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THE WAR.

THE BATTLE OF

GALICIA.

DESPATCH FROM SIR JOHN FRENCH.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 13cm, 1915.

ANOTHER WEST RIVER DISASTER.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE FIGHTING IN GALICIA. | FEARED LOSS OF THOUSANDS OF

"RUSSIANS MORE THAN HOLDING

resistanes at the outset and even advanced

THEIR OWN.”

PETROGRAD, July 11th, The Russians are still more than hold ing their own in the battle in Galicia.

The communiqué recorda very heavy RUSSIANS MORE THAN HOLD THEIR OWN. fighting around the hill and village of Bystritea, some 30 miles southward of Lublin. The enemy offered a stubborn slightly, but when the Russian reinforer ments arrived they forced the enemy to retreat in great haste and disorder, Elsewhere the Austro-German attacks have boon casily repulsed. The enemy enemy attempted the offensive at Zotalipa and several times reached the entangle ments, but werd, repulsed by rifle fire and counter-attacks.

REMARKABLE EXAMPLE OF INDIAN LOYALTY.

KING GEORGE VISITS THE

FLEET.

GENERAL.

(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]

DESPATCH

FIELD

FROM MARSHAL FRENCH.

THE GAS SURPRISE AT YPRES

[THOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

REMARKABLE EXPLOIT BY SUCCESSFUL RUSSIAN SORTIE

AT OSSOWIECS.

PATHANS.

A GERMAN MANEUVRE THAT FAILED.

LONDON, July 10th. Renier's Agency has received informa tion of a remarkable exploit by Indian

One hundred of the Pathan Infantry, under a native officer, were captured by the Germans and sent to Constantinople in the hope that they would join-the- Turks.

LONDON, July 11th. Field Marshal Sir John French, in a - despatch dealing with events from April

tto June 15th, which is especially inter-troops. esting as covering the first experiences of the enemy's employment of gas, shows it to have been far more extensive and more effective than hitherto realised.

Sir John French, at the outset, during thes fighting that regrris the period Was characterised the enemy's side by cynical and Lar berous disregard of the usages civilised warfare and a flagrant violation of the Hague Convention, which mate rially influenced the operations in the neighbourhood of Ypres until experience Euggested effective counter

on

uf

They somehow escaped, and after a march of four months safely reached Cabul where they were well recoivad,

After resting, they will join their regiment in India.

KING VISITS THE FLEET.

PETROGRAD, July 11th,

THE STRANDING OF THE

NUBIA,"

A

I

LIVES.

INSPECTION OF POLICE RESERVES.

The members of the Police Reserve were inspected by H.E. Major-General F. H. From the necessarily few particulars front of Murray Barracks yesterday. Kelly, C.B., on the Parade Ground in

which we have boon able to glean from akippers of the West River boats and The parade was under the command of others it seems evident, that the Weat Deputy Superintendent of Police (R.) F. River and the many towns and villages in C. Jenkin, and the General was accom- the vicinity have been visited with the panied by Lient Colonel Hes, O.R.A., most disastrous of the many floods which and Major Lawder. E. The Govertor, have devastated that part of China, the Colonial Secretary (Hon. Mr. Claud Early last week the heavy rains led to Severn), Hon. Mr. Mcl. Mosser (Captain rapid rises in the river and the villagers Superintendent of Police), Mr. P. P. J. became alarmed. The additional rains Wodehouse (Deputy-Superintendent of led to a further rise, the banks were unable Police), Mr. B. II. Sharp, K.C., and Mr. to withstand the strain, and now a large E. A. Irving (Director of Education) ani populous aren is under water were among the spectators, and many thousands of people must have

After the general salute, instead of the begin drowned. How many lives have usual, battalion drill, exercises were actually been lost as a result of this flood carried out at the request of the General it is impossible to say, and until the in platoons, under the sorgeants in water subsides little can be done in the command. In_the_course of these way of rescue work. Numerous villages there were, one

ar two "incidents " and small towns have been submerged, and ¦ which were as much a gource of kindly the inhabitants who have moved away amusement to the onlookers as of embar out of reach of the waters are in a rassment to the platoon commanders and

Already efforts the rank and file, but, these notwithstand starving condition. are being made to relieve them in the ing, the Palice Reserve, in their smart -way of providing rice, several ship-loads uniforms, presented the appearance of a

being sent from Hongkong yesterday to very workmanlike body of men, the stricken area.

