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The Hongkong Telegraph

WEATHER FORECAST-

FINE.

Barometer 29.73.

September 22, 1916,

7464 日五十月八

(ESTABLISHED

1881,)

Copyright 1916, by the Proprietor.

Temperature Humidity

6 am. 78

2 pun. 86

93

FRIDAY,

SEPTEMBER

22.

1916.

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

CONDENSED.

BRITISH MAN POWER BOARD TO DEAL WITH ELIGIBLES IS APPOINTED. THERE WERE 51,232 ELIGIBLES IN GOVERNMENT "OFFICES IN APRIL. THREE TO FOUR MILLION YOUNG MEN ARE SAID TO BE CIVILLY EMPLOYED. THE RAILWAY SETTLEMENT MEANS A TEN SHILLING WEEKLY BONUS. COL. GUY BARING, AND THE KARL OF FEVERSHAN ANE KILLED. ALLIED RAID ON ST. DENIS WESTREM AERODROME DID MUCH DAMAGE. ENENY REINFORCEMENTS ARE HURRYING TO TRANSYLVANIA. THE AUSTRIANS ARE BELIEVED TO BE PREPARING TO EVACUATE TRIESTE. GENERAL DUPORT IS APPOINTED CHIEF OF FRENCH GENERAL STAFF. SERBIANS HAVE CAPTURED THE HIGHEST CREST ON KAJHACKALEN BANGE THE DUTCH BUDGET EXPENDITURE IS ESTIMATED AT 300,000,000 FLS. CHINA ASKS THE GROUP HANKS FOR A LOAN OF £10,000,000. GOVERNMENT'S TERMS TO DUNDEE JUTE-SPINNERS ARE SATISFACTORY. THEIR MAJESTIES HAVE SENT THEIR CONDOLENCES TO MR. ASQUITH. THE PRENCH CAPTURE OF DENIECOURT IS DESCRIBED IN A TELEGRAM. REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALISTS HELD FOOD DEMONSTRATIONS IN HOLLAND." ATTACK BY 1,500 INSURGENTS IN DUTCH EAST INDIES WAS REPULSED.

[All telegrams appearing in large type are the latest, having been received during the course of the day. Those in small type have come through over-night.]

THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE.

How Deniecourt Was Captured.

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

September 20, 12.40 p.m. Reater's correspondent at Paris, describing the espture of Deniecourt, saya there was no place, except Comblee, so strongly fortified as the chatean and the park there. The chatesa was s veritable fortress, bristling with machine gane, and the park was transformed into a complicated labyrinth and was the sosne of marderous hand-to-hand struggles lasting until the night. Finally, one supreme and brilliant assault eambled the valiant troops to triumph.

DUTCH SOCIALISTS' DEMONSTRATION.

September 20, 12.40 p.m. Beuter's correspondent at the Hague says a demonstration hea taken place by revolutionary socialists to protest against militarism and the dearness of food. There were insignifiosat collisions with the police.

THE JUTE CONTRACT.

September 20, 12.40 p.m. The Dandse jate spinners have passed a resolution by 10 to 5 deciding to take no sation regarding the Ralli contract. It in understood the Government proposes to allow manufacturers 420 a ton for spinning and weaving. As the cost before the war was 212 10a. Od. the terms, despite the incressed expenses, are regarded as very satisfactory.

EXPORT OF SHELLAC.

September 20, 12.40 p.m. The Times saya the direction of Indian exports of shellao appears to demand careful scrutiny, and enggests that the Ministry of Manitions and the Esj abould exchange views, and take joint action if considered desirable.

MAINTAINING OUR STRENGTH. ·

Eligibles to be Combed Out.

September 20, 2.45 p.m. Although there has been a steady stream of recruits for some months past, and there is no anxiety as regards the immediato fatare, it is understood that the War Offos, in view of the necessity of keeping up the strength for the campaign in 1917, is considering the combing out of eligible in osrtified ocupations, which is considered the most promising field.

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The newspapers state that the Premier will shortly appoint a Committee, with Mr. Austen Chamberlain as Chairman, to comb out the eligibles in Government and other offices. An official return shows that there were 51,282 eligibles in various offices in April.

The Times' military correspondent asserts that there are from three to four million young men in civil occupations.

A Board Appointed.

September 21, 4.20 a.m.

It is officially announced that a Man-Power Distribution Board has been appointed with the objsot of osasidering the practicability of combing out eligibles from Government offices.” Mr. Austen Chamberlain has been appointed Chairman and Lord Midleton Vice-Chairman,

SYMPATHY FOR MR. ASQUITH.

September 20, 2.45 p.m.

