WAR NEWS.
GERMAN'S PRO-BRITISH ARTICLE.
BOLDIERS" FULL OF RESPECT FOR TES BRITISH.'
A prominent German Socialist, Edward Bornstein, writing in the Leipziger Folke zeitung, delivered a furious attack on all the German papers for their constant blackmailing of the British national character as one of hypocrisy, mendacity, and fraud...
Bernstein says that he and many other German Socialists have found by experi- ence that the word of an Englishman could be trusted to a greater extent than that of Germans in Germany. When Ger- man Socialists like Dr. Liebknecht were not allowed to live in Germany they found friends in England. German soldiers were coming back full of respect for the English. The world must know that all German Socialists will fight to a finish for Germany's liberty, and Geman land Socialists are among those who will at any
time lend a hand towards securing an honourable peace favouring justice to everybody. We will do so independently of Germany's economic condition.
RUSSIANS FROM ARCHANGEL.
ANOTHER ́ ́ EXPLANATION OF THE TALE
THAT POSSESSED LONDON."
The London correspondent of the sien touches upon that tale of Russians from Archangel that possessed London so com pletely in August and September last; your. He alludes to one theory that has tready been broached repeatedly when he says We haven't wholly parted with the Great Russian Mystery. I confeas myself to have been a whole-hearted believer in tho business, so many and circumstantial, so oddly confirmative without premeditated correspondence, were the reports that came from all parts of the realm. The idea now is that the authorities of fixed purpose set afloat the
wero, brought vid ports in Scotland to be: shipped to Northern Franco, to the end that it might reach the ears of industrious German spics, and influence German factics when their armies were marching on Paris, If this be so I say if this be so and the tale convinced Germany that she would be taken by overwhelming force in flank or in rear, then the authori- ties are more than justified of their essay in fiction, though it wasn't very English to resort to such mancouvres. Some day
THE SITUATION IN MEXICO.
[FROM MANILA PAPER.]
THOUSANDS ARE STARVING.
WASHINGTON, March 8th. Major-General Funston, who, was, in command of the US army which took possession of the city of Vera Cruz less than twelve months ago, has been ordered to the Mexican border by the chief of) staff to inspect the troops on duty along the international line.
The inhabitants of Mexico City will starve if General Obregon and his troops romain; if they depart serious rioting will break out."
The above statement is contained in an
The
official mesango which the officials of the State Department received to-day from Agent Silliman. His message also con tained the intelligence that thousands of the inhabitante of the city will die unless immediate relief is forthcoming. supply of foodstuffs on hand is con- tinually dwindling and huge stores of provisions have been seized by Obregon's men, who are using the supplies for them- selves and totally disregarding the needs of the poorer people who are obsolutely dostitute and in want.
The State Department has also received information that the diplomatic repre- sentatives of the various foreign nations. in Mexico City are preparing to leave in: a body, rather than continue to remsia under the ever-changing Government. The crisis is believed near at hand..
Agent Silliman has demanded of Gen- eral Venustiano Carranza that he furnish protection for every single foreign subject in Mexico City.
ZHU HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH 13TH, 1915.
SHIPPING NOTES.
The Tungho Co. has purchased the British steamer Muster,
The British steamer fonmouthshire has been purchased at Nagasaki by Mr. K. Enomoto for registry at Dairen.
The port of Newchwang is expected to be re-opened for traffic about the 20th inst
Thos. Teikoku Maru (owned by the South Manchuria S. S. Co., Dairen) has contracted to carry rice at an unheard of rate of 70 shillings per ton between Saigon and Marseilles.
As a Japaneso paper. remarks, freights are on the soar
The Indo-China B. N. Co. (Mesurs. Jardine, Matheson & Co.) and the China Navigation Co. (Messrs. Butterfield & Swire) have resumed their Shanghai- Tsingtao steamer service, which they meintained before the siego war.
Messrs. 6. O, Tanaka & Co., Dairen, who have recently purchased the 5.3 Loongyue for service between Dairen, Scitou (Tsingtao), and Vladivostok, are reported to be negotiating for the pur- chase of another steamer of 4,000 tons from abroad for the purpose
of exploiting the South See and South American services.
Fifteen steamers, mostly British, which were recently at Vladivostock discharging cargoes for the Russian troops at the front, loaded at American ports wore expected to load, as return cargoes, Siberian, wheat for the Allied Forces, Wharves and jetties of a temporary nature were being hurriedly constructed Secretary of State Bryan has not yet as Vladivostock in order to meet the received an answer from the A. B. Cpressing requirements diplomats regarding his proposal of inter-accommodation.
forberthing vention by the armed forces of the United. States, Argentino, Brazil and Chile.
AMERICAN
SENATORS
ARRESTED.
