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THE BATTLES IN FRANCA.
The German Reports.
London, July 2
A wireless German official message says: Sunday's fighting resulted in a completo success for the Germans. Enemy attacks south-westward of Soissons and south-west- ward of Hartennes broke down. We throw back the enemy northward of Ville Montoire. We defeated an assault astride Oulchy-le-Chatena. Strong enemy attacks northward and north-eastward of Chateau Thierry broke down with heavy losses. We sanguinarily repulsed the Anglo-French between the Marae and the Ardre.
A German evening official message says: French attacks between the Aisne and Marne failed Fresh fighting dere- loped in the evening between the" Aisne and Ourcq.
A wireless German official report states: We repulsed English attacks between Beaumont and Hamel also eastward and south-eastward of Hebuterne. Enemy attacks against Soissons from the south-west collapsed. The encias seven times attacked Soissons and Chateau Thierry rood. His assault north-westward of Hartennes broke down, We drove him back south-westward of Hartennas. We held positions north-westward of Chateau Thierry against oft- repeated American attacks. We undisturbedly withdrew defences northward and north-eastward of Chateau Thierry, The English, French and Italian attack between the Marno and, north of Ardre failed
OLI
AUSTRIA'S POLICAL CRISIS,"
London, July 23.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1918.
men.
SWIRE'S CASES.
read).
of
The
one
CONSCRIPTION APPEALS. Gevers meat. More than fifty the only local youth they tion he had received from the Mr. Thomson said be did not vessels are to be employed and had. He had been with them for Shipping Controller on the 20th mean that, but he had need the to run such a business it would three years and was twenty-one in which it was stated that the word sa meaning sedentary work. His Breellency dealt with the be absolutely necemary that years of age. Mr. McIntyre had | Shipping Controller recognised MÈSSRS, BUTTERFIELD AND there should be a receonsbly had eight years business experi that the maintenance of Mosers, case of Mr. Rawlinson and efficient staff. If there not anos, four years of which was in Butterfield and Swire, shipping again referred to the strong
matter the greatest dangers would be in the Esat and four years at Home, agents, prag &
of an batikation list. Es asked if any and in of the staff were about to go on Decision of the Tribunal Upheld,curred, there would be delaye, Mr. Rawlinson had had nine national importazes
opinion national inlesve or were sway now, confusion, loss and the service years business experience, four their
During the subsequent die- The third sitting of the appeal conducted in the interest of the years here and five years at Home.terests demanded the retention body in connection with the Hil. Government would be interferred In Great Britain at the present of all men necessary for main cussion on this point, it transpired itary Service Ordinance was held with. With regard to the import time the importance of such work taining the Company efficient that Mr. Edkins and Mr. Nuttall this morning at the Council noe attached to that work he as those men were doing was fully and unimpaired. Under present were away and that Mr. Kisher
like "10 read Obama ber. His Excellency the would
and freely recognised. Only the conditions substitutes could not was dow to go to Shanghai. letter from the Ministry of other day he came across a Home be provided from Home.
His Excellency later observed Governor presided and there was
fall attendance of members. Shipping to the Controller of appeal addressed to workers over-Shipping Controller did not wish that Mr. Thomson' statement did The appeal was by Messrs. Bat Passports in connection with the seas which struck him sa internet to raise the question of any not really add to the facts before terfield and Swire against the granting of a passport to one of ing. He would quote a passage individual canes of which the the Tribunal and the Tribusal Tribanal's decision in case of their returned men who arrived "That liners from this country local authorities, were, of course, had upon it, at the request of the Chamber of Commerce who asked members of the firm's staff. The bore a few days aro. There was must be reloaded to return here the best judges.