Their Majuation the King and Queen and also Q'usen Alexandria and President Poincare have expressed their condolezos with Mr. Asquith upon the death of his eldest son.

IN THE BALKANS.

A Serbian Capture.

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

September 20, 5.10 p.m. A French official message from Salonica says:-The Serbians have captured Bill 2,625, the highest crest of the Kajmsokalen [Eange. ~ The Bulgariaus sustained very heavy louis

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Enemy Reinforcements for Transylvania,

September 20, 3.40 p.m. Bouter's correspondent at Athens lesrue from a diplomatic monros that the Germans are hurrying reinforcemente to Transy. vania to check the Ramanian advance,”

-No Change.

September 20, 1.35 p.m.

A British official message from Balonics says the situation is unchanged.

KILLED IN ACTION,

September 20, 3.40 p.m. Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. Guy Victor Baring, M.P., has been killed in action.

[Deosaned was M.P. for Winchester, being elected in 1906. He EBW service in South Africa and with the Ogaden Punitive Foros in 1901.]

Lieutenant Kettle, Dublin Fusiliers, has been killed in setion. The death is sanoanced, killed in action, of Linutenant Colonel, the Earl of Faversham, who was formerly Assieant Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty (Lord Selborne), '

A SUCCESSFUL AIR RAID.

September 20, 3.40 p.m.

According to Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam, the Telegraaf reports that the allied air raid on a German sorsároms! at St. Denis Westrem on Sunday destroyed a large number of hangara. Twelve German soldiers were killed and many wounded.

THE ITALIAN ADVANCE.

Austrians Prepare to Evacuate Trieste.

September 20, 3.40 p.m. The Austrians are believed to be preparing to evacuate Trieste.

THE DUTCH BUDGET.

8ptember 20,5.10 p.m. Beater's correspondent at the Hague mys the Budget expendi- ture is estimated at the three handred million florins, sad provides for eight hundred thousand florins as the first instalment for the constraction of three submarines and a minelayer. There will be an additional income tax of 10 per cent.

NEW FRENCH CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF.

September 21, 1.35 p.m. According to Reater's correspondent at Pariz, General Duport has been appointed Onisf of the General Sal in succession to General Graziani, who is retiring owing to ill-health.

THE RAILWAY SETTLEMENT.

September 21, 4.20 p.m.

The settlement in the railway dispute has been arrived at on the basis of double war bonus to employee over eighteen, making ten shillings weekly,

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE,

Heavy Wastage in German Material

Beptember 20, 5.10 p.m. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a communiqué, says the general situation is unchanged. Our artillery destroyed two hostile gun emplacementa and a munition store. A suc cessful minor enterprise was carried out south of Arras and casualties were inflicted. A captured document, signed "Falkenhayn," dated August 28, states: "The wastage in guns during the last few days has been considerably in excess of the production. The same is true of the ammuni tion in the main reserves of which there has been a serious diminution. All ranks must make a most serious, endeavour to assist in the preservation of material; otherwise the making good of losses and the placing of new formations in the field will be rendered impossible."

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TELEGRAMS.

THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE.

Mors Prisoners Taken.

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

September 21, 12.50 a.m. Sir Douglas Haig states that there has again been heavy rain, and that the general situation is unchanged.

Hostile artillery was active south of the Ancre, but there was nothing elsewhere. A hundred prisoners were taken during the last forty-eight hours.

Enemy's Futile Effurt to Kegain Lost Positions,

September 21, 1.30 x.in.

A Paris communique states that north of the Sonime the Germans made a great effort to recover their lost posi- tions. The battle lasted from nine in the morning till night- fall. Successive waves of the enemy masses were. crushed by machine gun and artillery fire and sometimes by the bayonet. The French retained the whole of the ground.

The Germans attacked over a front of five kilometres- from Priez Farm to south of the Abbe, Wood Fame. The attacking masses an each occasion were preceded by a furious cantonade. The French magnificently resisted all assaults and repulsed the enemy by cross fire with machine gun and artillery and everywhere maintained their positions.

Heavy German Losses.

September 21, 1.30 a.m.

A Paris communique says the fighting was the fiercest in the vicinity of Priez Farm and in the region of Boucha. vesnes. Four waves of assault in front of Priez Farm were successively broken by gunfire and the enemy masses were seen to disintegrate and fow back in disorder behind the ridge, leaving the ground covered with corpses. The Ger- mans in the Bouchavesnes sector after several 'sanguinary defeats succeeded at one o'clock in the afternoon in gaining a lodgment in the north eastern part of the village. but they were driven out with the bayonet by an irresistible counter. attack. Fifty prisoners, including several officers were taken. The enemy's losses were everywhere of the greatest.

