MONDAY, JULY 15, 1918.
TELEGRAMS.
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FOOD SHORTAGE IN PETROGRAD.
CHOLERA INCREASING.
LONDON, July, 14 ▲ wireless Russian official message
increasing in Ferrograd. There are Owing to the food sportage, cholers
many hundreds of victims daily and its will be very difficult to carry on till the barroat.
-SUCCESSFUL MINOR ENTERPRISES.is
LONDON, July 13. Fiolet Marabat Sir Douglas Haig
reports:-
English and Australians, yesterday, carried out successful minor enterprises in the neighbourhoods of Vieux Barquin And Morris, taking 96 prisoners and a faw machine guns.
Our casualties in this sector in the. past two days have been exceptionally light.
We raided northward of Hamel, taking prisonBIA,
We repulsed a raid northward of l'éteren.
Hostile artillery is active opposite Beaumont Hamel and in the St. Rasele
and Loure sectors.
BRILLIANT ATTACK BY FRENCH.
LONDON, July 19.
A French communiqué says:-
Councils in the com provinces have 'been urged to speed up the despatch of
food to Petrograd.
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'CANTON BRITISH WIN..
CONTRIBUTIONS."
THE CHINA MAIL.
A further sum of £10 subscribed by
DRINK UNDER STATE CONTROL IN BRITAIN.
RECOMMENDAPONS-OF
British Residents in, Canton has been/OVER 2100,000,000 FOR. PURCHASE. remitted to London during May, June Aesthura and Chichester Training and July as undárnoted
Shipa
British Red Cross Society Mesopotamis Comforts Fund Mina Sweepers Fund Officers' Families Fand. Prisoners of War Fund Sailors ud Sokliers' Amociation.......
THE NEW GERMAN CHANGELLOR. | YMCA. Hut Funds.
AGAIN FOR THE ALLIES.
LONDON, July 18.
Families
COMMITTEES.
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The Committees appointed to inquire 30
into the state parulise and control of the liquor trade in England and Wales. 40 Scotland, and Ireland have.ised their 100 reports These Committees were ap 278 pointed in June last year, because the Government had formed the opinion)
AMERICAN RELIEF MISSION TO
PERSIL
REQBITION BY HONGKONG PARSEES.
The beal. Pance community gathered at the Hongkong Hotel on Saturglay afternoon to hear a lecture by Professing X, V. W. Jackson, of Volunübia University, who is at the head at an American. Couenission preceding to Persia for the relief
50 that it way shortly be cecessary as an fot the famine-stricken who number 45 urgent War Easure to assume control of hundreds of thousands." They Anieri-
the manufacture and supply of intoxi
2610
CHINA MAIL S.S. CO., LTD.
THE
S.S. NANKING"
(AMERICAN REGISTRY 14,000 TONS)
WILL SAIL FROM
HONGKONG TO MANILA
on or about 30th July, RETURNING FROM.
MANILA TO HONGKONG
on or about 5th "Argust
cating liquors during the war and the cani period of demobilisation and that such 10.$200,000 to the Armenian ahd]
Red Press his tributed FARE ONE WAT G.$25.00 "APPROXIMATELY HE $39.07 017 control would involve the purchase after
askud.to
ac-
war of the interests concerned." They Syring Reef Committee, a portion which, then interess should be of which is me to be spent in quired, considerations of Enancial or Persia. estimate the terms of purchase as fol The English and Scottish Committees
$300 was also transferred to British Red Cross Local Workers, Newspapers in London consider the Copies of the Circulars isaned by the appointment of Admiral von Hintae as Committee with regard to War Con. Kuehlmann's policy of compromise way a distinct gain for the Allies as Dr. vou ftributions can be obtained from Mr. D. /zoral policy not being included more dangerous because more feal Forbes, Hon. Trene., Hongkong Bunk, ban the reactionary idea of crashing Canton, to whom farther Donations and the Allies.
Subscriptions should be sent.. Alexander, W. A. Aumuller, H. .... Pander. S. L.. Becke, F. G.
NEASINESS IN HOLLAND. A telegram from Amsterdam says the uneasiness in Holland due to von Hintze's appointment is reflected by fall in almost all securities on the Amsterdam and Rotterdam exchanges.
