1914-11-27 — Page 5

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1914

BY TELEGRAPH.

(Reuter's "Service to the China Maik)

THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

BRITISH BATTLESHIP BLOWN

UP OFF SHEERNESS.

HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.

STATEMENT BY LORD KITCHENER,

STEADY ADVANCE OF THE ALLIES IN FRANCE.

THE CHINA MAIL.

BY

TELEGRAPH.

TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVERY OF THE TROOPS,

The delay caused by the fall of Antwerp just gara Sir John French time, by a bold forward movement to prevent the Germans reaching the north const of France. His Lordship eulogised Sir John French's Army. At the time, they were attacked by eleven German borps, and afterwards they defeated the Prussian Guarda Lord Kitchener also paid a warm tributa to the fighting qualities of the, French troops."

COMPLETE CALM IN BELGIUM.

Fonday, Nov. 27, 12.50 p.m. The Paris evening official cenmanique states that there is completa calm in Belgium

There were caucundes in centre, but no infantry attacks. Nothing.noteworthy occurred in Argonne

There was a slight engagement east of Verdun.

RUSSIANS CAPTURE TWO WHOLE AUSTRIAN REGIMENTS.

A Petrograd, communique states: The battle of Lecz continues to develop to our advantage. The efforts of the Germans are being directed to facilitate the retreat of their various corps, which, having penetrated to the direction of Breziny, are retiring on the region of Strykow under conditions. very unfavourable to them.

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We are meeting with success on the Austrian front, where wa took,8,000 prisoners yesterday, including two whole regiments with their commanders and officers

RUSSIANS OUTCLASS' THE GERMANS IN. STRATEGY.

LONDON, Nov. 26, 6,45 pam.

A Petrograd message says that the Garman's strategy bas astounded the Russians. The enemy intended to advance gimultaneously on Lodz from tha north and south and by seizing the railway between Skierniewice and Pid- trkow, separate the northern and southern Russion armies.

The Germans, however, became sandwiched between the Russian forces except in the west, and their advance from Ezentccbow, failed. Their theorîm led them to disaster, The Germans broke through the Russian lirea and captured Kolushky, south east of Lodz on the Warsaw-Vienus railway, but

RUSSIANS ROUTING THE GERMANS IN POLAND the gap was filled by Russian troops from the east and the Germans were cut

A BRITISH BATTLESHIP BLOWN UP.

Mr. Churchil, First Lord of the Admiralty, announced in the House * Commons that the battleship Bulwark Abeerness.

LONDON. Nov. 26. 5.15 p.m.

had been blown up off

Heavy Lesa Of Life.

Mr. Churchill added that twelve men, ut of seven or eight hundred. bad been saved.

[HM.S. Dulwark was ingarhed in 1st and completed in 1902. She was 35,000 displacement with engines of 15,000 horesis poter, ziding a speed of 18 kante. She was equipped with 4 12-inch gun. 12 Ginsb and it inch quick- frers, 2 Baht quick-firers, mud 2 machine grus.--EL.:

Result Of An Accident...

LATER

Mr. Churchill said that the Vice Admiral and Rear-Admiral who were present had reported that it was an internal magazine explosion which seat the ship arunders

There was no phoaval in the water, and the battleship had entirely disappeared when the smoke cleared

The loss does not affect the military position, but regret is felt at the Jos of life,

Another telegrain states that the disaster is attributed to an explosion while ammunition was being londe).

THE FIGHTING IN POLAND.

German Armies Being Overthrown.

Losoos, Nov. 26, 2.20 p.m. Everything points to the overthrow of the German Annies operating Poland.

The situation respecting the fighting between the Vistula and Wärta summed up in a telegram from a good Russian source us a deroute complete.

ANNOUNCEMENT BY LORD KITCHENFR.

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off and surrounded, and it was here that they sustained their main tosses. Further southward numbers of the enemy were also sat off.

| British Foreign Official · Telegram ...).

