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THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1917.
TELEGRAMS.
(Continged from Page-1.)
THE SALONIKA FORCE.
MR. DILLON'S ALLEGATIONS.
IRISH CONVENTION MEETS.
Lounovy, July 25. The historic Convention, sumnion- fed to draft a scheme for the future government of Ireland, assembled to-day at Trinity College, Dublin,
Tang before the opening, the College. Green was packed with
THE CHINA MAIL.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
FRENCH REGAIN LOST FOSITIONS.
LONDON, July 25, A French communiqué, sayı :-- This morning we vigorously counter attacked the enemy who, since the hard fighting of the 22nd, had occupied the est line trenches it the Cassmates and The attack was California Plateau.
IN MESOPOTAMIA.
WHY GENERAL TOWNSHEND WAS NOT RELEASED,"
PREFERRED TO DESTROY HIS GUNS.
n?
DEATH OF MR. L. HUTCHINSON, OF SHANGHAE
that deend disease scarlet fevor ind was shortly before 11 o'clock on Thursday removed to hospital, where he died morning To mourn his los be leaves deepest sympathy will
GREAT BRITAIN STANDS BY spectators. Mr. Redmond and Mr. carried out with extraordinary clash Commander-in-Chief, after the Ball wife and two children, with whom the i
SERBIA,
Fospos, Jaly 25. „Me" Dilum's allegations in the Flouse of Comapns include the assertion that the Salonika Aring whs demoralised bgemuse it had beeth langaishing in pustilens wroundings since the Allies had abatkojal "the" Balkans campaign for the past twa
years.
Devlin arrived early, followed by the Protestant and Catholic Bishops, and The representatives of the Public. Boards of Trade, stu.
The crowd was not enthusiastic, the coily Delegite cheerel being. Mr. Devlin.
The proceedings will be private throughout.
THE TEA MARKET.
LONDON, July 23, The Times states that there is how
Our soldiers re-
and gave brilliant results despite a desperate defence. captured the whole of the lost ground California Plateau except a small work, which was completely destroyed, in the north-west salient, and which both aides abandoned.
"
Casemates Plates from all the elements We threw out the enemy from the he hell, and even silvanced our line at several points.
German counter-attacks were again launched on the reconquered trenches but were wholly unsuccessful.
The artillery luel has been active in Champagne on the left of the Mense.
THE SILVER MARKET.
ruar.
We annousee, with very deep regret the death of Mr. Henry Leslie Hutchin- For assistant local manager of, the South British Insurance C Ltd which Foccurred at the Isolation Hospital after only a few days' illness. The deceased played several games of tennie on Sun- "The special correspondent of They on Monday he was taken pick with Englishman, Calcutta, writing from Bagdad on May 12 stated:
An officer who conducted the negotia tions with
with Kalil Bay, the Turkis Kut, speaks highly of the way in which
bo falt he and the officers who acompanied hier
The late Mr Hutchinson: Was only 37 were received in the Turkish lines. They
years of age. Ele was born in the north went out undur Rag of truce and of Ireland and joined the Smith British were conducted blindfolded through the wash tronches some dister.ce to the Company's Lendore offico about 18 years
Then the bandages were remove and two years later game to Shanghai go. In 1901 he was sent to Calcutta from their eyes and they were treated the Turkist soldiers saluting them as if spell in Hongkong, he ained till tha with every consideration and respect, where, with the exception of a short
time of his death they were their own officers. The The Shanghen Mercury mys: -He was Turks did their best to impress the use of the best men at his work in the
the land. They entertained them famiae causes a great loss to the insur British Delites with the father Far aand in every way and his to good dinner with dainties
ance world out here. His ability as an alleged to be obtained from s
| some fandus nastry cook shops in Constantinople. insurance man was recognised several years ago, when he was appointed Secre Talsid that a document".
