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THE WAR.

THE GREEK IMBROGLIO:

SERIOUS SITUATION.

AUSTRO-GERMAN PROMISES TO

POLAND.

THE ROUMANJA henk

RECOVERY.

FRENCH AND BRITISH ADVANCING.

ITALIAN ARMY'S BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT.

Franco-Belgian Front.

(THROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY,}

BRITISH OPERATIONS.

HEAVY LOSSES BY ENEMY

LONDON, November 4th.

(THROUGH NEUTERS AGENCY.]

THE VAUX POSITION. We have extended our progress on the right of the Meuse in the region of Vaux, We hold part of the village as far as the church. We advanced several hundred yards north-east and cast of the

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1916

The Balkans,

ĮTAKOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. THE GREEK CRISIS.

M. VENEZELOJ ON THE

SITUATION:

ATHENS, November 4th. M. Venezelos is satisfied with the prac

tical

support of the Entente. Therefore, yes indiferent to the postpone

ho

ment of formal recognition.

Russian Front.

(THROUGH PHUTER'S AGENCY.]

DESPERATE FIGHTING.

ON RUSSIAN SOUTH-WESTERN

FRONT.

Losbos, November 5th.

A Russian communique states that there has been desperate fighting on the south-western front in the wooded region.

CASUALTIES AT EKATERINI,

Bouth of the village of Lipitzadolnays, The enemy, after a furious bombardment There were 13 Royalist and 20 Vene- zelist casualties in the recent fight prior

by heavy guns, attacked in great strength. to the occupation of Ekaterini The He was repulsed at various prints by Royalists are now eight miles south and counter-attacks, but captured a portion are afraid to advance against the large of advanced trenches on the heights east

of Lipitzadolnaya. Nationalist forces.

NEW MOVE BY THE KING. The newspaper Hesperini states the the King has decided to annul the order for the transfer of the troops from Thessaly to Peloponnesus in consequence of the advance of the Nationalists.

The Athens correspondent of the Horn- ing Post reports that the Venczelists state the occupation of Ekaterini was neces

Fort on slopes descending to the Woevrely because of the torpedoing of Nation

alist transports, necessitating the tran- and again took prisoners.

port of the Volunteers by rail.

General Sir Douglas Haig reports: We successfully raided the enemy' Lines north-east of Artenberes and expel- There has been intermittent canponade led a strong party from our trenches atou the rest of the front," Quinchy.

An enemy counter-attack east of Gue doncourt yesterday suffered very heavy lusses in proportion to its strength. Over 100 dead were counted. We took 30 pri- soners and captured four machine guna.

CONSIDERABLE HOSTILE:

SHELLING.

A later report by Goreral Sir Douglas Haig says:-There has been considerable hostile abelling around Les Boeufs against Destremont Farm and Le Bars

We bombarded the enemy line north wards of the La Bassee Canal and in the neighbourhood of Bois Orenier and Messines.

fre of vors are missing.

TRENCH MORTAR ACTIVITY.

Three German aeroplanes have been felled on the Somme.

Italian Front.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ITALIANS PROGRESS, SMASH UP MASSED ATTACK.

LONDON, November 4th, An Italian official announcement

states:

Our infantry captured a strong posi tion on the southern slope of Cima Bocche in the Travignolo Valley, which we consolidated, despite a violent hom bardment.

We advanced more than a kilometre One enemy aeroplane was destroyed; eastwards along the Oppachigella Castagnerizza road and farther seawards A massed attack was smashed up by

attack

our fire. The enemy left numerous dend and we took 553 prisoners, including 11 officers, a whole battery of howitzers, and munitions of all kinds.

LONDON, November ath.

al Sir Douglas Haig, in a com muniqué soya-There was heavy rain Jast night and trench mortar activity.

EVACUATION OF FORT VAUX.

CANNON FODDER RUNNING

SHORT.

FAR18, November 4th

"THE DASHING ELEVENTH ARMY "BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT.

Loxoox, November 5th.

The British Minister had a conference with the King on the subject of the occupation.

SITUATION SERIOUS,

to

The Athens Government has ordered three mountain batteries and two.com- panies of infantry from Larissa Ekaterina to eject the Nationalists.

The situation is serious. ROUMANIAN KING'S ORDER. RETAKE EVERY LOST POSITION.

