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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG, DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH 1915.
"SUBSTANTIAL ACHIEVEMENT”
IN GALLIPOLI.
IMPORTANT TACTICAL POSITION GAINED.
RUSSIANS' SPIRITED RESISTANCE.
FOUR TURKISH TRANSPORTS SUNK.
ARTILLERY ACTIVITY ON WESTERN FRONT CONTINUES.
THE NEAR EAST
[THROUGH BLUTEN'S AGENCY.]
GALLIPOLI OPERATIONS.
IMPORTANT TACTICAL POSITION GAINED.
LONDON, September 2nd. Always remembering the caution of General Sir Ian Hamilton against pre mature exaltation in connection with progress in Gallipoli, it is evident that the latest despatch marks a substantial Bchievement and the gaining of an in- portant tactical position. The Army at Bavla Bay is now satisfactorily liked up With the Australasians. The position in bho new zone is undoubtedly promising. IMPORTANT EMINENCE
CAPTURED,
PARIS, September 3rd.
▲ communiqué regarding operations at the Dardanelles records that there was a
THROUGH REUTLE'S"AGENCY":"}′′-
RUSSIAN PROGRESS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
AMERICA AND SUBMARINE WARFARE.
-NOT SATISFIED WITH GERMAN ATTITUDE.
GENERAL.
(THROUGH RAUTER'S AGENCY.] THE ACCIDENT TO "RANJI”
LONDON, September 3rd. The Jans Sahib of Navanagar (more popularly, known as "Banji") was visit reeing England in connection with Military
TALE OF A DOG.
QASE AT THE MAGISTRAQY.
At the Magistracy yesterday Dr. K. B. Weigelsberg, 4, The Albany, was summon. od before Mr. Lindsoll by Mr. M. J. D. Stephens for unlawfully having a unauzzled chow dog on Bowen Road, which dog ferociously attacked Mr Stephens dog.". Mr. Loo d'Almada defended.
WASHINGTON, Soptember 3rd. Count Bernstorff's notification in ponse to a request for a written confirma-matters and was invited to shoot at Cross tion of the oral communication of August diffe. He was struck by a few pellets from 27th says that his instructions contain the another guest's gun, bat continued shoot- It was afterwards found that the following pasange:Liners will not being. sunk without warning and without ensur njury was serious and he may lose the that the defendant's dog had ferociously ing the lives of non-combatants; provided sight of his right eye. - that liners do not attempt to escape or resist."'
Mr. Lansing subsequently informned the Press that Germany had sgrond te wärn, visit and search merchantmen before attacking, but the fact that the written communication was confined to liners couses uneasiness among the American Press, which demands that neutrals aboard all vessels, whether passengers or crew, shall be nocorded the same treatment. Both the English and American papers connect the climb-down with the statements of tha PETROGRAD, September 3rd.
Admiralty an August 28th, and oftail There is no important change on the | Selborns on August 27th, and the impessi: Riga and Dsína front, says a communiqué. | bility of the German Government revogi- German night and day attacks on the ing to the German people their failure 1st and 2nd in the region of Friedrich-
in the submarine blockade, from which start were repulsed The Russians are they have taught them to expect so much! successfully progressing between the Seventh and Vijna rivera end are apponch-
PIRATES HAVE ANOTHER ing Wilkomir. Russian cavalry on the .
LEAN WEEK.
1st carried two villages near Szírwinty. The Gormans fed in disorder.
The Russians are likewise progressing along the right bank of the Vilna. The situatira between the Vilna and the Nie- men is generally unchanged. The enemy's main efforts have been directed along the Olita and Merecz road, where several obstinate German sight attacks repulsed.
Were
The Russians, after holding the enemy near Grodno during the evacuation of this
·
THE POPE AND PEACE.
WASHINGTON, September 3rd. Cardinal Gibbona has handed President Wilson a' message from, the Pope regarding peace.
SWATOW NOTES.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ]
Swarow; August. 30th.
DEPARTURE OF THE FRENCH CONSUL..
Weare som to amoune, that car French Consul (Mr. Fréer) has left our Port. We shall miss both him and Madame Freor, both of whom wire popular, and deservedly so.
