Page
THE
WAR.
OFFENSIVE.
BRITISH ON THE
ENEMY TRENCHES PENETRATED.
CASEMENT SENTENCED TO DEATH.
MORE RUSSIAN HAULS.
ITALIANS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE.
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
(IHROUGH KHUTER'S AGENCY.]
ACTIVITY ON BRITISH FRONT.
ENEMY TRENCHES ENTERED,
LONDON, June 30th.
12.10 nm.
(THROUGH BETTER'S AGEHUT.]
OBSTINATE CANADIANS.
TRU HANGKONG DAILY PRESS NA IURDAY, JULY 157_1916.
A GERMAN COMMENT.
LONDON, June 29th. The Kodnické Volks Zeitung, describ- ing the fighting of the Canadiana at General Sir Douglas Haig, in a compres, says that they resisted obstinately muniqué, mates that during the past 24. many groups refusing all mercy, and they
had to be cleared out with boraba. hours a large number of our recon-
noitring riding parties entered the enemy trenches at various points along
GENERAL
(THROUGH REUTER 8 AGENCY.]
[ZHROUGH KRUTER'S AGKNOY.]
BIG SHIPPING SCHEME.
CASEMENT FOUND GUILTY. TO BUILD STANDARDISED SHIPS.
SENTENCED TO DEATH
LONDON, June 2017.
Sir Roger Onsement was found guilty of high treason and sentenced to
death,
LATER
Cassment will be hanged. After being sentenced Sir Roger Case ment raade a long statement in which he declared that his offence was putting Ireland first. He should, hu said, have been tried by an Irish jury.
The man Bailey was also charged with high treason, and pleaded not guilty.
was discharged.
THE IRISH DIFFICULTY.
LONDON, June 29th.
£300,000 has
SWATOW'S TRADE IN 1915. Generally speaking says the US. of Swatow improved during 1015, and Consul, Mr George C. Hanson, the trade most merchants, except bean cake impor ters, reported good year, Although The Times atates that £300,000 has the year, sufficient tonnage, was secured rightly, must be regarded
freight rates increased each month of to enable the trade of the port to be handled satisfactorily Opium mer chants, and holders of stocks of dyes did chants, ploce good merchants, sugar mer
brisk well. Speculation in opium and dyes was
beca privately subscribed by the lexiling shipping companies, including the Penin sular and Oriental Steamnship Company, to a scheme to build standardised ships of from 8,600 to 12,000 teus at Chepatow Mr. James Caird, head of the Shire line of steamers, is Chairman of the new Company.
SIKH BRAVERY.
TRIBUTE BY MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
Money was slack from the beginning of the year until July, when it became firm Thoroafter it continned tight until the end of the year
The resumption of emigration to Siam, the Straits Bottlemonts, and the Dutch East Indies stimulated the export of native produce, and thus improved local business conditions. In September branch of the Chil Pien Bank of Poking was located at Swatow. Local British mer chants formed a British chamber of com meros as a branch of the British chamber
"the hewers of wood and
LONDON, June 20th. Presiding over a lecture delivered by The Chief Justice directed the jury to Birdar Daljit Singh to the Indian section at Shanghai in October. The Deli Plan- mic condition is such that they only live return a verdict of not guilty, and Bailey of the Society of Arts, on Sikhs, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Secretary for India, dwelt on the Indians' sorvice in the war He paid a tribute to the part played by BOME RESIGNATIONS. far Sikhs. They had taken 400 of the LONDON, Jane 20th. 1,300 decorations awarded to the Indian The Daily Chronicle states that Lord | Army, including a Victoria Cross, aix A Lansdowne and Mr. Walter Long have Military Crosses, two Indian Orders of resigned, but that the Ministerial post- Merit, first class, and 110 accond class. to surrender were killed, When a sortion is not regarded as desperate. The He gave two Instances of Sikh bravery papers generally are more hopeful re- One was at Gallipoli where the 14th Sikhs garding the Irish outlook since the suffered severe losses, and the other was Unionist meeting was postponed. It is in France where Lieutenant Smith, of the noteworthy that the bulk of the Unionist 18th Ludhiana Sikhs, earned the Victoria newspapers in London and the Provinces | Cross, in May 1910. advocate the acceptance of Mr. Lloyd George's proposals.
