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THE

WAR.

The following Cables were received on Saturday night and used in our Early Morning Fatra yesterday.

Franco-Belgian Front.

LATEST CABLES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.] BRILLIANT FRENCH SUCCESS. THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS CAPTURED,

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY. DECEMBER 18TH, 1916.

ADVANCE IN ROUMANIA

LONDON, December 16th.

A German evening official message says: “Our Dobrudja army is pursuing the enemy who, as a result of our rapid advance in Great Wallachia, evacuated their positions last evening.

BÚLGARIAN AUCCESS.

LONDON, December 16th A Bulgarian communiqué announces that Petesti has been occupied.

FAREIER CABLES.

BULGARIAN PROGRESS.

PARIS, Deocrober 16th. A communiqué says:-After several days of artillery preparation, we attacked the enemy, in the morning, north of Doua- inout, between the Mouse and Woevre, on The front exceeding ten kilometres. enemy front was everywhere pierced to

LONDON, December 18th. a depth of three kilometres. We cap-

A Bulgarian communiqué states:-Our tured, besides numerous trenches, the villages of Vacherauville and Louvemont advanced detachments have reached the and the farms Chamrettes, Works Har-Bukharest-Potesti Railway.

Russian warships bombarded Baltchik, daumont and Besonvaux. We have not counted all the prisoners but 7,500, in- cluding 200 officers, have already passed the collecting stations. We took or de stroyed numerous guns, including heavy field pieces and trench guns, besides a great quantity of material

Notwithstanding the unfavourable weather the Air Service brilliantly parti-

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ALLIES FIRE DISPERSES ENEMY COLUMN.

LONDON, December 18th.

cipated in the succes, which was complete.irtermittent artillery firing on the whole

The troops are displaying the greatest enthusiasm. The losses were slight.

THE GERMAN ADMISSION,

LONDON, December 16th.

A German evening official message states

A French communiqué says:-There is the Macedonian front, especially in the Doiran region.

Our fire dispersed an enemy column north of Monastir.

Allied airmen are most active.

THE DUMA'S "RESOLVE.

WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH

ANY NEGOTIATIONS.

PETROGRAD, December 15th, The Duma has unanimously resolved against entering into any peace negotia tions whatever at present.

THE ONLY CHANCE FOR REAL PEACE.

WHEN GERMANY HAS BEEN BEATEN

The

PETROGRAD, December 15th.. Duma's anti-pence resolution states the belief that the proposals are a new proof that the enemy are weakening. Germany's action is réga. ded as hypocri tical. Not counting success likely tho enemy are endeavouring to shift the res ponsibility of the war on to others. The resolution expresses the conviction that a premature pesco would not only be short but would raise up the danger of a new and bloody war. Real peace i anly possible after the military power of the enemy has been decisively broken down and after Germany's definite re- nuniciation of the aspirations rendering her blameable for the present struggle:

THE INNER MEANING OF THE PROPOSAL.

that strong French attacks east of the | RUSSO-ROUMANIANS FALLING followed & speech delivered by the

Meuse since the forenoon have gained advantages in the direction of Louvement. and Hardeurmont. Fighting continues.

NEW FRENCH OFFENSIVE, HAILED AS BEST REPLY TO PEACE PROPOSALS.

BACK.

LONDON, December 18th.

A Russian wireless official message states: Our artillery stopped an at- tempted advance to the south of Kiselin, and hold up an offensive from Grabkovas to both sides of the Tarnapol-Zolotcbev railway.

LONDON, December 18th.

The Russo-Boumanians are falling back The success of the great new French offensive at Verdun is hailed with enthuto Buzeu under pressure. In consequenco siaam as the best reply to the German of this retirement, the troops occupying peace proposals. It is General Nivelle's the River Jalomitea are retiring,

Arst blow since he was appointed genera- lisaimo aud surpasses his surprise victory at Verdun on October 24th when he re-

BUZEU CAPTURED.

