The Hongkong Telegraph
(ESTABLISHED 1881.) Copyright, 1915 by the Proprietor)
WEATHER FORECAST
FINE
Barometer 80.16
November 22 1915,
Temperaturs 6 8.m. 67 Humidity
70
2 p.m. 74
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MONDAY,
3078 日大十月十年卯乙
TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
NOVEMBER 22.
1915.
TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
COMMERCIAL BLOCKADE OF GREECE.
A HUGE MODERN ZEPPELIN DESTROYED.
Anglo-French Successes in the Cameroons.
GREECE DENIES CONCLUSION OF AGREEMENT WITH BULGARIA,
[Beater's Service to the "Telegraph."]
GREECE AND THE BALKANS.
BARL KITCHENER ARRIVES IN ATHENS.
November 21, 12.40 a.m. Renter's correspondent at Athene ange that Earl Kitchener bas arrived. He visited the King with the British Minister, and had an audience with His Majesty, lasting upwards of an hour and afterwards called on M. Soouloudis,
Earl Kitchener leaves Athens this evening.
THE ENTENTE POWERS DECLARE AN ECONOMIC COMMERCIAL BLOCKADE AGAINST GREECE,
November 21, 3.05 a.m,
Reuter'a correspondent at Athens says that Earl Kitohener' arrival on a visit to the King bas somewhat allayed the anxiety Broused by the British announcement that the Allies had deter mined to exercise pressure on Greece, owing to her attitude in the eventuality of the Allies retiring to Greek territory.
According to the newspapers the Eatents Powers have declared an economic and commercial blockade against Greece.
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GREEK DENIAL OF AGREEMENT WITH BULGARIA:
November 21, 7.30 p.m.
ITALY AND THE ALLIES.
ITALY WILL NOT CONCLUde a sepaRATE PEACE.
November 21, 6,00 p.m. Rauter's correspondent at Paris says that Italy has signed so agreement with the Allies that she will not conclude a separate peace.
GREAT DEMONSTRATIONS AT PALERMO.
November 21, 6.00 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at Palermo says that the visit of Signor Salandra, the Italian Prime Minister, and Signor Orlando, the Minister of Jastion, led to tremendous patriotic demonstrations and Ovations during which there were shoats of "long live the Saviour of Italy."
Signor Orlando in a speech said that the reason Italy had joined the war at an unfavourable moment was that if she had not joined she would have sigued her own death warrant. He referred Boathingly to Austrian disloyalty and Germany's mad pride, there- fore Italy had been impelled to eide with the natione who were fighting for the right to live.
Biguor Orlando added :—
"Italian solidarity with the Alfies is absolutely essential and an isolated victory or an isolated peace is impossible. The proper formula is "All for one and one for all," and that not only ethical bat practical considerations made this imperative.
THE ITALIANS.
HEAVY LOSSES INFLICTED ON THE ENEMY,
November 21, 12.55 a.m.
▲ communique issued in Rome states: The battle on the Leonzo front was continued vigorously. The Italians stormed defence works in the Fondo valley and successfully opened an attack on the heights north-east of Oatavia, near Goritz. They also gained a firm footing on the crest of Mount San Miobele, in the Carso region, violent enemy counter-attacks were repulsed with heavy loss.
An attempt by the Austrians to recapture the summit of Col di Lana, in Cordevole, ended disastrously, the enemy fleeing in disorder, abandoning their arms.
THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.
GERMAN DEFENCES DESTROYED.
November, 21. 12.55 8.m.
are continued with great effect. The destruction of German defences A Paris communique states that concentrated French artillery was noted at several points.
November 21, 4.05 p.m. there is nothing to report.
Reuter's Paris correspondent wires that a communique states
AN AMERICAN BATTALION FOR THE FRONT,
(Havas Telegram.)
London:-A wire from Ottawa announces that ex-President)
The Greek Legation instructed from Athens, denies formally the conclusion of a political Grego-Balgarian Agreement. It says Roosevelt is making attempts to obtain command of the Amerionn that the only act concluded with Bulgaria is a technical Protocal, Battalion which is formed to go to France to fight on the side of the dated October 29, signed by representatives of the Greco-Bulgarian Allies. Bailways providing for the parchase in Bulgaris of 10,000 tons of cereals and the employment of forty. Balgarian wagons for their transport. The Protocol contains no other clause,
A NEW ZEPPELIN DESTROYED.
WHILST BEING INFLATED WITH OAS.
November 21, 4,05 s.m. Reater's correspondent at Copenhagen aaya that a Zeppelin was destroyed while being inflated near the town of Tondern on Wed- nesday; there were nine casualties. She was Zeppelin Z, 18, which had just arrived and had been installed in an unfinished shed. German soldiers were pumping gas into her when an explosion set fire to the Zeppelin which was destroyed. The roof of the shed was blown off. The man directing the pump was killed and others were injured. She was a huge Zeppelin, larger than her predecessor in the same shed.
MARINES DROP A LIGHTED CIGAR.
November 21, 355 p.m. Beater's exrespondent at Copenhagen says that the Zeppelin 2. 18 had only made one trip to the Island of Sylt before she was destroyed. Some marines who wore assisting workmen to complete the roof of the shed were smoking cigars, despite the most stringent regulations againat smoking, when amarine dropped a lighted oigar on the top of the Zeppelin, which immediately exploded.
THE RUSSIANS.
FURTHER VICTORIES REGISTERED.
November 21, 2.55 p.m.
Reuter's correspondent at Patrograd states that the Germane have sustained another reverse in the Baltic Provinces,
November 22 1914,
Iemperature 6 am. 72 Humidity
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WAR TELEGRAMS,
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
GREECE AND THE BALKANS.
