1918-07-18 — Page 8

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from says L.) GERMANS LAUNCH TWO OFFENSIVES.

Capture of Rheims Aimed At

London, July 15. The Germans started two offensives on the French front early this morning, the first on a front of thirty miles between Chateau Thierry and Bringny, three or four miles south-west of Bheims, and the second east of Eheims betwean Prunay and Maisons-des-Champagne'on a front of twenty- tire miles. South-west of Rheims, the Germans penetrated five thousand yards into the French lines at Chateau Thierry and have taken Chezy on the Marne, also Bonkuigny, three Too thousand yards behind the original French front... Germans have also taken the villages of Fricourt and Char noiczy. The Germans are held up east of Rheims in the French battle positions, but south of Rheims the enemy substantially advanced and crossed the Marne at a comber of places. Apparently the enemy's object is the capture of Rheims by attacking each side of it and the capture of the hills in order to protect the German right fiank in a further advance soutowards.

Beuter's correspondent at Paris, describing the launch- ing of the German`attack, says it was accompanied by a diversion on the Mureg Front, which the artillery completely broke down. An attempted German attack in the direction of La Fortemilon encountered such a formidable barrage that they were unable to leave their lines. The "Intra- sigeant reliably understands that the attack-occurred on a date in a region where it was expected. Affairs were favourably viewed at midday.

The Battle Front "Beuser's correspondent as French Headquarters writes today: The new battlefront is naturally bisected by the town of Khouma and Montague-de-Kueims, a great wooded massif six or seven hundred feet high, eight miles south of the town. The Germans do not intend to attack Montagne-s de-Rheims frontally. Therefore they have disposed their line in two wings, each to advance independently with Rheims as the pivot. Chateau Thierry may be taken as the extreme western limit of the attack for the present. From Chateau They the river is the diving line as far as Verneuil, whence the line runs north-eastward in the direction of Eheims, crossing the broad beit of bills separating the Marne valley trom the plair of Kheims. From Verneuil to the point. west of Rheims marking the castern lint of the Marne sector of the attuck is about. twelve miles. An advance of '- the same distance in this sector, would give the enemy pos- session of Epernay.

ine Allack Anticipated.

The German guns opened, at dnight on the whole front treni Chateau Interry to Mam de-Massages. Tue French BOMMEND “Was bol caught Lapping, our artery having pro- Foked explosious in, the enemy's hidden muko dumps ofien engage to acord a cue to the preparations. onemy a purpose was so correctly anticipated, that on the night of July 1, our artillery counter-preparation began,' at 11 o'clock, one hour before the German batteries began their boniarument

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The news received at midday was reassuring and on the whole favourables The German infantry attacked between three and four in the morning on the whole line except round Rheims. The attack comprises two mini sectors, und from Chateau Thierry to Yerned and wence north-eastward to west of Rheims and the piber from Fort La Pompelle east of Rheims to Mam de Massiges. In this castern sector the cuciny made to progress this morning. Un the contrary his attack has been shattered. The mate weight of the onslaught was against the sector between Chateau Thierry and Rue.» Thero was the fiercest fighting all the morning along the Marne valley, the enemy employing tanks in strong force.

A wireless German official message states: The enemy attacked on July 7 south-westward of pres and peneuated uur" fighting zone on a limited breadta.

The German evening official says: To the south-westward and eastward of Rheims we penetrated parts of the French

positions.

British Line Advanced.

London, July 13.

Feki Marshal Siz Douglas Haig reports: We again advanced our une this morning in the neighbourhood of Villers Bretonneux, and drove of an enemy party which attacked one of our posts. The total prisonered in the operation on July 14 at Ridge wood was 328. Yesterday we heavily bombed sidings Houlers, dumps at Warneton and Bapaume, Bruges docks; also dredging parties at Zeebrugge. We brought down nine seroplanes and three balloons. Five of our seroplanes are missing.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1918,

Prompt American Counter-Attack.

Lendon, July 16. Reuter's correspondent at American Headquarters re- ports to-day: The Germans powerfully attacked this morning ine Americas positions esat of Chateau Thierry, especially Vaux village, the Americana disputing every inch of ground. Alter some hours the Américais counter-attacked and drove off the enemy in the aux region, and advanced their own lines, several hundred metres beyond those previously beld. The launch of the offensive was accompanied by long range bombardments of various towns and areas. The weather was at first clear and sunny. Since it has become cloudy, with threatening rain. Fighting conunucs, especiany, cast UL Dormais, where the Americans are engaged.

