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[FAOM OUR PEKING CORRESPONDENT uselessly Trolonge the war. The deprecia be far more if the wur, lasts another rear PLEMIER AND CABINET RESIGN tion of the mark is the measure of thesha will have to find vast sums of world's opinion of Germany a financial money while luans abroad will be im-
PEKINO, November 20th. position, but velcre we consider what this possible or the terms rainous Apart
Although the President persuaded "depreciation means it may be well to from the stupendous interest on her War Tuan Chi-jui (the Premier) and members indicate briefly what this position is luans, er debt to her municipalities of the Cabinet to withdraw their resigna
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raised her internal loans with regularity, sterling. Hamburg estimates. there is, as the saying goes, "plenty of £75,000,000 will be acuded for shipping other Chinpatang members of the Cabinet. that night, and the Finance Minister and money in Germany. The war industries subsidies alone, an enormous sum will be
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PERING, November 20th.. Tu Liang-tuo, Hunan Tuchun, arrived:} at Peking yesterday.
At a meeting of officers convened by the President it was decided to domand that the South-West withdraw its army.
extent the profits are genuine, for they It is difficult to see how it will be possible represent the labour of the German to revive the system of bonuses and sub people. But there is another aspect of sidies ou which Germany's export trado the matter. Much of the money poured was built up. The vital question at first by those industries into the German war will be imports. That the adverse Jane represents, not profits, but the exchange will compel her to restrict her depletion of German stocks of material imports, as she will have to pay at least of all kinds. Existing stocks have been twice their value, is hoing emphasised in, sold out or used up, and they have to be Germany. But she will have to export replaced at enormous prices after peace. all she can, and quickly, for the sake The actual total of the war credits already of improving exchange, the watch from Hunan. If the demand is not word," said the Wurtemberg Finance complied with military power will be. £4,500,000,000 and Germany is now Minister, must be Export much and used. spending at the rate of £5,000,000 a day. import little. She must export suitable! The boast of Germans that they have things, not her cheap bulky coal, for her meeting at Tan's residence, at which it The Premier and Ministers held a made war cheaply is not justified shipping space will be very limited, and was decided to chastise Hunan, According to a recent expert calculation, for neutral tonnage the Allies will over- the net war expenditure· from August bid her. She is drained dry of many Chang-min and Fan Yuen-lien haver Liang Chi-chao, Tang Hwa-lung, lán 4th, 1914, to February 24th, 1917, was raw materials, and she cannot manufac about £500,000,000 greater in Germany ture for export unless she first imports raw
resigned than in Great Britain, deducting each material, and she must restrict imports, country's loans to its Allies. The Mini- even if, again, the Allies do not outbid ter of Finance for Wurtemberg, in her for available stocks A finer vicious tion of speech on August 1st, calculated that the circle" cannot be imagined-to
Kwongs interest on the German War Loans, with she must first import, but to import ahe export the expenditure on war pensions, amount must first export. Even if we leave ont ed yearly to 7 milliards of marks, and of the question the huge valucs that Ger- said it was extremely difficult to form many will have to find for the restoration picture of the economie effects on the of the countries she has ruined, we do not
The President has wired to Luog Cuir kong again urging him to take up the
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this sum, together with the five milliards anything much worse than that with yearly which were raised before the war," which peace threatens her. That is to say, he takes the amount Gar many alrendy" requires to raise annually at £600,000,000 nominal, or about one- third of the total annan taxable income Bellahouston Hospital with ticket No. ACTING TUCHUN'S RETURN. of the country before the war. Berr. RATHENAU, head of the AEG.. has vocntly calculated that the capital Wealth of Germany has decreased 20 per cent, C.,
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We beg to acknowledge with thanks, the following donations to the Services En tertainment Fund, B. E. Belilios, 850 ARNEY. --At the General
Aunt Dorothy 830; and Hospital, Shanghai, o November 18th, Eps back to where she was in 1900 quated Outport," pas
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HONGKONG, 21er Nova, 1917.
GERMANY'S FINANCIAL
OUTLOOK.
The war, however, is not get over, and daring the last year Gormany's daily ex- penditure has increased out of all pro- portion to what it was in the first two
The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Affliated Hospitals acknowledges with thanks a donation
$10.50 to the funds of the hospitals from
St. Andrews Church, Kowl.com,
The Acting Tuchun, Mo Wing-san,, who was ordered to go to Wuchos returned yesterday after having had an interview- with General Luk Wing-ting. TUCHUNGUIP
The Tuchun, Chan Ping kwan, has received a telegrats from General Lük, ordering him to leave Canten at once, and hand the Tucbunship to Mok Wing
Chan left Canton this niteracon by the gunboat waytung. TUCHUN'S NEW GUARDE.
years of the war. Nor is this the whale story for an enormous burden has been thrown, also, on the municipalities,
A very enjoyable Whist Drive was held
The Tuchun, who had previously order- part of which is repayable by the Govern recently by No. 88 Company RGA ted one of his officers to recruit some neng ment, and on the separate States. Unlike Mount Davis, under the suspices of the soldiers for his bodyguard, has been Great Britain, Germany has made no Services Entertainment Fund, who informed that 500 new coldiers were serious effort to meet the interest on her generously provided the prizes, refresh recruited from Kwong-st and that they lang by taxation; she has gambled upon ments and cigarettes Ono hundred arrived at Canton yesterday.
