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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1916.
THE
WAR.
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
THE BALKAN THEATRE.
RUSSIAN AND [ITALIAN TROOPS ARRIVE.
BIG EVENTS EXPECTED.
1
PARIS, Aug 20. Italian troops have disembarked at Salenika
Lospes, Aug. 29. Rasian contingents are also arriving
LATER.
St Saloniku.
It is now permissible to state that the first Russian.contingung disembarked at Salonika on July 20, and the rst Italia contingent on August 21. Farther Allial contingents are following
"
All the Allies are how represented at the Salonika front where big events are to be expected shortly."
SALONIKA, Aug. The Russians lunched in ferryboats ant were, received by British, French ni Serbian guards of honour.. Bands page! the quay where General Sarrail, the Commander in Chief of the Forces in this theatre, reviewed the Kasslan Contingent, raising his gap in response,
The Russian cheers.
Afterwards they marched to thei quasters amider much hantelupping.
I believed that the presence of the liberators of Bulgaria on the Allied front will produce, an incalculable Effection the Bulgarian army from which dogens of men have been deserting daily for months past
A LESSON TO BE DRAWN. Both the Italian and the Russian looked hardly.
Their", presence (at Salonika demonstrates, inler aliu, the Allies' command of the sens, for the big transportation of troops from Russia and Italy without mishap a remark-. ale tribute to this.
THE SITUATION.
Lesbos, Aug: 14. A British official statement issudilat Balika states that the situation is
changed on the Doiran frent.
A milway bridge has held destroyed on the Stray iront.
į
GERMAN BATTLESHIP
TORPEDOED.
BELIEVED TO BE SUNK-
LØNDOS, Ang. 62,"
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-,
It is thelally announced that it is believed submarine 2 sauk a German battleship of the Nassau class in the North Sea on the 19th inst.
The subnurine torpedood and daar her and then again torpedoed het while she was being escorted to barbour by five destroyers.
"Posen.**
VERDUN.
TEFENORMOUS PART IT HAS
PLAYED.
FARIS, Aug. 22.
THE CHINA MAIL.
QERMANS SEEKING TIME.
HUNGARIANS RESTIVE.
LONDON, Aug. 22. The Germant, Geveral Staff, ure The fact that the tricolour still fresnaking desperate efforts to win off a decisive engagement before. the over Verdun after half a year of terrific Shalaught shows the spirit of self-acridcenter in order to obtain a breathing space to prepare for a further dami- and the solution of the French soldier puign in the spring- to be more powerful than high, ex- plosives The enormous part Ferun has played in the war as a whole is not
Fet realised.
Aug. 23.
A communique stal PARIS PA
There have been artillery duels on both banks of the Somme and in the region of Fleury...
A French surprise attack north of Maurepas captured prisoners.
GENERAL SITUATION.
Meanwhile Hungary is becoming increasingly restive, and there have been stormy scenes in Parliament, the Deputies demanding nows of the hew Russian adrunce, and denour cing the Germans,
MESOPOTAMIA COMMISSIÓN.
LONDON, Aug. 2
It is officially announced that the Mesopotamia Commission Lina decided, MR. LLOYD GEORGE REVIEWS THE in view of the extremely confidential nature of the documents upon which the earlier oral evidence will be based, that the meetings will be held in privuta.. bolors the Commission. ****
Sir Edward Barlow has given evidence The Commission meets again to mormw. :
LONDON, Aug. 22. In the House of Commons Mr. Lloyd tieorgy, reviewing the situation, con- Allies everywhere, compared with what trasted the satisfactory "position of she |
it was six months ago. The initiative The battlestips of the Sassau Canal been wrested from the enemy alcag rke **Nasaan," *Westfalen," the whole front, almost for the first tiine.
These heinland and Vessels were the first Dreadnoughts. to
The only possible unimportant exception helt by Germany. A reference book was Mesopotamia where the armies were stries that their size they have quiescent for climatic casons, « Can extremely powerful, armament, bat too much was obviously attempted on the displacement and they are admittedly These ships, displace 18,600 tons and their designed speed is 19 knots, amanet comprises twelve in., twelve 5.9-in. sixteen 21-pounders and the Empire, but I am confident of "six subinerized torpedo nubes. The com', { victory if the `Allies continue to work
planes of these ships is 966 offers and loyally together.
