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INTIMATIONS
Ten Victor Records which should be in every home'
17800 Vecetian Love Song
Silver Threads Among The Gohl...
'Cello
17342 Broken Melody
Juliet's Slumber.
Rozario Bourdon. Victor Concert Orchestra. Conway's "Baud
| Conway's Baud.
Finlandia-Tone Poem (Sibelius)
3500Fackelianz
(Meyerbeer)
(One Step
35602
Blue Paradiso
Miss
but a thay.
44327-A Calling Me
4120-1 Hear
74437-Love's Nocturne
74337-Legende
88407 La Campanella (Liszt)
-88388-Abide With Me (Lille)
... Fux Trot
Song
Viplin
noforte Song
Evan Williams. McCormack. Hamlin. Zimbalist
Padorowski.
Clara Butt
MOUTRIE'S
VICTOR AGENTS.
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, MAY 18TH, 1916.
THE BEST TOBACCO YOU CAN GET IS THAT OLD FAVOURITE “AMULET.”
$1.10
for
4 029.
SHIPMENT HAS JUST ARRIVED,
AMULET
Smoking Mixture
for
4 ozs.
MERCHANT SHIPPING
LOSSES
STATISTICS FOR THE WAR,
FAR EASTERN MEN AND THE WAR.
A CLOSE SHAVE.
Lieut. L. S Elliston, 07th Machine Gun Co., B. E. L. France, writing to Shang: WIY TONNAGE IS SHORT
ha in farch 21st, says that one nigh Writing to The Times Admiral Sir while he was in bed a German shell calia Cyprian AG. Bridge says:—
The losses caused by the enemy to the merchant shipping of our own country, of our Allies, and of neutral nations from the beginning of the war down to March 23rd, 1015, are as follows:-
STEAMERS
THREE WEEKS IN BULGARIA UNDER THE GERMAN YOKE.
NOTICE TERRORISM
* World' special corres The New York spondent, who has spent three weeks in in at his bedroom and took away the fire Bulgaria, describes the conditions pre- place corner leaving the room rathervuiling there as follows dusty and draughty Rather a narrow share, but no personal damage."
King Ferdinand is almost absolute. Ho is supported by prerogatives lavishly be- stowed upon him by a terrorized Parlia THE ONLY CONSOLATION; above all, he is maintained by the Mr. S. Herman, Motor Machine Gun Germans, in whose hande lies the mili- Service, Bisley Camp writing to Sangtary and administrative authority. As No. of ateanturs
hat under date March 20th, Bay-As for the people, the real Bulgarian people and total steam,
tonnage of the you will ser, I am still stuck down in is experiencing a novel kind of foreign Bisley The work gets rather tedious subjection not so atrocious as Turkish _conntry No, Tounge. No. Tonrage Sometimes, and the only consolation one rule, yet more oppressive so far as indivi- British70 1,320,171" 10,218 20.630,918 as is the feeling that one is doing one's dun liberty is concerused...
In Sofa, as well as in other principal Franch 41 | 150,893* 1.016 1,909,809 duty, and is ready for anything that
comes along Last Monday, Sellick, of cities and in the most remote villages Belgian 10: 29,861
07, Russian:
794 851,951 | Jurdive's, joined our service and is now from 'clock in the ovning till s o'clock 42,926 Italian
70.231 053 1,613.331 in camp here. Poats, as perhaps you in the morning all traffic is stopped and Japanese. ફ 19.207 1,155 1,990s have heard, has just gone to the Front, lights are extinguished. With the excep Honeyman, the golfer, is also down heretion of Sofin and a few large cities, candles The tonnage of three British steamers,
I saw Dixon just before he left Eng-are the only means of illumination, as of two French, of six Russian, and of one Italian is not reported, and each of land, and he was very keen to get in petroleum and electricity are so rare and these vessels has been assigned the aver-little work against the enemy. I have expensive. Won to him who dares to be
out during prohibited hours without age founage of the steamera of which the not heard from him since he left.
1special permit from the police He would size has been precisely stated.
FOUR BROTHERS IN KHAKI be immediately arrested and fined, and if There are many of our readers (saysho chould eine under suspicion, in any the X.-C. Daily News) who were away would be immediately sent to Army quainted with one, if not more, of the Headquarters at Kustendil to be tried y Brothers Ridgway, who were all, at some Court-martial AM 10 time, working out here in Chinese Government service
SLING VESSELS.