General and several officers who refused
the entire British front. All achieved grant demanded him to yield the Goneral
their object, inflicting heavy casualties and capturing prisoners and stores.
BRITISH IN GERMAN LINES.
"GOOD USE OF GAS AND SMOKE:
LONDON, June 30th, General Sir Douglas Haig, in a con- munique, states: -There have been several instances where our troops remained for a considerable period in the German lines. repelling counter-attacks across the open. One raid was made after a discharge of gas, and the troops entering the Ger man trenches found a considerable num
out him on the face with his sword, whereupon an infantryman bayonetted the General, who was fighting like a
madman.
GERMANS AND VERDUN,
PARIS, June 30th. Asemi-official announcement states that it is anticipated that the Germans will redouble their efforts at Verdun in
order to obtain a success as compensation. AUSSIAN FRONT
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
LONDON June 20th;
BIOGRAPHY OF LORD KITOHENER.
Loxnox, June 9th, The Daily Express states that the bio-
In the House of Commons, asked whether two of his colleagura had resign- ed. Mr. Asquith suid by regretted therapy of the late Lord Kitchener las question and advised the questioner to
been entrusted to Sir George Arthur, Await developments. All the Irish ques
with Lord Derby as adviser.
tions, he said, had been postponed. Mr. Asquith added that it was not desirable
ber of the enemy dead. Our casualties ANOTHER HEAVY BLOW TO at present to say anything.
were insignificant.
The artillery on both sides have been
active slong the front, and hostile
slong the front,
trenches were much damaged. The inter- mittent discharge of smoky and gas has aroused into activity the enemy's guns, causing him to disclose battery positions,
BRITISH SHELLING GERMAN
LINES.
ENEMY
THREE LINES OF TRENCHES TAKEN.
Pernoonan, June 30th.
A communiqué states:-Despite a desperatis resistance, General Letchinsky dealt another heavy blow to the enemy between the Davister and the Pruth, carrying three lines of trenches and in flicting severo losses, also capturing 10,506 officers and men, a great number of machine-guns, and other guns, which include a complete heavy battery. In Volyhing the desperate fighting at Stokhod continues,
DISCUSSION IN THE LORDS.
LONDON, June 20th.
TEL
· PUBLIC OPINION IN CHINA
Whenever a political
crisis judge it by their own standard of civili China, European absorvers are prone to sation, with the result that they naturally, arrive at every erronous conclusions, Whoreas to understand China's problem from the Chinese standpoint.". Public opinion, as we know it here, says starcely be said to exist in China, while the London and China Express, can
different from that of Western countries the whole fabric of society is totally This must be taken into account in any attempt to estimate the present constitu confronted To this end we may refor tional dificulty with which China is
to an article in the Contemporary Review by Mr YK Leong LL.B. B.Sc. (Econ.), on public opinion and political parties in Chit, which gives us an insight into the actual state of affairs in that country. The elements, of the masses of proplo in China ore, he points out of water, agricultarists, drawers artisans, and shopkeepers. Their econo
in July to manage the emigration of they are by no means without interve ters Association opened a branch office from hand to mouth. "At the same time coolies to the Dutch East Indies. The their ancestral hails and temples, which public life. In the villages they have value of land greatly increased during are contres of social and political the year and as a result many projects activity rather than religious life in to reclaim waste land were evolved.
the towns they have their guilds and AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS sacieties; in some villages and towng they autumn rice crop was far below the aver highly organised system of police; there The spring rice crop was good, but the have also public schools; they have n age. There was a total absence of are organisations for the relief of the spell in the early autumn, boded well for public works, and they have popularly typhoons which, coupled with the dry health; public funds are provided for distressed, and for the safety of public
the orange growers. Up to the end of the elected officials. In short, Chinese villages same can be said of the sugar crop, which, and the Central Government, does nothing year the orange crop was good. The and towns are entirely self-governed, on account of the high price of foreign save the collecting of a nominal tas The high prices of artificial dyes stimu- the Central Government one could sugar,
was more valuable than usual. Were it not for, this superstructure of lated the growing of indigo and caused almost identify them with the city-states try. In general, the agricultural condi masses towards this central superstruc a renewed interest in this decadent radus of ancient Greece. The attitude of the tions were good and contributed material ture is, says Mr. Leong, one of indifference ly in maintaining good business condins long as it pursues a policy of InisiEZ- tions
faire. They submit to a nominal tax 88 During 1918 the Ewatow Chaochowfu long as their local life and organisations Railway carried 1,002,643 passengers and are not entroached upon. It is mitch 23,353 tons of goods. The company more accurate to say that they don't- gross earnings were 1,471 Mexican.
