EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Puon Ly
THE ALL ED ONSLAUGHT.
The Situation at Lens. -
London, Sapte 4” The position at Leni appears to be that the British advanced guarda are in the westom and south-westera' parts of the city, which the enemy abandoned, but owing to gas traps, etc., progress must be very cautions. It should be remembered in this connection that Sir Douglas Esig never claims the captaare of a position "until he has consoli dated it.
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Reuter learns that the British have captured" Moeuvres and have crossed the Nord Canal on a three mile front, reaching from the western outskirts of Neuville Bourjoaval, to the north-western part of Harrincourt Wood, both of which are north-east of Ytrès
The advance towards Cambrai is at present a most dangerous menace for the enemy, because the loss of Cambrai would certainly mean the loss of Douai, whose fall would make holding Lille very difficult, Morsover the loss of Cambrai would mean the fail of St. Quentin, which in turn would make the retention of Great St Gobain heights, between Lafare and the Ailette, impossible. It is worth reiterating that the Garman line on the west front really depends on the retention of these heights, which General Mängio's advance, also 'threatens.
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Allies Harassing the Enemy,"
London, Sept. thi Beater's correspondent writes on Wednesday morning from the Brataan Headquarters: The great pursuit of the retiring Germans connmuen, ühe German rearguarda are quite unsbië to check our: galoping up batteries, which frequently tired on masses moving eastward at pumtblant range. We appear to have reached" the outskirts of". Moëuvres. Stin fighting is probable here as this is a villago connecting the new switca-line with the main Hindenburg hne, with which it is linked by a redoubt covering a square mile. As, however, we occupy Bussy and Inchy i should not be difficult to turn the Moeuvres position by coming down the rear thereof Last evening we were reported to be entering Ytres We established posts along the western bank of the Nord Canal: The opposite the side of the causİ does not appear to held in strength, but is simply auff with machine-guns.
The Hoods caused by the enemy damming the Sensee- Scarpe Canal increased yesterday, but did not seriously hinder our progress. The amount of enemy war material to be cleared up in the territory over which we have swept 14 immense. The enemy had no time to destroy all the canal crossings. We rounded up yesterday over 2,800 prisoners, and 22 fieldguns. The booty at Kichebourg-St. - Vaast, in addition to that already cabled, included two 4,2 howitzers News this morning is that General Plumer's army advanced another 1,500 yards in the region of Lamotte.
The German Version,
London, Sept the
A wireless German official message blatch? ave with.. drew on Monday might our troops in the line of Arleux, Moeuvres mnd: Minancourt We repoised four French attacks against the high ground, between Campagne and Bussy. We repulsed; after, bitter hand to hand fights, renewed French, American and Italian attacks between the Altette and the Aisne-
Prepantog for Retreat.
Paris, Sept.
The "Potit Parisien" reports that some, German gen- orals have had several retreating posions prepared and strongly fortified at the frontier. The paper remarks on the tact of the German Staff having considered that retreat is the best, as proof of the Allies' victory and the enemy's
Buziousness.
The Crown Prince Talks,
Amsterdam, Sept.
The German Crown Prince in an interview said: The enemy's onset continues and we are, withdrawing in accor The withdrawals dance with a system of elastic defence.
have been misinterpreted in Germany, owing to the numer ons successes, but it must not be forgotten that we are a waging a way of defence and don't want to annihilate.our enemies, but only hold our own
The Work of the Acroplanes,
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London, Sept. 3.
Field Marshal Kir. Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation, saja: Our seroplanes worked all day joug in front of the advancing, battle-nne, wmle observation vallions followed closely. Large formations of hostile, machines frequently stacked our airman, who persisted in their various tasks of maintaining contact with the intantry, artillery and tanks and bombed and machine-gunned hostile troops and transport. They also silenced anti-tank guns and dropped supplies of small-azu ammunition to the infantry in the forward zone. In inuch air-fighting we destroyed ten hostiles: and drove down two incontrollable. Twenty British are missing. We dropped twenty-four tons of explosives duzing the day and night.
TRADE UNIONISTS ANU Peace.
London, Sept. fo The Trade's Union Congress passed, by an overwhelming -majority, a resolution calling for the war aims of the Labour and Socialist parties of the Cemral powers in answer" to the Inter-Allied labourites' war. aims cabled on February 24. The resolution furtner urged the Government" to start peace negotiations immediately the enemy voluntarily or compulsorily evacuated France and Belgium.
THE PALESTINE' CAMPAIGN.
London, Sept- d
A Palestine official message says: Since 14th August activity as mainly been confined to aerial raids on the Hadjax Railway, patrol encounters eastward of the Jordan and raida. The Arabs continue their raids on the Hedjaz Bailway -They repelled a Turkish attack on Akunasm, filling and wounding fifty and prisonering ten. '.
