BOMB EXPLOSION IN CANTON.
OVER 36 CHINESE KILLED. A sensation has been caused in Canton by a mysteriusa bomb-throwing episode srhich occurred in a crowded thorougfare of the Chinese quarter on Tuesday even- ing, as a result of which over 30 natives were killed.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 201a, 1914.
GERMAN ATROCITIES IN BELGIUM.-
at night. The Germans then set fire to the town. Wherever the fire had not spread the German soldiers entered the houses and throw fire-grenades, with which sme of them seem to be provided. The greater part of BELGIAN COMMISSION'S SECOND the town of Lournia was thus a prey to tho Books, particularly the quarters of the upper REPORT.
town, comprising the modern buildings, the ancient Cathedral of St. Pierre, the Univer- Library, its mountcripts and collectious, sity Buildings, together with the University and the Municipal Theatre.
The second Report of the Commission of Inquiry on the violation of the rights of natious and the laws and customs of war is as follows:
TO MONBIECE CARTON DE WIAUT, MINISTER OP JUSTICE.
Su, The Commission of Enquiry have the honor to make the following report on Lets of which the town of Louvain, the neighbour-- hood and the district of Malines have been the score:-
The German army entered Louvain on Wednesday, 10th August, after buying burnt down the villages through which it had passed.
them and committed other excosses.
About 8.16 a loud explosion took place outside a brothel on the river bud. Six people standing near were killed, along with the bomb-thrower, and subsequently thirty dead bodies were found in the vicinity of the explosion. Inquiries made by the police go to show that just previous to the explosion sonte Chinese, one of whom, wearing a As soon as they had entered the town of long silk gown, presumably carried a bas. Lorain, the Germans requisitioned food and kel of pomeloes, passed down the lodging for their troops. They went to all the banks of the town, and took possession thoroughfare, and when opposite the of the eash in land. German soldiers karst bruthol the "basket gi fruit" was thrown open the doors of houses which had boon to the ground and a severe explosion folabandoned by their inhabitants, pillgod lowed. The person who is described as ! wearing the long silk gown rode in a ricksha, and both be and the ricksha coolie were killed instantly, along with five others who were standing by. The above account was given to the police by another rieksha ecolie, and later in the evening the police discovered more dead bodies in the vicinity of the explosion. Soon after the explosion there was
a strong smell of powder, and also a very offen- sive tour. All the windows of the houses in the vicinity of the explosion. were shattered, and the inhabitants fled in ter- The majority of those who were killed were badly mutilated.
The cause of the affair, and also the ideity of the perpetrators is quite nigsterious. Eye-witnesses state that the bomb was thrown be a Chinese, and that those who accompanied the anarchist were
also natives.
The Commission considers it its duty to insist, in the midst of all these horrors, on the crime committed against civilization by the deliberato destruction of an academic library which was one of the treasures of Europe.
scen
The corpses of many civilinna encumbered the streets and squares. On the road from. Tirlemont to Louvain alone a witness counted more than afty, Ou the doorsteps of houses
carbonised
bodies of could be were driven out by the fire, tried to escape inhabitants, who, hiding in their colors, and fell into the flames. The suburbs of We can Louvain suffered the same fate. affirm that the houses in all the districts between Lourain and, Malines, and most of the suburbs of usain itself, have practi- cally been destroyed.
inhabitants of
prevailing conditions in Hongkong. Mr.
hand, they fire on our ambulance and}
They maltrent TELEGRAM. Eager said that he himself would like to
The dergy
maltreat the ambulance men. and even kill the wounded. qem to be particularly chason as subjects. for their brutality. Finally, we have in our possession expanding bullets which had been abandoned by the enemy at Werchter, and we possess doctors' certificates showing thot wounds must have been inflicted by The documents and ovidenco on which these conclusions rest will be published in due bullets of this kind.
ourse
The President,
(Signed) CoonEMAN, The Secretarion,
(Signed) CHEVALIER ERNST DE BUNSWYOK,
ORTE. The Members of the Commission,
(Signed) Count GOBLET D'ALVIELLA.
