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MONDAY, OCTOBER, 2, 1916.
THE
WAR.
LATEST TELEGRAM S.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
THE SOMME BATTLE.
FURTHER BRITISH PROGRESS
LONDON, Oct. 1 General Siz Douglas Haig, in a com- muniqué, says: We progressed batween Flers and Le Sare, and the enemy has „bean driven out of ground near Stuff
Redoubt.
We increased our gains at Schwa ber Redoubt, only a minute portion of which rentaïns untaken.
There has been the same "heavy shelling in the neighbourhood of Flers, and Les Surs, also at Gueir Bourt
Sixteen raids were carried out successfully last night between Ypres and Nauve Chapelle.
A number of prisoners were taken and much loss inficted on the enemy.
CAPTURED GERMAN "ARMY ORDER.
A captured German Army Order dated September 21st emphaises the Importance then of Les Boeufs on **the last protection of our artillery, which in no circumstances must be lost." We captured this place a few days afterwards.
FRENCH PROGRESS IN, SOMME REGION.
PARES, Oct. 1. -
"THE GREEK SITUATION.
MEMBERS OF KING'S QUAND JOIN THE REVOLUTIONARIES.
ATHENS, Oct. 1.
THE CHINA MAIL.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE SOMME REGION.
***NEW BRITISH DIVISION. IN
ACTION
One hundred and flity-four soldiers and non-commissioned officers of the guard of the King's Palace at Tatios“ SHOWED GREAT ENDURANCE have gone to Salonika...
LONDON, Oct. 1. -An Athens telegram dated Sept. 30th states that the Government is still ignorant of the policy of the Entente Powers and will probably resign on Monday.
RUSSIANS ADVANCING.·
LARGE CAPTURES OF PRISONERS, It seems that the Entente are determined to refrain from exercising LONDON, Oet 1. A Russian communique states: We pressure with a view to imposing are advancing in the neighbourhood of any policy on Greece which wil be the Brody krasny railway, and south-allowed to decide her own course." wards, and we haya takan 2,000 prisoners.
We have captured part of the anomy position south of Brezany and talon 2,400 prisoners.
1
LATER.
The Greek Government is taking most stringent measures to prevent its officers joining the revolution ories. Three naval officers have been
Enemy counter-attacks were repulsed. arrested.
CHANGE IN RUSSIAN CABINET.
*PETROGRAD, Oct. 1. M. Protopopoff, Vice-President of the Duma, has been appointed Minister of the Interior, in place of M, Khvostoff, who has retired.
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THE BATTLE OF HER- MANNSTADT.
THE RUMANTAN VERSION.
BUCHAREST, UCL 1.
A Ramanian communique states: Our troops at Sibia, otherwise Hermannstadt, attacked on all sides by superior forces re-established their communication southward after three days' fighting, repuking the enemy who
attacked from the south.
The Rumanians retired southwarda.
Fighting is general on the north and There has been considerable artil-north-western fronts where we have lery activity in the Somme. We taken 600 prisoners. progressed south-east of Morval, and A weak enemy attempt to land at along the Somme south-east of Corabia was inmmediately repulsed Clery.
الان
PREPARING TO RENEW THE
.. ATTACK.
PARIS, Oct. 1. semi-official statement says that the battle of the Somme will be renewed The Allies artillery has been moved into new positions and prepara tions are actively proceeding.
воод
A NEW BRITISH ARMY IN THE SOMME.
ANOTHER SERBIAN SUCCESS.
SALONIKA, Oct. 1. The Serbians on Friday expelled the Bulgars from a height northward of Bagitan. They found there 150 dead, 55 rifles and abandoned material.
منے.
BRITISH HEAVILY
ENGAGED.
LINE EXTENDED ON STRUMA FRONT.
LONDON, Oct. 1. "Tha: Foxisha Zeilung states that a dew British Army of 300,000 has been states: thrown into the field between the i Somme and the Ancre... BELGIAN ARTILLERY DESTROYING below Orijak Bridge
LONDON, Oct. 1. A British official report from Saloniks On the Struma front, we are in pousesion of part of the Bolgar line
GERMAN WORK).
LONDON, Oct. 1..
GERMAN OUTBURST
AGAINST AMERICA.
INSPIRED NEWSPAPER ATTACKS.
LONDON, Oct. 1.
AND RESOLUTION."
LONDON, Oct. 1. General Haig, in a communiqué, states We have improved our position at Thiepral, there counter-attacks in the neighbourhood of the Staff Redoubt
were repulsed
GERMANS AND OPIUM.
