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THE WAR.

PRESIDENT

WILSON'S

PRESS AND PULPIT COMMENT.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2710,

NOTE

BRITAIN'S OUTPUT OF MUNITIONS:

EXTRAORDINARY FIGURES.

TWO DESTROYERS SUNK IN COLLISION:

FIFTY-SEVEN LIVES LOST.

MODERATE LIVELINESS ON ALL

FRONTS.

Franco-Belgian Front, The Balkans.

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BRITISH FRONT.

SYSTEMATIC SHELLING,

ON

LONDON, December. 23th. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a com- muniqué, says: We successfully raided trenches to the south-west of Lens and to

the cast of Armentieren, taking som prisoners,

The enemy blew a camouflet to the south of Steloi. The damage done was alight.

We systematically shelled the enemy defences and headquarters north of the Somme, doing much damage,"

TWO LINES OF TRENCHES PENETRATED.

LONDON, December 23th. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a com- musique, says: --We raided trenches in the neighbourhood of Hobuterną, taking prisoners.

We successfully discharged gas to the west of Messine.

The enemy fired a camouflet at Mount

- Sorral, but caused no damage.

We shelled a working party to the north-east of Morval.

Details of the raid to the north of Arras, on the with instant, show that two Tinge of trenches were penetrated in brond daylight on a 400 yards front. All our objectives meno atlained.

GERMAN CLAIM,

LONDON, December 25th.

A German official report claims that the Germans repulsed a British attack at Ypres

FRENCH FRONT.

LIVELY ARTILLERY FIRE.

LONDON, December 25th.

French communiqués on the evening of

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THE MOLDAVIAN

FRONTIER.

CORPSE-COVERED SLOPES.

LONDON, December 25th..

A Russian communique states:-The enemy repeatedly failed to recapture

Moldavian frontier, the slopes of which heights in the Usa Valley, on the

were corpse-covered,

The Roumanians have been pushed back in places in the region of Kasinoriuer and the Uranchea mountains,

All enemy attacks on the left of the

Danube have been repolled except at one height, which was lost. Our left wing has abandoned Isakichea and Tulces in Dobrudja.

GERMAN

CLAIM.

LORDON, December 25th.

A German official report claims that the Germans repulsed a British attack in Macedonia.

VIOLENT

ARTILLERY

STRUGGLE.

PARIS, December 26th,

A communiqué states that a violont artillery struggle is proceeding north of Monastir,

ALLIED

SUCCESS.

MAIN LINE OT TRENCHES RAIDED.

LONDON, December 20th.

A Salonika official message states: ---- We successfully raided a main line of trenches between Lake Dairan and Dolgili. Wo inflicted serious loss and destroyed several gun emplacements.

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GERMAN CLAIM.

DOBRUDIA CLEARED.

Losnos, December 24th.

GREEK CRISIS.

THE NOTE TO THE ENTENTE.

ATHENE, December 24th.

The text of the Note mentioned on December 20th regrets that the continu

TWO BRITISH DESTROYERS

SUNK.

FIFTY-SEVEN LIVES, LOST.

LONDON, December 25th.

1910.

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PEACE PROPOSALS.

PULPIT REFERENCES.

LONDON, December 25th, President Wilson's Nato was referred to in numerous sermons in the Churches of all denominations, especially Non- conformist, the preachers pointing out the perils of a premature peace and the

The Admiralty reports that two dos face of the blockade, and the Entente'stroyers were sunk in a collision in the toleration of the artificial extension of North Sea on the gist instant, in bad the Revolutionary movements in the weather. Six officers and fifty-one men

were lost. Islanda, is disquieting the population, and hampering a rapprochment between the HONOURED BY THE SULTAN, tragic mistake of confusing the objects of

| Entente and Greece. It urges the Entente to soek, with Greece, an improvement in the present situation with a view to a quicker settlement of the questions at issue. It declares that if anarchy spreads in the country, the Government may no longer be able to maintain order.

THE KING OF ROUMANIA.

“ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT OF

VICTORY."

JABBY, December 25th.