French Launch Couster-attacks.

London, July 16, Reuter in the evening learns that the French higher command is very pleased with the situation Additional particulars to those given by the correspondent at French Headquarters show that at noon the offensive on the Prunay- Massiges sector was held everywhere except acar Prones, while the enemy is occupied a frway, which is half a mile benind the line of attack. West of them, petween Colum- mes and Fossoy, the enemy progressed on a Twenty u d front on an average of two or three miles, with a maximum "depth of three and a half at Belval and Camblezy. The enemy adopted no new methods. He advanced under cover of mist and relied on the usual infiltration tactics, sending colates along the small valleys. The enemy is not sing saything like one division to a mile, se in the previous attacks. The French have already lunched local counter-

attacks.

A French communique states: The German attack was' begun about four-thirty and continued all day on both sides of Kheims, with unabated violence. West of Kherms there were luzzous struggles the region of Reuilly court-Hirzy- vassy to south of the Marde, which the enemy succeeded A crossing at some points between Fossoy and Dormans. The vigorous American counter-attack drove back to the north bank- enemy elements which reached the southern bank to the west, of Fossoy;

Americans Capture a Thousand Prisoners.

London, July 15.

In the House of Commons at 11.93 last evening Mr. Bonaz Law announced that the Prime Minister had received telephonic communication from Headquarters wherein General Foch reported himself well satisfied with the result · of the day's - figuting. (Cheers) Mr. Bouar. Law read a special, communique received at eleven o'clock wherein it wse stated: that an American counter-attack south of the Marne resulted in the capture of a thousand prisoners. (Loud choces) East of Rheims the enemy was very, heavily repulsed, stiffered severn losses and received a com plete.check.

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CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

To-day's List of Cases.

Lai and he told him that ile child had been taken away. Lai offered. to socompany him to Hongkong and try to trace the girl. It was

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CORRESPONDENCE.

A TRAFFIC matter.

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DISCIPLINE:

Our Belief to Prayer.

}TO-MORROW'S TRIBUNAL,

List of Cases to by Considered.

The following medically it:-

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not quite clear whether this man "The opinions expressed by corTONE- pondents are not necessarily thoas Lai saked permission to take the

of the "Hongkong Talagraph."] child out but the mother ander The July Criminal Sessions stood that he was taking the child

The cases to come before the opened this morning before the for some tea. This men would

[To the Editor at the "Hongkong..

Mr. John Oxenham, writes in Tribunal to-morrow are pum Obief Justice (Sir Willisto Bergtell them that this affair was

planced beforehand because on:

Telegraph."]

the Daily Chronicle as followe Hongkong and Shanghal Bank: Davies, K.O.,) and the Paisne Hay 9, he, with another man,

Sir, Allow me to encroach on

The defects of our qualities as |Judge (Mr. Justice Gomperts). mad. the escond prisoner, your valuable space, on nuisances

|e nation are painfully apparent to weat up from Hongkong to which occur every erasing on the

as all; to outsiders, indeed the Canton with the intention of adway immediately opposite the defects are at times more obvious kidnapping this child, the matter North Point Hotel,

then the qualities. 1. The roadway is often crowd qualities are there, and on the Still the being again reported on May 19 and on May 11 the child dis-ed with loiterers, who do not enter whole, sad in times of pesce, they appeared, having been brought the promise, but ase the roadway have perhaps made for a more down to Hongkong by train by as a promenade, and at the sms. livable life than the present

A Banishoe.

Lo Him was indicted before the Chief Justice with returning from banishment or June 16, having

been banished for life.

The Attorney General, the Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp, with whom we Mr. G. H. Wakeman, Crown Solicitor, prosecuted,

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generation of Germans hiss an- joyed. Bat under the terrifie strain of this over-long war

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the second prisoner. On arrival time causing an bere, they went to a house in which endangers themselves and which the first prisoner lived, motorists. where she remained. The first

2. 01 the Bound of an prisoner took the child oat with approaching tramcar, a rush is a view to selling her and event made to scramble in the cars, thus strength and unity

ernment has done its worst to blocking up the roadway, and remedy that defect, in jok boot The Attorney General said that aally found a woman who was the prisoner had a long record. going to adopt the obild. Thare preventing exit from the cars. I He received six weeks' hard labour was some discussion as to the know of a case of two ladies who fashion, by the imposition of

Prisoner pleaded guilty.

