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THE WAR.
SEVERE
FIGHTING
WESTERN FRONT.
ON
ALLIES PENETRATE GERMAN LINES.
OVER 20,000 PRISONERS CAPTURED.
REPEATED RUSSIAN ATTACKS.
BULGARIA'S DEFENSIVE MOBILISATION.
GERMAN BALTIC FLEET RETIRES TO KIEL,
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH RAUTER'S AGENOT.) HEAVY FIGHTING BY BRITISH
AND FRENCH...
20,000 PRISONERS TAKEN IN TWO
DAYS.
SEVERE FIGHTING ON DRITISH FRONT.
LONDON, September 20th. Field Marshal Sir John French reports a continued attack in the La Bassee
of
and region, tastward Givenay Vormelles. We captured the western ontskirts of Hulluch and the village of Loos, surrounding the mining works and
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(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]"
FRESH PROGRESS,
PARIS, "September 27th 200 4.m.
THE HONGKONG, DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 1918.
Last night's communiqué says:- Our attack north of Arras resulted i fresh progress. We forcibly occupied the whole villago of Souchez and advanced castward in the direction of Givenchy.
Further south we reached La Folio and. pushed north of Thelus as far as the destroyed telegraph station. We took a thousand prisoners in this action.
We continued to gain ground in Champagne, crossing a powerful network of trenches and forte, perfected by the We enemy for many months past. Other British attacks northward of the advanced northwards, compelling the La Basso Canal drew strong German enemy to retire do his second line, three, reserves towards this sector, resulting of four kilometres to the rear." hard fighting the day long with varying The British at nightfall to the northward of the Canal occupied their moraing positions.
BU000gs.
Fighting continues along the whole front. The enemy suffered heavily from our fim and in hand-to-hand lighting and left much material in bly abandoned works.
ĮTAROUGH REUTER'S LOKKOY.) GERMAN NAVAL CHANGES. THEIR CONNECTION WITH
SUBMARINE WARFARE.
{THEOTO
REDTEE'S AGENCY.) THE BULGARIAN SITUATION.
LONDON, September 27th. The Bulgarian Government has address." ed a Note to the Powers in similar terms to LONDON, September 27th. Admiral Holtzendorff, fermerly Comman this morning's semi-official statement.
An interesting, developinent is that the der of the German High Seas Fleet, has been appointed head of the Gorman Naval Stambuloffist leader, 31. Ghenadieff, joir General Staff, succeeding Admiral Bached the Government after a prolonged, cun. mann. The latter, and Admiral Behncke, forence with M. Radoslavoff, the Premier, who was likewise displaced, represented and will probably be provided with a scat the ruthless submarine warfare. Thoir in the Cabinet. This has consolidated the
Government majority, but as M. Ghera successors favour no sinking of passenger steamers without warning, and allowing dieff has frequently declared himself in those aboard to save themselves, and also, sympathy with the Entente Towers this in doubtful cases, to take the safe side. has particular significance at the present moment, M. Chenadieff probably influen -- GERMAN FLEET LEAVES.
cing the whole policy of the Government. BALTIC.
WHY BULGARIA MOBILISED. *MOLTKE" SERIOUSLY DAMAGED,
The Bulgarian Ministor to Greece has BUT NOT SUNK.
mady the very interesting statement that PETROGRAD, September 27th. the restoration of mobilisation is not The German Fleet has left the Balt-cd.reeted against Greece or Surbin, but in definitely for Kiel, The battle cruiser case the Austro-Germans should advance Moltke has a hole 24 yards square, and its far as Windin, cannot be repaired for months,
[It will be remembered that it was recent ly reported that a British submarine had forpedoed and sink the German battl cruiser Moltke. It would seem from this message that the battle-cruiser, although seriously damaged, was kept aflost,]
SUBMARINE PIRACY.
LONDON, September 27th. The Hesionc's missing boat has been picked up.
[The Hesion is the Houston liner which was sunk off the south ecast of Ireland.}
RUSSIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
REPEATED RUSSIAN
ATTACKS. HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS
TAKEN
PETROGRAD, September 27th. A communiqué mys that the position is somewhat quieter along the Dvinsk front but lo the east of Vilas, and further sonde near Smorgon and Novo Grodek, for fighting continues, the Russians repeated ly attacking, and capturing some hundreds of prisoners,
This has not yet been counted, but 24 field-guns and 10,000 unwounded have been counted. The number of the latter is increasing. AUSTRO-ITALIAN FRONT.
