REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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GERMANY TROOPS MÚTINY.
'Amsterdam, Aug. §. "A frontier report to the Telegraal" confirms the rumours, of the mutiny of 300 German woops at Antrerp, who threw down'their rifles when ordered to go to the Ypres frent. They were quickly overpowered and taken to barracks band-cuffed.
"STOPPING PROFITEERING.
London. Aug. 7. Tho Premier has informed the Executive of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain that intertrading between members of the Produce Exchange has been probibited; thereby stopping profiteering in wholesale markets.
ANOTHER GERMAN EXCUSE.
Madrid, Aug. &
to
In connection with Spanish Eshing boat outrage, cibled last evening, Senhor Date bas stated that the sub- marine Commander has explained that it was cile mistaken nationality. The Government is protesting sherges tically to Berlin. One of the wounded me has died.
ARRESTED
IMPERIALISTS.
A Preliminary Hearing
at Peking.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1917.
WELSH TROOPS AT
MESSINES
Record of Gallant Work.
formidable obstacles to
ex-
our
HOFFMANN.
On a line to the east of the CONDEMNATION OF HERR wood theee men rested, while ; other Welsh troops name through them and carried on the good! work, chiffy miners from South Wales, with many from Cardiff itself, and among them not a few well-known football players.
men
to
37
Dangers of Secret Diplomacy,
election next week will probably be unanimone. It is si present not known whether he or President Schaltbees will take over the
CANTON NEWS.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The Fear of Trouble Between Rival election of this eminent French- Swiss is not only nquired by Swiss
Troops.
linterns political feeling-the Our Capton correspondent,
manner.
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GENERAL NEWS.
Good Wages.
any
A young man of 25, who sp- peared at the London Manitions Tribanal on a complaint of having lost time, was said to be in a position to earn over 58 s week.
Case. Dismissed. Before Mr. Dyer Bali, at the Police Court this afternoon, & stealing $80 from the pockets of Chinese youth was charged with
War Correspondents' Head-
A very formidable obstacle lay Berne, Jane 21.-The public-Federal Douuoil will now consist writing ander date of August 8, quarters, Jane 21.-No troops ahead in the trenches known as stios of Herr Buffmann's message of four German-Swiss and three ways:-
About sixty Parliamentary have done sterling work with lessObvious Trench" and "Obvi- to Grimm and the leading article non-German-bat will harmonies fuss and notoristy than
theme Alley," so oslled probably in the Times filled Swisland with the general desire of the mambers have reported their Welabmen,
becsuse, being just over the brow, with an intense feeling of alarm, pantry to set itself right in the arrival, and Dr. Sun Yat-sen ha of the ridge, they were so little which, as the facts hava besome eyes of the world.
advanced $5,000 to make pre- Daring last summer, before the obvious that they were quite more fully known, has given
The incident from a purely paration for the expenast "in- Battle of the Somme, the bulk of invisible from below and inpsp (place to an equally intense feeling international point of of view has volved. the Welsh troops performed long able of being observed. Moreover, of indignation and shame,
therefore the appearance of being The Tacuua has ordered the and testing service, holding, with they were, as one man told, "just The alarm was due to feat lest closed. But obviously it is any Financial D.partmen: to adranos. obstinats courage, ons of the most stiff with Boches," and when the Switzerland's position in regard thing but closed from the Swiss $10,000 to the Superintendent of difficult parts of the line. Wer Welshmen had passed they wers to supplies; already a matter of point of view, and a number of the Coal Supply Bureau to par- called to take part in the capture stiffer still, because the Germans painful negotiations, should be highly terious questions will have chase astive coale from the Koo- of the Albert-Bapaume Ridge, they showed the atmoet staunch. We mostly dead. Happily, imperilled; the indignation and to be raised and investigated kiang and Tingtak districts for.... ness, combined with great dash, ble, exc-p
though practically invisi shame were due to the discovery when the Federal Assembly meets the use of the Northern Squadron. It has been decided that the in clearing. the grasier part of
sero that the Minister for Foreign on Tuesday. Mametz Wood, which was
Meanwhile it is stated that the raiser Hoichen shall cruise along plane, the trenches had been Affairs of this essentially demo- pected to be one of the moet mercilessly hammered by our oratio country, who had always Russisa Government has forbid- the coast near Swatow and sast guns, and all the wire out in the professed to maintain Swiss den the use of cipher in oom-two gunboate shall patrol near advance in the whole of the marvellous way that it was over neutrality at all costs, had been munications between the Swiaa Hainsa.
