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THE WAR.

THE POSITION OF

RUSSIA.

ENEMY BESIEGING KOVNO,

GERMANS REPULSED EVERY- WHERE IN FRANCE.

TURKISH

MORE

RUSSIAN FRONT

"SUCCESSES" AT GALLIPOLI.

SUBMARINE

[THEORGH RECTER'S AGENCY.] THE RUSSIAN POSITION. OPINIONS OF EXPERTS.

PeroGam. August 15th. Experts describe the general position on the eastern frontier of the Russians as It is now being unbrok in strength. .fifty miles behind the Warsaw line, run- ning coughly from Louiza do Vlodura, with face towards

and steality Hattening

The progress.. indicates that

PIRACY.

(THROUGH RAUTER'S AGENCY.)

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 16TH, 1015.

Chief of Staff in the Kief military 'dis- triet prohibiting the publication of sproches made by members of the Left-in the Dumn at the opening of the session. M. Rodzianku degribes the proliibition as a great political mistake, The Dima

in the just composition and spirits he says, is the stimulator of courage and the soul of patridie zoul for the whole of Russia.

the enemy

Speeches from both the Right ard backwards. the Left Parties iro a edustant call to fighting all the forces of the country to work Prohibition of hold together for vistory.

The German northern arusies on the Narew

wings both skubboruly till the main ferees in the publication of such sperches is equiva- centre are reached as appointed positions.lent to destroying with our own hands one of the elements of victory. It is impossible to forge that numbers of both the Right and the Left parties are now fighting and dying and ready to die, and among a great number of young officers of the Army a considerable proportion share the political opinions of the Left Parties.

are eighty miles to the south, and fifty miles distant from the fortress of Brestlitorsk which is apparently the Ger man objective. The Germans continue to the wings, make desperate attacks on leaving the centre almost unniolested. This Russians are keeping a firm hold on the railway lines.

GERMAN SIEGE OF KOVNO,

The Germans are apparently settling 'down to the siege of Korno. They are forcing crowds-of Poles and Leits to con struct siege lines, a platform for heavy guns on the Niemen ter miles distant, and a fortress. These pressed workmen fre-

FURTHER RUSSIAN..

SUCCESSES-

PETROGRAD, August 14th,

NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

4(THROUGH REUTER'S ACENOY.] DARING EXPLOIT BY FRENCH SUBMARINE.

DESTROYS AN AUSTRIAN MINEFIELD.

LONDON. August 16th. A incessage from Toulon tells of a daring font by a French submarine which has been mentioned in Army Orders.

The submarine eneonatored an Austrian mineheld in the Adriatic and destroyed -several floating - "mings. It continned through the minefield, the crew showing the greatest bravery in diving and cutting the cables of one hundred mines, which were destroyed.

As a proof of the exploit the sulmuaring towed two of the mines to an Italian

port, where the fact was nold. The sub- marine then pue to sou and destroyed the minės

NAVAL BATTLE IN THE

BALTIC.

GERMAN SQUADRON BADLY

MAULEI

- Petrograd, August Fith;-

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

"THE HYMN OF

HATE,"

AUTHOR BECOMING ASHAMED OF

· HIS WORK.

He

**The

(THROUGH ZEUTAR'S, AGENCY.]

RANDOM REFLECTIONS.

"LIBERATORS OF POLAND The Kwangtang Flood Relief Fund.

LONDON, August 15th.- The Frankfurter Zeitung, criticising manifestos-issued-by-Austrian and Polish

raised by e Tung Wah Hospital Diree tors now amounts to nearly $450,000, which does not include, I believe, the $50,000 voted by the Hongkong Government. - “The -organisations—regarding_the_futate___}_Canton Relief Society, with which the Tung Poland, says it must be recognised at Wah directors are en-operating, must have Cracow and Vienna that the settlement of mised a sum tot far short of that, so that Poland must be decided in accordance,mething like will dollars from

with the defensive requirements of Ger-

many and Austria. The Poley must mus forget that it was the derman Army which liberated Poland.

