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TUESDAY, “AUGUST 21, 1917.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page 1.)

MR GERARD'S REVELATIONS.

GERMANY'S IDEA OF A WITH DRAWAL FROM BELGIUM.

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE ALLIES AND THE POPE'S NOTE

EARLIER "TELEGRAMS.

A CONFERENCE BEFORE REPLYING

Losboy, Aug, 20.

In the House of Commont, Lord" Robert Cecil amouneel that tho Allies would confer before replying

the Pope's peace note.

1L

NEUTRAL SHIPPING AFTER THE WAR

IMPORTANT BRITISH ANNOUNCEMENT.

LONDON. Aug. 20.

THE FIGHT FOR HILL 70. FURIOUS HAND-TO-HAND

FIGHTING.

1

LONDON, Aug. 20, Router's Correspondent at Headqua

ters

states-Furious fighting progressing intermittently against ner new positions around Lens The hall leaves the gallant Canadians in possession of all they took. It is now known that the high GaMAR Command had brtlered the recapture, at all costa, of Hill 70, which so dominates the eastera

THE POPE'S PROPOSALS.

REJECTED BY RUSSIAN PRESS.

PETROGRAD, Aug. 20. The Russian Press rejects the Pope's peace proposals, declaring that such a peace, leaving the Central Powers unimpaired, would bring a sew and intensa period of armaments"

ROYAL MESSAGE TO M. POINCARE.

PARIS, Aug. 20.

SENSATIONAL AFFAIR AT

SHANGHAI..

RAID ON THE AUSTRIAN, CONSULATE.

The China Press gives the following account of the affair at Shanghai briefly reported in a telegram. published in the China Mail last week-

A startling raid made by four armed Austrian and Hangarian, subjects upon the Austrian Consulate early yesterday His Majesty King "George saata morning (15th inst.) had as its soquel birthday telegram to H. Poincaré, the death of one of the intruders, a man Fresident of the French Bapublie named Maracek-shot down by one of hoping that France, at no distant dates own associates as he attempted to would have the satisfaction of gathering

a consular employe are upon a

The man who did

the shooting. the Austrian

in custody st sion. The other two escaped, but it is settlement of the question of jurisdie. believed

that they, and possibly bar of others impleated, may soon be put under arrest. Hope of securing money ard probably certain documenta is be lieved to have been the object of the

side of Lens that without it the place the fruits of her magnifcent efforts for Kremla on pending the

LUNDON, Aug, 20 Mr. Gorned, late American Am -bascular to Berlin, erritinuing his revelations, gives the German ident of peace. He says he could netin

can never be comfortable. We securely In the House of Conurons, reply-hold it in spite of the fact that tha ger anybody to state definite teams to Mr. Norton Griffiths, Earl Huns have been attacking with gas When he asking whether thermayer Coeft" stated that neutral bomba and massed infantry waves, shells, fammenwerfer, ritte-grenades, wy wishing to wiriums from Be shipping persistently engage in backed with intense artillery "barrages. [gin, „he, fluanevllor always said:"

Yo, but with ganeunters."

assisting enemies would be treated The Canadians are resisting with boiling Infter the war the meeting machine guns, and last, but not the least, oil-drums, gar-shells, hand-grenades and Finally, in January 1917, Mr.

shipping. Neutral vessels lying up the bayonet. The artillery has given Gerard says he pressed for a specified ports, would be considered as magnificent support. statetent and gain asked whether

Insistin the Cermens were willing to withs draw from Belgium....

The Chancellor, answered: ** We must have the forts at Large arul Namur ag her forts and gugisons -througluur Belgium. We taust have possession of the railrowels and

tie enemy.

MERCHANT OFFICERS AND MEN KILLED IN THE WAR.

Lispos, Aug, 20. Replying to Mr. B. E. Puto, Albert Stanley, Prisichint of

th

I am told that in no fighting in which Dominions troops have yet participated has there been more furious band-to- hand fighting, and consequently such extensive use of the baynuet.

the cause: uniting it with Great Britain. His Majesty on the magnificent successes . Poincaré replied congratulating of the British army,

TRAM ACCIDENT AT DOYER.

