1914-12-02 — Page 3

WAR NEWS.

*EMDEN "SURVIVORE,

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY, PRISONERS OF WAR.

The following information жда forwarded to the Panang papers for publication by the Rosi ont Councillor

d. It has now been ascertained that of the crow of the Emden some 150 bave survived and are prisoners of war,

YAP ISLAND.

1},

TO BE HANDED OVER TO GREAT BRITAIN

THE HONGKONG DAILY

THE AUSTRIAN FAILURE AGAINST

THE TUSSIANS

DIARY OF A VISIT

TO GI

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 1814.

GLOOMY FOREBODINGS, LONELY HOTELS AND DASHED HOPES

[DY_RENE_I_FEIBRIMAN, DATLY EXPRESS I

SPECIAL GUEDESPONDENT.WOR

MTB HAGUE, October 18th. A Dutch friend, who left Holland three weeks ago and has travelled in Germany ever since, has just sent me the diary had asked him to keep for the Daily

and Auffenborg Poor Hindenburg Ho had retired, and now the Kaiser forces shopeless job on him. People say the Kaiser promised him to give him the title of prince

Meanwhile, universities, students associations, and Stammtische -- aro

Piling telegrams of congratulations,

PARIS FASHIONS.

DRESS AS A LOST ART.

FROM THE TIMES FABRION

CORRESPONDENT

of

degrees, and honorary citizenships on the

PARIS, October 16th. general Au horticulturist has given the Within the last two weeks Faris line name of Hindenburg to a now orchid, regained something, and the town council at Frankfort has

itsnormal animation, given the name of Hindenburg to a strect,

and the ` bourgeoisie is (French-street). Hindenburg is the man ite civilization. The expensivo modern Formerly called Frungbatsche Strasse gradually coming back to the centre of of the hour, with General von Falken fats, with all the modern comforts" hayn, the Prussian War Minister and probable successor of the present Chan and superfluous mural decorations, are and I must therefore refrain from the General Staff, is very ill At least, look astonished at the sight of a pair of quoting his name, as it would mean be la maid to be endless, trouble for him if the imperial

white gloves or a hat trimmed with authorities ever found out he had made. LEIPZIG. — Silence here, just as inexpensive feathers when wo meat them in the street. But the animation, the

THE WRECK OF THE BENGLOE

HEAYT SALVAGE, CLAIM,

The salvaging of the steamer Bengloc, which grounded September 13th, 1914, on a coral reef in the Sulu Sea is now, the subject of a civil suit brought at Manila by Jose Fernandez, O. N. Holmsen, and M. A. Macleod, to recover P-149,780. They allege they were equally associated together for the purpose of salving the Benglee her cargo and apparatus,

The defendants in the case are F. W. Thompson & Co, a British corporation; constituted agent for the Philippines; W. F. Stevenson & Co, their lawfully

the insurers of the steamer and cargo, Captain Guy, master of the Bengloes Captain Swan, representative of the in- surers of the steamer and cargo; Jolm

The Nichi has a paragraph stating defeated by either faulty Generalship Express. My friend is still in Germany, cellor General von Moltke, the chief of being opened again, and wo no longer Kor & Co. agent for the underwriters of

that as a result of negotiations held between Lordon and Tokyo, Yup Island, recently captured from Germany by a Japanese Squadron, attached to the British Far Eastern Squadron, will be

Australia will arrive at the island.

friends to

TUO STRUNG

The folling is a translation from an Austrian paper of 14th September --- "! [WOLFF'S TELEGRAPH BUREAU.

Official WERT BERLIN, September 14th.

