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The Hongkong Telegraph
March 12, 1917,
7608 日九十月黓
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TELEGRAMS.
CHINA AND GERMANY..
Overwhelming Vote for a Rupturs.
SHANGHAI JERMANS WANT PEACE AT ANY PRICE.
(From Our Own Correspondent),
(ESTABLISHED 1881).
Copyright 1917,
Prope
MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1917.
TELEGRAMS.
(Beater's Service to The "Telegraph."]
BRITISH POLITICS,
National Government la Danger of Defekt.
Landon March 18.
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March 17, 1916, Temperature & a.m.
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停止 第二十月三英法律
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[Beuter's Service to The * Telegraph."]
THE ARMING OF MERCHANTMEN.
New Light on America's Decision.
The Lobby correspondent of the Daily Nawr wales that the
London, March 10. According Realer's correspondent at Washington, President Government will be either defeated or saved by Mr. Asquith's | Wilson's decision to arm merchantmen followed the opinions of Mr.
followers on March 14, when the Lanosshire members of the House Lansing and Mr. Gregory on March 9. Shanghai, March 11.
By an overwhelming majority, the House of Representatives has voted in favour of a rupture with Germany.
Tue Senate is as yet undecided; oonecquently the joint semion will not be held.
It is believed that German inflascos is working with all its might, specially business circles in Shanghai, which want peaceful trade at any price.
Senate Approves a Break,
Shanghai, March 12. The Senate has decided to support a rapture.
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[Renter's Service to The "Telegraph."]
THE MESOPOTAMIA PUSH.
Premature Report of Fall of Bagdad,
London, March 10. The fact that General Minds's cavalcy was only thirteen miles from Bagdad on March 6, meeting with little opposition, led some experta confidently to announos that Bigdad was already in the hands of the British, but more onations" critics point out that nothing has yet been disclosed as to the whereabouts of General Mande's main army, which will probably require time to develop larger movements while the season of inundatione is approaching.
The rout of the Turkish Army, however, has siresdy resulted in the collapse of Turkish operations in Persia, whence they are being pushed out by three Rassies columns. The Turkish armies are so scattered in their distant, adventures at the behest of the German that they are unlikely to succeed in conpentrating reinforcementa against General Maude.
LLOYD GEORGE CONSPIRACY TRIAL.
Defending Barrister's Astounding Suggestion.
London, March 10.
The Indian barrister, Mr. Rizam, defending the Wheeldons, in the Lloyd George conspiracy trial, dwelt on the failure of the prosecu- tion to produce the Government agent known as Gordon, and then startled the Court by seriously suggesting that the prisoners should have their trial by an ordeal of walking over red-hot ploughshareR to prove their innocence.
The Judge, summing up, remarked that the employment of seorst agents was necessity in these times.
The jury was absent for only twenty minutes.
THE HUN IN AMERICA.
A Captain Arrested.
London, March 11,
Reuter's correspondent at Los Angeles anya that the American police have arrested a German Captain, asmod Fritzen, on a charge of complicity in a plot to blow up the Welland Canal, under voa Papen's instructions.
Ship's Officers Sentenced,
London, March 10. Benter's correspondent at Florence, South Carolina, states that eight officers of the German steamer Lietsoufels, which was sunk at Charlestown on January 31, bave been sentenced to imprisonment for a year and a fine of $500 for seattling the vonel.
WOODEN SHIPS,
A New Scheme in America.
London, March 10. According to Baator's correspondent at Washington, the wooden shipbuilders of the United States have been summoned to attend a conference of the Saipping Board to be held on March 14, with a view to building most speedily a large fest of standarized ships for Trans-Atlantic trade. It is hoped this materielly to defeat the submarine blockade,
ANOTHER RELIEF SHIP TORPEDOED,
Thirty Persons Misslag.
London, March 10,
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Indian import duties on cotton goods. of Commons will move an amendment, opposing the fumrnased
The Labour members and the Nationalists will oppose the Government, while some Conservatives and Liberals will abstain. action they will take, but fifty Liberals may support Mr. Lloyd Mr. Asquith and his followers are still undecided as to what George in any case.
FRENCH POLITICS,
The Government Stil! Obstructed.
The Gorerum ni's armed neutranty plan was withheld in order resch Germany. The only statem at obtainable from the White to avoid endangering Americin naipa by permitting informvina to House and the Navy Dapartment was that the President was was given from White House the Nrg Department had nompleted determined fully to protect American rights. Long before the order all the necessary preparations to aim meronsatman, but Mr. Daniels Apposted to the Proses and the public ʼn st to dircase the matter,
DEFEATING THE SUBMARINE.
What Italy is Doing.
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TELEGRAMS.
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THE SILVER MARKET.
'London, Maruh 10,
Silver is quoted at 38. 1/8; mare charing. The market is dull.
