THE
WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16TH, 1918.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE ON NATIONAL
SERVICE
EVERY YOUNG MAN IN BRITAIN WANTED.
NORWAY AND ENEMY SUBMARINES.
BRITISH POSITION
IMPROVED.
BRILLIANT FRENCH ATTACKS.
THE BRITISH
FRANCO-BELUIAN FRONT,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
TANKS."
(THROUGH_RKOTEM'S ACEROY.)
SUCCESSFUL BRITISH RAIDS, TRANSYLVANIA FIGHTING.
ON ENEMY TRENCHES.
LONDON, October 14th, General Sir Douglas Haig reports:-- W carried out two successful raids on enemy trenches north-west of Ypres, and south-west of Hulluch,
BRITISH POSITION
IMPROVED.
ARTILLERY AND TRENCH MORTAR ACTIVITY
ર
LONDON, October 15th. General Sir Douglas Haig, in communique, saysIn local attacks today we appreciably improved our position in the neighbourhood of the Schwahon Redoubt, taking 200 prisoners. There is nothing to report elsewhere apart from artillery and trench mortar activity,
TWO BRILLIANT FRENCH ATTACKS.
800, UNWOUNDED PRISONERS.
PABIS, October 15th,
A communiqué says--Two French ไป attacks were brilliantly successful. one, to the west of Bellogen-san-Terre, we captured the first German line on a front of two kilometres. In the other we captured Genermont and a sugar refinery 1,200 metres north-east of Ablaincourt. Numerous prisoners were taken,
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Up till the present 800 unwounded prisoners, including 17 officers, have been went to the near.
POWERFUL GERMAN ATTACKS AT ABLAINCOURT.
ATTACKS,
BULGARIAN TROOP BOATS SUNK.
BUKHAREST, October 15th.
A communiqué gays: –The Roumanians re-captured the village of Sormozos, in Eastern Transylvania, after desperate street fighting.
We repulsed two enemy attacks in the Predcal Paes, south of Brasso, and stormed three heights in the vicinity of the Vulcan Pass, inflicting great losses
on the enemy, who retired in disorder. At Guivala, in the Toerzburg Pass, the Romanians wire pompelled to retire to Rucaru.
AFRICA
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.} THE BAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.
GERMANS RUN ROLLING STOCK INTO THE HARBOUR.
LONDON, Optober 14th.
A telegram fron Capetown states the before the British occupied Dar-es- Sutanm, Gernians ran all the engines and || rolling-stuck of the Central Railway into the harbour.
This doubtless has considerably delayed General Smuts' operations.
GENERAL
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENDY.]
NORWAY AND SUBMARINES
BELLIGERENT SUBMARINES
FROHIBITED.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY"]
KRUPPS AND THE ND.L.
* GERMANY'S POST-WAR TRADE
· MOVEMENT.
LONDON, October 14th. The Frankfurter Zeitung states that Krupps have purchased an interest in the Norddeutscher Lloyd.
This is the latest development of the Post-War Movement, linking up the banking, steel, iron, coal and shipping intercets.
MESOPOTAMIA OPERATIONS.
THE TIMES" AND THE OMISSIONS IN A DISPATCH.
LONDON, October 14. Commenting on a despatch by General Sir Percy Lake, published today, the Times remarks in it leaves a great deal unsaid. Doubtless the Commission will CHRISTIANIA, October 14th. Norway has prohibited helligerent sub-throw light on its omissions, particularly marine warships from entering Norwe in regard to the blunders and fatal gian waters except in order to save life | dilatoriness at Es-sinn. in bad weather. The
will otherwise be
GALLANT AIRMEN PROMOTED! liable to attack,
Other submarines will be allowed to enter in daylight mantumerged and show ing national colors, but risking damage by mistake.
NATIONAL SERVICE EVERY YOUNG MAN IN BRITAIN WANTED.
LONDUR, October 14th. The Timer says it is believed that the Man-Power Board is convinced that
An enemy attack on the Roumanian left every young man in the country must be wing in Dobrudja was repulsed.
definitely placed in national service.
Boats containing Bulgarian troops. were sunk at several places on the Danube.
TALIAN-FRONT
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
ITALIAN OFFENSIVE.
EXTENDING OCCUPATION OF
SOBER RIDGE
ROME, October 14th. A communique says:We are extending our occupation of Sober Ridge, south east of Gorizin, where the enemy has abandoned prisoners and large quantities of arms and ammunition.
the
MORE PRISONERS.. Comparative quiet obtains in Curse, where a hundred prisoners have been taken.
ENEMY'S STRONG FIRST LINE.
