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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG. DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH. 1915.
TERRIFIC FIGHTING IN RUSSIA.
TOWNS TAKEN AND RE-TAKEN.
CONTINUED ARTILLERY ACTIVITY IN FLANDERS.
BRITISH AND FRENCH GUARDING
RUSSIAN FRONT.
BELGRADE.
[FUMQUGH BEETER'S AGEKOY.] PERSISTENT GERMAN
ATTACKS.
REPEATEDLY REPULSED.
PETHOGRAU, September 12th. A communiqué states than the Germans ast of Groho have been persistently attacking since Friday morning or the ront Odery-Shidel. We repostedly re- pulsed these attacks with the bayonet. Skidel was constantly changing hands, and eventually, towards evening, after a brilliant assault by a Russian battalion, Skidel remained in the possession of the Russians, whose cavalry eagerly pursued the enemy, aided by infantry which dis lodged the Germans from their trenches Bouth of Skidel,
The Russians on Friday evening repulsed a series of attacks in the direction of Drink.
The Germans are advancing great. trength east of Vilkomir, slong the Dvinskad, supported by strong artil- Jery,
A German acropilarie which was boin- ing a hospital train was felled by gun-fire: There was a desperate engagement, Friday south of Niemen, on the river
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT. {THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] GREAT ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.
PARIS, September 12th.
.3:45 B.1.
A communiqué, states that groat artillery activity continues on the Artois front and in the environs- f Roye,
The eveny twice attempted a surprise attack on the canal between the Aisne and the Marne, but these failed completely.
NIGHT CANNONADES.
PARIS, September 11th. "A communiqué says that there have been uninterrupted and violent cannonades at night at Neuville and Redlincount, and also south of Arras, east of Eparges and There has been on the Lorraine front. only; bomb fighting elsewhere. GENERAL.
[zunotox REUTER'S AGENCY.] CONDITION OF ARMENIANS IN TURKEY. APPEAL BY BULGARIA.
CHINESE TELEGRAMS.
[FROM OUR OWN CORBESPONDENT.] MINISTER OF EDUCATION INDISPOSED,
PERINO, September 10th.
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DEATH OF MR. A. O'D.
GOURDIN,
RANDOM REFLECTIONS.
The late Sir Claude Macdonald had not a few interesting stories to tell of his One which he experiences in Peking. related with a good deal of zest was connected with the relief of the Legations. When General Sir Alfred Caselee and
After a long illness the death took place early on Saturday morning, at bis readmos, 61, Robinson Road, of MT. Allaton O'Driscoll Gourdin, at the age of 65 years. The doctsused, who was an
£ the Relief Expedition, arrived at the old and much respected resident of the General Sir Edmund Borrow, at the head Colony, was born at Charlestown, South
He Legation hot, tired and hungry, they eat Cardina, on November 17th, 1850. came to the Colony in 1872, being then down to a very scratch meal at the Lega connected with the American firm of tion where in those awful times the Messrs. Olyphant & Co. merchants of household were glad to get a mend of any Shanghai, Foochow, Canton and Hong sort. These two distinguished Generals kong. He was fra stationed at Foochow eat down to dinner one on each side of has been appointed to undertake the and later in Hongkong. Subsequently he Lady Macdonald. One of them said: district and section engineers along the Worship of Confucius on Monday instead was associated with the Punjam Company We hear, Lady Macdonald, that you
Yang Chua Lung has been granted mouth's sick leave, and Chang Tsung Hsiang, Minister of Justice, will act con currently as Minister of Education. THE WORSHIP OF CONFUCIUS,
PERING, September 10th- Is Shil Chang, Secretary of State,
of the President.
ROYAL XMAS GIFTS. TO HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS AND
RESERVES. -Princos Mary's 1014 Xmas Gifts to the Volunteers and Reserves of Hongkong arrived last Friday and were deposited in the store room at Headquarters to await distribution at a social function to bà arranged at a futuro date.
The gift box bears the monogram and portrait of the Princess artistically embossed or the cover. The contents comprise a pencil case and a Xmas card bearing on the over the Royal monogram and inside an imprint of a sword and laurel wreath with the words:--
"With best wishes for a victorious New Year, from Princess Mary and friends at home."
