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THE WAR.
FIERCE FIGHTING IN
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH, 1910.
(THROCCH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
WEST.
GENERAL ENEMY ACTIVITY.
FAMOUS BRITISHI CRUISER LOST.
AIR RAIDS IN ITALY,
IS BRITAIN'S BLOCKADE A FAILURE?
AMERICAN OUTRAGES.
CALLING UP ALL SINGLE MEN.
#RANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:) FURIOUS FIGHTING, TAKING AND RE-PAKTNO TRENCHES
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.} BRITISH CRUISER STRIKES MINE.
FEARED SHE WILL BE TOTAL WRECK.
LONDON, February 14th. The Admiralty announera that the light craiser, Arethusa, under the command of Commodore Tyrwhitt, struck a mine off the East Coast, and it is feared that she will become a total wrock.
PARIS, February 14th,; A communiqué states-In Champagne. in the course of a German attack eastward of Tabure and the Somniey raid, we ex-
· ploded, three mines ander the enemy in our advanced elements, His attempts to ad- vance to our support, trenches completely failed, but notwithstanding serious Ger- ; iyan losses by mines and artillery the Ger mens remained in the advanced elements,
There is a furious artillery battle in Alsace. The German infantry took 200 yards of trench, but an immediate counter-armament somista" of "two "8-in., six: 4-ía. aud
attack regained most of the ground.
ENEMY MINING.
AND HEAVY ARTILLERY WORK.
PARIS, February 15th,
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the
About ten men lost their lives.
Churchill
[The treten is one of a class of twenty light razoured cruisers which Mr. described us ** destroyers of destroyers.". Toy displace 8,600 tons, are 410 feet long and lave turbites of 37,000 h.p., giving a speed of 20 konts. The class was coupleted in 1914, Tho
four machine gutis with four torpedo tuben. There is a belt of 3-in, armour proidabips with in plating above this. The boilers are fired watirely by oil fuel, of which about 150 tons ate enied. The complement numbers inhout 270
fiers and reti.
war
The Arethusa played the principal part in the first nuvel engagement off Rdigolondon August 281b, 1914. The operation was a scoop- ing movement by a strong form of destroyers headed by the Arethuan to cut, the German light craft, from home and engage them at leisure in the open sea. The Arethum, leading the destroyers,
first attacked by two German cruisers and was sharply engaged for D5 minutes at a range of about 8 000 yards, with the result that she sustained gorne damage and casunities, but drove off the two German cruisers noe of which she seriously injured with her 6-inch guns. Later in the morning sha engaged. at intervals, two other Gemmin veselo which were encountered in the confused fight- ing which followed, and in company with le Fearless and the light cruiser squadron contrl thebuted to the sinking of cruiser Malaz.
A communiqué states. Our artillery, in Belgium blow up a musitinas depot north of Boesinghe. Enemy infantry. north of Soissons last evening, after heary bombardment, attempted to de bouch, but were stopped immediately by artillery and rifle Gre. There has been Sovere artillery fighting in Champagne. The enemy in Upper Alssee heavily bom barded the advanced trenches east Seppois which we had recaptured in
of
The Arthur also took part in the fight in
Itaqua ZCUTER'A AQRECT:]
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LOSS OF FRENCH · CRUISER | FRENCH MUNITION MAKERS. | AMERICAN
CONFIRMED,
BY SOLE SURVIVOR,
PARIS, February 14th. The loss of the cruiser. Amiral Cherner is
confirmed.
A raft has been picked up off the coast of Syria with fifteen seainen, only one of whom was alive, This oav said that the cruiser was torpedoed on the 8th inst, and sank in a few minutes. It was impossible to launch the boafa.
ITALIAN. FRONT.
(THROVONI REUTER'S AGENCY.]
ANOTHER AIR RAID IN ITLAY,
BOMBS DROPPED ON MILAN.
MILAN. February 14th, Enemy netoplanes in the forenoon ap. peared over the city. They were fus Baded by anti-aircraft guns, and were counter- attacked by Italian airinen, The enemy re- tired after dropping some bombs. The material damage was sight, but six civi ians were killed and some injurvą.
LATER. Eight persons were killed and sixty in jured in the air raid,
ENEMY AEROPLANES ACTIVE.
LITTLE DAMAGE DONE.
ROME, February 15th. Enemy aeroplanes bombed Triviglio and Bergan, doing to damage; also Mouza where the casualties were one killed and Bfteen injured, A bomb fell in the en- closure of the Humbert Memorial Chapel,
Six aeroplanes appeared in the suburbs of Brescia. but ahli-ahteraft, „¢s pre- vented their approaching the r
AUSTRIAN AIR RAID ON RAVENNA.
