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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

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" CONQUERED AND DONE FOR.'

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1917.

Sorry Lament by Admiral yon Tirpitz.

London, D-camber 4. The Hamburger Nachrichten contains a full report of a speech by Adminal Tirpis at Essen, in the course of which he said :- Not only hes England saken our Colonies and Mesopotamis, but she has anchored deeper and firmer the bases of her maritime and Colonial supremacy. Further, ebe has to day abolished Germsa competition in all parts of the earth and tarnished and trodden down German prestige and honour by an unprecedented system of calumny and lies. In the whole Trans-Atlantic world we are con- sidered conquered and done for." As far as is known, yon Tirpits has never before made such admissions publicly.

PARIS CONFERENCE ENDS,

Promise of Great Results.

London, Desember 4, According to Reater'a correspondent at Paris, the Inter-Allied Conference has closed. Colonel House said there had bear co- ordination and unity of purpose promising great resalts in the fature. He was profoundly convinced we should reach the goal. He paid a tribute to the great deads of France, saying that America was honcured to fight by the side of so gallant a comrade.

H. Clemenceau, the Premier, stated that it was no longer s question of great and little nations bat of all peoples fighting for the same ideal. Justice and liberty were great and they would succeed in attaining their ideal by dint of sacrifices which would soon be magnificently recompensed.

According to Beuter's correspondent at Paris, M. Piobon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has announced that the Allied Conference has given happy results, proptically searing naity of action, economically, financially sad militarily. The needs of the Allies regarding finance, munitions, transport and supplies bad been carefully studied and decisions would guarantee them every satisfaction. The creation of a Supreme Later-Allied Naval Committee had been decided upon, while unity of military action had been certainly realised by the Allied General Staff which was working according to programme. Diplomatically also. there was complete agreement reached on all matters necessary to eneurs victory.

THE CANADIAN VICTORY LOAN.

London, December 4.

Renter's correspondent at Toronto states that the Victory Loan totals over eighty millions sterling. There were over half a million subscribers.

U.S. DRY DOCK. FIRE.

London, December 4. Beater's correspondent at New York states that four large buildings of the Horse Drydock Company have been destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated es u milion dollars. A consizers ble amount of valuable machinery was destroyed,

"NEMY BOY SCOUTS LAND IN IRELAND. -

London, December 4.

Two "Oitizen Enemy Boy Boots" landed at Belfast from Ardrossan carrying a portmanteau. They were shstowed and the portmanteau was found to contain efficient explosives to blow up

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THE FREIGHT PROBLEM.

London, December 1. According to Reuter's carrospondent at Washington, the Shipping board recoinmende kast dechipe, with completa control of the regulation of meranaat ships, especially with view to preventing extortionate ocean freigu. lisaks for salona legislation to cover the transfer of American resta so tore registry. The Shipping Board had under contract on October 31 the constinction of 1,161 Yussels and was Regning consus or 199 additional ships with a total sonnage at 7,858,VJU,

WAR ON GERMANY'S ALLIES.

London, December 4.

Beuter'w correspodent at Washington states that Ms. Lodgerank. ing, a Republican Member of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Benate, Das urged the declaration of war on Germany ́s AMD.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS,

THE RUSSIAN PEACE MOVE.

The Allied Understanding in Asla Minor. London, December 3.

in the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil stated that to agreement had been made with France and Kussia whereby France would receive the seaboard of Syria, Adans vilayet and a port in Lesser Armenia and Russia receive Erzerum, Trebizond, Bitus, the Van vilayets and Kurdistan down to the Peratan frontier. The Anglo-Franco-Luzsian understandings with respect to Asia Minor, did not involve annexation

Increased Fraternisation.

Lendon, December 3. The Russian military plenipotentiary secredited to the British. armies, reports that fraternisation has increased, especially on the Northern and Western Fronta in connection with the arinistico. An enemy mine blew up the torpedo-but Editelny.

Maximalists in a Minority.

Petrograd, December 3.