RYCKMANS STRAUSS.
"
VAN CUTSEM.
SINKING OF THEELSBETH"
[DAILY PRESS" EXCLUSIVE EERTICE.}
CHINESE NAVAL STUDENTS COURT-MARTIALLED.
SEVERE SENTENCES FOR DISOURDIENCE.
PERING, October 28th. Eighteen returned Naval students have been court-martinkled for disabedience while in Japan.
Three have been sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment and others for lesser periods.
HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB.
ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meeting of the Hongkong Cricket Club was held at the Pavilion last evening, Mr. F. Maitland presiding,
THE REPORT.
think that they could get at least one match every Saturday a match worth Thero was playing in and looking at. plenty of material still in the Colony, and he would like to see one good league run. It was no good going on aimlessly as they were at present, with an occasional friend- Ty game: The trophies were still to be won, and they could be played for either on the cup-tie principle or on the league system.
The CHAIRMAN thought there would be difficulty in running a competition He, owing to the military and naval duties of the majority of footballers. however, would not care to see the game discontinued, and would like to see the Hon. Secretary's hope of a good match every Saturday realised.
Mr. A. P. STOERIE was more optimistic, and thought they should endeavour to run at least one league. He did not think that the military duties of the footballers were so heavy as to preclude them from playing football.
It was
The matter of a second division of the considered that this division might bo Hongkong League was rooted, and it was more powerful numerically then the first division.
ta the Prince of Wales' Fund..
There was much informal discussion among the various Club representatives, At the Supreme Court, sitting In Prize,
and ultimately it was unanimously felt OWNERS ABANDON CLAIM IN THE PRIZE COUNT. yesterday, before the Chief Justice (Mr.
Services League could be continued, the On Wednesday morning. 26th August, the H. H. J. Gompertz), the claim made by
that the Hongkong League and the United following teams being mentioned as prob Germans brought to the Station Squares of Jncab Jebsen, of Hongkong, on behalf of
Among other things, the report of the able starters: Navy, R.G.A., Staff and The German authorities took rs hostages Louvain a group of more than 70 persons, Rhedric M. Jebsen, A.ü., described as the Major of the City, Senator Van der including several prominent citizens of the the true and lawful owner of the s.s. Committee stated that the income and Departments (to include the R.E.), Ilong-
Elsbeth, her tackle, apparel and expenditure account showed a profit of kong Club, and the Police. Kelen, the Vice-Roctor of the Catholic town, amongst whom were Father Coloboel University, and the Senior Priest of the City, and another Spanish priest, and so au
to compete in the Hongkong Lengue, and bosales vertaia Magistrates and Aldermen, American priest. The men were brutally furniture, for all losses, costs, diarges, $753.58 as against a sum of $104.91 at the suggested that those teams would be able All the weapons possessed by the inhabitants, separated from their wives and children, and damage and demurrage and expenses even fencing swords, had already been given after haring been subjected to the most which have arisen, or which may or shall end of the 1012-13 season. The Commitice that the Hongkong Volunteers would be cunstances they are unable to use this with these same teams, instead of the up to the Municipal authorities, and placed shaminable treatment by the Germans, who arise, by reason or means of the seizure regretted that owing to the present cirable to muster a strong team to join in
several times threatened to shoot then, they and sinking of the said ship as a prizo
wae withdrawn. The Elsbeth was sunkerplus to redeem any of the debentures, Hongkong Club, in the United Services were forced to march to the village of
as they had intended to do. The debon-League. The meeting decided to recors- them in the Church of Saint Pierre In a neighbouring village, Corbeck-Los, on
Campenhont in front of the German troops. by H.M.S. Hamphice while she was on a
ture interest has been paid. As to the mend to the United Services League that Wednesday, 19th August, a young woman, aged 24, whose husband was with the army, They were shut up in the village church, voyage from Tsingtau to Yup with 1,800
The Attorney-General (Hon. Mr. J. H. sporting successes of last season, the there were sufficient teams available to
a League meeting. and some of her relations were surprised by where they passed the night. About 4 o'clock tons of coal, nband of German soldiers. The persons the next morning a German officer told them
(Mr. P. M. Hodgson), appeared for the ed the batting average for all matches Alwat Gros, and Mr. Elden. Potter (instructed with 51.54, whila Mr. B. 31. Mans headed who were with her were locked up in they had better go-to infession, as they Kemp), instructed by the Crown Solicitor report stated that Mr. T. E. Pearce head form u League, and that they should call. deserted house, while she herself was dragged would he shot half-an-hour later.