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THE CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY PROJECT. PROGRESS AT THE HANKOW END. The Commissioner of Customs at Hankow, in his Report on the Trade o the port in 1914, just published, gives the following notes supplied to him re- garding the Canton-Hankow Railway way purchased by the Land Department has been acquired completely over the proguts during 1814" The right. of first. 80 miles from the Wuchang derminus in addition to this, some 60 or 60 miles have beon acquired at intervals along the route to Changsha, also hand for the brauch fine which will be constructed from the main line near the 7th mile tal Wutaicha. Telegraph lines have been rected to Changsha, and the various routs are in communication with the hou office. The site of the terminns station. and when that Company ceased to exist have been calling anything you could and yards at Wnchang, ixing below flood Thar inlevel had to be banked up from 7 to 8 feet; this entailed very heavy earthwork, he joined the Chinese Insurance Co. get-even mules and ponies.
surely an exaggeration 1. ** Lady Mar and up to the end of the year some 11 Later he became assistant secretary
had been done. The grading up to the to the Hongkong Club, and since leaving dould's reply was: "I don't know that million cubic yards of filling on this site that employment he had done much work is much exaggerated; that is pety 22nd mile and several other detached por Practically all the bridge- as an auditor of the accounts of local soup yuan having now!" And Sirions, amounting to about 10 miles, have
As a Moson Mr. Claude finished the story by saying: been graded. public companies.
very prominent Those Generals put down their spoons Gourdin occupay
to the and would not have any inore because, Wes secretary position. Ho Victoria Lodge, in 1883. being made you see, they were cavalry officers,” Worshipful Muster in 1886, and for thirty years he had the honour of holding office as District Grand Secretary, being appointed to that position deceased leaves a widow and several children to mourn his loss.
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Another of Sir Claude's stories con
corned a very pushful member of the
prior to the Boxer trouble, were worry crowd of railway concession hunters who, ing the Legation. This particular gentle man was always at the Legation, but Sir Claude viewed him with suspicion The funeral took place at Happy and only saw him once. His unfortunate Valley on Saturday evening, the ceremony staff was left to deal with him. One day being conducted by the Rev. Copley this enthusiast clevenly managed to get the Legation officials o send a telegram off Moyle, Chaplain of the Cathedral. The to the Foreign Office at the expense chief mourners were Mr. A. W. Smith, son of the Legation. Now Sir Claude was in-law, and the deceased's little sou. There Scotsreau and he endeavoured to reo ver the cost of the cable. It was only after The pencil case is in the form of was a large gathering at the graveside,trumendous difficulty that he succeeded, a cartridge, and, in each instance, including many high masons, among them and then the man went about saying that Claude at poker, and wanted to get oven. we understand, the cartridge case has being Col. H. W. Hes, RA., Col. A. Chap. he had once lost twenty pounds to Sir
the battle from recovered.
man, V.D., Major D. Macdonald, V.D.,As a fast, of ourse," added Sir Claude The bullet section is Mr. C. Lairentz, Mr. P. H. Holyoak, Mr.in telling the story, I never played fields of Europe.
H. Percy Smith, Mr. H. S. Scriven, Mr.. of sterling silver and this also bears the E Ormiston, Mr. Duncan Clark, Mr. poker with him in my life."
The gifts number 762 and are for dis-B. Eustace, many representatives of the tribution among those members of the two Naval and Military lodges, Mr. John defensive Corps of the Colony who were Arnold and other friends, including serving at Xmas and are still resident several Indian residents. members of the Corps.
boe
Roval monogram.
to
SUICIDE AT GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL.
Just one inove story. It is connected with certain negotiations over a Burma The negotiations were frontier matter. perature was three degrees below zero. being carried on in at room where the tom- Li Hung Chang and all the other negotin- tors were in their furs in a room with a glass partition through which their chair cooltes could be seen shivering outside. "Everybody knows," said Sir Claude in telling the story, how al Chinese man It would never do darin loves walking.' for them to be seen walking. I was. fighting hard for two hundred square miles of territory, and apparently with ont making much headway. I was dog sick and tired. At last the head chair voice in Chinese which seemed to cause consternation among the mandarins and So I asked the secretary what had been said by the active partner in the firm of Messrs. Reiss the Hospital, said he performed the oxtamusement to my secretary. Brothers of Manchester, died on August
372 of the gifs will be handed to the and
remainder Reserves, Volunteers,
THE ROLL OF HONOUR. LIECT. WILLOUGHBY REISS. Lieutenant Willoughby E. Reiss, 6th
On Saturday morning Mr. Wood con- ductes an inquiry into the death of a Chinese woman named Wong Yum Tsz,
plet with the exception of the steel work on the first 23 wilts has been com superstore which is being manufac lared nuder contract in Great Britain. The bridgework on the line to Changshai is heavy it includes a bridge of eight spans of 100 feel, one of five spans of 150 fost, one of 15 sprus, and some 40 other The line beyond Changsha is bridges. large bridges, also some 250 smaller not yet under construction. An alter are route on Changsha vi Liling, Anjen, and Yunghing to the Kwangtung. borger is now being surveyed, and, so far be an ension route than the frs located Hengshowfu. ronte running through as it has been carried out, it promises to
correctly Sukiapan, near Wachang, the The general offices at Wuchang or inord general stores, and other offices have been Residences for managing completed diretor and the engineer-in-chief and the administration will be transferred from foreign and Chinese staff are nearing
months. Offices and quarters have been completion, and it is anticipated that the Hankow in the course of two or three Bloopers various divisions of the line. erected for the executive staff on the have been delivered for the greater parti of the line, and rails are being rolled at Plat laying the Hanyang Steel Works. will probably be commenced at an carly date.'
