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TUESDAY,

FEBRUARY

2,

1915.

February 2 1915,

2820 日九十月二十年寅甲

TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

ALLIES MAKE GOOD PROGRESS ALL ROUND.

THE SINKING OF MERCHANT SHIPS.

Two Boats Torpedoed Without Notice.

STRONG DENUNCIATION BY FRENCH MINISTRY

OF MARINE..

[Reuter's Service to The " Telegraph."]

Freach Reports.

(Havas Telegrams.)

Jan. 31, 5.45 p.m. Yesterday artillery fighting prevailed on nearly all the front. Everywhere we had the advantage, destroying numerous German worke.

It is officially announced that German submarines torpedoed, - in the Irish Sea, the English steamers Linda, Blanche and Bochnз30s, and annk, off Havre, the steamer Toko Mara, a French torpedo boat saving the crew.

Turkish General Captured,

An official statement issued in Petrograd says:-In the Cзa casus a Russian column, taking advantage of a snowstorm, cromed the mountain "crasts and esptured, after a fierce straggle, Gornese village, taking prisoners a General, his Staff and three guns.

(Official Telegrams from French Government, via Peking).

On the 30th, the atraggle was confined to artillery fighting on nearly the whole front. The British troops in front of La Basses again resumel possession of all the trenches previously lost, finding 400 German dead bodies on the field.

Good Work by the French.

In Argonne a slight retreat of the French troops about 200 metres from their previous position la reported, Taree Garcas attacks were repulsed at Fontaine-Madame. In Argonne and the Vosges there is nothing else to report, the situation remaining un- changed. The French notably held Angomont village.

FUN IN FACE OF DEATH.

"Cormorants' " Home in the" Tronches.

The following very interesting

February 2, 1914-

Temperature 6 aïm. 62 pm. 68 Humidity

.90 74

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SINGLECOPY 10 CENTS

$36 PER ANNUM.

VWELEGRAMS.

Two nights ago, scoating out on my own, on the other side of the sap, I had a most horrid experience. I was in turnip NEWS FOR BUSY MEN. feld, advancing cautiously, be- cause they crackle ao infernally underfoot. Suddenly up went (one of their star rockets, which make the neighbourhood light

letter from a subaltern at the as.day for a mile round; I flop front, describing his experiences ped down at once on my anterior.

CONDENSED.

No Warning.

•

The British steamer Igaria

Feb, 1, 5.5 am,

The steamers Tuko Maru and Igaria were torpedoed without in ficoded tronches and his advon- To my horror I discovered that my which was torpedoed by thế -

aplice.

"Unworthy of a Civilised Nation."

Indian General Wounded.

Feb. 1, 5.5 a.m. Major-General Natha Singh, of the Jhind Imperial Service troops, has been wounded in East Africa.

Kessians Advancing.

tures in ecouting expeditions, has pose was two yards from an as- been. received by Reuter's buried German corpse, that had Germans, was not aunk; she has Agency :--

lain out there since their last been towed to Havre,. The Trenches, Dec. 12, Mid-unsuccessful infantry attack six The steamers Toko Maru and night.

weeks ago. Another and an- Igaris were torpedoed by the I have been flooded cut of other racket wont up, and it was Germans without notice.

ten minutes before I could get The Germans attempted, an up and leave that grisly object. attack south-east of Ypres, but Bowever, I brought back

were immediately defeated by met and rifle as mementoes of the combined artillery and infantry

fire.

my.

Enormous Appetites.

a bol-

In a Noto with reference to the torpedoing of merchant ships, the French Ministry of Marine

NEWS.

found elsewhere.

Interesting war items will be

Further notes on the crisis

appear on page 4...

Interesting news from our Can- ton correspondent appeure else.

where.

Feb. 1, 5.5 a.m. Renter's entreegoudest in Paris wiren that the Ministry of bed, and as this little spot on the Marine lisa issued a Note in reference to the torpedoing of merchant table seems to be the only one ressels and sayathe Gemma Navy have now decided to violate inter-where no muddy drops are falling national law spatematically, and to deliberately place themselves from the roof of the dug-out, I outside the pale of humanity. The whole world will rise in horror might as well seize the opportunity event. of an set unworthy of a civilised nation.”

to write between now and day- light.

When I wrote last we were frost-bound. It soon thawed, and In the first flush of pride in our for the last fortnight we have now dug-out H. and I christanedaya Germany has placed herself been the victims of rain. To make it "The Cormorants," No. 1, Park- outside the pale of humanity. things pleasanter we have the lane. We chose the name sa prospect of 18 days (over Christ- descriptive of the inhabitants.. mas) before we get back to billets. That is to say, we are both It is difficult to give you an idea ocncerned to find that, though of what steady rain bere meane.formerly people of moderate Feb. 1, 6.30 s.m. *. What makes me so wild is that appetites; life out here has con- Renter's correspondent in Petrograd says that a communique I was just glorying in a brand verted me, like most people, into reports that the Bassians are advancing and fighting north of Gam- new dug-out with another sub. appalling gourmands. Every The night after I moved in my problem resolves itself into food binnen and Pilates.

