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FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1915

BY TELEGRAPH.

THE PROGRESS OF

THE WAR.

LATEST NEWS FROM THE EAST AND WEST FRONTS.

FRANCE THREATENS GER- MANY WITH REPRISALS

FAILURE OF AN IMPORTANT GERMAN BANK.

BULGARIA HOLDING A MOMENTOUS MEETING.

Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

FRANCE THREATENS GERMANY WITH

REPRISALS.

Lostos, August 19:

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THE FALL OF KOVNO.

ENORMOUS LOSSES INFLICTED ON THE GERMANS.

Losnos, August 19.

A Petrograd communique says: After desperato battles lasting for eleven days, which cost the tremans envious losses, the Germans succeeded in occupying the fortifications of liorno situated on the left bank of the Sieren, and west of the Jessie stream. The Gommans are now attempting to cines this bankel bivok, where part of the

works ure still in our lunds.

We hold all the Kovno fortifications on the right of the Niemen,

KAISER'S CONGRATULATIONS.

Losnos, August 10.

The Kaiser, says an Amsterdaja telegram, has telegraphed to General von Hindenburg expressing his warmest appreciation of the capture of Karno, the first strongest bulwark of the inner line of the Russian defences,"

He has conferred, the order Pour le Merite" aspon Genel Eicharn, and the tnk Leaves of the same order vipon General Litzmaum.

DESPERATE GERMAN ATTACKS. ·

Losmas, August 10%

A Petrograd communique states that fighting on the Upper Nurow front and also between the Nurew and the Bug continues in a fluctuat- ing manner, the enemy attacking with particular desperation on that mads towards Biekstok and Bielsk...

BY TELEGRAPH. CALLICURA

(Reuter'a Servide to the China Mail.)

`DISASTROUS HURRI-" CANE IN AMERICA.

LONDON, Ag. 19.

is estimated that 100 people perished A telegrain from Naw York states it in the hurricane as Dallas, Texse and the cotton crops were considerably daunged.

Fourteen people were killed and five hundred houses wrecked at. Galvestou.

FURTHER DETAILS,

LATER. The hurricane raging in Texna audi Galveston has been isolated but wire- less reports state that the storm is nbating Houses are flooded and there has been immense damage, while the Army transport, at McClennon is now high and dry half a mile inland. Several des the are reported at Houston where the damage is estimated at a million sterling.***

A MURDER SEQUEL

LONDON, August 19. The Genwans continue to make persistent attacks on the north-Twenty fire armed men, says a Naw eastern fortifications of Norgeorgievsk, especially those commanding the York telegram, rushed the penitentiary Mlawa milway.

at. Milledgeville, Georgia, seized Leo Frank and banged him to a tree st Marietta, near the house of the work girl for whose marder two years ago Frank was finally sentenced to death after namerous appeals,

DESPATCH FROM SIR JOHN FRENCH.

LOSION, August 19. Field Marsial Sir John French reports that nothing important has foccurred since the 10th instant when we recaptured the position at Hooge.

which has since been consolidated.

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Our trenches have been subjected to ocessional bombardment, but thore has been no infantry engagement with the exception of two small bombing attacks which were casily repulsed."

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There have been unimportant and intermittent artillery angagements

Reater's Paris correspondent telegraphs that the French Gover-along the East of the front... ment, having aubunitted the tesimony of the American and Swiss wit cesses as to the good treatment of the German prisoners, also threatsn ed reprints if Germany did not return to the original camps the French prisoners con/lemned to drair mashes us a reprisal for alleged fi treatment of Germans in French African colonies.

GERMAN SPIES IN THE UNITED STATES,

OFFICIAL ACTION.

TWO GERMAN BATTERIES BLOWN UF.

Losnos, August 18.

The Governor of Georgia's commut ation of the sentence to imprisonment for life caused much indignation among the people,

MR. LLOYD GEORGE INDISPOSED.

LONDON, August 19.

Mr. Lloyd George is confined to bed with feverish chill and has had to cancel his northern tour,

The evening Paris communique states that there have been artillery actions at various sectors. Our bombardment of Lings destroyed two MINERS AND THE EIGHT HOURS* hnavy batteries and blow up several monition depots.