THE WEATHEL,
In this warm season our community is somewhat broken up for they are endza- Youring us best they car to "escape the heat" as the Chinese say. One is surprised to note that the Chinese, whe ther rich ✡r poor, make very little attempt at getting away from the heated, sultry temperature of Swatow. But they LONDON, Beptember 3rd.
do not mind the heat as we do. And It is officially announced that thre they exort themselves as little as possible. steamers, altogether amounting to 6,7571 seldom hear a Chinaman complain of tons, have been sunk during the week prickly heat! August has been a very liot and sultry month, enough to test the ending the 1st September.
powers and patience of the strongest, VON TIRPITZ'S PROLONGED HOLIDAY,
LONDON, September 3rd.
A Berlin telegram says that Adiniral von Tirpitz has a nervous break-down, necessitating a prolonged holiday.
A NOTORIOUS HANDIT.
Recently one more notorious bandit has been captured He was a native of place called "New Market," a few miles from Kinyang. To improve his appearance he got himself tatooed, ever his body with the characters Chung Nyen
The Magistrate informed the complain that part of the sumnions which alleged ant at the outset that ho had eliminated
attacked and bitten complainant's dog, as that was not a criminal offence.
PEKING NOTES.
[FROM OUR OWN COBBERFONDENT.]
PERING, August 25th.
BRITISH CARTOONS. UPSET AUSTRIAN MARINES.
furnishes a unique, Instance of soldiero ok As is perhaps fairly well known, Peking
the warring European nations living sido by side in absoluta proefulness. Feelings may run high, it is true, but they have been kept under control and no open rup- turo of any kind has hitherto taken place. when a party of Austrian bluejackets made This record was broken on Saturday night
an organised attack on the machine-room of the Peking Pavilion when a fila show- Mr. Stephens gave evidence that he was ing British cartcons was being screenci, walking along Bowen road. his wife and abstracted the offending film, damaged accompanying him; when the defendant's the machine, pulled down the front of the dog suddenly flew at witness's dog and room, rent the sercon on the stage, destroy- bit it on the back. He could not swear of several electric fans, and smashed a that the muzzle of defondant's dog was huge mirror at the entrance, The cartoon hanging on to its neck, but he could say responsible should have amused anyonʊ positively that at the time the dog bit with any souse of honour, but of course our his dog the muzzle was loose on the neck.
Mr. d'Almada I suppose you must Germanic friends are lacking in that have seen a good many dog fights, Mr.quality, and they could see no occasion to Stephens That is an absurd question.
I have not seen many dogs fight, but laugh in the portrayal of birds building I have seen your dog fighting wine and tests in the anused guns of the German it hit him very badly.
Mr. d'Almada I think you werely High Seas Fleet, or the grass-grown depka infar from the fact that your dog was boing trimmed with a lawn mower. Not bitten that the muzzle was loose.
Complainant further said that after the even the piqus prayer. " Galt Strafe Eng- accurrence he went to Mrs. Harker, of land" appealed to these Hunnish visitors, The Albany, who admitted that the dog one of whom used his bayamet on the in- was not properly muzzled.
Mr. d'Almada-Bofore you went to see offensive cinematograph machine. The Mrs. Harker had you already decided to incident may prove awkward for the tako put this summons-I will not answer that question. It had nothing Chinese Government, which may be to do with my intentions in the matter.
charged with remisgness in not ac- Mr. d'Almada-It has a bearing on the
cording protection ON Chinese ter- atter, because if you had intended to bring this summons I do not think you ritory to British property; at usy- should have seen Mrs. Harker and ques-rate, it is doubtful if the British pre- tromed her. Is it a fact that you havC brought this summons because your dog prietor will get much satisfaction from the was bitten?
Austro-Hungarian Legation, Feeling here is very strongly among Britons against German and Austrian soldiers mod marines being allowed inside any place of entertainment while wearing sidearms. Of course the expected has happened; the management of the Pavilion has decided not to adinit German and Austriau sol· diers or marines.
Complainant (excitedly)-No, it is not the case. I brought the summons because the dog was not muzzled.
Mr. d'Almada-Would you bring charge against the owner of any dog which you might find muzzled ---That has nothing to do with the case..
Mr. d'Almada-Don't get excited, Mr. Stephens. Pray calm yourself.
Mrs. Stephens gave evidence in support of the complainant, and declared that she had seen the defendant's dog without a muzzle on nian vocasions, On the occasion in question she saw the muzzle hanging round its neck.
Mr. Stephens said that the defendant's prescribed by the Order.
