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THE WAR.

COLOSSAL GERMAN LOSSES IN

POLAND.

ZEPPELIN SCARE IN ENGLAND.

VIGOROUS FIGHTING ON ALLIES' FRONT,

RUSSIAN FRONT

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].

COLOSSAL GERMAN LOSSES.

SEVERE FIGHTING IN POLAND.

LONDON, February 2nd.

7.50 a.m.

A Petrograd communiqué says;-- An attempt was made by the Germans on Saturday to take the offensivo on the Lipno-Dobrzin line (on the right bank of the Vistula towards Thorn) but they were repulsed with heavy loss. The enemy was forced to ovacuate the village of Makow, The Germans on Sunday concentrated large artillery forces in the region of Sokhaczew-Bolimow (near Warsaw), and then attacked in strength and close formation with large supports.

An impetuous Gemaan attack on Bun- May in the region of Borjimoff forced us to retire to our second line of trenches.

The prisoners captured in the Borjimoff megion say that the German attacks between January 23rd and 30th cost them over 6,000 killed.

In the Carpathians wo captured 79 officers and 4,005 men between January 20th and 29th.

LATER. Wo recaptured all the trenches at Ber- jimoff by a vigorous counter-attack.

The German casualties are 'colossal, The enemy simultaneously attacked the villages of Goumina and Moghel sup- We ported by a withering artillery fire. repulsed them by artillery and bayoneta and regained our positions.

FBANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.

{THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

MORE GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED,

WITH HEAVY LOSSES.

LONDON, February 1st..

5.35.p.m.

To-day's Paris communiqué Bays- The fighting consista mostly of artillery engagements, which AIG

Jively in the northern region.

The German infantry attempted on

GENERAL

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3nn, 1915.

A ZEPPELIN SCARE,

EXPECTED AIRCRAFT DO NOT ARRIVE.

LONDON, February 1st. 11.15 p.10 It is reported that airships appeared off the south-east coast to-night.. Tha forte opened fire and drove them across the Channel.

The authorities in London and elec where were very prompt in taking pre cautions by obscuring lights and protect ing important points. All was done with eplendid orderliness and calm.

LONDON, February 2nd.

3,00 2.0 There was gun-firing by the const tatteries and searchlights were busy, but no hostile aircraft appeared.

Rumours were rife in London that a feet of Zeppelins were approaching, but the rumours were baseless. The activities noted were probably in connection with trial defence measures, entailing a further diminution of light and the calling out of the special constables.

" UP AND AT 'EM!?".

BLOODTHIRSTY ADVICE OF A

GERMAN ADMIRAL

In support of the idea of employing submarines to sink British merchant vessels advocated in the German Press and now being carried into effect on the high seas, Hear-Admiral Satloper con tributes a remarkable article to the Berliner Lokalanzeiger in which the following Bentonces are of special

interest:-

We waste too much time on purely humane things, which torment and torture us, while our adversarios seizo the opportunity and recklessly do us harm wherever and whenever that can be done. A

We have been contented till now

with occasiona! parrying... We must without doubt return tit for tat, and. begin a systematic and reckless war of retaliation against British commerce. For this we possess a most efficient foul in our submarines on foo must strike while the iron is hot, and naturally this new weapon must not merely be employed against hostile battleships, but also against all ships under the enemy's flag upproach ing the English coast. We can announce our standpoint to all neutral Powers, but then no morcy

The idea of destroying the enemy's commerce and troop transports is some thing convincing, and produces agree able feelings. In this weapon Germany has an advantage which must be used quickly and with all determination. Any one under the enemy's flag who thinks this barbarous or inhum may do so, but our device must be Up and at em !!!

WAR NEWS.

"WHY MUST GERMANY WIN?”

VAGUE VIEWS OF REPRESENTA

THE ADMIRAL'S BROOM: Mr. Fred E. Weatherly has written a third verse to his song The Admiral's Broom which has gained popularity throughout the world. The now verso le as follows: A And we still have a foo in the grey North Son,

A awaggering foo to-day, da But still we keep the mighty deep

Whatever the foe may say, And this is the challengo wa fing to him,

As our ships ride to and fro, "Come out and fight in the open light,

Come out like an honest foo For there is still a whip at the rast, And it's strong and long and fast,

Though, you ravage and slay and Ruonk You'll have to fight at Inst! There still is a whip at the mast, And it's strong and long and fast,

And dogs that bite And will not fight. Shall be whipped to death at last!"

away,

AIRMAN'S PRESENCE OF MIND.

