MÕNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1918.
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TUESDAY,
the 8th Cctober, 1918, nt. 8.30 pm.. at their Sales Rooma, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner of Tee House Street,—
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Hongkong. Oct. 3, 1918.
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TELEGRAMS:
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INTERESTING STRATEGIC
SITUATION.
FAC-REACHING RESULTS ·
'ANTICIPATED.
Torpas. Oct. 4.... Better's Correspondent at British Headquarter telegraphing this afternoon, says:
With our ne saill creeping renkt. wards beyond Lena, Armentieres and the whole of the Beutercir system, reported to be in our hands, it may be said that yesterday was a good chity
A distinguished ather, fresh from the thick of the fighting. suit: We have the Germans pressed unl (cooked.),
The trend of the fighting lux amung early north and the strategie
of yesterday e battle may possibly have far-reaching results,
Our pateks pushad put beyond the Henturevor ne slong the whole f length of the new front.
REPRISALE FOR GERMANY'S
CRIMES!
THE CHINA MAIL.
PARIS, Oct-4. The Parliamentary group of repre sentatives of the invaded districts bas passed a resolution that the Govern mant should approach the Governments of the Bateate with a view to intimating to Germany that reprisals will be exact el for all crimes and destruction in Allied countries.
A GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, Oct. 4. 10.40 p.m.
A wireless German official report | stutes:-
Sequehart,
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TWO ENEMY SUBMARINES DESTROYED BY AMERICANS.
LONDON, Oct. 4.
An Italian naval communiqué states: American aubmarine chasers, while protecting the larger vessels which bom- barded Durnazo on the 2nd, destroyed two enemy submarines.
AUSTRIA'S DESIRE FOR PEACE
BELLIGERENTS INVITED TO
NEGOTIATIONS:
AMSTERDAY, Oct. 4.
The enemy captured he Catelet
A. message from Vienna to the and advanced as far as Beaurevoir Berliner Tageblatt stutes it is authen and lont Brebain and penetrated tically reported that Austria-Hungary [has requested Holland to invite the We drove back the enemy on belligerents to negotiations, and both sides of Le Catelet berond. his Holland has already despatched starting positions and re-captured
invitations. Beaurevoir and Mont Brehain.
Sequelet remains in the enemy's hands.
Small French nexts, remain in the Weissenburg and Medeak heights, rout Sommery. ५
We have re-captured Challenge.
AIR-RAIDS INTO GERMANY.
Loxpos. Oct. 4.
There has been much heavy INTREPID BRITISH AVIATORS counterattacking on the Cambrai-St. Quentin front.during the night. We orrified positions of Beaurevoir Mill were driven out but ne-captured the
atre Mate Fam
The Sighting is very severe around Sequelart. We are taining all our gains. Tanks, sted the in- fantry most effectively.
Down to last evening, over 4,000 prisoners had bein coted in the 193 Furth. Aray dues. Prisoners are
still coming it.
HE Undersigned have received instrac.
duns to sail by Public Auction,
(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED
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TUESDAY,
AMERICAN FRONT,
STUBBORN FIGHTING ON THE
MEUSE.
The Press Bureau states:- An independent force on the night Metzablon and the perodromos at of the 3rd bombed the railways at Mornings and Frescnty. ·,
Observation was difficult, but a
Frescnty, fire and explosion were observed at
All our machines returned.
GERMANS BOMB CLEARING HOSPITAL.
SINTY KILLED AND EQUAL NUMBER INJURED,
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Pants, Oct. 4. German aeroplanes twice bombed
the 1st.
MORE POSITIONS CAPTURED. Calons-sur-Marne on the right of
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Losnox, Der-5.
the 8th Oct, 1918, commencing at. 2.30 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, No..s Dos Voeux Road, Corner of Ice House Street, Bedspreads, Pillow Cases, Tray Cloths, Ay Anethaw cominunid states: Table Covers, Tuble Centres, Dressing This moming we resumed our at Table Covers, Single and Double Plain tack west of the Mfense and overcome and Hemstitched Shoets, White Satia [wlubbon renkihfee. We advanced Quilts, Pure Linen Damask Serviettes, four lines, fun to 5 kilometres and Buth. Towle, Turkish Towels, Glass caftied Hill 200, north of Exermont Cloths.
und so the villages of Gesnes,. ac... &a,
Fleville, Chebery and La Forge. (Full Particulars from Catalogue). Terme Cash.
