REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
{Continued from Page L)
A WEEK OF SUBMARINING
London, July 26.-
The Admiralty announces that the arrivals for the week totalled 2,991 and sailings 2,791. Twenty one vessels of over 1609 tous and three under that size were sank. Fifteen were uusuccessfully attacked. Ona fishing vessel was sunk
The Admiralty announces that the armed marchant cruiser Otway was torpedoed and sunk in 22nd inst, in nor- thern waters. Ter men were killed and the remainder sared. ▲ Berlin official message dated July 22 states that the British submarine C34 was sunk by an enemy submarine, One stöker survived and was taken prisoner.
Rome, July 28.
During the week ended July 22, 595 ships arrived and 650 departed. Two steamers were sunk.
RUMANIAN OFFENSIVE RESUMED,
Jassy, July 28
A Rumanian official message says: We resumed the offen- sive in the southern Carpathians and occupied the villages of Meresci and Velocsany making prisoners of hundreds. We captured ninteen guns, including some of heavy calibre. Wo broke in along a wide front a strongly organised enemy *tine.
THE WESTERN FRONT.
Repeated British Thrusts.
London, July 26.
A wireless Gorman official message states: Most power- ful artillery-fire continued in Flanders. We drove of repeated English thrusts and strong French attacks, supported by a fresh division failed at Craonac.
German Wastage.
London, July 25 Beuter's correspondent at the French headquarters shows that the magnificent counter-attack on July 24, result- ing in the throwing out of the enemy from the Casemates Plateau, practically deprived him of the gains which tem- porarily afforded him a coveted viewpoint over the French positions and he has nothing to show for the great effort except thousands of casualties The very pick of Germans was unmistakably defested.
A Small Eaemy Success,
London, July 25
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: Following a heavy bombardment eastward Of Mouchy-fe-Preux the enemy using flammenwerfer," attacked at latintry Hill and droTS 20 a few of our advanced posts on a front of 250 yards. We drove off rauders" borthward of Bullecourt and raided the enemy trenches at a number of points northward of Ipres. The weather restricted avrial operations but we drove down four German machines. Three of ours are missing.
Rheims Stilt Bombarded.
London, July 26.
A French manufjue says: Reciprocal artillery fire con-- tinned most lively, especially at the California, and Case- mates Plateaux, at Morontolliers and on the left of the Mouse, There were 567 shells thrown on kheims.
THE RUSSIAN EKONT.
Kaiser watches a Battle.
London, July 23.
The Bus-. A winches Garnaus official Dressage sales: staus reinumçu from te-attacking did our suvance is mau-
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Lubdou, July 26.
A wireless Russian official cressage stats: Norteward of Dievo our detachments occupying custy trenches retired ow- ik¿ us powerinlartillery ure. The Guards Corps, with the excep uwa ut ipe F'strovsky brgaur, voluntarily retired at Lara- pol; the Petrovsky, altuully batdag soudcastward of we town le chey crossed Lue puretu driving back the Lius- We pians on the Dayköves kaver Guezna-rembowia une. olleren great opposition eastward of 3lyszkovice! The Ger- JURE'S COLuped their offensive between La Sereth and the Strypa Inres avaiens north-westward of Romanov re- Freated to the rear. Tuc Germans forceu our retirement in the region of Olesha, despite the gallantry of one infantry ruvision and two cyclist battalions. Southward of the lies- ter as far as the Carpathiaus our retirement continued, we engaging in rearguard actions. There was stubborn bayonet sighting in the streets of Stanislan. The inhabitants from Jalconies and windows threw band grullades on our depart Ing troops.
THE DYE CASE..
Judgment for Defendants.
MBS. BESANT'S CASE,
Mr. Chamberlain's
$730, being balance due on goods sold and delivered. The transaction tion
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, -FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1917.
TARTAN FRINGES.
The Scots From Overseas.
In the Daily Chromiale, Neil Kunro writes:-
strated again when the Ghurkas! LONDON SCHOOLS BOMED, were in France. Quite sa re- markable now in the warmth of}
comradeship that exists between Mothers' Despairing Search For the Scots and Australians. They "draw to each other" like, old
on
Children.
FOOD ORDER FINES.
Ignorance No Excuse
'for Offenders.
Namerous finaa oontinue to be
VOLUNTEER ORDERS.
Corps Orders issued to-day by Major D. Macdonald, Y. D., state-
Leave.
