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THE
WAR.
THE HONGKONG, DAILY FRESA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 1915.
DASHING ITALIAN OFFENSIVE.
BIG STROKE IMPENDING.
BRITISH SURPRISE LANDING AT SUVLA BAY.
-COTTON TO BE DECLARED CONTRABAND
RESIGNATION OF GREEK GOVERNMENT.
BRITISH TRANSPORT
AUSTRO ITALIAN FRONT.
{THROUGH, REUTER'S AGENCY.) MORE ITALIAN SUCCESSES.
Rom. August 17th-
A communiquẻ says that the Italians mado fresh progress in the Sexton valley.
In Drava, after the artillery had wreck ed enemy entrenchment, and silenced energy batteries, the infantry advanced into the valleys of the Bacherbach and the Boden: bach, atorining the enemy's defences and taking many prisoners.
It is ennfirmed tlust the enemy lost hervi- ly in the Popena valley out the 13th inst.j 200 dead were found in one trench.
The Italians have niso made fresh pro- gress in the Monie Ners zone, taking aờŋ. prisoners, and they repulsed a violent night attack in Freikofel and other post- tions at Carnia,
ITALIANS GAIN SEVEN MILES OF TRENCHES.
LONDON. August 17th,
A szago received from Laibach vir Geneva side, that the Austrians in the Sexten valley have lost seven miles of trenches, 2,000 killed and wounded, and
800 prisoners since the 19th inst
SUNK.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
GERMANS ASPHYXIATED BY THEIR OWN GAS.
PETROGRAD, August 17th. It is just transpired that in German gas.. at column was gassed by its own Ossowiecz recently. Three
thousand Germans advanced at dawn with a view to storming one of the forts and were preceded by an asphyxiating cloud, when the wind suddenly changed.
mans fled panic-stricken and the fortress guns shot them down' in hundrede, while the German artillery, not realising the reason of the flight, also shelled them. The column was practically annihilated.
DEVASTATED POLAND. VAST DESTRUCTION BY THE RUSSIANS.
THE NEAR EAST
[THROUGH REUTEN'S LOBNOY.) THE LANDING AT SUYLA BAY. TURKISH COMMUNICATIONS
THREATENED.
LONDON, Aug 17th
An account of the landing on Gallipoli,
GENERAL
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY]
GERMAN INTRIGUE IN AMERICA.
AMERICAN NEWSPAPER
COMMENT.
LONDON, August 17th.
at Suvla Bay, has been received at The New York World publishes a second Athens, which says that it was effected instalment of "documents proving German on the foreshore in front of the Salt Laite, intrigue. It included a letter from u There was only a small Turkish ober-German agent in Chicago, to the German vation post there, the Turks having been financial director, Doctor Albert, suggest- led, by recent activities and reports, to ing the acquisition of the Weight aeroplane Thor in mo. concentrate their forces on the Asiatic Ride works at Dayton,
at of the Dardanelles, and at Smyrna, where editorial, say that the Government they expected attacks.
Washington can no longer afford to close its eyes to the German official conspiracy against the pace and welfare of the United States.
The whole landing force with ammuni tion, baggage and artillery, reached the shore practically anopposed and there were few casualties. They advanesd immediately and quickly sized positions previously planned for capture. entrenching, the right wing advanced and, elfeded a junction with the left wing of
the Sarilir forces
The Krening Pud says that the Farid Aftas proved that large sunk of German gol
The new positions threaten the Turks
lines of communiontious,
The enemy eventually brought, up forces und attacked, but were easily repnised with serious loss.
IMMORTAL HEROISM. THRILLING TALES FROM THE
DARDANELLES..
LONDON, August 16th.
have been spent in this Cuited States..
The Evening Telegram says it is an easy matter to have Count Bernstorff recalled
and other undesirables deported, but the disgusting fact remains that a number of American citizens have sold themselves for German gold.
GOVERNMENT
RESIGNS.
ATHENS, August 17th.
The Greek Government has resigned.
ment, the Chamber bad clested a Venizelini President by 182 votes 20 93, against a Government candidate.
LATER.
The King has asked M. Venizelos to form A Cabinot.
M.. Venizelos has asked a delay four days before definitely replying. -
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of
AN IMPERIAL CABINET.
LORD MILNER ON BOTHA'S VICTORY.