The Gor-

1. D. M. Bas 2. B. E Sedgwick 3. M. A. Murray

4. W. Bo

5. G. E. Towns

6. G. B. Dannett 7. E. Wilken

8. J. H. Remesy

9. H. R. Northey

10. P. 8. Cassidy

11. A; Morse' 12. J. A Bidgway

13. B. T. Barton

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14. T. W. Doyle..... : The following men of military

in September, 1905, for larceny money to be paid but this was by mistake got into a car that D.O.E.A., cousin gormen to Prusage from this bank have been sian militarism" and possessed of rejected as unfit for service :-W, and was deported for five years, greed upon on May 21 and the stops at this spot, and, in trying all the family qualities and B. P. Thursfield, A. O. Leith, T. He returned in May, 1910, and child was left with this woman. The so make an exit, were so hemmed

received sentence of 6 months' firet prieoaer made cartato state in that they had no other alter

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vices

G. & Fleming, T. H. Leitch and One is glad to realies, however, A Balean.

Taikoo Sugar Reflalag Co. The following men are medical--

1. B. J. Benk

2. W. C. Jackson 3. J. McCubbin

bard labour for returning from ments with regard to the child's native bat to return on the same that there is a steadily growing| deportation. He again relations bat the accomplice said car. I have seen an many as deported, but in February, 1913, that he never told her anything three trams and a number of fesling that something more than he was again found in the Colony, regarding them. If they believed motor cars congested there, and eren mental, moral, and bodily receiving a month's hard labour that these statements were made it is a wonder that no serious discipline are needed if we are toly fit for larceny. In March, 1918, he up to make the woman believe sccident has occurred. Uafaris win what we set out to win in this again returned and got three that all was fair and equare it nately one occurred last night but war.

And that is spiritual disciplina. months' hard labour for larceny it would be suficient to dame without serious consequenes, with and was deported for ten years, the whole of heroes. The second the exception that the writer was If we can compass that all the He returned again the same year, prisoner; in a statement made grossly insulted, which might rest will follow.

The powers that be practically tard when obarged, said a small girl have led to serious trouble. receiving 14 months' labour for larceny and returning was living in her house for about should endeavour to remedy this, and all we possess at the dispossi authorities concerned call upon us all to put ourselves or insist on the owners of the of the State for its salvation in Hotel maintaining a couple of this time of need. Indians as watchmen, in order to

from deportation. He was then deported for life bat he had now; returned again. He had been deported four times and had six convictions recorded against him. The Chief Justice:-Esch time he has returned he hse committed a larceny?

The Attorney General:-Yes, except on one occasion.

two weeks.

The case is proceeding.

The Wood Street Robbery.

Bofore Mr. Justice Gomperts the six men charged in connection with the Wood Road armed rob bary were arraigned on two counts, the first being of sasauit and the other of theft of jewellery and clothing valued at over $2,000.

The accusede' names were **** Chin Obai Hing, Leang Ohen Kwan, Fang Yew Ting, Oba Wa, Sit Chia and Li Chang.

All the defendants pleaded not guilty.

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keep the crowd from rushing out only waiting to be called upon There are Higher Powers still as soon as the sound of a tram for the help that is so sorely approaches.

needed to assure the speedy and Thanking you for having allow-final triumph of Right over ed me this valuable space," and enclosing my card with my bus iness and residential address.

. Yours etc.

- KOTORIST,"

Hongkong, July 18, 1918. [We have omitted portions of the letter of a personal character, the publication of which would serve no useful purpose.-Ed.j R.K.T.]

Prisoner had nothing to ssy. "The Chief Justice said the prisoner had made up his mind that he would retard to the Colony and the Police had made ap their minds that he should not. He was at loss to know) Mr. G. E.. Wakeman Crown what to do with him. He had Solicitor, appeared to prossesie. returned four times notwithstand. The following comprised the ing that on the last occasion he jury-Messrs. W. G. Baker, J. S. was banished for life. The paly sffyn, Abdul Hamid Abbss, N.J. course open to him was to give Austin, A. D. Hawphrays, H. E SMUGGLING TO CHINA. prisoner. a long term of imprison-Green, and A. Aitchison.” ment to ensure that he would not

In outlining the facts of the

be at large in the Colony for case, Mr. Wakeman said that the some time. He was evidently robbery took place at 7, Wood |regarded as s ́ most undesirable Road, Wanahai, on May 19. On

character.

the morning of the day in gast. Prisoner was sentenced to four ion, between nine and ten o'clock, years' hard labour.