AMSTERDAM, August 14th. Ernst Lisauer, the author of the famous Hyon of Hato," is apparently becoming ashamed of his work. writes to the Berliner Tageblatt agreeing that the song was not intended for the young, and that he often deprecated its publication in the school books.

* [Pebyrams, received on Saturday, and

"Extra" on Sunday song was written," he says, in a papuistished in un sinate impalse daring the first work of will be found on pug: 6.3

war under the impression of the 1 neither British declaration of war. foresaw the success of the song nor the It is political present acks on it. poem not against individual Englishmen -My foely (but designed against England. ings are against the English will, whiet Whether threatens to destroy fermany, they can stand in the presence of coul- consideration and practical politics is nanther question."

A TIMELY PUBLICATION.

WHEY AUSTRIA SOUGHT-A SEPARATE PEACE.

Losnos, August 14th.. In view of the German penge folk the It is publication of an English translation of the Italien Green-book is most timely, 8 it confirms the rumours current at the time that Austria in March and April: rought a separate peace with Russin with aubview todaying a free hand to deal with

It is unofficially reported here that a Naval battle was fough near Qesel và the 12th inst. It is stated that a large Ceramen cruiser was destroyed and several other warships severely damagril. surmised thint the enemy's purpose was to bottle up the Russia Fleet in the Gulf of Finland and Bothnia.

SUBMARINE PIRACY.

Italy. LONDON, August 14th. The Norwegian steamer Aura and the

Duske steamer fucosa, have been sunk

THE PRICE OF WHEAT.

charitable donations has been made avail- ably for relief. Only a comparitively small portion of this sum has been spent

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meeting the argen necessities, of slarving communities, and it very satisfactory is gee that further relief is to take the wry practical Forin si payment in return for work done on repairing and

CHINESE TELEGRAMS.strengthening the embankments. If it is

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] THE PRESIDENT AND THE

· HONGKONG UNIVERSITY.

PERING, August 13i. The Prisent dus donated a scholar- ship to the Hongkong University waith $2,000. The conditions of te scholar-,

ship lave not yet ben arranget.

MONEY FOR CHINA.

Perisa, August Bib. The Group Banks will shortly liberato

million pounds three quarters of a sterling of the Reorganisation Loan,

TSINGTAU AS IT IS.

"Visitor" writes to the Japa: Chronicle

.

giving his impressions of Tsingtau as 2 Japanese port, from which we take the following:-

All the crew of the latter were saved, but AND FAVOURABLE DARDANELLES offices and shops are closed up, and that the fate of the crew of the Auri is

uncertain.

LONDON, August 15th.

The steaner Osprey has been sunk. The crew landed in their own boats in a state of exhaustion.

Mora, has been sunk and the ew landed.

AUSTROFITALIAN FRONT.

(THROUGH HELFER'S AGENCY.]

ON THE ISONZO.

An official communiqué says:-Tha | AUSTRIAN DEMONSTRATIONS Germans to the south-east of Mitau were driver_back_across the River A We continue to press the enemy in the direc

ROME, August 14th.

A communiqué says that a series of

quently escape to the Russian lines. Therion of Drinsk and Vilkomair, despite Austrian demonstrations on the Isonzof

state that some German howiters have been in position for & month.

A statement issued at Petrograd says that satisfactory progress has been made on the Riga, Niemen, Dvinsk and other Fronts. This may regarded as the first

desperate resistance.

The Germans in the Kovno district have temporarily abandoned their attacks, but the artillery duel continues.

A Russian counterattack on the 11th inst. between the Norew and the Bug

wer casily repalsed, including a surprise attack on Carso on the night of the 19th inst during a violent storm,

GENERAL.

(THROUGH REVTen's agrxcy.]

PROSPECTS.

LONDON, August 14th.

Government had incelled contracts in America for 200,000 bushels of whent.

The corn-dealers attribute this tử favourable prospects in the Darilatielles. BRITISH NEGOTIATIONS WITH SWEDEN.

result of the mobilisation of industry. pod the troops north of this sector in TERRIBLE RAILWAY petive Governments.

