INTIMATIONS
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER STF 1914.
Franco-German war of 1870-71, which lasted but seven months, it will be scen that Germany's losses have been enor mously greater, and we are yet a long way from the end of the war. Well might the KAISER Ask himself what
The many friends of Mr. T. H. G. Brayfeld, partner in Messra. Carmichael & Clarke, will be interested to hear that he has volunteered for active service. He went Home in May last for a year's holi- day, but in Søptember he joined a Corps
A. S. WATSON Prospect there is of making his people of Engineers formed from the Institutes
& CO., LTD.,
ESTABLISHED 72 YEARS,
happy by such a disastrous war, for there can be no hope of a successful issile for Germany. On the west the German Army
SUPREME COURT.
Monday, December 7th,
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE (SIR WH REES DAVIES, K.C.).
A MONEY-LENDING ACTION
BRITISH DEFORTS FOR GERMAN TRADE.
a fallacy to assume that the Germans will give up these methods when they Are beaten on the battle fields. The school of technology in Shanghai will ho enlarged and developed
THE BRITISH WAY. Upon its formation one of the first things which the British Engineers Association did
was to support all efforts to educate the Chinese in Applied Science, They urged that Britishers
THE MARKET IN CHINA.
[CONTRIBUTED.] There is ample evidence just now that the British manufacturer is busily employed in looking after trade in most Teri Ho Yau, of 109, Second Street parts of the world. From the commence
naught Road Central, boarding-house of the keeper, for 8819.70, being principal and emphasised The Board of Trade has a and they did everything in their power interest on two promissory notes, signed Commercial Intelligence Department, to assist the efforts made in Hongkong. on the 1st Boptember, 1913,
Mr. C. AS. Russ was for the plaintiff, and Mr. C. Smith defended.
one has said that the defendant was a
is held in check The army in the east Deal, and it was expected that it would trader, sued Lo Pak Bhu, of 68, Coment of this great war the importance should take a foremost part in this work,
commercial struggle Was
There was no question of coercion; free-
of Civil Electrical, Mechanical and Marine Engineers. This Corpe, about (00 strong, has been under training at
can do nothing that is likely to be of
proceed to the Front early this month. permanent benefit to Germany. This success which the German Army A daring armed robbery occurred at is reported to have No. 5, Shanghai Street, Yaumati, on gained aaginst the Russians at Lodz is Saturday. A rent collector named Cheng but a Pyrrhic victory. It has Leon Mui had opened the door of the house with achieved at the cost of appalling sacrifice. Two weeks ago Lord the object of allowing a friend to depart, KITCHENER announced that the German with revolvers, suddenly appeared. They 48 was often the case, deposited money unpopular. More recently we have bad that, long before the.. losses in this region were heavier than forced their way into the house, compelled with thin boarding-house and took ractical evidence of the policy of the
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, in Poland
HIGH-CLASS WINES.
WATSON'S
D. PORT
any they had previously suffered in the war, and when we retgember the enormous losses they have had in the battles on the western front, the list from Poland must be, indeed, appallingly lengthy, though the Berlin War Office declines to regard the losses as colossal," And of what avail can the occupation of Lodz be to them? The further they penetrate
VERY SUPERIOR OLD POET WITH into Poland the weaker they must become
STYLE AND CHARACTER.
WATSON'S
Per Dozen $29.80
D. SHERRY
SUPERIOR PALE DRY.
Per Dozen $24.30
Those Wines
are specially
Can
never
on the western front; and, after all, they
establish themselves pers manently in Poland. The telegrams of the last few days, which have told us of the large forces the Germans have rapidly brought into this region from Germany and the western theatre of war, have prepared us for a Russian retreat, after the failure to envelop the original German force. In the slowness of its movements lies the principal weakness of the Russian Anay, but we may be sure that the last battle around Lojz has not yet been fought We are told in a telegram from Petrograd to-day that the Russian plan is to destroy the German army in Poland, if possible and if not to operate so as to compel
reinforcements and to relieve the allies
the occupier to go into the kitchen, and also confined the fokie. The robbers then ransacked the place, and stole $71.20, wo watches worth $10, and about $12, worth of clothing. One man has since been
arrested, on suspicion,
Mr. Russ
which has carried out a vigorous
campaign on behalf of the Britisher The Colonies followed country, and ord i thin lead, of the old
Empire, German goods became very.
