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THE WAR.

ENEMY

IN DISASTER

MARSHES.

TAN HONGKONG DAILY FRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 191, 401K 7

PINSK

GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN WEST.

BIG EFFORT ON SOMME REPULSED.

PARIS AGAIN

BOMBED

BY

ZEPPELIN.

PEACE. OVERTURES TO RUSSIA.

FRANCO BELGIAN FRONT.

[THROUGH BEUTER'S AGEKOY.) ANOTHER BIG GERMAN ATTACK.

PARIS, January 30th. The Germans have attempted another big Attack in the Somme region. A communi-

Que says that twice opposite Dompierre German infantry were thrown back by an 1. rifle artillery curtain of fire, and fusilade,

DESTRUCTIVE BOMBARD-

MENTS. ENEMY GARRISON ANNIHILATED.

Pants, January 31st.

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A communiqué states:--We exploded ming, south of the road between Neuville -and La Folie, wrecking enemy' galleries. Our artillery destructively bombarded önemy depots south east of Lens, and camps Borth of Visny, Our batteries between. the Somme and the Ose caught bodies of marching troops. We destroyed a German work near Soupair, annihilating the garri #on. We effectively bombarded enemy organisations east of Rheine and at

spack, in Alsace,

HAIG.

ARTILLERY ACTIVITY,

THE BALKANS :

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【THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] OCCUPATION OF KARABURNA, DUE TO PRESENCE OF ENEMY SUBMARINES,

SALONIKA, January 31st,

It is authoritatively explained that the occupation of Karaburas is due to the fact that a German submarine recently, within few miles of the channel leading to Salonika, torpedoed a British transport, proving that the policing of the coast was

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перевагу.

The torpedoed transport carried only mules, most of which were saved by beach- ing the ship. The attack occurred in Greek territorial waters ITALIAN FRONT,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCT.]

WHAT ITALY HAS DONE,

AN OFFICIAL RECORD.

ROME, January 30th.

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Carnia

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY }

(THROUGH REVIER'S, AGEMUT.]

ZEPPELIN BAID ON PARIS. AMERICAN PREPAREDNESS.

ADDITIONAL CASUALTIES.

PARIS, January 30th. The latest announcement regarding the casualties states that sixteen persons were killed, including two gendarmes, and thirty-two injured.

The smartness of the aeroplanes is shown by the fact that within twenty minutes of the alarm signal thirty aeroplanes ascended and five got in touch with the Zeppelin at an altitude of 12,000 feet, but only one was able to engage the raider.

The noroplanes were working under the most difficult conditions, as a thick mist below prevented the searchlights giving the maximum of assistance, but the aeroplanes prevented further bombing,

An airman says that Paris looked like a black hole in the middle of the lighted

suburbs,

M. Poincare and other Ministers are to-day visiting the sufferers and the scenes of the bombing

PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN.

UNIVERSAL PROVIDERS: -

EXTENSION OF CHINESE COM-

PANY'S BUSINESS,

Before the Chief Justice (Sir Wm. Rees WASHINGTON, January 30th.

Davice, K.C.) at the Supreme Court yes- President Wilson, continuing his “pre-terday application was made that cer- paredness campaign," emphasised that the tain alterations and extension of the tack of American merchantmen was mak- objects of the Wing On Company, of 109, ing the United States dependent upon other Connaught Road Central, might be con- nations, This had on the cause of frictionfirmed by the Court. during the war.

"NATION'S HONOUR IS DEARER THAN ITS LIFE."

THE OFFICIAL MIND.

FIDO AND THE CABINET. [BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE VOICH OF THEM

TURTIE.

If Smith finds his dog Fido is not merely apt to bite the stranger-upon which half the jokes in the English language are founded-but is also hostile to himself, be does one of two things.

Ha either presents Fido to a dear, ka friend in the country, and the dear old friend gets the keeper to say he met hin and running pheasants.

Or ho simply asks the vet," to look in some evening when the garden is quiet,

The thing to observe is that Fido is taken in tanie.

