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THE WAR.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 1916,

ALLIES AND GREEKS IN CONFLICT:

FEARED HEAVY CASUALTIES ON BOTH SIDES.

RUSSIANS TO THE RESCUE OF BUKHAREST.

BRITISH POLITICAL CRISIS:

General.

SENSATIONAL RUMOURS.

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LONDON, December 3rd.

The Political Crisis continues the sonen- tion of the hour, and has been accentuat. od by Mr. Asquith and General Sir William Robertson's audience by the King The event g newspapers there. upon predicted, the resignation of Mr. Asquith, but recognised that he would" consult the King on any important

Government changes.

UNPRECEDENTED PRESS ATTACKS.

on

the

NEW

V.C. FLYING MAJOR MISSING

LORDON, December 4th. Major Hawker, V.C., of the Royal Fly- ing Corps, is reported miming.

GERMANS DISAPPOINTED.

AMSTERDAM, December ath. The Germans are disappointed at the absence of details of the alleged colossal booty captured in Houmania.

MEXICAN

MOVEMENTS.

STREETS COVERED WITH DEAD,

JUARAZE, December 4th. The remnants of Carranz's army have arrived from Chihuahua, and state that OF when they evacuated the town the streets

wore covered with dead after four days"- fighting against the Villaites. Franco-helgian Front.

MASTER-GENERAL

ORDNANCE.

LONDON, December 2nd.. It is officially announced that Major General Furss succeeds Major-General Von Fur

Donop 48 Master General of Ordnance on Monday.

SOUTH WALES MINERS. ADVANCE OF WAGES GRANTED.

LONDON, December 2nd.. The Government have granted the South Wales Miners claim of 15 per cent. ad

vance in wages.

AN AMERICAN PEACE KITE. REPUDIATION BY PEACE LEAGUE,

WASHINGTON, December 3rd.

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BRITISH REPULSE RAIDS.

IN THE SOUCHEZ AREA.

LONDON, December 2nd. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a com

muniqué, states--Two small raids, at tempted after heavy trench mortar attack, were repulsed, in the Souchez area.

ENTRY AND EJECTION,

LONDON, December 3rd. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a com

THE GREEK CRISIS,

A TURBULENT TIME IN ATHENS,

ATHENE, December 2nd.

On the 1st instant exciting mocnes: occurred in Athens before the announce ment of the mant of the King's surrender. Greek troops attempted to prevent the Allies passing certain points, and there were collisions. Rife fring ensued and con tinued all afternoon. There was also a lively fusillade between the Royalists and Venezelists. Guns hooned at intervals and it was said the French were bombard ing the hill behind the palace, Great paaie prevailed.

ALLIED WARSHIPS ENGAGED.

Arass, December 2nd. The Special Correspondent of the Dasty News in Athens says:- Allied warships were engage in yesterday's fighting shelling the hills. It is feared that the casualties on both sides are heavy.

RUSSIAN SUCCESSES.

NEAR BUKHAREST AND IN DOBRUDJA

LONDON, December 2nd.

A Russian communique stater:--South

of Bukharest enemy attacks were ropelled. The enemy was driven from Comana and Gostinari, captured yesterday.

In Dobrudja we gained possession of the western part of Cernavoda bridge.

SERBIANS SIT TIGHT.

THE NATIONAL MISSION.

OPENING MEETINGS »

Saturday and yesterday, opening moetings having been held on

on

SHIPPING NOTES,

VOYAGES OF CHINESE

·

PASSENGER SHIPS,

The National Mission of Repentance The Gazette contains a Proclamation and Hope in Hongkong, for which pre-by H.E. the Officer Administering the considerable time, is now under way, the be the duration of the voyages of Chinese parations have been in progress for Government declaring that all proclama- tions declaring that should be deemed to

passenger ships are now revoked and that the voyage of any ship: from Hong- kong or from any port in China or with- in 100 miles of the coast thereof to any port in any of the following places shall be deemed to be a short voyage of more than seven days' duration but not exceed- ing 30 days duration Australia, Bis- Caroline Islands, Leylon, Ellice Islands, marck Archipelago, Borneo, Burma, Federated Malay States, Gilbert Islands, Marianne Islands Marshall Islande, Guam, India, Labuan, Loyalty Islands, Netherland Enst ladies, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hebrides, Ocean Island, Pelew Island, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands, Straits Settle- ments, Timer

At a service in St. John's Cathedral Saturday night, Bishop Norris preached to a fairly large congregation, and the Bishop of Victoria took part in the devotional exercises., Last evening at the ordinary evening service in the Cathedral Bishop Norris again preached, and the Bishop of Victoria conducted in the service.