It is one of the favourite tchool fellows, and in those bigger
Monthly State of Strength. wheezes of Some
Scottish towns behind the lines to which.....
0.0.s are reminded that the divisions in France that there are goldiers at long intervals]
A special correspondent of the infi oted for breaches of the Food Monthly State of Strength is to —in other divisions than theirs, resort в pass when the | Daily Chronials, writing on the Controller's Orders.
reach the Orderly Room not later |of|cottme-battaliona in kilts monotony and squalor of trench| daylight raid of June 13, anyo:--- “Mr. John William Lorden, ex- than 5.00 p.m. on 3lat instant. who can speak only Datab, or or billet life make certain towna One of the most distressing mayor of Wandsworth," and s
Joined, Maori, or French. If you address fascinating on a metropolis, features of the raid was the director of the Aerated Bread Sapper O. Hatt joined the ed them in Scotch or Caelic, they Highland¡bonnets and Australian bombing of one of the L.0.0. Company, was fined $50 and 15 Corps on 24.7.17, is allosted would throw up their hands and symbreroes generally go about in schools in an East-end district. guiness coats at Obichester for Corps No. 2101 and posted to ory out "Kamerad !" says "the pairs. Isolated Scota troops who
It is to be greatly feared that feeding poultry with bread. His Engineer Company, story. The implication is that find themselves just now in the the worst death roll of the raid farm bailiff was fined $5. Boers, Australsaian natives, and extensive area where Australians will be that recorded for one of Charged at Woking with Major D Maodonald, V.D., is "habitants" of the French Can- dominate the landscape are assured our County Council schools in wasting bread, Sophia G. Stuart, granted 2 months' leave, from adian provinces are predominant of a welcome as hearty as if they this community of toilers, claiming to be an American, 2nd August 1917. in those Scottish regiments re- I were mascote, and the billy boils At present it is difficult to fix aged 74, said that she was à
No. 2005 Pte. W. J. Dexter is oraited overseas.
with an enthusiasm no other the setaal numbers of little ones member of many bird societies granted 8 weeks' leave, from 27. It is only a joke; the kilted re-jocession, would "engender. killed at the school. Some of them, She had scattered arasts which 7.17. gimente sent over here by the "You see, we understand each already dead, were taken to the she could not eat, and bread was
No. 1328 Pte. J. C. Owen is Dominions are 28. genuinely other, the Jocks and us," say the neighbouring hospital in the not wasted, she argued, if you granted 1 month's leave, from Scottish as any in the Army, with Australians; "ere have both the hope that some lingering vitality gave it to your fellow creatures. 2.8.17. more sentimental fervoar on the same idea of a joka."
might be discovered. Three of The birds were her children.
No. 1974 Spr. G. N. Manley is subject of their nationality than What the overesan Scots have them were certified dead imme-She was fined £2.
granted 1 mouth's leave, from if they had gone to war directly done and endured in France is distely the surgeons could: A Bassian baker, of Bethnal 26.7.17. from Glasgow of Glen Urquhart not yet to be appreciated by the examine them. Indeed, a glance Greep, summoned for selling new
Parades. They represent that passionate publio at home, though the at their injuries reveled to the bread, made the remarkable
Monday 30th instant-At 5.00 patriotism of the exile which Dominions doubtless poignantly experts that treatment was useless. defence that the crowd broke into P: Centre Section M. G. Co. at Goda expression in Caledoniar know. In early days of the war Four others who were not so his shop and insisted on having King'e Fark Bangs (Annual clube and Clan societies in Cape individual regimental anits 20 terribly injured left faint gleams it. He had to pay £3.
Musketry Course) 4: 5.30 p.m. Town, Winnipeg, or Melbourne, reference in dispatches and cor of hope that they might be saved, Three tradesmen were fined at Mounted Section at Jockey Olab by orgies of haggis and bagpipes respondenes from the field, and bat all of them succumbed within Croydon for selling oatmeal and Stables; Right Section M. G. Oo. on St. Andrew's Day and January the London Scottish-to take an a few hours.
maize at prices above those fixed and Scouta Company at Headquar- 25.1
example got fail" reclame" si
: Of the remaining 26 it is great- by the recent Order. In two cases fera under asit Commandare Scottish battalions from over the battle of Ypres. The namely feared some will be added to the defendants said that they (Tesis of elementary training) seas are peculiarly fortunate in of that splendid corpa is the list of dead when later would lose money if they sold Recruits of all units on Murray these respects that they can never mentioned now in print, balletion are issued. Several are oatmeal at 6hd. a pound.