HEAVY CASUALTIES.

LONDON, Aug. 20, Ten persona were killed and, forty injured in a runaway tram accident at Dover.

RafbrLLOWK CONFERENCE.

& num.

At daybreak yesterday morning, France, four men, two Austrians and following a conference at the Hotel, de two Hungarians, role up to the Austrian Consulate at 29-30 Medhurst Road. They came in

in elo d rivahas, tains and foods al and the themselves were disguised by houry THE ANGLO-FRENCH OFFENSIVE, eds. They entered the consulate

*ነ

INTERESTING VIEWN

tope

cur

Мед

Kate, which They the "scloned but not lekt

en moputed the porch of building nearest the street, occupied the Been wrchased by the Consular offices for sleeping apartments for Vice-Consul upstairs

a quickly gigged and bound. The men rang, the bell and the door was opened by s Chinese servant who offices downstairs were hastily ransack-

the pets and the Bolians will now part of Trade, states that - 6,027 caught under cor machine-gun barrage lished in the Jujuan Chronicle of August Kunx and cne ce two secretaries.

be showed tre mintain at

The first big counter-attack began on Wednesday afternoon. It has been salready described how the 4th Division. of Prussian Guards, marching across in columa of fours before deploying, were and were all but wiped out. Whilst this her from Lite St. Auguste. The was happening more German Guards were first wave was mown down by machine gun fire, the second, though it got nearer our positions, was similarly dealt with, and the thirt approached within seventy yards of the Canadians before it broke and melted away. -

merchant officers and men, egelading those on the Admiralty pay list, had Gerumey must be allowed to istuim, be killed guring the war, an arsex in Befrina qui layi

mercial control of the wountry, TheTHE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE. Germans, would not allow Belgim

to herom us cantpost of Engkuud.”**.

Mc Cerard readied buntly: "1 don't suppose the English would wish it to herozine Germany."

TAL Mancellor

I post

that Tromlane mud be inderanitic from all countries and hive all her ships ami Coloniese gesturelt.

GREEK TREACHERY.

REVELATIONS IN A WHITE

BOOK;"

Writess, Aug. 20.

BRITISH MINERS FEDERA- TION REVERSE THEIR DECISION

16

Looxoos, Aug. 20,

A Lonthon telegram to Japan. pab 7th saya

offensive, ste military correspondant of "Commenting on the new Anglo-French the Westminster Gazelle says

The

on the West and the enemy situation in

In the military sense the situationel, but the gang was unable to get into

che safes June last

and vaults. Bafiled in their breaching of the original formed front and the quartete went quietly upstairs hus change the character of the front room where ong of the secretaries was fortified Marcek and Kremla entered a buck making the impositions on the of 'eeping.

of

Marcek shook the secretary awake

Fifteen determine counter attacks heavier blications. The shaband, pointing an automatic pistol, at his

have up to the present been launcher aginat Bois Huge, Bois Ruse, Cite St. Ville and facing Cite ht. Theodore At

tions have speeded up consequent on his resources, which those very the disappearance of his reserve, his

A private ring of the British ali, the same scale of violence was indi. Proved ability to restore himsel bis Bla-nok, it is saiti, jerked his gun for

Miners Federation" has reverse! ticated. This makes it abundantly clear providus, derision in ta four of the that the enemy regards the Canadian Stekline Konferenek, - passing a

snecesa sa a most serious blow. Prescrittings by 970 votes to 15%,

agninsy sending delogites.

This decisiota

tony

afext the

Labour Party's decision, which

NEW ENEMY METHODS.. The Germans are employing new methods of defence in Finnlets, having the dugouts in trenches are mere mantraps, vidently come to the conclusion that

are experiencing great difficulty in developing their scheme of connecting shell-boles by underground passages,

jouture Fabour Conference will under the intensity of our fire. They obligand

reconsider to-LOITOW.

