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9.30 p.m.-Auction of Blackwood Furni tore, Crackscy Wars etc., un Messes. Hughes and Hoogne.
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HONGKONG, Fuitar, July 9, 1015.
THE BALKANS AND THE WAR
THE CHINA MAIL.
had. Te sees that the victory of the Allies will mean fiberly and justice for the Balkan States, and, with fine ppowers of political vision, he is willing 10 sacritico small things to uttalo great. He is willing to meet the grievances of Balgaria. We always said that Bulgaria was too hardly treated after the Balkan War, in epito of her reckless folly. But for that treatment the Balkan States would probably all be with the Allies now. It is not too late to repair the mis-" chief, but M. Vesezelos is the only man who has courageously advocated the right method of doing it."
While the London press thus regrets a lost opportunity, Russian opinion is inclined to think that aid, from Greene ut least, could be too dearly purchase. The Petrograd Ryetch remarks:
"We have already said that there is no occasion to regret the postpone of Greece's entry into the war. The appearance of Greck troops in the Dardanelles could only complicate
NEWS GA THE DAY,
·LOCAL AND GENERAL
News has been feceived of Mr R Lapsley, of Kowloon Dock, who tepat himself well and in Northern France
a
BURGLARS ACTIVE,
"wo rubbers are reported early this morning from Rowlion, one from Mre Edward I Cameron Terrace, and the other from Mr Wylie, 1 Danville Road.
In the first one a watch and money valued at $39, in the others watch, chain' and eard.case of the value of 327, were taken. Entay was obtained through an open verandah deep after climbing up the watarspout.
The Pit S. N. Co, Informe that these. Karmala will leave at day-
It is also stated that a robbery was ale fight to morrow. Passengers must be on tempted from Mr Fage of the Dairy Farm, boszil before 7 p.m. to-night.../.
Company Quirtermaster Sergeant 'I. logs, EY.L.I., who was Garrison Provost Fargeant when in Hongkong with his regiment, has been killed in action,
The mater of a fishing boat was starred with moving about the harbour during probibited hours and warned by Commander Beckwith as the Marine Court
his morning
Pou of the partners of the Tone Tak Sing & Queen's Road, Central, has reported to the police the disappearance of the recortabant, with #39 he had collected
oth
Mok Chan, an awah living at 3 Punjabi Buildings, Kowloon, has reported the theft of money and a basket of clothing, valued at 812, by a thief who forewt the lock of the door, while the thats of $11 in money in reported by another ash at 18 Kauta ford Terrace.
Mr Hurley, auctioneer; of 8 Des Voeux Road Central, had stolen from his house on Wednesday afternoon a pair of silver knives and forks in a leakwood cars raite
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and coufnse the situation. Whoever M. icbard Nicklaus Ohly. Basand knows how rapidly the pretensions of fetired from the Arm of Talt and Co., this little people grow, how unreasun-Auoy. The fun will now be carried on ably they value their modest deeds by the only remaining partners Bears, and the services of their Army, will prefer to renounce this assistance altogether."...
F. E. Marshall and W. Wilson.
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Lieut. Erie Simmas, B. M. L. 1.. 9th Brigade Royal Naval Division brother of The German press is watching with Mrs W. J. Crawford, Hongkong, who wont interest the developments in this to the Dardanelles with H.M.S. Agimen twisted tangle of Balkan politics, and, was wounded on May 5,- 3
"Biznesa as usual," despite the offi the Kolnische Zeitung considers that the united forces of all the Balkan vist holiday, was the order of the day States would spell victory for the side yesterday. The public offices, insuranes that could obtain them. It thinks offices and bancs were closed, but the latter
wero busy with their half yearly balance. however, that Balkan unity is problematical:-
The son of Mr. Coleman, of Green Island, who left with the Hongkong con- tingent, is at present in hospital some where in France" recovering from the been able to write to his relatives. effects of the German poison gas and has
CANTON ITEMS.
