. districta, Why not admit”: at once that the profession is now » fin quite new circumetanden:

Tơn thousand doctors are is the kemy; moen are going there. Vested interrata have been gigna up-ins #pandid spirit, for mas ake of duty. Thonë who rumi cannot, sak trochment wh those who have gone did formand did not gak. Ab those who renESİN OLSNot that the health of Kehitt shall be subordinati ¡psnel "or" say Times.

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