THE
WAR.
THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE IN
FLANDERS.
THE MUTINY IN THE GERMAN NAVY. ADMISSIONS IN THE REICHSTAG.
GERMANY DECLINES TO YIELD ALSACE-LORRAINE.
CHANCELLOR DECLARES WAR AIM.
Franco-elgian kroni.
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·(Turovoa sester'G AGENCY.]
BRITISH FRONT.
ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACKS. -
Losuns, October 19th. Fiskd-Marshad Sir Donglos. Haig re
ports: We repulsed several counter
atineks last night in the neighbourhood of the Virus-Staden milwng.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12cm, 1917.
FRENCH FRONT. GERMAN ARTILLERY PECULIARLY ACTIVE
Paris, Gengber 14th. A communiqué slides: In Belgium we are extending our advance cast of Drai bank,
We captured Papagod Farms and forty prisoners.
Greman artillery is realiarly active in the region of Laffaux and north of die
-The emetoy fotced lask mir adtanged | Aisne, troops a short distance on a front of 2.000 yards southwards of the milway,
We repulsed- euitur-attacks" with long
northeastward of Brausseinde au raided southward of the Scarpd.
There is heavy rain.
GERMÁN VERSION.
Lospes, October 19th.
|
EXEMY SYSTEM A FAILURE:
Loypos, October" 10th, Reuter's Correspondent with French) Headquarters telegraphing to-day, says: Two interesting points emerge from the latest battle in Flanders. The first is
The Balkans,
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BALKANS FRONT.
GERMAN REPORT.
Lonnus, October 10th,
GERMANY
AND ALSACE- LORRAINE.
HONGKONG'S FINANCIAL
POSITION.
The fallowing statement of the Asenter (and Liabilities of the Colony on December 31st, 1916 was laid on the table at the
terday ----- meeting of the Legislative Council ver
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AMERICA AND THE WAR,,
TO PROTECT THE PATRIOT."
WASHINGTON, October 10th,
that President Wilson within a few as
The Food Administration -animaneres
will issue an excentive order requiring manufacturers and distributors of some twody funda awnial foods to operate Amparest under licence.
ASSETS.
AMSTERDAM, October 16th, -- Speaking in the Teichstag, Buron run Kuchimann declared that there is only one answer to the question, “Can Gr Hany in any form andke conevisiony A wireless German official report regarding Alsace-Lorraine à The answer states:The Bulgarians repulse this, No, never so long as a single German English south-westward of Lake Doiran.
can hold a gun. The integrity of the
House Service Account General.
territory handed down to us as a glorious
Crown Agents' Deposit Ae- These restrictions are designed to pre-
count inherituwe by our forefathers can nexercent anreasonable profits, and spreda Unallocated Stores (Railway) Laleated Stores - (P.W,D.)
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BRITISH SHIPPING,
ANDON,October 10th. The Admiralty unmoonce that the arrivals for the week were 2,410 and the nilings 2,632, Fourteen yesselx over 3,800 tons and two mider were sank.. Five were unsuccessfully attacked. Three Ash ing boats were-sunk
CANADA
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Subsidiary Coins Advances
Total
LIABILITIES.
$. 22, 263.68 124,055,73
240.36 6,350.21
1,202, 102:15
290,062.26
113,909.05
93,258.00
556,068,21
$3.001,308,82
le the abject of negotiation or concession.” Barua von Kuchtman's declaration
tions in housing. Meat phekurs, cold. Coal Account storage house, Anillers, canvis, grain..
Balance, Bunk followed Dr. Michielis' speech.
denlers and wholesale dealers doing busi He said: The war is unninuing merely for Alsacis Lorraine, Great Britain ness over sic0:000 annually will be subiget laying pledged France that she will fight the regulations of the Fool Administra. Deposits not Available ........$ 674:37.47
Postal Agencies The went sags the Ad- | Overdraft, Grown Agents' ministration's prime purpose is To
Current Account
Total Liabilities Balance
for the quest of Alsace-Lorrainé long as France desired"
tion.
50
business.”
'Testal
25,79012
$20.23
$ 701,123.42 2,200,725.20
$3.001,909.02.