Our troops this morning carried out a brilliant attack on a front of five kilometres between Cartel and north of Alsilly Raineval All the objectives warg secured, including the capture of the village of Cartel, Anubin Farm sad] A TRIUMPH FOR THE TIRFIT
a number of strongly organised spinneys. The advance at some places was two kilometres deep.
We rook over 300 prisoners.
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AMSTERDAM, July 12
The Berliner Tayrita!! says:— Despite all official assurances to the contrary, Admiral you Hintze's appoint ment is a triumph for the rou Tirpitz SERIOUS. DAMAGE IN GERMANYique and will be recognised as such at
THE WEEK'S AERIAL ACTIVITIES.
LONDON, July 14
The week's war, in the air has been -remarkably successful,
home and abroad.
JEWS ADVISED TO JOIN FENTENTE
The
Bell, F. N.
Crocker, J. H Customs Club...
Dent, H. F.
Darch, O. V.
Dulep Singh
Interest on CA Jamieson, J. W., C.M.Q. Jones. Mis A. M....... Karanția, N. P.......... Kavarans, H. S... King's Birthday.
lows:-
Fogland and Wales.£350,000,000- Scotland
$1,000,000
*****
preskled, sual in the course of a few Professor MIPERTON Sur, who
introductory remarks that he was convihet: that one great result of
The Irish Committee only give caterista, the wis would be "khang Europe would for an estimate and taking the three realise that there were great spiritunk | reports together the gross total appearances operating in "America. (Ap-| to be somewhat more than £403,099,000,
but substantially less than $500,000,000 pluse.)
On general principles the three Coun mittees came to the following conclu Pustosie Jacksos, explained the fabjects of his Mission to Persia, and 1. That control can only be assumed expressed is ratification at being under a statutory pledge to purchase,
and that the State, as form the assump undspectedly invited to address the tion of control should have absoluteParsees of Hongkong. treerion of action consolidating and
He em
reorganising the trade according to its plus the bany points of resem will
That the principle of the purchasablance between the Zoroastrian reli consideration by w simple capitalisation gion and fulaisur and. Chrisolamity, of net profits is proper for the majority. The ethics of the Zonastrian religion of the interests concerned.
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3. That the profits to be so capitalised might be summed up in the doctrine New and Comfortable Cars
must be the pre-war profits, and that the
effect of
war conditions on profits, good thinghites good wearls, good whether favorable or the reverse, must credes."*
excluded.
The lecturer traced the
4. Wholesale dealers, all trades lines of the historic changes in (subject to special provision for Perig war the prents leading to the maitstars) the major portion of hotels. clubs, railway freshment
rooms. exodus of Zoustrians to India. Ho theatre bars, passenger vessel bars, and referred to the philanthropic institu dising cars, and the non-liquot part of mixed businesses to be excluded.
TER FOR ENGLANY,
tion fouled by the Parsees in India, and in Hongkong he learnt The Committee for England and Wales that u Parsee merchafit provided the recommend the establishment of a
25 00
3.00
€0.00
stock
Bowker, G. H.
Borras, G.......... Boolchand, W...........
-30.00
87.18
slops
Bray Rev, AH.......
15.00
Canton Club, 10 per cent.
on Red Chits
93.32
Carton Clab Sweep
7.30
Chellaram, D.......
50 00
Chotirmal K. A. J.. 2.
50.00
30.00
30.00 $39.00
190,00
Baldas, & Sons H.
130.00
30.00
10.00.
Fourd, H. T.
150.00
Forbes, D.
120.00
ANTI-JEWISH ATTITUDE IN
Friedrichsan, FL A....
14.00
AUSTRIA.
GAF, Ray C. A.
15.00
Harris, W. P.
30.00
Herb, F. C..
120.00
Hogg, A. V
90.00
Hooker, Dr. A. W.
30:00
Hatson, A.
30.00
3.10
200.00 & £2.
10.00
20.00
20:00
King's Birthday, Ex-
Halance
$2,9
penses Balance
7.42
Kitching, G.
€0.00
McEuca D. R.
50.00:
MeNeur, Geo. B.
7.30
Marshall, G. N.
70.00
Martin, A.
15.00
Matheson. R.T......
.60.10
Mawson, Rev. Win.
.10.00
Mahta, M. N.
$5.00
Melvani & Co. F. D
$30.00
Morra, E. R. Muriel, E. E Poboomall Bros....... Peel, C.A. Pursumul de Co.I......
