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DISASTER IN SWATOW HARBOUR,
HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST BY THER
CAPSIZING OF A LAUNCH.
THE LACK OF SHIPS.
LOST TRADE AND HIGHER PRICES.
ADVANTAGE "TO NEUTRALS" =
We legram-szyn The Times that the ALLEGED OVERCROWDING.
necessary steps are now being taken to raised the liner freights from this country Writing on February 3rd our corres
to all Indian porta, and that undoubtedly pondent at Swatow sayss →
these will be advanced substantially, in Tuesday morning of last week witnessed common with many other liner rates, early a most painful disaster in the harbour. In the New Year. Unfortunately a further cannot call it an accident," for it appears to have been the natural result of gross caro casness and negligence on the part of those responsible for the running of the steam launches between Swatow and Kityang
SINKING OF THE “YASAKA
MARU.
JAPAN THREATENS REPRISALS. During a recent sitting of the House of Affairs, in reply to a question by Surgeon. Peers Baron Ishii, Minister of Foreign General Boron K. Takagi, on the sinking, of the Yasaka-Maru and the treatment ac corded the German prisoners-of-war-in Japan, stated that from a humanitarian view-point the Japanese Government had treated the German prisoners mest liberal- dvance in rates does not mean that it willy Nevertheless, the Germans attacked be any caster for merchants to obtain the and destroyed the N.Y-K, liner Famke freight space that they want either to or urg and other Japanese vessels in the from India. Vast quantities of valuable Mediterranean. Should the Germans con- Indian produce are now waiting to be ship-tique to commit such outrages against ped and the failure to ship them means got Japan, the Government will take retalia- only the lose of the freight charges but also tory measures against Germany.EN. the more serious loss be the producers of A launch with a capacity for four all the price paid by willing buyers, hundred persong was laden with a buman There is normally an enormous traffic in freight up over seven hundred sous. An any breakdown in this export trade involves Indian products to the United States and eye-witness, who was but two minutes sete the Empire in loss multiplied inde or adding one man to these on board, sayaniicly of the serious effects of the diminu
that the boat had just left the pier, nne Was on the point of heading round, whet it suddenly" tured iurcle setting, is lay with part of the one side exposed View, The inner cabins for men and women were crowded, and the occupants had no chance of escape. The struggle får Jite, though brief, must have been awful. The samo eyewitness declares that at least half of the persons were drownca. Probably the numbers will never be kaur accurate y There were seven hund tickets sold for a four-hundred passeng a boat! Besides the ticket-holders, boat loada of people went on board without tickets.
There was not the slightest expuse for this pitiable loss of life. All that was needed was the putting into execution of the simplest rules, which were written in plain Chinese, before the captain's eyes, and well known by the ticket clerks, One wonders very much indeed why those in authority had no representative there prevent thoughtless people froin, crowding on board in such numbers. One hopes the blame will rest on the right person or Parsons, whoever he or they may be, and that they never be given the opportunity of being guilty of such criminal folly and The boat-owners will negligence again.
ALBERT F. CALVERT, EC.S. Loudon T. Werner Laurie, Ltd. Dedicated to. General Louis Botha, this compact volume covers the period of the orenpation of South-West Africs by the Germiana. In addition to two enloured plotos of Windhoek and Luderitzbuch, it contains no fewer than 230 ha.f-tone plates or diagrams. In fact, half of the volume is made up of illustration, all most excel lent. giving a good idea of the country, its industries and its people. Mr. Calvert,
no doubt lay blame on the captain. I in his preface, indicates very early that
have seen the captain tore than ones the Germans obtained a footing in South.
