1916-09-27 — Page 5

THE

WAR.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, 1916.

ANOTHER ZEPPELIN RAID.

CASUALTIES AND DAMAGE.

IMPORTANT BRITISH ADVANCE.

HEAVY FIGHTING IN WEST.

AFFAIRS IN GREECE.

FRANOO-BELGIAN FRONT.

(THROUGH EEUTER'S AGENCY.] FRESH BRITISH ADVANCE.

LONDON, September 26th.

The fresh British advance on the 28th, completes the success stored on the 10th inst Advantage was taken of the recent fine weather to consolidate the conquered ground and to prepare to attack on a

broad front. The British made their effort worth of Flers and south of Ginchy, while the French directly attacked Fregi Court and Rancourt.

After two days of artillery preparation the British infantry at 12 30 (noon) yes terday, leapt out and, supported by magnificent cannonade, captured

(THROUGH REUTZR'S AGENCY.] IMPORTANT BRITISH

SUCCESS

ENEMY COMMUNICATIONS

SEVERED.

LONDON, September 20th. General Sir Douglas Haig reports. Morval stands on the heights north of Combles, and with its subterranean quar

ries, trenches and entanglements con stituted a formidable fortress. The pos session of these two villages, Morval and Les Boeufs, is of considerable military importance, and practically sovers the enemy's communications with Combles A large number of prisoners, machine

guns

and war material were taken.

AERIAL ACTIVITIES

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENDY.]

THE AIR BAID

MORE OFFICIAL DETAILS

LONDON, September 24th

THE BALKANS

(THROUGE REUTER'S AGESOR.]

SERBIANS PROGRESS:

BULGARS INEFFECTUAL

RESISTANCE

{THROUGH REUYER'S AGENCY.]

THE TROUBLE IN DUTCH EAST INDIES.

AMSTERDAM September 26th. A message to the Handelabind from

tacked Mocaratebe on the 20th, and burned Sourabaya states that 300 insurgents at-

the Post Office Three Infantry Brigades and a body of armed police have arrived at Mocaratebe, Bangko is quite. All ADVANCE OF ALLIED LEFT attacks in the neighbourhood have been

WING

repulsed without loss.

A continuation of the official statement

SALONIKA, September 24th. on the air raid says that in the east-

The Serbians have further progressed midlands town already mentioned, it is two hundred and fifty yards on the feared that two more bodies are buried plateau of Kajmaccalan, despite resist beneath the ruins.. Some damage was ance by reinforced Bulgars. done to the railway station and a dozen houses and shops were wrecked: A damaged chapel and a storehouse were set on fire

LONDON, September 5th There are no other casualties outside A French oficial despatch from the Metropolitan area, than those already Salonika speaks of the continued ad- reported. Although a large number of vance of the Allied left wing, which shows bombs were dropped promiscuouely on that the Allies are co-operating at close the visited districts, the material damage quarters. is insignificant,

Numerous bombs fell into the sea and on open places.

HOW THE ZEPPELIN CREW WERE CAPTURED

LONDON September 25th. The detailed story of the Zeppelin which came down near a seaside cottage in Essex is continued in a cable arriving yesterday morning. After the three ex. plosions, by which the windows of the cottage were broken, the Germans mar ched off inland emptying their revolvers

towards the sky. People now poured into the roads, and special constables and

"PEG O MY HEART.”

SPLENDID OPENING PER FORMANCE BY HOWITT PHILLIPS COMPANY

Though heavy weather prevented the M. VENEZELOS LEAVES FOR Howitt Phillips Company arriving in time to open their season in Hongkong with A little bit of Fluff, they could hardly have made a more promising

CRETE.

ATIENS, September 25th,

CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

WORSHIP OF NATIONAL WAR

HEROES

PERINO, September 25tli. A Mandate has been issued fixing

the worship of the National War Hernen, Thursday, 8th instant, as the date for

and appointmg the Premier, Tuan Chi ini, to perform the ceremony on behalf of the President

TANG SHAOYI'S INTENTIONS.

FBEING, September 20th. Mr. Tang Shao-yi, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has declared his interi tion not to proceed to Peking for the present.

CHINESE NEWS,

THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S

DEMANDS

It is confirmed that M. Venezelos left commencement than was the case last- this morning, accompanied by Admiral night when that successful comedy, Peg Condoursotia, superior officers and spouse. This highly delightful comedy, O'My Heart," was given to a crowded porters. Ho is probably bound for Crete by Hartley Manners, has one outstanding that Mr. Tang Shao-y, Minister for

The report in Japanese and from thence will tour the islands. character, “ Pug,

papers Foreign Affairs, who is on his way to and unless the actress The situation is most serious.

entrusted with this part enters fully into Government certain terrag before assu

the Capital, has demanded from the

THE GREEK NOTES

the first German lines with one rush Heavy losses were inflicted on Lake village police, both awlicel and afoot favourably impress the Entente powers. and began to climb the slopes of Hill but our losses were comparitively, small

120, On the front at Flers there was

severe fighting all the afternoon, which

Six enemy aeroplanes were destroyed in air fights yesterday. Three others

hurried to the scene.

