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THE

WAR.

FRENCH

THE HONGKONG, DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER Brn, 1915,

[【THROUGH REUTER'S AGENTÓW").

M. VENEZELOS INTERVIEWED LONDON, October 7th. The Athens correspondent of the Foll Mall Gazelte hat had an interview

MAKE FURTHER with M. Venezels who declared thint

PROGRESS.

ANOTHER 1,000 PRISONERS CAPTURED.

RUSSIANS

STORM GERMAN TRENCHES.

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH BULGARIA

RUPTURED.

BULGARIA SENDS ULTIMATUM TO SERBIA,

THE CRISIS IN GREECE.

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ANOTHER BIG FRENCH OFFENSIVE.

GENERAL

[TREGUOR REUTER'S AGENCY.] BULGARIA'S DECISION.

A

his resignation became inevitable owing to the impossibility of reconciling his the Greco-Sorbian interpretatikin of Treaty with the King's opinion. Coalition Cabinet is probable, THE LANDING OF ALLIED TROOPS AT SALONICA.

LONDON, October 7th.

(THROUGH SKUTER'S AGENCY-}

THE DEFENCE OF THE PACIFIC.

AND THE VOICE OF THE DOMINIONS.

LONDON, October 7th. At a reception given by the members of the New Zealand House of Representa tives at Wellington, the Premier said

EUROPEAN LADIES' EXCITING MR. BALFOUR ON- GERMAN

EXPERIENCE.

SUBMARINES.

NEW REGARD FOR AMERICAN OPINION

The following is the text of Mr. Bad- four's letter:

Two European ladies had a rather alarming experience in Pectinger Street, yesterday morning. They were entering a popular ice-cream shop when their attention was attracted by the weird

Admiralty, S.W., Sept. 5th. anties of a Chinese youth; obviously-of

DEAR SIR-Much has been written about Germany's military methods and the "boy" community. He smiled at

their ains on land; not so much about bor nonsensically, stood

Yet, in truth

श threw

watch methods and aims at 90. then

of the the two are so intimately connected that One shoulder.

them

way

and over his

in

ather..

the defence. of the Pacific was a matter - \ Indies, who knows the East and its neither can be understood apart from the for the Imperial Conference and heways, took no notice of the absurd per hoped the Conference would inect at an early date.

LORD CRICHTON STUART KILLED IN ACTION.

A French wireless message says that M. Venizelos states that his resignation The landing of cannot alter the facts. the Allied troops will take its course. The people at large have given "the French and British troops an enthu-killed in action siastic weldone.

THE

MASSACRE OF

·ARMENIANS. ENCOURAGED BY THE GERMANS.

LONDON, October 7th,

*

LONDON, October 7th, Lord Crichton Stuart M.P., has been

[Lord Nision. Edward Crichton Stuart had been M.P. for Cardiff, in the Conser vative interests," since 1910. He was the second son of the third, and a brother of In 1906 he fourth, Marques of Buite. married the Hon. Ismay Lucretia Mary Preston, oldest daughter of the 14th Viscount ef Gormanston, The deceased Peer was t. Colonel of the 6th Batt, the

He was

nise Keeper of Welsh Regt. Falkland Palace.]

MR. RUDYARD KIPLING'S LOSS.

LONDON, October 7th. John, the only son of Mr. Rudyard Kipling, unofficially reported missing, is

believed to have been killed.

In the House of Lords, asking for in Armenian regarding the formation

thait Cromer said Lord atrocities, even though there was no trustworthy evidences of direct German complicity,.. in view of Germany's present influener at Constantinople her moral responsi- bility was unquestionable. He urged the utmost publicity of the facts in India, as he was convinced that despite a no-

LONDON, October 7th. Commenting on the appointment of tural unwillingness to believe ill of their Another big French offensive in Cham-instant, says the reply of the Bulgarian co-religionists, the educated Mobamme- pague is announced in to-night's Berlin Government to the Russian ultimatum dans of ludia and Egypt would regard Mr. Louis J. Kershaw, C.I.E., as Secre- communiqué, which admits the violence was delivered at 3.40 that afternoon, the massacres with the saine horror as

A GERMAN ANNOUNCEMENT.

