THE WAR.
STATEMENT BY LORD KITCHENER.
RUSSIANS CONTINUE TO PROGRESS.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8TH, 19:5.
RUSSIAN FRONT
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]:
"ALMOST ENTIRELY
ANNIHILATED."
A RUSSIAN BAYONET ATTACK
LONDON, January 8tbm x
11:10
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A. Petrograd communiqué says: Our troops suddenly attacked Przasnysz in the region of Mlawa, and they almost entirely annihilated the enemy there with the bayonet. Some prisoners were taken, There were only minor engagements on the other fronts.
LATE TELEGRAMS.
[FROM SOUTHERN PAPERS.]
WAR NEWS.
THE KAISER'S FEAR.
THE NAVAL FIGHT OFF THE Order by the Kaiser to his Army found
FALKLANDS.
in East PrussiA: -----
HOW THE GERMANS WERE SURPRISED.
RAKED FROM STEM TO STERN.
The hour of trial has come for you and for all Germany. You must put forth the utmost cergy, otherwise Germany, the fair and free, will become an enslaved and humiliated province of Russia and France.
"Not a step backward in our own country. Remember that behind ruin and success," awnits as. Forward only are happiness
SWATOW NOTES, [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
RECRUDESCENCE OF POPPY PLANTING. We had hoped that, in terms of agree ment with foreign Powers, the Chinese authorities were meeting with great success in effacing from their land the opium poppy. We fear, however, that in the Swatow and Kityang districts there is a very decided recrudescence of poppy planting. Two facts are clearly evident : the people (agricultural), knowing the value of the plant, are fearless as far as the authorities are concerned in the matter; they do not fear the transgressing of the BRITISH TROOPS.
strongly-worded enactments of the Re The battlecruisers, with the Canopus, Christmas gifts for the troops totalled on the other hand, it is too obvions that the Princess Mary's Fund for providing The Press of all shades of opinion we wina, where we occupied, after fighting, Carnarvon, Cornwall. Bristol and Gins. December 22nd, £153,000 sterling. The officons of the Government show no capa
public against opium growing; and, on
come Lord Kitchener's statement, which four towns, two of which lay along the 7th, and the battlecruisers entered the merry-making. French military cooks launches that ply up and down on o
now, arrived at Port Stanley on December soldiers were very keenly anticipating city in dealing with the matter. On the most direct route to Transylvania.
landlocked bay and were hidden from view.
were learning to make plum-pudding and The Gormans appeared on the morning of the 8th with the evident intention of surprising and seizing Port Stanley.
BRITISH NAVAL ACTIVITY,
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LORD KITCHENER REVIEWS
THE SITUATION.
A TRIUMPHANT END IN VIEW.
LONDON, January 8th. 6.30 p.m.
The House of Lords re-opened to-day. Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, in the course of a speech, paid a glowing tribute to General Bir. Louis Botha, and said the situation in South 'Africa had undergone a most welcome change. Sir Louis Botha had handled the situation in a masterly manner, and had stamped out the rebellion. The result gave them great confidence in the success of any future operations Sir Louis Botha might undertake.
باید
PRESS COMMENTS ON THE SPEECH.
is described as being dominated by a nate of sober confidence. There is, however, a general disposition to regret the paucity of detailed information, particularly in regard to the subject of recruiting. The articles in the newspapers lay especial stress upon the encouraging response which has been received to the call for officers response which disposes of the would never be able to and sufficient German argument that Great Britain
leaders for her increased force.
The Press likewise pays a warm tribute to the work of the troops in the Colonics, which, it aaya, is no less praiseworthy than that performed by those troops who are fighting in Flanders.
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT:
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] FIERCE GERMAN ATTACKS.
THE VOLUNTEER ITALIAN REGIMENT ENGAGED.
Reviewing the last six weeks' fighting, he said the Allies had progressed at various points, but the tide of battle had. ebbed and flowed with varying success. The French Army had made noteworthy progress east of Rheins and in southern Alande. Despite the transfer of Germans to the eastern Front, they had left sulfi- cient strength to hold the trenches in the 1 West German aspirations in Poland had sustained a severe check, and they had evidently realised the inanite 'difficulty of winter operations.
The extraordinary achievements of the gallout Serbian Army and the Russian victory in the Caucasus would have far-reaching influence on the Turkish operations. The much-talked of advance of Rheims. of the Turks on Egypt had up to the present failed to materialise.
