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THE WAR.
FRESH GERMAN ATTACKS AT
VERDUN.
PLIGHT OF GERMANS ON BALTIC
FRONT.
AUSTRIAN TRENCHES BLOWN UP.
MORE MEN WANTED.
FRANGO-BELGIAN FRONT.
(THROVOX REUTER'S AGENCY-}
REVIEW OF VERDUN POSITION.
RETURNING TO OLD TRENCH WARFARE.
PARIS. April 8th. 1 p.
A gemi-official statement ways that the Inst
48 hours have been bringing us back to the
old trench warfare, The French successes at Douaumont are most important, as this sector remsing the principal point of resist ance at Verdun, A German abortive at tack in the Haucourt region with a whole Division on a front of a mile and a balf left innumerable German doad on the field.. while French grenade attacks are re-taking the small German gain yesterday south-east of Betbincourt.
NAVAL ACTIVITIES.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGERGY;}
SUBMARINE PIRATES.
MORE BRITISH AND NEUTRAL VESSELS SUNK
LONDON, April 9th The sinking of the following steamers is announced:
Chantala, St. Jernebari, and Braunton,
British; and the Danish schooner, Clyde.
TAN-BONGKONG DAILY PRESN MONDAY APRIL 1011, 1910.
{THROUGH. REUTER'S AGENOY.]
THE CHINESE SITUATION.
GREAT ANXIETY IN SHANGHAI
DISTRICT
SHANGHAI, Aprij 8th. Opinion is universal that Yuan Shil-kar must resign, but 10,000 Government troops are coming to Shanghai. Two trains bring ing quantities of munitions are duo to-day There is great anxiety throughout the whole district.
DUTCH PRECAUTIONS.
THE HAGUE, April 8th. A Bill has been submitted to the second Chamber in authorise the calling up of the 1917 Class,
BRITISH AIR COMMITTEK.
LONDON, April 8th, The Daily Telegraph says that Lord Montagu of Beaulien has also resigned from the Air Committes
YOUNG MEN TO BE CALLED UP.
LONDON, April 8th.
It is reported that alt single men of 18 years of age will be called up this week-end for Home service till disy reach the ope of 18.
GERMAN LANGUAGE
BELGIUM.
FOR
AMSTERDAM, April 9th. The Gerizan. Govormr of Belgium has
The crews of the Braunton and Clyde have ordered that the German language must be uged in official correspondence with Bel- all been saved.
gisas, hut tran istions will be allowed.
Nine firemen were killed on the Chantala, AUSTRIAN TRANSPORT SUNK
PARIS, April 8th.
A French submarine sank- au Austrian transport in the Adriatic,
ITALIAM FRONT,
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].
RENEWED GERMAN ATTACKS, DESPERATE ENEMY ATTACKS.
MURDEROUS FRENCH FIRE.
Pants, April 8th.
4.30 p.m. To-day's communiqué says:-There a been mino fighting in Argonne,
The Germans west of the Meuse on. Friday night renewed their attacks about Haucourt, but failed to dislodge the French, who poured in a murderous firo, inflicting the kravias! loases,
The bombing advantage of the French continues in the communication: trenches along the Bothingourt and Chattencourt
Road
There has been an intermitton; bombard- mont eset of the Mease,
SITUATION UNCHANGED,
Pants, April 9th.
12.55 p.m. The evening communiqué says:-The French artillery destroyed an observation post a Picardy.......
Violent reeiproal bombardments, which
ADVANCED AUSTRIAN BOST
CAPTURED:
[Telegrams received on Saturday, and published in an " Betra” on Sunday, will be found on page 6
ALLEGED OPIUM SWINDLE.
FUE HING CASE TO GO BEFORE
PRIVY COUNCIL.
Application was made in the Full Court on Saturday, before Bir Wm, Rees Davies, and Mr. Justice Gompertz, for leave to ap peal to His Majesty in Frivy Council from the judgment of the Full Court in favour of a petition to wind up the Yue Hing Opium Company.
