TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1915
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE WAR.
LATEST NEWS FROM THE
BALKANS.
HOW THE BLACK WATCH GO
INTO ACTION.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT REGARDING THE ·
CRISIS TO THE RUSSIAN ARMS,
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
· SERBIAN COUNTER ATTACKS COMPLETELY SUCCESSFUL.”
BY
THE CHINA MAIL.
TELEGRAPH.
GERMANS ADMIT THAT THE “PRINZ ADALBERT: ·
WAS BUNK.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 21.
A Berlin commailique mags that a subranrine Bank the large cruiser "Prinz Adalbert with two torpedoes off Libau.
Only a few of the crew were rescued.
THEGOEBEN" AT VARNA.
BuɛianEST, Oct. 24.
The Genitan, warship ** Goaban has arrived at Varm
DR. DUMBA KNIGHTED..
AMSTERDAMY Oed: 28 The Emperor Francis. Joseph has knighted Dr. Dumba, the Austro- Hungarian Ambassador whom the United States insisted upon being recalled..
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
EASTERN FRONT.
SEYERE GERMAN LOSSES.
PETOURAD, Oct,
Nian, Oct. 28. ↑ A communique stairs that the Germans have captured a village south-east of Riga
commanique states that the Serbia exounter-attacks against the Austro-Germans were completely sucessful. We took two guns, four machine guns and much booty, inclling hores and treties.
A Zeppelia bombed Riga on Friday night.
Fierce fighting has been resumed on the Drinsk front.
THE ALLIES POLICY IN THE BALKANS,
Pams, Oct. 25.
The Germans on Saturday captured Le Temps Athens corespondent says, that according to information Illux after several attacks. Thop auf- from a sound diplomatic squres the Allies hire keiled on new and fered cruel losses in the ensuing effective ensures towards suceuring. Serbia. The British, in particu- desperate fighting in the streets. lar, have promised the immolt deputeh huge rumber of troopsvillages in the lake district east of The Russians captured several with full equipment and stages.
·Vilna.
BULGARIANS, LINE SERIOUSLY THREATENED.
4. German communique claims the capture of 2,938 prisoners in the
The Serbian Jegation ab Athens on October #sintel that the Bul-torming of Max. garians line towards Bulguia was seriously theertoned owing to thi French contingenta at Krivolak und sthummitza.
THE SERBIAN GOVERNWTEAT.
The Legasian,dering that the Government Bus bil Nish on acement
of the bonbardment of Dedengutch.
THE DEDEAGATCH BOMBARDMENT.
Twenty Battleships - Participer.
AMERICAN PRODUCTS FOR ABOARD.
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An Overseas Trust Firmed.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. Mr. Hadfield, Secretary of Commerce, has announced the formation of an American Trust Company similar in organisation to the Netherlands Over | seas Trust, which will handla American
that they will not reach belligerents.
THE SHANGHAI EXHU- MATION CASE.
FURTHER EVIDENCE,
At the Mixed Court yesterday afternoon, saya the X. G. Daily News" of Cut. 21) before Mr Grant Jones, British Assessor, and Magistrate Yo, che inquest was issum ed concerning the death of a child named Thera Rangel, who died on August 19, 1913, and whose body was exhumed some little time age.
Mr K. E. Newman appeared for the Police, Mr G. D. Musso watched the case on behalf of the Rangel family, while Mr W. S. Fleming appeared for Mr B. 11. Berthal.
The No. 8 Watchman (a Chinese em
heen pace employed in the mill. He knew played at the International Cotton Mill, Puorung, identified Mr. Berthel as having
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The spleest item on Saturday was Tel. 492. Dundes, where Celtic only came in winners after
desperate struggle. (It was hard lincs for the Taysiders that they did not manago s drvw, as it was only in the lat -minutos, when their half-backs, were tired
cut, that the Glasgow o mon asiriod-tama the points..
SCOTTISH LEAGUS.
Clyde, 1 Hearts, 4.
Elbarninus, ky Greenock Morton, 3. Daudos, Celtic
Hamilton Admesla, 9: Raith Rovers, Q. Haugos, 8; Art Unito, L Airdrieonians, 1; Aberdoen, I.
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THE HANDY BOAT FOR MACAU,
Mr Berthel's boys,-Air Berthel bad employed three boys-and it was their duty to sweep the offices, etc. He had not. seen anybody else econected with Mr Berthel at the mill With the exception of some betmen, witness had not seen any Chinese from Shanghai who need to go to mill often and ask for Mr Berthel. "Mr. Newman suggested that the witness be taken to St. Luke's Bospital in order to sen it he could idantify Brian's cook. The witness-bad bean called at the request
of Mr. Berthel..
This course was agreed to by the Court (and the counsel concerned.
Frank
Tonnocay, was the next witness
MISSING PIRATES,
Cleansing The North Sea
The Amsterdam Telegrant learns from Thielt, where the headquarters of Duck Albrecht of Wurtemberg are, thats num- ber of sabmarines recently left Ostend and Zeebrugge with the ambitions task of
cleansing the North Sea.