A” SHANGHAI GASE.
In the Alfred Cours at Shanghai, lant week a Chinese was charged with being | in unlawful possession of four balls of opium which had been aimuggled.
MC, Q.D. Manso and Mr. R. F; -C2 Master, appeared for the prosecution and | Mr. E D Rodger for the defence.
Mr. Musso, shortly outlined the facts of the case for the prosecution and called Deb.-Sergt. Hemingway, who said that after, the rest of the scaused, witnes 1. Fighting is very severe here, where questioned him and he made several a new division of our troops were statements, the first of which was taken gaged. They showed grost endurance down in English and signed by him. The and resolution
lii, following was the statement made by the The enemy heavily shelled the battle-accused. front south of the Ancre during the I have beers a boy in the employ of night.
Mr. Morscher for the past 17 months. We consolidated yesterday's gains at hiring that time. Morscher stayed at Destremont farm, south west of Lesar different times at the German Club, Kaleo
The Landon Territorials, successfully raided the enemy's tranches south of Hotel, Quinsan Garden and Ar. Thomp Neuville St. Fast, and prisoners were son's house in Taguen Road. taken..
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HEAVY SHELLING
1
"On the 0th instant Morsches Jets Shanghai and I went to stay with a friend in the boys' quarters of the Kalee, LONDON, Oct. 1 Hotel. During the month of March, There is no change in the general while Morscher was staying in the Kalee situation south of the Ancre
Hotel, I became acquainted with Fromm Heavy shelling, continued during the
and also Nielsen, whose house in French day, especially at the Destremont farm and, round the Stuff and Zollern Re Town had been destroyed by fire.
**When Morscher lefs Shanghai Fromm doubts.
asked me if I would be his boy la new house, beginning on the first day of Lext menth. I agreed."
Our line was slightly advanced south of Eaucourt l'Abbare.
We took 16 prisoners in the Thiepval
arcz
*.
The deaths of American airmen in
Two enemy aeroplanes were folled on the Allied service in France have the 28th inst, in addition to the one hitherto caused Do " "comment" in mentioned last night.... Germany. Now the death in 'an airight in the Somme region of au American
THE BALKAN ZONE,
SET-BACK.
"On the 9th instant about & pim. I was in the bar of the Astor Grill when Fromm came in and told me to meet him outside Neumann's Restaurant "at 0.30 p.m.
*I went there at 9:30 p.m. and asked the watchman if Fromm had arrived. named Rothwell has GERMAN VERSION OF A RUMANIAN He replied that he had not. I waited evoked a concerted and obviously
outside for about 15 minutes when a large inspired outburst in many papers
black motor car, driven by a foreigner denouncing American non-neutrality.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 1. whom I did not know drove up from the The Loka! Anzeiger gives pro-General Falkenhayn commanded the pants of the car. besides the driver, were A German communiqué states direction of Tiendong Rond, The ocen an article expressing German and Austro-Hungarian troops Fromer. Nielsen and a minence to
young foreign defeated surprise that Germany's conciliatori- which crushingly
strong woman. Nielsen and Fromm told me to ness towards Amerion Ind been portions of the Rumanian Army at get into the car, which I did and sut
Hermannstadt. fagrantly abused and acouses. the The communiqué also says that the United States of breaking the agree-Rumanians fled to the mountains on ont under which Germany has both sides of the Rotertürm Pass, which resisted sacrificing American lives by Rumanian rear: ".
the Austro-Germans occupied in the allowing Americans to fight for the Allies...
FRENCH AEROPLANES, BOMB ^
PRILEP.
These comments are significant in view of the agitation in Germany i
PARIS, Sept. 30. favour of the resumption of ruthless A French communiqué issnect at submarine warfare.
Salonika states that French seroplanes heavily bombed Prilep
"THE AMERICAN ELECTION AND THE WAR.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1. Fresident Wilson, speaking ate Long Branch, said the success of
Another seroplane bombed Sofs, and arrived at Bucharest.
EMPEROR OF ABYSSINIA DEPOSED. DAUGHTER OF MENELIK APPOINTED EMPRESS.