Parade Grcand ander Carpis. always get more freeb drafts of though it still keeps ap its marked by the surgeons as
Grimes, Elgeambe and Edmonde men than they read, and of the high martial standard of 1914, and "seriously in danger.”
and Lce. Corpi, Misde, bighest standard, the lure of the as notably; distinguished itself In addition to those already of others were writhing with tartan being magnetic, and that in many severe engagements up recorded officially as their folk across the oceans make til the most recent date. Its children who have been slain by their terror and suffering. Many p.m. Left Section M. G. Co, and it a pious duty to see that they deeds, like those of other Scots the Han raiders, there are eight bodies were mutilated. But the Civil Service Company at King's
must wait for due at Poplar acknowledgment till the war 18 ary, and there in little hope I looked eagerly for the French-ended. and so it is with the Scots among mothers whose children in jared and have them cared for. Course). At 5.30 pm. Stretcher "We took them gently in our Bearer Section at Headggarters. At man from the province of battalions from overseas. Quebec among the Canadian Divisional commandera and their little ones, who were in the arms, and laid them eat against 5.45 p.m. Signalling Section "A" the wall under the shed. I didn't and "B" classes at Happy Valley.
Δ Highlanders, and he was not brigadiers of old Army experience school, have escaped. there, though from Glengarry, I find inclined to scoff at the sug
No statement by those who saw count them, but I should think Ontario, and elsewhere in the gestion of any real defects of the deadly effect of the bombs in there were 20 or 30. 1 was just Esatera provinces were certainly discipline in the overseas contin- this district suggest the death of wondering what we should de busky-leaking men in tartan who genta; it was a popular illusion so many children elea where that next when some more people spoke exellent French-bat no of the early days of training, at the school, and the death-roll, came to help, inginding soldiers, better than they could speak in fostered mainly of the profes therefore, stands at present at 15 aaral cadete, and police and
sional humorist who found scope children, all of whom are believed racial constables. English or Gaelic: Their names add heredity were Scottish, and for bie fancy in the admittedly to have been among the 64 who, ancer, and it was impossible to they very properly counted them and naturally freer cameraderie with their two class teachers, were
Taureday 2nd August.—At selves se Scotspur sang," though between officere and men from in the two roome where the bombs carry them to the hospital, which they had never get eyes on these the outer parts of the Empire, as did most damage.
is half a mile away. Just then 7.40a.m. Somis Company M. G. two of Barrett's ginger beer
Detachment at Haadquarters. At idlands till they came over with compared with the traditional
ritual of reserve between ranks in hospital 19 are children belonging suggested that he should help. Kin's Park Range (Auousl Of the injured detained at the lorries drew ap, and the driver 5.00 p.m. Laf: Section M. 3. Co. their contingents.
and Civil Service Company at Hottentot Highlanders" is the old British Army.
to one school. The wonder and the We packed the poor little souls the Army's chaffing phrase for
to each other, overseas officere injured were not more numeroas. could, and he drove as if he was Setters only) at Belchers Battery; In their off-duty deportment mercy is that the killed and on the lorries as gently, as we Mashetry Course. A 5.30 p.m. another body of oar
Artillery Battery (Layera and Kilties, who, in Atholl tartan.and men are as free-and-easy as Many were recipients of minor afraid of something giving away. Mounted Section at Jockey Clab have made history in German in the democratic French army, injuries, but were able to be sent And so at last we got them to the West Africs, Egypt, and the whose discipline has never been home in the arme of their Somme. It is said that a German questioned. It is the aim of anguished parents.
hospital
"While they were gone I took Friday 3rd August.-At 7.10 Highlander from the Hebrides their colonels, where possible, to Only one of the three bomba
Scoata Company (men one day overbeard a group of have all commissioned ranks mees dropped hereabouts struck the sentry on the door, and I can tell... them talking Datch, and ander together, instead of in sections school building. Happily it dash you it was a tough job. The detailed by Corpi Cassidy) Headquarters (as- a natural misunderstanding as to apart, and the gain to intimate ed through the end of the great women were not in the slightest at
Instruction). · At the identity of their language, knowledge of each other and block. Had it pierced the centre degree panicky. But they were ketry joined with animation in the con esprit de corps they say, is con- the casualty list would have been selfish in their love at first, and in 7.30 am. Belchers 6" Scotion at versation. Later, to a comrade siderable. To turn out in the most much greater.