His Excellency proceeded to for Conscription, no Isse than Tribunal had decided that four question as to a passport being at the earliest possible moment. men, Meesra. Nairo, Holntyre, granted to that man in England You workers of all grades ashore say that all of the men concerned six men of business experience. Johnson and Bawlinson, should as a result of the Man Power Bill and sist you can get that ship were ander the age of 26 and The Tribunal bad decided with those three go, but in the meantime notice and so appeal was made to the round in record time if you will, if they had been at Home they unanimity that
Ministry of Shipping to see whet-st any rate, you can make sure would have been taken without men could be spared. As far as had been given that the case of
that she will be ready to sail on any question: He referred to the the men going to Indis were con Mr. Nairn wae being reconsidered, be they could smiet. Mr. Bose Thomson, accompanied (The letter containing a strong schedule, and we ask you to do it. fact that a great many agricultur- cerned, some considerable interval by Mr. Young, appeared this recommendation from the Misis Eren you clerks in your offices, al labourers were taken, sgainst would elapse before they left for morning and appealed for the extry of Shipping to the Passport don't think you cannot help which the agricaltarists objected that plece, if at all. The sub- emption of the three remaining office to the effect that this because you can. You can make as food was suck a vital necessity stitution list contained the names member of the firm's staff sure that all those consign-st Home, bat Sir Auckland of some prominent civil servants.
notea and bille
be did Mr. Thomson said that since the then in England should re- ment
Geddes replied that he must have With regard to appeal papere had been sent in Deive a passport was lading are right and that nothing the men and took them. What pot know if the slanders that hed further information had reached Replying to His Excellency, is hung up at the ship for want Mr. Thomson had said would been published against him them, which be would like to take dir. Thomson said that this of papers. Let no-one imagine that have been an extremely powerful had led anyone to undervalue the opportunity of submitting. man'e age was he thought about any if this is trifling; it is not. There argument if the man were seniors him, but he (His Excellency) was The first statemente sent to the 34 or 35. He had been a long is no line of human endeavour in on the staff. They in Hongkong quite certain that the civil servant Tribunal were made se sbork and time in the Esst. With regrd which little things may lead to did not want to be told by the he wse referring to could replace as consise as possible sad they to the ocean steamers, the sgen more tragic coreequences than is Controller of Shipping that ship anyone of those three men.
Replying to Mr. Pollock, Mr. then shortly stated the facts in cies of the Ocean and Chins shipe. While we are so short of ping was of vital interest, for the form they thought they atual Steamship Companies of shipping nothing that makes they knew that already and had Thomson explained one or two would be most suitable, but it Liverpool, all the steamers of for the efficiency of the been brought up to that dogms, objections he had to substituted shipping WO hara left, but it was impossible to say that men, saying that it would not be now appeared that they were those lines that had not been wrong in that and that it would directly taken up by the Govern- however
mayapa youth of twenty years of age, ondasive to smooth working to have been a great deal better if ment for transport work were pear in itself, is unimportant." loosily engaged, was indispens- bring in old men to work under more detailed information bed under liner requieition to the In that matter the arm felt itable. The pre-war staff of that men wach younger.
His Excellency said that all the been supplied. They had given Government and were working was their daty to bring these department was five and was now that detail in the statement under similar conditione to the facts to the Tribunal's notice. four. He asked if there were any men he had on the substitution which had now been seat in bat China
If their, appeal was overcaled and ladies employed in that depart-list were willing to take the place Navigation Company:
of other mea so that they could he wished to add a few further The boste that were running the men were taken away from ment.
Mr. Thomson replied that there go and fight. If he had the time, firm's business ander liver requisition and com shipping it might lead to dif here was confined to a small ing to China, Japan and maintain. culties and serious consequences was one, and she was the Canadian be cold do anything. He (Bis Excellency) would break stones. number of lines. They were not ing the service sorces the Pacific in connection with the shipping lady he had referred to,
on the road if he could release a general merchants and did not bay had carried a great number of traffic they handled, for the
Asked if he had made anyone-bresker to go and fight or sell any code, for the business troops, many thousands of coolies Government. As the consequences attempts to find s anbatitute for
Mr. Thomson again pointed out very gsrions it Mr.Johnson, Kr. Thomson replied that the firm had employed many wae conhned to insurance and essential foodstuffs for Great might be and shipping in all its forms; Britain, They were only filled wa imperative ther they that he had not because he wanted
women and thought that no other building ships, repairing them, with essential cargo argently should be able to say that they to know where he stood. Ba
firm in the Far Esat had employed managing and bandling them. needed in Great Britain. The had fully pointed out all the
thought there was not much
so many, There was also the sugar refinery Hongkong office bad the dangers and difficulties,
His Excellency stated that he business. The insurance business control of those lines for was the reason why they had chance of a satisfactory substitute. His Excellency said that he was a large one and they repre- the Far East and had a great made the appeal. The men them-
in business, but he had had 25 told that to replace them with miestera away to fight and he wan 'THE TAI V TRAGEDY. the direction of Tai 0, blowing sented some five or six British deal of work to do. They con- selves were anxions to go if it bad not happened to have been had sent ten or sleven school.