It was t kindly if not
not very convincing tary to the Shangha Marine Under-
and the British demonstration of plenty issued by the forge-Slay Phumaittee
uficers thoroughly enjoyed it. Kaliliters Association-an ace which Le Hoy impressed them as a strong self and to the satisfaction of all the filled with the greatest of credit to hire- showed that the Serbians were being
who would not hesitate to take strong stempted by Austria to make peuivthe keenest demand for better class
and extreme measures against anybody Mir. Dillon demanded to know, ten, especially that for which the
that he was if the occasion required. Tery courteous and reasonable and no whetider wescore going to desert the five has not beer. fixed. At pre-
dificulty was experienced in making Serbis, "He believe that the war sent 1 83,1und 1:41. is being hidh
mutnal arrangements regarding the ex change of prisoners. One of the objects would be affiandy settled in the for Ceylon and lian teas, respecs
of the British Delegation was to obtain Balkans. It would he lost if clusively, which means that the retail
MORE VOLUNTARY RETIRE- the release of General Townshend un
MENTS. we're price will be 3, 6d,, und 4ps or more,,! small nations
parole, but this they were not able in portant roles in the Club's productions of recent years, and proved himself one LONDON, July 25,
Accomplish. Kalil remarked that the destroyed by our Mindles
| per pestand. "In distant parts of the
and best, appearance was in the recent nilow was willing before the surrender to
ruction be wireless, says Lord, Robert Fruit resented the feptintry, on the contrary, consider, A Russian oficial message transmitted chance of doing this had been lost. He of the best actors in Shanghai. Els Inst
Townshend w
Blighty" which endised "go if the British guna
|ù considerable amount for Wa
for War Funds. suggestions that wy wire ahent to alle atuounts of the lowest priced
South-westward of Drinak our were yielded up intact. This was to be
The deceased was one of the most abandon Serbia. Such a charge avis tens lewe be withdrawn because detachment occupied Garmin positions one of the terms of surrender. Town popular residents of Shanghai, and was
There was minimi prines absolutely untry.
the Dvinsk-Vilna railway, hend himself was unwilling to consent Were not bitire
player He was a meniber of the Shang- intention, whatever of warding from Beylers are surprised at this because Subsequently whole units voluntarily to this and the day before the surrendere very keen golfer and lawn tennis returned to the original trenches, and a British officers were winble to see hai Golf Club, the Shanghai. Clab, the pledges of tall restoration and they are convinced that unless fat number of units fisheyed commanda. Townshend who had by then been Comtry Clab and other Cinba
Two or three years ago he acted as reparation for Serbin. Our first prin me tenage is allotted to tea in The 24th Division acted heroically and removed at was on his way to Barhad.
to spoil a good story but I Secretary to the Special Electricity Com
mitted
40 appointed to
into the fear there is no Iodicers was noteworthy. that was particularly applienble to be a shornge of even the lowest The enemy occupied a height north tale that when Townshend and all Committee had punernus sittings-st fie case of Serbia..
grades. The intimation that buyers ward of Bogush in the direction of Bey met they found themselves to beule the conclusion of which the deceased school fellows, after the bushion of the was heartily thanked for his very plu- USE OR expect to bid for more Vilna The oficers had the utmost or told by the brilhant author of the table work.
difficulty in restraining great numbers "Green Curve. Townshend, who had of men from withdrawing to the rear been in close communication with cheforce The enemy crossed the Sereth in that was trying to relieve Kut, had him
1esopotamia enme the region of Mikalice and occupielt self met Kalil Pay in Me Volyan veckaya. The enemy contime before the surrender of Kat and he tinues the offensive between the Sereth himself
un obi se intication that he was follow. However that may
*
LONDON, July 25.
Silver is featureless..
GALLANTRY OF RUSSIAN OFFICERS.
The
red his gu
members.
