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THE

WAR.

GERMANY'S BARREN VICTORY.

WARSAW EMPTY: COUNTRYSIDE

SWEPT BARE.

SANGUINARY FIGHTING IN THE

FAST.

ITALY AND TURKEY.

TENSION DAILY BECOMING MORE ACUTE.

AUSSIAN FRONT

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENDY.)

THE EVACUATION OF WARSAW. RUSSIANS DENUDE THE CITY. COUNTRYSIDE SWEPT BARE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST ST, 1025

(THROUGH REUITER'S AGENCY.] GERMAN ADMIRATION FOR RUSSIAN VALOUR. The Gormans do not congeal their ad tniration of the valour of the Russians, Prince Luitpold of Briarthe presence -of--his Staff said to captured-Russian

Colone!! Lexpox. August 7th. The croughness of the evacuation of Warsaw is proved by an account of an American correspondent, who left Warsaw on July 26th

He says that the Russian authorities on July 13th asked the British Consul how

any tickets he wanted for the British Colony. The newspapers of Warsaw Ennounced on July 5th that the evacua tion of the city would begin on the 18th, but before theu erowds were hurrying eastward on a thousand goods waggons which had been accumulated. Fully ha.f the population were removed, in addition to hundreds of thousands of peasants who had arrived from the country after their homea had been burnt and their crops thestroyed.

*I admire intensely your: troops who fought with honour and cour age. Neither our nutrica! superiority nor our numerous batterica dismayed thes brave soldiers who fell gloriously to the lest man."

GERMAN COMMENTS. - The comments of the German öxperts at not too enthusiatie. As an instance,

Major Morani asks why the chief end of all strategy, namely the destruction of the enemy's fighting power, should be given up for Warsaw,

Other paper manifest conflicting views regarding future operations. Some are saying that Warsaw and Ivangorod con- stitute a new base for a continuance of the mirch eastward on a broad front; others that the possession of these cities will make Practically the entire countryside bad

possible the formation of new defensive been swept bare. Every scrap of uriallises. freeing troops, probably a million was removed, including telegraph and tele.

in number, for action in the west, phone wires, church bells, the machinery

RUSSIAN COMMENTS, Russian correspondents anticipate that of the factories after which the factory buildings were destroyed. All the art and the German offensive castward is not yet

were strit antiquarian treasures

to finished as enemy fores are now pushing Moscow, including the heart of Chopin, towards Kovch, with the object of getting which was one of the treasures of the behind the Brestletont line, while there are other movements worth, namely in the churches. The cross and also the muni- cipal and State archieves and three Lanza sector, threatening to cut the Petrograd line, and in the Baltic Pro- millions sterling in cash were removed,

Warsaw was empty byJuly 21st. Not vinces, where the Germans are apparently oyen a wheeled vehicle or a horse was left. aiming not so much at Riga, which the Tens of thousands of houses were destroy-Russians are evacuating, but at crossing ed, and there was no public water supply, the Dwina higher up. as the pumps had been removed. -

The Russians left the Polish Civic Com- mittee to administer the down till this entry of the Germans, Many prominent pitizens left, as they were reported to be on the German proscription lists,

Among the treasures cut to Moscow from the Baltic Provinces was a statue of Bismarck weighing 40 pounds, taken fro the Kaiser's East Prussian estate.

VIEWS OF POLISH LEADERS.. A. Petrograd mesage says that the A thousand Polish refugees, in a zone in Polish leaders recognise that everything the interior are learing excesses by the commensurate with military prudence was. Austrians and Germans who accuse the done to save Wanaw, Poles of treachery to the Central European

cause

Poland is now a desert of blackene ruins, and its plight is worse than that of Belgium,

The sufferings of the refugees are so terrible that the Government a Petrograd has assigned to the public bodies a grant of twenty-five million roubes on their

[THEOGH REUTER'S 'AĠENDY.] Desperate fighting is proceeding on the Narow front The enemy, after a series of sanguinary actions, made a little pri greas along the roads to Catrow on Friday.. Desperate enemy atacks on Thursday trening in the region of Serotsk were repulsed.