in
will offerings were asked for and were given. At the present there
Britisher, but it is only fair to remember a great wave of patriotim monitor is
war, British engineering
firms frequently gave
fashionable & year ago. They com plained, and they probably had some
reason for the complaint, that they were
omissory notes in exchange, withdraw British Government, for all of the practical evidence of these foolings which ing money from time to time The fact Getman Arms in this Colony are in we prize now more sincerely than was that the money was advanced was nɔt denied
liquidation. German" shipping hac plaintiff's nephew, who was in the employ waters, and German trade
The defence was that the disappeared from the face of the of the defendant, at the latter's boarding Chian must be in a state of stagnation. not assisted by their own countrymen in house, received an authority signed by Is the British manufacturer obtaining China. It is not altogether improbable the plaintiff to receive the balance of any benefit from the disappearance of that if visite were made to the power the money duc The nephew brought his most strenuous competitor in the Far stations in Canton, Hongkong and DEATH OF MRS. W. B. A. MOORE,
this authority to the defendant, and the East? Is he picking up the connections Shanghai, German machinery would be We regret to record the death of Mrs. latter paid the nephow. In answer to abruptly broken by the cessation of seen British ongines and accessories Moore, wife of Dr. W. B. A. Moore, that, the plaintiff alleged that he never German shipping 1 Will the war enable might well have found a place. That is, Assistant Superintendent of the Govern gave the nephew any authority, and that the Britisher to so firmly establish let us hope, past history; perhaps one ment Civil Hospital. Death took place he especially told the defendant that he himself in the growing market of China of the lessons of the war which will be at the Hospital on Monday evening after was not to trust the nephew, because he that he will be in a position too securely carried home to the British commercial was very untrustworthy. Also that he entrenched for the German to attack man is that efforts should be made to short illness from kidney trouble.
position successfully later on?
support the trade of his own country.
- THE TRADE IN CHINA. The funeral took place at the Happy (plaintiff) was quite in a
collect the money himself; and, in fact,
THE BRITISH ENGINEERS' ASSOCIATION." Valley last evening, the ceremony being he did collect some of the money. There
The immediate problem which is before Nearly three years ago there was conducted by the Rev. H. Copley Moyle.
was no reason why the nephew should be formed the British Engineers Associats all ià, How can we help the old Among those who attended the funeral paid. The only issue in the notion was tion. The undisguised object of this country? There are some who think that were the Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp (Attorney whether or not the nephew was paid by body of manufacturors was to put up a we are so far away that a subscription General), Dr. T. C. Johnson (Principal the defendant.
fight against the Germans for engineer to the Prince of Wales' Fund and Civil Medical Officer), Dr. V. V. M.
After hearing evidence, bis Lordship ing trade in China. Its birth was enlistment as a special constable solven Koch, Staff-Surgeon Hunt, R.N., Dr. said that he entirely discredited the heralded with an outburst of vitupers the problem. But that will not do. I'v Francis Clark, Dr. McKenney, Devidence of the nephew, and said he tion by some of the technical papers of is the duty of overy one of us—il we can Smalley, Dr. Keyt, Dr. Coleman, Dr. could not put much reliance” un the the Fatherland. They attempted to kill do nothing better to attempt to Macfarlane, Dr. Gibson, Mr. Adam defendant's evidence. If the defendant it by downright abuse and the coarce influence trade with and on behalf of
recommended, being of Superior Germany to throw into Poland increasing/Gibson, Mr. F. Brown, Mr. T, L. Perkins, was fool enough to repay money to the ridicule which has been popular with Britain. A large number of the Mr. McElderry, Dr. Evan Jones, Mr. plaintiff's nephew, when he knew he their readers. After a few months we engineering works in that country -have.
