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THE WAR.

** VICTORY IS NOW CERTAIN.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9mm. 1916.

AUSTRO-GERMANS DEFEATED ON STOKHOD. TWO THOUSAND PRISONERS CAPTURED,

BRITISH BOUT THE TURKS. OVER THREE THOUSAND PRISONERS TAKEN.

ITALIANS CAPTURE 3,600 PRISONERS.

FRANGO-BELGIAN FRONT.

[HROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] QUIET TIME ON BRITISH.

FRONT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,}

FRENCH CARRY TRENCHES.

PARIS, August 8th.

A communique states:-The French in the afternoon brilliantly carried a line BOMBARDMENT BETWEEN ANORE of German trenches near the Hem Wood

AND: SOMMER.

LONDON, August 7th. General Sir Douglas Haig reports that The situation is unchanged.

We retain the ground won yesterday. The Justilo hombardment between the Anere and the Somme against our front

in and back areas continueя.

and east of Monaco farm, capturing 120 prisoners and a dozen machine-guns.

The French made further progress south of Thiaumont, capturing machine-|

Kuns.

Numerous dend were found in the German trenches,

The French carried more houses in the

We repulsor small counter-attacks to western part of Fleury. the cost of Pozieres,

We sureessfully raided trenches to the -east of Neuville Bt. Vaast. Last evening

the energy endeavoured to raid ouT the south-east of Bois Grenier, but he was driven back with loss. ·

GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED.

RUSSIAN FRONT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

MARKED RUSSIAN PROGRESS.

FOURTEEN MILES FROM

LEMBERG RAILWAY.

PETROGRAD, August 7th. "The successes to the south of Brody bring the Russians within fourteen miles of the Tanopol Lemberg Railway, in consequence of which the Austrians are reported to have begun in full back from Tarnopol in the direction of Zlotchoff.

LONDON, August 8th, General Sir Douglas fluig, in a com muniqué, states:- North and north-east of Pozieres two enemy attacks, after Jeavy bombardment, were repulsed.

North and north-east of Pozieres, after humbardment. the racay delivered determined' attacks on our new lines at

According to prisoners, three divisions

four o'clock in the morning..

of German reinforcements have been sent They entered our trenches in sume to Zlotehoff and Pomorjany, furthe places, but were driven out with many south, Veusualties.

Two strong attacks were delivered at nine o'clock in the morning, and they likewise were repulsed.

A further feeble attack, was repulsed at

four o'clock in the afternoon,

More prisoners have been captured. There were minor encounters ciscadere, an which our bombers were successful.

BATTLE OF POZIERES.

LONDON, August 8th. Reuter's Special correspondent at the frant reports:-The attack at Pozieres was delivered at the moment of sunset.

The "demy activity northwards of the Carpathians is regarded as thoing chiefly for political purposes, with a view

influencing Rumania.

RUSSIANS CAPTURE TWO THOUSAND.

PETROGRAD, August 8th. communiqué states:-The Russians, as the result of an impetuous attack, drove out the Austro-Germans from their

THE NEAR EAST

(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCE.]

BRITISH SUCCESS AT KATIA.

TURKS PURSUED EIGHTEEN MILES.

LONDON, August 7th. General Murray reports, in reference to the figating in the Katin districts, follows: Our fire was most effective, and the Turkish losses in killed and wounded

appear to be very henry. The pursuit has been continued for eighteen miles.

The Turks are now well clear of the Katia-Umaisha basin, We have taken prisoners 45 officers and 3,100 men, un wounded,

THE TURKISH ROUT.

DELIGHTED · EGYPTIANS.

CAIRO, August 7th.

A message from Cairo states that tho Egyptions are most elated at the Turkish rout. Hundreds of prisoners, most dirty and most disreputable in appearance. have been brought, in “suffering · from thirst, and more are expected, including German officers. -

NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY,]"

STEAMERS SUNK.

LONDON, August 7th.. The following steamers have been | sank ----Tottenham and Favonian (Brit.), Tricoupis (Grock), Siena (Italian), Jaegersborg (Danish), and

Commerve

(Swedish).

THE MECCA PILGRIMAGE,

PERMISSION EXPECTED,

CAIRO, August 7th. Adeclaration permitting the Pil grimage is momentarily expected. GENERAL.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGESOK.]

GENERAL JOFFRE'S [CON«

FIDENCE.

