STOP PRESS TELEGRAMS.
WAR'S EFFECT ON SHIPPING.
Why Complete Control is Necessary.
Londoo, July 80.
of the Allies, both for munitions and foodstuffs. tion has дож
the document states "We have, therefore, saorificed, ruthlessly
trade,'
the storm.
THE WESTERN FRONT.
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ACTIVITIES ON THE RUSSIAN FPONT.
in
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1917.
THE LOST PROVINCES.oupecially the Alsatiana, have THE MONEY MARKET.
Why Alsace-Lorraine Must be was prepared to give to defend Messrs. Montagu and Company's
the
Restored to France.
afterwards our abandonment of
ed.
State:
Report:
Gold.
The West African output for
4
Silver,
Dancea.
128
CHANG FUN'S WEALTH.
His Business Ramifications, --
REPRISALS.
The Futility of Verbal Rebuke,
2
The former Berlin correspond-
To bia qualities as a filibailey ing military swashbuckler which one to inspire awe and fear into had made the name of Chang Fun ent of the Navy writs:
Few people who read the recent the hearts of the people, til debate in the House of Lords on his abjet fight for safety on the the question of reprisals will
person."
Investigations
#1
we repulsed an attempt to cross the Braor River. We repulsed the till I read a book by Miss Belham Germans or Alsatians or Lorrai· World conflict the United States been made to ascertain the valuestion of their past strocities have
enemy after a
..
their French maintenance of nstionality, I make bold to say
criminala. On the other hand, it
The
certain
something of the doar charact ariation of the Boer. The Boar never talked of the resistance he
the liberties of his country till the fateful hour came; in the meën- The Ministry of Shipping has issued a detailed statement showing
time he drilled his men, he bought the sacrifices incurred by British shipping in connection with the
Mr. T. P O'Connor. M.P., his big cannon, he, stored up his war. It shows that fifty per cent. of the tonnage previously engaged
ammunition, and it took the most Co., in their report dated June 7, Mears. Samuel Montagn and in distant trading to foreign countries has been brought Home.writes in the Daily Chronicle:
A few Sundays ago I stood be powerful Empire in the world Fourteen millions of cossa-going tonnage are serving Britain and Ireland st the present time, six and a half million fore the statue of Strasbourg in three years to best two little tons of which are engaged in war service. A very subetantial the Place de la Concorde, and Repablica with less population smount of shipping has been assigned to meet the needs there I realised the dream of 47 than two of our great town.
The Bank of England gold fateful twelfth of Jaly, must be The sitoa yeare; the dream that some day Similarly the Alsation Lorrainer resorts against ita note isque added natural-born business disagree with the comment of the toddhed stage necessitating the complete or other is might be given to me held his peace; and thought his shows a decrease of £16745, as seamen et no mean order, aye "Natal and Military Record" that
the Peking Daily News. control of every vessel sud to divert to the nation ther of Germany. I remember with of his home. If ever there were a bas been engaged for shipment ad extensive business remilca was taken to task for having auth- An in. on this occasion the Upper House. control of all shipping, in order to ensure the best national employ.to do something for the liberation own thoughts in the secrecy of compared with last week's retard-vestigation into the extent of did not represent the opinion of of Alsace-Lorraine from the yoke bis heart; within the closed doors Gold to the value of $7,844,000 Chang Fan's property has reveal the country. The Government profits arising out of the war conditions. Except for
vital to the Colonisa, poignancy that has never relaxed, glowing example of what heights in New York, mainly for Japan.tions not hitherto suspected. 8 few vessels engaged in work and vessels chartered by France and Italy, the Government almost of despair the moment can reach, it was given by these April 1917 amounted to $123 825
feeling of horror and aud depths passive resistance
oriaed the air raid on Freiburg In addition to defrauding the in retaliation for the sinking of has requisitioned ninety-seven per cent. of British ocean-going when this crime W&3 trampe. All the liners were requisitioned. The profits would mitted against the fundamental
com-two province.
sa compared with 4135,976 in Government Exchequer annually hospital ships, and great play was Neither in public nor in April 1918 and £758 727 in March the tune of some $4,000,000, made with the casualties which to the Government and not to the shipowners. Many trades which
the fallen lord of Hauchow fu is are said to have occurred among "private would either had been built up in distant waters by British enterprise had had to right of every population to
the 1917.
