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THE WAR.

THE HONGKONG, DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9ra: 1915.

GREAT BATTLE IN CENTRAL

POLAND.

RUSSIANS STUBBORNLY RESISTING.

GERMANS PAY TRIBUTE

BRITISH PROWESS.

PLOT AGAINST

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SIBERIAN RAILWAY,

GERMAN COAST BATTERIES BOMBARDED.

AIR RAID ON EASTERN COUNTTES.

RUSSIAN FRONT

[TERODON REUTER'S AGENCY.] GREAT BATTLE BEGUN IN ICENTRAL POLAND,

A HUNDRED AND TEN MILES' FRONT.

(THEODON REUTER'S AGENCY-]

COAST BATTERIES

BOMBARDED,

PARIS, September 8th. Last night communiqué, says :- Ow awillery in the region of Nieuport co-operated with the British Fleet.in bom- barding the German coast batteries at Westende.

LONDON, September 8th. Volkovysk, forty-five miles south-east of Grodno, is approximately the contre of a great battle which appears to have begun in Central Påland on a front of 110 miles, between the rivers Niemen and Pripet.

A Berlin commenique admits that the Russians are stubbornly resisting on thirty-mile front between Skidel and Volkovysk, while a Petrograd communiqué says the enemy on Sunday and Monday portinued to develop operations east an|THE SERBIAN FRONT.

There was a vivient carinade north

and south of Arras, Our batteries at several points gravely damaged the enemy's works.

Boar

south-east of Grados: The Russian rear- guards on Monday morning were engaged in à particularly fierce action Volkovysk, and southwards on the whole front as far as the Rushang-Blonim road. The communiqué adds: The Russians, ne a result of a series of fights, continue to hold, the enemy's offensive somewhat eastward of the Khomsk-Dragonchine line. TSAR TAKES COMMAND. EXCHANGE OF MESSAGES WITH FRANCE.

PARIS, September 7th.

It is announced that the Tsir has tele graphed to President Poincaré. follows

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Putting myf today at the head of our valiant armies I am most anxious to address to you my sincerest wishes for the greatness of France and the victory of her glorious army."

President Poincaré-replied÷-

"I know your Majesty, in taking oon mand of your heroic army yoursolf, intends to carry on energetically to final victory the war which was forced on the 'Allies."

KING GEORGE AND THE RUSSIAN TROOPS.

PETROGRAD, September 8th. King George desires that his sympathy and admiration for the valiant Russian hermes shall be made known to every man. is the Russian Army.

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

THE CONTINUOUS BOMBARD- MENT.

GERMAN ANXIETY AS TO ITS MEANING.

PARIS. September 7th, The Gormnds are showing anxiety as to the inward meaning of the contiguous bombardment by the French for the past fortnight.

A communiqué says the Germans openzi

a violent counter-bombardment along the Line Arras to Soissons, accompanied by some grenade fighting. The French bat teries, however, replied, effectively.

The artillery duel continued in Cham- pagne with undiminished activity,

There were some artillery actions also in Argonne, Woevre and Lorraine, in which ve maintained the advantage,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

NEW AUSTRO-GERMAN OFFENSIVE.

PREPARATIONS ON THE SERBIAN FRONTIER.

LONDON, September 8th. Renter's Agency learns that telegrams from Nish confirm the reports of great Austro-Germain activity on the Serbian froutier, preparatory to a new offensive, but the Serbian army is quite ready!

Already there has been a small oncounter in which the Serbians were invariably

successful.

AIRSHIP ACTIVITY.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GERMAN AIR RAID ON ENGLISH COAST.

LONDON, September 8th.

2.40 2.10.

Tis Pross Buteau announces that hostile aircraft visited the Eastern Counties bust night and dropped bombs,

There were sonie Gres and casualties, but particulars are not yet available,

FRENCH AIR RAIDS.

SEVEN STATIONS BOMBED.

PARIS, September 8th.

A communiqué states:- As reprisal for the bombardment of the open towns of St. Die and Gerardmer, a French Air Squadron bombed the station and military establishments at Frieburg, causing a fire, and also the stations of Sarreburg, Leps, Favenger, Warneriville, and Tergnier.

A French airship also bombed the rail- ways around Peronne,

GENERAL.

(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY:) FROM ABUSE TO PRAISE! EDUCATED GERMANS ON THE

BRITISH.

