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TELEGRAMS.
LOCAL STEAMER STRIKES A ROCK,
THE SHAOHSING REPORTED TO BE SINKING.
Passengers and Crew, all Sale.
(From Our Own Correspondent).
Shanghai, July 8." The xe. Shaobeing truck the Ariadne Rack, at the entranos
to the Yangtze, while outward bound on Saturday morning.
The fore and main holds are froded, sad it is reported that the vessel is sinking to the north of the fairway busy.
The passengers and crew are safe.
The ao. Linhaing is rendering assistance.
The Shaohsing is a Tassel of 2.123 tona, owned by the-Chias Navigation Company, Ltd., (Mesara. Batterfield and Swire, agents), for whom she was built in 1910, by Messrs. Scott sad Co., of Greenock]
(Beater'e Service to The "Telegraph."}
THE RAID ON LONDON,
Renewed Demand for Reprisals.
London, July 8,
[Renter's Service to The "Telegraph.”]
GREAT AMERICAN SENSATION.
Plot to Promote Anti-British Revolution in India.
London, July 8. Beater's correspondent at San. Francisco states that a "great conspiracy to promote an anti-British Revolution in India, on wider lines than hitherto auspected, has been discovered.
Ninety-eight persone, raging from millionaires to Hinda labourera (iaclading prominent business men, former Geraan Consule at Chicagt, Honolulu and Shanghai, se well sa former Attachea of the German Embassy at Washington) have been indicted. The names will be pablished when the arrests have been made, The charges indicate that the conspiracy has been afoot since | 1914 sad that it was organised and financed from Berlin,
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THE FRENCH WAR SPIRIT,
Determined to Fight to the End.
London, July 8,
Beater's correspondent at Paris says that the Chamber has concluded a several days' secret debate on the conduct of operations, and has adopted a vote of confidence by 375 votes to 23, after a stirring appeal by M. Painlere for a continuance of that endurance sed anion which the country has hitherto shown till victory is achieved.
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TRAMWAY SHELTER.
A Convenient Provision st Causeway Bay.
THE BATTLES IN THE WEST.
`Terrible Slaughter by the French.
London, July 6. The Hongkong Tramway Com Reuter's correspondent at the French Headquarters, continuing pany has again evinced its com his story of how the German offensive was repulsed by the French sideration for the convenience (the first part of which appears in our earlier telegrama) says: of the travelling public by creat Farther west, the Germans gained possession of a small calient, but ing a shelter at Causeway Bay were immediately driven out. The feature of the fight here was the for the use of first-class passen French trench-mortar barrage. From two batteries of these gets who may be compelled to weapons, seven hundred heavy bombs of terrific explosive effect were wait at this point for a connect- showered on the German departure trench. The battle at the endian. of the trench was over by ten o'clock in the evening.
Causeway Bay is a very bosy Farther west, it raged all night long, but with no better results terminus for the
cara from for the enemy. Four of his regiments here most have suffered whitty Street and from Shanti terrible slaughter. It was noted that they attacked carrying their way, and we are sure that this packs, evidentis intending to hold the ground. They had been shelter will be much appreciated told that they would find the plateau held only by strong posts by the public, particularly in wet instead of the powerful defence line which they solually weather. The building, which is countered. General von Brahm's attempt to dispense with a long erected on "the-miand," has artillery preparation failed. It would have failed in any case, but been designed by Messrs. Laigb the lack of preparation cost him even the temporary gain which and Orange, and well-staged attack almost invarishly secures.
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Successful British Raids.
London, July 8
A Costly German Experiment.
London, July 6.
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handsome and artistic.- It is chiefly of strong half-timber com struction, with coloured glazed ornamentation and rough cast panele; it has been roofed with
tiling, finished with character istic enrichments. The inside of the shelter has good seating accommodation, and is fitted with ceiling fans and electrio
"Standard Time
M. Painleve described the secret debate as a passion for the good of the Army. He declared that during the last four months raided to the south-east of Hargicourt and to the north of Ypres.
·Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:We successfullygreen glased Obinese Joss-House- The raid on London has intensified the demand for reprisals. we had victoriously passed the dangerous turning point of the war, Lloyd's Weekly News says that there was nothing yesterday to ex- and since the hour of danger had been passed, how was it possible case the failure of defence. The raiders oame leisurely and bombed to doobs the future? The young Russian Army was redoubling its leisurely. They seemed to despise the defence. Their fight over blows, while the first American force was landed without losing He admitted that there had been grave mistaker" during London was so slow that it looked like a parade. London's a man. defencelessness against seroplanes must be remedied without delay. the last offensive and that there had been heasy avoidable The Sunday Times says that a new air policy is needed. As losses. The responsible leaders had been relieved. The law did shells was the cry of 1915, so aeroplanes is the cry of 1917. The not permit of the infliction of a penalty without an enquiry. Toe Government must be compelled to realise that aeroplanes are the latter would open in a few days to fix the responsibilities. Every deciding factor of the war for carrying hostilities into German bad mistake must be punished, and there must be no more [ambitions plane whose grandiose proportions thinly conceal their territory.
emptin-se. They must have a policy whose prodencs gasle ita energy policy of obtaining the maximum effect while coonomising human lives.