Though the stream of munitions has only began the army appreciates the energy of the country, and the spirits of the troops have been raised accordingly.

The most splendid of the army's successes recently was the expulsion of the enemy from Vlodava, he capture of which endangered the position of three-fourths of the Russian troops between the Vistula and the Bug.

**ONE OF THE MOST GLORIOUS WISODES OF THE WAR." Unofficial accounts of the Vladava affair Ton Mackenson's slate that General advance-thither was marked by the most sanguinary fighting. He had hitherto alpost succeeded in cutting off the retreat. of very large forces. Only the promptness of General Alexieff in rushing up all available reinforcements saved a disaster. He ordered his Army on the Bug to fight as it had never fought before, for Vlodava must be retaken. They obeyed magnificent ly and in three days pushed back the enemy twenty miles. They are now holding him upon a little stream not far north of Cholm. This irresistible wave of Russian- - bravery-must be accounted one of the most

glorions episodes of thy war.

NEW SPIRIT IN

RUSSIA.

THE

A NOTEWORTHY SIGN OF THE

TIMES.

PETROGRAD, August 14th.-

their retreat.

The Russians in the Middle Vistula have eraenated Sokoloff, Siodletz, and Lakoff, in conformity with the exigencies of the general situation.

FRANCO BELGIAN

FRONT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GERMANS EVERYWHERE

REPULSED.

Paris, August 18th.

A communiqué reports that fighting con- inues at Souchez and in Argonne: The Germans were everywhere repulsed.

GERMANS ACTIVE AT NIEUPORT.

H

LONDON, August Tel. Negotiations which have been procce ing for some weeks at Stockholm between British Commission and Swedish repre- sentatives with a view to arranging modus vivendi regarding importation oversea into Sweden have been ad- journed, pooding reference to the res

It is understood ACCIDENT IN ENGLAND. that the negotiations have taken IRISH EXPRESS JUMPS THE RAILS favourable course.

LONDON, August, 14th. A serious accident has occurred near Northampton, the second portion of the Irish nail running off the rails at the It is Weedon end of the Stowe Tunnel. reported that many wore killed and in jured.. Doctors and motor-ambulances are hurrying to the spot.

ALT

AMERICA'S EXPORTS OF MUNITIONS.

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confirmed that something like eighty per cent, of the embankment work done after last year's food held goad in the rigent floods, the inhabitants of the district have at one a practical illustration of the value of the work and a valuable incontivy to further work of the same kind. It is sincerely to be hoped that the neither the local nor the national Government will regard what is being done by the charitable.

rganisations as relieving them in the. slightest skegree of the responsibility which rests upon hem of carrying out the larger conservancy scheurs which is co-obviously needed to visure the inhabitants of this popalozs region. From future calamities such as they have unhappily experienced this summer and last.

Kowloon has many evening attractions

Writing of charitable funds calls to mind some mention have seen in the papers that the diminishing contribution While Tsingtau was in German occupa- tion, it was a favourite place for Chinto the Prince of Wales' Fund is beginning residents during the summer holidays, and to cause some uncasines to those who ar I anderstand that it will be well patronischarged with its administration, · · The ed again this summer. There are still

the war Its the greater some people who seem to have the idea that longer Taingiau is not yet ready to receive peace become the duands on the Fund so that ful viitors, but this is altogether wrong it is very desirable thint the necessity for Beyou the fact that most of the Gerroan

constant support of the Fund should; bị most of the German population in staying kept in view,

prosemin Japan Tsingtau is the sam today as it was before the war. There is The rise in the pries of wheat, which at the usual bustle and animation, which are more ensy of access than tho

