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FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1915"

BY TELEGRAPH.

(Reuter's Service to the China Maik)

A NEW WAR MINISTER FOR

GERMANY.

RUSSIAN ARTILLERYSILENCE

GERMAN BATTERIES.

ALLIES "SOLIDLY HOLDING THEIR ENTIRE

POSITION."

NEW GERMAN WAR MINISTER.

LONDON, Jan. 21, 220 p.m.

A telegram from Amsterdam states that an official Berlin mesings mayz "that General von Falkenhayn has resigned the position of War Minister. The Kaiser accepted the resignation and appointed him a General of Infantry. General Wild von Hohenborn has been appointed' Lieut..General and War Minister.

THE SITUATION IN INDIA,

The chief of the General Stuff at Delhi has sent the following tele- gram, dated Jan. 21, 5.50 p.m., to Muj.-General Kelly:

The situation in India continues satisfactory. All quiet or frontier. Recruiting statistics very satisfactory,

THE STRUGGLE IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

LONDON, Jau 21, 12.45 a.m.

The Paris evening communique sayı (— The enemy in the morning gained a footing in a trench north of-Notre Dame de Lorette, but were expelled by a counter-attack, losing 100 prisoners. In an south of the Thiepval, region of Albert, on the night of the 12th inst, the enemy reached our entanglements.

Three successive attacks at La Boiselle were repulsed.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

BY TELEGRAPH.

SEVERE FIGHTING.

LONDON, Jan. 22, 1.15 kan.: The aveting communique states:-The enemy violently bombarded our positions to the north of Notre Dame de Lorette; then, as five o'clock in the morning, delivered a fresh attack, which was instantly childL). ** In Changne we occupied two little woods north of a facut at

| Beansdjour, the enemy counterattacking unsuccessfully,

In Angne the ternans essayed a serious attack on the salient of or line,

Stor St. Hubert there was a vileut bumbardiment which wrecked auz trenches.

Then the Germans rushed to the attack, which was repnised by dur Infantry.

Artillery fire und fighting coutinnes at Harnaus und Weilerkoff,

AN OPTIMISTIC NOTE.

Allies Marching To Complete Success.”

A French official Note emphasises that the Allies have made general progress, which at certain points is very appreciable. Indeed there has been a general retreat of the Germans except to the northitust of" Soissons. It can be affirmed that the Allies need only prepare with The Germun untiring patience in order to obtain remplete success. offensive is broken and the enemy's defensive will be broken in turn..

HOLLAND'S QUESTION TO GERMANY.'

Losos, Jan. 21, 10.45 p.m.

A telegram froth The Hague states that the Government is inquiring of Germany unent the alleged passage of airships over Holland,

LECTURE BY SIR CHARLES ELIOT.

CAUSES OF THE WAR."

At the University Hall last overing Sir Charles Eliot, K.C.M... Vice Chancellor of the University, gare an important lecture dealing with the primary cases of the present war.

An attack at Fentaine aux Chaumes-in Argonue was repulsed after a f hand-to-hand night

ARTILLERY DUELS.

LONDON, Jan. 21, 5.50 p.m.

-

A French communique states that artillery duels took place from the Sea -to the Lys and also routh of the Somme had the Aine, where we silenced. E. B. Reviz.

the enemy's batteries, North of Massiges our artillery had an advantage. There is no change in Argonne to the north-west of Post a Mousson.

I Boir le Pretre, the enemy violently counter attacked and succeeded

in re-capturing 20 metres of 500 metres of trenches, which we had captured or the preceding day.

We are solidly holding the entire position.

An infantry action has been proceeding since the night of the 19th inst. In the section of Than we are making slow progress over extremely difficult ground,

GERMAN AEROPLANES AND AVIATORS CAPTURED.

A French Government telegram states that on the 18th instant two German aeroplanes landed in the French lines between St. Menehould and Bar Je Duc with apparatus intact. The four aviators were made prisoners.

THE FIGHTING IN POLAND.

RUSSIANS ADVANCING.

LONDON, Jan 20, 9:40 p.m.

A Potrograd communiqus Bayu:- Our troops in Bukovina are advancing successfully. They occupied villages woven miles northward of Dornavatra, and made prisoners,

The Germans is the Rawa region twice resumed a partial offensive, but they were forced hack. The enemy attacked a bridge-head at Vitkovitze in tas night-time, using searchlights, star shells, and burning straw, but Russian artillery, at a range of 300 paces, mowed them down."

German artillery fiercely bombarded our positions southward of Radloff, and fired two villages behind our lines. They then delivered a massed attack, reaching our barked-wire entanglements, where they were defeated by a <withering Bre.

