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The Hongkong Telegraph

September 15, 1917,

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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

GREAT BATTLE ON ITALIAN FRONT.

(ESTABLISHED 1881)

Copyright 1917,

Proprietor.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE SUBMARINE MENACE.

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A Titanic Struggle for Supremacy.

Britain More Than Holding Her Owa. ... ́ London, September 14.

London, September 14. Correspondents at the Italian froot say that the battle of Monte A high British naval authority, in a statement to a Renter's San Gabriele, which has been swaying for the past fortnight, representative, regarde submarinism in an optimistic light. He reached the extremity of fary during the past few days, when the case:We are more then holding our own. Time is on our side! Austrians made desperate efforts to shake the hold of the Italians, and ultimate succes is assured. There is no evidence, despite who maintained their positions and inflicted enormous losses.lond talk by Germany, of new U-boat tactics, Good-reanim, were Trenches were frequently taken sad re-taken, but the greatest obtained last quarter in the destruction of German, satmarines. 'slaughter took place at the bare stony head of the mountain where The German High Command has fired early-October is the latest the combatants could only obtain water by it being carried up on and the third definite date for compelling the surrender of Britain. the backs of men. After the fall of Monte Sinto the Italians

How Submarines Are Destroyed. attacked the slopes of Monte San Gabriele against the Austrians, who

London, September 14. were lodged in fortified caverns. The record of the fortnight is :-

The following incidente, taken from Admiralty records, are Two caverns captured on August 25. and the northern ledge illuminating as showing the growing surgers of the offensive captured on Augnet 28. The several days of machine gun fighting measure being taken against submarines. The first story is that among the rocks, with the Italiane steadily advancing. Finally, on one of our naval auxiliary forces was struck by a torpedo in the September 4, the Italians made a great attsek at dawn, throwing engine room, the water foding several compartments. Then the jete of fame forty yards long, to which the Austriane replied with periscope and the cosaing tower appeared. We fired, hitting both bomba, Gradually the line of explosions retired before the line of periscopes. Many o her bits were observed. Several men came sme till the Italians gained a footing at the summit and drove out of the hitch abaft of the censing tower. The submarine back the Austrians to the north-eastern slopes. Here the battle is wallowed along, her stern almost submerged, with oil squirting ont now wavering in fierce attacks and counter-attacks. The Austrian of her sidee. The crew waved their surrender. We ceased to fire, resistance is in concentrated in the mountains of San Sacaterins and San Daniele. Confound the Saints" is the cry of the Italian soldiers, and it is addressed to the three mountains which impede their progress, the northern mart of which is San Gabriele, whoes elopes are covered with corpses and echoing with the groans of the

wounded,

COUNT LUXBURG...

London, September 14.

whereupon the submarine started off at a fair rate of speed. We fired again and the enemy vessel, falling on her side, slowly disappeared end up. Two survivors were picked up. We reached the barbour. The second story is:-Wo sighted a submarine ton thousand yards away. The enemy came near and suddenly sabmerged. Shortly afterwards, a periscope appeared close to our starboard bow for a few seconds and then again disappeared. We ported the belm, circled round and dropped two sxplosiva charges, causing two explosions, the latter,sbaking us from stem to stern. The water became blackened over a large area and a considerable quantity of thick oil and fitsam came to the surface. The third

Atraid to Show Up in Argentine Capital. Reuter's correspondent at Buenos Aires says that Country shows that one of our submarines as an enemy submarine Laxberg, on returning from the interior, fearing hostilities in the capital, left the trein at a station fifteen miles distant and sought the protection of the authorities." It is reported that he has been given twenty-four hours to leave the country, and that he good to Chile.

