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THE WAR.

THE POPE APPEALS TO THE

KAISER.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1915

STRENUOUSAFIGHTING ON BOTH FRONTS

AUSTRIAN RETREAT BECOMING A ROUT.

THE POPE AND THE

KAISER.

PROPOSED EXCHANGE OF

PRISONERS.

LONDON, January 3rd.

His Holiness the Pope telegraphed at the end of the year to the Kaiser, appeal ing to his feelings of

ALLIES” OFFENSIVE

CONTINUES.

LONDON, January 2nd.

2.15 a.m.

{THROUGH IZUTER'S AGENCY:]

AUSTRIANS EXTERMINATED BY THE BAYONET.

LONDON,

*[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

CING CONGRATULATES

AIRMAN

LONDON, January 2nd.

anuary let, 4.20 p.m.

King has telegraphed Flight Com Fighting in Western Galicia continues mader Hewlel as follows: n in our favour. Whole companies of dented and greatly relieved to hear you Austrians were exterminated by the bayonet in the Baligrod district, and 3,000 prisoners were taken during the enemy's precipitate light:

STUBBORI, FIGHTING,

LONDON, January 2nd.

2.05. p.m.

A Petrograd official communiqué says Despilo stubborn resistance, wo took the

The París evening official communiqué enemy's earthworks at the village of

Last evening there was an attack by the enemy, who attempted, after a lively

Machanka, in the region of Gorlitze taking 3,000 prisoners, 08 officers, four guns, and quick rers. The engagement

had been repulsed we occupied Storemnetz and Radautz, in Bokowina.

terminate the d Christian charity to fusillade, to debouch from Bois-de-Forges, continues. After furious counter-attacke

year and begin the New Year with an act of Imperial generosity by accepting a proposal for an exchange of prisoners unfit for military Borvice between the belligerenta

own

on the left bank of the Mouse. They were Immediately repulsed.

The positions we won at Steinbach have been maintained, and we continue to attack the enemy's positions,

There is nothing noteworthy to report

FRENCH AEROPLANES

DRIVEN OFF.

LONDON, January 2nd..

The Kaiser, replying, assured the Pope that he is in full sympathy with the visewhere. feelings of Christian charity which in- spired this proposal, and that it cor responda thoroughly with his conviction and desires.

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT. [THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

FIERCE NIGHT ATTACKS.

Our

LONDON, January 1st,

3.35 p.m. To-day's Paris communiqué says:- The enemy, north-west of Flirey, made bi force night-attacks, attempting to respture their lost trenches, troops brilliantly repulsed all attacks.

We continue to progreen foot by foot at Steinbach The enemy's artillery in the morning showed great activity, but our batteries in the afternoon assumed a clear advantage.

Our aviators made a night, bombard- ment of the railway stations at Metz and

Arnville.

From the sea to theins there was almost Exclusively artillery engagements. The enemy bombarded, without result, St. Georgo's and a bridge-head defence organised by the Belgians to the south of Dixmude..

A lively cannonade turned out to our silvantage between La Bassos and Carency and also between Albert and Roye and in the districts around Verneuil, Blancs a'

Blonnear and Craonnelle At the latter

point we further demolished some German works,

We maintained our gains at Perthes and Beau Sejour..

The enemy made a very violent attack at Bois-de-la-Crusie along the whole front Wo gained, at some points, fifty metres,

VIOLENT ARTILLERY

COMBATS.

n

TRENCHES TAKEN AND RE-TAKEN.

LONDON, January 3rd.

6.00 ..

A Petrograd communiqué states that the Russians continue to repulse the

German attacks at Bzura and Rawka

THE NEW YEAR.

POLICE AT PLAY.

