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TUESDAY. AUGUST 22, 1916,
THE
LATEST
WAR.
TELEGRAM S.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.j
THE ANGLO-FRENCH` OFFENSIVE.
ENEMY BOMBING ATTACKS ON HIGHWOOD.
THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.
PROGRESS IN STOKHOD REGION.
Prenocnas, Aug. 2 Official; We are advancing is the region of the Stokhol where on the General Haig reports: After heavy bombardment three 18th and 19th we took 1.330 pri- bombing attacks were made on Highers, 18 machine-guns and other -wood. All were easily repulsed..
17
var nuiterul.
We withierw some of our covering RUSSIANS CAPTURE JABŁONITZA patrols before strong enemy detach ments, but the latter were unable to progress when they came nove our fire west of the wood.
LONDON, Aug. #1.
We have captured Jablonitza, twenty- five miles south-east of the Kablozjitzu Fase.
THE CHINO JAPANESE INCIDENT AT CHENG-CHA-TUNO.
THE CHINESE CONTENTIÓN."
Loyoos, Angel.
The Chinese contend that the incident at Cheng Chin Tung was entirely due to the Japanese troops annecessarily march"} ing to the Chinese barracks. They point out that the Japanese had no right to station troops at Cheng Chia Tung
The Japanese assert that Chinese gokliers threatened a Japanese policeman and soldiers were sent to protect him.
THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT BILL
Losnos, Aug. 21.
The House of Lords has passed the secami rending of the Parliament Bill,
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
BRITISH FRONT.
STRONG ENEMY ATTACK REFULIED
THE CHINA MAIL.
GERMANY'S HOLD ON. RUMANIA.
£3,000,000 YEARLY TRIBUTE.
The "New York Workf" publishes the following article, dated June 0, from its spectal correspondent in Bucharest
WILL'AUSTRIA HOLD ON?
EFFECTS OF ALLIED SUCCESS.
Nine memnat of ten on opening their newspaper and cruing yet another mess age about further Austrisa defeat+ men tally excising, Well, it won't by Joye before Austria is out of it." says Mfr The peaceful penetration, by Ciermary | Ernest Hamilton. of Rumania, and she work and organisa- I Writing with a very closá knowlxigo in secomplished before as well as after of Austria-Hungary and the nunny pec- the commencement of the war by the ples under the sway of the Hapsburgs. I Germans in this country, invites the feat every candlenes that Austria will wonder anul even the respect of an in--be out of the war before the autumn partial observer, if there was not a This is, of course, provided that Germany discrimination in the ways and meaas performs yo military. miracles, and few adopted by them to achieve their ends
competent" observers can be found to think that Clermany is it longer in the position of miracle-worker"
To study the Runnnian commere industry, and finance is to know the story of German enterprise, German work und German initiate gaining the mastery everywhere and in every walk of life.
'
Why do I think that Austria will rotire from a war which has brought her no laurels and at a time when oren her most able historians will have to admit Since 1900, when a Hohenzollern that Austria has been thoroughly do- Prince was put on the Rumanian throne,feated? First of all, It is very important entil the present day, Germans have to remember that the word. Austrian gradually iminigrated and settled hereineans practically nothing If a man in large numbers. Te the city of were to tell me that bo'is an Austrian I Bucharest alone the number of Gurus should first have to find out what his residents is over 20,000, while in other mother tongue and religion were before Rumanian cities there are not less than I could classify him, or have any clue as a further 50,000. To these must bu suds to his national sympathies and aspirs- ed 240,000 German-speaking Jews, who tions. He might be à Czech speaking a
forerunners are always the
of German interests and German propaganda. They are akin to Russian and aching to be
away from the domination of Vienna hold the most valuable properties, and he may be a Croat or Bosnian Serb estatin in the capital and in the other whose heart. is rent when he thinks of Large cities, as well as rich and fertile the tragic plight of Serbia, he may be o LONDON, "Aug. 21.larly in the Dobrudja district.
Clerical Viennese plotting to sell or hand over Austria to Berlin; or again he may General Haig, reports --At noun un
GERMAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, - -
Be a Ramanian Bving in Tra Beta
Transylvania Sunday, the enemy delivered a strong As everywhere in other countries, in who does not care a three-penny bit attack on the now line we have es Rumunia al ferman oficial al un whether Slay or German emerges tablished for about half a mile from the dial agents have stred no efforts or tristophant from the conflict, and who western corner of Highwood. Be a their influence sad to multiply gradually remains a neutral in the midst of the means in their endeavours to increase despite obligatory military service, eeeled in reaching this line a certain their enterprises and commerce. points, but he was driven out again by England and France together have only fighting in which he is taking part.
