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FRIDAY, GÓTOKER 27, 1916.
THE
LATEST
WAR.
TELEGRAM §.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.}
RUMANIA'S GALLANT
STAND.
ENEMY PRESSURE IN DOBRUDVA
WEAKENED.
LONDON, Oct. 26.
A Russian communiqué states that the enemy pressure in Dobrija has
weakened.
THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE
DANUBE.
LONDON, Oct. 26. An unconfirmed wireless telegram From Rome says the Rumanians have blown up the Cernavon Bridge zeroes the Danube.
BoxRAREST, Oct. 27. The Cornaredo, bridge has been
"Amsterdam, Oct. 28.
küt.
A German official telegram asserts bat the Rumanians blow up the bridge.
THE FRENCH OFFENSIVE AT VERDUN.
PARIS, Oct. 26.
A semi-oficial statement says the French progress in Fumin and Chanois Woods is part of a converging move, meat which is now closely pressing in on Fort Vaux, the sole point of the advanced line of defence covering Verdun sat of the Mane which is still in the banda of the enemy.
LATER.
The offensive was timed to begin days ngo but was postponed owing to un favourable weather.
Apparently the enemy were surprised by the avalanche of heavy shells. The order to attack was given at 11.40 am and was sup. ported by extremely violent artillery,
THE CHINA MAIL.
BRITISH MINESWEEPER
TORPEDOED.
ALL OFFICERS AND 73 MEN · LOST.
Laspon, Oct. 20.
It is officially announced that an enemy submarine torpedoed and sank the mine-sweeper Genista on the 28mi inst.
MR. HUGHES AND THE HYPHENATES.
--Ă-DEFINITE DECLARATION.
CORRES ONDENCE,
A-COOLIE EMIGRATION L STION,
To the Editor of the "CANA MAIL
NEW YORA, Oct. 26. and replying to the charges of the Mr. Hughes speaking at Brooklyn,
SIRI cannot understand why Democrats that he is endeavouring to the Pilgrims Ship Ordinance of win the vote of the hyphenates," Singapore is not applicable to all declared that he did not want the vessels of the coolie line of steamers support of anyone who would not that ply between Hongkong and the instantly champion the right and Straite. From what I see, and interest of America against any country observe they are just as essential in who desired foreign aggression. If every way. I have been to almost elected he would maintsin unshakingly every part of the globe with em American rights on land and sea, while GERMAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN dealing with all nations with the most
absoluto fairace.com
All the officers and 73 men were Host. Twalve wore saved.
When last seen the ship was sink ing but was still engaged with the enemy submarine."
IN BRITAIN
INDIAN PRISONERS OF WAR.
have had every thing for their com grants and coolies on ships which
fort in the way of hospital accom- raodation both for males and females, and attendance.. «Every Medion]) Offcer who proceeds with these vessel must be à fully qualified]
Lesbos, Oct. 26. Mr. Samuel stated in the House of Commons that 12,830 German wonen med children had been left
Great Britain since the outbreak IN THE HANDS OF THE GERMANS Medical Officer and registered in the
of war:
A
INTERCEPTED LETTERS.
HOW GERMANS TRICKED THE US. AUTHORITIES.
NEW LONDON, U.S.A., Oct. 26. Intercepted letters from London show Fillshe had been used for telgraphing that the interned German merchantman
AND TURKS.
United Kingdom.
The following should be impressed LONDON, Oct. 26. on the owners .or charterers of In the House of Commons Mr. vesadl Forster stated that the Germans had
(1.) The Medical Officer appointed taken prisquer 12 Indian officers and should be approved by the Chief 667 men. The Turks had taken 195 (2.) That there be a proper Hos-
Medical Emigration Officer. officers and 564 men. Two Officers and pital with" eight beds. seven men taken by the Germans were the Indians ware interned in Germany in Switzerland. The camps in which
attack was particularly successful in the General Margin, seeing that the Centre, ordered a continuance beyond to German submarines off the American were at Zossen, Muenster, Osnabruck Douaumont was soon surrounded, bet officially senler, those on board baders had been exchanged. The numbers the objective, with the result that cost. Though the wireless had been Friedrichfeld and Wahn. Eight prison the garrison forcely lefended the apparently tricked the authorities.
position and terrible struggle continued into the evening, the French bayouet-
ENEMY HEAVILY REPULSED AT Fing such Bosches as were serving th
SEVERAL POINTS.