AMSTERDAM, September 7th: Educated Germans are beginning better

{THROUGH AKUTER'S. AGENCY-}

HATCHED BY GERMANS IN CHINA.

NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

[IKROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GERMAN SUBMARINE LOST,

AMSTERDAM, September 7th.

PLOT TO BLOW UP SIBERIAN RAILWAY BRIDGE.

PEKING, September 7th. German agents in China again attempt ed to destroy a bridge on the Siberian rail. way lino. Fortunately the Russians secured the bombs before they exploded.

BRITAIN'S MIGHTY FORCES THE NEAR EAST

M. PICHON ON THE NAVY AND ARMY.

A Berlin official announcement, states that a German submarine roporte mosting on the high seas the £ 27, which claimed to have sunk, on August 10th, a small English oruiser of the old type off the West Hobrids. The U 27, however, has not roturned, and as she has been at sea for a long time must now be regarded as lost.

PARIS, September 7th... "I am writing aboard a British warship reported sunk in German communiqués," says M. Pichon in a letter to the Press, and around us is a marvellous Fipet, ready at any moment to prove that the renown of the British is undimmed.

The Fleet is thecomparable in "construction":" in armament, and in mon.

The orcludos:

The sight of Kitchen's Army filled me with admiration. “ "Britain's splendid spirit, which equally evident in France, leaves us satisfied for the future."

GENERAL JOFFRE VISITS ITALIAN FRONT.

TO ARRANGE ALLIED CONCRETE

ACTION:

(THROUGH BLUTER'A ADENCY.)

REIGN OF TERROR AT SMYRNA.

BRITISH PRISONI RS IN GERMANY.

CONDITIONS IN THE CAMPS.

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THE POPE'S PLEA FOR PEACE.

"A ̃LETTER TO ALL BELLIGERENTS.

lovel

Burun loving and insistent conse), sha of a father and a Friend, retained

beard.

Thus sorrow increased in us; be our purpose was not abated. There fore, we continued to turn trustfully to the Omnipotent, in Whose hand are the lives and the hearts of subjects as of kings, invoking from Him the ession of the terrible scourge.

NEED OF SCHOOL TEACHERS IN CHINA.

ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT.

The presidents of over a hundred normal schooly in China were received in audience

scafee-

Tho

The

The Pope's appeal addressed for the heads of belligerent States announcing his firm determination " to devote every activity to the reconciliation of the belligerent peoples," is as follows !--

recently, by President Yuna Shih Kel, When, though unworthy, wo wero called to succeed upon the Apostolic who addressed them in terms which aro Throne the most kindly Pontiff Pius Xtrausta ns follows:- shortened by grief at the fratricidal whose saintly and beneficent life had bee It is a great pleasure to me to have strife how lately kindled in Europe, we audience consisting

the honour of receiving such a unique of presidents of too, felt ju turing our timorous gaze

normal schouls. and 1 Cabli towards the bloodstained battlefields, the anguish of a father who sees his house ly refrain from expressing a little of my wrecked and left desolate by a furious sentiments on such an occasion. In this hurricane; and thinking with sorrow age of civilisation, education is imited the. inexpressible of our youthful sous cut foundation-of national-existence. down by demuth in thousands, we took to educated people have all kinds of advan- eur har, opened wide by Christian tage over the uncinated and the same is fn charity, all the woe of mothers and wives ire with a union as well as a race. prematurely widowed and all the icon- this era of keen competition only the fit LONDON, September 7th.

sdahla mourning of children Goo Boom will survive and education is lac only Italian refugees arriving at Grece robbed of fatherly guidance

thing that will ha a person to live Tho report a reign of terror at Smyche. The

In our mind, sharing the troubled educated will be forever donteri. Even Bashibazooks are pillaging and murder. ing the Brorks wid ill-treating therepidation of minberless families, and during the late Ching regime. I paid a

The city

conscious of the imperious duties imposed talians, unrestrained. plunged in darkness, and the railways are

apon as in days so sorrowful by the good deal of attention to eduction gud, I have, for a number of years, devoled much. siblime mission of peaer and love to us at a standstill owing to lack of mal

entrusted we quickly conceiver Orgretted that the national efforis wero of my energy in promoting it. It is to be Intention of conscerating our every activity, and all our power to the recon-

rather baphazard and the system not suffi ellation of the belligerent peoples,

Leientis quifitore staudu and We made, indeed, a solemn promise tooth progress. During the years follow. the Divine Saviour, who, at the price of the volation, education was temporarily His own blood, nade all men brothers, pushed to the background, os a result of How can the And the list words we addressed to the The political disturbance, The Prets Bureau issued fast work

nations and to their Regents, as Supreme nation prosper or even exin if we should reports received from the Aufericin

Pastor of Souls, were words of pesce and continue this grave error of negligence, Embassy in Berlin of visits by the Hon.