Serious anxiety is shown by the miserable time within the prison Somme area. Since then they have practically the whole front of this proved guilty of committing, of Legation and Berne-3 sufficient- walls, one of bie trusted friends, again been at the old hammer attack. As part of their plander bis own initiative and unknown ly unpleasant thing to happen pablic at the fact that wherever who had been the manager of his and-tongs job of holding the front and two heavy trench mortars. anneutral set of "secret diplo the non-Socialist Swiss should same locality, and vice versa. A
the Welshmen here, got 12 güne to his colleagues, an obviously y country.
Yannan troops are stationed, It is not surprising that Kwangsi troops are sent to the estate for years, has robbed him of line, doing work unostentations. practically all bis ill-gotten bat priceless, repelling raide, The ruins of a farm building macy."
#hocked In the present state of world be especially
that collision is expected at wealth. The following story carrying ont succesbial raide known as North House, jast be relating how much confidence themselves, often subjected to yond here, waaalaafall of Germans, tension it is not surprising that the Minister for Foreign Affaire moment, though the officers are. Chang had in his manager and heavy shalling and fierce local being a nest of concrete dag-outs this event, which is one of the should have engaged in this trying their best to maintain dis how the latter apropriated Chang's attacks, but always sturdy, and gun shelters, which yielded most remarkable and deplorable deplorable correspondence with cipline. Many well-to-do families Preliminary hearings of the property to himself, may be read vigilant, and competent. the Welshmen quite a bunch of in Swiss political history, should man of Herr Grimm's political have removed to Hongkong and restoration case in which Chang with interest.
Some of the Welsh troops were prisoners. I have heard the men have produced widespread con- antecedents and sympathies. But Macao.
The river at Shuiling has risen Cheng-fang, former Secretary of Being favourite of Chang sagaged in the Battle of Messines who did the fighting abriek with sternation. Fortunately, Switzer- this, like many other of the painful State for Finance, Lei Chin Chen-fang. Buang Shengen end did splendidly. It was a laughter in telling how the Cher land has risen to the occasion. festar of the affair, is essentially about twelve feet and union the chang, former Secretary of State waa 61 suce appointed Vice Welsh unit which on the day mans surrendered, coming skip- With Herr Hoffmann's admission of Swise interest, and it only rise ceases it is feared that the for War, and Feng Tebling President of the Board of before the beginning of the battle ping with their handa in the air, of biserror and resignation and the remains for Switserland to deal dykes will give way, former Commander. of the Revenue when the restoration did one of the most neatly exec trying at each step to shoot ananimous public repadiation of wish them in an appropriate 28th Division in Fengtien were took place. Io the Tsing Begime, ed sad soccessful raids ever their hands a little higher, Among his action, the country seems to charged with having committed Huang purchased the rank carried through on this frent: the prisoners taken by the Welsh-have settled the affair for itself. With one or two unimportant acts of sedition, were held on of a patty fficial, which was Immediately after one of our was one Regimental Com- July 30.