I ha curious experience of this in Dar infantry, who immediately, reten consular representatives in this 1012, when I was with the Serbs in their Taxes. Aug. 21. occupied the trench.
country, Germany and Austria are re brilliant, enmpaign against the Turks Subsequent hostile attacks broke down presented by 3 consular agents. As to Travelling with us were some ten or Corrispolent at General
under cur artillery fire.
non-official comercial attaches, and twelve, Austrian, and Hungarian news. Yar de Venter's Headquartere North of Bazentin-le-Fetit today the Germans alone have several sente
agents there can be no comparison, as paper correspondents. Of these only reports. We have occupied Ridetegained a further portion of the enemy's more than their adversaries combined. The attack was accompanied by Rikosse after a-determined
trenches..
They have also a chamber of commerce quid fire. It was checked by our
in the city of Bucharest, while the French and English have to such thing -pun-Brand_sili frd..
in this country mercul financial,
country's economic, social, educational, hygienic. and many other phases are thoroughly stadied and reported un from time to time. Anyone interested in Rumanian affairs is obliged to refer to the German reports,
such an organisation and the
THE FOSSESSION OF FLEURY.
POWERFUL GERMAN ATTACK
REPULSED.
Paris Aug 21.
A communique states that a powerful German attack on Fleury Teen repulse with serions losses."
There has her violent anillery
work on the Sommar.
We took six feMeguts in the wood we surried yesterday, Maurepas and Guillermont
Operations tre broedaling entire front of the Easter
Balkung).
EAST AFRICA.
FURTHER PROGRESS..
Henter
stand
MOVING-ON-DAR-ES-SALAÄM:---
Deneral Srguts reports:
We are moving towards Dar-es-Salaam supported by Saval operations on the
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The enemy heavily shelled different portions of our front, more especially Highwoody-Hamel and-Mailly-
Elsewhere there is nothing of import- ance to report.
Despite the low cloudis, our aircraft did most useful work restening, con- munienting with the advanced infantry: One came down to a low height and most effective, on the enemy's front line trenches, and also on hostile reinforce
The
While
thperations began at lightfail on the opened machine-gua "fire, which was resulting from it, the
Areth inst. against strong enemy forces tolling the crossings towards the River Srogoro. Fighting continued till thements evening of the 17th when the enemy retreated.
FEWER BRITISH CASUALTIES.
Tosbos, Aug. 21
It is noteworthy that the ensuali
tienerul Van (1» Venter inflicted heavy hes near Kidlete.
THE NAVAL “SCRAP.!!
LONDON, Aug. 21. The North Sea fight was mainly a scrap between patruls, the big ships
since the German ships retired when warned by their screen patrols.
kies arriving in England from France | THE NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF apparently never getting into contact,
is not a quarter what they were at the opening of the British offensive.
THE ENEMY ON THE SOMME.
FRONT.
PARIS, Ang 21.
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IN INDIA.
GENERAL MONRO'S SERVICES.
LONDON, Aug. 21.
The Times says General Monro has won great listinetion in the present war. The Temps states that the enemy has | His souri - soldierly qualities have Half-a-million troops on the Somme front, placed him among the foremost of our Field-Marshal von Mackeren is said to Generala. He can perhaps ill be spared he commanding
GERMANY AND PEACE.
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A QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT.
Lesney, Aug. 21. In the House of Commons Mr. Byles drew attention to statements
from the front. but there are strong reasons why the Imperial Government should send to India at this juncture the ablest man at their disposal. General
wns of German descent and sympathies and he was a Germag- American. The others were keen anti- German who freely discussed in front of the German newspaper correspondenta that conferation which would put antent hopes for a free and pro-Slav Gertung's hose out of joint
It is very important to remember that less than a third of the population of Austria-Hungary is German by anguage, descent or sympathies.
