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THE WAR.
TAR HONGKONG DAILY PRERA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 225v. 1918,
FRAGMENTARY GERMAN
ATTACKS.
LOSING HEART AT SEVERE LOSSES.
GREAT ALLIED AIR-RAID.
ACTIVITY ON BRITISH FRONT.
TURKS PREPARE FOR BUSSIANS.
FIGHTING ON GREEK FRONTIER.
ΝΟ MORE LUXURIES.
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
(TÀROUGH BINTER'S AGENCY,Į
SPORADIC ATTEMPTS OF ENEMY AT VERDUN.
INFLUENCE OF RECENT LOSSES.
PARIS. March 20th. 1.45 p.
A semi-official announcement says the thirtieth day of the battle of Verdun has been reached. The German attempts have now becoine fragmentary and sporadic, and indicato how keenly the Germans felt their recent losses,
ENEMY ATTACK POIVRE
·HILL.
EFFORT COMPLETELY FAILS.
PARIS, March 20this 4.03 p.m.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,
BIG ALLIED AIR BAID.
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ENEMY WORKS.
LONDON, March 29th. The Admiralty announces that early this morning, a combined force of approximately 50 British, French and Belgian seroplanes and seaplanes, accompanied by 16 fighting machines, attacked the German reaplar station at Zeebrugge and the aurodrome at Houltade, near Zeebrugge. Considerable damage appears to have been done.
The machines, on an average, carried 200 Ibs, of bombs, and all returned safely.
Oro Belgian wounded,
officer was seriously
PARIS. March 20th. An allied air raid took place at Zoo brugge at four o'clock in the morning, teen French machines participating. To-slay's communiquée says (—The Ger- aviat ground was attacked at Houltade, mans made a rather violent hombardment Laix miles eastward of Ostend
to the south of Malancourt, and then, after artillery preparation, made a small attack on Poivre Hill, which completely failed,
There was an intermittent bombardment at Yeux, and a lively cannonade nt; Parges.
GERMAN ATTEMPT TO
ENLARGE FRONT..
MET WITH CURTAIN OF FIRE. PARIB, March 21st.
2.15 0.8.
ne
An
AMSTERDAM, March 20th.
Alled airices dropped bombs on Zee. brugge.
THE BALKINS.
ĮTHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCT.}
FIGHTING ON GREEK FRONTIER.
ALLIES AND GERMANS NOW FACE TO FACE.
SALONIEA, March 201k. Owing to an encroachment by Germans Da Greck territory a strong French column
A communiqué states:-Our artillery wrecked enemy trenches in Argonne and aloo destroyed gas reservoirs, releasing occupied and cleared the villages on the clouds of sulphurous gases. We vigorously frontier near Doiras.
Both sides used
THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCE, DA
SINKING OF THE PALEM BANG.
DISTINCT EXPLOSIONS PRECLUDE MINE THEORY.
LONDON, March 20th. The fact that there were three explosions at least after the liner was brought to a standstill appears to preclude the wine theory in the case of the Polembang,
The first was a slight explosion aft, whereupon the engines were reversed. · A few minutes later there was a heavy ex plosion on the starboard,sido, while, two minutes after, thero was a terrific explosion near the engines, blowing the ship in half. One of the boats which had just been lower- ed on the starboard side was blown out of the water, Nine maembers of the crew were
then
{THROUGH BROTER'S'AGITOT))
PROHIBITION OF LUXURIES.
IMPORTANT BRITISH ORDER-IN-
COUNCIL.
NEW YORK. March 20th. Mr. Runciman, in an important interview with a representative of the Associated Press, announced that a forthcoming Order in-Council would probibit the importation into the United Kingdom of numerous luxuries from all countries, including the Dominions and the Colonies. The luxuries would include privato mater-cara musical instrumenti, cutlery, hardware, yarns. ching-wire, fancy goods and soaps.
COUNCIL OF INDIA.
LONG STANDING COMPLAINT REMEDIED.
LONDON, March 20th, Mr. Chamberlain has appointed Sir injured, and a British destroyer rescued Marsha 1 Reld to be a Member of the Copheil of India o succession to Sir: NORWEGIAN STEAMER HELD Feliz Behuster, whow term will shortly
**
UP.
BRITISH PRIZE CREW ABOARD.
