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THE WAR.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 29TH 1915

[TEKOVOH ZHUTER'S AGRNOX,)

RUSSIAN DESTROYERS

ACTIVE.

GREAT RUSSIAN

ATTACKS

180 TURKISH SAILING SHIPS BUNK

AUSTRO-ITALIAN FRONT

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BATTLE OF CARSO PLATEAU.

ITALIAN SUCCESSES ON BOTH WINGS.

THE

AROUND WARSAW.

CLIMAX EXPECTED TO BE REACHED SHORTLY.

BRILLIANT ITALIAN SUCCESSES.

IMPORTANT FRENCH GAINS IN

ALSACE.

ANTI-GERMAN OUTBREAK IN CONSTANTINOPLE.

GERMAN TROOPS MUTINY IN CAMEROONS.

RUSSIAN FRONT

[THROUGH BELTER'S AGENCY.]

COUNTER-

GREAT RUSSIAN

FRANCO-BELOFAN FRONT

(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGEṆOY] GOOD PROGRESS BY THE FRENCH.

PARIS, July 27th. 12.35 m.in.

ATTACKS..

AMSTERDAM, July 26th. That the Russians are fighting magni-]

A communiqué states that the can- Ecently is evidenced by to-night's Berlin) communiqué, the whole tone of it being nonade is more intense in the Soucher that the situation is unchanged.” sector. The town of Arras has been twice û Bread bombarded, but a fire which began was

the quickly extinguished.

The communiquéadmits Russian simultaneous attack on Narew front, though it minimises results.

the

-PETROGRAD,-July 2sih. On Sunday night Russian destroyers in the Black Sea bombarded the ports of Samunich and Rizeh, and sank 150 sailing ships near the Anatolian coast.

THE NEAR EAST

(THROUGH EKUTER'S AGENCY.}

TURKS' DILEMMA.

AT WITS END-FOR FUEL AND AMMUNITION.

COPENHAGEN, July 29th. A Daue who has arrived here from Con stantinople, where he has been working for a Danish ealvage company, army that the Turks are at their wits end fr fuel and ammunition. Old warships are being stripped for metals, and a house to

house search has been instituted.

The authorities have been collecting arma, and cartloads of revolvers and daggers have been collected.

-TURKS TURNING AGAINST

THEIR MASTERS. The Daue also states that there was n big fight between Germans and Turks at Constantinople in infantry barracks fortnight ago. Ten Germans were killed There has been vintent cantonade and 14-wounded. The populace is danger- throughout Argonne.

ously hostile to the Germans.

TERRITORIALS DASH IN

GALLIPOLI,

In Alsace the French have completed The commaniqué says there is nothing doing before Warsaw, Noro Georgievsk their conquest of strongly fortified heights. and Ivaugorod, and that the position of 200 metres high and two kilometres long

dominating the principal valley of the NAVAL DIVISION DEMORALISES Generad von Mackensen is unchangod.

The Germans claim to have taken some Fecht. Over a hundred prisoners were thousands of prisoners on the Narew taken. front and southward of Cholm, but the very nature of the fighting casta the gravest doubts on such claims.

Pernoanap, July 28th,

PARIS, July 27th.

The French have extended and consoli dated their gains on the heights of the A communique records the increasing Vosges and occupied an important pas violence of the battle on the Nurow front between Ee Linge and Les Carrieres. Tho on Sunday and Moraday, the fighting ex-Germans, counter-attacked three times tending to the vicinity of the Novo

unsuccessfully. Georgiorek fortress. Vigorcas Russian

The communique says that elsewhere counter-attacks contained the enemy's attacks on the left of the Naros. Many there 210 only reports of cannonading villages and woods constantly changed and a few Gerican infantry attacks, which

heade The fighting was most fieres in were easily defeated. the forest east of Roshan fortress.

TURKS.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AQMIPOY.]

BRITISH NOTE TO

AMERICA.C

**THE BARRIER." HOWITE, PHILLIPS CO. AT THE THEATRE ROYAL

the

novel of

Last night the Howitt, Phillips Co pany gave yet another surprising example NEW COMMUNICATION.

or their versatility. They have given us WASHINGTON, July 27th.

light comedy, farce, and bold drama, and Rose, July 28th:

Sir Edward Grey has cabled to Mr. few would have supposed that out of Lansing that the British Government is their repertoire they would present us communique says:— The battle of the Carso Platou con preparing another Note to the United with this moving story of the solitude of The Barrier," to years ngo, tinued very forcely as the 28th instant. States and asks that the Note delivered Alaska as it is or rather as it was ten

those who have read The Italians advanced along the entire yesterday be withheld from publication

itself, convey's ເມ vivid story frout on the Leit Wing, and captured a pending receipt of the new mumsi-

ention,

life in Lawless wilds; of the unceritpu- strong position on Mount San Michele,

lous gold-sookers who fought nature in dominating most of the Plateau, but were AMERICA'S COTTON TRADE. its crudest form--and conquered her. And in the vastness of those gold craving soli instantly made a target of the croes-fire

tudos love romance intervenes, shadowy past is revealed, and in any atinos- phere of mining camp saloons, revolvers and old fouds given birth by the love of two mon for one woman, the thrilling story is unfolded. The play was most effectively produced to a fairly satisiac tory house, and those who were present must have been thoroughly satisfieri,