No. of sailing vessels and fatal: sailing tonnage of
the country... No. Tonnage 1.195 448.750 52376.119 812.
No. Tonpage. Britisin
19.11 13,328 French 19 Russian
97,463.
202511 Italian 6 3,373* 522229,014 The tonnage of three British vessels and one Italian is not reported, and each of these vessels has been assigned the average of the sailing vessels of which the size has been precisely stated,
In addition to the above the lusses of trawlers reported have been-British, 237: French. 7 Belgian,
The Teutonic Powers have caused to neutral countries the following losses -- STEAMERS
Norway
Denmark
No. Tonnage.
59.490,772
Sweden
791 32.734 33 42.058
Holland
22
73.786
United States:
6
16,013
Greece
11:
22 38
Spain
8.600
Persia
738
Portugal
(whilst still neutral)
النوع
10 1,5BR**
2,028
BAILING VESSELS.
No. Tommage.
Norway
22 10,780
Denaturk
Sweden
Holland
United
Rumunia
* *26*
283
Lent. G. P. Ridgway, Army Service Corps. Mechanical Transport Section, was an engineer on the Puking Syndicate Railways in Honan, and after being five years there left some seven yours ago.
Evers Bulgarian or foreigner - must Calways have in his possession a permis Capt, W. Ridgway, Royal Army de sjate given to him by the police, with Medical Corps, was until some four the bearer's photograph. In restaurants, years ago, medical officer to the Tientsin- cafés, shops and in the streets anyone.
may be stopped at any moment and re Pukow Railway,
quested to show the permit. Worst of all. during the night streets may be blockade i and a house-to-house search stitute .. When I was in Sofia almost every hote was entered after imidnight, generally un tween 2 and 3 o'clock, and every room visited, time not even being given to ladies to dress themselves before the clour was opened. At the hotel where I sto Lieut. L. P. Ridgway, Royal Engineers, ped the search was made at 3 o'clock, was for five years an engineer on the Land 1 was the only person whose roo Tientsin-Pukow Railway, and received was not entered: Perbaps the police lid the 4th Clase Order of the Chao from the not wish to have a foreign journalist wit Chinese Government for his good workness the way gendarmerie with fixed during the Rebellion
Lieut. J. C. Ridgway, Royal Army Medical Corps, was until quite recently Principal Medical Officer to the Pu-Hsin Railway
SHIPOWNERS AND THE WAR,
Mr. HOULDER ON THE BRITISH POSITION.
bayonets were entering rooms where ladies were asleep. The ladies of the American Red Cross will have eroties to tell when they come home,
OMN POTENT SECHET SERVICE. The police are the most important organization in Bulgaris. They depend neither on the Ministry nor even on the An address on Shipping in relation | Minister of War. In theory it is sup- to the War" was given by Mr. Howard posed that the police take their orders Houlder at the National Liberal Club from the General Staff, but in fact they last month.
am an instrument in the hands of the 1. Holt, M.P., who presided, said Germans, to keep a strong hall on every that in to the future he had body
The toppage of two Norwegian sail noticed in The Times a suggestion of dusty rindori versi rovement last internal
HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS,
CORPS ORDERS BY LT-COLA CHAPMAN, VID,
NOTICE.
1) T has been noticed that units
do-not-parade punctually." In... future all parados must fall in at. the times stated in orders..
(b) In future only one copy of Month-
ly Par list is required. It should" reach the Orderly Room not later. than the 7th of the month following
DEFAULTERS' FARADE.
2-The, undermentioned defaulters will parade in marching order, 150 rounds bail, at 5.15 p.m. on Fridays oth inst, at Headquarters-No. 1687 Pte. Murray, No. 1788 Pte. Franco, No. 1809 Pto. McKeńzic, No. 1045 Pie. Ozario, No, 1874 Pts. Pomeroy,
"PARADES,"
Parades for to-day.
6.30 pm-Recruits of all units (ex-
cept Right Section M.G. Co.: Squad Brill at Headquarters under Sergt. -Major Higby, Signal- Ting Section "A‚?? ́ ́ B” and “Con Classes at Headquarters... Mounted. Scetión H.K.VU: Drill on. Polo Ground under Staff Sergt.. Tallion,
6 pm Seunts Company No. 2 Spe-
tion: Squad Drill and Skirmishing. on Cricket Ground
DETAIL
4.On duty to-night: Semuts Co.