90.00
$0.00
0.00
73.00
30:00
will of an annual tenant-more if on a Iaso with more than two years' U-
Remedios, J.V. dos......
15.00
Reynolds, Dr. W. G.....
15.00
Sandemann, H. B.
£60.00
Shields, C. B.
218.00
Shrubeole, H. ONNI
120.00
Smith, H. En
90.00
Smith, H. Staples......
150.00.
Smith. J.T.
30:00
BOT, B. G.....
30.00
60.00
41
73.00
30.00
30.00
30:00
40,00
650.00
Includes fourteen separate British raids into Germany, with the Loss of two seroplanes against four of the enemy brought down. Despite the new formidable enemy quirens told of to reinforce the
LONDON, July 19 defences, the raids are increasingly
dog Tagbin view of hampering the German power of offence the anti-dew attitarle of the Austrian Ami mamrarie owing to the serious Government, res the Austrian Jews lamage inflicted on munition factories tu abandon their mentality and go over and the network of railways from the to the Entente, which supports Jewish Rhing the front. Germany has been interesta. "forced to divert an ever increasing Arompt if the energy of trained' man- power, and material to defend the Rhinelan The interruption of war stock is an increasingly serious problem.
Forty-eight tons of bomba stropped on Germany luring May and 61 tous during Jane.
were
ENEMY BUBJECTS IN CHINA.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT CON. SIDERING THE MATTER.
LONDON, July 13..
In the House of Commons, Mr. Halfour stated that the whole question
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THE GABEK ARMY.
NEW CHIEF OF STAFF A FRENCHMAN,
ATHENS, July 12. General Gramat of the French Army
has been appointed Chief of Staff of the Greek Army.
THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, July 14. Messrs. Samuel. Montagu and Com considered. The object of the restric-pany's report says:-
of enemy subjects in China was being
tions ou enemy subjects in the British The tons of silver is good. The price concession, of Shameen was to prevents unchanged. Shanghai exchange. has them carrying on businers, if any hardened to 11. [4] It is reported Member of the Honse thought they were that pureliases on account of Chiza hare still carrying on business he would be been made in the United States. glad to have the information.
LATER.
THE CHINA-INDIAN OPIUM TRADE.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT WILL
** PREVENT RESUMPTION.
.I
LONDON, July 14.
The Silver Markets quiet. Chios is reported to be buying ia
America.
TO AMERICAN MEN OF 21.
"
Wassianul Assomull... White, R. J White, H. F. Wilson, A. G.. Wilson, Alan. Wood; E M
Statutory Parchasing Body which for the foundation of the should be enpowered to cal for soy Hongkong University. information from the vendors that may
be necessary to enable it to estimate the
Nr.
Brace expressed the
value of the concerns to be purchased gratitude at the Found Parser «com“; They indicate purchase terms thus:
Breweries. Fifteen years purchase of unity to Professor Jackson and in zet profits over four years. 1910-191.
moving a vote of thanks to the Inc- O-Licences Owner of house: nturer, said the Parsees were, indieht-, appropriate number of years purchase
of net rental Beneficial lessee: proper ed to Eropean scholars for philo share of capital value of fee simple value logical works, which threw much of premises.
Occupier (tied or free): (1) Chattel light on the precepts and teachings interest at a valuation. (Two years'
purchase of zet praft for personal good-of Zormuster
The Rev. Dr. T. W. Peater also
expired terms. Pensions if services not addressed the gathering.. retained by State.
D-Lice No interest-in-the
Professor and Mrs. Jackson were
premises to be acquired except in ex-presented by Miss Sothma with. ceptional circumstapces. As to occupiere: bouquets and tr
(1) Chattel interest at a valuation;
(2) If on annual tenancy 3 years' purchase served.
of net profits for goodwill; (3) If on
longer term 'ansiv pre-1902 Hcence the number of years purchase based on anexpired term..
PENSIONS AND COMPENSATION,"
It is pointed out in the English"report that if the State acquire all the breweries
and all the public-houses in England and "Wales very large number of
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was afterward
Professor Jackson's expedition Jeft yesterday for Persia!