They were completed in 1909-10a
THE WESTERN FRONT,
fatures
1:20.
"FURTHER BRITISH ADVANCE.
www.
LONDON, Aug. 22 General Sir Douglas Italy reports: Despite yery heavy losses from our lambardment," the enemy's, garrison at Guillemont is still maintaining an plotinatu resistages.
We again, made considemble progress in the vicinity of Pozieres, having adanced on a front of half-a-mile. We are established it the road junction just outside Moquet Farm and we have pushed forward along the right of the Pozieres-Miraumont road.
Mr. Boyd George in conclusion said : thurk in the dim distance the Allies can see the end It would be a mistake to underste the task which will require all the resources at the Dominions of
EARLIER TELEGRAMS:
THE WESTERN FRONT.
CONFLAGRATION IN 'ENEMY
TRENCHES
LONDON, Aug 21, Genen Sir Douglas Haig in a com- wunique states
The chemy attempted & minor attack near the Moquet firm, which was im mediately repiilsed."
PHILIPPINE
INDEPENDENCE:
JONES BILL PASSED IN THE SENATE.
from Washington on the 17th instant The following telegram dispatched
appears in the Manila Callenmes
The Jones Bill, providing for greater measure of self-government for the people of the Philippine Is lands, was passed by the Senate, yester - day. The vinte on the measure was 37 for, to ea against, and was along strict party lines.
AMERICAN CABLES.
[FROM THE MANILA “CABLENEWS'F
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
ME. EUGHES AT SEATTLES.
SEATTLE, WISH, Aug. 12 Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican Presidential candida, made his first campaign speech on the Pacific conet yesterday when he addressed several thousand persons in this city, The theme on which Mr. Hughes spoke was "True Patriotisna" and be condemned the "
too proud to fight" attitude adopt- ed by the Democratic Administration. White declaring that. he was & poner advocate and against plunging the nation into hostilities, be declare that the United States should not shrink from war in order to enforce its densm
Mr. Hughes then criticized the foreign policy of the administration asserting that the prestigs of the United States bsd been seriously impaired abroad by the
ailure of the government to give foreign powers to understand that, the rights of the United States as a neutral nation must be regarded
Mr Hughes also spoke along the same lines that he has in his other speeches on the present trip. He said that while he did not put life and property on the same footing, he declared that the ad- ministration's limit of protection "of American property and American com meren disposed it to be content with leisurely discussion of the points at inauu.
It was at this point that Mr Hughes said that the United States should not shrink from war in order to enforce its rights as an independent and neutral rustica
THE INFANTILE PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC.
"SERUM WANTED. .
New York, August 15. The health authorities of this city have sauel a call for volunteers from among those convalescing from infantile The Bill was adopted in the same paralysis who are willing to sacrifier of form in which it came from the Con- some of their blood for the purpose ference Committee. It will be voted making serum for the treatment of the on by the House of Representatives what checked by the use of this serum disease. The epidemie has been some to-morrow and it is not believed that
believe that it can be used there will be any opposition Frasi and it dent Wilson will in al probability sign with success in the majority of the cases. the measure at once, making its enac-EPIDEMIC IN NEW YORK CITY is tien immediate.
MR. HUGHES AND NATIONAL
·HOVOUR.
STILL UNCHECKED.
Naw Fork, August 12. Scores continue to die from infantile health authorities of the city to check paralysis despite all efforts made by the the epilenic. According to the report for the past 24 hours, that have been deaths of children from the disease.
STATES OFFICIALS CALLED INTO
CONFERENCE.
WASHINGTON, Angust. 18.
Another cable from Portland, Oregon, states: "The news of the passage of the Jones Bill by the U. S. Senate called forth a sharp denunciation of the Charts Evans Hughes; the Republican Administration's Philippine polier, by Presidential candidate, in the speech he delivered here last night. Mr. Hughes was informed of the action by the Senate just before he commenced his address.
