TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1914
BY TELEGRAPH.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)
THE PROGRESS OF
THE WAR
THE CHINA MAIL.
BY
TELEGRAPH.
(PRENCH OFFICIIL TELEGRAMS.)
* ENEMY SUSTAINS HEAVY LOSSES.
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From the French Government through Peking :---
Fighting on the 13th was less violent in the north. The German offensive also failed past and south-east of Ypres, where the Germans were obliged to abandon numerous killed, The Allies made detailed progress between la Busser canal and Arras and forwed the enemy back in the regions of Tassigny and Aisne, Pierre fighting recurred in Afgonno without result for, the Gormund, who sustained henry losses caused by the French artillery." The French artillery stopped at the outset the German attempts in the area around Verdun,
GERMANS AGAIN REPULSED.
In the 14th the situation was calm. German attacks around. Ypres. were all repulsed. It is confirmed that in thus region the Gerrans
TSINGTAU NOW COMPLETE-stnine very heavy losses. One hattulion starting on the 13th it, the
LY OCCUPIED.
LATEST NEWS FROM FRANCE AND
BELGIUM.
BRITAIN SPENDING £1,000,000 DAILY
ON THE WAR.
THE OCCUPATION OF TSINGTAU COMPLETED.
fr. S. Imai, "Consul-Genemi Dr Japan, kindly interras us that the Japanese Army Departinent status Tem
Having transferred the principal inen, horses and equipment by noon) on the 14th inst., in conformity with the capitulation, the Eighteenth Arny Division, has completed the oncopation of Tsingtan,
H.M.S. CANOPUS “QUITE SAFE.”··
Laispus, Nov. 17. 8.10 p.m.
In the House of Commits. Mr. Churchill. First Lord of the Admiralty, monticed that the E.31.. Canopus, about which some anviny was belt over the Malpumiso incident, is quite safe,
£225,000,000 BRITISH WAR YOTE PASSED.
Losos, Nov. 17.
In the House of Commons the War Espenditure Vore mounting to. 225 millions wns pussel and also the vate sanctioning on additional million men.
STATEMENT BY THE PREMIER.
LSDON, Nov. 1, 40 p.m.
morning with an effective of 1,000 men numbered in the evening only 12% who were taken prisoners. Numerous companies of infantry as well. as the Prussian Gul and the Bavarian Corps which numbered in the beginning of November about 330 or 300 men have seen their number. 'reduzèd now to 30 or 100 rnen.
CHAVAS AGENCY)
Pans, Nov. 14. 15 pm
The Gerinau attacks on the grout headbridge at Nieuport failed. We stopped savent offensive attempts Fast and South of Ypres and made progress round Dixschoots, Fighting was resumed moré fiercely in Argenie, our artillery stopping seveni partial, offensives around Verdun.
l'etrogradh reports fighting is proveeding me the Mazurich Zakes district also at Schlau.
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Athens reports the Turks lave destroyed the Segrne-Caksaba railway.
THE LATE LORD ROBERTS.
11
Oriel Of The Army,
Taxpos, Nov. 16.
Sir Jola Wrench telegraphed to Lady Roberts expressing the grief
of the Ammy at the loss of a much-loved chief. The messago added :—- It seems a fitting eniling to the life of so great a soldier that he should lave passed away in the midst of tlu troops he loved so well, and within the seed of guns.
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The Daily Mail announces that Lnly Ruberts has declined the offer of the burial of her husbund in Westminster Abbey.
RUSSIAN ADVANCE QUARDS RETREAT FIGHTING.
LONDON, Nov. 16, 5.20 a.m.
A Petrograd'oficin! message sage that in" view of strong Turkish -inforcements from Chryskula. Ergoring and Trebizend the Russian advance guards retreated fighting.
The Turkish attempts to re-capture Khanesgur Pass have failed.
AN IMPORTANT MISSION.. V
Losos, Nov. 18.
A message from Bordeaux states that M. Cailloux, formerly French Mr. Asquithin the House of Comtrons today, proposed avar Premier, accompanied by his wife, has sailed for Brazil to enquire into Tate of 22 millions sterling. Heid the recent vote of 100 millions the supply of fendstuffs to France and also the question of cable com bad bien expended in the actual undies of military pantions, loans munications."
to ong Allies, und in securing the country's food supplies, especially. sugar. The now. vote was principally for naval and military expendi ture, and also included loans of our own amounting to 43 millions; to Belgium of 10 milions and to Nervia 4800,000. Interest on these loans was not curgeable till the end of the war. Then there were the. Dominion loans Mr. Asquith pointed out that in "the ordinary course of
pelled to go to the London financial market, but the Government would relieve them of that necessit to the extent of £30.250,000.
WAR NEWB.
CHINA'S DOMESTIC LOAN.
BY TELEGRAPH. VICTORIA THEATRE.
(ah Tu Yat Pa's Service.)'.
CHINESE STUDENTS IN PAKIS
AND BERLIN.
FEXING, Nov. 16.
