1915-12-24 — Page 1

The Hongkong Telegraph

December 24 3855,

3106 日八十月一十年列乙

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1915

TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

TO-DAYS

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS.

五拜望號四世月二十

SITELKOOPE

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TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS

NEWS FOR BUSË RI.

SINKING OF THE YASAKA MARU: LOSS PUT AT A MILLION STERLING.

RUSSIAN NAVAL SUCCESS AGAINST BULGARIA,

Explosion in Turkish Dynamite Depot.

NATIONAL MANIFESTO BY BRITISH BANKERS.

[Renter's Service to The Telegraph.”]:

FINANCIAL MOBILISATION.“.

ANOTHER EXPLOSION.

TURKISH WORKERS KILLED.

December 23, 200 p.m. According to Renter's correspondent at Amsterdam, an official telegram from Constantinople reports an explosion in ́s dyesmite depot, as a result of which fifteen workers wats killed and a mamber wounded.

AMERICA AND AUSTRIA.

AN ULTIMATUM ?

December 23, 200 pim. Beuter's correspondent at Naw Yock mys, the newspapers unanimously declare that the United States has sent an to Austria

A TRAITOR?

ARREST OF AN IRISHMAN,

December 23, 200 pu. „Beuter's New York correspondent states that an Irishman named Justice, su employee of a steamship Company which is a subsidiary concern of the "Espag" (Hamburg-Amanks Lise) has been arrested on a charge of attempting to obtain information concerning Cans disa military activities.

TARRED AND FEATHERED. AUSTRÁLIA'S WAY WITH TRADE UNIONISTS:

December 23, 3.45 pm Reuter correspondent at Melbourne states that a party of men invaded the offices of the Clerks' Union and furred sąd festhared the mover of a résolution passed at the Trades Hall meeting on the 17th-ine requesting Trade Unforists to disregard recruiting car culars The victim was bundled into the street and had to be pro- tected by the police from the crowd.

THE SITUATION AT ADEN.

À RECENT SKIRMISH.

December 23, 3.45.p.m.

A BRITISH BANKERS' MANIFESTO.

December 23, 3.50 am, A Manifesto to the Nation signed by eighteen leading bankers and financiers declare that the mobilisation of the whole nation's financial resources must now be undertaken with courage and rigour. at With everyone auxious to do his bit, the financing of the war can and will be accomplished and ultimate victory sarred. Med nine killed, and one taken prisoner. We had one wounded.

The Manifesto say the Allied Fleet, by the stoppage of the enemy's foreign commerce, bas seriously diminished his finsocial strength, while simultaneously the military strength of the Alhea sabore has staadily increased. Only one thing is needed to secure victory—namely, to provide money to support the rast new armies and pay for the vast quantities of munitions being manufactured everywhere throughout the world.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Chamberlain said the position Aden was unchanged during the past two months.

On the 20th inst. there was a skirmish in which the enemy had

BRITISH COMMANDS,

NO OFFICERS CASHIERED,

December 23, 4:45 pm.

VICTORIA CROSSES.

General Famic

Linga, has disch

Dardan

A LIBUTENANT'S SACRIFICE.

December 23, 2.50pm-hope that The Victoria Orom has been awarded in the case of Lizatenin at Wilbar Darinell, of the Legion of Frontiersmen.

The Turks Mara went dow

During a mounted infantry engagement at Maltan, East Africa, the enemy got within a few yards of our positions, hence it was in in 45 minute, perfect diatesime possible to rescue the more severaly wounded. Lieutenant Dartnell being observed on board was being carried away wounded, when, seeing the situation and knowing that the enemy's black troops killed the wounded, he i

The New Yock newspapers ns- sisted on being left behind in the hops of seving the others. He animaly declare that the United thus gave his own life.

States has set ́an altimatum to Austria

AMAZING AIR EXPLOIT.

December 23, 345 pm. An amazing sir exploit has gained the Victoria Grom for Second Lieutenant G S Lil

Mr. Chamberkim says the posi tion atádem has remained months. unchanged during the past tượ

The Central Powers centrating forcewat Garg

While patrolling in Flanders in a Vickers' fighting machine, with Mechanic T. H. Donald as gunner, he attacked's Gamaan saro- plans which led him over a rockat battery, but is dived and fusilad- MD expected to take the chan British machine followed and brought down the Germs in a ed the German machine. The latter dived through a cloud, but the this wook. ploughed fiaid.

All classes runas haba dired, and destroyed the German machine with an incendiary bomb. to the nation.

Second Lieutenant Insall, despite heavy Garman fire; again British bankers in thes

income most carefully,

He returned, flying low and fast, firing into the German tranches, and gained the British lines. The Gemsus furd 150 shelia while the machine was on the ground, bat eventually the aviator got home safely.

INDIAN OFFICERS HONOURED.

December 23,3.45pm..