Yesterday a Daily Press representative saw the skipper of the Einten, which had just arrived from the West River. He stated that never in his whole experience of the river had he con such floods, they

The Polics Reserves were eventually formed up in front of the General, who briefly addressed them. Gsonal Kelly

H.E. the Governor asked him to inspect expressed the gratification he felt when then, and he congratulated. His Exel Jency upon the very valuable addition to the armed forces which the Police Reserve

Reserves on their smart turnout and formed. He also congratulated the Police

appearance, and specially congratulated them upon having such a smart and energetic officer at their head as their Commander...

HONGKONG CHINESE CALLED TO THE BAR,

A PRIZE COURT CASE.

THENINGOHOW" (PART - CARGO,

17th, 2014.

EX).

محبت

--In, this case-in-the-London - Prim Court the Crown claimed inter alia. the condemnation

parcels of vegetable tallow: shipped at Chinose. ports in the British steamship Ning chow on the ground that they were enemy property. The President (Sir Samuel Evans) said that the packages of tallow were seized by the Customs officer at Liverpool on October 29th, 1974. The claimants were the Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd, London, and Thornton & brokers, who were British subjects. The. Fehr, of Baltic House, London, tallow goods were shipped at Hankow before the war, and were consigned by German suh- The vessel in which they were jcota. ladden arrived at Liverpool on August The Yokohan Bank were indorses and holders of the bills of lading representing the goods at the time of the shipment and at the time of their arrival at Liverpool, and were, at 99- "material" times up to the contracts of sale, tho pledgees of the goods, in respect of advances amounting to 100 made” on had been inade before the war. The rights security of this pledge. Those arivances of the bank bad therefore to be regarded on principles applicable to ante bellum coqditions as nothing happened subse quently which affected these rights.

The pledgers were enemy subjects, Messrs. Schnabel Garimer & Co.

They had contracted to sell the goods to s British firm (Messrs. MacAndrow, More land & Co.), which declined to take up the goods, after the declaration of war, from enemy subjects. Thereupon the bank, as

the Crown that the enemy subjects, wh pledgees, proceeded to deal with the goods. It was admitted by counsel for were the pledgers to the bank, were in default and that the bank, as pledgees, by reason of such default and after the requisite notios to their pledgers, became

before the goods were grized as prize. The entitled to exercise their power of sale, in order to make the pledge effective, bank accordingly entered into two con- Fehr, dated October 14th and October tracts of sale with Messrs. Thornton & 22nd, 1914, and his lordship now ruled that the goods should be released to them.

ATHLETICS IN SHANGHAI.

WEEKLY GAMES IN HONGKEW

PARK.

A communiqué states at the garrison nt Oasowices ride a sarbie on Friday night and destroyed the enemy's wagıs,

Fighting continues on the front, Jose fow-Bynavn, youth of Lublin. vigorous enerny counter-attack was re-exceedel in depth and dimension the when pulsed with a loss of 900 prisoners and disastrous floods of last year,

thousands of people lost their lives amd enormous damage was done to property three maxim guns.

and crops. At Wuchow, he said, the water had riven to a height of 79 ft. 3 in. which was several feet higher than the floods of last year. Everywhere there scem COLÓMO, June 24th. ed to be water and the loss of life must The following telegrams are extracted have been terrible. It was the same all from Southern papers:-

vnet sheet of The greatest effort yet made is now in the way down the river; a progress to pull off the Arina. The Bri-water revealing here and there the tops tish India steamer Santhia, assisted by of houses and trees and heaps of two harbour tugs and two steam launches, wreckage. At many parts, he said.

Mr. Chan Txun Nin, eldest son of Mr. "the people cans out on the banks Chan Siu Ki, the well-known and popular shouting and waving for us to stop; they Secretary of the Chun On Fire Insurance were afraid of the wash of my ship. But Co., Ltd., and the Man On Insurance Co., we had to go at a certain speed to enable | Ltd., of this Colony, has passed his final as to keep going with any degree of nt Oxford, obtaining an Honours Degree. COLOMBO, June 29. Another indicaton of the official recog safety. At one village, which was partly It was only in November last that we nition of the hopelessness of the Fabio submerged, the surviving villagers hailed announced that Mr. Chau Tsun Nihad position was revealed yesterday by open ing the inquiry into the cause of the us to stop by beating denus and so on. passed his Bar Final and been called to "After two most interesting days stranding, the proceedings being in would not de so and then the poor the Bar by the Middle Templo. Mr. The despatch describes in the greatest

