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FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 22, 1916.-

THE

WAR.

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter's" Service to the China Mail.)

HEAVY FIGHTING ON ·

BRITISH FRONT.

OUR PRONT ADVANCE.

Lovros, Sept. 21.

Sir Douglas Haig reporta: Heavy rain has fallen during the night, but the enemy continuously

OBSTINATE STRUGGLE IN DOBRUDJA.

RUSSO-RUMANIAN RETIREMENT

*

STOPPED.

BUELLEST, Sept. 21,

A communiqué stiuces:"

An obstinute struggle continues in Dobrudja g

The Rusjans 'und. Risqanians

bly repulsed all enemy attacks acuntur attacked tho New Zealanders along the whole fruit, and delivered. who repulsed them. The enemy several counter-attacks. loesen were severe, large number

druid being left

lines.

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Sout of our

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Weystopped the retirement south of Petrosely where we are fortifying ourselves. "2"

Notwithstanding this eng, fight. THE RUMANIAN ADVANCE IN ine we advanced our front in this neighbourigod."

„We were "Whymy" tranches on

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ather" portions of lie front plurige the high

THE CAPTURE" OF DENIECOURT

Parts Sept. 11. -48 Describing the capture of Deniccouf, Aurrespondent says there was no placr, strongly fortified except Cumbles, wh

na Chatean Park, There the ruins of the chatean were a veritable fortress Bristling with ranchine-guns."

The Fark was transformed inte "complicated byrinth and was the Bcent of murderous bail-to-hand struggles bating until night

Finally one supreme brilliant assaulr enabled, our valiant troops to triumph.

BRITISH RECRUITING."

COMBING OUT THE ELIGIBLES.

"NEARLY FOUR MILLIONS IN CIVIL OCCUPATION,

LONDON, Sept. 1.

TRANSYLVANIA. » j

AUSTRIAN EFFORTS TO CHECK IT

ATHENS, Sept. 21. It is learnt from a diplomatic source that the Austriana, and Germans are

burrying reinforcements to Transylvania

to heal the Rumanian advance. THE GALLANT, SERBIANS.

pÉFEAT VIOLENT BULGARIAN

COUNTER-ATTACK.

LONDON, Sept. 21/

PREPARING TO EYAQUATE.

TRIESTE.

ATHENS, Sept 912 The Austrians are believed to be preparing to evacuate Trieste.

NEW FRENCH CHIEF OF STAFF.

‚ 'PARIS, Sept.' 21. General Duport has been appointed] Chief of the General Staff in succession to General Grazinal who is retiring owing to ill health.

THE RAILWAY SETTLEMENT.

LASTON, Sept. 21 The settlement with the railway men was mado on the basis of a war bonnus to employes over 18 years of age of double the previous "amount," making L-weekly

THE GOVERNMENT'S JUTE "CONTRACT.

LONDON, Sept. 21. The Dundee juta spinners represent atives have passed a resolution by 15 votes to not to key action regarding the Ralli contract.

It is understood that the Government! proposes to allow manufacturers £20 a ton for spinning and weaving. As the pre-war east was £12 10%, the terms, despite the increase in expenses, is regarded as very satisfactory.

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THE SHELLAC TRADE..

Losos, Sept. I. The Ti" says the direction of the Indian exports of sheline appears to demand careful scrutiny and suggests that the Ministry of Munitions and the Rajhould exchange views and take cint action the subject if considered | desimbles

A French official report from EARLIER TELEGRAMS. Salonika states that the Serbians! har captured Hill 2623 which is the highest crest on the Kujnselen

runge

The Bulgarians sustained very}

Покнед.

LATER. A.French official report from Salonika"

states to

GREAT ENEMY EFFORT FRUSTRATED.

MAGNIFICENT FRENCH RESISTANCE.

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PARIS, Sept. 21. A ammoniqué states :— The Serbians repulsed violent Bal- į

North of the Somme the Germans garian counter attack of the Kajmaklenade a great effort to recover their lost

positions.

erest with heavy losses.

