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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26ra, 1018.
TURKS IN HEADLONG FLIGHT.
CHASED BY RUSSIAN CAVALRY.
BREAD RIOTS IN BERLIN.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN KILLED.
FIGHTING IN EGYPT.
GERMAN AERIAL ACTIVITY.
GREAT ECONOMY IN BRITAIN.
THE BALKANS
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].
PLIGHT OF MONTENEGRINS. NO HELP FROM ANYWHERE.
PARIS, January 24th.
According to a Petrograd telegrass the Montenegrin Colonel Lopovatz declares thes only 5,800 Montenegrins, with ten old guas and very little ammunition, occupied. Lovtchen, Montenegro did not receive help from any quarter. Antivari was open to bombardment by the Austrian Fleet, and transports, lader with provisions, were sark. Six Austrian battleships bombarded Lovtchen The Moutonegrins could not wait for help any longer. One-eighth of the population had died from famine and they only had twenty-three field guns with thirty shells spiece, their rifles were out of repair, and they had only a small supply of partridges. The men's boots and clothes were worn out and the men were foodless. There were only 15,000 fighting men left. Colonel Lopovatz added: Whatever again in the happens we will be at them Spring."
GERMANY AND SERBIA. KAISER COPYING NAPOLEON:
PARIB, January 23rd.
A French war correspondent telegraphs that the Germans requested three Serbian ez-Ministers to convoke a Serbian Elec toral Body, whereupon the Kaiser would open a new Parliament with a view to
[THROWSE REUTER'S AGENCY.]
DISCOVERY AT SALONIKA.
PARIS, January 24th..
A Salonika telegram slates that a secret store of 15,000 litres of petrol was discover. ed and seized by the French. General Bor- rail immediately informed M. Shouloudis.
BREAD FAMINE AT SALONIKA,
SALONIKA, January 24th.
A Salonika telegram states that the bakers have struck owing to lack of flour, Bread is at famine prices.
IMPECUNIOUS GREECE,
MORE MONEY FROM THE ENTENTE.
ATHENS, January 23rd, The Greco-Entente Loan negotiations are progressing favourably and acaring a con-
elusion.
#U881AN FRONT
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
TURKS IN HEADLONG FLIGHT.
DASHING RUSSIAN CAVAĽRY.
PETROGRAD, January 24th..
The defeated Turke are in headlong flight towards Erzerum. They continue to abandon enormous quantities of war material. The stragglers are scattering an 1 having one of his sons or in Austrianiding in the villages being unable to escape Prince mada King of Serbia, The ex Ministers refused. Their fate.ia.unknown.. Germany is refusing to allow even neu- Irals to leave Berbia. Americans are making representations on the matter.
ENEMY CAPTURE BERAT, ADVANCE TOWARDS VALONA AND
DURAZZO.
SALONIKA, January 24th, The Austro-Bulgarians have captured Berat, The Bulgarians are proceeding to Valone and the Austrians towards Durazzo, where Essad Pasha is making military pre- parations
OCCUPATION OF SKUTARİ,
AN AUSTRIAN COMMUNIQUE.
AMSTERDAM, January 4th. An Austrian communiqué announcing the occupation of Skutari last evening does not mention prisoners. It says that the Serbian garrison retreated without resist ing. The Austrians also occupied Niksitch, Danelograd ond Podgoritza,
FRENCH AIRCRAFT RAID ··
MONASTIR.
SALONIKA Jezuary 24th. Forty-five French air-craft bombarded Monastir on January 23rd and did heavy damage to the railway station, railway Haes, barracks, and ammunition depots,
MONASTIR HEAVILY BOMBED.
SALONIKA, January 24th, Over two hundred bombs were drooped on Monastir and neighbouring enemy posi tions, and another squad on dropped a “hundred bombs on positions at Ghevgeli. All the aeroplanes returned safely.
the Russian cavalty who appeared yester- day before Erzerum.
GERMAN COMMUNICATIONS
RAIDED.
TROOP TRAIN DERAILED AND
MANY KILLED.
PETROGRAD, January 24th. A brilliant said has been made by Lettish volunteers on the Libau Romay Railway, They crawled up to the railway in broad daylight, killed the German sentry and cut ten yards of the line. A Lett then dreased himself in the sentry's cloak and gave "line clear to
an approaching troop train, which was smashed up, hun- dreds being killed.
