WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1917.
SHIPPING
P. & O. S. N. CO
0.
ROYAL MAIL-SERVICE
UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
.70
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
HOW THEY HAVE BEGUN.IN OTHER WARS.
THE CHINA MAIL.
ZEEBRUGGE AND ANTHERP.
Chas very frequently hears the query a Why does not the Navy make an attempt to bombard Zeebrugge and Antwerp - the two navy bases from ÚSEFUL AND MONUMENTAL WORK. which the Germans make their naval, raids, We red of many raids on; Zeebrugge by our sirmen, of serious damage done to the docks and shipping of that place of the destruction of stores.
by
?
In view of the invitations of the Ger- than Chancellor to the Allies to discuss
MARSEILLES AND LONDON, peace terus, it is interesting to see howe, and the bombardment
TAKING FABENDERA AND CARUG, TO
Leave
Hongkong
Colombo
Noon
STRAITS, COLOMBO, INDIA, AUSTRALASIA, EGYPT, &c.
Connecting Ma
Due Stonmers to
Londoa Steamer from Colombo.
1917.
Due ar Marsailles 1917.
Whea Passengera change Steamers at COLOMBO,"
imental work of Dr Coleman Philipson:
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Hotigkong as the time of Booking.
On the Australian Roate Tickets Interchangeable with Orient Line.
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SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE 'AND
S. S.
YOKOHAMA. :
Leave
: Hongkong
About
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(Non- Transhipment), IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE MAIL STEAMERS,
· WILL LEAVE DIRECT FOR
INTERMEDIATE STEAMERS
MARSEILLES AND LONDON, Calling at SINGAPORE, PORT SWETTENHAM, PENANG, COLOMBO AND PORT SAID.
CARRYING IT AND 2ND SALOON PASSENGERS AT REDUCED RATES.
PROPOSED SAILINGS:
STEAMER.
LOLTA 'KONG About
Leava S'POLE. About
Dud at M'S LILLIR. !! calling *bout
Due LONDON about
THE INTERMEDIATE SERVICE IS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED."
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.
All Cabins ma titred with Electric Fan from of charge and each Berth Farnished with an Electric Kuding Lamp..
Round-the-World Tickats and Through Tickets to New York in connection with the Frincipal Mail Liner
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Owing to the Wax in Europe Steamers and Sailing dates are liable to be cancelled or altered with a notice.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
"
Consignees are reminded of the necessity to apply to the Company's Agents regarding arrival of consignments expected of which they have received documents ar, advice-;
Any damaged packages must be left in the Clodowns for examination by the Consignees and the Company's Surveyors, Messrs Goddard and Douglas, at a
n Mondays and Thursdays. All claims must be presented within ton days of the steamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognised. No Claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.
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bomba. of negotiations have been started in ather places of strength held by the Huns on that front, but we never hear nowadays Kreat wars. The present war differs of the naval bombardments which word from past wars so greatly, both in ita such a feature of the naval operations of may be taken for granted that 1815, 1 character and its magnitute, that it may the Navy wouldd bombart the placeR well be that all past experience may mentioned if it were possible to inflict than Enemy Womust-bemor damage on the prove to be misleading. of our guard against this. On the other they would on our ships, but in these days of mines, submarines, and other hand, situations mest necesarily arise devilish inventions the attempt would which may be simont exactly paralleled hardly be worth the candle. The from recent history, food of light is destruction of a couple of capital ships reqsits for the bombardment of thrown on these parallels by the nonu-/ would it is seldom that ships c
engage land forms on equal terme, Hy was two well demonstrated in the unfortu Pence Mr Fisher Unwin is to be con- nate Dardanelles Expedition, when the best eforts of our rships resulted in very gratulated on the publication of this little permanent effect. The Huns have book, which, while taking as entirelyhes to their naval bases too-) out of the atmosphere" of present coa well I by minefiella and patroller traversies, enables us to understand the by submarines to hope for effectua
bombardment with small
NAYA! risk. whole procedure of mediation, negotia-bog
not yet reached "the point science has tion, peace preliminaries and confer
when it car mines innocuous, and
render ences. It is writter purely from the paralyse in the water the other perils in point of view of the international law which it abounds. It may be taken for yer, and for this reason in all the more the naval bases of the Huns on anything granted that when our Navy can engage useful as a handbook for the practical like equal terms it will not be dilatory politician. It is only to be regretted in making the attempt. that its ponderous title will probably deter one set of readers, while its price may frighten another.
