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HUNGARIAN SOCIALIST'S THREAT.
LONDON, January 13th.
A message from Rome states that the Hungarian Bocialist leader, Raphiany, says that if Russian victories continue there will be a revolution in Hungary, The peasants are already rising against the authorities for causing the ruin of the country,
The Austrian staff has spread so many lies that nobody believes the military communiqué.
GERMANS' "GLORIOUS SUCCESS" AT SOISSONS. LOSSES MUST BE MOST SEVERE.
WHAT FORCED THE GERMANS.
DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF SYRIAN ARMY.
ATTACK UPON EGYPT NOT ADVISABLE.
LUNDON, January 16th,
A message from Cairo says that the Turkish Syrian army is ovidently in a terrible plight, Refugees arrived from Syrin assert that the soldiers are actually starving owing to bad organisation. Thoy are in summor khaki and bootless, and camels are dying of scab. When war was declared 26,000 Bedouins wore recruited at Hebron, but they were foodless for three days and returned to their homes saying that it was not a holy war. There is the greatest misery and dissatisfaction among the troops, especially the Anatolian. The German officers report to Berlin that they do not advise an attack on Egypt with such troops..
TURKISH ATROCITIES.
LONDON, January 18th.
It is reported that the Turks have shot the Persian Governors at Sajbalak and Maragha in the province Azerbaijan, and that they have likewise burned to death one Armenian and two Russian subjects,
LONDON, January 15th. General von Kluck's big movement northward of Boissons became a matter of urgency owing to the Freach continual slow advancement beginning to threaten the German line of communications.EN Consequently, the Germans counter- attacked in, surprisingly large numbers and as they were faced by a swollen river thero was little chance of their achieving any definito object. The Kaiser's presence
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LONDON, January 16th.
LORD ROBERTS' WILL.
LONDON, January, 18th Lord Roberts left £77,304 of unsettled property, practically everything going to his wife and daughters, including the hundred thousand sterling granted to him for his services in South Africa, with contingent reversion of the latter for army charities.
BRITISH BRAVERY.
TROOPS.
MUD THE CHIEF OBSTACLE Our progress at Bois-le-Pretre and in Woevre has been continuous for the last two months. The opposing trenches are only thirty metres apart. The enemy has shown a cortain amount of activity in the forest of Purroy, east of Nancy, but has been repulsed. Execilent results in Upper Alsace have been consolidated and would have been appreciably increased had not the state of the ground hindered the troops. The ground in some places is
morass in which the feet sink and rifles get clogged. We lost many wounded on January 5th in fierce fighting near, Cernay, because the rifles were choker with raud and could not be fired.
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GERMAN'S ARTFUL RUSE DETECTED.
DRAMATIC DISCOVERY AT TILBURY.
A most ingenious attempt on the part of a young German lieutenant to escape from England to his native land was frustrated in a dramatic fashion t Tilbury
It appears that a party of aliens from the Dorchester concentration camp, who' were over military age, were being sent under military escort to Tilbury. They were to be shipped on the Batavier V to Rotterdam, and were conveyed from Tilbury Station to the ship by the ferry boat...
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width. It hore the inscription, poisonous safety matches, and was fastened with a small cheap padlock and a wooden pin attached to a piece of wire. A portion of a label on the top bore the words, "Via Hambro."
The box was placed with the rest of the
A hase statement of facts about the fight ing north of Soissons is somewhat mislead LOCAL COMMANDERS THANK THE baggage in the goods van of the train until ing, since the operations really, leave the position practically what it was. fortnight ago. The positions which the Frenchmen have lost are those captured on January 8th and 9th, and there is no
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LONDON, January 18th. Unpublished orders to local commanders of troops, brought to England by the wounded, throw light on the gallant performances of different regiments.
General Allenby, commanding the THE RESIGNATION OF COUNT Cavalry Corps, writes to Brigadier Shaw Thanks for help given during the past BERCHTOLD,
forty-eight hours by the Scottish Border ers, the Yorkshire Light Infantry, the Northumberlands and the Lincolns you 10 kindly sent to our aid. Their arrival at a critical time saved the situation. I fear they suffered Icss, but they fought bril liantly and I am deeply indebted to them.
ATTEMPT TO CONCILIATE HUNGARY.
