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TUESDAY. JANUARY 25, 1918.
THE WAR.
TO-DAY'S
TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Matk)
REIGN OF TERROR AT CONSTANTINOPLE,
10,000 GERMANS ARRIYE.
BWIFT AND SECRET EXECUTIONS.
LONDON, Jun 2
Germans have arrived at Constan- rinople for the purpose of supporting Enver Pasha who is governing by
terror alone.
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THE PLIGHT OF THE
MONTENEGRINS.:
COMPELLED BY FAMINE TO VIERD
PARIS, Jan. 24. A telegram from Petrograd states that a Montenegrin Colonel nämod Loporatz-deolares_that_only__5,800
THE CHINA MAIL.
BARLIER TELEGRAMS,
(Reuter's Servios to the China Main).
ENEMY PENETRATES FRENCH FIRST LINE COUNTER-ATTACKS BREAK HIS
EFFORT.
PARIS, Jan. 21. A communique states that after mine explosions and a violent bombardment, the Germans attacked the French front west of the Arra-Lons. road, in the re gion of Neuville St. Vasst, and succeed pd in penetrating the first-line trench on a front of several hundred metros. Our counterattacks broke the enemy's afforts and dislodged the enemy, who holds only a few hundred yarda salient. Our Artillery and machine-guna inflicted heavy losses on the Germans.
Our artillery seriously damaged enemy trenches near Soissons and in Champagne,
Twenty-four French aeroplanes bom-
MINING ACTIVITY.
Loxbox, Jan. 23. General Sir Douglas Haig reports
"YASAKA MARU” PASSENGERS."
MEMORABLE SCENES ON ARRIVAL OF FRENCH MAIr,
VIVID PICTURES OFTHE
SINKING......
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The Harbour scene on 'the arrival of the
Dozens ol
the passengers, and some of the crew, the ross distributing themselves over the |other bonta.....",
...
The submarine was £rni zightod, within Ia quarter of a mila' away on the port side and the trail of the torpedo was Hou by ons or so of the passengers but I did not soo" either. The submarine was Also 1000 after we were in the boats, evidently waiting to make sure of sink, Ing the ship, i
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After we had been in the boats for French Mall Andre Labon which brought some time we were bailed by the Captain East the passengers of the ill-fated and when all the bosts had come up they Fasoka Afors was one that will hardly were leabed together bow and stern to be forgotten.
Iaunches the Captain's boat and the boat contain and mans docked around the boating the chief oficecapant off to on her arrival and the crush up the dbdeavour to get help. It was while the gangway was tremendous. Some delay boata ware being lashed dogsüber "that was cocasioned by the time the Folice we were told the good news that occupied in the examination of pamports, less had been on to Port Said and a Aiter, sundown it was gotting quite at considering the difficulties that reply had bosa recived promising help. harramed the officials, the work was
a chilly, and the four of us who had got « expeditiouslyes ried one.
The peommodation of the boat we ducking naturally felt it moờ than the dry stitch ou waverely taxed, for beahles its own passed-others. I had nos
steamer,
Graphic descriptions of the sinking of the steamer are on every tongue and although all naturally suffered from the shock the
wire-
A Balouika selegram says 50,000 | Montenegting with two old guns and barded the railway station" and barracks/gers, the Andre Løbon" brought all these, and was wet from head to foot, in] "Tamka Maru." All were inred. Pen when I got into the boss. I felt a little little ammunition occupied Lovcen, and at Mets, dropping 130 bombe. The passangers, oficers and crew of the fact my beats were still full of water that Montenegro did not ressive help bombarders were escorted by two poor spoke in glowing terms of the seams-warmer by keeping my life bolt-on
tecting aquadrone, which engaged in from any other quarter. Antivariate combats with German machines. All like conduct of the Captain, officers and the boat; although it was rather uncoza- We had plenty of water and biscuits open to bombardment by the Austrian the squadrons were heavily bombarded, crew of the Japanese steamer in her hour fortable is was better than feeling cold.
by the authorities on the French Maili munched dry biscuits and smoked so Swilt and secret executions of feet, and transports laden with pro į but returned safely, except one maching of peril and the treatment socorded then the boat and those of us who fuit lika | long as the sigaretter lasted--most of Turka suspected of disaffection are vicious were sunk. Six Austrian bat- tleships & bombarded Lovcen. The
mine were wet. After I bag been in of daily occurrenae.
the boat for an hour or two I wea`sion- Twenty-ona Turkish officers were Montenegrins could not wait for help
sick, due no doubt to the shock and cold thrown into the Bosphorus one night any longer. Onaaighth of the civi With stones tied around their necka popolation had died from famine. The mining activity at Maricourt, Buluca, boulth of the passengers in good and there as the sea was quita calm.
