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THE

WAR.

SUES

FOR

MONTENEGRO

PEACE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19rk. W16.

AGREES TO UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.

COMBINED ATTACK AT GIVENCHY.

RUSSIANS CAPTURE ARTILLERY DEPOT,

IRELAND AND COMPULSION BILL

THE BALKANS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] MONTENEGRO SUES FOR

PEACE.

AGREES TO UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.

AMSTERDAM, January 18th,

that A telegram from Budapest Boys Count Tisza announced in the Chamber of Dopaties that Montenegra had request ed the opening of peace negotiations. Ho niet

"We replied demanding uncondi- i capitulation, I have just received. The news that Montenegro has agreed to unconditional surrender. Therefore when the capitulation is accomplished peace negotiations will begin."

DEFENCE OF SALONIKA, GENERAL SARRAIL IN SUPREME COMMAND OF ALLIES.

SALONIKA, January 17th. General Sarrail today has taken over Buprente command of the Angle-French forces. This unity of command is wel pated in British and French military

ircles alike."

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT. (THROUGH REUTER'S - AQKNOW.) COMBINED ATTACK AT GIVENCHY,

EXCELLENT RESULTS ACHIEVED.

LONDON, January 17th.

A communique says that on Sunday night the enemy displayed some activity and bombe at trench-mortars with Givenchy. On Monday we made a com- bined attack with bombs, rifle grenades, and trench-mortars at the same place with excellent results.

Our bombardment

effective at Frelinghion, Zwarteleen, and north of Ypres, where a large fire-

was caused Hostile artil- behind the enemy's lines. lery was active about Ypres. FRENCH LONG-RANGE GUNS, ASSEMBLAGE OF ENEMY TROOPS SHELLED.

PARIS, January 18th. The evening communiqué says:Our long-range guns indicted considerable loss ou au assemblags of enemy troops in-Bel- giam, and damaged enemy dopots on the heights of the Monso

THE NEAR EAST

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] MESOPOTAMIA OPERATIONS. KUT RELIEF FORCE DRAWING NEAR.

LONDON, January 17th. The British relieving force continues to

draw nearer to Kut.

Mr. Chamberlain, in the House of Com -mong-announced that we carried the

Waddi position on the loth just, to which the Turks had retired after they had been defeated at Orah, The enemy's rearguard had now taken up its position at Essian, six miles to the east of Kut.

The weather continues to be bad NAVAL ACTIVITIES:

(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.} SPANISH STEAMER SUNK,

LONDON, January 17th. The Spanish steamer Belgica has been sunk. Twenty-three of the crow have been picked up.: GENERAL.

[THROUGH REUTEX'S AGENCY.] A FATEFUL YEAR.. CONSUMMATION OF ALLIES? HOPES IN 1910.

LONDON, January 17th." A message from Mr. Asquith, published at Petrograd, bays:-- I am confident that 1016 will witness the consummation of the hopes of the Allies in the final overthrow of the common enemy."

RUSSIA'S INFLEXIBLE

FORTITUDE,

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:] COMPULSORY SERVICE BILL

WASTAGE OF WAR. NUMERICAL ARGUMENTS WHY ALLIES SHOULD WIN

Much has been written, often of a cul-

ENEMY TRADE IN AUSTRALIA,

ber :---

HOW TO CAPTURE IT.

LONDON, January 18th.

The following has been received from The president U the Sydney Chamber In the House of Commons, in the Com

Mr. E. Warner Allen, the representative of Commerce, has issued the following cir mittes stage of the Military Service Bill of the British Press with the French calat letter to all members of the cham some of the Ulstorites moved au amendment armies to include Ireland in the provisions of the tradictory nature, concerning the nume Bill. Speeches of Unicrites and Nation-rical strength of the German Army affor alists alike wore very moderate,

Mr. Bonny Law deprecated the amend

the wastage of over a year's warfare, and the reserves on which it can still draw to fill up gaps and form now units Information derived from a variety of to the Bill. The Bill aimed sources confirms the following calcula tions:During the first 15 months of getting the men absolutely neceswar-from August, 1914, to the end of sary in a way that would cause the least friction. To press the amendment would weaken the country in its struggle,

