1916-11-21 — Page 5

THE WAR.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21st, 1916.

BRITISH ADMIRALTY CRITICISED.

NEW BLOOD AND NEW IDEAS WANTED.

BRITISH ATTACKS IN THE

WEST.

ALLIED SUCCESSES IN BALKANS.

BULGARIAN TREACHERY.

Franco-Belgian Front,

FARBIBE CABLES,

(THROUGH. REUTER'S AGINOY.]`

SPIRITED BRITISH ATTACK.

SUBSTANTIAL GAINS,

(THROUGH REDTRE'S AGENOK.] AT DOUAUMONT.

PARIS, November 20th.

An official announcement says:-There

is nothing to report beyond a violent

EARLIER CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENDY.] MONASTIR ENTERED BY THE

ALLIES

LONDON, November 18th.

A French communiqué states that Allied troops entered Monastir this. morning

Memastir is a town in the extreme south of Serbia. It is ninety miles north-west of Saloniks and has a population of close on 60,000 inhabitante.]

BERLIN ADMITS FALL OF TOWN.

LONDON, Nevember 19th. A Berlin official message acknowledges the evacuation of Monastir, but claims progress against the Roumanians.

ENEMY PUSHED BACK, ROUMANIANS RESUME OFFENSIVE

LONDON, November 19th.

A Russian communiqué says: The bombardment of the fort and region at enemy attacked in considerable force in

Dousumont.

LONDON, November 19th. Renter's correspondent at Headquar- ters on the Somme says-Yesterday a The Balkans. most spirited attack gave us further valuable gains south of the Aucre.

On a front of five thousand yards we advanced to a mean depth of five hundred yards and penetrated the western out- skirts of Grandecourt, where bomb fight. ing is progressing.

On the extreme right, a main line attack captured the high ground due south of Miraumont, from which patrols were pushed forward towards the village. Prisoners were captured..

LATEST CABLES. (TEBOUGH ESUTER'S AGENCY.) GOOD WORK BY FRANCO- SERBIANS. DASHING ATTACKS IN MUD AND BLUSH.

PARIS, November 20th. Reuter's correspondent at the French Headquarters in Macedonia, writing on the 17th inst, predicting the imminence of further success, points out that on the 19th inst. the anniversary of the Serbian capture of Monastir from the Tarkan Already six hundred prisoners have 1912, the fighting was conducted in rain, been taken in the southern attack.

North of the Ancre, a corresponding

advance was made,

COLD WEATHER AT THE FRONT.

EAST WINDS AND FROST.

LONDON, Noveznber 15th. Correspondents as Headquarters" say

sleut and mud. The plains were a sen of snow and Blush, and everywhere in the mountains it was dam) and numbing cold. Nevertheless, the Allied troops. in the most dashing manner, drove back the" enemy for six miles, the Serbians sup. porting the French. The guns and infantry were most successful in main-

the in and Alt Valleys, but was pushed back by the Roumanians lightly to the

south.

The Roumanians assumed the offensive in the Tirguluj Valley; and carried a series of heights..

ROUMANIAN'S CONTINUED

ADVANCE.

CAPTURES OF MEN AND GUNS.

LONDON, November 19th.

A Roumanian communiqué states:- Enemy attacks on the Moldavian and northern frontiers were repulsed,

We continued our advance on Dragos lavele, capturing four officers and eighty men, besides two guns,

Fighting in the Alt, Jiul and Gilort Valleys continurs..

Firing has slackened on the Danube and Dobrudja fronts.

BULGARIANS DISORDERLY

RETREAT.

LONDON, November 19th. A French communiqué states:-De-

Naval Activities,

LATEST CABLES. {THROUGH BRUTKE'N "AGENCY"}] CRITICISING THE ADMIRALTY. THE NEED FOR NEW BLOOD.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] BRITISH FOOD SUPPLY. LUXURY LIFE IN RESTAURANTS.

menus and champagne are universal,

the latest tip for the Food Controllership. The Deputy Speaker, Mr. Whitley, is

BRITAIN'S MAN-POWER, CERTIFIED OCCUPATION LIST

THE MIDDLE-AGED MAN.

DECREASED CHANCE OF LONG

LIFE.

Bolduan, Director of the Bureau of Pub The first is made by Dr. Charles F lic Health Education in New York, who, in the Monthly Bulletin of the Depart ment of Health of the City of New York,

1900-1911. This comparison makes it evi affords a comparison of the city's life tables of the two triennia 1870-1881 and dent that the man of 40 years or over has now actually a shorter expectation of amounting to a year or more according life than he used to have, the decrease to age. In the same period the expecta tion of life at birth has been increased 10 times.

