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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1912.

BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH.

[COPYRIGHT.] THE WAR.

GREETS CAPTURE ISLANDS.

· (Reuter's Sarvice to the China Mail.)

LONDON, Nov. 5, Greeks have occupied the island of Fbra and have appointed governors for the captured islands.

TURKISH SUCCESSES.

Tha Montenegrins have apparently had eno revorace in the siege of Scutari, which is being impeded by rains and floods. The Turks have .recaptured two positions at Tarabosh.

GREEK CHECKED.

Meanwhile Athens admits that the -Greeks advancing towards Monastir after the victory at Nalbankoi wore checked by a maperior Turkish force and compelled to catrench,

NEAR ADRIANOPLE.

The Bulgarians are straining every merse to listen the fail of Adrianople, They admit that the troops require -rest after the great bottle, but they are confident that they will be in front of Chatakia this week,"

TURKS PREPARING A VIGOR"

OUS RESISTANCE.

The Turks are confident that the Bulgarians are too exhausted to advance rapidly and are preparing for a vigorous resistance at Chataldja.

Asiatic troops are constantly arriving at Constantinople, Where 1,500 Cir- .cessian horsemen landed on Monday.

TURKISH OPTIMISM.

it cannot be imposed until at least one of the belligerents should request it, then the Triple Alliance, they state. would be willing to join the entente in seeking for possible conditions for mediation.

THE SERVIAN ARMY'S INSTRUCTIONS.

Reuter's correspondent at Belgrade telegraphe that the Serviansharing annihilated the Turks in Macedonia bave been urdored to render assistance

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AUSTRALIAN RACING.

THE CHINA MAIL.

granted, and then I admitted that I had batween £10,000 and £90,000 worth of gold, and asked if I might koop it. Why

| you, you mw the orders ?' wa the answer- Yes Sir, I sid, 'I saw the orders bab you may remember that I got a large amount in gold suð valuablean before, RESULT OF THE MELBOURNE the Commander-in-Chiot replied "I had and had to give them up." "Oh ! yes,"

CUP.

(Router's Service to the Ching Mail.)

Loxpos, Nov. 6. The Race for the Melbourne Cup resulted as follows:-

Piastre Hallowmas Uncle Sam

Twenty-three ran. Won by a to the Bulgarians, Grecks or Month and a half. Three-quarters of a length between second and thisì. teregrins,

The betting against Pinstre was

LIGHT MORE BATTALIONS

FOR THE FRONT.

A telegram from Sofia states that eight battalions of Macedonian volun- tears received an ovation on leaving for the front. They included Armen- ians and Russiana.

CAUSE OF THE LULL.

M

Reuter learns that the lull in the operations is due to the Bulgarians, having had four days and nights con- tinuous fighting, having been given two days' rest, which expires to-day, when they will advance on Chasalja,

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to 1.

REVIEWS.

Crisa JM; being incidents and adven

tures in the life of a Mutiny Vetarım, by Major-General J. T. Harris, liam Heinemann, London,

to make a priza funil then. I will never

ku another as long as I live,”

We can safely promise the reader a plosant hour ja reading these persons! reminiscences, which possern the freshne-s thatisgenerally associated with candour, and which also remind uso of an age of heroic, if perchance bloody deels, of courageous minds, and of strong arms. We noticed two misprinta; but the type is good. The volume comprises two hundred and eighteen pages, which, by the by, bava boon cut, by the printers. A portrait of the aged author appears as a frontispiece, but wo have not seen a notice of the price of the work.

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Post by Clifford King. Kegua Paul,

Tronch, Tradner & Co,

Mr Clifford King is certainly a poot. al. Wilconsidera, a power, and many of his pieces. will be read with pleasure, especially by those whose knowledge of the meaning of classical milasions in mars general and.. urach than the average man to-day can command. The first poem in the volume is an ode upon the Coronation of His Majesty King George V the second com- memorates ble Durbar at Delhi. We think that these poems would have been much more effective if they had been couched in simpler language, and not weighted with so many recundite cismical allusions. In three lines We

Paestum,

encounter, "Aloides," and *** Taltarinn." These lines are not unique. One cannot help recalling the simple strain of Tennyson's love us and make us your own." There welcome to Alexandra; Come to us, is sustained poetry in the priesters, which deals with the old classic story of Iphiguin. he finds here and there anoche of Shakespeare.

The first sentence in the "foreword" reads, "this book is not intended in any way to represent history." This statement will probably be endorsed by the intelligent reader; on th other hand, there are many personal incidents in this volume which will add a piquancy to history for whilst it is certain that some history remains read, a volume of this kind will be rad fram chver to cover. It may be said at ones that the book is interesting, and will be specially acceptable in military and official circles. It covers three periods of the writer's long and eventful life. He The troop at Chorlu are being was through the Indian Mating, the second re-inforced by the Bulgariaus from China War, and then spent many subsu Adrianople. The Servians are replacingquent years in India and Burmsh. The them. General Kutinjeff is to march to the coast of Marmors to effect a

ADVANCING ON CHATALJA,

junction with Dimitrioff at Chatalja.

