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The Hongkong Telegraph

April 24, 1918.

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●日四十月三

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE FIGHTING ON THE WESTERN Front.

BRITISH LINE SLIGHTLY ADVANCED.

(ESTABLISHED Copyright 1918,

WEDNESDAY,

WEATHER:

Temperature 6`sum.

FAIR

SINGLE COPY 10 OFR

April 24, 1917.

Hümidity

APRIL 24,

1918.

三拜语。克四十月四英港香·

-REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE BRITISH BUDGET

*** The Largest in the History of the World."

London, Aptil 22 Mr. Bonse Lin introduced the Badges in the House of Commons this afternoon.

THE PRICE OF RAW COTTON.

Effect of the New: Bill

London, April 19 Reater's correspondent at Washington states that a Bill fixing the price of raw cotton at twenty cents a pound during the war has been introduced in Congress. It 'empowers President Wilson to reduce me raise the price at his discretion.

Excitement is the Cotton Exchange.

**: PER ANNETU.

TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter's Service ·

THE SILVER MARKET.

London, Apri Monsta, Montage's report th the silver market saya that or

Reports From Sir Douglas Halg.

A preliminary Parliamentary statement was imund showing London, April 23. how the revenue compared “with the estimate of 1911-1918,

London, April 19. to proposed legislation in Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reporte:We took sixty namely:-Castems, 871,261,000, an increase of $511,000) Exprise, prisoners sa the result of a successful operation yesterday night, 838,872,000, an increase of 43.822000; Busie dati te Beater's correspondent at New York says that the Cotton United States posibl in rofvis

Borae Japanese the stabilisation of the north of Albert, and are improving our position. We also tooks £31,674,000, sa innrense of $2,674,000: Stamps, 28,800,000, an Exchange bay bed another exciting day. number of prisoners in the Rabecq and Wgtochaste areas in local increase of $300,000; Lsad Tax, $685 000, an intresse of £15,000; support valase broke from 195 to 165 pointe under heary general quotation there at a high ighting, which resulted to car advantage. We raided the trenches Inume Tx, including the super-tax, $239 509 000, as increase of selling and then rebounded from 86 to 80 points but again stamped the market here developed and reached the support lines in the seighbourhood of Fimpor. $15,509 060: Excess Profite Daty, £220,214,000, an increase of 100 points on the introduction of the Bill firing the price. After a connser-ble Hostile artillery was active west of Albert on the bulk of the £20,214,000; Land Daties, £885,000, su increase of £285 000. The rally of filty points induced by heavy covering the market closed Shanghai szohenga has somam u

front south of Nieppe Forest to the east of Ypres. Our artillery total receipt from taxes was £613 040,000, increase of engaged concentrations at the Villers-Bretonneux senior and in£43,340,000. The ro«irts from other sources totalled 294,195 000,| (an increase of £25 295,000. The total receipts from all snareen the neighbour bood of Serre,

was £707 235,000, sa" increase over the estimate of 468 635,000. Sir Dongiss Baig, reporting on the work of the aviatore, says :- there was better weather yesterday and greater activity, with The total expenditure provided for in the 1917-1918 budget was inosesaat bombing on the whole front. We dropped over twenty52 290 381,000 and the applementary eximstes amounted to three tone on Thourout railway station, Menin, Armentierse, £47,725,000. Tos estimated expenditars was #4,767,631,000. -- Chaulnes and other targets. Low flies fired thousands of rounds. Enemy machines were present in great numbers but were not aggressive. We brought down thirteen and drove down eix out of control. Five of ours are missing and a pilot One of the enemy machines brought down was that of Baron Richthofen. Dar night fivers dropped nine and a half tons on Peronne, Armentiras and Bapaume; alco at the railway jazotion at Chaulnes. All of tham returned,

British Line Advanced Slightly."

Loodon, April 22.

"Sir Douglas Hsig in another report, states:-Wa repulsad raids in the neighbourhood of Harcel and south of the Le Basse Cans!, opposite Cumbria. The enemy captured so advanced post north-west of F-stabert, which had already changed bands aev.ral times. We advanced our line slightly at Robecq, taking 68 prisoners. Our artillery engaged hostile infantry assembling in this neighbourhood.

A German Report.

"

London, April 22.

Io introducing the Bädget, the largest in the history of the world, Mr. Boner Law referred to America's fascial gesistance to the Allies. His anticipations in that respect had been fa'filled, but despite that the British advances to the Allies last yearsmonated to £505,000,000, while the total American advances to ourselves and others were £150,000,000. He had been in emmaniostion with the American Secretary of the Treasury concerning these complicat ed transsotione and had made suggestions, which, if adapted, would lassen considerably the British burden, while not increasing America's total obligations.

