THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, 1914.
THE WAR.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENVY ]
THE RUSSIAN OPERATIONS.
REPORTED GERMAN OCCUPATION OF LODZ.
LONDON, December 7th. 3.10 m
It is officially announced in Berlin that the Germans occupied Lodz on Sunday afternoon, and that the Russians after Lovere losses, are rotreating
LONDON, December 7th
7,00 a.m.
An official announcement at Petrograd states that there was no essentiel modification In the situation on Saturday
and the German attacks had been repulsed.
Fighting continues,
The Morning Post correspondent at Petrograd says the Russians at present have no desire to drive the Germans across the frontier, but wish to keep them in Poland-destroy them if possible, or at any rate compel then to bring increasing reinforcements, and thus relieve the Allies in the western theatre. The Germans now in Foland, the correspondent adds, are as strong as they were at the outst, though they have lost half their original numbers.
THE STRUGGLE IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM.
LONDON, December 6th. 4.33 p.m.
Today's Paris communiqué saYN:→ Near the ferryman's house our heavy artillery destroyed a small German fort. The enemy vainly endeavoured to re-tako Woldendreft.
Absolute calm prevailed on the remainder of the northern front, and also along the Aisne
Our heavy artillery was most active in Champagne, and replied successfully, beating the enemy's batteries.
The sapping war continues in Argonne, slowly, repelling all the enemy's attacks.
We continue to advance
We also progressed south-cast of Varennos, where the German artillery was reduced to silence.
front
There is nothing noteworthy to report from the remainder of the
LONDON, December 7th, 2.30-8.m.
This evening's Paris official communique states that there is
nothing to report.
(THE KING'S VISIT TO THE FRONT.
LONDON, December 7th The Court Circular states that the King during his visit to Franco was able to see practically all the troops except those actually in the trenches. His Majesty visited Headquarters, all the Army Corps Divisional Commanders and many of the base Field Hospitals.
The Maharajah Portab Singh and the Maharajah of Bikanir were in attendance upon His Majesty.
HIGH DECORATION FOR BRITISH COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
LONDON, December 6th.
His Majesty the King has personally conferred the Order of Merit on Field-Marshal Sir John French, the British Commander-in-Chief.
SERBIAN SUCCESSES AGAINST THE AUSTRIANS,
LONDON, December 7th.
An official announcement at Nish states that the Serbians have everywhere repulsed the Austrians and took 2,400 prisoners including two Generals and four complete batteries.
WEEK END SPEECHES.
INVASION OF GERMANY PROGNOSTICATED.
LONDON, December 7th
The Night Hon. Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Agriculture, in the course of a speech in London remarked that the one army on the continent which was monthly growing bigger was the British, and he confidently believed that early next year we would have a sufficient
force on the Continent to turn the tide and to sweep out of Belgium the enemy's forces that had devastated it; and Germany, before many weeks might experience an invasion.
LOYALTY OF THE IRISH.
Mr. John Redmond, in a speech at Tuam, quoted official figures showing that on November 20th there were 89,000 Irishmen, including
52,00 Catholics, on service with the colours, excluding thousands who were
broke out 53,489 Trishmen enlisted, including 16,442 Nationalist Volunteers,
Moreover, the Irish Brigade would shortly be completed and manned
entirely by Irishmon, with the word “Ireland" on the badge of the cap.
THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENOT
PORTUGAL AND THE WAR.
IMMINENT POSSIBILITY OF PARTICIPATION,
LONDON, December 8th. 2.30 p.m.
A telegram from Lisbon, says that a semi-official Note issued to-day announces that in view of the imminent possibility of participation by Portugual in the war, it has been suggested that a Coalition Cabinet should be formed, in which all the party leaders should be included. Consequently, the Cabinet had proposed to the President that he should dissolve the Cabinet,
The President has up to the present come to no decision.
[OFFICIAL TELEGRAM FROM FRENCH GOVERNMENT I
FRENCH AVIATORS DROP BOMBS ON GERMAN AVIATION
HANGARS
OLD YON O'CLOCK.
SOLDIE'S THRILLING STORY OF NIGHT ATTACHA
French aviators dropped bombs on the aviation hangars at Fribourg, in Frisburg, their object being attained.
PANAMA CANAL REGULATIONS.