LONDON, January 15th. The announcement of the resignation of Count Berchtold is an event of the highest importance and is regarded as indicating unmistakably that Austria is suffering from internal as well as external troubles. The fact that his successor is a Hungarian is signifcant, and the appointment is possibly intended to conciliate Hungarian opinion, which is increasingly restivo
SCARCITY OF FLOUR IN VIENNA,
LONDON, January 15th, Ates meeting of 700 Vienna bakers it was decided, in view of the scarcity of flour, that it is impossible to continue supplying bread in the present form, and it urged the Government to prohibit the baking of fancy breach
RUSSIA'S STABILITY.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY QUITE PROSPEROUS.
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General Capper pays a tribute to the discipline of the Second Battalion of the Border Regiment, which held the trenches at Ypres under a merciless abellare for three days and nights, and maintained their ground till the arrival of reinforce ments, although many trenches were blown
∙in.
SWEDEN AND THE WAR.
A SHARP NOTE.
LONDON, January 19th. A telegram from Stockholm says that at the opening of the Riksdag the speech from the Throne struck a somewhat sharp note. It points out that the disregard for the principles of international law by belligerents has greatly contributed to the economic loss of Sweden, and con- tines: Although we hope to preserve our neutrality, efforts are required to protect our country and mitigate the economic consequences for the humbler citizens. The people are ready and willing to sacrifice themselves, for their country We may await with confidence our hour of trial,"
LONDON, January 10th. A message from Petrograd says that the Minister of Finance, in a statement accompanying the Russian budget, strik- ingly illustrates Russia's powers of recuperation. After the upset caused by the war, goods traffic on the railways and trade generally are gradually approach WIRE NETTING AS PROTECTION ing normal. The famous fair at Nijni
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and the disturbance of the labour market is remarkably small, largely due to an Increase in the productivity of workers. due to the abolition of the sale of spirits, which is compensating for the loss of men called to the colours.
TURKISH VIOLATION OF PERSIAN TERRITORY.
A PROMISE OF EVACUATION:
LONDON, January 16th.
A telegram from the Persian capital says that the Turkish Ambassador bas informed the Persian Government tha the Turks are ready to withdraw from Azerbaijan when it is definitely evacuated by the Russians and when the Persian Heir Presumptivo arrives there. The latter leaves Teheran at an early date.
RUSSIAN
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APPALLING REPORTS OF
ILL-TREATMENT.
RESOURCEFUL INFANTRY.
FROM HAND-GRENADES.
LONDON, January 20th. Describing the fighting on the Dunes
near Ypres, the French Eye-witness says the infantry protected themselves against the German hand grenades by wire netting taken from the tennis courts at Nieuport, Since the beginning of January we have been assuring communications with the Yser and have constructed a strong bridge which the men have named General Joffre. All the efforts of the German artillery and aviatora to damage this bridge have been unsuccessful and furious but fruitless bombardment of Nicuport vas the reprisal for these failures.
Rain has never ceased in the region of Arras and water in the trenches is a foot deep. We usefully assisted the British in the region of La Bassee on January 15th. Cur activity south of Arras has been mostly in the region of Le Boiselle, which continues to be the scene of an almost cortinuous struggle. Here, na elsewhere, we are fighting foot by foot and give the enemy no peace. The opposing ertillery ao firing uninterruptedly.
Between Soissons and Souain the suuggle is restricted to an artillery duel in which we have the advantage.:
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28th January,
26th February.
20th March.
Tilbury Station was reached, and then
down a six-foot chute to the ferry-T boat. On the ferry piles of other luggage DAYS for the year 1915- were placed on the top of it, and it remained in this position until 1.25 a.m., was then taken along to the gangway of when the Batavier was reached. It the liner by two members of the latter's crew. On account of its weight and the difficulty of handling it, these men rolled it over and over. They had just reached the gangway with the box when, to their astonishment, the lid at the side gave way and the head and arm of a man protruded.
The men quickly gave the alarm, and on further investigation it was found that the box contained a young German. Questioned, he said his name was Otto Koehn, and that he had sailed from America in the Fatdum to return to his regiment in Germany, of which he was a lieutenant. His ship was captured and brought to Southampton, and there he was Dorchester, He added that he had been placed under arrest and interned at in the box nearly 15 hours, and declared that he got in himself, unaided, and could have got out himself. He was take in the ferry boat to Gravesend, where he was handed over to the police, Subse quently the lieutenant was conveyed back to Dorchester.
An examination of the box showed that it contained a blanket, wo champagne bottles filled with water, a bottle of meat extract, and about a dozen bananas and banana skius. In two corners straps had been fixed for the man's arms. The most interesting thing in the box, however, was
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Monday, 1st Feb., Forage 2015.
