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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1915.

BY TELEGRAPH

THE PROGRESS

THE WAR.

OF

POLITICAL CRISIS REPORTED

PENDING.

THE CONSCRIPTION CON-

TROVERSY.

FIERCE FIGHTING ON THE EASTERN FRONT.

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FRESH VICTORIES FOR THE RUSSIANS.

FRANCE TO CALL UP THE 1917 RECRUITS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

BY TELEGRAPH.

CHICAGO MEATPACKERS AND THE ADMIRALTY FRIZE COURT

JUDGMENTS.

LONDON, Sept. 17. The Admiralty Prize Court's judgment, which mainly affects American consigners, is based upon the doctrine of a continuous voyage and follows the American judgments during the Civil War taking note of modern condition

A talegram from Chicago state that the mantpackers announce their intention of appealing and declare that the decision menus a loss to thant of fifteen million dollars,

FRANCE CALLING UP THE 1917 CLASS RECRUITS.

LONDON, Sept. 1765 The French Government has introduced a bill, says à telegram from Puis, calling up all recruits of the 1917-class by the 15th of October.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE AND TRADE UNIONISTS.

LONDON, Sept. 17. Mr. Lloyd George addressed three hundred representatives of forty Trades Unions concerned in the making of rumitions, calling upad their earnest co-operation to accelerate the cutpat.

RUSSIA'S FOROES.

LONDON, Sept. 17. A selegram from Petrograd announces that though eight million men can be raised under yesterday's Wisse, probably only two million will be called out at present.

THE NEW

BY TELEGRAPH. CURADERMA SKIN SPECIFIC

(Wah Ter Yai Po'a Service.)

THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY.

PIXING, Sept. 16

. Li Yuan Hung, The Vice-President, though ill, led the bigh ofheials when they want to offer congratulations on the President's birthday.

IP KUNG CHEUK.

Ip Kung Cheuk will, it is stated, teader his resiguation..

GENERAL NGAI.

General Ngai Jih Chung has left for

Anhui

PACIFIC · NAVIGATION STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

PENING, Sept.17. The San Francisco Chamber of Câm- morce yesterday telegraphed the Paking Chamber of Commerce inviting them to take shares in the Pacific Steamship Navigation Company.

Price $1.00 per bottle.

BATHING. CAPS

NEW STOCK JUST ARRIVED,"

QUEEN'S DISPENSARY

·Tel. 492.

THE OMAT KICLUSIVE ENGLISH TAILORS

IN WILK COLONY.

Queen's Read, Central

Bros Diss

NG. J. WYNDHAM ST.

amer Stret

KATALIN 1000

(Peuter's Service to the Chind Mail)

BRITISH POLITICAL CRISIS IMPENDING.

THE CONSCRIPTION CONTROVERSY.

LONDON, Sept. 17.

The Daily News" says that a political crisis of the first magnitude is impending. Some of the Conscriptionist" ministers who are failing to get the Cabinet to agree with their policy intend shortly to resign in order to forco & General Election on the subject before the new recruiting campaign, based on the National Register, comes into operation.

JOURNALISTIC WRANGLING REGARDING CONSCRIPTION. -

Loynox, Sept. 17.

Mr. J. W. Thomas' (Secretary of the Railwayson's. Union) speech has led to a fresh outburst of wringling between the extreme conscriptionist and the anti-conscriptionist journals, which are largely occupied with bitter criticisms of each other's methods and alleged motives. Other journals earnestly deprecate the tone thus given to the discussion which was in no wise redacted in the speeches in Parliament.

TRADE UNION LEADER'S THREAT.

The Opposition Of 3,000,000.

Losnos, Sept. 17.

A WARNING TO TRADE 'UNIONISTS.

A B

Losnos. Sept.. 17.

At an informal conference in Loudon yesterday of the Railway managers and representatives of the Union, it was understood that the way had been paved for an amicable settlement of the question by an incronas of wages,

The Union warned the branches of the imperative necessity of refraising from action imperilling the negotiations.

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THE PROPOSED BIG LOAN FROM AMERICA.

The Standard Oll Company's Millions.

LONDON, Sept. 17.

Mr. J. P. Morgan, mys a telegram from New York, has submitted details the proposed Angle-French long to Mr. Rockafeller. It is understood that he asked Mr. Rockefeller to subscribe.

The fact that the National City Bank, which does most of Mr. Rockefeller's banking, has already decided to participate is regarded as an indication that the Standard Oil Company's millions are behind the loan.

THE SITUATION IN PERSIA.

LoxDos Sept-17;

·SANITARY BOARD.

The following is the Agenda for Ties- day's meeting-

1. Application for an additional water closet at the St. Stephen's College, Bon-

a Road, Inland Lof No. 6.

2. Application for offensive, trula licence at No. 383, Reclamation Street, Kor loen Inland Lot No. 907.

3- Application for an offensive trade licahco at No. 29, School Street, ground Hicpr.

Tai Hang Lot No. 182.

