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SATURDAY. AUGUST 12, 1916,
THE
WAR.
LATEST. TELEGRAM S.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
STANISLAU OCCUPIED.
FURSUING THE BEATEN ENEMY.
A
The Stanislau
LONDON, Ang il Russians hava ccupied
PETROGRAD, Aug. 1. The Russians took Stanistan after a fight and are now following on the heels, of the boaten enemy in a westerly direction:
THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN THE SERETH REGION.
$14,000 PRISONERS IN A WEEK,
PETROGRAD, Ang. 11, A Russian official statement records continued advance 'en the right bank of the Sereth where over 14,000 prisoners hars been captured since the 4th inst..
The endary loss has been enormous,"
THE ITALIAN ADVANCE. AUSTRIAN HEADQUARTERS
HUNDREDS
1
WRECKED.
OF OFFICERS BURIED.
MAN. Aug. 11, A feature of the fighting in Gorizia was the stubborn resistance, of the Austrians. Hundreds of caves had been excavated in the mountains. Fight hundred Hungariane is a grotto at
THE BRITISH FRONT.
LONDON, Aug. 11. Sir Douglas Haig reports that north of Eazentia-le-Fetit and north-west of Pozieres we have progressed.
North of Razentin-lo-Petit wa inflicted coraiderabla loss on the enemy in taking trenches on which a determined counter-attack was repulsed with beavy cnethy lous.
We successfully raided a ruined farm within the enemy lines south of Ypres..
THE FRENCH FRONT.
PARIS, Aug 11.
A "commanique says: We lestructively bombarded enemy organisations north of the Somme.
There hivo been only minor operations elsewhere..
French air squadrons bombed the railway station and bracke at Vouzieres and the railway station
Hazancourt"
PORTUGUESE TO FIGHT ON EUROPEAN FRONT.
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LONDON, Aug. 11. The President of Portugal telegraph þing to the Paris Journal says:
We have nizendy saut soldiers to East Africa. Now we are going to fight also on the European front where we hall be proud to co-operate with our
Allies
THE CHINA MAIL.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE ANGLO-FRENCH "OFFENSIVE.
NO CHANGE.
Lopos, Aug. 10, General Sir Douglas Haig, ina conmaxipe, states: The position is unchanged
Enemy parties avancing south of Martinpuich have been repelled.
With trench-mortar and maxims we repulsed enemy raiders at Martinpaich and no attack developed."
MANY AERIAL COMBATS. Our neroplanes continued to bomb
billets
and other points of enemy military importance.
Several ocemy machines were driven down in hostile territory in the course of many aerial combats yesterday.
Three of our machines have not returned
BAD WEATHER HAMPERS OPERATIONS.
PARIS, Aug 30,
A communiqué states:The day has been quiet, exeapt for a lively can Donade north of the Somine and in the region of Thisumont
Bad weather continues to hamper our operations.
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EPIC STRUGGLE AT GUILLEMONT.
PARIS, Aag 11. The approaches to Guillemont were the scene of an epic struggle.
A vigorous British attack was barred by Brandenburgers for six hour tand-to-hand combat ensueil, at the end
GOVERNOR-GENERIL" OF
› TURKESTAN,
PETROGRAD, Aug. 10. Ganerai Kuropatkin has been appoint- ed Governor-General of Turkestant
THE KUT PRISONERS. PROCEEDING TOWARDS
TARSUS
GERMANY'S SUPPLIES.
THE PROCESS OF EXHAUSTION.
ANEUTRAL VIEW.
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The New York * World" pub- lishes from its London Correspon dent, atatement by a neutral resident of Rotterdam on the! economic position and outlook of LONDON, Aug. 11.
