TO-DAY'S CABLES.
(Rester's Service-
THE OLYMPIC GAMES.
MORE WINS FOR AMERICAN ATHLETES.
NEW HURDLE RACE RECORD.
ANTWERP, August 16.
At the Olympic Games the final of the 400 metres hurdle race was won by Loomis, of America, in 54 seconds, which is a record. “The second and third were also Americans.
The 100 metres final was won by Paddock, America, Kirksey, America, being second, and Edward, Britain, third. The time was 104.5 seconds.".
GENERAL WRANGEL
!.
RUSSIA ENQUIRES BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE.
LONDON, August 17.
M. Kaminei bas sent a letter to Mr. Lloyd George asking for informe- tion on Britain's attitude towards General Wrangel,' declaring that owing to the decision of the French Government the question of General Wrangel is zow bound up in the general peace M. Kamineff therefore asks whether Britala, in view of earlier steps on behalf of Wrangel, will také new steps to facilitate a resumption of friendly relations and remove all obstacles leading thereto.
IMPORTANT NEGOTIATIONS.
WILL THE ALLIES ACCEPT U. S. TREATY RESERVATIONS?
A FAVOURABLE OUTLOOK,
LONDON August 11.
The Daily Express understands that important unofficial negotiations are proceeding in London between high British and American officials re- garding various pending questions. The Americans gave assurance that America does not desire to play the role of isolation, while it is believed the Alies will accept the Senate's reservations of the Treaty of Versailles. The question of the Mesopotamian oil fields remains unsettled, but the outlook is favourable..
IRISH INSPECTOR SHOT DEAD.
LONDON, August 17. District Inspector Wilson was shot dead in a street in Templemore.
ITALIAN DOCK STRIKE SETTLED.
ROME, August 17.
The strike of Italian port workers due to disputes between the co-operative societes and the men has been settled...
INHUMAN BOLSEZVIE ORDER.
NO FORBEARANCE FOR POLISH POPULATION.
WHOLESALE ANNIHILATION,
STOCKHOLM, August 17. &
The Bolshevik organ Isvestia publishes an order of the Soviet authori- ties in Kieff ordering no forberance towards the population of Poland. The population of entire districts may be almost entirely annihilated, the rich farmers exterminated, and all agricultural produce seized. Anybody found possessing a single cartridge may be executed.
HISTORIC VESSEL RAISED.
"VINDICTIVE"" TO BE BROKEN UP INTO SOUVENIRS.
OSTEND, August 17.
Amidst great enthusiasm of enormous crowds the raising of the "Vin- 'dictive" was successfully accomplished in the presence of Earl Beatty: It
is intended to break up the ship into souvenirs,
LORD MAYOR OF CORE;
TO BE COURT-MARTIALLED "UNDËR D.O.R.A.
L'ag
LONDON, August 16.
In the House of Commons, replying to Capt. Wedgewood Benn, Sir Hamar Greenwood stated that the Lord Mayor of Cork was being court- martialled to-day under D.ORA. One of the charges was of being in possession of a secret police cypter code. Sir Hamar Greenwood stated that he was not aware that the Lord Mayor was hunger-striking.
PERSIANS CAPTURE BOLSHEVIK STRONGHOLD.
LONDON, August 17.
RUSSIAN ADVANCE CONTINUES.
THE CHINA MAIL.
NOTICES.
MENTHOLATUM'
ENTHOLATUM
CATER FOR REUD C
MONTHOLATUR SY
the BEST
REMEDY
FOR COLD IN THE HEAD WHEN APPLIED IN THE NOSTRILS.
OBTAINABLE FROM
ALL CHEMISTS.
A SHIPMENT OF.
INDIAN SCOUTS
IS DUE TO ARRIVE SHORTLY.
To avoid disappointment get your
name on the waiting list.
ALEX ROSS & Co.
25, Drs Forex ROAD CENTRAL
Tel. 97.
GARAGE KOWLOON,
Tel K 417
AH MEN AND HING CHEONG
TAILORS
DRAPERS AND OUTFITTERS are REMOVING to
No. 54, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
THE OPTICAL COMPANY
Power Durability Reliability Economy
MR. SHAW'S ARREST.
JAPANESE EXPLANATION.
HOUSE A BASS FOR KOREAN PLOTS."
*. QUIN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
SPECTACLES, EYEGLASSES,
·LENSES, etc.“
Opometrist-la-Charger-E. CHAN, Opt, D.
DE TESTED FREX OF CHARGE.
FWD
AGENTS FOE SOUTH CHINA
VASQUEZ CORREAS & CO.
REFRESENTED BY
E. MOW FUNG, 80 Des Voeux Road. Central.
Japanese territory-if they were why did they not proceed against him, in in the British Consular Court?
WEATHER-REPORT.
