WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8 1915
PLOTS AND CONSPIRACIES IN. AMERICA.
THE PRESIDENT'S SCATHING DENUNCIATION,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. The feature of the President's Message to Googress is ita scathing denunciation of plots and conspiracies. President Wilson does not accuse the "Germans explicitly, though he
WESTERN FRONT
GERMANY'S NEW BITORT IN BELGIUM.
LONDON, Dec. 7 There has been ch speculation in Holland regarding the veil of secrecy which has been recently shrouding, Germany.
Newspapers and correspondencs have not been received for several days. obviously, rolera to Teutonic outages It is now reported that troops and gals and declares that grave as the country's have born pouring into Belgium mostly differences have been with ether nations, at night-time. It is believed that troops he was sorry to say that the gravest of the new formations are replacing throats against peace and safety had large forces recently withdraw from been uttered within their own borders.] the French front.
He blushed, to admit, that there are in
THE CHINA MAIL.
A GENEROUS. M.P.
COMPELLED TO SEEK RE-ELEC-
TION.
LONDON, Dec. 7.
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ALLIES FIRST WAR COUNCIL.
Pants, Dec 7, The Allies' Best War Council was held yesforday, being presided over by General Joffre, British, Italian,
presentatives ware present..
THE “MISHIMA MARU" OFIUM
Ň
CISE.
Europeans, Oharged.
Colonel Fall-Walker, M.P., in cause Russian Serbian and Helgian ra- this afternoos Elmund Waitor Hiokrath, quenca of his recent gilt of his racing stud to the nation, is compelled to seek
o election for Widnes.
A
ANOTHER BYE-ELECTION.
LONDON, Dec. 7.
Mr Herbert Samuel is also seeking reelection for Cleveland on his appoint ment as Chancellor so to the Wachy of Lancaster. He is being opposed by alr Reginald Knight who advocates
Business Government", and condooms
the United States citizens, born under ARTILLERY ACTIVITY IN ARTOIS-the restrictions placed on drink.
cther Bags, bit fully naturalised, who sought to bring the authority and good name of the government late contempt and to destroy industries for vindictive purposes.
The Government bad roaste no preparation for such a contingency; they would have been ashamed to do
But the ugly and incredible thing had come ariat and he demanded that, the Federal lawa should crush cut such disloyalty and anarchy.
The President emphasised that it was America's duty to remain neutral, so that some part of the great family of nations should keep the processes of
pence alive, if only to prevent economic ruin and breakdown throughout the world,
PARIS, Dec.
A communiqua statos:-There has been artillery activity in Artois, around' Loca and Bosches, and no between
the Somme and the Oise. Our batteries shelled coarOJS of troops moving behind the German front. The was a severe cannonade in Champagne and Argonne,
PARIS, Dec.
A Communique states that, a con- monade took place in Champagne and a local fight round a French advance post as Saint Souplet,
BALKAN CAMPAIGN.
"IMPENDING GERMAN ATTACK
IN MACEDONIA.
He concluded by upholding the Moune dectrice, and quoted the example of Mexico as a test case. Buj Laid great stress on the necessity for an adequate mercantile marine, and the)
LONDON, Dec. 7., purchase and construction by the
A telegram from Rotterdam states Government of vessels to develop the that information received from Berlin trade overseas. Απεί between the indicates that General Gallivitz' American continente.
German army of which no mention has been made in the papers for some weeke has been reorganised and reinforced wtih a view to attacking the allies in Macedonia.
FURTHER ACTION BY THE AUTHORITIES.
WASHINGTON," Dec. 7. The Government has subpoented "several witnesses to appear before
the Federal Grand Jury in New York
GREECE AND THE ENTENTE.
ATURNS, Dec. 3. Colonel Pallis, of the Greek General Staff, has been sent to Salonika,
to testify to the activities of the specially to confer with the military
so-called Labong National Reauthorities of the Entente Power and
Mr. Samuel, in a speech to the electors Inat night, said a contest in ordinary timea would be a nuisance, but in time of war it was an outrage. Certain into the turmoil of election because they gentlemen had planged the constituency
thought hours daily insufficient to drink I was the most sordid incident of the war that had occurred up to the present
(Havns Service.)
