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Canzonetta Hollaender Four Flags March Wake Up England March Mignon Overture Part I. Mignon Overture Part II. Underneath the Stars 17040-Shadowland (Gilbert) [Gems from Floradorn
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Southerner March
35531-Thunderer March.
61497-When the Dew is falling
64531-Santa Lucia
84128-Les Farfadets
88206-Aprilo (Tosti)
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CANTON NOTES.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
CANTON, December 11th.
OFIEM" CONFERENCE,
The Civil Governor has received a letter from Peking stating that nen ference will be held at the capital about two weeks hence for the parposs of dis
cussing the prohibition of opium smok ing. The province is called upon to send a representative, and Civil Governer Chu, regarding it a matter of great importance, has decided to select a well known prohibitionist. It is said that his choice kaz-fallen on Mr. Chu Kun, who will leave for Peking in a couple of
days.
CANTON BANK-NCTES.
Owing to the discontinuance of the China Bank in Canton, local bank notes have fallen to a very low value. The local sifficialy bave recently decided that the exchange service of the bank must be resunted on the 1st of Jannaty next. The bank's funds are chiefly obtained
from foreign loans and Government properties.
BIO FICE IN HORAN.
AMERICAN LOAN,
THE CONSORTIUM AND THE A NEW GERMAN WARSHIP.
BIG GUNS IN THE LATEST VESSELS.
trial Loan
"
[BY THE TIMĖS NAVAL CORRESPONDENT.]
According to reliable information, (says the Peking Daily News), the Ministry of Finance on the 30th alto.
The announcement from Copenhagen made the following reply to the repeated protest of the Quadruple Group against that the Germans have recently launched the conclusion of the Americaa Ladus battle-cruiser and sabed her the "We beg to acknowledge receipt of the Bayern raises several questions of in interpellations of the Quadruple Group, terest. It is the first announcement of The Reorganization Loan Contract, of
Chinese the launch of a new German capital ship 1913. was signed between the Government and the Quintuple Group; since it was reported in the German bitt we cannot regard present Quadrupla Wireless of August 1st, 1915, that the Group, which has excluded. German Hindenburg had taken the water at Banks from the original Consortium, as Wilhelmshaven. As the news comes to the same Quintuple Group. Therefore Copenhagen from Kiel, it may be assumed the preference of the administrative loan that it is at the latter place that the new has lost its effect. Consequently China is ship is building, and the circumstance free to contract a loan from any member points to her being one of the ships of of the Consortium or from any other the 1014 programme, both of which, it party. We desire to point out that was understood, were to be built there stipulated in its agreement, the recent Amerigan Loan was concluded on the understanding that the proceeds therent should be employed for the specie per ment and reserve of the Bank of Chira, and other industrial purposes." fore there is no ground for a protest.”
Being not satisified with the above reply, the Quadruple Group on the 2nd at addressed the following to the Chinese Government:-
There
Accurate information concerning Ger man-naval construction is, of course, dieult to obtain, but, although there cat be no doubt that their building facilities are being used to the utmost extent, there has been nothing to show, up to the summer of 1916, that as regards the heavier types of ships there had been any departure from the programmes authorized by the Navy Law. The sug- "The Quadruple Group is similar in gestion in the controversy regarding nature to the Quintuple Group. The Grand Admiral von Tirpitz's adminis oxclusion of German Banks was required tration is that he concentrated the by war circumstances, and it does not energies of the yards upon the construc mean any permanent change to the Con- tion of small craft, and particularly A fire broke out at Bonam the day sortium. The exclusion of German Bank, submarines. It was art, indeed, until was notified to the Chinese Government, after the failure of the first under-water before yesterday and raged from 1 am.
which expressed its sympathy in the blockade that attention was redirected to to 11 am causing the destruction of matter, and commenced to negotiate an the provision of large warships. about one hundred buildings, few of administrative loan of $100,000,000 OR
There is still more uncertainty about which were insured. The origin of the the basis laid down in former Long the identity of the German ships which Agreements. This Consortium was ...ert- were present at the Rattle of Jutland, gaged in making varions preparations, but the Hindenburg was certainly there, when it was surprised to learn that the and was badly damaged. Shortly after definite promise before, has now offered the battle, also, Vice Admirals Scheer uses with an object to break its word.and Hipper received the freedom of This Consortium still recognize that the Wilhelmshaven on board the flagship American Loan is a political one, and Wilhelm 17., which was' repairing in that our reasons have been already set forthyard. She must have been one of the in the previous communications."
fire is not yet known,
Chinese Government, which made
A
ARRIVAL OF KWANGST'S GOVERNOR.