Though the weather has been generally unfavourable to aviation, says Eye witness" in one of his latest dispatches from the front, several reconnaissances have been made during the past week, and there have been three encounters in the air between British and German aeroplanes, na a result of which the hostile machine has in each case been forced to go down in the German lines. On one occasion our machine chased a Taube, and having attained the favourable position for shooting the observer emptied lis automatic pistol at the enemy without any visible result at about 100ft. range. He then proceeded to take a photograph, and the appearance of the camera seems to have alarmed the German aiman, who at once fled.

Apropos of this, it may be mentioned that a letter relating to the loss of the battle off Chilo has been received by Monmouth and Good Hope in the naval

Upon another occasion a somewhat Pacific Steama Navigation Company in which was being dropped caught in a Captain Hayes, an ex-commodore of the difficult situation arose when # bamb Liverpool, from Mr. A. J. Franklin, a string and remained suspended three or prominent merchant and formerly a cap four feet below the aeroplane. There was tain in the Pacific Steam Navigation no way of reaching the bomb, and it was Company's service. Writing from Con- impossible to land. Finally the observer ception under date November 17th, Mr. kicked hole through the floor of the Franklin saye ---- Over a fuselage, hooked the string, with his food The German skunk of an Admiral and shook it until the bomb fell off. gavo as his excuse that the weather was too bad to save life. A strong souther was certainly blowing at the time, but both you and I know and have had experience of life-saving in a gale. In their wretched heartlessness the Ger- mans, them, never intended to save at all. Their creed is to destroy and kill remorselessly..

5.25 d. The gun-firing at Dover was due to the A non-compliance of a steamer with the pert regulations.

THE SUBMARINE MENACE. LIVERPOOL NOT SCARED.

LONDON, February ist.

“I thought German sailors would have shown up better than the soldiers, but they are all imbued with the same hatred towards us, and one may include a large proportion of the civilians,”

JAPANESE EXPEDITION

TO EUROPE.

VIEWS OF NATIVE PRESS. "Although we have on several occasions drawn attention to the impossibility of sending our troops to Europe to assist the Allies, said the Mainichi recently yet it is to be regretted that there are still not

favour of responding to M. Pichon's steamers between Great Britain and peal, and talk about the necessity of help Ireland have been cancelled, but Liverpool There is ever talk of the orgoniantion of ing the Allies in their presunt struggle. is not scared. Vessels were entering and a movement for recruiting volunteers to leaving that port yesterday as usual, The Pichon in favour of asking for the help of.

fight in Europe. The arguments of M large passenger lines continue their impression among influential circles of Japanese arms have ceased to make say

the allied peoples, and opinions have been

HOW THE TRENCHES ARE TAKEN.

present

with

General Headquarters at the teat of war,

The Eyewitness

describes an artillery bombardment of the enemy's positions such as has recently been carried out--and says that, viewed from the high ground on ear left, it is a mustapressive sight. After a short burst of fire lasting, perhaps, for only three or four minutes the hostile trentbes are obscured by a pali of smoke, in the raidet of which can be seen the flashes of the shrapnel bursts and the miniature vol- canoes of earth where the high-explosive common shells burst in the soft clay soil. Then, if an infantry attack is to be launched, the cannonade suddenly coases, there is a moment of suspenre, and a trenches and rushes across the fire-awept swarm of khaki figures springs from our one of possibly a hundred yards in

urdrea breadthat

Instantly there breaks out the rattle of

JAPAN AND TSINGTAU.

THE EXPULSION OF GERMANS.

The Kobe Shimbu, dealing with th proposed expulsion of Germans from Tsingtau, says:

our

TIVE GERMANS.. The Berlin Lokalanzeiger published on Christmas Day a number of replies to the question Why must Germany wint is that very few of them speak in anything pursuing their avocations under The most curious thing about, the answers

"While the Germans in Tsingtau are but a fow vaguo phrases of military military administration with the same superiority Count Schwerin, President security of life and property that they of the Lower House of the Prussian Diet enjoyed under the Governor General of and former President of the Reichstag, Tsingtau, it is very regrettable that our says that the main factor which promises Government appears at a loss what to do Germany victory is the consciousness with the Japanese there, who at present that her causé is good and right." The number about one thousand. Of course, Conservative leader, Horr von Heydo our Foreign Office authorities wish to win brand, says in effect that Germany must the confidence of the resident Germans by win because she is fighting for her exist showing then kindness and magnanimity, but we are afraid that under present con- ditions considerate treatment such as our Government gives the Germans is fraught with serious consequences. The immediate result is the arrest of several influential Germans residing in Tsingtau.. There is no doubt that these Germans have acted. against the military administration, but the laxity of our authorities in dealing with the German residents is also to blame.

ence.

