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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1915

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Reuter's Service to the China Mall.)

THE PROGRESS OF

THE WAR.

BRITISH ARMED-MERCHANT- MAN LOST IN A GALE.

HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE,

RUSSIA'S ENORMOUS CAPTURE OF

AUSTRIAN TROOPS..

PRESS BUREAU STATEMENT.

34 Sudiers And Civilians Killed.

LONDON, Feb. 23, 9.20 p.m. The Oficial Press Buruan announces that owing to jealouss arising out of recent promotions a portion of the ith Light Infantry (late 5th Bengals) at Singapore, refared to obey orders, and caused a serious rist which had to be quelloc by the local Forces, nusisted by men from the British and Allied ship, The ensuillier vere ti officers, 14 British soldiers and 14 civilians killed, and British soldiers wounded.

THE CHINA MAU.

BY TELEGRAPH.

ARMED MERCHANTMAN LOST IN A GALE.

Lospas, Feb. 21, 7.5 pan. The Press Borean announces that the armed merchantman, 98. **Clan Macniughton." which has lagen missing is now considered to have been lost in a gale on the 3rd just,

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A HEAVY DEATH ROLL: Twenty atlicits and 200 men wery lust on the "Ckuy Macnaughton." FURTHER SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS OF ALLIES IN FRANCE.

Losnon, Feb. 2k, 4.20 p.m.

A Puris commun, states that there is nothing to repert except a fete successful actions by our troops mar Auberives sur Suippy and that further progress has been ads to the math of Perthes

ANOTHER STEAMER LOST.

Feb. 24, 3 ..

The strainer which we's reported to be in distress yesterday was the Okby, ne London to Cardin. She sunk tostay while being towed.. Seine of the crew were landa 1 uk Ramapute and the remainder at Dover.

TWO MORE VA SSELS TORPEDOED.

Losnos, Feb. 25, 2.45 am.

Tis stemmers “Bio Parum unil for the Mediterrania and the * torperioed rad sunk at Beachy Harpalion" for Newport News won'

Chinese on the Hucpalion, who

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The crew's war saves, exceps thes were filled in an explosion.

TWO RUSSIAN REGIMENTS ESCAPE

FROM THE ENEMY.

LONDON,

Feb. 25, 1:25 p...

giments of the corps the enemy's liner Jan Anay.

the whole of the district of Bod- of Trasnysh.

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A Petroguoi munchenique states turt two which was sammanied by the Cominus hærke throng. in the font of Augustove and lave joined the Rea

The Gemios are making repentel attacks along. Bong two in the district from Sdvabno to the Vistin. zarof the fighting has been extremely severo in the region

A'slempressator mutale is maging in the Carpathians, Piston The Hassian troops, achieved a series of successes in the

All the entran defenders were district. Dey capsoned three las of trenches at daybreak on

a prvipnets beight.

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› Munkees the 22nd

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themoan atferks south of Kozition were repulses, and un in ante topsive, nowement by the Germans on the Pauline-Galisz reuils

Some of the rioters were killed. A large number surrendered and other charkeri. were captured,

There was no destruction of property..

All is now quiet.

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THE IRISH OHANNEL,

RESTRICTION OF NAVIGATION.

LONDON, Feb. 23. The Admiralty nazcunces restriction of navigation in the Irish Channel sad the North Channel.

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BRITISH COASTER IN TROUBLE.

LONDON, Feb. 24.

The stemmer Brudesame Chine was mined or torpedoed twenty miles off Beachy Head. Fighteen of the crew were landed at Nerbaren. The Captain and the rate are standing by in the hope of beaching the vessel, which is badly damaged.

Lifebosta are assisting a larger steamer which is in distress near the same spot

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OPERATIONS AT THE DARDANELLES.

LONDON, Feb. 23, 4.45 p.in. The Admiralty announces that unfavourable weather, low visibility, and a gale interrupted the operations at the Dardanelles. The outer forts were serious

damaged by the bombardment on the 19th.

(Hutan Service.)

THE BOMB DROPPING AT CALAIS.

MME. SARAH BERNHARDT SERIOUSLY INJURED.,

PARIS, Feb. 2.

