THE
WAR.
STRUGGLE
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 10TH 1915.
IN THE EASTERN
THEATRE.
RUSSIANS' SLOW AND ORDERLY RETREAT.
CONSTANTINOPLE IN A MONTH
IF BULGARIA_JOINS_THE_ALLIES,
DARING FEATS BY ALPINISTS.
RUSSIAN FRONT
(THROUGH RCCTER'S AGENCY.} -
AUSTRO ITALIAN FRONT,
{TUROCOH RECTER'S AGENCY.)
ORDERLY RUSSIAN RETREAT. WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENTS
A WALL OF STEEL"
Perkodnad, Augæt siki
The Russian trest is wrg'slow and wry orderly. The most desperate thrusts of the Germans to cut off the Russian reira de varanty mit wira wathed
steel, which has also wonderful elasticity.
BY ALPINISTS.
Rome, Augustati.. Both the Italians and the Austrians are fortik of expedients in surprise attress.
QENERAL
“{THROUGA={LUTER'S AGENCY)- THE ENTENTE AND BULGARIA,} NEGOTIATIONS ENTER DECISIVE PHASE.
LONDON, August áth on Solia says the
Alegram Allies replied
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
-GERMAN=SEA POWER MUST
END.
LONDON, August 8th, The Marquis of Linlithgow; in a message to Leith on the war anniversary," asks Britons to keep their eyes fixed on Germany Navy Any perse terms not
JETS OF LIQUID FIRE.
GERMAN WEAPON FOR CLOSE FIGHTING.
Bulgaria's Kote: „7" 2d instant 20 including the shottering of Germany's inst the French,
June 15th. The newspapers attribute be reply, which
not expreed at this jundare to a desire on the part of the Entente je
Wad
anticipal the eventual cunclusion of the | Turcu-Bulgarian Agreemont. Some 847 that the reply was delayed nail the Allirs ware able to offer Bulgaria satisfactory terms, and state hat this is appírently ecnfirmed by the simultaneous demarches made at Athens and Nish.
These comments are purely conjectural,
Repower, Dust be rejected. Only the can the life of our children bẹ made worl's fiving”.
CHINESE TELEGRAMS. [rnon OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] POOTOO ISLAND. RUMOUR OF SALE TO GERMANS DENIED.
PERING, Auguși 9th.......... A Router's telegean that the Niogpo
CORRUPTION IN PEKING.
DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON WONG HSUN.
the 3rd inst., says: ---
A Bunter's telegrain from Peking, dated.
In is communication by an Eye-Witness present with General Headquarters,
The re-hearing of the Nanking sight. dated June 28th, he writes:-
p coat, bond case is causing dissension It has been reported that the Germans among the administrative and judicial have gain heen using Flammed ærefer, or salictal, Chiang Jung, Vice-Minister of engine for throwing burning liquidatie, and Yao Ilin, Chief Councillor There is ever of the Ministry of Justice, have sont in that they contemplated the employment on * resignations. buning liquids qilite early in the war. The judge who tried the ease and dia. if not before, In Note 3 of the Badehauged Chen Teh-chin uil Yin Teh- Army, dated October 16th, 1911, at St. beag is now in the custody of the. Peking Quentin, the following instructions were Magistrate ponding an investigation by pablished under the heading of Arms Administrative Court. a the disposal of Pioneers for fighting
close quarters "--
is stated that the compradore of Siemens Schuckert, Shanghai, who is The in projectors (Flammenwerfer). alleged to be involved in the case, will which are very similar to portable fire contato Peking shortly with Chen T- estinguishers, are worked by specially trainehan and Yin Teh-heng.
ed pioneers and throw a liquid whigh at once The sentence of death passed on Waig taches fire spontaneously, The jet of Fire Ran, the ex-Financial Commissioner of his an effettivo range of 80, metres, The King, for corruption, has caused con- effet, is immediate and deadly, nt: thewiderables anxiety among officials awaiting great heat developed fores the enemy back trial on similar charges.
n long way As Chuy burn for-que-and-a- hali to two minutes, and can be stopped whenever necessary, short and isolate jetsBEIIN, MEYER'S AT BANGKOK.
as ale nature of the reply has not be authorities had sold Pootoo Island 10 hoof flame are advisable, sa thar om charge disclosed. It is opined that the negotia germans is stated by the Waichiaphme projectors will be ninly omphared in
tions between the Enterde and Bulgaria have now catered on a decisive phase. THE SPIRIT OF RUSSIA: WHAT BULGARIA WANTS.
