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LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

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IN EAST AFRICA:

FURTHER POINTS OCCUPIED.

February 2, 9.45 pics.

In an official report General Dobell report= [that]Haywood'a column has ocemped Baing Nkan.

After defeating the enemy in two engagements, with slight loss, General Cole's colama occupied Lolodorf.

Large ensmy convoys continue to enter Mani.

NEW GENERALS.

February 2, 945 p..

Sir J. Willcocka KCB, KOSL, K. CILG., D.8.0., and Six H. C. O. Plamer, K.Ü.B., have been gazetted Generals.

THE ITALIANS.

VAIN ENEMY ATTACKS.

February 3, 1.05 1. A Bome communique mys that the enemy, on January 31, zenewed vain sttacks on the positions at Mori, which, we firmly hold. One artillery fairly caught a column marching to San Martino. South-west of San Martino, a detachment made a bold incursion into an enemy trench, hurling fifty bomba with devastating effect,

THE RAID ON SALONICA.

THIRTEEN PEOPLE KILLED.

February 3, 150 m.

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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1916

TO-DAYS

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

THE RAID ON ENGLAND.

GRAPHIC DETAILS OF ZEPPELINS' VISIT.

OUR LONDON LETTER.

ment, and Italy, France, Raseia, soft winter, and, unless there is s and Gre 4 Britain would have long hard spell of frost, it is un- been working in the closet stra-likely that anything biz will be (From Our Can Correspondent) view is that the enemy could terrain begins to dry up again tegie saciation. The military attempted in the West until the

War Politics.

London, December 31.

There has been a great to do in Mr. Asquith's Cabinet about re- cruiting The actual figures. revealed by Lord Darby's group enlistment cheme have not yet been officially published, bat those given in this letter last week were substantially accurate. From the national point of view

hardly have hoped, and very pro-about April. bably might not even have dared to attempt, if mah a plan had been energetically, adequately, either their Western or their and akilfully carried out, to hold Eastern lines.

Waiting for the Spring.

Bat it is no use crying over

the result is highly gratifying spilt milk. This golden opport

Germany's Condition. Although there is nothing very exhilarating from the point of view of the Allies in the present state of the military operations, it must not be assumed by any sensible person that we are either weakan- ing in our determination or depressed in spirit There

is a natural feeling that the time has come when we should begin

Unofficial accounts of the Zeppelin raid say that the Zeppelins stil enlisted, those who that since then the Allies have of military soup. But when we

Of the men in this country, Unłby was missed. We have the to have some decisive successuk. February 3, 3.55 .. of service age who were consolation of knowing at any rate Hope deferred is a very thin sort ived on the Norfolk coast at about five o'clock in the afternoon have volunteered outnumber the organised their war councils on consider dispassionately what we One dropped a message which read "We will return Ister," It was slackers, married and single, by a more practical basis to ensure five o'clock on Tuesday morning before the last Zeppelin departed nearly four to one. It is no mean better central castrol and against, how suddenly the

The most damage was done in Staffordshire where ninety cas achievement under a voluntary closer co-operation. The Germans, pitted against the colossal tex

unpreparedness of the Allies WES » malties are reported.

system, and out of a spirit of pure who are exceptionally well in- The first intimation of the arrival of the Zeppelins was the ex-patriotiem and adventure, to have formed about events in the of the enemy, we have done tinction of lights in the theatres and cinemas, Some continued in raised an army, or secared men Balkans, state that the French and marvellously well to withstand candlelight. The populations of the affected Counties rose not to serve in an amy, about fire British forces at Salonica number the shrck. It is plain as a pikestart

Indies, including the speaker, and injuring several. Another bomb (what we have done, without re-and men, of whom ninety thousing point in the war, and perhaps panic-stricken. A bomb fall on a Mission meeting, killing three millions strong. Yet this is about two hundred and ten thous now that the battle of the Hame was great historic victory, a turn- fell on a billiard-room, killing the player.--

ckozing the large number of and are British, but that large re- Kort of the houses in ons street in & Midland town were des- men serving in the Navy, and the inforcements are on their way! When the Germans were dar

an epoch in European history. troyed and five members of one family, grandfather, grandmother, gut of the two and a half million exactitude that twelve hundred those days to their present lines, splendid overies. contingents. They also state with significant back in the furious fighting of their daughter and the latter's two children, were killed.