For this reason, I am really atixions to J. B. Jnekson to the camp for officer

lay special strim upon education, prisoners of war at Augustabad, near

first step towards our goal is naturally the Neubrandenburg, in Mecklenburg, and to the

proper training of teachers. This heavy at Stendal, Zerbst, and

responsibility is now placed upon your camps Wittenberg.

The following are extracts |

shoulders and the fate of the nation is. from Mr. Jackson's reports tel

really in your hands. I shall with en- NELBRANDENBURG. The Kurhotel Au- gustabad, on the Tollense Set, neur

phasis age you to give the most adequate Neubrandenburg, in Mecklenburg, was

and befitting preparation to these future taken over by the military authorities as

educators. Although the guod examples With our fervent and humble prayer wa plaesi detention for officer prisoners associate all the faithful, and to render of the West and the East are to be follow. ROME, September 7th. of war, and a few days later about 190 it more efficacious we ordained that it bed, you must remember that eacr nation. officers were brought there. The estab-accompanied by works of Christian has its own peculiarities and particular General Joffre visited the Italian

lishment consists of one good sized hotel penitence. front and conferred with General and several villas. Twenty-four British Cadorna He also inspected the in-officers, all of whom cane from Halle, were brought here originally, but two portant positions on the frontier. (Surgeon Greig and Lieutenant Gordon Barker) have been sews home in the mean-, The visit, which is regarded as being time, and one, Lieutenant Hardy, who of great military and political import made an attempt to recape, is soon to be All these officers Jive in sent elsewhere. ance, was for the purpose of arranging the hotel proper,

On the ground floor of the hotel are concrete understanding between the

three dining rooms, one of which is used different arinies of the Allies for better by all the English officers, who sit together. I took luncheon (the regular midday meal) with these gentle, having almost exactly the same menu (soup, meat balls, and potatoes, fruity coffee, and beer) that I had when I lunched with the German officer prisoners of war at Holyport on January 29. The officers pay 50 marks (50) a math for their food, the kitchen being in charge of They are at the centar hotel staff. liberty to order extras within reason a their own expense. Until a few days ago the officers were permitted to use tennis court uutaide the enclosure, to neighbouring wouls. swim in the lake, and to walk in the As four officers (one Englishman) made an attempt to scape (from the bathhouse) these privil- cges were temporarily suspendal, but I The reason for the outrage is not known.was told by the commandant, whose relations with the prisoners, are of the The assailant was an employee in the best, that they would be restored at the batterfield give answer. Let the ruine

carly date. All were in good physical Pisanie Ministry,

condition and in good spirits.

many nonabrene raised by the picly and THE. OPENING OF MAILS IN STENDAL-Op sandy soil, in what wer genius of ancestors make reply. Do not

NEUTRAL SHIPS. cavalry exercise grounds, a camp has the bitter tears secretly shed within home. been built to contain 15,000 prisoners of | walls or at the foot of altars of suppli-

and concrete action.

The King decorated General Joffre with the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Savoy.

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION

AT CAIRO,

CAIRO, Septpember 8th. The Minister Fatty Pasha has been thrice stabbed at the railway station. He drew a revolver and fired but missed his native assailant, whom the crowd seized.

BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.

LONDON, September 8th. The trade returus for August show the following increases compared with the first

month-of-the-war---

Imports

Exports

£27.153,988 8,927,594

·Compared with the returns for the cor- responding month of 1913 the increase in imports is 13 millimus and the decrease-in oxxports 111⁄2 mittions,

NATIONAL REGISTRATION.

LONDON, September 7th. During the past fortnight thousands

War.

defects which need to be takom taken intɔ But l-day, on the sad saniversary of consideration in formulating and working the outburst of the tremendous conflict, out a uniform system of education, I shall issues from our heart yet more warmly tension just a few as instances. In the the prayer that war may soon cense, and first place, the Chinese people are lacking yet higher the paternal ery for peace.in the independent spirit; in the second May this cry, overcoming the fearful placy, we are characteristically weak in. clash of arms reach the peoples now publie sentiments: in the third place, we, war and their Hends, inclining both to kinder and seroner counsels.

