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·EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from page 1) * FAILURE OF AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1918,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

CANTON NEWS.

where ws ware, and perhaps a safe, condust might be arranged. So we spread ourselves over the village. The inhabitants were er-

Swatow.

pecting the Germans to march in Protast by British Consul on the fallowing morning, per- hape on the same night, and had prepared to welcome them suit shly, with a band end a pic is in

merchants

who have

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

to

WITHDRAWAL OF EXEMPTIONS.

No Relief on Occupationsi Grounds.

changes,-im-

PROOF POSITIVE.

How England Prepared for War. A Prisoner's Opportunity.

An article of considerable inter- The Criminal Sessions Fest to English readers appeared opened this morning, before fir in the Vossische Zeitung of March Willius Bees Davies (Chist 20. It was from the pen ui Professor Brand, ons" of `thoné Our Canton correspondent Justice.)

4. Detaining ■ Child.

Learned men of Barlin University Far-reaching the village aahool. Bat the Swedesrites sa follows

Liu Chn was charged with he have so generously decided mediately cancelling the exemp aras kind-hearted, neutral race, An official letter from the and some of the food intended British Canal in Swatow to the detaining a child by force that Shakespeare, whatever his tions of man in a large number of for Germans found an English Tuchun states that the officers and with harbouring a child. birth and antecedents, was really occupations, were announced on April 12 by the Ministry of destination.

in the Superintendent of Military The Crown Solicitor, (Mr. G. A. of Teston origin,

Wakeman) prosecuted, and Mr. With the idea of promoting National Service. The next day we discussed, Affairs yamen, taking the opport-

In addition to men exempted by Anglo-Saxon friendship, Professor hesitated, decided to obance it,unity provided by the Super-G Alabaster defended.

When charged, prisoner said Brand was invited to England in tribunals on cocupational grounds and crossed to Finby. A little intendent, Chan King-ming, before we got there, we had our being at the front, have harshly be admitted being in posession 1913 by the British dosdemy, to those in the Reserved list of occup first glimpse of the Germans, and compelled the inhabitants to of the child, but he was told deliver a lecture on Shakespeare, ations are also shooted. he only I had a thrill of joy because it subscribe military expenses, take the child away. The fallow The Professor, a man of no small men to whom the Order does not

empanelled

importance in his own estimation, apply are coal miners, port trana-' was exactly as I had imagined it and that after the Chinese ing jury were

A. Ireson, E. W. Wayler, would be little group of men merchants had all left the city... Silas Baptiste, regarded thin courtesy se a high port workers, and holders of pros political avant, and (an be now section certificates under the in green uniforms standing about those in caraless attitudes between nationalized as foreign subjects Franco, W. E. Roberts and C. J. asserts) ne desperate difort on Schedule of Protected Occupa

M. Pereira,

the part of the British intellectuals tions. - few cottages at a bend of the road.

were approached and soldiers

In opening the asse, Mr. Wake- and nobility to stave of a confict Under the power conferred Their arms were stacked, and the even disturbed foreign firms, On men, a company of them, looked protesta being made they used man said the evidence showed which the British Government was upon him by the Military Service So that apparently Act, 1918, the Minister has made at us with interest, almost with strong words of disrespect to the that the small boy was playing fomenting." enthusisem, ginning broadly. British and even seized all she pro- outside the house of his parents before he landed in England in an Order withdrawing exemptions Appropriately enough, this parties in the inland that belonged at Shun Tak, in China, and July 1913, he was already con- from military service held wholly or partly on occupational grounda was almost under the rained to foreign subjects. They spoke prisoner was also seen talking vinced of the proximity of war.

On his arrival he was horrified by pertain men of various ágen walls of a fort, which the of International Law but nearly to him. About 8 o'clock the British had smashed up all the articles of such law child missing and it was to fad that the country was in employed in large number of during the Crimean War. A were thus violated. In their found that prisoner also was mina feverish state of warlike preoccupations, who are in medical Some days later prisoner paration." He noticed a crowd categories A, B, and C, or little farther an we ran into their reply to the Consular Body in g officer, who was curtly polite, Swatow they had said that these located in a house at Yam of boys with fags and trama medical grades 1 and 2, or who