their eagerness to get at their Belchere Battery. At 500 p.m.
and comforts.
uverseas
a
Tuesday 31st instant.-At 7,10
m. Scouts Company W G. De schocl pain, and moaning piteously in tachment at Headquarters. At 5.00
bad not been accounted for that
V
"We were frantic for smbat-
At 5.30 p.m
Wednesday ist August. —A£5.00 p.m. Centre Section M. G. Co. at King's Park Range (Annual Hasketry Course) Right Section 1. G.. Hea qasriere ander unit Com- mander (Tests of elementary training)
Stables.
be remarked, "Splendid fellows! spick-and-span condition of cloth- The class mistress was for a own babies endangered others who Cantre Section M. G. Co. st Capital altogether! But ohing, keep himself clean, and carry time alone in her terrible difficulty, were lying on the Boor. Soma of King's Park Bange (Annual man of my heart, their Gaelic is himself wish manly elegance are but she appears to have kept her the mothers were almost inasné Masketry Course). At 5 30 p.m. thick, thick!: It took me all my graces that have not to be taught head splendidly, and succeeded with grief, and when they couldn't Artillery Battery (Gun numbers than specialista) #t time to keep up with them" to the type of young man who in getting the uninjured children find their own child would rush other
This is but a bamorous fic comes with the Empire con safely from the rooms into the through the bodies looking for it. Belchers Battery; Right Sec- tion; there are probably not half tingente, and who is naturally passage. In a short time she had dad when you remember that tion M. G. Oo, at Headquarters unit Commander a dozen genuine Boers in kilts in something of a dade. There is fine helper in Private H. W there was a hole in the for 4ft. ander France, and I found one with no smarter looking soldier in Flowers, a Territorial Reserve on deep and covering the whole area (Tests of elementary training); difficalty, though aided in my France. If his salates in the leave, at his home nesz by. He of the class room it will be unscraits of all unite on Marray
derstood what that meant.
Parade Ground under Corpla search by a Gaelic-speaking feet are at times a little perfancaye
"After the place had bean Grimes, Edgcumbe, and Edmɔnde colonel from Loch Broom is the tory, be makes up for it by the "I had been out for a constitu- Cape, who joyously entered into self-reliance, initiative and cour-tiousl, and hearing what I thought little son of the caretaker was ling Section B" class at K. A. cleared a bit we found that the and Loe. Oorpl. Meada; Signal- the spirit of the q.set.
age he shows in the firing line,
was gun firing, stopped to speak
Theatre.
Shipbuilding and Ship- Repairing.
Orderly Officer from 5th to
Of course, there are many
to a policeman. Jast then there among the dead. The worst part
Esterday 4th August,—At 4.30. fluent speakers of Dutch in the
was another terrific explosion, and of our task was the "last-that of
пр the mutilated p.m. Special Parade st... Hond. South African kilted corps, bat
the policeman, pointing upwards, picking
quarters for members of the Corps it is with them & language
said, 'The raiders are out. Good tragments of humanity,”
Tas caretaker of the school told (Infantry) unable to attend drills Statement, acquired since 1902. They are, In the House of Commons re-heavens! They have got the
for the most part, Scots who cently, Dr. Macnamara, in reply school! Ran round and give them sorrowfully of her search for her ordered on 30th instant and lets London, Jane 27.-In the fought for us as youths with the to Mr. W. Thorne, said that all the help you can, and I will little one after the explosions had and 3rd August. Ooo N.0.0. occurred, and even before she from each unit sending man will Commons Mr. Caamberlain stated Imperial Army in the Transvaal, during the war practically all get the police."
"I looked up in the sky, and knew the school had been bombed, stend.
"When I know the building
Détail. The Paione Jadge (Mr. Justice that the question of the intern-settled down there, and joined repairs for the Aest so far as they Gompertz) delivered judgment ment of Mrs. Besant was not the colours again when the had been executed in private there I could just se five tiny had been struck," she said, "I
On daty 5th Augast, Scouts From that yarde had been carried out under little things like golden fish, miles to-day at the Samary Court in referred to him, but he approved present war began. the case in which the Hip Bing the action of the Madras Govern source have come a great many time and line "contracts. These up, almost invisible. Looking ran along to the infants' rooms to Company; 6th, Beouts Company; Almost the first bodd i to help pany, ith, Sotion M. G. Com- I found was pany; 8th, Centre Section, M. G."
