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THE WAR.

DARDANELLES

BOMBARDED.

'TRIUMPH " TAKES PART.

BRITAIN'S REPLY TO AMERICA.

GERMANY EXACERBATES AMERICAN FEELING.

SIR JOHN FRENCH ON BRITISH OPERATIONS.

NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT:

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] OPERATIONS AROUND YPRES,

FIELD MARSHAL FRENCH'S LATEST BULLETIN

LONDON, February 18th.

2.05 p.m.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]. DARDANELLES BOMBARDED BY ALLIED FLEET.

SOME OF THE FORTS SILENCED..

LONDON, February 20th.

5.20 p.m. The Official Press Bureau announces. The Press Bareau has issued a bulletin that at eight o'clock in the from Field-Marshal Eir John French, in morning, yesterday, British fleet which he states that the enemy has dis of battleships, battle-cruisers and played considerable sctivity during the destroyers, aided by a strong French past few days to the south-east of Ypres, squadron, the whole being under the .com and that the fighting there has sometimes mand of Vice Admiral Garden, attacked been sovere the forts at the entrance to the

Dardanelles.

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Forts Copehelles and Hunkale were bombarded at long range, and the fire pro duced a considerable effect on these two forts. Two others were frequently hit, but it was difficult to estimate the damage done.

At one or two points the enemy succed- ed in occupying some of our trenches, but he was driven out by counter-attacks.

Sixty Gorman dead were left on the g7cund at one place.

We blew up a Gorman trench and took a number of prisoners. Our troops counter-attacked with great gallantry

"HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES. # di FONDON, February 20th.

siderable.

enemy's losses

GENERAL

THROUGH REUTER'S AGETOT,]

THE NEUTRAL FLAG

#QUESTION.

SWATOW NOTES.

MEMORANDUM BY EIR EDWARD the imminent suppression of opium grow.

GREY.

RANDOM REFLECTIONS:

[FROM OUR OWN CORESPONDENT.]

The escape of four German prisoners from the Kowloon Camp hae furnished To-day's Faris communiqué sayı :→→

SUPPRESSING, OPIUM GROWING,

the event of the week Containly, no stone The Germans bombarded Nieuport Bains

In recent notes reference was made to and the Dunes, and we replied effectively

was left unturned to secure their arrest.

The Germans used important fortes tu

ing in the Swatow region. The authori Tho diligent Pathans who were out scour ties have actually put their tareate into ing the New Territory, knowing what attack" eastward of Ypres. After nu

LONDON, February 19th.

oporation. Chinese New Year has not wily game they were after, did not allow intense bombardment the enemy attacked

Sir Edward Grey, in a Memorandum interfered with the movements of troops, the fact that several golfers at Fan Ling with the bayout, but wore repulsed, and in regard to the flying of Live American Boats have been commandeered and he wore apparently absorbed in the royal and our artillery envelope with fire the flag by the Lusitania, shows that Great various bands have been convoyed to the ancient pastime to save them from arrest. German reserves which should have sup Britain is entitled to fly a neutral flag interesting to note that the county on this occasion, they next proceeded several opium-growing districte. It is Nothing daunted by having drawn a blank · ported the attack, The German losses in order to escape capture, sinking, or magistrates have been ordered to put into to detain a high police official and four were very heavy.

destruction, especially as the United effect the penal measures of the Govern detectives who wore out in mufti on the From the Lys to the Aisne the artillery | States acted in a similar manner in their meat. This is as it should be," the same quest es themselves. All's well that was active.

Civil War. The Memorandum emphasises magistrates should be held responsible ends woll," however, and in the end they 3:55 p.m.

the obligations of belligerents to ascertain for the good behaviour of their several brought their rightful quarry to bay. It is confirmed that the during the past few days have been con the nationality and character of mor- counties, but at the same time they must

The patronage accorded to the Italian chantmen. Consequently, the hoisting of be given the accessary number of soldiers Opera Company which is paying us an unexpected visit, must surely be accounted According to statemente made by a neutral flag cannot endanger neutral information goes the agriculturists have another surprise of the week. If anyone prisonere, a battalion has been destroyed. shipping. The responsibility for any wisely submitted to being despoiled of had ventured to tell me & fortnight ago

The Germans made a fourth attack on loss must rest of Germany,

their opium. In one instance in the that an English Opera Company-to say Kityang county some planters reset nothing of a Company who sing only ju the heights of the Meuse at Les Etarges,

the soldiers interference. bub were repulsed by artillery fire.