Another office which he held, and cur ¡ried out in a most efficient manner, was that of Secretary to the Shanghai Land Commission... Back Vi
The deceased was also a member, and tear Dramatic Club. He took many im. the Shanghai Ammu-
Treasurer.
iple was to stand by our Allisak (the inelist future, there will soon flest heavily. The gallantry of the It is a pity, trurb in the romantic Electricity question of Shanghai. This
THE GREEK SITUATION.
PARIS, July 25, The tires Legation states that Fin relations between the Grook Governanent and the Crown nbsolutely morona", and me improving daily.
BALKAN CONFERENCE.
Past, July 25 The Allied Bukan Conitrence has opened:
dan forty per cent, of their pur chuses during the statutory period froi Jely t93 to June 1916, finns this view.
SIA ERIC GEDDES.
"|
LONDON, July 25, Sir Erie Geddes, First Lord of the Admirály, has been retired upposed for Catbridge.
OBITUARY.
Lospos, July 25, The death, is announeed of Dr:
M. Ribes referred to the molised .conditions created through Greges ranging herself alongside the Allies, and Bassermann, the leader of the necessitating the reconsideration of the German National Liberaf. military situation in the Balkans. AMERICA HAD NO WISH TO BE
REPRESENTED.
Camall conference for specife purposes and
MEASURES AGAINST THE U-BOAT.
and the Strypa He occupied three, Townshend was evidently treated villages.
ROLL OF HONOUR.
CAPTAIN FRANK RICHARDSON.
with every respect by his captors, and The news of the death of Captain We are holding the line Gaivoronka-in Bagdad he cecupied specious and Frank Richardson killed inaction in Morastirisko, to the north-west of handsome apartments in the house that France on the 7th June, was recrived last Buczacz We are retiring easterly, was once the residence of Yer der Goltz.week at Shanghai with urent regret.
TIFF PRESENT POSITION IN » southward of the Dniester, Stanislan being evacuated.
MESOPOTAMIA.
There was a succesful rail at Demukpatak, on the Rumanian front.
Torpedo boat destroyers co-operated with the artillery which bombarded Tireoli, io the Black Sea, and destroyed depots undi barracks.
BRITAIN'S AIMS IN THE WAR.
CECIL
Captain Richardson came to the East to join the staff of Messrs Butterfield and 8wire in December 1906 and went Home to volunteer for active service in August He was gazetted to the 24th
So one on spend long in Mesopota-1015. miu without realising what the endmust. London Regiment (The Queerr's) in be. Fighting on a serious sale appears Novembar 1913 and proceeded to France to be over for the present hot weather with his Regiment in June 1918, being Whether it will be resumed when the promoted to Captain shortly afterwards, cold weather returns remains to be soet and met his death whilst commanding The British occupy a very strong penis Company
tion to meet any eventuality. General He was a a former member of the Maxim Haude, the Army Commander, explained Co. S. V., and Deluge Co. Shanghat
STATEMENT BY LORD ROBERT the whole situation to the present repre-hire Brigade, a member of the Shanghai sentatives who met him in Bagdad. and Club, Cricket and Golf Clubs, a keen he is very confident of the future tennis player and good sportsman, a man confidence which the past achievements says The Mercury) whose fine character and the present position of his forces and disposition endeared him to his frienda, and his loss will be deeply falt more than justify.
What the British have done up to the by all who knew him. Win present is to drive the Turkish forces The flags of Laikoo" and the Shang- back northwards from a front which hai lab wers half-masted as a mark of extenda ncross the whole width of respect.
LONDON, July 25. In the House of Commons, replying An expert who is closely in teach with to various criticisms, Lord Robert Ceeft the methods that are being adopted for strongly repuliate Mr. Dillon's allega dealing with the submarine menace, says tions that the Salonika force wad that Mr. Lloyd George's statement at demoralised. Dealing with the Govern the secrot session of the House of Comment's broad aims he said it was a Mesopotamia, from the Euphrates to the mons certainly did not err on the side of
They have taken
Pas, July 25. The United States has been invited tra participate in the Balkan Conference, but the invitation was accompanied with the explanation that as it was a over-confidence. Better and better mere platitude to state that Anatria Persiar border.
results, said this authority, will be was not our chief enemy. Germany
must be out chief enemy.
