IBRITAIN'S BLOCKADE.
EFFECTS ON GERMANY.
An extremely interesting apouch on the British blockade of Germany and its effects on Germany was recently delivered at Nottingham by Lord Robert Cecil, the Minister of Blockade. He said that we were not fighting to crush Germany We night just as well talk about crush- ing the Equator. The Germans were a great fact, and must and would be re- Dagnised, We did not wish to annihilate Germany. Our wish was to show hen the truer Freedom, to inspire her with a real ideal of cationhood. He was not one of those who derided the idea of a League
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY MARCH
TRADE FINANCE AFTER
THE WAR.
EXTENSION OF FACILITIES TO
TRADERS
The following, by Mr. W. F. Spalding, author of Foreign Exchange and Foreign Bills," is from the British Trade Review:-
It seems almost a mockery, when we are in the throes of this great war in any way to attempt to discuss post war finance more especially when we remember
NAVY IN CENTRAL AFRICA 10,000 MILE JOURNEY TO LAKE
TANGANYIKA
A member of the British naval exped, tion to Lake Tanganyika, ss related some of his romantic experiences to the Central News,
"The African naval expedition, stated, composed of 27 officers and men, under Commander Spicer Simson, RN (now D.8.0), left England in June, 1916, taking with them too smal armontred
SOTT 1917
NDIAN
WEATHER REPORT.
VICEROY ON NEW
DEFENCE FORCE.
On the 99th at Noon. No ratures from BRITISH UNITS TO BE RELEASED. | Japanese stations Pressure has inoressed slightly Vladivostock, and lecreased slightly Lord Cheloistard, the Viceroy of India,st all other reporting stations. presiding over the first meeting of the Im The anti-cyclone be spread slightly to
sónthward and eastward, Winter perial Legislative Council'a Session 1 Delhi on February 7th, and that the Government's activities were Hongkong rainfall for at Louis auxing af being concentrated upon the one subject of 4000 RE Tơ ino 11 how best to hesist the Empire to achieve victory. Their future motto must be,
Strong mansons is indicated over the, Chira See
Effort, and yet greater efort Lord Chelmsford referred to Lord Hardinge 6, to-day le ha falo appeal in 1915 to the Legislative Council
134 hoüre andig at boon
of Pesce, but it was our business to carry very aim, idea, and undertaking must motor boats, the Azmi and the Tou-toto abstain from all controversy during war thus war through to a successful issue the present time bo subordinated to each armed with a three-pounder and a tinue in co-operation and to avoid contro Bunghoi to Uso Rock
will not be long delayed, when all who are connected with trade will need to consider the best, the cheapest, and the most up. to-date methods of financing that trade, But it is no good our waiting until the ghd of the war before we begin to think about them things.
the Belgian and drive the Germans maxim gun, the object being to co-operate ell Lake Tanganyika
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that could only be attained in one way one great tank-winning the war. Yet the by form of him. (Cheers.) day must come, and we all hope its coming
I read sometimes (he proceeded) that we are going to defeat Germany by blockade (laughter) but I don't believe, we should be right to trust to s'blockade alone. I am going to say quite boldly that much has been done. We believe that we have absolutely destroyed the overseas exports of our enemies, we believe that we have practically and satisfactorily destroyed all the overside inports into our enemies, and we believe that we have commercial supremacy in the past is to Voyage of 350 miles lay in front of them, State for India Inst autumn, but oving CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL
very largely diminished those imports, and thint trade which Germany carries on with the neutrals who are neighbours of her own. "Of course, that is a much mors dificult matter hon dealing with the overseas exports. Some writer on war has written about the fog of war. He meant that you never know quite what is going on in the enemy's camp. That is true. It is very difficult to be certain of what is happening oror in Germany or in Austria Hungary but for many weeks past the stream of evidence has all flowed in one direction,
One of the principal reasons for British be found in the fact that our forefathers were quick to perceive the wants of their customers: manufacturers made articles which were sure of a rondy sale, and; although to a certain extent they needed financial backing, they never seemed actually to be in want of capital for the furtherance of their trading schemes even when sundry ventures were carried on in foreign parta and it was not usually the bankers who financed their under takinge either. However, what has all this got to do with the after the war prob lem? the dealer may be inclined to ask. Well the moril that one should draw from this is, that what was possible in the post is possible in the future
These boats were taken scross cour try from Capetown through the heart of the Congo bush by traction haulage, oxen, and native labour Roads had to be made and hastily constructed bridges thrown across rivers and gorges until the River Luna was reached. Here a river and after a journey of nearly 10,000 miles the boats were put into the lake on Christmas Eve.,
BOXING DAY FIGHT Christmas Day was occupied in
time, and asked the nety members to con-
The Onvergent intended to dent expedi- versial questions.