AMSTERDAY, October 6th.

· RUPTURE OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.

PETROGRAD, October 7th.

A telegram from Sofia, dated the 5th

AN APPOINTMENT AT THE INDIA OFFICE.

It was in 1909 that Germany first pro- claimed the policy of building a floot view of her own ambitions the policy was against Britain, and from the point of She aimed at a perfectly sound one.

and against world." world domination: domination the British Fleet, from tho time of Queen Elizabeth to the present day, has always been found the surest and most effectual protection. The Geramas have every reason to be aware of the fact; for without the British Fleet Frederick the Great must have succumbed to his enemies; and without the British Fleet Napoleonic tyranny. Whatever may be Prassin would scarcely have shaken off the thought about the freedemn ti tho seas

sure to Brisish ships and British sailors. in any of its various meanings, the free- don of the Land is due in tu small mea

formance, and both proceeded into the ice-cream shop. Presently they were followed by the "boy," who at once com- menced to address one of the ladies in pidgin English. He became very excited, and when he informed the ladies that he had “just makee kill one man this morn- One ran for ing" they took fright. the staircase in the shop; the other also took precautions, and the brave shopman also made himself scarce, The #boy," who was obviously mentally un- balanced, then commenced to pull his hair, make faces, and to shout loudly, mentioning several people of note, in the Colony whom he intended to kill. Sub- sently an alarm was raised and two Indian constables removed the south to a place where he will do no harm. The lady who ran to the staircase injured was the most formidable obstacle to their that account, doubt the immediate advan- her back as a result of is fall, and also aggressive projects. But they did not, on teges which their maritime policy con suffered rather severely, from shock, as a shop with a deranged youth who was for several minutes both were alone inferred upon them. They calculated that using all sorts of threats.

FAMILY OF 40 CHILDREN. MOTHER OF 23 MARRIES A MAN. WITH 17.

It takes, however, time as well as money ners were too wise to suppose that they to creato a great fleet; and German states-

able to contend on equal terms with tho could at one call into existence a Navy Power which-ng they saw clearly enough

a powerful fleet, even though it were numerically inferior to that of Britain, would, nevertheless, runder the latter im potent; since no British Government would dare to risk a conflict which, how ever successful, might leave them in the ond with naval forces inferior to those ut some third Power. This is the policy clearly, though cautiously expressed in the famous preamble to the Navy Bill, It is unnecessary to add that the German bitious designs.

of the attacks but claims to have repulsed As it was unsatisfactory, the Russian Ourselves, and recognise, that it would try of the Revenue Department in the of sixty-eight children, twenty-three of Navy League entertained much more am

the offensive._____

THE FRENCH COMMUNIQUES.

PARIS, October 8th.

5 p.m. French guns have been heavil- bom- barding along the whole front

the that states A communique bombardment was reciprocal in Artois, and particularly violent in the region of Givenchy.

We made some progress by grenade fighting.

Our artillery was especially active in Champagne, the heights of the Mouse, Flirey and Lorraine.

PARIS, October 7th.

Minister notified M. Radoslavoff of the be an insult to the Mohammedan religion to identify Islam with the present Gov. rupture of diplomatic relatione.

The Dutch Chargé d'Affaires takes ernment at Constantinople............ charge of Russian interests..

LONDON, October 7th.

Anessage from Sofia, dated the 5th instant, states that the Russian, British French and Italian Ministers have

asked for passporte.

LATER. The Russian Minister has left Sofie BULGARIA SENDS ULTIMATUM

India Office, the Times remarks that the appointment follows the commendable precedent of 1901, when Bir Thomas, Holderness was similarly transferred, Lord Crowe agreed that it would be

The appointment of Mr. Kershaw, en- advantageous to make the facts knownsures the continuity of the reprezenta to the world as far as they were officially tion of expert Indian knowledge in the

confirmed.

The information supplied from British Consular sources was of the

the

permanent staff of the India Office. In one dis THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC, most deplorable 'nature.

