1916-02-12 — Page 5

Page

SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1916-

THE

WAR.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter's Service to the China Maik}

BELGIUM'S SCORN OF FEXCE OFFERS.

WILL FIGHT AS LUNG ÁS PRITAIN.

KING'S GOOD RECOVERY.

VISITING WOUNDED MOM

Losnos, Feb. 11. “The King is on the high road to recovery and has resumed his visita to the wounded.

Tosmos, Feb. 11. Reuter's Agongy is infornuil by a "Belgian diplomatist that Germany

has made more than one offer of pence to Belgium, directly and in- directly, and possibly more will she. made. The answer will always be the same. Belgium is prepared to is fight as long as Great Britain fights. Acything dle unthinkable...“.

BELGIAN TROOPS IN EAST AFRICA.

REPULSES FOR GERMANS.

Isextos, Feb. 11. Renter is officially informed chat Belgian troops are admirably co operating with the other forces in German East Africa, which they have invaded from the West. Fight ing is progressing and they have already repulsed the Gernians, in numerous actions, often in en operi tion with the Rhodesian forces.

GREECE'S FIRM NEUTRALITY?

ATHENS: Feb. 11.

The Prewir in the Chamber re? asserted the determination of Greece, to abide by her neutrality at all "coats,

A Deputy pointed out that the Goremment's policy was exciting the suspicions of the Entente Powers, but the Chamber, with six dissen biente, passdil-a-rate of confidence.

THE CANADIAN FIRE.

INVESTIGATION OPENED.

من

OTTAWA, Feb. 11.

The investigation into the fire at the Parliament buildings was opened before Commissioner Pringle, who referred to German incendiarism in the United States, and said it was time for Canada to awake, or there would be a greater disaster.

FURTHER OUTRAGES /

THREATENED

1

QUEBEC, Feb. 11. The Government officials have received letters threatening to blow up the Ross rife factory and the Parliament builEngs.

CATTLE FOR GERMANY.

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 11.: It is estimated that 10,000 cattle from the flooded districts have been seat to Germang.

GERMAN EDITOR SENT TO PRISON.

ÍNCITING CLASS HATRED."

SISTERDAM, Feb. 11. The Editor of the Torwacrta, has been sentenced to imprisonment for 'n week (for "inciting class hatred The prosecutor demanded a sentence of 18 months.

FALL IN OIL FREIGHTS.

UNEXPECTED INCREASE IN

TONNAGE, "

Lospos, Feb. 11. There has been a sharp fl-in American, oil freights, from £6 to £1 per ton, due to the appearance of unexpected tonnage, which is expect ed to reduce the price of petrol.

ENGLISH RACE FIXTURES CANCELLED,

::

NOTHING TO REPORT.

THE CHINA MAIL.

BRITISH ÀIR AITH.

LONDON, Feb. 11.

General Sir Douglas "Haig reports that 13 aeroplanos auccessfully raided enemy buta at Terhand

STOP PRESS

NEWS.

Hostile artillery has been active at (Reuter's Servies to the China Mail.) Fouquevillari and elsewhere.

The enemy exploded a mine nörtt- east of Givenchy but caused no damage. Thore was mutual shelling south of Bois Grenier,

We engaged enemy battaries at St. Julien.

ENEMY FORCES IN PERSIA DEFEATED.

PETROGRAD, Feb. 11.

MR. REDMOND'S APPEAL FOR“.

RECRUITS.

THE REVOLT IN CHINA.

YUNNANESE CAPTURE LUCHOW."

Saasoman, Feb. 11. Yunnanse tops have captured Luchow (Szechuan,

"BALSAMIC

COUGH LINCTUS

..

The mild and soothing Infusnce which this preparation has, clamos 15 autog the most valmble of its kind, in onsor of Cough, Asthins, Broushits, Shartnom Writing on January #ind from that city a correspondent of the N.C. Daily Breathing or Difficulty of Expectoration; and while in removes the accumulation News said..

