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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1917.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page 1)

THE WESTERN FRONT.

RAIDS ON BRITISH FRONT.

LONDON, Sept. 16. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig

THE CHINA MAIL

NATIONAL SERVICE IN ORELT:

BRITAIN.

HONGKONG GYMKHANA

FORTHCOMING DEMAND FOR MORE RECRUITS.

LONDON, Sept. 47. Replying to a deputation on Satur day, the Minister of National Service, Me. Novillo Chamberlain, stated that: the department was being reorganised with a view to meeting the forthcoming demand for more recruita

He em phasised that in order, that the array We again carried out a raid at Cherisy should be well balanced, the civil and penetrated as far as the western population should do the necessary was ourskirts. In addition to our prisonera. Tork and to maintain a healthy public we have killed or wounded over 70 Gerupinion, men of all military ages must be mans in these raitis,

recruited and some men of all'ages must remain at home.

reports: --

We drove off raiders to the north of Lens al repull a counterattack to

the "north of Invertiess Capse. in an THE RESTRICTION OF THE COTTON enemy effort to retake a strong point

INDUSTRY. wa capture yesterday.

GERMAN REPORT.

Leshes, Sept. th. A Ciertan afheid report states: -- To the north of the Menin-Ypres foud, the English trend our Com nest synches, wv. a company's breadth.

The English broke forth in front) of 100 mitres at Cherisy, using flast throwers and criented 'cars. 3 threw out the enemy after hand- to-hand fighting. A second atteinpt abo failed.

FURTHER REPORT BY SIR DOUGLAS HAIG,

Field-Marstal Sir Douglas Haig reports 2

Loxbox, Sept. 17. As a result of the first week's work ing of the cotton production restriction, 700 opperatives at Rochdale, 300 at Bury and two mills at Oldham, have been rendered idle.

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT CONTROLS SUGAR

INDUSTRY.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. The Government has assumed control; -the entire sugar industry and the manufacture, importation and distribu, tion will henceforth be conducted by Licence.

The dung mided the neighbour. hods of this Vpres-Connins Curl COTTON CULTIVATION IN EGYPT. anal costworks of Messines. of our ven are missing."

developing

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CLUB.

FOURTH MEETING.

Patrons:-FI. E. Sir Francia. Henry

91

Pari-Matunt

Wiener $28.10 9,90

€4,01

THE BLESSINGS OF WAR.

Befoes the war, the

[BY H. RC POLLARD,]

at the Tigri

Cash Sweep Winning No

$773 3 *163, 191.000 108 TR030 ON-AND-QUARTER WILH. HANİCAP. Me Mary Bain's Plongbedfekt,

3.54tb

Bir Knolly Dr Forsyth's Rex (late Merry Man

Arch, 139

is Kalooria's Pingwa Chief.

(Mr Barton) 1.

a kind of Tom Tabllery Ground of 1531h

(Mr Fatton) 3 diplanitists All the great Powers had Messrs Reith, Rose ant Swick's King"

Dick, 181lb Me Polka's Anticipation clewick) ...(Mr Adams).

May, K.C.ML.G., H, E. Major General F. Tantris, and Commodore H.G.G.Sir Sandeman, RN, Committee: The Stewards of the

Hongkong Jockey Club (rupice

Mr. FL. P. White, Mr. D.-M. Ross, Dr. Forsyth, Captain Cassel, Mr. C. Moxon, and Mr.-G. IL-Blason, Judge; -Mr. J. Cabb.

Handicapper :--- Mr. D. M. Rósa. 1st Starter:-Mr. H. J. Gedge. 2nd Starter Mr. J. H. Congdon. Timekeeper:-MrM: S. Sassoon.

The fourth Gymkhana Meating of the Season was held at Happy Valley- on Saturday afternoon in plenalid weather. There was a large attendance,' the racing was very keen, and the whole proelings went with a that has not characterised all previous meetings. Tha big event was the Gynikhana Stakes, which was won by Windsor Dublia, Australian Chief being only a sharti hand behind. The points are now, for these two ponies, Australian Chief 9 Windsor Doblin 8. other pony has a chance of winning the Cup

No

Some good dividends were paid by the pari-mutuel, the two highest being $64.00 and 836.70.

(

and Euphrate and the little Arab Sultanate

around the Persian Gulf were

interests or mutually radhting claims there, and the wreid atxephere of the

Time: 110, 144 2.17 2.1. Gulf was pleasantly colorparlan Won by a length and a half. Two with the high temperature at the later. lengths btween seemed and thirst..

