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NELEGRAMS.

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WEDNESDAY,

JANUARY 26, 1916.

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WAR TELEGRAMS.

WAR TELEGRAMS

RUSSIANS TERRIBLE HARDSHIPS

IN THE CAUCASUS.

UNIFORMS BECOME SHEETS OF ICE.

Mr. Lloye George on “England's Whole Weight."

AUSTRIANS IN OCCUPATION OF SCUTARI

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

THE FIGHTING IN THE BALKANS.

AIR SQUADRON'S ACTIVITIES.

January 25, 155 p.m...

- A telegram from Salonica says that an air squadron, at seven o'clock in the morning, divided into two parts, one part going to

THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.

MORE AERIAL INCIDENTS.

January 25, 2.00 p.m. The Admirsity announces that two aeroplanes at six o'clock in the morning dropped bombe en Dunti:k,

A German seaplane was forced into the water by a British aeroplane off Nieuport.

[In the event of telegrams arriving too late for insertion on this

page they will be found on the Extra).

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

FOOD SCARCITY IN GERMANY.

ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION.

January 24, 4.25 p.m

A French wireless message states that on January 12 a large crowd of women and children made a demonstration in front of she Ministries in Berlin against the reduction in bread allowance. They were dispersed by the police, many being killed, injured and arrested:

PETROL SEIZED AT SALONICA.

January 24, 4.25 p.m. According to Beuter's correspondent at Paris a telegram from Salonica says that a secret store of filty thousand litres of petrol kas | been discovered and seized by the French. General Sarrail im mediately informed M. Sconloadis.

The bakers have struck owing to lack of fibar, and bread is at famine prices.

BELGIAN CORPS FOR RUSSIA.

January 24, 4.25 p.m.-

A Belgian motor machine-gun corps sent to Russia three Mocsatir and the other to bevgheli, at the rate of seventy miles an months ago was reviewed by the Tear prior to leaving Petrograd for hour. Some of the machines were provided with guns. The air-the front. men were furnished with chart showing the position of hospitals and Red Cross buildings, which they carefully avoided injaring,

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They had to contend, nearly the whole of the journey, with a forty mile gale which was blowing on their flask. They had to cross mountaina eix thousand fest high.

AUSTRIANS OCCUPY SCUTARI,

January 24, 330 pm.

According to a message from Rome, a telegram from Athens states that the Austrians have occupied Scutari.

BRIGHT OUTLOOK.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S CHEERING.MESSAGE,

January 25, 1.20 p.m. Mr. Lloyd George, in an interview, said that Germany will very shortly feel England's whole weight is the war. We have now, he said, one of the greatest Armies in the world, and it will shortly be the best equipped. Further, the war had produced a new industrial Britain. Scores of millions' worth of automatic machinery had been erected and would enormously affect industries. At the end of the war, far from being improverished, the country would be richer in everything constituting real wealth. He emphasised that the Allies were as united as ever and that victory was undoubted.

THE RUSSIANS.

TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES IN THE CAUCASUS,

January 25, 22.55 p.m

THE EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.

STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE

January 24, 4.30 p.m.

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BRITISH AIR SUPREMACY.

AERIAL ACTIVITY IN FLANDERS.

January 24, 6.00 pm.

CONDENSED.

The war had produced a new industrial Erisais, says Mr. Lloyd George

A telegram from Athens states that the Austrians have occupied Soutari.

Two seroplanes at six o'clock maining dropped

four military aeroplanes and two seaplanes ascended in Esat Keat In the House of Commons, Mr. Tennant farther reported that when the riders came but the latter had got a big start and could not be overtaken. Anti-aircraft guns ashore and aflost directed" a fusilade at them. He also sanounced that in the past four weeks yesterday thirteen British seroplanes and nine, probably eleven, German bombs on Dunkirk. seroplanes had been lost in Flanders. We had made six raida to the enemy's thirteen. We used 138 machines and the enemy twenty while 1,227 British flaw over the German lines and only 310 Germans flaw over quits.

