, 1916-07-01

Slulllal n'lnD6r OI OSIlilin ClFlluDS III Gub-
land. Lord Robert declared that if the
Germans did not accept this offer within
a week the British Government would be
compelled to cynsider what course TO adopt
regarding the rNtions OF German civilians
held prisoners in England.
London, June 7tb.-Lieutenant Ernest
Shackletou has been unable to rescue the
men numbering % and comprising the main
body of his Antarctic expedition who were
left on Elephant IsIand. This information
was received in a despatch from Port Stan
ley, Falkland Islands, from Sir Ernest.
According to his despatch the ice conditions
had SO increased III severity that he WAS
unable TO get nearer than twenty miles to
the island. He thinks that there is still
hope for the men, However, as there is an
excellent chance that they will be able to
survive on short ratious supplemented by
~penguins until another rescue party provId-
ed with an ice-breaker can push through
to them. The steamer "Instituto" provided
by the Uruguyan Government left Montevi-
dec on June 8th with Lieutenant Sir Etnest
SlNckleten aboard to succour the men on
Elephant Island.
London, June 27th--The Hon. William
Morris Hughes, Premier of Australia, who
has been in London for some time past, has
solved the difficulty of Il dearth Of ships for
moving the Australian harvest by purchasing
16 large steamers which will be renamed and
operated by the Australian Government as
the Commonwealth Government Line.
Peris, June rs h-TAe Official statement
issued by the War Office to-day is as follows:
On the left hank of the Meuse, a night attack
with gIenade8 against one OF our trenches
west Of Hill 304 was repulsed easily. On the
right bank, local OPP rationH during the night
enabled MS to make further progress in the
region of the IhiaumOnt works. The fight
ing was rather spirited in the region Of
Fleury, where the situation is unchanged.
On The heights of the Meuse, q grenade
attack against our positions near Mouvilly
broke down under our fire. In Belgium
three Of our ~Oeroplanes which were engaged
in u reconnaissance fred IS bombs on Ger
man ships near the Belgian coast.
Sulonico, Jnne 26th-(Delayed) There is
renewed activity ON the French front. An
engagement has occurred between patrols at
Liumuitza, on the right bank Of the Vardar,
and there has been cannonading in the
neigbbourhood of Atdian lake in the region
of Kalinovo. The bombardment of Poroj
has been resumed.
Berlin, June 27th-The report on the aero
plane raid on Karlsruhe on June 22nd shows
that 10 persons, including five woman and
70 children were killed, ana l4l persons IN
jured, including 20 women and 70 children.
The French Official communication issued on
the night of June 22nd said that, in |reprisal
for successive bombordments carried out by
the Germans on the open towns of Bar-le-
Due and Luneyille, French aerial squadrons
had bombed Treves and Karlsruhe. A fotiIla
of nine aeroplanes had dropped 40 shells on
Karlsruhe, the statement said.
London, June 27th-Signs indicate that n
Ministerial crisis of M acute character is brew"
ing on the Irish question, says the DAILY
Chronicle" to-day. If The Earl of Selborue's
resignation rs President Of the Board of Agri-
culture stood alone it would not cause alarm,
but it is feared that it will be followed by
the retirement also of the Marquis of Lans-
downe, Minister without portfolio, Mr..
Walter Hume Long, President of the Local
Government Board. and Lord Robert Cecil,
Minister of War Trade.
London, June 27th.-According to the lat
est Vienna Official communication the Aus
tro-Germans have effected q breach in the
Russian front in the Lutsk salient near the
Svideniki bridgehead, an important position
ON the direct road to Kovel. This statement is
in contradiction to the Petrograd report but
it is probably issued later. Otherwise than
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