Page
THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17г#, 1917.
ENEMY SUBMARINE ACTIVITY.
TWO LINERS AND A MINESWEEPER SUNK.
ISLANDS IN RIGA GULF LOST TO RUSSIA.
GREAT BRITAIN AND HOLLAND.
FIGURES JUSTIFY BRITAIN'S ACTION.
Franco-Belgian Front.
LATEST CABLES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BRITISH FRONT.
GENERAL RESULTS.
Losnoy, October 15th,
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re-.
ports: - Yesterday's prismers captured at Monchy-le-Preux numbores. 64,
Hostile raide's castward of Shrewsbury Forest" were repulsed.
Hostile artillery were more metive in the neighborhood of Leus and Nieuport.
Our aircraft yesterday dropped one and, a half tons of boils on Ledeghem rail- way station and billets eastward of Lens,
Three German machines were brought down and one was driven, down. Two of our machines are missing..
EARLIER CABLES.
ENEMY HEAVILY BOMBARD
OUR POSITIONS.
LONDON, October 15th. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re- ports:-The enemy at night heavily bom. bardel our “positions on the main ringe with ward of Bredsinde.
Yesterday's aid at Monchy-le-Preux yielded 35 prisoners, 908 infantry killed, and distroyed seven dugouts.
The South Midland. Territorials success. Jully raided last night north-eastward
j
Naval Activities.
LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] STEAMER “MEDIC”
TORPEDOED, MANY LIVES LÖST,
PARIS, October 18th.
The steaner Medic, carrying 559 jas sengers, including Algerian soldiers, some prisoners of war, and 67 of a crew, wes torpedoed in the western Mediterranean "Two hundred and fifty passengers are missing.
EARLIER CARLES.
ITALIAN STEAMER
SUBMARINED. GREEK OFFICIALS ON BOARD.
·ATHENS, October 15th,
A Germ sbmarine torpedoed the Julian steniner Bari,
STRIKE TROUBLES IN ARGENTINA.
Brexes AIRES, October 18th. There has been a recrudescence of the strike troubles,
RIGA GULF, UNSATISFACTORY STATE OF AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.
THE GERMAN LANDING IN SUCCESSFUL ENEMY TRICKERY.
Preparations for landing, which were indertaken by two divisions, were made with the most minute care, and included a clever piece of trickery, the enemy eceeding in altering the position of the buoys marking the mincfields between the
number of Russian scouts to run ashore, islands at the mainland, causing a
whereby warning of the enemy landing could not be given.
Railway strikers derailed a train driven I by anilora
The strikers killed three sailors and, seriously wounded `30.
The Workers' Federation threatens to call a general strike if the Government enforces the decree for the resumption of rail traffic.
WOOL FOR SWEDEN CONDEMNED.
PETROGRAD, Coctober 15th. The entire Press expresses alarm at the German landing on Oesel.
The Bouree Gazette points out that the whole situation in Russia is now ex remely compliented. It speaks of the unsatisfactory state of affairs in the interior
as presenting an hitherto insoluble problein.
Another bourgeois newspaper. the Reich, partially attributes the latest blow LONDON, October 10th.
to the unexampled frivolity of the The Prize Court has condemned wood political lenders, and the Socialist news valued at £140,000 consigned to the
papers blame the Maximalists. Swedish Army, but destined for Germany. HOUR OF TRIAL HAS ARRIVED,"
The President of the Court expressed surprise that a Government Department
LONDON, October 15th. The Times Naval Correspondent says of a neutral country should be thus eta-
that the possible consequences of the pre ployed.
sent operations as regards Russia's posi tion in the Baltic littoral and whole front from Petrograd to Vithak and Mohileff cannot be exaggerated. Once the islands are in German, possession The shortened lines of communication will immensely increase the threat upon Reval and give the enemy virtual command of the Baltic.
NATIONAL WAR BONDS. Lospos, October 18th. Applications for the National War Bonds amounted in 11 days to £38,000,000, IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT ORDERS SHIPS FROM CANADA.
LONDON, October 10th.
Great Britain has placed orders Canada for 22 steel vessels aggregating in tonmage 150,000, to be launched early in
1918.
SWEDISH CABINET.
STOCKHOLM, October 18th. M. Eden, the Liberal leader, is likely to The submarine also sunk severni life succeed in forming a Coalition Cabinet boats.
of Liberal and Social Democrats, with n Fifty survivors have gone to Corfu and Liberal casting vote. M. Branting will 180 have gone to Italy.
probably be included.
The Bari had on board Grock officials who were returning home 26 Switzerland to Italy, but there is un. news of their fate.
