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TRIDAY. DIŰTMETE 59, 1916.
THE
WAR.
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's Service" to "the "China "Mail.)
THE YEAR ON THE BRITISH FRONT.
Losnos, Dec. 29. Summarising the altition on the British front during "the year now expiring Renter's Correspondent at Headquarters" says the enemy hat adranced a few acres in two places only, whereas we have gained thrice as many square miles. The enemy casualties, including those at Ver- aua. has been well towards million and a quarter. The British line is nearly twire na strong as it was at the end of 1915. Cannon cow emish in scores, where nyeur
go they snorted in pairs.
THE WESTERN FRONT
. IN 1917-18.
THE TIMES " EXPERT'8 VIEWS.
LONDON Dec. 28.
The Military. Correspondent of the Time says that in order to gain the necessary superiority on the west front in 1917-18, every possible white division: should be withilrawn from Salonika, Egypt and Mesopotamin, and he replaced by native armies from Iulia and Africa.
In Egypt artillery could be provide
by the Dominions. The preservation of
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THE FIGHTING NEAR THE DANUBE.
ENEMY ATTACKS HEAVILY
REPULSED...
PETROGRAD, Dec. 28.
A communiqué states::—
Seants crossed the Narajuoka, dróve of the enemy's patrol guard, and carried hack construction material and barbed wire entanglements.
The enemy pressed back our detach.j ments and occupied a series of heights of the Moldavian frontier.
Enemy attempts to cross the Dneister were checked.
Enemy attacks south of the Danbe
THE CHINA MAIL.
CHINESE AFFAIRS.
(Wah Tas Yat Po's Service.)
4 THE BUDGET DEFICIT.
HOW IT IS TO BE MET?!
PESING Dec. 28. After consideration extending over twelve sittings the Cabinet has deckled that the deficit in the Budget shall be covered by the following
(1.)---Increase of contributing by the
Province by one-ténali, based on the amounts reruitted in the 2nd and 4th year of the Republic. 2-Toerense of stamp duties, in- come tax, and tax on title deeds.
19.)-To rise "the remaining amount of the deficit by a Domestic town for 300,000,000.
ANOTHER SMALL LOAN.
PERING. Dec. 28. 7.The Ministry of Finance has
LATEST EDITION.
STOP
PRESS
NEWS.
CONSERVANCY' WORK IN NORTHERN ANHUI
OVER 80,000 MEN EMPLOYED.
Those interested in the proposed
northern Anhui, which the American Red Cross, remarks. the China Press, bae tried to help negotiate for the
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail., American loan for river conservancy in
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PETROGLID, Dec. 28. A communiqué, states khat German offensive in the region of Korel has been blxdily repulsed.
ENEMY ATTACK IN RUMANIA.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 28.
A communiqué, states: The Gerrans Belivered an attack along nearly the whole Rumanian
front.
The enemy spectedded in driving mck the Russians and Rumaniane in the upper Kunik. Everywhere
were heavily repulsed. English armoured tunged with the By Lec Co.plan they were repulsed.“
motor cars participated in beating hack the attacks. The enemy Red.
VIOLENT FIGHTING IN THE CARPATHIANS.
Lospes, Den. 28.
A Berlin communiqué records most violent fighting in the wooded Car pathians but the results are not statcil. ¦ It says Russian counter-attacks to
regain ground at Rimminbarat failed" and we further progressed.
Over 10,000 prisoners were taken in the fighting at Rimmiculaurat.
THE GREEK SITUATION.
LONDON, Dec. 28. Telegranis from Pieraeus state that the transport of Greek troops to Mores is proceeding. It has been decided that the artillery shall not be sent to Palo-
the Egypt hase intnet is as much an Australian as an English and Indian interest Egypt is an ideal offensive base for operations on the Easter shores of the Mediterranean and the breaking town of Turkish military power by the combined action of the Allies in Armenia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt would be the best means of accomplishing the investment of the Austrofieman armica, and check-ment is disposed to comply with the mating Germany's Eastern moves.
THE BRITISH SUCCESSES IN EGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA.
