FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,-1914
BY TELEGRAPH.
(Bouter's Service to the China Mail)
THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR.
FRENCH GOVERNMENT TRANSFERRED TO
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BORDEAUX.
PARIS IN NO DANGER.
LONDON, Sept. 3, 4.35 a.m. The French Government has transferred to Bord aux,
LATKE.
A Proclamation issued by the French Government explains that the decision to transfer in based purely upon military tenuous, because, Paris is becoming the pivot of operations Though the city may not necessarily he the immediate object of attack, and much attack seems unlikely, the armies l be barring round it. The Government therefore deemed the transfer prudent in order to be fros to ex-reise its authority through the country.
LONDOS, Supt. 9. 10.30 am. President Puiades has teip Paris for Bordeaux.
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OFINION IN GREAT BRITAIN.
The departure of the frösermens from Britain as a sound step, giving freedom of Aries and guaranteeing eventual sugress.
Xiliuimtion is expressed at the people's monining or an having the city, a
Lasnos. Sept: 3. Paris is regarded in front to the les' movement
valiutas. Whether in re-“
FRENCH GENERAL'S STIRRING PROCLAMATION.
General Adllen las issued a proclamation in whisi. he states : -- #* The Roverubert lave 15 taris to give a fresh impole to National defener will defend Paris, to the mush"
IRELAND'S WHOLE-HEARTED ASSISTANCE.
Loxnov, Sept. 3.
And triolle meeting bekas ik attended by prominent persons of ali parties, eren extremists, a resolution was passed assuring the, Government that "Ireland and ussist them to the attest. Speakers urged every man to enlist.
AUSTRIAN CASUALTIES AT LEMBERG..
Lustos, Sept. 3, 5.30 p.m. Many thousands of Austrians were killed at Lemberg and ar normous number taken prisonera.
ADDITIONAL BRITISH CASUALTIES.
LONDON, Sept. 3, 10.45 pas. The Press Bureau reports additional British casualties. Officers: 18 killed, 78 wounded and 80 missing. Mon: 52 killed, 812 wounded and 4,672 missing.
It is explained, however, that 2,682 sent to a base as unfit are Laludhi among the missing, which also inclules prisoners and stragglers.
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BIR EDWARD CARSON'S ADVICE TO ULSTER VOLUNTEERS.
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Lesbos, Net 3.
Sir Edward Carson addressing the Ulster Unionist Council at Bel- fast. in a miniotic speech urged that the true must be kept in the interests of the Country and the Empire, "His advice to the Volunteers "Go to the help of the Country and the Empire and win honour W&B: for Ulster nnil ireland."*"
Fe bopes thus the Ulster Volunteers would go under the War Office
as a division with their old officers
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JAPANESE PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS THE GOVERNMENT.
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LONDON, Sept. 3.
A majority in the Japanese Parliament has decided not to oppose the Government's incosures,
EARL KITCHENER AND NON-COMBATANTS.
LONDON, Sept.
Earl Kitchener, in reply to a deluge of offers of assistance from private individuals, says the best way that those staying at home in safety can serve the inch in France is care for their wives, 'children and dependents.
A BUFFRAGETTE PATRIOTIC CAMPAIGN..
Toxoos, Sept. 4. After a long exile in France Miss Christabel Pankhurst has returned to London to start a Suffragette Pat riotic Campaign.
WAR.NEWS.
THE SPECIAL CONSTABLES.
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of the war in Europe, as already reporod, The United States Government takes the present opportunity of informing Japan
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her territory in China.
THE CHINA MAIL..
BY TELEGRAPH. THE NEXT GYMEFANA
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NEW POPE ELECTED.
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Lascos, Sept. 3.
We are officially informed that the Hongkong Gymkhana Club intent to hold their next meeting-citemiinstances per Įmitting on Oftober 16th, text:
The following is a draft programu of the events suggested by the committee
Cardinal Dolls Chion has been-TEXT PEGGING..
