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TUESDAY, SEPTIMBER 29, 1914.

BY TELEGRAPH.

(Reader's Service to the China-Mail)'

THE PROGRESS OF

THE WAR.

THE SIEGE OF

Supplement to the nina Mall."

RHEIMS CATHEDRAL.

STATAM ATT.

RECENTLY DESTRØYED BY THE GERMANS.

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THE CIHNA MAH.

BY TELEGRAPH. PRINCE OF WALES

(ah Tax Yol Po's" Service)

KWANGTUNG PATROL QUARDS.

PEKING, Sept. 25. Li Kwok Kwan, the civil Governor of Canton, has telegraphed to the Central Government that he has post- poned for one month the taking over. of the charge of the Kwangtung patrol- guarde,

REFUSED DUTY.

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Let Hing Ko, the anwir appointed Envoy to Tibet, refuses to take up duties, but the Clovernment it persuad ng him not to neglect his duty.

TO SETTLE CHINOJAPANESE `·

DISPUTES.

ENCOURAGING CHINESE TRADE.

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Entraining Wounded.

„HELATAANDING" WINES,

(By Courier from the Special Correspond ent of the Daily Telegraph.")

Belgium, Aug. 20,

At Antwerp all was manquil. The little Princes took their morning walk to sa accompaniment of cheen, and passed theagh the streets of a ten showing.. indeed, signa of preparation against siege, bub without any fear to the jus. The place was impregnable, and so the citizens went about itu streela, old and new, with

motions of suptabansion.

An at Brussels, refugees can trooping in, pitiable spectacle. "But Antwerp ones gained, they fasthed, froly. They told

tentedly in the station with their bundles. you of the forts they had seen, and how a one wald pass them. And they as cop

Of

its have ben opened the vacicus towns where sheeription amounts rail ar being anuod fe from pillage and massacre and burning.. hally, but many of them have not yet rudged off to the house of relativam bu bench: Into the total meric at

or same other ratuge. Buckingham Pulur.

They told the wildest stories of burning 'The staff of volun-and atmcity, but when you examined them tary workers or York House has been you and they had not seen the thing Pranin angmented, Awing to the enormous mb of Nudny wall stinns that are still coming in. It is not yet possible

* the hull bolts of those Fullsutions,

Golf clubs are doing splendidly. Yes

A special bureau is to be establishel y the Chinese Government in Shang- ang province for the settlement offterlag gång. In the floigore-bealth Club

tty disputes which may arise in con-

sent » chops for mution quence of the operations against rom the members, Tennis players are Kingtaas

beaning to emulate the golfers, hain be revived from "Th. Tem Flare" Tegnis (lah, Colders-green. sound desblom ga lumeek forward

k by the members na tip Bath lab. The Ministry of Communications has Intimatical as dived from solved we encourage Chinese trade byli of pkers in tents parts of the Hncing the train freight upon grain inspiry of their latention to make wreckly "daily necessities during the con- contibutions. In the Cannock Chase ance of the European war.

district of Stafford 20,000 minces hare agreed to subscribe 3d per week each long as the war lagte.

INCREASING THE INTERIOR LOAN.

they described.

ti

VLRIJFT TUAN THE CAPITAL.

I got back to Brussels to find the situa

completely sh aged. Thurn had bean daily raner for abortoise that the rumours were based on certain info ma- Cermons would ar ire, but now those tion. After clai with

my

leagues it was decided that we should vs the capital.

by train

Some of us travelled by rond, the others.

of

Your courier, who brings this, ami myself left together with a train of wounded--the last rain, I hear now, which left the city. By the time we renched the

ge station it

was packed. Lalon with the paired of being able es find my place. But

other than reclves, we den they brought more wounded, and in the added carriages we found room. heartranding. In the shadow of the station There was no panic, but the scene was the stretchers were carried along beating the more serious cases the others limped Mesum Cammell, Laird and Co., of along themselves bravely. I saw die poor Birkenhead, announce that their work. fellow with a head woond who was lifted men and staff, numbering posely 10,000 through a narrow doorway. He set his in by a window, and had to be passad have stranged for weekly contributions teeb and

the followid; wale: Those receiving sank at once after the effort was over into sound escaped, thagh he is and over, 6d; between 36s udn 30, sleup The train was on the wint of

Leung Seo Yon, at a meeting held at Hy sklent's palace, announced that

Government intends to inid; between 50 and 56, 24; underlying when there was a cry of Encore

F

A tessé It Baited till the wounded

with as, and we saw them carried by. where a descended, but some came uus Most of the wounded were going beyon

the interior loan by 209, ld.