NOT A POEPLE'S WAR
Austria-Hungary soon lesion by
I was in Austria when war was de- with their low priced goods,clared, and, with the exception of Vienna onde for the Orient, and long period and a few other towns, I failed to mee casy-poyment system became the pre- the slightest sign of enthusiasm. The dominant masters of the Rumanian war was never a prople's war. It would market, thas' importing goods anually be very difficult indeed to izgine n "people's war in Austria, having regard to the amount of about £5,600,000(during 1013) from Germany, out of utatal of to the diversity of the peoples there.
that 20.520,000 of general Rumanian importa,
In order to maintain their commerce there was going to be no the Germans opened many banks and que us the result of this war established many industrial houses, and unless it was dat other States were. by hard competition and various devices going to expand at the expense of bee the owners of part of the Austria True, Serbia was in the end overrun and the huted Serb driven out An offcial communique states:The petroleum mines.
of his antry, but there the ointment German version of the ses fight states
was so full of flies that there was no that their mibmarines, on the 19th inst.,.
From 1893 to 1900, the Geman bala in it. For where the Austrian-fer sank off the English coast a hostile small capitalists, supported by Gorman dip was to be seen ja Serbia there could the cruiser and a destroyer, and that a mallomacy, strove their utmost to become German Bug also be found, and every- the sole masters of the entire petroltuan body who has been in either. Gennaby cruiser and battleship were heavily field. In this endeavour they had two or Austria knows what the two countries diamaged."
points in their minds; one was economic think of each other.getjs the other political At that time Ger
Still, no long as Germany was fighting any had already concluded a secret Austria's battles-pushing back Huskinny political alliance with Ramania, and she hers and invading Serbia, there-Austria was planning to assure the supply of did not compality of leaning anywhere her needs of petroleum in case of was, as she knew well that Rossin would side for support qu
feminine with her enemies, and that she would
we
The Admiralty in the message published last night denied that destroyer was sunk and that a battleship had been damaged.-Ed C.M.}' 1
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN INDIA RECALLED.
CONTROL OF PETROLEUM FIELD.
Vienna is noted for
Once, however, Germany was
no longer not
be able get very much material
erial willing, or able to help Austria with from the United States, owing to the plans, generals, and men, Vi
Vienna begun English blockade so it was her emden vour to have the Rumanians as her allies to cont off. Vienna is like & cocose who Thea Germany committed a fatal when, with petroleum fields under Ger sets sulky when presents are scarce.
an ownership, she could amply provide mistake. She began to show her cards. her wants. The only serious competitors. that appeared in the field were the but proposing-indirectly and unofficially The Chrogide says that General Sir/Commission, and that he will be Americans, but the German by theirndon with lustria.which would create f
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to the effect that Herr Zimmermann. Beauchamp Duff is not returning "to the German Under-Secretary for India. It was open to the Imperial Foreign Affairs, had often declared Government to nominate a loena fanens the German Government's readiness and they decided instead to appoint sto negotiate peace but that Great as his successor General Mouro, Britain had prevented the Entents soldier of great distinction, who has rajons Mouliraise, has been killed Won new Jaurels in this war in .responding.
Mr. Asquith replied at Germany Frane and the Eastern Mediter
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GERMAN INTRIGUES AGAINST PORTUGAL,
"THE YUNNAN OPIUM CASE.'
STATUS OF THE ACCUSEU
SPAIN.
LONDON, Aug. 21. Monro deservedly enjoys the full con. It is officially announced that General fidence of the Imperial Government and Sir Beauchamp Duff, Commander-in- we believe this appointment will give Chief in Indian, has been recalled to give evidence before the Mesopotamia great satisfaction to India.
eucceeded by General Sir H. T. Munro. diplomacs drove them off
Almost all the electrical work in the Central Europe Cerny is always the likely to foul our economic hostility Ger capital and in the man bands. The Ferme Tete much more than our achievements in
the field, for she knows that all war TRYING TO MAKE TROUBLE WITH ort foundries and enne Iron Works
ahipbuilding and
The "North China Daily News" repairing at Galatz are owned by the come to an end, and it is only world- Krupp Company Almost all the comme that can heal the wounds of a
attention to the following letter which "Campaign.