CERTIFIED TRADES,
More Workers Released.
dated November 20, 1916, has opsticos superseding the list been inued by the Local Go vroment Board. The principal [alterntion is that announced "in the previous list, by which men. fit för g-rrison duty abroad (Cate- gory B 1.) will "no longer "be fentitled - ta; be treated as în a not resched the age limita stated certified cocupation if they have
the list
A revised Lust of Certified Os.
London, March 11. Beater's correspondent at Paris ways the vote in Chamber,
Londos, March 10. mentioned on March 10, when the Government's opponents According to Router's correspondent at Rome, in the Chamber, abstained, has not allayed agitation, which M. Briand has declared the Minister of Marine detailed Italy's anti-submarine measures, in interfering with the labours of the Government. Therefors including the arming of numerous places along the coast, the grand debate on the general policy of the Cabinet is probable to organisation of costguards, the provision of barriers and other will be issued in a few weeks, in Another fist, it is intimated, enable the Chamber clearly to define its attitude,
defensive works. The depth of the seas precinded the employment which the reservations, will be of nets. Au regards the methods of obsaing submarines, two hundred reduned by a farther raising of email orats were employed in the Ourants Channel for months, while the age limits, especially in the numerous seroplane squadrons of small airships kave been employed. trades not mainly sogagad.on The demand for the arming of merchɛnimen was very grast, mirendy Government work. over a thousand gans having been a ed un sixty per cent of the in certified trades are, therefore, Employers Italian shipe. Several hundred wireless installations had been urged to take such stopy aɛ are installed on ships, and the system of signalling and sending wireless practicable to reorganise their messages by seropianes was most scostal. The sailing and staEs, by wabatitation or dilation, arrival of vessels showed that the messures were not in vain.
POLITICAL UNREST IN AUSTRIA,
A Coalition Cabinet Probable.
London, March 10. According to Renter's correspondent at Amsterdam, the correspondent of the Frankfurter Zeitung at Vienus states that the Emperor saddealy broke off his stay at Badspent to visit South Hungary, and then returned to Vieras.
The resignation of Count Tires sad the formation of a Coalition Cabinet is expected.
THE SUCCESSES IN THE WEST,
Bapaume Becoming Enveloped.
London, March 10.
French experts emphasise the importance of the British success at Icles, facilitating, as it does, the envelopment of Bapaume. They state that several hundred prisoners have been captured.
Successful French Ventures.
London, Karch 10,
A French communique states:-We several times conducted successful soupe de main où the German trenches in the regiona of Lusigny and Canny ear Mets and north of Bois du Jary in Woerre, where we captured prisoners and a machine-gan.
There is a fairly considerable reciprocal artillery duel in the seator of Maisons de Champagne.
An enemy attempt on one of our small posts in the region of Largi zao, Alasce, failed.
German Yersion of Fall of fries.
London, March 11.
A German official mesange unya:-After infactry fighting st
I les, our rearguards withdrew to the main post.
French attacks between the Arre and the Oise were unrecoons- fal. We aanguinarily repulsed renewed French attacke on Hill 185 on both sides of Champagne farm.
A New Somme Offensive?
London, March 11.
Renter's correspondent at the French Headquariors slates that the Germans are enormously exaggerating their discomforts on the 8mme, in order to prove that a continuance of the Allies' Somme offensive is impossible. The truth is that No Man's Land on the Somme is a desert of med and villages blown to smithereens, but there are plenty of roads to the front line trenches, and busy railways in the rear. We shall soon know whether the fighting will be rosam- ed on the Somme, south of which the British line is now extended.
The French Army was never so strong. The French infantry Verdan on December 15 performed the finest pises of infantry work seen during this war, and the Germans must oppose such man and methods with something more than improved war material, on which they seem chiefly to rely.
A NEW CANADIAN WAR LOAN. According to the Oork correspondent of Lloyd News, the Belgian War Loan of thirty millions sterling, at five per cent,, has been
London, March 10, According to Beater's exrrespondent at Odlawa, a new Ornadian relief steamer Storstad, from Buenos Aires, was sunk by a submarine in broad daylight. Thirteen of those on board were landed, includ-issued at ninety-six. It is redeemable in 1937 in Canada and New
York.
Ing an American. Two boats with thirty men in them are missing. The survivors were thirty-six hours in a stormy sea. The fourth engineer died of exposars. The submarine commander refused ta tow the boats, which were ebelled. It was the Storstad which ollided with the Empress of Ireland on May 25, 1914.
FURTHER RUSSIAN SUCCESSES.
London, March 10.
FOOD SHORTAGE.
Bread Supplies Ralded in Petrograd.