A desperate battle took place on Saturday in the district of fold one collapsed altogether. The values, Borjimaff, on the left back of the Vistals. We attacked the Ger-apper who appears every night

General news and an article to do odd jobs about our linea The great panic at present is entitled "Authorised to Marder.” mans at night, and drove them at the point of the bayonet out of a

swore this one would be water that the Christmas offerings of appear on page 3. trench which they captured en January 19.

Fighting contienes in the Carpathians. Oar position is gon-tight. He came in just now and good folk at home will by some

ast on the doorstep with mud mischance not reach us in time. A further instalment of the erally solid, while our left wing is advancing,

Feb. 1, 5.35 p.m.

flowing down his neck, and be in Some days ago a benevolent cap-article on "Old Hongkong" will Rentar'a correspondest in Paris telegraphs that a communiqua Buch a cheory soul that we forgave lain presented as with a box of be found on page 4.

"Oar Contemporaries" appeara announces that the fighting consists mostly of artillery engagements, him. He brings me nightly all short-bread, which disappeared sa

the humorous goraip of the staff, by magic. We halved the crumbs on page 2, commercial news on which are particularly lively in the northern region.

The German infantry attempted an attack to the south east of to wit: Item. That the Indian with wistful care, and promptly page 9 and log book on page 6. Ypres, but were immediately defeated by combined artillers and division and the Germans were wrote postcards to everyone we

so close to each other, laat week could think of clamouring for the President's Cap by members The results of the shooting for infantry fire.

Our batteries suured successes along the whole of the Aisne that they used the same parapet to stacks of it. I can't expect you of the Dockyard Hills Clab, are

their trenches and took it in turns to look upon this as anything given elsewhere,

bat gluttony, but & Course We consolidated our positions around a small wood which we to fire through the loopholes.

of ration bread and bully The shareholders' meetings of This week they have got closer beef, and the necessity of keeping the West Point Building Co., caplored to the north-west of Mesnil-les-Harlus.

Quiet has prevailed in the Arguane region, where the Germans

and are separated only by sand out continual colds and damp Ltd., the Hongkong Central appear to have suflared most heavily.

bage. The Indians seem to pass would, 1 think, bring it home. Estate, Ltd., the Hongkong Land the weary winter eating jam; not We are quite put out at present Investment Co., Ltd., and the only because it is plesant and because the latest arrival in the Hongkong Land Reclamation Co., nutritions, but also so that they company, who is straight from Ltd, were held this morning. can, bave a plentiful supply of Sandhurst, is a super-cormorant, jm-tin bombs, which are all the and can give either of us half a fashion at close-trench parties.

loaf.start and win hands down. Our own Germans are getting Well, our cheery sapper news- closer, too. Two hundred yards monger has just warmed our is about our average, and we are frozen gloom with the tale of the

front.

Jam-Tin Bombs.

British Eadly Repulse German Attack.

(Official Telegram from the British Foreign Office)

Jan. 31, 4.5 p.m. Earl Kitchener storasses that an attack was made in some force yesterday near Cainthy, but the enemy was easily repulsed. Over 200 German dead were coated in front of the trenches occu-bath pushing ahead with seps, so naval victory off South America, pied by the British, armongst bom the casualties were small.

GERMAN DECEIT IN

TSINGTAU.

How Japan's Clemency Was Abused

La civilians to re-open their offices

and continue their businesses.

The communication trenches I

et for an bstitute.

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY.

Bijou Theatre-9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre-9.15 m. "The « Grotesques, #

Theatro Royal-9.15 p.m.

TO-MORROW.

Bijou Theatre 9.15 pm. Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m. "The Grotesques," Theatre Royal.-9.15

Bale of 5 Ponies at Mule Trang port Lines, Happy Valley-G. P Lammert'sSales Room-2.30 p.m.

I suppose jam tins will no longer a victory in Galicia, and the be thrown away here in a week or positively authentic information two. I amused myself to-day by (for the twentieth time) that the pinking one of their periscopes, Kaiser is sick unto death. When which both aides, ose freely, so sa bie Majesty eventually gets to the not to let them get too accustomed Shades I can only hope Pluto to the sight of our dity and will put him on a fatigue party The Japanese military author stabbly faces. Our men are very under Lance Corporal Sisyphus, ifes at Taingiau, saya tha Japan Koen at the loop-holes, and no to carry 100lb. of bally beef Chronicle, appear to have formed sooner does a bit of German skin nightly through a ten-mile com- show itself than it is perforated.munication trench, 2ft. deep in strong suspicions that various