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DROWNING FATALITY
SHAMEEN RESIDENTS TRAGIC END.
The death occurred in tragic circum- stances on Sunday of Mr. A. E. Baker) au' architect in the offices - Mesars, Purnell and. Fagott, Shameed, Canton. Mr. Baker, who was 24 years of nga and had resisted að Chaton for two years, want pas ou Sunday
olected Pope, and has taken the title-GruSHANA STARKA (as before), One afternoon tur a swim. As he did not
of Benedie, the Puftreath.
mike.
The new It po was formerly the Mux "Basowar, Fre all China
ponies (samo us last year). Archbishop of Beharing
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{Iih Taz Yat Po's Service.) HONGKONG BANK LOAN TO ASSIST BILK 'MERCHANTS.
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Snascut, Sept., 3. The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. ing Corporation has agreed to advance loan of $5,000,000 to the Government for the relief of the Chinese vilk merchants.
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FIVE DOLLAR BONDS.
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Jodas,
return that night Mr. T, R. his meanste. organisad U aurel
party, which found his body on Monday afternoon. The interment took place the same ovaning.
„NDAINATION. Hur MIE DISTANCE HANDICAP. Catch weights 100 lbs. Competitors will stand dis mounted with their ponies behind-pegs which will be placed on outside edge of course to mark wir positions. Onol Liege and Namur baye held the German the sound of the bugle they will mount army in theck, to such affect that even now the German forus have not reached the nail gallop to winning post. Care must France-Belgian bordur. War was farond kalon white mounting to keep on dibasco of couren, learing the rails clear for others who may be alloping pust. - Muz Hasbicar (as before),"
with which that part has been played is now a morter of history. Fur three weeks the small Belgian forces and the forts
The Government has sanctioned the THE TRUTH ABOUT GERMANY winds, and reverted to mediaeval methods projected issue of $5 National Bonds.
Russian Minister Received.
The Russian Minister had an inter- view with President Yasa Shih Kai resterday,
a Belgian against her will, wolely to shit German strategy and thousands of Belgian men (and many women) have laid down their lives in harcia elurts to prevent the occupation of their native land by the Keiser's forcen. And bege Belgium, reluctantly forced to defend her- self, did so with such remarkable charage and resource, Germany has dung the principles of international law to the of warlare. Vs were told some weeke agn that alter their first repulse at Liers the Germans threatened reprisals, We We reproduced in our last iwne-sys have now learnt from British and German the forme those reprisals are. the Peking Gwente," a pamphlet which co
Brussels, an unfertified town, taking. Oo industriously circalated among which the Germans have now occupied. is being Chinese anal forsismers in Peking-by they bare impeasd a war contribution of Ponteone who discreetly conceals his idénti- | £8,000,000, L., an imposition of more ry-under the tits of The Truth: About than £10 par head of the entire population. England." It is unnecessary to state that a war contribution af 12:000,000 has also the pamphlet was reproduced in our been levied on Liege. It is best, perhaps.. columns solely for the purpose of enlighten not to speculate as to the threats by which ing the community concerning the insidions these monstrous demands were accom and slanderous cumpaigs which is row
panied. We are paly concerned to prom being conducted against Germany's foes in that the attempt to lay these contributions the Far East. The pamphlet (with bha is another Barot violation of Internation exception of the supplementary portional Law. Germany, a, already stated, was dealing with the Japanese Ultimatuts to one of the signatories of the Final Act of Germany reg ding Taingtau) was printed in the Second Elague Conference. We trase unmistakably German type, and circulated late below three articles from Convention through the Chinese Póst in envelopes of TV, of this Act :--- which the address a typewritten. The
Art. 48-If the occupior levies, in the calamaies with which it abounds are
occupied territory, taxes, duok, and tolls obyinue that we do not propose to wasts established for the profit of the state, he With the kind permission of His Excel-ny space in reiating them. But while an shall do a far se possible, sesording to the rules of asseriment and distribution in lency the Gerernor the Committee of the fusion of this kind will undoabtedly be Teutonia Club: Singapore, send to the tronted with the contempt it deserves by fores, and be shall incur the obligation to papers a copy of an address handed to. His those soquainted with the outlines of furnish expenses for the administration of Rxcellency and ask for its publication as a European history daring the past thirty or the occupied territory on the sesle provided reply to the varicus articles which have forty yes its circulation among i-by the legal Government.
