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THE WAR.

GERMANS

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6TH, 1918

(THROUGH REUTER'S ÜGERUT.) ITALY TO CO-OPERATE AGAINST TURKEY,

NEARER WARSAW.mado that an Italian officer has arrived

RUSSIA'S HEROIC STRUGGLE.

ITALY TO CO-OPERATE AGAINST

TURKEY.

TURKS AND GERMANS QUARRELLING,

ALLIES TRIBUTES TO BRITAIN.

RUSSIAN FRONT.

(THROUGH REUISE'S AGENCY.] RUSSIA'S HEROIC.

STRUGGLE..

FRANCO BELGIAN FRONT.

PARIS, August 4th- The very important, announcement is

at the British Headquarters on the Mediterranean in order to concert measures for cooperation with the British and Fronch of an Italian force, both mural and military, in the operations against Turkey.

AMERICA AND THE BRITISH BLOCKADE.

موده

ぐる

[THEQUGH REUTER'S AGINUX.]

ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR,

IMPRESSIVE SERVICE AT ST. PAUL'S..

LONDON, August 4th. Undor a dull sky from which canie gleams of sunshine, their Majestic King George and Queen Mary, socotpanied by Queen Alexandra, drove to St. Paul's for the service of prayer on the anniversary of the War. The very simplicity

A

JAPAN'S TWENTIETH

YEAR

OF RULE IN FORMOSA,

[HAVAD SERVICE.) RUMANIA AND THE WAR.

Formosa ng lately colebated the PETROGRAD, Angust 2nd.

twentieth anniversary of the Japane 11. Sazonoff, the Foreign Minister, rule, and a review of the progress made by the island during the period in Nuts,

expressed various lines will be of great interest speaking in the

Mr. Nakagawa, the director of the the hope that ઘણ intervention Financial Bureau in the Formosan Gov-

In the year

of Rumania would soon be an accom.exument, is our authority for the follow-

sketch. plished fact, because it was to her The most remarkable case of develon-

mont is that of sugar can. interest to join the Allies.

1899 the production of the whole island was estimated ot 340 million kin, whilé it reaches 0 million in at present, The result is valued at 30 million gen that the Java sugar which used to be imported into Japan is now driver out

POLISH INDEPENDENCE.

PETROGRAD, August 2nd: M. Goremykin, Presidcup of the Coun

of the ceremony enhanced the impressive-cil of Ministers, confirmed in the Duma de Tar's will to immediately organise ness of the poemes,

ho independence of Poland.

NATIONAL PRAYERS IN FRANCE.

W

St.

From Buckingham Palace Paul's there were vast crowds who-ovated their Majesties.

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PARIS, August 2nd, The French Archbishops have addressed the French clergy a circular letter to isking them to arrange for a week of prayer for the nation.

U.S.

SAR EDWARD GREY'S NOTE

LONDON, Augast 3rd.

The King was attired in klaki, and Correspondence between Great Britain |

open landau. A military and America regarding the British block drove in an ade is published to-night. The latest note was provided by wounded soldiers the United States attending the service. phase is that does not recognise the validity The Archbishop of Canterbury officiated,

under and the Cathedral was filled with ai of the British Prize Cour

restraint the

Municipal Law. brilliant congregation,

The service opened with the inspiring) Also in the case of the steamship Feches, [MHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] FUTILE ATTACKS BY CROWN the United States insists on the rights of strains of the hynin, Rock of Ages," American owners to bring goods out of after which there were intercessions for PRINCE'S ARMY.

Holland in neutral ships, even though the soldiers and sailors of our Fampire --PARIS-August 4th...........

the goods originally came from Germany and of the Allies, the whole concluding The Crown Prine's Army capsed night

"Sir Edward Grey, in a very friendly with the general-thanksgiving.--- long liveliness in Argonne, and delivered! three sucks against J 213, Fontsineau reply, says that Great Britain is pre- The congregation was of a must repre- A LONG-DELAYED EXECUTION.

