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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2ND 1917.
THE ALLIES”. WAR AIMS.
RUSSIA RELEASING AUSTRO-
GERMAN PRISONERS.
FRENCH CRUISER TORPEDOEN. ATTACKING SUBMARINE DESTROYED.
PETROGRAD IN STATE OF SIEGE
Branco-Belgian Front,
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BRITISH FRONT.
HOSTILE ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.
LONDON, December 20th. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig e- ports:-There was hostile artillery firing at Passchendaele.
Naval Activitien,
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FRENCH CRUISER SUNE.
GERMAN SUBMARINE
DESTROYED.
PARIS December 19th. A Naval communiqué reports:-The The Portuguese repulsed raiders south-old cruiser Chateau Renault, utilised as a transport, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on the morning of the 14th inat
eastward of Laventie.
RAIDERS DRIVEN OFF. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re- ports:-We drove off raidere, south east of Guemappe.
The enemy raided two posts in the neighbourhood of Avion.
There was considerable hostile artillery firing at Ploegstreet Wood, and Polygon Wood.
AVIATION.
The Australian Air-Squadrons did good work on Monday Two of their pilots were attacked by many scouts, but they brought down one and dispersed the remainder.
Our aeroplanes yesterday dropped 120 bombs on railway stations and trenches.
There was intense air-fighting all day which was greatly in our favour.
We brought down nine and drove down three machines. Three of our machines are missing."
All on board were saved, except ten Bilors who are missing.
The submarine was destroyed.
Italian bront
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ITALIAN FRONT.
ITALIANS CAPTURE PRISONERS.
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RUSSIAN AFFAIRS. PETROGRAD IN STATE OF SIEGE. |
PETROGRAD, December 20th,
THE ALLIES" WAR AIMS.
MR. BALFOUR'S STATEMENT
LONDON December 19th In the House of Commons, replying to
MERCANTILE MARINE LOSBES
GREAT BRITAIN
*Losnos,- December 20th. The Admiralty announce the arrivals
SOLDIERS PETS
(BY GUNNER IN THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN.]
Only 'a census would reveal the motley collection of oveatures that are sharing
in France, Mesopotamia, Eyypt, or in the many lands where the Brition is fight
Petrograd is declared to be in a state speeches by Bir William Colling and Mr, for the week 2,401 and the sailings 2,498 the affections of our soldiers Somewhere. of elege. All street mectings and gather. A Ponsonby, démanding a clearer state
inent of the Allies war aims, Mr. Bal- ings are prohibited.
attempts to pillage the wing stores. Our emphasised the great als for unsuccessfully attacked and one sishing. g. On the western front pets are more
shops and privato dwellings will be sup pressed by machine guns without warn ing
Nobody is allowed out after nine o'clock in the evening without authorise tion by House Committees
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RELEASE OF AUSTRO-GERMAN PRISONERS.
which we are unselfishly fighting and which have been frequently, consistently and lucidly expressed. What was "dostr- able at present was not so much a discus sion of waraims as of war methods, Carrying on the war was the immediate
and
all-essential thing. The broad
objects of the war were never doubtful, but the very magnitude of the war meant that all sorts of difficult side sales are
constantly arising.
PETROGRAD, December 18th. M. Trotzky has sigued, an order releas Mr Balfour dealt with Mr. Ponsonby a ing the Austrian and German pritonces of allegation that our aims are not disin. war in the Borovitchy district of the Govterested, as was shown by our agreement ernment of Novgorod from compulsory with Russia
labour, placing them on as equality with free workmen as regards wages, etc., with the option of working at agriculture under the Kherson Government, to which they will receive travelling passes.
Fourteen vessels over and three under 1,600 tons were sunk. Eleven vessels word
boat was, sunk
FRANCE.
The Froach weekly shipping return show that 981 vessels arrived, 692 depart ed, one vessel under 1,000 tons was sunk, and one was unsuccessfully attacked
ITALY.
