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THE WAR.
DISAFFECTION AND DISQUIET
IN BULGARIA.
TROOPS" RELUCTANCE TO FIGHT **MOTHER RUSSIA."
FIERCE FIGHTING
NEAR
BELGRADE.
BRITISH ARTILLERY INFLICTS SEVERE LOSSES ON INVADERS.
BIG
RUSSIAN VICTORY.
THE SERBIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH RLUTRE'S AGENOY.]
THE INVASION OF SERBIA.
SANGUINARY FIGHTING IN
SERBIA.
AUSTRIAN CLAIMS.
AMSTERDAM, October 13th.
A Vienna communiqué regarding the situation at the Serbian front claims that the Austro-Germans have gained con- sidorable ground" but only 600 prisoners, it saya, were captured in Belgrade, besides nine naval guns, and twenty-six field-gun barrels (1) It speaks of bloody fighting and concludes by saying that the Danube flotilla is removing river mines and Russian ses mines,
SEMENDRIA STORMED.
AMSTERDAM, October 12th. Some further progress in Serbia is claim ed by a Berlin communiqué, including the storming of Semendria yesterday.
FEROCIOUS FIGHTING AROUND BELGRADE,
PARIS, October 13th.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENÜZ. }
THE HONGKONG, DAILY. PRESA, TRUESDAY, OCTOBER 141, 1015.
EIGHT AUSTRO-GERMAN ARMY CORPS ATTACKING
It is estimated in Rone that eight
Austro-German. Army Corgis are attack ing the Serbians on a 50-mile front. It is stated that the Prince of Wied, ex-
King of Albania, is with the Germans against Serbia.
ALBANIANS TO ASSIST BULGARIANS.
Bands commanded by Bulgarians have already been organised in Albania for the purpose of attacking Montenegro and Serbia.
DISQUIET IN BULGARIA:
RESERVISTS REFUSE TO FIGHT
AGAINST, RUSSIA.
(THROUGH SKUTER'S AGENCY:] GERMAN REPORTS. German newspapers declare that the Allies are preparing to land at Dedengotch and that the Rassions are ready to attack Bulgaria.
300,000 ALLIED_TROOPS WILL
SAFEGUARD SERBIA.
Panis, October 13th The Chairman of one of the French Parliamentary Commissions, interview- ed, states that a compotent authority calculates that 300,000 Allien through Salonika would be sufficient to safeguard Serbial. He says that his Commission has resolved that this shall be accom- plished without delay, despite every obstacle.
The Temps and the Debate emphasise that Russia and Italy must liberally assist the British and French defending Serbin
[TEROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT-]
PROGRESS CONTINUES IN CHAMPAGNE,
PARIS, October 13th,
1.25 0.13.
A communiqué says:-The enemy in the afternoon violently bombarded the trenches. we captured yesterday to the north-cast of Sonchez, when we took 169 prisoners.
There is an intense artillery duel south
of the Somme and on the Aisue front.
Our progress continues in Champagne towards La Goutte Ravine, which we som- mand.
Westwards, attempted enemy attacks in Lorraine and the Vosges completely failed."
RUSSIAN FRONT
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
RUSSIANS' BREAK ENEMY FRONT.
BIG CAPTURES IN SOUTH- EASTERN THEATRE.
PETROGRAD, October 12th. The Russians have achieved a big success in the south-eastern theatre, where they broke the eneiny's front on the River Strypa. Already 60 officers and 2,000 men have been taken prisoner, and four guns and ten machine-guns cap- The Russians are following up tapeil. this success-
FRENCH PREMIER'S STATEMENT.
PARIS, October 13th.
s.stement ter the M. Viviani, in a Chamber of Deputies on the Balkan situation, detailed how the Allies strove to re-establish Balkan unity, based on mutual sacrifices. Serbin assented to cruel sacrifios, and (Greece aard Rumania efforts gave cordial support, but our were wrecked by Bulgaria's equivocation and double-dealings It was now the
PETROCHAD, October 13th. duty of the Allies to help heroic Serbia
The latest communiqué confirms the who was threatened on two fronts. We were closely co-operating to this end details of the Russian victory, along the without weakening our own fronts. We Strypa, which was gained after the storm- mean to ensure for Serbis, Grever, anding of the enemy's Last line of defence and Rumania & respect for the Treaty of
a strong fortified work, and the repulse Bukharest, of which we are the guaran-
of a violent counter-attack. RUSSIAN SUCCESSES IN DVINSK REGION.
tois.
