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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19cm, 1917.
GERMANS DISORDERLY RETREAT IN ITALY.
STORY OF THE ATTACKED SCANDINAVIAN CONVOY,
GERMAN DESTROYERS OFF THE TYNE.
JAPANESE LANDING AT YLADIVOSTOK DENIED.
BRIGANDAGE AND DISORDER AT HARBIN,
Generul
THE SCANDINA
ATTACKED BY
In the House o Geddes announced ba
enomy attack ba
in the North
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AMERICA AND THE WAR. WEEKLY WAR RETIEW.
WASHINGTON, December 17th. Mr. Bakery the War Secretary, in ha says:→ No element in situation should lead us to that the mitiative on the Früht has passed to the enemy,
g to the rumours of great Ger. Sarations to roll back the Allies
EARLIER CARLES
CAUCASIAN TRIBE BESIEGE GROSNY
LABOUR'S WAR AIMS
PURPOSE OF THE BRITISH LABOUR MOVEMENT.
Naval Activities.
LONDON, December 17th).
The Times" Odessa: Correspondent “at
LONDON, December 17th.
Odessa states: --The warlike Caucasian The Parliamentary Committed of the tribe of Tchetchentsi have surrounded Trade Union Congress and Executive and besieged Grosny. The population wag panic-stricken. Fires broke out
among the oil wells, and there were many
victims.
SEARCH FOR KERENSKY.
LONDON, December 17th. The Timer Correspondent at Petro grad reports that there have been nume
oua perquisitions of residences by officers during a diligent search which is being made for Kerensky, who is supposed to be in hiding in the city.
ASSEMBLY RETURNS.
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{THROUDH RECTER'S AGENCY.]
ENEMY DESTROYERS NEAR
THE TYNE
TWO TRAWLERS ATTACKED.
LONDON, December 17th Labour Party has issued a statement of In the House of Commons, Dr. Mac- their war aims which will be submitted namara announced that two trawlers were
to the National Labour Conference to be
attacked by ganfire off the Tyne, at half- past four on the morning of the 12th inst. held in London on the 28th instant. The One trawler was damaged and the other statement reaffirms the declaration adopt was sunk. ed at the Conference of the Allied Socialist and Labour Parties on February
Eight of the crews were killed,
It was at first reported that the attack was made by submarines, but a later La report mentions destroyers.
Italian bront
14th, 1815, and says:-The fundamental purpose of the British Labour movement in supporting the continuance of the war ia that the world may be made safe for democracy. It urges the suppression of secret diplomacy and Parliamentary
LONDON, December 17th. Up to the present time there are 300 return to the Russian Constituent control of foreign policy, the universel Assembly elections 180 Revolutionary abolition of compulsory military service, Socialists, 95 Maximalists and 13 Cadets: the limitation of armaments, the aboli There is no vital difference between the tion of profit making by armament firms, programmes of the Revolutionary Social the establishment of a League of Nations,
an International High Court, and the ists and the Maximalists; the conflict between them is for power,
formation of an International Legisla
tura
GUILLOTINE FOR RUSSIA S ENEMIES,
Front, Mr. Baker says:---- Higher Command seeks victory and is very eager
PETROGRAD December 17th: make us betiere that he is about to
The majority of the Executive of the swin Tuch tory. Mr. Baker admits. Soviet have approved a decree declaring
onem consive is posthe Cadets the enemy of the people.
SALE
scattered in geordance with
ANCER OF THE !
Firiane Bighted four
destroyers at 11.16 a.m. do the Shortly afterwards the Pelow
CONVOY
orders,
Soon the Partridge was beas
board and she sangat be
meanwhile, was holed sh
ine and her engines were
after which an explosion:
disabled She was eventually
eafely to England.
and sank the
Eighty-eight Scandinavian
The enemy then apparently attacked
two women
trawlers
luding Brit
Burvivors, "Were rescued by four de stroyers, which detached at full speed from the oruiter squadron. The other survivors reached Norway: it boats. CREW AND CONVOY SAVED.
CHRISTIANIA, December 18th All the crews of the merchentimen thi were, sunk and the convoy -have- boen saved Whan the raiders attacką), ste convoy withdrew from the fighting area, and the crew took to boats
LIEUT. GREY A PRISONER
Eg
AMSTREDAN, December 17th A telegram from Kial states that Lieutenant Grey, nephew of Viscount Grey, the ex-Foreign: Becretary, amongst the prisoners who have been landed from the attacked convey.
Lieutenant Grey was. aboard the Partridge during the fight and assumed command when the Commander fell.
Lieutenant Grey was wounded by a shell splinter and was picked up by a German destroyer
Telegrams from Copenhagen state that German light cruisers supported the destroyers.
the
Neutral survivors state that Fastridge sank after ten minutes fight ing against an overwhelming fire, the crews working the guns till the last.
