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THE

WAR.

PIRATES PAY HEAVY TOLL.

MR. BALFOUR ON

THE HONGKONG. DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH 1016,

GERMAN SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

TORPEDOING OF THE

HESPERIAN.”

LINER SINKS, BUT NO LIVES LOST.

OPERATIONS IN GALLIPOLI.

HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES ON EASTERN FRONT.

AVAL ACTIVITIES.

{THEDJOB REUTER'S AGEROY.] ANOTHER LINER TORPEDOED. NO WARNING GIVEN AND NEARLY 1,000 LIVES ENDANGERED.

LONDON, September 5th

A telegram from Queenstown says that the Allan liner Hesperian has best for pedoed without warning.

The Hesperian was torpedoed at 8.30 in the evening. She was bound from Livor pool for Montreal and carried 700 passen- gers and 260 crew.

Lloyd's representative at Queenstown saya that the liner is still afloat, with the aboard. The Captain and 20 men

wore passengers and part of the crow

Assistanes has handed at Queenstown, been sent with the hope of bringing in the

liner.

"Another telegram snysThe Captain stuck to the vessel;"

Twenty injured have been landed, including soldiers who had been disabled

THE NEAR EAST

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.]

HEAVY TURKISHLOSSES.

·IN GALLIPOLI.

Panie, September 8th. An official announcement states that a might attack by the Turks at the southern end of the Australian and New Zealand forens was repulsed with heavy Turkish 1055€

·BRITISH - PROGRESS IN GALLIPOLI,

PARIS, September 6th,

GENERAL

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENTOY.) MB. BALFOUR ON GERMANY'S SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

UBIMES IN MAY SEEN TO BE BLUNDERS IN SEPTEMBER

PIRATES PAY HEAVY TOLL.:

LONDON, September 5th. Mr. Balfour, First Lord of the Admiral ty, in an important and striking latter to a correspondent covering the Naval war fars, and especially the German submarine campaign, dwells on the historic position of the British Floot in assisting to enforce the liberty of Europe.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:}

RUSSIA'S UNBROKEN SPIRIT. "FOR LIBERTY AND THE WEAK."

Baron

The

MACAO NOTES.

[FROM OUR OWN CORBESPONDENT]

MACAO, September oth

COST OF DREDGING MATERIALS.

WAR NEWS.

AN ITALIAN? VO.!

The fret gold medal for bravery has been

Nicola awarded to Corporal Bobbizo, a native of Salerno. At the battle of Carso he was attacked by aine Austrians, of whom he killed sever, cặp turing the other two.

JAPANESE OFFICER CAPTURED. BY GERMANS.

The cost of the different material required for the Harbour dredging work is very considerable, and will amount to somewhere in the neighbourhood of £23,000, of which sum the cost of the

▲ Nagoya dispatch to the Omka dredger (£14,000) is by far the largest

Mainicht says that Major Hashimoto, individual item. Everything will who had been fighting with the Russian be in working order and it is understood Army, was taken prisoner during a sovere that the stoart is to be made near Greenbattle some time ago, and is now detained. A letter recently received: in Gormany. Island.

by his father says the officer was then in good health.

PETROGRAD, September 6th. The Tear replied to a resolation paed in Moscow regarding munitions fallows! I believe in your smoority and fully share your opinion that all our foros should be directed to achieve ond object, the vanquishing of the enemy, The union of the Tear, the Government, aud people is especially necessary."

Russian Rosen (formerly Ambassador to the United States) nude

forHIC STREET LIGHTING. The public are much dissatisfied with a great speech at the Council of Empire

the electric lighting of the streets. Trac- Baron Rosen said that Russia must

tically every night many streets are repair her former negloot, The world unlighted while in others the lump bulbs German statesmen he says, realised this must be made to rendise that Germany's are old and consequently the light is very As a matter of fact the whole the British Navy was the most formidable doctrines were a terrible danger to the wook. obstacle to their aggressive projects and whole of humanity. Russia must cour lighting system wants reconstruction, and the Senado should give their earnest calculated that a powerful fleet, even tornes the German propagausda. oumerically inferior, would render the Government should abrogatut all legiela-attention to the muter. In some cases even the iron poles or brackets are sub- latter impotent, since no British Governtion restricting the rights of Jews and stituted by bamboos. Apropos this sub ment would risk a conflict which might also restriction in Finland. Such meaject, it is rather a pity that the Electric levo-then-with_naval forces inferior la sures would gaxatly please our gallant Lighting Company have not installed thesa of some third Power. However, Allies. He concluded:... Germany tries their standards in the new road leading- their designs had been quite unsuccessful, to trample down all right, but Russia from the inner harbour to the Senado Square. This road has been well made The British fighting Flood was relatively stronger than it was 13 months agu.