VICTORY IS NOW CERTAIN."

LONDON," August 7th According to Reuter's correspondent as Paris, General Joffre, on being interview ed, stated that the cuemies are showing signs of weakening and of using up their Victory, he said, is now

last reserves,

certain.

General Joffre mentioned that twn thirds of the German Army are still on the Western front.

trenches in the Stokhod region, capturing LARGE INCREASE IN BRITISH

EXPORTS, 2,000 officers and men.

Violent fighting is proceeding. Numerous Austro- German woundeal

Suddenly ou a trout of two thousand troops are coming in. yards The Australians and British

speedily cleared out the indescribable ITALIAN FRONT.

mass which formed the German second

ling. The whole performanor was the

most successful of surprise operations.

(THROUGH YEOTER'S AGENCY.]

ITALIAN SUCCESS.

Bose, August 7th. À communiqué states:-The artillery

It occurred at a moment when the Ger-

were relieving; soum were, pack-, gup and others were taking off their | activity continues between Adige and, the equipment. All bolted to their dugouts, Upper Isonzo.

300

in which many were bombed. The Ger- artillery opened fire, killing numerous German prisoners. In three heavy night countor-attacks the Ger MARKUS were heavily punished by barrage.

fire.

The men are elated at securing a com- mading position, enabling them to so

The Promised Land.".

ON THE FRENCH FRONT.

FRENCH AIR SUCCESSES,

PARIS, August 7th.

A Paris communiqué states:-There has been violent artillery firing in tho region of Chaulnes.

Germans attacking the Thiaumont work were thrown back to their own trenches by our curtain of fire..

An enemy, attack on Vaux Wood com- pletely failed.

Thire German aeroplanes were felled on the Somme front and three others were forced to land within their own lines.

Our air squadrons bombed the railway stations at Metzablous and Thionville, as well as factories at Bombach and bivouacs at Etain..

LONDON, August 71b. British trade returns show that cor. pared with Jnly of last year, there were increases during the past month follows:---Exports, £11,081,546; imports,

-$1,048,004.-

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THE ARAB REVOLT

ENVER'S PRO GERMAN POLICY:

TownON, August 7th. The Times correspondent at Constanza

In the Monfalcons area wo captured | says threo guns, several dozen machine guns, a quantity of rifles and ammunition, and 3,600 prisoners, including a hundred officials.

Bersaglieri cyclists, after fierce hand- to-hand fighting, took the hill and re- pulsed various counter-attacks. AFRICA.

"(THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

BRITISH PROGRESS IN EAST AFRICA.

SUCCESSFUL NAVAL.

OPERATIONS.

tendencies. Thoy sympathise with the Grand Storif and hope he will proclaim himself Caliph and obtain the recognition of Islam,

RUSSIAN BLACK SEA COMMAND:

.

[ránovaĦ REGTER'S AGENCY.]

TARIFF AGAINST ITALY.

GERMAN

AMSTERDAM, August sih. A Berlin messagestates that the German Finance Minister has announced that the Maximum tariffs will henceforth he applied to Italian produce, BRITISH GRAVES IN FRANCE.

PARIB, August 8th, The French Parliament has passed Jaw assuring the inviolability of the graves

of English soldiers killed in France.

The British Army Council has replied appreciating the French kindness.

ANGLO-RUSSO MINISTERS AND PERSIA.

PETROGRAD, August 8th. The Anglo-Russian Ministers have reached an agreement, respecting Persia covering financial and military measures,

STATE BAILWAYS IN CHINA.

WASTAGE OF CHILD LIFE. AN INTERESTING REPORT.

REMEDIES FOR LOW BIRTH-RATE.

One of the most interesting, reports

In a lecture on Child Wastage" at issued in China recently is the "Pre- liminary Report on the Statistics of the National Economy Exhibition, Dr. Government Railways in China" for the R. Murray Leslie said that second to the six months ended June 30th, 1015.~ Tho delay of about a year in its publication efficiency and equipment of the fighting forces, the question of child wastage was may be due to the fact that to both relatively and absolutely the most maiden effort on the part of the Division urgent national problem in each belliger of Railway Accounts and Statistica,

Whatever the outcome of

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which may also be a reason for the incom-ent country. pleteness in respect of many important the war, the future of each nation would items Dr. Henry C. Adams, Adviser to depend or the quality and virility of ita the Ministry of Communications, claims citizens during the next two or three "the main facts which it presents, are decades. worthy of full confidence.""

