1914-12-29 — Page 5

TUENDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1914.

BY

TELEGRAPH.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mait.)

THE WAR.

ALLIES STILL ADVANCING

IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM,

FURTHER DETAILS OF THE NOVEL NAVAL COMBAT:

REPORT BY THE OFFICIAL BYE-WITNESS.

AN ALL-NIGHT BATTLE FOR A VILLAGE. "

Dec. 29. 8.25 p.m.

BY TELEGRAPH.

THE CHINA MAIL.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

A meeting of the Conncil has been called for Thursday next, when the following

(Beuler's Service to the China Mail business will be discussed pa

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Report of the Finance Committee.

EUROPA.Resolution

A HURRICANE IN

LONDON, Dec. 29, 2.15 p.m.

(Wah Tu Yat Po's "Service.)

PRESIDENTIAL PARTY.

HONGKONG YOLUNTEER CORES.

Corpe Orders by Lieut.-Col. K. Chapman, V.D.

SCOTTISH LETTER.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

VICTORIA THEATR

EATRE

TO-NIGHT, 29th DECEMBER

The Great War Picture

EUROя, November 19.

COMPULSORY OR VOLUNTARY ADVICE

It is herahy resolved that a sum of

Public discussion of the subject of re- Foliara Taree hundred and forty-eight | cruiting hàs mainly proc edad on the lines. A hurricane is interrupting tale theoward eight hundred and sixty-six and of exhausting the principle of voluntary grams from England to the Continent.vanced cut funds in the custody of the rice before resorting to any methods of | Conta ninety«!hree ($348,806,93) be, ad-

Government for the constraction of Kow.compulsion for the purpose of binging the leon-Canton Railway (British Section) Forces of the Crown up to the standard of during the year 1914,

military neconsity. But in Scotland we are opeuly preparing ourselves for a recost to the sterner mathed, to "physical persassion.". This is evident both in the Sadical and Unionist prese To take the Radicals first: the politics of the

Dundeo. Advertiser will not he in S doubt and it writes,There can he co question that the duty of defence of the national position is quiversal when a The nation may discriminate among its national enemy 14.thundering at the gate. citizens on the ground of their

trees for the task, but its claims upon

persoon them is general and equal, whan such an emergency na this is upon it. It is calling Parades for Wednesday, 30th instant, upon them now voluntarily to

up their duty, and what is the reaper. For will say that it is satisfactory.

is more than three months the war bayan, and certainly over two onthe since its terrible and a critical character has been realised, and yet little.

Pastso, Dec. 28. The President is giving a dinner party to high officials at the palace. jon January 1.

ISSUE OF STUREN.

3

It is notified for information that no APPOINTMENT FOR AN ADMIRAL.sues from the Corps Store will be made between this date and the 5th of January inclusive.

YARADZY

It is rumoured that Admirul Lou Koon Hung will be given a provincial governorship.

PROJECTED TRADING FORT.

The Financial Department pro- poses to appropriate $3,000,000 for the opening up of Fulco Island as ja trading port,

LEFT FOR U.S.A.

The otheial Eye-witness at British Headquarters states: Fighting on the il-continued with determination, our efforts being directed to lessening a small gap in our centre. The Germans were gradually driven back, but nado n fresh effort and in the afternoon our men id to face severe three-sided fire which compelled them to retire from the village

Mr. Alfred Sve, Chinese Minister they were holding. British re-inforcements arrived, however, and the village was stored, our troops firmly resextatilising themselves in their to the Chart of St. James', bas.re trenches. French troops co-operated in the movement, anul gave moss ported by cable that Dr. Chit Chin valuable assistance. Next day, niter a fight lasting through the night. To has left London for the United

States.

DETAIL.

Urderly Officer, Lieut. Danby,

rderly Sergeant, Corpl, E. B. Reed. To furnish Guard to-night, No. 2Section Artillery

To farnish Guant to-morras, Lath See tion M.G. Co.

HONGKONG, VOLUNTEER

RESERVE.

Orders by Major Wakeman, O.C.H.K.Y.R.

MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.

It is notified that members of the Re defences and/or on the starch light are entitled to receive free medical treatment either in the Government Civil Hospital or

cire to be repented members should return the empty bottles.

wo advanreil and seized n Germaulius of trenches, but the position being i too exposed we retired to our original line and secured a firmer hold of the village. The fighting throughout tok place over a veritable quag INQUIRY INTO THE DEATH OF A out-patients. When sending for medi. miro. It was evident on the 23rd that the enemy's attack was spent, and they did not attempt a further advance, having suffered severe loss. Nation on the 24th was confined to mortars and hand grenades, but the

CHINESE.

Belgian and French creeps made process at several points between the ducted an Inquiry this afternoon as the

British forces and the sen

GERMANS HEAVILY. DEFEATED IN POLAND.

