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WHAT SIR DOUGLAS HAIG ACCOMPLISHED.

The Caves and Galleries

of the Ancre.

British Beadquarters, Nov. 15. -We have not made or attempt

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1917.

creditable as the attack was made in the darkness, and the weather continued too thick for seroplanb observation-throughout the firs

day..

LESSON FOR KING CONSTANTINE.

Events of 54. Yours ago muy

"Repost Themselves.

As for the Garman artillery, I said yesterday that its reply had so far been weak. It has is. crossed during the last 24 hours,

Mr. Ronald M'Neill in the and this afternoon it has bees House of Commons naked on heavy over a large part of what date the British contribution

THE CENSOR AND THE (UBMARINE.

"A FIRST RATE TOMLIYESS.”

"Germany's Desperate Efforts to Starve Out

Lancashire Woman's Offer to go to the Front.

nine

This article, written

ed to make any considerable the front. Nowhere, however, to the sum of $400,000 advanced months ago by Mr. R.P. Houston,

SLAVE RAIDS IN BELGIUM.

advance in the region about the has it been especially effective, to the Government of M. Vene- Member for West Toxteth "Divi- | war, as in past wars, in the guise may have sometimes intruded on of waging war, not only against

ean passager.

more

Borts

when mouldy.

ter of houses which constita ed the With

of

must go.

and other classes of vessels which The letter was referred to the marine is a difficult vessel to deal

prefer not to name. The sub-military representative.

with.

Submarine is uscle s

Gold from Outario Mines.

or,

are

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employed and

· obisfa

raw stude" she could argas that she was sorely in need of thers, and that, if she allowed the populatida:sa bw fod by skmennta and England; she might as well By The Waters of Babylon- benefit from it. When ahs mar- dered Naroo Cavoit and Captain (By Emile Cammaertn.):

Frratt she could say

Ibat Since the first days of the war they were enemies and had the Observer has kindly given me

succeeded in doing her some Women bare fought in this my desire to help my country I the Zeppelin raids are the ont the hospitality of its columne. In arm. The U boat campaign and pecially exception sloe by the Allied Governmentssion of Liverpool, who has just of men, bat now woman some more important matter and the Army and Navy, but also Anore in the last 24 hours, or and, with

come of the new German principle none which can be measured on a of the first basty, ill prepared was at the disposal of M. Vene made his handsome offer of "Lancashire Laha map. The weather continuse dry counter-attacks, which were easily selos.

$100,000 for the destruction of forward, without disguising her which was so obligingly granted against the civil population. All

come taken advantage of the permission it is foar daya sinon we had beaten off, the enemy has made Lord R. Cooil replied that M. enemy submarines by our mer any raid and six days sings there as serious attempt to recover the Venessloe was informed a fort chant ships, is remarkable for the on and bred to take her part me. It is a scruple which I shall not this mad saaroby, this wild brat-

on the fighting front. has been anything more than oue ground lost. So far from baving night ago that this advance socuracy of its prophesy concern-

have to-day. For never WAS ality, this systematic violation of light eboxer-and to-day is verv (retired at any point we have would be made, and he was asked |ing the submarine mensoe and was not disclosed, but her latter sympathy, never was she in 1988 within reach of our imagins- The name of the plucky Amazon Belgium so much in need of the law of ham inity, is more or cold. We bare been busy con- rather increased the aran gained to furnish to his Majeŭty's Gov. the German plans to sterre was read at a meeting of the greater perii, asver did she suffer/tion. We can still understand how solidating the new positions won since the taking of Bancourt ernment the expression of his us out. It's

publication Whiston (South Lancashire) what she is suffering. It is not decadent antion can be led to yesterday to th east and north of Sesterday, by pushing ont along wishes as to the manner in which forbidden by the Ad-Tribunal. Beaucourt-ur-Ancre, straighten- certain trenches running to the it could be most conveniently miralty Ceasar-whose action

the moment for the Belgians in commit such orimes. north of that place in the direc. placed at his disposal. ing out and rectifying our line.

has proved to be a tragio blunder After stating that msay men in exile to remain silent or inactive, But what can be said about the The irregulari ies in the front tion of Serre.