RUSSIAN ARTILLERY SILENCES GERYAN BATTERIES.

LONDON, Jan. 21, 8.20 p.m.

enemy at Malwa, whose attempts to penetrate our line failed.

We took the offensive nz Skemp, which the Germans burriedly evacuated. Our artillery was a match for the Germans' and silenced several batteries. We carried Vorokhta in Dukovina and defeated an attempted offensive action at Kiolibaba, making prisoners.

Air,

attack. Things went on until June Park la when the heir to the Austria throne visited Boga and way assisted with his wife.

BY TELEGRAPH. VICTORIA

(Router's Service to the China Mail)

THE LÄTE`·EARL ·ROBERTS' ORANDSON.

LONDON, Jan. 21. Lady Edwins Lawin, wife of Major Lowin and daughter of the late Earl Roberts, has given birth to a son.

(Wah_Tqx_Yat:Po's Service.)

BRANCH BANKS TO BE ESTABLISHED.

Parso, Jan. 21. The Financial Department has de- |cided to establish banking brüsches in the principal towns and markets through- out the countryagyon doll

TO TAX OILS

A bill for the purpose of larying a tax upon oils is now under discussion in the Legislative Council.

AN IMPEACHMENT CAN-

CELLED.

The impeachment of Admiral Lam Koon Hang has been caucalled on the re- commendation of Cha Kai Kim, the Minister for the Interior, who had Were the demands of the altunatum investigated the case. sent to Servis rossanblé asked Sir) Charles

hard to rather It was ho anid,

the e WAS DO

say

preciso precedent fer much a case. The HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORFS. Servian Government wax, undoubtedly

apathetic in that the asssination was

Corps Orders by Llant-Colonel A. Chapman, V.D.

a nove towards the unity of the Sarvian race. Had Austria taken Europe into her otdence and asked for reparation for the marder she would have got ample satisfac.

Sir Charles nextferred to Great Pain's action in joining the war,

Sir Charles expressed his sppreciation of the dimensions of his audience. His sub-other

Soon, iter

Sir Charles Eliot had"a large andienestion. which incluled the Chief Justice, Sir Willis Rees Divies, Dr Lander, Bhop We state that we did so to defend the Victoria, Commodore and Mr.neutrality of Belgium, which was guaran- Anstruther, Profesa Middleton Snaitheud by treaty in 1839 by Austrin, England, Major General Kelly, Hon. Mr. David, France, Prussis, and Rusain. If Belgium was occupied by any great power such as Landale, Hun. Mr. Claud Severn, Hos. Germany, that territory would be a menace Mr. Shellin, Mr. C. B. Melbourne. Bon. to the other continental powers."

established

understanding between Mr. B. Pallock, R. C Mr. and the Franco-German war Lord Granville Britain, France and Germany that if either attacked the neutrality of Belgium the

twn would co-operate ins her in defence of that neutrality. | ject was a very large one and had & Bismark construed neutrality even stronger, great many sides, some of which he would and said he would not allow German not be able to touch at all, including that ldiers returning from France tn Germany рама through the neutral territory of of armaments. He thought it could be Luxemborg How very different was the proved that the armaments of Germany sa attitude of Germany last year! compared with those of other powers proved the intention of preparing for aggressive war; it would require no lecture to show that. Similarly, he did not propose to go into German culture" and her desire to force it on the would.

OFFICERA TRUNING LECTÈRES.

Wednesday, 27th January-Strategy of the War-Le-Col. Moberly, D. 5.0. This lecture will be given in St. Andrew's Hall as 5.45 p.m. and will be open to N. C. Q.a H. K. V. C. and H. R. V. R. in uniform.

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2.45 p.m.

by

It was only when Belgium neutrality waN ant respected that Britain declared war. Belgian wasstracked, and we waited until we could say that not only bed Germany began an unjust war, but had flagrantly viclated the laws of nations. He asked his audience to observe the manner and apiris shown by Germany; it was something The causes of the war fall into two classe, almost unknown is the lu decide of ~immediate and ulterior-becsuss it was European history, and something we had thought that Europe bad outgrowa. always the case with great movements like Napoleon the Great sometimes spoke of wars and revolutions, which were stared by treaties as things to be inadelled to the same definite but ufter very small event. will of super-un. Trestias had been The reat cause was something very much strained and inexcumbly reken hat as that the feeling of the majority of the

attempt had nearly larger and was generally the temper of and an excuse and justify the made to Chinese nation was favourable to Gerusoy. thu xetion taken. It was not anti-British or anti-French, bet s cossiderable section of mankind. As an Whan the German chancellor referred Wan anti-Japanese and because of the fight illustration of the difference between those treaty as a scrap of paper he simply made at Taingkau whers Janso attacked Goe king peaceful arrangements useless if many, the sentiment of China was for ca-es be cited a powiler magazine and a not impossible. The German Chancellor Germany because it was against Japan. spark which fell on it and set it on fire. clearly stated that the word of the Gornia. For he did not propose to discuss the

