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GERMAN CRUISER SUNK BY
SUBMARINE.
MAJORITY OF THE CREW SAVED.
LONDON, September 15th.
5 a.m.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 178. 1914.
It is officially announced at Berlin that the German erniser Hela was sunk by a hostile submarine on the 13th September.
The majority of the crew were saved.
[The Hela is a protected cruiser built in 1896, 2,004 tons, and 22- knots speed.]
GENERAL WAR NEWS.
GERMANY PROTESTS TO CHINA AGAINST. ALLEGED
NEUTRALITY. BREACH OF
LONDON, September 18th. The German Charge d'Affaires at Peking has notified China that his Government reserves the right to deal with Ching and exact. „pompensation for an alleged breach of neutrality in permitting the landing
of Japanese troops to attack Kinochow.
IRELAND, ENGLAND'S STRONGEST BULWARK.”
LONDON. September 15th. 4.05 1.m.
In the House of Cominons Mr. John Redmond, the leader of the Irish Party, invited Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, to address a great recruiting moeting in Dublin, and emphasised the fact that what was once the broken arm of England had become her strongesa bulwark.
ARRIVAL OF GERMAN PRISONERS IN ENGLAND:
LONDON, September 18th. Sixteen hundred German prisoners have arrived in England.
and German wounded Yesterday the King visited the British Netley.
GERMAN FORCE IN SOUTH AFRICA SURRENDERS.
LONDON, September 15th.
5.20 8.m.
at
A Capetown telegram reports that a detachment of South African Mounted Rifles surprised a German force occupying a drift in Orango River Colony 30 miles from Steinkopf, and compelled it to surrender. One Rifleman was killed.
SOUTH AFRICAN FORCE OCCUPY IMPORTANT POSITION.
LONDON, September 15th.
19 p.m.
A message from Capetown states that & Sunth African force have occupied an important strategic position at Raman's Drift, southward of Warmbad, after a sharp skirmish.
CANADIAN CAVALRY FOR THE FRONT.
LONDON, September 16th.
A telegram from Oitowa reports that two regiments of cavalry accompany the first Canadian contingent.
THE GERMAN PRISONERS IN
HONGKONG.
The German prisoners, who number about 150, have been removed from Stone cutters' Island to Hunghom, Kowloon, where they are housed in matskeds.
GERMAN RESERVISTS AT AMOY.
The German steamer Kerngưni (Bang- kok line) has been at Amoy for some weeks with 36 German reservists on board.
They have apparently been finding their stay in port richer wearisomo, and two small groups of them have managed to escape to Fuochon. The first lot get away in a junk, and last Saturday eight more reached Foochow in a ship's lifeboat.. having been five days on the voyage.
"KAISERIN ELISABETH"
RE-ARMED.
Tla Austrian cruiser Kaiserin Elin beth at Tsingtao was recently dismantled and her offours and mon sent to Tientsin. Owing to the rapture of relations between Japan and Austria since then, however, the Austrians at Tientsin have returned to Tsingtao by order of their Government. The Austrian man-of-war has been re-armed and she is now in fighting trim.-Japan Chronicle.
now
CALÇETTA'S VOLUNTEER CORPS.
Calcutta has achieved a splendid record in the raising of defence foros. The total number of Volunteers of arms, on August 27th, in Calcutta mounted to 6,000 mon.
CAPTURE OF SHIPPING,
&
[FROM THEN.-C. DAILY NEWS."]
THE SIEGE OF TSINGTAO;
ATTITUDE OF CHINESE IN SHANTUNG..
PERING, September 8th.
WAR NEWS FROM HOME TELEGRAMS.
PAPERS.
The jollowing interesting, extracts are taken from London japers of August 5th and 6th.
ARMY JEIZURE OF HORSES AND, Burbidge, asistant general manager at
PETROL.
WAR EQUIPMENT TAKEN BY OFFICERS,
Rapid progress is being made with the mobilisation and equipment of the Army. All day yesterday Sir John Dickinson, the Chief Metropolitan Police magistrate, was busy signing warrants authorising the seizure of horses, motors, petrol, and other things by the Government. Each warrant as it was signed was taken away. by two Army officers, attended by a police sergeant.