Sixteen days have passed since the work cleansing started, says the Express,
and not one submarine has returned to either bana,
German beadquarters has abandoned all hope of socing the basta agsizi.
The wituesy said he would write the frames to the Fess.
The names ware written down, and in
It is published ja Athens, that twenty battleships, participated. for four products for abroad with the assurance make investigations in the car, Counsel names down ; he did not want to give the hours on Thursday afternoon. An seroplano, frizz over the town, was direct ing the fire. A thousand soldiers were killed, including two companies bo were buried in the rains of the farrucks. Nailway stations were also burned -down..
LAGOS BOMBARDED.
Eight warship Bombarded Lagos.
ALLIED TROOPS LAND AT DEBEAGATCH.
ITALIANS STORM IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN CARSO.
HOME Oct. 25. A communigus say that the Italians continued their creaful offensive, occupying a village and heights above
It is reported in Rome that the Allies began to land troops at Dedeagatch the Ledro Valley, storming two re- yesterday, and cut the Salonika Adrianepte railway.
doubts in Upper Cardevole, completing the seizure of the south-eastern slopes of Motli, in Montanero, and enpluring SUCCESS.trenches near Gorizia.
PARIS, Det. 25.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT FRENCH
Mr Newman said that from vortain pern which had been sent to the Captain Superintendent by Mr. Berthel it would soom that he (the witness; was employed to quoted from Mr Berther's letter to
beelock, dated, January
nry 27, 1814, which he said I am kept well informed of all the dings, in Braun's hauss by te Portuguese Detective Agency, and I shall know exactly whom the moment comes to #trīze." Counsel I said he wanted to know
what were the doings in Bang's hous
said
answer to further questions, the witnes the first moationed, tull him in his number of puple prosout when he was house, 84 Chapon Road. There were s
told,
Mr. Musso asked for those names also The witness sain he was not beting for did not affect the case unless they wel
whereupon Mr. Grant Joner said that they Mr.
Berthel in
191 Mr. Newman. Ato you the Porening to bo cal ed.
M Musso-They may be. I want to Portuguese; I am a British subject, Face Detective Agency I am not A
clear my clients from an imputation whích has been made in open Court.
Mr Grant Jonas-You knew nothing. about the case in 141--No I Brat knew about it this year.
Mr. Nerman-Do you know what the Portugness Detective Agency is I know
of nont.
from. Me
Ir Grant Jones-There is nothing criminal in sending a telegram, even if it
wyra true.
In to further questions, weitnas, aid that he told Me Batched that the body of the child would be exhumed. information I insist on this
Mr NomanWhere did you get that
Witnere-I don't know where I got it, but it
it was well known that there would be
There is another extract There was force gating in Cargo, Berthel in a letter to the Captain Super where important positions were storm- intendent of Police, on June 2 of this The French, have had another important, suecki in Champagne. Aed by both sides several times, but the year. It was as follows:** I beg to men portant work of four lines of trenches strongly organised along a front of gained on the Left Wing and in the possession of certain facta regarding the that the body had been exhumed. After communique says “We took a Gemun salient comprising a most in Italians in the evening held the ground tion that when I put the facts in-Man inquiry into the matter. He went one Tonnochy's hands ba: was already in day to the comttory, and was then told 1,200 yards, to an average depth of 250. The Genwan losses were eccions. Centre.
murder of the child of which, I had no Me. Berthel engaged him, witness told him They left prisoners in our hands belonging to be different règiments. '.-
Over 1,000 prisoners were taken knowledge." kus by circular letter, every fact with which he was familiar. He along the Isonzo front during the day, which I have seen cireslated in English. FIERCE FIGHTING.
The witness was handed a circular, and made written reports from time to time to Mr. Berthel, and at other times be made none of these did be. "one he had soon. The one le mAY WIE Dɔệ signed.
LATER.
The communique continues: The German salient included a por- tion of the northern slopes of Hill, 196, two kilometres northward of wh Mesbilles Hurlus for called "The Courtine," which was carried after a movere stniggle. Indeed, the whole salient was very strongly forti fied, hut despite this and the desperation of the Germans, the French- men, after vigorous artillery preparation and fierce lighting, took the whole of it by the end of the day.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM THE RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS.
Loxoos, Oct. 25,
The Timer states' that the Russian Headquarters. have authorised a roprosentative of the General Stuff to state that the crisis in the Bus- alan arme, due to the enemy's, uninterrupted lows. over, a 700 miles' front from May till October, had passed favourably and that the Bus pians, unexhausted, were now firmly based upon the Centro. The Empire was living in the expectation of a general offensive and looking con- fidently to the armies of the Allies.
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ITALIANS BOMBARD BULGARIAN COAST.
BRINDISI, Oct. 25,
It is stated that an Italian squadron co-operating in the blockade and bombardment of the Bulgarian const.
(Haras" Service.)
after looking at it, he said it was not the verbes de sa nst the Hangal
IAKO BOY family, as had
been suggested. Mr Grant Jones--Thera of allegations
is
question
Mr Berthal was then questioned by Me Newman, who deals priceipally with the statement made him at the previous id he was practically the supporter of the bearings, He was es sinned as to why he
the girl Dorothy The witness replied Braun family, before he had relations with that he could not answer that it concerned another member of the Emun family
31 Grant Junes There is another story between yourself and another member of the Braun family which has not been told
to the Court in Yen
Ars bares the particnlays which are refer
in the letter?-N-, had internation tol to from a private source. I don't want to mention the source.