One special constable, meeting a detach

brought the British to the outskirts of thewo driven down in a damaged condiment, barred the way and said *** Here,

village of Goudecourt.

The results on the right wing were even more decisive.. After, capturing a whole series of trenches at fill 150, to the left of Les Boeufs, the British developed the success with rare vigour, and at tiree in the afternoon entered the village, which Was decupied entirely

tions. Three of our machines are miss ing.

FRENCH AIR RAIDS. FIRE CAUSED AT ROMBACK,

PARIS, September 25th,

GREEK CHIEF OF STAFE

RESIGNS.

ATTENS, September 28th. what's up?" and a deep voice replied

General Moschopoulos, Chief of the Which is the way! The special, thus General Staff, has resigned. confronted in the darkness by a force GENERAL. of foreigners, indicated the road, but followed till he was joined by a village constable and another special. All three BUSSO-JAPANESE RELATIONS then told the Germans that they were prisoners,

THROUGH EUIKE'S AGEKOY!]

the spirit of a bonny, happy go luckying office, has been the subject of con- LONDON, September 26th. | Irish girl, full of blunt Irishisms butsiderable discussion in various quarters, Reuter is informed that the British possessing a heart of gold and a real Kung lae remarks that the real object Referring to the report, the huo Min authorities regard the Greek Notes to Irish temper, the comedy would fail to of Mr. Tang's first demand that he be Germany as intended to gain time to reach an audience, and the whole promiss Chinese Ministers abroad, is to given the sole power to appoint and dis- duction would be a vory empty affair, enable him to appoint Hu Han-mis, ex The role of " Peg ", was given to Miss Tutuh of Kwangtang, to the post of Doris Phillips, and it must be said at nominces for various diplomatic posts.

Chinese Minister to Japan, and other once that this young artiste was a great success. There were many occasiona A SIGNIFICANT APPOINTMENT. during the previous visits of the Howitt Phillips Company who Miss Phillips General Tsao Kun, Commander of the gave every indication of being quite and Division which was despatched to Szechuan to suppress the Southern move- an amateur, with all the amateur's heatment against Yuan Shih-kai, was a fancy and lack of vivacity. Last night few days ago gatted Tu Chun or deserving applause for acting which was ficance is being attached to this appoint- this actress came in for many rounds of Military Governor of the Metropolitan province of Chihli Considerable signi- at once clever and natural. The varying ment in Chinese circles, and the fact that emotions of Peg " were admirably if synchronises with the arrival of Mr The German commander obeyed, and,

produced, and the fascinating Irish Tang Shayi (Minister for Foreign Affairs) in the Norta has increased specu a patrol of soldiers arriving, the Com

brogue, and fery Irish temper were lation regarding the real meaning of the mander revealed his identity and asked

given in manner which appealed appointment. irresistibly to the audience. Mr Charles to be allowed to go to the nearest Post

Howitt fronted with the task of storming Olaisery and three others were seriously Office to telephone someone in Londonceived with the highest honors..

as Jorry," who was able to find his way to-Peg's heart, acted whom he would inform to wire that he Specches delivered at a lunchèou dealt with his usual skill, and the whole story French_acroplanes bombed the village was safe. This request was refused and with Russo-Japanese relations, and were of an Irish girl who was suddenly trans and station of Griscard, factories at the Germans were marched off into couched in the most cordial terms. The ferred into an uncongenial environment Tonville and Romback and the railway captivity. All this occurred in the Tsar paid a tribute to the services against which the stently rebelled was his verbal with tu Premier Tuan Chi-jui atation at Anduo le Horan. Fire broke neas of a country lane.

rendered by the Japanese Government ably performed. The Company, which Cabinet to the same effect,

to resign, submitted a letter to the out at Rombach,

blocks the roud regarding the supply of munitions for the the last visit, is & most accomplished one, The Zeppelin to-day-

CHINA AND AMERICAN SILVER. dwarfing the trees and buildings. It is stated that she is practically unda naged and her engines in perfect order. She was obviously hit many times by shells.

