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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17th, 2015.
THE
WAR.
GERMAN
WIDESPREAD
INTRIGUES IN U.S.A.
SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURES.
BRITISH PROGRESS IN GALLIPOLI,
WHY THE OPERATIONS WERE UNDERTAKEN.
GREECE AND THE WAR.
IMPERIAL CHANCELLON
FALLEN FROM GRACE.
GENERAL.
(THROCON REUTER'S AGENCY.]
GERMAN INTRIGUES IN AMERICA EXPOSED.
STARTLING ASSERTIONS.
Losnos, August 18th. The New York, World devotes three
of to the exposure German
pages intrigues in the United States. based on. correspondener between the representa tives of the German Government, includ- ing Dr. your Bethmann-Hollweg, with its ngents in the United States, including the fomenting of strikes, the subsidizing of newspapers, and the facing of feiturers and authors. The chief agents were Count Bernstorff (the Ambassador), Captain Paper, Dr. Albert (chief German fimuricial agout) and well-known financiers of Berlin Frankfurt and New York. It is estimated that two million dollars weekly were thus expendod.
The World skates that while protesting against shipments of munitions to the Allies the Germs Government actually owns one company which is stretly building munition works in the United States, and asserts that this company is now negotiating to supply Great Britain and Russia with munitions, though it does not intend to deliver the goods.
New YORK, August 16th.
The Providence Journal seserts that the Government at Washington is about to take alotion which will result in sensa- Mional disclosures of persistent violations
It says
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KAISER AND CHANCELLOR. FALL OF BETHMANN-HOLLWEG
THE NEAR EAST.
AUSTRO ITALIAN FRONT.
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ATTEMPTED AUSTRIAN ATTACK IN FORCE.
ITALIAN ARTILLERY MARKSMAN- SHIP.
CHINESE FINANCE.
METHODS OF A YOUTHFUL MANAGING PARTNER.
INTERESTING BANKRUPTCY EQUIT CASE, Some peculiar methods of Chinese finance were exposed at the Bankruptcy Court yesterday before the Chief Justice
{THROUGH REUTER’6. AGENCE-] GALLIPOLI OPERATIONS. BRITISH LANDING AT SUVLA BAY. Pants, August 15th. · · An official communiqué - rogarding revent fighting in the Dardanelles, men- tions that the British-successfully landed
A furious battle is raging along then the course of the public examination of Lam Pang, a young Chinese who was alt Suvla Bay.
Cadore frontier, The enemy in the
described as being, managing partner in BRITISH PROGRESS AT THE Monte Pians zone concentrated his bathe Kwong Wo firm, dealers in lard at
DARDANELLES.
Yaumasi.
ROME, August 15th.
tories and attempted an attack in fores ti regain his lost ground. Eventually after a very violent struggle, the enemy. was driven back with heavy losses,
The Chief Justice asked the Official Receiver if he was going to contend that all the deposits referred to were bogus.
ones,
The Official Receiver said he was going to dake bankrupt through the cash book and compare the entries with the list of cash payments for goids bought. These goods had not been shown in the goods. hook, they had only been shown in the cash book in winch the " deposits " had been entered.
The Official Receiver proceeded to do "this and pointed out several remarkable behalf of coincidences." in relation to entries and non-entries which bankrupt was unable to explain. though all the books referred to were kept by himself.
A TURKISH ANNOUNCEMENT. LONDON, August 18th. A Turkish communiqué indicates that the British have been progressing since the landing at Aribarnu, in Gallipoli ob it says that Turkish - artillery methodical destruction öf 'Austrian work partner of the Kwang Wo firm since 4012- forgeries --They are as I wrote them.
The Sommunique records Wonderful markhip by the Italian guns in the
and entrenchats, one magnificent feat
The Official Recoiver-Aad you say these remarkable coincidences" are not
This concluded the examination and he
Friday dispersed a battalion of infantry on Friday on this Anuforia Plain, while securing direct hits on a hostile battery) 115ft school. With so experience at all by Official Receiver then made an application...
it claims to have repulsed an úttack on the Turkish right-wing north of Ariburne o' Thursday,
4.