foar blasts. The Indian Sergeant companies of fire insurance and trolled all the business done in were decided that it was proper
women teachers would invalve a would take a great deal to con-seriona want of discipline and and informed him that Sargeant (companies, The staff of that Japan, the ports of the Pacific before the Commission last year.vince him that a youth of twenty control. That was all nonsense, from Tai O was in the Yuen Sang, four or five marine insurance the Far East, including Shanghai, for them to do so. They were all yeare' Government service and it
The resignation of the Austrian Cabinet is due to the refusal of Di. Seidler, supported by the German-Austrians, to hooede to the demands of the Poles and Slavs who "form the majority of the Reichsrat. The defeat on the Piare, the German failure on the Marne and economie distress in Austria are also factors.
AUSTRALIA'S PREMIER.
London, July 23. Mr. Hughes is the guest of the Marques of Londonderry. Tomorrow be attends a dinner at the Savoy Hotel to meet leaders of Capital and Labour.
NEW CIVIL SERVICE REQUIREMENT,
London, July 23.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law stated that the Government is prepared to require an oath of allegiance from persons entering the Civil Service in future.
- BRITISH OPERATTIONS IN ITALY.
London, July 2
A British Italian oficial message sags: We carried oss three raids westward of Asiago killing eiguty and prisonering twenty-tour. We have destroyed seventeen aircraft since the 16th inst
(Continuea on L'age 20.).
facts.
The
small it
That
Enquiry Opened. This Alternoon. Glendenning bad been shot department had been reduced to coast of America, Singapore, the They were not appealing to the
by P. O. B. 18. Witness a minimum and there were no Straits Settlementa, Java and Tribunal to allow those men to years engaged in purely sterical and they were doing exceptionally
AN
result the B
Ubinese
interpreter, who remaining
be called to show what the other the fire seemed to
of the
work could not be substituted.
Mr. Thomson said that he had obtained women from Canada. The decision was then con- aidered in private, it being later announced that the Appeal Body had decided to uphold the decision of the Tribunal that all three men
work of the escape from an suplessant day. Mr. Thomson said that it was a thing a man could do.
well. A woman would do sny. shen proceeded to Tai men of military age employed in Colombo. The Mr. E.D.O. “Wolfe, acting as O, arriving there about it, so that he did not think that department had not decreased, It was just the opposite for they
Mr. The Hon. Mr. Kemp asked Coroner, this afternoon held an 2.20. On arrival, he saw the it needed any further reference. and the risks arising from exces were trying to convince the question of experience. enquiry into the excamstances fetsuon was on fire. He landed Five-sixths
firm'e sive reduction of the staff were Tribansl that it would be wrong Johnson had been there for three few questions relating to the Burraanding the termule tragedy an armed party. After leaving other staff was concerned with even greater than in the case of to let them go and that their yeara snd's substitute would be work and the hours the stat which took place at Tai O the latach, witness and crew met shipping business and the coasting vessels, because they proper place was to continue in more of a hindrance, where & worked, Mr. Thomson's reply to
17, on July
with were larger vessels making longer the useful work they were doing. business was run departmentally, the latter point being that the oce-sixth of which Crown: Sergeant informed him that he had not seen the business of managing Toyages and in more direct cam-Kr. Thomson went on to draw than help. A substitute would frm discouraged overtime, as it the Tribunal's attention to have to be a cog-fitting in the impaired the efficiency of the staff Glendenning, WAO Wad in suyone moving in the station for the Taikoo Sagar Refinery. manicstion with Great Britain. fact that доде of the rest of the machine.
during the regulär office hours. onarge at tus etalion, lost his life.s long time, but that he had heard As the Sugar Refinery concerned He had endeavoured to obtain the
His Excellency said that sab His Excellency:-It will be die aliant, to Indian constable, ahota, Previous to landing wit the smaller staff he would refer come figures regarding British companies the firm represented took his own life. Mr. P. P. J.as sent to the Yuen Bang to to that first. The eager refinery tonnage, which came into the were registered locally but were stitutes bad been introduced into very hard to convince the At Wodenouse, Acting U.S.F., re-Castle Pask to telephone to Hong business in the Far East was Port of Hongkong and as far as registered in Great Britain and the Hongkong Bank and were torney General that overtime presented toe Police.
kong. The party advanced towards inaugurated in this Colony and he could make out about 3,000 thus became subject to fall Im-working very well. He thought impairs work in office hours.
