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THE FIGHTING IN FRANCE.

SOME HEAVY GERMAN COUNTER-ATTACKS.

BNEMY CLAIMS OF BIG ENGLISH CASUALTIES,

London, April 30. Benter's correspondent at British Headquarters, writing on April 30, saya :—The Germans continue bringing up more troops. They are counter-sttacking particularly in the neighbourhood of Oppy, down towarde Gavrelle, while there is continuous fighting progressing round Roeux chemical works.

The latest captured enemy docaments urgently emphasise the necessity of strictly "comomising shells of all types, and also urge that unworn guns should not be used against big targeta not requiring very accurats shooting.

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THE SUBMARINE MENACE.

Sir Edward Carson on the Situation.

In the House

Mr. Bonar Law's announcement on Imperial Prafaryád being used by the German Government as warning to the workerstated that, owing

the increase of parten? brata in of the consequences of an Allied victory.

As an example, Forwaeria says:-The Central Powers neel in the Channel in Ari threatened with complete exclusion from the world markets, upon months. He admitie the re-entry into which the fature of Germany depends."

AMERICAN WAR PREPARATIONS.

Improvements on Germaa Devices,

London, April 30.

The American War Department has already presented plans for the training of two million men.

Aa Army of Two Millions.

fon, April 30. etion-time, Sir Edward Carson of submarines in other arena, mad sumal, the low of shipping ale fog sny of the prasading three ng fomos gaserally were increasing. Mr. Dillon asked w} -no odlokál mention had been made of reinforcemanta in tha zsosni dentro vec fight at Direr.

Sir Edward Carson replied that the fightonly lasted five minutes. Reinforcements arrived in time to pick up enemy survivors.

Mr. Boner Law stated that an opportunity for discaming naval matters would be alarded as the secret Bowman next week.

German Claims. --

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EMPIRE-DAY: "A" To the Editor of the

Thiagraph.”] Sir,With the humiliating recollection of the dire neglect of Empire Day last year till in one's mind it is surely not unreasonable for the Britishse. ÎN - Hongkong to demand of our Government that this time t London, April 30. least it should reasive some public · Manufacturers throughout the country are awaiting the signal the state of things when the Huns were over-running Europe to start making equipments at a moment's notice. It has been Reichstag, Herr Helfrich stated that in February and Marab, 1,600,000

According to Renter's correspondent at Amsterdam, in the recognition. entirely by virtue of his artillery preponderance!

Of all days in the practically decided to adopt the English rifle and French guns,

year this is ment to Moneby, on the northern bank of the Scarpe. The con of poison gas, tear shells and liquid fire. Mr. Edison is devoting from seven to ten millions. He maserted that the new British cogia celebrating in no halting or The tactical value of Roear is due the fact that it is a comple-while inventors are busily engaged in improving German devious tons of shipping were submarined, of which a million was British. Is the one which a place liks was estimated that the tonnage still available for British trade was Hongkong should be particular centration of our big guns, ceaselessly searching the raine, crashed himself to the submarine problem. The sites of the military campstruction in 1915 was less than the normsi anaual dimunition by uncertain fashion. How other all night long. Toe san rose upon a perfect German holocaust,

have already been selected, and it is proposed to call up man la Northwards, we are well established in Arleax village. Our batches of half a million."

wearing out in peace time.

wiss are we to bring-before the posts pushed forward up the western slope, so-called the Greenland

Ela gave a. mase of atatiatios endeavouring to convince the divore nationalities represented Hill, Fighting continues with inassorible intensity between Oppy

Germans that Britain was besten, and declared "that the British here, and especially the Chinese, effort to relieve the difficulties" by a drastic restriction of importa some glimmer of a notion of what and Gavrells.

was doomed to failure. The thoumad wooden ships being built in the day stands for?. Americs to save Britisia would only be ready when there was If a humble individual may nothing more to save. De painted a glowing picture of British venture a nuggestion, would it not rain, which resolved itself into a preparation for the frantic appeal be posible to hare a parade of st (with which the speech concluded, the speaker urging the Germsus least a portion of the armed forose

to keep their nerves steady and maintain internal unity.

of the Colony (ssy on the Polo ground), when the Governor THE MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN.

might take the Silute on behalf Loadou, April 30,

of our King-Emperor, and per- Special messages describe the fighting at Roeux sa of the worst possible kind. Ground, rising in high slopes, with isolated

hape use the occasion to gim a positions, is thrust between our troops, who had to advance in an

rather belated public welcome to the newly arrived Home Ragi- irregular line, exposing their flinke. The chemical works north of

