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The Hongkong Celegraph

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Copyright 1917, by

THER POLSCASŤ.

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March 13, 191Y,

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TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1917.

7609 日十二月:

TELEGRAMS.

(Beuter's Service to the “ Telegraph."]

CHINA'S BREAK WITH GERMANY.

A Majority of Over Three Hundred

London, March 12.

Router'a correspondent at Peking mys that the House of Repre sentatives has approved, by a majority of over these hundred, of the breaking off of relations with Garmany.

THA WESTERN FRONT.

French Take Mere Prisoners.

"London, March 12.

A French communique says:-The enemy made a surprise attack in the region of Paisay between Soissons and Bheime, but was completely repulsed. The enemy sustained losses and left prisoners. We again progressed by means of hand grenades towarde “Maisons de Champagne, and we encosmefully raided German trenches

north of Susseprey (7) in WosvrO;

There were patról encounters in the sectors of Auberive and in Lorrains, wherein we toɔk prisonera.

· Germans Report Renewed Activity,

London, March 12.

A Berlin communique says:Clear risibility has been responsible for increased long range artillery and ariation activity on the Western Front. Firing has been especially violent on the Aners between Baoqray and Le Transloy,

South of Ripont, we repulsed a French attack.

As the result of atınoks by our avistɔre, the enemy lost sixteen seroplanes and two captive balloons,

FALL OF BAGOAD.

Not Mentioned in Turkish Announcemeat.

London, March 12,

To-day's Tarkish official sapouacement does not mention Bagdad:

Retirement Admitted.

London, March 12.

Turkish Chamber, Eaver Pasha admitted that the Tarks had retired in Mesopotamia and Peraia for military ressous.

France Delighted, `

TELEGRAMS.

(Beater's Service to The "Telegraph."},

FARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE

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British Crushing Enemy.

London, March 11. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reporta-be, total number of prisoners taken by us at Ixlos was 292.

Our artillery crushed attempts to attack wert and north- west of Lens.

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The artillery is solive on the Somme and the Aners, at Armentieres and Ypres and southward of 'Arrse,

French Busy,

London, March 12.

A French official message reports very lively reciprocal artillery activity north of the Aisas.

Attempted enemy coups-de-main borth-west of Rheims and on the right of the Meuse failed completely...

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CAPTURE OF BAGDAD.

Preceded by a Surprise Thrust.

London, March 11.

An official message from Mesopotamia states:-Wa affected a surprise and crossed the Dizla by moonlight eg Thursday. We established a strong post on the right bank:

We bridged the Tigris below the confluence of the Dila. and a strong detachment marched up the right bank and found the enemy six miles south-west of Bagdad. We drove him back two miles. We forced the passage of the Diala on Friday and advanced four miles towards Baghỏaff Our force on the right bank dislodged the enemy from kis second positions and bicouasked on the captured ground, Dost storms and a violent gals wore weathered. We forced the Turks back three miles west and south-west of Bagdad on Baturday.

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TELEGRAMS.

{Blender's Servion to The “ Telegraph."]

CAPTURE OF BAGDAD.

The Fall,

London, March 11. An official message from Mesopotamia states that Bagdad was occupied on Sunday.

The Part India Played,

London, March 12. The fall of Bagdad is the subject of editorials in all the newspapers.

The "Times" concludes its article with a reminder of the greas and worthy part which India has played in the triumph- and says: “It should always be remembered that a very lucky proportion of the faroes which General Mande guided to Victory'ari Indian regiments. The cavalry which bung on the Unity of the demoralised Turkish army and chased it in the me of Bagdad must have been almost melastrety. Insang muralry. The infantry which bore months of privation and proved in the end the masters of the Turks fmálóde Indian' units which had already fought heroically in France, Gallipoli and Egypt. Whateveë mistakes the Indian military, administration may have made in the earlier stagee of the Mesopotnikó campaign, the valour of the Indian troops who contributed so largely to the successes on the Tigris was novaec questioned. In the last few days there have been discussions which soomed to imply thas India's help in the war chially cobairted of a balated offer of financial ald. She had done far more, for in common with ourselves she has given the blood of her best and hmrest, and no- where more than in the deserts of Mesopotamia."