We are in the threes LONDON, Feb. 11.evohmion. The Funnanese are said to irritation of the membranes of the throat and chew, rendering thema dellate perba

of another pho'gm, from its Tonis and Astringent virtues it prevents its formation, and allays

In a speech at a recruiting con have come across this Szechuan border.

$100 and $1.50 per bottle.

ference at Dublin, Mr. Redmond and taken Suit, which is the next susceptible of future irritation and disease, appealed to the farmers on the big city, to our's up the Yangtze. Our ground that in the war be much Peking (Northem) troops went out A communique states that large longer there would be crushing tasa-hape, but went only eighty li and retiarn to meet them "touring they were supuing enemy forces ware defeated out of tion, while a victorious Germanged. It is reported they have suffered. A Hamadan, in Persin,

RUSSIANS CAPTURE HILLS

NEAR NOYNO.

гл

―

PETROGRAD, Feb. 11.

A communïque says that there have been active artillery and rise duel "on"|

would confiscate their land,

sual detous ca account of the Yunnanve Mr. Redmond suggested County knowing the roads better; and, being shot Farmers HattaÑons.

with straw sanılals, able to corer the "ilis: Active support is promised for this who are shod with leather, shoes,

tances quicker than the northern, men, suggestion.

Here wo are imitating modern warfare f Coolisi are commandesred to dig trenches antalla the city, and this-ndoraing-4:"

A communique states that there the Riga front. The Rasian guna were RUSSIAN OPERATIONS IN PERSIA pontoon bridge is just thrown over the

nothing to report.

TSAR AT THE FRONT.

PETROGRAD, Feb 11. The Tsar has left for the Front.

THE ** LURITANIA" SÈTTLEMENT.

VIGOROUS CRITICISM IN

AMERICA..

most affectiva in wrecking enemy works.. The Russians, between Rovno and Lutzk, captured two billa at the point of the bayonet and repulsed counter attacks,

TORKISE AMBASSADOR ARRESTED.

PETROGRAD, Feb. 11.

small river as a quick snbatitate for the wells district) was reported to hate fallas tamry boat. Yesterday Tailising (volt)

to the Yunnanese, and this morning wa hear Tsichow has gone over. These ar A telegram from Teheran reports

own inland cities north of Lnchow, so it GREEKS DISPERSE BULGARS,

that Cossack patrols arrested near wards rather than coming down river and roums the Yanpanese, sro-making north-

PARIS, Feb. 10. Keredje four Europeans, two of capturing our honourable city. We do An Athena telegram says that whom have been identified-one not anticipate" much resistance when the Greek. detachment dispersed a band of being the Turkish Ambasador in enemy arrives for some of our military Bulgarian comiladjia at Soros on the Sth

are just waiting events, to see which Austrian side we are on," as one of them said to inst, and took many prisoners, inclad-Persia, the other the

Military Attaché.).

the missionary doctor here.

ANTI-GERMAN AGITATION IN

NEW YORK, Feb. 11.ing the lender, The Government Press is silent but the Republican Press denounces the Lusitania settlement, accusing President Wilson of endearouting" to j comtoit the country to the principle that the national hour is unworthy of defending.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

ENEMY TO TREAT ARMED MERCHANTMEN AS WARSHIPS."

Lorsos, Feb. 11. Germany and Austria, have notified neutrals of their intention to treat arm- ed merchantmen as warships alter the 1st March.

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 11.

Germany. in a Memorandum-handed- to neutral representatives in Berlin, de clares that though she considers the arming of merchantmen contrary to International Law, she treats the crows as belligerenta, not a pirates. She asserts that there have been numerous cases of British merchantmen, by a ar

TORONTO.

Torosty, Feb. 10. The anti-German agitation is rapidly spreading

EDITOR OF "VORWAERTS

PROSECUTED.

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 10.

Dr. Meyer, Editor of the Foricaerts is being tried on a charge of inciting class batred.

THE VANISHED DREAM OF

GERMANY.