LONDON, December 15th. A German official announcement

took Fort Dous.anont. The Freach line stalee: We have captured Busou. now everywhere reaches the German line

of February 28th after the first German.

NO SURPRISE TO THE ALLIES. PETROGRAD, December 16th. The resolution passed by the Duma fol- Foroiga Minister who said that Ger many's peace offering had not surprised the Allies. More than occe during the war Germany had put out feelers for ai separate pence and now, recognising her powerlessness to break the unshakeable alliance, she officially proposed peace negotiations. The real meaning of the proposal was to attempt to profit at the last moment from fleeting territorial enn quests before Germany's domestic weak- ress was revealed. Bussia indignantly repudiated the mere idea of suspending the struggle against an enemy who forocs were shaken but not broken, an enemy who was seeking a breathing space by a deceitful offer. In inflexible deci sion Russia was in complete agreement with the Allies, No subterfuge would prevent the carrying on of the war until

success. It reaches further at wovorat S E A PLANES CAUS B the enemy was crashed.

points towards the original line of February 20th when the great baitle began.

The important British successes on the Tigria are also heartening. Railways have been laid down and river transport accumulated since the Fall of Kut and it is hoped that General Maude will be able to advance with more adequate corn- munications than his predecessors. GERMAN TRENCHES RAIDED. ENEMY ATTACK REPULSED WITH

SEVERE LOSS.

EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.

LONDON, December 15th. The Admiralty announces that soa planes, on December 14th, heavily bombed the Kuleli-Burgas Bridge, to the south of Adrianople, doing extensive careage.

ULTIMATUM TO GREECE.

ATHENS, December 14th,

A twenty-four hours' ultimatum was handed in at three o'clock on December 14th. It demands the withdrawal of the entire force from Thessaly, the transfer of a specified proportion of the force to Peloponesus, with arms and ammunition, Demands for reparation in connection with the events of December 1 and 2 will follow.

RECEPTION OF THE NEWS AT THE FRONT, GERMANS CHALK PROPOSALS ON BOARDS

ut

Losnoy, December Kätli Describing the manner in which Dr. TUD Bethmann-Hollweg's statement was received at the Front Reuter's cor

Headquarters stafes respondent that,

many cases, the earliest utimation to the Art line trenches came from the German aide where boards chalked on quoting the Esiser's grandiloquent Army Order. The messages were received with scepticism and sargsam, Later they

were

messageE LONDON, December 16th. Sir Douglas Haig reports: The enemy attnak on "Les Boeufs was crushed.

We raided trenches to the south of

Armentieres aud to the cast of Vierstraat. General.

A powerful enemy raiding party en- deavoured to enter our line to the south of St. Eloi. The few reaching the trenches were immediately ejected. The enemy's losses were seren.

EARLIER CABLES.

FRENCH ATTACKS REPULSED.

THE GERMAN VERSION.

LONDON, December 15th. A German official

announcement states:We repulsed a triple attack to

LATEST UABLES. {THROUGH REUTER'S ADRKOT.) FIGHTING IN MESOPOTAMIA BRITISH RESUME THE OFFENSIVE.

LONDON, December 15th. An official message from Mesopotan:is states that we assumed the offensive a the 18th and 14th inst., effectively bou

Wo barding positions at Bannaitat.

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GOVERNMENT WHIPS.

LONDON, December 14th. The Hon. Neil Primrose has been ap- pointed joint Chief Whip of the now Government with Lord Edmund Talbot,

GERMANY'S RECORD IN

BELGIUM,

BRITISH REJOINDER TO GER- MANY'S STATEMENT,

THE GERMAN ARMIES. HOW THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED. PARIS, December 15th.

An official message says liat on Decem- ber 1st enemy forces were distributed as follows OR the various fronts123 Divisions on the Western, 108 on the Russian, 20 on the Roumanian, 12 on the Macedonian, and 33 on the Italian and Albanian fronts.

HOLLAND'S ATTITUDE. DANGER OF BEING DRAGGED INTO WAR.