Ifo hopes that it will be possible to interfere with British imports, and says that cconomically Germany can

hold out for a long time still.", The head of the Hamburg-Amerika Line, Herr Ballin, speeks in general terms of the excellence of Germany's so-called militarism and of her "honourable efficiency." Professor Haeckel says that Germany must win for national, interna tional, and ethical reasons Germany is fighting for her own existence and for the freedom of the whole civilized world British hypocrisy and the British network in and out of Europe, and is exposing of lies. Professor Adolf Wagner says that Germany must win because her defent would destroy the Germany built up on the successes, of 1806 and 1870.

single mention of any enemy but England. Throughout the replies there is not a

ANTWERP

THE STRONGHOLD.

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LAST

DESPERATE GERMAN PLAN TO HOLD THE CITY.

An Express special correspondent in Belgium states on the authority of first- hand information that the Germans have now three plans for their coming retreat from Flanders

They are now concentrating a force of 300,000 of the Landsturm in a fortifed position in and around Antwerp, in order that they may be enabled to make & firm stand there, when the Allies hurt them backpa

captured by force of arms, it is unthink- Although Tsingtau has been able to attempt to maintain its occupation really wish to occupy Tsingiau success- otherwise than by economies. And if wo fully there is no alternative but to expel all Germans residing under our military administration. This measure may be criticised as being extreme, but in example set by England driving the doing this we should only follow the. Germans out of Hongkong, or by Russia in prohibiting the residence of Germans in Harbin. In our view, the occupation of Tsingtau is not complete till the Gor- mans residing there are expelled. And in the recent arrest of influential Germans for infringements of our law we are pro- "vided with a good reason for dearing Tsingtau of all Germaus-Japan Chronicle.

TSINGTAU'S POSSIBLE

RIVAL

An opinion is gaining ground among the Chinese, says the Asaht, that Langkou, where the Japanese expedition to Shan- tung landed, should be opened to the the growth of Japanese influence in commerce of the world, to counter balance Shantung. The Japanese Government, adds the Osaka journal,, will not object to the opening of the port, and if the Chinese Government wishes to open it, they can do so at any time. The_port, therefore may be operied shortly.-Japan Chronicle.

If we are repulsed in Flanders, we shall A German lieutenant in Antwerp said:

treat at once on Antwerp, not even attempting to defend Ghent, but our defence of Antwerp will be desperate, and it will take years to drive us out, as I expect we shall have five army carps there. When the time conses all civilians will get twenty-four hours notice and will have to leave Antwerp to prevent them from trying to help the Belgian army,

As it is, we are gathering troops here, TSINGTAU SPOILS OF WAR. but the troops will not be allowed to come into the city..

"The Landstar mes are confined to day and night with the sappers com the outside forts, where they are working pleting the defence works, and mining

Of the prizes of war taken at Tsingtau, notes the dechs, arms and other munitions of war have been brought to Japan,, hut. Provisions of a perishable nature are boing They have been espantaserved out to the Japanese troops. building the fortifications between and tinned meats, and there is not mora busy re These provisions consist chiefly of flour

every farmovie

Bome of the regular sailings of cargo fow who seriously express themselves in machine-guns and musketry. There is some Antwerp and the Holland border, which than about three months' supply, for one

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hesitation as the stormers reach the entanglement, and then, if the asseuls trenches, leaving a few or many scattered succeeds, they disappear into the enemy's

hodies lying in the track of their advance,

GERMAN AEROPLANES VISITS TO ENGLAND.

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be sold:

have now been reconstructed and equipped Army Division. The clothing seized will with the latest devices.

Almost invisible canzon have been placed in subterranean positions, many of them being directed on Antwerp, which will be destroyed if necessary.

"Our defence of Antwerp will be our last stand in Belgium. If we are driven out our name as a military nation will

sailings fully confident that the Admiralty freely expressed in the Press of France, German aeroplanes visited England and sink into oblivion.

will dispose of the raiders.

NYASSALAND REBELLION

SUPPRESSED.

LONDON, February 1st.

On Thursday and Christmas Day Sweden, and the Netherlands against the flew over Dover, Sheerness, and Southend employment. Japanese troops in

At Sheerness and Southend on Decem. Europe What most troubles us, how ber 27th, enemy machines were fired on ever, is the apprehension which is being in the air by British aviators. The increasingly entertained in Englan) and aeroplane over Sheerness was hit several

France as to our motives in the event of our assisting the Allies. Of course, the rock-times less and imprudent manner in which some

Two hostile machines flew over South-

PRISONERS OF WAR. WHEN THEY MAY BE KILLED ACCORDING TO THE GERMANS.