The members of the Hongkong Polico SOME REFLECTIONS,

force, their wives, and families had Chiefly on account of the fact that the convivial time at Happy Valley on the calendar is indisputably accurate, we in afternoon New Year's Day A football. Hongkong were able to realise that 1914 match, in which no fewer them 40 players. old and wretched and drab coloured figured (20 a side), was played on the vear that ib was, yet a year productive ground. Four referees were pressed

•

of history which will be read by future into service for the purpose of keeping generations with awe

ave and wonder had order, and altogether the game produced rently shuffled away and made way for an extraordinary amount of merriment, 1915. The first day of the young year to onlookers and players alike. At the dawned with a warm stil embracing every-end it was somewhat difficult to ascertain one and everything, it made an entry whether the team led by the Captain- which was at once tender and gentle, as

nt of Police (Hon. Mr Mel Superintend becomes an infant, yet a fitfel fluttering Messur) or the Mussel" team had of leaves seemed to suggest temerity. Just

There were various gained the laurels. of elgrade and the banks of the Save and dawned equally as well, had been greated as if young 1910 realised that old 1914 had

arufe. I heartily congratulate you.” · ASTRIAN MONITORS BOM-

BARD BELGRADE.

LONDON, January 2nd.

5.20 p.m. 4elegram from Belgrade says that four Aurian monitors bombarded the fortress

Debbe on Thursday evening.

GNERAL

``{THROUGH" REUTER'S AGENCY,]

CEATION OF NEW BRITISH

ARMIES.

EACH TO CONSIST OF THREE ARMY CORPS.

tvely.

LONDON, January 1st.

10:25

LING AND PRESIDENT. TCHANGE GOOD WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR.

bution of prizes from a lage Christmas gavies and races, and a wardag distri-

APPOINTMENTS.

in the same endearing manner, but had treo. subsequently been shunned and allowed. to pass into the space of age without a

and all the sighs wore of that puffy ex sigh of regret, everyone seemed pleased,

The Gazette announces that H. E. the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. plosive natura which suggests relief. C. A. D. Melbourne to be Registrar, and Perhaps the baby year did not compre: Mr. J. D. Lloyd to be a Deputy Registrar bend things in its first innocent associn- of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, In

Prize. tions with our very material, almost brutal, world. It did not, perchance, understand that though 1914 was allowed to drift away without a hand wave, it will never be forgotten by us, and that its name will be remorable in history which vill be horrible because it has been com- piled at the sacrifice of millions of rare.

GERMANS

FEELING THEIR LOSSES.

INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS: BY ** EYE-WITNESS.!!

In Army Order to-night announces the sation of new Armies, each generally cisisting of three Army Corps Cherals Eir Douglas Haig, Sir H. L Bi-Dorrien, Sir Archibald Hunter,

The Eye-witness" at the British Sr Ian Hamilton, Bir H. M. Leslie men. Of course, other history has been Headquarters in a despatch published Hurdle, and Sir Bruce M. Hamilton made by this much abused method of de-Inst month makes the following observa-

tions t wif command the First, Second, Third, eiding differences, but 1914 has surpassed The front lines of both sides are now Faith, Fifth, and Sixth Armies respoe everything which has gone before in its ut many points so close that our men grimness of fighting and whoksale is amuse themselves, by listening to what

goes on in the enemy's trenches.. Major General C. C. Monro will comtribution of death, simply because the two On the whole there is evidence to show French aeroplanes visited various places despite the enemy's heavy artillery mifi the First Army Corps, Lieut. greatest nations in all the arts of war-that the Germans are beginning to bơ in Eastern France, including Nancy, and bombs. The Germans capture Gura Sir Charles Fergusson the and, peculiarly enough, all the arte which soners it is gathered that the young men affected by their heavy losses. From pri- Saturday, but were driven off.

some trenches between Vloszczowe and Scod Army Corps, and Lieut-General go to make life beautiful-were face to of the new corps cannot withstand the Kielce after severe fighting, Bus were Sir C. O Flumer the Third Army face in deadly sager. This was, doubt fatigues and privations of campaigning, less, too much for the new young year ardour. From the same source, also, it and that the middle aged men lack Cory. driven out by an attack in the fear. The

to comprehend, Yet it seemed to realise is learned that recruite who have not pre- Russians captured several hundred pri

that its entry was a tragie one that 101dviously served have only received some senere, machine guns and positions, and

had left the world in a state of racialight or nine weeks training, instead of the 12 weeks course prescribed for them," the Uzck Pass they captured

upheaval, the air resounding with that they have had practically no instruc thousand prisoners.