Next for duty; H.K.V.R. Orderly Officer till 18th inst. Lieut.
Weal
A F., CHURCHILL. Capt.
Adjutant. H.K.V.C.
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.
MOUNTED PATROLS." The following donations towards the run- ning and equipment expenses of this detachment for the year ending Juno **1917, are gratefully acknowledged :— Dr. J. W. Noble, $500; Hou Sir Paul Chater, K.C.M.G. $120; Hou, Mr. E. Shellin, $100: Messrs. Ho Fook, 120! Ho Kam Tong, $129; Ho. : Hằng 200; Họ Kwung H, Lu Cheung Shiu, 860; Chan Kai Ming, 200; Liu Chu Pak and Sons, 860; Wong Chew Son, 260; Mok Mon Sang, 800; Francised Taz Yat, $60; and Au Ki, 30.
EQUIPMENT BOARD--CENTRAL 5.30 PM. Friday, May 19th.--No. 1 Section.
Monday, May 22nd-Band and Orches-
Tuesday, May 23rd. Maxim Gunners,
·Mounted and Motor Patrols. Thursday, May 25th. No, o Section. Friday, May 26th. No. 9 Section. Note. The men of No. 1 Section should attend at any time between 5.15 and 6:30 p.Bl
All ranks are required to attend in White Liniform, with Shoulder Pads, hel- Comets and spikes
ing vessels, of five Danish, and of one mething in the nature of a return to the the Balkans. They weed not produce blue,úniferma or
Navigation Acts. The replacing of these When I speak of the police, I mean. laws on the Statute-book was the last that secret service organization that bears thing that he as a shipowner, desired, the name of National Security, which and he could imagine nothing which | could be "riore accurately termed would be worse for this country gen|National Terrorism. When the. Ger- ally and for the mercantile marine in mans came they found a lamentable want particular.
that
about of organization, and they organized Mr. Houlder said that 1850, when British shipowners were under everything to a tremendous extent in their own fashion. From the Chief of: the old Navigation Laws and the Police down to the most insignificant ping of the United States was more tree secret service agent, all are in Cerraan than British shipping, we had approxi
un to
mately 4,000,000 tors of mercantile pay Almost every hotel in every town shipping and the United States had and village, and some of them newly about 3,000,000 tons, The severity of established by Austrians and Germans American competition in the shipping are branches of the German Intelligenes trade diminished as the policy of the Service.
On my first arrival in Bulgaria, at Xan United States became increasingly Pro-
blue Shoulder Pads. PAGE PEA They need nut produce any white uni- form other than that in which they appear before, the Board:... Except as above every man of whatever rank will produce every single article of equipment which he posessen, whether issued by Government or pri- vately purchased.
Men on patrol duty will hot attend with their Sections, but will be warned to attend with "details" at a later date.
BAND PRACTICE.
Thursday, May 8th, at Central Station
at 6.15 p.m. skorpí.
Dutch has not been reported, and each of these vessels has been $1.10 age of the sailing beacfs of
the size has bee's precisely stated. which uses of neutrals in trawlers have bren-Demark, one Helland, seven.
The loss inflicted by the enemy on the steain shipping of the British Empire down to the 23rd of the month of March, that is to say, in nearly 19 months wif war amounts to less than 4 per cent) of the number of vesscle and a little more than 0 per cent of the tonnage. The French loss in steamers amounts to a little over 4 per cont of the number of French tessels of the kind, and to rather more than 7 per cent, of the tonnage The Russian steamers lost amount sectionist and British shipowners began thi, the authorities were very puite and rather less than 31 per cent. of the mum to experience the effects of Free Trade considerate. They made no difficulties, ber and to rather less than 5 per cent of the tonnage. The Italian steame: losses and the relaxation of the Navigation asked very few questions, and talked in are nearly 34 per cent of the number and Laws, until two or three years ago the a very friendly manner. But when I stop- Overseas mercantile feet of the United red at the hotel at Xanthi, the proprie rather more than 43 per cent, of the steam
States had dwindled to less than 1,000,000 for, a German, gave me blank formi tonnage. The very much smaller figures of the sailing vessels need not be sub 105, while that of Great Britain had and asked me to answer the serios of
20,000,000 tons | questions it contained."
