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THE

WAR:

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1918

BRITISH ADVANCE CONTINUES.

CAPTURE OF THE SCHWABEN REDOUBT

FRENCH SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF OFFENSIVE.

GREECE AND BULGARIA.

PROCLAMATION BY PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.

FRANCO-BELGIAH FRONT,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] BRITISH STILL ADVANCING. RELATIVELY SMALL LOSSES.

LONDON, September 28th General Sir Douglas Haig in neon- muniqué, states: On line advanced at various points between Martinpuich and Guendecourt.

The fighting during the last few days Our has been singularly- cconomical losses have been small, opt only relatively to the importance of the gains, but ab solutely. Our total ensualties are not more than twice the number of enemy

prisoners. One Division which had & specially difficult task took as many prisoners as it suffered casualties.

We established posts west and south west of Educourt and l'Abbaye and within 500 yards of the latter village.

We consolidated our position on the Fidge north east of Thiepval

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOV.]|

THE SOMME OFFENSIVE,

LIST OF THE RESULTS.

PARIS, September 28th.

A semi-official summary of the results of the offensive in the Somine region from July 1st to September 17th says:- We have taken 30,000 unwounded pri soners, 4,500 wounded prisoners, cap- tured 44 guns and nearly 50 machine. guns.

We have conquered 113 square miles of ground, which exceeds the German gains for half a year at Verdun,

The enemy has thrown into the Somme region 310 battalions against the British and 212 against the French, of which 67 were new Divisions

ENEMY

ATTACK SANGUINARILY

REPULSED.

A communioné states:-There has been

THROUGH REUTER'S AGESUY.] BULGARIAN ATTACKS

SMASHEDE

LONDON, September 28th, French official report from Salonika states that two Bulgarian attacks west of Florina have been smashed.

BOMBING OF BUCHAREST.

VICTIMS MOSTLY WOMEN AND

CHILDREN.

BUCHAREST, September 29th

It is officially announced that the num- ber of casualties resulting from the enemy air raid on the city were 75 killed and many injured. The victims were mostly women and children.

RUSSIAN FRONT.

THROUGH REUTER'S ADENOY.]

RUSSIAN ADVANCE.

THROUGH SHUTER'S AGENOT. MR LLOYD GEORGE ON THE WAR

ALLIES BATTLE-URY:

NEVER

AGAIN !!

LONDON, September 28th.

LONDON, September 28th, A Russian conmuniqué states - The enemy is stubbornly resisting our adsian military despotism was irreparably vance 23 miles south-east of Vladimir broken. The British had had a bad time, buc now the fortunes of the game had turned a bit, and they were not disposed to stop because the Gormans were squealing. The fight must be to a knock

Volinsk

GENERAL.

A PROMISING OUTLOOK.

CHINESE NEWS.

YUAN'S OBSEQUIES.

The total expenditure incurred for the funeral and burial services of the lute President is estimated to exceed one mil- Ion dollars, which were drawn from tho Government Treasury. The Ministries of Finance and Interior have received orders from the President to include the above expenditure under the heading of

Parliament for approval, It is said that a majority of the M.Ps. object to the pay. ment of this enormous sum and will move its rejection when the voto emKËS”, up for approval.

[TABOUGH REUTER'S MIKOY.] A SIGNIFICANT FACT. THE DUTCH AND THE GERMAN WAR LOAN;

AMSTERDAM, September 28th No far nobody has ventured to in Interviewed by a representative of the troduce the new German War Loan on the United Press of America, Mr. Lloyd Amsterdam Exchange, whereas the French" Extraordinary Expenditures in the George emphasised that the British had War Lan has been successfully in Budget and to make a separate report to only begun to fight. The Empire had troduced. invested thousands of her best lives in the purchase of future immunity for civilisation. We are under no delusion

NEW COPPER INDUSTRY. that the war is nearing the end, but we OPTIMISTIC SPEECH BY THE RT.

TION R. MCKENNA:

Bince the outbreak of the War in have not the slightest doubt how it will

Europe, the price of copper has been go end.

