SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1914.
BY TELEGRAPH.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
THE LATEST NEWS FROM FRANCE AND BELGIUM.
THE CHINA MAIL.
BY
TELEGRAPH.
THE KHEDIVE'S. SUCCESSOR. ·
Loxtos, Dec. 18, 8:20 þâu, Te is oficially announce that Prince Hussein, unele of the Khedive,' has been appointed to susel tim Khe:live with the title of Sultan,
MEETING OF THREE KINGS.
Dec. 18, 8.0 p.ni. Renter's correspondent at Malince states that the King of Sweden 'welcomed the King of Denmark, who arrived on the ertiser Heimdal, and later, both awaited the arrival of the King of Norway. Their meeting was of the most cordial nature. The ran was profusely decorated, and The meeting vens proposed by the King of Sweden with a view to restricting the economie hardships that are falling upon the Scandinavian countries in con- sequence of the wn---Ed.) -
"PREMATURE REJOICINGS IN the public were enthusiastic
BERLIN.
THE LATEST RUSSIAN COMMUNIQUE.
GREECE INDIGNANT WITH TURKEY.
EGYPT AS A BRITISH PROTECTORATE.
Lesbos, Dec. 18, 6.50 p.ri. A telegram from Cairo states that's salute of 101 gums was fired this afternoon at Alexandria, Port Said arut Cein, and the Union Jack; boisted at to Britid: Agongy at Uniro.
ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED.
LONDON, Dec. 18, 5.30 h.m.
A Paris communique states:- Yesterday afternoon was marked by our progress in Belgium, where all the enemy's counter-attacks failed,
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A vigorous offensive at Arras made as masters of several trenches in front of Archy, only 14 miles south-west of La Bassne: olso xt Loos and St. Laurent Blangy, both two miles to the east of Arras. At Blangy we carried -nearly the whale of the enemy'a first-line of trenches exer more than a kilo. metre of the front. "Our beavy artilery in the district of Tracy leal and Champagne gained a clear advantage. In Argonne the enemy blow up on of our trenches to the north of Lefour do Paris and tried to rebouch there. from with three battalions. This attack and another made at St. Hubert ware repaled. There is nothing to report to the cast of the Meuse and the Yorges.
THE STRUGGLE IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM
LONDON, Dec. 18, 1,30 a.m. The evening official announcement staten:— We gained ground north of Ypres, along the Meuin Road, south Buth-east of Bixachoote
and
We debouched north-east of Arrus and reached the first houses of St. Laurent Blangy.
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We made appreciable progress at Ovillers, La Boisselle. Mametz and Hariecourt and în Bapaumé to the Peronne ragioni
There is nothing noteworthy 10 report between the Somme and the Vosges
THE CASUALTIES AT HARTLEPOOL.
LONDON, Dec. 18, The official return shows that there were 82 killed and 250 wounded in the bombardment of Hartlepool. There were from five to ten killed and Afteen wounded on the cruiser Doon in the engagement off Hartlepool,
The Berlin official announcement anys: Our ships were hit by the coast batteries but only slightly damaged.”
GREECE AND TURKEY,"
A Criats.
LONDON, Dec. 18,.7.00 a.m.
BERLIN'S FRENZIED JOY."
Tosbus, Dec. 19, 10,2) pan. Reuter's Ansterdam currespondent telegraphs: The puzzle of Ber- litt's frenzied joy at the alleged Gerumn victory is partly solved with the arrival of the Berlin newspapers which pause to ask why no names of battlefields ar lists of captures are issued. It is evidena that the people fisel on the worl** devision in the commusique andmediately went into ecstacy over a vague bloodless triumph, obviously in re-tection from the profound despondency caused by the naval defent off the Falklamla and the Serbians re-entry into Balgrade. The Berlin Press describes the Yorkshiris eust maid as this “destriction of England's sovereignty of the sen."
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THE MOTOR CAR CASE.
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ACCUSED CONVICTED OF DISORDERLY BEHAVIOUR.
Mr. Hazeland this morning gave his judgment in the case of Rex (Hasildar Indra Singh) N. C. Petrie on a charga of Amult and discorderly behaviour. The judgment was:-
The
correct way of regarding this case in the present stage is to consider the casa na whole and say whether on the evidence Adiluced I ought to convict Life abfen Tax
would expecially el attention to the following words in Section 2 of the
warinnes Magistrates Ordinance ** of for any variance between such complicated in information r summons and the support thereof and the adjudicating magasrate shall in all cases give judgment upon the schstantial merits and Peta në the case is proved before him and convict the defendant of the effence of which he i way appear to have been guilty.