tionaly and in a practical spirit with the Public Services Commission report, and the major question, including that of the increased employment of Indians in the higher branches of the Public Ser donth Count of Chins between The use be
their first atten Vice, would political reform the Indian Govern general question ak ment had addressed's the Secretary of to the Cabinete attention being now en- tirely occupied by war matters a speedy reply to this dispatch could be expected,
The time had new arrived for India to release for service in the Beld British
The necessities of the on garrison duty. var made it imperative to organize on Indian Defence Forec, and the matter had been in train for some time past. It was proposed to introduce a Bill into the Coun cil whereby all European British subjects between the ages of 18 and 41 would be liable for general military service in Ladia. Those between the ages of 41 and 50 would be compulsorily enrolled for the ages of 16 and 18 would be enrolled for local military service, and youth, between military training The Government also to enrol Indians in their own proposal
units, which otherwise would be employed
Hongkong and Bauan...
for the duration of the war Within the period of six months, which had been fixed
Bomen Is. for enrolment, the military authorities zou would deal with as many men as possible. Chefeo The force would be confined to Indian wer prite under strict military conditions, and Houkov he felt certain of a great response.
THE ANSWER TO THE
"ZEPPELIN.
chang Kinking Changsha
Shangbea
Quba Bhern Fenk Bharp
A complete defence against the Zeppelin has been found in the new quick climbing Toad
Tainan aeroplanes now constructed by the British Tachn if we are to believe an editoris! writer
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fixing guns in position, and of Boxing Day the Vime and Toutou chased and captured the German gunboat Kingan, after an action lasting barnly 15 minutes A few weeks later the German gunboat Ven Wissmann was sunk by the British flotilla This practically finished the Germans on the lake, the climax being We hear from many sources of food
reached when they blew up their remain ing vessels and abandoned the lake, leav riots, of great crowds of people waiting outside the shops in order to obtain food, Even in recent times great industriesing it in the hands of Lae British and
Belgians, of copper torn from furniture, of door have been commenced, developed, and ear handles, and of church bells being melt-ried to a successful issue without any Having finished their job, the expedi-
tog, their Expegel rubber at all—at any rate for civilian is the gold mining industry of South journey to England on October 21st, 1916, purposes. It seems to be especially be Africa, which has arisen from compara Trekking through the forest of North yond all question that they have littlo tively small beginnings to one of the most Rhodesia, they fund abundant sport wool, and less cotton, and that they are important of ruotern enterprises. Then lions, elephants, leopards, buffalo, and making their clothes of paper and their there is the production of rubber-another varieties of back abounding. On their boots of the same material. 1 do not sees a
wom lighter to beep it liis, free say all these things to gloat over the hard taken a high place in the commerce of the were lighted to keep cfl lions, whose ships which they are suffering (Hear, United Kingdom and its Colonies, and growls could be heard in the darkness. both these valuable adjusets to our foreign Native villagers turned out in hundreds beat.) No Englishman would desire to trade and manufactures were inaugurated to welcome the white men, bringing gifts do that. Hear, hear.) But I do it merely and brought to their present level, not by fowl eggs, and native hear. Often as indicating that I claim on behalf of the aid of the banks, but in the main by the villagers accompanied the expedition the blockade that I have been successful private enterprise and financial aid ac for considerable distances, dancing along proventing the overseas imports into corded to them by the public. It has been and singing the praises of the white men. Germany,
