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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1815.

BY TELEGRAPH.

(Renter's Service to the China Mail),

THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

A FRENCH EYE-WITNESS'S

ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHTING.

COSSACKS PLAY HAVOC

WITH THE TURKS.

THE FIGHTING IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

SEVERAL GERMAN' WORKS CAPTURED.

Today's Paris communiqué says

Losos, Jan. 18, 3.25 p.m.

Fran the New to the Dige the weather has been very stormy. There

were artillery, ducks at certain points.

Two Gertnar astacks near Autreches were repulsed.

There is no clunge in tite sectors of Soissons and Rheins.

hur artillery in the region of Perthes was most effective..

German attacks on Hill 203 west of Bourenilles were without resulte

THE CHINA MAIL.

BY TELEGRAPH.

AT THE EASTERN - THEATRE.

ENEMY NIGHT ATTACK ROUTED.

A Petrograd communique sayı:→

Lospos, Jan. 7, 0.25 p.m.

By means of a night counter-attack, we re-occupied the trench we lost at Gumius. All the Germans in the treach were killed. Two counter-attacks by the enemy prayed fruitless,

The enemy also attempted a nighs attack at Gulki, ed by our searchlights and routed,

They were discover.

Fresh attempth by the Austrian heavy guns to bombard Tarnow were, baulked by our artillery.

THE COSSACKS, ANNIHILATE THE TURKS,

LONDON, Jan. 19, 10.20 p.m.

A Petrograd ocial report states that the pursuit of the Turks besten at Karaozgan continues. After a two days' battle at Jonikor the Turks fed in disorder, suffering heavy losses,

Three hundred Turks were killed and wounded in a single charge by the Siberian Cossacks..

BRITAIN'S FINANCIAL RESOURCES.

Important Official Announcement.

LONDON, Jun. 18, 9.45 p.m.

It is officially announced that fresh issues of capital must be approved by the Treasury, and all conditions subordinated to the husbanding of tho financial resources for the successful prosecution of the war. No issues will be allowed of undertakings outside the Empire, while Overseas' issue will only be allowed whore urgency and special circumstances are shown.

The above restrictions do not apply to Treasury bills or to other short io. | straments of Colonial Governments and Municipalities.

LORD KITCHENER EULOGISES THE IRISH GUARDS.

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LONDON, Jan. 18, 5.20 p.m.

Earl Kitchener (Secretary of State for War), as Colonel-in-Chief of the Irish Guards, attended a parade of a battalion, and in an address said he was proud to command the Regiment, which was upholding the must glorious traditiona impérishable name.

We exptured several derinan works to the north-west of Pont-of its race in the present war, in which, he believed, it was destined to leave an Mousson in the only put of the Bois-le-Pretre still held by the enemy.

We nyelled a counter-attack, al maintained our guinis. The has been a heavy snowfall in the Vosges.. The enemy bombarded Tiaan without any serious result,

FRENCH EYE-WITNESS'S ACCOUNT.

LONDON, Joa..19, 3.30 a.. The French Eye-Witness," in a recount of the operations; since abeth inst., concludes a description of the buttle of Soissons by saying:

**Our offensive in this fighting, which was of a purely local character, was completely successful on January 9th, 9th and 10th, but was checked from the 18th onward by the rise of Blas Aisne and the destruction of the bridges across the river.

The enemy profited by the situación in attack us with great violence, with the object of forcing us back to the river and cutting us off. He aled. We took our troops huck to a point at "which, in any circum stances, the destruction of the bridges would have obliged us to establish

⚫urselves,

Terrible weather continued throughout,, min, snow, wind, fog and mud impeding the operations.

Besides the battle of Soissons, the noteworthy features have been, firstly, the extension, and consolidation of the successes of the Allies on the right bank of the Tser, between St. Georges and the sea.

The German offensive in this region was shattered, and the Allies gained_un_area_öf more than five kilometres beyond the river...