BRAVERY OF THE INDIANS.

The Indian Corps has gallantly retaken soine trenches which were. kiss yesterday. They captured 3 Genon officers and mons than 100 men with aortar and 3 machine guns.

WAR NEWS.

the Norddeutscher Lloyd Company, which It appears that the steamer Gneisenau of

used to run out to the Far East, was sook in Antwerp harbour during the siege of the

port.

The police seized, a powerful wireles plast at the residence, at Twyford, of Professor Arthur Schuster, the well-known scientist, And brother of Sir Feliz Schuster. Schuster admitted to the police that he could receive roessages from Berlin and Paris with the plant.

LORD CURZON'S "DON'TS?""

self of a catalogue of "Dont's" with regard, to the W. There are some even in this Colony who would do well to read, mark learn and inwardly digest them. They are as follows:-

Lord Curzon has recently delivered him

Don't think the war does not affect you individually.

Don't be overjoyed at victory; don't be downhearted at defent...

Don't bo unnerved by personal or family bereavementa.

Don't be frightened at the casualty lists, so long and sometimes so distressing.

Don't think that you know bow to wige the campaign and that the War Office does

Kat

sign buildings in Scotland have resulted in

Farther researches into suspicious for

wireless telegraph apparatus in houssha w the discovery at Kingborn, in Fifeshire, of Don't get nervous because the progress of

war is low; it can commanding an excellent view of the Firththese stages.

aly be low in of Forth.

Don't believe all that comes from: Berlin.

Don't underrate the enemy.

..

The Straits Echo says:-We learn on good authority that the Colonial Oce

Don't waste breath in attamping, to in London is now in possession of infor- Emperor in this world or the next. We will ascertain what is to happen to the German mation which proves that for some con-and-out to dispose of bin in this world. siderable time two German residents in Penang were actively engaged as secret agenter for the German Government. Bath

of these persons were wali known and rather popular members of Penang society; another a good deal of hospitality. from which they received at one time and

V.

Writing from the front in France ane of the British soldiers says: We made the ment wonderful trenches, worth all the fortrusses in the world, for they were im pregnable even by Black Maria, who diga at bad swoop a holo 8f doop and 15ft. theatres and themselves rabbits, and when ICPORA. The men called them the mbbit the big guns gave ten seconds warning they cried out Here comes the game keeper and darted into their holes.

LONDON, Nov.27, 0.55 p.m. In the House of Lords to-day Lord Kitchener announced that Russians bud cheeked and defeated the Germanis, whose losses were grenter than ever before,

REVIEW OF THE SITUATION.

In reviewing the situation, Lord Kitchener emphasised that the Germans had made no advance since be last addressed the House. The arrival of the Indian troops had been of great assistance. Our losses hed, naturally, been heary, but they were alight compared with those of the enemy..

Don't begin to divide up the German Empile before you have got hold of it.

Don't haten to any one who cries "Hals!" hefur we have carried out the full purpose for which we are fighting.

When the war is over don't throw away the Jersons of the war..

THE GERMAN TEN COMMAND

MENTS.

the

BY

TELEGRAPH. VICTORIA THEATR

(Wah Teh Yat Po's Sorcics.):

LICENSED GAMBLING IN CANTON.

PEKING, NOV. 26. A strong protest is being made to the Central Government against the decision of the Kwangtong Provincial Government to allow the licensed gambling houses to be re-established in Canton,

LOYALIST PROPAGANDA.

The Progressive Society has decide! to send into the provinces a number of lecturers to exhort the people to remain loyal to the Republic.

COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE,

General Sun Wu's scheme fec compulsary military service will operate first of all upon the nobility it is adopted.

CHARGES AGAINST AN OFFICIAL

The President has ordered the ex- Canton magistrate Tang Koon to be tried on charges of upholding gambling and discharging criminals. He was ins peached by Li Kwok Kwan, Civil Governor of Canton.

TYPHOON WARNING.