They were Italian would draw crowded audiences. promptly apprehended and imprisoned to the Theatre for six successive nights of BRITAIN'S REPLY TO AMERICA The Kityang Magistrate has his work the week I would have doubted his sanity. cut out for him, for the plant is plenti But it has been proved this week that fully distributed over all his county. The planters are not likely to help in the there are more lovers of music in Hong- uprooting, so that the few hundreds of Portuguesa have turned out in great force kong than most of us had suspected. The soldiers have back-aching work in store to the performances, and the Chinese also thom! Chaiyang and Haiyang have been well represented in the audiences, counties have also ventured to grow It is many years since an Opera Company, opium and the same penalties await then visited Hongkong, but in the old days, that are now being meted out to Kitgang when the Philippines belonged to Spain, frequently gave performances in the Opera Companies on their way to Marila

Colony,

eastern

The enemy continued to make unsucesi. ful counter-attacks on Hill 607, They' gained u footing

on the spur at Sattel. Fighting continues.

It is raining and snowing in the Voges

CANNONADES AND FUSILADES.

LONDON, February 21st. 2.25 am

THE CAPTURE OF THE

"WILHELMINA”

to enable them to do so. As far as my

LONDON, February 19th Great Britain, replying to the United States Noto in reference to the capture of the Wilhelmina, enumerates Germany's violations of the laws of humanity, and for

says that if, therefore, the Government beroafter should declare all foodstuffs to be absolutely contraband,

CHINA

The evening communiqué issued at Paris-expect neutral coabies they would not wow being meted out to

ground of departure from international doctrine,

From Belgium along the whole front to Rheims there have been cannonades and fusilades

Our action continues in Champagne under good conditions. We repulsed several counter-attacks and made fresh progress north of Perthes, occupying a wood which the enemy had strongly organised.

In Argonne there were some engage. ments of little importance. After repuls-

GERMANY'S REPLY TO

AMERICA. INCREASES AMERICAN IRE

LONDON, February 19th. A message from Washington says that to-day's comment shows that the German reply to the American Note has only exacerbated American feeling.

The Chinese New Year has lost much of its glamour. Now that the Wester New Your is officially recognised the old customs get seriously interrupted. Sw

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A lady of Szechuan, whose health and tow has had its few days' rest, Customs spirits remain unimpaired, after " over a ad shipping officers have had a holiday hundred summers, has just been present- and the foreign community has betakened by the President of Chius, with one of itself to rivers and crecks to enjoy some thore greatly prized tablets bearing four shooting. Ducks and geese, etc., are characters representing Commendable plentiful and good bags can be sceured Virtue and Venerable Age, and the by the skillful shot The Han river Ministry for Home Affairs was directed basin provides the enterprising sportsman to consider what special distinction could with pheasants, anipe and partridges and be conferred upon her in accordance occasionally a roebuck Occasionally with the rules governing rewards and

A portion of the battleship fleet was despite the water-dogged condition of the ing teh sixth counter-attack at Les Parges, AMERICAN SHIPS PURCHASE tiger gets trapped.

ordered to close in and engage the forts at closer range with their secondary armament

The forts on both sides of the entrance then opened fire and were engaged at moderate ranges

by the Vengeance, Cornwallis, Triumph, Suffren, Gaulois and Bouvet, supported by the Inflexible and Agamemnon at long range..

The forts on the European side of the Straits were apparently silenced, but one fort on the Asiatic side was still firing when operations were suspended owing to failing light.

None of the Allies' ships were bity The action will be renewed to-day after an aerial reconnaissance.

The seroplano ship Royal Ark is in attendance with naval seaplanes and aeroplanes.

The following particulars shew the strength of the ships taking part in the bombard ment:

ground and trenches,

The Germans made a night attack on the 15th inst. at Xprce Canal, and on the following night a similar attack near Neave Chappelle. Both attacks wore casily repulsed with loss to the enemy,

All the ground we recently gained has been strengthened and held without difficulty.

