The Hongkong Telegraph
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February M 1916,
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February 21 1915,
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1916.
WAR TELEGRYMS,
TO-DAY'S WAR TELEGRAMS,
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GERMAN GARRISON AT MORA SURRENDERS.
CONQUEST OF THE CAMEROONS NOW COMPLETED.
Another American Munitions Factory Destroyed
by Fire.
RUSSIANS STILL PURSUING TURKS IN ASIA MINOR.
[Beater's Service to the Telegraph.”] .
GREECE AND THE BALKANS.
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ENEMY CONSULS ARRESTED.
February 19, 3.45 pm. Renter's correspondent at Athens says that the Allies have arrested enemy Consuls at Scio and have taken them on board the warsbipe.
GENERAL SARRAIL ARRIVES AT ATHENS,
February 19, 3.45 pm
WAR TELEGRAMS,
THE TORPEDOING OF MERCHANTMEN..
MORE GERMAN SUBTLE SUGGESTIONS
IN THE BALKANS.
February 18, 12.55 p.m.
$36 PER ANKUM
TELEGRAMS.
COMRIE CASTLE ASHORE.
Passengers Landed. (Reuter's Service To De Teilsgraph.“).
London, Beceived, February 19. The La Comtia Castle went sahore while entering MombasE, and is now ca Levan Beef.
February 19, 12.40. p.m.
Renter's correspondent at Salonika asya :-A rouming air fight Assistance has been rendered, hai According to Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam a German took place north of Salonies, where a Frezob aeroplane tackled an she is still fast. Passengers have ecmmunique quotes a New York telegram to the effect that Germany Batik from which photographs were being taken of the French been sent ashore. It is hoped to has postponed the torpedoing of armed merchantmen until April so lines. The Frenchman drove the Prossise pilot and officer to the float ber in the afternoon afte that the United States will be able to warn Americans asking for round. The Garms ofcer had fiva ballets in his thigh, bat the removing some of her cargo. Her passports on such vessels. Berlin pretends to have na knowledge French were unhurt. The aviatik is intact and is being publicly position is described sa not of this, but obviously it is a German subale suggestion to trap the exhibited at Salonics. General Sarrail decorated the airman and dangerous.
announced that 185 boca be had been dropped on the Balgarian camp stStramnitza, with important results. En route the German squadron had been engaged and one Frenchman was wounded. All returned enfely.
United States.
[The following telegrame appeared in our special edition of yesterday:-]
THE RUSSIANS.
February 19, 405 am
A Petrograd comunique states that enemy Zeppelins and aeroplanes have made frequeat bomb-dripping raids on the Rigs and Drinsk sectors, and that the Russian sirmen are replying by vigorously bombing the enemy lines.
The enemy on the Daiester, after a prolonged artillery pre paration, attacked near U-sieczko, but was repulsed.
Our heavy guns have destroyed an enemy battery north-east of Czernowitz.
(Havas Telegram.)
February 17.
The Russians have repulsed all German sitoks against Gor- honnaykow and Usaleczko. A Russian dirigible has bombarded the town and railway station of Fodbaicy.
WAR FUNDS.
February 19, 120 pm. The Daily Telegraph remarks that the Vote of Credit of Renter's correspondent at Athens says that General Sarrail is $420,000,000 will make the total roles suctioned £2,082,000,000, arriving on Monday and will be received by the King.
and adds that a satisfactory feature is the rapidity with which the revenue is coming in. It is expected that there will be a total of $357,000,000 för 1915-18. as against an estimated £305,000,000.
MORE RUBBER · SMUGGLING.
ALLIES OCCUPY ANOTHER GREEK ISLAND.
February 19, 4.50 pm According to Benter's correspondent at Athens the Allies have cocupied the island of Othonus, north of Corfa.
PRINCE NICHOLAS EXPLAINS.
(Havas Telegram).