LOTTERY GAMBLING I

HAINAN.

THE REAL CURSE OF CHINA

A correspondent of the N-6. Daily News writing from Kachek on January 15th says

spent in Vang-neng District. The lottery business in this district goes on with un- abated vigour.The arrival of the new magistrate, it is hoped,, will put more life

I have just returned from several weeks

gambling

attack to the south-east of Ypres, but were other ringleaders continuo to be made from Japan. To our thinking, those who Again in the afternoon a supposed hostile The object of the book is to warn the shoppers, going to market to buy provi

Our batteries, scored successes along

the whole of the Aisue front...

We consolidated our positions around a small wood which we captured to the north-west of Mesnil-les-Hurlus,

pressed,

ARMY PROMOTIONS.

LONDON, February 2nd..

come to blows over each others' losses

The Governor of Nyasaland, in particularly further telegram, anys that although the of us have insisted on Japan going to end and were fusillader for a quarter of

leader of the rebellion is still uncaptured help the Allies is responsible for most of an hour, at shout one o'clock.

this. It almost appears that the French At Dover a German aeroplane dropped he is being closely pursued. His followers are rather, inclined to listen to the warna bomb in a garden. Only windows were have been broken up, and captures of ing the Germans gave against the danger broken by the concussion.

of the Allies seeking military assistance

These visits took place in the morning. immediately defeated by combined artil The rising may be regarded as su consider it necessary to help the Allies at aeroplane flew over Sheerness, and was lery and infantry fire.

the present moment do not represent the fired on by anti-aircraft guns. real opinion of our people, and ignore the It is stated in Dover that on December position which we occupy in our rehath a German zeroplane passed at a great tion to other nations Should the allied height over the Madway and over Heric nations really be in need of our arms, Bay. Colonel Rowland

their respective Governments will com British airmen ascended to the attack Colonel George Stockwell have

Mainwaring and municate formally with our Government not only at Sheerness and Southend, but been It is not the attitude of patriotic people, also at Dover. At the latter there was no appointed Divisional Commanders. with the peace of the world at heart, firing. All the hostile machines got away. Quiet has prevailed in the Argonne [Colonel R.B. Mainwaring returned to insisting on the necessity of assisting the There was fog at Dover, but at Southend General Staff, "declare that human risking and losing ancestral funde. * region, where the Germans appear to the Army after retiring. He has served on Allies. Japan is confronted with the air was clear when the German have suffered very heavily.

several expeditions, and was in the Burmese the Far East which await urgent settle

several important questions relating to aeroplane was sighted. expedition in 1885-86 with the 1st Batt Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He commanded the 2nd Batt. R.W.F. in Crete in 1895 (Brore of Colonel, CM.G.), and became Colonel in The Paris evening communiqué save the following year. He was 4.A.G., Ports This morning the enemy violently 1900, being mentioned in despatches, Queen's mouth, 1809; A.A.G., South Africa, 1990- attacked trenches north of the Modal and two clasps. Colonel Mainwaring Labasse Bethune

also commanded the 23rd Regimental district, road, but

were 1900-6.] repulsed, leaving numerous dead.

our.

LONDON, February 2nd.

12.56 am.

Gorman infantry at Beaumont Hamel, north of Albert, attempted to surprise one of our trenches, but were repulod, abandoning the explosives with which they were provided.

There has been great activity in the region of Fontaine Madame and Bois-la- Grurie in Argoune

cause ill-feeling among our friends by

ment, and the allied nations would do to send her troops to Europe,” well to remember that she cannot afford

AT THE MAGISTRACY.

a

SEQUEL TO A BIRTHDAY, Colonel G. C. L. Stockwell, D.S.O., wás Before Mr. E. A. Hazeland at the the Brigade Commander of the Highland Magistracy Light Infantry. He served in the Chitral named William Alfred Mungham (HMS. yesterday, a maring Relief Force, 1802 (despatches, medal with Tamar), was charged with behaving in clasp); South Africa, 1899-1902 (despatches, Queen's and King's medals, four taps, disorderly manner in a trancar, and with D.8.0.]

assaulting the conductor.

The conductor told his Worship that the AMERICAN SHIP PURCHASE defendant boarded the car at the Searen

BILL

A SURPRISE IN THE SENATE.

LONDON, February 2nd,

Institute, caused some disturbance, and attempted to strike a Chinese passenger, who became so frightened that he left the first-class compartment and went into the third. The defendant followed him, and when the conductor endeavoured to re- monstrate with him, struck him in the face, and later hit the motor-man,

Defendant said he had come ashore to celebrate a birthday, and after about o'clock he remembered nothing.