COPENHAGEN, March 20th, The Norwegian steamer Aunginge, which was bravelling to Lucbeck, has arrived at
Frederikshavn with a prize of dx from a British submarine which examined the ships papers at the Cattegat and ordered the temmer to
go to Leith, but the coal was insuficient so they completed the supply, by making for Frederikshavn,
LATEL
expire.
The Tinira says the appointment remede a long standing complaint regarding nou- representation on the Council of India financial, and commercial experience, and remarks that it follows the recommendation
of the Royal Commission on Indian Finance and Currency, of which Mr. Chamberlain is the Chairman, that there should always bo at least one member of the Council with Indian financial experience,
The Times goes on to observe that the apportment will increase the satisfaction Bud by the guntuncement of the toria- The Age has left Frederikshavn for jug Commission, on: Indian Economic Development a undorulood that the Leith
SUBMARINE PIRATES.
MORE VESSELS SUNK.
LONDON, March 21st
The British
HONGKONG AND THE WATER CARRIAGE SYSTEM."
IMPORTANT RESOLUTION
PASSED,
as applicant could reasonably be expected to understand these things, ho need hardly say that water-dosets and appurtenance are practically unknown in Chian even in the best houses, and the proviso was so worded as to meet the case in point. -*
Mr. Bowley said that, while generally, Yesterday's ordinary fortnightly meeting supporting the colution, the provisions of the Sanitary Board was one of the most of which susured to have been very carefully
thought out to vest. the most probable. important, measured by results, of any held cease, ho would like to take exception to during recent years, for the policy of the the word independent in Clause A Board in regard to the granting of permits quate water supply it seemed to him thero must be an independent and ado-
for water closets was cloorly and definitely that if the water supply was adequate it set out in a resolution framed by the Head did not matter whether at was independent or not. He took it that independent," of the Sanitary Department (Mr. D. W. meant independent of the Government Tratman), and passed with but one dissen water supply system, and he submitted that--
web was part of the duty of the Government tient,
Ato make the water-supply system in this Mr. Colony Adequate for tuis purpose and for troubles of this war were over, he hoped achter purposes. In the future, when the
the Government would take this matter into consideration, and so improve the Water-supply that it would be sufficient to go round for all purposes. He moved that ing words independent and” be deleted from Clauso A
There were present at the meeting D. W. Tratman (in the chair), the Mr. W. Chatham, C.M.G. (Director of Public Works), Hon Mr. E. R. Hallifax (Secretary for Chinese Affairs), Lieut. Colonel Crisp, Dr. Graca Ororio, Messra, F. B. L. Bowley, P, W. Goldring, Chan Kai Ming, Ng Hoa Taz, Dr. W, W; Pearso (Medical Officer), and Mr. W. Bowen-Row-- lands (Becretary (o the Board),
Dr. GRACA UZORIO, Asconded:
The DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORK-It was tot ny intention to rise to puze any remarks, 1 may say that I fully support the resocation as it stands before the board. The President moved a resolution rela-With regard to the amendment that has
tive to the principles to be followed in dealing with applications for permission to install water-closets and trough closets, The resolution contained the following A provios :-
1.) There must be an independent adequate water, supply.
(b) The plans must be in conformity with the provisions of the Public Health and Buildings Grdinance, of 1903
(c) The sturaga, tanks must be screened against the breeding of mosquitoes.
(d) The premists must be occupied. (or, in the one of new buildings, about to be occupied) by persons who understand the use and care of such convenience. The premises must moreover be so situated as to make it probable that they will be so occupied for some years to come,
(e) There must be suitable sewer accom modation. In deciding on the suitability or otherwise of the sewer to which any particu or installation is to be connected, the Board will take into consideration the position, zo, state of repair and position of the outfall of such sewer."
(f) That these principles extend to to instal such
been suggested by Mr. Bowley, I fear that it is rainer difficult to entertain such a proposal. After all the courens, of supply within our boundaries are limited. and being made, it will be adequate for present whist, with the additions that are now
requirements and for a considerable num bor of years to come, I fear that in tao copri of time supplies will be foly absorbed, in supplying the ordinary domes ac lequirements without branching off into. supplying such conveniences as closets if the water-closets become any-
water-
thing like universal, as they might very
easily beedire, and if the restriction of an independent water-supply is withdrawn, then the increase in consumption of water would be a very serious matter. 1, there- fore, propose to vote for the resolution as it stands
Mr. GULDRING supported Mr. BOWLEY'S amendment, saying that the word" nde quate" would cover all requisements, Ho spoke particularly of Kowloon, where there was an absolutely adequate water supply. The resolution might, however, be dive into an adequate supply for Kowloon and an independent supply for the island and elsewhere. It was no necessary to have an indepedent water-supply for Kowloon, as the supply was ample.
The SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS FO
enquiry will not cover the problem of fiscal readjustment in relation to the other parts of the Empire and foreign countries. It will, however, provide materia for ca timating the effects of the possible and indeed. probable-changes, to the consider ation of which the Tmperial Government pledges itself when vetoing the proposa mor Port Dalhousie and of the Raj to raise the cotton import trou h closets should applications be made 1gretted that he was unable to support the the Norwegian steamer Longels have been duties without increasing countervail ing excise, Presumably. The Commission will be free to muka suggestions on the sunk.
inadequate fasi itirs in India for technical problem for increasing and improving the and industrial instruction, and so relating them to local industries in the Provinces that youths availing themselves of such provison may have a reasonable mesurance of suitable careers in business life
CANADIAN MINISTER IN LONDON
Seven survivors of the former, and six
teen of the latter have been lauded,'
The Danish steamer Skodsborg has been Tank, thres boug drowned.
GENERAL.
TABOUGH SLUTER'S AGENCY. }
PEACEFUL CARDINAL
MERCIER
RECEIVES A GERMAN THREAT
AMSTERDAM, March 20th. General von Bissing has written a long and threatening letter against the political statements contained in Cardinal Mercier's pastoral letters. He says it is quite inex- oustble for Cardinal Mercior to raise unjustified hopes regarding the issue of tho war, and warna Cardinal Mercier that, fur- ther political activity will sateraly prosecuted.
DUTCH STEAMSHIP LINES
TO SUSPEND SERVICES..
AMSTERDAM, March 21st. Dutch steamship lines contemplate the
bombarded the sector of Avacourt and artillery, but, although retiring, the Cer stopping of services pouring an announce- Malancourt, and dispersed enemy gather-mans were reinforced. No general engagement regarding Germany's intentions ings north of Bois and Montfaucon during ment followed. Te French had on!n the day. The Germans; after an intenso dozen casualties bombardment with heavy shells, attempted
Tas
The Allies and the Germans are how face
to face and some liveliness may be expected, ':
to enlarge the front west of the Meuse. A fresh Division was brought up from a remoto part of the front, and they made THE NEAR EAST
most violent attack, which accompanied by squirts of liquid flare, between Avocourt and Malancourt. Our curtain of infantry and machine-gun fire smashed the attack with heavy losses.
There has been intermittent artillery activity east of the Meuse
Our deroplanes bombarded the railway station at Dun-sur-Meuse, where there were considerable concentrations of troops. Au cremy aeroplane was brought down in the region of Verdun
BRITISH COMMUNIQUE,
FIGHT FOR BOMBING POST
LONDON, March 21st
11.45 P, A communiqué states that there has been considerable mutual artillery activity about Loos, Hohenzollern and north of Ypres. At Boesinghe the enemy, after a heavy bombardment, rushed a bombing post, which was immediately regained by a
counter-atts
(THEOJGH LETTER'S AGENCY. Į
TURKS ENTRENCHING.
PREPARING FOR THE RUSSIANS.
PETROGRAD, March 20th,
A communiqué states:-The Russians are seventy wiles west of Erzerum, and the Turks, under German officers, are reported to be hastily entrenching along the line formed by Kiresin, Karachissar and Tivas Tens of thousands of civilians have been imprewed lato, service, by the uilitary for work on the guns, which they are bringing from the Dardanelles. We captured two
more guns in the distries of Mamabatun
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
SEVERE
(THROUGH RECYER'S AGENCY.]
"TUBANTIA”. NOTE. AMSTERDAM, March 2011. The Nicuus san Dendag states that the Netherlands Government has sent a most severe Note to Germany regarding the sirking of the Tulan ia,
MOTOR AMBULANCE BOATS,
FOR MESOPOTAMIA:
LONDON March 204 Major-General Sir Sam Hughes, Caun dian Minister of Defence, has arrived in London, -
UNOPPOSED RETURN.