After a thirteen days march the KOST THE ENEMY IS RUYTERING early always so in the trade and com of the British nation, but mercial history In addition to all the other evidence, will this stale of axies prevail in the party arrived at the liver Lukuroo we have the evidenco of the state of future? We think it will, that is in so Heres a fleet of 150 dug-onts canoes things prevailing in Germany and in far is new and untried ventures are con made of hollowed-out tree trunks and Austria itself, and I hope you would rerned. With our standard products and paddled by natives-awaited them. By think that I say it in any hoastful spirit manufactures it may be rather different means of beso canoes they reached the if 1 venture to claim that it is a very and nesuming that what we may call, for swamps of Lake Bunguelo remarkable achievement. I believe the want of a better term, the risky enter The Expedition camped on the bank essential difficulty of the blockade of our prises; will continue to be left in the of the river each evening, always taking enomies will only he realized when the hands of public financiers, how shall we core to get the evening meal over before full story of what has been dono, or a stand in regard to the financing of our darkness came on, as, owing to the tempted to be done, comes to be written, stable trade and industries swarms of mosquitos, fries, and flying When the first raida onaLondon were In the first place, it is tolerably certain beetles, attracted by lights, a meal by wide, the British possessed neither the The chief crodit andoubtedly rests with the magnificen services of our Navy that we shall emerge from this war artificial light was quite impossible guns nor the aircraft in sufficient numbers (Cheers.) But even with the Navy much much poorer nation than we were when Otten during the night, the camp had to or quality to meet, destroy, or drivs back more in this particular blockade was we entered it: we started it with a vast be thifini, owing to the unpleasant at the latest Zeppelins, The auti-aircraft anna essential. A cargo going, let me say, to amount of capital and liquid resources, tantions of millions of ants, moving from guns could not reach effectively the great aga Rotterdam or Copenhagen, or to come but these, it must be remembered, have parts of Sweden or Norway, might, and been terribly dissipated in producing war an old abode to a new one, swarming over heights to which the Zeppelins could rise, Tacloban
attack Since that time both guns and Suriga probably did, in the early part of the contrivances, which from the very nature everything. The bite of these ants was nor could the aircraft rise in time to Holo
of things are destructive atth nor construe distinctly painful, the only remedy being aircraft have become thoroughly eficient labuin war bave a portion of it destined uitive. That is to say much of our wealth to go and stand in the river up to one's for the work. Just in what numbers and mately for Germany, but it might well has disappeared in sujoke, and whete nur
neck and rub the ants off one's body, a
T. F. CLAZIOR, Dweder be that a portion of it was alm destined dinery in the past way utilized to pro In these parts there was a marked: What calibre are the anti-nircint hatteries with which London is now so for a neutral country, and the differ as muce materials, whics fructified and added difference in the attitude of the natives, well defended is not known, but because Hadostaega, reduced to 22 degrade Falians- was to distinguish between the two. That to the wealth of the Kingiem, it is now who in great four fled into the bush on of the great v
value of high velocity and a bait, on the level of them in inches, tenth. aright have happened in regard to copper bring used, and asel to a inch greater the appearance of the white men, From straight trajectory for anti-siromit gun or rubber or leather. That is a problem agree, be it acted, in the production of which is now, and one which is belligerent material which not only arst aid in Lake Banguelo the party were glad to frs, it is a pretty safe guess that there EPARTURE, in the shade, în degass
batteries of guns larger than country had ever to face before; and, fature producing power, but also destroys there a short trek took them to the Iri
oys get into the River on to the raid
The 50-calibre 4.1 and (-inch of elevation, besides that we have to do our best to a vast part of the world's wealth produc-hand of N'Dolo-Daily News.