I aware. jected to closer analysis. betigerent approximately one-half of the world's, that it was for the benefit of the Curmans weeting with growing upp monde, at he
the wor
At first I refused. Thereupon the Austragedy of the hospital-ship Portugal! A deadly blow would be struck at Bri trian Consul at Kavala, who had no should be commemorated by the erection. tish shipping if taxation were imposed companied me from Greece, intervened of a monument in one of the principal It would deprive it of the reserve fund and asked that unly a few answers should squares of Petrograd, where it should. remain as a permanent reminder of Ger- The Inet is recalled tant
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A MONUMENT TO GERMANY'S, SHAME.
countries commercial shipbuilding has been largely superseded by building for the purposes of the war, so that the or dinary annual casualties of peace time. would seem unlikely to be made, up, That would be needed to build new shipshe written down, a
later on and to meet the competition Barely 10 minutes had elapsed after Imany's shame think so would be fall into error which was springing up on the part of
neutral nations at this time while Brad filled up the blank when my door 1913, after more than 13 months of war: the steam shipping of the United King tish shipowners, were making an invisible was opened and a German officer enter don increated by 85 vessels and 313,610 contribution of enormous amount to thed. He spoke French and English with tots, France, though the enemy bad Exchequer as a result of carrying freights perfect fluency. He said he had heard destroyed il of her stemmers of 130,805, those vessels which were requisitioned that I had come; he was very glad to tons, was at the end of 1915 only nine by the Government at rates only about make my acquaintance, and he had come steaners and 12,574 tons short of the one-fourth or one fifth of these olisin “to give me some news and got some news me That was very nice indeed. figures of 1914. The Russian steamers able in the market. Mr. Houlder added from me, diminished in number by three, but in
a severe examination by a German officer of shipowning was 80 complex and technical that the only way to carry it on Bulgarian territory
n
and is
announce its willingness to respect the the Turkish Government was the first to
in the case of the Turkish hospital-ship hospital-ships of the Russian Red Cross, provided that Russia would reciprocate huren Olge, formerly a Russian vessel, which was captured in the Bosphorus at The com- the beginning of the war. mander of the Portugul was 80 sure. of
without a convoy.
ONE SET VERTICAL MARINE ENGINES, with three cylinders of 18 inches, 24 inches and 10 inches diameter ith Condeuser and Pumps, complete. Also thees bilge directing boxes, one reducing valve, two discharge valves, one set double safety valves, one steam distributing valve. chest with valves, one bulkhead flange for shaft, one main injection valve, and one creased in tonnage by 202. In Italy there that it was clear to him that the business. But I soon found out that I was passing her safety that he frequently par la sex
spare condenser door, all having been formerly used in connection with the afore said engines. Built in 1904 and been in use only 1s montha, a for
1983 beSelf-Hard ning Steel. 1,877 15e &. Turning Steel.
996 The Oral Chine] Steel 1,896
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HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.
From 18th to 24th May, 1916.
HIGH WATER-
جو
LOW WATER.
was an increase of 18 steamers and of
3,158 tons.
In 1915 there were 432 steamers (other than warship) under construction in the Kingdom, and their toarage was United 1,530,177. that is to say, 50 more steamers and 210,006 more tons than all the sink ings by the enemy
out efficiently was by the principle of The man who is to-day at the head of independent ownerships. Any attempt the Bulgarian police, a certain Georgieff, to centralize our shipping industry in is not a real Bulgarian officia he is, Another thing that makes out people the hands of a Government Department however, supported by M. Rat siavoff wonder is the question of the ration would be absolutely fatal not only to trusted by the King, paid by the Bulgarof the war. It appears that this wer-will the shipping industry, but to the true fans, the Turkis, and, most of all by the last at least two years more, aal we, as interests of the country at large.
