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WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, 1916.

THE WAR.

LATEST

TELEGRAM S.

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

GERMANY WHINING.

CHANGE OF TUNE IN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUES.

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AMSTERDAM, Sapt. 26. Some striking passages in the latest German official communiquu, testify, to bo effectiveness of the Anglo-French" operations on the Some.

GREECE.

M. VENEZELOS AND HIS COUNTRY'S PLIGHT.

ATHENS, Sept. 26. M. Venerolog has arrived at Suda, Crete, and will land to-morrow.

In the statement he made before he left Athens he said that the move ment and. Coundourlou's were

If

It ways: "The successes which car pnemies have achieved east of Baucourt-leading was purely national action. «TAbbaye and through the occupation of Athens moved in the right direction in line with Cinemdebourg and the Venezelists would assist in every villages

Above all, possible way, Bouchavesnes are admitted. however, we must remember that our harole troops here are faced with the combined Anglo-French main forces and a great mass of material preparatl during taany months by the war Industry of the entira work.” *FORTY-SEVEN AERIAL FIGHTS.

PARIS, Sept. 26." A cumariyad states :- There were 47 aerial fights in the Somme region. Five enemy aeroplanes were brought down, three badly damag ed were compelled to descend, and another fell disabled. An enemy three- Beater was brought down in Woeyre.

Our air squadrons bombed many Important points behind the enemy linas. including the railway stations at Metz Sablons, the Meta-Thionville railway, blast furnaces at Dillingen and Rombach, and an nerodrome at Hervilly..

HÉROS HONOURED.

LONDON, Sept. 26. The London Gazette announces the award of 12 Victoria Crosses, 36 Distinguished Service Orders and many Military Cran and Distinguished Conduct Medala.

The recipients of Victoria Crosses

Include

Chaplain William Addison, för rescu-' ing wounded under heavy fire.

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

IMPORTANT BRITISH PROGRESS.

ATTACK ON A SIX-MILE FRONT.

ENEMY COMMUNICATIONS SEVERED.

LONDON, Sept. 26. General Sir Douglas Haig reports:- South of the Ancre we attacked to-day and were everywhere successful We stormed anomy dispositions on a front of six miles between Combles and Martinpuich, to a depth of over a mile, and captured the fortified villages of Morval and Lex Boeufs, together with several lines of trenches."

Morval stande on the heights north of Combles, and with its subterranean

FURTHER DETAILS.

AMIENS, Sept. 2A, The fresh British advance on the 25th completes the sacceas scored on the 10th inst. Advantage, was taken of the recent fine weather to consolidate the conquer ed ground and to prepare for an attack on & broad front The British made their effort north of Flers and south of Ginchy, while the Fronch directly attacked Frogicourt and Rancourt.

THE CHINA MAIL.

PALACES IN WAR TIME.

CONDEMNATION OF COSTLY REPAIRS

LONDON, Sept. 28, The London Appeal Tribus bas granted a short exemption to the manager of a firm of decorators which had contracted to decorate an Incisa Princes palace at a cost of £20,000, The Tribunal deprecated, such ex penditure at the present time.

·THE TRAGIC END OF A RUBBER' PIONEER.

After two days of artillery propers tion the British infantry at 12.30 (noor) yesterday, leapt out and, supported by a magnificent cannonsdle, raptured the first German lines with one rush, and began to climb the slopes of Hill 120. On the front at Flers thara was severe

LONDON, Sept. 26. ighting all the afternoon, which brought

At the inquest on Mr. Charles Lam- the British to the outskirts of the villagepard, the rubber pioneer, who was found ↑ of Goudecourt.

shot in his Sussex mansion, the jury returned a verdict of suicide, during temporary insanity,

The results on the right wing were even more decisive After capturing whole series of tronches at Hill 150, to the loft of Les Boeufs the British devel oped the success with rara vigour, and Gt three in the afternoon entered the village, which was occupied entirely.

The spirit of the troops in capturing the village is beyond praise. The British on the front st Ginchy were confronted with the task of storming. "Old Tele- graph hill, where the Germans were most strongly entrenched and command able to hamper the movements of the British in the adjacent villages. It was a most difficult task to leave. the trenches facing the hill, but the British attacked with such fire that the Germans were hustled and compelled to belt from their

ed excellent held fire. Hence they were

AMERICAN CABLES.