February 19. Prince Nicholas of Greece has sent to Le Temps a long letter, explaining the attitude of Greece, in order to clear up all misunder. standinge between her and the Allies. He añrms that the feeling in Greeds is of two sorts: one urging Greece to cooperate in the war on the side of the Allies, and the other advocating the maintenance of neutrality. He says that Greece never intended to participate on the side of the Central Powers and that she will always preserve!
the best feeling for the Nations who contributed so much to her
regeneration.
AN AMERICAN MUNITIONS FACTORY DESTROYED.
LOSS OF OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
February 19, 3.45 p.m. Benter's correspondent at Kingsport, Tennessee, says that a manitions factory has been destroyed by fire. The loss is said to be over a million dollara.
BRITISH RESTRICTION ON TOBACCO,
UNEASINESS IN CUBA..
February 19, 3.45 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at Havana says that the British restric tion on tobacco is cansing uneasiness among the Cubans, who are appealing to be allowed to fulfil existing contracts.
THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.
SMALL GERMAN ATTACK REPULSED.
February 19, 4.50 p.m. Renter's correspondent at Paris states that the Germana yester. day evening attempted a small attack to the north of Blangy in Artois which was easily repulsed.
ARTILLERY SHELLS ENB^Y INFANTRY COLUMN.
February 20, 12 50 s.m.”
February 19, 1.20 p.m. Beater's correspondent at New York says that two Germans have been arrested for trying to smuzzle rubber into Norway. The laggage of one woman contained 550 pounds of rubber and five hundred pairs of rubber gloves.
THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.
February 18, 450 p.m.
A Paris communique states that the night has been calm. '
February 18, 11.45 p.m.
February 19, 2.40 pm.
THE SITUATION
IN CHINA.
A Peking Denial. (Havas Telegram)
Beuter's correspondent at Athens says that the presence of Italian troops in Corfu was the subject of a debate in the Chamber. The Fremier, replying to vehement protests, said that the Allies had Moreover, the Italian force was limited to the fifty carabiniere escort sssured the Government that Corfu would be restored in due time, ing the Montenegrin troops who had been sent to Carfa to recuper-captured by the rebels
$16.
THE ITALIANS.
February 19, 11.65 p.m.
A Rome communiqus says, that there have been successful infantry encounters in the Sugans valley, and that the Italians on the Cazso plate, a rushed a trench.
ERZERUM AND AFTER.
February 18, 3 p.m. H: M. the King has sent the following mænge to the Tear :-- Heartiest congratulations on the splendid achievement of your gallant troupe as Erseram after such hard fighting, which, I trust, will have far reaching effects."
February 18, 8.15 p. The Gologas Gazette attributes the fall of Erserum to Turkey's lack of railways and fleet. The Turkish communique does not mention Ezzeram.
February 19, 3.15 pm.
Renter's correspondent in Petrograd says that there are rejoicings in Basais over the capture of Erzeram. In all the towns there are processions, shouting" Honour to the Tear, the Grand Dake Nicho- las and our valiant army." Te Deums are being sung in all the churches, which are thronged with people: There was a most im- posing demonstration at Tiflis on the occasion of the arrival of the Grand Dake to announce the victory. The town was beflagged and the Grand Dake had repeatedly to leave the palace to respond to the
February 19, 4:05 am
of the Ypres Commines canal. Artillery on both sides is gener-plaudits of the maltitude.
A commaniqus says: Our artillery bombarded a position north ally active on the Ypres front and elsewhere. Minor artillery bomTM bardments have been carried out on both sides a: various points.
February 19, 1.35 am.
denied that Lungchow has been
Paris, Received, February 20. From Peking it is officially
FIRE AT GENOA
Two Foreigners Arrested. (Horas Telegram.)
Faria, Recaired, February 20 A violent conflagration has broken out in the harbour at Genes. Two foreigners have been put under arrest.
Mbe following telegram appeared in our special editim of yesterday
LORD CHELMSFORD.
NEW VICERO- ÖN THE SIZK- LIST.
Received, Fekzemary 20, Lord Chelmsford is suffering from a severe chill.
EAST HERTS VACANCY,
STR. J. F. ROLLESTON
RESIGNS HIS SEAT.