LONDON, Feb. 11. A banquet has been given in honour of M. Renkin, the Belgian Colonial Minister:

*

210

The China Eed Cross Society, whose Head Office is in Shanghai, has been quite busy in engaging the services of the medical missionaries, and their hospitals as bise hospitals, thus early in the day, anticipating a serious movement, donbt. If the Yunnanews continue their northward march (ponsibly to the capital, Chengta) of course we shall to left alone, The city is full of military men, but there In a notable speech M. Renkin is no panta. Sentries are guarding each said Belgium had sacrificed hitself city rate, and are examining all who for her plighted word. The respon the city police requested the teashops to leave and enter, and for a night or two sibility for hostilities in Central close their doors, Otherwise things are Africa rested entirely on Germany, going on pormally. 2 who had dreamt of creating a vast Colonial Trans-African Empire at the expense of Belgium. To-day, that dream had vanished. Everywhere the forces of the Allies were sweep- My Garrison, the Secretary for Waring over German territory. has resigned. It is understood that the Minister has resigued because a large Mr. Bonar Law, who presided, majoriority of Congress is opposed to his plan for a Continental Army.

The Under-Secretary for War, Mr. Breckenridge, has niso resigned...

AMERICAN WAR MINISTERS RESIGN

WARMINGTON, Feb. 11.

My

of the Admiralty, attacking German THE TEXAS" AT QUEENSTOWN. warships, repeatedly using false colours. Therefore, Germany warns neutrals against voyaging in armed Allied merchantmen..

AIR RAIDER'S TARGETS.

GIRLS SCHOOL AND TRAMCAR FULL OF NON-COMBATANTS.

LONDON, Fob. 10. The first aviator who raided the Kentish coast on Wednesday selected a tram-car fell of women and children as a target, but the bomb did no damage and did not create a panic. The raider

Loxos, Feb. 10.

The Swedish steamer Texas, whice

STONE WHEELS AS MONEY

AT TAR.

CURRENCY WHICH NEED NOT

SHIFT

Spalatadata"

the Island of Yap, among the Caroline

paid a tribute to the heroic Belgiansand, which passed by purchase from and emphasised that the end of the Spanish to German scrersiguty after the war would not come tilf Belgium's Spanish-American war, and now into the possession of Great Britain by capture, wrongs were uvenged...

stone money called "Fai" is used as a median of exchange.

BULGARIA AND THE WAR.

was reported to be making for Queens FIDETING ONLY FOR HERSELF. town on fire, has arrived at that port on fire in the No. 3 bold.

"

FRENCH PREMIER'S MISSION TO

ITALY..

IMPRESSIVE DEMONSTRATIONS.

Rox, Feb. 10. There were impressive demonstrations

was plainly seen circling round. Three on the occasion of the visit of M. Briand. bombs were dropped in an adjoining

field.

The French Premier was welcomed by M. Salandra and other Ministers..

The second raider selected a large Immerse crowds gathered, despite the girls' school. A bomb exploded in an rain. The visitor was accorded military upper storey, and created some material honours damage. Portions of the coiling fell on

M. Briand's mission to Italy is most

class of small children. One little important, and is expected to result in girl had her foot cut, and amaid was the Italiane sending troops to Salonika, slightly injured. Three bombs fell in the establishment of a common diplo the school grounda, deing no damage. matic Council of the Allies, setting in

Two other

bombs caused light Paris, and the participation of Italy in material damage. One woman

was the manufacture of munitions. wounded.

Naval and military seroplanes nacend led within a few minutes of sighting the raiders, but they were unable to overtake the seaplanes owing to the precipitate nature of their fight.

FIERCE LOCAL FIGHTING ON WESTERN FRONT.

STRONG ENEMY ATTACK DEFEATED.

PARIS, Feb. 10. Today's communique enge that there has been fierce local fighting in Artois, We re-occupied more ground at Ls. Folio.

The Germans at nightfall made a strong attack on the Neuville-La Folie Road, which was repulsed,

We took some prizoners in the region of the Somme, and also two quick firers.

PARIS, Feb. 11.