He ridiculed the comparison of the landings at Salonika with the violation of Belgium by Germany and concluded by saying that, the British and French Governments were agreed regarding the importance of the forces to be employed. We are in perfect accord with Gene
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Desperate fighting continue in the Dvinsk region.
AIRSHIP ACTIVITY,
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
WAR IN THE AIR. FORMIDABLE DEVELOPMENT OF FRENCH AERIAL ARMY,
New Yong, October 12th. A dospatch from Paris describes the first inspection by a party of British and American journalists of great nero parks containing the newest and most wonder- ful additions to the Aeris! Army. Recent development has been such that the account reads almost like a romance, The Aerial Army is formed into Divisions and Squadrons, with battle-planes, cruiser- planes, and torpedo-planes, all heavily armoured with, three-inch cannon and mitrailleuses.
"As we entered the vast enclosure," says the writer," a monster baith-plane loomed, thirty feet high and 130 feet neros its planes. Then the manster flew, carrying a crew of twelve and two cannon on its wings, throwing three inch steel p jectiles. The machine possessed the steadi- hess of an ordinary biplane.
:
"Next there rose fleet of armoured
cruisers over a front of half a mile. Al were heavily armed, and rose almost verfi- cally at a speed of 09 miles ais hour. Soon there was the war of the three-inch gun overhead.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]" AMERICA MUST REMAIN NEUTRAL.
VIEWS OF PRESIDENT WILSON.
WASHINGTON, October 13th. President Wilson, in a series of addresses at various womens' societies, afirmed with great emphasis that Amerien must remain neutral throughout the European war.
We must keep out not merely to avoid
trouble but to preserve the foundations on', which peace could be robuilt. America must preserve the cause of humanity."
He declared in another speech that all Americans, on pain of ostracism, must be more thar, neutral, Too many citizens were
without sufficient affection for American ideals. This is taken as 'a challenge to hyphenated Americans, whom he described as very vozni and not very influential. “
GERMAN FACTORIES SHUTTING DOWN.
AMSTERDAM, October 13th. German textile factories continue to
shut down owing to lack of raw material,
EXTORTIONATE SUGAR
DEALERS.
LONDON, October 19th.
The Sugar Commission lag issued a strong warning to sugar wholesale mer chants and retailers against charging over the fixed prices, threatening to cut off the supplies of the offenders.
INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE.
"One of the most daring of the fliers fired his gun while plunging. Soldier make capable operators after three months' instruction, Numerous chools are equip-
Lospos, October 13th. In the House of Lords Lord Islingtow ping toany thousands for the new and terrible aerial war, in which France will introduced a Bill quabling persons during. take the lead. These squadrons will scon the war, and for two years thereafter, to begin attacking the enemy's communion-be appointed to or admitted into the tions and rail junctions, demoralising the Indian Civil Service without examination. euemy."
PRINCESS ARTHUR OF
ZEPPELIN DESTROYED IN A STORM.
LONDON, October 13th.
A letter from Brussels mentions that a
The Germans nerth-west of Illukst captured part of the Russian trenches, but the Russian artillery forced the Gier- rai Joffre," he said. Russia has ex-mans to abandon the trenches and a village Zeppelin was destroyed in a storm on pressed her anxiety to join us in widing on the southern shore of Lake Demnen, September 9th, several of the crew being Serbia, and to-morrow her troops will north-east of Novo Alexandrovsk. The killed.
with ours. Russians suddenly, at dawn on the 10th GENERAL. be fighting side by side Never was the accord between the Allies inst., without firing ʼn shot, attacked and more complete or more close, and never carried three lines of trecches on the shore were we more confident of common vic of the Inke, capturing prisoners and tory."
machine-gun, The Bussians were also. successful on the northern shore of Lake
Prieviatz.
SALONIKA, October 12th. Reuter's correspondent at Sofia has arrived with the Entente Ministers. In a message on the 9th inst. he says that the Bulgarian authorities, from the King downwards, were most courteous to the The population departing Ministers. generally were grieved and anxious at the turn events had taken. The best circles are discontented and uneasy at WILL BE ADAPTED TO FUTURE the Government's policy and many Re servists have declared that they will lay down their arms rather than fight against
A telegram from Nish on the 10th inst. stated that stubborn fighting was occurring on the hills surrounding Belgrade. The Russia.
GREECE'S ARMED
NEUTRALITY.
EVENTS.
ATHENS, October 12th.