The small boy'a - fathar showed us our route on his map, Consular Body should reader i

morning, through Eastohapel This Order came into foros told us he and the Germana in assistance in forcing the foreign was communicated with and he marching, on a bright Sunday have not been medically examined. general were going to Finland erchants to subscribe military came down and prisoner was (is), the cookney youth, on the April 12, and provides that the and Petrograd to put the place expenses; otherwise they will reted. When charged at the warpath." He found families exemptions of the men concerned straight," and told us we would carry out the International Law Police Court prisoner said he had talking about "boy soonta" going are withdrawn as from April 84, have to get the permission of the themselves. Consequently they nothing to say except that a man to camp (it was subtle to call them after which date the men will be officer commanding the German are siming at money alone, and told him to bring the child to boy scouta," but of course the called up for military service.

professor WELD't

easily The current regulations provide troops on the island before we have ignored the treaty of friend. Hongkong. He did not know the would be allowed either to leave ship. This was not the intention man had taken him to sell him. taken in as all that). Every that applications for renewal of

The jury found the prismer where the 86.78

martial exemptions withdrawn by the or orces it.

of the Superintendent, but his And in all the villages we reputation might thus be dam guilty on both counts, but added talk filled the sir. "It was Order, which can be made on

strong recommendation

obvious that the country was pre-authorised personal grounds only, passed through, Germans, always aged, “.

may be lodged within seven days polite Germans, belonging to the The Chiat of the Financial mercy."

His Lordship told the prisoner paring for a campaign,

His friends tried to throw dust of withdrawal in this case by 18th Jager Regiment, who slated Department, Chan Bin, is relieved that if he would resist the Police in his eyes, but the professor was May L. all the men of our party, were of office and Yang Wing-lai is in getting back the child be too astute for that. It was obvious A man whose certificate is billeted. We saw a few field-appointed in his place.

A report from the western would get a much lighter sentence

tham if he failed to do so. The first day's journey con- guns, and the usual tracen sisted of some seven hours in of organisation-signposts in front sistes that all the com

Sentence was deferred until

Rome, Jme 17. Italian war correspondents state that the date of the enemy's offensive was fixed a week ago. The Italian com- mand was prepared, for the enemy's movements nevar escape ed observation even in bad weather. Though large move- ments of troops were carried out with the object of diverting attention from the real point of attack the Italian and Franco-British artillery counter-preparation began at mid- night before the enemy's preparation started and the Allies' artillery fire was so rapid and accurate in following the movements of the assailanta that the latter's lines wen thrown into confusion. Even the infernal fire of two thou- sand enemy guns failed to silence our artillery."The enemy's first waves consisted of Czechs and Slovaks, but their losses were so heavy that they were withdrawn to the rear. Ton Hostrendorf and Prince Borosvië were in command of the offensive. The principle effort was entrusted to General Schenchesmil who was ordered to descend by Valbrents to Bassano while General Kirbal's army was ordered to cross the Piave aiming at Treviso. Austrian heavy guns shelled towns and villages far in the rear, three hundred gas shells falling in Treviso alone. All accounts agree that the scantiest success has attended the attempt of the Austrians to carry out their offensive on the new German model of storm troops and infiltration. The offensive was really a series of attacki on widely distant points delivered at different hours apparently with the idea of effecting a surprise. The best comment on its initial failure is the brevity of the Austrian communique which is practically an apology for the loss of what was gained in the first few hours. The newspapers consider the offensive the most desperate of gamblers' throws in which the enemy has yet indulged. Its failure will be Intal to Austrian and a heavy blow to German, prea- tige for undoubtedly the Austrians only moved in obedience to German pressure and the threat of internal revolution. Hence the battle is even more critical for Austria than for Italy as defeat will probably goad the nationalites of the Monarchy to desperation Stories reaching Helland from Austria dwell on the seriousness of the political crisis owing so the refusal of the Polish party to support the Government. They speak of riots at many places as a result of the increase of anti-German feeling and food shortage. Scenes of extra- ordinary enthusiaam occurred in the Chamber when the Minister of War dwelt on the heroism of the troops, who "repeatedly drove back the enemy's asssalis restoring the lines. He dwelt on the significance of the number of pris aners taken by the Italians because it was most difficult to take prisoners in defensive fighting. The Italians only lost two acroplanes in Saturday's battle compared with thirty- fre lost by the enemy.

VIA THE ENEMY.

aleighs in amongst rocky little German and Swedish being nail-manders on hearing that Leng Wednesday next. From Petrograd to Stockholm, islands, consisting principally of aap showing the way to the Chai-kwong is recruiting & big

what terms.

WAN

WHY TAKE SALTS

PINKETTES

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trin).

The Sessions Adjourned.