War Vienna, September 14th. The correspondent of the Morgen announces that the fight at Lemborg has been broken off. Our troops have been withdrawn, and assembled in a fortified region which offers very, favourable conditions for the defence

Oar intention to defeat the

the Russian Army by a bold offensive has not been

heroism of our troops shattered itself or the inferiority of our troops, but the against the enormous superiority in numbers of the enemy. It is certain that the Russians superiority amonats to handed over to Great Britain towards the many Divisions, and, besides, the Russian public his observations about the Kaiser's Berlin. No flags, nothing that indicates modern comforts, and the smart clothes Duo, Richard Rog, and Henry Jones,"" Division is itself stronger than ours, realm. These observations represent the Joy, or even hopefulness My business are all of very superficial foundation: Persons claiming some interest in this advanced in their mobilization, which of great common sense and worldly of a anal German Victory was begun long before the official com experience

BERLIN END SEPTEMBER. - Arrival, mencement of bee war strength of the Nothing seems changed except the time Russians against I remembering of arrival. I took me about twenty-four that, one can rightly estimate the hours from Rotterdam, and we had to performances of our troops. They have stop and change trains three times. almost continuous battle of three weeks duration, but have taken 50,000 prisoners And 300 guns. But this partial success, great ng it was, could not bring about the desired result, as the Rassions were able to replace each defeated Division by Higher strategical considerations now require the assembly of our troops in a following are the British casualties position against which the Russian superiority must break itself in vain We can there quietly await an attack I repeat once more-Our troops are not beaten and do not feel benten.

The Austro-Hungarian Army occupy a position which is so strong that it can defy any foe

u In

WARSHIPS AT TSINGTAU

EIGHT BUNK IN THE HARDOÜR, The Press Bureau says the German gunboats Iltie, Jaguar, Cormoran, Tiger Hand Luchs, the destroyer Taka, the not only withstood the enemy in an Soldiers at different stations told me Belgians. No proofs, of course.Whon that great modern privilege of being able cd on Mayune Shoal, east of Palawan

minolayer ching, and the Austrian minciaver, Elizabeth were all found in Tsingtau, sunk by explosion,

THE FALL OF TSINGTAU.

The

BRITISH CASUALTIES:

PEKING, November 2nd.

at the bombardment of Tsingtao:

BECOND SOUTH WALES BORDERERS

Killed Sergeants Miller and Payne, Lance-Corporal Sydenham, Privates Bettis, Dale, Evans, Parkes, Pavift, Sewell and Williams

The wounded are as follows:--Lient onants Williams and Patro, Sergeants Briggs and Morriss, Corporals White and Jones, Lance Corporals Cheeseman, Tillery, Cavalla,-I'rivates Armstrong, Clapp, Cosnet, Field, Griffiths, Hill,

a new one.

BRITAIN'S FIGHT TO

A FINISH

ROYAL SUITE

Our enemies are really too strong. They all from war and its horror the smart unknown to plaintifis admit that they would have soared all clothes are a protest against the prevail- The Bengloa leit Manila, avers the peti- their opponents, had Britain not ing sadness and the modern comforts lotion, on August 28th 1914, for European interfered; hence their mad haired for chiefly in the imagination, for it looks Forts via Iloilo, with a cargo of cupru, Britain. They tell me terrible atrocities extremely unlikely that we shall get an sugar, and the usual ship's furniture, nscribed to Tommy Atkins and to the of them this winter. We shall be allowed apparatus, and coal for steaming pur

strict necessaries and no more. As to poses. On September 13th it was ground- troops were moving eastward, and we speak about Louvain and Rheims they hd, there had no cloopers, I am work admin and unk will dispose of all vessel with the balanco of the crew, a

therefore, to travel by a longer route.shrug their shoulders and gay War is to grumble, it is utterly out of the question,

On or about October 1st, after a sovero for administrations and tradespeople of storm it is allegen, the master left, the absolutely done up." Drive to the Here, too, tramcars have women con- hotel. No flags. The town is seemingly ductors. The American consular complaints under the sweeping excuse of portion having left previously and empty, although it is only 10 pm The officials urge their nationals nover to war time we are responsible for abandoned it with its enrgo, believing hotel is empty, too. The lobby, which speaks a word of English in public. It nothing" To which statement there is that it could not be saved. Entry to the used to be filled with a fashionable crowd, and, ne za crent temporary detention

