THE KWANGTUNG FLOODS.
FEEDING THE HUNGRY.
Relief Efforts in the Delta.
The praiseworthy + rts of the Tung Wah and other relief
THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH.
EXTRA
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1915.
that, unless they took control NOBLER THAN THE HAPS THE ARSON CHARGE.
and unless the rice-laden boats and launches which now left the ship were accompanied by one of the agents of the owners, the rice would be sold (perhaps at famine prices) instead of given away.
The canoes alung obatintly round the ship all day, but, at
BURGS
Signor Salandra's Great War Speech.
at
WAR
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near the
OUR LONDON LETTER.
ANGLO-GERMAN BREW- ERY CO.
we liked; their infantry have got very little fight left in them, and always throw down their rifles Chinese Constable's Evidence,
and pat up their hands when we This afternoon before Mr. R.
(Continued from yesterday.)
get near them with the bayonet.
A Change of Nante. Bat these trenches of theirs are Lindsell, at the Police Court, the
An extraodinary_meeting of The Shortage of Shells,
full of machine guns, and when at the Angle-German Brewery Co. case was proceeded with, in which nightfall the skipper ordered was of a truly remarkable obarac-ferred against a tailor and four fidently that it is not the short artillery on to it. The brigade on ing Road, Shanghai for the par-
The Italian Premier's speech a charge of arson has been pre-
It may be asserted quite cap and captured it they tarn their the offices of the company, 4b Pek- last we bare got up to the tranob was held yesterday afternoon at them to draw off to bare hailing ter. We quote says the Globe, fckis in consequence of an outage of shells of which we have our right sent two battalions to pose of considering a proposal to agencies are continuing all over listance. On the following day from a full report communicated broak of fire at the tailor's pre three or four weeks that is delay They got up to the trench in the Mr. O. W. Wrightson presided, the Delta, but there is still the they, of course" came feeling that only the bare fringe their owners clamcaring sa benter alia:
again, by Rautor. Signor Salandra asid, mixes.
heard so much during the last attack a trench the other night. obange the name of the company, of the distress is being reached. fore. The work of unloading was
Mr. T. H. King, Assistant ing the offensive in the West. A dark with only about a dozen supported by Messrs. E. Jenner Advicos from Canton lay em- pursued very rapidly and, in the tol and represent in this solemn of Police, appeared for the police, and it is costing us some valuable once filed leaving a few prisoners Hoerter, directors, and D. B. Since I speak from the Capi- Deputy Captain Superintendent shortage there unquestionably is casualties, and the Germans at Blogg, John Prentice, and M. phasia on the general fear of afternoon, the skipper and ten hour the people and the Govern- and Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, of lives at the front which might have in their hands; but during the Verney, agent, the attendance pestilenco that must, almost coldiers, all fully armel, went on meat of Italy, I, a modest citizen, Messrs. Deacon, Losker Deacon been spared if the industrial re night and early morning they representing 847 shares. inevitably, arise from the bad ebore. "I say on shore", obser feel that I am far nobler than the and Harator defended. smalls and the drinking of flood ved Captain Lewingdon," but head of the House of
sources of the nation had been wers so heavily shelled that by waler. The Mauso and river there was little enough shore left Bapahurgs (load cheers).
the A Chinese detective said that organised earlier. But the situs-sbont 8 o'clock they were obliged ing having been read,
The notice convening the meet- steamers are still encountering to go on.
"The continued suspicions and be drifting corpses. Many of these We took one of the ship'e boats the aggressive intentions of Eat,
about 5 a.m. on July 8tion in this respect is not so to evacuate the trench and leave have floated down to Mico, as far as she would go, but soon Austria against Italy are notorious, Son Fat Street, when he heard a the offensive after the condition
in Queen's Road serious that it is affecting General it empty.
