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THE

WAR.

BRITISH SUCCESS AGAINST

BULGARIANS

THE HONGKONG DAILY PREES, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11m 1916.

GERMANY'S SUBMARINE FRIGHTFULNESS

ROUMANIANS OBLIGED TO RETIRE.

GERMAN PLOT TO KIDNAP M. VENEZELOS.

FRANDO-BELGIAN FRONT.

THROUGH REUTER'S - AGENCY.] SUCCESSFUL BRITISH

PATROLS

ENEMY'S FEEDLE LESISTANCE.

LONDON, October 8th..

General Sir Douglas Haig, in a com municat, says: We successfully dis charged gas from different points north of the Ancre. The enemy's reply to our attack was toeble, and our patrols were able to enter his trenches and secure

ргіводств.

We carried out several raids on the enemy x tranches in the neighbourhoods' of Neville Bt. Vaast and Loos, inflicting many casualties and taking prisoners,

TWO HUNDRED PRISONERS TAKEN.

LONDON, October 9th. eneral Sir Douglas Haig, in a com- munique, states:We have gained ground

THE BALKAN 8

THROUGH BEUTER AGENCY.

THE GREEK CRISIS.

KING'S SUMMONS TO, POLITICAL JOBBERS.

LONDON, October 9th Telegrams from Athens state that the King is summoning all discredited poli- tical jobbers in an effort to find a Premier.

A SIGNIFICANT DATE.

It is reported that King Constantine bas postponed consideration of the ques- tion of intervention till after the 16th instant, the date fixed by the Kaiser for the arrival of promised reinforcements. at the Macedonian front.

ITALIAN TROOPS OCCUPY EPIROTE COAST.

Italian troops are now only a few

(THROUGH, ELUTER'E AGENCY, }

MACEDONIAN ITEMS.

FIFTEEN HUNDRED BULGARIAN

DEAD FOUND.

FARTS, Uctober 9th.

An official message from the Macedon zan front states that to the east of the Atruma engagements, are taking place Letween the British and portions of the Bulgarian rearguard, which are falling back on the railway. Fifteen hundred Bulgarian dead "have been found in this

rogion

As the result of recent lighting in the neighborhood of the Vardar and the Cerna, the Serbiaes, continue to cross the latter progressing and driving off obstinate Bulger counter-attacks on the left wing.

THROUGE BEUTKA'S AGENOT.)

SUBMARINE ERIGHTFULNESS”

OUTBURST IN AMERICAN

WATERSZ

NEW YORK, October 9th American destroyers are now speeding

from Newport to Boston, with survivors

of the crew of the steamer Kingston, and possibly that of the Kingstonian, which has not been accounted for,

The 53 left Newport on Saturday evening, and early on Sunday cocount ored the American steamer Kanean, inspected her papers and allowed her to proceed.

At six o'clock she met the Stratfident, which she torpedoed after the crew had

taken to the boats,

The West Point was sunt at 11.45, only bed railea south of Nantucket.

The Trench and the Russians have.. reached a new enem defence line from

Kenali to Late Prespa. GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN CLAIMSARA

SAMSTERDAM, October 9th

A Berlin-official commuiique claims

the, re-capture of Brasso and a Vienna

official communiqué claims the reoccupa

tion of Sziekel Yudvarhely in Transyl-

vania

NEVAL ACTIVITIES.

(THROUGH" REUTER'S AGENCY |

THE " BREMEN " MYSTERY. A DISAPPOINTED ESCORT

NEWPORT, RHOnz Istasn, Oct. 10th.

̈ ̈· The German unbmarino Ubs took Eventoe days to accomplish the voyage from Wilhelmshaven,

Sho is 200 feet in length and is

The Stephano vas attacked at 4.30 with ninety Passengers on board from

St. John's Presumably she was warned,

for all on board got off safely, and were

picked up later by destroyer. The Stephano was still afbot late last night| but badly damaged.

MORE DETAILS,

NEW YORK, October 9th Details are to hand of the sinking of the Kingston, the Bloomersdijk, and the Christian Knudsen, reported yesterday.

