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THE DIRECTORY AND CHRONICLE
1915.
POR CHINA, JAPAN, COREA, INDO- CHINA, SIAM, STRAITS SETILE- MENTS, MALAY STATES, NETHERLANDS INDIA, PHILIP PINES, BORNEO, ETC.
FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL ISSUE.
THE DIRECTORY covers the whole of the ports and cities of the Far East, from Netherlands India to Biberis, in which Europeans reside.
Not unly is the Directory as full and compléte in each case as it can be made, but auch Colony. Port or Settlement is prefased by a DESCRIPTION, carefully revised each year, most of which will serve na scontate GUIDES PON TEX TOURIST, giving every detali In connection with the places, their History, Topography, Etc., Ete
The faformation in there Descriptions, wonwisting of a hundred interesting articles. packed with facts concisely net out, and -montaining statistics of the Think of each Country and Port, would lose suffice to Al
■ large volume.
Royal Octaro-Complete with, Fiftoon Maps and Plans, pp. nearly 2,000, $10.00. Directory only, pp. 1,400, $6.00.
The Directories and Descriptions are of --
Paking.
CHINA
Soochaw.
Canton.
Chiakiang. Whampot, Nanking.
Kowloon.
Chinwangtao. Wuhu. Lappa.
Tientsia
Paitaiho
Taku.
Antung.
Hankow. Kongmoon.
Manchurian Tochow.
Kowkinng. Samabui.
Trade O'tres, Shansi.
Nanning.
Wnchowfu.
Nowchwang. Iahang. Kwangchanwan.
Chungking. Fakhoi.
Dairen.
Fort Arthur. Haugchow. Hoihow.
Ningpo. Langehow.
Chefoo.
Wethaiwei.
Wonchow.
Mongize.
Tsinanfu.
Saatu.
Hokow.
Mukden.
Foochow
Szemao.
Shanghai.
Amoy.
Tengyuch.
Bestow.
JAPAN AND FORMOBA,
Tokyo.
Yakshama.
Qooka. Moji.
Koolung.
Erog.
Kobs.
Tainanfu.
Nagasaki. Takow. Hakodate Anping.
Shimonoseki. Tamsul.
Saoul
EASTERN - STRERIA,
Vladivostock.
Chomulpo. Konsan.
Nioolojevnik,
CHOSEN. Ponsan. Mokpo.
Fulan. Chinnampo. Pingg. Songchin,
HONGKONG AND 11# Depandanors, MADAO. FRENCH INDO-CHINA-
Handi. Haiphong.
Andam. Bué.
Tonkin Provinces. Quinhon.
mer & he Merchany of the Cast
NAPIER JOHNSTONES
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"SQUARE BOTTLE”
WHISKY.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY STH, 1915.
WEATHER REPORT.
On the 7th at 10.45" xm-- With Yow exceptions, pressure has increased slightly to moderately throughout the area; It is highest between the Lonchoss and the Bonics, and relatively low over Japan end 8. Chine.
10a.m. to clay, 1,74 Ingher.
The forecast for the 24 hours onding at 2007 to-day is as follows:--
DISTRICT.
IH
FORECAST
(S. & S.W. winde, Bongkong & Neighbourhood moderate squally aloudy, generally, {some" showers.
The same ma
·Formoss Channel
No. 1. South coast of China betweenƒThe name Hongkong and Lamocks, 1 No. 1. -THE SAME TO-DAY-AS IN South coast of China between The umo 15
Hongkong and Hainan...
UNVARIED FOR OVER 150 YEARS.
1745.
BEWARE
IMITATIONS
No. 1.
AMERICAN CABLES.
[FROM THE MANELA CABLESIWU.]
CRITICAL SITUATION IN MEXICO.
of
one unsuccessful!
FROM MANILA **CALLENEWS."] CULEBRA CUT AGAIN OPEN,
WASHINGTON, Juno 28th.