It will be temembered that Baron Hosen Indeed, it was evident after six months of hosti'ities that Admiral von Tirpitz and in January, 1914, caused a sensation hy the German Government had perceived confidently declaring that an Interna that a new policy must be devised. They tiual conflagration was imminent, ⠀⠀ thought the submarine might succeed where their Dreadnoughts and cruisers hed failed. No doubt they adopted tho. change with extreme reluctance, We cannot regard the Government responsible for the Belgian atrocitice as scrupulous ev human, but even the most reckless Govern ments did not desire to perpetrato unnecess

A communiqué confirm the British progress in the northern theatre of theory crimes. Dardanelles.

ALLIES ACTIVE AT SEDDELBAHR.

AMSTERDAM, September 5th. A Turkish communiqué admits that the Allies have mado a violent and prolonged bombardment of the region around Sedde bar.

In Flanders and were returning to Canada. 8U881AN FRONT.

Ose blind Canadian soldier recovered his

(TAN EGB REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Mr.

DISAPPOINTED HOPES.

stands on the side of liberty and the independence of the weak.”

THE TSAR AT THE FRONT,

PETROGRAD, September sth. The Tsar has arrived at the front THE BALKAN SITUATION.

SOFIA, September Oth. Berbia's reply to the Note of the Entente Faners in reference to the Balkans settle

ment will be banded to the representatives. of the Entente at Nish on Wednesday.

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Balfour proceeds: It cannot. FRANGO-BELGIAN FRONT have been a very agreeable reflection even

ZENITHBOUGË REUTEE'S AGENOV.] to the German Navy League that the first

LIVELY ARTILLERY WORK. notable performance of the German Flot

PARIS, September 6th- should resemble piracy rather tham privi- tuering. It is safe to resume that nothing but hopes of decisivo success would have induced German Ministers to indict this now stain on the honour of their country, you decisive success has het been attained,

sight owing to the shock of the explosion, HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES IN and does not seem to be in sight. Bome of the other passengers were injured by the explosion.

Two more Government vessels are return- ing with survivors.

Another message says that the liner astried 600 passengers and was torpedoed westward of Fastnet on Saturday, oven- Ing. She did not sink and assistance. Is being sent. Survivors are being landed at Queenstown destituto of alothing.

ONLY ONE OR TWO AMERICANS.

ON BOARD,"

The American Consal at Queenstown reports that only one or two Americans were on board the Hesperian. No, Ameri

bans were lost,

ALL SAVED..

LONDON, September 8th. The Allan Line has issued a notice to night announced that all on board have

been saved.

LATER. The Hesperian sank at 647 in the

morning.

A wirelos message says that the crow were rescued before the liner foundered,

[The Hesperian was of 10.960 tous gross and was built in 1905. Her speed was 15: knots.] NAVAL ENCOUNTER IN THE BLACK SEA, RUSSIAN DESTROYERS ATTACK

HAMIDIEH."

PETROGRAD, September 8th. A communiqué says that two Russian destroyers attacked near Zunguldak the Turkish cruiser Hamidich and two torpedo-boats. The enemy was damaged and fed into the Bosphorus after an action Inating for two hours, leaving four colliers, which were suck

AIRCRAFT V. MOSQUITO CRAFT.

PETROGRAD, September 8th. German hydroplanes appeared north of the Gulf of Riga on the 3rd and 4th just They bombed Russian torpedo-hosts but were driven off by the ships guns.

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RUSSIA.

