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THE WAR.
BRITISH
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY Ora, 1918.
CAPTURES AND LOSSES
LAST YEAR,
NEW MINEFIELDS FOR PROTECTION OF ALLIED SHIPPING.
LORD READING APPOINTED HIGH COMMISSIONER TO US.A.
FINE WORK OF BRITISH AND FRENCH IN ITALY.
THE PREMIER'S SPEECH ENDORSED BY ALLIES.
Franco-Belgian Front.
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THE BRITISH FRONT.
RAIDS REPULSED.
LONDON, January 7th.. Field-Marshal Sir Dougles Haig re-
ports:
We repulsed a raid south-eastward of Ypres. Hostile artillery was active at Passchendaele.
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SPASMODIC ACTIVITY.
LONDON, January 7th
The Near East.
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FIGHT NEAR ADEN.
LONDON, January 7th: The War Office announces that it 38 reported from Aden ́hat a strong recor- naissance in the direction of Hatum and
Jabir ́_resulted in the destruction of Hatum's defences-
The enemy's casualties were severe.
General:
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Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re LORD READING'S NEW POST ports occassional hostile artillery fring
to the south-east of Messines,
FRENCH FRONT.. INTENSE ARTILLERY DUEL,
BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER
TO U.B.A
LONDON, January 7th.
it is understood that Lord Reading has been appointed British High Cóm- amissioner to the United States and will also take charge of the British War Mission at New York and Washington, Lord Northcliffe remaining the head of the British Mission to the United Slates in London.
Panis, January 7th. A communique states:-There was very intense artillery duelt night-time on the right of the Me, in the Bezonvaux and Les Chanbrottes regions,
Five enemy acroplanes were brought
down...
Italian Front..
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RESISTANCE. THE ITALIAN
GOOD WORK OF BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS.
the
Losuox, January 7th, An Italian offrial communique states: The British and French batteries repeatedly shelled positions and rear areas between Vidor, Pontedeila and Graila, achieving excellent results.
The British patrols forced the river Piave at some points.. Aerial Activities,
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NATIONAL WAR BONDS. RECORD SUBSCRIPTIONS.
LONDON, January 7th Last week subscriptions to the Na tional War Bonds through the banks mounted to nearly £24,000,000, a recom
for a week.
Bo far over £231,000,000 has been sub scribed through the banks and over £11,000,000 through the Post Office.
Up to December 29th over £187,000,000 was realised by the sale of War-Savings
Certificates.
MR. ROCKFELLER'S BENEFACTION.
DONATION TO MEET INCREASING WAR EXPENDITURE.
THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH BRITISH EMPIRE'S WAR AIMS
EMPIRE
LONDON, January 8th.
AMERICAN PRESS COMMENT
WASHINGTON, January 6th, A Gazette comprising forty-six pages Ufficial circles generally approve of Mr. contains the names of the recipients of Lloyd George' pooch for various grades of the Order of the Brand olearness
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met be
EMPIRE'S THANKSGIVING
DAY
LONDON, Jantary 7th. According to the Royal Proclamation Sunday, January 6th, was observed da Day of Intercession in the Churches of all denominations throughout the land
In hospitals and training camps, there were special forms of prayer and thanks giving
In several instances volunteers attended churches and military bands nssisted the choire: ¡--
Public bouste were voluntarily closed all day.
There were intercession services at some of the cinema theatres and the message of the Prime Minister was shown on the screens at others.
Fish Empire for War Bervices. ftia. One official said that the Prime Minis headed by Dame Grand Cross conferred ter had taken the statements of the Bri- upon Queen Alexandra............
tish, French and Italian · political Beven Kaight Grand Cross include Leaders, and even President Wilson's, Bir Arthur Lee, Director of Food to and developed them more sharply than
action, Sir William Blender Wingate, they had been originally formulated. High Commissioner of Egypt.
The American Fress widely comments Fio Dames Grand Cross include on the statement as a timely and decisive Viscountess Northcliffe.
step, clarifying the position of the Slaty eight Knights Commander in Entente Powers, and which must clude Mr. William Goode, honorary; before any peace-gathering secretary of the National Committee for thought, out Belgian Relief, Mr. Alexander Grace,
The says, the staterent tells the Managing Director of the Fairfield Ship Teutons squarely that the pence, they Mr. Rockfeller has given five data building Company (Glasgow); Mr John deeirs is attainable without national
WASHINGTON, January 7th. half million dollars to the Rockfeller Lloyd, Director General of Recrait destruction or intolerable humiliation.