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GERMANY'S DIFFICULTIES.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PESSIMIST'S PICTURE.
in
Mr. Bonar Law said truly the other evening Lord Milnor spoke last month on the that we saw only our own difficulties-w invitation to Sir Robert Borden to did not see the difficulties of the enemy: The Cabinet Council and on General Botha's explanation is, of course, that the enemy are victory. The occasion was a dinner skilled in shrouding their difliculties from given to Mr. B. R. Wise, K.C., Agent-themselves at large and from the world; Gonatal for New South Wales, at the while with us there is free disenssion, even licence, to gloat over difficulties aml exag. United Empire Club under the junt genite them. In other words, the British auspices of the club and the Imperial people know the best and the worst about Mission. Lord Milner pręsidah,
events; the Germaur people only know their own best Among these present were Lord Süm. It is a strango stroke of irony that-the- mor, Lord Kintore, Admiral the Hon. German difliculty over the disappearance of Sir E. E. Fremantle: Sir W. Grey-their Colonial empire should be empluusised Wilson, Sir George Reid Lieutenant by the loss of Ceraan South-West Africa at Commander Hugh Many, Sir Joseph this particular moment. For it happens that Lawrence, Mr. H. de Courcy Hamilton, one of their greatest fanatics for colonial ex- Mr. A. Paget, M.P., and Mr. H.
pansion has only recently published a book Chisholm,
containing dreams of German dominion. He is Professor Hans Delbrück, who occupies the the chair of modern history Berlin University. Delbrück dutifully blesses the hand that forged the famous telegram Ens. He states that Germany must demand, as one of the conditions of peace, a very large Colonial Empire--a German India! Another of our enemics who Both written a book is Herr Springsiann, a big manufacturer. The Germans, according to him, have been given rask of founding a new the episation in place of the policy of ete or exploiting and conquering colonies which has been pursued heretofore by our deadly enemy, England." After this, how mortifying the blow that has now fallen, how immense the difficulty created for the tribes of Delbrück and Bergburg and Stresernitun and Springmann by the complete and conditional surrender of the German forces in Socile West Africa to General Botha I Germany's grand schemes of colous expul sion finally shattered! Of course the man people will not be allowed to know the whole truth yet. The Gormon people are trusted with only very small doses of truth. UNDISPUTED FACTS,
Lord Milner, in introducing Mr. Wiss as cas of his oldest friends, suid he did not suppose there was any man. better qualified to interpret between the Mother Country and the Australian Dominion Mr. Wis was an Australian by birth; he was an Englishmum by education, Sine
port in Great Australia first took Britain's when im ISAB
Greentr clininge had come over the relations The 500 men then sent between the two. to Egypt was a promise of the future and now the contribution was something like 100,000,
survive
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of
single port, since the beginning of the war nestly 20,000 voyages have been made in and out. Out of every 1,000 voyages 908 have Nobren safely accomplished. Moreover, the German Navy is bottled up, and the men for her armies are all out,
Vice-Admiral de Rubeck, in giving-id to the resignation of the Govern-Enne Laving all the political control. The Ger-particulars of those recommended for the Victoria Cross, says that Commander Unwin left his ship under a murderous fire and worked till, suffering from coll and immersion, he was obliged to return || to his ship, where he was wrapped in blankets. Then, having recovered -some- :what, he returned to his work against the Later doctor's orders, and completed it. he was again attended by the doctor for LONDON, August 16th. A telegram from Copenhagen reports three abrasions, caused by bullets, after that a Danish war errespondent with which he went in a lifeboat amxl saved the the Austrians in Poland telegraphs: wounded in the shallow water. He con- Wherever we go the horizon-is-red-with-tinued his heroie, laboris till he was flaming villages. The Austrians are utterly physically exhausted. making streams efforts to save the rem nants of the crops, but they are so over ript that the grains fall at the slightest touch. Every scrap of metal is carefully col lected. The correspondent spent a night
looted
in an old castle, where everything down to the door fittings had been ITALIANS PREPARING FOR A A wood famine, owing to the Russians
GENERAL ATTACK.
Midshipman G. L. Drewry, with a wound in the head, continued to work. and twice subsequently attempted to
Midshipman W. S. Malleson, when swim from lighter to lighter with ling Midshipman Drewry bad failed from exhaustion, succeeded in taking a li placing the from lighter to lighter, but the line burning everything, is Germans and Austrians in the greatest subsequently broke. Midshipman Male made two further unsuccessful difficulties and is leading to curious n that devices. The correspondent saw a bridge across a river constructed with wooden
abedsteads.