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UNIFORM. SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING,

to be

The recent Commission had shown that the direct cause of the diminished birth- The report follows upon the adoption rate was to be found in voluntary men- of a uniform system of accounting by the sures of restriction. The decline was Government railways, & movement, which most marked in the prospere there, th must be regarded as one in the direction was shown by the fact whereas in of creating for China those conditions Shoreditch the birth-rate only fell from which make great industrial achievements 31 to 30 between the years 1881 and 1911, possible. The use of different standards in Hampstead the rato fell from 30 do 17. of money, of weight and distance proved The indirect causes were so numerous that one of the first stumbling blocks in the they could only be enumerated. The most compilation of the report, and a reduc important probably were love of exte, tion to common standards had to be re- luxury, and pleasure; changed ideals of sorted to in the first instance. It was civilization; sterility resulting from decided to use the Chinese dollar through-social diseases; higher age of marriag out as the unit of money, the metric ton the outsido netivity of women; and, most as the unit of weight, and the kilometre important of all, economie pressure, par- the unit of distance. The wide rate ticularly in regard to the expence of of exchange at which foreign investments education and launching children in life ware.converted into Chinese currency was

In 1915 our infant mortality was 310- most embarrassing and there has been,, from the nature of the case no uniform per 1,000, as contrasted with 60 por 1,000 Had our infant in New Zealand. *'DEATH TO THE KAISER."

for avarage rai of exchange.

mortality been as low as that of New There are 5,701,470 kilometres nf [FROM A BEAUSIONT.]

Government railways and dealt with in Zealand, we should have saved: 109,000 the report are 5,397,170 kilometres. The babies during the first two years of this Travellers arriving in Switzerland

war-a number nearly equal to our men from Germany report that serious greater part of it is above the Yangtze who had been killed at the front. It was

River, south of which, waterway is troubles occurred in several German found only 10.372 per cont. Of the total quite possible to reduce our infant death- lowns, among others in Berlin, immeamount. China has 458 square miles of rate to something approaching the Now diately after the first news had been re-territory and 106,711 population for each Zealand figure if similar mesures, now coived of the Anglo-French offensive. mile of railway, as compared with 10 in force in New Zealand, and which had Crowds marched throug the streets shout square miles and 8,600 population per town of Huddersfield, were adopted in been carried out so successfully in the jag. "Enough of war Let us have peace.

mile of railway in India. The report The disorders this time were different does not suggest that the experience of every village in our country. from the customary food riots, and seem other countries can in this connection be Improper feeding, social discuses, and ed far more serious, having all the accepted for China as normal. Condi- maternal alcoholism were the three chief characteristics of popular revolts. That tions are essentially different. The even causes of infant deaths. The State con abnormal things were happening was spread of population, the self-sufficiency trol of alcohol should continue after the | proved by the attitude of the police, who of local centres, the extensive waterways war, so as to check consumption of alcohol

in many cases lost their heads. The

The Local Government crossing of the frontier into Switzerland and many other differences make it impe- among women.

rative that any programme of railway Board should expend-not $40,000, as int is alniost impossible. A traveller must construction in China should be consider present-bat £40,000 or even £4,000,000 if prove he has, urgent business and knowed in the light of actual facts and not in necessary, on the upkeep of Infant Wel- nothing of the happenings in Germany. that of the experience of other countries, | fare Centres. Day nurserica must be

The riots in Berlin were exceptionally.

THE TOTAL COST AND REVENUE.

established in all factories and other grave. People surrounded the troops to

married women The total cost of the Chinese Govern-¦ places where

work. force them to join the revolt, tank wheels mont railways to June 30th of last year Women must be placed on municipal off the military wagons and gun-cars!" | was. 8408,221,170, or an average cost of health committees to be able to insist on ages, and used them for barricades. The $73,783 per kilometre, which as capital a proper supply of trained midwives, on police were helpless in some districts. burden and in view of the traffic and regular collection of dust and refuse, oh They were not numerous enough to face revenues per kilometre cannot be regard ante-natal care of mothers, on the teach

the barracks being empty. The most small linen totalling. 88 kilometres, the schools, and to see that pars clean milk the mobs, and no troops were at handed as light. With the exception of tuning of infant care to the elder girls in serious demonstration was at Potsdam gross operating revenue during the six was available for expectant and nursing A vast mob for the first time indulged months ander notice was 827,278,475.07 mothers. imprecations against the Kaiser and the the Imperial family, Sheets, printed $13,636,704.83, secretly, were handed round, on which 5,883,032.52 Of the revenue 50 per cent. women out of ten, by the time their first were printed, Donth to the Kaiser went to cover the cost of operation, 30 baby was born, knew practically nothing

hout babies,

death to the man who wants war; death to the Crown Prince, Long live free Germany free from these parasites who have led it to ruin.'

