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THE WAR.

WAR ON

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, JANUARY 80TH, 1917.

SUBMARINES.

MORE VIGOROUS METHODS URGED.

ACTIVITY IN THE

WEST.

NATIONAL CIVILIAN SERVICE

LOSS OF THE "LAURENTIC.”

Naval Activities.

LATEST OABLES. [THROUGH, REUTER'S AGENCE, I

ANTI-SUBMARINE MEASURES.

NAVY LEAGUE DEPUTATION." LONDON, January 29th, A deputation of the Navy League appealed to Sir Edward Carson (First

Lord of the Admiralty) for vigorous

inessures.

Sir Edward Carson and Sir John Jellicoe described the measures taken, and the deputation expressed its warm appre- ciation and satisfaction that everything conceivable was being done to safeguard merchant ships.

FOUNDERED GERMAN

SUBMARINE,

CREW LANDED IN NORWAY.

CHRISTIANIA, January 29th.

A Norwegiah motor boat has landed at Hammerfast thirty-foar of the orery of a German submarine which foundered on the Norwegian coast,

LOSS OF THE "LAURENTIC.”

LONDON, January 29th

It is officially announced that the

Laurentic was sunk off the Irish coast,

FABLIER CABLES.

GERMAN PIRACY.

MARLIER CARLES.

FRENCH FRONT.

SUCCESSFUL SURPRISE.

ATTACK

LONDON, January 28th. A French communiqué saya:--We were completely successful in a coup de mein between Les Eparages and Tranches de Calonne.

We found numerous bodies in the enemy trenches, and brought back much booty,

An exemy

down,

GERMANS

Russian Front.

NABZIER CABLES, {THROUGH BHUTER I AGENOT.

THE RUSSIAN FRONT:

GERMANS REPULSED IN DISORDER

LONDON, January 28th.

A Russian wireless official message

states We repulsed two attacks to the

west of Riga. The Germans fled in dis

order.

GERMANS COMPELLED TO MOVE.

Loxdon, January 28th, A Germion wireless official message says:-Russian attacks broke down with heavy losses on both banks of the An River

Russian pressure compelled us to move

noarer "the" cast bank of the Golden-

Hystritza.

The Near East,

EARLIER CABLES.

[2HROUGH REUTER'S AUHNCY.]

THE MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN.

MORE FIGHTING REPORTED.

LONDON, January 28th. A Mesopotamia official message says:— On the night of the 25th and 26th, the ADMIT BRITISH enemy renewed his attempts, but failed SUCCESS.

to recapture the ground lost the previous day.

aeroplane was brought

CANNONADE AT VERDUN.

LONDON, January 29th.

A French official message says:-The usual general cannonade is particularly lively at Verdun and in Alsace.

A GERMAN ADMISSION;

LONDON, January 29th,

A German wireless official mesenge gay-The British penetrated i small section south-west of Lo Transion.

MORE BRITISH SUCCESSES.

LONDON, January 28th,

ports. We again entered the enemy's trenches to the north-east of Nouville St. Vasut. We inflicted casualties and took

TREACHERY IN SPAIN.

ATTEMPT ON KING'S LIFE.

Midem, January 29th.

Shima Adam An iron beam which was found soross

the railway near Granada just before the passago of a train conveying King Alfonso, was removed in time to prevent the train dashing into it,

LATER

That which was found on the railway line was a mass of lead weighing one hundredweight. It was discovered an hour before the passage of the Royal train. Another similar lump was found close in the vicinity A man was arrested at Granada, and several arreste aro

expected.

Tho Madrid authorities are actively

investigating what they believe to be an anarchist plot...

RANDOM REFLECTIONS.

In connection with the small-pox epidemic, a correspondent writes as follows A few weeks ago I informed you that the Sanitary Inspectors who handled small-pox cases were not provid. ed with any means for disinfection-not even a change of uniform-and 1 pointed out the great danger asing therefrom to those with whom they subsequently came into contact. The same unsatis- factory condition of things continues unchanged, with the epidemic as bad as ever, and a few days ago the wife of one of the Inspectors contracted the disense! Coniment is superfluous. The etatement made

by my correspondent, I regret to Buy, is entirely correct.

