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The Bongkong Telegraph

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TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER

TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

EVIDENCES OF TROUBLE AND DISTRESS

IN GERMANY

BRITISH QUITE READY FOR GERMAN OFFENSIVE.

Mr. Lloyd George Points the Way to Victory.

GERMANY STILL RECKONING ON BIG WAR INDEMNITIES-

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

MRS. ASQUITH.

GRANTED INJUNCTION AGAINST THE "GLOBE.”

December 21, 1.45 p.m. The King's Bench has granted Mrs. Asquith an injunction against the Globe.

Counsel said there was not a shadow of truth in the statements made by the Globe Men, Asquith had never been to Donnington Hall and had had no communication with any of the înmates.

THE WAY TO VICTORY.

ALL DEPENDS ON NEXT FEW MONTHS.

December 21, 435 a.m.

THE ALLIES IN THE WESI.

BRITISH READY FOR THE GERMANS.

December 12 1914,

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WAR TELEGRAMS

· December 21, 2.10 p.m. -

THE DARDANELLES.

THE SUVLA BAY LANDING,

December 20, 5.00 pz. General Sir Ian Hamilton's report on the Saris Bay landing,

Realer's correspondent at Headquarters in France, referring to neutral reports of a big German ofanzive, 1878 ---- The one place and the subsequent operations, will be published shortly.

where the ominous warning is regarded with perfect indifference i the British front. & Staff Officer to whom I mentioned, the matter. | smiled and asid, "It is true there has been a los of coming and going

with the Germans lately, bat we know exactly the real meaning of it all. You remember the historio General, who marched his little Army round and round a hill kill the spectacle got on his adveran nerves, causing a stampede? The natt result of what the Germans srs now dang resembles this time-honoured trick.**

OMINOUS SIGNS.-'

December 21, £10 pa

A message from Amsterdam states that there has again been. great gan-thundering heard in the direction of Ypres. No news is obtainable from the front, but there is still greater railway especially on the part of German hospital traine.

SIR IAN HAMILTON.

NOT RETURNING TO NEAR EAST,

December 22, 11.45 am.”

In the House of Commcas, Mr. Asquith stated that fir Tan Hamilton was not returning to the Near East. If any other cutiss were assigned to him; an announcement would be made în dos

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.

ALLIES ARTILLERY ADVANTAGES;

December 20, 4.50 pm. Beater's correspondent in Paris states that vigorous artillery engagements, in which the Allies have had the advantage, are again the feature of the communique.

ENEMY'S AREOPLANES ACTIVE,

December 21, 12 25. p.m. The Press Barsan publishes a despatch from Headquarters which states :—A hexyy recíprocal bombardment took pisos in. the vicinity of Ypres. Opposite the southern portion of the centre les In the course of his speech on the Ministry of Munitions, in boarded portions of the emery's trancherie the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George xvid an example of the tillary heavily shelled Ypres and St. Jean. It was also active winning power of munitions was given in the battle of Loos, in "gainst our front me and support teaches; sise at Zombeks, which everything was destroyed except one, machine gun emplace Zandvoorde, Ghelavalt and Tambrialen. Am aneury bombing at mant, in front of which lay hundreds of gallant men. Hence, money our tranches near the quarries northwest of Enfinch was repede spered in munitions was spilt in blood. The way to victory was forere was considerable acurity by the enemy's scroplause which attempted to prevent our machines from making reCONDRIEMENCSE, shella to crash through everything, shattering every machine-gun bat these attempts were stanccessful. Them were forty-four com- and every yard of barbed wire, and, said Mr. Lloyd George, we cannot turn out too much.. Sash ideas will not enter the mind of is in the air during the day. Two of the enemy zerop workmen, capitaliste and taxpayers until we were able to crash a were brought down behind their limes and other driven dow way to victory. If risks had to be taken, let them be risks to the *pparently damaged. One of our machines is missing.. pockets of taxpayers and not to the lives of men. Proper economy

FRENCH EXPLODE ENEMY MUNITION DEPOT. would not reduce the output but the cost.

Everything, said M. Lloyd George, depended upon the next

December 21, 2.11 a.m. few months. The decisions of the last Allied Conference would

The Isteet Paris communique reports, ever-growing arti affect the whole conduct of the war, but the carrying out of them activity. Violent duele bave cecurred in Artois, particularly rested with the workmen. He appealed to their patriotism, and region of Loos and Givenchy. The French artillery demoli id the chances of victory were still with as; our best chances re-bridge between Scisson and Pharma. The French in Cha maized, "We had socomplished car ses tack to the last letter, we dispersed an enemy marching force and smashed a railway had an overwhelming superiority in the raw materials of war, we used by the ensay There is the same nativity in Argonne, ku had ready access 10 neutrals, and we had a better cause. But this the French exploded a munition depot. “Frenchiefing - war was the moment of intense preparation--the moment for patting our German trenches at Hunorvell wood, near St. mely and also whole energies at home into preparing for the blow we had to acceeded in destroying a blockhouse brinding with muschins gui striks abroad.

A French air squadron effectively, bombarded the station Malhausen.

DISTRESS IN GERMANY.

NO CHRISTMAS CAKES I

December 21, 2.10 p.m. Every day brings frash confirmation of the distress being caused in Germany through lack of fat. Owing to the extreme sparcity of butter, the making of Christmas cakes is forbidden, In Sazmy no milk is allowed with tea or coffee in the resÍRUTEDİR.

