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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5тn, 1914.

and they captured ten guns from the Field Artillery which accompanied the Corps. It may not unreasonably be assumed that. these Cavalry Corps were possibly forty or fifty miles in advance of the main with German army, and the encounters them are, therefore, incidents - of- com-- paratively small importance, though they

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fighting which is reported to be now in progress along almost the whole of the line should decide whether or not the Germno advance upon Paris is to be Etcmmed News of the result of this battle will be awaited with enger interest We do not throughout the world. suppose that the Germans are labouring under any delusion that possession of Paris would mican an early termination of hostilities, and possibly the French Gov- ernment has excellent reasons for saying in its Proclaraation that: " the city may not be the immediate object of attack," and that "such an attack seems unlikely." There can be very little doubt, however, that notwithstanding that the French Government has removed to Bordeaux the German Commander will make desperate efforts to reach Paris, and that he regards the ponanssion of the city, as his grandfather did in 1870, as being of paramount importance in a war against France. It is well, therefore, at the present moment to bear in mind Earl KITCHENER'S statement on the strategie situation a week ago, namely, that whereas a decisive victory for the Allies now would. be fatal to the enemy, a continuance of Anglo-French resistance which can keep

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troops can, if prolonged, lead only to one cunclusion. Germany appears to have in the fold every man capable of military service that can be spared from other necessary occupations, and is not in a position to make good the very heavy losses she has suffered and must continue to suffer in her attempt to force her way through France to Paris, whereas the. French have been able to make good their losses, and the British Expeditionary Force has probably been considerably auginanted in the past few weeks and will continue to be strengthened by troops from the Colonies as well as from the United Kingdom. By this time, too, one Division of the native troops sent from

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HONGKONG. SEPTEMBER !TH, 1914,

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war. But so enormous is the army which Germany has been able to put into the field and to concentrate for a successful invasion of France at her weakest spot. that her adversaries could never have heen under any delusion regarding the severity of the

the struggle and possibility that it would be of long daration unless ther than purely military considerations compelled Ger- many to yield. Lord KITCHENER, it will be remembered, contemplated that the wur might last three years and even longer, and it is very evident that the possibility of the German Army being able to reach Paris does not come to the commanders of the defending forces as a surprise, but merely as a possible incident in the

The German Army might have: been surrounding the French capital a fortnight ago but for the gallant and unexpectedly successful resistance offered to its progress through Is the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, the Belgian Army, which held it in check three points on which MOLTRE laid paramount importance were: First, while the French and British forces moved towards the frontier.. It may be that the when the cnemy is met, be must be attacked with full strength; secondly, invading army will not now be able to the goal of all efforts is the enemy's reach the goal of their ambition at all; Capital, the possession of which, owing to the constant setting back of the Allies" the strict centralization of the French line may have been done with an object, Government, is of paramount importance and not necessarily because of the pres in a war against France; thirdly, the Aure of the enemy, and thus a surprise enemy's forces are, if possible, to may be in store for the German army driven, not towards the rich South of during the next week or an; but it is ean only France, but towards the North, which is perilous to prophesy and we

wait and see." poorer in resources, and bounded by the sea. Very similar considerations seem to govern the Germans in the present war. After a month of atrenuous aghting, the Germans have been able to nake Onvalry reconnaissances in force

The Messageries Maritimes Co. to a point within fifty miles of Paris, and the French Government has deemed it announce that while the hostilities in prudent to transfer to Bordeaux, which Europe continue their mail steamers will is roughly about three hundred miles not call at'ports north of Haiphong, south-west of Paris. Though, it is:

A sad drowning accident is reported difficult from the meagre information

from Canton, the victim being Mr. A. E. the telegrams supply to recognise

Baker, an assistant in the employ of precisely how the Allies' prescut line of defence

had no Messrs. Furnell and Paget, architects. rinis,

have We that it has been materially Apparently he went out alone to swim and was drowned. Being missed at night a changed since was reported as extending from the mouth of the Somme seareli was made and his body was found inland along the river past the fortresses the following day.