BOCIAL LIFE IN ADEYANCE stesnier, after which the master proceeded no reply

effect was made in the log book of this is shrouded in darkness, A couple of at all events, being mobbed. One old, grey-haired waiters lounge or will over be anything like decent business all likely that the social life of Paris

cannot think that, after the war, there Under present conditions it is not at tú Puerto Princesa.jp The younger ones are at the front intercourse between Germany and will awaken. There is too much anxiety, it is alleged, the master declared that the On his arrival at Manila, October 5th deadAM MASKS

Britain. At any rate, it will take years

Loo much mourning, and there are no saving of the Bengloe was hopeless and and years to make that possible. The public amusements. The only reawaken that it had been finally abandoned. In People who saw him driving in a mili and even there the falling of in attend from the Governor of Palawan and made Brussels Burgomaster is in Leipziging so far is in the schools and colleges, the meantime plaintiffs hired a launch tary motor car with an armed soldier ance is very marked. People are not arrangements for the salvage of the at his side, call him the Belgian coming back to Parls readily this steamter and cargo. When they arrived scoundrel Delightful

autumn, and even when they do it is to at the place where the vessel was stranded. that Antwerp will soon surrender, lots of since the war. A bootmaker who prides abandoned, with no flag flying, whow- BERLIN – On the strength of a rumour go on with the quiet life they have led on Ootüber "th, they found the ship people have put up their flage Count himself that he only makes for the best upon they hoisted the American flag and Reveallow in the Tageszeitung urges people told me that he called on 23 of commenced the salvage work,

On October 9th Captains Guy and everybody to hoist flags, but he wants his customers last week, and did not find people to take them down every night, one of them, They are all in the Swan arrived on the scene while plain- and host them up again the next morn provinces, and they will stay there as tiffs were in possession, and, with the ing Otherwise, he says, flags have no long as they can. In the meantime, the assistance of Captain Cameron, of the significance. A shocking sight in rue de la Paix is very empty, and many Const Guard cutter Polillo took poses. Berlin are the wounded. Thousands of of the shutters are still closed. Only the sion of the Bangloe, hauled down thi people go about with their arms in slings big shops are systematically going on in Stars and Stripes, ran up the British or otherwise damaged. They look very the same way as nearly as the times Jack, left a crew aboard armed with miserable and very poor. I have spoken allow them to and even they have com rifles, all against the protest of Macleod. others in East Prussia. Curiously happen when the enemy is driven buck kilos of copri, a long list of ship's turni to several Some were in Belgium; paratively little to do What will Plaintiffs allege that they calved 14,9/1 enough, these people tell no atrocity Into Gericany remains to be seen, but it is ture and tools, valued at P2670. The stories about their enemies. On the not likely that the French people will cargo, they allege, consists of 1,400 tons contrary, they all admire the French, take up any social life until the war is csugar old 10,000,000 con fine marksmen the English are Americans may come back to buy model P.0,000, all of which they would have and even have a word of praise for the over It is possible that business copra, valued at P:100,000; 480 tons coal, The Cossacks, of course, frightened dresses, but it is more likely that they salved and marketed had they not been them out of their wits. They had been will try to institute, a school of American prevented. Altogether they claim a total told the Cossack would maim them all fashions in America, as this has always damage of P.148,760, and a temporary They didn't The Russian officers were been among their cherished plans. This restraining order forbidding defendants mostly gentlemen. The German privates means that the money spording popula- from removing the cargo from could not get over it

tion of Paris will be very much reduced Philippines. this winter, and the affaires de luze 110 not likely to flourish

Harris, G. Jones, D. Jones, Knowles, AN ANSWER TO GERMAN CHARGE are empty The bar is closed

Kelly, Loveridge, Mabbatt, Mason, Meredith, Mills, Nash, Fewtner, Pargeter, Power, Penfaro, Parsons, Smith, Stevens, Suggett, Sheppard, Storer, Swinfeld, Thonins, Waller Army Service Corps: Staff Sergeant Major Goodwin. Austra lian Commonwealth Forces, Captain hed in hospital of wounds Lane Corporals Thomas and Johnson.