BUCHAREST, November 4th. King Ferdinand, in an Order to kis troops dated the 22nd ult, after paying a tribute to their valour, says:

"Let no unit retire. Every position lost should be immediately attacked and re-taken. Our mountains have been the cradle and shield of our race for thou sands of years and should be an impene. trable wall."

ARTILLERY, DUEL CONTINUES.

PARIS, November 5th.

A communique statea that on the East ern Army front an artillery duel con- tinues at various points, but in fiercest at the Cerne. There has been no infan- try action.

GREECE'S NEUTRALITY.

ATHENS, November 5th.

The Government has refused to consent to the Allies using light Greek warships

An Italian semi-official report states: Two days incessant fighting has not ex- Fort Vaux was evacuated by the Ger- hausted the dashing Eleventh Army, mans on the morning of the 2nd and which advanced on November 3rd cast with French crows against submarines, on

"occupied by the French at night.

wards as well as northwards. Pivoting French troops in the trenches 400 yards on Mount Faiti, which is the key of the distant bad heard a series of explosions, enemy's defences, it wheeled south-cast- indicating the blowing up of the case-wards capturing strong defences and mates and material. The Fort for the eliminating a whole salicat. past week had been the target of a tre- mendous cannonade by the new French 15) inch mortars..

The whole advance covers a tract of ground aver two miles deep and three and a half miles wide. Nine thousand All the ingenious explanations of the prisoners taken include 250 officers. Ten German communiques will not succeed in four-inch howitzers with ammulition, concealing the fact that the reason for

and numerous machine-guna

much the evacuation was that the supply of

material were also captured. cannon fodder" was running short.

INTERMITTENT CANNONADING. Africa, PARIS, November 5th,

A communiqué states that there has. been intermittent cannonading in the Bomme and Verdun regions,

FRENCH ADVANCING,

PARIS, November 5th.

{THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.] HAST AFRICAN OPERATIONS. RHODESIAN POLICE AMBUSHED AND COLONEL CAPTURED.

LONDON, November 4th.

the ground that it would be equivalent to a departure from neutrality.

GOVERNMENT TROOPS ORDERED TO ATTACK.

ATHENS, November 5th. Government reinforcements are pro- creding towards Ekaterini and have been ordered to attach the Vonczelists if they refuse to evacuate Ekaterini.

The withdrawal of the Greek Ariny from Thessaly has been postponed pend- ing the establishment of a neutral zone. ENEMY ATTACKS COLLAPSE.

EFFECTIVE ROUMANIAN

CANNONADE.

LONDON, November 5th. A Russian communiqué says :--At-

temple by the enemy to attack the Ron.

A communiqué from East Africa statesmanians in Alt Valley, Transylvania, that the German forces which were dis collapsed under cannonade. lodged from Tabora, have been endeavour.

The enemy in the direction of Vulcan

A communiqué states-North of the Bame the Germans in the morning at tempted to eject us from the captured trenches on the western fringe of St.

ing to break through to Mahenge, and Pass, continues to retire northwards Pierre-Vast Wood. The attack was pre- somewhat confused and severe fighting pressed by the Roumanians, who cap ceeded by a furious bombardment which has occurred in the direction of Iringa tared four guns and prisoners. was shattered by a curtain of maxim fire. Parties of the enemy who penetrated our lines were immediately driven out or captured. The whole ground is integrally

maintained.

NOTED FRENCH AVIATOR MISSING.

PARIS, November 4th. The aviator Lenoir, who has been fre quently mentioned in communiquée as bringing down enemy aeroplanes is miss-

since the 2nd ult.

A small detachment of Rhodesian Police, under Colonel Baxendale, was

ambushed and suffered heavily in the dense bush. Colonel Baxendale was cap tored.

A strong German force mufered similar- ly on the 23rd ult. twelve miles north of Iringa The Commander was, wounded and captured. - Strong German

-attacks! against Irings were besten off.

Dobrudja is quiet,

ROUMANIANS ADVANCING.

LONDON, November 5th.. A Boumanian communiqué pays. We advanced west of the Buzen River and eaptured material.

We also advanced northwards at Tabla-

untri and captured 100 prisoners and two

pel machine-guna in the Telejag Valley.