the clash of strong men armed and the tion in musketry, and that they have not cries of strong men whose strength is practised entrenching too much can be

On the other hand, The King has telegraphed President slowly ebbing away and tinting the green made of these side-lights on the present They are still Poifaré good wishes for the new year, grass with crimson. It is hard, indeed condition of the enemy

ress which, whatever its futility, is re- rayug that it will be certain to witness that the infant year has to look upon auch fighting with a stubbornness and rollers- the drawing closer of Anglo-French scenes, and that ite entry in a festive arkable when exhibited by forces of frionship and alliance, and hoping that own should have appeared like so much which a large proportion consists of com the war will soon be brought to a victorious stagey contentpt for the grim and real lifeparatively atrained men. The follow- and-death drama which is being carried:ing two incidents serve to illustrate their President Poincaré replied, reciprocatur day after day and night after night During the fighting rear Ypics a force if the King's good wishes, and expressing in the west and east of Europe. What maisting of about one company of in- fantry advancing against us was enfiladed hidence in victory. France is resolved 1815 holds in store is behind the veil, and by one of our machine guns, with the ve the nature of its faal cxit will depend suit that they were all killed except six fight for a complete triumph," he said,

upon the developement of all that is now men who crawled away wounded.

corpses lay in a regular Tow. KING'S GREETING TO

hidden from us. We all hope and trustghtfall another company of the Ger that 1915, thongh making its debut in a PRESIDENT WILSON,

world whose people are split asunder, will ho able to leave us with the world at

[BH1713H FOREIGN OFFICE CABLE.]

LONDON, January 2nd.

5.26.p.m., To-day's Paris communique states that the enemy has delivered numerous attacks, all of which were repulsed. There has

The Austrian retreat in Bukovina. been a most violent artillery engagement assuming the nature of a rout. northward of Lys, particularly on the Dunes, and also at Nieuport and SERBIA FREE OF INVADERS, Zonnebeke. The enemy has discontinued the counter-attacks on St. George's. All our gains have been maintaine

The Crown Prince of REA

has issued There have been artillery duels in the an Army Order declaring the country to whole of the regions of Arras, Albert, and Tore. The Germans blow up two caissons between Beaumetz and Achicourt, and we responded by wrecking their trenches at Parvilliers and Labaiselle. silenced their mine-throwers at Fricourt.

be free of invaders.

AAVAL ACTIVITIES.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

Wo also BRITISH BATTLESHIP SUNK

IN THE CHANNEL.

LATER.

There is nothing fresh to report, except a violent night fusillade against the French trenches east of Vermelles and north of Chaulnes, and an unsuccessful German Consenvoye,

attack west of the forest of:

LONDON, January lat.

3.03 p.m.

The Official Press Bureau announcer that the battleship Formidable has been sunk

in the Channel.

[The Formidable is sister ship to the AN EYE-WITNESS' DESPATCH. Bulwark, which was recently blown up off

LONDON, January 2nd. 11.55 a.m.

Sheerness. She was of Lu,000 tons displace- ment, carried a complement of 761, and was armed with four 12-inch and twelve-6-inch guns. She was completed in 1901, and rofitted in 1911.]

The Pross Bureau to-day published a depatch

It from the Eye-witness,

The Official Press Bureau says that up states that on December 28th there was a hurricane, followed by a violent thunder-to the present it is uncertain whether the storm. Nothing notable occurred, as the Formidable was sunk by a mine or by weather and water-logged ground did not submarine. but there were immediate counter.

favour the carrying out of operations, attacks.

There were violent artillery engagements However, the French progressed at some t Verdun

ENEMY SILENCED ALONG THE AISNE.

LONDON, January 20d.

5,30 p.m. To-day's Paris communiqué suys - Our artillery achieved good results along the Aiste, silencing the enemy's batteries and dispersing concentrations

of men.

Wo established ourselves on the Plateau of Nouvron in pits of mine explosions, and the Germans were unable to dislodge

us.

The enemy violently bombarded the region' of Rheime.

We carried a wood in the Perthes district. The Germans made no counter attack.

THE FATE OF THE CREWS

LATER.

