St. John's Daily Star, 1915-05-27

              the st john's daily star jvewfouttdl&ttd volume 1 thursday may 27 1915 ~ no 34 coalition cabinet is given approval in great britain concensus 6i public opinion is that although some of the appointments are sur prising the cabinet is gen erally representative northcliffe press continues to carp but conservative papers generally refrain from any attempt to taunt the liberals much > regret over redmond's refusal london may 27 the general con census of newspaper opinion with rc i rd to the new cabinet is that though certain appointments are surprising premier has come within near range of constituting a national minis try which takes in at least nearly all talents while the and the morning post speak as y the liberal government had fallen th remaining conservative journals refrain from any taunts in fact the dominant note is thatjhe new regime must at once relegate to obli vion all party feeling the manchester guardian the north em radical organ noting the omission of any natiov ilist inclusion to offset - sir edward carsqn fears that this sha dow on the wall will darken the horizon at the close of the war the london globe carps about bonar law being the colonies portfolio and says his n&ural place was as mm - istcr of munitions the difficulties ahead of the coalition government are recognized on if sides but in the wot of the morning post it is an cxpcfmient of which the sue • ces is vital to the british empire why they joined the marquis of lansdowne and a bonar l:>w bpth of whom now occupy se.its in the coalition minister ex plained to their followers at a meeting of unionist members of both houses of parliament he!<t at the carlton club today the reasons why they decided to join the coaling government p>onar law read a letter from the prime minister x in which the premier suggested the coalition saying after long and careful consideration i have definitely come o the conclusion that the conduct war to v a successful and decisive is"sue cannot be effectively carried on exa t by a cabinet which represents all p trties in the state i need not enter into reasons suffi ciently obviousf which point to this as the best solution in the interests of the country of the problem which the war nov presents nor does the recognition of its necessity any disparage ment on my of the splendid ser vices which in their several spheres my colleagues have rendered the empire in this great trying emergency my colleagues have placed lucir re sißnations'in my hands and i am there fore in a position to invite you and those who are associated with you to join forces witti us in a combined ad ministfatioq vtfhich i should also ask the leader of tne irish and labor par ties to participate whose common ac tion without prejudice in the future in the prosceution of their various diver rent political p be exclu sively directed to the issues of the war absolute union needed * ldife lansdowne in opening the meet in a said that ordinarily he disliked a ! coalition gove nment but the conditions [ a t present vtoare extraord'nary the i country he said fk making the most i stupendous effort is has ever been called i upon to make we do not even yet i know what dimensions the effort may i prove to take new theatres of war un i fold themselves before us new de\el i ppements some bf them of a most sin i ls ter and horrible kind are taking place day by day we must all of us be con vinced that at such a moment nothing but a supreme ffort on the part of the whole nation will be sufficient to meet the difficulties aid opposition front of us v t accepted the invitation i bonar law said ust as the unionists i ad decided that there must be a change he had received a letter from the prime minister suggesting a coalition and had immediately replied accepting the invi tation he expressed regret that john red mond had not joined the government which if it was to succeed must be national and a government in reality as well as in name the only chance of success was that every member should act as a loyal col league without any idea that the result was to be got by compromise on any question of home rule welsh church or anything else which they regarded as vital they must put aside everything until the war was finished and regard the war as the only-thing we had to deal with the meeting adjourned without any formal resolutions . — . balaclava hero's widow is de.ad london may 27 countess cardigan whose first husband lieutenant-general earl cardigan led the charge at bl aklava is dead • ■ m ■ british airmen spoil the plans of the germans london may 27 british aviators have destroyed the big railroad station and bridge over the scheldt at ghent besides wrecking the railroad station and freight depots says a rotterdam despatch the raid is believed to have spoiled the german plans for a new railroad centre at ghent drastic action to bring back strikers to work manchester may 27 the master cotton spinners federation have taken action to prevent further troubles in their mills the federation announces that unless striking employees return to work be fore june 7th their mills will be closed locking out 140,00b operati cs v m * execute becker on july twelfth albany may 26.—the court of ap peals ins fixei the week beginning july 12 for the execution of former police lieutenant charles becker convicted of the murder of herman rosenthal children wounded by battlefield shells > .—. heri ark four of the many little children wounded at ypres these were taken to la panne to be nursed the youngest is only six weeks olh first army continues to advance british troops carry another group of trenches taking many prisoners london may 27 the first army continues fo make progress east of festubert a territorial division carried last night a group of german trenches capturing 35 prisoners this morning it captured one officer 21 men and a machine gun since may ist the first arm has pierced the enemy line on a total front of over three miles and the first and second line of trenches arc in our pos session the total number of prisoners taken is 8 officers and 777 of other ranks and 10 machine guns have fallen into our possession as well as a considerable quantity of material and equipment parr ticulars of which are not yet available ■ ■ bowring's solt steamer heronsnool sails this afternoon for america to load grain for yviivxi * ♦ * # schr hilda r loads fish at baine johnston's for oporto british battleship triumph sunk by submarine in the dardanelles london may 26 — the british battleship triumph has been sunk m the dardanelles this oficial announce | mcnt was made tonight i halifax may 27 — the disaster to the triumph is described in a brief statement by the admiralty which nays thai while operating in support of the australian and new uealandr forces on the shore of galupoli penin sula yesterday the triumph was torpedoed by a subma rine and sank shortly afterwards _ | the majority of the officers and men including the | captain and commander are reported to have been saved v ■ | the submarine was chased by destroyers and patroll ing small craftwtil dark the britihs battleship triumph was built at barrow | m 1902 for the chilean government but tttias purchased by britain 1*903 she was laid.dovn under[the name of ' the libertad and was a sister ship of the'constitucion which was also purchased from chili and rcchrlstciicd the | . swiftsure . . since the present war broke out,-the triumph i been m the operations both in the far eastern and in european waters | as the flagship of the british asiatic squadron she participated in the bombardment of the german base of tsmg tau china last october and was reported to have | hem damaged by shell fire from the german forts after the fall of tsing tau the triumph returned ' fo european waters early in the present year and began - operations ofathe other units of the allied fleet against the dardanelles | naval attempt of the austrians was a failure fleet did little or no damage to railway station at an cona italy milan may 27.—the destruction of the railroad junction evidently was the object of*the bombardment of ancona by the austrian squadron which raided the italian coast on monday according to additional details recei ved here the warships appeared off an cona about midnight accompan : ed by two aeroplanes which flew over the city the bombardment began at 3 o'clock and continued for two hours shells of all sizes were fired the ships guns were trained not only on the railroad yards but upon the military hospital the bank of italy and the two barracks the cupola of the cathedral was dam aged but slight damage to the railroad was caused the austrian warships retired from ancona when an italian fleet appeared because of the reports that the aus trian squadron had been signalled from an ancona brewery all the germans employed there were arrested as spies ■ ~~' ■ are indignant with northcliffe for his tactics london may 26.—the flame of in dignation against lord northcliffe on account of his kitchener attacks burns stronger than ever charles clarke chairman of the stock exchange pro tetst meeting is still receiving thous ands of congratulatory and approving messages daily kitchener wired him today please accept for yourself and convey to the members of the stock exchange my cordial thanks for the expression of confidence contained in your telegram spencer leigh hughes in the daily news today suggests that lord north cliffe should shake off that coy exces sive modesty which is his only failing and should take his place amid his brother peers and tackle lord kitchen er face to face the manchester stock exchange com mittee at a meeting today resolved in view of their disgraceful and unpatrio tic attacks on those responsible for the condition of the war no copy of the times or the daily mail shall be al lowed in the manchester stock ex change read the daily star german activities in no wise abated despite the entry of italy ; into the war the austro igerman forces do not their offensive efforts e&tier east or west x italy's advance i still unopposed but austrians are expected to make their stand at the river isonzo and re sort at once to trench jtactics greece remains quiet may 27 although called up onrto face another enemj r , italy whose trcjpps have crossed the eastern border th austrians and germans have not re lated their efforts on the other fronts jji middle galicia they have resumed th'ir offensive against the russians alegig the river san and claim to have me with further success while in flan ders and in artois the germans con tinue according to the french report to make furious attacks in an effort to regain the ground taken from them in recent weeks and hold that which they took from the british in the region of yptes except for the german admission that the/british have captured part of their trenches northeast of givenchy the re pels from belligerent headeiuarters con tinue to contradict each other one side claiming gains while the other sa s all attacks were repulsed with heavy losses i mostly trench warfare sjo far as the west is concerned how ever the fighting as has been the case for months consists largely of trench warfare in which the captured trench an a few prisoners and machine guns are considered of sufficient importance to emphasize but this is a means where by commanders hope to wear down their opponents until they become so weak that a real forward movement will be foi-'nd impossible italians who have crossed the aus trian frontier to the east along a front of 60 miles toward the isonzo river have not yet met with any serious op position in fact no important battle is gxpected until the invaders reach the river as it is here the austrians are established and on this line they will their stand as they have had a long time to prepare for an invasion it is probable they will oppose the italian advance by means of the same method as that which caused the dead lock in flanders keeps them quiet i»i greece the illness of king con stantine whose condition remains seri ous has brought the political situation to a standstill it is regarded as unlike ly that there will be any new develope ments until after the pending elections the alleged torpedoing of the ameri can steamship nebraskan is featured by all london papers which describe the incident as another challenge to am good progress made by allies in dardanelles turk forces being steadily push ed bacfc review of the western operations london may 26 official in he dardanelles the first french f ls.c.i made considerable progress on may 2xa and are now close to the turkish trenches on may 22nd the enemy mad ad termined attack against the indian bri gade gaining a temporary footing a counter-attack drove them back with the loss of over 500 many prisoners taken on the 23rd an armistice was granted for burying the dead opposite the aus tralian and new zealand carps over 3,000 turk were buried on may 24th the french with the british naval division advanced consid erably during the night with slight loss a territorial division also pushed for ward and the new line was consoli dated sir john french reports some por tions of the line lost during the enemy's gas attack not yet recovered the amount of gas used was greater then'ever before the gas wae emitted from cylinders over a front of five miles for four and a half hours rising in places forty feet asphyxiating shells also were used our men have demonstrated that with due precaution they can defeat this form of attack the french government report im portant progress north of arras an enemy salient called crow's redoubt was carried also another very strong forti fied work a large enemy trench was taken near souchez there has been progress at other points in this neigh borhood latest reports say that furious fight ing is in progress all french gains are maintained the russian government report an offensive being 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