The Education Department has wired' | the Chinese Ministers in Berlin and Faris, asking, in the avant of the Ecropean War being of long duration, that Chinese students in these cities whose education has ceased un account of the war might he sent to the schools and volleges of the United States,
A BELATED" MANDATE..
The President is expected shortly to issue a mandata announcing the estab lishment of the Chinese Republic and the dethronement of the ex-Emperor,
HELP FOR THE AGRICUL- .
TURIST
VA suggestion has been made to the Government by an official to reduce the tax on local production in favour' of agriculture.
AN ABSURD RUMOUR.
"
It is stated that ramours are curront {"everywhere" to the effect that the ex-Emperor will resume his reigns An order is to be issued to strongly sup press the rumour,
FISCAL AFFAIRS.
The Financial Department proposes
to lavy a stamp duty on tobacco. and wine. Other duties will be delayed for sometime.
SUPPRESSION OF RUMOURS.
SHANGHALS Nov. 16.
Both Chinese and European sutheri-. ties have adopted stringent measures for the suppression of revolutionary rumours supposed to be emanating from spies.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
Corps Order by Liant. Col. A. Chapman, F.D.
TEMPORARY COMMISSIONS IN THE ARMY, The G.O.C. South China Command, wisho is to be made known that the Anny Council ar noping for candi. plates from the Colony for temporary The Copechager correspondent of) The Bank of China, enya "The Republican avents South Africa, Atstrulhi, New Zealand and Cainda were com- The Times" reports that fovered Times," in a lotter dated 2th October to the commissions for the duration of the Wur
energy is being displayed at Gemencojunction with the Bank of Communica
as Captains anl Lieutecants in the New Ministry of Finance atatas that in
Service Battalions now, being raised in docks and that fifty submarines are being tions it has sold the whole amount of Great Britain. Candidates should be built. The submarinë stores has made Domestic Loan Bonds, allotted them, Gerous damerous for submarine craft. (namely, $1,000,000. Of the 37,000,000 old by the bank itself, after the deduction of commission and the payment of interest to subscribers the nets amount at present standing to the credit of the Loan Buren, is $1,600,000, and as 81,300,000 have already been forwarded to Beadquarters the remaining 8300,000- nee now allotted as follow:
WHAT THE WAR 15 COSTING BRITAIN.
£1,000,000 Dally.
Losos, Nov. 16, 0.40 p.m.
In the House of Commons Mr. Asquith said that the cost of the) War had uniounted to a million pounds daily which did not exceed the estimates, which had heen based on an enormous scale of operations.
He could not hold out hope that the actual expenditure was likely to diminish.
Today's vote of 223 millions would provide "till April, and leave reasonable inargin.
PARLIAMENT AND LORD ROBERTS.
LONDON, Nov. 10, 8,40 p.m..
In ike Horse of Commona Mr Asquith, referring to the death of Field Marshal Lord Roberts. expressed the regret of the Blouse at the death of a most distinguished and illustrious soldier. Mr. Asquith will move a resolution on the subject to-morrow.
A NATIONAL MONUMENT TO BE RAISED.
LONDON, NOV. 16.
A Government motion will be moved in both Houses to-morrow to the effect that a National monument be raised to the memory of the late Field Marshal Lord Roberts.
THE STRUGGLE IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM::
سند مجعيه
LoxDos, Nov. 10, 1.50 a.m.
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LESSONS OF THE WAR.
Mr. Roosevelt's Kaming to U.S.A.
Houma... Nanking The three Eastern Provinces Shansi Bangeho
***
... 870,000
50,000
not less than 25 net over 40 years of age und must be certified as medically
Free pessages will be granted to and from the United Kingdom, together, with an allowance of £30 for untors and £7 10s, for camp Et. Pay and allowances will be granted as in similar rack in the British service with which they will rank pari passu.
Members of the H.A.V.C., wishing to apply should send applications with tho following particular to the Commandant as early as possible!--
Full panic sad rank. Date of birth.
Washington, Sept. 28. The following is a sommary of the of a. saries of articles by Mr. Roosevelt upon published in the New Yore Times- the lessons of the war for United Stator,
In the face of the terribly
sudden
100,000 eslamity which has overcome Europe it is
50,000 necessary for us to keep our heads and
30,000 read
the
If we read. lessons taught as.
The Back of Communications also states, them
wrong we may suffer dreadful penal
in a letter of the mama dia that besides tie, Events have shown that peace and the sum of $1,200,000 for beads sold and arbitration treaties are not of the slightest 8400,000 is security deposit having been use to prevent a disaster. Our first duty transferred to the credit of the National which will scable him tlook after himself bords end by its head office and the then, is to keep
Uncle Sam in a position Losa Bert it now sende 200,000 for eace. by his own stont heart and ready hand.different branches, namely Otherwise we shall suffer the fate of Bel- gium and Taxemburg..