Our left wing has reached Hill 1,550

Sve kilometres west of Piyoders,

The Bulgarian attalks gained a foot Although there has been the stealybold in the village of Beresaca, but the stream of recruite for montas pust, and Serbinas drove them out. there is no anxiety for the immediats futore, it is anderstood that the War Office, in view of the necessity for keep ing up the strength, in view of a cop. paign in 1917, is considering the question of combing out these digible for military service from the certified occupation which is upsidered most promising.

field

The Premier will shortly appoint a Committer with Mr. Chamberlain Chairman, so comb out the eligibles from Government and other offices.

An offcint return shows that there were 51.232 eligible men in the various offices in April.

THE BRITISH AT SALOHIKA.

LONDON, Sept. 21. A British official report from Salonika states that the situation is nachanged.

KILLED IN ACTION.

Loxbox, Sept. 21. Ainong: those recently killed action are:

in

Lieut. Cof the Eart of Feverslman. Laut. Col. Guy Baring. M.P. Lieutenang Keitte, of the Dublin

The battle lasted from mine in the morning till nightfall.

Successive waves of enemy masses

·were uroskat by cur machine gun and Artillery-fire, and sometimes with the are ench have retained the whole of the ground.

The

THE CHINA MAIL.

HEAVY FIGHTING IN GALICIA

RUSSIANS AROUND I

ments.

MONTH

HALICK.

The Russians are now only a few hundred yards from Halicz railway sention, and just across the river from the town.

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A DANGER. TO SHANGHAI.

REBEL ARMY, AT LARGE.

In his report the Captain Superinten dent of Police at Shanghai says --

25000 PRISONERS TAKEN THIS moment is fraught with considerable The political situation at the present

dangers. As pointeri out in previous police reports a large number of

men who are nothing more nor less than rebels, LONDON, Sept. 21: The Time correspondent in Galicia were brought to Shanghai for the purpose of constituting some sort of army, when reports that General Setcherbate heffe the occasion offers A very conservative Army is advancing steachly, although estimate gives their number in the Settle confronted by heavy German reinforcement as 2000, thongh there are probably more than twice this number, in Shanghai and its vicinity. are under no proper leader, and recently men These have not been paid their usual wages with the result that a large, proportion are potential rehbers, Unless something is done to deal with this problem by repatriation or some other scheme by those who were responsible for bringing to Shanghai (and they are men in high positions) & very serious situation may have to be faced in the near future Various schemes have been mooted in tho press and appear to be in the right The incessant ighting of this Army Direction, but unless drastic measures since the 31st of August has resulted are adopted it is as well to do nothing. in the capture of 23,000 prisoners, of The trouble which occurred in Hankow whom &,000 were Germans, and 22 guns.gotten when the financial side of the

over # A similar affair

bo for-

The seizure of the junction and the railway is of the utmost importance, it makes the capture of the town of secondary importance.

Further advances north will probably result in the enemy's abandonment of

the town.

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THE GREEK-NOTE TO-

GERMANY.

FIRM AND DECIDED IN TONE.

Loxtos, Sept. 21.

thour to

not

question has to be dealt with.

Bombs,ost of which are of the

tin, type

continue to be intro- duced into establishments in the Settle- ment the proprietors of which have failed to respond to demands for money from persons who claim to be in need of cash to pay for the work which they allege they have done or

at the

Reuters Agency learns that the Nute were going to do for the ey despatched by the Greek Government country. Several of these, which came into the bands of the Police, were ex to Germany states that the Commaneler ploded by rifle fire at the Rifle Range on of the Kavalla garrison was instructed 18th aus One of the

-the cylindri to embark the troops and transport them and been rendered

I metal pattern: with their equipment to another Gresk innocuus

soaked, in

in water, as port. It is not clear why he disregando!

it failed to explode as was expected, the orders and delivered the troops to the Germans and the Bulgarians.

