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THE
WAR.
ATTACKS.
GREAT GERMAN
BRITISH WARSHIPS COLLIDE:
MANY CASUALTIES.
RUSSIANS TO INVADE BULGARIA.
DASHING WORK BY
ITALIANS.
RUMANIAN
INTERVENTION
PROBABLE.
JAPAN AND PEACE.
FRANCO BELGIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] GREAT GERMAN. ATTACKS. BREAK DOWN.
FRENCH MAINTAIN PROGRESS.
PARIS, October 30th
THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE HONGKONG, DAILY PRESS,
THE SERBIAN FRONT.
·(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] BITTER FIGHTING. SERBIANS RETREATING ALONG WHOLE FRONT.
AMSTERDAM, October 30th.
An Austrian communiqué mentions that the mains are making the ground in Serbia almost impracticable, in that the It fur- fighting is of the bitterest kind. ther declares that the Serbians have begun to retreat along the whole front, Bulgarian capture of
following the
Pirut.
INVADE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1sr, 1915,
GENERAL
[THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE ACCIDENT TO HIS.
MAJESTY.
DESCRIPTION BY AN EYE-WITNESS.
(TURGUAN REUTER'S AGENCY.]; BRITISH OPERATIONS IN MESOPOTAMIA, INDIANS HARDSHIPS AND VICTORIES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE MONARCHICAL MOVEMENT.
EXTRAORDINARY JAPANESE
NOTE.
PAKING, October 20th. Mr. Obal the Japanese Charge
LONDON, October 30th. Reviewing the operations in the Persian Chulf and Mesopotamia, the Morning Post, LONDON, October 30th.
says that in view of the necessity of main-d'Affatres, yesterday presented a note verbale to the Waichiaopu (Department of Reuter's correspondent at Hendquarters
taining British prestiga non-intervention says that on October 29th, the King left
was impossible. The Judian waits had Foreign Affairs) advising the suspension, the Royal residence shortly before fun in the morning for a small town, where he splendidly excorded all expections. The temporarily, of the Monarchical movement a magnificent record, but judging by the it The Nate also disclaimed any intention met the General Commanding the Firstory of their hardships and victories was on account of the increasing opposition to Ariny. He exchanged his motor-car for
methods of the Imperial. Gåvornaient one of interference in Chinese affairs. a burst and the whole party proceeded to
might suppose it to be a story that mast a large field, where the troops, present-
he kept at all costs from the attention of ing one Corps of due First Army, wire
the public. Regarding the future of the drawn up for inspection.
force, the Morning Post dismisses the iden
"PLUMPERS" FOR A MONARCHY. of a Tureo-German advance on Begand,
The Provinces of Kirin, Fengtion.. the equation of which by the British would doubtless produce a considerable Shensi. Junan, and Chilli have returned the names of their representatives in the moțul effict on the Mostom world.
a Monarchy. GENERAL JOFFRE IN LONDON,lection. They have plumped in favour of
The King rod through the lung lines of men, examining each unit most gitten-
RUSSIANS TO
BULGARIA.
AMSTERDAM. October 1st. The Bukharest correspondent of the Tageblair ways that great contingents of
Rain was Russians are leaving Odessa and Seyasintively, and frequently questioning the
officers accompanying them. pol, convoyed by a strong Ilussian Flect.
falling, with gusts of bitter wind. en route to the Bulgarian makt.--
The King left the fild atter a short ride, met the Commander and Staff of TROOPS MASSING,
another Corps of the First Army, al proceeded to inspect some the urunds, "of trumps It was here that the greissul occurred.
·PARIS, October 31st. The Echo de Pariz says that troops and stores continue to arrive at the Serbo-
STREET FIGHTING AT VILNA, Bulgarian front, and at Ghergheli,
MANY CIVILIANS KILLED.
PETROGRAD, October 31st. Tho. Gorman authorities al Vilno having A foxture of to-ilay's comeranique is the ordered the commandeering of all metal, the troops have collected everything, down continuance of the desperate lighting "La Courtine district. Four successive to the last rail. The population did not German attempts in the morning to resist until the German began to strip recapture the trenches taken by us yester-the churches, when an enormous crowd, diy completely broke down under therined with bombs, attacked the soldiers. Street fighting lasted for two days, and vigorong resistance of the French, who
many soldiers and civilians were killed. everywhere maintained
TSAR AT THE SOUTHERN nchieved.