M. Venezolas's reply was re- in hiding from the nation the tree the district were excasing them. At the risk of seeming obtrusive recent slave raide? It is moarosły which always remain to be putį "The Captures of Men and

ceived last Friday, and arrange facts of the c ae, yet in the House elves before the tribunal on the they must move heaven and earth necessary to meet the Germsa right after any can-iderable

Material.

ments are now being made to of Commons it has just been ples that their wives were delicate, to try to prevent the terrible argument which hypocritically advance as naturally

I dnderstand that the inventory give effect to bie wi-hee, sisted that neither the Attorney. the writer proceeded:-

"Our authorities tell us that brethren.

calamity which is befalling their claims to render, by wacha nomerrua where the grand cap- of the stores captured in the great Mr. B. M'Neill asked the Ur.] General nor the President of the

messure, a great servios tatai is, de bere, not only billy caverns of Basomant Hams and dor-Secretary for Foreign Affairs | Board of Trade eeee anything to forosments, and if the men raide are going on; the tramp of reliable reports show that in that the Army needs strong reia- As I write these lines the alare Belgium in solving the problemk and uneven, but covered every-the galleries of St. Pierre Divion whether he was awarene

which to take exception. We are

of unemployment. The most where with the most intricate is likely, when published, to be That the Treaty of 1883, which unable, says John Buli, to and haven't the pluck, we women soldiers is heard through meny Therefore it is that I towns and villagos by anxione defences and honeycombed with interesting. The Germans had no furnished the Danish Dyonaty (to, spson for the whole article, but German dog-cuts and subterran-idea that they were ever likely to which the presens King of Greece we give enough to show its char kindly ask you to send me to the women and children; men are onemployed, poor and rich,

A number of be driven out of either place-belonged) upon the Greek throns seter and its value.

front. I should make a first-rate kidnapped right and left, and crimination. Besides, the Belgian taken without any dis "pocket." of the enemy remained certainly not of the former and contained in artiole asserting You ask my opinion of the Tommyses," I love fighting, se |these terrible trains roll towards Government possesses the material bebind our lines after the advance, great quantities of supplies of that

my friends I in 'minor treacher, shell-bolre, in various

Under the guarantee of Great grave one. It not only affects as never happier than when in a cattle to the strain of the." Bra- been deliberately taken from their were kept the grona pr under the anr

there in store. The foulness Britain, France, and Russia, the welfare of the people in this crap.

I am not of the fair, fat bancoans." face of the barrows, and among

These things have of" the atmosphere,

and forty order. Greece formed constitutional country, but the sucosfat pro- ia

gone on sincs the 15th of Octo-punishment in order to work for |employment under the threat of the rains of the villages. A the St. Pierre Divion tunnel etate.

secution of the war: Bat while

“I can use my Åsts as well as ber. Ten days ago, in Flanders the enemy. In one of the pro these bore, during yesterday and especially, is ascribed to the bad

And that this article was fram- the sabmarine menace is serious, girl of 20 can do, and if I am alone, 15,000 had been taken. How vinoss the communes had been to-day, been munded up and condition of some of theas stores ed in consequence of the events there is no ocasion for panie, gives a rifle and bayonet I would many are they now? Anything able to undertake come bote priecare in driblete continue to of the German war bread in of 1862, when King Oslo, a Ger- but rather & call for vigorous shoot the fans sa I now shoot between 20,000 to 30,000? The work, so dass at some publie come down. The total numba particular, which is said to be man Prings, was deposed from action" in dealing with it the rats which infant my pigaties, Germans pretend to requisition August lost no taken since Sunday cannot now come most energetically offensive the Greek throne for having Germany would now appear to end in more plassere, too, for only the able-bodied unemployed could be found in the part unemployed be less than 6,000.

over-ridden the Constitution, and have produced a greatly improved while I pity the rats I should bare of military age. As a fact all of Tee village of Bage.art, which

8îmè Belgium. Among the regiments from a removed on board a British type of coesa-going submarine, no pity on the Boches.

those in certain zones who can we added to our paine yesterday, which large numbers of prisoners, ship, a Provisional Government capable carrying large I am not anxious to go to the reader any service are seized with their workshops open in order to of industry who had kept is a mach, les important place bad been taken to the Borth of being set up in Greece, supported supplies sad of operating over front, hat if you won't send the out any distinction, whether em than Baum Hamel, though:he Anere, I m ntioned the 55 by an army of National Defence, a wide ares for prolonged periods, ¡men-the-women-must go,eothat's ployed or anemployed, workmen their men 'during the crisis bad provide some employment to larger, as ʼn seulement, then St. Land

