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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1914.

BY

TELEGRAPH.

(Reuter's Service to the China Stail.)

THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR

THE BOMBARD MENT OF

ANTWERP,

THE LATEST NEWS FROM

FRANCE.

THE STRUGGLE IN FRANCE.

Lopes, Det. 0, 1.25 .m.

A Paris cleanique issued at 11 o'clock last evening says:-The ponord situđion is stationary, Positions that have been occupied remain the same, natwithstanding some violent combats, particularly in the Roge region.

THE BOMBARDMENT OF ANTWERP.

Losos. Oct. 9. 3.25-a..

The Noura Tan Dendag (Austuridan) 'stars that King Albert of Belgium luus loft Autwerp and has arrived at Selacte, a village on the Dutch-frontier

"3.45 a.m.

The corr spusel ut in Rolgium of the Landen Daily Telegraph says that the erungs, covered by artillery in the early morning of the 7th inst., forced a passage across the Schellt by pontoon between Schoonaarde rud Egenta. A battle if proceeding the Belgians desperately resisting The Grino advance on. Autwerp from the South-west.

5.20 a.m.

Ravenal correspondents confirm the report that the Germans effected a. erasing of the Scheldt on Wednesday. A large force crossed" at Schoerardo and smaller detachments at Terwoude and Wetteren.

It reported a Roosendaal that the Palace of Justice in Antwerp

Is been partly destroyed in the bombardment Lions and other carnivora and sales in the Zon were killed for fear that they might escape. German troops buve entered Turnhout, on the Dutch frontier.

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6.10a.m.

A message from Ostend says that the Germans are firing incendiary betubs into Antwerp, and that the city, Iron: Soul Antwerp station to tl Law. Courts is afre.

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It is rumoured that the Germans have been repelled on the left bank of the Nether.

WAR NEWS

ENGLISH STOCKBROKER'S ADVEN TURE IN BELGIUM.

Through the 'Sest of War.

The raily Chronicle's "ent respon - hat a Brussela wires under date the Jith ultim

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After I et. ssed the bridges L hd my-

THE GYMKHANA.

RELIEF FUND GATE,

Quite a largo gathering was great the Gymkhana; the first hald since the outbrisk of hostilition, and in splendid weather a well contested programma Waa witnessed. The announcement that the Gymkhana Club stewards would hand over tha gross provveds of the gate to the Prince of Wales" colief fund doubt. loss had some efect on the attendanes. At 1.30 the gate smounted to $450, and this sum increased the afternoon ware

on.

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H.E, Sir Henry May, K.C.1.0.. Indy May and the Misson May were present.

THE CHINA MAIL.

TYPHOON WARNING.

The following telegram was received at the American Consulate General from the Manila Obsazentory at 11.43 1.21. . day-

Cycloas or Typhoon, W. of the northern Ladrons or 'Mariana Islands, recurring porthensturani.

to

HUMAN ASPECTS OF THE, IRISH QUESTION.

THE DECLARING OF WAR.

As an fhang of the must extrane

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HONGKONG VOLUN.

TEER CORPS.

CORPS ORDERS BY LIEUT.-COL.

A. CHIPMAN, Y.D.

APPOINTMENT.

Gr. Orchard, Ng, 2. Section Artillery Battery, is appointed unpaid scting Eom- bardier to data 10th October, 1914,

PARADES..

Parados for Sunday and Monday, "Opto- ber 11th and 12th lush, mil.

Parades for Tuesday, 13th instant- Ba.m.-Recruits. Right Beation M.G. Co. Aiming Drill and Musketry instrus- tion under Sörgt. Major Murphy,

VICTORIA THEATRE

FOR A FEW NIGHTS ONLY

THE GREAT

JANSEN

THE MAN OF WONDERS

ays Indian tiny offerers, as was anti- kind," said a wild in to res every Cormal D.C.L.I. Remaindar Right Section M.G. FRIDAY, the stirring DRAMA

cipated, were easy winners of the test pegging event.

