THE WAR.
STUBBORN FIGHTING IN
OF MUD.”
SEAS
RUSSIANS ADVANCE EIGHTY MILES IN A-WEEK.
BRITISH STATESMEN AND CONSCRIPTION.
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JANUARY 11mm, 1815,
There have been artillery combats in the regions of Arras and Amiens in which we obtained marked advantage. We stormed, in a most brilliant manner, Hill 132, nene Soupir. The enemy counter-attacked three times, but wore repulsed. Our gain IMPORTANT RESULTS IN ALSACE. represents three lines of trenches along a
NOTABLE SUCCESSES BY THE ALLIES.
LONDON, January 8th.
6.45 p.m.
To-day's Paris communiqué says : ----
front of 600 metres. The enemy, revenge, bombarded Soissons and set firo to the Law Courts
NAVAL ACTIVITIES"—
5.55 p.m.
LORD ROSEBERY AND
CONSCRIPTION. ZU
WOULD NOT BE UNWELCOME.
DOCKYARD RECREATION
CLUB.
[“ DAILY PRESS EXCLUSIVE TELEGRALL).
ANOTHER NATIONAL LOAN CHILDREN'S PARTY AND ADULTS"
FOR CHINA..
PERING, January 8th, It is proposed to issue another National Loans for £24,000,000 sterling secured on the remaining balance of the Native Customs.
SOCIAL
The Recreation Club in connection with His Majesty's Naval Dockyard is a par ticularly live body, with many useful and active branches embracing various forms of recreation.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
TURKISH TRANSPORTS SUNK.
CONVOYING CRUISER RUNS AWAY
LONDON, January 10th.
2.25 0.21. AFTER BEING HIT.
Lord Rosebery, speaking at Dalkeith, LONDON, January 8th. said conscription would not be unwelcome to great mass of Englishmen who were willing to serve under some Imperial mandate of that kind, but did not METRIC SYSTEM FOR CHINA. ing life of the employees of the Navel think it fair that they should serve while others remained at home. Lord Rosebery added that he was absolutely convinced of tho ultimate victory of Great Britain.
SPEECH BY LORD HALDANE.
An official Paris communication states that a large Turkish transport has been sunk by a mine at the entrance of the Bosphorus, and another, which was con- voyed by the cruiser Medjidich, was sunk between Sinope and Trebízoud. The Russian cruiser Panyat Hereurie and a destroyer attacked the Hedjidich, which, although hit, succeeded in escaping
placement, carries 12 6-inch and 13 3-inch The Pamyat Mercuria is of 6.675 tons dis-
guns, and has a speed of 23 knots. The Turkish cruiser Medjidich, which was built in America in 1994, has a speed of 22.2 knots, a displacement of 3,492 tone, and carries 4.7-inch gins] as her main armament two 6-inch and eight
LONDON, January 9th.
6.20 8.0.
COMPULSORY SERVICE, IF A NATIONAL NECESSITY.
LONDON, January 8th.
6.25 p
PERING, January 5th. The Weights and Measures Law has been promulgated by the President. It establishes a standard based on the metric
system.
THE BRITISH TROOPS IN
CHINA.
THE TWO COMMANDS AMALGAMATED.
In the House of Lords, Lord Haldane, in a stirring speech, emphasised the fact A routine order by Major General F. H. that the British Naval and Military Kelly, C.B., Commanding the Troops in organisations should be framed so China, announces that on the departure A Petrograd communiqué says¦---
As to
be capable of
of the Brigadier General Commanding expansion, Our eruisers and
torpedo-boats, and this Ear!
and the reduction of the garrison of North Kitchener was now approaching Sinops on the 3rd inst., accomplishing.
