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THURSDAY. COTORER 26, 1816.
THE WAR.
LATEST
TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
THE FRENCH THRUST AT
VERDUN.
ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACKS
REPULSED.
ALL CAPTURED GROUND MAINTAINED
PARIS, Oct. 25.
"A communiqué states:--- German counter-attacks at the Haud
THE MAN-POWER
QUESTION.
ELIGIBLE MUNITION-WORKERS TO BE REPLACED, ·
LONDON, Oct. 25." Mr. Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, announces that a) complete scheme for the replace-
remont Quarries and the Damioupent of eligible munition and other batteries have been repulsed.
Monday,
workers has been arranged, and will il the ground esptured by us is probably come into operation on retained.
The olearing out of Fort Douanmont has been completel
LATEX. Replying in the House of Com The Commander of the Fort, who na to protests against the calling
LATER.
was in a dug-out, was taken prisoner.up of men who are passed the age
A GREAT TACTICAL SUCCESS.
of 41 before being summoned, Mr. Lloyd George pointed out that the pledge that such men should be exerapt was given them under the
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.
SPECULATIONS REGARDING THE
RESULT.
New Yons, Oct. 23: The Election odda iz Wall Street fare 10 to 9 on Hughes,~
Thus, the odds in favour of Mr. Hughes are dwindling, whilst the betting, which early in the campaign was to 1' against Wilson, bas Teered practically to evens. This is ascribed to the increasing activity of
the Democrits.
Incomplete newspaper polls show that Dr. Wilson is at present leading slightly in the doubtful States.
NEW BRITISH LOAN IN AMERICA EXPECTED..
New Yons, Oct. 25,
loan in Americh will meant
It is expected that the new Britisir $250,000.00 or $300,000,000 at 5
to
per cont.. issued at 09 and matur
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
The following in the dw for tho FINE ACHIEVEMENT AT Championship of the Royal Hongkong
"VERDUN.
ENEMY LINE WELL BROKEN.
OVER 3,500 PRISONERS.
Golf-Club:
W. D. Kraft and Capt. Carapbell." G. S. Archhuty and Dr. Lindous foods. 1. B. Stewart, and E. J. Cris
E. V. D. Part and R. O. Hutchison. RE. Lindsell and E. Davidson. PARIS, Oct. 25.
S. E.Dodwell and G. B. H. Beavis, An official scrumuniqué staten:---Ûn Captain Dewar and I. A. Brand. the Verdun front, after an interse K. Braylay and Balmer JohnsonZ. artillery preparation, we attacked on
First and Second Rounds to be played the right of the Mause after midday, and broke through the enemy line by Sunday, Oct. 29th, Third and Fourth everywhere on front of soVDIL
Reads to be played by Sundaza Nov. kilometres and to a depth which 5th, and Final 38 Hales to be played by attained a distance of three kilometres Sunday, Nov. 12th. at the middle. We captured a village at Fort Donationt
...
On the left lank, of the Mensa we
advanced beyond Thiaumont Work, and FRANCE'S COLOSSAL WAR BUDGET. rushed the quarries, at Baudromont. The prisoners are pouring in. Up to the present we have counted 3,800, including 100 officers.
Our troops have established them- salves along the road from Bras and Domumront. Our line runs on the right
WAR EXPENDITURE DOUBLED IN LAST TWELVE MONTES..
Paam, Sept. 10.
A. Ribot, the French Finaneis Minis of the Fort, and northward of: Bois and. Delacuilette, along the western outskirts ter, will on Tuesday lay his Budget pro border of Fumin Wood, and continues sent the Government's achenis for the of the village of Vaux and the castersion, and at the same time he will pre posals before the Chamber for discus
north of Chenois Wood and Damlop new.
DOW
On both points it is
ing in two years. The security will battery. We cannot get estimate the sibl
to anticipate the broad out- quantity of captured material..
lines his speech. Our losses
It will be a
zzy dance of
millions gre small
and milliards most farsighted of financiers two years ago would not have FRENCH AIR ACTIVITY.
thought such a balance-sheet possible, Where does the money couie from!, All PARIS, Oct. 24. we can say is that while the war is-img-
povertaking the worki it is demonstrat
consist of from $325,000,000 to $350.000.000 mobiliaed American stocks, and Canadian and neutral jbonds.
