The Hongkong Telegraph.
(ESTABLISHED 1881.)
WEDNESDAY,
NEW SERIES No. 8597.
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A SHIPPING COMBINE. Foreign Affairs, said in his reply I contend that, without the De-have taken a deep interest in the ing between theu regarding the pondence of belligerents upon the
that he had no reason to complain eloration, you revert to a risk of prompt establishment of a Priza Declaration,
assent of neutrals, or upon tho "SHIRE" LINE ACQUIRED. of the attitude of the official op- the food being declared. absolute Court, and have always regarded
Wo aliould not be better off in greater tendency to put restriction position, but in general opposition contraband. If the Declaration the acceptance of the Declaration that case than if we rotified the apon belligerent action which no the Declaration had boon the sub is ratified there will be three as essential to the establishment Declaration. Indeed, if it was one flest cau resist. When we jeet of a gross amount of mis-points in favour of the insurer. of the successful working of much owing to us that the Declaration asked to appoint a commission of
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LIANG TUN YEN.
ARRIVAL AT PEKING.
{"Bumʊng*Po" Sanvica)
Peking, July 4.
statement and misrepresentation. Now the non-existent insuror will court. It is untrue that the United was not ratified, we would be experts-I say we dealt with the Ministry of Foreign Affairsstating
worso off because we would not be entitled to appear in any of its articles; moroover, it would not follow that the United Statos or
Mr. Balfour and other Opposition know that food cannot legally be States would regard the failuro members came rather late into the treated as absolute contraband; of the Prize Court and Declaration consideration of the question, and that doctrine of continuous voyage with satisfaction or indifference. the result was their attention, cannot lawfully be applied that, if The United States is at least as
coming upon.
cargo is illegally seized, com-anxious to ratify the Declaration any other neutral should concede pensation can be claimed it an as the continental Powers, and it to us what we gain under the that had boon devoted to these unbiassed international court. is not to be regarded as a question Declaration regarding the rights things, became focussed and con- This must have a favourable of continental Powers against or blockade. This is the most APPROVED BY COMMONS. contrated on what was not really effect on the conveyance of food to Great Britain,
THE DECLARATION OF
LONDON.
{SERVICH TO THE " TELEGRAPH."]
London, July 4, 9.20 am.
In the debato in the Hougs of
Commons on the second reading
ALL THE CRITICISM
the inost important points.
Mr. Balfour never mentioned
IN TIME OF WAR.
the central point of the whole mnt-Proceeding the Foreign Minis
tor from anvilstandpoint, unme-ter said:-As neutrals I am
IN CASE OF FAILURE. Supposing the Declaration and
Prize Court convention failed,
question of blockade from the viewpointof high policy-we were not going to dovolve the rospon- sibility upon any commission of exports (Ministerial choors).
Regarding the conversion of orchaninion.as bolligerents wo
at
II.E. Liang Tun Yen, the newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, has tolographed to the
that he will arrive at Poking the end of the month.
RAILWAY AFFAIRS.
"Bazowo Po" Bzovica}
Peking, July 4.
The Superintendent of tho | Shanghai-Nanking railway has tolographed to the Ministry of aronot affected; we shall continuo. Communications requesting the to do our best to destroy them all. Ministry to link up his railway important point. Conditions are Vossels so convertible aro known with the Tiontsin-Nanking rail- .- changed from the old days of and therefore the matter is not so unrestricted setion. Your two-important to us as might be sup- Power or three-Power `standard poso.
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that it never came into existence, | is no longer going to be a world- By doclining to ratify you ob- ly the effect of the Declaration on convinced we gain. Take the that it was nover ratified because Power standard. That is dus to
of the Noval Prize Bill, the Right
our rights of blockado when we question of sinking vessels. The at the lust moment we refused to the growth of fleets generally and
Hon. A. J. Balfour said:-If we
are at war and this enemy inter-
feres with neutrala bringing us|
food he will probably bring down
the interference of the neutral
Powers and that would be to our
advantage; but, that if the De-
claration were ratified, the neutrol
Powers would rémmió passivo and
await the decision of the inter-
national Prize Court. I contend
that if we were at war with a gront
continental Powar, there is only·
one great nouiral interested in the
supply of food to us and with a
flost to interfore which would likely be of use to us, and that is
the United States. We have no right to speculate upon the action
of the United States. It is for
thon to make their own view of
the Declaration. What their
policy may be is for them to say
We have no right to expect that
they, without the Declaration, will
take a more extreme line against the sinking of nentrals than they will after the Declaration is passed
(Ministerial cheers). We must
bear in mind that the United
wore belligerents. Another thing late Government left us to claim ratify, what is the probable course
which introduces confusion is the compensation for, vessels sunkolovents?
nttempt to dovetail with each dospite their protests, and thiore We are at war with"-don- other, as Mr. Balfour did with was no romady whatsoever, except tinental Power. That power will
effect, upon the belligeront quer-in Russian Prize Courts. We did know perfectly well that the
tions which must be clearly not get compensation precisely United States and itself were separato. 1 deal with the ques-] because the courts upheld the tion of neutrals briefly, continued principle of sinking.
Sir Edward, because I am con-
vinced, if we can prove we gain as holligeronts, the Opposition f
case against the Declaration must
drop.
Now, continued Sir Edward, comes the question of how the
Declaration will affect us
AS BELLIGERENTS.