{Mr. R. Mckenuu, Chancellor of the ing up by leaps and bounds. There aro Exchequer, discussing the Military posi-immense quantities of tim canli coins in Referring to the peace, talk emanating|tion, remarked on the 14th inst that our the country, which can be melted down from America, Spain, and the Vatican, position justifies not only the highest to supply the great demand of the cop

hope but the most complete confidence. per market. For this purpose, it is re- and which had created a popular suspi- | Our Supremacy on the High Seas is ported that a new copper foundry bas cion in Grant Britain, Mr. Lloyd Georze unchallenged, while the valour of our lately established in Tientsin under the soldier is bringing ever brighter renown auspices of the Ministry of Finance said that the entire Empire would not to our arms,

It is universally agreed that the which has also forwarded despatches to tolerate intervention now. She was pre British victory on the Somme of last the provinces of Shantung. Chilli, pared be continue the struggle until Prush Battle of the Marre, since over 4,000 men will be appointed from the Bank of Friday and Saturday is the biggest since Honan and Sharai, stating that special prisoners were taken and several miles of China and the Bank of Communications, ground were gained, despite the fact that to purchase cash coins in their respective the German massed enormous forces to territories and requesting that every dispute our advance

facility be accorded to them, and the Paris awoke to enthusiasm over the Sheng Changs of the Provinces have been British successes which have elicited a instructed to issue proclamations to the chorus of congratulations,

mo above effect fur public information. The chief interest is paid to the ex ploits of the new armoured cars or mobile GENERAL LUNG IN A NEW ROLE. turrots, which seem to have done their work admirably.

Although, in compliance with his re- The extraordinary development in the queat, General Lung Chi-kwang is allow- British fighting machine is most remarked by the Central Government to stay at Chungchow with 5,000 soldiers, the people We are now easily supreme in the air. there are said (says the Griental News) In one day we, destroyed 15 chewy to strongly object to the quartering of his machines at small loss to ourselves, while i troops in their district. Ganeral Lung ia all German aerial reconnaissance are now reported to have submitted by wire quite stopped with the result that they a petition to the Central Government, aro no longer able to employ long range requesting that he be appointed Che

Pien Shih, or Commissioner for the the new: " We, too, first In conclusion, Mr. Lloyd George said it firing" guns for acroplanes, while in Organization of Frontiers, in order that he may transfer and quarter his troops motor traction we outdistanced the enemy. was not vengeance that had inspired the

The enemy's munitions seem to have atin Mongolia for colonization or for the British in their determination to fight to tained maximum effectiveness All the pre-suppression of the Mongolian bandits.. sent fighting is being done by Kitchener's

PEKING-JEHOL LINE. a unish. The inhumanity and the pitiless-army, who show themselves easily able to

beat the best trained levies that, the The Central Government is stated t ness of the fighting still to come was not enemy puts into the field.

be making erarngements for the construc- comparable to the cruelty involved in

Consequently the public confidence was tion of the long proposed railway con stopping the war before the complete never higher, the more so as the Allies necting Peking with Jehol, traversing

are steadily progressing olimination of the Prussian menace. No

The Bulgarians have been badly beaten the districts of Shunyi Kiyun, Cupeikow by the Serbs who are fighting with fand Loanin. The route for the line has Ta of nation with the slightest under-creased energy now that they are entering already been laid out and surveyed by their own country which they are resolved the Ministry of Communications. The to reconquer at all costs. The invasion total cust has been estimated as of Bulgarian territory has begun, $12,000,000; and the work be com

The Italians secured another victory pleted in three years I has been pro- on Saturday and are still advancing on posed to draw naded funds from the pro- fits of the Peking-Mukden and Peking a 20 kilometro front

Hankow Railway. It has been docided to start work early next year.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

AUSTRALIA AND CONSCRIP-out.

TION.

ENLISTMENT. RETURNS:

MELBOURNE, September 28th: In the House of Representatives it was announced that the enlistments in Austra lia to the 20th inat. had mounted to

319,000.

Mr. Hughes stated that the Conscrip tion referendum would be decided by a majority of votes and not by a majority

of States.