Vintage, Old, and thoroughly matured and in fine condition.
in the western theatre. At any rate if Parker Rees, the Matron of the Hospital could pay the plaintiff himself, he must Miss Makor), Sisters Gorham, Loe, put up with the consequences. Judgment there has been a retreat from. Ludz t
Barrow and Blaan, and other friends. A for plaintiff with conte appears to have been a successful one, and
Iarge number of floral wreaths also. while the fighting in the Eastern thentro is demanding greater efforts on the part of testified the sorrow and sympathy of Germany the time is ripening for a general many friends with Dr. Moore in his sad
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bereavement,
THE MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A EUROPEAN AT QUARRY BAY.
front. Germany ban learnt by bitter experience that the incessant and restices energy of her troops which achieved so much against the French in the War of 1870-71 has resulted but in
THEKE MEN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL terrible losses to the macives in the present
At the Magistracy yesterday Mr. F. A. war. When the German Army finds itself after four months of hard ighting, Hazeland took evidence in the case in unable to advanes in Franco but is being which three Chines were charged with steadily pressed back, little by little, it is attempted robbery as the residence of Mr. not surprising to learn that the captured Alexander Carmichael, at Quarry Bay, German officers are less optimistic tha and with attempting to murder the latter. they were, and freely confess that
Defendants pleaded guilty to attempted German" strategy has failed. The
robbery, but denied the second charge. Allies have never since the war began had
The complainant, Mr, A. Carmichael, more reason than they have to day to be deposed that he was an engineer at Taikoo Sugar Refinery, and lived at the Joss House, Quarry Bay. It was pulled the
confident of final victory.
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CONDEMNATION OF THE
**TANNENFELS."
heard of the formation of a Society in hundreds of their men in the firing line. Germany, closely aided by the State, The firms are paying half wages. It is whose object was stated to be that of look at least our duty to help these firms. ing after German engineering interests They want orders they write out to in China. Imitation is the sincerest Hongkong to know whether there is any form of flattery"the slow moving chance to obtain some of the trade that Teuton had discovered that, after all, the was so profitably obtained by que British Engineers Association was a enemics.
menace to Gernian trade influence. We It is difficult to see how the individuál can imagine the indignant German can help, and the immediate reply made- manufacturer's representation to his by the Britisher in the East is that there Government, and the latter's immediate is no trade. But in this trying period promier of assistance. The result was of waiting, opportunities occasionally an ambitious programme for the German- come. Is everything being done to isation of all engineering work in the ensure that we shall obtain the trade. when the recovery commences? The Far East.
PRIZE COURT PROCEEDINGS, An application was made to the Chief Justice, sitting In Prize, at the Supreme Court, for the condemnation of the Hansa lizer Tannenfels, her freight and cargo,
The Attorney-General (Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp), instructed by the Crown Solicitor (Mr. P. M. Hodgson), represented the Crown, and said there was no claim in Association hi ezse ender for the ship or the cargo.engineers had made determined efforts will enable him to make machinery for The only cargo on the vessel was coal, to push their products in China They the Chinese market. It is necessary to which was released under as order of the took long views and they planned for the convince the Chinese of the advantages Court, and with the content of the Crown, fature. They grasped, right from the of mechanical appliances.
beginning, that one of the most efficient When we mention Christian missionary 19 a British claimant, a firm in Singapore methods of cocuring their ends was to work in China there are some Britishers He would suggest that his Lordship should establish technical schools in China, as who enthuse and others who abuse. heir the case on the affidavit of the late well as to persuade young Chinese to Whom we talk about the prestige of the
Long before the British Engineers manufacturer at home is ready and was formed the German willing to consider suggestions which
We might
Mr. C. 8. Gubbay, of Messrs. E D Jess House because there was a Chinese Master of the Tannenfels. It stated that attend their Universities in Germany, British Empire there is no difference of Sassoon & Co., has joined the Board of the tenple behind it, On the night of the 30th on the 15th July, the ship left Newcastle, There were difficulties in the way, for opinion. We might all of us become
November he went to bed at 9 o'clock, and New South Wales, for Singapore with German was a language not popular in missionaries of Empire. was awakened at about 2 or 2 a.m. by a 7,159 tons of cool, exclusive of bunkers; the Far East. But whatever the vices represent to our Chinese friends bow man's hand closing over his throat. There that the ship was owned by the Hansa of the German military people may be, advantageous it is for their own interests Witness Lino, of Bremen, and registered at it is only fair to the German engineer to develop their mines and to control their were three men in the room. endeavoured to secure a spittoon from the Bremen, and that she flew the German to say that he possesses the great virtue rivers. And we might see to it that British, floor by the side of the bed to defend Bag. Each of those two statements would of "deggedness. Moreover, he is always machinery has, at any rate, a fair chance. himself, but was prevented by one of the be sufficient to condemn the ship. The certain of support by his Government. Germany is down just at present, but, robbers, who held his hands. Witnes was torney General added that he under- Therefore, he commenced, in no small despite the smashing blows in store for struck two heavy blows on the head, which stood that the ship discharged part of her way, to make young China think her, as the close of the war she will he
A Sale of Work is announced to take place at St. Paul's College on Saturday, the 19th inst., in connection with the
Lung Women's Christian Association.