1)
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
CANTON, June 20,
- COTTON RAISING IN CUCINA. report by the Board of Commerce griculture on the subject of cotton growing is being circulated in the native press. It is astonishing how large an azam, is duvoted to cotton raising in the southern provinces and those of the valley of the Tang Tao Kiang. The proposal is minde that united effort be made so dissuininate inforciation among the farmers that will teach them bow to increase the yield. If this plan should meet with success tho
value of this product alone would become ng epormous asset in the resources of the country.
THA TRADE.
in Chins seem just to have.
wakened
CK late an extraordinary demand has arison for black tos especially in and around trying to find the best possible substitute Hankow. The Romina residents there are for their vodka "that is no longer ob and they have decided that ten is s wholesome and tinctory drink in the place of their national drink of old timer to before the was. Foreign soldiers stationed
and the only the fact that no other obtainable drink is, drawback is the high price of the best
commands the whole, so satisfying, grades. Ceylon tes'c
practically prohibitive and the price that quantity Payment of the half-yearly interest on is to small to supply msuy people.. the per cent mortgage debentures Therefore the Chinose tes trade is ex (Kailan Bonds) of the Chinese Engineering periovcing a boom. Cantos tas merchants
Buito and Mining Co., Id, is being made in are getting their goods on the market with Hoogkeng on presentation of coupon No. at the Hongkong, Chartered, and Russo-Asiatic. Banks and the Banque de l'Indo-Chine.
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1915.
BY
TELEGRAPH.
THE
PROGRESS OF
THE WAR.
THE LEYLAND LINER ARMENIAN"
" TORPEDOED
AND SUNK.
MANY AMERICANS
DROWNED.
SENSATION IN U. S. OFFICIAL CIRCLES.
DESCRIPTION OF RECENT DARDANELLES' OPERATIONS,
Reuter's Sernce to the China Mail.)
A LEYLAND LINER TORPEDOED.
36 DROWNED INCLUDING 11 AMERICANS.
LONDON, July 1 Armenian has been torpedoed and sunk e The Leyland liver It is reported that 39 parsons have been drawned, inchided T
Cornwall.
Tur Balkan States, we learn, are utterly dizel by-the-war and or watching the progress of events with nerving apprehension.' Fach, we are With whom shall we go? That toil, is jealous and distrustful of the is the question which has not Jct others. Each is nusions to profit by been answered, either in Bacharest, the unparalleled opportunity offered Softa, or Athens. The vast stakes in by the war cach is uncertain how to the war-gime of the Great Towers act Meanwhile, a re-establishment frighten the lesser onea. Suspicious of the Balkan Teague, which astonish- of one another, suspicions of the ed the world by its war with Turkey fortunes of war, they watch the in 1913. is being diseased. The Paris course of events, complete their Recve Hebdomadaire has had a num-equipment, and listen attentively to ber of articles on the subject from the what is said to them from either side. pens of Bulgarian, Greek, Roumanian, It seems as if a decison will be taken und Servianpublicists, All are only when it can no longer be avoided. agreed that Bulgaria must be recom-We can mily confirm the fact that were charged with a similar offense stated intial-pocket book and it was decided it
The West Africa mail steamer "Tarqush has arrived at Ely: pensed for the losses she suffered the Balkan people me beginning to they were towing junks to the Taumuti when she attack&l her ullies after the understand more and more that Gershelter at the boatwen's request on theoldiers wars considered. necessary sad finouth sad reported that sho received a wireless distress call from the Turkish war. They think that if many and Austria have no reason to black typhoon signals going up. Coman where they were to be stationed. All others Annenian when 23 wiles west of Trevose Houd. Servia could be induced to cede the curtail the independetice of the three der Beckwith dismissed the summonses, must be dismissed within thraw months.
observing that he thought the defendants southern portion of her territory, Balkan States, whereas a powerful were justified in towing the junks in the inhabited almost exclusively by Servia can not be allowed in their circumstances. Bulgars, and if Greece would yield a
programme." larger littoral upon the Egean Ses,!
