THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9TH, 1915.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
GREAT BRITAIN'S TRADE.
LONDON, January 7th.
16.20 p.m.
The Board of Trade returns for Decem
HOW H.M.S. “FORMIDABLE” WENT | ber show that the decreases in imports amounted to £3,559,914 and in exports to DOWN.
£17,057,992. The decreases in the whole year were-Imports, £71,302,000; ex2, ports, £95,014,564.
SPLENDID HEROISM.
SUPERIORITY OF ALLIES ARTILLERY.
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE SINKING OF H.M.S.
"FORMIDABLE.”.
STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS:
LONDON, January 7th.
In the House of Lords, Lord. Crewe; announced that it was the definite opinion of the Admiralty that H,M.S. Formidable was sunk by two torpedoes from a submarine.
His lordship added that the Captain of the Formidable signalled to another ship not to stand by, as there was danger of a submarine attack. That was a most gallant act worthy of the highest tradi- tions of the Navy. (Choers.) It must be a consolation to the relatives of the men that they went down like heroes, thinking of their comrades in the Fleet.
Amid cheers, his lordship paid a tribute to the gallant rescuers of the men who were saved.
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
{THROUGH - REUTER'S AGENDY.)
ARTILLERY COMBATS.
GENERAL.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
"DUM-DUM ". BULLETS.
GERMANY ALLEGES THEY WERE
SUPPLIED TO ALLIES BY
AN AMERICAN:
LONDON, January 9th.
A telegram from Washington says that Mr Bryan has informed the German Ambassador that America, as a neutral. nation, cannot investigate his charges that an American bed supplied “dum-dum" bullets to the Allies.
Mr. Bryan added: If the Ambassa dor furnishes proof of shipment of forbidden war material, President Wilson will use his influence to prevent the trafic."
THE ARREST OF A BELGIAN ARCHBISHOP.
PROTEST BY BRITISH PROTEST-
ANT LEADERS.
LONDON, January Bil The arrest of Cardinal Mercier, Arch- bishop of Malines, has caused a profound impression in Rome. In Papal circles it
There was an increase in Decenter
in
LATE TELEGRAMS.
[FROM SOUTHERN PAPERS.] AUSTRIA'S DEFEAT IN
SERBIA.
LONDON, December 24th.
BELGIANS SURPRISE
GERMANS.
TWO THOUSAND PRISONERS CAPTURED
LONDON, December 28th. As a result of five days' continuous work, sapping, and crawling, the Belgians A Vienna communique, explaining the captured two thousand Germans near defeat in Serbia, says, sufficient regard Lombartzyde by an attack on the flank was not paid to the difficulties. Bad of the trenches, which the Germans had weather made it impossible to supply left exposed after they were driver from troops, and severe losses were inevitable their advanced positions near Nieuport It concludes: Commander-in-Chief by the British fleet. Potiorek has resigned on account of his health and is succeeded by Archduke Eugen..
German front was kept busily engaged. Whilst the sapping was proceeding the Then at a given moment the Belgian rose in their tronches and charged, com rendered. Out of three thousand Bel gians only a few were killed and twenty wounded.
BANKRUPTCY COURT.
MINOR CASES.
The following cases were taken before the Chief Justice (Sir William Reba Davies) yesterday:--
$
NO SECURITY.
This was
Re Kam Cheong Fun Kee.. an application for the rescission of the Receiving Order.
Mr. Otto Kong Sing remarked that the case came before the last Court, and potitioning creditor, said that his clients Mr. Goldring, who then appeared for this
was prepared to put up security with the
due to the estate,, two sums of 82,200 and $2,000. He did not know whether the Official Receiver had had that security. If not, he would ask for the rescission of the Receiving Order.
the imports of food, drink, and tobacco, THE CAMPAIGN IN POLAND pletely surprising the Germans who sur Oficial Receiver to recover certain monica £8,000,000; and there were decreases in
the imports of raw cotton, £5,000,000, and wool, £386,004. In exports thers were. decreases in cotton goods, £5,000,000, and in woollens, over £1,000,000.
[OFFICIAL CABLE.]
RECRUITING IN INDIA.
January 7th. The following telegram from the Chief of the General Etaff at Delhi has been received by H.E. Major-General Kelly, Commanding the Troops in South China:
The situation continues, satisfactory The following figures show the excellent state of recruiting: The annual average number of recruits enlisted for the lag five years has been approximately 15,000 the number enlisted during the four months ending 31st December is approxi. mately 27,000,
The wounded who have returned from Europe and elsewhere show excellent spirit and keenness to proceed again to
the front.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
RESIGNATION OF MR. ELLIS GRIFFITH.
