1915-10-21 — Page 9

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SECOND EXTRA

HONGKONG, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1915,

TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

[Beater'a Service to The "Telegraph."] ZEPPELIN REPORT BELATED.

ACCIDENT OCCURRED LAST MARCH.

October 20, 1.30 p.m.

It appears that the report of Pilkington and Sona is a belated ase. The Zeppelin accident occurred last March.

SPIES COURT MARTIALLED.

ONE SHOT AND ONE IMPRISONED

October 20, 1.30 p.m.

Two spies have been court martialled and found guilty, one was souted yesterday and the other sentenced to five years' penal marvitudo.

LORD DERBY ON RECRUITING.

SCHEME TO OBTAIN SUFFICIENT RECRUITS FOR MANY

MONTH TO COME.

scheme was to obtain sathioiest

October 20, 1.30 p.m.

Lard Derby at the Mansion House said the idea of his reoruits for many months called up a they were enlistment will be divided

to come, to enable men to be wanted, Those eligible for into forty-six groups, men who were not married, aged men and those from nineteen to forty years inclusive, will be called up accord- The latter will only join the ing to age, then the married men. colours when the list of unmarried mea is exhausted and if every man eligible comes forward, it will be many months before the older and married men will be called up. Indeed the war might mean- while be decided. He suggested that the married men join the Army Service Corps or the Medical Department.

AN AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT.

DISABLED MEN PROM ARMY AND NAVY TO BE GIVEN A TRAINING.

October 20, 1.30 p.m.

A Committee ander the chairmsaship of Lord Səlbourne has Recommended, as an experiment, that fifty discharged and disabled men from the army and the navy be given course of training in an agricultural collage with a view to allimste employment on the land. The War Offes has approved of the scheme and the

Treasury in defraying the cost.

TWO CABINET MEETINGS.

ATTENDED BY FRENCH MINISTERS.

October 20, 1,30 p.m.

There were two Cabinet and Two Wat Council meetings yealers day, ona were attended by MM. Millorand and Osmbon.

RUMOURED CABINET CHANGES.

October 20, 1.30 paj.

The newspapɔre any that Sir FE. Smith will be appointed Attorney General and that Mr. G. Gave will be appointed Solicitar

Gunzzal.