(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BRITISH TROOPS NEAR
TSINGTAO.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 1914.
LONDON, September 4th.
A Tokyo telegram-says-it-is-officially-announcer-that-British- Treo ander Colonel Barnardiston, the Officer Commanding. His Majesty's Forgos in North China, landed on Wednesday in the neighbourhood of Laoshan Bay to participato against the Germans at Tsingtau.
[The troops in North China consist now, we believe, of the South. Wales Borderers and two battalions of Indian troops.]
A ZEPPELIN'S ACHIEVEMENT.
THREE BOMBS DROPPED ON OSTEND: ONE
WATCHDOG KILLED
LONDON, September 25th. 3.16 a.m.
A Zeppelin last evening dropped three bombs on: Ostend, killing a dog and slightly damaging a fish market. The first bomb fell ou bridge on the outskirts of the town; the second dropped into the Harbour; and the third descended-on a fish market, where it demolished a fishi onger's office and killed a watch-dog The windows of the houses opposite were broken. The inhabitants immediately extinguished the lights, and rushed into the streets discussing the affair.
MR. CHURCHILL ON THE NAVAL POSITION.
LONDON, September 24th.
The Official Press Bureau issued to-night an interview with Mr. Winston Churchil. It emphasises the satisfactory position of the opera- Lions. German trade, it says, has ceased, while British trade is proceeding uninterruptedly. We are moving scores of thousands of men across all the oceans of the world. Our subinarines are blockading the very throat of the Elbe. We started the war, with a Naval preponderance of Teater 2 to 1 than 20 to 10, and the position next year, with equal losses,
will be far stranger. Our most powerful,and expensive warships are no pet commissioned. Our Naval policy in the Mediterranean is friendly to Italy. I she had been oar Ally our interests would have been hers,
There must be no chance of a recurrence of the present catastrophe: Milimrism, ovn the most andagions must be taught to mspect the law of
nations.
THE - CREWS OF THE TORPEDOĒD “CRUISERS..
LONDON, September 25th.
12:15 pm.
Besides, a list of the Officers and Warrant Officera savod, the
Admiralty issues à list of 779 men'saved.
AUSTRIAN WARSHIPS SUNK BY MINES.
Losos, September 24th.
A Milan telegram states that an Austrian destroyer and two Laspedo-hosts have been sunk by mines on the Dalmatian coast.
WRECK OF THE "BENGLOE."
The steamer Bengtoe is on the rocks of Moyune Shoal, cast of Balabac island. The Manila papers on Tuesday expressed Fears for her safety if a typhoon, which was then threatening, developed.
We take the following from Cableneux-American;—-
BRITAIN AND THE NETHERLANDS.
BASELESS REPORTS,
His Excellency, the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Arthur Young, has issued a statement to the effect that theit has been brought to his notice that there are reports as to strained relations between the Governments of Britain and the Netherlands. His Excellency has made enquiries and is in a position to assert definitely on the authority of the Secretary of State for the Colonies that relations between the two Governments
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"According to Captain William Hodgkins, director of the coast and geodetic survey, Moyune Shoal is charted. The coast and geodetic survey chart No. 4,710 plainly shows the shoal, about south-west of Puerto Princessa and nearly directly east of the southern extremity of Palawan Island. It is situated in longitude 118 deg. Si and latitada 8 dog. 5min.
are most cordial
FORMER TOKYO RESIDENT KILLED IN BATTLE.
According to the Fiji Shimpo, news bas been received in Japan of the death of Mr. Wilhelm, formerly of the Tokyo office of Messrs. Siemens-Schuckert. stated that Mr. Wilhelm was with the troops who took part in the assault on Liege, and was killed in battle.
I will be remanboréd that
It is
Caplain Hodgkins states that the shoal was named after the steamer Moyune which ran oshøre there in 1897. About a month ago the steamer Standen Hall saw the shoal and reported it as dangerous. The coral columns and heads could be plainly seen by those on the steamer. The cast and geodetic survey has been plan ning for some time to make a new survey and to provide new data for sailing
Mr: between" Hoilo and Balabac Straits. Wilhelm, as was shown during the trial The Captain of the Standen Hall of Messrs. Pooley, and Horrmann, took a reported that he could see indications of | conspicuous part in the transactions a shoal for probably half a mile each way, regarding the Richter papers which later Captain Hodgkins estimates that the developed into what is known_28 the ahoal is at least a square mile in area.