BELGIAN MACHINE-GUNCORPS FOR RUSSIAN FRONT.
PETROGRAD, January 24th. The Belgian motor machine-gun corps, which was sent to Russia three months ago, was reviewed by the Tsar prior to its de- parture from Petrograd for the front.
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
(THROUGH EKOTER'S AGENCY.]"
SINKING OF THE PERSIA.
A DISCLAIMER BY AUSTRIA.
AMSTERDAM, January 25th. A Vienna, telegram states that the Aus trian Government has informed the United States Ambassader at Vienna that no Aus
trían submarine was involved in the sick- ing of the Persic.
FRANGO-BELGIAN FRONT ~~~{THROUGH RIVIER'S AUKROZ:]
VIOLENT ENEMY BOMBARD- MENTS.
20,000 GERMAN SHELLE
PARIS, January 25th,
(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENDT-)
BREAD RIOTS IN BEKLIN.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN KILLED.
LONDON, January 24th.
A French wireless message states that on the 12th. inst, a large crowd of women. and children demonstrated in front of the Ministeries at Berlin against the redug
dispersed by the police, many being killed, injured and arrested.
"YASAKA MARU?⠀ SURVIVORS, D ENTERTAINED AT HONGKONG HOTEL
HONGKONG PASSENGERS AND THEIR EXPERIENCES.
The passengers, Captain, officers and
CHINESE TELEGRAMS.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]
OFFICIAL SALARIES,"
PERING, January, 26th-
It is officially denied that officials
A communiqué, states:-There has been tion of the bread allowance. They were crow of the torpedoed Japanese liner salaries are to be reduced by thirty per
the most violent enemy bombardment near the month of the Yser, in the region of Nieuport, the Germans fring 20,000 shells, The infantry tried to debouch but our curtain of fire prevented them leaving tho Ironches, except a few parties which our fire immediately dispersed. The artillery on both sides was most active in the region of Boesinghe, Helas and Steenstreets. Emall parties of the enemy who attempted to cross the canal at Hetans were throw back by the infantry and maxim fire. The enemy in Artois, vest of the Arras-Lens road, after exploding a mine tried a fresh attack which was immediately arrested by grenades and rifle fire. A second attack further south was equally unsuccessful.
Our Batteries north of Soissons wrecked German trenches at Hill 129, cast of Godnt form. In the Rheing district cur artillory, guided by aeroplanos, seriously damaged. A German battery.
ACTIVITY IN ARTOIS.
GERMAN CONVOYS BOMBED.
PARIS, January 24th
A communiqué stades-There has been | activity with grenades and aeria] torpedoes in Artois, The French batteries bombard- ed German convoys at Røye. Ten shells were fired into Nanoy
French air squadrons bombed German forts in the region of Rheims and creamp ments at Middlekerke and Houllhulst.
BRITISHI CASUALTIES.
SWEDEN AND NEUTRALITY,
TO BE STRICTLY OBSERVED.
STOCKHOLM, January 28th. Premier, in a fire speech, afirmed that During the debate in the Rikulag, the the policy of the Government was one of sincere neutrality. The doubts which had arisen had resulted from a suspicious frame of mind and, a lack of knowledge of what sincerely impartial neutrality meant. Sweden would continue strictly neutral.'
AEROPLANE OVER DOVER,
AN EXCITING CONTEST.
OPERATIONS IN EAST AFRICA.
Fasaka Moru arrived in Hongkong on board the new French mail boot Andre Lebon yesterday. All wore looking the pic- ture of health, and on the features of none could be detected any ill-effects of the ex- periences which had been undergone. There were quite a number of Hongkong residents in board, and these were heartily welcomedTM by their friends when the big liner took up her berth
cent. next month,
WINE AND TOBACCO MONOPOLY
It is reported to the Government that the Wine and Tobacco Monopoly r ceipts are expected to realise thirty million del- lars.
