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THE HONGKONG/DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, Ifre, 1914T

WAR.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCT]

THE STRUGGLE IN

FRANCE

AND BELGIUM.

LÖST GROUND RECOVERED BY THE ALLIES.

LONDON, November 16th.

5:43 p.m.

To-day's Paris communiqué sayı ; ---- Between the Lys and the Oise there were only small engagemen We made partial progress with our approach works."

There have been uneventful cannonades on the Aisne and in

Champagne

The enemy again attacked St. Hubert, but were unsuccessful,

A German coup-de-main in the forest of Apremont failed. There has been little activity in the Vosges

Along the Yser Canal, from Nieuport to a point above Dixmude, there was nothing but simple cannonading. At Esternay there have been further floodings, and the submerged country now extends south of Dixmudo to within five kilometres of Bixschoote. The enemy's troops endeavoured to cross the canal between the Dixmude Canal and East of Bixschoote

but were hurled back beyond the bridges. A German regiment was

annihilated sonthward of Biscoote.

Two German, attacks southward of Ypres were repulsed. In the evening we assumed the offensive, and re-captured the points d'appui which the enemy took some days ago,

LONDON, November 17th.

A Paris official communiqué issued in the evening stated that the

situation was undanged.

WAR LOAN OF FIVE HUNDRED MILLIONS.

THE ENORMOUS COST OF THE WAR..

LONDON, November 16th. In the House of Commons, the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) proposed a Vote of £225,000,000, He said the recent Voto of £100,000,000. had been expended in the actual conduct of our military operations, in loans to our Allies, and in securing the country's food supplies, especially sugar. The new Vote was principally for Army and Navy expenditure, and also fas loans of our own, amounting to £43,000,000; Belgium £10,000,000; and to Servia £800,000. Interest was pot chargeable until the end of the war. Then there were the Dominion loans. He pointed out that in the ordinary Bourse South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada were compelled to go to the London market. The Government would relieve them of that necessity to the

he extent of £20,250,000. The cost of the war was £1,000,000- per day, which did not exceed the estimates, based on the enormous · Acale of the operations. He could not hold out hope that the actual would expenditure was likely to diminish. That day's vote of £225,000,000 provide till April, and leave a reasonable margin.

The House of Commons passed the vote for £225,000,000 and also sanctioned the raising of another 1,000,000 men for the new Army.

LATER.

The Daily Newe learns that a War Loan of £500,000,000 will be

raised in two instalments.

PRINCE OF WALES GOES TO THE FRONT.

LONDON, November 17th.

1.30 am.

H.R.H. the Prince of Wales has gone to the front. It is under stood that he will be attached to Field-Marshal Sir John French's Staff.

The Prince was enthusiastically received by the troops on landing at Boulogne yesterday morning. His Royal Highness talked with the wounded in the train at the Quai,

"PROMOTION FOR LIEUT-GENERAL SIR DOUGLAS HAIG.

LONDON, November 17th.

Lieut General Sir Douglas Haig has been promoted to the rank of

General for distinguished service.

NINE VICTORIA CROSSES CONFERRED.

LONDON, November 17th.

It is announced in the London Gazette that the Victoria Cross has been conferred on five officers and four non-commissioned officers. Three have ded of wounds.

THE DEATH OF FIELD-MARSHAL LORD ROBERTS.

"Å MOST DISTINGUISHED AND ILLUSTRIOUS SOLDIER.”

LONDON, November 18th.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith expressed the regret of the House at the death of that most distinguished and illustrious soldier,” Lord Roberts, and will move to-morrow a formal resolution to that effect. in the House.

ROBERTS' LAST WORK.

LONDON, November 17th.

The Press Bureau anounces that the late Earl Roberts made a lengthy journey round the positions on Thursday, which was a cold day, and on Friday inspected numerous units en route, including the Indian troops. He was everywhere greated with enthusiasm and affection.

A NATIONAL MONUMENT.

LONDON, November 18th."

• ¿Thə” Government will place before both Houses of Parliament to-morrow a motion for a national monument to the late Lord Roberts.

[THROUGH FEUTER'S AGENCY

THE RUSSIAN OPERATIONS.

WAR NEWS.

THE HEROIC DEFENCE OF

~TSINGTAON DEC

KAISER AND

GERMAN CAVALRY FROM WESTERN AREA COVER

RETREATING TROOPS

LONDON, November 17th

12.55 p.m..