In fiae, Mr. M'Neill asked the and we need to concentra our all there is about it. Anyhow, or bourgeons. If things are even been able to release them 62.4. There Pierre Divion. Situated on the well as the 144:b, appear to

two, Under Secretary for Foreign efforte in dealing with these I am ready to do my bit, for I allowed to go on at this rate we in order to allow them to earn level of the valley, the little clus are suffered extremely heavily the British Minister at Athene to quickly as possible all necessary keep me at home, and I am es deportation of an entire people, works had been approved warmly

Affairs whether he would instruct piratioal poste by turning out as have neither chick nor child to shall witnes the wholesale

higher wages. These public the prisoners taken village were ploetered, as it were, and the heavy casualties ic-call the attention of King Con- submarine craft, such sa de- strong and as abbora

as a riduced to slavery. All the coun- by the German oivil authoritise, pon the face of the slope biud fcted it is doubtful, indeed, it isntine to this precedent.

stroyere, patrol vessels, sweepers, male.”

try's beat blood will be used up in Toey were suddenly stopped them, so that from the upper anything but the merest remnant

Lord R. Cecil replied: "Yes,

the German workshops sad worse, ground one looked down ups of say of these three regiment which my hon. friend refers. If

Hir,

I am aware of the article to

in September ander the worse still, in the trenches their roofs. There are no roof can remain. Those battalions of

avowed pretext which the enemy is bailding be-

of providing

- for King Constantine has forgotten now, nor any houses, only ragged them which were actually in the

- workers some hind the front in Flanders and

the bis of wall protruding from the front trenches

it, no doubt my hou, friend's against submarine, for a submarine are absolutely

strategic railways under con- Northern France. Our prescheretraction in Belgiam and for the shell-forn, batsid fice of the wiped out.

question will remind him of it," searching for another submarine The production of gold in have frequently chosen roantly Germany industries. The racasare incline mad the meqal surface of ] At least two of the Guard Mr. Lynch then asked: "Lait would be like two blind and Ontario for the first six months of as a text the well-known Pealm: did not succeed because the Reserve Divisions have also been not a fact that the anomalies of dumb men searching for each 1916 amounted to 235,080 ore. as "By the waters of Babylon we eat former employers of these work- very roughly handled. The 2nd the Greek situstion really conceal other on a Scottish grotes moor. compared with 173,021 ozs. for down ..."

"Did they gucez So far as known, the place was] of the Aacre, and on captureOffice dare not reveal to this perate efforts to blockade these state that "if the present rate of suffer from exile and oppression, conditions as before. The Germans Guard Reserve Division was north something which the Foreign That Germany is making dee-1915. The Ontario Government that Belgium should not only men were able to reopen their workshops ander the some not furnished with any under-officers an extraordinary Order of

fales is shown by the number of production is maintained Ontario but that her sons should be carried then published an order accord- greand works emparele to the the Dy has been found, bearing only not aware of it, but I know by the authorities from leaving mark for 1818 as compared with conquerera?

Lord B, Cecil said: "I am not daye merchant ships are held up should reach the $10,000,000 away captive in the land of her great caves of Benoit Hamel she date of October 13. After con-

ing to which no worker waE or the galleries of St. Pierre gratulating the division on its it to be utterly untrue,"

our ports. Enemy submarines $8,500,000 for 1915.”

This is, indeed, worse than the outside his district, des mons of allowed to seek employment Divion. Deep dug-outs of the former fighting-we took large if he would enter into communica- round our coast, but the efforts of Mr. Ashley asked Lord Robert were recently particularly active

disaster of the invasion, wores them live in esattered villages nsual type, however, there ure, blocks of prisoners from it before tion with the Allies" with a view our naval men have succeeded

then the retreat from Antwerp, and have always had to travel a and the position was one which the order goes on to say that

worse than the wholesale mas few miles to reach their work. ought to her het very look it us some people might think King Constantine's Government." time being by sinking we could have achieved. Few people then the ceaseless perecautions to ought to have been very strong things are not nearly as serious to having no more to do with in clearing them out for the

sscom of Louvain, Tamines, shope they were consequently Andeane and Dinant; worse even thrown out of employment and yesterday, so we did, with com Great economy of ammunition we are in constant communication Germen improved type of sub-in this country realise it, and which the nation has been sub-

Lord Robert answered, "We and driving others away. But the paratively low casualties, is ex- enjoined, especially on quiet

exposed to deportation. tremely creditable to the troops days; then :-

marine is quite capable of operat every effort has been made to jected during the two last years. justification for the new policy There can be no shadow of engaged.