BOCIALIST MANIFESTO.

TA Swiss-Socialist paper, the 7'ayewacht, of Berne, states that a violent Socialist manifesto called "Hunger" has been widely distributed in Germany. Fari of this manifesto says:

operating revenne

the surplus and

was

per cent to cover interest and other charges, nad 20 per cent. was at the disposal of the Government.

It had been stated that at present nine

BRIDGE.

The above figures, it will be remenu- bered, twelve months old, and in this connection, while it may cast no light upon the situation of the accounts as then

Bridge is an occupation that people in- existing, the following statement From dulge in in order not to see too much of our own correspondent at Peking (says each other. the NC. Daily Néma) deserves to be borne in mund

ITEMS OF EXPENSES.

Wives are popularly supposed, when

What was bound to happen has hap | pened. Hunger has come to Berlin, It is enough for the moment to say they are not engaged in the occupation

Leipzig, Osnabruck, and many other places of the North have been loaded up with be spending the rest of their hours in Brunswick, Magdeburg, Coblenz, that in July the three great railways of exceeding their husband's income, to People have broken out inte riots, and the irredeemable noter, and that none of playing bridge. Government has replied with a state of them has taken suficient silver to pay There can be no doubt that bridge ban siege, police swords, and millitary working expenses and interest on foreign been very beneficial to women inclined Patrols, Bethmann Hollweg accuses bonds. A year ago the Government to talk too much-that is to say, in this England, but he might have known that netted in clear profit from these lines respect it has probably helped all women war with England. Russia, and France or $12,000,000. No much for monar-a good deal. One cannot talk and play would mean the isolation of Germany. caist france."

bridge, successfully to the honour score, Our war fiends say that Germany was

One thing is certain: women enn play being encircled but why did they con Reverting again to the report, we find bridge and they can play it to win. duct a policy which led to this encircling that the operating expenses for the six Not all women can play bridge, Bub All the policy of Imperialistic rapine is months amounted to $13,250,230-a ani those that can play do so very well. crime; all countries have followed such which included 12,232,027, general ex-And it is a singular thing that the short, policies, but Germany did it so as to

pensex $1,794,402, traffic

expenses; stout, vivacious blonde, whom you would- get into conflict with all the States $3,035,600, transportation. expenses not suspect of having the rudiments of around it. Its only allies are cadaverous 83,412,938, maintenance of equipment and my reasoning power, is always the one Austria and bankrupt Turkey. What 165,361, maintenance of way and who can tell what card has been played

a

war lords, capitalists, structures. The comparatively high per at a critical moment three hands back; ank junkers if the people die of hunger fcentage of general expenses, 16. 13, is said or who, while smiling, sweetly and a Had they told the truth from the begin to be due, to a certain extent, to the fact parently thinking of anything els

ing there would have been no enthusiasm for the war then. They promised annexx be maintained by the railways and to little slam, while conversely the fal

that considerable forces of police have to carries of a no trumper and makes tion, that Germany would dictate prace the use of foreign languages necessitating dark, silent, morose and deep-eyed lady to the entire world, made people believe the duplication of sorrespondence and the highbrow, with the manner of a Herbert the submarines would starve England. | extra work of translation. - In the United | Spencer, is the very one who is most make her sie für terms,” Such stuff is a States general expenses very from 3.72 to likely to trump her partner's ace or to fairy tale for children. Our submarine 10.20 per cent. of the total operating revoke, war only makes new enemies and, as for starving England, Germany would never succeed if she had ten times as many sub marines.

Matter to our

expenses,

leaving ground for the tion that much saving may yer be inade in this direction

A FREIGHT AND PAREENGENG.

The difference between the playing of a man and a woman at bridge fies prin Cipally in their attitude toward the rules.