As a result of the dropping of houibs on Calais by a Zeppelin air ship, Mudanas Sarah Bernhselt, the great actress, has had to buve "leg amputatl.

WAR NEWS.

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sora Gemma catiews if the first six months of war as have Fabela d fingind are los qufidens than previously, though; posting that the final result will be

During the recent domiciliary search carried out by the Japanese authorities at Tsingtau, military stores, valued rungbly at about $1,500,000 were discovered coa celed in two German warehouses. The stores were naturally seized by the Japanese Cofficials.g

Rt Allen, aged ben, died th Hurtle- el mostly as the result of the bon-) The deal, who was tha! hunt. que handled and deventh victim, was

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by frauents of shell in the breast along the thigh while running

A telgam 1245 Releaux announces Pasta Court-zuriat hus sentenced to hath a German ionernissioned officer who nie en'end the vatrenched camp at Peris, and the Ministry of War in order to gltuin te connected with the national detenes.

Bulgarian upathy for Bussia in hown by the fact that large quantities of tobacco, uniforms and other clothier have been sent faux Soda to the Russian | ampica. Aisüt 150,000 packages of to bacco have been went to the soldiers 240,000 cigars or the officers and

General Stafi,

The Taglive codschau, referring again to be alleged tendency of France

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OFFICIAL HONOURS.

THE SINGAPORE RIOT.

NAMES OF SOME OF THE VICTIMS.

A LEAKY FLOOR.

JAPANESE MERCHANTS SPOILT GOODS.

The Wrong Man Sued..

Among those killed in the emaute that occurred in Singapor's on the lúth inst. are reporteilt has been the follow- PERING, Feb. 21. ing-Br, Whittle Medical Defi

Alleging that he sustained ilamage të his A Presidential mandate culers that partinent, inqugere; Mr. C. V. Dyson,

He was goods through defendant or hisservants or »t the F.M.S. Civil Services Lang. Kan Kwong be awarded the Fifth Grand Onder of Meria; Teen transformal to Renung trom, Kuala Laun- agents negligently allowing water to flow Glin, the Third Onder of the Chip in 1; Mr. B. M. Woolviumbe, from their premises into his, T. strakawa, Ho Hoi Ping Chum, the Fourth of asaiscut manger of the Cable Depot, of 13 Lyndhurst Terrace, 'in the Summary Chia He; Tseng Wing and Lung Yai EEA and C. Telegraph to Lal: Mr. Court this afternoon soed Wat Kut Shad,

J. Love-Montgomery, part proprietor of of the same address, claiming $1,000. Shu, the Third Onler of Chia Ho.

Mr. P. W. Golddag spported -fot Tang Yiu Kwong has been appoint Abram's Morge Hiring and Transport

and of the Straits Motor Garage, Brehard plaintif, and Mr. Preston (diskare. Job (ed Lieutenant-General.

Rand. Singapore; Dr. Gerrani, healthi officer of the Federal Establishment, Stokes and Blaster) represented

defendant, Kuna lampor. Ho was appoitised.

Mr. Goldring at the potson of the case Lieutenant in the M.S.V.R. în 1912,

The Malay Mall" of the 10th inst. informed his Lordship that there was nome doubt us to whether this person served published the following :---

with the writ was the parzan teanating the Seeriage above his client's rooms, and Me

GOVERNOR OF CHIHLI.

The Tientsin Custours Tactal Ng To will probably met for the Gover- nor, thu Ka Po, during his nhsence on leave

MILITARY CRIMINALS. The State Connel will discuss the question of the regulations concern- ut their ing military criminals' meeting on Sunday.

THE HAIHO..

The river Haiho is now open up to j Tongku,

TONG SA LUNG.

Tong Fa Lung, Minister of Educa- tion, has again terslered his resigna- tion. Li Ka Kai is declined the position.

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TO TRAIN TROOPS.

The following message, from Singa- pero is handed to us by the Chief tury or publication – g

Freston agreed that if his Lordship posted

**A serious emente has occurred among they should take that issue dirt, “.

be failed on it there would of conesa havo the 5th Light Infantry,

"One wing mutinied and killed Eun to be's'zon suit. The writ had been served peas on the zond.

The situation I now to huki.

A large anmber of the other wing are

Į coming and offering sesistance."