BADOS, June 29. it has received. Austria's reception of Germany's
Sir:-Wa-beg cement, paper, and many other indus economic proposals was distinctly un-
courtesy of
your panies that manufacture cloth, cotton,
Encouraged by their success. in ecolumns to correct a popular misappre tries, as also the wood exporting trade, inttering. A meeting of the Chambers broiling Mexico and the United States, hension as to the status of the persons are in the hands of the Germania.
of Commerce was held in you add to these the Austrian and She report of it was censored in toto the Germans are working now to make now in custody in connexion with the Hungarian enterprises, you will hare en
A reference to the Roster of Members approximate idea of what the so-called The Hungarian money ungates were trouble between Spa and Portugal. In opium smuggling case.
immediately up in arais. Germany was this they are playing for a great stake of the National Assembly reveals the Rumanian industry consists of." not their market, and they had no inten In St. John's Cathedral last night, With German commerce and industry
ceed, the danger must not be, entirely Members of the National Assembly third of a series of Organ Recitals of also that German france ahould have the too elever Berliner.
THE INEVITABLE
ignoral. There is no doubt that the (Ti-Yuan) They have been ascertained. popular music, gave us of his best The made some headway in order to make
conference to be held in Peking, core Meanwhile, Austria is opposed by two Spaniards are not pleased with the to be merely delegates (tai-pino) to a outstanding item of the programme was the Ramanian dependence on Germany
still more
"Out of undoubtedly the magnificent. "Finale
specifically delegates from the provincial complate. of the Roman public 400.000 powerful foes. Booner or later Russia Portuguese
about will force the Carpathian pass and The entry of Portugal into the war was government of Yunnan, and are in n of Tschaikowsky's Pathetic Symphony: £32,000,000 have been borrowed from descend into the plain. Foover or later the Organist's randening of which could the Berlin banks, and to-day the State Italy will force the Tyrol out of Austria's resanted by the Spaniards for esvara scarcely be surpassed Other pieces of Rumania is paying £2,000,000 interest grasp, and who will, he helpless, her most reasons, but chicfy because it brought were Elgar's fine "Imperial March," and annities to the Germans. As most vulnemble paras exposed to her enemies, the war song uncomfortably near to capital borrowed Germany has And, patiently waiting her oppor Spanish territory, the declaration of two charming melodies entitled "The of the Question" and "The Answer" by gone to pay for war and other material tunity, is Rumanin-slow to move per war samo thoassbda di Germans were manufactured in Germany, not a cent haps, but-knowing exactly what sho Wolstenholme, and the popular has entered the country and as a wants out of Austria and determined to turned out of Portugal into Spain with very little ceremony, and these have been "Andante from Mendelssohn's Violin Rumanina puts it, the payment of tho get the last drop of blood, Concerto. The concluding item of the two millions is an annual tribute paid These are the reasons that make me busy ever since in exciting Spanish think that Austria will throw up, the animosity and suspicion ega etter programme was a Toccata" by Wider to Germany.
•Trie
fte, I do not share the views eighbour. and it only remains to say that this
Sponge of so many others that thers will be an briliant and difficult work was done
utter dismemberment of the Empire, for full justice.
intolerable or humiliating to some operations which was performed, with Mr. Denman Fuller, F.RC.O., at the prodominating in Romania, it is natural tion of passing into the tender care of and though they are not likely to sus fact that the persons in question are not
of our Allies. (Cheers.) The sg the utmost skill and judgment. gestion that Great Britain
wo-lay
wasi. influencing the Entente was quite | THE MESOPOTAMIA COMMISSION. Cântrue.
Mr. Asquith added that no peace!
Lospos, Aug. 21. terras had been suggested chcially.. The Mesopotamia Commission had a formal sitting in the House of Lords THE MILITARY CROSS.
Loxoos, Aug. 21. It is announced in the Gazette that the Military Cross has been
LONDON, Aug. 21. awarded Lieutenant O. T. Boyd
"It is pificially announced that an (R.F.C) for conspiccous gallantry in a bombing raid in unfavourable explosion has occurred at a munition factory in Yorkshire and it is believed
EXPLOSION AT A YORKSHIRE
MUNITION FACTORY...
weather. He descaded below a thousand feet and, despite heavy rife that there has been a serious loss of life.
No details have yet been roceive.. and machine-gun fire, he bombed and fired with his machine-gun on a train.
STEAMER SUNK.
LONDON, Aug.
21."
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THE LONDON SCHOOL FOR ORIENTAL STUDIES,
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AN APPLICATION FOR AN OVERDRAFT.
The soloist was Mix W. J. Hill, who was heard to very good effect in "0. Love Divine" (an adaptation of A wounded subaltern, being desirous Handel's
well-known Lago) Bad of an overdraft on his account, male the "Tears by A. Somervell; the former was especially appreciated. Altogether following appeal of recital of the series that Mr. Fuller has this was probably the most enjoyable
yot given.