October 1915 the total German losses amounted approximately to 4 million Of this men on the combined fronts. total, three millions may be taken as de- finitely hors de combat (dead, prisoners, Mr. John Redmond feared that the exor permanently disabled), while the re- maining 1,500,000 may be considered as elusian of Ireland would lead to eruel and having returned to the fighting line. unjust misrepresentation. Ireland had The German casualty lists are incomplete

We have it on the authority of prisoners Core and was doing all that the Military that men who are only slightly wounded authorities asked. To force the Bill on are not included in the casualty lists. In one case a man was twice wounded, Ireland would mean playing into the and remained several weeks in the hos pital, and yet his name never appeared hands of a small nunority..

in the casualtica of his regiment. More over, as a general rule these lists are delayed, and casualties do not appear on them until at least two months after they hava necurred. A writer in the Kolnische Zeitung recently stated that the number of killed during the first year of the war was equal to the excess of births over deaths in the German Empire This that is to say, about 850,000. estimate would stem to correspond with that of the official casualty lists.

LOSSES IN CHAMPAGNE.

Th

Sir Edward Cursor said that in view of Mr. Bonae Law's declaration the amend ment would not be pressed. ENGINEERS AND COMPULSORY SERVICE

DISAPPROVAL OF EXECUTIVE'S.

OPPOSITION.

LONDON, January 17th. The Hartlepool branch of the Amalga mated Society of Engineers has passed a resolution protesting against the Execu tive, without a mandate voting against the Compulsion Bill, especially, when a thousand of our members are defending the country on land and sea."

FIGHTING IN PERSIA.

PETROGRAD, January 17th.

The

A communiqué says that in the light at Kangavar we took prisoners. enemy left numerous dead. Our fossea were insignificant, South-east of Hamailen we drove back a Turco-German detach

LONDON January 17th. Mr. Rudyard Kipling in a message to Russia on the occasion of the New Year, ED yaI cannot look for peace before Germany is taught that there is a God. other than her own lust. We, your Allies, will never forget Russia's inflexible fortiment. tude and sacrifice."

THE "PERSIA” OUTRAGE.

BRITISH PEER'S SUFFERINGS.

ROYAL PATRIOTIC FUND. PRINCE OF WALES ON HTS. EXPERIENCES.

V

209 .109

131

1 1,020

1 862

2. 531

As the present moment I think that a statement regarding the action taken by the chamber in the mattor of enemy trade would not be inopportune, and I should, therefore, like to say that the policy which was adopted by the council of the cham ber, shortly after the outbreak of war, was covered by the following resolution

That the Chambers of Commerce throughout the Commonwealth be invited. to consider tho practicability of inaugu- rating a movement to take advantage of the suspension of trade with enemy countries, with view to developing such trade within the Empire, and with allied nations,"

a

By compiling lists of articles form- erly imported from enemy countries, with a view of ascertaining whether such articles or any of them can be obtained from: within the Empire or from any of the allied countries.

"By taking steps to awaken and keep alive public interest in this ques tion so that the consumers may be in duced to ask for British made goods or for goods made in the countries allied with Britain in the great war.'

That was the policy laid down by this chamber in September of last year. Sineo that time the chamber has been fol

As regards enemy trading, the cham- has been co-operating with the Federal authorities to the fullest possible extent. Those members who have boen declared enemy firms are no longer on the membership of the chamber, while steps have boca token to remove the names of others who have been found guilty of trading, or attempting to trade, with the enemy. This has been the definite policy of the council of the chamber since the outbreak of the war

lowing this up, first by getting its mem bers to send to British manufacturers samples of all their German importations; We have, however, considerahla by compiling lists of articles formerly im amount of other evidence, which shows ported from enemy countries, and for- that the German luases are very much warding same to the London Chamber of greater than they admit. Even whon Coramerce, and supplying the British there is not what is now called

hard Trade Commissioner here with giniilar fighting," the drain on the resources of lists. the army is very considerable. Between May 1st and June 20th four divisions ber under General von Flock suffered the following losses

Killed, Wounded Missing. my

13th Reserva Division ... 42. 16th Reserve Division 230 15th Division" 64th Division 18th Reserve Division 42 181