LONDON, December 15th. The British rejoinder to the German

THE HAGUE, December 15th reply on December 12th, regarding the Replying to the Budget Report for 1917, Belgian deportations, recalls that Ger the Minister of State said that Holland's Beuter's correspondent, zammarising

many rejected the scheme of the American munition supply was daily increasing. the views of the officers and men, says Helief Commission to import raw mater- The Government was still of opinion there was a danger of Holland being dragged that not one was confident that the pro-ils for Belgium and to export manufac- posals would lead to peace. The speech tured articles for the purpose of keeping into the war; therefore it was unavoid was interpreted as an admission that the industry going. Also it is pointed out able tast suficient military forces should Germans wish for peace badly but on im Germany recently refused to allow the be' as her immediate disposal. possible terms. The troops believe that export of goods madulactured from home the terrible hammering the enemy bave materials, as instance glass, unless paid reveived, and are about to reosive, on the with cash to which the Allies were unable Somme is the governing factor in the to consent owing to the monstrous mone- proposals,

tary lovies imposed upon the Belgians. Furthermore the Germans stopped all local relief works in Luxemburg, idleness being thus created by the Germans for

The correspondent declares that there would be the most profound indignation if an order to cease hostilities was given

UTTER CONTEMPT FOR DANGER,

LIEUT.-COLONEL AWARDED THE

V.C.

LONDON, December 16th The Victoria Cross has been awarded to

the south-east of Malancourt, while, after secured the left bank of the Hai river on any other conditions than those which the purpose of exeusing the cruel severity Lieut.-Col. Bernard Froeberg, of the a strong preparatory fira, extending far between Atab and Baarugiyeh, srossed to would be tantamount to the German ad of the deportations by which German West Surrey Regt., who, by his brilliant

and near the French attacked in waves at Cote de Poivre, but failed.

The Balkans.

LATEST CABLES, {THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.] THE DEMANDS UPON GREECE. FULL REPARATION FOR

UNPROVOKED ATTACKS.

the right bank and penetrated to a depth of one and a half miles. The cavalry cleared the Turks from their trenches at Kalahaji Fahan жаг Kut-al-Amara. Our casualties were slight

GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED

IN EAST AFRICA.

LONDON, December 15th,

mission of coming defeat.

AMERICA EXPRESSES NO OPINION.

were released for military service.

The German reply to the American Note regarding the deportations of Belgians made the uinal effort to lay the blame on the British blockade which was stated to

PEACE PROPOSALS TO BE SIMPLY be bringing factories to a standstill, etc.

HANDED ON.

WASHINGTON, December 16th.

The Cabinet spent three hours consider An official message states that in Easting Germany's pesce overtures. It is Africa, since the 5th inst., a considerable oficially announced that the proposal German force has repeatedly attacked the will be transmitted to the Entente troops holding Port Kibata, to the south Powers unaccompanied by any expression of Rufiji Dolla The attacks were roof opinion by the United States Govern pulsed. There are heavy rain in all ment

THE CHANGES IN THE FRENCH COMMAND.

VISCOUNT GREY'S MESSAGE TO THE TSAR.

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE AND GOODWILL

PIRZUS, December 15th. The Allied ultimatum pointed out that events conclusively proved that neither the King nor the Government had suffi-zones. cient control of the army to prevent it becoming a menace to peace and to the security of the Allied armies in Mace donia. Therefore the Allies were obligad, to demand the carrying out of the move-

LONDON, December 14th. ments of troops and material indicated The Fimes Military Correspondent FB in an earlier message. Furthermore the that General Jofre's new position is ap ultimatam stated that similar movements ||parently similar to that of Sir William

PETROGRAD, December 15th. northward mast be stopped. Non-Robertson's in England and that Admiral: Viscount Grey, thanking the Tear for compliance with the demands would be Gauchet is the leading Gunnery specialist his kind wishes on his retirement, resipro- regarded as a hostile act.

in the French Navy.

eates the hope for the continuous develop Admiral Gauchet is the officer who has ment of friendly relations between the replaced Admiral De Fournet in com-two countries. Viscount Grey, acknow mand of the Allied Naval forces in Greek ledging a similar message from the Foreign Minister trusts that Russia's and Britain's sacrifices in the way will perpetuate mutual confidence and good- will.

