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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1916
THE WAR.
TODAY'S
TELEGRAMS.
Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
CIVILISED WARFARE.
OERMANY DEMANDS. A MURDER TRIAL.
SIR EDWARD GREY'S CRUSHING REPLY.
Loxpos, Jun. 3.
FREEDOM OF THE
SEAS."
AS GERMANÝ PRACTICES IT.
LONDON, Jan. 5.
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE HEAVY CASUALTIES AT
LOOS.
Losos, Jan. 5. Mir. Tennant in the House of Comumona autiounced that the casual- ties at Los were 3,378 othicers and 37,288 men.
BRITISH TRADE IN CHINA.
ADDRESS BY MR. AINSCOUGH..
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A review of existing methods and future tendencies in connection with British
Mr. Tensant gave the following Trade in China" was the subject of
interesting address duivered on November fanalysis-of-the-figures--
Loth before a mes ng of the Far Eastern Section of the London Chamber of Commerce and the China Association by Mr Thomas M. Ainscough, the Special Cotamissioner of the Board of Trade, who has recently concluded missin of investigation throughout the interior, of Uhins.
Officers. Men. Killed
773 10,343 Wounded ... 1.288 38,008
PRESS COMMENTS ON COMPULSION.
LONDON, Jan. 5, Generally this morning Press -The Foreign Office-in-a-statement- shows how Germany practices in the comments Lord Derby's figures can Baltir the freedom of the seasaich 106 summed up as a conclusion that A White Paper las been issued, she accuses Great Brite of violaing the Government could not come to any which contains a fentorindom by The Germans frequently send Swe- the German Government demanding dish. yes with Prize crows to Swine the trial for murder of the Cuptuinmande, where the re-delayed at and now at Kelish Auxilary least forty-eight hours, though the cruiser Bairalong.
-fact order and ship paperi are to pe The Memorandum gontains the despite Ecial Swedish telegrams
* sworn stateretits
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other decision than to bring in a measure of compulsion.
Me FRIDERICK ANDERSON (Chairman of the Far Eastorg Section of the Lordon Chamber of Commerce) presided,
Mr AOUGH stated that upon the close of the Boxer troubles in 1900, the attention of industrial Europe, America
fal revision of the existing method of trading, with the groit and in view of bringing, the products of our industrial organisation within the any: raich of the native consumer at the lowast | possible price. · Parmaagui success in the faturs would appear to be largoly along the linas of direca distribution.
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VITAL, CONSIDERATIONS,
Mr Ainscough emphaled four vita!) tention in the future. Firstly, the considerations which required our careful recuesity for closer co-operation between the manufacturers and merchantsin this country. More should be done by cur maanlae- turors in working for the future, and not on their capital outlay. They should rander in orary caso to expect an immediate rotun grostur assistance to the merchants by merb generous terme, the sharing in the spence of costly marketing organisations, the loading of the services of experts, the. free d stribation of well. compilad catalogue and advertising matter, and a much more generous scale of sampling than had been carried out in the past. On the other hand, manufacturers had the right to expect that the merchants would adopt the best avail- able methods of distribution and shat every trialists posted with the changing raquire- effort should be made to keep our indus- monta of the Chined consumer.
Secondly, greater facilities were required
payments on large Chinese Government from nur Hanks-and-fosncial institutions for the purpose of Baancing deferred. and private contracts for plant, machinery put looked kindly on such business in the and ather supplies. British financiers had past unless collateral socurity was obtain
of xix Ameri intimating the departures of "ateainers appear before tribunals and state their Hongkong in the interior of Chins. Sie Ib' was too much to expect our
can minketeers who were on board the and guaranteeing that they carry no British steamer Nicosida.
contraband. Already some 600 have Americus allege that on August | been detained. 10th, seventy ruiles south of Que ng- Swedish akippers consider that Ger- down, their slegger was stopped by smany is trying to impress "northern 2. Gegnan, subiansite which opened nations with her ses power. Many fire on the Niceston, After the enw claims are pending against Germany had been moved they notice
a
stomer which they say was the THE AMERICAN MONEY MARKET Berting suppinching, dying the
American Bag. She had large shishis, A PROLINE" ON, GERMANY AND
on her sites in which the Am flag was painted. This vessel fired rides and guns on tire submarine until she sunk. Then the Germans jumped into the water.