A FRENCH VIEW,
PARIS, Dec. 28. The Halin observes that the British succesnes, in Egypt and Mesopotamis may imperil the Hedjaz Railway and with the help of India lead to a systematic attack on Biglah, thus forcing Turkey to recall important forces from other fronts.
SELLING THE BELOMANS INTO SLAVERY.
LONDON, Dec. 28. Reater learns that the German Authorities in Schleswig-Holstein are odering farmers and other employers Belgian servants, both men and women of ages ranging between 18 and 36, at a rate of pay 30% below the rate current
nesus until the Allies have for. lated their demands.
It is believed that the Greek Govern
elaits of the Allies in order obtain the raising of the blockade.
THE PEACE MANŒUVRE.
"
AMERICAN PRESS COMMENT.
to
New Yonx, Dec. 28. The newspapers declare that the United States certainly will not ask the Entente to enter a Peace Con ferenice on the terms priposed by
eranany,
which are obviously
evading the issue.
Th Tribune says that President Wilson's Note is intended to prevent
(Chinese) for a boat of $5,000,000 at the price of 94,; and bearing in- teress at 6 per cent. The Compot permitted, as consideration for the on, to buy and melt copper ensh ander" the supervision of a delegate appointed by the Ministry, the copper thus obtained to be sold to the Governmena Mint.
THE NATIONAL RELIGION QUESTION.
PERING, Dec. 28. At the Conference on the Constitu- tion, yesterday, the proposal was brought forward for the adoption of a national, religion by the Constitu-
in
Speeches for and against wore made, and the discussion
adjourne).
DR. WU TING FANG,
was
PERING; Ded.' 28. Don Wu Ting Forg. the Minister | of Foreign Affairs, declares that as soon as the outstanding diplomatic questions are serted, he will retire.
JAPANESE SHIPS FOR SALE.
The following is the full statement made by the Times shipping correspon cable some weeks ago:- dent, which was mentioned in a Reuter's
1)
Quite a number, of fine new Japanes a new Gennan suhmarine campaign. cargo steamers are now being offered in
Fighting continues..
AMSTERDAM, Dec. és.
A Vienne official statement says: The fighting in Wallachia continues favourably, despite the "arrival of strong Russian reinforcements.
GERMAN CLAIMS.
Losnoy, Dec. 9.
THE OPERATIONS IN ASTA MINOR.
to learn that river conservancy on an oxtensive scale has already been begun
in that region entirely without outside aid. The work is being done entirely | ECONOMY by the provincial authorities: under the direction of Ni Shih-chung, governor of Anhui,
civil
Ground was broken shout a employed. The namber has recently year agoy when forty-two thousand labourers were
been increased, until it is probable that now precity thousand men are actually working. The extensive asture of the undertaking can be seen from the fact that it is proposed to employ this number" of men for from four to six years, during the larger part of each year.
The work being dune is the deepening last forty miles before it enters Hungtze of the channel of the Sui River for the Lake. For a large part of the distance an entirely new channel is being dug recent visit the writer estimated the because the old is too winding. On a width of the new channel from dyke to dyke an about two hundred feet, and the depth from the top of the dyke to the bed of the channel about forty feat. The work is of ecurse being done entirely by hand, the earth being carried in baskets from the bed of the stream and
deposited on the two sides to form dykes.
The satire expense of the undertaking being borne by the three magistrácies of Nanhsucubed Lingpi and Szeoahou, the three magistracies which are expected to benefit moss from the completed work, It is an inspiring aght to stand oir au sminence and tee A Berlin official arnounceinent this thriving humun beehive as far as suys that Bink-ul-Surat in Walia-the eye can reach in both directions, elin has been captand, and that China's masses, if properly directed, to and to realise the enormous power of British attacks north-east of Doiran exacute great public works. For the have been repulsid.,
three magistracies that are bearing the entire burden are the very districts; that are being featured far and wide through the American press 18. being in dire need of famine relief. The work is of course being done by forced labour, every hundred families in the three magistracies, furnishing twenty, five labourers. It has been very fiicult to ascertain just how the work te financed. The general impression gained by questioning labourers and aversoers and ethers in the district is that each village farmishes food and tools for its own labourers and that the j expenses of oversight are met by a heavy increase in the land tar," Work is suspended, each year during the busy farm se3800...