DEPENDING ON IMAGINARY INDEMNITIES

still depends on big war îndemnities for ted by Dr. Helff

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THE FIGHTING IN THE BALKANS.

BRITISH LOSSES IN MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN,

December 24, 5.00 pm

ho the House of Commons, Mr. Tamment said the British casualties in the Macedonian campaign up to the 11th men were 37 officers and 1,246 men, of whom only one offer

men were killed.

GREEK AND BULGARIAN TROOPS

THE WITHDRAWAL FROM ANZAC

December 20, 5.30 p.m. -

Mr. Asquith announced in the House of Commons that the withdrawal from Ansse was in pursuance of a decision arrived at by the Cabinet some time ago (Chess). The operation, he said, had been so successfully carried out that is reflected the atmost credit on the Generals on the spot, the Admiral, the Staff and on all manks of both the Army and the Navy.

ŠTHE TURKS OUTWITTED...

December 20, 10 15 pm The Wagomos further sunounces that, without the Turks being aware of the movement, a great army has been withdrawa fròm osa ế thứ Callipoli aress although in places it was în contact with the enemy. By this contraction of the front, the operations at other points of the line will be mors easstivaly carried out. General Manro a command of the forces at Gallipoli, gives great credit to the Generals commanding and to the Navy.

SUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON TURKISH TRENCHES.

December, 21, 240 am.

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TELEGRAMS.

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Great

guo-thundering

again been heard in the direction. of Ipres.

The King's Bench has granted Mm. Asquith an injunction [against the Globe.

posts have been fighting on the Greek and Balgarian advance Graeco-Albanian frontier.

The way to vistory, says Mr. Lloyd George, is for she orash throngh everythin

General Bussky, Couraandae has rougned owing to ill-health- of the Russian Northern Arian

The Paris commaniqus and s report from British Headquarter inticate increasing activity in the West

The British troops were with- drawn from Bavla Bay sod Auss without the Turks bring aware of the fret.

The Paris evening communique indiestee that the Allies are |whill holding the western arimunity of Gallipoli since it mentions that the French-arüllery ou, the 19th supported a successful British attack on the Turkish trenchan." The communique, slading to the

Mr. Asquith hopes to maka a Ansae withdrawal, emphasises that the strategic importance of the statement on Lord Derby's - ceriting scheme before." "the position had been disinished owing to freak developments in the East. It confirms that the withdrawal was affected in agreement adjoustuosot.

between the Allied Staffs, without loss of material and unmolested by the Turks.

RELIEF AND REGRET.

·December 21, 6.40 mm.

Sir Ian Hamilton's"report on the Buris Bay landing and tha exbarquent operations is shortly to be published.

Relief at the sacosesfal withdrawal, and regret that it wa Mr. Lloyd George says tha necessary, in the prevailing note in the morning's comments on the decisions of the laws Allied Con- Gallipoli announcermat. Great admiration is expresand at the ference will affect the whole strategical masterstroke of withdrawing large forces from such a conduct of the war. circumscribed zone which was dominated at every point by Turkish

guna.

MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS.

Tromble and distrae ace bring caused in Germany through laak. of fat, the making of Christmas cakes being forbidden.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S DETAILED STATEKENT.

If risks have to be taken," says December 29, 8.35 p.m.TM In the House of Commme, Mr. Lloyd George made a statement risks to the pockets of taxpayers Mr. Lloyd George, let them be on the Ministry of Maninions. He dwelt on the snormous important to the lives of man soos of the part that machisery had played in this was. The Gezien success waca due, he said, to the tardizem of the Allies in developing their mechanical resouross. Though Britain's command -The House of Commons, ban of the sea showed, besides her excellence in sailors, har overwhelm-agreed to a compromise hereby ing superiority in sea machinery, there was soother sepect and that the life of Parliament shall be Was the machinery, which spared men both in attack and defence, eight months instead of a year. He mentioned that there was a shortage of munitions in the month Mr. Arquith states that the of May, When the Germans were using a quarter of a million shells British withdrawal from Anzac a day, mostly high explosire shells, Britain was producing 2,500 was in pursuance of a decision of high explore shells and 13,000 shrapnel. The deliveries then the Cabinet made some time ago. only amounted to about siisen per cent of the promises, but to- day, with prominent business men running the departments, every-

work

of sheds big

A speech by Dr. Halferich thing had been speeded up, great quantities of zaw materiala had indicates that Germany - stil been secured for the Allies and the deliveries were eighty per cent depends on big way indemnities of largily increased promises. Mr. Lloyd George dascribed the for partial extrication from its great munition areas and the work of the local boards. He em financial chaos phasised that the national factories were a conspicuous success, Rester's oorre vastly increasing the output, minimising labour difficulties and checking prices. – He also emphasised the splendid, patri

Eprivate firm.” He spoke of the transadons expendi daring the September battle, lasting for weeks. that four months' basbending was replaced in a mon soon be replaceable in a week. He foreshadowed guna of the largest size, declaring that machine fre-föld since June," He declared that all requireme well in sight by the New Tom. Mr. Lloyd George the immense manufacture of grenades, catapult helmate and mortars and said Britain also ought to be the high explonyer needed by her Allien. - scopozies în contmots, ste, and for the de sommes ha azidd he wanted eighty, thousand skilled thoumad unskilled workers for new factoris Toca enable them to make the 1918 campaign a success. ture on munitions in September was prodigious, but he said that three times the quantity would have achieve result. He pointed out that two hundred millions

represented forty days cost of the

the war might be won by it in fort for four bur

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