It was sanounced to-day that the slides which have blocked Culebra Cut in the Panama canal have been cleared away and that the canal is again open to ship traffic
SUPREME TEST OF BRITISH BANKING.
CAUSE OF THE SUCCESSFUL RESULT.
Notwithstanding the war British brak-
WASHINGTON, June 29th, According to advices received here, the Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at situation in Mexico City is exceedingly Icritical General Emilio Zapata with a força of $5,000 men is holding the city against the Carranza troops who are being reinforced with a view of bombard ing the city. Re
Felix Diaz, u rephew of Porfirio Diaz, former dictator of Mexico, and leader
revolt, is
in the United States. existing military system afforded sufficient Generals Mondragon, Angales and Blanquet are also in this country, and mobilized since tho outbreak of the wat,
guarantees of safety. The army has been Statist the progress of British banking
is clearly shown. this has influenced Secretary of State when the credits for this purpose were voted Statist
According to The Lansing to issue a warning to the effect even by the Socialist members of Parliament, since the war began as meter before, and British banking has been tested that he will prosecute any violators of who in principle are opposed to everything everyone will admit that it has emerged American neutrality, irrespective and savouring of militarism. The motive tctuat from the ordeal with colours flying. One gardless of their positions,
ing than was the paramount importance of must recognise, however, that part of the WASHINGTON, July 1st. national defence. This, the most pressing of credit for the exceedingly satisfactory The Government has been informed all interests, is causing uneasiness to many banking situation existing to-day must be through advices from Vera Cruz that the of the leading men of the Netherlands, whose given to the British people, who from situation in Mexico City is growing more views have lately found expression iu au the very beginning of the war have aujoy. and more critical such day. The force of adding
introduce general to templish office in their capacity METEOROLOGICAL 25,000 mon with which General Zapata has calling on Parliament to
to every duty they wore called been garrisoning the city has withdrawn military service.
apou to perform, and whose feath in the and the departure of these troops has The existing method of selection for service military, maral, economic and financial been the signal for the commencement of in the army admits of many exemptions, and strength of Great Britain has never looting and pillaging of stores and houses the question is now asked whether the thou wavored for an instant.
Not only have sands of young men engaged in business who the public shown not the slightest disposi are not embodied should not take their place tion to hourd money after they realised | in the ranks.. While many of the older mon at the very outset of the wair that to keep are liable to serve, a large proportion of the oven moderate sums of cash in hand was very best material available in the shape of impatriotic, but have placed as much men in the full vigour of youth and muscular additional money as possible on deposit activity is being left unutilized.
of the joint stock and private banks of with British bankers Henco the deposits tais country since the war began have increased by upwards of £100,000,000, from about £1,100,000,000 to over £1,200,000,000, while the deposits, Govern- ment and private, of the Bank of England have risen from £46,000,000 to: $219,000,000. The latter expansion, of course, arises from the exceptional magni-
is making substantial progresa; findeed in ootisequence of the war it is. making greater progress than usual. In DUTCH UNEASINESS.
normal periods the deposits of the joint. stock banks of this country increase at the PLEAS FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICE..
rate of about £30,000,000 or £40,000,000. year, whereas in the past year the The problem of national wilitary service is growth of their deposits has been upwards. engaging public attention in Hollntic. For of 100,000,000. This is excluding the some time past people have been asking them-ery large and exceptional increase in selves whether, in present circumstances, the its banking metion just published by The the deposits of the Bank of England. In
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**I used various tblogs. bat nothing szemed to do it say good until riding an account of a sure by Cuticura Soap and Ointment I thought I would give them a trial. It yielded to the treatment. I bad only one tablet of Cutivira Soap and one box of Cutleurs. Ointment,and befor I back faished using them her head and foca were clear. I have never seen any sign of its _return." (Bigned)---Jan. 29,"14.-
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SINKING OF THE “WILLIAM
·H. FRYE,””.