borne by the crowds that pressed on board. West Africa with a fixed design to secure control of the greater portion of the Con. But in this case he must have known that he was running a terrible risk with twice tinent; and he quotes the warning publish-
the itimate freight of passengers on el by the Rev. William Greswell in The Fortnightly. Review. thirty years ago, aboard. It was a clear case of sinning warning, which, like many more, was against the light by very one who had the sailing of the heeded by the so-called statesmen of Eng. any responsibility for the
beat that morning, land. While the Germans were careful to
As far as is known to me, there was no avoid any ostentatious military display in
forvigner on board.. The passengers were the ports or places visited by European composed chiefly of those who were going travellers, they had distant military stations and posts conveniently disposed home in great glee to pass the New Year in the bosom of their families, who, in near the landward frontiers for a sudden descent upon British territory Here they turn, would be waiting for the arrival of
their parents or brothers, whom they, ale bad perfect airsonals of military stores,
were destined never to se again." I have supplies to last an army for six years, heard of several persons who expected while they had trained farge force.
to leave by the same boat and who were details of which are given by Mr. Calvert detained by Fomething or other.
They "It will he gathered from these few disputable figures, he writes, that Ger. now thank their etare it was so. Up till nany has been preparing to make trouble Low Swatow has been wonderfully im- for the British in this part of the world muns from melancholy occurrences of this on a thoroughly organised plan, and her kind. Some things happen which are de
This catastrophe only misfortune, so far as German ambisignated "acts of God. tions are concerned, is that the Kaisers plainly an act of culpable human embarked tipon his scheme of world stupidity, which should be classified as un- conquest a year or two before the authori-pardonable. I believe that the owners of the launches have been warned over and over ties at Windhoek had completed their rail, Tay South Africans trideny had a hat.
system and military preparations."
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realisation of the danger than our stresiden at the heart of the Empire, and it is not likely, whatever Oxford profes Gors may suggest when peace terms are being arranged, that South Africa will West territory to Germany. Mr. Calvert's ever agree to a retrocession of the South book, however, deals chiefly with the pos sibilities of the country, and is well worth reading.
&
T. Werner London:
The least
Examples might be
tion of the available supply of tornage. On the one hand tho. British consumer is having to pay far more than he enght for freight services; on the other the British shipowner is losing the high freights which neutrals would willingly pay him, simply benuse he no longer has the tonnage avail- able.
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It is important to remember that neutral shipping is gaining nothing but advantage out of our difficulties. Every dey neutral owners are scoring heavily and are now in the position of bong able to build regard. less of cost. Since the Government's methods of requisitioning tonnage have been the greatest influence in forcing up rates, it is those methods which neutral owners have to thank for their present enormous accretion of strength, Men with vast knowledge of shipping admit that if certain advice had been taken by the Government shortly after the war broke out the advance would never have occurred, There is no wish to blame now for decisions that are long past, but there is also the strongest possible opinion that there ought to be an end to the old iden of muddling along.
SELLING OUR SHIPS,
During fifteen months, from August 1914 to October 1915, the official registry of ships shows that 247 British and Colonial ships, with a gross tonnage of 507,830, were sold to other countries. During this time 29 vessels were bought from abroad, but their gross tonnage was only 240,762 The net loss in tonnage is 267,068, at a time when from all points of view mercantile shipping is vitally important to the Empire.
About 160 of the 247 ships sold, with a tonnage of 400,000, have been bought by neutral countries. These include some large restels; for instance:
Pectan (7,318). Leda' (0,786). Chincha (6,395). Winnipeg (6,330). Tenadores (7,783). Pastores (7,782).
Edward L. Doheny (0,170),... Calamers (7:782). Caciquo (6,292).
C. A Canfield (8,350). All the above ships were bought by the United States. Many other ships of 4000 and 5,000 tons were bought; Greece, we and, Norway, Denmark, Spain, an 1 Hel- land were among the buyers ATTEMPTS TO EVADE TAXATION.
introduces as to a good many characters, he regarded ng being one of the chief present Finance Act. A is then able to earn |
The Minister added that all affairs relate ing to the Yasaka-Maru, such as the pay- ment of insurance, etc., have already been attended lo-Japan Garette
KAISER'S EMISSARY IN ARABIA.
CAPTIVE OF THE KHALIFA WHO WAS SAVED BY THE
BRITISH
According to information from German sources, a prominent part in the attempts made by the enemy to influence Mohamme- dan sentiment against the Allies has been played by Karl Neufeld, the well-known German Eastern trader and traveller.