Kentative character, and included a num ber of members of the Royal family. There to in official despatches, 'dealing with charges, and Marie Therese respectively. pared to examines cases of allgod hard- the fighting in the last three days. The Everywhere the Germans were thrown back ship in a spirit of consideration of the of the Neches. Sir Edward Grey deals) Germans striking directly at Warsaw into their trenches by the French infantry interests of neutrals, including the cargore also present Mr. Asquito (the Pre

and artillery fre.

Hewy grenade fighting has taken place with the genern question of the block-mier). Lord Kitchener, Mr. Austen Cham. at Artois and the Vosges, to the advantageado in a lofty spirit, and emphasises berlin, members of the Cabinet, the House that the Allics faced-an enemy who had Of Lords and the Commons, Ambassadors, of the French.

A DESCRIPTIVE. NARRATIVE--

"PETROGRAD," August th The glorious and heroic nature of Russia's struggle is eloquently testified

have made suurmous efforts to dislodge The Narot battle was the Russians,

Next comes camphor which is now ox- of the market by the Formosan sugar. ported to foreign countries with tea A 24 reatised aus of 6 million you

Besides by the exportation of camphor. these articles, rice, fruits, mincial and timber are exported to the amount of 100

million you The enterprise. —ura

enpitalized by the Japanese who enjoy "a very good rate of dividend,

The exploitation of Formosa industries is haring good effects upon the home Forusan one hand, trade. On the articles are superleding the articles which have hitherto men, imported, from foreign countries, and, on the other, the outflow of specis is much curtailed. The profits the home country derives from the eland in this way must amount to 30 or | 50 million yen every year

note to the German Government demana inking of the American steamer ing that an indemnity by paid for the Jerlasam,

[FROM MANILA PAPERS.) DEMANDS AN INDEMNITY

What will thou be the future of the is FROM GERMANY.

Jand?

It future is very bright, full of To cite many promising enterprises. WASHINGTON, July 30th.

only a few examples. The cultivation of Ambassador-Gerard has presented

the! fur

plough lius. rite is one of the most promising Land every- | 10g

Where The quality of the ri which is able and which is wait-

improving; and is new marly as and he

WASHINGTON, July 31st. Charles Becker, former lieutenant of died yesterday in the chair, electrocuted, police of New York, convicted of murder, protesting his innocence.

VICTORY BY NOVEMBER?

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crop can be reaped twice a yene but at present the condition is nut. Very favour- able, and the two crops only equal the yeur "It is whers there is one crop quite possible, however, thao the condi tion can be improved by manie and amount of the crop of the home country

olher mess to the point where tag pris. sent crop is doubled.

that raised in the home suffe

Timber mills are also full of promise. Till lately at Arwas almo

The communiqué concludes by saying: poisoned the wells in South-West Afrima Sir R. L. Borden (Preinier of Canada) OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF THE ALLIES' mountain whers timber mills wrestabe

especially violem in the cector of Ostro donka and Lomża, and so great were the "Gertuan difficulties that at some of the

positions they were driven to conduct epulsed a counterattack a Barron

The Russians, in ex- kopf." trench warfare. ploding mines, continually gained the upper hand.

The whole of the enemy army cume 'down the tributaries of the Szkwa and Fissa towards the Narew and attacked tho Russian positions, having first launched reinforcements from France.

"Nevertheless, we soon saw a complete German defcat in this sector, because it took the Germans a whole week to drive

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AUSTRO-ITALIAN FRONT.

{THROUGH SKUTER'S JOENOY.]

** INFLEXIBLE, LIKE IRON."

OATH OF REGIMENT WHICH

WIPED OUT. WAS

used poison-gas, sank the Lasitoid, and

shockingly violated the rules of civilisa-

tion.

Consequently the Allie must take every step to overcince such na enemy.

Sir Edward Grey refutes the contention of America that an avenue of enmerce to the enemy should be open through neutral ports. This contention Great Britain ismable to accept says the Foreign Minister. It is not sustained by law or the principles of International equity,"

A most pathetic feature was the presence of wounded soldiers. Many had log & les or an arm and were walking on crutches. Others were totally blind and had to be led

and High Commissioners.

to their sents.

The Stock Exchange suspended business at noon, the members singing the National Anthem and giving cheers for the King and the Allies..