Å semi-offejní stuterant says the break through at Verdun, was an event of the first importance. The French conditious then existing, but condi. fought with the same ardour which tiens bad changed. No one could characterised previous titanic struggles fordeast the duration of the war. here. Thoir irresistibile dash
The exemption of these men would whelmed the enery.
deprive the country of the equivalent.
THE DESTRUCTION OF
NEUTRAL SHIPPING.
A communiqué stated:-There has been
- lively artillery work in the regionsg the immensity of its accumulated
wealt of Blaches and Ablaincourt...
and the general faith in a stable future
Three seroplanes were brought down The new loan will be issued at the ia the Venfun region, and two were beginning of next month. It will con- forced to descend in a damaged coudsiaty like the fast, in 3-per cent, reptes, tion in Lorraine. An Avintik” was and the amount will not be limited brought down in Alasee.
The price of issue is not yet known; the French aeroplanes bombed the railway value of the last loan has been very Our line encloses Fort Vax. It is of at least two Army Corps. The the Swedish steamer Emilie havastation at Spincourt and bivouacs at stable, and now stands at about 90.
over
therefore, a great tretical success, for
LATER. "LosDos, Oct. 25. The Norwegian steminer Alia and
alternative would be to raise thoj heen sunk.
heen sunk,
the equilibrium has been practically military age to provide men whom The British steamer Framfield has restored as it was five months ago. This they did not want. The man-power proves how vain were the sacrifices which question was very serious. He fore the arrogant and obstinate Crown Princeshadowed an early debate on the Inflicted on Germany.
An enemy communiqué of the 23rd Inat, spoke of the violent artillery fire of the French east of the Meuse and said, "hut, our artillery frustrated the at- tempts of the infantry to attack" This Is the usual manouvre by which the Germans invent the beginnings of an attack in order to glorify their own victorious defensive.
sirbject.
RUMANIAN RETIREMENT
IN DOBRUDJA.
LONDON, Oct. 25.
A Rumanian communiqué says;
CHRISTIANIA: Oct. 25.
A German submarine has burded the wedish barque Antoinette, and the Norwegian brig Theodor. The crews have been lunded,
Several ships are reported wrecked or buming in the North Sea.
Azannès,
THE GREEK CRISIS..
SITUATION CONSIDERABLY
IMPROVED.
"ATEENS, Oct. 25. The French Minister, after an audience with the King, announced that, he had been authorised by His Majesty to state that the situation was considerably proved owing to the King's sincere declarations of bis sentiments towards the Allies, and the Minister's assurances The Norwegian steamer "flinbaldi|regarding the Allies intentions.
BRITISH ACTIVITY.
COPENHAGES, Det. 25.
We retired to the north, of Czeres-Ins been sunk. voda.
A German submarine as burned' the Norwegian barque Fandi.
is expected to yield at least 4 per cent net. The existing national defence bonds can be converted into the new, but not the older, Three! per Cent Rente, DEFISTS OF £1,350,000,000.
The differenes between the Budgetary receipt and expenditure of France in the first two years of the war amounts to 1,250 millions sterlings and there is, in addition to this, a deficit of more than $100,000,000 on account of advances to milways, chambers lied Governments, of commerce, and charitable
This works. deficit df 1,350 millions sterling has been covered by loan, the chief contributions being national defence bonds (net) $470,000,000; Five per Cent. Rente £428,000,000 advances by Bank of France, £300,000,000. There have also Ipen negotiatert in England £82,000,000 of Treasury Bonds, and the two operu tions in the United States yielded A Russian communiqué states:
£58,000,000. It is impossible to my how LONDON, Oct. 25,
much of these colossal amounts is Iu Dobrudja the Rosso-Rumanian
General Sir Douglas Haig, in a comfurnished by the Fretch public, but it
must be by far the greater part. troops, fighting as they retired north THE MESOPOTAMIA COMMISSION. muniqué states: d
South of "Ancre there has been inter-National Debt services HEAVY RAIN ON BRITISH FRONT. ward, were compelled to abandon the
o much for borrowings
the
The ces have cost well mittent hostile shelling. Here yester over Czernavoda Lake-Tasarla, defanco liná
£100,000,000 a year. Thrac LONDON, Oct. 25.
day and to-day we took eighty prisoners quarters of
of the
remainder of
of the Budget South of Derivatre, we dislodged ...The Mesopotamin Commission There has been heavy reciprocal consists of military expenses proper. General Sir Douglas Haig in a com
the enemy from a series of heights near yesterday examined Mr. G.
