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BRITISH BIRTH "AN EXTENUATION.
German Judge and Resegade,
In his ancusi report for 1917, Sir E. L. Brockman, Obief Sec-
It was sunoɑnsed a short time. retary, writes BB follows: 8gs that the notorious Psa Ger * Leaving out of the question the mao, Herr Houston Stewart von paramount necseity of producing Chamberlain, had been fred $25 se much tin as is required for for litelling the Frankfurter war purposes, the question of the Zeitung. The itens of this paper fatare of the lia industry in this containing the judgment is now to country is one which deserves band, and sore interesting details can be gathered about this trial. The tin grare consideration. deposits of the Federated Malay Herr Chamberlain's
libellous Sates are not intrbaustible, bai statements were to the effect that they have been
the paper being drawn upon very(1) is advocating an an German rapid rate, and those who policy, arming at the establish ate1esponsible for the administra- ment of England's domination tion will, after the war, have and the bumiliation of Germany, serionaly to consider whether they the paper'sisteret being identica: will beet serve the interests of with those of Anglo-American this country, and of the British finance; and (2) that there are dif Empire, end, indeed, the world ect connections between the paper generally, by encouraging the and the British Government, the more rapid exhaustion of the tin paper being owned by the enemy. deposits, or whether it will not be The Court found that then was more prudent to adopt a policy oa vestige of ground for any of which will tend to
these charges. lo explaining the rather than promote the waste of lenienop of the sentence, the this valuable metal,"
presiding Judge spoke the follow- fisg words of «i«dem :-
Bora of English prate, brought up ia's British admiral's bouer, afterwards fascinated by Renewed efforts are being made the German spirit in Wagner's. to undertake an enterprice for the circle of friends Chamberlain has working of nitre deposite in Obile developed s. perequality whiob. mader Japanese and Chilan jin openly proclaims a tostility to all management. There has been that it formerly worshipped. A seteady incresse in the import of e-ntiments, having turned into Obilean nitre into Jspss. In 1914 their opposite, it is natural that it amounted to no more than 24, the new convictions should lend 000 tons, but the figare for isst to exaggerations. Tbia je si in year increased to 53,000 tons. A favour of a man whom people, present the total conscmption of including the Frankfurter rire in Japan amounts to aboat Zeitung, are in the habit of calling 60-020 tons. It is said that, tos renegade. .".. A German obtain this quantity by working Court need not fear the reprosob deposits in Ohile requires of beading the knee to Eaglend capital of no more than 2,000,000 if it states that Chamberlain's yen, and some Tokyo businese- extraction constitutes for him not men are making efforts undertake an aggravating, but an extenuat- the enterprise, in co-operationing circumstance. with Chilean interests.
Japanese-Chilean Nitrate Project.
Peninsula.
Moreover, the Jadge added, political passions are nowadays
Coal Production in the Malay running very high in Germany, and no one individval, but the The discovery of a o selfield in public as a whole is responsible. "Selangor, Federated Malay States, And, lastly, the Liberala themsel prior to the war, bas proved to ves are opposed to the peasly of be a boon to the country, for imprisonment in case of firstĮ though as yet the Malayan offendere. Her? Chamberlain is collieries cannot satisfy all the to be let off with a simple foe ! fast requirements of Malays, they | Verily there are still Daniels in have been able to contribute a-Frankfort. -öɔnțiderable quantity of coal at
a time when" lank" of freight
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1918.
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SELLING..
...... 3/334
....... 3/3 15/16" ***** 3/4 1/16
3/4 3/16
3/4 5/16
Nom."
141-
spaced a severe strain upon coal of a valor of 1,883,714, 4 m/s...... shipping in the Far East. Start against 781,328 tons, valued at T/T Shanghai ing with an output of 11,523 tons 1,550,122 io 1918. Of these TT Singapore. in 1915, the collieries tarzed out |
quantities, 430284 tona wers re.TT Japan ... 149 101,840 tons in 1916, Bad
exported in 1917, againat 532, India.............. 22014 155,279 tone last year, or 268,648 454 tons in 1916. The principal Demand, India 221
T/T Ban Francis-1. operations. It is stated by Mr. Britieb Ladis and Berms, United TT Java
supplies coms" from Japan,
co & New York) 7874 Eyre Kenny, Senior Warden of Kingdom, Austrasia, New Zealand T/T Marks Miner, in the report for 1917 of and Chins.
tans since the commer cement of
Kines Department, F.M.S., that
the outpat last year would have
been considerably larger if plant
that was ander order could
1861⁄2
Nt m.
4.30
TIT Franca Demand. Paris... 43036
BUYING.
3/576
4 m/s. L/C 4 m/s. D/P........... 3/57% 6 m/s. LJC
3/514 30 d/s. Sydcey andĮ
Melbourna......} 3/514
co & New York) 8044
4 m/s. Marts... Nom. 4.4714 mfa. Franes Demand. Germany.
6 m/s Fracce...... 45214
22014
... 221
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On Bangkok -4514 plant. Boring and pitting metal industry in Japan, the
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commerical scale owing to Sibmarine cables, chief? ico port. the impossibility of getting the ed from Grest Britsin, constitute! cessary plant. The availability the greatest part of the insulted. of a local coal supply, edde Mr. electric wire imported. The re- Kay, has been of inestimable meining imports do not amount US Army Building Projects.renal, estimated to 031 8832 Interference With Sait Revenue. impor.snes 19 the mines into more than $20,000 per year, Malays and other usere during a and consist of small shipments of Wethington, October 1-
500 constructions of a half mil rod of stert inel supply, extra high grade wires, tuber Authorisation to proceed with the Fairmont, W. Va constructicrel P.King Government has taked the lion-dollar phosphotosylaar near Peking, December 12-The. patio great demand for ins and miscelinceras articles. All conspnction of six wer projects, 446m2) plagt at bepies Moles al pistete of the four Perce co, and the marks was open present, oxing to the decreed to cael approximately 82,822,150, to estimated cost if 3250 000-mcerned in the Bargariinion; or considerably more than the orders from Roma and the fect was given to the Construction sestruction facopalaws. Lore tostop th-8.
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onnyeremy may be gathered of the Allied constries have fe War D. parimed The pro
reference to the statistics price on conger below that stare as follows Addities
omania which the Jamuced prodZTE ZT2
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