A COMPARISON. comber, 1916, and those estimated for 31st The assets and liabilities on 31st De- Demoher, 1917, were as follows
He referred to the Frouch claim that Protect the patriot against the slacker in "there, must be disanexation, and said. the latter word was hashfully used to
NAVAL CONSTRUCTION PLANS.
rover up what in reality.would be force
WASHINGTON, Detuber 10th. Mr. Daniels annonces that the Navy's fut conquest. If there were to be dis-construction plans consist of 187 vessels, annexations, which year of the world's
from superfed vendhoughts to submarine history was to be jaken as a basis for the chasers, b cost estimand Jo exived | Berente...
$1,150,000,000. Some of the vessels are Expenditure already completed, and the remainder are being pushed,
AND THE FLOOD QUESTION.
MONTREAL, October 10th Lord Northcliffe, speaking the Canadian Club, said that unless the food; question was taken up in Canada with always powered Toul and Verdune:
He reminded France that she had not viguer equal to Great Britain's the Baron von Kuehlmaan concluded by rations of the soldiers at the front anesteserting that as far as he could rend the be cut down.
PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT
VISITS FRANCE.
SAN SEBASTIAN, October 10th
1016.
Surplus
$18,633,380.8G 11.078.914.82
$ 2,732.471.01
Debit Balance (1915) Balance of assets (1916)
1017.
432,686.94
8.2,300,780.200
Rese
Expenditure
Surplus Balance of assets (1810)
LOAN ACCOUNT: DX. 1916.
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PREMATURE PEACE TALK SUD sowards peat was: France's chair to
VERSIVE OF NATION'S AIMS. Alence-Lorraine. Other questions could
WASHINGTON, October 19th. be settled by negotiation and without;
President Wilson, addressing the new The President of Portugal has gone Lopinion that public spécebos did not help of a premature peate was subversive of
further bloodshed. He was strongly of League of National Unity, said that talk Balance of assets (1917). france,
towards peare, entise these had to be simple and could not contain all the the nation's nimis Hostilities could only The latter portion of Barn von Kueh terminate when Germany was deleted SYDNEY, October 10th.
mann's speech was--plan by baplication and her autoerney - superseded by a for immediate pence negotiation, hat condemnerncy. The Germanı raider Stadter left Gerditioanl that there he ne disinnexation
of Alsace-Lorraine.. any disguised as `n Norwegian timber-
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GERMAN NAVY. MINISTER'S" AMERICAN PATROL-BOAT SHELLS The crew claim that they sánk £8,000,000
SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURE worth of shipping.
that the easy system of echelonnement THE ILL-FATED "SEEADLER.”spects of intricate questions. (
A wireless. Gorman ofheial riport siątis; ; | has proved a failure, and the second is Yesterday morning Heatturks were, a That the substitution of prepared lines of produite to a battle in a twenty-kilometre | shell-craters for battered treuch lines is front between Big schoote and Cheluvele almost valueless, because after heavy lasting far into the night. Our enemies, shelling the wealers are little good as "repeatedly reinfareed, asacudied six lines shebers
at seine petals. The enemy captured 1,500 metres of greind in tlás neightoi rhoud of Drulnak. Manglere. Veldhock and Poetea pelle. We finialy held the Fires from Poelcapeth 10 southward GenIvelt.
SLIGHT BRITISH WITHDRAWAL."-
Loxton. Oridber 10th. Reuter's Correspondent, with British Hondquarters, telegraphing today, says: There was henty fighting on the new Battlefront, yesterday afternoon and even-
of
Prisoner's admit that the Higher G. mand realise that during heavy fire the men cannot be trusted to hold them Oigers meanwhile are in Pill-Boxes » or similar Belters, where they are unable in exercise effective control or even know what the men in the craters are doing, hence at the moment of attack. the mon are either not at their posts or in a frame of mind which makes surrender a wiser course than fighting.
ALLIES' IMMEDIATE PLANS. Our withdrawal south of the pres
Loxinx, October 10th. Staden railway was due to reported
The tactical developments iu counter-attacks against our exhausted Flanders fighting are most interesting. brops and to enccaled machine-gim fire, The struggle shifted yesterday from the which at some spots was intense. The south to the north in a movement appar enemy threw in his reserves in massently directed to envelope Houthulst formation again and again, but these were Forest and thus remove the monate to the beaten back by our artillery, rifle and northern face of the salient which Sir macken fire.
