THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1914.
BY TELEGRAPH.
(Renter's Service to the China Mail)
ALLIES GAINING GROUND.
GREAT VICTORIES OF THE
RUSSIANS.
BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE
TELEGRAMS.
THE RUSSIANS ENTER HUNGARY.
- Enemy Realed At Variou. Points-
LONDON, Nov. 26, 2.40 p.m.
A tolegruit from Petrogami says that it is officially, stated that Rus Bian successes have taken place in Poland and Galicia and that captures bare been made of prisoners and guns.
The Russians have utered Hungary.
The communique further states that fighting also took place in the neighbamboog of Lodz and that the messes of tigrins, won the 20th last.. invaded the region of Strykna, Brzeziny, Koluszka, Rzgow, and Lúszir. n now, under Russian prevare, king supreme efforts to cut through a way to the math,
Broken uits are wandering south of Koluszkowe
WHOLESALE CAPTURE OF AUSTRIANS.
We captured prisoners, heavy guns and field gans. The operations at Lowicz went in ont favour and we obtained & manbest ndvatage in the fighting at Czenstueluwa and Cracow,
Our troops beyond the Carpathians are enveloping a nesiderable Borce of Austrians in the neighbourhoud of Mezne mill Laborez. Here we capted a fiener, 40 officers and 3,500 soldiers, along with caching guns and Brev trudus,
We occupied the town of Komo no ar the mouth of the river which passes though the leading plain of Hungary ·
RUSSIANS DEFEAT THE TURKS MAIN BODY.
Losnos, Nov. 26, 4.15 a.m
A Petrogrid official statement says that the Russiais continue their pussit of the Turks in the direction of Exzerain, where they defented their main body. The Russians espurred many prisoners and munitions.
The roads are litterell with frozen corpses. The Turks are apparently hurrying to the "shelter of the forts of Erzerum.
THE "EQUILIBRIUM" OF THE BALKANS.
LONDON, Nov. 26, 415 am, Poarpalers are proceeding with the object of establishing a new equili- brium in the Balkans. It is understood that Servia will advise the Powers of the Entente Cordiale that she is willing to make territorial concessions to Bulgaria,
The Premier, M. Radoslavoff, in a statement to the Sobranye, insisted upon) the maintenance of Bulgarian neutrality. Great importance is attached in Sofia to the visits paid by the Ministera of the Triple Eatente to M. Radoslavoff.
A QUIET DAY.
LONDON, Nov. 20, 2.40 am. The Paris evening communique states that the day was quiet and that there was no chango along the entire front.
ALLIES GAIN GROUND.
Lesbos, Nov. 25, 5.55 p.to.
A Paris communique states: From the North Men to Ypres there has been no further infantry attack.
We gained ground between Langunsnek and Zonnebeke. The Indian troops have re-taken some trenches near Labassee:
The situation is of the quietest from Labasses to Soissons.
We have slightly progressed at Berry-un-Bac and Argonne The enemy attacked at Bethincouri to the north-west of Verdun. and have been repulset.
The Gerrans retard for an armistice, which was, refused. Our artillery at Pontanusson was able to hornburd Armaville, There is no change in the Vosgus
GENERAL SITUATION UNCHANGED. .
(Harus Service)
1
Nov. 24, 6.20-p.m
The general situation is unchanged.
The intermittelt cannonude kapt up by the enemy is less violent than yesterday and the preceding day. A few infantry attacks made by the Germans were repulsctl.
They were especially violent in Argemne, where we nie progr
in the region of Four de Puris, "
A very leavy for is hindering operations between" Argonne and the Vonges.
RUSSIANS DEFEAT. THE GERMANS AT WARTA,
An official communique from Petrograd announces that the battle of Warta has resulted in the success of the Russians. The Germang art retreating on the whole of the line..
(Britial Fo
Foreign, Office Telegrams.}
THE
CHINA MAIL.
BY TELEGRAPH.
SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS IN PERSIA.
LONDON, Sov. 24. The Secretary of State for Indis makes the following autoumier Recent operations in the Persian Gulf have been crownel with even greater and more rapid success than was anticipated. After the signal
ments:
BY TELEGRAPH. VICTORIA THEATRE
(Wah Tes Yat Po'e Service.)..
