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The Hongkong Telegraph

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SATURDAY,

February 26 1976,

3155 日四廿月正

TELEGRAMS.

CONDENSED,

SIR GEORGE MARTIN IS DEAD.

THE TSAR HAS LEFT FOR THE FRONT.

THE DEATH IS ANNOUNCED OF MR. JAREZ BALFOUR. SOFIA IS ENORMOUSLY IMPRESSED BY THE FALL OF ERZER UM PRESIDENT WILSON'S PATTENCE WITH GERMANY IS EXHAUSTED. ARKED MERCHANTIEN QUESTION CREATED A CRISIS IN THE U.S.

PORTS OF COTTON GOODS FROM GERMANY WILL SHORTLY CEASE. FALL OF ERZERUM HAS CAUSED DISTURBANCES IN CONSTANTINOPLE. RESIDENTS OF SOFIA FEAR THAT A RUSSIAN INVASION JOS JOIMINENT. AUSTRALIA HAS SUSPENDED TRADE MARES OF 450 ENEMY ARTICLES. FURTHER FRENCH HONOURS TO BRITISH OFFICERS ARE ANNOUNCED. MR. CHAMBERLAIN HAS ENTERTAINED LORD CHELMSFORD TO DINNER. PRESIDENT WILSON WILL NO LONGER ENDURE CHARGES OF TIMIDITY. PRESIDENT WILSON IS THREATEND WITH REVOLT OF DEMOCRATS. PORTUGUESE FLAG HAS BEEN HOLSTED ON GERMAN SHIPS ON THE TAGUS.

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THE FALL OF ERZERUM.

Disturbances in Constantinople,

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

February 24, 4.25 pm Beater's correspondent at Athens says that the fall of Erserum caused disturbances în Constantinople. There were many sirerts including Ahmed Riza, the friend of Yusuf Issedin, the late Heir Apparent.

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Bulgaria Fears Russian Invasion.

February 24, 4.25 p.tt. Beater's correspondent at Paris says that a Salonics telegram states that the fall of Erserum has made an enormous impression in Sofia. Many fear that a Russian invasion is imminent.

THE TSAR LEAVES FOR THE FRONT.

February 24, 4.25 p.m. Beater's correspondent at Petrograd says that the Taar has left for the front.

GERMAN SHORTAGE OF RAW MATERIAL.

February 24, 425 pm Reuter's correspondens at Copenhagen says that German malu- facturers have informed Swedish importers of German cotton goods that exports from Germany will shortly cease, as raw material is exhausted.

GERMAN FLAG DISPLACED BY PORTUGUESE.

February 24, 4.25 p.m.

It is stated by Beater's correspondent at Lisbon that the Portuguese fag has been hoisted on German ships on the Tagus.

AUSTRALIAN AND ENEMY TRADE MARKS.

February 24, 4:25 p.m. Beater's correspondent at Melbourne says that the Common- wealth Government has suspended the trade marks of 450 articles of enemy manufacture.

THE CAPTURE OF BRITISH CREWS.

February 24, 3.15 p.m. The following particulars are given in regard to the vessels whose crews were placed on board the captared British steamer Westburn:-

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The Edinburgh is a sailing ship belonging to Edinburgh and was homeward bound from Rangoon,

The Flamenco is a Pacific boat of 4,500 tons and the LuxSI- bourg is a Belgian-owned boat of 2,782 tone,

from Newport to South America.

Both were going

The Horace is a Lamport vessel of 3,500 tons and was home-

ward from Baenos Aires.",

The Westburn is a Westall liner of 3,300 tons.

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FEBRUARY 26,

1916.

TELEGRAMS.

AMERICAN POLITICAL CRISIS.

President Wilson's Patience With Germany Exhaustód

[Beuter's Service to the Telegraph.”]

February 25, 3.25 a.m. Banter's correspondent at Washington states that a political crisis has arisen on the question of the arming of belligerent merchantmen.

President Wilson is threatened with a revolt of Democrata in bath Houses, in which Bills have been introduced warning Americans not to travel on such merchantmen.

Republican opposition has at present blocked the pro- gress of the Bills, while President Wilson has firmly adhered to his refusal to sanction such legislation and to his demand that Germany shall scrupulously observe inter- national law in her new submarine campaign.

President Wilaân has informed the Chairmen of the Foreign Relations Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives that his patience with Germany is exhausted and that he will no longer silently endure the charge of timidity.

The Democrats excuse their attitude on the ground of the imminence of a breach with Germany, but their attitude is really due to frantic lobbying by German interest.

LORD CHELMSFORD ENTERTAINED..

February 24, 7.45 min.

