TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1915.
BY TELEGRAPH.
(Beer's Service to the China Mail)
THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR.
A THREE DAYS' BATTLE IN A SNOWSTORM.
GERMANS EVACUATE MORE
TRENCHES.
FIVE GERMAN STEAMERS SUNK IN
THE BALTIC.
THE STRUGGLE IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM.
ARTILLERY ACTIONS AT YPRES LA BASSEE, AND LENS.
Today's Paris commmiime sags: ---
LONDON, Jan. 17, 3.30 p.m.
THE CHINA MAIL.
BY
TELEGRAPH.
THREE-DAYS BATTLE IN A SNOWSTORM.
Loxpes, Jan. 19, 1.10 a.m.
Jau An official announcement in Petrograd says og feta Djang The battle of Karnurgan, which was contested for three days amid n ceasless wwstorn, has ended in a complate Russion victory.
Thanks to the efforts of the valiant Comensing and Turkestan Reginents and the Siberian Chasneles, the resistance at the Turks has boon shasteurd.. His rearguard has been wunihilated, and the remnants. of the Turkish Army, harassed at their thinks and in front, are fleeing towards Eratua. Our pursuing troops found in marines, buried in snow, parts of Turkish guns, which the onemy had thrown from the heights. The pursuis eontinues.
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A TURKISH ARMY CORPS ANNIHILATED,
LONDON, Jan. 18, 5.35 ..
A Petrogend oficial announcement says:-- Our Aring in the Caucasus annihilated the 11th Turkish Army Corps. Only insignificant portions escaped, quil these ora deving in disorder. All she Corps' artillery was captured.
BAND PERFORMANCE.
Though it has given only two perfor manes in Hongkong the Philippine Con stabulary Bind has made a big reputation. sad the Hongkong public has shown itsell deeply sensible of the opportunity kindly aforded by Capt. Loving. its conductor, of hiab piset tand music,
listening to reace, no the Criaket
The second Cich ground ist evening, was attended by thering of between Bro and sig handter gathering people.. who
were provided with a raru musical treat. HE the Gaverror. Sir Henry May, K.C.M.G., the United Staten Consul General, br. G. H. Anderson And es. Anderma were among those noticed. Several groups of handsmon from the Indian regiments also listened with map: Attention to the movie, which was beatiful ly payed. The gem of th programme was List's Rhapsody No 2, which received exceptionally fine interpretation. Listening to Bucolloss's descriptive serne, A Hantics Self
Scri
it was quite ear to texrsport oneself in
WAR NEWS.
ENGLISH AMAZONS!"
Amazing Credulity in Vienna.
Our supposg difficulty in filling up the ranks of Lord Kitchener's now Army a subject for mirth and mockey in the German Prok.
A cartoon in Jugend Youth"), for example, shows Lord Kitchener earnestly trying to parinade the man in the moon to me down and enlies st
eighteen shiflings, a day," Oor War Minister's exhortations ne sijassed to|
enhanced by a melodious bag-pipe accompaniment from two grotesqun High-
and pipers standing behind him.
The man-in-the-ma's reply is to make the familiar gesture known to the
No German isonly paper, kommoyer, re. We continued to progress, in the regions of Sieuport and Lombarrtzyde. † having of the honey to a meet, the Germans ns** pulling a long mise." Our artillery obliged the Germans to esnemate their trenches a distance of 200 the hos bringing vividly to one's mindganis itself as having attained the pr metres backward on the Cmed Dune and destroyed & redan northward of this the glories of a cross country gallop on a
winter's morning. As an extra, A pus yer level of comielity withof half a spot. We also bombarded the enemy's works southward of St. Georges.
pourri, intrudue ng the popular Tipperary, dozen "jets" of this kinit There have been artillery actions at Ypres, La Rassee, and Leps."
the boat bears ol
There was a lively fight at Blangs. The Germans seized & foundry, but was given, and the programe concludel
we instantly re-tock it. We maintained our positions.
Our artillery continued to demolial: trecches at La Doiselle.
The enemy between Vailly and Craonne made an unsuccessful attack, and
we repulsed another-attack at Beaulue.
