STOP PRESS TELEGRAMS.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM,
THE UNREST IN CHINA.
Railway Traffic laterrupted,
(From Our Own Correspondent).
Shangbai, September 21.
Traffic has beep suspended on the Tientsin-Pakow Railway owing to fighting between the troops and briganda.
[Beuter's Telegrama.]
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS, -
British Representative Requested to Leave.
Amsterdam, September 20... The Weer Zeitung Berlin correspondent says the Soviet Government has requested the British representative to leave Enesia
forthwith,
THE VICTORIES IN FRANCE.
An Admission by the dermans.
London, September 20.
In a German official wirelese messsge, smidet lengthy claims alleging that the Anglo Franch offensive has been repulsed, it is admitted that the Australians have reached the line from Bellicourt to Belleglice, It is stated that fifteen Auglo-French Divisions hava been identified on the attacking front.
MAILS LOST AT SEA..
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London, September 20, The Post Office announces the loss at res, through enemy action, of civil letter maila for Aden, British Eset Africs, Uganda, British Somaliland, Ceylon; Dutch Indise, the lake ares of German Esat Africa, India, Malay States, North Borneo, Persis, Philippines, Sarawak, Seychelles, Sism, Strana Settlements ani Zanzibar, con seining letters received in London for dispatch between mid-day on the 7th inst. and the morning of the 11th inst. No Army maila were included in the dispatch.
FRENCH RAILWAY COLLISION,
Heavy Loss of Life.
Paris, September 20. Thirty people were killed and a hundred injured in a collision between tw Marseilles expresa trains in the Pacy tunnel, between Laroche and Dijon. American soldiers effectively assisted in the
rescue work.
AUSTRIA'S PEACE PROPOSAL.
The Offer Sull Open.
Amsterdam, September 20.
A Vienna official meziaga acknowledges the rejection of the Austro-Hungarian Peace suggestion. After criticising Mr. Balfour's speech on the subject, it isoonically concludes:-"The Austro- Hungarian offer is stul-open.”
THE OPERATIONS IN PERSIA.
Evacuation of Baku.
London, September 19. It is now permissible to state that Baku has been evacuated and that the British foresa bave safely withdrawn to North-West Persia.
THE NORTH RUSSIAN FRONT.
derman-led Forces Defeated."
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London, September 20.,
A British North Bassis official message states:On the Drius the largess enemy armoured steamer has been captured. On the 18th last. Geners! Karelian's troops severely defeated German-led forces at 'Uchtinskaya, forty miles eastward of the Finnish frontier. They parsaed the enemy, was suffered heavily.
THE METZ FORTRESS.
Being Bombarded by Allies,
Amsterdam, September 20.
GAS WARFARE.
How Attacks are Carried Oat
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TINNED WHALE.
KING OF SPORTS.
A BOMBING BAID.
TELEPHONES.
Boxing in the British Army.
What the Observer Soes.
