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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.
Romours of an Anti-Bolshevik Outbreak.
THE WESTERN FRONT.
A. German Attack Falls.
London, February 12.
A French communique states:-An attempted coup de main at Javincourt region was stopped by our fire. The Germans, on the right bank of the Leuse, after a farica: bombardment, attacked in front of Caurieres wood, but were repaleed, leaving dead, after lively fighting. Artillery fire is most scrive in Alsace.
WEDNESDAY,
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
EXCITEMENT IN HONGKONG.
FEBRUARY – 13,
Temperature &
February 13, 1917,
Humidity
三拜後,戥三十月二英港香
∙1918.
AUGUSTE RODIN.
Preya side of the Uluh building, « large and distinel crack can, be Peen extending through the top floor, and considerable His Sculpture and its Aime quantity of outride plaster has Hallen down into the road. On the Cricket Club side of the building, a long but narrow
sation. The beauty of these works in a butenot; and there is
the name abstract beauty, in spits of the horror of the subject, în the Ugolina group of the ** Gale of Hell,"
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Revolution in Flour Trade. The four trade has been re volutionised in 1917 says
London
In 1885 Rodin received the American journal. Milleen
Incidents in a Chinese
Francois, Anguste Rodio, whose commission for the monument to London, February 12.
menood Droember 25, to `maks "Bad Day."
crack can be leaped, and the death was reported recently, was the Burghers of Calais, all the through the conatry com
figures of which were exhibited All the information of the proceeding at Brasilitov k emanates
crack in the wall of the annexe born on November 19, 1849, in in master in 1889. In this work but one grade rf. Bjur, the standard being 95 per cent. from German official sources, and nothing confirmatory has yet been
Considerable excitement was can easily be seen from the road. Paris. The son of a clerk in a he carried his principle of re
patents for both epring and received from Petrograd. Indeed, since the 6b instant there have
The mill Oa enquiry at the Boyal Ob been no news or telegrama from Petrograd. The cause of the caused in the Colony about ten protracted silence is unknown. The Rain wirelesa is working, minutes part two o'close this servatory this afternoon, we were Government office, Badin had no presentive sction to an extreme winter wheats
childhood. Yet when he left themselves up to Edward l. for years are to be continued, but but it is monopolized with long accounts of academic discussions afternoon by distinot earth-informed that no actos! record of ambition to be an artist in his The burghers are starting to give brands that have been adverted Brestisom. Hence it is impossible to confirm the amours quake ebook, which threw the the shook has been times, schoot at the age of 14 he went and Rodin's one aim is to ex- there is to be no difference in the whole Central District into though it was felt very distinctly to free drawing school, since press their emotica in gentare far. lastead of there being which are current of an anti-Bolshevik on break in Petrograd,
The Bolshevik representative, M. Kamene, has arrived at state of panic, the large majority The officials there are, however,
Decoratifs, where Lescq de Bois of Gothic realpture, which needs Stockholm. He states that he is going to England on an important ef people being under the im- collecting information on the own se the Ecole des Arts Here be bas followed the tradition rights" and "clears" after officia! errand and declares that the Ukrainiens will profit at pression that a serious earth quake subject,
was about to occur. The
Reports have come to hand bandran, the greatest teacher of no architectural symmetry of its taking out the patents, all this little from a separate peace, because the Ukraine prople are under
frat intimation of its presence that the shock was also felt at the age, was one of the masters own. Radio's group seems to lokes been done away with; the
for blending with dry flour. a Soviet and the Government will never recognise it.
was a fairly loud rumbling in Taipo and Fanling, showing that There Rodin made friends with symmetry; bat se drama it has remaining 5 per cent, can be ased
Dalon and Legros, and learned to do equal in modern sculptare the earth sad then the buildings it was a general tremor.
British Economic Policy began to rock in an alarming A telegram received in the draw from memory; but still be A reolios of it is now being placed.
|showed no great precocity. He in Victoria Tower Gardene.