On the authority of these general war rants, signed by virtue of the Army Act, the military authorities speedily comman deared a large number of high-class horses motor-cars, motor-vans, and a quantity of petrol from private owners. The stress of London all yesterday bore evidence of the carrying out of the warrants.
In the afternoon long strings of service- able-looking horses were being marched southward over Westminster Bridge. Where horses were taken the officer was accompanied by a veterinary surgeon, The horses were chosen, a price suggested and adopted, and a receipt given. In the seizure of motor vans or cars the military officers were attended by a mechanical expert. In the same way petrol hold by private users was commandeered. If an agreement as to price cannot be arrived at all the things required are taken just the same, but the owner has the right to appeal to the courts to fix the price to be paid.
Many commercial motors and horse were requisitioned by the Army anthori ties at Tyneside yesterday. The New castle police visited the house of foreigner and dismantled his wireless telegraphic apparatus.
BOATS
PLIGHT OF TOURISTS.
TO BE SENT FOR ENGLISH REFUGEES.
*
The plight of English visitors to the Continent struggling home in trains days behind time, and in overcrowded boats, was urged upon the attention of the Government in the House of Commons last nigh: (th)..
Harrod's, said that they were dealing with excessive orders quite ruthlessly. If a eastomer generally sent an order for £20 and now sent an order for £40, they only supplied £20 worth of goods or little more. If a house generally ordered £2 worth and now ordered £10, it was sent £3 worth. In this way the firm itself, with out any help from Government, is protecting the poorer and less selfish portion of the community.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
HOME RULE AND WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT.
CERTAIN THAMES CHANNELS AND APPROACHIES CLOSED.
It is motified in the Gazette. Extra- ordinary issued yesterday that the follow- ing notice was issued by the Admiralty on September 14th, 1914-
For purposes of national defence it is considered necessary that certain channels in V the approaches to the Thames should be closed. All incoming vessela flying foreign flags and all British vessels from all foreign and colonial ports must enll at the now pilot Tongue Light Vessel or station new established in the vicinity of the at one of the established pilot stations, viz., the Sunk Light Vessal, Margate, Deal and Dover, and be conducted to their destinations by a licensed pilot. All outgoing rewels of the samo description must before sailing obtain the services of a licensed pilot to conduct. them to sen. All incoming vessels not in- chuded in the above, before leaving their port of departure for the Thinnes, and all similar outgoing vessels, must obtain instructions
the channels to be used. These arrangements are to take effect from noon Monday, September 14th, 1914.
LONDON, September 15th. In the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith announced that the House Ruts and Welsh Discstablishment Bills would be placed on the Statute Book, but he would introduce a Bill to-morrow suspending the operation of both measures for a year, or if the war lasted longer, to a date not beyond the
Mr. Burbidge gave his confident assur-
termination of the war. Meanwhile the arice that there was and would be plenty Government guaranteed that the Amend-from the nearest Customs Authorities as to of food in the country. The rise in pricesing Bill would be introduced and dealt yesterday was largely due not to perman; out, much less increasing, causes, but to the fact that vast quantities of stores now at the docks cannot be liberated till the banks open.
FOOD PRICES.
NÚ JUSTIFICATION FOR RISES IN BREAD OR MEAT.
The Home Office issued the following statement last night (4th):-
The Committee of the Cabinet appoint- ed to deal with food supplies consider it necessary to issue an immediate statement for the information of the public as to the actual position. The President of the Board of Agriculture has already stated that the supply of wheat at present in the country, together with the home crops now being harvested, is sufficient for four months' ordinary consumption,
with before the expiration of the time
limit.
LATER.
the
Mr. Asquith, in making his state- ment regarding the placing of the Home Hale Bill upon the Statute Book, said that he would introduce next Session as amending Bill, and ho had the best hopes that a satisfactory and permanent settlement might then be reached. He paid a tribute to patriotism of the Ulster Volunteers who were going on active service. Any coercion of Ulster, he added, was unthink- able, and the Government were honestly desirous
acting reasonably and equitably to all:
Mr. Bonar Law said the Opposition. of it is in fact close to our shores. There had been unfairly treated regarding Home are, therefore, no conceivable circum- stances in which a wheat famine could · Rule, but they would contiane to support arise. High prices can only be due either the Government by, every means in their to actual scarcity or to fears of a scarcity. There is no actual scarcity, and any fears power during the war. The Opposition, which may have been felt on the subject however, would not participata further in are groundless.
the Home Rals discussion
In this statement no account is taken of wheat at this monent on the sea or to be shipped. Large consignment of wheat are now on the way to this country, and much
of
The Government's Suspensory Bill passed all its stages in the House of
Comatons.