· Tsoi On, of 375, Queen's Road, for Besant had been engaged in for the oversesa contingente, bat] sbore the cost of 10 per cent, | more to the south, and perhaps that of my little one.".
Company; 3th, Scouts Company; dangerous polio agita for the New Army raised at home, profit. This represented the on the other side of the Thames, Kra, Page, who has children of 10th, Scouts Company; 11th,
which might even be One of the larget and finest pipe profit figure allowed in Admiralty "I dashed road to the school
40 india.
Mr. bands at the front in France was pre-war repair contracts, and so as the policeman advised, and her own, fortunately in a neigh-Right Section M. G. Company. in question was the purchase of disastrous a quantity of dyes. It was alleged Chamberiam also stated that as recruited exclusively in South laras ue knew was not in excess of there. I found the class mistress, bouring school, told sad stories
sa white-faced 11th August, Lieut. Wright, the was not disposed to question the Africa, and every man in it is a the profit allowed for milar work who had got the ninjared at the scener
fathers and mothers hurried past the plaintiff that defendants agreed to purchase Fropriety of the Madras Gorera-Seat who, years ago, learned his for the merchant service in pre-children into the passage, where,
ment's order forbiding students art in one or other of the regular war days." As regards new oon-if there came another bomb, they her shop in the main thoroughfare, ase of "Boy and Batterfly'
ew Town Hall, brand of dye, but that when attend political mesungs. The Highland regiments. Their pipe- struction, the circumstances com- would be less likely to be hurt. carrying the battered bodies of Yokohama's
their little ones.
The opening ceremony of the they sent it round the defendant. Madras Government had informed mejor was estirical about those pelled them very largely to adopt She was all alone aatil I 08120,
"I shall never forget the night new Yokohama Town Hall built first of all took delivery but later that the order was made in other pipe-bands now attached to the same system at the outset of then we both set to work to get
mare of it all," she declared. "It in memory of the opening of bostilities with 10 per cent, on the out the injured. said it was'not up to sample and the interests of education and of gallant Irish corps,
She brought down two or seemed as it the whole of the Yokohama to foreign trade 50. The the Bendents themselves, in tiew "They play what they call the cost as the figure fixed for profit, refused to pay for it. defendants maintained that the of persistent attempt to bring Irish pipes, said he;" bat For a long time past few, if say, three from the upper room first, children must have been stricken, years ago took place recently. The
stade te under the influence of they've just the Scottish piob. new construction contracte had Then we went into the class room, There was a procession that was construction of the hall Mc. W. E. L. Shenton repre undesirable political propagands. mhor' wi' one o' the drones been on the time and line system. where the bomb had sunk into heartrending to witness. And started nearly three years ago, remored, and they're playing Recently they had introduced a the earth when it exploded. when I went on to my roof, which and it cost 7,350,000. The cere nothing else but His lan tunes, system of contract for new con. The sight was a terrible on found that portions of the bodies Okams, ex-Premier, Prince Toku- overlooks the shool grounds, I mony, was attended by Marquia God help them i "*.
straction which might be descríband but for the excitement ment of the Indian Gharks regi- tract, in which the profit was Many of the little ones were lying looking even among the branches and many Japanese and formign The peculiarly fraternal senti ed se modified time and line con- it would have been unbearble of the victims had been blown gawe, Iresident of the House of right over a wall, and soldiers were Peers, foreign representativas, ments towards the Highland corps limited to a definite are based on across their desks apparently
as long ago been indiaited by 10 per pent, basis of the estimate dead, and with Larrible wounds of for the heman wreckage notables. The Memorial Hall has Kipling, and was amply demon, ed cost
on their heads and limbs, Bearer they dresdać to End.
a fowe rising 114 look.
by
dye sent was inferior,
sented the plaintiff, and Mr. A. M.] - Preston defended.
His Lordship, in the course of the " Boy and Butterfly” brand. a written judgment, asid that he After reviewing the facts and found for the defendants on all arguments of the osse, he entered points. He believed that the dye judgment for the defendants with supplied, was an inferior sort to coste.