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THE WAR.
Mr. Churchill in a written au- swer, said The Admiralty pos- Boss the right of hire or pre- emption by contracts with the following companies:
Cabard Steamship Company. Over all the company's vessels.
International Mercantile Ma-: rine-Over all the British vessels "In the association.
In addition to the above, the Admiralty possess rights of hire or pre-emption over the vessela employed under Post Office mail contracts with the following companies:
Pacific Stoam Navigation Com. pany.-Service :
LiverpoolTM
Callao via Magellan"; Panoma- Valparaiso,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST
TO-DAY'S
LATE WAR TELEGRAMS,
GERMANS MARCHING ON CHARLEROI,
FALL OF NAMUR,
{Bentor's Service To " The Telegraph.”].
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The following telegrama arrived too late for insertion on
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Aug. 24, 8.35 p.m.
Charleroi has been retaken,"
The Belgian Casualties.
Aug. 24, 8 p.m.
Royal Mail Steara Company.Service: Southamp- tou-West Indien; Southampton
Brazil and River Plate.
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Service:
Brindisi Brindisi-Bombay;
Shanghai Brindisi-Adelaide.
Union Castle Mail Steamship Company.-Service: Anglo-South
African.
25, 1914.
DAIRY FARM NEWS.
We beg to inform our
customers that we are
in a position to supply
ALL our customers with
Butcher's Meats, Fresh
Milk and Dairy Produce
as hitherto,
The Belgian Minister for War states that the total Belgian SILK HAWKER ROBBED. casualties amount to ten thousand.
:.
dermans Marching on Charleroi,
It is announced from Brussels that three hundred thousand Alderney Steam Packet.-Ser- Germane have marched southward on Charleroi.. vice: Alderney-Guernsey; "Ald. erney-Cherbourg. -
Messrs. MacBrayne, Orkney Steam Navigation Company, North of Scotland and Orkney and Shetland 'Steam Navigation Company, Glasgow and South- Western Railway Company (pur-
Namur Falls.
Aug. 24, 4 p.m.
The Pross Bureau announces that Namar has fallen,
chase only), Service: Scottish tended to them by the authorities to handle the amount of
Steamer Mail Service.
As to the second" part of the question, I must refer my hon. friend to clause 34, part 3, of the Canard Agreement, which waą, presented to Parliament in 1003.
New York, Aug, 12. Securities belonging to Russia, amounting to Ris. 25,000,000, lying in the Bank of Berlin, have
German Scoop.
been attached by the German Government.
Britain.
Siberian Fuel for Russia.
and their German friends.
Japanese Ultimatum Explained.
work expeditiously, 3,000 more mon are to be engaged.
Sepoy Charged Before Jury,
This morning at the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Haze land and s jary, Lal Din, & sepoy in the 26th Punjabis, was charged with robbery with violence, ia company with other persons not in custody, from Wong Ming-tak who was thereby deprived of $20.50 in money, a watch and ohain, and nine pieces of Shan- tungak.
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Capt. Irene, of the 26th Punjabis, tranelated the evidence, into Pashtu.
VOLUNTEER ORDERS.
Corps orders issued by Lieut. Col. A. Chapman, V.D., under yesterday's date state:--
Uniform.-Order No. 5, of 22. 8. 14. is hereby cancelled and all} Volunteers will wear uniform at all times.
Detail-On duty Tuesday 25th Group 2 (Left Section M.G. Co., Civil Service Coy, and Right Section M.G. Co.) Officers on Captain duty Tuesday, 25th, Armstrong, Lieut. Lindell and Lieut. Norrington. To furnish. Guard to-morrow, Left Section M.G, Co.; Orderly Officer fc- morrow, Capt. Churchill; Orderly Sergeant to-morrow, Sergt. Bul- lock."
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Mr. P. M. Hodgson, Crown All operations at the Kure Port Tokyo, Ang. 16.
Admiralty, says an Asaki des- Solicitor, appeared for the pro- Reuter's correspondent under-patch, have been on a war footing secution, and Mr. F. C. Jenkin, stands that the following reasons since the 10th, instant. Captain instructed by Mr. W. E. L.