Chang Chen-fang, substantiated through the heavy rebeareal bombardments, wander and another priceless exceptions, the entire Press un- being s civil official, will be influence of Chang Chen-fang, theee Welshmen went over, in person, who appears to be some sparingly condemns Her Hof- tried by the Supreme Court, and later on he purchased plain daylight, in the middle of sort of a liaison officer, whose mann's incredible blander. The where le is being kept, whilst higher rank of prefect. As a the afternoon. and cleaned epick-and-span appearance and best that can be said for him is the the other two Imperialists will cousin of President Yuan Shih-out the enemy trenches with alwhitey-grey gloves bave been a Nachrichten's suggestion that be
Belgian Militis. be tried by a Martial Court to be kai, Chang Chen-faug was sp most incredible completeness and joy to our men.
was bounced into it by Grimm's Belgians barn between July 1 instituted by order of the Ministry pointed Tatah of Houan. Haang dispatch. They had only 10 The whole of the Welsh per-
request for information, sad and December 31, 1893, were of War after the preliminary at once proceeded to Honan, but casualties of all kinds themselves, formance was gallant and spirited Admission of his sincerity is before Jane 1, ibe entry into suffered from excess of seal. called upon to enrol for the Militia hesringe have been completed. be could not be appointed and brought back 74 prisonere. from beginning to end. Nothing
The proceedings at the pre a high official openly, because It was more nearly like a real stopped them, but they were almost se completely ananimous service being fixed for Jaly 1.
Chinese ostile dealer, who wan liminary bearings are kept secret, aan was very much against him picnic than almost any minor always thrusting to get ahead, and was recognition of the necas-
travelling on a tram car, on even members of the Supreme because of his corruption and operation of this war, and it was every object, whether trench, from public life:
sity for his immediate departure A Graceful Compliment.
August 2. Hr. E. J. Grist appear It appears, Court and the Ministry of Warlequeezes." One of the advicers eo merely, because it was so wood, rained farm, or strong indeed, that he did not wait a of a toushing little incident ant stated that he had been The Canadian newspapers tell ed to defend. The complain- are not allowed to read them in suggested to Chang that he should dashingly done.
point, was taken before the time view of the seriousness of the never mention the nams of Huang In the great attack on June 7 allotted to it, sad a little quicker public outcry before tendering occurring on the occasion of collecting accounts in the Central
his resignation.
Marshal Jeffre's visit to on- Market. As he was getting on case srd of the fact that in any dispatch for fear of arous the point where the Welabman than was thought possible. numerous influential friends of ing the soger of the President, went over was what is known se
The tras explanation of the treal. Bishop Bruchesi (Roman to the car the defendant followed That evening this division whole matter seems at present to Catholicy, when introduced to the hiu. Suddenly defendant antich- the criminals are doing their level However, Chang had great Neg's Head," owing to the pushed on through Oosttaverne be that Herr Hofmann, who was hero of the Marne, said:
Huang best to rescue them. It is feared confidence in
and shape of the German front line Wood and took the village of President of the Swiss Confedera-asually the custom för soldiers to jumped of the car. Witness called "It is ed the money from his pocket, and that Chang, Lei and Ling will had entreated to him all just there at Hollandscheschnur Ocettaverne. In the wood there tion in 1914 and a man of gresi kise the hand of a prelate. To out "Save Life!" and the defend-
private hardly be able to escape the his
affira.
before Hi Farm,
the Grand was mixed and savage fighting, energy and self-will, had grown day, however, it is proper that ant was caught by a plain clothes punishment which neually is private lands of more thau Bois, north-west of Wytechaets. and the Germsa casualties were accustomed to think he could do the prelate should kiss the band policaman, After hearing farther meted out to the persona guilty $4,000,000 and the binds of bis Bere, with some lesser ones, very heavy indeed. Oar troops everything himself without con- of a great soldier," and he suited evidence, his Worship dismissed of the charge of sedition.
shares in various companies have was exploded
of the are still finding new machine sulting his colleagues. Like the action to the wurd. Many telegramis is code have all been placed under the manage-biggest mines on the whole
guns and such other trifles been discovered on the person of ment of Huang, and even Chang'e line. The Welshmen were so in this wood. That night the impressed by the injury to Swiss many other patriotic Swiss, he was Feng Ten-ling, bat the procurs-nife sud children have not been keen to get acrosa that, starting capacity of the Welshmen fora have been unable to decipher allowed to know all the secrets of the instant the signal was given, for digging served them well, continuance
interests involved by the the frant wave was actually with and enabled them to get through and appeara them. Feng, after having had the monetary transaction.