A Rumanian communiqué states - After violent combats the enemy everywhern was heavily
on the
western Frontier of Moldavia, where he now occupies but a small portion of territory in the region of the Trotus Pass and the Uzul Valley,
guns.
The French Right also went beyoud their objective, winnings more extensive victory than the Chief of the Command! thought possible.
LATER.
A CANADIAN HOSPITAL DESTROYED BY FIRE.
-
FARNHAM (Quebec), Oct. 26. A fire attributed to a defective chimney, destroyed the St. Elizabeth Hospital Most of the 880 persons in the building escaped by jumping The situation is unchanged at Verdun.children were injured by jumping from the windows. Twenty-five The snomy violently bombarded the from the third story to the pave Vaax and Douaumont sectore
ment. Five children -killed-and- fitecu are missing.
A communiqué statok:
A German scrophone was brought
We repulsed violent attacks south of down at Vauquois. A French pilot Predeal and south-west of Brasso. attacked an artillery column on the
The enemy progressed west of Jailroad from Conflans to Etaine at a Valley.
A Russian communiqué states, :— The Rumanians have succeeded in Erresting the pressure on the northe Caster front.
ENEMY CLAIMS CAPTURE OF YULCAN PASS.
Losnos, Oct. 23. A Berlin official announcement claims the capture of the Vulcan Pass in the Carpathiana.
*
MR. ASQUITH AND THE RUMANIAN SITUATION.
height of a hundred metress. The drivera fled, abandoning their teams.
BRITISH RAID ENEMY'S TRENCHES
LONDON, Oct. 46. General Sir Douglas Haig in a com- muniqué states:----
Also
REBELLION IN DUTCH INDIES PRACTICALLY ENDED.
•
(3) A female Hospital with three beds.
(4) A proper Dispensary, and the Medical Officer'a cabin not to be
raade a drug store.
inade of canvas and wood work.
(3.) A temporary isolation, ward
(74 Two male attendants, and a fernale to help the Medical Officer. -I am, Sir: yours faithfully,
ivan na having been taken prisoner (8.) No vegetables, fowls, ducks by the Turks were those of which the geese to be carried on the upper Army Council had knowledge. Indecks, or kept near the holds where addition there was a considerable detrimental to health.
the passengers stay, ne-these are number of Indians of the Kit garrison of whom no definite news had been received. The prisoners were nt Ankara Hissar, Raselain, Broussa, Konia, Yosgad, and Eakincheckir. A certain number of hospital cases were at Bagdad. Six officers and 1,139 men had been exchanged.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE FIGHTING. AT VERDUN.
MORE ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACKS
FAIL.
THE HAGUE, Oct. 26. Official information indicates that the rebellion at Djambi is practically ended. MORE THAN -4,500 UNWOUNDED The ringleader has been captured.
ORAMAPHONE RÉCORDS FOR
ASIATIC SOCIETY.
LANGUAGES OF INDIAN ABORIGINES.
PRISONERS
PARIS, Oct. 26.
ONE INTERESTED.
"THE TRADE.".
MR. KIPLING'S VERSES.
To the vivid sketches of submarine service which Mr Kipling is contributing to "The Times he prefaces & poet entitled The Trade. We are told that no one knows how the title of "The Trade" came to be applied to the submarine service. Some say that the cruiser intenten it because my pretend that submarine officers look unwashed chauffeurs. Others think it sprang forth by itself
wer deck, where hey always hatever the truth, the sub- the proper names for thing.
was coined by the ch means that
marine service is pow "the grado," and if you ask them why, they will answer: What else could you call it 1 Tho An official report states: North of Verdun the enemy deliveredlings versas are as follow:-
Trade's the trade, of course," Mr Kip three successive counter-attacks in the Haudromont and Douaumont. region. Nono succeeded.
