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WAR TELEGRAMS.

Continued from page 1.

AN UNFRIENDLY ACT

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1014.

TELEGRAMS

U.S.A. LABOUR TROUBLES.

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

Some of Our

By-products and Specialities.

STANDARD OIL PREMISES ATTACKED.

(Reuters Service To The Telegraph York says that 5,000 strikern sit-

London. Received July 13, Reuter's correspondent at New | acked the Standard Oil plant

The

Bayonne, New Jersey. guards fired their revolvers die

July 22, 1.35 am, According to a message.from Washington, the United States has decided to inform Germany that further loss of American lives through German subm urines will be regarded as an unfriendly sot. The Note tall, Germany that it is incumbent on her to make her eabmarines conform to international law, insists upon reparation for the loss of American lives on the Lusitanis, and rejects the persing the rioters, but the latter German proposals to give American vessels immunity when not already fifty have been injured returned. To position is serione, carrying contraband or to transfer four belligerent vessela to American registry for the trace-Atlantio traffic. It is expected that including the police. the Note will be sent to Berlin on Friday.".

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ITALIAN COMMUNIQUE.

THE ISONZO BATTLE.

July 22, 4.25 a.m. A communique published in Rome states that the battle in the Isonzo region continues to be moet intense. The Italians advanced at Pliva and captured part of the line on the heights.commanding Goritz and the Isonzo, bridges from the right bank. Thoy also expelled the enemy from a number of trenches on the Carso plateau, aftar desperate fighting which continued day and night, capturing Maxime, rifles, munitions and many more prisoners. The total

amber of prisoners taken by the Italians during the last three. ys' fighting is 3,478 and prisoners state that the Austrian losses

most grave.

RUSSIAN COMMUNIQUE.

DIRECTION OF THE FIGHTING.

July 22, 4.30 s.m.

[In the event of telegrams arriving| too late for insertion on this page they will be found

Un the Extra.]

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE AMERICAN STRIKE.

ARE GERMANS · RESPONSIBLE ?

London, Received, July 22,

According to Heater's cor- respondent in New York, contrary

Later.

A Pétrograd communique records heavy fighting along the whole front on Tuesday, the Rumisas repelling the German attacke and at some points attacking successfully. The communique says that the northern fighting is centred west of Mitan. Farther south, workmen hesitate. the enemy bns' bombarded Oatrolenka and has attacked a Russian bridgehead on the Narew, The Russians on the right bank of that A later message from New river attacked and drove back the enemy. The enemy's offensive in York says that a considerable the Lublin direction has been arrested on the Hodel-Pissey front. number of machinists in the A desperate battle on both banke of the Vieprz lasted till late at night, the Germans being driven back with heavy loss. The Russians also fariously attacked the enemy who had crossed the Bag river in the Sakal region and took one thousand prisoners.

munition factories at Bridgeport, Connecticut, struck work. Some disorders were promptly quelled by the police.

PRESSED BEEF,

CORNED

BEEF. VARIETY OF

CORNED PORK,

SAUSAGES,

COOKED HAM,

PORK PIES,

LARD, SMOKED TONGUES,

&C., &C.

RAY DRIPPING, CORNED TONGUES,

WHICH CANNOT BE EXCELLED FOR QUALITY."

CORRESPONDENCE.

[The opinions expressed by the

POLICE RESERVE ORDERS.

Hongkong Police Reserve ordere correspondents are not necess-aaned to-day by Mr. F.U. Jenkin, arily those of the Hongkong D.S.P. Reserve, state.

Telegraph."1 DESTRUCTION OF SONG BIRDS.