The irony of this circumstanco (says the Central News) lies in the fact that Neufeld is indebted for his very life to Lord Kit- chener and the British troops, who, under his command, overthrow the Khalifa at Omdurman in September, 1899.
Neufeld was made a prisoner by the Mahdi while trading in the Soudan, and for ten years was kept in captivity in the Mahdist capital, suffering all the tortures of the terrible Umai-Hagar, in company with Slatin Pasho and Father Ohrwalder,
Neufeld's reminiscences of this period are set forth in his book," A Prisoner of the Khalifa." He tel s how, on being thrown into prison, three sets of iron shackles were attached to his feet and rings and chains fastened about his neck. He wore the rings and chains on his neck for nine months, after which they were removed, but the re maining fetters he carried practically throughout the time of his captivity.
He was flogged with the "safarog," and on one occasion received 500 lashes, From these horrors he was saved when the English gunboats come up the river, and the roar of artillery and rifle fire, penetrat ing to the water, told of the destruction
of Abdullah's hordes,
HONGKUNG VOLUNTEERS.
ORDERS DY LIBUR GOL. 4. CHAPMAN, V.D.
JOINED.
1-Sapper G N Manley joined the Corps on February 5th, 1910, allotted Corps No. 1974, and posted to Engineer Company.
ENGINEER COMPANY
2. Stonecutters Reliefs for Febru
ary is pasted on the notice board at Headquarters for information of all conected
HUSKETIT
3-Musketry, Recruits Course and Trained Mom's Course, Part I, will b: carried out at King's Park Range as follows:-
Saturday, 12th inst., 2.30 p.m.-A
units cxcept Engineer Company? Sunday, 13th inst., 9.30
Engineer Company
O.Cs, will take steps to ensure that every member of their Company or Section, who is in the Colony and who has not fired Part I. this season, fires the Course on the date arranged as above, Corp. Grimes, R.E., will ntbond and. N.C.Os. of the units having men fir- ing will attend to assist him, Uni- form (drill order) to be wornk nagyn The Officer in charge of the firing pojat
will check the ammunition both be fore and after firing each day. Officers on duty at firing point:- Feb, 12th-Lieut. Proston, Feb. 13th.-A Officer of the Engînéor
Company.
TARADEA.
4-Parade for to-day (Tuesday):-
7am.Members of Signalling Section and other Signaller, as detailed in 8ignaling Section order dated Dec. 8th, 1916 Morie fag Practice at Headquarters,
During his imprisonment Neufeld gained a flusat knowledge of Arabic and great familiarity with Mohammedan ways and customs. The German Government would appear to have profited by these assets in despatching him to the holy cities of Arabia as a propagandist. Like Burton, he is said to have pentrated in pilgrim guise both to Medina and Mecca, though there is nothing to show that he was conspicuously success- ful in his mission at either place, or ta At Medina indeed, he seems to have hed a rather uncomfortable time, Suspicion fell upon him, and he was conveyed to the Tomb of the Prophet, and there made to take oath that he was a Mussulman. A searching examination by Mohammedan doctors of law followed, from which he All emerged safely, thanks to his ability to quote from the Koran.
KÄIBER AÐ CALIPE
£121,563,000
6.10 p.m.-Centre Section M.G. Co-
M.G. Dril at Kowloon Docks, 5.15 pim.Nos, and 2 Sub-sections Arty, Batty (as detailed in Corpa Order No. 4 dated December 30th, 1915)-1u pdt. gun drill at Head quarters, Sergt. Bradley, R.G.A., will attend Right. Section M.G... Co-Route March. Fall in on Crio- ket Ground, Dresa, etc., Drill Order. Left Section. M.G. Co-Machine Gun drill at Headquarters, Recruits of all units.-Squad drill and Rifle exercises at Headquarters under Sat-Major Higby and Sgt. Major Witchell Stretcher Bearer Section... -Instruction at Headquarters, Musketry Instruction on Kennedy Road Range for the following men
Gunners A. F. Brown, F. G. Sam- ways and A. N, Bootes (No, 2 Sec.. Arty. Batty.), Pte. J. Brown (Centro Bec M.G. Co.), and Ptes, V. Find lay Smith, E. Grant Smith, A. Whitmarsh F. MH. Holman and W. Manning (Scouts Co.). Uniform Servico (Drill Order) to be worn. rifles to be carried. Corp. Grimes, R.E, will attend.