RE-OPENING TSINGTAU,
PEKING, NOV. 26.
The Japanese authorities have an. rounced that the port of Taingtau will
FRIDAY 27th NOV.
THE
defont inled in the Turkish fores on the Lith mal 17th inst. this he re-opened to trade on the ad MAGNIFICENT COLOURED
Turks, abandoning all further resistance here, thed lesving guns and tinny wounded in our hands,"
Walis of Cascadal Bagdad uncompáñied defeated Turkish serves in their flight up to Tigris, Basrah was occupied on 21st instant by bach our wival and land forces,
All the British in Bastul: are reported safe.
Pasrah, a town of 20,000 inhabitants in Astutio Turkey, is on the west bank of the Euphrates, 56 miles from its mouth in the Persian Gulf. Basr is spoken it as tho ferminus of the Rigdad Bailway. The river is navigable for mensely up to 300 tons
BRITISH SURPRISE IN EAST AFRICA.
As regards East Africh, it appears from latest information that, as an important German ruilway' terminus was reported to be weakly iwlil. a force was sent from British East Africa to seize it. This foren disein- tarked on November 2l and at otre silvanced against the enemy's position. The gremy were, however, found to be in great forer and although our trups manage to reacl, the town they worn obliged to retira and to re-embark peading preparitions for future operations. Our casualties were nearly 800.
108,000 CANADIANS UNDER ARMS.
LuxBoy, Nov. 21.-
The Canadian Premier luss issued a Memorandum giving the plays
instant.
A LONG CONFERENCE.
lo i parti 3000 fans, lồng
DRAMA
Bud Kwai Fong, Commissioner to "THE SECRET OF THE WELL"
Mongolia, ha telegraphed to the Government that the conference on Mongolian-Chinoso affairs cannot be concluded by the end of this year.
A MANCHU ENTERTAINMENT.
A grand entertainment will be given to the Manchurian nobles sad gentry' by the Promier, Cha Shi Chang, in the coume of a few days.
SPORT.
HONGKONO . C. v. 5. C. C = The following will represent the Hangi wloon Cricket Club on the Hongkong koag Cricket Clab in their match with
of the Government for the dispatch of the third and successive contin-ground on Saturday, play to commenco at gente to Great Britain, and for the increase of from 48.000 178,000 men under arms in Cazala.
Singent goes to the fruit, the third contingent takes is flare making The total Canadian forces are now 91,000. When the seroul con
a total of 108,000).
CABLE CUT BEFORE WAR.
The tiovernor of Jusica arrounges that the cable was ett by the Gemians befor the outbreak of war. This was first attribute the earthquake of August 3rl but the Captain of the cable repairing ship stutes that the table was unquestioighly cut and not severed by ourth quake.
LIVERPOOL COTTON EXCHANGE RE-OPENED.
Owing to the cooperation of the British Government and the Hanks, the Tdverpool Coston Exchange"re-opened on November 1th it is derited that the New York and New Orleans Exchanges re-opened simultaneously.
In Vienna the price of cotton at the end of October as recorded the "Neun Freie Press, Vienna "are nearly double the prices at Manchester
ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF
MORPHINE.
Revenue Cleer Wilden, who mate the
**STICK IT, WELSH."
How Famous Regment Beat the Germans.
2:15 punti
R. Hancock (Captain), R. W. Anderson, D. E. Donnolly, P. Jacks, P. S. Leigh Bennett, M. M. Maas, S. 5. Moore, T, E. Pearce, G. E. Enger, H. A. Stukes, and R. P. Tharatield.
FOOTBALL.
Football lovers will be well cateral for fon Saturday, for two gral matches will the ground of the Tongkeng Football follow ach other ia quick succession on
Club, which has been very kindly lent for the ernst Fur. each match the regimental team of the South Wales Bar- dens will provide the opposition, and, shes of the North China Cup, their display will no doubt be interesting.
The Asciation tea will be on shou firas, artist, the Pick of the Colony." the following strong, chven was chosen The kicket will be at 3.15 sharp, and
last night to represent the homesters:-
Jan-Swan (Police).
Backe-Coxon (1.5) and Stalker (ILKY.C
Halies. Clark (Policy, Wilkiusou (R.), and Wilde (H.K.F.C.).