M. Zaimis announced in the Chamber of Deputies that the Government's policy would be the saine as had been followed
The Russians to the south of Lake Obele crossed the river Prerva and occupied three villages. They also captured an isthmus at the northern end of Lake Boguinskoc.
The Germanns were dislodged by the
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
OPERATIONS IN THE CAMEROONS.
MARKED BRITISH ADVANCE.
LONDON, October · 12th. The Press Bureau announces that the British, under Lieut. Colonel Heywood, after an engagement lasting for 30 hours, captured Wambyage, in the Camercoas,
which is a marked advance into the
southern region. The enemy, who is in
summits were taken and retaken, artillery MACEDONIA NOT YET MENACED. since the beginning of the war, Damel bayonet from a village south-west of Pinsk considerable force, is being pursued,
firing uninterruptedly for three days. The Serbiane in the morning seized excel- tont positions in the neighbourhood of Topchider, throwing back the Germans on to a suburb of Belgrade. Fighting is continuing ferociously.
WANTON DESTRUCTION IN BELGRADE.
The distribution of the
It would be armed as re-
Bulgarian neutrality.
gards the present, and would be adapted to future events.
Military forces, says the correspondent, indicates that Pirot and Nish, not Mabe donia, are their immediate objective. CHEERS FOR "MOTHER RUSSIA." The Times correspondent at Salonika says that the special train conveying the
M. Venezelos, replying, said the jority of the Chamber would support the Government as long as the principles of his policy were unchanged. not a question whether Greece ought to join the war, but when it was to the in-
It wae
The enemy threw more than 50,000 shells Entente Ministers from Sofia to Dedea-terest of Grecor that Bulgaria should Into the town, not sparing even the hos-gatch passed several brainloads of re- be crushed.
pitals or Churches. A Synagogue was destroyed, burying hundreds of Jewish families who had taken refuge in the vaults.
cruits, who greeted them with frantic cheers for Mother Russia"
BULGARIANS MUTINY. Greek refugees stole that 80 men were BRITISH ARTILLERYMEN BUSY. court-martialled and shot in Bulgarian A battery of French artillery participat-villages on the Black Sea for refusing to ed in the defence of the capital. British fight against the Russians. troops, with heavy guns, inflicted severe losses on the enemy and sank two moniters on the Danube.
SERBIA'S RAILWAY COMMUNICA-
TIONS MENACED.
LONDON, October 12th.
A telegrain from Athens says that two
SILENCING CRITICISM.. The Agrarian leader, M. Stambulivski, who reproached King Ferdinand, has been imprisoned.
BRITAIN BREAKS WITH BULGARIA.
LONDON, October 13th The Bulgarian Minister to London has
Bulgarian Divisions are attacking the been handed his passports.
Sorbians in the direction of Kulashiraz.
which is 26 mites to the north-east of
Nish.
.
ITALY CO-OPERATING WITH
ALLIES,
LONDON, October 13th:
Reuter's portspendent at Nish on-
A Paris correspondent states that Italy firus that the Bulgarians are attacking Kniashivatz Also it is officially an-is co-operating in the transport and land- nounced that the Bulgarians, moving ing of the Allied troops at Sulenika. An along the Vlasine River, have reached a Italian Military Attaché is conferring
Should Bulgaria conquer, Hellenism would be completely van- quished.
ENTENTE POWERS PROMISES TO
GREECE.
ATHENS, October 13th.
M. Venczelos, in the course of a speech, revealed the assurances received from the Entente Powers concerning the resti- tution of the Aegean Islands aid Cyprus to Greece.
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
{THROUGH AEUTER'S AGENCY.] HOUSTON STEAMER SUNK.
LONDON, October 13th. The Houston huur Halizones, homeward bound from India, has been sunk. The crew were saved, FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT
(IEBOUCH REUTER'A AURKOT,] STRUGGLE AT SOUCHEZ CONTINUES.
and fed in disorder, losing heavily from Maxim-gun fre.
Reuter learns that with the return of the dry season operations will be resumed both north and south.
The Russian cavalry made a successful series of raids south of Pripet, on the left bank of the Styr. Attempts of the IMPORTANT AMERICAN NOTE enemy to cross the Styr below Tehrotrysk were unsuccessful.