A conference of the health officials of The passage of the present Philippine 38 States has been called to discuss Bill, he declared, was the first stop to be methods for the stamping but the in taken by President Wilson in his plan fantile pamlysis epidemic in New York Enemy acroplates are somewhat more to abandon the islands. He then made city and to prevent a
sprend of the Leipsig salient and artvanced our posi-enterprising than usual, and some declaring that in urging the passage of
bitter attack an. the President, disease to other states. tions within a thugsar yards of machines have ventured over our lines,independence legislation for the Philip for an appropriation for the purpose of An appeal is to be made to Congress Thiepval
pines he was ignoring entirely the ques- combatting the disease. tion of the national honour of the United State
We have extended our gains, in the
LONDON, Aug. 23. Teneral Ebig's latest communiqué
scotes:
Between Martinpuich and Bazentin a further hundred yards of enemy trench British and French Cavalry kated have bees gained and a successful enter. the enemy oh the Serri-Savajah front.prise. has been carried out south of Artillery stopped the enemy's skirmi-Guillemont.
shers and working parties were dispersed.
THE PRESENT FIGHTING IN THE
BALKANS
"
A ferre conflagration was cited in the enemy trenches south of Thiepval
Successful mining south of Locs has improved our local positions.
Succesful aeroplane bombing of enemy billeta continues.
FRENCH BOMBIRD GERMAN
POSITIONS.
PARIS Aug. 22. A communiqué states The French batteries bombarded numerous German organisations north and south of the Somme.
There was no infantry action during the day,
There was intermittent cannonading
on the ra of the front
French seroplanes have been most active. Thas brought down two Ger-.
BRITISH COPING WITH THE ** MACHINE GUN NUISANCE.”
In yesterday's opention in the Thiepval and Mouquet Farm neighbour. boxis 164 prisoners were takou.
There has been considerable hostile | man-machines. Pans, Aug. 2anillery activity on the front opposite It is pointed out that the Bulgarians Ainoulette and south of the Ypres are attacking only on the extreme left Commines Canal. while the Allies are attacking on the right, left and centre. Moreover, the present actions are regarded as only a prelude to operations on a greater scale.
ITALY EXPECTED TO DECLARE WAR AGAINST GERMANY.
ROME, Aug, 29. The Messagero" believes that one: result of the Italian landing at Salonika will be a declaration of war by Italy against Germany.
BULGARIAN ADVANCE RESISTED BY GREEKS.
#
GREEK PUBLIC EXCITED..
ATHENS, Aug. 29.
FRENCH ADVANCE.
PARIS, Aug. 2 Today's comuniqué, states :-- We have advanced in the outskirts of Chery and have occupied portions of trachea south-west of Estrees and cast of Sorescurt...
There has been artillery activity over ahrge portion of the front north of the Somme.
We took two more field-guns in the wood captured by us south of Guile ment on the 20th inst, making eight altogether here.
PRENCH SERIAL ACTIVITY.
Park, Aug. 27.
The news that the Bulgarian advance
A comin unique states that a French air was resisted by the Greek garrison nt Fort Pheapetra, the commander of which squadron bombed the railway stations was killed, and at Serres, where the of Tergnier, Noyon and Apilly and the
- reserves were called out to protect the town, is exciting the public. who sympathise with the resister.
Sign of irritation are increasing
against the Gournarist policy. The election will now inevitably be. postponed.
waterworks at Pont l'Eveque, causing violent fires
i
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL."
Out Manila contemporary summariaes the changes which the Bill will effect as followe
Governor General, Vice Governor, Supreme Court Justices. Auditor and Deputy Auditor to be appointed by the President.
The senatorial elections to be held the frst Tu in October:
"additical' election for members of i
NO BOR
the house.
Polygary and plural marriages are forbidden.
CUBA GANE "BUGAR CO.'S RECORD
́ ́DIYIDEND,
NEW YORK, Aug. 17 The directors of the Cuba Cate Bugar Company yesterday announced a divi- dead of 35 per cent to be paid on each share of common stock.
"DEUTSCHLAND " SIGHTED OFF NEWFOUNDLAND.
'New York, August 15, The steamer Sachem which scrived in Right of legislature to legislate on port yesterday reported sighting the matters relative to immigration without | Cernan mbmarine freighter Deutsch- final approval of President, taken away and on the Grand Banks of Newfound
Power of Governor-General to veto land." legislation increased, allowing him to veto day measure a late as thirty days after adjournment of legislature.