British aeroplanes co-operated brillino enemy counter-attack on the Somme, Mr. Pearce (Minister of Defence) an antly with the infantry during the past

A strong. German attack on the Thiau-.

nounced that men between the ages of 21 two days, greatly damaging enemy but mont-Fleury front was sanguinarily rand 36 would be called up. teries. The aeroplanes frequently at

pulsed.

fenco on October 2nd: tacked troops

transport with

machine-guns.

The report of a German Corps Com mander who was captured says: The British Infantry were amart in attack, largely because of their immense confid- ence in their great artillery superiority. Their skill in consolidating now" post- tions must be admitted. They show great tenacity in defence. Small parties,

BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES.

PALIS, September 20th.. A communaque states: On the Somme front the bombardment continues,

THE BALKANS

(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENOT. ]

GREECE AND THE WAR

when an established with machine guns SEPORTED DECISION TO ENTER in a corner of a wood or at a group, of. hauses, are must difficult to dislodge.”

The following sentence shows the effects

LONDON, September 28th,

It is reported from Athens that Greece.

of our artillery Hitherto our instrucan decided to declare war against Bul-

tions were based on a carefully construct garia

ed trench system. Some were found to Ise actually no trenches at all."

LONDON, September 29th.

follow: Ta General Haig reports as day we attacked the Schwaben Redoubt,

most of which is in our hands.

We have captured 600 prisoners during the past

The hours in this area.

red

occupies a crest five hund.

KING'S SON RECALLED. King Constantine has recalled Prince Andrew, who has been in London repre- senting the views of the Greek Const.

PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT'S

PROCLAMATION.

ATTENU, September 29th.

hich north of Thiepval. It is on theACanea telegram announces & Pro

ern Ancre Valley.

north

We consolidated the ground elsewhere.

east of Courcelette.

3

Home de

DOMINIONS RECOGNITION OF

Mr. Lloyd George paid a magnificent tribute to the French, whose determina-able. tion, he declared, was equal to our own. Russia, he added, would go through to

tho death. There were

quitters

among the Allies. Our battle cry was

"Never Again ! !!

KING AND THE "ANZACS." standing of the British Citizen Army -which took a terrible hammering without 5 whine, would attempt to call's helt now. Time did not count; it was only the result that counted.

OBLIGATIONS.

LONDON, September 29th. An Order issued by H.M. The King, subsequent to his first inspection in Great. Britain of Australian and New Zealand contingents, atates that the successive contingents are recognition by the Dominions of their obligations in the com: mon defence of the Empire.

ABNORMAL RAINFALL IN

AUSTRALIA.

A TOWN SUBMERGED.

MELBOURNE, September 28th,

A tremendous rainfall has caused the flooding of a hundred square miles in Victoria. The town of Mooroopna is! practically submerged.

Referring to France, Mr. Lloyd George said that the world had not yet began to appreciate the magnificence, the nobility, and the wonder of France. OPENING OF THE REICHSTAG,

GERMAN

CHANCELLOR DE- NOUNDES GREAT BRITAIN.

AMSTERDAM, September 29th, The session of the Reichstag has been

opened.

guns, wen

The Russians and Rumanians are still steadily forging ahead, seeks Allies are wearing the enemy down and It is necessary to remember that the are running no risks,

The fighting at Dobrudjs is severo for

the moment, but causes pot the slightest anxiety since it is only a side issue of the

campaign.

The Bulgians have entered Tabore the capital af fortified 1 The Germans now have no base of operations whatever.

The fine weather in England is permitting the harvest to be garnered antisfactorily.

and laternal condition is R/ labour is working splendidly. Only the railwaymen are one for higher wages which will be accorded. There is not the

Chinese Agency

ALLEGED EXTORTION.

The wine merchants of Tientsin, num bering some thirty, have jointly brought an action before the judicial authorities accusing Yang Cheng-yang, Chief of the Branch Office of the Wine and Tobacco Monopoly in Chibli, of allowing his subordinates to extort illegal and exces sve payments from wine merchants, SINO-JAPANESE LOVE FEASTS.!!