So far the election-returns show a large aggregate of provinces anti-Maximalist, while a minority in the army is supporting them. The following are some examples of the polling. In Rostoflondon province the Cossacks and Cadets together obtained a 7,000 plurality over the Mari- malista. In the town of Elizabethroad (Jewish) the Coali- received 8,000, Socialists 4,000; Cadete 8,700, tion Maximalists 1,500; Nijnil Novogorod.Cadets, 2,500; Social- lats, 1,000; Maximalists, 400 Penza-Cadets 7,200; Socialiste 7,000; Maximalista, 2,700. Sevastopol-Manimalists under twenty per cent of the whole, Samara, supposed to be a Socialist stronghold, gave only 1,000 Maximalist plurality over the Socialists and Cadets combined.

The Local: Armistice.

Amsterdam, December 8.

The Berlin cfficial message adds: The local armistice meri- tioned earlier began at 10 o'clock last night. Arrangements have been mide referring to mutual intercourse and mili- tary activities. At least 48 hours must elapse before the recommencement of hostilities in the event of the denuncia- tion of the truce,

Allied Subjects Leaving Moscow,

Patzograd, December 8. Allied subjects are hastening to loare Moscow.

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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

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- THE FIGHTING IN FRANCE.

British Troops Fighting Like Tigers,

London, December 3. Beuter's correspondant at Headquarters reports: The sotivity mentioned this morning in the region of La Yao- queris was apparently the signal for the enemy artillery to blaze up along the whole front from Gonnelien to Moeuvres. Our guns thundered in reply, and the hurricane of fire has now lasted some hours. A new German division. from Flanders has been brought to this front; 'miso various fresh independent units are "identified

The Germans appear to be making a supreme effort in this sector, but the correspondent temperataly observes: For miles behind our lines is one great screen of extraor dinary activity.

Our men are fighting like tigers. They have piled up a regular barrier of field-grey corpses. We recovered still more of the guns temporarily lost during the first onslaught on Friday. Daring Friday one battery of ten of our machine ganı fired 70,000 rounds'at an average range of 1,200 yazdı, with ghastly affect,"

Violent Enemy Offensive.

London, December 4. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: The enemy. has resumed his offensive with great violence. Today's fighting was exceptionally severe. From Gonnelieu to Mar coing the enemy delivered attacks in great strength with large forces, and was repulsed with heavy lossss. Our posi- tions were maintained everywhere 'except La Vacquerie and eastward of

the line Marcoing where alightly withdrawn. The

enemy broke through at сде point southward of Marcoing, bat

im- mediate counter-attack restored the situation. We advanced our line slightly south-eastward of Polygon Wood. and secured prisoners. Sunday's operation northward of Passchendaele yielded 129 prisoners and a few machine guns.

A MONTH'S BRITISH CAPTURES.

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London, December 3.

It is officially stated that the British captures Novem- ber were:

Western Theatre: 11,551 prisoners; 133 guns. Palesuno: 19,451 prisoners; 10 guns.

East Africa: 4,103 of whom 1,2iz are Europeans; three

Mesopotamia: 437 prisoners. Salonika prisoners.

AMERICA'S DETERMINATION.

Washington, December 4, Congress has opened with a pronounced air of confid- ence and determination to prosecute the war without sparing resources. It was nouceable that the Treasury's estimates provide for $13,500,000,000 of which $11,000,000,000 is for war purposes

SINO-JAPANESE FAIR.

First to be Held in Peking.

The first Sino-Japanese In- dustrial Exposition, as decided

THE SERVICE DOLLAR.

Cancellation of the Naval

Scheme.

AIR RAIDS.