Ang, 182, 18h. 10-No returns from Japan and Vladivostock.
Pretre, has decreased moderately as Baiphong, and slightly at other report- ing-stations. The trough", remains stationary and a depression bas develop- ed in the western extremity Le over Tonking.
Hongrong Rainfall for the 24 hours. ending at 10 mm. to-day, 063 inch. Total rinos January 18h 75-91 inches, szabost an aramage of T1 inches
Torest for the 24 hours ending at noon on the 19th.
1-Hongkong Gap Fock. Light westerly or variable winds, pro- bably freshening later from S. or SE; cloudy, rain.
to
S-Formon Channel N.E. winds,
moderate.
-South coast of China botwuen Hongkong and Lamocks. The same as So. 1.
South rout of China betroes Jongkong and Hairan. The same as No 1.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
ENTERTAINMENTS.
CORONET No.
TIL. No. 1748,
TEL.
1743
TO-NIGHT!
TO-NIGHT!
at 5.15 & 9:15 pm
Farrar
IN
Géraldine
“THE WOMAN GOD FORGOT
at-7.15 p.m.
"SILENT - MYSTERY " Episodes 12 & 13.
HONGKONG THEATRE. T
ROYAL OBSERVATORY, MONEKOTA, DAILY WRASEME
REPORT.
TEL. 2511.
TO-NIGHT!
AUGUST 18, 1994--
Statics.
Hour.
at Ben Level,
Traivostock 6th! Semurod B Hakodate.
foldio Lochi Sagasaki Kagoshima Oshima
Bonin Island
Welbaival
Hankow
(chans
Kinking
Changsha
Shangbai
Gatait.
Tharp Pk... 7
Amoy
Swatc
Talboka
Taichun
Tainan ..... Kosha
Pescadores.
"Canton..
Hongkong.
29.82
6.29
Gap Rock;" MACBO Wachow Pakhoi ... Hollow... Faoliga
C.St. James
Dagupan Manis...
Tacloban Iloilo Barigso Gust
Temperature.
Humidity.
Direction.
0010
RUIT
Weather.
TO-NIGHT!!
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2511.
A CHILD OF THE PARIS STREETS”
*" HIS NAUGHTY THOUGHT
GERMANS RETURNING.
NUMBER IN CANTON,
TREATED LIKE OTHER FOREIGNERS.
"1
POST OFFICE.
Begiatered and Parcel Malis are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised to close before 9 closed at 6 pm. on the previous day.
. registered and parcel mails are
The Germans are coming back to Canton. Since the declaration of peace in Europe, some 33 Germans, including several women and chil-
Holders of private letter boxes are dren, have returned; and some are less pot issued by this Departman'. In warned against the practice of using still coming as applications for per addition to the damage to the locks mits are rapidly coming into the, esused by the use of privately made Bureau of Foreign Affairs, says the keys there is the further danger that Canton Times. Before the War, such keys may, casily get into the hands nearly 200 Germans were in Kwang-
of unauthorised persons. tung and Kwangsi, and some had to leave. during the War, leaving less than a hundred before the Armistice was declared. A majority of the Germans before the War were engaged In missionary work, while their merchants enjoyed pros- perous trade with the Chinese. They controlled a bank and about ten firms, holding agencies from not oorly their nationals, but also others.
0
1. F. OLAYTOW, Director. Hongkong Obscrvatory, Aug. 18, 1820. 1. BAROMETER, reduced to 31 dogress Fabrenheit, on the level of the ses in
nches, tenths sod kindredths.
2. TEMPERATURX, in the shade in de crtas Fahrenheit.
1. Hower in percentage of saturs son, the humidity of afe sačmented with malistare being 100.
DIRECTION OF Wren, to two points. 6. FORCE OF Win, according to Beadford Beals!
6. STATE OF UZATA, b blue sky, detached cloud, d drizzling rain, f fog, gloomy, h hail, I lightning, o overcart ? passing showers, e squall, r rain, smow i thunder ▾ vizibility w dew, wek
7. Eair in inches sensbe, and him dredths.
HONGKONG TIDES,
IWIRD MIDA
Japan-Per TAKADA,
WEDNESDAY, August 18. Shanghai-Per CHENAN,
Manila and Australia-Per TANGO THURSDAY, August 13
MARU..
”
Europe (via Negapatan)-Fer KBIVA.
SATURDAY, August 20. Shanghai and Japan-Per KANAGAWA
"MARU, Straits-Fer NAGATY) HARU. Shanghai-Per AMAZONE Shanghai-Per SUITANG.
SUNDAY, August 22. Europe (via Negaratam) Pe: CAB
NARVONSHIRE. WEDNESDAY, August 25. Shanghai and Japan-Per BRIDZUJKA Straits-Per TOTOMI MARU.