Douglas Haig is pushing out towards folers.
Despite the state of the gruad we are geting er guns forward, while there is reason to boljeve, the enemy is mixing some of his batteries to the rent.
Prisoners state organisation in the German rear.
It is again raining heavily. However, we have the consolation that, while we are nearly everywhere on the highest ground: on the ridge, the enemis is mostly down in the swampy country.
there is much dis.
--
COPENHAGEN, October 10th,
War Loan
Stock Issue of WC at
Interest/
to be paid off our ther 31st Decem-" ber, 1928 Inseribød
Stock issues of 1504 and
ITALIAN SUBMARINE..
ME Inniels
WASHINGTON, October 10th.
aunotinces that
124
1906 at
Interest to
on the 15th
4 sensational statement has been made The Sendler was clearing Mopehag Adintral von Capalle in the Reichstag disclosing a plan to introduse Russian Island when a tidal wave buried her in revolutionary ideas in the Gapan Navy Anurican patrol-bom at night-time fred the sand,
Admiral von Capelle asserted that Inde at an Italian submarine which failed to pendent Scialist members of the Reich-
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
THE KORNILOFF AFFAIR...
PETROGRAD, October 10tli, The formation of the new Cabinet Jus entailed the dissolution of the Connel of five created to deal with the Kornilo trouble.
CONFERENCE WITH ALLIED ATTACHES,
MM. Kerensky, Verkhovsky. Ver derersky and Tereschenke have gone to Headquarters to confer with the Allied Attachés.
SPECIAL MISSION TO PARIS,
A Special Mission is going to Paris to attend the Inter-Allied Conference.
FRENCH SOCIALISTS AND
WAR.
THE
BORDEAUX, October 10th, A four ditys' conference of the Socialist party was concluded by overwhelmingly. It was the threat from Hunthult to Siradopting a motion in favour of assisting Douglas Haig's left flank in October, 14, in the conduct of the war and voting the
Government's war credits. That caused Sir Donglus nig. then to } retreat to the line Langemarck-Zomichoke
The tables are now turned, and the Ger wans recognise the momentousness of the issues.
The Leipzig Yoursie Sachrichten says, If the British break through the whole Western Front would give way and the French attacks on the Verdir. Front might have incalenlable consequences.”
Experts in London point out
break-through વ Tot cessarily the Allies immediate
that
FIGHTING IN MUD. From accounts by various correspon dents it is evident that yesterday's attack- was really a great readjustment of the battle-front. There were two advances simultaneously accomplished with fragment of a stationary line between. The larger operation was on the left with results will accrue from a continuance of the village of Peelcapelle as the centre, while
A
#
of part
as
h the fruit of
fuller
on the right a somewhat erratic fine their present policy of a swift succession was straightened exered an
The objective at the of blows on the same front, each driving deepest point
Generally
epeaking it the salient wider and deeper into the
German lives. Italian Front.
of 2,000 yards. was 1,200 to 1,100 yards. aimed at was secured, ander conditions of
extraordinary difficulty: Discouragement seemed to make no difference, and the bluw was struck as surely as Previous blows, though some troops. inarched twelve hours before going into battle. Then they fought like lions. A remark able feature was the admirable contact maintained throughout French troups. The latter had an endga
the British and difficult task, operating orma 13 in a continuous. marsh, The
48
DEATH OF THE SULTAN OF EGYPT.
LONDON, Oetober 10th. The death of the Sultan of Egypt is announced in the London papers.
Prince Abined Fuad will succeed.
Caso, October 10th. The Sultan of Egypt is dead.. GERMANY DECLARES WAR- AIM.
ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT.
"and
be paid off
$2,250,000
$14,257,930:00 133,090.170.00
507.160.00
8 2.300.785. 20.
$2,667.943.20
1917.
$2,000,000
Apr. 1913.£1,485,732.16.5 £1,480,732.16.5
stag, in the course of a conference actually answer the patrol-bient's signals.." held in the Reichstag building, approved of a scheme whereby representatives
An Italian officer aid seatnan were should be selected to go on board all
233 killed, ships orders, trade the mm to disobey The fleet aut force the conclusions prucem nuble to give a statement of subsequent events in the Nasy their home and duty have suffered the A few persons who forgot deserved penalty."