The pirates knew the Greek officials were on board through the espionage Which is rife in Switzerland.
EARLIER CABLES:
GREAT BRITAIN AND HOLLAND.
NETHERLANDS SATISFIED:
LONDON, October 18th.
of Roeux and killed u number, destroyed BRITISH AUXILIARIES LOST A telegram from Amsterdam anticipates
dugouts and captured 12 prisoners,
MUD DID US IN. Details of Friday's battle in Flanders demonstrate how the weather robbed cur Troops of a great victory.
An officer stored up with what all ranks are saying, that the mud did us in." Owing to thee and our troops were ueals to hug the Barrage in their cus tomury fashion, giving the German machine-gunners unusual opportunities. · The enemy relied little upon his artil Jery during the assault in the forenoon upon the last spurs of Passchendale, but he had an unprecedented number of machine guns in the bugs below.
At Poelenpeile and Crest Farm our men plugged and struggled, but they could
MERCANTILE CRUISER AND MINE
SWEEPER.
LONDON, October 15th. The Admiralty reports that the mine sweeping sloop Begania, now overdue, may be considered as lost with all hands.
The British armed mercantile cruiser, Champagne was torpedoed and sunk. Five officers and 51 of the crew perished.
The Balkans.
EARLIER CABLES.
(THROUGH BEUTER'S SGENCY.]
BALKANS FRONT.
FRENCH REPORT.
an early settlement of the gravel and and controversy, on the lines indicated in Holland's reply to Great Britain daled the 12th inst., as it is understood that Grant Britain possesses the proofs Holland requested, therein.
In
LATEST CABLES. FIGURES JUSTIFY GREAT BRITAIN'S ACTION.
Loanos, October 18th. connection with the gravel affair in Holland, Renter's Agency authoritatively learns that the Nether- lands Government has admitted that if gravel has becu
used militarliy
EARLIER CABLES.
AMERICA AND THE WAR.
"WHAT AMERICA INTENDS.
TO. DO."
WasHisaron, October 15th, President Wilson, in proclamation,
CHINESE TELEGRAMS,
(BY COURTESY OF THE "CHYNG NGOL.
SAN PO."]
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE SOUTH-WEST.
PERING, October 18th.
ting to persuade him not to oppose Tan The President has, wired to Lak Wing
Chi-sui
The Cabinet meeting decided that if Lak Wing-ting cannot obey the Govern ment will send troops to attack the South-West.
TIENTSIN FLOODS:
The Government will tend 700.000 dol
aside October 24th as "Liberty Day."lark to reliew distress caused by the Tin- He urges the people in every city, town, trin food. Liang Chichno went to another, and the Government the fullest vailing. and hamlet to, assemble and pledge to one Tientsin to examing the conditions pre- measure of Bnancial support for the Liberty Loan. Let the result heim-BRITISH pressive and emphatic that it will cho
of what Arborica intends to do to bring: throughout the enemy empire as an index
this wup to a victorious conclusion.”
LATEST CABLES. AMERICA AND THE ALLIES" CONFERENCE. The German concentration of a consid crable fleet in the Eastern Baltic not only
WASHINGTON, October 16th. threatens Finland ports, but the Russian considering the question of the represed Mr. Lansing has declared that he is Heet my shortly be in grave danger. Notation of the United States at the forth- doubt this contingency has otrasioned feming Allies Conference at Paris, Kerensky's stern words to the Baltic Fleet, The hour of trial has arrived.?
EARLIER CABLES. GERMAN PATROL BOAT FOUNDERS
COPENHAGEN, October 15th, The Politiken states that. patrol-ships Joundered in a heavy storm a German
off Moeen.
GERMAN INTENTIONS,
STOCKHOLM, October 15th. The Germans are expected to attempt the seizure of the Aland Islands and effect anding in Finland Before the ice sets in with the view of attacking Teisingfors GERMANY'S PLOT AGAINST. FINLAND AND COURLAND
PARIS, October 15th.
Le Teurs, commenting upon the situ tiem in the Baltic, does not apprehend an early menace to Petrograd, One of the Gernun objects is to destroy shipping still at liberty in the Gulf of Riga.
The Germans are probably preparing a plot against Finland and Courland THE OCCUPATION OF ARENSBURG.
CHARGES AGAINST GERMAN SOCIALISTS.
ZURICH, October 13th.
A telegium from Karlsruhe states that the Government has refused to appoint a Parliamentary Committee, to investigato the charges against Herren Haase, Ditt-j niani and Vogtherr, as the evidence has already been sent to the Imperial Court. BAVARIA'S POTATO CROPS.