Guatemala The New York Times says it is impos
Further earthquakes in Foundation to meet the increasing ex-ing. Mr. James Mchechnie, Managing
Director of Messrs. Vikers,
sible to exaggerate the pledge to stand by City have completed the destruction penditure of war work.
We can the remaining parts of the city and Roderick Jones Managing Director of French democracy till death.
imagine no more appalling blunder than caused 500 more deaths. Messrs Reuters, Limited; Mr. Charles Stewart, Public Trustee, Major-General
failure to support the French demand Lee Stack, acting Birder.
that Alsace Lorraine should be restored." Tourteen
Dames-Commander include
GERMANY'S AMBIGUOUS Lady Lugard the founder of the War Refugees Committee,
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Mr. Rockfeller's contributions to the Foundation will now total 130 million dollars
THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, January 8th Silver is quoted at 454d. per ounce, and the market is steady.
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THE RUSSO GERMAN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
A SIGNIFICANT SILENCE.
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DECLARATIONS"
LONDON, January 7th. Lady Lugard, the wife of Sir Frederick
Professor Foerster, writing in the Matthew Lugard, who succeded Sir
THE RESULT OF THE BOMBARDMENT."- Nathan as Governor of Hongkong in 1907, Herlin Fox, ridicules the German idea
The Tuchun Mok Wing-son, after the is, of course; well known to many residents that Great Britain went to war to get in the Colony. Since the untbreak of rid of Germany's commercial competi-bumbardment, called all the leaders into hostilities Lady Lugard has been identified tion, and America to soure her foreign consultation. It was at last decided that very wosely with special war work,
investments.
the Generalissimo, Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Sir John Furley, Mr. James Andrew Great Britaini and Aurica ere the Tichun should each have his own AMSTERDAM, January 7th.
Seddon, Labour .P, and Mt. James waging war to remove war and the peril limited power, and that the appointment Germany's of any delegate for Foreign Affairs The Heads of the Quadruple Delega Parker, Labour M.P. for Halifax, have of war from the world.
must be approved the Generalissimo. mani tions at Brestlitovsk have jointly sent a been appointed Companions of Honour actual readiness for peace must be
Both sides have agreed to these ternta wirches telegram to the President Two hundred and reventy two Com-tested in a more concrete form than and the trouble may now be regarded of the Russian Delegation pointing madders include Miss Stevenson, private her general ambiguous declarations, out that the period of ten day secretary to Mr. Lloyd George, and Mr.
allowed to the other belligerents to decide whether they should participate in the peace negotiations expired on the 4th instaat, and that no declaration regard- ing their participation in the negotia tions had so far been received from any other belligerent,
RUBBIAN AND PRSIA C
PETROGRAD, January 7th.
JJ Virgo,
There is also a long roll, of Officers. and Members of the Order.
LISTS OF OVERSEAS AWARDS PRODEFERRED:
In order to meet the convenience of the Dominions and Colonies, and in view of the present slowness of compuned tions, it has been arranged to defer until M. Trotzky has sent a Note to Persia
a later date, probably March 1st, notifica offering to negotiate for the removaltion of the lists of appointments to the Russian troops from Persia, if Turkey Order of the British Empire in respect agrees to do likewise.
of services in or for the Dominions and Colonice:
LATER The
appointments of Lords Read ing and Northcliffe are officially con- firmed.
LONDON, January 8th. Lord Northcliffe, interviewed, said Lord Reading's appointment emphasised the tremendousness of the task of re-
It is proposed that Persin should cons presenting all the British intercats 1municate with Turkey on the subject. the United States at a time when the KUELHMANN AND THE GERMAN inter-dependence of och other wa
efforts had assumed such a vast scale.
ARMY. LONDON, January 7th.)
THE FRENCH VIEW.
PAR18, January 7th.
by
as settled. We are informed, however, that Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who is now out of favour with the public officiale, pro- Mr. Lloyd George's speech has proposes to leave Canton. foundly impressed all circles in France THE TUCHUN'S RESIGNATION, especially labour.
