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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH

SECOND

TO-DAY'S

EXTRA

HONGKONG, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1915.

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS

[Beater's Service to the "Telegraph."]

THE FIGHTING. IN THE BALKANS.

THE RE-CAPTURE OF TETOVO.

November 14, 9,55 p.m. 7- (The following are the last two sections of a telegram which appears under the above heading on page 1).

WHEN GERMANS BUY SPORTING GOODS.

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WAR ITEMS.

Austrian Prince Killed, Amsterdam, September 23.

The German has merely a slight Accordis, to a message to the sense of humour, but his capacity Lokalanzieger from Vienna one for making himself ridiculous of the Princes of Thurn and Taxis, appears to be unlimited. To aa son of the late Prince Lamoral nation which indulges in hymns | of Thurn and Taxis, and of the of hate, anything English is Austrian branch of the family, naturally dopalatable, but an- who married Countess Schap#go- fortunately for the Teuton he has tsche, was killed last Monday on learned to appreciate aundry the Eastern front in the fighting things which are essentially between the Dosister and the English, and among these we Soroth,

must class British sports,

The Germans have of late years

The Bulgarians opened operations by attacking in force, bat were unable to withstand the tornado of French artillery and their advance was out shot, and finally they were repulsed with heavy devoted more attention to sports losses, leaving a large number of dead in front of the French lines. thau they formerly did, though The French scored another success towards the South, in the the effect, does not seem to have Valandovo region, where the Balgarians abandoned several of their had time to sink in, for the one thing which Hans has shown that trenobes, as a result of the French artillery.

play the he cannot do is to game."

It is estimated that altogether thirty Bulgarian battalions were sotually engaged on this front which gives the measure of the French

.

The French losses wore alight. The small proportion of French killed to wounded is remarkable in contrast to the European battle-whom a remuk in this sense was folds, being only ten per cent. The wounds were mostly from rifle fire. The British, who continue to receive re-inforcements, are also advancing, olearing the country of Bulgarians in their sector.

A captured German officer, to addressed last week, istorted that the English had devoted their attention to games too long; which shows how stupid the average German is when it comes

ALEXANDRA PALACE TO DEATH OF MR. C. EWENS. to cause and effoot. It is well

GERMANY.

A German Tale of Escape,

German War Loan Rosult. Amsterdam, September 23.

The Frankfurter Zeitung saya that the results of the German War Loan will probably not be known before Friday. It recom mends its readers to procure an altitude of reserve with regard to the estimates of its results, but adda: "We can now say that the total figures for the third wor loan will attain and perhaps sur- pass the figures of the second war

of marke." loan, which were nine milliarde

Gorman Warplanes' Violation of Neutrality, Paris, September 23.-Accord- known that few things have stooding to a telegram from Geneva to as in such good stead in the field the Journal, two German war. as the attentions which have been planes on Tuesday violated Swiss Well-Known Hongkong Solicitor given by young England in such neutrality by flying over a part of

Dies In France.

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Mer818. Arlcoll-Cookoll,

liboral measure to manly sport. Swiss territory. Coming from Even Kipling no longer writes of France they flow over Courgevay, "flannelled foole" and "muddied dropping & bomb which fell forty We regret to record the death oafs." He would probably be yards from the farm of Cras of Mr. Crossy Ewens at the age among the first to assert that our d'Edrmont, catsido the town. The Amsterdam October 4. of 61 year, which took place at cricket and football lead direo: bomb made a large hole in the The Vorsische Zeitung publishes the residence of his son-in-law. to good shooting stamina, and ground. The aviatore then flew a long report from Capt. Johannes the Cents de Bilgay, at Quimper, other valuable assets in the field. off towards Alsace, Reuter says a Sohmidt, who some time ago France, on October 6.

Of course, the Germans do not child was injured. escaped from the concentration The deceased gentlemen, who know anything about this, but Germany's Oriental Bluff. esmp at Alexandra Palace. Capt. was formerly a wll-known Hong- there is a certain demand for golf Peking, September 21.-It is Sohmidt says that from the time kong solicitor was admitted to the and cricket, so they are going to raported that the German Consul of his removal to the camp he law as a solicitor in England Germanise these things. In future at Lobang informed the Belgian intended to escape, and finally in 1876. After admission he was they will be organised in such missionaries residing there that

1 solicitor with got away on September 2, with engaged

manner that the German sports- they must, in view of the German out any outside help.

of dealer can eapply everything conquest of Belgium, come under As 11 p.m. he was in the London, and with Mesara. Collyer- required without the slightest nes bis protection. The underlying 11 centre of London" and on the Bristow, Company, also of London. of the dateated English langauge. idea of this declaration is to bluff first night he slept in Finsbury In 1882 he came to the Far East as In future it will be much simpler the Chinese people into a belief Park His intention was to get privatasecretary to the then Chief and more appropriate for the of the statements about German to the dooke in order to reach a Justios, Sir George Phillippo, young German who wants a prowess in Europe. The same neutral port from there. When and entered the service of the wicket to ask his sporting-goods blaff is being practised in other he entered a hotel the proprietor Hongkong Government, which he dealer for a dreistabeneinrichtung. places in the interior, where the apparently suspected him, as he left about six months later in This pretty gutteral polysyllable Germans are advising the Chinese hesitated when filling in the order to practise as a solicitor on represents the proposed German not to recognise the Belgians: registration form. On the next his own account. Subsequently

of way

saying "wicket." Alsatian Innkeeper Court-

Martialled. morning, September 4 he left the he went into partnership with Literally it means "three stick- hotel and bought some old clothes Mr. J. F. Reece, the same arrangement. Another word Amsterdam, September 20.-- in the East-end and spent partnership terminating in 1893; which breathes organisation from According to a message to the the next night again inhe continued to. practise every pore is Dreistabensch Cologne Volkszeitung from Strass- Finsbury Park.

