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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1916.
THE
LATEST
THE CHINA MAIL.
WAR.
THE BRITISH PRISONERS IN TURKEY.
TELEGRAM S.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
FURTHER
ADVANCE.
FOOD CONTROLLER TO BE APPOINTED.
HEAVY MORTALITY,,
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE BRITISH OFFENSIVE.
THE FORTRESS, SYSTEM AT BEAUMONT HAMEL.
LONDON, Nov. 15. Replying in the House of Commony to a question, Air. Hope stated that { there was avery reason to fear that the CAVES AS BIG AS BUCKINGHAM condition of British prisoners in Turkey was far from satisfactory. The mortality in many cases was heavy.
PALACE
QERMANY'S WAR INDUSTRY
TREMENDOUS REORGANISAA
TION
AMSTERIUM, NOT. 1O.- Inspired Berlin telegrams emphaido the tremendous reorganisation of Cher many's war industry, which is being of the new War Department. They carried out by General Groener, the head admit it is the direct result of, the Somma battle, which showed the im LONDON, Nov. 15.
mensity of the munitions effort of the Mr. Hope added that the Government is described by correspondents as being like a huge business firm.
The Beaumont Hamel fortress system General Groener is treating Germany Entente, and especially of Great Britain. had obtained information regarding the strongest in the whole line, com- BRITISH THE FOOD QUESTION IN 1,923 of the Kut prisoners. News of 764 prising 22 extraordinary make of organising all labour for army purposes, Ea is GREAT BRITAIN.
others had been received privately. The trenches, with cares as big as Bucking technical Chief of Staff. The latter assisted by one military and ore Turks strenuously opposed.. visita by/ham Palace, consisting of excavations of is an ex-Director of the Cruson Works | American officials. The Government is, in the midst of which the Magdeburg and be controls iron and village is situated. It had proved had again called the attention of the impregnable to the heaviest explosivos stoel works, and chemistry Agricul United States to the extreme urgency The British up to the present have won ture and other department will be BIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S TRIBUTE TO DRASTIC ACTION TO PREVENT of the case.
no such victory against greater odda supervised by high officers, specially HIS TROOPS.
The prisoners are curiously pallid intaken from the front, assisted, by sppearancs. It is a fact that a dug-out
numerous technical advisers. existence, coupled with their fear for
The age limits of the German labour 6 air lives by day tas bleached many feeding is to be organised into three levy, are from sixteen to sixty. The The attacking infantry was practically casses. The heavy manual and brain onlined to Home troops. The losses workers will have the first call upon were comparitively light. One English fats, meat and stimulants; secondly the battalion took 300 prisoners, the same 100 casualties. battalion not suffering much more thenighter labourers food will be regulated by the character of their work; and thirdly, the aged and infirm will have the leaving
There is a prospect of bitter con- troversy over the compulsory employ- meat of women.
5,678 PRISONERS.
LONDON, Nov. 15.
General Sir Douglas Haig reports:-
WASTE
LONDON, NO 15.
In the course of a debate on the We further, advanced our front north | Food' Question in the House of Com ward of the Ancre
Our prisoners total 5,678, The troops have shown conspicuous
skill, cash and fortitude.
Their success was not won without a bard struggle.
Owing to the enemy's strong resist. ance and the condition of the ground our losses, considering the gains, have not been high.
One Division advanced a mile taking thousand prisoners at the expense of
150 casualties.
mons, Mr Runciman, President of the Bean! of Trade, stated that the strain
upon Great Britain"in 1917 would be primarily as regards food, but the strain in this connection in Austria and Germany would be mare severe.
"Hoforeshadoweddrastic action against
the use of sugar for luxurious purposes and for the preventing of unreasonable profit-making on potatoes; also the "ppointment of a Food Controller to co-ordinate the activities of Departments and Committee on the subject.
To-morrow
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THE PRUSSIANISATION OF
..POLAND.
A RUSSIAN PROTEST.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 15.
Austro-German Proclamation regarding Russia has protested against the Poland saying that it violates an In ternational Convention signed by the Central Powers, and is therefore null and void. The Russian Government reaffime that Poland is still a part of
Russid
The Polish members of the Council of Empire and the Dums are strongly opposing the Austro-German plan, the constitutes Orderin-Council declaring that it
Prussianisation of Poland.
We bave established the positions would be issued which would vasble won on Tuesday eastward of Britte the Government to proceed against de Warlvncont. Our artillery lis persed the enemy, massing at one point persons who, wasted or destroyed food.
for a counter-attack.
Our scroplanes successfully attacked an serxirome, milway stations and rolling stock.