DETAIL.
5.-On duty to-night Scouts Company. On duty to-morrow night: Scouts Co. Orderly Officer: Lieut, Murphy.
G. E. STEWART, Capt.
Adjutant, H.KV,(.
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE
H.E. THE GOVERNOR'S INSPECTION.
ranks will be inspected on the Garrison day, February 10th. All Patrolmen Parede Ground at 5.30 pm, on Thure
for that date will attend. No member. in the Colony may absent himself ex- cept under medical certificate..
Fall in at Volunteer Headquarters at 5
p.m. punctually. Blue uniform caps and govers, rifes and ammunition, Helmets must be worn by members of the Staff. Company Inspectors – and -Platoon Commanders, but not, by other N.C.Ok. Bandemen will wear Helmets.
MUSKETRY-PART II.
ary 6th, were:-
Staff
Musketry Inspector Chinchen Staff Inspector McEwen
No. 1 Co. No. 1 Platoon-
P
Penning...........
Sergt. Butterfeld
P Eldon Potter
Pc Lindsay
P.-c. Cousland
No. 1 Co. No, 3 Platoon-
P.-c. Salleh
P..c. Nazarin
Pc, VA. Hyder
P-c. A. G. Buffad
NO. 2 00, WARNING TO FIRE
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Sunday, February 18th Al P-cs, of Nas.
again of the danger of overcrowding, They should now be made to feel that they are unworthy of public trust, they can do to the dependants of those drowned is to make good to them the losses.
Among the pilgrims at Medina and they have sustained from a monetary point of view. It is to be hoped, too,
In view of the new excess profit taxation, Mecca, whither he subsequently proceed- event will be a drastic application of the it seems important says. The Times-thated, he spread fantastic stories concerning that one result arising from the and
who number rule limiting the
may transfers of shipping which apparently are the great number of Mussulmans in Ger.. If a safeguard is being made between British subjects should many and about that country's grea travel by one boat. secured for the future the dead will bot in future be examined minutely. There is, Caliph, who had gone to war for the deli have died in vain,
Varance of the Prophet's faithful people Another correspondent from Swatow unfortunately, reason for believing that
Noufeld is alleged to have, returned even The Honey of Romance. By MAUD CHUR-us the following-An accident of within the past few months transfers have from their Christian oppressors.
been made by which the control, and it was TON BEADY.
the most serious and dreadful nature Laurie, Ltd. This is the tragic love-story of a pub. occurred here a few days ago to one of intended, the large profits of British ships tually to Berlin with a mass of useful the steam launches running between would pass into foreign hands, Sales in information and a flask of miraculous 11am-Union Watarbɔnt Co., Ltd., Meet. lieber's wife. It is a novel with a PFBwatow and Kityang, and resulted in the volving the transfer of a steamer from the water, which Arab admirers had sent to The highest scores made an Bunday, Febru
ing of Shareholders in the Offices of Montepose; it pleads the need for change in the
tive for his gout." Dodwell & Co., Ltd.
law governing divorce in England. After death by drowning of several hundred souls British to a foreign flag are now not per Field-Marshal von Hindenburg as a curn
It is one that has surpassed any in the mitted.
The method adopted appears to be as The miraculous water" here referred Noon The Hungkog sud Whampos Dock living in the married state for nineteen anals of this place.