FRONT.
the
progress
Elsewhere the French last night rande further progress, capturing, in Artois, a nection of a trench at Bois Enhuche,
A German attack south-east of Bouchez was ropulsed by a curtain of fire from machine-guns.
VIOLENT ACTIONS, SURPRISE ENEMY ATTACKS.
PARIS, October 311. 2.10a.m.
· A communiqué states: There have been violent actions at several points along the front at Artois. We increased our pra gress in Hache Wood by grenade lighting. The enemy, as the result of a surpriso attack, re-occupied, north-east of Neuville, some parts of the trenches he recently lost, but his advance was immediately arrested by the fire of any supporting trenches. There has been a fierce artillery duc at Tahare, in Champagne. GERMANY
DRAWING FROM HER GARRISONS.
AMSTERDAM, October 30th. The Telegraaf states that considerable forces are being sent to the Front, they having been drawu from garrisons in the Rhine provinces. RUSSIAN FRONT.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] AWFUL SLAUGHTER. RUSSIANS LURE ENEMY INTO
PETROGRAD, October 30th,
the Southern. Front. The troops on received the Tsar and the Tsarevitch with His Majesty indescribable enthusiasm,
INTERVENTION OF RUMANIA PROBABLE.
ATHENS, October 2001. The Westin learns from a diplomatie source that there are serious indications that Roumania will accept the Entente's proposals as regards joining the Allies
will traverse Roumania in order to aid It is highly probable that Russian forces
Serbia.
CONFERS WITH CABINET COMMITTEE.
The British and Russian Ministers accompanied Mr. Obată, ↑ The nature of the Chinese reply has not yet been deter- mined,
EXPENSES.
The Ministry of Finance has applied to the Quintuple Groups for a loaf of 10.000.000 fuels, to be secured or the Salt revenue, repayable in two penis,
LONDON, Ostbir sath A Committee of the Cchinet, including Me Apaith, Mr. Ballpur and Earl
It is presumed that loan is required Frightened by the ehrering of the men, Kitchener, conferred with General Juffré;}
Ear!tion with the Monarchical movement. who also wayed their caps in the air, the then Mr. Lloyd George and General for the payment of the expenses in connec mure which his Majesty was riding geared | Juffré laid another einference,
The King wasined control | Kitchener, gave a banquet to Generali it the air. but the mare again reared and fell over Joffré in the evening. backwards, throwing his Majesty to the ground. The officers in the vicinity rushed forward and assisted the King to.
a motor car, which drove off.
WILS
The remainder of the day's programme, including the inspection of the Indian It is stated that the Entente proposes troops, a review of the Guards and a visit
canceled.. to satisfy all Roumania's ainbitions, into the casualty, glering station. cluding these in Russian Bessarabia.
MALEVOLENT RUMOURS, GREECE AND THE ALLIED TROOPS,
LONDON, Octuber 30th. The Greek Minister in London has been instructed by the Premier to deny, anto
a Greek held a review which had as a background gorically, the rumours as to a furious artillery duel, Generals Ivan-crissary's visit to King Ferdinand, with hoff and Vrusciloff accompanied and Tsar, the intention that Greece should maze The troops, after the review, went into the security of the Allied troops at
action.
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
BRITISH WARSHIPS COLLIDE.
MANY CASUALTIES.
LONDON, October 31st.
It is officially announced that on the night of the 29th the auxiliary sweeper Hythe was sunk after a collision with another warship off Gallipoli Peninsula. This flythe' was carrying about 250 men, One hundred are besides her crow reported missing.
LATBE
It is officially announced that the casual- ties of the Hythe are ten of the crew, and that two military officers and 143
soldiers are. missing.
BRITISH BLOCKADE IN THE BALTIC.
GERMANS MORE FURIOUS THAN EVER.
DEATH TRAP.
October 30th.
COPENHAGEN, October 30th. PETROGRAD,
of A British submarine has damaged One of the most awful sermes slaughter in the whole war occurred on another German steamer, which took the island of Dalen, in the Dwina, a few refuge in Swedish waters. miles south-eastward of Riga. Russians lured the Germans thither and then the Russian gans plastered the is Iand from both sides.
The
Citizens of Riga watched the bombard ment from a bridge across the Dwina, and soon they saw the river almost blocked by the bodies of Germans floating down the stream.