LONDON, March-21st.
Mr. Cril Cochrane (Liberal) has been returncg unspposed for South Shields
ITALIAN GENERALISSIMO
IN PARIS.
PARIS, March 20th, General Cadorna, on arriving in Paris, was given a great ovation, which was re- nowed when General Cadorna and General Joffre were seen notoring, through the stroyta;
PROMINENT - INVALIDS.
LONDON, March 21st," The condition of Sir L. S. Jameson is alfactory human,
Mr. Asquith has passed a good night. Lord Curzon is making faly progress,
OBITUARY..
REV. STOPFORD. BROOKE
LONDON, March 21st, The death is announced of the Rev. Stopford A. Bronké, the well-known men LONDON, March 21st.
of letters, who, before he goceded from the Church of England, was curate at St. The Red Cross Society have now fifty Matthew's, Marylebone, and Hon, Chap- moter ambulance boats ready for Meso-lain to Queen Victoria. potamia,
The
motion for two or three reascus. He was entirely in favour, of course, of any prac In proposing the adoption of the resolu- tical and reasonable scheme reaching to the end at which they were obviously trying Clauso. D. The reasons for them were that within the bounds of practicability. tion the PRESIDENT gave reasons for the safeguards and provisos contained in to arrive, but this scheme was hardly he did not think they could possibly con-line on which a solution seemed to host template at present the general adoption promising was that of granting all appli- of the water-corringe system in the average cations where there could be an indepen Chinese house in the Colony, He did not dent water supply, and sullicient super. refer to the houses of the well-to-do Chinese vision, with power of cancelation in case on the Upper Levels who came within the of abuse. Even that scheme presented very definition of persons who might have such great difficulties, but they seemed to be conveniences if they wished; but the ex-
less than those in the President's scheine. The distinction to which Mr. Chan Kai perience of the automatically flushed trough
Ming referred seemed to hit to wreck the cosets which they had opened in variou
The whole of the scheme parts for the use of the public bad more there entirely. than satisfied him that the Board could turned on the acceptance of responsibility not allow such conveniences to to put into whom he woud consult, and that respon- by his office and the Chiness gentlemen Chinese tenements. They were visited
sibility neither he nor they were pre- pared to take If some older reasonable Echeme, could be worked out that was within the bounds or practicability be would support it, but he would vote against the present proposals, ***
Mr. BowLy's amandient was then pat to the meeting, and was defeated;"
daily by Inspectora, and hi the case of one at the Western Market--which was the first hig trough closet opened they had Riso a whole gang of coolics to look after it, but, even so it was found impossible to prevent such conveniences from one- tinually being booked by all sorts of rub bish and foreign substances thrown in by The PRESIDENT, referring to the objection Chinese as if they were dustbins It might raised by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, be contended of course, that they might said he did not think it necessary to mention be able to educate the poorer class of in his rosation the power of revocation: Chinese up to the use of the conveniences, because that had already been laid down. but he regretted to say that he could not
Ports were only issued for a year and share that view, and if any member of the were subject to revocation if the pormis- Board held to the contrary he would be 10 were abund. Possibly that might re- pleased to take him round the poorer dis-ove so.ne of the difficulty from the mind tricta and show him the effect of education, or the Secretary for Charso Affairs,
The SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS Cubicles, particularly, were the besetting sin, and whatever the Department did much work, much writing to get them improved seamed to have no effect what ever either on the owners or the tenants of these promises. It was not necessary to
This power to withdraw permission was torms my principal unculty 1 these Barely understood. It is supervision tha‡. cicsets are allowed freely all over the Colony the question of supervision becomes a yery groit one.
go deeper into the causes for this. Ho MT. OLDRING-With regard to Clause thought they might find are cause in the E in the motion, regarding the question of foot that the poorer Chinese population of suitable sewer accommodation, and de- Hongkong are continually coming to and feiding generally on suitability or other- going from the Colony and what little wise has the Board any
plan
showing education they knocked into one man in sewers and outfals at its disposal † te
year's residence was not passed on to his The DIESOTOR OF PUBLIC Wonka-The village in the country when he got home, sowers and outfalls are entirely under the Possibly what he had said might seem to supervision of the Public Works Depart conflict with No 8 of the resolutions, butment. There could be no objection : to all the safeguards contained in No. 1 went 1 affording information to the Board at any apply to No 3, and the case which he chief time, if so desired.