15,000 Prisoners In One Wack.

Dec. 29, 2.15 am.

A Petrograd-eñmmunique states that the German attacks in Central Poland have been everywhere repulsed with heavy less to the eneny, who is retreating precipitately. In the Carpathian mountains 5,000 prisoners were captured on December 26, and 15,000 were taken in week's fighting south of the Upper Vistula. An attempt by the Germans to re-inforce their troops in the Carnatitians was frustrital,

DISTINGUISHED BRITISH OFFICERS,

LONDON, Dec. 28.

The "Gazette" aunounces that temporary Brigadier-General R. C. B. Haking, C.B., and Brigadier-General F. C. Shaw, C.B., bave been promoted to the rank of Major-General for distinguished conduct in the Aeld.

(Previous to the war. Major General Haking had commanded the 5th Infantry Brigada sín 1911, and Major-General Shaw was in eommand of the 9th Infantry Brigade #iner 1913.-Ed]

THE STRUGGLE IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

LONDON, Dec. 28, 1.20 .m The Paris evening official communiquer states that the enemy, after directing a heavy artillery aud infantry fire all night against our positions at Laboiselle and the vicinity, delivered two unsuccessful consecutire athurks. We hold -strongly the trenches which were captured near Puisaleine. We are consolidu- ting the occupation of the ground which has been won near the treach of Calonna on the heights of the Meuse.

ALLIES CAPTURE' MORE OF THE ENEMY'S POSITIONS.

LONDON, Dec. 28, 4:55 p.m.

taka

if any, over a milion men bare been en Listonl And it is plainly pointed out that if there is a

Curiously enough

Iff

be made to etter response, a resort mas - En repin trainionist organ liko

the

Herald" gu rds itself more carefully than the Dundee paper. There

such

is a great deal to be said in favour of univer Palmilitary training" of its moral effects 5s, "Ifonly becanan

ca thu commonweaika; ;

and reach of the

1 reasonable admit that

mable people will the arguments for serve who may he serving in the fixed to the intrudection of Piring irresistible." But it bass that we have 17stem would, in gin

conditions, be pot resched the point of having i to consider that as an imminent resource so lang na the supply of recruits can be maintained an Dything like reasonable figure and by a reasonable figure we mean one which the military authorities would not find ineon- oscillating spasmodically between the two veniently large, exasporatingly small, or

extremos And then The Herald follows this up with the warning, it is well to remember that there is a reserve of which the Government en power in Tail itself without violence of democratic sentiment namely, it can bring the old Milicis

Ballot Act into

operation.

Mr. Hazeland, sitting ts Coroner, en-

18th cancelling all exemptions, it is notified fa reference to the enler of December Magistry into the cinnumstance-attend-that a Sergeants in charge of the Sections ing the death of a Chinese named Wong at the Kowloon and Taikor. Shipyards are You, who died from a gunshot woundthorized to great leave from any parade, discharged by em Indian soldier at Ty

as the necessity arises. reporting each wo Tom Tik on December 6th.

with reasons to the Adjarant

The Jury was Mears. F. G. Chungut, F. J. Ribeine and C. A. Rodrigue. deness's eviations

Mr. Demys appeared on behalf of the

Dr. Smalley id he examined the body on. December after identification. There was a wound on the Telt side of the heal, just above and behind the left

forbit. On the right side was another wound just above the right ear. The

POYTINGS.

The following Recruits are posted as short, if an occasion of imminent nation? under:-

anger or of great emergency should 4arised the Government will be the judges of the creat-the country enn do more than issue persuasive appeals co the

Gordon J.M. Ravon AR. F. Gibbs A. Brawn A.O. Worcester W.G.... Digby H... Hinton W.J.... Woodcock G.A.

Coy.

Sec.

to

the

left wound was the wound of entry, and Brown W. and Warren A. G.

Matthewman T.H. Corp! Smith C-A.A Hho-cause of death wa fractured skuil-Engineer Section.

and lacemte bruin, the result of a gun. shot wound.

MONALLERS

3 patriotism of the nation. It SULZA bring 3 into operation a democratic instrument which has the sanctirin of centuries behind it to enforce the duties of citizenship all those who treat civis conditions as if they conferred rights and privileges without corresponding diquities,"

on

The advocates of universal military service are receiving strong support from the medical profession in the North. Tha

Private W. J. Crawford has joined as a Scottish Medical Guild discussed the mat

Cheung Pat, a low-werkman of the trained aigualler. deceased's, said he was spotting down with the deceased aus three nthers wher jun went off. They were picking up

ter, and unanimously passed a resolution declaring that compulsory military train ing is highly desirable in the interests physical And moral welfare of onr

their bowls and chop sticks At the THE BRITISH CONTINGENT FROM your en as well as for our national

report of a gun he saw the deceased foll Lorun. Witness went to the contineE tor. I saw soldier. about six feet

TAY

Inspector Gordon asked witness he any conversation with the soldier before the shot, Witness answbred in the negative,

Another workman gave "corroborative evidence.

