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THE HONGAONI DAILY TREAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 2ira, 1916
On the 23rd at 11:45 am-No valurna from Japan so station
Pressure abges since yesterday ate small.
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QUESTIONS IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. Swift MacNeill asked Mr. Asquith in the House of Commons whether the Duke of Cumberland still retained the rank, style, and dignity of a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and was a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic | Order, whether the Duke of Albany still retained the rank, style and dignity of a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and was a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, and, if so, why those persons, whe had been rectoved in May, 1915, from the Order of Knighthood of the Carter. as being traitors in open warfare against the Sovereign and the people of the Bri tish Empire, were still left in posscusión of the highest honours which it waK within the power of the Sovereign to confor, and whether, having regard to METEOROLOGICAL the irritation which the exceptional treat ment of these traitorous persons was cal culated to create, steps would be taken immediately to deprive them of honours
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GUNBOAT FIGHTING ON THE TIGRIS.
LIVELY EXPERIENCES. A letter Irom a wireless operator on a British gunboat operating on the Tigris gives a graphic account of the dangers and difficulties experienced by our vol- diets and sailors operating in Mesopo tami The period referred to is that of General Townshend's advance from Kut- Amaca upon Bagdad last autumn and his retiramcot again to Kut. Speaking of the attack on the Turkish position at Ctesiphon, the writer says:—S
We, in company with several more gun boats, proceeded up to a prearranged spot where we were to destroy a redoubt which we did with one shot, and every one in it. Shells now began to rain on us from a concealed battery, and we had to keep moving unless we wished to stop A few of the Turkish shelli.
By this time the infantry had gone into nction. The battle lasted three days, and wa, pumped hundreds of shella from the boats into the Turkish trenches and the concealed gan positions. Afterwards we found the Turks piled up in heaps in the trenelus but unfortunately we could not locate the guns which commanded the
OUR LONDON LETTER.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDEKT.J.
LONDON, April 12th
OUR CAFACITY FOR BEARING BURDENG
becaine Provosts of Elon. The one ex- ception was Dr. Balston, Head-mater from 1882 to 1888, who afterwards became Archdeacon of Derby, Tho Provostship is in the gift of the Crown and its holder, who must be in Holy Orders, kits en officio in the Convocation of Canterbury,
ZEPPELIN BAIDU,
Surely the impartial observer must be ampressed by our capacity for bearing taxation. Here we have raised, £300,000,000 by extra taxation since the
Agitation bas at any rate led the Gov war began, as compared with Germany's crament to secure better protection for the people of these islands against Zepps. £24,000,000, and still the burden mounts, and still the Chanceller fouds viticism exlia raids True, wo have had several tremoly mild. We are growing used to it, casualties during the past fortnight from I suppose, like the proverbial bel to its explosive bombs, yet hardly any attempt skinning.
A has been made and they have been al- Piling tax on tax, Mr. McKenna hins most nightly which has not been driven an enthusiastic House and next day and off within a short time. We have bag- ever since has had a good Press, save ged one Zeppelin, and winged others, a few minor criticisms on the railway and altogether we feel that our gunners ticket tax and one or two other items are getting their hand in very creditably. It is a cardinal principle of British war The air member," Mr. Pomberton Pl finance that, unlike German, not one ing, who sticks to the air question in the pound is borrowed for war purposes with House with great persistence, now offers out more than covering the interest and to lead a raid against the Zeppelin redemption by taxation. As Mr. Lloyd "nests on enemy territory, and h's George said some months ago, "Ger offer hins heen provisionally accepted- at any rate, so far as the co-operation many's financial bridge has many paper arches, and the result cannot but be of the Government is concerned-so we deplorable after the war. Politicians he may yet see the dramatic spectacle of na lieve that if the British Budget speech MP heading an aerial invasion of Gor- could be distributed in Germany, the many
treason empatible with river and which were dug in to avoid obmoral result would be greater than that THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGNS
Mr. Asquith-As my hon. and learned friend points out, these dukes have already been expelled from the Order of the Garter, and I do not think that the time and energy of this House would be usefully employed by the consideration of the legislation which would he neces sary to effect all but one of the remain ing steps my hon. friend suggests. I am informed that the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order is not a British Order.