We continued the pursuit of the enemy west of the Vulcan Pass and captured Colonel Northey's column engaged the 435 prisoners, 4 guna, 90 machine guns enemy successfully on the Rasudje river, and much material Things are quiet south-west of Mahenge

Dobrudja

Fighting continues. Naval Activities.

(THROUGH REOTEA'S AUSFUY.]

SUBMARINE PIRACY.

MORE SINKINGS.

LONDON, November 5th. The steamers l'hor Ivanec (Norwegian) and Frans Ninhild (Swedish) hava boen sunk.

It is reported that Spero has been sunk.

General.

Hull liner

(THROUGH 'BETTER'S AGENCY.]

MORÉ **FRIGHTFULNESS " THREATENED.

OFF THE AMERICAN COAST.

NEW LONDON, U.S.A. Nov. 4th. The Captain of the Gorman submarine Deutschland announces that submarine U or is expected to convey the Deutrols lond back to Germany.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.

STEAMBOAT COLLISION.

PASSENGER, STEAMER BUNK.

LONDON, November 4th. The North-Western Railway Company's steamer Connemara, going to Holyhead, collided last night with the sterimer Retriever.

There is only one survivor from the two vessels. It is estimated that three hundred perished.

LATER

There were 50 passengers on hoard the Connemara and the crew numbered 31. The collier Retriever had a crew of 13

NINETY LIVES LOST.

LONDON, November 5th. Ninety perished in the Connemara coflision.

The sole survivor, a sonman on board the Retriever, said the latter vessol be- esme unmanageable in the storm and crashed into the Connemara, in the dark-

Dicas.

· SOLE SURVIVOR'S "MIRACULOUS

ESCAPE.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY, ]

AUSTRO-GERMANS AND POLAND.

INDEPENDENCE AND HEREDI- TARY MONARCHY PROMISED.

AMSTERDAM, November 8th.

The Governor General of Warsaw has

issued a proclamation to the effect that the Austro-German Emperors have agreed to establish an independent Poland, with shereditary Monarchy, a Constitution, and a National Army. The frontiers will be defined later.

Telegrams received on Saturday and on Sunday morning and published in an "Extra" on Sunday, will be found on [page 63

CANTON NEWS:

[PHÒM QUE OWN CORUMSPONDENT]

CANTON, NOV, 4th. ARRIVAL OF GENERAL LEE LIT KWAN. At noon on the 3rd instant, General Lee arrived here from Shiuchowfu by special train. He was met at the Rail- way Station by the Civil Governor Chu, the representative of General Luk, and some other high officers, together with a The Connemara loft Greenore at eight guard of honour. Soon after his arriv o'clock on Friday evening for Holyhead he was invited by the Director of the with passengers, including nine soldiers Canton-Hankow Railway Company to returning from leave, and live stock The gollision occurred half-an-hour later off Granfeld Point, outside Carlingford Bar,

LONDON, November 8th.

The sole survivor, James Boyle, had a miraculous escape. He was unable to swim, but managed to seize a boat and cling to it until he drifted close to the shore at Cranfield, whers he was seen in the moonlight. Es was

by

tea party. Afterwards he proceeded to the city in a seden chair escorted by about fifty soldiers and accompanied by a band.

Crowds lined the route. The General brought with him six thousand, soldiers, who marched in an orderly manner to Yin Ting,' in the north-cast part of the city, where they are stationed.

General Lee is now staying in Hoi Cha." Officials and prominent merchants

The New York Evening Mail says the dragged ashore in a semi-conscious con-called in great numbers and he was last war submarine left Kiel soon after the dition Deutschland and is due it Now Londoned into the surf. Some cattle and shoop a chain of rescuers who dash

within a week. She will operate like the from the Connemara scrambled ashore

in the vicinity of Nantucket sinking terribly exhausted, but were soon brows. vessels when the Deutschland sails. ing apparently little the worse of their THE OUTPUT OF MUNITIONS. experience.

OVER 400,000 MORE WORKERS WANTED.

it

LONDON, November 4th.

Dr. Addison, of the Ministry of Muni- tions, speaking at Woolwich, said the extension of our steelworks would effect a saving of £6,000,000 a year and make as independent of foreign steel supplies by March

The

Somme region was now ten times what

was in January, but there were more shells in Franco to day than at the be- ginning of the war. At least 315 ~ additional men workers Bod (100.00

women were necessary if our augmented programme, which was eating up thou- sands of tons of explosives, was to be

efficiently carried out.