Not only north-west of Dvinsk had
the German gunners to nenace the in- fantry, in order to make them advance,
used
but the same encouragement was farther southward of Dvinsk, only for the German infantrymen to fall victims to the Russian hayonets.
-It appears that the German failures
at Riga and Dvinsk hitherto were not
The Germans are more furious than ever at the effective control of the Baltic Sea by the British, especially as the German Admiralty firmly believed that it had closed the narrow entrances to the Baltic
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BOMBARDMENT
BULGARIAN PORTS
important damage.
OF
PARIS, October 30th.
Salonica: He declares that these male volent rumours have been propagated to sow hostility between Greece and the Entente.
A FRENCH CONFERENCE. PARIS, October 31st.
A later telegram says the Gineral Joffre visited Buckingham Palner.
It is understood that he expressed to tho Queen his sympathy, at the secilent to the
General Joffre also calle King Queen Alexandra.
JAPAN AND THE WAR. WILL NOT CONCLUDE PRACE SEPARATELY.
LONDON. Oefuler 20th.
on
INCENDIARISM IN AMERICA. THREE PIERS DESTROYED.
SEATTLE, October 30th.
A hve, supposed to be due to incen- liar sin, ha destroyed the Blue Funnel Line pier. The loss is estimated at half a million dollars,
BALTIMORE, October 30th.
Two piors, belonging to the Baltimore and Ohu Railroad Company, have been The news of the accident quickly
burned with all their contents, which were spread, and the men were bashed into
M. Paúl Cambon, and Count Bencken-nestly destined for London and Liverpool. The fire is ascribed to delect've electric sented in the corner. gravely acknowledgdorf (the French and Russian Ministere silence as the car slowly passed, the King,
wires.
ing their salutes.
HIS MAJESTY'S CONDITION IMPROVING,
Losnox, October 30th.
The condition of H. W the King has further improved. He has had
sleep, and the pain is diminishing. Temperature and pulse are normal,
Edward Grey in London) and Sir
October 19th, a joint addressed, on invitation to the Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Inouye to signify the adherence of Japan to the declaration of September 5th, 1914, that no separate parter would be concluded.
The Ambassador forthwith notified.
A later bulletin says that His Majesty | Japan's complete adherenes to this.
WAR SERVICES ACKNOW- had a good night, and is better to-day.
LEDGED. Telegrams expressing sympathy havo been received from all over the world.
WHY M VIVIANI. RESIGNED.
M. Brand (the Premier), General THE NEW FRENCH CABINET. Joffre, and H. Gallieni (War Minister), bad a.conference on Thursday, doubtless on the subject of the Balkans. AUSTRO-ITALIAN FRONT
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] CONTINUED PROGRESS. ENEMY POSITIONS STORMED.
ROHE, October 31st,
 communiqué states that the enemy', resistance at Coldilana, and on the upper
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Cordevolo is yielding as a result of the repeated blows of our vigorous offensive. The Italians Thursday morning stormed an enemy pivot defence to the summit of Saleseim Ridge, 17,000 foot high, consisting of a redoubt and several lines of trenches, capturing several hundred prisoners and much material Enemy attacks on the Vodit and Zagora sectors were completely repulsed with heavy loss. The Italians on the Caro plateau stormed another large trench in the Sunnichele zone, and eaptured several trenches in the centre. AUSTRIANS "DIFFICULT DAY.” A GREAT BATTLE.
AMSTERDAM, October 29th. The resumption of the Italian offensive in full strength on Thursday is des
LONDON, October 31st. The following honours have been award- ed for services in Mesopotamia:—
Companions of the Bath (C.B.)-Colonel Evans, R.E., and Lieut.-Colored Henneasy. R.AM.C.
Military Cross - Captains Allbutt, R.A.M.O., Campbell, RE and West, R.A.; Lieutenants Baillie and Stephenson (Dorsets), De Wing and Matthews, R.E. and Farebrother (Norfolks).
Paris, October zubi
Distinguished Service Order (D.8.0.) M. Viviani, in a letter to M. Poincare, explains that the reason for bis resigna-Major Brassbury R.A.M.C. tion was that the minority in the Cabinet demanded a secret session of Parliament, to which M. Viviani was opposed, and so he thought it better to have a new Premier with the inanimous General Joffre's visit to London is support of the Parliament. regarded as one of the first-fruits of M. Briaud's directing hand.
General Gallieni has won a great te putation for the organisation of the defenes of Paris.