camera. Authoritative information is to devils hot at us, the bullets, luckily, go the effect that on June 5 there was abonting over the ship. It is in a fearful stato Chau has been in England for only a detail the gallant defence of Ypres and leave with feedings of pride and admira- "district" following" upon the French re-tion for the splendid force you command twenty feet of water in the vessel, while it up there: far worse than last year's flood. little over four years and must havestudied is reasonable to assume that the Nubia On seye al occasions, when we had been arduously to attain the present result. It driver froin our usual course, we passed He was formerly a pupil is St. Stephen's tirement eastward of Ypres, which was I had pleasure in seeing the greater has shipped more water since then,

What must have happened to the College, and, before leaving for England entirely the result of the surprise and can portion of the officers and men of the fleet. was officially ascertained that the number over the top of submerged houses and

of deaths in connection with the opera- trees. fusion of the first experience of gas; and

I realise the patient, determined, spirit tion is three-all members of boats' crows poor-villagers I-do-not knowThe loss had passed the Oxford local examinations appointed Chairman of the Committee,

The of the Master Attendant's Department, of life must have been terrible." 25. Roth affairs make long stories of with which-you-have faced inng months who lost their lives through the capsizing skipper added that the dyke at one here. He is returning to the Colony ding-dong fighting, of capture, loss, and waiting and hoping, and I know how of the boats they were rowing. A largo village had burst and this must have shortly, and we hope he, will meet with!

quantity of the jettisoned cargo of the added considerably to the death roll. It strong a waradeship is linking all ranks. Aubin is being washed ashore betwees was the same all the way down the river; Hendula and Vegombo. A staff of officers water and general devastation of property Such a happy state of things convinces me that whenever the day of battle cones my attending to the picking up of this cargo Lintas left for the West River with a and having it sent on to the warehouses cargo of rice and also with orders to stand by and render all nasistance, poar At Kochchikadde. Navy will add fresh triumphs to its old' glorious traditions.

measures,

is making a supreme combined attempt, but some hours must clapse before it is possible to pronounce it a amooss or failure. The position, without being hope- less, is grave, and those conducting the LONDON, July 11th.operations are not very sanguine. The King has been visiting his fleet which lad since been so perfected as 10 and at the emclusion of the visit sent Fender the gasses innocuous.

the following message to Admiral Sir John Jelle :--

THE SURPRISE AT YPRES

the battient Festubert from May to May

reapture of trenchies, marked with much gallantry.

Sir John French specially mentions the valuable services of General Sir Douglas Haig for successfully handling the First Army throughout the Festubert battle and General Plumer for his fine defence i of Ypres throughout the arduous and difficult operations in April and May, 'all. reflecting the greatest possible credit,

SEVERAL DIVISIONS OF THE NEW ARMY: ARRIVE.

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT. THROUGH NEUVER'S AGENCY.)

GERMANS

immediate counter-

PARIS. July 11th. The British repaised a German attack, Sir John French reports the arrival of several divisions of the New Army and which first gained a foòning in some of says that though they have as yet little the elements of the first line, but was experience of fighting, he is of opinion driven out by an they will prove à valuable addition as affuck. they are well-officered and equipped. The artillery are quite fit for employment in the line as their shooting is extremely good. In April and May several divisions, of Territorials who had also joined, were employed offensively and defensively and everywhere proved to be thoroughly reli able and efficient.

THE WORK OF THE FLYING CORPS.

A communiqué adds that the battle for Souchez continues. German night counter-attack was defeated,

A

There were particularly wiulont call

on the nades in the region of Nieuport, Aise and the Bois-le-Pratre.

every success,

A decision which will be hailed with kegn satisfaction by Shanghai uthletes, says the X.-C. Daily News, was come to at a meeting held by a number of people interested in the development of track and athletic games. The muting was held in the Far Eastern Committee office

4. Quinsan Gardens, when a discussion of ways and means of helping athletics in Shanghai took place. A plan was sug- tion, but as this will take some time to gested for a more permanent organiza develop, a provisional committee was appointed to held games at the Hongkow the summer. Mr. J. H. Cocker wás Recreation ground every week throughout

and Mr. A. H. Swan and Mr. Gorah

Yanagiya-members.