2 way indemnity. It is not t be supposed W.Us, N.C.Os, and men took part. The RAILWAY COMMUNICATION
that she can possibly rains-yearly a good prizes were presented by end Lieut. FC Railway traffic, which was stopped deal over one-third of her total taxable Millington, at whose suggestion n vote ct by certain armed lands at Sher Lung PROFESSOR JASTROW, of Berlin, in his book name, and the question of a capital levy thanks was passed to the Servicestation,, has been resumed to-day.
Geld and Kredit in Kriege,” says that
FONTANA the Germans
ystem of war finance rests: ca no foundation but conndence in the success of German arms. He is rather prond of the fact, but at the same time
by
after the war, ranging from 25 per cent. in the gp to 50 per cent, has bien freely dis.
Neussed as an alternative to repudiation
The state of Germany finances has been reflected in the foreign exchanges, The
The
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The authorities have received reports stating that the Southerners captured
SHOPS, vitusted a Los House Street he admits that, as German credit rests on depreciation of the mara has made steady Gunter E. Taylor: 20d, Bombr. Hancox, Sheung tani (near Changaha) yesterday:
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TROCALES IN SHUM-CHUN.
It is reported that there is & rising
Stimmung (a state of mind), it might fall with it. Much the same admission was
po progress until to-day it stands at a die 3rd, Corpl. Smith; and 4th,
made a year ago by the Frankfurter Zeitung, the soundest upon finance of the
according to the calculation of an Ameri
similar gatherings to be held at Mount German papers
long as confidence
can writer, Mr. AC WHITAKER, at the Davis and Belchers for the purpose of can be maintained, it's wrote the time when the mark stood at 2017 per cent. Providing relaxation during the winter of the Peoph. Azmy in Shunchuh technique of war finance holds out had already lost 43 per cent of its pur-
discount in terms of American dollara, it months. especially as paper and the printing-press aro not only able to produce
At the Supreme Court, yesterday, the the time, but are an admirable means of must be the position now? The situation Attorney-General moved for the admis producing a brilliant deception regarding
is beginning to be rezarded very serions on of Mr. A. E. Hall, to practice as We are informed thas Generalissimo the actual impoverishment by artificially
in Germany. From time to time measures
pavano solicitor. He said that Mr. Hall is £6
producing buying power," It is agreed
for
chasing power in Germany. What then,
Lave been taken fy deal with the deprecia
son of Mr. Sio Tak Fan, well-known to the Court and the Colony. He was
Lint while the war lasts, Germany wifion, but they have had little effectducated at the Diocesen School and left continue to find the necessary money, to last the Government had no alternative for England in 1912, and passed his ex- long as the people retain confidence in the but to export gold. A little gold had ammation as a Solleitor in June of this
Government that is to say, war, finance, like much eko in break down as the
defeat
The une
been exported from time to time, but had
year. He joined the Honourable Artil
(outside the New Territory), The ai thorities have been requested to sendi troope THE GENERALISSIMO,
Sun Tatsen went to Wuchos recent!
to consult with General Luz Wing-tang.
A fire broke out shortly after 2 o'clock the Ching Provident Loan and Mortgage Yesterda afternoon at the Godawn of
Company West Point. The cause of the fre, which started in a stock of suga
res
Dy will ont been made good by collections in Germany, lery Company shortly after the outbreak ence of military for Germany had never adopted the of war and served for a year, that year in No. 1 Godown, is unknown. The Fir
the way has resulted in an eno
money,
$244,000,000 of Tre Note This, may
quences
of cheque system, and her people before the
being counted in his articles. The At Brigade were summoned and attended if war used to board gold. In the first week tornor General urged certain exemptions, full force under the command of th
of July a warning was issued by the Secre- under the Ordinance on Mr. Halls the Treasury, who stated that the behall The Chief Justice remarked that decrease 20 the gold reserve waN
not
had great pleasure in admitting Mr. but more gold would have to Hải exported, and he was led
150 alarming
that there were still SETETA. million marks of gald jewellery
in the Empire. U
£120,074
(if the Ger
benot
23,805,750, comp ad with the
in 1016
Zeitung of August
(£30,0000 instead
solicitor to practice in
Court--- Watheres
CSP, but it was 130 before the flame were subdued. The extant of th damage has not yet bend ancor
is believed, however, to have siderable, as a good deal of sugar an ice were destroyed by the water used,
ptions which the Attorney General A MONS HERO'S MISFORTUNE
od his behalf, be under
matter
that
Major-General Bridges an Impe offer who the early stages of the hero of a remarkable Quentin was wounded
his le sputated.
ate of coll
He had pleasure in Hall subject to the product
His father wa
hoped Mr
of his during t
thom
mity, and from # future career would” asa
the recreat
De prosperoME.
up the