The King, in his speech opening Par- liament, said :-"Our army has sustain: ed the struggle according to the glorious traditions of our ancestors, and in a manner justifying our looking forward with absolute confidence. Roumania will

bear the great hardships and sacrifices of the war courageously, absolutely con-

side of whom Roumania is determined to fident of the victory of the Allies, on the

struggle with every energy unto the end ARTILLERY ACTIVITY IN

MACEDONIA.

LONDON, December 24th. A French communiqué aaye: There is moderate artillery activity in Macedonia. The Near East.

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EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN.

BRITISH SUCCESSES AND CAPTURES.

LONDON, December 25th.

IN RECOGNITION OF EMINENT

SERVICES.

Carao, December 26th. The Sultan has conferred the Grand

Cordon of Mohamed Ali on Bir Reginald Wingate in recognition of his eminent services to Egypt, and exye:--" Thanks to you the Egyptian Army has attained its present "paffection, and not only has the Sudan been definitely pacified, but the

ancient fraatiota have been restored by the re-taking of Barfar."

BRITAIN'S MUNITIONS

PRODUCTION.

REMARKABLE FIGURES.

LONDON, December 25th.

A month ago the weekly production of

I

British eighteen pounder ammunition was forty-three times the weekly production in June, 1915, in modium guna and howitzers 66 times, and heavy howitzers 33. The total output in a week in November was 30 per cent, more than the ontire reservo stock at the beginning of the war. The monthly output of guns in November was nearly 40 times the monthly average of the first year of the war, and of heavy guns about 12 times. For every ton of explosive used in September, 1914, over 11,000 tons were need in July, 1916

MR. ASQUITH'S DAUGHTER ENGAGED,

TO AMERICAN DIPLOMAT.

LONDON, December 28th. Elizabeth Asquith has become engaged to the American diplomat, Mr. Gibson, who tried to anye Nurse Cavell

"CALEDONIA." HOW AN M.P. ESCAPED IMPRISON.

the belligerents.

IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

·AUSTRALIAN PREMIER INVITED.

MELBOURNE, December 24th. The Premier, Mr. Hughes, has been invited to attend the Imperial Confer- ence early in the New Year. It is believed that he will accept the invitation. NEW AUSTRIAN MINISTERS.

FOREIGN AND FINANCE.

AMSTERDAM, December 24th. Beuter's correspondens at Amsterdamı BARZIER CABLES.

states that Count Losernin is appointed VIEW OF AUSTRALIA'S PREMIER Austrian Foreign Minister, and Baron

بارا

*

MELBOURNE, December 24th,Burian, Finance Minister. Mr. Hughes, Premior of Australis, STRANDED GERMAN LINER. regards President Wilson's Noto as an.

* FRIEDRICH WILHELM-?: ultimatum rather than as an offort at mediation, in view of Mc Lansing's statement regarding America being on the verge of war..

MORE PRESS OPINIONS.

BEFLOATED.

COPENHINGAN, Desember 24th. Reuter's correspondens at Copenhagen says that the Fridrich Wilhelm was 16- floated on December 19th.

FRANCE'S RESOLVE.

A HISTORICAL PARALLEL.

PARI, December 24th, The Senate his concluded several days sceret aittings by voting its confidence in the Government, in a Resolution which partly repeats the words of the Revolu

LONDON, December 24th. Contrary to anticipation, instead of welcoming it, the German Press generally bitterly attack President Wilson's Note, and repudiates the idea of mediation."

The Catholic and Krupp organs de- clare that the Note is part of a pre-con- certed game on the part of the United States and Great Britain, with the view of business after ponce in favour of Eng- tionary Convention of 1873, | Damely: "France is unable to make peace with the land.

Austrian comment is reserved and enemy occupying her territory. She is obscure. It expresses the belief that the resolved to bring the war to a victorious Note will keep the peace question in the issue." foreground, strengthening the pacifists

The Resolution

further relics. од

in the Entente countries, and compelling the Government's taking (under the con- the latter to discuss the question of a trol of Parliament) the most vigorous reasonable peace.

measures to assure superiority over the enemy and to defend the dignity and prestige of France obrued

COTTON SPINNERS' WAGES,

ANOTHER DEMAND FOR ADVANCE.

LONDOF, December 24th.