the proud owner of palatial msn-the civilian population. be abandoned to neatral shipping. The withdrawal of shipe bad choose its own government and
Alastian or the. Lorrainer recog
sions ip Tientsio, Tsingtan, tanately Lord Cursin and Lord For. injared many export trades, particularly to India and the Far East country. If at that time mise even the existence of the and also the distant Colonies, one effect of which was that the/ England had not been under the hated ruler. If the Germans gavė |
The price Las ruled a fraction Tainan, Peking, and Hsuctor Milner pat up a vigorcna defence market value of neutral vessels, was double the British value. After domination of German influences
I owsaot bat believe even now concert ne Alestian or Lorrainer bigber during the week and wase is aleo a. large ebareholder in on behalf of the policy and describing the huge reductions in commercial imports and exports that we should have made a pro-frequented a park no Alsatiat or conched since 16th February last cities, ranging from banke to beer it was only too clear that the was there. If the Germans quoted to day 38 1/4d., the highest several public reatures in various actuated this expedition, though the needs of our industry and commercs for a temporary increase/feet against such a violation of Lorrainer was there. No German when the same price
breweries, and a partner in speakers on the other fundamental law of liberty and
side of imports to our Allies with no substitute for the loss of permanent national right; but we made no Lorraine home. If any one of the
wae admitted to an Alsatian or recorded.
several galdamitbe establishments wielded a good deal of infigence in Tientsin and Peking. He had in the House. This is not protest, and Francs resented and population accepted any office or ditions reported issi week, abort Bank in Tsingtau, but since the ethics of the reprisal system.
There is no change in the con- large deposita in the German the place to consider justly resented for a generation other from the German, quietly, nees of supplies rendering the capture of that place by the Rightly or wrongly anaverwhelm the
her in this her impotence and without any publication of the market sensitive to say enquiry Japanese, he has been unable to ing majority in this country British Acroplanes Caught In a Storm.
fact, and get inflexibly despair. We committed the crime London, July 30.
as which may be experienced... withdraw his deposite, the fate of sympathises with the view that the swish of the guillo- Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig states-We raided last of deserting
It is stated in an official French which is uncertain, Alsace-Lorraine
the Germans ought to be made to tine, he was expelled from all report tha, owing to the increas The night the neighbourhood of Lombarjsyde.
enemy's once; we must not repeat the association with the people he was ing demand for silver coins, the Henshow be has stored up a large and thinks that far too little bas In his former stronghold at pay for their abominalle crimes, artillery is more sotive in the neighbourhood of Armentieres. crime a second tims.
beld to have deserted and betray- total minted in 1918 smonated to quantity of opiam, gold bars, been attempted in this direction Our
bombed
I have been so haunted by this ed. Nay, it was carried to this 154,283,50 france in aeroplanes
serodrome," two important railway stations and an, ammunition depot on Saturday recollection of the tragedy of these length: that if a young girl yielded value, representing a total 78.7 jewels, carica, and ancient cali- homilies from the comfortable mocains! silver syses, pearls, jade ware, hitherto, It is easy to deliver night, cansing fires and explosions.
Operations continued two lost provinces that I bare to the seductions of a German per cent, above that of 1915, and last night. There was great serial activity until ten twice visited them; and everything o'clock in the morning, when severe thunderstoms prevented fur. I saw and heard only confirmede saber and married him, a weight of silver exceeding graphy and drawings. A rough seclusion of the Upper House, ther dying. Many English seroplanes were caught in the storm and tenfold my old anguish and my notification, as indexibly again as report adds that the large extent of his property at ag less than attempt to deter the Haas from
quietly, without say publio 20,700,000 fine
computation of Chang Fan's and to
reprobate in the The property places the total value Tcreet terma" four did not return. We brought down four enemy aeroplanes and old convictions. When any of the by the swish of the guillotine, she of this coinsge, which is applied $30,000,000.
spy practical drove down two. Six of ears are missing, foar of which were lost people realised that as an Irishman was expelled from all intercourse to replace email paper notes in
continuing their infanies. They and an ardent friend they could with the people she had abandon circulation, ought to maintain be found of interest. The querebake; indeed, they positively The following particulare will are quite impervious to verbal trust me, they told me cautiously the maintenance of
The boycott, in fact, was carried Public confidence in the use oftions of the disposal of Cong enjoy it, for they construe it ma their love of France; of
the small notes issued by the Fan's property is no less absorbing proof that London, July 30.
