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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1915

BY TELEGRAPH,

THE WAR.

REIGN OF TERROR IN BELGIUM

CIVILIANS DEALT WITH “BY

COURT MARTIAL.

THE NEW BRITISH FRONT DESCRIBED.

LATEST NEWS FROM EAST AND WEST FRONTS.

THE MODITERRANEAN'S WONDERFUL NEW FLEET.

Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)"

REIGN OF. TERROR IN BELGIUM.

LONDON, Oct. 20.

A telegram from Rotterdam states that a reign of terror exista ia Belgium, and it is believed that Miss Cavell's cxecution is only one of the many inculanta offrightfulness."

A German proclamation shows that a Court Martial on Oct. 9 condemned to death, besides Miss Cavall, our others, including a Belgian Countess, a lady teacher, a leading Brussels chemist and an architect. It also sentenced twenty. two persons to imprisonment, fifteen to two years. "Princess Mar de Crop was sentencer to ten years' imprisonment.

A-telegram-from Rom says that the Fope, at the request of the British and Belgian Legations, interested with the Kaiser on behalf of the Countess, the teacher and seven other French and Belgians, who had been condemned to

be alot.

The Archbishop Cologne replied that the Emperor had suspended the spections pending further investigation.

A WONDERFUL NEW FLEET IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.

The

THE CHINA MAIL.

BY TELEGRAPH.

"KA BERAPH BY TELEGRAPH BY TELEGRAPE OUR

(Router's Service to the China Mail) | (Bauter's Service to the China Mail) Router's Service to the China Mail.)

WESTERN FRONT,

REPORT FROM SIR JOHN FRENCH.

LONDON, Oct. 20. Field Marshal Sir John-Frenetr eaports very active artillery work on both siles. Bombing attacks by the onomy were repulsed...

Sir John French denies the German reports of British repulses north-east of Vermolios.

ENEMY NIGHT-ATTACKS REPULSED..

Pian, Ger. 19. To day's courantigas mentions that the Germans made "very torious night attack north-eastward of. Souchez, Our infantéy, it says, supported by Unte tarias, easily repalend each artsak,

EASTERN FRONT.

RUSSIANS COPING SUCCESSFULLY WITH THE ENEMY.

PETECORAD, Oct, 20.

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QUEEN'S DISPENSARY

lá a debate on the Finance Bill,

Lespor Oct20

Mt. Philip Snowden" (Labour) attack- ed to increase in the Ten Day, and maved its rejsution: He decred that for those earning £1 a week the tie ligs district, where the ther-lens to an incometax of 4/-.

Stubborn fighting has developed in breakfast-taħle duties were equiva-| mans, according to a communique, Me. McKenna contested this. suureks in advancing northwards Though the increase was hard out Tel. 492, in the vicinity of Mitau.

humblest ehisms; there was no re Fighting along the Drinske front liable evilence that the duties were Is been confined to fierge artillery pressing so heavily as to reduce the actions, the Busskuis developed a success in the inkille-Sayez cap=| toring the town of Telurtorysk by a sudden attack, taking nine guns, marons toschine guns, and otother 700 prisonersI

The success at Tehertorysk was due to the simulations sucian of the Geun dapks,» Thu prisoners The communiquz'adds that there has belonged to the Crown Prince's Let been bomb-fighting in Champagne, and Grenadier Rogunt. The communi- the rain of the French guna silenced ane says that in their axtreme - intense bombardment on Les Eparges.sentinont, probed by the German

AN ATTACK COMPLETELY DEFEATED EAST OF RHEIMS.

consumptim

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The notion for rejection,vas dived by 204 votes to 26, wh the kin clause was lapted.

EXPORT OF COTTON PRODUCTS PROHIBITED.

Loxtos. Get, W.. The Gazeite announces in the use of explosive bullets, the Russiansexport is prohibited to nenital coun- bayanered su enormous number of fries contiguous to the hemp (in-1 this Regiment. The pursuit of the cluding Scandinavia) of all mainitse [quemy in this region continus. turus and products of cotton, except Above Telartorysk a vigorous Rust cotton lace, curion waste, furs, Paris, Oct. 20.

sin attack put the Austro-Germans dressed and undressed. The latest communique states that to flight and two villages were storm" the attemptad enemy ablack yesterday. nunomous chino-guns nad pri- morning east of theims on a feant ofsoners falling to the Russians. ten kilometres with large forces ended. The skilfulness of the Russians in complete defeat.

and the results obtained are demon- strated by the fact that units which on the 18th inst. took 2,350 prisoperš at one point, besides a large quantity of abandoned munitions ed aus, themselves only lust 52 min. ́··

INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE BILL.;

ZONDON, Opt. 20/

The Committee Stage of the T- dian Civil Service (Temporare Provi sions) Bill will be taken in the House of Lords to-morrow.

