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The Hongkong Telegraph

(ESTABLISHED 1881.) Copyright, 1915 by the Proprietor.

WEATHER FORECAST

FINE

Barometer 29 03

December 6 1914,

Temperature 6 a.m.70 Humidity

2 p.m. 74

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December 6 1815,

8090 日卅月十年卯乙

Temperature 6 a.m. 66 Humidity

TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS.

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MONDAY,

DECEMBER 6, 1916.

TO-DAY'S

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WAR TELEGRAMS

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

THE OUTLOOK IN THE BALKANS MUCH

BRIGHTER.

ALLIES PREPARING FOR ENERGETIC ACTION,

Explosion in German Ammuition Works Kills

Hundreds of Workers.

SERIOUS ANTI-WAR RIOTS IN BULGARIA,

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

AN AMERICAN PEACE "EXPEDITION."

"JOY-RIDERS" TO STOP THE WAR I

December 5, 2.20 p.m. A message from New York states that the American motor-oar manufacturer, Mr. Henry Ford, who at the time of the British Loan in the United States threatened to withdraw his deposite from any Bank subscribing thereto, recently issued 200 invitations to prem- inent Americans to accompany him on a tour to Europe, at his expense, with a view to organising a Peace Conference, declaring his determination to have" the boya" out of the trenches by Christ- maa. For the purpose he chartered the Danish steamer Oscar II.

The scheme was received with such derision and denunciation by the American papers that it was first thought that it must be Hilled forwith. No prominent personage accepted the invitation, while Judge Parker, ex-Democratic candidate for the Presidency, replied that the Government ought to stop the expedition, "last Mr. Ford's antics are taken seriously and bring as into contempt, and even hatred." There were many other similar replies. The Govern- ment, however, confined itself to refusing paraports except to neutral countries.

UNITED [ITALY.

INDEPENDENT SOCIALISTS SUPPORT GOVERNMENT,

D.cember 5, 3.50 p.m.

Bouter's correspondent at Rome guys the fastare of the debate în the Chamber was the enthusiastio support which the Independent Socialiate gave to the Government's polloy to fight to a successful conclusion for the triumph of the highest principles of international justice and legitimate "national sapirations. Their lasdar WAS

warmly cheered.

The minority (on the vote of confidence in the Government) consisted of official Socialists,

THE BALKANS.

ALLIES IN DETERMINED MOOD.

December 5. 3.50 p.m. Itenter's correspondent at Athena states that the conviction now prevails that the Allies will prosecute the Balkan campaign energeti cally in order to check the German advance to Constantinople.

Reinforcements are continually arriving in the Anglo-French lines, which are now extremely strong.

THE ALLIES IN THE WEST,

THE LULL CONTINUES.

December 5, 4.40 pm. Router's Paris correspondent states that according to to-day's communiqus there is nothing to report.

EXPLOSIONS IN GERMAN MUNITION FACTORIES.

DISCONTENTED WORKMEN SUSPECTED.

earlier telEGRAMS.

THE ITALIANS.

FIBRCE HAND-TO-HÀND FIGHTING,

December 4, 12,10 a.m.

Reuter'a correspondant at Rome quotes an official statement to the effect that a fierce enemy opalaught on the Mrzli“ redoubt, preceded by a terrifio artillery preparation, resulted in the enemy entering the Italian lines from which they were driven dat. Hand to hand fighting of the bloodiest description ensued and the enemy fled, leaving 500 dead and 131 prisoners,

WONDERFUL WORK BY ALPINISTS.

December 4, 1.10 p.m.

$36 PER ANNUM

TELEGRAMS

CEYLON'S NEW GOVERNOR

(Beuter's Service To The Telegraph.")

London Received Deosasher, 6.

It is officially stated that the data of "Sir John Anderson'u departure for Gaylon has not yet been fired. He will probably ru main at the Colonia! Office till the end of February.

In thesvent of telegramıa arriving

too late for insertion on this paro they will be found

"on" the Bitrà.}'.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

KITANO MARỮ

REFLOATED:

London Recalved December 5. The Kitano Man has been reflated.

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BILLIARD PLAYER'S

DEATH.

