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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28an, 1915.
RUSSIANS INVADE BULGARIA.
LANDING EFFECTED AT VARNA.
MR.
ASQUITH'S
SPEECH.
THREE WOUNDED IN DARDANELLES
WITHDRAWAL!
|TEBOUGH HEUTER'1'AGNEGE-
WINNING POWER OF "MUNITIONS.
MONEY SPARED IN MUNITIONS MAKING 18 SPILT IN BLOOD.
LORDON, December 22nd.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGRMOT.]|||
ENEMY COMPLETELY BEATEN
IN PERSIA
STRONGHOLD OF CONSPIRATORS CAPTURED,
A continuation o' Mr. Lloyd George's
PETROGRAD, December 22nd. speech regarding munitions states that ha
The Russians occupied Kum, the strong referred to the vivid example of the win-fold of the German agents, after a great ning power of munitions which was given battle in which the enemy was completely in the battle of Loos. Everything was defeated. destroyed except one mahine-gun emplace ment, in front of which lay hundreds of gallant mon Hence, money spored in munitions was spilt in blood. The
way
TEUERAN.
AMSTERDAM, December 22nd.
CORRESPONDENCE.
SANITATION IN HONGKONG,
41
WHY GERMANY SEEKS
PEACE.
RESOURCES OF THE ALLIES INCOMPARABLY GREATER.
“Germany is boston" is the heading of an exhaustive leader in a recent issue of the New Tork Tribune, Germany and Austris axa outnumbered. The wealth and resources of Gróat Britain, France, and power has destroyed German commorne Russia are incomparably greater, British and cooled Gorman harbours, while for the Allies the sen brings all the resources of America and the Colonlea to the battle lines. A single significant fact of the NEW GERMAN MINISTER TO bleeding to death. It may take a year or military situation now is that Germany is
two to bleed Germany white, but the pro- cess is going on steadily and remorselessly and as it goes on Germany continues to fail to got a decision. The German opportuni-
proof of this assertion is that to go to the Ballans Germany had to abandon the Russiau dream. Apart from local opera- tions at Riga, the effort to crush Russian militery power has been abandered. Bussin has been left to recuperate a France and England were left to consoli date their positions after the Marno and Ygor. In the West Germany is barely hanging on. Viewing the war from this angle it is clear why German statesmen telk and think of peace. There is no cor- responding talk in London, Paris, or Petrograd. Bernhardi foretold with in- exorable Togic that if Germany. Failed to LONDON, December 22nd.
get a decision over one of her several foes before all were ready she must lose, And Every day there is fresh confirmation of she failed failed utterly, in spite of local the trouble and distross caused in Ges what will be her last great bid for victory, ENOCESSOR. Germany is new approaching Mr. Lloyd Chorge added that everything many through lack o fats, and an extreme but it will not be made on the battlefield depended upon the next few months. The scarcity of butter. The making of Christ- That is over. It will be made in confer WAR decisions arrived at at the last Allied con mas cakes is forbidden in Saxony, and notions through neutrals. If these fail we ences, in peace negotiations, and in opera-
ference would affect the whole conduct of milk is allowed with tea or coffee inshall presently see the whole character of able to a water-carriage system than Hong-
the conflict change, and an utterly new
SUCCESSFUL FRENCH ATTACK.
ENEMY STRONGHOLD IN PERSIA
THE BALKANS.
CAPTURED.
· [THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]
RUSSIANS INVADE BULGARIA.
LANDING EFFECTED AT VARNA:
LONDON, December 22nd.
The Athens' correspondent of the Daily Chronicle saya that the Russians landed Et Varna (Bulgaria's principal Black
port) after razing the town. The
GENERAL.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGERET.) MR. ASQUITH'S
STATEMENT.
EVERYTHING GROWING
STEADILY IN OUR FAVOUR."
THREE CASUALTIES ONLY IN DAR- DANELLES WITHDRAWAL !
LONDON, December 31st.
arrison lost heavily, but did not inter The House of Commons presented an
fore with the landing.
BULGARIANS IN GREEK TERRITORY.