AMERICA WILL NOT ADMIT JUSTIFICATION.
Shall we in the hour of danger, which may possibly still come for our country, send into WASHINGTON, June 29th.
the firing line men of 40 and thereabouts, The text of a Note sent by the United bearded fathers of families, and leave power States State Department as an answer to fal gymnasts, footballers, and rowing men, the reply of the German Government to well-built peasant bore, and stout gardeners the Frye Note was made public here to to walk about in civilian clothes, because, by day. The noto was dispatched to Ambasa silly accident, they fell outside the contin sador Gerard in Berlin on June 24th for gent some time ago?
The question is asked by the Nieuwe Holler-
transmission to the German Minister of damsche Coisant, It is repeated in different tude of the Government balances and the
Foreign Affairs.
words by almost every newspaper in Holland. The Handelsbin, in a recent article written on the eve of Italy's declaration of war,
arger cash balauocs in the Bank of Eng- less. when due allowance is made for Jad of the joint stock banks. Neverthe
This new Note emphasizes the refusal of the United States to accept the contention of the German Government that it has a insists that the Netherlands would commit credit operations, it is evident that the
Ambassador Gerard has also informed the State Department that he has evory reason to believe that the reply which is to be sent by the German Government to the American note dispatched after the sink ing of the Lusitania will be favourable He understands that the main contentions of the United States will be admitted by Germany.
right to sink contraband carring, ships waicide in a cowardly way if they did not put accumulation of real money in the banks on the grounds that to do so would be a forth every effort to strengthen their defen- where in the world has boon upwards of admission of justification of the submarin sive forces.
representing actual floating wealth some ing of ships..
The Nots also requests that Germany rebelligerents must know that 600,000 Nether-ever previously accumulated in our banks If we want to remain out of the war the 100.000,000, a much greater sum than was consider her decision not to eattle directly landers are armed and ready to defend the-
in a similar period. for damages for the sinking of the frontiers of the country. William H. Frye.
We need a In ascribing credit for the high place our banks have continued to hold in of hundred thousand men more, wè couple need satisfactory arming and more cannon-public estimation, and their increased more cannon! We need aircraft, not one or strength since the war began, we must not two, but a couple of dozen. Above all we forget the important part played and the valuable services rendered by the Chan- need faith, confidence, feu saert.
This call to arms is all the more significant cellor of the Exchequer and by the Gov in view of the extremely pacific chameter of ornment, who came forward at the begin the Dutch people. Nothing but a realization ning of the war both to reassure the of the dangers of unpreparedness could have public overywhere as to the stability of produced the response made in the Press to the British Money Market and to take the appeal. The Socialist Volk, it is true, is measures to make that stability still THE MUCH-CRITICISED SEA- Opposed to the demand for general military greater, in order that our bankers might service, which it regards as the beginning of face with complete assurance every even- the cagging of Holland into the war. Its tuality which might arise during the war. view, however, appears to be shared by a For this purpose the Government agreed small section only of the population. No one to guarantee the due payment of all would more willingly see general military recognised bills of exchange, whether service in force than the Government, saya drawn before the way or at any time the Minister of War, who, while pointing out during the war, and, where necessary, that you cannot raise 600,000 men with a to melease the drawers and endorsers of stamp of the foot, has announced the intro-suah hills from their liability as parties duetion of a Bill which will be a step in the to the bills by supplying doceptors with desired direction. He hopes for the speedy the funds necessary to meet the bills at acceptance of the measure, and this seems maturity. Inasmuch as about 30 per cent. nasured in advance.
MEN'S BILL
MARITIME ASSOCIATION ASKS FOR REPEAL.