guns, if fired at high anglos prevent produce of the neutral country ing constituents. We iguore entirely the
have a trajectory of slight curvature and being sent over to Germany. I venture, bruge destruction of human life
the time of fight is small elements which therefore, to think that anyone who gives Having, then, lost in a few short years
simplify the task of the gunner in finding
on a moving target.⠀⠀ Information is pow
The Scientific Americas. Despite the Boshun tendency to exaggeration in the reports of Fescadores this whiter thinks, to gift out the true Hongkong new war material in Europe, it is possible, Canton from the false, and he sees reason to Gap Rock believe that the British in their Jatest scho
whow acroplanes have at last, really found an effective answer to the great German Haibow
mới air-ships. He writes:
of
the
James
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Fahrenheit, men kan
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Dorion OF WIND, to two points.
6. FOBOX OF WIND, according to Beaufort Bosi 6. STATE OF WBarzan, b'ħlue sky, a "datichee
tliqught to the subject will see that this a large proportion of our fixed and float collection without the credit formality and keep table as to the loud, d drizzling rain, 1 fog, y gloomy, bị hail
Way
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prosperous
Successful
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train
to fifteen thousand feet in seven and one-
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REGISTER.
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was a thing which could only be dealt ing capital, we find ourselves in the poul wth by negotiations and agreement betion of wanting to finance a much larger or foreign, or colonial banks to take times anti-Zeppelin aeroplanes, and Lenghtning, orerat, passing showers, disgus tween this country and neutral countries, trade on a much smaller capital. How place of the mporter and act as Faulkner of the Royal Flying Corps, who rain, snow, thunder Aviability, dev (wat and coll not be dealt with in any other are we to do it The point we have to ceptor of bills, and the drawer may rocently landed in New Lork on turlough,
bear in mind is that Englishmen, and the then discount or sell the ncceptance for a given some detazis which agree wit There are some people who say, Scotsinan, and the Irishman of bygone what it will fotch
information we have received from another Well, blockade the neutral country, too, days built up the British Empire's trade Payment, again, may be arranged by source I don't think that comes very well from an extremely small capital and resources the subjects of a country whicir, after in comparison with what we have today, telegraphic transfer immediately den The problem has been to build an all, went to wer in defence of the rigats they put not their trust in bankers, nor ments are handed to the banker, the excroplate with climbing powers sufficient of small nations (Hear hear) Bubid they cry out for Government aasist porter may hypotherate his goods to the cuable it to reach Zeppelin altitudes in ence; their motto was largely that of self bank and receive on them a loan against me to meet the raiders and bring them quite apart from that, it would have been help. The stern realities of life spurred the collateral security; the importer, yet down.