UDINE, August 1th. The regiment of the Emperor's Jacgor,

The Minister proceeds to give decisions back from the village our rearguard regi- which was wiped out by the Bersugiteri ment, while the fight for the passages of in a desperate and fruitless, attempt to arrived at in the United States supporting the Narew, near Novgorod, was my even retake Mouub Seibuci, had just arrived Great Britain's view, affirming that Great the enemy, under from Vienna, where they were reviewed Britain has been careful not to interfere Some of begun.

theby, the Emperor and took the oath which with commerce genuinely destined for, of the foists, got COYOT Russian sido of the giver, but we pre-has been handed down from 1809, when and proceeding from; Bentral countries. vented the artillery from crossing and the their ancestors, under Andreas Hofer He points out that the figures show that The outh America's increased commere during the troops who got across were almost, un brilliantly defended Tyrol.

ricals: "I swear to be inflexible, like war more than compensated for the loas nihilated by the bayonet,"

of German and Austrian markets. iron, so help me God.”

Dealing with the question of Prize GENERAL.

Courta, he declares that it appears that the principles of Prize Courts in America aut Great Britain are identical, Anyhow, wa appeal may be inade to the Privy Council, and, finally, to an International tribunal, He trusts, however, that Great Britain's willingness to grant reasonable concs-GREAT BRITAIN'S PART. sions to American interests will prevent the necessity for such an appeal.

“These failures compelled the enemy to transfer reinforcements from France to the Rozam army, which was advancing and progressing more rapidly, but its progress was barred by the river Oje. The enemy then changed the direction of attick and is now on the front between the Narow and the Ojo, making great chorts to a north-easterly direction axivance in

For three days they beyond Ostrolenka hurled masses of infantry against our trenches, but only advanced two in three yorsts after severa lusses,

(THROUGH REITER'S AGENOT.) **'TURKS QUARREL WITH

GERMANY,

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"IMPORTANT DECISIONS.""

LONDON, August 4th. The Times announces that advices from Constantinople, received in Mytilene,

which was attended by all the Ministers. stale that Enver Pasha gave of diner It is believed that important decisions we reached which were unfavourable to Germany, as no German was invited to the dinner, while it is known that Enver

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PENSIONS FOR DISABLED NEW ZEALANDERS. During a particularly desperate

WELLINGTON, (N.Z.), August 4th. attack og the 2nd inst, which was

The House of Representatives has repulsed, we saw the cocmy's cavalry making an onslaught on their own

Tasha has quarrelled with General Liman passed the third reading of the Pensions infantry to force them to re-attack after Sanders whose recall Enver Pasha Bill, in which allowances are made for a repulet, The German losses here were

has been demanding for some time. totally disabled soldiers ranging from 35%, very great.

The departure of the German Ministor weekly for bachelors, to 7. 6d. per week

this for inarried men, "Neur Poksnivatze the enemy concen trated masses of infantry in order to Wangenheim was attributed to cross the valley of the Ojo, but our quarrel. artillery smothered their advance and Our losses were even broke up the force. very heavy, but our troops are making a valiant resistance to the enemy's plan to deal, a severe blow from the Narew line upon the rear of the Russian armies in the impending offensive of Generally, addressing a patriotic meeting at the Mackenson.

"NEARER WARSAW,"

AMSTERDAM, August 4th. The Berlin communiqué tonight indi- cates that the clash is nearer Warsaw itself.

MR. BALFOUR ON GERMANY'S

MISCALCULATIONS.

LONDON, August 5th.

Mr. Balfour, First Lord of the Admiral-

London Opera House, said: We can say cafidently that, despite all efforts, there is he miscalculation that the enemy has not inade, except that regarding the value

on

Jished. But as the result of the sub- CHANCES,

jugation of the aborigines, gedréass' Delivering the second of his series been obtained to several oth, mountáibh The Ariat ad antigent Theatre Jans 27th, Colonel F. N. paczcesint.

ctures on the war at the Shaftesbote where the work of timber als must be Maude, C... referred to the position them is that timber can be só ( down the As for mimens, anallayil gult chaplutely no reason for the wave of the Russian fruatier and sat there wVT depression which recent news from there has lately been discovered in Takkiri Valley, where it is believed that The Bishop of Canterbury, in a' stirring East and caused..

