THE WAR
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY-SEPTEMBER 16m=1916.
THE WEST FRONT: BRITISH AND FRENCH SUCCESSES:
STRIKING GERMAN ADMISSION..
BULGARIAN ULTIMATUM:
PANIC AT KAVALLA.
A GREEK SENSATION :
STATESMAN REFUSES TO FORM A CABINET,
FRANGO BELGIAN FRONT.
THROUGH BETTER'S AGENCY.] FURTHER BRITISH PROGRESS
A SUCCESSFUL RAID,
THE BALKAN 8
(THROUGH EKUTER'S AGENCY.] BRITISH MOVE FORWARD.
DESPITE STUBBORN OPPOSITION.
SALONIKA, September 14th.
LONDON, September 14th.
An official message states that the General Sir Douglas Haig, in a com muniqué, says: We made some further British moved forward this morning, progress north of Ginchy. We carried after artillery preparation, through out a successful raid Inst night in the Mucukovo and captured, in face of stub neighbourhood of Kouchet, taking prior opposition, a salient of the enemy's
sofiers:
The general situation is unchanged. There was - hostile artillery fire al Puzieres and south of Thiepvai:
SITUATION; UNGJIANGED,
Londos, déptember 18th.
General Sir Douglas H muniqué states:-The situation is mur
/wps Wate changed.
There have been reciprocal bombard- ments on the south of the Apere
CONSIDERABLE AERIALEN
FIGHTING
In a subsequent communique General Belen Atras Sir Douglas Haig syn-Between and Ypres artillery and trenich mortars
The enemy fired Camouflet near Mount sorrel and exploded a mine at Neuville- estrVatst.
In the course of considerable aerial fighting two bastile machines were brought down in flames and another was driven down." One of our machines is anissing: FRENCH HOLD THEIR GAINS. ENEMY DIVISION FROM YERDUN,
PARIS, September 14th....
A communique says - Gorman attacki at various points north and south of the Somme, and at Vaux Wood were re- pulsed.
According to fresh reports, violent but fruitless enemy counter attacks north of the Summe were
yesterday carried out by Division hastily brought from Verdun, During an enemy attack to the west of Chaulnes, an enemy company was almost annihilated by our fire AN
There have been isolated but lively com bats to the north and south of Boucha vesnes All our gains hitve been integrally
Grenado progress wus deto, the cust
Belloy, en SzOUTE!"
1 the
Bommon bakteriet savas que ho
•There is nothing to repurt elsewhere..
FURTHER FRENCH SUCCESS.
- Panis. September 16th. A communiqué says-On the north of the Somme, we have extended our posi tions before Combles and taken by assault Lepriez Farm,
STRIKING ADMISSION.
THE OCCUPATION OF BOUCHAVESNES.
lines north of the village. Considerable groud was gained. Although the
the enemy counter-attacked, our gains were fully maintained, and some German prisoners were captured,
PATROLS ACTIVE.
SALONIKA, September 14th.
A British official message says:-Our patrola have been active on the cast bank of the Struza.
FRENCH WINNING.
SALONIKA, September 14th.
AFRIOLABS 2016-
(THROUGH EXUTIE'S &ORNOY.]
AN EAST AFRICAN DRIVE.
GERMAN FORCES DIVIDED AND ISOLATED.
LONDON, September 14th, A Belgi mmuniqué, shows that the. German Forces in East Africa are now divided ud isolated. They are in twa groups, one of which General Smuts is driving towards Mubinge, while the second defending Tabora. To this latter pin the Belgian General Moli tor's brigade is moving from the north and General Olsen's, from the west along the Centro railway
LIAN FRONT
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. J.
ITALIAN CAPTURE.
A DARING CLIMB AND AIR RAID,
Rose, September 14th. comniddiqué chronicles the capture by the Italians of important positions by a daring climb, and a raid by twenty- two battleplanes on Lloyd's ernst and hydroplanes, hangars at Tricate. One hundred and seventy-two bombs were dropped on railway establishments and on ships n. course of construction Large Gres were caused.
THE NEAR EAST.
[THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY
SUCCESS AT MESOPOTAMIA.