The Military Governor, Luk Wing- ting, received a telegram stating that Chan Ping-kwan, Military Governor of Kwangsi, would pay this city a visit, on the 8th inst, in order to settle some political affairs with General Luk. Ine mediately upon receipt of this telegram, General: Luk has sent the gunboat Lee Man to welcome the visitor and afford TO HELP CHINA IN THE UNITED him protection.
ARRESTED FOR SMUGGLING OPIUM.
JAPANESE AID FOR SINO- AMERICAN TRADE,
STATES.
battleships laid down at the same time as the Ilindenburg. The third ship in the programme for 1913 was the battle- ship" 7" building at the Howaldt yard, Kiel, and due to be completed at the same and the tinie as the Wilhelm 11. Hindenburg. It is possible that she also z present at the Battle of Jutland, and she may have been one of the vessels of the Dreadnought class referred to by Sir John Jellicoe as having been seen
to sink.
BUTER-DREADNOUGHTS,
NEW ** BARALONG” CASE.
A GERMAN CHARGE OF “BRUTALITY.”
CRUSHING BRITISH REPLY.
The Secretary of the Admiralty made the following announcement last month:
The German Press are trying to make capital out of what they describe as conjectured to be the incitement of second Baralong case. One object may be American opinion against Great Britain; another, the provision of arguments in unrestrained" submarine favour of an
campaign.
The facts are perfectly simple. On the morning of September 24th, 1915, in the western channel the Uit was engaged in British merchant steamer, sinking a While she was so engaged, a converted merchant vessel, commissioned as one of H. auxiliary ships, approached the aubmarine and the sinking vessel. Her character was not at once recognized, and, in order that the submarine might within not submerge before she was range, she hoisted neutrals colours-a nerfectly legitimate ruse de guerre When within range she hoisted the White Ensign, as all British ships of war are required to do, fired on and sank the submarine The immediate preoccupa tion of her commander was to rescue the crew of the British vessel sunk by the submarine, who had been compelled to take to their boats 50 miles from the near est port, When this had been done, HM, ship closed one of the boats of the sunken steamer which had broken adrift, into which two survivors of the sub- marine's crew had climbed. These were rescued in the same way as, but aftor, their victimas.
on
The use of a neutral dag in order to approach within range of an enemy is a recognized practice of naval war, and has been repeatedly adopted by the Gor plans themselves in this war; the face, for instance, secured most of her victims It is difficult to bolieve that anybody. by this method.
xcept a German would base on theso facts an accusation of "bratality the ground that it was the English and not the German survivors who were saved first by a matter of a few minutes, The whole allegation affords a very fine example of the typical German mentality. It is the first obligation of the non- German to save German life, no re- iprocal obligation rests on the German. Any surprise or ruse de guerre by tho become practised illegitimate when
against According to the Japan Times, the
Germans is legitimate; all
Germans Japanese Foreign Office intends to ap
The statement that the Admiralty bad point a few diplomatic ofheials well versed in Chinese affairs as members of The ships of the 1914 prografame were
ever issued orders that survivors of the Japanese Erabassy in Washington the battleship Ersatz-Kaiser Frederik German submarines need not be rescued This is interpreted as signifying that the 17 and the battle-cruiser Ersati-Victoria, is an absolute lie and was explicitly government intends to furnish reliable, and these vessels were due to be denied in the Noto of his Majesty's information respecting China and things launched this year. If they have not Government on the Paralong ease, dated Chinese to American official and the been advanced any more than those of the February 2th, 1915. public in view of the increasing interest 1913 programme, they would be about The Baralong onse was the subject of in China ahown by Americans, especially now taking the water. It may fairly be several communications between the American capitalists and traders.