THE ROYAL SILVER WEDDING.

Fifth List of Contributors.

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from

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to him that the "boy socuts were withdrawn has no right to spply preparing to attack Germany. for renewal of exemption on Indeed, while he was watching Occupational grounds, nor has hia them marching in a crowd amployer any right to make such "Kommando," &o.

army in the month are now

A limited discretion has been At the conclusion of the above through Eastchapel, an old an application on his behalf.

gentleman, obviously recognising bare rooks, and covered, where at

In the evening we ran into the attacking Hoi Hang city with all, with fir trees. The ice over which we jogged flashed se if all frat batch of prisoners. Aland's extraordinary energy in order to case the Sessions were formally from my white hat that i was a given to each Director of National in the the diamonds ever unearthed had Bussian garrison behaved itself capture the city before Lang's adjourned until Monday next German," crossed the street and, Service to suspend the calling up There are two other case for with oily friendliness," seized of a decertified man" who in on Governmezgi Julian West writes

his hand, impressively smaring employed been sprinkled on its surface, very well until after the Bolshevik return. Daily Chronicla sa follows :--

him: "We wsat to live in friend-contract for urgent war sap- thin The last day I spent in Petro- The cold was, if anything, revolution in Finland. Then (so

ship, without blood,” Such de- plies. Applications for grad was March 4; Monday, stimulating; for the first hour or the inhabitants told us, pointing

monstrative attempts to put him suspension must be made before and therefore crammed with two, at any rate. The mase of to bullet holes in their houses for

off the scent, however, only April 24 in a special form, and rumours, because in Russis new exactly similar islands seemed confirmation) Red Gasrde came

roused the professor's suspicions, suspension will only be crunted paper men do not work on Sun- insoluble to me, but the drivers, over from Abo and the garrison,

Then cams the crowning blow, under exceptional condition days. Peace, wa ki aw, had been proceeding in single file, had no under their stimulus, ran amuck, or other disagreeable griping

preying on the inhabitants, loot

confirming all the suspicions Penalties are provided under the signed, although nobody knew on difficulty.

dainty little gentle-as-nature lax- At Brees the Bus- Towards the end of the after-ing, and generally subjecting the purgatives, when Pinkettes, the

Lady May senda thefifth list of which he afterwards formed. The Defence of the Realm Regulations mans had said, "We won't sign noon we reached Houtshare, a natives to a reign of terror. So natives, do all that is necessary.

lady contributors to the Royal Gorman Ambasador, Prinon for any false; or misleading re- Silver Wedding fand sa follows: Lichnowsky) absented himself presentations.

Particulars of the large number pesos with you, and we won't biggish village, atanding inevit expedition to Stockholm ight you." Now the German ably on the banks of a fjord. The hurriedly organised, praying for Swedish protection against the

Miss Davidson, Mr. Jenkin, from the leotare. The Chairman anawer was made manifest. It pastor entertained five of us, coeds. The Swedes sent over some

to the well meant pesoe by the Order, the manner i was, "We will sign pesoe with Tersation being carried on in a

sick headsobes, liveriakness, clear A. B. Kennedy, Mrs. D. L. War- you, and we will ight you." The strange compost of the languages warehipe and soldiers, about Feb. dispel constipation, biliousness, Mrs. Blackbarn, Mrs. Nisbet, Mrs, anderlined this obvious affront of trades and occupations afected mert, Mrs. Arratoon V.Aposr, Mrs, evident emphasis, that the in respect of menton- Grovern- treaty was signed on Sunday, the of Northern Europe. The poor 26, to Bokaro, and, apparently,

breath. 3rd. And the next day the German man was extremely uneasy. The told the Germans about it, as on the complexion and purily the den, Mr. Bam, Mrs. H. A. Lam. movement by remarking, with which applications may be made Of chemists, or post free, 604 Abdoolrahim, Mra: Lossius, Ambassador was unavoidably" ment contracts, and the addresses coming" to which such applications should reply was piquantly emphasised Reds were moving over from Abo, March 4, or thereabouts, a larger by the intermittens arrival of looting and occasionally murder. German force turned up and

They had began to occupy the main island cents the vial, from Dr. Williams Mrs. Bridger, Mrs. Molver, Mrs. prevented

Medicine Co., 96 8xschuan Road, Long, Mrs. E. M. Raymond, Fall of his fears, and realising be sent are fully set out in the

Mrs. Madie, Mrs. Dowbiggin,

thats some of his compatriots notes appended to the Order. naroplanen over Petrograd, which ing as they went. dropped a number of bombe, special animosity against pastors, jointly with the Swedes.