This would prevent some farmers giving milk to pigs. The Government would decide which artcles of tood should and which should not be used. It would also have power se regards the
THE GERMAN ANNOUNCEMENT.sale_ and distribution of articles and
(German CoanHNIQUE)
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 15.
market operations and the preventing of cornuring, like the recent attempt in the Tea market.
DEPORTATIONS.
Yesterday was in great battle-day GREAT BRITAIN AND THE BELGIAN on the Anere, equalling that of the 13th inst. The English attacked in heavy masses, and captured Beaumont Hamel. Elsewhere they failed.
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The communiqué, shows that the Erandenburgers and the Guards Division were among the troops opposing the British at Ancre...
OUTRAGE AGAINST
CIVILISATION.
LONDON, Nov. 13. In the House of Commons Lord Robert Cecil stated that the deportation of people frora Belgium was a very gravé POWERFUL ENEMY
matter. No greater outrage against "ATTACK ON THE FRENCH.Civilisation had been committed, even by Germany. Great Britain would PARIS, NOV. 15.
support any representations made by Belgium
A communique states.co Wo, progressed to the northern spur of St. Pierre Vaast Wood
After most intense bombardment the Germans strongly counter-attacked | the positions captured by us on the 7th inst, from the Sugar Hoffaery at Ablain, court to Channes Wood.
Despite the obstinacy of the assault and a large use of liquid fire and tear bella, the enemy were repulsed with heavy losses, though some hostile fractions managed to reach a group of houses east of Prenzoire.
The bombardment, which we are
OSTEND AND ZEEBRUGGE
BRITISH AGAIN BOMB SUB- MARINE "SHELTERS.
LONDON, Nov. 15.
An Admiralty communiqué states: Squadrons of Naval aeroplanes and seaplanes heavily bombarded the har- hours and submarine
shelters at Zeebrugge and Ostend this morning.
Direct hits Were made on the Atelier de la Marine and in the proximity of the power station, there
FUNDS FOR VENEZELIST 'QOVERNMENT.
1
&DVANCED BY ALLIES.
LONDON, NOT. 15.
Lord Robert Cecil announced in the House of Commons that the Allies hari previsionally advanced the Tenczelist Government £400,000.
AERIAL ACTIVITY ON EGYPTIAN FRONTIER.
LONDON, Nov. 13. An official report from Egypt states that a further air attack was made at Magsaba last right. Four bandred pounds of explosive were dropped on an enemy camp and store-houses and considerable damage was done,
Our machines returned safely.
CATO, Nov. 153.
FRENCH COMMENT ON
THE FIGHT.
PARIS, Nov. 15. One of the foremost French corres At British Headquarters, pondents telegraphing from Amiens, said that the i that its power was undiminished by army showed in yesterday's offensive protracted fighting in bad weather. The Thiepval salient had always been-an- awkward point, and the British objective. was to break the Beaumont-Anere- Schwaben Ene, and to aim repeated blows at the enemy.
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The British advantage in morale was increased yesterday by an element of surprise. No fewer than five German treach lines, with barbed wire entangle ments, were between the Acero and Beaumont Hamel. The latter was a much more formidable stronghold than Thiepval There was a splendid dashing this being preceded by a brief, but infantry attack on a four mila front,
extremely violent, artillery bombard-
ment.
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AMERICA AND THE BELGIAN DEPORTATIONS.
EFFECT UPON NEUTRAL OPINION.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. The State Department has instructed the American Charge d'Affairs at Berlin to informs Here Bathmann-Hollweg that the Belgian deportations have had a most unfortunate effect upon neutral States, which has the welfare of the opinion, particularly in the United
Belgians very much at heart,
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MAN-POWER OF IRELAND.
LONDON, Nov. 15:
Major-General Sir E T. Mahon has
I is officially estimatedchat there. The Germans evidently thinking that are 161,000 Irishmen available for the artillerying as a barrage, remained military service. in their dug-outs and were captured in large numbers The fourth eremy line in ireland. was rushed within eigateen minutes, and all the objectives were attained. "WEen I left the battlefield adds the correspondent, "the enemy was being pursued, kammered and beaten, and hot did not atteript of recover himself."
THE BRITISH CASUALTIES. }
VICTIMS OF GERMAN PIRACY.
ABOARD THE. “U 49,"
CORUNNA, Nov. 15. Captain Curtis, of the American torpedoed steamer Columbian, the Captains of two torpedoed Norwegian steamers, and the Captain of one British. arrived here after a week aboard, the steamer which was torpedoed, have
LONDON, Nov. 15. Reuter's correspondent at Headquar- It is officially announced that theters says that the capture of St. Pierre casualties caused by the enemy air raid attack is important, as it handicaps the Divion in the course of yesterday's on Cairo were 14 killed and 23 injured enemy, who was " obtaining"=" "bis 4. The casualties included 4 Europeansammunition stores across the drift It Cape Curtis says the Columbian, killed and 4 injured.
is a fairly large township. Miraumont which had 9,000 tone "of. cargo, and a will now become closely beset on two crew of 109, stopped on demand, He vides.
THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS.
LONDON, Nov. 15. The Rhodes Scholarships Bill has been read a third time in the House of Commone
THE MILITARY RESOURCES OF
INDIA.
LONDON, Nov. 15. Mr. Chamberlain in the House of
effectively checking, continues through was a large fire, probably at a petrol Commons stated he was communicating
out the region.
ITALIANS REPEL FIVE ATTACKS.
FURTHER, ADVANCE IN CARSO REGION.
LONDON, Nov. 15. An Italian official report states:
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We drove back fire, determined
store.
Our machines returned..
THE DESTRUCTION OF SHIPPING.
THE NET BRITISH LOSS,
LONDON, Nov. 15.
with the Viceroy of India regarding the possibility of further developing the military resources of India Ha volon tarily stated that the indigo investiga tion, if auccessful, would provido remedy for the marketing of indigo in an unanitable form, which was the main
Dr. Macnamara stated in the Houseason for the investigation.
British steamers over 1,000 tons during of Commons that the net loss of
attacks in the salient of San Marco, the war from all causes, to September eastward of Gorizia, with heavy loss to 30th, was only alightly over 22 per cent
the enemy.
LATER.
The Austrians heavily "combarded,
The following teamers have been whereupon we evacuated some exposed snák:- trenches.
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HER INSURANCE.
The feature of the assembling of the large number of prisoners was their coralling in advanced cages." Other wise, the barbed wire compounds were in a sheltered situation near the firing line. The Officers and men were in separate “chges”.
The British casualties were many but they were fewer than in the July advance.
MORE PRISONERS TAKEN.
LONDON, Nov. 15. General Sir Douglas Haig reports:--- the Ancre was secured during the night. The ground won yesterday torth of More prisoners have been taken.
- A GERMAN MISCALCULATION.
UNDER-ESTIMATED THE BRITISH
NATION
.
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The submarine signalled to a Swedish steamer and ordered this vessel to Isad the Captains at Corunna.
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TWO RUSSIANS KILLED AT.
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Peking, Nov.10.
horses in the Kaiynan district, south of a private, who were buying mules and Two Russian soldiers, a sergeant and
said the application of co-operation to Changchum, have been killed industry was of sipreme importance in The details are not known but it is India, and he believed that agriculture reported that the Ruggions were assanit- could be extended much more surely.ed by Chinese. and rapidly in no other way than by Japanese railway zang. 2
The incident.: occurred within the co-operation. Co-operative credit was only the foundation; co-operative sale and purchase were also essential parta of a complete system.
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MELBOURNE, Nor, 13.
BONDON, Nov. 15 The DS. O. decoration has been AMSTERDAM, Nor: 15. aarried to Major Gwyn Tasman of The Lespriser Neuste Nachrichten says the Bengal Lancers. He advanced that it is British obstinacy which through a heavy bagage, and rallied necessitates the conversion of Germany and led forward his troops with great into a hage munitions factory. The skill, determination, and splendid paper adds:-"When Kitchener, in courage. 1914, said that the war would begin for The Military Cross has been awarded Mr. Hughes has reconstituted the England in 1916 we all smiled. We to Lieut. G. M. Fitzgerald of the Federal Cabinet, retaining the Premier have since been compelled to admit that Indian Army, who led a squadron for ship. we under-estimated the British nation. ward under heavy fire, capturing and
Sarah Randlife (British), Astrid. The steamer Ara), which has arrived We now know that it is our real enemy, holding an enemy position. Later he We advanced at several points in the (Swedish), Panga and Freja (Danish).
from Dunkirk at Philadelphia with who will ruthlessly the every means to remained behind and rescued wounded. Carab region.
heavy weather damnge, is a vessel of accomplish our downfall. It is not. He displayed courage and determination. The crow of the Ragnar, numbering 4,191 gross tone, built in 1890, and owned shrunk from sacrificing its personal throughout. 21, wers placed by a German submarine by Messrs. R. Barkhill and Sons of liberty to accomplish this aim."
Shanghai The
The canity, says a London
Our aircraft successfully bombed floating hangars at Prosecco and the pier at Trieste.
THE GREAT STRUGGLE IN
RUMANIA.
(Russian Communiqué} ·
LONDON, NOT. 18... We drove out the enemy from trenches he occupied east of the village of Lipizza-Dolnain on the Narajuka Rtres.
