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THE WAR.

THE NAVAL ACTION.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRISS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2811, 19

FURTHER OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

NO BRITISH SHIPS LOST, BUT TWO DAMAGED.

SEVERE

FIGHTING ON THE

FRONT.

RUSSIAN FRONT-

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IN EAST PRUSSIA.

FURIOUS GERMAN ATTACKS ON THE VISTULA.

LONDON, January 27th. 12,00 p.m.

ALICE MEMORIAL AND

AFFILIATED HOSPITALS.

ANNUAL MEETING.

TRIBUTE TO THE LATE SIR

KAI HO KAT

The sanual meeting of the Finance Committee of the Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals, in connection with the London Missionary Society, was held At the offices of the Secretary for Chines Affairs (Hon, Mr. S. B. C. Ross) yester day, at noon, the Hon. Mr. Ross presiding. There were also presont-Rev. T. W Pearce, Dr. Maclean Gibson (Medical Superintendent and Secretary), Mr. A G. Coppin (Hon. Treasurer), Hon. Mr. E Shellim Messrs. J. W. Bolles, J. W. C Chan Kai Ming, Chau Sin Ri, Ho Fook, Ho Kam Tong, and Sia Tak Fan (mem bers of Finance Committee),

FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

CORRESPONDENCE.

CONSCRIPTION FOR HONGKONG.

DAILY PRESS.""

The HON, TREASURER, in the course of his statement, said that the donations from all sources were 81,534 less than in 1913. Foreign donations amounted to $3,321 and Caineso donations (including Guilds) (TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG $8,050.

Thus foreignets donated more than Chinese to institutions primarily fun for the benefit of Chinese Thore bad been

January 27th, 1915.

many calls upon the purics of Chinese on Trish's action in joining the Volwas Sin-One is able sincerely to admire

account of floods, etc., but there had also tvers, and in working searchlights two been many calls upon foreign puree nights out of three, but hore, one's holders due to the war. If patients dona admiration of him, judging him by his tiors ($1,221,50) were added, Chinese expressed sentiments, comes to an abrupt donations totalled about $1,000 more than foreign ones. There were 39,489 patients

I gather that the gist of his complaint treated and these donated between them that having voluntarily undertaken $1,221,50, or an average of 9 1/10th cents. thing which he mistook for a picnic, an annual outing on the search-

ond

A Petrograd communiqué says:- In the Pilkalea region of East Prussia we assumed the offensive and drove the

enemy at the point of the bayonet towards the Malvischken-Lasdenen line. WESTERN

The Germans again attempted to take Bonnar, G. T. Edkins, Alex. Mackenzie, On the expense side the item of food was tights, to use his own expression, ho

SIGNIFICANT AUTION BY GERMAN GOVERNMENT IN REGARD TO FOOD SUPPLIES.

[TEROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE NAVAL ACTION.

BRITISH CASUALTIES.

LONDON, January 26th. 11.20 p.m. The Official Press Bureau states that all the British cruisera and destroyers engaged in the recent Naval action have returned safely to port."

H.M.8. Lion had some of her forward pompartments flooded in consequence of being hit by a shell below the waterline. She was towed by H.M. S. Indomitable,

The destroyer Meteor was also disabled and was towed by the Ziberty.

Both ships were strongly escorted by destroyers.

The repairs can be speedily effected. The total casualties were:-:

H.M.B.. Zion, 17 wounded.. E.M.S. Tiger, an officer and

men killed and 3 officers and. 8.

__men_wounded.

R.M.S. Meteor, 4 killed and 1

wounded.

Whon Admiral Sir David Beatty's report is received a fullor account of the action will be given

SURVIVORS FROM THE

** BLUCHER” LANDED.

LONDON, January 26th.

About 200 survivors from the German

armoured

cruiser Blucher have been landed to-day at South Queensferry from a warship. They were sent by train to Edinburgh Castle. Many of the members of the ship's company were youthful. They wore clothing lent by our blue

jackots

VIOLENT ATTACKS BY THE ENEMY.

REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSE. LONDON, January 28th.

6.40 p.m.R To-day's Paris communiqué says: The Belgians progressed in the Pervyse district.""

