St. John's Daily Star, 1916-05-29

              the st john's daily star newfoundland volume 11 3.00 per annum monday may 29,1916 price one cent no.3ofc ll d lloyd george tackles problem of irish gov'ment no conference arranged yet minister of munitions is devoting his time to conversations with repre sentative irishmen to learn views of those who look at the irish problem from every possible angle and a hound table discussion will not likely take place for some weeks to come r must bridge a great gulf ondon may 29.—david lloyd ge has abandoned his usual j the country so that he may con ! legotiatiohs for a settlement of the irish question and is devoting the j time he generally gives to golf to meet and confer with irish and other leaders it is riot expected that a round table ence if such a stage is reached . will be held for some weeks as l'ovl-george desires to get the view of all interested both here and in ire land before starting formal negotia while virtually everybody hopes for rnent of this long-standing con y it is realised that there are many difficulties in the way and those most conversant with the situation be lieve the best lloyd george will be able to accomplish will be an arrangement for provisional administration in ire land in which all parties will be re ed to carry on the affairs of the country until the conclusion of the war difficult position both sir edward carson unionist leader and mr john redmond na st leader are in a difficult po because of the attitude likely to en by extremists of their partie they make concessions man lists favor the total exclusion ter until such time as ulsteriteo cognise the advantage of home rule and desire to come in x hen the home rule bill was be fore the house of commons the gov i introduced an amendment i that each county of ulster ote itself out of home rule for dof six years sir edward i nswer to this was that if the ait were removed he would sub r proposition to the people of a later buckingham palace ! c suggested to omit part oi ! ana on this point the confer-j me to a deadlock there is | lange m the position today many english unionists press n to reach an agreement sir ' carson and other ulster lead ght be more conciliatory but a section of nationalists with joseph devlin at their head insist that the whole of ireland must be united under one parliament and the ulsterites are hardly prepared to concede that much besides having to consider the views of the devlinites mr redmond has to walk warily for fear of what the 0 brienites might do as since the sinn f . em outbreak they might prove at a general election to be the strongest party realising this they particularly timothy healey would as had been done in the past oppose any conces sions suggested by the nationalist lead er and even fight him should he at tempt to whittle down the original de mands of the home rule party many obstacles thus lloyd-george has undertaker 3 problem which prevents many ob stacles it is however considered a ood omen that the attempt at a set tlement is being made during parlia mentary recess for the most important political decisions of the war have been made during the holidays it w as on an august lank holiday in 914 that sir edward grey announc ed the british attitude toward the eu r opean war the coalition govern ment was formed during the witsun de holidays of last year the deci sion to introduce the first military ser vice bill was made at christmastide a nd parliament lost its easter holiday this year because of the cabinet crisis ov er the second military service bill w nich finally resulted in the adoption 1 compulsory service reveals object of sinn feiners as to establish independence—case ment helped organisation üblin may 28.—the royal com mission engaged in an inquiry into the recent irish rebellion occupied it j self at to-day's session with tak ing police evidence regarding the sinn fein movement and revolt outside t chiefly in galway and kerry jalway inspector rutledge testi at sinn fein volunteers began nation at a meeting addressed roger casement patrick h , since executed for his part n 3eilion and professor mcneil ling to the inspector casement a»cj tne object was winning home hile to protect themselves agairs ster volunleers but professor mc neil declared hat the object wa the cime as tliat of the irish volunteers ik inspector clayton of the east riding galway said that the sinn fcaer omprised shop keepers farmers ons and some priests they were rmed with rifles of italian manufac ure he said inspector hill of kerry said the eaders of the movement there having een deported there were no leaders i the district at the present time he aid that a man named monteith whoj s alleged to have landed with case nent and danl bailey is still at ■, but he held hopes of getting him ] bulgarians in greece ' 0 troopa across greek fr<f|tpr and seize several forts wbiph are handed over to them wiseuot active opposition the grt§ks merely registering a formal protest important events expected ' in grecian macedonia soon lonian may 28.