Afraid to Leave the Train.

two miles to the starboard. We dived and the eremy altered, bis counts. We lost him, but, his apparent obj ctive being conjectured, we steered on the chance of casting him off. Then we picked bim up on our port bow, steering se we surmised, We fired a torpedo a few seconds later. The enemy wes seer his stern out of the

water surrounded by smoke. The cunning tower was ball London, September 14. submerged, and a minute afterwarde disappeared. The fourth Renter's correspondent at Buenos Aires says that the Chief of incident is that a stock srapline, sexin, a submarige maapearing Police and the Secretary of the Garman Legation awaited the arrival to fire a torpedo at a merchauta, descended to the spot. The As Countenarios rabmerged. The seaplane dropped three bombe, und of Count Luxburg at the station previously mentioned. Laxburg was síraid to leave the train, the Secretary, and then the ve minutes later a large upheaval like a bage bubble rising above Chief of Police, climbed aboard and assisted the trembling Mini-e level was noticed where the bombe had been dropped. There They drove was no further sign of the submarine. The fifth etory relates how a ster to the automobile amid the hooting of the crowd. him to his residence in the capital. It is cow stated that he is patrol veel noticed considerable foam travelling paralel with her. She crossed the fasi wake and dropped tombace the mostlikelespor, guing to Paraguay.

Then another two more patrol craft arrived and also dripped bombs. Uruguay and Germany.

A thick brown oil rose to the urface for twelve Loura alt ræarde. London, September 14, Reuter's correspondent at Monte Video-says that a Presidential organ urges a rupture between Uruguay and Germany in sempatby with Argentina, saying that Coast Lixburgle conduct affects all

America.

Argentine Naval Attache Recalled.

Loudon, September 14. According to Reater's correspondent at Amsterdam, the Vossische Zeitung states that the Argentine Naval Attache, Ciptain Arthuro Celery, has been telegraphically needed,

ANOTHER NAVAL AIR RAID.

London, September 14, The Admirales announces that naval aircraft on Wednesday sight bombed Ghistelles and Thouron: serodromes. Af the machines returned safely.

The sixth story le as follows One of our may 4 nice, bearing sunfire, elvered into position, sighted the submarice, fired at a34 bit ber: A large explosion resulted and nothing more was seen of the energy. The seventh story shows that two Bulianspines stacked la defensively armed vessel wüich fred a torpedo at clam ren je but missed. Toe ship thea sank one submarine and the other sucked bat was damaged and driven off. The eighth atory in the of st |that soother defensively-n:me: versel enconutried, kui the purp Gred, hitting the sins twice, causing her to disappear vertically. The sappessed to b'i for a considerable time.

THE RUSSIAN REVOLT. »

Another General Arrested.

London,S.ptember 14.

According to Renter's enorreapondent at Petrograd, Genersi Kledine and his Coenok svo been arrested at Rost-on-Don, The Soldiere' and Workmen'- Dalegate, M Nekrassoff, ways that increment will be quick'y crushed, as General Kaleline has no following.

General Krimoff Commits Suicide,

London, September 14.

A FRENCH INNER WAR CABINET,

London, September 14. Beuler's correspondent st Paris Pay that M. Paialeve ling formed an inner War Cahines on the British model, cacsieting of

Reater's correspondent at Petrogred states that General bimself and the Ferrign, Marize and Munitions Ministers, and foar Krimeff, the Commander of the traje suppo ting Generat The Ministry is a strong Korniloff, arrived in the capital, and after ordering the tempe to lay Secretaries of State witboat portfolio- combination of Radicals and Moderates. M. Painleve is sex down their arme and submit to the Government, he waar ceived by Professor of Mathematics and has a great reputation fur character M. Kerensky. He immediately returned home and committed suicide and intellect.

PACIFIC FREIGHT RATES.

Londen, September 14, Reater'e correspondent at Washington says that the possibilities of a general redaction of freight eroa the Pacific were discossed

with a revolver.,

AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS.

The War Loon Bili Passed.

London, September 14, According to Renter's correspondeat at Melbourne, the War at a conference between Count Labii and Mr. Hurley, Chairman of 13 Bill has passed both Honges and the Senate. the Shipping Board.

MORE GERMAN DEVILRY.

London, September 14. Renter's correspondent at Copenhagen saya that the Norwegian satborities have ascertained that German agents are attempting to pice on Allied and oruiral abipe explosives containing disease illi. The incendiary apparatus is in the guise of tinned meats and vegetables.

NEARLY A MILLION PENSIONERS.

London, September 14. Mr. John Hodge, Minister of Pensions, speaking in London, said there are nearly a million peurtonera on the Pension Ministry o books. The numbers are increasing by hundrede weekly. He is asking the Treasury for money to establish a national experimental Jaboratory to secure the best artificial limbs.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

London, September 14.

A French communique states:-After a violent bombardment, the Germans at dawn atisoked Canomaton Pletsan. The enemy was driven back into his own lines, with heavy losses, after a hand-to- hand fight.