The evening communiqus says :—We continued to progrein in Artois by bombing communication frenshes west of La Folie, Two German attacks west of Bill 140 worn completely repulsed.

"CZERNOWITZ "THREATENED,

ENEMY FEARS.

PETROGRAD, Feb. 10.

The Russians, by forming a passage ECTOSS the Dniester, threaten the enemy pósitious at Czernowitz, -

17

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 11. The Bulgarian Minister of War in an interview emphasised that Bul- garias fighting only for herself, and that as soon as the Salonika cam- paign is finished, the war would be cver for Bulgaria.

THE CAMEROONS CAMPAIGN.

OVER 4,000 GERMANS TO BE INTERNED.

すす

MADRID, Feb. 11.

The German soldiers for intern ment in Spain, from the Cameroons, cow number 2,000, and with their families they total over 4,000

ARMED MERCHANTMEN,

THE GERMAN THREAT.

LONDON, Feb. 11. The German threat to treat armed

According to prisoners, the desperate merchantmen as belligerents is regarded defence of Czernowitz by the Germans

Entente.

It consists, according to the annual balletin report of Meas. Samuel Montagu and

Con

of large, solid thick stone wheels, ranging in diameter from 1 to 12ft, having a central hole through which a pola esa bă inserted so as to convert the inert mass. inta "currency"

The value represented by the stone increases naturally with ita siza, and the limestone of which the Fei" is composed must be of fine white grain to ho considered real necessity for delivery at all, for it is good delivery. Yet there seems to be ne customary to garmark the money, as it were, and leave it in its old position out side the first owner's but, in excellent provising, considering the bulkiness of the material. The owner for the time being possessed, meanwhile, power to wield the inflicenco.which attached to this visible dis, į play of wealth.

Indeed. he did not lose this power even if the Fei"

were immovable, for it in said that an exceptionally fine. "Fai" was lost at sea whilst in transit upon a raft from the place of manufacture, and it was decided that the mere drop'overboard was too trifling detail to interfere with its marketable worth, and the owner continued to retain the potential value which ite ownership conveyed.

A-FANTOMIME-CONTRETEMPS,

**Degonet" tolls a good story in the *** Moferse” of an untoward incident at one of Wilson Barrett's provincial theatres, when the sconic artist had painted, a gloriou transformation scene for the pantomine, one of the good old-fashioned sort that used to take about twenty minate to develop. The first scene of the

tranformation was a Tront cloth represent ing the Lind. of Morning Mist. Behind

and Austrians, who suffered enormous as involving no, practical change, inas-this another cloth was hidden represoating Flosser, was due to an Army Order much as the Austrians and Germans declaring that the fall of Czernowitz already torpedo merchantmen without

to join the warning. would cause Rumania

It is thought the object of the Note RUSSIAN. DEŠTROVERS ACTIVE. is to justify further outrages in the eyes

ParnoGRAD, Feb. 11.of neutrals.

41

יון .

A communique says that Russian dea rogers in the Back Ses bombarded Turkish positions on the Aratolisa coast and sank seven, sailing ships.

THE SILYER MARKET.

LONDON, Feb. 10. The suver report states that the

LoNDos, Feb. 11. All race meetings have been can nelled, with the exception of the The Germany exploded a mine north of market is inactive, and supplies are Newmarket fixtures, three extra the Neuville Thelas road. We occupied very restricted. meetings at Newmarket (two in June the crater."

"A party of the enemy attempted'en and one in September), and also attack south of the Somme. They those at Gatwick, Lingfield, Newwere immediately driven back to their bury and Windsor, each with three trenches by a curtain of fre fixtures.

· OBITUARY..

Our artillery destroyed a blockhouse

enomy cantonmaats, and carried out destructive fire on the works at Mesnil,

WOUNDED OFFICER'S

IMPRESSIONS.

TURKEY'S FINANCIAL POSITION.

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 11.

The report of the Turkish Minister of Finance shows a defcit in the coming year of £14,000,000 (Tuzirish):

Austria and Germany are advancing 34 millions.