LONDON, August 16th.
Udine It is reported· from
almost com. has Cadorna General
for, his preparations ploted
It is expected fresh general attack. that the result will be the occupa tion of the Carso Plateau, the fall of Goritz
Cholera lurks everywhere and farmers display bundles of straw as a warning of the existence of the discase.
and the entry of the Italans into Trieste, FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
The last is expected about the end of August or the beginning of September.
FIGHTING ON ICE-CLAD- MOUNTAINS.
Rome, August 18th.
[THROUGH RETTER'S AGENCY.]
THE CROWN PRINCE'S ARMY.
YET ANOTHER REBUFF.
PARIS, August 17th. There have been only cannonades, with the exception of an attempted attack by the Crown Prince's Army in infantry fire threw back into its own lines.
NAVAL ACTIVITIES,
attempts.
After the war th would would be different world from that in which we had
There would be' radien beon living. changes. Surely, among thuse changes the absurb constitution of the 1. It The Evening Sua rejoices that the figh: Empire na they had known it in the past would not be the only thing that would is new transferred To the open.
They must when the war was over, time some sort of constitution of GREEK
the Empire that would really correspond with facts. It was an absolute absurdity to suppose that they could go on with a great race spread all over the world,
Were it a case of my other people than the standing the fiercest test to which any race could be subjected, and yet adocile Germans, one could predict with cer- single stall island in the corner of tainty that they would demand terrible. vengeance on their militarist masters later Cause Sir Robert Borden had been invited with lies. They are actually told that the Germans command the sen by their submarine There was the greatest enthusiaen for the way they are being "bluffed" and fod to a Cabinet meeting. He thought the blockade. A simple little fact like the British Prime Minister, in inviting him record of Liverpool alone will never be to that eating, had a wise provision allowed to reach their masses. Taking that wise outlook for the future, and he did thing that would meet with the universal approval of his fellow-countrymen, was a compliment, an emon, but in itself it was a matter of no importance. one could suppose that the occasiona presence of a single Cadian in the
German difliculties over cotton for military British Cabinet of 22 really represented purposes are not so great as they would have any adequate recognition of the import been bad our Government declared cotton nurce of Canada to the Empire. They unconditional contraband, but they are very
invite might
the Canadian
Prine great. A veto has been placed on the manu Minister once or twice in two or three facture of many sorts of cotton goods in order years; they might invite the Prime that the needs for ammunition shall come Minister of the Commonwealth to a comist. Every old pieces of cotton is long col- plimentary seat in the Cabinet-that lected by the Germans, eves in Belgium, so would be all very well as a compliment or tyres while bankrupt Austria contributes as an indication of what was coming; 11 church bells for the metal of munitions. In was not the real thing. They had to
in preparation for the day when taxation come to a state of things in which those parts of Germany bachelors are being taxed, gentlemen would be present, nos in will make the country shudder for its sins. British Cabinet, but in a rend Imperial- Then there is Turkey. From the nest mo Cabinet, and not as gusta, but be right.ment that Turkey was enmeshed in the toile of the Kaiser there have been mutterings of Referring to the conques of German unrest. Enver Pasha has failed to secure South-West Africa, Lord Miler said he willing discipline; the Turkish army ent felt for the achievement of General Botha, German officers, who treat them like logs, is un achievement which was all the more intense, 50 Germany lus Turkey aming its shared with every one the admiration they with disation, and the feeling against the remarkable when they remembered that diffculties Turkey that is surreptitiously not so many yours ago he was their inest trying to escape its doom by making peace "I ink," said terms with the Allies behind the Kaiser's formidable enemy.
back. Lord Milner, that he has realised that
Here are a string of difficulties & lending the greatest future of his own race, to German Badical permitted himself to ask within the bounds of the British Empir, and that there is a greater future before supposed agreements between Germany und the South Africa Dutchman, renatning Rumania? What should be the reply to America, and what form is our submarine true to his own race and turditions warfare to assume in the future? Are we at citizen of this world-wide Empire, than he ever could have as a citizen merely of war with Italy? What is to be done with a South African State. Havi risen to respect to Holland, in view of the King of What are that higher conception, General Botha Bavaria's speech on frontiers, which ras we doing with respect to the great economic has shown the greatest ability and caused the greatest excitement ? courage, and has stood must faithfully organisations, such as the tag of Familers to his ideals. One of the latt citizens and the Central Association of German of the British Empire, he has done some Industrialists, who are carrying on 'n pra of the most remarkable work in its serpaginda in favour of an extremde annexu vic. There is no one who pays a more tionist programme, which induces our enemies hearty tribute to his great ucbies.to make the wildest efforts Her Hease, a than I do, wlio at one time wws. This Socialist leader, speaks of the present situ
LATEX Indescribably enthusiastic scenes mark Immes
The ed the opening of Parliament, crowds greeted the legislators. Chumber was crammed, but the Royal After the Family was not repezsented. religious ceremony a Venizelist. President was elceted, and there were feverish demonstrations of jay in the streets when the result was known..................