ROME, April 9th. communiqué states-The artillery have been active along the whole front-
Mr. G. C. Alabaster for the appellents The enemy concentrated many batteries (instructed by Mr. Beavis, of Mexrs, Wil- Brinson & Grist's office) made the applica. against our recently gained position at
tion on behalf of the Company. Mr. E. H. Rauchkofel We evacuated the most ad-
A Sharp, K.C. (instructed by Mr. A. H. vanced line in order not to expose our Crow of Meners, Hastings & Hastings troops and suffer unnecessary losses. We office), appeared on behalf of the respond. repulsed an enemy attack at Montenero, ents, Sun Fat Shan and the Oftol Efir taking a machine-gun and 70 prisoners, ceiver. An advanced Austriac post în mid-Isonzo was captured GENERAL.
(THROUGH BUYER'S AGENOT.)
TRADE WITH THE ENEMY,
FURTHER LIST OF PROHIBITIONS.
LONDON, April 8th.
The Gazette contains a further list of 37 firms in neutral countries with which per- song in the United Kingdom are forbidden.
The proceedings were purely formal, Mr, Sharp remarking that be believed the ap plication was in order.
The application was granted, the Chief
Justion remarking that he hoped the case would afford the Privy Council as much interent as it had afforded that Couri,
"THE WHIRL OF THE TOWN."
BY THE BANDMAN COMPANY.
It is a tradition that for a Saturday evening the public demande an entertain-
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CORRESPONDENCE.
THE RECENT MARINE COURT CASES.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE “ HONGKONG
DAILY PRESS.")
Bix,-Thai there can be only ono master in a vouser is but for one moment to be gainsaid, and with equal reason it may be postulated that there can be only one chief engineer, but neither fact can by any
GERMAN SHELL CASE. INDEPENDENCE OF KWANG-
CHINESE PRISONERS
·DISCHARGED
A conclusion was reached on April 8th, at the Shinghaj Mixed Court, before Mr. Grant Jones, British Assessor, and Magis trate Yu, when the five Chinese, charged in connection with the seizure of smanni- tion in the Ferry Road on March 25th, were discharged,
Mr. K. E. Nowwan appeared for the twisting be made to confer a right on one Police and Mr. G. D. Musso watched the to impose unnecessary and irksome restric-case on behalf of the Chinese Government, tiong on the liberty of the other, under tho shelter of that boary and indefinite phrase
the lawful commands of tho master" In this connection it would be interesting to have
a_ron] expert opinion as to what are and what are not the lawful com- mand of the master
present time
in, say, the P. & O., Bus Funnel, or other arge companies, and whether he can delegate this ill-defined authority to any other person during his temporary absence from his verści.
When most of these shipping Acts were framed there were few engineers; all was canvas and rope, while the only mechanic on board was the carpenter, and he was generally said to make more mess than the ship's pig. With the advent of the steam engine and that “ncenssary evil" the en- gineer, it was far worse, for he brought| grouse and ashes to mar the pristino beauty of the decks and was accordingly anathe matised as being the worst of the three.
This is the atmosphere in which most of the moster-mariners of the present day have been trained, and many of them cannot adjust their minds to modern conditions in which the engine and not the sail is the
vital and
motive power of the yeasel, Modern machinery, it must be remembered.
requires the highest class of technical expert attestion to keep it up to its prepor standard of efficiency.
Mr. Musso informed the Court that he had been instructed by the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs to say that he had roved a tekgraphic communication from Peking to the effect that the Chinese Government had, as a matter of fact,
bought four guns, in lots of two guns each, and 800 rounds of ammunition from "Li
·Tai " "firm, which he understood, was Mesars, Telge and Schrocter. He had also been instructed, to request, that this ammuni tion should be duly handed over to an authorized representative of the Goveru ment, as they needed guns and ammunition very badly. He had been further instruct- cd to state that a huchow, for the guns and ammunition purchased by the Governme i had been issued,
The Assevor intimated that he an received a fultor to the some effect from the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, an asked if the huchow covered anything other than the purchase made by the Chico e Government.