These figures show a total of 588 killed (nine officers) and 2,561 wounded (26 officers), and four missing. This gives an average of 147 killed and 840 wounded

with the opening during 50 days and of 88 killed and 384 They coincided wounded per division per month. This of the active operations against Russi does not include sickness statistics and the Germans began to utilize their During the period in qucation these divi- 1915 contingent. The losses in officers sions were in Champague, and took part were very serious. The oficial lists up in no serious engagement. Curiously to June 1st gave 13,072 omcers as killed, enough, the incidents of war, which are wounded, and missing. On July 13th this very irregular and variable, since they figure had increased to 52,041-that is to depend upon the ever-changing circusay, an increase of 8,000 in six weeks, stances of the operations, appear after a time to tend towards a certain unifor On the Eastern front the ensualties were mity Operations on a large scale are particularly heavy. German documents. regularly and necessarily followed by show that the 42nd Infantry Regiment periods of calm, and periods of relative lost on the Nereff 30 officers and over inactivity are accompanied by many offen- 1,000 men; the 224th Infantry Regiment sives of a local nature. Taken as a whole, lost in Galicia 49 officers and 2,746 mes; forin varying in accordance with the and 758 men; the 21st Reserve Regiment the statistical result is more or less ani the 1st Reserve Regiment lost 14 officers offcctives of the opposing armies and their lost 21 officers and 468 men; the 61st Regi

ment 10 officers and 536 mon; and the 92nd Regimens 40 oflicers and 1,188 men. By the beginning of June orders had been given for the enumeration and registra

Similar orders were given in regard to the 1917 tion of the 1916, contingent. contingent, and, even for that of 1918 so

⠀⠀⠀⠀ LONDON, January 17th.

LUNDON, January 18th. Lord Montagu, who is at Paris, is still 11.R.H. the Prince of Wales presided at suffering from lack of sleep and pain a meeting of the Royal Patriotic Frind General Barrail is not only the senior

We effectively shelled enemy trenches becaused by his injuries, but is progresat St. James Palace. He said that his General on the spot but has a remarkable tween the Semme and the Aise and dam-sing favourably. In an interview he said experiences at the Front would leave im- Record, including the balling of the aged German works north-west of Berry that during his last twenty-four hour perishable memories of the dauntless eour respective methods of battle, Crown Prino, who, with infinitely au-Bac.

tronger feroes, tried to break through to

FRENCH GUNS ACTIVE.

PARIS, January 17th.

200,000 A MONTH.

The tradition of the German Army is not one of economizing men, but, on the contrary of obtaining a result at ne matter what cost of human life. Mr. Belloc estimates that the German losses amount to an average of 400,000 men a

REGISTERING THE YOUNG,

age and cheerful endurance of the British at so he thought it was all over. He troops.

His Royal Highness emphasised suffered greatly from thirst and owed his that the Fund must endeavour to prevent life to the fact that he was wearing an soldiers dreading lest their families sli uld inflatable waistcoat, for he kept slipping suffer hardships, and announced that the month; Col. Feyler, taking what he ad.fr as recruits of over 17 were concerned. A Paris communiqué states that French the wreckage to which be was elinging Fund would be able to augment pensions mitg to be a minimum estimate, reckon. At the same time the second Ban of the ESTIMATE OF ENEMY FORCES, Buns have been active between the Semme and only the waistcoat kept him afloat.

Verdun.

The relations between General Barraill Bud General Mahon are most cordial,

REINFORCEMENTS FOR BRITISH.

SALONIKA, January 17th. French war correspondents estimate the nemy forces in Macedonia at 250,000.

They say that the British recently have received more reinforcements and that the French are receiving quick-firers and machine-guas mounted on armoured cars. GERMAN AEROPLANE FELLED.

and the Aiene.

RUSSIAN FRONT

[THROUGH REUTER'S «AGENOT.]

ENEMY THROWN ACROSS STRYPA.

ONE DIVISION LOSES HALF ITS EFFECTIVES.

PETROGRAD, January 17th. The Austro-German withdrawal across BALONIKA January 17th. the River Strypa was a most precarious British guns felled a German aeroplane one. The Russians attacked most violent which was in the Allied sone, Two airly and one enemy Division took nearly the whole day in crossing and lost half of its en were killed. FRENCH CONTROL AT COBFU. BERBIAN OROWN PRINCE ARRIVES,

ATHENE, January 17th.

It is semi-officially announced that the Mustrian Consul at Corfe and the agent for the Austrian Lloyd have been arrested,

effectives.

