AT THE DARDANELLES,
A MAGNIFICENT BOMBARDMENT
LONDON, July 6th.
DAIRY FARM CO. SUED,
A COOLIE AND HIS WAGES.
The-Dairy Farm Co, Ild, were, Buc by a ractor-tur coolie mumed Ho Wun
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 8TH, 1915
HONGKONG SHIPPING.
INTERESTING REPORT BY THE
1.8. CONSUL GENERAL,
Mr. George E. Anderson, United States
EXTENDING AMERICAN TRADE.
The matter of extending America's trade in the Hongkong field and in the Far East generally at the present time hinges more upon results of the war in Europe than in any change in the wornal relations of the Liked Stama to Chius, Japan, Inds kang let. What can be done in this line has been the subject of special reports from this consulate general in the past fow months. Se report published 'n Daily Consular and Trado Reports for Deconi- ber 8th, 1014.]
morning speral sections of Ups following the Suminary Court yesterday the Consul General, in an extremely interest China, or any other perlian of the Hong
[At the time of going to press yesterday We now append story had arrived: the message in its complete form.]
A despich from Renter's special cor respondent at the Dardanells recounting
tions.
cision.
| claim being for 820, $10 for wages dun,
ing and somewhat voluminous report on and 814 for wages in lion of notice Mr. the trade of Hongkong in 1914, has the fol Gardiner was for plaintiff and Mr.awing interesting comments on the ship Dennys (of Messrs. Denaya and Bowley)
ping of the port: ht defended.
that,
The vice.
but
BRITISH OBSERVATION BALLION AT WORK. ¿ Overhead floated an observation balloon fettered to a ship. An enemy aeroplane tried to bomb the balloon, but missed and was driven of. Then the British field guns. making the enemy's barbed wire a special target. were completely successful. Now) came the work of the infantry. At the bottom of The Nullah the British and Turkish advanco trenches were only Mr. Oliphant giving evidence said the separated by sandbags, beyond was coolie was dismissed because he did not Bonnerang Fort, with its innumerable, in-ride on the car when it was his duty to do dependent gaps. Boomerang had enfladed all previous attempts to advance, but now the British awaiting on platforms and ladders, leapt over the parapets and jump ed in a few seconds into the fort. Their loss was surprisingly small and once the British were inside they made short work of the Turks. This was the preliminary to the main attack in which three batta lions did brilliant work, taking three lines of treaches on the plateau next the sea.
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INTIMATIONS
LANE
ORAWFORD & Co.
With the advent of normal do SPALDING'S
EVERY
SOLE AGENTS FOR
GOODS.
ATHLETIC
REQUIREMENT FOR
GOLF.
“ GOLD
CLUBS.
American opportunities depend largely upon the resumption of normal conditions in Ching. mand for foreign gomis for use in China thers will be a demand for American goods in many lines, for the reason that the United States at the present time is alm the only country in a position to supply Iron and steel products; such goods. many lines of building materials, such as glass, hardware of certain grades, con. struction steel, nails, wires, and all similar SPALDING'S goods, electrical and most propelling ma chinery and all similar products: many lines of chemical products; clocks and watches; many lines of hardware; notions of all sorts, such as brass and fancy but tans, needles, etc; glass and glassware; hosiery and haberdashery; paper and stationery. products there are opportunities, but they R. FORGAN'S CELEBRATED CLUBS.
In all these lines of staplo
DRIVERS AND BRASSIES
PRICE $5.50 Eacн.
MEDAL
IRONS
PRICE $4.75 EACH.
MADE AT ST. ANDREW'S.
DRIVERS AND BRASSIES
PRICE $4.00 Each,
TAYLOR'S
ALL MODELS.
IRONS
PRICE $4.00 EACH 1
AUTOGRAPH CLUBS.
PRICE $3.50 EACH...
LADIES' AND LEFT-HANDED CLUBS.
STOCKED IN ALL MODELS.
NEW
CONSIGNMENT OF SPALDING I G. M. TENNIS RACKETS.
LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.
the bottle on June 25th describes the extra-
The war, as a matter of course, afecten. ordinary character of the terrain oper
At the outset. Mr. Dennys called shipping ontering and clearing Hongkong which the fight took place.
atlantion to the description of plaintiff's more than any other single interest in the in with the residence as set out in the writ, which the year's record in shipping was ex Previous to the opening of bestili port. Following almost a
sae giren as "a maished on inland lot eptionally satisfactory in most rela mei const is a long deep ravine which the
32," The river
That was really Pokfalum, where There was the large tonnage usual to the army calle The Nallah."
there were a number of matsheds, and port, and there was a constantly improy Sachirdere Jows through the bottom..
there was really no possible chance of ing service in practically all routes serving this part of the world. With the advent Between The Nullah and the coast, which them anding plaintiff assuming they were of war, however, German and Austrian hero eads in a sheer cliff 400 feet high, in succesful. In view of this be asked for ships, which constituted, respectively, the third and fifth largest tonnage of rational A narrow plateau. The British, trenches security for Osta.
vessels entering and clearing from the port, Mr. Gardiner said that there was no stopped, while some of the largest and began on the seaward edge of this, being faced closely by the Turkish trenches, and other address to give. The matshed bore finest vessels of Great Britain wore taken no number. If plaintiff were living at 96, inta Government servies. Japan's vessels then traversed the plateau and dipped into The Peak, it would be all right, but all were taken from services in a similar way the mullab, thence right across the Penin he could say was that he was living into some extent, and the entire service s
shipping both to and from Europe and across the Pacific as well was demoralized bal, The British artillery hammered a matslied.
Plaintiff's evidence was to the effect that Much of the tonnage thus removed is still will not be great, and in general every part In the nean of the trade will be contested. Japaneso the inlah with the biggest bombardmeat
out of ervice to Hongkong. which the Turks have yet known. The one day he was too ill to attend to the while the fair revival of trade in some manufacturers are already in the field He was lines. specially trade with the United with Japanese manufactured substitutex quantity and weight of the heavy gung car, and he sent a substitute
subsequently asked to give an explanation States, has led to a demand for tonnage for nearly all lines of German goods, Ships Whils British manufacturers are suffering which at present can not re met. must have surprised the enemy, while the
of his absence. He did so, and was then you in servies, cepecially to the United many disadvantages because of the wa warships also plastered the Turkish pesi told that he was dismissed.
States are being pushed to their utmost they are still getting not only nearly all Cross-examined by Mr. Dennys, the capacity as to freight and to a large extent the business they have had heretofore It was magnificent to see the huge bursts of smoke and dust leaping up in an man and he was really paid weekly and as to passengers, Freight rates were in which is now to be had, but they are alsa diately after the outbreak of the war, an:ineas heretofore belonging to countries at even line following the course of the ceny alleged that it was the practice of the creased 10 per cent, and a premium imme- getting a large propertion of that busi Dairy Farm Campany when my still further increases are being arranged war with Great Britain which is now avail- trenches the gunners showing deadly pre-ployee wanted to leave, to make that for by the several conferences at the pre-able...
SHOULD PREPARE FOR FUTURE-DEMANDS. employed work for a month without rent writing.
In the opening months of last year there Plaintiff denied that when be was
In some respects attention should be wages.
were a number of notable additions to both dismissed he threw a bucket at Mr. the trans-Pacific and the European ser paid at the present time more to the fature Oliphant, the assistant manager.
Nearly all lines made notable addi-than to the immedinte present, for tracks
volume. latter beat him and chased him about, tions to their fleets, this being particularly at present is in comparatively small-
With the advent of normal car | GOLF BALLS. CADDY BAGS, ICLOCK GOLF the case with the Japanse services both to
Newditions China's trade will represent a de- he (plaintiff) did not throw anything.
Europe and the United States.
GOLF PAINT, TEES, CAPTIVE GOLF. ETC. Mr. Donags described the case as a trans-Pacific freight lines were established and upon the markets of the world for frivolous and vexatious one, and said and several lines were inaugurated with many lines of goods that the United States as showing plaintiff's attitude, the ultimate end of affording a round-the should be prepared to supply and prob world service through the Panama Canal. ably can supply more advantageously than when he was dismissed he became very While the war has interfered with these any other country. In the readjustment JUST ARRIVED: abusive, and also threw a bucket at Mr. respective services in a way to make the of trade following the close of the war in Oliphant
present review impracticable and without Europe, moreover, there is more to be ac value, there is every reason to anticipate complished for permanent American trade that with the resumption of normal condithan can be accomplished at the present tions these and still further additions to time in trade which, while perhaps pecu liarly open to American efforts at this time, is for the time being, at least, in com these services will be maintained,
GENERAL SHIPPING SITUATION.
paratively small volume and value. The general shipping situation in the
NEED OF AMERICAN AGENCIES IN HONGA, '7. Far East at the beginning of the present While
Attention has been called to the need of year was far from satisfactory.. the volume of freight moving in either American agents for American houses This need was direction, both across the Pacific and to operating in this field. Europe and the United States by way of never more apparent than during the cles the business of all German Blouses was the Suez Canal, is far from normal, ibig months of last year in Hongkong when far is exons of the supply of ocean tou- nage available for its transportation, so placed in the hands of liquidators, who
wind
the up
businesace long as German and Austrian ships are in
ЯA zoom 29 that could be done WE to the best terned and kept out of the trade and so
advantage
oli of long as so large a share of British tonnage in the Far East is used for Governmentness could be transacted by these Ger This meant that no new busi concerned.
purposes.