Another Midland town was plunged into darknees and the tram-fresh enlistments, about a million gura have been landed at Salouica

bombe. The inhabitants listened to an explosion în a town twaly joined in good faith that they the way, and the Allies are have retrieved the position had CEE and works were stopped. A Zeppelin passed without dropping and a half are married men, who Now that the Greeks are out of they lost all hope of a decisive conquest. They might possibly miles away and, thinking that the raid was over, they reamed their would not be called up until longer moving under the eyes and their great drive aquines the u every-day life. At about midnight a

single Zeppelin re-appeared and the

witboat gans of the Greek army, & strong sians bee more successful. Bat bombed the outskirts of the town, but little damage was done.

fit for service, defensive position has been hear the road to Petrograd or Moscow in dependents, At a Coroner's inquest in Lincolnshire it was pointed out that fand not employed on indispens-vily entrenched, and General Cas now barred for ever to the Kaiser's

fifty bombs were dropped and only three persons were killed in Lincolnshire. The undoubted result will be to make Bride redouble their afforts to punish the miscreants.

A Paris communique says that a Zeppelin bombed Salonica ontain Monday night. Two projectiles fell on the Greek Prefecture and s third on the Bank of Salonics, which was burnt down. Other bomin eansed slight damage.

Thirteen persons were killed and sixteen înjured, including three soldiers.

An enemy aeroplane was brought down west of Balonics and two airmen were captured.

FRENCH REPRISALS,

February 3, 1.45 pm. A telegram from Salonica says that fourteen French seroplanes have bombed and greatly damaged an encampment at Petrips in retaliation for the Zeppelin raid on Salonica.

RIGHTS OF AMERICANS.

February 3, 4.40 3.12. According to Reuter's correspondent at Topeka, Prident Wilson, in a speech, said it might be necessary to use force to vin- dicste the rights of Americans to protection by International Law.

THE NEAR EAST,

RUSSIAN PROGRESS.

February 3, 4.40a.m. A Petrograd commanique eye that the Russians have advanced towards the Tohorokh Biver, parsning the Turks, and have captured a village on the southern shore of Lake Van. They drove back the enemy near Kermanshah, ia Persis, and some attempted German attacks in Western Russia were arrested by Russian fira.

NEW RUSSIAN PREMIER.

February 2, 4.25 8.m

Renter's correspondent at Petrograd states that M. Goremykine, President of the Council of Ministers, has resigned owing to impaired bealth, and that M. Starmer, President of the Council of the Empire, has been appoined Premier

PRESS BUREAU STATEMENT.

February 3, 1.50 2.com

The Prom Bureau says the utterly insocurate Berlin official their position or shapes course with any degree of certainty.

not touched.

men.

The Military Situation.

She

ter-

legions se absolutely and surely Germany is fighting now, not & war of aggressive victory, but of desperate salvage. Her plans of

ss the road to Paris or Calais.

able work, were first enrolled, telaan reports very confidently on The number of such man who our ability to withstand any stock. have held back, though a small It may be that offensive operarice proportion of the population, is will ister on be opened up, bus in the aggregate considerable. one is disposed to doubt it. The Consequently the Prime Mini- utracet we can hope reasonsbly fa ster's pledge apply compulsion to to attract enemy forces to Salonica Coques were defested when she the single slackers before calling in sufficient number to wasken weakest Can she reseona hly hope was strongest and we Kore The Press Baress announces that the casualties daring the on the married volunteers be other fronts, and to inflict heavy for success in her war of self- recent Zeppelin rxid are now said to be fifty-nine persons killed sad comes operativa. & hundred and one injured. A church and s Congregational Chapel

losses which may help materi- were badly damaged, and a parish room wrecked. Fourteen houses

ally towards the exhaustion of Preservation when we grow daily the German cadres. But the weakening all the time? It is stronger and her resources are were demolished and a great number less seriously damaged. Slight damage was done in two places on railway property, but only two

Germans are not likely to use factories (neither of them of military importance) and a brewery

many of their own troops in this quite certain that conclusive vict arsas, and will endeavour of the Allies, provided always ory is now well within the griep were damaged. Two or three other factories were slightly damaged.

At the moment there are no doubt The total number of bombs hitherto discovered is three hundred. very significant developments in the Turks to pall the chesinate than brothers, and never waiver get the Bulgarian and that they stick together closer Many fell on rural places without any result.

the main theatres of the war. out of the fire. So far 23 any Public attention has been con- possible Allied offensive from their objective. Ses power is report of the raid further proves that Zeppelins are unable to ascer-centrated for some time, not so Salonics is concerned, obviousle situation. The Allies con sustain once more the key of the military mach on the Western Front or the position is very different themselves interminably, but the the Eastern Front, as on Salonics. DOW from what it Serbia has been overrun, and the have

might been.