E IN STERLING-
New Yohk, Jan. There is much donnent in bank-
ing circles on the decline in exchange The German Memorandam fufther Jon), ffermany,to 791.” This is the gires allegations by these witnesses lowest exchange rate since the begin. that the Buzubang caftinned to fire on Juing of the War and is probably the Germans in theewater, and says unpumiieled.
........ RECRUITING_IN_AUSTRALIA,___
DETERMINED TO DESTROY THE
tal witam war that anders were-In-contmdistingthan--to-this, given to take po prisoners, actid. [Sterling vošle 4 paints to 741, which further, dat Für Germans feand is the highest rate since August. . "Abgard the Ninosing in the engine- room and screw tunnel werg-hilled.
Sir Edward Grey nude a crushing reply ffinning. i the first places that His Majesty's" Clovernment did;
He not accept these 'allegations,,,
MELBOURNE, JUD. 5. then pointed out that Great Britain
There has been a striking improve notes with great satisfaction, though ment in Australian recruiting. Mr with some surprise, the anxiety of Hughes, the Minister for Defence, says Germany that the principles of the Persis outrage has stiffened the
*** INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL,"
***FORDITES " TO GO TO GERMANY,
AMSTERDAM, "Jan, A Berlin telegram says the German Government has given permission to the "Fordites" to travel to The Hague viz Germany.
civilised I warfare should be vindic: determination of the Allies to destroy atel, find usks why the case of the the International Criminal at all costs. Baralang should be singled out. Fle suggests that this cake with three Naval incidents occurring in the same forty-eight hours as when the Baralang sunk a sibmarine and rescued the Nicosiat, shout-be sub mitted to an impartial tribunal--for oxample ones composed of Unitel States Naval Officers: Firstly, the incident of the Arabic muler of 15 rion-combatants: secondly, that of. the German „destroger bombabiling the helpless crew ui a British sub- anarine stranded on the Danish const:
reasons.
For Daily Face trusts that measure will be restricted to narrowest limits.
the
THE ENCLUSION OF IRELAND.
its
Country and an abandonment of the principle of equality of sacrifice on the part of the King's subjects.
CHINESE TELEGRAMS
■
(Wah Tae Yet Po'a Service.)
THE RISING IN YUNNAN.
THE ASTROLOGERS AND THE ACCESSION.
Ir
FERING, Jan. C. The "prognostication" gires February 9th as the data for the Emperor's enthronement.
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and Japan was drawn to the overmour potentialities of this developed market: which suggests that before compulsion and the past Afteen years had marked &
The exception is the Daily Chronicle with its population of 400 millions of
Industriend, commercially-minded people, is enforced those who have not period of inaressing competition coinciding volunteered should be compelled to decentralisation from the great contres of with a well-defined tendency towards and Shanghai, and increased Our R
German rivals had not only
artistes of
And it was hoped that British Baoke would feats of competitus la the staple arancsot mauaineturers to finance such contracte Shanghai trade,
such as
As place goods see their way to modify their attitude in mass, hardware and sundries, but had the best interests of our trade and industry. paid special attention to the trade of the
maller ports such as Tientsin, Bankow, futuro, as Chica opened up for our Thirdly, it would be necessary, in the Canton, and Taingtao, and the develop murcantile
Kesistants and travellers to At a meeting of Irish Unionist M.Ps, then of direct business connection with secure a wider knowledge of the country Chinese in the inferior. They had and its people, their language, traits of Siz Edward Carson presiding, it was been able to do this through their develop character, business methods and mode of unanimously reacived that the intentionment of the export trade in China produce, life. There was a great shortage of young and also by reason of a virtual monopoly of Englishmen who possessed the requisits to exclude Ireland from the Compulsion two important lines of trado, viz: arms and knowledge to travel on business in the Bill was an insult and a humiliation lo ammonition, and auilino dyes and synthetic interior, and this sen city would become indi,o. German manufacturers had insisted make ante as trade extended. The grab the legal and patriotic population of the upon the elaboration of an astone-up stebating organisations were making it country organisation, had defrayed the bulk obligatory for their staffs to learn Chinese, of the expense, and had allowed generous and our competiters had stolen a march an commissiens to their agents. With such at us in this respect, and had combined A organisation provided for them, German knowledge of the language with very close merchants had been able to extend the application to their own business. It was sale of other great lines of trade throughout the country, with the result heart British Eastern houses, would encourage their assistanta to take up that the great and increasing business in