Resident Commissioners to hold office three years.
Public Instraction and have charge of Vice Governor to be Secretary of health affairs.
follows
Clovernor General P35,000. Vice Governor: F90,000.
Chief Justice, Supreme Court: P1000; Justicee, F15,000.
Auditor: P12,000; Deputy Auditor, P6,000
LONDON, Aug. 22. Reuters Correspondent at British Headquarters reports: The ground gained between Pozieres and Thiepval is described as the very best, and contains the finest dugouta yet encountered. Two strong points teeming with Salaries are fired by the Bill, as were dealt with with complete success machine guns proved troublesome, but
In the first of these, instead of the hand- ful of marchine-gunners expected, six officers and 170 men were rounded up.
The British troops have been enormously backed up by the feeling that they ena now deal with the ranchine gun nuisance so simply and effectively. They do not trouble about. the German infantry nowadays, but the marchine-gunners are a tough lot, all of whom have sworn, not to surrender.
GERMAN STRENGTH IN SOMME REGION. ..........
LONDON, Aug. 22: The latest estimates show that the German Army on the Somme front comprises 270 battalions
[Caleviating the alrength of a batte lion at 1,000 men, this would give a total THE BRITISH DIPLOMATIC AND strungth of 270,000. In the early stageai
CONSULAR SERVICES.
LONDON, Aug. 23
In the House of Commons Lord All securities on the Bourse have Robert Cecil amounced that Viscount fallen
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BRITISHI CONSULN VIEWS
La addition to the articles already mentioned, quite an important trade can be done in Taingua in hides, cotton and all bear and groundnut), sa well sz modemte quantities of hemp, jute The British Vice Consulat Tsingtan tallow, etc. In considering the business (Mr. R. H. Eckford), writing on the future of Tsingtan, the chief question of interest is as to the form of admire. future prospects of Tsingtau, states tion xter which the port is likely that nearly a year has clapsed (at the to be placed after the war, and of the WASHINGTON, August 15. time of writing) since trade was re-ability of such administration to run Samuel Gompers, president of the sumed at that port, and it is only natural the port man paying basis. american Federation of Labour, was
For China, and trurin general, there denourced as a parasite upon the work that conjectures should he made as to is not the slightest doubt that an inter ing-men of the United States in a speech the ultimate fortune of the place. national settlement would be the one Senator. Lawrence Sherman Before the war, the entire production and only method of bringing Tsingtau made by of Illinois in the Senate yesterday.
of straw braid had been diverted to to the status of a first class port in China, Serator Sherman's attack came in the Thington from Chefco, Tientsin, and I has a harbour second so nome in the course of a speech which was an answer Shangani Shantere groundwata (about Fast, and its wharves and waterwor to the one made by Gompers "several
electricity worka, and slaughterhouso plant are assets so up to date that they
days ago when he denounced Charles 60,000 tons annually) and the entire! Evans Hughes for his decision in the output of Shantung bristles, were also Danburylatters cases. At the same passed through Tsingtas. The excep time that Gempars attacked Mr Hughes, tional transport and shipping facilities compare favourable with any other in he donounced what he said had been the the railway running from the extreme stitutions of the kind in China Thing failure of Republican administrations in
Eau is a port auch as the Chinese tool In spite of the fall in rubber prices the past to enact adequate national
west (Teinsafu, & big frauding centre and says the Malay Mail, there is a distinct labour laws It was this place apital of the Province) to the eastern and this fu itali in a suficient guarantee
for a successful future. air of general prosperity all over Malaya Gomper's spooch that Senator therman seaboard (Tsingtau) cnto the wharves, Moter cars are steadily arriving from took exception to.
where there are branch lines right along. America and most of them"are^nokl
side the fine godowns to any point, in before they can be exhibited. People who deal in furnituro have very little
discharge or load-proved a grest in stock and plenty of ordera. If you order
ducement to the Chinese to utilise the suit of clothes in Singapore you may have to wait a month for it. New
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.
port sa a primary market for their goods, buildings of all sorts are being enrted
The latest Manila papers report the Protesting against alleged interference whence in the event of it failing to con- and, in Kuain Lampar ab all events, it is with their business, western ment sume supplies, trapshipment to Shanghai holding of a conference of officials to now almost impossible to get horse or packers have anked Congress to investi- and other large ports we convenient discuss the problem involved in the Fact shop accommodation of any sort. gate the activities of the federal trade, Taingtau was also an advantageous ship that the number of cases of cholin
commission
ping centre for the large output of raw the city have increased of late while the kilk auf pougees which are produced, number of carriers has to decreased that
of the war some of the German battalions numbered 1,200 and even 1,500, but it is extremely doubtful it that is the case THE TIENTSIN-FUKOW HAILWAY, today. ED.]
