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SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1918.

THE WAR.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter's Service to the China Maž)

ZEPPELIN WRECKED IN NORTH SEA.

T

-WABF TRAWLER SKIPPER.

(From Our Own Correspondent."}

LONDON, Feb. 3.

GERMAN CREDIT.

THE CHINA MAIL.

AUSTRIAN NAVAL BOMBARDMENT.

Roxx, Feb. 4. ~ An enemy cruiser and four torpedo bombarded San Vitoohisto, Ortons. Slight damage was done, bat she coast batteries compelled the squadrga to withdraw.

boati

BELLING INFORMATION TO GERMANS.

"NEW YORK, Feb. 4." A German-American bank clerk, named Schieindl, who was mentioned in welagrama published in December, has beer sentenced to three genre ins penitentiary for selling to Germans information regarding a shipment of (Baarn Foreign Office Telegram) Munitions to the Allies.

ITS, DECLINE IN HOLLAND.

LONDON, Feb. 9. America Bankura in London A wrecked Zeppelin has been seen lately, have shown great interest in in the North Sea riding on the water.the depreciation of German credit in

(Router's Service:)"

LONDON, Fab. 8.

|-Hollund, -nnai an-view of thb-inertased internakozal inportance of Ameri van nuance, London attaapes mors when usual weites to their judgment

The decline of Gremus creauin The skipper of a Grimsby trawler, King Sephia; uports tout to be Holland has particular importance sarly on Wedeeday the Zeppuilususu mollund and Germany, Li ho cars, and part of the adjoining counes, nothing but a vaus breakdown of the German envelope were submerged. A 50010 of men were on top orbis arvenpe: export iustry could accountåler we They assed to be woken 03, but ungary balence of payments against they outnumbered tho wawler's crohiemuany sight is indicated by Lau the skipper rerused and came straigh,katess deprecation in value in til to Crispy to report,

LÁTER

The crow of the "truwist og The Stephen numbered only mine. saw hezky of the zeggen & crow, Bid Sound Where were hub us 'they need'orlats ämmergy thougno ine Zepponů several hour.

Lau Deel whiện.

RAID ON GERMAN TRENCHES.

A WELL-FLANNED SURPRISE. :

LONDON, Feb., ..... Reuters correspondent at Head-

describing the raid on the -quarters......

German trenches briefy mentioned in the British communique, 1631 the night was dark and misty. There was a space of 150 yards where wire entseglement had to be crossed. The German sentry was bayonetted and the "first intims, tion in the German tregohoo wa a crash of bombs. The men tumbled out of their dug-outs bowling and in panic, and they were. bayonet tad, clubbed and bombed." Some of the isilanta abowed a weird tanto in weapons. One man jnsisted on taking a 3lb bammer because he was aCCUE

and of cheques drawn on Berta > hifc during the first fourte mentus of the war German currency only depreciated 4.7 per centomed to use it in his work. The affair between October 1st and Declared only a few micutes, when the

vizi qua, inte depreciation increase vo za pit cunt.

This such increase in the rake as wuidh terinan eredt decunea

a neutral country where it can mess

The LIB bad been previously reported to have been hit by Dutente juged spins to indicate that her. gunners while passing over the island aany's latest military preparations of Aureland on Tuesday.

involved some ug like a complete Probably she was the belated abundóminent of any attempt to the productive - mdustry Zeppelin which left England at minia

Henceforth all o'clock in the morning! Possicly short country, was then disabled, and the Dutch Germany acumedia oferts must be gunners completed her destructiop.

THE DEFENCES AGAINST AIR

RAIDS.

LATER..

made, not rxan wealth newiy, pro- duced, but trom ner capital alieady by, eighteen, soverely dana.sted months of war.

Following is the averige weekly

It is understood that the Govern-quotation at Amsterdam of cheques mant Departments concerned, are on Berlin:

result of "ne moet sutivo 28 3 Zeppelin mid. At present the War Office controls the defences of Lon- den and the Admiralty those of the rest of Englund." This division of control is unlikely to continue.

Lotters published in the papers atate that the Zeppelins hung around the coast for some time before they went inland.

נ.

Lord Rosebery whites: We have too long been passive, and patient advocates of reprisals,

THE OTTAWA FIRE.