The Italian shipping returns show the arrivals as 384, and the sailings 333 Two sailing vessuls over and one under 100 tons were Bunk
SUBMARINE STATISTICS.
An official diagram shows the British, Allied and neutral merchant. tonnage losees quarterly from the beginning of
Regarding Constantinople, Mr. Balfour 1916 to date- declared that what the late Government The quarterly aid in this connection was absolutely rose between the end of September, losses progressively
justified in the circumstances. Italy pro- 1916, to the end of June, 1917, after perly deserved a rearrangement of terri-which they sharply declined, being now M. Trotsky instructs the Russian Legutory in her favour, The Government was below the losses of the corresponding tion at Brestitovsk to propose that the ver
never even aware of any French states- Austrians, Germans, Turks and
man having seriously entertained the Bulgarians should deaf similarly with
idea their civilian prisoners.
of cutting off a bit of Germany in order to form un independent buffer State between France and Germany.
An order has been issued handing oven. the administration of the Fleets to the Central Committees, abolishing admirals and replacing the staffs, by elected organisations, the Central Committees to appoint Boards to direct the naval opera tions:
LONDON, December 19th. An Italian official report states:-After Rostoff, violent efforts to advance southwards from inst., Col Caprile to Mount Pertica, the enemy only succeeded in gaining advantages Novertheless, we
at Mount Aholone eaptured 100 prisoners.
Our Naval forces provented an atterapt to oroes the Vecchia-Piave.
Last night we bombed St. Denis Aerial Activities.
Westrom, Boulers, and Lightervelde serodromes, and Thourout, Ledeghem, Cambrai and Menin railway stations.
All our machines returned.
CONDITIONE AT THE FRONT.” Reutor's Correspondent nt Head- quarters reports:~Deep, frozen snow, is rendering transport most difficult and big operations have become almost impossible, but the enemy is displaying considerable activity. A good deal of movement is in progress behind the German lines under suspicious circumstances, based upon past experience, as the chomy is using the Red Cross flag freely.
The recent spirited attack south of Polderhoek Chateau only met with success owing to our men having used up all available grenados.
Referring to the much-bruited reports of the arrival of a number of fresh enemy Divisions in Belgium from the Eastern Front, the Correspondent arrives at a 'liberal estimate that the trench strength of each of suob divisions does exceed 3,500 infantrymen of all ranks.
not
FRENCH FRONT. ENEMY BOMBARDS FRONT LINE
PARIS, December 19th.
A communiqué states:-Enemy artil lery bombarded at night-time the front line south of Juvincourt, in Argonne, and at Four-de-Paris
Our guns effectively replied.
A repeated attempt to reach our posi tions at Four-de-Paris was repulsed
The enemy dropped 50 bombs on Dunkirk on the night of the 18th inst, but no casualties resulted
RECIPROCAL BOMBARDMENT.
Paris, December 20th.
A commumque states:-There was a reciprocal bombardment in the regions of Juvincourt, north of Cantieres Wood, Hartmanngweilerkopf and Schoenholz
GERMAN STRENGTH.
PARIS, December 19th, There are still 113 enemy divisions ca the Eastern Front of which 77 are Ger-
GENERAL NEWS.
Mr. Balfour contrasted the exposition
of our war aims with the enemies' studied silence, and concluded with a stinging castigation of Mr. Ponsonby.
Commander Wedgwood followed Mr. Balfour. He declared that America was The Evening Post's Correspondent at the main support of the Allies, and our telegraphing on the 17th terma must be bound by President Wil
the Don Cossacks finally occupied the town, the be a closer union of our sims with those and Kuban son acceptance of them There should
Maximalist infantry joining the Cossacks, of the United States, and a statement to while the Red Guards laid down their this effect would not merely split the German nation from top to bottom, but General Kaledin communicated with would Increase the British people's the Smolny Institute at Petrograd, which morale.
orms and surrendered.