By various alone un the year 1902 when lagerspiol." This really is not burg, an Alsatian innkeeper was means he tried to enter the Lon- he was joined by Mr. Scott "oricket," though the Germans recently court-martialled for sell- don Dock next morning as a Haraton. He retired from say it is. It means "three sticking to German soldiers cigars with newspaper vendor and asa drunk-that

but beating game,

"which is near a red, white, and blue ribbon en workman-but in vain. The visited the Colony again enough for the Gerasa and as stamped "Deloasse." The inn- dooks were too well guarded. in 1910. Mr. Ewene was extremely near cricket as he is over likely keeper was acquitted but the fact was established "that a cigar fae- The afteror in Captain braidt popular whilst in the Colony, and to get. spent in several cinemas, and he took a prominent part in most of "Germans who hate England tory in Bremen before the war adroits that pet one single picture the local doings. He leaves a 800

sent great quantities of oigara showed any feeling of hate against who is a doctor serving with the

with such a provoking decoration Germany. Then, dirguised as a B.A.M.C. in Serbia, and two

to Alsace-Lorraine." long black cost, with gold-rim-daughters.

Germany's Metal "Plak Forms." med eye-glasese, he visited several cafes, and was repeatedly sitting amang high officers.

firm in 1907,

LET NOT YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW.

and the English," saya the Rhenisch-Westfalische Zeitung, have a good opportunity for carrying into tangible effect their justifiable sentiments.

Zurich, September 22.-Im- "Though we do not aspire to mediately after the voluntary sur- the heights of apartemanship render of metal objects in Ger- stiained by the British game- many it is announced that an cranks, we number a goodly few official confiscation will begin. who appreciate their golf and Owners will be required to make their cricket, These are legitimate a return of all their copper, bras, and healtby forme of exercise, and niokol articles, with their but they must be thoroughly Ger weight. House fixtures are ex- manised, and their English ter- cluded, except boilers and cisterns, minology must be replaced by which will be seized. The Manich authorities announce that, owing honest German words. We sug- gest the following substita- to the number of tramway em-

ployees called to the colours, 220- women' conductors will be re- quired. The wages will be 3s. Ed. for a six-hours' day.

On Beptember 8, in the even- ing, he bought a railway ticket. The station was strongly guarded. Baddenly he heard a strong de- tonation and saw high above à The latest thing in contribution Zeppelin, which then dropped baskets is said to have been in another bomb. This exploded vented by an Oklahoma man, and near the station. A publichouse should be asti in every church, was hit, and he bandaged a little as it would swell the amount tak girl who was hurt by glass splin-on up threefold in a little while. tera. Several police officere ap-This is the way it works: If tions: peared, and one asked him his person dropa a quarter or more name. After he had answered, in the box, there is silence, if he the officer suddenly said, drops a dime in, a bell rings; "You are a foreigner." But nickel sounds a whistle, and a luckily all the lamps were sudden- penny fires a blank cartridge. If ly extinguished, as the gasworks, one pretends to be asleep when owing to a fire, had out off the the box passes, it awakens him

with a watchman's rattle, and kodak takes his pictare.

supply:

Schmidt thas made good his escape, and he haatened back to the station where he caught train to N-— without being observed, as all the policemen, apparently, were ordered to the place where the Zeppelin bomb had landed. ***On the next night he was able to steal on board a ship, nod. 48 hours later he was on neutral ground.

DEATHS,

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EWENS-On October 5th at Quituper, Finisterre, France, tho res 1 noe of his son-in-law, the Cone de Bilguy, Creasy Ewers, solicitor, late of Hong kong and Le Chalet, Guernsey, aged 61.

"Golf: Locherballspied (hole- ball game).

Oricket: Dreistabenschlager.

"Naturalised" German's Wish. spiel (thres stick beating game). Mr. Franz J, Menken, of Nos-

Wicket: Dreistabeneinrich-

ton, Cheshire, timber merchant, fang (three-stick arrangement). died July 10, leaving property of Half-time Balbapielwarte the value of £21,761. The festa- panse (half-game waiting pause).tor stated in his will, made on "Start: Abangstelle (atarting April 5, 1913, that he was a native spot).

of Germany, but had been for "Starter: Hauptsbgangsvor many years domiciled in England steher (head-starting president); and he wished his will construed The latest British sport, which, according to English law, and he we believe, has been developed directed that his children should into a fine art, is hunting German be educated in Germany, and his submarines. Perhaps some Ger- wife to take up her residence man will oblige with the German there within six months of his heating submarine with death for the period of their with guns, with explosive education. bombs, and in other ways game,

for

nels,