Then M. Gounaris mounted the tribune,
and in a brief speech announced the a suspension of the sitting till the Government's resiguation, and asked for
political crisis bad been solved,
M. Gounaris went to the Palace, the King accepted his resignation.
a
M.
THE IDEAL OF EMPIRE.
Seaman W. C. Williams held the line Venizelos was invited to consult the King which he had always been loyal, week or two ago: "How does it stand with the
in the water for over an hour, under heavy fire, until he was killed.
ho
mends the work of his staff.
to-day.
COTTON AS CONTRABAND.
Seanan G. M. Sampson worked on a lighter the whole day long, attending to
LONDON, August 17th. the wounded and getting out lines, till
The Government has been advised uns was dangerously wounded by a -maxim-
officially, but authoritatively, that the Vice-Admi.al de Robak specially com-Ailies intend to declare cotten contraband. It is stated that a decision has already been A feature in connection with the award reached and that the delay in meking of Distinguished Service Orders is the bravery of the officers of the Inflexible, the anpannusment is due to the necessity when the battle-cruiser struck a mine in for the Allies to make a unifonn arrange-advereary.. (Cheers.) the Dardanelles. The coveted Order has ment, been
to Lieut.-Commander
awarded
WASHINGTON, August 18th.
tion as melancholy and horrible High prices; fears for next year's food supply; discontented women-ure among the besieged country's problems.
Mr. Wise said the Australian Fleet had done its work not only for Australia, but for the Empire. The Germans had not the power the British possessed of win-
A FINANCIERS LAMENT. Each one of these events represent a Ger- nativa races. Not one of the native races having had experience of German rule man disappointment on the road to ruin. had volunteered in Africa or the Pacific There are lots of fat Germans, high and dry to fight for Germany, while not one native in Sweden to-day, bemoaning the difficulties race with experience of the firmness and and the rain which beset their land. A dis- justics of British rule but had in antisfied financier of the Dresdner Bank-h outburst of loyalty demanded to in a lifted a corner of the veil upon the monetary by British officers against the enemy,
A communiqué states that in the upper Ortler range, between the upper valley
Acheson and Sub-Licut. Giles, who went to Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, of the Adda and Adige, an Italian Argonne, which the French artillery and the fore magazine and sheth room, when and Belgium have agreed to make cotton "ing the sympathy and confidence of detachment on Monday night, marching
working parties had been driven from contraband. Japan's attitude is unde in sections and roped together, crossed the
there by the fumes of the mine, and closed fined. Japan will possibly take no Camoni Pase, 10,118 ft. high, scaled the
the valves and the water-tight doors.
action as there is now no German Colony Enginer Officers Leshmore, Lester ice-clad Tuckettspitz 11,382 it, high,
and Farry set a fine example in the the Far East. surprised the enemy and advanced to the
SUNK engine-room. In semi-darkness and in great heat, and while the ship was in danger of sinking, they gallantly faced the fumes, as did also Surgeon Langford,
The Distinguished Service Order has
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
Madd schspitz, 11,200 ft., where they BRITISH TRANSPORT dislodged an enemy detachment and. occupied the crest.
the
A dashing Italian offensive in Tolmino zone against Santa Vama and
BY SUBMARINE.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.
Lospos, August 17th.
tion t
21 crew of 220.
The troops
He attended 750 wounded,
It is understood that the declaration of cotton as contraband will be defended as being autherised by International law. Probably the Entente Powers will expect the aid States to protest, but they
The Admiralty announce that the also been awarded to Surgeon P. B. intend to argue that the United States Santa Lucia hills, covering positions on British transport Royal. Edward was sunt Kelly, who was wounded on the proclamations of 1865 make materials for the right bank of the Isonzo. captured by an cuemy submarine in the Aegean Clyde.