Died of direuse-Private Stoner

THIRTY-SIXTH SIXES.

Colyer

Killed: Lance-Naik Bishan Singh, Sepoy Udham Singh, withog

founded Majora Muna and Knox, "Captain__Hay. ** Nail-Gurdir Singh Sepors Twelve: Singhs.

All the wounded are doing well.

THE SUEZ CANAL

OF BLUFF.

THE REAL STATE OF RECRVATING.

The room I get for ten marks a might is the so-called royal suite. I under stand it has not been occupied for weeks, The hotel manager, whom I have known for years, always good humourod, seems extraordinarily down-hearted. Only one of the lifts out of the five is working the lift-boys are at the front. The place looks dead. The mail-boxes at the desk I go out a little before retiring Silence everywhere. Where is the enthusiasm the German papers speak of The few people I cross in Unter den The German newspapers, for the Linden and the Friedrichstrasse tools comfort of the German prople, have been anything, but enthusiastic. Stopped by assuring their renders that the British a number of beggars a thing which recruiting is all a blut The Times never happened before the war. All the military correspondent gives me policemen have their revolvers in their interesting facts and figures on the belts, and ready for use. They look old. subject

for, as he points out there is no The younger ones are at the front. Every particular reason why we should allow body is at the front First impression silly illusions.

terribly sade han the rest of the world to harbour these in bly sterious capital is terrible

We have in organized form in the A TEW DAYS LATER. Since my arrival British Isles at the present moment, not I have spoken to a number of Germans, 600,000 men (te the German newspapers and sonsible Germans, too. I find that say), but exactly double this number, they are still confident, but they are no namely, 1,200,000 men, and the number longer sure of the victory. Even they grows almost faster than we can cop deprecate the wild talk of the German with

stream of newspapers about

At the same time the stream of men A Madrid telegram to El Comercia from the British Dominions and Depend (Manila) states that Turkey Sha

and

menade to Paris or to Petrograd an aerial promenade to London...........

rage, probably because the› genius of the Crown Prince is at stake there.

I am told there are 180,000 German wounded since the beginning of the war,

promised to respect freedom of navigazes begins to flow in Two first 100 con resisting of Verdun ruts the Tows many dead Nobody know Some dressmakers are sending models) CHINA'S SALT REVENUE

ere already with us, sed from all cartoers tion in the Suez Canale of the Empire there has begun bug there

As Lord Kitchener a few days ago announced that our forces were in touch with Turkish troops thirty miles East of Suz it does not soom that too much reliance can be placed on Turkey's

promise.

NEW ZEALAND'S OFFER.

According to captured German officers, half a million Gormans were fighting at the beginning of the battle on the Yser They estimate the German losses at ninety thousand.

Five Generals, have been killed. Gen

The scarcity of German small ammunition is proved by circulare, found on the dead, ordering the troops

to husband their ammunition.

̈“HEINE ON PRUSSIA"

Arms

A REPULSIVE PHILOSOPHIC-CHRISTIAN MILITARY DESPOTISM.

FOND DREAMS

was said as a joke when I left Berlia.

OCTOBER, -Antwerp has fallen. Flags

the

The following is the table of the monthly receipts (in dollars) of the salt revenue during the past ten months-----

January February March

2,700, 400

3,914,100

3,847,899

April

4,472,110

May

4,296,653

June

4,005,374

July

4,265,137

August

4,007,913

September October

4,879,14%

4,707,851.