Rome, October 15th SUCCESSFUL FRENCH COUNTER- A semi-official report states that the Austrian considered their first-line PARIS, October 14th. positions on the Corsa of the strongest A communiqué states:--South of the kind, extending only seven miles and thus Somme, after violent barrage-fire, the faullifying the numerical superiority of Gerinans powerfully attacked our Ablain the Italians. The straightness of the line court positions and succeeded in occupy also entailed an attack on its whole ing part of the village and trenches to the extent. north-east, but an immediate counter attack completely drove them out
When the Italians captured important points on this line the Austrians
North of the Somme we progressed ut feverishly began to prepare a second line Malassise ridge,
Fog hampered our air-work.
THE BALKANS
(THROUGH REUTLE'S AGENCY.}
THE GREEK CRISIS.
which they had then only laid out.
The Italians are now attacking this.
MAVAL ACTIVITIES
[THHOUGH REUTHE'S AGENCY.].
"FRENCH CRUISER" SUNK.
GERMAN ANNOUNCEMENT.
AMSTERDAM, October 14th. A German official announcement states
IN THE NICK OF TIME.
LONDON, October 14th. The Times atates that Athens is un moved by the Allies' action in regard to the Fleet, because the Ficer was recently that a German submarine sauk the French officered by anti-Ententists while a concruiser Regel in the Mediterranean.
centration had began in Thessaly of troops and guns and stores in the rear of the Allied armies.
IMPORTANT BRITISH
OCCUPATION.
ENEMY'S DESPERATE DEFENCE.
PARIS, October 15th.
It is semi-officially reported that the British already occupy the outskirts of Transloy, which is being defended most
esperately, as its fall would compel the enemy lo abandon the line of heights between Quedecourt and Morval.
•The Rigel is an old ex-merchantman of
| 3,500 tons,
GERMANY'S INROADS UPON DUTCH SHIPPING.
A MILLION EXEMPTIONS.
LATER
Mr. Lloyd George, Secretary of State for War, stated in the House of Commons that there had been a million exemptions The Government was dealing with the question. If the present powers were insufficient the Government would consult the House of Communs regarding what steps should be taken. The Governicht was determined that all the country's resources, wealth and man-power should be utilised to win the war.
CARE FOR ROUMANIA.
He assured the House that Great Britain and her Allies would make every effort, to protect Rumania, against which nation, no doubt, Germany was con- centrating her strength in the hope of crushing her
REVOLUTION AT PALEMBANG,
AMSTERDAM, October 14th
A telegram to the Telegrant from weltevreden states that a revolution has broken out at Palembang.
LONDON, October 15th.
The Guzelle contains a notice of the promotion to the rank of Temporary Captain of Second Lieut. Robinson, V.C.. and Flight Commander Brandon, who played such a brilliant part in the recent Zeppelin raids.
【THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.) GERMAN AND BRITISH PRISONERS.
THE RESPECTIVE TOTALS.
LONDON, Ocotber 14th, Mr. Lloyd George stated in the House of Commons that the total number of German prisoners in British hands were
Military Naval
38,894
2,106
The approximate mumber of British prisoners in Germany were:
Military (1) Naval
20,603 408
THE BRITISH “TANKS,”
THE AUTHORS OF THE IDEA.
LONDON, October 14th. Mr. Lloyd George mentioned in the House of Commons that the tanks had. proved a most considerable success. The credit for the idea and design was duc to the Chief Naval Constructor of the Amiralty The Secretary for War and Mr. Churchill, when he was First Lord of the Admiralty, afforded the greatest encouragement to the carrying out of the
construction,
INTER-IMPERIAL TRADE,
SWATOW NOTES.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]
SWATOW, October 9th. WAR'S TOLL
News has just arrived from home which to many of us has the sting of poignant grief. We all remember so well the popu lar and lamented Dr. Layng, respected- and beloved by everybody in the con- munity. We remember, too, his bright. lively boy, Rex, his second son, who was soon promoted to a lieutenancy in the army. We have just heard that his short and promising career has ended in France, where he met his death in action.-
Her
The distressing news also comes that big older brother. Lieut. Malcolm, has had gunstroko in Mesopotamia and is invalid. ed home. Our sympathy with Mrs Layng in bernas is very sincere, home is now in Cheltenham. Of those on our Swatow birth registry I think Lieut. Layng is the first to die in his country's service, although he is not the first to ba wounded.