WASHINGTON, June 30th The Maritime Association, whose men bership consists of 800 representatives of domestic steamship companive and foreign steamship companies using American perte, are preparing for on appeal for apecial session of Congress to repeal the recently passed Seaman's Act Simul taneously with the dispatch of the appeal there will begin a campaign to secure pub. lio support, based on the argument that the Act will drive the American flag from the seas, and that in effect it discriminates against the vessels of certain, foreign § Zampasatuzu, in the shade, in degassinations, to the great advantage of others. Fahrenhalt,
C, W. JEFFRIES, Director,
1 Banomatus, reduced to 55 degrees Fahreshed on the level of the sea in inches, tenthe hundrediks.
9 HUD, in percentage of maturation, iki humidity of six saturated with moistnes being 106.
• DIRECTION or Wind, to two points.
Fonce oF WIRD, socording to Beaufort Bonia E L STATE OF WRATHER, b blue sky, a détacked lightning, o overes, y patning showers, 9 squa), cloud, & drizzling sein, 1 ton, a gloomy, h huff, 3 gain, amor, thunder, visibility, w dow (web).
7 Ban in fachos, & tanika and hundradiks."
HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER.
Hongkong Observatory, July 7th.
Provions On Date On Date
DAY
99.72 01
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29.73 83
80
79
THE "ARMENIAN "
CRIME. PRESIDENT WILSON WAITING TO
• NEW PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT.
of the funds of British banks are chiploy ed, directly and indirectly, in the dis count of bills, this statesmanlike action of the Government has greatly assisted to increase the confidence of the public in British banking, And the result of it ELECTION OF SENHOR BRAGA.
all has been the greatest addition to their deposits ever witnessed by bankers. Fur- Senhor Theophilo Braga, who has been
tharmore, bankers have themselves elected President of the Republic for the adopted a still more conservative policy remainder of the term of office of ex-President than formerly in employing their funds, cident of Congress rendered homage to their deposits last year, they retained no Manoel Arriaga, in his Message to the Pre-f the addition of about £100,000,000 60 the Republic with its democratic and less than £68,000,000 as caen in hand or Parliamentary institutions, and expressefi at the Bank of England, and placed WASHINGTON, July 1st. his abhorrence of all dictatorships of an nearly £31,000,000 in investiments, “pre- Acordir receised bore in Washington, he concluded by expressing the hope that According to the latest advices which autocratic nature. As in his last Message, sumably War Loan, twenty Americans lost their lives when the when he retired into private life all his Leyland line steamer Armenian was sub- fellow-citizens would say that he had marined of the Cornish ocast. The always been guided by common sense and At a church gathering at Newcastle am American dead were all muleteers and disinterestedness.
apology for non-attendance was read from Senhor Jose Castro, the Prime Minister, the Vicar of Bt. Aidans, who is working twelve of them were negroes, while the re- mainder were whites. Twenty-nine per- handed Senhor Brago the collective resigna-out his summer vacation on war niuna- sons in all were lost,
tion of the Cabinet. Senhor Braga expressed tions at Armstrong's Elwick ordnamov
SEE."
·
It has not yet been learned what action full confidence in Senhor Joss Castro-Beuter factory. the Government intends to take in the A note was read from the retiring President
| decurrence.
WAR BREVITIES..
matter and at present President Wilson Arriaga at the Congress to-day in which he The boys attending the Ponders End is awaiting further particulars as to the said that his resignation of the offics was ine-Trade School situated close to the Royal
Whether or not the sinking vitable in view of the present Government's of the Armenian will be regarded with having come into power as a result of the Small Arm Factory at Enfield, are being 2 pm, any gravity will be dependent on whether health and the impossibility of bringing about ment is giving every satisfaction to the
revolution. Furthermore,
the
state of his employed in the manufacture of com
ponent parts of small arms. The experi- 29.70 or not the steamer had been chartered by
the British Government for transport reconciliation between the political parties 85
authorities. rendered his retirement necesary. He added If this be the case, it is known that he would not have hesitated to exonerats purposes. that the American Government will con-
It has been privately recorded that in sider that the Americans took passage on to him before
the revolutionary party if t had appealed the retreat from Mons an ardent young the ship at their own risk.
