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The Hongkong Telegraph

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June 29 1914,

Temperature 6 am. 81 Humidity

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TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1915.

TO-DAY'S

TO-DAY'S

WAR TELEGRAMS.

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS

BRITISH SUCCESS IN EAST AFRICA,

IMPORTANT GERMAN BASE ON LAKE VICTORIA

NYANZA ATTACKED.

Some More Fine Work by the Canadians,

SUBMARINE SINKS GLASGOW. LINER.

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

BRITISH SUCCESS IN EAST AFRICA.

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June 28, 2.20 p.m.

The Press Bureau announces a recent expedition against Port Bakobs, on the western shore of Lake Victoria Nyanz-the base of Germen operations and a point of considerable importance,

The expedition sailed from Kisumu on June 20, commanded by Brigadier General Stewart. The British forces along the River Kagera co-operating, and engaging the enemy's attention, the operations were brilliantly successful. The troops are returning, having destroyed the fort and the wireless installation, and many boats.

The British captared a field-gun, many rifles and some valuable documents, and destroyed two machine-guns by artillery fira,

TALES OF CANADIAN HEROISM.

June 28, 1.20 p.m. -

SUBMARINE ATTACKS SMALL CRAFT.

June 28, 115 p.m.

A German submarine attacked a number of small craft off Youghal (near Cock) yesterday and sack a rohooner, the craw of which was saved."

MORE "HATE

June 28, 1.15 p.m.

A well-known sportsman and social personage has issuedTM reply to Count Reventlow's violent artioles in the Tageszeitung, declaring that it was not the German people who invented the watchword "Gott strafe England;" which merely had a provocative effect on the British. Count Reventlow, in the Tageszeitung, kas renewed his attacks on the Government. He declares that those who refuse to hate England must be regarded with feelings of contempt and disgart by true Germans.

GERMAN JUSTICE.

June 28, 1.15 p.m: Reater's correspondent at Amsterdam states that the Germans have fined the towne of Roubaix and Valenciennes 150,000 francs each, in reprisal for the French bombardment of Turkish towns,

SUBMARINED IN THE IRISH SEA.

June 28, 4.40 p.m. A 6,000 ton steamer, the Indrani, which was proceeding to Montreal from Glasgow, has been torpedoed and sonk in the Irish Ses. The crew was taved.'

THE RUSSIANS ON THE DNIESTER,

(Havas Telegram.)

June 28.

Petrograd-On the Vistuls front we repulsed a triple attempt of the enemy, inflicting very heavy losse on the Austro-GermaNY. We throw back beyond the Dniester the last platoon of Germans, who had crassed the river in Kotory region; we took 700 prisoners.

June 27.

Rome: We occupied the summit of Zillenkofel, progressing on both banks of the Izsneg.

[In the event of telegrams arriving too late for insertion on this

page they will be found on the Extra.]

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

DIRTY FIGHTING ON THE MEUSE..

June 28, 3,208,.

The French evening communique sAYS*~*~* Fighting along the Central and Northern fronts is confined" to cannamading.

636 PER ANNUM,

TELEGRAMS.

NEWS FOR BUSY KEN.

CONDENSED.

A German submarine sank a sohooner off the south of Ireland yesterday.

Stirring tales of the heroism of some of the Canadian contingent are given in to-day's telegrams.

The s.s, Indrani, m 8,000 ton steamer on a journey from Glas- gow・・ to - Montreal has been

Isolated action in Argonne have not affected the respective positions.

The Germans, in the fighting on the heights of the Meurs on Saturday, need burning liquids, and re-captured trenches under torpedoed and sunk in the Irish oover of clouds of smoke, “ were soon driven out, however, Ses. with heavy lossen.

ITALIAN COMMUNIQUE,

INEFFECTIVE AUSTRIAN Lig.

June 28, 3.20 s.m:

In Italian communique says:-Nothing important has

Count Reventlow has renamed : his attacks on England in the Tageszeitung, in spite of protests from a well-known social persOR- age in Germany

The Garmine have levied a fine of 150,000 francs esoh on Roubaix and Valenciennes in reprisal for the bombardment of Turkish octown,

l within the last 24 hours. The artillery duel is increasing in ity.

The British bave scored an

The Austrians along the Fonze front are using asphyxiating important success against the bomba.

The enemy's latest expedient is to spread a report among the Italian troops that a devastating earthquake has occurred at Calabria, but the report, which is baseless, failed to take effect.

BULGARIA PREPARING FOR WAR.

June 28, 6.05 à.m. The altitude of Bulgaria is suddenly attracting attention owing. to the reports, mostly from Italian sources, that the Reservists have. been recalled and of the feverish activity of political leaders, point- ing to preparations for immediate intervention in the war, but there is nothing to indicate on which side she will intervene.

AUSTRO-GERMAN ministers CONFER.