PETROGRAD, Dec. 28.
A communiqué says: The Turks have been driven back in the region of Lake Fan,
THE WESTERN FRONT
VIOLENT BOMBARDMENT IN YERDUN REGION.
PARIS, Dec. 28.
A communiqué states: On the left of the Meuse enemy. artillery violently bombarded our post tions on the Mort Homme and Hill 301 front. We vigorously countered the
bombardment.
The question naturally arises-what is the relation of this work to the larger conservancy ackerse proposed by the luas River Conservancy Commission, which the American Red Cross sent out to investigate conditions. This is not altogether easy to answer. The main
FUTILE ENEMY RAID ON BRITISH purpose of the plan proposed by that
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commission was to drain the nai vallay by forming an adequata "channel for the waters of Hungtze Lake to reach LONDON, Dec. 28.
the sea. If that plan is carried out it General Sir Douglas Enig reports: would see that any deepening of Of three enemy "parties attempt would be a valuable part of the system. streams flowing into Hungtze Lake ing a ruil north-west of Gommecourt Unless the main scheme is carried out, two were driven back by our fire.however, it is hard to see what great The third ruched our trenebes but advantage can be gained by digging a was immediately ejected.
channel into a lake that already has no adequate outlet.
The rieng at night time fred any gas-shells at places behind the front line in the neighbourhoods of Arras and Lens.
[ and asks: Wif he be blickmailed the London market. Some are ready for a; others can be delivered within further into endorsing the German the next few months. But at the prices Proposal for a conference?
now being asked British owners, badly as they need to replace their lost vessels, how to inclination to consider then. For splendilly-built cargo steamers of 10,000 tons deadweight, about £40 a tori, amounting to £400,000, is now fights Three hostile machines were being asker!.
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INDIAN COTTON YARN.
REVIEW OF THE TRADE IN 1910.
Matters continued to drift in the fashion until well on towards the third quarter of the year.
In the meantime, cotton was soaring upwards, while able advices were daily renching Hongkang that Bombay export ers were making large and heavy purchases remained
until
some'
moraless, the dealers and it was not
NEUTRALS AND THE PEACE MANŒUTRE..
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 28.1 in the district. Employers must pay
Sweden is seemingly endeavouring to capable of performing precisely the same down damaged. the Government half the travelling inluce the other Scandinavian Powers to service could have been very comfortably expenses, but are entitled to deducted a Joint Note in favour of peace, beilt for £8 a. to, or £80,000. The this from the wages paid to the but Dominark and Norway are hanging present prices are, therefore, just five BRITISH WORKERS TO FRENCH adequate conservancy in the future will of the trade in Indian Cotton Yura duz
times the pre-war prizes.
Before the war, ships destroyed and three others driven prejudice the rank and file of the farm and Yarn Brokers of Hongkong give invader had been evolved out of
fervants.
back
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BRITISH AEROPLANE ACTIVITY.
LONDON, Dec. 28. The Admiralty
PETROGRAD, Dec. 28. announces that seroplanes" have successfully bombarderi All the newspapers agree that the sampe in Galatia, and that'scaplanes have Tsar's message to his Fortes is the bost
DEMOCRACY.
A steamer aying the British Bag could rely,
not requisitioned by the
PARIS, Dez 28. Admiralty, on earning 30% a ton dead
Mr Arthur Henderson, the Labour weight for 12 months. That is, the steamer of 19,000 tons would cara representative in the British War £15,000 a month. Patting expenses at Cabinet, interviewed in Paris, said he
4,000 a month (they might well be more), the monthly profit would be came to Paris to renew to the French £11,000, or, any, £130,000 for the year. democracy the formal engagement of
Another subsidiary, purpose of the work may be to provide a waterway from the extensive coal fields which are said to exist near the headwaters of the Sui There is danger however that this largs amount of forced labour and increase of taxes, especially during a year when harvests are below the average, may so ing population against conservancy of any form, that any proposal for more
be met by great local hostility.
