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THURSDAY. AUGUST 24, 1916.
THE
LA TEST.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
WAR.
THE WESTERN
FRONT
TELEGRAMS.
Reuter's Service to the China Muil.)
THE WESTERN FRONT.
INEMY BUFFER HEAVY LOSS IN COUNTER-ATTACKS.
Lostos, Aug. 43. General Sir Douglas Baig reporta : The enemy twice determinedly cour terattacked our "new, trenches south of Thiepval last night.
The first obtained a teraporary fasting but was immediately driven out. The Bond was completely reputaéd.
The enemy suffered heavily both tines.
STRAIGHTENING THE LINE AT THIEPVAL
LATER.
General Sir Doughs Haig: reports: South of Thiepval the British hat galne a further a further two hundred Jarls of trench and have straightened the line.
ENEMY ARTILLERY SILENCED.
We silenced in three different areas the enemy's artillery, which had been alowing much Betivity.
DESTRUCTION, ON ENEMY AIRCRAFT..
|
THE BALKAN THEATRE.
GREEK VOLUNTEERS ORGANISING.
SALONIKA, Aug, 23.
The calling out of the demobilised reserves at Serres, pentioned in a cablé of the 2nd inst, was the act of the gallant commander, Colond Obris todoul, who is stoutly resisting the advancing Bulgars. Volunteers are
being organised at Salonika in proceed to his support
"ALLIES" MAINTAIN THEIR
GAINS
LONDON, Aug. 24. Renter's correspondent at Head
quarters writes:
THE CHINA MAIL.
→MASSACRES OF ARMENIANS.
¡AMERICAN PROTEST TO
THE PORTE 7.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23
The State Department has instructed the American Embassy at Constantinople
"ACCUSATIONS OF WANTOM -MASSACRE,
THE SOCIETY OF SUFFERING 'FRIENDS.
The following translation from the
to make representations to the Porte in Chinese Press is made by the * C. the name of humanity that it does not
permit a massacre of Armeniaus in Daily News" Persia like that in Asia Minor.
NEW ZEALAND'S WAR LOAN:-
WELLINGTON, Ang. 2. The £8,000,000, Loun has been over
We are everywhere maintaining cur gaius, despite heavy bombardments and counter-attacks. This is most sati factory considering the difficulties of) conanhalating the exposed heights.
The tactical successes at the week-end |aubsoribed. were even greater thanht first reported. We are not only pressing the enemy back, but we are gradually mastering the gun positions, which will result in % farther withdrawal of the German batterier to save them from destruction.
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THE RUSSIAN. FRONT.
GERMANS ANXIOUS FOR THEIR
-LEFT WING
All
PETROGRAD, Aug. 22 Although the 1ghting on the Lower Stokhod continues heavy, artillery
A contingent of Albaniana kus lauded- FIGHTING BY FRENCH ANDperts do not anticipate a great extension
SERBIANS.
LATER.
Fighting continues on the Serbian left. All Bulgarian, attacks have been repulsed and the Serbian continue to progress north of Strupino.
The bombardment. of. Doiran and the slopes of Veles continues General Surrail, the Commander-in-Chief, has warmly praised the British infantry and
yeomanry,
SALONIKA, Jug 21
A coramomúpil states. that an enemy attack the French holding the Komarjan ridge has been repulsed
Two battalions of the enemy, were
Enemy aircraft, which had showed Dantel enterprise, were engagal infem is the neighbourhood of Danli on Jarge numbers with most satisfetery the Doiran front. We drove in their results. At least four were destroyed; advanced troops. others were driven down out of control, while others were pursued to their newlromes.
We had no casualties,
FRENCH FRONT.
FIVE AEROPLANES BROUGHT
DOWN
There was a lively artillery duel north ́and south of Masrupus but the muamy did not attack.
ፍን
Fire German arroplanes were brought Zown.
A SMALL ENEMY BUCCESS ON FRENCH FRONT.
Paris, Aug. 23. Arommunique states:
An enemy attack south of Estrees. And west of Sorecourt gained a foot ing at some points in the trenches captured by us on the 21st inst.
DEPRESSION IN THE GERMAN ARMY.
A STEADY STREAM OF DESERTERS.
The enemy i entrenching on the Struma front.
The Serbians are now hebling the line in the neighbourhood of Lake
Ostrovo and Pozar.