At one time the pressure of the Russian gold mine, of great value mus le Many As for the results of the civil admis sermon, dwelt on the summon duty to bring in the East saved the position in the West, an oil-field, has also been discovered since

the East. saving the position

The Allies, continued the lecturer, did tration, two facts of remarkable suede every ounce of strength for the furtherance and now the pressure in the West was the establishment of the Japanessa üle

He concluded by paying a of right

not want to invade Germany until Gerinstantly come to notice, that is, the splendid tribute to "those we should have many had been made to produce her last pacification of native insurgents, and the. they would fall back with such rapidityginning of the Japanese administration, called quite ordinary men, passing from there. And when they were forced back subjugation of aborigines. At the be

insurgents, with the result that there tion inside the country.

Germany could not have more than eight were many policemen who fell victims, In fact, Taikoku was once prosaic paths of a common life to a way that there would be practically no opposi- the whole island was infested with native

at the beginning of the war. If the rate Japanese with dauntless, courage on the Aegean

It is told of would Germans

e of things in those days. precipices or in the shell-swept trenches, and a half million fit and available mea aur travelling was a dangerous thing for

increnzed the offering their lives with simplicity and at which they were killed up to January besieged by them. There is an interesting even with galdness for their country and had been kept up-and it had probably ageeduto which well illnstrates the stab accounted for by the beginning of Nove-Mr. Tejro Yamamoto, a pioneer sugar- cultivator in the island, that his sugar ber next.

We are in no hurry," he continued. refinery factory was provided with some There is no need to be in a hurry, pieces of cannon. The most effective its cause."

is being brought forth, and the chef-duery was conceived by the late because every day that passes ammuni- measure for the pacificntion of these mis longer we wait the greater will be the General Kodama, when he was Governor storm. But the commanders will not wait General of the island. His measure wast for, auofher winter campaign; I believe to punish the whole tribe when the you will have the great point in few offenders were hiding among them and And we have a good chance of did not deliver them to be authorities. = As the pacification of native insurgenta weeks. victory now."

was the success of the late General Kodama, so the subjugation of aborigines must be attributed to the merit of Getteral Sakuma who has lately resigual the post of the Governor General. There scem to be some who say that the subjugation of aborigines was hot a matter which needed a speedy settlement, but they are, poté aware of the fact that the raw material. for camphor has been damaged by the aborigines. Indeed, the industry b camphor would have seriously affected, But these aborigines are docila. if the aborigines had been left to them- selves. extent t

Even though the war end as we hope it creatures when once they have become come to understand the real intention of aay, Germany'e position will by no means reconciled to the Japanese. They now be an agreeable one.

We shall be the most detested people in the Japanese, and are feeling grateful Europe, and we shall need superhamas for the new rule-Yokohama, Japanese efforts to fortify our position We shall Chamber of Commerce Journal. no longer be able to afford to leave a out thorough military instruction. considerable portion of our youth with EXPERIMENTAL FARMING IN transformed into a military education, ordinary school education will have to be The whole of our material will have to he renewed, and all this will cost money We shall be compelled to scrape and say in every way possible, and taxation will be increased beavily.

The members of the Corn Market sang the National Anthein and also suspended basiness for an hour.

Colonel Mundle said in conclusion:

The Allies outnumber the armies of There were similar demonstrations at the Germans by about five or six to one any business houses,

MORE TRIBUTES FROM ALLIED COUNTRIES.

LONDON, August 411 The following additional messages from prominent men of the allied countries and the Dominions have been published. M.Pichon, former French Foreign Minister, telegraphed that Groat Britain's declaration of war is the capital event in the great struggle, making victory, by the inevitable exhaustion of the German nation, only a question of time."