LoSoos, August wh. Dr. Dition, of the Daily Telegraph's staff, says be has received letters froin & Russian statesman stating that the fall
*sule.
AUSTRIAN PRISONERS”.
ADVENTURES..
PEKINO, August 9iù, Two Austrian prisoners who escaped From Siberio and were-interned by the Chinese authorities, have broken their parole and are zieltering in Thulin at the Austrian izgation, which declines to
is sufficient to spray several objectives.
it
votation in any directiear.
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"The Sim Olixerper" (Bangkok) of July (Foreign Office) to be a fabrication. The street and thighres 24 syys: We are informed that the [local officials have no power to make such he kept in readiness at the place from which heal mer of Rehu, Meyer and C6, Ltd.,
an attack sparis.
in Sagapore, and their bronchi in There is un doubt that some engines of Poning, being in compulsory liquidations this nature were employed by the Germans wader the Alien Emmies (Winding up during August and September, 1914 to Ordinance, 1914, their Bangkek branch is destroy portions of the tow and village also experiencing difficulties in cartring dstroyed by thew. One captured apusiness, as they cease to be here a paratus actually examined, compris British firm, but are now regarded as Bertable reservoir for holding the inflgon German. Especially after the new British mable liquid and the men of spraying procination
with The former, which is carried strap
prohibiting trade ou to a man's back, is a steel criinder
Germans in China, and Siam the position of Cenau Brms in Bangkok has become containing oil and compressed air
more difficult, separat elumbers,
The latter consists therefore the wish of the owners
It appears that it was of a suitable length of metal pipette Hamberg to discontinue all busines ju will quiversal joint and truzzi Bin en-for the praat. Meges Eagler valve is turned on the air prerary and. Menzi have bought all stocks and o forces the oil out of the nozzle in a instanding accouts of Bel, Meyer an
f. Lal. spray for a distance of over 50 yards. The dation of the firm of Boha, Meyer aid This means practically liqui- is ignited automatically" at the muzzle and continues to issue in a sheet of fame o, Did., amb all affairs will be wond mps luras gossible. Proper formalities plne probalily only after the end of this At some points where the opposing lines War when proper postal comunications are close messages are not infrequently with anburg and all directors are in establistund. The new firm has reated the Aung over by the guenty. They are gherully of a derisive or insulting and godowng of B. M. and Co, Dature, and nearly always betray great. The firm Engler and Menzi, will ha Whether ignorance as to the real situating on the registered under Siamese Jaw.
the Ora of B. M. and Co. Ltd, will part of the writers, whose sole sources ci Inferniation are the official committinpetés over open again in the Straits and in and newspapers which give only the news Sigm vill depend upon the end of tho which the German authorities" wish the
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HEREDITARY TITLES.
Pasand, August 9th.
The legislative Burcant recomms fustif the air pressure falts to low or ths of the liquidatioì of dos firm, ean, tako
A communiqué records a daring feally of Warsaw has permanently destroyed the Alpinists in the Tonly district. They barriers separating people and the elinded right along a difficult ridgaf Goverancat and has roused, the most 1977; deliyor them over to the-Chines......- Here and there it is slightly dented, but rocks towering adore Val del Monte, and| più e'ments into rosiation to remedy. it never breaks. That the Germans claim įsurprised æz dawn on Saturday. Austrian, the Russian deficitacias and to cutterly) in the Koyno region only 000 prisoners creached near Breavallo Peak, cáp-defca: The cacing, Que statestiwn aduṣ: how magnificently the turing many bohs and other material The absorbing question now is what now shows clearly
The Germans hastily abandoned in the trenches, Russians are fighting,
elements are a comic inte being Bui upproached the first-line positions of the fortress of Kovne from the west bank pt the Niemen and started an aimed attack, whereupon they were caught by The body the Russian beavy, batteries, bardaient of the enemy "continues. The
German loses here and before Ossowices must be tremendous, especially as the efforts are quite shortive.
BATTLE OF THE XANEW.
The battle of the Narew is perhaps th must intens, and fust blody local babble of the war. The Russians are resisting - marvellously, their gallantry against heug gana foiling the whole German plan envelopment. & Titanic duct is proceed ing beince the German siege troops arû Novogeorgiersk. The Germans say the situating at Warsaw its H is unchauge ↳ The Russians," says the communiqué, "continue the banbardment of the town
in the same day another enemy force entrenched to the north-east of Ergavell: were driven from their positions by fire from mountain-gurs, hoisted to a height of 10,000 feet, to the Ercavallo rocks.