PROPOSED SHORT-TERM
INTERNAL LOAN,
• The announcemens is made that an
internal fou of ten million dollars is to be
to be used for military and administrative Purposes not connected with the Monarchy. Tho Chinese banks have advanced the
Government two million dollars without
The Nippon Yuson Kaisha are to be con- raised for a period of six years only. It se gratulated on the happily conceived iden of entertaining their patrons to dinner at the Hongkong Hotel, and the gathering a the Hotel last night was a memorable and in mary respects a most remarkable one. LONDON, January 25th. It is officially announced that a German Mr. T. Kusumoto (Manager of the local interest for its present purposes. aeroplane which few over Dover in the office of the N.Y.K.) occupied the chair, afternoon was engaged by all the anti-The guests seemed in the best of spirits left writing in the saloon. As soon as the aircraft gans Two British machines also and sustained an animated flow of convertorpedo strack Mrs. Grifen gathered up pursued the aeroplano,
sation. There was immediate and respect her papers and weat in search of mo ful silence, however, when Mr. Kusumoto with the consequence that we missed each other. Wo soon met again at the door to rose to propose the toast of the health, hapour cabin. We both went on to the upper piness, and future prosperity of the guests. He mid-I won't take up much of your time, but I think it behoves me, as the representative in Hongkong of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, to address to you a few short words of sympathy for the personal losses you have sustained, due to the unjustifi- able sinking of the magnificent liner that on an even keel. She had a rather hoary you were once on, and at the same time cargo, the nature of which probably kept express my hearty congratulations to proceeded methodically and quickly, and her steady. The work of disembarkation you all for the happy escape from loss of within ten minutes of the explosion the life. I will not dwell on the horrors of first boat got away with her load. My boat set out about ten minutes later. Only the situation and the sufferings and dis-one boat met with misfortune, and in that
GENERAL SMITH-DORRIEN TO TAKE CHARGE.
LONDON, January - 23th, In the House of Commons, Mr. Tennant sunounced that then had only been minor operations m East Africa General Smith Dorrien will embark for East. Africa after a short stay at Capetown, to which place he had proceeded for consulta oftion with the Union Government Heavy rains had impeded operations in Nyasa
LONDON, January 24th. It is unofficially reported that Brigadier General Fitton has died of wounds in France Second Lieut. C. FL. Davies, the Welsh Rogt, has been killed,
THE WEAR EAST
THROUGH RAUTER'S AGENUX.]
REIGN OF TERROR IN TURKEY.
GERMAN TROOPS FOR THE SUPPORT OF ENVER PASHA.
SALONIKA, January 24th, Fifty thousand German troops have arrived in Constantinople. They are in- tended to support Enver Paaho, who is governing by terror and alone,
Swift and secret executions of Turks suspected of disaffection are a daily mocar- rence. Twenty-one Turkish officers were thrown into the Bosphorus one nigli ith stones tied round their throats,
Before the arrival of the German Army there had been many broils between the Tarks and the Germans.
OPERATIONS IN EGYPT. ENEMY CAMP DESTROYED,
LONDON, January 25th. An official announcement regarding the operations in Egypt, states that General Wallace's column attacked a Senussi camp on the 23rd. The enemy was dispersed and the camp hurned. GENERALI
{TËROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE COMPULSION BILL,
NO INDUSTRIAL CONSCRIPTION.
LONDON, January 24th. In the House of Commons, on the report stage of the Compulsion Bill, Mr. Walter Leng moved as an amendment, that the ques tion whether a man was deemed to have enlisted if he had been transferred to the Eeserve should be decided by a Court of Summary Jurisdiction, and that a man should not be liable to the death sentence for disobeying the order calling him up for bestvice. No such proceedings should be instituted except during war and for Fix months after.
The amendment was accepted. In the course of the discussion it was em. phasised that the Gorerament had no idea of introducing any, form of industrial com- pulsion.
LATER.
The Military Service Bill passed its third reading by 383 votes against 39.
The Bill was immediately sent to the House of Lords where it passed the first reading,
THE POPE AND PEACE.
BELGIUM'S WRONGS MUST BE REDRESSED.
LONDON, January 24th.
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CALM IN MESOPOTAMIA.
LONDON, January 24th. Lieut. General Sir Percy Lake reports, regarding events in Mesopotamia, that a few hours armistice was concluded on the 22nd inst. for the removal of the wounded and the burial of the dead. The Tirgris has risen seven fort at Kat in forty-eight | hours, and bas prevented all the movements of troops on and. General Townshend his troops, and that he has not been further reports that he has sufficient supplies for
engaged.
THE NEED FOR ECONOMY.
MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES TO BE CLOSED.
LONDON, January 24th. The Government has decided that all public museums and galleries shall be. closed on the ground of cconomy. This means a saving of a quarter of a million anngally.