Secondly, fresh progress, was reade in the region of Perthes, Thirdly, the German attacks in Argome were checked, „Fourthly, there was a continintion of success in Upper Alsage.**

LONDOS, Jun. 19, 1.5 a.m.

The Faris evening communique says:- An uxplosion in an ammunition depot through the bursting of a shell set fire to a part of the village of La Boiselle occupied by our troops. The village had to be evacuated, but was re-captured on Monday morning By a vigorous counter-attack.

The enemy bombarded St. Paul, near Soissons.

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Havas Telegram, Jan. 18. French Stock stands at 78.40. We repulsed two attacks to the north-east of Vie-Sur-Aisne and our artillery was very effective in the Perthes region.

NEW QUARTER-MASTER GENERAL OF THE GERMAN ARMY,

LONDON, Jan. 18. 5.20 pm.

A telegram from Amsterdam says that General Wild von Hohenborn has been appointed Quartermaster-General to the German Army,

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN

...CHINA

Mass., in its issue of Nov. 19 has an article en theducational movement in China under the general heading. The Universities of the World." In the course of it the writer

Tho Christian Science Monitor of Buston,

WAR NEWS.

GERMANY THE ACCUSER.

Blaming Britain for the War.

Malled Flat Bombast to the

Reichstag

China is coming with a rush into the Western educational world. In single decade, or at least since 1985, she has abolished her ancient educational system. aaociated with centuries of tradition, and and nocthod of training foend in Europe Dr. von Bethmann-Holweg, the Risers has accepted in large mesure the spirit

and America. Higher education wae first for experience in China relative to primary Inaugurated, there being little knowledge cr kindergarten education, which since has heen established. The first great need falt was that for teachers, and hence the estali lishment of normal schools with consider hile rapidity throughout the empire. In two years the province of Chibli, the i examplu, showed a recerili 10,410 tanchers who were engaged in presenting the new learning,

In this province of Chill in the year

Mellenble-iron Chancellor." in the "Heichstag, on Dec. 3, in the absenco of his Imperial master, made a memorable speech on the war. The occasion was the wary credit vote at £250,000,000. against which only one vote was re- card, that of Dr. Liebknecht, the Socialist.

AMSTERDAY, Dee, 2

The Chancellor, addressing the Reich.

1008 the provines where Yaso Shih-kai * Bid-

Que first thought goes out to the

the imperial edice abolishing the old Team-Kaiser and the anay and navy-our sol was viceroy we find, only three years after ing, the following modern institutionsdiers who tre fighting for the honour in Uce aniversity at Tientsio, ma provincial

school, une

German attacks in "Argonne were unsuccessful. We took up several works to the north-west of Pont-a-Mousson in the only part of Le Petreschools for gizle, and 179 half day and half. Wood still in the hands of the enemy.

Thin

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additional 17,000 students in the city of own destiny.

or high college at Paotingfu, seventeen greatness of the Empire. Fill of prides industrial schools, two medical colleges, and unshakable confidence, we look to three alien language schools, four law them and to our Austro-Hungarian com schools, physical culture and masicles in arms who are firmly united to mercial institutions, ly cool, lght contus to fight grust battles with brilliant

five schools for agrical rivery. ture, thirty middle schools, 174 upper schools, 8,834 lower primary schools, 131 ben obliged to join 4, is the Ottoman Our most recent ally in battle, who has primary schools, 10 mixed grade primary

Empire, which knows well that, with the schools,

destruction of the German Empire, it too

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REFEREES XAMINATION, The next exition of candidates as Telerves for rocognition by the Bonekang Finchell Association will be held on Monday. Fahrry 1st Names should be vent to Mr. F. W. Eger, hon. secretary, as won as possible,

ST. HELENS COURT

BULLETIN.