Sitting as
man I find ne Exor admitted to Major that the Lawder and to the other two witnesses chat-he had deliberately knocked the pass of the Havildar's hand. I disbelieve the evidence of the defendant when he states the matter was accidental. The two other witnesses called might possibly hare thought it was 30,------
out of
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defendant disorderly conduct" and nne prefer to call the action of the
so assault. It tall es mere with the defui- tion of the word "ditorðarly to be found in Abbott's Legal Dictionary, The defuis.. tion given in habits of misconduct.
I convict the defendant of disorderly enoduct. Having regard to the senous asture of the case. I propose to inflict the maximum pensity. The defendant will pay a fine of $50 with the alternative of two months' hard ishour.
THE ALLEGED UND LGIS- TERED SCHOOL.
Judgment for Defendant. Mr. Hazaland this morning rave judg- ment in the case scainst He Hing Yach charged with keeping an unregistered The Crown Solicitor prosecuted and Mr. Preston of Meere Johristen. Stoker and Master delended.
There is indignation in Athens at the condemnation to death in Con-school at 10 Wyndham Street" :antinople of a Greek Naval officer on a charge of espionage. The papers say that relations between Greece and Turkey will be broken off if the sentence Vis carried out.
THE JUBILANT GERMANS.
Picturesque News From Foland.
Dec. 18, 3.80 1.m.
Borlin is decorated with flags, the bells are ringing joyously, and the newspapers are making extravagant comments on what they describe as the most decisive victory in the history of the world. This is the result of an Austro-German announcement that the Russian armies are every where retrating and are being pursued in Poland after desperate fighting. This statement is unecnfirmed by yesterday evening's Russian com- munique, which says: We are vigorously pursuing the defented Sermans the Mlava front. The bulk of the enemy's forces have recrossed the Prussian frontier. We captured prisoners, gins and war material, There was no fighting of importance on the 16th on the left bank of the Vistula or in Western Galicia. The garrison of Praeings made meny sorties last work, hut all were repulsed with hervy loss.
THE KAISER'S' COMMAND,
Another German Disappointment.
LONDON. Dec. 18, 7.03 am, The Times correspondent at Petrograd sage that captured Germans who Eave come from the French feons state that the Kaiser ordered Warenw to de taken at all costs. Our present tank is in Poland; there is time to settle the business in the West later." His Majesty is said to have declared.
It is understood that General von Hindenburg has been reinforced to the extant of nine Army Corps within the last month, three Corps having been sent recently. Two Corps were sent to Hungary, while twenty remain in Poland.
THE SINKING OF THE "KARL FREIDERICH."
LONDON, Dec. 18.
It is now officially, announced from Petrograd that the German cruiser Freidrich Karl was sunk in the last sortie in the Baltic: Two-thirds of the trew were drowned, less than 200 being saved.
(Official Telegrams from the British Foreign Office.j
ENORMOUS GERMAN LOSSES.
LONDON, Dec. 17, 10 p.m.
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The Magistrate said :-
SPORTING.
MINIATURE KIFLE TEAM SHOOT.
HONGKONG LADIES* MA, PA ZAMATGA COLLKUL
The Ladies Ride Association of Hong kong recently had a miniature rifle team shoot (25 yards somnich) against the femmaica College, of Kingston, West Indies.
The
at from framios are now to land, wurd it will be sex that the result is a win for the Hongkong ladies by a margin of 19. The full scores Care as follows
TAPIRA" ROYLI ASHOCIATION, KONGKONG.
Minx Hoskyn...
Mise upsi
stra. Dánky
Mrs. Gritin
Misa Baker-Buwo... Miss Caldwell........
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JAMAICA COLLEGE, KINGSTON, WEST INDIES,
Mr. C. Mol. Morales...
Mr. KM Murray...
Mr. S. W. Brown ...
Mr. J. M. Hallad............
Mr. F. S. Edmonda Mr. R. H. McLaughlin,
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OBITUARY.
LONDON, Dec. 19.
The death is announced of Mr. Archibald 'Colquhoun," '. MLO.B., F.R.G.S., editor at United Empire Royal Colonial Institute Journal und well-known writer on Far Fast- fern and British Timperial, questions, |He was sixty-six yours-at-agi.
(Wah Tax Yat Po'e Service.}
CHINEGE CURRENCY REFORM.