$e.
HUGHES & HONGH, Auctioneers. « Hongkong, Oct. 3, 1918.
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DA
TUESDAY,
the 8th De, 1818, commencing at 2.30 p.m., at their Salos Rooms, No. 8,
Des Voeux Road, Corner of ICE HOUSE STREET,
TEAKWOOD TWIN
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Despite benvy artillery and machine-gm-fire, we forced the enemy back to the Kriemhilde positions, south of Prise-de-Foret.
DASTARDLY TEUTONIC TRICKERY.
HOW THE AMERICANS WERE BLUFFED.
4 score of bombs were dropped. Several fell on a clearing hospital.
Sisty of the sick were killed and an equal number injured.
ITALIAN ADVANCE IN ALBANIA.
CONTINUES ON WHOLE FRONT.
LOXDOS, Uet. 4.
An Italian official report states: In Albania we continued to ad.: vance on the whole front between the Sea and the Tomorizes mountains on Thursday.
HUNGARIAN MINISTERS DISCUSS
PEACE QUESTION.
AMSTERDAM, Det, 4. The Cologne Gazette states that Dr. Weckerle. Count Tisza. Couns Andrassy and Count Apponys met ab Vienna to discuss the pence question," in connection with which on Couns Burian's initiative a new and deci- sive step may be taken to-day.. Subsequently iüterviewed." Weckerle statei! We are again labouring in the intéress of peace. We are already negotiating.".
.
Dr.
TURKEY AND PEACE.
GREATLY INCENSED AT GERMANY,
LONDON, Oct. Renter's Agency is reliaby inform- ed that, the Tureo-German relations are more staineil...The Turks are increasingly uneasy regarding the agreernents supplementing the Brest, litorsk Fenty and are greatly in- ensed at the Germans checking Turkish activities in the Caucusual - As regards the possibility of a Peace, Turkey does not wish to be again placed in her previous posi in relative to the Great Powers and is particularly anxious to have nde- quate guarantees against an attack by Bulgaria.
TURKISH MINISTER! RESIGNS.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 1.
A telegram from Constantinople states that the Turkish Migister of the Interior has resigned. "A
One coluinn 'cressed the Seineni and advanced atross the plain of Marukja or. Ljusno, an important.. supply centre.
LONDON. Oct. 1.
The other columns iron Berat Henter's Correspondent at Aseri-advanced in the direction of E! can Headquarters states:-
Bussan.
When the American' trops were #pproaching Abri-de-St. Louis a knudred German ran out with their
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THE ITALIAN FRONT.
GOOD WORK BY WARWICK- SHIRES.
LONDON, Oct. 4. A British Italian official report
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hands p The Americans censed TEAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD fire and allowed "the Germans to FURNITURE, BRASS-MOUNTED AND approach. When the Germate gr BEDSTEADS rived within bombing range they
plunged their hands into their poc-states- kets and bombed "the Americans. The Warwickshires successfully raid- killing and wounding many. More ed trenches facing Asiago, taking 142 Americans with flamethrowers came, prisoners. Our casualties were 13. up, surmounded Abri and poured in
CURTAINS, CARPETS, &c., &c., AND AN ASSORTMENT OF USEFUL BOUSEHOLD "GOOD5, As follows:- Chesterfield Sofas and 'Arm-chairs (new), Folding Card Tables, Upholstered Suites, &c., Bedroom Furniture, comprising Brass Twin Bedsteads, Teak Twin Bed steads, Sideboards, Dinner Waggons, Extension Dining Tables and Chairs, Tea and Occasional Tables, &c., Dinner Services, Crockery, Glass Ware, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, Toilet Sets, &c, Bath Boom Utensils, Sundry Electro-Plated Wart
and "Hame till not even a rub could have survived.
VALUABLE SERVICES RENDERED. BY AIRMEN
MACHINE GUNS SUPPLIED
WITH BOMBS..
ALLIED ATTACK ON DURAZZO.