Lounos, September 6th. German documents prove that the losses

GERMANY'S FORMIDABLE LOSSES.?! "The losses inflicted on German sub- marines have been formidable, while British mercantile tonnage is greater now

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und mooly concuted and will shortly by open for trafic, but aftertherosd has been completed the Electric Lighting Company will be coming along to knock it about in order to put in their standards. The lims should have been laid underground

the street lighting would not be impaired so that the typhoons visit the Colony

STREET NAME TABLETS,

A very pleasing improvement has been made in the appostane of the various name plates at the corners of the streets. Recently contract was entered into with a local firm to paint a large num berablets containing white letter. of tablets. Yesterday one of

ing on blue enamelled zinc was afixed a the Largo de Seuado. Credit is due to Sr. Daniel Ferreira, the Administrator, for this improvement.

** WRITING UP” THE CROWN

PRINCE,

RUSSIA DETERMINED, AFTER A YEAR OF WAR.

The following statement conning the conclusion of the first year of the wor was prepared for the Associated Press by M. My opinion, in a few words, after one Polivanoff, Russian Minister of War year's duration of this war, unprecedented in the world's onnals, is as follows:

The enemy is strong mid cruel, and that is the vory ronson why Russia and her heroic Allies must continue the war-should it last for several yours unt the curmy is completely crushed. (Signed)...

ALESKANIEIEVITCH, POLIVANOPY,

Alinister of War

PROOF OF THE POISONED WELLS

The Press Burou has issued a facsimile tain Kruger, of the setnan forces, to of an intercepted merage sent by Can- an outpost at Pforte, in South-West Afties, regarding the infection of the Ido

as follows:- mine. The translation of the message

is

"Gabib (meaning the patrol at Gabib) contaminate the Ida mine. Observe extreme cantion on entering Swakop and Ida ming has been instructed so far he possible to

and do not water there any more."

The facsimile furnishce proof of the practia adopted by the Germans of cou- taminating the water supplies in Bont- West Africa

PDIF GERMANY WINS."

TO DEMAND AN INDEMNITY FROM THE BANANE Z UNITED STATES 1.

Germany is to ask, an indemnity from This, says the U.S.if she wins." Router's New York correspondent, is the latest thread of the German propagand- ists, who are endeavouring, to influence hankers it to support the Allied war loa by threatening to suspend business relatious with such investora.

issued German propagandists have thousands of pamphlets, arguing that the acceptance of paper for munitions bongcha here is in reality to finance the Allies, and that therefore the threat is justified.

THE AQUATIC ENGLISHMAN. Ore of Reuter's Special Correspondentz the Dardanelles, in a telegram dated July 24th, says

A communiqué states that there has been

Professor Wegener publishes in the violent bonbardment of enemy positions Cologne Guzelfe highly interesting description of the Thanksgiving Servies in many sectors the Western front,

arttouded by the German Crown Prines There has his been active mining opera- in the Argonne on July 27th Professor Wegener, it may be rememhored, accom- trong in the region of Somme

panied the Crown Prineo on the tour in The French batteries at many points India which ended in his sudden recall

Apropos of the threat which had been by the Kaiser to Germany in disgrace delivered from aeroplanes to drive us into silenced the German guns,

He now attempts to remove the impres the sea, the authorition, in Constantinoples sion caused in Germany by the Crown have seriously claimed that their gallant Prince's escapades in France, He troops have actually effected this om writes:

The communiqué remarks that the bom bardment in Champagno is lively, and that the French artillery suppressed an

in the Russian campaign are extremely than at the beginning of the war. Not enemy, fusilade at Linge

heavy; certain German infantry regiments: losing 1,000 to 2,000 each.

wore

The Crown Prince during eavier stcon opposite the pulpit, a little in front of the generals. He was straight in front of me, and I like all others, felt tint this

several occasions, but that owing to their acquatic propensitics the British invariably able to swim ashore again, and regain their positions.