The Germans made two Holent counter-attacks on the crest of Son- dernach against a position wo had enptured birt these were completely repulsed.

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LARGE BRITISH LOAN FORECASTED.

Lospos. August 19. .Somé experts forecast the floating of a British loans of £100,000,000 sterling in America, free of income tax, to redress the full in sterling

: Losnos, August 1. It is understood, says a telegrain from New York, that President Watson has requested that certain statements regarding the existence of the German propaganda activity of the German spy system several yeurs prior to the war should be sulguisted to the Naval authorities and

Neutrality Board. These statements refer to attempts to gain in formation of the secrets of American battleships, details of the fire exchange there. control systuin, etc., ‘also regarding the use of certain wireless stationaĮ and endeavours to obtain permanent landi statius in the neighbour [... kond of Nicarigna which would be of greať value even in the event of she Panama Canal being fortifies.

MORE ABOUT THE GERMAN INTRIGUES IN U.S.A.

ITALIANS CAPTURE MORE TRENCHES.

Loxton, August 10.

A Rome communique records sharp fighting along the whole fort, the Italians capturing trenches in the Sexten region, the Tyrol and Tren tion frontier, and also in the Montenero zone and the Santa Lucía hills near Tolmino.

ACT:

LONDON, Aug, 19 A grea: conference of miners will ba held at an early date to consider the suspension of the Eight Hours' Act.

(Wgh Taz Yat Pq's Service.)

AN IMPORTANT FISC IL PROJECT.

PEKING, Aug. 19. The Administrative Council has decided to enforce the scheme having for its purpose the increasing of the Customs duty and the abolition of the likia tax next year. The Minister for Foreign Affairs is discussing the matter.

Altogether 230 prisoners were taken. A violent Austrian attack at Carso was repulsed, and the Italians, counter-attacking, won an imwith the Foreign diplomats. purtant position west of Marcottini..

TYPHUS AMONG GERMAN · TROOPS.

The New York World says that the contract of the Bridgeport Projectile Company, approved by the Military Attache, Captain Papes, and others, was prepared by Hayanan, an ex agent of the Hamburg Amerika Line, at Mexico City. He is the same individual who secured the landing of arms at Puerto, Mexico, for ex-President Huerta two years ago when the United Stator was trying to prevent further shipments to Mexico, This Company last July con A telegram from Paris says that the Germans are evacuating the tracted for powder with the Etna Explosive Company, whoso Presidens a Matenster valley as typhus has appeared among the troops at Guebwil British subject, who is now very indignant as possibly its output is going ler, and also among the civilians at Colmar.. to Britain's enemies, One of the German agents gave a receipt of $100,000

as guarantee for the performance of a contract,

The Providence Journal says that American detectives, posing as German agents, received from the Attache at the German Embassy a list of thirty German officers in the United States for whom the Embassy dosired fraudulent passports,

MOMENTOUS BULGARIAN MEETING..

LONDON, August 10. The Skupstina, says a telegram from Nish, is now sitting in secret session considering the proposals of the Entente Allies. The gravity of the situation is fully realised. The outcome of the crisis in Greece is awaited with a view to the probable effect on the general Balkan situation.

NORWAY ANGRY WITH GERMANY.

A telegram from Copenhagen states that Norway is angry because a. Comman subnurine stopped the nail packet Hankon. It seized tho mails from Norway. A protest has been sent to Berlin with the request that the mails be returned.

AUSTRIANS ATTACK AN ISLAND.

Testox, August 20.

A telgram from Rome states that twenty Austrian naval units with an aeroplane attacked the small island of Pelagosa in the Adriatic The garrison resisted stoutly, and the Austrians, afraid to ani, sailed off,

There were only seven Italian masualties.

THE RESCUED FROM H. M. S. INDIA.

SEVERAL OFFICERS AND MEN INTERNED.

Tasos, August 10, The Norwegian lovempient has decided to intern 12 of the officers and 93 then of the auxiliary cruiser India who landed in their own boats Those whorn neutrals brought ashore will be permitted to return to England.

Losbos, August .10.

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Losbos, August 19.

DESPERATE FIGHTING IN GALLIPOLI.

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