naturally, but the jaded holiday-maker 176 carlier in the should appreciate the place all the more miserly few which we portas on the Hong- for this reason. It is quiet and restful. kong side of the water. Tennis courts an adva aced" } }- week, has finished, owing to a slump in and there is now little to be seen to suggest abiquitous, and twice a week a baul A Copenhagen 'message says the barghe Americas on a report that the British that tight months ago the port was being plays on the sea-fraut, affording as much vigorously besieged from land and sea by Frajoyment to the intered Huns as it doc British and Japanew forces. There are to the Reason people who can paráde about 3.000 Japanese troops a Tsingtau up and down in the soft breezes which come now, so I was told, but they are not seen from the aes an ideal senzation in them mitch: the 600 gerah and other females of torpid days. And these little pleasantries that class in the place make themselves are indulged in well away from the oppre nuch more conspicuous, though in cours? sive atmsphere of business, for the ge of time no doubt the military authorities divides. Remembz ring.. this, it is not will do in Tsingtan as they did in Kerea difficult to discover the reason why Kow- inform the undesirables that their room is non-is-going-gird Bule the thriving preferred to their company, and; support infant that he spoiled; landlords must the hint with something a little more de curb thei: design emilate Get-rich- fuite if those to when is addressed fail quick-Wallingford; and the Pony Com to catch the drift. Frun information pany's attention may also be directed along receive as the police say, is appears this line. To kill thagens which lays the there are now very many Japanese ici Tsingtau xtremely anxious to get haec golden eggins a very obvions result. Tidder's Ground where gold and silver or to be about the harbour during the past to Japan, having failed to find any Tom

There whom busings úr pleasure caused even paper money can be picked up easily week nodig feeks of snail birds, of the Thousands of Japanese stem to have gone seagull speles. hovering over and occasion. to Tsingtau during the last few months ally sitting gracefully upon the surface in the expectation of waking a furtune, of the water. These birds are said to le | but very few indeed seem to have succeed strangery to Hongkong. Mother Carey's ed in exon getting a start on the way. It Chickens" I have heard them called. is no uncommon thing. I was told, for That, I believe, is a popular and com the captains of Japanese ships to be prehensive name given to the stormy petie! approached by men anxious to work a or other small petrel. If the Colony con- passage back to Japan, not having suffi tains an ornithologist who could state. cienteven to buy the very cheap third-class definitely what these birds are, the curiosi passage back to the Land of the Rising ty of many people would be satisfied. Suo. What nu earth these bold advent- thres expected they could do in a placa like Tsingtau goodness only knew Tsingtau is a fine city and an importas port--the most northerly port in Chins which is always free from ic; and when the railways contemplated are constructed Tsingtau, no matter in whose hands it may to Germhips constitute trading with the be, will become the great int and outlet enemy?" he asks. The Editor, in a foxt- of Shantung trade, and a busy trade centre unte, expresses the opinion that the general like Shanghai or Tientsin south and north licence permits the use of the trams to But just new Tsingtau offers no German subjects. In another Shanghai- inducement ether than of a delightful paper a correspondent suggests that new holiday resort. Imports appear to consist that nearly everyone in Shanghaj has hat mainly of Osaka pottery and lacquer

an opportunity of studying the report of there are dozens of shops filled to the very the Bryce Commission and the evideres doors with cheap and nasty stuff from on which it is based. there can be no longer Japan-and exports so far as I could see any desire amongst British subjects to are confined mainly to peanuts and avail themselves of the hence clanes of serap iron. Later on, when things become the latest King's Regulation for the pur- normal again, and the world settles down | pose of continuing relations with Germans. to peaceful business once more, whatever No one who has read the documents, he brom" there may be will be enjoyed by says, can possibly wish to supply a member Tsingtau as much as any other place, a of this nation with the necessaries or con- things being equal-but not now, and potvenience of life, to lodge them or to give yet. What prospects the Japanese who them employment. Still another corres Locked over to Tsingtau siege fancied they pondent suggests to the British Banks that saw before them it is difficult to imagin they should go a step further than discon and I am inclined to think there are a good tinuing to receive brokers who are subjects. masy over there now who bitterly regre of the enemy they should refuse to having started on the adventure.