A Petrograd comunique states that after a victorious battle at Warsaw the Germanos are retreating. They completely destroyed the railways, compelling us to rebuild even the smallest aqueducts. Thus the enemy gradually succeeded in reaching his own territory and began a new concentration. The troops were covered by masses of cavalry from the western theatre of war, reinforced by Austrians, and resulting battles are now developing along the Lentchitsa Uneioff front.

The Germans in East Prussia endeavoured to take the offensive at Stalluponen and Possessern and several other points. They simultaneously failed and were compelled to retire.

Fighting continues at Soldau and Neidenburg

Our offensivo against the Cracow and the Galician front has been maintained, and we captured ten officers and one thousand men southward of Lysko.

CRACOW REPORTED TO BE BURNING.

LONDON, November 17th. 5,20 3.11.

It is reported in Venice that part of Cracow is burning, and that the city is invested in the north and is expected to fall immediately. The inbabitants are

Decing.

[Cracow is the capital of the crownland of Galicin, and is a fortiled. town walled and surrounded by foris on both banks of the Vistula. Its situation on the left bank of the Vistula is considered, to give it an important strategical position]:

THE POPE AND PEACE,

LONDON, November 17th. His Holiness the Pope has issued an encyclical urging the beligerents to make peace.

HBLS.CANOPUS” SAFE,

LONDON, November 16th.

8.40 p.m.

The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill) has announced that H.M.S. Canopus is quite safe.

THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF TSINGTAU.

Me. 8. Imai, Consul General for Japan, zends us the following official report which reached him yesterday morning:

The Army Department published the following on the 18th inst..

Having transferred the principal roca, horses, etc., by noon of the 14th November, in conformity with the capitulation, the Eighteenth Army Division has completed the occupation of Tsingtau."

THE MAN WHO DIDN'T,

A FEW THINGS IN WHICH THE KAISER HAS FAILED.

BY CHARLES EDWARD JERKINGHA

(Marmaduke).

Is the Kaiser a failure? The reply to the question should be found from marshalling together some ascertained facts with regard to the war:—

(a) The German Minister at Brussels failed to discover that the Belgian Government would prohibit the passage of German troops through Belgiumps aroun (2) The German Ambassador at Rome failed to discover that the Italian Government would not support Germany in the circumstances which havo arisen,stance (c) The German Ambassador to the

Court of St. James' failed to dis cover that Great Britain would go to war were the neutrality of Belgium violated.

(d) The German Ambassador to the Court of St. James' failed to per- ceive that, in the face of such a crisis as had arisen, all internal dissen- sion prevailing here, however acute, would at once subside.

(e) The German Military Attachi at

Brussels failed to... perceive that | Belgium would be enabled to offer very serious resistance to the German forces were the Kaiser to insist on violating the neutrality of that Country.

(1) The German Military Attaché at Vienna failed to discover that the Austro-Hungarian army was 28 Inefficient as it appears to be. (0) The German Ambassador at Tokyo failed to discover that Japan would, in the circumstances, support the Allies. (h) The essential feature of the campaign prepared by the German Emperor and his Grand General Stiff was that France should be invaded with the utmost rapidity for the purpose of striking a decisive blow at that country before her mobilisation could be completed

That essential condition has failed to be secured,

was declared, are said to be in dis- grace, and General von Hinderburg is said to have been transfernd to the command of another brand of the German army

t

(m) It is estimated that the direct cost of the war to Germany is three million pounds a day that, in the seventy days since hostilities began two hundred and ten millions The indemnity exacted by Germany from France in 1870-after nearly #year's successful fighting was about two hundred millions

The indirect cost to Germany, through decrease of trade, etc., should amount to treble the am- making altogether a grand total of eight hundred and forty millions to date! In a few days more this will reach the colossal sum of one thousand millions, with no other result than the partial conqust of Belgium, with which originally Germany had no quarrel!

To aim at Paris and hit Antwerp. is indifferent-shooting. (n) The men who occupy the most important offices round the Kaiser are mostly men who have sub- Sordinated their own opinions to the entertained by him. The character of the German Emperor brooks little opposition from his subordinates; such a condition is obviously not suited to the encouragement of strong, original, or great character. (a) There is:~~-

War on the land. War on the water,

War in the air

The economic conditione And the democratic element. Until now it is impossible to contend that Germany has succeeded in the direct tion of the war on the land; that her fleets have been eminently auccessful upos the ses that Zeppelins and other kindred craft have worked wonders in the air; or that the economic conditions have develop- ed favourably for her. The demoratic element cannot as yet figure in azy con- sideration of the kind attempted Lee This certainly is not as in 1870,"

CHINA'S CLAIM TO THE "GARDEN OF EDEN."