THE MURDER OF EDITH CAVELL.
NEW FRENCH THREE ACT PLAY,
PARIS, January 23rd. Two well known French playwrights are completing a three-ne play entitled.
The Murder of Edith Cavell."
THE DOUBLE INCOME-TAX
QUESTION...
TINES,"
deck, and stood near the No. 1 bout, to with a notice in our cabins. The absence which, we were detailed in accordance
of anything approaching pame was re- markable, All were most calm, and one on which we were standing had received would never have imagined that the ship her death-blow and night at any moment
gu
down
"It was fortunate that she remained
case no passengers were in it. We rowed away some litte distance, the boats were roped together, and sails erected.
tress you all bave undergone. I trust timo and better luck in store for you all will at
The ship was struck between the No. cast temper, if not efface, the terrible ex-1 and No, holds and filled very gra periences you have gone through, and I dually. Her nose slowly disappeared, ask you all to join mo in drinking this the Japanese flag (which had been put until she stood almost straight up, with toast to your future prosperity and hap-up when the vessel was struck) flying piness,
Then she dived out of sight. The passen gers and the Japanese officers and crew. gave her a final cheer as so plunged.
to
catch her.
MR. OWER HUGFEs responded on he half of the guests. In a well-delivered
Some saw the submarine when we were in the boats a little distance off. Then, specch he said-On behalf of the passen-half an hour afterwards, I saw the con gors of the late steamer Tasaka Maru wing-tower of the submarine. She ap we thank you for your kind hospitalityparently opened her valves and allowed gases and steam generated below to escape, and your thoughtfulness in asking us to and then submerged again. We were foregather to night at this Hotel. I am unable to see whether she was German or Austrian Some say that several times sure I apt expressing the feelings of my after dark she maneuvred round us wait- fellow-passengers when I say how much ing, it was supposed, for a rescuing ship, we appreciate all that has been dour for
Luckily there was a smooth, ses run- us (Hear hear.) Not only here, but ming, with only a slight ground swell, from the moment we landed at Port Said, and there was a light breeze. The ship I can truthfully say that i would not
had sent out wireless calls for assistance, and a reply had been received that assist have been possible for anyone to have and was being sent from Port Said We given greater attention to their unfor-
were only about 70 miles from that port tunate passengers than that on us by ships passing, and signals were made, In the night we saw quite a number of your representatives. (Hear, hear.) Wo but no attempt was made to rescue ua thank you also for your kind words of until the French tugboat came up, and sympathy with us in our distress. Like took us on board. wise we rejoice with you that we are all
We had a glorious reception from here and in good health. For this we have the French warships in port when wo to thank kind Providence and the inagni- steamed into. Port Said some time after ficent way in which our true friend, Cap flagship came down and stood to
10. The Admiral on the French tain Yamawaki (applauso)-and his
SOLUTION SUGGESTED BY THE otheers and crew looked after us in our salute, and the crews lived the decks and troubles. No words of mine, I am sure
cheered us vociferously." can express to you, Sir, and your Com- the conduct of all, and of the arrange Mr. Griffen was loud in his praise of pany the deep gratitude and admiration LONDON, January 24th. Dealing with the question of double that we feel for the most excellent seaman ments made by the Company's agents to Income Tax, the Times suggests an intership displayed by the Captain and others relieve their distressed condition, Imperial arrangement whereby the In-
and every member of that ship's company. come Tax on colonial merchants or Com
I do not know what we can do to express panies with offices in Great Britain should be equitably divided between the Exche quers of the Mother Country and cach hymn de Dominion, bong to relieve the firms of separate liabilities to Income Tax under the different Governments at all their places of business,
AGE LIMIT FOR ARMY CANDIDATES.
OTHER DETAILS.