The Germans attacked at dawn with a battalion of troops to the eastward of Ypres. The attack was stopped dead, and 300 Germans killed, including the com mander leading the Company, were found on the field. The Companies' second line

was ordered to support the attack under a most accurate are. Our artillery were unable to emerge from their shelters.

The enemy made five attacks on the British lines at Givenchy and Cuinchy. The Germans, after slight progress, were driven back, leaving many killed, and also 00 prismers, including two officers: This attack was accompanied by attempts at a diversion at several points on our front.

Between the Bethune-La Bassee road and Aix Moulette the enemy attempted to leave their trenches. They wore instantly stopped by our infantry and artillery fire,

Faslisk-Ujuk-

There is no change in Bukhovina.

GENERAL.

much reduced, due to Dr. Gibson having

is extremely annoyed and indignant to better

success in collecting refunds than

find that what he has really taken on was formerly the case. From the same

is work; and now that the picnic has cause medicines showed a reduction of] about 8000 Necessary repairs and that all able-bodied men in the Colony, ceased and the work begun, he considera

front, and by those who have joined our forces for home or colonial defence duty which is, in almost every one, being not take two columns of rather sloppy done with silent cheerfulness. It does

sentiment, interlarded with quotations from the New Testament, to bring this home to any of us.

the offensive on the left bank of the Vistula in the neighbourhood of the villages of

THE ANNUAL REPORT, Burlimoff and Gumine. Though their

The annual report stated, inter alia!: attacks were particularly fierce, they were

The complete overhauling and repainting repulsed with heavy losses.

of the Hospitals, which have been postponed from year to year, had of necessity to be improvements to buildings, however, irrespective of any other considerations, German batteries were silenced to the carried out during the past year, as had also showed an increase of $2,850. This, how should be tumbling over each other to certain necessary improvements and the ever, was not necessarily an annually lighten this self-imposed, if unexpected, north-east of Skerniewice,

provision of a suitable isolation ward in the The enemy's activity in Galicia is been used for other purposes and apart from to the item of clothing, which showed an

Netherale Hospital. A room which had recurrent expense, and this applied also burden.

No man with a grain of deconey or increasing. On the

the words of the Hospital has been adapted increase of about $1,100, but complete refit common-sense fails to appreciate at its for purposes of an isolation ward. A new roof Nijnevoretak-Maidanka front there were of iron and concrete had to be put on Ho was necessary, as from 1909 to 1013 inclusive true value the devotion to duty which is Miu Ling verandah, the old one, with wooden the sum of 8383 was the total expenditure being daily displayed by the men at the both artillery fire and an offensivo mova beans, being eaten by white anus, mont, but the enemy was everywhere scheme for the extension of the Nethersole ended the year 82,570.96 down, This was on clothing. The Hospitals actually Owing to unforteren vircumstances the repulsed. We captured three officers and Hospital has so far pot been realised, accounted for to the extent of over $1,500 300 men,

Donations to the Building Fund have been by decrease in donations, whilst clothing received to the extent of 814,000, and we take this opportunity of expressing our expenditure alone more than accounted appreciation of the generous help we have for the remainder, to say nothing of so for received from several who have kindly the increase on repairs and improvements. shown their interest in the work done for

were wanted and he women. With so many other calls it has More donations

It is quite impossible for Irish or been difficult to raise the amount necessary, trusted that Chinese friends would come any one else to judge whother ОТ but our hope is strong that by special effort to their support more freely, and double naother man ought, or ought not, to takes are ty the extension may be under the amounts, for this year at least. Volunteer in any given case. It is a

early in the Spring Hospital incdical students have been trained would suffer to the extent of roughly $700, science, and I am convinced that in the Since the foundation of the Alice Memorial Owing to the war the Hospital funds matter for each man and his own con-

in their clinical work and given every facility in the wards and out-patient departments to usually collected from German firms obtain a practical knowledge of their work. The CHAIRMAN, referring to the decrease The medical students of the University have in subscriptions from Chinese, said that

Far from doing any good to recruiting A German official statement says the attended the wards of the Ho Miu Ling and