to such a length that even in the Chambers of Commerce as a tem-than that of the disposal of his not been their hatred of their ralera big apartment houses, where the porary expediens during the war.
their violence A Rasian wireless official message slate-South of Easistin, and oppressors. But it was not diferent data were occupied by
without effeok. There
is not As a result of entry into the
a tittle of evidence to show that the millions atabborn fight near Zaliemick. The enemy. Edwards." Hearts of Alsace." and
have already of words, expended in condemns. persistently attacking, slightly pressed as back in the still more is was not till I had here, the two passed each other of America commenced to make regions of Xviniacz, Kinelie and Stecova. The enemy made the sequaints ace of M. Paal by without sword, without even purchased for coinage, the extent of Chang Fan's estate all over the compe..ed us to retire in the Carpathians to the spot at Helmer, that I realised all the bow. What a terrific example of of which may possibly gather country. Like most of the Con-made the least impression on the Kameral and Moldav. The enemy pressed us back after daylong mobility, all the magnificence, all the silent, inflexible, ruthless, strength se military forces of the the Manchn regime, Chang Fin can be proved that on more than
manders of Chinese troops during fighting in the direction of Kriotza, on the Ramanian front. A the splendid tenacity of the
impregnable revolt of a nation Stated inccesse 10 'number. Zeppelin dropped twenty large bombs on Oeland Island. In the straggle in both provinces for the "gainst an oppressor. No such Financial America al May 17 socumulated his enormous forture of data the fear of retaliatory baltic, enemy bydroplanes dropped bombs without success on the
etern boycott exists in history.
action has prevented them from by rendering falee accounts the quantity purchased, islands of Teereland and Argeneburg and in the Gulf of Riga.
effect And be it remembered that during the short period that has of military expenditure, and Carrying into shat there is no more beroic everything was done so break it slapsed, as 3,000,000 ounces, according to a certain reliable misdeeds which they had aan- THE PREMIER ON THE WAR OUTLOOK. ·
Braggle for liberty in the whole and ready-as at Zaberato 400,000 ounces a week, and states from the grants aloge made to
down. The army was everywhere, working out at the rate of about source he had pocketed at least in templated.
Government amount of $4,000,000 per annum information on this point if it could gire some interesting London, July 30,
history of the world. And yet it Mr. Lloyd George, in presenting a gift to the Chairman of the is one of the tragedies of Aleap/shre any manifestation of the that it in the practice for Americanhim by the Central Governmet silent revolt. The offices were military and caval forces upon to defray the military apkeep of
would Prese Gallery of.the House of Commons, on behalf of the that there is no story so little all open to the Alsatian or the foreign service, as well as in edme the pig-tailed soldiers, who never people have found with the
The only fault which recipient's Press colleagues, made brief bat important reference | known: to the war situation. He said :—I have just returned from Paris,
Lorrainer that proved recreant. localities upon the Pacific Coast, where I had a useful talk with with the leading representatives of the The first cause was the compulsory tried its best; all in vain. Every larger, sad silver for emailer Tientsin-Fakow Railway and the of much too mild a character to There are two causes for this. Terror tried its worst, bribory to be paid in coin, gold for the ceased to make trouble on the Freiburg reprisal was that it was French Press, I am glad to be able to state that the spirit of the silence of France; the second, the expedient, refined or bratal, was same. French 13 better than I have ever known it to be. This is remarkable, still more compulsory silence of attempted to lear up the obstinate The last three Indian Currency Heuchow and its vicinity were men is not adequately avenged districts around the line. All fit the case. A crime horrible as likin and other collectorates in the murder of sick and wounded beosase it is the end of the third year of war, which meant a great Alsace. Gambetta, in oas of the French nationality from deal more to France than it did to us, because they have soffered last speeches of his life, gave the very roots. la the school the details in lace of rupees 8 and all collections were remitted very well to say that reprisals ita retaine received by cable give regarded as hia private property by a single air raid. It is all horribly and the enemy is still in their country, also because a word to France as to the true child had compulsorily to learn follow: sense of discouragement might have been expected from the great attitude she should take up on the language of the conqueror; be colls pee of the Russian Armies. But we have received information the question: Y pensons toujours; was sent when he came of milite Notes in Cir-
to the offers of the "Ta-shaj." fail to touch the really guilty that Russia will recover and be as formidable as she ever wasn'en parlerons jamais; Be it ever ary age for three years to the
Be possesses spacious and parties, and only fall on the (Applause),
magnificent mansions, in Tiest innocent, The Geeman people, in our thoughts; never on our lips. German barrack-to be trained to
8650-8751 8831 Bio, Teingla, Teins, Peking by their frantic applause of every It was a wise saying; for France take arme against the country he
sad Banchow, of which the mat enormity perpetrated by their required nearly half a century loved for the country he hated.