It is the blond of brethren that is being shed on land and soul, The fairest regions of Europe, of this garden of the world, are strewn with corpses and ruin, Where, not long ago, there throke the industrious labour of workshops and the fruitful effort. of the fields, the cannon. now thunders terribly, and, in its des rue tive fary, spares neither village nor towns, but sows everywhere, bloodshed

sad death.

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our

sense

as a people, are prone to be theoretical rather than practical in dealing with in portant problems. All these should be made special objects of investigation in perfecting the educational system the country. Aside from these, two things Re essential teachers. One is to have of responsibility and the other is to have B. as of enthusiasm. These ideas should be thoroughly grounded into our teachers so that they will do their best to properly bring up the young generation rather than merely satisfy the requirements of the school curriculum. This is all that I wish. to impress upon you now; the details ar to he worked out by you and the Ministry of Education which will be submitted to me for faal approval. As you have taken so much trouble jus coming up here, I want The capious wealth with which God to express my sincere appreciation, and the Creator las blessed the lands subjects you are soon to leave for your respectiv> to you permits you to continue the fe'ils of work I beg to have the hour to

La the tender ron a farewell barquet. struggle; but at what a cust! thousands of young lives daily spent on

Before God and inan yon bear the awful responsibility of peace and war Hear our prayor-the paternal yice of the Vicar of the Eternal and Supreme Judge to whom yon must give account both of your public undertakings and of your private acts..

AWFUL COST OF THE STRIGOLE.

of so many towns and villages, of su

At the time of my visit there were cation, do not they also repent that the GERMAN STATEMENT REFUTED. only about 7,200 in the parent camp. In

force of arms.

that number were included of British and Price of the daily struggle is great, 100

The following statement was issued by Canadians, all of whom had been more? Let it not be said that the or less severely wounded, who had bennighly conflict cannot be settled sire br

Let the mutual will to the Press Bureau last month;- brought during the past few works from destroy be laid aside. Be i remembered His Majesty's Government had occasion. hospital a Cologne and Wittenberg, Oue of the non-commissioned officers that nations die not; humbled and to publish on July 4 a statement to the quivering effect That when the Swedish mail (Corporal Frazer) has recovered from Pressed, they bear with his wounds to such an extent that be is pasic the yoke laid up then, icters Bjorn and Thorsten were cap to take part in a boxing match with the preparing to renew the contest and haul-tured by the Germans, the closed mail ing down from generation to generation bags from Russia and Sweden conveyod a sorry heritage of hate and vendetta. by those vessels were opened by tho French camp champion in a few days. I talked with all the British-prisoners,

Why not weigh no one, with eusserque German Censorship authorities in contra and none had any important complaint,

strene, the rights and the just sepirations Vention of Article 1 of The Hague Con- The coumandanti line made use of of the proples? Why not begin with. veation of 1907 large plots of ground in the neighbour willing minds an exchange of views.

The attention of his Majesty's Govern- hood of the camp to grow potatoes direct or indirect, with the - object of cabbages, lettuce, etc., the profits being taking into account, as far as possiblement has now been drawn to an official used for the benght of the prisoners as those rights and aspirations, and thusleged (1) that the above statement is German communiqué, in which it is body.

put an end to the immense strum, as incorrect; (2) that the mails on the has happened in other similar circum Thorsten were returned unopened; (3) stances

AT WORK IN THE MIXES ZEREST-On the camp's banks there are. of voluntary workers have been classify-now between 12,000 and 13,000 prisoners;

Blessed be he who shall first raise the that erain suspicious mail bags on the ny of whom, including a few English olive branch, and shall extend his right under the vessel's cargo; that the weight Hjärn were opened after being found ing the national registration returns man, have bien sent off on working hand to the foe, offering reasonable co- of the bags made it clear that they did from each district.

parties in the mines and elsewhere. Iditions of peare · The equilibrium of

is

is strongly deprecated. These decisions

Those in

Vom Militar

the camp there remain about 70 British the world and the sure and prosperous contain postal matter; that on exami The first to which the register prisoners at present, who are distributed tranquillity of the nations rest far more nation they were found to contain con- being put is in connection with recruit- among the different companies.

upon mutual good will and upon respect tratand-namely, barbed wirecutters con- the same company are permitted to live of others rights and of others dignity signed to the British Government; and ing, forms being supplied to the gather in one part of the barracks. than upon the multitude of armed hosts (4) that the mails on the Björn which recruiting authorities, primarily, it is With the exception of one of those which and upon formidable girdles of fortresses did not contain contraband were returned