As the volume of trade from mat firms, and in short meant that the the Far East becomes normal, and espe
sented in Hongkong by stich German tially as that from China and Japan to business of all American exporters repre the United States resumes to a greater or less extent its wonted volume, the need of houses was to be wound up with the buni ness of the agents. This was inevitable tonnage is becoming more and more aeute. Thousands of tons of freight have been under the situation developed by the waz, piled on the docks in Chinese and and inasmuch as the German houses con Japanese ports awaiting shipment, while teolled a portion of the trade of the port, reports from American ports en tonnage variously estimated at from one-half to coming in this diction indicate a similar two-thirds of the entire trade of Hong- kong, and controlled the business of the though loss acute state of things.
Freight rates continue to advance, and largest American interests represented in things are rapidly assuming such a condi- the field other than by their own branch tion that the volume of American trade in houses, the effect upon American trade was the Far East and of Chinese exports to the immediate and disastrous. Had American United States may be seriously curtailed houses been represented by their own because of the prevailing conditions in the branch houses or at least by neutrals, their shipping business. Ship owners are en business could have continued without in- joying a harvest, but it is seriously ques terruption, and instead of suffering the tioned whether even their interests are great disadvantage of liquidation with being served by the present condition of their German agents they could have all- things since further advances of freights in Joyed special advantages as neutrals in the some lines will lead to a general stagnation trade of the port at a critical period. On of business in other lines than those direct the other hand, the liquidation of those German houses has afforded the opportu DEAR SIR-On behalf of the Missions ly concerned.
nity to a new house of employing under most advantageous circumstances many ex- to Seamen, Hongkong, I beg to make an
perts in
trade various lines of appeal though your paper for magazines, illustrated papers, newspapere, novels Coast services and those to and from peculiar to Hongkong and of thus building etc. All papers, especially at the pre- India in connection with the trans-Pacific up a trade organization which under ord
services in which American importers and nary circumstances would represent years sent time, are in great demand by the men exporters are directly interested hare of effort and expense far beyond that now The Allies spent the next day, in con-
of the many ships which call at Hong been so demoralized by the war that comery solidating their positions and clearing up. kong. Old magazines and novels, illus-parisons at this time are without value. While it is idle to predict results of the The appalling mess left by the Turks fairtrated papers and newspapers such as the War restrictions on many lines of import war upon the trade of the Far East, it is and export, however, such as on rubber and at least evident that there will be a general! ly beggared description, I examined The Overseas Daily Mail, the Weekly Times, certain metals like wolfram, antimony, etc., readjustment of business relations in this Nallah and Boomerang Fort. At the bot- tom of the Nuliah dead Turks were lying and the weekly papers, although old to have materially affected shipping. The part of the world as one of the re- going on need of special atten- in shallow pools of green water, and the people on shore, are often new to men on enforcement of rules as to rubber as consults of the struggle now
in Hongkong, for example, has stench was frightful. Parapets had been ships. We will welcome a regular supply trovand i tunge to fumple goods tiene pepresentation of American horses BEFORE LEAVING FOR built over bodies which had been placed as of magazines, etc. Bundles of papers here even when shipped from neutral here at the present time is particularly bullet-stoppers with earth lightly thrown over to form the parapete. The limbs should be sent to the Chaplain, Seamen's countries like Java and the Dutch East urgent.
TRDOYS' MAGNIFICENT ADVANCE. The most spectacular moment was when the British advanced along the open
ground and over the lines of trenches already captured and took two lines be
yond. The sun was shining on the British bayonets, and the men were advancing magnificently as if no enemy was near. The enemy was got fairly on the rao, and they could be seen from the ships hurriedly retiring. The work of the afternoon con- sisted mostly of repulsing enemy counter- attacks. The Turkish artillery was active, but it was outmatched by the British, the latter moving its range as the infantry advanced, and kept a line of shells burst ing over the enemy's receding front all
day.