What We Could Do in Reply tackled in the right way at the

The Coserver's aviation correo- pondent writes:-

British airmen Aying s type of

reel cluster of munitions, manu--

for CX

British Boats Transferred to Chinese,

estimating all details relating to TRADE WITH WUCHOW. starting pointe, shede, personnel, transport, and supplies. If that, or some such enterprise, had been

right time it would to-day be in operation. By it more military In connection with the transfer damage would have been affected of the Bainam, Nanning, Lintas for smaller outlay of machinery and Sonni from the West River machine that has been used in by any other means. The facts Chinese syndicate, the Peking and men than would be possible British Steamship Company to s aar bombing raida for many

are beyond dispute. This was Dasly News of November 23 says: monthe past, and which was actually available swenty mouths no wild scheme for raids by the transaction has received the sgo, could by night bomb the thousands of machines: it was necessary, permission of the Gov

feasible. Why was it not taken ernment, and the new owners will facturing, and ordinanos works in hand energetically at the time?

asume control some time nexi on the Rhine with no greater

The Rhine towns are within month, difficulties than those surmounted range of ear advanced bases,

The sale will not affect the by the Germans raiding London Even nearer, to the French, are trading facilities with the rives last week. Our pilota are keen Frankfurt and Siransburg. In ports, for although the boats will, sent on this errand because, so earned are nothing like to great of the British flag they will all be enough to do it. They are not the former case the distances con-in fature, fy the Chinese instead far, there have never been more as would render the operation maintained on their present ram then enough of these machines valueless through limitation of the It is impossible to give an

to the Chinese Byndicate on whoes. for the more pressing-necessity load-marin available of bombing German serodromes, plosive. Nor is there reason to behalf the purchase has been railways, and dumps in Belgium. believe that we should suffer made, because the radiate is not

No one would dispute the unduly heavy casualties: our yet completely formed. wisdom of the operations that at raiders, indeed, nearly every night purchase money is guaranteed, present use up all our available cross the very battle-lines at lower but beyond this nothing very big range types of aeroplane. The altitudes than those at which the definite has yet been settled.

Germane venture over London, value; the enemy has been and they do not suffer excessive present conditions is of little im harassed continually, and his losses. And all along the Rhine portance to the foreign com concentrations of troops and eup are the great bridges upon which manity, but it is hoped that plies seriously disturbed; import much of the enemy's military British companies will remain ant damage has been done to his effort depends.

alive to the great possibilities of serodromes, and last Thursday an

This situation is not a bit like development that may arise in the attack on England was nipped in that provided by, the Zeppelin fatare."

The situation of Wi- the bad. What is disquieting offensive of a year ago. The chow makes it the natural the minds of many people is the seroplane is a rapidly improving distributing centre for the trade thought that if the opportunity vehicle. Even supposing rather between Kweichow.

Eastern had been seized, say eighteen hopefully, perhape that the de Yanasa, Kaangai, Hongkong and months ago, there would have fences of London are now so Canton, and when all danger of been enough machines to epare efficient that the metropolis has political disturbances has been cow for larger operatione.

little to fear at present from eliminated it should make a bold From our advanced bases to aeroplane offensive, there would bid for second place as the largest Crefeld, Esten, Dasseldorf, still stand out the urgent neces trade mart in the South of Chins. Cologas, and Duisburg the die eily to put all our will into Rich antimony, copper, tin and tance is less than 200 miles. From aeroplane strategic offensive,

coal mines abound in the neigh- the German advanced bases, Who can doubt that the Ger bourhood, and as soon as the London is nearer by some forty mana are preparing more formid-Chinees Government permit these miles. But the machine that has able typee than any they to be worked under reasonable

work done has been of enormous

sequence.

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The trade with Washow under

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been available for the British Air have yet used? We may conditions a splendid impetos Services and in use to a small be also. As a target for anti-will be given to the river traffic. extent-baa bitherto been superior aircraft guna formations are not and British companies should be to big German bombers in point of a bit eseier to deal with ready with suitable vessels for radins of action, and the distance than single craft. Clearly, unless the transport trade. As evidence handicap is therefore of no con-our- own preparations at this of the riches awaiting exploitation moment are well advanced on the it may be remembered that The Germans prove by their same grand scale, the enemy will Mesere. Carlowit had a sample continue to enjoy the credit of consignment of tin from the preference for raiding by moon fight that they are somewhat ring the clearer perception of Kwangei miner sent to Europe dependent upon the amount of Air Power, snd will deal as some jas an experiment and it realised visibility it offers, especially where most po pleassat blows. There is there water and land meet, as in the one way to defeat them, and that Singapore. In regard to the adjustment of Thames Estuary and through is by big operations against vital By the present. steamer at the recent conference of the Service pay in Hongkong, we are London. The Bhine makes an and vulnerable spots on such a routes Wachow is about 220 Federation of all the Chambers given to understand that the equally good guiding line under scale that they will be preocon pied miles from Canton and Hong- of Commerce throughout Japan, selegram giving dessils of the similar conditions.