Regarding broad peace principles, he of the United States Navy and the new said that our first was that we stand by devices that have been perfestel, both our Allies. It would be. France's right of transport becomes increasingly difficult. Tudor, CB, who has been selected for in this country and in America, will be to any what she desired in regard to There are fertile regions betind them, the appointment of Commander-in-Chief brought into effective operation
The National Research Council of the Alsace Lorraine, and Great Britain but they have already been drawn upon on the, China Station, has been employed United States the supreme authority would back her up. This equally by passing armies and even if they ar
the United States had no soldiers in the Balkáns, America might not desire to
be representel, but any way, represents tive would be welcome.
The Government at Washington
wish to be represented.
A NAVAL CONFERENCE:
PARIS, July 25
obtained in the coming the co-operation
mooth sum mer and autumn, when
possession of the principal towns and THE NAVAL COMMAND OF THE are masters of the main arteries of apply. Although the Turks have been driven back on their pwr lines, they have reached a region where the problem
strong
not
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HONGKONG,
· DRASTIC METHOD: PROPOSED,
*a L WYNDHAM KE
(lower iste
homes, and one speaker described the system na o ghasdy failure.
Alderman Crooks, of Hull, caraplained that it was difficult to get adipendiary magistrates to give confirmed drunkardə
replied that the United States did not for conducting organised, investigations applied to the other Allies, and inexhaustible, the transport difficulties. Third Ses Lord, sines the second week of the war. He was born on £3rd is now confident that the days of especially to Serbia. We were absolute are serious. Above Samarah. Tigris March, 1883. entered the Royal Navy in
Tha navigation facilities are listed, U-boat warfare are numbered. The latest ly pledged to restoration and reparation. ads are bad for wheeled
January, 1876, and reached day rank in transport January 1913. He specialised in both
· Lord, 'd'Abemon," chairman of the more than two years detention. Nothing official pronouncement of the body men- tionel on the subject was quoted to me were fighting was a stable settlement and 25,000 stron
vereigning was a stable settlement and 25,00 arking on the Trio fecht, & let navigation and gunnery, was senior Liquor Control Board, foreshadowed but change of resipainend and separa as follows: An important problem
officer of HMS. Excellent from which, as recently as six weeks ago & sound and satisfactory pesce on a in the best of spirits. It never has been January, 1894, to January, 1806, served special treatmen; for the habitual druntion from emplation could ment with that the tapid advance of the January, 1896, to May, 1896, from to the members of the Chief Constablow" The Chief Constable of Huddersfield sion of Ket, Bagdad seriously shaken its morale.
Admiral Sims has arrivedl to confer (April 1), vašín a discouraging condition, principle which would secure, as far all fod, and it is not on the Naval Ordnance Board from kant in an address delivered in London success.
with Admiral Sir John Jellicce, M. Lacaze, the French Minister of Navy,
and the Italian Minister of Navy, on
nava: matters..
4.
SHIPBUILDING IN AMERICA.
A DISPUTE SETTLED BY RESIGNATIONS.
Mr. Edward Hurley, the ex Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, will succeed Mr Denman, and Mr W. Cappe
in quick succes-November, 1908, to
Director -
189 was Association
expressed the opinion that the solution The chief defect of the existing of the problem was to be found in the
Cereal nderby towards solution."* 1possible, a settlement free from cheage British and tad captamarrah has Assistant cellent methods,
he said, in the failure to dis: State: control of licensed, bised, and
SUBMARINE CHASERS.
or future alteration.
The third object for which we were Sghting was the destruction of German militarism, because it eddangered future peace. He believed that if there had been a democracy in Germany there would have been no war. If a real
The special correspondent of The Journal writes: "I have seen in port vessels which the Americans are con- Democratic Government were establish
BRIGADIER-GENERAL AT 28.