Many little interesting details were gathered in the course of conversations with other passengera. An English Lady who is returning to north China said that
Mr. Oven Hughes was equally empha tic in his praise, and was particularly our grateful thanks to the Captain and warm in his expressions regarding the officers and crew, but I would venture, who and Iven foodless for hours, were as conduct of the ladies. Even the children, on behalf of my fellow-passengers, IG BUG-
"good as gold," and went to sleep in the Best that your Directors at home consider The building of a second Yusaka Murie as good as the one in which we kad the pleasure of travelling, and place her under the command of our good friend Captain Yamawaki, with his officers and crew. (Hear hear.) I can assure your that I should be proud to travel under kim and his crew. With these words I although they experienced little or no nervousness while they were on the sink- thank you again for your very kind hosing ship and in the frail boats, the shock LONDON, January 24th. The lower age limit for candidates for The health of the Captain, officers and stanced the fright caused when the fudre
pitality. (Loud applause.)
affected their nerves afterwards. She in- entrance to Woolwich, Sandhurst, or the crew, and tho success of the N. Y. K. was Lebon let down her anchor with a nerve Training College in India is to be raised heartily drunk by the guests. to seventeen for Woolwich and seventeen Captain YANAWAKI, in acknowledge-great vessel taking her plunge was one racking noise a Suez. The sight of the and a half for the others from the exami-ment, protested that it was the magnificent never to be forgotten, nation in June next..
"It made my behaviour of the passengers that enabled heart stand still, she said, the ship his orders to be carried out so promptly slowly gained a perpendicular positions and so clearly. The passengers one and all, men, women, and children, were very calm and splendid.
The day before the outrage occurred the A Japanese Prasenger on the Yasaka majority of the passengers were carrying Mart also expressed his admiration of their money and valuables on the person the conduct of the Captain, officers and in preparedness for any eventuality. to work promptly for the salvation of the money was returned to the care of the crew. When the explosion occurred the Then, as they were so near port, all fears Captain instructed the officers and crew were dispelled, and in most cases the lives of the passengers, and they were
purser or placed in the cabin. My indeed exceedingly thankful to them,
Only
two men went into the water, and Great Britain, France Russia, end these were members of the crew who were Japan were struggling together in this in the first beat The rope broke and unparalleled war, and they must all be they fell into the son, but they were determined to protect their diberty and fished out. civilisation against the Central Empires of Europe.
FLOODS IN HOLLAND.
AMSTERDAM, January 25th. The water is still rising at Ostzaan and A New York telegram states that the Brock, and many more houses are suf- British Embassy announces that a distin-fering. At Purmerend, despite the south lately received by the Pone, states that high, end the new south portion of the guished Belgian Jesuit priest, who was wind the tide rose unprecedentedly His Holiness told him that he would never town was evacuated. consent to offer his good services for the ro-establishment of peace unless Belgium bað all·ber térrilories, liberties and inter- national rights restored without prejudice to her claim for an adequate indemnity and the restitution of private property.
WAR IN THE AIR.
SOME COMPARISONS IN
ACTIVITY
GIFT FROM BRITISH GOVERN
MENT.
THE HAGUE, January 25th, As a token of its sympathy and esteem for the Dutch people the British Govern- ment have sent to the Foreign Minister £2,000 sterling for the food sufferers. The King of the Belgians has sent a per- sonal gift of £200.
PANAMA CANAL,
FORETOLD.
HONGKONG PASSENGERS'
and then completely disappeared. It was a tragedy.
·I
"The most trying experience so far a cored." said an personally was concerned," other passenger, was when we were boing let down from the ship in the boat. Thu bost went up one side and chen the other, crashed against the ship's side, and trem Mr. A. E. Griffen, interviewed by one ble violently but we reached the water
STORIES.
of our representatives, said the ship was all right. The Tasakn Maru merely
half past two in the afternoon. I was was suggested by some that the forpedo in my cabin at the time, and was doring went straight throng for the nico off when I felt the ship struck. I knew
LONDON, January 24th. In the House of Commons, Mr. Tennant stated that during the pass four weeks thirteen British and Flanders. Wo made six raids and the
sine-probably DATE OF RE-OPENING CANNOT BE torpedoed somewhere in the vicinity of shivered when the torpedo struck, and it eleven-German aeroplanes were lost in enemy thirteen, we using 138 machines and the enemy twenty, while 1:227 Bri- tish machines few over the German lines, and only 310 Gernian aeroplanes over our lines.
PANAMA, January 25th. Colonel Goethals states that he cannot predict the date for the re-opening of the Canal, an account of the uncertainty. regarding the movement of slides,
We were very
in a moment what had happened; that we feeling shown by the French when we came were torpedoed. I immediately collard into the port. The first thing that the lifebelte which were in the cabin and reached our ears was the grains of the ran, in-search of my wife, who had been Japancso National Anthem,
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