MABU
SATURDAY, Angast 29. Japan-Per CEYLON MARU. I
MONDAY, August 30. Bombay-Per TETOROFU MAKU,
In the, earlier days, the Germans did not figure much in Canton's foreign trade. Notwithstanding the fact that German Jesuits visited China as early as the time of Matteo Ricci |(1582-1610), and Frederick the Great opened the intercourse in 1752 by establishing an Asiatic trading com-... pany and despatching two vessels to Carton, the rise of German infinence in China did not take place until after the Franco-Prussian war, Several Prussian vessels reached China to- wards the end of the 18th century, but their traffic did not amount to much.
the adult male foreign population of During the season of 1836-1837, of
307 in Canton, only four were Ger mans. There were then 55 foreign firms in Canton, but no German con- cern could be traced,
Since 1875, however, the Germans
the War. continued to gain in influence until]
Their firms increased from 52, in different parts of China, to 296 before the War, in 1913, while the population last given was 2.949. in 1913, the Germans controlled 6.8 per cent of the Chinese coastal ship- ping and a trade of Hk. Tha 45,327,627,
Several German firms have lately reapened for business in Canton and others are looking for premises. The tide-bable sfven below his 'been They cannot now take rooms in compiled at the National Almanac Office Shameen. They are endeavouring In London from the result of the analysis however, to
atomste the receding machine in the along the Bund a obouvatkas taken by means of se Water Police Basin at Tamm Bha Izad during the year 1903-
The age of the table cornerponds with the sero of the sounding in the Admiralty Chart, which had been found to be 4 loet
inches belowʻzeno non-leval
Ба
Hongkong
Height Ma
establish themselves
Fort Amoy
SUTWARD KAILA
WEDNESDAY, August 18. " Bayard, Hoibow and Haiphong--
Per EANOL, & p.m. *Swatow and Strait-Por VAN
WAERWIJCK, 5 p.m.
Shanghai and North China.
KWONGSANG, & pai- THURSDAY, August 19.
Per
Philippine Islands, Sandakan, Australia
and New Zealand is FRUES- DAY ISLAND - Per AKI MARU. Registration 8.43 a.. Letters 9.30 - 12.
Shanghai and North China - Fer
SINKIANG, 10 m Straits,
Bangkok, Egypt and "EUROPE via Liverpool-Per ALCING US, Registration 9.45 . Letters 10.30am.
to-Per HYDRANGEA, 4 p.m. Philippine Islands, Formosa ria Kee-
The Germans began to open Chris- tian missions in China as early as 1846, making Canton their first field. The Rev. Th. Hamburg and the Rev. R. Lechler were early Basel Mission. workers to this part of China. The Rhenish Mission started about the same time." The Berlin Mission Japan
:
Straits,
lung, Shanghai, #North Ginina, #Japan vis Nagasaki, *Canada *United States, "entral and Bouth Americs, and "KURUPE VICTORIA RO-Par AFRICA MARU. Begistration 8 p.m. Friday 20th, Letters 8.30
„FRIDAY, August 10, Th Namaki Per TANGO MARU, 10 a.
10a.m.
The harbourage given to Indian Nationalist plotters in Tokyo during the war is no analogy for what British A Seoul message dated August 10 conduct would have been in a similar News has reached London from Teberan reporting that Persian Govern
To obtain the depth of water on the case Why again treat Mr. Shawde gangs at the Victoria Sars Yard states
The police to-day issued an ex-
with the extraordinary brutality that add-a-feet 4 inches and on the gange spent troops captured a Bolshevik stranghold between Menjil and Kasvinplanatory statement concerning the has been shown him and exclude all at Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 10 followed some 20 years ago. They after six hours of sanguinary fighting, which continues,
arrest of Mr. George L. Staw of An- his friends? Surely in all civilized nabes to the height given in the table now have missions in many parts of Japan via Yokohama -FerTJILEBOET, tung on July '11. The statement countries a man is presumed innocent says: "Mr. Shaw, who is Irish, used until proved guilty. And why the
Angust 18 to 25, 1823. S
Kwangtung, including the North and Shanghai, North China and Japan the East River Districts. to declare his sympathy with the emphasis on Mr. Shaw's Irish nation-
is MojPer KHITA, 10. Low exa
Germans in Canton are being at
Bangkok, Ceylon, Mauritius, L. Korean malcontents, gave them ality? Do the Seoul police hope to
present treated like other foreigners
Marynis, South Afrion, India vis shelter in his house and also estab-prejudice English readers against
Hongkong
Dhanushkodi, Bombay, "Adam, fished in his house a, bureau for him? If so, they are much deluded. - E
Hours without treaty relations with China.
*Egypt and EUROPE vis communication with Shanghai and . The last sentence reads as if Mr.