I commend to Scattic, whe replied ao indignantly to my facetious corres pondent last week on the subject of the Burns dinner, the address on Scottish traits that was delivered by the genial Chairman of the gathering in question. The most sincere tribute to the good qualities of the Scot are to be found, I think in the fact that there are

80) The

THE LAST GERMAN HOPE, ENDEAVOUR TO SNATCH ELEVENTH HOUR VICTORY.

LONDON, Jannary 20th. The Observer publishes an apparently inspired article in which it says: Phany stories told at his expense.

majority of people hesitate to say a thing Germans hope to snatch on eleventh bour likely to wound, and never chaff a bad- triumph by cutting Britain's sea com tempered man. One merit of the Scot munications. If we anash the new sub is that he can usually enjoy a joke oven marine campaign directly, or out-build though ita point be turned against him,

is în oar yards, or out stay it by reducing

importa and increasing home supplies, or achieve final and decisive success by all these means together, we shall destroy the last of the German's hopes, and isure victory. We can, and will, do it, but only by a maximum national effort We retook trenches lost on the 25th, and in the next six montba....”. found four hundred corpscR

Our casualties umount to two hundred.

General.

LATEST CABLES, {THROUGH REUTER'§ 1QZzJOY.}} NATIONAL CIVILIAN SERVICE.

FORECAST OF THE SCHEME,

EARLIER CABLES. IRISH CANADIAN REGIMENT, MARCH THROUGH DUBLIN.

LONDON, January 28th. The Irish Canadian Hangers have

marched through Dublin. The Lord

Those of us who talk flippantly about the Scotch being "near" know perfectly well that they are never very far off when the hat is going round for any deserving cause. Consequently wo are not surpris ed to learn that although the price of the tickets for the Burns dinner was only 82 each over $1,000 was subscribed by the company towards War Charities It was a great achievement. I cannot

recall a local Sassenach dinner at which a similar sum was raised in so short

time.

With the exception of a few members of the Corns who were to be found on the linke suffering from that dread

HONGKONG CRIMINAL

SESSIONS:

His Honour the Chief Justice, Bir Willian Rees Davis, K.C., presided at the Hongkong Criminal Sessions, yester day, when the following cases were denit

with:

4 DARING ROBBERY Five Chinese were indicted for "being concerned in s daring daylight robbery at a house at Ko Sing Street treo with committing the robbery and property. The first and pecond defen- two with receiving a portion of the stolen dante pleaded guilty to robbery

complainant, a married Chinese woman, stated that in the afternoon on 27th December, when she was in the house with her little daughter, she heard

knock at the trap-door leading to the staircase. She answered the door, and a man asked if her husband was at home.. She replied that he was not, whereupon the man outside said he had a letter for him. She opened the door, to receive the letter, and immediately she did so a man rushed at her, seized hor by the neck and over powered ber. There were other men with him. She identified No. 1. per other man, whom she could identify, soner as the man who attack that An-

put his hand over her face, he was be stabbed to death. A piece of sugar sold to keep quiet, otherwise he would

cane was then stuck in her mouth as a gag, her hands were tied behind her back. and her feet were fastened. She was then carried by the men to u bed in gold mounted bangles, à pair of gold passage. The men removed a pair of bangles

and a pair of jade stone bangles.

box was opened, the thieves removing Her keys were: taken from her, and her 9300 in notes, 315 in silver dollars, 848 and 14 savereigns in gold. The robbers in subsidiary coin, 13 gold finger rings, departed on bearing her nephew, who had come on a visit, knocking at the door.

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A little girl of eleven, daughter of the complainent, corroborated her mother's soners as being among those who assaulted evidence, and identified three of the pri her mother. All the men had knives.

