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THE WAR.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY - JANUARY

GIGANTIC BRITISH WAR LOAN:

THE BIGGEST LOAN IN

HISTORY.

THE GERMAN PEACE

OFFER:

KAISER'S ANGRY ARMY ORDER.

BRITISH SUCCESSES ON WEST FRONT.

Franco-Belgian Front.

LATEST CABLES. {THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.] BRITISH FRONT.

FRUITFUL EFFORTS.

LONDON, January 7th.

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a communiqué, reports:--We seized, and, aftor repulsing a counter-attack, con- solidated two posts to the north of Beau- mont Hamel.

We successfully raided, in the day- time, a wide front south-cast of Arras, and penetrated as far as the third line, destroying many dug-outs and doing much damage to the enemy's defences,

We have taken £40 prisonera in minor actions aineo Christmas.

Our aeroplanes, bombed a number of pilnces of military importance behind the enemy's lines, with good results.

FRENCH FRONT.

LONDON, January 6th.

GREEK CRISIS.

RESERVISTS BLOW UP A BRIDGE.

LONDON, January 6th. The Times Correspondent at Byra saya it is reported that Greek Reservists have blown up a bridge south of Larissa in order to impede the transport of Royalist, troops to Peloponnesus (in compliance with the Allies' demands).

AUSTRIAN POLITICS. COALITION GOVERNMENT

PROBABLE.

AMSTERDAM, January 6th The Fosnische Zeitung states that the Austrian Emperor has summoned Count Julius Andrassy, the leading opponent of Count Tisza, to Vicuna.

The formation of a Coalition Cabinet is more probable than the iramediate re- signation of Count Tisza.

RUMANIAN

CAMPAIGN.

GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, January 5th. We defeated and drove back Russian The French communiqué states that there was considerable reciprocal artil-battalions north-east of Kirlibaba. lery activity on the Wavre front. AERIAL BOMBARDMENTS ON THE

SOMME,

LONDON, January 6th.

General Mackoneen stormed a strong position from Tartaru to Rimniceni, captured villages and advanced towards the Screth.

Further to the south-east we captured A French communiqué records serial Otaneasca, Zulianca and Maxineri, our bombardments of aerodromes, railway-advance guards reaching the Sereth in sintin, butments, bivouses and ammuni- Dobrudja. Galatz is being subjected to tion dumps, mostly on the Somme front,

our fire, SUCCESSFUL ARTILLERY FIRE. PARIS, Jutuary 7th.

A communique states :-There were vio- lent artillery duels in the afternoon in the region of Paschendaci.

Our artillery successfully bombarded onemy organizations on the Somme front. An onemy coup-de-uri at Butto Mesnil, Maisona, Champagne and Arra court was frustrated by our fire.

The Balkans.

LATEST CABLES.

(THROUGH ENOTEN'S AGENCY.]

AUSTRIAN CLAIM,

SEVEN HUNDRED PRISONERS.

LONDON, January 7th.

An Ametrian official report states:

The Austro-Hungarians and Germans

BRITISH SUCCESS IN MACEDONIA. MILITARY AND NAVAL OPERATIONS.

LONDON, January 6th.

A French communiqić reports had weather in Macedonia, where there is lively mutual artillery activity.

The British successfully operated against Kupri, near the Seres-Demirhis- sar railway.

The British Fleet bombarded Akarvika, Bemuntoltos, south of Orfano. Russian Front,

LATEST CABLES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] GERMAN REPORT.

Africa.

LATEST CABLES (THROUGH KIUTER'S AORNCY.] EAST AFRICAN OPERATIONS.]

ENEMY SEVERELY HANDLED. LONDON, January 6th

THE YEAR OF VICTORY-1917. ['WAR INTERCESSION SERVICE. GENERAL NIVELLE'S NEW YEAR

MESSAGE.

PARIS January 6th.

General Commander-in-Chief

THE BISHOP OF VICTORIA PREACHS AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL.

thousands of homes that are sad; these homes need the Epiphany of Jesus. Aa the disciples of the Baptist went and told. Jesus when they bad lost their mas ler and found in Him the only comfort, At & War Intercession service at St. so we must hearts to Him.

Peter Westovalley Command from our John's Cathedral yesterday, the Bishop hast lift up our hours, de fi

An East African official report states i Pursuing the retreating enemy in the Rufiji Valley we occupied a camp on the Tehogowali River and reached Kibar- bowe, an the north bank of the Rusije, the The onemy holding the south bank. onemy was severely handled.

In the Mgeta Valley our Mkalinso force attacked small approaching parties, taking prisoners and capturing consider- able supplies. We engaged, to the cast of Marika, the enemy retreating towards Mabengo. Naval Activities.