The Italians in Cador, after several days' artillery preparation, successfully advanced along the Sexton Valley, dri- ving back the expny and reaching a frout extending to Burtestall.
The enemy, on the Carso Platean is en- deavouring to the utmost to impede the Italian approach to his works; constantly delivering attacks, and even attempting to place movabis wire, entanglements in from of the Mulia's fines
GREAT FIRE IN MONFALCONE. CAUSED BY AUSTRIAN ARTILLERY.
ROME, August 8th.
ዩን ን'ዩ
The Bale of Carso was 800]
the conferring of hereditary titles in
THE EX-GOVERNOR OF:
SZECHUAN.
garia's spitration would give us Conishing degree upon meriterions. stantinople in a month, but Bulgaria- wit hot match unil She is assured of the possession of Macchata, while Secting refutes 19 part with Macedonia, no matter what the compensation.""
KAISER
OFFERS: RUSSIA
PEACE,
RUSSIA DESIRES NOT PEACE,: BUT VICTORY.
Persoonan, August 5th The Bourse fiaith has, recited infor mation from an inimpeachable source that the Kaiser as an offer of peace Rusia last work through the King of Danmark. The answer sent by Russia was that there would be no question of pivars pourpurterial prezint..
The Jurve Fremge, referring to Prograd al- Murgon
Ptitours
גן
iris exhausted.
"ENEMY SEEKING THE TRUTH.
war
Puxino, August 9th. The President advises that the trial of Cheng Ting-chi, the former Governor of Szechuan, on a charge of corruptions, use, there have been signs that this troops FRENCH NATIONAL FETE AT delayed.
addiers to receive, shapul so as to grate the desired impression Recently, how
THE CHINESE CONSTITUTION.der to our men in exchange for ours.
Pakiso, August:94 The drafting of the Constitution has been delayed pending the arrival of Wai Yu-pso, the Chinese Minister to Belgium, who is now on his journey, homewwid..
FINANCIAL POSITION OF
THE EMPIRE.
DETERMINED OPTIMISM.
The following is part of a news cabl
last werk:-
Fase et scidished with this condition of afnirs mid have to souie extent lud faith je their own newspapers, which they The following message, which was writtes in English, joint, di a frame of mind which is becoming more common 2----
My old Tonimy,
SAIGON.
The National Fate of the inth of July sed dis year very quietly in Saigon At the review of the troops which took place in the morning, the Goverior Gosh Bonny wade armekable. We send you some news, All what and speech in which he praised and thanker in its in the whole verity, Italiau is aching; da de same of France the loyalty and thy re no soldiers, Miny, pre band's devotion of the native population and Russia is finishest. We pincel to Pits saluted the Ausamites fighting ir t burg Send us your Mooning Post or Pears French ranks, or working in our ane-
xre wis ther they tell Hie verity.
no" The Andamite population, ļa This was possibly composed by an acked, has not let itself he reduced by writer of a hotel or a sosity boarding plotter and fomentors of troubles, paid louin ngland. The significant part is the fad mence, in which, in spite of with derman money, and France will m
ír་ཟླ་; i Then we after that an in- lus protest as to the whohe verily of that news he so kindly imparts, the writer pessive erremony in the cemetary, around the monument Francis Garnier and writing.
of the Colony" Faliosi on the battlefield. Throughout he fet of the day, the «Dans de la Croix Rouge wery buy tling in the strčela to the prolt of the vicing of the war in France, the furdals and insignia of the 75, on which theng 1 krat ru! In Svigon alone, was they made not less than 30,000 dollar Singapore Free Pres
from Praga." The battles in the southern stabien on Sularday, but on Salarday (f. German prasą proposal to Russia reived by the British Legation at Peking illogically betrays his real objects in Deadri de Lagrer, it the honour of that.
area are almost stationary, and the sterat entres are now Kovao and the Narew.
ENPARALLELED FURY OF GUNAIRE,
evening the Italians madas considerable
Mr. Asquith, in moving the adjourn
{ progress, taking a large numbers that Kussia doto ‘uch desire prace meat of the House of Cosimons, somed
prisoners.
A codowaniga reports that Austrian artillery fred an incendiary shell into “Monfalcone Dockyard, - causing a goal. fire, and then attenqited by a curtain of jahrapnel to, prevenť. Hlus Italians exting- nishing the fir, which, however was Sven controlled.
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FRONT
THROUGH ALUTER'S AGENCY;]
ARTILLERY AND BOMB
ACTIONS.
