LONDON. SINGAPORE AND JAVA BANK (LTD). INCREASE IN NET PROFITS.
WAR NEWS.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 20TE, 1915.
£385,000 CARGOES SUNK. Lloyd's announces that the value of the sunk with the vessels destroyed by the Prinz Eitel Friedrich was:
William P. Fryu
The third annual meeting of the share-argo holders was held at the head office, 4 and 6, Buffolk-place, Pall-mall, Mr. G. St. Lawrence Mowbray presiding.
Pierre Loti
Floride
Willerby
Mary Ada Short
Invercoe Jacobsen
+
£65,000 about 45,000 85,000
60,000
30,000
00,000
40,000
The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, said that after a crisis, which
was unparalleled within the memory of any of them, it was a matter of extreme satisfaction to the board to be able to present a report on the past GENERAL BOTHA'S TASK. year'e working which showed un increase of £2,000 in the net profits. (Hear, hear.) It was proposed to maintain the dividend West Africa are now attracting atten.
Gemorni Roth's operation in South at the usual rate of 6 pór cont., but in
tion.
The Germans are believed to unison with the policy now adopted possess 130 field and position guns, by most banks it would this time including 9 batteries of inch guns. be paid subject to the deduction They had 10,000 trained men in the colony of income-tax. The confusion and and 15,000 reservists wore to have come panic which was engendered through.
from South Africa, and with the help of out the East by the outbreak of war not the reservists were prevented from arriv annaturally led to great and unpreces, and General Botha, having foiled dented demands on the part of plantation seized drifts and seaports and blockaded the rebellion, the Union forces have now owners in the East. The bank's principal German territory. business was with the planting industry eattle, sheep and goats, but import The Germans have out there, and naturally it, as a conяe- quence, experienced the full brunt of the by military operations, will probably be cereals and four, and blockade, aided storm. Fortunately for them, their financial position in the East at June
effective, but the task of reducing such an enormous territory is likely to be 30th was an exceedingly strong one, long. breause for every £100 owing to customers and creditors there, either on demand or at sevm days, they had then £28 10s. In casir and over £72 158, in the shape of advances on negotiable bills which were held.
THE GERMAN LOSSES,
"HYMN OF HATE SUNG BY A BRITISH CHOM.
SIR HUBERT PARRY'S JOKE.
The Gorman Hymn of Hato" was re- ocatly sung at the Royal College of Music, South Kensington, by members of the choral class:::
Bir Hubert Parry, according to the Weekly Dispatch, stated that he saw the hymn with musical setting published in that paper, and it occurred to him that it would not be a bad idea to peta proction experienos of what it really Paper were procured and distributed sounded like. A hundred copies of the among the class, and, he added, "we had our morning's hate. Sir Walter Parratt conducted and Mr. Sewall played the ac companiment.
"Secing that thera had been no pre- paration of the music," said Sir Hubert "the results were very creditable. The singers sang with the music page in the them, and it was great fun. Sir Walter Weekly Dispatch propped up in front of
of snarl, to express honestly the inten asked them to sing the hymn with plenty
they laughed too much to snarl. However, tions of the composer, Ernst Lissauer, but when they came to the word England they rolled it cut in fine style, and Lissauer would have been delighted to have heard its reverberating note.
"The music is rather better than the poetry, and I felt like sending Lissauer a The Taegliche Rundschau quotes a let-telegram telling him how much wo had ter received by a relative from General enjoyed his work and what infinite German force during the first retreat not see how I was going to ensure the tele. Litziaan, who rescued a portion of the amusement it had afforded us, but I did from Warsaw. Our good and faithful gram reaching him. God, is, of course responsible for the fact that he just escaped an appalling dis aster, but the general does not feel too hopeful. "Our losses in officers," ho admits, are very great" and he warns his cousin that "this is no time for re-
Taking the total liabilities in the East, and including everything that customers could claim from them on deposit, sub ject to one, two, or three months' notice, the bank had in cash and bills in the East no less than 53 per cent of that total liability. At the end of 1914 their deposits were £20,000 more than at the close of 1913. One of the most satisfacjoicings. tory features about it was the very large ly increased proportion of these deposits which had been placed with them at long notice, this being strong testimony to the confidence felt by their customers in the excellence of the bank's methods. (Hear, hear.) The value of their entire assets, after the writing down now proposed, would suffice not only to meet every claim of their customers and their creditors, and to repay in full the shareholders' capital, but there would be an overplus
any sacrifice; we must constantly close We must be willing to make our shattered ranks-and-still-must-win, even if in face of the enemy's numerical superiority it appears impossible in the light of past military theory,"
He then gives this recipe for German fighting methods in Poland: the enemy has double our numbers, he Though must be attacked without scraple. the defensive we hold out against any OR number, This is the dogma I con stantly' preach to my men, and which. But the losses are colossal.". That is, of course, the German theory reduced to its framework.