FEDERATION OF AUSTRIAN STATES.
London, Sept. de
Hoping to escape the difficulties created by the move- ment for the independence of the oppressed nationalities, of Austria-Hungary the Austrian Government is actively work, ing out a scheme of a federation of states, greatly to the disgust and resentment of the Magyars and Germanis.
GERMAN TROOPS MUTINY.
Christia
of German troops in Beth
blin, where hundreds of
were powerless to re-ests soldiers and grilon Charit
THE HONGKONG
CORRESPONDENCE.
Teha opinione azraand by cocres-
pondanta are not
of the Hongkong Things
A MACÃO SENSATION.
PH FRIDAY
NOTHING LIKE IR.
How Army
The Army book
thing, and one
mendous amoun
care-has-been bestowed.
the very" beat" and
1918
INDIAN CORN IN
THE PETROGI
HISTORY
Probably. Came to Northern Red Feurs foc:a.
ROBBERY WITH
VIOLENCE
Hongkong
Man from South America.
and
from Yaumati
arable
'could be worS ZOMEN- In omnection with the murder tio than the tres of Indian of Capti Fromin, Naval Attacks
habit of
leather in red for the Eataly yet we have been in the at the British Embassy at Patro
mo: attention to grad, by Bolshevik troops, Army beote" for not only have the
hen we did notios it, of was wearing properties to be consi deep water-soaked trenches must dered, but the resistance to au kie. not be forgotten, Tommy
WARLARKSURI-fron's ahrome-tanned: lurther.
the average ovillan boot,
called the front of
foot
sos on Saturday of last
appeare
Inspect
with
To the Editor of the " Hongkong
Tulagraph."] Sir-With-reference to the
it with many different tak tale" which you reproduced
sorts of grain. writes Esther
Casson, in 8E Nsak flas under the sbors head in your ims of the 23rd August, I inform
iStrange to my, no one can tell | shig" ed you in my letter of the follow-
when this grain Erst barna to be who was
Dr E Mofadane said at the ing day that I was writing im
cultivated, but it is almost certain | in Hongkong
Banteriological Institute on Ang. mediately on the matter to His
thus it first grewin South America: 1914. -
Who? com 23, he received - from Sergeant Lordship the Bishop of Macso and book is ent all in one
When white men discoverd North taine the follow
Murphy a sealed package contain. the Police Authorities at Shang from the toe to be heel, and semar article at food the red men had, mander Francin Newton Allen examined it and found human eos, Fight America this was the most useful regarding the career of Coming chopper (prod used). Es hai. I am now forwarding you ed up at the back.
True, they had beans and pamp Cromis:"D80. 1916, Kt of blood on it. On August 22, he for favour of publication a reply contains amongst other things, sins and squashes, and they gave St. George, Chevalier Legion received from a Chinese detective which I received some day" sgo from the Very Rev. J. da Costa plate of hard iron which these and their porn patches 'Honneur: commanding R-19cation minglet and two pane
Dailed on underneath.
Poerain rade kind of cultivation, and English fotills in the Baltic of trousers. Be did not find any Nunes, Vickr: Ospitulaz ty of Macao. I intended to hold Not only have we supplied our but corn was their mainstay since 1916 joined Repulse 1885; human blood on these. it until receipt of the reply from own army and navy needs--and Sometimes they ground the midshipman, 1898; with Bardour Questioned" by Inspector Shanghai, but as the latter will these bave run into many miliona kernels into a las powder and of brigade in Seymour'e Repedition, Gerrard, witness replied that the probably not reach me for another of pair but British factories it made a sort of bread. They 1900, (Chine medal, Peking clasp, cinglet might have been washed. week or more, I am now reading top speed to cope with the Columbas soon after he landed, 1903; entered submarine service, quite recent rel have been kept continuously at are some pisces of this despatches); Sub. Lt. 1901; Lk. The blood on the chopper was this letter separately"
When I forward you the reply demands of the Allied armies and be found it capital rating: 1903; Humane Society a modali Chinson detective No: 104 gave from Shanghai, I shall take the deed, nothing in the war of He wrote home to Spain shout it, trying to save a man overboard, evidence to the anect this on opportunity to comment generally army supplice has been more
calling the powder by its Indian from A. 3, 1906, command of August 21, he and another an the reproduction by otherwise remarkable with the exception name, manis," or as near as his ELMS. Onyx and 111, Rotilla Chinese were preceding to reliable newspapers of disgusting of the ontpat of munitions than Spanish tongue could come to it, sabmarines 1911-12 Rosario Loon City in ziolahan, hen they calumaica of this nature, which the enormous quantities of boots and it is from this that we get and Chine Antilla submarines, the defendant
1918 14; commissioned E, 19, from a-Jane-E are in most cases originally invent-which have been made in this our word mise
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(Exclosure).