Evidenco was given of the arrest of the prisoners in a house of ill-fame, where they were engaged in a fear with several other men. The bulk the stolen money was found in the possession of the first two prisoners, and the jade prisoner. bangle in a box belonging to the fifth

The jury returned & verdict of

guilty against all the prisoners Chief Justice, in

Passing sentence on the first three prisoners, characterised them as cowardly wretches for en- tering a house and assaulting a defence- less woman, and then robbing her, For- innately, the Courts had now power to of the actual suffering which they had inflicted on this woman, teer Reserves showed a fine martial spirit with bord labour, and, in addition, malady golphitis, the Hongkong VolunThey would be itsprisoned, for seven years. would receive 16 Strokes with the cat. on Sunday. Although as a body they The other two prisovers were che bad passed the first flush of youth and tenced to three years hard labour had, in some cases, developed almost a UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COIN. Teatorie waist measurement they showed

counterfeit coing degree of agility worthy of the Italian Alpini One party, which had the mis- forturs to lose its leader at the opening An official mesango from Batavia says of the fray failed, it is true, to scale that tremendons landslides have occured un Bali Island Large holes were an important height with the required caused practically engulfing the whole rapidity, but when they were ordered to village, and killing 800 people. The perform the feat second time they ing a Tegards women. Their services total casualties up to the present are 60 rounded up like young gazelles. This days the shopkeeper had had very few

London, January 29th,

Mayor gave a luncheon to the officers and read letters excusing the absence of the Duchess of Connangat, who le head of the Regiment, Mr Lloyd George and Mr. Redmond, the last named regretting ill health, and adding Ireland is most that he could not be present owing to

He estimates that half a million Irish men are voluntarily fighting, including those from Overseas, LANDSLIDE IN EAST INDIES.

A forecast of Mr. Noville Chamber has been published. It applica to men lain's scheme of national civilian service Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig hatween 18 and 60 years of age, not proud to welcome her Oversona sona!!

women, and the object is to replace those who will be combed but of munition Factories, collieries, the ship building yards, transport work and agriculture

Meetings will be organised to stimulato enrolment, and local authorities : v will be asked to start recruiting rallies, ⠀⠀⠀

There will be seven recruiting areas, and each will be presided over by e commis-

mado for men giving paxt time.

prisoners

We carried out a successful raid to the north-east of Festubert, and drove

COST OF ACCOMMODATING CREWS. off the energy in an attempt which he signer. No provision will at present be

RIO DE JANEIRO, January 28th The British Consulate at Pernambuco announces that owners of sunken ships up to the present have spent fourteen thousand dollar accommodating crews

THE LAURENTIQ.”.

TORPEDOED OR MINED.

LONDON, January 28th. The Admiralty announce that tho cruiser Laurentic was either or mined on January 25th. Twelve officers, and 109 of the crew were

Baved.

Badoed

The Laurentic was well known in Hongkong bavity visited the port -last sunnier. She will be remembered in con- pection with the removal of German sub- jects from the ss. Chine. She was a White Star triple screw liner. turbine geared, and had a displacement of 14,802 1ons. She was built in 1968, and her dimensions

were:-Length, 550, fest Broadth, 07 feet: depth, 43 feet. Her spood was 16 knots.]

Franco-chelgian Front,

LATEST CABLES. {THROUGH' KIUTER'S ÄGENOY]

BRITISH SUCCESSES,

FRENCH PRAISE FOR AN IMPORT

ANT OPERATION.

made to the east of Fauquissurt.

The Balkans.

LATEST CABLES. (THEOUGH REUTER'S AGEROY.] GREEK GARRISON, ORDERED TO EVACUATE CORFU.

th

PIREUSES, January

The Greek garrison at Corfu has been ordered to proceed to Patras only 200 to remain, commanded by un officer loyal to the Entente.

LATE

The National Service Directorate nanounces that the forecast 18 mislead-

are urgently wanted, and a schemo of enrolment is being prepared for them,

“THE PROMISED LAND”

GENERAL SMUTS FAREWELL

600 CASUALTIES.

LORDON, January 28th.

SITUATION IN MEXICO.