The situation with regard to meat is not less satisfactory. The normal killings of our home-grown stock supply of per cant. of our annual consumption. We are not necessarily dependent upon for im Sir Hry Dalziel said the scones at ports for the balance of our suppl as in case of emergency it could be provided by some of the Continental ports were of a
slaughtering a larger proportion of our The House of Lords postponed the horrifying character. Not only were
own stock. This contingency cannot, English people returning home, but also however, arise in present circumstances. second reading of the Welsh Disestablish many foreign families were coming to There is at this moment an exceptionally meat Bill, and then passed, dospite the England for safety, and there was terrible large supply of foreign meat in cold
vercrowding in the cross-Channel boats.storage and heavy consignments are on Government's protesta, in all its stages, 4 member of the House of Lords who came the way to our shores. There is, therefore,. from Ostend the other night said the boat justification in the present position for was so crowded that it must have toppled over if the sea had not been calm, and any rise in price in bread or meat. then thousands were left behind. The Board of Trade to obtain at very frequent Arrangements have been made by the Government ought to see that there was
FROM VERA CRUZ. intervals information from a large num- an adequate service of boats.
ber of centres, both urban and rural, as to
WASHINGTON, September 16th. changes in the retail prices of food. The committee are ready to receive informa The United States troops have been tion from any person as to substantial ordered to withdraw from Vera Cruz. rises in the retail price of food supplies. experienced by him. Such information should be addressed to the Commercial | PEACE TREATIES WITH AMERICA, Department of the Board of Trade, Gwydyr House, Whitehall, London, S. W.
Tourists coming from Switzerland had spent four or five days in the train, and he was told that some of the travellers had been unable to buy food for three or four
days. Our Consuls abroad ought to be instructed to give those people every assistance, unbampered by red tape.
Mr. Price said English people in Berlin were unable to get into communication with their friends and there was the greatest anxiety concerning them. Could not the Government enter into negotia tions with Germany respecting them?
The destitution is appalling. A boat ought to be sent to-night,' said Sir Arthur Markham, speaking of affairs at Boulogne.
BRITAIN'S ONLY. FOOD DANGER.
PANIC ORDERS FROM THE ENPATRIOTIC,
To all these complaints Mr. Robertson gave the answer that the Board of Trade were-taking active steps to cope with the Tho Peking correspondent of the Peking situation. Boats would be sent for the and Tientsis Times, writing on Septem-refugees and special instructions would ber 8th, says:
be given to bur Consuls. A report from Weihsien states that the Japanese are being well received by the local Chinese and are able to get whatever they want from them. The Japanese have been very careful not to give the Chinese any cause for complaint, the home authorities having given strict orders to the officers in charge of the different detachments that they must see that the men under their command do not in any way molest, the local Chinese, and must punish severely any one who
does 80.
The Chinese much appreciate the attitude of the military commanders and are showing no naxiety over the landing of the Japanese troops.
ACTIVITY OF JAPANESE
AEROPLANES..
TALANTU, September 9th. A passenger from Kiaochou passing through hero this morning states that he saw an aeroplane circling over Taingtao attempting to drop bombs on to the forts. He also reports hearing heavy firing în that direction.
Japan newspapers:-
One danger, and one only, threatens us in this country as to our food supply, That danger comes from the foolish and are sending patriotic people who gigantic orders for groceries to our big
stores.
One Indy yesterday morning gave an order for £80, in which two items were 100lb. of rive and 100lb. of tea. Here is a small part of another order, which was the second order within the week, from a not very large household:
120lb, of flour. 50th. of sugar. 35lb. of tea.
35lb. of coffee.
80lb. of rice.
WILD ORDERING.
STATE CONTROL OF RAILWAYS. ·
MANAGERS' COMMITTEE IN CHARGE.
By an Order in Council yesterday the Government took over the control of the railways of Great Britain.