FRENCH PREMIER'S VISIT TO ITALY.

ROME, Feb. 11. The Giornale d'Italia says Mr Briand's

in the Beaarraigass district, bombarded What are my impressions on my return visit will tend to the closer unity of to England (writer an icer, Lome the Entente Powers. If the enemies of wounded from the Dardinale), Fintly, that the roal sufferers are the woman who the Entents hope for dissensions they are left behind, bravely waiting for news will be terribly deceivel, of those dear to them who are missing, or

in Champagne, and the Forest of Mont- maro, in the WoetredĻA

LONDON, Feb. 11,

The Germans, ze on two previoue bearing up under irreplaceable, loer of one The death is aanounced of days, threw heavy shells from long who base. Secondly, the lethargy of "Erigadier-General Charles Westmore-range into the Belfort fortress, but those eligible mon who have not you joined A FORTY YEANS' TEST,

only two had been fired when our the great army of volunteers. Oh; if they land, C.B.

artillery concentrated their fire on the could only realise what 1, have seen, and HASBERLAIN 3 Cough Remely hau [Deconies served in China in 1000.enemy battery which was located on les caselone-who-am-of-postelul just forty your and has gained fu pasak understand I have faced death on const boen caring conghean cuide for the winning the medal and being mentioned Wednesday, simultaneously bombard nature, hara huon through holl; yet I arity, vory Four. Whit batter 1800- in dispatches. He had previously served ing military vetablishments south-west wouldnt have mixed one of these mendation is required 2 For sale by al

of Mulhanson:: in the Afghan war; Burmo; etc]

moments for anything in this lifni,

Chamlets and Storekeepers.

the Land of Marriment, and then the scenes of bright and "glowing beauty followed. Ca Bozing Night, the night of the „ürst production, everybody concerned spotted would be received with frantic

that the transformation, as applause. But there was dead silence and them a lot of hooting and hissing. The stage manager, who was in the winga, rashed round to the front to see what was the matter. He was not long in finding out. There was "one of those accidents which will occasionally happen to the best re- gulated theatres. The front cloth bad nos boen taized.

To-day's Advertisements

TO LET

11 The Peak, adjoining Pr&K CLUB, 41 for aix months Furnished, Garden, F. C. Jenkin, Prince's Building.

Hongkong. Feb. 12, 1910.

ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE ́ABSUCIATION.

111

Father Tompkins, SJ,

Lecturs in the College Hall on MONDAY, ths 14th inwant. st. 6 p.m.

Members and their friends are cordially Invited to attend.

EJ NORONELE

Tindly consented to deliver a

QUEEN'S DISPENSARY. HARPER & Co., Ltd.

THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE

MILISH. TAILORS

IN THE COLONY.

Diss

'

$1, Queen's Road Central.

Bros.

No. 1, WYSDRAM SY [Flows: SideSEM ENTARZENIA 1900:

"Only one can be bestt" and the best isn't the "just as good" kind, is 2 The best Roofing is

“MALTHOID"

because a “Malthoid” experience of over a quarter of a century is found in every yard. Ask our experts, who will instruet or super- više FREE, and whose experience entitles them to your confidence! Use "Malthbici ”. as they recommend! then tell your friends what you think of it!

WATERPROOFT CHEAP! CLEANI

LIGHT!

SAFET

SNOWPROOFI

"MALTHOID."

Agents, BRADLEY & Co. Ltd.

Hesarioso.

THE LEADING BRAND

Home Bottled Guinness' Stout

On The Market.

T.B.HALL & CRID

TRADE

MARK.

THE BOAR'S HEAD BRAND..

SOF

ALE & STOUT,

This Famous Brand

Of Stout

Is Recognised by all Connoisseurs

As a Standard of Purity

And Quality.

SOLE AGENTE:

Gande, Price&Co., Ltd.

*Wine Merchants.

Tel No. 185:

Continued on page, 3.);

longkang, Feb. 13. 1916.

Queen's Road Central,

HONGKONG,