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TUESDAY. AUGUST 10, 1915:

BY TELEGRAPH.

THE PROGRESS OF

THE WAR.

RENEWED ACTIVITY ON THE

WESTERN FRONT.

THE ENEMY REPULSED AT SEVERAL POINTS.

BULGARIA'S DECISION ANXIOUSLY AWAITED:

Reuter's Service to the China Mail.).

ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

FRESH GERMAN ATTACKS FAIL

LONDON, Aug. 9, 5 p.m A Faris message says there has been violent fighting at Soucher and Nouille, in which the German attacks were completely defeated by the use of the grenade.

The battle écutinues in the Argonne, the French having the advantage. The Germans in the Vosges made another attack at ingekop, which ompletely failed.

The French curtain of fire inflicted considerable losses or the enemy.

CROWN PRINCE'S ARMY REPULSED.

The Germans yesterday launched fierce attacks in the Argonne, states a Telegram from Paris.

The Crown Prince's Arms succeeded in the evening in penstrating iuto the French works but was driven out by a counter-attack.

Then in the night time, the Germans attacked the Fillemorts asetor and gained a footing in a breach but they were immediately expelled except from

front of 30 yarda,

The communique adds that the enemy made extremely violent assaults in the Vosges especially against Lingekopf and Schratuamele and in the neck Between those hills.

AN IMPORTANT RUSSIAN SUCCESS. ~.

GERMANS ABANDON ATTACK ON RIGA.

THE CHINA MAIL.

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THE RUSSIAN " LLOYD GEORGE" BUSY.

LONDON, Aug. D.

A talegram from Petrogind says that M. Gutchkoff, the President of" the Duan, who is styled the Rusisa Lloyd George," presided on Saturday [ at a Congress of the Committues organizing industry for military purposes, at which speeches were made by representatives of all parts of the Empire. M. Rabauchinsky, thu Moscow millionaire, said that Ruse would retire if necessary to the Ural Mountains and fight to the last man,

MORE SUBMARINE PIRACY.

LONDON, Aug. 9. The British steamer Race, the Swedish steamer Vaimland" sad the trawler Ocean Queen have been sunk. The orewa were saved,

MAJOR-GENERAL HUNTER-WESTON ILL

LONDON, August 8, 2 General Bailloud, the temporary French Commander-in-Chief at the Dardanelles, has issued an Order stating that Major-General Hanter-Weston, commanding British Corps, has been compelled to leave owing to illnes

General Sir Ian. Hamilton, in a despatch at the beginning of July, highly praised Major-General Hunter Weston.

MORE MEN FOR THE BRITISH NAVY:

LARGEST NUMBER RAISED SINCE THE NAPOLEONIC

WARS.

ứ, as the war programod, the requirementa of the Navy should demand it, "the Government would promptly come to Parli mons for authority for whatever numbers might be necessary.

Readers of naval.

will note thei bitory contrast between the briakness of rutruit.

to-day Abd

the sircumstances in, the last pro War when the sea ports and

ing

even the streets of London were visite by ahot press and {ba I gangs were out. In The vote for the additin of 30,000 another way there is a contrast a'so with. officers and men to the active list of the the systera in Germany, whose conscript Navy, which Dr. Macnan ta recantly in-ilors, lacking the sea aptitudes of the troduced in the House of Commons, will majority of our men, haya certainly not bring up the total number of our seamen shown such sterling qualities as the British

000. This and marines to 300,000,

gure is

only seamen, equal to the last instalment of cur military trangth

gth asked for by Led Kitchener. I MARVELS OF MINE WARFARE. is indeed an interesting fact that although the British Fleet, as Mr. Lambert, the late Thrilis of Underground Fighting..

Civil Lord of the 3dmiralty, said yesterday,

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Wan Ta Ya Poʻz Servics.)

̈·MONGOLIA'S POSITION,

PREING, August 9. Sing Wan, the" Royalist "leader, his, it is stated, advised the Kutakhąj of Urga not to cancel Mongolia's in dependence.

OPIUM SUPPRESSION,

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Opium. plantation suppression diročtors have been appointed to tho. Provinces of Shensi, Kacsu and Tel. 492. Sangkiang

PEKING-HALGAN RAILWAY CASE.

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The Peking-Kalyan railway caso" is ported to have been thoroughly investigated and many officials havo been cashiered.

UNFOUNDED. RUMOUR.

The Goverment lust 'night re- seived a telegram from Chakiang to the effect that the rumour that the Chekiang people were selling Poto Island to Germany was founded.

KWANGTUNG'S CHIEF JUSTICE.

A Presidential Mindate permits Im Wei Jeung, Cher of the High Court of Hwangtung to resign nhữ appoints Sham Kia Cheung to tho position.