UNITED MEETING IN CITY HALL. Last night at nine o'clock a united meeting was held in the City Hall, which was well-filled.

Maconachie presided, and, in the course The Rev. J. Kirk

of some opening remarks, referred to the broadening of the basis of the Mission so as to admit other Protestant denomina tions not connected with the Anglican community. He assured Bishop Norris that the other bodies referred to were glad of the opportunity, but, had it not been given, the Mission would still have had their prayers and best wishes for its SUCCESS,

The League to Enforce Peace bas through Mr-Tait, its president, repudiatique, says: After intermittent shell- BULGARIAN ATTACKS REFULSED wealth, extravagance, and luxury, in. ed the speech of Jacob Schiff at its dinnering on the Ancre a small enemy party

The present press attacks Government have reached a height un- precedented sincs the beginning of the war. Even a journal distinguished for on the 24th November, urging the League ite moderation has been recently critical to take immediate steps to terminate the and dissatisfied with the Government's War Mr. Taft says Schiff spoke only alleged dilatoriness, chiefly on the food for himself and states that the League and man-power questions, and the alleged is not a stop-the-war movement, but aims weakness of the Foreign Office and the at a post-war League of Nations, munngement of the Navy. There is a MORE PEACE CONFERENCE. widespread if less vocal sentiment that the critics fail to credit the Administra tion with its great achievements in the military and Snancial fields in the two Tears of war,

MR. HONAR LAW AS STOP-GAP PREMIER

The chief sensation yesterday was the prophecy of the Manchester Guardian

ROTTERDAM, December 4th. Certain German personalities have arrived in Holland for the purpose of conferring with pacifist propagandists. SANTO DOMINGO. MILITARY RULE ESTABLISHED.

NEW YORK, December 3rd. The American Government has appoint

entered our trenches north of Le Bars and

were immediately ejected.

There has been considerable reciprocal, french mortar attacks at Ypres, Armen tiers, and Hohenzollern.

FRENCH FRONT.

A CALM NIGHT,

LONDON, December 2nd.

A French official report states:-It was a calm night on the west front. We carried out minor hombings.

GENERAL ARTILLERY FIRE.

PARIS, December ärdi

A communiqué says:We are engaged in artillery, fire on the whole of our front

LONDON, December 2nd. A Fronch official report states that the Serbians repulsed Bulgarian attacks north of Grunists.

BOUMANIAN REPORT.

RETIREMENT IN DAMOVITZA VALLEY

LONDON, December 3rd.

A Roumanian communiqué says:-In the Damovitza Valley we retired south- wards. Our troops, violently attacked in the Pitesti region, retired slowly..

ADVANCE IN DOBRUDJA.. We fiercely attacked onemy positions in Dobrodja and passed the entanglements at some points.

The Proclamation also provides that the voyage of any ship from Hongkong or from any port in China or within 100 miles of the coast thereof to any part in deemed to be a long voyage of more than Any of the following places shall be

(North and South), Arabia, Europe, w 30 days duration: Africa, America Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, Now Pacific not otherwise specified herein pro Zealand, Pacific Ocean (all islands in the

vided that the length of the voyage ex- coeds 4,500 miles), Persian Gulfports in countries bordering on) Reunion, Sandwich Islands, Seychelles, West Indies.

