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THE
WAR.
PROGRESS OF VERDUN BATTLE.
VIOLENT BOMBARDMENTS CONTINUE.
FRENCH AERIAL SUPERIORITY.
ALLIED WARSHIPS SUNK.
ENEMY FIRE ON RUMANIAN SHIP,
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
`{TEZOUON REUTER'S AGENOT.)
DUBIOUS GERMAN CLAIMS.
AMSTERDAM, March 13th.
1.45 s,m.
[ROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.]
FRENCH SUPE#IORITY IN THE AIR.
ELEVEN ENEMY MACHINES
FELLED,
PALLIS, March 12th. It is officially announced that the French felled eleven German seroplanes
THE HONGKONG DAILY PEERN, TUESDAY, MARUH 16mm. 1916.
ALIAN FROnt.
(THROUGH HEUTER'S SAINTY.] ITALIAN PROGRESS,
IN SNOW AND SLUSH.
Rone, March 13th.
· A communiqué states:-Bad weather is seriously interfering with the operations on the Upper Isonzo, where the snow in places is ten metres deep. There has been intenso artillery activity from the middle of the Isonzo to the sea, the enemy being repeatedly silenced, Grenade attacks were carried out by the infantry, ploughing through the snow and slush. Enemy rein- forcements were swept by artillery and [machine-guns." |
GENERAL
(THRUVOR BRITER'S LOMICE. )
BULGARO-RUMANIAN INCIDENT.
RUMANIAN SHIP FIRED ON.
LONDON, March 13th.
CHINESE TELEGRAMS.
EPROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THE CHINESE REBELLION.
LOYALISTS SURPRISE THE RESELS.
SEVERAL SUCCESSES..
PEEING, March 12th, It is officially announced that Szochuen troops on the 23rd February reached Cha shiti, stole across the Kiukiang River and surprised the rebels at Moyucha, which was captured at daybreak after severe fighting.
the Violent struggles followed for important positions of Yuulungshan and Tzeinachun, which were captured, over 200 rebels being killed.
RANDOM REFLECTIONS.
It was announced recently that all enemy firms in Singapore are to be completely liquidated, and their lands, buildings, trade-marks, goodwill and other permanent assets sold, Now news comes to hand that the Government of Ceylon has decided to take a similar course at an early date. Hongkong will doubtless follow suit-in time,
BRITISH
NAVAL ATTACHE FINDS A DICTAGRAPH IN HIS ROOM.
CLEVER ENEMY RUSE IN AMERICA.
The discovery of a dictograph on the rooms in the Hotel Biltmore occupied by Captain Guy Gaust, Naval Attache of the British Embassy, has prevented German agents from becoming cognizant of import”. ant British Government secrets
Captain Gaunt's friends say he out witted the men who hoped to enteh hin off his guard. The story of the dictagraph. forms a remarkable behind the scenes narra
The Teutonic agents, after months of planning, succeeded in planting the die fagraph in the room often used by Capt. Gaunt for conferences.
The plotters took rooms situated, ou zIF sides of Capt. Gaunt's apartment; belew and above,
Now that the Hongkong C.C. tennis tournament, is being ployed off, a word regarding scating accommodation may not be out of place. Last year the competitive of the never-ocasing duels between the highly-organized secret services main=" tions attracjed jarge attendance each day, tained in this country by the Contral
Powers and the Allies, and the finals produced really big crowds, The majority of the onlookers were not members of the Club, and it was then covertly suggested by several of the bers that a small sun should be charged for the privilege of witre sing the contests, and the proceeds given to one or other of the war funds. History is beginning to An official report from Chikiang states repeat itself in this season's contests. Is that on the 8th inst, two detachments of it too late to adopt the suggestion offered Yurkwei rebels engaged a brigade under above The ground any be públic pro- General Chi on the plateau in front fperty, but the seats, surely, are not. And Fulunznu and Panshinchai. Au ubali where are the ornners of those fellows who ate struggle ended in the defeat of the ccupy the squts while ladies are standing? rebels with heavy uses. They retreated
This sneceen is significant, as Tzemachun is only 400 ¿1⁄2 from Yunnanfu, and threatens
the rebels in the rear.
