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The Hongkong Telegraph
Søptember 21, 1917,
7756 日大初月八
(ESTABLISHED
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Copyright 1917, by the Proprietor.
WEATHER FORECAST.
OVERCAST.
Barometer 29.87.
Temperaturs 6 ..
80 2 piz 88
September 21, 1916, Humidity
Temperature é a.m. 81 Humidity
87
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,
1917.
五拜悫 號一廿月九英港香
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
GERMAN *CONCESSIONS,
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,
NEW BRITISH OFFENSIVE.
A FINE SUCCESS IN THE WEST.
VALUABLE POSITIONS AND MANY PRISONERS CAPTURED.
London, Sealember 20.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-We attacked this morning on a wide front, to the east of Ypres. Batisfactory progress is reported. We have already captured valuable positions.
Further Detai's.
London, September 20.
The British Attitude Outlined.
ARGENTINE AND GERMANY.
Severacce of Relations Favoured, :
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TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's Service to the Telegraph.")
THE SILVER MARKET.
London, Ecplember 30. Bilver is quoted at 53) 1. There is s ecarcity of supplies, and the market oled firm with bayern
1 and no flore,
London, September 20.
London, September 20. Reuter anderstands that the following is the view of the Benter's correspondent at Buenos Aires saya that the Senate British in well-informed quarters regarding the attitude of Britain has almost nuenimously voted to sever relations with Germany. and her Allies towards the recent general, but of en contradicted, The resolution now goes to the flones of Deputies. The public statements in the enemy press, particularly the German Press, feeling in favour of the passage of the resolation is strong. concerning the foreshadowed intentions to make "oncessions" in Belgium and elsewhere:-These have not passed unnoticed; bat
London, September 20, |the Allied Governments have in no wien failed to appraise them at Beater's correspondent at Washington says it is officially their true value and to realize that at bottom they express the announced, in connection with Sweden's reply to the Lizburg fao that Germany knows that she cannot win the war. sfsir, that no messages were transmitted for Germsay to or from Renter's correspondent at the British Headquarters says:- It is perfectly well understand that Germany is now seeking, Berlin through the United States State Department, without the The British have renewed the offensive on a big scale. It is in view of the recant events on the North-Eastern Front, to imprees United States knowing the contents. impossible at present to define the foks. The fighting zone lies upon the German public that her military position is now such that astride the Xpree-Menin road and is directed against the German the can suggest, in some specious fashior, s pisa of action that positions at Glencores Wood, Inverness Copse, Nonde, Boschea and would satisfy the pan-Germans and that might also appeal to the Polygone de Zsebke, standing on high ground. The possession pacifists of Allied countries. It is, therefore, just as well that those of these positions would complete our mastery of the Westhoek in the Central Powers who are organising this so-called peace more- "Ridga system.
| meat should realise that their machinatione in no wise deceive the There was heavy rain during the nigh', but the weather cleared Allier, whose views and determinations regarding the kind of peace by dawn and the all-important element of visibility is reasonably they will accept have undergone and can undergo, no modification high, while the ground is nos seriously seated. The attack differed whatever. As far as the Allies are concerned, no end of the war is materially from prations battles, in varioue aspects which it possible until the end for which this terrible conflict was com- is not permissible to indicate bat which were dictated by the menced end has endured for over three years has been attained, necessity of devising some formals for dealing with the enemy's smely the final disappearance of Prussian militariem. Only those now defensive tactice.
possessing & Prussian mentality can regard without horror the The enemy's well-boxed and shell-cratered ground was subject doable loss of life and treasure deliberately brought about by Ger- to great artillery concentration for a week. By day car heavy guns many in this war, and in this senge it is true that the Allien would carried out intense counter-battery work and destructive hombard-welcome pesos, but enemy efforts to cover the real issue are as hope- ment of the defensive position, while at night field game and trench |less as they are characteristic. mortars pitched gas shelle and oil drums among the enemy; the effect of which may be gresed by the fact that two nights ago one hostile artillery group so attacked did not reply. Thus the way was pretty effectively cleared for the infantry.
FIGHTING THE SUBMARINE.
New Methods Mee: ing With Success.
London, September 20.