KWANGTUNG RIVER CONSER YANCY.

in the master key of the situation, is point 1: From time to time announcements xp- of numbers of officers and man it bears no pear in the official despatches to the effect

SRANGNAL, August 9. comparison to the army,

According to Mr Lolyd George's cal.that certain positions have beau eiptared

Ling Fuh. Pan, Li Hon A and by means of mine warfare, but few people culation, there are about three times as have a clear ides as to how this ingenious Kang Chuk Pan and the Canton, many British soldiora in Flande a as the phase of the fighting is conducted. Minlog, River Conservancy Commissioner are Aco Failors in the whole of the Nary. Yet our Fleet, of cours, is the greatest in the trade marier, is being predported to have left for Cantor, by world, while cus Army ia far frous being in continually along the whole battle

similar position of predominance. All for under the conditions of the war in the the steamer Kungtah. numbers are relatire, and while the public Test it is the only method by which au

advance enn be made, always think, and rightly on, of our big

grently exceed these of the former. remember that the numbers of the latter

n

and small Army, is in timely to

1SZEREKTING CONTRAST,

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enemy's ur, noher, though so nga, ers the "DEATH OF A FORMER CANTON

tile to far off for a bayonet charge to ba

auccessful

are yet

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that the order is respected. 300,000 is the limit to which the Admiralty The most effective form of underground Losion, August 9).

are sathorised to go ap to the end of the warfare is mining: This is practised for A telegrara frou Petrograd states that the abandonment of the financial year in fares next, but there the purpose of blowing up the snomy's the Germans have made war an German attack on Riga arks the failure of the German scheme of seems hardly a doubt that it will be reach- trench, or fr the making of a tranch nearer affair of nauseous and poisonous chemien's, forcing battle with the retreating Hussins before they reached theed, as Dr. Macnamars showed the figure of to the enemy's lines which soldiers cancel they have his monopoly in chemical know. Broatitovi line. The stubbornness of the Russian defence at Narew 250,000 in the current Estimates had been into and occupy, before making a final lodge. Questions of reprisals apart, our It is instructive to observe the com-hagonet charge, Anficer expert in this soieotists and three of our Allies can dis contributed randuly to this, important success.)

positica and development of our strength phase of warfare. conducts all attacks by cover antidotes for most of the Germa

of

He a poor For instance, we understand that men fe anderground passages. aaval personnel. In the Navy Estimates

Custrallor of Mines" and both petrol and vasoline are impenetrable. of 1914.15, issned in March 1914, the known as the THE SUBMARINE ATTACK ON THE ORDUNA. umbes provided for wero 151,00 for the his assistants are drawn from the Royal by vibriel, hich is one of the German active list and 63,488 for the various Eaginents. Tunnels are driven about Left. weapons, and from any portion of the body PERETVER. As soon as war was declared the or more below the surface, and are about anointed with vaseline a jet of vitriol will A despatch" published in New York says that the German Admir-latter were incorporated into the active 41ft. high and 3ft. wide. A number of recoil without effect.

** Onluna ** list total; and ■ Sepplementary Fatimata snderground passages are bored at intervals alty confirm the submarine attack on the Cunard liner

presented on August 4, 1914, for 2000 along the line of the french, and when they without warning.

Additional men brought up the aggregats are finished explosives are placed in ench estimated naval force to 218,000.

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MORE GERMAN BARBARITY.

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AUSTRALASIAN METAL EXCHANGE,

LONDON, August 9.

A telegram from Melbourne states that the Commadwealth has decided to establish a metal exchange on. September. 6. Thereafter all transactions must be conducted, through the exchange.

SWEDEN'S NEUTRALITY,

LONDON, August 9. Renter's Ageney learns that all rumours that Sweden is likely to abandon neutrality is unfounted. Her relations with Hussin ore of the friendliest.

BULGARIA AND THE WAR.

* MOMENTOUS DECISION.····

LONDON, Aug, 0. A telegram from Sofia says the Allies replied on the 3rd instant to Bal. garia's Note of June 15th. The newspapers attribute the reply, which was not expected at this juncture, to a desire on the part of the Entesto to antici pate the eventual conclusion of the Tarca, Balgarian, Agreement. Some say that the reply was delayed until the Allies were able to offer Bulgaria satin factory teema, and stale that this is apparently confirmed by the simultaneous

marches mado at Athens and Nish..

These commute are purely conjectural, as the nature of the reply ban not been disclared.. The opinion is expressed that the negotiations between the Eatento and Bulgaria have now entered on a decisive phase.

WILL BULGARIA CO-OPERATE WITH THE (ALLIES?

Ong statesman adds "The absorbing question now is what elements are to come into being 2 Bulgaria's co-operation would give us Constantinople in a month, but Baiguria will not march until she is nasured of the possession of Macarisilie, while Surou, refures to part with Macedonis, no matter what the caperestiuo,"

UNITED RUSSIA.

It has been officially stated by Mr. Chur-times, miners inadvertently break through chill that at the outbreak of hostilities into the enemy's gallaries, and hand-to- not only wore we able to man overy ship in band conflicts énsus.

ratings

On February 13 last. Mr Churchill pre sented a vote in Committee of Supply for total of $50,000 officers and rast showing an increase of 32,000 over the numbers of the beginning of the war, and now his suocesor has obtained permission to raise another 50,000,"

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