LONDON, January 8th...
Mr. Ellis Griffith, Parliamentary Under
AND GALICIA. SUCCESS OF RUSSIAN AUTOMO
BILE BATTERIES.
[GERMAN-SERVICE TO MANILA.} KAISER'S NEW YEAR GREETINGS
TO HIS TROOPS...
LONDON, December, 35th. A Petrograd official communique says: German losses as the result of our counter-attack at the Bzura and Bewka rivers may be computed from the fact that we counted more than 1,000 dear round Skierniwice, alone. The success of our operations is preeminently due to the navy recognizing their past successes, work of automobile batteries.
incomparable bravery, and unanimity,
BERLIN, January 4th. greeting to the men of the army and Kaiser Wilhelm has sent a New Year's
BERLIN, January 4th.
During the fighting in Western Galicia and says the German nation has con on the 90th inst., the twenty-sixth divi-fidence in its national future. sion of the Austrian Landwehr, marching without precautions, south of Tukhovo, 563,000 PRISONERS IN GERMANY, fell into an ambush. Russians holding a fired mitrailleuses, decimating the enemy ridge parallel with the road suddenly who fled in disorder leaving 1,500 dend The Russians on Sunday and Monday captured 4,900 Austrians in Western Galicia.
The Russian and Austro-German front extends from off to the river Danajotz and west of Warsaw to Cracow, roughly
800 miles north and south.
GERMAN OBJECTIVE WARSAW. Germans are crossing the Baurant Zahrzel, which is five miles from ot hatcheff; this seems to confirm that War. saw: is the German objective:
nanta
Mr. Sayer remarked that Mr. Goldring had definitely said that he was unable to fill up the security..
The order was made.
HIS LORDSHIP'S QUERY.
WEB AJI
Kwan Hing Lung. This application for the hearing of the petition..
Mr. Davidson, who appeared for the
in Germany. Of this number 8,185 are petitioning creditor had been settled. petitioning creditor, asked leave to with- There are now 586,000 prisoners held draw the petition, as the debt of tho officers Two hundred and nineteen thouHe could not say whether debtor was are French and 310,000 are Russians. now solvent, sand of the total number of prisonera
He had, he understood, Despite Russian reports to the effect that made a composition and had paid 130,000 German war prisoners are held in Russia, the General Staff states that most of his larger creditors. but 20,000 of this number are soldiers and the remainder are civilians.
[FROM AUSTRALIAN PAPÈRS.]
DROWNED WHILE DRUNK.
The Chief Justice You have got your. debt settled now and do not CLTO. (Laughter.)
Mr Davidson said that he WA instructed that if the debtor was forced to pay he would be made insolvent, but, given time, he hoped to pay everything.
The Official Receiver had no objection to this course and the petition was accordingly withdrawn.
A French patrol has discovered a pecu- UNFORTUNATE SORTIE FROM PRZEMYSL liar catastrophe to German soldiers in A The Austrians at Przemysl attempted the inundated country on the Yser, fresh sortie during which we aunitilated detachment of 75 Prussian infantry, being several companies and captured the rem-severely harassed by French Artillery, We seized one and a half versts had taken refuge from shell fire in a wine of field railway and immediately employ cellar. They spent the night on which
Re Hip Wo Hing-This was an applica ed captured inachine guns against the the canal sluices were opened in a great approaching reserve.
carouse, and were too drunk to note ortion for a Receiving Order.. hear the coming flood, until the waters Mr. Lewis said that an interim Receiv had overwhelmed the cellar. A French patrol some days later found the corpsca ing Order was made an December 14th, of 75 Prussians floating in the cellar, sur- 1914, and he now asked for a full rounded by bottles which they had Receiving Order to be made. emptied before they were drowned.
Granted.
BOYS WIN THE V.C.
"SHEER INVENTION."-
GERMANY'S VICTORY" IN
POLAND.
ALLIES SILENCE ENEMY'S GUNS. is hardly believed that Germany could be Secretary of the Home Office, has resigned cabled to an American paper that a Driver Braid-und- Lance-Corpl. Fuller. tion for the hearing of the petition.
LONDON, January 7th.
5.00 p.m. Today's Paris communiqué saya:— From the Sea to the Lys there have been anly artillery combats, in which we had the advantage almost constantly.
Our batteries put to fight some German aeroplanes which were flying toward Dunkirk,
The enemy violently bombarded a Belgian bridgehead south of Dixmude.