OTTAWA, Feb. 4. The Canadian House of Commons was sitting late last night when the fire started. It took immediate hold of the inflammable wooden reading room and newspaper files in the contiguous chamber. The latter was soon filled with smoke and flumes. The Hon. Mr. Burril (Minister of Agriculture) and Dr. Michael Clark "were badly burned. The Premier bad a narrow escape from his room. Sir Wilfrid Laurier was also in his; room, but this being nearer to the main exit his escape was easier. EPORTED. SIX DEATHS REPORTED.

LATER.

The Speaker's nieces were over come by, the smoke in the corridor

October İst

30.65

October Sch

30.38

October 15th

50.10

October 22nd

49.73

October 29th.

48.50

November 6th

47.95

November 12th

48.10

November 10th

18.00

Sovember 26th.

1.30

December 3rd

16.70

December 10th

45.83

December 17th

49.58

December Ph

13.70

Deduinber Bist

43.35

In this connection, a well-informed newspaper critic remarks:

Imaiders were, recalled by a whistle, as on parade. The only avanities ware two men who were devotedly, amaisting. a woundad comrade over the parapet-

EARLIER TELEGRAMS

Renter's Service to the Chind Mail.)

CANADIAN PARLIAMENT HOUSE DESTROYED.

FIRE DUE TO BOMB EXPLOSION.

OTTAWA, Feb. "4. The Parliament buildings are ed fire, and it is believed thus they are doomed.

The Members who vers in session at Are

the time narrowly escaped; two missing

:

Two nieces of the Speaker were killed.

It is believed that the firo was due to the explosion of a bomb.

זי

LATEZ.

The bodies of the two nieces of the Speaker have been found,

fembers who were near the Reeding room confirm that the fire was doo to a bomb explosion. All were thrown to the floor,

HRH the Duke of Connaught

watched the scenes.

Several policemen and Eremen werd bariel in the colupse of ons end of the building..

The Speaker's wife mada a perilous leap for life, The corridors of the Speaker's chambers were aflame when she jumped a distance of 20 feet Into life-ast. Her two children were

A depre-rescued with difficulty,

ciation of 28.7 per cent, in the value

Fortunately, the debato which was in progress at the time of the occurence

was very thin,,

of the Mark in Amsterdam means was most uninteresting, and the House that Germany has to pay more than 140 marks where, with exchange at par, 100 mucks would bave provided the same amount, of Dutch currency

A northerly gala for an bear con verted the Parlament into a mass of

force flames.

A

The fire has now been controlled?

for purchases in Holland. Thus it The damage is estimated at £1,000,000. may be said that about 40 per cent. has been added to the German prices of goods imported from Holland as a result of currency depreciation, and apart from other causce which have been operating to raise prices.

THE "AFFAM."

DECLARED A PRIZE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.

The Appam bas been declared a prize,

"This tremendous depreciation of Mr Lansing states that though the the Mark in Holland whoes frontier Appam has been declared a priza, bar disposal involves farther consideration

is open to imports from Germany of The Hague Convention and the is prgot that German productive Pruto-American Treaty, resources are far from being equal. "APPAN'S PASSENGERS' to providing any margin for export after meeting war Decessities.

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ZEPPELIN WRECKED IN NORTH SEA.

LONDON, Feb. 9. The Admiralay coucous that s fabing-trawler reported today that she had seen a Zeppelin in the North Sex in a sinking condition.

A French vonsel which-bas arrived at Hull slao saw a wrecked Zeppelin la the North Sea on Thursday morning..... ZEPPELIN SINKS COASTING STEAMER.

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CONSCRIPTION IN BRITAIN.

LONDON, Feb. 3.

A Proclamation enforce the Military Service Aorfrom the 10th February. RECIPROCAL SHELLING AT LOOS

BALSAMIC

COUGH LINCTUS

The mild and soothing influence which this preparation has, okset it among "

LONDON, Feb. 3. Henry shelling was to-day directed the most valuable of its kind, la casos of Cough, Asthian, Brouahiti, Shortness of at Loos and at our trenches in the Breathing or Difficulty of Expectoration; and whild it removes the accumulation a vicinity. We replied effectively. There was some mining activity, mainly on our part, about the Hohenzollern. Redoubt, between it and the La Basset road.

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ENEMY'S OFFENSIVE IN WEST.

LONDON, Feb. 3. The Franz Fisher, employed a K casting collier, from Hartlepool to London, was wat hy Zeppelin oc Tuesday night. Thirteen persons were EFFORT ON THE MISNE STOPPED. drowned, and three, were saved by a Belgian steamer, The Frans Fisher was captured enemy vessel öf 957 tone,

LATER.

