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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1914

BY

TELEGRAPH.

THE

(Reuter's Sertus to the China Mail.)

PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

TWO MILLION MEN FOR THE

BRITISH ARMY.

A £200,000,000 WAR LOAN TO BE RAISED.

SATISFACTORY SITUATION IN INDIA

LATEST NEWS FROM FRANCE, BELGIUM

AND EAST PRUSSIA.

LATEST NEWS FROM TSINGTAU.

ABOUT 3,000 PRISONERS.

Mr. S. Frau, Consul-General for Jupan, kindly informs us that it is officially stated that Governor Waldeck will sail from Sha Tzu Kou! sight miles east of the city of Talingtan to-day.

The ceremony of watering Tsingtau will take place on the 10th just. The total number el German's primers is about 3000.

THE SITUATION IN INDIA.

Muhammadans Express, Unswerving Loyalty To British Government.

THE CHINA MAIL.

BY

TELEGRAPH.

OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHTING.

Fasvox, Nov. 10, 1 am.

A British official statement regarding the fighting in Flanders confirms the desperate character of the encounters. It states that our lasr,s and cruslerable but the enemy's still heavier.

The defence of Ypres under a continious min of shells and succes sive waves of infantry attacks, which have been broken to pieces, ranks among the unes striking episodes in the annals of our Anny,

RUSSIANS OCCUPY JOHANNESBURG.

Baige Of Priemysl Resumet.

ENDOS, Nov. 12, 8.50 p.m.

A communique issued at Petrograd stutes that a battle has deve loped on the front ut Stulluponet, Kruglinnen al Soldau (East Prussia) and the Russians live occupied Jobannesburg.

There have been small engagements towards the Silesian frontier und. Further south, the Austrian rear-guards have been driven hack.

The siege of Przemysl (Galicia) has been resumed.

[Stalluponen a town of 5,500 inhabitants

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the district of Gumbinnen.

It is on the railway from Betlia to Konigsber

Johannesberg x a small town in Prussia, with 4 population of 2,000, over looking the Rhine, thirteen miles W.S.W. of Wiesbaden, one of the oldest and meet famous of German watering places.]

TURKISH ATTACKS REPULSED.

LONDON, NOW 13.

Au ncial annoncement at Petrograd states that the Turkish attacks at Koeprikoci on Wednesday were repulsed with heavy loss. The Turks were also routed on the road from Azerbaijan to Van

NO. NEWS OF H.M.S.S. GOOD HOPE IND MONMOUTH.

LONDON, Nov. 12.

The Admiralty announces that in the absence of information tlie loss of HMS, Good Hope and H.M.S. Monsouth must be presumeci.

BOTHA HEAVILY DEFEATS THE REBEL COMMANDO.

LONDON, Nov. 137

A telegram from Pretoria reports that General Sir Louis Botha ene in contact, with Christian De Wet's commando, cast of Winburg after a focus highs march. The rebels were soverely detented; 250 prisomers were taken and two langers were captured..

Strange Scenes and Cosmo- politan Crowds.

Copy of telegram received by the tieneral Officer Commanding THE STRAND IN WAR TIME.during the Bear war, when mest was much South China Command, from the Chief of the General Staff, Indin.

Den. 13 Niv., 1014. Situation in India routinis satisfactory. Meeting of influential Muhammadans to express unswerving loyalty to British Government continue to be held all over India arst Viceroy has received many resolu- tions and letters to same effect. Remiting also continues excellent. Situation on North West Frontier is normal. Musselmans generally appear to realise thit Turkey's entrance into the Triphy Alliance is due to political intrigue and is no way religious, »

BRITISH ARMY OF 2,000,000 TO BE RAISED.

WAR LOAN OF £200,000,000.

SCOTTISH SPORT.

(From Our Oven Correspondané,)

M

Entacar, Uctober 9.

