WAR TELEGRAMS. [JAPANESE FOREIGN Office DisPATCHES.}. PATRIOTIC DEMONSTRATION IN ITALY.
Roue, September 22nd. Yesterday, the anniversary of the occupation of Rome, by the Italian troops under General Caderna in 1870, an unpre cedented patriotic demonstration was held in the Italian capital. A crowd of 100,000 men assembled in front of the British Entbassy and cheered. The demonstration continued by night. The German and Austrian Embassies were guarded by
Troops.
The number of Italian troops mobilised di San excards
Marquis 500,000. Giuliano, the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, is ill in bed.
Public opinion in Italy is growing in sympathy with England, France and Hussia, denounces the Government's sloth, maintains that the Triple Alliance has collapsed, and condemns the neutrality of the Government. The ambition to recover
THE
HUMBLING OF BRUSSELS.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER, 7mm, 1914.
SILENT RECEPTION OF THE
PITILESS FOR.
Mr. Ferinand Tuohy, a correspondent of the Daily Mail, wrote from Ostend on August 29nd:-
It
NEAR WATERLOO,
It was 5. p.m. before the laat units left the city in the direction of Nivelles. The condition of the men is spoken of as good, but not improbably the army corps told off for the conquest of Brussels had seen little or no active service, being bastened up specially from the Meuse That the gallant 40,000 will very soon cane in contact with cold steel-is certain
AMERICAN TRADE
German arrogance has been satiated. An army corps, 40,000 strong, spent yes- terday afternoon marching through Brus- THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH sols with no other object than to wound the pride of a gallant little people. was done just for Peffet moral across the thine; the Kaiser, the man, who dropped the pilot, cares not for the irreparable estrangement such a violation must leave in its wake.
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Certain it is if the European war is
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The lesson of the Arc de Triomphe has passed unheeded. Germans are Germans In the effort of the British Government yet, the land of Hochcultar still breeds to avert the paralysis of trade with South the specimen of 1870 who jeered at a con- America, a deprecatory dispatch for nuts 52,921 tons; while the chief decreases quered Paris. Then, us now, no violence widespread publication has been sent to in the tonnage of this traffic were barley Aires. In 1012 Argentina 201,543 tons, wheat 435,032 tons, sugar was offered the population, but the worst Buenca scars are not those of hullet or bayonet. received from Great Britain products 347,313 tons, gram 175,558 tons, and
The traffic DUTT'S Belgians can never forget this-not till valued at about $115,000,000, while those ova beans 97,921 tons.. Trieste is gaining ground. The opinion King Albert rides down Unter den received from Germany were worth about with the Indian Peninsula has decreased,
The United States sent Linden. So a veteran expressed himself | 800,000,000.
with 1912, by 589,000 that the defeat of Germany and Austria to me, with tears in his eyes, this morning.imports valued at upproximately the comparatively
Jons, while there are increases of will result in an opportunity to recover He spuse for the Belgian nation. Such latter figure. In short, if Germany and 180,000 tons, with China, Japan, and Trieste is gaining ground. The opinion is the effect of Healpolitik, As it is Great Britain are cut from Argentine Vladivostock, and of 65,000 tons with that the defeat of Germany and the growth necessary to show, Germany's reputation trade, we have the opportunity of
Australasia, Traffic with Siam has 66 EAST INDIAN CONDIMENT CO.” in power of the Slavs will destroy the for coarse, brutal arrogance, racial cha-increasing our exports from 260,000,000 balance of power in the Balkans, and that
acteristics which have sickened the to £235,000,000 to that country alone. To doubled during the past year, and thero Italy should occupy Trieste to be prepared civilised world, remains unchallenged. this huge total the other European coun-is an increase of 50 per cent. in the traffic. a with Indo-China. The Trafic with for future events is a large contributor to
The noble story of Brussels' sacrificetries add about $100,000,000, making
some $335,000,000 of the American coast of the Pacific has the growing sympathy with the Allied that innocent blood might not flow-grand total of forces.
should be held up for generations unborn Argentine trade alone or nearly six increased from 174,000 tons in 1912 to 272,000 tons last year. This is attributed as an example to Berlin.. "Not a shot times our present figures.
to the anxiety of creating traffic in this was fired. In silent contempt the capi tal received her pitiless foe. How neces
region in anticipation of the opening of sary the visit was may be gauged from the
the Panama Canal, fact that to-night, with the exception of a few scattered companies in posses- sion,' "the army of occupation is believed to be encamped ten miles away, between Waterloo and Nivelles
TURKEY MOVING.