The Manchester Guardian believes that the Note, if wisely answered, will only help the Allies' cause. It says that it seems to be forgotten in this country that the Note is addressed to all belliger-

ents, and that President Wilson, in the passage ruggesting that both sides are

"A meeting of the representatives of fighting with the same objects, said that fifty thousand operative cotton spinners this is what the belligerents tell their of Manchester, held yesterday, unani- own countrymen” This might be regard. Imously, decided to apply for a twenty-

per cent, advance in wages,

#arckam, The Guardian warns the Allies

An official message from Egypt states: Our mounted troops captured an enemy stronghold at Maghdabah, capturingTHE SINKING OF THE Md by Germans of any humour as severe 1,130 prisoners, two guns and a large- quantity of booty. The enemy's casual- ties were considerable. Our aircraft co-operated, the bombs and machine-guns on the aeroplanes continuously harassing the enemy. General.

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against being betrayed into playing Ger many's game if they put themselves wrong with America,

A SWISS NOTE.

BIRKE, December 24th.

The application cannot be presented until January ist, when the present agreement expires, and under this agree ment there can be no alteration in wages until the middle of February

LONDON, Desember 28th, Mr. L. C. M 8. Amery, Member: for Bouth Birmingham, gives an account of

The Federal Council has addressed & ARMY ALLOWANCE TOO LOW. bis escape in boat from the steamer

Note to the belligerents supporting HARD WINTER FOR BOLDIERS' · Caledonia. The submarine had trained

President Wilson's Note The Bwisk

WIVES AND MOTHERS. her gan on the boats, which were closely INDIAN MEMORANDUM,xamined. Mr. Amery hid beneath the Note saya the Council got into touch five

Wives of soldiers are complaining of weets ago. Switzerland, seriously, the intolerable fight to live, in view of COMMENTS AND

threatened and strack in her spiritual the continued increase in price of all and material interests, is ready to aid food. It is the woman with a small. with all her feeble strength in ending the Army allowance who is on the starva sufferings of the war and establishing a tion line. lasting peace.

THE TIMES "

WARNS

- LONDON; December 28th. The Times, in an editorial on Memorandum to the Victory from nine teen representatives of the Indian

the 24th and afternoon of the 25th instant is olcared of the enemy to the regionment, which does not bear the name of a

A Berlin message says:-The Dobrudja Imperial Council, says: The docu

rocord lively artillery fire, especially ou the right bank of the Meuse."

The French stalled-off enemy attacks

is Champagne, south of the Avre.

A French detachment in the region of ye penetrated a German trench, the dupaata of which fed, after sustaining

ENEMY AIRCRAFT LOSSES.

A communiqué anys:-The day was

· comparatively quiet everywhere. Thros enemy aeroplanes were brought down yesterday on the Bomme

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FRENCH FRONT.

A PERIOD OF CALM.

LoNDox, December 24th.

A French communiqué says :-There is caim on the Western front.

Italian Front..

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between Macin and Isaccea.

RUSSIAN REPORT.

FALLING BACK.

LONDON, December 24th.

A Russion communiqué says:-The enemy drove back our advance north- west, west and south-west of Rymaiksarat. We continue to fall back northward of the Dobrudje.

RUMANIAN OIL-WELLS.

GERMANS ADMIT COMPLETE

DESTRUCTION,

AMSTERDAM, December 25th. Krupps' Organ,

the Westfaelische Zeitung, admits the complete destruction of the Rumanian oil-wells, which the Germans found practically useless.

RUSSIANS CAPTURE

TRENCHES.

FURIOUS STRUGGLE CONTINUES,

PETROGRAD, December 25th. A communiqué states:-In the Car SUCCESS.pathians the Hussians, after artillery preparation, attacked enemy trenches on Lounds, December 25th.

the hoights north of the river Cussa, An Italian official report states: which they captured after, violent hand

ITALIAN

Enemy patrols attacking on the south-to-hand fighting. east of Gorizia were driven off and some prisoners taken.

single representative of the 6ghting races of India or a single member of the Punjab, can hardly be held to embody the views of all the Indian communities, while the Memorandum appears to have boen drafted in haste and without care- ful consideration. Indian politicians generally and the signatories to the Memorandum in particular would be well-advised, to remember that the cul minating phases of the greatest war in history do not constitutes an appropriate time for pressing extravagant and un- workable demand.“ SINGAPORE'S WAR TAX. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE RECOM

MENDED.

steersman's feet, thus escaping notice. The submarine them made off, carrying the Captain with her.

IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. PRIME MINISTERS OF DOMINIONS INVITED.

LONDON, December 26th.

One mother of a soldier says: "It is impossible for us to live on our allow anoes. Everything you can mention has become dearer. When a soldier's mother goes shopping with an allowance of PARIS, Doceraber 25th.

108, what chance is there? After she has bought tea, sugar, and margarine and The newspapera accord the Swiss Note other eatables, where is the money for coal, light, and footwear1 She asks for that given to like increase in her allowance, now

that the increase in food in 28 per cent." They point out

Mrs. Annot Robinson, of the Women's post-war problems. also be ceasulted on the question of peace the beginning of the war in order to on practically nothing but tea, bread, They will probably Germany has trampled on neutral, from War Interests Committee, says that many poor people have been reduced to living- conditions.

attain her aims of crushing and sub-and margarine. The hardship is be

coming intolerable where there is BO jugating others.

other grant bat separation allowance; and with the incressed price of coal the winter will be a sad one in many homes if something is not done to relieve the situation.Daily Chronicle.

FRENCH RECEPTION OF SWISS NOTE.

All the Dominions · Primo Ministers have been invited to a Conference, which will meet at a series of War Council meet- | the same reception as ings for discussing war organisation and Fresident Wilson's.

EARLIER CABLES, FRENCH COAL CRISIS.

PARTLY SETTLED.

PARIS, December 21th. The coal crisis is partly settled. Three thousand men will be sent to the minos, tho freight tax will be abolished, and the British Government will become the sole transporter. The store ships will be divided into three groups, namely: SINGAPORE, December 2ül.. Coal, Commissariat and Supply. The The War Taxation Committee recom-fleets proceeding from the different ports mends an increase in the annual war will be convoyed by warships, contribution from £200,000 to £500,000 by new taxation, including an export duty of 5 per cent, on rubber, SEATS FOR SEATLESS MINISTERS.

LONDON, December 18th. Professor H. A. L. Fisher, President of the Board of Education, and Sir Albert Stanley, President of the Board

FRANCE AND ALCOHOL IMPORTATION PROHIBITED.

LONDON, December 24th. The importation of alcohol into Francs and Algeria is prohibited. FRANCE AND THE BLOCKADE,

PARIS, December 25th,

The Government his placed the direc

The conflict should be viewed from this stendpoint, and not from to day', situation.

PARIS CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.

PARIS, December 24th.

It is reported that the Foreign Affairs Committee has requested the Chamber of Deputies not to reply to President Wil son's Note.

AUSTRALIAN WAR LOAN,

£18,000,000 AT 41 PER CENT.

MELBOUR, December 24th.

A new 43 per cent, War Loan of £18,000,000 has been issued, redeemable in 1925. The list cloery on the 8th February KAISER'S IMAS MESSAGE.

HONOUR TO GOD AND PEACE ON EARTH.

London, December 25th.

PATRIOTIC COW.

The Kief Vertank publishes an am ing story concerning a cow which do aviators near" Lutak Ecated the operations of the German

It seems that a number of German air- men, whose views as to what constitutes military operations are comprehensive and peculiar, were amusing themselves by chasing the peasantry who were at work in the fields gathering the harvest They actually used machine guns upon the un fortunate people, who Bed with difficulty from their pusspers, and hid themselves in the woode

Whilst two of the aviators in one of villagers, something went wrong with the German machines were chasing the their engines, and they were compelled to descend The peasants hurried to the neighbouring village' and informed the military patrol, and in the meantime the German pilot and observer set to work to repair their engine.

The appearance of the aeroplane aroused the active hostility of a herd of The. Kaiser, a Christmas message to cows, and one of the animals dashed at

of Trade, have bou elected, unopposed, tion of the blockade ander the authority his troops, says:-" Honour to God the propeller with such fury that it was A furious struggle continues in Rou- Members for Sheffield and Ashton-under of the Under Secretary for Foreign above and peace on earth.

badly damaged, the aviators being sur God bloss rounded ad captured before they could mania.

Lyne, respectively,

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