Nethersols Hospitals and have assisted at a at the end of last year there was an over think Trish's contribution to your or arousing a healthy publie opinion, I Federal Council has decided to seize all large number of major and minor operations, draft of 86,607 at the bank, an mcrease issue of the geth inst. will awakon stocks of wheat and flour on February Hospital. The first graduate of the Univor of $2,500 on the deficit of the previous totally different sentiments in the minds 2nd. All business transactions in four sity, Dr. G. E. Thomas, lived in the Ho Miu year. The first efforts of the Committee of most lovel-headed men who read it. are forbidden from to-day The Muni-Ling Hospital during the most of his student should be directed to the reduction of that I am Bir, yours, etc,

care and afterwards became House Surgeon deficit The Chairman also referred cipalities are instructed to regulate the in Nethersole and Ko Miu ing Hospitals. supply of meat, etc., and the Government Several factors have militated against the to the urgent need of a modern operating will distribute wheat and corn in propor as in the previous year. The severe epidemic replace the present one, which, he said, number of patients treated being as large theatre at the Nethereale Hospital to

tion to the number of inhabitants. -- of plague and the outbreak of the European

war as well as a belief among certain of the would not be tolerated in any up-to-date Chinese that Hongkong way to subside into institution. The cost would be 830,000, the sea accounted for the exodus of many towards which only $14,000 had been Chinese families from the Colony and

(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENOK.]

GERMANY'S FOOD SUPPLIES. GOVERNMENT SEIZES ALL STOCKS

OF WHEAT AND FLOUR.

LONDON, January 26th.

"FROM UTTERMOST PARTS There was an artillery duel on the rest OF THE EARTH?

deterred many patients from coming in from secured, not quito halt. the country districts; despite these untoward

of the front between the Lys and the Oise, EMPIRE'S GREAT RESPONSE TO events, there have been 1,830 in-patients, while west of Crayonne the enemy made

two successive attacks of a most violent character. The first was ropulsed, and the second penetrated our trenches, but we regained almost the whole of the lost ground by a vigorous counter-attack. The struggle continues around the section of trenches still occupied by the Germans, The enemy's artillery showed less activity than in the past few days. Our batteries

MOTHERLAND'S NEEDS.

LONDON, January 27th.

11.00 p.m. The Right Hon. Lewis Harcourt, M.P. (Secretary of State for the Colonies), in a speech in London, referred to the won derful work of the Empire during the war, what we oved to every corner of the Em

and acknowledged with deep gratitude pire for the unexampled response to the needs of the Motherland, saying there had been no sacrifice of men, money, or Our fro in the St. Hubert district pre material which seemed too great. He

devotion of the Dominiona, specially paid a heartfelt tribute to the loyalty and

remarking that none had rendered

kept up an effective fire on the German positions.

Two British destroyers arrived at Leith with fifty survivor from the Blucher. Splendid preparations were made to vented an attack, receive the German wounded.

GERMAN CRUISER

TORPEDOED.

LONDON, January 26th,

The enemy made active use of their trench-mortars against our positions at

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

vast majority of cases it can safely bu so left for decision.

MODERATE

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG).

DAILY PERSO

SIB, Your correspondents" Irish "

and Shirker" wem to be enjoying their

repartees.

Cold as the English are, I have too much respect for their patriotism to think that 26,000 out-patient visits, and 600 operations The Hon. Mr. SHELLIY enquired as to they will shirk when the real call for performed during the year. While in the exact position of the Finance Com-duty comes. At

At present I do not think patients are encouraged to pay for their food, mittee, and mentioned that although he that the moment when the help of all no case which is likely to be benefitted by had been a member of the Committee for residents is necessary has arrived. It treatment is refused admission hecuso of poverty and all out-patients obtain advice several years he had never been invited may be hard for those on the searchlights and medicine free. A large number of the 16 a single Committee meeting. The to have to work so much, but even if all iridoor enses have submitted to operation for surgical ophthalmic; or graecological dis accounts had only just been put into his the Shirkers decides to serve, dock ease, while 4,000 surgical dressings have hands, and he had had no opportunity

Irish expect many who can help him heen done in the out-patient department. It of studying them. Two years ago he made

at the lights f

bandages, etc. The X-ray apparatus has the Finanos Committee should be appoint ordinary duties to write such long will thus be-apparent that a large annual