The Chairman said: Gentles Jofre's strategy and in refusing entrance to
men. The enggested change in und, in Passeneno Bay alone, had to ohange into
the title of the company will, I thirty bodies were
and are authentically proved. We police whistle blow in the direc- of the ground offers no insuper-a trying time this last week. On of all nationalities, and for obvious counted dative catce, in order to be able were bitterly raproached for not tion of Swatow Lane. He ran in able obstacles to an advance the Saturday last we were sent to reasons it is unnecessary that I We ourselves have had rather am sure, appeal to shareholdera from the deck of a passing to get through the creeks and having accepted the offers made that direction and found a fire Boat. More were seen in the carrow ismas of the town." towards the end of May, but were had broken out at No. 158 Queen's fluenced by other considerations which had been half captured (that desirability of adopting the reso- French Generalissimo is take up our position in a trench should dilate farther upon the "Prays Grande Bay, while on the Macao beach are to be found many its excitement for, on two or three (laughter). Certain documente open and there was a big fire or hoves ne at home to see to it that and another), so that the right of company, and a change of name The canoe trip was not without these offere made in good faith? Road East. The street door was than this. All the same it be is two companies of nemine lation. The company is a British unwelcome visitors in the form of occasions, the little craft became indicate that they were not. Herr the ground floor near the door. the supply of shells to the Army my company was up against the is, in the opinion of your directors, good-sized snakes that have been wedged between the outward von Bethmaun-Hollwag said that The conflagration was under at the front is what the Army Germans in the same trench. Of desirable from every point of view. flooded out of their holes and bulging sides of the houses. The the aim of these concessions was the stairs have been swimming in searsh expedition reached the ship again to purchase our neutrality, and of safety. By the way, it is re- without molestation; in which therefore, gentlemen, you may door. He did not know if there is the most serious and urgent iso just in the middle of my part name of the Company, he changed and the flames demande that it should he course a barricade had been erect- I have therefore much pleasure ported that a snake, five feet in it was lucky, for robbery seems to applaud as for not having accepted was any fire at the back of the
were coming towards
absolutely unlimited. It is quite ed in the trench between us, but in the
clear that this problem of munitione we were only 40 yards apart, and resolution, namely, "That the length, was killed on Stainees on be rather more rife than usual them (loud cheera). Moreover, shop, being unable to see by one which the new Coalition Gov of the line was a communication to The Tsingtao Brewery Co., proposing the following Saturday,
and that is saying a good deal the concessions, even in their reason of a show case in the ernment has to face. It is no trench which was still held by Ld." trict, immediately south of Can- miles from where the ship Jay, responded to the objectives of blew his whistle and an Indian Amerios or from any other quar-They began to throw bombe over In tho malberry-growing dis- throughout the whole region. Two last and belated edition in no way middle of the shop. Witness use our placing reliance on pro- the Germans. Naturally, they too, the water has been sinking village was completely looted and Italian policy.
blematical assistance some four inches a day and has a number of girls taken away to
from did not leave us in peace long.sure in seconding that.
Mr. Jenter Flogg-I have plea→ now dropped to three or four feet.ba sold. No one daras travel a
The resolution was unanimous- The loss of life here has happily mile annwertad if he has any Germany to you without admira and walking
"I do not wish to speak of floor could not be extinguished, To that extent it is no term of were very annoying. So we built the resolution, having been car
he saw the fire on the ground tor. We must rely, in the first to us from both places, and ally carried. been small, though the destruc- thing worth stealing and, as the tion and respect. I am the Italian road be looked up to the first exaggeration to say that the came out a parapet of eandbage, and ried by the required majority, instance, on our own reasources. though most of them fell short,they The Chairman Gentlemen, tion of property and personal he skipper remarked "there are not Prime Minister, got the German floor, from the windows of which paign which Mr. Lloyd George is from there bombed them back will be submitted for confirmation longinge has been as serious enough soldiere to go round." na anywhere. Practically all the people
