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THE WAR.
MORE RUSSIAN SUCCESSES.
SEVERAL ITALIAN COUPS.
BRITISH FLEET
BOMBARD
BULGARIAN COAST.
BELGIUM
HORRORS.
KING'S APPEAL TO THE NATION.
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH REUTRE'S AGENCY-J BRITISH BRAVERY.
A HOHENZOLLERN REDOUBT
INCIDENT.
LONDON, Oetober 24th.
Router's correspondent at Headquarters,
describing
the British attack which
AUSTRO-ITALIAN FRONT
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCE,}
ITALIAN COUPS.
MOUNTAINS AND TRENCHES STORMED.
Rowe, October 23rd. The positions captured by the Italians captured the main trench of the Hohen-include Mount Melino, in Giudicaria, much material
zoliera redoubt, says that after the initial which was stormed and
THE HONGKONG, DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBEK 25TR. 1916.
[THROUGH BRUTTER'S AGEADT.)
BRITISH FLEET BOMBARD
The
BULGARIAN COAST.
an
{THROUGH REUter's Agency.].
MİSS CAVELL'S LAST MOMENTS.
A PATHETIC STORY.
LONDON. October 24th.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] BELGIUM HOBRORS.
A GHASTLY NARRATIVE" OF GERMAN RULE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]. KING'S APPEAL TO HIS
PEOPLE.
MORE MEN WANTED,
LONDON, October 23rd.' His Majesty the King has issued tho following message to his people í........
"At this grave 'moment of a struggle. between my people and a highly urganised
LONDON, October 23rd.
AMSTERDAM, Cctober 24th. Admiralty announces that
A ghastly narrative of "the paternal Anglo Franco-Russian Squadron bom- barded the Bulgarian coast on the 21st, Fathos 19 added to the horror of the administration of Belgium under Gençà inst, shelling & number of military posi-murder of Miss Cavell by the description von Bissing" is told by the Antwerp &t tions, and seriously damaging the of her last moments which is furnished by respondent of the Telegraf. Nobody, lis barbour works, railway station, and ship the Rev. Gahan, the British Chaplain in | says, is now safe in Belgium. Many ma Iping at Dedeagateh. Care was exercised Brussels, which has been forwarded to the have been sentenced to death during the enemy who has transgressed the laws of to avoid hitting points not possessing any Foreign Office by the American Ambas past fortnight, and thirty two to pilnations and changed, the ordinanes that
military importance.
GERMANY'S PROFOUND
REGRET."
THE ATTACK ON A SWEDISH SUBMARINE.
STOCKHOLM, October 23rd. The German trawler which fired on Swedish submarine, as reported a few days ege, did so within the Swedish territorial limits.
The Naval Staff at Berlin has expressed profound regrei and promised a searching inquiry.
THE SERBIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Ba-dor.
He writes: I was admitted to the prison by a special passport the even- ing before the execution, I was astonish and relieved to find that Miss Cavell was perfectly calm and resigned.
She said she wished her friends to know that sho willingly died for her country, and add- aed: I do not fear, nor am I shrinking. I
have seen death too often. strange or fearful.
hinds civilised Europe, I appeal to you.
"I rejoice at the Empire's effort, and am proud of the voluntary world-wide
zervituds for long terms. Four women were also sentenced to death; a French teacher named Thullicz, Countess Fello ville, a tailoress nanied Bezezet, and Miss response from my subjects who have
Cavell. Cavell has been executed.
Up to the present only Missnerificed home, fortune and life itself in order that another may not inherit the free- Empire which their ancestors and mine have built up.
The heroism of Miss Cavell, likewise that of Louise Frenay, who was executed
"I ask you
make good these at Liege, even affected the German fring
sacrifices. The end is not in sight.
at the victim, resulting in Louise Frenay in the field and, through them, to secure being waanded in the leg, while Miss
enduring peace. victory and
not enough; I must have no hatred or bit-sqund, the majority of whom did not girare men are wanted to keep the armies
derness for anyone." Communion together.
It is not Hut patriotism is'
Then we had Holy She received the
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In
Gospel of Consolation with all her heart. Cavell was only hit by one of twels? | uncent days the darkest moment has ever
and then she repented softly the words of Abide with moto the end, afterwards giving me messages for relatives and When she said goodbye' she friends, SERBIAN
BULGARIAN TERRITORY smiled and said 'we shall meet again."
The German military chaplain, after PARIS, October 24th. An Athens telegram states that the the execution, said that she was brave and
TROOPS
ENTER
...
bullets. Hence, the others were obliged
to give the coup de gruce, shunting them produced in our race the sternest res«lve, I ask you, men of all classes, to come for- ward voluntarily and to take your shara in the fight.
in the ear.
