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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

[Continued from page 1)

THE FINAL CHAPTER IN THE BALKANS.

London, Jan. TL

The "Gazette" contains a despatch from General Milne describing the important part the British played in the offensive last September against the Bulgarians between Lake Doiran and Vardar. The British fogght manguinary batties on 13th, and 19th. September, suffering and inficting sorore losses in assaults on the dominating and elaborately fortified heights of P. Ridge and Grand Couronne. These battles served their object, which was to pin down the Bulgarian reserves so that they would not be available to oppose the great Franco-Serbian attack which burst through and led to the utter defeat of the enemy. The despatch incidentally mentions that when news of the armis- tice with Turkey was received General Milne wäi setually on the river Maritza ready to occupy Adrianople, while the first Hellenic corps was echeloned between Kavalla and Drama ready to participate în a general advance on Con- stantinople.

THE FUTURE OF AVIATION.

London, Jan" 22.

As the Imperial Air Fleet banquet to celebrate the British Empire war victory, at which General Birdwood, General Richard Turner, V.c., and High Commissioners Sir George Perley and Sir Thomas Mackenzie were present, the Under Secretary of the Air Ministry, General Seely, dwelt on the 'part British airmanship had contributed to wards winning the war, He said that Britain must be supreme in the air in order to secure the peace of the world. We must have one great air fleet to help forward the air traffic of the future. Plans have been made in the most elaborate detail for the establishment of great Imperial air routes and he saw no reason why, within the lifetime of nearly all of us men, we should not have great air routes to all parts of the Empire.

THE PORTUGUESE UNREST.

BLOCKADE OF OPORTO ORDERED.

Lisbon, Jan. 30.

As official statement says: The city is quiet. The Cabinet has taken energetic measures to maintain order throughout the country. The Troops, Navalmen and Police in Lisbon support the Government. A strict blockade of Oporto is ordered

THE ARMY AND THE MOVEMENT.

Lisbon, Jan. 21.

It is officially stated that only three divisions of tha Army, namely Oporto. Braga and Vizeu, support the Mon- archists. The remaining seventeen divisions are faithful to the Republic.

EX-KING MANUEL'S ATTITUDE.

London, Jan 29.

A statement made on behalf of ex-King Manoel, pablished in the "Daily Chronicle," says the assassination of President Paes has created a new situation reducing the country to chaos, hence ex-King Manoel did not expect his supporters to be bound to the wish be expressed to them at the outbreak of the war to refrain from a more- ment in his favour. He is in nowise privy to the present movement but knows that certain leaders have con&dence therein and regards himself as absolutely at the service of the people. If they call him he is prepared to go im- mediately.

POLISH AFFAIRS.

BRITAIN WARNS GERMANY.

Amsterdam, Jan. 92.

It is reported from Berlin that a British note on Jan. 8th. requested the German Government to refrain from provocation of the Poles in East Prussia, West Prussia, Posen and Silesia and pointed out that the Peace Conference - in deciding the future eastern frontiers will be influenced by German capacity to govern districts with mixed populations.

The German Government replied declaring that it had dona everything possible to redress Polish grievances and acensing the Poles of provoking the Germans. Referring especially to the actions of M. Paderewski and Colonel Wade in Posen the reply says that the upheaval in that province forced it to take military measures to restore order.

THE POLES ATTACKED..

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London, Jan. 23

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The situation in Poland is difficult. It is reported that German forces are being sent to Poland to fight the Poles, also that 30,000 Ukrainians, assisted by Austro-German air- mes, attacked the Poles at Lemberg and cut off the city's light and water.

GOVERMENT ON THE ALERT.

Warsaw, Jan. 23. The Paderewski Government has arrested numeroas Bolshevist agitators and suspended an extremist paper which glorified Liebknecht and Luxemburg, indubitably established Busso-German Bolshevists and supplied huge funds to Polish extremista.

It transpires that the recent report of the attempted assassination of M. Paderewski.is baseless.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY JANUARY

SMILE-A-MINUTE GEORGE

THE HAPPY STAR OF

"THE YANKEE WAY

GEORGE WALSH DIRECTION WILLIAM FOX

*scene of George Walsh's operations in The Yankee Way" is the Balkans.

Now that "distressful” region has been a pretty lively place during the last seven or eight year, but it never knew what speed was until George went over there to manage his dad's castle ranch. Before the inhabitants realize what is happening,

a very important state personage disappears. He is shipped out of the country by night in a side door pullman; "an infant revolution is squelched: and George sets sail for the land of pork and beans with the nation's pet princess as his bride. This, briefly, is the story of "The Yankee Way", but it is not the story itself that counts; it is the “Yankee Way" in which things are carried out, the "pep" and speed with which the action hurries along, and above all the fascination of George's smile and snappy way of doing things that makes this William Fox Super-production a joy to all who witness it.

It will be shown at the CORONET THEATRE on Monday next.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

NEW ZEALAND'S CASUALTIES.

London; Jan. 2

The Times" correspondent at Wellington (New Zealand) reports that the casualties in the war were 57,839, including 16,500 killed. Only 45 were taken prisoner.

TURKISH COMMANDER ARRESTED.

Athens, Jan. 2.

A message from Constantinople says that Kiami) Pasha, commanding the Third Army, has been arrested on a charge

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AN EGYPTIAN DELUGE.

Cairo, Jan. 18. Egypt is deluged with raid. Cairo and its environs are ... converted into lakes. A hundred Arab dwellings collapsed, Business is paralysed. The loss of life is small

CONTROL OF TURKISH RAILWAYS.

London, Jan. 23.

A message from Constantinople says that the Anglo- French have taken over the administration of the Turkish railways, including the Bagdad railway.

EIGHT-HOUR DAY FOR RAILWAYMEN.

London, Jan. 2

It is understood that the Railway Executive Committee has arranged to establish an eight hour day for railwaymen from February 1st

WAR BOND SUBSCRIPTIONS.

London, Jan. ✡ Subscriptions to the National War Bonds issue which closed on Jan. 15 exceeded £1,800,000,000,

MADAME LEBAUDY ACQUITTED.

Mineolas (Texas), Jan. 29. The grand jury refused to indict Madame Lebandy for the murder of her husband.

THE SILVER MARKET.

London, Jan. 15.

Silver is quiet.

SHIPPER'S £2,400 FINE.

$13,000 TO BE REFUNDED.

Excess freight charges amount- jing to £13,192 were involved in a case heard recently at Swanses under the Defence of the Real Act.

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Messrs. Harries Bros. and Co., Ltd., steamship owners, of that. port, also trading as Norton and Co., coal exporters, ware sum- moned on 32 charges of receiving freights in excess of the maximum on the shipment of coal to French ports; also for having failed within 14 days to deliver to the Shipping Controller a copy of the contract for the charter of a reasel

Sir Ellis Griffith, for the defence, said that they admittef the irregularities, "and were"," anxious to return £13,192charged Jin excess, and to pay £1,200

costs of the prosecution.

The Bench fined Owen Harries, one of the partners, £2,400, and ordered the three partners to pay the costs of the prosecution. In coming to that decision, they said they were influenced by the promise that the excess money would be returned,"

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