The measure will serve as a means for assumed that the vessel mentioned in the German Government and the British commander of the guulcat Kung oo Promoting close relations and harmonious telegram from Copenhagen is one of them. Foreign Office, The Germans accused the
co-operation between
and The fact, however, that she ia named the eommander and crow of the Baratong of Japanese businessmen in the economic Bayern hardly in keeping with her the murder of the crew of a German classification as a battle cruiser. All the submarine on August 19th, 1915, at the development of Chins.
A despatch from New York early last Gorman ships of that type, from the time the sabmarine was sinking the month reported that Japanese merchants Blucher onwards, have bore the names British steamer zavian, Sir Edward. have been unusually active in America of military leaders, and it has been the Grey rejected the evidence on which this recently; just as they have been active battleships which have received the names charge was brised and offered to submit in Russia and other countries, where the of States of the German Empire. It the Baralong case, with the sinking of opportunity for trade expansion presents may be, of course, that in honour of the the Arab and the Ruel, and the firing. itself. It is now evident that the Japan visit of the King of Bavaria (Bayern) on the crew of a stranded British sab- ese is not only alert to sell his goods in to the German Fleet after the Battle of America, but that some of his advertising Jutland the new ship has been so called; experts see the opportunity to help or, again, it may be to celebrate the Americans spread their goods in Japan successes of Prince Rupprecht on the and China,
General Lang Chai-kwong took with him about one hundred cases of opium when he left this city. He instructed his subordinates to retail the drug in the inland places when he left the Tiger Island For Kingchow. The local officials have received nuthoritative instructions to pay particular attention to this matter. It is reported that Lam Cheong,
was arrested for smuggling opium, in the Heungshan district, the drug being found under the deck of his ship. The case I will be tried at the military samen. GENERAL LUNG AND COMMANDEL LUK.
Commander Luk Lan-ching has been instructed by the Central Government to prooved immediately to Kingchow in Defence order to assume the position of Commissioner. He bas, therefore, sent five hundred of his soldiers to Kingchow to arrange for his arrival. Unexpectedly, his yamen has been drcupied by General Lung Chakwong's soldiers, who are insisting upon remaining there. The local Governors have received a report on the matter and will take definite steps to deal with FLYING COLLEGE:
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marine, to an impartial tribunal. The German Government rejected the offer, stating that as the British Government had refused reparation, they found them- selves obliged to take in hand the punish- With the construction of the Whelm.ment of the alleged crime, and to apply the II. a new type battleship, heavier than the retaliatory measures which the König, and carrying eight isin. guns circumstances of the case demanded. instead of 10 12in., was begun.
These Times. vessels are super-Dreadnoughts, and as It is vaguely known that France had regards gun-power are a reply to our Queen Elizabeths. The battle-cruiser of her munitions crisie just as we had. M.
the same year was only designed to carry Robert Pinot, who is secretary of the
12in. guns, and, although it was assumed Committee of French Ironmasters, in a lecture before the School of Political that she might have been given heavier Schence, lifts the curtain partially and weapons, there were no reported indica allows us to see what the problem was for tions of this in the Battle of Jutland, in which, as Mr. Churchill said, the enemy France. On the 17th September, 1914. The establishment of an Aeroplane General -Joffre told M. Millerand, the sprang no surprises. Germany thus has Flying College in Canton has long been Minister of War, that the army had only two 15in, gun ships of which we have knowledge in the water at present. Buggested by the local officials, and it practically exhausted its reserves of shells apart from the Bayern. Whether she is for the 754. The thaily production at
a battle-cruiser or a battleship, the last- General Joffre was decided to appoint Captain Tom that time was 13,500.
German Fleet after its recent losses. It Gunn to take charge of the institution, domanded that it should be immediately named will be a welcome addition to the increased to 100,000, French industry was is uncertain whether even yet the repairs. Owing to the injury he sustained some utterly disorganised. On the day of to such battle-cruisers, as were left them mobilisation all the metal workers of time ago, the project could not be pro-
military age, all the engineers, all the after the engagement have been complet cceded with. General Luk, regarding heads of establishments felt their worked. Although, too, the Kaiser and the Konto ere reported to be unte more in the provision of up air service as highly to join the colours. The works were left the effective list, if our submarines have important to the military forces of the with terribly depleted etatis, and were
in little more good fortune it is evident, completely thrown out of gear by the country, has allocated a bus uf four loss of their heads; or nicht from the Admiralty communique issued yesterday, that other battleabips will soon hundred thousand dollars from the certain districts far from the war zone
need replacement. The numerous reports revenue to the College, which will be the factories could not be kept going and of increases in the construction of mer the furnaces were blown out. Even the opened as soon as Capt. Tom Gunn is arsenals lost much of their staffs and cantile tonnage in Germany show, how- perfectly recovered.