Videen won the mile rice, and Mascotto esme in first in the three-quarter mile event.

WAR NEWS

POPULATIONS OF THE COUNTRIES

AT WAR...

Dublin, *l'i liku

ship sunk. It's sing. Ti slap in my bed to-night if is was done. Faith, 'tie little love I have The English interference In our own local affairs, bat in the Imperial mitters now, miss, is for England to command. "And this war, we went into it, not tight heartedly, as you might my, but with heart and conscience, and 'tis milf would pur ride to shoulder for any foot of English

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**Wo want into it." "We," not "thay." The words are significant of the evolucion which four days wought in Ireland, volution which, if Enginnd appreciate it promptly and properly. may peora the The population of the countries en-brightest spot in contaries of Irish history. gaged in the great European war is giver Fach day, so fast live eranta mured, the below. India is omitted as her share is facts and spirit of the day before seosed

ancient history, u not likely to bour the same proportion to the population as that of the countries mors directly concerned, and that of Japan, as her nation. It is stated will not extend beyond, the Freific and asiatic waters :-

Germany. Austro-Hungary

66,000,00 51,000,000

Bussia (European) ...... 138,000,000 Great Britain

46,000,000

Australis, Canada and

New Zealand

Belgium Sortin

14,000,000

8,000, 8,000,000

SPORTING.

HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.

October Captain's Cup and Pool

Played Over Happy Valley 3rd, 4th and 5th October 1914

CCP.

Mr. C. C. Clarke... Captain W. D. Lindsay Mr. E. V. D. Parr Dr. Lindsay Words MAH. F. Dodwell air. Stanley Cooks.. Captain Riley...

• Qualifies for Cup.

Prot

*Mr. A. H. Ferguson ...

Mr. C. C. Clarke....... Captain W. D. Lindeny

M. E. V.D Parr...

Dr. Lindsay Woods

M:. S. H. Dodwell

Mr. Stanley Cooke... Captain Biley

in

Divide Pool. 30-Entries.

On Sunday, August. 2 I addressed group of Volunteer in a bald Eve miles from Limerick. Three hundred and Bity meo. farm laborers from the countryside, Some had hall two months training, and marched well. More than a hundred had (joined since tha. Dublin disaster. The English Government was not very popular Anng them lill lose the English Army.

Co. Squad drill under S. M. Highy. Left Section M.Q. Co. and Civil Service Co. under Co. Officers"

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5.15 p.m.--Recruits Artillery Battery fall in at Short Range Kennedy Road for Musketay under 'Sorgt.-Major Murphy. D.C.L.I.

5.30 p.m.-Gentes Section M.G. Co. Machins Gun Drill. Scouts Company Remaindor under Company "Officers. Artillery Battery under Section Ofears..

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DETAIL.

Un duty Sunday; 11th inst., Group 1 and Civil Service Company.

Offers on duty Sunday, 11th ins. Capt. Scott, Capt. Churchill and Lizut. Kenneth.

Orderly Ocer, Lieut. Kenneti. On duty Monday, 12th inst., Group 2 Offers on duty, Monday, 12th insti Capt. Armstrong, Lient. Norrington and Lieut. Lindsell,

Orderly Officer. Lieut. Norrington, To furnish Guard to-night, No. 1 Sec.

The Volunteers were still a legal | boly, and they resented it. Organized for home defence, loyal, in the main, to the tict Artillery Battery; to-morrow, No. 2 Hmpare, but demiring the Home Rule which Section Artillery Battery; Monday, 12th was awfully their, they felt that thy had inst.. Left Section M.G. Co.; Tuesday, been wren fully regarded as a evolutioniers, that the general symbols of layaliy had 18th inst.. Civil Service Co. buen armgated by Unionista to the use of party emblems, and thus they themauivo had been forces into undesired dufianeo of

t have offered my services to the Yo'unteers for gun raning aid a friend of mytre, a prominent utizen who until, thu Dublin spisole, had remained neutral.

