1917-01-10 — Page 1

EXCHANGE

Closing. Qustationa=- T.T. London 2x: 4148.

On Demand 2a. 4,5–16d.

The Hongkong Telegraph

30.50

January 10, 19:7,

7558 日七十月六十

(ESTABLISHED · 1881) - Copyright 1917, by the Proprietor.

Temperature Humidity

6 am: 43 29

2. p.m. 53

19

#

TELEGRAMS:

[Reuter's Service to The "Telegraph,”]

THE PEACE QUESTION.

Germany's Next Move,

January 9, 7.45 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at Amelerdam eisies that after the Entente has replied to President Wilson, Herr von Bethmann Bollweg will further define the position of Germany and will simultaneously address representations to the mentral who have supported President Wilson's proposal.

..

THE INVASION OF RUMANIA.

Germans Claim Capture of Oralo.

January 9, 425 p.m. According to Eater's correspondent at Amsterdam, German correspondents claim that three hundred waggon-loads of grain were captured at Braila. They confirm the destruction of the factories. They state that most of the population remain...

New Russian Positions.

January 9,3.25 p.m.

A Bussian official message says:—We defeated attacks south

of the Oitaz Biror.

The Rumaniana.fell back sir verets west of Masatir.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10,

TELEGRAMS.

[Beater's Service 15 The “Telograph."]

M

THE BALKAN STRUGGLE.

Germans Advancing Step by Step.

January 9, 5.25 p.m.

A German wireless official manage mays:-The enemy is tenaciously defending the valleys of Bereczk and the mountains into the Moldavian Pizin. We are step by stepaivanding.

Wa stormed positions on both sides of the Canínu and Sasita valleys,

We reached Paina motor, where the enemy in holding a new position on the opposite bank.

We drove back the Bursiane to the Orangeni-Nanesti line and stormed Garleauka,

Yesterday's captures are now returned at 99 officers, 5,400 men and three guns.

SPANISH CABINet resigns.

Jenasty 9, 5.35 p.m. According to Renter's correspondent at Madrid, the Cabinet has resigned.

Sequel to Pro-German Attacks.

January 9, 8.30 p.m.

Tae resignation of the Spanish Government fo'lows a violent

At Kachigul, on the Kasin River, we took up new positions in pro-German attack on the Romanoses Ministry, in consequence of its line with the Patos and Sereth Rivers.

Some Russian Captures,

January 9, 3.25 p.m. A wireless Russian official morsage sage:-We threw back an eremy offensive to the west of Rigs.

We captured an island in the weatern part of the Drias River, and, north of Deinek, seren machine guns and four trench-mortars.

Germaa Admissions.

January 9, 5.25 p.m.

A wireless German official message says:-lo a heavy snow. storm, the Russians recaptured Gizadon Irland, north of Illaxt, An attempt against the weet bank of the Dvins failed.

The Position Explained.

refusal to support President Wilson's Note.

As an instance, the pro German journal La Nacion recently published an interview with a high diplomat-understood to be the German Ambassador in Madrid-declaring that the

节

sul marining of Spanish abips would be "a sevare lesson" to Spain in view of Senhor Romanones' siding with the Allies and not taking the chance of mediating in the war.

The Opposition organ La Epsea thereupon declared that Spain jould not accept lessons from foreigners.

A GERMAN LIE EXPOSED.

January 9, 5.25 p.m.

The Allies' boldings of gold are estimated at £557,702,000, as compared with £125,954,000 anounced by the German Reichs Bank.

The British Empire's holdings are £164,945,000., v

January 9, 7.10 p.m. By the capture of Focsani the Germans have turbed the western extremity of the so-called Sereth lines, which ran forty miles eastward from Focsani, But the Rassians, who have been maintaining the brunt of the fighting, while the Ramanians have six been refitting their rear, bare another defensive.position along the River Bareth behind which is the formidable line of the River Pruth, Both rivers must be forced before General von Mackensen will be able to enter Bassian territory unless he attempts a hazardous | crossing of the Danubs from the Dobradja below Galatz, The length of front on which General von Mackenzen is operating with three armies, exclusive of the Dobradjs, in twenty-one miles, between the mouth of the Sareth and the Gyimes Pasa. Half of this front lies in the mountains, where the fighting bas consisted of a mucosarion of struggles on isolated heights. The enemy has still to face the main positions on the heights west of Trots and the Bereth.

ITALY'S SHIpbuilding programme.

Janasry 9, 5 25 p.m. According to Reuter's correspondent at Rome, Italy is sosigning million sterling for the construction of merohantusa in 1917.

THE PRIME MINISTER'S RETURN.

January 9, 6.30 p.m.

Mr. Lloyd George has returned to London.