BASE AND AUSTRIAN SHIPS
COMPLETELY DESTROYED..
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Electric Reading Lamps, Blackwood HOSTILE PLANES BROUGHT British craisers appeared at Durazzo at
sad Teakwood Screens, Blackwood Furniture, including large Blackwood Stress, Side Tables Obairs, Cabinets, &c., Engravings, Pictures," Kinkoso aad Brass Vanes, &c, dc, Tennis Poles and Net, Several Carpets new and second-hand.
4/10
One Portable 34 A.P. Cuilla Motors, Typewriters, Pianos, &c.
(Fall Particulars from Catalogue). TERMS:-Cast.
HUGHES & HOUGS,
Auctioneers.
Hongkong, Oct. 2, 1918,
795
· PUBLIC" AUCTION.
HE Undersigned, have received in- structions to sell by Fublic Auction,
(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CENĊEENED)
SATURDAY,
the 12th October, 1918, at 11.49
at their Sale Rooms, No. 8,
DE VOUL ROAD, Corner of
Iog Fote. Street,
A QUANTITY OF
DEESS MATERIAL, &C.
As follows th
Blue and White Sergo, Alpaca (various colours), Flannel and Flansetto. an assortment of Coloured Prints, White Blankets, Counterpanies. Handkerchiefs, A., Tollet Soap, Perfumery,
Lisa
Sundry Lots of LINEN GOODS. Taxus :-Cas
BUGBES & HOUGH.
Hongkong, Oct 4, 1918,
DOWN.
· Loynoy, Cat. 4.
Field MaisimlSir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation, stutes:
Intense air activity was maintain e on all possible occasions on the buttle-front of our counter-attack.
Our patrols successfully forestalled
AUSTRUGERMAN FORCES IN
SOUTHERN SERBIA.
SERBIANS OCCUPY, PREŃYS.
LONDON, Oct. 5.
A French Eastern communiqué
states:-
MORNING
AFTERNOON
EVENING
OUR DAY
THURSDAY, 24th October, 1918.
EARLY NOVEMBER
COALITION MINISTRIES FOR AUSTRIA AND GERMANY.
PROGRAMME
SALE OF ROSES-Lady May's Rose Fund. 12.30 p.m. Auction of Special Roses at Cricket Club Ground GYMKHANA and Side Shows at Happy Valley including
THE JOY WHEEL"
ENTERTAINMENT AT THE BOTANICAL GARDENS
Gates open 7:30 o'clock.
リ
Grand display of JAPANESE FIREWORKS. CHINESE CONJURERS.
RAFFLE of Dodge Motor Car at the Portuguese Stall
Tickets NOW on Sale 1 cent to $12.
RAFFLE for special prizes, tickets $1 each.
RAFFLE for 1,500 prizes kindly presented by the
Portuguese Community: Tickets 20 cents each.
REFRESHMENTS
The Bands of the 18th Infantry and Hongkong Police
Reserve will play throughout the evening.
At the THEATRE ROYAL at 9.15 p.m. The Barton Mystery"
A Spoofic Fantasy in four parts..
DERMANY'S THREAT TO EXECUTE
AMERICAN PRISONERS.
AMERICA THREATENS
AMSTERDAM, Oct 4. The Weser Zeilung, commenting on
REPRISALS. the great impression caused in Austria. by the Balkan events, states that the Ministers have become panic-stricken
Wasmoros, Oct."4 and, fearing the collapse of their political nounced that America will make
M. Lausing has officially edifice, are now, advocating conciliation with their political opponents.
reprisas if Germany carries out her Consequently, federalisation plans are threat to execute American prisoners again prominent. M. yon Husbarek in- found in possession of a shot-gun.. tends to form a Coalition Ministry and is prepared to carry out the necessary reforms.
ANOTHER SPANISH BOAT TORPEDOED.
SUNK WITHOUT WARNING.
MADRID, Oct. 4
The journal predictsthatfederalisation would force Austria-Hungary to live the ranks of the belligerents and aban don the alliance with Germany, and so spell the ultimate dissolution of the Dual Monarchy. telegram from Budapest which states Spanish Govenirent steamer Fran
The Millags Zeitung has received a
It is officially stated that the that the formation of a Coalition Minis coli was torpedoed 14 miles off Cupe try in Hungary is on foot, bringing Palce. Count Tisza, Count Apparyi and Count Andraaay into the present Cabinet, without portfolios.