When we entered the sons of Shanghai.

Men, W. G. Goggin, Mrs. Shellim, afterwards told him--"everybody Every man holding an examp without doing any serious damage, who, they alleged, wers corrap-

March 8, the

Mra, Wm. Nicholls, Mine knows that they are going to fight tion on occupational grounds and Basis of the Bolsheviks, tors of the people. The village operations en

Moore, Mrs. Lo Cheung-ip, Mrs Germany except the German Am every employer of such man however, had changed her mind: was predominantly White, bat in Russians had already surrendered She had been saying, "Peace, if these days who could tell the en masse, and that day and the they were: The Major didn't Lo Maa-pan, Mra. Bennett, Mrs, bassador, the saxisus professor should take steps to become you will; but on your terms diference between friend and next we saw numerous groupe of return, and at last it was settled Chatham, Mrs. D. HeMarrsy, could get no sleep. So he visited noquainted with the terms of the

Mas John Lambert,

ed to convince him." Indeed be available for inspection at any war. And a remarkable activity foe? The pastor found it a little prisoners ander escurt, the pro- by telephone that we should go on Mrs. Goldsmith, Mrs. Frank Lishnowsky, "and of course fail Order. Copies of the Order will had been making itself felt. A hard that, after living in one portion of prisoners to recort to Eokero, the German-Swedish lin, hundred thousand men enlisted house for thirty-three years, he being about thirty to one. One headquarters the village nearest Miss M. Graham, Mis A. Grs so carel was Lichnowacy of of the National Service omoes and gham, Mr. Alexander Mackensie, his country's interests that he at the Employment Exchanges in the Red Army. They drilled should now be brought up against procession of prisoners which the Swedish posat and acutually drilled the first time the possibility of seeing it burnt, passed as numbered 1,300. The through the necessary formalities Mrs. Hayward, Miss Enyward, had even forgotten the fact before the end of this week, and this ritual has been executed since And he took us all to see his Russians were mainly soldiers, thers.

Eckero at last, in the early Mrs. H. M. FL. Nemasee, Mrs, the lecture: When the professor under which oficial copies the Bolshevik revolution. The wife's grave in the little church. but included a good many sailori

A mile or so away, Charles Stark, Mrs. Lindell, Mrs. saked the Ambassador's advice as published by the Stationery Ofice Germans are coming, everybody yard behind the house. She had from the Baltic Fleet. They evening.

"the learned and noble friends" agente⠀⠀ and bookstalla by the sid. And the British left died some four years earlier, and seemed cheerful, bat not so cheer scross the ios, & leet of German Thomss, E. B., Mrs., N. L. Wat to the answer he should give to will be on sale through nawas

who were so anxious to promote beginning of next week. S Petrograd, in the company of the with her a little son. The pastor ful sa their guards, who winked and Swedish warships and transson, Mrs. de Bouad, Mrs, Tod. MM.

explained to us that the Rode their anatempt for the Anglo- porte. Flashlight signals, lamps, Matabhoy, Mea. T. H. King.

#657,00 rapprochement, Lichnowsky Men who hold protection certi- subjects of the Allied Powers.

I "ersensted" vis Finland, were causing large numbers of Bolshevik alliance at us. I only A polite Leintenant finds us

Previous lists 3,519.50 carelessly replied: "Say what- fiostes are those of certain ages

ever you like to your learned enaged in specified capacition hoping to be allowed to croes the Finns to cross the ice to the noticed one Russian officer (naval) rooms, and personally conducte us

4,176,50 | friends, but leave polition out of the following cocupations: lincs between the Beds and Aland Islande for safety, as the among the prisoners. German thither. We go to bed under the

* Shipbuilding and repairing Whites. Bat the Reds were not Germans were either there or on officers there were în plenty, all eyes of the German navy. A

After that, of course, there was mining and - quarrying, "-metal having any. They quite am the way, and he, personally, very polite, nest, and even (when quarter of an hour after we are in

nothing more to be said. The maanfsolure; engineering (ine phatically refused to allow any-would be very glad when they necessary) ready to go out of their bed we are awakened. We are

cluding marine, boiler, articul. body to go north of Tammerfors, came and removed the Red way to be of help to the party. to prepare to leave at once on

Ha noticed how deserted the tural implement, erection, repair and the line fairly bristled with mansee. Then he intimated that On the second day of our stay Swedish Government boat, re- CLAIM FOR MONEY LENT. professor took his leave.