Chancellor, and I do not lose my flames were emerging. His idea initiating up and down the coun- again, and from opposite the com- as a special resolution at a second The ship was to leave in the head (loud applause). But with was that there were two separate ry ia; in a sense, the most immunication trench I got a "tretch extraordinary meeting, whica are engaged evening, end a sufficient quantity all respect for learned, powerful, fires in progress. There were portant military operations which mortar (a small gun which throws will saber quently be convened. in the silk worm industry and an of rice and potatoes had been kept and great Germany, an admirable goods in the shop, bai very little, we have witnessed during the last bombe farther than band throw- every house has its own large back for sharing out among the example of organisation and re- and also four sewing machines, few days. Everyone will wish ing-you can get them ab ut 300 canos used for going up and owners of the osa003, Eichsistance, in the name of Italy I down' the oreeks where the mal cзnoe
The proceedings then terminated. agabe received
In answer to Me. Shenton, wit: the little Welsh Attorney" suc yards) to work. This kept them NORTHCLIFFE ATTACK. berry leaves are to be gathered, share had a white ber declare no subjection and no pro- neas said that there was quite a Cass in the great tak to which he a bit quieter, but as soon as we During the Revolution the whole painted on her side. In many casse The dream of a
Cross rectorate: over anyone (steers), large fire in progress when he has set his hand. The process stopped for a moment down they But it is only by heaping up our the most violent thunderstorm 1 of attrition will ultimately end would come again and burl some supply of munitions, and keeping have ever seen the lightning this war in favour of the Allies. more at us. La the midst of it all
our own army, and the armies of almost continuous, lighting up our Allies, supplied with all the the whole scene, and the deafen shells they require that that ending crashes of thunder mingling can be hastened and brought near- with the bomb explosions made a er. It was elated in the House of noise that soomed to eplit one's
the twenty-four hours. It is not this did not last very long, but guns were capable of fring & sheets, and in five minutes we Lords the other day that our head. Also, rain came down in million rounds in the course of were wet to the skin. Fortunately suggested that any continuouscan the Haas kepa us busy till dawn, General Baildings, Aldwych nonade of this character is in any when they slackened off a bit. Press Censor or whether the
sense necessary. But this esti- Luckily for us they were so close mate, if it may be relied on," to as in the trench that their indicates the magnitude of the artillery did not dare to fire on us, as which lies before us. But in so we had a comparatively peace this matter, as in everything else, fal day-Whit Sanday.
a
Germany's Dream Shattered.
constable arrived,
universal arrived.
hegemony is hattered. The world has risen. The peace and civilisa ion of future humanity must be founded on respect for existing national autonomies (land apple ase). Among these Germany will have to sit as an equal and not as à maater (loud cheers),
he had sympathies for Italy, and Balow. He said: "I believe that did all be could to bring about bow numerous were the mistakes silk-manufacturing an agreement, but how great and he make in translating his good intent ons into action!"
"All We Have and Aro,"
of this district was destroyed by attemple were made to wash this fire, und practically no attempt off, so that a second supply might has been made to erect any be obtained; bat oil paint has an permanent structura since, though objection to yielding to river A Vast population, lives water and scrubbing, and the ruse in bute made of paddy-straw. did not succeed. Even after a The luckless natives have, in genora distribution, the causes most cases, lost their apparatus still refused to move, and it was for silk spinning bad all their only by good lack that several of Signor Silandra referred to bousehold fornitore as well.
The .. Tai Ming set out na al ship started to get under way
thom were not swamped when the ready stated, for this district on We learn thut at Yong Ki, an Saturday with a great quantity importint of provisions. She reached the town, the dykes held firmes village of Wong Lin on Sunday throug bout, end practically nolole morning and wee the object of so was sustained. At one place the amall amount of caro ity to the magistrate took mattera very easily. villagers, most of whom had never When the fl ole began, he shut seen any steam craft larger than himself up, so it is reported, and small river gua-hoits of the Mor refused to see any "callers." As hen class. The Tai Miuge soon as possible be espcaped to. psssengera were perṛous who Canton, leaving in charge his had friends in the neighbour-secretary who, when asked for hood to whom they were taking help, blandly stated that he bai provisions from Hougkong, nu nower to do anything. The moment the boat stopped, ode Las Tang Wa Hospital begs to man-against the advice of more acknowledge with thanks the experienced people went ashore following donat o is to the Kwong- to find his friends, without any tung Flood Relief Fund. decort: In a brief while he re-
Sir Robart Ho Tung $3000.00 turned-robbed of everything he
Hongkong & Shanghai Bauk possessed! The need for protea-ing Corpo. 2500.00. tion was made clear enough. by the fact that filty Cantonese 116.71.