ing on our trade routes outside of hide it, but the time has come for Any military defeat may be adopted by the Germans, but the Let as garry on this terrible I hear on all sides the highest battle in perfect confidence in

home waters, and I think it high plain speaking; the country avenged by a glorious victory: sim they pursue is clear enough, praise of the work of our artillery ultimate victory. We long for, officers, when he saw to what a people of this country know the some information should be given dead martyrs may be worshipped, tion Belgian labour in order to time that our Government let the should be told of the danger, and destroyed towns may be rebuilt. On one ride they went to requisi in the recent attack. Anong and will ensare, that the British pitiful handful he and his men truth stoat this menace to our of our success in dealing with it. persecutions may be endured release some of their own werkers Dur wounded I have and French Armies are obliterat-hed surrendered, was so enraged welfare and safely. Germany has The clamour for building more Bat what will Belgiam's answer for the front; on the other, they met men who thought that the ed in this bell which they have that he shouted to his men to not, so far, shown mach inclin- merchant tonnage is, nader the be to this new crime? What hope to exasperate the popals.. ching that hit them was from themselves prepared. one of our own -bella either fall- Obliteration, however, has been he could finish, the British officer with ber feet, and there she the people know the true facts they is left at home to speak? Up to turbance which would then

overpower their asptors. ·Before ation to meet our battle fleet circumstances, reasonable, but did will she be able to say if no one tion into ing shart or bursting back worde. going on the other way, As a matter of fact at such times,

shot him with his revolver and shows her discretion. She has would join with me in demand now she had merely suffered in be the pretext of a terrible The Lei Guard Reserve Division the little party of 17 successfully practically confined her attacks to ing that the first consideration her body; she had been wounded, it is notoriously difficult to tell is not on the Ancre front, bat in rounded up their 400 prisoners (sabmarines, and, se I understand. was the destruction of these subballied and starved, but herepression, followed by a com- what has wounded one; but, in the region to the south of the and got them home. Other stories is turning them oat in large num-marines. For it would be nados indomitable spirit remained fres, country on Garman lines, and by any case, in such close fighting as Butto de Warlenaourt, where the one hears, such as one has heard bera, having standardised the to turn out new merchant ships To-day her soul in stricken. the dismissal of the local authori

plete reorganisation of the this a few such sccidents are in-official communiqus has told you before, of German soldiers, at the various parts so that they can be simply to be destroyed. There Every one of these captives will ties. All this is done needless to evitable. I have met others who that we made a successful, if time of surrender, killing their rapidly constructed. That no effort is no doubt that one of the have to chose between death knew that they owed their wounds minor, advance yesterday, taking own offours, so seizing at last the on her part will be wanting toreation of soarsity of merchant broken by a slow and gnawing population by Governor rom to enemy shells. Both classes between 80 and 100 prisoners opportunity to gratify their long blockade as is proved not only by

*0. obief factors ia were equally enthusiastic over our The First Division includes the mouldering hatred of them.

the and dishonour; his spirit will be say, in spite of the most soleman promises given to the Belgian own gaze. One of those who lat and 2nd Guard Reserve Regi-

ber ruthless destruction of our tonnage - waE the disastrona torture endured in complete Bisaing, notably in his pinosed of thoughs that be owed his wound to tente, as well as the 64th several battalion commanders, but also of neutral roseola ap Among the officers taken are own and Allied merchant ships,

Dardanelles adventure with its isolation. them grinned cheerfully as he Reserve Regiment. All these three and, I understand, one regimental prosching our coasts or supposed gabi and Mesopotamis torture on her victim, Germany to do anything against the in accompanying ghastly Gallipoli In order to inflies this new "they should never be compelled July 25, 1915, according to which aaid so, and added, "Bot, Lord! are evidently badly shaken. The commander, who with all his staff, to be carrying supplies for as and what they didn't do to the other Division is now in the fighting surrendered to one young lieuten. our Allies.

blander.

has had to abanton the last hope terbate of their country.' fellows!" And the men who line on the Somme for the third sat.

