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The Hongkong Telegraph –
August 30, 1918,
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四十月七
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
GERMAN FRONT SPLITTING.
ALLIED TROOPS STILL ADVANCING.
GETTING A GRIP OF THE HINDENBURG LINE.“
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August 30, 1917,
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,
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GERMAN FRONT SPLITTING.
London, August 29.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
NTERNAL TROUBLE IN
Hostilities Momentarily Expected.
German Retreat on 30-Küometre Front.
Amsterdam, August 29.
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CHURCH NOTES,
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A French communique maye:-We continued to pursue the The Weser Zeilung reports that Polish, Casch and South Slav jenemy, who, ander our pressure, precipitafely retreated on a front distriota in Austria are mobilising agsinst Austria and hostilitise are day eveninge at 6,30 p.m. are of thirty kilometres. We reached the heights on the left bank of the momentarily expected. Military patrols are guarding the Praga-being continued during Septem
Somme from Casancourt se far as eset of Nsele. Further south, we reached the western bark of the Canal du Nord and the greater part of the course between Neale and Noyon. North of the Oise we carried Sazay, Pontleveque, Vanchelles and Parquericourt.
Aerial Aftacks.
London, August 29. With the osptare of Ballecourt, east of Oraisilles, reported by "correspondenta, the Allise seem to have gained's firm grip on that part of the Hindenburg Libe. Oroisilles proved a hard nut. It held out for three days before Londoners ejected the holders.
London, Angust 29. Ballecourt, barely two miles from Qassat, a formidable hinge of the Reporting on aviation, Field Marshal Sir Danglas Haig says:-*-*-* a called Brocourt-Qassat line, was the strongest barrier to the weet. Despite eloads and rainstorms, our low fiera constantly bombed and
The German Command, despite protestatione to the contrary, machine-gunned enemy, troops and transporta. There was much air is undoubtedly unpleasantly surprised at the rapidity with which fighting. We destroyed ten seroplanee and drove down five the Allies are following up the retreat. It is clear that it was never uncontrollable. Baven British machines are missing.
We dropped intended.tq allow the Allies to approach so near the Hindenburg twenty-two tons of bombs during the day. Night, flying was
impossible. Lide.
The explanation of the Germans clinging "to Bapsame is probably a fear.that the abandonment might lead to a sadden rach towards Cambrai, making a further breach in the line.
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After comperative quiet the Americans are again active borth of the Oiee and the first day's operations have resulted in the two capture of two hundred prisoners.
Whole Germsa Front Splitting.
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Paris, August 28, A Eaves message saya:-Goceral Ladendorf, a-ing Germen forces rendered available by the arrival of Austro-Bulgarian coating- ents on the Occidental Front, has attempted during the last few days to make bis resistance efficacious. He has increased his casualties without changing the results. The British are still advancing and are masters of Bapanme. The French bave captured Chaulnes and Roye, which are pillars of the German defence, and pursued the. enemy this morning seven miles up to the line of Neale. The fall of Noyon appears imminent and the whole German front is splitting, General Ludendorf is trying to attain the Hindenburg line, but Marchal Fooh is relentlessly refusing him all respite and constantly harasses him everywhere. It is now possible that the German forces will be finally either overthrown into the Somme marches or find their retrant choked between the Somme and the Oise. The disheartening clearly shown by the German Press is more and more accounted for. The diplomatic defeat of the Berlin Government in being forced to give in to Spain's ultimatum concerning the requisition of tonnsge and the news of the progressive reorganisation of the Russian forces owing to the Allies.co operation, increase tho uneasiness of German opinion.
The British Push.
Groping In the Dark"
Amsterdam, August 26.
Pilsen Bailway.
GERMAN " MODERATION".
Paris, August 29, A Havas merange says:Dr, Solf, Minister for the Colonies, and Prince Max of Baden hare just delivered speeches trying to show moderation in order to allow possibilities of talking with Germany and admitting her into the society of nations.