China, the troops in that command have It was the duty of Our artillery demolished sheds contain-observed a. Turkish cruiser and a trans every man to put his everything into themanding South China, whose command now come under the General Officer Com- The enemy's artillery was most active ing machine-guns wuthward of Laon, port. They fled. We sank the transport, scale to ensure success. He praised the will in future be known as the China Com in Belgium and Arras. The French
silenced the enemy's batteries, and wreck but the cruiser escaped. batteries replied spiritedly and effectively.
great success of the voluntary system of mand. GENERAL.
recruiting, which, be believed, would meet Our infantry progressed near Lom
all requirements, yet if compulsory service baurtzyde. We carried, fifty metres ahead
became a national necessity they should of our trenches, a hillock occupied by the
enemy.
ed some, trenches.
In the region of Perthes the enemy made a fierce attack, whereupon we counter- attacked and not only retained our post tions on Hill 200, but seized 400 metres of We gained some ground to the east of the enemy's trenches. A simultaneous Saint George's, and inflicted corious attack on Perthes made us masters of the damage to the enemy's trenches at village. From this point we are advanc Steenstraate.
ing.
We
were obliged, without being attacked, to evacuate certain portione of our trenches in the sector of Arras, where the men were up to their shoulders
in mud.
(THROUGH LISTER'N' AGENCY.]
THE WEATHER IN EUROPE. adopt it.
SEAS OF MUD."
The Committee of the Olub, over looking out for opportunities for furthering the social and sport
Yard establishments and their families, hit upon the happy idea of a New Year social gathering, together with chil- dren's party.
gymnasium of the Victoria Recreation Club The children's party was held in the
on Saturday afternoon. The room had been lavishly festooned and adorned with' flags, the national emblems of the allied nations being given due prominence, and it was the scene of an extremely joyoun little function: The Committee bad thrown themselves with zest into the pre- liminary arrangements, and no pains were spared to ensure its sucerss. About 60 children were present, tegether with the same number of adults. A programme - of inusical items was sandwiched between various parlour games, the contributors being:-Master Day, violin solo; Miss G.
Mary Brenton, piano duét; Miss Gladys Tooker, piano solo; Misses Lilian and.
Brock and Miss Florence Rodney duct,
Where are you going to my pretty maid?" The singers in this latter item THE SIBERIAN ROUTE.
were attired in cosume appropriate to their. parts, Miss Brock being the gallant t Messrs. Thomas Cook & Son have been and Miss Rodney the Milkmaid.” He dwelt on the splendid co-advised by the Chinese Eastern Railway All of the items were very nicely rendered. operation of the Allies in the cast and Administration that the Russian fast but the latter item was the "tit-bit" of in the west. There was the most careful
train service has been resumed, and the the afternoon, and was immensely popu-. Petrograd courrier express leaves lur At the request of Commodore and. machinery of inter-communication be Vladivostock every Friday, commencing Mrs. Anstruther, it was repented, and
January 15th.
even then the delighted children still wanted more
LONDON, January 10th.
2.25:2-10.. The weather in Europe continues to between the staffs, and no expense or pains would be spared by Britain to provide extraordinarily mild. Even in Poland
Our total gain here is more than 500 and Galicia, which are usually, frost, the finest equipment,
metres directly ahead.
Our artillery at Rheims and in Argonne inflicted appreciable losses on the enemy. We repulsed a violent attack in Argonne.
Wo progressed slightly We advanced in La Boisselle région and
Flirey, Bois- occupied the road from La Boisselle te d'Ailly, and Bois-le-Protre, and we main
tained our positions in the region of 'Avoluy,
Cernay.
There has been a lively artillery duel in the valley of the Aisne, where our heavy artillery obtained good results. The onemy's mine-throwers inflisted some losses, but we ailenced them in the
afternoon.
Bit
The enemy received strong reinforce ments further southward and re-occupied Burnhaup at heavy cost.
LONDON, January 10th."
2.95 a.in.
The
bound, there are sens of mud. Carpathians are likewise free of snow. Swollen mountain streams are flooding the valleys, which are wrapped in dense fogs.
[BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE CABLE.]
ATROCIOUS BEHAVIOUR OF HUNS.