The Odessa correspondent of the Daily Mel says that the Bulgarian frontier guard near Rahovo fired on a Rumanian ship which was loading from a large in the Rumanian zone,
An Austrion günbitowards Tungchi,
A Berlin communiqué says:-Strong French counter-attacks on the new Gers man front re-captured Fort de Voux Otherwise, the attacks were repulsed within February, and last six, of which four ordered the ship to the Bulgarian shore,
beavy losses.
It makes the dubious claim of progress in a wood westward of Douanmont, and south-cast of Damloup, and ils of 600 prisoners west of the Mouse and. 11 canaon,
It is noteworthy that the French com- muniqué affirms that the Germans made, no infantry attack,
The Germans clain to have felled a British monoplane and a biplane.
ANOTHER GERMAN LIE
PARIS, March 11th. 1.45 p.m. semi-official announcement says that the German assertion that French counter. attacks re-took Fort de Vaux is a fresh lie. We never lost the fort, which the Germans never attacked.
PRODIGAL WASTE OFGERMÀN LIVES.
ONES OF SUREST ELEMENTS IN ALLIES" VICTORY,
PARIS, March 12th. - 3.20 p.m. A semi-offcial statement says that the German renewed assaults on the wings as Verdun again failed The enemy, after, getting a few outlying houses east of Voux, was shattered on the slopes by the French
75's,
The enemy's methodica hombardments are less active, which probably indientes- the necessity of bringing up supplies and Te-constructing regiments.
The accuracy of the French fire was responsible for the most frightful German
warn lost through engine defects and two in fighting.
EIGHTEEN AIR ACTIONS.
BY BATTLE SQUADRONS.
20
PARIS, March 13tb...
1:30a.m.
A comuniqué states:-There lng bien infantry action north of Verdan during the day. The bombardment has been rather violent on both banks of the Meuse. Our heavy artillery shelled enemy troops who were assembling in a ravine th of Poivre Hill, and also the German batloris west of Louvement.
We destructively bombarded enemy works south of the Somme, and between the Aisne and the Oise. We also demolished several Gorman observation stations in the Cheppy Wood and Argonne, and wrecked hostilo trenches in the Senones district ani Bandepost.
Two German aeroplanes were brought down in our is today, and all (iké- occupants were killed. Dar battle air- squadrong today fought eighteen actions in the region of Etain, patting the entry to flight.
BRITISH OPERATIONS. ENEMY MINE SPRINGING.
LONDON, March 13th.
19.25 .m. Bir Douglas Haig, in a communiqué- states that the enemy sprang four mines near the Hohenzollern Rodoubt, Grenade fighting ensued. Our casualties and damago, ware of the slightest. The enemy shelled our trenches at Loos and Boisgrenier.
went on both sides of Ypres.
losses withows any appreciable German There has been a heavy artillery bombard- progress. The prodigal waste of German lives is one of the surest elements in the Allied victory.
WHAT THE GERMAN STORY OMITTED.
AMSTERDAM, March 12th.
3.20 p.m. A Berlin communiqué says:-Saxon Re- giments stormed a position on a thousand yards front at Ville aux Bois, eleven miles north-west of Rheimə,
It claims 700 prisoners and five machine- guns, but a French communiqué points enį. that the position was immediately re-taken. VIOLENT BOMBARDMENTS
CONTINUE.
NO FRESH ENEMY INFANTRY ATTEMPT AT VAUX.
PARIS, March 12th-
4.20 p.m. Today's communiqué says:-The re- ciprocal bombardment was very active at Bois do Euttes, and also attained consider
ablo violence at Bethincourt,
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
ROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
NEW FRIGHTFULNESS. MINE-LAYING BY THE GERMAN FLEET.
LONDON, March 11th. Reports of movements of the German Fleet are thought to be connected with a new development of mine-laying, which will apparently play, a large part in the new German frightfulness, MERCHANT CRUISER MINED.