Naval Scandal. When the Japanese The Coast and Geodetic Survey is waiting authorities began to move in the matter to see what Stevenson & Company, will Mr. Wilhelm left Japan, and thug one do. before taking action themselves.
of the most important actors in the drama It is stated that no roastguard cutters
was removed from the stage.-Japan Chrouide. are available al present and that Govern- ment representatives will have difficulty in reaching the scene of the wreck.
The first report of the grounding of the steamer was received by the Constabulary from the Puerto station, A wire was immediately sent back asking for further. information. No answer has been received
as yet.
THE NATIONAL WAR RELIEF.
EUND.
London to the National War Relief Fund Amongst the contributions made in
inaugurated by the Prince of Wales are the following:
The Benglar, which registers 1,932 tons. is commanded by Captain W. A. Guy. The Shell Transport and Trading She arrived here (Manila) on August 19th
Company, Limited
pany, Limited
from Yokohama and Kuchinetsu, Japan, The Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Com- consigned to W. F. Stevenson & Company.
On August 26th she was dispatched for The Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd. Iloilo to complete her cargo for Landon, Eastern Telegraph Company When she left Iloilo on her home-Sir Marcus Samuel, Bart. .... ward voyage the full cargo represented a Branner, Mond & Company value of nearly P. 350,000.
King George received the quaintest
alute of his reign when visiting London
P. & O. Company
WAR NEWS.
Two hundred and forty-four Jews have been given commissions.; in the German Army.
THE FIGHTING IN EAST BELGIUM.
GALLIANT WORK BY BELGIAN CAVALRY.
Paris has not a single private motor-
Mr. Martin H. Donohoe, special car, all care, having been taken over by the military authorities.
correspondent of the Daily Chronicle and New York Times, sent the following Orders have been placed by the interesting account of the early fighting Japaheae Gevernment with Japanese in Belgium from Brussels on August shipbuilding yards for ten destroyers. 17th-
The French Premier (M. Viviani) tour in Eastern Belgium, where I found I have just returned from a motoring announced last month that the State will the popular new national game of Uhlan add a borus of 33 per cont. to all out-of-hunting in full swing. work grants made by existing trades unions.
Five steamers laden with wheat originally consigned to Hamburg put into the anchorage of Harry, on the Welsh evast, last month." Their cargoes total
30,000 tons.
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A house-to-house census is being taken in the Isle of Wight in order to ascertain the number of aliens residing in the Island. The task has heen entrusted to The Boy Scouts.
At the beginning of September the were the guests of Lord Curzon of Queen of the Belgians and her children Kedleston at Hackwood, Basingstoke, The Queen contemplated returning to Kelgium shortly.
On August 1st Germany had 65 merchantinen ufloat, aggregating 3,006,000 tons and valued at £300,000,000. Already 200 have been captured (including nearly 100 by Great Britain) and the remainder are practically war-logged.
It is not generally remembered that Earl Kitchener served in his youth as a volunteer for the French against the Germans in the war of 1870-71. He is a perfect French scholar, persoum gratissimy with the French nation.
I was reported early this month that Prince Lichnowsky, who was German
Stray parties of German cavalry which had lost themselves in the undulating antry between Waremme and the Belgian lines were being chivied from pillar to post by Belgian scouts, who took & considerable number of prisoners. Some of the captives, all of whom were suffering from acute hanger, had not the slightest idea of their whereabouts. Many, indeed, reached France. were unde the impression that they had
ENGLISHMAN'S FATE,
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100 marks for it. The proprietor of the Hotel Monopole at Cologne advised her not to sell it, and kindly offered to trust har until
was born in
SHOT BY GERMANS IN A RELGIAN | the war was over. The nearest I could get
VILLAGE.
to Germany was Diest. I telegraphed in all. directions without railt. But my wife, who SCOTSWOMAN'S STORY OF THE MURDER.