mind than to say that they want a This railway is 26 miles in length and monarchy or a republic. Therefore, when was opened to traffic in 1903. The the Monarchists say that the majority Swatow Electric Light Company had a of the people want a monarchy, they good year, having managed to reduce the cannot mean avers Mr. Leong, the lossos incurred since its establishment six majority of the masses of the people. years ago by 33 per cent. The Swatow divides into two groups: (1) The group The educated class the writer roughly Waterworks did not seem to be able to of young men who have returned from improve its business, which was also of the foreign Universities, and (2) the A new cutton weaving company, with a old school and deeply sunk in the Six a discouraging nature in 1914. group of elderly scholars educated in the capital of $200,000 Mexican and a soap Classics. The students educated ab factory were establishot. Native hand road have taken back with them the known as cotton strips, did well, as the of democracy, Republicanism, change, loom factories, which manufacture a cloth refreshing ideas of the West, the idens cloth is cheap and durable and the out- and progress; ideas which were not new- put is not great enough to meet the de- to China, but which had been stifled by Siam and the Straits Settlements. The school, and had lain neglected beneath mand locally and among the Chinese in the confined atmosphere of the Confucian hand looms and in these factories were the dust of two thousand years-ideas concession was granted to Chinese course with the West The old scholars, imported from Japan
now awakened into life again by inter
ing plant at Chaochowfu. It was also to the teaching of the Confucian pool, capitalists to establish an electric light on the other hand, have firmly b
military purposes Knitting factories, political theory is absolute loyalty to the brick kilns, and other smaller concerns decided to connect Bwalow with Chao- which instils into the minds of Garde- cowfu by a telephone line reserved for votees the spirit of order, permanence, and security The key stone of their did fairly well during the year. The king by set their face against the velles, made a profit of $100,000 Mexi local jinrikisha company, controlling 400 cannot but create discontent and unrest. new ideas as dangerous doctrines, which can. Building trades did a thriving the Throne. At the same time, powerful and thus undermine the foundations of business and many new structures, semi- influences have been at work during the foreign, mainly for the use of Chiese last quarter of the nineteenth century, business firms and residents, were erected, which have made great inroads upon the One modern theatre, with a seating capa- sacred tenets of tabir school. So that city of 2,000, was added. On the whole, the spirit of nationality and the passion although Swatow is far from being an for reform have gradually permeated industrial centre, the conditions were nearly the whole mase of this secondary favourable and of a healthy nature stratum of Chinean society. This accounts, says Mr. Leong, for the rapid overthrow of the Manchu régime, and the seeming sudden conversion of the A Frenchman und a Dutchman, former-
As the district in agricultural, it is uselens to expect to find here a market bewildering and inexplicable to the for- educated class to Western thought, so were charged before Mr. J. R. Wood, at in an industrial centre. The market that government effective public opinion is ly employed on the ss. Lowther Carle, for products that could be marketed only eign observer. In matters of central the Hongkong Police Court yesterday existe is for goods that can be consumed to be sought in this educated class, and, by a population whose purchasing power be contends, that no overwhelming ma- with traspassing at Belcher's Fort, wit is small, whose standard of living in low, jority of them is in favour of the Re- out permission on Thursday,
and whose chief concern is to obtain the public, and not a monarchy and The first defendant, who spoke through them to exist. The greatest demand is leaders, he remarks that this stratom is simplest and cheapest products enabling an Emperor. Concerning the political an interpreter, said he did not know they therefore for food and clothing. Foreign could not go there, and he asked for cotton goods, which is made up into legioncy. The second defendant, who Refusent, being choaper and giving bet clothing is the largest item imported. understood English, said he did not ter results than native vegetable oils, is know they were trespassing. He saw no the next largest. Then come food sup plies, such as rice, condensed milk, four, notices saying they could not go.........