Mr. Daniels is expressed regrel, at the War Loan Stock unfortunate seentrence.
Admiral ven Capelle's disclosures hive created the greatest ritenent in the Reichstas.
Reports of the delints are disconnected. Naturally they have been heavily censored, but they are sufficient to show that the affair is very serious,
Admiral Von Capelle spreifenily named
THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, October 11th." silver is guvad 4hid, per ounce, Buyers wreholding back and the market is dail.
PORTUGUESE SOLDIERS' TOBACCO FUND.
three dependent Socialists, Diteman, The following sits were realised from Haase and Yogtherr, as having lead a the sale of Flags in Hongkong, on Oct. conference with sailors and marines in theth, on behalf of the Portuguese Soldiers' Reichstag building and with having sup-Tobacco Find:- ported revolutionary proposals pat is Collected by:- them.
of
THE MUTINY IN THE GERMAN NAVY,
AMSTERDAM, October 100: According to information. which hos reached here, the mutiny. Admiral vor apelle referred to in a veiled manned in the Reichstag arose among the crews R. M. Dyer .... foar German battleships, one of which J. M. Grabam was the dreadnought estfalen.
The Collected by fesers, Frank Jorge antinous saiters threw the explain of the Bruno da Rocha - Westfalen into the sea. His body was nut Varions* recovered for eight days. The sailors
.$ 60.30 then left the ships, and went ashore.
Mr. A. F. B. Silva Marines were ordered to attack thein, hut
Netto refused.
The Oldenburg Regiment was called out and surrounded the mutineers, who aur rendered.
In addition to the mitinous crews of the four battleships. the crow of the Anberg, while it sea, revolted and seized the officers.
The ship proceeded in the direction of Norway for the purpose of getting interned. A boat, the Nurnberg en- countered a torpedo-liont flotilla, which signalled to her, but the Varberg did not reply.
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the Independented and they surrendered, and the
3. I d'Almada e
Castri
124-00
CR
1916.
-1917, (Estimated).
Issue of 49IS, at
Sinking Fund Inscribed Stock
£200,000
Issues of 1803 and 1500 nt. 35.
Sinking Fund...L233,781.3.0 2258,194.53;
ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE. Total estimate for 1917 $12,425,018 Total estimate for 1918. 12,140,475 Total decrease .... .$ 281,543
Increases:
Personal Emoluments:
Stipulated Increments Increase of Salaries New Posts Allowances
Total Increase
תנו
Ints
new
Abolition of Posts
Allowances
..861,133
Miss
Annie da Silva
41.65
10,10
Do.
Angela da Liz
78.81
81,686
Do.
Cecilia trunco
18,349
Itu.
Alice Carvalho
15:30 Other Charges
206,535
Do.
Lina dos Remedios .
27.70 Special Expenditure
24,495
Du.
Angelu dos Remedios Do. Pepita Lawrence
58.05 Miscellaneosis Services 106.75 Military Contribution
45,019
19,632
20.00 Public Works Recurrent
5.00 Public Works Extraordinary.
Pensions real
31,700
140,400
16,124
Charitable Services
-6030,214
20.20
Mr. A. A. Guterres... A. F. P. Ega ..........
10.40 -5.00
2:00
Decreases. Personal Emoluments:
Higher Exchange Reduction
$ 1,
appoint-
Mr. E. J. Noronha
3.00
32,117
Mr. J. M. C. Buato
5.00
B1,000
Mr. B. Basto
5.00
10,854
Mr. J. M. L. 8.
Rozario
5.00
Other Charges ....... Special Expenditure
RN NEW
148,190
Mr. V. B. de Souza
5.00
Misonllamrous Services
313,432
Dr. F. M. Graci
Chag
k account of Public
Ozorio ..
5.00
Dr. A. de Carvalho
10,00
Mr. Braz Botelho ....
10:00
Public Works Recurrent Pensions
29,137
12,200
22, 104
Mr. Pedro Botelho
10.00
·1,641
Mr. J. H. Botelho
10.00
Mr. FC. Jenkin Mr. Bidon Potter Mr. A. Bryson Mr. 8. E. Green Mr. S. E. Hodge'
100.00.