200 TURKISH IRREGULARS
KILLED
LONDON, September 14th.
A Mesopotamin communiquc shys :-} force from Narisiych killed two hundred Turkish irregulars, who attacked a recon-
A French official statement saya-noitring party. Fighting continues to our advantage. south of lake Ostrovo.
There have been intermittent cannonade and patret engagements from the Struma to the Vaidur.
SERBIANS ADVANCE.
ENEMY LOSE HEAVILY.
North-east of Narisiyel on September Oth the Turks were driven porthwards, Large quantitios of ammunition were captured and destroyed.
Allies airmen raided an enemy pero
[HROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY] AMERICAN PRESIDENTSHIP.
THE BETTING T
[THIBOUGH ARUTER'S AGENO THE CHENG OFFLA TUNG –
INCIDENTASMA (STEE
A DISCLAIMER BY JAPAN.
New Yong, September 15th. Ti Republicans regard the results at
LONDON, September 15th. Maino as presaging Mr. Hughes, victors The Foreign Office at Tokyo states that The Democrats argue that the majority the reports that Japau desires to siness new babayner humiliate and oppress China in conneC- was indecisiter, J
>> >> Wall Street, betting is now 10 to 7 om tion with the Cheng Chia Tung incidont Mr. Hugh
or to close the door of trade to other countries, is entirely erroneous. Instruc- tions have been given Baron Hayashi to be most moderato,
SERIOUS ENGLISH FIRE
⠀⠀⠀ HOSPITAL FOR WOUNDED
AMERICA PERTURBED:
DWO YEARS AGO. LESSONS WE HAVE LEARNED.
Two years of war lave taught us tho many lossons wh, oh fifty years of ease had tended to obscure. We have learned in many gallant poots have suffering what many
faught in song. We huyo Joored, lsboro all; to know ourselves, and our Allies. Tho small misunderstndings which in old days perplexed our intercourse are one and all forgotten. Suspicion and con- zoriousness no longer come between us as a disporting veil. One desire, one hope, one ambition unite us in a common and a glorious cause
KNOWLEDGE OF OUR ENEMIES, Y
ovn
SOLDIERS Alungan an
LONDON September 161.inf Fire broke out to-night at Wresthouse,
The splendid gallantry of the French, WASHINGTON, September 18th."
the stubborn mastery of the Russians flls. the residence of Lord- Lucas, situated The American Ambassador in Japan us with the satno pride which is inspired.
by the brave deeds of our between Luton and Bedford. The man has been instructed to inform the fearless troops Brothers in arins, sion honse was in use as a hospital for Japanese Government that the repart of we are brothers also in mind and wounded soldiers. Two hundred cases the Japanese domande upon China in enso of civilisation; wo defend Europs EDELES thought. Idealiete all, wo fight for the
were safely removed, p
connection with the Cheng Chia Tung against the horde of barbarians which GERMANS APPREHENSIVE OF incident have greatly disturbed the threatened in 1914 to overrun it, and when at last the Germans aro vanquished, American Government, which trusts that as vanquished they will be, the Entent the report is untrue.
AIR ATTACKS.
LIGHTING RESTRICTIONS AT
WILHELMSHAVEN
COPENHAGEN," September 15th. The Commander as Wilhelmshaven has issued an order imposing stringent pre- cautions against air attacks. The streets
are to remain unlighted at night and all private lights are to be reduced to a minimum,
CORRESPONDENCE.
ELECTRIC WIRES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG
DAILY PRESE."}
Sin,-I should like to point out the worn state of some of the electric wires in public streets, The covering of many
Air raid drills are taking place nightly hangs like frilling and the wire is ex
THE NEED FOR IMMEDIATE ORGANISATION.