The Governor of the Panama Canal under date of October 21st, 1014, has issued a notice to the effect that vessels not taking on or discharging freight or passengers in the canal zone will not be charged for pilotage Under date of October 18th, 1914, the following notice ie issued to steamship lines:
1.The attention of the Canal authori ties has been called to the fact that overal of the firms whose vessels have been using the Panama Canal have seen fit to employ agents on the Isthmus, to take care of the interests of their vessels in regard to the payment of tolls and minor charges.
This is not only unnecessary, hat frequently results in delays which might otherwise be avoided were their business done direct with the Panama Canal.
3Ship owners are informed that pro vision has been made in accordance with
Devonshire Regiment, who is lying A non-commissioned officer of the wounded in a London hospital, tells the following thrilling story
WAR NEWS.
“BUSINESS AS USUAL.”
Time and again we are reminded that there are four-and-twenty ways of con struing tribal lays,' and thought surely we had come to an end of them, but this war of ours has created yet another. Imperial Cæsar dead and turned to elay might stuff a hole to keep the wind away we know, though we did not think that the maxim England has chosen for herself in theee days of stress could be turned so neatly into a cloak for other things than patriotism should never have dreamed it of Englishmen anyway, and the varied forms of patriotism amuse us somewhat. We are well used to the patriotism of Jones, who gives $1,000 because, Smith next door has given $500 and he feels he ought at least to go ono better than that skunk, but
To every man there openeth
A way and ways to a way,!! And the High Soul climbs the High Way And the Low Soul gropes the Lows And in between on the misty fists The rest drift to and fro.
And to every man there open th
A High Way and-n Low
And every man decideth
The way his soul shall go. The fining pot is for silver, and the wind of this furnace, created by the furnace for gold, and in the winnowing. generous offer of this Colony's Government to give free passages to volunteers for the the mean small souls of those who drift war zone we are depressed by glimpses of to and fro" amongst us, now discovered, who quietly and under the sheltering shade and misuse of the watchword in England
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INTIMATIONS
RASH COVERED
BABY'S HEAD
Also on Arm, Elbow, Nock and Face, Walked Floor Night After Night with Her Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Now Quito Clear,
35, Darby 8, Omskirk, Lancs, Eng "When my baby was twenty-throo'days old she was affected with sores up the right rat
from her little elbow over the shoulder blade, up the sido of tho neer, and her faco vas covered. Te Brat appeared like a re ruah. them It brolio out. fato smal white blistera and thoa theso broke and started muring matter
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and formed into large
start scratching them and her to Ittle faco troud pour blood. The right dide all over wha a mass of running zores. Also her hack was covered with the same distguriment. We had to always keep both of her hands Mandaged up and I have been con walk the
compelled to floor night after night with har not hong able to see hor suffering so much. After using thro, calces of Cuticura Soap and
largo tin of Cuticura Ointment we noticed a great change by the sores Ing up, sho la quite clear and clean fro any diadgurement at all
"My eldest girl's bend broke out in the mme way. Thanks to Cuticura Soap and Cintment she has never had a rotun of it and she has a beautiful head of hair now." (Signed) Mrs. Barah L. Blding, Jan. 17, 14. Samples Free by Fost Although Cuticura Soap and Ointment uro sold throughout the world. p sample.of rach with 32,p. Skin Books will be sent free: upón réuest, Address post-card: F. New- bery & Sons, 27. Charterhouse Sq.; London.