Captain Cassel, who appeared to prose-medicines, and ginseng Among the bet attitude of the Constitutional Monni
fish products, refined sugar, matches, ter class of Chinese, who form a schists was that only constitutional gov proportion of the whole population, there ernment was needed to save China, and is a demand for articles more of the a monarchy was not antagonistic to it. nature of luxuries, such as watches, Therefore the constitution for Cha clocks, jewellery, lamps, haberdashery, should be modelled on that of Prussia. soap, and wines of foreign origin, or Japan. The reform should come HM Consulat Swatow (Mr. G.-D. from above, and not from below Tho Pitzipios) has furnished the following Republicans, on the other hand, replied account of commercial conditions in his that monarchy might not be antagonistio Consular district in 1015
to constitutional government, but the Manchu monarchy was incompatible with it. These two schools of political thought were in conflict for many years had the majority of the students of the before the revolution. The Republicans new school on their side, while the Con stitutional Monarchiste won over most of the enlightened bureaucrats. Had the
SHAMPEN DEFENCE CORPS. PRESENTATION TO COMMANDANT, At a full parade of the Shameen Defence Corps on Thursday H.B.M. In the House of Lords, Lord Salisbury Consul General (Mr. Jamieson) presented raised the Irish question.
Capt. J. Hector, the Officer Commanding, Earl Crewe said he deprecated the on behalf of the Corps, with a handav discussion and added that difficult de- süver cigar-box as a token of their up tails were still being discussed.
preciation of his indefatigable survices In view of the rumors regarding Lord in bringing the Corps to such a state of Lansdowne and the position, it is not connection with the Corps on his depar worthy that Lord Lansdowne also deture from Canton, and the Consul efficiency. Capt. Hector is severing his
precated the discussion, and added that General, in his address, wished hiru ever the Cabinet bad not yet disposed of the success and prosperity, and oxpressed his proposals. The whole matter, was in a regret that he should be leaving at the fuid state. Meanwhile the proposals had present time. no Government authority, and the Government accepted no responsibility for Mr Lloyd George's consultations, Bofore we submit the proposals to Parliament, we bavo to satisfy Parlia mort that our proposals are adequate in
ENEMY'S FEEBLE REPLY.
LONDON, Jun 29th. Reuter's and other correspondents at Hradquarters, describing the steady British shelling of the German lines during the last two days, state that the cannonade has been practically ceaseless, and the line of the enemy trenches was traceable by a kind of grey-blue fog, Compounded with white and black smokerians especially distinguished them-view of the present condition of Ireignd,
GALLANT SIBERIANS.
PETOGRAD June 20th
▲ communique states;—A company of
selves in the fighting at Pulkarn. Enomy artillery and trench mortars destroyed the trenches and entanglements, but the survivors held their ground, repulsing all attacks, with the bayonet till rainforce-
of innumerable shells and the dust of of craters. They counted 5,000 shells falling at Thiepval alone in half an hour, The one of the shell fire is most exten- sire, and many important positions have been searched by concentrated bombardments arrived. They lost twa ofhoers, and ments. The enemy's reply was feeble.
MORE GERMAN ATTACKS.
PARIS, June 30th. 1.15 a...
half their effective were killed.
Turkish attacks in the Caucasus in the direction of Erziudjan and Bagdad were repulaed
PETROGRAD, June 20th.
221 officers and 10,385 men on the southern The Russians yesterday made prisoners
front
and that precautions are necessary to prevent a recurrence of disorder.”
THE MEXICAN CRI-18.
IMMEDIATE DANGER OF WAN AVERTED.
WASHINGTON, June 20th.
The immediate danger of war in Mexico has been averted by the release of the American prisoners taken at
RUMANIAN RIOTERS.
ALLEGED
TRESPASS AT BELCHER'S FORT.
FRENCHMAN AND DUTCHMAN CHARGED,
*
cute asked for an adjourumont so that further enquiries would be made.
The case was adjourned until Wedace
IN PAY OF GERMANS AND day next at 10 o'clock.
BULGARIANE)
communiqué slates-Left of the LARGE RUSSIAN CAPTURES. Carriza). Aleuse, after a violent bombardment ex- tending from Hill 304 to Avocourt Wood, the Germans, in the afternoon, attacked positions west of Hill 304, bat were repulsed by infantry and artillery fire There have been no infantry actions on the right of the Meuse, but the artillery have been most active,
GERMAN ATTACK STOPPED.
LONDON, June 28th.
4 p.m.