AIR RAID ON CONSTANTINOPLE:
London, August 29. Tarkish communique" saye:- Enemy sirmen reidad Con- The Cologne Gazette candidly admite surprise at the growing stantinople on the night Angust 25-26. Bombs fell in the outer extent of the attack, especially by the British, "which is daily becoming more terrible," dasting even the great German quarter of the city. onslaughts. The writer reveals that the German Command is etill groping in the dark regarding Marshal Foch's intentions and complaine at large forces tied in so-called quiet sectors, as it never kaows where the next attack is coming,
Merely a Diversion?
London, August 29. despite their extent, are merely a diversion.
Well-informed French papers bint that the present operations,
Reassuring the German People.
London, August 28.
According to a message from Amsterdam, the German Supple mentary Army Reports are continuing to endeavour to reassure the people by representing the recent events in the West as a costly failure to attain the aim seoribed to the Entente, namely, a break- through. A semi-official message euphemistically refers to timely evasion" of enemy attacks.
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
General Kornflott Alive.
Faria, Auguet 29.
A Haras message_Bay-According to private and reliable newe from Rassis, General Kormile is alive.
The Needs the Moment.
London, August 28.
London, August 29. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: The Australiane
Aecording to Reater'e correspondent at Archangel, ocmpetent vigorously advanged and reached the general line from Fresnes to authorities state that the Baflaherik Government is maintained by Herbecourt, the soemy stabbornly resisting, before the passages of the Somme at Brie and Peronne. On the north bank of the Somme Lett Battalions and Red Gaarde of limited numbers but well supplied with gane, rifies and ammacition. They are very highly we captured Carla and Hardecourt, after hard fighting, and" are advancing in the direction of Maurepas, Between Bapaume and the paid and well-fed bilet the remainder of the population has been Scarpe we attacked all day long and progressed at all points, The completely disarmed, terrorised, robbed and is very short of food. Londoners gradually ca flanked the enemy, who obstinately reaist large percentage of the lower classes and a small percentage of the intelligent people favour the appropriation of land by pessante, ed, and captured Croisilles. The English fought their way towards factories by workmen and ships by sailors, whilst the population Vraucourt and south-east of Fontaine les Croisilles. After evere generally opprees Conecription. Thus any attempt to return to the old fighting all day the Canadiane drove out the enemy from severe order would favour the interests of the Bolshevik The only strongly defended Icoalities and important trench systems and captored Boiry Notre Dame and Pelves. We took a number of desirable policy appears to be the gradual establishment of a new prisoners in these operations, and advanced the line north of Locon. eyetem of government based on universal saffrage with ecoacmic and
military assistance by the Allise.
German Admissions.
*London, August 29.
A German wireless cfficial memaga anys: We held up the enemy's thrust after bitter fighting sestward of Fe.vas, near Vicen- artois and Croisillas. Oar canter-attack recaptured Flers and Longueval.
Between the Somme and the Oiss we withdrew our lines, giving ap Chaulnes and Roye. We atormed Fismetts and frustrated an attack on Bazpches, taking prisoner. 250 Americana.
Unhappy Finland,
"Stockholm, August 28. The prominent Finnish Socialist, M. Tanner, states that the White Gaarde in Fioland recently shot ten thousand persons; "many perfectly innocent, and imprisoned twenty thousand.
A proposal for a Monarchy was passed in the Landtag by seven votes, by the illegal exclusion of opponents.
The working classes see treated like parishs. A grest number of Labourite members of the Landtag has been illegally imprisoned.
GAS". CASES.
Noyel U. S. Institution la France.
London, August 28,
Curious Situation at Bapaume.
London, August 28. ⠀ Writing on Wedre day morning, Beater's correspondent at British Headquarters saye :—A curious position exists at Bapaume. New Zealandere are now strung out in a half-moon well around the
The Americans in France have opened the only institution in northern side and we comziand the place astride the Albert Road. The Germans, bowever, have brought up considerable reinforcement the world for the exclusive treatment of gas cases. Arrangemente and are evidently prepared to pay beavily to delay our occupation, have been made for a large supply of serum for the care and The Germans are massing on the Bapaume, Gasadecourt and prevention of gas gangrene. Guillemont line, but remain conspicoosely weak in guns, having
lost so many and withdrawn others far to the rear.
U. S. LABOUR LEADER IN ENGLAND. -".
London, August 28. The American Labour leader, Mr. Gompers, has arrived.