Total 242,950,093

The receipts for the months of Novem

INTIMATIONS

ven dares to think. The Berlin papers to Canada, to america, and to London will continue to come in so long as the

publish interminable lists of casualties. A few are trying to launch mod Is here, war Jaats, a steady stream of drafte to

but never complete lists, only lists of but without much succes. No woman such dead and wounded as are domiciled with any sense of the fitness of things maintain the strength of units in the Generally, the Germans spenk highly of field and of fresh units to increase the the French. They dospiro the Russians, il and the environs. The would dream of wearing anything but numbers of the divisions at the from Their hatred of the British is so bitter and plete hats, I am told Each list covers most discreet of hats just now. Any now alone publiates, the com- "the most simple of tailor-mades and the But this is only a beginning. It is so strong that it seems almost comical thirty pages of that paper and in tiny fashion must therefore be very our way, as well as Americas, to hegin They want to destroy Britain. Patriotic to raise our armies after war has broken Germans surely dream of seeing Sir though the super-patriot declines to extravagnac of any kind will bo severely type, too. Lots of people in mourning rastrained in character, and recentrie out, and to go on raising them until our Edward Grey Mr. Churchill, and wear mourning on the ground that avoided. We may see a few foolish The New Zealand Premier says if ultimate ends are achieved necessary New Zeland will tend fifty That is what we are doing now, and by Mr. Asquith and Lord Kitchenerdying for the Fatherland and for the women on the boulevards wearing some

marching down Unter den Linden in Kaiser is not and

thing outrageous, but no French woman thousand more men to the fron

the 1,200,000 men at home, the Army in chains on their way to the State prison the held and the hundreds of thousands of Alt Moabit This Anglomania g

who counts would do anything so incon GERMAN LOSSES ON THE YSER, of men who are formed or forming in absolutely general the bootblack in the out everywhere, but not very much gruous Wo shall see many women,

South Africa, and elsewhere are merely the University of Berlin the waiter at victory? They cannot find it. Unless them to be so; but dress, as an art, is India, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Leipziger Platz Professer Harnack, ofisaction. The military critics are at nevertheless, who look charming and pains to discover the utility of this attractive, for it is second nature for the nucleus upon which other armies will the Kempinski Restaurant, and the little Germany violates Dutch neutrality dead for the moment, and even the dress ber and December an estimated at eventually be built up shop-girl at Wertheim's alike grow redAntwerp is no good to her. The fall of makers are resigned to its being so 3,000,000. Thus the total amount of It is la question of practicability and blue and green in the face when one Antwerp is not the victory Germany Some of them have turned their show-salt revenue this year, will be more than but only of time.lt/stands to reason speaks of Britain was the big crowd expected; all the talle about the rooms info auxiliary hospitals for the 850,000,000 photos from that an Empire of 400 millions of people

This evening there was a big Brummer, the 42-centimetre siege gun, Croix Rouge, and many have installed can never lack men, and it also stands before my hotel. The war supplements

(

The amount of supply calt revenue to reason that the first man who realized were announced for 9 p., and people and the brilliant entry of the German workrooms for the same society in their which the Quintuple Coup has handelt the vast resources of the Fritish Empire who were supposed to be well-informed marines, does not satisfy the Berliners ateliers over to the Chinese Government from and knew how to convert them into terms predicted they would arnounce great tonight. I told the news to one of my A not uninteresting question is that April to October last was Tacks 13,000,000

THE NATIVE GENIUS of war-power was likely to make a panic things. The war papers did not appear with a typical Berlinism Wean which concerns the German-Jew influence Daily New

friends to-night. He answered sadly,

or approximately £2,000,000 → Peking for himself and incidentally to create an Why I don't know and nobody knows schon! (Well, what of it!) Army which would, in the end, confirm The disappointment was visible on every-

