REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1918.
Prominent Bolshevist" Murdered.
London, Jünd 24. Banter's on respondent at Petrograd says that the prominent, Bolaberist leader M. Volodarsky, Commissioner of Prees Affairs, bas been shot dead in the open street.
Bamia:
Who Next?
Later
"London, Jane 24.
Germany Ignores a Protest.
Sed nativity of German submarines in the White Sea, Germany declines |
London, June 24, Reuter's correspondent at Moscow, writing on the 7th instant, that, replying to M. Tehitoherin's Note protesting against the to guarantee immunity to Bussiąn shipping there.
The Siberian Situation.
•London, June 24. Banter's correspondent at Harbin says that a representative meeting of prominent residents telegraphed to the Allied Ministers in Paking urging the necessity of Allied armed assistance in Siberis.
IRISH AFFAIRS.
Colonel Lynch to Assist Recruiting.
London, Jane 24."
FORMERLY OF HONGKONG.
THE PERFECT AIRMAN.
DISASTROUS FIRE AT, VANCOUVER.
24, Good Byesight, Abstainer. :
Gunner F. T. Marques Suffering from Wounds.
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"PIGEONS."
the Front.
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Heavy Destruction·la
Shipyard.
The big-
BUROPE'S WAR DEBTS.
New Problems Arising from Recent Developments.
ANTI-SUBMARINE DEVICES.
lance in the North Sea and
An Underson Wall.
To protect the A correspondent of the New That perfect vision is the first
Tork Honing P writes from Graman” dubmarines, a Bootch sential of the perfect sirman Canadian papers to hand gie Faris under date of April 21 as ginger writes the Pepuler Mr. M. J. Marques, of 8, Bar was agreed by medical men and long secounts of a conflagration follows
Mahonia, comes forward with a daring proposal that is intere Terrace, Kowloon, has airmen who discussed the subject that occurred in the early houra
The anxieties of bustle ono ing if for no other reason then ita The murder of M. Volodarsky is regarded as significant, and received a cable from the War at the Medical Society of Lon of May 15, at the Conglan ship- the question is being asked as to who will be the next M. Troisky Office stating "Begrst inform don, Chandos street, Cavendish-yard at False Creek, Vancouver, prevent financiers preocupying sheer stupendommen
F. 1. square, W.
as the result of which the eastern themselves with the situation
Es pressata plans for the con- and M. Lonip are always surrounded by guards and it is reported you 236052 Ganner
Marques, B.FA, seriously ill, Ist. Burgeon Graeme Anderson, half of the shipyard was destroyed. they will have to face later, no struction of an enormous ander, that they frequently use disguises.
Australian General Hospital, R. N., who has been examining An explosion of an acetylene tank matter how the battle ends water wall that would extend from French finance at koms per the Friesian Islands to a point Paper Money.
France; shell wound foot," sirmen since the first year of the started the conflagestion.
Mr. F. T. Marques is the son of war, said that he once made an The fire resulted in the death severes in the safe way taken af the coast of Schleswis, 38 Beuter's correspondent at Moscow states that it is estimated that forty-three milliard roubles in paper money are circulating in Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Marques. He experiment by going up as a of a fireman named Camaron, the the beginning of the war. Official miles distant, and pass sell to left Hongkong on May 6th, 1917. passenger blindfolded and with loss of the steamer War Chariot, statements of the financial role the westward of Heligoland. Wertions of France with her Allies Such a structure would block the Prior to his departure he was hie care plugged. He wanted to serious damage to the employed in the Hongkong and End out if he could tell the Charger, the obliteration of No. 4 are also satisfactory. The proexiste from Wilhelmshaven, Whampoa Dock as an apprentics movements of the machine with building ways, of the fitting-out pects of international finance Cuxhavan, the Kaiser Wilbelie cut seeing or hearing. After wharf, the boiler shop and the resulting from the present con- Canal, and neighboring breen, of engineering.