THE ROYAL FAMILIES.

Family Divisions.

TAKING REDES IN THE WAR.

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Nowhere has the terrible warnow raging produced greater divisions among those families taking part in it than in the various By special andate Wong Shi

family is this more true than of our own. Chin is appointed special commial families of Europe. And of no ragat The heads of three of the great nations sioner for the training of troops.

now at war kra first cousin, for Queen Alexandra is the sister of the ex-Empress Marie of Rassis. mother if the Tsar, while

NEW DOMESTIC LOAN.

Regulations for the issue of the thur years' domestic hour will shortly be piruulgated.

etrates of Captain E. N. Bennett, Sizmo The mass Liptova, who is heuring the en- tion &

mists of transportation, will also womany the mirty,

REORGANISATION OF THE ASSEMBLY.

Discussion took place yesterday the question of the reorganise

the National Assembly.

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APAN'S DEMANDS.

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Th Erin, will fast sannath Kove

The Japan. drons and several mores at Activari, i and these metabers of thus expedition will have. regiten Ímuko for Quiting. The yacha will then Tokyo not to gi with Salonica, where eight doctors and contection urber of nurses will be dül-embarked ruands. helgrado:

AIR BOME IN KENT.

Dropped on Lonely Spot Near

Rochester.

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on the person whoss the bandlard said whe the tenant of the drst floor of the house. Pisinti al ho was a piece gooda tu

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silk merchant and led carried on finess in Hongkong for 2 years. On Dsestribor

while the defendant's roRN 11 being cleaned water cane through the Hoor into defendant's room on the ground floor and injured his gouds to a caderable extent.

1. One of the plaintifs nasistans said thant

he knew the tenant of the floor aboro 'hiri. master's shop. Confronted with Mr.! Preston's client he waid that was not the

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Mr. Goldring maid he had imbed a sub poenao on the landlord, and appeared that he bail sent the rent collector.

The collector also was unable Mentify Mr. Preston's client, and said the acnik nraer paid on behalf of a firm which he mamed.

His Lordship accordingly netsuited the; plaintiff.

the Kaiser is the son of our King's Aoat the the quarrel, for in the case of the a ato Empress Frederick of Germay, and Dowager Dutchess of Mecklenb nephew of the late King Edward. Another red fer pension has been stapped sister of Queen Alexandra in the Duchess by the British Government owing to of Cumberland, whose son married the nationality Kaiser's only laughter, and as Duk of

The Duchess of Connaught is a Painment Brunswick holds au important command inf the House of Waldeck Pyrments and the armies of Germany, In the case of many of luer relatives are Ephẳng behalf Russin the Taarina, as well as her husband, of Germany, bs her son, Frigos Arthur, is the first cousin of our King, since she is who married the Duchess of Fila, is-00 the daughter of the lato Duchess of Hesse. Britsin's side who was our Princess Alice, sister to the

late King Edward VII.

His sister, Princess Patricia, de Spacing

On the other hand, the Duke of Hesse hard for Entain in Chanda, but her sister is fighting for Garungy, and a Prince of is the Crown Princess of Sweden, a country that house has already laid down bis tifs credited with feelings of friendship to fears of lias, sad though it is probable Mopister ja mid-tier quarrel. Another case, tou, of the Germany in the great strungle, owing to its

Autorent member of a household taking instractions from different sides is that of the House of Saxer that Sauden desires above all skóngs

ས་ In this instanco the Duchess of to remain neutral, the Crown Princess Dist no way to China in Coburg mother of the present Duko of often have to reil her feelings lost she

the Japanese de Albany,

Coburg is leading the way in Red Cross tahould give offence in the land of her work for

her part in this country, while her adoption, over whose destinies she will see

in the tiernanday reign Bon holds & command

The House of Schleswig-Holstein amo COMPANY. armies; her daughter is married to Prince finds itself divided amidst itself, for Fringe

Alexander of Teck, the brother of our

Albert, who has hitherto held a commission Queen.