London, March 10,
Beater's correspondent at Petrograd says that, socording to a semi-oficial message, owing to the very heavy snowporms hindering the arrival of foodstuffs, soms inhabitante in Petrograd became A Bumian official wireless message says:-We made a gas panio-stricken and raided the broad suppliss, varsating a shortage. attack south-east of Tekam and to the east of Mitsu road. We re-Energetic measures were adopted to prevent the disturbances_from pelled an attempted Turkish offensive on the Servnu' road.
becoming serious. “
As the result of fighting in the Hamadan region, we copied Municipal sales of breed and olber,axeptional Viega finve bann Sakhne and parised the enemy, after a stubborn resistance), to- taken. The railways are gradually being olunend of mow, and the
of foodstuffs in almost normal unos aga
LORD FRENCH'S SISTER KILLED,
London, March 10.
According to Ranter's correspondent at Salonics, Mrs. Harley, sister of Lord Frenob, his been killed by a shell while in charge of
a motor ambulance at Monastir.
CUBAN REVOLT COLLAPSES.
“Ixntion; Matok 21.
According to Bealer's correspondent at Washington, a Navy Department official announcament ways that the Cuban Government
with a view to being prepared to raicame more men of military age and fimes for the Army.
In the list now imined the age limits for married men have been very generally rained, sually
sither from 25 to 27 or from 21 to 33; large advances Esra been made in a number of cases.
In many occupations, the age- single men in these occupations limit for single men is 41 year; are in a oertified cocupation
or have regained the rebel stronghold at Santiago. This is only if they are in lower ingarded as the cuilspse of the revolution.
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS. TURKISH WITHORAWAL FROM PERSIA.
London. Mareb, 10.
A Russian communique shows that the Turkish with- drawal from Persia is not limited to the routes to Bagdad but extends farther north. The strength of the forces is not great and the distances between the columns is enormous. For example Sakiz is eighty miles from Sinai, where an- other force is retreating, 160 miles from Hamadan. The pur- suing Russians have now covered ball the distance to the trontier,
HUNGARIAN STATESMAN'S IDEAS ON PEACE,
Paris, March 10.
"Le Matin" publishes a remarkable interview given by Count Andrsery, the Hungarian ex-Premier, in which the latter expressed the opinion that the war would end through general exhaustion and peace terms would be dictated by the cleverer belligerent,
Count Andraagy asserted that in this connection the Cen- tral Powers were more intelligent than the Eatente.
He also declared that Germany had two aims: firstly, the uniting of Central Europe and the East; secondly, to become a dominant world power. The first would be attained by the present war, but in order to achieve the second Great Britain must be defeated.
Count Andrassy said he doubled the success of submarin- iam, and with regard to this expressed the opinion that other and slower means must be employed:"
Count Andrassy declared that it would be a blank peace, without formal annexation or indemnities, but he emphasised. that it was necessary that the Central Powers should control Poland and Lithuania militarily and economically as a barrier against Russia, whose power must ultimately be broken be fors Germany's world policy and plans for supremacy in the East could be fully realised
CHINA AND GERMANY.
London, March 10. Telegrams from Peking state that the withdrawal of the Premier'e resignation is regarded as indicating that the President has finally agreed to the Cabinet's policy of a rupturs of diplomatie negotiations with Germany and possibly an alliance with the Enteate,
A GALLANT CAPTAIN.
London, March 10, Captain II. W. Murray, D.S.O., of the Australian Infan- try, and Sergeant E. J. Mott, of the Border Begiment, have been awarded the Victoria Cross.,
Captain Murray showed most conspicuous bravery when be led a company which assaulted and captured a position and repulsed heavy counter-attacks throughout the night. He - magnificently encouraged his men, headed bombing "parties, "led' bayones charges and eśeriod bask wounded.:
Bergeant Mott showed most conspicuous gallantry dad": ensured the suecams of an attack, when it wady hald up by machine guna. Although wounded in the sys, he slenggi and" overcame a gunner, and captand i difoline gun
(Contiquia en pass Sanda
medical categories than A or B . Where the age. limit for single man is not 41 yoam, generally the trade is a monition trade or some other trade of vital national importance, OF the occupation is that of foreman; an occupation which has become. more essential on account of the large number of mobetitates who need an exceptional amount of direction sad training.
Attention in deswa to the feat that, for the purposes of the list of certified occupations, the agis stated in the list are the ages of mẹn at April 4, 1918 (except in the case of agriculture, for which the date is May 1 for England and Wales, and May 31 for Bootland). A man who had at April 4, 1916, reached the agg stated in the list is in a certified. occupation, irrespective, of kiz medical category; men ander those age limite are entitled to be treated asin a certified desagation only if they are not passed sa fit Lor general service or for garrison duty abroad (category A or B i.).
Outboard Motors,
Adviese state that barges anven by outboard motors are becoming increasingly put into service. In spite of strong onrrents sad tide the barges are giving a VOCY satisfactory socount of themeslvas.
DON'T FORGET.
TO-DAY. Bandman Opera Co.-Perform anoe of "Mr. Manhattan "at the Theatre Royal.
Victoria Theatre 0.15 pm Bijou Theatre-9.15 p.zk. New Hongkong Oftematis -9.15 p.23.
TO-MORROW. Victoria Theatre-9.16 Bijou Theatreški, New Engkong
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