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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY," JULY 8, 1918.

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T/T. TH Demand 30 dia. Of all lathal weapons the 60 di At the annual meeting of the Bri- machine gun is unquestionably): 4 m/2...

~] T/T Shanghai,.. Secretary Daniels, in an address tish Cotton Growing Association the the most efficient man-stopper. to the Tammany Society, declared shairman, Mr. Howarth, said the says "G.L" in the Dony Hai. Singapore

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148 Beuter's correspondent at British that the national launchings to-day future of Empire cotton growing was Probably the greater proportion T/T India Nom. Headquarters, wiring to-day, says: comprised more tonnage thad Amer uncertain. It might be left to ordin- of the spurmone losses recently Demand, India Nom In addition to Hamel village we capica had lost in the whole war. More ary commercial enterprise, overtaken en fered by the Germans are T/T San Francis-

7814 tumed two small woods south,thereof than 400,000 tons were going into by a Government department, or caused by this wespon. Any co & New Yorkf and pressed up to the high ground the water today, while," the total become a Government trust He type of machine-gun in the hands T/T Javs............................ 1511⁄4 south-east of the village aligning the American tonnage destroyed by favoured the last named course.] of a skilful operator has the same TT Marks........ Nom 4.48) new front with our trenches fronting German submarines was estimated Lord Derby was re-elected President, destructive effect upon men mor- T/T Franos........... Villers Bretonneux and putting the at 332,000 tons. They were pledged |

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BUYING. now four miles of front on a prac-to the launching of destroyers i

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6 m/s. IO... eastern end, a very great improve Allied naval craft they would free In the House of Commons, reply. The function of heavy artillery 30 dis. Sydney & ment on the old line. At the same the world of the assassins of the ing to Sir C. E. H. Hobhouse, Lord is to put up long-distance bar- Melbourne. Robert Cecil promised to consider rages and hammer back areas. 30 d/s. San Franc-1 the question of making "representa Mostly the targets upon which inco &New York ƒ»

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time an advance was made on the sea" north side of the river between the Somme and Asere, thus completing the improvement of our line for Dearly five miles. "

San Francisco, July 3.

Mr. Schwab in a launching speech predicted that the present year would witness the creation of three Wiring in the evening the corres- million tons of American ships pondent says: This morning's opera-which he opined was unprecedented tion at Villers Bretonneux, was one in history. of the most successful of the kind in

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London, July 5. this war. It followed exactly the The Press Bureau announces that lines laid down in advance. The Mr. Lloyd George has telegraphed ground offered considerable odde to to President Wilson as follows:-}} the defenders, yet in less than two have just heard one hundred ships hours the whole four miles was in have been launched in the United

our hands. Our entire casualties were States to-day. Heartiest congratu hardly one-third of the captured lations on the magnificent perform prisoners. We reduced thres Gerance. man divisiors to a mere wraith of what they had been this morning. Features of the attack were the

forethought and completeness of ite preparation and the triumphant use

Lies. The enemy's attention was distracted by three distinct attacks | launched north of the river which kept busy his guns. Nearly a hun-

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London, July 4. In the House of Commons, Sir George Case stated that there were 12,600 enemy aliens uninterned, in cluding six thousand Germans of whom 3,500 were married to British

Esch class machine gun has wives, 4,000 had British born chil-with it a squad of about 10 men. dren and 2,400 had sous serving in Should these find themselves the British forces. The Austrians In the House of Commons, Mr.apinterned numbered 6,500 and the of our tanks which, admirably W: Tyson Wilsen asked whether the Turks and Bulgarian's 1,100. manœuvring, sprang a surprise upon Government is prepared to sanction

EPIDEMIC IN GERMANY, the enemy. Considering the large number of dead the fifteen hundred lion pounds of China tea↑ Mr. J. R.

Amsterdam, July 5. prisoners exceeds expectations even Claes replied that the scheme was. German newspapers report that machine-gun is worth a whole ju

A well-served machine-gun is though they include a battalion com- considered but, owing to Eculties that Spanish epidemic is widely battalion of men armed with rifles. mander and the greater part of his of tonnage and excusage, be sug- spreading. Serious cases are in-And there is some truth in the the most formidable thing attack- command. Preparatory to the raid gested that purchases were acdesir-creasing in numerous centres, includ- assertion. For while comparsing battalions have to face, for it bombs were dropped on Hamel contri-able until those authorized bad been ing Bremen and Hamburg. The tively few soldiers can keep up is not the front ranks alone that buted largely to keepdown our causal- shipped.