4. List of proceedings taken by this Department Against paison- for breaches of the Public Health and Buildings Or- Ainance of 803 for the month of August, 1913.

[6. Mortality, return for Engkong for the weeks ending 22nd and 2ch-August, and Beh Saptember, 1913.

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6. Mortality catara for Macso for the weeks cading 9ch. August, kad-5th-Sep- tember 1015.

THE HANDY

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THE 8.S: "OHUEN OHOW*

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THE ONLY BOAT LEAVING AT P.M. EVERY DAY.

THE

Back again by acou on the following days

SUNDAY Leaves Macao 1.30 P.M. Arrives Hongkong atat # PM

FARES :--First Class 32 Single; 43 Ratuto (Saloon;,

First Class SI

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·81.50* -(Saloon) for Chine Second Class 60 ets. Single'; $1 Retura

Eirstyle Fans throughout. First Class Autention. Ample Sloons and Cahay

7. Rat return for the weeks anding 4thcommodation. and 11th September, 1915.

"INQUIRY" "INTO" A MOTOR CAR

FATALITY. ›

Sir Edward tray: replying to a question put by Sir John Rees, said the Y present state of disorder in Persia was cugging the anxious attention of the Government, which would omit no mesures that can properly be taken tof safeguard British life nad property.

GERMAN COMPETITION AFTER THE WAR.

Important Franco-Italian" Conference.

Losnos, Sent. 17.

The debate în the House of Commons last evering on the Vote of Credit

A message from Lugano (Switzaland; reports that an important rmolved itself into a discussion on the question of Compulsory Service. The debate proceeded very soberly until Mr. J. W. Thomas Secretary of the Rail-Franco-Italian Coinmercial Conference has been opent. Uing attended waymen's Union, intervened with passionate denunciation of Conscriptionist by distinguished politicians, economists, and Ministers of both nations, agitatora. He said that the workers were unable to forget that one of the fur the purpose of discussing what comercial dul industrial steps wr. primary objects of the early stages of that agitation was cheap asidiera. Nearly but in the future to establish a larrier uguúnst German cozípetition; every branch of the Railwaymen's Society had passed resolutions intimating that after the wur..

The Conference is approved by lath (invernments".

the day that Conscription was introduced they would go on strike. If the It is evin hoped that the Conference will be fire purleus of an Todas. Government were unable to force the Munitions Act against 200,000 what would trial, Monetary, and Customs Union of the Quadruple Entente and their happen when 3,000,000 hostile workers were involved? He suspected that the Allies, secret aim of the Cosecriptionist carpaign was to remove Mr. Asquith, but the workers knew that Mr. Asquith was irreplaceable in the Government. Despite the carpings

a section of the Press he had the confidence of the people. Let them do nothing to destroy that confidence. If the voluntary system had failed, which he denied, the failure was due not to voluntaryism but to the efforts mado to kill it.

Other opponents of compulsion stated that if the Government produced ovidence in favour of enopulsion they would acquiesce. They appealed to the ...Government to inform the country of the number of men wasted.

FRESH VICTORIES FOR THE RUSSIANS.

MANY MORE PRISONERS TAKEN.

LONDON, Sept 17. 9.13 a.m.

RUSSIA'S IMPROVED SUPPLY OF MUNITIONS.

LONDON, Sept. 16.

A French communique says that the Russian Minister for War (M. Polivanoff) declares himself satisfied with the improvement in the pro- vision of munitions, of which there has been an enormous increase which Jas been fully maintained the last fortnight.

The supply of rifles la also considerably increased

THE FIGHTING IN EAST AFRICK.

Enemy Patrol Surprised.

Loxbox, Sept. 1. 7.

The Press Bureau announces that a strong enemy patrol was

Mr. Lindell opened an jaquiry at the Police Court this morning into the death of a Chinese namerì Chang Sing, who was acdentally killed near the Belle Viow Hotel shortly after midnight on the morn jog of September 11th by being knocked | down by a hus

by anuntor car driven by Lauritsen, of the Dragon Cycle Company.

Mr Bock, Tide Surveyor at Whampoa, said he wax a passenger'in the car together

th Mr Swift, of the Vacuum Oil Com pany, Canton, Mrand Mas E. Scott Chap- man and Capt: Bell Smith. The car was being drive at a mode are spoed,

The inquiry was adjourned to Therdy.

BRITAIN AS AN ALLY.

Appreciation In France.

Paris, August 2nd. In in article sii Britain's share in the war the "Guerre Stiale" mys the greatest stroke of luck which has bofallen France in the war is to

have had Britain as an ally.

the journal, eren after the battle of the What would haru hecome of us," Baya

Marne, if the German Fleet had driven un from the sens and bad blockaded us; it Germany had been able to revictual horself in America and elsewhere? Britain goes to war. Immediately the German Fleet is formed to confine itself to its own territorial waters. Germany is blockaded and cut off from the whole world she is cut off from countries which supplied her with catton, metal, and munitions of all sorts; from countries. where reside

ole million of her sur-reservists, who are able to rejoin. "Our

being

made up slowly but surely of all the hat fighting material, not only in Britain

successes for the Russians. Not merely in the southern but also in the British and 100. Tadian Infantry.

entml theatre fresh prisoners were takea, totalling 4.778.