Describing a bombing raid over,
A Sarcastic Singapore Comment,
Of the Singapora
glophone
the most
New Delicacy, In a fe months' time tinned whale mest should be on sale in this country, writes Mr. H. J. Not so much is heard of gay Shepstone in the Dasly Mail. On warfare at the present time es two the island of Kyukous, British boxers after the war it will surely German naval base in Belgium, Free Press asyme Thin If England is not a nation of Bruges, the most importantBystem a writer in the years ago, when the first use of Columbia, the flesh of this grass be becsure the end of the great Cept Paul Bewsher writes: The that method of attack was made ses mammal is being osnned just strife will arrive so speedily that observer crawls through little onderful thing in the on the Western Front. Gas is, as salmon is preserved. The aut there has not been time in which door into the nose of the machine,, calling it a system. extent, and the amount that has the coming season will be 30,000 science of boring the comparas adjusts the bomb-dropping sight. Get is key to pull your leg by however, need to a tremendous pat of this single factory during to induct into the mysteries and examines his bomb-handle, and People who were here before the been and is being buried back onses, sach containing twenty-vely few young men of the coun- He kneals, heavily muffled falling stories of how you used la and forth in abells and alonda is four 1lb. tine of whale mest try who are still without know figure, in his little wooden cook be able to get your right ecursos almost unbelievable. The success large portion of this tinned whale ledge of the art. For if it is not pit, 10,000 feet over nothing on in five minute. Fab I they of a olend gas attack depends is expected to arrive in England already known it should be, that Below he sees the black line of don't pull my leg. Nothing, not on thorough preparation before by the autumn. “ hand. The attackere mual know
those responsible for the physical the canal which he is using as van golf, could possibly equal To-day the flesh of this monster training of our army, while they guide. He waves his hand, and the telephone system as a means the country, the layout of the of the ocean is being regularly encourage by every possible the rear of the engine dies away in a man. It has brought it all trenchee, and the direction and saten in both Canada and the means the preotice of sport of into silence as the machine, dives
for bringing out all that in bost valcoity of the wind with cer- United States. limited practically to wind reloc.which some of the city's most effective agent in the evolution back again and again. From you want No. 128, you begin by tainty. Favours ble conditions are given recently in Toronto, at especial favour as being the most the lever, forward slowly, palls it have a dull moment. Supposing At a banquet all kinds, regard boxing with towards its target. He pushes ont of me. Besides, you never ities between twelve and fourteen prominent men were seated, whale of a fighting man, because it behind there comes the click and tinging up the exchange. After miles per hour, with no upward steak was earved. It was part of has been established beyond clatter of 14 dropping bombe. currents. German gas attacks an active campaign now being all possible doubt that bar
twenty minutes or so-no delay- are made by two regiments of carried on throughout Canada ing, besides helping to get
White Sheet of Flame. to speak of sweat voice seks Pioneers, with highly technical and the United States, to popu-eman physioslly fit in the and one hage wing climbs to answer 123 and the voice
He shouts to the pilot to turn,
"What number plasse 2" You meteorologists, and chemists. officers, including engineers larise the flesh of this great abortest possible time and that warde the stars as the machine replies 450." Before you have
creature of the deep.#
is a great consideration in these sweeps. - round. Here it should be remembered days of intensive training in the ward, the observer sees at the sign you bear a series of sweet Gasing down. time to correct the misapprehen- that the whale is not a fish but a army develope also just those edge of the quay a red spurt of voices fading along the line into The first attack was made with cleanly and dainty feeder, which seeded in bayonet exercise, and Two others follow in the water a different animber in turn. Ita warm-blooded animal. It is a muscles which are most used and flame, which slowly dies away. the dim distance, each repeating chlorine. If a gas attack is to be is more than can be said of many instile that much-desired moral whers lie the destroyers and wonderful! Then suddenly made with gae cloude, the nam things we generally approve of, quality, the fighting spirit, as submarines, and then more and graff voice says, "Hallo, yes 2 ber of gases available is limited. such as crabe, lobsters, and enia. does nothing else. The gas must be easily com-Its flesh is both palatable and ap. pressible, easily made in large petising. It tastes very much like in the esteem of the P.T. B. F. barata from
more bursts on the sheds in the and you ask, "Is that 123?” That is why boxing stands first middle. A white sheet of fisme and the voice answers, "No this quantities, and should be con- good beef, though it is coarser in officers; why st lasst an element ammunition store has been blown What more do you want, I ask aiderably heavier than air. If to abre and darker in colour. This ary knowledge of the art is made up. The other bombs barat you?
one shed. An is the Colonial Secretary's office," this added the necessity of its coarseness, however, is not accom- almost imperative. I would say across the wharves, and crowded chemical reactivity, the choice mest, properly cooked, is as tender barsh a word to use when one white smoke where they have afternoon, when the telephons being very toxic and of low psaied by toughness, for whale compulsory, but that is
practically reduced to two as good beef, and when pat on knows how keenly desirous wrought destruction.
