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WEATHER FOREJAST

SUNSHINE

Barometer 20.03

Octob28 1914,

Temperature 6 a.m. 78' Humidity

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OCTOBER

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WAR TELEGRAMS,

Octobar 28 1915,

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THURSDAY,

3057 日二十月九年乙

TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

AUSTRIAN TROOPS IN RUSSIA DESERTING IN

LARGE NUMBERS.

BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS NOW CO-OPERATING

ON SERBO-GREEK FRONTIER.

THE RUSSIANS.

ENEMY AGAIN CAUGHT IN THE MARSHES.

October 27, 1.15 p.m. The Russky Invalid, the organ of the Russian General Stuff, eays that Riga is being attacked directly from ten miles to the anth. The German practically blew up illuxt to piross in the course of a two months effort to capture it. Their expenditure of ammuni. tion was so great that the German field railway, was unable, alone, so bring replenishment and bundreds of peaceful citizens were forced to carry supplies for them.

The enemy is being barried in the Pripet marshes where the Russians owing to their familiarity of the ground are frequendy able to penetrate the enemy'a rear and inflict serious losses and damage.

The Austrians Lere are deserting in such numbers that an Army Order has boen issued, under which the property of deserters will]. be divided em ng their comrades remaining and that desertera children will be efased admission to the State Schools.

ARRIVAL OF WINTER.

October 27, 1.35 p.m. A telegram from Petrograd nag that the Gorman occupation of Illaxt ten miles northwest of Dainsk may be expected to be the presage of heroe fighting.

Between Illast and Dwinek there lies an extensive forest zone with defensive potentialities of which the Russians will not fail to

Germans Being Terribly Harried in Russian Marshes, take the fullest advantage.

THIRTY-FOUR MORE DEATH SENTENCES PASSED IN

BELGIUM.

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

THE BALKAN SITUATION.

THE SERBIAN PREMIER'S MESSAGE.

The advant of an early winter cannot fail to influence opera tiona. Snow has been falling for three days had the roade are frozen so bard that there is no foothold. Tue conditions are thus worse than in the rainy season.

IN MEMORY OF MISS CAVELL QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S GRACIOUS ACT,

October 27, 1.10a.m.

Her Majesty Queen Alexandra has paid a generous tribute to Miss Carell. The intende i name for the new Nurse' Home at the Loadoa Hospital was "The Alexandra Home," but the Queen ban intimated that she prefere that it shall be olle "The Elith Cavell Home." This has been adopted.

A FRENCH SUGGESTION.

October 27, 355 8.m. Reater's correspondent at Paris the Petit Parisien saggests that a street be named after Miss Cavell.

THE REIGN OF TERROR. MORE DEATH SENTENCES PASSED.

October 27, 1.10 p.m.

The

THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.

DEFEAT OF GERMAN ATTACKS SOUTH OF LOOS.

October 27, 425 p.m.

Reuter's correspondent at Paris saya thit the only fenture of a commnnique, in the defest of the German attacks southward of Loon against “The Courtias."

[In the event of telegrams arriving tos lata for insertion on this page they will be found on the Extra],

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE QUESTION OF DOUBle income TAX.

October 20, 7.05 p.m.

At a meeting of the South Africa action of the Coamoer of Commerce it was stated that on smendment would shortly be moved in the Boase of Commons with a view to ob ain some concession the master of double income tax.

THE NEW YORK SENSATION.

October 28, 7 05 p.m. Reater's correspondent at New York states that a fourth mau, named Krienzle, arrested on a charge of plotting to destroy ships, has been released on five thousand pounde' bail.

GERMANY AND PEACE.

October 28, 7.05 p.m.

$36 PER ANNUM.

TELEGRAMS.

NEWS FOR BUSY MEN.

CONDENSED.

Riga ie being attacked directly from tan miles to the south.

The Petit Parisien suggests that a street be named after Misa Cavall,

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The British are now co-opera". ing with the French on the Serbo-

Greek frontier.

The Frenca detested German attacke to the south of L708, against "The Courtine."

The Pope bag written to the Archbishop of Oraco sympathie. ing with the miv in Poland.

The Times saya sunt Lord Lang downe's tatement has come as a shock to the masses of the nation.