The spirit of the troops in capturing the village is beyond praise. The Bri- tish on the front at Ginchy were

Telegraph hill, where the Germans were most strongly entrenched and command-

ed excellent field fire. Hence they were

able to hamper the movements" of the British in the adjacent villages. It was a most difficult task to leave the trenches facing the hill, but the British attacked: with such fire that the Germs were hustled and compelled to bolt from their trenches after heavy loss. The pursuit was immediately began, and the fighting reached the outskirts of Moryal al two in the afternooit The strongest part of the village was captured at four in the afternoon, and also the part west of Frogicourt and the Les Boeuf road Then it was evident that the whole of Morval would speedily fall.

The British took numerous prisonera. :) Airmen were most active, patrolling and fighting throughout the battle. VIOLENT BATTLE ON ANGLO-FRENCH FRONT.

PARES, September 28th

A communique alates. North of the Bome the violent battle was -renewed

A communique says: Enemy aero planes bombed Luneville, A woman was slightly injured, but there was only in- significant damage.

An neroplane was felled north

damaged and obliged to land.

SMALL ENEMY ATTACK.

of

LONDON, September 25th, General Sir Douglas Haig reports a small enemy attack east of Courcelette, which was repulsed.

A search has discovered guns, maps, notes, instructions, telegrams, parts of machinery and German, food lying in the fields, these being thrown out before the descent

VIOLENT ARTILLERY WORK,

Pants, September 25th. A comueniaique states that there has been violent artillery work in the Somme region. German attacks on Faux Wood ZEPPELINS AGAIN ACTIVE were easily repulsed,

LIAN FRONT:

(THROUGH RIUTRES AGENCY.J

ITALIAN ADVANCE.

LONDON, September 25th,

2.10 am. An official announcement states that several hostile airships crossed the East

THE TSAR AND JAPAN'S SERVICES.

PETROGRAD, September 2511 The Mikado's Envoy has arrived at the Imperial Headquarters and has been re-

Russian Army,

PALACES IN WAR TIME,

CONDEMNATION BY LONDON

TRIBUNAL

LONDON, September 28th. The London Appeal Tribunal has granted a short exemption to the manager of a firm of decorators which contracted to decorate an Indian, Prince's palace at In cost of £20,000, but deprecated such

expenditure at the present time..

WAR TRAGEDY.

LONDON, September 26th. At the inquest on Mr. Charles Jam

has had some new faces introduced since

and local theatre goers may look forward

some entertaining evenings, To-night the company, are producing ""Quinney's," the test comedy from the Haymarket theatre..

WAR NEWS.

GOOD TERATMENT OF GERMAN PRISONERS.

MINISTER OF JUSTICE.

As the result of the telegram of tin lỗ provinces (sinta increased to 18) domand Chang Yuchtzen, Minister of Justice, ing the inmediate resignation of Mr. the latter han, In addition to expressing

We reported some time ago (snys the Peking Gazette), that an agreement had bank in Peking for the purchase of silver been concluded with, a certain foreign for minting purposes in China. The first shipment of silver arrived in Tientsin by a Japanese steamer last week, and was taken over by the authorities of the Tien- tain mint. The shipment is valued at. $650,000,

TYPHOON WARNING

The following telegram has been re The Foreign Office inues the text of a ceived by the American Consulate-Gen- report by a representative of the United Gral, Hongkong, from the Manila States Ambassador in Paris upon the conObservatory ditions of the German soldiers interned 12 noon, September geth. in the British prisoners of war camp at Typhoon in about 115deg, long E. and Rouen. The report describes the depot 19deg. lat. N., moving west.

which was visited on June 12th, as “er- tremely clean and well arranged and

well arranged and kept. The feeding

and the general treatment of the prison- are" of slight character.

and North East coast between 10.30 p.m. pard, the rubber pioneer, who was found and midnight. Bombs were reported to shot in his Sneser mansion, the jury ers are good, and most of the complaints have been dropped ou several places in returned a verdict of suicide during tem- the Northern and North Midland coun- ties. An airship was also reported as being seen over the South coast. No casualties or damage have been reparted.

ALPINE TROOPS SUCCESS.

ROME, September 25th. An official announcement issued says:~ Alpine troops have taken, the aummit of today on the Anglo-French front. The Gardfel, 8,180 feet high, to the north-east French infantry, at noon, simultane of Mount Cauriol. The enemy stubbornly ously attacked German positions between resisted. The positions have been strong- Combles and Rancourt, and the defencesly consolidated, notwithstanding an im of the enemy accumulated between Ran-mediate bombardment by the enemy's hostilo airships visited the North Eastern

court and the Somme.

FRENCH ADVANCE.

LINES PUSHED FORWARD.

PARIS, September 26th. A communiqué states: The French have carried their lines to the southern outskirts of the Fregicourt

hamlet. They

heavy artillery. RUSBIAN FRONT.