The control will be exercised through an of railways which has been formed for executive committee of general managers
facilitating the railway working, some time and has prepared plans for
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Although the railway facilities for pur- posed 'other than naval and military may for & time be restricted, the civil and mili tary railway demands will be ordinated as much as possible.
More normal conditions will in dus course be restored and, says the order, it is hoped the public will in the general interest accommodate themselves to/the inconveniene involved.
This control by the State is to ensur that the lines, locomotives, rolling stock, and staffs of all the railways shall be wed as one complete doit for the movement of troops, stores, and food sup plies. The individual staff will remain
under the same control and feceive in-
structions through the same channels a before.
The underground railways are included in this order, but it is only a formality. Tramways and omnibuses are not affected.
NEW ALIENE LAW."·
There was some very wild ordering in TOO MANY GERMANS IN ENGLAND, suburban food stores. At Brixton the provision shops have been crowded out with people buying up everything. The big shops, such as the Bonanza and Messrs.
GERMAN BOMBS IN ANTWERP..
Panis, August 28th. The American and other Ministers of LONDON, August-14th: Fairplay.
well-known shipping neatral nations in Antwerp have filed a journal, states that the enemy's ships have strong protest with the German Govern been captured as follows:-By Greatment for the bomb throwing by the the city of Britain: 44 Corman steamers, 18 German Zeppelin airship over sailers, and 3. Austrian steamers; by decided to make this an international Antwerp. The Belgian Government has France: 4 German steamers and two Austrian steamers; by Belgium: 34 issue, and has notified the United States indignation among poorer people.' German steamers, two German sailers and other nentral Powers signatory to
The Hague agreement. and two Austrian steamers, Russia claims to have captured 73 German steamers and 12 Austrian vessels.
KAISER BELIEVED TO BE READY FOR MEDIATION.
WASHINGTON, September 10th. Diplomats in Washington believe that Kaiser Wilhelm is ready for mediation.
Francis, had at one time to close, so as to be able to deal with existing orders.
The general manager of one of the The following telegrams are taken from | bigger establishments in Tottenham Court-road pointed out a pile of about 3,500 orders, mostly on a large scale, all of which had come in within the last thirty-six hours. "If that is not panic I dont know what is," he said. "In my opinion the Government ought to step in and prevent such individual cornering of food. There is no real shortage, nor likely to be, except in one or two commodities, out such orders as these will create a tmporary and apparent shortage, which may produce dangerous panic and great He pointed to some of the shop atten- dants, many of whom were wearing white BELGIAN MISSION IN LONDON.
aprons over their uniforms. They were putting in a terrible day's work before LONDON, September 1st. joining their regiments, "It is a shame," The representatives of the Belgian said, "to see such patriotic fellows Cabinet have arrived in London, where **shed in their last spare moments in they received an enthusiastic receptionerving out bysterical orders for timid from the porsiser. The object of the prple. V mission is to draw the attention of foreign countries to the charities committed by the Germans. Belgium.
WORT WAY WITH EXCESS.
"
The Government has awakened to the fact that there are too many foreigners, particularly Germans and Austrians, in England, and is geting acordingly. In introducing a Bill to regulate the more ments of undesirable aliens,, the Home Secretary told the House of Commons that in twenty-four hours twenty-one arrests have been made, chiefly in naval centres, and that most of these men are known as spies.
"for
Posing as/doctors, lawyers, or univer- sity professors, Germans have been found not only in the cities but also in rompte parts. Always they have a camera, holiday pictures." One man was caugh astride wall from which was a view of Sheerness harbour, another was found near Dover naval harbour, a third near vigoless station on the east coast, furto on the railway lines between Lon-
Ev
don Bridge and Cannon-street.
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Lord Lansdowne's Suspensory Bill”.
AMERICAN TROOPS WITHDRAW
WASHINGTON, September 16th.
Mr. Bryan, Secretary of State, has signed Peace Treaties with Great Britain, Franos, Spain, and China.
CONTRABAND OF WAR.
It is notified in a Government Gazette following articles will be treated by His Extraordinary issued yesterday that the Majesty's Government as Absolute and Conditional Contraband respectively:
ABSOLUTE CONTRABAND.