THE RUSSIAN "FRONT.
ENEMY OFFENSIVE EVERYWHERE REPULSED.
PETROGRAD Jug, 23.
A Russian official announcement
states:
We have everywhere repulsed the enemy offensive.
South of Brody we captured two heights north and south of Koverla and a mountain on the Hungarian frontier near the source of the Pruth:
..
THE CABINET NOT TO BE CINEMATOGRAPHED.
LONDON, Aug. 2 The abandonment of the proposal that the Cabinet should be cinematographed and the proceeds devoted to charity has been announced by Mr. Asquith in the House of Commons.
'THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
LONDON, Aug. 22 The House of Lords has agreed to the Commons amendments to the Govern
southward of Fripet, owing to thement of India Amendment Bill -marshy netura-of the country".
Nevertheless the German attacks re-
veal anxiety for their left wing.
The Russians in the woolech,, Car- pathians are ready to cope with Anstein advance from Transylvania
Despite the arrival of Gorman rein, forcements, the Russians operating in the direction of Farusrossziget. hare reached the surge of the Tisan
THE BALKAN THEATRE.
MOTIVE BEHIND THE BULGAR- IAN ÖFFENSIVE,
SALONIKA, Aug. 22. The Bulgaria astack was intended restore the moral of the Bulgaria army, and to stave off the intervention The Bulgarian Decupation
of Kumania.
of Florin is absolutely unimportant, as the heights dominating the town are securely leki by the Allies,
AMERICAN CABLES.
[FROM THE MANILA · CAMEȘEWS.”
SPURIOUS MONEY...
New York, Aug. 17.
The Society of Sufering Friends was recently promoted as Poking by several eminent and newly-liberated prisoners. It is well-known thus the Martial Court in Peking alone was responsible for kill- ing many hundreds of lives, and when the many executions of the so-called· rebala In the provinces are taken info considera- tion, the lives wantonly massacred, by the monarchists must have reached teas of thousands in number.
In order to prevent retribution, the archives at the Martial Court in Peking have been purposely burnt: and the le recorda left show that the names of the parsous put to death have been so altered or mutilated that they cannot be used as evidence. In söma" instatres, families or
friends have tried hard but failed to trace the places where the coffins, of thesu martyrs were buried. Accordingly, this „Society is established with two principal:
objects, namely, (1) do>maker «, united effort to save those prisoners who have pot yet regained their figedom, sad. (2) të publish obituury notes of the patriota who have given their lives to the Hispabe liran cause.
́ ́ ́In detailing bów Goverament detretives, during Yuan's regime used to lay difar- ...ant kinds of "frups to "catch" thị revolutionists who took refuge in foreign Be the vigilance of federal secret settlements, so as to ensure their extraði. service agents a plot to place. P2,000,000- worth of spurious money into circulatioution, it is interesting to nets that the in the United States has been balked most, useful trick they played in Shanghai Detective's yesterday raided a counter, was "the pretentions establishment of a feiting den on Staten Island, making
of manufactory number of arrests." and seizing tools which had been employed in the manu-There were numbers of nich places with facture of the counterfeit money and every detail perfectly thought out. P2,000,000 in notes ready to be dis- Then the detectives weil about to catch tribute to the agents of the gang for their birds" by fairing syropathy with circalation.
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THE THREATENED RAILWAY ..
STRIKE.
forgel bank-notes."
the revolutionary exuse, while the revolu- tionists, mostly enthusiastic men, emaily fell a prey to the detectives. In com. mon courtesy, the visits poid had to by returned. „As soon as that stage, was reached. the Police were informed that forgery of ustes was being worked at such a place by such a person or persons. The rest is easily imagined, fer who could have escaped with such a complete set of incriminating evidence against him and he was seen to enter the
BRITISH COMMANDING OFFICERS PRESIDENT WILSON'S EFFORTS TO certain
"TRANSFERRED."
LONDON, Aug. 23.
