THE
WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY DOTOBER 17′′m. 1INE
BRITAIN'S DASHING NEW ARMIES.
GERMANY'S MAIN PRE-OCCUPATION.
BRITISH INFLICT HEAVY LOSSES.
RUSSIAN PROGRESS.
THE GREEK
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.] BRITISH "* HIGHLY SUCCESS- FUL"
AT STUFF AND SCHWABEN- REDOUBTS.
LONDON, October 15th, Gen. Bir Douglas Haig, in a commun q. saya-North of the Stuff Redoubt communication trenches were cleared for a distance of 200
two lines of
yards
enemy
SITUATION.
[TEKOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. BRITAIN'S NEW ARMIES.
GERMANY'S MAIN PRE- OCCUPATION.
LONDON, October 15th, Router's Correspondent at the French Headquarters states that General Castle- nan, addressing the correspondents on the advent of the British armies, said that the event was of the highest importaner Their dash bad astonished the Germans The speeches in the Reichstag showed that the British army was now Germany's Further reports show that the enter main pre-occupation. He added: "We prises undertaken yesterday in the neigh-have the Germans by the car, and we will hourhood of the Stuff and Schwaben shake them till their brains are addled,”- Redoubts were highly successful. North
RUBBIAN FRONT, of the Stuff Redoubt two lines of enemy communication trenches were cleared for a distance of Carly 200 yards and 100 prisoners taken. The operation was car zied out by a single company.
Our lino has been advanced well to the worth and west of the Schwaben Redoubt. "Heavy losses were inflicted on the enemy, and the total prisoners taken in both operations is 300.
【THROUGH MAUTER'S AGENCY.]
BRITISH "ARMOURED CARS.
EXCITING TIMES IN ASIA
MINOR.
PETROGRAD, October 18th. The Tsar received Captain Locker Lamp- son, who is commanding the British armoured cars. These have been having exciting times in Asia Minor operating. At night enemy trenches were entered
along a G miles railhead, and depen 1- west of Sorre, north of Reclincourt, ent on bullock tracks. In the mountains, anrth-east of Festubert, and north of the cars have been hauled up gradients Nouvo Chapelle. A number of prisoners and then lowered with ropes, and fre were taken and considerahle, damage
quently the rocks ripped the tanku, which done to the enemy's defences".
Our line has been advanced to slightly were ingeniously patched with shaving soan and medical plaster and restarted in north-east of Guedecourt.
couple of hours, Captain Locker Lamp-
Enemy artillery has been active between
THE BALKANS
{THROUGH AENTRE'S AGENCY.]
BUMANIANS FALL BACK.
DESPERATE FIGHTING
PROCEEDING,
· BUKHAREST, October 16th: A communiqué says: –In the Caliman region we fell back towards the frontier,
Desparate fighting is proceeding over the entire northern region. The Ron- manians are holding up the enemy.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY/]"
CONSCIENCELESS GREEK MONARCHY.
INSPIRING SPEECH BY M..
VENEZILOS
SALOMA, Getober 15th, On the 13th inst, at a banquet, M. Venetilos, in the course of a speech, sant that the people had been led to the brink of a precipice by a conscienceless monar- chy which had been forced to disown its alliance with Serbia. The people must be There has been day and night fighting organised militarily to expel the Bul in the Praedal region
The Roumanians drove the enemy out of Blistock Valley and captured the Summit of Mount Negru and Jiul Valley There has been an unbroken artillery duel on our southern front along the
Danube.
RUMANIANS' POSITION NOT
SERIOUS.
MILITARY OPINION.
London, October 18th, A telegram from Bucharest states that
military authorities are of the opinion
garians and to do their duty to the Ber binns, who heroism had won the ad miration of the world. King Constan- time believed himself to be King by the grace of God, thus violating the Con stitution. A National Assembly inst be convoked after the war to erect an
invulnerable
rampart against future violations by the monarch.
The speech was received with cheers and cries of Down with the King," and
Down with traitors. ALLIES STRICT CONTROL
MANKIND 20,000 YEARS AGO. CRETE AS THE CRADLE OF
CIVILISATION.