HERR VON XUEHLMANN,
Kuehlmann, the ex-German Foreign
Total
...$3,840.09 & £25. From amongst the recent letters of acknowledgment the following one from Lady Henderson dated 6th May, written On June 4th General Croysier, pro- on behalf of the Royal Firing Corps In the House of Commons, rapfying "vostimarshal, at Washington issued the Hospital, shows how much even small status, and many persons would be Fraulein von Stumm, heiress to part of to Sir D. Rees, Mr. Balfour stated that following address to the men of twenty- the Government would take all possible one who were to register on the 5th means to prevent the resumption of the
contributions are appreciated. "Accept On the 5th day of June, 1917, just China Indian opium trade. If any one year ago to-morrow, occurred one of my heartiest thanks for your kind altempt is made to revive it. He the niest memorable events in the contribution to the funds of the Over understood that the poium corsbine was bistory of degeratic institutions.
On that day ten million self-governed seas Branch of this bospital. We have
Americans marched quietly to now a hundred patients at around the world registered thei the polla; and in a voice that was heard Park who, I can assure you, themselves and their posterity the from Overseas.” invincible determination to preserve for to the full the kindness of their blessings of the liberty with which they bave been so richly endowed
a prirate association of importers of pinn in Shanghai which regulated the price of landed stocks of Indian opium
THE ROYAL SILVER WEDDING.
A PRESENT FROM THE WOMEN OF INDIA
fallen soldiers
« P
A year has passed. Many of these men are now on the battlefields of France, and to morrow, the 5th of June, that voice will have found its
Fersons will lose their scupations by Secretary, was born in Turkey. His the closing of redundant breweries and engagement to Germany's richest heiress houses, and the consequent concentrathe former Fraulein Haby" von tica of occupations. It is true that. many, though not all, would enter or Friedlander Fuld) is his second marriage of the State in similar capacities, but in less than a year ago while be was have the chance of entering the service for money. His first wife, who died many cases there would be a change of Ambassader in Constantinople, was a dispensed with altogether. Scalds of the huge fortune amassed by her late compensation are therefore proposed, based in principle on Civil Service rules father, Barin von Stumm, the Rhenish £5 0, should be paid in cash. Compensation, if assessed at or under Westphalian steel and iron méguste. The moment is appropriate for explain account, with their wives and families as he is frequently, but mistakerly, Licence holders trading on their owning that Kuehlmann is not a "baron,” Shirley employed for their whole, time in the called in England. All German noble appreciate business, should be compensated for men with the prefix of von claim, when
loss of employment the licence bolders friends pensions at one-half Civil Service rabas abroad, the "courtesy title" of baron, and wives and families gratuities of one they are only given it in Germany itaeli week's pay each year of continuous em By tradesmen and servanta ployment in the licensed trade. Whole "Kuchlmann's bride-to-be, who, after time employees on the wager list hober separation from the English husband are disemployed are also recommended to whom she was married in January fos. gratuities of week's pay for each 1914, received Imperial permission to year of continuous employment.
resume her maiden namie with the prefix of "Frau," will some day inherit fortune of 25,000,000. She is the only child of the late Silesian coal bing.
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echo when one million more will rally become so customary an event that ne "The death of a young man has now- H.M. The Qizean, in reply to air to their support. inquiry by Lady Chelmsford, has The nation is engaged in a struggle is sometimes surprised to find how little The English Committee make nő re- signified her willingness to receive a for its existence. Our activities have one is moved by It," says the Year States commendations as to distilleries pending present from the women of India in time channels, and the energy of those young man whom one knew seemed to Scotch Committee recommend seven Privy Counciller Fritz von Friedlander- been diverted from the normal peaced. Four years ago the death of a the Scotch and Trish reports. The commemoratine of her Silver Wedding who remain at home is being directed,alter the values of existence. It turned years purchase of the 1911-13 profts. in the form of s'fand for promoting the more closely every day, towards the the human comedy, inte tragedy. One and the Irish Committee 12 years pur "education of chilirea of Indian soldiers accomplishment of the things upon did not need to be his friend in order to chase of the 10-14 profits.