But supposing Smith bad shared Fido with his friend Robinson, Thon at once you pass out of the sphere of common sense into that perplexing country of Smith, being a very simple, honest man, remarks, Fido is getting dangerous--he the official mind.

must go."

The petition sot forth that the authorised capital of the Company on incorporation on the 28th January, 1915, was $000,000, divided into 000 shares of $1,000 each; NEW YORK January 31at. 480 shares of the face value of $400,000 had President Wilson's speech at Pittsburg been issued as fully paid up. On the 11th is the sensation in the American news November, 1915, a special resolution was papers, which emphasise passages declar-confirmed authorising an increase of ahares of $100 each. None of the new ing: You can count on my resolution to capita; to $2,000,000, divided into 20,000 keep you out of war, but you must be shares had yet been issued: The principal ready to maintain your honour. The object for which the Company was fornied nation's honour is dearer than the nation's was to take over and carry on the business universal providers, life. Not a man knows what a day may of the Wing On Company, departmental

storekeepers and bring forth. These are solemn things to which had been carried on by James Cock say, but 1 should be remiss in my duty if Lock (Chairman of the Company) and others-in Hongkong for about seven years. I did not state the facts,"

The business was taken over by the Com-smiling wisely. pany on the 15th February, 1915, at its actual value of $180,000, nothing being paid for goodwill,

The announcement by President Wilson There was another Zeppelin alarm at that his veto was possible on the measures Paris in the evening. A report was re prohibiting exports of munitions has ceived that an airship was approaching, scotched the pro-German agitation aimed whereupon the city was plunged into dark.at stopping trade with the Allies.

THE

ness,

ANOTHER NOCTURNAL VISIT.

Paris, January 31st..

It is officially announced that a Zeppelin appeared over Paris at ten o'clock in the evening. The airship was subjected to fire from the batteries, while aeroplanes attacked it. Bombs were dropped, but go damage was done,

GUNS ON MERCHANTMEN.

ALLIES AND, AMERICAN PROPOSALS,

LONDON, January 30th.

LUSITANIA” CRIME, NO TIME-LIMIT FOR GERMAN REPLY.

By a special resolution of the Company. duly passed and confirmed, it was decided to add the following to the Memoranduan of Association:

Robinson, being one of those persons whe wish to see about two dozen sides to overy. question and as advocate of delay, sayy migh; as well say he would rather sus- he would rather suspend his decision. He pend his reason. It comes to the same in the end.

But, argues Smith, the dog has use Smith, the already bitten the little Bolton boy?? How do you know aske Robinson,

Bolton told me himself," says Smith. His little buy probably in itated Fido."

But he has nearly bitten me "His play, my dear fellow-his play. I must be satisfied that there is real cause for complains"

Before they have settled it, Fido bas bitten them both and the neighbours as well

That is the official mind working. Alone Smith or Robinson would have settled Fide. Together they are like the Cabinet #

SMITH PLUS "MOBINSON.

(a) Smith know that Germany did not increase her armaments und her "Navy for. fun

To do all kinds of suitable business, to establish branches, to enlarge the busi- ness, to open branch offices for Fire, WASHINGTON, Jan 30th,

Marino, and Life Insurance, Land. Invest- Mr. Lansing denies that a time-limitment, Lona, and Deposit, Shipping and

There is a saying that if you want things has been fixed for fermany's disavowal Hotel, business, to commence any other dons you must do them yourself, That business that might seem profitable to the is one of the most profound remarks ever of the Lusitania crime.

made. It avoids any contact with the Company." 1 MILITARY APPOINTMENT.