A French communique states that a strong German attack north-west of Thiaumont was stopped by a curtain of fire and by machine-gun fire with con siderable losses to the enemy. ENEMY TRENCHES
PENETRATED.
PARIS, June 29th. 9.35 Dim
communiqué statea:-West of Butte- Mesnil, in Champagne, we cleared out themy from first line tronches and penetrated at some points as far as the second line, where we blow up shelters
ITALIAN FRONT.
[THEORGE RETIRE'S AGENCY.}
ITALIAN ADVANCE
CONTINUES.
DESPITE SEVERE RESISTANCE.
ROME June 29th.
A communiqué states:Our advance continues despite increasing resistance as the enemy reaches his prepared positions. We have occupied Pedescala, and a vio lent enemy counter-attack at Zunge was repulsed with heavy loss. NAVAL ACTIVITIER
(THROUGE KYUTER'S AGESOT.] SUBMARINE WARFARE.
LONDON, June 29th.
BUKHAREST June 30th Serious rioting at Galate has resulted in the arrest of Syndicalists who are alleged to have been paid by Germans and Bulgarians to create disturbances.
JAPANESE MINISTER TO PEKING.
RECALLED AT OWN REQUEST.
PARING, June 30th, Mr. Hioki, the Japanese Minister, has been recalled at his own request. It is stated that Baron Hayashi will probably
CATHOLIC UNION "AT, HOME."
Tho President of the Catholic Clou, Mr. J. D. Osund, has issued invitations to all the wearer of the Club for an "at Home" this eventing at 9 o'clock, to celebate the feast of the Sacred Heart, which took place yester the Apostleship of Prayer.
THEAP MANUFACTURED GOODS, CHIEFLY
WANTED.
couped of two schools or thought the Republicans and the one 1. u
Lutiqual air of the Universities and institutions Monarchists. Having imbibed the free of the Weat, both have been inspired by similar ideas of reform and progress. Their ideals have been identical, namely, a rejuvenated and progressiva China, but their means greatly differed. The
day most of the members belonging to the dyestuffs difficulty, Whiten and greyschus, says Leong, been little
the Lon
ave held
Imports. The total value of foreign goods imposted into Swatow in 1915 was $2,063,800, of which £1,700,000 represented Business in pice-goods was profitable, direct trade with the British-Empire. particularly in the dyed and fancy arti oles which are at a premium owing to
were also affected by the dearness of dyes A social musical entertainment has and the consumption of these suffered tower and granted, some concessions of been arranged in which ladies and gentle & certain extent. Compared with 1914 stitutional Mor
political pow men will take: part
and with the average of the ive years their position The precincts of the Club have been ended 1914, imports of Indian yarn in beta saved, Artistically decorated with festoons and 1013 were extremely small, amounting in ciliated palms, and seats have been provided for value to only 1,218 picule, while imports Yuan Shil ka friends of members and their families of Japanese yarns increased very greatly.lar to tho monies will be in attendance. The fol- the year were dyestuffs. Speculation in two great poh The Bend of the Sociedade Philae The most profitable goods desit in during we are step lowing is the programme Selection, available to which constantly chang
Geisha Bociedade
edade Philarmonica ed hands, sent up prices to very high NEW CHINESE MINISTER TO song selected. L. F. Remedios, piano figures. For example, the price of a cask
forte solo, Esther Xavier: song of Aniline dys at the time of writing and the scarcity Mr. X. Botelho; Humorous song, Mr (February 20th) was about 246 as of cotton yarn for wea M. F. Baptists: selection, Lucia i compared with about £4-10s, before the Reports. The total value Lammermour Sociedade PhilaODI. Red dye, formerly sold at about from Sveton in 1915 a song Preghiera E G. d'Aquino pianoforte molo, Miss Mercede: Barretto
d. a Bottle, bad advanced to about bs which £1,287.300 ont to The Bunshine of Your Smileys, while speculatoare making large tries and Hongzott. Astaro
Dedon violin- solo,
profits, there is little ance of dyestuffs
(Continued on Rod Column
succeed him.
TOKIO.
PELINO, June 30th Tchang Taong Siang, Minister of The Italian steamers Montbello, Ronse Justice, has been appointed Chinese Ong, and Pono have been sunk::
Minister to Tokio,
Belected
reaching tha
of augal was exported Luan in tan p coding year.