18 wickets for 286 runs. The Club put into another enttage, where she was raped half-past-four they were liberated. Short by Messrs. Deacon, Locker, Deacon & the bowling averages for all matches with
afterwards they were, again arrested by a by live soldiers successively..
The case was adjourned at the last one team into the Cricket Leagus which In the same village, on Thursday, 20th German brigade, which forced them to march Harston), was for the claimant.
This question will be further dealt with August, German soldiers fetched from their before them in the direction of Malines. In hearing for Mr. Potter to communicate they won, Individual scores of over 100 lose a young girl, about 16 years old, and reply to a question of one of the prisoners, with London on behalf of his clients, were made for the Club during the season
a German officer said they were going to give through the American Consul, who is re- by Mr. T. E. Pearce, 180, 125, and 103 at the meeting of the Hongkong League, her parents. They conducted them to a
them a taste of the Belgian quickfirers bofore
On the motion of the Hon. Secretary, al deserted country house, and while some of them held back the father and mother, Antwerp. They were at last released on the presenting German interests in Hongot out), and Mr. R. Hancock 118. fixed for Wednesday, November 15th.
of the German Government in relation representing the whole Colony was sent it was decided to guarantee a sum of $100 It appeas from other witnesses that
to British ships in German ports,
to Shanghai by the Club in May last and others entered the house, and finding the Thursday afternoon at the gates of Malines,ng, for information as to the practice An interport team selected from and collar open, forced the girl to drink. They
several thousand niale
31r. Potter now read to his Lordship after an exceedingly pleasant match were then brought her un to the lawn in frontmanin, who had escaped the shooting and talegrams which had passed between the defeated by 116 runs, the chief scores of the house, and raped her successively. It appears that during the past few Finally they stabbed her in the breast with the fire, were sent to Germany for a purpose American Consul-General in Hongkong being Capt. E. & M. Barbett 100, Mr. F.
(Mr. G. E. Anderson) and the United States, and also the German Embassy in days the water-police have discovered their haronets. When this young girl had which is still unknown to us.
been abandoned by them after these
Washington, from which it appeared that a number of bombs, but all their efforts to trace the anarchists bave, up to the pre abominable deeds, she was brought back to
Germany, when signing the Hague Con her parents, and the following day, in view sent, been without avail.
of the gravity of her condition, she received
vention, reserved Article 10, dealing with
the thanks of the Committee are due to Extrenic Caction from the parish priest, and
ships captured in such circumstances, and that the Elsbeth came within this Article.
Mr. Tutcher. The outfiell has also been Counsel said there was therefore no ON THE BRIDGE IN A SEA was taken to the hospital of Louvain, as her
life was despaired of
ground which he could put forward in the carefully looked after throughout the The annual lawn tennis case on behalf of the claimants, and he whole year.
He submitted in march against the L. R. C. was playeri abandoned the claim. regard to costs that bis Lordship should in May and resulted in an easy win for use bis discretion, and that that discre- the L. R. C. The anant Lawn Tennis tion should not he against the claimants. Tournament, was played in March and There was no information in the Colony April and was one of the most successful the practice of the German Governmeatings in the history of the Club ment, and claimants had had to secure it, Ladies took part for the first time. Mr. while, as he submitted, it was just as H. A. Nishet retained the open Singles much the duty of the Crown to gather Championship by beating Mr. S. E. Green
They were willing to
in the Challenge Hound in three straight the ordinary Court fees. that information.