had to reduce output. Then came the ever, that there is no apparent lack of invasion and the occupation of the in- men and materials in the shipyards, dustrial regions of the north and cast. A German authority in January, 1915, estimated that the invasion had paralysed the defence of France. The output of the iron mines was reduced by D0 per cent, Decrees issued on November 6th provide and the production of steel by 80 per for the raising of existing and the asses- cent. To make matters even worse, only sing of taxes in order to meet the the armament works had the special payment of the interest on the War hydraulic presses for making the 75 Lans. The principal innovations ara shells. How France solved her problem the following:-
NEW TAXATION IN ITALY,
WAR CHARITIES. The aura of £59,000,000 was subscribed to War Charity funds during the first two years of the war, including donations from the Dominions and Culonies. The total includes £20,000,000 for the relief of distress and the re-establishment of men returning to sivil life, £8,000,000 for sick and wounded, £6,000,000 for comforts, and £10,000,000 for assistance to Allies On November 1st, the Prince of Wales' and when it made provision for only a Perfumery soap is taxed at the rate of National Fund totalled £8,000,000, of small reserve of shells. The root of this 19 per cent." which three-fifths have been spent, chiefly mistake lay in its whole conception of in meeting the soldiers' allowances of the war of the future. Orthodox military which the War Ofice has delayed pay thought in France held that the war ment. The Comforts Fund includes would be short. It would be decided by £1 500,000 spent by the Y.M.C.A., the a big battle, or perhaps a few big Church Army and Salvation Army for battles, in which on the French side (anil the entertainment of fighting men in presumably on the German also) only training camps and abroad. The sum the army with the colours and the of £8,000,000 was collected for Belgian youngest reserves would take part. That relief. Half of this sum has been spent is the thesis which Jaures attacked in his fully Army," Events have by the Neutral Commission in Belgium and £3,000,000 has been speat in feeding, justified his criticisms and his forecasts clothing, and lodging Belgian refugees in Even in this world of experts there is Britain,
still room for the man of genius.-Ex.
is perhaps less interesting than another Men called to the Colours but occupied inquiry. It is fairly plain that the on work at home are liable to a tax on French General Staff made a grave error their salaries varying from 1 to 3 per when it mobilised the munition workerscent.
New
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ATHLETIC SPORTS, JANUARY 187, 1917. Entries, which dose on Thursday, Dec. 21st, should be addressed to Inspector 0. Alves, e/o Orderly Room Sergeant. All ranks are expected to keep this date open, and give their support to the meeting. The Prizes are ex- hibited at Headquaters' Club,
APPOINTMENT.
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(Sgd.) F. C. JENKIN, Hongkong, 12th December, 1910.
WANTED A RISE.
A Jewish youth asked his employer, also a Jew, for a rise in wages, "I don't know whether you have earned one," was the reply. How many hours a day do you work?" "Eight," said the youth. Existing taxes on business stamp dues. The descendant of Abraham then mader and motor-car and cycle licences are the following calculations There are
368 days in this year, it being leap year," raised considerably.
he said. You work eight hours, or one-third of a day, which comes to 122 days a year. You don't work Sundays, which reduces the number of actual work. ing days to 70, and being a Jew you' don't work Saturdays, which brings it down to 18 days There are four Bank Holidays, which reduces it to 14; and- confound you you have just had a fort- night's holiday, so you don't work at
The tax on war profits is doubled. The land and income taxes are raised. An additional leam tax of 5 per cent. is assessed in respect of flats,
A monopoly of playing cards is established.
Inland telegraph rates are raised by 40 per cent. for the first 12 words,
It is expected that a revenue of about £8,000,000 a year will be raised by these imposts-Times,