London Resolved Decembo 5. The death is sunounced of W

Lovejoy, the famous billiard. player and the inventor of the szobor cannon

Some slackening in the fighting on the Italian front is recorded in the Austrian and Italian communiques, but the Italian attacks have not desaed. They have made progresa nesr Tolmino, and also in the Ledro Valley, where detachments of Alpinists, according to a Rome communique, deacended a precipice with the aid of ropes and surprised and routed the Austrians, occupying their position. The fighting has been especially force on the Oalavija heights, near Goritz, where the Italian attacks were uninterrupted for nine days and nights, despite an icy bora which was aweeping the bleak, rocky haighte at the rate of 60 miles an hour. It was more terrible NEWS FOR BUSY MEN: than the heaviest snowstorm, forging the men to lie down so as to avoid being blown over the rooks. Serious accidents from this cause

were numerous.

Italy's undertaking not to make a separate pasos was digned in London on November 30,-

BRITISH GUNS SILENCE BULGARIANS.

December 4, 3,80p.m.

A message from Salonica states that the Bulgurians started shelling the British left wing on the Strumoitas front, but were December 5, 4.50 p.m.

soon silenced by the British guns. This was the only activity on Reuter's Copenhagen correspondent states that, according to the allied fronts. Further British troops have disembarked. The private information, a big explosion has occurred in an ammunition fall of Monastir is evoking growing resentment in Greek circles. factory at Halle, in Germany, as the result of which hundreds of Reports pareiat in saying that the Russians have entered Balgaria. workers were killed.

Another munition factory at Bojlon, in Silesis, was prevented from being blown up by the discovery, at the eleventh hour, that it was undermined.

A number of arrests have been made in both casse, as it is suspected that the explosion was due to discontented workmen."

THE FIGHTING IN THE BALKANS.

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NO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NISH AND BELGRADE,

December 5, 5.25 p.m According to Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam, a Bulgarian communique says that railway communication between Nish and Sofia has been re-established. It is noteworthy that the lins between Nish and Belgrade is still çat.

BULGARIANS SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES.

December 5, 5.55 p.m. - "Ford's Ark," an the Oscar II is called, sailed yesterday with

Reuter's Paris correspondent states that the Bulgarians have a party of" joy-riders" numbering 140, of whom 54 are reporters, male and female; 20 are olerks; and thres are cinematograph suffered heavy losses in vain endeavours to dislodge the Allies from operators. The rest are fourth-rate faddists and propagandists off the Strumpitsa région. Severel enemy guns were destroyed. all kinds, including the heads of the "Auti-Suckers Protective League," Single-taxers, Socialist agitators and reformers and their wives, as well sa neveral representatives of Women's Peace Con- gresses.

Mr. William Jennings Bryan, however, bade farewell to the expedition" at the quayside, where the crowd sang, "Onward, Christian Soldiers!" though the effect was somewhat spoilt by aomeone shouting "Gott'strate them!".

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Suffragette colours and'dovas ware prominent among the ship's decorations.

UNREST IN BULGARIA.

ANTI-WAR RIOTS AT SOFIA.

GERMAN CONSPIRATORS IN AMERICA.

GOVERNMENT TO ROUT. THEM OUT.

December 5, 6.55 p.m.

that the Government has finally decided to rout out the heat of Ger- Beuler's correspondent at New York says it in generally thought man conspirators in the United States, regardless of the official position of thoas concerned.

Officiala believe that there is a direct connection between E. Bay, the conspirator implicated in the bomb plotu at New York, and Brincken, who is said to have Agured prominently in plots against munition works, railways and ships, and for which the man named Crowley was recently arrested in San Francisco, VA

It is stated in Washington that mash of the evidence upon

POSITION OF SERBIAN, TROOPS.

December 4, 3.30 p.m. Reuter's Paris correspondent states that a telegram from Athens reports that the Serbian northern and southern armies are safe, The men from Monastir will doubtless join the Anglo-French army The Greek Government has given assurances that these Serbian troops cannot be disarmed. M. Pashitch states, that the Serbians will reform in Albanis and Montenegro,

A FRENCH REPORT.

December 5, 1.15 am

A Paris communique etaten that there were numerous enemy reconnaisancen on the Cerpa front of our Eastern army on Friday, Thess were arrested by our artillery. There was a cannonade east of Strumnitza and on the British front.

THE FIGHTING IN THE BALKANS.