His Lordship made an order for the sets and won the Challenge Cup outright.. condemnation of the vessel, freight, and Sir Paul Chater, Kt. C.M.G. has very goods. He would reserve the question of kindly presented a magnificent challenge cup in its place, value £50; open to com- costs.
Mr. Potter said that $050 had been paid petition to any one resident in the Colony. Mr. S. E. Green won the Handicap H. into Court as fees by his client.
Singles "A" beating Mr.T. King, whilst the Handicap Singles B went. 10 Captain Hattersley- Smith, R.G.A. who defented Mr. D. E. Clarke in the final. The Doubles Handi- cap, one class, was won by Messrs. IN. Murphy and H. C. Sandford from Messrs. 4. N. Joseland and J. B. Peninan, and
FIGHT.
PERSONAL STORY FROM THE HIGHFLYER.
THE BLACK SHIP'S DOOM.
MEN BURNED ALIVE.
On the 24th and 20th of August Belgian troops made a sortie from the entrenched camp of Antwerp, and attacked the German army beforo Malines.
The Germans
were town back Louvain and Vilvordo.
0
REPRISALS ON HELPLESS CITIZENS.
The fire at Louvain burnt for several days. eyewitness who left Louvain on 30th Angast gave the following description of the turn at that time:
Leaving Weert St. Georges," he says, only saw burnt-down villages and half crazy pensants, who, on meeting anyone. held up their hands as sign of submission. Before every house, even those burnt dowe, hang a white flag, and the burat rugs of them could be seen among the ruins.
"At Weert St. Georges I questioned the inhabitants on the causes of the Gerrian reprisals, and they affirmed most positively that no inhabitant had fired a shot, that
pay the male vengeance on the population because a colected, but that the Germans had taken Belgian soldier bolonging to the Gendarmerie had killed an Uhlan..
The Daily Mad published the first fall-On entering the villages which had been account of how the Highyer put an cad accupied by the onemy, the Belgian army
the privateering career of the great found them devastated. The Gormans, in any case the arms had been previously black armed. merchantman Kaver Wilhelai der Grove, and earned the they retired, had pillaged and burnt the
villages, taking with them Bravo! from the Admirally, inhabitants, whom they forced to match in
Rak It is from one who was on the bridge the fearless fightyer,
front of them,"
man had been Imnged.
carbonised
Telgian soldiers entoring Hofstado, ou The Highflyer, while coaling at Las 25th August, found the body of an old woman Palmas, heard that two colliers had ef who had been killed by bayonet thrusts. for the Ouro River, Rio de Oro (the She still held in her hand the needle with Spanish Colony in West Africa), which the Kriser Wilhelm was supposed to be which she was sewing when she way killed, using as a base. Within twenty miles of woman and her 15 or 16 years old son Ris de Ore the big ship was sightedy on the ground, pierced by bayonets. A Alongside her were the two colliers and
A1 Semust, a neighbouring village, were a storeshin Signals were exchanged. The black ship refused to surrender. Our found the bodies of two men. partially One of them had his legs gut correspondent continues:-
Buy as the haizer Wilhelm der Grasse off at the knees; the other had the orns and was within three miles of the coast she legs eut off. A workman, whose bure body was in waters governed by the Spanish has been seen by several witnesses, had been infuence, which in ordinary cases would struck several times with bayonots, and then, have prevented. us from molesting her; while still alive, the Germans had poured hat as she had coaled here on August 17th petroleum over him, and thrown bi isto
a here to which they set fire. that aid her open to be fired on."
We opened fire with a warning shot well who came out of her house was killed in the away from her. She at once, replied, the same way.
A witness, whose evidence has been taken range being 9,700 yards. We then let go our starboard guns, six 6-inch guns. She by a reliable British subject, declares that had a 41 high velocity gun of great he saw on the 26th August, not far from enrrying power, which easily game the Malines, during the last Belgian attack, ar Although we old man tied by the arras to one of the listance we were away. fired our guns at the maximum elevation, rafters in the ceiling of his farm. The body was completely earhonised; but the head, we could not reach her, so we made a turn and brought our port gans to bear, and arms and feet were unburnt. strated in towards lær.