PEKING, Dec. 173 The Financial Department proposed f to establish a reform in copper coins in the provinces by issuing two kinda of copper coins, namely, 10 cash; and 100 cash.
CANDIDATES. FOR... OPPICIAL POSITIONS.
Cho Shi Chang, the Premier, has recommended twenty high officials of the Ching Dynasty as candidates fer coat
offices.
THE PROVINCES AND FOREIGN.
LOANS.
The Central Government bile strictly probibited local Governmenta dantzagt- ing foreign london the security, "of mizing rights.
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS.
The impeachment proceedings against Admiral Lou Koon Hang have conclud ed. Lon was found not guilty, but several of his staff were considered to be guilty of the charges brought against them.
COMPRADORE'S FAILURE.
A Defective Memory. Leung Shin Kong, who has been Chinese
senger and freight agent in the local Dffice of the Canadian Pacifo. Railway Co., attended before the Chief Justice yesterday afternoon for his public examination in bankruptcy.
In answer to the Official Receiver dubtar said he had been with the, C. P. E Company for the past 2 years anel carried out the daties of compradore, A receiving ortler had been made against him, and he ascribed his inilure to. the depteyn Cruz, Besto and Co. This firm started in 1904 if he remembered. rightly
Debtor was examined at some length as to whether he was a partner.in_the_firm_ of Cruz, Basto and when shown a deed of partnership bearing his name, declared that he did not know whether he signed it brott was found
CONDITION OF AFFAIRS AT it his safe. In answer to a direct question
TSINGTAU.
The following unnostatement, made on
the 19th November at Toky, has been seat to us by Mr Imai, the Consul General of Japan --
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s to whether be wan's partret he said "I am afraid I cannot answer that by yes or no: I am forced to admit to be such.
The Official Receiver said that debtor at first denied being a partnes but afterwards admitted it
at
Debtor Further declared that he had
1. Those who have property of Tsing.mede a fall statement of his affairs. His tun and whs social position is reliable Wanchai and also is another shop else. sgel 13, had a share in a business
can yuter Tsington, after getting per-where. He did not know the value of the mission from the Japanese military share. The documents were in bis safe, Authority.
with annual balance sheets.
The Oficial Receiver mentioned another
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8. They should report their desire to enter Tsingtau to the Japaness etapes dept at Chime in Shantang Province.
2. Besides the above, those born in Hongkong and New York, documente social position is reliable can enter Tsing in connection with which were found in his tau by getting permission from Japanese desk, bassing his name, and whan naked by military authority..
the Chief Justics whether the property was his or not he pleaded that since he had a stroke of paralysis his memory had been bad. Sabrequently he said he thought this property was bio.
another document was put to When
He Was
Bake how it got into his safe, he said his office staff frequently put documents into it for safe custody. He ned that tho Official Receiver took complained that.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
away all his papers with C.F.R. documente. and money and gave no receipt.
The Ocial Receiver said he could prove. go C.P.R. money was taken from the
the pointed out that some of the
Bais.
balance sheets were specially addressed to debtor.rt
Debtor was next questioned as to a partnership book of a fruit plantation near Canton and declared that he had no interest in this property.
sm of opinion that the defendant school is an existing school" as deficed No Gerinan or Austrian, subjects arc
the Education Urdinance 1913. It was allowed to enter for the time being debtor and by the registered as such on the 23rd March, For the time being, the sale or lease 1914. lt is, therefore, a lawful school,
100 imunovable property in the tormitory and will remains until it is struck off the register by the Director of Education of military recupation in Shantung under the provisions of Bection 18 of the strictly forbidden, unless permission be
idinance and until it is declared unlawful given by the military authority.
the Governor in Council under tho by the provisions of Section 27 In attempting to restrict the effect of registration, y adding the word adicate the Director of Donation reesta
Education TAO to have assumed poroc which the Ordinace has not given hint. No conditions can be attached to registration under the Ordinance; but all registered schools must comply with the regulations made by the Governor' in Council under Section 12 of the Ordinance.
Parades for Monday 21st instant-
Debtor declared that it was not found 5.00 p.. Mosketty lustruction on Kenin his fo but in a drawer is his staff's It would seen worth while to consider whether wuder the Ordinance, as it triedy Rond Range for the following moss, and probably belonged to one of bin present stands, the Director of Education Recruits Right Beotion BT. G. Co. Ptext. has any legnt control over in titations Archie, Alver, Benjamin, Castro Cordiem, The Official Receiver mentioned the name having for their object the training of Fisher, Drazen, A. Gurcie, of a friend of debtor's to whom debtor said Garcia, A. H. Hyndman and R. Bradman teachern.