ASOCIATION LEVE

After eight successive victorios in the League, the Heart of MikLothian met with their diet defons of the sesson. st Dumbarton they took the feki with, a weakened X., and the home team quits mastered them with a bezy go-ahusł a. Rangers agnir disappointed against Morton perhaps an aquidsat to one of thair leaden had somethi. g to do with the rosale Celtic “ilid" whetoise they liked | with Durden showed de ighetal understanding in the forward line, and the + big margin ol ́t goals did not overrepres sent their superiority. Queen's Park are savingthemselves for the Glasgow Cup

| and little importance need be attached to

VICTORIA THEATRE

TO-NIGHT, SATURDAY

BOYS

AND

For 2 Nights Only

THE

14th

OF THE BULL DOG BREED

COMBINED

their detent by. Thistle ; besides they are WITH THE WAR PICTURE (BY REQUEST)

handicapped by having several of their tires XI. in the New Army, with the certainty of suffering balk-a-dozen more losses to the khaki, Tba directors of the water club are, however, quite cheoful Better that the boys should be playing in France than at Hampden," they say to each other.

3.

SCOTTISK IRALICE---TIRNY DIVISION.. Dumbarton, S: Hearts, & Hibernians, O; Ayr United, 4.

Raith Rovers, 3; Airdrieonians, V. Celtic, Daude, 0.

# ;

Hamilton Academicals, 3; Clyde, 2. Rangers. 9: Greenock Mertan, 2.

Qunes'a Park, 0: Partick Thistle,. 2. Aberdeen, 0 ; St. Mirera, 0. Kilmarnock, 1; Falkirk, 0. Motherrill, 3; Third Lanark, 9, Raith Rorsm, 2; Caltic, 9. Dundee, 0; Dumbarton 0.

SECOND DIVISIAIN,"

Albion Rovers, D ; Keith, 4.

Dundee Hibernian, 4; Loetgally United,

St. Johnstone, 2: Dunfermline Athletic,

Abercorn, Clydebank; 2.. Johnstont, 2; Arthurlie, 1.

.

LASGOW C-Second round replay tie. Clyde. £; Queen's Park, 0.

FIRST DIVISION RESULTS TO DATE.

Pld. Wn. Lat. Dro. Pts

Celtic Rangers

Aye United...

Hertoa

Aberdeen Dumbarton, Palis

Airdrieonians.

St. Mirren

Hibernian Third Lasark.....

Queen's Park. Clydu Raith Rovers... Hamilton Acade-

micals....... Partick Thistle Motherwell. Ducdee Kumarnock .....

D

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THE SEA AFFAIR.

Amphibious War)

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lower in price than it is at present, large cargoes were bought in Qecunaland at 3d. per tb, shipped to South Africa by private speculators, and sold to the fmcerial Government at prices ranging up to 10d. somebody thus making a good haul at the the most picturesque street in Europe."Stats Government drafted a Bil, and con- Disraeli once described the Strand expense of the Home Government. Or Any one ring the neighbourhood this sulted no one out the Leader of the weak would have emphasised this assertion, Opposition. A special lattor was aout out From Temple liar to Charing Cross the to members. asking them to be in their main street of the City of Westrainster bs places, as important business would be The Standing Ordera ware paver before ord such a coeraopolitan or brought up

suspended, Lid the Bill was pushed through busy aspect.

At night the Strand has always bad sits various steps in two or three hour,

· A very noticeable instance of the working. peculiar attraction of in own challenged without disision, and at once became lav.

"Under this Act every hoof in Queens of sea-power was recently given in the in recent years by Regent strost and

It was estimated that no fawOF Oxford-stroo but the period for garish land, and errev pound of mast in the mestTimes." and glaring lights having gone, the interest work the freezing chambers, and than 200,000 Germans of military age bave reverts to the daytime.

intended for export, was commandeared bean prevented from reaching the Father- All land by the action of the British and Here is a party of Belgians, evidently by the Government for the Crown. rofugeas, the women fulk all bareheaded previons existing contracts of buying and French Fless and remain, some of them 14 of war, on enemy soil, some se priscuers and dressed in peasant costume.. At their selling were set aside, and made null side of hope: (/) in nestral countries. }

Iostend the Government stops is, heels trudge children of all ages whose Toid

rost and pays the real owner the full value of That is to say, that the Gerince have bean at Lovelon's greatness are alront and vacuous in character, as though some lie the contmst-price previously arranged. All deprived of the services of about five army dream was being unfolded. The children futare contracts will be controlled by a corps of greater or low valus probably 1intlenaly carry a patriotic flag of one of the representative boned of three experts, who of leas. Bat one may suppose that one Allies, which they aimlessly ware as some will act on behalf of our Government as half of them were trained soldiers. The benevolent paaser-by sympathetically greets haying agents for the Imporial Govern Austrian losses from this seas were..na them in unknown tongue. They are re-ment and private export will only be doubt, smaller. But they also must have garded with curiosity, pity and ampathy. allowed after the Imperial Government failed to get a considerable number of the