"Bat it is, we believe, the fabian. Hundreds of people. Oclony this afternoon atates
Radio received commission overwhelming desire of the attempted three times in rain to many of whom bad just refarced that a prolonged abock was also gain admittance to the Ecole des from the Societe des Gene de peuple of this country and 10 basiness after tiffio, zasbed felt on the Shamsen at Canton. out of buildings which seemed. It is interesting to note that Beaux Arte; but had the lack to Lettere for a statue of Belzse in the Dominions that after this likely to be razed to the ground, to day is what is termed "a bed obtain some teaching from Barys, 1891, but when the plaster model was our scosomic policy should violently were they shaking day," or "chsk ho," among the than the best sculptor in France. was exhibited in 1896 the society be fashioned on two basic prin Basistent .to. scalptor of of Basic at all and withdrew the financial writer icatly, the Women and children also poured Chinese. These days are set out While still a boy he became refused to recognize it as a status efplce, commente
commission. Rodia's sim had out of the houses terror-stricken on a calendar which is yearly and some of them faiated through issued by certain wo called astra architectural ornement,
and, secondly, the closest posible While still in this employment been to represent Balsic in the solidarity of the British Empire, aheer fright. In trath the logere, the book being something shook was enficient to cause in the nature of the familiar Old be married, at the age 23, and moment of conceiving a master-intimacy with spots Allied coas one to wonder if the Colony was Moore's Almanack. By this puoli-soon sfterwards produced his first piece. Only s master of natural tries and especially France, about to be visited by a danger- cation, certain days are marked great work," The Man with the form can to express himself in Italy, Belgium, and the United o earth quake. Very many "good" (or lucky) and phers Braken Nose." It was rejected ideal form. Rodin submitted 3 who have stood with us people were so overcome with "bad" for antecky) and on these by the Salon, though there was to the rejection of his work with in this desperate fight for freedom; panic that they did not appear to latter the Chinese generally to nothing strange about it except tranquillity At the Exhibition and it in hopeless to imagine that of 1900 the City of Paris this policy can be properly deve- know what to do bot bandrede, frain from burial or marriage its excellence. In the same year especially from the Chinese quar- ceremonies or from carrying ont he became assistant to Carrier erected, close to the Exhibition loped in conference with the building in which Dominions and our Allies unless
works ters, rushed helter-skelter through important business. To-day bap Ballease, a fashionable sculptor, gates, the streets in an endeavour to pens to be one of these occasions in whose employment he sequired nearly all Bodia's find open spaces.
The shooka day upon which "the White great facility and dexterity. In were shown. Crowds went to Iseted about half-a-minuts and Tiger opens his month," The 1870 he went with Carrier-see them, and he was almost many difficult factors which must was felt all over Hongkong and White Tiger, it may be explained, Belleuse to Brussels, and soon universally recognised as the be taken into secount Kowloon and outlying districts, plays an important part in the afterwards entered in'o partner. greatest of modern sculptors. Hie
The shook was very distinctly theory of fungahui For example, ship with's Belgian sculptor, Van had long had admirers in Log British console during the prat felt in the Central District. A in buildings house care is taken Rasbourg, with whom he executed land. In 1913 he was elected rear solik se low sa 51. This is lady residing opposite the Hong to ase that the aspect is favour- some of the scalpture on the President of the International the lowest price at which this kong Shanghai Back was on her ble--that is to say, that its Brassele Bourse. At this period Society in succession to Whistler. premier security has sold since verandah when the earth began to physical surroundings are well- he made a careful study of Gothic in later years he was mainly the year 1805, when they were shake and sheclearly saw the dome balanced. If there were s high soulpture and architecture, which occupied in finishing works 5 The highest price of console of the Bank rock as though it hill on the right of the hoass and bad profound influence upon began or projected earlier, among in the nineteenth century, and would fall over. Besuconsfield none on the left, that would be all his later work. In 1875 he went them the monument to Victor the highest on record, was 11.3. in 1898, when the tide of com Arcade, too, a very old building, described as "a White Tiger" to Italy to study Mishelangelo Hugo.
Ha has often been called, even mercial prosperity over the entire
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE PEACE WITH UKRAINE,
More Cant by the Kaiser.
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Amsterdam, February 11.
A telegram from Berlin. says: The Kaiser, replying to the address of the Burgomaster of Hamburg on the occasion of the peace with Ukraine, says: "Godis guiding Germany. Our Lord God wants pesce, but peace in which the world strives for what is right and good. The enemy who is beaten by our armies perceives that it is no longer any use fighting, and whoever extends hands to as receives our hand, but he who Woat socept peace must be forced to do so. We desire to Hve in friendship with neighbouring peoples, but victory of German arm must frat be recognised. Our troops are "under our great Hindenburg who will continue to win, then
will come." peace
Exchange of Products.
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Landon, February 11. The Ukraine peace stipulates the immediate exchange of agricultural and undustrial products at prices regulated by & joint commission; payments to be made in gold on the basis of a thonsand German imperial gold marks being the equivalent of four hundred and sixty-two gold roubles of the former Russian Empire or a thousand Austro-Hungar- in gold kronen, to be the equivalent of 293 roubles. The exchange of products is to take place through a Central Bureau
SPLENDIO RAID BY AUSTRALIANS.