The Kingston was first sunk at ein o'clock, then the Bloomerdijk, bound New York to Rotterdam with wheat for the Netherlands. Coverement; followel

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GENERAL

[ZEROUGH" REDZER'S AGENCY;]

TIE

GUSTAN LOAN

“TOMMY” INTERVIEWED IN HIS ELEMENT

GREAT FRENCHMAN'S READING __OF BRITISH CHARACTER,

A FINANCIAL REVERSE. M. Joseph Reinach, who is one of the mort distinguished classical and histor- ZURICH, October oth icacal scholars of France, and who writes Swiss financiers regard the results of in the Figaro some of the ublest articies appearing regularly in the French Preza, the German Loan as unsatisfactory and has been spending a few days with the HEAT British Army on the Sommo Insight as even approaching a financial reverse.

and enthusiastic appreciation mark bis They point out that Germany's war ex- character study of our men

He finds in them** scrothing, particu- penditure to the end of September waslarly solid and healthy, robust and fresh 2,600 millions sterling, of which only The Briton keeps up his traditions Almo ta

to the point of superstition to whatever 1,825 millions are covered by the four cluse he belongs, poor or rich, socialising previous Loans, leaving a floating debit Radical or Conservative.

ANTES But the post does not weigh upon him of 775 millions, which will be increased as upon some other peoples, the Spuni- at the next meeting of the Reichstag, Brda or the Turks, for instance, 1 is

young nation she is a youngster, quite when another war credit must be asked young Youth breaks out in his appear anoe, his marching step, his self-conid- ence, and evon, seroan the horrors of war, German advices show that the Loans enjoyment of life.)

for

He's madly brave and irreducibly Summer! tenacious, as he is meticulously clean for himself, for his own satisfaction. It has often been said of the English that they are the same abroad as at home. They sro a home in our Flanders and our Picardy, m

has received little support in industrial and commercial circles, outside war con- tractors. The subscriptions are mainly from agricultural sources,

CANADA'S GREATEST

PROBLEM

AT HOME IN ALL THE WORLD. They have very good relations with. our administration, our municipalities. OTTAWA, October 9th. But they bring their own furniture, and with their jam pots and tea cups have At a farewell lunch to the Duke of brought across the Channel their own ad- Connaught by the Canadian Club, the miniatration, much simplified indeed, Premier, Sir Robert Borden, paid from which some people I know might warm tribute to the services rendered by learn something. The humblest lodging the Duke to Canada. In reply the Duke Becomes a home. An office is not a said that immigration would be one of bureau. Canada's greatest problems after the war, and she would wise if she insisted upon all immigrants being of British

отідія,

A SEAPLANE IN ACTION

PATROL WORK AND SCOUTING.

north of the Stuff Redoubt, 200 of the miles from Janina, and have occupied equipped with a particularly strong the Christian Knudsen, with a cargo ably heavier than the aeroplane in weight, any more than ourselves, our solidity.

enem being taken prisoners, We have entered enemy trenches south of Arras

ENEMY CAUGHT IN THE OPEN

In the neighbourhood of Le Transloy a part of the enemy was caught in the open by our artillery and dispersed and serivos los

inflicted.

In the Stuff Redoubt fighting a strong.

party of the enemy rushed a crater front of our lines to the south east of Soucher, but were immediately ejected suffering heavy casualties,

the whole of the Epirote coast opposite Corfu

GERMAN ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE M. VENIZELOS.

A PLOT THAT FAILED.

ATHENS, October 9th. M. Venezelus had arranged to leave Creto by the steamer Atromitos, but embarked on the steamer Hesperia at the last moment When the Atromitos left port she was pursued by u. German sub- marine, but, in response to her calls for help, Allied destroyers arrived on the scene and enabled her to escape.

ROUMANIAN ADVANCE

CHECKED.

LINEA

LONDON, October 10th.

The Times Correspondent at the Roumanian Headquarters states that the Roumanian advance in Transylvania has been temporarily checked owing to the

FIGHT FOR LE SARS.