The following telegram was received at the American Consulate General from the Manila Observatory at 12.10 p.m. to day:-- Cyclone or Typhoen. W. of Palawan, moring W.

SPORTING.

CRICKET.

CRAICENCOWBs C. C. v. Potick

RECREATION Care.

In this match, which takes place at the C.C.C. and to-morrow-starting at 2.13 p.m.Craigeagower will be represent od by c

Taylor, J. V. Bran, E. L. Braga, R. Pestonji. D. Khara, W. E. Rose, W. H. Viveath, R. G. Southerton, sud 8. D. Seras..

L. A Rose, R. 3. Carvalho, H. H.

Kowzoox . C.'~ TEAM.

In their match with the Hongkong C. U. on the Hongkong grocad-starting at 2.15 p.Kowloon C. U. will be represented

by

Uc: Forsyth. LE, Muen, L. Moberly. L. Gray, Major Robertson, E. B. Read, W. Kar, J. P. Robinson, K. R. Macaskill, F. J. de Rome, and A. A. Claxton.

Hongkong's team was published in last night's China Mall.”

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

H.M.S. T. SOCTE WALK BORDIRIES.

Borderers.

A

E.M.5. Taman and the "C" Coy, of the, South Wales Borderers put opposing teams in the fald at Happy Valley yesterday had the advantage due under the Hugby code. The Navy men put up

to practice and Leary Born against the game with very little pretension to artistry But it was scrambling

and as far as exercise went the Barderars enjoyed it equally as much as their more trained opponents. Ultimately the Navy stored six goals and two tries (36 points. to pil. Almost every attempt by the "Tamar" men to score was realised the army being woefully wosk in all depart ments. Yet it was a welcome change to the have recently undergone. Campbell, for Borderers after the sterner existence they the Navy. was over happy in the numerous

around opponents.

Iwo were Germans we should have laid pigeon-holed it carefully again the time out our plan of campaign on paper, and when the onler was given to mobilie, says the London Correspondent of the "Straits rings he made Times." This is what the Goriaus appear to have done, and we have discovered 175 M. Mauris Parres, the well-known A roundabout WAY Count Bernstorff

Following is the Hongkong Football French riter, who recently visited Alsace, Goran Arabassador in the United States, Club's team to meet the South Wales states that the French found the German speaking in a club, recently enumerated Borderers to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon ambulance at Ron le te insperance what he humorously described as the "ten It is hoped there will be a large turn-out of

tho German pence for

tora

for France, or 4.30 on the clab ground, Happy Valley. condition as a result of the intemperance at of the loctors. The rooms were full of

on by friend to M. Clerdencena, reason beat Shanghai by 38 points. A who had been dead for over a wook. Some London. I send them out to the Straits Claxton; Three-quarter backs A. N. Jose

who HAS nude them

pablic

in Paris and fine gume may by expected-back A. A, days with operations half finished, and in Settlements with the suggestion that they hand, H. S. Roase, R. M. Henderson and of the wounded bad remained for several one rooms there were stacks of corrupting ay be filed for reference and comparison It. H. Whittall hats backs &. S. Keup- the day of reckoning comes. Here thorne and N. C. Wilson: forwards H. G. they are many

His lordship announced that we are in touch with the Turkish forces wounded mizgled with the bodies of men /ardments," and they have been spectators to see the 'Borderers, who last

thirty miles east of Suez.

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Lord Kitchener also stated that the Government desired the people to have all the information that was possible, without detriment to military interests.

ALLIES MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS.

LONDON, Nov. 26: 5.15 p.th..

A Paris communique states that no important action took place Jesterday.

The cannonade in the north diminished in intensity, and there were no infantry attacks against us,

We progressed slightly at certain points.

The bombardment was continued in the Arras region.

dond

Advices from Berlin received in Copen- hegen, about Uctober 31, decribe the Germans as being depressed by their defont |

Indian troops. They admit, that is la impossible to meet the Indians is hand-to- lund fighting, owing to the Indians greater strength and activity. It is reported that the British.reserve the Indians in every

The energy inade a completely abortive attack at Missy and battle till the moment for hand-to-band -sustained serious losses.