WHY THE OUTPUT IS INCREASING.
LANDON, February 150 by the Ministry of Munitions ascribes the The report of the mission sent to France
coriants output in France to the fact that there is une idea animating all the wn and women alike, and this is to win dis way. This spirit had prevented laboür dificulties, and Trade Union restrictions Thu enterprise and were non-existent. energy of the employors was beyond praiso, In a word, the increase in produc- tion was due to one canso alone, patriotic enthusiasm. The report emphasises the success of female Jabour.
CEYLON'S PRACTICAL
· PATRIOTISM-
LONDON, February 15th, Reuter learns, that the Ceylon Govern. ment recently paid to the Imperial Gov ernment the Brst annual astament of £100,000 of the Colony's contribution of £1,000,000 towards the cost of the war. It is proposed to use the contribution for the redemption of a war loua.. In addi tion, the Ceylon Government will meet. the cost of a contingent from the Colony. THE ECONOMIC FACTOR IN
WAR.
A MINERS CIRCULAR.
Losnos, February 15th, The Northumberland Mixers' Associa
tion has circulated the members urging them to work recularly, and printing out that the economic factor will be the great est in the war
DEFENCES OF PANAMA CANAL.
INCREASED GUN RANGE RECOMMENDED.
WASHINGTON, February. 14th. The acquisition of more weiritery at both PRICELESS - BYZANTINE CHURCH terisini of the Panama Canal is recommend
DAMAGED
do. the War Department by Brigadier General Edwards in order to increase tho range of the defences to correspond with Be increased range of modern guns..
CALLING UP ALL SINGLE MEN.
ROME, February 14th. The Austrings at Ravenna damaged the pricele, sixth century Byzantine Church of Apollinare. The Pope is not grieved. and again appeals to the Emperor Francis Joseph to spare Churches RUSSIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.)
TURKISH DEFEAT IN CAUCASUS,
GERMANO-TURKISH DISAGREE-
MENTS.
PARIS, February 14th.
It is stated that after the Turkish defcat in the Caucasus a lively discussion occurred st the War Council at Constantinople between Enver Pasha and the German Generals,
Eaver Pasha insisted on the necessity of transferring to the Caucasus the Turkish troops from Thrace and Bulgaris. The Germans, however, declared that it was essential to keep the Turkish troops in Thrace as the Salonika front is most im. portant.
SOME
RUSSIAN CAPTURES.
PETROGRAD, February 14th. The Government have decided "that the Turkish Ambassador who was captured near Keredje shall be sent to Turkey, and that the Austrian Military Attache shall be sort to Buasia as a prisoner of war.
night. We bad evacuated the positions the North Bes in January last year when Ad-ERZERUM FORT CAPTURED. which were entirely wreeked. Our artilia Benity's feet mank the German apple
Bucker and crippled, several other German cruisers.]
lory in the same regios shelled enemy reinforcements which were attempting to
dvance in small parties
SUBMARINE WARFARE. AMERICA AWAITING
DEVELOPMENTS.
WABBINGTON. February 15th. The Government are awaiting develop-
The enemy have been most active with mining south of the La Basse, Cana). They exploded seven mines in twenty-four hours. South of Fosse 8 there were mine explosions preceded by a heavy lombardments before deciding upon any action in ment, which was followed by a small in regard to the Austro-German submarine Officials admit that the fantry attack. A few men entered our memorandum. front trench but were inmediately expel Government are in a delicate position, led by hand grenades,
INTERNED ENEMY
A
FRENCH ATTACK AT FRISE. ENEMY'S CONSIDERABLE LOSSES.
PARIS, February 16th. Today's communiqué says:-Southward of the Somme the French, in an attack at dusk on German works near Frise, occupied some portions of German trenches. counter-attack was mewn down by the French fire. We surrounded a German com- pany, decimating it. The captain and 70 survivors aurrendered. We also took other prisoners, and a number of machine-guna. The enemy's dead were considerable.
SEVENTEEN AIR FIGHTS.
A BRITISH COMMUNIQUE,
LONDON, February 15th. A British communiqué states. Yester day there were seventeen air fighta. One large hostilo double-engino machine was driven down in the enemy's lines...
LINERS.
INSTRUCTED TO DASH FOR
LIBERTY.