subaltern ran to a private soldier lying causing bloodshe After the revolution of
which over 1910,
o the ground, shot in the leg. "Olimb the Theophilo Brega became the fret edent on my back and I will carry you out of
President the line! The
reply
"No bloomin of the Republic. A poet and savant, he is fear. I gets shot be'ind and you gote the among the most remarkable men of his time. V.C.-I don't think. At the age of 15 be published his first collec tion of verses, and with Anthero de Quental he is considered the founder of the modern
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HONGKONG TIDE TABLE
From 9th to 14th July,
HIGH WATER
Days of
Week
Daya
Month
Akong Mean Time
Height
-Height
LOW WATER,
H'kong.
Mean
Time
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him.
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Thurs
8
6 0 6 0 16
18
8.14 a 3 €
Fri 9
0 1
8 2
2.14
1
0 45
33
50 a 0
... m
6 34 64m 0 83 61 Batur. 10 7 7 6 7
052 a 3 7
11 m
Mon.
12 im
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Wed.
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THREATENED HOGE STRIKE. 900,00 ALLIED TRADESMEN IN CHICAGO CONCERNED.
CHICAGO, July 1st.
The Home Messaggero saya that it terns on good authority that German and Turkish officers have already gone to Tri- for the chiefs of the tribes in the interior poli and Cyrenaica with money and gifts
tips against Italy.
A strike of more than 200,000 allied school of Republican poetry His excursions workmen will be the result it is believed of into history and philosophy are no le the refusal of the master builders to meet notable, and he is the author of many works the conditions demanded by 16,000 of the on ethnographical and sociological subjects. striking carpenters. These carpenters Senior Braga is a follower of Comte, but, in the hope of provoking a gesek insurrey. offered to return to work provided that unlike that master, he is an advocate of the the employers would in the future refuse franchise for women. He has had little to use materials manufactured by non-practical experience of active polities Ba union Labour. The employers refused to ore his first election to the Fresidency he agree to this condition,
mad been Deputy for Lisbon only a tow honths. RESIGNATIONS OF AMERICAN ORDNANCE OFFICERS:-
BRITISH HIGH EXPLOSIVES. Mr. John Boud, manager of Southport WASHINGTON, July 1st.
Corporation Gas Department, announced Secretary of War Garrison and Secre at the annual meeting of the Institute of Lary of the Navy Daniels have both asked Gas Engineers on June 1st that he would Attorney General Gregory for a ruling as be unable to retain the office of president, to the legality of resignations of officers of
the Ordnance Departament in order to as he had been called on to do work in accept positions with private concerns connection with the High Explosives manufacturing cannon, frearms and other Department of the War Office.
It had now been realised, said Mr munitions of war. The Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of War both Bond, how important a part the gas indus- agreed to submit the question for a ruling try played in the welfare of the nation by to the Attorney-General following an in-providing residual products for the manu crease in the number of resignations.facture of dyer, disinfectants, drugs, tigh
Secretary Garrison,
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explosives, etc., and by the production of known approves the transfer of officers of the solid and gaseous fuel for the manufacture Ordnance Corps of the Army, believing of all classes of war material and other that benefit will result to the mation in the articles. matter of preparedness for war.
Owing to the outbreak of measles in Barrow all the elementary schools are plowed and the whole of the male teachers have offered, through the Corporation, to take up making munitions of war at Vickers works or to do anything usefu! to help forward the output, The female teachers have also offered to take up any The duties they are able to perform. offers have been accepted.
as we know. A correspondent had a letter Blanks are very mixed in the New Army the other day from the front, and the writer said I can't say quite what I should like, as our mutual pal-John Suits my lieutenant and will demor this letter John Smith endorsed the missive to the effect that at the first opper- unity he would make the beggar sit up, and there for the time being the matter is left. Military etiquette is hard to keep
up when old friends are of different ranks, and old army men may well stare at some of the informalities,