The Hongkong Telegraph
Temperature 6 a.m. 70,
October 21, 1914,
Humidity
晚三初月九年寅甲
TO-DAY'S
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LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
JAPANESE OCCUPY GROUP OF PACIFIC
ISLANDS.
GREECE RAPIDLY MOBILISING.
Desire to Join the Triple Entente.
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Japan Occuples Pacific Islands.
Oct. 20, 4.20 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at Tokyo states that it is officially announced that the Navy has occupied, for military purposes, the Marianne, Marshall and Caroline Archipelages..
The Caroline, Marshall, Marianne, Pellow and Solomon Islande are a number of small groups in the Pacific, north-east of Australia. Their total area is 5,160 square miles, and the population 122,000. The capitals are Ponape and Yap.]
Trafalgar Day.
WEDNESDAY,
RECENT FIGHTING.
(ESTABLISHED 1881.) Copyright, 1914 by the Proprietor.
The following is from Truth of September 2:
OCTOBER
21, 1914.
A THREATENED ENGLAND.
Mr. 0. R. SimsTM Prayer.
WEATHER FORECAST:
FINE.
Barometer 30.05
Temperature 6 a.m. 73-
October 21,1913
Humidity
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An Old Man's Prayer, "God of my father, now the day Drawe near when I must leave the land
Wherein I trod life's pleasant way, And leave my dear ones in Thy Grant that mine eyes so soon
hand.
oloss
to
May see, by Thy Almighty will, The land I love by England's foes Unsullied still. "Soon must I pass to where my
dead, B
BRITISH TROOPS IN- SHANTUNG.
landing of the British troope as Laoshan Bay, they quietly passed through Teimo oily and encamped outside it without touching any thing or maleating any Chinese.
Although there are about 1,000
Toingtau,
of the Kianchau-Tsinan Railway With regard to the occupation
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fortnight.
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The Japanese Navy has occupi
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by the Japanese troops, educated ed, for military purposes, the Chinese expressed the hope that Marianne, Marshall and Caroline through the mediation of the Archipelagos. British Government, the prestige of President Yuan might be saved, because he has given a pledge to the Shantung people that the neutrality of Chins will prescribed war zone. Any loss of be strictly enforced outside the President Yuan's prestige at this critical moment may lead to serious consequences.
just where he is ordered, and if be falls down dead or wounded, Is thousands have already dous during this campaign, his vecant place is immediately filled by some one behind him, while his The Press Bureau's bulletin own body, dead or alive, is just Mr G. R. Sms writes these Correspondent
From a N., C. Daily News issued last Sunday afternoon came kicked callously on one side as moving lines in the Referee on the
Peking, Oot. 8: just in time to restore confidence hsing of no longer toy acount haunting theme of a threatened The Chiness. Press to OBY and remove the anxiety which The fault is not with the soldier, England: had been caused by the publica- but with the officer, ba has no
printed several telegrama received tion earlier in the day of panic ideas beyond the brick wall days are fine and the fair country especially from Teinan and Teimo, ***Sometimes when the August from the Chiness of Shantung,
It is stated that the whole of rumours from the front. In a tactics of 1870, These were around me is basting in the loudly preising the good behavi Greece wishes to join the Triple crisis like the present the authori wasteful enough of life even in sunshine. I lie on the grass and our of the British troops from Entente ties can break silence the better those days, but they now mean listen to the song of the birds and Ticotain under the command of for the moral of the nation, wholesale slaughter for troops the hum of the insects, and I Brig General Barnardiston. The on the Nelson column for Trafal
Besides the usual decorations English people do not mind going into battle in the obsolete wonder if I am awake or dream-telegrams state that after the getting bad news. What they do formations adopted, the Gering.
a Day, wreathe ate placed in not like, and cannot bear, is man infantry. The German The England that I have
memory of the lost ortigere. suspense, which always leads to officer is as stupid, à fellow as the spent my life in, this peaceful,
The Da. ly Mail.says Germany's the ou culation of reporte having German diplomatist he lives green old England, cannot sore
razy attempt to rush to the zo authority, except that which is in a fool's paradieb on the tra ly have become a threatened Eng.