Toe actual preliminary bombardment was short, but it was of incredible intensity, consisting of a series of barrages one in It is authoritatively stated that anti-cubmarine measures are advance of the other. All the troops had thoroughly rehearsed meeting with success and a farther reduction of losses is expected. their parts, and by the devotion of the Divisione in remaing in It can be stated on official authority that the results of methods. A naval officer the line longer, than menal, it was possible to put more than a adopted last month justify growing confidenos. nominally large proportion of fresh troops into attack. Considering stateg:-" No sebastional inventions are being used and no reuss- the circumstances, the communication" was good, for which due tional results are to be expected. The sinkings will contiane, but credit must be accorded to the New Zealand Brigade, which, the submarins is defeated. If the public know what we know, they daring the comparatively short period of preparation preceding the would not have the slightest anxiety. Good resulte era being secared
et attack, buried over 30,000 feet of telegraph cable so deep as to from the new smoke cload defence syetem, by which dexene of shipa defy any ebelling. The Germans, who fally realised what the lose have been enved. The system whereby "smoke-bores" are thrown of this line would mean, ffered eireng opposition to the infantry. Joverboard, which throw out smoke clonde, thus concealing the ahipe, There was intense machine gun firing from redoubts, etc., but our have been in use for some months by British ships, the great artillery soon found there spote, Tanks are being employed in majurity of which are supplied with thear smoki-boxes. limited numbers, owing to the unfavourable ground, but our sirmen slready report that three snorting machines are moving to: the resistance of the infantry, where the later are temporarily held Our Byers are taking a great part in the battle, carrying out an pp. unprecedentedly elaborate and a-ordinated clensive.
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Another Fiae Success."
Later.
THE ROYAL TOUR.
London, September 20.
His Majesty the King concladed his tour in West Scotland and reviewed at Glasgow two händrad eurvivors. of torpedoed merchantmen, including the Lusitanie. He congratulated the "Renter's correspondent at the British Headquarters seya-stewardesses of the Lusitanis on their recovery from their terrible To-day's attack has been soother foe snocess for British Brus. *xperiences sed leo congratulated an apprentice on winning Our troops have penetrated to a depth of a mile, which is a wonderfal (the Distinguished Conduct Medai in a fight ageinet & submarine, achievement considering the character of the ground. Adranoed troope have reäobed the Zonnebeke Gbeluvelt line, and also beyond the central parallel of Polygone Wood. We are now bombarding the Germans massing for counter-attecke. It is believed that the prisonere reach four figures. Every shell hole yielded about a dozen prisoner, sometimes sorrendering without resistance and sometimes fighting stubbornly.
In one instance, the inmates of a semi-concealed crater beld up oar troops for a considerable length of time by bombing. In other instance, the enemy came out with fixed bayonete, as the barrage crept towards them.
ing order.
TAXING BACHELORS AND WIDOWERS.
London, September 20.
"Beater's correspondent at Melbourne says that owing to the opposition of Ministerial supporters, the Government bag withdrawn the proposal tax the aneclisted. It now proposes a five per cent. emper tax on the incomes of all bachelors and widowere, irrespective of age. The Senate has passed the War Time Profite and the Shale Oil Bounty Bille,
NEW COTTON SCHEME,
The fret advance was made most rapidly in light skirmish-
London, September 19. A Bache sdmitted that they were taken by surprise We awept over places which bave`
The Cotton Control Board has approved of a scheme to allow at the rapidity of the attack, figured in the communiques since July.31 a serious dealings in fatores on the Liverpool market from October 1, and obetscles, such as Pommaa Cale, Borer Farm, Iberian in all positions commencing in January to Augnet with little Blockhouse and "Gallipoli." The Schaler Gallery, which is a restrictions. The basis of the grade of cotton agreed upon is good long line of pill-boree email concrete tarrets erected in shell holes middling instead of middling, which change will make business. -gare much trouble, but the onslaught of our men was irresistible. freer between merchant and bayer, At Schuler Farm, which is surrounded by water, two tanke attack. ed, obtaining thirty prisoners, who were blanched-locking men
flicted with tremours from the ordeal of our artillery.