LONDON, Oct. 1.
the Republicans at the elections At & meeting of the Chiefs of the would bring the country to face the deposed Emperor, Uizero Zeodita, European contest Until the clec-appointed Express th certainty of embroilment in the daughter of the Emperor Meadlik, was The reason for deposing the Emperor on it was impossible to handle any is not stated. critical foreign matter, because atatesmen everywhere knew that until the domestic issue is decided any international settlement is incon
Six counter-attacks were broken up and our gnias were subsequently ex. tended after stubborn fighting and clusive., heavy artillery preparation,
A hundred prisoners have already been passed back
Fighting continues.
A Belgian cotamanique states: There has been a great artillery dual in the Dixnude region during the past week. Belgian guns of all calibres have been violently engaged and have been especially effective in destroying Goris active. is man works in the Hetsas sector. " There has been constant tranch-gun and feld-gun fighting in the Bocsinghe
THE ITALIAN FRONT.
Loyoos, Oct. 1. An Italian communiqué states! that in Travenanzee Valley the Alipini axpelled the enemy from
On the Doiran front our artillery
MR. GERARD'S MISSION.
LONDON, Oct. 1. The Copenhagen Politiken, states that Mr. Gerard, the American
GERMAN DEPUTY WAR MINISTER Minister to Berlin, is proceeding to
DISMISSED.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 1. The German Deputy War Minister, General von Wandel, has been dis missed-
NEW GERMAN MINISTER AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
America to discuss with President Wilson, the German intention to re-open a reckless submarine warfare, The situation is amin grave.
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PRESIDENT WILSON AND PRO-GERMANS;
RUSSIANS QUIET.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 30.
A communiqué states that there is nothing to report
BRITISH BEYENUE INCRELLED.
LONDON, Sept. 30. The revenue receipts for the half-year £103,866,764 last year.
£163,922,899, compared with
are
The quarter's revenue, £91,250,000, showed an increase of £39,500,000.
Erciae decreased£3,000,000 and. Es tate duties £1,500,000. Excess Profita duty appears for the first time It yielded 431,033,000.
Tha
expenditure
£674,497,4207
(Continued on Poga:3,3-
down alongside the driver. The car then proceeded over the Garden Bridge, along The Band, Hankow," Szechuen and Can- too Fonds and pulled up at Canton and Shantung Road corner. Nielsen and Fromm got out and told me to get out also. I noticed the latter take a brown paper pareet from the locker in the car.
The two of them" then walked west along Carton Road a short distance, and I followed behind.
" Presently we-arrived at the entrance to an alleyway on the south side of the) road. Nielen stayed on the Canton Road and Fromm entered the alleyway, I tot lowing. We turned east and north and Fromm stopped at the door of a lodging
house. 13
He gave me the parcel, on top of which was a chit, and told me to take il; inside and girə it to, the occupant of No.
Ko, 4 room
room. I went inside and asked for One of the inmates of the
lodging house said Mr. Li was the occu pant and pointed out the room. I knock at the door, which was opened by an old
man,"
I told him I wished to see I
as I had i parcel for him, but he said Li had gone bas. I suggested leaving the parcel inside, but he told me I had better come back again. Besides the old man,
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who opened the door, there were three Fromm throughout. He said he other, men in the room, one of whom was going to be engaged by Nielsen, that wearing spectacle.
Nielsen säked him to wait for him 16. Messrs. Ilbert & Co.'s Piece: Gooda I then left the room with the object Neumann á Cats and the Nielson gave Market Report saya " of returning the parcel to Fromm. Just him the parcel to take to the lodging Owing to the Chinese Mid-Autumn 13 I got to the front door of the lodginghouse.
festival, lack of business, and suspension
countries,
horse, the man wearing the spectacles Mr. Museo Iss Fromes anything to of auctions, we did not issue a report came up from behind and caught hold of do with the matter ?That I don't know last week. The passing of the native
gono. The man pulled me along the
I called out for Fromm, but he had Frotama was not in the car? Notting day has brought about nothing
much in the
in the way of fresh enquiry, and alleyway to Wuhu Bood where he blew no guilty mowledge in the matter and in all goods.
Mr. Rodger urged that his client had buses Chefoo is about the best pon restricted Haen a police whistle and a policeman cam that all he did was to carry
buyer at the moment, the Yangta up from Shantung Read
man who was toksis are mostly dull, an instructions of the The man in the spectacles told the become his mater in the near future The last named
doing nothing
outlet generally policemen I was in possession of oplum amounted to £904,801,729 compared with and gave me into custody. We all went Mr. Musso, pointed oct to the Court large fands in Shanghai
that the defendant had in his first state portunity for purchases, but
în, and overdrawn. along to the Central Police Station where ment to the police made endessons tou
abant Th 800,000 the parcel was found to contain opium
the vaport and I was einirged. Until the parcel was put the blame upon Fromm and anb
l'upon Nielsen and the reason why he now silk opened I did not know what it changed his statement was that, when he
dependent, for tained
very rich was taken to the French Folice Station the other markets of China, Han
production -A STINGING RETORT.