Detaining a Girl.

emall girl aged 6 years.

a knook was heard on the door,

down.

Optum, Firearms, Forged Notes, and Girls.

Wrong.

4. J. McIntyre 5. J. Muirhead

6. A. Nicol

7. H. O. Beaker

8. W. P. Baath

9. J. Sloan... 10. 0. Young

The following men of military

joted as unfit for service. age from this Company have been

R. Danley, C. D. Sullivan, M. O Beisz, T. Bateman,

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W. S. Bailey & Co. At heart we all know it. Bat The following is medioslly we are a carelese, free-and-saay,f: T. Ramsay. self-willed lot, and we have The following men of military wandered car own primrosy waye age from this firm, have bean so long that we find it not easy rejected. sa unfit for service:—A to get back to the solid bed-rock C. 8. Pike and D. A.. Goodwin. path, though we recognise that it

Lever Bros., Ltd. is a eater road to travel.

Tue following is medically it :

And still more. do our great leaders on land and ses know snd.-L. D. MeaNicol foel it.

"MARGA

No me of military age from

It is on record that when the this firm have been rejected sa triumphant German hoats were unfit for service,

sweeping on Paris in 1914, and

Another Cass. A, G. Graham (late of Kowloon ap. Lord Roberts was sitting Dooks) is medically fit. with Lord Kitchener when the telegram ....... announcing

* suddenly swerved and gave`it

their

anlooked-for retreat, was handed

in. Lord Roberts, a firm believer formal Intercession services do

"Only

seem sa ma likely to be of

Unless the nation's prayers for deliverance from peril come, spɔn- taneously from hearts, earnestly, desirous of aligning themselves with God of cleansing them

The police authorities of Kyoto in prayer, exclaimed. and someone outside said they are examining a number of men, God Almightly could have done much greater avail. had a letter. The door was in Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe in this. Somebody must have said Lord opened and the third prisoner connection with the smuggling of been praying," Two women, Au Sung and Les came in with a

Kitchener. letter. The opium and arms to Chias, says Lin, were indicted before the occupant of the house was at that the Japan Chronicle. It is stated

Neither of them mawkish or Chist Justice on four counts time lying on a sofa, and the man that a man named Shibutani esating men, if you plesse. regarding the detention of a want up to him sad held him Yoshiesburo, living at Yamato- And a day or two ago I eat from selves of the old coportions that At the same time the oji, Sbjia, Kyata, working in a daily newspaper not given to have clogged them, like the The Attorney General pro- first prisoner, followed by about collusion with three other men, dilating on such matters and parasoles on a ship's bottom-l secated and Mr. Balilios, in six or seven other men, came in, bought a large quantity of inserted simply as interesting besitating new Gaiding Lamps tracted by Mr. L D'Almada, and threatened all the occupants poppies and secretly taaaufos items of nests on two different for the old misleading wall-o-the- appeared for the first prisoner. the master and his wife, an tated opium, Tae drag was pages the following. Victory wisp of casting, naide the Filee Both the women pleaded not uncle and an amah--with kniven smuggled to Obins, the quantity Depends on Prayer General Sir gods we have followed and turns guilty.

The inmates were tied up shipped between January and ing the Intersession Service at are not likely to serve.

W. Robertson, in a letter regarding steadfastly to the True-they The jury was as follows:- and gagged. The robbers April last amounting to 18 kwan, Mesars. H. E. Hollande, W. E. then ransacked the house, taking valued at 712,000. The smag Queen's Hall on May, 7; sye, It It is no good asking God to Hoogewart, W. R. Pringle, Taway a large quantity of jewellery glers were making arrangemente is only when the whole, Empire us on our side unless we G. F. Fleming, A Mackenzie, J. and other articles, The men to make another 10 kwan, valued unites in prayer as well as in work make our side it for Him to fight Maclachlan, and W. Geus. stayed for about three-quarters at 150,000, when bertain in that we can look forward with

The Attorney General firet of an hour. After they had gone formation came to the knowledge confidence to a successful cans Asa nation we have a terrible. explained the various counts to the master got free and ran out of the polios and they were clusion to this tragio war and to amount of leeway to make up.

jastos the jury and in stating the facts into the road, and, going along arrested.

