MONDAY. AUGUST 9, 1915
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A DISABLED GERMAN SUBMARINE.
Lexnon, August 8., A telegram from Athens suys, riait a German submarine, .con>- pilotuly disabled, was towed past the Dollen Hom by a Turkish destroyer,
LATEST NEWS FROM THE WESTERN FRONT,
LONDON, Aug. 9, 1.35 a.m.
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AN ESSENTIAL OF PEACE FOR GREAT BRITAIN,
LONDON, August &ˆ¿ The Marquis of Linlithgow, in a message to Leith on the anniversary of the war, says Ask Britons to keep their eyes fixed on the German Navy. Any pence terms which do not include the shattering of Germany's sen power must be rejected. Only thus can the life of our children be made worth living.
STALY AND TURKEY.
LONDON, Aug 8
The Italian and Turkish tension is daily becoming more acute, Italy has asked for a category of explanations sud reparations, as Constantinople oun- A Paris communique says that there, ware artillery actions at the Woenvretinues its usual policy of postponement. and the Western front at Saissons was bombarded. There were only bumb Bghts in the Arzoane. The Germans in the Vosges re-utlacked at Lingekopt bus were repulsed.
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ON THE EASTERN FRONT.
THOROUGH EVACUATION OF WARSAW.
A Barron Victory.
Losnos, August 7. The thonginess of the evacuation of Warsaw is proved by tho amount of an Amerjena vorgespondent who left Warsaw on July 24th,
He says that the Russian authorities on July 15ch uskoal time. British Consul how many tickets he wanted for the British Colony. The news- papers of Warsaw, annumeed on July 15th that the nation of the
GERMANY THREATENS RUMANIA.
LONDON, Aug. R
Germany is threatening vengeanco against Ramanis because contraband' in atill' vigorously prevented frota going to Turkey, Germans and Turka no longer enter Humanis, while Germany is further urging Austris to close her frontiers. But the Austrians read provisions and are leaving the roads open for carts.
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KWANGTUNG FLOOD RELIEF FUND.
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city woull begin on the "18th, but befors then crowds wens hurrying The Tung; Wa Hospital begy to nuknow-Į eastward on a thousand goods waggons which had been nesumulated. | ledas with thunks the following donations Fully half the population were removed, in addition to hundreds of to the Kwangsung Flood Relief Fund "thousands of peasants, who had arrived from the country after their T.T. from the Chinese Consul
homas fad been burnt and their grops destroyed.
at Perang
Fracically the entire countryside had been swept bare. Every | T.T. from Samurung serap of metal was removed, including telegraph and telephone wires, | T.T. from Kunia: Lumpur chuith bells, the nuclifery of the factories offer which this factory (PT.- Iman - thần, Chinese wer- buildings were destroyed. thean and antiquarian treasures were chants of Lumpur.K... went to Moscow, including the hurt of Chopin, which was nue of thự Mr. The Mongg Chai treasures of the churches. The emss and also the municipal and Stato] Per Mr. Lan Ying Wid of the archives and three millions sterling in rash were removed.
Warsaw was vubby by July 914. Not even a wheeled vehicle or]
a horse was left. » Tens of thønusands of lenses were destroysil, and there was no public water supply, as the pumps fad been repoved.
The Rassions wit the Polish Vivió Cananitted to administer the town fill the entry of the Germans. Many prominent citizens left, as] they were reported to be on this Geremo pressoription lists.
A thousand Polish zufugees, in a zone in the interior, are fearing Oncesses by the Austrians and Germans who artise the Fölés öt Troschery to the Cent European causes.
Poland is now n-desker, of blarkyqual rains, and its light is wose Man that of Belgium.
The sufferings of the reigees are so terrible that the Govenmment at Petrograd has nsshaved to the pubic bodies á - grant of twenty-five million rubles on their behalf.
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The only mention di buoy in the Choruant - papers up to this pre-2 sulmeribes of $3.50 rach is the presence of large stocks of thour at vingerial, German, porrespondents telegraphing frown a point night miles from Warsaw say the view of the vity at dawn on Thursday was awesome, The city was encircled with faries and giant ostumus 25 savikų, attri- buted to the burning of bralgis and munition sikeres by the Russiaus. Passsian aviators bombed the advancing frermans day and night; thưungh- eu! the work.
EVACUATION OF KOVNO.
A rekognum received at Copenlingen says the Russians are preparing) to manunte Kovno. The Governur has alrendy sent his offices to Novos Jesun-brock, a hundred miles ietheust.
GERMAN ADMIRATION FOR RUSSIAN VALOUR.
The Gerrans de not coureal their admiration of the valour of the Bussins. Prince Luitpoll of Bavaria in the presence of his Stuff said [ so a captured Russian Colonel: "I main immensely your troops who Sought with honong and eomge," Neither ang numerical superiority" noz our autemis batteries. dismayed these bave soldiers who fell gloriously to the last man."
GERMAN COMMENTS.