Hard fighting continues between tho Vistula and the Bug.

THE BATTLE AROUND WARSAW.

"FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT,

(THROUGH BETTER'S ADENOL]

ARTILLERY DUELS.

PARIS, August 7th. A communiqué mentions merely artillery ducle along the whole front.

LIVELY FIGHTING.

PARIS, August 7th.

5.00 p.m. To-day's communiqué states that thers - hins boon grenade fighting at Swches and. VON MACKENSEN CONCENTRATES artillery.combats at Tracy-le-Val and Berry-au-Bac. There has also been lively fighting in Argonne,

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HIS ARTILLERY. -

PETEDURA, August 7th. communiqué says The Germans,

A strong Germa reconnaissance in

were repulsed on the 5th instant between Lorraine was dispersed. the Dwina and the Niemen, where the

situation is inchanged. There was is NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

porate fighting all Wednesday, night on the left bank of the Numer on the roads

from Ostroenka and Roshan to Ostrow.

A scries of vigorous Russians counter- attacks held up the enemy on an extensivoi

river.

[HAVAN BERVICE.]

ANATOLIAN COAST

BOMBARDED.

on

PARIS, August 5th.

front ut n distance of six miles from the A stual French squadron including a The Russians captured a few battleship, two cruisers and tonedoboats, hundred prisoners. Violent fighting here bombarded the 3rd instant the Anatolian coast, Sighsajik, Sala-Navo, continues,

and Pelia; destroying custom houses, fortified works, and the supply-base for German submarines,

GENERAL.

All is quist in the middle Vistula since the Russian retreated to the right bank.

Warsaw was evacuate din order to Novo

The Fruit the city from bombardment, less attemple of the enemy to extend the out of occupation were only continued in his ojDutmh sDimu&re boar dacar liah the Matzecritze district, between Warsaw and Ivangerod.

The battles on the 5th between the Vistulal and the Bug wore contested most

The enemy poured in stubbornly. concentrated fire from massed artillery, and the Russians were obliged to retire a little to the northward. AUSTRO ITALIAN. FRONT.

(THIOUGH REUTER'S AGENCÈ.} BRINGING THE BALKAN

STATES TOGETHER. EFFORTS OF THE ALLIED POWERS,

Row, August 7th.

The Italian papers display much in- screet in the demiwches of the Allien at Athens and wish for the opening of the revision of the Treaty of Bukharest which is considered absolutely necessary.

The una learns that Serbia is dis- Posed to cale Bulgaria the region around Istb in the debatable area south-east of Uskab. It is also convinced that

Entruste with the Rumano Bulgarian

Allies is essential..

Her

The German Press is very angry with Rumania, and declare that her neutrality has been consistently malevolent. intervention on the side of the Quadruple is certainly, to be expected neg ITALIAN AIRSHIPS ACTIVE

Rove, August th

(THROUGH MUTER'S AGENÓV.)

ITALY AND TURKEY,

ROME, August 8th. The Italian and Turkish tension is daily becoming more aete. Italy has asked for a category of explanations and repara- tions, as Constantinople continues ies usual policy of postponement,

GERMANY THREATENS

RUMANIA.

LONDON, August 8th. Germany is breatening vengeance against. Ruuania because contraband is

Turkey German and Turky no longer still vigorously prevented from going to

enter Rumania, while Germany is further urging Austria to'close her frontiers. But the Austrians need provisions and are leaving the ronds open for carts. MORE GERMAN BRUTALITY,

Panograd, Aigust $0.

A Japanese volunteer named Ykashiny

has arrived at Vilna with boil his ears ent off, this having been done by Germans. WAR ON NON-COMBATANTS.

TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF CREW

OF SUBMARINED STEAMER.

LONDON, August 7th. The steamer Midleind Queen has been bunk. The crew were 72 hours in open

rescued. Among them were an engineer's boats without lood, before they were

CHINESE TELEGRAM,

THE TSINGTAU CUSTOMS.