FRANCO-BELGIAN
A German war correspondeat describes Ang Gerair bombardment before Warsaw, whicir went on continuous hetwo days. The artillery of the whole German Army audi was concentrated on a small space, the fury of the gun fire was wer mord intense, reaching its maximum on the second night. Besides the Bavariausi Prussians, Warioburgers, Wurtresses, , and Saxons were among the Era reaching the entanglements The Russians, thoughi inferior in numbers, sustained a heroie defence, and permitted the retreat to bi earried out splendidly. The Russians went back very gradually. It is fully con
A communigać says:-There were artil- rmed that the Russians not only left Warsas mapty of shell, but that the dislery actions in Woevre and along the mantling was most complete, even house Western front. Soissons was again bo hold utens ly of any value being removed, barded. There were only houd fights in ENEMY BEATEN BACK NEAR Argonne. The Germans in the Vunges
RIGA.
re-attacked Lingekopf, and were repulsed.
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
Patis, August sth.
1.30 am.
{TØRQUMP RUUTER'S AGENCY.].
VICTIMS OF ENEMY SUR- MARINES.
GREAT ATTACKS ALONG THE
NAREW... PETROGRAP, August 9th 'An official communique says:--In find direction of Riga we dislodged the enemy from the region between the rivers Dwina
LONDON, August 9th. and Ecknu. All the enemy attacks on the
The British steamer Hunt, the Swedish Fortresses of Kovno and Ossovices were repulsed on the elb inst, and were not | steamor Halndund, and the trayker Occan renewed on the following day.
Queen have been sunk.
The enefay continues to niake vigorous saved. attacks from the Nares ng along the. whole front.
Great forces are acting against the Lousa and Ostrow sector.
There have been obstinate reargard actions on the left of the Vieprz, Wo aptured hundreds of prisoners in counter. attacks,
We successfully exercised pressure on the enemy's advance on the left of the Bug,
The crews were
GERMAN SUBMARINE
DISABLED.. TOWED INTO THE GOLDEN HORN.
LONDON, August 9th,
A telegram from Athens says that a Ger La subpiarise was completely disabled, and was towed into the Golden Horn by o Turkish destroyer.
but victorys Moreover, Russia signed an with the Alliestuok to conclade Ugrescat
separato penes Agreements are not for
scraps of poqer.”, ORGANISING BUSSIA.
her "
PETROGRAD, August pth. M. Gutchkólf, the ex-Président of the Duma, who is styled the “ Russian Llox George," presided Saturday at Congress of the Committees organising industry for tuilitary purposes, at which speeches wipe arde-by representatives of all parts of the Empire. 31. Risbauchie thy, the Moscow millionaire, said that Russia would tire if necessary to the Urals to fight in the Fust man.
A TRUE BRITON. NOTHING BAKES ANY DIFFER-
ENCE TO ME."
LONDON, August 8th,,i Details of the heroic death of Captain Rmart, supplied by comrades, show that he volunteered as a bomb-thrower a Fastubert, and advanced coolly, heedless of showers of shel's Shrapnel shatterei his right hand, bat he did not falser, and kept throwing with his left hand, Au officer asked him to retire, as he wa wonded. He simply replied "Nothing makes any difference to me," and cor. tanned to advangs, and bomb the enemy furiously till he fell dead.
MAJOR-GENERAL HUNTER. WESTON ILL.
LONDON, August 4th. 1. General Bażiloud, the temporary French Commander-in-Chief at the Dardanelles, las issued an Order stating that Major-General Hunter-Weston, en manding a British Corps, bag bien com- pelled to leave owing to illness.
General Sir Ian Hamilton, inde patch at the beginning of July, highly praised Major-General Hunter-Weston
up the situation in a spirit of defermined
ptimism.
The outline is now apparent of Ve Bréently facial policy of the Burne
a short Canadian loan of $30,000.00 was concluded in New York, Australia is evealing a loan of £220.000.000, of which a part is being issued, and India is floating 44 por cout. rupee loan for £3,000,000. The Dominics are thus financing their of requirements to greater extent than wal and by relieving England of the necessity of sending money out, they hay a bestficial influence on foreign exchanges and will reduce, the demand for gall
here.
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"KILL PRISONERY AT ONCE." The following is an extract from a epe red letter:
NENWABR
If you take any prisoners kill them a
There is not sufficient here for us to eat, let alone luring to share our einr resures with all these unfortunate foreign- es, especially the English.