LONDON, January 6th. 5.25 p.m. To-day's Paris communiqué says — The Germans made two unsuccessful attacks along the Belgian dunes, and to the south-east of St. George's, Other wise, there were only artillery-duels to the Oise...
Our batteries along the Aisne and at a Rheims sector silenced the enemy's guns.
Our progress was contigued ja Buko-
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SINKING OF THE
***FORMIDABLE
THE CASUALTY LIST
LONDON, January 7th The Admiralty have issued a list giving the names
of 517 men who were lost by the foundering of I.M.S. Formidable.
According to the German newspapers
Monte Video despatches received at New
LONDON, December 27th. York describe the officers of Admiral Stürdee's squadron as being most glocful at outwitting the German Intelligence cruisers to reinforce the remnants of Department in bringing two battle- Admiral Cradock's squadron without the enemy's knowledge.
GERMANS TRAPPED.
They attacked the British squadron, which replied. The action was already furious and apparently evenly confested when the two battle cruisers came tearing out of the narrow harbour entrance. The German Admiral, realising he was in a trap, signalled to his squadron to scatter, but it was too late, as already they were within range.
The Scharnhorst" immediately became targets for the battle
and Gnetreu cruisers' calvoes, the smaller cruisers engaging other Germans.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR THE
a company of leading artistes to give a evidence. They appear in their indigo Mr. Seymour Hicks had arranged to take Finland rivets soldiers are always in week's entertainments to the "soldiers on the lines of cominunication.
uniforms with
rifle and bondolier well stocked with ammunition. As in the days of Old China," they form small groups on the deck and enjoy card-playing to
GALLANT GARWHALIS.
has been communicated to the Viceroy by while away the dreary hours of travel.
The following from a responsible source the Secretary of State :-
They inform the enquirer that they are
PIRACY ON THE RIVERS,
24th November it fell to the 20th
In fighting on the 23rd November to en rate for certain places in order to Garwhal Rifles (1st Battalion) to makers opium growing and to punish a final assault which owing to its well-defaulters. Yet the defaulters still grow entirely successful. azek probe had soldiers teke bribes and their superiors considered and gallant character was opium with impunity. How is it The from trenches on the flank, which had remained in our possession, and the make no strict inquiries. that a submarine sank H.M.8. Formidable, desperately and got home, several in by the intense darkness. With dashing used to be considered immune from piracy The Invincible, which was leading, Garwhalis task was to capture succes received the brunt of the German fire, sively, scotions of a trench divided by Although pursued by British destroyers rattled harmlessly on the heavy armour. wireless information has been rooted The Scharnhorst and Gneiseung, fought traverses along 300 yards of the lines The Official laxity is equally manifest in operation was difficult, and complicated other matters, Our river routes which broadsides on the Invincible, but they the submarine made good its escapo jo, as the best target practice ship of the respectively, with a few Afridis of this night in the Han river; about Chaochow
courage and initiative two young British. The Scharnhorst justified her reputation
officers of the Royal Engineers, and 'a
are now absolutely insecure. well-known
Quite [BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE, CABLE
Frontier forec regiment recently steam nunch travelling by Raiser'a navy,Her shells exploded in a regiment, preceded the Garwhalis gainit she wrecked a wardroom, but nobody was
tot moments, on the racible's decks. the first, scetion, and by throwing bombs city was, dauded, report gees, of ten BRITISH BOMBARDMENT OF E
across the traverses cleared the way for thousand dollars. In this case, it is DAR-ES-SALAAM.
GERMAN CRUISERS BATTERED
the head of the 9th Gorwhal Rifles (1st reported that: Meanwhile, the salvees of the 12-inch soon cleared half a dozen sections, but was arrested. On the Kityang river to the
Battalion), the First Company of which.
suspected persons have been German ships to pieces, raking them from caused by the number of prisoners. The wits end. Old mooring-places are no guns were methodically battering the then at a standstill owing to a block being west the Boaling population are at their stem to stern, and gaping holes appeared second company, brought round from the in their sides.
rear, jumped into the trenches teyond, longer safe Boats tied close to the water Flames began to leap from the upper and forced successively the remaining bailiffs' office are pou parts of the Schurnkorst and Greisengu, dozen traverses there was no hint of surrender of the flanking fire from the German taken away. The quality of official is whose guns were gradually silenced, but Negi led repeated furious attacks in spite in the night and whatever is of value is
Naik Parwan Singh
pounced upon by robberá Admiral von Spee's flag was kept flying front, being firat with the bayonet in the surely of a very poor order and 'tis no and was last seen on the Scharnhorst as narrow trench or climbing the travers guns blazing defiance. she and the Gneisenau sank with their last
to fire when he could not find out a way wonder that people begin to doubt the round. He was wounded by a bomb when efficiency of the Republic three traverses remained to be captured. two, but continued in the forefront of the and again before the capture of the last attack till the last traverse had been
British warships have bombarded. Der es Salaam, causing considerable damage to the town and completely disabling all enemy vessels in the barbour.