Altogether the Allies have captured 20,000 able-bodied prisoners during the last two days,
We made another attack at Hooge on either side of the Menin rond. The attack on the north side of the road prisoners enabled us to occupy Bellewaarde Farm and a ridge, but these were subsequently. The attack on re taken by the ensiny. the south side of the road gained 600 yards of German trenches, which we
consolidated.
The report
in
Friday's German
No
communique that the Britisk attacked southward of La Bassee is false. attack there had been attempted.
ENEMY MAKES DETERMINED COUNTER ATTACKS.
LONDON, September 27th.
Bir John French, Field Marshal belegraphing on Sunday evening, saya :-
There was severe fighting tod y on the ground won yesterday, the enemy making determined counterattacks enst and north-east of Loos. The result of this fighting is that, except just north of Loos, we hold all the ground gained yes terday, including the whole of Loos ∙iteolf.
This oroning we retook the quarries north-west of Hulluch, which had been won and lost yesterday.
We have in this fighting drawn the enemy's reserves, thus enabling the French on our right to make further progress.
The number of prisoners collected aftor yesterday's fighting now total 2,000. Nine guns were taken, and also a con- siderable number of machine-guns. FRENCH TAKE 12,000 PRISONERS IN CHAMPAGNE.
BRITISH AIRCRAFT HAMPER GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS.
LONDON, September 27th, Field-Marshal Sir John French says,
in a bulletin:-.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:]
BRISK FIGHTING.
Roux, September 27th There has been brisk ighting in the neighbourhood of Cividale, where the
enemy was reinforced. The Italian troops drafted from the Upper Valtelli forced back the Austrians. A communiqué
TURCO-BULGARIAN AGREEMENT.
SIGNED.
CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY.
PROGRESS OF THE LINE:
STREET RAILWAY FOR CANTON.
The matter of constructing a street The Canton-Hankow railway is at railway system in Canton is, says the Consul General, Mr. Georgo present almost completed as far as Shin-US. kuan (Chiuchow), 140 miles from Canton. E. Anderson, of Hongkong, being The work of the last twenty miles has been taken up -anes by the provin
authorities delayed about two years beyond the time cial originally planned on account of heavy rock cuts, tunnels, and troubles with the The revolution also caused contractors. cosiderable delay in building this part
of the line.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE LINE.
and plans for a line connecting the stations of the Cantoa and Haakow Railway and the Kowloon- Canton Railway, and running through a populous portion of the city, have blen authorities in Peking for approval. drawn and have been forwardou to the The proposed line is projected by Beyond Shiukuan station the only work General Lang, military governor of which has been completed is about three Kwangtang Province, in connection with miles of grading, piers for the bridge Chinese capitalists in Hongkong, and the over the North River (East Fork) at plans call for the construction of a little Shitkuan, and part of a long tunnel less than G-miles of street railway along about 12 miles beyond Shiukuan. It is
portion considerable
of the old not likely that the Kuangbung Yuch-Han route which will permit the use of a Canton The system will Railway Company will build any further wall unless it is decided to open the coal mines
but will bo north of Shinkuan. The country between embody many of the plans of that pro
jected three
The Shiukuan and Lokchrong (170 miles from started upon a more modest basis, Canton) is rough and expensive to build line will proceed from the Canton- apon, and besides, it furnishes litte Hankow Railway station to the cast wall traffes Beyond Lokcheong the line runs of the city, and will follow that in a through very rugged country, will prove general way to the south wall. It will expensive to construct, and will have no follow the south wall parallel to the local traffic until Pingshek, on the Hunan water front on the Pearl River, passing border, is reached. It is expected that within about a third of a mile of the the Government will take the line from foreign concession on the island of Shiukuan to the Hunan border, and this
Shameen. It will reach the river-front natter is now being discussed. -
proper near the station of the Kowloon- Canton Railway line the line to Hong- kong, It is proposed to construct the The construction of the line now furnished is of fair quality Eighty line by misus of a company for which pound rails of American, Belgium, and the Provincint Government will furnish Hankow manufacture are used on the half the funds.