The Germans offered to take aboard. a number of neutral seamen after the was sunk All the neutrals CONVOY rafiset, preferring a chance to reach Norway in open boats,
that the increased ane on the Western in and permanent Is the Germans,
save the conquest of
resp, vide influence
and far to ro
of the Allies in the
he says
said,
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A DISORDERLY RETREAT.
ENEMY FORCED BACK.
LONDON, December 17th,
FABLIER CAREES,
SNOWSTORM AT CAMBRAI,
LONDON, December 17th.
A telegram from Headquarters states that a snowstorm and north-westerly gale is raging in the Cambrai region.
NOTHING TO REPORT
LONDON, December 17th. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig states that there is nothing to report.
LATEST CABLES.
FRENCH FRONT.
ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.
Pants, December 17th.
A communiqué report resiprocal artil- lery activity south of St. Quentin, and on the right bank of the Mouse.
The Near East.
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ACCOUNT OF JERUSALEM SURRENDER.
PALESTINE CAPTURES TO DATE.
CAIRO, December 17th- There was violent artillery firing To date 502 Turkish officers and 11,474 throughout the day between the Brenta men have been captured in Palestine. and the Piave,
An Italian official communiqué states:
There was stubborn infantry fighting at
While repudiating war conquests, it Colcaprile. The superior forces of the insists upon the necessity of restituency were forced back by our counter-
offensive. tion, reparation and certain territorial readjustments.
Our reinforcements re-established the It emphatically insists that the foremost condition of peace must
position to our advantage. Our co-
EARLIER CABLES.
LONDON, December 17th. The following is the conclusion of yes terday's message:
Meanwhile the dismounted Yeomanry to the north drove out the Turks from the village of Beitskes and gallantly.
M. Trotsky addressing the minority be reparation by Germany under the centrated fire broke up an attack at the rushed the entrenched positions, inflicting
You are perturbed at the mild direction of an International Commission lower end of the Brenta Valley, forcing terror we are applying to our class of the wrong done to Belgium and the the enemy to retire in disorder. enemies. A month hence this will equal restoration of Belgian "independence. the terror of the great French Revolu tionaries Not fortress, but a guillo
tine, awaits dur effemies.
PROTEST BY TEASANTS.
CONGRESS.
her waning in
The Peas
Telegrama from Petrogr
Countrywid
effect the gre kits Bolsheviks?
tonge of their policy semi-terrorism towsi mon Bolamerik plements tontinue, with wholesale arrests The latest victi Compi a batch of ex Tre officials, also the
Discount Ban
baz
irector
über 17th.
The rep
THE ETSAR
the crape
UKRAINIAN
order at Harbin to the who are already en rou
of DISTURBANCES
assist the Bank
the
LORD
Reuter leard fr thet Harbin, the popu the Capital are closed. Neyslargely Jewish, from the province is still scrappy, and sherik control. mostly from Bolshevik sources.
There is up confrmation of the arrest of General Kaledin.
POLISH OPPOSITION TO FIGHTING. FOR GERMANY
LONDON, December 17th. News from Warsaw shows that a vast majority of the Polish nation opposes the formation of a Polish army to fight for
the Central Powers
GERMANY AND THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
AMSTERDAM, December 18th.
A telegram from Berlin says that Baron von Minister, is going to Brestlitovsk in con- Kuehlmann, the Foreign
nection with the pesos negotiations.
GERMAN PRESS COMMENTS.
AMSTERDAM, December 17th: The German newspapers rejoice, at the
the thinment of & Russo-German peace armistice, but most of them recognise that
in roast difficult.
Great disorder
Brigands a
portant Japanese
GERMAN
The statement reaffirms reprobation of the crime whereby Alsace-Lorraine was forn from France, and suggests that the inhabitante of Alance-Lorraine should decide their own destiny under the pro- taction of a League of Nations.
rther, it proposes that the reoorgan fantion of the Balkan peoples be settled by an International Commission, and sup Con-ports the claim of unredeemed Italiähk
to be united to Italy.
The people of Poland must be allowed to settle their own destiny, and hopes that a free Jewish State in Palestine will be established.
EARLIER CABLES.
COLD THE ENEMY OF ALLIED TROOPS,
LONDON, December 17th. The Daily Mail Correspondent at Italian Headquarters reports that the fighting on the Pinve side of Mount Grappa has reached a serious phase. The Germans are persistently attacking a salient 1 miles broad,
The cold is most bitter, and the Italian garrisons are⠀⠀⠀ being subjected to a physical effort which is unprecedented during the whole war.
very heavy casualtie
Our Josses were comparatively light. The Welsh troops advancing from the south pushed across the road cast of Jerusalem leading to Jericho, pressing back the enemy rein forcements which were burried up.