198.16
THE IDEAL DISTEMPER
Canal regulations, by which deposits to stop the rush and give our chaps a chance scathing, fitle of A Nation of shop SYNOLEO”
von Kluck, partly because of his name Old Von 'Clock that's what we call and partly because his troops nearly always attack us at that time of the night was at his trioke again the night I got outpost duty, and was questioning the obstacle in the way of men who are not hit, just over a week ago, I was on Businesses Usual are putting every sentry in frout, when something suspicious content to be among the vast majority made him challenge sharply. In good (gloriously lessened now we know) who English he got the reply. Friend," and sit, dully to the end beside what things just as he had rapped out Advance!" they are horn to the earnings of other he dropped at my fees with a dozen men, the savings of other women, afraid hayonet thrusts. I sprong back, making to go seeking affer better lest they lose enough row to alarm, our chaps, and soon the good they have. Good forsooth, for- before the oncoming enemy. A big party of industry that he who loses his life chall pur pickets fell back all along the line gotting altogether do these same Captains of Germans, horse and foot, were after our save it, more now than ever in this great scouts, who were racing like mad to get fight all over again for leave to live by to headquarters with the news of the no man's leave underneath the law. We enemy's onslaught, and the only way to see how rightly we, some of us, merit the of getting away was to throw ourselves keeper, and we envy those brave men into the narrow road along which the waking in the frozen downs of Europe Germans had to advance and before dusk draining the blood of There were not more than 400 of us, their brave lives away, for there will ever English and French, but we had a good be between them and the common men of position because the road was bounded on this world one abiding difference, yes, to cach side by two bigh walls, and the only again paraphrase Elizabeth Robins, " free passage into the fields was through a long as the meanest in that crowd draws farmhouse. Here we made our stand. The breath and holds to memory so long may across the road around the farm hati they of the 1914 war and remember too the Germans came on in force, and we lay he remember the brave and terrible days had got 80 clare that we couldn't help fino share he look in it."-Contributed. hitting them, when we let dy at them with a will. They staggered back like Scotch- men after closing time on Saturday night Then they came on again, and we gave. b. The price of coal at Cristobal is then the misture as before, no the doctors 3.40 per ton, and at Balboa, 36 40 por fun. tell the nurscara fata Tug service is at the rate of $15 per hour, THEY SAW The probabilities are that unless a vessel bo over 15,000 gross tonnage there will be no charge for tug service; nor will there
cover tolls can be made with any of the Assistant Treasurers of the United States, who are to be found in larger seaports, or with the Assistant Auditor of the Panama Canal at Washington, D.C. As soon as these deposits are made cable information is sent to the Panama Canal
In case a vessel should dealno to purchase coal or supplies at either terminal port, or contract a bill for pilotage or towage, deposits to cover these expences can be made in the same way as for tolls
bo any charge for pilotage for a vessel
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(Registered).
THE question of wall decoration, is one which should secure first consideration
the decoration of the Home
SYNOLEO" is the Distempor
GERMAN PRISONERS IN JAPAN.
supplied in a beautiful range of artistic tints, suitable for inside or outside use, UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS OF ILL TREATMENT, which produces that soft velvet finish so
looked for in modern House decoration. They took it better this time, and didn't stop at all. We just managed to give them A A Washington dispatch to Japanese
“SYNOLEO" only requires the another goud volley right in the front, papers states that according to reliable addition of cold water to make it ready and tore through their ranks like a information" emanating from Hongkong, for immediate uso. double-handed saw going through a tree trunk The front rank went desin like the German prisoners in Japan have
The Japan Chronicle says: -—-
Aunt Sallys, and before we could fire hitherto been receiving considerate treat-Send for tint book and fullest
ment, but are now employed in the information to the Manufacturers - cleansing of the streets and drains, and complaints are consequently rife
According to a Harbin mesingo to America, the German prisoners in Eastern Siberia are in a miserable condition.
in transit through the Canal unless she takes on or discharges freight or pas again the whole mob behind were right on sengers in & terminal port
top of us with bayonet and clubbed rifles 6.-It is advisable that deposito be stop them, they were so wild, and soon and swords and lances Nothing could made somewhat in excess of the tolls, cosh they were hopelessly mixed up with us, of supplice, and charges for errios, so slashing, cutting thrusting, kicking. that there will be sufficient funds avail. | backing, and swearing for all they were They are in tatters, and bure-foot, and
worth able to cover bills not anticipated, since human form that showed itself or took Even invalids do not receive proper They struck at anything in the food supplied is coarse and inadequate. all bills are parable in advanos before a their fancy, and as often as not they gave attention also not vessel is allowed to enter the Canal or it to their own chaps. They say red and clear from Canal waters.
wanted blood, so I suppose it didn't 7-Vessels that require answers to matter where they got it to long as they cables should prepay them or else deposit so its sufficient funds to cover in the same way ng for tolla.
THREATS OF “REPRISALS.”