SMUZZLING SUPPLIES INTO
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Home "papers:-
The following iteins are taken from
Trelleborg have seized a case of 4,000 The Swedish custome authorities at bayonets consigned to Germany. The ons was labelled Knives for household use." Another consignment of 100 tons has been seized at Trelleborg on the of butcher's knives destined for Germany
into bayonets at trifling cost. ground that the knives could be converted
Over 20 tons of copper destined for Berlin have been discovered under a pile of vegetables in a railway car at Chiasso station, Switzerland. The sender was an copper wire were found on his premises.
SHIPPING IN PORT.
BTEAMBR).
ANHUI, British str., 1,355, G. W. Ecdy, 10th April Shanghai 6th April, Gonoral-Butterfield & Swire, CHEONGSHING, British str., 1,230, Liddel, 13th April-Tientsin, Swatow 12th April, General-Jardine, Matheson & Co.
CHEIAN MANU, Japanese str., 1,140, M
Oka, 17th April-Swatow 16th April, Ballast. Order.
CNA, British str., 1,350, Finlayson,
eral Butterfield & Swiro: 18th April Manila 13th April, Con CHIPINO, British atr., 1,309, T. M
Meyrick, 7th April Tintain 31st March, General-Jardine, Matheson. Carro Chinese str., 1,177, Ross, 18th
& Co. April-Shanghai 10th April, General
Chinese
DAIGI MARU, Japanese str., 800, S. Tokushije,
• 17tx April-Haiphong 15th General Osaka Shosen Kaisha.
April, DAIYA MARU, Japanese str., 2,750, Y. DAINIDHI MARU, Japanese str., 1.952, J
Goto, 17th April--Wakamatsu th April, Coal-Mitsu Bussan Koisha.
Fukiu, 18th April-Miike 10th April, DECENT, British str., 1,862, J. Jenkins,
Coal-Mitsu Bussan Kaisha.
FooSHING, British str., 1,223, Hay, 16th 12th April-Saigon 7th April, Rice -Chineso.
April Bangkok 8th April, Rioc- HAIMUN, British str., 041, A. H. Stewart,
Jardine, Matheson & Co.
13th April-Fooehow, Amoy, and Swatow 17th April, General Douglas Lapraik & Co. HANAMETAL, American str., 1,711, 3.
Lennox 13th April-Saigon ath April, RiceChinese HONGKONO, French str., 739, A. Marqueritė,
17th April Haiphong 14th and Fort Bayard 15th April, General--A. R. Marty HONG BEE; British atr., 2,085, Ogden,
16th April Singapore 8th April, General Chinese. EUMAEUS, British str., 4,266, F. Bacting, 18th April-Liverpool and Singa ITOLA, British str., 3,102, H. S. B. Buller, poro 1th April, General Butter held & Swire.
15th April-Moji and Japan 9th April, General.-David Sassoon & KJELD, Norwegian atr., 910, Helleses,
Company.
15th April-Shanghai 10th April, General Chines
KWANGTAH, Chinese str. 1,356, Charters Stewart 5th April-Shanghai 2nd April, General-Chinese.
of £1 88, in respect of every £10 paid thanks to their bravery, I can preach, Italian chemist of Turin. Quantities of LABANG, British str., 2,225, Mooney, 16th
share and of 148. in respect of every £5 paid share.
OUR NEW ARMIES.
The board had just received the Eastern Agency accounts up to January 31st last, the most satisfactory denture about it was the very great increase in their cash, which had risen from 13 per cent of the
GERMAN CONTEMPT AND INCREDULITY, total liabilities on Desember 31st to 22} per cent of the total liabilities on Janu-
German writers continue to show extra- ary 31st and to 47 per cent. of the liabitain's new Armies. For instance, vue of ordinary ignorance regarding Great Bri lities at seven days. When the bank was the military correspondents of the Koel founded it was the desire of those who mische Volks-Zeitung, after the custon were responsible for its inception to expressions of contempt for the British prove the soundness of their ideas and forces, remarks: Bame time ago we the profitable nature of the business be read in British and French nowspapers fore appealing to the public for any that eighteen new army corps were being further capital. That it was likely to formed, and the names were given of the be exposed so very early in its history commanders of the six armies among such 4 crisis as had recently which the corps are to be distributed. been experienced was not anticipated and that it. had been able
to pass unscathed through such a very severe test was, he thought, a justifica- tion of the policy adopted and a convine. ing proof that they had looked very well
fter the interests of their customers.
to
GERMAN GAMBLING ON VICTORY.