IMPLACABLE AND BLOOD-
THIRSTY INVADER"
An official statement issued in Paris *provides incontestable evidence of The Paris evening communiqué says: numerous cases of atrocious behaviour by North of Soissons out progress was Germans in France. Over 100 examples maintained, the German offensive again are given, each of which was obtained both being repulsed. The Germans also made by personal investigation and founded
FRENCH TREASURY BILLS. BANK OF ENGLAND TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS.
LONDON, January 8th, 0.55 p.m.
The Bank of England, with the approval of the Imperial Government, will receive applications for £10,000,000 French Treasury Bills, at & per cent.
FINANCES IN HOLLAND.
SMALL RESPONSE TO GOVERN- MENT LOAN.
LONDON, January 8th. 6.30 p.m.
A massage from The Hague says that
A CHINESE STOCK EXCHANGE,
Following tea, enjoyed by all, came the Christmas tree. The tree was beflagged from top to bottom, but not a single pre-
(Serate) was promulgated by the Tresi. R. Bate held a string in his hand, A Stock Exchango Law for China sent could be seen on it. Eventually the recently passed by the Tsanchengyuan "secret" was revealed. Chief Constructor dent on the 29th December. The NO and at his behest little Miss Rodney pull- Daily Neur, remarking that the text of
Mr.
this law will be awaited with interest, ed it, and there was disclosed to view says: It has been known for some time a splendid array of presents, which had that certain prominent Chinese were been ingeniously hidden by flags. interesting themselves in the matter, and the law just announced is doubtless the G. Morgan acted as Father Christmas, result of representations made to Peking and dispensed the gifts, assisted by the Shanghai. In the absence of definite
- various quarters particularly Clown (Mr. Ward of the RN. Yard information as to the scope of the law,
Police). Father Christmas, for whose !
from
is can only now be said that the need arrival the room had been plunged into for a Chinese Stock Exchange in Shang- darkness, came in the orthodox inanner- hai is by no means imperative. With the down the chimney, a specially prepared exception of the China Merchants' Com-
pany, and a few other enterprises there contrivance,
are no companies here, the shares of which There were several. Dockyard officials are dealt in exclusively by Chinese, and and their wives at this pleasant function, as for the remaining companies, the
We blew up a blockhouse in the sector of Rheims, and occupied a trench two handred metres ahead of our line."
existing machinery for buying and selling among them being the Commodore and amply covers both Chinese and foreign Mrs. Anstruther, Chief Constructor E. R. There has been an extremely stubborn
needs. The great majority of Chinese infantry engagement between Bethony viously carried by the Frenchmen, and evidence. The report says:-"War was
a violent onslaught on the trenches pre-on photographic documents and leg only 85,000,000 florins have been subscribed business directly with foreign brokers. Mrs. J. Morgan, and Mr. W E. Clay- interested on the share market do their Bare, Mr. and Mrs. A. Anderson, Mr. and and Prunay. The enemy left many dead this was likewise repulsed with heavy over waged of so ferocious a nature as
most of the business done in this way ton and Mr. E T. Williams. to the Government Loan of 275,000,000 being conducted by compradores in the Chaplain (Rev. G. M. Tichborne) was also The Naval on the field, while our losses were trifling.
florins, and it is believed that the Govern- It is to be noted that Chinese investment present, The Dockyard officials respon-
leading firms and through native banks. We silenced the enemy's artillery near
that waged on French soil by an implacablement will be compelled to resort to a
in industrial concerns is not heavy,sible for the entertainment, and the Com- Souain, wrecked his trenches and des RUSSIAN FRONT.
and bloodthirsty invader."
holders of capital preferring to use it for mittcemca who made the arrangements troyed his breastworks.
pure speculation or investment in land,
The enemy in Argonne, westward of Haute Chevauchee, blew up our first line of trenches, which were completely wreck. ed. The enemy inmediately delivered a violent attack which we repulsed with the bayonet. We made prisoners and main- Aained our front except for eighty metres, where the wrecking of our trenches obliged us to establish our line, twenty metres to the rear.