RANDOM BEFLECTIONS.
Now that the actions of the Hongkong Government are becoming the subject of But archeology the research of comment in the London Fress there ancient civilisations—when flan very is probability that our local legis fonudations of our own are threatened lators and the clerks at the Colonial by the now barbariami "*" KENW Office will deal a little more gently than In this, one of the opening pasages of has been their wont with the aspirations his address as president of the British of the local commercial community Hit Association, §'r Arthur Evans, the omi-herto these aspirations could be `stifed applogin for the subject of his discourse being the wiser, Mr. Bonar Law may yet nont - ar hmologist, scomed to offer an without anyone outside the select circle
in such overwhelming times. And yet, experience & bad quarter of an hour in he proceeded, something might be said, the House of Commons over the regis especially as regarded the prehistoric tration of Enemy Trademarks and the 5 do of archeology, for a theme which, summary rejection of the petition for in the midst of Armageddon, drew our Constitutional reform. The official at- minds from present anxieties to the titude over the first question adds justis which lay behind the limits even of his the second. I wonder if the Government still, passionless domain of the past, fication to the public attituds in regard to toric controversies.
on to a modest reference to his own re From this point the president passed scorches in Crete, which were more par ticularly concerned with prehistoric con
ditions in the island.
The marvellous Minoan civilisation that bad there come to light showed, he said, that Crete of 4,000 years ago muat unquestionably be regarded as the birthplace of European civilisation in its higher form.
likely to place them? I trow not, foresaw the predicament into which their rejection of Mr. Holyonk's motion is There may be un cause for anxiety at the moment, but when the Cherman
businesses are all liquidated-and that will happen some day if the war lista long enough whence will the funds be derived for paying the registration fees for Enemy Trade-marks? It is to be pre- sumed that the Government will not obliga and that therefore the rights will But were we oven then appreciably lapse. In that case, what is there to ncater to the fountain head? A new prevent the wholesale employment in and far more remote vista had opened Chins of the German chops" by out in recent years, and it was not too neutrals to the serious prejudice GË much to say that a wholly new stand-British interests. It the Trade-marks point had been gained from which to had been suppressed and an Ordinance survey the early history of the human passed making it a criminal offence to OF race," GREEK RAILWAYS.
10,000 YEARS BEFORE EGYPT. A an illustration of the level of ATHENS, October 16th.
artistic attainment in South-Western Europe at a modest estimate some Under the Allies control of the rail-10,000 years earlier than the most ancient monuments of Egypt, or Chalden, Sir the movements of groups of Arthur mentioned that it was clear soldiers and the transport of
great progress in the art of artificial illumination had been made. Stove material betweca Athens and Lariash is lamps were already in existence, absolutely forbidden.
that if the Roumanians hold the crests of the Carpathians the situation will not need to be considered serious at Falken-ways, hayn, at which place, apparently, there are only three genuine German divisions, the remainder being Austro-Hungarians numbering at the maximum 200,000. It appears that they are endeavouring to cork up the other defles and to send the main forces through the Oituz Pass, and attempt to capture the railway junction at Focsani, The latest Roumanian communique says that all attacks have
which is 45 miles north-west of Brasso. been blood ly repulsed at the Otaz Paas,
SERBIANS ADVANCING,
Pants, October 16th, The Serbians are advancing to the south of Cerna
WILD
A regiment of infantry at Santa Maura, where the control is not yet established, were conveyed by sailing ships to Arts by the order of the War Minister.
GENERAL.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AURICE] "OUR DAY."