By following the route projected, the main line. The steel girders and trusses are nearly all from the American Bridge concern will not only be able to employ Company, and are of the best design and the ancient wall of the walled city so workmanship. Some of these articles, as to avoid all but impossible congestion purchased from Europe, are of poor in the narrow and populons streets of the design, and one 200-foot span is very bad,city, but will also employ Government The locomotives in operation are pro- property and thus reduce materially the ducts of the Baldwin and the American initial outlay in the construction of the The right of way followed would Last year five line. Loconestire companies. consolidated locomotives were purchased be very expensive if it were necessary to By connecting the railway -three from the American Locomotive purchase il.
stations mentioned it is expected by the Company and two from the Baldwin.
The cars in use on this railway, adds Chinese Military Authorities that considh.
advantages will Even the Germen journalists are unable the Li and C. Express, are of many kinds,erable military. to twist the Bulgarian mobilisation into a The passenger cars are mostly of Ameri- secured by the Government in the way promise by Bulgaria to throw in her lot can manufacture, as are also the box cara, of added facilities for the rapid trans although some of the latter are of Engportation of troops in case of popular with the Austro-Germans.
lish construction. It seems likely that outbreaks. the short English cars will soon be reject The correspondent of the Berliner Tage, and that only the 8-wheel-American blatt ways that in a parting interview with M. Radoslavoff (the Bulgarian Prin Minister)-the-letter-id that if the war approached Bulgaris's frontiera al must protect her interests. The mobilia tion was purely defensive and was at Girostad against Rumanis or Greece in the slightest degree. "I wish emphatically to point out that we have no aggressive designs against these States."
Soria, September 20th- The Ture-Bulgarian, agreement, by which Turkey codes territory and a ral way to Bulgaria, was signed by the Turkish and Bulgarian delegates at Dima tika yesterday.
GERMAN PRESS CORRESPON-
#DENT'S INTERVIEW.
AMSTERDAM, September 20th.
KEIR HAKDIE DEAD.
LONDON, September 26th.
bo
Plans for the rolling stock are not yet complete, but the general idea seems to bo Some to buy motore and steel parts of cars cars of all classes will be used. steelwork, such as tanks, turntables, ware abroad, completing the cars in Canton or houses, etc., has been imported from Hongkong, present high freight rates America, and much Oregon pine for false rendering the purchase of complete cars work, ties, et, has been and is being abroad at this time a matter of difficulty. purchased there, but these articles are It is thought that the line as projected oan be started with an initial-outlay of The practical English firins, for the reason that the about $100,000 gold. usually placed by Japanese, German, or
manufacturers are not management of the enterprise at present American matter frequently mentioned in cousular president of the Sunning Railway Com- reports.
pany who is working upon it in consul- adequately represented at Cantona is in the control of Mr. Chin Get He
tation with General Lung, the Military Governor of the Province, «
PROSPECTIVE TRAFFIC. The passenger traffic represents about 60 per cent. of the whole. There is also a good business in the transportation of
CASE.
HEAVY SENTENCES.
cattle, firewood, limestone, and other THE FORMOSA CONSPIRACY- products, such as rice, tobacco, poultry, eto. Later on coal will be brought down, but, as this is anthracite, it will be neces Tho death is announced of Mr. Keirsary to establish a parket before it san Salt is sent over the line be handled. Hardie, the Socialist agitator and M.P. from Hunas and the upper North River districts. Os the whole, the traffic is for Merthyr Tydvil.
satisfactory, and a large increase is [Mir, James Keir Hardie was a Scotch expected when the line reaches Shinkuan, pitman, having worked underground from but the railway cannot be expected to pay. the age of seven until he was twenty-four well until it has been completed to Han- He was born in Lanarkshire in 1858. Ho kow or Shanghai, when I should be the is a man of strong fibre, mental as well most important, section of the railway as: physical," Hayn IL by means and the most profitable in China. The empathetic biographer, "and though in line is well located, fairly well construct polities hopelessly impracticable, he is ased, very well maintained, nad should be resolute and tenacious as they make them, profitable if well managed, Oven in Scotland; He became President of
Our abroplanes to-day bombed and derailed a traim near Loffres, cast of says that there was a very hot astir the Aryshire Minors Union in course of
Douai, and another full of troops at Resul, near St. Amand. They also bombarded Valenciennes Station.
GERMAN ADMISSIONS.
AMSTERDAM, September 27th. A Berlin official announcement admits
It says:- the Allier succeses.
South-west of Lille the enemy repulsed one of our Divisions near Loos from their advanced to their second line Naturally we had considerable losses, including material of all kinds lying between the two positions.