"MANIŁA CABLENÝWs."]

13-INCH GUN SHATTERED ON AMERICAN BATTLESHIP.

FASHINGTON, Sept. 32. A report has been received here from Admiral Mayo stating that the muzzle of a 19-inch gun on board the battleship Michigan was shattered dur ing target practice. None of the gun crew was hurt-

An Inquiry board is to be apne to inquire into the cause of the wanted Le accident.

U-BOAT ATTACK ON 3.3. KELVINIA.

AN, AMERICAN INVESTIGATION.

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 The deceased had been very depressed. The State Department is taking the since the death of his son at the front. depositions of American passengers. aboard the British steamer Advinia. It

SCARCITY OF FEMALE LABOUR IN

ENGLAND.

LONDON Sept B Much machinery at the Manchester cotton milla is idle owing to the scarcity of female Labour Hundreds of young women are leaving the factories to

become tram conductors in the city.

MINES AND MINERALS.

LONDON, Sept. 26.

is reported that torpedo was fired at the vessel without warning being given.

FORCED LOAN ON BELGIUM..

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PROTEST MADE TO UNITED STATES

Washington, September 18- The Beir gian minister has protested to Secretary of State Lansing against the attempt made by the German government to force a loan of one billion franes from Belgian banks.

Secretary of State Lansing has promis

trenches after heavy loss. The pursuit A memorial signed by the Presidents was immediately begun, and the fight-of the Institutes of Iron and Steel,ed to take the protest under advisement. ing reached the outskirts of Morval Metals, Mining Engineers and Mining two in the afternoon. The strongest Metallurgy, urges the immediate part of the village was captured at four establishment of an Imperial Depart in the afternoon, and also the part westment of Mines and Minerals. of Fregicourt and the Les Boeuf road. Then it was evident that the whole of Morval would speedily fall

The British took numerous prisoners. Airmen were most active, patrolling and fighting throughout the battle.

SMALL ENEMY ATTACK NEAR COURCELETTE.

LONDON, Sept. 25, General Sir Douglas Haig reports 4 small enemy attack east of Courcelette which was repulsed.

IMPORTANT RUSSIAN SUCCESS,

PETROGRAD, Sept. 25. An Odessa despatch reports na quarries, trenches and, entanglements aportant Russia success in the constituted a formidabic fortress. The Dobrudja, in which 2,000 prisoners were possession of these two villages, Morval taken..

and Les Boeufs, is of considerable mili- tary importance, and practically severs TURKISH GARRISON SURRENDERS. the enemy's communications Combles.

with"

A large number of prisoners, machine- guna and war material were taken and Heavy losses were inflicted on the enemy. Our losses were comparatively small..

-Six onemy aaroplanes were destroyed. in air ghts yesterday. Three others were driven down in & damaged condi- tion. Three of Our machines are

Captain Eric Norman Bell, Inniskil-missing, Bng Fusiliers, who shot a machine gun. ter who was bolding up our front line.

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Captain Bell advanced alone on three. SUCCESSFUL ADVANCE BY THE

occasions when our bombers were unable

to advance and bombed the enemy. When there were no more bombs ho tood on a parapet under intense fre and used his rifle in the coolest and most effective manner. He was finally killed while rallying and reorganising officar-less Entry parties. He gave his life in supreme devotion to duty..

FRENCH

CAIRO, Sept. 25.

The Sherif at Mecca reports that the Turkish garrison at Tait surrendered, Fifty officers, 1,800 men, ten guns and large military stores were captured.

ANOTHER ZEPPELIN HÄID ON ENGLAND.

LONDON, Sept. 25. An official announcement states that several hostile airships crossed the East and North-East coast between 10.30 pim and midnight. Bombs were re ported to have been dropped on several pisces in the Northern and North Midland counties. An airship was also reported as being seen over the South coast. No casualties or damage, have

PARÍS, Sept. 36. A communiqué statezi North of the Somme the violent battle was renewed to-day on the Anglo-been reported. French front. The French infantry, at noon, simultaneously attacked German positions between Combles and Rancourt, and the deferees of the enemy accumulated between Rancourt and the Somme.