informed Asiatica mny cenerivably ha Art. 49, in addition to the importa appeared recently about the German coni-
productive of serious resalts, and it seems referred to in the previous article, the munity of Singapore
desirable that efforts should be made by occupies levies other contributions in
authorities, foreign and responsible
money in the occupied territory, these can Chinose, to pat no immediate stop to only be for the needs of the army, or the
pursued, nay lead to administration of this territory. campaign which, if extremely unpleasant consequencer Fur Art. 50.---No collective punishment, the British commanities in the Far East pecuniary or sitharwise, can be Decreed cannot
be expected to tolerate the against the population by reuon of indivi distribution of literature" of this kind dual acts for which they cannot be broadest aming the Chinese.
considered collectively responsible.
CHINA AND "AMERICA.
The possibility of a China and Ameri. can alliance is being freely discussed in the capital,
THE GERMAN COMMUNITY AT
SINGAPORE.
Teutonia Club. Singapore, August.27th. 1914.
bing the Government,
To His Excelency the Officer Administer
IL J. Wilkinson, E., C.ALG. STR.-The merabers of the German Clab are desirous to express to Your Excellency their gratitude and appreciation for the | kindness and consideration Your Excel Lency's Government has extended to the local German community in the present grave crisis.
The members are unanimously agreed that it is the daty of every individual German to live up to the expectations of Your Excellency's Government and they emphatically wish for dissociate themselves from May possible "nction contrary thereto of individuals outside the control of the Teutonia Club. We have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servants,
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THE COMMITTEE OF THE TEUTONIA CLUB,
1. WaxLBER, President E VON RECKLINGHAUSEN, Vice-President:
EXCITEMENT IN TIENTSIN.
On Saturday, Tiantain was excited by the rancor that the Japanese were going to take over the Austrian and German Concessions, and German Voltaicers wont so far as to have their rifles and ammation served out on Saturday morning in Freadiness. But there was no movement of
the Japanese whatever.
THE KAISER'S MESSAGE.
( Der Ost wiatische Lloyd.)
Peking. August 25. His Majesty the German Emperor has sent the following telegram to the German Legation in Peking to be forwarded to the Tsingtau garrison God be with you during
the imminent boasy fight. My thoughts are with you. William Emperor
According to
to yesterday's raport issued by the Taingtau government up till now no Eghting bas taken place.
TSINGTAO'S DRASTIC PRECAU. TIONS.
King"
Dynamiting of High Structures.
Weihsien, Shantung. August 24. On Saturday night the German garrison at Tsingtao consummated its precautionary menaares by dynamiting the high chimiore and other structures likely to be used by tha, voorafa warships in directing their guns on the city. It is reported also that one of the Lighthouses was blown up. Foreigners at this city, which in nearly bundred miles from Tsingtao, had heard
the
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These articles, in our opinion, make clear that the levy of vindictive indemnities from occupied to us is no longer a la
lawful procedure in time of war.