is the Bolshevik Headquarters, proposing Lord Cavendish Bentinck said that if the cessation of Civil War
the people were losing their morale, it stipulates that the Maximalists do not
was entirely due to a suspicion that our
He
or less of the conventional type doge cata, and other well known animals-and in a measure they lack the individuality of the pets in more tropical or for-die- tant climes. Dogs simply swarm in the deserted country of the western war zone. Cats, homeless and otherwise, are to bo found
too, have been feft beverywhere. They,
hen the enemy poured over the
stricken to British soldier, or per and often mede friends with the bounty, but otherwise lived the life of a haps snatched
existence from his
caty meet and
BZ
wild creature. These animals have all ab one time been domesticated, and are just like eats and dogs all the world over. The
fight with the cats aror, and settle their affairs on No Land. Doga behave much as they do in other lands, fighting and hunting, making journeys on ammunition waggons, and them a chance of rushing forth and enjoy- OVCE
gary welcoming the advance to give hunth begange medley of ing
strange
between
of a fight In other and hatter lands even dega take on a different character, banding
cama, and many a soldier together to hunt the jackal when creature enters the sacred precincts of the
the sandhills and knows that he cannot sighs no he hears the sound of the hunt passing over be in at the kill. The hyena's wild, weird for hours, and without the sound of war laughter will set the camp dogs barking fare the camp is noisy enough with the ∙outery of dogs baying defiance to the is hunted by an
period of last year.
Another diagram shows that the total marauder German submarines sunk has risen pro gressively between October 1816, and October, 1917, after which the rate has remained stationary.
Theso calculations are based on absolute Australia, delightfully iropish pat
knowledge.
AMERICA AND THE WAR.
IRISHMEN TO REFRAIN FROM EMBARRASSING THE ALLIES
CHICAGO, December 19th.
The Irish Fellowship Club, the largest Irish organisation in Chicago, has adopt. fed a declaration which will be forwarded to Ireland after submission to all Irish organisations in America, stating that any Irishman seeking to embarrass any Ally in the conduct of the war commits an act of open hostility to the United States
|
e MOSES THE JERBOA enger pack,
But perhaps the livelist of tropical pets
Darbo little Jerboa. The Anzac insists on calling them kangaroo rats, because they are exactly like his own familiar friend of the Never Never Country out back in like the kangaroo rut, the jerbon makes He Anzacs
aca always call their peta by
the personal pronoun-is full of tricks and is guaranteed to get into more mischief than any other pet bar a crow or a jackday. One called Moses, because ho was captured outside the Holy Land, was an extremely funny little begger, and
to
Balls with a lid on simply fired his curiosity so much that he would
apena hours in the evening trying his level best. to get under the lid. He always con do, and if food was contained in the trived to accomplish what he set out to Billy" then Moses stuffed until he epuld hardly crawl. Truth
tell, Mosch was a greedy little beggar, and was always ready to eat in season and out of season. He was usually tied up for a jerboa is cabable of digging himself in in record that one day the crder to move on might time, and his owner was always afraid come suddenly and Moses not be If left alone he always turned
up safely in the evening. Mosca hated being tied up, and it was a sight for the gods to see
interfere with the affairs of the Don war ains were being increased in favour JAPANESE AT VLADIVOSTOCK aster and pet spriating for all they
Cossacks, and insists upon the immediate formation of a National Government.
A despatch from Kieff reports that strong Maximalist force in marching to
of plutocracy
Mr. MeCreedy said that the people were suspicious, not that the Govern- ment was going too far, but that it was not going far enough.