(1). The entire well considered plan of campaign prepared by the Kaiser, together with his Grand General: We understand that Messra. Kelly & Staff, for such a crisis as has arison | Walsh are publishing a book by Mr. Tse has been upse“, and another plan, Tsan Tai proving that the Gardm of hastily evolved, has been substituted | Eden- The Cradle of The ↑ Haman in its place. W

Race is not in Armenis, or the

Bays":-

"THE MODEL BETTLEMENT OF GERMAN CULTURE."

SUPREME COURT.

Tuesday, November 17th,

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

BEFORE THE POISNE JUDGE, MR. F. A. HAZELAND.

In a telegram sent to Dr. Kaempf, JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF IN THE THAMWAY President of the Reichstag, the

the Kaiser

AUTION. A M His Lordship delivered a written judgment in the action in which J. S.. Chalmers, a surveyor in the Public Works Departurent, sued the Hongkong Tramway Company for the recovery of damages. amounting to 81,000 for alleged wrongful arrest.

The heroic defence of Tsingtao, this model settlement of German culture, built by many years labour, brings to the spirit of faithfulness unto death, which the German people has shown so often, new laurels in a defensive war fought by the army and the navy against a world of hatred, envy and covetcousness, which, if it is God's will, will not be vain."

GERMAN PRISONERS WELL TREATED.

The following telegram. from the Foreign Office, London, dated November 3rd, was received by the British Legation in Peking

At the hearing it was adduced that plaintiff rode on a tram-car from Shau- kiwas to the Post Office and on showing his ticket to one of the Company's inspectors on the Causeway Bay Whitty Street section was told that it was not the proper ticket. Plaintiff contended that it was the one issued to him, and the conductor admitted that plaintiff had paid his fare. Plaintiff went to the polies station with a Sikh policeman who was called by the inspector, and he alleged that he was given in custody by the

inspector,

Mr. F. C. Jenkin (instructed by Mr PW. Goldring) represented plaintiff; and Mr. Eldon Potter (instructed by Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, of Messrs. Deacon, Looker. Deacon & Harston) defended.

The Dresdener Anzeiger reports a state ment by the German Foreign Secretary that the American Ambassador in London was requested to make personal inquiry into the treatment of Gorman prisoners. and if complaints were substantiated to urge immediate redress. The Kapresenta tive of the American Embassy in London spocially charged with Ganan interests visited several camps where German pri- In the course of his judgment his soners are interned and made a report | Lordship said he would first express his pronouncing that the conditions were views with respect to the witnesses who satisfactory

were called as to the question whether plaintiff did or did not exhibit the right ticket. He then proceeded:

PRISONERS CONSTRUCTING MILITARY WORKS.

Pictures in the German papers show that French and Belgian prisoners aro being forced to construct military works directed against their own countrymen, This is quite contrary to all rules of international agreement.-British Foreign Office telegram,

UNEMPLOYMENT IN GERMANY.

J. S. Chalmers (plaintiff)--This witness' demeanour in the witness-box was of the very best, and arcated a most favourable impression on my mind.

John Spink-This witness', evidence was taken by mo de bene osc; his demeanour was excellent and it created a most favourable impression on my mind.

"Ip Cheung, the ticket collector-This wirness' demeanour was of the very worst. It created a most unfavourable impression |on my mind." It was, moreover, aggres-

aive and over-bearing

Jesse Ashton Young-In my opinion this witness memory filed him as to what the plaintiff told him with respect to what happened to the ticket. It is impossible to think that the plaintiff could have said to Inspector O'Sullivan that he had produced the right ticket, and that within

According to the Gorman newspaper Vorwaerts of 23rd October the German Metal Workers Union paid out over £160,000, for the benefit of unemployed members of the Union during the first nine weeks of the War altheago, up to th October, over 182,000 of its members were serving with the colours. The same paper reports, on 29th October, that the per couple of hours he would have told a centage of unemployed members of the different story. This witness took no note Textile Workers Union was lo per cent of what the plaintiff told him, whereas in September, hence over 200,000 membora of the Union were unemploye3-British Inspector O'Sullivan did take a note with Foreign Office Telegram, Nov niber 8th.pect to the plaintiff's statement,

Lam Ki Chi-His demeanour was bad. Imperial Labour Gazette of

The

Copenhagen gives the unemployment and created an unfavourable impression statistics of Germany for August, the on my mind. average percentage of employment being 213 in each of hfty-two trade unions as against 2.8 of August, 1913. There are now approximately 1,000,000 unemployed in Germany of which Berlin's share is 100,000.-British Fereign Office Telegram, November 9the

On the evidence. I find that tho plaintiff did produce the right ticket.