·U. 3. AMBASSADOR'S RESIGNATION.
Tributes by the British Press.
London,' August 28.
The Germans are putting in bandemen and sanitary units on the road in order to reinforce the am-zing jamble of units swept ap over wide distances and to try to stem the tide. We have captured an immense quantity of new equipment. Miraumont yielded vast quantities of engineering stores, whilst at many places we have re- taken whole ammunition dumps abandoned in our Maroh retreat, these proving of inestimable service to the swiftly-advancing gonnets as well as relieving transport, one of its heaviest tasks. It is quité understandable why the Germane are resisting eastward of Arrae, de Pan Allied suocesa here would constitute a serious strategical menace,
Threatening the Hindenburg-Line."
London, August 27. Writing this afternoon, Reuter's correspondent at British Headquarters Base-The British this morcing, by bard Babting in wet, mild weather, advanced eastward of Arres, thus carrying the line a mile farther seat along the Soarpe then it had ever hitherto bean penetrated. The Canadiens tegan purbing beyond Visenartcis Preborow State mines are incapacitated through lack of food. "soon after daylight, after which aond Canadian attsok was
delivered on a front of five miles, fairly evenly on flanking the in Bohemia doubled during July. Arro Osmbrai Bind, The significance of the present fighting is that it will carry us right into the main arteries of the Hindenburg
The Prece unanimonely and profoundly regrets Dr. Page'e resignation. It pays a tribute to his services and contraste his attitude towarde Britain with Count Bernstorff's towards Amaică prior to the United States' entry into the war.
ENEMY FOOD TROUBLES.
Zarich, August 29. According to Pragna nawspapers, two thousand miners in the
Cssen of sicknesé and death from starvation in German districte
TROUBLE ON THE MEXICAN FRONTIER.
New York, August 28
Oroineling was carried by the Guarda in face of tremendous odds, "The Canadiana resobed the old Germsa line on a consider.
while Ablainommet and Fay are in our handső
ght, optared Masscheplot, which in vary dom to Amerio'n smaaltist and it is estimated that the Me
A meerage from Nógalea says a frontier incident has developed into serious firing between Border Gue
hundred killed and two hundred
FARLIER TELEGRAMS.
·THE ALLIED SUCCESSES.
More British Captures.
London, Aug: 25. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: We captured on Tuesday Foucancourt, southward of the Somme, which the enemy had held strongly with machine-guns Northward of the Somme we captured the bulk of Trones Wood, prisoner- ing a number from the Prussian Guard Division Southward of the Scarpe the First Army improved its positions astride the Arras-Cambrai Road and reached the outskirts of Han- court and Boiry-notre-dame. Northward' of the Scarpe strong counter-attacks along the Arras-Douai railway forced back our advanced troops for a few hundred yards to the old Gerrian trenches at Greenland Hill where the attack broke down under our fire diarried out a successful operation astride the Neufberquin-Estaires Road, advancing the line on a four mile front and prisonering a number, Southward of Bapaume the English and Welsn gained ground-in face of "strong opposition. We reached the western outskirts of Flers and drove the enemy from Longueval, Delville Wood and Bernafay Wood We repulsed counter-attacks by Pras sian Guards Astride the Somme Australians, English and Scots drove back the enemy on the whole front of our attack, We gained the high ground eastward of Maricourt. We captured Fontaine-les-Cappy and the woods between, that place and the Somme, prisonering hundreds. We also cap-" tured Yermand Ovillers..
Despite clouds and rainstorms "a great amount of work was accomplished on the 28th. Our seroplanes dropped ammunition by parachute to our machine-gunners, "Our low fiers bombed and machine-gunned enemy troops and tran- sports. We dropped" 26 tons of bomba, destroyed four hostile machines and drove down one uncontrollable, Nine British are missing.
French Occupy Chaulnes.
London, Aug. 28.