s while they seemed to be drawing office, and the balting of ditions of belligerents and and prevent naval vessels of sti going up and up, on the almost work on the big programme nondescript are more dabious kinds from reaching the ship even keel,but 85.. $ matter of steel shipbuilding 边
This is not merely because the Atlantic Ocean. of fact they were descending British Columbia. with the left wing down goat single industry in Van-final situation must depend on the Because the North Sea is co- Surgeon Anderson contended conver, employing over 2,000 men, relative completeness of victory paratively shallow along the line A Visit to Message-Carriers at that while only men almost per- in out of businesss temporarily, Formar Vice-Chancellor Half of the proposed barrier, the plan fect from the physical point of ships screly needed for the pro farish, whose part in the war is possible feasibly so far as its view should fy, even those secution of the war will be held government of Germany has been engineering aspectuars concerned. The chiefly financial, has just confessed The wall would be built of A chaplain with the B.E.F. in accepted should be graded for bank for many months. France writes:*****
fying at different heights and for damage is estimated at from in a speech at Stuttgart on April reinforced concrete in about "I think it was on that different duties.
$1,500,000 to $2,000,000-pro 6: The re-establishment of the thousand barge-like sectiona I paid a visit to one of the pigeon Thus men who suffer from bably nester the latter figure, situation which we had made for which would be towed to the lofts in our area. The pigeons chilblains should be passed only The loss is much greater than ourselves in the world, politically proper positions, filled with are part of my Rock. They live for low flying," he said, "because that of any other single conflagra- and economically, before the war stone, and sunt end to end. some 60 of them in a London chilblains are an indication that tion in the history of Vancouver is a vital question for Germany. These segments would vary ... If we do not completely come of their dimens motor-omnibus from Piccadilly. they are not medically fitted to or of Western Canada. The outside top part of the rise to great altitudes," He de An explosion in the acetylene re-establish our economicsituation sions so sa to meet the conditions omnibus is roofed in to form a preciated the taking of alcohol by tank in the boiler shop is said to in the world, we shall have lost presented, but for the purpose of cage, while the men occupy the pilota. "The action of a little be responsible for the disaster, the war end be lost ourselves." description they would be about
A first and chief difficulty of 400ft. long, 8014, wide, and 100/1 inside-or, rather, three quarters alcohol is intensified greatly by and the twenty man who happen- of the inside, because the front flying," he added, "and while Ied to be working the "graveyard the situation concerns the proba- or less, in depth. The top of the part of the inside is also part of bave known men do some smasing shift" in that department had abilities and modes of payment of wall thus formed would be some The Colonial Office has issued a summary of the proceedings of the cage, which is entered by a stunte under its influence it narrow escape. Af it was, Fire the debts owed to France by 10 or 12ft. below the surface of the Imperial War Conference held between Jane 12 and 19 ander door from the men's room, and always beats them in the end. A man William J. Cameron, of No. countries which the war has the water. This, in addition to the chairmanship of Mr. Walter Long. Those present included the also by a door at the top of the man of this kind retained on one 12 Hall, was caught when the disorganised. Bussis is the ex-minimising the effect af heavy of his worst days a power of rea building collapsed and was in. ample moet discussed at present. wares during severe storms, would Secretary for inua. Empassie was laid on the resourcefulness of back stair-case. the British Navy, secaring the safe and inhindered attendanos of There is, an opening in the soning which, in spite of sleepi- etatly killed. His mangled The Russian Government and conceal the beasier sufficiently to representatives from all parts of the world. Bepresentatives front of the cage, cleverly arrangnese, made him decide not to at remains were recovered. Officials Russian industries, before the hamper the enemy in his attempte
ship-yards war, bad borrowed in France to break through its work of the Imperial War Graves ed, so that the birds can enter tempt any 'fants. So he set off of the Coughlan the
Because of the sandy character Commission dwell on the need for all possible pressure when they return from their for home 30 miles away. Over announce that, they have been that is, had issued bonds in which on Turkey for she safeguarding of the graves in Gallipoli. It fights, but cannot fly out when his serodrome he performed al-suthorised to at once proceed Frenchmen invested their ear of the bed of the North Sea, and was decided to bak the Commission to give a common form of memo they are inside. A board is deftly most unheard of antide. Ultimately with the reconstruction of the ings, to the amount of more than the strong tidal movements, the rial for all ranks, A resolation was carried favouring of the cost of poised just inside the opening, so he crashed' and when he recover-yards and with the work of 20,000,000,000 francs, or 4,000, units would need to be firmly the Commission's decisione being borne by the that when a bird steps on it aned consciousness be said that until reconditioning the damaged 800,000 dollara. More than anchored against lateral displace respective Governments of the Empire proportionately to the num electric bell rings inside the the last moment he could remem vessels. The fire spread with half of this cum
|accomplish by providing "long, bers of their dead. The cost is estimated so svarage ten pounde omnibus to tell the men that aber he had stuck to his resolve great rapidity. From the boiler up of bonds of the Rush, the engineer would Two not to do stante. The perfect age shop the flames soon went sian Imperial Government. For deep cleats, on the bottom of each sterling par officer of man baried, but it is estimated that the cost of pigeon bee come home.