Mr. Barnes-May I ask whether any public moneys are granted to these men 1
Mr. Asquith-1 must have notice of that
servation from our aeroplanes, We cap-produced by a defeat of the enemy in tured the Turks trenches but were unable the field, to hold them. The Turks had 20,000 men against us, which were very overwhelm- ingrodds
After the battle of Ctesiphon we ha retired about 20 miles and encamped for the night. About eight o'clock there was a sharp infantry attack from what we thought was a party of hostile Arabs, so we switched on our searchlight to locate them, and immediately we received shrapnel shell in a barge full of big shells which we were towing. No of these exploded otherwise I should not be writing this. The infantry eventually drove them off
Bir J. D. Rees, My I ask whether the Crown acts on advice in reversing at tinders and calling out of abeyance About five o'clock the next morning I ancient peerages, and, if so, what is saw of the army heavily engaged with the use of adding four fortuitous votes large forces of Turka. Along the tren to the House of Lords at present fches there was a line of flushes from ourly will be largely borne by those who
Mr. Asquith.It is an automatic pro pro-
____Mr. Hogge=Could not my right hon, friend get legislation introduced in the House of Lords and thus avoid the waste of time here917
* Mr. Asquith — It would have to come
bnok here.
Bir A Markham-Would it take three minutes to get through this House! (Hear, hear," and laughter.)
Sir J. D. Rees-May I ask whether the Committee of Privileges does not mere ly report that certain peerages are at his Majesty's service, and whether it is really
an automatic process, and does it bot depend on the exercis of
men's rifles, and further past there was cavalry brigade dashing into action amid clouds of dust, and behind all was the artillery pumping shelle into the enemy
Shella now began to fall around us thicker than was healthy. These came from a battery of six guns on shore and a Turkish gunboat a mile away up the river Up to then we were firing over the bank into the enemy's lines, and one when a body of infantry was advancing cur lyddite shells dropped amongst them and annihilated the lot. Scores of Turks were blown to pieces and scores were kill
In addition to the damage to their aerial craft, the Germans are suffering heavily in submarines. Our doughty trawling fleet and other craft of the Narth sen, manned by hardy fishermen mixed with naval reserves, are picking off the stealthy raiders of commerce one by one. The tale is not noised abreal, but the main thing is that the thief of the ocean never strikes again and is never able to return to his lair,
THE KING'S FINE EXAMPLE.
True, we are all having to pay, and pay heavily, from the workman to the multi-millionaire, and the housewife's sovereign nowadays does not go much fur- ther than ten shillings in normal times. But it is satonishing how readily the British homes have found that they can carry on" will just a little less, every now and then. The Labour members don't like the milway ticket tax, but the public are showing very little restiveness in regard to it. As a matter of fact, it The King's gift of £100,000 to the. makes comparatively little difference to nation from his Privy Purse has set ai them. The Government is pledged to fine example. The object to which it is maintain the dividends of the railways to be put bas yet to be decided, but there and it a sum for that purpose is contri, is a strong feeling that the Royal mani buted by the travelling public the burden, ficence should be used, not for warlika instead of falling upon the State general purposes, but for the relief of those who, while victims of the war, have at pro make use of the railways The tax on sent ne direct claim on the State. The amusements is popular German policy of making war on civil In peace times the tax on-matches lans has rendered it necessary that would be impossible. Years ago it was some stops should be taken to help those proposed and then abandoned after the civilians who are victims of Zeppelins and stamp had been designed and approved. other frightfulness. That was in 1871, when Mr. Robert Lowe NEW APPLIANCE FOR SAVING LIFE AT SEA was Chancellor. It brought the East One result of the war has been to give. End matchmakers in thousands to West an extraordinary boom to life-saving sc minster, and such was the clamour in the cessories for use at gen. Two or three land that the tax was withdrawn. But patent life-saving waistcoats are enjoy now we take these things philosophically, ing a fine boom, because in sundry wrecks as befits the time. If it is for the country well-known people have managed to keep it is all right such is the spirit of the afloat until picked up by the aid of thes people. All the same, it means a lot to the modern contrivances This week hac proj duced a demonstration cf a new material that seems to offer startling advantages. A number of us sat round the swimming bath in the Y.M.C.A. the other afternoon and watched with interest other people. being thrown into the water. It was not a trying orden, for, instead of sinking, all these human missilen floated pracc fully This encouraged the demon- strators, so they throw a baby in a perÜM- bulator into the water--and the infant seemed merely to be amused, d