À FAMOUS BRIGAND EXECUTED,. A famous brigand Tshai" Lung Phiou has at last been captured and put to death at Kityang. He was a member of the Three Dot Society. He was seized. once before but made good bis cscopo, He was then pardoned and received back into favour and got a post in the mili tary service. It was found out, however, that he was Lraternizing with his old friends. This led to his being arrested and to his paying the death penalty
Loxnox, October 16th, Mr. Austin Chamberlain has authorised the Indian Committee of the Imperial Institute to inquire into and report on the possibilities of extending the indus-
THE SLAVE GIRL" TRAFFIC. trial and commercial ntilisation of In-
During the reign of the last Emperor, THE POTTER'S BAR ZEPPELIN.
dian raw materials throughout the United and at the request of Chow Chow Fuh, THE AIR HEROE'S DINNER. Kingdom and elsewhere in the Empire the then Governor of Shantung, it was Second Lieutenant Tempest, D.8.0, The Committee las appointed sub-Com-made illegal to trafic in slovo girls. the hero of
Like many other the Potter's Bar mittees to deal with the more important throughout China. Zeppelin, was
some groups of materials and to consider the humane laws, this one has been ignored, dining with Friends when the Zeppelin warning
results of their investigations. Inquiries for slave girls are not at all uncommon. was issued. He immediately ascended in have already been conducted by the Im among the wealth'er classes of Chinese. a biplane and was in the air two hours. perial Institute to obtain the views of A man brought a girl to Swatow recently found him and charged him with the After the Zeppelin was on fire he travelled leading merchants., manufacturers and with the intent to sell her. A detective other USGTH of Indian materials.
crime, but offered high release for one Parallel to it, and when it began to
An important aspect of the Committee's
hundred dollars. The man refused, say- work will be to suggest openings for the ing that the girl was not a slave, so the employment of those Indian materials detective took him to the Police Office. which went to enemy countries before the | The authorities took no note of the war. The Indian Committee includes: irregularity of thus trying to sell the girl, but the defective was charged with Mr. C. C. Mcleod (Chairman),
blackmailing and suffered in consequence..
descend he had to resort to nose-diving to escape collision with the flaming mass Thereafter he returned to finish his diper
He was educated on the Stoneyhurst
male training ship, Worcester, was afterwards
Islington, Howesty
a mining engineer, and subsequently Sir Marshall Reid, Sir John engaged in farming in South Africa and Sir R. W, Carlyle, Sir J. Dunlop Smith, Professur Wyndham Dunstan, and Messra. LJ. Kershaw, George Allen and Yusuf Ali.
Canada.
FROM
THE DEPORTATIONS
LILLE
·PEOPLE OF LILLE DESCRIBED
AS “IDLE FOREIGNERS,”
Amsterdam, October 14th.-- A Committee of the Reichstag has dis eussed the deportations from Lille,
Dr. Helferrich (Finance Minister) and representatives of the Foreign Office con-
[Telegramas received on Saturday and on Sunday morning and published in an "Extra" on Sunday, will be found on page 6.3
WAR NEWS, £40,000,000 GERMAN CAPITAL SEQUESTRATED.
Certainly right, but why was the charge against the other man ignored 1
A NOVEL. EXPERIENCE. / We are informed that permission bas been granted to the Swatow authorities to try the qualities of the hydroplane in the Port, to the populace has the promise of some novel excitement. To-morrew, the 10th of October, will be observed as a Gala Day, because it is the fifth anoi versary of the present President taking. up arms in order to expel the Manchus from China Chinese lanterns will be in great requisition
TO PROTECT THE RICE CHOYS. The Roumanian Government has an An Agricultural Society is being formed tended that the deportations were inter-pounced to the Allied and neutral States to help farmers to battle successfully with the sequestration of German capital, in the insect that is so destructive to the
The present season's crop nationally legal. There was a shortage cluding bonds of the Roumanian luaneric crops. of workmen in Germany and idle for held in Berlin, which are no longer has suffered very severely on the low- negotiable, These, which are sisted to The Telegraaf characterises this as aegners, could not be allowed to burden amount to about £10,000,000, would prob lying plains. In a paper already issued ably have been disposed of in America three solutions are offered. One is that the relief fund Blunders were admitted, or elsewhere but for the prompt action of as a preventive the soil should always he most serious fact.
the Government. Apart from this thero ploughed and baked in the sun before but it was contended that these were up-
is about £12,000,000 of German modey in planting the paddy. Another remedy is avoidable.
vested in
in to boil quantities of paraffin and up undertakings Roumania. The whole amount of Ger- and sprinkle it over the ground to destroy THE "TIMES” AND GERMAN man capital thus sequestrated is estimated the insect. Thirdly, farmers are advised at about £10,000,000. As Germany can to go out, into the fields at night with sequestrate only about £20,000,000 of lighted tapers, by means of which the Roumanian capital this country is com insects will be attracted and an oppor- plotely secured against loss.
tunity given to destroy them
Palembang la a seaport town in Sumatra, with a population of over 60,000.]|
A HOSPITAL SCANDAL IN
INDIA.