Habelling to-day south of Armentieres. These amounted in the last year to over muniqué states:
Predeal. The Rumanians were forced Collier. Lieut-Colonel J. P. Hen-east of Loos early in the moniing with for the whole period of the war to the A strong enemy party rande a raid 900 millions sterling, and are estimated back a little.
Dessy, and Captain Scott O'Connor..the apparent object of destroying maine total national expenditure in this period end of this year at £1,623,000,000 the. Tomorrow Lieut-Colonel A. Eshafts. They were immediately ejected. being £2,
της 200, 000, 000, Dallas, Commander Anthony Hamil
ENEMY TRADE MARKS IN ton, and Captain W. B. Huddleston
HONGKONG. will be examined.
Yesterday's victory is a reply to this hort of thing.
Heavy rain fell yesterday. The enemy artillery was active during the night north-cast of Courcelette and THE ALLIES AND THE RUMANIAN the Pozieres Bapaume road.
EXCHANGE OF CIVILIAN PRISONERS.
7,000 GERMANS "FOR 700 BRITISH
LONDON, Oct. 25. In the House of Leids, Lord Newton said the exchange of British and German interned civilians over 38 years of age which had been arranged would apply throughout the Empire. It would mean handing ever 7,000 Germans for 700 British.
THE PRISONERS OF MILITARY AGE-
Lord Robert Cecil stated in the House of Commons that the Govere- ment understood that Germany was Willing to exchange interned persous
SITUATION.
7.
Replying to a question in the) House of Commons or the Rumanian situation.. Mr.. Lloyd George stated that Great Britain and our Allies were working in concert with regard to this and everything possible was being done to assist Rumania. It was obviously undesirable to detail the measures that were being taken:
A GALLANT AIRMAN.
LONDON, Oct. 20.
Löspon, Oct. 25,-
LONDON. Oct. 25.
Inst
War expenditure has increased in the last year by a full half, the chief item in this increase being artillery, which ac- counts for no less than 10 millions
nearly all items.
In this prodigious balance sheet I have roughly converted the French figures at 28 francs to equal £1.
General Sir John Nixon, General Sir
Mr. Chamberlain, Lord Hardinge. QUESTIONS IN THE COMMONS sterling. The rise of prices also affected Beauchamp Duff, General Young- husband, and General Aylmer will be examined in the near future.
It is not anticipated that, the oral évidence will be finished before the end of the year.
MILITARY HOSPITALS IN INDIA.
LONDON, Oct. 25.
In the House of Commons Mr. Hunt It is announced in the Gazette asked & question regarding Military that the Distinguished Service Cross Hospitals in India Mr. Chamberlai has been awarded to Flight-Lieut.referred the bon, member to the reply Charles Testorill Freeman for deter- he had previously given on the subject, minedly attacking a Zeppelin at sea and added that if Mr. Hunt had any cr August 2nd till his ammunition particular hospitals in mind and gave
In the House of Commons, in reply to questions regarding the refusal by the Governor of Hongkong to allow the expunging of enemy trade marks, because it would be vetoed by the Imperial Government, Mr. Bonar Law stated that the action taken by Hong. kong was in accordance with the general policy adopted in the United Kingdom.
DO WORKERS SUFFER FROM INDUSTRIAL-FATIGUE,
SELPOWNER'S BREEZY SPEECH ON CODDLING.”