Fourteen Europeans and 20 natives were taken prisoners. The Britdak Casual tics were one killed, and 12 wounded.
(Dar-es-Salaam is ʼn seaport in German East Africa, the only place on the German. const with a well-sheltered harbour.A railway runs from this port to Ujija dis tance of 743 miles.]
DAILY PRESS EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAMS.]
We progressed 100 metres north westward THE KIACHTA CONFERENCE.
A vigorous action
developed in Argonne, enabling us to recapture 300 metres of trenches at Bois de-la-Grurie, where a slight bending in had been previ ously reported."
Fierce German attacks at Bagatelle and Fontaine Madame were repulsed.
LEIPZIG "INCIDENT.
is perhaps justly attached to the Canton
Blame for the present state of affairs. officials, who are sanctioning and abetting-
the Leitgig. At the end of two hours the Meanwhile, the Glasgow was overtaking Triply was afire, and as she was sinking she hauled town her colours and hoisted taken and did not report his wounds t the revival of old customs in their city
another gun was fired from the Leipzig, a white flag
get they were observed, by the company com The Glasgow run close alongside and mander when the ranks fell in the next lowered her boats, but as the latter started
morning.
KZOFRENCH ADHIRATION.
his written from the front a letter of which An officer in the British Horse Artillery, the following extract will be of interest to lovers of horses?
PEKING, January 6th.
the shell exploding on the Glasgow's deck BRITISH CAVALRY HORSES. A broadside from the Glasger then sank The Kiachta Conference has the Leipzig,
The British officers regret this as the become more amicable. articles have been agreed to.
The Bret aix outcome of the heat of battle, as they are inclined to believe the Leipzig's last shot was accidental. REVENUE OF KWANGTUNG. PERING, January 8th. The Kwangtung Budget for the fourth
Near & ravine at Courte Chausse we mined and blew up 800 metres of German year of the Republic estimates the revenue trenches, of which we occupied half.
Colonel Garibaldi, with an Italian
His Lordship went to say that the Gor- man initial advantage her numerical superiority in the field, and her extensive preparation for rwar-wae, certainly diminishing, while the Allies were daily increasing their resources both of men and material, and this would enable them to prosecute the war to a triumphant end. (Loud cheers.) Since Christmans, he was happy to be able to report, recruiting Regiment (volunteers), made a vigorous had much improved and had almost reach. charge at Courte Chausse into the breach ed its former satisfactory level. There was made by the explosion, and captured 120. every reason to anticipate fruitful results prisoners. The Colonel's brother, Con- from the valuable Parliamentary recruit- stantine, was killed during the attack. ing campaign, which had already secured
Bad weather continues from Argonne to 216,000 offers of enlishment. The officers' the Vosges, with fog and mud. Though cadres for the Expeditionary Force had there have been lively artillery actions been completed, and there was a consider we continued to gain ground at Bois-le- able surplus of officers for training pur- | Pretre. puses. Indeed, since the beginning of
We maintained our gains in the Thann the War 20,100 officers had been appointed. district, despite a violent cannonade both at Steinbach and on the trenches to the
The enemy regained one of his old trenches on the flank adjoining the hill of which we retain the summit.
at $19,400,000.
YOUNG PORTUGUESE SENT
TO PRISON.
STEALS A TIN OF CIGARETTES.
Antony Gutierrez, aged 28 described as a typist, of No. 11, Bello Buildings, was entenced by Mr. J. R. Wood at the hard labour for the larceny; of a tin of Magistracy yesterday to three months
the property of Kelly & Walsh, Limited. Westminster cigarettes, valued at $1.50,
A
which were sternly forbidden Peking Government."
by
THE TEMPORARY ARMY COMMISSIONS.
the
Most of the British casualties were aboard the Glasgow,
The other British cruisers later over- hauled the Nuernberg, which refused to bottom. surrender and was speedily sent to the Her destruction proved the salvation of the Dresden and the Princ Eitel Friedrich, as the Britishers stopped to save the Nuernberg's survivors.