FRENCH RINTES.
PARIS, "Dec. 5. French stock cow stands at 6-4 50.
CHINESE TELEGRAM.
(Wah Tea Yat Po's Sarnice.)
THE SHANGHAI OUTBREAK.
THREE ARRESTS.
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- SHANGHAI,–Dec. §. Three rebels, natives of Canton, were arrested by the polics as they were leaving the cruiser "Shiu-wo", and they hare confessed that they were icatigated by Chen Chi Mei (who was Tutuh in Shanghai during the Second Revolu tiot.
FARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE DARDANELLES.
GREAT ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.
"PARIS, Dec. 7. There was great artillery activity on both sides of the Dardanelles on the Taskish campe 4th. Our auroplanos also bombed
BRITISH STEAMER SUNX.
Before Me Bauland at the Magistracy 31, merchant, "Af England"; Ethel Rour. din, Ut, valos) of New York, and Madkare Emich Delesire, 33, of Fine, alt passengers on the 5. Mishima Maru, were charged as remand with aiding and abotting the unlawful importation into the Colony on board the “Mishima 3ažu,”. at 374 pounds of loose opium, and further with unlawfully having the same in their possession.
Mr T. II. Kinx. Deputy Superintendens of Police, prosecuted, and Me F. C. Jenkin, instructed by Me Mason, defend. jod.
Mr King mid he should like to substituto cbarre under esetion 47, dealing with opium aut bourg on the manifest, for tho LONDON, Dec. 7. second count of** possession." "The object The British India steamer main of the subet laifion was to are any discus. reported sank. Forty-nine survivorsion as to whether it was loces or proparod bave been landed. Five officers and
oplum forty-seven scars are missing.
Mr Jenkin said he had no objection. He should," however, 'like to see a copy of the charge.
"NOTHING TO REPORT."
PARIS, Dec. 7. 4.10 p.m. nothing to report,
A communiquan states:-There
OBITUARY.
Chun Chow, soolie employed by the male defendant to carry bis baggage up to the promenada deck, said that on Ducem- bar I, he saw defendant on the ship with Detective Sergeant Pancott. Defendant told him
bring some baggage
op from the baggage room. He tank one box (produced) up on deck to where Sergeant Pincott and Mr King were. The Erst defendant told him to take if there There was no labal on the box. Ho JIR R. D. MEHTA
recognised the Chinese detection 396. Ho saw him that morning but did not go any LONDON, Dec. 7.
where with him on tho ship. Ho showed *Presiding at a meeting at the Caxton like those produced. They were then in him some labels on the baggage-room floor, Eall, at which a realation of regret at small pieces. The constable picked them the los Tadis bad sustained by the deathop. This was after he had brought the at Sir R. D. Mehta, proposed by Lord box ap, and the police had asked him Harrie was carried mannimously, the whare the label was
Aga Khan paid a high tribute to the Cross-examined, witnove said he was nat work of the deceased for Bombay and in the habit of doing such work. He Tadis. He described him as the Cham-Conft bocase he carried it. He had-scen identified the one box from the others in berisia of India, and the uncrowned the eight boxgs twice. The unstable had King of Bombay" and said that his not had a chat with him about the boxes career, like that of the Hon. G. and the case. Gokhalee, was a splendid example for Witness, invited by Mr Jenkin to point young India.
out the differobos between the hot he The Aga Khan also paid a tribute to identified not those of a similar nature. the deceased's firm bold, amid all mutasaid he indentified it by the label, being off. tions, of the need for maintaining the Chhese constable 300 said he saw O British econection as an essential cooboxes brooght-up-on-deck, like two of dition of the march to Indian nationhood those in Court. He identified another and ultimate self-government within theos which he saw the previous vitne Empire. Nobody could fight more taking up. He went down with the coolic strenuously, in defence of ladisa into look for the labal of the last box. He terests, and none realised more clearly identified the labels produced. co-operation with the Raj whenever that progress was best promoted by Betective Sergeant Pincutt gave evi- possible. His career, like that of the dence of bourding the Mishima Maru"
Hop, G. K. Gokhale's, taught that the her arrival. He, sent for the male
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arul other poposals evidently inspired by Germany,
NEW YORK, Dec. H Five additional indictinens" have been returned against Fay and spe other Germans, charging them with conspiriey to coramit minder and assal:.