who have fallen in the war. The gift which our armies must depend, and feel the darkness the perplexity, the As regards Scotland, the rights of and origin but became converts, to will be devoted to scholarships for without which success is impossible. sorrow of it all. In the first year of the focal option after 1980 under the Luthersmen to gratify social espirations. higher education, and it is hoped to Every American must do his duty war in the first two years, indeed-one Scottish Terpersace Act of 1913, have Fald was the maiden name of Frau von in this great crisis, ever though here still feit like this. One felt it still more influenced the report of the committen extend the endowment to the territories mains at home. Those who are of such keenly, perhaps, for the last thought The committee recommend for breweries / Friedlander, who was a Dutchwoman.“ of the Princes and Chiefs and to make an age and condition in life that they that bad ever entered one's mind was eight years' purchase (bass) en present The Friedland Fuld palace, adjoining special provision for the daughters of may, without detriment to the feconomic that people one knew were likely to die conditions) of the net profits for 1011 the French Embassy in Parleer-Platz,
support of the Army, actively oppose in battle. One did not expect even 13, covering all the assets of Scotttish Berlin, was
"was at the height of its themselves against the enemy ns the soldiers to die in battle. We haveing breweries except stock
diplomatio-glory, under ite-mistress's Europese battlefields are indeed privi- right to accept these tremendous sace (PURCHASE I lexed.
ficee in order to further the mesa in-
PURCHASE STOCK.
**Engin, during the Moroccan crisis in Most of the men who register to trigues of politicians with withered say that the porchase consideration Herr von Kiderlen-Wachter, a bachelor The English Committee in their report 1911. The then Foreign Secretary, morrow will be classified and I have no minds who cannot even conceive the should be satisfied by the creation and was the schtral figure of the political besitancy in predicting that their ser possibility of a League of Nations. To allotment of a special inscribed stock on over which the coal king's consort vices will in, for them the und sing ase the blood and anatomy of the young redioenable at the optim of the Govern prided to go again by t affection of proad and grateful for any but noble and eren Utopian manat alter 20 years. Tain stock should ends would be to write all, ourselves down vampires. Utopia is, after all, not a whit surplus revenues of the aggregate math. He was born in Constantineple secured in the first instance on the Kusblmann was 45 years old, laat more impossible to concdiys than a war acquired concerns and their sets, and while his father was director general of like the present was over five years ago.further by way of guarantee as to the Anatolian railway. During the war interest-open the Consolidated Fund. Fhin Anancée has been a Red Cross nutso A suitable sinking fund should be pro-in Berlin hospitals, Mr. Gerard, the
equired concerns, after payment of the vided out of the surplus revenues of the American Ambassador in Germany, intercat speaksin My Four Years in Germany Gha
of having met the ex-German. Foreign HONGKONG THEATRE PROGRAMME
ACTIVITIES ON THE MURMAN COAST
TO RESIST THE GERMAN ADVANCE
Loxnos, July 13 Regarding recent reports of the doings on the Murman coustic,cao nów he stated that the Allies are taking mcaitres to protect that const in
who
ration."
·MISUNDERSTOOD.
THE CO AND THE DEFAULTER
operation with the food population perfectly pricele Army story is are determined to resist the rulated in the Springselet War Flospital German advance.
Granite A very young subaltern, acting The Allies forces were vent upon the 0.0 had defaulte before him request of the Russians themselfso. charged with overstaying his lease. Thes It is understood, the situation in subaltern awarded the defaulter fan Siberis in distinctly favourable to the days (2... but, on oing told by the Regimental-Bergeant Major that this Allies
BRITISH BANK AMALGAMATIONS.
Over 2,000,508 American soldiers and sailors, says an Exchange mesange, have 23,300.001,00 against war risk with insured to the gross amount of the United States Government
Lazzar
CAN YOU AFFORD THE RISK? 17ERE you ever seized with a severe
Final
remite of the Portuguese Friuliyon in Fis selections and House of Representatives parties.
106 Republica Mon Monarchiste, 3 Catholic Watholics. // Senate--07,
The German milita
was too much, reduced the sented in Wis attack, of starop colio or diar seven days. The Regimental Agn protested that theseätence was too rhes without a bottle of Chamberlain's only one sin pamely, Revere, and on the subaltern asking how Colin, Cholera, and Diarrhea Remedy enemy armies. If these are. much he should give the min, was told in the house Don't take such risks besten, the Germans van die py LONDON, July 13 Two days pay fir Thereupon heAdose two, curd you before Amien Paris, or any other The Treasury lus approved of the said to the defaulter, Here's half doctor could posmbly be called, and it want but if the enemy armies amalgamation of the London City and crown but look here, fuy any nozu naver fails even in the most savers and capable of Eghong, the poe Midland and London Joint Stock Bankas time you do it you time well won't get sugerous cases For
anything reefe
pizzen woold be (military critic of the
Cheiate and Bborekantare
the young ander-Fald's dinner
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