Shenton, of Mesara. Deacon, | for issuing the Japanese ulti-Nagoya, an aide-de-camp, sum Looker, Deacon and Harston, Hongkong Volunteer Reserves. matum to Germany may be moned the local journalists and issued
Some instances having occurred defended. correspondents on the same day,
The jury was composed of the of members pleading ignora ace This Empire deeply regrets and informed them that public. that it is compelled to asnd anation of the movements and where following: Messrs. R. N. Auder- of the Orders, they are reminded ultimatam to Germany. The abouts of men-of-war and trans-800, (foreman), A. H Silva, D. that Orders are posted daily on Carvalho, H. H. Taylor, J. E. W. the notice board at the Law Empire has yieldo i to one desire: ports had been prohibited in ac-Beard, O. A Guterres, and A. H. Courts. Excuses that their atten- The Czar and the Duma. the maintenance of peace. It concordance with instructions from
Alves.
tion was not called to the Orders London, Aug. 10. The St. Rreatly believes that it has long the Minister of the Nary.
cannot be accepted. Petersburg correspondent of the been recognized by the world that The Japanese Press states that Timer states that when the Ozar the Imperial policy is always a special Cabinet Council held on received the members of the gaided by this desire.. It was the 7th. instant at the Premier's Doma in the Winter Palace, all for this reason that the Empire official quarters decided to allot dissensions appeared to have been entered into an alliance with Y15,000.000 to const defence.
jury, said that Wong Ming-tak was a silk hawker. He called at forgotten, even the anti-Semites Great Britain, which was done in
German Prisoners at Bruges. foregoing their usual bitterness, the hope that peace in Eastern
London, Aug. 13,
the barracks at Etonnie's Mills, and all members agreeing to be at Asis might be permanently pre- The Bruges correspondent of being hailed as he passed, by one in support of the coun-served and the blessings of tran- the Times has been interviewing number of soldiers. He went up
Orderlice. Tuesday the 25th, try. When the Ozar Cón- quillity secured..
some of the German prisoners to them and sold some pieces of oladed his speech with the
Now a great war having broken taken by the Belgians, who are silk to two or three of them The Corpl. Lossk and Le, Cpl. Beavis. Words, "and the God of all ont in Europe, if its calamities being kept at Bruges. The men times were important. He arrived Wednesday the 26th, Corpl. Gol- will protect Russia," there was a could happily be prevented from are mostly from Berlin and at the Mille between one and two lion and Lo-Opl. Humphreys.
Ordere. It it notified for in- tremendous barst of cheering, spreading to the Far East the vicinity, and are described as o'clock, and left at about two
copy of the followed by the National Anthem. Empire would desire to proserve strong, well-built men. They are o'clock on his way back to Kow-formation that a Chests were also given for Great peace in the Far East by being well looked after, and seem loon City, and on his way was Orders is posted in Hougkong maintaining strict neutrality, but in high spirits. They told the attacked by three Indian soldiers, Club on the board near telephone Great Britain, the ally of Japan, Times correspondent that they one of whom he alleged was the boxes. has been compelled. in order to did not know for what they were prisoner. They tied him up, defend herself aguinat the fighting, and did not wish to fight gagged him, and ill-treated him, Bays a Changchun despatch to the aggressive scions of Germany, against any country. When they stole from him various articlos to open hostilities with that left home, they understood that and eventually took off his shoes. Mainichi, ate busy 'iu felling tropa
country. Moreover, Germany is they would be engaged in an On July 3, Wong Ming-tak was in North Manchuria and are sending them home for fuel at the Kiauchan, her leased territory invasion of France, but to their taken to Rennie's Milla, where all seat of war. The authorities have in the Far East, making pre- surprise they were taken to the soldiers were paraded, and he opered collieries in North Man-parations day and night. Her Belgium. They do not appear to was asked to pick out the men men-of-war are scouring the seas be at all interested in the war, who assaulted him. He picked charia, for which a concession has of Eastern Asia to the great and complain of having been out the prisoner and two others, been obtained from China. They detriment of commerce, and her short of provisions; this and the one of whom he said had bought are trying to obtain a concession converted ernisers are engaged fact that they were greatly fati-eilk off him, and the other was on
in the seizure of for poning new coal mines.
merchant gued owing to wearing the long sentry at the time. The only Tientsin Britishers Reviving
vessola.
boots lately adopted in the point for the jury so consider was Volunteers.
Sach actions, being directly German Army compelled them whether the prisoner was one of
the three assailants or not, A special cable to the China Press, from its Tientain corres calculated to disturb the peace of to surrender to the Belgions.