CELESTIAL SHELLS,

Bishop Norris, delivered an earnest Zeppelin bombs cannot be compared in" address founded on the words of the 8th their crushing effects with some of the verse of the 5th chapter of Amos" Seek barding the earth.

celestial shells that are perpetually bom- German jealousy yo the Lord, and ye shall live." He might well be stirred by the crater known made reference to the poverty, misery as the Devil's Canyon, in Arizon. Three- and degradation to be found in all the 400ft below the level of the plain and quarters of a mile in diameter, the floor

big cities in England, side by side with 600ft. beneath the rim of the crater. This supposed extinct volcano puzzled the scientists until evidences became conclu- stancing Birmingham, Liverpool, Mansive that the big hole had been punched chester and London. In the last-men-out by a colossal meteorite. It was the toned city the well-to-do men and women discovery of microscopic diamonds in the nickel-iron surrounding the canyon that were to be found discussing peace as the gave the clue to the real origin of the only thing to be waited for. To these hole people the war was a great nuisance, be earth to the number of milaons a day, These meteorio bombs descend upon the cause one had to be careful about what and but for the comfortable arrangement one spent and where one went, If only thatgives us we should probably have some peace would come again! They had such Count Zeppelin seem mere child's play disasters that would make the work of

a good time before the war and theyor, rather, the play of a very little wanted to have it again. And yet a devil. The weight of the material left. little more than a stone's throw from oulated at some two hundred tons. Small | after a day's bombardment has been cal-

these people in the East End stume and stones or dust most of them are before across the river people in thousands were they strike the earth, but we have a re- wallowing in misery and wretchedness in cord of one that fell in Alsace weighing & perpetual struggle for bare existence. 270 pounds, one in Provence which If the only motive impelling the hope weighed 10, and another in California for peace was a desire for the return of which weighed 12. Pliny professes to the pleasures and luxuries that were have heard of one that was be by no means a blessing. enjoyed before the war, then peace would a wagon."

NATIONAL PUNISHMENT FOR NATIONAL SIN.

that Mr. Bonar Law would be a kind of ed a Governor to San Domingo and except on the right bank of the Mease, GERMAN SUBMARINE DRIVEN bot-woon his time and ours. It stared us in

stop gap Prem'er, paring the way for Mr. Lloyd George.

PERIODICAL PATCH OF BAD

WEATHER

established military rule there in conse- quence of the republic's refusal, to per mit payment of public debt and other obligations.

OUTRAGES IN POLAND,

INDIGNANT PROTEST BY AMERICAN POLES.

The Westminster Gazette, which sums up the situation as “The Government encountering one of its periodical patches of bad weather, declares that none of the prevalent rumours corresponds with the facts, and says the House of Commons

LONDON, December 3rd. Mr. Asquith, replying to an indignant is undoubtedly restive, but it is untrue to suggest that the majority of the Mem protest by American Poles against Austro- bers desire a change of Government. It German outrages in Poland, declared continues: Mr. Asquith has a unique that the Government and the public of hold on the Commons, and Members still the Empire fully sympathise with the expect a statement by Mr. Asquith on

opinion expressed on the plight of the the 6th December which will clear up thes

Foles and this fresh violation by the situation.”: MR. LLOYD GEORGE ON THE WAR Central Powers of the law and usages

LATER.

There is every indication of a Lloyd George-Carson combination in favour of more vigorous prosecution of the war.

CABINET RECONSTRUCTION. BUMOURS PLENTIFUL.

of modern warfare.

where the enemy has furiously bombarded the Vaux region. The Balkans,

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OFF.

ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE STRAITS.

ATHENS, December 4th. Tho batteries at Samos fired on a Ger-

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RUSSIANS TO THE RESCUE, mah submarine attempting to enter the Straits The submarine disappeared as British destroyers, came up. ROYAL ORDER TO RESIST.

LONDON, December 4th.

The Daily Telegraph's Ather's cOFTEN-

GAIN FOOTING IN KIRLEDABA.

PETROGRAD, December 2nd. Private advices state that the Russians after fighting their way across interven ing heights, have gained fooling in Kirledaba where fighting is protecting

The Germans occupy a number of the firing from the roofs and windows. houses and are resisting desparately,

The Germans have concentrated a largo THE

number of reserves at the west of the town

GERMAN COMPULSION BILL. and are beginning a counter attack.