TURKS AGAIN FOILED. IMPORTANT CAPTURES OF

MATERIAL

PETROGRAD, January 17th A communiqué says that along the West front there was only artillery activity at various points.

The Profect of Corfu reports that the entry and departure of ships from the Harbour is prohibited without permission The Turks attempted en two occasions of the French military authorities. Tele to cross the Arklave River, but were phonic communication has been re-estab repulsed. tished and all telegrams are being cen

A Turkish artillery depot was captured ored, while newspaper telegrams are north-west of Horossar, with about brohibited

1,000,000 cartridges and several thousand shells.

The Serbian Crown Prince, with a number of staff officers, have also arrived

From Beutari.

SERBIAN

GOVERNMENT BRINDISI

AT

ROME, January 17th, It is stated that the Serbian Govern pent will instal itself for some time at Brindisi,

KING OF SERBIA'S MOVE- MENTS.

ATHENS, January 17th. King Peter has arrived at Edipsos on french torpedo boat From Salonika,

ITALIAN FRONT.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] VIGOROUS ITALIAN COUNTER- OFFENSIVE.

HOME, January 18th. A communiqué says that th Italian bombardment of Fort Raib on the fron- tier of the Trentino destroyed a portion of a cupola and put an enemy detachment to flight.

A vigorous Italian counter-offensive in the hills around Ostavia continues sucedes- fully.

After his arrival at Malta, Lord Men tagu received a message of congratulation from His Majesty the King

INEQUITABLE INCOME-TAX. TREASURY'S SHORT-SIGHTED

POLICY.

in exceptional cases and also to extend benefits to dependants hitherto unre cognised. Mr. McKenna had recommend ed the grant of £1,000,000 to the Commit- tre's disposal,

JAPAN'S SNUB TO NEW REGIME IN CHINA, DECLINES TO RECEIVE CHINESE ENVOY

them at 140,000 a month. The informa tion at my disposal leads me to believe that the truth lies between these two extremes, and that during the last nine months of -war the German casualties have reached 300,000 a month, exactly as they did during the first six months. Not more than one-third of this total is able to return to the front, so that the Ger

the

untrained Landaturm-men between 30 and 45were registered and incorporated. Finally, the whole of the 1918 contingent, which had already been reduced by the number of youths who bad volunteered for active service before their time, was called up progressively so that by the end of Jute every man between the ages of 17 and 45 had been medically examined and registered. By the end of August man net losses amount to 200,000 a month.

the whole of the 1910 contingent had bean At the beginning of the war Germany, called up, and every man between 19 and apart from the elements of her active 45 capable of bearing arms had been 92. army, bad two distinct souras on whicabilized. The only remaining reserves were

she could draw to obtain the men s

LONDON, January 17th. The Times says that the inequity of the

LONDON January 17th. double Income Tax is not unlikely to

The Times Peking correspondent says lead to definite proposals by the Dominion that the Japanese Minister has informed Fremiers when they meet in London in the Foreign Offics that circumstances

having arisen rendering it inconvenient military training, the near future. That serious mischief is to the Emperor of Japan to receive the already being done is shown by the de- Chinese Special Enroy at this juncture, the Japaness Government asks the Gov cision of the Bombay Tramways Companycrament of China to postpone the Envoy's

departure. in favour of transferring their registered offices from London to Bombay."

The Tivics emphasises that removal from London in such cases is regrettable

on political as well as commercial and industrial grounds, Experience has shown that the maintenance of the English status

tends to orders for equipment and main tenance being placed with the British rather than with alien industrial con cerns. Both directly and indirectly, the Treasury is subjecting itself to loss by its short-sighted insistency upon the inequitable assessment of Indian share- holders.

OPIUM FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES.

All these men were

BRIK TRAINING,

needed to fill up the gaps and to form the 1917 contingent and about half the new units(1) The Reserve; the Ersatz 1918 contingent, apart from men over 45.