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PROGRESSIVE PERING.
In spite of old fashioned notions and old- fashioned ways, Peking, it must be een-
calm in the southern zone in the last week point, crossed to the right bank of the MORE TURKISH TRANSPORTS | SH, his owe assumed name. On entering dog wore an old muzzle, not of the type ceded, is showing progress in a Western
in August, but the British cagaged in successful fighting in the northern zone that placed them in possession of an eminence, which had been keenly contest, -jed; westward of Biyuko Anafarta, kome
four miles across the Peninsula.
RUSSIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH REUTER's agency.]
FEROCIOUS FIGHTING IN
GALICIA.
RUSSIANS BEAT BACK ATTACK
AFTER ATTACK,
Nieren in the night of the 2nd inst There is no change south of Gredno to Pripet
DESTROYED.
BRITISH SUBMARINES' FINE
WORK.
The Russians, after herce fighting along
PARIS, September 3rd, the bank of the Styr in the region of Lusk
A communiqué says that hesides the retreated on the front Olyka Radziwiloff.transport sunk by a French aeropland at. Nevertheless we captured several hundrad prisoners and some machine-guns,
The Russians in Galicia, in conformity with other movements, have occupied new positions, facilitating rearguard actions.
Our rearguards at Zborow and at the mouth of the Strypa severely punished the enemy. The Russiaus resumed a partint offensive, capturing prisoners, machine- The enemy's guns, and much material,
LONDON, September 2nd. Every nesound emphasises the ferocity of the fighting in Galicia.
on his career he grew more and more daring, gathering a hand of desperado.si rend him. He gradually became the terror of his neighbourhood. People reported him to the authorities and good dog anit had not the power I have already commented upon the ma
Mr. l'Almada There is no evideñen au sense. although perhaps, not at a Western that. This is very irregular.
rate of new-leration. The most noticeable The Magistrate-There is no evidenc,
improvements being carried out at present. That is a separate offence,
Mr. Stephens said that his dog was a are in respect of main roads and drainage. learning of the desperate character le fight. The other dog made an un-called-
The defendant, ought to be admising of the principal thoroughfares bore a reward of one thousand dollars for attack. was offered to his eaptor. Companies of Gined-if not, the law was no good. For inside the city wall, nnd mention should Ne protection of the public ho ought to
now be adde of the Chien Men To Chai. soldiers OYOT and over again were
fited, and fined beavily-not 810, nor frustrated in their attempts to seize him, 29, but $100.
The big stone flags which made this ap- Later Mrs. Stephens, addressing the The dazzling prize offered for his capture solicitor for the defence, declared-You proach to the Temple of Heaven ex- tor-appealed to some young men, who, learn-are as bad as he (presumably defendant)eed ngly rough and uneven have been re- "I remember that some months age moved and modern ideas of readmaking ing of his whereabouts, suddenly pounced | is. apon him in an unguarded moment and your dog attacked mine, and bit it, and
I felt like assaulting you then,.
are being carried into effect with the ail They bound kim
Mr. d'Almada--It is a lucky thing you of two British and two Balgian stem- overpowered him.
Fallers, hand and foot and fearing his escapo didn't.
In passing, it may be worthy of Mr. d'Almada suggested that there was barbarously loughed his legs so, that he no case to answer, but the Magistrate note that in consequence of these opern- could not use them any mor?. Fearing held the contrary, and the case wastion the former sacred bridge an this read». that they were going to put him to adjourned till Tuesday, at noon,
"ay over which none but the Emper - could pass, and round which all trafie death he reminded them that if they did
the amoborage of Acba Bhiliman there must be added two transports, torpedoed by British submarines, and two others pedoed between Gallipoli and Nagara.
FRANGO-BELGIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ARTILLERY STILL ACTIVE. PARIE, September 3rd.. To-day's communiqué says there woze
attack was delivered along the whole RUSSIANS CONTROL THEIR only some artillery actions and grenade at hand him over alive to the authorities | CONCERT AT NAVAL CANTEEN.] had to be diverted, is now in use, but
line and had the double object of clearing the Russians out of Galícia and pushing' them back from the frontier of Roumania,
The advance was undertaken by part of General Pflander's five Army Corps.
RETIREMENT.
PARIS, September 3rd.
The Russian success in Galicia shows that the Russian Armies remain wasters.
whenever circumstances are favourable.