REPORT WITHOUT FOUNDATION
LONDON, December 20th
In the House of Commons at question time, Lord Robert Ceell stated that, as
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BOMBS DROPPED ON BRUGES
LONDON, Dovember 20th. The Admiralty announce that Naval aircraft dropped large quantities of that city. explosives on the Brugeoise Works at SOVIETS V. UKRAINE REPUBLIC. Brages on Tuesday night and obtained
After speeches by many others, includ far ea the Government were aware, the direct hits. A large fire was observed,
The People's Commissioners, on behalf
ing Mr. Runcima, of the various Soviets, have issued a
report of Japanese landing at Vladi. They also bombed Vlisseghem aero statement recognising the right of the
Lord Robert Cecil, replying to a vostock was without foundation. drome yesterday afternoon, securing Ukraine Republic to separate from
charge by Mr. C. P. Trevelyan that the direct hits.
attempted Russia, but demanding the Ukraine Government had not They destroyed one enemy machine and Rada, or Parliament, to couse moving
discover the German terms, said there drove down another.
troops towards the Don, Ural and eines scarcely anyone who had spoken in One of our machines is missing
where, and to conse disarming the
the
House of Commons who had not Soviet Bed Guards. Failing a satisfacked the Germans to state their terma. General.
tory reply within 48 hours, the Rada Asquith had done so repeatedly, but THE MAN WHO CONTROLS will be considered in a state of war not a word in reply had been received: against the Soviete.
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THE FOOD QUESTION.
MEATLESS DAY WEEKLY.
LONDON, December 20th.
CHRISTMAS AT HOME.
LONDON, December 10th.. There will be no newspapers published Lord Rhondda is arranging to fx in on Christrans Day and no evening papers January the maximum prices of various on Boxing Day. grades of home live-stock.
New Year & meatless day weekly, on The Food Controller imposes from the
which no cooked or uncooked meat will be sold.
The Food Controller also proposes to limit retail sales after January 31st to three-quarters of the October sales,
TEA PRICES FIXED. The Food Minister announces that
from December 31st the maximum prices
to
THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDOS, December 20th-
The silver market is quiet,
Referring to the criticisms of Bir Ed- ward Carson, Lord Robert Cecil said it
LONDON'S BARRAGE.
Every one is asking about Colonel M
were worth through Camp, the jerbea being intent on where slender
the tiniest of His powers sprinting, or jumping, were 30
tro mendous that the race was not always won by the Anzas, although that at the death and contrived to catch individual generally managed to be in Moses hind legs just as they were dis appearing amid a fountain of sand sent up by the energetic
jerboa PERUNINTERESTING REPTILE
collars were thing-place
In spite of what their owners may say, tortoises and mud turtles are extremely uninteresting pets. They are generally self-centred, and, like young crocodiles, rarely display any affection. Tortoise races are a mild form of dissipation dear Sto
the soldie
soldier perhaps because anyone can start a tortoise, but no one knows where he will go or whether he will » all. The tortoise has absolutely no
and nothing
will
• it is necessary to overtake the tortoïso necen all persuade him in front of him. The owners
could
only set the reptiles in a row and then prog them
on to do their duty
guanas, is another extremely
was the old story about the west bank of St. L. Simon, the man who puts the Call, as the Anzac insista on TOH MASUNITA reptile and can be coupled
the
the Rhine, which he thought had been barrage up," whose job as director of the with
as far as affection goes. I completely cleared up. Sir Edward air defences of London was mentioned by have only seen one iguana that displayed any affection, and that was not for his Lieut. Geners! Sir Francis Lloyd in his owner,
but for Carson had not intended to suggest any.
total stranger.The speech at Poplar,
**litardy*** ercature crept all Over thing in advance of the Government's
stranger and then caressed his face with general policy regarding Alster-Lorraine, mediate military circle, had heard of goanns promptly traded the reptile
Few people in London, outside his im a long thin tongue. The
The owner of REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE Further, he would not advocate an Colonel Simon before, but he has been away for a tortoise, in
sheer disgust at organising the defence of London for its behaviour, Bankes, even when harm economic war after the war, but there something over twelve months.
less do not seem pleasant companions, would be a world shortage of raw Those who have come in contact with
hed a boxful of writhing oldier
never some him speak of him as a man of great abili accustomed to the materials, and
the great
and
BILL
LONDON, December 20th. In the House of Lords, the Representa tion of the People Bill passed its second reading.
