[The following Cables were received on Saturday night and moved as a Special Edition on Sunday morning. Cables received yesterday appear
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THE WAR.
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THE BATTLE OF LODZ.
CONTINUES IN FAVOUR OF THE RUSSIANS.
LOSDON, November 28th.
4.35 &..
A Petrograd odicial despatch shows that the battle in Poland whom
bentre is at Lodz continues in favour of the Russians while the Austrians
have been badly beates, and are falling back on Cracow
THE GERMAN DISASTER IN
POLAND.
BULK OF ARMY IRREVOCABLY LOST.
STORY OF RUSSIAN VICTORY WILL ASTONI80 THE
-WORLD."
LONDON, November 28th.
5.20 & LAR
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER, 30TH, 1914.
The Petrograd correspondent of the Morning Post says that when the story of the Russian victory is allowed to be told it will astonish the. world, for the Russins have already inflicted on Germany's finest troops 6 blow unprecedented since the days of Napoleon,
The public aro perplexed at the unprecedented official silents, but
remains confident.
The Gorman positions are probably like those of the Boara st Paardeburg. The only question is whether any part of the German Forces will escape. The bulk of their Army is irrevocably lost in the best event.
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REPORTED RUSSIAN CAPTURE OF TWO GERMAN ARMY
CORPS.
LoxDON, November 27th. 6.05 p
On the whole front the Russians are pursuing German, Austrians and Turks. They are reported as having captured two German Army Corps between the Rivers Vistula and Warta.
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THE STRUGGLE IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM,
LONDON, November 27th.
5,35 P.DR.
To-day's Paris communiqué states --
The tillery was everywhere slacker yesterday. The enemy made two infantry attacks against bridgeheads on the right bank of the Yser; southward of Dixmude, but these were easily
repulsed,
There were no other actions in Belgium, or in the regions of the Oise, the Aisne, or Champagne, although Rheims was bombark I somewhat violently during a visit of journalists from neutral countries,
There have been a number of infantry attacks in Argonne, with taking and re-taking of trenches. The forces engaged were never so mpeh as a battalion. The ground lost was regained, it never exceeded twenty five
metres.
There is nothing to report from the rest of the front.
LONDON, November 28th.
12.10 a.m.
The Paris evening communiqué says:-
The day has bour quiet, and there is nothing to report,
THE ALLIED NAVY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN,
ADRIATIC AND DARDANELLES BLOCKADED.
LONDON, November 28th.
5.50 2.m. A Naval communiqué issued at Bordeaux says that the Anglo- Freach squadrons cortique to block the Adriatic Sea and the Dardanelles and to protect the coast of Eygpt..
GERMAN SQUADRON STILL IN CHILIAN WATERS.
LONDON, November 28th,
5.50 A..
The Bordeaux Naval communiqué adds that the German cruisers in the Pacific have apparently not left Chilian waters since the battle off Valparaiso at the end of October.
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THE NAVAL SITUATION.
STIMULATING SPEECH BY MR, CHURCHILL,
LONDON, November 27th.
2.22 p.m.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, made a powerful and stimulating speech on the Naval situation. He declared that it was impossible the present for the public to form any judgment on the various incidents which had taken place, but as soon as possible the facts connected with past operations and administration would be made public in a form in which they could ba studied and weighed. He looked forward hopdully to that day.
Mr. Churchill emphasised that it is unwise to dwell on particular incidents, which are only a very small portion of what is going on in every part of the world. Therefore, he desired to speak of large considerations regarding the Naval situation.
The Navy at the outbreak of war was confronted with four main perils: Firstly, surprise before being ready, and, while in war stations. That was the greatest poril of all. Secondly, the danger of escape to the high seas of commerce destroyers. That danger hitherto had been successfully sarmounted. It was estimated before the war that we would lose, in the The actual first few months, five per cent of our merchant marine. percentage of lest was 1.9.
Then there was the danger of mines. The enemy had adopted methods which before the war we had not thoight would be practised by any civilised Power. He was glad to tell the House that although we had suffered losses, yet the danger from mines had its limitations and was still being further restricted and controlled.
Fourthly, there was the danger of submarines. These had introduced entirely novel conditions into Naval warfare. The old freedom of movement which formerly belonged to a stronger Power was restricted in narrow waters by the development of submarines. It was necessary for the safety of Great Britain that her fleet should more with freedom and hardihood, but none could pretend that anxiety was not always present in the minds of those responsible. It was satisfactory to recollect that our power in submarines was much greater than that of the enemy, and the only reason why we had not attained results on a large scale was that we bad so soldom had a target.
Not included, but a fifth danger, was that of invasion--an enterprize full of danger to those attempting it.
a healthy Econome pressure on Germany continued to develop in and satisfactory manner. (Chera.) We are applying a special restriction on certain vital commodities required for military purposes by Germany and Austria. (Cheers) Germany's masses of gune and war material at present gave them an advantage, but gradually the advantago would change sides, principally in virtue of the ses power which we are ensuring for the
Allies.