LONDON, October 10th, Reuter's Correspondent with British Headquarters states The battle for Lo Sars was largely a blind battle in dirty weather for several days, preventing ON STRONG NATURAL DEFENSIVE moria. reconnaisance. Thus the strength of the enemy forces was not accurately ascertainable. Numbers of fresh trenches strongly hold were encountered, greatly impeding our progress, from the direction of Encourt, but the force from the south swept va grandly till they reached the sunken road, cmerging half-way through the village. Here there was a violent resistance, and ferce hand-to-hand fight- ing lasting for a long time. Prisoners, of whom there were three hundred, say

that the British fought like tigers. The defenders of a village, included a bat talion of marined. The great advantage of our new commanding position was illustrated on Baterday when our artila

lery twice dispersed the enemy seen galbering to attack,

FRENCH FRONT.

RECIPROCAL BOMBARDMENTS.

PARIA, October 9th.

A communiqué states :— The night was quiet in the north. There were reciprocal bombardments south of the Somme, and a lively enemy bombardment at Canny sur-Matz, in the Roye district, to which our artillery replied.

RECONNAISANCE DISPERSED

PABIS, October 10th..

A further communiqad states: —There has been sustained reciprocal artillery fing on the Somme, especially lively at Herieux, Belloy and Deniecourt,

arrival of enemy reinforcements and

the fact that several divisions have been Valenz sens to Dobrudja.

The Roumanians now hold a strong

natural œefensive line - from tho Prodeal Pass, south of Brasso, to Orsova, with intervening lofty moun tains, traversed by few deules.

The Roumanians north of Brasso tre

still in the Marvos Valley, in touch

with the Russian left.

ROUMANIANS RETIRE

BUCHAREST, October 10th.

A communiqué states-The Rou- maniaus in the Brasso district were oblig. ed to retire towards the northern ends of the Carpathians passes.

actions

There were minor artillery which were favourable to the Roumanians in the Cainent and Vulcan Passes.

wireless installatiog.

She carries two

gans and four torpedo tubes.

She flew the German Dag and was commanded by Lieutenant Hans Rose, and carried four other officers, and 33 men. She was escorted into the harbour by a United States submarine

There were numerous visitors to the submarine during her two hours' atay, including newspaper mou, who were allowed to inspect the vessel.

The Commander said he had not seen

any hostile craft. He had throw months provisions on hoard. He declined to say whether he had been ordered to search

for the Bremen.

Watch the Briton in our villages. At first, ac astonished them, if only by his extreme car for his body, in the antique manner, taking his tuba in the open air without cremony and without shame, fine animal that cannot tolerate dust and dirt. Then he won our affection, more and more daily, by his naturalness, his Tho seaplane is the most useful and courtesy, his gaiety, his childish laughter oft air raids on this country, Challemel-Lacour asked me one day), his necessary form of aircraft for driving Has Dilke still his boyish laugh?" As its name implies, it is used solely complaisance, his desire to bo useful to his for flying over tracts of waters It a hosts in their house or field work, and by identical in shape with the acroplane but his intense admiration for Franes, with minor variations. 1 is consider They knew our valour; they did not know,

of oil from New York for London.

and is more of the formation of the bonthey have the right not to be modest,

LIKED JOFFERE AND WELLINGTON. though following the same "stream-line" principles as the seroplane but inodest they are without affectation News of the raid spread rapidly,

The engine power varies from 70 to 150 with a perfect grace. From the great chief Numerous steamers in the various ports horse power, but the machine is much to the Tommy, you should hear them slower in transit and in climbing even ready to sail remained in port while than several of the smaller horse-power speak of Verdun. The calm Djoffro is little like them, after the manner of land machines. The fuselage, or body, is wireless warnings sent many at was a de-bottomed boat, in the bows of Wellington, the Iron Duke. We shall scurrying inside the three-mile limit or which are the engine and the propeller. over have a friendship more solid, moro to outside steamer lines for roundabout the pilot's and observer's seats, side by Behind their lines reigns an irre Immediately in the rear of the engine are fresh, more worthy of being closely

guarded. routes towards their destinations,

side, and not, as in the noroplane, the one behind the other. Again, in place of proachable, but not a forood, order, exact the wheel of the landing chasis of they the opposite of German order, for one aeroplane are two beat-shaped floats; feels freedom behind it. They are rol- these are hollow in formation, very heavy, diera, not machines; through the man you and extremely fragile. When landing see the free British citizen an the seaplane on a rough sea, the part of M. Reinach praises the supply and the machine most iliable to broak up is medios) services, particularly the large the Coat 00 12 00 20 00 use of tents, and concludes that the Ger craft, where a mere touch of the control Empire, once and for all," a moral per