1. Arms of all kinds, including arms for sporting purposes, and their distinctive
component parts;
2. Projectiles, chargos, and cartridges of all kinds, and their distinctive component parts;
3. Powder and explosivesapccially prepared for use in war;
4. Gun-morantings, limber boxes, limbers, military waggons, field forges, and their dis- tinctive component parts:
5. Clothing and equipment of a distinctive military character;
6. All kinds of barness of a distinctively. military character :
7. Saddle, draught, and pack animals suit- able for use in war;
8. Articles of camp equipment and their distinctive component parts;
9 Armour plates;
10. Warships, including boats and their distinctive component parts of such a nature that they can only be used on a vessel of
war;
11. Autophages, airships, balloons and air- craft of all kinds and their component parts together with accessories and articles re- cognisable as intended for use in connection with balloons and aircraft.
PRINCE OF WALES' FUND.
ROXTRONG CONTRIBUTION,
Hongkong Swatow Amoy
monthly.
$777.84
Monthly Subgrribera
Amounting to
Up to 1E Inc.
131
23
195.00
45.00
"Kongmoon" ARIA
3
19.00
Total monthly sub-
seribers
163
$1,096.84
28 Hongkong donations 1,048.00
4 Swntow
do. 176,00
1 Anny
do.
10.00
$2,200.81
INTIMATIONS
THREE CHILDREN HAD ECZEMA ON SCALPS
Formed Crust. Went From Head to
Ears and Neck. Cuticura Soap and Ointment Quite Healed Them.
60, Chrisio Rd., Romford, Basaz, Eng- "My three atilldren, aged nino, seven and five had a breading, out of running sores
on their scalps. They cold as tires kad oczona Bau Bad
A very conta gloa kind which
we should havo
great trouble to
5
the cured
et it wre car-
Umally decharg login(sticky3VE- low liquid which Jam
dried and then scared to form a crust which broke out again. Starting on the crown of their heusis it travelet down in hind their cars to their necks and where tha children scratched they had a few o sores on their hands. But the worst places were bobind their ears which formed cores as big as crown pièces.
found the
"We were given a hor of crimens hire. I cannot my that it did any good at
at all. Seeing the Culfeura Soap and Ointment severitasd we wrote for a sampla. Upon using kurdu wo that they stayed the treination, also stopped the discharge so we bought the Cuticum Soap and Ointment and in ali wecks they quite cured them of the perora without leaving any disfigurement." (Signed)
· Mrs. J. Puštick, Jan. 23, 1914.
Samples Free by Post
Although Cutleura Scap and Cintrant are sold throughout the world, a spruple of cach with 32-p, Skin Back will be sent tre upon request. Address post-card: F. New- bory & Sons, 27, Charterlouse Sq., London.
(06-13
CALDBECK,
MACGREGOR&C.
(ESTABLISHED 1864).
SOLE AGENTS FOR
12. Implements and apparatus designed exclusively for the manufacture of munitions of war, fox the manufacture or repair of FALCON LAGER arms, or war material for use on land or sea.
CONDITIONAL CONTRABAND.
1. Foodstuffs;
9. Forage and grain, suitable for feeding animals:
2. Clothing, fabrics for clothing, and boots and shoes, suitable for use in war;
4. Gold and silver in coin or bullion, paper
moner:
6. Vhicles of all kinds available for use in war, and their component parts:
6. Vessels, craft, and boats of all kinds, floating docks, parts of docks, and their cota- ponent parts;
7. Railway material, both fixed and rolling stock, and material for telegraphs, wireless telegraph, and telephones:
8. Fuel: lubricants.
BEER
FOTTLED BY
MESSES. VAN VOLLENHOVEN
& Co., AMSTERDAM.
The ONLY GENUINE CHEAP
there are a umber of pics in the Isle of The military authorities announce that Wight, and warn the public against the 9. Powder and explosives not specially pre- risk of being shot if they go near defene spared for use in war; or military posts after da
10. Barbed wire and implements for fixing LAGER BEER out Markt. and cutting the same;
Mr. McKenna's Fill, which passed a second reading, gives "ower to the authorities to prever the residence of Vifferent chips are treating these suspected aliens in eain areas in time
different ways. Mr. Woodmyn¦ of war.
11. Horseshoes and shoeing materials; 12. Harness and saddlery;
13. Field plasses, telescaues, chronometers and all kinds of nantical instruments.