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NEUTRAL INTERVENTION.
In the case of most though not all, of the was since the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Arst step towards peact
bas come through
the offer of good offices by some
RUBBER SHARES.
Nox VALUE.
2/- Allaga
Swarori, February 15.
9/- Anglo-Java 2/- Anglo-Malay
2/- Bitang Malaka
£ 1 Bukit Kajang
£1 Bukit Rajab
neutral Power. In most instances good uffices have not been formally asked for by the belligerents, but the intervening Power has ascertained by preliminary | £ soundings that the offer would not be In the case of the inacceptable. Crimean War, the first step was taken through the interposition of Austria, who occupied the peculiar position of a potential belligerent. She had signed the Treaty of Vienna to which England. and France also were parties in 1854, but had not actually participated in hosti lities. Actuated by anxiety with regard minimum terma demanded by Great to her own interests, she ascertained the Britain and France
and trans-£ mitted their to Russia, adding the strongest recommendations for their acceptance. Russia inade counter pri- posals, but eventually agreed to the terms
Still another form of intervention is what may be called authoritative in tervention by some or all of the great European Powers in a conflict between lesser belligerents, as illustrated by the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, the Greco- Turkish War of 1587, and the first Balkan War, 1915-13. But this is not an offer of in the crdinary good offices or mediation sense of the words, since there is power. ful pressure implied in it.
In the Spanish-American War the good offices of France were instrumental in bringing about negotiations.
OTEIN WARS
In the lusso-Japanele Warthe parties were brought togather by Fresident Roosevelt, but he was most careful to disown any intention of playing the part.
ات
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“VENEZUELA "
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and "COLOMBIA
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via SHANGHAI, KUBE, YOKOHAMA and HONOLULU.
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Mrs H. Adam
Mrs A. E Hodgins MrGE Anderson Air H. E. Hollands Mr H. Murray Bain MrA. Shelton Hooper Mr J. H: Baring Mir L. Hope
Mr W. LL Barker Mr S. L. Horrobin Mr R. M. Bartlett Cept - B.
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... 19,500,000
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NAGARAKI
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Hon. Mr.
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Mr & Mrs ColBourne
Little
Mr S. Lonzfeld
Major D. Macdonald Mr
and Mrs C. MD. E. Cappleman Gordon Mackie
Dr&Mrs O. Marriott
BOYKEN, BALLERS.
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4/6
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Mrs M. G. Beck
10/-
1 Ayer Kusing
30-
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1 Batu Caves
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1 Bata Tigs
CU
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2 Bakch
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4/6
100/
110/-
Mr S. T. Bitting
2-
2- Bakit Selangor 1/
2/6
MET
P. Brooks
- Bukit Sembawang 2/3 3/3
Mr A. A. Brown
1 Castlefield
67/6
17/8
Capt, G. Byers
2/-Chersocese
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Mr W. E. Clarke
2-Cicely Ord.
16/1
18/-
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16/-
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1 Damans
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2- Galang Besar £1 Golconda
1 Deaniatown 1.Duff
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3,8 95
3520-
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us mediator. It was only when the pro
conferencent Portsmouth(U.S.A.1 threatened to break down that he tonk in the proceedings by an active
interviews with the principal pignipotentiaries on each side, and on £1 Pegok
wp occasions by direct appeals to the Russian and Japaneso Governments respectively.