The voter for the army, navy, air services and manitions for 1918 1919 were merely a token Other estimates of expenditure for 191-1919 s e-Civil Service, 284 029,000, an incresee of £2,865,000; (Custom», Inland Ravenas sort Exoien £5,573 000, so increase of $324.000; Post Office $26,141 000, an increase of £161 000; Con- solidated Funda Services $1,714 000, so izerange of $19.000; estimated expenditure chargeable against capital £710,000, & deoresɛd of £248,000; Old Age Pensions $12,085,000; Ministry of Labour and Insurance, etc., £9.819,000; and Eduestion 342,325 000,

steady.

EARLIER TELEGRAM.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

One and a Hall Millon Men Botttled Up."

London," April 19.

All the onslaughts so far have failed to attain their object, owing to the impossibility of using the reserves, and have resulted in bottling up one and a half millions of men f the triangle Hazebrouk-Amiens-Noyon. These were ozi- ginally supplied with a week's rations, and are practically starring in the devastated region, which is difficult to re- victual, as the ground is maraby, pitted with shell holes and constantly under fire. There is great concentration of shell fire at Mount Kemmel, which is already stripped of trees. This will probably be the scene of the next big at tack Details of the Belgian success of April 17 show the most brilliant and important results, for they played a part in foiling the attempt to cut off the expected British retreat from the Ypres salient, General Plumer congratulated the Belgian commander very warmly, saying the Second British Army was most grateful for their help.

SUNSHINE RACIONS AND RAIN CARDS,

A Controller to Distribute the Weather,

firmness

improved, bas the quotation still

keeps below the silver parity.

"SELF-SUPPLIERS

ENCOURAGED.

captive balloons have been brought down. Six'een were folled in securities, buildings and abipa; £97,000,000; and thirdly, stores and Controller rose out of a ques/But as everybody did not neces-thirds of ita actua? weight.

The mstier

A special committee Wis appointed by the Food Controller to work out a plan, in connection with the, London, and Home- | Counties rationing scheme, to rec guiste the consumption by house holders of their own domestia produce or of snimala caught on kept by them. Parding the production of thin, plan it wan provisionally arranged that poule iry ressed by members of a household and rabbits or haras Mr. Mildmay, criticising the caught by them might be con scheme, pointed out that past romed in addition to the rations. xperience in similar matters The general position of the A wireless German official mes3dge says:-Enemy attempts to Mr. Boner Law, quoting figürena, of revenue and expenditure

showed that the appointment of a | "fasll-suppliers," as the authorities' |controller was invariably followed term households deneaming erosa. La Basses Canal north-west of Bethune, failed. We captured for the past year, stated that the deficit amounted to 1989 860,000, 88 English and 22 mine throwers to the north of Albert. which was covered by borrowing. Tarning to the present year he

by the disappearance of the domestic produes, is explained in. article to be controlled.

6. memorandum" issued by Daring the fret two days of the enemy's cffepaive to the south of said that the estimates. of Vote of Credit for the year were. Array the 21st Division maintained the positions at Epehy against 22,550 000,000, and the daily arpendi u e £5,950 000 ***If the pro-

Rabbits, for example. One of Ministry of Food. It is noted that all sessulte and only withdrew ander orders when the enemy's proposed arrangement with Americe was 18 owed the tape to the

Yach interesting speculation these fire mornings we should the provisional arrangements give gress on the south decesitated a withdrawal. Before withdrawing Allies would be $300,000,000 and to the Dominions 250 000,000, it inflicted great loss on the enemy and German official reporte He reminded the House how small the advances to the D minione (ays the Stor's Extra Specis! wake up and find that we had no an advantage to prodnines with a. acknowledge the bitterness of the fighting. The 25th Division was had been throughout the war, showing their great desire to conduct Lobby Correspondent) centres weather of any sort in the country, view, so stimulating products. The general rule in that no housse In a brief outline of the scheme hold may consume ́say rauoasd in close support when the attack opened and was immediately sent the war out of their own expenditore. The Chancellor intimated Lapon lbs identity of the Weather and then where should we be? into the battle in the reighbourhood of the Bapaume-Cambrai Road that the expenditure would be £2972 190 100 sad the revenue, Controller, whose appointment and had not been dislodged from any position, although constsatly including the additional texatios, £842,050,000 leaving £2,130, we formhadowed by the Premier Mr. Lloyd George stated that food in excess of the ratione, how. last night. Many names have many methods of weather control ever that food may be chained, 142,000 coverable by borrowing. attacked.

The additional taxation proposed would be in s full year been mentioned in connection had been experimented with, but to this two important The French Front.