too basins, learing huge aloude of snoozing peacefully of a Sunday. Or parchance you will be gases chlorine and phosgene. the table without a label has to take part in the boxing The gas is contained in
bell will ring. At the fourth ring Simultaneously with the burst you will rise, and go to your ordinary cylinder like that used consumed as beef. In the but-men, and what little neces of green balls come streaming in aggrieved raice
anfrequently been mistaken and are the great majority of ing of the first bomb, hundreds 'phone and say Ballo." for oxygen or hydrogen. Para chers' ahopa of the Pacific coast eity there is to compel them to it. swaying carves from the ground,What sumber did you Bay, chlorine did not satisfy quite sll towns of Americe it is now being And what has been said of the and pour upwards past the wings please?" and so you will go back will reply, the requiramente, as it is very sold at 5d. per lb. active shemically and, therefore,
British army holds good of the on both sides. easily absorbed. Pads cosked in
Relieving the Food Problem.
Canadian and all the other colonial round the town, and close to the Often you will be conversing
Gunfire flashes to bed again. solutions of sodium carbonate and flesh of this sea tasmaal is to
The idea of popalarising the forces over here.
machine now bursts the clamoreover the line with a bosom friend carbonata and thiosulphate were relieve the food problem. By
our barrage. The machine roste anent rabber, or some such harm- first used in the protective res-inducing the masses to eat whale boxing is mede obligatory, sad in of fame and fire.
Among the Cudadiana, indeed, homewards through a maelstrom less substance, when piratora. Later, with the in-flesh, both Canada and the United addition to the art being taught | |-
a total troduction of phosgens, & gas States will be enabled to send individually, baxing is taken part
stranger (a total stranger, mark which is verry insidious and larger supplies of food to Eng-in by whole squads at a time,
you) will suddenly interrupt with phenate was used. difficult to protect against, sodium land and France, so the whale is the idea being tha by this
some irrelevant remark such as, "Go to blazes off the tins,
Gas Cloud.
Gas Shell.
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Canadian Boxers.
AMERICAN HEROES.
Awards for Bravery and Devotion,
CHURCH SERVICES.
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St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong.— 17th Sunday after Trinity, 22nd September, 1918. Holy Com munion (7.50 a.m.) Mätins (11- am) Responses: Ferial. Venite: Dyce. Psalms: Orotch and Poland Te Deum: Hayes, Russell and Stainer Benedictus: Barnby Hymns: 373-(42), 433 (349). God Save the King. N.B-Psalm 107, verses 3, 9,
15. 16. 21, 22, 31, 32 and 43 in unison. Hymn 373, verses 1 and 5, in unison. Litany (12 noon.) Evensong (6 p.m.), Middle Voluntary: Andante Manquillo-Mendelssohn, Ma- gnificat: Davy (9th evening.).
one Dimittis: Hayes (6th moming.) Hymns: 270, 237 (235), 477. N.B.-Psalm 108, verses 1, 2, 5, 6 and 13, in unison. Hymn 270, verses I and 4, in unison. Hymn 236, verses 1 and 5, in unison. Hymn 477, verses 3 and 5, in unison.
to play sa important part in mesos men become accustomed helping us to win the war. The to the feeling of personal physical species of whales that are contact, and of fighting sida by There are so many conditions taken for human consumption are side in groups against enemy that have to be falfilled in co-
the finback and the humpback, groupe, such as would be their nection with the gas cload that on an average a single specimen experience in sosual warfare.
Graphic stories of the indivi dual heroism and daring of forty. its use is limited. The case is bas yielded ten tona of magnific different with gas shells.
This system is sleo in vogue is one American offisera and men The ent meat, or the equivalent of the many bage training camps are revealed in General Pershing'e as shells are the most important that obtained from thirty head of in America, where the new cable which sununnos citations Western Front, and are still in fifteen tone of good meat, or even boxing by men whose names of all methods of using gas on the cattle." Bat experts say that levies are being instructed in for Distinguished Service Crosass The men decorated inalade a course of development. The first more, can be readily obtained have become ismons through Colonel and a private of infantry use of this method was with the from a single animal. So far only out the whole world of apart who entered s cellar at Vaux to celebrated "ear”, abells.