Telegraph.)

to the statements of the agitators, (To the Editor of the Hongkong the machinists in the Bridgeport arms factories bad not strack the Daily Press, allow me to Sir:-As a constant reader of work yesterday, and it is reported that their demands have been congratulate the Telegraph on granted. It is also stated that being so wide-awake the wide-spread reports of evidenced in two of its leaderettes German influences being at work of yesterday. Your journal is to delay contracts has made the undoubtedly doing a public

service when it

1. Opens the eyes of the Sanitary authorities to the dangers of the possible im portation of tainted meat from neighbouring places;

2. Invites attention to the wanton destruction of song birda in the Colony, The newspapers in New York

The first danger is self-evident. urge the necessity for an official The Telegraph has not over investigation sa to the charges stated the fact when it men- that agenta of foreign govern- tions that carcases of pige have Renter's correspondent at Udine reports that over two thousand ments are responsible for the been fished up from the river in Austrian prisonere have already arrived there. They have been sub-tronble. The Labour leadera Canton and retailed for homen mitted to the most minute medical examination and disinfection, prédiot a general strike with a consumption. I know it for while some have been placed in quarantine in order to prevent the view to crippling the factories a fact that people in Shameen oan introduction of epidemica-espacially cholera which is now raging engaged in the execution of beat out the Telegraph's state-

foreign orders, but the employers ment. state they have the situation well As to the destruction of birds on in hand and that there has been the higher level, no condemnation no large defection of skilled is strong enough of the cowardly workere.

so-called sport indulged in by a certain tribe of the Young China type. It was once the wonted |delight of residents in the distriot you alludo to, to enjoy the song of birds in the email hours of the

in Austria..

AUSTRIAN PRISONERS.

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July 21, 5.45 p.m.

BRITAIN AND THE MOSLEMS.

July 21, 11.00 p.m. In the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith, replying to Bir John Ross, said that the Government'e pledge fast, so long as pilgrims were not seriously interfered with, no hostile action would be taken against Por Jeddah or the holy places in Arabia or Mesopotamia, had been made widely known in Afries, Arabia, Persia and India, The pledge had been welcomed throughout India as evidence of the solicitude of the Government for the welfare of the Moslem subjects of His Majesty.

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BULLETS OF BURNING SULPHUR.

The Enemy's Progress In Savagery,

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MYSTERIOUS FIRES. U. S. SUPER-DREADNOUGHT

DAMAGED.

London. Resolved July 22.

morning.

Reater's correspondent in Now the upper levels was brought

N. C. Officers Parade... All N. 0. Officers will parade under the D. S. P. at Central Police Station, on Tuesday next, July, 27th at 6.00 p.m.

parade in uniform and with rifles All ranks (except Recruite) will on Friday, July 30th. This date must be kept clear of other en- gogements.

Combined Parade,

Companies will parade at Central The Obiasse and Portuguese

draw rifler, The British Company Station at 5.40 p.m. sharp and will parade at Volunteer Head- quarters at 600 p.m. sharp."

Recruits.

the same as for this week-Friday Parades for next week will be excepted.

.דיי

Under no circumstances most any Police Canteen Constable of any Company enter the Canteen reserved for Inspectors and Sergeants. In the same way, Inspectors and Sergeants have no right in the Canteen reserved for Uonstables..

LANGKAT OUTPUT.

Mesara, Wright and Hornby advise us that the Langkat output for the current month is да follows:-

July 1

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York reports that mysterious beauty of the bill residences wEN round Hooge, where we regained thesuper-Dreadnought Oklahoma, with their high rubble boundary fire has considerably damaged robbed by the inartistio buildinge and held some of the outbuild- inge of the Chateau. The Cha York. The contractors are con which replaced the

now being completed at New walls and cemented pavements teau itself, which now consists vinced that the fire was the work bungalows with their boulder. merely of heaps of bricks, remains of an incendiary. There were lined pathways and faru-clad in the hands of the Germans, also fires last week on board the fringes of primeval simplicity: The scale of the action of the last battleships Alabama and New Not entisfied with their unsightly much exaggerated in the German New York and Boston. few days round Hooge has been Jersey, docked respectively at solid structures of brick and reports, for comparatively few men have been engaged on either