I saw, they did not appear overcrowded. explained, with a view to checking the

This is the cry of peace that bursts, to the Swedish postal authorities. Sermal cases of punishment for high-toned, in this sad day from our Large numbers of letters which formed breaches of discipline had occurred, and heart. recruiting of men who are capable of one British soldier told me that he had

And we invite all the friends of part of the mails originally carried by peace in the world to join hands with the steamship Bjärn finve been received doing work at home as valuable as any ben tied to a stake last December. The us in hastening the end of the war which in the United Kingdom bearing conclu- commandant explained that this was the now for a whole year has turned Europe sive evidence of having been opened by they would be able to perform in the field. | regulation punishment for the prisoners. into a vast field of battle.

the German military authorities and and for German offenders as well, in May arrciful Jesus, by the intercession reclosed with on adhesive label bearing The Time; adds, regarding canvassing, where there are no calls, that two of His Mother of Sorrows, grant that the printerd legend, that an official statement may be expooled hours at the stake (all that is given others shine at last, after so terrible a geöffnet zugegangen, Postamtlich gesch- any letters from Swedeh lossen." that eligible men may be asked their any one day) is consideral as equivalent contes, the placid and radiant dawn of

to 24 hours solitary confinement. They prace, image of His divine countenance, which had hem cut open but not resealed resound hymas of bore no definite evidence of having been reasons for non-enlistment,- but pressuro (the English prisoners) seemed to be in May here soon

get condition, but they claimed that gratitude to the Most High, the Giver opened in Germany, though a few bore this was due to the receipt of lar of all Good, for the reconciliation of endorsements written in German, and AStates; inay the peoples, made brothers there is no doubt that they were opened numbers of packages from home. number of British soldiers were ready to by love, return to peaceful emulation in by the German Censors.

study in ants and industries, and, res The envelopes of all these letters which make complaints in regard to treatmen at the time of their capture or soon there-toring the Empire of Right, determine were opened by the, German authorities after; but most of them said that henceforth to entrust the settlement of were of a character which precluded the conditions ad improved and none were their differences no longer to the edge of possibility of their having contained such willing to say than their treatment had the sword, but to reasons of equity and contraband as the wire-cutters mentioned Leon different from that of other prisoners juice, pondered with due calm and in the German communiqué. It is, on the face of it, absurd to sugest thas his or that the Germans had discriminated eliberation. against then).

This will be their fairest and most Majesty's Government should have back.

rocouree to the WITTENBERG. The camp contains, at glorious conquest.

"International letter In the dear hope that the tree of pace service to import such bulky articles. The pisent about 13,000 prisoners, of whom more than two-thirds are Russian, and a quickly return to gladden the allegation bas in fact no foundation; bub has been in quarantine siner carly in the world with its precious fruits, we bestow whatever the contents of the opened

British soldiers and 39 British form the mystic flock catrusted to us, to be the winter! Among the prisoners are abon the Apostolic Benediction upon all wholetters may have been, or was suspectat action of the Gertnan civilians, who em to be transferred to Ruhleben as soon as it can be done with out risk-probably in a few weeks, as theng are only a small number of cases of typhus remaining.

are the outcome of the recommandations of a strong inter-departmental commities approved by the Government, by whom it is in no wish, regarded as a step in the direction of conscription.

to appreciate the work of the British | ANTICIPATING NEW DUTIES.

Navy, and are also giving grudging praise to the bravery of our troops in Gallipoli.

Both the German and French guus havo❘ The newspapers, usually full of violent,

LONDON, September 7ch. The holders of dutiable goods in bond,

been very active in Champagne and the abuse of Great Britain, dwell on the principally tobacco and tea, have begun Vosges,

German aeroplanes twice Gerardmer in the Vosges. people were killed.

attack

to effect large clearances in anticipation

"gigantic task" of forcing the Dar danelles, and say that the reckless courage Only two of the British and Indians must command of higher duties being included in the

the admiration of their enemies..

new Rudget.

and also on those not yet belonging to authorities was any case a breach of the Roman Church; and we pray the The Hague Convention, which providen Lord to bind them in His bonds of per-for the inviolability of all mails found feet charity!

on board a neutral vessel on the high

Home from the Vatican, July 28, 1915,

son's