New York, January 25th, American troops in Mexico have started to return to the border. It reported that General Villa is following. GENERAL SMUTS' TRIUMPH

Chinese was indicted for uttering Mr. G. N. Orme, of the Crown Solicitor's Office, who prosecuted, and the charge counterfeit 20 cent pieces, and at the against the prisoner was one of passing same time having in his possession other counterfeit coins of the same denomina tion. The complainant was an Indian shopkeeper dealing in small stores The prisoner came to his shop and made pur- chases two daya in succession. On these

was a marked improvement upon, and, on finding the counterfeit coins, his suspicious rested on the prisoner... same in a third day to make a purchase cent piece which he tendered, and dis the shopkeepeer closely examined 20 covered the it was spurious, o got hold him to the the prisoner and police station. On the way the prisoner was seen to take some money from his pocket and throw it on to coal heap in front of a house. Half-a-dozen Cou

terfeit 20 cent pieces were picked up from the coal, heap. The prisoner's action pointed to his freely dealing with bad money

former occasion when, rumour has itong his takings at ng the latter

they were discovered attacking sand- wiches instead of attacking the enemy Who can help admiring the spirit of the gallant warrior, who, decorted by PRETORIA, January 28th. his comrades in-arms, fared forth alone, On Friday, General Smuts was accord and

magnificent welcome un his arrival and, with reckless disregard of personal from East Africa. The streets were the risk, poppered the onomy from behind corated and crowded with people every a cactus bush! It was all very well for where froin the Transvaal,

the umpire to point out the ruka attend. ng suon an act, but if is just this re- fusal to count the cost that has helped

PRETORIA, January 29th said he was departing from East Africa General Smuts, in concluding a speech, with feelings of great disappointment It was very hard, when so near the end, noted to be allowed to enter the promised and, but his ministerial colleagues thought it bis daty to go to the Traperial War Con ference. He felt that mankind was in grave crisis, and even South Africa might be able to contribute its small mite which might yield important results. (Lond cheers.) FIRE AT

General Smuts, replying to addresses, said he was immeasurably surprised at the splendid co-operation of his mixed forced and at their endurence in the campaign, which was perhaps the hardest in the history of the world, against very FRENCH POWDER brave troops. His greatest pleasure was WORKS.

that the troops were gentlemen. Their conduct was most exemplary, and he re gretted that he was unable to see the final surrender of the enemy which was aut for distant,

EARLIER CABLES.

ROUMANIAN CAMPAIGN. SITUATION SATISFACTORY.

LONDON, January th Reuter's correspondent at Jassy wiring on January 25th, says that intense cold. and snowfalls are hampering operations.

PARIS, January 29th A fire at a power works at Massy The situation is satisfactory and practistores, which exploded, damaging houses Palaisean spread, involving a melimite

cally unchanged.

over a wide radius. One person wan kill- ed and three were injured." IRISH CANADIAN REGIMENT

The enemy is apparently directing his efforts in the region of Nanesti, and in the neighbourhood of the Pubs and Sereth Rivera, where he is encountering the fiercest resistance.

AUSTRIAN WITHDRAWAL.

LONDON, January 28th. An Austrian wireless official message says:-West of Oliputnow, superior enemy forces penetrated our first line. We withdrew to the next height in our rear.

LONDON, January 20th. Field Marshal Sir Dougla, Haig's success was achieved in a populous dis trict, the centre of which is Transloy, a RUSSIANS CARRY A FORTIFIED attered borough bordering on tho

POSITION Peronne Bapaume road, and four miles

Lonon, January 28th," from Bapaume. The enemy are strongly A Russian wireless official message entrenched along the approaches to the states-We attacked on both sides of the borongh, the houses of which are forti- Kimpolung-Yakoben read, and, after a stubborn fight, broke through a fortified

find

As Sir Douglas Haig spoke of the position on a front of threo versts. region of Transley, French experts are CHANGES IN ROUMANIAN STAFF. ignorant of the exact locality of the works

LONDON, January 28th. captured on Saturday, but emphasise that It is announced that fourteen Rou it was an important operation as being a manian Generals have been placed on further advance towards the stronghold the Retired List and been replaced by of Bapaume.

junzor koffecrE.

BELFAST'S WELCOME,

LONDON, January 9th. The Irish Canadian Rangers attended special services at Armagh, the preachers being the Primate of the Church of Ireland and Cardinal Logue.

The regiment was subsequently wel comed and popularly ovated at Belfast.

EARTHQUAKE IN DUTCH EAST INDIES.

HEAVY DEATH ROLL

The Hague, January 29th.