Sergt. Mijar Collay, D.CLL will attend
3:10 pm: Centre Sectine M. U. Co. at Kowloon Docks. Launch leaves Statue Pier at 4.30.1 D.m.
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I order this summons to be dismissed and the defendant to be dischargeil,
DEEP BAY NAVIGATION.
Harbour Master's Directions. The Harbour Master. Commander Basil Taylor R. N. publishes the following gaping direction fur. Deep Bar for graam information:
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Corps Order by Lieut. Col. X
Chapman, Y.D.
FABADES.
The Ucial Receiver asked how it was that a Chinese deed of sale of the property. was found in his safe,
he owed 80,000, and asked whether if this friend, asid debty's Tong name was Leurg Bau Tong he was likely to be right
Debtor: He didn't say that. He told the
5 16 p.m. Nos. I and 2 Sections Artillerymerwards that you asked him and and heft Section M. G. Co. 10 pdr drill at Handquarters.
Officers
bald he could terresenting the dottor
Beari
to the kwờng (wiatement; of
Remainder, Musketry Exercises under this friend being put to him. hut Company
Bir. Crew (representing certain
creditors) then and DETAIL.
said the day whose proot was being Oradily Oficer to day and to-morrow, put to debtor was Mr. Beavin's own Leat Kenoert
witness and bad, been brought Canton to swear to the statement
Orderly Oficer on 1st instant Lieut. Wnall.
Pras Bluff Head, Wan Ha Point about l'eshle off, then steer N. 55 E. magnetic.
Debtor raid the $50,000 was deposited Thi
should bring the last Beason right Orderly Sergeant to day and to-morrow. with him by a friend during the troubles in hand. Keep this course parsing No. 1 Sergt. Schnepel..
Canton. ard another sum of 830,000 was Beacon an
on either aids. Fa No. 2 Bencog
irderly Sergeant on fist instant. Sergt.similarly deposited. He
money pot the on Starboard hand. Then haal down, Mardoch,
with his own and invested it in property, steering 8. 4. magnetic to
to make No. 3 Ta Red Beacon
furnich Geard to sight, Scouts but he could hot say, which perticular abest for spit on port band
property. He kept no account of the good look out Company m
When ia To furnish Guard to-morrow, No. 2 money and an interest was ever paid on it. the Channel haal up so as
so as to pass No. 3 and Section Artillery Battery
His Lordship asked at 4 o'clock if it No. 4 Red Beacons, alcae on the Starboard To furnish Guard on 21st instant, Lelt would be convenient to adjoum at his hand. Then haul right across to pass No. Eection M. 1, Con
Black on port band and an, keeping the marked Beron no its
Gwa zida. This
will gora; the best water and the Dereons are grouped to bring you morose to it. With any draft over five foot ina unadvisable to attempt these Channels on a falling tide.
PROHIBITED INSURANCEN
agementioned that creditors wished "It was the debtor cross-easoned, and his Lord- ebip, in adjourning the case, directed that translationis be made of afl' the documenta put t› zabtos, by the Dfficial Rechiver, and. The following Beard of Trade notification that they lie placed before the Cen No. 8. Red and No. 9 Birck Beacons keep
ose to No. 8 then haul right across so as Boned of Trade that British Insurance WHOOPING COUGH,
It has been rough to the notice of the Attorney franemal if considored advisable. poes alongside No. 2. This gives the Companies hireinsured or re-insured goods deepest water. The
shipped on Deatral vessels against the risk
The total Prussian and Bavarian Icsses published to date amount to about In negotin'ing the Bar situated betweau jis gazolted for general ioferruition | Solleisor with the view to referenca to thei
$1,000,000. The Saxon and Wurtemberg lists make a farther 200,000.
HARASSING THE ENEMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT.
The Ere-witness at Headquarters in France reports that the sctivity of the Allies' arullery, coupled with the ingenuity of the snipers and cappers, has much barsused the openly
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Malcolm & Co. Ltd. Unless is shown by Grent Beitian or her allies are probilis the contrar, the following will bestmead the law of England, and they think off and dissolvadi Tiet sitt oro Babin, nbcomiary za Sarn British Insurancs Loyal messages have been received from the Moslem population of Trinidad Luh: You Mi Co, La. Whengpo Whirt Couraniayaid Lüderwriters againständer. and Tobaga
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