London, April 23. equivalent to sixty per cent, of pre-war tax revenue, He bid obtain with the past, but I learn that it Watering the garden over night exceptions are to be allowed

1. In the coarumplion in, a A French commonique Baya:-There is nothing, except a ed a list of the assets of the nation, divisable into three categories; has already been cffered to and as one which seldom failed to somewhat lively artillery aotion in the Montdidier Neyon firetly, the balances with cur agents, debts not loss, due by the accepted by Sir John Simoon. produce rain before morning, household of certain domselia home was almoet as efficacious. taken within the sation at two- sector. Between April 20 and 22, five enemy aeroplanea and 2 Allies and the foodstaff bought, 8375 070,000; sedly, land, with dr. G. E. Raine as Assists while leaving one's umbrella at prajúce such produce, may be 2. The cossomption in a house». their own lines badly damaged. Oor msabines dropped 48,000 materials of all kinds, £100,000,00; totalling £572,000,000. kilograms of prej-otiles on railway stations, camps and aerodromes Furthermore we could at the end of the wir oast upon the tion by Sir L. O. Mooney, who arily want rain, it had been st 8. Quentin and elsewhere. We caused fires at the railway Exseas Profits ter producing an additional £500 C00,000. The tots! asked whether the attention of decided to pool the country's re- hold of rabbits, hares, and birda stations of Chaulnes and Asfeld and blew up an ammunition damp war revenue raised to the end of last your w$1,044,000 000 and at the overnment had been draw sources sad issue weather tiokete. other than game birde) cinght me the end of the current year it would be $1 688,000,000. The financial to the astonishing prevalece of By premniing the ecupons at kept by members of the hoges east of Ginscard."

strength of the country alter five yewe was greater than anybody fine summery weather during the any post-fios everyone would be hoid may for the present ba nights, and able to secure their proper allot regarded as outside the ration could bare imagined and constitated amazing. testimony to the recent moonlit

whether something could not be ment of sunshine, clouds, the four altogether. financial stability of the nation. Their Immediate Return "Impossible."

German war taxation, if the estimates were ressed, smounted done about it. Why was it that winds, hest, cold, fog, and Domestic produce for the London, April 22. Realer's correspondent at Amsterdam says that Germany's to £365,000,000 against cur #1 044,000,000. Their taxation was during the dark period of each now. There would be penalties purpose of the two-thirds determination to retain the labour of Bassi a prisoners of war se insufficient to pay the interest on their debt. If we were in Germany's month we suffered eauthwesterly for wasting or boarding weather, concession referred to abore in lang se possible is reflected in an official statement to the German position he would certainly think that bankruptcy was not remote. weather, galer, snowstorms, and and every person would be re-defined as follows

soon as the climate in complete control. Prees that the immediate return of Russian prisoners is impossible. Our daty was to lery as much taxation as was tearable without all the varied comforts of on quired to keep his own hit of Mr. P. Snowden;" Bat what The return oan only proved very slowly and mast extend over a werkezing the caduct of the war. The Exosa Profits Tax would climate, while sa long period owing to the tax war makes on the communications. It not be ingressed, because we could get no more therefrom and possi-moon same into action the ek

to the possibility of prisonere preferring to remain bly lesa. It was proposed to make the postage of Home letters and o cared and the weather eattled? the allotment holder? Rappose An Hon. Member: The Hidder Im growing paranipe, which finally refers

also letters to America, India and the Dominious three half-pepes and

used bat little rain, and the man in Germany."

post-oards one penny, thas yielding #3 400,000 this year It was Henr 1.

a Bepising to the question, then the next plot turns on London, April 22. proposed to make stamp duty on cheque 21, yielding £750 OCO this

(c) Batter produced from 0075 A Bussian wireless official reasge states that Russia has year and £1,000,000 for a fall year. The income tax cald be in- Prime Minister said that the thunderstorm to fatten his pese ?

A Hon. Member: Wait till or geats kept by the household, been reiving the earnest atten informed Germany to have orders landed to internment campa to creased by one shilling, yielding £11,250,000 this year. Locomea question of weather control had Woald an action lie? prevent actes of violence amongst wor prisonera differing politically under five hundred pounds and service pay were not affected.

Regarding the doable income tax withle the Eppte be propostion of Ministers for sometime the clouds roll by, Philip. Consumption of this prodaos These things bad not been for in the household covers consump and also to assure (ficer prisoners of the privileges they possess in their own country. Moreover, officials are instructed to renounce all ed to adopt the principle of his predecessor. The exus ebilling would and he was now in a position to

would have to take steps to pre household (including guests) sgitation against the political constitution of Germany and her not be charged when the double tax equalled chillinge. The cakes definite snnouncement gotten, said the Premier. People tion by the members of the

allowance respecting children would be extended from £600 to £800 regarding it. ~

The firare, which be wee sur vent their weather slopping over. while living there, or while away allice.