Two masters of steam isanches who
ungstal evorgy
A SKYRIDLE PERING ORDER. The Military Board of Peking has Americans instructed Governor Li and General Lang to dismiss a large number of soldiers whos daty seems to be to draw only serious their pay. Upon investigation it was found this was the largest drain tpon the prev
A detailed statement accompanied the order, stating how many must be out at once.
WIRELESS STATION TO BE ALSITTED.
At Chin Shan in the Houng Shan District
WIRELESS CALL...
DETAILS OF THE ATROCITY.
LATER
Amenim have arrived at. Card there was a wireless station, but last year .... Siz of the survivors of thi it was wrecked by a typhoon The place They report that the Armenian," which was a 9,000 ton vessel, bourd hae lately been rebuilt and an order has Meanwhile, Bulgaris holds the key The Rev. C. L'and Mrs Cooper-Haet been placed with the Heung Chong Wire from Newport News, sighted & submarine, en 200 miles off the Softly returned to Hongkong yesterday by the loss Co., Shap Pat Fo, to install now Isles. She went full speed, and inado a great effort to escaped. EV- machino. a the eth workmen were sean tually, she was overhauled by Subrating U88 The Captain of Tha then Bulgarin'a adherence to the to the situation, and, necording to the 1«Katori - Maru." Amang thosa, pausing loading the necessary materials on two gugliaer continued a zig-zagging-course, defying the submarine's orders Kl
Sotin. Preporetz, the Fremier, Mr.through on the P. and Karmain" for boats at the Government wharf. be very satisfactory to Greece, which, Radoslavoff, thus defined his policy England was the Rev. A. P. Crofton, station is thought to be of great importance a holl crashed into the engine room. The ship then vumo to a standall
in the Sobranje:
League could be secured. This would
according to the Athens press, is only prevented from joining the Allies by Bulgaria's stand. The Athens Neu Heera remarks:
!
Thir
line, which sark in thirty minutes. other tundezvous of robbers formerly of Hongkong, who for the past account of its proximity to Macao and and, the submarine crew coming aboard, placed two large bombs on the four years has been Chaplain to the Sea- man's Mission in Shanghai He hopes to
be able to offer himself for chaplain's work HOUSE ENTERED BY ARMED with the Forces and that the voyage will restore his health which has troubled him in his work at Shanghai,,
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
"The Socialists ask: Why have not the Government done something to reach an entente with the neigh- "Greece or Bulgaria singly is not boaring Balkan States, and why has in a position to afford efficacious alla Balkan Confederation not becn to the Allies, consequently either | e-tablished 7" To these questions, tie Greece and Bulgaria will come Government réply: Because the simultaneously to the assistance of movement is not propitious, and also the Entente Powers or the two States because it is difficult and quite im- will necessarily continue to observe sible to conciliate the respective has been promoted Captain. uentrality. As long as Bulgaria interests of the Balkan nations, shiné mains neutral, the policy of Greece of whom are seeking an opportunity The Her Father Watson, Naval R. C. can unt be modified. Even if pro-to despoil Bulgaria
When the Chaplain, returned to Hongkong yesterday
from a trip to the North Losals were submitted to Greece, moment comes that our interests are Declamation of america Independenz which has a been the case so far endangered, the people and Govern-
the Government should consider, be fore all, the security of the countryment of Bulgaria will take the
necessary decisions," in the direction of Bulgaria"
General Memoranda.
BUNDAT, Joly 41--
01776
TUESDAY, July 6;
Princess Victoria's birthday (1863),
FRIDAY, July 9-
4 p.. to 7 p.m.-Snowball Bag Oovernment Hire 'Grounde
MODAT, July 1
Sale in
Noop-Chamber of Commerce Exten
Ainary Stesting.