Germany. The dispatch runa: The Times states that a traveller saw
A neutral resident of Rotterdam, who the Kut prisoners proceeding towards Tarsus. They were in the poorest con- speaks with completa up-to-date know. ditions, being reduced to merely skin ledge of themituation of Germany, given and bone. Forty ooars were in an impressive, account of its economic hospital at Tarsus, and were bejag situation at this moment and "It pro well attended but the Turks had pests for next year. His statements are very few medical supplies. Reassuring nes based on conjucturo, but on Art- messages, however, have been rocsived hand knowledge and practically afficial in England from prisoners at Angora BRITISH FRISONERS IN TURKEY
LONDON, Aug. 11:" In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil announced that the Govern ment had warned the Porte that they would be held personally responsible for the safety of the "British prisoners in Turkey
Mr. H. W. Forstor stated that we e, have now 425 Turkish acers, and 9,593 man prisoners, exclusive of those recently captured in Egypt.
HEALTH OF TROOPE IN *MESOPOTAMIA.
LONDON, Aug. 11. In the House of Commons, Mr. H. WV. Forster stated he feared that he could not say that the general,health of the troops in Mesopotamin had been good, but every effort was being made to combat disease. The Sanitary Con- mission in the Mediterranean bad been
mertical authority
가
of which the enemy resistance apprecialent to Mesopotamia to assist the local ly weakened. The British advanced to- wards the village, and they reached the first houses by night-fall, fighting con tianously,
THE SITUATION IN PERSIA
data. He saya
"
To comprehend Germany's economic position in the matter of food supply. prosent and prospectire, you must divide the population into four classes. First, Cisne ul bere fs the agricultural 20,000,000. These are fed all right, because there is no scheme on earth that can prevent the class who raise the food from having what key want of it. There are probably 13,000,000 others, including | oldiers, oficials and workers for military purposes, who "must also be fed. They have the first mortgage on all the food comunandeared by the State. There are 3,000,000 rich, more or leen, who can slways buy food in any country so long as it is there. This leaves about 25 mil lions of population "who have got to face the pressure.
These consist of numbers of the indus
trial classes not working for the Govern ment, the middle classes, shopkeepers. and so forth. They are living on s ration equivalent to 1200 calories per day, 2,400 being the accepted and proved
dietetic minimum. On that life can be maintained, without any frills either.. The normal consumption of Great Britain in 4,500 calories per day.
Meanwhile the French diverted enemy THE ANGLO-PERSIAN ARRANGE How is it going to be in the future?
contingents adjacent to Guillemont, and their progress enabled them to menace and bombard the village from three sides. The enemy remaining is Bikely to hold out long,
4.
THE BRITISH ON THE POZIERES
PLATEAU.......
MENTS
LONDON, Aug.
Last year Germany had a poor cereal har- rast-about 13,000,000 tons. They im- ported 9,000,000 tons more from Hungary and about 800,000 tons from Rumania
of the 13,000,000 the State got posses
In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil stated that the situation in Persia had recently decidedly improved by the arrest and dispersal of the Germanssion of about 1,000,000, which, with im. I and their agents. There was good ports. left the State about 10,500,000 to reason for hoping that the improvement deal with. The balance remained with will be maintained. He hoped that an the growers The State provided from Anglo-Persian arrangement respecting this a bread ration of 2,200 calories per financial and other questions will shortly day, of which 30 per cent. wore potatoes. had shown a sincere desire to work with the Allies. (Cheers.) Anglo-Indian officers would be employed officering the gendarmerie in Southern Persia.
.Podgora fought with bombs and maximus RELIEF MEASURES IN TERRITORY necessary for further progress on the be made. The Persian Government
Tore
and
for a day and a night. Finally they
ous by straw Amoked petroleum fires lighted at the entrance to the care.
The Austrian Staff. Hendquarters, the Palace of Justice, in Gorizia wae wrecked, and hundreds of officers were
buried.
Most of the Italian prisoners who had been confined in caverns were. liberated.
ROME, August 11.
An official announcement says:---
We have occupied the whole of the Doberdo plateau and reached the line of Vallone..
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OCCUPIED BY GERMANY.
GERMANY DECLINES TO NEGOTIATE
Losposi, Aug. 11. It is officially, announced that Ger many has declined to negotiate further regarding the offer made by the Allies with respect so relief in the territories occupied by Germany.
Great Britain has agreed to release for the Serbians, if necessary. 2,000 tons of Ramanian grain, to be controlled by
Paris, Aug 14 The British now hold all the positions Pozieres plateau, but they must consoli date their conquests beicre reattacking THE ITALIAN VICTORY IN GORIZIA,
ROME, Aug. 11.