imposing is in the German Ce rulere during the war, have made of steady preparation before And yet the French language not
cassion in Tientsin. He is a themselves accomplice of those A Petrograd message received in Paris states that the Cadets she could be in a position over to only survived, but even grew
large shareholder of the Bank of ralera, and as such cannot jussiy face the successful and powerfal stronger:
bullion in condition of co-operation with the Government is that the war mast bally that had thus torn her pro-
Communications, the Nab-Stop complain when they are made to be fought to a finish in agreement with the Alliea; that all gres vinces from her bleeding side. is story of the Alestian resistance
M. Paul Helmer told me this India 1085 1032 993 Bilway, the cement, soap, match feel the pensity. This, however, is
Gold in En- ment with the Allies must be adhered to; that there must be WAY
ironworks companies of not the most vital consideration. land****
517 517 517 Tientein, the Afforestation Asso- Reprisals are only justified when to the knife against anarchy; and that the Constituent Assembly was the policy dictated as it was last week several times over. If thought by prudence which was ever the history of a national
The stock in Bombay consists cistion of Kiangai," the Tientain thers is a reasonable expectation zoomt sette all social reforme. The Beurse Gazelle says that the followed by all the successors of struggle or a national tempera- of 2,200 bars, as compared with Chingaheng Bank, the that they will prevents repetition
demand for M. Tohemeff's Te Gambetta in the government of ment were written on the face of %,400 bars last week,
Yuchaanshan signation; consequently negotiations have been broken off. The France. A few ardent patriots any man, these things were to be
- Brewery, and of the acts which gave rise to The stock in Shanghai on the scores of other great industrial them. Whether this isolated Government is reported to be negotiating for the inclusion the late H. Paul Deronlede at their read in the face of M. Helmer. 2nd June, 1917, consisted of about and commercial enterprises. He attack on Freiburg will have the of leaders of commerce sad industry. The latter object to outside interference with the Government and demand that the head-insisted on keeping the He is just over 40 years of age, 25,400,000 ounces in sycee and has a large amount of premium desired effect remains to be seen. It Government undertake social reforms prior to the convocation of memory of the lost provinces but his hair is white. There is a 15,300,000 dollars, as compared bonds and domestic bonds of might have been more we the point had we given the German Govern. alive, and yearly made their solemn strange, almost Quaker tranquility with about 27,000,000 ounces in various years. the Constituent Assembly. ney insist that Russia's foreign policy pilgrimage and their eloquent pro- in the face; the light blue eyes eyes and 17,300,000 dollars' on He is a partner in several ment and people plain warning that
test as the base of that statute of speak of gentleness; there is a 28th May, 1917.
newly-established "large gold- the first execution of their threat Strasbourg from which I spoke saggestion in all of bitter suffer- Quotations for bar silver, per smithe shops at Tientain and against hospital ships would be the other day; but they were ing, of hope deferred, of incessant ounce standard : June 1, 38 Peking, oh so Hengli and Co.. instantly followed by the bom regarded as imprudent and pre- and painful conflict against over-cash; June 2, 38.1/8 cash; June 4, at Tientsin, the Wenbus Co. st bardment of every German town whelming odda; but all this is 38.3/16 cssh; Jane 5, 38.1/8 Kuangyinabih, and the Paoshan within reach of our sirmen. On the other hand, silence was accompanied by the "soft in cash June 6, 38.1/8 cash, June Co. in Ohapsosbih Street, Peking: From long experience of the compaleory on the Alsatians, vincibility" of which Carlyle 7, 38.1/4 cash; average, 38.135.