The different roles werd very well As John Gale, the falsely placed. accused, Mr. Jack Elagert excellently

fr many batteries, and were obliged to | A". CONGRESSMAN'S STATEMENT. retiro a little beneath the crest, where they

hold their ground.

The Centre progressed towards the hill of San Martino, driving the enemy out of the covering trenches bayonet.

WASHINGTON, July 28th. Congressman. Sina, of Tenessey, hus issued a statement showing that Germany and Austria had more nearly obtained a with the normal supply of American cotton sinoc the outbreak of war than Frauco or The Right Wing towards nightfall Russia, while the Scandinavian countries carried out a brilliant action with he and the Netherlands had enormously object of straightening the line, and increased their importations of cotton. captured Mount Scibusi, driving out inch Congressman Sims concludes:"It is

by inch enemy, evident that the British

and capturing

ncluding Council is not responsible for the slump | Stark,

In Lieut. Colonel and 41 other offiocre, in cotton sales." with five Maxims, two trench-mortars, and numerous rifles and munitions. GENERAL

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) ALIEN ENEMIES IN ENGLAND. INTERNMENT FIGURES.

LONDON, July 28th.

BRITISH CASUALTIES.

filled a thankless and difficult part. Ho is one of the moving chooters, with Order-in blood feud between himself and Dan fr. Howitt powerfully pour- trayed. Daň Stark, but patrons in trosa parts of the thoutre other than the stolis would be better able to appreciate his asting if he maintained his voice at a moto substantial pitch... Mr.

idual Carl Lawson made an

Cap- tain of U. B. Cavalry who fell in love with John Gale's charge, but the audiencs must have chiedy favoured Wheeler Dryden's acting of a wizened old miner of the extremely hard casa" specie. Mr. Uyril Rawdon's acting of Napoleon Do.ct, who also loved-anu lest but vory honourably was admirable," The Bur-

admits but two ladies. As Nocia Gale, who supplies the love fomane und The total casualties in Flanders werehe Barrier which love easily sur- 11,284 officers and 235,619 men.

AVERAGE 1,000 DAILY.

LONDON, July 28th. Mr. Asquith has announced that the total casualties up to the 18th astant aro as follows:--

Naval

Military

9,100. 321,880.

At question-time in the House of Con- mons Sin John Simon, Home Secretary stated that the Interament Committee bud received 14,000 applications for exemp tion, of which 7,323 were refused and 6,002 granted, 700 awaiting decision; while. 0,302 were repatriated and 9,325 interned, 0,000 remaining not interned. As British subjects were treated belter in Austrin-offers and 45,372 men.

·Hungary than in Germany, Austro-

Of this number the total number killed in the Army is 4,000 officers and 37,384

LONDON, July 27th. Mr. Ashmead-Bartlett, the accredited Press correspondent at the Dardanelles, gives a vivid picture of the fighting in Gallipoli described by General Sir janarians received more consitioration

nava p

ECONOMISING GOLD,

tribute to the Territorials, who fight & UGGESTIONS FOR with great dash and intelligency and Bays that when the Allies' artilery preparation was at its height it as extraordinary to, seo masses of cath,

sandbags, and grant teams thrown ton inimrase height. It anemed imposao THE FAMOUS HILL 60,

for the defenders of the trenches to s The Russians on both banks of the

AND A STAGNANT FOOL. Narow successfully attacked great.reserves

vive the fire, but the enenly has what that had been brought up above Barotak,

LONDON, July 28th.

of withdrawing to numerous communi Bolth of Warsaw, forcing some of the

Reuter's correspondent at Headquation trenches, and the majority of onemy to retreat in disorder, taking 700 prisoners and a number of Maximsters, reports that ho visited the famous Armoured maior-cara contributed to the Hill 60, which Field Marshal Sir Jolm oanvalties of the Allies occur in holdig French recently reported had been re the treuches, which are captured wi repulsing of the enemy counter-attack.

attack with bombs through

Bas There is a lull between the Vistula skid captured by the Germans by means of small loss. Then the enemy

gassing on May 5th

On this occasion a Brigade on the the Vieprz rivers, but cast of the Vieprz

The correspondent describes the German to the Bug the Germans attacked in great trenches as running in a double tier instant dashed forward to a network force and took some Russian redoubts. A along a crest on the upper slope of the

trenches and a great counter-attack expelled them,

Hill, which is only from 30 to 40 fust

The enemy south-west of Kovno were driven across the river Yeesia

RUSSIAN PROSPECTS. EXPECTATIONS OF A CLIMAR ON SEVERAL FRONTS,

PETROGRAD, July 28th

redoubt.

count

mounts-Miss Doris Phillips was quite. In the Dardanelles the casualties were attractive, but one would have appre- ciated ber acting to a greater extent if 2,144 officers and 47,004 men.