Owing to the split between the Gener alissimo and the Tuchun the latter has The French Press unanimously hail it
asked General Luk Wing ting for in- as the most important speech delivered structions. It is said that the fuchun by the head of any Government during bas decided to resign, and that bes
the war.
..successor will be Admiral Ching Pik.
GENERAL LUNG'S MOVEMENT.
Reports have been received stating that General Lung Chii kwong recently sent his armies from Yeung Kong into the. interior,
The Daily Chronicle says that the vital Kwong goal is the prevention of a future war, and the establishment with that object of an The terse effective League of Nations. triple formula with which the speech con- cludes may go out to the world as the Empire's message, endorsed by the sister nations of our great Commonwealth.
The Times says the speech is the most important State docoment issued: mince the déclaration of war.
Another report states that General Lung's troops, about 2,000 strong, have entered Yeung-Kong city and that the magistrate and other city authorities have fled.
ANOTHER TRANSPORT CAPTURED.
TEST CABLES, FIGHTING THE SUBMARINES TWO MINEFIELDS FOR PROTEC The split between the Pan-German 'TION OF BRITISH SHIPPING.
It is reported that one of Lung's. He was of opinion that Lord Reading would be given full authority to act on Annexationists and the more Modernte
LONDON, January. th. To attain a League of Nations we transports, the Tai On, which was return-
two bis own initiative, as was the case dur- elements in Germany over the Brest Lloyd's Agency announces that
are ready to fight to the death, and to ing to Hoi-how, after conveying, troops ng bis former visit. He would posse as litovak negotiations is evidenced by the new British minefields for the protection employ that control of raw materials to Liu-Chow, has been captured by the the goodwill of the people and the Gov. violent attack of the Rheinische West of merchantmen against submarines which is among the most potent weapons Hoi-ki, and will be brought to Canton ernment of the United States: Our Melische Zeitung, on Baron Kuchlmann, have been laid, covering practically the of the Allied democracies.” combined establishments at Washington to whose conduct in the peace negotia whole seu aren between the Belgian coast had grown so much that they would now tions it attributes General Ludendorf and Dover and Folkestone,
reported intention to resign.
AIR REPRISALS ON ENEMYke the most creditable showing in
TOWNS.
MORE ENEMY AEROPLANES BROUGHT DOWN:
LONDON, January 7th. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re parts:-
tran-
Acroplanes on Sunday machine gun ned, with 11,000 rounds, troups, sports and other targets, and dropped three tons of bombs on different objcc- Lives
We brought down six and drove down two machines.
Two of oars are missing
AMSTERDAM, January 8th.
A telegram from Karlsruhe, dated the 4th instant, reports Allied air attacks on Mannheim, Rastatt and Frieburg
The Telegraaf states that the big new flying camp on the Ovstackeron Ghent Lokern Antwerp line has been greatly damaged in the aerial attacks.
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BERNE, JEnery 6th An invisible aviator, of unknowa, nationality, embed a Swiss railway train near Lake Neuchatel
There were no casualties, but the win gowa of the tenin and telegraph wires were destroyed
Whitehall.
Sir
LONDON, January 8th. It is officially announced that Coil Spring Rice is departing from Washington on leave.
Lord Reading's appointment as High Commisioner, will have the character of Arabassador on Special Mission, with full authority over all British Missions in the United States
BRITISH CAPTURES AND LOSSES.
FIGURES FOR LAST YEAR.
LONDON, January th The War Office has issued the following statement of British captures in 1917 — In the Western Theatre 78,131 prisoners and 631 guns,
In Palestine 17,646. prisoners and 108
guns.
In Mesopotamia 1,044, prisoners and
-124-gune
In East Africa 6,726 prisoners and 18
guns
In Salonika 1,095 prisoners. Total 1,145,44 prisoners and 781 guns. The British louses on the Western Front were approximately 27,200 pri- soners and 166 guns, in Palestine 610 prisoners, Mesopotamia 257, East Africa
The British mine area off the coast of The journal doubts whether the Army Jutland and the German scaboard has Command can any longer co-operate also been enlarged with Baron Kuelhmann. It declares. that Renunciations in the East" is and Baron Kuehlmann's watchword, renunciation in the West will follow. The Germans must now, choose hottréen Ludendorff Generals Hindenburg
Germany It is the
PEACE: MEGOTIATIONS.