* Are we se a nation making an7 and righteous pasca, a

first

of the case said that evidence the Praya, saw the art defendant. It is also alleged that Shibutani, Weighty worde from such a mental effort therato? Uanl we would be given by an accomplice jumping out of a ricksha. With with the help of certain dealers General Rock and Prayer may have to go on.

The second paragraph runs: ganminely do so our tribulation named Lai Hi Cheung, but he the assistance of the Police in Ossks and. Kobe, emaggled Frenchman who knows General reminded them that it was not exfathe man was chased

and some thousands of revolvers and

W&B

His 18th Conviction."

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whole nation was doing so would It is many years päät time thaim

We may we all devoutly hope to take the evidence of an sooom caught, a considerable amount of tiles to the Chinese. Revolution Fooh tells me that he is an ardent and believe we shall hold the plice unless it was corroborated. the stolen property being found ist. Another charge laid against believer in the power of prayer. Germans, and so best them. But This would be done in the pre on him. He offered to show the some of the men under examina. We shall be saved by it," he says, we shall not have won what wa sent case, as they would have the police where the other en were, tion is that of being impliested and it will not be the first time set out to win in this war animes at the same time we, ss a’nationTM- evidence of the woman to whom and Inspector Sim with a nataber in the kidnapping of girls from in this deadly struggle."""

and that means we sa individuals I believe I am right, in saying the child was transferred. In the of police visited Ia amati. In Japan to China and in the forgery case of the second prisoner she a cubicle et No. 434, Shanghai of Chinese bank-notes, is that Lord Jellicoe Sir David find our own souls again...

Discipline by all means. But admitted that she brought the Street, rented by the third stated that the men arrested have Beatty, and Siz Douglas Haig hold child down to Hongkong and prisoner, soms" more of the many sccomplices in the South firmly by that belief also the greater inplades all the low, that : wanamcorroboration of stolen property

All these are men whose very and purely material discipline found, Ses Islande, Harbin, Bhanghai, WAB the fact that at ons stage bat the man

naman carry weight with us ell, without the spiritual dynamic, be.... not and Hongkong. ehe was with the child. The there. On the following morning]

It is worth our while to give heed hind it will not carry na to one first witness would be the father the inmates of the ransacked

to them. The knowledge that the goal... of the girl, and he was a chair house were taken down to the ss. bester in Canton, where he lived Haungahan, about to leave for At the Police Court to day, quadruple their comidence, and we, sa individosis and as a nation, with-his-wife and daughter. The Macao, where the second, third and before Mr. J. B. Wood, a Chinees that of every man in the fighting saw to it last he saw of the girl was on the fourth prisoners were recognised was charged with the unlawfall linse on land and services morning of May 11 when he left and arrested. Nothing was found possession of a long cost. Be I remember an old story of a store the water are thinking, his home for his work. When be on the third prisoner, but on the was arrested as he was trying to partionlarly dieregatable sailor many of them, very deeply on osme back at 5 o'clock the girl third and fourth men further pawn itin Hollywood Road. He msn who, when his ship was in these things. They cannot help it. was still missing and he went to property was discovered. Later admitted that he obtained the the last extremity and all the rest In the face of Dosth they are look for her and reported the the fifth and sixth men were cost of a steamer, Itzappeared were labouring hard to save her, thinking as they ever thought matter to the Police. He continu arrested in Kanso, and in their that the man had no less than guddenly fell on his knees and before in their liven. If we werk ed his search until the morning possession also certain, of the seventeen previous portiotions began praying. And the captain, in their places we also steamers left. He ofered stolen articles wars found. Fawn and that he had only recently finding him at it, kioked him back think of them be, we never did reward of $25 for the return of tickets were also found, and come out of gaol sfter savings to duty with a scornful," Keep before and, more deeply than wa the child and every day when he good deal of the property re term of twelve months, had your prayers for far weather hal re doing. We could not help th had finished work he went to covered.

labour. The maximum penally Foal wasthe peKYNES, Bynked sesrch for the child. · Some time sfterwarde ha mat she may asmad

Evidence was then taken, The case is proceeding..

of three months hard labour waslonly by su seule. Imposedą

Dor men-in that fiery hall

would

The sooner we begin the butter

for them, and for us, and ton all