Monday, 8th Feb. Fuel (Cosl, oto.) ....l
1915. General Supplies A'Thursday, 11th Feb, General Supplies B'1 1910 Hospital Supplies... Monday, 15th Feb, Washing
1015. Thursday, 18th Feb. 1915.
Transport
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a rubber pillow filled with oxygen. The personally between the hours of 10 A., and air-epace being so limited, it was doubt-1 F., or by letter to the D.A.D. of Supplies less intended to revive the prisoner haiend Transport, Victoria Barracks, Hoogkong. faintnees attacked him. It did not appear to have been used.
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TRANSFER, 2-Pte. H. W. Kanser from Right Section 31.G. Co. to Signalling Section dated 26th January, 1015.
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The right to reject all, or any, Tenders fa specially reserved.
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Hongkong, 22nd January, 1915.
3. Parades for Friday, 20th instant, il. THE ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.
THOGRAME FOR PEDRUARY.
4.-6.15 p.m. Mondays (except 22nd Feb ruary) N.C.06 drill on the Cricket Ground.
5.15 p.m. Tesdays and Thursdays (ex- cept rd Telruary) Nos. 1 and 2 Sections Artillery and Leit Section M.G. Co. 10 pdr drill at Head- quarters.
Remainder.
5.15 p.m. Tuesday, 2nd, Company Drill and Rifle Exercises under Company Commanders,
5.15 pm Thursday, 4th, Skirmishing
under Company Commanders 5.15 p.m. Tuesday, 9th, Bayonet Fight ing under Company Commanders. 5.15 pm. Thursday 11th Battalion
Dril-under Commanding Officer. 5:15 nm. Tuesday, 16th, Route March
under Commanding Officer.
5.15 pm Thursday, 13th, Musketry Exercises and Aiming Drill under. Company Commanders.
5.15 p.m. Thursdag, th, Bayonet
Fighting under Company
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GOVERNOR'S CUP.
Closing Date of the Compotition for the above CUP has been extended to 31st inst.
Any additional entries must be lodged with the Undersigned before that date.
The First round to be played by the 14th Feb,
•21st Second,, Third
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UBSCRIBERS to the above LOAN are LONDON, January 16th Our action in the region of Perthes
hereby actifled that, in accordance with The Russian Foreign Office has issued began on December 1st and proceeded
Article V of the Loan Regulations, the fall an appalling report on the subject of the continuously. It enabled us to advance
amount of Dollars Nine Hundred and Sirty ill-treatment of Russian subjects in our line more then two kilometres north
The prosaic proceedings of the Chan Thousand (5960,000), being the amount of Germany since the beginning of the war. of our position three weeks ago. We made A Russian Senator was stripped naked a dozen attacks, and repulsed more than cery Court before Mr. Justice Ero were interest on the Loan for one year, has been duly The enemy was enlivened recently Mr. Younger, K.C. raised by the Ministry of Finance and the and thrown into prison with criminals, twenty counter-attacks. while crowds of Russian tourists were very anxious to retake an important was reading a company petition, and Ministry of Communications, and has been huddled in undeaned cattle truck, fortified hill, numbered 200, and lost after dealing with long paragraph deposited by the Undersigned in the following stables and pigsties. Women and child heavily during fruitless attacks alphabetically lettered “K,”
And now, my lord, will you go to Foreign Banks, namely, THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION and THE ren, often ill, were hurried through the Between Argonne and Upper Alsace cur
RUESO-ASIATIC BANK, as a permanent streets and many fell from exhaustion artillery in the region of Verdun and the The Judge joined heartily in the guarantee for the interest on the Loan, Russians were often deprived of food and heights of the Mense frequently silenced Iaughter that convulsed the Court. water for day, and on one occasion 60 the enemy's guns and demolished foot Russians, including 25 women, were bridges thrown over the Meuse at St. allowed to leave railway carriages once Mihiel. The German attacks slackened in seventy hours. The ill-treatment in the forest of Apremont, where the caused a number of deaths and mental enemy apparently lost hope of dislodging derangements.
Mr. Younger 1" he exclaimed. Mr. Younger Bured his lordship, in the broadest Scotch accent, that his H's were absolutely to be relied upon, It's adding amid renewed laughter, something to be a Scotsman after all'
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Nions! Lones. Inspectorate General of Customs, Peking 18th January, 1815.
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