, 1916-05-17

Is merely a preliminary TO the real trial
which will take place later before a panel
of the Judges of the High Court of Justice.
Attorney General Sir f. E. Smith, Mr.. A.
p. Bodkin and Mr.. Travers Humphreys
appeared for the prosecution, and Profess
sor J. Il. Mormon and Mr.. Artemus Jones
for the defendants. Sir John Dickinson
presided.
Osaka, Japan, May 15th-A riot occurred
to-day as the result of Arthur Smith, an
American aviator, delaying the commence
ment of a flight. Smith was injured slight
ly by stones thrown by the mob, and was
taken to a hospital. His aeroplane was
damaged and it's shed destroyed. The
police had some difficulty in q%uelling the
disturbance, and before they were able to
do SO, many persons in the crowd were
injured. Twenty-eight of the rioters were
arrested.
Dublin, May l5th-Premier Asquith,
who has been i'll Dublin for several days,
departed this morning for Belfast to cen
fer with prominent men IN the North.
Paris, May 15th-Further successes
for the Belgian expedition, which has
invaded German East Africa, were announc-
ed in the Official statement issued to-day
by the Belgian War Office at Havre. The
statement says that Colonel Molitor, in
command of the Southern Column, occupied
Kigall, capital of the German province Of
Ruanda on May 8th. The Belgian troops
have also captured the island of Xiviuivt
in the lake of Kivu, which the Germans
took by surprise at the beginning of the
War.
Paris, May 15th.-The dirigible balloon,
which is reported from Toulon to have
fallen into the sea off the Sandman coast,
belongs to the French Navy. An Official
statement issued to- day says that the bal
loon caught fire from an unexplained cause
while flying over the Mediterranean last
Friday. The remains of the envelope have
been towed ashore ut Toulon. Four of the
sixteen persons aboard are known to have
persisted and their bodies have been
recovered. The fate of the remaining two
is unknown, but it is feared that they were
also lost.
London, May 15th-A despatch from
Milan to Lloyds News says that the two
chief secret bases Of Austro-lIungarian
submarines in the southern Mediterranean
have been definitely destroyed, as a sequel
to the Italian occupation of Marsa Moreza
and Porto Bardia between Cyrenica and
Egypt. The despatch continues: The
Italian warships navigated the coastal
waters without mishap, though they were
thickly sown with mines. When contin-
gents were being embarked one column
marched on Borgo. Sueliman and seized
the stocks of timed meats and other
preserves which were ready for the sub
marines. Other parties searched the shore
and huge supplies of benzine, stored in
barrels and metal casks, were discovered
in caverns and ruined wells. During the
dredging operations, the broken propel-
ler of a submarine was found entangled in
a steel net.
Paris, May 15th-The bombardment in
the region of Avocourt and Hill 304 in the
Verdun section still continues, according
to an official report to-day. To the south
of the Somme, we. delivered a coup de main,
which permitted us to clear the enemy
from q frst-line trench.
Berlin, May 15th-The British have been
attacking the German lines near Hulluch
in Northern France in an effort to recap
ture the trenches recently taken by the
Germans, but all their attacks have been
repulsed, according to to-day's statement
by the War Office. In the Verdun region
the French failed in attacks near Dead
Mans Hill and near the Caillette Wood.
Berlin, May 15th-The Austrian War
Office announced the following to-day:
On the Doberdo Plateau west of San Mar