Mr. Austen Chamberlian entertained Lord Chelmsford, the new Viceroy of India, to dinner at Claridge's, those present including MË" Asquith, members of the Cabinet, the Vice President and members of the Council of India, representatives of the India Office, High Commissioners of the Dominions, the Rajab of Extlam, the Aga Khan, Lord Inchcape, Lord Stamfordham, Sir George S. Barnes, General Sir John Nixon, the Right Hon. Ameer-Ali, Sir K.G. Gupta, Ali Man, Baja Kinmar, Sirdar Singh of Shapura and Mr. C. H. Roberts, MP.

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE PRESS ON PEACE FADDISTS.

February 24, 1.55 p.m.

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TELEGRAMS.

ALLIES IN THE WEST.

The Great Verdun Battle.

[Beater's Service to the "Telegraph.”"]

February 24, 4.50 p.m.

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TELEGRAMS.

OBITUARY.

Mr. Jaber Balfour.

(Reuter's Service to The “Talagraph.”)

London, Received. Fetzstry 35. The death is announced of Jabex Balfour.

Sir George Martin.

Landon. Bacstved, February 2±5 The death is announced of Sir

A Paris communique says:—Northward of Verdun there was fighting throughout the night of the same intensity, from the right bank of the Mess to the southward of Ornes. In consequance of the violence of the bombardment of our advanced position at George Martin, V.O., Mus. Brabant-sur-Meuse, we evacuated the village under cover of dark Doc., who was organistof St. nees and under a flanking fire from our batteries' on the laft hauk Paul's Cathedral since 1883. His of the Merse. A German attack against Somogneux was repulsed musical compositions have been. and a German brigade reattacked "Bois-des-Coures and recaptured mainly for the church. › part of the wood, of which we hold the southern salient. All offen- sive against Beaumont failed to dislodge us as, we dominate the ravine to the south of Herbebois Retreating movements, ordered for the purpose of preventing useless losses, were carried out in perfect order. The Germans, who advanced only with ' difficulty and at the cost of heavy sacrifices, were unable to break the front at any point. By a continous bombardment between Remarkable Accuracy Due Chiefly Ores and Fromessy, the Germans in Lorraine gained a footing in to Great Range-Finding Method. an advanced post, but were immediately ejected. A Frasch aeroplane squadron dropped 45 large bombs on Metzablon station and gas works and a great fire was immediately observed.

A Colossal Struggle, "-

February 24, 7.10 p.m.

ENGLISH GUNNERS HIT PERISCOPES

In the January Popular Science Monthly appears a timely des cription of the metho is employed by English gunnera by which they have nearly succeeded in driving the German submarines from the English channel. The writer says

A colossal struggle is swaying to and fro north of Verdan. Eminent French critica asy it is not altogether a question of holding mathematically every yard of ground, but of making the Germans "One of the most interesting safer the nsximum loases. To-night's Berlin communique is most facts brought out in Germany's brief. It cisima that the Germans have captured the villages of submarine campaigu sgainat Brabant, Eanmont and Somognenx and the wooded district in the British vicinity.

More Artillery Ducis.

February 24, 11.40 p.m.

night and occupied the crater. To-day there has been an artillery A communique says:—We sprang a mine opposite Hallush last

duel about Bac-saint-laur, which ended in our favour. Our artillery successfully bombarded hostile works near Frelinghien on the Ypres-Commines Canal, east of Bresinghe.

COMDETTE W35 the sccuracy with which the British guns were trained upon occasional indiscreet periscopes.

*The periscope tube is small and an especially dificult target one occasions which were so at long range, yer on a four occs- recurrant that the accuracy could not be attributed to accident- British guns have demolised per- iscopes, thereby rendering the submersible helplessa ensy prey when abe Came to the surface. February 25, 12:55 am.

can this remarkable

No Success of Enemy's Intense Bombardment.

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A Faris communique says: The enemy north of Verdun can- | tinned with undiminished intensity to bombard our front from the accuracy be attibuted entirely to Mense to the south of Fromezay and multiplied his furious attacks the correctness of the gun design: between the right bank of the Mense and Ornes, leaving heaps of The fact of the matter is that the corpees, bat without succeeding in breaking our front. We carried British method of range finding. back our line on both wings behind Somognens and south of Ornes aside from being one of the most respectively. Our artillery replied ceaselessly to the enemy's bom-interesting, is one of the most bardment. The artillery activity has somewhat slackened between accurate in the world. The newspapers are nascimous in paying a tribute to the Malancourt and the left bank of the Meuse. There has hitherto "Whether the enemy appears- patience of the House of Commons in listening to a negligible been no infantry action in this region. We repulsed and pursued in the form of a gliating periscope group of peace faddists who, as the Daily Nexa pointa out, are an enemy reconnaissance in Lorraine, which attempted to approach on the water, a black dot, or a absolutely unsupported by any body of opinion in the country one of our small poets north of Saint Martin. We concentrated our ship on the horizon, the method They welcome the debate because it gave Mr. Asquith an opportunity fire on enemy works at Haisons-de-Champaign and south of Ste, of range-finding is fundamentally of reiterating the country's determination of showing to the snemy Marieapy and carried out a destructive fire on the works at Fille the game. and the world the worthlessness of a tiny dique of political Marte

eccentrica.