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ed and published by insignificant country for the troops of our hard for us to realise what August 1915 (4th class Bt. other Chinese May anti-clerical news-sheets in this
Alliso.
this plant meant in the early Vladimir With swords); forged & He went forward; seized The gigantic efforts which the history of our country. Our page into the Baltis, 10th the defendant and autioned vary hope of reproduction by town of Northampton itself has ancestors saw how the Indians September, { responsible newspapers read by
1915; entirely him and told him he was a pris vider and more influential made to supply the combined planted this grain of their with suspended German sraffic in the soner, saying that he was going pablia-I am yours etc.
needs of our fighting man reads out any long ploughing or Balts for ons week, October, to arrest him for being concerned. mars like a romance than a matter harrowing of the ground, They 1915 (82. Aune, Zad., Claw) mank in a barglary and wounding a- AN IRISH CATHOLIŲ, of-fact record of war-time book watched how they saratahed the German
crainer Undine, 7th Hongkong, 5 Sept., 1918.
woman whigh,took-pisse at 15, making. Before the war North-seed in watched how they November, 1915 (81. George's Arthur Street that morning. The smpton made no pretence of girdled the trees with's stone Uroes); promoted to Commander, defendant maked the detective if supplying army footwear. The matchek, so se to destroy their D. 8. O.
he would be shot. The detective. country distriota did most of the leaves, and left in the sunshine" Captain Cramie was very well replied in the negative. Later on Macso, 28th, Angust, 1911.
Government work," and the and then saw to their satonish- known in Hongkong, and, with he accused the detective of not quantity was about 250,000 toment bow the corn grew and his wife, took a prominent part telling him trathfully wha 1 hap. Dear Sir. Before swering 300,000 pairs a year, Northamp: flourished. True, it would have in the amateur theatricals of the pened to the woman. At the your kind letter of the 25th. in ton had, therefore, to start entirely iven a better crop if the prepara-Colony,There was mach regret time of the arrest of the defend. stant (received yesterday) allow afresh, and the taak was tremention had been better, but it did felt when he left to take part in aut he was wearing a singlet and me to present my hearty thanks dous. for your noble defence of the
grow, and best of all, withont be operations in a more active two psire of trousers which According to the Shoe and ing either harrowed or windowed, theatre of war. Mrs. Gramie were Portuguese Ostholic Clergy.
wet bar the lower Leather News, of about 28,000, it insis good food. John Fiske, when in Hongkong was a very part The Hongkong Telegraph, re 000 pairs which the B.AC.D. the historian, tells us that in his good tennis player,
wws'. Wetter than she peating the story published by Boots Department) at first de opinion this plant actually saved she and her husband taking Kowloon Ony Police Station and apper part. He took the man to the Shanghai Gazette about & manded from all sources, North- the lives of the starving colonists conspicuous part in all outdoor reported him to Inspector Davitt, crime which is said to have been ampton produced the grast total in the first terrible-winter or two games. Captain Oramis's father He then took the defendant to the committed in # Ponte da Barca”. make it to be understood that
Yuma Police StaDOS FOR
both
of 105,000 pairs weekly, or about on that blesk New England cost. was, before his death, a Captain one-fouth of the whale output of
in the Hampshire Regiment, August 22, at about 4 p.m. Becki. The telegram containing news Murphy told him to bring the
the case had cocurred in Macao, the country. There were Beitiab This is absolutely false. There is
Serbian, French, Russian," and
not in this colony say place oslled Italise boots, besides those for afforded a great contrast to the of the murder dosa not given any clothes to the Governmeans Bacter
"Ponte da whatever was committed by say mountain
from his recent association with- service, marching have the soles completely armour Basis it is only too possible that priest in this cology.
Is it possible that the event boots for Marines, a thigh boo round as thres-penny-bits.
books for Marines, a thigh booted with huge nailheads a big the victim is the officer mentioned
occurred in Portugal ? The crims almost flost in, field service
Nearly two years ago s'contract
above.
PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
Kan Ma
is so repugnant and its circum-knee boots, short-footed boots was entered into between Bawia stances su related by the Shong for Gurkhas, sandals for native and Great Britian which if, it was hai Ganette are so lasthsome that weet
soldiers and eventually carried out, must bevá
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I have no doubt in assuring you Indians, boots, for the Flying had a truly stupendons effect on Alexander Max C ths: I believe it to be simply a Corpe, powder magasing boots the leather market. It was for Banke Mim M Kan Mr & Mis forgery prepared against the with felt soles, mosquito boots for 3,000,000 pairs of high-legged Blandy Manch Catholic Clergy.... I suppose the our soldiers fighting in tropics! boots known as Cossacks Bond Master G Byerly Mian B dalamny was transcribed from countries, and every variety of for the Russian cavalry. Nine Exterford & some Portuguese
newspaper boots needed in weclare one os feet of leather are needed for each Banto OH especially designed to invent false possibly imagine.