Five hundred and fifty persons have been killed by an earthquake in the

Dutch East Indies,

COALITION IN AUSTRALIA."

MELBOURNE, January 20th. Chalition Government is more un- likely than ever.

AUSTRALIA AND IMPERIAL WAR CABINET.

MRJOURNE, Tabuary 2014 The Hon. Mr. GF. Pearce (Minister of Defence) is mentioned na Australia's representative in the Imperial War Cabinet.

FRENCH GOVERNMENT.

PARIS, January 29th- According to Rautar's correspondent &t Paris, alter a secret debate and inter- pellations on the situation in Greece, she Chamber, in public session, passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 313 against 135

JAPAN AND CHINA.

to make us what we are.

Were the military maneuvre, I won- der, responsible for the disorganisation of the electric light and powe-

light a and power service

on Sunday For some time past current has not been obtainable on Sundays until

The jury found the prisoner guilty and he was sentenced to nine months hard labour.

were invited One British lnd was por- suaded to sing a song, the others did not know anything, but that ChiraSES youth reeled off long quotations from Shakespeare and Tennyson, and even

11 o'clock in the morning, but last, dun some appropriate verses from Buras! day it was cut off until 9 o'clock in the His conversational ability and general afternoon. How they managed the knowledge, also were thoroughly enter“ musical portion of the service at Churchos taining. He thinks Germany will win where they have clectric organ blowers | the war, and that she deserves to do so I cannot say, but in newspaper offices because she is fighting against so many where electric power is used it causo big nationa, There is surely something very serious inconvenience. I know, of wrong somewhere when the same school course, that the Company is working produces such vastly different specimens under dificulties with its machinery at of boys if the school can turn out the present time, but it would be more one youthful prodigy of earning there convenient, and certainly more courteous, is evidently not much wrong with thứ if the public wore given notice in advanou tuition. Tust we should be rearing little of these little vagaries so that, as far as pro Germans in our midst, however, seems

In the Japanese Diet, the Foreign Possible, steps might be taken be mitigate to call for some attention, a

their consequences. This was done at art Why is if not thought worth while to do it now |__

The pegging nuisance in Hongkong continues unabated. The following incident, which occurred the other day, shows the class of people who are allowed to badger wayfarers. An old Chinese woman of the mendicant class, with one raapparently missing and que leg so

LONDON, January 27th.

Minister Baron Motone, declared that Japan would collaborate with the Allies militarily and economically until victory had been attained. The Anglo Japanese During the week the membership forms Alliance, as the foundation of Japan's foreign policy, had been mutually bene of the recently-formed Wax Savings Asso- ficial, especially since the war, Russia oiation have been distributed, and it now was a true and grateful friend Japan only remains for prospective investore to heavily bandaged as to auggest that it welcomed the proposed Americo-Japanese fill them in and return diem ar early as was fearfully damaged, a whining Anancial cooperation in China Baren possible. Any amount from 85 upwards, pitifully for camshow She did fairly Motono repudiated any policy of intain multiples of $5, can be subscribed to good business for a while, and then ferenoy in the internal affairs of China, the Association, and the rules are 80 things became dull; so dull that she had, whood Integrity and independence Japan framed as to make things very easy for perforce, to Lobble about the pavement was determined to assist in maintaining the would be member who may not always and obstruct passers-by, to whom she have a monthly balance which he can pathetically pointed out the empty sleeve conveniently invest The success of the had the bandaged leg A policeman sho movement in China, Japan and British knew the old rogue came along and Malaya should be repeated in Hongkong managed to approach her without being observed. Suddenly the msimed" one caught & glimpse of him, and, after shouting out a doubtful compliment, bolted along the street, at the same time waving two useful-looking Arms in

THE

WAR CONFERENCE. CANADIAN PARLIAMENT TO BE ADJOURNED.

OTTAWA, January 28th

We had a kiddien party,writes

It has been arranged that Parliament correspondent, and one Chinese young shall adjourn for two mos the on Februster, school-fellow of the British bors, ary 7th to allow Bir Robert Borden, was among the guests After tea, con Prime Minister, to attend the Imperial tributions to an extempore programme

(Continued of foot of next columa)

War Conferences

protest

RODEZICE HANDUM