The scarcity of food, which forms the subject of large a part of the corres- pundenor of the Germans, is in sume ex- tent artificial, It does not menu that bod does not exist, but implies tut the divernment has assumed control of the sucks in order to husband the country's ours for the continuance of the war by months by insisting on a rigid ceonen - for which event they have been preparing in consutaption,
THE SOUTH-WEST CAMPAIGN.
"INDULGING IN THE FLIRT"
In a tearfully eloquent article, the Benlis appeals to the patriotism of the people to dismiss from their vaca- batary all words of alien origin:
We are giving alterance to the hairt felt wishes of every one of our people when we appeal, with all the force at our command, to our philologists-our-les- chers and university professors to purge AFRICA German life of the foreign stain that dis-
figures it in every section.
DISILLUSIONMENT OF THE
GERMANS.
"How deeply that foreigner-worship hus ted into all our personal and Social relations is shown by the great hist of oldish words which we employ front our Birth to the day of our death.
AN INTERESTING COMPARISON, Some interest has been aroused by the publication of financial statistics of the Napoleonic War. Then the National Debt amounted to 2000,000,000 while the nation's income was from £250.000.000 do Cow,000,000, the debt being equal to over three times the aggregate of the amount of the annual income. In 1914-and there is ne reason to expect a change after the
The German makes his entry in the war-the-income was about £2.400,000,000.
A Petty Officer of the Royal Naval Air world as "Baby," and if he is the dild it cur 1-1,t amountert £3,000,000,000 it would represent not minela Service, employed on the armoured ears of walthy people, grows up under the gouvernante. His educalion more than one year of income, whereas with General Botha's Army in German care of a
Institut,' Penschat,” Cr Lycee." in the Napoleonic period it amounted to Bouth-West Africa, writes from Windhukhesives in an Elementarschule," an H schooldays over, the youth shows a the years of income. If the burden of General Botha captured Windhuk with The General had t
tendency to become a bon vivaut," and taxation neeney to pay the interest entry litle trouble.
meeting with the leaders of the enemy. the deld is enormous wow as compared and offered them prace under certaindulges in the Flirt." Thou, by means with then, the resouces are also greater anditions, which they declined to aerept. of an Inserat" in the papers, he luke
Thus
HONGKONG
AEROPLANES.
CHRISTENED BY QUEEN ALEXANDRA.'
12
is
offering
We have bear in Windhuk now nearly a fabest for a good "Partie,"
The German prisoners simple chane for an agreable existence. cek.
New his life is divided between the laugh at us, as they firmly believe that the Germans have occupied England and Bureau and the Salon, and her that they are sending reinforcements between the discussion of questions of the Talette and the Club and ferher
chic from Germommy to recapture this country
Oramart aud, of courtes, all of us as well! Ieverything must be
elegant," Queen Akxandra, accompanied by wonder what they will think when they aud
Tathe Baison" both take a trip lò n " Heart." Princess Victoria, presented to the Royal know the truth. They have no wireles Flying Corps at Aldershot last mouth station outside Europe now that we have
They had a splendid In the end the athly shelf of the dend crewatr- four aeroplanez, the gift of the Overseas laken Windhuk.
in it they could man is inciterated installation liere, oud Club.
wireless
We must be Por "The machines were manufactured at the
Back at it send and receive mesages from Berlin rium.
Enough of thiɛ. Royal Aircraft Factory.
itself. This is a pretty little down, with
There are Germanised, otherwise we can never hope inscribed plate indicating the colony many statues of the Kaiser! making the gift. Ons was from the British only about 5,000 of the enemy left, and to Germanise our enem, when we ar West Indies, two were presented by Hong-they are making for Grootfontein, where formed into their teachers, their
We mentors, their guides, and their rulers, kong and the fourth was presented by they may put up their last fgla.
have had no more fierce fighting, and we the Tai Yai Bank, Hongkong-
After inspecting the machines the only seem to come across a few small Queen Mother said:
groups of the enemy, who surrender.. We It gives me the greatest pleasure to are going to try to cut across country christen these acroplanes given to us by towards Grootfontein, as somewhere on the Overeas Dominions I give them that road they have a convoy of 10,00 I hope that we shall my blessing, and wish them eve head of stock.
succed in capturing them, if only for our success and good luck." The four pilots, after being presented town use. There are plenty of wild bok to Her Majesty, mounted the machines here, and they provide us with the only and flow of to France.
fresh meat we can secure."
These
German-Russian pocket dictionara Found on German prisoners contain, inter: alia, Bussian words of command. dictionaries teach the German troopshow to sy: Turn out your pockets!" "Take off your jackets, boots, and socks!" "You. will be killed if you do not speak the bruk.