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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Pugs 1.)..

· ENEMY PEACE PROPAGANDA,

London, March 14 A telegram from Washington states that, information has been received that German agents are active in Switzer land and Sweden trying to create an atmosphere, favourable to peace conferences Placards have been smuggled into. the French lines with a view to repeating the tactics which succeeded in Italy. Some distributors" of placards, were summarily shot;

NORTH"SEA AERIAL FIGHT.

London, March 14 The Admiralty announces that two seaplanes on Tuesday attacked five enemy aircraft over the southern part of the North Sea. They shot down and destroyed pne enemy two- peater and killed the observer of a second machine. They also drove down on the water another seaplane. The ex- gagement lasted thirty minutes and only terminated when the British had expended their ammunition. Our machines returned... ¿»

THE SIAMESE MISSION.

London, March 15. H.M. the King has received the Siamese Military Mis alon at Buckingham Palace.

ANGLO-AMERICANS CAPTURED.

London, March 14

telegram from Stockholm states that a number of British and Americans left Finland in neutral vessels, which were captured. Those of military age were sent to Gempany.

ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

London, March 14.

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: We raided the enemy's trenches south-eastward of Epeny and brought back prisoners. We successfully repulsed an attempted raid northward of the Ypres-Staden railway. Reciprocal artillery- ing occurred south-westward of Cambrai and there was increasing hostile artillerying in the Neuvechapelle and. Fauquissart sectors.

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: We successfully raided a strong point south-eastward of Polygon wood, in flicted losses and took thirty-seven prisoners. Our casualties were alight. We repulsed a raid south-eastward of Armen- tieres. There is considerable hostile artillerying northward of Lens and satride the La Bassee Canal

A Belgian communique states: After a violent bombard- ment our troops gained a footing in German trenches south- esat of Lombaertryde sad put all the occupants out of action. They re-advanced and in violent hand, to hand ̈fighting stopped a counter-attack. Artillery actions prevailed on the whole front yesterday and to-day, which were violent in the Nieuport and Dismude regions...

A wireless German official message says: We brought down seventeen enemy aeroplanes yesterday, wherest three were en route to Freiberg.

U-BOAT ATTACKS HOSPITAL SHIP.

London, March 14

The Admiralty announces that the hospital ship Guild- ford Castle, homeward bound, was unsuccessfully attacked by a submarine at the entrance to Bristol Channel on the evening of 10th March whilst flying Red Cross flags and with all hospital ship lights on

Wounded soldiers who were aboard when the ship was attacked, interviewed at Bristol, stated that the ship left South Africa on February 15, with 450 wounded from Ger- man East Africa, also doctors, nurses and ambulances. The ship was newly painted. The submarine attacked at":5.30 on Sunday afternoon west of Lundy Island. One torpedo missed, but the other struck the ship aft, below the water line on the port side. It failed to explode, but made a big hole flooding part of the ship. The watertight doors were closed and the wounded brought on deck. The boats were half lowered. The wireless brought five destroyers within five minutes; but they found the damage not serious and the ship, went at full speed to Avonmouth.

AIR RAID ON HARTLEPOOL.

London, March 14.

The Press Bureau reports:. One airship crossed the coast last night and dropped four bombs at Hartlepool demolish- ing six dwelling bouses and damaging thirty. The airship operated from a great altitude and only remained overland for few minutes. The remainder of the bombs appear to have fallen in the sea. There were killed one man, one woman and three children, and the injured were three men, one woman and five children.

TONNAGE NEGOTIATIONS.

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London, March 14-

The Press Bureau announces that for the purpose of obtaining the most effective use of toonage the Allied Maritime Transport Council, Lord Robert Cecil presiding, met in London on March 11 and is still sitting.

The Hague, March 14.

A note from the Foreign Minister with reference to the negotiations for an economic arrangement with the Allies says it is proposed to place half & million tons of Dutch trans-Atlantic shipping at the disposal of the Allies. geturn America proposed to export a hundred thousand sons of wheat to Holland

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WARSHIPS ATTACK ENGLISH COAST.