A woman
Further on, n child of about 13 was tied up, the hands behind the back, and the body was completely torn apan with bayonet wounds. Numerous corpses of peasants lay on the ground in positions of supplication, their arms lifted and their hands clapsed.
All the while her shells were coving around us like a snowball fight. She hail five or six 4.1 guns to bear on us, and things were getting serious, her principal points of aim being both bridges and the fire control station aloft. We began to
The Belgian Consul ia Uganda, who is now get the range: so did she. One of her Volunteer in the Belgian Army, reports first killed Chippy" Lobb, the captain's that wherever the Germans passed, the joiner
country had been devastated. The fer We began to use lyddite shell, the range inhabitants who remain in the vilages tell comite down then to 7,900 yards.
of the atrocities committed by the enemy. were plugging ber for dear life.
Thus, at Wackerzeel, seren Germans are
Wo
Our
lyddites were playing awful havoc with said to have successively violated a woman, In the same her apper decks, but her shells came very and then to have killed ker. chose to having us. One went between a village they stripped a young boy to the man's legs and burst behind him, filling waist, threatened him with death, holding a his legs with splinters. He is getting revolver to his chest, pricked him with
ara
In the streets the swollen bodies of dead horses rot is the sun, and the smell of fire and putrefaction pervades the whole place.
The Commission has not yet breu able to obtain information about the fate of the Mayor of Louvain and of the other notables who were taken as hostages.
tion.
He
Mr. Potter assented to the application, which his Lordship granted.
Potter 58 (not out) for Shanghai and R. Hancock 71 (not out), and T. E. Pearce 49 for Hongkong. During the early zum- iner months the cricket pitch of 40 yards square was again raised and relaid and
INTIMATIONS
CHILD IN TORTURE WITH RASH ON FACE
Spread Over Head and Body, Hed to Tie Hands, Could Scarcely See Out of Eyes. Had No Rest Night or Day, Cuticura Soap and Ointment Healed,
10. Berthorough St.. New Cross, Lantos, " S. Eng. My to gir share years old Čame out fa a rash tell our ber her. Tha terization, was en PRÁZ
2-
youth the sabroke out fete running, servic
head and bolly
priere was weath tindo te ber hands to keep her from goreteli- a. if stal que 1 T
Sin could scarcely are put of her eyes. had no rest night ur day with hor and th disgnement was so bad I was add
i
to have my leads see box. I began to gra worried.
but "I was told to use
tried sever
several cheap etmments but it stil got worse. I began to think i would prove fatal when a neighbour told me of an ad ver #sement of Cuteurs Soap and Ointawat and I at arce sent for a sample. The ext application relleved her and I bought a Ave boxes of supply. After using for Cutleurs Cintment and the Cuticorp Soap my Uttle girl was completely cured (bigned) Mrs. A. Atkins. Jun. 21, 1914.
Samples Free by Post Although Cutleura Böap and Ointment are sold throughout the world, a sample of och with 32-p. Skin Book will be sent fres
· upon requisit. Address post-card: F. New- bury & Sons, 27, Charterhouse Sq., London.
The population still remaining in Louvain have taken refuge in the suburb of Heverle, where they extremely crowded. They have been cleared out of
CASE OF THE "RAJABURI." The fire started a little beyond the the town by the troops and the fire.
destroyed, except for the Town Hall and The Attorney-Generai made an applica American College, and the town is entirely
Furthermore, the fire was lion to his Lordship to order the delen: the station. still burning to-day, and the Germans, far tion of the steamer Hajaburi, belonging from taking any steps to stop it, seemed to to the Norddeutscher Lloyd, which was feed it with straw, an instance of which taken as a prize in the Harbour on the
The Attorney-General said he desired the Professional Fairs, which is an open observed in the street adjoining the Town 5th August.
