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THE
GREEK
WAR.
SITUATION.
AGAIN GRAVE.
THE CAMPAIGN IN SERBIA.
MONTENEGRO TO BE ATTACKED.
SOME SERBIAN HORRORS.
NEWS FROM ALL FRONTS.
GERMAN TROOPS MOVING FROM WEST.
THE BALKANS.
(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.] SERBIAN HORRORS.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY ]
GERMAN CLAIMS,
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THE NEAR EAST!
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THE DARDANELLES.
FRENCH ACTIVITY.
PARIS, November 28th.
the A communiqué dealing with Dardanelles expedition says:-Our artil
lery was most active on Wednesday and Thursday, and succeeded in shelling several Turkish heavy guns, causing the enemy's fire to markedly weaken.
Numerous Turkish wounded have arrived at Constantinople recently.
Thoro were hand grenade actions on Wednesday, and a mine explosion on Thursday destroyed the saps pushed by the enemy towards our contre,
BATTLE FOR' BAGDAD.
GENERALI
(THROUGH =RUIER'S AGENDY.] THE GREEK SITUATION. REPORTED TO BE AGAIN GRAVE
RANDOM REFLECTIONS.
bulk, Ab Bin makes the very natural request that they shall be wrapped up in Interest in the war this week in Hong the usual paper roll. This done, he sud- kong has paled before the Licensing disdenly inquires what premium, ho is to get, Eleven centa pute and the painfully sudden death of and receives the answer:
Not enough." is his one of its protagonists, Though the for each doliar."
LONDON, November 27th: The Greek situation is again disquiet-point at iss26 between the Licensing Board comment," give me back my ten döller ing:
Reuter's correspondent at Athens and the Government the renewal of bill and I will go and cash it at the money- two hotel license-do not, at first charger's. Here's your roll of ten cont Rays, in reference to the new Note, which makes detailed demands regarding the security and liberty of action of the Allied troops, that optimism has given way to
scepticism,
Logs New's correspondent at Athens says that the Allies have demanded a reply at the soonest possible moment, and that the situation is regarded as grave.
pieces. I'll be back in a minute Bo saying, he leaves the shop. Some time Istor when the shopkeeper, despairing of his return, unwraps the roll of ten-cont pieces" preparatory to replacing them in his till, he discovers to his dismay that he has a superfluity of cash" and as short of five dollars!
sight, appear to be of any vital import anco, the dispute is interesting because it is symptomatic. It is a sign of the grow ing intensity of feeling against the Ger- mans and of the jealousy with which the general community regard such stender rights as they possess to a voice in the managemont of their own affairs. While gentlemen learned in the low wrangle over
A chair coolie who was fined the other the legal aspects of the two cases, the ATHENS, November 97th.
general public concern themselves only day for rofusing a fare pleaded" wenk The Allies hure presented a fresh and with the brander issues. They object to legs" in his defence. The plen may have detailed Note, to Greece which is comple the presence of alien enemies in their been perfectly genuine, for, as I rematcad
A FRESH NOTE.
midet, had ask what is the use of a Licens DEMANDS REGARDING SALONIKAng Board with its unofficial members if
HAS IT ALREADY BEEN FOUGHT?ntary to the previous Note.
LONDOS, November 27th. Commenting on the battle of Ctesi- phon, The Time, points out that time after time the Turks in Mesopotamia have suddenly withdrawn under cover of night after stubborn resistance. If they continue to follow the same tactics it is conceivable that the action deciding the fate of Bagdad has already been fought. the It is worth noting that from
ATHENS, November 27th. It is stated in authoritative quarters that the Government will probably pro pose that the cattate should appoint mili tary experts to discuss with the Greek General Staff the demands concerning Bufonika which were contained in yester: day's Note..
HORRORS OF ARMENIAN MASSACRES.
its decisions can be lightly swept aside by the Executive. On a point of law, they admit, the decision of the Licensing Board might be open to revision, but in matter of policy their judg ment should be as sound as any other, Otherwise, why have a Licensing Board at all?
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As the matter stands at present, some of the unofficial Jastices are exercised in their
WAR AGAINST SERBIA IS NEARLY end of this month facilities for naviga FURTHER DETAILS OF FIENDISH minds as to whether they ought to take
ENDED.
LONDON, November 27th.
A telegram from Amsterdam says that the war against Serbia is being nearly ended. Action against Montenegro will be taken with the utmost vigour. The
A BREADLESS LAND.
LONDON, November 27th. Madame Grouitch, the American wife of the Serbian Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, tells a terrible story of a twenty days horse-back trip from Nish with Government party. There are 3,000,000 starving Serbians, all the horses are short Montenegrins will shortly be driven back mto their own territory, where they will be deprived of their supplies of munitions, and they will then finish their role in the
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of fodder, and thousands of dogs which. were left in the homes have now banded: 'together and are scouring the hillsides for
ground-game. Serbia is a breadless land.
war.