Let our people remember that what has been done to Belgium would unquestion- ably be done to us by any great military Fower with which we may be drawn into war, no matter how just our cause. More. nger, it would be done without any mero
protent on the part of central nations than we curentres hare, made in the case of Belgium. How right, therefore, we were to fortify the Parama Canal, which we can only retain if our military and natal establishments are strong enough to make meddling in the Panama tone unsafn. And how dangerous are the paciësta who put their faith in
in treaties.
The official communique issued at Paris in the evening stated that Mr. Roosevelt intimates in his article the most ictable incident during the day und heen the throwing back of that in subseruent articles he will examine the eremy to the right bank of the Eser canal. A portion of the left whether the American people as do any bank, which the Germans still held, has been cotupletely evacufited. thing to prevent a repetition of war! To We have recaptured, south of Bisschoote, a little wood which had in face of the lessons of this war. Not 6y to do this he doems their second dury been lost after a night attack. The enemy, at the end of the day, that he thinks that my automatically unsuccessfully tried to take the offensive south of Ypres. There has been peaceful pho can be devised, though in
othing noteworthy elsewhere on the front.
conjunction with other nations he ballavas that something might be done. The Time.
SANITARY BOARD.
Lorber, Nov. 16, 5.40 p.m.
south of Dixieudo to within five kilometres of Bixschoote:
The enemy's troops endeavoured to cross the canal to the east of Rix schoote but have been held back bayond the bridges.
Peking Tientsin... Yangshow Hankow Yental (Cheloo)
Kaifong.. Changilss Hooglong
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$20,000 40,000
**** 60,000
30,000
30,000
50,000
20,000
20,000:
Inter, co 16th October, the ink again transfers to the ordit of the National Loan Barosa $200,000 for bonds sold. The following allotment is given
Foking... $109.000- Dalny ***
10,000 Nowchwang
8,000 Yonts (Chefoo). 20,000 Tiesto ....
40,000 -10,000 9,000 30,000 2,000
i Changaba
Wagin Hongkong.
Wahu
THE GRAND CANAL
It is reported that the Government will
Education,
Present employment.
Previous military service and experi-
LLAVE.
Gunner E., G. Orchard, is grantes
leave of absenes from 17th Nov, 1934,
to 10th Nov., 1915..
PARADES.
Purity for to-morrow, Wednesday,
18th instant, pik.
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"Crderly Forgion to-night. Corp) Towiek: to-morr, Sergt. Haight
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Orders by Major Wakeman, O.C.H.X.V.R.
PARIDES
"above, Dismude nothing but simple canonades took place yesterday,
A Paris communique states that along the Tesar canal at Nieuport and fortnightly meeting of the Banitary soon, establish a bureis in Peking to take ordered. The attention of all ran There has been further fladding and the submerged country now extends Board was held this sitemoon at the Board change of the conservancy work of the is called to paragraphs B and 4 in order
Rooor, the President of the Department, Cesed Casal and that the Metropolitan land 10th October, 1914, which are us Mr. GN. Orma, occupying the chair Governor if he appointed as its Director.
store followed There were also present Lisca Colonel Ever zines the time whed the late Mancia
Written application for lave of Gordon-Lall, the Hon. Mr. Hallifaz, Dr. Government ord red the Southera pro Fitzwilliams, Meners P. W: Goldring, since to pay tribute to Peking hi money senco um parades must be forwarded Chan Kai Ming and Ng Hoo. Tz. the instead of tice, the Grand Canal has lost to Cornpany, Commanders, who will only ww Pearce (Assant Media Officer the Government and immediately. Mesical Oficer of Health (Dr. Clark) Drite usefniness. The Administrativo Con grant such love for sufficient restors
forence some time appssed, rowlation In case of sicknem a medical certicate and the Secretary. Mr. E. W. Hamilton:"
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A German regimeest was annihilated to the south of Bixschools and two German attacks made to the south of Ypres were repulsed.
We named the offensive and recaptured points d'appui, which enemy took some days ago.
LATEST DETAILS.
Fospor, Nov. 16, 5.45 pin
the
communique stoles Lunt between the Tys and the Oise only smal
-engagements have taken place a
We marie partial progress at the approach works,
In regard to a minute by the President dredge the anal with a view to preserving Innst be obtained from one of the Volun relative to the string in Queen's Bodt frem becoming a navigable.
Enst the President"ld that the Ixtring, which adjoined the Sanitary Boned Offices, would be abolished, and if all the members thought that it was one CERNICT might day without it altogether, they The Postmaster Genoningrsed with Jim thus it would make Post Offee
ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN.
may be immwsible to provat s Asci
teer Corps Medical Officers
Company Sergeant Majors for Chisecit, hemior perponunta of companies) I will furnish a lot of absentees to the Adratant together with the Parade "Slate —onor for ere. Company
DX ha parade
There have been eventful cannondes on the Ass and at Clan Those who passed up and down Queen' dent is eat impossible that on this day
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Mr. Yg Bon Teconded and the init berud anyone's purse and with As colored for Sunday, 22nd-mist. “Al German motion was agreed to
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