will carry in the fair fields of peace the game unity of purpose, the same sympathy of soul which has held them together in the rugged waste of war
And as we have learned to know our Allies, so we have learned, for the first time, to know our enemies. The finding of Germany has been at once the easiest- and most profitable exploit of the wors A kind of intellectual idleness persuaded us to believe once that they were akin to us in blood and character. Though they did their best to affront as, we pur- sisted in believing them loyal and single- minded. We allowed them to live among us, to steal our trade, and to pick our posed. Are not these wires dangerous to braids. When they talked to as of their
Kultur, we smiled amiably, and protested- the public when they are broken? I have that if only we imitated the Germans several times seen the wires of the tram acholurahip and science and art we should cars split, giving a tremendous flash. If surely win salvation. And then came the somebody, were hit surely death must bear to let a flood of light in upon our ignorance, and to reveal once and for always the pit of barbarism and bruta-. I think all the wires should be tested |lity, inte which price and vainglory had- occasionally so as to avoid risk of serious thrown the well-drilled subjects of the accidents.
Kaiser
SIR GE FOSTER'S STIRRING CALL instantaneous.
TO THE EMPIRE
Sir George E Foster, Canadian Minis ter of Commerce and Trade, speaking at a Hoyal Colonial Institute luncheon in the Hotel Cecil, under the chairmanship of Earl Grey, delivered a powerful plea for mobilisation, organisation, and work now for the unparalleled tasks of Pence which will sooner or later confront the British peoples. He asked Britons everywhere to beware of the procrastinat ing muddier who would defer "prepara- tions for peace" until the war is won. He called on them to scotch the influence now raising its hydra-head in favour of considerate, treatment for the Hun when he is beaten back to
OBSERVER
FAR EASTERN, MEN AND
THE WARIA Z
drome on the Tigris on September 13th, issued two years ago from the effects of shell shock.*
and destroyed a amali camp.
Had we been told two years ago that I make this suggestion simply pro Germany was inhabited by a race of bar- barians, strange to honour and mercy, salvatione publica.Yours,
who tore up treaties as they outraged the laws of war, who invaded neutrul territory, like murderers, and attucked wopien and children with fire and sword, wo should not have believed it. We know now that the land which was once acclaimed as the spiritual home? of statesmen is no fit, abiding place even for Lieut. J. S, Hay, Artillery, writes the burglars and assassins who are that he is recovering from a rough time gathered in our goole in the big push still being carried onThe long lists of crimes committed by having been trased twice and suffering the Germobs bavo been duly noted jad He docketed. We know how that men still expected to be discharged from hospital capable of using poison for a Men I am not an apostle of hate," said in Oxford as the time of writing, and, on, of torturing prisoners, of carrying Sir George Foster, but have after a holiday of three weeks from the away into slavery young girls and old memory I would give, the German time of nation a generation to repent generate for a disco return again mich, and blasphemously pretending that they commit the vilest atrocitics with the wares, German business, German partner- Lieut C Mills, Seaforth Highlanders: the truths which the war has discovered approval of the Deity. Such are some of A French official statement issued INDIAN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ships German men, shall be banned like formerly sub inspector of the Shanghai to us, and it will stand recorded upon pestilence from the pale of the British Municipal Police, ray congratulate him the page of history for all time that the Empire."
self (snysche N-CDaily Meg) on being ** Bir George Foster lind just as little one of the comparatively few men why Germans, vaunting their virtue in arms patience with the people who are letting have had the unusual experience of and arts, have sunk to a lower depth of golden hours" slip by as, régards cónfectiving a cheart sound and ging crucity nod dishonour that ever was solidating the resources of the Laiping for Lieut. Mills we hit by gun fire on Faly plumbed by the tocultured Kuvane,
KNOWLEDGE OF OURSELVES. the war after the war. He said they 23rd at High Wood. The bullet entered reminded him of the misguided calots his left breast and passed through the If the Germans Ead won the casy vic who, for five years, ten years, fifteen heart. In a short note written to history which they expected they would Rears, before Armageddon, would not wife and dated August 8th, he says he is loudly have proclaimed their brutality. hear of war and said they would deal progressing favourably and that the benevolence. But now that the grip of with war when war-come,
doctors were hoping to extract the bullet the Allies is fastening moro tightly soon after the date of writing. The upon their neck they are inventing patient is in a nursing home in London..