His Excellency went on to refer The Coroner agreed with Mr. The station when they found the the Colony had for many years vessels arrived during 1917. Of parial taxation. The earrings of that wea a more expert business Wodehouse that it would be 8618 was looked.
As the boat & monopoly in the Far East. The that number 669 were handled by the companies did not merely go then shipping. He had a list of to the Dominion Bank of Canada was about to ground he saw Mra. Taikoo establishment was the hie firm, which was a proportion to benefit cosmopolitan share-substitates which included men and said that only four of the better to bunduss the enquiry in Glendenning on the verandan of largest in Asis, but those happy of over twenty per cent. This holders resident in the Far East. over age and of mach business senior men were left, the rest of the two gastha at the exme time. a section of the station which was days had gone and the monopoly shipping department had been They bore the fall burden of Im experience. One man was a ship the staff being 38 women. One An outline of what took place not on fire and she wared to bad long passed away. For the doing a great deal of work perial taxation, including income ping expert and was in Messrs. of those women was the daughter on the 17th, was given by the them. Continuing, witness said past twenty years there had been additional for the Government. A fax and excess profite tax, from Batterfield and. Swire's for ten of Captain Pybus, well-known in Ocroner, W50 6810 11 appeared Tal O Station is surrounded by competition from other quarters, number of ships had been built which a very large revenus scorned years, and yet Mr. Thomson had Hongkong, who had risen in nine seat about 10 a.m, the indian con- . barbed-wire fence
with Formerly Hongkong supplied all here and they had seen to the mann to the Imperisi Treasury. On not taken the trouble to enquire months to the position of teller, stable entered the charge room two gates which were both the refined suger that went toning and the question of supplies hearing the decision of the Tribu- into the local material available the principal cashier of the whole bank-a Very responsible with a loaded carbine and shot locked. From the back he Japan, but now Japan had Ships were being built in Japan pal he had telegraphed to the to enable those three men to go tas Bergeant. Evidence would could not see anyone moving and established refineries of her own. and their Japan office had Head Office in London saying and do what was the most im- position.
be getting Formosa was sleo a great sugar been superintending the work that four men were being taken, portant work in the world at the police officers on the station did, a good deal worse. The eastern producing country, and there also connected with those vessels in although subsequently they had present time. and the ovide..ce of the officer in gate was then broken open, and Sagar Hefneries had been consultation with the controlling been informed that Mr. Naira's Mr. Thomson:-I am not yet obarge of No. 2 police launch he went underneath the spot established. That had compelled office here. At the begining of the 0666 was being reconsidered and in a position to make such would be given as to what be where Mrs. Glendening was stand-them to change their methods of war, as men began to 8008 "Nairn especially essential to consult the head offos.
the reply ha had received enquiries, and I should have to ing. As there was no ladder, boxes doing business and under these service, their Head Office in-
Dealing with the case of Mr. Dr. MaoFarlane said be were pulled out of the outbougee competitive conditions a great deal atractions had been to obtain retain, also Rawlinson. Do your
the body of the until they reached the verandah, more work was imposed upon the women and trained Chinese to most. Staff your port, China and Melatyre, His Excellency said should go."
found Her retreat was cut off from the office staff and he submitted that fill the gaps wherever possible Japea already reduced to break that this man had been eight
due back stairs, on account of the to conduct the business with a and in response to that they had ing point even without extra
were four Europeans in his to a boiler wound which hṣa fire, Mrs. (tiendenning, after ahs Fhead office staff of less than three taken on eleven women in the Government work, present and Fears in the business, but there entered the endomen and come bad reached the ground, went men was simply out of the ques Hongkong office. It was not prospective, Fully expect would department. There was also one ont at the side of the epins. into the village with ons of tion. The three men in that office possible to get highly trained be exempted if it were here.