A Mesopotamis cfficial message says:-The Turkish 18th meat? A good rousing address Borax proved to be a nest of machine-gune, from which swept awarned the Government not to delay reforms, because the popular Army Corps was reported on Friday to be entrenching astride the by His Excellency on the subject blast of ballets. Bat the infantry, undaunted, performed prodigious movement was so deep-rooted that if sould not be stifled. He also Tigrie, fifteen miles to the north of Samatra je ascertained of our glorious Eapire, and the Bervices, companies and even platoons displaying the finest initia arged that Herr von Bethmann Bollweg should publish Germany's that this Corps, during the aghting on the 18th, 21st and 22nd, sacrifices that have been and are tive. The Germans are now not only bringing ap buman reserves, war sime. If Germany had given President Wilson a congrete April, lost about four thousand man. but also heavy artillery so as to prevent the smashing of the snswer to his concrete question on the matter, they would have Hindeburg line, imperilling their retreat."

advanced a step further.

The correspondent relates an incident between a British detachment surrounded by an overwhelming force of Bavarians. A company of the Lincolas doabled up to the resede with clubbed rifies, against which even steel helmets are useless, and the

Bavarians surrendered.

German Anxiety.

Activity on French Front.

London, April 20.

▲ French communique states :-Throughout the night there was fairly violent mutual artillery activity south of St, Quentin and in the region of Trɔyon, Hartebise and Cracane,

Our batteries continue a destructive fire against Morunvillers

and Massif,

Our barrage and machine gun fire repulsed several attempts against our trenches in the Hartebise region and at Les Chambrettes. Kosmy aeroplanes during the night bombed the regions of Dunkirk, Nancy and Belfort. - There were no cesualties, and the damage done was insignificant. They also bombed Chalon and Pernsy, but there were no sivilisa victims.

Our seroplanes bombed a captive balloon on the ground sud the crews' sheds. Fire was seen and explosions wore heard.

We also heavily bombed the railway stations at Point Favarger and Bethannyville and bivonaci near Epoye.

British Take More Prisoners.

London, April 30,

Field Marshal Sir Dongles Haig, in a communique, stalen şim We improved our positions and took prisonere between Money te Preux and the Scarpe.

We carried out a successful raid to the north of Ypres.

Big German Claims.

London, April 30. A German wireless official message says:-The English four cimes assaulted the village of Oppy, but it remains ours.

It is estimated that the Eaglich losses on Saturday were over sir thousand, in addition to a thousand prisoners and forty machine guns: Tea tanks were destroyed.

We repulsed French attacks on Berry au Bic and Brimont,

and to the north of Rheims.

London, April 30. According to a Washington message, the Conscription Bill Details of the messure provides for an Army of two million men. will be settled at a conference of both Bousse,

GERMAN POPULAR FEELING,

A Warning to the Government.

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London, April 30. According to Beuter'a correspondent at Amsterdam, the former Colonial Minister, Herr Dernburg, in a significant speech at Breslan,

MEATLESS DAYS.

May Possibly be Abandoned.

London, April 30,

In the House of Commnas, Mr. Bathurst said m-a·lose daya might have to be abandoned because it involved a strain on the consumption of bread. `En added that the prohibition of home- the rationing of thoroughbreds would be issued shortly. racing applied to Ireland also-(Cheers). An order providing for

THE CORPSE FACTORY.

Nothing Incredible in the Stories.

London, April 30.

tions, stated that the Government had no information at present In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil, replying to ques-

about the German Corpse Factory beyond the reports which had appeared in the leading newspapers in London. In view of other actions by the German military authorities, nothing was incredible in the statements regarding them. It was no part of the duty of the Government to institute enquiries into what goes on in Germany,

RUSSIAN PEACE-MONGERS ANSWERED.

Londos, April 20,

According to Beater's correspondent at Petrograd, an impressive anti-pacifist procession, in which there were thonesade of maimed addressed en route by the American Ambassador, who said he and bandaged soldiers, made its way to the Dama. They were

of newly-won gains. could not imagine a separate Russian peace, involving the surrender

U. S. MISSION TO RUSSIA.

There is strong-artillery firing between Soissons and Suippes.

London, April 30.- The enemy lost on Saturday eleven seroplanes and on Sunday and Labour representatives on the American Mission to Russis.

President Wilson is considering the appointment of Socialist twenty-three, in addition to three balloons.

What von Hindenburg Saw,

London, April 30.

A message from Paris states that General von Hindenburg himself saw his best troope driven away from the impregnable Vimy Ridge. The defences were crumpled ap by the British amaalt and the battlefield at Gavrelle was heaped with German corpses in the deciminetion and defeat of the Prussian Guard.

AMERICA AND THE IRISH QUESTION,

London, April 30.