Another account of the fight says the Gueisenau was without ammunition when she sank. Some officers stood at attention ad the ship's glee club fined the after ou, The French horses show galls the like also been granted a temporary commission deck and sang the Wacht am Rhein of which I never saw before, as big as your as Lieutenant in the Now athers were busy preparing to escape, as the captain had ordered every man for himself. Many of the Gneisernu's crew
England. were rescued, including several officers, The Germans saved have been sent to
The Hongkong Volunteer Corps Orders "Our horses compare most favourably ounce that Sergi. Ben Fletcher Chap- with those of the French and also, I man, H.K.V.C, has been granted a com- believe, those of the Germans, though I mission as temporary 2nd Lieutenant, have not seen many of the latter. As you Royal Garrison Artillery. can imagine, it is only by daily thought and care that one keeps them fit and well. Quite frequently they are saddled up for have been accepted for temporary Com- The following members of the H.K.V.O. every hour of daylight, and, of course, missions in the New Service Battalions, those which have lost flesh will gill in
pite of every precaution, but I will under for the period of the war-Messrs. R. A. take to say that not one has gall bigger Stokes and R. W. D. Barney. than a shilling, while no gall is worked
Sergeant A. Murdoch, H.K.V.C., has
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under:
He was glad to be in a positior to north-east and north-west of Steinbach. The defendant was convicted in 1910-main objects and reasons are given as announce that, owing to the efforts made by the War Office they hat succeeded in gradually overcoming the difficulties that had been experienced in connection with the equipment of the New Army, towards which he looked with every confidence.
LONDON, January 7th. 2.00 am.
The evening communiqué issued at Paris reports:Alievly cannonde occurred Despite the terrible weather conditions, in the region of Zillebeke. Our positions the training of the Canadian contingent were maintained in Argonne and we pro- was proceeding satisfactorily. The officers greased slightly in Shirtzbach, wood near and men were imbued with a fine Altkirch spirit of patriotism and were full of eagerness to get to the front, where, he was confident, they would worthily sup port their gallant comrades. (Loud
cheers.)...
6.15 a.m.
states that three Zeppelins were reported The Times correspondent in Flanders
on Wednesday morning to have been seen off the coast between Calais and Grave lines. German airmen repeatedly appear Lord Curzon urged that the utmost they were scouts covering the movements ed over Dunkirk during the day. Possibly number of men should be sent to the front of airships, for they dropped only one with the least delay. He believed that bomb. Twice the intruders were driven considerably more than two millions off by the airmen of the Allics. would be needed, possibly nearer three GENERAL.
Battalions.
Servica
GARMENTS FOR TROOPS AND REFUGEES.
hand, and right down to the bone. We can gallop into and out of action; any day we are Vanted, and we must have averaged twenty-five miles a day for ten days or a fortnight lately, excluding one day's Ealt. The French always remark favourably on our horses when we pas Many of theso say, 30 per cont--would still do eredit to a poace battery after doing a bit of by the women of Hongkong, Canton, work, and few, if any, are an eyesore even Macan, and Swatow to Mrs. L. Hunt, to the most fastidious eye.i cantan
Westmount, Folkestone Road, Dover, to
AN ARMY OF EXPERTS.
This week 171 garments have been sent
Mr. J. T. Mead, of the complainant
THE LAW OF LIBEL. firm, said that a lot of pilfering had been an the habit of regularly coming to the
PROTECTION FOR NEWSPAPERS. going on of late. The defendant had been shop and asking foolish questions.