A British light cruiser picked up 71 ear- vivors, and it is possible that others have teen rescued by other vessels:

places, capturing St. George's and inflict- ing heavy losses. On December 29th our right gradually advanced and recovered much of the ground occupied by the enomy during the previous week. On the

The Admiralty publishes a list of eighty 30th the progress on the right was maju- tained. The 31st was equally uneventful. survivors of the Formidable, including The fighting is taking place over a perfect three Lieutenants, the engine room Com labyrinth of excavations, and when there mander, two Assistant Paymasters, and is any slackness in the operations the six midshipmen, and promises agother troops are hard at work constructing Fresh defences. RUSSIAN FRONT

[TRROUGH DEUTER'S AGENCY.] GERMANS DRAWN INTO TERRIBLE DEATH-TRAP,

LONDON, January. let

4,20 p.m.2

A Petrograd offcial communique saya ;----- Between the Vistula and the Pilitza on the 30th December we repulsed attacks by the Germans south of Bolimow and on the

list.

A Brixham trawler has saved seventy

of the crew, in addition to the above,

LONDON, January 2nd. 10.10 p.m

The Admiralty has issued another list

of survivors of the Formidable' a crow. bringing up the total to 201.

The additional survivors included in the latest total reached Lyme Regis in a There were originally about 60,

cutter.

eclusion.

LONDON, January 1st.

10 p.m.

LONDON, January 2nd-

OF MUNITIONS.

LONDON, January 2nd.

courage-

Tho After

mars, nothing daunted, advanced and day themselves in on the line upon which the bodies of their comrades were lying.

Again, on November 4th some of enemy's cavalry at dusk charged & in

Every single held by the French. hit continued the charge on foot, the was killed; but those riders who wer survivors being slain on the very pl

of the trench.

message from Washington says that peace again. Uulike 1914, its sucosesor Pesident Wilcon's New Year greetings will then have us need to be ashamed fom the Heads of the States included the of itself and slip away without a word loving from King George: Hearty of farewell, leaving a memory at onse

QÉEAT GERMAN HEROISM god wishes for your personal happiness, painful, pregnant as it was with grief and Borrow. If 1915 has brought in its

And, whatever deterioration ther al for the prosperity of the Unite retinue of happenings the end of this Suites, to which we are united by such awful war then it is welcome, and its exit be in the material now being drafted will be one in direct contrast to the the ranks of our enemy, it must be mitted that the Prussian war mad gloomy passing away of 1014. cbse ties of friendship and intimacy.”

Locally, there were the usual gatherings acting on a nation previously inure the sternest discipline, has obtained AMERICA AND THE EXPORT of friends to watch the passage of years,

The Germa and a large congregation attended the most remarkable results. watch-night service at the Cathedral have up to the present time been able where, upon the striking of midnight all make good their losses, to continue to A telegram from Washington says that were asked to pray silently according to liver repented blows with fresh men whi the dictates of their own thoughts. It required and where required, and to cor various business interests have protested can be assumed that many fervently centrate large forces in different dire against any legislation restricting the prayed, as thousands prayed in all parts tions. It is true that a considerable pr of the world at the same impressive hour, portion of the masses recently thrown in export of munitions of war to belligerents that He would watch over those of His the field against the British has consiste in Europe.

people who, at that very moment, were of hastily trained and immature c spilling the life-blood which He gave but the great fact remains that these SERVICES OF INTERCESSION. them; that He would comfort the wound assorted levies have not hesitated t

ed; and, in the fitness of time, bring such adance against highly trained troops, In spite of lack of officers, in apitd LONDON, January 3rd. unholy happenings to an end and build

5.00 p.m.

up a world of peace and good-fellowship. inexperience, boys of 10 and 17 have face There were crowded congregations of Now Year's day was given over entire our guns marched steadily ip to thy

Such all denominations at the intercessity to open-air relaxations of the usual muzzles of our rifles, and have met dead services, w-day. The services were of a for which the weather was ident. Every the effect of a century of national d

type-golf, cricket, football and tennis-in droves, without flinching.

