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Barometer 30.00.
November 10, 1917,
7800 日本廿月九
Temperature 6 am. 67 Humidity
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
10. 1917
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE SUCCESSES IN PALESTINE.
Fruitful Offensive ön Tweply-mile Front.
London, November 9. Renter's correspondent at the Egyptian Headquartere, "wiring on November 6, cave-Our achievements were again excellent to-day. We attacked enemy positions at dawn to the north and north-west of Beersheba, attaining all our objectives with a goodly bag of prisonere, gone and war material. The new positiona threaten part of the Tarkish line and will probably compel him to eracute the sector. Fighting still continues.
Today's offensive took place on a front of twenty miles. Owing to the capture of Beershebs, we were able to outfack the main Tarkish line, extending originally from Gers to Bersheba and consisting of four elaborately organised systems with connecting trarches and scattered redouble. The Beersheba system, which was the most isolated, fell into our hands, thanks to brilliant strategy, coupled with a sudden onslaught which farned the epathy's position by catting off supplies along the Hebron Road and threatening the Jerusalem-Sherria Railway, which apparently distarbed the whole of bis defensive place, as he was saddenly obliged to meet a menace from the eser when all his principal défences faced the south-weit. An anavoidable delay, das to our, advancing across long tracks of eandy waste, enabled him to dig trenches across, the line of our advance. But the mixed elementa of regiments and divisions which were thrown against these positions bear evidence of the confusion in which his organisation was involved. Instead of meeting a frontal attack, upon which be had apparently counted, be found General Allenby's forces threatening to enclose him within a pair of claws which were ever gripping more tightly. The execation of General Allenby's plane hse entailed a tremendane physical strain on all renke, but their exceptional fitness has been proof against every call.
Throughout the operations the weather wel most ozfavourable, due to a heat ward—a cund duosial thing in November. The men are described as going into action with tonggen hängjúg cut, like a pack of boond4 Yesterday the New Zealanders had a sharp brosh with the coemy, who attacked with fied bavorels bat were driven off by our machine 2009, losing thereg Lungred grea¬lties,
EARLIER
TELEGRAMS,
THE RUSSIAN COUP.
Arrest of M. Kerensky Ordered.
London, Noveliiber 8.
THE WESTERN FRONT.
Lively Artillery Actions.
London, November 9. A French communique statës: There are lively artillery. actions on the whole front north of the' Aisne, in the sector south of Corbeny and in Upper Alsace..
Work of Our Avlators.
London, November 9.
In making reference to the work of aviators Field- Marshal Sir Douglas Haig states: Low flying machines on Wednesday, fired a number of rounds at troops and trans- port and dropped a number of bombs on trenches and billets. Three tons of bombs were dropped at night time on aerodromwes at Controde, St. Denis Westrem. and Lys Valley and also on railway communications with satisfactory results.
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More German Casualties.
London, November 9.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: The East York- shires took 21 prisoners in a successful raid northward of Fasnoy. Machine gun Gre inflicted many casualties on the garrison attempting to escape the artillery barrage The enemy's "supports attempting to advance suffered heavily from machine gun fire. The enemy's artillery is active in the neighbourhood of Passchendaele." -
NEW EPOCH FÖR JEWISH RACE,
London, November 8.
Mr. Balfour has communicated to Baron Rothschild on behalf of the Government an important declaration of sympathy with the Zionist aspirations. He states that the Goverdment views favourably the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people and will use their best endeavour to facilitate the, achievement of this object. it being understood that nothing will be done to prejudice the citi) and religious rights of the non-Jewish communities of Palestine and the rights and political status of Jews of any other country.
The "Jewish Chronicle" hails the declaration as marking. a new epoch for the Jewish race.
Soviet Still Swayed by the Extremists.
Temperature 6 s.m.
November 10, 1916,
Humidity
59 # pum. 69 68
六拜禮“號十月一十英港香
AMERICA AND JAPAN, HOW CAPT. MULLER
ESCAPED.
Far East Question ~ Considered.
A correspondent of the Now, Ope of the most daring of York Evening Post, reviewing the escaped from internment camps effect of Baron Ishii's mission to was effected on September 25 at Amerion," states -
| Kegworth, Nottingham. Twenty- Diplomsgy in the midst of a two German prisoners, including war is the less spectacular of inter- Capt. Muller, who commanded national indusnose, but when the the craiser Emden, and Lieut. history of the present corfier ie Otto Thelan, disappeared through written in detail the negotiationss tannel, extending from a hut between Mr. Lanainn and Vis in the camp to a point outside count Lebli, of the special the barbed wire fence. How the Japanese Mission, will be found tunnel was dag is mystery. to have had a far-reaching effect, Nine of the prisoners were recap- not merely on the winning of the tured, including Capt. Mallar war, but on the permanent rela- and Lieut. Thelen. fione between Japan and the Uni- ted States for generations to come.