GRUESOME SPECTACLES.
half-buried Turks emerged from the ground in the Turkish trenches.
He had been warned several times about this. When diamissed, the coalie gave him some "sace," whereupon wit ness caught hold of him by the neck and Shortly pushed him off the premises. after this the coolic co back and throw He did not treat the coolie badily; he was not a "coolie driver."
a bucket at hini
Cross-examined by Mr. Gardiner, wit ness again denied that he was a "coolie driver."
Mr. Gardiner--Let me recall an incident at the Dairy Farm in 1913; you were the cause of it, were you not?-No, I was not.
As a result of that trouble all the coolies left, did they not, because of your crucity to a coolie-No, I stood up for a European.
Judgment was given for defendant with costs,
CORRESPONDENCE.
MISSIONS TO SEAMEN,
HONGKONG.
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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG
DAILY PRESS."'.
If
· RESTRICTIONS ON SHIPMENTS OF CERTAIN,
ARTICLES.
coun-
the
Indies generally to -neutral Institute, 8 Prays East, Hongkong. tries like the United States on the name of the sender is attached all through bills of lading, and The Boomerang was filled with freshly killed Turks. They lay curled up with papers, ete, will be acknowledged. Yours result has been the establishing of new and direct lines of ships from Java to the cricket-ball bombs at their feet ready to truly,
United States by way of Manila on the one use. Boomerang was still full of Turkish
hand and the Suez Canal on the other for equipment and material,
the care of this neutral business. It is unlikely that this business will ever again come to Hongkong.
Everything showed the
BEMARKABLE PHYSICAL ENDURANCE OF THE TURKS
W. T. FEATHERSTONE, Chaplain and Superintendent
NATURALISED CITIZENS AND THE
WAR.
A meeting of naturalised British sub- jects of German and Austro-Hungarian origin was held on May 27th at the
ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW TRADE ROUTES.
New trade routes are being established as a result of the war, and it seems likely from the situation here that these new foutes in situ ill be sesimilated to new
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VLADIVOSTOCK SHIPPING. Shipping between Vladivostock and various points, including the United States and Japan, is at present very brisk, booause of the transportation to Russia of munitions of war. According to the Osaka and Tokyo papers, Russia is now importing from the United States a large quantity of arms, ammunition, wire, automobiles, and other articles, while shipments from Japan comprise material for uniforms, boots, water-
who had lived for weeks ahielded by the bodies of their comrades, breathing the in- tolerable stench and walking over their or half-buried dead whenever they moved. Yet they fought well, knowing Memorial Hall, London to declare their ones established or to be established in contattles, belta, and other goods. For the that sooner or later their own bodies true allegiance to the King, their attachnection with the Pausina Canal, so that transportation of these goods to Vladivo- |
as anbstitutes for unless they got decent burial from the in-
condemnation of the methods of war the world may be considerably different Minnesota, the O.S.K. germers Seattle- vader. These were the men who set great adopted by the enemy.
from what they have been in the past. At store on Moslem burial rights.
T. Eckstein presided, and amongst those prospect that the trade beween the United and various foreign vessels are engaged.
Over 1,300 persons were present. Mr. all events, it may be taken as a definite Japanese steamers, in addition to the on the platform were Sir Sigismund Neu-States and the East Indies in the futare. mann, Mr. W. Hartmann, J.P., Mr. S. wil be far more direct and probably far more extensive than it ever has been. The Bettman, P., Mr. F. Mertens, J.P.,
The heat was terrific, and mugs have tried the endurance of our young troops, though the long service Division from India laughed at it
The Turkish prisoners are big strapping fellows, but their moaning wounded were in poor contrast to our invariably cheer ful lads, going down to the hospitals sagor for news as to the result of the battle. those able to walk amoking cigarettes and exchanging experiences.
Mr. Leopold Hirsch, Mr. A. Huttenbach influence Philippine trade with the
stormship
maru and Tozon-maru and several other steamers of the Russian Volunteer Fleet
Sir William Ramsay hears that Ger
of the Straits Settlements), Mr. A. G United States has in this connection many is using wood pulp to make a species
The development of Meissner, Mr. Sam Baer, Mr. Emilis. considerable,
Fuchs, M.V.O., and others. Deputations American trade in that part of the world representing various parts of the country merits the attention of all American ex
porters. attended.
of gua-cotton and is requsitioning all
kinds of cotton rags, and renew the demand that cotton shell be made con- traband.
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