THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, JUNE 22ND, 1917.
CUTLER PALMER & CO'S CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL
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Direction.
WEATHER REPORT.
On June 21st at 12.12 — No returns from Prossaro sa incrassaă China kha S. Maschurik
over the northern rart of the Chira Son
Hongkong rulafall for 24 hours suding a 1001-day, 0.27 luch,. Total snow 1st January, 24.40 nebre, against, an average of
THE CHANNEL TUNNEL. RAPID CONSTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
FUTURE INFLUENCE ON TRAVEL,
ROAD ACROSS ALBANIA, | ALLIES LINE FROM ADRIATIC TO ÆGEAN,
LEARNING GERMAN.
Much will depend on our recognizing: that Briton and Teuton are very diferent naburen if we are to safeguard our posi- tion. It is far too often contended that During the latter part of the winter recent German conduct is the outcome of Labed lightly low or 'Yes Sir Francis For, the well-known Civil while waiting for the campaigning season education; as if conduct were ever a
low over the actingat, with Engineer, in an intersting address be to open, the Allies have done a great deal
centre to the northlore the Royal Geographical Society on of hard, useful work in a now part of the mere matter of education. All sorts of
JA SAMO the Geographical Aspects of the
what our education should or should not. Moderate for fresh S IV. winds will prevall Channel Tunnel, aid the depth of the Balkans in Albania Vitoare therefore put forward as to Our efforts there have met with mors be to prevent us from falling into those "British Channel north and south of that remarkable ravins near Guernsey La success than any previous attempt to deal horrid German was all sorts of rain 34 with Albania since the time of Trajan, hopes are being held out of porce to be Grande Fosse-averaged from fathome, but the soundings in the ravine The line occupied by our troops stretches secured in the future through medica itself rapidly increased until they reached right across the country, and whore they tions of men's views by education. There remains virile and strives to attain to 110 fathoms That raving was nothing aro there is peace and security They can be no real peace, so long as maD less than the remains of the great river safeguard the Bank of our main forces of past geological ages, which was an lying on the front between Monastir and what he regards as higher ends.
In future, our nation will need to read, active agent in eventually separating Etavros. They cut off communication be
in order that we may combat his wiles"" England from France The white chalk tween our enemies the Austrians and the German literally and most thoroughly, Binds mocliffs of England and France in the Bulgarians in the north and our sami.
we must not again make the mistake of Hassle to treats, neighbourhood of Cape Grimez rested enemies the Greek irregular bands to the
assuming that he can ever play the part qual el ad upon a lover bed of grey chalk, the south. They hold and protect the road of altruist or understand the doctrine of Cenomian, some 200ft in thickness, and joining Santi Quaranta, opposite Corfu, live and let live; it is probable that his that in turn lay upon a solid bed of with Florina and Salonica, up which wo instincts will over savour of the barbaric and that he will domineer, if possible. gault. Both beds were very euitable for can bring supplies, tunnel construction, being almost, if not I have just returned from the journey Maybe the Roman strain in no se con wholly, impervious to water. In deciding in a motor car by this road right ditioned softness, and maybe also we owo- upon the actual route of the Channel across Albania and back (wrote Mr to it our inveterate habit of straying into,
Ward Price from Salonika regions outside our island and making tunnel this one great precaution which G
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Bole in bottles of 100 Caponién.
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1. Batonovan, reduced to 32 deztem Embran- heit, on the lowel, of the sea in inales, tenths sad hundredtni,
Bouth Court of Chins between. The same
Reguhere and LaMonke
Bonth Cost of China betways – The mama, se
had to be, and had been, taken was to recently) It was, I believe, the ourselves at home and asern agreeable. Keep the work well within the thickness urst English motor car to journey into Because we are so different, the Teuton of the greychalk, but as the line tüight, the interior of Albania. Unfortunately, will never appreciate our peculiar roti near the two coasts have for a short it remains there, having had a serious cence, the way in which we shrink from HONGKONG'S STORM SIGNALS distance to ran out of that bed, it was brouk down at place there no repair giving outward expression to our feel- bus enabled us to- so arranged as there to enter the gaul, facilities exist. The road is beyond doubtings, the which was another equally good and the most dangerous in Europe, climbing penetrate everywhere and yet not appear water-tight material. Owing to the ob-range after range of precipitous moun Australia and Canada, where modesty, has
A NEW CODE,
PROSTILE CONTINGENCIES,
to be assertive, except perhaps in
servance of these precautions the tannol tains in dizzy zigzags But the astonish would not make a beeline" from ing thing is that there should be a road yet to be cultivated and some apprecia New locaj and non-local
storm England to France, but the slight curve passable for motor-cars at all, and that tion of our Island conditions arrived at brand, high-wheeled Italian lorries should The opinion here expressed of the German signals codes will be introduced - introduced was otherwise of no import be carrying supplies where you could have character was formed, prior to the war of st Hongkong on July 1st, in place of ance
travelled only on horseback berely 1870, during a several years residence at a North German University and has renuple of months ago, merely been confirmed by the events of the old Local Code and the China Coast'
So it is, however, and our Balkon front the present warNot only, has the in- Code:
now stretches in a continuous line from bearable military arrogance of the Ger- the Egenn to the Adriatic. You leave man nation been developed during the the English sentry on the shore of the interval but an outspoken commercial Gulf of Orfans you find an Italian arrogance from which it is difficult to Italian sentry on the shore of the Corfu withhold justification, has also been Channel Two hundred and fifty miles brought into existence and it has long in a straight line and 360 as you follow been clear that this would eventually the twisting road all that way the necessitate the struggle now upon us Allied forces are in touch; all that front is covered either by our trench line or by posis in constant communication one with another.