Denmark, telegraphed to Copenhagen, and the message was sent to The following thrilling and circum-Dutch gentleman to go into Cologne to bring. ne at Dundeo and thence to Diest. I got a stantial accounts of the escape of an English lady and her children from Ger- ITIN SIDECTS IN GERMANY. A SUCCRETION,
out my wife and children, and the uurse. my and of the murder of an Englali I feel under an obligation, Mr. Ronar adde gentleman and the burning of a Belgianed, to do something for the numerous other furnished to village by German troops, has been British subjects stranded in Germany. The meu are not now, allowed to leave, but I am London paper by convinced the German Government would not Mr. George Bonur, of the firm of Low and keep the women and children if the money Bopar (Limited), of Dundee and 53, New were found to bring them out. The bulk of Broad-street, E.C
these women cannot speak Gorman, and the Mr. Bonar reached feeling is getting very hitter against English London with his wife and children on the people. The British Togation at The Hague night of August 20th. He says:~~ is doing all it can; but it is limited by the states in Germany, whose hands are fell efforts of the American Embassy and Con- with the colossal number of Americans still in Germany. The subjects of some neutral nations should be sent in to bring the Eng- Jish out. The most suitable nation is the Dutch. The Germans are doing all they can to keep ou friendly terms with Holland, from when they will be bound to draw all the supplies they get from the outside. Dutch Germany and make it known through the mou could therefore go to various centres in
hotel and to the newspapers that they were to afford facilities to British subjects. to reach Holland.
boys aged 9 and 7, and a surse, at Bad Ems, In July I left my wife, with two little und went to Norway for a fortnight's fish ing. When war was declared I could not get back to them in time. The hotel pole advised my wife not to run away, but to wait until tho mobilization was over and GERMAN PATROLS LOSE THEIR WEARINGS. the railways free again. On the afternoon These reconnoltring force seen to be of Monday, August 3rd, things got so bad wholly unprovided with map or compass that she decided to inve. With the children One German patrol, which ran into the and nurse she left is by the pan, train, until it was fired on that it was making last town in Germany, they were peremp Belgian outposts, was quite convinced which she was assured would unke, her through to Brussels, At Herberthal, the ita way back to the German position, whence it had started two days before,ily ordered to get out, as there was no The horses, like the men, were thoroughly thing for them to do was to walk over the longer councxion with Belgium. The only exhausted.
frontier to the nearest Belgian town, which and rain fell heavily. was Wiltenrand It was a miserabie night,
A good deal of desultory fighting took place along the northern portion of the lines on Sunday. There was a stiff engagement in the country south-west of Louvain. I arrived at the spot in time to witness the end of an encounter in which cavalry, on both sides wem fiercely engaged. A force of Prussian cavalry, consisting of Uhlans and Hussars, with a mounted machine-gun section, the strength of which I estimated to be from 1,000 to 1,200 ruen, came from the direction of St. Trond with the intention, apparently, of effecting a surprise.
nationalities were walking about the streets At Wilkenrand hundreds of people of all in the pouring rain able to get acco- modation. A woman tank pity on the plight of any children and put them up for the night. My wife had no money, but gave her soute jewelry. It was thought that if they ↑ could get to Verviers they would be able to reach Östend. A rart was obtained and a hood was put over it to protect them from wife and two children, the nurse, three the rain. The party was composed of my American ladies, and an English gentleman
THE POLITE BRIDGE TLAYER.
player who was noted for his blistering found himself partnering an expert By some chance the novico at bridge
rubber was over his friends clustered criticisms of any faulty play. When the round the novice.
a
What did he say to you!" they asked. Nothing Didn't fly you alive?" "No."
"Wasn't sarcastic, or anything? "No. Only when I muddled the cards. once he said, Why, you can't even deal,
Ambassador in London at the time of the to a ruse of war which, if true, is worth aed Mackenzie, aged 78. Mr. Mackenzio Cau-you?' but in the nicest way.'
declaration of war, is in disgrace because
I am informed that they had recourse. of condign parnishurient. Tho advance
It is
was a man of wide culture and I believe was
bear able trare his relatives.
he led the Kaiser to believe that Great guard of the party were wearing the well known in Loudon, but I have not yet
Britain would never resort to war.
By August 1 over 100 members of the House of Commons had joined the Army commission or as reserves Combatants
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uniforms of Belgian gendarmes,
STOPPED BY THE GERMANS. supposed these uniforms were taken from gendarmies who were made prisoners at
On the read from the German town of Liege when the Germans entered the city. they met the first German troops.
on mobilization, either as officers in The Gernins were consiquently able to f marching on Belgium. They were stopped, and
and non-combatants among the members are offering help in many directions.
It is understood, says the Telegraph, that the sum, paid for the two Turkish battleships taken over by England anonuts to nearly £8,000,000, and the destroyer-leaders represent an outlay of about $300,000. The aggregate expen diture will be approximately £5,250,000.