The Franz Fucher an anchored

when she was supky

DUTCH VESSEL ATTACKEN BY

AUBMARINE......

Hinder.

AMSTERDAM, "Feb. 3,- The Dutch motor-vessal Arismus was torpedoed near the lightship Neard "The Artemus arrived at the Hook leaking. She reported that he had been attacked by a German submarine Germans boarded the vessel and demanded that the lights be extin- guished

NORTH SEA, DANGERS.

*

LONDON, Feb. 3. Three smacka and a trawler have been suak in the North Sea.

BRITISH STEAMER SUNK.

LONDON, Feb... The Brisish steamer Belle of France has been sunk. Nineteen Lascars are missing.

SUCCESSFUL RUSSIAN ENTERPRISES

PETROGRAD, Feb. 4

PARIS, Feb. 3. -To-day's communique'anys–A. Gər: man attempted offensive on the disne, aftor artillery proparation was topped by a curtain of fire and fusilades.

ACTIVITY IN ARGONNE

Paris, Feb. 4.

The evening communique says:— Enemy trancher and marching troops north of the Aisne were bombarded

There was very active mining in the Argonne, The French exploded-nine mines at various points, wrocking nemy ander-ground worki. An at tempted sacmg attack was immediately stopped. ·

"AUSTRALIAN TRANSPORT

REFLOATED.

The riemer Australian Transpari, which went ashore about a month ago on the coast of Formosa has been roficated by the lvage party dispatched from Hongkong by the Hongkong & Whampoa Docks, The Tessel was on a voyage from New York to Vladivostook with a cargo of railway matarial. We understand that the vessel will be brought to Hongkong next week for necessary repairs.

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THE CASE AGAINST MESSK'S. D. SASSOON AND CO."

CORRECTED REPORT.

A communiqus anys that Ruspisa Ecoats in the Riga region, are most daring, crossing entanglements and firing at enemy working parties *In H.M.'a Police Court at Shanghai pre Armoured mater-care have dashed today last week the Magistrato (Mr G. 1. the front trenches, shelled the enemy King) made the following statement in and returned scatheless, though can-reference to the case of alleged trading with nonad.d.

the enemy against Mesars D. Saancon and Onim

1

Similarly in Galicia, between Tarnopol and Lemberg, Russian bom buri destroyed entanglements, captured Lunette, and pursued the fleeing garrisone.

Fhave to draw attention to the report o cas Rex, D. Sassoon and Co., Ltd. tried in this Court, which appeared in yesterday's jesus of the North China Daily Now" I de so for the reason that There was beavy cannonaning on the report i quite misleading and calculated The to make the public believe that in my the Fruth and Dniester fronts.

buan brought by the Crown. y, covered by the are of 13-inch opinion the prosesstion should never have guba, twice attacked, but was repaired.

RUSSIAN PROGRESS IN CAUCASUS

PETROGRAD, Fob. 4.

Trofee particularly to the words "In conciosion his Worship said-I would add that I am certain the defondant company have absolutely clean hands in the castle.. They

did not know anything about it and it has not bead shown as a fact that any

A communique says that Rusianaemy cargo get into their hande." There continue to advance in the Caucasus. are two serious omissions in the repart They found 300 frozez bodies of (1)-The summing up by myself of the Turks in one position

SMALL FRONTIER ENGAGEMENT

IN THE BALKANS.'

ATHENS, Feb, It is reported that there has been an encounter between the Bulges and Allies on the Greco-Dalgarian frontier. The Bulgars fired at a French recon aniseance, but were repulsed.

AN AIR REPRISAL.

SALONIKA, Fed. 1. French aviators dropped 181 bombs on Petritch, e using 25 fires. All the machines returned.

PRESIDENT WILSON'S TOUR.

LIGHTS OF AMERICANS.

TOPEZA, Feb. 3... President Wilson, in a speech, de clared that it might be necessary to

evidenco is not set out...

(2) Nor is the dealing with the legal point which had been raised by Coun

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(1) If the summing up of the evidence hut bee

been reported it would have beca apparent that in my mind there was a reason that the whole case had been thoroughly ventilated in public. From the report it might be inferred that I had 18-If what I said on the legal point considered the evidence of little weight. had been fully reported it would hav clear that the words in conclusion, sto." came at the end of my remarks

the legs! point, and were used only with reference

And not of in a esse of export

import cargs, cargo Aa they stand in the report it would appear that I had entirely sacnerated the defendant Company; read, however, in conjunction with the remarks preceding. no such construction could be put upon them. I have requested that the matter be routified in the North China Herald" but I have thought it well, as it is impercept that no misconception should arise from the report, to state clearly the reasons why the report may be described as misleading.