The Note proposes the couriuct of the troops from Switzerland to a Mediter embarked on Greek ships and conveyed ranean port, from which they will be

to Greece.

ATHENS, Sept. 20.

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A semi-official report states that the messages of the Greek Government to the Commander were carried out through the medium of wireless..

The British warships bear out these statements regarding the Commander's

disobedience.

TONE OF NOTE DECIDED AND FIRM

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being

The others went off with a fores which indicated that they would have caused considerable destruction if the explosion" had been pipes in the houses in which they were placed...

MARINE INSURANCE.

-

Resolutions of a far-reaching char-qu acter have been adopted by a repre sentative cheeting of marine anderwriters in London with the object of placing, before, the Government what, in their opinion, should be the attitude of this country afton the war townd present in Theresolutions which have. enemy counties in respect of marine

been submitted to the Government are

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LONDON, Sept. as follows: Reuters deney states that, the tone) That no conrosny or individual of the Greek Note to Germany is firm having an enemy origin, proprietary interest or nationality shall be per mutted to transact murine aurance of re-insurance in the United Kingdom directly or indirectly.

and decided.....

The Government disavows the action of the Commander of the Kavalla garrison, and demands that the troops be brought to the Swiss frontier and redelivered under a guarantee that they serve against the Central Powers. will not he stopped or compelled to

the

ALLIED FLEET. DECLARE A

BLOCKADE --

ATHENS, Sept 20.

Allied Fleet has declared a blockule It is semi-oficially announced that

village of Chajagbizi.

That no British subject or com pany should be permitted to picce with any such company or individual directly or indirectly any marine insurance or reinsurance in this country or elsewhere. (3) That it should be recommended that the above-mentioned disabilities be impooed shrughout the British Empiar and in the Allied colatries.

Further, the underwriters, undertake

The Germans attacked, on a front of from the mouth of the Nestos to the theasures which rasy be necessary to?

five kilometres from the Friez farm to the south of the Abbe Wood farm,

to support the Government in any give affect to these recommendations, LONDON, Sept. 21 The blockade mentioned last night

attacking in masses preceded on cahincindes Kavalla and the other Greek

cecasion by a furious cannonade.

The French magnificently resisted sports commanded by the Bulgarians, the assaults and repulsed the enemy by

A cross-five of machine-gans and artillery. Everywhere we maintained our posi- tions.

The fighting has been most fierce in the rifinity of the Priez "farm in the region of Bouchavesaca,

SERBIAN SUCCESSES AGAINST BULGARIANS.

SALONIKA, Sept. 1 The Serbians on Tuesday continued their successful attacks on the entire front.

Bulgarian attempts to retake the Karackalan Mountain laileil.

The Serbians inflicted enormanus loss on the Bulgarians in the vicinity of Florian

Four waves of an assault in front of Prier fann were successively brokesi by our gun-fire. The enemy maps were soen to disintegrate and Row hack in disorder behind the ridge, leaving the ground covered with corpses. Lieut. Kettle was a number of the The Germans in the Bouchavesnes Irish Bar journalist and Professor of sector, after several sanguinary defeat AUSTRALIE AND CONSCRIPTION. LATER. Eubixonies, of Ireland, at

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BotesE, Sept. 21. ColDublin. He was the son of gaining a lodgement in che northeastern la

"The Times Military Correspondent erts that there are from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 young meu incivil occupations.

It is officially announced that a Man

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BONGEONS

The sound anniversary of the dechts tion of war having now been reached. one is naturally tempted to take stock of the financial position of this country. In the past two years we have raised in various forms of war loans un less than ALL LIFE IN AN HOUR. £2,240,651,297, and in a manner which the cautious minded. Ve Yerk Financial Chronicle recently admitted could not possibly have been a achieved in any other possibly

total does

es not include all the This to mocay we have raised for the war no nocount is taken in the statement of the The following has been written by a London portion of the French Lan wounded Irish officer, just arrived in of the French and Russian Treasury B

in spite of this heavy drain of

UNWRITTEN WONDERS OF WAR.