Germaas, in whose hands he is a mere a small people, cannot stand the rigours instrument of terrorism Only a year of a long war. A great nation may sup On the shocking barbarity of the methods employed by the Teutonic alli
ago he was an insignificant adventurer, port it, but we cannot, as the example ance against unarmed men and women and children the whole world has passed
he is a rich man and the man who i nost shows. At the start of the way Germate judgment. The statisties will enable that the total surpasses that of our mermall shipping agent at Varna, to-day of all the other small nations in this w anyone to decide for himself as to the chant shipping destroyed by the ruthless feared and hated throughout Bulgaria. gold poured into the country, or the Government having plenty ready methods of our German enemy. This
LACK OF ENTHUS practice result of this outrage against total has been set free for traffic else N
money bought everything for as The civilization. There has been in nearly 19 where Throughout the country there is no farmer was well paid and he was rebed: months a destruction of about 4 per cent. From this it is clear that the present sign of enthusiasm among the popula
kept for himself enough to last till next, of the merchant shipping of this country shortage of tonnage is not due to the, bartion. They know that Berbia Las been he had sold his products and had and its Allies, and a much smaller per berous action of hostile submarines. The crushed, that Macedonia is occupied, that harvest But after the fall of Serbia,
of the merchant shipping of centage neutrals. The loss occasioned by the cause of that shortage cep only be due new territories have been won, but from when communications were opsed up former has been more than made up. It to the great requirements of the evil the highest statesman down to the poore with Germany, things went another way.
and military services. The latest pub may be said that there has still been a fished statement of these is that they pensant no one has any asserance that The Germans bought everything and they what they have gained they will be able anything they could find in the country- loss to us, to which it can bo replied that demand the employment of 3,100 vessels, to retsin. You can read a genuive uncer cereals, butter, eggs and every other the difference between 96 vessels and 100
Depredations ou merchant shipping tainly in every face, and most of them sort of necessary and raw material, and even if not made up could easily, he have cost the enemy heavily. Nearly
sent them to their own country, To-day got over by a small amount of proved every hostile raiding cruiser has been hom I talked with make no secret of organization. A reduction of two days destroyed with an impressively severe list their fears for the future, and declare, we are in need of many things, and even in around voyage of seven weeks of casualties amongst the crews. WithYes, we have been victorious; we have the bread which used to be so plentiful including loading, unloading and refit
no bread oven for our hospitale. Prices 79 2:46 128 would do it. In 1911 there entered the out knowing the precise number of hostile conquered. lands; but can we keep these in our country. For two days there was
submarines disposed of, we have learned cew possessions?
are five times higher than in normal 1047434 25.0 ports of the German Empire 3,058 Bri- that it is formidable, and the trained An official in Sofia said to me
Our position is still very dangero.ainies. This the Bulgarian people cannot tish ships with a tonnage of 5,706,273. fcers and men who have perished in Many of these, no doubt, made repeated them may be counted in hundreds. There are French and English soldiers at stand for a long period. It cannot be entries but if we allow 10 entries per ship it would appear that 500, of our If in reply to the expostulations of Salonika awaiting the very are oppor denied that a few people are getting rich, neutrals the German Government main tunity to attack us then we are not car such as our Minister of Finance, M.-Tont $1104 1 425 a 3 ships with a tonnage of about 579,000 teins that its submarine campaign stain what the Greeks and Ruman ant will cheff, who a year ago was & poor man, but m11 787705 were employed in trading to Germany dictated by military necessity and is decide to do in the near future. We are now owns some £500,000, or M. Radosla If we add the number of ships and tonefective, the neutral may properly rejoin well aware that they are not our trends, yol who owns about 400,000, or Geor nage arriving at non-German Baltic that its alleged efficiency is untrue, and and they are only looking for a chance to rieff who owns several million france, ports and at Constantinople and the that the barbarous methods adopted have fall on us and rob us of our tctories, and a few others. But the people to Black Sea and allow for repeated voy been proved up to the present futile, and they did in the second Balk WaT ages of individual ships, we should and that no military object has been
(Continued on neat Column.) by resorting to them.
Hong
∙Mean Sama
Hrong Meen Time
m.ft.in. hm. ft, ju,
"Taure 18 m
Fri 19a 9 33 8 1 316 3 0 Batur 20-10-188
5 150 1
Sou
Mor
18 40 60 3
Tas,
216 60011
Wed.
JS
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ICE HOUSE STREET. TEL 230-155.
attained
(Continued on next Column.)
Jenera arB condemned to lose their pros
perity