ACCIDENT AT SHANGHAI- NANKING RAILWAY STATION,
WOOSUNG TRAIN DERAILED.
A somewhat serious accident, tha first of its kind since the opening of the line, occurred on the Shanghai- Nanking Railway on the 4th instant, The accident happened to the 5.10 p.m.
Bulgarian Battalion Manchester Regiment, eldsted. 50, who died in the Government endlie utside said something in a lout train from Wensung, which, from some
Sozia, September 19th. On the 7th inst a deputation of Armenians, supported by Premier to intervene at Constantinople, Deputies and journalists, besought the
on behalf of Turkish Armenians, where the
son of Mr. Henry, J. Reiss, the senior
Civil Hospital on August 31st,
Dr. Moore, Assistant Superintendent
all
Zelvianka, in which a German battery was situation was desperate. M. Radoslavor 8th of wounds received in Gallipoli. Homorten examination. Then was a mark coolie and he replied: It was: Look
entirely destroyed.
Consequently,
the
German attacks were easily repulsed and the Russians maintained their position on the right bank of the Zelvianka after clearing the Germans from the whole bank.
TERRIFIC FIGHTING. GERMANB CLAIM TO HAVE CAPTURED SKIDEL.
PARIS, September 11th.
A Berlin communiqué confirms the re
replied that he would instruct the Minister at Constantinople to submit a petition to the Parte, which he hoped would give due attention to the friendly counsels of as Turen-Bulgarian Bulgaria, more relations at the present time were most friendly.
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RUSSIA AND A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
PETROGRAD, September 11th. The Forage Treni ya says that the
to
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cause or other, partly mounted the dead end of the bay line platform, as a result of which five Chinese were injured
The management of the railway has the issued the following regarding accident:-
The Railway Administration reports a minor accident to the Woosung train, fellows, we are going anyway.'" was educated at Charterhouse and was round the neck such as might have been here, if you are not going home, you
string such
thanks to the chief of the chair coolice, at 5.30 par, on Saturday, resulting in in Court.
in a very short time two hundred miles slight injuries to five Chinese who, were gazetted Second Lieutenant to the 6th made by
waring at the entrance to the platform to go on board the train for Beachow. men and three Territorial) Battalion Manchester Regi produced
February 14th, 1910, and opinion death was due to strangulation, were added to British territory.
The fact that a prisoner in the Victoria Theos comprised two
women. out of his cell, ment, on
corridors and From soine cause, which has not yet along Wo promoted lieutenant July, 1912. At the Witness added that he was called early
addi- been ascertained, the engine of the outbreak of war Lieutenant Reiss, who in the morning and found deceased lying t
The woman was loosened two iron bars, this in Reiss artificial respiration.
tion to having manufactured a rope and incoming Woosung train partly mounted had come out to Shanghai in November on her bed, with a nurse performing walked
of the firm join 1812
a knife, could easily have led to many the dead end of the bay line platform, 110 get an then dead. & Company, in order
woman had been in the which was the sequel to the attempted injured were immediately sent to the insight into the China trade, returned Sister Koisey said an amad reported to more questions being put at the inquest with the sult above stated. The It was obvious that the patrol Shanghai-Nanking Railway and District. escape. icmediately to rejoin his regiment, reach her that a
Sho weart there system allowed too long intervals between Hospital, where their injuries
It was found necessary ing Liverpool the day after it had sailed lavatory a long time.
half an hour elapsed between each visit Medical Officer. for Egypt He joined another battalion, and found deceased sitting in a corner the visits to cells, but even assuming promptly attended to by the Chief. surprisingly expeditious and silent the hospital and they are progressing
sustaine to which he acted as adjutant for a short with her head on a chair and her arms well, that prisoner must have worked in to detain only two of these persuas n
One of the official witnesses favourably.