Bergt Blackman said defendant bad his coat off and wanted to fight everybody

A German attack in the direction of Bagatello was repulsed. One of our A Washington telegram reports that the trouches was mined and wrecked. We debate in the Senate on the Ship Purchase evacuated the trench and suffered 20

Bill, which the Republicans are obstruct losses.

ing has been adjourned after. Senator Clarke (Democrat and temporary Fre There has been no fighting in the Vosges sident) had startled his colleagues by in the car. It took four men to take him nor in Alsace, where there has been a moving to recommit the Bill to the to the station. heavy fall of snow.

Commerce Committee for revision.

AUSTRO-GERMAN PEACE MOVEMENT?

STRIKING DESPATCH FROM VIENNA.

The Japan Chronicle of January 21st contained the following, which was a Mainichi-Chronicle service telegram from New York

A dispatch from Vienna, said to come

from a diplomatic source says that Austria and Germany have been dis- Austria, says the internal situation is such as to make peace necessary, and sho is disposed to resign East Galicia as the price of peace. Germany has replied (according to this report) that she is inclined to make peace on condition that German possessions remain undisturbed, but thinks it inadvisable to present these peace proposals now.

cussing the question of peace termi.

* Germany and Austria agree that they must leave Turkey to its fate-partition by the Allies.

Austria says that should the internal situation not improve the question of her concluding pesce separate from Germany will quickly arise. Germany thereupon

promised to transfer half a million nev On the first charge, the defendant was soldiers to Austria to repel the Russiang Fined $3, and on the second 815.

and prevent them from raiding Budapest

The German General Staff in 1912 issued into the efforts to put down this wholesalo a book entitled War Usages During a Struggle on Land, where it gave its opinions upon all subjects of military cows, and mortgaging their fields in the Poon farmers are selling their pigs ant jurisdiction, including prisoners of war. hope of getting a big haul some day: German officers against all exaggerated sions for the family, stake their cash and humanitarian ideas," says the preface. come home to eat rios without met or Acording to the Kaiser's generals, vegetables: the women of one village being Prisoners of war may be killed in the asked as to the planting of their rica following two instances

First, in reprisal for extreme measures planting fields, we are interested only in fields replied, "No one is interested in taken by the enemy in regard to prisoners the lottery. Children steal, cash with while several students of international which to buy tickets: husbands and wives of war. law," ingenuously adds the German treable is caused in clans by the Treasurers tarian considerations do not permit Bioides are numerous a husband slap- reprisals, to accept this point of view ia ped his wife, and she, rushing out of the to prove oneself incapable of understand house, threw herself into a river not far ing the importance and law of warfare.'

The second instance cited is when the 8100 from her husband in Singapore, lost away. Another woman having received existence of prisoners of war constitutes 200 and the loaned the remaining $10 to a danger to the army or the country."

To illustrate this the German strategists that, if he won, he was to return home by her younger brother, admonishing him. mention the execution of the Arnauts at way of the big gate of the compound: he Jaffa, the execution of prisoners during won, but thinking to enhance the good the Vendean insurrection, and during the luck for his sister, entered the compound Carlist war, etc. -

In these cases," explains the book, kitchen to eat his breakfast, The sister by the small gate, and went into the the reason for the execution of the pris seeing him, thought of what her ansband ridding the country of the burden of savings all wasted, went into her bed-room oners was to be found in the necessity of would say when he returned to find his guarding and feeling them. But as a and hanged herself: the younger brother sort of consolation to those who may find found her dead when he came to tell her such methods a trife belated, it is added: his luck after breakfast. "But it is hard to suppose that in our days with the present facility of transporta tion, the necessity to kill the prisoners would arise during a European war."

HONGKONG INDIANS ARRESTED IN SINGAPORE,

At every town and wayside inn dozens. of men may be seen writing up lottory books, and every morning the whole coun try-side focks to the places where the lots are drawn. All the conversation one overhears has to do with the lottery': dreams aro depended upon, Mols are diligently served and inquired of the spirits in unoccupied houses are pr= The Straits Times says that there are in pitiated and trusted to aid the suppliant custody in Singapore awaiting rendition to win, and the graves of the recently to Hongkong two Pathans who were departed dead are resorted to, to obtain arrested there upon their arrival on the information regarding which cno of the Nam Sang Information was received thirty-four names to take their money on. from the authorities in Hongkong to There seems to be but one member of apprehend the men as they were wanted the gentry who is diligently striving to en a charge of larceny. One of them has put down the evil, and to his strenuous been a watchman and the other a member efforts is due, the fact that the northern of the Hongkong police forcs and both end of the district is zet in the grip of were on their way to India

this great evil