Daring the four days previous to Monday, the 7th 108, the in- activity along our freat has been broken only by fighting on side. minor scale, which has not affected the situation in any way, reads analoog our front, Saturday was Friday was a quiet day all "Eye-witness" story in the Daily marked by the explosion by us News of Jane 10.

of a mine under the German

THE BENALLA,

THE COAL STRIKE.

mortar, the owners thereof have taken into their heada to further rob Nature of its "beauties by arming a gang of geutha with air guns, who are slowly but surely depriving the locality of the all too few members of the Island'e feathered inhabitants,

which supplies the police with. There is an Order-in-Council

ready means to put a stop to the reprehensible practice of destroy ing singing birds especially dur- ing the close season. It is hopeless to try and revive the

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Total to 22nd. inst. 6779.29

Daily average 282.69 ·

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HELP ARRIVES.

London Received July 23, On the early morning of Thure line faoing Ploogsteert Wood.

It is reported ofhotally that the day, the 3rd, the enemy fired & Both front and rear parapets of 8.8. Otaki reached the burning couple of mines in front of Cain- the trench were blown into a emigrant ship Benalla at six in oby, on the Bethune-La Basses shapeless mass, but the extent of morning. road. One abarge was entirely the losses caused is not known. ineffective, and did no harm what The Germans, with the unreason- ever to our defences or troops; the ing desire for immediate and local other blow up about 30 yards of retaliation which they ao often one of our trengtes, and inflicted show, then indulged in a point-

belief. Yet its power a few casualties. It was a sporadic less ahelling of our defenses and effort on the part of the Germans the wood. From this it may be

duty; The members of the Police more than a matter of belief it is a glori The miners are resuming. It Reservo may usefully help the TAINTY Conptless thousande know it

aus FACT, & realty, a proven UER not followed up by any infantry gathered that the explosion of is probable the men will give up Force by reporting all cases of to be true attack, and the damage done the mine did more damage than their August holidays in order to bird-killing such as those com- to our defencea was soon repaired. could be seen. During the day our anti-aircraft

make up the time lost. Mr. plained of with the view of the guns scored a hit on a hostile all along our line. During these mons, paid a tribute to the public-

Sunday was again a quiet day Asquith, in the House of Com-offenders being prosecuted,

Youre, aeroplane, which came downclose four days the weather has been spirited action of the coal owners behind the German front line fine and hot, with a variable in placing themselves unreserved

That night, on the section of breeze.

front gained by na by the opera

tion which started on May 18, in

the neighbourhood of Givenoby,, Incendiary Bullets,

MINERS RESUMING.

London regelved July 23.

ly in the hands of the Government, and so rendering an immediata settlement posible (cheers).

Later.

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QUESTION SETTLED.

Lawyers on Instalments. we attacked and captured some reported, which occurred on May A propos of theincident, already

Tak Kee sued Mr. and Mrs. 200 yards length of the German 10, of the clothes of two British ment is equivalent to an advance this morning, before Mr. Justice Roughly the new mining settle- Loureiro in the Summary Court, first line, taking 48 prisonera. At soldiers lying between the lines of five per cent. on wages, The Hazeland, for the sum of $51,28. dawn on Friday morning the having been set alight by rifle agreement is almost identical Mr. Haywood, of (Mr. L enemy counter-attacked in force, fire, according to an unconfirmed with that recently made in the D'Almada) appeared to the de and our infantry withdrew to its report, the Germans near Bouchez English mining area, but the fendant, and consented to judg original line. The prisoners were are now using iocendiary rifle Welsh agreement includes all the ment, saying he would pay $5. mostly man who had recently ammunition. come up to join the 56th Rogi-The bullets are said to be filled

per month. ment, and were not of high class with sulphur, which ignites on Mr. Lloyd George has settled maid 810 had been promised. Refreshments &o during interval.

Mr. Faithfull, for the plaintiff, discharge and continues to burn the strike of the South Wales Finally Mr. Haywood consented

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