HANDSOME ROYAL CONTRIBUTIONS,
LONDON, Detober 16th. King George has contributed £5,000 and Queen Mary the British Berl
use them or any colourable imitation of them afterwards, as Mr. Holyoak sug gested, an effective safeguard would have been provided against this form of com- petition in South China,
British merchants in foreign countries It is the fashion, I know, among many to rail against the stupidity and crusted conservation of our Home manufacturers, and I have often thought in view of Of the origins of our complex the place we still retain in the world's European culture, this much at least trade, that the criticism was overdone. could be confidently stated, said the pre An example of ignorance which was sources on which it drew lay respective deserves to be pilloried. A resident sident, that the earliest extraneous brought to my notice last week, however, in two directions:In the valley of in the Colony wrote asking to be sup the Nile on the one side, and in the plied with a certain article appearing- valley of the Euphrates on the other in the catalogue of a large and import It had been made abundantly clear ant Home firm, advertised as contractors that the rise of Hellenic civilisation to H.M.'s Government. The article which it was a point of honour with came duly to hand with the usual cover- classical scholars to regard as a wondering letter. Then, in order to place the child-was itself part of a wider whole transaction in order and to follow ecotomy, and could no longer be re the out-and-dried routine of the office. garded as an isolated phenomenon, came an invoice, carefully made out in His own recent investigations had duplicate, stating that the charge was more and mere brought home to him wil. I confess that I do not know very the all-pervading community between much about the mysteries of book-keep- Minoan Crete and the land of the ing, but if it was essential to spend time Pharaohs, Ancient Egypt could no and money in making out such invoices, longer be regarded as something sportit certainly was not necessary to post from the general human history its them, as they were posted, under cover influences were seen to lie about th of a vid stampi Tan firm presumably do it is distressing to know that they retain in their employment, especially in these hires, clerk who are still unaware that Hongkong is part of the British Em- pire.
The French cavalry have cut the rail Order of Bt40 to the funds of very cradle of our own civiliation, a fairly extensive overseas trade, and
way line south of Serres.
Society and the In support of his thesis of the remote ness of what he called the earliest of of Jerusalem on the European, Sir Arthur Evans gave many details such as the many storeyed palaces of the priest-kings in their great days their ingenious planning. their and stately, and their scientific sanitary arrangements, which far outdid similar work or however vist i senle Egyptian or Bebylonian builders.
occasion of "Our Day celebrations.
In an autograph letter the King states
L Benfs and Courcelette, also in the son was ambushed in the region of Mush, FRENCH CONTROL PIRAEUS that Their Majesties fully appreciate the successful combination of the beautiful
soners were taken.
neighbourhood of the Schwaben Redoubt and drove along the hillside for many and the Amere Valley. Forty-seven pri-miles, finally charging into a river. He escaped, though his car was riddled with bullets. The cars were frequently in action, most successfully damaging the Turks and capturing villages. Travelling night and day on the treeless mush plait, SURPASSED ALL EXPECTATIONS. the squadron had constantly to bridge
ADMIRABLE FRENCH AIR
WORK.
PARIS, October 10th.
A commüniqué says:-Enemy counter- attacks on our new positions south of the Soming were repulsed,
We maintained and consolidated af
our gains,.
Despite low-lying clouds our aeroplanes creperated most effectively in the fight- ing and surpassed all that was expected
of them.
One of them returned riddled with over 4w hundred bullets. Two of the pilots
altacked enemy tronches with machine; gins fire at short range, flying at an extremely low altitude,
Eleven hundred prisoners were cap- fared on the 14th instant at the Ablain-.
court-Belloy sector.
BRITISH PROGRESS.
HEAVY ENEMY LOSSES,
LONDON, October 15th. Renter's correspondent at Headquar ters states:-We advanced well over the plateau on to Centli, and down the slope, with the result that the Germans re- gained to some extent direct observation for artillery fire. The ground was very dead and practically without shelter. We captured several positions of real tactical advantage. Beyond Guedecoart the Germans, who were in great strength, counter-attacked with great cost to them selves - Dip... casualties were light. In many places the ground was
absolutely littered with German dead
gullies, boga and nyers with wood ob- tained from sparse villages.
A number of officers and men wore de coruted for bravery. One
squadron
ATTERS, October 15th. splendid work done by these organisa, Piraeus is controlled by the French, tions. As only by a nailed Empire could who occupy the forts overlooking the victory be secured 89 must the Empire be harbour. Allied officers control the Police equally united is the relief of the of Athens and Piraeus.
sufferers.
ON THE SIDE OF VENEZILOS. NO MORE REPRESENTATIONS TO
THE KING.
SALONIKA, October 15th.