Mr. Musso replied that, as far ra ho
knew it did me. It was originally issued
for: 44 "musen.
The Assessor then Tarked tha!
an explanation should be forthcoming from Admiral Wong as to how he gave his officer permission to take over 79 cases.
The other four prisoners and their stories were similar to that told by the first,
The first accused said that on the morn These experts are examined by the pro
ing of March 28th, he and the mafoo were perly constituted authorities and dre granted Certificates of Competency as
instructed by Mr. Konig to harness the Engineers, and yet it seems possible that, kurse and cart and proceed to Yu Tuen because of a controversy between these two Road to move furniture. Ho naked the monteential beads of departments on a
master of fe house regarding the contents subject in which neither can enter into the the boxes and received the answer feelings of the other, the engineer can be Never mind. We have got you to come haled before a tribuna) and have his and take these things away'. He never certificate of competency An coop, ever having transported things of guacer suspended because he did notion, never having transported things of comply cheerfully with an order that that kind before, be regarded unreasonabis, The ffect of this suspension is not limited to four mouths; it will be a serious handicap for all tinig, becauso Lloyds incrence the insurance promium in the case of ships which carry a first engineer whose corti
cate has been endorsed. Further, this ceas establishes prece dent. In view, therefore, of its importance it was ominently desirable that the Court should be fairly constituted. Yet not only was the engineering department woefully under represented, but there were also two assors sitting on the Bunch who had adjudicated at the original bearing.
TUNG
OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION:
The Colonial Secretary forwards us for publication the following copy of a came munication gent, by the Governor of Kwan- tung to HBM's Canton:
usul - General at
Canton, April 8th..
Geaoral Lung prosents his complimente to His Majesty's Consul-Gonera! a Canton and has the honour to state that bo hao been respectfully urged by the gentry, merchants, literati and others of Canton to proclaim independence in order to avoid the horrors of war and to preserve peace.
General Lung has been untaimously elected Tutu of Kwantung to birry on the Government. With a view to the muing tenance of order in this district, General Lung bas no option bus to accede to the request of these bodies,
He has accordingly proclaimed Inde- pendence to-day and has given instructions to al civil and military authorities to give thorough protection, in eccordance with the Treaties, to all foreign marchants, missionaries, and others in this Province.
YUAN SHIH-KAI'S DESIRE.
THE SALVATION OF THE
COUNTRY."
The following is a translation of a statement. which has appeared in the Ya Isi Ys Jik Pro, burring to have been made by the Chief Exe entive on the subject of the cancellation of the Empire.
My single ain is to seek the salyntion of the country and the people. During the past thirty years I bave not even for a day-grown languid in my search of meang to this end. And at all times. I have beur willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of saving the country and the prople.
I was compelled to accept the Throne;- but now I have quickly renounced it. Docs this not testify to the sincerity of my resolution to sacrifice all things in the in- terests of the nation?
At this moment our country's place in the world-system is precarious And it is not easy to preserve the independence sed integrity of China. If a load of 10.000 the burden woeist on me to carry for life, the burden would have to be passed on in time to my sons and grandsons, Who could say that the great weight would not crush me as well as my children and their own children,
The Asesoranid-The prisoners are charged for that they ou Munch 25th, 1910,
But I have dedicated myself to the work did unlawfully have in their possession of saving the country and the people; and cer ain explosive article, wtain the Imit
it is not for me to escape the Great Re of the International Settlement of Shang- spowibility by pleading my tack of ability. bai without the order or sanction of the could be found to relieve me of the heavy I should, indeed, feel thrice happy if one Proper Aubority, contrary to article burden, except that it should be remem 205 of the Chinese provisional Criminal bered that the destiny of the country calle Code, Chapter 14. They are further charg that is but personal. Inspired by this for the entire subordination of everything ed for that they upon March 25th, 1918, belief. I have expressed my rondineus to within the limits of the International | sacrifice everything tave the resolution to win the salvatio of the country and the settlement to wit Ferry Road, did unlaw-
people. None can expect me to do more." fully carry ortain offensive and defensive arms, to wit pistol ammunition and gun shells contrary to By-bow 37,
Now the Proper Authority" referred to in the first count of the indictment must mean an authority having jurisdiction
MR. HSU SHIH-CHANG'S
POLICY.