the choicest portions have been Benny Leonard, lightweight instal a telephone and were concentration of one part in a socepted for human food. champion Johnny Kilbane, altacked by twelve Germans. The million of some of these lachry-
Although whales are by no "feather" champion; Packy Americans killed two and took matore makes the eyes water means ao plentiful sa shey were MoFarland, who, when in this nine of them prisoner, severely. The original tear shells ance, there are still a considerable country, boxed a twenty-round contained almost pare zylyl number left. The catch from the draw at the National Sporting
A corporal of infantry cleared bromide or benzyl bromide, made waters of the Pacifio coast of Club with Fred Welsh, the retired single-handed, killed four Ger a farm house st-Villera-sur-Vera by brominating the higher frae- North America in 1917 was 588, British and world's lightweight mas and asptured one, and tions of coal sar distillates..
and that for 1916, 671. There are champion, and many other top held the farms house datil support Another substance used in shells now several important whaling sawyers of the ring, having been arrived. which simultaneously harasses stations on the cost of British specially appointed, to these and seriously injures is dichloro-Columbis, and the decision to poste by the U.S. A. military was running ahead of the line A seageant of the infantry who diethylsulfide (mustard gas). It make use of the flesh of these authorities. The testimony of all near Bergy, while fiadly injured, has no immediate effect on the restures in this way has given these professional instructora is was attacked by ten Germans. eyes beyond a slight irritation, considerable impetus to the that the boxing part of their He rose to his knees and killed After several hours the
industry. eyes begin
training is a source of real plea-five of his opponents. to swell and inflame and practical. Not only are we now making care to the men of Uncle Sam'a A private of the infantry at
blister, causing intense pain, ly
use of the whale as an article of new army, and that the greatest Villers-sur-Fare saw aiz Germsas The bombardment of Metz is announced in the following the nose discharges freely, and a au food, but we have dis trouble is not to make shem box, in the sot of capturing his cor- official communication published by Meir newspapera and obvious severe coughing and even vomit-overed that its skin can be bus to prevent from over-doing paral, who was severely wounded, "ly intended to reassure the population:The enemy has foring exere. Beveral days been bombarding Alats with a long-tange gun. This
converted into one of the strongest it, or, after they have gained a He summoned a comrade, and bombardment was always possible. Through all the years of war it has The Germans have alen used skin can be tanned to a thick, themselves, ofsetting about" ere, and carried back the corporal st. Peter's Church, West Point ---
of lesthera. By s new process certain amount of skill, and pas together they killed two of the been long expected that modern guns would have a longer range
of squeezing out the oil the sibly an excess of confidence in Germane, took four others grison, then, for example, the distance from south of Pont-a-Monsson toi phenyl-carbilemine chloride, tough leather of fine grain and their mentor and " trying to take to our own lines. Meiz. The present bombardment, therefore, is in no wise connected lachrymator, and dipheny-oblorar with a peculiar quality of stretch-liberty, as we phrase it. with the fact that the enemy, after our evacuation of the St. Mihiel latter is mized with high explo Between 3,000 to 4,000 square
A sergeant in a machine gan gine, or aneesing gas. The jing sidewies but not lengthwise. London Evening Standard, a salient, has approached neater to the town. It is only a noncomitantive ebelle or with other gas feet of leather can be obtained
company, despite a hail of ballets, phenomenon of the present battles west and south-west of Mets, and
[turned up his machine-gun wwill soon osase when these come to a sandstill. Therefore the shelle, or with shrapnel. It was from a single whale.
against German airplanes which regulations regarding entry and departure in the fortress zone are enceze sa violently that he is whale has been a somewhat meg the Hongkong Turkish Bath and German machine in its descent,
intended to make
were raiding the American 9 m8z Altogether, it seems that the
It is notified that the name of riddled airplane struck another trenches, and shot one down, The unable to wear his mark. The lected source of human wealth Toilet Company, Limited, has making two machines brought sneezing gas he, however, not and comfort, and that the animal been struck off the Register. OUTRAGE IN JAPAN. ridge into the crowd. A trem been a Tery grast success. which has previously done little endous explosion followed, many has been no material brought ont romance for writers of ses stories. Up to the present time there but supply oil, fertiliser, and
down by the sergeant's action. being serionaly injared. police have arrested a man named on either side that can be depend- has been, all along, a source of Hira Genkichi, hailing from Okeed upon to penetrate the respira food and leather, the value of jami Fretecture on suspicion of tor. The penalties are dus to with far transcends its other having committed the outrage,
surprise and to lack of training in weslih.