SALONIKA, September 14th.
states:-The Serbians continued to ad-
vanno to the west of the Vardar end cap tured Bulgarian tre ches between Koyil and Vetrenik. They also progressed in the direction of Kajmackalan and cap tured heights to the west of Hill 1,500.
·· After a fight, in which the enemy lost heavily,tic Serbians advanced guards reached the slopes of Malkanidze
BULGARIAN ULTIMATUM,
PÄNIG AT KAVALLA.
GENERAL
THROUGH BETHE'S AGENUT. ]
LONDON, September 13th. Sir William Wedderburn, in a letter to the Daily Chronicle, suggests a zmendment to Clause of the India Act -- of 1861, to enable the Viceroy to nominate members of his Executive Council from
SALONIKA, Boptember 14th, transpires that the Bulgars sent an ultimatum to Golonel Hazzopoulos, com manding at Kavalía, demanding its cuation within twenty-four hours; other wise, the Cocks would be taken pri-
sQuers,
A panic followed, and a wild rush was made to t'e boats in order to escape to
among men, both British, and Indian, of ripe experience in public affairs, their term of office ending with that of the Viceroy who nominated their This would give the Viceroy a freer and to carry out, the Imperial policy. WAR PRISONERS COMMITTEE.
London, September 13th The War Prisoners Committee includes among its members Sir William Garstin, British Government Director to the Suez Canal Co.
AUSTRALIAN REFERENDUM ON CONSCRIPTION.
LONDON, September 13th, Reuter's correspondent at Melbourne * The ́Bash Bazvuks released the announces that the Referendum Bill, men criminals, with the result that there was
tioned on August goth, has passed its pilage and massacre British and Rus-third reading. sian war hijere helling the forts of Kavalla "which ate occupied by B- gariune,
M.
refused to form a Cabines."
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tion in which German gooils. German
milder character for themselves. Only intermittently does the ancient candour break out. Herr Steinmann-Bucher, for MORGAN WEALTH DOUBLEDstance, who lately told us confidentially
that the pacific German.
has BY WAR.
smelt the flesh cooking, so to speak, and
RECORD
NAKED HAND AND MAILED NIST, That, he declared was the reason why Great Britain had for two years past freed almost with the naked hand the might of the Mailed Pist Were wo to be caught as unprepared for the argent energencies of peace as we were caught for the iron necessities of War? The or SON EASILY BEATS HIS PARENTS acquired the taste for war," has surely ganisations of the British munition in dustry alone to speak of nothing else,
never heard of the Russian advance or of the great battle of the Somme. How- had shown that England could do what she set to do if she only would and willed
over, it matters not what is said to day. According to the completed appraisal In vain do the Germans attempt to put to do so. But le regretted to serve recently made, extracts from which were a fresh coat of paint upon their iniquity, effective steps were being taken. The ago, the estate of the late J. P. Morgan and we shall never forget the lesson. so few tangible signs that practical and published in the Daily Press a few days The war has taught us what they are, Britain's crying deficiency her delegates 353,034,818 went to the Varis Economic Conference had revealed was worth $73,149,000, of which
In knowing others we, the least con- there had lacked the authority to speak Morganvi presentacious of nations, have come in these two for Britain as a whole. The result was
From what was learned last week years to know ourselves also. Purged in that decisions taken lacked that genuinely says a New York piper under the date the fire, we have renounced all our san- Imperial force which Britain and the of August 6th, the present Morgan firm guice superstitions. The old optimismo, Dominions s could have put behind them has made as much money during the past which once permaded us that victory was The Candian Minister of Trade and two years as the old head of the house to be ours in two months, has fallen from Commerce dealt with equal virility with made during his whole career as the re-us like a worn-out cloak. The more near- the neutral ... in the Great War. They cognized financial and industrial leader ly that wo approach to a triumph the treasure for the cause for which the had not bled nor shed a dollar of their of the United States,
more plainly are we convinced that we fil the first place under its contract have a long road to travel. We bave dis Allies, are fighting and sacrificing, Tho with the British Government, the Mor-covered at last that we shall not win organisation of peace by the Allies must gan firm has received a commission of 2 unless we put forth all our strength in trent neutrála accordingly. They per cent on all munitions and supplies mon and munitions. must not expert in the cconomic regenera purchased. Those purchases during 1915 No longer do we talk of the war in RAILWAYMEN DEMAND MORE|tion and reconstruction which will take and 1916 will foot up not less than terais of politics. We have happily left. place to find themselves on the same level $2,000,000,000. Then the Morgan firm has off discussing, national service and the WAGES,
as Britain and her friends.