—the correspon de|i at athens of the exchange i telegliph co says that the bulgarians ' gave flic greeks two hours to surren der r|ipel fort which is six miles from f)emir hissar bridge which was recently blown up by the french in anticipation of this attack an athens newspaper says that a clspuiition of german and bulgarian officer demanded the surrender of fort mi pel and explained its occupa tion v|ks netfessary in order to secure the bulgarian left wing against the evenlifu entente allied attack thejhirrender of the fort was effect ed onffriday morning at 3 o'clock when fkc protocol was signed by the germa|b bulgarian and greek officers the cflrmrjli and bulgarians the newspaper say undertook to restore the fof[t to greece so soon as reasons tor itsfpecupation no longer existed igreek popular protest sakftiki may 29—as an outgrowth of thefjpopular indigination resulting froia b>3 violation of greek territory a mcepig h*s been called here for to night |) protest against the action of the gelfnan and bulgarian troops h fi i ti st ffaul minn may 28.—james j hill isfjn a critical condition follow ing anfpperation bulgarian flag supplants greek storm of popular indipiatiou is sweep ing greece athens may 29—"whoever dream ed of seeing the bulgarian flag sup plant the greek flag in macedonia just for this we have maintained our mobilizing at a cost of economic ruin to the country m venizelos the for mer premier thus writes in he herald a venizeliste organ popular feeling runs high over the bulgarian invasion of greece and the herald appeared with a brack border as a token of national mourning occupied greek forts london may 28.—french head quarters in the balkans have announc ed that bulgarians have occupied the greek forts rupel graiotin and spa tovo and were advancing from de mir hissas towards kavalla this in formation was received here to-day in a despatch from athens t the ex change telegraph company the greek'forts of rupel and gra gotin are six and nine miles north of demir hissar spa'tovo lies-four miles east of that town kavalla on which the bulgarians are said to be marching is a seaport on the aegean sea fifty five miles southeast of demir hissar cross greek frontier london may 28.—a despatch to reuters telegraph co from salonika says that a strong force of bulgarians estimated at 25,000 has crossed the greek frontier rupel has been occu pied which is a greek fort and earth works the bulgarians advance guard then pushed forward and oc cupied the station and bridge at de mir hissar activity at other points indicates an important movement upon greek macedonia bulgar advance paris may 28.—telegraphing from salonika under date of may 27th the havas correspondent says that bul garian troops which on wi|y 26th oc cupied fort rupel on the river stru ma in greece have sent patrols to install themselves in the neighbour hood of demir hissar bridge which was partially destroyed by the en tente allies the usual cannonading is reported to be going on along the rest of the front with a lively infantry engage ment on the left bank of the vardar serbs at salonika ■ paris may 28.—after crossing the aegean sea without loss the serbian army in full strength now has been landed in salonika according to a de spatch received here to-day by wire less telegraphy to tt vi v tt much activity on british front some slight advantages are gained by british ondon may 28 official)—on the night of may 26th a hostile patrol was surprised and dispersed southwest of lavertio high explosive charges for wire-cutting were captured during the night we bombarded enemy trenches southeast of neuve chapeue our artillery fire caused destruction to enemy stores at guillemount the enemy directed heavy bombardment lasting eighty minutes against our trenches west of friccurt and also shelled our trenches about serre we sprung five mines three about hohenzollern redoubt and another west of la folic wood crater which our troops occupy to-day enemy ar tillery has been active against our posi tions about suzanne ovillers souchez bois grenier st eloi and ypres we bombarded enemy trenches west of lens and southeast of lavertio hostile parties working east of maricourt were dispersed by our ar tillery fire the germans have shown more activity than usual the last few days their expenditure of ammuni tion has been lavish , ffc lfc british ship sunk london may 27—the british s f er danewoom has been sunk the crew has landed hk ffc "?