eas of Chinese either at King's. electrical power plants and fedustrial and College, or Manchester University, and mining machinery and supplies of all kinda thas the important groundwork thas was developing into almost a German obtained might be extended by further monopoly
After giving many interesting study in China. The difficulty of collogan regard to the methods em Chinese had heep somewhat exaggerated. played in securing such contracts, the What was wanted was application and PERING: Jan. 6.facturer sute there had been a growing spirit of enterprise on the part of the The Government intends sending the conviction among British engineers for
The facilities for learning the ome time that unless the present system of anzun Third Army Division to suppress the representation in China was reviser, they those accorded to British pioneers in
language now were infinitely greater than the rising in Yunnan province.
would find themselves completely excluded past, and when it was realised what a great from the electrical and industrial machinery held of utility in opened up and the THE POWERS AND CHINA
market. This conviction has been re- future, which awaited the alers Chinese- flected in the formation of groups speaking business man in the East, he had of British manufacturers whe bas no doubt that we should find a ready PEKING, Jan. 6.
combi ed either to carry out their own response from our younger men, if only the Owing to the incidents in the pre- pioneering work in China, in conjunction matter was drawn to their attention by
with the merchants, or to sell their products their seniori. vince of Yunnan the Ministers of five direct to Chinese. Such groups were work-
Fourthly, and lastly, M. Ainscough exorgy foreign Powers have jointly discussed ing in the right direction, and their the political situation in China.
made a most cogent appeal to » British. and enterprise deserved all success. Mr. Ainscough made an-urgent appeal to the merchant houses in China to take advantage of weichow hae wired to the Gorera co-operation of the manufsetest order. He realised that owing to the Lou Kein Sai, the Military Governo, great British merchant houses to adapt an in the temporary lull in German competi
in Ching during the War, to revise forward active
policy with the close
their methods and put their house in ment that he is.not concerned in the represent, to develop their branches in the Yonnan affair.
sp-country ports, to inaugurate a wide extent to which our industrial organisation aystem of Chinese correspondents and
wxs mobilised for war purposes and the sgents, and to realise that engineering shortage of men, it was often difficult to business had to be tought, and could take advantage of many opportunities in be obtained by tapping this increasing China, but. even so, a great portion of of trade at the soures where the business in British goods formerly better profits could be obtained than handled by enemy firme might be by waiting until enquiries reached the coast, diverted to British distributors if only they by which time free competition had would make a strenuous effort to scuro it,
and i
if only they were met,. 25.
15.15 only rendered them almost worthless. Such n system entailed considerable expense, and just and right that they should be met. in he hoped that British manfacturers would a spirit of co-operation and goodwill by the best the merchants by airing the cost, suppliers from the methods
in in this country. There or, preferably by sending out engineers, as to assist the Eastern staffs in the pioneering employed by the enemy is many importans work. British manufacturers is this all take to heart and that was his infinite points, but there was one thing we could would have the benefit of dealing with financially sound and reputabla British capacity for taking paine, and his close houses in China, would be free from the application to detail and the minutis of their own system, and would receive all the
worry and expense of establishing business. advantages sorrning from old established Chinese-connections. Individuation had In condiasion, M: Ainsough made a brie. been
earried too far in the past and the reference to the political situation, in closer co-operation of our officials, mapu China. He said that certain mügivings facturore, merchants and financial interests had been expressed in various quarters as would be necessary if we were to success to the outcome of the proposed change in fully compete with that close co-ordination the constitution from a Republic, to s of Government, financial and commercial Monarchy which would probably berefected effort which had contributed so much to on the first day of the New Year, Chinese
· Germany's past succomes.