1910, to June, 1912, was 23 to the King from April 13th, 1911, to criminate between the canal excess of Alderman Shepherd, of Baristol, said if January
1913, when he was promoted the occasions: drinker had the recurrent the State had control, it could gradually Rear Admiral. Es took over the duties drunkenness of the confirmed inebriate.sher the taste of the people, whe would of Director of Naval Ordnance on 1st,
Not a
It was anaounced in the London June 1916.
"
There should not be any serious difficulty in me prefer weaker beer.4 of the superiority of our arranging for adequate medical ob
a little of
Several speakers dealt with the growth
of drinking habits" among young people
structing to hunt submarines. They ed in Germany it would be a strong Gazette" that Captain (temporary naval ordnance over the German gans is servation and report, in all cases where are nearly 100 ft. long, and are propel guarantee that the German policy would Lieutenant Colonel) B. C. Freyberg due (says a London contemporary to his led by petrol at a speed of thirty knots be-definitely changed, and that future | Y... D.S.O., of the West Surrey Regi hard work and intelligently directed thers is ground for suspecting abnormal its large industrial eentres, and a startling They can replenish their petrol on the high seas, and have tubes connecting dangers would
ther with the reservoir of the parent decreased.
range.
under water, hat can submerge for considerable time. Bevers! hundred of
a very few months.
be proportionately
ment, had been promoted temporary efforts to make our fleet matchless in conditions, and sentences could be ad. suggestion was made in this connection
that respect.” FAS
justed to the circumstances of the in. by the Chief Constable of Blackpool. Its brigadier-general.
Rear-Admiral
salil a medical, specialist friend of his in- Tudor-Fador has dividual casell Brigadier-General Freyberg, who
already had experience, of the China With restricted hours, and 14 he hoped formant him that malted foods, especi Station, having served on it during his later a large reduction of public-bouses, on young people, created u pr junior days.
the Chief Constructor of the Navy, wil! INVENTOR OF HOWITZER DEVICE, leled difficulties, but the Extremists had succeed General Goethals
B.A.T. MEN IN THE WAR,
Lautenant Percy Ogden, loyal Flying Tobiera Co., Ltd., died at a Military Hospital at Shoraclide on June 7, 1217
it would be mich easier to detect the fo the ecosumption of stories public-honse where drunkennes occurred, liquors in later years. The Increas He was prepared to assert very definitely use of malted foods, especially ameng that the problem of drunkennees was children and young persons, must be susceptible of seintion in a much larger viewed with the greatest slam
A resolution sus passed by the refe The no-treating order, if it could being that the age at which alcoholic driTM- properly carried out, was the best piece could be procured and comed of temperance relom ever assed. Dif. licensed premises be raised to 18.. Lenterant (Temporary Captain) (ficulty was experienced when I came to C. Stockwell, of the British American carrying out the order." The closing of Tobacon Co., Ltd., North China Staff public-housen for all purposes when they has been awarded the Croma de Chevalier, were closed for alcohol was being nom Legion d'Honneur (“* London Gazette (1) sidered with regard to the north east comet. June 4, 1915), and Company Sergeant arte by the Castrol Board. The system Major T. 6. D. Wade, King of Eritish had been tried in Scotland with good American Tobacco Co. Ltd, Norili lecti Ching Staf, has been awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the held, (London Gazette, May 26, 1017)
WASHINGTON, July, 25. At the President's request, General vessel. Their armament enables them Goethals, the Manager of the Emergency to take the offensive with extreme MR. HENDERSON ON RUSSIA.