Baron Hayashi, Japanese Minister to Peking, entertained Mr. C. T. Wong, Vice-Speaker of the Senate, Chang Chi former Speaker of the Senate, Mr. Wi

It was eagerly awaited, as Dr. Bethman-lightest likelihood of any strike.-Angt Ching-lien, a prominnet Kuomintang

Hollweg was expected to reply to the severe critictars which had been levelled at lim

The Chancellor at the very outset at

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIA- tucked Great Britain, dexlaring that

TION,

Italy's declaration of war against Ger. many was only due to Great Britain's "ruthless application of the thumb screws.!!

BOYS' IMPERIAL CHALLENGE SHIELD COMPETITIONS.

M.P of the Chung Yi Yuan, Mr. Yin Ju-li, Vice-Minister of Financo, Mr. Ka Chung-hsu, Minister of Agricuture and A HAMBURG SERMON, Commerce, Mr, Chang Hsin-wu Vice- Minister of Commerce, and many other The Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung calls at prominent M.P. and officials of the tention to a sermon delivered at Hamburg: Kuomintang Party to a grand dinner at by an Evangelical pastor named Ebert, the Japanese Legation, Peking, on the 18th It contains passages like the following inst. We are informad (says a northern Unhappily there are Germans who ak contemporary) that this "love-feast" has anxiously whether the continuation of been given by His Excellency the Japan- the war might not perhaps cost us ource Minister solely for the furtherance precious ships in neutral ports. When of the Sino-Japanese friendship and în-- it is a question of the Judgment of God, timacy Similar love feasts have God's Word knows nothing of mercy.akon place at Tientsin and Shanghai. Our people is on a falte path if it Dow desires to build. golden bridges for the

JAPAN AND CHINA,

LONDON, September 28th. He Barted that the late King of Rou ground of the Thiepval spur, clamation issued by the Provisional The National Rifle Association has mania had died from mental excitement and commands a full view of th

Government, signed by MM, Venizelos and issued this year's results of the Imperial dne to the consciousness that his Govern enemy. God has put the aword of justice

into our hand, and we still see no sign/ Mr. Liang Chi-chao, ex-Minister of Curiotis.

Challenge Shield Competition for Boys, ment had betrayed its allies.

The Chancellor accused the Allies of anywhere that He calls us to lay it down, Justice, invited to dinner the Japanese Therefore we must not become weak or officials and Presa representatives in main points compare Greece's for shooting with small-bore rifles 3211 We advanced our line north and north situation at present with that before the teams in all parts of the Empire conving been actuated by territorial covet weary If we do not recognize the Voice Shanghai on the 10th instant. Availing Dusurss, while Germany from first to last and the ways of God, á feeble and imper-himself of that opportunity, Mr. Liang fect peace might become a judgment on expressed his appreciation of Japan's peted in the Senior Competition for boys had been bispired only by a desire to do ourselves God has placed in our hands It states that it will be a happy event over 15 years of age, and 197 in the fend her existence and freedon He ain all means to defeat the enemy, We have goodwill towards China. He said: if at the eleventh hour the King decides Junior Competition, representing a tefal penect to M. Briand, the French Frenser to tako and lead the national forces of 50,000 boys.

and Foreign Minister, to reuember the alongside the Allies and the Serbs and New Plymouth High School, New last of the youths of France who were per- drive out the Bulgar invaders. In the Zealand, won the first prize in both comishing on the battlefield. He indignantly contrary event it is the Provisional petitions,

THE THIEPVAL STRUGGLE.

ed

our-

advance.

wark

The English teams were fairly promin ent in the Junior Competition,

Entries from Canada, South Africa, and New Zealand show some

ATANK'S" EFFECTIVE FIRE.