cipline That the men subjected to most impressive nature, especially those one seemed to be commencing the new at St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster sehr in the best, possible manner; taking are the victims of an autocrate militar health-giving exercise. No doubt, also, caste does not alter the fact that the Abbey, were they were concluded with Luthe usual tabulated list of resolutions have accepted that system as necessary a ary rapidity and forgetfulness. All these ever discordant the elements which mak anthem. There were also special services were made and broken with the custom- the attainment of national ideals. He things happen at the changing of the up the German Empire by the force years The writer, for one, angered at a the Frussian war machine, they have burning tongue on the night of December and all been welded together to be di 31st, made a firm resolve to smoke three to fight for national existence, and

Deutschland über Alles is no e was out in the air behind the Kowloon pipes only per day in the new year. He their actions it is evident that for bu hills all day on January 1st, and it was only when he realised that his tobacco pouch, which had been, stuffed into DELHI, December 31st, 1914. The situation continues to be satis. rotundity at starting out, contained just one mere fil, that the sacred rebolation factory. The conduct and bearing of the of the previous evening was remembered Indian troops at the front, of which the It had been broken then, so the other fill hestowal of Victoria Crosses and other was smoked. Others had done the same. rowards boars eloquent testimony, leaves simply because it was the thing at New Year, and thus the smoke home did not Additional grants of for good taste at all different from the res--and I given great satis had a tingling tongue again on the night military service huve

of January 1st, fection...

at Westminster Cathedral.

THE SITUATION IN INDIA. The following telegram has been received by the General Officer Commanding, Hong kong, from the Chief of the General Staff, India

nothing to the desired, A

PARALYSIS OF ENEMY SHIPPE

The Board of Trade Journal issue month contains lists compiled folu information supplied by his M Consular officers of enemy vessalah in neutral ports, Dames Sir George Toulmin has given ask the Prime Minister whethe

vessels are included,

aware that there it at the present a considerable demand for shipping and whether, in orde

A generally more confident feeling A last remark: May 1915, having gone Local sapping At Bois-de-la-Grurie yesterday was resultless. We regained a Mednevice railway station, and we success-aboard. It is believed that some perished prevails, there are fewer withdrawals one better than 1914, pacify the nations at portion of the ground lost, and we are fully counter-attacked the enemy north of The others were in an exhausted cond gratifying signs of an improvement in strife, and leave us sorry at its passing this demand, he can initiate step 3

strongly holding other positions..

Rawa

The enemy at Jenergetz were allowed to We retained positions wou in Woevre,

approach within 300 yards of our trenches, and progressed at Bois-le-Pretre

Our troops repelled an attack three and were then mowed down, suffer- ing enormous losses. Our use of hand kilometres north-east of Badon Villiers,

most successful. Tho grenades was inflicting heavy losses on the enemy. The

eremy's attacks midway between Tomaszow Germans also suffered severe casualties and Opoczno were repulsed, as also was at Steinbach, where we carried three the Austrian offensive movement near

Zakrzew, more lines of houses.

tion.

FRENCH

BATTLESHIP

TORPEDOED,

LONDON, January Ist.

11.10 p.m.

It is reported that a French battleship has been torpedoed in the Adriatic Sea. No details have been received.

from the Post Office Savings Bank, and

trade to be altogether

Recruiting continues to satisfactory. A

The visit of the King Emperor to France has created a most favourable impression.

NEW C.M.G. -

a

LONDON, January 2nd. Mr.

Charles Alfred Bell bas had CMG. conferred upon Him for service in connection with the Tibet Conference [Other telegrams will be found on page 9.]|

twelve months hence.

C. R.

DEARTH OF SHIPPING IN

AUSTRALIA,

prompt sale of all merchant ship of war, thus enabling them to be at once for the carriage of merchan

Some German ladies, says Re Amsterdam correspondent, were persistent in their efforts to get bi At the present moment, says a Melbourne from the Ebaki uniforms of prisone dispatch dated November 10th, 1,023 tons Essen na charms that the guard hi of butter, 59,000 quarters of bost, nearly prevent them from cutting them fro 950,000 carcasses of mutton and lamb, and uniforms At last the commanding 80,000 crates of rabbits are lying in sent all the ladies to the kitchog Australian ports. lacking refrigerated they were forced to peel, whole

space in steamers for export,

potatoes.