LONDON, November 10th. BY THE TIMES" MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT.] Mr. Runciman on November 2nd, will

Two statements bearing on the prospects Ldanos, November 20th.

have an interview with restaurant of life of middle-aged men have recently There has been growing criticism of

been issued. At present, when so much keepers to discuss economies. Descrip of the nation's work is falling on older the Admiralty lately due to the Channel tions published in London of the restau-shoulders, and when reserves of man-

rants last evening stato that luxury is ments possess a special interest

power are of supremo value, these state- raid and the increase in submarining.

The

undiminished. Food palaces are crowd Daily Telegraph, in longed with glittering throngs, whilst costly editorial, says that the Admiralty is strangely unaffected by the many changes in national life and the methods of the Government, due to the war. The nation's faith in Admiral Sir John Jellicoe and the Fleet is undiminished, but mine and submarine development, and the importance of aeronautics, all of which departments are worked by Germans in the prime of life, are an increasing embarrassment in underses operations. The paper suggests that the Admiralty might profit from the int duction of new blood, and they might well give seamen fresh from the sea, wi a fresh outlook on new problems, a or commanding voice in naval affairs.

SINKINGS.

LONDON, November 18th. The Man-Power Board has issued a revised list of certified" occupations, and some occupations formerly certified Ove been removed from it. The age exemption has boen generally raised; single men are not reserved" below the age of thirty, or married men ander twenty five.

ALLEGIANCE TO THE KAISER, NEW POLISH ARMY'S OATH.

AMSTERDAM, November 18th A German newspaper in Lodz states that the new Polish Army is required to give an oath of allegiance to the Kaiser.

of the middle-aged man is general Further, the fall in the life expectation throughout the United States, and the to 54 has increased by nearly a per cent. death rate, por 1,000 at the aga period 45 during the last 10 years, and between 34 considers that this is a serious state of and 3 by nearly 7 per cent. Dr. Bolduan

period at which the addition of years of affairs,

for he regards middle age as the life would be of greatest value to the race The second statement on this subject occurs in a discussion of the risks of middle age by a committee appointed by the Department of Trado and Customs of the Commonwealth of Australia to in quire into the causes of death and in and fanity diet in the forefront of causes validity. This committee places stress of arterial tension, which is regarded as syphilis, and gout are included as ad- the special enemy of middle age; alcohol, juvant causes, Over-eating is specially

LONDON, November 20th. The British ateamers Lady Carrington and Vasco, the Portuguese steamer Sannicola, and the Italian steamer Lela, WHAT THE TANKS" HAVE has placed a medical examiner at the

have been sunk.

EARLIER CABLES.

GERMANS AND A DUTCH

STEAMER. PRETEXT FOR DETENTION.

November, 18th. According to Reuter's correspondent at Rotterdam, the Germans are detaining the Dutch mail steamer Koningin' He-

gentes

at Ostend on the pretext that the empty barrels, with which Dutch steamers are provided to prevent sinking if mined,

are absolute contraband,

the weather is very cold, with keen cast taining ou unceasing offensive for ten sperato Bulgarian counter-attacks in the Thing of the Dutch crew are to be

winds and frut at nights.

LONDON, November 18th. General Sir Douglas Baig reports that the weather is stormy and the situation unchanged.

ENGLISH CAVALRY ENGAGED ON THE ANCRE.

LONDON, November 19th.

days, dislodging the Bulgarians from a

DONE

tions and other strong points, and have saved at least twenty-thousand lives. WORLD'S WHEAT SUPPLY BECOMING EXHAUSTED.

condemned.

The New York Department of Health

disposal of its employes, who may be ex- amined whenever they wish for signs of SAVED AT LEAST 20,000 LIVES. early degeneration. This is no doubt a good measure but far more practical LONDON, November 18th is the suggestion of the Australian Com- Experts at the Front agree that the mittee that school medical inspection should be extended and school instruction "tanks are reducing machine gun posiit is recommended by this committee that in personal hygiene developed, Farther, industrial workers should not return to arduous work after serious illness until time has been allowed for proper con- Lancer in some commente on the report, valescence. These proposals," says the "are in line with those recently made by Professor W. J Ashely in an introduc tory address at Birmingham University." chronic diseases of middle age can only The truth is that the majority of the bo palliated; they cannot be curet. They

origin of chronic disease is profound, and youth, perhaps after scarlet fever on did not arise in middle age but in early influenza. Our ignorance regarding the

November 19th,:

According to a message from Rome, the report of the International Institute

supply will be exhausted in 1017 if the of Agriculture says the world's wheat

series of positions. The enemy, consider. Cerna loop were repulsed by the Serbians, tried for hiding the British courier's harvest is again a failure, unless Russian will not be enlightened till we adopt new

ably reinforced, counter-attacked, but only obtained momentary relief. The Serbians were most resolute in allowing no rest once the enemy had been got na the run. It was the French Serbian successes on the left of the Cerna which made Kenali untenable. It was not A German official announcement men-

vulnerable to a frontal attack, being pro- tions the appearance of English cavalry tected by entanglements concealed in in the fighting near the Antre, in eon-gullies, with deep and narrow trenches junction with continued and more violent and elaborate dugouts, fronted by exten- firing. It alleges that the succeeding sive boggy ground, attack failed, except at a few points, and admits that the Germans have been press- ed back south-east of Serro and a few points southward,

GERMAN REPORT.