Australian Troops Holiday.

Loudon, September 14 Beater' correspondent st Melbourne, states that Mr. Pearce has announced that the Arzic holiday statement is unauthorised. In response to Mr. Pearce's enquiry, the Director General of Recruiting stated that he only said he hoped that arrangements would be made for sending the med back.

Encouraging Export Trade.

London, September 14. According to Reoler correspondent at Melbourne, the Federal Scarion will probably cle at the end of next week and meet again in November. With the obj ot of developing the Australian export trade, the Commonwealth has decided to appoint trade representatives in the United States and other countries.

INTERESTING MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENT.

London, September 14. The Morning Post states that Mr. W. A, 8: Hewing, Unionist M. P. for Hereford, and Secretary of the Tariff Commission, has accepted the post of Under Secretary for the Colonies.

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SCARCITY OF WHEAT IN AMERICA,

London, September 14.

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EGRAMS.

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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

RUSSIAN SUCCESSES ON RIGA FRONT.

London, Sept. 14.

A Russian wireless official report dated Thursday states: In the direction of Eiga advanced detachments fighting their way forward have occupied the village of Kulis in the coast region. We have also captured Peine, southward of Pikov road and taken prisoners and booty. We have advanced on Rentzon and southward.

INCIDENTS OF THE KORNILOFF REVOLT.

Petrograd, Sept. 14. The organ of the Workmen's and Soldiers' Council states that General Korniloff and his Chief of Staff, General Lukomsky, have agreed to be tried by a revolutionary tribunal.

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General Russky has been appointed to the command of the northern army and General Dragomiroff to the command on the south-western front.

Admiral Verderevsky, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic Fleet, has been appointed Minister of Marias.

THE SWEDISH ELECTIONS.

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Stockholm, Sept. 14.

The elections are resulting in the defeat of the Conser- vatives. Hitherto the Socialists and Liberals have gained three and five seats respectively and the Conservatives have lost thirteen cats...

A CLUMSY GERMAN DIPLOMAT.

Amsterdam, Sept. 14. The Frankfurter Zeitung" describes Laxburg's actions as foolishness. Luxburg, it says, cannot be trusted again as a diplomatist. His negligence and want of intelligence have resulted in serious trouble. The paper complains that the text of the disclosed telegrams, although it must be arailable, has not been published in Germany.

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GERMAN PIRATES". BARBARITY. -.

London, Sept. 13.

It is evident that the U-boat murderers are striving to arry out the general practice aud policy advocated by Count Luxburg to sink without leaving a trace, An authoritative statement contains the following Intert instances of cold- blooded murder on the high sens

The schooner Jane Williamson was attacked by a sub- marine on the 10th inst. of Cornwall and shelled tilt the sank. The crew of six took to a “boạt whereupon the sub- marine sheiled the shipwrecked crew. Three were Wild and the master, mate and a seaman were picked up the "ollowing morning seriously wounded.

The achooner William, was attacked on the nth inst. and'sunk by gunfire. The submarine shrapnelled the crew in an opga boat and one was wounded.

- FIERCE FIGHTING ON WESTERN FRONT;

London, Sept. 14.

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: After an hour of heavy bombardiment enemy raiders entered our trenches oastward of Balleciurt. We drove them out after sharp sghting. The enemy left a number of dead, also prisoners, We successfully raided the neighbourhood of Oppy. The enemy early this morning heavily bonbarded a mile of front north and north-westward of Langemarck and attacked in considerable strength. We repulsed him after fierce fighting, inflicting severe enemy losses. Despite bad viability our Aeroplanes carried out artillery photographic work, bombed aerodromes, amounition dumps and railway stations day and night and drove down three enemy machines. Two of ours are missing.

THE NEW FRENCH CABINET.

Paris, Sept. 14.

The "Temps" states-that public opinion welcomes M Painleve's success in forming a Cabinet and the inclusion therein of M. Ribot, which typifies the staunchness of the country. Irrespective of polition) rivalries M. Painleve is entitled to the most Eberal support.

FRENCH: SUCCESS IN THE BALKANS.

London, Sept. 1.

A French eastern eommuniquer says: We have reaclied Musta, on the wer bank of Lake Ochrida, and Iliti 1701. ten kilometres south-west of Mulista. We took one hundred. and sixty prisoners.