NEW YORK, Feburary 14th. It is reported that all Gorman liners in neutral harbours have received their eue to dash for liberty whenever the opportuni. ty offers.
CRITICISM OF THE BLOCKADE. HAVE BRITISH EFFORTS FAILED ↑
LONDON, February 14th, The Daily Mail's Commissioner in Hol. Land asserts that the British efforts to pre- vent commodities entering Germany havo failed. He cites the case of butter, of which Great Britain obtained 2,458 tons in 1915; compared with 7,540 tons in 1913, while Germany secured 26,518 tons, in 1915, compared with 19,023 in 1913,
THE NORTH SEA.
OF NAVAL POWER,
PETROGRAD, February 14th.
A communiqué states:-We have cop- tured Erterum fort, to which an explosion was already reported, taking many pri Boners, six guns and quantities of muni- tions.
THE NEAR EAST,
(CHHODOM BROTER'S BORNOK.J.: GERMAN TROOPS IN TURKEY.
LONDON, February 14th. The Bukharest correspondent of the Times says that 25,000 German troops arrived at Rustchuk and proceeded to Bhumia, probably en route to Turkey.
TURKEY CALLING UP OLD MEN
LONDON, February 15th.
A Constantinople telegram states that the Porte has introduced a Bill extending" military compulsory service to fifty years of age,
THE BALKANS
под
of
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MORE BRITISH REINFORCE- MENTS FOR SALONIKA
ATHENS, February 14th. Further British reinforcemente have
arrived at Salonika,
The French are proceeding northward along the railway, GENERAL,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOW.]
RUMANIAN MOBILISATION
COMPLETE.
Pasta, February 14th.
A French wireless message says that, the CITY MEN ASK FOR FULLER USE Rumanian mobilisation is complete, with the calling up of one clack The staff have completed both the Carpathian and the Danube: defences. FRENCH MINISTERS BETURN. FROM ITALY,
A German wireless message reports that forty British prisoners were captured in
LONDON, February 15th, At a meeting in the City. Lord Deven- the fighting at Pilkem. We had eleven
port presiding, a resolution was passed missing after this fighting, of whom eight viewing with grave alarm the enormous are believed to have been killed. These quantity of commodities which are reach- men were lost while pursuing the Germansing the enemy through the North Sea, and urging the fuller use of our sea back into their trenches.
power.
PARIS, February 25th. MM. Briand and Bourgeois have arrived on their return from Italy.
LONDON, February 14th. A Proclamation has been posted up call- ing up a single mën,
ENEMY OUTRAGES
AMERICA.
IN
OTTAWA, February 14th. In the House of Commons, replying to a demand for precautions along the frontier in view of the revelations at San Francisco of German dynamite plots, the Minister of Maring said that every precaution W&5 being taken by the Government, who had received an assurance from Washington that, the Government would not permit the United States to be inade a base for attacks gu Canada, e
MORE INCENDIARISM IN IN AMERICA.
New York, February 14th.. The great munitions plant of the General Electric Company of Schenectady, New York, has been wrecked by fire.
The origin of the outbreak is at present unknown.
LATER.
Only a small building was burned at Schenectady,
MISS CAVELL'S BETRAYER AN UNHAPPY SEQUEL.
AMSTERDAM February 15th. A Brussels telegram states that a waiter has been executed for the murder of the son of a Belgian officer named Keels The exertion was apparently connected with the murder of the late Miss Cavell's
betrayer.
ANOTHER ZEPPELIN IN
DIFFICULTIES.
COPENHAGEN, February 14th. Zeppelin L 20 was observed on Friday over the Island of Manor flying very low and slowly. The engines evidently were damaged. The airship was steering south ward, but a strong easterly breeze drove her westward,
GRAHAME WHITE.
AN UNFOUNDED REPORT.
LONDON, February 14tb. It is stated that the report that Grahame White, he well-known aviator has been seriously wounded, is unfounded
TRADING WITH THE ENEMY. WELL-KNOWN BRITISH GLOVE MAKERS SENTENCED;
|
COTTON
TRADE
IN CHINA.
CAPTURED BY. JAPANESE.
WASHINGTON, February 14th.. say that the Jupancy manufacturers have A report by the Department of Commerce captured the Amer ein getton goods trade in China owing to the heller selling om distributing methods of the Japanese, and the lower prices of Jupause gothim. The report also says that the only hope for re- newed business lies in the improving of the quality of Amerienu gouds sent to the Chinese market.