Mr. C. G. Alabaster (instructed by Mr.official mind. There are certain things that, for instance, Smith knew perfectly LONDON, January 30th. F. B. L. Bowley) made the application, well long ago. Let us jot some down. The Gazette announces that Lieut. He said it was intended to issue the rew Colonel William M. Watson has been up-shares after the Chinese New Year if the pointed temporary Brigadier-General while commanding an Indian Brigade,

COMMISSIONER FOR A French wireless message says that the

AUSTRALIA. Allies will reply jointly to the proposal of the United States that merchantmen

LONDON, January 30th. should not carry guns for defence. The Rt. Hon. A, Fisher, High Commis ARMED LINER ALLOWED TO SALLsioner for Australia, has arrived in Lot

NEW YORK, January 30th. The Italiza lider Verona, which arrived recently with two guns monated on her stern, has been allowed to sail for Italy, on giving an assurance that her gÜBB were purely for defensive purposes.

GRAVE. LACK OF TONNAGE.

ACUTE DIFFICULTIES IN ITALY.

An official restine of the Italian opera tions says that the Italians have acquired rich and populous region in Trentino, prevented an invasion of Venetia, cut a important strategical road in the Dolomites, REPORT FROM SIR DOUGLAS maintained possession of the

border against-persistent Austrian attacks, established a firm footing on the left bank of the Isonzo, holding in check the fortress

LONDON, January 30th. of Tolmino, which was at the mercy of

The difficulties arising from heavy Italian guns, rendering the town of Goritz uninhabitable, and pushed back the Freights and the scarcity of shipping is Austrian lino of defence beyond the Isonze becoming so acute in Italy especially in and the Carso platean, where the Italians view of the closing of great works for lock of coil, that Baron Mayor, ex-Ambassador at Washington, is going to London to discuss. remedies.

LONDON, January 31st. General Sir Douglas Haig reports that there was considerable artillery activity last might about Vaux. Three of our patrols puccessfully bombed German trenches near Berre. There has been artillery work about Bricourt. The weathor is foggy. RUSSIAN FRONT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] SUBMERGED IN MARSHES. GERMANS' TERRIBLE PLIGHT.

WAST QUANTITIES OF MUNITIONS ENQULED

PETROGRAD, January 30th.

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have firmly established themselves.

The Austrians in the Isonzo region have lost 20,000 prisoners, many guns and mo terial.

Baron Mayer has been appointed Com missory-General in England for the pro-

The Italian Army begins the New Year legitimately proud of its deeds and un-visioning of transporis. shakeably confident of the future. It will redouble its efforts till it has attained the glorious goal.

NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

· [TRKOUGH REFINE'S LOKNOW.) GERMAN DESTROYERS RUN AGROUND.

· Recent prisoners confirm the suffering of the Germans in the Pinek marshes. tapid thaw released vast quantities of sub- ferranean water, which wrecked all the enemy works as though they had been bombarded. Dozens of heavy batteries,

COPENHAGEN, January 30th. - thousands of munitions waggons, numerous

Two German destroyers went aground guns, and catire depots have been irrecover-south-east of Saltholm, A German cruiser ably engulfed, while whole detachments in and trawlers are rendering assistance:

A later message states that the destroyers the trenches have been cut off and have

have been refloated, perished miserably as they were unable to escape from the marshy labyrinth.

The authorities in Germany, in order to isolate prevent the news from leaking out,

the returned soldiers, who are invariably suffering from virulent influenza,

MINE-FIGHTING.

PETROGRAD, January 30th.

'A' communiqué states that a German attack south of Lake Babit was promptly suppressed. Mine-fighting has occurred in the Czernowitz region,

THE NEAR EAST:

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.] RUSSIANS PUNISHING

THE

ENEMY.

PETROGRAD, January 20th. A communiqué states that the Russians continue to punish the enemy at Erzeroum, in Perein, capturing machine-guns,

GENERAL.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGKHOY,1

NEW BRITISH HELMET,

COPIED BY THE GERMANS.

LONDON January 21st, Beuter's correspondent at the British. Headquarters describes the success of the new itkel battle helmet adopted by the British, The helmet has already saved. numerous lives by deflecting bullets,

The Germans are abandoning their tandi. tional helmet and are adopting similar headgear,

don's

KING'S EQUERRY FOUND. DEAD. LONDON, January 31st. The King's Equerry, Brigadier-General Grimston, was found dead in a Nursing.