Co., Ltd., Extraordinary General Meeting. years, having risen from poverty by
It was in the early morning on the let follows:-A, who is the subject of a neutral to is probably water from the famous well to position and instant when the ill-fated launch left country; puts B, a British subject, in a Zem-Zem at Mecca. Many virtues are a charming residence, at Hampstead, wear Corporation, losing of Suroholders the Heath Robert Trevor and his wife, Swatow for Kityang with a few hundred position to buy a steamer from Ca British claimed for it, though the cure of gout is
with son in the Navy, suddenly fall inued antive passengers, all hentewerdener, at an enormous price. The trans a new one the City Hall.
bound for the New Year. Scarcely had fer between the two British subjects having love with two young persons,
How they agree to part and how they just fail to she gone a distance of one hundred yards been duly completed, A, who is resident marry two young persons of their second when the launch capsized with the above abroad, charters the steamer from B at such VALUE OF ENEMY INTERESTS
a rate ps will not exceed the return of
IN GREAT BRITAIN. choice is told with a frankness that speaks se carried a large number of passengers per cent, allowed on new capital under the consequences. On this particular occasion, volumes for Mrs. Braby's courage. She
in excess of her compliment, and this may
far higher profits on the vessel than the who talk with much vivacity and charm,
Causes of the regrettable disaster.
During the year ending November 30th whilst she gives uglimpses of authors and
There were many women and children on chartering charge paid to B, and, being a authoresses in the throes of co: osition board at the time, and great fears are neutral subject, he calculates on escaping last the Public Trustee received income and which may be true but strike us as being entertained that all, or nearly all, have entirely the taxation of 50 per cent of the other sums payable to enemies amounting d to £3,118,000. The enemy capital upon more or less burlesque and satire. Mrs.
Such a scheme is this deserves to be dealt which this total was paid î Braby must be congratulated upon giving perished. The exact death-roll, however, excess profits.
18 not yet known, and may never be known. ng a charming, clever novel not the least The crew have been saved, owing prob with sharply because it means not only that £31,950.000 diverting part being the realistic exporaly to their ability to swim. Two or though the British registry of the vessel three hours after the disaster, about a remains unchanged the control really passes eces of Mrs. Trevor in Egypt. Poulli: A Story of Life in Bombay. Be hundred bodies were picked up close by into foreign hands, but also because it helps to the bund, and many have sines been materially to keep the price of tonnage on The rheumatic poison in the blood is the ARDESHIR F. J. CHINOT, DA, LL.B., identified and buried by their own people, its present dangerous level, and consequent predisposing cause of the disease. If you and Mrs. DINHA AF. CHINOY. Lou Many others were carried by the tide in ly to inflate freights further. A neutral - have the taint in your blood you may have don: T Werner Eaurie Ltd.
rheumatism whenever the exciting cause There is so much conscientious work in the direction of Katchio. Yesterday (Feb-owner who has no heavy, taxation to meet etirs it to action, Cold weather and damp- this lidle novel that one would like to ruary 3rd) a large number of dead were obviously can afford to pay higher prices ness are exciting causes of rheumatism.give it unstinted praise. But we fear the removed from the cabin of the sunken ban the British owner. He will be recoup They excite to action something already majority of European readers will find its launch, and there are some more yet to ed for his outlay much sooner. The scheme
also nullifies the argument, which is at With reference to the figure £71,435,000 For he removed, in the blood, something that you must get stilted English a trifle tiresome.
best a dangerous and deceptive one that for enemy property recorded, the greater rid of if you would be free from rheu-theme, it pleads the d'oser Intermingling
the rise in freights may be regarded com- part of this is income-bearing. But no lees matism.
of the various races and nationalities that
placently because 50 per cent, of the excess than £850,000 worth of income has been What this something is, nobody knows inhabit Indis, and especially the need for GERMAN PEACE IDEAS.
profits of British owners are taken by the recorded as earned by this property, which The Not very long ago it was thought to be a sweeping reform in the racial restric
has not been paid over at all to the Public urio acid. Many doctors now think ittions in regard to marriage. It is a
Albert Bailio, chief director of the Ham- State.