London, February 12.
Field Marshal Sir Donglas Haig reports:-The Australians, raiding last night south-east of Messines, took thirty-seven prisocere, three machine-guns and a trench-mortar, and inflicted heavy casualties." It is estimated that the raiders killed a bundred of the enemy, apart from the losses caused by our preliminary bombardment. They successfully repulsed a counter-attack. Our casualties numbered twenty." Hostile artillery is intermittently active to the south-west and west of Cambrai. Our batteries in this area effectively engaged working parties of the enemy.
NEW SHIPPING REGULATION.
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London, February 11.
The Ministry of Shipping has added a provision to the regulations regarding purchase of ships-making the Shipping Controller's approval necessary, before any person can pur-- chase shares in a compauy whereby he obtains control of ship..
BRITISH DESTROYER SUNK.
London, February 11,
The Admiralty announces that the destroyer Boxer was nk in the Channel on the night of the '8th inat. as the " result of a collision. One of the crew is missing.
ZIONIST COMMISSION TO VISIT PALESTINE.
London, February 11,
The Press Bureau reports that the Government hes Buthorised the Zionist Commission to proceed to Palestino with a view to repatriating Jews whom the enemy compell- ed to leave, organising relief work, re-opening institutions and restoring damage.
GREEK ARMY AFFAIRS.
London, February 11..
An Atbens telegram reports that Genem! Danglis, on being interviewed, said that despite the attempts of a few Royalists to create disorder the mobilisation would succeed and a considerable Greek simy would fight in Macedonia shortly.
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s clear interval is allowed for the measured cogeideration, of the
The Price of Console.
rooked in a serious manner and and its it fasce would therefore and Donstello.
In 1877 he produced the by those who admire him, an civilised world was at low abb,
dividends were"` cut,
the inmates lost no time in making be bad. In building a house their way on to Battery Path site ia considered anlucky anless famous "Age of Brons," also incomplete artist, but he could when Practically every building in the it is so situated as to resemble called "The Primeval Man," and conceive more clearly sad execute and when corporation securities Colony wse more or less shaken. the position of a msa sitting in returned to Paris. The Age of mors precisely than any other were on an unsafe investment At Shaakiven, the Peak, Wan-chair with things equally balanced: Brons" was exhibited at the modern sculptor. Conception basis. It was then that investors chai, West Point sad Kowloon on the right and left. Kowloon, Balen; and Rodin was accused of grew in his mind with execution, tarned to console, and the price bad shocks were felt, bat as yet for instance, is generally regarded having taken a cast from a living and what he had done always ran up from 1053 at the opening no news is through of any serious as a lucky site for houses, because man. In later years he was seemed to him only a prepara of the year to 1133 near the close. damage baving been done, though on the left and right thers is so accused of ignorance of the tion for what he wanted to do. The following year, 1897, that there are several reports of walls equal balance of billano human form, and both criticisms Hence the fragmentary state of price was again attained, but this orecking eto, from the Central White Tigers. The whole in were equally absurd, "The Age many of his works. They are was more the result of an exten- District Serious damage he fluence of the White Tiger is of Bronze" was cast in brotse projecte or studies for something ive redemption policy instituted. been caused to a house at 17, intricately bound up with fung and purchased by the State, greater; they are related to by the Gvernment. An unex Old Bailey, it having been crackhui, in very many aspects. As Bodin still earned his living by larger whole which only existed pectedly large surplus · revenne ed from top to bottom and is in for the "bad days," these are working for other scalptors and in his own mind. One feels that bad occurred in the exobequer. a very dangerous state for generally believed in and accepted only, produced original works for him saulptore was sa art that that year from the death duties His he was still trying to discover on the fortune of an English habitation. The Central Folice by the Chinese, jaet sa many in his leisure hours. Station itself enffered, the extreme other people believe that Fridays "St. John, of which there is and that he was more eager to millionaire, and this was utilised western end of the building show are unlucky days; and to-day's now a replics at South Ken-discover it than to produce main redeeming console. The low ing cracke. A retaining wall at events will probably strengthen sington, was exhibited in brosz: terpieces. Nevertheless he did record of consols in the nineteenth
in the Salon in 1881, sad also produce them; and they are the century was 501, in 1803, Government Quarters, Breezy the prevalent balief. Point, for some time past has had The last ocossion on which purchased by the State. With more moving.beosuse most of a small crack but since the shock Hongkong was visited by an "The Genius of War" he come them seem to suggest something
fizer still than themselves. this has considerably widened. earthquake shock was on May 15, peted unsuccessfully for s monu-
A. ■ man he was simple and No. 25, Hollywood Road is also 1911, when two slight tremore ment to commemorate the defence severely cracked. Many reports were felt. In August, 1905, s of Paris. It was the first work in friendly and put on none of the have been received of flower potseries of books were fell in which he showed his power of sira of genius. He enjoyed his falling from houses into the street Hongkong and Macao, lasting making passionate
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Dine hours.
