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January 29 1916,
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SUNDAY,
JANUARY 30, 1916
3133 日大廿月二十年卯乙
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MR. LANSING'S NOTE TO THE BELLIGERENTS.
FORMULA AMERICA PROPOSES BELLIGERENTS SHOULD ADOPT.
Another German Lie Exploded. Investigations Prove Allegations Without Foundation
GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR SAID TO BE ON THE APPAM
[Beater's Service to the *Telegraph."]
THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.
FOUR GERMAN ATTACKS.
January 29, 3.05 am
AMERICA AND SUBMARINE WARFARE.
MR. LANSING'S NOTE TO THE BELLIGERENTS.
January 29, 4.20 am. According to Reuter's correspondent at New York, it is etsted that Mr. Lansing'e Nota to the Belligerents on the subje of submarine warfare declares that armed merchantmen may be denied entry into American parts except on the same conditions sa warships, unless the Powers accept the proposals of the United States, which, while regarding the destruction, of merchantmen without warning and removing of passengers and crew safely sa contrary to humanity, considers that a belligerent should not be deprived of the right to use submarines.
Mr. Lansing considers that the introduction of submarine warfare has changed the status of armed merchantmen, sa the
defenaire powers of submarines is limited, even against light guns. Therefore, it is right that merchantmen should carry armaments, though legally doäbtful.
THE FORMULA PROPOSED BY MR. LANSING,
January 29, 420 am.
-TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
IMPORTATION OF LUXURIES.
FRESH AND TINNED FRUITS..
January 29, 1.20 p.m. It is stated that pineapples, peaches, nectarines and plans are included in the list of prohibited fruits; ales dried fruits. The prohibition of the import of tinned fruits will be considered.
LORD DERBY'S RECRUITING.
ANOTHER BATCH CALLED OUT.
January 29, 3.05; p.z.
TELEGRAMS.
DAM BURSTS IN CALIFORNIA.
FIFTY PERSON DROWNED. Raster's Service To The “Telegraph."
Loader, Received January 30. According to Renter's corres- pondent at Washington a big dam burst at San Diego, Cali- fornia. Fifty persane have been drowned,and many are homeless. An immense amount of damage has been done.
THE NEW VICEROY
OF INDIA
APPOINTMENT OF MILITARY,
SECRETARY.
London. Received, January 30. Lord Chelmsford, the new Viceroy of India, has appointed. Major Ralph Verney, who was with him in Australia, sa his- Military Secretary,
Lady Chelmsford has gone to France to meet her husband.
DOUGLAS BOAT AFIRE.
An Outbreak on the "Halman”.
This morning, shortly before
Notices have been posted calling out Lord Derby's groups of nine c'clock, smoke was observed Reater's correspondent at New York states that the formula which Mr. Lansing proposes the belligerents should adopt on the tea, cleven, twelve, and thirteen, on February 2. subject of submarines, is as follows:-
1. That a non-combatant be entitled to travel by sea in bellig- erent merchantmen and to rely on the rules of International Law and those of humanity.
2 That merchantmen of any nationality shall not be subject
to attack without warning.
3. That belligerent merchantmen should promptly obey the
order to heave to,
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4. That a merchantman should not be attacked unless the merchantman resists, and the attack mast casse when fight or
resistance ceSFO.
5. Sinking is only justifiable when it is impossible to supply a prize crew or to-convoy the merchantman; and passengers and crew
STRAIGHT TIP TO GERMANY..
A Paris communique states that there has been fierce cannon-must be removed safely. ading and sharp fighting in'Artois, where German attacks at four different points were repulsed, excapt at one south of Givenchy, whereby the enemy, after exploding a number of mies, gained a footing in our advanced trenches.
Of the other attacks, which were simultaneous, two were com- pletely defeated namely, near the Neuville-La Folia road, and
north-east of Arras.
A third attack, north of Rolincourt, was arrested at the outset, the enemy being unable to leave his treaches in faos of artillery and rifle fire.
The French, in a sharp fight, recaptured another mine crater aɔuth of the Neuville-La Folie rod and repulsed violent counter-attacks. The seriousness of the enemy losses in the preceding fights in
this region is shown by the fact that 150 German bodies were
counted in one of the recaptured craters.
The enemy violently bombarded Arras and the positions south of the town, tas French vigorously-replying.