The Straits Settlements Gazette pub-| watch had been kept, and on the previous es, the text of a Bill to be introduced free from care or preoccupation even in soldiers and sailors at the from and "The men are quite excellent; utterly be distributed amongst the families of day Mr. May caught him in the act,
shortly to amend the law of libel. The the most ticklish positions. They seem to Belgian Refugees. "pp when but 17 years of age, of larceny. The
have a blind faith in their officers, and are charges against him then were of entering protection to newspaper reports of the worrying to them. More than once they roller bandages and the other four-tailed The main object of this Bill is to extend well content to leave all the thinking and Also 2 tins one containing 270 sterilized No. 38, tobinson Road and steading 850; proceedings of public meetings and of
never had their feet or shirts really dry bandages, which have kindly been made entering No. 14, Upper Albany and various public bodies. To reports of such entering No. 4, Babington Path. He was meetings no privilege attaches at common much; yet one never hears them grousing,
for two or three days on end, and few of by the women of Macao. These bandages then bound over to come up for judgment. law. Reports of judicial proceedings are
them have changed their shirts and socks
are being sent to Dr. Deavis, who has a HONGKONG'S WATER SUPPLY.ng any defamatory statement of fact is under fire they have been absolutely steady stoppe now, Lady May would like it to
alone privileged. Henes if a report of and they never say a word on the subject fold hospital in Belgium. proceedings of a public meeting contain unless they are asked. In action end Most of the working parties having The monthly water retiru, issued by the has no defence to an action for damages lers, for instance, kneel to attention, and be known that work done by individuals
printed in a newspaper, the proprietor and regardless of shells, etc. The signal- Water Authority, shows that the storage, unless he can prove the statement to be never turn their heads a fraction where can still be sent to Government House, in millions and decimala gallons, in the literally true.. City and Hill district water works was fair and accurate will not avail him. doubt that our army out here is one of real And when there are a sufficient number The fact that the report shells burst close to them. There is no and St. Andrew's Vicarage, Kowloon. amounted to 660.88, which is considerably the end of December, 1913, atood at 509.10.ceedings. In other words, the proprietor became a serious profession has had its home through the courtesy of the ship in excess of last year's figures, which at
2-This Bill puts such reports on the professionals and experts. The hard work, same footing as reports of judicial pro- they have had to put in since soldiering of articles ready, they will still be seat The consumption of water in the same of a newspaper will only be liable in an effect, and the old reproach of the underping firma. district during December was 153.81 action for libel for the publication in his worked and amateur British officer has million gallons by an estimated popula newspaper of a fair and accurate report been wiped out for good. I believe that tion of 259,519, the average consumption of the proceedings of a public freeting, if French and Germans alike acknowledge estimated population of 255,919 was 120.19 December, 1913, the consumption by an por head per day being 15.1 gallons. In
the efficiency of the British Army." million gallons. In that month, however, the rider mains in the rider main districts, there was only an intermittent supply by whereas in the month under review there was a constant supply in all districts. of 350.78 million gallons at the beginning
The Kowloon waterworks had a storage:
NO MORE LOANS. The President has sent a circular tel. gram to all the provinces, prohibiting the provincial authorities from borrowing foreign money The telegram is sum
Taillions. His lordship expressed the RE-OPENING OF LONDON of the year, an excess of more than gihe view of putting the law relating to marised by the Peking Daily News B3
utmost satisfaction with recent events in Europe and paid a tribute to the Indian troops. He hoped their numbers were being maintained..
STOCK EXCHANGE.
million gallons over the storage at the same time last year. During December Yesterday was the first day of the re-estimated population of 95,600, the average
33.19 million gallons were consumed by opening of the London Stock Exchange per head per day being 11.2 gallons. The A considerable amount of business was average per head per day in December, Lord Kitchener replied in the affirms done, and, contrary to expectations, 1913, was 10.0 gallons, the total consump tive.
buyers were more numerous than sellers.
tion being 31.95 million gallons, by an estimated population of 93,900.
in publishing the proceedings. it is proved that he has actal maliciously 3-Ry clause 13 absolute privilege or immunity in respect of defamation in Council-A privilege which by the com given to members of the Legislative mon law of England is enjoyed by the members of the two Houses of Parliament, 4All the other clauses are taken from Imperial Statutes which were passed with libel on a more satisfactory footing,
With proper and efficient manage: The Tempe publishes a circuler left in need to have recourse to foreign loans
ARINE
ment,reaoli. province can possess a sonad quarters by German officers which gives The making of loans always shows that financial system, and there will be no directions to avoid waste of aunuunition there is some defect in the financial man and states as a reason therefor that agement. From now on ao more foreign German industry working at full pressure Joans shall be contracted by the provinces able to provide the army with muni- and all negotiations now going on in this tions indefinitely.
connection shall cease at once."
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follows:-
LOCAL SPORT.
CIVIL SERVICE 2 HONGKONG C.C.
The following will represent the Hong- kong Cricket Club against the Hongkong Civil Servants on the Club ground to-morrow play commencing at 2 p.m. sharp-
Major Bowen, D. E. Donnelly, A. L M. M. Maas.. E. J. R. Mitchell, S. S. Gace, R. Kennedy, P. 8. Leigh Bennett,
and R. P. Thursfield Moore, Major Robertson, H. H Tayler,
The following will represent the Civil Service:R. E O Bird, Martin Hon. Mr. C. Severn, G. R. Saver, F. J. de Rome FA Bidon, C.
C D
Sara, E. B. Reed, E. Sulton, R. G. Witchell, and A. B. Rope,
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