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Then came the Hague Con- ference, where the majority of the Powers were against a rulo pro hibiting sinking. When we came
agreed under the Declaration of
London regarding the rules of
maritime war.
the risk of neutrals interfering with belligerents,
We will never bring a con- finental enemy, to his knees by dealing in contraband
alono, for he makes his own munitions and is able to get supplies overland. What is the
particular weapon we wish to rotain unimpaired, wherewith we
Sir Edward went on to say wish neutrals not to interfere in with regard to the sinking of time of war? It is the blockade. neutrals that the only change the As the world's flects have been
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its own view thunt under restricted was a case of emergency before conditions winking was allowable. the International Court, upon Does it really increase the risk of After that, what was the use of which he will have only one re- interference with our fool? trying to proceed further in presentative. That fact will not
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A great point in favour of the securing international law that make easier for him to prove Declaration from a naval view-in no circumstances should sink- point is that with regard to ing be allowed?
emergency.
way.
CHINESE IN mexico.
COMPENSATION OFFERED.
["SAN PO"-BERVION)
Peking, July 4,
Tho Chinoso Ministor At Washington has telegraphed to the new Cabinet stating that the Mexican Government is willing
struct a really gonuine desire of the other great Powers to come to some agreemont and take a step in the direction of setting the world against you. I have little to
pay a compensation of doubt the Declaration would re- 82,000,000 for the loss of lives and properties of the Chinese main and be regarded by the
resident in Mexico during tho Powers as a sort of rule of inter-inst revolt. national law which they mean to
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observe themselves, and we would
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be left outside. We do not want]
to be left outside this international.
agroemout. It is perfectly safe for us to enter it.
NO. DIVISION,
London, July 4, 1.20 p.m.
The House of Commons did not
The Minister said, in the tele- gram that he is still negotinting with the Moxican Government about the matter.
PRINCE CHING'S ILLNESS.
("BHAT Po" BORTION)
Péking, July 4.
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Prince Ching is suffering from
a severe cold and in consequence he is unable to attend state affaire,,
FOREIGN TROOPS IN PEKING.
TO BE WITHDRAWN.
("SHAT PO" SERVION)
Poking, July 4, The now Cabinet has requested the foreign ministers in Peking to withdraw all the foreign troops stationed in the Capital,
RAILWAY CONSTRUC-
to the Declaration of London, the Declaration makes is that if our growing it has been becoming United States, which supported enemy sinks a neutral coming to more important to us, in order us at The Hague itself put in as us, he will have to prove that it that we should not be crippled divide on the second reading of when we are belligerents, to make the Naval Prize Bill, which was sure that neutrals do not interfero passed thus assenting to the rati- fication of the Declaration of with what we regard as essential
London, to an effectivo right to blockade.
Sir Edward Groy and Mr. H. Now, honourable members per-
H. Asquith, the Promier, made apa realise why the two naval
powerful speeclies socepting the delegates signed the report.)
responsibility of the Declaration, Hitherto, there have been divor
as in the highest interest of the ment diminishing the risk of in- bombarded the late Govern-quence is that our continental
gent views on the subject of the
RUSSO-CHINESE CAPITAL. peace of the world, and British terference with our action as belliment to give some free list. Thoy enemy, knowing the risk and
blockade. The Continental view
["Sir Po" SKAVIOR] = maritimne supremacy.
Peking, July 4, gerents, the prospect of this would were able, now they wore in office, desiring to avoid danger of fric-
would hamper us very much. Wo
The House previously defeated The Ministry of Communica- become a very serions question to give a much more satisfactory tion with the United States as a
got under the Declaration an by 301 votes to 231, an amend- tions intends to construct a rail- way with Russo-Chinese copital agreemont that the right to blook-ment of Mr. S. II. Butcher, at a cost of $5,000,000, from unless the agreement is ronched answer, under the Doolaration of
great wiaritime neutral interestedade would be an elastic and not a member for Cambridge Uni-
Vladivostock to the branch line of pretty soon.
the Tientsin railway, fixed right. We secured condi-versity. which Mr. Balfour
tions which, in the opinion of the supported, demanding that the Admiralty, were eisential to an Declaration should 'ho submitted.
blockades. If we got an agree-CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
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London.
Continuing, the Foreign Minis- tor said: The probable conse
in
I lay down a broad proposition Surely wo Juve much more OUR FOOD SUPPLY, States is not a reluctant party to that if we can keep the sea free chance before the International would propose to the United the signing of the Deolaration.
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SIR EDWARD GREY'S
VIEWS.
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for the British flag in tinic of war, Frizo Cow't with a majority of Staten that each agree at the out offective use of the right to blook to a commission of experts, before we can also keep it frenfor neatrals neutrals than we can have in a set of war to accept the rules of ade (Ministerial cheers).
the Bill be proceeded with. The
in time of war. If the British flag Prize Court, with a belligerent the Declaration as those which COMMISSION OF EXPERTS. division figures were greeted with is driven from the sea we cannot who is the judge in his own court. should regulate their relationa Llave never seen any evidence Opposition chcers, and some cries The Right Hon. Sir Edward be saved from starvation by the
They were actively the consent- and would be prepared to refer that any of the much quote 1 Ad- of "Traitors" an 1," Grm'b'ors Cheey, Becretary of State for dependence of neutrals,
ing party.
Throughout, they so, etpitration any question axis-mirala consider the increasing de-of the people's food."
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