Pr. Kwong Wa Hospital soldiera, fally armed had awaited The following subscribed 500.- the vessel, and came on board as 00 Green Island Cement Co. L., soon as she stopped.
Mr. Chan Kang Yos, Lidy Ho Having handed out d quantity Tang, Mr. Chu Pik Tang. of rice the ship steamed back to Shan Shau Tong Preserved Sam Haag Ki where she anchored Ginger Exporters' Guild 400.00. and got to business with the real Mesore, Tai Yuen 350.00. work of distributing. Before Mr. Chan Kang Yue's family
At that time
acr088 the
T. H. King informing his Wer. ship that it would take some time. The case was adjourned, Mr.
OVERSEAS AIRCRAFT
FUND.
the Hon. Secretary of the Over ceived by H. E, the Governor from The following letter was re-
Boas Club.
The Overseas Club.
London, W.C. A June 15th, 1915, Your Excellency,On behalf of the citizens of Hongkong on June 1st, we forwarded to the Secretary
"
the Overasa Dominions ara come
of State for War the remittance ing to the aid of the Old Country. of £4,000 on were good enough II were permitted to state what to send us. The Director of
Eich of
The Galladt Canadians.
Signor Salandra concluded: our generation the terrible and "Since destiny ha entrested to sublime task of realising the ideal of a grant Italy which the heroes of the resurrection were not to Military Aeronautics at the War one of our Oversea Dominions see socomplished, let us accept Ofice has selected three 70. hp. alone has undertaken to do in the ready to give the country ourselves the larger machines, this task in a dauntless spirit, 2 B Aeroplanes, instead of two of a'i that we are and all that we these machines coste the sum of
direction of supplying munitions have. Let all eyes turn to the £1,500, on which a brass plate is
the figures simply would not be credited.
camp near the sacred person of dus to the generosity of the people tricolour which waves over the being placed, saying that they are the King. In this sign we shall of Hongkong. Only recently of life and the kind of fighting conquer. Long live Italy! Long owing to military exigencies, it live the King! (loud and pro- bag been decided not to paint the now going on "somewhere in to our right and take us moof live the King!"). longed cheere and cries of "Long titlesin large letters on Aeroplanes, France" is contained in a long it as we could. After making all
Crown Land Sale.
A sale of Crown Land by public auction will be held at the Police Station, Au Tau, Pat noon to-
morrow.
I am,
Your Excelleney's
obedient servant, B. JOHN EVELYN WRENCH. Hoa. Secretary and Organiser.
His Excellency T
Sir Francis H. May, K.O.M.G., Governor of Hongkong.
Close Quarters,
The best description of the sort
The Major continues as fol. lows: The following night the Canadiane, who were on our left,
ordered to bomb up the trenches were ordered to take a small fort at the end of the communication trench, and my company was
Liberal member for Gatashes1, hau given notice of a question in too House printed as follows in the Parliamentary papera:
Question to be. Asked in the House of Commons. Sir Harold Elverston, the
To ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether his notice has been drawn to the fact that
ner's Tragic Blunder; whether Daily Mail newspaper on May 21 the contents bill issued by the consisted of the words "Kitche this bill had the sanction of the
question of prosecuting the per- coas responsible for the same for publishing false news has been considered, and
The question will bɔ, asked on, Tuesday (June 15) says the Daily News of June 12,
At a meeting of the executive of the Great Yarmouth Liberal Clabaresolution was unanimously passed condemning the un- justifiable and unpatriotic attacks made by the Amalgamated News
inestimable work he has rendered papere, Ltd., through their of State for War, and placing on publications upon the Secretary record its appreciation of the to the Empire at a time of great
national crisis."