If Irish is able after his work at of tlay is required for surgical dressings, wool, a suggestion that a number of members of the lights and the performance of his proved most useful in localising bullets and ed on a sub-committee to go into the affairs opistles, I am inclined to think that he therapontic value in enica of inoperable of the Hospitals. He would renew that is not overworked. tumours by affording relief from the more suggestion. He was sure that none of his He speaks of "patriotism,' frequency of cancer je probably less frequent carest to occupy a position in which their Well, the possession of these should distressing symptoms. Though the relative fellow members on the Finance Committee.

daty," and a host of other virtues.

mat with in our work. amongst Chinese than Europeans, cases of mammary and utorine cancer are frequently services were not made use of, or were not

imbue him with increased, energy, and required The total donations have been $11818 ns.

enable him to work without grumbling. The CHAIRMAN said he sympathised with am sure that I am voicing the senti- compared with $13,388 in 1913. It would bo of $1,000 additional could be raised. As he Hospitals are carried on the basis of free treatment to all requiring such and nearly all the patients are Chinese, we look to the leading and wealthy Chinese gentlemen to

needles, and has also been of considerable

Hartmanns Weiler, where there were greater services than the Union of South great, relief to the management if Bun the remarks of the Hon. Mr. Shell, and

fresh engagements. They bombarded Africa.

Than, Lombach, and Sentheim.

LONDON, January 27th.

1.45 am.

It is reported from Malmo (Sweden) that a submarine torpedoed the German

The Paris evening communiqué: cruiser Carelle off the island of Rugen, says The cruiser managed to reach Sassnitz (a The British last night repulsed fresh small port on the East Coast of Rugen attacks on Givenchy, near La Bassee, and Island, which belongs to Prussia). The by counter stack reoccupied their extent of the damage done to her is Positions of the previous evening. unknown.

[The Gazelle mentioned in the telegram is presumably the third-class cruiser completed in 1898, nt a cost of £225,000. The protected cruiser to be named E. Gazelle, laid down last year, is presumably not yet completed.

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BRITISH REPULSE GERMANS.

LONDON, January 26th, 10.25 p.m

perhaps it might be explained how they existed I did not now that I existed until last Friday, huigorously added the Chairman.

Eense of

ments of all aliens like myself when I say that, should the Government, of Hong- kong ever need our services, they will be most willingly given..

J. X. B.

the correspondence, must

HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE

Mr. Harcourt eulogised the most gal lant services and munificent gifts of India and Ceylon, while the Mother suggest some means whereby this compared before his advent to the Colony and the workers the greater the "glory —Yours, Dr. GIBSON said the Committee originat- Let Irish never forget that the fewer Country had also reaped a great rewardtively small additional income could be that it was formed to assist in the carry- from the Crown Colonies and great

Bunnally raised.

ing on of the work of the Hospital. In etc., Acknowledgment was made in the report previous years sub-committee meetings had tropical territories, where we had res of the services of Dr. E. B. Struthers, been held at different times when any pected the zatiments and customs of the appointed as locum tenens for eighteen special circumstance arose, when they that sect

This subject has now been suficiently inhabitants of these, the West Coast of who left on the expiration of that period at work, but he had never personally appeal-

months by the Landon Missionary Society, needed special help in carrying on these —Ev] Africa, as well as the East Coast, had the end of July and Dr. G. P. Jordan, Dred to the individual members. They

C. Forsyth and Dr. Evan-Jours, as conilt would, of course, be glad of any help. contributed splendid men and contribu

nts to the Hospitals, tions, as had all the British poseeraions

Mr. EDKING Supported the Hon. Mr. Shellin's suggestion, and emphasised that in the uttermost parts of the cart.

The Rev. T. W. PEARCE moved the adopthey wished to make it clear that the suggestion was in nowise made in a tion of the following resolution RUSSIANS DESTROY A That this Finance Committee of the Alice critical spirit, but with the object of

Memorial and its Ahliated Hospitals, assisting the Hospital authorities and this alternoon assembled for the first time since the lament facilitating the work of the executive.