He suffered from Home in London, neurasthenia,

DEATH OF SIB CLEMENTS

MARKHAM..

LONDON, January 31st.

The death is recorded of Sir Clements Markham KCB, F.R.S., D.Sc. Cam bridge, and Leeds, late President of the Royal Geographical Society.

WAR NEWS. GERMAN GOLD FOR TURKEY.

Constantinople, despatches state that the Government has asked Parliament For authorisation to borrow a sum of twenty million pounds (Turkish) from Germany.

LOSS OF MORAL

GERMAN BOLDIERS TIRED OF THE WAR..

A recent French official wireless despatch states:

But Smith and Robinson togethor settled. application was granted. The alterations and extensions proposed would practically that it must be for advertisement.

(0) Smith, know that it was fully not make the Wing On Company the universal only to reduce the Army, but actually to providers they claimed to be. The Wing speak seriously of reducing the Navy as On Company, an allied concern, ofwel

Yet Smith and Robinson listened without Sydney, was the largest creditor, and they protest to a party of Ford-like gentje. ment. They even permitted those gifted cnt affidavite in support of the petitionen" talking sheer mbecility in Parlia The business was conducted only in Hong persons to run the present war, kong, and was largely of a family nature for the purpose of the partners and their

(c) Smith knew that Lord Roberts was a great and experienced soldier.

But Smith and Robinson admired Lord Haldane and said nothing.

The Chief Justicn-There is no objection affair of soldiers and sailors and not of (d) Smith knew that this war was the

by anybody

Mr. Alabaster-None, my jord, The order was made as prayed,

**THE CROWN OF EMPIRE,

England of our Fathers and England of our Sons, Along the dark horizon line the day-dawn

glory runs,

For Empire has been ours of ad, and

Empire ours shall be

His grip is on the world to-day whose grip

is on the gea

O England of our Father's and England

of our Sona,

Above the roar of battling host, the

thunder of the guns,

A Mother's voice was calling us, we heard

it overseas The blood which thou didst give us is the

blood we spill. for thee

England of our Fathers and England of our Sons, Along the dark horiren line, the day-dawn

glory runs,

For golden Peace is drawing near her

-paths are on the sea

He grips the hearts of all mankind who

stands for liberty.

FREDERICH GEORGE SOUTT Senior Chaplain (1st Canadian_Division in France), in the Morning Post:

WARSHIPS FOR CHINA TAKEN

the readers of the Government,

But Smith and Robinson swallowed the Antwerp Expedition, the Dardanelles, and the Serbian fiascoes, and waited for more. (e) Smith knew it would mean compul-

вов.

But Saith and Robinson said how splendid the nice posters were, and shame to the shirkers, and somebody or other had. said one volunteer was equal to 10 con- soripts, which made the future a cer-" tainty,

Now when a man notices that a river is rising at the rate of as with a minute be removes his luncheon basket and,

there is time, his infaut child from the

extreme edge.

He does so without excitement, without self-applause, above all, without delay. But when a nation is confronted by some gress calamity it invariably or, unless there is a dictator somewhere, almost in-

It forms com variably does nothing. mittees, call up experts, makes speeches, listens to other people's speeches, and dozes upon the bank. The river crawls little higher. At that the Cabinet, being all men of legal training and knowing by precedent there is never acute danger in civilized countries, send our troops some where, usually as far away as possible, and having done so suspend further activities.

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THE COMMON-BENSE VIEW. Now that is where common-sense comes in, !

The man who not only has common-sense, but is also content to rest his faith upon it, is usually right. ⠀

In the same way the Government are usually wrong, because the experts, gan expert, and faced with other experts, is nearly always wrong.

That is what one means by contact with the official mind,

According to a neutral who has been able to travel throughout the French and Bel- gian regions invaded by the Germans, lowering of the moral standard is every-

OVER BY THE ENEMY where apparent It is an undisputed fact that some soldiers cry when the moment

Amongst the foreign orders in Gorman vd becomes for their to be sent back to the front.