LEIPZIG, October 15th. The Minister of the Interior, replying to complaints in the Bavarian Diet, said, **We should not be optimistic regarding the potuto crops. The greatest precau- tions are necazury as regards all ration ing. The supplies of leather for civilians are the worst conceivable, necasioning the greatest anxiety. There is no prospect of relieving the shortage of petroleum.
LONDON, October 15th and benzine." A wireless Russian official report | states--The enemy occupied Arensburg on Saturday:
Their aerial forces supporting the land operations, a squadron of enemy cruisers its passage through Holland from Grand torpedo-bonts attempted to force the
many to Belgium PARIS, October 13th.
An Eastern communiqué states --There
was neutral and indefensible. Hence the following figures justify the action of Great Britain Before the war the requirements to keep up the roads and railways in Belgium were 1.320.000 tons annually. This could be supplied four times over. - SUCCESSFUL RAIDS.
from the quarries in Belgium, which are known to LONDON, October 15th.
have becu working to their fullest extent A British official despatch states-The
Moreover, larger quantities were going to Hamodos, south-westward of Seres, cap further large quantities were going from Scottish troops successfully raided
Belgium over the German railways, and turing 143 prisoners.
do nothing with their legs held in the was a successful raid by British troops at sline, while our barrage passed on, en-Hamodos, west of Seres. One hundred abling enemy, snipers and machinegun and tem prisoners and two amchine-guns ners to literally spray then,
were captured. Around Poelcapelle our már fought recklessly and fiercely. The English and Scottish troops, working in small parties; entered the ruins of the village and tem- porarily evicted the enemy from the brewery, engaged in desperate bayonet work among the brick heaps and repelled successive counter-attacks antil the weight of numbers and the absence of supports forced them to give ground.
GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, October 15th. A wireless German official report states:The English penetrated between | the Scarpe and the Cambrai-Arras road. ..but our counter-attacks drove them out.
FRENCH FRONT, RECIPROCAL ARTILLERY FIRING.
PARIS. October 15th. A communiqué, states: On the Aisne front the reciprocal artillery firing con tinued most lively in the region of the plateaux between Ailes and Craonne.
On the right of the Meise, there were violent artillery actions north of Hil 314.
German aviators last night bombarded in the region of Dunkirk, and there were several civilian casualties.
A communiqué states:-There was
violent artillery activity in the region of the platenus between Ailes and Craonue.
Our casualties were light Our deroplanes bombed a dump and train at Cestovo, on the Doiran front.
Italian Front.
EARLIER CABLES. ́(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
ITALIAN FRONT. ITALIANS BREAK UP ENEMY
· ATTACK......
LONDON, October 15th.
entrance to the Irbe Channel,
movements into the Gulf of Riga,
Our long-range guns cover the further
Enemy torpedo-boats between the Devel and Dago islands pressed back our patrol boats in the direction of Moon Sound.
the enemy to retire.
With naval reinforcements we compelled
We rapidly made progress
GERMAN VERSION. A wireless German official report states: on Octet Holland. Ths traffic on the Belgian Island, repeatedly overcoming the enemy, roads and railways, except for military We cut off the Sworke Peninsula from the purposes, was absolutely insignificant. North. Therefore, there is virtually no civil de
Our ships silenced the land batteries. mand On the contrary, the enemy de
We are advancing towards the cast mands respecting roads and railways in const the military area for trenches, dugouts, The Russians are retreating in order and pill-boxes" were enormous. From to carape over the mole connecting Oesel January 1st to August 15th of this year
Island with Moon Island. the Germans imported into Belgium from Holland over 3,000,000 tons, and daring the second half of August at the rate of
LATEST CABLES. ISLANDS REGARDED AS LOST.
LONDON, October 16th An Italian official report states:-We 5,000,000 tons per annum, Thus, even the
Well-informed circles in completely broke up an attack
Petrograd near Netherlands Government's estimate of regard the Uesel and Dago islands s Lockavec, preceded by lavish artillery 1,050,000 tons annually as Belgium's civil lost. firing from Flondar to the sea.
requirements, which are grossly excessive, Nevertheless, the value of Rigs to the General.
LATEST CABLES, -- (THROUGH REUTERʼA AGENCY.]. GERMANS WANT TIRPITZ.
AMSTERDAM, Oc ber 16th.
The Pan-Germans are campaigning in favour of the return of Admiral von Tirpitz to the Admiralty."
does not represent half what has gone enemy is small until the western fairway through.
of the Gulf is cleared, which is impras ticable so long as the forts on the western peninsula of Ocsel hold out.
EARLIER CABLES. FRENCHMEN'S TREACHERY.
