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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1918

THE

WAR.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mark)

"VICTORY UNDOUBTED." RUSSIA'S DIFFICULTIES

A NEW INDUSTRIAL BRITAIN..

MB. LLOYD GEORGH ON THE

SITUATION.

LONDON, Jan. 25.

IN CAUCASUS.

SHOULDER-HIGH IN SHOW.".

THE CHINA MAIL.

MILITARY SERVICE BILL.

*

THIRD READING PASSED.

LONDON, Jan. 35.* The Military Service Bill has passed its third reading, the voting being 383 for and 36 against.

The Bill was immediately sent up to The House of Lords where it was read a first time..

VIOLENT ENEMY BOMBARDMENTS.

20,000 GERMAN SHELLS..

"

YAUMATI DISPENSARY

OPENED.

SPEECH BY THE GOVERNOR.

BALSAMIC

COUGH

LINCTUS

the most valuable of its kind, in cases of Cough, Athina, Braashitby, Shortness of

The mild, and soothing infusuce which this preparation has, olassos is amon Breathing or Dilealty of Expectoration and walle io tomoves the accumulation of His Excellency was, quompanied by Photo, from its Tonds and Astringent virtues it provents ita formation, and allaya Lady May, the Elon. Mr. Claud Severn irritation of the membranes of the throat and chew, randoring those delicato perta less. (Colonial Secretary) and Mr. Rishardansceptible effisture irritation and diseas Ponsonby (Private Secretary).

Paris, Jan. 24. A communique states: -

H. the Governor yesterday afternoon i There has been activity with grenades opened the Taumati wad, Harbour Dis and aerial torpedoes in Artais. The Pensary of the Chiness Publis Dispen French batteries bombarded German serio. - convoys at Roys, Tan shells wars Bred into Nancy, In the course of the debate in the

French air squadrons bombed Ger House of Commons. Mr. Pringle (L)|man forts in the region of Rheims, said there was nothing ja the Bill to and encamproenti at Middlekerke and prevent putting the man obtained by it, ader martial law and be pointed out that for industrial purposen hir. Lloyd George had talked of the need of in dustrial compulsion. He moved an amendment to prevent men under the Bill being employed unwillingly in civilian work.

Foulbult

„Pania, Jan, 25,

Among those present ware. Li Yau Chuen (Chairman of the Yaurmati Dis. penancy), Chan Check Ing (Chairman of the Harbour Dispensary),-tha. Hon. Mr. Wei Yuk, the Hon. Mr. Lau Cha Pak, Chan Kai Ming, Li Po Kwai, Fi Ping Le Tsung Shiu, Tong Yas Chuen, Yu King Shiu, Le King Law and Pun Shui Chau (directors of Tung Wah Hospital), ote

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THE HANDY BOAT FOR MACAU:

THE 8.8. "OHUEN CHOW"

lency our grateful thanks for your kind.HE ONLY BOAT LEAVING AT 5 P.M. EVERY DAY, new in coming here to-day to performa the opening ceremony. Our thanks are

waa exposed to a blizzard burying regiment. He appealed to the House Arras-Less road, after exploding a mine also due to the visitors for the honour

not to insert the amendment.

The amendment was withdrawn.

ately arrested by grenades and rifle fire. A second attack further south was equally unsuccessful. “

pl their presence. Ja ina ten years since

the Yamati Dispensary it has done very good work, the number of people, both ashore and adoat, to whom the dispen- |

A communiona staber:— › There has been a most violent enemy bombardment near the mouth of the Year, in the region of Nieuport, the Germans fring 20,000 shalla The Mr. Bonar Law repeated the Govern-Finfantry tried to debouch. but our ment's assurances on the subject, and curtain of fire prevented them leaving Lostes, Jan. 26. said that Mr. Lloyd George was as the trenches, except a few parties which His Excellency was welcomed by: Mr.

· · · -* | Là You” Chen,"whose speech;"" translated The difficulties of the Russians in equally sound as any other Cabinet our 6re immediately dispersed.