PETROGRAD, September 22nd. A force of 500,000 Turkish troops has arrived, at Constantinople from Syria.
QUALITY OF THE FRENCH GUNS.
NEW YORK, September 22nd. The enormous power of 75 mm, guns in use in the French army has been proved in the fighting on the Marar. Several batteries
artillery of German destroyed by them.
were
GERMAN CASUALTIES HALF A MILLION.
A Washington telegram to Manila papers dated October 2nd says the German casualties thus far are reported to be half a million. Berlin continues to remain silent."
barricades
BUDDEN DECISIONS.
It staggers the imagination to add the other South American republice. By similar calculation, Brazil could divert to us orders for goods valued at about $40,000,000 that now go to Germany, and exports worth about $50,000,000 at present sent from France. The other European countries send a valuation of about $100,000,000. The total, $190,000,000 (for we already have the lion's share) aggro- gates 8340,000,000, or more than double our present figures.
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PARADES.
As I cabled yesterday, the first sign of coming events presented itself in the disarming of the civil guard on Wednes
It is impossible at this is worth over 850,000,000 day evening.
year; that with
at Boston, U.S.A. This disposes of the stage to make known the immediate canse Germany amount to some $25,000,000 & rumours that the ship had been sunk by a of this sudden decision not to defend the year, and with other European countries (erman cruiser in the Straits of Malacca.. city. Up to noon on Wednesday the digit is more than $10,000,000. This would The North German Lloyd liner Prins ging of trenches and the construction of add $83,000,000 to the present export Faldemar, formerly plying between
feverishly continued. trade of about $23,000,000 that we enjoy Japan, Hongkong, Manile WELS
and the. Then came the news of the loss of Louvainif we capture that market. and the official admission of a general
These three republics alone can divort Antipodes; is now safe at Honolulu. Belgian retreat, the effect of which was to us more than $500,000,000 worth of to leave Brussels open to the invader.trade a year if the war continues. It is The burgomaster' proclamation filled the plein, from the figures cited and from the gap in the story. It was to be the white statistics of all other countries at peace, Hing with honour. Curiously enough, that the ill wind of war blowing over the Germans came to an equally sudden Europe this prodigious loss woald result decision in regard to the hour of occupa
in a gain to us over two billions a year, tion.
at least. When this is added to the actual At 11 am. on Thursday the first hostile outlay for the maintenance of armies and The black and golden eagle of the troops-Uhlans, of course-approached armaments, the cost of the war to Europe 152nd Lower Alsatian Infantry Regimunt down the Chausée de Louvain. M. Max mounts quite beyond the limitations of (German) captured by the French at
at once went to meet them in a motor-car, human reasoning faculties to something Saint Blaise, Alsace, was hung before the drawing up at the Place d'Ailly, by the like the imponderable immensity statue of Napoleon in the Court of barracks. Quite an hour clapsed before jastronomie distances. Honour of the Invalides. A company of the German General Staff appeared at the The Republican Guard escorted the stand-head of an endless line of shining armour. | urd, which was carried across the bridge Speaking briefly in German, M. Max an- of Alexander 111. A band played the nounced the city's decision. The reply **Marseillaise and many spectators re-came in French. Apparently a bloodless moved their bats as a salute to the van-entry had not been anticipated by the quished.
disciples of the "Blood and Iron move ment,
GERMAN FLAG HUNG ON
NAPOLEON STATUE:
MEMBERS OF RUSSIAN ROYAL
"In order to give the inhabitants full the time to make any arrangements," army of ocupation would bivouac in the suburbs and not engage on its triumphal progress till next day. So the pour parlers ended. East and west the tidings went forth of the twenty-four hours' re spite.