(THROUGH EZUTER'S AGENCY.] IMPC TANT RUSSIAN SUCCESS.

:im2

PETROGRAD, September 25th. An Odessa despatch reports an portant Russian success if the Dobrudja, in

prisoners were taken, -

which 2,000.

NEAR EAST.

conquered all the fortified ground between Fregicourt and Hill 148, captured the village of Ramcourt, and extended their positions east of the Bethune road to a THE depth of a kilometre, from Combles road to Bouclavesnes, and stormed a hill north-east of Bouchareanes and reached Hill 150 They also captured, farther south, several systems of trenches in the vicinity of the Northern Canal, between

Bethune Road and the Somme. The an wounded prisoners up to the present

exceed four hundred.

(THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] TURKISH GARRISON

SURRENDERS

CAIRO, September 25th.

CASUALTIES AND DAMAGE

LSTER

It is officially announced that six

porary insanity. The deceased had been very depressed since the death of his son at the front

HOARCITY OF FEMALE LABOUR

LONDON, Beptember 26th. Much machinery at the Manchester and Southern counties to-night, Bomba cotton mills is idle owing to tho scarcity were dropped in the Northern counties of female labour. Hundreds of young Somo casualties and damage were re women are leaving the factories to be ported.

come tram conductors in the city. HAVAL ACTIVITY

CANADA'S SECOND WAR

LOAN

(THROUGH BEDTER'S AGETOY.] BRITISH STEAMERS SUNK.

LONDON, September 28th The British steamers Dresden and Pearl bave been sunk..

MINES AND MINERALS

LONDON, Beptember 26th, A memorial signed by the Presidents of the Institutes of Iron and Steel, Metals

The Sherif at Mecca reports that the Mining Engineers and Mining Metall- Turkish garrison at Taif surrendered. argy, urges the immediate establishment Fifty officers, 1,600 men ten guns and of an Imperial Department of Mines large military stores were captured. and Minerals

Orrawa, September 28th. The second Canadian war loan of $100,000,000 has been oversubscribed by $80,000,000. There were 30,000 kabscribers, distributed over the Dominion. No Bub scriptions were allotted to banks, which subscribed $50,000,000.

DENTH OF THE EARL OF

«ESSEX

The death is announced of the Earl of

LONDOS, Beptember 28th

Essex The docensed, bo was the seventh Ear was in his 20th year

EDUCATIONAL DIRECTORY OF

CHINA

The Educational Directory of China, A DESPATCH GUN

which is just made its third annual Colonel Archer Shes, home from the work of reference for all interested in appearance, has proved its value as a front, made an interesting reference in Western education in this part of the the House of Commons last month to the world. Each year marks some improve useful work which could be accomplished ment in the publication. The 1916 by a message gun," which he suggested edition, which has been enlarged and the Ministry of Munitions should adopt.

BRITISH NAMES AND REAL NAMES

One of the great difficulties of an ad- ilustrated, contains 400 pages. In addi- vance, he said, was to get messages hacktion to the information regarding exami from the front lines to those behind. The nations and the various educational yards, and when it landed a small bomb been carefully revised and brought up-to- Fowles gun could throw messages 600 societies and organisations, which has

to denote its whereabouts engaged in the scholastic profession, the detousted and sent up a fare and smacke date for the particular use of those

We could save many if we could have work contains several articles on educa a devies of this kind,"

"Said Colorel tional subjects which should appeal to Archer Sheeran

a wider public. There is also a detailed directory of schools, colleges and univer- sities (including medical schoola) where English is taught, and an alphabetical list of 2,000 teachers, giving their pro- Lord Bouthwark's Bill requiring all sent occupations and detaila regarding firms and persons trading under names their qualifications and past experience nok their own to register their full names it is a work which should find a place and addresses with the Registrar of in the libraries of all educational estab Joint Stock Companies passed through lishments, and ho school teacher or the House of Lordswd university professor, seriously interested It was strengthened by the melusion of in the progress of western education in a provision that the nationality of the the various parts of China, thinld be persona must also be registered. The without a copy. wit identity of those in trade will be an ele ment of the greatest importance in the fature, said Lord Hair Mackenne. Events have shown how desirable it would have been to have had at the begin

The Prime Minister has expressed a ing of the war the information this "register will giver

hope that it may be possible to give facilities for the rapid passage of the Bill through the Commons.

Commenting on the park of Germany and Austria to the effect that the numbers. of prisoners as given in the Russian com figures have proved co

uniques have been incorrect the New York Tribune reports that tags far these pears from the reports diplomatic officials, charged th ing the Russian prisoners' conne