LORD ROBERT CECIL'S PROMOTION-

February 24, 1.55 p. because he remains Foreign Under-Secretary and does not receive Lord Robert Cecil's promotion does not entail a bye-election

a salary as Minister of Blockade. Admiral Sir Hadworth Meux,

·M,P., will assist Lord Robert Cecil

A NATIONAL STUD.

February 24, 155 p.m.

The Government votes £50,100 for the establishment of s National Stud.

NEW MEDAL FOR BRAVERY.

February 24, 5.20 p.m. His Majesty the King has directed the institution of a new The Cambridge is unidentified and is possibly the Corbridge. medal to be awarded for the immediate recognition of bravery in The steamer Belge must be deleted from the list.

FURTHER FRENCH HONOURS POR BRITISH OFFICERS.

February 24, 1.55.p.m.

The Gazette anncunces the following awards :— Croix d'Officier.-Lieut. Colonel B. C. Helman (16th Cavalry), Lieut. Colonel G. E. Elmsie (20th Deccan Horse), Lisat, Colonel 8. B. Grimaton (18th Lancers), Major C. A. Fitzgerald (18th Lancera).

Croix de Chevalier.-Major W. R. Battye (B.A.M.C.), Major Wigram (2nd Gurkhas), Captain B. B. Unat (25th Panjabis), Captain J. M. O'Rorke (25th Cavalry), Captain C. E. Rocks (Transport Corps);

the field.

FROPOSED OFFICIAL DESCRIPTIONS,

February 24,5.20 p.m. A series of official descriptive accounts of past events will shortly be issued, but it is stated that is is undesirable to make an estimate of the enemy's losses.

LORD DERBY'S NEW POST.

February 24, 5.20pm

In the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith announced that Lord Croix de Guerre-Lent Colonel 4. Skeen (24th Panjabis,) Derby (Director of Recruiting) has accepted the Chairmanship of Hajor C. M. Wagstaff (Bag) Captain G. Aylmer (Transport the joint Naval and Military Committee of the Air Service, without Corps), Captain R. L. Laed (7th Gurkhas) and a number of Indian non-commissioned offases and man.

remuneration.

BUSES AND TUBES.

Scheme to Pool Profits.

An important financial proling is about to be entered into by the London tubes and omnibuses, the undertakings concerne i being ****

City and South London. Central London. London Electric, Metropolitan District. London General Omnibus Co. Shareholders of the companies on January 21 approved of the agreement, which provides for the payment into a common fund of the balances of the respective revenues

of the compásjes concerned.

The agreement arises out of an Act passed in 1915, by which the companies were to provide res sonable facilities for through trafe. Lord Geo. Hamilton told the Metropolitan District share- holder that in 1914 the com- carried 819 million panies passengers, of whom only 42 millions 15:13 per cent. were through passenger between the systems concerned.

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A range finder works on the same principle as that by which we can estimate a distance with our ayen to the objres which misfortune should temporarily this angle determines the distance. form sides of an angle. The size of overtake any one of the compan Unconsciously and automatically ies, which would make it impos

sible for it to earn sufficient to we reckon distances by the com-

plicated

known procesa meet its expenses and the interest

on all its preference and other triangulations.

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prior stocks, the deficiency would

"What we estimate roughly become a firet charge on the com-with our eyes, range-finders deter mon fund.

mine accurately with lenses and measuring instruments that are wonderfully securate.

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The Advantages The advantages of the proposed agreement were :---

Farther facilities would be afforded to the travelling public for through and interchange

and the traffic

volume of traffic and the consequent receipts therefrom should be increased.

The large expense involvad in apportioning and clearing many millions of through fasse, sech of which is of small smount, would be avoided, we fig

Greater stability and security would be afforded to the rent charge, debentare and preference stocks of the companies.

The companies would be placed upon a sonader financial basis.

At the Central London meeting

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY.

Bijou Theatre-9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre-9.15 pm

·TO-MORROW.

Brjon Thestra 9.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m. Thursday, March 2.

HK and Kowloon Wharf szó holders; 11.30 am. Godown Costing of shar!»

Friday, March 3.

a shareholder asked if the agree ment constituted a trust in the Show at Botanic Gardens. London trafic enterprise.

Saturday, March 4.

B. K. Horticultural Society's

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H. K. Horticultural Society a

Lord George Hamilton said if The new arrangement did away did not affect the companies' posi Show at Botanic Gardens, with any need of apportionment, tion in that way, but it tended to and made it possible to establish

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consolidate the enterprise, and, by simple and effective system of making interchangs much easier, through or interchange tickets would probably incessse. the sg- If in the future any unforeman, gregate receipts of the enterpris

4. D. C. Performance of “ The

Angel in the Home: 9.30.p.m.

Monday, March 6,

A. L. C. Performance of Angel in the House”: 9.3