A Washington message says two handred members of Congress have telegraphed Mr. Lloyd George urging a bettlement of the Irish question

FRENCH COMMAND CHANGES,

London, April 30. According to Eater's correspondent at Paris, the appointment of General Fetsin as Chief of the General Staff, is likely to be followed by various strengthening changes at Hasdeus:

SPAIN'S ATTITUDE.

London, April 30. According to Benter's correspondent at Madrid, the ex-Premier, Senor Manra, addressing an audience of 20,000 in the ball-ring, declared that 8pain mast be neutraj during the war, but her policy thereafter must be inspired by s rapprochement with the Allies.

STRIKE AT TILBURY DOCKS.

London, April 30. Two thousand dockers at Tilbury have strack, demanding so increase of eighteen-pence a day.

TRANSFER OF PRISONERS.

London, April 30.

In the House of Commone, Mr. Hope stated that Germany had not replied to the British proposal for a muinai, transfer of com- batants, who have been prisoners for more than tWO JERTE, to s neutral country,

Heavy Turkish Losses,

London, April 30.

BRAZ⚫L REMAINS 'NEUTRAL,

London, April 30. Beater's correspondent at Rio de Janeric says that the Govern- ment has proclaimed neutrality in the Garmin-American War.

THE MACEDONIAN FRONT,

London, April 30.

A British cfi is message from 8.loniet states: We best cff, with heavy losses, enemy's stusok on the Duiran-Vardar front on Salarday night.

ZEEBRUGGE AGAIN BOMBED.

London, April 30. Allied airmen are constantly, bombing Zebragge. The Germans admit damage.

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FRENCH TAKE MORE PRISONERS.

London, April 30.

A French communique says: At Chemin-des-Dames there. has been energetic recíprocal artillery firing. "At Hurtsbise a grenade duel took place on the front lines in this region which was equally lively. We effectively bombarded German organisations north-west of Bheims and in Champagne. We took two hundred prisoners last night in the region of Courcy.

BRAVE MEN DECORATED,

London, April 30, The "Gazette" announces the following awards to officers of the Indian Army:-

Major Robert Baker Showed a quick grasp of the situation and secured his left flank with great ability at ́a aritical time thus enabling the organization of further *: attacks elsewhere. His fearless personal example contri-

buted largely to the success of difficult, operations,

Captain Arthur Lunn-Assumed command of a third wave and led it to the enemy's trench; retamed under heavy fire and reported the situation; later, when communi cation failed, he recrossed the open and further reported..

Suhadar Iman. Dinkan--Twice displayed great coolness and courage under heavy fire; always set a fine example"to his men. *

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Havildar Fatteh Singh-Great coolness under heavy fire; set a fine example of determination in night marches. Havildar Nawab Khan--Twice displayed great courage and coolness under heavy fire; always set & splendid example.

For distinguished service in the field in Mesopotamia the Military Cross has been conferred on the following --

Captain Harry Beaumont, North Lanes. Captain Dudley Evans, Rifles,

Captain Robert Macfarlane, Royal Highlanders. Lieut. Donald Bell, Engineers."

· Látut-Erach Daboo, R. A. M. 0.

2nd Lieut. Joseph Archer, Engineers.

2nd Lieut. James Collins: Nort Lan 2nd Lieut. Richard Underwood- snd Lient. Henry Erma, Lanch 2nd Lieut. James Gray, India

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every day being made for its sake would not be out of place; in

fact, it would be walcomd with enthusiasm by a loyal community which has not much opportunity of giving vent to its patriotic sentiments.

8 fir as I have seen the only "event" arranged for the day in another "Shoot" promoted by the Police Rarves laudable affair certainly, but ous which in the nature of things cannot enlist: mush general interest and has noẢ spectacular value.

For hundreds (perhaps I might sy thousands) of people hers on ja publio holiday there in little or nothing to see or to do, and it is a day practically wasted. Is it too mush to sak of the powers-that-be that they should give the Colony a land in marking the day in some real and memorable. magner?

Recent events have shown that the latent spirit is there, and will respond with more than slsority to the slightest prompting, and I for one ahall think it s crying shame if nothing is done.

I trust, sir, you will give the. ides your cordial support, and if this letter evokes other expres sions of sympathy in your oolumus it will not have been written in vain

Your ato.

PRO PATRIA.

Hongkong, 1st May, 1917.

Regarding our correspondent's allusion to the Police Reserve, if" he consulte car imus of Saturday, he will see that that body pro poses, in addition to the shoot, to give an entertainment to the soldiers on the liner of last year's affair. Ed. H, K. T}

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY.

Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m Bijou Thestre 9.15 p.m. New Hongkong Cinematog 9.15 p.m.

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