MONTENEGRINS' HEROIC RESISTANCE.

December 4, 1.10 p.m.

CONDENSED.

A Paris communique says there is nothing to report. '

·Reinforcemente are continually arriving in the Anglo-French Hines in the Balkans.

Sir John Anderson will pro- bably remain at the Colonial Office until the end of February,

There has been serious anti-war rioting at Sofis, in front of the Palace, numbers being killed and wounded.

The Bulgarians have suffered. heavy losses in vain endeavours to dislodge the Allies from the Strumniiza region.

Independent Socialista in the Italian Chamber

gave their

enthusiastio support to the Gov ernment's war policy.

There has been a big explosion in an ammunition factory at Hello, in formany, said to be d ca to discontented workmen.

Some amusing particulars of a

stop-the-war expedition, arranged by Mr. Henry Ford, the American

motor-car manufacturer, aregiven in a telegram.

It is stated that much of the evidence whereon the judicial authorities of America are soting sgainst conspirators was first gathered by British agents.

The conviction now prevails in

Balgarian and Austrian despatches atate that the Bulgarians are pursuing the Serbians in the direction of Djakova, while the Athens that the Allies will prose- Austro-Germans are following up the amall Montenegrin army, ente the Balkan campaign ener- which has been obliged to retire after a must heroic resistance, An getically, in order to check the attack on the Montenegrins was made by three columes from the German advance to Constantin- Bosnian frontier and Sandjek Novibagir, where the Austrísné olsim ople, the capture of two towns besides Plevlje.

ARMY HORSES:

NEW GOVERNMENT SCHEME,

Dacomber 4, 1.10 p.m.

It is announced that the Government is to purchase Colonel Hall Walker's properties in Kildareand Wiltshire, and is to ass them in connection with the ramintenance of a proper look of

*Deoriaber 5, 6,55 p.m. There has been serious anti-war rioting at Sofia, in front of the which the judicial authorities are acting was first gathered by army horses in the United Kingdom. Palace, Numbers of people were killed and wounded.

INSURANCE COMPANIES.

STRONG WARNING BY THE ADMIRALTY,

December 5, 455 p.m. The Admiralty warns Insurance Companies that they will be liable to prosecution if they communicate particulars of risks on Government work to foreign Companies with which they are in the kabit of effecking re-insurancss/

The Admiralty mys that more than ons Insurance Company

British agents..

BAILED OUT."

Crosîber 5, 4.85 p.m. ek atutem that the Hamburg- Reuter's correspondent at New Amerika conspirators have been admitted to bail of $10,000 sach, panding su appeal."

Reuters correspondent il San Francisco says that the man Brincken has surrendered and he been let out on bail of $10,000

M. DENYS COCHIN IN PARIS,

(Havas Talegre,

Disember 3,

CANADA'S WAR LOAN,

THE AMOUNT. DOUBLED

December 4, 1.10 p.m..

-It is generally, thought in Am- erics that the Government' has decided to ront out the neat of German conspirators thère, ́ ́x- gardless of the official position of thoes concerned.

DON'T FORGET.

Bijon Theatre Viatoris Theatrese 17:15 pmA

MITO-MORROW

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Victoria, Theairs-9,16 "m. Thursday, December Var Medira, Jounalong, dickis and Beater's correspondant at Ģsiswa vision that fi in ofiolally Master's: Once - AMIDE OF announced that the Government has decided to Increase the war shareholdere, William Towell, loan of afty million dollars to one hundred million dollars Lid 9 p. hundred and wis million dollara has been subscribed; "Tifty mililone "St. FraneleSchool Prinn-giving. will be used to raise and equip, the Canadian forose as originally 5 pm. Intended, and Afty millions will be employed in establishing oreda

Friday, December 10. for the Imperial Treasury for the purchies of munitioms and giving Chamber of Commerce meitlog. reliat to las exchange situation. Bir Samuel Hughes Stater has the mud, p.m.

Monday, December 18. Hongkong and Whampes Dosle |Co., Ltd.-Exitordidasy general

meetings noon.

M. Denys Cochin has arrived in Paris, returning from Rome, scial enlistment of the Cenbilen overseas forces in 190,000, of which 115,000 have gone overesia, and it is expected the authorised total 61′250,000 will be rischéd shortly,

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