LONDON, Oetober 6th. absolutely ex-

the are celebrating trich the population was

people The "condition of terminated, and the ̈ ̈ refugees in the Cancasus was terrible. anniversary of the Republic.

Senor Machalo took the oath as They were dying at the rate of a hundred daily despite splendid local efforts to r- The Serbian Archimandrite at Moscowlieve the misery. A hundred and sixty has received news that Bulgaria has

thousand were entered in one district alone

TO SERBIA.

PETROGRAD, October 6th.

The latest communiqué says:-Our rejected the Russian demands and sent in one report, and unless further speciy

action

in Champagne to-day secured fresh results. The infantry, after solid artillery proparation, assaulted and carried the village of Tabure and reached the summit of Tabure Hill, which is a point d'appui in the enemy's second line.

Over a thousand prisoners were taken. There were only artillery actions on the remainder of the front.

RUSSIAN FRONT.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) CONTINUED RUSSIAN

SUCCESS.

STORMING GERMAN TRENCHES, PETROGRAD, October 7.

ultimatum to Serbia concerning An Macedonia, requiring an answer within twenty-four hours.

RUMANIA'S MILITARY

PRECACTIONS.

ATHENS, October 6th.

that News from Bucharest shows

taking ia

extraordinary Rumaniai military measures. Troops have gone to the Bulgarian frontier, and Guirvens is 1 being feverishly fortified,

Officers of Bulgarian origia have been Younk to the. interior. transferred reserve officers have been called to the Colours, and other reserves, instead of being disbanded, are being retained in barracks.

relief was given half of this number would probably die. Lord Crewe heartily agreed

that such dreadful excesses were not the

less repugnant to the Moslems of India, and enlightened Mussulmon opinion else where, than to ourselves. They were in nowise authorised by the precepts of Islam,

President and the Cabinet retains office. NEW CHIEF JUSTICE OF BENGAL.

LONDON, October 7th. Sir Lancelot Sunderson, upon making proceeding to India to assume the office his farewell at the Wigan, Sessions upon of Chief Justice of Bengal, was pre- sented by the Bar with an addrese con- veying their congratulations--

The record of having reared a family whom were uer own, seventeen her second children, und also of having had a share husband's, and the remainder nurse. in rearing 167 grandchildren, belongs to a hale anu nearty old-age pensioner named Mrs. Esama Moules, of Bradley-terrace, White Hart-bne, Wood Green

She is seventy-three years of age, and still strong enough to do a day's washing, and is as well able to read the paper with;

out glasses as anyone.

Mrs. Moules, who was born at the Hert April, 1842, and warried there in 1880, had fordshire village of Much Wymondeley in twenty-three children in the first twenty- six years of her married life; soon after which time her husband died.

She married again, her widower husband (sags the Express") being the father of seventeen nil living, whom she

a twenty-two years' residence in New had the privilege of bringing up. During Southgate she acted as foster-mother to twenty-eight nurse children, and per- formed the duties of an inspector under the N.S.P.C.c

-THE SUBMARINE POLICY.

So far, however, neither the designs of the German Government nor those of the German Navy League have met with any measure of success. The British fighting fleet hag become relatively stronger than it was 13 months ago, and there is no reason to suppose that during the future. course of the war this process is likely to

be arrested. It is, indeed, plain that after six months of hostilities Admiral serves, arrived at the same conclusion. Tirpitz, and the Government which ho They saw that the old policy had bruken down and that a new policy must be devised. Submarines, they thought, might succeed where Dreadnoughts and cruisers bad failed.

The change, no doubt, was adopted with of heart. The admission of failure is in extreme reluctance and many searchings itself unpleasant; and though we cannot regard the Government responsible for ths Belgian atrocities as either scrupulous er humane, even the most reckless of Govern- ments does not desire to perpetrato un necessary crimes, As to what the Germans sailors are gallant men; and gallant men we can only conjecture. Kavy niust have felt about the new policy

They know well enough that in the ofl do not like being put on a coward's job Two grandsons, a son-in-law (a father days which we are pleased to regard as of twelve), and Mrs. Moules's second le a humane then our own, there was not husband (who enlisted twenty years below a privateersnan but would have thought and two sons were killed in the Soudan

Her own twenty-three children grew up. and many married: kive daughters

cach, and two for twelve each. Up accounting for eighteen, two for fourteen became mothers of seventy children, one the present time the great-grandchildren

number eleven,

But German

and they would not be condoned by he! CHIEF OF IMPERIAL GENERAL] his actual age) are in the Army to-day, hintse'f disgraced had he sent to the bot--

judgment of Islam,

STAFF.