Our artillery to the south of the Lys effectively dealt with the German batteries, and our aeroplanes, in valuable reconnaissances, successfully engaged the enemy. One British seroplane attacked two Germans, the engagement resulting in the destruction of a German aeroplane.

LONDON, February 20th.

4.10 m.

southward of Verdun we delivered an attack which enabled us to enlarge and complete the program realised yesterday. We took three machine-guns, two trenches and mortars and 200 prisonera, including several officers. On the positions wo carried at Xon we found dead belonging

to five different regiments AUSBIAN FRONT.

THROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY.]

FURIOUS FIGHTING IN CARPATHIANS.

LONDON, February 19th.

3.50 am: A Petrograd communiqué says: We repulsed a series of attacks in the Carpathians at Jassionki and to the north-east of Stropko

We captured, at the point of the

BILL.

TO BE TALKED “DEAD?

LONDON, February 10th.

2.00 p.m. A telegram from Washington says that the Democrats have decided to allow the Opposition to talk the Ships Purchase Bill dead President Wilson has

abandoned the idea of an extra session.

FIELD MARSHAL SIR JOHN FRENCH.

ACCORDED HIGHEST MILITARY

'HONOUR BY THE FRENCH

LONDON, February 20th telegram from Paris says that the Government has conferred the Military

encouragements; *—pour encourage les THE CULTIVATION OF TOBACCO,

autres, no doubt. This particular lady, On the higher reaches of the Han River, who is the mother of a lieutenant-genera), where Fuhkien burders on, the Cantra is described as being "noted for her Province, the people wisely pursue the accomplishments and virtue as well as for cultivation of the tobacco plant. In this her excellent method in educating her som industry the Fukkien people are very judiciously," and the Mandate says “sho loi the best Chiness tobacco is grown Republic. I should hope that this re- expert. In centres like Yunthin and indeed a remarkable person of our

and manufactured. It is exported to the mark applies more to her age than to hor Straits Settlements and to such places as accomplishments and virtues. Chinese emigrate to, and has a preference in many parts of China. One ares a few Chinese youths smoking cigarettes, but the foreign cigarette has by no means ousted the national product, nor is it likely to do The Chinaman mintains that its native tobacco is very agreeable to h's palate

50.

Foreign tobacco companies send their agents to almost every market place

My remarks propios the Governor's condemnation of the top-hat has producci an expression of opinion from a COLIUS, pondent, which shows that there are. SOME who swear by this form of headgear as thɔ top-notch of respectability Among other the tact that in Hongkong the top hat has things, he says:—I have always deplored

been almost relegated to the limbo of things forgotten. A top-hat makes a man o 100s with a rock coat. Personally, I do not somebody when he wears it in conjunction

noticeable hundreds of yards away with well-ironed topper, and my wife would a mixture of Chinese and English read-assuredly become hysterical vere e felt hat

to banish it from its high estate"!! ing They are ugly productions and do not add to the artistic merit of the native

My wife and I ca this agree village

THE CHINESE EMIGRANT, The Chinese emigrant has

The Paris evening communique says bayonet, the height north of Voliamiklof Medal on Field Marshal BirJohn Their big posters on the village walls are feel dressed on Sunday unless I don my

In Belgium an attack on our trenches to the east of Ypres was repulsed.

The enemy had deployed five companies in the first line in an attempted attack The near Roclincourt, north of Arras, attack was repulsed.

A Russian battalion at daybreak on the Ench 17th inst. Stormed Lunette, in the region Chief).

(the British Commander in This in the highest Military of Zavadók, killing all the German honour that the French can confer defenders.

All the German counter-attacks, inf massed columns, were repulsed.

BRITISH CARGOES AT TSINGTAU.

Vengeance battleship of 12,950 tons dis- placement. Armament consists of 1 12-in., 12 8-in., 12 12-pr., 8 3-pr. and machine guns Cornwallis battleship of 14,000 tons dis placement. Armament same as Pengeance. Triumph battleship of 11,800 tons dis

HOW TO CLAIM THEM Armament consists of 4 10-in., placement.

14 7.6-in., 14 14.pr., 2, 12-pr., 8 6-pr., and machine guns.