Dating the night of July 22-23 that Froach position was a tacked and a sub- stances squirted into the tranches: Bombs were then thrown which on explosion

only innocent men, womer, and children, ARTILLERY COMBATS STILL was no small matter at the present moment. He was the man amongst us but the criminals also had paid a heavy

· PROCEEDING.

who, next to our Kaiser, undoubtedly toll. They often dragged the crews with

PARIS, September 6tgages most of the imagination of our ignited the fluid.

onemies, and among the French is perhaps A new sort of projectile, too, was fired This took the form of them to destruction, and herein lay the

The craning communiqué says that even more hated and more madly lauder into our lines. explanation of the amazing change in the artillery activity continues arounded than the Emperor himself. The an incendiary shell about 15iu. long by monarchical feeling of the German is a sin, in diameter, which wils discharged diplomatic attitude of Germany towards | Nouville, Roclincourt, and on the Chem thing apart A bottom in can be noiselessly, possibly from a catapult. It explained as little as religion The burst on impacty tearing a hole and barn. classes that have the intellectual leader ing circle of ground about eft in the United States.

ship among us have not, like the Romans diameter. lost the monarchical gentiment. It lives rather in them with a farce and inner. warmth which show that it is not due to reason alone, and not merely to convic tion that this form of State is the best for the welfare of our Fatherland, but that it rises inexplicable from thế bottom of our hearts, and mosqu

WHY THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT - CHANGED

ITS ATTITUDE.

pagus front, Tar Bouain

A very violcnt. nrtillery duel occured in Argonne There was a minor can nonade at Apremont and north of Flicy

LUSITANIA RESCUES. MEDALS FOR THE BOY MORTON.

AND HIS MATE.

HOW GERMANS TREAT TURKS.

FORCED LABOUR, AND BULLYING LEAD TO FIGHTING.

According to the Geneva correspondent of the Temps, the okean Journal-gives the following details brought, from Con- stantinople by the Russians concerning the treatment of Turkish subjects by the Germnas

WHY OSSOWIECS WAS

EVACUATED.

POISON GAS AND BIG GUNS.

PETTOREAD, September 6th The Commandant of the Ossourices for tress has submitted a report to the Tear which describes the victorious repulse of forco German assaults to the end of 1914- Men ask themselves Why was the

the present February and March of the present year sinking of the Lusitania welcomed ja Ger- were devoted to a great artillery duel ir many with a shout of triumph and the which, though German 18-inch guns dema. sinking of the drabic accepted in melan- lished the works, they were unable to over choly silence? Was it because the United come, the defence. Recognising the futility States had become stronger or Germany of their efforts the Germans on March 31st weaker, because the attitude of the Pre- entrenched and assumed the defensive sidont varied or the arguments of the They brought up numerous big guns and Secretary of State became more persuasive, resumed the attacks on August 7th. Those or because German opinion had at length preceded by the launching of 600 revolted against the lawless cruelty? No, asphyxiating balloons into the fortress, the rensen is that the authors of the The garrison was mostly poisoned, and gave marine policy had time to measure its way, but the officers made a super-human effects and what were merely crimes n effort and drove back the Germans with May were seen to be blunders in September. the bayonet. The Germans, on August FRENCH STATESMEN VISIT 9th, ro-attacked, after discharging a double a

BRITISH FLEET: quantity of poison gas, but the garrison,

LONDON, September 61. which was by this time exhausted, were

M. Pishon and other French statesmen practically incapable of any effort and

and writers visited the British Flect

It is no longer a sorrát thun Rusia has wore ordered to evacuate the fortress after

somewhere off Scotland. They will had, es he expressed it, to swim for it after a bloody victory won by his Army, armed, equipped, sad put into the ful razing it to the ground.

In the water he managed to get hold of Uutwardly he seemed to me to be hardly sins the war began betwan six nad seven RUSSIANS RE-CROSS THE

changed. He was the same strangely million men, and that as many more ars slim, well-red figure, with the same aynilable for training DVINA,

elastic restlessness, and the game sumy The mobilisation, says the l'ima Petro- grad correspondent, was carried out in youthful disposition.

manner that murvassed the hopes of ber

Those who wit best informed Allisa, nested the transport of troops from tho A faint idea of the individual items interior to the Frontier will never forget called for by the Army can be gathered the sight. Along the double track of the from the estimate made by one of the Moscow-Brest railway mind an endless United States papers that Europea proccesion of trains, two obread travel orders have already been placed in the line primerruptedly day and night. The States for 25,000.000 shells, involving the mobilisation was completed on the six- consumption of 110,000,000 lbs of copper teenth day rent achievement in a 48,750,000 lbs of zinc, 173,000 lbs