THE METROGRAD-TROUBLE.

London, March 11. The Military Commandant has issued a proclamation regarding the "disorders of the last few days, the acts of violence and attempts against the soldiers and police." The proclamation forbida assemblages in the streets and warns the inhabitants that the troops have been ondered to use their weapons if necessary to preserve order.

The newspapers are not being published and the tram- ways have ceased-running,

$36 PER ANNUM,

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WAR WORK FOR CLERGY,

The Bishop of Salisbury's

--Bugrastions.

The Bishop of Balisbury in preparing a mobems by which nergy of the discsse, which non- sist of, churcounties of. Wills and [Dornet, may undertake works of a ditional but nom-com bubens char- lar. In a letter to the clergy

Chi dicesins ha myš tud

In the matter of wabilitation Polergy should be prepared to wake their part, curtailing, with

| cat maglooting, their minatorial work. For country almgy,ngri- cultural labour in sens form cers to those who live in the midst of agricultural inierastu a vaitable and practical oppor- tunity.

For other weekday work in offions and· basĪSANU houses, or perhaps postal and | transport duties, thereby releasing o'bers for more direct nad military service, should, I think, be pam ible, but that the clergy as a whole, with, of course; sxseption on the ground of age and in- firmity, should offer, themselves for some whare in the grèst scheme of National Service I am" pro- foundly convinced. That their doing so will involve moms con- siderable interference with their ordinary work is of course inevit able. I dewire to facilitate such steps as are necessary to the "almost of my power.

Soms duties, of cɔarm, osanot be allowed to suffer. The Sacra- menta must be administered----- worship must be cifred. The Word must be presched. The sick cannot be neglected. The children | must be cared for--but with thann *

province of invaded Frases the re- Adults, when there is any work away when they observed the exeptions other oslle gast give According to Eater'e por espondent at Amsterdam, in the What the Kaiser Must Answer lagees are being repatriated: their come opere compelled to so approach of a certain well-known war, Weekday premis ka see condition is practically the same complish it at best they may, gendarme; this officer fired stone cares.amilied or ourtailed; pelin- -broken in body and mind, but without any prospect of a holiday of them, and wounded the lad soary visitation, not of the sink bat Little by little the world inconquerable in spirit. Same week days or Sunday; they may varely that he died a few hours the whole, beginning to realise the sense in convoys say that they have not their own fields (ander German later; bis little sister was whipped parcobial organisations be deput- portpon admesoLE which Germany understands and tasted meat for two years, others superintendence), bat the produce for calling the gendarme coward; ed or suspended. Such changes uses such phrases as "humine have had it in small quantities as is seised as soon as it is ripe, and then this policeman finally had the are inevitable, and should be treatment" and "humanitarian long as 15 months ago; the most then, perhaps, resold to its own ffrontery to visit the home of made in consultation with the abjota". We are learning by fortunate of all tell as that mest era. Villagers who own cows are the murdered bay's parents before archdeacons or myself. bitter experistes that these ex rations came to an end a fortnight forced to supply the Kommande the funeral and to walkabout

Small parishes may for the pre- sent bave to be worked by neigh- pressions synchroniz? very often before their departure. All food tar with moet of the milk, bat room whistling. with Belgian atrosities, sinking is at famine prices; candles small quantity of skimmed milk

bouring clergy. The unworthy anarmed ships, bombarding open cost 12 franca for a packet is still allowed to families contain-

isluctance to attend another towns, indicting untold cruelties of eight; petrol is prohibitive. ing children. Those who keep who had been given 24 months church than our own and the sa upon prisoners of war, as well as Yat, in spite of all this physical poultry are bound to produce so imprisonment; she had been fortunate spirit of rivalry or with overtures for peace-or for impoverishment, forced labour in many eggs a day for their gaolers, struck by a drunken poliseman, unfriendliness that mimo

Peace Conference, which is towa and village slike; the old often having to buy eggs in order and had flad into her shop for rather a diferent thing.

prevanis this must be put aside, to make up the quantity required. Protection; he tried to follow her it may be as a rowalt of it all thes men and women up to any age, It should, therefore, be a matter and children as young as 15, ara

Eere, Loo,

and somehow hart his hand, there may be more brotherhood

at the fall of Bagdad.