We voluntarily evacuated Souchez
THE POSITION IN INDO- CHINA.
Judgment in respect of 160 Formasan Chinese charged with conspiracy against the administration was given at the Special High Court at Taipeh on the 5th hand that Li Wang, aged 40, one of the instant. We learn from local papers te lenders under Ya Ching-fang, who is now under trial with some other ringleaders, was sentenced to imprisonment for fifteen years, and six others to twelve years each All the remaining 153 accused were sen tenced to imprisonment for nine yea each. The prisoners were admitted to the Court in three batches, and the Court's judgment was read out to them. Many of the prisoners loudly protested in Court when sentence was pronounced, and much. commotion was caused by their cries.
action on the entire Caruin front. The time, contested Mid Lanark unsuccessfully Ham in 1892. He went down to the House Austrians attacked thrice and were each in 1888, but was returned by South-West time repulsed. Italian artillery bombardon the opening day in full procession. waggonettes, brass band, etc.; "he consig ed Tarvis railway station, causing huge tently wore a deer-stalker p; and his After a year of war says the Temps,
The gist of the judgment is that Li political line while in the House was in fires.
we may venture to form an opinion on the
Wang and the others were informed by harmony with these things. He is the life and soul of the Socialist Parliamentary state of the native population in Indo-Yu Ching-fang of the mystic appearance party, and a member of the Council of the China. The situation and the spirit of of a new Emperor in the mountains, and Independent Labour party, In 190%, after
GENERAL
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY-]. DARDANELLES CAMPAIGN, RESPONSIBLE COMMITTEE
APPOINTED.
LONDON, September 27th The Daily Ohronicle says that Mr. Asquith hos appointed a special Com In the fighting north of Perthes a Germittee of the Cabinet, which will be man division was obliged to evacuate an peculiarly responsible for the oversight of advanced position which was ruined by an the war in the Dardanelles. A Commitles uninterrupted seventy-two hours' bombari-has been in existence for some time, and ment. They retired two to three kilometros, it is understood that its functions will be absorbed by the new Committee, which NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
includes Mr. Asquith, Lord Kitchener, Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Balfour, Edward Grey, Lord Lansdowne, Mr. Boner Law, and Mr.. Winston Churchill
AFFAIRS IN PERSIA. RUSSIAN AND FRENCH COLONIES LEAVE ISPAHAN.
PETROGRAD, September 27th.
(THROUGH ELUTER'S AGENCY.]
BRITISH AGAIN BOMBARD. ZEEBRUGGE.
Bir
GERMAN AMBITIONS IN AFRICA.
not.
in
recovering from an attack of appendicitis, the natives are excellent, as a matter of thus encouraged they subscribed funds to he undertook a world-pilgrimage, visiting fach Many people declared that wher support a plot to attack the Japanese India, among other countries. He made a crisis arose the Annamites would evines police and gendarmerie offices and expel sorse injudicious speeches before he was every sentiment but that of fidelity to all Japanese from the island. The con- warned of the mischief he was doing. Then France, yet since the outbreak of the pre-spirators required to canvass for more he crossed to Australia, and afterwards to sent war the loyalty of the natives has supporters to the cause, and the modus New Zealand." Mr. Keir Hardie, neter not wavered for an instant. However, operandi was for a conspirator to invito a very popular figure in political circles, more distant from the metropolis than a friend to his house on the pretence of became still less popular as the result of his the African colonies, and more exposed giving him some sacred charms, and after attitude toward the European war bat he to perfidious influences, the Administra-ho was made to swear secrecy he was must be given credit for entire sincerity tion of Indo-China during the war seemed informed of whet was being plotted. In to demand special attention of the French this way more members were recruited and This fact led to M. funds collected. It was agreed that the Government. Roume's acceptance of the direction of rebellion should be started in June or July the affairs of the French Asiatic posses last, on the (anticipated) arrival of sions. At the end of several months' revolutionaries from China to the conspira work in Indo-China, M. Roum has now tors. The men who subscribed to the con- The Munich Neuste Nachrichten pub been able to furnish a kind of moral spirators wat-chest were given assurances lishes a letter by Dr. Schwerer, a retired balance sheet, which proves to be russur of monetary rewards, remission of taxes, army captain in which the German Pressing and entirely satisfactory. A cam-
The conspirators were arrested before they been conducted from Biam and China, it had time to carry their design into effect. is requested to devote more attention *paign against the French Government has and other considerations as inducements. the fact that "the Boers who came over