We successfully repaised à violent German attack in the region of Lille. The enemy took one of our trenches, but we brilliantly re-took it, and also wrecked by mines part of the German works.
From the Somme to the Aisne there were artillery duels. We stopped the enemy's
works eastward of Rheims by minos.
guilty of such un act.
The Daily Telegraph publishes protests by the leaders of Protestant denomina-
-for purely personal reasons,
[FROM THE MANILA CABLENEWS."}
LUNDON, December 25th, The Russian Minister for War has
Gorman reports of a so-called victory in Poland are sheer invention and that the who were last week awarded the Victoria cremy is exhausting himself in vain efforts Cross for heroic deeds performed in against the Russian Bzura positions and France, are only boys. Braid was edu
cated at Walthamstow and Faller was Galicia is absolutely stopped and there is educated at Swansea, no question of Warsaw's falling.
BRITISH AND FRENCH CO-OPERATION,
tions against the arrest, including the PHILIPPINES INDEPENDENCE his offensive in South Poland and Eastern
Bishop of Salisbury, the Bishop of Armagh, Dr. John Clifford, General "Booth and Sir Robertson Nicoll.
[DRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE CABLE]
LORD KITCHENER'S
STATEMENT.
LONDON, January 7th. Lord Kitchener, in his speech in the House of Lords, giving a resume of the fighting since the end of November, drew attention to the hardships borne by the troops inseparable from siege warfare in winter, but stated that. (hese had been The Germans in the Argonne replied reduced to a minimum by a system of feebly to our artillery. Our progress to reliefs. His Lordship paid a tribato to the north-west of Fliroy is more important the constant cheerfulness of our men. He than was at first reported. We captured stated that the latest arrivals in Franco
includo fresh division,
one
besides a portion of the enemy's first line.
Territorial units and one fing Canadian We maintained our positions at Stein-
regiment. bach. The persistent rain and the condi- tion of the country made any movement. 'difficult. The German attacks
near
Watwiller and Kolschlag were easily repulsed. - We progressed in the direction of Altkirch and occupied the woods four kilometres westward of the town. Our heavy artillery silenced the enemy's guns The latter had bombarded the hospital at Thann throughout the day.
LONDON, January 8ili.
2.35 a.m.
The evening communique at Paris
:
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ANOTHER RUSSIAN BAYONET CHARGE.
LONDON, January 8th.
2.35 a.m.
QUESTION, QUESTION VIEWS OF MR. TAFT:
WASHINGTON, January 4th. Professor William Howard. Taft, of the Yale University Law School, appeared before the Senate Commities considering the Jones Bill today and spoke in opposi tion to the measure. Mr. Taft, who, in the United States, has been Governor addition to being a former President of General of the Philippices, declared without équivocation that the Filipinos were not yet ready for independence,
"When all of the tribes speak English,' said Mt. Taft, then it will be time to consider the question of independence."
Mr. Taft also declared that were inde pendance granted at the present time, the Filipinos would be cutting each other's throat before the transports taking away the American troops had rounded Corregidor..
Mr. Taft said Japan did not want the
Their experience Philippine Islands. in Formosa had been sufficient for them,
he declared.
TRAFFIC IN AMERICAN PASSPORTS.
A NET GAIN OF GROUND ON WHOLE FRONT.
PRINCE OF WALES FUND.
SUBSCRIPTION LIST NO: 14.
Staff of Standard Oil Co., of New
York (4th Sub) Dr. J. W. Noble
Mr. A. Chapman (lat Sub.) Collected from hoxean Blako Pier, Star Ferry Pier and
LONDON: December 20th. Eye-witness at the British Headquarter, British co-operating with the French. He describes the continued activity of the says that on Friday, the 16th inst, our Peak Tram Station Centre progressed and our artillery in Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bumphreys., ficted considerable damage. Every see Mr R D. Harvey's Fund (8rd" tion of the enemy's line was subjected Sab.) first to concentrated fire and then to the Mr. A. W. Stewart
They Mr. S. Edwards infantry's most gallant attacks. succeded in driving the enemy to his fire Mr. Las Hin-mo them. Nevertheless, it was a net gain of A. BUC... trenches, but they were unable to hold Mr. Jon Man Hong
Frenchmen Mr. II: Gittins ground on the whole front. to the northward and southward con- Mr. C. S. Yip. tinued to gain ground and to take many Mr. Wong Shin Ying prisoners and some quick-firers. We took, Mr. Lab Hin Loi
ut the enemy counter-attacked and forced. Ha Tien Chucn on Saturday, three lengths of trenches, Mr. Evan Jo uis la evariate a portion. Heavy fighting Subscriber...... ensued and the Germans made rubet des Mr. Li Shiu Kei perate efforts to regain all the ground..