"Frankfurterzeitung" states that in their 15 pound per minute rapid suffer. «At snything approaching some factories at. Frankfurt one fire with a rifle, smachine- close ranges the bullets will go | third to hall the workers are stricken gan can discharge 600 rounds through the front rank men, often in this brief period, and the through the second rank too, and Vickers can get of 1,600 without kill or wound those immediately "OVERSEAS GENEROSITY.

stopping. Ballers pour from the behind them. Guns of this kind |- captured in these attacks which idea wae gathered of how thoroughly

London, July 4. muzzles of these guns in a rapid, can be used for putting up. bar- completely deceived the enemy re- London had entered into the spirit At the annual meeting the King devastating stream, and as they rages, and it is possible to attack garding what was happening scroes of Independence Day. This was-out-George's Fund for Sailors, the Duke use the same kind of summunition with them targets one cannot ses. the river. The German divisions en-wardly symbolised by the fluttering of Connaught congratulated these rifles there exists no difficulty The Hootchkise differs from gaged, which suffered heavily, were

some other machine-gune in that the 43rd, 77th and 13th. The istter of the Union Jack and Stare and Domitions and Crown Colonies on in keeping them fed.

The Lewis gun is the moet it fires single shots at the rate of is a new division on this front re- Stripes on the same flag poles while their splendia response to his per-

mobile of all. One man fires it,100 per minute, and can keep this the famous streets in the viemity of sonal appeal for subscriptions. cently moved from Lens,

Inosing 47 rounds in succession. up almost indefinitely, while the Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig the Bauk of England and Mansion

Beside him is another man, who movement of a lever converts it PEAK TRAMWAY CO. reporte: The operation this morning House were never so beflagged since the Coronation. Holy Communion

puts on fresh traye ol ammunition instantly for repetition fire. southward, of the Somatie was com-

se required, the change baing "As is generally knows, pletely successful. It was carried was celebrated in every church in out by the Australians assisted by the London Diocese and prayers If Herr Scheidemann's threat that made in a couple of seconds machine-guns are largely used in some detachments of Americans and were offered for God's blessing on the Socialists will but vote for the Masawhile other men are hard at seroplanes. particularly the Lewis supported by tanks. Our objectives the Americans. The bells at Saint Budget is carried out it will be the work filling trays and passing and the Vickers types.

Paul's and Southwark Cathedrals first time during the war that the them on for use. This gun bas number of them employed by and infantry growe "session of the woods at Taire and were rangatnoon. American schier Majority Socialiste have not voted an effective range of about 1,200 cavalry Hamel and the village of Famel. in poured into London from the camps, credit. In the course of his speech yards, and can be fired either rapidly.

When the war began we had conjunction with this operation the of whom many attended the Anglo Herr Scheidemann, after urging from a stand or a parapet, the Australians attacked euet ward of Ville Saxon meeting where there was in Germany to take the initiative gunner putting the piece to his two machine-guns to each infan A hug scars a stoppage of air raids on shoulder as he palla the trigger, try battalion. Now we haTS sur-Ancre and completely succeeded. describable enthusiasm,

Maxima and Vickers are fired many more. In addition,' s Our lines were advanced five nun crowd visited the baseball match at

open towns, bitterly complained of Baron von Kuhlmann, who, after from a tripod, the gunner squat special Machine Gun Corpe has saying on the 25th June what ting, with lege straddled, on the been formed, and will henceforth all Germany knew namely that ground behind them and pressing take permanent place among our never be end- kay. So long as he does this the Army units. In fact, the part ed militarily, beat a hasty regan continues streaming out death which the machine gun plays in treat next day before Main Hezd with a "x-xr-tipping" sand, so all theatre of war more parical- that knows its own mind and can cartridges, fly through it. Grip of continually increaming im- quarters. We desire & Government the belts, each of which holds 250 arly on the western front, is one Already it has put bring peace quickly. We therefore ping the handles with both hands, portance.