Pe WATERROR AND BEAUTY

Dlower Street). 11

"Scots, Canadian, Australian - South African-all the British tops are like that. Well, they hadn't had time to clean up here, and these particular Boches had been done up pretty must As they say. Some of our heavy (stad must have landed right among em

wers in the mouth of a dug out.

minutes Inter I came ad in the neighbourhood of any peace upon a a homely a little picturo es yowel

lads crouching over an old brazier, on which they were mpking afternoon tes please, frying a scrap of beer and

Power Distribution Board has been to A. Kettle, lariner, and a pioneer part of the village, but were driven out. The House of Représentativen nat all of the curgund in reply to a request for “real ful Irish or Englab ilinge, three of ong appointed with the object of considering the Lund Movement. Beat. Keltie, at the point of the hayonet by an night tlebaring the Conscription Be-test than cay be applied to the finance devoid of practical literary experience, the water for ton at thermis

1908 to 1510. .

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who married a daughter of Mr. David Firresistible counterattack. Fifty pri- the practicability of combing out the Sheehy, M.P... was M.P" for Eastsoners, including several officers, were men eligible for military service from the Tyrone, in the Nationalist interest from captured.g

The enemy's losses everywhere were Government offices...

Lieut-Colonel Gay Baring was M.P. very great. for Winchester. He served with the ad Batt. Coldstream Guards in the South Alricon Campaign for which he had o med with three clasps. He belonged to the Reserve of Offers

Mr. Chamberlain je Chairman of the Board and Viscount Middleton the Vice-Chairman.

TURKISH TROOPS ON RIGA FRONT.

PETEOGRAD, Sept. 21 Turkish troops live appeared on the Riga front, under German officers and with German equipment.

REVOLUTION IN CRETE.

ATUENS, Sept.

It is reported that a revolution has broken out in Crete and that the revolutionaries have formed Provisional Government.

atribator to the

THE GERMAN WASTAGE OF GUNS.

EXCEEDS RATE OF PRODUCTION.:

The Earl of Feversham sa an officer of the Yorkshire Hussers. Imperial Yeomanry-dad represented the Thirsk DISCLOSURES IN A CAPTURED

DOCUMENT.

and Malton Div. of Yorkshire in Parlis- ment from 1008 to 1915. When Lord

LONDON, Sept 1. Selborne was Jet Lord of the Admiralty

General Sir Douglas Haig reports that the Earth of Feversham (ther Viscount Helosloy) was bin Astant Private south of the Ancre several determined.

enemy counter-attacks have been re Secretary.J

pulsed

THE RECENT ALLIED AIR-RAID

WITETA DANIS.

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 21. The Telegraf states that the Allie air-mi on the German, serodrome at St. Denie Westrem on Sunday caused the destruction of a large number of ang gad Daily hangars,

-Shall we ever see the Twelve German Yoldiers were killed shop with a moustache?. At and many wounded.

course, be may only waur

Lachis chaperoned by board-by PROTEST AGAINST MILITÄRISM IN

arillon code. The present Bishop.

helmsford as the potior of a

athe until his elevati Proustache:

the placopate, when it diasppeared. A

The bearded edge ve hate,

for years, but the moustached judge' is

cotoparatively may arriral He came

in with Lord Justice Pri

followed, not

Justic Sherm generation. O & MOUS have been open to the

and was

HOLLANDAL

REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST.