While we are strongly opposed to any unnecessary display of passion in British newspapers published in China during the condict which is now in progress, we must
So much for Germany's reprisals in coufe to finding it difficult to write with restraint regarding the new which is now Belgium, reprisals for which she in turn coming to hard from British and German will undoubtedly have to pay when the anurces in Europe. In less than three weeks day of reckoning arrives. We turn dow Germany has not only taru ap treaties to the question of the sowing of sub-
pon which the peace Europo has marine mines. The restrictions depended for many years but has wantonly to violated those rules of warfare to which
Convention
set Poling
of the Second Hague she has again and Ausin solely at Conferre
We will not worry ONE! quoting this Convention at herself in company with the other great readers. Powers. So reckless has she been regard length, but merely summarize its sabent ing har
har obligations us a rinised Power the points. The Convention forbids the use
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it is se reely an exaggeration to say that of unmoored contact mines atless they are the antira civilized world is
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constructed as to become innocuous casively ranged against her. For even the within an hour of being dropped States which at preseas remain neutral can- the use of moored contact mines which da rot afford to allow Germany és retain her not became innocuous as soon as they have pontion in Europe by methods sach brokon loose; it forbids the placing of since the automatic contact mines before the she has deliberately employed outbreak of hostilities. When, receully, coasts and ports of any enemy with the messages. cams through describing alleged sole object of intercepting commercial brutalities on the part of German troops navigation; and it binds the signatories, to the civilian population in Belgium and when using moored il automatic contsch Alsace Lorraine, wo classed them among wines to take all possible precautions to those charges which are invariably made ensure the safety of pacific navigation. In by belligerents against each other from semi-official telegram published yesterday time to tima, and are still reluctant to it was announced that according to state believe such a report as the issue of orders ment of the British Admiralty eattering the Germans for the massacre of Belgian civilians of are continuing the practice both axes by a responsible German mines indiscriminately upon the ordinary commander. But certain serims breaches trade routes. In confirmation of this Danlah of international law have now deficitely established against the Germans statement comes the news that the
steamers Maryland and Broberg foundered authorities, Lad other no less Marius the
the result of striking contact mines char es have been brought against them the main hade routes, thirty miles from First, as to the violation of treatiesland in the North Sea. It is indisputable, Prussia in 1831 was among the Powers therefore, that Germany has been guilty of which solemnly guaranteed the perpetual serious breaches of Convention VIII. of neutralization et Belgiam. That Treaty 1907 has always boon regarded as a
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Other serious allegations of disregard of mental principle of British policy on the international law have also been made continent, and to uphold it the Gladstone against the Germana. The French Administration of 1870 was prepand to go Government, for instance, has formally to war with either of the belligerent protested against the use of dam-dom Again, in 1867, Prussia was among the explosive or expansive) bullets. The Powers which guaranteed the perpetual treatment of foreign Ambascadia, Con neutralization of Luxemburg, guarantee suls, and raven royalty who were in which she repudiated before her formal Germany on the cotbreak of war als calis declaration of war apon France. Not only for severe condemnation. Indeed it seems did Germany specifically guarantee the that once war was declared, the German acatrality of Belgium and Luxemburg, but military authorities became possessed by
Aaigustery of Convention V. of the Final Act of the Second Hague Conference of the cloak of civilisation. We are well frenzy which led to the throwing anide of 1907 she accepted the wipeiation ware that for Germany it is life or that the territory of central Powers is death straggle, and that she is compelled inviolable." The only defence that we to eploy, every legitimaste artifice for are ever heard it the forcible occupation Sosting off bor foes. Bata continuance of Belgium and Luxemburg is that the of the conduct which she marked the first German General Stan was convinced that for weeks of the way for which she has
Fance contemplated An invasion σε bees so relentionaly preparing will place Germany through central territory. The the German Covernment outside the pale the sound of an explosion and remarked on French General Staff may bars worked out of civilistinn, The civilized world
1. The sim of Japan is not to develop it before, the report of the dyenmiting plans for operations in Belgium, Switzer cannot tolerate the oxistence of a State