Minister in saying that the Bill would. The artillery on both sider was most by the Hon. Mr. Lau Chu Pak, was sa the Caucasus are described in a bur-not be used for industrial compulsion. aotive in the region of Boeringhe, follows:- Mr... Lloyd Georgs, interviewed.rative which has been received in The Army authorities objected to the Hotsna and Steenstracto. Small parties *** On behalf of the committee of the stated that Germany would ser Petrograd from an officer: For weeks insertion of the actual words proposed, of the enemy who attempted to eroes Yaumati Dispensary I tender your Esvel-

because it would be necessary to the canal et Hetias were thrown back shortly feel England's whole weight a coluinn at the summit of a mouz: differentiate men obtained under the by the infantry and maxim fire, in the war. "We now have one of tain 11,000 fest high east of Erzerung Dal from ordinary wenter of the same

The enemy in Artois, west of the the greatest armies in the world,"

tried a fresh attack which was immedi be said, "and it will shortly be the the shelters fifteen feet deep, and best equipped. Fufiber, the war has to drift blowing the huts to pieces.

Mr. J. B. Thomas (Lab.) accepted the produced a new industrial Britain: The position was critical when at Government's assurance that they did not intand industrial ecnscription, and said Scores of millions' worth of automatength the column was ordered to be weald do his utmost to see the Bill tic machinery has been erected and

march.

The hurricane was most carried out though he considered it wrecked German trenches at Hul 10, bus.extended a helping hand Being east of Godat farm. In the Rheims has been very good in granting as a site

by to news small, Tao Governm this will enormously affect industries furious when the men began to

anjustified,

Bonar Low dwelt on the redistrict our artillery, guided by eero- for building a new dispensary thus .. at the end of the war. Far from descend the snow-clad precipices.markable change of feeling in the planes, seriously damaged a Germanating the Yaumati to be amalgamate being impoverished, the country will The men, in single file, forced their House since the Bill was introduced. battery. be richer in everything constituting way shoulder-high through the snow, Now there was not a single member who was not determined to make the real wealth,"

and rifles were fired to guide those Bill produce the good results which the bebind. The men's uniforms became Government expected. We had secured sheets of ice, and masks of fee by the Bill a million men who wore absolutely necessary for victory. He covered their faces. The guns were paid a tribute to the acrifices of the lowered by ropes but not a man was working-classes, proving that the whole lost. This all had its reward in the country panic their unexpected appearance produced in the Turks. The Rus

and their right wing is now approach Fing Trebizond.

Mr. Lloyd George emphasised the fact that the "Allies were as united As aver and victory was undoubted.

EREMY AEROPLANES BOMBARD

DUNKIRE.

»

Our baitsrios north of Soissons

BRIGADIER-GENERAL FITTON REPORTED DEAD.

LONDON, Jan. 24. It is unofficially reported that Briga dine General Fitton has died of wounds Wha determined that the in France, Government should carry out all steps, however repugnant to our preconceived RUSSIAN PURSUIT OF THE TURKÉ. ideas, if necessary for victory, Be

THE

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with the Harbour Dispensary. The build- ing having now been completed I hope my with will be fullled, that is work will never amount to much nor testat amongers may alsoy on board without saditional charge on esin z člaxate only fully occupied. Charity it is to adininis. ter to the wants of the sick, pone the less charity it is to have no sick to administer to That would be more gratifying and satisfactory to both me somnutes and the Government. Ha bud reason to believe that outlook would be justified and that with the dispensary

Elle Bau throughout. Fire Claas Attention, Ampla Sploons: sed Unba Acommodation"}

AN ENEMY SEAPLANE FORCED TO abg covered 180 miles in a few dars believed that the general consent shown RUSSIAN CAVALRY AT ÉRZERUM. sickness would disappear altogether. Inc

DESCEND.--

LONDON, Jun. 25.

The Adiniralty announces that two. aeroplanes at 6 this morning dropped bonba on Dunkirk. A German sea- plane was forced to descend into the water by British aeroplane off Nieuport

KING AND PRINCES OF

“MONTENEGRO.