There was a fair attendance though many were probably kept away by the shower which fell during the evening The collection, we understand, realised
The British "steamer Swedishbeen appointed Governor of the the Navy League War Memorial Fund. Prince has been sunk
THE EMPLOYMENT OF NATIVE TROOPS
School for Oriental Studies, on the nomination of the Chinn Association.
THE HURRICANE IN JAMAICA.
LONDON, Aug. 21,
the rocks of Cox, I am sadly on Kindly manager
For the time my warring ceases; my
patella is in pieces! Though in hospital 1 lie, I am not about
to die.
e
LONDON, Aug, 21. Mr. George Jamieson, formerly
Therefore let me overdraw just a little
trifle more Consul-General at Shanghai, has over 3100 and will be handed over to If you stick to your red tapes, 1 muşt do
without my grapes, And
ray lips will surely fret with a deg
cheaper cigarette News has beca" received from Do not his too hard upon a poor, deject
ed sabaltern! England, anys the Japan Gazette, of the This is all I have to say, Tu, Yours death of Mr. Benjamin S. Buxton truly, EA litely in the service of the P&O S.N. The mainger's replied Coat Zakobams, who passed away at gir, the tender heart of Cox cannot It is officially stated that the his mother's residence at Oudby, near
leave you on the rocks, Leicester, on Jure 18th Mr. Burton, Few could re sleep quiet in bed, think in London on May 24th He was So, if you will let me know just how far fairly well on the voyage until be you want to go, renebed Hongkong, when he gradually Lying on your bel of pain, your reques bedorne weaker, his ailment/ being We can make but one requeat ; keep this OBITUARY.BROW
internal organie domphestiona, latterly blocked within your breast," je
being muchệ foring The deceased For pliers hear they'll bay Good MONTREAL, Aug 212
who was abou and had many benda “Zedre The death is announced of Major in Yoko
now.in Gener Frederick Bens
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respect attached to the national legisla ture of the Republic of China
Thanking you, Sir, for this notes space in your esteemed journal,
We are, etc.,
"Ward Cause-KUL. HUA-CHUEN, MEL
Shanghai, Aug. 15.
The above, inforniation coming as it does from men of the standing of De Wang and Dr Hus, will be recived with The thing, bas been cleverly managed no small satisfaction, says our conte
this would involve problems that would A few weeks ago tan Germanophil Press porary. The story altogether in ax take many weary years to solve Never announced that 3,000 motor lorries from pleasant one, and it would be rearing theless the time is drawing near when Vienne will say that it is time for peace, England and America vere concentrated to think that no member of the National and Buda-Perth will say that she will near the Portuguese frontier and the Assembly had any hand in it.
reight Portuguese divisions were boay pre-
paring for war. It was then isted Today's Advertisements
fight no more.
JAPANESE SHIPPING AND THE INDIAN TRADE.
GOVERNMENT ORDER RESPECTING SHIPS NOT CLASSIFIED.
ACTOGE
that England had asked permission to transport Portuguese troops Spanish territory to France, with the design of violating Spanish neutrality. One night it was rumoured that there had been fight on the Portuguese from School tier between Spaniards and Portuguese. The rumours were officially denied, but
A message has been received here they have recurred at frequent intervals stating that the Indian Goverment has and have been no cloverly fomented sa ined an order that no clearance permits to cause a certain feeling of nervouspeAS will be given to vessels that have not even in tallilary and oficial circles.
To put an end to this unnsossary bos properly classed, for instance, vessels that have not been used by alarm, the Portuguesa fated the Spanish Lloyd's Surveyor This order has herto buen enforced in a few ports of Government to saada military commis Indis, but the present order is to be sion to see and report upon what was blow to not few Japanese went and discovered that single, divi- stemor and it may therefore hamperalen had bear mobilized and that I was
In the House of Commons Mr.Loy whole of the Jamaica banans Crop who had been, invalided bome, arrived ing you were underfed 1 enforced throughout India This will be atually being done. The Commission
LONDON, Aug. 31. George, replying to 3r. Wedgewood, expressed his willingness privately to convey the results of the communica tion with the Military Authorities Africa on the subject of the employment af nativo troops for garrison purpose is
Egypt and at Aden and active
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