FAMILY AT THE FRONT. The Noroe Trewry publishes a list of the members of the imperial family who are serving at the front. It includes Grand Dukes Cyril, Boris, Dmitri, Nickolas and Peter, and Princes John, Olg, Igor and Alexander. It has since Judge of the surprise of the inhabitants been reported that the Grand Duke Mi-when, in the early afternoon, the Ger chael Alexandrovitch, a brother of mans began to move down Brussels' Emperor Nicholas, has joined the fighting Tine.
M. CAILLAUX A LIEUTENANT IN THE ARMY.
M. Joseph Caillaux, the former Premier and Minister of Finance, who and the rank of sergeant in the reserves, has been promoted to subaltern lieutenant. He is serving in tho
financial inspection department of the army.
WAR CONTRASTS.
famous boulevards. I am able to give the story of their march as related to me this afternoon by a member of the Belgian Red Cross, who had his motor-car com- mandeered by German officers, who fur-
of
Our export trade with England in 1010- with 1011 Was worth 8536,501,730; Germany, $257,495,814, with Canada. $260,806,013 with France, $135,271,648: with the Netherlands, 806,108,970; with Italy, 280,580,768 with Belgium, $45,018,622; with Scotland, $27,373,595 with Spain, #25,004,910; with Russia, $23,524,207; with Austria, $10,514,787; with Denmark, $13,196,950,
Much of the English, German, French and Russian trade we must lose pending the conflict, but it will be very much less than the gigantic gains within our grasp from South America.
The entire export trade to South America from the whole world is worth about $900,000,000. We should capture practically the whole of it. We could afford to sacrifice & considerable portion of our export trade to Europe, worth in round numbers 81,600,000,000 and still be vastly the gainers by the war, for an enormous share of the trade of the Orient,
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the violation of the capital. It seems the visitors were all out for making the boldest show.
the sea that now goes to Europe must come to the United States so long as the war continues.
Cavalry, infantry, artillery were theatrically paraded for the benefit of the inhabitants. In this connection it is
SUEZ CANAL TRAFFIC, difficult to understand why the population failed to remain indoors behind fastened
The returns of shipping and tonnage shutters as their fellow-victims in Paris elected to do in their hour of trial. Frnessing through the Suez Canal during Military writers it is suid agree that no flags were to be seen, shops and cafés 1913 have been issued as a Parliamentary about 8,500,000 men are under arms, and had closed, the whole atmosphere was one to these must be added 340,000 seamen,
of mourning, but the fact remains that By way of contrast, and as an indica- the enemy had an interested audience of tion of the enormous importance of the scores of thousands, standing a dozen first great battle of the campaign, it may deep. Nothing could have pleased them he recalled that the greatest number of more, troops engaged in any previous battle was !
SUBALTERN JOKES.”
The
paper. The net tonnage shows a decrease
of 241,236 tons, as compared with that of 1912, and an increase of 1,709,080 tons as compared with 1911. The lowering of the transit dues to f.6.25 per ton from January 1st, 1913, together with the slight reduction of tonnage, had the effect of reducing the gross receipts, which amounted in 1913 to 1.128,650,824, compared with £.136,423,831 in 1912 and f.134,702,199 in 1911.- The
the 701,000 Russians and Japanese who My inforniant was most impressed, by mel at Mukderi nine years ago. In the the bearing of the German officer. Napoleonic wars there were 472,000 men armed canaille behaved itself as well as number of vessels which passed through engaged at Leipzig, and only 217,000 at could have been expected. They sang Waterloo. In the Franco-German war 244,000 men took part in the battle of their joy-songs to a swinging gait, threw the Canal was 4,000 in 1911, 5,373 in 1912, kisses to the petites Belger-compliments and 3,085 in 1913, of which 3,080 in 1911, Sedan, and 301,000 in that of Gravelotte suitably if not delicately returned but 3,335 in 1912, and 2,951 in 1913 carried the And in the last big battle that was fought the march of shame was essentially an British flag. There has been a decrease --that in which the Bulgarians rented the
officers' outing.