ATHENS, December 21st. The entry of the Bulgarians into Greek Macedonia with the Germans is Jorming the subject of diplomatic pour parlers.
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
THE PROMISED GERMAN OFFENSIVE. MOVEMENTS A TIME-HONOURED TRICK."
LONDON, December 22nd. Renter's sorrespondent at Headquarters in France, referring to nentral report of a big German offensive, says that one place where the ominous warning is regarded with-perfect indifference is the British
Tront, A Staff Officer to whom he wen-
animated soene to-day when Mr. Asquith moved that the House adopt the estimate for a million additional men.
He announced that at the end of six- teen months we had a fighting force of 1,250,000 in the various theatres of the war,
DARDANELLES WITHDRAWAL.
He emphasised that the total casualties in the withdrawal from the Dardanellee
were only three wounded, one of whom was a Naval man. (Cheers,)
He intimated that British troops re mained at Sedd-el-Bahr, where the Naval and Military forces commanded the en- trance to the Straits. They had reluc
asians had won undying fame. Every tantly left "Anzac," where the Austra
thing had been brought off except some stores and six guns, which were destroy ed.
WASTAGE OF MEN,
to the absence through illness of Prince Roues, Consul-General Vassel, who is a present the diplomatic representative at Headquarters at Bagdad, beconies Minis. ter at Teheran.
to victory was by shells, which crash A Berlin telegram Bays that "owingty to obtain a decision has passed. Tho through everything, shattering overy machine-gun and every yard of barbed wixo. We cannot turn out too much, and such idens will not enter the mind of the workmen, capitalists or faxpayers until we are able to crash our way to victory." If risks had to be taken let them confine the risks to the pockets of the taxpayers, and not to the livos of men,
proper economy was not to reduce the output, but the cost.
CHANCES OF VICTORIA STILL WITH UB-
DISTRESS IN GERMANY,
DEPENDING ON BIG WAR INDEMNITIES.
the war, but the carrying out of them rest the restaurants. That Germany still de-spirit flow from the Rhine to the Vistula. ed upon the workmen, and he
H
VORWAERTS.”
The Foricaerts of Berlin published an
(TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGIONO
"DAILY FRESS!!
SIE,--On arriving in Bingapore recently and taking up a local newspaper one of the first things to catch my eye was a dia
question of water closets. The people of ession by the Municipal Board on the
Singapore, unlike those of Hongkong, do not think that what is good enough for oer tain rural districts in Great Britain is
only encouraging the introduction of good enough for them. Singapore is not
water-closets but is bringing pressure to bear on landlords to put them in where they do not at present exist. To use Coun. ciller Boon's own words: There are few cities in the Far East better administered than Singapore. As for the remarks of the Attorney Genera) about water closets, 1 wonder whether that gentleman has given a single thought to the fact that this City. is spending millions of dollars in order to do away with the existing terrible huisance (hand-carriage system). What is the use of spending these millions if it was not going to be made compulsory for house- holders to put in the new convenientes ? »
In Hongkong we have no Muntolpes Board, but we have an institution known. ss the Sanitary Board, whose sphere of action is very limited and whose approval to such Sanitary measures as come within its scope are frequently negatived by the Executive Council.
Singapore is flat and therefore less amen kong. Why then does Hongkong lag be hind Insuficient water-supply, some will say. Generally speaking, granted, but this handly applies to the numerous ro Chinese, who would gladly go to the ex- pense of providing their own water-supply which at present run to waste or to Kow by sinking wells or damming streams
loon, where a plentiful water-supply can lands by sinking wells. The disgusting be obtained almost anywhere on the low-
nature of the hand-carriage system fow will be found to deny the numerous onges of typhoid which crop up from time to time at the higher and intermediate levels in Acuses where no water closets exist must eauso others besides myself furiously to. think. Can anyone inform me whether any case of typhoid other than imported has occurred in buildings supplied with W.Cs. I know of none. To the best of my knowledge and belief they have all oc- curred in places where the hand-carriage system exists Louvion is the largest city in the world, it has also the greatest num ber of water-closets, yet it is the healthiest big oity in the world and comparatively free from typhoid-Yours truly,
appealed topends on big war indemnities for partial
extrication from its financial chaos was BOLD UTTERANCES BY THE sidente in Hongkong, both European and admitted by Herr Hefferich in the Reich- stag. The occasion was a speech in which he endeavoured to break the people in to the iden of war texation. He said "War brings ng a colossal burden of taxation, no matter how high the war indemnity, on which, of course, we count."
