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GERMANS IN CHINA,
BENEVOLENT POLICY OF THE
BRITISH AUTHORITIES.
SHIPPING. NOTES.
TṚR HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12th, 1918.
TORPEDOING OF GLEN LINER.
COOL E VESSELS BETWEEN FAR EASTERN COCONUT OIL ĮSINGAPORE AND HONGKONG,
NEED FOR GREATER" SUPERVISION URGED
TRADE.
THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR,
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The trade in coconut oil in Hongkong The Nouse Vrenju returns to the sub-in the Mediterranean by an cnomy sub-
The folowing letter, signed "One In-and Far Eastern ports generally, statos ject of the German concessions in China. marine, carried three passengers from It prints a synopsis of a project for the Shanghai, viz., Mr. and Mrs, N. O tested," appeared in a recent issue of the American Consul-General at Hong- kong, has enmo to be somewhat demo- occupation of the German emersions in Watson, and Mr. A. H. Marcel, of the The Straits Tints:
"I cannot understand why the Pil China and the expulsion of German "ra Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, son of sidents as framed by the Belgian Consul Mr. A. H, Mancell, of 10 Nanking Road grims Ship Ordinance is not applicable tu ralised, not only as an indirect result of
all vessels of the coalie lines of steamers the war but by reason of changes in in- FOR at Shanghai, M: Siffert, and the Allied A telegram has been received in Shanghai that ply between this part, Hongkong, dustrial processes in Far Eastern factorios. by Mr: Mancell stating that his son is Amoy and Swatow. From what I se nnd acidental to the situation it appears that Consuls at Tientsin. It states that for safe, but so far no news has been received chserve, they are just as essential in every attempt on the part of Japanese inter unexplained reasons this has hitherto re of Mr. and bird. Watton. The steamer way. I have been to several parts of the ests to dominate the coconut oil market in
left Shanghai for Gence and Londca on- mained pigeon-holed in the Foreign Office. the 25th November, and carried a very world, viz., to Nataj with emigrants, Japan, and to some extent in other East- Salina Cruz, Manzinillo, Matzian, Guayern markets, by obtaining control of the Commenting on this fact, ib-draws on full urge the biggel cargo, it mus, Victoria (BC), Vascony and Scuth Sea Islands, whente German manu-
ever taken from thangbai. Built at analogy between the situating in Persin
the Glengle | Newcastle-on-Tyn),
was Seattle with colies and everything for facturers "obtained a lage share of their and in China, and mournfully reflects that, quite a new vesst, this being only her their comfort in the way of hospital, both oil previous to the war, has ended, for the are a most exquisite smoke. in spite of the moraj and material advan-Secoud trip to the Far East. Her ton for mate and female, dispensary, sanitary time bring at least, in more or less dis-
medien afficer who proceeds with ships to tages of the Allies with common frontier, age was 10,500 grows and 5,900 net re-arrangements, and attendance, And every aster.
gister, and her speed was about 13 knots.
those parts must be a fully qualified medi troops Navy, and trade, they have
Kingdom, On some vessels that run from this port to the China poris it is neither one thing nor the other. The medical of cep has no help whatever Here, for in stance, the place allotted for a hospital is filled up with stuffs, or occupied by the compradore's staff after the Consul has made his inspection and taken his depars ture, and this from the last port of enll, Swatow. As for the dispensary, the doctor's room is a med cine shop the cabin having barey room for himself Many a time have. I had to turn out the compradore's staff from the hospital when required. and the stuff with them
hitherto failed to compel Chins to observe THE SINKING OF THE "YASAKA
its promised neutrality. "Either we or they Germaus must prevail, and theroforn our tank is clear. If the Chinese Government is unable to defend its neutrality and destroy the Gorman rubber-den, we must do this ourselves,"
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The Westminster Guzelle says that the sey of the passengers, on the 4 sugar Juru was solely due to the and and training of her Japanese cicers crew, and that it was in no way due to the German submarine having allowed amply take or ser passengers and crew e:capo.
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In the course of an article on this
Lieut. Coline! Saito, attached to the matter published in the Morning Post Mr.Japanese Embassy in wusaington has J. O. P. Bland writes:-
stated to a member of the stau of the United Press Association that the sinking of the usaka duru was the realization a part 1 Gerany's sabmarine policy towards -Japanese vessels ut large.
ermay continues suen outrages Japan 11 Berati compelled to despa.co the nighting on. troops to take part: in Jänd. Láent-Colonel sano concluded his sament by saying that Jajian will cer perhaps in China than in any other partainly tase proper steps to deal wasa, the of the world from those insidious and acter that has occurred. subtle influentes, umanating from Man..