The latter made three previous With ". Lieut.... Emil Scapes. Viscount Ishii has returned to Tehmann, another of the "recap- Washington for fasl conferences.tured prisoners, be filed from the When these are conoladed there detention barracks at Chelmsford will be a statement of what has fast May. The Germans made been accomplished. Until then dummy locks of cardboard, sub- the Department of State will stituting them for the locks on the make no comment, yet there is cell doore, Demmy figures to every reason to believe that the deceive the sentry were made. significant" and all-important from bedclothes and some of their assurances contained in Viscount on garments. To make these Lebii's speech in New York city figures the more realistic they last Saturday were given infor- were decorated with shooks of mally to the United Statee hair from their mattresssa. Goveramsat. Certainly so care-
fully prepared an atterance, meeting the very criticism that bas been voiced here ever since
Whita ciemounted yeomanry attacked the trenches covering the station and bridge at Sherria and by mid-day we had mastered the whole lipo in this sector. By the evening we bad advanced over the intervening three miles sad occupied the place itself, and foar
Japan's unfortunate method of · Perhaps when the conferences gape were captured. On the left back the Yoomsary, the
presenting her demands on China between Secretary Lansing and Londoners and the Irish attacked the Kawukah system. One of the
Coated so many misanderland-Viecount Ishii ere concluded, an msin festores of the Turkish line was the veritable labyrinth of
inge ne to Japan's motives would official exchange of notes or joint trenches with extensive wiring, but the enemy was so completely
not have been made without statement may be issued which deceived by our tactics and so impressed with the threat in the east PETROGRAD'S CHAOS. in iteble, and inexorable course being firet communicated to will give the above a place of that it was comparatively lightly held," předily succumbing to s
of events. And for os Allies and Secretary Lansing.
record in the negotiations, for daebing seevult.
friends faith in Russia is not eo Now Viscoal Ishii has swept all hitherto these have been confined
oral much faith in partienter persons thas misunderstanding aside. He to
conversations Bat and parties as is that larger punctoale is given an ageracce Viscount Isbli'a atterance bas The Daily Chronicle special ce, which with all its elements that Japan will prevent any already had a profound effect on correspondent, Dr. Baroid Wit of sulfering and tragedy intending Power from injuring the terri- the course of America's foreign
towarda fios liberation.
torial integrity and administrative policy, and the Japanese Mission liams, write s
Thecretically, the formation of independence of China, but she has found a good spirit here Petrograd, September 18. complete Government is left till herself will refrain from doing toward those commercial pro- Evente in Russia are cleave, the meeting of the Conference what ebe aske ethers not to do. blems which Japan is auxious to norcal, intaovible. The dreammoned by the Soviet for next This is not simply the principle of have settled while the war is in life and the real life coalesce. Monday, but as the days peen the the Mource Doctrine, but an ad. progress. Things are not what they seem. prospects of this "Conference aptation for the Ear Eset also of the Japan wante steel plates, and There are moments when one is having any decisive influence Wileon doctrine for Central and Viscount Ishii may find the steal tempted to halieve in the aureality stendily lesson. The Soviet is South America, For, bath in the intereste and ebipsard companies of all phenomen. The stroggle still under Boirbevikit fence, to famous Mobile speech and in the of his own country irritable on and the turmoil are like the fight the great displeasure of the exchange of notes in connection bis return if he does not bring ing of shadows on a screen. Latch Moderate Socialists. Trotsky has with the pending Pan-American! beck some asearance from Amer words and watch words, persone been released on bail; but, on the Treaty, President Wilson sad lies of an intention to modify her and policies, are losing their power other hand, Parishkevich, who Secretary Lansing have gone on embargo.