Our frout everywhere was maintained. We continued car progress east of Fumin Wood and north of Lo Chenois. The unwounded prisoners so far counted exceed 4,500.
There was nothing important "elec-
Thoy bear, in place of classic names, Letters and numbers on their sidin, They play their grisly blindfold games
In little boxes made of tin: Sometimes they stalk the Zeppelin. Sometimes they less where mines are
Isid
fr where the Baltic ice is this, That is the custom of "The Trade."
During the night there has been heavy enemy shelling between Faucourt l'Abbaye and Les Bor afs, and in the neighbourhood of Stuff and Zoller Redoubts.
Enemy trenches were successfully
LONDON, Oct. 26. raided DICAT Monchy and
Sir George Grierson yesterday gave north-east of Arra. Considerable to the Asiatic Society gramaphere damage was done and prisoners taken.
records of the languages of thewhere. aborigines of Chotanagpur and San. talpurganas, taken by order of the Bebar Orisse Government, Sete the records "will be available to
Eleven-British bombardment aerdo students at the India Office theroplanes at midday on 23rd Just.. planes accompanied by fire protecting British Museum and the Asiatic bombarded the blast furnaces at Hagond Society. It is hoped that other local ange, on which, they threw 1 tons of Governments of India will follow the projectiles. example of Behar
FIFTEEN V.C.'S.
A STIRRING STORY OF
GALLANTRY..
LONDON, Oct. 26. The Gazelle contains the announcement
Replying in the House of Commons to a question put by Sir Edward Carson, Mr. Asquith said it was impossible, or at any rate undesirable to any more than that the situation of Rumania was engaging the most anxious attention not that 15 Victoria, Crosses have been only of Great Britain but all the Allies, awarded. The recipients include Major who have taken for many weeks J. V. Campbell, Coldstream Guards, and were still taking overy possible step Brigade, Captain W. B. Allen, Captain Major W. L. Congreve, late of the Rife to support gallant comrades in the
N. G. Chavaase, both of the Medical splendid struggle they were making branch, Captain A. C. White, Yorkshire (Cheers). He deprecated unduly peisi-Regiment, a Lieutenant, a Second Licut mistic views, for all the Allies were doing enant, six non-commissioned officers and concertedly all in their power to help men, and twe Canadian privates. Rumania in her struggle for indepen
thair
donco. (Cheers).
put
THE SALONIKA ARMY.
LONDON, Oct. 26. French official report from Salonika
#tatos
Our cavalry, supported by infantry, Occupied the bridges at Zvedi and the villages of Golobrila and Lasica, aouth. -west of Lake Presp...
IMPORTANT SERBIAN SUCCESS.
LONDON, Oct. 26.
for most conspicuous bravery and able Major Campbell receives the award
leading in an attack. Seeing the frat two waves of his battalion decimated by machine-gun and rifle fire he took person
QUARANTINE AGAINST. BABRA.
The Consul-General at Alexandria
LONDON, Oct. 26.
reports that quarantine has been imposed on arrivals from Basra.
THE INDIAN JUTE CONTRACT.
LONDON, Oct. 20. The Times learns that at a meet
GOOD WORK BY BRITISH BOM
BARDMENT AEROPLANES.
Several fires were caused.
The aviator's observed that the French; seroplane raid there the previous night had done much damage.
RUMANTA'S GALLANT STAND.
SUCCESSES IN THE CARPATHIANS,
LONDON, Oct. 26.
A Esmanian communiqué states In the Uzul valley the battle continues We hore advanced westward and took 200 prisoners.
In the Chitzo valley we completely and took 159 prisoners. repulsed the enemy beyond the frontier
We repulsed sttacks east of the River
my northward.