At a meeting of the chief officials of atened out into the night. I slid not in was borne so the platform. Then we Hau Si Choug uzgod provincial contributions should be the Bradford Corporation it was unani-kap there could be so long a train. te racet the expenses of the central official at the corporation with a salary mously agreed, to recommend every inistration,

of £250 and upwards to subscribe 5 par coat of it to the Lord Mayor's Fund, the sum to be deducted monthly by the Ciry TreasureN

INSPECT SHANTUNG TROOPS,

President contemplates, ordering Bols Jung Juen Kwai and Taoi In inspust the troupa in Shangtung

A NEW GOVERNOR.

Presidential mandate Cheung hi is appointed Governos of

CONTINENTY-3 2-Tonga The territory, with an area of about Fengtien 205,000 square miles, and a pegadation estimated at 8,000,000, certpies the -north-west, veener of the Coatral African plateau, with Cameroen Puak (19,370 feet) nur the capital and the Chebehi mountains and Mazdaru mountains on the parth-west frontier. The inhabitats ar Fula, Housis and Bantu peoples. of WAR NEWS FROM HOME. whom the Best ors Motionlans and thus caninder Fagins, Coen cultivation ta a highly successità industry of recent origin and the Trot tarat is rich in forest products. The exporis, valued at 21,270000 marks in 1911, are rubber. palm oil. polra ko rnals, crani and ivore. The Imports were valued at 291,300,000 marks in 1912 Over 50 per cent of the train was with Germany, " capitadi. Itues, on the shopper of Cameron mountain, the principal town being Jimala (1,000) or the Cameroon estuary.

1. Dr. Ebrmaler was the Gemas Governor,--Ed.)

BELGIANS RE-OCCUPY ALOST.

Losans, Sept. 29, 2.45 a.m.

The

Aitage from Ostend says that the Belgians made a sortie from Antwerp on Saturday in the direction of Erpe. They drove back a strong Zorre of Germans after a starp light, and sccupied Alest.

MONS REPORTED ON FIRE.

It is reported that Mona is afire.

LONDON, Sept. 28, 2.43 a.m.

THE BATTLE OF THE AISNE.

Still Proceding Vigorously.

LONDON, Sept. 29, 2.10 a.m. A communique issued in Paris by the Ministry for War at 11 a'clock in the evening ways: From the night of the 26th inst. till the 27th the Germans, along the whole front incessantly attacked with extra ordinary violence day and night, evidently trying to break the Allies' lines, eting with a uniformity denoting instructions from the High Commander to find a solution to the battle. Not only have they not] succeeded, but we took a fag, some ranat, and numerous prisoners.

(From the Daily Telegraph of Adg. 20 to Aug. 25)

COLONEL SEELY ON SERVICE.

One who signs himself Ex-Rebel" Mr. Parnell to be sold for the beacht of has sent an autograph letter of the late the Fund.

Ipat week it was announced that the Prizon & Wales had generously arranged to defy the expenses of the paid clerical staff engaged at York House. There are nearly a hundred voluntary workers, in addition to those whose paid services are indispensable.

Brussels civic guard came here, which In the night twire hundred of the indicates the probaility of the occupation of Brizasels by German troops.

The contract between all this and the

with con; lets confidence. Thers is ample enceinte" of forts calm of Antwerp is sharp With its triples the prompest regards stor Of provisions, and to invest it would the refugees who come to it that one w tako an enormous force. It was only in agus of agitation, and it disappeared as soon as they reached the place.

·SZŐIGJEN OF PEALANTS, A

At Brussels, shortly before we left, atcgees were crowding in from Louvain. They passed along the Boulevard Anspach with a dull gaza here and there. Some of Be-There was a great wagon of Hale children

the woman were trying. bat

An addition of some 460,000 yoster dig (Aug. 21) brought the National lief Fund up to £1,570,000.

who

who

TAZO.

did not understand. Since they passed

they are sure will give them shelter in

Si- Laurence Gezame, Clerk to the by the grave news has probably reached London County Council, makes the sug many of them, and they are on country gestion that the local records of broads making for the cottage of some riptions to the fund should be printed parent, distant in more senses than one, in such a form as would enable them to their hour of desolation. be bound and included among the his From all round Brussels the refugees will torical archives of the towIE. The be facing. Perhaps I have been fortunabi, volumes thus got together" he says, or it is the Belgian character; but the will form a unique historical enlles.lence, the stoicism, with which these th. showing what the great cities and with them you discover they have the most country people yo smazes me. f you talk betrughs es' in a national emergency, terrorising conception of German soldiery, and thus provide further evidenes of van Eut they do not, in my experience, "wail up their bandles and more ou. And the though there is much there fog ter women do art, for the most part, weeg

A Lie of Wight correspondent tele- graphs: Colonel beely, late Secretary of State for War, har gone on service with the Expeditionary Foret. t his father's zenidouce, Brooke House, Isle of Wight, importance of iccat self-government in or knock the breast." They simply tako to-day (Aug. 18) I was told that about week ago Colonel Sealy paid a visit to say

od-bye to his father, Sir Charles. and left Sonthaiapton & day of two later. ment as member for the Isle of Wight

Colonel Secly was first elected to Parlin-j while Eghting in South Africa.