Inferible cruiser battleship of 17,160 tons displacement. Armiamont consists of 8 12-in. 16 4-in., 5 machine guns,

Agamemon: battleship of 16,500 tons dis placement Armament consists of 412 in 49.2, 10 6in., 14 12-pr., 17 3-pr., and machine guns.

Suffren: turret-ship of 12,527 tons. Arma ment tunaists of 4 12-in, 10 6.4-in., 6.3,9-1 20 1.8-in., 214de

Gaulois battleship, 11,105 tons. Arma mont consists of 4 12-in., 10 3.5-in., 85.9-in. 16 1.8-in., 10-1.4in., 8 machine gune

Bouset turret-ship of 12,007 tons. Arma

ment consists of 2 12-in., 2 10.8-in, 8 5.5 in., 8 3.9-in., 19. small Q.F. and machine guns.

CARDIFF STEAMER

TORPEDOED.

NO WARNING GIVEN.

LONDON, February 20th.

A German submarine, without warning to day torpedoed the Cardiff steamer Vambank, five miles off Almwych Hay The vessel had just taken a pilot on board und was proceeding to Liverpool.

The third engineer and two firemen were killed, and the donkeyman was drowned when trying to jump into s boat. The remainder were saved.

[BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE.

NEUTRAL MERCHANT-SHIP

TORPEDOED.

LONDON, February 20th. The Norwegian tank ship Belridge was struck by a torpedo from a German suh marine to-day, near Folkestone. The Beiridge was a neutral ship proceeding from New Orleans to Amsterdam..

Rheims was again bombarded. In Champagne, in the region of Souain, Perthes, and Beau Sejour, the enemy, on the night of the 18th and morning of the 19th., delivered five counter-attacks with a view to re-taking trenches which we had captured on the previous days. - All attacks were repulsed. The fight was continued to-day, when we made fresh progress in Argonne

Some German coupe-de-muin, on the night of the 18th and morning of the 19th, failed. We destroyed a blockhouse and occupied the site,

Three German counter attacks on the heights of the Meuse, at Eparges, on trenches which we had captured on the 17th, were arrested by our artillery

Desperate fighting has continued for the last two days in the region of Wyso

off. We captured 2,000 prisoners and

six mitrailleuses,

THE BATTLE AROUND AUGUSTOVO,

LONDON, February 10th,

3.50 m

A Petrograd communiqué says:— Between the Nicmen and the Vistula our troops in the Augustovo region are gradually emerging from the sphers of fighting An action is developing near Assowiocs, on the Lomja roads.

the European War. Manass

been hit by of the less Bettlements have

And we support democracy

The topper'' makes the rian;

It spells respectability,

Makes way in Bristoærnej","

The "topper-not the man.

fortunate in the Straits

That the majority of Chinese youths are been forced to return to their Chinese born actors has been amply demonstrated The Hongkong Government Gazelle homes for they could get no employment in Hongkong of late. The plays which announces that HM Ambasador at The Colonial Government has helped have been staged by students of Borm of Tokyo telegraphs that the following Germany of them to return home. But having the local college produced acting which man ships are believed to have been at

returned they are simply in abject misery was quite remarkable from the point of Tsingtau prior to the establishment of the with no food, no clothes, no dwelling place! They all seemed to realise their parts with ving of elocution, manner and goture, blackade Marksmanna, OJ D.

No warm reception awaits the returned a facility which one rarely finds in ama- Ahlers Gouverneur Jeschke, C. Ferd empties.^_____Th

The Chianman who gos teur. Thespians No-one was more sur- Zaicéz (6), Albenga, Lovagmoon, Sikiang, abroad as a rule leaves a wifs at home prised at the quality of the acting on

The following vessels were But a little prosperity abroad encourages recent, occasion than the master who

Oftener endeavours to impart knowledge dur and Litung. sunk in the harbour-Durendart, Ells him to marry a second wife.

then not he has two families Yearly oing the day Looking and listening to Rickmers, and Michael Jebsen

at longer intervals be comes home this young student who strutted about with Full lists of British property at Bino depends altogether on his love for his all the pomp and homcast of a Cours chow are, it is understood, now at the native country and his legal wife and official which was his role he turned to children. He sometimes comes home to an with an amused expression in his eyes *-headquarters of the Japanese Army At die, but oftener he remains in the Stratis and remarked And to think that he is that duffer of a student Cannol get Tsingtau, and it is recommended that where his chief interests are, in

anything to stay in his head for a minuto claimants in respect thereof should now.

in school." And the duffer" was then forward documentary evidence in support

acting with all the polish and stage- of their claims in duplicate, under bring

freedom of a Beerbhom Tree. send, to His Majesty's Consul at Isimanfa, for presentation to the headquarters of the Japanese Army at Tsingtau,

There is no change on the left bank of

the Vistula.