The killed in Finders totallest 3,268 80 had been able to create the feeling that she was eally add truly in love, and not just noting; til besef of a In the Dardanelles, the total of killed certain text-book manner of delivery, and its lack of emotion. Miss Ada Eddy, us was 587 officers and 7,667 men.

The total of killed in the Navy was 499 Alluna, the squaw companion el Jebu Gale, was fuenl. Her mako was officers and 7,430 men,

perfect and her acting w quite in

"THE CHANCELLORS ADVICE TO CHINESE TELEGRAMS. accord with the theoretical ideas of Buch

TRAVELLERS,

LONDON, July 27th

In the House of Commons it was suggested during question time that wages should be paid in silver in order to economise gold, also that ball-sover- eigos should be withdrawn from circula-

tion.

Another proposal was that no passouger going to the Continent should be allowed to have gold.

[FROM THE ** CHUNG NGOL BÀN 19,""]

DISASTROUS TYPHOON IN

SHANGHAI,

Saxona, July 28th. 10.05.10.

A severe, typhoon is raging here. A large number of buildings have been blown down, the telephone, electric light, and tram-car wires have been broken, and tho foreshore is littered with wreckage of Mr. McKenna, Chancellor of the small craft, while a steamer has been Exchequer, replied that he was carefully driven ashore near the Public Gardons

high The British trenches aro on the ground, under intense artillery fire freconsidering the whole question. He was The typhoon is still raging,

edge of the lower slops. He adds that both sides, resembled a gigantic stea at one point a British trench is only six cauldron, into whose thick vapour yards from an enemy trench, and there Brigade poured without hesitatio is an old communication trench between

British and a Gorman tech in which adjoining railway casting is a pool of

both sides have erected barricades. In an

"All you could ece," says the cor pondent," were black dots rushing ab or jumping into trenches, with bayor

Military authorities expect a climax in the fighting both on the Narew and at stagnant water, where corpses have been flashing in the shrouded sun, amid Lahlin within a fortnight, and the art lying for months, but no one dares to continuðus roar of musketry, wh Lee days should reveal the part to be approach the pool to recover them for showed that the Turks were played by the Germans on the Nieman burial. front

Shumaky, Captain The expert, estimates the effectives of the German

NAVAL ACTIVITIES,

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

valiantly. But when the smoke f our men were everywhere in possession their trenches."

Simultaneously the Scots swakmed

cavalry in the Baltic Provinces at 30,000, THE TORPEDOED AMERICAN the escarpment of the redoubt, ju

and it is presumed that their immediate object is to get castward of Korno and to out the Kovno-Vilma Railway,

AFRICA

{THROUGH BLEUTER'S AGESOY.} BRILLIANT FRENCH SUCCESS IN CAMEROONS,

PARIS, July 7th, A French force, after a brilliant engage ment, has occupied the important town of Lame, in the Cameroong.

STEAMER.

OREW TAKEN ON BOARD SUBMARINE.

LONDON, July 27th.

over the top, and settled the Turks

the bayonet.

The fusillade did not ceass through the night. The Turks, reinforced, bom

A telegram from Kirkwall says that and bayonetied our wearied men, eve the torpedoed American steamer Leeually driving them out of two lines, Iantone carried a cargo of flax. The crew

not out of the redoubt. were taken on board the submarine and transferred to their own boats almost

desirous of avoiding the appearance of interfering with the free commercial export of gold, which was contial to the maintenance of our credit, but there would be closer

be closer supervision of Channel exchange their British currency before passengers, and he advised travellers to

leaving Great Britain,

SHIPPING IN THE EAST.

REPORT OF THE JAVA-CHINA-

JAPAN LINE.

TROB The whole production was thoroughly entertaining, and plurided quite refreshing novelty for local theatre-goers. To-night that soaming comedy Why Baith left he will be staged.