GERMANY AND AMERICA,

A Bliter Newspaper Articla,

January 9, 9.05 pm: Meanwhile the Russians are greatly beurtened over their Beater's correspondent st Amsterdam status that the Rheinisch- Bucsem twenty miles west of Rigs, where their spirited advanos] Westfadische Zeitung, in a bitter article, says :--" Americans have over frozen marshes has put forward their line at one point four every reason to entertain the most friendly feelings to mu, sirios they have done everything to oblige Great Britain and nothing to aniles.

Despatches from Petrograd indicate that the Ramisna ars moet joblige Germany." It endorses Const Reventlow's views with regard hopeful of making the Germand pay dearly for the Rumanian to singling out German war heads, and contends that if Americs is operations by sbattering the whole fabric of the German defence in (really in earnest about the restoration of pesos, she should siste the

conditions of her friendship, not to Berlin, but to London: the north...

An Austrian Report.

January 9, 7.45 p.m.

A wireless Austrian message says:-The enemy has been driven -back south-east of Foomai, to the mouth of the Rimnic Barat.

THE LANCASHIRE COITON TRADE.

January 8, 7.20 p.m.

The Board of Trade returns show that Linomabire shipped 5,255,500,000 yards of cotton cloth in 1916, against 4,748,500,000 yards in 1915. The exports of grey cloths show a falling off, bat bleached, printed and dyed goods are increasing.

PREMIER'S NEXT SPEECH.

January 9, 4.35 p.m.

THE ALLIED NOTE TO GREECE.

January 9, 10.40 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at Athene states that the Allied Note, mentioned earlier, given guarantees against any extension of the | revolutionary movement,

THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN,

Some German Claims,

- January 9, 4.05 p.m.

A Berlin official message claims that, a German submarine torpedood and sank in the Aegean Ses on December 27, tha asnvoyed French battleship Gaulois; in the Mediterranean on January 1, the Ivernis, = fully ladan British troop transport conroyed by denɛroyera ;

Mr. Lloyd George will speak at a Guildhall meeting, on the War and, on January 3, an armei and heavily laden transport of six Loan, on January 11

THE PERSIAN OIL FIELDS.

January 8, 5,00 p.m.

thousand tons,

January 9, 12.45 p.m.”

BRITISH MINISTER TO-HOLLAND,

At a meeting of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Mr. Greenway said that the result of the year was satisfactory, considering the war. A message from the Hague says that Bir Walter Townley has German attempts to induce Persis to dopart from neutrality had been appointed British Minister to Holland. He has been Minister completely broken dowo, Gorman agents were completely dicoredited, to Perwin since 1912. and bad either cleared out or taken refuge with the Tarks.

KING HUSSEIN and the allies,

The relations between the Company and the Persian Government were most cordial. Despite diffionition considerabis progress had. been made with new pipo-limos, and there was further evidence of

Janasty 9, 12.45 p.m. the extraordinary riohness and extent of the oilfields of Persia, By Banter's correspondent at Cairo mays King Hussein vizitad soqniring two-thirds of the interest of the Company, the Imperial Allied warships at Jeddah and was welcomed by the commander of Government had moured for the nation an enormously valuable a French orniser, suvel, while affording to Beitial conenieru a most valuable safeguard against monopoly....

NEW BRANCH OF MUNITIONS DEPARTMENT,

Jannery 9.3.25 p. Munitions has created up agricultural i * The manufacturn of machinery and king

His Majesty expressed his pleasure at the visit to bravo...and heroio Allies who had proved their virkons to the world sad who tecăsed all respect and honour. His Maĵurty also visited a Britiah | ormiser and addramed the Indian asiloca in Áratio, to whom he

spoke words of sentinel.

1917.

January 10, 19 6.

Temperature 6 am.

Humidity.

6" t p. €7 7:

540 Q+Я- SINGLE COPY 10 OENTE.

TELEGRAMS.

[Lautar's-Service so the” Telegraph."] :

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE RUSSIAN FLONK

Capture of 800 Prisoners.

tured a village nor

the Tiral Swamp and trenches south-west of Babit Laka. We have made prisoners of 800 since January 5. We repulsed fierce counter-attacks, cor troops showing extraordinary endurance and unrestrained bravery.

The Operations Near Rīga...... ·

Indoo. Jaguar: 9.

A wireless German report states that there have been lively artillery duels near Riga.

THE BALKAN STRUGGLE.

Romawians Pressed Back

London, January 8.

A Russian official message states:We drove back columng to the south of Krovo. Following an enemy bom- bardment and three gas waves the enemy pressed back the Rumanians north-west of Focsani, until the arrival of our reserves, Enemy attacks on the Sereth were completely unsuccessful-

January 9,

pursued the

ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

Three Futile Enemy Attempts.

London, January 8. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports-Last night we drove back three attempts to approach south-east of Soutchez.

We effectively bombarded eastward of Les Boeufs, on both sides of the Ancre and eastward of Neuve Chapelle,

The Germans beavily shelled Ypres.