Orderly Sergeant to-night, Sergeant Haigh; to-morrow, Corp. Young: Mon- day, 12th inst., Serg, Bullock; Tuesday. 13th inst., Corpl. Hamilton.

ORD IS.

No Orders will be issued on Sunday and Monday 11th and 19th inat.

After my address on Shady, police sergeant inquired my me and general; history. He was behind you all the time you spoke," said my heat think he's trying toonnect you with the gan-running BRITISH SHIPS TN GERMANY. in Kerry." So far apart on

Sunday

ཥ in official England and the Volunteers..

On Monday the naval reserves were BS-13-75 mollision I saw map of them at a statino in Claro. Mathur, wivas, awuuk- heart, chilien o'ng to abam weeping. I wish to Goi twas fighting for Irulard wo were," beard a man ery.

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98-14-81 105-20-55

That night amo Red good's speech, and the face of the world changed. Yet it was not his words hat surprised and put hour into the Nationaliteit was the Toy and Unionist acceptance of their fer that astonished and touched them to a storm of 79-475 8-13-75 xultant delight. 90-8-84

For Redouted aid no more than they 019-89 had always desired. An army of Irishmen 86 3-protecting Ireland's shores. In cur junc 90-881tion with our brethren of the Northit -93-14-84s what they had long prayed for and 106-30-85 been denied From the beginning of the Volunteer movement they bad cherished one dream, that without antagonism to England they might be allowed to become an Irish Territorial Force for home defence, And now that dream was applauder!,

SCENE IN A DISPENSARY.

The uber at the Second Police Court aming named So Kong Sing was the complainant this morning before Mr. Wood in a charge against Chong Cho Hong, the Accountant at the King Edward Diapon-

hy

their traditional opponents. They felt thas at last they were treated and under stood.

On Ta-day, when the Unionist e the siam had not yet began, "the general Nationalist acceptance of Redmondspeech was still slightly tinged with suspicion of England.

But as ench successiva newspaper con

Foreign Office Statement.

The following notice which appea“.

ed in the London Gazette on the 8th August, 1914, publ shed for general information in the Hongkong Govern ment Gazorta:

On the night of August 4th 1914, the Secretary of Stato received the following notice from the Derman Ambassador

"The Imperial Government will keep merchant vessels Eying the British dag interned in German harlours but will liberate theat if the Imperial Govern ment receive counter undertaking frem the British Government within forty- eight hours."

On August 6th a copy of the Order in Council issued on August 4th as to the treatment of enemy merchant vessels in British parts at the date of the outbreak of hostilities was communicated to the Ambasador of the United States in London, who was then in charue of German interests in this country... with a request that be would be so good an to cases enquiry to be made of the German Gov ernment xe to whether the terms of Articles II to VIII of the Order in Council constituted an undertaking of the

B nature the German Government requires, and ander which they would liberats marchant vessels peg the B.itish g

elf in a cafe ner Longdoz fur time.sary, 62 Queen's End, far' disorderly tained more evidencusof Unionist apprecia interned in German barbours..

behaviour.

Mr. Gardiner defended.

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enthusiasm

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tion, and of the acceptance of their help, if This was about 2.30. Later made my why

On August 7th a communication. WEA hot cially, at least inormally

yet through bene to Chandfootines batwees. Chandlentaine

aine and Forst Canbourg. At Compisianat said that on Tuesday he hundreds of their old opponents, their received from the United States Embassy the Intier place I came on a Belgiu went to the Dispensary to purchsee spirits rose. All their gentry, the leaders that the United States Minister at Stack- sentry. I was taken for a Gorman 15 medical thermometer. One of the fatis whom the naturally conservative Truh bola had sent the following telegram

Barlin- but managed to establish my identity and shewed him a thermometer valded at 2 pensant rasly cravos, the gentry so long signed by the United States Ambassador at got away to the south toward Your Seus which, however, appeared to be useles stranged by race, religion, politics, and Fleza atate if England has immed Chevrement. There the burgumaster, who gave him another one which comen willingness to understad, were joining Proclamation that she gives permission to know me, gave mo afe conduct to Verviers. pisisant pnt into his mouth to test. The them at late

thermometer slipped on to the show case,

Glory be to God, but Loed Misenemy ships to and Bri ish poefs until THE SAVAGEN OF WAR.