It will

enemy must some "day collapse TERRIBLE SCENES AT MISSION MEETING.

Kaiser's mixed legions are gather necessary to fight agri - The most athletic citizen would b3 within his steel walls on land. ing for a grand sasanit on the paign right across the Balkans and a poor chance against s February 3. 155 pira

Allied base in Greek Macedonia. now. Had we pushed ahead be suprise attack by an armed and The Zeppelin used searchlights and threw out fares.

The situation is Bratherfore Serbia was overwhelmed, we The Mayoress of one town was seriously injured.

curious one. What was intended should have been right on the

scientific sasasin. The wonder The pamengers on a train beard a Zeppelin crossing and re-to be an offensive movement by Danube and within an easy strikin that Germany did not encreed crowing the railway, bombing it for hálf an hour, but the train was the Allies for the protection af ing distance of the enemy's

months ago in bludgeoning Serbia has become at any rate for ritory. The great misfortune Europe is armed against her. Ecrops to death. She has failed. Details of the bombed Mission meeting in Staffordshire show the moment a purely defensive of that the wife of the vicar was standing reading the Bible to an effort to maintain a footing on the so far

military

Bitastion Where Napoleon collapsed, the audience of two hundred women and girls when a bomb fell between coast. There is no doubt that always contrives to keep as on

is that the enemy Kaiser will succumb. the roam and the Church. There was a blinding flash and then somebody has blandered badly the defensive, and the war off their darkness. The vicar's wife, another lady and a girl were killed on over the Balkan Expedition, own soil. How efficacions a little the spot. The screams of the injured were terrible. Two clergy- Probably the trouble arose hard fighting might be on the men who were present were injured, but they assisted heroically in by misunderstandings rescue work. The church and vicarage were partly wrecked:

be enemy's own territory was shown tween the French and British by the Rassisns in their gallant Governments largely due in their raid on East Prussia when the turn to conflicting views between German legions were thundering the French and British military down on Paris. Because that was a sad political leaders respectively. premature and inadequate opera The military view is that it was tion, carried out by the Russians worse than useless to intervene in in the highest spirit of self-sacri- MOVEMENT OF STEAMERS. Serbis unless the interventions fice, simply in order to help The C.P. R... MONTEAGLE Extiral had been prompt and vigorous. France in her extremity, it result Kobe on Wednesday the 2nd Feb, suTI, If the Allies could have agreed ed in a military disaster, which 6. due to amire Woong on Bunday laras Kobe on Thursday the 3rd Feb, at together, and found the means, to lost Enssis some of her best troops, the 6th Feb.pm February 3, 6.25 am.

send half a million men, or better and cost her total casualtise The P. & 0. xa. NAMUE Left Bin The Chicago Tribune publishes some new German peace feel-still a million, into the Balkan exceeding the whole strength of pore for this Port on the 30th January ers. Germany is ready to relinquish Kisachen and the Pacific Peninsula before the Germans our military French Expedi- is dus bere on the 5th February, at about Lalande, and to conclude sa agreement with Great Britain under ware on the scene, it is pretty tionary Force. But its political morning. former holdings or of a new block. She also demands the recogni secured the active co-pecation of greater disaster to Germany. The which she will acquire an African Colony composed partly of her certain that they could have and military effect was a mili tion of a Germasa Protectorate over the Turkish Empire, the ceton Bulgaria, Greece, and Roamanis, disturbance created gave a great of Russian Courland, the creation of an Independent Poland under besides the valuable assistance of shock to Berlin, whose streets German Prince, and the cession of Bessarabia, Austrian Bakhorina Serbia's aastal little army. A were filled with fugitives, sad and Transylvania to Roumania.

drive might than have been made considerable forces were hur PASSENGERS DEPARTED. towards Vienus, which would also riedly withdrawn from the have threatened Germany, and advance on Paris just at threatened her at a very volner- the crucial hour. There is a fina able point. The assistance given military object lesson in this Feb to Russia in this way would have piece of history. The way to Ba Mr B

Bale Mr JA DUTCH NEWSPAPER IN TROUBLE,

been immense, far outweighing | restore Belgium, Northern France, Barge Mas anything that could have resulted and Serbis is to threaten Ger- Cariado Mr W from the abortiveGallipoli expedi-many. But the opportunities for CME

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