Then, also the queen herself is related in the fortuna army, now resigns it to firat was the to several Hungarian families that for Britain, though to will find many of his rli's father, the Tecks being of Hungarian relatives opposed to him in the hostale its origin, and Queen Mary has in the past ranks. The Spanish royal family is also a shown much interest in the homes of her variance, for the Queen is our own Princes

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daughter of Princess Henry of Batten- ancestors in that country, but though the relatives of her father's house are fighting berg-which latter is yet another instance of divided family-but the King of Spain ainst us, the Queen's brothers nee to be the son of Queen Christiza, & doughter

in our ranks. Even the distant ves of Queen Mary are drawn into of the house of Hap-borg.

ITALIAN GRAND OPERA

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A "Larga' nuliery was presEL Theatre Royal last night to witne | poridianants of Ernani," one of Te

cartier operas and one which still ne There arema to be absolute proof, anys į muvh popularity. It includes may the Central News, that a bomb of south, composer's finest chorus wore and. description was dropped by the enemy

in who came afer Kent on Christmas of the sweetest of his glas i dag

for beginning "to mail full of deumatic Day.

At a spot in the neighbourhood of Clife. interest. Last night's performann was 6re miles from Rochester, and on the Kent another great success for the Company, side of the River Thames, an explosive one and all taking pårt in it nequitting excavated hole, about 12in. dorp and

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several yards round, in the roadway. The themselves most admirably. spot is soms distance from any babitation-To-night the popular La Tosca " will

be performed. or buildings.

Search in the neighbourhood revesind scraps of metal, gather with a metal handle with a loop in the centre, which was quite intact.

These have been forwarded to Chatham, and are now in the possession of the police. A big bole in a bank was dug out, and a shell discovered, 3in. in circumference and is, in length. This, apparently, was fired at the aeroplane, but did not exploda. The rompina of the bomb were found on land known as White's Farm, and was within about a mila off. Vem. Curtiss and Harvey's expl sive factory and quite close to Cliffe, which lies in the track of the German ainman's journey from the Medaży estuary to the Thaines

REFUGEES IN ENGLAND.

WAR NEWS.

MYSTERY OF THE "BREMEN."

Damaged at Wilhelmshaven.

A telegram frou Petrograd received in London says the German cruiser Bremen arrived at Wilhelmshaven badly damaged by mine.

How the Bremen managed to make Wilhelmshaven is not clear. The cidost and slowest of the Pacific midem, har movements have been something of a mystery for a long time.

in August ate was reported off the to concluda separute pace, asserta There are

aro ovaz 4,000 refugees in the Brasiline coart, shadowed by the Glasgow. that some waks ago France made an Local Government Board's temporary At the end of hat inouth she stopped and beratumps in that direction through the hostels in London, for whom more per questioned a Dutch steamer one day out

mellum of a avutral Power, but that manent accommodation is not st present from Musterides.

In September she turns up, according Yet there are many localities! available. Germany refused the negotiations on the wichuy be willing to hear a larger share to the American papers, accompanied he of the nation's day to Belgium: Offers of the Dresden, and her attempt in catch the hospitality should be addzemed to tie Orteza brought about that fine piece of Secretary of the Local Government Board, seamanship by Lieutenant Dengler Kinnier, Whiteha

In view of all the thin ikus

A satisfactory bulletin has been issued since the operation.

Berhardt, who is in her artrety-first-senr,-had- been angazed in basis progicsed by France........ Bed Cross work.—Elj

GERMAN SUBMARINE SHELLED.

Josuos, Feb. 24, 4.23 a.m.

An official Paris announcement says" that a vessel belonging to the second Freach flabilla at 7.50 on Tuesday morning discovered and shelled * German submatice on the surface eight miles south-west of Caps Albrech, near Boulogne. Several shells struck the subrrarine before she -äived, and oil was sucu floating where khe disappeared, w

ENEMY AEROPLANES OFF THE ENGLISH COAST.

LONDON, Feb. 24, 4.25 a.m.

It is reported at Colchester that seven enemy acroplanes were sighted fying over the Maplin Sands in a north-westerly direction on Tuesday

afternoon.

FURTHER BOMBARDMENT OF RHEIMS CATHEDRAL.

To-day's Paris communique may

LONDON, Feb. 93; 4.45 p.m.

"The Germana unde two abortive attacks on Lombaertzyde.