fell on the ground and smashed. The feki

joinis' the Volunteers, and the Achine Germany will a corresponding orders "After I had passed Vaux Soun Chaid he would have to pay St." Complainant with us, and the Esri of B-will be midnight, August 14th." If this is wo vremont 1 began to see sane of the terrible ofered 83. Defendant came near him and Protestants are all casin' in.

Reply through German Legation, Stock- Tis holm. An interesting story was told me to rangos which the German advance had said "If you have not got any money. In we have for them, wheugver_they The United States Embassy added that

At Romae, & village with shall arch yus, and commence! come," said a wordan who had suffered day by Guy Menzies," an English stock brought about

He pushed long ostracism from Protestant neighbours they did not believe that this telegram was triker, who had just paased through the boat 6re hundred inhabitants, every unbutton complainant's coat. towards the house had been burnt down by Garmins. complainant

and. decz Das almost the only Catholic member of the A reply to the meavage which had been.

tmosmicted to Berlin. series where military operations were at this point thres corps were fring and I shook him, saying that he would take gentry in the country,

Da enquiry at the United States being carried on..

had some marvellous escapes from thir him to the Central Pulics. Station,

Thus it happened that when the Army Menzies left Ostend Friday last and shell. The Germans wore advancing fetariumont ensued and defendant protested reservists left Limerick, they were taken Embassy shortly before midnight it was to the station amidst excited rejoicing certained that ne farther communication recoded in taking a message to his Hereu through Soumingne and Khendelesse against being insalted in fail view of a large crowd outside the door. Complainant people, who lived to the east of Liego, and were pilluging the villings of Maquee.

An I pawed though, women and child- said he only had 8n on his bat Bauda met them as the train passed town and heen received frum Berlin.

has therefoy of State for Foreign Aßrite no information as to the and gay cheer. For they were ging now, He returned yesterday having passed you wero tying away from their humex recuro, to the office for the uther dollsfter town, Linda, wasing of handkerchief-

sesorded to British merchant treatment through Verviers and Maestricht er his with torror stricken cries, not knowing Defendant refused to accept the 85 at Bratct to fight for an alien, misunderstanding. any buck. to Belgium. Provided with where to go. When I reached Fioron the but eventually did so, giving a receipt as ally, but for a United Kingdom. And the hips and their cargoes in German porrs,

#quested.

for the protestion of Ireland and has sccordingly addressed the under the Lords mentioned notification to this necessary papers, Menaies arrived at people were so terrified that no one woul

Increas oxamination, complainant dent began to grow into a devotion to England Commissiers of the Pressury and to the Warmme Saturday morning last, which take me in for the night or givu mo a

food. I had to push og far as Berne, I

ed that be tried to leave the shup withouted this Empire for their wo merity. was as far as trains went toward Liege. started again at 4 p., Monday, but I at paying anything at all.

Tis the Gaisons have already been Lurtis Commissioners of the Admiralty.. Mr. Gardiner said defendant was not in oppressing us," said a throwd work.

FORLIGN OFFICE, 8. W... The rest of the journey was continued my way and got to Soiron. The I

the shop at a during the discussion. There's ten million pound pot into the

Midnight, August 7th 1914. on foot. It may be described in his own more terrible traces of hell fro.

hurried way from the scene an(the soliator) paz it to complainant that the British Navy that Should have gone to

My Lords-1 bare the honour to state words...

quickly so I could ant got to my house at when he was asked for 6 bu talked very build up the country and to help the There was no way of ranching Idege Petit Rechain at 8.30 Monday, having loud in the shop and eras eda distanshance. workin peple. Whore fault was that? that no information has reached me that except on Joob," said he, "no I started passed through Verviors. My friends wern Complainant: How could I?