These commercial to attract or repel. Russia is in FSA
Brrected, last week near record as against the addition of interests might conceivably be so solution; she is pseeing through Drinsk, has also been released. s deep formative process of which
any territory by conquest and disappointed as to create a public The Government has given against the violation of the opinion unfavorably disposed the Petrograd struggle for power orders that all the Revolutionary republican sovereignities on this toward the Japanese Government lis only a superficial symptom. Committees, with their amateur hemisphere. What the Monroe and ths Mission that gave the
Watching evente bere, judging police and detectives, who wore Doctrine omitted, bat implied, United Sistes such explicit ss them only at their earface value. last week set in operation by the has now been definitely said, by earances abat Chins.. one might easily become cynical. Soviet to combat counter-revolu-
Bat America has declared also The faults of the old regime aration should now casee work and mingled with the feats of the surrender their functions to the her unwillingness to let any third private interests in Great Britain Japan in those parleys declared an embargo on steel plates to new regimer principles of right normal organs of justice, ̈ ̈
Power take China'e territory, to and Frence. It may be shat steal and wrong are subordinated to the
Kornileff and be aerociates are let Boy third Power make loans plates will be available to those interests of parties and cliques, under arrest at Mogile. and the to China without consulting her, Japaneas companies which agree and the result is chaotic and judicial inquiry has now began. any third Power really interfere to put their tonnage at the dis demoralising.
Kaledin has submitted to the in China's internal affairs. Bat posal of the Entente. This pro The revolution is a fierce and Government; the Cossack Council there was nothing to show what blem as well as the question, of ornel test of character and caps has offered security for him, and Japan's own policy would be. ccean freight rates probably will city. Repatione are made in s has asked for a statement of the Everybody asked "What of the be left to Ambassador Bato to month. Individuals and groupe charges against him. The second Power?" are tried in the furnace and found Government, pending inquiry, wanting, and are mercilessly flang, bus cancelled the order for Kale- cn to the slagheep. Bat all this din's arrest. Petrograd is sim- does not mean that the revolotion mering with ramente, which find bas failed. It means that certain credence in proportion to their Darrow and aabj-clive conceptions baselereneas and improbability. of the revolution are inadequate,| that the revolution is not an end but a beginning, that Hassin, once set free, is only slowly and with very grest difficulty fiading herself.
A statement issued by the Petrograd agency announces that the Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates of all Russia is distribusing proclamations to the Provincial Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates, delegating power to the Soviets, relieving the Governmem Commissaries of their "dalies, ordering the release of the shrested mom- bers of the Agricultural Committees and the arrest of the Commissaries, who arrested them, "abolishing the death penalty and re-establishing freedom of political propaganda at the front. The proclauiations onder the release of the revolutionary soldiers" and officers, who were arrested for alleged political crimes, and the arrest of the ex- Ministers Konovaloff, Kischkin, Terestcleuko. Malatovitch, Nikitin and others. It is announced that M. Kerensky has escaped and the military have been enjoined to arrest him, All complicity with M. Kerensky will be treated, as high treason.
The Situation Obscure.
London, November 5.
Reuter's correspondent at Petrograd writing on Nov. 7. says that up to the present there has been no bloodshed and only a few minor street collisions. The situation is obscure. For the Conference of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates of all Russia 465 delegates have arrived, of whom 335 are Maximalists. The Baltic and Black Sea Fleets Dele- gates have declared in favour of all power being given to the Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates, Three Cossack regiments now in Petrograd have informed M. Kerensky that they are prepared to support the Government providing there is no compromising.
Winter Palace Occupied.
Petrograd, November 3.
The Maximalists have occupied the Winter Palace and also the premises of the General Staff. The form- er was defended by a Women's Battalion and Cadets, who surrendered after some gun shots from the cruiser Aurora and the fortress of Peter and Paul on the opposite bank of "the Nera and also fire from machine guns, armoured care
and the Red Guards.
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PROGRESS IN MESOPOTAMIA.-
London, November 8.
A Mesopotamia official message states: Descending from the Tigris on the 5th inst, our troops with great gallantry crossed 1,200 yards of open country and attacked a strongly entrenched position covering Tekrit. The Indian, Sikh and Ride regiments captured the first two lines of trenches in- ficting heavy casualties and repulsed a counter-attack. The cavalry attacked the enemy's right flank and the artillery shelled Turkish communications northward. We carried farther trenches in the afternoon. The British cavalry charged over, the trenches and cut down a number of re- treating Turks. The enemy foxing at night time burned soma atores and blew up throw dumps. We occupied Tekrit on Tuesday and made prisoners of 122 and took much mistorial
Russia's Economic Condition.
the present Administration.