„Tliest men were previously charged with cuspiracy to destroy ships,
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RECRUITING IN SOUTH AFRICA.
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"TRENCH BOMBARDMENTS AND AIR RAIDS.
LONDON, Dec. 7. Field Marshal Sir John French has telegraphed that there was an air ruid on the 2nd against Don station. An ammunition store was blown up; CAPETOWN, Dec. 7. the railway was hit, and fires were Gonera! Smuts, in a splended state-afterwards observed in Don. The ment to the Assembly, stated that a chines returned safely, although fortnight's recruiting had been suer several hostile machines were
engaged. cessful beyond the best expectations,
Our artillery has continued to enabling the Unior to despatch the bombard the enemy trenches with necessary forces to East Africa and satisfactory results. The weather is
wet and storms,
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As a retaliation for hostile shell-
It is understood that the authorialso reinforcements. He hoped that in ties are considering an investigation a very short time the East Africaning, we bombarded trenches south of of the conduct of the North-German campaign would have a "reault similar Epinette on the ad, making many Lloyd following the urge to that achieved in the Southwest-gups in the parapets, and blowing up
(Loud cheers.)"
Anterien Like revelations.
The State Departament has received anetlier inquiry through the United States Ambassader at Berlin, on the subject ofthe-reasons-for-ita request) for the swithdrawal of Captains Boyed and von Papen.
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of the extremist was doing the greatest le told the purser to get up the hold disservice to his country and contribute tangage of the oud and third defen- ing to pat back the clock of progress.lants. Four trunks were brought on Another great lesson in bis life was the deck. The three contained raw opin need for iceal patriotism. He would be He went with the male defendant to his devoted son of the city of his birth. His apiumas found. He went with him remarkable ascendancy, for more than a
to three traks on the deck bearing the generation, in the Bombay Corporation, restet ultimately on the solid foundation seed defendant's name. Witbess asko! of love for Bombay and his determination the three defendants for their kaps of in everything to seek its welfare and these boxes. Two were unlocked by the. progress. The Aga Khan regretted that fat defendant's keys, and the third by there was a lack of this spirit among one of the second lufendant's kayı many Indian youths trained here, and The boxes were opened in the present Large Stocks of "Gandy" Belting and Belt Fasteners. who were prematurely ambitious to Mr. King, the first defendent, and be shine in the political firmament. Con- Chinese constable. The fourth box wat questly, much fine material for Indian then up, but he held get no key to St could be finer and better for the young Water Police Station. No name was en advancement was run to waste. Nothing it, and it had
be forced open, at th Indian patriot than to carefully stady principles and practices of three of opium. The next morning he had four India's greatest and soundest sons;ther boxes tuken from the baggage room und to take to heart the lifelong that box, which also contained raw
Sir R.D. Mehta, the Hon. G. E. Gokhale, Due bore the name of the scand defen and Baddrudin Tyabjee
D. Melata's Cairness as a fighter, his Lord Harris paid a tribute to Sir eloquence, and devotion to the public weal, and his fearless advocacy of the rights of his fellow countrymen.
THE SECRET CONSISTORY.
a bank store. The enemy's artil. The House endorsed the Governor checked "himig
lery was active on the 3rd, bus our ment's policy without a division."
The enemy's parapets were again breached and the wird was cut in several places The Pope said that the way to secure
NEW ZEALAND'S AVAILABLE FIGHTING FORCE.
WELLINGTON, Dec. &.