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The attention of firms having cargoes on enemy ships enptured as prices is directed to an advertisement on page 4.

of Lafere and Laon, eastwards towards At the Magistracy yesterday a Chinese Mezieres. This line was described as shroff nared Wong Chuk was charged being infinitely stronger than any held with embezzlement from his former before. That being so there is much employers, the Tung Tuk firm, No. From Strant, fighting to be done before the Germans

Wanchai. 27, Ship will be in a position to attack Paris the evidenes, it appeared that the The fact that Cavalry reconnaissances

defendant was formerly a shroff in the in foren have been made as far as

employ of the complainant, and in the Compeigne and Suissons does not necess

month of December last year he was sent sarily imply that we shall hear to-morrow that the whole force of the German army round to collect money due to his master. He obtained 8293, and then absconded. has moved forward to this extent;

was seen and According to the statement given out by On the 2nd inst he

the Official Press Bureau, the British recognised by a former foki, and was pushed back the German Cavalry Corps arrested. Mr. Wood sentenced the man to which reached the forest of Comprigne six months' hard labour.

THE WAR.

(THROUGH REUTERS AGENCY.)

THE GERMAN INVASION OF

FRANCE.

TRANSFER OF FRENCH GOVERNMENT À SOUND STEP..

LONDON, September 3rd.

5,30 pan.

The departure of the French Government from Par's is regarded

in Great Britain as a sound step, giving freedom of movement to the Allies, and guaranteeing eventual success. Admiration is expressed at the people's calmness, whether remaining in or leaving the city..

WILL DEFEND PARIS TO THE END."

LONDON, September 3rd.

8.30 p.m.

General Callioni, Commander-in-Chief of the Garrison at Paris, has issued u Proclamation in which he says: The Government have left Paris to give a fresh impulse to national defence. I will defend Paris to the end.

ADDITIONAL BRITISH CASUALTIES.

LONDON, September 3rd.

10.45 p.m.

The Official Press Bureau gives the additional British casualties

us follows:-

Officers Men

Killed

18 52

Wounded

.79 312

Missing 86 4,672

It is explained, however, that 2,882 men were sent to the base

as unfit, and there are included in the list of missing, which also includes prisoners and atragglers.

The above figures, added to those given in the dispatch of September 1st, give a total of 10,356, viz---

Officers Men

Killed

54 170

Wounded

145 G47

Missing

181

8,655

NO FURTHER FIGHTING NEAR COMPIEGNE.

LONDON, September 4th. 3.05 a.m.

A communiqué issued at Paris at 11 o'clock last evening states that the Allied Forces have not been in contact with the enemy in the Compiegne-Senlis region since Wednesday.

THE BEST WAY TO HELP THE SOLDIERS.

LONDON, September 4th,

1.65 a..

Earl Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, in reply to a deluge uf offers of assistance from private individuals, says the best way those staying at home in safety can serve the men in France is to care for their wives, children, and dependents

GREAT BATTLE IN AUSTRIA.

RUSSIANS TAKE FORTY THOUSAND PRISONERS IN SEVEN DAYS.

LONDON, September 3rd,

5.30 p.m. Many thousands of Austrians were killed near Lemberg, and an enormous number were taken prisoners.

LONDON, September 4th.

The Russians repulsed and pursued the Austrian Army at Lublin, capturing a thousand prisoners and eight guns.

6.05 m.

Fierce fighting continues along the whole front. The Russians, In seven days fighting have captured 40,000

prisoners.

The Russians occupied Lemberg on Thursday.