* DEMONSTRATIONSE

THE HACCE Sept. 21 Adomonstration eyolutionary

the police

in protest

The general situation is unchanged. Our artillery destroyed two hostile gun-emplacements and an ammunition etpreds

ferendum Bill

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our banks, which is the only conerëte

situation as a whole, is stronger actually

pictures of the fighting?-

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me tell you, sir, usène not wholly

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The Premier, Mr. W. M. Hughes, said he was determined to sit till the phase of

break of hostilities. Deposits are higher / not to be had. The business of this Push Trish blurney with the COOKING Bill was passed.

cash war for that matter is tog An amendment opposing conscription liquid-position--the proportion of cable term: Bedad, it is too big for literature Pondering the que more the subdia

won't

get it on paper? You was defeated by 49 votes to 12:

of itself. You advance, in spite of the large amour

shells like postman'a - knuckny After a rebement speels. by Mr. gaid which have been sent abroad. The can get little bits, yes, and minch, good sholat a river augy, when three cho

they will do you. Almost any one

Behind somewhere close

Just three sod Hughes denouncing the undemocratic Times.

is calculated, to mislead the inno no more; one of the flutes of the day written amendment of a secret fants of Perth's

cent. Why? Because, akoby itself Something mar

marle be torn. it is essentially untrue. It's drily trae Legislative Assembly, the Premier ald

when seen as that if isecessary the House would,

it is soon in rality one in a mosaic chip

looked at tonaire Ce of its members had ETT VIRGIN

ously killed his adjourn to enable the members to

louesome actively participate in the conscription

is essentially ale every Another had been What's the Push like like

that over was, as well it's all the thing | Amaign.

EXTER.

sap-struggles of life crowded site an hour

assertion of the bedrock decency of th restarts in the out within sight abducdness of purple and covered with Lara and dust th

Pissed it for all the gold London town:Tanny want to be soon had the poor chap on his way bows

whells Tlent's

lent & hand, and they killed; hot a little bit..

you, enempi an't be Bothure living it to the dressing station. But I one won't ever see him again, y thought the killing of dd individuals was back that way within a quar such as me is so tiny eater My flod,ter of an hour, and there was of its the Future of humanity countles

all the laughing, little millions;

The House of presentatives passed the third reading of the Conscription Referendum But by 17 votes to 12.

THE BRIDGE DISASTER AT "

QUERE.

of

A Patis correspondent writing to s contemporary saya: I cannot rest passing on the following little tion which appears in Le Matin," posed to occur during a conference

Von Fallrabayn-It is diffcuts to

-leaw up bulletins of victory out the victories,

the German authorities-

with

on Batteki it is not easy to arrange meals without t

340 You Jago bad

To gait diplomatic sue QUEBEC Sept. 21

cases with a situation polifi- At the quest on the victims of the calls and economically, ir'impossible bridge disaster, the Chief Engineer Choras-Let us all urate in reinfore testified that probably the fall of the ing the moral of the country span was due to an unseen flaw in the Oer French friends have an exceedingly steel casting supporting the spen during neat way at summing up the position

Tercerata miang caserprise was carried out south of Arias, 200 yards of the enemy's trenches being cleared and casualties inflicted on the hoisting

A captured document signed "Falken- Kayo states

dated the 24th of August,

The wastage of guns during the last few days has been considerably.

BYE-ELECTION.

LONDON, Sept. 1 The Mansfeld bye election, caused by in excess of production. The Barde is the death of Sir Arthur Markham, true of ammunition, the main resuited as follows reserves of which there has been s serious diminution, and all ranks muat. make a serious endeavour to assist in the preservation of material, otherwise making good the losses and the placing of new formations in the field will be rendered impossible.

General Sir Douglas Haig reparts It is still raising heav

Hostile artiller

dearges of south of the Lisious transpir

Brigadier General Scely Cool fritionist). -Mr. Tumbull (Independent)

Majority

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Create tea was alongnde the Ufizier which bay

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Mr. C. B. Cochran who knows more about rerued and want they cost than most people, says that so force a co petition has been get up that disaster is threatened Here are the salaries which 7,597 in his circle are being spoken of seed at from one point 4,458 being real to the leading actors and

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