The comments of the Gagna experts are not too enthusiuslik.
an instance, Major Morunt asks why the chief end of all strategy, namely tho destruction of the enemy's fighting power, should be given up for
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Other papers manifest confiidling views regarding tuture openitions. Some are saying that Warsaw and Ivangored constitute a few basse | for continuance of the march eastward on a broad front; others that tha possession of these rities wili nke possible the formation of new Mensive lines, Irving mops, probitly a muillien in number, for action
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RUSSIAN COMMENTS.
Russian correspondents anticipate that the Geun offensive cust. war is not yet finished us enemy forces are wow pushing fowirils Koyel, with the object of getting behind the Brestletorak line, while there to other movements north, namely in the Lonza sector, threaten ing to guf the Petrograd line, and in the Baltic Provines, where the Germans are apparently aiming not so much at Higa, which the Rus
ans and eventing, but at crossing the Dwins higher up.
Arrong the frensures to Moscow froin the Baltic Provinces was, n tatue of Bismarck weighing 900 pounds, taken from the Kaiser's East | Prussian state..
YIEWS OF POLISH LEADERS.
A Pelingrad message says that the Polish leaders remugnise that everything rotmensurate with military prindener was done to save. Wars *w. By remaining longer the troops would have imperiled Duo armies. Military experts anticipate that the fortress, al Novogeorgievsk` will Jas deferaled to the last.
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A WOMAN AND À COBRA.
Thrilling Snaka Story from South India.
The following account of how a large cobra was caughs by su Indian woman is sent to the fadras Mail by a Bangalore correspondent-
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Losnos, Aug, 2. 410 zn Rentor's correspondent nt Lisbon reports that Bernardino Machado has been elected President of the Republic.
OUTBREAK OF FIRE ON THE 9.S. "KHYBER."
Losos, Aug
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Tugs and fire- brigades are pumping water into the bunkers of the 'ship.
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The fire on the "Khyber" hai heen controlled. It is believed the damage is not serious. The cargo was expeditiously unloaded.
(Wah Tew Yat Po's Service.)
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PEKING, Aug. 8. The Minister of Finance hae deputed
OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.
I had often heard stories about a sanke- catching caste of Indians in Southern India, but notwithstanding wide and varied wan- derings in the jungle had never seen it. On the other hand, I had found almost all the humbis classes of Indians frightened to death of soutes and insistent in their on-INVESTIGATION OF KWANDTUNG teenties that they should be shor, Thera- fore, I put down the stories I had heard an apocryph, or, at least, growly exagge Complete conversion has takes baco,
and this is the fashion of the hap pering.
Bangalore is a very snaky p'zes, and the. Lou Sam Yuen to investigate the 117.20 gol-links in the Lal Bagh are especially so. Kwangtung Customs.
o wers playing golf, the wiiter song thaus, when he was aware of, (apparently) the father of all cubre peaco 1000) Tally reclining on the open turf within 20.00 a couple of feet of his ball Ho was a cabex He was quite fire fast long, and as thick as a strong man's wrist. Golf. JU.ES
clube are short, and the cobra wasa lengthy, 40.00 and discretion did not conneul too near in 10.50 approach. An ineffective brick or two 143,00 w trial, but we were shoes of the 700 munitions of war and the enemy got safely idto his trench-hole, I mean. Players And crowd of Indian collected, and cocneil of war was bald, bas it resulted in aothing except a brilliant suggestion by a Sady to put a stone in the hola and cause back the next day with spader and responn.
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Suddenly about 4 ft. Bins of rative old lady was seen running towards the crowd,
and the speedily proved to be the Dea ex
The folowing appointments are on- nounced:-
„Mr. Koo Wai Kwan to be appointed. Acting Minister to the United States.
Chow Ta Chai to be "Governor of Hupeb and Kam Pong Ping Minister of Agriculture and Commeros.
Wong Tai Sit, Minister of Commani- cations.
DEATH SENTENCE ON A. KWANGSI : MAGISTRATE.
Yeung To. Magistrate of Yung Die. trict, Kwangi charged with correp- tion, was sentenced to be deprived of
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calmly proposed to catch the cobra alire, provided it was dug out and small amount of bucksheesh collected for her. It seemed criminal to allow her to make the attempt, but she sacred so very confident that eventually implements were procured had the hole was opened. The diggera sprang back in a horry, the now large ring of spectators widened in the tou respect ful manner, and into the midst danced that shrivelled little Amazon, armed with
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with an expanded herd twice the width of Buran palm, and struck wava ely in the direction of the woman, who was certainly not more than ft. away from it. Shaking her stick at it, she addressed it in what was evidently not drawingroom Tamil, and for
Cheung Ming Kai who, as previously stated, has ordered the death penalty.
A mandata.orders the drawing up of regulations to keep official permanently at this posts.
GOO WAIK WAN.
Goo Wail Wan leaves Peking to day. A Mandate appoints Ma Ting Leung to be diplomatic officer in Föngties.
HONOURING A BENEFACTOR.