In the Fonse of Lords, Lord)
AVERT IT.
house
WASHINGTON, August 18. President Wilson has made a personal appeal to the financial interests behind States in an effort to secure their assist- the leading railroads of the United ance in averting the threatened strike of The members of the Society baté the 100,000 railroad employees. This is already paid mournful homage to the regarded as President Wilson's last departed spirits of their friends, at the effort.
execution ground of the Marsial Couri The representatives of the various
Islington, replying to Lord Feel, said that General Shar had been transferred from his command at Aden because the Raj was dissatisfied with, his conduct of responsible duties. He was removed from his command at Karachi because of his share in the responsibility for the brotherhoods whe met in conference with outside the sighimen of Peking. They troops trin. clisaster. General Aylmer President Wilson support the railroad will couples biography at the deceased had been transferred from his appoint- officials in their stand against the to be called The Records of Our Sufer ment in Mesopotamia ca military deraand for an eight hour day made by ing Comrade They will investigats
rounds te, was no longer young, the the men.
climate was peculiar, and the rigours of The entire hitch ip the proceedings is and find out their burial places, and if the campaign made the post one of now over the question of the increased some may be missing, they will purchase special difficulty
Mr. Pay sought by the men.
ja sita as their cominor burial ground, President Wilson has submitted his at which a memorial stone tablet bearing Chamberlain had been in correspondence plan for a settlement of the question and their names shall be erected to per with the Raj, and was confident that the situation is regarded much brighter,
tor
him.
The Turkish offensive on the Caucasus the officers removed from their posts there being some prospect of an agrée. Petuate their memory. They will lo
front near the coast was driven back and our offensive west of Lake Van is proceeding
RUSSIAN ADVOCATE OF A SEPARATE PEACE.
A CRITICISM OF MR ASQUITH'S DECLARATION.
would act be appointed to new posts ment being reached. where there was risk of a repetition of their previous failures
GREAT BRITAIN'S WAE PRISONERS.
Lossos, Aug. 2 have now 23,149 able-bodied var Mr. Lloyd George has stated that we
prisoners in the United Kingdom and France.
A COUNT'S CONSCIENCE..
SOUGHT REFUGE IN ENGLAND..
erect a temple of worship for them.
The Martial Court which is now a vacant house and which, owing to ite sinister aspect," has found, no tenant yet, is offered di a free gift by Mfr. Yoan Nai, kuan, ex-Paymaster-General, of the Sicdal Brigada" of "Yuan Shih-kai Naturally, the society feels averse to accepting this The efforts at a Hungarian Count to gift and is suspicious of the "giver's avoid military serțito in two countries motive. were described at the Hendon Tribunal when Frapeis Augustus Charles Irvin Batthyany, of the Park, Golders Green, asked for exemption on conscientious grounds.
"
Appellant said he objected to military service on the ground that all human life was sacred, and that the taking of human life and every form of violenes" was
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SOME RIDICULOUS TRANSLATIONS. In the course of a special article in the N: Daily News on this subject the writer says:-
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RABIES AT SHANGHAL
A PACK OF ROUNDS DESTROYED,
LONDON, Aug. 23,
PETROMRAD, Ang. 93. The Russian flovernment is being Reuters Correspondent at. Head-
STATUE OF LORD ROBERTS urged to prosecute the lealef of the quarters states that owing to a com-
UNVEILED AT GLASGOW. Extreme Right, M. Bulatzal, who, re-, parative shortage of reserves the Germa infantry is unquestionally very jadedi.garding Mr. Asquith's declaration re
MUTINY VETERANS PRESENT. There never was a period when their the punishment of these responsible
LONDON, Aug 20 Counter-attacks had so systematically for international crimes as being
In a speech at the unveiling by Lady failed. After fifty days of the offensive directed against the Kaiser, wrote Roberts of a statue of Lord Roberts it fundamentally wrong in whatever service. A Petrograd Telegraphic, Agency tele-
have nowhere retired Captured
scurrilously distribing Kelvin Grove Park, Glasgow, Viscount When he became liable under the law of gram from Stockholm, dated 7th August, Great Britain as planning a tribunal French related how two nights before be Hangary to military sersion he refused reports that a German submarine has introduction to a certain booklet which dogs were extended for the bed such as hentenced to death Mary Queen disd, Lord Roberts insisted on parti- to join the colours, and expressed his tank the Swedish steamer Vera, laden patritious value of the article mentioned Office during the month, and live
Article
letters show much depression, of which
the steady stream of deserters is on
of Scots and Joan of Arc.
#ven more significant indication.
"ITALIAN PROGRESS.
LONDON, Aug. 23.