The Correspondent describes the condi- tions and says that the Turks had them 1st 45,000 pack, animals through starvİ-
tion and overwork,
The inhabitanta
fought for the bodies of the animala There was a period of persecution, when all suspected of sympathising with the Allies were imprisoned or exiled, and
of Jaza He attempted to escape scross many were executed, including the Multi
the desert towards Sinai, but he was cap tured and banged with his son outside the Jaffa Gate
The American colony, which was not Since the British troops took over their molested throughout, worked nobly relies- sector there has been no infantry action,ing the distress. They were most help The manifesto says that the peoples The waters of the Piave are forming ful to the British wounded and prisoners. says that freed from the excorated rule of the an unpassable barrier, but the Austrian the Turks should he administered by a Com gunnars hare intensified their fire and ssion under a League of Nations, and demolished most of the houses at
rove of the hat Constantinople be made a froe and Montello. The British are less affected
SOCIALISTS STOCKHOLM.
LaxDow, December 18th. Herr Schiedemann and other Ma Socialista here arrived at Etock where they are negotiat Bolshevik representatives.
Hear Branting: condemns this diplomacy,
eutralised port.
gbay proposes that the conquered tropical Africa be trans- erted to a League of Nations for
'ns a single and independent
by the cannonade thun by the cold,
GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, December 17th.
A wireless German official report states: The Austro-Hungarians captur ed several hundred prisoners southward of Col Caprile. English attacks at Monte, Fontanesecca broke down,
STRUGGLE DIMINISHING
The Germans recently attempted to Procure the exile of Americans, and, despite the Turkish opposition, they had
Damasons, but our arrival prevented the a number of the younger males sent to
deportation of the remainder.
The population was most excited at the sound of cannonade in the battle of Beersheba. When the truth of the Bri became more numerous. Several officers tish victories leaked out deportations.
arrived barefoot after the capture of Ascalon. They had run all the way abandoning everything, including hos- pitals with 400 wounded. Bevere men sures were taken fugitives being com-
Opposes economie war but my that British Labou satisfied unless a full and free be made into the
LONDON, December 17th. against particular An Italian official report states-pelled to retain the line. Enver Pasha copeially the Between the Brents and Piave the amended the evacuation, but three days arrived early in November, and he recom erty of merchant.sez gle diminished in intensity on Friday later, after he had returned to Constan combatants, including evening and it had not increased on tinople, a proclamation
ber their inhuman | Saturday.
herefore, a Court
A prompt counter attack brove back an
on should be attempted advance in the Col Della le such allegations ↑ Berretts region,
LAUX DENIED. IMUNITY
PARIS, December 17th-
Committee of the Chain- the charges against, MM. Loustalot has recommend
of Parliamentary
LATER
rnco-Helytan bront,
LAFEST VADLES,
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOX.
BRITISH FRONT.
ATTACKS REPULSED.
was issued
stating that the city was to be held the last Reinforcements arrived and Posted machine guns. It is even statąı that they mined sacred sites. Subme quently General Falkenhayn came to con trol the defence.
ce measures, The British rush in the end left the Turks no time to carry out their worst intentions. The Governor of the city failed to prevail on the troops to defend their houses. Besides Laten the Patriarch, who was arrested ant deported some weeks ago, the Turks de ported the Greek Patriarch, elesen members of the Holy Byned, and the Armenian Patriarch and Council.
Some bigger guns were mounted just outside the walls of the city, therefore it was impossible to deal with them without
LONDON, December 18th. Field-Marshal Bir Donglas Haig says, Raiding parties attacked two posts in the neighbourhood of the Ypres Cominer Canal. We repulsed one attack, end in Clemencean told the Committed the other the enemy entered a post and endangering the town. Torrential rains
decision that Baron Bonnine captured a few men. We counter Warned the British, French and attacked and recaptured the post and ipbassadors of the disquietude men, killing or capturing a number of the ed by the activities of M. Caitiaux enemy Mutual artillery Sting continued
n the remainder of the front.
The heavy mow last night continued
Clemenceau added that if M Cail-
So to-day. were an ordinary citizen there
sion aboist the charges the Chamber refused to of M. Chillaux,
6IX INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND
Rienter's
mads transport work most difficult. The attack was pivoted on Neby Bamuel, the amounted Yeomanry attacking_north and north-east of Neby Samuel, the Lon- don troops in the south adv
east while the Welsh and upon Jerusale Home Counties threatened the south. The last named troops back the resistabos srotand and reached a point two mil Bethlehem by
The London or of the
London, December 18th.
steep stony ravine nad up. correspondent at British before closing with the wiring yesterday Bars which by amultaneas winter has taken charge of the attacks they secured en Front fix inches of ande lies morning them bola Turkish po