discrétion by the shock of high explosive lyddite household, for matches already are seven
every time a naval shell dropped
ty percent higher in price in consequenea of the war. Soon we shall be, resorting to the paper spille on which our forefathers relied,
~ Mr. Asquith. It is done in this, na în Our boat was a very good target, for all other matters, on the advice of his the enemy shrapnel was bursting every A second overbead, and my aerial was blown Majesty's Ministers
SA Markham gave notice that he to smithereens. All the for ard portion PREMIUM BONDS. would call attention to the master on the of the ship was soon a mass of scrap iron. In spite of the decision of the Govern motion for the adjournment for Easter. The captain was wounded in eight places ment not to adopt the proposal to is
Mr. King Would not any legislation with splinters, whilst a stoker was scald Premium Bonds, the Advocates of that on these points be as wordy as these ques, ed to death. As we were hopelessly out method of attracting investments for tions are and be a great waste of print numbered wo rendered the ship useless national purposes by appealing to the ing ink and paper" (Laughter :)
to the enemy and rowed across the river sporting instincts of the people are still in the dinghy under a perfect hail of hopeful of achieving their aim, Mr. shells and bullets until we reached an- Hume Williams, K... is one of the other gunboat. A leaders of the movement, and be scoffa at The Turks followed us for nearly the plea that Premium Bonds are im twenty miles, but so fine was the work moral and an encouragement to gambl of our rearguard guns that our casualties ing. On the contrary, he contends thut were under 500. A captured Turkish doc they would tend to encourage thrift as no tor told me that their estimated casual other method would do ties ran into the tens of thousands." It is not necessary to advocate it
While at Kurna I spent a few hours in the Garden of Eden which is about the nicest spot on the Tigris I was told there is now only oud fig tree in the whole place.
HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER
Hongkong Observatory, May 23rd,
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KHUPP
MACHINE FOR BRITAIN.
ATTEMPT TO GET IT OUT OF
LONDON BAFFLED.
The story of an epoch-making orc separating machino which the patentee tried unsuccessfully to withdraw from the Imperial College of Science on the out ureak of war was related in the Patents Court recently e
Luis machine, made by Krupp's, the world-famous armament urm of Essen, as a high intensity magnetic separator, chiedly used for separating from its ore woliram
among the working classes, he says. "It is in the House of Commons that educa tion is needed. At the present time work ing people are earning more than they have dreamt of carning hitherto and, unfortunately instead of saving the'r money they are spending it in cheap jewellery and pianos. It is only natural that when they are earning inercased wages they should give themselves a little enjoyment, but at the same time there is a considerable margin which they might invest and which at present they don If a man has saved four or five pounds it is very dull to put it into Exchequer Bonde, drawing in a few shillings per annum. On the other hand, if he could put it into a bond which will bring him a small interest and will give him a chance of drawing, say, £200 or £300, auf- ficient to buy a small house or a little business, this will encourage him ɔm-
Mesars. Edgar Allen & Company, of "Look at that," he continued, pointing Sheffield, applied for the suspension of to a mass of letters. That is my morn the German patents, and for licences to ing's correspondence on the subject manufacture and sell such machines. Letters come pouring in from all parts of
Sir G. Croydon Marks, MP., said
the country, and from them I have no ft, in. Messrs. Allen were the only people in doubt that a premium bond scheme would
England who had an order from the
overnment for the machines. They be very successful. The Government are wanted hereafter to make others without very large holders of Suez Canal inter having trouble with Messrs. Krappa If cat, and these are subject to drawings the Rapid Magnetting Machine Co., and prizes. Half the foreign loans which Birmingham (which had mace a similar are issued and subscribed in the City of pplication) were also licensed to sell London are drawn and paid off at a sunilar, machines, so much the better for premium, more or less substantial. There the general trade