Burbett EE! psir of these gigantia footwear. Backalon Mim RA tales that may hurt the prestige of als sitsches to the mosquito Perhape the Italian-boot has Balios B the Catholic Church. Mus
boots. The mosquito boots were the most interesting outstanding Bryant H I have taken the trouble to go ordered on a Saturday afternoon features. The toesps are the Chaprum A carefully through several reliable for shipment the following Tues: pharacteristics, being specially Couche m Bone newspapers, but could not day. Nobody had heard of them designed for mountain-climbing fined any trace of such a story, much less made them, but Nor- The outward leather is that need dayzon at & Ma Maliker Mi B and, naturally, if the event had thampton proved quite up to in the ordinary way for inner really happened, it would have the occasion, they were designed, soles. Being thus mach toaghet, hoy Yuk-trun such a publicity and would have and the patterns out that Estar they are less likely to tear of Chan Chian-kn spread in such a way, that all the day night, a factory was running scratch against jagged rock. newspapers would have related it full tilt on Sunday, and the boots In raw of the world-wide Chat
I have already instructed my were placed on the rail on Mon- wercity of leather, various new Chow Yo lawyer at Hongkong (Mr. Leo day in good time to catch the sources of supply srs being top. Chan Chine d'Almada e Osetro) to deny the best! calamay so published by the
The other week a number of fashion. The United States, Hongkong Telegraph. 53.
manufacturers in Northampton Government have been making Recewing my thanks for your and Leicester wars called upon to numerous experiments with the all in 9 letter and for your kind inter prepste at very short notice large skins of sharks and other Ferger im B ference:
quantities of sleeping and show fab. These skipa have been clogs for our soldier on the tanned quite successfully, and Br Italism front The sleeping boot befornyery long we shall be over- Funk Bar is made of canvas, 'Water-proofed, ing our fees with this new materia. Jos
Fong Mas and “doped with a strap from Iban maid to be soft and pliable in Mra & E Shao GT the wairt to keep if in posit
able, and omsidering that Green Mrs B 2. Acted the aback to live in Hastings. Kias & X
Hazzingima. J 8.5
his akin should be water
2
Dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
Vicar Capitaler.
J. DA COSTA NUNES,
KEEP CHILDREN WELL
sheep's wool lined, and woode
soled. The other boot, presas ably, ie for trench-west in
DURING HOT WEATHER and alush, in of mout wh
canvas waterproofed and canised and acalao lin Every mother knows how fatal sheep's wool, and comes a bow the hot summer months are to knee, with two men at the small children. Cholera infan- and one in the waint to tum, diarrhoea, dysentery and the foot and leg. Thi stomach tronbles are rife at this wooden sole. Both fise time and often a precious little are for wear over the life is lost after only a few hours Soots. illoses. The mother who keeps Baby's Own Tablets, the Canadian children's remedy, in the hor feels safe. The opossional us the Tablets preventa stomach: bowal troubles, or if tro anddenly
Peculiarities of an
Da-Silva JM.B..
Mows Fung Mien El Hans Ber
Parber Bar & M
pad in 5 sort al' experimental De 20 ▲ 5;
the ski
Ewing 12 & Mas
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Parker Bar & Mrs
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Mr&Mrs
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Haber Howard Mine H- Wan Mu
Hogben Ming MM Wag Min
Kirby Min
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witness said that the singles and In reply to Inspector Gerrard," trousers were the only clothes the defendant used. He saw the 'men coming out of the lane,
Farther evidence was oslied and the case is proceeding.
UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.
The Greek Northern Telegr
pany, Ltd.
The following Unclaimed Tele- grams are lying here :-
Zangshing, from Shanghai.
* Zangles, care of Tehzun Hotel; Des Vienx Road, from Shanghai.
Yuen Kee, Sungs Street, from Shanghai AKA
Sheng Tai Shing, from Wei- haiwel, A
Fergusson Bank, from Kobe, Cheung Kée, Ching Wan, from Shangha
Ono Kroble Cos from Yoko
hama, STO
Tangchongyuen, from Shange
hai.
Kingrun. Nanpeihong, from: Shanghai
Ást. Saperiníci Hongkong, September 8,4
Eastern Extensio
List of Unclai
lying in the EE.
Offlor at Hongk
Dye, from New Yorkar
* Mezieres?- Hongkong –Hotel, from Hanoi
2. Putter, Bank, Yokoln
Victoria Bar