One would have imagined that Smith's bookstalls already groaned amter sa over heavy weight of literature, the news in circulation in the many papers in Foglind would be more than could be consumed by twice the number of the reading public, Bwever the reading public in many headed monster thing, arch head was news served up in its own way. More e-pecially does each hand want to know what

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is happening to its own particular body; in

days of great excitement and war,

always in the history of, the proere of the world, the supply comes up to meet the demand and every week sees a host of new publications.

thu

Among the man which have come to our notice is the St. Eelen's Court Bulletin, n bright little bi-monthly production, produced and published privately by Asiatic Petrolgaar 'o. Ltd., and the Anglo- Saxon in the state of the combined Patroleum Co. Ltd. for the purpose

of

Companies to obtain news from time to time regarding their colleagues who bare joined the colours. The magazine containe x number of interesting letters from man with their regiments and a list of 219 men who have volantested for active service."

An anti-aircraft gun has been placed on the mof of St. Belen's Court, the firm's head quarters in London, and an amusing skít oa the duties of the anti nis craft gunners or Special Naval Resores, appear and rude as follows:

ON THE ROOF! Ä TALL STORKY,

How long have I been a sailor Well, sir,

twixt you and me,

(It was only last October that I first becama

"AB"

The ocean, to tell you the truth, sir, is a

thing I can't bear

If

I go for a sail on the Serpentine I'm a

martyr to mal de mer.

Hut I board my country calling for boys

of the bulldog breed. And I'm not the sort to let her down in

her hour of direst need. They wanted some three score atslwarts,

did the British Admiraltes.

A

Toman gun un top of the roof at St.

Helen's Court, E.C

I told them that I was game, wir, and Win-

ston he said, tight Ho."

So they shoved me into a squad, sir, in the

charge of a CP.O,

Who told me to turn my teen nuit, "late"

and stand as ense

(His language was simply shocking. air, You should see me guarding the hatchway. when I dropped the bread and chees.) ..a-doing my seatry.go

Holding on to a blooming rifle, that's

loaded for til I know.

No matter whether i: looks like rain;or

whether the brees Hows chill. Grim.

our doing Jastructors, "Sir, insist on

our dril

With our autoustie gun, air, we can toll at Gib from Water Jacket nod a cartridge a glance (ank)

from a Crank,

We also repuised a eninter-attack, maintaining all the gains we had the pro-race of Chihli alone, together with i would lose its national right to control its/ When I talk about laying a gun, siz, you'li |

previously nequired).

The enemy bombarded Thatin without result.

(Official Telegrame from the British Foreign Office.)

:

On the 17th inst. in the vicinity of Autrenches (north of Vic-Sur- Aise) two German attacks were repulsed..

The

No change is reported in the Soissons and Rheins sectors. range of French astillery was very effective against the enemy's positions in the Perthes; region.

The

German attacks west of Bourduilles in Argonne proved futile. French occupied several German works north-west of Pont-a-Mousson,

The Germans bombarded Thant result.

GERMAN AEROPLANES CAPTURED.

fancy I'm palliae your leg

You

couldn't lay a gun, siz, so more than you could an

Peking. It was less than twenty years ago As our chemies have formed a power- that the old Chinese riceroy, Chang Chib-ful coalition against us, they will, I hope, tung, when askea tu open a school for

find that the ara of our trave allies We've to tu bie province, said - Wonten wuwun should

not be given books in which to his reaches the weak spots in their world their embroidery threads."

position.

There is, indeed, no Kronter revolution The incomparabilo lluetry of qur

YOU, OF WE

But, Lor blew you, wo do it regʻlar, and

hund ads of

et things a wall..". to look alive, I can tell hert Ger hands like(Censored). My knuckles are barked and battered, my

finger-nails tipped with gore.