& hercules sunk london may 28 lloyds announces that the steamer hercules nationality unknown is sunk there are more than a score of steamers named her cules listed in the register several be ing british and others the property ot various neutrals ■ i hun check by russians germans in the lake drisviaty reg ion attempted lo start an offensive movement but their plans were spoiled by russian artillery fire rome reports n repulse for austri ans turk offensive move given setback by russians jondon may 29,-petrograd re ports an attempt by the germans in the lake drisviaty region to start an offensive movement was stopped by concentrated artillery fire of the russ ians the austrians are still on the offen sive against the italians in the region southeast of trent but rome reports that wherever infantry attacks were started the austrians met with repulse on the isonzo front at san michej the italians mining operations destroy ed the austrian trenches aiid took the defenders of them under their rifle fire as they fled turkish contingents which tried to advance against the russians on the caucasus front in the region of rivand cuza dergala were repulsed by the russians according to petrograd ta h vk whu austrians meet with repulses italians check some severs assaults by the enemy dome may 27 official)—ln the lagarina valley the enemy continu ed yesterday its impetuous attacks on our lines between the and the arsa valley and met with an other sanguinary defeat after the jjsual violent artillery pre parations masses of infantry in close formation began an attack upon us at coin sugna and col da buole they were exterminated by the coql and pre cise fire of our troops between the arsa valley and postina the situation is unchanged in the aziago sector fighting con tinued during the whole day with vary ing fortunes and was still proceeding at night the enemy attacking our posi tions north of arsa valley in the sugana valley the enemy made several attacks on monte viv iron but were repulsed each time with heavy losses one of our columns of infantry and alpines by a brilliant surprise attack drove the enemy from the approaches to our positions on the left bank of the masojamaso 1a torpedoed without warning paris may 27.—a havas despatch from port vendres says that two french torpedo boats arrived there yesterday bringing sixty members of the crew of the italian steamer mor avia which was torpedced by a ger man submarine on thursday after noon without warning the crew was abandoned in two life-boats the moravia sailed from new york on may sth and was last reported pass ing gibraltar on may 22nd bulgars invade greek territory being unopposed athens may 28.—greece's protest against the military operations un dertaken by the central powers and bulgaria in greek macedonia was for warded last night to the minister of greece to berlin vienna and sofia the bulgarians entered greek terri tory virtually unopposed this caus ed violent comment in the press and considerable among the population greek military authorities claim they were unable to communicate with their troops in eastern macedonia the belief is general here that the greek government will confine its ac tion to protest ''?&> 19k lik rita is sunk london may 28.—lloyd's shipping agency announced to-day that the rita an italian sailing vescel was sunk 18k grave trouble paris may 27 news from athens says grave trouble has broken out there following the news of the invasion of macedonia by the bulgarians wilson suggests league of liberty chief executive of the united states declares his nation is willing to join a league of nations to main lain the freed n of the seas and protect small nations from ag gress and to stop wars begun in gression and to stop wars begun in without reference to world-opin ion enunciates a high faith washington may 29—the united states must be reckoned with in the settlement of the great european war ihe united states is willing to join j a league of nations to maintain the freedom of the seas and protect small states from aggression and to stop . wars begun in violation of treaties or begun without giving the an opportunity to pass upon the causes that in substance is the program of american action as outlined last night by president wilson in the most im portant speech he has delivered since the beginning of hostilities in eu/ope the occasion for this utterance was a banquet of,the league to enforce peace which has been holding a two days session here under the presi dency of william h taft former president of the united states the president led up to his enuncia tion of his policy by telling what he conceived to be the fundamental things which the american people be lieved these were first that every people have a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shouldxlive ' second that small states of the ■ world have he right to enjoy the same respect for their sovereignty and for their territorial integrity that the great and powerful nations expect and in sist upon third the world has a right to be free from every disturbance of its peace that has its origin in aggression and disregard for the rights of peoples and nations so sincerely do we believe these things the president went en that i am sure i speak the mind of the people of america when i say the united states is willing to become a partner in any feasible association of nations formed in order to,realize these ob jects and make them recure against violation is '$». h wants a national league for peace washington may 28.