SHIPPING IN PORT.
STWAMISHA. CHEONGSHING, British str., 1,259, Liddell, 18th March-Tientsin 6th Mareh, Gen- oral-Jardine, Matheson & Co. CHICAGO MARU, Japanese str,, 8,637, K. Hori, 11th MarchManila 9th March, General-Osaka Bhosen Kaisha. CHINGOнow, British str., 1,105, J. Doyle, 7th March—Kwang Yen 4th March, Stone-Shewan, Tomes & Co..
INDIAN AFRICAN LINE.
Cargo married on through Bills of Lading from HONGKONG to BETRA DELAGOA BAT, DURBAN (Natal), EAST LONDON, PORT ELIZABETH and DAPE TOWN with trazhipment at COLOMBO to Steamers of the INDIAN AFRICAN LINE. A
FROM HONGKONG I 2015 March
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EXCELLEET ACCOMMODATION FOR 1ST AND 2ND CLASS PASSENGERS,
CHIYDEN, Chinees et, 1,177, Roos, DL ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE.
March-Shanghai sth March, Gen- eral-Chinese..
FoocHow, British str., 1,337, J. R. Owen, 8th March-Shanghai 4th March, GeneralButterfield & Swire." EIGER, Norwegian str., 875, E. Fingalson, 6th March-Dolny 27th February, General-Chinese.
24th
FEITEJOor, Norwegian str.. 901, Kriston
sen 6th March-Bangkok February, Bice-Chinesa. Fuxus MARU, Japanese str., 3,057, 12th March-Miike 8th March, Cosl.- Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, HORUTO MARU, Japanese str., 274, W. Ebini, 11th March-Occan Island.-- Order.
HONG BEE, British str., 2,058, V. Eg‹əm,
6th March-Singapore 27th February, General-Chinese
KAMOR, Norwegian str., 949; Faltmen, 11th March-Hongay 9th March, Coal --- Chinese.
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JAPAN, CHINA AND STRAITS
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MARSEILLES, LONDON AND LIVERPOOL,
KELJO MABU, Japanese str, 1,164, D. Imaidzumi, 8th March-Moj Sað March, General-Order. KENEOS MARU, Japanese str., 2,001, §.
Sasaki, 9th March--Moji 3rd March, MARSEILLES & LONDON ... "CITY OF CORINTH”,
Coal. Mitsui Bussau Kaisha. LOKSANG, British str., 977, D. W. Ritchie,
12th March-Hoihow 11th March, Gen- eral-Jardine, Matheson & Co. MINNESOTA, American str., 13,323, Garlick,
11th March-Seattle 6th February, General-Nippon Yusen Kaisha. NOBA, British sir,, 3,897, A. B. Garwood,
11th March-Bombay 22nd February, General.-P. & O. 8. N. Co. ORISSA. British str 3,525 D. H. Lang-
·lands, 10th March—Moji 4th March, General -David Sassoon & Co. OranU MARU, Japanese str., 1,950, Yoshio- ke, 9th March----Moji 4th March, Coal. -Mitsui Bussan Kaisha.
tale that large bodies of Russian troops AN ALL-NIGHT FIGHT OVER THE and the Daigi-maru, 1,668, tons gross, both PAKHOI, British str., 1,228, A. Tuche, 11th
we shall know the truth.
A HAMBURG PAPER ON GER- MANY'S ENEMIES.
BARTHWORMS AND VIFERS.
The Hamburg Nachrichten goes a step. further and manages, at the same time, to mobilies n choice assortment of epithets for the hated and despicable foo."
SHIP PURCHASE BILL.
of an all-night, fight ne the result of the The United States Senate was the scene endeavours by the followers of the Administration to pass the Ship Purchase Bill, and the countor-efforts of the Opposition to talk the measure to death.
While Sonator Jones was discussing at great length everything connected with the country's politics, and business which was not salicut to the issue before the House, many Senators went to theatres and dinner parties, and only returned to the Senate at midnight, prepared to sleep in chairs in the cloak-room, where they could be called upon if any attempt should be made to force a vole.
In the early hours of the morning
several absent Senators were ordered to be arrested and brought to the Chamber.
REVIEW.
Thou Ar! the Man: The Story of a Great Crime By SIDNEY DARK. London: T. Wernor Laurie, Ltd.
For
Steamer
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Fails.
On 24th March,
"KALOMO"
On 10th May.
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Subject to change without notice. For rates of freight and farther information apply to
Hongkong, 13th March, 1915.