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address to the Army, said:→

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You can look back on the past year with pride. You smashed Germany's biggest onslaught at Verdun, and you proved your ever-growing superiority on the Somme. In rivalry with your British comrades you will make 1917 a year of victory,"

ALLIES'

WAR CONFERENCE

A BIG SURPRISE" IN ROME. LONDON, January 6th. Mr. Lloyd Georgo's arrival in Rome was a big surprise.

The French party includes M. Briand (French Premier), General Lyautew (French Minister of War) and M. Thomas (French Minister of Munitions), while General Palitmina represents Russia.

LATEST CABLES. THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] SUBMARINE PIRACY. MORE SHIPS SUNK.

The fact that Rome has been selected LONDON, January oth. The following ships have been sunk:-- for what is likely to be the biggest War The steamers Leon (French), Odda (Nor Conference has aroused great enthusiasm wegian) Sert Leandro (Spanish), Dimi | in Rome, where Mr. Lloyd George is trins, Goulundros, Aristotelis and Cian-already a popular hero, is regarded as the most tangible proof to the whole now (Greek).

world of the absolute accord of the Allies. "KAISER AND HIS CHIEFS. CONFERENCE AT HEADQUARTERS.

FURIOUS INDIGNATION IN SPAIN. The sinkong of the San Leandro has excited furious indignation in Spain. The Spanish Government has already repeatedly and vehemently protested against the sinking of Spanish vessels.

THE INVERNIA" CASUALTIES.

LONDON, January 8th. The Admiralty announces that the final number of the rank and file missing from the transport Irernia, torpedoed in the Mediterranean, is 85. General.

LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE NEW BRITISH WAR LOAN. "BIGGEST LOAN IN HISTORY:"

LONDON, January 6th. The issue of "the biggest loan in hin tory" has dwarfed all financial questions.

the market is shown in the fact that the price of gilt-edged securities has been steadily rising this week.

The general idea is that the Loan will yield 5 per cent.

The Times forecasts that the Loan will be unlimited in amount, and it expects

AMSTERDAM. January 6th.

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of Victoria preached from, tho text:

We see not yet all things put under him, but we see Jesus" (Eepistle to the Hebrews, chap. 2, vs, 8 and 9). He said the scattered Hebrew Christians towards the close of the first century were sorely tried by the Roman Empire. Might was right, and the smaller nations crushed. Their culture and religion were of little account, and none suffered mpro To bitterly than the Jewish nation. them everything seemed shaken; their hearts were filled with dismay, per plexity and anguish, when an anonymous writer sent this letter, the Epistle to the Hebrews. The writer speaks of the great diepensation for man as portrayed in the 8th Paalm and he raises their conrage and cheers their hearts by add- ing, "We see not yet all things put under man's" dohinion, not yet that reign of righteousness and peace that is foretold in Holy Scripture, but we see Jesus who for our sakes because lower than the angels that he might taste death for every man. The writer desired to lift the hearts of his hearers and readers

new perspective. There was Jaooh who had left his home; lying down to sleep in a desert land and seeing, perhaps, the great stone slabs. He had a vision, and suddenly the stones formed them- selves into a ladder and he saw the angels.

of God ascending and descending. That gave him a new perspective for life, and "out of his stony griefs Bethel ho raised." To-day we think of those who have died for us, and particularly of those who have gone from Hongkong and been killed in action....The following, I fear, is an incomplete list:--

. From Messrs. Jardine, Matheson &

Co.-J. E. Gresson. R. G. Munro, C.-C., F. Cunningham and J. H. Bone.

From Messrs. Gilman & Co.-C. N. G. Walker.

From the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.-A. - C. E. El- borough

From the Police.-E. G. Painting, P. B. Gardner, H. G. Wakeford, A. W.

Coote. Allchurch; and --

From the Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

to see Jesus. He held that the supreme-F. M. Soares, A. B. Showan, L. O. nood of every man was the vision of the Collins, A. Hirst, K. R. Forde, E.

Cruckshank and W. H. Church. Christ.

May we not say that there is a certain parallel between the state of our times

and those when the letter was written

The Archduke Frederick and General Hoetzendorff (Austrian Chief of Staff) fariched with the Kaiser at Headquarters. There were also present the Crown Prince another year the war would have ended, Boris of Bulgaris, General von Hinden-but we see that it is not yet so. burg, General Ludendorff, and General Jekoff (Bulgarian Chief of Staff).

The Kaiser bestowed the Order of Merit on the Archduke.

INDIA'S REPRESENTATION.

ON IMPERIAL WAR CABINET,

LONDON, January 6th. Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India, in an interview with a repre- sentative of Reuter's, said he was in

I hope in ourse of time we shall have a tablet erected in this Church to the

abiding memory of those who have gone from Hongkong and laid down their lives for their country.