197.00
5,000.00 50.00
He Jorge & Co. This was an applica-
Mr. C. F Mason, appearing for debtor, asked his lordship to adjourn the hearing until next bankruptcy day.
The Official Receiver anid that in that case it did not seem likely that there would be any substantial assets for division, and if his lordship adjourned the hearing he did not think any injustice would be done.
The application was granted.
Re Kwong Shun Lang-This was a application for adjudication.
Official Mr. Bayer said that the 96.02 | Receiver; would be appointed trustee, oặ 500.00 the creditors' petition: The first meeting
.20.00 Granted.
had been held, but the debtor was not 000.00
20.00 present.
6,00
5.00
5.00
10.00 AT THE. SUMMARY COURT,
HOW LONG Y
5.00
-'6.00 5,00
20.00 In the Summary: Court yesterday, Mr. 5.00 Crew complained that he had asked his 5.00 friend (Mr. Russ) for particulars a fort- 5.00 night previously, but he had not yet
50.00 10,00
442.00
50.00
A. and F. N.
Collected by Mr. Felix M. Ellis J. T. Thirlwell
50,00 13.00
A. G. S..........
1:00
-110.50
60.00
The enemy, on Sunday, by weight of num Anonymous bers, succeeded until only two of their Airs. J. J. Lossius.
Police (3rd Sub) NEW YORK, January 4th.
sapheads remained in our hands. A number of arrests have been made at
The German effort on Sunday was to Mr. J. J. Bryan...... the direction of the Chief of the Depart check the general progress of the Allies. Mr. H. D. Harvey's Fund :- ment of Justice in connection with a plot They advanced in strength, though they which has sen unearthed showing that had suffered heavy losses, and suceerde.! widespread traffic in American pass at mid-day in temporarily occupying ports has been going on for some time some of our trenches It is alleged that these passports have charged in the afternoon and recaptured been furnished to German reservista a village and some of the neighbouring Thus, early on Monday, the living in the United States. Sensational trenches, developments are hinted at.
greater part of the line was restored.
There was an innovation in our rela- tions with the enemy during his fighting; a kind of armistice was concluded to per
The British rc-
In Poland, Lord Kitchener said, the Gormans were beginning to realize the infinite difficulty of winter operations a Russia, with faulty lines of communica tion. Since the latter part of December, the Austrians had lost 50,000 captured,
lled and
Lord besides killed and wounded." Kitchener drew attention to the demora lizing effect on civilian as well as the CUSTOMS REVENUE OF THE mit the burial of the dead.
PHILIPPINES.
A DECLINE OF TWO MILLION PESOS.
A feature of the recent actiong was the general employment of large bombs from mortars and smaller bomba from rife and band
PANICKY TURKS. AFRAID THAT THE DARDANELLES ARE NOT IMPREGNABLE.
LONDON, December 8th.
Collected by Miss.Square Collected by Capt. C. A. Mutton (Amoy) ....... Collected by Mr. J. J. McKay
(Kongmoon)
Staff of Green Island Cement
* Cop!
Herbert Goffe, Esq., C.M.G. "Capt. 8. C.-H. Wilde
Capt. Connor
Mr. G. W. Wright H. D.
LAS.
Collected by Mr. E: M. Crawford:
Mr. 8. H. Spaulding...... 10 Mr. W. V. Laing o
20
Mr. Frank Graham..
10
Mr. S. H. Dutton
10
Mr. G. H. Alcock
:10
Mr. L. Hussey al
10
Mr. W. G. Pitcairn
10
2-
Mr. C.-M. Castro bang
Collected by Mr. R. D. Harver
received them.
Mr. Russ explained that the particulars bad only just been certified.
His Lordship-If it takes you a fort- night to get them ready, how long wil 5.00 it take the other side to peruse on?
Mr. Russ preferred to leave the question unanswered.
26.60
IN AN UNGUARDED MOMENT. Mr. E. N. Tuzer-I appear for plain- tiff, my lord. May 1 prove my case on 78.00 Monday Defendant admits, and I have two acknowledgments of liability in his own handwriting.
50.00
10.00
3:00
5.00
Mr. Faithfull I don't admit. My 5.00 client may have written in an unguarded 3.10 moment before consulting me (Laugh- ter.) I think there is a very good defence.