CONCESSION TO OPPOSITION,

PATH

Reynold's Newspaper states that Mr. Lloyd George, dissatisfied with the dila- toriness of the War Council in prosecut-

AMSTERDAM, December 4th. ing the war, has tendered his resignation Despatches from Berlin state that the because Mr. Asquith declines to diminish Government, owing to the strength of the the War Council. Mr. Bouar Law and opposition, have been obliged to consider- Lord Derby will probably follow Mr.ably revise the Compulsion Bill and con- Lloyd George's example, Mr. Lloyd

cede its control by a Reichstag Committee, George intends, starting & campaign in

Eight Socialist meetings to protest the country.

against the Bill have been prohibited. FRANCIS JOSEPH'S FUNERAL. "GREAT POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE.”

AMSTERDAM, December 4th. The funeral of the late Emperor Fran- ois Joseph was carried through with great pomp, and was attended by representa tives of the Allied and Neutral States. Members of the Austro-Hungarian Parliament and detachments of the Field Army were also present. Hundreds of thousands watched the procession from the Hofburg Chapel to St. Stephen's Cathedral, where the coffin was blessed and then placed in the Mausoleum in the Cafuchin Church, between those of the Empress Elizabeth and the Crown Prince

LONDON, December 2nd. The papers are full of rumours of Cabinet reconstruction. It is declared that at least the War Council will be reduced or reconstituted, Sir Edward Carson probably joining it.

A ROYAL AUDIENCE, TO MR. ASQUITH AND GENERAL

ROBERTSON

LONDON, December 3nd. The Court Circular announces that the King has received in audience Mr. Asquith and General Sir William

Robertson.

Rudolf.

NAVAL AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY.

GREAT DAMAGE EFFECTED.

LONDON, December 2nd.

pondent says that the King has ordered his troops to resist if the Allies occupy buildings in the possession of Greek

troops.

ROUMANIAN

STOCK.

WHEAT

BULK EXPECTED TO BE

DESTROYED.

Row, December 8th. The International Institute of Agricul ture estimates that the Roumanian wheat The Admiralty reports, that on the 29th | stock, amounts to 198,000,000 bushela.

November & squadron of naval sero It is believed that the Roumanians will planes attacked and effected great damage destroy what they are unable to carry of to seaplane base at Gereriz. On the Italian Front. 30th November they carried out z bomb attack on Doksambor, also on a troop train at Porna, ejecting the enginemen.

AUSTRIAN CLAIMS.

ROUMANIAN RESISTANCE

BROKEN.

LONDON, December 2nd. An Austrian communiqué claims that the Austrians have broken the Roumanian resistance south-east of Pitesti and south and east of Campulung, and have also captured many thousands of men, and a

large quantity of guns and war, material. The communiqué also says that the Rus sians continue to exert every effort in Moldavia, and that a battle of the forest description took place cast of Kezd Vasarhely, where the Austrians guised

further succESSEB...

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ITALIANS REPULSE ATTACK.

LONDON, December 2nd. Ad Italian oficial report states:--An enemy attack at Mount Granuds on the 30th November was repulsed,

There was reciprocal actillery firing on the whole front yesterday. AUSTRIANS MASSING TROOPS,

A STRATEGIC MOVE

Upines, Documber 4th.

The Austrians are massing troops in † the Caro with the view to an attack, by which they hope to make it more difficult for the Italians to capture Comin and Porte Dilerro, two strongholds defending passes leading to Triste.

Telegrams recessed on Saturday and on Sunday morning and published as an "Extra" on Sunday, will be found on page 6.]*

He defied them to read these six chap- tera of Amos without seeing the parallel the face, in almost every verse and every line. If Amos were alive to-day he would point the accusing finger at the scene in Belgium, who was suffering now for her sing France, whom they had learned to admire and sympathise with as never before, had stood out as a godless nation 13r many years, and look what she was suffering now. Think of Russia and

Russia's treatment of the Jewe and Poles,

CANTON AND BRITISH WAR CHARITIES.

A further sum of £200 (making 21,410 109, for this year) subscribed by British Residents in Canton has been

itted to London during: October and November as undernoted Lord Kitchener Pu Prisoners-of-War Fund Soldiers and Sailors

Fund

Familica

Kensington War Hospital Bap-

ply Depot

£200

and see what she was suffering now. Let them look across the boundary and remember what Germany and Austria and Bulgaria and Turkey had done; they were mutoring and would suffer still more as a penalty for their sins. Then if they scribers to date: Already acknowledged The following is a list of the Sub- turned to England, what did they find for 1916 $11,133.27 England a nation known and blessed of Bander B.M.; Barton H $10; 244.10.