£
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1 Tebrau signed,
2/- United Serdang 11/ and finally the ratification by the
Governments. The peace & 1 Utd. Bas Betong - naries have sometimes contained 2- United Sumatra all the really important.points in the 2/- United Temiang
1- Val d'or terms of peace, and they have almost always settled the big territorial ques- 2/- Vallambross
2-Yam Seng tions at issue.
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Melrose
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Mr. J. J. Ossorio
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and child
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Miss F. Ema
MeV. A. Fairley
Mr J. Fasse
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Hayward
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Mr W. B. Hind
Mr C. Woldringh
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Mr L. E. S. Hodge
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1 Alor Gajah 5. Ayer Hitam” 1'Ayer Kuning 1 Ayer Molok 5 Ayor Paza 1 Balgownie 10 Bakit Timah
5. Changkat B'dang 3.35
1 Jimah.
It has generally been "agreed that the negotiations at the conference should be secret. In the Russo-Japanese confer- ence, however, a large amount of in- the con- formation leaked out to the press. This point and also the length ference is important in view of the possibility of public opinion bringing its influence to bear on the settlement of the war. If there is a fair amount of and if the general course of the time and discussions is know, democratie. Spence may make itself felt through unofficial conferences held at the same time and possibly at the same place, through manifuator, petitions, the prem de Parliamentary discussions. length of the conference in previous wars has varied from a few days to s number of months. In the Crimean War the conference lasted from February 2011 to March 30 in the Spanish americen from Vetóber 1 to December 10 in the Russo-Japanese War from August to September 5.
regard to the With
terma question of difficulty has often arisen over questions
"It has been felt- compensation. Gecensory to compensate some gain on one side by some concession on the other, yet not to make it appear that this concession is merely the price for the particular" gain. Thus Spain was accorded a sum of 20 million dollars,
but nothing was said in the
tresty an what the sum of money was paid for
of
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Mr and Mrs 1.
Mrs Me
MeGeo
Mr W. Morley
Miss E. Motte
Mr D. Muchall
or shorter periods st rates which will be moted
applicatio
LG DOWNING.
Manager. Hongkong June 13, 1116
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.
Authorised Capital", mi Subscribed... Paid-up
Mr and Birs Nathans Reserve Fond
Miss Olivecrona
Cheng Mrs W. O. Fassmore Mr G. E. Costella Dr & Mrs Plimpton ---
and Mrs Dick Mr and Mrs
E
Mr Richardson
Mr. and Mrs Earle Richardson
nd child
and
Mr K. M. Fetterly Capt. Picknell
Mr. & Mrs FinlaysonMr Fanye
Foulkes Mr Y. Faer
18.00 18.50Mr J. W
4.80
8.30 6.50
0.30 $196
3.20 3.50 AND
"18:50 — 20,50- 11.30 11.75 4502160 1.85 0:90 LUE 1.90
Mr. Fritz Mr J. Bi
Gregory
Mr E. M. Sleigh
J. F. VAN BREZ,
NOTICE
Agezza
HIGH-CLASS PRINTING
BOOK BINDING
... £1,500,000 1,196,000 $6,500 580,000
DONE
THE CHINA MAIL' OFFICE.
AL-BANKERS
HANE OF BALAND,
LONDON JOINT STOOL BANK LIMITED,
BOOKS & PAMPHLETSA SPECIALTY
Every description of Exchange buduces Prospectuses, Trade Circulars,
transacted.
INTEREST allowed on
'Current
Ma 1. Haddon Mrs Stewart, and Accounts at 1,per cens, per azion
Mr and Mr
Men HairDes children
and children Mr G. B. Strong Mrs PM. Harvey. Capf & Mis Swaz
Mr In Inokuty Mr K. Kunigue Mr B. James Mr E. Jame
Mz H. C Weeks
Mend Mrs Under
on Dally Balance and on Fixed Deposite st rates which may be ascertained on application nitrine em
OʻUHAMPKIN,
Leting Monogra Hongkong March 77, H816.
rogrammes, Menns, etc., eta, Artistically Arranged and
Carefully Printe
Clean Proefs and