Bafore the arrival of the German troops only had 23 fold-guns with, and Givenchy. We successfully bott: { par not becar one ause of berrans, braak. As soon as it got dark lamps were lit | Army there had been many broile thirty shall apiece. Their rides were out of repair, and they had but a small supply of cartridges. The men's beats and clothes were worn out and they were withcat food. Only 15,000 fight" GERMANS ÎNTIMIDATING SERBIAN ea are left. He added: "What ever happens we will be at them again in theSpring"
Between Turks and Cermans.,
KAIBER AND SERBIA,
MINISTERS.
PARIS, Jan. 24.
A French war correspondent tola- graphs that the Germans requested shrea Serbian ex-Ministers to com- vaku the Serbian electoral bedy whereupon the Kaiser would open new Parliament with a view to having one of his sons or an Austrian Princo made King of Serbia.
The ex-Ministers refused. Their " in unknown.
Germany refuses to allow aven wentcala is leave Serbia." Americans are making representations "on the subject,
"THE POPE AND PEACE.
THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS.
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LONDON, Jan. 24.
A New York telegram says the British Embassy announces that a distinguished Belgian Jesuit priest, who has lately been received by the Pepe, states that the Pope told him that be would never consent to offer his good foen for the re-establish- ment of peace unless Belgium had all bar territories, liberties and inter- national rights restored without pro- judice to her claim to an adequate indemnity and restitution of private property.
1 GRÆCO-ENTENTE" LOAN.
ATHENS, Jan. 24. The Loan segotiations between Greece and the Entente Powers is progressing favourably and is rearing copolusion.
THE MURDER OF EDITH CATELL.
STAGE REPRESENTATION.
LONDON, Jan. 24.
BOMBARDMENT OF MONASTIR.
E FRENCHI AIRCRAFT.,
BALONIKA,“Jan, 24. Forty-five French aroralt bombard. ed Monastir on the 33rd inge, and caused heavy damage to the railway station, railway lines, barracks and ammunition depota.
barded bratile works at Moochy and Frelinghien.
the
down. Everything that would conduce to and red dares sent up so as to show our their comfort was done by the officers and position to the resoning ship, and while ANOTHER RAID ON EAST KENTngers of the French liner and in this was going on the thought erosset
recognition of this splendid conduct my mind suppose the submarine a LONDON, Jan 35," the NYE. to-night entertain to dinner peets a rescuing ship and is lying in: The War Office in a second the passengers and officers of the Yasaka wait for her!" Howover, we saw plenty communique announces that two hostile Mary, and the officers of the Andre Lebon, lights and signals seemed to flash but | sexplaner again attacked the East! Coast of Kent shortly after mid day. They were beavily fired upon und disappeared, pursued by Nival and was no Military machines. There damage, and no one was injured,
SWEDEN AND EXPORTATION OF PULF,
NOT A REPRISAL.
LONDON, Jan 23. Reuter's agency is informed from `a Swedish official source that the restrict- ENEMY' TROOP TRAIN WRECKED. ion on the export of chemical and wood palp is not a reprisal against anyone. A BAID BY LETTISH VOLUNTEERS.
PETROGRAD, Jan, 94,
A brilliant raid on the Liban-Romay -railway has been carried out by Lettish i
volunteers.
They crawled up in broad daylight, killed the German santry and cat tan yards of the line, then a Lett, dressed in the santry's cloak, gave the signal line close" to an approaching top train with the result that the train was smashed up, and hundreds of men were killed.
THE FLOODS IN HOLLAND.
WATER STILL RIBING.
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AMSTERDAM, Jan. 24: The water is still rising'at Ostzaan and Broek where many more houses are suffering, while at Purmerend, despite the south wind, the tide rose to an unprecedented height, and the new Bouth portion of the town bad to be evacuated.
CHINESE TELEGRAMS. (Wah Tex Yal Po's Service,) CANTON AND THE YUNNAN RISING.
MISSIONS TO-SEAMEN · IN HONGKONG. INSTITUTE'S BOARD AND LODGING DEPARTMENT CLOSED.
The report of
ths Rar. W. T.
The Hongkong passengers Yasaka Mara "wers:-Mm. Sutherland, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Gridin, Mr. L N. Leste, Mr. Owen Hughes Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Seth and child, Mr. and Mrs. V. Tartarin and children, Mr., Mr. and Mia Inorvis, Mrs. H. W. Bishop, Mrs, and Miss Anderson, Mr. Nawhouse, Mas Arenell and child.