Cash Sweep

national rivalries of which it was. the Winning No. Winner: $100 centre.

300 $1,014,200

35

ENO 144.90

Pari-Mutuel

6.2. 8.00..

JA

THE SUFFERINGS OF ARMENIA.

JWY C. DAVID SPELLING.]

The following extract from a letter written by a British officer in hospital-in Hembus presents a vivid picture of the sufferings undergone by the Armeüin of which comparatively little hand information thitherto her forth. coming.

:b

Before I got my wound in the fighting up beyond Baghilad I came

into confurt in several necasiona with certain Armenian, who had exeuped teom

H. E. the Governor, Sir Paul Chater, The. Turks and was betag employed by Sir Ellis Kadourie, H. E. Major-Generals as an interpreter. The stories he tahl Ventriz, Lient-Col. John Ward, M. P. of the inhumanities inflicted upon his were among the spectator

The band of the Middlesex Regiment played some enjoyable selections during the afternoon.

The results were as follows:- CARO, Sept. 13. Fly Fees RACE Hasan-For The message from Alexandria, dated

all China Ponies in the Colony on tat The enemy heavily bombarded September 10, which states that a

August, that have not won u pier at northward of Languages and in-decree lint's the cotton acerage to one

Ufficial Meetings, off Days, or Gym khagas since January 1st, 1917. fantry attempted an advance, Our third of the whole cultivation area in Messrs. Beith, fans and Swick's Yid, -post-speed trek Egypt, leaving about 200,000 feddans Mr. Polka Anticipation, 15816,

154lb.fdir. Sedgwick) unler cultivation, is a misapprehension. Adams Tittlenumse, 151th, There has län considerable artil. The decree provides for the cutya

(Mr. Knoll) Mr. Adams) Jery activity in the Ypres sector. tion of one-third the pecennial area, Messrs. G. and a First Violin (

Aeroplanos cooperited with the thus approximately 1,335,000 fedrans Mr. Roderick Barton's Billikin. 151th. Aris), 143b (Mr. F. Sutton) artillery despite the wind bolig will be left under entton, representing

(Mr. Barton) > favourable to the enemy, and dropperia reluction of roughly 320,000 ton last three tous of explessivos on two year's area. aeiddromes eastward of Cooltrai and anderndrane, and ammunition dump north-nstward of Cambrai, also" ön billers and tapenis. We brought down sis and drove down two endiny machines, Foar of ours are missing.

ANOTHER GERMAN ATTACK IN THE MEUSE REGION.

LONDON, Sept. 17: A French communiqué states that there is whsiderable artillery activity in the regia of Bmye and Comy.

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JAPANESE ENTERPRISE.

A writer in the Bangkok Daily Mail

It is interesting to note how the Japanese papers hammer away about the commercial morality of Japan. The. wed Net East, a very well edited magazine

Tokyo, in

zays:Every patriotic Japanese-who-is-acquainted with the customs of a considerable section of the commercial world

A fresh Genau attack on fic in this country must feel the need, right bank of the Meuse, north of in the highest interests

C'auriores Wood, wng repulsed...

of the

Time: 16, 48, 121. Won by a head, balf length between second and third. Cash Sweep Winning Nor

48, $450,10

mile.

198.60

.64 30

Pari-Mutuel. Wiuneri

9.00 3.90

The essential renson that made the Persian Gulf problem enek is peculiarly important subject was the fact that the Half contained one or two excellent Har bours which would, hävs. provided mes slmust impregnable naval base far muy Power bolling them. As all the British trade routes with the East that pass through Saez and the Red Sea would be

cmomanded by such, a naval bree”?? was manifestly a print of the greatest import ance that no other matitine power buk Great Britain shoubi obrain a footing in the inlf perritories,

-The-BerlinBaghdad-rülway-as-pluned by Gemmany, w not intended to stop-

Baghdad but would have found its natural outlet to the son at Bern; so the diplomatie. struggle was, as eum cusily chair discussion, but retired the suavent be understood, no mere matter of artă-

hamiling to avoid incidents which would

have led to war

which bad always chimed, but never In the meantime the Ottoman Empire

respatriots won sq appalling that ( tnadenetuully controlled, the independent { not of them at the time with a view

Arab funds, was powerless do governor to getting some publicity for them, when fallow, the natives struggled under the develop them. The lands themselves lay che ouension offered. I have attempted everbearing oppression and tanation to reproduce, them here in something like hostile and incompetent Turkish Gover his own language, so that you can get nos or, njecting Turkish Suzerainty. at the heart of the pan and realise what paid allegiance to their tent sheikh he and durated Armenians feel. If