An effective way of checking these Trustee. The total of enemy interests of microscopic organism of a specific simple story, told with great earnestness, burg-Amerika shipping line, who was last bacillus but they cannot find the bacillus and we are sure it will appeal to those sur Amered to be "Kaiser mouth attempts to avoid taxation on British re- which the Public Trustee has had official It is a known fact that in rheumatism of our community who have acquaintance piece in America, in respect to peace termi, gistered vessels would be for the Govern cognisance during the past year amounts the blood becomes thin rapidly, that of Bombay and its peoples. Hongkong has declares The demand for the seas comes ment, whenever it learns that such a tran-in all to £121,593,000 in round figures. building up the blood relieves the rheupeculiarly close relationship with Bombay, matism, and that there will be no return and in both places the Parsis have won for once more into prominence. The sets are section has been carried out immediately of the rheumatism is long as the condition themselves the highest respect.
always free in peace time; but in war time to requisition the vessel at the Blue-book we have again found, to our cost, that the William's of the blood is maintained. Dr.
strongest fleet rules the seas. Hence meats Pink Pills are recommended for then. matism because they keep the blood rich The Headmaster of Bradfield College, must, and will be, found to guarantee and red and free from rheumatism who initiated a scheme for the manufacture the freedom of traffic for mercantile fleets poisons.
of munitions by every boy in the school who both in peace and war time. To make a Begia Dr. Williams Pink Pills to-day, desires to take part has received a letter freg route from Berlin to Baghdad our only for you can obtain them of any dealer: from Colonel Clive Wilgram expressing the aim in the war, would be reverting to a and wind you ask for Dr. Williams'. King's hearty sympathy with the under purely Continental policy, and would seri- Alta direct and post free from the Dr. taking. It is hoped to increase the rate of ously prejudice German prospects regard- Williams Medicine Co., 96, Szechuen output until the boys can turn out a shelling the future in shaping her politica! Road, Shanghai. One bottle for $1.50, or
every fifteen minutes. @for $8:00.
COLD WEATHER
RHEUMATISM.
Why should rheumatism, a disease of the blood, be worse in cold weather thau in summer?
...
(
economy;
over
In addition to the striking figures the. value of enemy property recorded with the Public Trastee during the year, in par- suance of the law that all property of every kind shall be filed amounts in road agures to not less than £73,435,000. Debts due to enemies of £50 and upwards, and bark balances belonging to enemies have been recorded during the same period amount ing roughly to £14,200,000.
rates. Ae these terms are far below what in froights is primarily caused by the con- can be obtained in the open market the tingal withdrawal of vessels for Govern- purchase of the vessel, at enfrent prices ment service and the present policy of would probably prove most unprofitable, allowing owners and merchants to scramble and the knowledge of the unfortunate se best they may for the remaining tonnage, financial ending to the transaction would there is nothing to prevent freights rising | present methods are followed a rise is in deter other owners from attempting to far higher yet. But though so long as the carry out a similar scheme.
The higher the price an owner pays for evitable, undesirable schemes which have a vessel, the higher the freights that he the effect of forcing up freights should at must ears to recoup himself. As the rise least be eliminated.
3 and 4 Platoons of No. 2 Co. and N.C.Os. of same Co who did not fire on. January 16th vill leave Blake Pier at
will attend for Range Duties. All No, Co. N.G.Os who passed Part I. PARADES, 6.30 PM.
Tuesday, February 8th-Nos. 1 and & Con Wednesday, February 9th.No, 4 Co. Friday, February 11th No. 4 Co, The Forms issued to all ranks in connection
KEY EQUIPMENT RETURNS,
with above are to be returned as direct- ed thereon rot later than 4 pm, on Wednesday, February 8th Men with out Forms are made responsible for getting same,
PROMOTIONS, ENAD
Hon. C.8.P. hag sanctioned the follow.. ing promotions :—
P
Clarke, Motor Patrols, with 20 years"
Police and Military Service to the
P-
rank of Staff Inspector.
545 Castro, E.0. of N 2 Company,
to the rank of Sergeant
BAND PRACTICE,
FC. JENKINS- Tuesday, 8th February, at 6 p.m.
DSP (R)
Arising out of the recent riots in Ceylon, 412 persons were tried by courts. martis) and 358 were convicted, said Mr. Steel Maitland in the House of Commons
on December 2nd,