The Germans are now compelling Bel- ginn workmey to perform military duties, saying that wither Belgian law nor for retusel, as auly, the Gerninn military International agreements are any excuse
In freely responding to my append brothers who for long months have nobly will be giving your support to our
glory of her arins.?”.
ARGENTINE WHEAT
onset the fight resolved itself into a series taken on the Mount, and Deipini, a town British and, French Military Attaches who bright to the last, professed the Christian Commander is allowed to decide. Another upheld Britain's past traditions and tha
of isolated bombing encounters, parties being sent up the various trenches in an endeavour to force a way to the enemys main line. One party held its own against
on the lower Tirano.
on
The enemy Thursday evening cointer-attacked at Mount Crosani, but was repulsed and
The Italians pursued, and lost havily.
have arrived from Nish confirm that Vrania is not occupied by the Bulgarians, who attempted a miere cavalry raid which was thrown back. They state that
territory.
faith, and died like a heroine.
STRONG AMERICAN COMMENT.
LONDOR, October 24th. Two London papers have started, funds
German proclamation has summoned young Belgians to report themselves, and there obeying are sent to an unknown destination.
n strong German attack, though many at Rienz Peak advanced simultaneously Serbian troops have entered Bulgarian for a memorial to Miss Cavell. Neutral GERMAN AIRSHIPS LOST INTM
were killed and wounded, till their burrit the mountains, scaling the difficult cade was fiterally blown in. The Captain Rauchkofel crest and crossing the plain in
commanding then ordered his men to con- stract another barriends thirty yards hobind, he himself remaining alone at the first barrier, sheltering as best to could bekind-the smashed parapet, and by con- stant borobing holding off the enemy, who was only a few yards distant, till the second barricade was completed.
GERMAN
ACTIVITIES.
PARIS, October 23rd: To-day's communiqué says:-Yesterday evening the enemy emerged from their trenches round Givenchy, but were easily. dispersed.
In Charopagne strong reconnoitring parties, supported by antillery, attempted to reach our positions round Tahure. They were repulsed or destroyed every- where
We conquered an enemy trench in Lorraine after stubborn fighting foot by foxt
NOTHING IMPORTANT.
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the direction of Schenderbach, storming the
trenches and capturing eremy prisoners. The town of Leopold Skirchen was set on fire. Strong enemy forces in the Seisera valley were put to flight. The Italians on the Isongo Front opened an attack on Friday morning on numerous positions between Caporetto and the sea, and advanced under a murderous fire.
(HAVAS AGENCY.) AUSTRO-GERMAN LOSSES,
GENEVA, October 22nd.
The Tribuna states that the Austro- the Serbian front
on
German losses amount to 53,000 men.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
PARIS, October 24th, An Athens telegram states that accord-
opinion on the execution is beginning to be beard.
The New York Herald says that a ware of horror has swept over Amerien.
The Erening Post states that it is amazed at German apologists asking Americans to stand agape with admira- tion at Germany, which the execution a whitened sepulchere with reveals as rotting bodies within.
BALTIC REGION.
PETROGRAD, October 23rd. The Germans leave so for lost in the Baltic region two Zeppelins and seventeen acroplanes.
PERSIAN GULF OPERATIONS.
LONDON, October 24th.. Despatches dealing with uperations in. the Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia up to
They stormes with the bayonet a greating to despatches from Nish signed The Eering Sun remarks that the April 4th have been published as a Blue
entrenchment below Narzli Peak, in the
Monteuern zone, numerous trenches on tho Sant Lucia Hill in the Tolmino sector, and a strong redoubt on the slopts of Mount Sabotine, north of Gorizi,
IMPORTANT PROGRESS.
ADVANCE ALONG WHOLE CARSO FRONT.
We
Rome, October 24th. Father progress at many points is re- ported in the latest communiqué, which says---Westward of Lake Garda stormed Mount Nodic, completing the command of the-Lobro Valley. Ws cap- A communique states that nothing im-tured a strong redoubt in the vicinity of portant has taken place,
PARIS. October 24th."
RUSSIAN FRONT.
...
(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.] PROGRESS CONTINUED. MANY CAPTURES.
PETROGRAD, October 23rd. Golicia is not the only scene of Russian A communiqué says that they KUCCESSES: crossed, against opposition, the Chars river, south-east of Baronovitchi, stormed the heights on the other side, and took 1,583 prisoners, to which have to be added 2,002 prisoners taken in various actions on the left bank of the Styr.
Coldilana.
The importance of Thursday's success in the Seisera Valley is confirmed. We have up to the present buried 420 of the The progress on the upper enemy there. and middle Isonzo is also confirmed.