Making all due allowance for the Cen- sor's fear of the unknown, there is some thing almost mingus in the silenes which has been preserved by the Pres of Great Britain and by Parliament, so the war began in regard to the Far East, generally, This sience is the mora remarkable because our interests have suffered more severely
chester and Lumbard-surret, which have AMERICAN CHINESE STEAMSHIP frequently paralysed the energies of our
Navy and stultined our diplomney in
LINE.
cal officer and be registered in the United
The following should be impressed on 1.The medical officer appointed to a the owner or agent of every vessel;--
vessel requiring one should be soon by the chief sanitary and medical officer and give his approval that the medical off cer is a fully qualified man and regis er ed in the United Kingdom.
2. That there is a proper hospital. with eight bed.
3.-A female hospitar with three beds. 4-A proper dispensary, and the medical officer's cabin not to be made a drug store,
3.A temporary isolation ward made of canvas, and wood work,
-No vegetables, law, ducks, cr geese to be carried on the upper decks, or kept near the holds where the passen gers stay, as these are detrimental to health. These are mostly brought down for mercenary purposes,
7-A drawer, two male attendants and one female to help the medical offi- cer: without these themedien officer cannot give the chief sanitary medical officer much satisfaction
divers spheres of action. Ye it must be The following further particulars are: apparent to anyone conversant with the
the Daily Commerce Reports given in actual position of affairs, politics and co-issued by the U.S. Gevearament concern mercial in China, the unless publicing the new American-Chinese Stennishup opinion in this country finds expression to Line:- curb and crunteract these pernicious in Mr. Philip Manson, of New York, fluences, the prevailing policy of "wait recently returned from China, where he and see must lead to results similar to concluded arrangements for the organisa- those which it has produced in the Balkans,. tion of the Pacific and Eastern Steamship in Greece, and in Persia. At Peking and Company (Inc.), which will operate elsewhere throughout Ching the activities steamship services, under the American of German consular agents and of the fing, between China, the Philippines, and Deutsch-Asiatische Bank (apparently the Pacific and Atlantic consis, of the possessed of unlimited funds) have been United States. The company is a joint persistently directed towards prejudicing American and Chinese enterprise, and has the cause of the Allies in the eyes of the just been incorporated under the laws of Chinese. British prestige has undoubted the State of New York. It will commence business with a capital of £2,000,000. ly suffered in consequence, and also by Haf of the capital is been subscribed by THE MAN WHO RETURNED, reason of the extraordinarily complaisant Americans and half by Chinese, The attitude of cur own authorities in dealing directorato consists of seven members; TERRIBLE CHARGE BY THE ANZAC with German interests. While taking four Americans, and three Chiness. The F.. every advantage of this leniency the Ger
American interests are represented by maus have not failed to instil into the Mertens's Buns, of Comberland, treats: Md., and Chinese mind the idea that it is prompted Washington, DC. The
capitalists in not by magnanimity, but by fear. Small
are represented by Chinese wonder if the Chinese now misinterpret Shanghai and Canton. The president of the situation, and misjudge the prospects the company is Mr. John Mitchell, jun.,
Captain C. E. W. Bean, the official of the Allies, when, as the one hand, they of the firm of F. Mortene's Sous Mr. see British firms, encouraged by British Mitchell is also president of the Washing- Press representative with the Imperial ofheials working for the preservation of son and Southern Bank, of Washington, Forces in the Dardanelles, gives further German interests, and, on the other, Ger- D. C. Mr. Philip Manson is managing details, gathered from a wounded Turk, man agents freely organising their pre director. The company will buy or char paganda of falsehood at the Treaty ports, ter steamers so that sailings may begin of the charge of the Third Light Horse rising them even us bases for stirring up as soon as possible, and will build new Brigade on August 7th. Extracts from
The steamers to be delivered as quickly the articles are given below:- unrest and sedition. in India. Chinese know that the British Government possible. The principal office of the com in the face of its, benevolent policy of York; the principal lice in China is in fully informed of these matters, but, pany in the United States is in New laisser faire, how can they avoid doubts Shanghai. as to the sincerity of our arowed deter mination to bring Germany to her knees!
To convince them of that determination the Baghdad railway and of the Yangtze and of our ability to carry it through, Valley. Today it stands clearly revealed to prevent them from being misled as a treacherous weapon, over ready to the into the orbit of German influence hand of the naturalised but hostile alien it is imperatively necessary that. Great and the little Briton of Teutonic proclivi Britain and her "Allies abould dirent ties.
QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS. T
all available means to the suppression of German trade and German influence in the
For East.
TROOPS,
TURKISH PRISONER'S STORY.