mass
reptiles. Hie but
grow
LEIGE DEFENDER RELEASED material after the war in order to supply He was for some years in Canada. Inoue, but their constant changer
ZULICE, December 20th. General Leman, the defender of Liege,
due here,
ALLIES RECOGNISE NEW
PORTUGUESE REGIME.
of tea will be:-Claes A, 2/4 per pound, has been released from Germany and is B 2/8 to 3/- 03/- to 3/4 (up to 3/8 in Ireland), D 3/B, an uncontrolled 2/8. From January 15th, control tea may not be sold mixed with uncontrolled tea, and if control tea of two grades is mixed the mixture must be sold at the price of the lower grede,
RUSSIA'S FINANCIAL OBLIGA- TIONS.
LONDON, December 20th.
In the House of Commons, Lord Robert
man and 23 Austrian, compared with 137 Cecil stated that the Government had no
in September, but these are of little official information that Russia has value.
repudiated her financial obligations.
„PARIS, December 20th. Great Britain, France, Italy and Belgium have recognised the Portuguese régime.
EXPLOSION
NEAR LONDON.
LONDON, December 20th.
It is officially annotated that an ex- plosion wrecked a building of an explo sive works northward of London.
There were no fatalities.
ty, who is likely to rise higher. He w strange mischance the snakes vanished, of raw material would be controlled by service at the freat, but was brought home one by one and the grieving owner ourselves and the Allies. It could not be to undertake some special instructional declared that they had been slain by tha
work
rest Chameleons are favourite pets, and expected that we would go short of raw Colonel Simon is about forty years of do their level best to keep down the num Bagage, and is one of the old Beguler Army, ber 谜
of perhaps, their chief charm. Germany. There was nothing vindictive 1911, while a major, he became a staff ΣΕ s
to watch
thie varying about that
captain in the Department of the Mastent circumstanes, although General of the Ordnance He is not retinue the display, and retires to some cop a time the chameleon declines to con isted to the es Home Secretary, Siz
Seemo," in the French way, although, an human being. John Simon, and bis name is pronounced venient height and catches flies with
air
of not wantin
wanting to be bothered by on the fact that his barrage sends The largest number of unnenal pets, London to the depths, he might well be however, consist of birds, and. known as "Simon the Cellarer."
however
the quaint, ungainly attitudes and weird dancing of tame storks and cranes always raises good laugh.
WEB CON
not
Lord Robert Cecil said he vinced the British pub permit the abandonment of any under
FANTASTIC STARS AT THE
VICTORIA THEATRE,
takings we had given to our Allies He agreed that besides victory we must have sdcurity for a lasting settlement. It had
of Greece comes onlinary wild bird life
so readily to the en
Canna been suggested that the principal pre
and is so easily tamed that it would be difficult to compile a list of everything caution was the establishment of a League
that had been pelted. Then the finding of Nations He would not remgan & mem-
The Fantastic Stats programme for of nesta of the larger birds of to-morrow night at the Victoria Theatre erally results in the addition of more pets. ber of a Government which did not make is announced to be one of unsanal in Owlsang eagles, and hawks are brought in
a dully League of Nations after the war one of ferente Hilda Felstead will utroduce
restling, an
and flourish golden
free to come Was 30 falls that its main objects, but we must begin with several new numbers. Miss Nellie Blackingly
the Beottish contralto, is to sing some Chough it was perfectly a partnership of those nations whom we old sweet Scotch Bangs, and Miss Eixie and go as it those it would always faturo regarded worthy to enter it the piccolo solo, will be heard in reveral mononless upon the top of the lent Black, in addition to her fute und
tent after. its long-distanca Aights
Temain for hours perfectly idea that a League of Nations could be duets with ber sister. Alf Redhead When called it would fly down and perch established with a victorious Germany Wilson will again proveTis better to on 1 master's hand and eving the was an utterly mistaken one.
greatest pleasure at being noti:e k
| be a witty fool than a foolish wit
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