Two violent enemy counter-attacks at Mrzli were repulsed. We took 157 pri-
soners.
of "Pashitch, Premier," the losses General Mackonsen's armies are at least 600,000.
NEW BRITISH TROOPS IN SERBIA,
LONDON, October 23rd.
The Paris correspondent of the Dolly | Telegraph writes that he has the best authority for stating that British troops have entered Serbia.
FRENCH TROOPS LANDING.
American Minister, in asking for mercy for Miss Covell, uitéred the cry of the American heart.
The Chicago Post describes it as another. rank blunder of German striesmanship.
The Chicago Journal says that assisting prisoners to escape is a virtue inseparable from all Western ideals of womanhold. OFFICIAL CONDEMNATION.
WASHINGTON, October 24th. Though no representations have been made to Germany, officials unsparingly denounce the grime, Aearch of American records has failed to disclose an instance of the execution of a woman, even as a
PARIS, October 24th. The landings of French troups at Salonika continue regularly and under the best of conditions. The French troops spy. which crossed the Greek frontier have established touch with the Serbian troops. GENERAL.
(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENCY.)
REIGN OF TERROR IN BRUSSELS.
GERMAN "GOVERNMENT,"
AMSTERDAM, October 23rd.
A Brussels telegram says that the Despite the enemy's fierce resistance, supported by numerous powerful bat-Governor-General of Belgium (General teries, wo progressed along practically von Bissing) hag summoned all persons, the whole of the Carso front, particularly within his jurisdiction belonging to a at Ban Martins, and captured 2,009 hostile army, or on a mission from a prisoners, CO officers, seven machine-guns, hostile Government, to report themselves. The Russians and quantities of munitions. and within twenty-four hour, Those respol- ing will be removed a prisoners of war. also advanced westward in the fake region materiali
Anyone arrested after this, or assisting such persons in any will be punished
way, must severely.
MACHINE-GUN (ORPS TO BE FORMED.
Gast
NUTONS
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
(THROVON REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BRITISH SUBMARINES IN THE BALTIC.
SIGHTED UNDERWATER BY GERMAN AEROPLANES.
repulsing of Vilna,
They also captured à counter-attacks
The Germans village west of Postavy. were unable to make headway in the Riga and Dvinsk regions, and a violent attack neng Olai on Thursday was immediately arrested,
PETROGRAD, October 24th.
Russian
MALMOR, October 23rd. A communiqué states that a
Cermin aeroplanes sighted two British Harding party near Domesnes, at the
entrance to the Gulf of Riga, on Friday! submarines under the water..
Subsequently a Antilla of torpedo-boat repulsed a Geyan force, capturing pri soners and material, Forty three German destroyers from Sassnitz chased the sub-
for marines, which retreated abandoned. Only a dead Russians were wounded. Fighting on the There was no firing..
were
left bank of the Styr continues. The Russians operating near Kolki captured another 621 prisoners, seventeen yeaxims and eight trench mortars. Elsewhere the fighting has been unimportant.
northwards.
NAVAL "POWER."
LONDON, Oelober zard. The enemy's submarinės last week tank enly one small vessel.
LONDON, October 24th. Particulars of the eggposition of a Machine-gua Corps, mentioned on the 6th inst., have been given in Army Orders. The Corps will be divided into three branches; cavalry, infantry and motor. The first two will be organised us a Brigade. of machine-gun squadrons and companies respectively, and the last machine-gun batteries, at war establish-
ав
motor
JUSTIFICATION?
AMSTERDAM, October 24th,
The Handelsblad recal's the execution at Nurnberg of the publisher of a psalin which led to the regeneration of Germany and the downfall of Napoleon
ANTI-GERMAN ANGER OF
NEUTRALS,
ROTTERDAM, October 24th. The Courant says that the execution will agravate the anti-German, anger of neutrals,
RECRUITING OPTIMISM.
LONDON, Cetober 24th. Mr. Horatio Bottomley, M.P., speaking at Hackney, said that he had discussed the new recruiting slume with Lord- Derby, who said that experience had already cuvinced him that the voluntary system would be saved, and he confidently anticipated that by the end of November there would be sufficient recroils to meet the requirements of the army.
THE LAST AIR RAID ON LONDON.
MEN CRADO WITH SIGNALLING
TO THE ENEMY,
Losnox, October 23rd. Two men charged in a London police mont. A machine-gun company will becourt with signalling to the enemy from the roof of an hotel during the last eir composed of nine officers, 141
been handed over to the commissioned officers and men, and 52 raid, have, luorses.
military authorities.