SERBIA.
EXTENSIVE MOVEMENTS OF GERMAN TROOPS.
ZURICH, November 27th. Reports from Germany indiente exten- sive troop movements toward Serbia, from the Western Front. Also, the railways along which rew formations had concen trated are closed to ordinary trafic.
The road betwveen Nish and Monastir ent- FROM WESTERN FRONT TO rivalled the Klondike as a trial of horrors, There were corpses on the wayside, dead horses, and exhausted fugitives; men, women and children. Some of our own horses," stated Madame Grouitch, !' fell from exhaustion and died where they fell, and as a Government party, which was likely to be the best equipped of all, we only got half a loaf of bread cach, daily, during the retreat. Many, however, were quite foodless, and struggled into the vil lages only to discover that there was nothing edible. The events happening in Berbia to-day form the blackest page in human history. Now there is only open to Serbia, through Albania, one narrow horse-trail which itself traverses the starv- ing districts." One night they heard the A man being murdered by hunger-maddened men, for half a loaf of
soteams of
bread.
The shortage of food in Albania je con firmed by the Belgion Minister to Berbia,
who said recently that in Albania, when they gave their servants money, they ex- claimed: "For God's sake give na bread ; we cannot eat gold. Madame Grouitch, earnestly appeals to Americans to assist Serbia.
FRENCH BOMB BULGARIAN ENCAMPMENTS.
PARIS, November 28th. A communiqué states, in reference to the Eastern army.Our aeroplanos drop- ped fifty bombs on the Bulgarian en- campments near Strumnitza, and also bombarded Istip. Owing to the present position of the Serbian armies, our troops occupying the left bank of the Cerna have withdrawn to the right bank. The movement was effected without difficulty.
TURKS AND ALBANIA. BULGARIAN INFERENCES.
PARIS, November 27th. A Balorika, telegram states that the Bulgarian newspapers make a declaration to the effect that there is no longer any question of conquering Albania, who may he inspired by fear of the Turke retaining Thrace.
THE GALLANT SERBIANS,
ENEMY KEPT AT BAY FOR TEN DAYS.
SALONIEA, November 27th. Details of the capture of Mitrovitza and Prishtina by the Austrians and Gerinans show that at the former place the enemy captured important booty. The Serbuns fought most heroically at Prishtina, and kept the numerically superior enemy at bay or ten days, inflicting terrible lesins. They only retreated when the ammunition
was. exhausted.
ENEMY PREPARING TO ATTACK MONTENEGRO.
LONDON, November 27th.
A Montenegrin communiqué states that the enemy have been actively reconnei- tring recently, and have been preparing for several days for a great stroke against Montenegro,
FRENCH AVIATORS BOMB STRUMNITZA.
LONDON, November 27th. A` telegram from Balonika says that a squadron of French aeroplanes success. fully bombarded Strumnitza.
WHEN BULGARIA WILL CEASE FIGHTING.
SALONIKA, November 27th.
Bulgarian newspapers declare that after the occupation of Serbian Mace donia, Bulgaria will not consent to make fresh sacrifices.
STRONG
BRITISH
REINFORCEMENTS.
SALONIKA, November 27th. Strong British reinforcements arrived
Seven Turkish divisions are t Safli, on the 25th.
north-east of Dedeagatch, one at Mustapha Fasha, one at Varna and one at Burgos. The Constantinople papers emphasise that the question of Thrace is unsettled, and that with German support Turkey in Europe could be restored to the limits of
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AN EARLY WINTER,
SALONIKA, November 27th.
The winter in the Balkans has begun earlier than usual. Consequently, it may be anticipated that military operations will be impeded.
tion on the Tigris will continue to im- prove for several months.
TURKEY ALARMED AT GERMAN ARRIVALS.
TORTURES.
LONDON, November 27th. Lord Bryce has published further details of the horrors of the Armenian massacres. The Turks surrounded the town of Bitlis. taking days to murder thousands of the inhabitants, who were compelled to dig The remainder were their uwa graves,
LONDON, November 27th. According to Constantinople reports, the Turkish Government is alarmed at the pro sence of Germans in Turkey, and is deter-driven into the Tigris. mined not to permit further arrivals;
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT"
(THROUGH KRUTER'S AGENCE, )
POISON GAS ATTACK.
PARIS. November 27th.
4.40 p.m.
A communiqué states:-The enemy yes- terday let loose a cleud of poison gas near Bethincourt, west of the Meuse, but it was without reult.