Battle in Full Swing,
London, September 20,
A German cffioist wireless accesogo Eye: The battle is in full swing on the English front from Langemarck to Hollebeke. There has been bitter, fao usting fighting all day long in the fort moet part of our defensive 230e
Intense Artillery Fire:
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London, September 20 A French communiqas elates:-Tuere is intense artillery firing "eouth of the Olse, in the Champagne arctor, st Traraile, at Highmount and on both banks of the Mease.
The German Version.
London, September 20.
QUEBEC'S NEW BRIDGE.
London, September 20, Reuter's correspondent at Qasheo says that the bridge span bas now been raised ninety feet. The engineers have ordered, that the hoisting is not to exceed two feet in fourteen minutes.
RUSSIANS STEM ENEMY OFFENSIVE.
London, September 20..
A Russian official wireless message states :-We drove back, with great losser, the enemy offensive east of Lemburg, in the direction of Rige. The enemy recaptured sector positions to the
London, September 20.
south of Gruziebi,
A German official wireless message etater :-A Rawian attack A German official wireless meenage etates:-After most violent to the west of Arborr, in Bakhovine, was driven back, but they fire between Houtkbulet wood and the fore, the English laooobed again endeavoured to advance, strong attacks on a broad front ut daylight. French arracks yester day, near Hill 344 were a successful. We ehet down twenty seroplanes.
GERMANY AND BELGIUM.
London, September 20,
The Tager Zeitung states that Count Waterp, the leader of the Conservatives in the Esiohetag, bas gone to Headquartere, on the invitation of General von Hindenburg, to discuss the question of Belgium. The interview is considered most important,
FRENCH SHIPPING' RETURNS,
London, September 20.
The French shipping arrivals during the past week were. 980 and the sailinge 894. The sinkings were two over and two ander 1,600 tone. Two vessels were unsuccessfully attacked.
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
London, September 20. Beater's correspondent at Petrograd mys that the Helsingfors Boldiers and Workmen's Delegates have consented to the Government's demands to send back to Petrograd the exilse, I mentioned on September 11.
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DISASTROUS CYCLONE IN AUSTRALIA,
Londor, September 20.
The Committee of the Cadets Party has pspeed a resolution Beuter's corespondent at Sydney says that remarkable arging Cadets not to participate in the Democratis Confersons. yclone has swept over the county, osuting widespread damage, because the conference can only reflect the slows of the Boldista Two deaths bare toen reported and it in feared that there are and Workmen's Dalegater, and, ørnsequently, cannot alleviate the
country's position.
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.»
IMPORTANT DEBÅTE IN FRENCH CHAMBER.
Paris, Sept. 20. The Chamber passed a vole of confidence in the Govern: ment by 37 to 1 after a debate and interpellations regarding the Cabinet's war mensures and aims. Questions demanded a reply to enemy pezes manœuvres in the shape of the Stockholm Conference and the Papal Note, M. Painleve replied that France adhered to President Wilson's reply to the Pope. M. Ribot when asked to fulfil his promise to publish inter-Allied agreements said France had no secret diplomacy. He was ready to reveal everything but must act in concert with the Allies. It was Petrograd that asked him to defer publication of inter-Allied trenties. He continued, reiterating that France not werely claimed Alsace-Lorraine but reparation for the destruction wrought by an inhuman enemy and guarantees for a durable peace. In not answering the Pope's Note France was, in agreement with Great Bri- tain, Italy and Russia.
M. Ribot emphasised that the nearer the end of the war the more careful must the Allies be to baffle enemy manœuvres designed to separate and weaken them Germany knew that the Allies would be victorious if they remained united, hence her sole aim now was to effect disunion. France's 'sacrifices entitled her to hold hier head high. She deserved the world's admiration. She demanded only justice, an indispensable preliminary to which was the restoration of Alsace-Lorraine, and reparation for the criminal destruction of the invaded territories, “Without these a durable peace was impossible. She must also have guarantees which are only existent in the will of the nation." What would be the value” of the signature of the German Government if the German people was not behind itt. (Cheers).
Referring (+) the Pope's note be asked TONSÍ we in deference to the Pope's high "authority, reply to all invitations to conferences! Who above all desire us to reply! Those who themselves refuse to answer quen Lions. We replied to President Wilson when he asked our war aims. Who did not reply to himt The Central Empires did not reply and it is now announeed that they are going to reply to the Pope. We await this reply, but it must be pointed out that even in the Pope's note the passage can. cerning Belgium has far from satisfied the vaiversal cons
cience. Whatever our enemies promise us, even to the extent of agreeing to restore Alsace-Lorraine we must be certain we are not being drawn into a snare.