WANTWAS GAIrmany's. Sure, England asked the treatment accorded to British merchant "Car:oes' which were in off in walk. I followed the main road very frightened and begged me to leave very angry.

for a paral holiday, and the other Power shipe aud A constable said that when, he served were willing, but the Gairman, they said: German porte at the date of the outbraik which pases between Forts Loncin and again as soon as possible. They told me Holiague. North-east of Liege, I sleptosis of outrages committed by-German the summons defendant said he was not the To hell with your agreement what of hostilition or which absequently entered business is it of your whist do 1 And them is not less favourable than that in the village of Loncin Saturday night, •Cafes there were all sided and every-

In the box defendant swore he was not we had to spend the tam million, (Again accorded to enemy merchant ships h and Sunday morning I left.

thing in them was drunk cp. Then the present.

I noticed the "we" on the lips. of the Articles I to VII of the Order in Council imued on the 4th day of Augast, Mr. Wood asked for the man who utal.) And I'm thinkin' if was pats a "Phaning through An I reached Liege invaders, maddened with drink, proceeded Bunday about il am. I found the city to burn down the places and commit dit commit the alleged alt and Mr. stop to the Gairms armament competi- 1914 with reference to enemy ships being entirely occupied by German troop

hostilities or subgently entering them. o the unspeakable crimes against the inhabitats. Gardiner produced an in build and don, twill have something good to say for British pista att antarike nf

statas similar to defendant.

itself. number of 40,000 ur 80,000. I do not think The same thing occurred at Boileduce.

English laws are the finest in Articles 111 a Y II of the said Order in Complainant denied that this was the GROUND COVERED WITH DEAD.. they were particularly happy. They had

the world." Lid anather, though the Comac will therefore not come into "Disabled by the fire from the forts of man who unbuttoned his east.

A witness for the defence on tated that in Ireland thy've besa enforced with operation. was how were they to get out. So long as Liege, German fiold gune word lying by

I have the honour to be, they remained they were safe, but they the side of the road with dead horses stil defendant was unt there. He (witness) in artiality, and not fairly, as in England. wald not leave without being exposed to in their harness. The ground was littered the man he told witness that he should and is supil for an Imperial Parliament with hundreds of corpses of German Pay for the article he had broken. He did to be decidin' the drainage questions of Cork. Sure, they had a bit of drainage to soldiers, which had so then been buried not touch defendants cost. Bfen werd lying very close together, ummons withdrawn.

The sammens was dismissed and a cross. be done, at £1,100, and it out them £3,000 They bad lined the boulevard with indicating but they had bean sent Maxims from the obiaf zailway station. I in close order. The Font de Frogmiere and Punt de Val.

Nose Verviers I mw two hogs

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got into Liege but the question for them

the croire of forts.

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My Lords,

Your Lordships' most obediant bambla EGEXY.

bernoit were strongly guarded by German nine meters long, drawn along 'A' road" by By way of contrastegkind as an indicaé But could Ireland afford so'army and Redmond's offer. Bat while given without i

centries.

assistance of Byron Dolphin, the British

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Vice Consul. I managed to get out of Lingo du Commerce and crossed the Darthe by

crosse the Mecse by the Pont

and conditions, there was none the les present

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they were up Srst great battle of campaign, it may relansons little spot. Germans were trying to make potom by relied that the greatest number of another, and if they don't stick together; that the new goodwill manus Home Rule bridge over the Mouse at Visa, but as coop gaged in previous baitis was where as they fealand must be ring in the end the suo in in the sky, as it was completed I saw it destroyed by the 701.000 Baina and Japanese who or fair share of taxda to the Imperial shota from Fort Fonille. I was told this had happened twenty times before niebinkde nine years ago. In the Government for to protect the whole of Ireland gea Hous. Rola," said villager. Napoleonic πάντ there wers $22,000 men the B-16sh Isles and the Empirs as well. is then we'll be ligtin' the candies waterloo, In the France-dormen war the wurde, 20

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