We ceded a little ground in the re-
SUBMARINE PIRACY
They follow certain secret aims. Few prize-courts sit upon their claims. They seldom tow their targets in. Doon under, far from strife or din," When they are ready to begin," fag is flown, no fuss is made Sicre than the shearing of a pin. That
The Scout's quadruple funnet flames
the erstom of "Tho Trade.
A mark from Swedes to the Swie. The cruiser's thundrous screw proclaims comings out and goings in But only whiff of parafin
Her
Or creamy rings that fizz and fade
Show where the one-eyed Death has
been.
That is the custom of "The Trade.” Their fents, their fortunes, and their
fames
"Are hidden from their nearest kin; No eager public backs or blames
No fournal prints the yarns they spin The Censor would not let it in!) When they return from run or raid.
Unheard they work, unseen they win, That is the custom of "The Trade."
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CHINA'S VAST. COLL RESERVES.
According to the atatistics, compile by the Chinese Geological Survey, the
provinces in 1013 way about 1500000k metric tons. It is clear that the co- suption of coal in China is surprisingly,
China is capable of plying the production of coal of all kinds in
demande ut the whole world at the present rate of consumption for the ext 1,000 years. Experts place China's VASE CUs. reserves at not less than on when compared with her popula
tion of talk of the possibility of a coal famine ties Coal is a commoxlity which travels 1,000,000,000,000-metrie tors
Prproximately 400,000,000. This So, to is caused by
lack of
far
for very many years to came seems t
foolish
some
transport facil
countries well: Mr V. K. Ting, director of the, Geal price is often doubled by a day'
In China, where ind ogical Survey of China, throws
journey remarkable light on China's unique postal for household purposes in an article.
of luxury except in thuso tion as a great coal producer in an article places situated very close to the mine
fortunate which la featured in "The Far Eastern connected with it by modern meins of Beview Much good work in the way communications. This is one reason why of surveyingChing's resources has already the Chinese people are how so very been done by the official body of which xious to extend their present utterly, Mr Ting is the head.
Minadequate railway facilities.
not
Coel, esya Mr Ting, "is very widely distributed throughout China; there is
single province in which coa! not known to oceur, but some are much mure favoured than others. The north- ostera provinces, Shudai, Chibli,
Shan- tung and Honan are undoubtedly most important. Shansi is, in fact, the richest of all Inner
Mongolia an well Mag- churia are fairly well supplied with coal,
known The northwestern provinces
the
al command of the third line. He rallieding of the Dundee Jute Importers hia men and with the utmost gallantry Association it was resolved, to suggest, where we poutine to press the ENTIRELY NEW CONDITIONS WILL though in the former case it is less led them against the enemy machine that the War Office should abandon gums, capturing the guns, and killing their scheme for the Government gion of Vulcan Pais. the personnel. Later, he again rallied buying fute and allow spinners to the survivors of bis. Dattalion and led buy their own jute provided the them at a critical moment through the Government requisition the tonnage. heaviest fire against the objective and. was one of the first to enter the enemy trench. His gallantry and initiative at the most critical moment turned the fortunes of the day and pasbled the
OBITUARY
LONDON, Oct. 28.- The death is announced of Sir
A Berbian communiqué states: Division to press an and capture John Muir Mackenzie, formerly of Wa captured the heights on the left objectives of the highest tactical bank of the Cerna and took 480 importance.
Prisoners
CONSTANTINOPLE-SALONIKA
RAILWAY DAMAGED,
ATTACK BY NAVAL
· AEROPLANES.
LONDON, Oct. 28. It is oficially announced that Nava anes attaclted in force on the 23rd.
Can
lway stations of
the railway from
done to the t
frotz
THE CAUCASIAN CAMPAIGN
RUSSIANS OCCUPY BIDJAR
LONDOS, Oct. 26.
A Russian communique states that after stubborn figuring the Russians occupied the town of Bidjar, north of Hamadan.
tran
the Indian Civil Service.
In acknowledging subscriptions to the Red Cross Fund The Times remarka
towards the maintenance of their beds.