PORINO, August 6th..

An agreement was signed to-day by which the Japanese function in the Tsing tai Customs will be similar to that of thi Germans. The present Japanese staff will bo drafted into the Chineso Customs. Mr. F. A. Aglen, Inspector-General of the Chinese Maritime Customs, conducted "the negotiatious,

CORRESPONDENCE.

SCIENCE OR PHILOSOPHY.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]

SIB, Professor Warren has swallowed my ground-bait nad avoided what I wished him to nibbles. If he re-reads my letter he will the call for in Apologia pro Universitate sua.."Yours faithfully.

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PILOSOPHUS,

P.S.-The Revolution was not Rousseau's objective but the direct result of his teaching na the must abstract subjects This can be as conclusively proved as any thing in history. And the Revolution is the ovent which has probably influenced men's is more than any other.

THE COLONY'S FINANCES,

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RANDOM REFLECTIONS,

Every typhoon season there is some comis plaint about tho incorrectness of the —signals at the Mount Gough Polics Station. A grumble has reached me with regard to the signals hoisted last woole end. I presume the Station is informod from the Observatory of any changes mada in the signals below: if not it is a little matter that might be remedied, while 3f the fault lies with the mun whose duty it is to change them, thaß also is a little matter that might easily be remedied. The signals may as well be given correctly if they are put up at all.

A recent arrival from Flame asks e if anything has ever been done, or wid Ver 2 done S PHONE ĐƯỢC to a large elges Chinese that the habit which they have of expretorading at radom jylmost repellant and mansgating. Every person fresh from Europe is shocked at this. Oriental trait for it is not an exclusively Chinese habit. The answer to the inquiry is that some attempt has been made. to. results were achieved the improvement check it in the past, but if any good cannot be said to be very noticeable now.

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may be recalled that the Sanitary, Board a few years ago opened a campaigni against it. Thousands of hand bills were distribated and placards were to be scen everywhere painting on how dangerous is the thy habit to the public health, If I mistake not, a bye-law was even adopted making expectoration in public places misdemeanour. One never hears anything of the campaign nowadays, and not even a warning placard is to be seen.

Hongkong is probably freer

CBT (CG entorlaiament

average

Chiurse city, for

this the

fronr

han

in the schoo's of the Colony this most objectionable practice naturally incurs the severe displeasure of the masters, while, Chinese adults in foreign employ do not indulge in the habit with-

within earsho-But there is a large

floating population in the Colony. Hur- dreds of new arrivals from the country

The statement for the month of May, 1015, as published in the Gartte, is out hearing about it from Europeans

as follows com

REVENCE AND EXPENDITUR Balance of Assets and Liabi-

lities on 30th April, 1915 $28.901.02 Revenue from 1 to 31st

May, 1815

Expenditure from 1st to 31st

May, 1015

Balance

890,141.73 $3,434.046.73

207,078.88

$2,130,560.87

BANKNOTES IN CIRCULATION.

Beturns of the average amount of bank notes in circulation and specie is reserve July 31, 1915, as certified by the managers in Hongkong during the month ended

of the respective Banks:

Banks.

Chartered Bank of

India, Australis, & China

Average Specie in

Amount, Reserve.

6,545,456,000,000

Hongkong & Shang-

hai Banking Corp. 21,940,229 11,300,000 Mercantile Bank of

India Limited 1,393,215 700,000

Total 520,609,994 21,150,000 *Sterling Securities deposited with the Urown Agouts valued at $1,850,000.

+8rcurities with the Crown Agents £68,016.

WAR NEWS.

RELEASED ENGLISHMEN

REINTERNED.

It may be remembered that about two months ago 17 English bank officiala were

are constantly drooping into the Colony bringing with them all their native habits,, and the filthy practice of expectorating anywhere and everywhere is one of them. But if I am correct in saying that di by-law exists against it, surely something might be dons to stop this repulsive and dangerous practice by putting the law into force.

Mr. Anderson. the United States Consul General in Hoagkong, in a report to his Government on the liquidation f the German businesses fermerly, carried on in Hongkong remarks.