their patriotism. The chances of victory were still with us, and our best chances remained. We had accomplished our son tak to the last letter, we had on over whelming superiority in raw materials, wo had ready access to neutrals, and we had the better cauge. But this was the moment of intense proparation, the moment for putting the whole of our energies at Home inte preparing for the blow we had to
striko abroad.
COMPULSORY SERVICE
QUESTION.
IRISH PARTY'S OPPOSITION.
VIGOROUS MAIDEN SPEECH BY WELSH M.P.
LONDON, December 21st, In the House of Commons Mr. John Redmond (Lender of the Irish Nationalist
would oppose compulsion under present Party) declared that the Irish Party
conditions by every means in their
power.
Mr. Stanton, the new member for Turning to the question of men, the Merthyr, in a remarkable maiden speech,
MES, ASQUITH AND THE "GLOBE."
AN INJUNCTION GRANTED.
LONDON, December 22nd.
The King's Beach Division has granted Mrs. Asquith an injunction against the Clube Her Counsel said that there
was not a shadow of truth in the state
menty made, and he affirmed also that Mrs, Asquith had never been to Donington Hall,
the inmates, and had no communication with any of
SIR IAN HAMILTON,
LONDON, December 22nd. In the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith
article entitled "The War to a Finish," For baldness of utterance this article has of the war. Forwaerts at once makes it never been surpassed since the beginning
clear that neither England nor Fince shows any desire for yielding. The lead ing statesmen of France and England, snys Vorwaerts, are as firmly determined as the Imperial Chancellor to continue the war until victory las crowned their arms. Ou November 2nd and 3rd Mr. Asquith and M. Briand explained to the representativos of England and France the aspent which the events of the war had in their eyes, Forwaerie points out that it altogether depends on how such matters are present ed. The British and French presentations are, of course (says the Berlin paper), erroneous, nonsensical, and ridiculous, but there they are, and to speak of an immedt ste peace in presence of such statements is worse than ridiculous. And who was it that spoke of peace before Christting 7:22.
HENRY HUMPHREYS. Hongkong, 21st December, 1915.
eider is: What is this victory to which we The question for us (Germany) to con- are looking forward to be like? WhatBORIC ACID IN MILK.
CASE AGAINST KOWLOON DAIRY DISMISSED.
tioned the matter smiled and said:-Prime Minister pointed out that the vigorously denounced the hypocritics said that General Sir Ian Hamilton was Europe were safe in their existences, and the 24th November Inspectors of the Bani-
True, there has been a lot of coming and going of Germans lately, but we know excolly the real meaning of it all, You remember the historis General who maroh ed his little army round and round
nonsenso," and said that if the people consequently
made
wastage was enormous} they should aim at getting every man of would not volunteer they must be fetched not returning from the Near East, and military age who was physically qualified (Loud cheers.) If the country was good that if any other duties were assigned and also increase the aggregate fighting enough to live in it was good enough to to him an announcement would be force consistent with national necessition fight for (Cheers.) He conduded by He regretted that he was unable to give saying that the House must only con- BRITISH NEWSPAPERS AND 16 months of the most terrible war which
kill till the spectacle got on his adversary's the results of Lord Derby's scheme; the nerves, cansing a stampede. The nett re-figures required the Cabinet's most care- salt of what the Germans are now doing ful attention. resembles this time-honoured trick!!*
MINOR FRENCH SUCCESS.
PARIS, December · 21st.
A communiqué states that the general cannonade has slackened The French have been successful in minor operations, especially in the bombardment of German movements in Lorraine,
FINE-FRENCH-ATTACK.
GERMAN WORKS OCCUPIED.