*June 28, 6:05 a.m;

Herr von Jagow have gone to Vienna to discuss eins of effectively The Frankfurter Zeitung anys that the Imperial Chancellor and

combatting the great efforts of the Triple Eatents in the Balkana.

TURKS TREAT PRISONERS WELL.

·June 28, 6 05 a.m..

The American Ambassador reports that the 65 British prisonera in the hands of the Turks are well treated, and are in good health,

CONQUEST OF ALBANIA.

June 28, 6.05 am. The Rome correspondent of the Morning Post says that the Montenegrina have occupied Sangiovanni Medus, and that the Albanians have recognised King Nicholas of Montenegro as their Sovereign,

COMPLACENT GERMAN PRESS. Renter's correspondent at Headquarters in France describing the work of the Canadians, asys that among the points captured was

June 27, 7:50 am.. an orchard in the region of Festhubert."

Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam etated that undeterred Attacking at twilight, the men, mostly Vancouver men, by the suppression of the Tageszeitung, and perhaps encouraged by immediately met a heavy rifle and machine gun fire from three its re-appearance, the Krues Zeitung vehemently insists that Gur- different directions. Despite gaps made in their line, they advanced many shall continue the presens submarine warfare, and angrily without wavering until they came to a deep creek full of mud and denounces those who are talking of the danger of conflict with water and with a thick hedge, in which there were only two openings, America, and indignantly rejects the suggestion that Germany on the oʻher side. Cheering, the men waded the creek up to their should agree to American domande, provided the United States armpits, reached the hedge and paused. Capt. Morrison shouted "Lade, induces Great Britain to raise the so-called blockade." we must get through." "He was about to lead the way when Private The Cologne Casette, in a long official defence of the employ- Appleton stopped him saying "Excuse me air, but bombers should ment of polson gas, says that the basic ides of the Hague agree- go first." So, saying Appleton darted through the gap in the ment was to prevent unnecessary killing, and consequently the hedge, which was no narrow that each man had to follow use of anoke clouds moving gently towards the enemy is not only

June 27, 7.50 8.300. separately.

permissible under international law bat is an extraordinarily mild

Reuter's correspondent at Rome atates that owing to the arrival- When the thinned line resumed its advance, the Germans the enemy is jealous of German science.

form of war compared with flooding. It therefore concludes that of large Austrian reinforcements, operations în dietrista like_Mal- borghetto, Lavarone, and Tolmino are now beginning to resemble bolted to their second trench.

An official statement as to the suspension of the Vorwaerts trench warfare in France, In the subsequent fighting at Givenchy on June 15 an asserts that the Socialist pease manifesto is highly regrettable, and officer and private were working a machine gun in a osptured trench may be interpreted abroad as war weariness.

"when the tripod slipped on the parapet. The privata protecting his shoulder with a blanket, supported one of the fest of the tripod on his back, the two other feet rusting on the trench wall. Thus they fired over a thousand rounde.

The officer was killed, whereupon the private dismounted the gan from the tripod and brought it back to the lines when the trench was abando

AUSTRO-ITALIAN TRENCH WAR.

Victoria Nyauss. Their captures Germans on the shore of Lake include Bome important documents.

NEWS.

"Our Contemporaries", appears on page 2, Commercial News on page §, and Log Book on pags

WAR ITEMS.

Sir E, Grey's Eyesight Trouble,

Sir Edward Grey (says “ Way- farer" in the Nation) has suffered from an affection of the eyem which may render it advizable for him to have a quite temporary rest from reading and writing, as à means to a complete cure. There is no question of his general his work as soon as the local health or of his ability to resume

trouble bas subsided. During his absence from the Foreign Office the Prime Minister will probably take general charge of it.

A Tip to Luxurious Travellors.

The railway companies have issued a special appeal to the travelling public to limit the quantity of luggage conveyed by | train as much as possible. The step (the Timer states) has been taken owing to the enlistment of many thousands of railwaymen and the consequent decrease staff. It has already been" gested that the travelling pub should reduce their luggage to such dimensions as they can per- sonally carry. In this way it railways to release more men for should be possible to nasist the the fighting line,

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY

Bijon Theatre 0.15 pm. Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.u

TO-MORROW.S

Bijon Theatre-9.15 p.m. Vaatoris Theatre 9.15 p.m. Sale of Curios & China, G. P. Lammert a Sales Room-2.30p.m. Corinthian Yacht Club General meeting➡0.p.o,

ureday July 1 General Holiday

INVALID PRISONERS EXCHANGED.

FRANCE AND THE SHIRKERS

June 2707:50 Km.

Jans 27-7.50 a.m.

It is announced that 430 invalided British prisone over to England from Germany in exchan

oming

A Paris report states that the Shirkera' Bill, mentioned on the 25th; has been powe

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