LONDON, October 7th.

It is understood that Sir Archibald The Government had no official sour

the work of firmation of German complicity, but the statement that German Consular officials Murray has taken over

MANAGER. these horrors was freely made by Ameri-DEATH OF FORMER REUTER'S not merely looked on but encouragent Chief of the Imperial General Staff. can observers who were in a position to know. Our declaration to the Turkish Government, holding it responsible, stil

LONDON, October 7th

war

tom unresisting merchant ships with all hands on board; and it can have been no very agreeable reflection, even to the Ger- man Navy League, that the first notable performance of the German Fleet should resemble piracy rather than privateering. GERMANY'S WAR BILL.

We may, therefore, safely assume that nothing but the hopes of a decisive success STRONG SOCIALIST CRITICISM.

to indict this new stain upon the honoar A leading article in the Forwarts is would have induced theGerman Ministers severely critical of the German loan, trans- actions. It points out that the reserves of their country. Yet a decisive success to be in sight. I claim no gifts of pro- of the country have been diminished and has not been attained, and does not seem

The death is announced of Mr. Ben- supplies consumed and converted into war phecy; I make no boast about the future. head, but there was no advantage in re-jamin Mundy, formerly Reuter's manager great sums will be forthcoming for the SERBIA EXPEDITIONARY CORPS.

ATHENS, October 7th. The French Minister, in a message to eating it. The Bryce Commission gave in indik. the troops who have landed at Salonios,shocking details of some of the atrocities.

A communiqué reports an incessant artillery duel in the region of Dvinsk.

The Russians stormed the enemy's

tionsary Corps, and says that his confidat Trebizonde were taken to the sea in trenches at Postary, half way between addresses them as the Serbia Expedi- The whole of the Armenian population

back south of Lake Norotch and, par

THE KING OF SIAM.

LONDON, October 7th:

ans; and it may interest you to know raan submarines have been formidable, Bat of the past I can speak with assur- that, while the losses inflicted upon Ger British mercantile tonnage is, at this moment, greater than when the war began. many inoffensive persons, It is true that by this method of warfare

women and

Dvinsk and Vilna drove the Germans ent that their conduct will leave the best boats and drowned. Altogether, possibly, The King of Siam has been gazeed that a large part of the third loan has children as well as men, neutral as well

impression on the friendly country they 300,000 people had been destroyed. Not an Honorary Cencial.

been so hideous crime on such a scale. to believe that are about to traverse in order to reach the since the days of Tamerlane had there

There was no reason Moslem fanaticism bad anything to do with it. The Moslems had never shown General Sir Charles Cuffe.

suing them, captured three villages north of Smorgon.

THE SERBIAN FRONT.

(THROUGH REUTZE'S AGENCY.] AUSTRO-GERMAN TROOFS MASSING AGAINST SERBIA.

LONDON, October 7th.

A telegram from Zurich states that large numbers of Austrian and German troops are being withdrawn from the Bussian and Galician fronts and are proceeding through Transylvania

to

territory of a valiant ally.

SERBIAN MINISTER ASKS FOR PASSPORTS.

PARIS, October 7th. The Serbian Minister at Sofia asked for his passports yesterday morning.

THE GREEK CRISIS. KING ACCEPTS THE CARINET'S RESIGNATION.

LONDON, October 6th. Reuter announces that King Constan- tine has accepted the resignation of the Cabinet

CURE FOR SLEEPLESS WOMEN.