LONDON, September 28th. Reuter's Correspondent at Headquar- writes: Good progress was made at the beginning of the attack on Thiep

Government's duty to do the needful and A very large proportion of the Bity, val, but hard fighting developed. Tho

save the country from threatening ruin. prizes in the Senior Competition were achine-gunoing assumed terrible pro

The Proclamation says that the appliwon by Australia, where the Cadet system partions Tho chief resistance came from

polity of the is in an advanced stage. a' chateau from which a furious fire check-cation of the personal-

Then a "Tank" arch- Crown, who was the victim of bad coun ed into action. It at once got into soft sels, resulted in a rapprochement with ground, where it appeared to be stuck, Grecce a hereditary enemies, the violation but it recovered and waddled, amid of the constitution, and internal searchy, cheers, right up to, the chateau and be It dwells on the refusal of facilities to gan a magnificent combat. The enemy

the Serbians in their abandonment of machine-gunners concentrated on the

their territory and the flight of the popu **Tank," which replied so vigorously But the fusillado soon slackened. Tlation before the Bulgarians, the cession infantry crept up under cover of this of war material, the sending of Greek contest, rushed the chateau, and captured soldiers to Germany, and patriots who were considered as traitors to the Ger the commandant and other survivors.

Afurious struggle followed in the man propaganda. It was essential fo atroels of Thiepval. A double artillery restablish national unity by an imme- barrage Fept a ring around the combat diate return to the policy dictated by anta.

the nation

over last year,

merento

The Competition was founded in 1910 by Lieut. Colonel Raymond Schumacher of South Africa.

MUNIFICENT OFFER BY

CANADA OTTAWA, September 28tà,"** The Canadian Government has offered

to advance Great Britain £10,000,000 for the payment of imperial war supplies from Canada.

Japan and China, which ought to be submarines, enough to bring England to brought into much closer relationship, her Inees in a few months, and yet we do not use them. We have Zeppelins were not so intimate with each other. enough to reduce the proudest people This may be attributable to the policy on earth, and yet we spare the enemy of the late President Tuan Shih-kai, God has given us the most brilliant leader which was to alienate neighbouring denied that the Kaiser had exercised his of our days, and our enemies call him countries and to befriend far-away the Terror of the Russians, but still we nations, When Yuan Shin-kaf attempt influence over the Tsar to prevent Bus are waiting for him to strike fresh blows ed to become Emperor, Japan refrained sin's development in the direction of free at the Russians This false sparing of from making proposals in exchange for dom, bat he denounced Great Britain for the enemy is directly branded by God's

Word se disobedience to His Will. wanting more than booty. After bleeding France to death and making her allies financially and economically her slaves, and subjecting European neutrals to her

her recognition of Yupa's monarchy plans, although Japan was in a position to be able to make such proposals. This attitude of Japan has convinced the Chinese general public of the real spirit A EEVOLT AGAINST WOLFF...

and motive of Japan. What China now wants is capital and men of ability The establishment of a new DEWS orders, Great Britain wanted to see Ger- agency is reported from Berlin by the China should seek for them not in dia- many militarily defenceless, economically Welt are Montag, in which one or two tant countries but in Japan, her neigh large industrialists, including Herr bour, while Japan should try to promote crushed, boycotted and condemned to a Rochling, of Alsace, and journalists like economic relations with China Jiji,

Frank lasting sickliness in order to realise her Herr Rausher, formerly of the

JAPANESE OREN FIRED UPON furter Zeitung, are concerned. The event dream of British world supremacy.

BY SUBMARINE. would be interesting even if it stood by

E Itself, a showing the growing dissatis faction with the serai-official Wolf A Reuter message from Marseile Bethmann Hollweg sneered

Bureau; but it goins additional interest states that a patrol boat from Cette ha Italy and Roumanis. He said that the from the fact that its offices are to be in landed at the former port the crew of the same building which contains the head- the Japanese steaner Tenmei Haru former went to Salonika because she quarter of the newly formed German which was sunk in the Mediterranean by desired territorial extension in the Greek National Commitice for an Honourable submarize flying no national flag. districts, and the latter, aiming at self-Peare, under Prince Wedel, a confidant The submarine fired on the steamer with- of the Imperial Chancellor. The connec out warning, and cren fired on the boats enrichment without sacrifices, only con- tion is obvious. One of the committee's to which the crew of 64 had taken. The sidered the question of recognising in same is to carry on an extensive pro crew were afterwards picked up by a pagands in favour of peace as under submarine. The Tenmet Haru was a time to which side victory finally

stood by the highest authority in the vessel of 3.300 tons, built in 1980 as the Empire

Nadir, and owned at Unioye. clined, and then intervening.

Dr

REMARKABLE ADMISSION.