Then food was to come from the Bal After discussing the rolling stock on A woman rarely gets beyond the rules: kans and from Turkey. But Constantin the various railways the report states that consequently her game does not improver: The Ulema and the Sheik ul-Islam Minor is in penury. Now we are pro-

aple is reduced to famine, and all Asia the aggregate capacity of the 10,418 goods beyond a certain point. Men, however, Wagons was 237,325 metric tons The pretty likely to disregard the rules attribute the Arah revolt to Enver's mised the coming harvest, which cannot number of tons of freight carried wapen occasions when they can save the

be great for want of labourers from the 7,200,132,392 and the average haul per same pro-German policy and anti-Islamic occupied countries. Nothing more is to ton was 130.329 kilometres.. The total Timid bridge players are apt to make be had. People are dying of hunger in number of passengers carried during the very good wives; it argnes for a certain Poland, and in Serbia To those who die period covered by the report was domesticity in taste in a woman when ake at the front we now add starving women 13,018,070, of which 93.84 per cent. were displays inability in carrying combina and children at home.

The manifesto concludes that the only second class and 07 per cent, first class.

third class passengers. 2.70 por cent. tions of cards in her head, whereas the änishes, voman bridge player, who at solution is to compel the Government, by

The report concludes: Most, not the end of the game folds our hundred foror, to make peace.

all of the lines which now show a loss dollar bill and sticks it in her belt non- will become profitable lines as soon as the chalantly, may prove to be the kind of system of which they are the links or person who is willing to change husbands seetions shall have been completed. Pro- upon the slightest provocation. vision for through traffic also has begin, As to the men, bridge is a very fair and this, when fully established will in- gange of their temperaments and charac Grease varnings. It only requires afters. The pompous middle-aged and judicious selection of location for new autocratie gentleman of explosive tender construction, and a business administracies, who criticises your play violently, tion of the lines when taken over for is in reality giving himself away. He is operation, to enable the railways of the sort of man who trades, as a rule, China to show results equal to those upon his appearance. He doesn't stop shown by the most favoured railways of to consider the fact that the best bridge the world.”: All this, of course, 'is pro- player never would think of criticising viding the government railways are or oven a bad partner, for the reason that longer loaded with irredeemable paper bad as he may be, any engriestion that und can meet the state of affairs reported you are criticising him will naturally. to have already been created

only make him worse.

PETROGRAD, August 8th. Vice-Admiral Koltehok, the youngest Russian admiral, who fought at Port Arthur during the Russo Japan war, has been appointed to the Black Sea com- mand..

LONDON, August 7th. General Smuts reports that naval men occupied the minor port of Sadani on the FRENCH 1st inst. after slight opposition.

Other naval operations are progressing

at various points on the coast-line.

Major General van Dorenter is purau-

ares.

DUTCH SMUGGLING INTO GERMANY.

According to the Ventoche Courant smuggling by women, girls and children, who come from Germany to Venlo with the express purpose of smuggling food, has assumed such proportions that the Dutch authorities decided to take action against it Recently all Germans sus pected of smuggling bad to appear at the Fol'ce Court. Those who carried food SOCIALISTS goods confiscated. In this manuer 400 were put mucuss the faunties and the

woman, girls and children were sent back to Germany in one day alone This mea sire was resorted to because, in the first place, some Venlo shopkeepers refused to sell to the inhabitants so as to be able to get high prices from the Germans; condly, because there were middlemen who bought certain articles at exorbitant pries and sold them to the Germans; and thirdly, because as a result of this exten- sive muggling certain necessary articles This Year becaray scarce or were not to be had at Last Year all,

Increase

RESOLUTION.

PARIS, August 8th. The National Council of French

ing the enemy towards Mpapus from the Socialiste has passed a resolution declar Kilimatinde, Dodoma and Kikomboing that it is the right of a country to defend itself when attacked, thus affirm Brigadier General Northey has reached ing the duty of International Socialism

to denounce the aggressor, and preserve Nadibida, in the direction of Iringa.

this people from another war.

HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO., LTD.

The approximate statement of traff receipts for the week ending 5th August

follows

Receipts

Aggregate receipts

for 3 weeks

$439,639

wook.

819,717 11.399

336,282

8,319

103,500

On the whole, bridge is a benefit to average human beings; it keeps them more or less silent when they would prob- ably be talking about things of which they know nothing. And it is a kind of mild robbery that bears the same relation to high crime that oncking dots to dipso nant-Ex

Don't worry if your sins find you out; they'll be sure to call, again.