In the regions of Perthes and Beau Sejour our aivance continued, despite
a violent storm?
A German attack was repulsed at Bois le-Preire.
ith the Cnited States Bitish anthems. Į Programme :-
Merch, Haile the Spirit of Liber y
(Sousa).
Overture C'e patra (Mancia-li).
** JUGEND ** FOR JOVES KATY. - Whatever hamur is in them is very childish.
But for cal though unconscious humour on this topic one has to go to the Seita Espagnol La Feria Log Torrosions Fress. The Vienna Fremden- b-La Reja: e-La Zarzuela: (Lacoma).
blatt is an example. A few days ago Raspandy No. (Liszt).
pblished a half-political, half-hi
Silceda
for clarinets. Nanine (Waldteufel);
We won some ground in the Vosgre westward of Orhey. Snow fell heavilysts Festanciano del Rio-arisis Calistro all kiar
Loxoox, Jan. 18, 1.10 am, The Paris evening conuenique Boys:- There is nothing to report, except snowfalls from Argonne to the Vosges,
FRENCH ARTILLERY BREAKING ENEMY'S TRENCHES.
A French Goverment telegram, dated January-18, states that the
BY
TELEGRAPH. VICTORIA THEATR
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BY
DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN
RAILWAY OFFICIAL.
LONDON, Jan. 18,
The death is recorded of Mr.J. F. 3, Gooday, who was at one time General Managor of the London, Brighton, and, South Coast Railway, and afterwards, until 1910, General Manager of the Great Eastern Railway.
DISASTROUS GALE IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, Juni 18, 3.33 am, y A gale that prevailed over the week- end strewed the British coasts with wracky.
An Admiralty patrol tug was sunk in the Downs, sad her crew of twelve were drowned.
DEATH OF GENERAL STOESSEL
LONDON, Jan. 18. The death is announced of General Stoessel, the defender of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War. He had long been paralysed,
(Wch Tax Fat Po's Service.)
TING FONG..........
WU
SHANGHAI, Jan. 18.
Mr. Wu Ting Fong will leave for Hongkong on the 22nd inst., hy the Japan Moru, After a few boars in the Coloay ho proceeds to the Philippine! Isineda to investigate the native trade
there.
THE NATIONAL FLAG..
The Premier, Choi Shi Cheung, bas recommended that the design of both the national and military thugs of Chini be altered.
PEXING, Jan. 18. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hus
torical essay on Amazon aquales. The instructed Mr. Shi, Shin to inspect
opening sentences of the article will suf. the disputed boundary between China Grand selection. In Tariate (Verdi). Description, A Hunting Scene(Luealossi)fice to show itutur.The surprising ind Macan which has been the sub-
ject of several commaissions.
DOCKYARD RECREATION CLUB.
Tennis Courts Opened.
intelligence." it says, "has rouched" us in the latest communications from Eng- lund, that an English Amazon any hu been established."./
The Fremdenidatt" does not doubt: the nears; fe is only vóticered to find explanation of this extraordinary step.
The Dockyard Recreation Club has It may be explain.", it suggests," in
MISSIONARY WORK IN THE DIOCESE OF VICTORIA.
French artillery continues to break down the enemy's trenches netently been improved by the milition either of two.ways. The English Govern.sociation helps the missionary work of the
Laboiselle.
THE FALLING BÁCH AT SO163ONS EXPLAINED.
4.
The German communiqués ara exaggerated and distorted regarding the fighting which took place last week north of Soissons. The falling back on the left bank of the Aisne followed the rise which rendered impossible the forwarding of reinforcements. The troops fell buck with out pursuit and are continuing to cover Saissons. The fulling back is only that of 1,400 metres on a five kilometres front.
HONGKONG,
The expansion of missionary work is illustrated locally by the fact that the fre loon are self-supporting, well governing and Chinose Churches in Hongkong and Kow self-propagating. The missionary work of those Churches, eg, the Alms Houses at Kaloon (over 100 inmates), and the sup port of three Catechista and a Biblewoman, carried on independently of missionary, funds.