Our life is hard ons?-Ayo, air, and our 1's chronic starth and a crick in the

neck, and my limbs are stiff and acre. plack is put to fe proof

than that which has come over the o nations enemy's country. There wa, still stand in China, as well as in Egypt and India, troops hats carried the way into the

relative to the education of women. In the province to which reference has just been firm, and can regard the future with costly to be 3,314 women students, not resistance is not broken. We, ara no The lach of the wild Nor Easter it cuts as made-Chibi- there were reported re-every comfilence bus thecary's When we're doing the middle watch, sir,

on the slippery, pich dark roof. women were distributed under 313 reachers nation will enations to support the (If you had to work in a night shift, you'd isclading tho e in Peking. Three young jut at the end of our sucrifice The through and through through & different towns, and included two kindergarten training schoule, 119 ale urifors with the same himoisin" as ¦ feel the enld, Rie, Tan mectary schools. three high and the hitherto, for we inust and will fight to In the teeth of inting blizzard we'en normal schools.

We're thosands of feet above the earth,

to fight for our very broath,

Latinstions.

o successful end our delrasive war for right and treatm

1.

A like educational sdrince is avilont throughout the farge cities and the chief provinces of the middle kingdom. Eight We will then remember how cur do thoused German neroplanes flew over our positions in Champagne, and were Nanking, with 109 schools and 720 teachers, were maltreated in a manner which is a students are to be found lufenceless compatriots in hostile countries received with gunfire. Two descended in our lines near Bar-le-Duc. The one person to every 34 of the Naoking disgrace to all civilisation. machines were intact, and four aviators were captured.

represented in thema; There have been intermittent cannonites and fusillades in Argonne, present with 8,524 institutions, Shantung Chibli leads t

The world mont Icare that no one And between Arganue and the Vosges there was more snow and a tempest. with 3,023, followed with

can hurt a hair on the head of a GT list of man subject with impunity. provinces claiming an ever-increasing number of young

Loud cheers.) It is evident to us who And young women. men Rindying along lines simuar to thone known is responsible for this, the greatest of all in the Weat. The Imperial University of war The úpparens responsibility falls Peking, which was opened in 1911 on those in. Kussis who dared and enz. embraces virually all the principal fed out the motilisation of the Russian departments of technical sæd |

dierny stily

ARAES ATTACK MUSCAT.

Defeated With Heavy Loss.

Lostos, Jun, 10. 7.25 p.m.

and

I the ori ntal stadont is trained here to semy,,Thỏ seul responsibility, however, literatura, law, natural science, languages, fails on the British Government. The A telegram from Delhi says thut the Amb tribes of Oman hava agriculture, commerce, and engineering, Cabinet in London could have made the attacked Muscat. They were repulsed by the 25th Russell's Infantry The closing days of the schools of China was impossible if it had without an and the 102nd Grenadiers with the bayonet. The enemy last 600 out of no longer are marked by long, maningless biguity declared at Petrerad that Great a force of 8,000. The rebels were led by Isu-bitr Saleh, who is reported to pictures serieuf athletic exercise.

reciations in memory work, but by s Eave been wounded. The British ensunities were gix Sepoys killed, and Captain Costen and fourteen men wounded. Maple

The Official Press Bureau says this is a continuation of a tribal rising against the Sultan of Muscat, British troops had previously been sent to support the Sultan's forces. The rebels are reported to he much dis-your third in trying to dialedge the

meartened.

Britain would not allow a Continental war to develop from the Auto Serbian onflet. Such a declaration would also Lo obliged Franco tak pergolic incasures to restrain Russia frenador- inking warlike operations,

and a single slip means Desthet

And, you must a forgot the fact, sir, when

you're avexly tucked in bed,

That we're watching with bloodshot eye.

balle Fer the X-ppelios overhead.

And the Tauber (hey're aizyplanes, sir, so

perhaps you ain't aware),"

For we never know bon the bombe may at it to whiz through the mocky nie.. One bomb id eight, they tell us, is likely to

ide Real ear fate.

And that particular bomb, of course, wo wants that you say, sir! We're heroes

should all a-bomb-in-eight,

But it's little we rack of danger if our Well, maybe you ain't far weg, in grog's warred list and strong. Stell the people you meet, sir, that this

is our bath o cry

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