The Chinese Correspondent at Peking of
were generally sot followed by infantry to trade. The list includes 28 firms in actions, occurred at Yordun, The situation Holland and five in the Dutch East Indies, mont of a particularly light and fanciful is not capable, although nothing had within the Bottlement, · The Ministry of the ND Daily News writes:
is unchanged,
GUNS BUSY ON BRITISH FRONT
LONDON, April oth." communiqué Bays:--There has been some mining activity at Hulluch quarries, Givenchy, and south-east of Boclincourt.
The Chinese 4th Engineer was signed of in place of an Australian fourth with the sanction of the neater, by which sanction. ho admits that in bis opinion the man is capable of carrying out the duties of bis rating, but come time later be says that he
apparently transpired in the mosatima to after a week's strenuous toil in the making | give rise to say change of opinion. of dollars, is desirous only of relaxation and amusement, The Bandman Co. cer- tainly maintained the tradition with " The whirl of the Town” What particular form
including the Batavia newspaper Joss nature. It may be that the busîters man, Dode.
BIG SUCCESS IN EAST
AFRICA,
OVER 400 PRISONERS CAPTURED.
LONDON, April 8th. Further reports show that Colonel Van it at krop appeared. A considerable Goman force was engaged. Already 17 Europeans and 400 natives have surrendered, with machine-guns and much ammunition. Other prisonery are being brought in.
of entertainment, it was is quite impossible to say. There was a little of everything, and the whole compound was apparently
Marine has no auch jurisdiction and the huchomimued by them has, therefore, no validity within the confuss of the Settle What is one to say of this master-ment. The prisoners were, therefore, in mariner's action in writing to the Harbour Master and expressing his opinions as to what ought to be done to a man when he comes up for trial! I think that if the Harbour Master had reprimanded both and sent them about their business justice would
There was mutual artillery activity der Yanter's success is more extensivo concocted for the purpose of demonstrating have been better sorved.Youra eto,
Roclincourt, Bellacourt, Souchez, Lorette Ridge, Wulvergbem, og St. Eloi, 80881AN FRONT.
[ZEROUGH BREITER'S KOSMOT.)
AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE
REPULSED..
ENEMY TRENCHES BLOWN UP.
PETEOGRAD, April 9th.
A communiqué states that near Ill we exploded four mines, blowing up German trenches and a blockhouse. An important Austrian offensive in the Middle Stripal region was repulsed:
GERMANS PLIGHT ON BALTIC FRONT.
BETWEEN FLOOD AND FIRE
PETROGRAD, April 8th,
At many places on the Balite front ion
FIAT JUSTICĨA.
HONGKONG FINANCES.
the versality of the individual members of the Company. Mr Johnnie Osborn, for example, showed that when in old lady's attire he could keep an audience of a thou- and or more people intensely, amused for five or ten minutes by his droll attempts to get over a stilo. Another member of the BANK NOTES IN CIRCULATION. NEW MATCH TAX.
caste, Mr. Wall Hallett, provided some very realistic imitatione of the noises made by DECLARED TO BE UNWORKABLE.tions at the Zoo and by cata on the tiles:
The returns of the average amount of There was some pretty dancing, with bank notes in circulation and of specie LONDON, April 9th. limelight effects, in which pierrote and in raserre in Hongkong, during the month Trouble has arisen in connection with the Pierrettes and the man in the moon took ended 31st March, as certified by the
part. Miss Elaina Roslyn gavE. SOMO OK- new match tax. which the manufacturers oeedingly good impressions" el the managers of the respective banks, are as declare to be financially unworkable. They dyke adopted by favourite music hall follows
* turns there were several scenes with have paged a resolution suspending all a striking resemblance to the "finalas" of
Average Specie sales and deliveries.