Artillery Duel,"

London, January 9,

A Freach communique states On the right of the Meuse there was a fairly lively artillery duel at the fort of the Cotes-de-Meuse.

A Brilliant Daylight Raid.

London, January 2. Correspondents at Hoadquarters say that a daylight raid, south-east of Arras, was carried out by English and Soottish troops over a front of 2,000 yards after a very severs bombardment.

The results were unexpected as the opposition was of the slightest, there being especially a lack of machinegun fire,

Describing the uncanny ease with which the troops roached the third le a Scottish officer said that he mounted the parados of third lins trench and smoked a cigarette, there being nothing visible apart from a few Germans scurrying for their lives in the distance.

The whole business seemed unreal.

There was much bombing of the dugouts, in which the Germans suffered considerably.

"

Aeroplanes co-operated most audaciously in the raid, flying very low over the German positions, and spotting most marvellously for guns. ·

THE DUTCH NAVY.

The Hague, January 9. The Naval Minister has announced that in view of the delays in obtaining war material, negotiations have been

concluded by which he is taking over one British and one German interned submarine. He is also expecting to acquire

■ German minelayer.

A BERLIN BANQUET,

American Ambassador's Spooch Questioned.

Washington, January 9.

A cable has been sent to Mr, Gerard requesting à stato- ment, on his utterances at the banqust of the American Chamber of Commerce at Berlin at which he is reported to have said:"Never since the beginning of the war have the relations between the United States and Germany been more cordiai.”

An Usprec:dented Act.

Amsterdam, Jasonry 9. Count Reventlow, in the "Tages Zeitung," is infuriated by Mr. Gerard's remarks at the American banquet in Berlin, ip which he (Mr. Gerard) said he was confident that the best relations between the United States and Ger- many would continue while such excellent loadora na Dr. Bethimam Hollweg, Generals Hindenburg, and Lindendorff and Admirala Ompelle azt Holtzendorff remained at their posta

Count Reventlow declares that it is unprecedented for a neutral Ambassador in war time thus to mingis out names; and anys therɑ is an unmistakable menace in the implication as to what would happen in the event of ofber mon coming whom the United States do not like. Ha concludes by ing that the banquet was oquivalent to a demonstaste bonour for the United States ii attaining

regarda Gecmany.

The banquet was attende

burg and other pr

$36 PER ANNUM,A

TELEGRAMS.

(Baxter's Section to Tue - Taingraph“)

OBITUARY..

· Sir William Margay.

London, January B." The death is announced of Si: William Magnay, Bart, the novelist.

ember 30, 1855, and was éduosted as Harrow and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He had been s prolific writer of novels for close un { twenty years, his last book being "The Black Lake," published in 1015]

THE QUEENSLAND FLOODS.

London, January 2. Router's correspondeat st Brisbane asys that she fođa in Queensland" are the greatest for talf a century. Pianoshave been lodged in the troos si Clermi saj,

THE ARTS OF WAR. French Genius Outclasses the Mailed Fist. Interesting notes on the evola- tion of war equipmeats since August 1914 are supplied by Mr. Henry Wood, the United Prest correspondent with the Frenchi Army.

Germany, it is now cleaz, has | been quable to maintain” hər former superiority in military pro gress, discovery, and inven. tion, and has to adopt newer and more effective means of warfare developed by 'bar enemies since the beginning of the stenggis, “All France némité that 30 months ago Garmanë rather lad

invention." (she had been quick- to equip her legions with every new device, such sa neutrals. coloured unitorus. She begantha war with an quvonieeted superi- ority of equipment, material, and methods. Now she is copying her antagonista. A list of derides which she kwa borrowed, or stolen, oe tried to adapt from the Frannb has been compiled and authan- tically established.

In light artillary the Germaan (have no" far failed to match tha French, who originstad, devalop- jod, and perfected the barraga fien which is now one of tu→XIQUE effective waspona being employed in the present war. The enemy can even yet use this method only sa faz nu his inferior light artillery

will permit.

The French were the first ta' equip their "deadly 75′′ shells with a prolonged nose and delayed' fase, which prevents the shall from exploding until it has enter fed deep into the ground. The Germans since July last hava substituted all of their universal shells filled with explosives, No. 96 and No. 14, with this new French type of shell.

The Vismal. 15

As a remote ragus artillery also discovered the "Ricochet eball which explodes on the rebound. This, too, is being copied by the Germans,

The French secret of loosting precisely an enemy battery by the sound wares aiming from its discharge is said to have been. sinos found out by the GermanR.

In July 1915 Francs adopted the steel helmet that has radnoad.. the head wounds in her army: 25--- per cent. Since then-most of thaż, Allied armian, at well 'sa the enemics, have adopted Bhim protection.

*Fau out at ab hosts doosci.”- Erohanga.

DONT FORGET.