Straits Echo, 24 May 1915

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    11 1 “STRAITS ECHO.” {REUTER'S SERVICE.) PENANG, 24th MAY, 1915. Price 10 cts.
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  • THE WAR.
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      ITALY INTERVENES.
      774 1 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. MEETING OF THE CABINET. FORMULA OF THE DECLARATION OF WAR. Romo, May 21. The Messagero states that after a sitting of the Senate the Cabinet will meet probably ra w up the formula of the declaration 0 f war against Austria. On Ibe Austro-IUlina
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    • Article
      TROOP TRAIN COLLISION.
      425 1 MANY KILLED. London, May 22. A special train conveying soldiers to the South of England collided with a local train at Gretna, near Carlisle. Many soldiers were killed and 300 were injured. Both trains were on fire.. Loudon Later. The latest reports state that twenty were killed.
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      THE WESTERN THEATRE.
      591 1 (Renter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. SIR JOH >i FRENCH’S REPORT. APPRECIABLE PROGRESS. London, May 21, 10.10 p.m. Field-Marshal Sir John French reports that, despite the weather hampering the operations since the 17th, the Br.tish made appreciable progress east and south Quinquerque mostly by local fights for the strong
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    • Article
      BATTLE ROUND YPRES.
      669 1 (Reuter’s Service.) Copyright Telegram. “EYE-WIT ESS’S” NARRATIVE THE FI3HT DESCRIBED. LondoD, May 22. The Eye-Witness attached to the British Headquarters states The struggle ro> nd Ypre3 was continued on the 13th iost., and tbe artillery was even more violent especially between Ypres and the St. Julies M°niu
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      THE EASTERN THEATRE.
      536 1 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. DESPERATE FIGHTING IN GALICIA RUSSIAN SUCCESSES. Petrograd, May 22. A Petrograd communique states The Russians on the left bank of the Vistula continue to press closely and drive back the enemy south of the Radom Kielce railway. The battle on the Galician front
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      THE RECONSTRUCTED CABINET.
      148 1 (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. MK. HENDERSON’S POST. London, May 21. It was announced at a Labour meeting at Hull that Mr. A. Henderson had been appointed President of the Local Government Board. The Labour members are gratified and in their speeches affirmed that Mr. Henderson would be
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    SINGAPORE RACES.
    423 1 SATURDAY'S RESULT. (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, May 22. The following were the results on the last day of the Singapore Races 1. The Ladies Plate. Value $350, and $5O to the Second Horse. A Divided Handicap for Ex-Gnffin Ponies. Entrance Fee, $2O. Distance, 5 furlongs. Michael Graham
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  • Obituary
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    25 1 Obituary. Admiral Von Essen. I Petrograd, May 2 I Admiral von Essen, the Russian 0 nai mander of the Baltic fleet, has died o pneumonia.
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