to the fitting-out wharf where the present, the French Govern unit which would settle into the memorials to those graves not acuted will be considerably less arrived while I was there; they for flying is 24,"
and ment is paying as they fall due sand and stabilise the structure. aten users Alsaks proportionately. Tue Conference initiated a discussion on the gass had coms from the trenches fire The
Great obstacles would have LO tion of the satablishment of a central puthority in the United King-miles away in 18 minutes.
War Camp were moored. Then the interset on asch bonds to their the woodwork of the eavated in French holders. The bonds are be overcome in carrying out minha dom to supervise the emigration of men from the Services pigeons are taken out in baskets
No. 4 ways caught fire and the far from being written off to proan elaborate scheme in the face of also Vacions phases al Imperial to the trenches, to bring messages after the
war were deliberated upon.
1imes were soon darting up the fit and loss, and there is a small war conditions. To the allied "economic policy after the
trellis-like structure. On this slip market for them in France, with navice would fall the task of pro- was the War Chariot, which was a certain movement of specula-seating the work during its con She tion. Measures have even had to atraction and afterward. It is about 75 per cent. plated.
It has been officially announced in the House of Commons that Mr. Arthur Lynch, M.P., has accepted a commission as Colonel and is proceeding to Ireland immediately to saust in recruiting.
THE IMPERIAL WAR CONFERENCE.
deliberating Da
carrying out
WAK,
Some of the Questions Discussed.
London, Juse 24.
and
NEW GOVERNOR OF GIBRALTAR.
London, Jane 24.
It is officially announced that Sir Borace Smith-Dorrien has been appointed Governor of Gibraltar in sucossion to Sir Harbert Miles, wao me shortly vacating the office.
A REICHSTAG SENSATION.
2
EIGHT HOURS IN GAS MASKS
London Officer's Experience
Record Bombardment."
la
the
was made
back in case the wire communica- tions should be cut by the enemy's fire. If not wanted for this pur- pose, they are sent flying back after 24 hours with some message
Was soon earrounded by flames be taken against Germans passing obvious that the wall would and in about half an hour on to the French market, through require constant patrolling⠀⠀ just for practice. Each pigeon
had Switzerland and other countrice, and that cossionally the overhead cranad has a ring put on its ing when quite young, and is known by
fallen from the roof of the the Russian bonds they have the number on the ring.