WHY THE DARDANELLES OPERATIONS WERE UNDERTAKEN.
skilfully hidden in gaves
THE ITALIAN ADVANCE, ROME, August 18th. A communiqué aunounces that enemy armoured trains attacked the railway atation of Serravalle in the valley of BRITISH STATEMENT ISSUED IN Adigo and the Italian positions south
RUSSIA.
east of Monfalcone, but were repulsed.
Thi Italians advanced considerably in PETROGRAD, August 16th: - An excellent effect has been produced by the valley of Sexten and the Plezzó aňí the publication by the British Ambasse Montenero districts, dor of a statement regarding the extent pa
FORESHADOWED..
AMSTERDAM. August, 15th. Information from a gooi soures shor that the relations between the Kaiser ad the Imperial Chancellor,
The Ambassador states that when Bethmann-Hollweg, are less cordial than formerly. It is said that the resignation Turkey declared war, Bussin asked Great
Dr.
נייך
of Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg is imminent, and that his probable successor is Cameral
Fon
of
Bissing (ex-Governor-Gonersi Belgium). Some circles in Berlin regard von Bissing as "the strong man with the iron hand," who will be of inestimable value to Germany when peace negotiations are opened.
ATTITUDE OF GREECE. KING AND PREMIER-ELECT AT LOGGERHEADS.
PARIS, August 15th.
A legram from Athens ways that a Royal Decree calls up do the Colours the
Class 1015 recruits.
M. Venizelos had a further audience with
the King, lasting for two hours.
It is stated that his interviews with the King have been somewhat stormy. M. Venizelos on departing from the Palace, was accorded an ovation.
It is believed that M. Venizelos will only expose his views to the King when His Majesty summons hi to return to
power,
Cortain German circles in Albons are of the noutrality laws by the German "preading reports that M. Venizelos has changed his views, and accuse him of Embassy officials, and others." that a bag of documents found in the Incking in character. They say that the possession of a German secret service breach between him and King Constantine jas insurmountable as that between Bis. agent proved the passport frauds at New York and elsewhere to be directly tri-marck and t'e Kaiser. butable to Captain Boy-Ed, the German It included a list of Naval Attache. German Reservist officers who were to be
·retarned to Europe on forged passports. At the head of the list was the name of
Captain: Horn, why attempted to explode the Vandebord bridge in the Canadian
border.
LOST COALFIELDS OF FRANCE. DEPENDENT UPON ENGLAND,
PARIS, August 15th. Upon learning of the latest order pro- hibiting the exportation of any British coal except under licence, the French
of the British Naval and Military parti FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT, cipation in the war
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VIOLENT ARTILLERY
Britain to divert a portion of the Turks from the Caucasus by a counter demon stration at some other point; hence the operations in the Dardanelles.
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The Norve Premya pays tribute to the priceless services of the British Flect, including the keeping open of the port' of Archangel. It glowingly praises the British creation of au enormous army and the gallantry shown by the British troops and poin's out the danger-of-a-premature- move on the Western front.
RUSSIAN FRONT
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY-] NEW BATTLE IN BALTIC
ENGAGEMENTS.
PARIS, August 16th. To-day's communiqué says: - There Intro been particularly violent, artillery engagements in Souchez, Beausejour, and Lorraine
TROUBLOUS MEXICO. APPEAL FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
RECONSTRUCTION.
WASHINGTOK. August 15th
An appeal to Mexico by the Latin- American Conference, published without any intimation of armed intervention, calls on the Mexican leaders to meet some where in Mexico or on neutral ground to "adopt the first steps necessary for the VON HINDENBURG'S EFFORT TO constitutional reconstruction of the coun
CHECK RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE.
PROVINCES.