the gunner moves his weapon out of action more men than backwards and forwards, playing probably any other kind of On the advancing troops much as artillery in use there. As a filler a firemen plays a hose upon a of grave-yards and hospitals it burning building, and the men holda s pre-eminent position on thus attacked go dowę in hespe, both sides of the line.

were taken and held. We took pos-

The

dred yards on a twelve hundred Chelsea in the afternoon at which yards front. The prisoners captured thair Majesties were present. in these operations exceed a thou-Canadian Minister, Mr. Meichen, sand. Many machine-guns and other speaking at the Anglo-Saxon meet- material were taken.

ing and referring to the Llandovers The weather on 3rd July was Castle sinking, declared amid loud cloudy" and enemy activity was cheers that it would be better that slight. We destroyed six aeroplanes the world should perish than that

and drove down four others uncouthose murderers should live trollable. During the day and night

we dropped sixteen tons of bombs)

on rail junction at Lille, Ceurtrai) and elsewhere All our machines returned

BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS.

Paris, July 6. In view of the probability of a' re-

A later message from Bir Douglas sumption of the bombardment of Haig says the total prisoners taken Paris in connection with the next

the

GERMAN SOCIALISTSTM

War

REVOLT.

would

London, July 4.

cannot vote for the Budget."

The Vice-Chancellor von Payer

affected to take Herr Scheidemann's

declaration as a threat only.

SUCCESSES ON ITALIAN. 'FRONT.

in Thursday's successful operations great German offensive it is pointed

London, July 4. on "the Somme exceeds thirteen hun out that the dangers thereof should

An Italian officiel, message says: dred. A German field-gun, one bunnot be exaggerated. Guns some- We gained more ground northward dred machine-guns and a number of times burst and soon wear out of Cavazuccherina, prisonered 923 treach mortars have already been Three guns hitherto mounted have and captured much war material, counted. A counter-attack on our fired altogether no fewer than 250 We extended and improved our poel- new positions eastward of Hamel on shots. If one shot per minute was tions north-westward of Grappa and the night of the 4th was easily re-fired the bombardment would only on Mount Cornone and Sassorosso pulsed. We carried out a successful last a single day. Some damage The Anglo-French penetrated raid'in Beaumont Hamel sector and would be done but the idea of the trenches at Canove and Bertigo.on repulsed an attempted raid in the destruction of Paris is absurd while Asiago Plateau and brought back neighbourhood of Strazeele

the moral effect would be nil. ·

London, July 5.

prisoners. Allied airmen" dropped eighteen tons of bombs on important centres and cross-roads on the lower "Fiare,

A French communique says: There

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS. has been artillery activity between the Oiso and Aisne and in the region

A British Italian official message Amsterdam, July 5. of St. Pierreaigle. A later French

A telegram from Berlin has des- says: The West Yorkshires, the Min- communique says: Our detachmente cribed the report from Kief that chesters and the Honorable Artillery and patrols operating between Mont Grand Duke Michael has been pro carried out three successful raids didier and the Oise and in Champag claimed Tsar and is marching against and prisonered fifty-four.. The Boyal ne on the right of the Meuse and in Moscow as a pure invention.

Air Force scored direct hits on in- "Lorraine each brought back. prís

Moscow, July 5.

fantry columns on the lower, Piave A Revolutionary Military Council and destroyed three suciny machines, has been appointed to direct all without loss to themselves.

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4.COUNT CZERNIN.

Amsterdam, July.

A Vienna telegram says: Count Czernin has had a lengthy audience with the Emperor and subsequent conferred with Baron Burien.

The "Neustresepresse" foresha dows Count Czernin's reinstatement.

operations against the Czecho Slovaks Colonel Muravieff, the form;

er Commander-in-Chief, has assumed

INDIAN APPOINTMENTS.

London, July 5.

command of the Soviet troops A Sir James S. Meston has been ap final split han occurred in the Soviet pointed an ordinary member of the camp. The Moderate Social Revolu- Executive Council of India in suc fionaries and Minimaliam Socialiste cession to Sir Willian 8 Meyer on have been excluded from the Soviet the expiration of the latter's terra Central Executive,

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