An Italian communique states ;-
We carried strong enemy positions
en the western slopes of Tofama and Taranzes Valley..
The enemy suffered heavy lossen.
"It
THE TORPEDOED ENEMY BATTLESHIP.
WAS SHE' SUNK?
Maidan at Calcutta.
the
German Governments with the result.
The manufacturers of ■ 'certain nutritious commodity known all over the world began advertising on a large scale in China, hot so long which
"in
and
wound v
"sweet deal"
not
The Medical Offer of Shanghai is his report for the month of Jalyngs
Thirty-seven cases of bites fuisbed by
instances the dogs were found to be underwent the Pasteur treatment mak
year, all of whom, at the sons is knowa, month to the door of have escaped Hydrophobia. An unfer to the pack of hounds, one of which must have been bretes by 20 me atray rabi animal, as it developed rabies
Lord Derby and Lord Lanxington importance, as long as it did not serve were present, while over a hundred veterans who were with Lord Roberts at LONDON, Aug 23.
The tribunal granted exemption on con. The House of Commons ha accepted draws up in front of the statue.
the Mating and other campaigns were dition that appeliant found agricultural
work within 21 days the amendment of the House of Lords semi-official statement published in to the Farliament B limiting to two Berlin numite that the battleship years any Parliament elected on the old Westfalen, which is of the Navas class, register.
that cipating in a midnight conference at readiness to serve any term of imprison, i with a cargo of timber. It is confirmed in a sour, fi geetment?/ rabid Thirteen victims of these animals:
Swedish steamer, Propoaker, The British Army, he ears, he addeadquarters in France. He followed ment which would result from that was sunk by the Germans. The Swedish intended, but the
translator the proceedings with the kaanest inter-refusal.
steamer Tenis, which was seized by the was yenes a few hundred yards in two est, and although he did not retiro antil But his family, wishing to avoid the Germans was nevertheless forced to knowing the word, looked up tweet" and years. The task of taking the Kaiser the carls small hours, he rose in the scandal of his going to prison certis owing to lack of fuel. The Germans ve oquivalent for the reason that such
make the Swedish port of Gottland
the dictionary. are many foreign names of things having to Chi- prisoner is presumably imposed on
morning to join his old ladian couundes. without his knowledge a medical certifi insisted on taking the vessel to Russia The war will not end when the present determined attitude of the own affairs.
General Sir Douglas Haig wrote, "in ente that he was not St to manage his in order to bring it before the Prize things never existed in the country. In Russia is able to senelude an honourable people at home we are reaping the
Court, but Swedish Government
the
of the transistor instead such cases
peace, but when Ryasia has lid low the benefits of Lord Roberts' labours to England, in '1901;; as this was the only and all the cry with the exceperely new character, "aften makes the pack inflictat some injury on these," To avoid military Betvich he estan to forbade the Tenis to leave the Swedish going to the trouble of "inventing anand, running amuck amongst the rest of
left
the ship. tion of two. Germans, le
phonetic rendering, and let it go at that. Hohenzollern dynaty M Balatzel awake his countrymen to the vital practically advocated a separate Russo-fence."
necessity of preparing for, national dentry in Europe which had not com three days, negotiations: have been Thus croce may mean robbers, and that the whole pack had to be destroyed
chocolate may appear in print with servico Ee was proceeding between the Swedish and the character for pulsory military Gerraan peace,
pig until someone The statue is a replica of that in the naturalised in 1912. He would be will that a treaty has been, concluded who takes the trouble to correct it in such To-day's Advertisements
ing to do any useful werk of national by Sweden is given the right to export manner a machinery bomo advertised an THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT BILL.
timber in return for the removal of the engine to be "bal firm" (Le, half strong, any military purpose.
prohibition of the export of bocses from consequently a week engine) when they Sweden. A mesinge from Gundikske intended to describe it as “semi- states that a Swedish trading vessel stationary." fan with wood
- CARELESSNESS THE TEGURLE Gundrund promontory. The sinking of this", steamer, has caused general
The root of the whole trouble is that indignation as it carried no contraband people are culpably careless. Instead of A message from Eregrand states that taking the trouble to hunt up a com German submarine sank the Swedish petent translator, the head of the Arm, steamer Chandiksval, bound for Raume, who as likely as not knows no Chinese
Iz
calls in the
ho after the mail had been taken off
is un compradore, addition to this the Swedish steamers educated. The matter is explained to Brosdelcar and Vermland and the Finnish the compradore in pidgin-English, the steamers Parbane and Stein have been compradore goes off and tells the smk by the Germans The Swedish
write it Between – the "writer" to threesomething to Kanine in consequence of the
AMSTERDAM, Aug, 23.
me hit by a torpedo on the 19th inst." bit says the damage can be repaired. It declares that the ship remained capable of manoeuvring and that the second torpedo missed.