—president wilson declared here last night before the league to enforce peace that the united-states was ready to join any feasibl\association of nations to preserve peace in the world against political ambition and selfish hostili ty in the service of common order common justice and common peace he expressed the hope that the terms of peace which will end the present war will include such an arrangement is very low st paul minn may 29—james j hill is very low according to a stater rr.ent given out this morning by a mem ber of the family aviator killed london may 29—capt grimes jones was killed and pt henry ten nant son of harold j tennant parlia mentary under-secretary for war was seriously injured yesterday in kent when a biplane in which they were manoeuvring fell a distance of one hundred feet a i triumph for allies rome may 29—the recall by the pope of monsignor tacciporcelli pap al nuncio to belgium is regarded here c.s a decided diplomatic triumph for the allies as the prelate is reputed to be notoriously pro-germaii okuma may retire tokio may 29—an intimation that he might retire from the premiership soon because of advanced age was made on sunday by count okuma prime minister huns made raid but met repulse british official report describes many minor engagements ondon may 28.—the british offi cial communication reads about 1 1 o'clock saturday evening after a short and heavy bombardment the enemy attempted tc\raid our tren ches east of callone but failed no enemy entered our trenches an enemy night patrol was met by one of our patrols near hebuterne and put to flight leaving one dead during the night the enemy blew up a mine a thousand yards southeast of neuville st vaast also two at camouflets south of loos and one east of souchez which did some dam-j age to our trenches as did also those at souchez and camouflets but there were no casualties early this morning the enemy heav ily shelled the area southwest of zille beke with gas shells followed later by bombardment of our communication trenches east of zillebeke to 7 day there was rather more hos tile artillery fire than usual at fricourt and mametz sectors hohenzollern re doubt and st - eloi we shelled enemy trenches west of beauvraine op posite hannescamps with good effect enemy's trench mortars were active about auchuillc south of seme and at the quarry our aeroplanes tak ing advantage of the fine weather ac complished useful work hostile aero planes were not active m m m "?\ still some unrest amongst the irish dublin may 28.—martial law will be continued in ireland for the pres ent a proclamation issued to-day says:—whereas dissatisfaction and un rest still prevails in certain parts of i ireland martial law will be continued throughout ireland until further no tice french beat back strong hun attack paris may 27.—french troops , have captured the eastern part of the ; village of cumieres and have taken german trenches northwest of the . village an attack on french trenches bordering on fort douaumont was re pulsed according to an official state ment issued to-day . french check hun moves in alsace ■ paris may 28 occupation by the french of portions of three craters ' formed oy an explosion of german mines in argonne is announced in an ' official statement issued by the french 1 war department this afternoon i regarding the battle of verdun it reports a lively artillery duel west of ' the meuse and intermittent cannonad ' ing on the right bank of the river in ' upper alsace the french checked two attempts by the germans to advance near altkirch national funeral paris may 28.—the cabinet decid ed this morning to arrange a national funeral for general gailieni and sub ject to the approval of his family transfer his body to the hotel dcs in valides which contains the remains of napoleon 18k austrain captures vienna may 27.—twenty-five hun dred italians four guns four machine guns and a quantity of war materials have been captured by the austrians who stormed an extensive mountain ridge on the terentino front accord ing to an official statement la bulgar report amsterdam may 28.—the follow ing official communication was issued at sofia on saturday and received here to-day a detachment of our troops opera ting in the struma valley occupied the southern exit of the rupel pass together with heights east and west of the river struma , a good investment—the daily star english and american tori men women and children i p—l all the newest shapes & styles in black an tan i prices and quality hard tjo beat bowring bkdthers limitim