The Yasaka Maru has able cargo ca board; the los may amount to a million starling, falling on the insurance market,

Eighteen British bankers hors |issued a Manifesto to the arging- the mobilisation whole nation's financial seson

On the 20th cent

on Hsvilder Abs Khan, of the 40th Pathans (formerly in Hongkong,skiruka main Kões

The Indian Order of Merit of the 2nd Class has been conferred for gallantry and distinguished service in France.

In the event of telegrams arriving too late for insertion on this” page they will be found on the Extral.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

STEAMERS SUNK.

YASAKA MARU'S PASSENGERS SAFE.

December 22, 6.00 pm..

The crew of the 5.8. Huntley have all been saved with the

December 23, 3.45 a.m.

The task of finding the immense sams needed by the Allies In the House of Commons, Mr. Tennant said he did not think it devolves specially on the British people, whose manufacturing power desirable to publish the names of officers who had been relieved of exception of two. is unimpaired by invasion. Cilies have not been destroyed, our their commands at the front. None had been cashiered.

income is undiminished, and our exports are still greater then-int 1905. The stupendous task of raising sixteen hundred millions during the current, and eighteen hundred millions during the next, fiscal year will try the mettle of the nation to the nimost, and demand the strasnous co-operation of every individual and the concentration of our energies solely for the produc tion of susentials. All classes must husband their income most cacatally.

THE YASAKA MARU.

FOUNDERED IN 45 MINUTES.

December 23, 1.20 p.m.

The Yasaks Maru walt down in 45 minutes. There was per- discipline on board.

The vessel (of 10,932 tons) was bound from London to Japan. She was only built last year.

She had a long passenger list and a valuable cargo.

THE DARDANELLES.

Wounded Missing-

TOTALS OF WOUNDED AND MISSING,

December 23, 3.45 pm ing figures concerning the wounded and mising

In the House of Commons, Mr. Tennant anaganced the follow- Dardanelas p

in the

Officers:

2,989 337

Men

72.999 12,114

.84,336

He had

Totals 3,306 every hope that sickness was decreasing.

FURTHER FIGURES.

December 23 2.85 p.m.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Tennantvannounced that the casualties in the Dardanellen to the 11th inst., including naval losses,

The low may amount to one million sterling, which will fall were 112921, of whom 1,609 officers and 23,670 men, were killed, cr

en the insurance market, according to the

THE BALKANS.

OFFENSIVE EXPECTED.

December 23, 1.30 p.z. /

have died. The number of sick in hospital between April 25 and December 11 was 96.683.

RUSSIAN NAVAL SUCCESS.

́BULGARIAN, PATROL SHIPS SUNK,

December

Beuter's Petrograd correspondant say stated that on the 21st inst. two Businn torpe

Beater's correspondent at Athens, telegraphing on the 21st Balgarian torredo boat into the 1 inst., enys the Central Powers are concentrating forces at Gangbali, batteries fired ineffectively on the parsers and are expected to take the clansive this week.

THE VICTOR OF LIEGE

DIES AT HANOVER

During the raid two Turkish patrol ships were sunk

THE MUKHSTER EXPLOSION DEPENDENTS OF SOLDIERS Y

tively

and their

A message from Beuter's correspondent at Port Said announces that the Japanese liner Yasaka Haru, has been mank, the passengers and crew being saved.

GOVERNMENT HELP TO COMMERCE.

SUBSTANTIAL REPAYMENTS MADE.

December 22, 6.20 p.m. Mr. McKenna, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in the House of Commons that the Treasury in the early days of the war advanced two hundred million sterling in the United Kingdom to enable firms to meet their obligations of which amant eighty-two per cent. had since been repaid.

OUR NEW ARMIES,

RECRUITING FIGURES STILL WITHHELD,

December 22,8.20 pm.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith fatimsted formation regarding the results of Lord Decby's mortuting. would likely be given when the House rascrambled Mr. naked for the aggregate figures in view of the moral edect country and the Allies. Mr. Asquith ssid the

but he wished to avoid any suspicion

A MILLION-MORE-MEN.

enemy had nine: kil taken prisoner, wounded,

A party of men fawaded "the offices of the Clerks U Melbourne and tired and feather- ed the mover of an anti-recruiting resolution.

British bankers may that with everyone doing his bit, the financí ing of the wis coa and | accomplished" and

tory be assured.

Kr. Tenrant does not think it desirable to publish the names në officess who have been refieved of their commands at the front; none; has been cashiered.

An official teingram from C stantinople reports in e

in a dynamite depot, as

of which fifteen workers west killed and a number wounded:

British beaters say that the stupendous task of raising 1 600 millions in the current, and 1800 millions in-the-next, fecal year will try the mettle of the nation. to the utmost.

The manifesto issued by British bankers says that only one thing is needed to secure victory namely, to provide money to sap- port the vast new armies and to pay for the vast quanti munitions