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FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1915
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE PROGRESS OF
WAR.
THE
LATEST NEWS FROM THE
EAST AND WEST FRONTS.
THE CHINA MAIL.
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE FALL OF KOVNO.
ENORMOUS LOSSES INFLICTED ON THE GERMANS."
Losvos, August“ 19.
BY TELEGRAPH. CALLICURA
(Reuter's Service to the China' Mall.) |
DISASTROUS HURRI-~~
CANE IN AMERICA.
A Petregrad communiqua ays: After desperate balites lasting for
Lowboy, Aug. 19.- Atolegrain from New York statea it elaven days, which cost the Germans, enorious losses, the Germans scueciled in recupying the fortifications of Korno situated on the left in the hurricane at Dallas, Texas and is estimated that 100 people pariahod bank of the Niemen, and west of the Jessia streams. The Germans the cotton crops were considerably are new attempting to cross this embanker bronk, where part of the works are still in our hands.
We hold aff the Kovne? fortifications on the right of the Nienten.
KAISER'S CONGRATULATIONS.
Losnos, August 10. The Kaiser, says an Amsterdam telegram, los telegraplied to General von Hindenborg expressing his warmest appreciation of the taptures of Kavao, the first strongest bulwark of the inner line of the Fusion He has conferred the order "Pour la Merito 1⁄2 upon General Eichorn, and the Onk Leaves of the samne prider upon General Fitzmann.
FRANCE THREATENS GER-ences.
MANY WITH REPRISALS.
FAILURE OF AN IMPORTANT GERMAN BANK.
BULGARIA HOLDING A MOMENTOUS MEETING.
? Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
FRANCE THREATENS GERMANY WITH
REPRISALS.
Lospos, August 19.
DESPERATE. GERMAN · ATTACKS. ·
Losos, August 10.
A Petrograil communique states that fighting on the Upper Narew: front and also between tho Narew and the Bug continues in a fluctuat ing manner, the enemy attacking with particular desporation on the mads towards Bielostok and Bioisk..
The Gormans continue to make persistent attacks on the north eastern fortifications of Sorgeorgievski, especially those commanding the Alawa milway,
DESPATCH FROM SIR JOHN FRENCH.
Losnor, August 19: Fill Marsial Sie Joe French reports that nothing important has necarred since the 10th instant when we recaptured the position at Hooge, which has since been consolidated.
Our frenches have been subjected to occasional bombardment, but there has been no infuntry engagement with the exception of two small
ombing attacks which were easily repulsed.
There have been unimportant and intermittent urtillory engagements
TWO GERMAN BATTERIES BLOWN UP.
Renter's Paris correspondens telegraphs that the French Gover-along the East of the froât. meaty having subunitsed the testimony of the American and Swiss wit- deseos us to the good treatment of the German prisoners, also threaten- e reprisals if Germany did not return to the original simpe the French prisoners cordemned to drain marshes as a reprisal for alleged - treatment of Germans in French African colonies.
GERMAN SPIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
OFFICIAL ACTION.
Lostas, August 19. It is understood, saya a telegrau ffin New York, that President Wilson as requested that contain statements regarding the existentee of the German propaganda activity of the German spy system seversi years prior to the war should ha sibnitied to the Navel authorities sud Noutrality Board. These statements refer to attempts to gain in formation of the secrets of Amurican battleships, details of the fire control spatern, etc., alse regarding the use of evitain wireless stations and eleveurs to obtain permanens land stations in the neighbour») hood of Nicaragus which would be a great value even in the event of the Panama Canal being fortified.
MORE ABOUT THE GERMAN INTRIGUES . IN U.S.A.
LONDON, August 18.
damaged.
Fourteen people were killed and ave
· hundred houses wrecked as Galveston,
FURTHER DETAILS.
LATER.
The hurricane raging in Texas and Galveston has been isolated but wire- less reports state that the storm is abating. Houses are flooded and there has been immense damage, while the Army transport at McClenna is now | high and dry half a 'wild' inland. Several deaths are reported at Houston where the damage is estimated at a million aterling.
A MURDER SEQUEL.
LONDON, ‘August 19. Twenty five armed man, says a New York talegram, rushed the penitentiary at Milledgeville, Georgia, seized Loo. Frank and banged him to a tree at | Maristta, neat the house of the work girl for whose marder two years ago Frank was Baally sentenced to death after numerous appeals.
The Governor of Georgia's commut- ation of the sentence to imprisonment for life caused much indignation among the people,
MR. LLOYD GEORGE INDISPOSED.
LONDON, August 19.
Mr. Lloyd Osorge is confined to bed with a fevoritb chill, and has had to) caneal his northern tour.
The evening Paris communique states that there have been artillery actions at various sectors. Dug bombarilent of Linge destroyed two MINERS AND THE EIGHT HOURS' howvy batteries and blew up several mansition depots.