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The Captain Superintendent of Polive informs that Saturday night will be the last night for duty for the majesity commercial advantages cut will be her the garrison, berides cutting down the of the special constables. This is owing actions in accordance with the agles torosta, hayo razed to the ground a village respect Polgian neutrality feetaily dia- preestriccione Professors of Chemistry, states:-"The water itself roughly tested and we find that it is to the return of the Indians to bemi Japanese Alliance which regards the on the comparatively level isthmus just poses of the allegation that Germany The Baiser and those who shaze with him quartam. It is expected that all special principle of equal opportunity su one of beyond their lines of defence. It is on compelled to repudiate her solemn oblign the responsibility for directing the German we have
enpaign are sowing the wind for which this isthmus that the main land battle is Whatever may be said to the contrary, no the Gorman nation will afterwards roup the free from Bacteria or Organic matter of any kind constables will be withdown with the 3. In the event of serious disturbance expected to be fought exception of those patrolling the Peak in China or any incident, In the Oriant
The last large trainload of women and reasonable man o believe that Belgium whirlwind, and, If they could but see it, : baking place, Japsu shall, of course, com-
children left Tsingtaa on Eaturday. Do would have submitted any more readily to ranlaring it absolutely impossible for the and we have pleasure in certifying that WILKIN
A French than to a Dorman invasion. By warto sad otherwise than disastrously for sult with the United States before taking ides the ladies for Red Cross work there allowing either belligerent to innsport Gestiong unlets the whole fabric of ON'S TANSAN is the Purest Natural Mineral JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES. stop ateida Kischen Pag. Viscount thres British water in the place to trups through her territory she would have wonten cisalization is to be modified in Chinda, Japanese, ambosutor, at Washing two Mince Tipp of the convent and Min deliberatay made herself the battleground of accordance with the views of Frumo ton, it exid to have guaranteed the United W. Waada governess.
Mr. W. E. Fock, the American Consul, Earope, incurred reprisals and jeopardized militant. Ita dinary, Orcumstances Water in Japan," An Exchange of Notes.
States that in the event of any lúcident
her very existence sa an independent the spectacle of a grené nation, surrounded effecing the United States taking place, is staying to look after the interests of
Blaté
by foes, bravely struggling for its existence, Japan would willingly consult the United Americans, Briteus and French
Vics Consul, Mr. H. Remillard, went to
otto The immediate result of Gorman violation would oroke, considerabis amunt of Belgian Governant decided to oppose the German Military authorities (for it is they, The Trim-Taingtao Railway is strongly German invasion, and to appeal to other not the nation at large, whose posible. State Nota after replying to Jap n'e It is rumoured that M. Pegoud, the arded by Chinese troops, and neither gustories of the 1801 Treaty insist for the succession of violations of inter guarantee regarding the turritorial in upside-down svinter arrived in Paris Chinese nor Foreigners are allowed to walk show. Not only was Belgium within bar national law) are puraning a course which begrity of the Chinese, Republic and re-recently after flying 200 miles over Ger across the railway bridges, non rights in soding hut paradoxical as it will compel her European neighbours to gretting the differmer between Japan kod | meny." "Ab3 Metz, Captain Fincy,, who There is considerable fear among the tym the wax hound to use force, it contigus, the struggle, at whatever cost in ermany stated that the United Stitcompanied him, strooped a bomb on the Chinese sathorities that seditionists may recoasty, to prevent belligerents from taca and money, until the German nation had decided to express no opinion regarding Griscatti hangar. A Zepellin was wrecked. take advantage of the present opportunity occapring any part of bar territory, if she is on Ita kuses, and they can exact terme Japa's ultimatum to Germany. The also three tacks of petrol Elsewhere to raise Rebellion which would neces desired to runtain neatralt. In other words, which will focuser preclude the rapper. United States is determined to observe two bombs were dropped on two German sarily be disastrow for China Shanghai in order to resina neutral she had to ance of such menace Western
play the part of a belligerent.The success Feivilization. Catefet beutrality/under any airedmstances: convoys -nd dsált grest destruction.
New York, Aug. 22.-On the 21st, the States as to what steps should be taken. Taipsofa on Saturday with the Consular of "Belgium's neutrality was that the } sympathy, oven from those foes. But the
Wnited States formally announced to Japasaka Anahi.
her attitude towards the lattar's ultimatum
to Germany on the 21st. Tos United
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