LORD
parts of the Far East, frou Penang, to Peking. Indeed, that is not sufficient to describe the geographical variety. There wis ono from Rangoon, another from Hangkok, while a third came from Cheng- tu. It is quite probable that in some year, the President's scholarship will be won by a student from some small mis- sionary station still further inland than Cheng or further north than Paking There seems to be no vason why University should not have so many undergraduates as the provincia) Univer- sities of Great Britain. A large number of Chinese students still go abroad for their university education, although those who have studied the question are con vinced that the policy is a mistaken one. There are so many arguments, esportally from what may lo called the Chinese. KITCHENER AT THE aing of view, for having the youths at fonte during the long summer vacation, FRONT.
that Chinese parents will appreciate thent more fully as -line gous on, respect the University of Hongkong may be compared to the London University of the 19th century. It attracts students from all over China, just as London drew graduates from all over England. Statis- The present ties ato always dangerous. situation in China is, perhaps, compar- nole with that in England of fifty or sixty yurg ago. The only Universities which then existed were Oxford, Cam bridge and Loudon, To-day there are pportunities in China of acquiring Chi- nese culture and a study of the classics of Formidable Turkish fories are proeling more modern learning. From the begin the country, while Hongkong provides the towords Mesopotamia from the Dardanelling there was a marked difference between
LONDON, February 15th. Lord Kitchener, who las lives spending a few days on the Western front as turned to London. During the visit he inspected various units, and wis well satisfied with what he saw.
FORMIDABLE TURKISH
FORCES.
EN ROUTE FÖR MESOPOTAMIA.
Aruess, February bith.
IN MESOPOTAMIA..
IN MEMORIAM.
LONDON. February 15th, Her Majesty the Queen unveiled the Fiorence Nightingale memorial at St. Paul's Cathedral. The Premier, the Lord Mayor and other prominent personages
In
one
to older Universities and that of the Intropolis, I must confessed that theng was an abernee, from London, of the LONDON, February 15th,
facinating asphere at general earn- An official ammoungement states Dut General Aylmer reports that the weather produced by the Jalecanal inter- las clenteel and that the situatia is un-curse of me if different subjects in a changed. Gneral Trwnshend reports that pee where there was to competing dis- Lraction The London editions never an acroplate dropped two bons in Kut. could promote those splendh ealtivations. but no damigé was done,
which made famong the Unversities on the banks of the Isis and the Cam, Thenes can, the continuous apprciation of the finest literature that has been writton, ihe scholarly criticism of the past achieve- ments of mankind, the refinement and sense of perspective of a Jowett
These things were not possible in the busy metropolis. But it was nu mere accident that Davy, Daniel. Faraday. Huxley. Tyndal and Spencer all worked Londou. The environments necessary for the slow, hard and perhaps unlovely task of clearing new ground are quite different Frouz those which make for the mighest culture. The investigator, in any of the fields of science, as distinguished from the scholar, must be provided, not only with books, but with costly laboratories, ex- perimental workshops in physics and chemistry, hospitals and cases for experi enen in medicine and surgery, documents and actual business conditions for examples in economics,
were present..
OBITUARY.
VISCOUNT RIDLEY,
LONDON, February 15th. The death is announced of Viscount Ridley, in his 42nd year. The deceased represented Stalybridge in the House of Commons in the Conservative interests.
HONGKONG UNIVERSITY.
SHANGHAI AND HONGKONG. SCHOLARSHIPS..
[DY PROFESSOR MIDDLETON SMITH, M.SC.]