The chief sturcos of copra in this part. of the world have been the East Indies,
the Thilippines, and the South Sex Islands, such as the islands in the barshall group. Before the outbreak of the war in Europe, the demand for copra was parti cularly strong in France and Germany,. other antics taking considerable of the prodact but in lesser volume Most of the carn from the East Indies and the Phi- lippines went to Frans, while that in the Bouth Seas went Germany through the organisation of the trade of that part of the world possessed by German interests. Considerable quantities went United States and to Japan, though it has been zure profitable to ship coconut oil- rather than copra to the former country. In Japan the industry of pressing oil from copra imported from various points was inaugurated and assumed ecnsiderablo proportions The oil made was usually of comparative's poor grades made from the cheapest grades of copy, and was mostly used for soapmaking:
particunrly Ceylon, Java, and B.ngapore,
QUALITIES OF THE VIL
Lo
the
When the South Ser. Islands wore cap tured by Japan during the carlier por tious of the war their copia was sent to Japan almost exclusively. In the mean while the market for oil in Europe was shut off 16 a considerable extent, and for n time the course of the Iceal copra and,
markets in this part of the world was very uncertain. The high price of good oil at one time led to a number of changes in the trade and these have become per manent Oil in the Malay States and the East Indies has been produced at such a into and by such methods that it can. undersell Japanese oil. A low grade "solid eil"imported largely from the Philippines and the East Indies through Hongkong has supplanted the higher grade oil in Japanese, and in Hongkong, Shanghai, and other Far Eastern 608 fac tories,
in Japan, unter
Singapore and Manila ci's are sold, even a special cuÊtoms arrangement for admitting raw materials noder bend, in compeition with Japanese mandle oil and naturally control in the Hongkong and other lower Asiatic mar- kets, Clarified and refined fish oil is 'oom- ing to be used more generally in industrial concerns in the Far East as a substitute for the coconut product. Altogether the coco nut oil situation has changed from what it was a year age. For al that, prices still. realised afford ample profit for the modern and properly equipped oil-pressing estab
The Hongkong market for coconut oil continues good thongh prices have a lower range than anticipated at the beginning of the year Exports of expra to both Europe and the United States by way of Hong- kong have been far below normal.
When the Third Light Horse Brigade charged out from the trenches on the Nek in the grey dawn-charged out and never came back-1 said in writing the account of it that practically nothing more could ever be known of the details unless some
Phipping copra, heretoforo cf compara day the information came from the Turks in the trenches against which the Light tively low grade because of the manner Horae went. The best part of rein which cured, is likely soon to be of the giments went forward in three Imus, aadhighest grade, and to produce the best oil. each line as it rushed that fatal thirty Philippine copre producers have been agi yards was mown down as grass is mon tating for modern copra centrals," for by a scythe. Only one wan, so far as drying coconuts similar to the large sugar know, came back alive, crawling pain centrals erected by the Government for fully after dark that night with a wound-
As an immediate step towards that end, In the House of Cormons on Decembered leg, who could speak of the other sidegar producers, A Government commis sion appointed to study processes for dry. the seizure of the German concessions at 7th, Mr. Gershom Stewart asked the of that deadly space, slangen
At last there is something more to telling the nuts is testing various drying Tientsin, Haskow, and Newchwang, advo- Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether he
raan interests in the South Sea Islands, cated by the Nove Vremge, would appear had official information to the effect that Some time ago we captured a Turkish machines, including machines used by Ger
soldier, and in interrogation it appeared 10 bo indicated Does anyone suppose that Englishwomen had been rudely treated by that he had been in the front Turkish whence sons of the best copra has born re- Germans on the British concession of trench on the Nek on the morning when ceived When a standard dryer has been if Germany held the command of the sess any British concession in China would re Shameen, and that the German community the Light Horse charged it. As the mat selected central plants will be established main to-day inviolate? We have the celebrated the sinking of the Lusitania ter is of intense interest to Australians, in various parts of the Philippines It is answer to this question in the recent pro by an entertainment; and whether he the prisoner's account of it may perhaps estimated that by reason of the inferior ceedings of German agents in Persia. Nor could see his way either to intern the Gerbe repeated. He was a Turkish school Philippine product native producers aro losing one to two milion dollars gold a need we suppose that the seizure of these mans er turn them off the concession, German/concessione by one or more of the
year The Philippine Government has Allies should create serious difficulties, now
bean endeavouring for several years to im or hereafter. Their ultimate fate can be
prove methods of curing, but with enn left for determination, together with many
puratively littlo success, other questions pending in the Far East, at the day of final reckoning. In the moanwhile the moral effect of their seizure must to immediate
Sir Edward Grey said the answer to the first part of the question was in the negative. As regarded the third part, he had zothing to add to what had been previously stated.
Mr. Stewart asked the Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's
master. The Turks on August 5th were delighted by the news of the fall of War saw. During the afternoon a big white notice appeared over their trenches bear ing the words-the spelling is theirs
Warsaw as Fallin. What effect they
the
average Aus expected this to have va tralian I do not know. The only effect.