Peveral cases of suicide have occurred in shipyards when the war broke out was

For all I know, each member of the ane of six torpedo destroyers for China, the North of France. MINES IN THE BAY OF The difficulties of economic life in Ger. These destroyers were building at Vulkan Cabinet may be as full of common sense se many which the German soldier has been Works, Stettin, and presumably they Smith, though I doubt it. I gravely BISCAY

able to ascertain during his periods of leave were commandeered as soon as hostilities doubt whether, for instance, a legal train- and the very considerable number of the opened. These ships as far as can be ing is not a public danger in national VIGO, January 30th

losses sustained by the German army, exercement, a over affairs. It harks back for procedent, and, Spanish vessels arriving report that cise on the soldier a depressing influence, placement, have a speed of over 32 knots, inding nose, whispers, mines are moored lar out in the Bay of whose manifestations such as anti-patriotic and carry two &-in gans, four 3-in, quick

declarations for instance, are by no means frers, and two torpedo tubes, ganska

In Austrian yards a more important rate occurrences. When the soldiers are RUMANIANS WILL NOT FALL INTO Biscay. Two Spanish boats were recently

able to speak freely they declare them-order for Ching was in hands. A cruiser GERMAN LAP. ·

sunk there.

selves quite tired out with the war and was being constructed in the Mont

falcote yard, to be ready for commision strenuously desire peace at all costs,

she has, or had, 5,000 tons, a designed an armour belt of Link four Sit, and twelm torpedo tube equipmen this craiser, the bu financed by German in the shape of a cruisers of 1,800 ton

RUSSIA AND PEACE

OVERTURES..

Petrograd, January 31st.

SURVIVORS OF THE “TARA,"

LONDON, January 30th.

A list received of the survivors of the auxiliary cruiser for shows that only ten persons are missing.

الاداري

The Foreign Minister (M. Sazonoff) in a statement to Pressmen, said he was DOT vinced that the Rumannians would not fal into the German lap, since Germany only promised what belonged to others, M. Bazonoff confirmed the Austro-tierman NEW COMPANIONS OF THE

BATH attempts to secure a separate peace, and added that they werè resumed gufto recent ly. Russia simply ignored the overtures, A separate peace was impossible, said the Minister.

A tendency towards economy seems to be making itself also apparent on the part of the military administration. The billeting and ration allowances have been consider aby diminished

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in Austrian yards. Tecnico Tard.

It is anounced that a valuable discovery bas been made by certain New Zealand solter 4-in gue armame diers, who are farmers by profession, and LONDON, January 30th.

whose attention has been drawn, while serv The Gazette announces that the following in Egypt, to the immense natural sup- ing have been made Companions of the Plies of phosphate At Bofoja Bay, on the shores of the Red Sea, they have found M. Sazonoff said he believed that the Order of the Bath:-Lieut. Colonel ..what is claimed to be the richest phosphate field in the world. A trial shipment of war would not last long, but Germany must Lowther, Scots Guards, and Lieut-Colonel 500 tons has been forwarded to New Zea

B. Fitzgerald, London Regiment

be rendered harmless,

·land...

troyers were being placement 30-knots

and seven All the foregoing the Austrian and that the ships build suffer during the Italian fleet-Landon

shed light some time."

e" The only light sake, go easy Something will assuredly that is shed burns red enough in the casualty lists.

Also the apparent foolishness of many was Parliamentary debates is not due to ex- next year. ceptions] silliness by ignorance among the ent of members. It is simply due to the awful of 98 bots,and devastating cloud of the official misd

That, again, is why the British nation are growing uneasy. That is why they to sheer away from any gathering of poli ticians and search for the individual. They only wish for strength and comp sense just because they have bem so pre. and cious rare.

That is why the men who have a personE sato national following at the present momente des are

the members of the Cabinet as a

Follow my leader," from Cromwell to Behmen. Garibaldi, is the greatest national game be under over played and it invariably reaches ther provided | goal is deste did vot But the qualities of a leader are never of the the qualities of the official minde

iding

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