Cne or two other passengers
ports of the furious resistance of the Cabinet discussed the result of the confer- period, and left with a draft on July 4th. I down by her side as if she had fallen
Russians in the region of Skidel, which General von Hindenburg captured only during a night attack after terrific fight ing in which victory often hung in the balange.
The Germans elsewhere have been forced to fight every inch, every village necess
itating storming:
ZEPPELIN BOMBS BALTIC ·
PORT.
PETROGRAD, September 12th.
A Zeppelin has bombed a Baltic port, and Russian seaplanes dropped bombs.co the German ships in the harbour of Wiedsu.
AUSTRO-ITALIAN FRONT.
(THEOUGH RECTEB'S: AGENCY,] BRITISH AND FRENCH GUARD BELGRADE.
ones. with the Progressives who considered
it was difficult to reconcile their views, but no decision has been conse to pending a submission of the whole question to the
TSET,
BRITISH
VICE-CONSUL
KILLED. PETROGRAD, September 11th.
Whilst in Shanghai, Mr. Reiss was
She was carried to manner. asleep or fainted.
Witness noticed the string on very keen cricketer, cross-country rider; her bed and artificial respiration was and up-country sportsman, and during applied. his short stay there made many friends her neck. The flags of the Shanghai Club, Shanghai Race Club and Shanghai Cricket Club, of which he was a member, were flow at half mast as a tribute of respect last week when the news reached there of his death.
A telegram from Ispahan says that the
LIEUT. LESLIE OSBORNE. British Vice-Consul who was wounded at Shiraz has succumbed to his injuries. The
Lieutenant Leslie Hall Osborne, 9th telegram does not refer to the Congul-ancashire Fusiliers, killed in action in General of Ispahan.
the Dardanelles on August 7th, was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. John H.
Breakdown gange wore started to work hospital and left, the station! at once and in a very short time the alight injuries, but refused to go to the
all damage put into order.. caging had been replaced on the rails and
this particular door was decayed, and rapidity at added-and this indeed is very surprising vidity, a door breaking by saying that
A verdict of Suicide by strangula that they had really no system by which they could discover whether a cell dous was decaying or not. This does not seein to be the correc: state of affairs at an tion" was returned.
institution where the scenity" of its inha. bitants is an essential feature of its deily THE vocation. The Press Consorship in these times is elastic that I feel sure this news will not be allowed to reach thr other prisoners, lest they might beconic inspired.
INDIAN REVENGE.
An Indian named Gur Mahoned was charged at the Police Court on Saturday Mr L. with cutting and wounding another Indian named Mahomed Khan, d'Almada defended,
Inspector Gordon told Mr. Wood that Osborne, of Ealing, and formerly of the defendant rushed out from under a He was born in China ou verandah and tried to stab the complain Hongkong.
To save himself, the latter caught July 2nd, 1884, and wins educated at St.aat.
Christ's hold of the knife and in doing so severely The German Note in connection with Edmund's, Canterbury, and the sinking of the Arabic repudiates the College, Cambridge, going into residence ent his hand.
On the declaration of war obligation of compensation for the death there in 1912,
GERMANY AND THE
ARABIC,"
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LONDON, September 11th.
Asked what was the cause of the trouble, Inspector Gordon said that a
HANYANG IRON AND
STEEL WORKS.
THE OUTPUT IN 1914. Through the courtesy of Mr. C. C. Lu, the Acting Superintendent of the Ha The Police Reserve are holding a pro yang Iron and Steel Works, the Commis- menade concert in the Botanical Garsioner of Customs at Hankow gives in his a weekly work done during 1914 by the Han-Yeh dens and this news revives an old snuual report the following résumé of the grievance. Why should not
"During the year the work at Hankow, band concert be given in these delightful Ping Iron and Coal Company Limited. stnoothly. With the exception of the de- surr undings? We cannot boast of the variety of entertainment provided in the Tapeh, and Pingsiang was carried on Colony at any time of the year, and during struction of the iron bridge at Liling. those evenings when to be in the air at Hunan, due to a sudden flood, no other The output of all is a relief we look for any real divers misfortune took place.