Tooks to the assistance of the Allies, the Government had been able to devote closer attention to economic life, placing The Weekly Dispatch Bay if people are unable to get the the older classes at the disposal of agriculture. Other measures The Allies know France would never bend, protection they demand, they should be warned. The public is no would follow. longer is a mood to endure official obstinacy. The same paper quotes but also know that the blood of Her Army is flowing in streams the Lord Mayor as saying that the case for reprisals is enormously to protect civilization. It was this, more than anything, that determined the United States to enter the struggle, for the strengthened by yesterday's happenings.
Prynoids Nino paper says it is now obvious that the German did not wish to see France illuminating the world with her own raids are deliberate operations of murder and terrorism, since the funeral pyre. Hitherto France had victoriously borne the trial. No raidera swerved easily yesterday to the eastern part of the city..nation had shown more perfect discipline. That must continue till Londoners are now determined to fix the responsibility of aeroplane the final victory, and whoever advises ns to lay down arme now is production and to demand reprisals on Rheniab towns.
The Oberver says that most of the German machines were Gotha twin-engined biplanes, comparatively slow, and their low altitude showed contempt for our aircraft batteries, yet the marks- manship of the latter was remarkably good. Our defence is inadequate as regarda machines,
Mr. Kennedy Joner, speaking at Maswell Hill, said there ingat be no more shilly-sballying on the question of reprisals. The disquieting reports that Viscount French is hampered by other Departments must be settled.
The German Version.
London, July 8.
The Berlin official version of yesterday's raid alleges that bombe ware freely dropped on the Thames docke, harbour works and warehouses, and that one English aeroplane was shot down over London. Bomba were also dropped on Margate. All the seroplanes returned except one, which was compelled to descend into the ses and could not be rescued.
Latest Details.
an accomplice of the enemy.~~~(Load Cheers). The Government is determined to oppose any propaganda which will risk weakening the moral of the Army, and we can only cease to fight on the day when democracy is secared.
At the close of the speech, the whole of the Chamber rose, with the exception of a few Socialist", and gave M. Painleve a long
ovation,
M. Malvy, the Minister for the Interior, followed and said that recent strikes had been purely economic and had been astiled by the Labour organisations. Stringent orders had been given to stop the patriotism of the workmen the employers, and the support of pacifist propagands, which was tending to weaken the moral of the population,
A Reater's correspondent at the French Headquarters gives fur-light. ther interesting details of the big German effort on Chemin des clock has been installed, and, to Dames on the 3rd instant. He states that the battle differed in add to the convenience of the important respects from most actions of the kind-firstly, the elabor-building, a public telephone - has
also been fitted. ate effort to secure an advantage by surprise; secondly, the failors, despite heavy sacrifices, to secure any result.
The completion of the building General von Boehm on this occasion resolved to test the dogman has been greatly delayed be of the indispensability of a long artillery preparation, and there account of the tiles for the ont was an uncanny silence for twenty-four hours, preceding the attack. | which were ordered from Canton Trus, the French kaew from prisoners that the Germans in front of having been captured by pirates, the California casemate pla eaux bad been relieved, and that a tired who not only refused to part with battalion of the 388th Regiment, which on Jane 3 allowed the them, but held the contractors" Stossiruppen to go forward unsupported to death, bad been replaced representative for ransom. by young troops, and that an attack was pending, but they had no one as to the date or hour.
RUSSIA AND PEACE.
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Germany and Austria Perceiving the" Truth.
London, July 8. According to Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam, Major Morsht, writing in the Tagen Zeitung, significantly warna Germany against under-estimating General Brasiloff sa a commander, owing to his pre-eminence and power over the Slay races.
An article in the Fremdenblatt describes Lostris se completely disillusioned about Rama and a separate peace.
MORE GERMAN DEVILRY,
Nearly Forty Belgians Shöt.
London, July 8.
M. Ribot regretted that the offensiva of April 16 was not more successful. Yet, though the results, dearly bought, were glorious for French arme, what a wave of pessimism would have swept over the country had the Germans obtained such a result! Germany welles atatea that twenty Belgians at Brussels and eighteen at Liege According to Renter's correspondent at Masstricht, Lea Nou- London, July 8.
was more than ever driven to make peace, recoiling at nothing to The raid on London was but an incident, though an outstanding gain that end. H. Ribot here referred to the recsipt of a large were shot on July 1, incident, of a most amazing series of air battloi sa far as from the cheque, of exspicious origin, by the manager of a Parisian journal, cosat to London and then back over the Channel to the south of in connection with which an arrest had been made. Nothing, he the Scheldt. Hundreds of thousande witnessed the spectacle esid, could deter the Government in its daty. He refused liberty beneath. comparatively low clouds, especially the desperate fight of discussion to those attempting either consciously or unconsciously over the southern sabarbe,
to lead the country to a shameful peace.