WELCOMED AT LYONS.

Lions, Jan 25 King Niobolas of Montenegro, Prince Danilo and Prince Foter bare arrived. They were welcomed by the French representatives of Government, and as they drove to the hotel were acclaimed by crowds. King Nicholas twice appeared on the balcony of the hotel and responded to the greetings.

AUSTRIANA, OCCUPY SCUTARI.

BOME, Jan. 2

A telegram from Athens reports thas the Austrians have occupied Scutari:

THE AERIAL BOMBARDMENT OF

MONASTIR.

A DABING FEAT.

LONDON, Jia. 25. A Salonika telegram says that the air equadron which bombarded Monastir and Ghevgeli started at 7 in.. the morning. It was divided into two parte, one going towards Monastir,

THE MILITARY COLLEGES.

..

Lesvos, Jan. 24. The lower age limit for candidates for entrance at Woolwich, Sandhurst or the training college in India will be raised to 17 for Woolwich and for the others from the examination next Junc...

by the House would also be found in the country on the appliation of the

measure.

Sie J. Simon said that despite all the Government had done it was impossible to make the Bill acceptable to the conscientious objector, and to remove the fears of industrial compulsion. Abstention from roting would be fater preted to mean that his opposition to the Bill had been overcome, He must therefore role against it.

Sir J. Simon spoke amid impatient interruptions

PETROGRAD, Jan. 24. The defeated. Tarks are in headlong fight towards Erzertim. They continue to abandon enormous quantities of war material. The stragglers are scattering and hiding in the villages being unable to escape the Russian cavalry who ap peared yesterday before Erzerum:

THE AERIAL BOMBARDMENT OF

MONASTIR.

affairs of the Dispensary would always receive a committer's best attention. with His Excellency's propitious stur shining brightly everywhere he was puru the spirits of sickness will vanish and tous that dispensary might not be madu much use of. The harbour dispensary. had formerly been only a boat but that

inconvenience would now be removed."

Ha EXCELLENCx. said that before he proceeded to open the building-ke-wollid like to remind them of the crigin of that and the other dispensaries in the Colony. At the time when, the Colony-was sorely Over two hundred bombs were droppatricken by plague, the Government Compulsion Buf'that the question as toed on Monastir and neighbouring enemy determined to seek the co-operation of OHINESE TELEGRAMS, whether a man was deemed. to bave positions, and another squadron dropped the Chinese propia în diminishing the

(Wak Tea Yat Po's Bervice,)

A DOMESTIC LOAN.

PERING, Jan. 26. 4 National Loan is to be issued this year for $10,000,000 redeemable within six years.

THE YUNNAN REBELLION.

PEKING, Jan. 26. It is reported that the Szechuan troops have hari no engagement with the Yunnan troops. The foruter being defeated.

POSTS FOR UNIVERSITY GRADUATES.

PEKING, Jan. 26. Yuan Shin Kui hus ordered an investigation to be made as to the number of sons of Chinese emigrante abmad who have graduated at Universities, in order that the State Council might find posts for them.

THE IMPERIAL "FAMILY.

Perio, Jan. 28. the other to Ghevgeli. The rate An annual sum of $3,640,000 Las throughout was 70 miles an hour. been fixed upon for the expenditure Some of the machines were provided of the Imperial Family. This money with gups; and the airmen were will be appropriated from the revenue furnished with a chart showing the of the Sung Man gate. position of hospitals and Red Cross

buildings, which the airmen carefully avoided injuring. They bad to con-

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

tend during nearly the whole of the

journey with a 40 mile-an-hour gal

On the Report stage, Mr. Walter. Long mored an amendment to the

salisto' who had been transferred to the Reserve should be decided by a Court of Summary Jurisdiction, and ba: such a man should not be liable to be put to death for disobeying the order calling him up for active service. No such proceeding should be insti tuted except during the war and six months after.

The amendment was accepted.