She had aboard although in great pain and unable to the manufacture of ammunition cen- at the point of the bayonet a line of Sea on Saturday.
traband. solid entrenchments, taking 564 prisoners, 32 offears and 1,350 troops, in addi-walk.
There are other mest gallant deeds in THE HEALTH OF THE SULTAN, four maxims and much munitions.
were mainly re-inforcements for the connection with mine - sweeping, the
WEAKNESS INCREASING ' 29th Division and details for the saving of men of the Irresistible when she Army Medical Corps. Full information was mined, etc.. under very heavy fire. has not yet been received, but it is known that nhout 600 lives have been saved.
RUSSIAN FRONT.
** [JAROVGH REUTER'S AGENCY-]·· SERIES OF GERMAN ATTACKS
REPULSED.
PETROGRAD, August 17th.
A communiqué says that the Germans in the Bask district have been again driven back towards the river Aa
The German bombardment of Kovno. continues incessantly.
Farious fighting in the region between the Narew and the Bug ended in the repulse of a series of German attacks,
BOMBARDMENT OF ASIA MINOR TOWNS.
LONDON, August 17th.
It is stated at Athens that the towns of Dekeli, Phocoen, Noussandassi,” and New Ephesus in Asia Minor have suffered severely through a bombardment by the Allies. The population have fled into the interior.
MIDSHIPMAN G. L. DREWRY.
LONDON, August 17th.. Midshipman G: L. Drewry was an officem on a P. & O. liner and a midship man in the Naval Reserve. He was culled up at the outbreak of war and has had an alventurous career. When he wa an apprentice on a sailing ship, in 1912.
LONDON, August 17th.
Le Temps correspondent at Dedeagatch ways that the health of the Sultan is caus- ing anxiety; his convalescenes after his ccent operation is slow and difficult and his weakness is increasing.
and my wage plan tha
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THE POPE AND FRANCE,
PARIS, August 17th. The Pipe, replying to a message sent he was wrecked on & desert island off by the Archbishop of Rheims, says Cape Horn, where he spent a fortnight Noble and generous Francy, the eldest before he was rescued by a Chiliga gun-daughter of the Church, should never
doubt our lore for her."
boat.
PUDDING BEFORE BATTLE.
worry: "Even if we are victorious we are raini," he declare The money which is By May 17 Australia had sent, or vas in circulation is tetitions. I do not mean in course of sending, 70,000 men to fight that the Reichsbank paper mory is valueless; in Europe fully equipped and with equip but how are you to determine its value! On Before the what basis can it be fixed! In England gold ment made in Australia, war ended the number would probably circulates; in Franen it is hidden away by be 150,000. From New South Wales the private citizen. But here in Germany £1,050,000, had been contributed to war the Government has taken possession of it. chality funds.
It return he asked three Willy-ailly, it had to be given up. All the who had influence to look at the position | gold in the country has gone to swell the war from the Dominion point of view and treasury. The public have no more. I grant consider the expediency of an informal the munitions question is important; but less conference between the Mother Country so than the gold question." At a moment and the Dominions with reference to terms when the third German loan is looming near it is pertinent, to remember the canker in of peace.
Snancial structure. The whole the German foundation is confidence in na enormous The paper-money house of cards as soon as that confidence in victory disappears. Then the legion of "rich" Ger- A soldier, a Territorial veteran, whoans weeping in neutral countries will grow. Germany's difficulties, dict we but now wears the ribbon of South Africa, was asked while on leave at tome recently the extent of them as their own inner errele says the London correspondent of the know, would fully explain the Kaiser's an Guardian whether the xiety to avoid unother winter campaign, and ottingham goldies knew fo. leag beforehand whel about to be made in the West, Or this 1 am certcin," said Mr Bonar Law, that if they are going to be called upon to deliver the men who control the German Govem ment, and who caused this terrible war, could an assault,
Well, they don't exactly tell us, but have foreseen the position in which they we always know," he replied, adding, stand today, the decision would have been you see, if number of different, and the world would have lad rather grily, Army chaplains suddly turn up, we can peace. But our Secretary for the Colonics always cess that something good and adriel the necessary word in the ear of cur hard is going to be asked of us shortly. own people: Victory will come, Lut it will If they serve us with pudding for dianer not some of itself. We have got to win ft, and before we go into the trenches, why, then the whole nation has got to win it."-Duity
Graphic. Iwe know for certain 1"