Mr GoinING theroly asked the
NORWAY PURCHASES MOTOR CHINESE TELEGRAMS. Contour Nos were cases suction because, in one case à question aros
STEAMERS,
COPENHAGEN, March 21st. Norway has purchased three mater steamers from the East Aviatio Company. for half a million sterling.
BRITISH SHIP AFIRE.
LONDON. March 21st.
A serious fire has occurred on the steamer Ghazee, which has arrived at Tilbury from Calcutta. The vessel left Calcutta on January 28th,"
BY [FROM OUR OWN COKRISPONDENT.]
THE REVOLUTION.
SEVERE FIGHTING: REBELS LOSE
HEAVILY.
PEKING, March 21st.
An official announcement states that in Kwe chow the rebels, at Chi-kiang, at tempted several counter-attacks but were kan. The loyalists recovered positions at repulsed with heavy loves, feting to Burg Tung-chi and Kan-hui, entering Kwei- chow via Honkan,
A report from Hunaan states that after a battle at Mayang the main force of the rebels at Tung-jen vero reinforced by VILLA SAID TO BE TRAPPED bodies of defea ed rebels, numbering 10 000
and equipped with mountain and machine
EL PASO, March 20th.
"
"A" "wirolety" message says that General Villa is trapped at Babricors, Lake Everything depends on Carranza holding up his ond
MILITARY
APPOINTMENT.
LONDON, March 20th. Captain A. H, Elies, 1st Gurkhas, has #bven garetted to the General Steff.
48 applications concerning Europeans* places where a Chinese latrine was a very to where a certain saw in the Cause grekz source of nuisance and, as they not be informed.
way Bay district discharged, and we could pected Europeans to look after their water- closets, so might they expect them to look after similar conveniences in their servants
quarters. KATZ,
The PRESIDENT-I presume we take the
advice of the Director of Public Works in
such matters a
The MEXICAL OFFICER seconded the re- the record shows that we are not very often 8M2 GOLDRING The only point is that solution. He would be very pleased, to ato honoured by his attendanou here. (Laugh and houses which were occupied by the all the suitably situated European houses, ter.) PSYKORVA class of piope of whom the President had dissension on a tatter of the wagnitude of The FERMIDENT said he desired to have nd spoken, supplied with those water closets, the present question, and perhaps the Se and he would make a point of trying to cretary for Chinese Affairs would endea persuade them to do away with the dry your to submit a Minority Report system for their servants The ground found about European houses was not often No, I am open to any reasonable arrange, The SECAY FOR CHINESH AFFAIRS→
that the Chinese dry latrine was only just these cass distinctions, area distinctiona very large, and it frequently happened ment, but the responsibility of dreiding all outside the pantry window. was, consequently, often contaminated by my office,
Their food and all sorts of distinctions is quité beyond flies which first of all settled on
guns They attacked Mayang on the 101 and then flew into the pantry The PRESIDENT'S resolution was put and
Instant Desperate fighting ensued for several days and nights often with the bayonet. Finally, the rebe's were deleater on the 13th. They lost over 1,000 men, and retreated to Tang-jeu, Other stone
are reported in Hunnsi,
MILITARY APPOINTMENT.
PERING, March Sist, Director of Military Affaire in Yunnan, to Lang Chin-kwang has been appointed
not concurrently with the Governor
Mr CHAN KAT MING did not think the Board would get applications from Chinese tenement houses. He would like to know how the Board were going to judge if well-to-do Chinese qu'd properly look How wore they
after such conveniences.
going to distinguish
The PRESIDENT said he has no Intention of making any distinction whatsoever, and if they were in doubt they should ask the Chinese ubers of the Board to advise Secretary for Chinese Affairs and the
them upon the point raised. As to whether
carriol, the Secretary for Chinese Affair aloue voting against it Mr. Ng Hon Taz did not, vole.
APPLICATIONS GRANTED,
An application for permission to erect two water closets at the dwelling-house and offices of the Chins Sugse Refinery was granted, the President saying it came within the scope of the propcials of the resolution jus passed.
sion to erect two urinals at Nos. 84 and Application was also granted for permis 85, Connaught Road Central (Sincore Ca