The latest machines are of com- the height of fally to bave proceeded in them on to greater efforts, and this guin, may arrange to get delivery of paratively small wing surface and are any such way. One thing is quite cor- tain, that any conduct of that kind prosperous sours and it goods under one or other of the forms of driven by unusually powerful engines,, the outcome of their trust receipt extant, nad in returu under capable of making speeds of one hundred This writer
my rug for de goods and pay the and twenty in one hundred and to by miles or destroy the very foundations on which those who believe that after this war we ceeds to the banker as and when received per hour. The increase in climbing speed we were waging the war. That, I believe, shall be less handicapped commercially and so wo might go ou enumerating the sonishing, having progressed from an in the past few months has been truly was impossible, but I think we have de than any belligerent Power, and, that various methods by wach importers pay vised plans which, without doing any being drop this continual harp and exporters, obtain payment for their ascent of ten thousand feet in six minutes Wind violence to the rights of the smaller coun- ing on Sint aid for trade and industry produce and manufactures, but we re half minutes tries, without infringing their neutrality, As a speaker at a recent meeting of the without blackening our own face, base Institute of Bankers said. To rely succeeded in our aim namely, in deprive upon Government assistance or the control British bankers are commencing to ing Germany of all the traffic that goes which that necessarily involves, is to rely understand and comprehend the post over the oceans for her. The most success upon a bruised reed upon which, if a man sibilities of this business; we do not say ful device we have employed for that lean, it shall pierce his band. " ** they have misunderstood it in the past, purpose has been what is called the plan We have to struggle to uphold, to stil-dare we say it they were of rationing the neutral country. That maintain, and to extend the British little conservative and not quite so go is to say that Before the war you im sphere of influenco in the commerce of ahead as their foreign brethren. The old ported so much; you shall have that the world, and it need not be assumed order of things has passed, however, and aroount, but you shall not have any mon that the banks will be unwilling to lend one now can safely say that all the bank because we believe any more would be their aid in the fartherance of that greaters, without exception, are ready to con Intended for some further destination. canse, we believe, in fact, that the sider the financing of any concreto pro That plan has been employed with great bankers will not be found wanting in jo posals put before them. They are much sucoisa, and, I believe, on the whole, has itiative where our foreign trade is con- better equipped in many ways than the been a great advantage in the neutral cerned. We repeat, we consider infant bankers were of, say, forty or fifty years and to ourselves. But to successfully industries, now trade ventures, specula ago trade then flourished on small han. employ that plan it is essential, or at any tive enterprises, and the like will and cial facilities, but the capita of the Admiral von Scheer, described as the rate desirable, to carry with won the must continue to rely upon the general buuks has grown, Victor of Skagerrak wired to the goodwill or at the least, the toleration public for financial support, but it will The war has not disministed the bank Tee Free Prene in response to a To of the neutral country concerned, be the banks which must be looked to for ing resources of the country to any great quest for a message on the occasion of the
But, I repest de got in this matter assistame in the great work of helping extent, and there is no reason to suppose ruthless submarine campaign.
I would rather abstatu from deceived: The blockade may do our merchants and manufacturers that the majority of the Joint Stock much, but the blockade alone will never carry on their operations with the utter Banks will not be ready to assist in the message, se both our exalted rulers have atvi give you what you want. That can only most parts of the earth if need be development of our trade in parts of the expread overything necessary. After the
rejection of our peace offer it now be attained by victory in the field. That It seme hardly necessary to recapita world which have so far remained practer of seting to break British sea victory can only be achieved by the assist-late the methods by which our overseas tically untouched. There is a healthy
tyrsany. We shall succeed, confiding in Man atce of very one of you, which I am here trade is financed, but, briefly, there are competition springing up among the the previous performances of our united this evening to ask for. I believe we many ways open to traders They may banks for new business offerings their
force win, because the consequences of draw bills o be draw upon, the bills liquid assets after the war will be secking Marshal von Mackansen, in a message Failure would be disastrous to the world. двубо
or have documents outlets for current operations all the
to the old Leipzig Studente Association,
Lo
We must win because we leave undertaken attached they may be drawn under
a great duty--because to us has been credita opened with bankers, or sent for entrusted a great privilege, (Loud oncer
(Continued at foot of nest Volume,)
The scouting service, both on the North Balc Sea and along the East coast, is now so effective that London is warsed of the approach of the Zeppelin, in time to permit the Zeppelin-chasers to take the air and be in position for an attack before the raiders reach their objective. Various weans are ued by the airmen to bring down the enemy, the roost effective of which is the incendiary bullet.""
VICTORY AGAINST THE WHOLE
WORLD"
HONGKONG TIDE TABLE,
*Tom 30th March to Bib Apill
HOR WATER.
#kong
Mean
Height
LOW WATER.
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Mian
high- 630
bigk por low- en u
Wed
seck is security and this mecurity is as
716
5911A
bm8 195 m 2
wn have said before, to be found not if the whole world were in England's "Th adventurous business, but in furthering
the finance of trade of proved sonsdass service victory must remain with us.'
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