This Committee was asked to conduct games at 6 o'clock each Wednesday even- ing, to ask for no entry fee nor promise any prizes. The

a chance to train during the summer months,

from the Ceylon Customs Department is with heavy loss of life. Last evening the TRIAL BY ORDEAL IN YUNNAN.pose of giving athlet are for the pur

ARMY COMMISSIONS FOR SHANGHAI MEN.

GERMAN PROPERTY IN GREAT BRITAIN.

PLUNGING FOR A COIN, IN

BOILING WATER..

Dirty News from North Yunnan, men A correspondent writing to the Y.-C. tions among other things the following incident:-

A

Records will be kept of the places wor by the competitors, also scoring on the all- round basis, so that men litering all. well as by place in each event, events can be rated by points made $4

THE

IMPORTANCE OF

ANTUNG.

THE QUESTION OF BRITISH CONSULAR REPRESENTATION.

A good many business men in China

tive should be re-appointed to Antung. It seans that the post was originally think that a British consular represmia

As a matter oĚ

Canton has not escaped the floods. An officer of the She Shuh, which arrived here from Canton yesterday, said that part of the Shameen was flooded to e depth of 2 feet, a happening unknown in

Some Chinese workmen were engaged Mr. H. E. Middleton has been given the experience of old residents. Many a Commission in Kitchener's Army and parts of the city, were also under water putting up some school buildings is

connection with missionary work. DEFEATED AT has been posted to the 12th Service Bat-and many boats containing families have twenty-cont piece was missing our day, talion, the Essex Regiment. Lieut. be washed away. The Bund was also and the owners, the earpenters, accused SEVERAL POINTS.

Middleton resigned his Commission in the under water and the road leading from the masous of theft. This maisons stoutly Maxim Battery, S.V.C., last November, the station was also flooded. Many lives while at Home on leave. He is at present have been lost among the boating popula denied the charge and then there was an tion and rescue and relief work is proved appeal to trial by ordeal. At night when the missionary was not about, a large iron in training at Oxted, Surrey,

Major R. N. Bray, formerly 8. V. C.ing.

Into this a half dollar was thrown. The Commandant, is now at the front, com- The same story was told by the skipper pan of boiling water was got ready, and manding the 2nd Battalion, Duke of of the Zieure. All the way down the

West River be as nothing but ficoded selceted representative of the accusing Wallington's Regiment.

Mr. I. F. Barff, of Shanghai, has been and submerged town and villages and carpenters first put his hand and arm into established in 1907, but temporarily

the water and took out the coin, Then discontinued in 1900. gazetted as Sad Lieutenant in the 4th

the surviving villagers on the banks

the head mason had to follow suit. The fact, it has remained vacant ever since. Battalion, Connaught Rangers.

calling for help. The less of life, he says, carpenter's arm received no injury, but The attention of the China Asscciution Mr A Mitchell, of the Shanghai must he fearful and there are many the mason was so badly barnt that it was was called to the matter by its Shangha Municipal Council Electricity Depart thousa ds of people starving.

many weeks before he could resume work. branch, and in December last year the The Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Mr. I examined the two arms and do not know Committee wrote to the Foreign Office an meat who left for home rently, has roceved a commission as 3nd Lieutenant in the 11th Service Battalion Gordon High-S. B. C. Roes, said that he had received why one was badly burnt and the other follows: The increasing importance of partienlars regarding the actual flood escaped injury. The carpenters concluded Antung and the advantages which the landers and is now training with the but he had been informed that relief work that the masons were guilty and claim Japanese have recently acquired there in the reduction of duties and discrimination battalion in the South of Scotland.

was already being carried out by a Chinese that the missing coin was returned to

in railway rates, tend, in the opinion of Society in Canton who have $160,000 in them on the quiet while they were sleep-

our Shanghai-branch, to make an adjust- hand for this purpose. Mr. Ross also ing. Such trial by ordeal is quite com-

ment of the position from a British point informed our representative that he had mon in these parts.

of view most desirable. The Committe received a telegram from another Society

is in entire agreement with this view, and in which they said that the See Lam dyke.