4

20

The

staggered down im

A White Bonds has been publish.') BRITISH TRADE UNIONS AND THE because it is almost impossible to bore the West: they are heavier in the East through this that the police got their

confirming the existence of a secret agnement" between the last Covers- ment of the olde regiem, and thos

Centul Powers. It shows that M. Skoulandis tried to hoodwink the Allies negarding theorffait as Rogel Fass, where the whole of the Greeks garisen surrendered, giving the Central Powers important adeun- #hges. It is im eloar that this surender was firearmange

ments is

4.

STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE,

hend, demanded his keys. The secretary male an effort to reh his revolver and

are all on our side and are so many sure

mobility, and his anworkable planard

and made several

attempts to strides toward a decision. The new not been relensed and

to fire: safety device on the

weapon baci failed to ex- attack bas berin exculently. Some ups plocie. At this

this point Kremia, who had and downs we say anticipate, up-how-restrated, turned his own pistol ever, will be much more marked that upon his companion, and shot him twice, downs.

through throat and breast. tide because it usually comes

The rising tide is not leg a rising

The wounded man in

stairs swells, judged an eurentric observer whois sur otseials. The other two men fled.

falling with hollows at intervals. He would died in fex, minnel where he

on the mediately gave himself up to the Con- by intervals only. Heurier

irr Shortly afterwards a huge old pattern Parase the Gresources | |

position may be revolver supposedly shopped by one of crystalised.

the fugitives was picked up by a riesha "Nor are obligations heavier only: elie on Bubbling Well Road and it was anywhere hereabouts without soon strik. Since the ruling cliqus in Germany have first intimation of the affair. Losnos, Aug. 20,

ing water. The correspondent is of chosen to declare war netcrly on Bussin Delegates from 300), Trade Unions artillery has killeil static frariare, as has to be reckoned with. It has been dean was held at the Mortuary yesterday. the opinion that the amazing growth of ton the Revolution, the flussian arusy

An inquest over the body of the dend et in London to support, the deri-expressed by regular and heavily-wired is a dangerous deduction. Then there are Magistrate Kwan presiding. Inspector

scribed by the

the Kaiser as a rubble. That afternoon. Tritish Assessor Jones and son of the Scams and Firemen's

trench nes.. Union not to carry -pence delegates

the Rumanians. Some time nge they Morrison, representing the police. stated could be ignored, perhaps, but they can that he had seen the Austrian Vice- to Stockholm,

not be ignored now. Thirdly Balkan de elopment with a comes the Comsul, who had.

to allow the

refused to adhesion of Greece. Certainly Germany's obliga-an who did the shooting out of his cus- tions are heavier. This is the moment matter would be taken up later as it was tody Assessor Jones replied that that Russian break in Calicut the only necessary at the time to identify wherein the way he tempted by has chosen to launch upon the Eastern The Austrian, he said, if nece

the deceased

and find cause of death. the neighbourhood of pres-Poolest, which are

offensive six Divisions which are said to would be brought in on a warrant

necessary have

been taken from the forces, in the Mr. F. L. Guidice, nimger of the capelle Roar, our line was advance to Discretion is a trendy attenuator. Hotel ile France, identified the boxy as

mile. depth of 500 yards, on a frontage of part of the Kaiser. It may very well evidently got the better

that of a

he was not a man whose name he prove at the finish that the Russian hotel for four or five days. He had break will hasten the end.

sure of, but who had been staying at the occupied a room with another porson.

Dr. C. Nool Davis, Assistant Health

"It was announced that a cireular rad been sent, to all branches of the Thule Unions in thesountry, asking whether they support, the Soane's One of the post interesting do-attitude and the replies received of the telegs showed that 304 supported the exchanged›berworm ex-King Constang, deVision, $21 were against it, and time and the Kaiser after the British it were neutral. arclamtion war. The Kaiser su gosteal that timeve, trould support the Pntral Powers. Ex-King Por stantine replied," professing sy puthis with Germany but espose ing the opinion that mobilisation of the Greek Army would be less tap British and French Heets, ruled the Mediterranean pud could Greery ant

INDIANS AND THE KING'S

COMMISSION. «

THE THREATENED STRIKE OF

ENGINE-DRIVERS.",

Logbox, "Aug, 2. In connection with the engine drivers threat to strife, the hope everywhere, expressed that the grievances, will not upset the er, despite overal admitted

country's transport for the assertion of the "principle of an eight-hours" day, for that is what the dispute Amunts to, is the men do not desire

X

你

FURTHER ADVANCE AT YPRES

LONDON, Aug. 20. parta :-

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Flaig re- As a result of a minor operation in

We captured all our objectives, includ; in a series of strongly fortified farms.