A German aeroplane fell in the Aisne, near Berry-au-Bas. Th aviators was ashore and French artillery destroyed the aeroplane.
ARTILLERY ACTIONS...
PARIS, November 28th.
2.25 a.m.
A communiqué states:There have been lively artillery actions in Belgium, and south of the Somme. Our artillery north of St. Mihiel destroyed a battery.
It is ascertained that the enemy's gas attack near Bethincourt ended in com plate defeat. Three successive clouds of gas were followed by a violont bombard ment by our artillery, which prevented
the German attack debouching.. AUSTRO-ITALIAN FRONT,
{THROUGH BEUTZE'S AGENCY.] FATE OF GORIZIA. AWFUL EFFECTIVENESS OF ITALIAN BOMBARDMENT.
AMSTERDAM, November 27th. Gorizia is being systematically shot to pieces," says an Austrian communiqué, which continues to complain of the awful effectiveness of the Italian bombardment, and gives further estimates of the enor mous damage wrought to buildings,
INCESSANT FIGHTING,
Roue, November 27th. An official communiqué states:In the district of Montenero the Italians captured 210 prisoners. There has been incessant fighting on the heights north-west of Gorizia. ENEMY AND KOSSOVO PLAIN,
AMSTERDAM, November 27th. An Austrian communiqué says that the Kosovo Plain is completely in the hands of the Central Powers. RUSBIAN FRONT,
[THROUGH REUTER'S
AGENCY.]
ALL QUIET.
PETROGRAD, November 27th.
There were revolting tortures in the district of Mush, in the notable towus. Headmen of the villages bad their finger nails and toenails extracted, their teeth knocked out, their noses whittled down, and were then subjected to other and more lingering agonies. In the town of Mush the Armenians entrenched and bravely defended themselves, but the Turkish artillery, manned by Gerinan officers, blotted out their positions Hundreds of women and children were then roasted to death Many went and und threw away their children, Some knelt and prayed amid the flames, while their bodies were burning. In a hill country 15,000 survivors were surrounded by 30.000 Turks. Men, women, and children fought with knives, scythes, and stones, in frightful hand-to-han fighting, women thrusting their knives into the throats of the Turks.
GERMAN INTRIGUE IN AMERICA.
ASSURANCES OF A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION.
WASHINGTON, November 27th. Officials of the Department of Justice give an assurance that a thorough in vestigation into the German plots to
cripple the munition factories in woll under way.
An important arrest has been made at San Francisco of a man named C. Crowly (formerly, a detective in the Country. District Attorney's office), who is charged with sending money for dynamiting the Allies munition vessels and also piers on the Pacific coast, where munition ships are harboured. Crowly joined a powder factory, presumably in order to keep track of shipments of explosives.
The Montreal police believe that they frustrated a plot to blow up the famous Lachine Canal, which would have sus pended the carriage or grain via the Great Lakes. They found a high explo. sive bomb and shells on the banks,
LIQUOR RESTRICTION IN LONDON.
a week or two ago, we have numbers of chair and riesha coolies in the Colony whose weakness is not confined to their legs; they are physical wrecks, who should never he allowed to take out a license. To see a couple of the poor creatures stagging. up hill beneath fifteen stone of comfort abla corpulence is a sight to wring the withers of anyone who has no secrmé callous by familiarity with it.
There are some very clever mimics ng the Chinese children in the Colony, who
and "take off" Volunteers, Reserves, Spa
footballers, cricketers any part in the election that is to be held Police, for the purpose of filling the vacancies golfers with remarkable fidelity to detail. caused by the recent resignations. To do They can reproduce military movements in so, they think, would be to condemn collet-way that would make many a recruit gues with whom they feel in sympathy blush, and can shout " goal," and "great In the settlement this question it would shot, sir with the best of us. It is be helpful to know whether the facts amusing to hear them exclaim"How's which were made public by the Govern that sir?" and receive the quick reply went last week were communicated to the «out," or "not out." They have also Licensing Board before they mot. It seems picked up a good deal of golf jargon, only reasonable to assume that they were, but one hopes, for their own saks, that in view of the attitude of the Board when their studing in this direction will not be the Grand Hotel license came before thom too profound. last year an attitude that was not likely to undergo modification after another twelve months' experience of German atrocities and intrigues,
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Antoniooker at the inspection of the Special Police on Saturday passed the cryptic · comment that some of the men looked very sloppy in their new blus uniforms. But when he came to deal with
RODERICK RANDOM.
REMARKABLE SHANGHAI
STORY,
MYSTERIOUS THEFTS FROM SHIPS.