71.00
TO GO OVER.
A daim by A. S. Ellis and another against 1 E. Chunnett for a sum of $330, alleged to be due under an agreement, was allowed to go over for a week. Mr. $2.00 C. Faithfull was for plaintiffs, and Mr. Otto Kong Sing for defendant.
Tang Ping Woon sued Mons. G. Liebert On the application of the Already acknowledged Lists 1/18. 181,044.91 for $1,000.
solicitors concerned, the case was allowed $188.930.83 to go over for a week.
576.00
military elements of Austria of the startling defeat of five army corpe by the announces that there have been violent Serbians. The Russian victory over the German attacks at Lossigny, Argonne, Turks, announced yesterday, his lordship There is css of P. 2,002,555.57 in the and also on the ridge dominating Steinsail, must have far-reaching effects on Customs collections for all ports in the bach. All were repulsed.
the whole Turkish operations in the Near Philippine Islands during 1914, as com RUSSIAN FRONT.
East The Arabs in Mesopotamia had pared with 1913, according to ufficial
figures issued by Insular Customs Collec A message from Scha says that the a warmly welcomed our troops, who are contor erstein. The total collections for 1913 Turks are energetically fortifying San P.13,870,882.18 and for Stefano and other villages outside Con- solidating their positions. The unimport amounted to ant movements of Turks towards Egypt 1914 the figures were P.11,671,276.56, show-stantinople, and also the island of Pric kisy, evidently expecting a visit from the ing the above net decreuse. had been all recorded by aeroplanes. The Collections last year in greased per Allied fet The Turks hava suddenly temporary difficulties in attacking the 1914 only during the months of Maren begun to fear that the Dardanelles are no Germans in East Africa were mostly and July: The largest decreases were in eager impregnable, and are also fortify- A Petrograd communiqué says:—
topographical, viz., want of the water, January, September and November. The ing villages on the coast of the Sea of total collections for 1913 include Marmora on the advice of the Germans. Wednesday passed. in almost complete thick bash, etc. The masterly manner in P. 1,326,276.78 export duties for which no It is even anounced that the Turkish calm on the left of the Vistula, except on which General Sir Louis Botha had corresponding amount was collected dur treasury has been removed to Koniah.
There is extraordinary activity at Den- the Sukha Belimoff from, where the handled the military situation in South ing 1014, due to the abolition of the
sinco the closing of the Dardarelles. The decrease should be P.676,276.61.
Allies have appointed Consuls there. AMERICA WANTS TO KNOW.
LONDON. Dezember 28th: The Secretary to the U.S. Navy has telegraphed to the captain of the cruiser North Carolina asking whether threats of violence were made by Turks in Trivoli and Syria against the crew of the North Carolina and also whether the captain threatened to bombard Tripoli as re ported.
Monthly Subscriptions
$ 7,916.02
IN MORE CONGENIAL EMPLOY
Germans, by sapping the protected steel Africa gave great confidence in future export tax, so that in reality, the real net dengutah, and a great amount of shipp Already acknowledged Lists 1/19.10,301,59 In the case in which Mak Fat sued his
shields, endeavoured to advance on che Russian positions.
The Russians dislodged with the bayonet the Germans who captured some of the Russian trenches at Sukha, capturing five
German mitrailleuses.
The Russian offensive in continues.
Bukhovina
operations.
The recruiting returns which dropped at Christmas were now att
their former satisfactory level. The A special telegram from The Hague to Parliamentary Recruiting Committee had the Surabaya Handelsblad says that all the military correspondents of the lead- de valuable work, obtaining 218,000ing European newspapers aite in con names of man willing to serve. No longer sidering the brilliant victory of the was there any anxiety regarding the Serbians as of great importance for the supply of officers for regular or training Allies. It is anticipated that Austria will find it impossible to reforms her smitten. army for some time.
purposes.
Remitted to London on 22nd December, 1914, £17,000 at 21/9.5/16.
Balance in hand.
former employer, Mr. J. J. Stubbings, $19,876.75 of the Hongkong Electric Company, Ltd.,
for a small amount for solicitor's fees,: $208,837.62 Mr. P. W. Goldring said he had na further instructions His client had now taken a pest in more congenial employ.
Mr. Lewis, who appeared for defen dant, asked for his costs, and also that the defendant should be allowed to take out the 82.70 which had been paid by him into Courts in Lewis, bis costs, but said the $2.70 must be taken. as part payment.
$191,436.95
$17,400.47
N. J. STARB
Hou Treaturer.
His lordship allowed Mr.