We, of course, must run risks. Troops must be moved freely across the world, but we had had a very fair share of luck. (Cheers.) As the that German fleet did not attack on the outbreak of war, we must presume they did not consider themselver strong enough to do so, and consequently coubted upon reducing the British Fleet by a process of attrition. We had been at war four months, and he would like to consider how the process of attrition was working. The numbers of submarines lost had been equal. Our destroyers had shown an enormous superiority in gun-power, and of these
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we had lost none, while eight or ten of the enemy's had been destroyed. We and lost six of the older armoured cruisers, and Germany had losowo, but
we have th
or four times as many as the enemy. In the most important class of minor vessels, modern fast light cruisers, we had lost two out of 38. Germany had lost six out of 25.
The prospects for the future were even more satisfactory. In the next twelve months we would have donhle the enemy's number of modern fast cruisera, Mr. Churchill emphasised the excellent position of Britain regarding Dreadnoughts. Naturally, he could not announce the number that had joined the Fleet since the war, but he could say that the relative strength of the Fleet had been made substantially greater. He showed that Germany at the end of 1915 could only add three ships, while Great Britain. could add fiften. It was no exaggeration to my that Great Britain could lose a super-Dreadnought per month for a year, and yet be in a superior position to that held on the declaration of war. (Cheers,)
Mr. Churchill hoped that these facts would comfort any people who were nervous. He paid a tribute to the patriotism of the workmen in the ship-building jards. (Cheers.) The health of the sailors was twice as good as in peace time, and their conduct had been exemplary. The Navy followed most closely the historio struggles of the soldiers in the field, and showed teal and enthusiasm, inspiring, their leaders with the utmost confidence. (Cheers.).
AIRCRAFT ATTACK ON UNFORTIFIED CITIES.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S DISAPPROVAL.
LONDON, November 27th.
4.47 p.m..
A telegram from Washington says that President Wilson has unofficially communicated to the American representatives in the belligerent countries his disapproval of aircraft throwing bombs on unfortified cities occupied by non-combatants.
protest.
It is understood that the Powers will take cognisance of the
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LIBERATING EUROPE. FROM BARBARISM.
LONDON, November 28th.
4.50a.m.
President Poincaré, conferring the Military Medal for Valour on the French Generalissimo (General Joffre), in the course of a speech said
that France never had a fuér Army. They would pursue to the end, in
co-operation with the Allies, the task of liberating Europe from berbarimti.
NAVAL ATTACHE GRANTED AN AUDIENCE
BY THE KING,
JAPANESE
LONDON, November 28th.
1.40 gm.
The King gated an audience to the Japanese Naval Attaché
on Friday.
BELLIGERENT WARSHIPS OFF AMERICAN COASTS.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR THEIR WITHDRAWAL.
LONDON, November 27th.
7.05 p.m.
A Washington message states that the United States and the South
Amerkan Republics are jointly negotiating with the belligerents for the withdrawal of belligerent warships from American waters so as to safeguard
inter-American trade, and remove possible causes of friction on questions.
of neatrality.
It is understood that Great Britain is ready to coase coaling Central and South American ports if the other belligerente will give similar undertaking. Some countries favour the establishment of a neutral zone for operations of warships a hundred miles from their coasts.
HOUSE OF COMMONS ADJOURNS.
LONDON, November 17th,
30,40 p.m. The House of Commons has adjourned till the 2nd February, but
the House of Lords meets on the 16th January,
GERMAN SUBMARINE'S EXPLOIT.
TWO SMALL BRITISH SHIPS SÜNK,
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LONDON, November 27th.
7:46 p.m. Lloyd's announes that a German submarine has sunk the steamer
Halachite and Prima near Havre; The crews were saved.
[The Malachite was a vessel of 718 tons, owned by William Robertson, Glasgow, The Prino was a steamer of 1,86 tons gross, belonging to the Pelton Steamship Co., Ltd, Newcastle-on-Tyne.]
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CHINESE CASUALTIES AT TSINGTAU.
PERING, November 27th.
The Chinese casualties at Tsingtau vere:
Killed Wounded
913
The damage to property amounted to $2,300,000.
[OFFICIAL TELEOBANS FROM THE BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE.)
THE ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON GERMANY.
LONDON, November 27th.
2.10 a.m.
The German Press states that there is a large fall in rates of exchange on Berlin in other countries. In New York there is a fall of 9 per cent., while in Amsterdam the rate of exchange is more than 10 per
cent below the normal level
In the meantime the rates on London and Paris remain higher than those usually current at this time of the year.
GERMANY UNEASY AT INCREASED COST OF METALS.
The rise is the prices of certain metals in Germany is causing much uneasiness,
The Frankfurter Zeitung of the 12th November advocated the fixing" of maximum prices. Aluminium has risen from £50 to between £225 and £280, and copper is stated to have increased in price from £62 103, to £110.
The prices in London on the same day were:-
Copper
Aluminium
£52
281
FIGHTING IN EAST AFRICA.
29TH PUNJABIS' GREAT GALLANTRY.
Despatches received respecting the operations on the East African
and Uganda frontiers since the end of September state that Germans attacked
Gazi on the 8th Octobor, but were beaten back and compelled to abandon a
considerable amount of arms and ammunition.
Fierce fighting has also taken place near Lougido, in which the 25th
Punjabi Regiment behaved with great gallantry, inficting Leavy losses upon the Germans. We have occupied Longido,
The Germans have been repulsed on the Uganda frontier, suffering
about 60 casualties.