Do ship rescued us so after a time when
light was reported I never
OVER 'inis
bothered to so where it wag. werd on until about midnight when more lighte were reported and signals flushed: and we rowed up to the ship and dis- We covered she was the Jeanne D'Arc' sent from Port Said to our rescue. got on board and she took the boats in
Ia the limited time available hafure tow and steamed into Fort Said reach. the hour of publication the followinging there about 10 am on the... Zizdi Desember, We had been in the boats; nazrativos ware obtained:-
NARRATIVE BY A PASSENGER
for 10 hours. The poor babies (we had two in our boss) must have
A Hongkong passenger furnishes the suffered terribly from hunger as they had nothing to eat for over 20 hours; how. following narrative
We left Elbury on the 7th December ever they behaved very well and the and although every now and then a crew of the Joanne D'Are" wate very sumour" would be cireulated that "To-kind and did what they could for us. But night's the night" the voyage-was-un-as she was only a small boat, apparently eventful up to within 60 or 70 miles of mine sweeper (I nearly wrote 'mine Port Said when we bad the bad luck to roller") wa were packed like sardines be torpedoed. It was a beautiful mors-on her decka.
We landed in Port Said about 11 am.. ing, quite calm with the sun shining, and all the passengers, were excited at on the 2nd December and I am sure the thought of reaching Port Said in a the residents of Port Said had never few hours, and although neutral ship seen inch s strange crowd of passengers was reported as having followed us all off any boat, some without bats, others Featherstone, Chaplain and Superintendent night, I don't think any of us gave it covering very little with an overcoat but
we looked fairly cheerful I think. of the Hongkong Missions to Seamen,thought. Personally I felt that wa
the annual meeting last ware as sale as if we were already at After a few formalities we drove of to the various hotels, the N.Y.'s Prays East, road night, the Bishop of Victoria presiding, Fort Said.
After tifin moet of as wars on deck Agents, Messy. Worms and Con Leving atated the owing to the aberuca |of warshiper and the restrictions on the either chatting or playing games, sub-made all arrangements for putting un affic in the Harbour after sunset very marines being the subject furthest from up, and some of us were lucky enough few men have used the Institute this year. our minds. Three others and myself to get a bath. The next thing to be done were playing game of deck golf on the wea to get iew clothes and other Binca October 1st, the boarding and lodging establishment had been closed and deck below the Promenade Deck, in the necessaries. It is a most curious experi- the fastitate had only been used as a Club. fore part of the ship when C-5-5-5-1ence, to literally have nothing more than Services had been held regularly at 8t. I had my back to the bow and was facing the clothes in which you stand—not even
a dry pocket handkerchief!". Pater's Church every Sunday. With regard the stern at the time but turned round
hid been a very to finance, the past your difficult one, but their efforts had met with quickly and saw a cloud of black smoke
very cordist response. About one-third rise from between Nos. 1 and 2 bateb by the Andre Leben the asual subscriptions was lost this year on the port side, the next thing I knew in Fort Said on the 31st December Lad owing to the liquidation of cortato alien was 'that I was struggling under water left the same day so that it has taken firms. The expanditars had been larger to get on my feet having been washed us exactly 'saven weeks to reach Hong 48 they had to supply threa passages to the Manager, and to against the rails to which I clung.rong. allow him dix months' salary in lieu of was told afterwards that a huge wava notice. This course had to be taken and rolled up on the starboard sido and would prove a saving in the end, as the drenched the whole lot of us playing- Manager's agreement did not expire until September. 1916, and because of the War When I managed to get on my legs again afternoon when the awful tragedy overtook they were losing about $100 or $120 I noticed a very strong smell of gunthe Yanks Maru.” month in the Institute as long as they kept powder, and finding that I was not hart were nearly all sosted on dock when the boarding and lodging establishment borond two or three scratches on my without any warning, there was a open. The extra expenditure compelled knoes. I made straight for my cabin and thundering crash just before the bridge. them to make special effort to raise meer met my wife coming out with the baby The ship began to sink and it wa and despite a low of 8880 in subscriptions
порет for
The NYK. arranged passages for s which arrived
JAPANESE SAILORS: HEROISM.
Mr L. N. Locle said it was a glorious.
The passengers
for the reason mentioned above, they had in her arms. I told her to go up on easily apparent the ride of the ship had raised the subscription list from $2,300 in the boat deck (Port side), and I went been badly torn. Water rushed in, and 1911 to $2,850 in 1915. This year they had into the cabin to fetch life belts and filed the forward' holds Directly the
Andrew's received collecdous from St.