Signor Huzzatti, an ex-Premier of Italy, telegraphed as follows" To the wise mother and instructress of the savage and lesser peoples-to England greatness LONDO, August 4th. and victory Until the points of con- The diplomatic contest in regard to the junction on seas and continents can be Balkans between Germany and the Allies defended by an international guard of continues. The Ministers of the Allies angels, the civilised world relies with at Athens last night caled on the Greek tranquil confidence upon the vigilame of

the nature of which is not stated... Premier and made a colective demarche, England.”

THE BALKĀNS..

DIPLOMATIC CONTEST

CONTINUES.

if we cannot beat them at those odds per sonally I shall be inclined to see the flag hauled down and go and bury myself."

DETESTED BY THE WORLD The Kreuzzeitung has come to the con clusion that, whatever the issue, the war will not benefit Germany to any great

The

It will not be as it was in 1870, when France paid us a big sum after a war of relatively short duration. This time even victory will cost us dear

THE CHOSEN INSTRUMENT.

GERMAN BLASPHEMY,

SZECHUAN,

The city of Foochow, situated at thei junction of the Yangtsze and W River writes a correspondent of the NU: Dutch Wews; has many years boon, regarded as great business centre. Its commercial in Buence extends, not only throughout th means of the Wu Biver, with its many tributaries, even to Kueiyang, the capital south-eastern part of Szechuan, but by

of Kueichow. Until more recent years was known throughout China as a great opium centre. Consequently since the sup pression of the opium bualness it has On the subjoined piece of blasphemy suffered considerably. Gradually, how- tivation of vegetables and fruits, to take comment would be superfluous

Artong all the nations of the earth, the the place of the opium, Large quantities from the Rheinische-Westfälische Zeitung ever, the farmers are working up the cul- There were also messages from the Germans are always, relatively speaking of a particular kind of vegetable are

the best..

dried and picked is called This is so because among the German grown in the spring of the year. This Prime Minister of New Zealand, the of ammunition and guns. If the Germans

extent than among any other, the root had foreseen how the war would go, not NEW ZEALAND'S NATIONAL H, W. F, Massey, and also from the people there is found to autothants'ai" During the months of My

MINISTEY.

Prime Minister of Australia, the Right source of all good, of activity, loyalty, and June large quantities are shipped to soldier would have been mobilised, not!

Hoa. A. Fisher, voicing the determina-truthfulness, love of peace and of human Shanghai and other places down rive ity None of these attributes is to be Judging from the amount exported and single life would have been lost, We

A National Ministry has been formed tion of the Dominions to prosule the found in euch fulness in any, other nation from the fact that the quantity shipped whatscover lesst of all among the this year was far in excess of that of last the outer line fortress, and that Prince had not professed to be a military nation.

haigh aggressive, and werdet Russia, year, it will no doubt become a permanent Leopold of Bavaria is attacking Warsaw Our offer of an Expeditionary Fores of consisting of Eve members of the Govern war till victory is secuzeti.

The American opinion on the Trugless of who have perpetrated ahepeakable, bar industry in this district

Foochow in the cultivation of several while it is also claimed that General 160,000 men was gratefully accepted, but ment and five of the Opposition

**and other Eucalyptus In this respect, at all events, the varieties of the Woyrsch's Austro-German army is in possession of the west part of the fortress our casualties already exceeded the num- Right Hon. Sir Joseph Ward has been the war agrees that the net fesuiten barities, on trade the defence An experiment is also being made at

ber of the original forces. What we had appointed Minister of Finance, and the favour of the Allies, who have shown

ability to defer a decision which the Germans have remained pure... For that tress. Judging from the first year's growt

reason God has church Gerinary and and the appearance of these trees at the Ivangorod to the Vistula,

done vastly exceded what we expected 10 Hon. J. Allen Minister of Defence. The communiqué admits that the

Its police, to correct other peoplce placed being wet adapted to this country and of (Formerly, the Hon. J. Allen Olled the

Thecoming very beneficial to the farmers. on a lower plane." Russians have reattacked General von do, but that was only a part of what sednat position of Minister of Finance and Austrians and Germans are unable to fustrious is instrument, in a way, as present time, they give good promise of

Defence.]

It claims that the Russians have been thrown back from the Blome position into

Mackensen's Army,

were going to do,

.

WELLINGTON, (N..), August 4th.

force.

less.

when

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