YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS.
FIERCE BATTLE NEAR CAMBRAI
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1917.
London, December 1, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-Affer a violent bom- bardment, the enemy, with strong forcee, st 3 o'clock this morning attacked on a wide front to the south of Cambrai between Vond-The haile and Crevecoeur. Shortly afterwards, heavy attacke also developed against our positions to the west of Cambrai; in the neigh 'bourhood of Bourlon Wood, and Moenvres. All the attacks from Hasnieres to Moeuvres were repulsed after many hours of fierce Babties in which great losses were inflicted on the enemy infantry by our artillery, rifisad machine-gan fire.
To the south of Masnieres, from the neighbourhood of Bonavis to Villers Gaislain, the enemy succeeded in entering our positions at different points and penetrated as far as La Vaoquerie and Gopseudoart. Counter-attacks have already regained La Vasquarie and daten bisk the suemy from houses nogurt and from the ridge to the east. The enemy's advance has been shocked alsowhere. The fighting continues.
London, November 30,
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation, maye: Low-flying machines fired several thousand rounds at the enemy's infantry on Thursday. One hundred and eighty hom be were dropped on a large damp to the north of the Cambrai Boulere railway station and on billete in the battle ares. Enemy airraft was very active. We brought down six and drove down two enemy machines. Three "of care are raissing.
THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.
London, December 1. The Daily Mail correspondent at Petrograd states that Siberia is about to declare its independence under the leadership of M. Patapin. Ministers have already been appointed and are constantly sitting at Omek.
of London, December 1. The Daily Chronicle correspondent at Petrograd saye that General Dukhonin has invited General Toberbstohen, commanding on the Rumanian Front, to become Generalistimo.
London, December 1.
A telegram from Paris states that General Iliescu, the head of the Ramsnian Mission, interviamed on the Russian collapas, said even at the worst the situation was not impossible. There were plenty of loyal troops among the Coerscks and Ukrainisus, besides those of General Tcherbatched, with which a centre of resistance could be established; based on the Black Sea Fleet. The Russian forces in Armenis were being placed under the command of the British in Mesopotamis, and supplies could be maintained by the Siberian Railway, guarded and worked by Americans, and by the Persian Gulf from Persia,
BREAD RATIONS IN FRANCE,
· London, December 1 Reater's correspondent at Paris states that the Cabinet has
decided to ration bread.
SPLENDID GENEROSITY OF THE F. M. S.
London, December 1. The Sportsry of Slate for the Colonies announces that the Federal Council of the Melsy States, on a resolution moved by the Sultan of Perak and seconded by the Saitan of Selangor, unanimously decided to contribute à further £500,000 this year to the British Government towards war expenditure, making the Federation's con tribution £1,000,000 for 1917. The Federal Council later ausnimous ly passed a resolution in similar manner contributing £750,000 for 1918.
COTTON SPINNERS' DEMAND.
London, November 30.
The representatives of 50,000 cotton spinnere have refused the employers offer of a ten per cent, advance in wages for December and a farther ten per cent in Harch, insisting on an immediate 32; per cent, advance.
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LORD LANSDOWNE'S LETTER..
London, November 30. German newspapera: giva Ipromiusnos to Lord Lansdowne's letter, hailing it with great satisfaction as "a semi ofisl feeler." newspapers are af opinion that it shows "England is begin. sing to get ressonable,"
London, November 30, Reuter's Agency is suthoritatively informed that the following H. K. & S. Banks sa, #630 & 623 is the Government'e view regarding Lord Lansdowne's letter:-
MARINE INSURANCES.- had not consulted, indeed, nor had he communicated, with any North Chinas *Lord Lansdowne only spoke for himself. Before writing it he Cantons. member of the Government, who read it with as much surprise as talons sayone else. The views expressed in the letter in nowise represent Yengtszes the Government's views nor indieste in the slightest degree that there is any change or modification in the country's war policy, China Fires. which is still what is has always been described by the Prima H. K. Fires Minister, Mr. Asquith, Mr. Bonar, Law and Mr. Balfour. This wat | policy has been spoken of in different words, bat perhapa is beat
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Land Invest. Lansdowne's letter was based on the strange somption that 'loon Lands peace was possible because the Germana say they are ready Shai Lands to have a past of nations and to discuss disarmament, Mr. West Points Bonar Law recalled the fact that the British Government before the Reclamations war did not dare suggest disarmament to the Germans. The Ger COTTON MILLS. mane regarded it almost as a sarua bells and prohibited the circulă- Ewos tion of books recommending it before the war. He believed that the Kung Yiks prohibition still existed. He believed that a ocnziderable S'hai Cottons amount of discontent with the present system had grown up in Yangiszepoos Germany, but that was because the military system was not giving Orientals the expected results. If peace came to-day, the very men who had committed the greatest crime in history would be left again in Borneos power with the same machine ready to do the same thing whenever China Light & P.b. the opportunity recurred. Such men would not be bound by a pact Providents of nations because they had aigued a Tressy Mi. Bonar Law Dairy Farms asked what force could bind them. The whole world was organised Green Islands against them to-day in a way unlikely to recur. If we cannot H. K. Electrics insist on our rights now, how shall we fight against them in new H. K. Ice Co. conditions? He was forced to believe that the only way whereby the Ropes Germans could be made to realise that war did not pay and that the Steel Foundries n.
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