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

CAMPAIGN LEADERS BUSY,

volume contains personal reminiscegroe of each of these periods, and here and there a expital story is inserted. The writer is refreshingly open in regard to his own doing; he tells us about his "bets," his "gambling." his loot, and failure to obtain military promotion, for he was passed by and junior officers were ap pointed over him. But let the reader these pages for himself. Hera in a story. Young Harris bought a vicious pray and appears to have had a bad time with the

A cireular note to the Ottoman (Reuter's Service to the Chin Mail.,binte. His chief sain in life was to throw Ambassadore describes the situation as ombarassing but not desperate. It says that while the Balkan States had completed their mobilisations the Porte had hardly begun. It was able to continue the war for a long time, and it must be thought that because the enemy had advanced a few points o an extended battle front that there. fore the war was finishes!.

me off, and in this he succeeded twice a LONDON, Nov. 6.

day for over a year." The consequence was Reuters Washington correspondent that be-nut the pony-was jeered at by states that the weather bureau predicts his brother officers. Although be mastered splendid weather for the forthcoming his horse, the past stil clung to him, Presidential election. The campaignOne day at me, however, we happened to be talking about riding, when Stannus leaders throughout the country are doing their utmost to bring every voter Fraser jeered at me, and said that my to the poll.

DISASTERS TO STEAMERS.

It is stated in Vienai that a Greek steamer was blown up by a mine in the harbour of Saloaika while picking up her moorings near the Austrian ervisor, Mapin Then, which was not injured.

SERVIAN FORCES PROCEED-;

ING TO ADRIANOPLE.

THE FIRE AT MESSES BARKER'S.

(Reuter'a Service to the Chino Mall.)

opinion on the matter was not worth listening to. This annoyed me. so I said, At any rate you cannot ride my pony Mutton at a cantor past my gate without being taken in, and I'll but you fire gold molum, that I can."

Now Fraser

was about the smartest the regiment, a thoroughly good all round man, and he immediately took my bet,

fellow, in LONDON, Nov. G. The damage done by the Ere at Messrs John Barker and Co., drapara, Kensington, is estimated at £50,000,

It was conflued te one block of business premises, and business in the other hiucks has now been impeded.

AN ELECTION "LAND-

SLIDE."

Everybody came out to see the fun, and I, knowing my pony by this time, roda past the gate without the slightest Jifficulty. Then Fraser mounted

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Hope: This hath giants made of fck

ful meu,

sad men of women,-gods of mortals,

tou !

Yea, it hath been a torch within their

hearts.

To fire their blood to grentar deeds than

Troy's."

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"Kings it makes gabs, and meaner crentures kings."

At

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times, too, Mr King puts an experience

very effectively.

When conflicting thoughts Possess the mind, all energy is lost-- The faculty of sense is numbod-the force Determining our action lios salcep,- We then seem cowards, standing on the

brink

Of some dark chain fearing both to leap And to remain"!

Priestess

The longest and portaps the most ambi-

Lious passage in the

prion is an apostrophe to the sea, We quite the following lines:

All-colt and stern thou art-thou canst

not feel

For any bosom beaving, like thy wares, With grief, or pain, or loneliness; that tide Must ow without one borrowed ebb

from thes.

Until its trembling treasure-beast is

dashed

Against the mediating rock and breaks, Ab, I have watched thee, liquid saphire,

wisen

Aurora opes her silvery door to wake All naturo, aided by her sparkling eye Shot with rubescent tints-like a pink

pencl

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Whose chastened blush but makes it

besaty mare;"

Not the least attrictive pse in the volume Is we think the short ode entitled

hundred yards down the main road, and going offrather smartly, was carried through the gate,and right up to the house no the rate of forty miles du hour. He hurt his knee very badly ngainst the gate, and heit also lost five gold mohura,”

One gets a glimpse of a troop-ship of sixty years ago, and verily the sight is

A steamer from Herakied was sunk by a mine in the Black Sea. Sie is believed to be a Turkish steamer, and | (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.) her crew and 42 pussengers perished,

LONDON, Nov. 6. Router's Now Yuk correspondent appalling, though therefrom there comes telegraphs that as 8 o'clock yesterday an amusing story. Each officer was given evening there were indications of a a calia to baself, but when I put my landslide" for Mr Whedrow Wilson, | head into wing. was squarely and fairly

Reuters Sofia "correspondent etites that considersila Sarvian forces have arrived and are proceeding to Adrian ople. It is reported that fighting continues between Erai and Chorlu.

GREAT BRITAIN AND THE BALKAN STATES.

the Democratic candiute.

TYPHOON WARNING.