RUSSIAN ARMY APPOINT-
MENTS.
fighting on the Western Front.
EFFECTIVE ARTILLERY
WORK.
PARIS, September 3rd.
The evening communiqué says:-We effectively bombarded the enemy's bat- teries and camps in Bolgium. Fighting with aerial torpedoes and grenades has occurred at sapheads in Artois. French batteries silenced German batteries between the Somine ani the Oise. There was a force mutual bombardment on the
Bons of the hardest fighting occurred on of the conditions of their retirement and the river Bug near Baely and Kamen, ten į continuo capable of assuming the offensive miles south-east of Burk, where the enemy At six o'clock on Sunday morning sent Forward about a regiment to storm a height but the attack was foiled by the Russian artillery A couple of hours Later the attack was renewed, in conjunc tion with broad flanking movements north and south of Basty and Kavien, but this armies in the Northern region, and General disne, in Champagna, and Argonne, while Yanushkevitch, Chief-of-Staff to the there were cannonades of losser intensity Grand Duke Nicholas, has been appointed in Lorraine and the Vosges.
gain failed. During the night the brewy, who had been reinforced, despe
PETROGRAD, September 3rd. General Russky has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the defensive
BEBONIC FLAGUE.
they would not receive their reward. There was a big muster of members bother permanently or not remain to be seen. Attention is being paid to irrf- Gradually the neighbourhood is being both branches of His Majesty's Services gation, and the canals are being rendered got rid of these daring, reckless, and others at the Royal Naval Canteen last | Waterways in the proper sense of the word, as they will have to carry off more effec- murderous fellows. Since the above was evening, when a very enjoyable sinoktextively the sewage of the city. Not only ars written eight more desperadoes have been concert, arranged by Naval men, was the old stone drains. drains which are con- seized and courtmartialled. The clan to given-Among those present were Rew-turis old, being repaired, but new ones which these men belonged is very power- Admiral R. H. Anstruther, R.N., Con are being constructed, with the result that a distinct advance in sanitation can be re- ful in this neighbourhood. It is owing mander Gibson, R.N., and Captain estded. 10 this fact that these fellows are so
The
THE WAR ZOSE IN SHANTUNG. Shearer, of the Shropshire L.I. difficult to run to earth.....
Naval Chaplain (Rev. G. M. Tichborne).
There are indications that the define war zone in Shantung which has proved occupied the chair. Mr. II. G. Lister was Quite a aumber of large and small President and Hon. Secretary of the Cuna difficult and thorny question, for China
will soon be cancelled and the Japa villages suffer. terribly from bubonic cost Committee, the other members being ese military ovenpation which has been su plague. It is strange to learn how the Messrs. W: Currel, H. Dunn, Dunseil, distastel to the Chinese will at length learful people endeavour to get rid of W. Langchaw, F. Lever, G. Raton, W. be brought to a termination. Already the these pests. We hear that in some districts Stratfield, and J. Williams. The Conlight railway has been removed and the The chiefs of mittes woked very hard to make the affair telegraph lines at Lungkow have been re- the people die like fies.
a real success, and they are to be congrata stored to the Chinese Administration. I tho villages meet and take counsel. to- Inted on the excellent fruits of their am now informed that the two Govern gether how to exorcise the dormenting labour. A careful search had unearthed ments have practically agreed upon th terms of the annulment of the war 2014 demons. They, in one instance, call up quite a wealth of talent among the serv rately tried to capture the caninence and Assistant Viceroy in the Caucusus, baving BELGIAN ARTILLERY SCORES. the remnants of Buddhistic teaching the result that a varied, and very ting this into effect remains to be decided.
ing their King and country in this Colony, and only the question of the date of put by 11 o'clock in the evening had delivered replaced General Alecieff.
which counsel to avoid taking the life of entertaining programme of no fower than any creature. In another instance they 24 tiems was drawn up. In addition to
The last summer fu which is now hap-. five separate assaults, which wore all reputed to possess one of the keonest intellects in the Russian Army, and is a
apply Taoism in its present day extra the usual concert items there was an! repulsed with heavy losses. Undeterred
vacance: representatives of the people exhibition spar of three 3-minute renal pily ended proved exceedingly hot and try- ag, and the sultry weather conditions are sent to set a shrines to offer fragrant between Paddy Fian and Nutsy Colquitt vore by no means enducive to energy r by these checke, the enemy made three student as well as a soldier. He is one of
insense and to utter forms of prayer. The Those contributing to the programme any kind except perhaps that asscoiated Further attacks before five o'clock in the the discoveries of the campaign,, to the
supercilious critic, who may be termed were:-Petty Offer Raffi, Sr. A. R. with the bar. Curiously enough, an at- morning, but they were always repulsed success of which in the initial stages in
Confucianist, declares in opposition to all Allen, Petty Officer Ray, Mr. F. Ward, with enormous losses.