.'

Shoua Khan, say, wid that abous noon. the day "in ques

DE

tion, he was seatry <inty,

JAPAN

The following am the names of the coutingens from Japan wow proceding to England to join the new Service BattalionsMessrs. Cyril F. Bird, W. Blundell, V. G.. Bowden, T. Beuhl, E. Esdain, F. A. Graham, G. L. Juman, W. K. Kingdon, W. Kirby, Lawiczce Machell, Graham Martyr. J. W. Mortyr, N. McConnochie, 0. Fenhow-Rowe, W.

Scott, L. Vincent and F. E. Wood

Recarity and undertaking, as members of the medical profession, to do all in their power towards its att

its attainmen

I was pointed out that 78 per cent of our what it would mean to a young fellow in population lived in towpe, and it

it was asked an office or a shop or in some form of sedentary life to be taken for four months

critical time of his life and given the " training, Food, glenalinem, and discipline his regenerating from the physical point of entailed by such a plan --it' might mean view. Their first duty as doctors, was to kop the race pure and strong, bus at. best of our men to be killed and the the

present time we were allowing the Of the above Menus, V. W. and G. Mnz weakest

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a lance-baik went with him to tyr have been granted commissions. In population of this country wanld depend to survive, and the fataro change the guard. The lance-naik told addition, the following had previously upon this weaker st. A Paris communique states:-We continued our advance to the weat of him to load then and he answered left Yokohama, Tokyo and lobe to join medical aspect of the question, it was Apart from the Lombartzyde and reached the foot of the dunes on which the enemy had that he had already loaded it. established line of resistance. We lost a section of our trenches south of lange naik turned back on heating the W. Cabusac, William Clarke, George W. and that was quite clearly an unfair,. The the Army-Messrs. Richard Heat, Baad urged that we were the only nation whose then hired other men to fight for them, Ypres near Hollebeke. In the Lena region near Carency we captured 800 reply. Five or six minutes later he Colter Charles G. Elder, K. B. Forde, an entirely undemocratic air agement. Festive Season may be obtained from us at the following reduced Prices

We beg to notify our Customers that Assorted Hampers suitable for the metres of the enemy's first line of trenches.

found that the gun he had was not his, Horace Gi Green, T. L. Turner, G. T. There has been intermittent cannonading în Alene and Champagne, which hut belonged to another sepoy.

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Arrangement was that way especially intense in the districts of Rheims and Perthes, the enemy opened the gun to see if it was loaded Shurmek, John H. Thomas, FL. P. Turner were to attempt to realise that, compulator He Guttridge. T. H.-G. Könderline, A H.. msa who was physically-fit for service should be able to escape. If we directing special attention to the positions we had captured.

for not and found it was not loaded. The and G. Upton. Beside the above the would be absolutely necessary. And it had We progressed slightly over the whole front at the heights of the Meuse.sentries hal-orders from the Command following Japan, rusidicists have joined the been recognised by the nations of Europe The enemy bombarded the railway station at Saint Die, and the railwaying Officer to kerp the gum loaded when Army-E. B. Johnson and E. Bailey who had their men under arms that the service has been interrupted.

Messex. W. Davidson, E. R. Thomas, and training made a man afterwards more. K. Hardmann (who joined at home while would otherwise Ber!

efficient and a better citizen thin he furlough), and Tammy Byron. The Japan contingent this number thirty-seven to date, very good showing in a Eritish community that scarcely exceeds two thousand-Japan Gazette.

A German counter-attack to the north-east of Steinbach was repulsed.

Havas Telegrun, Dec. 251

We repulsed & counter-attack against conquered truches in the Perthes region and progressed slightly in Argonne,

Wo repulsed two attack to the east of St. Mihiel. Our aeroplanes bombarded aviation sheds at Frascuti. Metz Railway Station,and St. Privat Barracks in Metz, L

on sentry duty. Hlu topped back as some Chinese were in front of him and stepping back in that direction he could seo nobody. Then he held the ga a leading position, tock a mound from his belt and loaded the gun. After closing the breech he then closed the cut off. He did not look forward as he was clos the gun, and when he pressed the trigger the gun went off. He did not

DISASTROUS MINE EXPLOSION 'IN JAPAN.

Six Hundred Men Entombed, We made further progress on the heights overlooking Ceramy going of started him. Later he saw a

know be had hot a man. The tions to the Naticoal Rolief Fund are the Amongst recently announced sabarzip- repulsing a few attacks.