$.3. "NILE."

ŠATISFACTORY PROGRESS.

use force to vindicate the rights of THE SALVAGE OF THE F. AND O. Americans to the protection of Inter national law.

AMERICA'S NAVAL "AMBITIONS. ST, Lovis, Feb. 4. President Wilson said the United States should build the greatest Navy

The salvage of the P. and U. s. Ni which sank in the Inland Bea carly last year, is making estisiactory progress, tha in the world and be unconquerable, Nagasaki Press state. It is being u der

taken by the Mitsu Bishi Company's Dockyard at Hikoshima. Ebimooook! Straits, and an attempt to rise the vesSD! will be made in about a month's time The lying in fifty foot of water, and as the current is very swift the mirage divers being able to work only three hours

day.

avigation in the vicinity of the wreck will be suspended during the next mouth by order of the Department of Communications, in compliance with a request by the salvage company, Mr. LONDON, Feb. 4.

Haramishi, of the Hikoshims Dockyard." The fire on the steamer Scindia, off who was engaged in the salvage of the Volunteer stermor" Umegaka Mary three Gibraltar, has been extinguished,

yours ago, is in charge of the operations for the salvage of the Nila

THE FIRE ON THE "SCINDIA."

STORIES.

"PERSIA " BURYIYOR DECORATED. NORFOLK, Feb. 4. Bir E. M. Merewether, interviewed,

LONDON Feb. 4. "The view is held in many quarteraid that the raider flow the distrea At an Investiture, at Buckingham to which they had ron in the cou, that the end of the war hy in all signal when the Appam approached. Palace, Lord Mostaga of Bosalias operations have been rocat difficult, the fusion. Two artificers and wo probability bring about a still greater He paid a tribute to the courtesy received the Companionship of the soldiers are also reported to have depreciation in the value of the of Commander Berg and the prize Star of Ladis,

Mark, for German stocks of "many crew put on board the Appam. perished..

The Appam carried less than £200,000 The library can probably be saved important raw materials will be worth of ballion, which is now aboard but the Parliamentary records are exhausted, and before any export the German crainer, The raidor was

tride can be resuscitated it will bevel of 4,000 tons, He believed she destroyed...

necessary to buy and pay for the was a fruit-trader.

Air F G Buller (Chist Commissioner imported materials a factor which of Ashantiy said that the raider was will further depress the value of the equipped with two torpedo-tubes.

Captured." skippern said she was 3 Mark unless loans can be obtained

converted merchantman, named the from external sources.

Penga

CAFE UNIVERSITY ORGANISATION.

CAPE TOWN, Feb. 4 Bills are published providing for the establishment of a new University, with headquarters at Pretoria, com. prising the South African Universities

except the South African College at

Capetown and Victoria College at

"That loans will bo obtained with

SILYEN MARKET REPORT.

LONDON, Feb. 4.

Moders. Montagu report that the To-day's Advertisements

All expatiated on the gallantry of undertone of the silver market is good. out pery great difficulty is unlikely the fight put up by the Clan AliTarish, The movement of price is nacrOW;

in the bankrupt condition which the which lasted for half an hour. Her American operators are "bullish," and

is

NOTICE.

country has already reached so far gan continued to fire long after the Indian bazaars are chary, of buying R. ALLAN MODOUGALL SLARK us its ability to 900 intercet on German shells had feed the ship in half but the reduceri stook in Bombay M Authorised on OUG ALL STARK

• dezon places. The Clan McTavish indicates the necessity of purabases, procuration.

The Continent continues an active was sunk by two torpedoes.

The European crew of the Olan buyer. Malavish are safe, The casus,ties ware among the Lascar

Stellenbosch, which are constituted as loans already raised is concerned." separate Universition.

That the Gorman Anhorities. recognise the seriousness of the

A FORTY YEARS' TEST situation is indicated by the fact

HAMBERLAIN'S Congh Ramsly hu thas since the end of 1914 the pu

-been-curirig coughs and cold for the Bäction of foreign rates of exchange body aboard the Appam, except the past, forty years and has gained In pepm in German papers has been officially prize crow, shall be permitted to landianity every year. What better rooms

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LONDON, Feb. A "The death is announced of Lient Oplonal Herbert Showers.

· NEWPORT NEWS, Feb. 4, It has now been decided that every.

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