This expectation was in line with woman in the office. He saked it Dr. McKenny said he made an Chinese boatman. Witnese went were all holding positions of woman locally and they had gone
B Babetitate. examination of the body of Urown to the Indian quarters and saw trust. If the refinery were forced as far as Canada for of the terms of the letter from the any efforts had been made to find
Ministry of Shipping already targeant Glenácaning,
Mr. Thomson replied in the and the Indian constable lying dead. to curtail ife gotivities reduce them. They had also brought on mattafied himself as to the canse Later he went to the charge room ita work-some hundreds of local for superior positions nine addi-quoted. Mr. Thomson said that
▲ telegram addressed to the of death. The would which and found Sergeanttiendenning workmen would be thrown out of sional Chinese who were now even if after his arguments they negative, and added that Mr. caused nu desih was one ba tuo sitting In BLI KM
chair, employment apart from any other working in the European office, decided to take some men away Malatyre could hardly be called a right side of the head by the ear. dead. In front of him was the consideration. It was one of the They had utilised the services of he suggested they should take Mr. junior olerk. If a man after eight Hon. Mr. P. H Holynsk from There WEY andlust balles morning report book. Witness largest industries and labour women and Chinese to the fullest Johnson, the least experienced years' experience was not worth Lent, H.B.B. Hancock, sent from wound, in
arrived yesterday. All well.' the chest
the noticed that the esfe behind the employers in the Colony and was, possible extent. From the office man in the office, and grant something, he could hardly ever London, says "Hongkong parties tight side, bat was mergeant was open and the con- he believed, recognised sa
His Excellaoy again referred to * staff in the Far East, and temporary exemption to Mr. hope to be, improbable that this would have tenta were in disorder.
very important asact of the he meant purely the office staff, Malatyre so that in the meantime caused death. The wound in the Further evidence was taken Colony. Four-fifths of the re-thirty-eight men had gone to the Mr. Davis, who was a sick man the subatitation list he had, saying
More Premises Taken Over. bead had zraciated the skull, " and the enquiry sajourned." mainder of the staff were coonpied front and two more in the North going away, could return and there were plenty of men with ex- He felt con-perience. In the papers it was In answer to the foreman of the
with shipping and all the ship were now about to leave. Of carry on the work,
The Government have taken jury, Dr. Mokenny anid be
ping they handled with the those, twelve had gone from the Edent that if all the information shown that the work was purely
he had now produced. had been clerical, and surely another man possession of still another import exception of ons steamer on the Hongkong office. For the
London. The North British Kallen Output.
Canton river was doing direct superior positions they had placed before the Tribunal their with clerical experience could do ant block of business buildings in Government work. Dealing with always found it necessary to decision would have been different, it,
Company's
Great The total output of the Kailan she Chins Navigation Company obtain home trained, men and He had explained the matter to pa. on the 7th inst. be was ou for the Week ending July Bling and river vessels only, all the they had besa working for many how only leave it in the banda of [ing work at a desk. As he had been, chopen as a home forza" Bergeant Perkins said at 145 Mining Administration's mines which owned and managed coast that was a principle; on which the fallest extent and he could used the word "alerios!” as mean-Portland-street, premisen hat she police inunoh at ang amounted to 61,344 tons and the shipe with the exception of river years. Of the men being com Cheung, when he heared the sales during the period to 51,519 oraft were on fall er liner sidered one of them, Mr. John-
ferry, Toon Sing, coming from
the ́British | sơn, was n jlcoal fyouth and was requisition
Indian, constable and
that
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thought it was sumost impossible
that the wound conid have been malf-inflicted.
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The Health Return...... Daring yesterday there were
and one non-fatal occurrence of notified two fatal cases of plegus
potted fever, all Chineas.
Arrived Homa,
Mr. Thomson said that he had | Bubber
ALL..
used the word, Mr. Slabb's work further Government extension those present.
could be called alerïosi, 2
and the present, occupanta LavA His Excellency said that he is coollency:And I sup- had to find a new location at vary
short notic would like to reed a communio
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