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than that to those who looked at
"They came on very scunded more like a score. But this is what the Turk said, well, and three of them managed to reach our trench and fell dead over the parapet into the bottom of it."
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and widespread. Government, in view of the recent arrest I heard when the men in our trenches them sheer off the ines of the heath. Prob their paseos at the CENTRAL POLICE STATION These German were it was the remark, Well, eat in status from the international tettle-mans and their emissaries, could see let's see if we can't make his bally notice rents at Shanghai and elsewhere) are, to their way, as a reprisal, to occupy the Ger fall, too," which the speaker straightway all intents and purposes, German colonies, mans concessions in Chinese Treaty Ports, Proceeded to do. The idea among the so that Chins's neutrality would not be and put the German Consuls and officials Turks was that Germany would now compel us to make peace, and that Turkey prejudiced. All that is required is that under arrest to prevent them conspiring would benefit by the terms, the German flag be hauled down, the Ger- in China against the interests of the *** man police and other authoritics expelled, British Empire and their Allies as they and the area of the concessions, with their had done and were now doing in Tersis, inhabitants, placed under martial law by procisumstion of the Power effecting the
seizure
Something must certainly be done, and that quickly if the position of the Allies in the Far East is to be preserved from the pains and penalties which have fol lowed clawhere upon our persistence in
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NO TURKISH LOBRES.
To
pital as incurable.
The Turks were two deep in their
A STUBBORN FOE. After describing the preliminary bom trenches, ho zaid, just ag our survivor SAW bardment the article proceda: Then day them the front row sitting on a shelf
conquer an obstinate – enemy Sir Edward Grey The dangers to began to break, and with it there broke just behind the par-pet, the rear rank requires persistency and perseverance same with Rheumatism, the which my hon. fr end refers have not been cut a fierce bombardment of the trenches the front trench, because they raised there te p lost sight of, but I do not think it would shove and around the Nek. The fire was standing often breast high above the dread foo of mankind, which ranka fore- be desirable to say anything further on tremendous, but it did to drags to the parapet in order to get the belter shoot most in stubbornness. To eradicate it the subject at the present moment.
front trenches where they were actually
Ing. We know that a few of our men for men taking full notice of the intrigues trenches on the Turkish right caught the front trench because they raised there is the only remedy that can overpower-it, Mr. Stewart Is the right hon gentle waiting for the attack some of the a few minutes did get into one corner of from the system, you must use the right weapon, LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM of the Germans even in our own concession that fire heavily, but they were protected the flag which they took with thern-it It has cured helpless, crippled sufferers of Shanghai and their shipments of arms in some sort by a gully The trenches waved Kr a few nomoats and then some who have been discharged from the hos the attitude of "wait and see. At what and seditious literature to India
directly in front of the Nek were un one pulled it down. The schoc master did ever cost in Manchester votes at Bir E. Grey: The intrigues of the touched, and the Turks in them and the act know of that. But he did tell us
risk to the "whatover
future party Germans, not only in. particular conces schoolmaster amongst them stood ready what our own men who manned our cwn funds, the time has enmo to
subsions but in Chius generally, are the sub to mert the attack which was aluat cer- trenches behind the attack had suspected, that during the attack the Turks lost not stitute a policy of just reprisals for ject of anxious consideration on the part The bombardment broke off. There was a single man.. that of giving furtive reassurances to the of His Majesty's Government,
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So much for the Turks. And as for the a pause, says the schoolmaster, a short foo. The covert, and often sordid, sympa. Mr. Stewart: Having assisted in turn interval, before the attack began. Then two Light Horse Brigades--after thise long obtained in high places, must yield possession of Tsingtao, could not we pro- us the English-leapt over their parapet in China, as clowhere, to the urgency of ored to attack them in smaller places? and charged down on them. They came national necessities, There must be ar Bir E. Grey: The question is not quite on very well, said the Turk simply. As end, also, of the malign influences and so simply disposed of as the hon, member soon as they appeared every rifle in the activities of Anglo-German finance; even thinks. I have said that the danger to place opened upon them direct across the before the war its evil Eastern record had which he refers is the subject of anxious Nek, and the machine gun, with its-cross been sufficiently exposed in the history of consideration,
fire from the right of the Turks, swept
tain.
Mr. W. Williams, Totterdown, Bristol, writes: For 3 years I have been rendered unfit for work by Rheumatism, At night terrible shooting paius kept my agony. I could not sleep or use T Two bottles of that wonderful
stog.
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thios for German trade, which have too ing the Germans out of their much greater the English"-the Turks alwaya call months in the trenches, with many of Nemedy LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERF.
them sick and some of them weak with constel roommend every officer and man et his appointed it with utmost confidence.
Sold at Is. 4d per bottle, place, the instant the word was given they leapt from their teach and rushed on death the first line may not have known that it was death the third line must have known it. And they died.
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