They enjoy practically all freedom of
MARSHILLES-Per BALTAN. trade and residence as desired. The
Registration $45 am. Lotter made it a base for carrying on
Consul for the Netherlands is looking
10.50 m. Pots The house was bawah among
after their interests in official com incible fortress of Antung." Mr. the Korean outlaws as the "in
munications with Chinese authorities. The Chinese authorities only require Shaw used his steamers for bruiging
them to register upon their arrival and in case of change of residence, if they go from one district to sh other. While not admitted to resi- dence in Shameen, they have made Saigon
IMPORTANT FORTRESS CAPITULATES WITHOUT RESISTANCE.
A STRONG GERMAN PROTEST,
Shaw had been arrested the instant z be set foot in Shinjish, instead of ... being deliberately encouraged to go on into Japanese territory under the impression that his having forgotten
BERLIN, August 18. According to newspaper reports the Russian advance in the Polish corridor continues. Numerous small towns have been entered, including the important fortress of Thom, where strong resistance was expected.
The German Government bas protested to the Supreme Council against bombs, pistols and inflammatory his passport did not matter. The the boundary demarcation of the West Prussian plebiscite area. It declares documents to Korea from Shanghai, suppression of this important fact that it cannot recognise the Supreme Council's decision which is incomAs a result of the arrest of several leaves an unpleasant taste. The patible with the provisions of the Peace Treaty and a contradiction of the Korean outlaws on the frontier, whole statement will have but ope right of self-determination.
evidence of Mr. Shaw's offence was effect, namely to redouble all British obtained. Mr. Shaw was very readers' anxiety that their Govern cautious, and rarely left his house, ment will leave no stone unturned but he entered Korea on July 11 to to have Mr. Shaw liberated, com meet his Japanese wile, returning Pensated and avenged. - from Japan, kod was arrested.”
U.S. CRUISER PROJEEDS TO DANZIG.
WASHINGTON, August 17,' -' The cruiser "Pittsburg" and a destroyer now at Cherbourg have been ordered to proceed to Danzig where there are many American refugees from Poland.
́INCIDENT IN HOUSE OF LORDS.
LONDON, August 17.
Prior to the adjournment the House of Lords considered the action of Lord Carlisle. Lord Curzon read the correspondence between himself and Lord Carlisle indicating that the latter's action was deliberate The House passed a resolution debarriag Lord Carlisle, from the privilege of being admitted the steps of the Throte.
· KONGKONG REGIST
Hongkong had a clean bill of Barometer... health yesterday.
Humidity.
"AN UNPLEASANT TASTE.” The Japanese police et Seoul do not, improve their case, in respect of the outrage committed on Mr. Shaw, K. Ohta, the Japanese Consul-Direction of by the above statement, declares the General at Canton, left Canton-for
Forve N. C. Daily News. Admitting for home on the ss.Yokohama Marn," argument's sake that the allegations on August-12. The Japanese Vice Bain.. made against Mr. Shaw are true Consul is now in charge of the con- though, as already pointed out, it is suintet is reported that a new impossible to believe that he would Consul General will be sent to Canton has been so bereft of all sense as to to fill the vacancy about three trast himself without a passport on ¦ months later.
day
Swatow,
Amoy and. Foschow-Per HATLOONG, 1 pm,
philippine Islands-Per LOONGSANG,
2.p.m.“
dare via Kobe, Canada, United States,
Balgon,
Central and Bouth America and EUROPE is VANCOUVER B.C-Per IXION. Registe tion 145 pan. Letter 1.39 p.
For PHEULPENA, 3 p.m.
Per TAIKOOWANYI, 3 μm.
their homes in Fongtsuen, Timgshan, Java and Port Moresby is Samarang --- Sáikwan, and other parts of the city.
Canton is enlarging its streeti and Japan vis Kobe-Per WESS, CADRON, Previous on data at On data sa | koproving its business pectione. - For+
3p. at 1 pm.
eign firme may now situate them- Btraits, Bangkök, Ceylon. Mauri
Uns, L. Marquis, Bouth Africa, selves in other localities than the for-
India vis Dhanushkodi, Egypt, 19.89
~ 29,64 · | eiga concessions. CORAL
Aden & EUROPE viz. KAR We hope other foreign merchants
SEILLES Per AMAZONE. will return to Canton soon to help in
Registration 2.45 p.m. Letters 8.30 1:00. making this poet more prosperouse
SATURDAY, August 31.
Four New Launches are under one- struction or tho WALLA WALLA" Fleet.
1.50.
Kichnet, open air Zaïspačaters on the Ifthe-22-
-Hongkong, Observatory, Aug. 18. 1929-
Hellow,
Shanghai
Fatbot and Haiphong-Par KAIFUNG, 8a.m..
and North China Per
~~CHEKAN, 7 p.m.
CADE BURNETT, Edior, No. 5, Wyndam Street, Hongko