Signal, Symbol.
DAY SIGNALS.
Meaning
is the shado, is degr-Red cone-A typhoon exists which
Fahrenbelt,
#HUMDITY in pertentage of saturation, the humidity
of air saturated with molare being 100
-DinOrion or Wind, to two points.AS
Fononor Winu, according to Beaufort Scals 6. Bragh or Whizana, b'blue sky, detached cloud, d'drisaling sain, I tog, gloomy, h hail, I lightning, o overcast, p passing showers, qʻagusi, Tsain, snow, è thunder, y visibility, w dwn (wak). Bawin Jughea, lontha and hundrada. HONGKENG TIDE TABLE,
From 2201 to 28-h June,
HIGH WATER
Hrong
Timo
Height
LOW WATER
Helyht
Fri
Salur ga
3
7 16 41
32 08 33 08
O
3.8 449 93
Mon 25 in 2813952885
7:57 #16) I'm 643 13 7
28. m\2.
Wid 27 m 3
Tour 25 321 40m__948 3 6 93036 20
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Don't worry, take SARCOL
167-3
may possibly cause gale ut Hongkong with
in 24 hours.
Warnings to such effect have been fre- quent but without avail: we English na a nation have understood the Germans little as we understand the Japanese. We under- do not seem to he bent on trying to srand then even now. If we were, we should not be so foolish is to decry the
In the Channel above the sea-bed the maxunum depth of water would be from The principal change in the Local Code 180ft, to 180ft, and as they would be in that the new signals will show the asked to leave undisturbed such a cover of chalk over the roof of the structure direction from which the gale is expected, as would guard against any possible whereas the old signals showed the posihostile contingency that solid protec tion of the typhoon. The latter will be tion had been fixed at a minimum of 100ft, The tunnel would consist of two tubes, indicated, as heretofore, by the non-local as in the case of the great Simplon signals. The new Local Code is given tunnel (12 miles in length) in the Aips. The reasons for adopting twin tunnels below.
were numerous and included better facilities for ventilation, drainage, te pairs to the structure and permanent way. when required during traffic as well as greatly increased safety in case of 4,000,000 travelling between France and teaching of their language in our schools derailments. It prenosed that the Belgium and 4,000,000 between France it is imposible to know a people, if you work of excavation he performed and Germany. The probabilities were do not know their language. We should. by revolving cutters, fixed in Greathead confidently anticipated by Baron Emile learn it, if only in self-preservation but shields, by which system à rapid rate of d'Erlanger, Chairman of the Channel we cannot well leave out of arcours a advance would be attained; the debris Tunnel Company, that the trafic would we have done hitherto, the fact that our being removed from the face by as the result of the opening of a sub own language is as much derived from Teutonic as it is from classmateca- high-speed endless belts. These would be marine railway, double or treble itself. And no nation has greater reason than so arranged as to deliver their load not only in regard to passengers but ours to know the world; if this he direct into waggons without the noces in respect of perishable goods retiring admitted, it follows, however, that in sity of shovelling or of manual labour. prompt, delivery and further, that the future we must he linguists. Science care All the work would be carried on by financial return upon the capital expand and no other verdict-Prof. Armstrong electrically driven machinery, by whiched would be highly satisfactory It must the volume of air required for ventila not be forgotten that a funnel would tion would be greatly reduced, and as require no terminal stations with expen rangements would have to be made so that excavations and other operations could be carried on simultaneously at many points, thus abbreviating the period required for construction. The diameter of each tunnel should be 181t, so is to accommodate main line rolling stock At intervals of 200 yards along the entire length cross tunnels would bo formed, both to enable empty waggons
2.—Black cons.--Gale expected from the
North (NW to NE), u
8-Black cono
inverted-fiale expected from the
South (8.E to 8W) 4.—Black drum,—Gale expected from the
East (N.E. to S.E), 6-Black hell-Gale expected from the
West (N. W. to 9. W.). 6.Double cone-Gale expected to in
create
7-Black cross-Wind of typhoon force expected (any direc tion).
Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by three explosive bombs, fired at intervals of 10 seconds at the Water Police Station and repeated at the Harbour Office,
The signals will be lowered when it is considered that full danger is over.
The Day Signals will be displayed at the masthead of the storm signal mast on Blackhead Hill, the Harbour Office, H.M.S. Tamar, Green Island signal mast, the Blagstaff on the premises of the Hong kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown. Company at Kowloon, the flagstaff on the premises of the Standard Oil Company at Laichikok, and the fagstaff near the Field Offeer's Quarters at Lyemun.,
NIGHT BIGNALS (Lamps) White white-white.
9-White-green-green.
3-Green-wizite-whito.
4.-Green-green-white. B.-White-white-green.. 6Green-green-green.. 7-Red-red-red,
The Night Signals will be displayed, at sunset, on the tower of the Railway Station, on H.M.S. Tamar, and on the Harbour Office flagstaff. They will have the same signification as the day signals, Signal No. will be accompanied by explosive bombs as above, in the event of the information conveyed by this signal being first published at night,
· AUFPLEMENTARY WARNING,
Captain C, Sorenson, who arrived in Manila catly in January after having landed on the coast of Mindanao in an open boat with two comrades claiming to have set sail from Jave, was arrested by the Philippine Constabulary authorities on the 7th instant, when he was brought
States transport Thomay, after haring back to Manila on board the United attempted to stow away and get to the United States on the troopship leaving. Manila March 15th.LAN
sive staffs, nor would it have to provide GERMAN SKIPPER'S ODYSSEY. locomotives and rolling stock, as all those would be supplied by the main line- British and Freich systems. The Tune Company would simply be required to construct the works, operate the pumping and ventilation, machinery, maintain the permanent way, and keep the signalling and telegraphic equipment in order. Everyone could now realise of what to be brought in by one line, fall wag- enormous value the tunnel would have guns despatched on the other, and also proved had it existed at the beginning of to permit a most excellent system of the present war, in saving so many valu ventilation to be installed. Foul airable lives, in vastly reduced suffering of should be considered as a giur on the the sick and wounded, and in immunity management, as unfair to the workmen of ships from floating mines and sub- ad injurious to the progress, in addi- marines The immense reduction which tion to its being an unnecessary expense would have bean, possible in the army of to the company. In the Simplon tunnel duck labourers at the Channel ports of a very large volume of fresh air was England and France must also be taken always provided, even at the most distant into account, and, added to that, the places at which operations were proceed great facilities available for the trans ing The workinen would be conveyed to port of troops, stores, guns, ammunition their various duties and brought out advantages beyond computation. Car again at the end of their shift by electainly the entire cost of that great and trical trains. It was anticipated that desirable work would have heep defrayed the daily rate of progress would be such severs, times over. There was, however, as bau -ver been attained heretofore perhaps one advantage in the fact that any ti nel. To secure this no work a tunnel constructed at the present time, would be permitted on Sundays, except with our increased knowledge of the for ventilation, pumping, and cases of problems involved, would be superior in argent repair. The tunnel could be several important respects to what would return to Germany, but there were toe worked, ventilated, and pumped by elec have been the case had it been built many enemy vessels about and they had to run for the Far East in the hope of tricity supplied from a power-station in twenty-five years ago.
finding a safe haven to lie in until such Kent, possibly 10 miles inland. The LONDON TO BYKRYWHERE BY BAIL problem of ventilation when reguler So Boon 43 trains could pass under repairs as were necessary could be made, traffic was running would consequently the Channel they would be able to traverse DD the steamer They were eventually be comparatively simple, no combustion France, Belgium, Holland, Spain, Italy, forced to run into Batavia, and it was of coal on the railway being necessary Germany, Austria Bungary, and Turkey from there, they said, they had set forth The tuncel would be maintained under far as Constantinople without any to come to the Philippines, in the hope difficulty a to gauge or minimum of getting to the Faited States, and from structures. The Orient express eumed the United States ultimately to Germany, tien formerly left London at 9 am,, ;
the authority of the War Office, and a dip in the level of the rails, forming & water lock by which the tunnel could in case of emergency be filled with water inconvenient hour for many; but so soon
When local signals are displayed in the Harbour a Cone will be exhibited at the following stations Gap Rock Waglan, Stanley, Aberdeen, Sau Ki Wan, Sai Kung, Sho Tam Kos and Ta Peighbouring forts. That water would to notify the fact to native craft ad not injure the tunnel works, and it could passing ocean vessels.
only be pumped out by the energy de veloped at the power station inland. Further details can always be given Entrance and exit of both tunnels would to ocean vessels, on demand by signal likewise be under the gun fire of all the from lighthouses,
forts and of vessels in the naval harbour of Dover
The object of the code in to give at least 24 hours warning of a gale (Force 5 by Beaufort Scale, or 40-45 m.p.h, mean
velocity by Dines Anamonteter) and also Warnings of expected changes in the direction and force of the wind Owing however, to the uncertain movements of typhoons and to insuficient telegraphic observations, it will occasionally happen that signals 2 to 6 may be displayed without a gale occurring at Hongkong or even Cap Rock, but the reverse is not likely to happen, except in the case typhoons, forming in the vicinity, and travelling rapidly towards Hongkong, or of located typhoon increasing it rate of progression abnormally.