PARIS, October 18th.
Bolo, and Turmel and others have been
The Russians destroyed the fairway two years ago by sinking interned German
a Foraft laden with stone and cement. It is
KAISER TO VISIT CONSTAN- TINOPLE.
P
SULTAN RECEIVES IMPERIAL VISITOR.
AMSTERDAM, October-ath. Great preparations are being made at Constantinople for the visit of the Kaiser The streets are being decorated.
Prince Ziaddin and Enver Pasha will welcome the Kaiser at an station..
outlying
The Sultan will receive the Kaiser at Constantinople station, surrounded by Princes and Cabinet dignitaries.
GERMAN SOCIALISTS AND WAR OREDITS.
AMSTERDAM, October 15th. The agenda for the meeting of the Ger man Socialist party includes several motions to reject the War Credits
THE IRISH CONVENTION. PRAYERS FOR ITS SUCCESS.
LONDON, October 15th. The Archbishop of Dublin, addressing the Protestant Synod, said that the Irish Convention had discussed the most grave and most controversial matters in a spirit of good-will, which had grown daily..
The Archbishop asked for prayers for the success of the Convention's task. PARLIAMENT REASSEMBLES
TRADE FOR NINE MONTHS.
LONDON, October, 15th. The total Imports for the period between January 1st, 1917, and Septem- ber 30th, 1917, were £776.702,353, and the Exports £283,091,080.
In the above returns there is an in-
returns for the same period in 1916. crease in exports of £72,750,049, and an increase in imports of $14,700,150 over the
CHEVRONS FOR WARSERVICE
LONDON, October 15th.
War Office is arranging for the issue
The Press Bureati sounces that the
a red chevron for officers and soldie who entered a theatre of war in 1914.
A blue chevron will be bestowed up those entering subsequently, with additional hive chevron for each yea service.
This ensures a special distinctive mark for those who served in the overseas war theatres
MICHAELIS GONE EAST
AMSTERDAM, October 15th.
A Berlin official despatch states that the Imperial Chancellor, Dr. Michaelis, has gone to the occupied territories in the East.
ON THE ROAD TO TRIESTE VITAL STEPS TOWARDS THE COMING TRIUMPH.
EUÝ PH WALTER SETON.]
[Dr. Walter Seton has just returned from a visit to the Italian frent, where he has travelled over most of the ground covered by the new offensive.]
Towering above Gorizia to the north, raking a devastated eity from end to end with shells, stands Monte Santo, the Holy Mountain, so called because there nestles on its slopes a great convent. In May, 1917, the Italians established them- but had to withdraw. To-day, the Italian selves for a brief while on Monte Sante, tricolour is waving on its summit.
Monte Tanto stands in a pivotal. posi- That is a great achievement in itself. tion, a kind of vast hinge where the deuble front of the Middle Isonzo joins the Cargo front. What will come next? Probably the capture of Monte San Gabriele, and when that is done Gorizia will be free from Austrian fire.
ISON20 AND HERMADA. Fürther north the Italians have made a notable advance. In May, 1917, they threw themselves across the Isonzo north of Canale, but it was a short-lived suc cess. Once again they have crossed the river, and this time they have stayed on the left bank. This news, coupled with the fact that the Italiany are establishing themselves on the Bainsizza Plateau, shows that a very substantial advance has been made to the east of the Middle Izenzi, *... 6 A
Interesting and important as these two developments sro, the storn sector in the present Italian fighting is, and ought message told us that Italian airmen were to be, around Hermada. An official bombarding the lines of communication messages state that the Italians occupy between Hermads and Trieste, but other all the lower slopes, and are advancing. towards the summit. They have also a saulted Hills 241 and 247 in front of Selo, and have captured at that point thousands of prisoners-which means a
naval forces, British and Italian, are co frontal attack on Hermada. Meanwhile, it is clear from several accounts that the LONDON, October 15th operating by shelling the sides of Her made from the sea, and in particular Parliament again assemblea to-morrow. shelling the railway line from Trieste to Among the early business the Governmight be brought up.
Duino, by which Austrian reinforcements ment is expected to ask for an extension of the life of Parliament for six months.
The most important business ahead is
All this means that Hermada is prae tically besieged on all sides. It is still too early to prophesy whether Hermada will fall this time. It is not inossibla bites at the cherry, have to take two that the Italians will
For not. Hermada will fall and after that Tricite will be entered.
charged with treachery and will he tried pointed out that the islands are likely the new Vots of Credit, when the Prime by Court-Martial.
to be an admirable Zeppelin base against Minister is expected to make an im-Case of Monte Santo, but whether this is Petrograd.
portant speech.