SECHET CIRCULAR, Reserve, the Landwehr, and the trained The French successes in Champagne and Landsturm (second Ban), all of which Artois on September made the situation had received a more or less thorough Aries on September made the situation called on during the first part of the cam heavily they lost in those engagements paign, as well as the 1914 contingent may be gathered from the following de (men born in 1884), and the volunteers tails: In Artois the 11th Regiment, of of the 1916 and 1916 contingents. Those the 6th Army Corps, had 2,041 men hors served to bring the units of the active de combat; the 10th Grenadiers of the same corps, lost 1,519; the 157th Regi army up to war strength and to keep upment of the 117th Army Corps, lost 2,523 the accessary supply of men, (2) The

men. In Champagne the 103rd Reserve untrained Landsturm, composed of men Regiment, of the 12th Army Corps, lout without military training, who had never 2,332 men, the 133rd Reserve Regiment, of LONDON, January 17th.

been incorporated in the active are the 12th Reserve Corps, 1,966 men the

official, Renter lenus that in connection with either on 20count of the numeral limits 53rd Regiment, of the 50th Division,

2,050 men. These figures being the decision of the Raj to allow the export tion of each year's contingent, or in view

of physical incapacity.

are doubless below the mark. To meet of opium te Britain for medicinal purposes the Imperial Institute is making researches in order to determine the varied trainer was only to be pelled to raise the age limit of mili Theoretically, the Landsturm, whether further losses Germany will be com ties of Indian opium which are most valu-

secret circular has been issued fu-, case of the gravest national necessity. able for these purposes. The Institute is tized for home defence, except in the fery servies, above 45, and already a also investigating the value of the Egs Already, however, the trained men of the ftructing the authorities to proceed to the tin henbane for the manufacture of atro- second Ban of the Landsturm-men of preparatory registration of men between pine. Much attention is also being from 39 to 45 had been called up, and 46 and 50. For some time the numerical February the German authorities con- strength-f the German Army has been sidered that the situation was sufficiently stationary on the various fronts with au directed to the question, of oil seeds, THE GREAT FIRE IN BERGEN, serious to justify them in calling up for increasing tendency to shrink. The num training throughout the empire the arst ber of men called up for gotive service since Ban of the Landsturm-untrained men February last certainly does not exceed the under 30 years of age. At the same time, number of casualties and at the presenti the 1915 contingent was called up and moment the number of men in the depôts incorporated. The training of those re does not exceed the number at that date. cruits was pushed forward very actively. To keep pay with the wastage Germany and by the beginning of March reinforce has been forced to exhaust almost all the ments of men from the untrained Land reserves of men, and the work has been sturm reached the fronts after a few carried out with ruthless severity. Actinge wecka instruction. The heavy losses under instructions, the army doctors have suffered by the Germans in the French

CHRISTIANIA, January 17th The damage caused by the fire at Bergen is now estimated to be over BELGIAN CARDINAL'S VISIT £5,500,000. Four hundred valuable pro- perties have been destroyed. One person TO ROME.

perished and soms have been injured. Clothes, blankets and provisions are ar- riving for the refugees.

HOME, January 17th. The Italian Press welcomes sympatheti cally Cardinal Mercier, who has had a hour's audience with His Holiness the Pope; also an hour's audience with Car- dinal Gasparri, the Secretary of State to the Vatican. He left a large dowier with the Pope-

NEW LABOUR M.P.

LONDON January 17th. The Labourite Mr. S. Finney, has been returned unopposed fo- North-West Staffs.

#OBITUARY.

THE RIGHT HON. ARNOLD

MORLEY:

LORDON, January 16th. The death is recorded of the Right Hon. Arnold Motler P.CLEANE

offensive in Champagne in February and passed as fit for service men with one age, March, 1815, produced a perceptible lame men, hunchbacks, and even mon suf- effect on their organization. Not only fering from tuberculosis, heart affections, to draw on his un- and other diseases. Her last reserves tre aid the enemy from this moment being rapidly used up, and if the numer trained reserves, but he began to

form new units, not cal strength of her army can still be kept from fresh troops, but from the elements up for a limited time, its quality has The late right hon. gentleman was M.P of existing units, Thus, in March the deteriorated, and must deteriorate more for Nottingham for 15 years to 1895 He French came into contact with new divi-and and more as the proportion of untraju- was Patronage Secretary and Chief Liberal sions which simply consisted of regimente ed Landsturm men and those of 17 and 18 Whip and Postmaster General 1880-02 and withdrawn from previously existing divi- years of age, by no means fit to endure the 1892-93 respectively. He was appointed sions The French offensive in Worvre hardships of a prolonged enmpaign, con Chairman of the Dominions Commision in March and April, 1915) and Artois (May tinues to increase.Press Assocation War

and June, 1915, increased the wastage, Special. 10123