Formerly, he had large depozita German temperament I should Surrounded on all sides by Ger wrote on the tomb of his wife. No quotation fired for forward in the German,Bank in Tsingtan, may that it is peculiarly suscepti
He is a resident of Colmar and delivery.
but since the occupation by the ble to this aort of argument, man immigrants who had been
Japanese of that German lesed brought into the country to re-sa advocate by profession. The
Bar Gold per oz. atd... 77/9,
port he has not yet been able to place those children of France Bar has been in many oppressed who had left the country, they countries the forum on which the The quotation to-day for cash withdraw his deposits. were surrounded by the whiqni battles of liberty have been delivery in id above that fixed Bidding was not very spirited tons German spy, and every im-fought O'Connell in Ireland, a week ago.
banks, and has since deposited baths, fish ponds, rookeries, and was started by Mr. Henty prudent word was calculated to Gambetta in France, has each in hie turn brought down tyrannies
all his fands in Chinese gold etc., eta,
In the compound Humphreys at the figure of land them in guol,
Now it is this silence on both by the voice of the lawyer; this
mith's shops. In Hazchow he there is a big pavilion with $20,000. From this, it rose fairly
war has stored up a large quantity of all kinds of rare flowers and "Lysholt" Fetches Thirty-seven rapidly in thousande to $35,000, sides of the frontier that has is the part H. Helmer has played Two days before the
of Alsace. If he left Golmar; if he had remain-lopiam, gold barn, silver eyes, trees planted around it. The bidden the trath from the world, in the life the bidding being between Mr.
he Something like a thick veil has was
who appeared ed he would now, like so many of peale, jade, jawele, caricon and people of that provincs have been Humphreys and Mr.Ho Kom-tong. This morning, st the Sale After this figure had been reached, been spread between the lost before the merciless tribanals of the other ardens patriote of his anciens asligraphy and drarrying hard to obtain this huge Rooms of Mr. G. P. Lammert, the Mr. Hu Kom-tong went steadily provinces and the world. One the Germans to plead the cause city and country, be in a German inge. A rough estimates shore building for the Girl Normaal
that the value of his property School. first German property to be sold up, and it was eventually knocked might even say that the Alastian of the Abbe Wekerle, of Hansi, prisou,
Such, in epitome, is the case of is no less than $30,000,000. Ia
The total emanat of his deposita..... in Hongkong since the completion down to him at the figure stated Lorrainers were forgotten by the the caricatarist, of every true
world; and above all, Aleatian who had brought him- Alance and of Lorraine. I can his native province of Kiangi, in varions parte is $16,800,000. of the liquidation of enemy in above, terests, was put up for auction, The property was sold by the of them might imagine that they self within the wide sweep of the regard with nothing but con- many huge buildings have been It was first declared by General when the leasehold property order of the liquidators of Jebsen were forgotten by France. It is German system. And his speeches tempt any British demoorat who erected by him. La Nanchang Tuan that Chang Fan's property sixteen largs should be confisasted, bat owing known as "Lysbolt," situais ailand Company and Mesars.
this fact that adds each splendour have been the appeals to the would contemplate leaving this City there are the Peak, was sold to Mr. He Wilkinson and Christ were solicit the tenacity; the courage, and continuance of the struggle noble people without the fibers buildings within his compounds, to the intercession of certain i Kom-tong for the
of tors for the interests of the nobility of their resistance for freedom, sad helped to fion for which they have strug in there are beautifully fuential personage, the question
cultivated gardens, paviliou, has not beeg digodnej The people of these, preringes, sicengthen and perpetante it,] gled so long. $87,000
RECONSTRUCTION IN RUSSIA.
Government has refused the
shall coincide with the Allies.
London, July 30.
THE ARIADNE TORPEDOED.
London, July 30. The Admiralty announces that the Ariadne has been torpedoed and sunk. Thirty-eight men were killed by the explosion.
ANOTHER NAVAL AERIAL RAID,
Landon, July 30. The Admiralty announces that naval airmen on Saturday night dropped several tons of bombs on Bruges, Thourons, Middlekerke and Chistelles, with good results. Numerous explosions were seen. All the machines returned asiely.
GERMAN PROPERTY
SOLD.
Thousand Dollars.
VEDLOZE.
mataré.
some
***
culation
in
+
May 15. May 22. May 31.
Reserve
silver coin
Gold coin and
and bullion 1546 1545 1553
Bank Bate...
5
sad
Chang Fun expressed his dir gast at the unreliability of foreign
most
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