with the problem of defence. kong. I the limit of naviga- will be held in Peking some time new scheme as it applies to the So simple, obvious, and deeir- The combined with the bewilder- tion for Doen going steamers, in the autumn of 1918 at the Navy has now Deen cancelled.able sa operation would be the meat and shattering of their bat Nanning, some 360 miles 006 of 12,000,000 or 13,000,- The naval arrangement razisa bombing of this great German preparations, and organisation in further up the river, which was 000. The Chinese Government from that applicable to the Army centre of military industry that Belgium, will assist enormously opened to foreign trade in 1907, aas been informed of this decision, in that only 50 per cent of the there is no need to dwell apon it. towards victory.

can be reached all the year round which was made at a conference total pay and allowances were to It surely must be as plain to the

The United States is in the war by boata drawing not more than of the represenstives of ine Bax be converted at a 2/- dollar dizessors of affairs in Whitehall with all its immense resources 21 feet of water. leading Uhambers of Commerce, instead of 75 per cent. in the case se it is to the enerdy. Its pos- and determination. How has the of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Yokyo-of the Army.

sibility was demonstrated three American aerial effort hama, Nagoya and Kabe, held at So far as the Army roheme is yests ago in the days when our directed during the last six months? the Tokyo Uhamber of Commerce concerned, at present no news airmes, on machines far inferior Our new Ally, we know, is on the morning of the 18thas been received cancelling the to those now available, destroyed anxious concert her efforts with Mr. Naksaboji, Japanese Minis-feeling in some quarters that is out and elsewhere. It clamour- or should have been, six months

strangement, though there is a Zeppelina in their sheds at Dass-cars. Programmes were framed, Civil Service v. a5th Middlesex. ter of Agriculture and Com- would have been a more equitable ed to be done when British ago. Were they merely an enlarge-pleasant game resulting in Played at Happy Valley, a merce, is reported to have a plan had the fixed 2/- dollar only manufacturera nearly two years ment of our own, with a view to favour of the home team by 16 proved the plan and a committee applied to pay, the allowancee ago offered an aeroplane that, as the mere tactical and routine em- was appointed to visit Premier being left unaffected.

gamea. Scorea:-- pointed out in these ployment of the serial arm, or Count Tersuchi on the 19th to

Clark and 0. Woodman lost to columns, raised aircraft to the were the based upon the right Adams and Fawcett, 3-8; beat aak his approval which Was

atatue of B strategic arm conception of Air Power as a thing Rose and Sewell, 8-5; beat scoordingly given.

and gave living meaning to Air apart? If the American effort is Tillett and Watts, 7.4. Power. It was brought home to being directed merely from the us isst July with thundering land and ses department it must smphasis when twenty-two big fall just so far short of fall German bombers, in formation strength as ours has. Before the almost unshakeable, in broad winter comes let this question be The Hon. Mr. G. E. Anton, daylight, hailed down their chal- seked, and answered in the right President of the Hongkong St. lenge to London. Our own WBY."

instant.

This will be followed by more fairs of the same nature in the future, either in Japan or Obins, the idea of the Japanese business men in promoung this plan being Lo aid in promosing friendship between the two nations.

Italian Convent Bazaar?

HONGKONG SCOTSMEN

THANKED."

A Message from Sir Douglas nalg.

been

LAWN TENNIS.

Reynolda and Dr. Woodman beat Adams and Fawcett, 9.2; beat Bosa and Sewell, 92'; lost to Tillett and Watts, 4.7.