A Mandats confers the fawrth Kawo
some seconds seemed to be exasperating on Ng Jok Ma for contributing $10,000
the brate as much as possible, Gradually
it draw itself out of the brie, and followed for the relief of the distress is Kwortung
her over the gray, she slowly rotresting, and Chakiang.
but never ceasing to shake ber stick and
swear. It was a curious sight to see the
huge gliding Death in twenty minutes"
and frail little old lady facing each other in To-day's Advertisements
aring of amazed and very discreet humans
of superior sex and race.
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For five minutes the play went on, thu
woman continually holding out her stick
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sa her own devices. Eventually the brute 919.21 suemed to tire, and dropped his hood, still") 203,042.24 expanded, on the grass. Then she worked round to the enemy's rear, and got one of the boldest the onlooker to lay a small stick quite lightly on its tail Creeping up, she laid her bando, or just above his body, and inob by inch work ed up towards the head. Every moment one dreaded to ace that awful bead come rourd and dest forth death, but the shrivelled little and reached the bund |doreraded like, # and with the othe
hand to be'p jammed the monko's head desperately on to the ground. thod (Dar" Ming Brix or PERCHED SOM"). Six Germino agrats in New York who fariously, but could not ges away, And ber Ioft have been exporting rubber to Germany by after a few mest she shifted
MESSRS. C. FERRIER & CO, the way of neutral couarries, enclosing it in hand farther back and held the great rep barrels of cotton wasto or resin so is to tile aloft. Still squeezing with right hand, Proprietors and Manufacturers of derive the bicckalera and also the port he tumed round to the ting of spec stora, this well known parlamed, romp, have authorities, were indicted by the Fede alan as the great mouth gaped, quid (no secertained that soup made by other Grand Jary. The Government's prosecit doule the poisons could be seen falling manufacturers is being placed on the
Dots of Smuggling. Flot In New York.
LE PETIT CHAT" SAVON EXTRA FIN
A Polish neraber of the Council of Empire, speaking with emotion at a meeting of the Council, said that in the mid of their misfortune ing, and the credit for the dine very is due from it drup by drop. Once a drop seemer market under mark which is a gr the Foles remembered that a long series of historie facts welded themys the Telegraph overespondent) to the in fall on her wrist, kid she city imitation of the registered LE FRIIT Jassed it all no art and then a mark belonging Men C mto a people indissolubly united with the Russians, with when they would.
It has been proved that the defendants, marming stake and all, she walked bEx & Co. Sach camisetarers are toggle to the last breath..
had a large credit frein Vienza and Berlin, her defeated enemy. With Demin, warned that Moser. C. FruZIES & Co.
EXODOUS FROM RIGA..
There is an exodus of 10,000 daily froin Etige."
GERMANS ATTACKING OSSOWIEGS.
LONDON, ist 8. .. The Germans ara útticking the fortresses of Kovpo and Ossowiecs, pays a Petrograd telegram.
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knd letters in their posession tended to Sampen we al exclained. * Prosi gious will not hesitate to take all steps ope abow that rubber is in incat urgent demand and it certainly was the only word. to by the Central Empizes.
British gents in American porta lavo lately discovered that the Gerinangaro adopting extraordinary uses to export rubber, One cue of unds opened pastar das and labelled stationary had a big block inside, nuficient of make-az automobile tyce. It was marked "iak eraser.” Al sorts of plans to drive lays be a adopted, the nest ingenious-being robber sauzes in jars of picklas.
Nearly everything in opcoed for for
After an interne fire followed by a huge cloud of gas the Germans assaulted Ossorioes at dawn on Friday morning and carried the works inspection, with the casult that shipments nour Sosna, but the Russian fire and enunter-altack dislodged thun ate necessarily delayed.
Terywher
Desperate fighting is proceeding of the Narew front. The enemy, -ufter a series of sanguinary actiona, made a little progress along tho
mads to Ostrow on Friday.
Desperate uneiny attacks on Thursday evening in the region of
Satroiak wore regulend, mantene
Harl fighting continues between the Vistuls and the Bug t
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them to stop such fraudulent Competition.. And at Morchants and Shopkeepers are warned that steps will be takes without notice against any person found selling or. in the possession of soap bearing which is, an imitation of "LE FETTI CHAT mark of Messin, C. Frhaitz & Co. The sole representative of Messrs In the recent test cast of Mrs Beal, the C. FERRIER & Co. in Hongkong is Mr. B. wife of au interned merchant officer who is of the Firm of L. Nacar, 33, Rud
member of the laporial Merchant Service de la Republique, Marseilles. Guild, voraus Mr. F. W. Horlock, owner of the steamer Caralio Elorlock" which was seized by the Germans on the outbreak of the war, Mr Jastico omlatt decided in favour of the clamant in respecs to ber being entitled to pay on her husband's alitment note. The shipowners bars now decided to
appeal against this judgement and the Imperial Merchant Service Gaild have, therefore, instructed their solicitors to net on behalf of Mrs Beal, with a
Amongst a large number of other shipowning fires who have informed the Imperial Merchant Service Guild of faure ading remuneration of their faptains an upholding the judgment of Me Jastica Oficer, it is now intinted to them that Rowhatt
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