The Daily Mail of the 12th ult. says:-. The new German Finance Minister, Dr. Helfferich, has demanded of the Reichstage further war credit of
£500,000,000, which is to cover German war expenditure till the late autumn. He vaunts the supposed financial strength of Germany and contrasts it with the purely imaginary financial weakness of the Allies,
The best proof that German finances are not in the strong position which he alleges is given by the extru ordinary shifts to which he has been com pelled to resort in order to raise the money required.
SEA REPRISALS. AMERICAN VIEW OF OUR MEASURES.
and of the news that our refusal to con
The reception of the Order in Council sider the American proposal for a war Washington justifies the warning, regis sono compromise is on the way to tered a fortnight ago that the outbreak of annoyance at Mr. Asquith's first German commerce ought not to be taken announcment of his intention to stre too seriously, says The Times correspon dent at Washington:-
It was pointed out that that annoyan was largely due to a misunderstanding, which in turn was due to the vagueness of Mr. Asquith's announcement and to the absence of any explanation as to what was really meant, since than there Las been much explanation. Virtually all
Germany has not done her oneniy the compliment of falling prostrate with fear at this announcement, but has regarded it as a specimen of British bluff, and bas been able to estimate it at its proper value, with the help of figures, the accuracy of which can be proyed.
It must be regarded as extremely the London correspondents proface this probable that Great Britain will, now or morning the terms of the Order within
a reasonable period, be able to Council by accentuating the fact that the land eighteen new army corps on the British policy is unlikely to hit Americas. French coast.
These corps would require | trade as hard as was at first expectel. €50,000 men.'
It is noted that the policy will only affect neutral commerce in European water. that wide discretion will be given to the Prize Courts, dealing with neutral com. merce in order that every possible step may be taken to protect that commerce The probability is foreshadowed of cor. tain concessions to German-American trade. As to trade between the United Btates and neutral North Sea countrie there is talk of perfecting, arrangements which, by proventing re-exportation lo Germany, woud reopen the markets of those countries to the United Ntates."
The writer also refers to the unfounded reports of the sinking of two British transports, which are evidently Bill widely believed in Germany, and he remarks that when the fact becomes drum will soon cease to beat for want of known in Great Britain the recruiting followers.
THE KAISER CULPABLE.
FILTHIEST WORK ALSERVED FOR BRITIS
The London Morning Post last month published the following protest against
German treatment of Engris prisoners:-
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Much emphasis is placed on the British contention that, though the policy of the Allies is not a legal blockade according The savings banks and other banks
to old-time standards, it will be more were obliged by severe pressure to take We have received details from a convenient to neutrals than such up large amounts of the Grst German authentic source of treatment to British blockade, intemuch as it will not oatai! war loan. The holding of the savings prisoners so revolting in its brutality the confiscation of non-contraband com banks in the loan, for example, amounts that we feel it a duty to say sometai g modities caught on the way to Germany. to £10,000,000. They are
on the subject. The British Press has Another thing that has disposed De called upon to subscribe for £12,000,000 síbles on this matter on the ground that of our policy is the lesson of the sinking B12000200 been recommended to say sa little us pars public to take a less unsympatustic view of the new lan. The funds for this arc to be obtained by depositing the scrip
"any" protest will only aggravate the lot of the d'illam 1. Fryr. It as acceni. of the first loan with the Government, gaolers. Such an argument may or may policy in a way calculated to cut the of these unfortunates by infuriating their tuated the si lifcanco of the war-zone which will then advance three-fourths ite face value, or £12,000,000, and see that the public should knew that our soldiers man propagandists in their effort to not be sound; but it is at least right that ground from beneath the feet of the Ger it is invested in the new loan. The Government wil charge 5 per cent, for. We do not suggest reprisals, in the the alleged starvation of Gaiman non-
are being treated vilely in Germany. create humanitarian indignation against! what it lands and will pay B per cent contrary, we think that th
Gornia combatants. for what it borrows. As the result of this prisoners in this country should be tough.ful and impartial quarters hero The opinion grow in peculiar transaction the assets of the treated not luxuriously but buan ly that there is a good deal in the theory banks will be locked up twice over in and they are, as a matter of fact, treated that the ignter our grip is upon the in every case well. But the imporia economic threat of Germany, the shorter Government might interfere on behalf the war is likely to be, and the theory in of our prisoners by declaring pub.iol, yapocted to gail stre.gth, if only he car that the German Government and the top up our progress and Fratios and German Emperor himself wil be held, Russia continue to thwart their enemies. directly, and personally responsible if Much, too, as quiot people dislike the such outrages ne continued.!!
welter of recrimination and retaliation to which we have been committed, the opinion is expressed that the business is not our fault and that the provocat on under which great. One finds it cropping-up-in un
We aro acting is expected places. Thinking that I
paper.