The French bave carried their lines the southern outskirts of the hamlet of Fregicout.

to

A splendid achievement is recorded of Flying Officer Albert En who has the Military Cross and has now been awarded the Distinguished Service Order with a bar to it. On several occasions They conquered all the fortified beattacked a number of enemy machines, ground between Fregicourt ad Hill 148,,captured the village of Rancourt," bringing down wine altogether. Once and extended their positions cast of the he dived amongst twelve enemy aero Betffline road to a depth of a kilometre, plince, and fired i drum into the nearest from Comples road to Bouchareanes, north-east of which wont went down out of control. and stormed Several other hostile machines approach. Bouchatesnes and reached Hill 150.

ing, he fired and drove down another and then returned with his machine greatly damaged.

The recipients of Distinguished Ser- vice Orders include Captain Frederic Belous, the distinguished game hunter.

ENEMY'S LOSSES IN THREE MONTES.

NEARLY HALF A MILLION PRISONERS TAKEN,

Le Journal (Paris) on the 18th inst pablished a statement recapitulating

hill

They also captured, farther south several systems of trenches in the vicinity of the Northern Canal, between Bethune Road and the Somme.

The unwounded prisoners up to the present exceed 400.

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THE BALKAN ZONE.

ADVANCE OF ALLIED LEFT WING,

LONDON, Sept. 25. Franch official despatch from

the louses auqtained by the Germans Salonika speaks of the continued ad-

from July 1 to date in prisonera. This

vance of the Allied left wing, which

does not include the figures for the that the Allies are cooperating at Macedonian front. The Russians took 408,471 prisoners; the French 33,899; close quarters the Italians 33,048 and the British

1,450, a total of 400,603,

It is not gonerally known that that

well-known novelist, essayist,

and minn of affairs, Mr John B

at the front. Very few people know

the Second Lieutenant Jolin

VIGOROUS ALLIED OFFENSIVE

NEAR FLORINA

LONDON, Sept 25.

CASUALTIES AND DAMAGE LLATHI

It is officially announced that six

Eastern and Southern counties to-night. bostile airships visited the North Bomin were dropped in the Northern counties. Some casualties and damage were reported.

THE CRISIS IN GREECE.

M. VENEZELOS LEAVES FOR

CRETE

ATHENS Sept. 25.

DEATH OF THE EARL OF ESSEX.

LONDON, Sept. 26.

The death is announced of the Earl of Essex. The deceased; who was the seventh Each, was in his 69th year

THE TROUBLE IN DUTCH EAST INDIES.

AMSTERDAM, Sept. 26.

£1,000,000 PAID IN TAXATION.

BREWERS SAY GOVERNMENT TAKE 80 PER CENT, OF EARNINGS.

Since the commencement of the war, said Colonel Gretton, MP., at the annual meeting of Bass, Rateliffe and Gretton, the company had to boar en increses of 202 per cert, in taxation. They were now paying in different forms of texation. £1,500,000:

The result was that the Government, A message to the Hamleisblad from Sourabaya states that 300 insurgents took 50 per cent, of the earnings, leaving attacked Mocuratebe on the 20th, and 20 per cent." for distribution to share- burned the Post Office. Three infantryholders and the reserva lund. Brigades and a body of armed police have arrived at Mocaratebe. Bangko is quies. All attacks in the neighbour hood have been repulsed without loss.

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THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN.

A considerable portion of the taxation had been recovered from the public by increasing the price of bee-.

A dividend of 10 per cent., making 12 for the year, was declared.

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GERMAN COMMENT ON BRITISH EFFORT:

LONDON, Sept. 25. A despatch from General Sir A. Murray, dated June Ist, dealing with the operatione of the Egyptian Ex-

Major Meraht writes in the Folks peditionary Force, from the date on which he amused command to Maywriting at this moment it is impos- 31st, makes a large number of recom:sible for the British to introduce a long pause in their operationa north of the mendations, including the following of Somme. The life of France depends on the Indian Army Lieut.-Col C. N. whether Britain takes any further part MacMullen, Majer M. H. Henderson, in the war, whether it is prepared to Captain C. Ward, Lieut. C. Oshed even more blood than it has hitherto done. Mr. Balfour, in the survey Harvey.