The Germans made two Ellent counter-attacks on the crest of Son- dernach against a position we had captured be these were completely [ repulsed.
LARGE BRITISH LOAN FORECASTED,
LONDON, August 19. sterling in America, free of income tax, to redress the fall in sterling Some experts forecast the floating of a British loun of £100,000,000 exchange there.
ITALIANS CAPTURE MORE TRENCHES.
Losbox, August 10.
A Ronie communique records sharp fighting along the whole front, the Italians capturing trenches in the Sexten region, the Tyrol and Tren- tion frontier, and also in the Montenero zna did the Santa Lucia hilis near Tolming.
ACT
LONDON, Aug, 19 A grast conference of miners will be held at an early date to consider the i suspension of the Eight Hours' Act.
(Wah Tar Yat Po's Service.)
AN IMPORTANT FISCAL PROJECT.
PEKING, Aug. 19. The Administrative Council has decided to enforce the scheme having for its purpose the increasing of the Customs duty and the abolition of the likin tax next year. The Minister for Altogether 250 prisoners were taken. A violent Austrian attack at Foreign Affairs is discussing the matter Carso was repulsed, and the Italians, counter-attacking. won an in-with the Foreign diplomats." portant position west of Marcottini..
TYPHUS AMONG GERMAN TROOPS.
The New York Worldsays that the contract of the Bridgeport Projectile Company, approved by the Military Attache, Captain Papes, and others, was prepared by Heyman, an ex agent of the Hamburg Amerika Line, at Mexico City. He is the same individual who secured the landing of arms at Puerto, Mexico, for ex-President Huerta two years ago when, the United States was trying to prevent further shipments to Mexico. This Company lart Jaly con tracted for powder with the Etna Explosive Company, whose President is Muenster valley as typhus has appeared among the troops at Guebteil- A telegram.from Puris says that the Germans are evacuating the British subject, who is now very indignant as possibly its output is goingler, and also sinong the civilians at Coleär. to Britain's enemies. One of the German agente gavo a receipt of $100,000
as guarantee for the performance of a contract,
The Providence Journal says that American detectiver, posing as German agents, received from the Attache at the German Embassy a list of thirty German officers in the United States for whom the Embassy desired -fraudulent passports
MOMENTOUS BULGARIAN MEETING
LONDON, August 19. The Skupstics, say a telegram from Nish, is now sitting in secret session considering the proposals of the Entente Allies. The gravity of the situation is fully realised. The outcome of the crisis in Greece in awaited with a view to the probable effect on the general Bulkan situation.
NORWAY ANGRY WITH GERMANY.
A telegram from Copenhagen states that Norway is nngry because a German subinarine stopped the mail packet Hankon. It seized the mails from Norway. A protest has been scab to Berlin with the request that the mails be returned.
AUSTRIANS ATTACK AN ISLAND.
Lespos, August 20.
Loxuos, August 10.
GERMANY AND BELGIUM,
THE ANNEXATION · QUESTION.
LONDON, Aug. 19.
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man nation is spilt over the question of the annexation of Belgium and the To-day's Advertisements
generally ultimate aims of the war stock gathered round the Government over the problem.
Jagow support the restoration of Belgian, but powerful factors are working It is believed that the Kaiser, Dr. von Bathmann-Rellweg and Herr von for its annexation,
A momorandum issued by the latter is signed by Frince Hatzfeldt, Prince Donnersmark-the latter is the richest man in Germany-Admiral Truppel (ex.Governor si Kiaochau), ex-Ambassadors and Counts Moats, Leyden, and Mendelsohn, the President of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce, Major Paraeval, of airship fare, the editors of the Berliner Tageblatt, and the Frankfurter Zeitung, and a score of leading professors.
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A telegram frorn Home states that twenty Austrian tuval units with an aeroplane attacked the small island of Pelagos in she Adriatic politically of independent nations is vicious. The German Empire his 'us The Memorial states:We must acknowledge that the annexation The garrison reshted stoutly, and the Austrians, afraid to laud,similated foreign elemente very slowly and still incompletely, and we do not sailed off.
There were only soven Italian exsualties.
THE RESCUED FROM H M. S. INDIA.
'SEVERAL OFFICERS AND, MEN INTERNED.
postox, August 19,
The Norwegian Government has decided to intern 12 of the officers and 09 men of the auxiliary erişer India who landed in their own boats. Those whom neutrals brough, ashore will be permitted to rekun to England.
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ITALIANS NEAR THE FORTRESS
OF TOLKINO.
Losbox, August 13.
DESPERATE FIGHTING IN GALLIPOLL
Optimistic Wounded.
Losbos, August 10,
A telegram from Sants Lacin states that the Italians are only two arrived with wounded who described the recent lighting as the most Several hospital slipe, says a felegram from Mafin, have recently tiles from the fortress of Tolking, and that the trenches taken by the desperate but the most successful which has taken place, up to the Italians are sung the suminit, which is strongly fortified.
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