this that the spirits controlled by the Supper Rogers, Privates Parsons, Wil-spherical change took place exactly in Tha the south he largely contributed.
powers of life and death are severally at liams, Owen, Roper, and Withnall (Shrop- accordance with the Chinese Calendar. Simultaneously flanking
movements appointment of General Rusaky shows that | AUSTRO-ITALIAN FRONT.
their heck and will and act independently shires). Able Seamen W. Simes and J. Yesterday, the 24th is described as "the of each other and that the plague demon Deran, and Mr. A. Beale, songs: Topping of heat," and to day bringe a very appreciable drop in the thermometer south of Baely and Kanon were repulsed, he has resavered from the severe illness
{THROUGH REUTERʼS AGENCY.] selects its own time. In all this one ean Corp. Huxley (B.E.), pianoforte solo with corresponding comfort to those wh A force of the enemy, advancing from the which followed his historic exploits in
read how much the intellectual life of Corpl. Pritchard and Private Crovare unfortunate enough to be in Peking AUSTRIAN ARTILLTRY
Ching is dominated by the spell of (Shropshires), banjo and mandoline due during the dog days. upper stretches of the Zlotalipa, south the first half of the war. General Yanush-
Totalism. It may be truly said that to Private Vaughan (Shropshires) and Mr. fatalism is due in a large measure the H. Dunu, recitations; Corpal, White, of Złoczow, attempted to foros- akovitch practically becomes Cominander.
Now progress of China in matters of (RE), violin solo; Private Robson passage over the Strypa and was almost in-Chief of the Caucasus, and is the
sanitation and various other social pro(RMLI), bone clo; Serzts. Farrok aniformly repulsed.
youngest officer of his rank in Russia.
blems,
and Williams (Shropshires), duel.
During an irral Commander Gibson NAVAL ACTIVITIES,
prosented prizes won in the Naval Cauteen billiard tournament to the following Private Gates; 2, Private Stratford; Able Seaman Weasley; 4, Alla Seaman Danniels; highest break outside other prize-winars, Able Seaman Powell.
On the following day the Russian assumed the aggressive ten miles further south, near Burkamoff. The enemy made nine attacks between nightfall on Sunday and ten o'clock on Monday morning, but here, too, his efforts to cross the Strypai were unsuccessful..
The latter is
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCE.] SUBMARINE PIRACY.
LONDON, September 3rd. The small steamer Savona has been sunk Three persons are missing..
LONDON, September 3rd.
A Belgian communiqué reports a recru- descarce of the activity of enemy artii Iery at Ramscapelle, Pervyse, and Noordi- choote. The Belgian artillery replied, scoring several direct hits,
OVERCOME.
ROME, September 3rd." A communiqué says there have been vigorous artillery duels in the Alpine dis- tricts. The Italians exploded an ammuni-, tim depot in the Sexten Valley, and also overcame the enemy artillery in the See bach Valley, beyond the Predil fortifica tions; The enemy abandoned trenches Carnia and Carso, leaving corpses
THE AIM OF CHINESE PUBLICISTA. The sole aim of the Chinese publicist at present and for a considerable time has seen to foster the idea that as a nation they are covered with unspeakable sharic, so that when the President of the Republic refers in public to its reality we need not be surprised. It is natural being Chinaman of Chinamen as he is, that he should be tainted with the same spirit as his fellow countrymenty
THE LAST FU.
RESOURCE.
The Exchange correspondent at the Dardanelles tells a good story of the. lighter side of wsT
A sentry was court-martialled for having slept while on duty. He made a complete denial of the charge.
"But you were actually smering!" Tipperary," the final item on the pra I was praying, sir!" was the reply, gramme, was heartily sung by sil, and the and, sines it was unanswerable, he was singing of the National Anthem brought seat back to the trenches to “watch ant a happy evening to a close.
pray."