Germany, we observe, is still threatening reprisals against British subjects within her bordera, says The Times of the 2nd ult. Thee threats were originally based on charges of systematic ill-treat ment of German prisoners in this country, The charges were false. We took steps to have them fully investigated, and showed the other day that the testimony of the German – prisoners in the concentration camp at Newbury utterly destroyed the fictions circulated in the German Pres Since then Germany appears to have taken similar steps on her own behalf. A tele gram from Amsterdam quotes the iresdner Anzeiger, as stating on the authority of the German Foreign Secretary that the United States Ambassador, in London, on the request of the German. Government has inquired into the treat ment of German prisoners in this country His report, says the Dreadnor Anzeiger, was made after a visit to several of the camps. He found that conditions were Batisfactory For all that, it is under stood that measures of reprisal will shortly be taken in Germany if England is not prepared immediately to release all German prisoners,
The purpose of these reports is obvious, and they are of a piece with many others which have been circulated. Of conditions in Siberia we can say nothing, as far us Anyhow, we got them clear in the end, the treatment of the German prisoners, in and next time they came with artillery Japan is concerned, the whole story is not and opened on the farmhouse where the only false, but is one which the prisoners Frenchmen were posted. Soon they had it themselves would be the first to repudiate ablaze, and the sparks and burning timber and to déplore. The German prisoners, bogan to fall on to us. The whole place so far as can be learnt, are receiving every got too hot for the chaps insido as well, care and attention from the Japanese as we had to make a dash for camp, but authorities compatible with the circum- that didn't matter now, because our men stañess in which they are placed. Yester- wore coming out to meet the Germans, and day morning, for instance, a batch of we were safe plan pa German prisoners passed through Kove They came close at our heels, and after bound for Nagoya, They occupied three a daisy of a fight were thrown back all or four ordinary carriages, and save for along the line, while a counter-attack of Japanese soldiers placed at both exits ours succeeded in driving them back out of there was nothing to differentiate them some of their trenches. That's the sort of from ordinary passengers. The Germans thing that goes on out there every day of were well clad in comparatively new the soldier's life. The Germsus get more uniforins, and seemed to be enjoying the than their share of the lickings that are trip. The attitude of the public was 15 going, and they must be fed up by now. proper as that of the authorities. Naturally, when the train stopped at Sannomiya, a large crowd assembled, but there was no demonstration of any kind, nor any utterance of hostile expressions. The taking of the officers up the river by launch to spare them the passage through the streets in Osaka is another instance of considerateness towards prisoners to which it would be hard to find a parallel.
THE BOMBAY COTTON FIBES.
BOMBAY, November 2nd. The committee appointed to inquire into the causes of the fires on Colaba cotton grem during last hot weather hav- g submitted their report, the Governor in-Council has no hesitation in accepting the conclusion arrived at by the com mittee that that unprecedented series of fires was due to wilful and fraudulent in cendiarism, the motive for which is to be found in the exceptional conditions which characterised the cotton market
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
HUNGKONG F.G. INTER-CLUB MATCH.
We should not be inclined to take during that season. It is not altogether An inter-Club Soccer match will b report of this kind too seriously if most of a matter for surprise that in the absence the German papers had not been holding of a definite eine the committee should played on the ground of the Hongkong very much the same language. All this have found itself unable to determine F.C. at Happy Valley on Wednesday, talk about reprisals in the German upon which of the several clages which kick-off at 5 o'clock. Teams will be Press means one of two things. Either it stood to benefit by the destruction of large chosen from the following players-W is an attempt to frighten us by a policy of stocks of cotton the culpability for the Bond, W, Brower, N. V. Croucher, verbal "rightfulness," or the reprisals" conflagrations lay. This failure, regret
of which we hear so much are not to be table as it is from the point of view of Fraser, A. L. Gace, A. Hamilton, D. M reprisals at all, since their necessary vindicating public commercial morality, Larkin, R. F. Long, J. McCubbin, corollary in Great Britain is non-existent, has not precluded the committee from bat mere savage ill-treatment of incant advancing a number of useful practical Mycock, C. Norris WV Ponsell, W. and inoffensive people just because they recommendations. The adoption of B. Rigden, G. A. Robinson, A. E. happen to be in the power of their captors. these recommendations is well caleniated, | Schultz, J. Stalker, Stewart, Tod, Whit- In either case should such threate he Government thinks, to prevent the per marsh, P. W. Wilkie, and J. Young allowed to affect in the slightest degres our petration of similar acts of inondiarism policy towards Germans in the British in future and thereby save the cotton Any of the above-named, who are unable Isles. If they are nothing but empty trade of the city from being subjected to to play are requested to inform either the bluster they will do us and ours no harm the disability of excessive insuranço If they are more than that we must meet rates, or even exposed to the danger of Hon. Secretary or the Captain,` Any them with courage and resolution, know total dislocation by the insurance offices other members of the Club desiring to g that the pety vindictiveness which refusing to accept risks under any play are enjoined to so advise the Op Caspires them brings its own penalty.⠀⠀⠀
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