AMERICA AND THE WAR.
Money for the Allies.
Washington, Sept. and ten
four
mil-
Further instalments of lins sterling "respectively were paid to Britain and France yesterday,
Training the New Army,
Washington, Sept, 2u.` British and French
the officers experienced on Western front In bombing, artillery control, aeroplane observation and ether. specialised subjecia, are.
United being attached to the training canips in the States. Three hundred thousand men of the National Army are now en route to sixteen training-camps, which represents 45 per cent of the quota under the first call.
No Oil Shortage.
New York, Sept. 20., The President of the Standard Oil Company has dedared that America is able to produce all necessary supplies of crude oil, petrol and kerosene, for America's and the Allien".. war demands. The oil refining capacity was greater than the demand and the supply was assured for the next five years.
A Mission to Russi-,
New York, Sept. 20. President Wilson. is sending to Russia a mission con sisting of 30 labourites to counter-act the German propagan. da that the United States is not democratic.
Better Shipping Outlook.
Washington, Sep. 20. The Chairman of the Shipping Board has indefinitely postponed his trip to the Pacific as the prospect of a sirike settlement has improved.
-Neutral Shippinr.
Atlantic City, Sept. 29. The Vice-Chairman of the Shipping Board has announc ed that the Government is powerless to commandeer neutral ships beld up in ports but that neutrals are ready in use the tonnage for cargo carrying between American ports. When the United States hans permitted this hundreds of thousanda of tons will be available for this service.
GENERAL KORNILOFF'S TRIAL.
Petrograd, Sopt. 20.
It is announced that General Korniloff will be tried by court martial with a jury. The trial at the instance of the Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates will be at the front and not at Petrograd. "M. Terenichenko has been appointed Deputy Premier, L. Nekraf has been appointed. Governor General of Finland in succession to Mitakhovitch, who resigned on account of illhealth.
SWEDEN'S STRONG PROTEST,
Stockholm, Sept. 20. The Swedish Minister at Berlin was instructed on Sept. ́ember 10 to strongly protest against the Luxbarg kikir, pointing out that the German authorities had abused Bweden's confidence in a particularly grave manner
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DAY BY DAY.
Union Church Pastor. The Rev. J. Kirk Mucon schis has returned to the Colony from a holiday in Japan and will conduct the services in" Uaion Church on Sunday morning and evening.
Kailan Output,
The total output of the Kailan Mining Administration's mines for the week ending September 8 amounted to 623 77 tons and the Įsales daring the period to 50,228
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War Charities.
A meeting of the General Com- mittee of the War Charities will be held in the Council Chamber on Monday, the 24th inst., et 12.15 p.m. is Excellency the Governor will preside. The business is to receive the report of the Erecative Committes, and to consider arrangements for the celebration of "Oor Day."
Armed Robbery.
A sctool boy, residing a Sha Po village, in the Au Tan district, has reported to the Palice that on September 19, s gang of ten men satered the village. Two of the men were afraed with knives and several with pick-axes. Four licases were entered and money and jewellery were stolen. The men remained in the village for forty minutes and then cleared
out.
Canada's Post-War Trade, A Senate Committee recently began consideration at Ottawa of methods to increase Canada's domestic and overseas trade after the war. The Committes was pro- vided for in a resolution by Bir Frederick Nicholls. The resolu tion declared it expedient that the Senate appoint a committee to inquire into and report apos the best method of conserving and increasing our domestic and oversent trade to the end that our present prosperity may when nct eventually anfar the stimulus resulting from orders for monitions Red' other supplies is removed." Senators speaking on the resolu- tion agreed that it was most desirable that Canada should make every · fut ut once to pre- pare for the corpstition with ma: kets of the world when the war ended. Conads, it was said, would have to compete for mar- Eeta with the United States, which had developed great ins dustrial and financial strength since the war began, and with England "and" "France, where ? workmen hal been trained by thansende in munition and war factories that covered ground by the square mile.
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