PETROGLAD, August 15th.- A new battle is developing in the Baltic Provinces, but the situation around Riga is unchanged. General von Hindenburg's Armies in the Dyinak region, however, atre making a great effort to check the Russian offensive..
The Russians again repulsed four Ger man attacks on the western positions of
Koyno. A fierce artillery dued is inces
Bonti
The Germans claim that they took fortified forest” at Korno, but as they only olim 350 prisoners it cannot be much of a success.
The Germans claim to have stormed an advance position northward of Novogtor giersk, which the Russian communiques refers to as a skirmish.
Prine Leopold's Armies are creeping neurer the Bug and are meeting with vistinate resistance around Siedletz and
Lukow.
The Russians pra taking up the Brestlifovsk positions unimpeded and
Government immediately sent high official to Londen to represent the com- pleto dependence of France upon England for cost. Every assuran has now been covered by strong rearguards. given that the exportation will be facili- THE RUSSIAN RESISTANCE, tated to the utmost degres possible.
STRENUOUS FIGHTING AT MANY POINTS.
PETROGRAD, August 16th.
FRENCH CROPS
SATISFACTORY.
A communiqué announces that there is
It is started at Horn has signed a German confession implicating a high Government official in the United States.
The Journal concludes that the United States Government gan, remain silent no longer in view of the immense amount of evidence, including attempts to bribe the Labour leaders to create a conspiracy among hanking institutions controlled by
The crop statistics are most reassuring.no change in the region of Riga, but the German-Americans, to poison horses and mules a New Orleans, to involve the The crop for 1915 was gathered in less fighting has become more severe in the United States with Mexico, to stir up time than that of 1913, notwithstanding strikes and sedition by forming alleged the lack of agricultural labour. There Peand Associations and to compel the are indications of an average yield of Government to act in a fraudulent plot wheat, while oats are abundant. prepared against British warships out- side New York harbour.
PAR16 August 15th.
HAVAL ACTIVITIES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
EAST PRUSSIA WAR VICTIMS | GERMAN MUNITIONS FACTORY
THE POPE'S SYMPATHY,
AMSTERDAM, August 15th. According to a Munich paper, His Holiness the Pope has sent 10,000 marks
DESTROYED.
PARIB, August 15th.
A French cruiser bombarded and destroyed a German munitions factory near Jaffal Notice of the bombardment
Dwinsk district.
Persistent German attacks between the Narew and the Bug have been repulsed, and the Russians have checked the Austro German attacks on the railway between
LOCAL SPORT.
VICTORIA RECREATION. CLUB.. A Night Aquatic Fete will be held on Saturday, 28th August, commenting at o p.m., if there are, in the opinion of the Committee, sufficient entries.
The events probably will be t Two lengths (Handicap).. Running Hender from Spring Board (Sealed Handicap).
Two lengths Clothes Race Competitors to be dressed in full suit, i.e. Neckties Shirts, Collars, and Boots.
Ladies Nomination (Musical Buoys), Team Race,.. Water Polo
Enty Entries close ou Safarday, 21st Augus. the Cigarette and Tobacco Fund.
Half the net proceeds will be handed to
OUR FIGHTING SHIPS.
INTERESTING FIGURES.
under section 84 of the Ordinance. Under that section, he said, there was ampie_reason to suppose that the debtar had boot guilty of effences under the Ordinance and he had therefore, to ask that the Court make an order that the debtor be prosecuted and order him to be kept in custody.
Mr Preston appeared several creditore.". Answering the Official Receiver, Lam Peng, who said he was twenty years of
he was known. II, had bedit managing age, gave several other names by which
becoming managing partner as soon as h
went from the class room to the position of managing partner. His share 10 th firm was $300, which sum was given him Dy his father. He had a brother in the
father. He firm, aged 21, to whom the father at gave a share in the business. The total capital of the firm was $2.500, and when he entered it the firm was one year ofl. Debts due by the firm "totaDedabout
The Chief Justice, addressing the $14,000, as shown in the statement of debtor, said he would express no opision. affairs. In 1914 the firm owed $10,000 as to whether debtor had been guilty He denied that he had placed in the list under the law or not. He was satisfied of debts due by the firm any that were that there was reason to believe that not really due. An item of $150, put down debtor had been guilty of offences un fèr ns due to a money loan association, wis the Ordinance, and that it was a cass his own personal affair and was put which should be investigated in the first place before a Magistrate. If the Magis. in the statentent of affairs by an erecr."