The Bishop of Victoria will to-day continue bis cource of Advent lectures for
ladies, at 10.45 a.m., in his private chapel rendered him nearly unconscious. During cargo at Singapore when the war broke Teutonically in the practical realus of out in the Far East again, armed with
St. Paul's College. The subject to-day the whole of this time one of the men
is the parable of the Ten Virgins.
Mr. N. Railton, of No. 1, Cameron Road, has reported to the police that thief entered his room on Saturday sight and stole & gold watch and chain, valued at 0100, a pair of sleeve links worth $20, and in money.
applied science.
THE GERMAN “WAY:
NEW DAIREN-TSINGTAO STEAM- SHIP SERVICE.
the same old methods. Let us take full. out, and she suddenly slipped out in the
advantage of hier temporary absence to had been trying to put a wooden gag in night. Freight was payable in respect his mouth. Subsequently, in reply to bis to the cargo handed over to the British The writer has by him a sample of the establish connections and to push British shouts for assistance, one of the watchmen creditor, and he would ask his Lordship methods employed. A German tecanical interests. For the home firma need all school- wás founded in North the trade possible in order to provide came up. Soon afterwards an Indian to condemn the freight as well as the ship: China and the funds were obtained employment and to alleviate suffering in policeman and another Indian watchman | Most of the freight had been paid, There
that mysterious way which Britain. arrived, and the thres non were arrested, was no dispute about it, but he thought in
Jeads to one
conclusion only The Indian constable stated that the first his Lordship should make the judgment
It was only a watchman came up to him, and asked if of perishable stores on board, and they portion of the problem solved, however
complete. There was also a small quantity Government support Major-General F. H. Kelly, C.B., has he had heard noises proceeding from the rere also sold under the order of the the building of the school or Univer HONGKONG, DECEMBER 8TH, 1914.
received a telegram from the Secretary, complainant's house, Witness replied in Court. He asked his Lordship to condemn DR. MORZ Busch, the
War Office, London, stating that Captain the affirmative, and they then went to In answer to the Chief Justice, the equipment of these places is the expensive have made mention previously in these the stores also, the sity, to train in technology. The The Manchuria Daily News says: We BOSWELL of BISMARCK's “bablo talk" tells that the E. H. Kelly, RE., is reported as wounded investigate. On entering the first floor Attorney-Generar said that the ship was part How was the equipment to te columus concerning the proposed opening Prince sometimes in a low and moody in the right shoulder, hand and leg, by à of the house he saw the complainant lying seized by the torpedo boat destroyer obtained state of mind would soliloquise aloud in hand grenade, His condition was on the bed and struggling with three
of a regular steamship service between. Chelmer
The Court gaye judgment that the The method employed was quite typical Dairen and Tsingtao. this tragio strain: Nobody loves me improving on 3rd December.