A communiqué says:-The enemy territory captured by the Italians extends to twenty, kilometres in length and five kilometres in depth.
The fall of Gorizia was certain when the Luke of Aosa's army stormed the fortified heights west of Gorizia and crossed the bridgelear Isonzo.”
FIERCE ONSLAUGHTS.
It is seri-oficially emphasised in
-ag
DANISH WEST INDIES,
THIS YEAR'S. HARVEST.
This year's harvest looks like being Sixteen million tots of good one. cereals is the normal harvest, and although there has been considerable dam age, I reckon they will get three millions' more than last year. But that is net COPENILAGEN, Aug. 11. the critical point. When Germany, start- During the debate in the Rigsdag oned this war she had 23,500,000 cattle, al the Bill or ratifying the sale of the which 8,250,000 are needed for breeding Danish West Indians the United miles-coms, bulla, eto, and there were States, the Ministers explained that the motive of the sale was the danger of eventual complications if Denmark continned as in 1913, to decline the offer of the United States.
The Minister of Finance, replying to Denmark could do if the United States
the Allies, bat has informed the Central Rome that the three days fighting end-the Opposition criticisms, asked what Powers that as they possess enormousing in the capture of Gorizia represents stocks of foodstuffs in Rumania they one of the most important and fiercest Eastwards of this the enemy was com must provide for the Serbians in future. onslaughts on fortified positions in the seized the Islanda. pletely routed and retire after being driven from his strongest defences in
the San Michele-San Martino sector.
GERMANY'S
IMPENETRABLE
WALL OF STEEL."
A DELUSION SHATTERED.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 11. While the Allies have been battering the enemy on every side for weeks, the Germans have observed complete silence regarding their intentions, and the German papers have been talking about "the impenetrable wall of steel" on both frontiers..
The German communique this evening makes the Erst admission that the wall has been shaken, when it says that a. regrouping of troops to meet the regrouping by the Russians is proceed- ing
KITCHENER MEMORIAL FUND.
LONDON, "Aug.. 13. The Kitchener Memorial Fund amounts to over £213,000,
AMONG THE WOUNDED.
LONDON, Aug 1.. Lieut.-Colond Lewin, husband of Edvina, daughter of the late Lord Roberts, has been wounded in action
THE RECENT ZEPPELIN RAID.
THE TOTAL DAMAGE.
LONDON, Aug. 11.
An official statement wys (— There have now Been eight deaths ns. a result of the air raid on the 8th inst. The total damage was four small houses and a shop wrecked, three houses and three shops damaged and a number
THE BALKAN FRONTIER. of small houses and cottages slightly damaged. Fifty feet of a colliery railway was torn up and a horse killed
FRENCH ADYANCE TOWARDS
DOIRAN,
1.
SALONIKA, Aug, 11. The French advanced and occupied a hill' south, and a railway station 'five milea cast, of Doiran
THE FORCES AT SALONIKA. PARIS, Aug, 11. General Sarrail, has been formally appointed Generalissimo of the Allied Forces at Salonika and General Cordonier commands the Freach Army at Salonika. THE EGYPTIAN FRONTIER
FURTHER RETREAT OF THE
TURKS
LONDON, Aug. 11 An official report from Egypt atatas:! The Tarks have made a further ro
'undea' presure of our mounted.
Turkiab counter attacks were reprised and the enemy's casualties word very
Our cavalry remained in observation
the enemy, who retired to their, en
reachment.
TYPHOON WARNING.
THREE TYPHOONS REPORTED.
"The telegram quoted below w received by the American Consulate from the Manila Observatory at 1 p.m. to-day-
Typhoon in about 108 Long E., and 19 La N. moving west.
Typhoon in about 127 Long. E) and 25 Lat N. inclining northward.
Typhoon in about 117 Long. E äzid 29" Lat. N., direction
unknown
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war up till now.
The Austrians had specially strength cred Gorizia, which was made a strategic pivot. The rapidity of the Italian suc- cess was due rot merely to formidable artillery and determination on the part of the infantry, but to the secrecy of the preparations for the attack.