Our offensive continued in the regions of Thaan and Altkirch, where we achieved
important results. We recaptured a hill 420 metres away and
trench and
losses.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
STUBBORN ATTACKS
BY GERMANS.
REPELLED BY THE BAYONET.
LONDON, January 0th.
6:20 am.
[HAVAS SERVICE]
HOW THE GERMANS TIGHT.
A report which has been published by a special committee establishes in an un- answerable manner the fact that the Germans violated in France all the laws of
forced loan,
LESSON OF THE WAR.
AMERICA TAKES HEED.
LONDON, January 9th.
2.55 a.m.
་་་
At Washington, the Military Committee
The social was held in the V.R.C in the evening, a right merry time being spent
On the face of it, there does not appear were heartily thanked at the close to be much scope for a purely Chinese Block Exchange, an institution which, of course, would have to work without the support of the foreign banks. In the by about 160 persons. Mr. F. Edmunds event of a Chinese exchange being estab- acted as MC. To the musical programme liahed here, it can scarcely affect the the following contributed-Mrs. Goot- mun, songs; Miss Wilks (a recent arrival
present course of business.
in the Colony, and an acquisition to local
war, plundering, violating, burning down of the Senate decided to push forward the SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE musical circles), who sang the now ru
and assasinating.
"[TEROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
Losbox, January 8th.
0.30 p.m.
A Petrograd communiqué says:- Fighting is becoming more fierce on the left bank of the Vistula. Near the villages of Sukha and Moghely, the Germans, despite their heavy losses, stubbornly
A message from Rome states that attacked at different points, and terrogotiations are proceeding between the.
Bill giving effect to the recommendation
of the Secretary of War for increasing the Army by 20,000 men.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S HINT,
LONDON, January 9th.
2.55 am. President Wilson, speaking at Indiana polis, said that if America maintained its Luss with the Vatican matters relating to equilibrium she would perhaps be able later to bring peace to Europe Ameri cans were constantly thinking of what was happening across the water, but the people should keep their minds more on
thoir own affairs.
proceeded to win ground to the east of/porarily gained possession of some of our belligerents to appoint delegates to dis
Steinbach. We carried Burhaupt-le-
advanced trenches, but our bayonet
Haul, and advanced in the direction of /attacks forced them to relinquish their the proposed exchange of prisoners.
The
·Font ··· d'Aspach and Kahlberg. enemy's artillery unsuccessfully attempted to reach our batteries, but gave up in order exclusively to bombard Thann' hos- pital, which had beer evacuated.
LONDON, January 5th.
2.55 am.
Tho Paris evening communiqué statés- "North of Soissons wo carried a Gerinan redoubt, captured two successive lines,
and reached a third. The Germans, re- turned the offensive three times, but failed.
A violent German attack at Haute- Chevauchee, in Argonne, obliged us to retire along our front to the extent of one kilometre, but counter-attacked and
We
en-occupied our positions.
5.35 p.m. To-day's Paris communiqué says:→→ Southward of Ypres we damaged the enemy's trenches and silenced their bomb-
throwers.
gains.
LONDON, January 10th,
2,25-a.m.
A Petrograd communiqué says:- There was no change on Friday along the whole front, except at Mogbely, where a forca contest is developing.
RUSSIANS ON HUNGARIAN BORDER.
PROGRESS EIGHTY MILES IN BUKHOVINA.
LONDON, January 9th.
6.20 m.
A Potrograd communique says :— The Russians in Bukhovina have
advanced 80 miles in the last week amid continuous fighting, and have reached the mountain chain separating. Bukhovina from Hungary.
THE AMERICAN NOTĚ.
GREAT BRITAIN'S REPLY.
LONDON, January 9th.
2.55 a.m. Great Britain has presented a reply to the American Note. It will be published on Sunday,
[BAVAS SERVICE]
ABSINTHE PROHIBITED IN
FRANCE.