The Rumaniaus répulasd the enemy north and south of the Oituz Valley,
aboard a Dutch steamer and landed at paper,
Vigo.
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK.
QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT..
LONDON, NOV. 15.
Mr McKenna, in answer to a question in the House of Camons, mid there was no evidence that the relatioas between the Hongkong and Shanghai
interest for the example it The sume journal urges compulsory affords of the extraordinarily high values joint meals for the whole population.
on which ateamers are being, insured. This vessel under a former owner
lued for insurance at just over £20,000 This, moreover, was under the American fog, the date being just previous to the war, when American values were on an average higher than those in the United Kingdom. Her present insurances are effected on a value of £74,000,
GERMAN INFLUENCE IN CHINA,
According to a Russian Journal, Ger- what upset by the death of Yuan man circles in China, whose plans were
THE STRUGGLE ON THE RUMANIAN-FRONT:
DESPERATE FIGHTING.
CANADIAN COMPLAINTS:
MINISTER OF DEFENCE RESIGNS
OTTAWA, NOT, 15. Colonel Sir Sam Hughes, who resign ed recently from the position of Minister LONDON, Nov. 13. of Millis and Defence, mas made s A Romanian communiquš", statés:— statement socusing British officers, who Between the Uzul and Cafin Valleys, on did not know their business, of scrap- the Moldavian frontier, there have been ping Canadian equipment, and com incessant enemy, attacks since October planning of the treatment of the 29th: These have been sanguinarily Canadians in hospitala.. repulsed
BRITISH RED CROSS FUND.
LONDON, Nov. 15.
but the azemy, who had been, consider Bank and the Deutsche Asiatische Bank
rogion, which was supported by heavy An enemy attack in the Dragos-Lavele atly reinforced by Germana, preased prejudiced British interests and prestige Shih, have rommenced their netiv. Brillery, compelled the Rumanian left back the Rumanians in places in the in the Far East. The service of Chinese itics in various directioner They have wing to retire. There was fierce fighting Tirguli, Alt and Jiul Valleys.
Government Loans benefitted the British for instance, entered into relations with on the left bank all the
bank, all the positions cou- A letter signed by the Duke of Con- Bank and the British bondholder. At who is likely to be the leader of the enemy progressed with new and superior mention that the British Red Cross Yuan Ho-din, son of the late President, stantly changing hands Finally the naught and the Marquis of Lansdowan alteration of the present arrangement Mitary Party Marsovar, the journal forces The Rumanians, as the result Fund exceeds £8,000,000, would probably benefit German and continues it is the Gerzsen influenca fer of desperate fighting, were compelled to injure British interesta
China which is responsible for the End retreat south of Bilbestim
Rumonian Communique)"
We are perening the enemy beyond the frontier in the Slanic and Oitas Valleys and tock 80 prisoners".
FAftaoka, ́át Bingor Lavola - were repulsed
The enemy reinforced, foread us book slightly in the Alt and Jul Valleys.
We procreased along the whole front Dobrodje and occupied the village of field Bocsic on the Danube
THE BALKAN ZONE.
feeling towards Japan and the tion to the authority of Frest
Yuan-hung, se born
215.
the
CHINESE LABOUR CORPS.
AN INDIAN WILL,
OPIUM DISES IN LONDON-COURTS,
A PROSECUTION OF GEENESE INSEAMEN.
To Kum, 24, a Chinese seaman, of the
steamship Phemius, lying in the Victoria Docks, was fined £50 with the alterna tira
of two months imprisonment, at West Ham Folice Court, for illegally attempting to export: 5.1b. of
Opium which was found in a towel around his waist when entering the Docks on Sept. LISBON, NOY, 15 Kwok Lis, 35, also .B Beaman on The Probate Court has granted Rank the steamship Phemius, pleaded guilty Babeba Wadhwan letters of administra. to harbouring 4 th, of opium, which was tion for the will cof her father, Maharaja found of him when entering Sir Goday Gajpaturan of Vizagaptam and he was ordered to
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ben seven
The do 7 a fines of £5 Chinamon were
wore chargel at the Thames Court on 9th ult. with being in possession of opium
prepared kumoking, it was stated that notices printed in Chinese had been circulated in the district calling attention to the terms of the,
order
The defendants.
the
were found. su two rocas of 8 China ama's beuse smoking opium, and a large quantity of the drug was
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A Chinaman on stesmer Handley The following, will represent the wis at Tower Bridge Police Court, an Volunteer tomorrow at $20 9th uit ined 250 with the alternative pia at Happy Valley Volunteers in platwo soonths impriso Whited W. Hamilton. C. Balmer illegally importing 20 lb of opium Johnson, F.W.B.Evans, E. J. Mitchell,
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