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IN THE BALKANS,

An Allied Blockade.

September 2-3, 11.00 p..

Reuter's Athens, correspondent telegraphs that it is semi-officially announced that the Allied Fleet bas declared A blockade from the mouth of the Nestos to the village of Chaiaghizi.

Firm Greek Note to Germany.

September 20, 11.00 p.m. Reuter's correspondent says that the Greek Note to Germany is of a firm and decided ione. The Government entirely disavows the action of the commanding of the Kavala garrison and demands that the troops be brought to the Swiss frontier and re-delivered under a guarantee that they shall not be stopped or compelled to serve against the Central Powers.

A Disobeyed Order.

September 20, 11.10 p.m. The Greck note to Germany states that the Commander at Karala was instructed to embark the troops and tran-, sport them and their equipment to another Greek port. It is not clear why be disregarded his orders and delivered the troops to the Germans and Bulgars. The Note proposes the conduct of the troops from Switzerland to a Mediterranean port, from which they can be embarked on Greek ships for Greece.

Disobedience Confirmed.

September 20, 11.10 p.m: Router's correspondent at Athens says it is somi-officially stated that the messages from the Greek Government to the Commander, carried out through the medium of wirelses on British warships, bear out the statements of the Commander's dis- obedience.

The Blockade.

September 21, 12.20 s.m.

The blockade mentioned yesterday evening includes Kavala and other Greek porte commended by the Bulgarians.

Serbian Successes.

September 21, 2.40 a,m. Beuter'a Baloniks correspondont telegraphs that the Ser bians on Tuesday continued their successful attacks on the entire front. Bulgarian attempts to re-take Kajamakchalan mountain failed. The Serbians inflicted enormous losses o the Bulgarians in the vicinity of Florina....

RAILWAY DISPUTE SETTLED.

September 21, 12:69 a m.

is officially announced that the railway dispute, in which a weekly advance of half a sovereign was demand- ed, has been settled.

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TELEGRAMS.

THE EAST INDIES REVOLT,

(Reuter's Servine to The "Telegraph”)

London, Becsired, September 12. An attack by 1,500 insurgents st Bdagko, in the Dutch East Ladies, was repulsed. Twonative chisia have been arrested for complicity with the rebela, They will be banished.

A CHINESE LOAN...

London, Received, Saptamber 22. According to Heutar's corres- pondent at Peking, the Govern ment has asked a group of banks, exclusive of the German banke, for a loan of ten millions sterling, sfeured on the asit revolus, for purposes of re-organisatios. It is understood that this will include the redemption of notes in banka in China and the disbandment of troope.

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS,

QUEBEC BRIDGE DISASTER.

London, Received, Bapt 22.

A telegram from Qtebec states |that at the inquest on the riotima of the bridge disaster, the chief engineer testified that it was probably due to an unseen fliw în a steel casting supporting a span during hoisting.

MANSFIELD BY-ELECTION.

London, Received, Sept 22. The result of the Mansfield by- election.in :----

Seely (Coalitionist)......7,597 Turnball (Independent)4 458

FLOODS IN CHINA.

London, Received, Sept XI. Beuter's correspondent ( Washington says a million people have been rendered homeless by floods in China,

Several cities in northern An- hui have been submerged.

There are few fatalities, but the crops are generally destroyed.

Demobilisation of Material Since the deputation of trade anionista to Mr. Asquith there has been much talk of demabili. malion after the war. But this problem is spoken of in terms of men only. There will, however, be demobilimation not only of soldiers and munition workers,bat of all the stores collected by the Army and Mary. Imagine 10,000 Rolls Royoes, 20,000 Fords, and half a million motor lorries all thrown on the second-hand motor mOAT- kot by the War Office! The The motor industry, would" be affected for two years. Yet this în only one example out of many. The utmost care will have to be taken in unloading military up- plies, in order to avoid industrini dislocation and “dumping” in our home marketa.

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY.

Bijou Theatre 0.15 p.m. Victoria Theatre--9.15 p.m. Falinads Theatre--9.15 p.m.. New Hongkong Cinematog -9.15 p.m.

TO-MORROW.

Bijou Thestre-9.15 p.m. Victoria Thasten-–-–-9.15 p.m. Palisade Theatra—9.15 p.. New Hongkong Cinematograph -9.15 p.m.

Monday, September 25: Theatre Royal - Howitt Phillips Oo, present "A Little Bit

of Fluff"; 9.15 p.m.

"Tuesday, Septembér Doualan Stoumehip Gá Meeting of Shareholders