ForwardNichols (Navy), Datics (S. and D.), Adams (Navy), centre. Nwan (R.G.A.), Pennell (H.K.F.C.).
Mr. Hazeland this morning at the Magistracy, had before him the rounded Few more stirring stories have cane charge against a Chinese of being in posses.from the front than that, by Pc. C. sion of 3,400 doses of morphins beyond Derry, of the 2nd Welsh Regent, who the limit allowed by statute.
Mr. F. W. Eager will referee, und is now in hospital at unbridge... discovery, provecated; and Mr. Preston of, the Welsh were here to advance. and the Regiment in Rt.0.A.. colous
Messrs. Reynolds (Polica), and Robins Amidst a terrible artillery duel in the (8.0.A. will be linesmen, Mars Johnson. Stokes and Master de When about twenty yanka from the crest back and white.
great battle which conanneel on Sept. The Colony will play in white shirts fended.
flared. avunend to the top, saw the Derry Gun company rotnunder. Capt. of a hill they lay down, und," writes
Gormats, and shouted:
second floor of Yee Lung Lane in various The morphine was discovered on the
articles of clothing and distributed about the fist; while a namber of empty morphine tina vero found in a large jar of water la the cookhouse and in a spare room.
game the Rugby exhibition will be given, Inimelistely following the Association and hera, again the soldiers mag he What Fix bayousts. Pays, here they are expected to shine. "Tho game will start an ofheer! What-u sokker! We at 4,30 and will evrininly be well worth in his statement observed that the spare, storm of mad fire. We knew by the
The Rarezve Officer said that defendant anywhere, but we were checked by a selected. A
Exel, and were prepared. tes frolour hun watching, as strong sides have been room belonged to another man.
tu
Mr. Preston argued that the drug bed that we were up against tremen longed to the person who occupied the do force apare room and was barer the property of the defendant
BLUFFING THE DELMANJ
During the interval, officials will tour
round the crowd with collecting boxes for the benefit of the local War Fund. One hundred dollars has been quarte Defendant admitted to the Magistrate
"There was only one game to play teed by the Conritico and there 'ought that he had said one of the morphine tins bluf them into the belief that we to be no dificulty in mising this amount
anhia. He said so, he axplained, because were as strong as themselves. So we in once. he was afraid his wife would be arrested. were orderal rapid firing, which gives
After hearing the defendant's wife, the Magistrato fined the defendant 8185 or force in strong.. Wo popped many like
an enemy the passion that the ring A MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE, three months' imprisonment, observing this for three hours, never movidgno that he was satisfied that defendant waS
Mr. Hazeland this afternoon heard the owner of the morphine.
ich front our positions:
evidence in a charge of manslaughter "As we were waiting in our death-gainst Wong Tak, a watchman on board trup our ammunition began to run out, the a Tai Tor, who was alleged to have Things were idling lindt, so we did zapit killed Che Tong, another member of the liring by section from Jelt to right and vice versa,We lui est very heavily by anw, but we held to our positi
My brother Bruces and ayself et
GERMAN BLUFF. ·
Londos, November 14.
The Times Military Correspondent says that the talk of untold millions of Germans
on the Eastern frontier is pure bluff. The up to have a fair pop: but, wo got it-he Alstre-Hogarisne are strong, but nothing in the left arm.ind thigh and I straight fet shows more than four or fivo active through the kaa joint. Then ware two German corps, probably eight reserve roca now-active and dead and wounded corps, and the rest of the 22 corps com- posed of the Laadweby and Landetruin, Jush-mur the mez was lying our who are of no great Recourt and not enough brave captain, mortally wounded. As the to hold the Russians backg vasion of her own territory and the out, but we voer vrae:
Germany has to choose between a fully open his eyes, so full of rain,
shells bunt over us he woull decasion abandonment of part of her protaatioon on
the wist
Stick it. Welch; stick it, Welsh, Many of us wounded annagel to crawl up and down the fring-line dish ing out the nammunition wo tere unable to uso -Francia
So our brava lads stuck pit notil our artillery got in action and put paid to the enemy's attack on a mere handful of men. We had wou
*International Regrets.
Greatly to my regret Joseph.