A Berlin official message says the enemy has for several days been bombarding Heiz with a long-range gun.
unaltered."
The German "Explanation."
Amsterdam, September 10.
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-Dynamite at a Matsuri,
There is a time-honoured aas
tom among the villagers
at
Kamiyama-mors,
Kyoasi-gun,
Typhoon Warning.
Tokushima Prefecture, says the Japan Chronicle, to celebrate s
The
#Sneezing das.
the use of maska. The mask musi be put on and adjusted within siz
seconde, which requires a con- aiderable amount of prelimi
Thanks to the British, General Diedrichs, at Olovían
Struck Off.
Discharged.
On a charge of pawning s watoh and chain and furnishing
Panama Passports.
false address to a pawnbroker in The Garells contains a trans- ese math appeared before Mr. Jont of the Republic of Panuma Des Voeux Rand Central, Chin- lation of a Deoras, by the Presid
B. Wood this morning. Sergeant
Ingham stated that the defendant ordering certain measures with was a street barber in Stanley regard to the viss or authentics Street. He made an endeavour oftizens or subjects travelling to tion of passports of foreign to elude him as he entered the Panama.
nary training if it is to be done naya, telegraphe to the Czecho pawnshop and ran away in the mswari by dancing from sunset The following telegram was aides are trying to find something convey to Commodore Payns his he was arrested. The Mooountant His Excellency the Offer
ander field conditions. Both Slovak Su hare aering it to direction of Chilman Street, where Acting Council Member, to dawn in the compound of the received by the Americap Con the others have not used, and both deepest recognition of the bro of the pawnshop stated that the Administering the Government Shokanji Temple on what is called salate General, Hongkong, from are trying to find a colorlees, therly sid rendered by the British defendant gave h the Kami festival, which fell on the Manila Observatory at 12.30 odorless, and invisible gas that naval the 4th instant:
p.m. to day" Typhoon in is highly poisonous. It is within sanction to utilise the guns of forces and to obtain
his address has appointed, provison At about one o'clock on the about 129 degreen, Long, E. and the realm of powibility that the HM.8. Suffolk in the ope
the New Market. Defendant subject to His Majesty's plonaire, morning of the 5th instant the 17 degrees Lat. N., almost station war will be finished literally in west of Irkatak He
ted that
was bewildered at Mr. Chan Ka dancing was in full swing, when ary. Warning Depression nor the chemical laboratory.M, he is leaving Geners!
noe of a European official Hember of the somsons Hang a dynamite oart-thern part Chizs Best
therefore her i Connoil durin Harbin and Vladiyon
Union Church, Kennedy Road-- Sunday 22nd September, Morn- ing service at 11 o'clock. Hymas: 347, 67, 339, 89, 508. Evening service at 5 o'clock. Hymns: 95, 91, 128, 198, 364 Preacher: Revarend T Robinson.
11 am Morning Prayer and Sermon
Peak Church:-Holy Communion at 8.15 am. Evening Service and Sexmon at 6.30 p.m.
The Gospel Hall, No, 10 and 12 Pedder Street). Weekly Services: Sunday, ‹ Breaking of Bread; 11 am, Gospel Meet ing, 8p.m. Tuesday, Exposition of Scripture, 8 pm Thursday, #Bible Class, 8. p.m. „Eziday, Bible Class for Ladies 5.30 p.m. Saturday, Prayer Meeting.
Wesleyan
hodist Church, Wanchal, Sunday Morning
Soldiers Lod Salfors
Arsenal Stres
Sunday
Home
Service 10.15 Evening Service 6 pan
Sunday Bren- ing, Gospel Services 8 pm. St. Joseph's Church, Kardeci
Lass and
1:10 am: followed by
diation of the Blessed