Mr. SHELLIA proposed the appointment The Hon. ed death, on the 21st of July fast, of Sir of a sub-committee of seven members of pose the first reading of a Bill Kai Ho Kai, seeks to record its testimony the Finance Committee, and Mr. CHAU intituled, An Ordinance to provide The Press Bureau announces that the to the public services rendered by in it that Sir Er seconded for this incorporation of the Trustees of Mr. Coeris proposed as an amendment Intaud Lot No. 31 and the buildings. We counter-attacked, and, according to Libau: The nirship appeared yesterday Alice Memorial, had its origin in the bene six members, three nor Chinese and three

The earliest of the four hospitals, the that the sub-committee should consist of thereon known as Zetland Hall."

The fighting was very hot on the Bethune-La Bassee road, where the Cermans left 300 dead.

The enemy yesterday evening, in conse quence of the violent attack already mentioned; -- penetrated: our trenches: between Heuriebise and the Foulon Wood, west of Craonne, but were thrown into confusion by aerial bombs,

ZEPPELIN.

LONDON, January 27th

THE LATE SIR KAI HO KAI,

founding, development sunl maintenance, of

Russians have destroyed a Zeppelin at these charitable, institutions.

COUNCIL

A meeting of the Council takes place

DEDERS OF THE DAY

Mr.Shellim will pro

charge of the following:-

the latest reports, a portion of the lost and dropped nine bombs on an undefend #volent purpose o Sir Kai toward the sufforinese, and that they meet not less fre. The Hon. Attorney General will be in ing poor of Hongkong, and was by him quently than quarterly. Second reading of the Bill intituled,

ground, namely, the Foulon Wood, was ed part of the town. The forts opened recovered.

fire and the Zeppelin fell into the sea. Our troops in Argonne delivered two

Small craft destroyed the airship and attacks in the direction of St. Hubert and Fontaine Madame, and succeeded in captured the crew.

The Official Press Bureau announces that in the neighbourhood of Lu Bassee the onemy delivered several violent attacks gaining a footing in trenches recently against our First Division, hut were lost, and in wrecking several German repulsed with severe losses. We found at saps. A German counter-attack was one place on the La Bassce road 300 repulsed.

Germans killed and we took 55 prisoners, including two officers.

The night of the 25th and the morning

of the 26th were quiet in Alsace uni în the Vosges.

{BAVAR SERVICE]

GENERAL PAU'S MISSION.

PARIS, January 25th. General Pau will shortly leave for An attack on the French lines opposite There is nothing imiditant to report Petrograd to deliver the Military Medal Ypres was also repulted with great loss. elsewhere.

to the Grand Duke Nicholas,

erected-se a family memoria

skill and resources gladly and ennstantly.

Mr. EDKINS thought it would be

The prosperity of this medical and inadvisable to pass resolutions until the An Ordinance to amend the Stamp Second reading of the Bill intituled, ring work was, from the beginning to matter had been gene into thoroughly. A Ordinance, 1901. the und of his career in Hongkong, the object resolution might bind the Committee, and An Ordinance to remove doubts as to of his assiduous care as a philanthropist and also the Hospital executive to something the power of the Governer to appoint

not suitable done ofther is advance he gave of his time, Hon. Mr. Shellim and Mr. Coppin Deputy Official Receivers and as to the This Committee would commend his accordingly withdrew, their propositions, validity of the acts of persons appointed to bo Deputy Official Receivers or to act. example as worthy of imitation by all friends and it was decided that Dr. Gibson should as Deputy Official Receivers or attached of the Affliated Hospitals to day hid in ascertain the views of his colleagues, and to the office of the Official Receiver before the coming years, that the work which Sir that a further meeting of the Finance the commencement of this Ordinance

Committee should be called to deal with Kai began so well may be not less well the matter. Votes of thanks were accorded maintained and may mest always more fully the matter. and worthily the needs of the suffering four of the Color

Votes of thanks were accorded to the Hon. Treasurer, to Mr K M. The CHAIRMAN esconded, and it was Cumming for auditing the accounts, carried unanimously.

and to the Chairman for presiding.

An Ordinance to amend the Military Second reading of the Bill intituled,

Stores (Exportation) Ordinances, 1802 and 1914. AN

Second reading of the Bill intituled, An Ordinance to amend the Alien Enciries (Winding up) Ordiñance, 1911.a