The peddling

ing fraternity

of the Strand has hare best fully supplied with their remen whose pames figured on their mitatar- The supplementary vote for a million nen brings provision for a altored its wares. The tower-sellers requirements. This will effectively protant rolls.

having bad time, the flag-sellers Are reap- total regular army of 2,180,-100 men exclusive of the Territorials.

ing a ich harvest. The Russian fag, which mide a

a tardy appearanes, is experiencing big boom.

Income Tax To Be Increased.

LONDON, Nov. 13. The Daily Telegraph understands that Mr. Asquish will ask the House of Commons to subction the rising of an additional million troops or the purposes of the war, making a total of two millions; and that the Drime Minister will also ask sanction mise a War Loan of $200,000,000. Mr. Lloyd George will probably anomer that £50,000,000 will be aised by additional taxation. The income tax will probably be increased So 28. 6d. in the pound.

BRITISH CASUALTIES TO DATE.

Approximately 87.000.

LATER.

Losos. Novy 13, 1.50 a..

Mr Asquith, in a written reply, stated in the House of Commons that the British casualties in Frines to October 31 were approximately

7,000 in number,

He was not, he said, in a position to estimate the losses of the ther Allies or their enemies.

THE FALL OF TSINGTAU.

What The Kaiser Was Told.

LONDON, Nov, 13.

An Amsterdam message sage the Governor of Tsingtau telegraphed the Kaiser on Monday that the fortress was stormed and broken in the centre and fell after the garrison had exhausted all means of defence. "Our artillery," the telegrain waya, **was completely overcome."

THE STRUGGLE IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

ACTION. CONTINUES AS VIOLENT ABEYER."

LONDON, Nov. 12, 6 p.m.

To-day's Paris communique says:-- On our Left Wing the action continues us violent as" ever, with alternate unimportant advances and retreats. The battle-front generally as not varied since the evening of the 10th inst. It now runs from Lombartzyde to Nieuport, along the Nieuport Canal to Ypres and the

egion of Zounebeky and enst of Armentieres.", li་ '

There has been no change in the British positions. The British repelled the enemy's attacks, especially the offensive attempted by the Prussian Guard.

There have been small actions in the region extending from Ln Basses to the Oise.

We maintained our position at Villy in face of a counter-attack and chiained & firm hold of the ground previously recovered.j

Our artillery at Cmound silenced the enemy's artillery, destroying me of their guns, and we made progress at Berry-au-Bar.

There is no change on the rest of the front..

LONDON, May 13, 2 a.m. The evening communique, issued at Paris says In the North we have maintained all our positions. The enemy attempted to debouche from Dizmude by a night attack, but was ropulsed,

Wa-resumed the offensive against the enemy who had crossed the Tear and threw them back at all points except one place where they bold 200 to 200 yarila on the left bank

We gained some ground in the Centre in the Tracy le-Val district, orthost of the Forest of Aigle A

Vigorau nitadke by the deronts in Argonne led to nothing

the

In halls dozen yards you might meet representatives of in mnay Defior- alities, and freely sprinkled amongst them the newipallored khaki soldiers.

"Every one bas papers, and as nor editions come up little groups of purchasers surround the vendors, whose stocks are quickly depleted. There is too record the story given by sold-out" ewangent that an American, finding he could not get his paper, was willing to buy two of thore, and went off grily with official nows

in the form of contents bills.

Over and above all fies the Army airship, whose gyrations ind mancutres are watched by thousands, and wo.come!

private speculators or trusta from maling a corner. The stock owners will receive the fall salto based on normal conditions. A soon as the war is over, or the special need has psod, the Act will be reposled by Onder in ouncil. It shows how we are able to rise to the occasion. In spite of its drastic character, the Act mente with approval."

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MADAME PAŤTIS EX-

PERIENCES....