SINKING OF THE S.S. PERSIA.

AUSTRIA DENIES RESPONSIBILITY,

January 24, 6.30 p.m.

A German seaplane was forced into the water by a British - seroplane off Nieuport.

Mr. Lloyd George asys that the Allies are as united' as over and that victory is undoubted.

According to Beuter's corespondent at Amsterdam, & islegram from Vienna says that the Austrian Government has informed the Mr Lloyd George wys that United States Ambassador in Vienna that no Austrian submarine Germany will very shortly feel was involved in the sinking of the x. Persia.

England's whole weight in the

BRIG-GEN. FITTON REPORTED DEAD.

January 24, 6.30 p..

It is accfficially reported that Brigadier General Fitton has died of wounds in France, and that Second-Lieut. C. H. Davies, of the Walah Begiment, has been killed in France.

THE COMPULSION BILL.

THIRD READING PASSED,

January 24, 8.30 p.m.

The Russian have covered 180 miles in a few days, and their right wing is appproaching Trebizond.

According to Mr. Lloyd George, we now have one of the greatest Armies in the world, and it will shortly be the best equipped,

So far from being impoverished

constituting real-

In the House of Commons, on the Report stage of the Compal-by the war, Mr. Lloyd Georger on Bill Mr. Walter Long moved an amendment that the question says the country will be richer in whether a man was a man who was deemed to have enlisted and had everything been transferred to the Reserve should be declided by a Court of wealth. Summary Jurisdiction, and that the man should not be liable to death for disobeying the order calling him up for active service. No sach proceedings should be instituted except daring the war and six months after. The amendment was accepted.

NO INDUSTRIAL COMPULSION.

January 24, 9.35 p.m.

Speaking in the House of Commons Mr. Tennant announced. that there had been only minor operations in East Africa and that In the House of Commons, Mr. W. M. R. Pringle (L) North: General Smith-Dorrien will embark for East Africa after a short West Lanarkshire, said there was nothing in the Bill to prevent stay in Capetown, whither he has proceeded for consultation with putting men ander martial law for industrial purposes. He pointed the South African Union Government. Heavy rains have impeded out that Mr. Lloyd George had talked of the need of an industrial operations in Nyasaland.

compulsica amendment to prevent men under the Bill being em ployed unwillingly in civilian work.

THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.

DECIDED ACTIVITY.

January 24, 5.15 p.. According to Beutere correspondent at Paris, a communiqus asys that there has been activity with grenades and serial torpedos at Artois. Ten shells were fired into Nancy. A French air squadron bombed German forta in the region of Rheims and the encampments at Middlekarke and Honilhulst

TRENCHES BOMBARDED.

January 24, 11.55 p.m.

A communique asys;—Last night we exploded a mine near Să, Eloi, damaging the enemy's trenches considerably. To-day we bombarded trenches north east of Armentieres which were also damaged considerably:

20,000 GERMAN SHELLS,

Mr. Booar Law repeated the Government's" assurances on the subject and said that Mr. Lloyd George was as equally sound as any other Cabinet minister in saying that the Bill would not be used for industrial compulsion. The amy authorities objected to the insertion of the actual words proposed, because it would be necessary, to differentiate between men under the Bill and ordinary members of the same regiment.

The amendment was withdrawn

LABOUR MEMBERS' ASSURANCE.

January 25, 3.20 s.m.

divided into two parts, one part An air squadron from Salonica

going to Monastir and the other to Ghergheli at the rate seventy miles an hour.

DONT FORGET.

TO-DAY.

Bijou Theatre--9:15 p.m. Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m.

"TO-MORROW.

Saiyangyon School-Distribu tion of prizes by Mr. Ho Konte tong, at 1100 sm.

Hongkong Benevolent Societ -Anmaal meeting, City Hall, at

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Friday, January 28. Bellion Public School-Prima distribution by Lady May, ai

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Saturday, January 29.