Geverament must bo Broken The spark, had no effect unless the powder exigencies of the circumstances required it. entry, had got its own dangers

when the relations of China and Japan for every

and dis magazine was there. In the last 25 years The Allies, when making terms of perce likes, but if they thought the Japanese Britain had had many disputes with Russia with Germany after the war, would require) were dangerous for them and the Gemeens but our frontiers in central Asia. Trong some stronger naarat.ce than a mere pro-were not dangerous, be seked them to were found on the wrong side of the weakened as to be physically unable to break Emperar gave to the troops which he spe mise They must see that Germany was so remember the instruction the German, frontiers and there was plenty of cause for her promise. The real cause of t

of tho, wax wEGA to Paking in 1300 No datter is to be prisoners will be taken. No War. But the spark ignited again and the German desire to dominate Europe given; no again, did not fall on the powder magazine and to enforce ber domination, not are ther European Monarch, no other Euro The present war hind plenty of sparks and by arms, but by provoking war Europe, pean feverument used auch hoga-go as powder 100, At the present moment ten and sations were engaged in the war and Sird especially Great Britain, had always this on thst occasion or had used anch Sir resisted the predominance of any one language for a sory long time. They A Petrograd communique states: Wo are keeping in contact with the Charles went on to explain the different | Power. Resistance WAS HOW to make France Taingian was originally occupid hy GeraIDy offered to Saprison fad lax to remem her the manner in which reasons which led up to their being con becsusu be seemed to hold of Esrope, and in November 1807 when two German sac. neered with the war. Great Britain map the ruler over

over the whole ported Belgium neutrality against Germasz résistance was offerrul to Germany for thejects Homan Catholic miriocaries, wing same rosson now. The German Emperor

or killed

robbara la Shangtung. Germany Desling with the ulterior

„Ciusos - | bad stated in s publie

that nothing at once disatched mer. of war to Tsingtad the lecturer dwelt on the conflict buat should be

decided

Tid world without the drove out the Chinese garrison and occupied Sarria and the distribution of the intervention of Germany and the German the place and demanded a lease of territory Servian race making special mention at Emperor. That scomed to all other for ninety-nine years and the miniog And their roata in 1330, the creation of nations & monstrous pretension, because sila ay conscasinos in Shantung. This was Bulgaria, Hungary, Macedonia made at there were a grast many things in this quite parallel with what happened on the Congress at Vicasa in 1553; to the world that did not concern Germsay,necarnisation of the Archduke of Austria. Russian Turkish was in 1877, the general 1013 M Camboy, the Faunchy Am In both cases a crime ind heen committed temperament of the people inhabiting hassador to Germany, in a cvanmunication which deserved conspicuous punishment Hastern Europe, and the suriety of the described how the Emperor of fermany but the punishmisht demanded was wholly Slies in the Kingine if Servia and outside was becoming warlike and Irritable. Hut of proportion to the crime: more than her borders to unite politically." The Ger said he knew from absolutely authentie that, it had no conuection with the crime. inna in the west were not liked insediachurces, that on the occasion of the recent If Germany via-victorious in this war'

they tried to impose the German visitof the King of the Holgianato the Gers would, most co

1.Enly any "Hecent language and customs upon them. The man court, the Gorman Emperor told the events have shown Tsingtau in not safe Austrisme disliked the blavs if possible Kingat the Belgians that war with France was and in order to make it safe she engst have more than the Germana In the last 30 inevitable, and the rossons were pointed larger, much larger, concessions of territory years Austria had done i's best to retard out. io, more detall which spomed to make

med to make and vary auch larger · garrisona.” the developement of the Servian Empire. was cemy with the rheios implention then they had to consider ber repudiation In chronological or er Sir Charlos next that is was expected Belgium would be of treaties and agreements and her treat dealt with the Turkish Revolution in 1908 noutral. So they could see that in acet of Belgian and sk themselves