Railroads. harbours, rrigation werka, ever courts of justice or any, pretenco at you can get the facts known to the the maintenance of law and order were: pehling-1 ara-sure you with her doing a lacking, wid there was agither security great services 1 havé strung together the of life nor security of such littles property. gist, of several conversations, but I think

as remained to them, you will find some sort of connected Breamt of the hormora to which this poor oppressed aution has been subjected. Tite interpreter, whose fame is in my possession, was in Crustantinople until the aid of last year, when he was we ---the-free-with a party of Armerinos; several of whar appear to have effected their escaj,

the hudredth part of the truth. "Dante's Interno was a Heaven csapared with the Flell that the Turks have made of my dew country," Senething of the ing through on our way to the front. awful reality I have myself seen in puen

What you have nyd sad heard about GYMKHANA "STARR Distance Oneur de veu fheid is not believe Sir Paul's Windsor Dahlin, b

(Mr. Gego) 1 Sir Ellis Kadnorie's Australian Chief. Messen. Beith, Ross and Swick's Town

154b

(Mr. Knoll) Mouse, 146br. Sedgwick) Tina: 42.3, 1.22.1, 4224 Won by a short head, length between second and third.

Pari-Mutuel. . Winner: 89.10 1.50

Cash Sweep. Winning No.

24, $605.50 198,80

..

08.40 14

nation, of bringing shout a better Cras HANDRAPY "A" Class: Three standard of morality. Again and again, Quacter Mile.

On the left jank, there has been attention has been directed to the Dr. Forsyth's Rex (late Merry Mon

neigh-subject by Japanese public men, notably

lively artillery work in the bourhood of Morthoinne,

THE ITALIAN FRONT.

ITALIANS GAIN GROUND.

Losnos, Sept. 16.

have also been plainspoken reports by

| Japanese consult.”

urch) 153lb. (Mr. Parton) 1 the present Foreign Minister. There Mr. H. B. L. Dowbiggin's Ben Bolt

(late King Een 150lb

(Mr. Knoll) 2 Nemo's Hush Hush, 15616 Messrs. Beith, Ross and Swick's King (Mr. Gegg) Dick, 158lb (Mr. Sedgwick) Time: 31.3, 1.04.8, 1.39.2.

tween second and third.

Won by a length. Three lengtha be Cash Sweep.

Pari-Mutuel Winning: No. -Winner: $11.30 1, 17.30 12.60

I think, however, the most plain-Mr. poken reports" are on the labels of the fraudulent goods themselves. In Japan I have purchased Rimmela's Best Smell Water and only the other day in Bangkok I hiaght an instrument called An Italian official mussage stales Manufacture U. S. A. and on its case a vibrator: It was branded in metal We gained ground or the southbore the legend: Sell agent and eastern margin of the Bulasizza Co. Singapore." With this sort of thing platen, taking 416 prisoners,

about, was not surprised to be told by

We dropped two and a half tons

of bombs' on troops used to the east of Monk Han "Chabrielle.

167, 8817.80 180, 233.50 172. 116.30

Hents.

-NOMINATEIX.

even the more ignorant of the Siamese a promient importer the other day that| LADIES' NOMINATION"-Bending face in nowadays look with eyes of suspicion on COMPETITOR Japanese goods.

Mr. F. Batton Japan's shipments to Siam have ex- Mr. F. A. Gace tended very considerably of late, and IMr. Roderick. Berton

+

lessed that the old Romain saying that Then came the war, and it must be

Trade follows the Eagles," held good, i for from Hypt to Baghdad, there is now people of Egypt and the people of a patiod of amazing prosperity. To the

Mesapotaruia, the war has not bemaght want, ruin, and misery, bur prosperity. wealth, and content:

From the armies there has beer an insistent and ever growing demand for labour and local producer wages and prices have to tan extremely good In the wake of the armies followed con tractors from india and Basrah has become a city of vast public works. unmistakeably permanent and betoketing the fich promise of the future. -

*Basrah, from being a mere mud town

compuer of all the filth of ages, has become clean and provided with proper" |-

Alepp there are four factories in which, under the supervision of deported Aftemians, over 2500 Armenian women sanitation. work in exchange for their bare living, In one of these factories I met a woman, who recounted to me things that she had herself ween,"

Oh a halt during our deportation **, she said; a gendarme, before my very eyes, buried alive a sick person. It was their custom to kill on the spot any one who lagged a pace behind on the journey. There is a separate grave, for those who di2. They lie in one ditch. It i Borrible to behold but my eyes have heroe hardened to the sight.