The outuut of arms and munitions hys British currency has now displaced Ger- lead, and 34,750.000 lbs qf, antimos of country of such huge distane's, man currency Samon, Gorman notes Ohio factory, too, recently received an already attained a high firure and and in are replaced by British notes, order for $500,000 worth of solid rubber midly rising. When the supplies pre coin and postal orders. A branch of the tyres on behalf of one of the Allied Goy-vided by honi and Allied, indeTION RIVO conk of New Zealand has also been eramente, this being but half of the ceder, the Army all it requires, the Russians established,

with the promise of more to come will giva decisive bole to the invader.

Professor Wegener, in a daring passage, then describes how the same thoughts occurred to him in India as a Diving Service in France Ho Bays

Marshal von der Goltz forced the entire The King has been pleased, on the re Our cheeks blushed with joy at his

When he returned from population to work for the army. Board of Trade, to award the silver meda dangerous hunting expedition, or when Numerous workshops have been establish- They are all commendation of the President of the successes. for gallantry in saving life at sea to Lose in the intervals of a wild games of polo ed sinos the war began, N Morton, and the bronze medal for gulbe would dash over to us with his shirt run by German engineers, who frequently lantry in saving life at sea to Joseph open hove his breast dripping with have the Turks brutally beaten by sub- Parry, scamen of the steamship Lusitania, swent and then, springing from the ordinate officers when they refuse to work of Liverpool, in recognition of their sor saddle stand for a few minutes usong or do not work properly. These factorice sub-vices in saving life when that vossel was with laughing face until a fresh pony was are entirely employed in the manufacture torpedoed off the Old Head of Kinsale on brought up and he dashed off again, our of war material, uniforms, and hospital May 7th

My feelings were like those of me in the supplice. All men who have boon In the recently issued report on the loss Middle Ages who accompanied n King's exempted from military service have been and our hearts were warm with pride The population is intensely exceperat c tho Lusitama Leslie N. Morton, a bar sou to a tournament at foreign Court motrilised for agricultural, labour... of 18, was specially commended for great and fore, I felt just the same thinged, and fights cocur daily in the street courage, slf-possession, and resource." As a look-out he was the first to observe tho-day as I saw him stand before me, and of Constantinople between Gernicus and

delt that it was just the same

with

Turkish subjecta approach of the two torpedoes, and before than about me. The only differeroe was they touched the ship he had reported in fodia there was amusement and then to the bridge by megaphone. When play, while to-day there was seriousness, the shock necurred he was knocked off his a seriousress such as has never been before fet, but at once got up and went to help in the history of the world. Today he in filling and lowering the boats. Having was one of the leaders in Germany's fightf done all that could be done on board he for existence, and one to his own people

PETROGRAD, September oth

The Russians, faced with reinforced Germans in the region of Friedrichstadt, were forced to re-cross the Dvina zoar Linder, after heavy fighting.

Tho Russiane still keep the Germans near Vilna in their old positions, The Russians successfully repulsed a German onslaught in the region of Grodno which was intend ed to cut the line of retreat, and also warded off others, making prisoners,

also so elsowhere what Great Britain is doing to strengthen the forces of the Allies.

A SOVEREIGN FOR 19. MISSION TO REHABILITATE EXCHANGE IN AMERICA,

LONDON, 8ptember 5th. The Anglo-French mission to the United States in connection with the question of American oxchange, which recently made the sovereign worth only about 19 New York, has sailed from England. The

ntatives include Lord Hending.

in

floating collapsible Ifeboat, and with the assistance of Joseph Parry, he ripped the canvas cover off it, boarded it, and sus coded in drawing into it 50 or 60 passen gers. He and Parry rowed the lifeboat tome miles to a fishing-smack, and having put the rescued passengers on board the smack, they re-entered the lifeboat and Encceeded in rescuing 20 or 30 more people The boy Morton and his mate Parry were instrumental in saving near y 100 lives.

RUSSIA'S SEVEN MILLIONS. WHEN OUR ALLIES WILL GIVE DECISIVE BATTLE.