Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 April 1916

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 94 VOL. LXXIV. MONDAY 24th APRIL, 1916 PRICE IO CENTS
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  • THE WAR.
    • France and Belgium.
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        BATTLES MEAD VERDUN.
        672 1 [Reuter Service COUNTER OFFENSIVES. [Copyright Telegrams.] (By Submarine Telegraph.) Paris, April 21. The French a' tacks continued to make progress in the Dead-Man hill region, besides making many more prisoners The Germans, at dusk, after a violent bombardment, launched a powerful ofien--Bive. on a front of two
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    • Turkey and the Near East
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        Asia Minor.
        53 1 RUSSIANS ADVANCING. Petrograd, April 22. The Russians made progress farther west from Trebizond, and everywhere repelled attempts by the enemy to check out impetuous progress. No events are reported from the Russian western front, beyond a German air raid on Tarnopol. One burnt machine was found, apparently one
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        Mesopotamia.
        143 1 HEAVY TURKISH LOSSES. London, April 21. The Turkish counter-attacks, on the Tigris, on April 17th, cost the enemy over 3,000 dr ad, including German officers. The Bri'ish total casualties were much less than the number of Turkish killed. The floods are still hampering the relief of General Townshend whose
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        Rumania and Trebizond.
        105 1 Bukharest, April 22. The news of the Russian capture of Trebizond has caused the liveliest impression. The Press comments at length on the important consequences of the situation to Turkey and the operations in the Balkans. Bombs on Sofia. Amsterdam, April 22. An official despatch from Sofia
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        Von der Goltz.
        39 1 VICTIM OF SPOTTED FEVER. Amsterdam, April 22. It is officially announced in a Berlin telegram that Field-Marshal von der Goltz died from spotted fev< r, on April 19th, in the Headquarters of his Turkish Ar nsy.
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    • Naval Operations.
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        The American Note.
        308 1 NEW YORK’S SUPPORT. London, April 22. The New Yosk S<ate Legishtme, which 'he Republicans control, passed a reso utior, giving unqualified support to Pre ident Wilson in the German submarine crisis, and offering to again convene in order to vote and pledge the full resources of the
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        Dutch Steamer Sunk.
        40 1 FIVE LIVES LOST. London, April 20. The Dutch steamer Lodewyk Van Nassau was sunk. Five were drowned. Probably Mined. Hagu% April 22. The Ministry of Marine says the Lolewyk Van Nassau was probably sunk by a mine.
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        The German Plots.
        27 1 Washington, April 22. The investigations of the German plo’s reveal most amaz'ng ramifications. The number of people involved is increasing by leaps and bounds.
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        General Villa Alive.
        17 1 London, April 22. General Villa is apparently living. The body exhumed is not his.
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    • General News.
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        GERMAN ATROCITIES.
        192 1 IN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA. Cape Town, April 22. A sensation has been caused in South Africa by the publication of a report by an official Commission of Inquiry into atrocities against British prisoners in German South-West Africa. It appeals the prisoners were persistently stirred. Men were forced to go
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        German East Africa.
        57 1 GARRISONS CAPTURED. London, April 22. General Smuts reports that General Van de Venters’ mounted troops, after their success at Lolkissale, on the 4 h April, continued to advance and occupied Umbugwe and Salauga, capturing small garrisons at both places. On the 17th inst. the enemy was encountered
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        The Recruiting Debate.
        93 1 London, April 23. An Order-in Council was passel, prohibiting the publication of any report of the proceedings at the secret session, other than the official report. No speculation as to what took placs may be published. Press Squabblers. London, April 23. After a vehement attack on Mr.
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        Dundee Jute Workers.
        76 1 STRIKE ALMOST OVER. London, April 22. The strike of Dundee jute workers, whereby thirty-thousand were affected, is apparently nearing an end. The spinners and weavers resumed a fortnight ago since when many works have been running, bub the output is restricted, owing to the absence of tenters,
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        Germans Banished from Portugal.
        26 1 Lisbon, April 22. A decree has been promulgated banishing Germans of both sexes, except men of military age, who have been interned.
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        Air Raid on Trieste.
        22 1 Rome, April 22. A communiquĕ says an Italian air squadron effectively bombed an enemy seaplane station at Trieste.
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        China.
        101 1 YUAN-SHI-KAI’S POSITION. London, April 22. The Times’ correspondent at Peking says indirect negotiations between the Chinese Government and its opponents are understood to be proving futile, owing to th* latter’s insistence on the resignation of Yuan-Shi-Kai. The stopping of remittances from the Provinces will soon put the Government in
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        China’s New Premier.
        68 1 PROBABLE CABINET. Peking, April 24. Tuan Chi-Jui has accepted the Premiership, and the War portfolio, and is organising a new Cabinet, to which Yuan-Shi-Kai has agreed to surrender all civil authorit>| The following members are practically selected Foreign Affairs, Luch-Ea-Hsing. Finance, Chan-Chui. Interior, Wang-Yi-Tang. Navy, Luk-Uan-Hsing. Communications,
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        Muslims in England.
        47 1 London, April 22. Sir George Birdwood, in a letter to the Times warmly commends the scheme for a Muslim Cemetery, and hopes it will he planned not as a necropolis but a true garden of God for the sanctified dead of Idem in England.
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        General Sir Ian Hamilton.
        31 1 London, April 23. General Joffre decoiated General Sir lan Hamilton with the Cross of the Legion if Honour, in recognition of his services in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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      Armenian Massacres.
      191 1 Turks Given Free Hand by Germans The German Censor has ordered the seizure of a scathing report of the German Protestant Missionary Society published io the Allegemeine Missions Zeitschrift upon the Armenian atrocities. No reference is a'lowed to be made to it in the Press. The report shows
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      GOLF AT IPOH.
      502 1 —“T. O. M.” THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP. MR. CRABB-WATT WINS THE INDIVIDUAL EVENT. The annual Straits and F. M. 8. Golf Mee’ing began on Friday on the Ipoh Course, with two handicap competitions, for both of which there were thirty-eight entries. On Saturday morning, the chief golfing event
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    PENANG PLAYERS TUSSLE.
    87 1 [From Our Own Correspondent] Ipoh) April 24. The Straits and F.M.S. Championship resulted as follows J Crabb Watt (Penang) 169 SF B Martin (Penang) 170 AWW Walkinshaw (Ipoh) 172 J L Humphreys (Singapore) 173 The fight between Messrs Crabb-Watt and Martin was very keen, and it was
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      109 2 St. George’s 1916. A Patriotic Smoking Concert WILL BE HELD IN THE TOWN HALL, ON Wednesday Night next, 26th April, AT 9-15 P.M. By PENANG AMATEURS Assisted by Naval Officers and Men. Proceeds will be given to one of the Relief Funds for the benefit of the Widows and Orphans
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