The following telegram was received today at 9:30 at the American Consulate General:-

LATER... In the House of Commons, Sir

Manila, November 6, 1912 Edward Grey, Secretary of State for

Cyclone or, Typhoon over the eastern Foreiga Allaire, stated that he had Visayas moving W. or W.N.W. received no intimation that the Balkan

Note:-The signal on Korfoon Hill States involved in the war were ready fat 1 pm. to-day was Typhoon E to negotiate for peace with Turkey and of Southern Luzen travelling W... not through the Powers. Nobody, ED. C.M.] however, in view of the result of the

far, would be disposed

defended by the smell, and promptly made it over to my native servants, who held possession. to Raguon. As the weather was very trying I slept on deck during the first night, and woke up about two am. feeling tather cnessy. At that time I always used oil on my hair for the sake of cool. new, and when I put my hands to my head, I found that my hair was positively ewarming with cockroaches, which had been busily engaged in cating the oil. this occupation I speedily disturbed them, and then found that all my toenails had

beau eaten by the quick."

An evidence of the bigh feeling that ruled the hearts and, indeed, the actions of

A Book called "Tas European War of inen during the Indian Mulloy is afforded

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to dispute the right of the Lalkan

1913" is having a great success in Germany by the following incident. Eventually

States to formulate the terms of penas and Austria, and in military circles in we reached Raie, which is, as far as I re-

views to the march of events,

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For Ever." We have ventured to quite

entire.

The years may pait us far and wide And time may wreck the bloom of youth- Our love, like the perpetual tide, Shall How and he a living truth.

Though pain may often wring our scu's, And Morrow dim our brightness oft: Jove through it all uneasing rolls To heal had no aliotion soft.

When age's snow falls ou our heads And with it winter blights our lives, Tis love which then its starlight sheds And to the ice new sparkle gives. Yen, when this life draws near its close And eyelids fold the sight in glooms, Love then its heavenly iris throws To point the soul beyond the tomb !”

We have not had time ta rend carefully all the poema of this volume; we have read- enough to discover that the author can produce, and has produced gouning poetry; that

at times he is capable of line phrasing and, when he contents inwolf with sin ptici y, he is no stranger to deep feeling.

CHARGE OF GAMBLING.

Eleven Men Concerned.

At the Magistracy this afternoon before

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(Cheers). It was not to be thought Rusts and France. It purports to be the member, about eleven miles from Delhi. Mr Melbourne, eleven men werd that the Powers would be slower than work of a Japanese officer on the general There a scene occurred which showed the charged with using the premis Now Sold in Bottles at $1.00 and other people in adjusting their own staff of our ally, Japan, and is distinctly feeling of the Europeans. A lancer man, Market St. for the purpose of gambling;

aati-English in tone. Great Britain and

after our teats were fixed, rade through the first man being charged with keeping France are at war with Germany. The the camp with the foot and part of the leg the place for gambling.

©Mr L. D'Almada e Castro, appeared for pictured ne wiped out.

Chinese Constable No. 308 deposud to Mystery surrounds the identity of a still had a little shoe upon it and the grue going the house with a warrant and (Cheers) and that the British warships young Chinese giri, who has recently been some sight so onraged out troops, that inainding about twenty men round a table despatched wero precisely similar to found wandering about in Kensington.few minutes twenty natives were hanging The gains of "agan pi" was being played, those of other Fowers.

She was seen by the police about one upon the nearest tree."

Bopar Law that there was no founda. Germans triumph, and England's Navy is of a small European child, which he had the defendanta. SEE

Sir Edward Grey informed Mr tion in the report that Great Britain had addressed a warning to Bulgaria

found somewhere on the road. The foot

When another constable came in some of the mon tan po to the roof, and others climbed down to the foor beneath" serandab

en

by the

Bir D'Almada endasvoured to show that there were fous men sitting at the table playing cards and the rest were looking on, the constable said bist there were six lots of cards out,

The constable denied breaking the door

o'clock in the morning, and taken, to the Probably, however, the soution of the THE POWERS AND MEDIATION. Kousington Workhouse, where she is be- book, that will be found most interesting to ******ing looked after while inquiries are being readers in Hongkong And China is that The diplomatic position is somerlatade. The girl, who is unable to speak which deals with the China War, from English, is about 15 years old. She was which the author derived his soubriquet confuead through the crossing of the wearing native coatama, comprising greyChins Jim." Of actual fighting there diferens proposals.definite and inde-striped cost, black trousers, and blue seems to have been little, but looting down to set inte the room, and stated that Anito,

overalls, and she wore a pigtail

compensated the ion for the lack of excite the men had money in front of the on ment in actual battlo. With loob most the table amounting to Flo It appears certain that the Anglo.

seem to have laden themselves, and The men' were all discharged." Bastian reply is the same as that of

China Jim" was not behind, in this oc France.

Meanwhile the Triple Alliance have replied to M. Pelacare's original media tien proposal by recoguixing the utility mediation, but are of opinion that

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