This is gambling upon the vietory of Gernin, arms. Failure will mean col- lapse. That is why for weeks the German wireless reports have circulated entirely mirloding accounts of German victories. We should not, however, entertain any illusions in this country as to what is re 'quired of the Aes. Neither financial werkness nor the pressure of hunger will bring down he prodigious system of Ger man militaris The only factor which can de troy its menace to Europe and the world is the triumph of the Allied armien in the field. We sha'l need every gun and every man to achieve that result.
The British Weekly tells of a minister's wife who, visiting some soldiers' wives her district, found one speaking, na she thought, somewhat bitterly about the K.. scr
She remonstrated mildly, and reminded the woman that, as a Christian, she ought to pray for her enemies. "So, I do," was the reply. "And what do you say "Oh, just like this, ma'am: Almighty God, keep your een on that Icon the Keyser. Saften his hert, an' damp bis pouther." It is a pity that the prayer loses in translation.
!
and!
The Day Telegraph says: Before Farliament rises for a lengthy adjo ra ment it is of the utmost impor & c. that Ministers should be pressed on t is mat ter. For there is no the slight et doub as to what British prisoners are suffering at this present moment in Germany Chisago, with its big export trade ef meat
The filthiest work of the military and other commodities, there would b camps is reserved for the British. The if anywhero, real indignation most galling restrictions, the worst of the anxiety at our policy, I wrote to a friend! petly tyrannies, are imposed upon them; who is well qualified to discover what. If any prisoners have to go on shorter or people are really thinking, Chicago worse commone of food than he rest, it answered a few days ago. Barring the is invariably the British who are made; omnipresent German element and a few to suffer. This is corroborated by the noisy agitators and their political cridonce both of French and Russian agers-on, this big commercial region prisoners; and it means that the German is not at all upset by the arrogant authorities are not ashamed to stoop to action of the British Goverzm nt în the meanness of working of upon their regard to neutral commerce.
The gen: British captives at least part of their eral attitude is that the war imposes ferocious hatred of England.
extraordinary requiremente on England, "It is high time, therefore, that the and that she is justified in resorting to British Government revised, as the extraordinary measures in meeting them. French Government has done, ita code of We should do the same, is the hard- treatment for German prisoners in headed Chicago business man's way of England."
putting it.
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April-Singapore 10th April, Gen- eral. Jardine, Matheson & Co. LUCHOW, British str., 1,221, D. B. Davies, 10th April Shanghai 13th April, General Batterfield & Swire. MAGDALI, Swedish str., 3,995, Anderson, 6th April-Sabang 29th March, Gen- eral-Swedish East Asiatic & Co MIBUI MARU, Japanese str., 1,509, E.
MTOQISAN MARU, Japanese str. 1.762, K. Toutain, 9th April--Saigon 4th April, Rice-Chinese,
Munakata, 18th April-Wikamstsa -- 9th April Coal.---Mitsui Bussan Kai-
sha.
NIPPON MARU, Japanese str., 3,481, K.
Kisen Kaiska Hashimoto, 18th April-San Fran disco 20th March, General-Toyo
PREMIUS, British str., 4,958, T. W. Smallwood, 8th April Yokohama 21st March, General-Butterfield & SELUN, Norwegian str., D. Hovbreader, 17th
Bwire.
April Bangkok 10th April, Rieg Thoresen & Co.
SUISANO, British str., 1,757, Simpson, 13th April-Wei-hai-wei Tin April, TACOSTA MARU, Japanese str., 3,829, Coal Jardine, Matheson & Co
Hamata, 14th April Manila 18th April, General, Osaka Shoson Kaisha.
YE
MARY, Japanese str., 2,780, P. Itani, 14th April-Wakamadeur April, Coal. Mitsui Bussan Kaishn
Yono
>>MABU, Japaness 1,350, F. Hashimoto, 14th April-Bangkok 5th April, Rica.-Chinese.
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