Writing home, & wounded ways, crashed into this hall plundered in the parts of France would demand repairs, but, if properly defended, it would, the As soon as the bird arrives at officer of one of the London regi and the War Chariot went invaded by German troope inventor believes, prova imprega No Fregohman admita for one able. The cost of ecrettnation the loft, a man creeps into the mente sends a few details" of through the slip. She is next cage, catches it, reads the mee what some of the Londoners did thing to a total loss. On No. 3 moment that any Government, would be heavy, but perhaps not sage, writes it down in duplicate, daring the great battle which ways the hall of the War Charger, whatever it he, that take the prohibitive, providing the desired According to Beuter's correspondent at Amsterdam, Herr von and sends an orderly at once with began on March 21. The parti- which has been ready to launch place of the Imperial regime in reenise were accomplished. The Kuehlmann, reviewing in the Keicheag the military situation, copy to the signal officer, calars relate to the first three for two weeks but which was what was Bassia will be allowed plán has been “submitted to the
whence it is sent forth like an mornings and two nights. waiting for engine parte, loomed to repudiate the national debt. British Admiralty for consider created a sensation by expressing doubt that the war would ena ordinary telegram to wherever it Thursday morning (the 21st) through the smoke and glare. The breaking up of Russis into tion. even in 1919.
ought to go. Birde are always was the heaviest gas bombard Strenuous afforts were made to three or four separata atatea, or sent in couples, each with the ment of the war," he says. "It gave her. The blazing timber the absorption of whole parts of same mesasge, in case one should was a terrible time. We were alongide 8001 hested the Bussis by Germany, will not be
Doubt Whether War will End Next Year. "
London, June 25.
THE BERSARABIAN HARVEST.
London, Juna 24.
the
nivá Governments soning ureapon.
AMMUNITION SEIZURES IN DUBLIN,
be shot by the enemy. Two malce awakened in our dug-out at 4.40 plates red hot and har allowed to work any change in were hawked over all Europe (and London; June 24. or two females are sent toge. a.m. by terrific abelling, and we port side is twisted and hundreds each obligatione. At most, the doubles in Americs) by sacces message from Dublin says that the Police closed the sher, never a male and a female, stood to practically the whole of pistes will have to be removed peace settlement will have to be sibly and without pablicis. The approaches to Smithfield Corn Market'in Dublin fast night and asized feet they loiter by the way, or Eve day, and wore our respiratora for and either faired or replaced. complicated by the redistribution
debi and the kuawa iguin or 122 aacks containing altogether ten tons of ammunition believed to tempt Adam to wander from the seven or eight hours. In the After a valiant fight the Bremen of the charges of the one astional apertain figure of this floating evening we carried out a retire stopped the fire before she suffer debt among the separated frag- Government Loans properly have formed part of a cargo of arms landed on the northern coast path of duty!
Truly, they were a beautifulment under orders.
ed the same fate se her sister ship, ments of the farmer nation. gome time ago. The remainder of the cargo is believed to have been
set of birda which I'mw-quita s “During the night we carried Capt. Craven, representing Cham I have often explained the issued, with the impopuding since the war af Austria's gold distributed in various centres,
sight to behold, in such perfect out another retirement under bers and Co., of Liverpool, peculiar guarantee of Turkey's reserve by the German Imperial condition, and with all the marks orders. We blocked all com says that the main turbine loans, whose lesue is secured by Bank and the unknown fature of high breeding. Their dignified munication trenches in front of engines for that vessed, worth varitable mortgages of definite bearing seemed to show that they our position with barbed wire, 260,000, have been destroyed. vilayet revenues. What is left of of the Austrian part of the realised the importance of their and left a certain number of men The total loss is conserve the Turkish Government, in this Dual Empire are the res! work! It is a wonderful instinct behind to form a rearguard. fively estimated at $2,000,000, year's budget, acknowledges this factors in the prevent heart-de- which makes these birds fly back After quitting this position we The equipment saved includes the guaranteed national debt This preciation of Austrian exchange. to their homes as soon as possible. arrived in front of, which moliling loft, the rolls, the punch is significant, even if it is takes settlement should include The men get devoted to them, the Germans had already occupied, shop, the blacksmith shop, the only se a clever and supreme radiasibation of the Austrian and make shem love their clean and took up a position in a treanh. plate shop, and No. 1 and 2 manmurre to extort from the debt in case the present Andrian and comfortable homes, where "When daylight came
we building alips nearest Con- Entente Powers, some continned they are well fed and cared amused ourselves by looting naught bridge. On these elipe recognition of the national territory loses ita political unity
partially or wholly fox in every way. Ah! how evacuated dug-outs. We found are the heels of halls five and existence. Bulgaria will not be must also be obliged to toknow. eix, but those vessels have not allowed to repudiate her debt, ledge her reponsibility in Aus- many of "na" would love to fly a certain amount of cutlery, cupe back to our warm, comfortable and sencers, and prepared an reached an advanced stage and if only for the reason that trian finance unless her victor homes and be at rest with those excellent breakfast in the open after the debris has been cleared it has so many German holders. complete that her corner
noted that; who care for us! The crew of the trench, a sandbag performing the sway and the plant reorgameed It should be loit consists of a chanteur to office of tablecloth. There was it will be possible to gu aheed since the war, no particular of Austria's gold and Austria drive the motor, an expert pigeon not the slightest amount of cover, with construction. trainer, who also sola sa cook, and even from the elements, for any-
According to Renter's correspondent at Amsterdam, Besarabian Minister of the Rumanian Cabinet announces owing to drought the Bessarabian harvest is extremely bad.