THE TAIK00
The Osaka Shosen Kaisha now announce the inauguration of a regular weekly steamship service from Hongkong to sufficient Haiphong, touching, when inducement offers both in passenger, and freight traffic, at floihow and Pakhoi. The steamers commissioned for this now trade are the Keijo-maru, 1,207 tons gross, having accommodation for first and second class passengers as well as third class with the departure from Hongkong of the deck passengers. The service commences
Keijo-mare on the 15th of March. The Company's agent at Haiphong is M.PHRA NANG, British ate., 1,022, Flash- P. Roque.
man, 11th MarchBangkok 4th March, Rice,Chinese. SIBERIA, American str., 11,294, A. Zeeder,...
high shipping freights and scarcity of Manila merchants are complaining of ships. At a combined meeting last week of the "Manila, Merchants Association, Iloilo Board of Trade, Manila and Iloilo Chinese Chambers of Commerce, Interna tional and Filipino Chamber of Com- meree, in meeting it was resolved to respectfully and urgently support the Governor-General of the Philippines fin an appeal to President Wilson to relieve the shipping situation by permitting use of navy and army transports and colliers for carrying of Philippine produce to the United States. Freights, it was stated, had already advanced two, hundred per cont, and insufficient tonnage was offering even at these rates. It was imposible, they stated, to foretell freight rates for April and May. Immediate sufferers will be copra and hemp producers, and within two months Iloilo sugar warehouer facili- ties will be totally inadequate. Govern- ment vessels which are now travelling homeward unladen would materially relieve the situation. The Provincial business was now nearly paralyzed and a crisis threatens.
At length we learn definitely the terrible fate which is being prepared for us by the English with the aid of Frenchmen, Russians, Belgians, Serviana, Montone-
Mr. Sidney Dark is one of the cleverest grins, Japanese, Canadians, Sikha, Gurkhas, Fijimas, and whatever else in and most versatile members of the editori- the shape of Hagonbockian curiosities al staff of the Daily Express. He had been may be crawling on the round back ofset the task of summarising the official re- the earth-perhaps also the aid will be records of the cause of the great war now invoked af rattlesnakes, water-bags, flesh-convulsing Europe, because it is humanly eating plants, carthworms, vipers, and impossible for most of us, even if we had the facilitica, to find time for the task our- selves. It was felt that considerable ig norance still exists as to the real meaning of this war, ignorance likely to be used by MR. J. P. MORGAN'S CHINESE pro-Germans and peace Emmatics the
PORCELAIN, moment it snits the enemy to suggest a pre- maturo ending of hostilities. Mr. Dark has SALE FOR £800,000 TO MESSRS. performed his work most admirably. As
DUVEEN. is set out in the foreward, he has endea voured to show that we are not fighting for
the like.
If with these reinforcements, the British succeed in conquering the German peopic, we shall, during a period of sixty years at least, be hoycotted by and degraded into carriers of water and howers of wood for all peoples.
But for our part wo are absolutely certain that before this war is terminated the Germans will make their appearance on British soil.
rude reality, and the Londoners will This will be found to be not bluff but curse the day of their birth when they Gad themselves stricken by the righteous wrath of our outraged manhood, when the streets of their city shall be closed to then by the serried ranks of our German war riors, and when they shall no longer be allowed to call even their souls their owɑ,
THE SCOUT POACHER.
Messrs. Duveen Brothers have purchased
March-Dalny 3rd March, General Butterfield & Swire. PazUMPENH, British str., 1,085, W. C. Bird, 12th March-Saigan 7th March, Rice and General.-Order
0th March-San Francisco 6th Febru
ary, General-Pacific Mail S.S. Co. BOSED MARU, Japanese str. 1,119, A Kobayashi, 12th March Swatow 11th March, General. Osaka Shore Kaisha. ·
SUNGRIANO, British str., 987. J. Robinson, 12th March Manila 9th March, Gen- eral-Butterfeld & Swire.
TIENTSIN. British str., 1,297, John Cogan, 9th March-Shanghai 5th March, General-Butterfield & Swire.
TOKYO MARU. Japanese str., 2,234, Nake
mura, 11th March-Mororan 28th February, Coal, Mitsui Bussan Kaisha.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS.
TO-MORROW 2.30 p.m.Austion of a Larga and Valuable Collection of Antique China and Carics at Sales Rooms, by Mr. Geo. P. Lammert.