The Hongkong Church Missionary As Church in South China. Mach of the work, of "two tennis courts, constructed underwent, which has hitherto shown itself so
As will be seen from the facts given below, the supervision of Mr. H. Shires, fore hostile to the women's claitos-the more is entirely self-supporting, but important man of works, and they were formally hostile the mugher and more recklessly branches need our financial help every year opened to the members last evening by the women's demands were put-has Commodore Abstrather, N. About a change its standpoint, and is showing! hundred members unl friends attended, itself more gracings towards the aspira these prosent including Commander and tions of the sufregettes; or its sons Mrs. Boucher, Messrs. A. 1. Anderson, are far different, and are at who kind as to do both the English Government T. Wiliains, F. Weston and C. D. J.
ami Euzlish manlod little hebour. all.
Chief Constructor Bate, chairman of As a rule a Great Power has enough the chib, in opaning the proceedings.nunla soldiers, and its fiebl my us the mentioned that the land ke the courte services of women only for the tending hul leen kindly given by the Countaodore, of wounds, and the nsstaging of pain, and aud the courts, which were the finest in not for inflicting wounds and suffering the Colony, had been laid at the club's But male soldiers are, not forthcoming in own experse. The rifle section of the England; or perhaps they do not show The Germans lost 100 men at Trogon on account of a very violent club had by continual practice and the sufficient fighting spirit-o wonder, for Home, the Faitles Girls' School, and attack which failed.
spacting spirit shown by all its adherents they do not fight, like our mea, for a the Victoria Home and Orphanage; also won the respers of all the shooting teams holy cause, liut for so much a day and "several day schoo's for boys and girls. in Hongkong, and he hoped the tennis-in short, women are being culisted in sation would emulate its example. As order to shame the manhood of England LONDOS. Jan. 18, 3.35 am. Chairman of the club he expressed the into manliness! Daily (hgunidos.” Tip etated in Stockholm that during the past fortnight Eve large Gerthanks of all the members to the Com man cargo steamers have disappeared in the Baltic Sea with their crews,modore and asked him to add to his in- through striking minor.
A GERMAN REVERSE.
FIVE GERMAN STEAMERS SUNK.
GERMAN TREABURY MINISTER RESIGNS.
debtedness to the club by declaring the courts open and playing the first game.
The Commodore after breaking tho club flag, expressed the pleasure which Mrs. Anstruther and ho derived from being prosent. He was glad that the club had such execilent courts and hoped tas ilulgence in the game would pro- mate the health and enjoyment of all.
The Commodore, partnered by Mr. C. The Gencaa Imperial Secretory to the Treasury, Herr Kuehn, is resign.umes, played Commander Toucher and ing his position ostensibly on account of ill-health. He will be succeeded by Mr. I. ". Beures and weiss keenly eno- Professor Helfferich, the manager of the Deutsche Bank,
Succeeded By Manager Of Deutsche Bank..
Loxpox, Jan. 18. p.35 a.m.
THE OPERATIONS IN THE EASTERN ·
THEATRE.
GERMANS DRIVEN. BACK AT SEVERAL POINTS,
LONDON, Jan. 17, 0.56 gum.
A Petrograd communique says ———
We are still successfully progressing on the right book of the lower Vistula tourls Thorn.
The Germans made a series of violent attacks in the region of
tested sot by six games to fivè,
On the other court Messt. W. E. Clay-
IN MEMORIAM VERSIS.
(From Our Feuttiah Correspondent.)
Vereen are
Ober results of the activities of the C.M.S. loadly are St. John's Hall for university students, St. Stephen's Cullere and St. Stephen's Girls' College, the the Women's School at St. Stephen's Anglo Chinese School in St. Paul's College,
Of these institutions the Victoris Home some of the Day Schools require Bancial help each year.
and
None of the educations! institutinos receive any support from the missions society for their maintenance.
CARTOS.
There are five native clergy in connec tion with the work si Canton. Three are supported. apart from missionary fuuda. Two need sapport every year.