Straits of Dover is rapidly ap derived from the imagination of ditions of the "pust, and is land. I look out upon the green
Pronching ignominious failure. people who must have nows of too proud, obstinate, sad conserv glory of the smiling lend, and I British officers and soldiers, the
The Ozar, replying to a po some kind to live on, and who ative to adapt his methods to suit concs persuado faycalf that, if people of Teimo do not feel unssay tition by the Rosstan Temperance invent it when they cannot get it the altered conditions of modern naght should happen to our Fleet, in any way because they do not Society, says he decided long ago by other means.
battle tactics. The consequence the inviolate yes would be in wander in the streets at their nwa to cess the Government sale of Last week our army fought has been the succession of awful violate no more, that these amil-pleasure and whenever they buy alcohol:LITAN WATE magnificently, and fought to good holocausts of which we have read ing pastures would be trodden anything full price is paid in hard According to the Daily Mask, purpose. What General Leman at Liege, Monz, Cambrai, and under the heels of a German cash or bank notes. The senders beginning with the battle of and the Liege forts did for Earope other places.
Lorde, amid these green glades of the telegrams request the Lille, a steady succession of de in the early days of August Bir A month has passed since the would glisten the helmets of the Fress to publish them sa testifying feats has broken the southern John French and the British Kaiser launched his hosts on their Kaiser a guarde, and a German their appreciation of the British half of the Germsu line. Army have done in a different, way to Paris, bat nothing has so army encamp in the shadow of force. but not less effective, way at the far happened to jailify the con the tree-crowned heights.
Chinese public opinion is in already mobilised 450,000 men, It is annquaced that Graess has end of the month. They have fident hope of the German General
favour of the participation of the while anotiter 200,000 will be gained time, and time is going to Staff that they could orush the
British troops in the attack on ready to take the field in a At Hons and Cambrai the Ger- the same by the Raeliane on the decide the fate of this campaigu. French on the West and then do man advance received another East, Liege and Mobs upset the check, not a decisive one, perhape, Kaiser's apple-cart, and upset if for that cannot yet be expected, so violently as to bring him, and but a check which has still the German nation along with farther disturbed the German bim, within measurable distance time-table, which has decimated of the rain which must inevitably the cream of the Kaiser's troops, follow on the great gamble in and thrown an enormous number which Germany is engaged. The of wounded men on the hands of position is this the General Stoß-just at a time After bia rearguard Estilo at when they wanted all their efforts Cambrai on the 251 Bir John for the task which their master French fell back untrolested be- has so gratuitously set himself to hind the Somme the line accomplish, and which cannot be Amiens-St. Quentin. This muob The King's words:"We are fighting for a worthy purpose and completed till his troops have we know, not officially but from will not lay down arms till that purpose is achieved. I rely with occupied the French capital. the reports of pressmen, who were confidence on the united efforts of all my subjects;" and Our soldiers deserve the high-at Amiens till the beginning of (on the fourth side) Mr. Asquith's words:"No price is too highest praise which it is possible to the week. The British Army is when honour and freedom are at stake,”
give them, for they fought last probably fighting somewhere on week against enormous odds, and or behind this line at the present
Langkow-Laichow Kiauchau cir, Some particulars of the new without the support which Sir moment, for it appears to have
cuit as a war zone, the Berlio NY.K. steamer Suwa Maru are John French expected to get been followed from Cambrai by reared in the sense of sea-girt Government refuses to consent on given to-day. from bis French ally, Standing General Klack, who still has on security, I don't think we have the sole ground that Germany The agenda for to-morrow's alone at Mons on the extreme eye on the French left, if only he even now quite realised the can derive no benefit from the meeting of the Legislative Coun left of the line of batilo extending can push the British Army aside events through which we are action of the Chinese Government oil is given to-day. for 250 miles along the French and drive it into the extrenched passing. That the dream of our which, they say, is against The question of a frontier, the British Army of camp at La Fere. For the past envious foes should ever be Chinese neutrality so that Ger- drainage system was discussed. probably not more than 60,000 three days General Joffre bas realised seems to us unthinkable, many will reserve her free action at yesterday's meeting of the fighting men kept guard for the been fighting with the German The Greek Fleet, including the Idabo and Mississippi, is in French while they were attacking Army which entered France last Norman Conquest. For nearly
"It is a long time since the in fature regarding damages etc. Sanitary Board.**
There is much · speculation perfect state of efficiency. The whole of Greece wishes to join the the enemy from the Sambre, week through the Chimay trouee nine hundred years our shores among the Chinese. Press regard Batt. KO.YLL distinguished An account of how the 2nd Triple Entente,
safeguarding the left flank of the He has had some successes, bat have been unsullied by the coning the United States, for the themselves in recent fighting is The Idaho and the Mississippi are battleships bought some allied forces, and relieving Gen the latest reports go to show that qasror's heel.