We progressed to the west of Sousin.".

Calm provailed i Argonne, Woevra, Lofaine and the Vosges.

combat arrivée. It is believed ia

Berlin that two hundred thousand more Indiana are coming, and it is hoped that some of them will be ordered to the Cape. Germany would

occur in August, Iti' accordanes with. agreements with Beyers, so that Indians would be east to the Cape, and not to Europe.

There was an abundant snowfall, especially in the heights of the hoped that insurrection in the Troonraal Vosges.

(Official French Telegram,)

THE FIGHTING AROUND YPRES.

MINES AND SHIPPING."

London, November 16... Sweden, Denmark; and Norway - haro presented A note to Britain, France,

November 24 was a very calm day Indian troops south of Ypres Russia and Germany on her difficulties mcovered, the trenches which were lost the provious evening, taking owing to the war, especially from mi er, sumerous prisoners amongst German troops including many officers and among Scandinavian shipping. It refers three machine guns. French troops slightly progressed near Berry-su-equally to the Baltic and the North Ses Bac-anit in Argonne.

sad in po fectly friendly in tous, (*

HAVAN Telegram, Nov. 25.

We progressed between Langemark and Zonneboke Indian troops retook, near Labasses, tranches lost the day before. We progressed slightly near Berry-au-Bac and in Aronne, and

sepulsed attacks in Bothincourt. North West of Verlun

The Germans asked for a suspense of arms but it was refused,

We bombarded Armavilo in the Pont-a-Mousson region.

WHT IT SELLS. AMBERLAIN'S Cough Remedy is

large-ts-ling tough medicine in

the world, to-day, because it does efectly what agnogh-rem-dy is supposed to do It stops the ough by eating the old, and

braft Storekeepers,

The Russians have continued their pursuit in Poland, and the does it speedy and the tale Caucasus the Germany and Turks are retreating.

when the

1. All the French colonies, including

Morocco, Algeria, and Tunis.

2. All the country osat of a line from

Saint Valéry of Lyons.

3. An.

of ten milliards of

4. A treaty of commerce, allowing Ger

man goods free entry into France for twenty-five years without reciprocity 6. The suppression of recruiting Cia

Franco for twenty-five years.

6. The demolition of all French fore

treases.

Hegarty R. Kennedy, P. Leigh Bennett,

a Murdoch, J. Ralston, J. M. Walker, FR. Wataon and C. Woodhead.

TURKEY WANTS OFFICERS.

Germany Unable to Supply Them.

London, November 16,

Turkey receptly asked for several 7. The handing over by France of thres German aficers, but Germany replied that million rites, three thousad gaan, aan wat unable to supply all, but would. and forty thousand herson,

| senā" Austrians. The fealing against,

8. The admission of German paten: German predominance in the Turkish army. rights in France for twenty-five years is already strong and it is hardly likely the without reciprocity,

Turks will stomach Austrians.

1. The abandonment by Frares of Rus Sotsia and Eögland.

10: A trests of alliated with Germany for

twenty-five yearS,

CHINESE CONSTABLE, IN THE *book.

Before Mr. Wod this afternoon Chinese constable was charged, on an adjourned gone, for assault at Hunghom The charge washid by a riekaba coalie who complained to the constable that he had been united by a small biy. 10 WAS a lerod that the constel·la ignored the appen and rack the conlie.

that, the chinplaingat natuched.

Another ca able walled and denied.

A Frankfort papur relates how an application for a patent for German invention, the, izade mark of which con sisted of a fizore representing "John Ball? with the head of a ball-dog has "bean refused by his Berlin Patent Office on the ground that the all-down animal whome qualities of temanity and holduras. seg frequently nowcated with the monal character of the English and its pictorial repressatation at the present time is greatly to be deprecate

ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN.

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discharged the accused,

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