God with privileges for these many, many years, and because she had beon honoured and privilged above them all him impossible not to see that God was she was being punished. It seemed to

punishing us for our sins.

Batchelor R.K., 310; Beds PG., 20

Bell F. Norton, 300; Beanett B, 320; Bonnas W. 10: Bray BA AHM20 Courey J. E. B. de, $25; Craig Alf Carrie W, 810, Chinese Froude, 350 Crocker J, H., $40, Darch O&W, #60; Dent H.F., 40 Dixon PAY BIU Eager £, $2; Ellis, 310: Foord It. T., $50; Forbes D., $80; Frederictrica EA.C., $12; Gaff Rov. G. 10 Garrard 40; Hogg A.V., 420; Hower Dr AW.. E. E., 40; Harris H.P. Du FLO

20, Hotson A, 920; Jean Bev. P., $10; Joseland F.E, $10 Kanak C.C., 40; Kitching G.C., 30; McAllum CA, 200; McLoughlin A.G, 45, McNeur Geo

HOW WE ARE TAKING QUE PURISHMENT, He thanked God that we were taking that punishment better than might have been expected at one time. He thought that was due to the fact that those to whom God had given most had set such * maguificent example. Those men who hack auswared the call and gone out to suffer, many to die, and those mothers who had sent them out with a cheering F 5 Macrae Rev. D 225 Manuers word, keeping back the tears their hearts 190: Martin A. 10, Millez Al were shedding these had set suck an 240 "Mullin A., & Ogilvy R.CG 810 example that we could not escape punish Peel C.A., #20; Read G.L., 60; Reid ment, They all saw it and know it. He C.H., 10, Reynolds Dr. W.G, 10; did not care what the editor of a filthy Ross CH.J., 16, Ross J., m20. Sandeman rag said he cared not what anyone said H.H., 840; Borimshaw, H.C., $10, Shields about this onsense that was being CH $120 Smit H. Staples, $20; talked about being punished for our Smith Frank, 820 Smith JT, 120; sins.” He know, and be was zure there Smyth E.H... #40; States: W. Gordna, was not a man or woman present who 200; Sutton H., 640; Temple Rev. J.B., would not agree with him, that we were being punishe 1 for our sins.

FIFTEEN NEW VCS.

Tope Rev. 8.G., 300; Turner G.F., 810, Watere V.P. 8301 Watson C.E. 810; White B.J., 150; Wilson A.G., 820 D WHENAWAR BROKE OUT When war broke out things were Rotorley NA, 20, Wood E. "Marshall, right with us. It was not only a shortage

$40; Total-41,690. of munitions and lack of preparation for the war. There was nothing to be sahamed of in that we had no desire for war, Eus when God aalled on us to fight for the right them were those who Among the names of 15 officers and meu hung back, and we had to bring in con- to whom the Victoris Crom, as awarded, scription. It was a shame to us that we last month, occurs that of Private T. &. War was no there were strikes of work three enemy, wipe and captured 102 had to do such » thing. Then after the Jones, Cheshire Regiment, who killed

men and horrid hideous greed on the prisoners single-handed. part of capitalists who were making fortaugs out of the war, and Government bad to atép in and control both strikern

and expitalista Zes, all was not right Institute of Agriculture show that the Blahistice reparved by the International with us and we were being punished for total wheat crop of England and Wales, our sins. Thostale of our punishment Ireland Canada India Enropean was not yet finished. It would go on, Enssia (48 Governmente), Roumanis, and we would bear it the better as we Japan the United States, Spain, Nor- Learned what God would have us do, and way, Holland, Switzerland, Egypt, and that was furnished in His word and Tunis for 1918 was 2,222,370,000 bushels in the words of foe text before them This is only 78 per cent of the total of words calling for repentance and uring the 1915 harvest, and it shows a decrease. them of hope. They must seek the Lord of 7 per cent on the average between and they would ins

1909 and 1913.