The Daily Express states:
The President recently sent delegatos to enquire into the real opinion of the finds herself taken seriously.
South West. We are informed that. Dr. supreme test of her sincerity."
Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, M.P. in a Wu Ting-long received a cable from the. speech at Glasgow, says that Mr. Lloyd President, requesting him to go to Pel- George's speech was an expression of the ing to explain the views of the South EARLIER CABLES.
mind of a man who said that alt proi West regarding the posce negotiation, INTERESTING FRENCH FIGURES. lems would have to be settled when the Wu, owing to the President's continued.
policy of sending troops to the South, clouds were lifted
to the capital. PARIS, January 7th.
The Daily Mail states: We can has not yet agreed to
Mr. Lloyd MOVEMENT OF NORTHERN SQUAURON. The Ministry of Marina has published
never offer better terms.
The Defence Commissioner of Siwatow diagrams showing that the losses of the George's allusion to Germany's need for Allied merchantmen owing to submarin- raw materials after the war is a remind has wired to the Tuchun stating that the or Barons Kuehlmanu and Hertling
er that, while we command the sea, it is Northern gunbcats Sui- and Ting Sat left Amoy yesterday. They are General Ludendorff's rosignation was ism have steadily decreased since June.
expected to go to help General Lung in not heard of in London until Berlin
The measures taken after the serious possible to harden our price."
King Chow. We are informed that threo announced that the report was not in crisis which culminated in April, 1917, 50 accordance with the facts.
reduced the lesses that the situation in
Bunboats of the 1st Squadron havo bica
December, 1917, was better than in lines for a clean peace, December, 1916.
HIS MAJESTY'S REPLY TO QUEBEC'S MESSAGE.
The Daily News says the nation can go forward with a clear conscience and
a firm parposs. We have laid down the
seat to watch them.
GERMAN COMMENT.
THE WORLD'S GOLD PRODUCTION. AMSTERDAM, January 7th.
The world's total gold production The Fiche Beitung describes. Mr.
during 1916, published by the AA the first.
nicering and dining Journal, shown Lloyd George's specch The results of the destruction of enemy tangible British peace offer, but a pones that the estimates made by various submarines were also encouraging. The at the expense of Germany's allies and authorities earlier in the year were very loss, based on certainties, bad steadily the return of German colonics in c. near the mark The actual figure amount- increased since the end of September, change for the strengthening of the cd to $470,442,058, a decrease of some- with 1916, but an increase of about ten 1910. They were during the last quarter British position in Asia is not accept thing over eight million dollars compared of 1977 ning times greater than the cor. The hocinische Zeitung says that Mr.
and a quarter millions compared with Lloyd George's has changed but responding period of 1910.
the old Imperialistic pigs are
are wholly 1914. The decline is largely explained by maintained.
The loses of supply ships had been LONDON, January 7th reduced by 14 per cent, especially owitɛ The King has replied to Quebec's to the convoying system. message which was cabled on the 3rd instant, conveying the cordial thanks of His Majesty, who does not doubt that be may ocunt on the determined participa tion of the people of Quebes in the war, and fervently joing them in their prayer that our righteous cause will be crowned at an early date with a victorious and alnding peace,
CONFERENCE OF ALLIED PREMIERS AT PARIS.
PARIE, January th The Behu de Paris states that the
100 and Salonika 207, making a total of Allice Promiers will shortly confer i
Faris 28,379 prie pers and 160 gues
The decrease in the losses by gutmarin- ism was due, tot to the reduction of floating tonnage, but to the new measures THE FINNISH REPUBLIC. RECOGNITION BY GERMANY
LONDON, January 7th has recognised the Finnish
Germany Republie
able
The Lokalanzer says the old desire a falling off in Australasian, American to smash Germany for ever is still and Canadian outputs, which have been apparent, and the answer will be given only partly offset by an incress ni about by submarines and the German troops en six million dollars in the African yielu. It appears that the war has had little the Western Front,
direct effect on gold production, formi: of the producing countries being out of the direct track of the conflict. Even in Rusia the only effect on gold mining felt was the withdrawal of working forven for the dry Mexicas inctivity was Ciminished by internal troubles atively.””
MR HUGHES OPINION.
JUINE, January 8th___ Mr. Hughes, in commenting on Mr. Lloyd George's speech, said that both the tone and the terms were worthy of
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