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work ont after the main lines of Viscount Labii's declaration, the discussion have been covered therefore, is regarded here as the by Viscount Ishii, most important statement of Concretely, the visiting Mission been made since John Hay's standing es to the naval patrol of Japanese foreign policy that has has accomplished this; An ander- famous note on the open door, the Facilo by Japanese warships, The following words, read by the thus relieving American abipe for Japanese special envoy at the service in the Atlantic; important Mayor's banquet in New York, exchanges of view on commerical sre especially gratifying to the so-operation that will be of benefit officials of the United States to the United States, not only Government
daring the present war, bat in
between
the
A recent Rassion arrival in Russie is very much bigger Kobe gives the Japan Chronicle s than all the formulas offered in disheartening account of economic "At so lime in the past and at post-bellam years, and a re- explanation of her strange map conditions in Europeen Russia, no time in the future did we or moval of the prime mis- rices, and the proussa by which A threatening prospect loome up will we seek to take territory understanding
despoil United States and Japan about she is finding herself is broader for the coming winter seeing that from China, or 10 and deeper than Bay of as cap fael has reached unbeard of China of her rights. We wish to the latter's policy toward China. quite understand. Kerensky said | pricie, Thas the measure of be and always to continas to ba8o pleased are officials of the in Moscow that the Provisione quantity known se ́s sazben of the sincere friend and helper of Government and close observera Government can afford itself the firewood, which before the war our neighbour, for we are more of Far Eastern affaire that it la no luxury of risings and plote. That cost not more than seven or eight interested than any one else except exaggeration to say that, "by a is not trae of the Government as roubles, already odstain Moscow Chine in good government there; single stroke, Japan has won the a particular group of men or of 400 roubles, and will probably only we must at all times, for friendship of the United States; any one man, but it is trae of rise to at least a thousand before self-protection, prevent other and this Government, on the Rasis. Bomia con and will the winter is over. Not only the nations from doing what we have other hand, has insured the survive convulsions that would poorer but also the so-called no right to do. Not only will we co-operation of Japan and the wreck States that are more com- bourgeois blassen will be effected, not seek to sasail the integrity or stability of Far Eastern polities paot and more highly organised. People will have to live ten and the sovereignty of Obins, but we so that the fall power and might It can hardly be said that the twelve in a room for warmth, bus will eventually be prepared to of the United States and her men on top are guiding Bumie, it in doubtfel whether any soon daland and maintain, the
Allian dau be noncontentori except in a very limited sense, expedient will malos to avort integrity; and - indayand ano They ark rather guided" by " on painful tengsdia
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CHURCH SERVICES.
St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong.m 23rd Bunday after Trinity, 11th November, 1917. Holy Com- munion (7,30 a.m.) Hymna: 552, 197, 317, 512, 551, Servicë: Merbecke. Matins (1,07.)- Responses: Ferial."Vanite, Elvey. Psalms: Turle, Mao. farren, Túrie. Te Deum. Woodward, Smart. Turle: Benedictus: Troutbeck. Hymns 231, 165. God. Save the King. Evensong (6 pm.) Responses. Ferial. Psalms: Baraby. Aylward, Turle, Magnificat: Stainer (18th evening). Nunc Dimittis: Barby (18th morn ing) Hymns: 232, 247, (T248) 27. N.B.-Psalm 59, verses 1, 2, 7, 8, 12. 17 in unison. Psalm 60, versen 1, 6 in unison. Psalm 61, verses 3,8 in unison. Hyma: 27, verses 1, 4 in unison.
St. Andrew's Church. Kowloon.— 23rd Sunday after Trinity, 11th November 1917. Holy Com- munion at 8 am, Morning Prayer 11 am. Responses: Ferial. Venite: Elvey. Psalms: (11th morning) Turle, Maofarr- en Gregory. Te Deum: Blesset. Benedictus: Beanett. Hymas: 6. 556, 593, 324. God Save the King Evening Prayer 6pm. Responses: Ferial. Psalms: (11th Evenina) Barnby, Aylward, - Turic. Magnificat: Stainer. Nunc Dimittis: Cobb. Hymna ?/ 47,580, 361, 38. Vesper Hyma God Save the King-
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Sunday Services, Nov. 1ith. Morning 11. Hymas: 369, 615, 237, 236. Psalm 40. Evening 6. Hymns: 299, 327, 158, 215. Pre- cher: Rev. J. Kirk Macanachie,
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Sunday November 11, 1917. 8. am. Holy Communion 11 a.m. Morning Prayer and Sermon: Preacher: Rev. G. E. S. Ups- dell, M. A.
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