Weomandir, July 14,
Taking of the Bastille (1789),
THE EDWARD DISPENSARY
O KAMMING & Co.
Chemists and Druggists.
M. Venezclos, with, we are assured, the entire reck ratioir behind him, male a tempting offer to Bulgaria, this summarized in the London Spectator pe
Venczelos explained that Run maiz was milling to co-operate with Greece and Servia nuless Buf garia als camo in. He advised the
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Men's Hughes and Hough inform us that the sale of furniture which was to have been held at their sales rooms to-day has been postponed til tomorrow at half past 10,
MEN
A Chinese woman living in Chung Shan Lane has reported to the police that between 11 and p... on Wednesday, while sitting in ber front room, before she had time to answer a knock, at the door,
Lieut. H. A.S-Presy, Royal Engineer, this me armed with knives entered and
Mr. J. Anderson, former secretary of the Tierin Club, has left for England via
Siberia to go to the fmat.
Mr. John Wadduil of the Hongkong
and Shanghai Bauk staff Singapore, has boon transferred to Shangbai,...”
asked for a certain man. Becoming afraid,
she shouted out "Savo Lefa" sad har Mervant blew a police whistle, the men ronning away downstairs.
ACCIDENT TO A LIFE BOAT,
Five has got clear sidely, but the ropes of another were shall and the occupants thrown into the son.
TRAWLER FIRED ON.
The submarine fired on a Belgian tevler coming to the rescue, hus aventually desisted
The inwler them secuted the survivors."
Another estimare says that the crew ubered fifty and
stublemen.
TWENTY AMERICANS DROWNED.
Chinese constable 387 and district
A telegrun from Washington states that the United States Consul watchmen were in the vicinity in plain clothes and arrested two of the weo, one of at Bristol officially reports that 20 Stericats were drowned on the
wham attempted to stab the lukorg.
1 he wen
**Armenian.
were charged before Mr. Another Washington "telegrant states that the loss of the Americans
wanded till Tursday at it's.m.
Lindsell at the Magistracy to day, and run the Armenian has mosul sunsation in official circles, follow
Fing the expectation of Germany replying fuyoumbly to the American Note. The officials enutel that the ship should have been waited and searched and the crew traieforse un a place of safety colore the vessel was destroyed
Dr. Page and M. Gerard, United Stutos Ambasadors, have tecn instructed to obtain details from London al Berlin. respective
Captain H. W. Grot, formerly Ju com- mand of the Hampshire on the Chiss HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE. Station, when war broke out, has joined the naval War Stall
(Central Police Station 5:30 pm) mu
Capton (local Major) Cecil S. Lander, Frequently hears of oddly of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps, and addressed envelopes, but the one still Provost Marshal, has been gazetted a tea
July 2nd-Kos, and 4 Friday, Chiness. Nos, 3 and 4 Portuguese aud
King-totevive the proposal to come preserved in the office of a first-class firmporary Captain in the regular forces from Indian Fistons. Saluting Parde.
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to an understanding with Bulgaria by of Liverpool s'ationem takes the biscuit, August 4th, 1914, coding to her Drama, Kavala, and The title of the firm was, Meairs, his | Min. Jnizi Bentley of Hongkong has been Sarisbutan. In return for the cession Arthur, McVicar, and McCorquodale, A gazetted a temporary Second Lieutenant, of an area of 2,000 square kilometer léttar received by the firm was addressed in the regular forces from May 20th, 1915. inhabited by 30,000 Greeks, Groces to Mees Modder, BioViper, and Mc.
Crocodile Singapore Free Press. would secure in Asia. Minor 195,000 square kilumeters inhabited by 1300,000. Greek*,****
Monday, July 5th-No 1 and 2 Portuguese Flatopo
Tacaday July 6th. No. 1 British atid Tadina Platoons, without Arms, Salating
UNIFORM INSPECTION.