BARL KITCHENER'S INTERVIEW WITH M. SCOULOUDIS.
November 21, 11.55 a.m.
According to Renter's correspondent at Athene Earl Kitchener's interview with M. Sconloudis lasted one hour and a half. Sir Francis Elliot the British Minister, was present. A lengthy Cabinet mesting followed. Earl Kitchener left for an unknown destination."
THE BOOM IN MUNITIONS.
November 1, 4.55 p.m.
$36 PER ANNUM
TELEGRAMS:
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
CONDENSED..
An Anglo-French force bas oo- cupied Tibati, in the Cameroons,
Earl Kitchener's visit to the King of Greece has allayed anxiety..
the Germans have sustained another reveres in the Baltic Provinces.
Tsartorysk, and have also cap- The Rassians have reoccupied tared an important village...
Italy ban signed an agreement with the Allies promising not to concinde a separate peace.
A Paris communique states that man defences have been destroyed. of several points in the West, Gar
shells, rifles, and bullets are pouring out of the factories in an Lord Murray, in so interview, says that ship guns, armour, unending stream, which will increase steadily until Germany is overwhelmed by our own weapons. A million women and men are working in countless factories, whose rapid construction and exten The Greek Legation in London ion conatitutes an engineering record. For instance, there are five denies the conclusion of any polit hundred munitions works in Leeds, empared with none, at the ical Greco-Bulgarian Agreement: | beginning of the war. Elsewhere in England, one armament firm is employing sixiy thousand workers, as compared with a negligible fraction of this number before the war. A new factory in Bootland, covering two hundred acres, with twelve miles of trolley lines and | twenty-two miles of heating pipes to warm the buildings, was only began to be erected six weeks ago. Lord Murray says he has been greatly impressed with the indomitable spirit and energy of the workers, and particularly with the enthusiasm of the women, and— another feature-with the number of most able engineera directing the work, unpaid.
[The following telegrame appeared in our special edition of yesterday:]
MR. ASQUITH.
INTERVIEW WITH HIS MAJESTY.
November 20, 5.40 p.m. Mr. Asquith interviewed the King to-day and made a report to His Majesty of his ministerial visit to Paris.
SOUTH AFRICA.
GRATIFYING RESPONSE TO CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.
November 20, 9.00 p.m. According to Reuter's Capetown correspondent the Governor General cf South Africa, in opening Parliament, sunounced that there has been a most gratifying response to the call for volunteers for service outside the Union, which will defray part of the cost,
THE RECRUITING SCHEME.
OFFICERS OF THE MERCANTILE MARINE EXEMPTED.
November 20, 2.55 p.m.
According to Greek newspapers, the Entente Powers have declared an economic and commercial blockade of Greece.
Lord Murray, in an interview, gave some remarkable facts con- cerning the increased production of munitions at Home.
Tremendous patriotic deman- strations marked the visit of the Italian Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice to Palermo.
While being infisted near the town of Todern on Wednesday, a huge modern Zeppelin was des- troyed, following an explosion.
The Italians have made further progresa at several points, and have repulsed violent enemy counter-attacks, inflicting beary losses.
Cocaine for French Soldiers. Paris, September 29.—A woman of Montmartre known as "Old Saran," received ench numbers. of letters from the front, that curiosity was aroused. She pre- tended that she was acting “as- "Godmother", to a number of soldiers without families, but a discreet inquiry revealed the ar
Certificated officers of merchantmen are exempted from enlist-tounding fact that Susan was a ment, owing to the paramount importance of maintaining British shipping,
INDIA AND THE WAR.
THE REAL ATTITUDE OF INDIA.
November 21, 1.40 p.m.
A communique says there has been violent artillery fire at As an example of the real attitude of India towards the war, several points in the Riga region. The enemy has been compelled the Timar mentions that it has lately repeatedly received to fall back to the west of Dwinsk, abandoning arme, ammunition long communications from eminent and responsible. Indians, whose and anbaried dead. The Germans were also defeated on the Styr, right to not as spokesmen is anquestioned, begging it to urge the The Russians have re-occupied Teartorysk and captured an Government to raise new and larger Indian armies to fight for the important village.
Allied cause:
IN THE CAMEROONS.
ANGLO-PRENCH FORCE OCCUPIES TIBATI,
November 21, 10.40 p.m.
INDIAN REVOLutionaries in America.
November 21, 1.40
German named Krielager, and the packets of comforts she sent to the front contained ocosine which she was supplying to de- votees whom even fighting could not wean from the drug habit. She has been arrested, a
DONT FORGET.
-TO-DAY, MADNES Bijon Theatre-9.15 p.m. Vistoria Theatre--9.16 p..
TO-MORROW.
Bijon Theatre-9,15 p.m. Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m. Saturday, November 27: Volunteer Headquarters.-Po Reserve Inspection; 3.45 p.m.
Monday, November 20. Council Chamber-Licensing Board meeting; 2.15 p.m.
Mr. Chamberlain's reference to the batching of indian plots in the United Bites in elucidated by a Washington telegram stating that the evidence sccumulated during the past year shows that It is officially announced that an Anglo-French force occupied, Indian revolutionaries are unusually motive in Americs, especially on November 3, Tibati, in the Cameroons. Ninety miles south-west on the Pacific Coast. There is little doubt that their activities Bany's Mountain, to which the Gormans had retreated after the whose assistance Indiana enlist in the ranks an German Propagan of Ngaunders, the British occupied, on November 8, the summit of are intimately connected with German agents, in return for lice capture of Bany on October 24.
dists. There is reason to hope that President Wilson will shortly take action against the movement. The newspapers declare that drastic stepa against German and Germanophile agents is imminent.
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Tuesday, November 30. Theatre Royal-St. Andrew'a Society Concert.