Calendar. It was unfortunate that such s ital step should have to be taken at such a time when the great Nations of the West were engaged in conflict, but there was overy The past ten years had seen a wonderful reason to believe that it would be taken | increase in the number of Europeza Arms
serious disturbance, -and who were distributing their goods direct with the approval, or rather tacit to the Chinese consumer is all the large acquiescencë of the great majority of towns if the interior through the medium ị thê Chinese people. The President bed of guaranteed hisce agents, working proved himmalf to be the one strong man under the constant supervision of Euro capable of governing the country, and pest inspectors. In order to carry out a the change would only maintain the stabi« system of this kind, we required powerful lity and increase the offisiengy of tho syndicates either of mighfacturers or Central Government, and settle the
impor merchants with large capital, and the tant question of the succession, he thought sinity to coast the success of the system we might congratulate the New Empire f by carrying it out for at least a full trade China upou having made a wise and far- cycle of Eve Jesra or 80, So far this sighted decision. The past two years hui inatbod of marketing had been mainly been marked by a ready centralisation of adopted by the large manufacturers of authority in the hands of the Executive at semi-monopolies and proprietary articles Peklar. Law and order had been rectored such a cigarettes, kerosene, aniline dyes, in the distant provinces, the depreciated alkalies, household comp, candles, sewing paper currency of the Revelation was being: The Russians in the middle Strypa machine, and refined to be the median of the two powerful semi-officis hat the grusally redeemed, largely through the GENERAL JOFFRE'S NEW YEAR region in a brisk offensive occupied Japanese in distributing cotton drills Banking institutions. The revenue derivad
adoption of similar thethods trenches and the village of Bielavintze, and hestings, kad by the Russiana from the Salt administration, under the and captured a strong isolated position, in disposing of large quantities of abia direction of Sir Richard Dane, had Heavy fighting to the north-east of cotton prints tended to prove that expanded almost beyond belief, and the Czernowitz, continues. The Germans the method was suitable for the tale of orez subscription of the recent internal counter attacked to regain their lost more complex and divecelled articles of loan sfiorded definite proof that the Chi. trenches, but failed, staining the saneral import. Conditions. Troting dutch as mercantile.community was gradually schemes of expansion were rapidly improv regaining confidence in the stability of the heaviest gases
ing. Many of the Ingest cities in the Central Government, interior could now ho reached by rail, The opening for an extension the grest Provinces such as Szechusa were Foreign trade of the country ware gronter being opened up and brought within cam than ever before. We kad sa industrions paratively rasy reach of the coast by steam and trading people of some 400 millions, Bavigation, currency conditions in the Pro whose present.parohanes of foreign articles the postal and telegraph system connected angers: feeling their feet in the industris! vinces were on a more satisfactory basis, averaged not more than 3/0 per hond per with every town of note in the country, and commercial world. Mr. Ainscough die with the addition of such modern methods not anticipate a great and oddan bonm os parcel and sample past and a chon to Chin it but all bir obervations and d livery system. It must be remembered sparines led him to balio that we that the revolution of 2011 was a revolution should witresa stendily-increasing (not only in pultical thought, but also in exmission of her overness trado, nad the emancipimof Chinese idee regarde in that expansion. ho trasted that Loypos, Jan. 5%.
fshinics, customs, and modes of life. This British merchants and manufactorum, by Repiring in the House of Commons, had made itenit felt already in a fentative their efforts and the excelence of to a question pat by Bie 1. Cornwall adoption of te o prodec's and methods their goods, would secure an increasi
and demand for very mony European are, and maintain and place on with reference to the granting of art clee, the sale of which, five years ago, an upsarailable foundation, that great licenccs of hotels in Hongkong to Ger- would have been alrust, impossible. In and dominating adifice of British Teslo in mons, Me. Boner Inw said that there was thoz daty and privilege of the British Chine, wze na question of policy involved. Erapire, whose trata will Chintopite veto of tianga to the lecturer having The Montenegrins have recaptured The Executive. Connell acted through to foster au stimulate this sedende by Mr. Garabom lewat ME.. very Hororg : competition still pre been unposed by the Chairinan, and Dechaniplava, inflicting heavy losses out is a judicial capacity under the quickening of the Chiness acqromic life, to which he briefly replied, the proceedings on the Austrians.