The ultimatum anaounced that Minia ters had been instructed to leave Greece unless the communication was fully

accepted in twenty-four hours.

The blockade" would be maintained pending a full reparation of the recent unprovoked acts by the Greek forces and until sufficient guarantees for the inture were given.

GREEK GOVERNMENT

ACCEPTS.

ROME, December 16th.

The Greek Government has acepted the ultimatum in its entirety.

SERBIANS FIERCELY

ENGAGED.

LONDON, December 15th. A Serbian official message states that there is fierce fighting north of Budimiroi.

waters.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE.

LONDON, December 15th. Mr. Lloyd Gorge is improving.

AN APPEAL TO EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS ALIKE.

WAR ORGANISATION IN FRANCE.

PARIS, December 16th.

The Chambers, after an excited debate, Mr. John Hodge, Minister of Labour, by a majority of 303 to 187, referred the 'in a letter to the Trades Unions, earnest National Defence Bill to a special com

ly and confidently appeals to the work-mittee.

nien's leaders, equally with the employers, The Bill authorises the Government, to to consult him before any industrial crisis take, by decree, measures necessary for is reached.

He points out that it is almost impos sible for the Ministry to investigate or conciliate successfully once à cessation of work has occurred...

inational defence, especially regarding agriculture, the industrial output re cruiting labour and the sale and distri- bution of commodities,

v (Continued at foot of next Column.),

THE MASSACRE OF THE ARMENIANS.

APPROVED BY GERMANY.

LONDON, December 14th. A Blue-book has been published today, showing that, out of 1,800,000 Armeniaus in Turkey at the begining of 1915, 600,000 have been massacred systematically and deliberately by the orders of the Young Turks with the approval of Germany.

NEW MAIL STEAMER FOR P. & 0.

LONDON, December 14th. At the meeting of the F. and O. Com- pany Lord Inchcape announced that a large high-powered mail steamer had been ordered.

SLINGSBY LEGITIMACY CASE.

LONDON, December 14th. The Lords have refused an appeal in the Slingsby legitimacy case,

BARLIER CABLES.

UNITY OF THE ALLIES. STRENGTHENING FRIENDSHIPS AND UNFLINCHING EFFORTS.

LONDON, December 15th. Mr. Lloyd George has exchanged mes- sages with M. Trepoff, Signor Boselli and M. de Brocqueville containing, mutual assurances of strengthening friendships and unfliching efforts to secure victory of common ideals and adherence to the pledges given to Belgium.

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leadership and utter contempt for danger, carried enemy front trenches, rallied and re-formed his men, and successfully at tacked a second objective, taking many prisoners. He again rallied his men, and held a vary advanced position, unsupport- ed and under heavy fire, for the remain- der of the day and all night. When ho was re-inforced in the morning he ar- ganised and personally led an attack on & strongly-fortified village, which he cap- tured, taking five hundred prisoners. He - was four times woanded, but refused to. leave the line till he had issued final in- stuctions and had enabled the most ad- vanced objective on which the line was eventually to be formed-to be held.

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LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGERUX.)

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BIX VESSELS SUNK.

LONDON, December 16th.. The sinkings reported include the Bretwalda, British; Salamis, Greek; Fidar Kaupanger, Norwegian; Zeca, and the Polander, & Swedish schooner. Portuguese; Solon, a Danish echooner,

THE POONA" DAMAGED.

LONDON, December 14th. The Poona, on its way to India, was badly damaged by an enemy mine or torpedo on the 6th iust., off Beachy Head. There were no passengers and no fatali tios. The vessel is being repaired.

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