(Don't be alarmed at the stains mad, only to find when he gets Franch batteries in the Arras, Royo, Soissons, Rheims and Sices the 13th alt dosial properties which were claimed as Perthes sectors destroyed two guns, several works and also "minea-iary searches have been proceed private, and were on that account on this paper. It isn't blood, but to the other end, that he has no werfer, dispersing convoya, platoons and bivonacs; also Germans ing at Tsingtan, which hase respected, were really Government the roof is beginning to oozeti-opener and no knife or bayon- bombarding De Foncquevilliers Church, south of Arras.

resulted in the airzes of 144 property all the time. If the mud instead of water.) Germans, who, it is stated, are suspicions prove to be well ground told you of are a dream, now. proved to have participated in fed they will indicate an extremely the recent homes, but, after shurtsighted policy on the part of Tonight they are simply a river, the surrender of the fortress, the late Taingian military author- but when we came in a few nights were allowed to stay in the city idea Not only will they have ago they were knee-deep in a on the plea that they were nam failed to meet their victors on the paste of the consistency of wet combatants, gaye the Arabi courteous terms offered, but they dough. Ninety-one of these Eve been will have made conditions very despatched to Japan sa prisoners onerous for the real non-combak of war on board the Miyagi Mara,ants and the genuine owners of

of appreciation of humour or A Tainan despatch to the same private property in Tsingau.

Those German residents at business-like. A lamentable in- aport. They are no devilishly paper states that many Grimac are arriving there from Tringten, Tongtan who undertook military having been thrown into a sixte service, says an officer in the stanca geoarred to-day. One of of panic by the Comicdiary Prisoners Intelligence Barosu, of men was up in a willow tree

in the rear outting withies. A The Allies batteries have esarches.

Tokyo, quoted by the Asahi, were One of the Japanese chcers all made prisoners of war. Some shot passed him, and he signal scored successes along the whole P. who returned from Tsingtan is of them quickly cast off their mise, left Then be Aisne front.

signalled another, “Right.” The quoted by the Arabs sa stating military uniforms when the fort third took him through the head. The Germans appear to have that the Germans as Thingian fall and transformed themselves

offered very heavy lases in огута. treated wida excessive into civilians."

the men exposing themselves, Argonne. civility by the Japanes military authorities after the capitulatica. A considarakla

[lo, the event of telegrams arriving too late for lusertion on this

... page they will be found on the Extra.]

EARLIER. TÉLÉGRAMS,

More Details of the Submarine Rald.

young Germans were to be seen walking about the streets in civilian Crowe, they swarmed in

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Affairs.

German Stolidity.

TELEGRAMS.

What I object to principally NEWS FOR BUSY MEN. about our Germans is their lack

There are thestrictest orders about

CONDENSED,

Thursday, February 4,

Chinese Play-Queen's College Hall.-Q.C.A.D.C.-7.30 p.m.

Friday, February 6, Chinese Play-Queen's College Hall, Q.C.A.D.O.-7.30 p.m.

Saturday, February 6. Chinese Play-Queen's College Hall, Q.0.A.D.O.—7.30 p.m.

Monday, February 8, 1 Sale of China and Carios.-G.

Lammert's Sales Round 2.80

p.m.

Tuesday, February 0. The H.K. Canton and Macao Steamboat Co., meeting of share- holders-noon.

bat you res some astonishing Major-General Natha Singh, of thinge. I watched a men yester the Jhind Imperial Service troops, Union Waterboat Co., Ltd. of The Chinese Minister of Foreign day walking slowly along the has been wounded in East Africa. Meeting of Shareholders-Mecara

ide of the communication trench The position of the Russians in 11.30, c.m.

Dodwell & Co., Ltd. offices right up to the line. He had a the Carpathione is generally solid, Sale of China and Carios.-G. Peking, Jun.27-SunPao-che, sick of coke, and was bothered if while their Left Wing is advanc-P. Lammert's Sales Boom-2.30 Jan. 31, 11.30 p.m. the hotals, they drank bar and Minister of Foreign Affairs, is he was going to stick in the mod Renter's correspondent in Paris reports that the Minister of played cards, and engaged in being transferred to the posi- with it. A bail of bullew missed Marine annonces that the Toko Mara was torpedoed seven miles other eminently peacefal paranta um of head of the Audit Barean. him and he stopped tolight a pipe The Russians are advancing in west-north-west of Cape Antiler.

The Japanese said File but La Cheng sing, formerly Minis behind an 18-in. willow before East Prussis, and fighting in The British steamer Igaria was torpedoed 15 miles west of thought a lot. Howe, they ter of Foreign Affairs, will resume he very deliberately got down taking place north of Gumbinnen Capo Antifer. She was not ennk, and was towed to Havre, allowed those who profemted to that office. -N. C. Daily News with his load.

and Pillkalen

Wednesday, February 10. Kowloon Land and Building Co., Ltd. Meeting of Shareholders

noon.