7:15 am

Lemberg is the third largest town in Austria, its population according to the census of 1910 being 206,113. It is an ancient city, having been founded in 1950, the seat of a Catholic bishop, au Armenian archbishop and a bishop of the United Greeks. An extensive commerce is carried on with Russis and Turkey. This is not the city's first experience of warfare. It was besieged by the Turks in 1824 and 1672, and taken and sacked in 1703 by Charles XII. of Sweden. The population of the city has doubled in the last twenty years, Lemberg is the capital of the province of Galicia.]

RUSSIAN GRAND DUKE'S DESPATCH.

LONDON, September 4th.

10.55 8.

A message from Petrograd says that the Grand Duke Nicholas, With extreme joy, and thanking God, in a despatch to the Tsar, says: I announce that General Bussky's Army captured Lemberg to-day.

FURTHER RUSSIAN SUCCESS.

LONDON, September 4th.

10.55 am

General Brussiloft has taken Halics, [Halicz is a town in Galicia, on the back of the River Dniester. It was once the most important principality of the country.]

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.

260,000.

RECRUITING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Losnos September 4th. The recruits in response to Lord Kitchener's call for men total

SIR EDWARD CARSON'S PATRIOTIC ADVICE TO ULSTERN EN:

LORDON, September 3rd.

8.45 pm.

Sir Edward Carson, the leader of the Ulster Unionists, addressing meeting of the Ulster Unionist Council at Belfast, in a patriotic speech urged that the truce must be kept in the interests of the country and the Empire. His advice to the Volunteers was, "Go and help your country He hoped and the Empire, and win honour for Ulster and Ireland." that the Ulster Volunteers would go under the War Office as a División: with their old officers.

A SUFFRAGETTE PATRIOTIC CAMPAIGN.

LONDON, September 4th.

1.55 a.mg

Miss Christabel Pankhurst, the well-known Suffragette, has returned from Parie to London to start a Suffragette patriotic campaign.

THE JAPANESE WAR MEASURES.

LONDON, September 4th.

1.55 a...

By a majority, the Japanese Parliament decided not to oppose

the Government's, war measures.

TELEGRAMS.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE NEW POPE.

LONDON, September 3rd: Cardinal Della Chiesa has been elected- Pope in succession to His Holiness Pops Pius X., and will bear the title Pope Benedict XV.

The new Pope was Archbishop of Bologna.

[The new Pope is one of the latest Cardinals, having been selected only in May last. He was born at Genoa in 1834, being the son of Marchese della Chiosa and the Marchesa Miglioati. He was a protégé of the famous Cardinal Bompolla, being his secretary and auditor while Nuncio at Madrid, and when Monsignor Rampolla was made Cardinal, and appointed Secretary of State under Leo XIII. Monsignor della Chiesa was attached to the Secretariat and in COLÍTIQ of time was appointed Deputy Secretary of State. This position he retained until he was appointed Archbishop of Bologna in 1007.)

PRINCE OF WALES FUND.

HONGKONG CONTRIBUTION.

Monthly Enbegribeira.

A to and lost.

91

Amounting, to monthly $482.50

And 13 donations amounting to 333.00

As soon as the Official Fund under the suspices of the Government has been opened, all monthly subscriptions and donations will be handed over to the appointed Treasurer.

A collection book is at the office of this

paper.

DEATH OF A VOLUNTEER. We regret to record the death of Mr. Reginald Dennis of the firm of Messrs.. David. Sassoon & Co. He was a Volun- teer, being a member of the Maxim section. Mr. Dennis only arrived from Home last May. His death took place at the Military Hospital...

HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB.

"The next Gymkhana will be held on October 10th. Following is the draft programme: Sim

(1)Tent Pegging.

:.:

(2.) Gymkhana Stakes (as: before.)-

One mile. (3.)-Mile Handicap.-For all China

Ponies. (4.)--Polo Scurry. (5.)--Mule Race.