papers say that, in its reply to the time ago from the United States. They have a displacement of eral Joffre of all anxiety about he has had to fall back before "The Armada was a threat that Jepssere Note respecting the
given to day, 13,000 tons and their designed speed is 17 knots. Their armament his communications. Liad cur superior numbers, and that the ended only ininglorious disaster to declaration of war against Ger consists of four 12-inch, eight 8-inch, twelve 7-inch, twenty 3 inch troops given way beneath the Germans are close up to the the galleons of Spain, and now many at Kiunohau, the Wesling- and 30 smaller guns. They each have four submerged torpedo etos m burst on them last Sunday Falaise de Champagne, in the La No, because the lord of countless ton Government was reported to tubes.]
week, and taken refuge inside Fere district, As before the legions has lost his reason the have elled Japan's attention to the entrenched camp of Mau-fighting at the beginning of foundations of the British the necessity of informing beuge, the French commander last week, so now, the bulk of Empire are not going to crumble America of Japan's action outside could never have got his troops the German Army has been in the dust before him."
the German leased territory. An- out of the corner in which he had thrown against the Allies in this
other report anys that the U.S. chosen to place them without part of the theatre of war. Out-
Government is displeased with being attacked from behind by numbered sa they undoubtedly necessary, behind the Seine and the definition of the Lungkow- the right wing of the German are, the British and French forces the Loire, ready to take the Laichow-Kiauchau circuit by Army, and thrown back on to the may have to fall back habind offensive when opportunity offere. China as a war zɔne na s cones- Sambre river. No one recognised the second line of the French There will be no Metz this time, quence of the Japanese landing this better than General Joffre defences (La Fere-Laon-Rheime), no Gravelotte, and no Sedan. at Langkow. It is said among when he thanked Sir John French for if they hold on too long it In the East of Europe the certaia Chinese officials that in the name of the French people would be at the risk of being Russians are moving with the China ought never to have pre- for the services which the British outflanked on their right by ponderous weight of a mighty scribed the so called war zone as Army had rendered to France fresh bodies of German troops steam-roller, pushing away by she has no military power to when her fate was hanging in the reported to be moving into the sheer force of numbers every compel the combatants to observe balance.
valley of the Aisne vin Rooroy thing in front of them and at it
Oct. 20, 3.15 p.m. To-morrow's Nelson celebrations will be of unprecedented magnificence.. The Dominion tokens are a notable feature.
The inscriptions on the plinth of the Nelson column, besides Nelson's immortal signal, are:-
To-day crowds have gathered in Trafalgar Square, school
öhildren saluting the flag.
Greece Mobillslog.
Oct. 20, 12 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at Naples states that passenger steamers from. Greece announce that Greece has already mobilised 450,000 men, while another 200,000 will be ready to take the field in fortnight.
Russian Temptrance Petition.
..Oct. 20, 12.55 p.m.
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a
In view of the immense benefits derived from the stoppage of the sale of vodka since the outbreak of war, the Russian Temperance Society has petitioned the Czar to forbid for ever the sale of spirits The Czar has replied that be decided long ago to case the
in Russia.
Government sale of alcohol.
BARLIER TELEGRAMS,
The Enemy's Crazy Rushing Qame.
London, Oct. 20, 4.55 a.m.
Born of the soil I proudly trod, Wait, where no tears of grief are
*
of God, To greet me round the throne Lord, let me pass behind the veil From that dear land they love
ed co well; Unconquered still, and with no tale
Of sheme to tell. "We are an island race, and
f.
Further notes on the Interesting appear on page 4,7
war items fre
given in this stue.