It is learned officially that the United States Government will The National Register shows that decline to discuss the question of 109,003 men have volunteered to fact, mud refuse to disclose the fight. sources of ife information.
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The Premier (Rt. Hon. W Massey) considers the resultaa
GERMAN - MISCHIEF MAKERS IN being highly satisfactory
MEXICO.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Count Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, has issue a denial of the reports that Germaan official | agents were concerned in attempts to stir up the revolution in Mexico.
ACCIDENT TO SIR SAMUEL"
EVANS.
LoxDoy, Deo. 7. -Sir Samuci Evans, President of
THE DOYES-OR JAYS-IN "FORD'S ARK."
1.
LONDON, Dec. 7.
LONDON, Dec. 6.
dant and three of the thiri. Three were one by the second defendant's keys. Spened By the first defendant's keys and They contained raw opium, key which unlocked the first defcadant's cabin trank
alsa anlacited one of the boxes.
The case was adjourned.
the 4th and the 5th. Mining anti-peace was that which had already To-day's Advertisements
vity continues on both sides. gallery in which the enemy was working was 'destroyed near Freling han. The enemy replied, wrecking, twenty-five yards of our trenches.
AMERICA'S BIG BUDGET."
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Congress has opened. The total) of appropriations derdonded is 1.285,830 thousand dollars, which is over $176,000,0012 in excess of the appropriations for 1011.
The in-
The company which Mr. Ford, the crease is mainly due to the Adminis American motor car músafacturer, istration's plans for naval and military taking on a Peace Mission to Germany preparedness.
bas sent a wireless message afirming that they are determined to eater Germans and are confident that the Germans will bow before the Dove of Peace.
UNITED STATES AND THE
** LUSITANIA" CRIME.
LONDON, Dec. 7.
the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty ANOTHER SUSPICIOUS FIRE ON headed by the Tribune, ara urging the Court, was knocked down by a motor- bus on leaving the Courts, and one
of his legs was broken.
A STEAMER.
HALIFAX, Dec. 7.
Sir Samuel Evans hus recently A fire was discovered on Saturday boen extremely busy on Prize Court on board the steamer" Carleton,” work.
This accident, like many others, was due to the darkened strcots.
STORMS ON BRITISH COAST.
SIX VESSELS WRECKED,
Loscos, Dec. 7. Storms have prevalled over Great Britain for two days.
A number of New York papers, Republicans at Congress to demand that President Wilson shall spend relations with
Germany till the Lusitania crime bas boon disavowed.
been satisfactorily tried in similar circumstances, namely, to exchange. ideas based on goodwill and calm deliberation. Both sides must make concessions with good grace and even at cost and sacrifice, as it continuation of bloodshed would mean the beginning of Europe's decadence. The Pope concluded by complaining that his liberty was shackled, declaring that several representatires to the Vatican had been compelled to leave Italy.
It is semi-officially declared in Rome that the Pope's remarks are based on" untrue information, because the Austro-German representatives to the Vatican left of their own accord, despite Government was safeguarding their explicit assurances that the Italian privileges.
THE GREEK BITUATION.
STRIVING TO REACH AN UNDERSTANDING.
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town with a cargo of sugar.
The Captain proceeded to Halifax and reported the matter to the Admiralty-
A SUBMARINE.
Losos, Dec. 0. The Press Bureau announces that the steamer Japanese Prince, witli a large crew and a considerable number of passengers, recently encountered a Gormar submarine. The restel struggled for five and a half hours
formulate the respective demands, and to discuss the situation on the spot.
TYPHOON WARNINGS.
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Hongkong
Note-day person who intonde te ag pear on the hearing of the said Patialon named Petitioners or their Solicitar notice mast serve or send by post to the above
in writing of his intention an to do. The the person or if is irm the name and natice must stats the name and ad-from of address of the firm ar teir Solicitor (if
afternoon on the 37th day of December, be sent by post, ia sufficious time to reach Halleiter not later the o'cloc's in the the above-named Petitioners or their
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