Pexing, Jan. 25, Loong Chai Kwong, the Military Governor of Kwantung, has-wired that Church and St. Peter's Chareb, in addi,coals, and on regaining, the deck went impact occured everybody dashed for theiz)
tion to the usual collection from the Canton our best... undertook to pay £17a your from & pril
life belt wonton Mr Loefe.” “We One of the boats next to ours" fouled assembled on deck and then took to the
Two well-known French play his broth. Loóng Kan Kwong will | Episcopal Church. St. Peter's Church and was hanging storn down ca one davit boat. Then we got away. The "Tasaká |
wrights, are completing a three-act
postpons
The departure of bis troops 23rd towards the fands of the Mission and but fortunately no one was in it and Mare" ank deed slow on an even kool. She
Church Council. The General Fund showed
play entitled "The Murder of Edith to Iundan and,wil sky ta neodre an they had received over $503 from the the boss on the other side of us not turned up on her stem and then plunged
Cavall."
BOUBLETM INCOME TAX.
REASONABLE SUGGESTION.
amicable settlement
REDUCTION OF OFFICIAL SALARIES.
the Japansee allow 5475 a Justy
a balance of $38. The Institute Account shed into us but we reached the water
bowed a
deficit of $369.21 Grateful without further mishap. There was no below. The last thing to disappear beneath thanks were returned to the Bishop of panic as "all and the woman bahaved the wars was the Japanese flag which had
Mr Victoria and the General Commitles,
no and as the ship vanished from our eight W. T. Harbord, Hon. Treasurer of the splendidly so that everyone got off with-been hoisted wheh the ship was struck ; General Fand; Mr F. B. L. Bowley, out any trouble," and there was Hon. Treasurer of the Institate Accounts; scrambling to get into the bosta
The ship was struck between 2.80 and cheer." The wireless operator had sent out and Mr G. Piercy, Hon. Trassurer of St. Peter's Church; Mr C. Gerken, and others. 8 pm, and took just over shree quarter masssgos of dintzaw and after being ten The report for St. Peter's Church showed of an hour to disappear. When the tor bours on the water all pere rarcued that during the past year the congregations double insome tax (paid by residents Ministry of Finance in the present had increased and a renewed interest had pede hit har, her boy dipped suddenly and laken to Fort Bald by the French in the United Kingdon who derive month, and under the Ministry of been taken in the work. Early in the year and then the settled very gradually going | patrul tug "Le Boriaux.
the organ, sad to do mesemary repairs to rubinerged when her stern gradually rose Agriculture and Commerce in February.an appeal was sent out for $300 to repair down on an even keel until the bow a the interior of the building. Anticipation higher, and higher in the air until just were more than realised; a num
Pexiko, Jan. 24. The reduction of official salaries by Desling with the question of the 30 per cent is to comments under the
LONDON, JAL 24,
their incomes from Dominions overseas)
the Timer suggests an inter Imperial
aryangement whereby the income tax
End
Tae Peting Daily News is informed that the Government has granted the request 3600 was raised and the interior of the before the final plenge she was practic To-day's Advertisements subalted by the Cheraber of Commerce in Charch was now in good condition. The ally perpendicular. Before she finally Chaloo for the joint constraction of the following are the members of the Church disappeared and while her fag was dying ineinnecting Chefoo and Welhsies by Council -Mr G. Gerken, Mr Nixolle (Howe gave her threo cheers and a bɛozei. Becretary), Mr G. Florey (Hun. Treurer), the Government and merchants.
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for 1916 The Bishop of Victoris, (Chair thing happened. All the stars for work C.M.G. Hon. Mr W. Chatham, salp cams jumping straight outs of the their laces of business.
RNB Admiral R. II. Anstrather, ing the hatches in the aber part of the C.M.G., Hon. Mr. B. E. Pollock, K.O., water as if they had been shot up. This Monts F. B. L Bowley, S. H. Dodwell, was apparently due to an explosion of G. 3. Edkins, and G. Plancy, and the Bere the boilerin W.T. Featherstone,
THE NEED FOR ECONOMY.
MUSZUMS TO BE CLOSED.
LONDON, Jan. 24, The Government has decided that all Pabllo Museums and Galleries shall be clowed, on grounds of economy. This motos & lating, of a quarter of a million thrually
thez $1,000,000 by the siz hiens slong the proposed line, $2,000,000 by s province of Shantung, and the remainder will be financed by other provinces and the Contral Government,
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Immediately we touched the water we mada away from the ship so se not to be drawn into the whirlpool ested by her sinking but hong sound in coed we could be of salatence to any unfortu ale parsons who might be left behind bui we could new to one. Shortly after the
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