How Her Hotel at Carlsbad Was Stormed, and Why.

No doubt the enemy counted on getting the majority of them somehow in the con- fusion which they hoped would prevail at she outbreak of war in the breathing space which they would in by a sudden doolaration before car Navy was mobilised. This calculation, like a good many others which they based our military reasoning about the working of despower, has gone wrong. What would not the Boreans give to have these lost legions to throw into the fight on the Aiste at peasant?

But solent the working of s

power

that it hix almost entirely escaped

notice, and people grouse over the less,

of three craindre, and ask why the British

| Navy does do moce ?,

Bloreover, id is curious to find ibat, even in 2 kaon

military intellect, faith in the

power of the British Narg is, an get, a

couple

further down to the Charing Cross "Please take it clear," said Mme, plant of tender growth. It his recently been Hospital, whore the Red Cross flag denotes Adelina Patti and her husband, Barthe German Nary is as yet intact, and that urged upon the Government to reflect that some of the aftermath of war, Quiet for Rolf Cederstrom, in an interview with an attempt et invasion. If only with second the wounded" appealt poignantly to all representative of The Observae. Lantine troops, is probabis. Therefore, it is and one is inclined to trespass on tiptoe in were not a uned at our hotel in Carlsbad, argued, the Government must not fail to the hospital szen.

as stated in the French papere, hat that Traffic, however, thondary along to the the herbaty wne directed against the keep an adeqanta namber of efficient troope rhythm of Business gual." ne sees a French et is who were snpigged thate in this county to repal such an attack. If batch of 50) semi-kbaki-civilian recruits What happened was the: We were kept

it be an "attempt" at invasion to make march past, full in the face stares the inalabad, with about hundred sud ready transports and to earmark's address of the nearest rezairing office, the fifiy Elb and American visitors, for the enterprise, then no desht, the attempt of hundred thousand Land-lurm troops fat red-white and-blas appoin of Lord Kit.

mouth, and treated wonderfully well.

a permissible chener, and one begins to feel that the One day. Bwerer, a mob cams to the is already in progress. But! Strand epitomised London at its best hot. It was composed of the employed the British Nacy in alan fact, and that, to remind critics of this prasion that cosmopolitan, interest-Pall Mall Gazete of the stories round about Carlsbad, who while it remains so, the Integrity of the wera out of work in consequence of the German Navy is a matter of indifference, faw French at heard that there were a

chefs employed in the Suto. then worry? The Coraament. may, I already foreseen and discounted Why and they were farious that the enemies of they so please, use every man j

man jack who their country should be making moneysufliciently well esined to further the while they were out of work.

main purposes of the campaign. They care to the hotel in the after noon and get the men nat. And they 76 warfare is to fight the enemy on his own And, furthermore. The great object of turned in the evening thinking that thera vera mere hidden there. It was soil and preventshin setting foot on ears. alega. The iron gate of the hotel were we wish to pocupy the attention of the The London correspondent of the shut ad for two hours wade balf the mub supposititious force told to invade or Western Daily Fress" (Bristol) as: It made the most terriblo nains outside; but the very lost means of doing so is to send not only in the direction of military aid at the end if that, time the rolige got rid of anfficient lesces abroad to engage their al- tention thers. The man-power of Gre many that our great Dominion are coming to them The French chefs whom they got the stance of the mather-country in her out warstikon away in Cerringe by the in not ilinitable. Lula aiready strained to great exczgency, In the course of a letter polie and put in prison or their own utmuskxtent. The more British tas langs firm of Colonist agents in the precibe As they we being ldren soldiers we can send to the Continent, the City Mr. James Allen, member of the way the ab stoned the Por French a chance is there that the enemy w

bave any to spare for even so desirable an Legislative Asserably of Queens, how man and stresmed, Down With the object as a raid on the country. These that in the matter of profecting the most origait the Frinth papers stated things are in the bands of the responsible supply of the country Austodia has been that hodili y was directed against rategists. Har if the country should surs help in time of need. Writing from bu has not at all. Nor is it take up dee merel

to and overy trains Brisbane, Mr. Allen sayy: * Cur Guvern. That we were stoned on the way to the aversen, there is no reason that I can ment have done a good stroke of nusin, station The authorities at Cirlshd did

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