Amount, in Reserve. The manufacturers the average, musical comedy, two or three
songs of the light baritone, sentimental Chartered Bank of have not so'd since the 4th March,
order, a delightfully absurd burlesque of India, Australia the dramatic moment îns the "Silver BRITISH AVIATOR
and China
******** 8,263,230 King when the wanderer returns and
Houghtong
and recognises his faithful servant Joke, Shanghai Bank and so the three hours sped by
*ing Corporation. 23,348,774′′ 20,000,000
Mercantile Bank of
India, Ltd.
1,072,673 850,000
Total: 32,485,786 $25,650,820
DECORATED. FOR BRINGING DOWN A RAIDER
LONDON, April 8th. The London Gazette announces that the
food-watery are overwhealing the Germans Distinguished Service Order has been con- and the Russian fire compels them to ferred on Flight Commander Bene, who remain and perish in the trenches,
brouglųɛ down & raider on the 9th March,
Why it should all be called The whirl of the Town" is a mystery except, perhaps, that same name was essential and this was cons. derod as good as any other. If served its purpose, however, and was u
very good wind-up to the week's muset
it is to be hoped, as a result of the merri- menta, and many people went homo hetter,
ment and the hearty laughter,
Banks.
5,000,000*
Sterling Securities deposited with the
possession of this ammunition without pro per authority, as required by the terms of the first charge. But, in a case which was before as some time ago, a caso ju which the name of the notorious Nielsen occurred, I had occasion to lay down that some form of guilty knowledge need not be know ledge of the arms themselves, but it must be at least a knowledge by the nocused that they are doing something which they ought not to do, that they are engaged upon some improper or illicit transaction,
Whether the prisoners before the Court had such knowledge or not, is, however, in the circumstance of the present case, not material. Personally, I believe they had no such knowledge, but, in any case, the presence of the foreigners, when the arm were seized, shows that the Rocused, if in phcated as all were implicated but very slightly in the transaction. The prisoners will therefore be discharged.
The British Wecily relates the following conversation as having been overboard in a Y.M.CA. hut: But aren't the
trenches dreadfully wet?' """ We drain our
Mr. Hou Shih-chang, Secretary of State, held a special conference with his Ministers and other high officials in the State De
when he outlined his policy ss follows:-
partment on the afternoon of March 27th,
1-Foreign affairs-China's relations with Treaty Powers to be a cordial and friendly as possible.
should be solved by peaceful means, by -2.—Rising, in the Southwest. The strife urging the revolutionary leaders of Yan- nau, Kueichow, and Kwangst to place national interests before everything che Force will only be
demands. the revolutionary leader at the last if insist on undue
9-Military affairs. Marshal Tuan Chi- jui and Genera Wang Shih-tseng, Chief of the General Staff and Ministers of War. respectively, will be given a free hand in the reorganization of the Chinese Azmy. Provinces With the exception of Yunnan, 4-Relations between Peking and the Kusicbow and Kwangsi, the relations be tween the Peking Government and the various Provincial Governments should be kept as united and co-operative as possible.
Finance, Mr Chou Huch-ksi, Minister of Finance, to be requested to resume his duties in the Ministry of Fin- ance and accept In 1 responsibility for the reorganization of Chinese finances.
All other unimportant affairs will be tem porarily shelved for the present, In view of the, asrest in the southwest
A speaker at an open-air recruiting
| Drenches very well now ? But aren't the meeting addressed his audience as follows : rate awful? Not a bit. "I suppose "And now, my Isds, you aut to be on you have ferrets and terriers to help get the winning side, don't you? Well, for six- Crown Agents yalatd at $1,500,000 Friendly now, they come and it round no months the British have been ing to lose, rid of them! Oh, 20, we don't. We teen months the Germans eve been trying tamed the little beggars and they're so to win and have failed, And for sixteen Securities with the Crown Agenta when we're having a meal, and hold out and they've failed Now what's going to £68,040.
their little pink hand, for food,"
Win I”