Sara and Vergette best Adams and Fawcett, 6-5; beat Hoss and Sawali, 8-5; lost to Tillett and Waita, 5-6,

| Andrew's Society, informs me that splendid and, indeed, more des- What we must realise is that the following message has been tractive raide over the enemy in there is no time to spare for wait- received in reply to a telegram Belgium have shown the way, ing for small developments, or, sent to Field Marshal Sir Douglas long after the need for showing when it is a question of using The Mother Superior of the Haig from the St. Andrew's it should have been necessary, aeroplanes in big-scale offensive, and let it be clearly understood, Italian Convent desires to thank Society of Hongkong :- during the past three months. worrying about Paliman Car work very well together. Mme, A. Gallussi, mother of the

Meanwhile, the particular Italian Coneal, for declaring the Hongkong.

Anton; St. Andrew's Society, Last week the remarkable voyages finish. What is needed in class

of Italian fight from Tarin ta vision, bold policy, and swift businees of the Royal Naval Air recent basaar open and for her "Your kind wire has given plea. London by Captain the Marquis concentration of energy.

Service namely, seaplanes has patronage; also the numerous are to all ranks of the British Giulio Laureati was, after all, no

That these have, not marked not proved of sufficient împort- patrone and friends who helped Armies and on their behalf, and more than a repetition of the our air policy is quite possitly ance to claim more than a moiety eo materially towards its success on my own please convey to our same lesson.

dus to the lack of a separate air of the strength of that bervios. -Italian, English, Portuguese, brother Boote in Hongkong our

We have a right to ask why department, with authority in its The old parrot ory, "The seaplane Chinese, Japanese and Farsee, hearty thanks for their very wel we have still to be shown again element as great as that of the is Britain's defence! "has proved In particular would the like come congratulations and our and again, when we had the Admiralty in affairs of the sea.

as fallacions as the best fudges

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to mention the editore of the appreciation for what they are instrumens placed in our hands. Apart from balloons and air- foretold. The seaplane, so far as English and Ohinese dailies, doing on behalf of Soattish swenty months ago. Obvious ships, the greatest part of the this war is concerned, can only Mone,

D. Fonzoni, Vicar Hospitals for wounded of all though the desirability of hitting work of the Royal Naval Air be used in certain limited, Apostolic of Hongkong, Lady

Chater, Mr. M. J. D. Stephens, Mz.

E. V. M.. B. de Sousa, Consul for | Portugal, Messrs. Sincere and Co. for generona donations, also Ming

nationalities."

DOUGLAS HAIG."-

Exciting Billboa ́ Incident.

Germany through the air may Service is in connection with land although highly important, direc- be, is there not too much proof warfare, in co-operation with the tone. There is no need to that Whitehall has been slow to Army. This is the occupation of enlarge upon that statement, Bes it ?

the fighting equadrons of the which will sesroely be questioned. We have been too mantent with RN.AS, in France. Naturally, Now, the continual readjustment V. Bazavet for the gift of a As a balloon was descending at aplendid doll and Mr. P. X. Eltham the drag rope caught in the "ascendancy in the sir" the training of the officers who of the spheres of activity of the Kwok for the active work he did some, telegraph wires and then referred to is one of Lord French's carry it on would not Be them for two Bervices must, and does, to make the bassar a sucesss. The became fastened to a signal post early dispatches, with tactical most of the routine of the Royal oreste confusion and friction. advantages, with winning "on Flying Corpe over the battle-lines. The overland work on the West Superioress is thankful also to at the railway station.

The Commodore Bandeman for loan of stationmaater climbed the signal points. Why,, when the big or that matter, it would not ern Front, at any rate, would be machine was produced, did altogether fit them for overses or better done by one wall-directed flags and baoting and the Pre post and liberated the rope, As

of the Air naval work, On the Western Bervice. And this is only one not either sident of St. Joseph's Congregs the balloon soared away an ex- Services plan long distance Front, then, the Royal Flying among many pointe, including tion and Professor Vacalla for press train dashed through the raide by, ay, two hundred of Corps and the Royal Naval Air that of the duplication of various their excellent band.

them twice a day for a week, Bervice work closely together, departmenté acoussory-

atstion.

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