We are entering upon another year more than ever erowded with sorrows and olouded with war. We met for prayer

Lastly, we sco Jesus as the hearer of this time last year and we all of us suppliants. He has told us to pray, and sincerely hoped that before the dawn of it does matter whether we pray or not. In the 76th Psalm the psalmist speaks We see

of the occasion when God stopped a great not yet the smaller nations delivered battle. It was not on the battle field that from the tyranny of invaders; wo sco the spear and bow were broken, but it not yet hearts that ard wring with was in the sanctuary; it was in answer, anguish comforted; we see not yet to the prayers of His people that His Europe delivered from the scourge that will was done. It would be the same. causes so much suffering. We are dis- to-day if all the so-called Christian appointed that our voluntary sytem, Nations had a fresh vision of Christ, who which has done so much, proved insuli-has.tasted death for every man.. cient, and that it become necessary to The Bishop offered special prayers for

airmen, the sick and wounded, the chap- lains and nurses, the dying; and a special remembrance was used for those wounds. Prayer was said for the pri soners-of-war, for merchant seamen and all who travel by sea, for the bereaved and all who are in anxiety, or sorrow, ' and, lustly, for a complete victory and a righteous peace.

have compulsary national service. We the King, the soldiers and sailors, the

are disappointed that Roumania, having come in, has not led to the settlement of this awful strife. Nor are our brave

The secret of the conditions is still correspondence with the Viceroy regard-prisoners-of-war delivered. To-day, may who have been killed in action or died of.. carefully guarded, but the confidence of the selection of two representatives of 1 in passing, remind you that your India on the Imperial War Cabinet. The thank-offering for mercies received last Imperial Government's formal recogni-year will be given to the Prisoners-of- tion of India's great assistance in the War Fund. I have been reading Lady war position of the Empire would give Grant Duff's report of this fund 83 great satisfaction in India and would be administered from Borna, and it touches well received in the Dominions. He had one's heart. What is it that she speaks received communications from Dominion of sending to our fellow-countrymen who Bro prisoners in Germany! It is not luxarics, it is bread, Do you realise soldiers, especially of the forces which were engaged in Gallipoli, highly prair that it is the very necessities of life that apparently need to be sent, and this lady gives a very interesting report of how the four is brought from Marseilles and baked at Berne and despatched to various depots, and how with each pocket of bread a post-card is sent and the re cipient returns it in grateful acknow- ledgment. There is every 5MX01 10 believe that 98 per cent of the bread

that with conversions and new money it

will represent the unprecedented amount

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of £2,000,000,000 (two thousaid millioneng the gallantry of the Indian troops and the devotion of the Indian beater of pounds sterling).

companica.

In expectation of a rush the Bank of England has engaged outside premises! It is estimated that the prospectuses, etc., will require 300 tons of paper and will cust £15,000,

Jay

*FAMOUS GAME HUNTER.

FILLED IN RAST AFRICA,

LONDON, January 6th. "Mz. P. C. Selous, the famous hunter

captured several hills near Mountfaltri. RUSSIAN SUCCESS AND REVERSH THE GERMAN PEACE OFFER. of big game in Africa, who has been reaches ita destination in excellent con

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We repelled a strong advance on the north-cast of Kirlibaba, taking 700 prisoners.

GERMANS AND BRAILA, ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT.

LONDON, January 7th. A wireless German official report states: The Russians destroyed most of the factories in the town before abandon, ing Braila.

AMERICAN PROTEST. COMPENSATION DEMANDED.

PIRAEUS, January 6th.

LONDON, January 6th.

A German official report, received by wireless, suys!--

The Russians attacked and penetrated our positions in the region between the coast and the Mitau-Riga high road. We, counter-attacking, took 900 pri-

Boners,

RUSSIAN ATTACK NEAR RIGA. OFFICERS AND MEN CAPTURED.

LONDON, January th

A wireless Russian official report staten: We attacked and occupied an onemy position south-east of Kaltzen and south-west of Riga, making prisoner The United States Government has pro-three officers' and '972 men. tested to the Greek Government against The enemy compelled us to withdraw

two versta southwards of Ketumba. the robbery and ill-treatment of an American abject by Greek soldiers on We occupied a height southward of December 2nd and demands full inquiry Oituz River.

`ROUMANIANS PRESSED BACK, and compensation.

SUCCESSFUL AERIAL ATTACK. SPAN OF RAILWAY BRIDGE WRECKED.

LONDON, January 6th. The Admiralty reports that naval aero- planes atticked and wrecked one span of the Kuloliburgas railway bridge over the

Maritza river.

Superior enemy forces pressed back the Roumanians at Rekoza on the Suchiza river. The Roumanians were also press ed back in the region of Kopraria and north-west of Odobeschi,

The enemy offensive at Rimnichini, Kiovean and Machineui Gulianka, pressed back our advanced posts four versts, after stubborn resistanco.

'KAISER'S ANGRY ARMY ORDER.