The Portuguesa Platoons will parade
SUBMARINE
PIRAOY
SCOTTISH VESSEL SUNK
LosDay, July 1
Twenty of the crew of the steamer Scotbal Monarch, which was We learn that sopther Hongkong boy for inspection al uniform by the Hon. pedoed in the morning when sixty miles ontle of Queenstown, were The Canton Athletic Acustion held has been temporarily knocked over at Capt. Supt of Police at the Central Station picked up and huded at Waterford its Brat moet og on the 20th uitmong the Brant, Boy, the son of Mr Ou, A.
Division of the Land Forces, the Mam Mo
at 11.01 am, on the 4th.'inst
The Sentish Murch was a 7,300 ton bout, and was laden with sugar consignad to Manchester.
those presenters the Band of the Caldwell, coretary of the Hongkong and Blatches have been provisionally arranged It is believed that the rest of the crow. are sufo, Flad this project come to pass, we School, the Kai Ming School, the Norimat Witatapos Dock Co. was, wounded at the with the Shropshire Light Infantry and are informed by the press of the School, the Pulfing School, the Chi front on 26th May, having Leon hit in the the Scouts Companyar bara fat
School, the Shut Shin
the small of the back and right leg by shrapnet. Allies; the entire military forces of Kwong Chow Commercial School: the unto us las adricos, from relations, call in acual in spanection with the resigns The Musketry and Store Sergeants will Girls Normal School, the Girl's Physical the Balkana. would have been at the Calture School, the Tung Yam School, the 2nd June, he was then lo konnikal at Lneda, i tions- actifled in Press un morning of Ist
disposal of the Triple Entente
The Law College and others. More than five having been invalided home. He is report
different rate of sports were held uns after e as making satisfactory programs and his- vanám, "dering the day aml pore-uvost
injuries are apparendy not very serious,"
King of Greece, naturally unwilling GREAT REDUCTIONS IN to take up arms against his brother-successful.
PRICES.
in-law, the Kaiser, refused his con- sent, and, contians The Spectator
PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY
DISPENSE
Pare Urags. Fatent Madfotnes, "Ze".
Hawkong July 222
Our only comment that 14 BLAZON TYPE NOT NECESSARY
Venerelos displayed more states Clarhorn Remedy woods no glaring FYHAMBERLATE'S: Cofie, Cholers and
inst.
DB, F. (Babervo).
CAN YOU AFFORD THE RISK GRAMP COLIC
TXERE you ever, salunk with
Vattack of cramp cole or diarrhoes, need of sufering trom-cramps in the stomach or intential jains, Chamwithout bottle of Chamberlain nanship than any one else is beadline nitract the public eye. Tais berlain Calie Cholera, and Diarrhoes Cholera and Diarrhoes Temedy in the
ample statement that all ebomiste self 36 Remedy bever fails to relieve the most hosse 3 Don't take noch tinka Europe
He is evilently great sacion, every family know nevere cases, des it to day, there will be two will outs, you belens political leader arthus greatest value. It has been used, for forty years no line to send for teater the attack possibly be celled, and 15% Greece or any Balkan Power has ever, to by sil Chemists and Starakespers
for her and is just what the game implies. For canten on For tale be all Chamite and is the coort severe fand
StoreKorpers
Fort
SUBMARINES 300 FEET LONG
This Scottish Monarch Bighter two submarines at 2 in the morning arut burning astern wont at full speed but was quickly overhauled by the submarines which were 800 feet long and showed great speed when within a hundred yarus they began to fire without any warning. The crew stood by the boats till the vessel was suck at 4 in tha whon 34 shells were frod and the vessel was alight fore and aft
THREE NORWEGIAN SHIPS SUNK
Cambus benneth Longthis reglan barque Corcyru
Norwegian hip sey, and also
of Cork He fubaru Germany and t
ne tools of eight of the
was submanned off the Tymes.