SECRET LOANS TO GREECE.

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THE SILVER MARKET.

London, September 15.

The silver market in firm, but quiet.

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M-asra. Moutaga, is their

| report on the alver market, stato that there is no change in the conditions of the market, which have again caused an airanos quotations. Substantial shipments are being from San Frusci oo to Chica. The Ladian. Treasury'a gold holding hea been increased by eezenty-eight lakhs, but the silver holding has ' been decressed by twenty-ons Labs, owing to withdrawals of ropees to Gnance the crops.

SUPREMACY.

Indispensability of Aeroplanes for Scouting.

Osnadian Headquarters in France, August 10.-The great efforts that are now bring made in Canads and the United States to saare sapromacy in the air daring the fios stages of the war are Viewed bere at the front with keen and sympathetic interest, Airplauze tave become sbsolutely indispensabla for ecouting par. poses and directing artillery fire, # well as, by means of photo- graphs, recording, its effaat. Without airplane observation, so stmy hesceforth dare take, or | attempt to carry out, plans for..

cfensive mailaré.

Daring the past two weeks of rainy and misty weather it is not 100 much to say that the activities of millions of men were greatly usmpered, and their efforts to get on with the war frustrated by clands that prevented a few hundred airmen from making their customary fights. The air. plane is not only a necessity for intelligence and artillery services, That is being used with ever-in- ressing resulte sa fighting machine. Reports from car front he morning record that airplanes FERO day attacked the enemy'" b-ervation balloons, which wer livering bia gonfire from painta welt behind his front. One halloon was brought down in flames and three smoking as the result of a machine-gun fire from our airplanes,

Abower bighting machine flow along the enemy's front-linetrench at an average height of only thirty feet, and engaged the occupanta with a mechine-gun. Atone point it dipped within ex feet of the ground, and on its return to ita jedrome some German telephone wire was discovered wound around the insellinery of the 'plane. AD- ther plane paraned and opened Gre on parties of Germans behind the enemy front and a cyclist

lepatch rider.

These operations, in addition lie emphasized the heavy respon the regular programme of bom.. 4bility of the SkouloudiaGovero-bing trains, railway stations, end ment, bich negotiated the loss supply depots many miles behind silt the authority of the the German lines, carried out in 1910

Obstabes, and kept then secret, every night on which the michines while at tin vory time they were can take to the sir, indicate the Athena, Anguar 11 The Firing to oblige the Western wide range of the airplane's pee- nance Minister, M. Negropontes were to make them another falaces. In pursuit of a fi eing replying to an interpelistion in oss of 120,000, 00 masks.

foe is the open country, aviars The Minister lo called atten-with bombs and macbiurgena the Chamber, stated that the Cabinet of the ex-presies, Mtion to the fact that the second would be far more + olive than Skonloadis, contracted two secret loan almost coincided with the the cavalry was in any past war. Joana will the Bieich roader abandonment of Fort Baprel to The overwhelming arisi apre

Bank, of Barlis, of 40,000,000 the Balgsringe. marks each, repayable in three monika after the signature off pace. The first loan was arrang- ed on Janaury 2 and the second in April, 1916, and the Lambros 3 Ministry obtained a third similar loan of forty millions in January, 1917.

Of these loans only 10,000,000 marks had been paid up by the bank. M. Negropontes further] Renter's correspondent at New York saya that flour mills in declared that the Venisalos Go- Minneapolis are slowing owing to the scarcity of wheat, which is verament would accept liability anprecedented for a middle harvest.

for these loans. As the name time,

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY.

Gymkhana at Happy Valley- 45 p.m.

Victoris Theatre-0.15 p.m. Bijou Theater-9.15 pm, New Hongkong Cinémat: graph -9.15 p.m.

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TO-MORROW. Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m. Bijon Thastro-2.15 p.m. New Hongkong Cinemste. graph.---9.15 p.m..

macy, and ample supply of Suba and machine-guns for the visors is likely to be a decisivo fucur in the last phase of the wer

Land Sale.

Kowloon Inland Lot No. 4549, situats in Nathan Road, and having an ares of about 13,200 square feet, in to be sold by anotion at the P.W.D. offiom on October 1 The upset price is $7,920.