Allied troops on the Brd came in contact with Austro-German forces in southern Serbia south of Vranya.
The Serbians on September 30th curried Prenys on the Elbasan Road, west of Lake' Ochrida, taking 100 | plac.. prisoners.
: ·
Count Tisza has already approved the
The Lower House meets on October
Naval gun. was captured.
Large booty, including a heavy 8th,
A GERMAN GRAND COUNCIL
NEW GERMAN LINE FROM ANTWERP TO ADRIATIC.
SIEGFRIED LINE BREACHED.
CAN ENEMY RETREAT TO SHORTER FRONT WITHOUT DISASTER 1.
ROME, Oct. 4, In the Chamber, Signor Orlando, announced that Italian warships and
noon on October 2cd, and, effectively
LONDON, Oct. 4. protected by Italian sud Allied torpedőj
The Kaiser presided at a Grand boats and American submarine chasers, Council in Berlin yesterday. That the succeeded in passing the mine-fields and deliberations dealt with the retreat from aluding abmarine attacks, They the West is evidenced from the inspired approached close to the harbour works, article, in the German Press preparing and then Bercely bombarded the harbour the public for the evacuation of the destruction of the base as well as the works until they had completed the Belgian Coast.
The Kraus Zeitung says:" Bulgarian and prolonged applause.) Austrian ships moored there. Load treachery will bave the most rapid consequences on the Oriental world, and favour of the Entent Therefore, as,
the enemy's intentions by warning | Despite the enemy's fire the Allied masy alter the whole world situation in
our Feadquarters.
声
abips audaciously dashed to the attack
Our advancing infantry
were and fired torpedoes against an Austrian the mortal spot for the Central Powers
sureened by smoke curtains, caused
الد
PRINCE MAX OF BADEN BECOMES CHANCELLOR.
LONDON, Oct 4.
A Berlin official statement confirms the fact that Prince Max of -Baden has been appointed Chancellor,
Herr Scheidemann and Herr Groeber become Ministers without portfolios. Herr Groeber is cf the Centre Party, THE BULGARIAN CAPITULATION.
GRAVE SITUATION IN AUSTRIA- HUNGARY,
LONDON, Oct.. 3.
A Havas message says - "The situation is grave, but, not critical," says the Austrian Premier.
with armistice concluded Bulgaria undisputedly created a grave situation in the Dual Monarchy.
The
BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 4. A telegram from Solia says that it is torpedo-boat and a steamer, but they in the south-east of Europe, they must semi-officially emphasised that all parties by smoke bombs dropped from the did not molest abospital-abip concentrate there. A new German line in Bulgaria unanimously support the 'air, while our forward machine-guns" ("Applause.)
British and Italian airmen co-operated Adriatic must be prepared.
from "Antwerp through Metz to the Government. were supplied with ammunition, dropped by our sirmen,
Experts in London poigt out, how Italian and Allied naval forces took up ever, that the question being fought on battle stations against any enemy ships the Western Front is whether the 7,000 that might emerge to aid Darazzo. The enemy can retreat to another strategic Allied naval forces waited in vain. front on a shorter line, without supreme
The Allied units antiered no loss or disaster. damage, except light damage by a
Our fighting squadrone kept the air free of hostile machines; enabling this work to be successfully carried
lout. **
in the work of destruction, while other
His retreat between Lens and Armen
We destroyed 27 bostile machines and drove down five out of control. torpedo to a British cruiser which, tieres is regarded as an indication of his Twelve British machines are raising however, continued to participate in desire to evacuate the Balginu Coast, We dropped 20 tons of bombs the fight and afterwards returned to but the Allies threaten both ends of the during the day and 30 tons at night. the base pader her own steart-(Londateral railway from Lille to Metz, oa Considerable damage was done to and long applause.)
which the supply for the Gerasa junctiods and communications.
trenches chiefly depends.
HONOUR FOR GENERALS QUILLAÜ, MAT AND DESPEREY.