Committed for Trial.
movement féme. He was lucky to ba horn monumental. From 1882 to 1885 in Frarce; but even there he
DON'T FORGET.
TO-DAY Victoris Theatre; 9.15 pm: Bijou Theatre 9.15 p.m. New Hongkong Cinematoge
p.m.
A considerable time elapsed
he produced many fius portrait had not all the opportunities he
TO-MORROW, before the excitement had abated
baste, and bie fame began to deserved. Bat he gave lavishly-9.15 Thrift in the Volted States.
grow. In 1888 he received a to his own country and to ours.
Victoris Theatre 9.15 and people returned to their offices and houses. Business has In the year 1916 there were commission for the monument to Early in the war he gave 20 works
Bijon Theatre-0.16 ecarcely been resumed and the 11,148,302 depositore on the Bastien-Lepage, which was un- to the British nation as a token talk of the occurrence almost died books of the eavings banks of veiled in 1889. Rodin's aim in of admiration for our soldiers; New Hongkong
Saturday, February 16. down when another shook was felt Amerios, with aggregate deposits monuments was to reveal his enband last year he by s deed of gift graph.-8.15 pm;
Victoria Regatta. at about 2.45. As when the first of 85,088,587,295, or an average jeat in some representative presented all the remaining works
Monday, February 18, shock was felt, the people in these of $450.44 for each depositor. moment or action; he studied in his possession, including draw.
St. George's Society-Svecial buildings ran into the street and In 1916 the average of each de-action from life and not from inge and writinge, and bis collection of Greek, Roman, and many of them would not re-anter positor was $442 83, The number posed models. sgais. The Chinees, when the of banks in 1916 was 1,022, I was in 1880 that Rodin Egyptian antiquities, to France, general meeting at City Halij
received the commission for the They are to be kept, where they 5.30 p.m. excitement had abated to some against 1,978 in 1915.,
Gate of Hell for the Musee des are at present, in the Hotel Biron, Constitutional Reform A soois- [extent, threw jos papers cut of their houses and in a very short
at City Hall; 5:46 p.m. At the Police Court this after Arts Decoratifs, a work which which is to become a permanent tion Annual general meeting
Bodio Mussam,
Thursday, February 21. time the air was rent by countless
Hongkong & Kowloon Whuf cracker-fring, presumably to poon, a Chinese schoolmaster was occupied him for great part of obarged with cffering a bribe to the rest of his life and supplied propitiate the evil spiritė.
Str. D. Halg And The YM.C.A. the Acting Inspector of Vernace him with motives for seversi
Sir Dongise Haig, writing from Daring the whole sfternoon lar Schools. The case for the pro- other great works, as for instance, the Police and Fire Brigade Blood scation was that the defendant, for the Thicker now outside by in readiness for an emergency on February 9, wont so the In the Pantheon, for the Adem Gesers! Beadquarters in France call in the event of asses of fres
speator's Office and cffered him or Creation fof Man," for the to the YMCA with reference to or collapees taking place, but, at 318 in an envelope la reply to Eve," and for the Eternal the Leamington Hnt Week, says: the time of going to preee, no the abarge, the defendant admit Spring." group suggested by "The value of the work done reports of happenings sufficiently ted that he gave the Inspector the Pole and Francesca of by the Y.M.O.A, huis in France serions to need their attention the money. After bearing the the Gate. In the Eternal is incalulable. I should esteem it ovidence, his Worship, Mr. J. Spring" and in the “ Kina. Ara, & double honour that one of them *Among the buildings cracked Wood committed the defendant exhibited in 1898, Bodia pro should hear my name and that it by the shock are the Hongkong to take bi trisl at the next duced works at pure beauty by Bhould be provided by, the people
had been received
Olab and innere. On the Criminal Sessions
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antation of pasgionata
of Leamingto
& Godown Co-Shareholder meeting; noon.
Saturday, February 23. Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, Anuuil meeting; noon.
Monday, Feb, 25, Race Mesting1st Day.
Tuesday, Feb. 28. Race Meeting 2nd Us! Wednesday, Feb. 1 Bsce Hesting.dtd D