His Lordship added that there were two questions plaintiff had to prove (@) Whether plaintiff was arrested by the ticket inspector, and (). If he was arrested by the ticket inspector did the ticket inspector have authority to arrest. NOW GERMAN WAR NEWS. On the evidence he found that the ticket inspector was the moving party in the THE EASTERN THEATRE OF WAR.causing of the imprisonment of the 16 eace of Warner & Riddi

plaintiff within the meaning of the rule BERLIN, November 10th. The maiu interest is now fixed upon the ford. As to the second point, he was Eastern theatre of war. But the begin satisfied on the evidence adduced that the ning of actual operations have not yet ticket inspector had no knowledge of the been announced. Major Moraht explains verbal, instructions of the Tramway Co., in the Berliner Tageblait that the opera and that he acted under the instructions tions in Poland have not yet, reached the contained on page 18 in the printed point where the leaders were justified in instructions of the Company. I need explaining the situation. But in proper hardly point out to the defendant Com- time people will learn what is happening pany proceeded his Lordship," the In the meantime the assurance can be

inconvenience and great danger of having given that no fear must be entertained two different sets of instructions; verbal that Russians will invade German terri-instructions that their employees are not tory in force. Owing to the extent of the frontier, patrolling forces may penetrate into German territory, but the East Army is stronger than ever and can stop any advance.

THE FIGHTING AT YPRES AND ARGONNES FOREST.

BRALIN, November 10th. The Foreign Office (German) publishes the following report

Headquarters, November 10th Our offensive near Ypres made yester- day further slow progress, More than five hundred English and coloured French soldiers have been taken prisoners, and several machine guns have been captured. We have gained ground also further south, Strong English counter-attacks have been repulsed.ience.

We have made good progress in tho Argonnes Forest and have easily repulsed. the enemy's attacks,

Our cavalry has routed near Konin in Russian Poland, a Russian batallion and

to arrest, and written instructions, both in English and Chinez, that they can arrest.'

As to the question of damages his Lord- ship said: A big distinction has to be made between the case of where a person is taken forcibly to the station, and where he is requested to walk up to the station by the side of a cartable. In trying a case for false imprisonment a few weeks ego where the facts were similar, 1 awarded a sum of $250. That is, in my opinion, the sum I should award in this ase. Judgment for plaintiff for $250 and costs, I certify for Counsel,"

INTIMATIONS

CALDBECK,

has captured five hundred prisoners and MACGREGOR&C.

eight machine guns.

BEELIN, November 11th. The Deutscher Uebersedienst reports;- The significance of the last official reports from the Western Theatre of war is increased by the fact that the worde "good advances." are used in connection with the conflicts in the Argonnes That is the first time that this expression is this employed concerning battles in district

[The French official reports have shown no justißcation for a German use of the words.

-ED.]

THE SEA FIGHT OFF CHILE,

PASSED, KAISER IN ECSTACIES.

The following is from a Berlin telegram appearing in Shanghai papers-

Rear Admiral Schleper (retired) praises the superiority of the German Admiral in the sea battis off the Chilean

(3) The race against-time project has Euphrates Valley, but in Chinese had to be abandoned. Turkestan, and that the Chinese (ky Germany set out, originally to originated there. Ho also proven coast, who made splendid use of the

becupy. Paris and virtually to con bis book that the ancient Chinese

position of the sun and the direction of quer France in six week, and history of the Creation and the Flood is

the gale. Germany has not yet even conquered the same as Genesis of the Bible. The Belgium, with which country, in author hopes that his discovery will result effect. Germany had no quarrel in the whole Chinese race and other previous to the outbreak of hostili. | nations believing in the Bible, that it ties

will mean the end of War; and, Gally, (2) Count von Moltke, the Chief of the that it will lead to Universal Pes and

German Grand General Stiff, and the Brotherhood of Man, f Price Lichnowsky, who was Ger- Mr. Tre may give à lecture at the Hong- mar Ambassador, in) Logam when kosa University after his book is war between Britain and Germany | published.

the Kaiser, replying to a His Majesty, the di telegram from the Bremen Beuate with reference to the naval victory off the Chilean coast, has wired I rejoice with the whale German nation over this splendid proof of true German sail spirit, and I pray to God that he will still grant our weapons vetory and will confound all plane of our enemies for the destruction of the German being and the ¿Dormansinâupace,”

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