he gave a a day or two: ago, confirmed the fact that an unbroken stream of men and munitions is pouring across the Channel This should remind us that we must 2s far as lies in our power break the undisturbed communications between and Britain, of which Mr. Balfour

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LONDON, Sept. 26. ~.. An Italian semi-official message em broken up Britain's communications with

the Continent can we count G GERMAN TROOPS CONVINCED WAR phasises the importance of the captureweakening on the Somme, for Britain of Gardinal, which is one of the does not shrink from drawing liberally principal peaks attainable beyond the upon its forces. In the Somme region rough precipitous ridge between the the British guns are bombarding our The value of the gradual day and night, and even if hundreds of valleya. Aviso Travignolo and Vanoi Cismon trenches with heavy calibre projectiles occupation of this massive outwork thousands of the projectiles.exploded

for our infantry and da depends on the fact that it commands without taking effect, enough are "left

the Dolomite read, which Austria built to connect the Trenting with Cadore. The Austrians obviously attached great importance to, this region, sa they concentrated large bodies of their best troops to oppose the Italian adarane Nevertheless the Italians are progress", ing.

WESTREM.

It is confirmed that M. Venezelos left THE BRITISH AEROPLANE RAID AT this morning, accompanied by Admiral Condoursotis, superior oficers and sup porters. He is probably bound for Crete and from thence will tour the islands. The situation is most serious.

-NO SIGN OF FEACE

INTERESTING STATEMENT BY A DESERTEE.

As

No. 15WYNDHANE DE.

(Flower Street)

KETAKLIKES 100

WHY ENGLAND 18 RÄIDED..

ZEPPELIN CRIMES EXCUSED BY THE BARALONG CASE,

According to a Berlin telegram White Book on the Baralong case his Recently two men arrived the been presented to the Boichstag.

Replying on January 10, 1916, to the neighborhood of Schafhausen Liter statements of the British Government,

"One" was the German Government took the stand Eaving swum the Rhine. escaped Russian prisoner, and the other point that, in view of the attitude of the a Gerhun deserter who, after having British Government it was not possible fought on the eastern and western for it to enter on any further discussion

the decided to desert to avoid fronts,

concerning the. case. At the same time hardships of the campaign. Writing on the chances of a speedy A correspondent of the French paper the German Government serounced that paperit felt compelled to take in hand itself the following the punishment of this unexpisted crime. peace, the military correspondent of the "Information.

Of course the German Government da statements made by the Gorman deserter Amsterdam "Telegraf” says

There is in some circles & certain im- regarding conditions in the army clined to take reprisals for the act of the operations. They forget that in former coations we receive in the morning British sailors in the Baralong, patience at the slow progress of the and 300 grammes of black bread measures of the same nature, for in- for the day, at midday soup and vegeta stance, by shooting British prisoners of was a struggle between two defined forces, the armies of the bles, and sometimes, but more and more war, but German sirships will have the convinced the British nation that Ger ties. When one of these rarely, 160 grammes of meat; in

evening, coffee with sausages or

chesse masy

many is in a position not to leave was defeated, Lorces

thero WOS DO

criminal acta committed LONDON, Sept. 26,

umer plated the ong Non-commissioned officers receive the THE GREEK NOTES.

Renter's correspondent at Amsterdam opporient left, unles after all the same rations, with the addition of beer by the Barnlong'a offloors, and men

another army was

was raised and

fraternity between At the beginning of

of the war the un The suppovarian soldiers is a myth avoidable endangering of the civil LONDON, Sept. 26,"states that the Telegraafs" correspon period

present, war, Prussian and Bavarian same recommen however, is a

"between two. Reuter is informed that the British dent at the frontier reports that 40|

Behind the French froat sanguinary

the employment In both groups of powerful States.

for military purissen "" wha authorities regard the Greek Notes to Germans were killed or seriously grou

gach "cuiideril and women, is involved in the struggle, place between them. It must not be given favourably impress the Entente Powers. mentioned on 23rd, inst.

not only by force of arms, but in no less forgotten that throughout the whole of the Baralong

the Prossians are very much detest tions could no longer be taken into GREEK CHIEF OF STAFF

degree with all other means invented by suy the net of their arapgance, and I account, pa watoto

ed on the intellect of man.