NORTH SEA AFFAIR.
WHAT THE NAVAL EXTERTA THINK
PROTEST AGAINST ACTIVITIES OF fast, where steamers were required to CHOLERA IN THE PHILIPPINES
TRADE COMMISSION.";
OPIUM SMUGGLING IN THE PHILIPPINES.
According to the Poking Gazette,” at areomt Cabinet meeting it was decided to abolish the series of petty taxes or The Supreme Court of the Philippines goods in trarcit on the Tientsin Fakow has confirmed the conviction of a Spanish Railway. The samajaper alsoy states that merchant of Manila, named Juan Pons,
de
A CONFERENCE OF OFFICESES.
Fan
within easy reach of the railway. Con it is difimit to find any Dr John De sequently a number of Chinese bought oficials present were
LOOK director of healthy Dr. Vicente property in the place, and had perman.!
nt director Jesus' anastant ently settled there, but after the Clement chief of the divi bombardment of Tsingtan and the provincial sanitation, and Dr
theequent Japanese administration of del Rourio, all representing the Palliy the port, the premises of most of the pine health service, and Dr Alvin J. Coz.
"discovery
Mr Obata Japanese Chargé d'faires, on charge of illegally Importing influential merchants vers deinitely director of the bureat of science has been in communication with the opium, and affirmed the sentence of two closed down, and they retired Johnston and Ir Otto Schol LONDON, Aug 22 Communications respecting the, con The charge related to the tuggling of which ports most of the produce that the discussion centred to a great
Waichiaopn as well as the Minister of years imprisonment and a fine of P.1,000. Chefoo, Tatsu, and Shanghai, tepresenting the burtu of scence
report states Naval experts, commenting upon the nexion of the Kinochow-Thman ral way opium, worth P.82,400, Egos appealed was directed to Tingtin was thereby extent around the roat North Sea affair, are of the opinion that with the Tientai Pakow line for through or purely technical grounds mangin diverted. Owing to the presente Dr Schobl that cholech carrier are sɔ the retreat of the Garnir flent after its traffic. Negotiations are reported to be named Casino Betiso, who had been a few British Army, howsyche intermitently, being carriera for a waito abortive raid affords an irrefutable de procentng satisfactorily.
convicted with Pons withdraw, hid i Chinese have after considerable per and then becoming positive for the chi monstration that the Germans recognise how securely the command of the sen Tests" with Admiral Jellicoe. The Ger
Dr Addison stated in the House of man tactics were futile in their effort to The Court also awarded £1,885 to Commons that twenty bodies had been impreau outaiders. the Australian cruiser Sydner for sinking recovered from the debris resulting er
the German cruiser Endan; £1,605 to from the explodon in Yorkshire
the fleantura and Aadas for destroying | munition factory.
the raider Greif, and £1,410 to: sub-
marine E13 for making the light cruiser towers not LUding in the Baltic
There
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ezasion sent a small quantity of produce become negative again later on. In this annection. Dr. Tong has prepared One hundred and torenty four tins of to Taingtan just recently and have a circular to all healthdicials as to what prepared opium were found on board expressed willingness to re-open bains they should do in the way of teling ha British steamer - Craleloj, at generally there. This, however, they testa among carriers, and recovered izsau DHYSICIANS prescribed Clamber search of that vessel made by the certa will not do untik more This, circular as redesrock to the con-
lam's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoes Lostogos menrat Manila dirty ting of comp Remedy because it reliaves come in the drug were discovered in the second the stomach and intestinal pains quicker offour room and therrasinin, was
greatly than any preparation
hemalt. A bottle ville
com-inlocated in the possession Cong of the omnym Boys The Chief
yers bersund Chinese were
A feroes and discrasod, anch