Saya in the French dressmaking world. OCTOBER-- Where is the Kaiser! The Before the war it was paramount, and át our Imperial position, and bring confu- body's face. No victory today. This papers answer The Kaiser is with his was certainly responsible in no small sion upon the King's enemica Writing to the Editor of the Saturday We have sent the point of our advance have one to-morrow The same phrase: His headquarters are near Meizieres, not scope to the pencil of the caricaturis

This war, for us, has hardly began six woaks ago; it meant, then we'll people. That is vague The Kaiser measure for the foolish exaggerations in never went to the eastern battlefield women's dress which have given such Westminster Mr. Bernard L Strauss guard into France to skirmish with the No victory to-day is mid now with far from Sedan. He goes about a lot, for the last year or two. Frantic enemy. In the spring the rest of the considerable sadrcas To-day, it seems, but always secretly. People who saw him attempts to prove themselves French were The other day I came across a very advanced guard will follow, and some it means: W

We'll have a defeat at the headquarters say he looks very made by the German dressmakers when remarkable passage of Heine, which is where towards the close of 1915 the main

to-morrow. of great interest at the present moment body will begin to come within view. SEPTEMBER 20th A Berlin lady, whose headaches. I don't know whether it is there was trouble with the mob about bad, and suffers from continual the order for mobilization was issued and It is an estimate of the Prussian national We are not in any hurry. We are guest I was at dinner to-night, surprised true. The Crown Prince's popularity is obviously German signs Patriotic character made in 1832 in answer to those sorry, of course, for our Allies that wine by herself opening the door when I falling to bits owing to his hopeless protestations were made and flags were who, to use the poet's words, wished are even slower than Russia in making rang. She has discharged her servants attempt to get to Paris. When speaking hung all over the doorways and windows the power of Prussia extended, and our weight felt, but they can at least feel Thousands of people have All are of the other Imperial princes and their so arranged as cleverly to conceal the tel encouraged the hope of coine day seeing happy that at the moment, a year or two economising, for there is no telling how in the sovereigns of Prussin the rulers of hence when they will expect a rest, we long this war will last. She also cooked Indulgently There seems to be a stump

military achievements, people united Germany. As for myself, shall be in a position make he writes, I have never had any desire on our own account to make good was the dinner, and I must say I regretted about princes just nor

If the enemy wins successes in the the talents of her former cook There 1 regard this Prussian Eagle with interval so much the better for him, but are hundreds and hundreds of servant

about · Berlin looking for jobs, and apprehension and while others vaunt his nothing can arrest the steadily ascending nobody who wants to give them work. daring glances towards the sun, I look figures of our armies, and their cost is Their state of misery is terrible. Tho the more attentively at his claws. I of little account since Germany will authorities can, and will, do nothing for could not trust this Prussia, this tall, ultimately have to pay in territory as them. They are only concerned with the pielistic hero in gaitors this braggart well as in money, because the cost of the wives of soldiers and inadequately at with the capaciona maw, carrying war to the Allies cannot be mot in cash that and with Socialist workmen, corporal's staff, which he first dips in by a Germiany beaten to her knees. Buoinliste vote; servant girls don't. 5 holy water before bringing it down on Let us take the thing at its worst, and

one's

Terrible fears are entertained about I had great misgivings about imagine the penultimate Cossack on the the supply of coal in Germany, and moro this philosophie-Christian railitary Urais and the Inst French doorkeeper especially in Berlin. Thousands of promptly gave information to the Furs have come back, skirts are all wider despotism, this medley of beer, deceit, evicted from Bordeaux. Then we begin and band. Repulsive, deeply repulsive a maritime war against Germany, and apartment house-owners, who are up- Military aurorities who at once pro is a certain little black velvet hat which this Prussia, this are no worse off than when we began it October 1st, have given notice that they Harbour that possessed wireless of the London Scottish Regiment It posed to heat their fiata beginning teeded to search all the interned ships in has obviously been inspired by the cap pedantic, hypocritical, sanctimonious against Napoleon, when he had nearly will postpone the heating for some time telegraphy All the ships with wireless suita a fresh-faced girl, but it ill-becomes Prussia this Tartuffe among the all Europe under his heel. There will surely be a terrible shortage had been searched and their wireless