PARIS, January 7th.: A decree was issued by the French Government, prohibiting definitely the selling of absinthe all over France.
SPLENDID RECRUITING IN AUSTRALIA.
LONDON, January 8th. 5.55 p.m.
A telegram from Melbourne states that
FIELD-MARSHAL LORD METHUEN.
APPOINTED GOVERNOR OF MALTA,
LONDON, January 8th. 6.30 p.m. The Grice states that Field-Marshel Lord Methuen has been appointed, tem- porarily, Governor of Malta.
BAD WEATHER IN CUBA.
SERIOUS DAMAGE TO TOBACCO AND SUGAR CROPS,
A 200T AN
cruiting song Your King and Country
·nced · you Mr, W. E. Clayton, mono- logue Sufragettes Messrs. Gladwell,
THE RE-OPENING.
Mesars. J. P. Bisset & Co, shareholders of Shanghai, have resumed the issue of Bearne, A. J. Brock, and W. E. Cawsey, their circular with the beginning of the New Year They write-
songs. Mrs. Edwards sang the Welsh National Anthem in the native tonguo. Our last circular was issued on July Mrs. Alderman played the accompani 31st, publication since then being suspend-ments: Dancing was indulged in by ed on the closing of the Stock Exchange large number. Altogether, the social was after the outbreak of war. The exchange as great a success as the children's party, that date an increasing number of cash be the forerunner of many more such re-opened on November 26th, and since and it is earnestly hoped that this will transactions have been put through at functions. rates which in many cases are higher than those existing before the war. Share business is quickly resuming & normal tone and undoubtedly the buying element predominates. The disruption of trade and other causes have led to the accumula tion of unemployed funds, which is prob
H.B.M.'s Consul General at Shanghai ably the main factor in the present has received a telegram from Ma. enquiry for shares and the appreciation Ecxford, British Vice-Consul at Teing- of rates. Rubbers especially are in good tao, saying that, before British firms and demand and all classes of debentures are. banks interested can obtain delivery of in great request at enhanced prices their cargo at Tsingtao, they must. Langkats during the last few days have
BRITISH CARGO AT TSINGTAO.
appreciated to Tis 34.50 and the tendency produce shipping documents for the inspection of the Japanese authorities, towards higher rates appears to be well and that, if bills of lading cannot be maintained. The forward settlements: which fell duo during the past few months obtained, they should endeavour to obtain have been satisfactorily arranged. Alte some other acceptable proof of shipment, gether the growing confidenes and better feeling all round would seem to justify the action of the Committee in deciding to re open the local Exchange."
PIECE GOODS FOR HONGKONG AND CHINA.
Mezars. Ibert & Co.'s circular states that the exports from the United King dom to China and Hongkong during October are mailed privately as follows:
1914 1915 1912. 1011,
Plain Cotton (On-
bleached Plain Cottons (Blensh
ed)
5.9 17.0 15.0 17,9
6.0 14.7 10,2 811
We captured 1,000 prisoners and much splendid and steady recruiting is going casonable rains in Cuba have seriouslyd and Coloured
LONDON, January 9th." 1.10 p.m. According to a Havana message, un
damaged the tobacco and sugar crops.
booty.
on in all parts.
Cottons Printed Cottons 61.2
(In millions of yards.)
71 13.0 3.4 to 82.1
Delivery can now be taken of cargo, but permission has been given for steamers to enter port by daylight only in accord- ance with the former regulations.
MAILS TO TSINGTAO.
The Japanere Postmaster in Shanghai rent the following letter to the Press last week: ---
"hay to inform you that letters, post- cards, newspapers, books, printed matter, and photographs both ordinary and registered many hereafter be sent to the general public in Tsingtao at the domestic rate through this office."
Not merely is this intimation welcɔtre as regards the delivery of mails, remarks the VC. Daily Vers, but it also typefies a satisfactory return to normality regards Tsingtao,