Italy, Menguene, or-three places never to be forgotten by us Armenians Do you know what happened at these places, sir? By the order of the Governor, Aff." nearly 100,000 of my brothers were murdered, mannered by ucined Circassions.

At Bowact, our last stopping place, met a friend of my brother, who told me that six railway trucks of little children Armenian-ere being dispatched to an inknown destination. Of the monsters How have these little innocents offended?

A supply of good drinking water has been assured, and a large ice factory affords almost the last muntiai", to modern life. The part itself, previously à mud-choked, sited 'chaninel, full of shifting harm of alluvial soil carried down by the rivers, has been properly 'dredged and deepened; good hrbetrage has been provided and miles of quafe lighteraga and the lending. of pplies have been constructed..

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ANTI-TANE BATTERIES,

REPREBBING, EXHILARATING

hombardment preceding our attack. For a fortnight some of them were without reliable communication with their guns. The Germans appear to be particular ur organised counterbatteryahata

destroyed all unburied telephone lines anti-tank batterice, writes a "Morning soners from the Seventh and Twelfth Post" correspondent. They had or Foot and from the Artillery id tint

anised special units of gunners to dea

last week. What

'THE ABUSE OF SWEDEN'S GOOD note that in the kit financial year Dai / Ar.. G. Morton Smith Miss Ritchie... Is it in the mere fact of being alive and ment, and the commercial possibilities y disgusted at the failure of their new as well as many of the gun pite. Pri-

FAITH."

SWEDEN'S STRONG" REPRE- SENTATIONS TO GERMANY.

Losnos, Sept. 15. The Swedish Foreign Minister, in un interview with an American cor respondent, declared, that he tele aphed on the 10th fuit, to the Swedish Minister in Berlin inaking strong representations against the abuse of Sweden's good laith and naking for explanations. No reply bad yet been received from Berlin.

AMERICAN WAR CREDITS BILL.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.". The Senate has unanimously passer the War Credits Bill, authorising the issue of Bonds totalling #11,538,000,000, which the House of Representatives had already passed.

Mr. J. H.

Congdon

Cash

Mrs. F. Pution 1 Miss Cooper ... Miss Laminert 3 Miss Robertson Miss Belson

Pari-Mutuel Winner: 8.3

#2,807) 12.40 11.70

0

being sons and daughters of our thrive unhappy race 2

arthair Rune sferad in this

Baghdad railroad, have been necessary tr All these things, including the Bauru-

the proper prosecution of the Mesopotam in eanypaige, but when the war is over they will find no less important applica tion to the needs of peace. Basra is the mutual port not only for the rich valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates, bat for the commerce of middle and northern Persia. Cargo steamers voyaging to the Gull ean load at Basrah. Bashire, and Bunder. Ablan, both of which latter ports will sooner or later become commercially important, as the British "phere of influence in Southern Persia becomes more and more effective in its develop inherent in the land, are adequately developed. At the station I saw seven or eight.

was: 199, 8791.00

Beyond the prirely commercial develop 200,

German soldiers. They were pushing s 296.00

Canal 155,

cart full of bells. German barbarity was another almost equally important effect, had been put through anti-tank drill, were so badly damaged that they could CLASH HANDICAP: "B" CLASS: THREE Well known to us before. Now it has for it, has brought the dweller in the Neaf which is a new part of the field training not be used. They expressed unbounded

united with the Turks.thing is too East into close personal contact with the on this front. The latter had been or ment at the accuracy of our shoot sacred for their profane hands. They British rank and file as well as the dared to lie down, to "keep quiet" when what propertion of the gunners wre than one of then asked (Mr. Gegg) 1 leave even the Turks behind in the refine officers. Before the war, the native ever'a tank was seen heading for their civilians who had been trained since the ment of their cruelty. Was if not at the knowledge of the British as a race was section of trench, and to leave their gun beginning of the war The Germa (Mr. Adams) 2 instigation of the German that the Tarks somewhat limited, for they perforce careers to deal with the intruder. Our Wherever they are not kept under by

artillerymen "are" yuntill: Dr. Fomyth's Buchanan's, 1511b:

Very organism their ruthlem persecution of into contact only with a few merchus guns silenced the anti-tank batterice no our shells they serve their guns well and 15416(Mr. Knoll) 0 Que day they surrounded the offices of have had an opportunity of maging on low carriages and living in square