But we are not there yet, and unless of coal in Berlin even before Christmas, apparatus sealed up at the beginning of an older worian. Germany can do much better than she And what a terrible Christmas it will bas done hitherto, our Allies will keep be too l the field and will continue to exercise the same

constant and increasing pressure on land that we already exercise

says

to share this confidence. On the contrary,

to me was ever

nations."

PRISONERS IN GERMANY

A TOTAL OF OVER 300,000.

AMSTERDAM, October 20th. According to the Berlin papers, the number of prisoners of war in Germany

up to October 21at was 296,860, including 5,401 officers. The numbers given are---

at sea

LONDON PREPARING FOR INVASION 'NO

GERMAN GENERALS.

onough to rid themselves of these foreign smile tale names. If the Parisians are clever

influences we may eco a France regenerated not only in morals but in art; her women will once more dress ai women, not as beings without a name, her decorative art may lose its Munich flavour, her architecture may return to its old traditions, and brutal colouring may give place to something more in keeping with her natural mentality, K

The only obvious signs of

a change in dress that is noticeable since October

DISCOVERY OF GERMAN WIRE LESS AT SABANG

FIVE-YEARS FOR OWNER OF A “ TOY,”

Ou 28th October the wireless operator at Sabang discovered that a strange wire les machine was taking or sending messages in the

Dear vicinity. He

were

came in are those we seo in the streets.

round the feat and quite short, and there

the war, and they were unable to find anything the matter with any of the ships installations that hart been scaled. Their THE LATEST RUBBER DIVIDENDS. Germans are stuck at Terdun

OCTOBER-Nothing from the west. The suspicious were at last aroused by the God | Preussen, which was not “fitted with

The following dividenda ate announced: knows how long they will be there. They wireless, and eventually fley seem to have run against a stone woll rewarded by finding a small, compact Angle-Sumatra 17 per cent, forward Strange stories are told here- on the installation hidden against the mast. The | £8,400, quiet, of coured-about German gererals. Captain and fourth officer were at once

Kuala Lumpur 7 per cent., Kzerve. umbers given are. According to Washington telegram, General von Hausen, had to be recalled arrested and peel that Holland 212,500, forward £11,800,3 per cent.

put on their trial for 19 probably from a German source, London them to their death without the least. The apparatus was found to be only a is preparing to repel possible consideration for their lives on absolutely receiving one. unable to send messages, United Sumatra interim dividend is

Third Mile (interim) 6 per cent. invasion by Germans. Emergency safety useless or hopeleas errands General the radius being about 100 miles, The 6 rer conta

the export of rubber to other than British cantain on being interrogated, replied, the south and east coast, zones of refuge a

Oversea Governments have prohibited national misfortune have been prepared. The work of remov The great man of the hour 18 General toy" has proved to be a very expensive ports. ing women and children and live stock von Hindenburg, who was forced to take one as the possessor has since been ren- can be commenced at a moment's notice. over the command of the besten tenced to five years' imprisonment export of rubber, tea and coffee from the The Government now prohibi's the Everywhere throughout England riße Austriana, after the failure of Dankl Penang Gazette. clubs are being organided,

United Kingdomu.

French........... 2,472 ... 146,897 Russians ... 2,164 ......... 104,524 Belgians

547 31,378

Further convoys of prisoners are cr roue. The Generals at present in German fortresses number twenty-seven, of whom

English 218 8,669 committees have been formed and along von Kluck's adventures everybody terms It is only spielerei" (a toy) but the

six are French, eighteen Russians (includ ing two Commanding Generals), and three Belgians-Reuter.

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