FALL OF MONASTIE,

AN ITALIAN VIEW

ROME, November 20th. The Italian newspapers regard the fall of Monastir as most important, both politically and militarily. It is bound to profoundly affect the Balkans, especially A German official message claims that Roumanis. The papers also praise the German acroplanes successfully bonibed British for their success in the Struma Furos aerodrome, dropping 1,400 kilo. region, proving, with the Franco-Serbían grammes of coxyd, and that the English victories, that the Bulgarians are weeken

LONDON, November 18th.

effort to break through on both banks of the Ancre, which was prepared by tre- mendous artillery fire, was shattered. It adds that fighting is proceeding at Grandecourt,

GERMAN RAILWAYS

CONGESTED.

ROTTERDAM, November 18th. The tramport of trade goods on the German railways is suspended for three

ing.

ALLIES

DANSKER MONASTIR

SALONIKA, November 20th.

the enemy retreating in disorder north

wards.

ROUMANIAN RETIREMENT

EXPLAINED.

BUCHAREST, November 18th.

A semi-official statement says that the retirement south of Turgujin is capecially. due to the superiority of the enemy artillery.

BULGARIAN REPORT.

LONDON, November 19th.

A Bulgarian official message says the Allies renewed their attack on the Cerna loop, but failed.

Italian Front.

LATEST CABLES, {THROUGH BRUTHE'S+AGENOL.] STUBBORN FIGHTING, ENEMY EFFORTS REPULSED.

ROME, November 19th.

An Italian official communiqué atates: A counter-attack drove off the enemy at Sano, and we decisively ropulsed the Enemy on the Palpiccolo front, where A Serbian communiqué states: The there was stubborn' hand-to-hand fight Berbiens gafood fresh victories yesterday ing. We wiped out small detachments in the Cerna region, the enemy retreating who penetrated our lines on the Chapot in disorder towards Prilep. The Ser summit. bians also captured the villages of Grunista, Braik, Garatok and Hill 1,378, along with numerous prisoners and booty. They continue in pursuit,

Great conflagrations were observed at

days, owing to the overwhelming Monastir, and violent explosions were pressure of the transport of provisions beard. The Allies to day entered Monas and war material."

FRENCH AVIATOR'S FEAT.

DROPS BOMBS ON ESSEN

PARIS, November 18th.

The long-distance air specialist, Cap tain Beauchamps, lately bombed Essen.

BRITISH CAPTURES.

LONDON, November 19th. General Sir Douglas Haig reports

The situation is

unchanged.

We took prisoner on Saturday, on the

Anche, 772 of the enemy, making a total

of 6,669 sines the 19th inst.

tir

BULGARIAN TREACHERY.

PETROGBAD, November 20th.

A semi-official announcement denying

FRENCH WAR MINISTER AT

THE FRONT, FRANCO-ITALIAN FRATERNITY.

ROMs, November 20th. The French Waz Minister and General Roques have gone to the Italian front. Previous to leaving for the front they were entertained to luncheon, at which the Premier and other Ministers made

glowing speeches regarding the Franco- They

the Bulgarian falsehood that the Russians and Roumanians massacred the Bulgarian

Italian fraternity of arms inhabitants of Dobrudja, says that Russia also expressed confidence in a victory for would not demean herself by taking the Allies. revenge on a defenceless population. It was an act of black treachery on the part of the garian Government towards invariable protector. Hussia fruly

resolved to punish the erous. Bulgarian Statesmen, and to

Balgar

THE

SAELIER CABLER. **BRUSSELS” A FLYING

BASE.

LONDON, November 18th. The liner Brussels (the late Capt.

bag. The remainder have arrived in Hol- land. The steamer's mails have been sent to Berlin..

THE “DEUTSCHLAND,”

SECRECY REGARDING HER

CONDITIONS

stocks are released AUSTRIA-HUNGARY'S REGENT

AMSTERDAM, November 18th. The Vossische Zeitung states that, on December 2nd, the anniversary of Kaiser Franz Josef's accession, a proclamation

Strict secrecy is maintained as to the will be issued appointing the Archduke Deutschland's condition.

Carl Franz Josef, Begent of Austria Hungary

The sole survivor of the tug is the cap- tain of the interned German steamer Neckar.