Lord Kitchener's first question when he entered the War Office to take up his new pest, so the story goes (says the Sporting Chronide), was addressed to the porter:
Is there a had here?" he asked. No, my lord, replied the porter fle conn," said Lord Kitchener, and passed on.
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The French newspapers, representing a political parties, agree that there is a great domestic danger of lack of employment. What is warted, they urge, ia work and trade, and not charity. It is essential, they add, that the postal and telegraphic services should be kept on a normal footing.
Switzerland's tourist trace is paralysed, and all the forces are guarding the frontier.
Over
1,200 English and American visitors are stranded and tahnot get away. Four hundred Ameri. cans have chartered the Italian liner Princepessa Mafalda at a cost of £40,000 to take them home.
NEWS FROM DUTCH SOURCES.
GERMAN NAVAL INCREASE-
The following items are from Nether tands Indian papera:~
The German Jesses are estimated at from 330,000 to 400,000 up to date.
German political agents have been aught in Egypt trying to stir up the Mahorume dan community there.
The German Government has issued script for a war loan of 1,000,000,000 unarks. The amount W38 doubly subscribed for at 97.
The German Parliament has voted to increase the strength of its Navy by 25 per cent. Three large war vessels and two cruisers arc to be laid down immediately
French military doctors who had been retained at Namur to attend to the
German wounded arrived at The Hague in order to return to France vid London. They came to thank the Dutch Minister Bosboom for the excellent and friendly way The French wounded, have been, treated in Holland.
TSINGTAO GARRISON ENGAGED.
TSINGTAO, September 19th. The fighting at Tsingtao has begun. Ekirinishes between the outposts took place yesterday near Liuting and on the road to Tsimo. Riedesel, 2rd Uhlans, second Secretary of the German Legation in Peking, was killed-Ostasiatischer Lloyd.
noods:-
approach close to the Belgian lines without exciting suspicion.
ATTACK BEEANS UP PICNIC.
A number of the inhabitants of the district had joined the Belgian soldiers and several family parties were pienic- ing in the wood close to the outposts.
Suddenly a terrific fire was opened by the Germans, who were advancing under the guise of friends.
the wagon was compundeered. The whole party walked to the little vilingo of Bhelen- Dotinin, where Belgian Custom-house off- Trestiny, August 4th, the three Americans cor, M. Michel Blaise, gave them shelter. On and two young men inom this Chiloan Lega tion in Berlin, realizing the impossibility of to return to Germany. My wife could not making their way through Belgium, decided more beans, owing to exposage, the elder hey had developer ʼn severe nitack of hron- thrown into momentary confusion by the lame to undertake a long walk.
The dismounted Belgian cavalrywere chitis; and Mr. Mackenzie was too old and suddennes of the attack. They rallied at once, however, and with drawn sabreswas heard in the village.
On the night of Sunday, August 9th, firing charged the enemy without a moment's right and with the little boy who was ill My wife took hesitation The pseudo-gendarmes rerned the other, and the burse went down into the tail and fled, leaving the brunt of the charge to be horne by the German wife noticed that a similar house on one side rellar-MP-Mackenzie-a úll-M-Poisonecon= ¡panied them. As they na downstairs.my Dragoons and IIussurs, the latter belong of them was abinge. Almost immediately ing to the Seventeenth Regiment.
The gallant little Belginus literally curing through all the windows overhead. after they harl reached the ecllar they heard their way through the German ass, piercing the cavalry line until they came brokeas in wad they were harried in find under the machine-gun fire. This ploughed that the salliers were setting fire to the many gaps in the ranks. of the Belgians; house. but, quite undismayed, they reformed, and, wheeling about, dashed fresh into the and left. German cavalry, scattering them right
It might have gone hard with the Belgian horsemen, but at the psychological moment a half battery of artillery came to action in support of the cavalry. The Suns fired shrapnel on the Germans, who, being absolutely without cover, were in a few minutes thrown into complete dis order and retreated-pollicli.
BELGIANS FOLLOW UP THE CHARGE.
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The Belgian squadrons, thirsting for a fresh brush with the enemy, could not be restrained, and followed up their earlier brilliant charge by sabring the rear ranks of the fleeing Germans.