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THE STATE RELIGION CONTROVERSY,
COMPROMISE SUGGESTED
With the object of putting a stop to the controversy between. Christians and followers of other faiths on the one hand is in France in connection with the wine and Confucianists on the other on the vintage, writing from Rheins, saya A—
Mr. F. Hedges Butler; FRC. who
*This is the sixth visit, I have made question of the lasertion of a clause in since the war, and I remained here dur- the new Constitution upholding Con. ing the great bombardment two years
ago this month. Each time Rheims fucianism
"of military age, but the War Office was exhausted, and returning to the the names he would call for a report Association at Newcastle the outstand-morts." The town. There, are propose, should be treated as an ordi.
Wa of opinion that the military attack a secord and third time, if the facta warranted it.
results of the exchange made assent Impossible.
UNDESIRABLE.
A SUGGESTED ANGLO-GERMAN
AGREEMENT.
GREECE'S TWO GOVERNMENTS.
Art:
The form of rites and care monies to be performed In the Sacred Temple of Confucius so the Grand Saori- ace shall be defined by an Instructional Mandato “ôf the President,
Ảnh 7. The evenina In' thứ t gement of the faire of the Bacred Temple of Confucian and, the offering f the Grand Sacrifice shall be defiayed by the State Treasury.
Art. 8 The law shall be enforced on the date of its promulgation.
The above Bill has been counter-signed
› of our. icles
•Enemies!
the State Religion, the by over fifty members of Parliament and, seems to get sadder, and there are fewer Peking Gazette states that num interesting subject of discuselon
field balfavod, will soon become an people in the town, only 15,000 remain- ing of a population of 100,000.
ber of members of Parliament beaded by Parliament.N Grass grows in the streets, between Shu Lau-ho offer a compromise. The the pare-stones, and wild Howers among At the closing meeting of the British the ruins, and it is indeed a "ville des question of upholding Confucianism, they
barbarians are only two
ÄNEMARKABLE APPEAL FROM ing subject for consideration was that of miles outside industrial fatigue. A report by a Com- neither tramways, gas, electricity, telemary legislative question, separating it
ARMY, CORES GENERAL, mittee that had investigated the subject phone nor telegraph, and the city is from the Constitution. A separate det despite the approaching darkness and THE PUBLIC SERVICES IN INDIA. was presented.
being shelled any of the inha vidats still sleep in at regulations, the members suggest, the problematical chances of being
Dr. Hunter (of Messrs Swan, Hunter,
General Baron rơn Gay), în home-com- and Co. the shipbuilders, of Wallsend the cellars, and their offices are a ti should be promulgated governing the mand of the 7th Frussian Artay. Corps, picked up.
LONDON, Oct. 25.
declared that the question of fatigue had Champagne caves. The Cathedral still Mr. Chamberlain stated in the House bought they might find something can be repaired. The solid stone
much exaggerated.
stands as proud and grand as ever, and manner in which Confucianism bould be has issued remarkable appeal to the civil population of the district By which roof, of Commons that the Report of Royal mors Important to investigate than this walls and towers remain, the structure is upheld, and the said law should contain his command is recruited. This wingulus document in bomberHumania on the Commission on the Public Services of of over-fatigué In yards where they built of such huge stone, that it would the following articles 5 -
its text W132" Art. 1: The Chung Hua Republic shall follow ENTENTE RECOGNISING BOTH. India was being printed and would worked four and a half week of
days
be impossible to burn.” 37 hours,
there could not be any over The outer wooden roof, & protection forever uphold Confucius as the areak jarr shortly be despatched to India. It fatigue in the ordinary sense, but this
again folding up
the weather, was burnt, and
SIGTEN Y Setz Ramenia dos declared ware e AUBERJA Teacher of its citizens,
and fins therefore, become on LONDON, Oőt, 28.-
the tower which the that if men combined hard the found would be issued simultaneously in with drinking, whisky, then over workmen were repairing, but the ofgan Art. 2: The National Education of this encing. But as in the cap of Italy ti Reuter learns that the Entente
England and India. The Enj would be fatigue might and did comes in
palpit, crucifix, sad altars inside have country shall base in ethical teachings actim of humanis will not retard U
victorious progress of our arms, Ecbert Cecil stated that, after careful Powers are recognising both Govern requested to consider it as quickly as
Men who did not take drink worked not been touched. Many pigeons build upon the Confucian doctrine
a. conditions of victory is due. Consideration, the Government had mente in Greece.