The enemy's losses were considerable :) ours were very slight

Thursday a prisoners, taken north. eastward of Ypres, total 2,111

We brought down three aeroplanes and drove down four. Eight of ours are missing.

FRENCH AIRMEN ACTIVE,

RHEIMS SHELLED.

.!

HOW TO END THE WAR IN TEN WEEKS.

+

Mr Orville Wright, an interview given to the New York correspondent of the "Daily News, says that 10,000 aeroplanes of various types are now available for use by America. He be- lieves the war could be ended in ten weeks by raids on Essen. He anid :-

INQUÝST IN KIELD.

tée

Officer of the S.M.C

1.C stated that though

no post mortera bad teen held he be lieved death was due to gunshot wosads.

The inquest then adjourned.

sulite has begun an investigation of the alleged conference at the hotel and that It is reported that the French Cou

other official quarters in the Settlement have been active regarding the affair

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HONGKONG.

AUTOMOBILES IN HONGKONG.

NG 1, WYNDHAM OTT

(Flower Bea MARASIMTED: 1900

There has been a considerable incr is the use of motor cycles, practically The fallowing paragraphs are from the cycle has been found of exceptional w

all of which are American. The motor "Export-World and Commercial Intelli-venience for single riders on the hillside "getcar "...

and mountain roads of the colony. A considerable number of motor cycles with At present, the demand for the motor second-passenger arrangements are in the cycle, seen, to have reached and passed its highest point and the trade show a tendency to slacken.

In spite of war conditions the Hongkong Government in continuing the improve. ment and extension of the ronds of the coleby sa 'ns to accommodate automobile traffic, and both in what is known as the new territory, the mainlard portion of the colony and on the island.

"Progress in aviation, especially in the high-powered enging, makes possible the destruction of the Krupp works at Easen and the winning of the war in ter LONDON, August 20... A French communiqué maya--—-—-

The high-flying, extremely fast Lospos, Aug, 201

-

carrying aeroplane can accomplish this. The tillery struggle has assumed As soon as we have trained several Cobel Hepington, the Times

marked activity in the region of Erage thousand aviators they should be able to Meuse, especially in the Bezonvaaz comp Military Correspondent, says that

Bad Cerny and on both banks of the undertake daily raids on all the German Probably the only prize ship that the munitions factories and destroy them German cruiser Karlsruhe captured and

factories are

didn't sink the British freighter Farn grants of the King's Cortinission to manently control the railways civilian was wounded.

runge of Airmen brought down eleven German

A superiority of thousands of aero- an

an idleness of tann two

more Indians must come Colonel Reping cannot make a promise which would

have the effect of deteriorating the lead these

anes and aviators such as the Allies year .

& dispatch from San Juan, island, work is being pushed with con- United States siderable vigour. There has been a great hundred, even thousands, they should case holds good in the Farm esse, and

the principle to operate in war time. The Government's position,

as a matter of policy ank, gratitude, f "ver, is that us it does not persector. Rheims, received 600 shells. I within the so the new soon will be in commission again after particularly as to the road around, the

it

and a

half

nomination by the members of the value of shareholders' property with troyed. They also forced six to land undertakings Going in squadions of decided that the decision in the Appam increase in automobile trafo in the

ton favours a capeful system of

ruling families instead of exunitmut the consent of the shareholders,

tion for padetships.

the establishment of an Inline-Sand- Furst for which the Stuffs at Quetta- und Wellington, could be utilized.