General news and an article on "The Enemy's Supplies" Germany, telegraphs to the Co-
D You, Chinese Minister to appear on page 3. **
"Our Contemporaries" appeara vérement to the effect that in on page 2, and log book on page reply to his official communication 6. concerning the definition of the
DON'T FORGET.
TO-DAY.
Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre 9.15 p.m.
TO-MORROW.
water
Legislative Council Meeting, 2.30 p.m.
Bijon Theatre 9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre 9.10 p.m. Saturday, October 24. Italian Convent Bazaar.
Thursday, October 29. Sale of Leasehold Property
Friday, October 30: Organ Recital, St. John's Cathedral, in aid of the Prince of Wales' Jand-9.15 p.m.
Saturday, October 31. Ministering Children's League bazaar-Government House Grounds.
Apart from the strategical and Rethel. Lower down the their side. The Austrian invasion Thanks to the extra vigilance value of the Mons battle, and this line the Trench seem to have of Poland has been hopelessly of the Metropolitan Police, over was very great, it had another been fairly successful in checking snuffed out, and the whole twenty rebel agents have been value of not less importance in the advance of the Duke of Austrian Army has now seeming arrested by Government detectives G.P. Lammert's Sales Rooms that it shattered the fighting Wurtemburg's Army across the ly been concentrated for the daring the last fortnight with 3 p.m. a prestige of the German Army: Meuse near Mezieres, and that of defence of Galicia, which has bombs and other dangerous arms The London Daily Mail publishes a report from France as When a British General-can sue the Crown Prince towards Dan; been invaded by at least ten for creating anti-Government dis- follows:
cessfully hold bis ground against but if the French left has to Russian corps, with more to turhances in the Metropolis. The enemy's crazy attempt to rush through to the Straits of an overwhelming attack of picked retire behind La Fero, this means follow. We may safely prophesy The majority of the rebels have Dover is rapidly approaching fruition, namely, ignominious failure, troops at least three times as the retirement also of the French the defeat of the Austrians in been executed, after trial by the Beginning with the Battle of Lillé a fortnight ago, a steady succes- numerone as those under his troops on the Meuse, or they will Galicia, under conditions which Murtial Court for sedition and a sion of defeats bsa broken the southern half of their line. The command there must be aomo-be isolated from the main French will prove more disastrous to few others were sentenced to Germans have been reinforced to the lost man, but must advance thing wrong either with German Army. As these words are being their arme than their recent defeat panal servitado. All the secret under the worst conditions, as the country, ordinarily easily defended, loadership or with the German written, the result of the fighting on the Drina River by the Bar-quarters of the rebels have been has now been converted into a quagmire by heavy rains,
soldier; and the soldier does not now going on is still uncertain,vians On their right the raided by this Police, and bombs seexa to be in fault, for he has on and the whole situation corres- Russians are masters of East seized in large quantities all occasions during the presont pondingly so; but what is not Prussis, and their advanced The police and detective de war advanced to the attack with uncertain is that Bir John Irenohguards are already on the Vistula,partments are more vigilant, now a courage which would be sub and General Joffre will under They have enough men to mask in the search for rebels and their
me if it were not so pathetic. no circumstance allow their the fortresses of Thorn and agents than previously! The Gala night Theatre Royal The German soldier never thinks, armies to be aliat up in Paris, bat Danzig, and then, h on to the authorities are quite confident never reasons, never inches; he after standing, whenever they offer in sforinight the Cossacks that they can maintain order in matches along withid in that ical oan, to hit the enemy as hard a should be knocking at fos the capital and the provinces indifference to his fats, going possible, they will retire, if of Berlin.
The Trafalgar Celebration.
Oct, 20, 4.5' a.m, The deep significance of this year's Trafalgar celebration is at teated, by the decorations on the Nelson Columu, on which Nelson's desthletrsignal is displayed an giant lettering: At the base of the plinth, and near it, wreaths have been placed in memory of the lost
cruisers
without foreign interference)
H Jockey Club meeting
noon.
Wednesday, November 4. Licensing Sessions,
Saturday, November 7- Hongkong A.D.O Blue Bird"
0.15pm
Antader, November 10 pro Hongkong A.D.O. “Blue Bird” Theatre Royal-0.15 p.m..