THE TREATMENT OF PLAGUE

USE OF TINCTURE OF IODINE

The following extract is from the Burma Critic: —

"A while back in correspondent at Bassein called our attention to the fact

that sodine trentment, for plague detailed for us by the Salvation Army headquar ters in India did not make it clear how often the tincture was to be administarcel. We therefore wrote again to Simia, and we have just had a reply from the Secre tary of Commissioner Booth Tucker, who writes as follows i

In reply to your letter of the 27th timo regarding the iodine cure for am sending you herewith a copy plague, I of instructions which have been issued by the Government of the Punjab concerning this treatment. You will see that it De distinctly stated that one drop of tincture The report for 1914 of the Fava-China of iodine should be taken in half an ounce Japan Line states:-The contract with of water every three hours, and that the the Government was fully lived up to buboer should be painted night aux morn- We think that Seventeen trips were made on the China ing with the tincture. line, and 16 on the Japan line, whilst this information will meet your request; RE-AWAKENING OF SERBIA, numerous trips were made outside the and we might hers say that this is in contract between Netherlands India, Bai-accordance with the experience of the of

our fully qualified nurses, who saved fift gon and Hongkong

cases ont of fifty seizures of bubonic Commerce in the Orient suffered muca

plague. from the universal wär! There was ample

order, of eargo space at disposal in the region of competition and we had to face sharp. The sate the increased working expenses by à corresponding rise in freights. steamer Tjikembang, which made her trial trip on July 18th, 1914, left (1) Absolute rest, lying down in bed

in the largest and most airy rooms in él was no paying outgoing charter to be ha3, bouse, with doors and windows open, or Amsterdam for Java on the 28th There and thus the ship went in ballast Sho in the shade outside, if the weather is arrived at Batavia on August 30th, and fibe left for her first trip on the Chine line on September lette

SOON TO TAKE THE OFFENSIVE.

ROME July 28th Herbia is rapidly reawakening. The

outbreak of typhus has been vanquished; and military supplies have been received, placing the Army again on the highest level, Tho

frontier is guarded by French aeroplanes, Belgrade is defend ed-b-six batteries of Serbian artillery, two British, two French and two Russian batteries. Berbia has a quarter of a The Staff at dawn decided to give million of infantry, and it is hoped that within sight of the Orkney Islands. The enemy no rest, and withdrew the Briga they will soon take the offensive for their submarine fired twelve shells at the exhausted by 24 hours' continuous gown and for the common cause. Leclanlaw, and as she did not sink, the ing, and moved up a Naval Divisi The attack was made in the afterno The German troops mutinied and submarine fred a torpedo.

Another Aberdeen trawler has been and was completely successful, the tro deserted. The natives of the whole of the Zemen district have risen against the sunk. Altogether during the last three swaping everything along their fro re capturing the trenches and demore Germans, demonstrating in favour of days 19 trawlermen have been killed.

WASHINGTON, July 8th the Allies.

The New Fork World says the sinking ing the Turks, who fled a long way of the Leelaniam was noncossary ani the foot of Achibaba

The Germans in their retreat are burn- ing and destroying.

The French are vigorously advancing, fawless, and it considers the act far more being joined by other French column sinister than the unfriendly tone of the

German Press. to the North as far as Noangela

Mr. Bartlett says this warface brutal, bludgeon work, and there is scope for tactics or strate

FRANCE AND WAR ANNIVERSARY.

PARIS, July 27th. The Government and Parliament have decided to celebrate the anniversary of the eclaration of war on the 4th August hey will address a colamni horasige to the liant Army, and proclaim their deter ination to secure the definite triumph

law, liberty, and civilisation.

and were unable to compea

The instructions printed by the Punjab Government are as follows. Besides English they are given on the

afer in Urdu, Gujotati and Hindi. It it beaded Treatment of plague patiente when the corvios of a doctor and mod. available.

when

(2) Take liquid diet (3) Drink plain cold water

patienti As a result of the war the delivery of thirsty. It is a cruel and fatal mistake the sister ship Tjuradors had to be delay ant to give a thirsty plague

(4) Take one drop of tincture of iodin of have been made on ships and further in half an ounds of water every thras property of the company. The hours. (The patient should not be dis- ed until April 6th, 1985, play plenty of cold water to drink

Risk Insurance, shows a loss of 9,762, turbed from s'en to take medicine), which was deducted from the Insurance (5) Paint butres with tincture of Beserve Fund, whilst fl. 57,937 had to biodine twice a day morning and evening. written off on unpaid damages. Though No other medicine whatever shou'd be falling outside the year covered by the giren report, we have to mention the loss of the steamer Timahi, which ran sground. on the Paracels on May 14th. The crew profits allow of a distribution of a was safely landed at Hongkong The dividend of 6 per cent: Of what is left

55,555 goes to the State of the Nether linds, 8.333 to the Reserve Fund, 5 to business tax, leaving f $100

to carry forward to the new accoună,

RAUB GOLD MINE.

The test report is:- Berthorex-Stoneorushed: 5,824 tons; Gad taimed 710 ces: Average per ton deta

BUKIT MAPActk-Soma erished 4,550 tons: Gold obtained 100 3. Average port bon 2,910 dvira