AUSTRALIA AND CONSCRIP- TION.

ne expenditure of ammunition in the

"NO" MAJORITY DWINDLING.

Unsourse, November 4th.

The Referendum is still incomplete The “No” majority is being reduced daily.

LABOUR CLEAVAGE.

ADELAIDE, November 4th, A serious Labour elesynge over Con-

is imminent. scription

COAL PAHINE THREATENED.

MELBOURNE, November th.

A coal, famine is threatened in the various States owing to a mining dis pute.

Sronry, November 4th.

All the ships at Newcastle are laid up and not allowed to coal.

MELBOURSE, Norerchez 4th.

"NEW" BRITISH LOAN IN AMERICA,

RAPIDLY SUBSCRIBED.

NEW YORK, November 4th. The new British Loan has been already subscribed. The lists close to-day in stead of on the 8th inst.

night invited by several societies to the Western Hotel, at the West Bund,

The chief object of General Lee's visit is to take a trip to Hoang Fa Kong, situated at the eastern part of the city, about two miles away from the centre of Canton, in which all the late pro minent reformers were buried. He will 89, with all his soldiers and varions societies, in order to worship and attend the tomb serviors. The observances will take place to-morrow morning. the 5th inst

SMUGGLING TRICKS IN

WRECKAGE IN THE BRISTOL paper show that notwithstanding

CHANNEL.

LONDON, November 4th, The wreckage of five ships was washed up in the Bristol Channel yesterday.

AUTONOMY FOR GALICIA.

HOLLAND,

THE RAILWAY SANTA CLAUS.

Heports of muggling in the Dutch

all the chorts of the officials to prevent smuggling, the strong inducements offer- ed by the Germans prove in many cases. Trresistible The Handelsblad to-day (says the Times speciul correspondent in a message from Amsterdam dated September 30th) conjains a report from Venlo which says that since the com- pulsory laying up of most of the row- Ing beats and the prohibition of the ferries at night the mugglers now utilize the trains between Venlo and Roermond. At Roermond time exist few or no restrictions afecting trade and petty com- AMSTERDAM, November 5th querco in goods the axport of which in

forbidden. It has thus become a pret The Emperor Francis Joseph, in an able place for the purchase of bar, antograph letter to Premier Koerber, anbar, and all the fats which are so

welcome in Germany. nounces his intention to grant Galicia autonomy when the new State of Poland comes into existence, and charges the Premier to prepare measures for the legal realization of this intention,

EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH'S

INTENTIONS.

THE REICHSTAG.

ADJOURNED TILL FEBRUARY.

LONDON, November bkh,

The Beichstag has been adjourned till February 13th.

GERMAN WAR FEEDING

DEPARTMENT-

Herr von Bafocki, replying in the Reichstag to oriticisms of the war feed-

The official, for their part, however, visit anexpectedly all passengers leaving at the Intermediate stations, sometimes taking the still stronger messure of fe quiring all travellers to leave the train for examination of baggage or for personal examination. The latest trick now in, at pipees agreed upon in advance, to throw smuggled articles out of the carriage windows on to the railway, where a confederate stands, who immed- iately takes the packet" away......... Here, also, the oficials are on the watch, för things thus - thrown haphazard out of passing trains. The line in particular in polted with burd and boxes of fresh or slightly spited past and bacon,

A military A Comique ~ villeial said. "Comstimer A

guste ke Banta Claus

séchéent in the Viber taks van for a contéederate

The Naval Minister has commandered ing department, said the greatest care all coal ampplies The Commonwealth in the distribution of foodstuff, would warships and transports are to have first | be necessary in the New Year, when

horses bet agriculture would be burdened by hack of in Zeeland call

that a boy hrman and animal labour...

Members of various parties protested" | mane. Brainst the adjournment of the Reichstag by Imperial decree, and compl

that there the Government would consider

aints recently uttered in the Reichstag

Har von Hellerich – roylied that Kaiser would convoke the Reichstag

TURKS ATTACK IN THE CAUCASUS. ARE REPULSED AND RETREAT.

Loumon, November 5th.

A Bussian COMMUNITUÉ Says:-The Turks in the Cancamus attacked nez, front

hikoldar and Guldarmelikın, but

ith fire and bayonet and

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