Fierce fighting continues on the Eastern Front resulting in furtherprised eight-miles south of Maltin, East Africa, on the 14th inst. 560 | Army is zoieforced by an Army which is

The enemy flest after in sharp fight, leaving any white and 31 natie, 25 bat in Canada. South Africa and Aus

Our ensualties were killed and eight wounded.

A communiqué issued at Petroand states fit the Russians cap-deid, beides wounde Jared "two" villages and seventy-six prisoners vist of Korel unit drove back the enemy westwards on to a front south of Print. The enemy at the latter point resisted stubbornly in great strength...

The Ruins north-east of Bubio took 2,670 prisoners unit, 552 prisoners north-west o! Tarnopol. Sitle west of the same low the Russians vigorously attacking, captured a village and drove the enemy headlong ueross the river Stryps inflicting great losses.

"Many rifles, ranch sunition and all the enemy's kit work”e

tured.

CONSTANTINOPLE RIDLY DEFRESSED.

Scarcity Ol

Supplies

LONDON, Sept. 17.

tralia, and our financial power is being erosolidated by ita allinned with the grestent Doancial Power which in the "twelfth month of war, is expable of raising, without loan of acnavenience to herself,

340,004,000."

Jett

Stoker,

Heat-Admiral Sir W. Creswell, rags Thourne wire, 5sa received's private Trom Lieutenant Commander A. G. commanding officer cf the sub

There was a fierce battle all day west of Tromborlo on the Strypu. The Russians in the ring benke the wire entanglements and hurled the enemy out of bis trenches with the bayonet and captured the wood and the village, which previously had been constantly changingThe correspondent at Constantinople of News van den Dog, says made, which now lies at the butte ea of Marmora, saying that the hands, aiul crossed the river closely pursuing the enemy. This engage Amsterdam telegram, draws & my picture of the Turkish Capital of the She crew of AEE are quite fit and ment resulted in 1,500 more prisoners being taken

No Boulaanian petroleum is obtainälle Amtolian grain supplies are whole of their imprisonment in os ahear The Russians in the worth are also apparently holding their own

sourcer as it is impossible to taunsport it; three gue-works have closed ful spirit the centre of Asia Minor, ti are taking as possible. They have been gainst the German onslaughts between Drinsk and Pins, making down owing to lack of conl; sugar, which is necessary for Turkish food mored isto to hea eary healthy spot. vigorous and successful counter-attacks..

and bread are very scarce,

what appearset above sea level, and all The fact that the population beberes Germany to be responsible for about 100 f have been inls tod this death explains the ratio effort of the Germans to establish concers and Daily exercise ir allowed. inunication with Turkey through the Balkans,

“heir: fröstment is as good-

*bly expock."

FURTHER HEAVY FIGHTING."

ON THE EASTERN FRONT,

LONDON, Sept 17

CANNONADING AND BOMB FIGHTING CONTINUE.

LONDON, Sept. 17.

A Petrograd communiqué uyw:-South-west of Dvirsk the Russians front with bomb and trench mortar fhing in Arroane

A Paris .communigite reports sa cannonading along the whole repolesd repeated Garman attack which reached our wire entanglements.

The enemy to the north-east of Vilas succeeded in crossing the Vilns river. The Russians in the direction of Pinsk are retiring under the enemy's

pressure,

The enemy onaiinues his counter-attacks in the Derajno district and at various points in Ualicin, hoping thus to consolidate bir position, which we badly shakan, but he has only achieved small local saccesses The Russians took another 1 100 prisoners near Derajno,

Dooperate fighting is proveeding on the Strype, west of the Tarnopoi. Trembo Tsline, where the enemy is clinging to the passages of the river.

BULGARIA AND GERMANY.

STRAW THAT SHOWS HOW THE WIND IS BLOWTRO,

LONDON 2017 The Times correspondent if Sofa Bluted that the writer of a newsbaper arielo critisin the pro German policy of the Government has been arrested and -ike joufual suppressed,

BENEFICIAL RAINS IN AUSTRALIA,

LoxDor, Sept. 17 Owing to the beneficial rains the crop of hay in South Australia the beaviest for years post. The field of wheat also is likely to be unusually good.

ALPINERS' SKILL AND AUDACITY

LONDON Sent 17,

telegrare from Home states: Iling's bold imaratons on the cross ot the Avil Comey over 1,000 feat high, is described ma The Alpiners skill und audacity overage almost inauzenou ties in mountainous, country They gel glaciers the enemy a entrehohmments, which was partly dest

The Austrians have recapfty buning high exp Cano, which ou-analysis/ prose to contain large acid.

against typhoid, On the whole as they could posmi,

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