BOLD RUSSIAN ONSLAUGHT.. PETROGRAD, October 13th. The victory of the Stryp was the result of hard fighting and bold Russian onslaughts on the Centre, which was the Galician village of Haivoronka, west of Trembovlis. The Russians had the upper hond of the fighting on the 10th inst, and followed up their success on the 11th, when, besides taking two lines of trenches, they stormed a fort and a farm on a bill east of the village,
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This work, sccording to u communiqué, consisted of an elaborate system of covered trenches, connected by a corridor with armoured loopholes, and surrounded by double line of entanglements. The sur visors of the garrison, numbering“ 252, gan and three surrendered, with Maxims,
Subsequently the Russians, in a fresh effort in the sante district, forced the enemy's lines on Mount Makova, where they captured a whole Austrian battalion. These successes led to a general dis- orderly retirement of the enemy in the whole of the sector. The Russians, closely
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PARIS. Octavy, 12th.
4.40 pm, To-day's communiqué says:-The bat point 25 miles to the south-east of Nish, with the General Stuff there. Per the continues in the Scuchez region. I pursuing, entered Haivoronka over and only ten miles eastward of the rail-Italy will decide to take an active part where the French have taken mora pri burning bridge and cressed the Strypa wag, but all attacks have so far been in the war in the Balkan theatre. This ouers. There has been a violent reci- the same evening. Cavalry abred the Beeing Austrians and captured a convoy. would radically alter the whole situation. procal bombardment în Lorraine, heavily repulsed.
TO GERMANY.
SAFETY OF AMERICAN PASSEN- GERS AND CREWS.
WASHINGTON, October 13th.
A fresh Note has been sent to Germany on the subject of the William P. Frye, insisting on the removal of passengers and crews of American ships destroyed by submarines to a safer place than the ships' boats.
PAPER FOR GOLD AND SILVER.
·AUSTRIA'S SIGNIFICANT APPEAL.
LONDON, October 13th. The Austrian Government has appealed to the public to bring all their gold, silver, jewellery, plate, and other articles of these metals to the Mint: Persons surrendering gold and silver are promised full payment
in banknotes.
LORD CURZON.
CONNAUGHT.
LONDON, October 13th. H.R.H. Princess Arthur of Connaught has been operated on for appendicitis. The condition of: Her Royal Highness is satisfactory..
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT."} A SINO-RU-SIAN AGREEMENT.
PEKING, October 19th. A Sino-Russian agreement has been reached, whereby China assists in the restriction of importation of alcohol into
Serbia and Russin assists in tho restriction of opium going oto China. INCREASED SALT REVENUE,
PEKING, October 19th. The Salt Revenue to the end of Septem- ber was 86,000,000 better than in the same
period in 1914.
The
AMERICAN LOAN RUMOUR.
PERING, October 12th. American loan reported $80,000,000 is officially denied.
A NEW FLAG.
PEKING, October 12th.
of
It is understood that the Government has decided upon a new fag, consisting of a white background, a red border and two golden dragons encircling a red sum
HOLT'S PURCHASE THE
INDRA LINE,
The Liverpool Juuriut of. Commerce ways it has adherity to announce that an
important shipping deal was on August firms of British shipowners, Messrs. 31st, completed between the two wall-kown Alfred Holt and Company and Messrs. T. B. Royden and Company. The former company has acquired from the latter company their fleet of Indra liners, seven in number, which run between New York and the Far East, and the transaction is of vast importanos in further streng- thening British shipping interests in the Far East. The following are the namĘS and tonnage of the vessels concerped:
Indra, 5,713 tons;
Indraden, 5,359 tons;
Indragiri, 6,723 tons;
Indrakuala, 5,691 tons;
Indraxuma 197 tons; Indrawadi, 5,194 tons; Inverclyde, 4,305 tone..
Messrs. Alfred Holt and Company now become probably the largest, private ship- owning company in the world, having about 30 ships, ranging from 6,000 to over 14,000 tons, most of which are engaged in the Far Eastern trades. The journal adds:-The ships purchased are of a very high-class type. We are not in a position to make any announcement as to a meeting of the Cabinet War Committee.the details or the amount of the purchase
THE RECRUITING ORGANISATION.
LONDON, October 13th, Lord Curzon was present yesterday at
LONDON, October 13th, It is understood that General Mackin non will be Lord Derby's chief military assistant in his recruiting work.
consideration, except that we understand The it was entirely a cash transaction. two ecampallies concerned, as is well known, are representative of the strong. est class of British shipowners, and the arrangement will enhance the vast ship- ping and trading interest of Mezers. Alfred Holt and Company, thereby between Great Britain and the countries furthering the connection and sympathies of the Far East...