Menawhile there is evidence in the tion to the steady shrinkage of Indiaa In our Review for 1915, we drew atten- great work now going on that conditions Yam imports into China, which had in Anhui do not at the moment neces sitate any unusual famine work.
had
that in the course of the past year no less an authority than the Chairman of Bank
the of Bombay: took occasion to sound & note of warning upon the same subject.
the
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Messrs Polishwalla & Kotwall, Cotton October when they felt assured
political chaos in their latest circular the following review entered the market in real earnest nd
that they shook off their letha
lethargy and this proved to be their salvation, as it ing the past year -
was not many weeks thereafter that the price of cotton touched the highest point of the year, viz. 18-50, when it would have been too late for the local buyers to derive
benefit from the unpre- dealers should show substantial balances As we have said, both importers al
results, the price of cotton, the controll- on the credit side on the year's teade
been progressively decreasing year. by cedented mivane of American Cottou.
year.
In
lastressing the shareholders at the ing factor, baving 18ached a higher point meeting of the Bark, the than that touched daring, the American
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destroyed Chikalder Bridge, eighteen reply to the German and neutral peace On the £400,000 new capital the the British working per le to pursue the / HEATF SNOWFALL IN THE NORTH, chairman made the following statement Closing prices as compared with those
miles eastward of Adana (Asia Minor.)
SHIPS BUNK.
LONDON, Dec. 28. The following ships have been sunk Norwegian steamer Buo, Swedish steamer Frigga; the British sailing ship Agnes and the Danisli sailing ship Johan
X GERMAN PRIZE.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 29.
The Norwegian steamer damol which
was proceeding to England with a cargo
of artificial manure, has been taken, by the Germans to Hamburg as a prize.
OBITUARY.
LONDON, Doc. 28. The death is announced of Mr. Frank Penn, sen, the Kentish cricketer." He was 65 years of age.
BYE-ELECTION.
LONDON, Dic. 28.
proposals.
The New Premye says the Tsar's words faithfully reflect the sentiments of the entire Russian People."
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE ALLIES' REFLY TO THE PEACE NOTE,
-NO SURRENDER.
LONDON, Dec. 28.
FARMERS' REJOICE.
of 1935 are appended below:-
1016
10 3119 to £133 420% $135 to $170
1913
8.90 to $105 $115 to $127
owners would be allowed to earn 6 per war, which was thrust upon us, to final
Exports of Indian Yarns to China cont, or £24,000, before becoming triumph, disregarding the hypocritical
are on the wane, and our goods are steadily Eable to excess profit taxation. That
endily being supplar ted by indigenous deducted from the total proft of manoeuvres of our enemies. The British
and Japanese makes. In 1005, we ex- ported 901,870 Bales against: 358,777 ig· £130,000 leaves £105,000. Of this the people had made up their minds to fall heavily in the Metropolitan area freight, shipments will be still smaller." Just before Christmas snow began to 1913. This year owing to scarcity of Government would take 60 per cent., suffer all the sacrifices necessary to Although it is somewhat late in the sea-It remains to be seen whether this or £63,600, in excess profit taxation, attain that end, from which nothing son, days a Peking contemporary, the warning will be heedest, and what stepe THE OPIUM TRADE OF HONGKONG leaving £43,400. On this sum income tax at ba (super tax is not reckoned in the calculation) would amount to £10,600, leaving £31,800. If the owner applied the whole of this sum to depreciation, and could rely on earning the present abnormal freights for about 10 years, and was cortent with 6 per cent profit, it would only be, on the
would turn thein.
OVERSEAS NEW YEAR HONOURS
POSTPONED.
fact it has fallen at all before the New the Mil Owners in India will take to Year augers well-according to Chinese remedy this alarming shrinkage in their tradition-for the crops of next year. hitherto best market, China.
IN 1916.
Meser, D. Bethea & Co. in their
For, to the Chinese farmer, winter-anow Arrivals during this year mungunted to means well-watered falls, for the coming 123,850 bales Sales aggregated 141,800 * year, and in "asperstitious circles the hales, which
constitute an increase on white snowflakes are a symbol of abun-last year, partially due to Japanese milia review of trade in the year just closing dance of rice and wheat. Mach virtue being well engaged in other fields under state in regard to Opium that there is. also lies in the character of the snow the exceptional circumstances prevail nothing to report a business a not instance, fleecy Bakes are ing. Doubtless this lessened competition transacted. Oll Stock was estimated st For read as a sign of a mild spring and a from Japan is only temporary.