Viennese women appear to be organizing meetings of protest against the ast on the

these refugees have lines of those witnessed in Spain du:log the enefiet with the United States. In Rufered and all that Belziura has done for Madrid these ometimes took the form of the cause of the Allies. Mr. Samuel trusts a raid on the statue of Columbas, which it is only gecessary for the prevent argent stands in the Puerta del Sol. Groups of need to be wide known to the country in infuriated women used to gather round order to syoka a reponte adequate to meet this, shaking their fiets and burling in the situation. votives at Christopher for his criminal folly in discovering America. If the statue had not been cast in bronze it would io all probability have been destroyed.

- 1,400,000 DESTITUTE-IS--HCLOSU How great is the tag of feeding Belgium undertaken by the Commission for Relief. whose headquarters are at. 3. London Wall buildings, is to be gathered from a state. After six months of the war Rassisment made by Mr. H. Hoover, the chair- occapies 30,000 square miles of Austrian man of the Commula-ion, on his return

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Later came down from Valparaiso of the Bremen being curted out of territorial waters by a Chilian cost ship

The Bremen van built in 1990, and has She carried lu 4.1 guns, 10 1 displacement of 3,250 tons, with a crew of 286 men. pounders, & machine guns, 3 submerged torpedo tubes,

Times,"

*DER TAG."

Sir C. Stanford's Questions.

Bome plain questions are put to the and 3,000 square miles of Prussian ter from s tour through the distressed country. German Professor Keno Bieyer by Siz letter to "The Over 50,000 volunteers, said Mr Hoover, Charles Stanford in ritory, says a special Times of Ceylon cable dated Feb. 3rd. Germany occupies 17,000 are engaged in the distribution of food on

1 asked Joachim in 1000 (ho says) if he square miles of French. Belgian and Luxem- behalf of the Commission, the greater

was a pro-Boer, He replied, "I wns, burg terntory and 15,000 square miles of number being concerned with the destitute Polish territory, France occupies 200 miles-1400,000-supplied by canteens. The until I saw that they were ready and, you

were not." I recommand this cam of German territory in Alsace. Germany's remainder of the population are able to colonial losses total a million sad a quarter pay for bread, and at a minimum require sense view of his greater compatriot to the about £700,000 worth of bread per month. eonfused, or poisoned, brain of Professor

The recovery of this mongy, mid Mr. Karo Meyer. Hoover, is an exchange problem not as yet solved and causing as the greatest concem The cost ut suporting the destitabe smounta. La bout £50,000 per month, which finance rents on the charity of the world, fledg

square miles.

SIR T. LIFTON'S YACHT.

Red Cross Expedition to Serbia in The Erin.

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He is a master the abtleties of law- unge. Will be explain the merping of Der Tag "as used in Germany for many years pant 7

Will he venture to hold that it alludes to the day when England would without ****All Belgium is now on ration of 10 provecation attempt the destruction of ounces of bread per diem, rich and pour in incavenient rival," and that the whole. A Red Cross expedition in relief of the alike that is when there is that much of a nie reduction of her Army-officers, rank and. Blo, artillery and arsonal workmen

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The bombardiment of Thaims by the enemy, was extremely violent wounded in Serbia and Montenegro will ration available nation." Mr. Hver sliko-completes the proof of her deep.14 The first period lasted, frix hours, and the second for fit hours. At have London within the next few days, 1600 shells were fired into all quarters of the town. The remains of the Cathedral formed a secial target, and the edifice suffered seriously. The integer of the vaulted roof, which had hitherto resisted, rowhurst "Twenty houses caught fire, and twenty civilians were killed.

Our artillery between Malancourt mal the Meuse silenced a German battery and exploded ammunition wiggons.

a cent Flour paper, in the sicura la tho matter of the Franch paxuantry come la think that the naval chiote of a Jacht Erin, nich Sir Thomas dpton located in the valley of the Mease, just country intent upon agresion recommend ans kindly lent to a joint commitire of south of the Bulginn frontier. There are ite inhabitante, ba sleep quietly in their Erick Red Cres Society and the 10,000 people in this boated valley absohods? Or is his letter erly the outcome of lutely without food, and our investigation disappointment that they woke up to auch Order of St. John.

slready occurred from starvation,

The expedition, which will include flowed that a large number of deaths had parposs when the ferman-made alarum

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