London, March 12. Renter's correspondent at Paris statss that there is great delight Experis sesert that there is reason to believe that General Mand organised the advance and disposed the forass, men and material in such a manner as not to be at the mercy of the enemy in

a counter-movement,

THE DARDANELLES REPORT.

Evidence Not to be Published.

London, March 12.

In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Arqaith, Mr. Boner Law said that the Dardanelles Commission does not recommend the publication of evidenos, because the parts dealing with naval and military considerations or the relationship of the Allies could not be published without serious detriment to the pablic interests. Therefore the Govoramont was not prepared to pablish it.

Sir Bophan Collins-Would it not have been better if the report had not been published ?

Mr. Bopar Law:-The Government thought it bound to publish it in consequence of an Act of Parliament appointing the Commission.

Mr. Obarobill:-Who is responsible for the excisions? ̧ Mr. Bonar Law:The Foreign Offie, the Admiralty and War Office made the excisions, and the Cabinst is responsible.

INDIAN IMPORT DUTY.

Government Adheres to Its Decision.

London, March 12.

the

Replying the Lancashire Cotton Trade Deputation demanding the withdrawal of the new Indien import daty on cotton goods, or corresponding increase in the countervailing excise, Mr. Chamberlain said it was not practical politics to raise the excise, as there was not single member of the Legislative Council of India who would vote for it. The Government stood by ita action, whiob, it considered, accorded with Imperial interests sad the spirit of jastíos.

COUNT BERNSTORFF.

I saw a woman, a confectioner,

of little surprise to us learn compelled to work in factories have been requisitioned, even herenpon he denounced her and amongst nɛ, lewu parochialism and - from the lips of those who have and fields, their wages varying those used by infants and small she received the above sentence. a wider view of what it means ta just escaped from a two years from two to three franos a day, out shildren, who have to be con- In one convoy there was a serve God in this Church and thraldom, the bitterer because it of which they have to pay for that with esoke staffed with fes- young fellow of about 18, whose realm. I am prepared to appeal ise had to be endured in their their food about 50 per cent of them or wood shavinge. To add right arin had been amputated; for the help of the laity in the own homes, that probably nothing their total takings. To this rale inalt to injury, all bona de he had been set to work to fell churches and parishes within far can exceed the tyranny even now there is no exception; one person requisition for commandesred trees, and in the course of this wider limits than under normal being exercised over the unfar in every household is allowed to property had to be left at the work had hurt his arm, which condition. tunate inhabitants of Belgium stop at home to perform domestic Mairie when the owners left the became swollen; he asked at the We are arranging, for a small and Northern France by the tuties, which include the wash. district to be repatriated; no re- Kommandatar that something advisory committes in every German invader, whose desiring of the German soldiers' dirty ceipts whatever could be taken should be done for it, but was archdesconry, which will zupart away to prove title to the stoles accused of shirking work and to and be in close touch with

to stem the flood of blood and to linen.

bra."

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DON'T FORGET.

bring the horrors of war to ap The discipline imposed scarcely property. "All copper, down threatened with imprisonment; myself. and has recently been an-differs from slave-driving in it to the bandles of doors, and all later, after he had been working nounced to an incredulous world. palmiest days. At harvest-time agricultural implements have again, his arm had to be amputat

The present writer had a work is obligatory all the week been seised, as well as the villaged. opportunity some 18 months ago round, Sandaye and foast-days church bells and maisi candela- It is for incidents like these,

TO-DAY. of collecting evidence from some included; no one may stop work

added to similar horrora per- of these poor exiles on their to go to Mass, Two girls who