Lynn Town Council a resolution Ata meeting of the King's
sed ite condemustion of the un- patriotic action of erection of the
letter written by an Infantry our plans and arrangements, we Major at the end of last month It started off just before dawn (2 is well worth quoting in fall:
o'clock) and jumped over the fitt "We have been in the thick of barricade hurling bombs into of confidence in Lord Kitchener it now for just three weeks and their part of the trench and the u
was passed, on the motion of the until last night, when we came got over the second barricade and Borough Council has also passed Mayor; and the Hemel Hempsted back a mile behind the firing line began bombing and bayoneting Pa vote of confidence and expres for two days rest, I had only had it. We had a pretty stiff fight for my boots and slothes off once it, because, although the Germans Several times I have not had time did not wait to be bayoneted, they even to close my eyes for 56 hours threw a large number of bombs and once 72 hours on end; so you into ng as they retired step by step Benry Rickards, of Edmonton, We have received from Mr. FUNDS got a few minutes' quiet, I prefer were rather heavy Gradually, My son was one of the lat Cana must not blame me if, when I do and in consequence our casualties Canada, a latter in which he (ays: The following donations wore
to spetch a little sleep rather than however, we worked our way dian Contingent. He was well Megura, Kwong Fook Wod Sui in June and forwarded to Lady myself; if I sit down for a mo time all our bonbera had been wounded, was well attended to on
collected by Ms. F. B. L. Bowley write letters. In fact I can't help along until we had taken about fed, well equipped, and, wh Wa Club Messrs. Joseph Bros. Lagard in Londen. whether 1 want to or not, You killed or wounded, as also the fenhe field and hurried off poat haste
250 yards of trench, by which ment, I drop off to sleep at once,
her auohor was down hundreda 300.00.
Major General Ventris. of canoes swarmed at her sidea,
From the 23rd instant, Major Mesare, Gibb Livingston & Co. will be kept at the Guard Room, Genial Ventrie' visitors book their occupantscrying piteously for 250 00. food. All their supplies had been Wanteni Government School Murray Barracks, in Garden washed away, they said, and all 205 50." their livestook drowned. The cold.
Road. Visitors wishing to call on BELGIAN RELIEF The tera had all their work cut out to $200 Mexere Kwong
following aabsoribed him may do so by writing their keep these famished people from Cheung, Wing Fang, Kwong
Onames in big book at that place. olembering on board and rushing Yoe Wo, Foo Kee Hong. for the food store. A large
Kik Loki, $101. lighter w was speedily loaded with The following enbroribed, rias and, when this had been $100, Po Loong, Mr. Ku Ping sent on ite work of mercy, the Nam, Heung On Insurance Co., Local
gentry were notified of the Mesas. Chit Shing Hong, Mestre. prefence of the Tei Ming, and Kwoug Cheong Hang, Messrs, came immediately to assist in the Hip Hing Loong, Messrs. Wo distribution of food. This was a Loong, Meesre, Yeon Tung Lee, measure greatly needed, for Mesere, Lai Hing, Wai Son There overy likelihood Bank, Mesere. Kam Lee Yusa,
· WEN:
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China Merohant 8. N. Co. Wing Hing Bank as hire of a steam-son $50, Mr. G. M. Young 325, will probably have seen that wo others I was able to get sent up Launch loaned to Messrs. Kwong Mr. Athol Anderson $10 Mr. A are slowly making progress and to me from other companies, so I
Anonymous $50, Mr.N.L. Wat Mow Tai for 6 days.
Beattie 810, Mr. M. P.Beattie $10, driving the Germans back trench decided not to go any farther, but Mre 1. Bowley $10, Mr. H. by trench. Bat it is a deadly slow to double blook the trench Carmichael $10, Mr. George ve If it were only a question set to work to make that maoh good business, and frightfally expon as far as we had gone and Mr. OE. Richardson 810and me of infantry, we could turn them strengthen the parapete, &o. Hastings $10, Mr. A. R Love $10, H.Bkott 210.
opt of any trench whenever
Mr. O. F. 50.00. Mr. R. P. Harrison 10.00. Mr. E. 0. T. 40.00,
939.01 Total $195,881,22
Already acknowledged 3182,-
(To be Conti
Prose,
when
had the beat attention. Ver to an English hospital, where he
many
of course, divide the credit of this and get my heartfelt thanks, bar
K. of K. Thank God for rais knows, that the guiding hand is well I know, and fall well Canada
op in the hour of British need real live mend