SINKING OF THE PERSIA." »

A DISCLAIMER BY AUSTRIA.

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 25.

A Vienna telegram tales that the Austrian Government has informed the United States Ambassador at Vienna

SALONIKI, Jan. 24

as hundred bombs on positions at Ghergeli

All the aeroplanos returned mfely.

-AUSTRIANS-OCCUPY SKUTARL..

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ENEMY'S ADVANCE ON YALONA AND DURAZZO.

SALONIKA, Jan. 24." that no Austrian subaurine was inval-Berit The Bulgarinn are proceeding The Anatro-Bulgarians have captured ved in the sinking of the Perrio.

to Valona and the Austrians towards Duramo, where Easad Pasho is making military preparations....,

DISCOVERY AT SALONIKA.

scourge. The first thing to do was to get them to disclose their casse and have them rumoved to hospital, and thawa diminish the sources of infection. The dispensaries begun in Victoria and sprend outwards. They were in charge of Chi AMSTERDAM, Jan. 24. An Austrian communique announcing nese doutor trained in Western modige! Ho saw from the Egures that the occupation of Skutari last evening science.

in 1914 the Chiness dispensaries treated does not mention prisoners. It says that the Serbian garrisons retreated no less than 88,000 cases at cost of without resisting. The Austrians also $30.000, which was wholly raised by occupied Niksitch, Danalograd and voluntary ecatrisations among the Chi-1 Podgoritza.

nese 'community.. That was &'very'splen- did racord. That co-operation had been of immense assistance to the Govern ment in ridding the Colony of the periodical visitations of plague and other infectious disenas. The chairman of the

pensary would have little work to do. local committee had wished that the dis-

If it were so it would only show the effect of intelligent sanitary measures in stopping the spread of infection. That was an amalgamation of two dispensaries, very conveniently situated for the boat population, who would now have dis pensary en cach side of the harbour. The PETROGRAD, Jan. 24. sito had been given by, the Government The Belgian motor machine-gun but the cost of the building, about carpa, which was sent to Rassix three $6,500, had been defrayed by contrita- months ago, was reviewed by the Taartions partly from the Chinese community prior to its departure from Petrograd of Yaumati, partly from the general fund for the front.

of the Dispensaries, Committee, and pärtly from generous contributions of A Salonika tologram states that the AN ARMISTICE IN MESOPOTAMIA $300 echoby M. Les Chu Fax and cer- tain of his friends." He sa the head of bakors have struck owing to lack of four. Bread is at famine prices.

LONDON, Jan. 24 the Government sincerely thanked the Lieat General Sir Percy Lake reports, publospicited men of Yaumati and OPERATIONS IN EAST AFRICA. regarding events in Mesopotamia, that their friends for their splendid gift to a few hours' armistice was concluded on the Colony. With regard to the ramark the 22nd just for the removal of the of the Chairman of the Committee in GENERAL SMITH DORRIEN TO

wounded and the burial of the dead.invoking the direction of his guiding TAKE CHARGE.

The Tigris has risen seren feet at Kuttar, all he could say was that he could in forty-eight hours, and has prevented not brave selected a better star, fur, dur all the movements of troopa on land.

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PARIS, Jan. 24.

A Balonika telegram statoë' that a secret store of 15,000 litres of petrol war" discovered and seized by the French.

General Sarrail immediately inform- ed M. Skoaloudis.

BREAD FAMINE AT BALONIKA.

SALONIKA, Jan. 24.

LONDON, Jan. 25. In the House of Commons, Mr. Ten naut "announced that there had only beon minor operations in East Africe, General Smith, Dorrien will embark for East Africa 'After a short stay at Cape- town to which place he had proceoded for consultation with the Union Govern

stions in Nyasaland. Pag

blowing on their Bank, and bad to Reuter'e Bervice to the China Mali.) ment, Heavy rains had impeded oper-

cross mountains 6,000 feet high..