Bankrupt was then asked to go through rate was not satisfied that there was any his whole sworn statement of affairs and casa to go for trial debtor would be dis.. to point out what were really right and charged. On the other hand, if the entries. One of these he said was Magistrate thought that a case was made wrong; the item referring to the "yout against him, he would be committed for ariel to the Criminal Sessions. The loan associativa,
order he would now make was that debtor. should be detained in custody until he could be taken before a Magistrate, where he would be dealt with' according to law. An offer of 85,000 had was refused]..
Wrong
Proceeding to reply to the Official Receiver the youthful managing partner said the firm last several thousand dollars about a year ago owing to a partner with drawing his capital. The accounts of the firm were never reckoned up and he was not sure how much the firm lost at that
ine
In reply to the Chif Justice the Official Receiver said that the sword liabilities. were put down at over $14,000 and the He thought it was very assets 23,600. probably, and he would attempt to show, that the liabilities were not, in reality, anything like that amount. There was no doubt as to the assets.
Though-bankrupt said that he was at Laure when the meeting of creditors was- held, he said he was not present himself. At the time he was with his father in the latter's shop. He denied that tree, tele phone messages were sent to him or his father while the meeting was being heid, but after the meeting creditors entered his shop and had it closed by the Court ballif. He made an offer of 30 per cent. but the creditors refused, they pressing for 50 per cent. When the Court water man entered the shop after the creditors meeting he admitted that all the stock of lard was packed up and labelled for Singapore and Peru, but the lard had not been sold it was done to "save trouble,
(laughter) but this had been done hitherto He also admitted that he collected over $1.000 from a firm for lard sold after the Court watchmen entered the shop and though he told him (the Official Receiver) that a Court watchman had taken all the shop chops," he kept the money received chop," and had used this when receiving the $1,000 He did not now, know the whereabouts of the money received chap." or the "received daporits chop.”.
The report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General upon the dockyard expense and manufacturing accounts for the year ended March 31st, 1914, was published as a Blue Book. It shows that the lutad expenditure of £22,332,001 on new construction and repairs
The Official Receiver-You realise that £141,500 ice than the original and sup- plonastary estimates, the saving being if anyone, had the "received deposits due to less progress on certain ships then chop" he could forge a deposit note qui
anticipated, and also to economics
wal
which were found possible in the course easily-It was in the box" all the of building of refitting work.
time." The total cost if several ships which Further admissions by the bankrupt have been mentioned during the war is an interesting item,
Thus the Iron Duke were that while the Court watchmen were cost £1,809,91% the in £1,070,615, the on the ground floor along with four Ajer £1,196,945, the Audacious £1,816,815, Queen Mary £1,950,797 The Amphion, $1,000 to a firm's representative on the first the Princess Royal £1.387.927, and the execution creditors, he paid out over the first warship we lost in the war, cust £63,869 Coal and cil purchased for the floor this at-a-tune when he knew he £3,276,086. The total east of combatant was valued at about $5,000, and when the Navy during the year amounted to owed over $14,000 and that his shop, etc. ships on the active lid is given at shop was seized. Since then he had also £174,166,488.
Many new 'submarices are shown as made several payments to relatives, and having been under construction on March
Seidlitz and Lukow, taking 800 pris 318 1914; including three hosts of the 2600 to a countryman
The attacks on the Novogeorgitjek fortress, were generally repulsed. KIRSHIP ACTIVITY.
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ANOTHER FRENCH AIR RAID.