Since then the weapon of ales The armies are led with an unbroken assure you there are many people who stream of fresh, young Area and fresh hope that the war will put them in their within the limits of International law being used against England ruthlessly the last few months themotain In the event of any sirabhup dropping rescurtered into & mege, not of

In the second place, this war german army 108, Krully deprodestructive bombe on London, os, atky

· FORTY VICTIMS REPORTED...

The

the

population by

Germany na intended to gain time to wounded in the raid on Westrews | groupa the whole population, both men gantela have on several occasions razen Zeppeling coZZATO but in view

RESIGNS.

ATTENS, Sept. 26. Gederal Moschopoulos Chief of the General Staff, has resigned.

BRITISH STEAMERS SUNK;

LONDON,- Sept. 36.; The British steamers Dresden and Pearl have been sunk.

CANADA'S SECOND WAR LOAN.

LARGELY OVERSUBSCRIEED.

OTTAWA, Sept. 26.

BRITISH MILITARY AGE LIMIT.

NO BILL CONTEMPLATED TO RAISE IT TO 31.

has

city bat of two Great Powers, of almost of the a whole race. Now it has always

of for suc

quirements

ciated

It is no legend that during an other English town. containing defended when confidence in the moral ro- of a military character, England

"I believe that the Germany soldier is

TY-TWO MILLION CASUALTIES

tolegraid

Mt, Angulith, replying in the keyan of counted the princhand Condition and enfance of eregiment in fedling, the stories for the Fambaciones

attack, the besieged should be rigorously saperior officers use machine guns to Commons recently to Air Snowden's isolated, amongst other meaar by the compel the troope to attack. And it is

not only

the man who show this discour query if the Government were considering cutting off of food supplies, munitions,

agament, 19

for many officers have lost their the question of raising the military age supplementary troops and all daily to 15, said that no such amendment of

This is the unavoidable position, and the Military Service Auto far as he with this position neutrals will have to now convinced that Germany mot be knew, was at present under consideration reckon in their own finterest. & potion victorious

Among the working classes the POSITION OF YOUTHS his been created for the Entente which A Saloniks masmge compares the

no one could have foreseen, but in which, morale is even lower than among the Statistics of the caena

soldiers. The wives and famines of mo Staff and mentioned for special enormous work ricsemary behind the

The second Canadianwar loan of It-is pointed out by the, War Office task | so far as means of War sɛe concerned, no,ed working men are in a miserabls the belligerent ostions since the l

pack recent London Balkan lines with the comparatively $100,000,000 has been over subscribed under the Military Service Aut youths difference can be made between a was.MJohn Buchen, partner

a bag of potatoes. in the firm of Nelson, the publishers any work-go-the western front-by-280,000,000 There were 30,000 technically become coldiers on reaching age of infantry ammonition and a tarrei plight A soldiers wife now rocurves an adsociation or prepared fa (and incidently the originator of the single line of railway alone is available, inscribers distributed over the the 18th birthday, but they are granted of herrings or a

month in which to logo appeal AVEC POM Penny novelssaries), editor of and in some parts only mule team

History of the War and the transport can be used.

No subscriptions were allotted to youth may attest before he is 187 The Allies began a vigorous offensive to banks which subscribed $50,000,000-

Buchan attached to Beadquarters

service

in

of many well-known books, It

used to be said that Mr Buchan knew

SALONIKA, Sept. 25

more about the British army and it in the righbourhood of Florina on dispositions than any living civilian It Sunday, which has continued all day fe likely that ho will soon know more

Dominion

than any other military man. He End with most antiafactory respite EEMEMBER

been out at the front several The Russians captured an important.

previously been correspondent there for hulle

hort time for the Time

News in the spring of last yearPPED

very useful services he has verules. of Krusograd but are

The Serbe crossed

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TREATMENT FOR DYSENTERY

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oes Homedy foll

The ancient town of Hález, ebon which the victors of Stanislzu Are ad- vancing, is considerably more than sight thoma hundred Sof~Fringe of that

ffered

only 18 marks per month and 8 marks en diation in Copenhagen and per child, and these payments are made published by the German paper

atate the figures reached by the į very irregularly.

statiscians are believed to be sa correct sa possible cost figures the total British camalfies bean

8372

2,248, the French 3,974,000 Russian L8,500,000 The Italian

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