After some time the doors and windows were
ad
CAN APPEAL TO THE OFFICI
followed by the other, my wife ran into the
With one of the tors in her arms
street in front of the troops who werbs facing the house. Are we to be shot?" she cried, speaking in German, and for answer she was ordered to stand on one side. They were. followed by M. and Mine. Blaizo. The momont M. Blaise nipeared he was shot down and killed. Three bullets entered his hody. Mr. Mackenzie was then seen taming along the passage. My wife ran up to the officer in charge of the troops, who was o horseback, and clutching him by the leg, cried. For God's sake, don't shoot that
Ho
an. He is an Englishman merely taking does not matter), the officer replied. refuge here, "Das macht nichts aus (that
foll, with a bullet in his chest. One shot gavo the order to shoot, and Mr. Mackenzie killed him. My wife is perfectly certain the officer heard what she had said,
by this time burning fiercely,
The ground floor of the house was My children were standing in the street in pyjamas and with bare feet, and my wife asked permission to go into the house to resene some clothes for them. At first the officer refused; but at last, he con- sented and alowed two soldiers to go with her. Three times my wife entered the burn- ing house and reached the first floor, and threw down dothing to the soldiers. Her
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In this last dash the Belgians cut off and made prisoners of a number of the Seventeenth Hussars, who apparently had had enough of the encounter, and finding themselves cut off, raised their carbine butts uppermost in token of surrender.
Several young women of the district were involuntary witnesses of the fight. One girl, who had been talking with some soldier friends, picked up two German bullets which had fallen close where she was seated. She displayed extraordinary coolness and pluck during the engage ment, and when the first prisoner, a German Hussar, was led in she asked for hair, evelids, and evebrows were singed, and MACGREGOR&C.. one of the Teuton's shoulder straps as a my children are now wearing scorched cloth- souvenir of an interesting Sunday after noon,
Mackenzie's body and took about 100 marks ing My wife afterwards senebed Mr.
The Belgian troopers, who had charge Belgian woman who had lost both home and and his watch, which she gave to the poor of the prisoner, immediately complied husband. Slus retained his rings, which she with the request of the Belgian girl, who is now the possessor of a strap of gray cloth bearing the German regiment number.
GERMAN TROOPS' DECEPTION, soldiers who took part in the engagement. Great indignation was expressed by the
has brought home to give to his relatives when they can be found. She also took some papers from his pocket. Mr. Méc kenzie had told her. that he had valuable papers from the Japanese Embassy.
READ AND WATER FROM THE BOLDIERS.
The soldiers in the street were very kind
CALDBECK,
(ESTABLISHED 1864).
SOLE AGENTS FOR
Reserve Lieut. Baron at the deception practised by the Germans to her and gave her bread from their rations FALCON LAGER
THEN AND NOW.
"CHRISTIANS AS
WELL
"LIKE THE HUNS," "When you mért the foe you will de Almighty
in their attempt to surorise the position. and water from their bottles. She saw two
BEER
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I myself did not actually see any German of them at the corner of the street weeping dressed in the Belgian gendarmerie at what was taking place. All the soldiers uniform, but am assured by several officers she talked to were under the impression that who were present at the beginning of the the British and French were already in The following shows the Katter in two fighting that the advance guard of the Belgium, and that they were fighting them.
Germans was unquestionably composed of My wife decided to return men in Belgian uniforms.
Gerniany. Everybody But she feared that she might be searched expressed profound regres that none of
on the frontier, and that if fr. Mackenzie's the military decoys were taken prismert, documents, which were probably or a diplo feat him. No quarter merciful God! Lead their rights in ordering their summary
and for the Belgians would have been within watic nature, were found up her, she MESSER, VAN VOLLENHOVEN will be given, no us to victory, and execution.
might have been taken as a spy So she threw the documents in a ditch before reach- prisoners will be give us grace that taken. Let all who we may show our the Seventeenth Hussars. All seemed to
The prisreers witom. I saw belonged to ing the frontier. She managed to reach Eupen, and there got by electric tramway to fall into your hands selves to be Chris he very glad to find themselves safe in the where she was known, but could ant get Aachen. She decided to return to Ems, Belgian lines. They ste ravenously of the further than Cologne, where she was for food offered them.
eight days before I was able to discover her. One prisoner, a Corporal. admitted that On her return to Germany she was extremely
The ONLY GENUINE CHEAP with the Germans all supplies were short, well treated. She had no money. One poor LAGER BEER on the Market. food was scarce, and the soldiers were German woman who saw her obviously dis- consequently on short, commons, Their tressed condition gave her 10 marks, which horses, too. had little rest, and were on she could ill spare. My wife had a necklace their last legs..
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