Signal No. 1 is intended as a warning to Stand By and watch for the next
signsi
In the new non-Locs! Code the approx mate velocity of the porta centre, will be show, in addition to its direction of mation, and the position of the centre will be givro in degress of aninda and longitude. The Hung at which the ing an inued will also be shown.
TO PARIS UNDER AIX H
ATX HOURS.”
Captain Sorensen claims that he started from Germany with aros end supplies. for German troops in East Africa. They arrived too late to be the fellow countryinen, who had beriven inmair by the British They are discovered by:: British patrols and to 10 Mar hiding-place in a river. Lere the guns of the British vessels, sought, them out, and the Marie was hit in 150 places and had 21 holes below the water line. The ship was prepared for just such an emer- gency, however, and they repaired all the damage in about six hours, set shit, and passed the British blockaders without be ing seen. Their intention was to attempt
In the King's Bench Division, last-
from floor to rest for a length of a mile as the Chaunel tunnel was an accomplish-NATURALISED GERMAN
OBTAINS DAMAGES FROM would also be under the control of the ed fact it could be arranged to leave at Commandants of Dover Castle and the noon and still depart from Paris at the
ANM.P. usual hour. It would pass through Gez- many and Austria-Hungary to Bucharest, or through Bulgaria to Constantinople A quarter of an hour later a train would month, John Gruban, a naturalised Ger leave Charing Cross as the Nord express man, and ex-chairman of Haigh Graban, for Brussels, Berlin, and Konigsberg to Limited sued Mr. F. Handel Booth, Petrograd and for Warsaw, Minsk, and Liberal MP for Pontefract, for damages Moscow, where it would correspond with for, depriving him of his business oon- the Siberian railway express to the Far nection with Haigh Groban Company, East, and provide commanication alas Limited, of Oldham, The gauges of the English and French with the charming, and healthy watering. Mr. Justice Coleridge, in summing up, railways were very similar, as was proved places in the Southern Crimea, where said that there was little doubt that by the fact that at the present time great developments were taking plas Booth strove to prevent Gruban appeal hundreds of the largest English and At further intervals of a quarter of an to the tribunal being successful, although Scottish locomotives with thousands of hour the Rome express would leave for Booth kote the tribunal had decided trucks were running in regular traffic on Paris the Riviera, Rome ri Turin and upon his release. He spoke about the French railways, rendering invaluable Milan, and Brindisi, followed by the Sud spy cupboard in Gruban's office, but the service in the transport of the Allied express to Paris Bordenas, Madrid, cupboard was a perfectly harmlear thing. forces. Trains would be run direct from Algeria on the one hand, or to Lisbon on and had nothing to do with GermAAK- London to Paris in less than six hours, the other Communication would be pro- The summing up concluded with an im- and these could, if required, travel at a vided not only with Belgium, Holland; pressive reminder to the jury that the
headway of not more than ive to ton and Denmark, but also with Finland, mans were ruthless and barbarous minutes. Doubtless in course of time more than two pairs of rails would be Sweden, and Norway rid Terus That foes, but that the plaintiff was entitled The jury found that Mr. Handel Booth. required to deal with the enormous wonderful network of railways dealk only to an unbiased judgment
with Europe, out the lecturer proceeded volume of trafic which must inevitably to show that far greater developments falsely and fraudulently represented that develop in each direction. It should be were possible. It might seem to-day to be he could prevent Gruban from being remembered that, owing to dislike of the Channel crossing, our Continental neigh a very remarkable prospect, but it was no attacked, and fraudulently represented means impossible of realisation that with that the Ministry of Mcnitions had in- bours never went on board ship if they in a comparatively few years travellers formed him that Gruvin, would be in could avoid it, and the prewar traffic from London would be able to reach such terned unless he resigned from the com from Continental porta to England distant places as, India, and China, and pany. The fury did not find that Booth and tree teria did not exosed 1600,000 Malas States, without leaving the had caused plaintiff to be interned. They bassengers a year, as compared with railway systems of the world, through returned a verdict for the plaintiff with:
the medium of the Channel tunnel.
damages assessed at £4,750 (Continued at foot of next columa)