With regard to the actual flying of the man outrage has made of the British stick capable of manoeuvring the neroplane up from the ground, it requires the grip of Sandow's THE BLACKMALLING KAISER, developer to lift a heavy seaplane off the IR BLACKMAILD murface of the sea. Simlarly, while man-

Why is it that the German Emperor, always be of the gentlest nature, consider- œuvres in the air with the aeroplane must the German Press, and German statesmon able muscular force is required to bank are perpetually denouncing Great Bir (then) and clinch the seaplane

ton's entrance into the war ar an set of Landing is the most difficult and treachery 1 It has been a refrain run- ning through all their railings, a cease- performance to land an aeroplane, but it less chorus to all their bymus of hete, is doubly so to laid a sesplaner Should this accusation of treachery The the surface of the sea be the least bit Kaiser reiterate it in an interview choppy or rough there is a grave risk only a few days ago, and it is quite ob- of the floats breaking open, and the vious that deep in the minds of the Ger. machine turning turtle, or diving down mans, the official and the imperial as well through the sea and precipitating the as the popular mind, is the conviction pilot to a watery grave

that somebody in this econtry somehow

betrayed them

INDIGNATION IN AMERICA

NEW YORK, October 8th. The newspapers are indignant at this "Prussion verfere in American waters, and urge that it is the Government's highest duty to go any length to end it

songlity cd

They affirm that if Germany desires to Se incur the wrath of the United States this is a most effectual means of doing

At New York the ('55 emerged close to a manquyring American feet. The Commander was astounded to learn that so. the Breven had not arrived, giving the impression that the submarine's mission U.S. PRESIDENT'S ATTITUDE, delicate manoeuvre in flying; it is a tricky

was to escort the Bremen. He reported, however, that the Los brought authori

sation to Count von Bernstorff to ascer

tain President Wilson's views on the

armistice.

GERMANY'S PROMISES

LONG BRANCH, October 10th.

After Count von Bernstorff's call it was

stated that pence was not discussed, but President Wilson brought up the sub- marine attacks in the Atlantic.

Count von Bernstorff told the President that he had End no information from Germany, but that he was confident Germany's promises would be kept FRENCH AUXILIARY CRUISER SUNKS

TORPEDOED BY SUBMARINE

PARIS, October 9th. A French auxiliary craiser, with nearly 2,000 French and Serbian troops on board, was torpedoed on the 4th inst.

Up till the present 1,362 of the ship's complement have been landed on the southern coast of Sardinia,

~A later message says:——

There were ferece artillery duels east A torpedo exploded the powder maga- of Zimeren, on the Danube.

There were artillery patrol engagements in the Dobrudja,

BRITISH TRONT

ADVANCE CONTINUES.

BALONIKÁ October End.

A British official announcement states: The advance on the Struma front

An enemy attack from the St. Pierre Yaast salient was repulsed, and a sub- continues with little o opposition We sequent reconnaisance was dispersed by occupied three more villages further

our machine-guns.

north

zine, and destroyed the wireless installa top, uolat ng the vessel, Rafts, upon which were the shipwrecked, were met on October 5th by a French cruizer

NINE VESSELS BUNK-THREE

SUBMARINES,

NEWPORT October 9th, Nantucket Lightship reports that nine vessels have beco sunk, and that three

abinarines were at work

A passenger from the Stephano states that according to the officers of that. vessel. the Stephana was attacked by sub-

marine S JE

Count von Bernstorff called on President Wilson to deliver the Keiser's answer to President Wilson's letter regarding America and the starving in Poland, The Kaiser's letter was among those | brought by the Uas.