CABINET JEALOUSIES. LORD ROSEBERY'S SUGGESTION.
LONDON, October 30th.' Lord Rosebery, in a letter to The Times, suggests that the Premier, the Secretary
IMPORTANT CABINET
MEETING.
MR. ASQUITIT'S STATEMENT.
LONDON, October 31st. There has been a silting of the Cabinet of unusual importance, owing to the con ferenees with General Joffre and also in view of Mr. Asquith's forthcoming state- ment, in which it is expected the Premier will announce a smaller War Cabinet for the immediate direction of both the Naval and Military campaign.
ENGLAND AND SWEDEN.
Brockmurai, October 31st. Neg tiations between England and Sweden with a view to an agreement regarding commercial questions arising from the war, have been broken off.
LATEE. It should be noted that the failure of pro- commercial negotiations in nowisse judices the friendly commercial relations of the two countries.
CARPENTIER AS AVIATOR.
VICTORY OVER GERMANS.
PARIS, October 30th. Georges Carpentier, who is now an air An interesting apointment is that ofof State for War, and the First Lord of M. Painleve, as Minister of Inventions, the Admiralty should have the supreme pilot, way attacked, while in the enemy's sbould summon their drove back. The champion boxer has been combined with that of Minister of Cabinet, and
recommended for mention in despatches, affecting National Defence, which post is direction of the war and report to the lines, by two German aviatiks which he
colleagues when necessary.
Lord Roscherry claims that this will
INDIAN POLICE SERVICE. Education.
secure unity of direction and respon- xibility, and will also abolish friction and jealousies.
(VAS EERVICE.]
THE NEW MINISTRY.
PARIS, October 29th. The new French Ministry has been officially constituted as follows :--Premier and Foreign Affairs, M. Briand; State without portfolios: MM's Ministers
SAVED BY SANITATION. BRITISH AR "Y'S FREEDOM FROM 18EASE.
LONDON, October 30th. Sir James Crichton Browne, in an De Freycinet, Bourgeois, Combes, Guede, address delivered before a conference of
Justice and
Vice Sanitary Inspectors, said that when the Cochin; The Russian Fleet unde another furiousribed in an Austrian communiqué, which Denis.
The Presidency, M. Viviani; War, General history of the war came to be summed up in the future the verdict would be that bombardment of Varna and Bourgas
sums it up as "a dificult day." during the whole of yesterday, inflicting battle extended along the whole corsial Gallioni; Marine, Rear Admiral Laca Great Britain was saved by her sanita- front, the artillery preparation being Secretary of State, M. Halvy; Finance, incessant, and unprecedently violent, M. Ribots Agriculture, M. Melite Public Works, M. Sembat; Commerce against the Borizia bridgehead,
Though the communique claims that M. Clementel; Colonies, M. Doumergue; these attacks were repulsed, it admits that Public Instruction and Inventions relat the Austrian trenches were penetrated, ing to National Defence, M. Painleve the It adds that Italian activity in the H, Jules Cambon ox-Ambassador for
"HESPERIAN" TORPEDOED,
WASHINGTON, October 31st.
It is announced that the Navy Depart solely due to the dense forests preventment has definitely established that the
ing the employment of troops en matte
fragment
of metal found on-
We should have lost over a million men, in addition to the half million reported, if the rate of sickness had been the same as in the South African War. following defeat was acompanied by History showed that mental despondency terrible outbreaks of infectious disease,
but the Germans were so lavish of their Hesperian, which was sunk, on September | Dolomite region is undiminished, Col di France in Berlin appointed. General brighßness and cheeritice of the
shells that they ran short of them.
9th, was part of a torpedo,
Lans being the object of violent.
Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
British troops during this war had fori- fied their resistance to disease
LONDON, October 31st. The Secretary of State for India noti- fies that it is not proposed to hold, in 1916, the usual examination for entrance to the Indian Police Service, and that it impossible at present to give any infor mation as to future recruiting.
THE UNION PARLIAMENT. PRETORIA, October 31st. Parliament will meet on the 19th Novem-
ber.
OBITUARIES.
LONDON, October 31st. The death is announced of the Rev Stuart Alexander Donaldson. Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
The death is also announced of Lord [Lord Welby was Permanent Secretary to Welby, P.C., G.C.D. - **
the position of Cheiman of the Londer the Treasury, for nine years, and bad filled County Council]
Kelibrams vereined on Saturday, and "Katm
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