Received, February 20, A Petrograd communique says: The defest of the Tarks at
Mr. Pemberton Billing, who Erzeram is of the most complete description. The forta are fall of was defeated in the Mile Bad corpses and the remusats of the Turkish army are fleeing in disorder
election. is contesting the A Paris communique says:-The enemy in Upper Alesce, after all directions. The Russians, andeterred by severe enowatorans, a Hertfordshire Di-ision, an intense artillery preparation, attacked north of Largitzen and, for are closely following, killing or capturing the tails of the columns now vacant owing to the resigna- the moment, gained a footing in our trenches, but a counter-attack We have captare the whole of the fortress artillery and the tion of Sir J.F. Bolleston. immediately ejected them. We exploded a mine under a German bulk of the field guns. Up to the present, two hundred gans have trench to the north-west of Hill 140 in Artois; the trench was badly been counted. There is also huge booty in the way of macitions, damaged, while another of car mines caused a huge crater between fler, motor-cars, wireless spparatus and pontoons. The number of two more trenches. We occupied the southern lip, and the enemy's attempt to dislodge as was stopped dead by our fire. The Angle French artillery south of Frise prewenst an easy attack which was being prepared. We destracavely shelled a salient of the enemy line north of the Aisne.
FRENCH MERCHANT MARINE.
THE DEGREE OF 1911.
(Horos Telegram.)
Paris, Eecaived Fab, 20, 2 The Merchant Marine Commis
prisoners taken in the vast fortress region is still uncoated. The troops of the Caucasus army, despite their expreme efforts and erase- less fighting for over a math, under the most difficult geographical conditions, have had but slight losses, and are ready for fresh exploits when their Sovereign Chief commɔada. The Russians on the Caucasus Maheshin February 19, 12.50 p.m. litteral have dislodged the Turks from a series of positions, capr A correspondent at Headquarters says that the position south- ing many prisoner and supplies, while our warships have destroyed sin has had a hearing and-han eset of Ypres, following the German capture of some hundreds
(Continued on page 8.) of yards of trenches, amounts to the creation of a new No Man permanent bridges and fifteen sailing ships, west of Trebizond. Land, with British and German infantry lying on opposite sides of the low ridge formerly held by the British. The so-called “captur ed" position is so torn into craters by shells that the enemy is un- able to occupy it.
This ridge is north of the Ypres Commines Canal, conspicuous above a marshy plain; and the fact that the British front line lay above the enemy trenches doubtless inspired Sanday night's attack.
Aftar half a dozen feints at other portions of the salient, the Germans exploded several mines. Their infantry then advanced in massen, reaching the battered bindenberquent to the British counter- atsack,—which was characterised by the use of an enorm 008 number of bombs; one party used 2,300 of these. Simultaneously or artillery was concentrated on the tightly-packed Germans, with disastrous effect.
A Paris communique says:-In Artois north of Hill 140, we exploded a mine under a German salient, which was wrecked. Our artillery shelled an enemy infantry column north of the Amine and also bombarded some enemy works in Lorraine, causing fire, and to hold one slope of the ridge. some German trenches în upper Alsace..
MUTUAL ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.
The Germans are still sacrificing their men in a desperate effort
THE ERZERUM VICTORY.
February 19,1.20 p.m.
NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.
CONDENSED.
mades communication –n the violating of the Mercantile Varine decree enacted on December 21.
NICARAGUA AND U.S.
London, Recaired. February 23. According to Renter's corre- spondent at Washington, the United States Senate has ratified the Nicaragua Treaty, under which the United Sister acquires a canıl routs through Nicaragus and slac a naval base on the Bay of Fon-
THE ALLIES HAVE OCCUPIED THE ISLAND OF OTHONUS. THE RUSSIANS STORMED THE TOWNS OF MUSH AND AKLAT. A GEEMAN SHALL ATTACK IN ARTOIS WAS EASILY REPULSED. THE PASSENGERS OF THE COMRIE CASTLE HAVE BEEN LANDED. FRENCE BOMBARDED ENEMY STRONG POINT NEAR LE BOUQUET. THE COMFIE CASTLE WENT ASHORE WHILE ENTERING MOMBASA.