Toe Germans practically blow Hiluxt to pieces during the course of their two months' effort to cap- tare it.

Thirty-four more persons have boon Beatanced to death for alleged treason and espionage at Liege.

Oa the 21st inst, 22 Garman guns were exhibited on the torse Guard's Parade, they were viewol by thousands.

The Daily Chronicle has reason to believe that Mr. Asquith is contemplating reducing

the Cabinet to ten mambera.

The Daily News says that grave as the situation is it is well to remember that the war will not be decided in the B Ikany.

Mr. Asquith is now completely restored to health and will m ke bie statement in the House of Commons, on November 2.

The Civil Service Bill was

According to Renter's correspondent at Madrid the newspapera pablish a telegram Irom Rome to the bot that Priscs Campuceale, read a third time in the House of who is a brather-in-law of Prince von Buslar (Štoretary of State for Lords, yesterday. it will be sent Foreign Affars of the German Emoire), announces that Prince von to the House of Commons at an The Sarbiau Premier 19 made Buelow will shortly submit to the King of Spain at the President early date. of the United States, a scheme indicating the lines upon which

an appeal to the friends of Barbia Germany is disposed t› diuruse terms of peace.

in England, to do everything to ensure British troops reaching Serbia as soon as possible.

BRITISH TRANSPORT TORPEDOED.

October 28, 7.40 p.m. The War Office announces that the British transport Marquette (formerly of the Atlantic Transport Company Ltd., 4,530 na net) has bred torpedood in the Aegean Sea. It is undarstood that only ninety-nine of the pranuel are not accounted for.

THE BALKAN SITUATION.

The Pope 18 sending 25,000 crowns to alleviate the sufferings of the people in Poland and aug- gests that a collection be made in all the Catholic Churches throughout the world.

Desertions on the Pripet front among the Austrians are so many THE KING OF GREECE INTERVIEWED.

that an Army Order has been October 26, 8,80 p.m.

isened, ander which the property' October 27, 110 p.m.

Renter's correspondent at New York telegrapte: In na inter- of deserters will be divided among The Serbian Premier telegraphed to a friend in England - According to Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam the Datoh "Srh'a is m+king en perhom in fris to defend her existenos and newspaper Tyd states that thirty-four more death selenosa hvview at A hens with a correspondent of the Asciated Press con their comrades, sining.

A German communique claims for this the Austro-Germans and Bulgarian have condemned bar to been passed for alleged treason and espionage at Liege.

of the terms of the Gras-erbien treaty, the King of Greece said death, pits the heroism of our soldiers, our resistance cannot intervention of the Pope, President Wilson and King Alfonso be cerning the Greek reply to the appeals of Serbin, for the falfilment

|that Grecos was merely loosening the sword in the scabbard. Greece that Aueiro-German and Bul- be maintained indefinitely, and we appeal to the friends of Serbia been implored by telegram.

iesaced no one, but could not permit that events should arian patrole have established a in England to do everything to ensure British troops reaching us

e maluto a menace to the integrity of the nation or of the freedom direct communication southward ng soon se possible.

northeast corner of Serbia. of the Greek people. It was his duty to preserve the country from of Orsova, across the critical danger of destruction through becoming involved in the general European couf.ct and he would do this at all hazards if it were Fossible.

MEWSPAPER COMMENT,

HOME POLITICS.

CONTEMPLATED CABINET CHANGES,

October 27, 1.10 p.m.

October 27, 1.10 p.m.

The Daily Chronicle has reason to believe that Mr. A-qaith in The Times saya that Lord Lansdowns'e statement has come as contemplating rednging the Cabinet to ten members. Eight of these are certaiɑ to be M^. A-quish, Sir Edward Grey, Mr. Balfour, The Daily News ye that grave ns the situation it is well to re-Earl K tohener, Mr. Lloyd Georgs. Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. McKenus,

and Mr. B.nsr Law, member that the war will not be decided in the Balkans.

ashno to the misses of the na ioa.

BRITISH NOW CO-OPERATING,

October 27, 4.45 p.m.

THE MISERY IN POLAND. THE POPE'S SUBSTANTIAL SYMPATHY.