LONDON, October fith. The Morning Post, in an extremely bitter, article on the treatment of the
wounded in a certain hospital in India, describes the place as a dirty verminous barrack with no punkaha and insufficient water. The cost of keep is deducted from the pay of the wounded soldiers. The l'ost demands the punishment of those responsible.
HOLLAND AND EXCESS PROFITS.
LONDON, October 18th. It is understood that the Bill to bo presented in the Dutch Parliament providing for an extension of the excess AMSTERDAM, October 14th, profits duty will not effect Companies in The Telegraaf publishes a list showing Dutch East Indies. The Times poiqta that the Germans have sunk twenty-five out that if this proposal is adopted it and attacked five Dutch vessels since the will impose a serious burden on, British way began
owned Dutch estates. Possibly they will be allowed to deduct 30 per cent. Dutch Excess Profits duty from amount asscas able to British Excess Profits duty, in which caso the British Tresanry would be
the loser.
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK
LONDON, October 16th. The British steamer Gardepec has been sunk. Eleven of the crew are missing.
BANK
SPEEDY ELIMINATION WANTED.
LONDON, October 16th. The Times says there is a growing feeling in the City in favour of the complete and speedy climination of chemy interests, particularly of German and semi-German banks, which did an enormous business in acceptances with the object of discovering secrets of British trade, such as who were best buyers, and best sellers. These particulars were for warded to Berlin and distributed among German business men, thus enabling them to successfully compete in business.
THE WILSON-ELLERMAN. SHIPPING "AMALGAMATION,
LONDON, October 16th. The Wilson Line states that the amalgamation with Elferman (sce Satur- day's overnight telegrams on page 6) was necessary to meet post-war competi- tion of neutrals, who are making larger proffs than British shipowners. The transfer brings two hundred, vessels with a dreadweight carrying capacity Lestly a million and a half tons under
the control of the Ellerman line.
of
various
A PLEASANT LITTLE, RAID.
PRECEDENCE TO THE MAIL
A company of Post Office employés in- Flight Commander Douglas Young, tent on the dispatch of their mail mattor the course of a letter to his parents in came into conflict with a civilian in the Kabe, incidentally mentions the recent matter of precedence in the use of risk- raid on Ghent in which he took part. He abas. Soldiers coming up defended the STS: We had a pleasant little zaid os civ lian. The authorities on being ap Ghent the other day, when we dropped pealed to, we hear, gave the order of bomba one of their aerodromes should have hated to have been down precedence to the Post Office employés
and reprimands the soldiery. below. We got the enemy by surprise. All their machines were sitting on the ground and asking for it, and they re ceived what was coming to them good and proper. One moment there was a nice, peaceful beld; the next a cloud of dhat. Bred a shot; he was absolutely had." Then we went home. The enemy never
GETTING SQUARE WITH THE
CENSOR
POFFY CULTIVATION.
Some of the wiser heads amongst the farmers are somewhat restive about the attention paid to opiam cultivation. They appreherd danger, and are actually petitioning the magistrates to pat a stop to it now, ARA
BRITAIN'S STARVATION PLAN
Herr von Bethmann Hollweg, replying ́ ́A private in the Blankshire Fusiliers to a memorial from working-class and had sent four or five letters home, telling Socialist representatives containing Bug“ his parents about the doings of the regi-gestions concerning the feeding of the ment, which portions had been obliterated people, said that in regard to the still by the censor, and were therefore un readable on arrival at their destination,
He decided to get square with the ceuser, and at the foot of the next letter he wrote the following words: Please look under the stamp
existing deficiencies and undeniable dir culties it must not be overlooked that the cause of these difficulties was to be sought ultimately not in deficiencies of German establishments, but in the British i blockade measures. It appeared to him At the censor's office the letter was that in the discussions the British starva- opened and read as usual. The officer in tion plans were at present far too much charge spent some time in steaming the in the background. He recommended *temp from the envelope so that he could this ultimate cause of the dificulties in read the message which he was certain food supply to their consideration, add- he would find there.
ing that it will ultimately prove na in effective sa reprehensible. Thanks to this year's good harvest the German people can look forward with calmi sesurance to vittery and peace.
At isst his patience was awarded, but his feelings can be better imagined than described when he read them words:
Has it hard to get off!!!!