Licensing Ordinance,
me which might be attained by the care then terminated.
SIR JOHN SIMON AS-A PRIVATE
MEMBER.
LONDON, Jan. 5. Sir John Simon (who has just and, thirdly, the steamer Ruct, resigned office as Home Secretary) sat- which was
was attacker by a German in the House of Commobe to-day on submarine though it offered no the Liberal side behind the Treasury resistance and the ship's bouts were bench. Mr. McKenna and Mr. Runcitaan *fired on, one mau being killed and answered the questions as usual.
eight severely wounded, though there way no reason for this ecld-blooded.
and cowanlly outrage.
NEWS FROM PERSIA.
PEZROGRAD, Jan. J.
PERISO, Jan. 6.
Li Yuen Eung, the Vice-President of thelate Republic, has declined for a third time the proferred rank of Prince
CHINA'S BUDGET,
PERINO, JAD, 5, This year's Budget shows a total ex- penditure of $130,000,000 and income is estimated to balance the expenditure:
EARLIER TELEGRAMS,
INTERIOR TRADE
Way
The British Governinent, wafa Sir
without A Tabriz report says that the pro-Reuter's Bervice to the Chiha Mell.) Edward Grey, does not think it necessary to reply to the suggestion Russian Sandar Reshid has been appointed Governor of the Heir to the
that the British Navy has been guiltyThrone, who is a minor, and Gover- of humanity. It had rescued
nor-Genemy of the Province of Azer- 1,150 German, sailors, pityn in enses
jan. Thax Sardar Reshid becomes
of great difficulty and peril, white the aghual Governor of "Azerbeijar, the German Navy could show 110 'such record.
THE PERSIA."
GERMAN FAILURE. TO CROSS DVINA.
BRISK RUSMAN OFFENSIVE. IN EAST GALICIA,
$
PETROGRAD, Jan:"5,
Two German officers, who escaped from Russian custody at Ertempt to cross the Deint near Elisenhof
A conftunique angan German at Krit, with a well-known asian failed before the Russian fire... revolutionary who was an accomplice, Clure pach airesteil at Zendjan.
J.
MESSAGE.
PARIS, Jan. 5.
EOILER EXPLOSION ACCELARATES
DISASTER. "
Loyoos, Jan. 5. The Chief Officer of the s.s. Persic reports that the wake of the torpedo was observed one second before General Joffre in a New Year message impact. The forward port boiler to his armisa saya: "The hour of punish exploded, accelarating the disaster.ment for Germany is striking. While the onemy talke of peace, we only think of War and Victory,"
INSTRUCTIONS TO AMERICAN CONSULS.
بسس
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.
AN EARTHQUAKE IN THE SOUTH SEAS,
Air. Lansing, Secretary of State, has cubled the American Consuls t
- "Srosef, "Jad, 5, Alexandria, Malta end Cairo to Seismograph rendings. Show-a-record gather immediately all avaliable of an earthquatco, probably in the South information from the survivors of the Sea Pernia: the idea being to obtain definite information speedily.
OBITUARY.
LONDON, Jan. 5. death is reported of the French writer, Francis Charmes,
MONTENEGRINS RECAPTURE DECHANIPLASIA :
CETIKI, Jan. 5.
Gerang, dressed in white cloaks Bacocasfully attempted to surprise the trenches before Teargrad..
RUSSIANS OCCUPY.
CZERNOWITZ
LATER.
The Austrians hava evacuated: Czar-
nowitz. The Reesians carried all the heights dominating the town.
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