The attack was prepared 'most care. fully by prolonged bombardment in. cluding the use of suffocating shells and clouds of chlorine gas. Enemy infantry penetrated some sections of our first line trench, but immediate counter- An Austrian communique admits

Kent Islington. in the course of attacks almost completely ejected them, that the Russians by persistent rt. the debate on the Second Rating f and a vigorous counter-offensive in the tacks reached the west bank of the intiuated that the Goverment. ini afternoon expelled the remainder. The Styr at several points near Telar-temporarily and-in part changing the enemy lost heavily.

{torysk.

methos.cf recruitment, was most unxicus that by no means this year

There have been violens artillery actions along the rest of the front, ENEMY AERODROME DESTROYED.

-Pams. Oct--10--

man serodrome at Barlingcourt. The A French squadron bombad a Ger hangars and shelters were obviously demolished

INDIANS IN GERMAN EMPLOY IN CHINA.

LONDON, LICA 20. In the House of Commons, Calons! Yate asked what measures were being taken to prevent British Indians .re maining sii the employ of Grammy

A wonderful a fost, which has regioni for the Alles the ean-Chica. maml of the Mediterranean lär endas saldurines had posed the Lord Robert Cecil said that Sir John rasurement of the Allies battleships, we headed by a correspondent-at-Jordan (the British Miniater at Peking) flos Darbinelles. Is persists of Moniteur of all shapes and sizes, thr was being asked to report relegraphi fardest carrying to fourteen-indi ging which thoi tamnarters ofcally on the subject.

ul. BRITISH PRISONERS IN GERMANY.

ta ton of metal fit miles. They na lault-dut be ten feet dee

water on ach site, making the hol vulnerable to forpolos. sequently old raisers of the Erciynoir, and Theseus classes arrived re-om with formidable waist-belts. The latter took the most import ant ok in the landing at Sutla uit sulentent operafilis.

THE NEW BRITISH FRONT.

Lorrow, Oct. 20, "

In the House of Commcus ML.H J. Tennant (Under-Secretary for War, stated that the total number of British prisoners in Germany up to September was approximately 25,000. ZEPPELIN COMES IN COLLISION WITH CHIMNEY.

Field Marshal Sir John French's despatch gives the first detailed descrip tion of the new British-position and says that the Front now-leaves-the-oid

Losnos, Oct. 20. line 1100 yards south-west of the southern edge of Au Chylez-Labassee, and manufacturore, having works in France,

Messrs. Pilkington & Sons, glas runs through the mais trench of the Hohenzollern Redoubt in an easterly received the following telegram from "direction 100 yards south of Fosse and 8 yards to the south-west of the corner Paris-Our Maubeuge works chimney of the Quarries. We also hold the south-east corner of the Quarries, our tranches destroyed in collision with Zeppelin. ruuning thence south-east parallel to and 400 yards from the south-western Ali the crew of the Zeppelin were edge of Cite St. Elia to 500 yarde west of the north edge of the Halluch line. killed."

It the runs along the Lens-Labasseee road to Chalk Pit 1500 yards north of Hill 70, thence south-west to 1000 yards east of Loos church, where it tends south-east to the north-west slope of Hill 70. It runs along the western slopes of that hill, bending south-west to 1700 yards south of Loo charch, whence it goet dus west back to the old line. The salient we have crested in the enemy's line, measured along our old front, is 17,000 yards in length and its depth at the Chalk Pit, 3200 yards.

Since Sept. 28 the snemy has rainforced his troops and is holding our front We attacked by 48 battalions including a division of the Guards, after a heavy bombardment. The enemy, who attacked to day between the, Quarries And Haliach, were everywhere repulsed.

LATEST NEWS FROM SERBIA,

PARIS. Oct. 20.

The latest news from Kish shows that, despite a most gallart resistance, the Serbians, owing to the enemy's superior artillery, LIG falling back in the north..

BULGARIAN DIVISION ANNIHI

LATED.

frst traiload of French wounded

PARIS, Oct. 20.. Advices from Athens state that the from the fighting against the Bul. garians has arrived at Salonika.

It is reported from Doiran that o Bulgarian Division was completely annihilated.

SUCCESSFUL ITALIAN ATTACKS AT VARIOUS POINTS.`

J

Rost, Oct. 20. & communique raya that the Italiane, after intense artillery preparation, su cessfully attacked at various pointa on the Tyrol and Trentino frontier, capt. aring important hulghts in Upper Cor devole and a punk 5,500 feet high in the Falzarego district

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GREEK GENERAL STAFF-AT-

SALONIKA.

The Greek General Staff has.or rived at Salonika. The King is expected to, follow shortly:

ITALY TO AID SERBIA..

LONDON, "Dot. 20.

In the House of Commons. Mr. Lloyd George, on behalf of Mr. Asquith, said the methods by which Italy could best co-operate in help-} ing Serbia or in the cominon cause are under discussion by the Allies, (Cheers.)

MANIFESTO FROM THE TSAR

PETROGRAD, Oct. 20.

The Tear, in a Manifesto, says

The "Russian people draws the sword against Bulgaria with a bleed- ing heart, and leaves the fate of the betrayer of the Slay cause to the just punishment of God.