GERMAN EMBASSY FRANTIC,

HEAVY SNOW FALLS.

LONDON," November 19th.

methods of study and of medical eduva tion. The man who alone sees the begin- must become an investigator. He and the ning of discase, the general practitioner school docter hold our lives in their hands. If only the public would wake up to this fact we should have an end of our present deplorable medical system and the foundation of a great national medi cal service embracing and corelating the care of mother and child, the prevention- of disease and the recognition and treat sible momen ment of disease at the very earlist pos-

WAR NEWS.

U-BOATS:

Snow is general. There are three NORWEGIAN MEASURES AGAINST foot drifts in Wales; while trains in Germany are snowbound There has been a heavy snowfall in Florence, and snow is hindering the operations in the Bal

WARRINGTON, November 18th, The German Embassy is frantic at the delay in the departure of the Deutsch- land, declaring that the official mail and most important cargo are urgently need-kaps ed in Germany. General,

EARLIER CABLES. (THROUGH KEUTER'S ADENCY.]

GERMAN BRUTALITY. HEARTRENDING

DEPORTATION

SCENES.

LONDON, November 10th,

AMERICAN LOAN FOR CHINA

WASHINGTON, November 20th.

It is announcer! that the Continental Commercial Bank of Chicago has con- eluded a loan of a million sterling for Chin

Mr. Lansing intimates that the State Department will support such enter prises.

APPOINTMENT FOR VISCOUNT

ERRINGTON

have been prohibited from entering Nor- Submarine warships of belligerents

it is necessary for the purpose of saving wegian territorial waters, except when human life owing to stress of weather. If the prohibition is disregarded the submarine se transgressing risks being attacked.

Other submarines are allowed to enter their national colours and are not by daylight provided they are flying merged, but they must accept the risk of being damaged by mistake. This per mission applies also to mercantile submarines.

GERMANY'S GOLDEN

ARMOURY

The semi-official North German Gazelte publiabos a full-page appeal in large typo signed by, among others, the Im perial Chancellor and the President of the Imperial Bank on behalf of the committee which has been formed under the patronage of the Crown Princess for the collection of gold ornaments to be

melted into coin. The appeal sagar-

LONDON, November 18th. The Gazette announces that Viscount Errington has been appointed Equerry in Ordinary and Assistant Private SecreThe sacrifice demanded of you is tary to H. M. the King. WAREHOUSE FIRE IN LONDON.

A Chicago News correspondent, in an interview with an American business man describes the heartzonding deporta tion scenes in Belgium. The American Relief Commission has given 100,000 Bel- gians protection certificates, but this is 6 small part of the total subject to im pressment. The gentleman interviewed saw a long train of vattle trucks, full of deportees. Many resisted, only to feel German bayonets, and women fought

LONDON, November 20th.

desperately for their mea folk When house in St. Paul's Church-yard wa

Messra Stafford Northwote's huge ware the train was departing, a huge crowd of gutted last evening. Searchlights played women sad children ran in front of the on the flames, assisting the frenon, who

were hampered by the darkness. scene thinking the glare meant that

Thousands of people motored to the Zeppelin had been brought down.

locomotive and threw themselves on the rails and clung there, until soldiers prised them loose with their bayonets.

Tregonnen from the occupied Pro vinces are now forced to work in Bel gium to replace is deported Belgians. NEUTRALS AND POLAND.

central coun

BOL, November 18th It is stated that the Tetican and all hawa decided not ine the ge Polish kingdom.

hold Bulgariz as the sovereign unit Fryatt's boat), is now at Zeebrugge being the responsible for the unpr

fed ezima

used as a fine base.

Gascoyne

light compared with the sacrifices of blood which our heroes as the front con superfinous gold ornaments and objects tinue to make, Out, therefore with all from trunk and cupboard! Help the Imperial Bank to fill with golden wea pons the armoury of German economie formers

THE PART A FOOTBALL PLAYED AT THIEPVAL

sons of the taking of Thiepval given by The Journal (Paris) records the impres a wounded Australian who with five comrades advanced in an attempt to silence German machine gun which was bothering them

The Boy, Lord William Co the recently appointed Bishop Getting near the enemy blockhouse we of Exeter,

twice visited the threw all the bomba we had, and the pablished the reenenly were certainly on the point of observations on religions surrendering when our misiunition gavs and educational work in Chins under out Already the Germans were showing the title "Changing China." Lord Wil their nose over, the redoubt. One of my lism's interest in missionary work in beg survining couracies Express He is devoted to the scheme for from nor trench China is well known as the L and C. football win a Christian University in China. Of it. The bis several sons who have fought in the bus s was the youngest was killed last year. then mak

Rugby

before ap