LowDor, March 12th
It is officially announced that the mer- cantile cruiser Fauvette has been mined off the East Coast, Fourteen men were
drowned:
RUSSIAN TORPEDO-BOAT
SUNK OFF VARNA.
PETROGRAD, March 12th. An enemy submarine Bank & Russian
A mall German attack west of the torpedo-host of Varna. Port of the crew Mense was easily repulsed.
The bombardment continues violent from east of Dousumont to Fort de Vaux. The enemy made no fresh attempt to reach the platesy leading to the fort:
The Germans, after artillery prepars. tion took in the course of an attack a small trench northward of Eix.
was saved.
RUSSIAN FRONT,
(THROUGH REIZIKU'S AGENCE.). RUSSIAN ATTACK IN GALICIA.
PETROGRAD, March 19th.
The Russians attacked the Galician vil lage of Latache, and captured trenches.
and a rofusal shelled her.
Runnian
A report from Suifu, dated the 10th int states that there is no sign of the troops replied. There were many casualties rebels in the neightourhood. The capture here included two big guns, over 400 on both sides.
rifles, over 10 boxes of shells, and over 100.000 rounds of cartridges.
PORTUGAL'S SEIZURE OF
SHIPS.
MADE ON REPRESENTATIONS OF BRITISH.
Lisnow, March 19th. The Minister of Foreign Affairs on- nouseed in Parliament that the seizures of German ships were made with the know- ledge of Great Britain, which made repre sentations based on the Alliance.
FRANCO-ITALIAN AGREEMENT
PARIS, March 12th.
the
An agreement between France and Italy has been signed whereby Italy abandon the privileges of capito ations in French some in Morocco, ANOTHER HEAVY SLUMP IN GERMAN EXCHANGE.
PARIS, March 11th. There has been a fresh heavy slump in Gorman exchange, which fell in Berne by half a frame on Thursday and i franc on Friday.
It has been suggested that the Govern. ment should take out insurance policies for the members of the mounted detachment of the Specin! Police Reserve. Some of the ponies presented to the corps are doubtedly very fresh-n condition ex- plained, perhaps, by the high living in which they were indulged as a preparation A report froni Luchow states that on the for the re-and life in the mounted 7th inst. Commander Liub Sian marched section has consequently been a succession ups and downs" during the past against Chiangan, which city was re-week. The detachment, however, made a occupied under heavy guo-fire. The rebels very creditable appearance on the route retreated toward Yungning. Threo sous-march last Friday, and I hear that taia guns, one machine-gun, and over 50 there has been a useful accession to its rifles were captured.
Mayang was re-captured on the 7th."
HEREDITARY TITLES.
A Mandate has been issued containing regulations governing the allowances for bereditary titles, ranging from $20,000 annually for a Prince, to 81,000 for a Baronet and $200 for an Kuchibuí,
DOMESTIC LOAN REGULA - TIONS.
of **.
"The German agents watched sust
for two weeks and observed his daily movements," said the man who madei public the discovery. They made minute examinations of the formations of
ls, the action of carpets, ventilating systems ete,Ne
the
"They finally hit upon the ventilator. as the place where a dictograph could be conspiralors entered" placed. With the aid of an expert, Gaunt's apartment. They trailed the dielagraph from the Captain's room to. mechanician the
an adjourning roam, The scheme perhaps would have worked perfect y, except that Captain Caune since he took up his resid ence in New York had anticipated that very method of attack. Accordingly lie had arranged with the hotel management to make a thorough search of his quarters nt intervals of at least twied a week. Because of this the distagraph was dis covered almost. at once.
No attempt was made to arrest the men responsible for the plot, first, because the rival secret services do not play the game that way, and second, because it was thought best to place a constant watch upon the conspirators,
This was done and very interesting disecvaries were made. For instance Captain Gauns clinched the identity of two men who have succeeded: Franz von Rintelen and Captains Boy-Ed and von Papen as directors of the German secret. service," said the man who told the story. "I suspected a window-cleaning chap aat, my hotel one day." said Captain Gaunt.
numbers since. The rumour that the see- tion experienced a fale studar to that of the "ten little nigger boys" and shed its number one by one on the march is wicked invention.