The super tax maximom would be 4/61. instead of 36, and be

Begarding the question of for, mot more than four weeks. exction of the saper tax would begin at incomes of £2500 instead the bon. member would hav

gented if he had had a chance weather shortage, he could say altogether; and consumption by of £3,000, yis:ding £9,250,000 *

oved beyond dispute that the ith coufence that our streks sgricultural labourers and others" The Lucome tax will be 8/ bat under £500 it in coobanged.

were more than sufficient. There"employed by the head of the The yield from tobacco this year wond be £7,500,000. There weather was on the side of th

vas heaps of fog in the country hou-nhold in connection" there= Premier, perarata about steadies and also n additional 11/8 1, on a ows. of sugar yielding this ven £12,400,000. The Chancellor and anced a luxury following then the roselinted mennisin ter French ex-mple. Horked the Boure to appoint & Select Uom. than down came the jis of mittee in frame sobedules, difining sucles. The tax would be a rain. No DOT WAR Tip Grede the rate of 20. in the shilling. He concluded by expressing the 50 Erep of the Ghas than 01 conviction that the House would examine the prope-ble with the sent the j liy old moon, fall relation of necessities and a desire to help the Government. He was perfectly certain that the country would bear the additions borden with the ame spirt with which it bore sacrifices far greater than money.

Lodion April 22-

GERMANY "AND RUSSIAN PRISONERS.

Russia's Suggestions.

THE PRICE OF WHISKY.

Londer, April 22.

•

(6) The most of any tamb snimal kept by the household.

(b) The ment of sny wild animal (inclusing venison and me canght or killed in the neigh bourhood by spy member of the household or any employee of the householder.

-the mezimem prices of whisky, thirty per dens ander proof, st 8 would be a smell additional daty on matches, riding *£800,000,-my. No Fanner did he, th\~(boat, hea:)-bashela of good with " though not actually living.

The Press Barean announces that the Food Controller has fired 61. sod 9.6.& bottle, according to the quality, with spio- -portionate recnotion in the lower strengths.

THE MACEDONIA FRONT:-

German Advance Posts Loss Heavily.

Lowoon April 22. An Italian Masedonía official mresage say :-We ir fl owed, as dawn on Beturday heavy losses on German-advanced ponse. One was destroyed.

Great Activity la All Sectors. ・・

London. April 23,

load, plenty of cyclones, anti-to the bonesbold. It will be

clone, and depressione. All posible for a member of bey Dended was a better system self-supplying boneehold going I distribution, and "this would on a temporary, visit eleswhors to na ensured by the new order. have his supply still sent to him.

The Star understands that instead of getting a ration aud This mart stop. Germsay no only wanted a pleo in the anthe proposed mother tickets will in the now contre. It will also be emon transferable, sad that over, permissible for a farmer to supply but abe we doing. berest t colise the monnina well;

"he application firm has been bacon or butter to his labourers, This ma-t stop and to the led in the ticket holder will giving them the advantage of end the Governmens had decide: ['i-Te to put up with his selection. an incressed allowate. On the to sporini a Weather Controller. In the matter of mashin", pre other hand, it wil : not be with fall powers to ration the erenes will be given to holiday permissible for producer to nes #birlwind en 1 direct the storm sakers, children, and fuzzasze, dombesin supplies for any other

This did not necesarily meas while adegaste staps have been establishment of his-own, U. S. GOVERNMENT'S SILVER BILL.

that England was faced with any

»ken to prevent the cornering of as a town house, or “ London, April 22:1 shortage of weather. There we rain and know coupons by um- any other TM parson Banter's correspondent at Washington Gist that the Govern" | more than enough, to go round. "rells makers and other intérested hold, whether by wa In the House of Commone Mr. Boner Low stated that the Homs ment's Silver Bill has passed the Senate, which inserted an amend What it did mess was that, the folk No more than two satidy, gift, except, on Rule Bill would be introduced immediately, but he could not givement providing for the melting of 350,000,000 silver dollaras, weather should be more evenly c'onen will be delivered at any one

distributed,

laddrom during any month, instead of the 860,000,000 originally provided.

A French M redonien communique esye:-Thefa in grest fighting activity in all rectnes

HOME RULE FOR IRELAND. -

To be Introduced Immediately.

London, April 22.

The super tax will 4/54, beginning with Incomes of £2,500.

stions without