Non-
Book.
AMERICAN COTTON.
AN ARRANGEMENT WITH GREAT
BRITAIN.
WASHINGTON, October 23rd.
It is munugnced that the British Board
of Trade has arranged to make a settle ment regarding the seized American cotton which is not covered by sales or .contracts. The price to be paid will be the market value at port of shipment at date of shipment,
GENERAL MONRO LEAVES FOR DARDANELLES.
LONDON, October 24th. General Monro, who has been appointed
PROSPECTS.
BUENOS AIRES, October 24th. The area sowed for the next wheat crop in the Argentine is officially estimated at sixteen and a half million acres.
(Telegrams received on Saturday, and published in an "Extra" on Sunday, will be found on page. 6.)
WAR NEWS.
MR. F. WILE ON GERMAN BUSINESS METHODS.
German Business Methods, as I knew them," formed the subject of a speech delivered by Mr. F. W. Wile at the Sales Managers' Association dinner at the Holborn Restaurant recently.
Mr. Wile summed up German busi- nees methods as a strange combination of scientific and organized efficiency and diabolical unreliability. When he heard the German Chancellor confess that Ger- many way about to violate the neutrality of Belgium, because "necessity knew no law," he heard him give utterance to the basic principle of German business Germany had acted in war as methods. she always had in business.
A German," said Mr. Wile, "would meet you at the train with his motor-car, drive you off to an excellent dinnor of many courses, with much liquid refresh- MNIE. He would then, take you to al theatre: treat you to supper afterwards; When take you on to a den of iniquity. you got home about breakfast time on the following day you would sign a contract, and from that moment he would begin to plot against you and cheat you."
THE TURK A GENTLEMAN.
to take command of the Army at Gallipoli
A letter appearing in the correspon- in the absence of General Sir Ian Hamidence columns of a recent London paper
ton, left London yesterday for the Dardanelles,
NOTED RUSSIAN GENERAL RETIRES.
PETROGRAD, October 23rd. General Rennenkampf has been placed on the retired list.
WIRELESS TELEPHONE
WONDER.
WASHINGTON, October 23rd. Wireless telephone communication has bees effected with the Eiffel Tower vir. Arlington, Virginia.
¦
DEATH OF "W.G."
LONDON, October 23rd. The death is announced of the veteran cricketer, Dr. W. G. Grace,
rends:
Permit me to endorse all that your correspondent Xeays about the Turks being gentlemen, Speaking of the fight- ing qualities of different nationalities.
was before the rise of (though this Japan), Archibald Forbes told me, bay- ring our own Tommies, of course, that if he had the chofer of men to lead he would choose the Turk. He may stick of nothing when his blood is up, but he fights fairly and squarely.
Apart from his courage, the Turk is naturally absterious and physically very strong. Sir Richard Burton told me very much the same thing, only he put it in different way. He sail that the Turk was a splendid soldier, but his creed had a great deal to do with it; for if he falls in battle, and no limb is muti- lated, he knows that he will go straight to Paradise, where the must lovely houris await him; and, added Sir Richard, characteristically, if that would not make a fellow fight nothing would."
In commerce, too, a Turk's word is as good as his bond. As an example of Tur kish honesty, there were at Fiume many hundreds of girls in the great tobacco [The deceased's Taruc as a cricketer--he was
factory. In spite of the strict supervi the 6.0.31. of the game-s known to every
sion quantity of tobacco is stolen, The His girls put dust, etc., in the cigaretes and British sportsman, and in his death the pastima loses its greatest ornament
There are Austrians. Italians, Greeks, Czechs, Slavs, etc., and eaunty XI, was Gloucestershire, in which take the tobacco. team he figured from 1870 up to 1900, and for many years continuously he was in the I saw a few Turkish. The manager told England team against Australia, having me they were slow, and they seemed many great performances to his credit. Af singularly quiet, but they were known to the time of his death "W.G. was in his be so honest that their cigarettes were not
examined, nor even weighed. 67th years.]
OBITUARY.
SIR HENRY COTTON.
LONDON, October. 23rd. The death is announced of Sir Henry
career in the Indian Civil Service nad Cotton, K.C.B.I., who had a distinguished retired in 1902, subsequently being elected member of Parliament for East Not tingham,
a
The Turk may be dense and slow; the fact that he has tolerated Free Tracin proves that pretty clearly; but be is a gentleman, or, to put it in a different way, the exact antithesis of a modern German.
The Dutch steamer Butorier TFF, which has been chartered by private initiative in Holland, has arrived at Havre fitted up as a hospital ship with 200 beds. There is also an ambulence on board. She is placed at the disposal f the French Red Cro
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