THE ALLIES AND GREECE.

ATHENS, Oct. 19. buvo ovacuated Pentel and Melnik.since the British and Russion" Minis Twenty-four hours have elapsed

It is rumoured that the Bulgarians

BRITISH SUBMARINES IN THE

-BALTIC.

A communique states that the troops south of Semondria have been Four German Merchantmen Torpedoed. obliged to retire in conjunction with the Anny near Belgrade. Fighing continues in the Vlassino Valley 'on the Bulgarian Frontier-Between Vrania" and Bistovatz the enemy is in command of the railway. In the south our troops occupy the region between. Stratzine Mountain, east of Kumanovo, and the left bank at Bregalnitza.

THE WASTAGE OF GERMAN OFFICERS,

"Losbox, Oct., 20.

British submarines have torpedoed. four large German merchantmen int the Baltic Sea during the last few Rays.

GERMANY LOSES ANOTHER

TORPEDO BOAT..

ters conferred with M. Zaimis (Prime) Minister) and informed him that

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that, if with the exinination of one fourth there was net us a result the sane proportion of Indians success ful as in forty years, that number; would be made up by election., Even treatment wonki be rutted num to European and ludian. The rules woulL niso provide thai a minimum standard of education should be li down in the case of selected Elto- Pean carlidates, and a 'cord tion, bź cligibility would be that candidates have rendered service with the forces of the Crown of certain length and mitu

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The Ven, H. L Wild, archdeacon of Nottingham, has been appointed Big. shop of Nowostle,

CHARGE AGAINST A SHIP'S COMPRADORE

10'0

Charged with being in possession of revolver and 8 rounds of ammapition, the ecmpradore of the Lai Sang was convicted, without penalty, by Mr Hazeland at the Police Court this morning.

The.. Arms

ee found in a chest of drawers in defendant's cabin.

Mr Goldring, defending, elicited that the drawer

awer also contained correspondence, and some eighteen months ago, who but not atured that the chief oficer on the boat returned to Hongkong, gave the articles to the compradors to take care of.

Worship-Ha out a licenes.

Mit Goldring said there waY DO a ship's officer to take out a licence..

His Worship There might be a thous and rovoizera under those circumstances,

Mr Goldring. The revolver was simply pdt loto a locked drawer, and the man did not use it. I submit that that is not an offence under t! Ordinance,

His

should have taken

need for

He Warship as sfated, eonvicted the defendant without penalty, ordering the revolver and ammunition to be confscated.

their Governments did not agree with To-day's Advertisements

the Greek interpretation of the Ser bian Treaty, but nothing has trans- pired up to the present

(Hodda Service.)

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION NO. 8. 234.

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MEDICAL DEPARTMANI. hrraby notified that BEILED TENDERS in duplicate, which should be clearly marked Tendre for Medical the Colonial Secretary's Office until Noos Department Contract, will to received. of SATURDAY. the 31st October 1915, for the supply of AERATED WATERS BEDDING and CLOTHING BEERS, SPIRITS WINES, etc. SPIRIT of

PAS, Oct. 19. French stock now stands at 66.60. Yesterday artillery activity and trench warfare prevailed on the whole front Bauter's correspondent at Britisli Headquarters, in describing-the-|

To-day we repulsed three attacks recent counter-attack from Loot on the Hohenzollern Redoubt, stateer here a trustworthy commation. Our airbraft bombarded an avia-CAL INSTRUMENTS and SUNDRIES:

COPENILDEN, Oct. 20-north-east of Bouclier and mastered

the enciny's artillery at Epargue. WINE; CHEMICALS, DRUGS, GURGI as an interesting fact, that the Germans were mostly led, by Non. of the sinking of a German torpedo tion camp north-east of Chateau FURNITURE MILK

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TONDON, Oct. 20.

"Cour. which fact supports, the belief that in the case of fropial assault boat by the collision with the algamlirogressed in WASHING (Schedules No. 1 in 101

the officers are presumably under orders in in their shelters Gill ferry on the 15th ins Only five ot the objective lías been carried, the purpose: bring to prevent a wastage of officers,

A GERMAN CLAIM.

row of 5-1 vero rescued.

Petrogrud-We Dvinsk, Pripat and Niemen regions required locally by this Department. fer capturing more than 3,000 prisoners. Triad of one year from the first of Rome: The Government has de Application should be made to the

January next inciosira, CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALY,clared that a state of war exists be Colonial Secretary's Office for the necerency LETERE is nothing en geel, for musenter tween Italy and Bulgus forms of tender. All other Toformation

steum Elso, apr ins, Jaman cramp Salonika Allied troops occupy Medical Officer at the Civil Hospital

ділу be ourained from the Principal Civil Gormans claim to have slo med moveral positions, and to heure in less time than any other treatment. Valley and Cornasconi sector, infist- of the muscles, braises and like injuries A Stromtnitzt, The hang repulsed Chamberlain's Pat Balm It will effect and throw the coemy back in Timek River Drina to the south of Dim

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