A previous telegrain stated that hisavy damage was caused at Monastir to the raway station, railway lines, bariscis and ammunition depois. Over 200 bomba ware dropped on Monastir and atighbour. ing sasmy positions and 100 on positions at Chevgeli. All the aeroplanes roburned Viety.]

„RUSSIAN BOMBARDMENT OF --

ERZERUM.

CAPTURE OF AN ARTILLERY CONVOY'S

PETROGRAD, Jan. 26.

SEAPLANE OVER DOYER.

AN EXCITING CONTEST

LONDON, Jan. 25.

It is ofhially announced that a Ger- man seaplane few over Dayer in the afternoon and was engaged by all the anti-aircraft guns. Two British machines also pursued the seaplane.

WAR IN THE AIR.

COMPARISONS IN ACTIVITY.

OPERATIONS IN EGYPT

ENEMY CAMP DESTROYED.

LONDON, Jan. 25, An official announcement regarding the operations in Egypt atatea that General Wallace's column attacked a Senussi camp on the 23rd. The enemy was dispersed and the camp burned:

STRAIGHT AT IT..

BELGIAN MACHINE-GUN CORPS FOR RUSSIAN FRONT.

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General Townshend reports that being the past forty-five years or more, be has sufficient supplies for his troops, had never been sick in bed for's day, and he has not been farther engaged. and he hoped that his little star would

bring the same good health to everybody. [ BREAD RIOTS IN BERLIN. (Applause.)

"

His Excellency then opened, the build. WOMEN AND CHILDREN KILLED.ing, and was afterwards entertained to Ites by the Committee in a room of the LONDON, Jan. 24. new dispersary".

A French wireless message states that The special donations towards the gent on the 12th, inst. a large crowd of women of the new Dispensaries were :-$500 each) and children demonstrated in front of frem Messrs. Lau Chi Pak, Ho Fook, Ho the Ministries at Berlin against the Tal Sang, thea Kai Ming, Chan Cheuk reduction of the bread allowance. They Hing, Li Yan Temn, and one other, with

rere dispersed by the police, many being killed, injured and arrested,

́IWEDEN, AND NEUTRALITY.

TO BE STRICTLY OBSERVED.

STOCKHOLM, Jr 25.

further donation of $600 from the funds

of the Tin Hau Temple, Yaumali -

The rares of the Chinese members of the Dispensaries Committee, are as fol Inwa

Hon. Mr. Wei Yuk, Hon. Mr. Lau Chu Pak, Mears. Chan Kal Ming, Ng Hon Tur, Ho Tai Sang, La Yau Tsun, Chau Debates in both houses of the sig Ki, Lt. Po Kwai, Li Sai Kem, S, W, Riksdag attracted great attention. The To, alok Man Cheung, Ho Ngok Lau, speeches of the leaders of all parties Chan Chock Hing, U Chu Wan, Kwok Is In the House of Commons, Mr. HERE in no use of our besting around paired, it all ality should be won, Chau Chi Hing. Trol Po Shin and

the bash. We might as well ent maintained. Liberals deprecated even Chor Falz Ping Tennant stated that during the pastth it first at last. We want you to key commercial aggression. The Premier in four weeks thirteen British, and nine Chamberlain's Gough flamedy, the next fine speech affirmed that the policy of the probably eleven-German" aeroplanes time you have a cough or sold. There is Government was one of sincere neutral- SOMETHING TO REMEMBER.

LONDON, Jau. 94.-

communique states While pursuing the Turks we captured in 18 machines and the enemy twenty, remarkable entre has gained a world wide and a lack of knowledge of what Recandy is the best for colis, croup and bear in mind that Chamberlain's Cough convoy of 700 men. Our While 1.227 British machines flew over reputation, and people grattiste epeak of sincerely impartial neutrality meant. Roming cough, and 15.6 it contains no Artillery are again, bombarding the the German fines, only 310 German it is the hicheet terms of praise. It is for Iweden would continue to be strictly: hartful druge. For aslo by all Ouaminis |

sale by all. Chemists and Starekoopara aszrplanes over our line

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