On the 12th inst. M. Venezilos sent a
THE BOASTFUL KAISER-
NEW GERMAN WAR CRIES,
AMSTERDAM, October 15th The Kaiser, in addressing Austro-Ger man troops in the East, said: When
you attack the enemy, let your war cries
is now operating in Persia, south of Lake size to Reuter stating that half of be He shall not break through, he shall be
Urina...
HEAVY ENEMY ATTACKS,
PETROGRAD, October 15th.
A communiqué states-Enemy attacks in the region of Skrobov were repulsed with heavy losses. We carried trenches worth of Korytnitza, and repelled heavy counter-attacks with heavy losses. Enemy attacks in Kill.baba, Dornawatra and Dobrudja were repofled. #AVAL ACTIVITIES.
{THROUGH BUYER'S AGENCY.] RUSSIAN ACTIVITY.
TURKISH TRANSPORT CAPTURED.
PETROGRAD, October 15th,
A communiqué states:- A Romian sabmarine captured a 6,000 ton Tarkin transport, which was commanded by German officers, in the Black Sea near the Bosphorous, after an hour's fight The transport was taken to Bebastopol,
SUBMARINE WARFARE,
LONDON, October 16th. The Russian vessel Mercator, and the Boumenisa ship Bistrita have been sunk,
AN FRONT
[THROUGH BETTER'E AUSHOY.}
ITALIAN PROIB:39.
LONDON, October 15th An Italian official message states that Our heavy the Italians have progressed farther to artillery is now plastering the German wards Mount Boits and captured a bit. front, crumbling the defences and ex- tery of foar monɛtain gun and much meting a big toll of casualties.
ammunition in the Commagone ares,
old Greece, nine-tenths of the population | of new Greece, and all the islands were on h's side. The Provisional Govern ment did not contemplate further repre- sentations to the King, as it was hopeless to expect King Constantine to change.
GREEK OFFICIAL CIRCLES BUSY.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
ATHENS, October Juth. Offcial circles are very busy again. M. Gaillemen had an hour and a half's Interview will the Premier and Foreign Minister. The Premier was most ret cent, but declared that the conversations were of the most friendly description, and that they laid the basis for further dis
cussions.
The Premier then saw the King. It is believed that the discussions related to the control of the railways and
Police.
It is stated that the Legations at the Entente capitals have been instructed to renew their proposals to emerge from neutrality.
M. Politis, Permanent Under Becres tary at the Foreign Office, has pro LARGE
ceeded to Balonika to amumé a National
Foreign Ministry, He proceeds from Saloniks to Western, Europe on a special
ま
It is stated that the pro-German Gene rade, Dusmanis and Moxkas, have arrived at Larisa “ to inspect the barrackL”
beaten. Euch of you are equal to three and even six of your enemies, and the enemy's front will be crushed against our iron wall."
PRISONERS OF WAR
DEBATE IN THE REICHSTAG,
AMSTERDAM, October 10th. In the course of a debate in the Reich stag regarding the treatment of pri soners of war, a representative of the Government stated that Germany had asked for the abolition of the prisoner camps in India. He added, however, that news had been received that part of the complaints connection with these were not justified.
of
WAR NEWS.
EDINBURGH'S COMPLIMENT TO THE QUEEN OF ROUMANTA. The Independance Roumaine publishes a communiqué stating that Queen Marie the act of the City of Edinburgh, which of Roumania is profoundly touched by
remembering the title borne by her father, the Duke of Edinburgh, sent Her Majesty several motor ambulances. The same journal states that the King has accepted Lord Lonsdale's offer of five motor am- balances completely equipped.
BIG RUSSIAN ORDER FOR YORKSHIRE.