all.. The Cathedrai and the theatro are
According to the R. D. Stewart against Messrs. H. 4. After using several boxes it still spread, destroyed and have fallen in, as also the the Court to make an order for detention, event, was wen by Messrs. R. Hancock and library in short, the town has the appear not condemnation. ance of an ancient ruined city, in the midstnfidavit of the Master, the steamer left Nisbet and H. R. Phelips. The Mixed of which only a few drunken soldiers more Bangkok on the 28th July, before war Doubles Handicap, held in this Club for about, carrying bottles of wine and liqueurs, broke ont, and reached Hongkong on the the first time, was won by Mr. R. Hancock while the officers themselves, sented in arm morning of the 6th August and com- and Mrs. C. E. H. Beavis against Mr. II. The PRESIDENT, in moving the adoption chairs round the tables, drink like their mened to discharge her cargo, so that she Humphreys and Mrs. W. Armstrong.
was in port at the outbreak of war. made the application ander. Convention of the report and accounts, remarked en
VI. Article 2, of the Hague Peace Conven- that the season's profit would have been a good deal larger if they had not had to write down balance of the stock on the An endeavour was being racquete court. made to ship the racquets tackle to Eng- land, for it was obvious that racquets: would make no headway, and that depart- A HOUSE COOLIE'S HAUL.
ment had always been a burden on the Club Referring to the game at Shang At the Magistracy yesterday, Mrhai, the President said that though they em sent the best men to the other port they engineer an
As regarded failed to get the flag back. James Garraway.
the Kowloon Docks, pro the present season, there was no doubt ployed in violence secuted a
Chinese who was formerly that the fixture list would be interfered a house coolie at with, but they would endeavour to have No. 24, Kowloon Terrace, for the larceny sonic kind of match cach Saturday, and employed by him as of a quantity of jewellery to the value of practice would take place as usual.
Major ROBERTSON Recorded, and the MACGREGOR&C. $800. Apparently the canlie collected the
Mr. F. MAITLAND Wes unanimously re- valuables in the house, and secreted them report and accounts were passed. about his person. He visited a pawn broker's shop, and attempted to pawn selected President for the ensuing year, The accountant at the shop and in responding, said that he had been bracelet. became suspicious and refused to accept a member of the Committee for the past it, believing from its appearance that it twenty years, during which time he had belonged to a European and had been missed but six Committee meetings. stolen. He shouted for the petice, and an The thief Indian constable arrived. of the property was found on him, made off, but was caught, and the whole Mr. Wood sentenced the thief to six months' imprisonment and four hours'
draw the
COMMISSION'S CONCLUSIONS. Tho Commission is able to following conclusique from the facts which have so far been brought to its notice :—
In this war, the occupation of any place is systematically accompanied and follo, sometimes eren precoded, by nets towards the civil population, which nots are contrary both to the usages of war and to the most elementary principles of humanity.
The German procedure is everywhere the ame. They advance along a road, shooting inoffensive passers-by-particular bicyclists -as well as peosants working in the fields.
In the towns or villages where they stop they begin by requisitioning food and drink, which they consume till intoxicated.
Sometimes from the interior of deserted laves, and then chased him into a field and
houses they let off their rifes at random, "COOKED." WE SAW SHE WAS
and declare that it was the inhabitants who We left the bridge and the captain wont shat at him, without, however, hitting him.
Everywhere thero is rain and devastation. into the conning tower. Just afterwards they hit the bridge and then knocked the At Buerken many inhabitants were killed, fred. Then the scenes of fire, murder and of deliberate cruelty, without respect to searchlight apparatus into the sea. The including the priest, who was aer eighty especially pillage begin, accompanied by aet range got less and we simply blew her side years old.
Between Impão and Wolverthens two sex or age. Even where they pretend to know the actual person guilty of the nets slacked, to pieces. Suddenly her fire and we could see she was "cooked." She wounded Belgian soldiers lay near a house they allege, they do not content themselves The Germans throw with executing him summarily, but they began to list to port, the water pouring which was on fire.
seize the opportunity to decimate the in through the holes made by the Tyddite. these two nafortunate men into the flames.