The French guns wrecked enemy works south of Lasigny.
THE FIGHTING ON THE SOMME.
January 29, 5.10 p.m. A Paria communique says that after a sharp counter-attack at Artois, we recaptured a portion of the trench occupied by the Ger- mana yesterday. The enemy after a violent bombardment south of the Somme attacked on s front of several kilometres. The whole of the southern part of the stack failed completely, only succeeding on the animal bank of the Somme. The attacks have been stopped. The first French counter-attacks re-occupied some trenches. The French artillery set fire to a magazine to the south of Munster- There were many explosiona.
GREECE AND THE ALLIES.
ALLIED MARINES OCCUPY GREEK FORT.
January 29, 3.20 am Renter's correspondent at Salonics states that marines from British, French, Bussian and Italian warships in harbour at day- break on the 28th inst. landed on the Karaburan Peninsula and occupied a Greek fort and garrison, without being resisted...
THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE SERBIAN ARMY,
CONTINUES MOST ORDERLY.
January 29, 3.05 a.m.
January 23, 1.20 p.m. Beuter's Washington correspondent states it is strongly reiterated that President Wilson's speech was directed to Germany, who have been informed they must disavow the sinking of the Lusitania.
NO FURTHER NEWS.
January 29, 3.05 p.m.
There is no further news of the Liner Appam
GERMAN LOSSES.
HILAIRE BELLOC'S REMARKABLE STATEMENT.
to be asuing from the fore-hold of the Douglas Steamship Com pany's sa. Haimam as she w lying alongside the Company's Wharf. The Haïmun has only just come out of dock after her konual overhani, and wes das to leave to-day st noon for Swatów, Amoy and Foochow
The Fire Brigade was sum- moned and, under the direction. of Station Superintendent Lane, I was soon on the spot. The fire- flost was also called to the sOSTS. Examination - revealed the fact that the outbreak was confined to the Chinese crew's quarters in the fore peak of the vessel, and soon the fore part of the ship was being flooded by the float and from the high pressure mains on the Prays. In less than an hour the outbreak was - completely extinguished and the Brigade then proceeded to pump the water out of the vessel. The cause of the outbreak is not known at the Mr. Hilaire Belloc, the famous military critic, discussing Gez-moment. The Jamage is believed Router's correspondent at Washington states that a well-man losses, says: "The official figures given by the German Gove informed correspondent of the New York World says that President ernment of the losses in the casualty lists up to and including those over two and a half millions These lists do not include losses from Wilson has given Germany till Feb aary 5 to disavow the sinking of November 30, but, excluding losses at sea, give a total of just disease, are deaths from disease. They do not refer, upon an average, to a later date than the early days of Qosober, and certain features in them point to their incompleteness.
"NEW YORK WORLD'S" STATEMENT.
of the Lusitania.
January 29, 1.20 p.m.
ANOTHER GERMAN LIE EXPLODED.
ALLEGED CRUELTIES BY BRITISH TROOPS,
January 28, 6.05 pm. The Press Bureau publishes correspondence between the Am- erican Ambassador at Berlin and Sir Edward Gray with reference to the German Note regarding the alleged cruelties inflicted by British and Indian troops on German prisonera Sir Edward Grey's reply shows that fall investigation by the Commanders of British and Indian Carpa have proved the allegations to be without foundation, On the contrary, British and Indisas soldiers heroically rescued Garman wounded and treated them most humansly..
THE FEARED LOSS OF THE APPAM.
GERMAN PRISONERS ABOARD.
January 29, 126 p.m.. It is stated that there were were German prisoners from the Cameroons on board the Appam.
THE CLOSING OF MUSEUMS,
LETTERS OF PROTEST..
January 29, 1.20 p.m. Letters published protesting against the closing of the masenus include one from Lord Marley who says that the National History Museum is one of the places which Overseas visitors most wish to lar example of perversity.-2.
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(Britsah Foreign Office Telegram) -
January 28, 5.00 p
not to be great.
Two of the Chiness crew were partially overcome by the fumes,
and, in the case of me, artificial respiration had to be resorted to to bring him round:
It was a fortunate circumstanOS
"For instance, we find that, in individual lists periodically that the fire was discovered. issued, over ex hundred thousand are accounted for as dead, but before the steamer left port. As official German totale give barely more than five hundred thousand, a consequence of the occurrence, and the small proportion if wounded as compared dead clearly the departure of the Haiman will indicates the omission of many light casa. Again the figures set be delayed. down for deaths from disease are manifestly misleading. They can.