German Plans for Invasion The plaintiff, in the box, bore Eastern Asia, Japan cannot ra pon lent, states that, at
of France.
out the story of the assault and enthusiastic, meeting of British gard them with indifference.
According to the Times, the said that after he had been tied up resi lents, nearly two hundred re- Accordingly the Imperial Govern solved to again forms Volunteer ment have communicated fully German troops which are march and laid on the hillside, the rob Corps. Major Nathan, late of the and frankly with the British ing against the French are now bera, before leaving him, placed Royal Engineers, was appointed Government sad found them in the northern part of Lorraine. an umbrella over his head to keep selves compelled to send an The 17th Army Corps is en- the sun off. In answer to Mr. Commander..
The German corps has offered altimatum to Germany in order deavouring to effect an invasion Jenkin, complainant said he had to sorve under the British General, to safeguard the general interests of France through the Ardennes, been warned by a soldier not to for the defence of the foreign contemplated in the Treaty of about fifty miles south of Liege, go up a hill or he would be
Alliance.
and on crossing the frontier will robbed.
Mr. Jenkin :-You did not 'ex- concessions, if occasion arises.
The Imperial Government have join forces with the other German no cther object but the complete troops crossing from Lorraine, pect to be robbed by Chinese? restoration by these means of the If this move is carried out, the No; I did not expect to be robbed peace of the Far East, which has German first line will consist of by them. been distarbed, and it sincerely eight army corps, and the second
The war appears to be bringing some commercial activity Siberia. The Russian authorities,
Siberian Post Trala Running. Harbin, Aug. 14.
an
Thirty-two German prisoners
of war, including three women, have been sent to Irkutsk under guard.
The European train service is disorganized owing to the Hassian mobilization and only the post train, which is much delayed, is working.
"
In answer to a suggestion by Mr. Jenkin that if the prisoner was
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The telegram quoted below was received by the American Con- salute General, Hongkong, from THE the Manila Observatory at 1.05 Cyclone or Typhoon-W. of Direction Baabi Channel
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p.m. to-day-
unknown."
The signal indicating a typhoon to the east of the Colony (more than 300 miles distant) was hoisted this morning.
To
the
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At the same time, there are six ill in bed at the time of the will run at the rate of 10% per
robbery complainant had made a
annum.
mistake in his identification, heBy Order of the Committee. said that as sure as the skies were
above he could not tell a lio
The case was proceeding as we went to pres8.
Bo you went up the hill, ex- regrets that no other course is at line of nine army corps. In ad pecting to be robbed by Indiane?
dition, eight divisions of German-Yes. present open for that purposs."
War Preparation in Japan. cavalry will take part in this The Japanese Government movement. ordered emergency mobilization
army corps confronting the of both army and fleet.on the 4th The Vladivostok and Harbin instant and there was consequent Russian forces, which are threat- Bourses have sent a petition byly great activity on August 9. The ening invasion on the other telegraph to St. Petersburg to first troops mobilized were the frontier.
Hot Water at Llege. allow Vladivostok to be a froe port field artillery in Western Japan,
and stations have been assigned New York, Aug, 12. during the war,
for the different unita,
When the German troops Foreign Business-Men from According to the Asahs, there entered Liege the Belgian women Membera of the staff of was a Staff meeting of the fought very bravely. When their msny non-German firms in Hiroshima Division on receipt of ammunition was exhausted, they Tsingtan have arrived hero by train a War Department telegram on poured boiling water on the Bays the N. C. Dudy News, They Monday, and it is, expected that Germaue. Japanese have nothing farther, to report as part of the Division will be Ofice Message......
the conditions obtaining in mobilized for iden
a, but all express their Taingian, appreciation of the courtesy ex
Tsingtau."
It is reported from Sasebo that the present staff being insufficient
E M. RAYMOND; Secretary,
HONGKONG JOCKEY OLUB.
A letter has been received from
the Shanghai Horse Bazaar are prepared to supply Members Londen, a British squadron of stating the terms at which they twenty-four cruisers, in company with Subscription Griffins, Foreign with a Freach squadron, is now A Meeting will be held at 5 pm. out in the Atlantio in pursuit of on Thursday the 27th inst. to
German squadron of five discuss same...
G.E. POTTS oruisers which is believed to be
Acting Clerk of the Course. raising there,
Search for German Ships.
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