An Austrian attack near Cisinoff, on

OBITUARY.

HON MR. G. K GOKHALE.

In the Vosges, between Lusso and Wissem-the left bank of the Dunjetz, failed. bach, in the region of Bonhomme, the enemy, after gaining a footing on Hill 607, which was attacked by a regiment, was dislodged this morning by a counter. attack of one and a half companies, which held the height against violent attacks by the enemy.

LONDON February 20th

A massage from Poona, announces the death of the Hon. Mr. Gopel Krishna

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals begs to [The Hon. Mr. Golhala was the repre sentative of the non-ofheial members of the acknowledge with thanks the following Bombay Legislature on the Viceroylonations to the funds of the Hospital: Legislative Council. He was the President

Attacks on Sattel, north of the farm at Gokhale, CIE. Sudelle, were repulsed

METHODICAL PROGRESS IN

ALSACE.

LONDON, February 19th.

To-day's Paris commanque 5BуS:-- The previous night and day were mostly calm. There was artillery livoliness in the Valley of the Aisne. We maintained all positions captured at Perthes

Wo repulsed two infantry attacks in the Vosges. Moreover, we consolidated our positions, and are methodically pro- gressing to the north and south of the farm at Budelle, in Alsace,"

Jardine, Matheson & Cô

AF. Arcalli W. Murray Beatt

Thoresen & Co. .....

of the Indian Congress în 1905, and alwa sarved us a anember on the Royal Com- mission on Public Services in India in 1922 For a period of 20 years he devoted him elfCH. Blason his Mohratta fellow countrymen;]

with much enthusiasm to the educntion of

PANAMA EXPOSITION

OPENED,

SAN FRANCISCO, February 21st The Panama Exhibition has been opened by President Wilson pressing a button in Washington.

Forty-one nations are participating.

A. Mackenzie

H.A. Nisbet

$100

25

$0

10:

10

J. R. Wood

10

WL Pattenden.

E. Banfeld Cubey

A. Rodger

J. Rodger

Bismarck & Co.

Brewer & Co...

D. H. Cooper & Co. Komor & Komoz JW. Stewart

CHIXESZ AND THE WAR,

Many

Like ourselves, the Chinese long for the cessation of the war. The native Press discusses the war. Like much of ou

Many of our local Bauls are among Home papers, they publish watever! interesting items they can gather the prophets, and the following lines from the whole the neutral attitude is pre served. But in small companies conversa Punch will doubtless appeal to many tion is by no means carried pa on neutral besides myself. lines. Good attempts are being made to EART explain to the people the origin and esis of the war. This is being done hy. pamphlets, ate.

THE JAPANESE DEMANDS. There is a good deal of unfavourable comment on the supposed action of the Japanese with regard to yet unexplained, or unauthenticated demands which their Government is making on China. There is some danger that serious friction may arise if these demands are persisted in.

PERSONAL

We have had amongst us for a few days Mr. and Mrs. Mackichan from Hongkong. They have been paying a visit to the Com- missioner of Customs, who is Mrs. Mar kichan's father. We were grieved to learn that her brother had been rather severely wounded at the front, but glad to hear that he is making a gocd recovery

I have a friend, a gloomy soul,

Who daily wails about the war, Taking the line that, on the whole, Our luck is rotten at the core,

And into each suCCOSY Reads some disaster, rather more than lese

Ano her friend I have, whose heart

Bonts with abashless confidence, Who sees the Kaiser in the cart

And hung in chains "a fortnight bense" Keeley He saw this months ago, And some day hopes to ay "I told you so."** When Herzelitus brings a cloud,

Democritus provides the sum

Or should the Hopeful crow on land. I listen to the Mourn 1 One:

And thus, between the tro,

I find a fairly rational point of view,

RODERICK RANDOM-