Gear.
only reler to some particular category, suchsa deaths in base hospitals YAUMATI FERRY SUNK. or deaths from a particular set of diseases. We know that this is Loss of Hongkong Cricket Cins the case, because the figures given are actually less than half the
"The number of German prisoners in the hands of the various Yesterday evening, at sboat death rate from disease among men of military age during peace time. Allies further proves that the figures for missing are insufficient, 6.40, one of the Ysamati Ferry allowing, as one must, & considerable margin for missing who are launches, the Wai On, was sunk not prisoners but deserters or dead. The total losses to the Germans the result of a collision with Empire alone up to the date in question November 30-and not another ferry boat. It appears to the early days of October; to which, at the latest, the official that she had just left Yaumati, German figures refer, are, upon every line of evidence, somewhat with a large number of passengers over four millions. Of these, however, clows upon a million must on board, and, when passing out have returned to service after recovery from wounds or sickness, of the break water, almost opposite and we may set the total loss of fighting men from the forces of the the Naval Camber, she collided German Empire, to November 30, as not less than three and a quarter with another ferry launch nam- ed the Lee Shing," which was million, and more probably three and half or even over.”
Later Mr. Belloc says that now, after a delay of more than three proceeding in the opposite direc-. Both lzonchas Were moushe, it is possible to establish from German casualty lists them- tion. selves the extent of the catastrophes suffered by the German armies damaged, and the Wai On during the great blows delivered upon thent in the British offensive sank in about ten minutes. As in Champagne at the end of last September. It will be remembered far sa can be ascertained, all the that the enemy put forward the obviously untenable claim that the passengers and crew were saved. The Lee Shing proceeded fo main shook of this offensive was met in Champagne by no more than a Division: esy of a fall strength of twenty thousand men, one of the Naval Yard whazred, This statement carried no weight and has deservedly been forgotten and, having landed her passen but it is remarkable how much greater his losser were even than gers, returned to the assistance was, at the moment, the Allied estimate of them. Highest of such of the, Wai On, but in the m -loses at some two hundred and forty thousand.
sime all the passangers from thin
A Pazis communique says that the withdrawal of the Serbian 20e. Closing it for the sake of a few hundred pounds is a singu. estimates zande by the victors upon that occasion 'put the enem, launch had been taken out by
army from Albania continues moet orderly. An Austrian advance guard has reached San Giovanni de Medus, but guns manîtions and material left there by the Berbisas have been removed by French trawlers and taken to Brindisi,
The retiremeat of the Serbiana has been favoured with better weather and by bridges which the British Mission has constructed. over the principle rivers and also by depote for food which have beau organised along the roada. The embarkation of Berbian troops con- tinues regularly.
The situation at the front for the Bulgarians has been an- ehranged for a month. A Bulgarian detachment occupies Dibra and brigade cocarpias ištrugs, north of Lake Oohrida.
SWEDISH STEAMER HELD UP.
CARGO OF MEAT DISCOVERED..
January 29, 1.20 p.m.
The Foreiga Ofice announces that a search made on the Swedish steamer, Stockholm, shows that the cargo includes 142 tons of meat, originally entered on the manifest, but subaegoatly deleted indicating that frand was intended.
other lanches.
Bo far we can already discover, from German lists alone,
Several of the passengers were that the lone was lose on three hundred thousand men, excluding all cases of shock, sickness, etc. necessarily arising in carrying luggage and most of this large numbers from so intense an action. We must further was lost. It is known that one remark upon the delays in the publication of German lists, and their man lost $550 in Hongkong. consequent incompleteness. Even during the third month after the subsidiary comma. action, the Infantry lists alons include twelve thousand names Among the goods lout checked and simitted after so great a lapse time; and this fourth twelve bage containing month after the schon January still is providing us with new gear of the Hongkong names in the lista. It will probably be found, when the history of the Club. These were being war is written, that, counting all casualties, the enemy saltered no less back after the match between the that three hundred and fifty thousand lowes in those memorable days. Rangkong Booute and the
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