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London, March 14. The Press Bureau states that one or two "warships attacked the north-east coast this evening. Twenty bomba have fallen near the coast.

AMERICA EAGER TO HELP RUSSIA.

Washington, March 15.

Mr. Gompers, on behalf of the American Labour Alli- sace, has telegraphed to the Soviet Congress at Moscow mesuring Russia that the American people are eager to help Russia and are awaiting suggestions as to how aid may be -effectively extended

U. 5. TROOPS! READY FOR SERVICE,

Washington, March 14. Several divisions of the American National Army: have been ordered to be in readiness for active service. The War Department is gratified at the results of the fin beehkëv& Training:

SERBIAN PEACE DENIAL..

London, March 15.

The Press Bureau states that the Serbian, Legation stibully denies the rumours arculated by Germany pesce pourparlors between Berbia and her enemies.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1918.

1893

HONGKONG TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.

(Compiled from the "Hongkong Telegraph" files for the week ending March 25, 1893.)

The Dollar.

March 16.--The rate of thel

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

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PORK

To a Correspondent. Marsh 17.--"Maono Cit’zio."-- Office hours, 8 s.m. to 5 p.m.} For beaven's sake come scon and BEEF bring your blanderbuse with you. The Office Gcas barn't devoured anybody for a long time, and he |swear ho-iq awfully hungry. So if you really mean business, don't stand on the order of coming, butį come at OPCO, and we will pay your pastage 10:087, BORD, Janes and Co.. will arrange the final set of the programme.

A Sin of Omission. March 17-An English Jour- nal, The Cptician, states that moet famous men have blas eyes. It cites Bismark, Gladstone, Napo- Beon and every President of the United States, except Harrison. It doesn't mention Mitchell-Innes,

Haunts of Vice.

March 21.-000 notorious giddy bsant of vice has already "gone_bang' in consequence of the Hongkorg Telegraph's re- marks last week about the ecandalous increase of immors! |“dives" ́ all over the Colony. And more will quickly follow. We shouldn't be in the last sur- pried to receive one of there fins days a despatch from the Marquis · of Ripon, appointing our Oce Goat to high appointment in the detective service of the Colony. "William" is very good,

Who Pays?

March 22-We thoroughly appreciate the courtsay of the

S cretary of the "Tienetin British Municipal Coacoil in forwarding as a copy of the Land Renter's Memorial to the British Minister at Peking, although it is not of sofficient general interest to war- Trent publication in our "colamas; | but we would anggest that, should similar documents be forwarded in the future, it would be sa well to prepay the postage. We strong- ly object to being "muloted in | thirty cents for a printed circular |which, so far sa this journal is concerned, is absolutely valueless, and which, moreover, could just se easily have been sent in a newspaper wrapper for two centa.

The Office Goat Missing. March 23. For the psat twenty-four hours sorrow. has folded her darkest pall around us; the world has seemed void and not worth living in. We had lost cur only Goat. Our enemies are as the sands of the seashore, bat |who so dastardly sa to rob`us of the friend of our declining yours? | Many were auspected bat none,

We amnitel in |velopments. They have acime and o là v friendly Ani "bobby" found" "William" thir morning on the point of jumping off the praya. Some suppose his destination was Macao, while others suspect that he first intend- ed to stack and destroy the Benge lying in the harbour, so se to have the Holy City quite at his mercy. "His present condition will not allow of his being ques- tioned. The symptoms bear. S strong resemblance to those of ¿dirium tremens. WO fear treachery has been st work, but for the present keep our saspic ions to ourselves. He is securely chained but raves without ·ía. termission abcnt come reception which 'te, in company with the Editor of the Snail, clandestinely attended at Government House | the night upon which he strayed.

What is a Poster?

The osse of the Liverpool newsagent who was summoned under the Newspaper Bestriction Order for displaying a poster announcing the contents of a London paper ended in the dis minent of the wuzumzoru: Itwai 'stated in evidence that the neWE agent had displayed a newspaper | is a frame showing bowlings to sbree articles in that day's issue. The Stipendiary said that the ex hibition of a newspaper in-ite antirety was not an infringement of the Order, and did not cop wtitute a poslar..

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