When the history of the inception and growth of the local University is written, one of the most remarkable facts about It must not be overlooked. The thing which the writer has in mind is the un- expected assistance coming to the institu- tion from people who, unknown to others, have sympathised with the idea of higher education for the Chinese,
A
in
As the Loudou University grow it attracted and almost created a new typo of student; but Paris. Borlin, and the cities of America were doing the satno, The new type of graduate was aware that be would be compelled to use the know- ledge which he acquired in the competitivo work of the world. No leisurely curricu- lum could meet the practical require- ments of the future doctor, engineers teacher or business man. It will be found that history will repeat itself in China. glance at the list of benefactors to the Hongkong University shows that most of them are men who, as Sir Hormusjeo scious of the disadvantages of an absenco. Mody himself suggested, have been con- of higher education. In nearly all cases they are men who have known the meaning the local University, commanding a view of strenuous competition. The position of of what is often called the busiest port in the world, is a constant reminder of the new conditions and the needs of the great 'country adjacent,
Recent Shanghai newspapers bring the reports of the speeches made at the annual priza distributions at Medhurst College and at the Public School for Chinese in Shanghai. The headmaster .of the
In the days before the war, Paris, former institution announced that Mr. drawing from a much smaller population Henry Lester had founded a scholarship than London, and exposed to the com- petition at scare of other universitien of the value of 3600 per annum for them France, bad twelve thousand Univer. University of Hongkong. The Rev. E. T. sity students. It is almost bewildering to sit the modern Universities in was the first America: It is difficult to retain such Malpas added that it scholarship for a British University which figures in the memory, but, although there the school possessed, and it was Loped are several other Universities in Canada, yet there were about five hundred en- that it would be the forerunner of many gineering students in Toronto and many others. Sir Haviland de Sausmarcz, who hundreds studying other modern subjects, prosided, also expressed his pleasure at It should be possible for some authority, such as Dr. Wu Ting Fang, to supply what he called "a great piece of news." statistics of the number of Chinese On the same day Mr. E. G. Pearce, students who, during the last twenty years, Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal obtain what they call a Western educa- have left their own country in order to Council, referred to the University at the tion abroad. If the numbers continue to prize-giving of the Chinese Public School, grow in the same proportion, it should be. possible in a few years to have, not only Ho reminded those present that two 4 thousand undergraduates at Hongkong. former pupils of the school are now study-but several similar Universities along ing at the University, and added that the China coast. At present the inmediate
peed is to concentrate the attention there is a likelihood of other pupils follow all engaged in teaching the English lang ing their lead,
The headster of this age in Ching upon the opportunities school, Mr. Foster Kemp, expressed the offered by the local University hope that a scholarship for the Hongkong. University would be founded for boys from the school.
of
The lion in the path of real progress of such work in China is the value of the degree. It is quite useless to attempt A few days ago Mr. Ho Fook expressed to discuss the history of such places as a desire to found three annual scholar- the Peking University. There are numbers ships, tonable at the University. Still of young Chinese who claim to have more recently Mr. Chan Kai Ming has graduated at such institutions, but who offered to do the game. Apparently each probably have not reached the standard of these aix scholarships will be worth of a condary school in England. There £85. This is another proof of Mr. Ho
can be no doubt concerning the intention Fook's great interest in the University, of those responsible for the degree LONDON, February 14th. During the past year he has given $1,000 standard in Hongkong. Whatever the William Gardiner Rigden, William to the Athletic Pavilion fund. $1,000 to difficulties, it will be maintained accord- Fowney Rigden, and Stanley Rigden part- the library, and 8500 for special lectures. ing to the traditions of the home Univer ners in the well-known firm of glove Ho has also offered to present the Mace This will, it is makers, Messrs. Fownes, were sentenced at for the University, the Old Bailey to a fine of £600. hoped, be used this year at the first twelve months and four months imprison Degree Congregation, ment in the second division respectively, for trading with the enemy,
S
AIR DEFENCE.
LONDON, February 15th, It is understood that the Government at present have decided against a Ministry of Air, but have approved of a scheme for placing the air defence in the hands of the French under the War Office,
PRESIDENT WILSON TO
EXISTING SCHOLARSHIPS,
Bities.
The local and the Shanghai newspapers of recent days have been full of the reports of the schools. These supply the naw material to the University. It is often It is probably not well known that there said that the foreigner comes to China are now quite a number of scholarships with only one object in view, viz. to for the University dent's scholarships, of the schools shows that there has been There are the King acquire wealth. A glance over the record
Edward and the
swarded on the results of the July Matri IN THE HANDS OF THE FRENCH ation examinadons. A number of good work done by men who had in mind only the enlightenment of the Chinese. benefactors to the endowment fund, chief Fortunately, the work has been greatly among whom must be reckoned the Taikon appreciated by the Chinese themselves. firms and Mr. Luk You of the Straits Many of those who learn their lessons in Settlements have in their gift certain English at the locny schools are among free scholarships. The Government at the first to recognise that it is only h Canton have a anmber. The Provincial cultivating Western learning that China Governments of Yunnan, Chibli, and can hope to cope with famine and flood, Hupeh send students. In the course of robbery and revolt. The development of time we may hope that each of the eighteen the natural resources of the country will provinces of China will send students to folow. That will benefit not only China the University.
but the whole world. For modern indus There are now rather more than two trial conditions cannot continue withont hundred undergraduates on the books. It minerals, and intensive cultivation of the
remarkable that they come from all and,
STAS FOR PRESIDENCY,
WASHINGTON, February 14th. President Wilson has formally contented to aga'n stand for the Presidency.