Monday, January 31. Queen's College Prize distri- bation by E. E the Governor,

In the House of Commone J. H. Thomas (Lab, Derby) accepted the Government's assurance that they did not intend industrial con- acription, and said he would do his utmost to see the Bill carried cut. He considered Mr. Bonar Law net jastified in dwelling on any remarkable change of feeling in the House since the Bill had Ellis Kadoorie School-Priza been introduced. Not a single member was there who was not distribution by Hon. Mz. G determined to make the Bill produce the good results which the Serem, at 11 am. Government expected. We had secured by the Bill a million men St. Joseph's College,-Priza who were absolutely necessary for victory. He paid a tribute to the distribution by Bishop Pazzoni, January 25, 2.10 am. sacrifices of the working-classes, proving that the whole country was at 3.00 p.m. A Paris communique reports that most vislens enemy bom-determined that the Government should carry out all steps, however bardment took place near the mouth of the Yaer in the region of repugnant in our preconceived ideas, if necessary for victory.

Hel Nieuport The Germans fired twenty-thousand shells and the in-contended that the general consent shown by the House would also The difficulties encountered by the Bassians in the Caucasus are fantry tried to debouch but car curtain fire prevented them leaving be found in the country on the application of the measure. described in the narrative of an officer which has been received in their trenches except for a few parties which our fire immediately Petrograd. This states that, for weeks, a caluran on the summit of a dispersed. The artillery of both sides has been most active in the mountain eleven thousand feet higo, to the east of Erzerum, was region of Bossinghe, Hesas, and Steenstracte. Small parties of the exposed to a blizzard, which baried the shelters in fifteen-feet drifte enemy, who attempted to cross the cans at Het.se, were thrown and blew the huts to pieces. The position was critical, when at back by infantry and marim fire. The enemy in Artois, west of the length the column was ordered to march. The hurricane was most Arras-Lens road, after exploding a mine, tried a fresh attack, which farious when they began to descend the nowelad precipices. was immediately arrested by grenades and rifls fire. A second attack The men, in single file, forced their way through snow farther south was equally non-sacseistal Our batterien north of against 36. The Bill was immediately sent up the House of Lords-Meeting of shareholders, Ri which reached to their

shoulders, while rifles were Soissons wrecked German trenches on Hill 129 and east of Godst Farm fired to guide those behind. The men's uniforme became sheets of in the Rheims district. Our artillery, guided by acroplanes, ice, and masks of ice covered their faces. The gure had to be seriously damaged a German battery. lowered by ropes, but not a man was lost. They had their reward

in the panic which their unexpected appearance produced on the Tarks.

THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.

January 25, 12.55 p.m.

The Russians have covered 180 miles in a few days, and their right wing is approaching Trebizond.

THE VOTING.

January 25, 12.35 a.m.

The Military Service Bill has been read a third- time with 383

where it was read the first time.

noon,

City Hall Piano Recital by Mr. Denisa Faller; 9.15 p.m.

Tuesday, February 1 West Paint Building Co., Ltd.

11:30 am

Hongkong Central Estate, Lad Meeting of shareholders 11.45 am.

Hongkong of shareholders, s and Agency Cas

Land Inves

SIR JOHN SIMON'S OPPOSITION.

PATROL ATTACK SUCCESSFUL.:

January 25, 12:40 am. In the House of Commons, Sir J. Sezon said that despite all Jannery 25, 12.50 x.m. the Government had done it was impossible to make the Bul Small patrols penetrated the enemy's barbed wire near acceptable to the conscientious objector, and to remove the fears off ** Hongkong "Land Verlorenbook and fired from a parapet into the trench which was industrial compulsion and attention from voting which would be holders at 12:15 pame strongly held. They retired without a casualty, To-day the interpreted as opposition to the Bill which had not been overcome, artillery of both sides was active about Loos, There have been He therefore must vot

Sir J, Simon spoke smid bombardments about Hoogs, St. Jean, Polken and near Pilken impatient interrupicus.

Saturday, February

We silenced saemy's trench mortars with setitary Fire.

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