│suggest the re-appointinent of a resident In a reply to Sir John Harmood-Banner which was only repaired last year, had

British Consul at Antung at the earliesti moment which His Majesty's Government- which was circulated on May 26th Mr. Run caved in, and that the people had nothing ciman says:-Extensive steps have already to eat and no place in which to sleep. been taken by the Government to obtain a They also appealed for immediate assist- We are glad to learn that the China may consider opportune" The reply to return and register of enemy property in ance. Mr Ross added that already several Association's incorporated school of practhis letter, dated April 8th, 1915, it is Great Britain as is evidenced by the fact cargues of rice had been dispatched and tical Chinese at King's College continues stated, is confidential, and for that reason It is apparent, cannot be published. that the returns already made to the the West River Relief fund, though to make progress. During the past year however, add the Committee in the aunval Public Trustee as custodian show the earmarked, would be used should neces-

40 students attended the classes for one or more terms. existence in this country of some, £97,000,000 sity demand. He understood the floods

This number is the report, that the question has received very careful consideration, both in London and The of property belonging to the enemy. Public Trustee has already co-operated † were the worst which had been experienced largest on record. Of the students seven at Peking, and the decision arrived at is in the history of the West River and the received appointments in connection with that there is no justification under exist banks and zeroantile houses in China, with British creditors in assisting them

three joined the Chinese Maritime Cusing conditions for the re-opening of the Consulate at Antung decision which, to utilize the machinery provided by less of life must be considerable.

the Enemy

toms, three entered upon missionary in the light of the information supplied, section of the Trading with

two were missionaries on service, Amendment Act for the purpose of obtaining

the Committee cannot contest furlough, and three were prospective mis- payment of debts due to them by enemies

sionaries Nineteen students presented ont of the property in this country of such

themselves for examination it: Juve. One enemies, and the question of introducing

interesting circumstance may be noted.. General von Donop, who has been legislation to extend the provisions of the

that two Chinese, one a lady, the mentioned in recent cables is 55 years of · Act is at present under consideration In

ether a gentleman, both born out of China age and has been head of the Ordnance in Great Britain due regard will be had to from the unprecedented flood which has and educated in Europe, applied to the Department and fourth military member considering the disposition of enemy property

viz.,

what is done with British property in enemy overtaken them.

children are starving, as they have lost school for instruction in their native of the Army Council since 1919, entered their all. All aunts will be placed to the language. The lady was accorded biet the Royal Artillery in 1980, and resched He has told the rank of Colonel in 1906. credit of this Fund with the Chartered marks at the annual examination.

of Professor of Bank of Indit, Australia and China. Rev. 6. B. Drake, the Acting Professor, the appointments According to the Vorwärts, General Ltd., and handed over to any authorised in his report remarks that he has been Artillery, R. M. Aendemy, Woolwich;

assured by Chinese residing in London

Superintendent of Experiments, Shoe- Posen has prohibited the further publica- Committee to deal with sama

that probably one half of the Chinese

buryness Secretary, Ordnancy Com of the Socialist newspaper se

Yours, etc...

tive knowledge of their own language nery and Director of Artillery at tha paper in an editorial protested against

War Office, 1911-1913. L. and C. Express. - the torpedeing of the Lusitania. ·

RUSSIAN FRONT.

LATER. The esening communiqué records a com- The Field Marshal praises the ever-inaratively quiet day of intermittent cannonding, except in the Forest of

·creasing ingenuity and skill of the flying! corps. There have been more than sixty Apremont, where an enemy attack was combate in the air during the period in easily repulsed.

single question, in all of which no a

These British acroplane had been lost. flights were almost invariably over or Only one behind the German lines. hostile aeroplane had been brought down down in our territory, but five had been wrecked on German territory and many' chased down and forced to land on most) unsuitable ground.

THE HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINE.

LONDON, July 11th.. The Hamburg-Amerika Steamship

(THROUGH EEUTER'S AGENCY.]

GERMANS USING DEADLIER GASSES,

RESPIRATORS PROVE INEFFECTIVE.

LONDON, July 11th The Russian Red Cross Society has been informed that the Germans in certain regions are using gasses which are both denser and travel more swiftly, and hence are deadlier. Many deaths have

countries.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE “HONGKONG DAILY TREKS.***

HONGKONG, 12th July, 1915. Sin, I am prepared to receive subscrip tions for this Fund to relieve sufferers

Mon, women, and

CHINA ASSOCIATION'S SCHOOL OF CHINESE,

The

Line denies the report in the Scandinavian been reported and the respirators have Görlitzer Volkzeitung, because they subscription thereto will be $100.iving in England do not possess an effe mitte: Chief Instructor, School of Gut

Press that it has declared its insolvency. proved ineffective.

i.

HPLAYFAIR.

3rd floor, Hotel Mansions,