PARIS, December 2nd. The evening communiqué says that had weather hampered the operations along a great part of the front. Nevertheless the French artillery bombarded German communication trenches in the northern portion of the front, dispersing supply
Convoya
The French successfully bombarded an
enemy salient on Rupt Height, north of
The Prime Minister re-iterated his pledge to the married men
ALLIED WAR CONFERENCES. Mr. Asquith dwelt on the vast import- ance of the Allied War Conference at Paris. Condusions of the utmost im- portance were reached and there was absolute unanimity on the part of all the Allies, who were determined to persist and win the war
He remarked that it present the cam paign superficially might seem against us, but everything was growing steadily
in favour of our side,
sider what was best for the nation. Loud cheers.) "We are capable of doing infinitely more than we have done," be declared He appealed to everyone to join to make the boys in the field" feel that the whole country was behind them. We have unbounded resources and courage. : Let us banish humbug and all stand up and fight like Britons."
Loud cheers.)
BRITISH HIGHER COMMAND.
LONDON, December, 21st,
Mr. Asquith stated in the House of Commons that General Sir W, E. Robert son had been recalled from Franco and made Chief of the Imperial General Staff in place of General Sir Archibald Murray, who was about to receive an important command.
MYSTERIOUS-AMERICAN MISSION.
WASHINGTON, December 22nd. It is announced that Colonel House, a friend of President Wilson, will shortly
DOMINIONS AND TOR CABINET, Mr. Asquith said he did not think the proposal to include representatives of the Dominions in the Cabinet was practical. Mr. Bonar Law had already intimated to the Dominions that they would be consulted as to the terms of peace and that the Imperial Government would A fine attack, following artillery pre warmly welcome any Premiers who were paration, enabled the French to occu~able to come and have fres and frank
considerable portion of the German discussions, works at Hartmanns Wederkopf, the
The House of Commons, after an all-Government's attitude toward various French capturing a number of prisoners night sitting, voted the Army Estimate pending questions. It is denied that the journey is in any way a peace nis-
sion.
Pont-a-MoasOTĖ,
GUN THUNDERING.
AMSTERDAM, December 22nd. There has again been great gan-thunder- ing in the direction of Ypres. No news is obtainable from the front but of still greater railway activity, especially of
-German hospital trains.
without a division."
HIGH
proceed to Europe at the President's re- quest to deliver to certain American An „bassadors information regarding the
TREASON PRISONERS. IN SOUTH AFRICA, FRENCH LOAN OF VICTORY,"
JOHANNESBURG, December 22nd. -
PARIS, December 22nd. Forty-five prisoners convicted of high The French Loan returns are still in treason are still imprisoned. The cases complete, but the subscriptions are
will be considered later. -
ted at £560,000,000.
m'xlue course,
THE BOLIDAY.
LONDON, December 21st. No papers will be published in Bri- tain on Christmas day and no evening papers on Monday.
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
{THROUGE=REUTER 9-AGENCY:]:
BHITISH STEAMERS SUNK.
LONDON, December 22nd.
The British steamers Hundley and Belford have been sunk. The crew of the latter were saved.
NORWEGIAN STEAMER SEIZED BY GERMANS.
CHRISTIANIA, December Mad.
The Sanitary Department prosecuted Messrs. Ahwee, proprietors of the Kow foon Dairy, before Mr. J. R. Wood at. the Magistracy yesterday for selling milk containing, boric acid. On the 23rd and tary Department Visited the defendants
hop in Kowloon and purchased two bottles of milk. in a sample of one were found 6.40 grains of boric acid, and in sample of the other 4.03 graine..
Mr. P. W. Goldring, who appeared for
acid in the milk, and assuming for a mo on the fact that, assuming there was borio the defence, said he was relying strongly
ment that. had been addea", by Mfr.
objects are to be obtained? Fictory is a relative term, and different statesman mean different things when they úso this word.
“In satamın 1914. Mr. Asquith declared that England would not sheathe the sword until Belgium had been compensated for all the acrifices she had made until France was assured against every threat of attack, until the smaller nationalities of until the military domination of Prussia had been completely and finally des- troyed. This programme," says For wasn's, "is not quite clear, and contains too many phrases."