LONDON, Oct: 26. The Norwegian steamers Rajn, And Guring and Dagde Tronjim have been
new
provinces of
'exceptions,
FIVE FRENCH DREADNOUGHTË
COMPLETED."
FORMING A POWERFUL HOMOGENEOUS FLEET.
OT
Australian papers publish the inter
are much poorer though Kans and Turkestan contain numerous coal field. Sir James Mills, in his presidential The same may be said of the Yangtze being news that five new French address to the Institute of Marine valley and
coastal Dreadnongirts have been completed Lice Engineers, London, said it was difficult region where
of Anding the commencement of the war, anitz to forocnst the position of British ship coal is limited by
form a powerful homogeneous ti ping after the war, but it was clear that gical conditions
The
These vessels, no doubt, refer to we must be prepared for entirely Hunan and Kiangs are the
Normandie, Languedea Tascoyne, Flo conditions.
the practical control by British pecially Human, hich is the shansi of dre and learn, vessels of 5-4,503
southern China. The western and south displicement: 21 kuota speed shipping of the sea-borne coinmerce of western provinces are moren 10 possess the world, be declared, will no longer coal in very numerous localities, but on
lang unremain unchallenged. The war losses the whole they are much less important, In addition to ordinary marine casualties as the coal sens ar neonly much
thin during the last seriously
years, have so nor and the fields are broken up into ely depleted our mercantile ton amall patches" mage, while the output of fresh tonnage Both bituminous coal and had been on so limited a scale, that it occur in China, but the latter is probably belong to the 1013 programme, accord
ous cos) and anthracite ME ASQUITH APPEALS. TO THIS | anjoyed the same volitive advantage la + Hunan, the two richest provinces, 15 larg to be completed in the Spring of this will be years before, we can to more extensive, as the conl in Shansi anding to which the first named two wire
sunk. The crews were saved? The Edum, mentioned on 24th. into is now reported as having been The crew was taken to Emden
DIMINISHED COAL OUTPUT.
ft 3 in team, 38 ft 8 in.; draughts it in, and carrying an armament of twelve 133545-calibre guns, in three quadruple turrets.on the middle one, twenty-four 5.5 in... in redogots, and four apdr guns, besides having sl submerged torpedo tabes.
Thoad vessels
regard to the tommage of the world that iy anthracite Animate has been, in fact year, and the latter two in the Autumn!
possessed
been, in fact The Barnea to be laid down in June sed beforehea
used by the Chinese because more readily used We must recognise that, side by side it can be burnt in open stoves without 101-Cand is probably the fifth Dread
depletion of tonnage, there has our
MINERS
WE
LONDON, Oct. 25.
in recent years acquired Increasing in mostro water tight compartments web-
"The extraordinarily sporting cricket: Mr. Asquith addressed 3,000 ropre been great activity in the shipbuilding neys The bituminous variety has nought referred to A spécis system club at Batavia senda a further £100 sentatives of the coal mining sindssyg Jenis of neutral countries, so that we portance, as the com, now worked on degrel for these ships Zos"profection at Netley and Rouen Red Cross hospitals, He appealed for the elimination of shall find ourselves challenged at every large scale is mostly bituminous; in fact against damage from mince which brings the contributions already avoidable absences, whereby five per turn the now Kituation, we shall require mines, only three are mining anthracite received from them up to over £000,"
equipped competitors. To out of about twenty machine worked cent of time was now being lost, I meet this were made up the present deficiency Eot only ships aqual, if not superior, to Le, the Facing Syndicate in Horan, the in output would be remedied. The las position, to employ our tonnage to
those of ourivals, but we must also be Poaching Linies and
Company in Shangl output had pogressively decreased inco the beginning of the thou the
An-Irish – sentryw
who gave the
Importa wax onl
coal to carry on the WIT
to the importance of
the with the | tanong west of Peking.
obvious character of the coel is ind renlacy its geologica agu
thee
anthracite in KTCLI
nd Both of the
FER FAILS