"It is useless, of course, to speculate as to which German, houses, will reopen their businesses after the war, but it may be well among thos to note that there is a strong disposition in the East formerly counting Hongkong as their headquarters to develop their Canton houses in the future at the expense of the Hongkong houses; that is, to make the Capton house the parent or principal h use and the Hongkong house this branch or subsidiary concern. This disposi- Sion may disappear after the war, hat it is inquestionably strong at presept."}

If British ideas on the subject of German trading in British Colonies do not charge | very anddenly after the war. I fancy it will be more from necessity than eboivo that the headquarters of the German Army will be established in Cauron rather than in Hongkong.

A communiqué says:-An Italian aid wife and child, the latter only 18 months released from internment at Rahleben, ani with the Germans from the begin

from above.

fold."

ship threw bombs on the camps around Lake Doberdo.' Another bombarded the HIS HOLINESS AND PEACE,

ROME, August 7tb. Opcina railway, and, when returning,

The corresponent of the Daily Tele- was attacked by an Austrian sea-plany, which dropped three incendiary bombs groghat Rome mys that His Holiness the The airships' fire put the Pope is about to take a new step in By remaining longer the troops would have imperileda-plane to flight. Both airships e favour of peace, invoking specially the

turned damaged.

co-operation of neutral contries.

DEFENDER OF VERDUN. NEW FRENCH COMMANDER-IN CHIEF AT DARDANELLES.

LONDON, August 7th. General Sarrail (who has been appoint- ed Commander-in-Chief of the French Furcs at the Dardanelles) distinguished himself at the Battle of the Marne by his

the armies.

Military Experts anticipate that the fortress of Novogengievsk will be defend- led to the last.

TO THE LAST BREATH A Polish member of the Council of "Empire, speaking with emotion at a meet- ing of the Council, sid that in the midst of their misfortune the Poles remembered that a long series of historic facts welded The only mention of booty in the Ger- them into a people indissonbly united man papere up 20 the present is the pre- with the Russians, with whom they would sence of large stocks of four at Irangorod, struggle to the last breath.

behalf.

EXODUS FROM RIGA, There is an exodus of 10,000 daily-from

German correondents telegraphing from a point eight miles from Warsaw say Riga the view of the city at dawn on Thursday was awesome. The city was encircled with

flames and giant columns of smoke, attri

GERMANS ATTACKING :

OSSOWIECS.

buted to the burning of bridges and muni- HARD FIGHTING AT MANY POINTS. tion stores by the Russians.

Russian

aviators bombed the advancing Germa.us day and night throughout the week.

"EVÁCUTION OF KOVNO.

A telegrain received at Copenhagen say

the Russibus are preparing to evacuat Koyao. The Governor, has already

his offices to Novolex miles north

PROGRESS IN CARSO.

Rose, August 7th.

A communiqué says: There has been nothing important on any front, but the Italian progressed somewhat in Cars, taking 60 prisoners.

ITALIAN DIRIGIBLE LOST. BONE, August 8th.

An Italian dirigibis which was attack-defence of Tryout against the Crown Prince's furious and repeated attacks ing Poli, where recently there have beenHe has defended Verdun skilfully during many successful raids, was brought down by gun fire and thi crew of six was captured.

LOCONIC AUSTRIAN

COMMUNIQUE.

AMSTERDAM, August 7th.

the last elevenonths. He will be Kucceded there by General Humbertse

A SOUTH AFRICAN GIFT. LONDON, August 8th: Subscriptions are being mised througa An Austrian communiqué simply menout South Africe to supply an overseas tions the continuang of the pursuit and contingent of machine-gue Funds for of battles between the Fisula and the Bug. 140 ore collected within five days,