The story as here summarised sounds is true, but the German agents who have
believe acted as traitors." Captain Schwerer led it have not met with any success, decidedly familiar. It is in all essentials to us and the natives have undoubtedly
native does The
German this same story as that told against the a of.. the possibility
conspirators," and which admits that although it is now nine years
the same time, he 123 Korean. sinco the last native rising in South-West
victory. A Africa was "suppres:d" the natives who knows that the defeat of the Allies they all denied was true. In Formosa, sx remained alive have not yet" become recon would mean for him the imposition of in Kores, the most elaborate plans are eiled" to the German rule," and he German rule. He knows the French, and alleged to have been made. but nothing declares that it is perfectly comprehensible he knows something about German coloni actually happened! The Fermosen an- that they should succumb to the seductious sation, so his choice is made. All these thorities have only their confreres in of the English Government. "That, how points were touched upon by M. Roume Korea to thank if the story of Yu Ching. The Russian and French colonies in ever, the Boors who were received into in a speech he made at Saigon on the fangs conspiracy is not regarded abroad South West Africa as a result of our occasion of the Fite Nationale. The as the sensationally criminal affair they
role
undertaker Japanese paver or publicist asks why the have Formesan Chinese should be ry eager to that a British squadron of five large and sorted by twenty-seven Russian Cossacks, willingly become the too's of English Im beneficent and twenty-five smaller warships bombarded
a Swedish officer and thirty of the gen dar perinliam," the German captain adds, "is by Franco in Indo-China.
absolutely unpardonable high treason." seen the railways and canals multiplying.
to official reports, is constantly occupie of prisoners actually counted exceeds Zeebrugge at 8.30 on Saturday morning.merie, Brigands constantly hovered He knows, however, of even worse conduct and watched the growth of hospitals, dis overturn a Government which, according
namely, that of Colonel Maritz and Kemp, pensaries, and the numerous other ad
Chronicle. The situation in Teheram is pidly who, he asserts, have undoubtedly acted in vantages which French rule has brought with the welfare of the people, Japan a traitorous manner after having joins them. Above all, they have appreciated us." Captain Schwarer confesses that be the diffusion of knowledge brought about all the positions won in Artois, including probably against a submarine, as their improving,
that this work shall continue uninter The Russian forces at Kazvin have been has no proof that any Boers acted traitor by the French, and I have undertaken considerably strengthened, and the Persian ously, but he asserts that there are
grounds enough for believing that the ruptedly. In conclusion, the Governor the hotels of Glasgow must not be opened was most strikingly illustrated by the fact On Saturday, August 28, two of the foot- have sufficient forces available to make it back." He contends therefore, that fer that it had contributed f.3.000.000 to the ball clubs started their marlier than any subserviency to mans must withhold for the present their war charities, being thus responsible for usual in order to make half-time sVİL- judgment concerning the spitulation of the highest contribution received among chromise with the opening of the hotele where long quenea of men were waiting. responsible - for
the protective troops in Bouth-West Africa. the French colonies.
PARIS, September 26th. The Frenchmen, in the great battle along the Western Front, have consoli. dated all their important gains.
To-day's communiqué says:-Obstinato
A HUGE COLUMN OF SMOKE,
AMSTERDAM, 'September 27th.
A Dutch correspondent on the island of
fighting occurred throughout Champagne. Cachan, in the Province of Zowland, 1873 Ispahan have safely reached Teheran, cs enthusiasm for their oause should havo antives well understand," he said, "the would like it to be considered. No
We penetrated the German lines on
*
front of 25 kilometres, in varying deptha The number of one to four kilometres.
32,000 men.
We maintained throughout the night
A big column of smoke rose above the portareind.. The British light guns were also active,
the Chateau Carlour Cemetery, Souches, shots did not reach the coast. The German
Under the Tefence of the Realm Act.
and the last trenches the Germans had Hätteries replied. A German aeroplane | Government cov realises that the Allis Boers attacked our brave troops in the pointed out that the loyalty of the Colony before 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoons.
beld of the "Labyrinth."
There is nothing to report from the wet frequently flow from the coast to the fleet, of the front, except a French surprise which departed after four houra bombard
ment. artillery attack at Bain-des-Apt.
Germany.