(6.) Ladies' Nomination, Half-Milo

Distance Handicap, Catch weights 160lbs. Competitors will stand disutounited with their. ponies behind pegs which will be placed on outside edge of course to mark their positions. On the sound of the bugle they will mount and gallop to winning post. Care must be taken while mounting to keep on outside of course, leaving rails clear for others who may be. galloping past (7)-1) Mile Handicap.--As-before.

"POTTED "CORRESPONDENCE.

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Their indispensableness is so apparent that it is, perhaps, safe to place post- cards, both plain and pictorial, among the permanent utilities of modern life.

Most people dislike letter writing, and the picture postcard, the saviour of many friendships and the firm cementer of many more, brought instant relief from nn irksome task.

cards

Thew

A development of the postcard, which comes from America, has been catch- [ing]

The in England. on

entiely obviate the necessity of writing at all beyond, of course, the address of the intended recipi- ent, and, if thought well, the addition of one's initial to the rhymed message which the card_bears."

There is a great variety of the messages, and big scope for more, while the idea is plainly capable of adaptation by trade- men and others. On one of these eards we have the following pathetic appeal of one who has been neglected:

1.) hope you're feeling very well-

I'd feel a great deal better If I could feel quite sure that you

Were posting me a letter, And here is an easy way in which escape

from the obligation may be found

To write long letters I find it quite hard,

Tho' many things I think, Which I hope to say to you some day,

But can't put down in ink. These ready-made epistles, which are already providing boon to thousands, really alike artistic productions, lithographed in harmonising colours and gold, on a warm buff ground, with very effectively displayed letterings, and a restrained use of dainty pictorial and other embellishment.

are

THEFT OF A BOAT.

Detective-Sergeant Brown charged a Chinese at the Magistracy with the theft of a boat. The officer told the Magistrate that on the 27th May, a man who would. PECULIARITIES OF THE PACIFIC. be called as witness bought a boat for

FOR WIRELESS. the complainant, Chari Fun, for $34. The boat was brought to Yaumati, and Chan

Speaking of some experiments carried Fun placed on board of it a sick nephew out by the members of the British Aeso- and a man who undertook to look after ciation while on their voyage to Australia, him. In two days the nephew died, and Dr. W. B. Eccles said that they had the cause of his death turned out to be proved that the Hertzian waves carried plague. The man who was looking after considerably farther across the Pacific than him ran away, and the Sanitary Board across the Atlantic That was particularly then came in Subsequently the boat, the case in the Northern Pacific, where which had been placed high and dry, was one could make sure of a wave travelling taken away and sold to a women who double the distance at night time with the purchased and broke up old boats. This same amount of power. The reason for woman pointed out the defendant as the this was that the atmosphere was stiller there than in any other ocean. A two- man who sold her the boat

kilowatt station in the North Pacific should work distances of between 2,000 and 3,000 miles in summer, and more than 3,000 miles in winter. The reason for the favourable conditions in the North Pacific was the great stretch of open water. The new Marceni station at Honolulu was, Dr. Eecles mentioned, a very powerful one

Defendant admitted selling the craft, but alleged that the man who originally bought the boat for Chan Fan instructed him to sell it. He got 89 for it, and this he divided with this mari,"

The original purchaser was then brought into Court, and, being confronted with the defendant, admitted the latter's hrst statement, but denied that he got any

money.

The case was remanded until Monday

afternoon.

TYPHOON WARNING.

300 kilowatts. It would be able to com- nunicate with Japan or Manila in the day time, and over much longer distances at night, and it was quite possible, that it would, when the conditions were favour- able, be able to speak direct to, say, Sydney The Honolulu station was in constant touch with San Francisco. The Sonoma had been kept supplied with news The telegram quoted below was received daily all the way from San Francisco till at the American Consulate General, a few days ago, the last nowe message Hongkong, from the Manila Observatory being received between Pago Pago and at 11.30 yesterday:-Cyclone or typhoon Bydney. He had not been able to ascer E. of Balintang Channel, moving N.N.Wtain the reason of the embargo put on the

sending of ness from Australia. or E