THE AUSTRIAN VERSION..
„LONDOK," Oct. 4.
PALESTINE OPERATIONS.
..
LATER The crew of the Pranco state that the submarine sünk the Francoli by shell-firpe without warning.
TSARITSA AND DAUGHTERS DISAPPEAR.
VANISH DURING TRANSPORT FROM EKATERINBURG.
ALLIED MARITIME COUNCIL.
TONNAGE FOR AMERICAN ARMY.
LONDON, Oct.
The Press Bureau; states ;—- The Allied Maritime Transport Council has reached important agree ments on the policy governing the aliceation of tenaga during the ensuing year for the American Army, and for inter Allied food, munitions and other commodities,'
OBITUARY.
SIR HENEY BERKELEY.
LONDON, Oct. 4. The death has occurred of Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley.
General of Hongkong from 1909 to 1905 [Sir Henry Berkeley was Attorney- Previous to his appointment in Hong- kong he was first Attorney-General and then Chief Justice of He admin- istered the Government of Fiji and acted. 83 High Commissioner for the Western Pacific on several occasions while holding the office of Chief Justice. Sir Henry Berkeley succeeded Mr. W. B. Goodman in the post of Attorney-General of Hong kong. He was in turn succeeded in 10 C by Mr. (now Sir) Willem
Bees AMSTERDAM Oct. 4.
Daries,
the present Chief
Justice, who held the post of Attorney-General The Reichs, Post's correspondent from 1906 to 10:2. Sir Henry Berkeley at Moscow says the Tsaritsa and her was 67 years old and was married, to daughters, who after the execution Cassin, of Antigua
Katharine, a daughter of Mr. F. S. of the Tsar, were to be taken frorn
Ekatériaburg to a safe place by an arined escort, vanished during the transport.
Presumably the escort was bribed and the Imperial farmily are in hi ing sornewhere, in the Urals, seurch is being made.
** DAILY CHRONICLE CHANGES HANDS.
LONDON, Oct. 4.
1
Sir Henry Dalziel has purchased the United Newspapers, Limited, including the Daily Chronicle...
M.P. FOR ST. GEORGE'S.
LONDON, Oct. 4. TURKS TAKEN PRISONER unopposed for St. George's, Hanover Sir. N. J. Moore has been returned
AT DAMASCUS.
Square. LONDON, Oct. 3. A Havai menage says:- Damascus has been won. Our troops were withdrawn after 7,000 prisoners. had been taken.
GERMANS .IN EAST AFRICA" DEFEATED.
PURSUED BY BRITISH AND PORTUGUESE
LONDON Oct. 4.
A Portuguese East African com muniqua staten saadet p
EXCLUSION OF ANARCHISTIC IMMIGRANTS.
WASLINGTON. Oct. 4.
The House of Representatives passed Bill authorising the exclusion of anchistic immigrants. The Bill now goes to Presidea: Willson for signature,
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE IN AMERICA
SENATE TO RE-CONSIDER·
VAMENDMENTA
The menace on Roulern endangers the German communications with the coast. A wireless Austrian official report The German right has the longest way stater
to go in the event of a general retreat, About thirty units of enemy naval hence the importance attached to both Pants, Oct 4. forces and numerous airmen on the sides of the Cambra-St Quentin sector, 2nd bombarded the town and barbour breach has already been made in
where the Allies are hammerhaps/nm of Durizzo for two hours. The the Siegfried system and the Ger material damage is not important,
the enemy's attempt to venetrates are Sghting very desperately forced to cross the river Ildvuma the harbour with torpedo boats and Allied advince here might mean dir.Many prisoners have been taken. Any sucatantial quickering of the abandoning great material. Kan ni gliding boats failed, eremy tar to large part of the German Army The enemy is retiring into the foresta iderati
in the West,
in the interior,
The Military Medal has been awarded to General Gaillaúmat end General Franchet Desperey
General Moinier has been appointed Military Governor of Paris in succession to General Gaillacmat, who has been 801 assigned other duties.
gliding boat was sunk,
The Germans, pursued by our forces, co-operating with the British, have been
The Senate has secapted for recon-
constitution:
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