-Witness then took the accused to the and confronted with the lady who was lodging house, which was number No. 12, in the car he understood very wall, that
being its main distributings of Mounts Lagazuoi and Pizzodfanis. Baron von Kuhlmann, the German
purchase retirements rep NEW YORK Oct. 1....
Wabu Road, and the accountant produced. The enemy left a large amount of
The N.C. Daily News of Mong his books giving the game of the of information must have been given by very fair trade 1 Minister at The Hague, who was Coun- President Wilson's determination to says material and some prisoners:
cillor of the Embassy in London before refrain from wooing pro-Germans is The Empress of Asia and the Empress pant of Room No. 4 as Sung Last Satur-er as to the other people she store in the largestion of the conn
of the Canadian Pacific Ocean day afternoon, with a view to finding way, and that his story about From present 11 is “not easy to see: E4 2nces, both arrived yesterday, the was in the car, witness took the accused; the outbreak of the war, has been again indicated in his response to an
po longer tenable. appointed Ambassadorat Constantinople offensive telegram from Mr. Cleary former reaching Woo-sung at 10 at the French Police Statics where the The Assessor, Mr. Grant Jones The Maines ruling now
from Japan and reporting having en
prisoner, of course, ie a dupe. The President of the American Truth countered only foggy and misty weather accused was allowed to pau by cliks mind of a master it be excusG
Japan, however, coming Weinstock, whose presence had been of the criminal law and mor the election are Dr. Wilson's pro storm
from
Eot the fail force of the secured by the French Police, not told the truth in this British policies, his failure to defend about although she suffered no
the woman no to prison for one math
·Breat
After coming from
Daily American nights, his approval of war damage berond the loss of a few feet the car.
-of-her-meat-She: reports having talked said he was mixed up betwee
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 1-
their entrenchments on the slopes 14 is reported that the notorious
GERMAN CHANCELLOR'S
SPEECH.
PRESS OPINION."
LONDON, Oct. 1.
The papers unanimously consider
GERMAN SHIPS ESCAPE FROM ROTTERDAM.
LONDON, Oct. 1
EMPRESS OF JAPAN IN A TYPHOON
last
Society declaring that the issues of The .siderably mocked recognised her as beig
Dr. Bethmann-Hollweg's speech
The Rotterdamsche Courant states | loans and ammunition traffic wirely ith the Ecuador i zaturday - and Nelson and could not way which of
Président Wilson replied: "I would night, the latter inquiring the Japan' them was in the one! bluff, with the object of concealing that 63 Austrian and German vessels
position and reporting that, the WER
nes that There wa
ince be deeply mortified to have you, or anchored near the Middle Ground buoy,dr Shibbeth identified the opium a
anybody like you voting for me. Since Pilots were not out on Faturday when Bengal, but there was no
but he had passed the Customs. you have
many disloyal the weather was umenia))
the Empress bosta can beir own pilots co-doubt it had been smuggled. there was no waiting pilot delay, F. Hamey, American subject, said with them such as the
obably
Motor car on Tuesda
tao with
his uneasiness and fear while at have escaped from Rotterdam since
March. tempting to re-establish his shaken. authority with the German people. STRIKE OF COTTON OPERATITEs Americans and I mve not, please convey It is pointed out that what really
this message to them. undermines the Chancellor's position Is the absolute impossibility of effect- ing anything serious sgainst Great
the auto
The Manciurger Zeitung in connection make on the Chancellor, arocynb meeting in breathed
shouted
ore the
Chancel Eetamang should
SETTLEIE
LONDON
A strike of 3,000- gan cotton operatives which has lasted five-weeks has been settled by the zusters grant ing 6,0 6% advance...
The factories re-open on Monday
STEAMERS SON
had
Papers of all parties applauded this
camp near Kisi the natumas "bava bona supa- rbod wire fence in order to them from coming to blow
DIPHTHERIA-HOW IT MAY
AVOIDED
hen, the child: bas cold properes the child's
Hori and developt
'that he wa Jast
„to the
SETTLED OUT
ore &
unfortunate that the reading
and the wherefore.
tending to make muj
stocks, as there Being them", "ur