Chinese. One of them held him by the Tannenfels was a good and lawful prize, of the German Government. A letter op for what I have done. I have never
Messrs. Iwaki & Co, a pioneer Japan- At the Magistracy yesterday a Chinese throat, and was trying to throttle him, and pronounced its condemnation.
the table now being used by the writer ese shipping concern of Chefoo which made anybody happy, not myself, nor was charged with the larceny of 31lbs another was holding his legs, while the
exposes the crude and bullying system oporated the Dairen Chefoo Tsingtao anyone else. But how many have I made of load from the Kowloon Wharf and third was trying to put a wooden gag into
Various firms in Germany, on the service with the Nagata Maru No. 20, 050 unhappy Had it not been for me, Godown Company's premises. It appeared complainant's mouth. A third Indian
Admiralty and War Office list were tons, just prior to the outbreak of the war about Kiaochow, have applied to the three great wars would not have been that the man had been at work on the watchman came up and all three of the Under this heading a recent Lon-lon written to by Government officials, and Kwangtung Government for permission fought; eighty thousand men would not wharves, and it was alleged that he had
paper contains the following:
they were informed that they must for the inauguration of a weekly service have perished; parents, brothore, sisters stripped some of the piles for the lead. The Medical Superintendent of the Lack of appreciation of serious supply equipment for a certain German between Dairen and Tsingtao and widows would not have been bereaved Defendant, who declared that he had Government Civil Hospital (Dr. W. V. M. Court to be the cause of the failure of failed to do so they would be struck off proposed service, when established, will music was stated in London Bankruptcy school of technology in China. 11 hey We learn on reliable authority that the and plunged into '.. mourning." One
saived the lead, was sent to gaol for a Koch) deposed that Mr. Carmichael was Herbert Warwick Withers, a professional the German War Office and Admiralty subsidy conjointly with the Dairen be worked under Kwangtung Government wonders whether the KAISER WILHELM ever finds the time to indulge in similar
admitted to the hosptal on the morning violoncello player, who incurred losses in
a musical tour in the Far East. He lists.
Steamship Co., which had already searchings of heart? The Franco-German It is announced in Church Notes that of the 1st inst. There were a large number, stated that he started the tour with
authorities for the Company's proposed War, of 1970-71, according to the account St. John's Cathedral Church Body has of scratches on the upper part of his chest others at the end of 1988 as the Withers There is a great deal of mystery about received the endorsement of the proper Published by Field Marshal Count appointed the Rev II. G. H. Grifith, and his throat, which appeared to witness Concert Company He borrowed £350 to German centros of Applied Science in route between the shove ports. The
start with, and toured India, Ceylon, China. Thero s
is a school in Shanghai S.M.R. Co. is reported to have come to HELMUTH VON MOLTKE, cost the Germans Curate of Abordare, to the post of Assist to have been caused by finger nails. The Burmah, Java, Hongkong, Shanghai, which the writer endeavoured to visit a decision to make the present Dairen-
right side of his face was bruised and Japan and Honolulu. The tour termi
Shanghar hinery Salak Maru and Kobe 6,247 sheers and 123,453 men. What the aat Chaplain. It is hoped that Mr swollen and there were two large cuts on nated at Yokohama at the end of eighteen few months ago Unfortunately all his Maru call at Tsingtao on both outward present war will cost Germany is too Grifith will leave in January, He the back of the bend, above the right ear, months, by which time debtor had lost efforts were fruitless, as the time was and homeward voyages. The shipping appalling to contemplate. Careful gradualed at desus College. Cambridge. His voice was hoarse, and he complained about £1,500 on the venture, most of it so inconvenient. It is difficult for returns of the port of Tsingtao for 1913
of pain in the throat when swallowing having been borrowed It was a finan estimates already place the number of and was at Llandaff, Theological College. The wounds on the scalp must have beencial failure owing to the lack of interest anyone who is neither Chinese nor German were: German victims at nearly two millions in Hes strongly recommended by Ber caused by something sharp.
which people in the East took in serious to see this school, but some of the British killed, wounded and prisoners and the Johnson, who has been acting for the His Worship, told the defendants he music. The examination was concluded
Blendidly equipped. It is, of course, yar has been in progress only a little over Church Body, and by Bishop Mout intended semiling them for trial at the upon accounts showing liabilities of about engineers in Shanghai say that it is
£1,500 and email aseela." four months. In comparison with the
Criminal Sessions.
fortnight.
gomery.
mon were arrested.
"THE UNMUSICAL FAR EAST";
A
German steamers British Japanese
Net
of Vessels. Tonnages
656
518
1,169,490 854,738 470,816
610