From Lille we hear that, owing petrated in Belgium and Armanis ance of " Mr. Manhattan" at the Bandman Opers Co.-Perforin return to France, and their s'orise went to church on Sunday mor» to the extrema · sourcity and and on the high seas, that the Thestre Royal. of suffering and misery belong ing were in prison the same collinses of food, infant mortality German Emperor will have to

Victoria Theatre---9.15 ́p.. to the category of tragedies that afternoon; a child of 14 in the is very high and tuberculosis is answer (in the words of his Now alarmingly prevalent Year's message to his troops)

Bijou Theatre-9.15 village got four days' quite "lie too deep for tears." Now, ame

New Hongkong Cinematograph for the past few weeks, another imprisonment for not doing among the young people. Of the "before God and humanity.9.15 p..

We deportations

TO-MORROW.

the London, March 12. According to Beuter's correspondent si Ohristiania, Count Bemetorff has left for Copenhagen.

POTATOES NOT TO BE RATIONED.

learned Times.

A CANTON REQUIEM.

Mass for the Allied Dead,

p.m.

Victoria Thostrý-9.16 p.m. Bijon Theatre 9.15 pm, New Hongkong Cinemató

| graph.-9.15 p.m.

Bandman Opera Oo,~~~Perfor mance of "Tins" at tho Tosatre | Royal.

Major-Generat Revenshaw A..........

and procession of some 20,000 a full day's work; a woman refugees from Northern France who

something from one or two of the gave an apple to B has been wanding its way back Belgian prisoner was condemned sufferers: how in April last they "home" in *. series of to 10 days' imprisonment; sa

were driven out of honse and convoya at the rate of about other women's sentence was 12 home in the middle of

the night 1,000 persons a day. Once more days with hard labour for stray-

by soldiers warmhearted

with fixed bayousta, whilst and ing 20 yards beyond the boundary hospitable people of Switzerland limit, and yet another, aged 79, in certain streets the guns were have given them of their best; received a fortnight's calls for turned on them, In November, they hare housed, fed, and going to see her sick daughter, 1918, it seems that 198 persone clothed them, and feat them on who lived a short distance out of were taken away as hostages to

Prisoner. It was reported recently that their way rejoicing. Once more, bonade. These are bat a very Germany (the reason given being elast neatral ears bave been low cases, typical of hundreds, that this was an sot of "re Yesterday morning, at tan Major-GenerniH. 8.L. Ravenohnw pained to listen to grim narratives which illustrate the bitter som prisal"), and that among the girls o'clock, a Rquiem Miss was a prisoner of war in Germany. In the House of Commone, replying to a question, Mr. Boner of harsh treatment and starvation plainte against the behaviour of who had been thus deported sung at the Catholic Cathedrale is 47 years of age. General Law stated tha! it was not proposed to ration polatoon.

and worse, which appear to be the German troops and of the many had been shamefully treat in Canton, for the souls of the Ravenshaw took part in the inseparable

German officials in oconpation of French ed.

men of the Allied armies who Chitral Campaign, and went domination in time of war. It is territory.

In conclusion, three stories of have fallen during the war.” through the South African War, perhaps well that some of there Convoys from the Aisne district wanton bratality remain in my

A large congregation was pre-iguring in the actions at Eland- idries should be repeated for sell a partionlarly sad story of mind, and I repeat them as they sent, and this included the ma-plaagte, Bietfontein, and Lom the benefit of those who still find their daily lives. There has been were told to me,

jority of the Shamsen people, bard's Kop, as well as in the it difficult to imagine the condi- so school held for at least six revolting grime was committed: inls, together with many Por the present war he has twice besp In May, 1915, partionlarly with the various Consular offic. delenos of Ladysmith. Daring sions of life passed beneath the month, she shildren over eight me, young lade, belonging to aguese and Chiness. Daring the mentioned in dimasober and has vigilant eye and the iron heel of years of age being forcibly cooupis un invador.

l'od in shelling boune all day long-1 maysa sa kany

smusing them service-a-mobi, slóg nönt¬á

band bad; the: C.M.G, omfatred, mic rna) was prooshed by the mow)

London, March 12.

GENERAL SMUTS IN LONDON,

General Bmate has arrived.

London, March 12.

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