The Germen attack was plainly directed against the civilian population, and the raiders swooped as low as they could to drop bomba. No military or punitions establishment was struck or apparently aimed at, though a large hospi al, conspicnonely flying the Red Cross, just escaped many bombe. Though the enemy was twenty minutes over London, the actual bomb-dropping did not exceed four minutes, when the enemy secended to a great height and made off.
THE RUSSIAN FRONT.
Enemy Gas attacks Fail.
London, Jaly 8.
BIG ITALIAN AERIAL RAID.
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London, July 8.
An Italian official message says:-We drove of an enemy attempt to capture advanced posts on the Upper Valtelline
Our raiding squadrons dropped two sad a half tone of explo- eives on the Military Mercury Extracting Worke at Idris, causing damage and fire.
AN ENEMY CONFERENCE.
London, July 8.
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Mach Desired Candidate. Mr. Graham Spice has been ebosen prospective Liberal, can- didate for Edfeld. Ia 1914 he was chosen to contest Mid-Surrey, bat the Liberals there have now. released him.
Two Suppressed. Articles. That it was calculated to pre- jadice discipline in the Nary, was detrimental to the best in- terests of the State, and an en- couragement to our enemies were, Dr. Macnamara stated in Parlia ment recently, the grounds apon which the Chief Censor appressed Mr. A. H. Pollen's article in Land and Water. Mr. Boñar Law informed Mɛ: Hogge that Mr. Norman Angell's Republic, was stopped because article, written for the New
it contained statements which, at the time, were considered pre- judicial to the public interest.
Dog-Detectives Reward. "In recognition of special de- tective service,' was the inscrip tion on a silver-mounted collar
for his dog, presented last month to Constable Scott, at Creydon, im recogniton of the help given by the dog in the capture of two thieves. The dog is a crom between an Irish terrier and an ....... A Russian wireless official message states :-In the direction of
English greyhound, and on March Kovel, in the region of Volaporaka, the enemy released gas.
Beaters correpondent at Amsterdam saya General von Hin-31 last its berking drew the. Enemy counter-attacks at Godoy, and in the wood to the west dea barg and General Ladendo: F are in conference with the Kaiser attention of Scott and another
in Berlin.
ójóstable to two men who wer pilfering goods at Kenley Rail way. Station. Constable Soots, who has taken the dog with bim
night duty for eighteen months, was given a sovereign for himself.
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The noise during the attack was terrific. At first there were anti-aircraft gans barking like machine guns, surrounding the raiders with a cartsis of fire which it seemed impossible to of Koniachy, failed. escape. Then there was the rattle of the machine-gune as Denee attacks, supported by armoured cars, to the west of British airmen closed in. This was followed by heavy explosions Vyobka, were repulsed. and bombs ebattering glass. Immediately the explosion cessed, There is intense artillery firing to the east and south-east of the streets were crowded again with people, and had mach their Brzeziny. usual sepeat, except that namerous epecial constables were speeding onam buiences and fire engines. An admirable feature was the prompt and cool work of volunteer organisations, including women doctore and nurses. Special constables seemed to apring from the earth in rescuing and attending to the dead and wonaded. Anger and determination were the dominetiog sentiments of the populace after the raid.
AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA,
Consolidating Revolutionary Forces,
London, Jaly 8.
COLLAPSE OF CHINESE MONARCHY.
Abdication of the Emperor.
London, July 8, According to Reater's correspondent st Peking, the Emperor has abdicated.
The Monarchists Attacked.......
London, July 6. · · Reuter's correspondent at Shenghai statee that the ex-Premier, Tasa Obi-jai, reports that he attacked the Monarchists on Friday Renter's correspondent at Petrograd states that the All Russian near Lang Fang. The Republicans advanced ten miles towards Congress of Boldiers' and Workmen's Delegates has concluded, It Peking, pursuing the enemy, has appointed an Execative Committee of all the Soldiers' and President Li Yasa-bung has appointed Taan Chi-jai as Premier Workmen's Delegates and Conncils of Peasants Delegates with a and given him the President's soal for conveyance to Feng Kao-
10 solidifying the Bevolutionary forces. It acclaimed the change who will seemme the Acting Fresidency mad form
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ANOTHER AMERICAN LOAN.
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Washington, July 7.
The United States bas loaned to France for the war twenty millions sterling, making a total loaned to France of sixty-two millions and to all, the Allies of 250 millions.
THE SPY DANGER.
New York, July 7. Two Germions have been arrested, including a paymaster of the spy system. United States officials believe that information is reaching Germany in commercial melanges to neutrals, hence the more severe censorship of cablegrams is expected." An investigation has been opened into the activities of German insurance companies, which have secess to confidential information regarding the sailing of ships.
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