received a banking commission on all voluntary principle. We are convinced loans placed for foreign governments that nothing will sulce our needs save These loans, now aggregate $3,500,000,000, all the men who can be enrolled, all the Sir George Foster voiced the familiar Then there has been commissions for the shells that our industry and skill can plea of Britons over set for a larger and Morgan firm in selling for the British more direct voice in the control of E-Government the hundreds and hundreds product-years ago we fed upon shown their deep-seated affection for undi pire when peace has returned. They had of millions of the foreign owned Ameripoliticians told us that wealth without false hopes of material comfort. Our loyalty to Empire in war. Alihey asked his securities then there has been com work was the proper end of every man's was to take their legitimate part in the mission and inference alizing ambition, and we know how that they things of peace.
interest and commission The good things of the Empire which were limitless must be exchange; that is, for buying spoke not the truth. Surely we may dispensed, like the good things in movement was upward,
ing went down and selling when the feel satisfied that we, who used to boast foolishly of our ineptitude for military family, exclusively for the members of In brief, the most conservative bervice, have become in two brief years the family There must be a snner con estimate the present J. Palorgan has one of the great military Powers But serion of national resources, above all within the past two short years already even in the moment of pride let us re- things Those resources, whether they more than doubled his own personal member the great lesson of the war, that were near and Sydney Melbourne, 553,631,000 which was left to him by his and that whatever victories we have won Ottawa, Capetown, fortune basing the figures on the optim Em is never justified of her folly. Pretoria, Auckland, or Stuin must be systematically and father. No one has ever made money are but the prelude of a long and desper scientifically charted—not years henco
like that in this or any other country ute struggle. Daily Mail but now at once, without delays
Earl Grey amid the chests of the ludehoon company, described Sir George Foster's speech as unprecedentedly stimu The Autr ating tampressed the hope that it instructions pright pelse the fartheringst reaches felling, treti ather B domains Our loquent Serbian guest, sajlich Drby, olilna rightly tomber are been descr by Lord Northcliffe as or by railway
the most extent of all Candians)? tri
SAME LONDON, Beptember 14th:
MGREEK SENSATION
A conference of railway managers and REFUSAL TO FORM A CABINET
delegates of the Railwaymen's Union has discussed the demand of a half sovereign ATHENA, September 15th ? wokly advance in wages. According to Dimitracopoulos, the expected the Press Bureau, the Companies offered Sursor to Zans as Prettier, has three shillings, in addition ve shillings bonus given, lust Ockly, and proposed arbitration in regard to fur ther grant.” This offer was not accepted, by the men's representatives
RUSSIAN LOAN TWIER COVERED.
BULGARIAN COMMUNICATIONS.
AMSTERDAM September 15th: The semi-official organ, the Vortle Ger man Gazette, makes the following very striking admission: By the occupa tion “o. Bouchaveshes the French have
gabed an advantage which cannot be By their successes in the Petrisks re denied. Osly great superiority in num-gion the Serbians threaten to cut the bers aud an unprecedented expenditure.comuru
THREATENED,
BALONIKA, September láth
between Bulgaria and
im ammunition induced the German Com- Greece The Bulgarians are retiring at mander to ithdraw from this point any
{onsin, then rear bians, who are which is perhaps more advantageous. my positions,
o
PETROGRAD September 13th. Russian Loay opened on the 11th under pressure by the Sur inst, and closed tac spe orging in ecue | Tokyo. It was twice covered, all by pri-
vate subscriptions.
SHARING TRE GOOD THINGS.
-acting upon : The
sche Zeitung estatales Ger
Tected debts in the countries
lishes anappedt from the be Governtnerin to German bustusten to Foto Ant possible tedioul dosing
the whole amount-