Betors Hoang was appointed in 50 yards of the mine when it the heavy shelling which the realised the harm his rash a hearty laugh, said that there were thirty-nine kinds of Vice President, he had an inwent off, and shower of debris Germans ponred од their Becret codes used
by his terview with Chang Hean, in-fell all over them. Through the positions in Rab-equent daye would do to Switzerland in the act, however well-intentioned, accomplices in the transmission forming the latter personally that murk sad confusion they swept with few losses. With them it eyes of the world. The impro- of messages in connection with he could raise a loan of $5,000, on, without losing direction, was se with some other parts of priety of bie proceeding thas the restoration plot, bat he re-000 from a certain bank After streaming round both sides of the the line-namely, that when the without saying a word to bie fused to enlighten the judicial the failure of the restoration plot, mine craters, rejoining on the much-vaunted German counter colleagues on the Federal Council officials on these secret codes say. Chang's wile and adopted son, other side, and pouring on over attack was delivered, the infantry ia universally recognised and ing that some of his secretaries an idiot, fed to Honso so request the enemy's defences. In such never knew it came. They told needs no comment. had taken them away. Recently the sona of the late Yuan Shih-cases you cannot go through a me that they know there was a
search was made in the resid-kai to intercede for Chang, and mine crater, because for some counter-attack on their right and greatly moved is the country by enca of Liang Tun-yen and Chang the 4th sor of Yaan actually went time after the explosion the fumes on their left, but immediately the latest disclosure that German Chen-lang in an effort to secure with them to Panfor to see Gen- would kill you. Many of those before them the Germans never influence will receive a serious these secret codes, which would eral Ni Shih-chung:
who passed round the edges were got near enough to our line to set-back. At the same time, the help a great deal in procaring When pointed out that it would partially "gassed" and made need repelling by the infantry.
At this Hotel on Saturday night, August Jith, at 9,15 evidence againes the Imperialiste. be impossible to interfere with dizzy and sick, but they went oD
|ignominiona expulsion of Uriam A most unpleasant detail of the from Rassis will teach ouaiders ↑
P. M., will appear" The search was rewarded with the judicial affaire, Chang's son with the rest, and from then to operation here was that once the danger of playing Germany's little auccess, and more searches said "I tried several times to the end of the day the only com- more we found a lot of German have been planned and will be persuade my father not to take plaint that officere have of the corpses, alread packed, as it were,
TOM KEIG be executed in the near fatare.
part in the restoration plot, but men is that they were too keen, that is, done up in bundles of meeting of several thousand per Meanwhile, at Geneva a popülar Doring the preliminary trial of be refused to listen to me. I can't and would not wait for our bar three for transmission to the rear, sans passed a resolation on Tues- Chang Chen-fang, some intersting help; let Heaven and his own rage to move on sufficiently. doubtlees for that utilization day evening calling apon the facts came to light, which, how fortune
Certainly they were keen. One factory. The bandles were care-Federal Assembly to inquire into Be reet," ever, did not have so soiual bea- returned at
once to Peking unit took 220 prisoners, with fully made up even loose srms the whole affair and to punish ing upon the ease. As he was and when he had sa
inter total casualties of 164. Another and legs being stuffed in to Herr Hoffmann. After the meet- sivil oficial, it was decided to view with bis father, he asked took 80 prisoners, and the whole make good weight. Our men ing a crowd of youike attacked send him to the Supreme Court him about his property and de division to which they belonged buried the gruesome packages, the German Consulate, smashed after his arrest. OoDeequently posite in the bank. Chang bad total casualties of 70 les and ELE oor attack, with its windows, and tore down the he was sent in a motor car to the was was very sugry and acid than the number of prisoners heavy shelling of the pre- coat of arms. The demonstration Ministry of Justice for safe keep "As to the property and money, they took.
ceeding days, had seemingly de- was with difficulty suppressed by ing but upon his arrival under Mr. Buang knows how to dispose The front line had been pretty layed transmission for some days, the police. It broke out again world with his wonderful and seemingly impossible feats. escort, neither the Minister nor of them. You only care for my well wrecked by the mine, and it was they told me a horrid jub. towards midnight, with the object the Vice-Minister was there to property and not my life, which bowever maty Germans may have As for the Welshmen themeel of attacking the Tarkish sad him in the following illusions:- The Coffin, The Trunk," "The He has challenged all comers to compete with or expose is in imminent danger," without been there before very few were yes, I can testify that they are Austro-ungarian receive him.
knowing that Buang had already left when the attack came, and in the best of health and spirits.