A singular story, arising out of an
Judging from a recent appeal, it seems that the supply from Hongkong the bind it beat him tobacco, pipes, etc., for the troops at the front is not so generous as it was. No-one can complain that the Colony hes not done its share in war contributions, but that is no reason why the supply of tobacco should not be maintained. Those of us who ardently woo My Lady Nicotine, and even those who indulge in a mild flirtation with her, can realise what a solace a well-apparently trivial charge against a Chi- filled pipe must be to a "Tommy" who nese, was detailed at the Shanghai Mixed has been in the trenches for a day or so. Court last week, Mr. Macleod, who There are many of us who, if the truth prosecuted, told the Court that the {.compattant au (dessrs, Butterfield. were told, smoke far more than is good
awarey had a large number for us, and by the exerciss of a little soips arriving continuony at Pootung. restraint we could benefit ourselves and during e alcharge of cargo it Was noticed at godas disappeared. lu the tobacco fund at one and the same time. cubsequence & nuper of waicaman wers were all supplied It would bring an added zest to our own engaged, and these
win uanges. On the 29th day of the 7th enjoyment and a satisfied smile to the face moon, there was an irregolar disturbance. of more than one of the men who are fight-on the enches which was being dis- ing our battle for us.
The "naval" engagement off Aberdeen the other evening has aroused my curiosity The occupants of the junk that was
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charged at one of the Pootung wharves.. at nhout ten o'clock in the evening a number of thieves tained up on board. The watchmon endeavoured to stop the thieves, tuo boat and proceeded to steal. from taking any of the cargo.
They and eventually they were taken to the Chinese, Police Station at Pootung where
the thieves who complainca that they they were charged as the aggressors by The had been attacked and beaten rooders had in the meantime deprived them of their badges and whistles.
The Aspessor-These people on board at
weže, however, set upon and maltreated.
British steamer were ser upon and taken
Mr. Macleod-Yes, to the Chinese Ponce station.
The Assessor-A most extraordinaryį
Continuing, Mr. Macleod said thau state of affairs! there were proceedings in the Chinesis Police Court, where the parties were both dealt with for fighing, and theyɩ were all punished.
attacked claim that their aggressors were really robbers, though the police hold other opinions. No-one, however, has yet affirm ed that the Chinese pirate is as extinct Is it, then, beyond the as the dodo. bounds of possibility that the attacking junk was manned by a gang of pirates, who were down on their Inc? Since the introduction of more stringent measures by the Government, consequent upon the memorable Tai On and other piracies, tho the piratical profession, I am told, is not what it was. No longer can these nautical
On November 11 the defendant pie- highwaymen swoop down upon the deep-seated himself to the second compradore on board the Sinkiany and demanded to sea vessel, hold up the crew and replenish be paid three dollars for work as a their coffers, and consequently they have watchman, showing the badge produced LONDON, November 27th.
fallen from their high estate. This may Mr. d'Abernon, the Chairman of the explain the attack on the poor Aberdeen fishermen. If so, it must have been a terri Board of Control, has informed deputation of Trade Unionists that a ble blow to the pirates' pride to stoop to general withdrawal of the new drink such poor game as a fishing junk-and order is out of the question, but public- then to be beaten off. houses in riverside areng will be allowed. to open for two hours in the morning on condition that a supply of adequate food
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and increased canteen accommodation are provided.
GENERAL D'AMADE IN LONDON.
LONDON, November 27th It is announced that the French General d'Amade who co-operated with An official communiqué states: All is the British in Gallipoli, has arrived in
London. quiet on the western front, save for fruit- less attempts by the enemy to recapture
lost trenches.
(Telegrams received on Saturday, and published in an Extra on Sunday, will be found on page 6.}
in support of his statements, but he was recognized by Yong Ah-kwei and arrested.. This was not merely the question of stealing a not very valuable piece of metal, but is was one of being in posS- sion of a badge, which meant very much. more than its intrinsic value, and of trying to obtain money by false pretences, which, if proved, merited severe punish-
ment.
Evidence was called in support of the.. "Ringing the changes is a well- known device for " raising the wind in prosecution and the case was adjourned.,
GERMAN COTTON FROM CHINA.
England, and I have just heard of a very ingenious application of the system in Hongkong. The modus operandi is, some- thing like the following. Ah Sin enters a
A traveller just returned from a trip shop with the ostensible object of making into the interior says a message from a purchase. The price agreed upon. Feking dated October 20th-reports the after the usual bargaining, is 82.40. existence of twenty-four cotton plantations whose entire output is being sold to Ger- A ten-dollar note of unimpeachable characmans. It is understood that China cotton ter is duly tendered in payment, and the is suitable for the manufacture of muni- tions. The traveller states that Germans change is asked for in ten-vent pieces. As are superintending the plantations, these are somewhat awkward to carry in Exchange.