PARIS, August toth.
The Official Receiver took bankrupt care, claps, four of the V das two of the
class, and two special boats, fully through the books of the firm and 1- 2nd Swordfish. The S, Vanil boats are being built called attention to zveral “pireuliáz-mis: by Vickers, Armstrong Whitworth, and takes and alterations" with regard to Scott's Company respectively.
The perial service accounted during the the payment out of money, to which year for £244,204 expended on airships, evasive explanations were given, Though aeroplanes, and seaplanes. The airships his thep was losing money aninber of under construction were Nos 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, A communiqué announces that 18 acro-9, and 16, the maximum cost of any one firmy, as set out in his statement of affair
deposited money in the business; because
ship being given as £32,444.
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HONGKONG MUSSALMANS,
́ ́EXPRESSIONS OF LOYALTY TO
KING AND GOVERNMENÍ.
A meeting of Hongkong Mussalmawis was held after the Ramzan Feast Prayer- Mr. A., F. Arenlli on the 13th inst. presided, all the proceedings were opened by the Chairman reading out and translating Manifesto regarding the great war from the Ulemas of Egypt to the audience. After commenting on it, he quoted texts from the sacred Koran cxplaining to the audience that Islam taught them to be loyal and to avoid sedition and treachery. He also referred to the protection, undeprivileges they enjoyed under British Rule, and quoted tha Declaration of His Majesty's Govern- ment that the Moslem Holy Places would not be invaded, and also that the choice of a Caliph would he left cutirely ba the Mussalmans; comparing the freedomi enjoyed by them in the exercise of their religion with that enjoyed in certain Native States under Hindu rule, o stating that they could not have any reason to be dissatisfied with their rulers. Their religious beliefs were not attacked 10 day way, there was no cause for them to sacrifice themselves at the instigation of the cacmies of their King, and the pro- clamation of Jehad by the Sultan of Turkey should out and could not affect them. They were British subjects, and they were neither treated unjustly, nor were their religious privileges curtailed in any way. The speaker mentioned the tactful and statesmanlike nct of His Excellency the Governor in withholding his sanction to allow a contain Missionary to lecture about the prophecy of the fall of Constantinople, and went on to say that he considered that it was the duty of overy Mosleni British subject to act in word and deed as a humble but loyal and worthy follower of His Imperial Majesty the Kaiser-i-Hind, George Var and he sincerely hoped that in spite certain of the misrepresentation by individuals of the advice he tendered to his co-religionists in November Inst festo just read, they would give their which was now borne out by the Mani- heartiest support to the Resolution he was about
propose, This was as follows; — That all Muslim British subjects, otherwise hereby Hongkong born or testify their allegiance to His Majesty King George V. act and conduct then- adres as loyal subjects, paying a due regard & the Laws of the Realm, and detesting and abhorring all and every seditious or treacherous zet; and con sider all who commit such acts as not only enemie of the Government, but also as enemies of theirs."
The Resolution was seconded by Mr. A E. Sufhad who emphatically endorsed erry ward uttered by the Chairman as to their duty towards the Government, and stated that he spoke not only for him self but for the Hongkong börn Mustins. Messrs. Muhammad Akbar. M. A, Razack. Sirdar Khas and Jemedar Chiragh Din strongly supported the res lution, and said that they spoke for the Punjab's and other Mussalmas born in India, the Malays, the Fuxians and the Mussalmians of the Hongkong Police The vote was put and carried with Force respectively. enthusiasm, and the meeting was closed with three chers being given for His Excellency the Governor which were given
the call of the Chairman,
was given so that the neighbourhood planes bombarded a German post dept for the relief of the sufferers in East might be evacuated. None of the houses in the Valley of the Sapdal All returned are incluiled under the heading of new they were his friends, End deposited ov5r Majesty the King and also cheers for His
Prussia, whose sad fate be deplores."
adjoining the factory were damaged.
Safely.
In all about 130 vessels of various types
construction,"
$6,000.