Ingger hours in his
his works and did not their nests inside flying to and fro Art. 8: The Confucian Temples in the unshakable opity and unbending will in possible.
suffer in health or complain of over through the broken glass windows. Capitel and various places in the pro- holding out. Our enemies know this, Zecided that it was undesirable to
fatigue.
Rheims is well supplied with all | provi- If men took more conclude an Anglo-German agree
ore intelligent interest sans, and in the market fruit and vegetvinces shall hereafter be called the Sacred and they are in their work and worked harder they ables are very cheap and abundant.I Temples of Confucius ment similar to the Franco-German
would feel very much less fatigue. The have visited the advanced tranches Art, 4: The worship in the Sacred effort to work slowly was really very close to the German trenches Temple of Confucius such as the offering agreement providing for the tem-
the French fatiguing p
pa potice how much younger
understood that porary remission of graves punish
A matter of fact there was a great officers and soldiers look how they have of ascrifice, etc. In the Capital should Let it be clearly ments of prisoners of war and the
deal of coddling" going on, and it to take off their beards. With only the be looked after by the Ministry of everyone who gives way to these efforts memy is guilty of the worst form moustache, the gas maske at gloser to Interior, and in the provinces by the chief of treason. Let this be clear to every return to Germany of British
diverted attention from real evils
the face, and the asphziating games can sciministrative official of each province, one to whom the tempter comes. Der prisoners working in Poland.
Regarding the conduct of such worship, many wants the operation of its
W to defest, all ourit
kooperiemies sharp, If it promulgated, by an instructional Mandate a separate set of regulations shall he entire people, if it is to keep its weapons, entire power End self-sterifies and of the President;:
dorotion of each individual no matter
LONDON, Oct. 25,
In the House of Commons. Lord
THE OPERATIONS IN MACEDONIA.
LONDON, Oct. 25.
from
A French official repor Salonika
with the Italiar Valena.
German counter attacks AS kovo have Ered HIDAS
Two enen descend after fights with
THE EXCESS PROFITS TAXON RUBBER RAISED.
LONDON, Oct. 25.
QUICKER MAIL SERVICE TO MESOPOTAMIA IMPRACTICABLE.
-
It is officially announced that the
LONDON, Oct 25. Board of Referees has raised the par- In the House of Commons Mr. Cham- centage standard for the excess profits berlain announced that the Raj led Lax on rubber companies to 10% and decided that the establishment of a direct 11% for companies and private firms mail service from Aden to Baarn, or respectively.
Aden to Karachi, with a view to more The Rabber Growers Association
speedy communication with the troops in claimed 26% while a minimum of 15% Mesopotamia was impracticable, w was anticipated.
to the dearth of shpping
INCREASED" WAGES FOR LANGE-
SHIRE COTTON-WEAVERS
Three hundred thousand Lanca cotton weavers have been bacvatice:
tha
Was
not enter a mi vantar Shahan maka
Military bandi
de cineman shows for the all held below in the Champagne cellars, DIPHTHERIA-HOW IT MAY BE troops, church and childrens schools are
AVOIDED,About to feet alxoro being sold earth IPHTHERIA is usually contracted
when the child bas a cold, The G cold prepares the child's system for the reception and development of the diph Sheria germs. When there are cases of diphtherie in the neigh ourhood child
Othing so good for musculo
Give them
than say
jojuries? Chamberlin will affect a care in less Gother treatment: Fors
and Starekcope
CARGO LINER LAUNCHED.
Bat
striving therefore by means
of foreign agents and by the circulation.
of inflammatory writings to arploit the
food scarcity in such a way as to sow discord and disunion
CAL
Art A Grand Bacritics hould be to what ruling be huslangs, is the more Loffered at the first
day in the notessary, the more the number of our
Fenemies increase
Spring and Autumn of each year and Tet each individual there
the ceremony in the Cap
proatdod by the President
for twenty monthaal
In case the President
ent the bulturs
vlaki and minimizes the
„Infectious diseases.
the Royal Mail trade
for carrying fruits and ceremony
shair beynsiency hathir, he is on
In the inghi dosyathe