Wednesday, 17th March:-
2.30 p.m.-Anution of a Large and Valuable
Collection of Antique China and Carios. at Sales Roome, by Mr. Gao, P. Lammert. 4 p.m.-An Operetta Children's Matines at
the French Convent,
Thursday, 18th March :----
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6 p.m.An Opereita at the French Convent
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Tnonday, 23rd March
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Empire or for greed, but to prcarve our the late Mr. J. P. Morgan's Chinese porce-Estardsy, 20th March: destroy the Fower that has, by its mats, acting for a syndicate, but were the solo right to live the lives of free men and to lain collection for £800,000. They wore act This remarkable collection denied all the ties of honour and religion, purchasers. and is threatening civilization with a of China has been on exhibition at the ruthless devil's tyranny." Ho devates Metropolitan Art Museum in New York: a chapter to Germany's evolution, and for many years. The negotiations for its; proceeds to a masterly analysis of the acquisition were entered into before the official publications which, to our mind, war
The Morgan collection possesses & roman- fixes the responsibility for this ghastly and inhuman war apon the German Emperor tic history. The late Mr. Garland, as well. and the bureaucrats who have used him known American banker and an enthusi
astic collector, purchased the nucleus of 舸 their puppet and mouthpiece
the collection at Brought, as we have been, into close and collectors apprecinted the significance and time when few other. pleasant relationship with many citizens beauty of some of the finest examples of of the German Empire; devoid, as we are, the Ming and Kang-hi dynasties. Mr. The humour and indomitable spirit of of any desire to stir up a reciprocal hat Garland expended, with the Duveons, our men at the front continue to be red, such as finds expression in Lisssuer's about £60,000 in assembling his collection. flected in the letters which reach their infamous Hymn of Hate, we do not When he died, his executors mold it, in- friends at home.
seek to add any fuel of our own to the fire tact, to the Duveens, for £120,000, that shall eventually destroy the Power According to stories that were in vogne that sought to dominate the nations of the at the time, Mr. J. P. Morgan then ap world; but we think it is the duty of all proached the Duveens, and suggested that who love that freedom for which the they should not break up the collection, British Empire stands to place this book but that he should have the privilege of in the hands of anyone--neutral or other repurchasing it from them and that they wise who ever expresses doubts of the should enlarge it for him, stating that his righteoutness of the attitudo of the Allies intention was to keep the collection on or sympathy with the Austro-Prussian-exhibition at the Metropolitan Art Museum. Mr. Morgan added many vahi-
The following story from the front was told by Captain Hall, M.P., at a large gathering of the wives of sailors and soldiers at Walworth and is reported in the Times. Our men were being heavily shelled by the enemy, whose position could not be located, when a "Tommy" went up to the officer and said:-
"I'll find it for you, sir. I den t mind
I used to be a bit of a Turkish coalition. It might do some good able pieces to the collection from time to telling you poacher.' Taking a signalling lamp, he if the German communities in the Far time disappeared. Presently the signal came: East were to read Mr. Dark's excellent Fire away here; the enemy just behind," summary, for surely there must be in the The captain did not like to give the order long run, a desire amongst the German to fire, fearing that the man might be people themselves to be rid of the ruler killed. But one of the men said: "That's and his camarilla that are responsible for so mach wauton outrage and destruction all right, sir, I know Alf; he's like a bloomin' rabbit."
and the appalling loss of so many young German lives.
The record in respect of wounds, says
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famous Hawthorn porcelains, blue, black, Amongst its most notable pieces a and green. Of the blue hawthorns, which are the very best known, there are three unsurpassed examples. The black and green hawthorn vases were very much prized in China, and all the evi dence goes to show that the prices of such vases in China, 200 years ago, were re latively even higher than those of the Mon, present day. Mr. Morgan's pereclain of the black hawthorn variety is of the finest Tu
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So they cleared the enemy from that point. An hour or two later camo another signal. It was Alf again. For three days nothing more was seen of the man, and the officer was very uneasy, when on the Le Temps, is probably held by Roné quality. Red hawthorn is also known, third night the signal came again from Vidal, a private in the 26th Chasseurs, but only by a single specimen in this col. Wed. another direction; Fire away; I've got who has been certified by Dr. Lavedan, of lection, which is a vast, a most beautiful the blighters very handy, a tha Quimper Hospital, to have 1:19 and valuable exemple. The egg-shell Thurs. 18 m 10 21
The next morning Alt turned up; he sand is even pozovering. The wounds of great delicacy in the body, and, sisible o
separate distinct wounds, yet he is still bowls are of gaits translucent porcelain
19 m 10 37 5.9 had been away for three days and three are principally in the legs and lower
1 53 8 4 7 nights with only his emergency rations. Part of the body, and they were caus'd The Commanding Officer sent for him, by shrapnel while Vidal was fighting i but all Alf said to him was: Don't ask the trenches at Montdidier. The man me anything, sir; I'm that hungry I could almost bled to death, but he has not been eat the leg of a sheep with the wool bn. even permanently crippled.
only in the strongest light are beautifully drawn dragons and Buddhistic emblems datar. 20
Messrs Traron Brothers inted to make special exhibition of the entire collect tion in New York at their Fifth-avenue Galleries this month,
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