ROYAL LADIES AT WORK.

Queen Alexandra, Princess Victoria, and Princess Margaret of Danmark (who is staying at Marlborough Bouse) Ar not) merely interesting themselves in the mes Bares being taken for providing comforts for wounded soldiers and sailors, but are giving a hand with the actual work. The Royal ladies spend maob of their time in cutting out shirts and other garinents and the actual aqwing. making them ready for those who will do

STANDARD CAPTURED.

the rivaation of the world,"

Berningham's food was augmented by al raid to date 55,000. 21,000 peåborday, 63ug, 241 making, the

A dative of thermons about T entarated bus sunt a German vie. tory thaler, struck, in commemoratin of the war of 1870. Its fave value in

when given to him some years, ngn it three mirks, but the lonch states that

sen, worth ulit 45,- Daily Tel. graph."

CAPTIRED GERMAN FLAG.

Pau. Aug 18, When the captured Gartuan standard was taken to the Elysee last night and handed by a captain of Chasseurs to the President of the Republic, M. Pincé expressed his joy, us bimolt au ez capi which had captured the int standard from of Canware, that it was his old regiment

When &

WAR NEWS.

GERMAN PAPER'S WARNING.

Harbin, 19th September.

A telegram (som Copenhagun states that the military correspondent. of the Yoasische Zeitung." who is close to the Derman Crown Prince, in a letter from Yorden, Hanover, warns the German public not to be inspired by optimistic. hopes of the capitulation of large armies se in 1870 That is now impassible. The Allies are still assembling large forces and Geruan sheuld not be deceived by rain hopea. Dealt hatties were still imminent.

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GERMAN LOAN PROJECTS.

the German Guverument intends to According to interstion from Copon-

The morale of the troops, despite the fatigue cured by the nmin. the famous Death's Held Has the cogging the, Be was manied whily war: leans, ju the first place

torrupter struggle, is excellent. Til eonumanders eyen finve dificulty in zestraining the men's Basire to come to grips with the enemy sheltered in defensive positions,

il

FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, VIA PEKING.):

Sept: 27, 9.5 p.m. On the 25th an "extremely violent huttle took place between the Biser Summe hnd the River Oise. In the evening the French were in occupation of a front extending from Dompierre, south of Terozine to Ribecourt; and the Germans were defensively organised at Soyon. The French progressed slightly between the Oise und Soissons. Between Soissons and Rheins there las been no important change. The French occupy Berry-au-Buc.

There has been no change between Rheins and Verdun,

Paria, Aug. 10. From Brussels comes a telorm of to day's date announcing that the standard of having fallen into the hands of the beat placed in the town ball of Diest, Belgians after the laat Sight, which book by a ton e urred oflicy of the Russel that at oper place near that town, it will be foraliter, it was notion that it was held.

public Guarda from the Hyres trend after die treasury notas xi D rerambered that this regimen, which was

лет сеп Liquidating will take place not

in carfison at Dantzig, was commended last not with the stall upright and the fanerior then 4. The pricns of Foth will year by the Crown Prince and its inifortreding like a andsid that being sex one in which the Kaiser frequently sign of capture in the field.

borne tower hat lying the shoulder in appeared.

The handing over of the Bay was the necasion of rery touching carennyt. the Invalid It was prosted to Pierre veteran with a wooden leg who had served Durant, the eldest of all the pensionem, s in the Ceimes, in the Italia carpalga, and

TOMMY ATKINS" '8MOKES. The French tabacro factories thought of the British soldiers, and steps were taken at the outset to see that they were suppli in the war of 1870,

BELGIANS SMART WORK WITH MACHINE GUN.

Belaians with a machine gun mounted A smart piece of work was accomplished a motor car Two Relgian seral scouta Were reconnaitring the German position.

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Pensic salted, and feat urzy ide In Lorraine and the Vosges, Gennan detachments were repulsed One of the ends, by the way, is cork la Franch

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