FAXHOZ
Pakhni is the Society's medical centre. To many Scottish newspapers, especially. those which circulate among the working. At the General Hospital during 1914 were classes, In Memorina
459 in-patients; 0.999 cutpients with iramident feature Most are home made, 20, subsequent visits to the Hospitals, and the pirete of them is often delicious. and 493 operations were performed. The e isa Leper Hospital with 120 in patients. And a Christian Church exclusively for an Ayrshire one reads,——
Lepor",
No siatter how we think of her, Her name we often call,
There is nothing left to answer
But her picture on the wall.",
A quaint coupler, which seems to com-
tott and Eng-Commander Rooms played Messra. W. T. Harbord and F.. S. Woodline zabuka with a cup invitation to a
sul wen-6-1, 2-6, Later Mrs. better way of life, runs tha
F. Willians and M., C. James beat Mr.A year has passed sincs my basland
F. Filmunds and Mr. R. W. Bearne..-5.
Jobs, has gone,
read I'm on.".
1..
The Medical Mission is now being extend to the South-western provisce seretal of Tannan. The Church there is almuet self-supporting and there aro Preaching Halls and Schools.
SANKING.
, whilst Megsta. Harbord and Worx And his brother. Raha, has never looked theory weaken the initi-Irage. The Inlayed singles on the other nurt
SANITARY BOARD ELECTION.
Three Candidates.
The following is the kind of intimation that Hamlet might have fuserted in the Elsinore Chrucicle," na protest against his mother's fighting of affection,
If the grave were to open, what changes you'd seo.
But eternal rest is far better for thre."
For the tire vacant seats on the Sani-The subject of the following was the wife
Jumine. The enemy's forces were at least six Regiments: As a result tary Board three nominations have been of soren successive attacks and desperate bayonet fighting the Germans recived. The candidates are Dr. Fitz only took one trench from an advanced Company.
We drove the enemy back on other parts of the front."
willian and Mr. F. B. I. Ikley, the retiring members. and Mr. P. W. Gold-
The Germans supported their attacks with exceptionally heavy artilering, who a short time ago won a coa
lery fire.
usted election against Mr. W. 3 Carter The Russians, in the region of Konapitza, did exceptionally effective when Mr. Dowley's absence on leave! work with grenades, and compelled the enemy to evacuate communication created a temporary vacancy. tranches.
The Germans violently bombardert our positions southward of Pinczow, and on three occasions made abortive charges.
We silenced a battery of Austrian heavy guns whieli had been bom- barding Tarnow."
of a
Ia ariner, R
Pmino wa now her glorius name. Pablish hor exulted Lime. Still Fer worth our pasise exceeds: Excellent were all lire deeds, Free from anger and from pride And such a pleasure to live beside"
. In the same paper a distich accompanied an In Memoriam alice inserted by a widow Polling takes place at the Supremo Dear husband, thou art one year gone; Court between the hours of 4 and 6 p.m. Thy hair is vachat still. on Friday next.
At the new capital of Kwangsi the me congregation on Christmas Day numbered 50.
MISSION WORKEUS,
The following is a list of the "workers Asociated with the missionary activities referred to above
11 European Clergywen
Laymen
Lados (exolosite of wives), Chibose Clergymen Catechists. Tunchors.
Biblewomen.
Honorary Lay Beaders.
a total of 178 workers.
Asbe ation,
Of the 139 Chirose workers only 64 are supported by funds coming through the. Church Miinary Society. The rest see hy self-apportiog. or are provided for. personal docations or by funds supplied by the Hongkong Church Mission
alan-giveu cunriderbla The 0.34. A halen. assistance to the Diceman Refuge, the Dincesas Girls Gobel and Orphanage nod to the Diesen Tmining College
Among the efforts that need special help
Sund your sheat are trying to dislodge Case Special trafo
Nazninizu. ONT preritmin the fing membrana of firm th&C.M.Ahh Uig present time aru- phiego. Oberlaus Cough mody
Catechist at 3o Riah Schen, Chator threaten, and it at a wall to wacomplish this for you and are the Els infé vids and taken Chamberlela's Cotigh
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RUSSIAN SUCCESS IN THE CARPATHIANS.
LowDox, Jun. 17, 0.56 p.m.
A Petrograd, communique announces that the Russians have seized
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