of 795.137 tons last year, as compared with. Turks at Laule Burgas, not quite two years
In the haughty, be-sabred subaltern all | 1912, in the tonnage of British vessels, ago-there were about 400,000 men in the the true characteristics of the race came to which amounted to 11,715,047 tons in 1911, a head. They pinned the Belgian colours | 18,847,621 tons in 1912, and 12,052,484 tons on the hindquarters of their horses, they in 1913. During the same period the stampeded the crowd for the fun of the tonnage of German vessels has increased thing, they bought the papers of the night from 2,700,063 tons in 1911 to 3,025,415 tons before and scoffed at the headlins
in 1912 and 3,352,287, tons in 1913. The "La Situation Reste Bonbe,' Joffre, Commander-in-Chief of the they started their men on the most fri-percentage of British yessels and their Din Wacht am Rhein het vonnage in 1913 was 58 and 603 French Army, the strong, silent man, ia velous songs.
respectively, as compared with 621 and soon gave way to
pposing armies,
THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE FRENCH ARMY.
rhaps because of his handsome head and
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The number of
There was an increase of
scarely known of the general públic. Pau Puppchen, Du bist mein Augenstern. 634 in 1912 and 022 and 64 in 1911. The is the best known of the French generals, the most popular tune in the Fatherland percentage of German vessels and their] is reputation as a man of tremendous noy sounding like ragtime at a funeral. Bet tonnage was 15'3 and 167 respectively, dash and energy. Joffre was only 18 when They showed as much respect for a temas compared with 13 and 14'9 in 1912 and the 1870 war broke out. He was at the porarily conquered foe as was to be ex, 134 and 152 in 1911. Polytechnique at the time, and imme Tected of Germans. Occasionally, pass troops carried through the Canal during diately joined the artillery. He was reing public places they ordered the parade last year amounted to 88,748, as against marked for his assiduity and military arch (gouse step) just to rub things in. 73,248 in 1912. qualities, and was put on fortification Once they excelled themselves by marching 18,330 Turkish, 951 French, 560 Japanese, work. He did it so well that he was pro- teir men clean across a square of beauti- 513 Dutch, 243 German, and 10-Spanish, moted captain by Marshal MacMahon at ful, flowers. Even then the onlooker re- against a decrease of 4,917 British, 181 Portuguese, and 56 Italian troops as com- the early age of 9. The French generalis mained impassive. simo has gained all his experien of dimmed eyes. For the moment the tonnage from north to south was increased It was a day of stony stares, of tear pared with 1913. During last year the Aghting as a commander in lonial wars but he has been extraordinarily systematic Brucellos forgot that this bloodless brain each of the chief classes of merchandise- in all he has undertaken, and leaves, nu gely was all for the best, that the Allies namely, coal, petroleum, railway material, thing to chance. He re embles Napoleon in had counted on it, and had made no effort and salt, by 285,001, 45,020, 89,955, and
Needless to say, the aerial that and in some other of his attributes. to binder it. To strike rather than be struck is one of touch had to be given to this German joy- 17,705 tons respectively, as compared with In the traffic from his great axions. He believes in making day. Accordingly, at 4 p.m., a Tanbe the preceding year. war in silence; indeed, that is the great monoplane appeared over the city drop- south to north there were increases in the difference between this campaign and the ing a feu de joie near the Gare du Nord, following classes of merchandise:-Rice uther. Then, generals' names were on The German stage managers had never 358,986 tone, manganese 245,848 tons, every lip; now, none knows who is the pondered that such a perforidance might cotton 106,070 tons, oil seeds 100,731 tons, various minerals 82,794 tons, and ground author of any particular exploit, be misinterpreted for a bomb attack.
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