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

...TATER.

seriously damaged,"

Uur aeroplanes bombarded the rail-short time and win the war, with the Farrar, Grove & Co. Ltd., London, who always be limited because of the restricted

end Germany's monitions supply in the s ship has been restored to

to her owners, colony, although the use of such cars will way stations of Dun-sur-Meuse, Corte- marck, Thourout, Lichtervelde, Ostend, greatest saving of men at the front."

sent officers Cambrai (where a fire broke out in the butments in the forest), and Houtjulet, and munition dumps at Bayheville.

GERMAN REPORT.

20

ulready have

ta

I here dock for require

And

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

COMPANY PARADES......

The following parades will take place at Central Station. Uniform will not he

Fall in at -5,43. p.m. 2 Wednesday, August Mad-No. 1 S

tion.

Thursday, August 23rd.-No. 2 Comit

engineers to take charge of her and take her topographical field for them. The num

ber of cars now in use in the colony is A SENSATION IN HIGH LIFE. Restoration of the Farn to her former 105, as compared with 75, two years ago

owners was formally celebrated when The greatert, change, however, is in the pay The following advertisement appears hoisted the British fag over the ship a

the British Consul H. G. Gregory again feet that whereas the 72 cars at that time No exemption from these parades i

in the coluang 44 the "Times of June few minutes after Captain Allen and were nearly all owned by public garages to be grated except by the undersigned

, Albert Edward Harry Mayer Archier officers had gone aboard to take and were largely for tourist use, A German official message, trans- bald Primrose, commonly called Lord possession of her.

Dalmeny

of The Grange, Bletchley, in the K. D. 3

Since Jar pary, 1915, the Furn called cater part of "she intcretss' has been in the County of Buckinghamshire, hereby heen Southward of Langaroarke the enemy givs notion that I will not be responsible ia ber Gertian captora, ha Private cars used by their owners int "artificial fog. After an initial penetra Dorothe debts contracted by my wife/ediately after the declaration of wari

as a prize.

ImPleasure

DISASTROUS FIRE AT SALONIKA.

80,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS."

LONDON, Aug, 20. Renter leurns that a disastrous fire Sir Edwin Montagu, Secretary of occurred at Salonikus on August 18.

theNITATION¿TO ATTEND THYE 3D ANNIVE State, fordia, announced in the The city, inside the walls, was half

LONDON, Aug, 20

-SARY OF THE FORMATION OF THE House of Commons that nine Indun destroyed and 90,000 people are

mitted by wireless, anys:--

NACAO VOLUNTEAU CORPS... officers who hnd served in the war

The Detachment proceeding to lucas The loss of life is attacked, using "tank" enveloped with for homeless.

beld pert would be granted commissioned runk

The nature of business carried on in on Saturday, August 25th, will be under in the Indin Ariny

Yesterday evening the fire bad tion the enemy was everywhere repulsed rous, commonly called Lady Dalmeny States and shortly thereafter steps were few cars will ever be used for commercial time to time as contingency may Alice Margaret Augusta Prini-saint Germany by the United States Hongkong and the limited size of the the Coshmand of Chief Inspector the ship was taken over by the United colony's business dimrict are such that Almada who will issue such orders THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT AND been got under control.

There has been the most intense Dated this gist day of Jane, 1917- k

taken to determine her artillery activity at La Bassee Canal, at Rolicitor, 37, Norfolk Street

| Dulmony.

status with Witnicas Conrles Russell, result that shu hoe zou been turned purposes. There are two fairly good-sized cell for. GREAT EXPLOSION IN A QUEBEC Lene and southward of the Scarpe. Locions Norfolk #treet, Strand, back to her owners with trucks in me in the colony, and one

We brought down nineteen zero-

The Farn S

was captured by imees, eldest son and bein of Karlsruhe early in October, 1814, and car of the American type for communies, Lord Dalmees,

Joined No. 2 Section, P.CESO S, R. the large baking establishment uses a delivery and Lady Dalmeny because of her cargo of coal she was tion between its bakery pisit and its

Aitken.

(Sgd.), T. F. Hovar, Grosvenor, were married in

A.S.D. (R)

INDIA.

LONDON, Aug. 20.

Edwin Montago, Secretary of State

In the House of Commons, Siz

unknown...