while the different kinds of rolled steel in yain, The Tremway Co. are gooi breezy ride now and again, but I see products reached the total of 88,526 tons. In addition there were made 900 tons of cough to provide a band concert and pig iron is estimated at $185,000 tons,
Thy Pinggiang colliery of fire-bricks. produced 560,000 tons of coal, of which 185,000 tons were turned into coke.. ore. During the year a good deal was At Hanyang Tayeh mine produced 480,000 tons of iron done to extend the works..
of the Americans, even if the Commander he was at Griefswald, in Germany. Being of the submarine should have made a thus deprived of funds he went to short time ago the two men were employ- absolutely no reason why we should not A telegram from Paris says that thanks take about the aggressive intention of the Stettin to try to get money and wased at the dock-yard as constables, and be able to look forward every week to a holte, spikes, rivets, etc., and 1,200 tous
LONDON, September 12th.
to the services of British marinee aul Grabic.
GREECE RECALLING
OFFICERS.
LONDON, September 11th Greece is recalling all her officers from
TO BE EXTRADITED,
French. airmen the Austrians no longer dare to bombard Belgrade. The Austrians had Belgrade at their mercy till five months ago, but the arrival of bluejackets from the British Mediterranean, Flest with big guns changed the situation. The abroad. French have also several big guns cover- ing Semlin, The British, under Admiral Troubridge, make good artillery practies daily and they are now bombarding the trenches the Austrians are constructing Across the Denube. A squadron of French aeroplanes protect Belgrade from air raids The Frenchmen have not had a single
mishap for five months, while they have destroyed three Austrian machines,
NEW YORK, September 11th. The Court has ordered the extradition of Tribitsch Lincoln, who was mentioned on August 5th in connection with a charge of forgery in Great Britain.
[Telegrams received on Saturday, and published in an "Extra" on Sunday, will be found on page 6)
band concert in the Gardens; make a fix ture of it. At the present time the Botanical Gardeas, though admittedly most attractive, cannot be said to occupy en Accused was re-ideal role. They could be made much more popular with Europeans, and a weekly band concert would be a considerable help,
After a fav the defendant made a brutal attack on arrested there as a spy. days' detention he was released and ex- pelled the country. He was gazetted to the complainant, for which he was the 9th Lancashire Fasiliens on Septeraber punished. The second attack was ap
(temporary) 2nd last, promoted to Lieutenant on June 1st, and left with his Patently in reveage.
His elder manded tilt Thursday in custody. regimest early last month. brother is also in the same regiment, Second Lieutenant W. J. Osborne, and he was reported wounded on the same day.
CAR.
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The
a new blast furnace and a new steel. furnace were constructed, while exten A London magistrate had the courage sions have been made in connection with At Tavchew 100 The brick factories. servaat COOLIE KILLED BY MOTOR-recently to ask a Government cfficial the steel plate factory, rail mill, and fire,
whether he was not a magistrate was protesting against the mine has been purchased, which will bs importation of the word "employee" in developed immediately. It is expected At Ping- Some people that in the coming year 700,000 tons of YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK.
Mr. Lauritsen, of the Dragon Cycle the English language.
should increase the output of oval in The Hongkong office of the Yokohama
servant very much better, Lamar future to at least 640,000 tons yearly. Specie Bank, Ltd., is in receipt of a tele Company, has reported to the police that think is French word said the 100 or can be turned out. gram from the head office to the effect a motor car in which he and a party magistrate. I like the English word show shafts are being opened, whichi were travelling back from Shaukiwau vant and I am not ashamed of it. You Had it not been for the European war, o Friday are a servant are you not "Well, I cur production in 1914 would have been that at the half-yearly meeting of share. holders held at the head office, Yoko-
am & Civil Servnet" proudly said the the best on record." Since the Revolution man. That is a new kind of snobbish the number of foreign engineers has been hams, on the 10th inst., it was resolved tsubordy after midnight
accidentally ran into a coolie near the pay a dividend of 12 per cent, per annum. for the half-year ended the 30th June 1915. Belle Vic Hotel, death being instaunees" retorted the magistrate and the reduced from 15 to two, while the of
C.S. was left speechless. to add to the reserve, fuad Yen 400,000, and to carry forward the sum of Yen 1,335,000 to the next account.
taneous. The body has been removed to the Public Mortuary.
RODERICK RANDOM.
Chinese ugineers' increased from one to ffteen. The total number of the genérat staff is 200, with 3,000 workmen,