the sausation Cof Barnis nad Here August 1913 Germany was really

a State Ilku. China which to a pro In the summer of 1914 the

setio was not strong would of the treaty of Berlin. The hatred kind. | mtuosry - and political situations were be comfortable if, there whe 4 Targe led in Russia was very deep but Bowls considered favorable to Germany," "In German fores in Chinese territory. It was was cable to do anything, it was in | England we had the Home Rela questing not his intention to make that lecture a weak condition after the Japanese which seemed to be in an acute stage, and glorification of Great Britain, hat there was WAY. Then followed the Balkang war" in | it was no doubt bellared in Berlin that were fact he could no: help giving them. It 1912 when an and was nearly ads of the would remain neutral probably it was Bocded no rhetoric or indeed to conuent Tarkish Empire Europe. The fooding

believed that we should be divided, ona bat in this wat British and Asiatic troups between Austria and Russia became more political party in England for was and the have fought and still were fighting sida by acute but it was genamlily understood that other age it. France was apparently side as brothers in arms Both the soldiers so long as the provant aged Empers of not in Britte sondition and of England and the natives of India, difer Austele lived neither epuntry was likely to bere had meen diseisoery indication that ent in race and language, ware

fighting

withnat move. Sir Charlen tonched on the over-the aring was not well equipped., Husain, that they were free agents, taray in ide in 1913 by Germany in AustriaAlthough no doubt stronger than a few sny compulsion, could not be doubted. Italy when the ex-Prime minister of the | yasts / befree, was still wask after the U there was the smallest doubt shopt the Italian Parliament was anked if they would. Japanese war, and in particular she had in while-hearted loyalty of the natives--në-- join them in asking war on Servia. That fout to speak of Turkey was known to be Indio wa should not vantura tu trust them,

to Germany to

as we did, to defend our trenches ia critionl The employment returns for December, 1914, show that interruption of statement had never been contradicted and father to

feranturankly was skolutely corson, Nothing

THE MYSTERIOUS AIRCRAFT RAID.

·THE 'GERMAN.. VERSION.

LONDON, Jan. 20, 11.25 p.m.

A telegram from Amsterdam states that a German Admiralty report says that Naval airships attacked fortified places ou the English East Coast, and successfully dropped lumba. They were shot at, but returned safely.

PURSUIT OF. TURKISH REARGUARD.

LONDON, Jan. 21, 4.36, n.m.

"A Petrograd communique says thut the Army in the Caucheus were engaged in a series of camosts in the region of asuliks, Lavaor, and Kragani on the 19th

inst, with Turkish rearguards, the remnants of which are retreating pre-wbien usa a technical violation | paring

cipitately. We captured many prisoners and a Turkish camp.

We cccupied Ardacoch on the 18th inet.

TWELVE TURKISH SHIPS BUNK

LONDON, Jan. 21, 4.35 m. A Russian destroyer mank twelve Turkish merchantmen near Arkhave.

(British Foreign Office Talegram.)

“TRADE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

A

on the

tond

trado caused by the way is being rapidly overcome. Trades arcted by warhapaned beesdou, it was 10 to presumed they wanted any farther proof or paritions at the front. China like J

contract continued very busy and worked considerable overtime. Cotton show-the Italian fared to join in an ad great improvement, and an upward horemont whe alm shown by other textile trades, sa well na the coal and inu industrice. - Trade Unions, with a net membership of over 300,000, shove the percentage of unemployed as 2.5 as cour pared with 2.0 at the end of November and 2.5 at the end of Deceber, 1913.

SOMETHING TO REMEMBER,

ot

wait an independent country, and be coold

sering sham

any beng aggressive they had only to fork at the conduct of JEsly, theʻally of

not way that he looked forward to se Germany and Austria The Italian of troubled at present, he hoped for on the fighting aide. But though the prospect ligatum hy by obliged her to fight with the future a long peace; that the spirit Sermany and Austrin if they were attacked.

Truly Heived to fight because they were of comandeship between Aistis and Earc erattack de pein would make itself felt do that it would

of friendship and mutant respect

The percentage of unemployment among der where insurance is compulsory TN buying a cough medicine for children, December, 1913, Tradehad, therefore, after a temporary dechine owing to the Body fadtke, bet for dolde er map and } niziately receded sad led up to the ST William Been Davids proposed a Tote | was 3.3 compared with 3.7 at the end of November, and 4 at the end of bear in mind that Chelain's Cough After tolerring bo sveta, that formingly easy to cints on terme war, reached the level of 1913 in almost all cases, and in cerinin industries washarial drug Dor sale by all Chemiste stadents. In his travels About

shoping cough, and that it) montata nowa Si Cleric.poke to to Chink the lasturer,chich wask much above normil,

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