In spite of our intense desire for friendly relations A
-Peter
sarprises us
In the midst of perfect pesca, the enemy Forward with God William
Little wo incline to do yo, we are
George:
forced
we? Wa mudo em cat the words. Out "The contemptible little army are Strong in our ardent desire of amiving at German dead and rounded. They oven in that field were strewn thousands of a peaceful solution-Poincard
Our menaced nation shedder and its chilled an up and made barricades of thei dren hare bounded to the frontier. Albert
It is with profound regret that we,
we, in
dood
posed to terrible shell tire, and to move Towards duck, though we were stili
Crow.
Detective Inspector O'Sullivan said that the defendant and deceased quarreled on board the Tai Lee na the vessel's trip from Canton to Hongkong on the 10t Licked the deceased in the abdomen. The iust The defendast was alleged to bate deccasal is mid to have fallon back nad never regained consciou-cans. intracranial bemontage which might have Dr. McFarlano said that death was due to been caused venereal disease which sometimes bright fall, Deceased find a d by. on bemormhge.
described what he saz. Deceased be id, AD eye-witness of board tho ship was kicked by defendant and fall back, becoming unconscious,
A watchman who made the arrest and that the defendant's son had since abecond
deceased quarrelling with a small boy, Another withers mid that he saw the The defondant Interposed and the quarrel went on fer a long time. He saw th defendant hit the deceased in the faco and he fell down. Decessed get up agafa hat
he collapsed. defendant kicked him in the abdomen and hefore be had regained his footing the
The hearing was adjourned rotilto
morton afternoon.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER
RESERVE.
The following official telegrams from the British Foreign Office have spite of our Ardent devotion to the cause of been sent to us for publication:-
peace, are thus compelled. -Emperor Was nino courting suicide, soremal of Orders by Major Wakeman, O.C.H.K.Y.R. of Japan.
THE ATTACK ON THE ZEPPELIN FACTORY.
Further Details.
Loxios, Nov. 21:
Harper's Weekly.”
PARADEN
For Friday 27th inst, and Friday 4th December, as ordered.
nur lade voluntered to collect and carry away the wounded. Many got hit-in doing, but they cared nothing.'s
HALTANEN'S LAWT WORDS, Immediate relatives of those lost by Captain facial-die that evening, the sinking of the Hogue, Aboukir, and his last wogga Ling: • Sting it. Welahki
i Mr. He died as he had Frot, na oficer and nig's Park Range as ordered. Winston Churchill: expressing the King gentleman. The inner in victory we
sympathy with them.
shell bout the energ
MUSKETEY. Storlap 29th and Sanéty 90th inst
ALAZI, Allamander lists of Felephone now,
The Secretary of Admiralty makes the following announcement On Saturday three British netoplanes flew from French territory toru Queau's the Zeppelin Airship Factory, all three pilots in succession flow down to close range under heavy firo from guns and hunched bombs. One pilot.
In enseaned at the war, the 13th Try also derribee how on another must be forwarded by Section commanders is reported wounded end was taken to the hospital ne e prisoner. The Hin Cobrades Club Bainciava ere the 2nd Welsh volunteered to the Adjust without delay. other officers returnel safely to Franel territory though, their machines October B4, has been postponed indefinite death itp decompel the ending to change dinner which was 16 have been bald on decor, almweb walking 3nto a wern damaged by gun fire. The port positively all bomba ranched by In his vote to the Old Guutado. their rides Twossociais tankercantly left by the PS. Nubia, their objective and that serious damage was done to the Zeppelin factory hon, secretary says When the war is
Mr. J. Mackintosh Shas, wha This flight of 250 miles, which, penetrated 120 miles into Germany ross over we will hold our ro-urjon, and InQualitous Cometry in difficult weather conditions, constitutes, with than doubt,
celebrite the fresh sebluwerents that will otck, a fine fout of arms;:
The added to the
wire prsu vi che cold that coyees to in the Neatish His nt Badin ho obe expreid t nga the Welsh senin, burgh Mr. Bhaw servol in Strathcona's Hore in the Beur Weak more recently, with riding cheers.
Hora,
Leuiticky of the old corpusas from that when we wt back to targemanded a troop in the Tientsin Light
very exciting
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