A French,communique says: Maintaining contact with the enemy's rearguards we continued to advance during the night north and south of the Avro and occupied Chaalnes, Omiecourt, Balatre, Roiglise and Verpillieres. Farther south we penetrated. Crapean Mesnil Wood, and captured Dives This morning we continned our progress to the Bommé." We reached north of the Avre a general lina from Licourt, Pote, Mesnil-le-Petit to Nesles. Since yester day we have retaken about thirty villages and advanced”, twelve kilometres at certain points,
Gloomy German Comments,
London, Aug. 28. The following remarkable statement appears in the semi- official "Cologne. Gazette "Now if ever is the moment - to keep a stiff upper lip. If we grow weak and faint hearted then everything we have done and suffered will fade away. One will read we were a race which seemed great, but were
in reality small and we shall have to slave for the foreigner, If we lose the war we must fight on even if the heavens become still darker."
The critic Ardenenne, writing in the "Berliner Tage- blatt," frankly admits that the Germans have underesti mated Marshal Foch's resources, thinking they received "a knockout blow in the spring.
THE SIBERIAN SITUATION.
Another Coup d'Etat.
Vladivostok, Aug. 25, General Pleshkoff on behalf of General Horvath has carried out a "coup d'eint and issued a proclamation, de- claring that the Russian military forces the the Far East will henceforth be included in his command, whereupon the Russian volunteers organised locally on behalf of the Biber- ian Goverment went over to General Horvath “en masse,” The saddenness of the affair has 'non-plussed the Siberian. Government which is unable to organise opposition.. No bloodabed has occurred, The Allied representatives aro considering the situation.
"The Figatiog,
Tokio, Ang
The War Office states that the Croch army on the left bank of the V cenya Eivez has been obliged to fall back owing to the attack by superior enemy forces on the 2012 on their right-wing namely: Kalmikon's detachment near. Autonosica. The Japanese near Baiyagina covered the to set, sustaining casualties. Then with the co-operation French and Czechs - Kamikor
mied" Baiyagina «sed ite
bar and will be discontinued after this month, The' oslebration of the Holy Communion on Sanday morninge at 8.15 a m. will be and alterations to the Peak Church continued as usual. The repairs. have now been completed at a cost of $483 50 and the result DescĽU ⠀ very eatiefsotory, The windows on the south side have- been renewed and made like those on the north, so that a part of the window can be opened when it is too windy to open the
whole. The new cement covering
is said to last for twenty years so we hope to be spared the expense of having the exterior coloDr washed every three or four years, Mr. Denison bas very kindly sap ervised the repairs.
Diocesan Boys' School-It is very gratifying to pots that all the seven condidates from this school entered for the Hong- hong University Matriculation Examination have passed and that the Honours list is headed by a boy from this school, James Lawrence Young Saye. Tha Headmaster and his staff are to be congratulated on ench an excellent fesult, and the ɛposessful candi.” dates too have our hearty con- gratulatione.
Spécial Services.—On Wednes- day, September 11th, Special Srvices for Of arch Hissionary Workers are to be held at the Pesk Chach, that being the day of the OM. S. Conference."
Cathedral Sunday Sobcol By the kind permission of the Military suthorities the Sunday. School will in fature be held in the Garrison School instead of St. Paul's College as hitherto, The change will be made on Septem« ber 8th. The school begins at 10 a.m. on Sunday mornings.
CANTON NEWS.
Our Canton writes as followy
correspondimi
Official Reprimanded.
O receiving an official come munication from the members of the Provincial Assembly reprime anding Yang Wing-Tai, the Chief of the Financial Department, the Civil Governor ordered & copy of the complaints to be sent to the Chief and ask him to explain.
Finance Minister Wanted.
As the originally elected Finan- cial Minister, Tang Shaoyi, has not arrived, and there is no suitable person to take no the portfolio, the Military Gorero- ment, after several setings, decided to reque: Oban Lam-pcky the compradore of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank on the Shameen to take up the post, but Chan has refused the offer.
Gunboat v. Pirates,
In compliance with the request made by the passenger jaske the Biver Defence Department recently despatched the small gunboat 8si On to be stationed cff Ho Koo, in Shun Tak district where there is an important passage for many lines of janks, The commander of the gao bost faw days ago received a threaIDD- ing letter fri in- the piraten, demanding $300 and the departure of the gunboat as soon | sa possible,magine commander,
however, paid no attention and the gunboat on when patrolling alo DAMAgo, WAF attack bundreds of
with me bost