The Austrians imagined that their invasion of Trentino had exhausted the Italiana; but General Caderns, white maintaining pressure on Trentino, pro Sted by the inner lines between Trenting and the Isonzo to transport troops and material over to the Isonzo and launched his offensive at the chosen moment with terrible and irresistible violence.
The deinte was adjourned.
LORD LANSDOWNE TO RESIGN.
X
Losrox, Aug. 11. The Daily Chronic's states that Lord Lansdowne will shortly resign owing to failing health.
The resignation has no political sign
ficance.
TRAINING RESERVES..
of
about 6,000,000 cutres. They had a census on April 30, 1916, and then there were 19,500,000 cattle of all sorts, of which 8,250,000 were breeding cattle, and again 6,000,000 calves. That leaves abont 6,200,000 castle for consumption, which, however, a large proportion arg two-year-olds and consequently cot ci full laughter value. The pig position is still less favourable, as they have laughtered an immense proportion of ples cwing to the shortage of fodder.
The situation thers is they can go on.
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haustion in futuro, and her military
for another 12 months, provided they manufactures. That's "Germany's post-begin to organize agnücst economic
everything except breeding stock, and tinn,
"It she could get peace with this coming prestigo, & great asses and Estigation eave her importing towards further great adventures, would thus supply a dietetic minimum of the fat and protein without which no human harvest it would being can exist Alter that the position 5,000,000 tons of cereals; that is all. The remain. The saaurtion of the military they will have arrived at will be a total other more insoluble "problems will re- superiority of the Allies is, therefore,
main. If the war goes on for another essential to achieving continued pance. economic debacle... LONDON, Aug. 11. If you assume that they make peace year and then she rankes peace, Germany pi *- Regulations have been issued for the this year they would be in such a position will be totally and absolutely smashed formation of a Training Reserve, com-that it would make them four yeata to economically. The raw material she will posed of surplus recruits, in order to restore the cattle supply to its normal require must run into large sums-and supplement the regimental reserves. and necessary number, sud during that where is abc to get money or its equiva The Training Reserve will be an avail-four years they would have to import lent in manufactured goods for espart↑ abla pay for any battalion whood Germany's fotal meet supply. There is She can't do it. She can get nothing reserves are exhausted. The training not enough meat, in the work, for that regiments will beat a number instead of
or anything like it. The world was get ting short of meat oven before the war. They will want 5,000,000 eattle and the
Iot four year from abroad.
a name.
UNDUE OPTIMISM.
DEPRECATED BY EXPERTS.
LONDON, Aug. 11 Undas optimism arising out of the Allies' successes is deprecated by experts, LAND SETTLEMENT FOR SOLDIERS equivalent of 4,000,000 g per who point out that the Italians, mast still conquer the bulk of an extensive natural fortress before reaching Trieste.
The fall of Stanislau, which is cut off
from railway communication between the enemy armies north and south of the Dneister, is unlikely without severe fighting
Though Austria seems to be reeling, the collapse of Germany is not near ***FRENCH BOMBARD DOIRAN.
SALONIKA, Aug 11. The French have opened a bombard- ment of the town of Doiran (on the Greco-Serbian frontiër).
HEAVY FIGHTING "IN CAUCASUS
AND NORTHERN FERSIA.
RUSSIANS RETIRE UNDER PRESSURE
PETROGRAD, Aug. 11,
AND SAILORS..
LONDON, Aug. 11
THE WRECK OF THE "PING
BUEY."
The owners received the following from Austria. From the military point cable from Cape Town dated July 7- from now Salvors require 80 per gent payment on she mast, collapse in a year- but even if she got peace, tomorrow she account. Sound cargo forwarded Singa Agapenor, Fors 10 would collapse economically all the same, pose, baals thirty pounds top. Seventy but don't know how to get it. There is taking thousand tons, sails to-night s
Proteaias arrives Dasser day break.
seven
They want peace, they wADE in might org
pumps
died suddenly July 5.