Consulates Manacle, and Rope Tricks etc.; etc. :~~- Finally a secretary came out
on away with hie money and there was little resistance. The They have borne, in proportion to and told the officers who escorted
property and everything upon next trenches, however, just in their numbers, as good a part se the car that as he was only a
which he could lay hand-front of the Grand Bois were very sny in the cleanest and complet secretary, he could not take the responsibility for receiving the Peking Daily News.
strongly held, and many of the est victory we have won, and they onlprit. While waiting in the
prisoners taken by the Welsh do act believe that there are car, Chang was furious, and said.
came from here, and bere they Germans enough in Germany to "Why do you bring me here in
left even more of the enemy dead. and against them in a good the heat to wait for hours? The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Then came the wood itself, which straight_fight.-Times" "Corres- deed, Icannot bear it," Memorial and Affiliated capitale was fortified with innumerable pondent.
Lei, Chang and Feng, are begs to acknowledge with thanke dag oats and machine-guns in great oplam-smokers. Both Lei the following donations to the the usual WAY. This WIN and Feng, who are now kept in Funds of the Hospitals:Leung carried by cheer hard fighting the Ministry of War, are allowed Yen Po, $100; Lo Cho Shan, with bomb and bayonet, and there to use the drug, but Chang is not $100; Ho Mun Shang, $50;is a picturesque story of a Lewis The Swiss National Connoil allowed to do so in the Supreme Wong Ja Nang, $25; Tang Chi gunner who charged & machine has adopted & Bill for the imposi Court, notwithstanding bie strong Ngong, $25; Ya Yin Pak, $25; gon post, firing his Lewis guation of a tax on tobacco, the Chow U. Ting, $25; Li Yan from the hip, and cleaned out the proceeds from which will serve to complaints.
Misfortunes never come singly, Chan, 325; French Bank post, killing all eight members of cover partially the interest on the Whilst Chang is spending a Comprador, $25.
the gun deischmant,
· [mobilination debt,
Io.
do the
.
Alice Memorial Hospital.
Swiss Tobacco Tax.
of
the war. not to have
the case.
TO-DAY'S NEW ADVERTISEMENT.
BAND NOTICE NIGHT.
At the North Point Hotel (late Belle View), on Good may come out of evil Sa P. M. until midnight.
SATURDAY NIGHT August 11th, from 5.30
game!
Many windows were broken, and fasily the gendarmes, who had
AN
also
THE ROPE KING.
EASTERN WIZARD
This marvellous illusionist has baffled and defeated the
been endeavouring, by the aid of COME AND SEE THE WORLD'S MARVELS. tazioa be, to be in two plases at once, replied to a shower of stone with several blank shots, when the proceedings terininsted. teen arrests were made,
All the equipment used in these feats was manufactured by Eigh-well-known European and Chinese firms in Hongkong, and is
open to Public inspection at any time.
Jane 22.-M. Guatave Ador, the well-known President of the I, Tom Keig, challenge the World in the several feats, The Committee of the International Coffin, Trunk, Ropes, Manacles, Straits Jackets, Body Belt, etc, Red Cross, hee consented, at the I defy any Human Being drawing Breath to accure me, that I age of 72, to stand for the west in fail to extricate myself. This is a Genuine Challenge and [Bar the Federal Connoil left cant Nobody, Especially Sailors, Police, Military Etc.
by Herr Hoffmann'a resignation.
The candidature of this un- iversally respected Grezoreve member of the National Council has been demanded and is warmly sogleimed by" all parties, and hig
W. H. ELLERMAN,
Manager.