AMSTERDAM, January 6th.. It is officially announced that the Kaiser, in an Order to the Army and Navy, states;---

offers

"Our enemice have refused my of peace. They desire Germany's destruction. Before God and humanity, I declare the heavy responsibility for further terrible, sacrifices rests on our

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me to make any appeal to those who have had a happy Christmas to give a gone rous thank-offering to such a'cause

serving in the Legion of Frontiersmen in dition. It is surely not necessary for East Africa, has been killed in action. BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.

LONDON, January 6th. The trade returns for 1916 are follows:-

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The writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews sends us a message. He tells us to contidor Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession. We are beginning our year with the Epiphany, that is the manifestation of Christ. We seo Him as Jesus, the Saviour of sinners.

LARGEST BRITISH SHIP.

DESCRIPTION OF THE

"BRITANNIC."

Judged by tonnago, the Britannic- which was sunk by mine or torpedo while serving as a Hospital ship in the Aegean Sea in November--was the largest. British vessel afloat, but if length and breadth be made the test the Cunard Aquitania takes first place.

The Britannic, which was launched for the White Star Line by Messrs. Harlandi & Wolff at Belfast on February 26th, 1014, closely resembled the Olympic and Titanic, but her slightly greater beam gave her an increased tonnage (45,163 gross). In consequence of the disaster to the latter vessel in April, 1913, special precautions were taken in her construe- tion to ensure her safety in the event of collision, and, among other things, sho was provided with an inner skin-a second ball within the outer one-extend- ing the length of the machinery and boiler spaces and rising Sift, above the middle deck, and therefore well above the water fine. She had 48 lifeboats of un- usually large size, most of them 34ft. long, which were arranged in tiers across the deck instead of being carried in the also has in reent times. We see that had to be used the passengers were to take their places in them before they word civilisation, education and onlture have, The imports for December Were

lowered, when they were to be swung out sina, proved no preventative of the self-by cranes into the water clear of the increase of $5,100,306 showing an

fishness, lust, greed and cruelty of the ship. Like the Olympic and Titanic, she £5,070,391; the exports amounted to human heart. The only cure for euch sets of reciprocating engines and one ex- was a triple-screw vessel propelled by two

£39,928,160, showing an increase of is in Him whose Name is called Jesus haast steam turbine.. £5,980,041.

Importa Exporta

£949,152,670

506,546,212

The Imports show 9.KI increase of

enenties who do not want the under 107,258,329, and the Exports an increase This war has revealed sin as nothing ordinary way along its edge; and if they

With God's atanding offered by me. help our arms will enforce it." TERMS COMMUNICATED TO U.S..

AMSTERDAY, January 6th,

The Kolnische Volkszeitung states that Germany's peace terms have already been communicated to President Wilson..

SENATE'S DISAPPROVAL OF WILSON'S NOTE,

WASHINGTON, January 5th. After a debate lasting three days the Senate rejected the motion approving President Wilson's Note to the Power and then adopted a Republican resolu tion approving merely the President's request for peace terms.

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of £121,677,764.

The Britannic was completed in 1014, because He came to save His people from

but was never employed on the passenger their sins, and we as individuals need a service for which she was intended Her THE SILVER MABKET.

fresh vision of Jesus as our Saviour. As passenger accommodation was designed to be of the luxurious character: desired LONDON, January 7th.

we entered upon this new year the by transatlantic travellers. A large Mesara. Montagu & Co's report states National Mission of Repentance showed number of single-berth first-class state rooms were arranged for, each having in FA that the market is unusually inert. The us some of the sins of our nation, but connection with it either a bathroom or visible transactions are rather small, it will fail unless it brings us to the shower bata and lavatory, and also many private suites, two of which- General enquiries, apart from the colange feet of the Bariour. We see Jesus as the equivalent to small houses had an isolat demand, are insufficient to affect the consoler of the sad The philosophy that ed verandah ft. long on the starboard is largely the cause of this war is the side and an holated deck promenada 60ft. long on the port side. In addition, the price. Shanghai exchange has fallen a

philosophy. of "the survival of the first-class passengern, numbering nearly half-penny. Some silver has been sold fittest," that the weak must perish. 800, were to enjoy the use of several electric lifts, a large gaitasiun, child- on China account and sore purchases! How different was the teaching of ren's play room, verandah, café and palm have been made for Indian bazaars, Jesus, who said," Bleased are the poor rooms, Turkish and electric baths, a where the stock has been rich reduced in spirit." He was anointed to preach racket court, and a swimming bath. The passenger accommodation provided in all The Gospel to the poor and to bind up for over 2.500 persons, and the crew NUKŲ“ (Continued on Page 6.)

the broken-hearted. To-day there are bored nearly 1,000,

NO FURTHER PEACE NOTE, The State Department states that President Wilson does not contemplate lately. the issue of another Peace Note,