To-day's Advertisements
So the intelligent German is beginning what we may call a futárias political
A further wire on 10th stated Weather unfavourable. to sit down, and think over the prospect, party in Berlin, which Bethma Boll In the House of Commons, Mr. H. J. and his thoughts turn to peace. Mest weg sims at leading, a party that is tempt loot off. Proceeding, discha Tennant stated that the Duke of prices are bound to soar after the war looking to handling tremendous post-war cargo until weather improvca, spring held Sutherland had onered an estate of and Germany's requirements of 5,000,000 problems. Bethmann is flying kites and tides July 15. No. 1 badly holed;
Captain Betanco 12,000 acres west of the river Naver, in cattle and 4,000,000 pigs per annum will asking for less each time, but he cannot fall control water but No. 2 easily the county of Batherland, for land cost her, landed, not less than 20 per concede the forme to make peace accept Forty gumess per cent, was be a paid settlement by soldiers and sailors head if she could get them, which she able to the Allies. The Army chiefs on the s.8. "Ping Suey on July 2 the
won't allow him, and if he offered such equally, and that the offer had been canlot. accepted
Let us suppose she spreads her importa tarms bs would be driven from power.
I don't believe much in popular révolu. tions pre-eight year. Then she will have to go without half her minimatrtion in Germany to rid itself of mili Tosides that each man's meat supply for those years. But aup-tarism. pase she could buy this meat in four supreme duty is to work for the State is years and pay for it, which is another so ingrained in the German character HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK- A Rome command states Two su problem for her, could she find trans after centuries of schooling that it has persons were killed and some damage port for it? Is is impossible; there are become the soul of Gerinaux. I firmly was done as a result of an air: mid on
not enough available whips. That is the believe it would be replaced by another Venica
An Austrian commutus rates that food outlook Germany muni lace after the practically the dama in sine new guise the aorae domination, the same in somer! twenty seaplanes dropped three and a war-
now guise the same domination, the same half tons of bombs on Venice, causing
ideas at the top. Militarism, as it the greatest destruction. It is also
What about her Industrial dituation? called, is Germany, and it is as indo stated they caused dozens of fres. Ons
bean visible for twenty-Eve miles.
AIR RAID ON VENICE.
LONDON, Aug11
TRADE AFTER THE WAR.
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The only one of these three which boon heavy fighting in the regions of fire at the cotton mills ja said to have Germany is dry of raw zusterials esseps triclible as the race Socialiser hos August; current at the Offices of the
may trouble the Colony is the last which would seem from the latitude and longitude given to be in the nighbour hood of the Prutaše po
The first one is in the Gulf of Tonking
and the second cast of Formosa
A MASTER FEMEDY CHAMBERLAINTS Cole, Cheers and Diarrhoen Remely is master ever cramp colic, dysentery, and all intestinal. paris. ⠀⠀ One dose relieves, a second dore
A communiqué states:There has Mush, Bitlis, and Van and between Kermanshah and Hamadenke
The Russians in the region of Mush and Bitlis retired northwards under heavy enemy pressure dang
The fighting between Kerzzanıbah and Hamadan Indientes a Russian effort to effects a function with the British in Mesopotamia-ED.]
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DAMAGED ZEPPELINAS:
CLOSING SHARE QUOTATIONS.
Panks Docks
Wharfs.
AMSTERDAM, Aug 11,
The Telegraaf states that a badly
is raroly necessars, to efect a care. For damaged Zeppelin coming from the
sale by all Clemiste and Storekeepera, i west descended in Belgium Se
Hong
Aug 12, 1916"
for toys, aniliae dyos, and some drog. made great strides during the war de a These are the only things she can export result of Socialiste medures forced upon at once after the war. Before she can the State by necessity. The assurance of manufacture szything Germany must got dally bread by State sppeain to the Ger the raw material. She has no copper man proletarist, and they hope to keep lead, or other baser metals needed for her the systems ir being aller the war, though, muvozana fron and steel manufactures She must of course, on better conditions for them import all these. She will absolutely require to import 200,000 tons of men ganate, copper, zine and other things before she
Haures
this
ove
Bus to return to the solid ground of onomis acts. If the Allies simply
another year they would fea! would-be helpless Great Inst of M
win the war by
Sond would be
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