ANOTHER JAPANESE CONCESSION.
London, June 24;
that
the
Beater'e correspondent at Shanghai says that an agreement is practically concluded under which Japan will acquire control of oatpat of an immensely valuable iron mine near Nanking.
NO APPETITE THIS WEATHER?
Then you need the aid of
PINKETTES
on orderly to ran with the mess ages. I had dinner with the men they providing the meat and I the sweets. I wonder if that omnibus will ever run through Piccadilly again l
Tennis Items, mo The following from a New York paper regarding the two American tennis players who visited Hong kong last year will be read with interest "Lieut. George Y Church, famous as the Princeton captain who conquered Willism for the national intercollegiate tennis title in 1914, and No. 3, hag been doing great service as an in-,
Typhoon Warning.»/ structor in aviation in one of the the little laxatives which soceler
The following telegram was | Western fying schools. He was ate digestion, gently stimulate the severely injured some time ago, liver, dispel Costiveness, Bilions received by the American Con sulate General, Hongkong, from but has recovered and returned asse, sick headnobes...
Harold A. Throck- Of all chemists, 60 conta the the Mamis Obeervatory at 1 p.m. to duty" : marton plainly shows that he phis, or post free from Dr. to-day-Oyalone or typhoon E. med the pinnacle of a form Williams' Medicine Co., 96 Sas of southern Lazm, direction
ahnen Bond, Shanghai,
one, but as the sun was shining it was unnecessary, O ARA
Mr. B. F. Cleanali.
"The pleasant mide ended, wo News has been received from found ourselves later ander heavy Home that Mr. Lanest Frank zile and machine gun fire, and Clennell, son of Mr. Wd. Olen some of us were being bombed. nell, H. M. Consul at Newchwang, I was wounded going and Mrs. Clennell, has just joined over the open."
the Royal Air Force sa cadet, si Hsetinge, after being medically plased "fit for pilot." Young Promoted Major.
Mr Glennell was born at Shang Captain Hayes Kroner,? 16th hai in February, 1900. He was Infantry, U, S, Army, Tiantain, educated at Falstead and was the
and winne of the Sports Cap has been promoted Ma
United States,
-niklaan in the wobnol, ordered to proceed at once to the other paling being the boat all
and
It is inevitable, that the peace :
own reyndistion of deb Financial question has arisen one be accepted by the Allie Gerning Bulgaria. For Serbia ahol facts with and Romanie, the survival of T is enough to show national obligations will also be amian repudiation. a necessary matter of pesce nettle, debia will mos zoome mente and thene will depend on
negotiations. the afficiency of President Wil:nancialblem of what son's Society of Nationa
national finde triedness All larangh the years of pesos, war have become, by France had a ruining diplomatic hematoma m conflict with Austris to secure the rights of Frenon holders of the State guaranteed South; Anzizan railways or Lombard". Booner or
star, the samount will have to: known" of them
bligations
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