THE SACK OF LOUVAIN,
population, pillage the houses, and then sei Three beats left her and made for the shore. sank in seven to nine fathoms of water. The boats reached the share
Letter.
She gradually healed over and At nightfall cu the 26th August, the them on fire..
Next
stocks.
"BLUE BIRD,"
After a preliminary attack and massacre Holders of advance tickets are strongly. German troops. repuked by our soldiers,
Several they shut up the men in the church, and advised to take up their seats at once if entered Lonrain panic-struck.. morning we buried R. J. Lobb at sea. Everyone was thankful for a marvellous witnesses affirm that the German garrison then order the women to return to their they with to secure good ones, as the which occupied Lourain was erroneously houses and to leave their doors open all general booking opens from this morning preservation from a similar fate.
From several pieces the male population and there is likely to be a big rush. The Dress Circle and Stalls are sold out for This is an authentie account as observed informed that the enemy were entering the night.
Men of the garrison immediately by me at the time of the action. Interest-men.
marched to the station, shooting haphazard has been sent to Germany, there to he ing points are these:
There are being still available. These can now be
reserved at Moutries. Average rate of fire: 10 rounds per gun the while, and there mot the German troops forend, it Annears, to work at the harvest. the Gala Night, only a few Pit Stalls at
who had been repulsed by the Belgians, the as in the old days of slavery. latter having just ceased the parsuit may cases of the inhabitants being forced. to set as guides, and to dig trenches an? Everything tends to prove that the German regiments fired an one another. At puce the entrenchments for the Germans. Numero
witnesses assert that during their merches
NEW RUSSIAN FLAG. Germans began honharding the town. pre- and even when attrcking, the Germans nues
The Tsar has authorised the use of a Lost first lifeboat, also mechanical life-tending that civilians bad fired on the troops, civilians, men and women, in their front Warrant a suggestion which is contradicted by all ranks, in order to prevent nur soldier
new flag symbolising the union between officers' w.e. struck twice; interior fittings the witnesses, and could scarcely have been firing. The evidence of Keleien officers and demolished, leaving electric lights possible, because the inhabitants of Louvain-soldiers shows that German detachments do the Emperor and the people. The new had had to give up their arms to the not hesitate to display either the white far dag combines the Imperial arms at the or the Red Cross Bax, in order to approach hoist with the national colours, white, Municipal Authorities several days before.
our troops with impunity. On the other blue, and red. The bombardment lasted 'till abeat 10 o'clock
ner minute.
Action began at 3.10, finished 4.25. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosac, sau 5.10.
Casualties: 1 killed, 5 injured.
Ship was struck ten times.
buoy, both starboard side.
burning.
German shells of a very inferior quality doing little actual damage.
The following Committee was appointed. for the ensuing year:-Messrs. F. Mait- Pearce, Major Robertson, A., R. Linton, T. H. King, Capt. Matthews, A. C. land (President), R Hancock, T. E.
Hynes, R. P. Thursfield, and the Hon. Mr. Claud Severn.
CALDBECK,
(E&PLBLISHID 1864.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
96-17
Mr. P. M. Hodgson and Mr. CB FALCON LAGER Brown were unanimously re-appointed Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer respectively.
HONGKONG FOOTBALL
ASSOCIATION.
LEAGUE FOOTBALL TO BE CONTINUED.
A meeing of the Hongkong Football Association was held at the R.G.A. Theatre at Victoria Barracks last evening, Mr. F. Browne (Vice-President) presid- ing over a representative gathering.
The Hon, Secretary of the Association (Mr. F. W. EAGER) explained the objects of the meeting, chief among which was cap football was possible the discussion of the question whether League or during the coming season in view of the
BEER.
A DUTCH BEER FAMOUS
AT HOME AND ABROAD FOR}
PURITY.
EXCELLENCE.
CHEAPNESS.