How and maintenance of plant); Before Mr. Justice Gomperts, Embassy wax. themail, of cotizes, armed to he would like some of us to play with the enemy we were told that petristing Polish, Eathonian and the teeth. So I found myself in an his grand piano, and two we would have to get the per- Ukrainian soldiers. An hour's

***** mission already referred to, and walk across the ics.

at the Summary Court this morn- different from the days of Bunsen, riveters and pistere, Attern and Abo, which is a finely revolution members of the party did so. ary state with all the shop The next morning we drove 25 were directed to the German head- Formalities on board a Swedish ing, Wong Lai-hing claimed "when intellectual London thong tool-makere turners and metal windows shuttered, the “boor- miles across the ice. The islands quarters. The officer command-battleship. (The Germans, ap-from Tang Wan-long the sumed ita rooms.”... As, however; the machinisia; electricians, founda remain were now smaller and scarcer, ing had a name which seemed parently, have washed their hands of $630, being money lent on visit was paid at 11 say this is workers, smiths and forge makers, not, perhaps, surprising." He felt, railway wagon maken; siroenit Jooys" forbidden to out after 9 puta, tales of the and we were able to do practical almost too good to be true; unless of us. Somewhat relieved, was Chinese borrowing note,

Mz. Leo D'Almada” appeared as he descended the stairosse, that makers; instrument malosen; chain naual bloodshed and robbery, and ly the whole journey from halt I do the gentleman an injustice, feel this to be the summit of their

politeness.) Laxutions cabins on for plaintia, and Fr. LK. Lo everything pointed to war and makers; belt, nut, screw and

Make that the Ambassador failed to rivet makers; dair the Red Guards dominans. to halt on the ice. Occasionally he was the-- :

Major Freiherr von Schenk xu the repatriation bost, a fat ion- for defendant. . Steamer communication with the we passed over cracks, but on the

breaker waddling in front, The Mr. D'Almada said that a realise the dinger. Bo he stepped machine-gun, outer world was very uncertain, whole the scenery, barring the Bohweinsberg i

Well, we rensbed headquarters, ice disappears; we escape the counter-claim had been fled for into the open air, arrived in makeragyv and about 150 British erau ledges, was extraordinarily like were in the town. So by way of what it would have been in the and waited. The Major was out, winter and burst into the spring, $350, stating that defendant was: Berlin the next day, and certain wood- experiment a party set off to arose summer, especially when the aus We sat on our sledge, and frose, Two days journey under ideal a member of a money loan amomis not fourteen months later cams bras the ice. It numbered nearly 20, was hidden by a cloud. The snow and starved. Ladies began to condition to Oskarshamm, where, sion of which plaintis was alas a the English declaration of war! man consisted mainly of women on the surface of the ice then murmur about this being a pet up on our arrival, we find the entire member, and the counter-claim Is is hardly neosemary to, add and children with a ballast of seemed to turn a bluish-grey, and job, an anti-English pin prickery, population waiting to meet us. was based on the ground that that this story was not intended so men with one exception too old the little ripples on the surface After some three and a-half hours The Ukrainian Army formid up defendant was not allowed to hid in sny way to be humorous. It for military service. There had changed into something oddly the Germans began to perceive under its national flag (light blue at one of the drawings and con was told in all good faith, and to that the cordiality of our relations and yellow stripes), - A night in sequently lost the sum alaimed, All Germans doubtson it read an Defendant also bald that there, a thrilling narrative. For others been rumours about for some like waves.

the however, it will doubtles Late on the second evening we was declining, and forthwith trainStookholm..........

By Jore, weren't we lucky to was no consideration

25 another example weeks to the effect that the Gar mans had occupied the Aland were stopped at Vardo, a few organised a meal for us. For two

péonline mentality of Islanda (which consist mainly of miles short of Finby, our desina. Finnish marks (my 18, 3d.) We get off so we did! Because the nate.

many Germana, sonca. the land of Aland), but nobody tion, on the edge of Aland. The were given army tinned most, next party, starting a few days quite believed them. Anyway, Chermans were in Finby, we were ration « biscuits, and cofisë, all latter ( kad - mixteen of its a

good members make fold, and we must wyand the

Mrs. J. Walker, Mrs. Ng Hon-tex, that he had been, invited to arrangements, are being made wegen a

Total

Judgment was given for

PRI

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