October 27, 3.55 p.22. In the House of Commons, Mr. Toonant annonood that the Rooter's correspondent at Rome says that the Pope has written British are now co-operating with the Franch, On the Serbo-Greek to the Archibishop of Cracow symp.thising with the misery 10 Poland and is sending 25,000 crowns to alleviate the sufferings of frontier.

the people. His Holiness enggests that a collection be made at ali Catholic Churches throughout the world.

GERMAN CLAIMS.

October 27, 810 p.m. According to Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam a German communique vaya tuat Austro-Gorman and Bulgarian patrols have established a direct communication to the south of Or-ova, across the critical northeast corner of Serbia, capturing twelve heavy guns On the Doabo.

The Germane bavo progressed along the Morava Valley ap-! proaching the mountairs,

BULGARIAN CLAIMS.

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GERMAN GUNS ON EXHIBITION, VIEWED BY THOUSANDS.

October 27, 355 p.m. On the 21st lost, twenty-two German guns were exbibited on the Horse Goard's Parade, they were viewed by thousands.

19 of the wars were captured at Loo on Sptember 25, 3 at Le Chateau on August 26 and they include 3 trench mortars, in the capture of which, the 39th Garhwal Rifies purticipated,

MR. ASQUITH

FORTHCOMING STATEMENT,

ROUMANIA'S DEMAND.

BULGARIANS DEPRES-ED AND DISAPPOINTED,

The Imperial Government, with the fall concurrence of the Raj, bas decided to postpone in definitely the publication of the

report of the Ryal Commission on the Ladian Public Services,

October 20, 8.25 p.m.

Mr. Dewitt, an engineer em- Bauter's correspondent at Amsterdam reports that an anti. Government demonstration at Bacharest has demanded the ployed by the labour con mobilisation of Reamania and immediate action to prevent the actora, at Singapore, has been junction between the Germans, Bulgarians and Hangariene. Threatorced to the maximum penalty Ministers MM. Filipescu and Jonescu, in stirring addresses, as of two months' imprisonment, for

refusing to serve under the Train-⠀ aerted that they would overthrow tas Government,

ing Bill,

The enemy, in the Pripet mar October 26, 8 25 p.m. shes, are being terribly harried, Advices from an Authentic sou es in Sufia show that the the Itassians owing to their famiTM Bulgarian already are giving signs of much depression and disappoint-liarity with the ground are Ire mest. The arrival of the numerons wounded and the unexpectedly queatly able to penetrate the desperate resistance by the Serbians have created a feeling of enemy's rear end inflict serious dos ondency. The Germana bad told the people that the campaign losses. would be over by the middle of November, Bad now the Bulgariane have realized that the Germen plans havɑ mesarried. The Germ+n offì a u say it is foolish to expect a quick result and that they must expect a year of war,

LORD LANSDOWNE'S STATEMENT,

October 20, 11.00 p.m.

Lord Landowne, spa-king in the U ass of Lords, said:-We whall endeavour to ase the British force to a manter the movements of the Orniral Powers acros Bulgaria, but the precise method o doing so must be left for in the most careful consideration. October 27, 9.20 p.m.

BERBIANS RECAPTURE KUPRULU, According to Renter's correspondent at Amet-rda o a Sfɩ

0.tober 27, 4.30 am.. communique claims progress along the whole front, without men-

According to Reuter's correspadent at Athens an official tloning suy point. The communique adds that the Bulgarians found much fur in Negotin also come winter clothing, four gnos,

Mr. Lloyd George in the Fause of Commone said that Mr. report states that the Serbians have recapturai Kaprala, after fi and vix cassa of ammunition; it claims only thirty pri-unen, The

(Continued on page-backAITKA communique rays that the Albanian population has begun hostilities Asquith is now completely restored to health and will make his fighting.

statement on November 2. against the Serbians.

October 27, 4.45 p..

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TU-DAY.

Bijou Thestie-9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre-0,16 p.m. TO-MORROW.

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Bijou Taesire, Victoris t'he tra-{ 5 p.m.

Friday, October 29, Hongkong Cino. Extr-or linary

Gecoral Meeting of memlacă-L LAKŠEĆ

Baraidas, Otober 3).

H. K. Jockey Club-Half

Yearly Meeting NOOR.

Robera Hde. Club of Hong- roekong. Annual General Meeting. Chamber of Commieros Boom Post office Building.