There was one battery of six 77's magat experte Mears G, and G.'s First Violin

flate

the Asade wardspaper and Britains in the bulk and the good-tem concrete dug-oute behind the ruins of Ariel), 5lb (Mr. Sutton) arrested all the staff and deported theni, przed, generous attitude of the soldiers Messines that navse Mr. Roderick Barton's Billkin, 161b

I know, but whither. Will they ever has made a far greater impression and full-an-officer, who into action (MF Barton) o

afterwards! revealed far more of the true apizit of said that three bad

dered

mid the wrOGANADE Won by a length. Two lengths and The waters of the Euphrates, the sands Britain's rule that would a host of prodirect his hal between second and third..

clamations. The natives have abandoned Cash Sweep

keen Winning: No. Winner: 858.70 109,802 001, 18.00

Nippon supplied Bangkok with 72 Mr. Lancelot gallons of whisky valued at Tes. 669 Ionly hope it did not bear the follow- ing label recently found on whisky (1) bottles in Japan:-

"GOLD

"ORA WN. * OLD SCOTCH WHISKY SPECIAL (Scotchland)

LONDON.

Some

That jes ara anthorised purveyors of 1906 and they continuously sug plied the house of lords with Scotch whisky twenty for seven years and no whisky in the genine Scotch whisky a supplied the house of lords unless it bear on each bottle this certificate. 2

K OPZETION & CO.

113.00

QUANTER MIce Bacz."

Sir Paul's Choice Dahlia, 15816 Mr. Adams Tittlemousa, 162lb

ment of these countries, the war has had with these monsters, and the infantry had in front of the Ypres them

and

Mr. H. B. L; Downl the intellectual classes of Armenians? consuls and odd travellers. Now they effectually as those of greater calibre. their shooting is that of highly trained

Time -32 23.06, 1, 29

rature? Who know?

of the deserts of Mesopotamis are the

Ex

at

Captain George Whitaker,

knocked out by trees Guards, was fined £1 for making

another

belund a hedge,

by Bc Egued when asked

Pari-Mutuel BIEVES of the whole, Armenian nation. their attitude of rather donbring restraintcr Le buttery Cổ V Nie from the detained by a police constable he o

51, 328, 40, 211002

114703,

Lieut. Wesley M. Bailey, 30 years DISTANCE HANDICA: About Half a Mile old, of the United States army, was last Mr. Horsford's 1 week under suspicion of Japanese autor's Blog Boy, 15 yards (Mr.Gogg) thorities at Nagasaki for taking photo

Morton Smith's Green Plere Mr G. Morton GREAT FIRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE.phs of the forbidden zoun arrounding My Lascelot a fabre, 30 yards.

30 yards. (Mr Button) Nigaraki harbour. Elis camera, and ZURICH, Sept 17. pictures has been consacated. Accord Mr. B. L Dowbiggie's Ben Bol from: Constantinople)ing to reports printed in the Japanese (late King Ben), cre

Latation newspapers that will be done to the

my officer has not been decided Mesare Beith Rows and as the Lieut. Bailey with his wife and child,

#cbe were on the way to America from the Mesme Philippines, having derived ad Nagasaki wa on the transport Thomas which with

passengers, wax thinor at agadaki Mr overs weak while undergoing repairs.

the new

the Germant

es have boen

Cobleigh ay

Yarda

a false statement to the aliens ulicer on Asilian

doby at

plerhead He

I can not longer weep."My tears, base and, once assured that they will never perhaps two

nationality raplied Chinese." On bein frozen in my eyes again bo left to Turkish misgovernment, test pains had been taken by the ought to be in the trenches. You

old German front line, and although the nu civilian police are too officipts and One day I walked away from a place have been only too eager to assist and enemy to pass these guns they were then have a sense of humour. and children were bivouacked, suffering which the British have already set in. where thousands of innocent waren, gadw co-operate in the policy of reccstruction ranged and

with the same

pamelem prísaries walked away bensule motion. The Ards is slways een busi

on

I could not bear any more to gaze updances man, and is n a rale tickinient and of the best held

gut ethan, and I came to a hill, where I saw lawless through faciat drcumstances low wheels and armour-piercing sbells.

knock out to a little chile He came hear to in and rather than from faberited traits cannot find that any of

our tanks had kish five me for God w Under a sound, and

umply went through tot

piec

Goten

beral tule such as particularly thrilling adu

aalned them in the scho Peace and at light. That thes

mero Was due to3

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