At 9 o'clock on the morning of Decem Tokio. The Mikado dissolved. Parliament on it refusing credits pro-Chines lying on the ground about six following-Legislative Coopcil of Hong ber 1 an explosion took place at the posed for the Korea occupation. Le Trupa declares that the crisis has paces away.

kong, 29,437 104: British subjects and Hojo Coulmine, Togawa-gun, Fukuoka nothing to flo with the forwarding of Japanese troops to Eumpe: on the guid he let the magazine and when scribers in Bhangbai (por Sisear, fiz as the explosion decurred Replying to the Coroner, the witness others in North Borner £1,000, subprefecture, owned by the Miku Fashi contrary diplomatic nicetings and conversations are very active for the pulled the trigger he thought all ths 145, 2d.; British subjects ident on the fry that immediately broke out and to armed intervention by Japanese army in Europe.

Consol Generally secmd jastalment £267 measure were taken to extinguish the East Coast of Samatm, first donation, £1,000 offices and man of the Hongkong the men in the mine. About Gro Garrison, #163 1, f.; London staf P. men are believed to be entombed. Up and 0. Company, third contribution, £12 to o'chek on Tuesday evening only ten 128, 11d. and C. Ex

men had been tematied. Host of the men entombed an believed to have perished.

In the alterigen, as the volume of smoke bautur from the mine diminisho,

(Official Telegram "from French Government via Peking.)

South-east of Peronne a counter-nine work made by the Germans was destroyed.

In the Aisne and Chazapagne régions artillery fighting provailed. French troops destroyed two machine guns near Bauina. The Germans attempted unsuccessfully in the Perthes region to re-take. lost trenches.

Slight progress was made in Argoune where it is reported that the Germans are evacuating, several of their trenches.

The French blew up a German outpost in Lagrurie Wool with mines. German attacks against Boisbrule Redoubt (cast of St. Mihiel) were

repulsed.

THE NOVEL NAVAL COMBAT

FURTHER DETAILS.

LONDON, Dec. 27, 10.46 pm.

rounds were in the magazino.

Asked how a round got into the cham- ber, the witness said the catkiff is very Loose.

Inspector Gordon demonstrated to the jury the action of this cut-off and showed, .: that the gun esed by the sepoy was "do" A Chinese passenger on board the B witness, had opened the bolt twice to before Mr. Hazoland at the Magistracy this party organized and ven fective la this respect. Prisoner, and Calchss from Victoria, B, C., was charged

ing up, and after closing the bolt again permission, of ose Mauser pistol and 180 foul the ceiling of the pit had fallen iu avoid the chance of another round mun-morning with being in possession, without tured into the mine. As they advanced

20, or feet from the entran they!

through the loose out-of. a round must have entered the barrel, rounds of ammunition.

and that debris blocked the way, Man Mr. Faithful defended. Evidence abowed that the pistol had ones get about the removal of the munition had been cleverly concexied in debris, but the work of rescue made but

Me. Dennys said that the deceased we sitting on the hillside on a higher elaga. tion than the prisonce and that was probably why he was shot.

Arsoury Sergeant Avenal & the Hongkong Volunteers, said he asarni

things. The revolver bod byen taken to a pillow, a tea cosy, brooms and other slow me during the afternoon...

According to later investigations, suya pisces and the paris accured's gang hide thoughout the Japan Chronicle of December 18,

Defendant rid he was on his

Hejo mine when the explosion took place Dotective Flacott did not regard the case was 86, * Borinus.

the rifle and found, o defectivo cutor: bs Ching when he tested back tho "number of people who were ia fan

In all probability the shaking of the rifle consed the cut-off to move and let

the cartridge into the barrel

Me Dannys caked whether wit would su sich a rifle.

In coutinuation of the telegram sent yesterday the Admirally states: The British swiftly at maneuvred the submarines, while the gues of the Undaunted and the Arethan easily put the Zeppelins to flight on the riplied that she would

nos and added this the defect might

The British vental remained for three hours off the enemy's coast with hats been elued at any fine acroring out the enemy's ships appearing and without being barmad.

to the amount of usure the rifle recival,

The Magistrate Imposed a 810 fins and confiscated the articles,

A GERM DESTROYER, THE CHILDREN'S COLDS,

THERE no danger whaterer from WATCH the children gris and estre Baira is promilly applied. It is an antisep

Took juxor plead poison resulting from a wound, when Chucsberlain's Pain them before thoy cake the vitality. tis and destroys the gorma which cause.

Six British airmen returned safely, but Flight Commander Hewletta The metal ages worn nay. It coul) Co-Chamberlain's Cough Itemedy Ironly, theno dinanen aly cares woods, to

seaplane was seen wrecked. His fate is unknown

British bombs are discharged on points of military significance, but the damage done cannot be estimated,

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