is nothing new in the principles it is not a gamble. The real element of a gamble is that you stand either to lose what you spend or to make a large profit, but in this case you don't lose what you stake This Comptroller observed that the sus You get a government investment gestion made by the patenters (Krupp's | at reasonable interest. You mere and Ullrich who were represented in ly have the added element that a court) was that the machine was pra chance may enable you to be paid tically a few one, which, although nex-off at a substantial premium My own pensive in itself ranging from £400 to belief is that there is a majority in the £1,050-did extremely important work on House of Commons in favour of the a large scale, and, therefore, the pro posed royalty of 6 por cent, was not fair return to the inventor
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I was stated that Ullrich, now in Americe, was not employed by, but was in partnership with, Krupp's in regard to these patents,
All the subjects of the experiment were wearing a garment lined with a new card. ed product made from the tropical tree called Friodendron anfractuosum. This fibre, I understand, has long been known. hut only recently a French inventor has brought out a process for spinning it su that it can be used for clothing, and the result is a material to which a registered name has been given. The material is marvellously buoyant. If a submarine. strikes the vessel on which you are travel- ling you will float serenely on being cast into the sea if you are are wearing a jacket or dressing gown of this mate- rial. It is claimed for carded Kanok that it will carry as much as 105 times its own weight; that is to say if a man weighing 140 pounds has 12) ounces of it in his clothing he wil not drown. It is described, on account of its lightness, za aluminium textile and there seems to be a great future for it in days whez no body knows what may happen during a sea voyage
THE KING INSIPOTS SOME, NEW - GUNS.
HM King George V. paid a business. visit to ——— recantly. He were his business clothes, that is to say, he was dressed in khaki uniform with the epaulettes of a British General. On his arrival at --- he was met by Col. Sclater Booth, D.8.0.,, and Lieutenant Colonel Haig All the town turned out to see their sovereign, whose popularity has increased so much of late. Doubtless. His Majesty acted wisely in avoiding any appearance of holiday-making at a time when the brav cst of his subjects are engaged in a struggle of life and death. In a closed in landaulette he almost flew through fie streets, and it is doubtful if he was even aware of the presence of the children from the Council Schools who greeted him with the National Anthem. The business that brought the King down to this was a convenient place for the experi He wanted to see a new gun tried, and this was a convenient place for the experi ment. Now everybody knows that when big gun gr off they make a noise, and it is pardonable--indeed it is usual for those engaged on such work to protect their ears with their bands. This precau- tion, on being recommended to Hit Majesty, was rejected with the reply
It is not necessary, thank you, 1. am used to it. More than this, sometimes when guns are being tested they go at the wrong end. The King was reminded of the fact, but he had come to inspect and, diedaining cover, he inspected
From information which leaks ont from time to time it is obvious that any- thing with which the King is bot thoroughly conversant in the shape of preparation for war or that contributes towards the efficiency of his forces, is not worth talking about, and it is only right that Britons Overseas should know that his Majesty does not confine his ever- gied wholly to the safe, though praise- eventually become Provosts Bince the Consort on visits to military hospitals days of Dr. Keate of flogging fame We know that he has been to the Front. there have been six Head masters, includ- but it was not his Majesty who adverties ing Dr. Lyttleton Drs. Haytrey Good the fact. Our King, unlike his arch enem ford, Horuby, and Warren successively - is not a showman,
scheme. We are not in the least discour aged by the Chancellor of the Exchequer answer the other day that the Govern ment has definitely decided not to adopt it. Rather a stock phrase, that nowa
Bir G. Croydon Marks said he wanted to get the machine known as the manulas ture of an English firm, and not to be handicapped by a heavy royally that days. would prevent it being used. Kropp's THE HEAD MASTER OF ETON commercial agent had been the only per The resignation of Dr. Lyttleton. son in this country interested in the maHead master of Eton, in to take effect next chine, and he had applied to get the Christmas in recent incursions into machine out of the Imperial College of the regions of war politics met with em- Science after the war broke out. If too platic disapproval, but, in view of Lis high a royalty were put on the machine approaching retirement, his solid ser in this country the Germans would, novices as Head master both at Hailey- doubt, cheaper their machine after the bury and at Eton should not be forgotten
war to create competition. Most of the Head-masters of Eton have worthy, occupation of, accompanying his
The Comptroller said he commend the Board of Trade to 5x the royalty at 5 per cent. It would go-to the Public Trustee, and the Government would decide what was to happen to the money at the end of the war.