Those who do business in the roadway the kerbstones in the vicinity of and on
more Animateți Ice House Street. were than usual yesterday. They stood about in groups talking excitedly and gesticulating wildly. The cause of their agitation va not money bat the condition of the roadway and portions of the pavement which had The new Domestic Loan regulations have been ploughed up for about the eighth
time
in a few months. As a consequencO been promulgated.
of this display of superabundant energy on the part of the P.W.D. the brokers were obliged to make perilous dodges in To use their wi rieshas and on foot, words, they fail to see why the P.W.D. should play, jokes," in a portion of the town where time means money.
PACIFICATION COMMIS.
SIONER. Hsiung Hoi-ling has been appointed Western Pacification Commission for:
MR. CHURCHILL RETURNS TO | Hunan,
THE FRONT.
LONDON, March 12th Mr. Winston Churchill to day left for
the Front.
Cul ANOTHER PERSIAN TOWN OCCUPIED
PETROGRAD, March 12th.
The Russians have occupied the Persian town of Kerina, 130 roiles north-ense of Bagdad.
HAVAS SELVICA.] GERMANY AND PORTUGAL
PARIS, March 10th. The German Government has charged its representative at Lisbon to hand to the Portugues Government a Note to the effect that a state of War exists between both countries.
AN ALLIED CONFERENCE General Perro, sub-Chief Staff Officer of the Italian Army, has arrived in Paris to participate at the conferences which are to be held at Headquarters.
The French Government will shortly call to the Colours the 1888 Clay to take the place of the men who are employed in war material establishments and who are still
GERMANY AT WAR WITH PORTUGAL.
PEKINO, March 12th. A telegram received here says that Ger- wany has declared war on Portugal.
COMING GREAT CAMPAIGN.
He did not seem to know his trade very well, He was an unusually inquisitive fellow. He does not clean my windows any more,” “"
aro
The men discovered to bo at the head of German secret service work now German officers formerly associated with Dr. Dersburg and a German who once occupied a high diplomatic position in Latin-America,
WAR NEWS.
ALL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND BRITAIN DISPELLED.
Theso
M. Sazanoff, Bussian Minister of Foreign Affairs, delivered a speech in the Drums on February 22nd atating that the rela tions between Great Britain and Russin in the past had been indifferent, as some misunderstandings had existed, differences have all been dispelled, The two countries were now dealing with nif questions with thorough understanding and in a spitit of co-operation, In fact, all the misunderstandings vanished in the same way that an evil vision of the night disappears before the glorious morning
sua.
AUSTRALIAN STEEL FOR MUNITIONS,
Throughout the week the two old bachelora had been served in a mast despicable manner by their "cook," and the climax was reached when the latter was discovered in the act of cleansing the coffee cups with a kerosene ragi The senior member of the household was then Now that spring is drawing near, says deputed to test the "cook," "How long a London correspondent, speculation is
you b'long cook ↑ " "Ten years, massa," naturally rife in the clubs and among service men as to what military develop "Where before you cook ?" "Macho side.” ments on the grand scale may be impena. "You no can cook, you no talkoo true.". ing. I find there is a pretty general idea that, thanks to the recent establishment "Yes, massa, b'long very good cook, ten of a higher Allied War Council, we may years, Maeno side." The old bachelor was expect that the great attack, when it comes zlong, wil be simultaneous on the three baffled for a time, then a happy thought
iron ore mined from the company's own fronts-east, west, and in the Balkans struck him. He picked up the kerosene The steel, which is produced from crude and portend a supreme effort to end the rag, pointed to it and, in a loud voice, property, has been subjected to searching war in the current year. Success, how. over, is held to depend quite as much on exclaimed: "Now, I savvy, you long time, tests by representatives of the Imperial the material as on the huasa factor. To you no speakee true. What you b'longful results that a first order has been given
ensure victory that will be both rapid and decisive the Allies must be able to enjoy superior gun-power as well se superior ma-power on every front: For on exch the enemy is already, or will be, entrenche after the elaberato fashion to which he has accustomed us in France.