Me Geant Jones-You must answe question; it is most important. S
answer the Me Newman-What were the facts which
you were able to give to Mr Berthel In a certain house in the North Hopen Road, at a certain dinner pary, circular was shown round to aerybody. At that time I did not know Mr Berthel. They started to disease this matter, and they esid that Mr Berthel was spending lots of PARIS, Oct. 26.
money making inquiries about the case and Yesterday the situation was un. Ending out who had really poisoned the
cb13: change French troops landed". re-
Mr Grant Jones-Whit
Mr Nowman quoted a letter wiliten by you learned the witness to Mir Wheelock, and in reply gularly at Salonika; crossed the Greece
then
was that Mr Berthel was spending to a question, Mr Berthel said never in his frontièr, and joined Serbian troops lots of money in order to find at about life had he been so incensed against any To-day we decimated the German this child? Yes. It was said that the body is against the Brauns, & quotation troops who were attempting a night prison was preamably administered by the was to the effect that when he garpected
Wood. We delivered destroying altack against a small fort in Givenchy Braun family.
The witness said that that was about that to child's death was due, as he then artillery fire against the enemy's worka February or March.. About a month later he swore an oath or the grave that he thought, to black cuffes being administerel happened to meat Mr. Berthel st in Champagne,"
would not rest until its death had been certain cinematograph. They introduced avenged, and if necessary he would devots Petrograd-The fighting is still pro
themselves, and Bir. Berthel" said he had. ceeding without charge. We captured some inquiries to be unde in Singapore. hole of his life to its fulfilment.
Mr Newman-You have never seen
the on the left bank of the tiver Styr 600 4t that time the witness did not tell Mr. child 7am Mu prisoners and 17 machine guns.
Barthel anything of what he had heard he
You have five children of your own Rome:Our offensive le still pro-keps that quiet Later on, the witness told
you get this What made you ceeding with important success on the thas presumably the child was murdered hatred of the Brauns! Was it simply the whole front. On the Cano plateau we by the Brann family. He would" or, took 19,000 prisoners and important however, youch for the accuracy of that child in one way, it was the murder,
feithat you suspected the death of this. booty..
and then jy was the prey. Upa Sragon@g Are these all the facts aged her alfara afterwards, Mr Berthel at the time, which he did not know I don't there is no other person in the world whom
Jon told M
that know whether he knew them or not. you hate so much sa Drau's and his family? the engaged highout April of this year. Brana so much, but his wife. He was
The witness confiding said that Mr Ber
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The witne replied that it was not sir. It was not suggested at the time with what the child was poisoned abjected to considerable
sunt
fee-lonery-trade-is-resping the benefitting bend told Mir-Berthol within the and Like the Brauce were at present is
Tommy has a sweet tooth, and the cin. In snewer to Bar Musso the witares said persecution,
In reply to Mr Grant Joowe, the witoces The increased cost of sugar, notwi hit fethigh, that Mr Rangel had sent a Bingapore, but he did not know their standing, the factories are working at high ng telegrams to ingapore. That was the wide so.. pres-size in order to dipo with orders of a day after the hearing of the case in the mageitade ankopen
At this stage the Court adjourned, before the war. The Mizad Court The words he used were only complaint of
in that they that he had been told that Mr Rangel and
binson went to the telegraph office To-day's Advertisements **Enurenikin - gunnüties of awocts and sent long telegram, to Bingapore, which
chocolata are being sent t
tto Fruce for the my have cost 3/8 AMSTERDAM, Cet, 26" men with the Expeditionary Fores, who
Mr ManWhat is the souras of your A Constantinople talegrund states that Baron Wangenheim, the regard them morese necessaries than
have to sower it 11 might
RN INCIDENT OF THE BRITISH ATTACK AT, LOO5.
LONDON, Oct. 2514
A correspondent at Headquarters reports that among the incidents in the British attack at Loos was that the Black Watch weas into action with their pipers playing “Hieland Laddie.""""
TOMMY'S SWEET TOOTH,
The pipers paused at the first German trench, and while the enemy were cleared out two of the pipers mounted the parapets. Tho akirl of the pipes was auflible above the artsh-of bombs. One of them was shot, but his companion continued playing till the advance was resumed, Confootieners Working at High when the pipers followed with notes sounding triumphantly above the tumult as the smoke swallowed them up. A Black Watch sergeant "killed seven Germaus single-handed.
DEATH OF THE GERMAN AMBASSADOR
AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
Pressure
cannot get delives he set REA MAM
him about the convention, and told him
Mr
which
German Ambassador at the Porte, has died after a brief illness. Hoxies in the slastice of other information ?—I refuse to snawe that,"
was responsible for the Gaben and Breslau coming to tinople and with all the attendant "esulta.
Constan
SAMENT e fato it, and I will not do
Ta
One can gather from this slet££
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