THE FIRE ON THE KHYBER." NEW PRESIDENT-OF PORTUGAL,

It would be interesting to know what the peoples outside the Christian pale are thinking of the war in its relation to Christianity. Even those within the pale-excepting the Germans-must be 'cu furiously to think "when they see that while the devout of each nation are pray ing that God will bss their, country' arms, the Kaiser is no hesitation To letting it be known to the Gernian people and the entire world that God has been

allowe to go back to their work at Ham-

ning | Ju think of the appalling burg Indignant Germans who saw thes?

savagery of which the Germans have bee? unwelcome guests in the train raised a guilty throughout the war-as contained

in the voluminous reports of the com hubbab in the Press There was an offi- mal inquiry, and it was announced themittees of Investigation appointed by they had caly be released because "more Belgium, France and Great Britain-and than 100 German bank officiale in England the Kaiser's claim leaves the reader are not only at liberty, but are allowed to breathless from amazement. How the two go undisturbed about the business," things are to be reconciled I must leave The Berliner Tagibait now annoinces thit

to a German mind. But this fitting of Christainly into the war is leben last Friday under military escort,

perplexing businees. My remarks thereon accompanied by "two black Englishmen."

| are prompted chiefly by the fact that some the unfortunate 17 were sent back to Ruh-

The German public has just roooived a good folks have been highly indignant that special warning against any mistaken there should have been prayers for our kindness towards escaped prisoners enemies at the service at St. John's It is pointed out that anybody who Cathedral the other day. Yet every has information abou- escaped prisoners body knows that there is scriptural must immediately inform the price.

it authority for

*Love your nemies," says the Scriptures: "bless them that earse you, and pray for ther which despitefully we you, and persecute you." The pious Germans, with ther

war,

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THE ALL-DEVOURING FIRE.

Certain German newspapers which have been talking shamelessly of chivalry and humanity are taken severely to task by General Kein, the President of the Pan-German League, in an article in the Tagliche Rundschau:

In the present war hatred and wrath. we wish to strike to the death aro perfectly legitimate and necessary

Gott Strafe England" on every tou- gue, unanimously agree to forget their Bible in these times, and I am not a donish- ed that a leading German religious journal should be recommending

moratorium for the religious-world for the duration of the war

It is our duty to fight with the utmost A correspondent writing with referencs energy again this dialectic inanity in

to a recent report in the D.P. in whiciz which o'rtain Germa-newspapers

· ** chivalrousness,

a lady was described as the chairman of employs words such as

so the gathering, suggests that this descrip- “humanity; "civilisation," and

tion, though becoming fairly common in forth

Such anemic and srutinental polemics there days when women are making a larger

ahare in public life, cannot be considere can only tend to paralyse our own forces.

Italy's intervention in the war is the felicitcus. Perhaps not. It reminds me completion of the attempt to strangin of a comment I saw a little while ago on Edward VII. is about to be realised, the reemtly deceased, was an excellent land Germany The sanguinary dream of a statement that a certain titted lade dream of a great coalition against Ger- lord. This remark suggested the ques many which troubled the nights of tion: how could a lady be a lord "47 Bismarck,

That dream w must prevent from And the retort courteous was: Would Lady was an excellent landlaily! After an integers followed by a hugs

LONDOS, August 7th coming true, and that we cannot do unless op suggeht an abzurdity to write: cloud of gas e German

The fire on the Khyber has been con-in-Berlin, in Viennn, and in Constantin Just so and the welcobjectionsTcze ople we concentrate all the human forces Osowices at dawn of Friday morning and

TASBON, August 7th. carried the works near Sotua, but the Sen. Bernardion Macado has been trolled. It is believed that the damage dur comment to ignite pong, evere

simply put up temptation=1#. The way of wa no serigu, the cars being expedi-tection of the people an 211-devouring Fire of Chairmander Chatult would be Russian fire and counter-attack dislodged elected President of the Republic ofano scrign, the carg), being expedit Holy Haired against every oue

papayat, de ha meg enemies, and more particularly against the malicious compositor, to forget tha Fall is véonard England árið her, Italian realelite them everywhere boven que de

PEOGRAD, August 8th, The Germans are attacking the for- treases of Keyno and Ossowieca...

assaulted

of out

to using the term Chairwomaninstead