exchange money for German paper, it being suggested to the Chinese that they should take such not to the bank of issue and collect the cash for themselves. A The report of the Indo-China Steam sweeping blow would thus be aimed at Ger- Nurigation Company for the year 14 man prestige in China and the German states that trade in Chine opened in a note issue would sink in dignity to the lant most disappointing manner, and no great of the cash flimsy. One crn under- improvement was noticeable until the stand the desire of the--Germans. in auma, when better conditions prevail Shanghai for a quiet and restful returet ed, though opposition on the Calcutta like Poeto Island. WESTING- | line continued ken throughout the year. EXPLOSION

Poor dogs! Your freedom is not yet, A HOUSE SHRAPNEL FACTORY. For this reason the result of the steamers working compares unfavourably with that of the preceding year, the net amount of Gazette notice informs us that one PITTSBURG. August-15th,

profit, after providing for depreciation muzzles, on and after August 1st, muet and all outgoing, amounting to £29,540 constructed of wire and be approved £1.000. It is proposed to pay a with anything less unhappy than, wire dividend of 3 per cent, on the-Deferredutting you will be considered not mugled. Ordinary shares, leaving £1,225 to Why not go on strike or do something year the divided was y per cent.-The Tines, July Vad sk carried forwar or the preceding exciting You may as well not be alive

A REPLY TO AUSTRIA.

WASHINGTON, August 14th. The American reply to the Austrian Note despatched from Vienna says that an embargo on the export of munitions It is reported that between 50 and 0 from America would be inconsistent with

were killeti, in the secident.

LATER.

An official statenient issued by the North-Western Railway Co. says that it has been so far ascertained that eight people were killed and thirty injured. As the mail train from Euston was running out of Stowe tunnel its engine came in

Paris, August 14th.

contact with the broken connecting-rod of Several -The-evening-communiqué says:-The train going to London,

An attempted coaches were thrown either side of the day was relatively quie, Germs attack in the Nieuport regionline. was repulsed.

THE

NEAR EAST,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GALLIPOLI OPERATIONS.

SMALL TURKISH CLAIMS.

AMSTERDAM, August 14th.

A Turkish communiqué refers fighting in Callipoli during

and past three days,

clajus

capture of eight Maximu some ammunition near Ariburua.

ANTI-GERMAN MANIFESTATIONS.”

TWO YOUNG GIRLS COURT- MARTIALLED.

:

neutrality.

GERMAN REPRISALS AGAINST

THE FRENCH......

AMSTERDAM, August 15th German military authorities The threates to increase the number of French reprisal prisoners employet in drdining marshes unless the German pri- sogers are returned from Dahomey.

CONSPIRACY TO DYNAMITE

BUILDINGS.

LONDON. August 15th..

A cable from Windsor, Ontario, reports that a native of Detroit has been sentenced to ten years' hard labour for participation Pants, August 15th Two young girls have been sentenced to in a couspiracy to dynamite buildings at a month's imprisonment by a Court; Windsor and Walkervile. #anti-German martial at Colmar for. manifestations and illicit approach to thecaemy," although Counsel painted out that these girls had previously shown greas It bravery in bringing food for German

to

the

and

the.

AT

Au explosion in the Westinghouse

of it.

INDO-CHINA S. N. CO.

Life is being made very unpleasant far

made the Germans in Shanghai indging fro the letters in the Shanghai papers. Ore correspondent wants, to know why the Kaiser's subjects are allowed to use the

17 trams. Docs not the sale of season tickets

A noteworthy sign of the times is also claims that a warship was hit off soldiers to the trenches whilst under fire. Shrapnel-Factory killed two and wounded which includes thecary forward of by the C.S.P. And. if you are tortoral

afforded by a telegram addressed to the Ariburnu and that 100 yards of trenches Grand Duke Nicholas by M. Rodzianko, were captured near Seddulbahr during President of the Duma, regartling the a storm,

The offence of the girls consisted in waving handkerchiefs and throwing kisses

wards French prisoners.

six persons, A uwspaper had previously published a letter predicting that the works would be blown up.

at all.

RODERICK RANDOM-