FACTORY.

K

MONTUZAL, Aug. 20. There has been a térrific factory

for India, announced that the Im perul Goverment and the Indian adjourned. Labour Conference will Government were in complete accord explosion at Regaud in Quebec, regarding the question of increas

the neighbouring village of

in

ingly associating Indiana with every branch of the Indian administration Gragou. The countryside is covered

and the gradual development of self-in dense anoke. governing institutions with a view to

progressive realisation of a respon

sible government for "India" na anmissing us a result of the

integral part of the Empire. It was at Regaud.

planes

BITTER STRUGGLE WITH ITALIANS

AUSTRIAN REPORT..

ngest

April

Ford daughter of the late Lord not sunk. Instead a prize crew was

1970, and are the parents of a sonrick Labinus. For almost a month are of the passenger type med almost put aboard in command of Capt. Hein- down-town establishment. All other cars and daughter. Lord Dalmeny repre- the 5. D. 3 was with or in close touch solely for plenstire. sented Midlothian in the

the was

1915, and

at the end of two with the Karlsruhe in South American It is a rather notable fact that most of

lot but cantain on Nr. 4, 1914. When the K. D. 3 left more conservativo.

STRENGTH.

IMPROVED CIRCUMSTANCES.

Father (at head of table)-When I was in their ways, have a bow I was glad enough to est try!

Just Pipe Captain Lubinus bad radically come to a more generale of bread for my dinner

to remain in is certain 36-

waters and off

Brazil and the_coast. of action in finally left the in

attached to before she was sunk near Trinidad kong were Chinese Foreign residents, the cruiser only a few days the first private owner of cars in Hong LONDON, Aug. 20. the staff with the Ar Austrian official report, transmitted Lady

Lady Dalmeny both before and

since the by wireless, states: The Italians her marriage has occupied nprominent antacked in the coastal territory of place in society's highest circles, and he cality off the Brazilian court until the cars, and a spinber of residents fairly Gmail Daughter-Wel, daddy, you "Three hundred people are reportIsonzo, which bas belonged to Austria tions of 100s, the gifts including pre cruiser Dever came back, according to to reach their homestarthing unheard fare living with us, aren't you

of brilliant fune return of the Karlsruhe The German well up the "Yoak" are now using cars ate having a much better time now you

After the strongest artillery prepard-then the Prince and Princese of Walraptam Lohinus, and after wait 3 impossible two years earlier when therØ | *******

sents from the late King and Queen,

York Times of two of three years ago and declared, by 201 tion, lasting a day and a half, the enemy

AWEZEKANA NO BEANS two months for bet return the K. Tofantry advanced this morning between

started to make her way north. She Mrzlivrh and the seat a KEEP IT HANDY

was almost completely out of all fod was opposition to any automobiles what- duous supplies and water. Frm the time the wetu Hongkong font of the power A most bitter struggle is raging in.

KD a left the Karjarule the

Jant of almcet alt sectors on a 60 kilometre TMMEDIATE relief is necessary in October until he bought the prize cars are the low-priced models, which

attacks of diarrhoea. Chamberlain's into port to discuss questions in this connec, stroying the adjoining electric works Reports received are entirely favour-hould always be on hand For sale by Britisher, and that he did not believeling too much of an investment for what paina One dose relieves, a second dose

Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoed lamed chist in Joubory 816, Captain bave been found nituble in Hongkong but one whip use and have the merit of not represent. 90021 Chemists and Storekeeper

desirabla that there should be free and informal discussion as soon as possible between the Imperial #Government and the Indian

author

He was therefore

tion:

LATER

explosion for centuries.

FACTORY DESTROYED AT

CHRISTIANAS

CHRISTIANA Aug. 18.

to India, in the winter, A factory was burned down defront

en hotel and two shops,

able to as

his ship was once sighted.

In a Camparitively limited ag

MASTER, REMEDY, HAMBERLAIN'S Colle

V Diarrhoea Remedy fr Cramp colic, dysentery, and

rarely necessary to effect's Chri Find by al Obemista and BE