THIRTY-FIVE ZEPPELINS ACCOUNTED FOR.
LONDON, Aug 23,"
In the Honse of Commons, Mr. J. Iz Bird CMG., DS.O., representing the Air Board mentioned that Boven Zeppelins had been officially reported destroyed. Five others are believed to
have been disabled frren
The Allies altogether had accounted Bhirty
LONDON July 23. Parliament has adjourned.
HOME FROM THE BALTIC.
ESCAPING VESSELS NOT-
REQUISITIONED
laden
The sank" bear
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THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGA
TION COMPANY LIMITED-
survey of the story of the expedition.It is marlorstood that the Government Steamship Company has ceased all site of about it, and the shroff gets TRANFER OF SHARES.
is fixed up that NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board has resolvalin
THE MESOPOTAMIA ENQUIRY,
LONDON, Aug. 22. It is officially stated that the Mesopo BRITISH PARLIAMENT IDJOURNS. temia Commission, has concluded, the bearing of the evidence of General Sir Edmund Barrow, who gave a general The Commission adjourned for a fort has undertaken that British steamers ings t night in order to master a uumber of which successfully make the voyage unmerciful sinking of Swedish mail gets into print, but just what it is no of documents, prior to taking up the from the Baltic parts shall not be steamers by the Germans The Swedish one bothers to inquire. Much of the accordance with ARTICLE 31 of the
requisitioned un arrival in this country, press shows growing indignation. The medical side of the, enquiry,
This, of
of course,
the Times points out, Stockholm Tidende describes is a considerable inducement for owners treatment of mail packets as to give instructions to their captains to remaking that when the British seize mails there is always the hope of getting make the paten TEE THING CHILDREN.
The buil
accepted for in-them back, but the Germans simply sink urance by the State Office at low rates aluuble parcels, which are lost forever TEETHING children, have more or bat owners have been effecting nadi less diarrhoen, which can be entical amounts in the open market, For trolled by giving Chamberlain's Colic the voyage from ports high an in the MASTER REMEDY
Citers and Diarrhoes Remedy. AllBaitfe to this country an inclusive reto that is accessary la to give the prescribed of 93 guineas per cent has been quoted HAMBERLAIN's Colic, Cholera and
Diahora. Hamady a master overdose after each operation of the bowels Br. under ircitern, or 20 guiness for the
voyage to Gothenburg and cramp.colic, dysentery, and all infectinal cledes the systout. It is safe and ware for the passage dong the paine. Ose Joso relieves, and dose Evan, the most severe and Langerous s istrately necessary to ollect & curo, For: casos ad quickly cared by it For alealows hitle -sale by all Chemists and Florekeepers Ey allokomusa and Store koopers.
The agency of the Chingkah-pang Wharvos at Shanghai, formerly held by Maria Melchers & Co. has been transjacred to Messrs. Ropkins, Theor. & Co.
opram
Dan Goythe owner of
found mer Børnen, FAS
thur Got on the
transfer:
ouble comes from giving translation ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION to work to students or others who have an charge a fee xa from 1st Gotober next imperfect knowledge of English, and in respect of the transfer of any share who, not Yeowing the rent or intended for misher ofranares, such foo to be at
par meaning of a word, hunt if ep in the the rate of ONE DOLLAR dictionary and use the first character In the case of ang
more thaneholder requir
Certificato in give, or perhaps any character that sounds uice. Accuracy in this merilleed exchange for the Transfers deposited for for high sounding purases, and the registration a foe of ONE DOLAR for priate announcement carrier a totally every new Certificate issued (over and different meaning from that intended
above the foe for Registra pul charged, Important translation, ope always be done by one with the
JARDINE MATHESO kuowledge of both English and Chi The first trans)
thom! ided off and "flowered,"
Bongkan
General