efore you come this side?" The "cock" was obviously seared, then come the admis sion: "My velly solly, before my b-long Canton railway-makes callage clean And this exponent of the culinary art had brought with him glowing testimonials to ability to tickle the palate of the exacting gourmet,
most
GERMAN OFFICER'S TUNNELS, The charges against Flight Lieutenant Otto Thelen, of the Gensas Army Flying Corps, and Lieutenant Hana Keinack, of the German Navy, for attempting to
A number of people were watching him escape from the Holyport Gorman Officers' Interament Camp, were connuded last with a fascinated gaze, but he was bliss- month at the Military Court at Holyport; fully unconscious of the fact. Previously presided over by Lieutenant-Colonej i. O, ¦ he had been noted for his skill at the Chase.
A notable industrial triumph, marking a new era in the development of the Austro- lian Commonwealth's resources, has been achieved by the manufacture of steel of the highest quality at the works of the Broken Hill Proprietary Compaey at Newcastio, New South Wales,
Munitions Department with such success-
to the company for 500 tons of steel, to be shipped during the presont month for use in the manufactors of multions. The upon the courage and vigour displayed in company has been warmly ingrata'ated launching this industry.
BRILLIANT AVIATOR;
For the first time the French General Headquarters has broken the rule of strict anonymity in recording feats performed at the front. Thus we learn offcially that Sergeant, Guynemer brought down in one day recently his fifth enemy seroplane. The sergeant is just 21, and fooks 19. He was a public schoolboy when war broke out, and volunteered He only got his flying commission nine roonthe afterwards,
in April, 1916---This-was-his-fourteenth fight over the German lines. His most ex- citing experience was when he, with an... other aviator, pursued three German flying machines. His bag that evening we three aviatike-two brought down by him and occasion he had an extraordinary bo'tlan
Both machines circled one by the other aviator. On another with a Fokker.
To the first charge relating so tunnelling particular pastime in which he was then and excavating work from the camp bath-ngaged. Now he was just sipping slowly GERMAN SOLDIERS AND SUICIDE. room the prisoners pleaded Not Guilty.
Mr. Stange, their advocate, addressed the and thinking between each sip. Those who An Order of the Day of Marshal von Court, who held over their findings in this knew him best looked hardest, Comments Hindenberg, found upon a Gorman pri- case
were made, sotto
tto voce, until at last the Soucy, reveals widespread suicides uong To the second charge of attempting to German, soldiers. Marshal von Hinden escape from the hut iute which they wore laboured process got on people's nerves,
pleaded burg says, "It would have been under afterwards removed, both prisonal standable if the Russians, the British, or Guilty. This was the case where Cap and one more daring ther the rest, walked the Frouch had desired to commit suicide; tain and Adjutant Armstrong, by craw up and asked the nature of his ailment.
it is unpardonable folly in the Gerling underneath the but, discovered wood
** Ill! I'm not ill old man; but I see abso-round on another, firing their machins guns. Buddenly Guynemer flarhed upward, mans, who have everywhere proved them chippings, and on entering the hut found soves Ounipotent and invincible, Hons of the officers sawing the flour mer ute no reason why I should fatten and flew over the German; and while doing so shot the enemy, avistor through the head. strictly orders the doctors to save the lives month the bed, while the other was wigur German too quickly." The others burst
Guynemer just, managed to get back to the of those who attempt suicide, in order that ously playing a wou a organ to deadon the they may be degraded, that their names sound pe
into laughter. Someone chuckled half an French lines, his marchino being most A wreck. He wears the Legion of Honour hour later; his name was Meo
itary medal and the Military Cross, the be inscribed in a black book, and that thoir wives and children be deprived of
latter with four palms or clasps. pensions.
but
At the close of the inquiry, the President announced that the Court's decision would he promulgated in due courŠE.
ROPRIO RANDOM.