THE FLOOD IN HOLLAND. AUSTRALIA'S PREMIER HAS BEEN SWORN IN THE PRIVY COUNCIL ENEMY CONSULS WERE ARRESTED AT SCIO AND TAKEN OF WARSHIPS.
EMERGENCY DAM BURSTS. GENERAL SARRAIL ARRIVED AT ATHENS, THE KING RECEIVED HIM. INA MUNITIONS FACTORY AT KINGSPORT HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Londos, Received. February 12 Beuter's ecrrespondans st THE KINGSPORT MUNITIONS FACTORY FIRE LOSS IS A MILLION DOLLARS.
Amsterdam wys that the emerg BRITISH TOBACCO RESTRICTION IS CAUSING THE CUBANS UNEASINESS.
ency dam si Parmerand has THE COMHIE CASTLE IS ON LEVEN REEF, HER POSITION IS NOT DANGEROUS burst and that the water is ranke LAST NIGHT THERE WAS MUTUAL ARTILLERY ACHVITY ABOUT ROUGE ing in most violently. The alsıza FRENCH "ARTILLERY SHELLED ENEMY INFANTRY NORTH OF THE AISKE. Was sounded and the Bargomaster GERMANS MADE RÁLDS INTO FRENCH TRENCHES HEAR GOMMECOURT, ordered everybody to the refugee IN THE ASSAULT OF ERZERUM À HUSSIAN CORPS CAPTURED 240 GUNS.
POSITION GROTS MORE THE GERMAN GARRISON AT HORA, NORTHERN CARLSONS, HAS SUR-
SERIOUS. RENDERED. THIS COMPLETES CONQUEST OF THE CA FEDJES.
Leadon, Received February
and too
February 19, 11.50 p.m. A communique says:—Early on Friday morning the GermaRDE According to Banter's correspondent át Petrogra 1, later details ¦ made raids into our trenches near Gommecourt, capturing a few concerning the capture of Erzerum show that several forts and heavy prisoners. We had seven killed and wounded. Last night there gang were taken with the bayonet, as only mountain artillery was come matual artillery activity about Houge. To-day we bom without respite, which reached its fiercest daring the night. By could be brought up. Then followed a twenty-four hours” amxult, barded a strong enemy point near Le Bonquet.
dawn the Russians had captured the first line of the central forts; |-- the Tarks at first withdrew slowly, and then fed, the Ruman cavalry entered the fortress; then the infantry. Practically everything was intact, Mogh
THE ARMENIAN MASSACLES-
AMERICA PROTESTS TO THE PORTE.
February 19, 13.40 p.m.
The fall of Erzeram is regarded as the precursor of the de- struction of five Tarkish corpe, whose value disappears with the According to Reuter's correspondent at New York Mr. Lausing | captars of the foricem. The two cope that are hastening towards mbled to the American Embassy at Constantinople to protest to zerom are useless, se they are without tanz schillery, which has the Porto against the A menian massacres, and expresses the hope been depatched towards the sea, ris Trabizond. „that the perpetrators will be punished. If there is a repetition of Further details are baking bessums the Eumisas KID
the meancres the American Government will be compelled to take viguennaly parsning the enemy, whose attempt to make a stand, more drastic notion
Sumiles from the fortzem, fazed.
THIETY-EIGHT GERMANS OF HILITARY AGE WERE REMOVED FROM
sition.
THE CHIKA OFF WOOSUNG BY A BRITISH AUXILIARY CRUISER FR
THE AMERICAN EMBASSY AT CONSTANTINOPLEPROTESTS AGAINSTARKEN. Zaandam 19: YANI FASSACHES AND IF REPEATED WILL TAKE MORE DRASTIC ACTION.
teaT IS SAID THAT GERMANY HAS POSTPONED
CHANTREN-UNTIE APRIL, BERLIN PRETENDSS
EDENG ARMED ́HER- ESBOTHING OF THIS.