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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1917,

BUSINESS NOTIOES

No. 4.

that may

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LONDON, Sept. 14.

The situation in Russia is far from clear. M. Kerensky continues to dismiss and to appoint Generals und

A CONSIDERABLE AFFAIR."

LONDON, Sept. 14- Beuter's Correspondent at Head-... quarten, states the yesterday's` attack to the north-west of Lange. inarck Was a considerable affair." Unusually heavy artillery activity

to deal with the Cabinet crisis" The warned our troops so that when the cause of the latter, it is said, is Germans cane on they met, with chiefly the food position. Several machine-gun fire that they wavered,

such

an outburst of it an Ministers have resigned, sonie "of

whom were subsequently prevailed up so dense were the assaulting upon to remain. Meanwhile fothing waves that the attack, ruched clos is known of General Kornilot's quarters resulting in ferce hand-to- whereabouts. General Mexieft has hand fighting. Our main line stood her with General Korniloff for two

firm and the enemy suffered heavy

to

test the

days arranging terms of surron-esses. The enemy, who is jumpy. sier."

ridently wanted There, definite news as to efficiency of the defence" along the what is going on outside the Petro-rising ground between St. Jean and grad district, but the following Langemarck. The manner in which telegram from Gêneral Verkhovsky, he is constantly moving ha artillery tho Comundant at Moscow to suggests uncertainty; also the General Kaledine, the Hetman of efficiency of our ecuiter-battery the Don Cassucks, showa'that things work, carried ont with aerial aid, is are not running smoothly as far as rendering it differit fer the enemy. the Cossacks are concerned :- gunners: to conceal their positions.

The Cossack elements are pro- The ground in the battle-zone. ceeding to the Don regions at a continues bad despite the drying moment when the enemy is pushing weather. The non-ports play shell towards. Petrograd, I do not know holes hold water indefinitely, and the how to interpret this. If it means incessant shell bursts in these little that the Consucks are declaring war lagoons throw up great fountains, Fou Humin, I warn you that the un- which keep the mud liquid.

authorised appearance of Cossack troops in the Moscow district will be regarded as a "sign" of revolt. "

PETROGRAD, Sept. 14. General Kaledine and his Cossucks have arrested the Rostoffilon Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Dele)

Mattes.

31 Nektussoff, a Cabinet Minister,

SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S LATEST

*DESPATCH.

LONDON, Sept. 14. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:

We progressed and secured pri

ays that the movement will quicklyoners in the neighbourhood of be crushed, for General Knlerine has Winnipeg and the cross-roads, to the no following.

A GENERAL SURRENDERS AND COMMITS SUICIDE.

Peracaran, Sept. 14.

north-east of St. Julien,

The enemy's artillery was active on the Lens sector and there was considerable

reciproca! artillery

activity to the east of Yprek.

Despite the weather, our gero

General Kring, the Commander planes dropped 80 bombs on the of the troops supporting General enemy's billets, to the east of Lens, Korniloff, arrived here after ordering and machine-gunned troops in the the troops to lay down their urins pen and in the trenches. and subigit to the Government.

Three of our machines are missing.

Gerieni! Krimoff, who was received

by M. Kerensky, immediately re- ENEMY ATTACK ON THE FRENCH torted home and committed suicide' by scoting himself with's weyolvor.

BRITISH NAVAL AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY.

LONDON Sept. 14.

A Freuel communiqué tutes :-~- On the right bank of the Meine after a violent bonbardment, the Germans attacked the positions We recently uptured, to the north of The Aniralty announces that Caurieres Wood, penetrating naval aircraft, on Wednesday night, advanced Une, ou funt of 500 borubed Ghistelles und Thourout metres.

aerodrome.

Lospor, Sept. 14.

All our machines returned:

THE BARBAROUS GERMAN.

NORWEGIAN DISCOVERIES.

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 14. The Norwegian authorities have ascertained that German agents are attempting to place on Allied and neutral ships" explosives, diese bacilli and incendary apparatus, in the guise of tinned rents and vegetables.

NEARLY A MILLION BRITISH PENSIONERS

LONDON, Sept. 14 Mr. Hodge, the Minist

Feusions, states that

there are nearly a mil

on the books of the Pen

Telephones in all now First-class Cuiring Lounge, Smoking and Ladiestry and that min

The fighting continues.

GERMAN ATTAGE ON CASEMATES

FLATEAU

DRIVEN BACK WITH HEAVY LOSSES.

LONDON, Sept. 14 French communique states- After a violent bombardment, the Germans, at dawn attacked the Casemates plateau:"

The enemy was driven back to his own lines, with heavy losses) after a hand-to-hand fight.

THE GERMAN REPORT.

LONDOy, Sept. 14. A German official message states: We drove out the enemy from a wood section, to the for Lange

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