Lobos, Dec. 28.
the
Baker
It is officially notified that
basis of the figures quoted above, at the announcement of the Overseas New of Allies' reply, to Germany, which has to write down the value of the ship in the middle of January-
The Daily Telegraph says that the text sad of that period that he would be able Year Honours will be postponed till been approved by the Allies, makes it in his books to the pro-war cost of a clear, to belligerents and neutrals alike, similar and competing ship. that no hope head be entertained of
Owner are, however, bound to take
ever persuading the Allies to surrender into account the possibility of the war potential victory for the sake of a peace ending within a year or two. If it which would be only a German peace onded year hence they would have a so long as German militariam remains vessel still representing a value of unbroken."
£368,000, and having to compete with
aid to be the forerunner of a chilly months, it is gratifying to record that chests of Benares Opium; 6274 chaste of pleasant summer, while icy lakes ere In making a survey of the past twelve about 41 cheats of Patna Oplum, 219 spring and scorching July. The present both importers and deals alike have Kalwa Opium, and 117 chests of Persian snow tall is therefore all that the farmers been able to achieve eminently satis want to be;
Lccordance
the atom of
custom centuries, the coace with factory results. During the earlier part and Turkish Opium, in all short 1,0754
it to
report
of the year the dealers had to contend cheats. Arrivals (a reported during the of the Gendarmerie will duly submit a with violent actuations in exchange current year) about 36 cheste of Paine
sport to the Head of the tate, advis which made it unsafe for them to op
to operate Opium, 4 cheets of Benares Optum and ing that an excellent arep for next year on any extended scale. is assured, as so many inches of snow hose fallen in the regions of the Metro polis.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
Banks.. Indos DeL... Wharves
3.30 p. 720 sellers 138 Gellers 86 buyers 864 sales
2.80 buyers
THE CHILDREN'S COLDS,
WEY
the sudd car part of May, however. 94 cheats of Poralar and Turkish opina),
silver, coupled
led with in all about 001 chests Exports during alump in some slight demand from the consuming the current year to Shanghai, East Coset districts, put & little life into the market. Port, Macdo, Canton and West Coast, This
however
ta recovery, but a faah in the par, as just then the about 1 chests of Fains opium, 70 Cesia Frove including local consumption, are reported UNNECESSARY WORDS,
political factions in and around
of Benaren ogiam, 100 sheets of Mala assert themselves, THY raste words and advertising
im space in describing the many pending disturbances, and the dealers thom before they weaken the points of merit in Chamberlain's Cough wers in consequence at once notified to
China Providents
trom emble signs of·
opinm, and 184 chesta of Persian, and Turkish opium-In all about na abcatast
ships originally costing only £80,000, A GERMAN BRAND OF PEACE.
and written down to a figure far below that sun. the inrge number of FRENCH OPINION
It may PARIS, Dec 28. vessels which are now being built in French opinion is that the German Japan and neutral countries are to be reply shows that Germany wants seem that either values will have to fall WAR Use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cane, most fastidious are suspend all shipments to Kantung. Slock is estimated at about 086pene
secured by British owners, it would WATCH the children's colds and curs Mr. J. D. Killoy.az been returned German brand of peace wrenched or owners will have to be granted some Remedy freely. It is perfectly safe. It satisfod when we state flat it cures Wharvedly saved this market, from Patna opium 153 unopposed for Whitechapel, saccceding default of strength to obtain it by force being allowed, to write down the values, notinced free from injurious subrcos that it contains absolutely no narcotics demand, fröm, Yuanna which province 24 chosts of Persian Ad
from the Allies by 5 ruse special financial concession, such/na or buy tested by chemists and pro- colds and coughs from, any cause, and utter collanas at this time was the opium, 2193 chces of Sir 5. M. Samuel (b) who has resigned Her deceitful machinations justify the to "reasonable prices before becoming and cod at Wife For sale by all drinjurious substances For sale by all cleared off quite good shoe of our in all about 781) chaste
Allier in their determination to fight liable to excess profit taxation.
for business reason,
Chemists and Storeksepers
5-| Chemistá and: Storekeeper.
stocks during Junel al