When one thinks of the mis- she might still possess to rapk auffered from enemy ehrspzeltime and its condition supporte

Efforts for laconclusive Peace.

management and mishandling of among the civilised nations of

Meanwhile the men are packed only thanked heaven that it was all that has before been said in south-east of the Butte de War that this was not mere frightfal- it makes one indignant. The the war she has piled up such a Soms letters are dropped from In the operation mentioned to I pointed out arme time, ago vessels under Government control the world. Since the beginning of singing trains ancosed each other. away in open trucks, and the long- the enemy shrapnel which they there dispatches of the deteriors- lennonti, Eglish and Australian ness or wanton destruction, but a price of food and all necessarios hasp of horrors that the wildest these trains. One of them which had bad to face and not our own. tion of troops which, after having troops cooperated, though it was carefully-thought-out plan for has been driven up by these waste-imagination might well bave was picked up in a field ends an

I have spoken before of the been in the line here and beings purely local pash upon a narrow striking a fatal blow at the bears fal methode, and now that we shrank from it. But these slave follows: extraordinary density of the wire broken, have been filled up with front. The object was to break of our Empire and the Allied bare enemy submarines actively raids will be considered in the werken, nosit, of nog veel m before the German front trenches. new material and pashed in sgtin through another atretch of some cause, by starving the inhabitants employed in sinking not only our fature as the keystone of her

"Voor de duitschaga That our men got over at all is in itself sufficient testimony to the of the Germans now is shown by Trench-sometimes, I see, in supplice to our own and the Allied with every indicationofincreased not only without any justifi- and still leas put out asme on The unevenness of the quality 400 or 500 yards of the Gird of these islands; catting off the songe but neutral sonnage ghastly monument .. It onka naam op papiar setion, Bocuracy of the guns which had the fact that, whereas we won our English papers spels "Grid," troops, and so trying to being motivity is destruction, it behoves ration,

is (To work for the Germans, never, been charged with the wirecut victory on the Aucre apon the out the same is, I believe, only about an inconclusive pesos. That the Government to wake up slightest shadow of extednating paper (sign an engagement.""

bat vriskont the ting. That all over the area of whole at so small price and corruption of the first syllabis of effet on her part mast at all and deal with this submarine circumstances. When she sent Belgis preschers should change the attack we were able to push | great blocks of enemy troops sar- Gaendecourt--the on with the rapidity that we did, rendered at some places almost doable lines of which ran up to class pesos would be almost as manner, and exercise the greatest many pleaded at first that it was palm: "O daughter of Babylon, formidable co ta be frustrated, for an incon-mensos in the most effective her ultimatum to Belgium, Greer foxt for the next verse of the always close behind the barrage, without as invitation, there were just behind the Batte, is alan proof enough of the so points at which our men say that achieved our objest and have many has shows that she will shige compatible with the actual could not help herself. When

We disastrous to me as a defeat, Germy in the use of merobat military necessity that she who art to be destroyed. oaraay with which that barrage that they fought stubbornly, as in established a strong point at the take any risks with neutrals to military and naval requirements. she butchered 5,000 disarmed moved. The common apology of the case of the "T" raviar, which, farther end of the piece of trenchinjare au, orengo the extent of if it had not been for our Navy in civilians and sanked four or fiva the German prisoners for their as I have sirazdy told, held out won. In this neighbourhood the war with the United States, bottling up the German Navy Wo towns she invented the legend of Barronder is that nothing could until all the ground beyond and ground still remains extremely so long as she can destroy would indeed have been in a bad this "franos-tireurs," which was Marty Cross defeated" Albert New York, November 17.-- lire, except by hiding, ander around it had been in our hand maddy, mush worse than moss our merchant shipping or neutral way. And in praising the pan of at least believed by a certain in the sixth round of a ten rounds our artillery fire, and as soon for a whole day and night. as the fire had lifted our

At another place I hear that In such cironmetanoes the dif- The substlos has angue Marine are worthy of the highest had promised to given free plage sve Badoad from being knowled of the region about the Anors. shipping which is helping us our Navy bould like to my number of soldiers, who had been boxing contest here last night,

· men were 00 them with one British officer with 16 man ficulty of making progress snoept' tionably stooted our insular

that the men of par. Mercantile jialaely persuaded that Belgium the referee stopping the bons to bombe and bayonet. Tus excell- took prisoners a party of 400 by amall stages at a time osa be position to an extent that tradition of the men who made" to their army. When she re-opt Badond was floored permal ence of the work was all the more1 Garmens. One of the German "understood.—Timor,

ng other form of offensive, England Mistress of the Best, I grindased the Belgina orope and time

penuded masonry euch as now stands for a village all over this battle ana

House?"

| with the Allies."

COMO riot or dia.

J

it seems high time that onr

Boring in America.