: only twenty-night, wou the VC. Jor his Flect Corporation, and. Mr. Denman, rapidity, and they have considerable They are 6tted up with listen- the Chairman of the Shipping Boarding instruments of the most up-to-date UNPARALLELED DIFFICULTIES. gallant leading of the men of the Royal Naval Division who captured Beaucourt Loxbox, July 25. -have, realgnel, it is the President description; enabling the Americans to
detect the approach of a submarine. The Et Hon. Arthur Handerson, last November. He wounded n opinion that this is the only way to The new vessels cannot be navigated interviewed by a Renter representative four ouensions during the battle. T end the dispute which is delaying ship
on his return from Russin, dwelt on the He fought at Antwerp and also in building..
these vessels will be in active service in existing dangers to the Revolution, He Gallipoli, where he gained the D... Corps, a Director of the British-American measure than was ordinadly supposed
regarded the discontinuance of the Coali for swimming nahore in the Gulf of tion Government as a misfortune. The Soros and lighting flares, which led the Provisional Government was magnifi- Tusks to believe that a landing was cor cently attempting to cope with unparal templated. He was twice wounded in
Gallipoli m succeeded in rendering a stable Coveru Brigadier General Freyberg was born ment almost impossible.
in New Zealand. a Washington despachannounces the The most disastrous experiment of death of Mr Louis Gathmann, who play: the Revelation was the relaxation of ed an important part in the development discipline in the Army and Navy, se of present-day artillery and abells.companied by active and Hyal participe Mr Cathmann was of German origin, tion of Service men in the political but was naturalized in the United States manifestations, and propaganda,
He asserted He strongly denounced the poisonous more than forty years ago. that he was the inventor of the great activities of the Maximaliais at Petrograd howitzer gun. His invention, however, was not the gun itself; but the detonator and at the Front. The future war by means of which the explosives are set largely in the hands of the Council of off after the spell carrying them bas Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates, who been fired to its greatest range. The in represented the community and were Pention was adopted by Krapp and is in likely to dominates Constituent DON'T NEGLECT YOURFAMILY and respected member of the Marine general
Assembly. The majority of the all-
The dispute was due to General Gor- thals insisting upon the construction of steel ships and Mr Deomin urging the building of wooden shipa se a stop gap THE SITUATION IN SPAIN.
Mapum, July 25. Martial law has been abrogated at Valentia
REVOLUTION IN ECUADOR.
PANAMA, July 15, A revolation has broken out in Ecuador, which is attributed to the ¡President's tyrannou pro-Germs
PERUVIAN GABINET RESIGNS:
BY LUKA. July 25 Cabinet has resigned.
DEAD
ase in the German DAVY
CRAMP COLICH
ANOTHER GAME.
At playing cards I feel compelled To say I've earned no glory.... Eat oh, the lovely hands I've held
In a conservatory:
The closing of a large number of henses would have an enormous eleel in regard
· HONGKONG - POLICE. RESERYE,
Uniform-White with Helmets, Friday, July 27th. Central -6 45
to grater sobriaty, and he had no doubt Centra
July 30t No. 4 Company
In the existing 90,000 hooses could be Tuesday? July at. No. 1 Compar reduced by at least one third without Central, 45 m Mr. William F. Liang, whose death icing any injury fox the Trade, but rather, Thursday, August Isahnoouced, was well known the reverse pany Central, 5.45
Existing legislation with regard to the Friday
Beer Russian Workmen'a and Soldiers::Cón- 4WDEN you fail to provide your family staff of the Chipa Navigation Company liquor trade was far from satisfactory3 Statue Square at 65 y
with bottle of Casinberlain and was popularly known gress and Executive bed invaluably Colic, Cholera and Discrases Hemedy assisted tho Goverument this son of the year, you are neglecting He recently left for Home on Ho doubted if the whole army of the them, as bowel complaint is sure to be in South Atries when he
succumbe through
No need of suffering from crampe in majority of Moderate at the horns bowel comple
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholees and Din Rive of their best xhoes leedy never fails to relieve the prosecution of the most severe cases Get today, there Conference
will be no time to rend
attack comes ört-
Cherusta sot Stocke
mainder to be trifled erially trueifsther Family,
seru
He, for one, did not despait that before attend.
the whole business would be
sounder footing with corrERPOKE.
to the nation'.
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