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that about

S

the

loons. It says that one may assume that third war loan because payments will first be made in October, when a great pars of the harvest is realised and capital thereby rendered liquid will be available for the loan. The article continues:-

"OI still greater importance is the fact

as belligerents, have been robbed and already been appropriated. To October least the wor expenses will be at

who have suffered. The criminals also. $1,000,000,000 to £1,100,000,000, while killed. Bat it is not only the innocent OBITUARY.

in loans the Empire has altogether have paid heavy toll. Some have been rescued and are prisoners of war. But received £850,000,000, LONDON, October 6th.

The financial often happen that they drag their crews The death is announced of Surgeon- £325,000,000 must be covered by Treasury from the very nature of submarines it must

paper (Schatswechsel). consequences of the new £1,500,000,000 with them to destruction, and those who The interest alone send them forth on their unhonoured debt are evident. demands an expenditure of £75,000,000. mission wait for their return in vain, ORIMES NOW SEEN TO KE BLUNDERS. If one reckons charges for redemption,

Herein lies the explanation of and composation administration, Federal States and municipalities as weil

diplomatic attitude of Germany towards as the covering of the deficit on the Bud amazing change which has come over the why the sinking of the Lusitania with A simple remedy for women's sleepless-get, then we arrive at a sum approaching the United States Men ask themselves It must not be forgotten that the war the loss of over eleven hundred men. ness caused by anxiety and thoughts of £100,000,000. absent friends is prescribed by a celebrat ed Swiss nerve specialist, writes a corresentaik frightful expenditure for pensions women, and children, was welcomed It is as and the support of the incapacitated, throughout Germany with a shout of pendent in a London paper.

which already before the war swallowed triumph while the sinking of the Arabie up £7,625,000. The imperial debt absorb was accepted in melancholy silence Is it because in the intervening months follows:-

the United States have become stronger When your mind eircles round some

or Germany weaker! Is it because the The £10,000,000. Dr. Dúmba, the Austrian Ambas-distressing subject force yourself to think ed in 1913 the sum of over £11,900,000,

"After the war the imperial debt and attitude of the President has varied? least Is it because the arguments of the Secre the figure 3 in a long, empty room.

will demand hinger is to be held at arm's length and high. Then imagine yourself drawing the £125,000,000, or little less than the united tary of State have become more persua same figure a few feet away and not quite ordinary and extraordinary imperial -sive? Is it because German opinion has the imaginary figure is to be about 3ft. pensors so large, Repeat this process down the penditure for. 1912. The income of the at last revolted against lawless cruelty t authors of the submarine polier have had whole length of the imaginary room, mak- Empire hitherto would only suffice to pay No. The reason is to be found elsewhere. ing the figure shorter and shorter until it interest on the debt. For all further ex-It is to be found in the fact that the penses new sources of taxation will have time to measure its effects, and thou deerla Whoever remembers the which were merely crimes in May, in almost disappears in the far distance,

I have never failed to fall asleep to be created.

Yours faithfull,

ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR. political battles were steering." people may find it necessary to draw the can easily imagine towards what internal series a second or a third time.” before reaching the sixth figure; but sour taxation controversies of 1908 and 1909 September are seen to be blunders,

any approval of the Governments.con- duct in this connection. The only chance of saving the remuants of these people was an expression of opinion by the world, and especially by neutrals.

DUMBA LEAVES AMERICA.

LONDON, October 7th.

sonthera Hungary to join in the offen | COALITION CABINET FAVOURED.sador at Washington, has sailed for of the first finger of your hand as drawing making together with pensions, over

sive against Serbia.

NAVAL ACTIVITIES,

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY-] SUBMARINE PIRACY?

LONDON, October 7th.

ATHENS, October 6th.

Austria aboard a Dutch steamer with A conference of the King and former the safe-conduct of the British and Prime Ministers has decided in favour French Governments. of the formation of a Coalition Cabinet under M. Zaimis, without M. Venezelos.

LATER. M. Zamis has accepted the task of form-

A MACHINE GUN CORPS.

LONDON, October 7th, A Gazette announcement states that

formation of a Machine Gun Corps. The steamer Haydn, from Karachi,ing a Cabinet, which includes Opposition H. M. the King has approved of the

has been sunk. No details re available. leaders.

at