10,00
Deduct IncreaE
8031,757
€50,21+#*
3.00
5,00
Net Decrease
5:00
5,00
5.00
5.00
25.00
Mr. W. J. Carroll Mr. Geo. P. Lammert Mr. J, D. F. Mulder- Mr E. V. M, R. de
Souza
AMSTERDAM, October 10th. Dr. Michaelis, the Imperial Chancellor, speaking in the Reichstag, declared that Germany is striving to altam a peace permitting her the widest economic and cultural development So long as our enemies demand that we yield up & single suspicious and sent a wireless message to The Commander of the flotilla grew piece of German soil or attempt to drive Wilhelmshaven that the Purnberg had wedge between the Kaiser and the not responded to his signals. He was then people, we shall refuse peace."
instructed to stop or slik the arabery, THE FATHERLAND PROPAGANDA. the grew of which were being themselves
Dr. Michaelis' speech was in reply to an
was brought back to Wilhelms- interpellation by Socialist, Her Dittmann, who com- After the suppression of the mutiny plained of the Pan-German propaganda the Kaiser, accompanied by Dr. Michaelis, in the Army
ordered one out of every seven mutineers Mr. Pedro Prata.. Dr. Michaelis denied that the pro- to be shot paganda was Fan-German, and proceeded Dr. Michalis objected on the ground Mr. FM. P. Graça Lo indicate that the propaganda was to that he was unable to assume such Mr. II. M. Campos.... explain to the soldiers what they are responsibility before fighting for. He declared that these who Eventually only three were shot, and the Mr. J. J. Leiria
the Reichstagr. I da Costa know the conditions at the front agres others were heavily sentenced. that the propaganda is urgently
Grupo Atosk Bros." both morally and
Ono of the reasons for the mutiny is Mr. J. F. Esa da Silva necessary,
said to be bad and inadequate food, mentally. Dr. Michaelis then broadly stated the namely, free development on the con peace which Germany is highling for.
MOST ASTOUNDING INCIDENT OF THE WAL tinent and overseas. She must strive to front. prevent an economic offensive succeeding the present armed offensive against her. ships must be allowed freely to enter the such a peace German cannon and sub world's porta If her enemies refused marines must continue to do their work.
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An ItalianONDON, October 10th..
report states:We repulsed repeated enemy attacks on Mon- day in an attempt to gain ground at Castagnavizza on the Carso
Mr. J. Amold
at many points reverted to the use of their machine guns in trees evidently mistrasting their pill boxes," but the British machine guns multiplied those of the enemy were silenced, and the British
supporting guns of all calibres moved steadily forward, maintaining an uninterrupted fire. The mud of the battle- Furious fighting ensued, but all our pos She must have markets abroad, hence her astounding incidents of the war. It threw Messrs Botelho Bros.
field is everywhere stulded with Gorman bodies, the victims of the last battle. Never before have the British troops ericountered so many enemy dead, telling dhe story of the headlong fight.
tions were maintained.
attacks last night between Vippacco and We drove back with heavy losses enemy Castagnavizza.
Reuter's Agency has interviewed a high Naval authority, who said that the Ger m. Naval Mutiny was one of the most
new light upon the German peace kites, morale and internal troubles among the which are manifestly due to the feiling German people.
Mr. T, F. Hough Mr. J. W. Gegg Mr. E. V. M. B. de Sour (Contul Mr. E. J. de Figueiredo
for Portugal)
Messrs. De Souza & Co.
Total
Debl
Charitable Services
Total Degrease
$284,543
LOVE THE GERMAN BALM
344.0)
According to some people it is 5.00 anathema to speak of entering into 2.00 relationship with any enemy nation after 2.00 the war," said Mr. V. H. Dickinson, 3.00 MP at Hampstead Garden Suburly 2.00 recently.
5.80 It is really nothing of the kind. The 4.00 balus we seek to apply to the wounds of 10:00 Europe is not pacifism, but common sense. 10.00 After the war the world will go on 5.08 the same between the peoples, and once
the people will settle things for them 5.00 peace is declared, in nine cases cut of tea 130.00 selves and the causes of dispute which 150.00 now keep them asunder, unless artificially
25.00 kept alive, will tend to disappear.
Nations were not intended to hate, $1,200.96 cach other international hatred is only
a matter of a moment."
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