Before receiving Count von Bernato If President Wilson told journalists that Germany would be held to complete the fulfilment of her promises to the United State. He added that he had no right to question Germany's good faith,

President Wilson intended to bring the

word matter of employing submarines close to the American cost to Count vou

WORK OF THE SEAPLANE The work of the seaplane may be placed If the German Emperor, or anyone else in two categories-first, work from the in Germany has any evidence to this shore, when a land station, bordering on effect, why does he not produce it? If it the sea, is used as a base; and, secondly rests on any fra foundation to must dying at sea, when the craft is taken out have, or rather he must think he has, ou board a parent vessel and lights are proofs of some sort to substantiate the commenced from the middle of the occal charge. If so, what are the proofs Let With regard to the former:

the work Kis for the most part of a defensive nature; the Kaiser, or the German Chancellor. as that of driving off invading enemy tell the world in plain ladgange the craft, and patrolling the coasts for enemy grounds for his belief. The Morning Post submarines. The work at sea is prin remarks the it looks as though they had for the Brats, for a sea in 1914 some reason for anticipating that cipally scouting plane observer at an altitude of 5,000ft. we should not take up arms against them. has a range of view ten times greater What reason could they have had ! Wo than the lookout man of any battleship know that the Daily News proposed that or cruiser. In this latter case, flights ure Great Britain abould stand side and usually terminated and commenced from seize the trade that would be jost to the the sea surface alongside the parent ship, belligerant nations, but did say respon WABBINGTOS, October 10th. sud when the craft are no longer in usesible Minister ever breathe a promise that The Navy Department has begun pre-large crane and stowed away on a special the Germans put upon it?

they are lifted on board by means of a could conceivably bear the construction parations to establish a patrol of warships y constructed deck.

fention has been made in the official strously ingredible Yet clearly the Ger on the boast

communiquér" of the seaplane which took

Bernstorff's attention-ba

RUSSIAN FRONT.

[THROUGH TRUTER'S AGBISOT.]

RUSSIAN SUCOESSES

STUBBORN FIGHTING.

LONDON, October 2nd.

A Russian communazad statea:-Stüb-| born fighting continues in the direction of Vladimir Volynak, where, in some places we forced the enemy lines and are consolidating our gaina

We-repelled an enemy offensive cast of

and fortifed

ly

our newly:

On the face of it the idea seema-mon-

so prominent a part in the recent Northmans entertain it. They talk of our Ses battle. For some hours before the treachery as though they had a card engagement she was locating the disposi- up their sleeve. They talk of it like tion of the enemy fleete. She then came gang of blackmailers in possession of down, and after a brief rest went up some discreditable secret. But it would again to direct the firing of the big guns, be very much to the point if they would This undoubtedly accounts for the fact condescend to particulars, and let us that our shooting was improved wonder have the relevant names, dates and facts. felly as the battle proceeded. The pl Wherein were they deceived, through of that machine had the unique experi- whom, at what time, and in what wayt ence of seeing both sides of the greatest The Kaiser has never been a bashini or naval battle in history, and his story tongue-tied Bovenign. Let him speak out when told, should provide thrilling read, plainly, or else put an end to his black- ing.—"An Air Pilot," in Daus Chronicle: mailing hints and insinuations,

HOW ROUMANTA ARMED

RUSSIAN HONOURS FOR OUR

ADMIRALBAS

The Malin staten that Colonel Rudeano,

The King has granted Admiral Bir the Director of War Materialin the

John Rushworth Jellicoe, G.CB, Romanian War Office, was entrusted n

G.CVO, Commander-in-Chief of the ytar ago with the task of Betting up i Boumanian military mission in Paris Grand Fleet and Vice Admiral Si Three quarters of the munitions now in David Bestly, KCB., KCVO, D.SO. the possession of Roumania were maniac Commanding the Battle Cruiser Fleet tared in the factories of France and Eng authority to wear the Insignia, the for occupied positions in the Dobradja. land. These munitions fof which the out mer of the Third Class and the latter of There have been continued successful Put was many thousands of tons a day the Fourth Class, of the Order of Saint

conveyed to Romanist George, which decorations have been con stions near Chamitism in the angel and Petrograd. ~ All the ferred upon them by the Emperor of imanian neroplanes bear the French Bussia in recognition of valuable, serviors.

rendered by them.