WHY! WHITHER! “One would have thought that, after the world has ever seen, statesmen ought to be able to render a more precise answer Abwes or bis servants, it did not consti- to this question. One would have thought tute an offence under the Food and Drug's that they have might been able to tell the ordinance, because it was not to the pre nations why they are shedding their blood judice of the consumer, Boric acid in what object they have before them, and milk, he also said, was only used as a what the prize is for which they are strive preservative, He would also produce ing; but instead of all this we have authorities to show that in milk there was nothing but phrases like the defence of always a portion of boric acid, but not one's Fatherland,"Freedom" Jus to the amount certified by the Government tice," Kultur phrases which mean nothing today. They are simply words, nothing more. Does it not really appear as though these statesmen of all parties feared to betray their plans? And it is not France and England alone who-veil
Cross-examined by Mr. P. W. Goldring, their conditions of peace in fogger who handed him a copy of the dualyst, UFTRUTH AND CONCEALMENT published last year, he agreed that it was self regarding the objects of this war described in that paper. It was not The German Government is just a Issible to detect boxic acid in ordinary milk by a modern and delicate process, it has confined itself to phrases which detectable until quite recently, and it however suitable they may be in firing the enthusiasin of soldiers when about would be only about seven graing per to make an attack, are nevertheless want gallon.
His worship-That found in the tauiples ing in the necessary clearness which we taken in the case would be about six or would like to have with regard to Gereight times as much as ghould be found in many's intentions.
to what is not true.. Surely it cannot be
Anaiyet
His worship said the point was whether it was a foreign matter, and Mr. P. B. Dovey (Government Analyst) went into the witness-box and deposed that it was,
ustural milk 1-Yes
ring's submission
For 12 months we have been listening His worship said that in view of that The Norwegian steamer Greenland has taken aming it, wo express a desire to hearence he could not accept, Mr. Gold- been captured by a German submarinence in way what is true, and what the German Government really consider is and taken to Swinemuende.
their object in this war..
WAR BREVITIES. The Australian Federal Government has suspended all enemy trade marks
Ar Abwee was then called, and said that neither he nor his servants put borio acid in the milk. No boric acid was ever used in his house to his knowledge,
WANTED A PROGRAMME, "We are told that it is.'' the others lie Mr. Goldring then dealt with his con- who must beg for peace, for we are the tention that boric acid was a preservative, rictors, but unfortunatoly "the others" and asked pernuzsion to recall Mr. Doney - this way we come to no result. The war do not feel themselves vanquished and in Mr. Dovey stated that it was a preier vative in the case of milk. It was con goes on unendingly, because both parties sidered to be no use unless an
which
Convivint Londoners are buying that are anxious not to limit, end not even to 70 grains per gallon was amount o
other exgars instead of drinks, Per ones his perhaps good thing that legislation
should end in smoke.
Yorkshire miners are enjoying a period of almost unparalleled prosperity, and in the Doncaster area there are few who are earning icas than 16 a week,
The High Court, in London, has re- served judgment in a case which raised the question whether the Act of Settlement disqualified naturalised aliens from acting as Privy Compillere.
mente,
this openness might bewogarded as a afen the defendants wilk The milk-in gues -utter their slemand They are afraid Jest was much in excess of what he found in of weakness, and so it may, happen that tion was of high quality, and well over this war may end with the complete ex- the limit, He agreed that, in the quan- haustion of all. If that is to bo prevented. tities in which he found it, the borie acid the Governments must leave the region of would not be injurious, Boric acid was generisations and get hold of a positive frequently prescribed for various a il- programme. If they are unable to do this.. Mr. Goldring said that the boric acid they themselves have no clear picture of might have been in the medicine bottle. their aims and intentions, then let the brought by the Sanitary Inspector, and flood gates of prblie discussion be opened. ultimately bis Worship dismissed the case, In that case there won'd soon be clearness, holding that insufficient care had been- and we hope that there would soon be exercised in the washing of the bottles
vied by-the Sanitary: Inspectors.