Order for over 2,000,000 yards of cloth for the Russian Array have been placed
The news that the Gormans have been scattering bomba containing poisoned sweets and garlic infected with cholera bacilli at Constanz has caused some per- turbation. I am told, amongst those who recently received letters that were seized en roule by the enemy. They are won- dering whether the gentle German tuuk the opportunity to prepare similar" sur- prise packets for them. In some in- stances the correspondence was promptly. consigned to the flames, and one lady, who had forwarded the German-marked envelope to her son as a novelty, made recover it from the Post Office. For her strenuous but unavailing endeavours to
peace of mind I may mention that a local medical expert has expressed the opinion that the enclosing of cholers germs in
letters would involve as much risk to the
sender as to the recipient. As, therefore, the Germans are always very solicitous for their own welfare, and the latest return of communicable diseases for the Colony does not record a single case of cholera, there scems Во reason for anxiety.
in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and are Judging by the elaborate arrange- required to be delivered before nextments which are being made for "Our spring.
The scheme of Government control will Dey there will be "rare doings in our parish on the 19th inst. The Murray. apply to these orders and to all army Barracks parade ground is already requirements of the Allies.
THE NEW VC. HEROES
The scheme of control lays it down that dotted with commodious matsheds where all firms with suitable machinery must all sorts of novel attractions will be do their fair share of such work, and housed, and large advertisements RD- there is a system of costing to ensure nounce by day and night a bewildering variety of amusements such as are asso- prices being kept as low as possible.
ciated with an old English fair, m jus the roundabouts and swingboats. In view of the fact that the whole of the Eight of the twenty new recipients of proceeds are to be devoted to funds the victoris Crass were killed. One of applied directly to alleviating the suf- them MoFadyen, of the Royal Irish ferings of our wounded soldiers, it is Rifles, was opening a box of bombs when to be hoped that the showmen will ex- the box slipped down into a trenchperience a busy time. Those who patroniso crowded with men. Two of the safety the side shows will experience a double pins fell out, McFadyen, himself a bomb pleasure; there will be the element of A CHANGE NOT APPRECIATED,
thrower, knew the inevitable result and fun, combined with the knowledge that threw himself upon the bombs which blew | aid is being given to a magnificent cause A certain yeomanry regiment stationed him to pieces. Only one other man was which must appeal to everybody, he ho 10 country town has had to give up injured. Perhaps the most picturesque of Jew or Gentile, militarist or conscientious their horses, at any rate temporarily, and the twenty published stories of valour is objector, neutral or ally. So Tummy has made a grave surrounded landsrs, who stood on the parapet of an The scene which occurred at the have been provided with bicycles instead that of Drummer Ritchie, Seaforth High with wooden railings, each rail ornament enemy treach under machine-gun fire and boxing contents in the City Hall on ed with a discarded horse shoe and halter bomb attacks, sounding the charge and Friday evening was opposed to the ropes for chains. On the grave are halter then by rallying many men of various spirit of sportsmanship which usually, shoes, stirrups, stable brushes, spurs and units who, having lost their leaders, were characterisce Servico men. Of course, hits, also a straw wreath, while a tomb | wagering and beginning to retire. stone has been placed at the head. inscription is not poetry, it will not bean and the rhythm is faulty, but it relaten in simple soldier language the
Stanger, pause and shed a tear. BOTTOws of a saddened regiment:
Aiment's heart lies buried bere Bicked and died through no disorder, Dit broken by a staggering order. Ost hearts are warm, theirs cold as
10 take our horses and give us bicycles. Lor cavalry they said there was no room, "we've buried our spurs in this
ghted tomb.
The
Rotura if possible.
one can understand the disappointment felt by the supporters of a competitor A KAUL OF SHIRKERS.
who, after gaining a distinct advantage, A montation was caused at Blackfriars, was disqualified for a foul, but the London, recenly, when detective accom Penalty should have been accepted in panied by politiers with axed bayonets, sporting spirit The booing and hissing took possession of a building containing which greeted the referees decision in 3,000 spectators of a being contents and this case a very discreditable, while demanded that every man eligible for certain thithets which were subsequently. military service should show / is pipers, used et intervals during the evening and explain why he was how in
the worst possible taste. The Instantly the dodgers and hers in the | fout which, tost Allan the figit was BU crowded attempted to escape
obvious one, and knd Dr. Glaister winked famn were, streated, and weep marched in at it be would shute deserted Puscumon through the streets to a polios ezilola V JAGUNMAZ BA
bion, amid housingDisson from wound-