EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
BOLSHEVIK OFFER
READY TO CONFER WITH ENTENTE.
London, Feb. a M. Tehischerin's wireless message states that the Soviet Government la prepared to begin conversations immediately -- at Prinkipo or any other place and requests the Entente to immediately state where, when and by what route the Bolshevik delegates should be seat The Soviet Govern- mont is willing to acknowledge its financial obligations as regards Entente creditors, to guarantee the payment of interest on its debta by raw materials and to make concer- sions of mines, forests, etc., to Entense citizens. The extent to which the Soviet Government is willing to meet the Entente will depend on the military position.
Paris, Feb. &
M. Tchitcharine, the Russian Foreign Commissary, hsa wirelessed the Government that the Soviet accepts the Invitation to the Prinkipo Conference and is ready to make peace with the Alies.
SITUATION IN PORTUGAL
London, Feb. ✪ The Portuguese Legation in London states that the monarchical rebellion remains restricted to the town of Oporto and the neighbouring region. The rebels are prac tically encircled. I expected the rising will be suppress ed within a few days.
AUSTRO-GERMAN FRIENDSHIP.
Amsterdam, Feb. 8. A message from Vienna states that the Provisional German-Austrian National Assembly has enthusiastically passed a resolution of greeting to the German Constituent Assembly and expressed the hope that both bodies will socceed in restoring the link forcibly broken in 1866, thus uniting German-Austria with the German Motherland' for
STAIDOTS.
AMERICAN NAVAL EXPANSION,
MR. WILSON'S EARNEST CABLE
Washington, Feb. 5
In the House of Representatives Mr. Padgett, Chair- man of the Representatives on the Naval Affairs Committee, said the Committee unanimously approved of the Govern ment's three years" naval construction programme involving an annual appropriation of $730,000,000 owing to a very earnest and insistent cabled message from Presiden: Wilson. The latter had cabled to Navy Secretary Daniels that nothing had occurred in Paris to change his recommendations in his recent message to Congress. Mr. Padgett refused to publish the text of the message "because it involved more than our own domestic policy." Mr. Butler, senior Republican Re- presentative on the Naval Affairs Committee, doubted whe ther the programme would ever be completed.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
RLIER
(Renter's Service to Tha "Telegraph."
**INTERNATIONALISATION **
AN UNFORTUNATE WORD.
Paris, February 1. French opinion is that there was considerable misunderstanding over
THE PRINKIPO PROPOSAL.
TELEGRAMS.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1819.
(Reuter's Service to the Telegraph.") THE LABOUR CONFERENCE.
TELEGRAMS.
A NEW STATE.
IMPORTANT CZECHO-SLOVAK
CLAIMS
Paris, Feb. 5
TELEGRAMS.
FRENCH SUGAR RATIONS,
Paris, February 1 From to-day there will be an in- crease in the sugar ration of 950
ין
grammes, and it now amounts to 730 grammes. Sagar supplies being The demands of the Czecho-now more abundant confectioners Slovaks which the Supreme Allied may resume their trade-HATEL. Council heard to-day include the
London, February 5. formation of a State with a poortle
The death is arouneed of Wil tion of shout thirteen millions gentiam Michael Rossetti, the authɔr. erally within the boundaries of the ancient kingdom of Bohemia The Czecho-Slovaks consequently claim the whole of Bohemia, Moravia, Slovak and Silesia
They alro readopt the Ruthenes dwelling on the left bank of the Upper Tisza if the latter so desire and propose to join their territory to that of the Jugo-Slava. Thus the Germans
would definitely be cut off from the Orient and the new Slav States
COUNTY CRICKET.
TELEGRAMS.
AMERICAN WHEAT CROP.
Washington, Feb.
The Agricultural Committee of the House of Representatives has agreed to a hill providing a fand of $1,000,000,000 in order to give effect to the Government's guar- anteed, price of 28 a bushel far the 1919 wheat crop. If the price
falls below 82.96 the Government will make up the difference.
THE WORLD'S 'CHAMPIONSHIP.
HATCHES RESTRICTED TO
TWO DAYS.
COMING BIG MATCH.
New York, Feb. 3.
London, Feb. 5. The County Cricket Advisory| would have more solidarity as they Committee has confirmed the decis- Jan Willard and Jack Dempsey would have points of contact with ios to restrict county matches to have agreed to a contest on the 4th rontes seaward and to Italy. The two days The Championship will July for the world's heavy-weight Czecho-Slovak Repablie particularly be calculated one point for each championship not exceeding torty demands internationalisation of the win. Members of county regiments rounds, Willard to receive $100,000 Danube, Elbe and Vistula and of are "ipso facto" qualified to play and Dempsey $97,300. the Pressburg-Trièste-Fiume rail. for their county.
Further the Czecho-Slovaks contend that the construction of a railway between Prague, Pilsen, Stuttgart. Strasbourg and Paris would strike a blow at the old Ger- man control of communications in Central Europe.
way.
GERMANY'S CRIMES.
PUNISHMENT OF THE GUILTY. London, Feb. 5..
highly
WILL GERMANY LOSE DANTZIG?
SINN FEINERS AND PARLIAMENT.
London, February 5,
London, Feb. 3. Reater learns that the German At the House of Commons at the authorities at Dantzig are hastily re-swearing in of members no Sion moving military stores and clearing Feiners attended.
(ont warehouses, indicating that the
German Government is reconciled
to the idea of losing Dantzig.
GERMANY'S WAR GÜILT.
ADMISSION BY SOCIALISTS.
STRONG COALITION FOR POLAND,
Warsaw, Feb. 7.
The Polish Constituen Assembly elections have resulted in the retin
It is announced that Sir Gordon Howart, Attorney General, has in formed the journalists in Paris that the British view of the punishment of enemy offenders undoubtedly is that offenders, however placed, must be made to suffer suitable punishment without avoid able delay. Who precisely are the offenders, what offences will be charged against them and by what process punishment will be imposed behalf of the German Socialists but POLES ADVANCE ON BRESLAU are questions requiring the meet careful considerations. The Cr argued that Germany could expints. mission on offences and punishments ber guilt by advancing on the path
ST GEORGE'S DAY CELEBRATIONS.
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS,
The following is the statement of accountawhich will be present ed at the Annual General Meet. ing, to be hell in the City Hall, on Tuesday February, 11.
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
COTTON CULTIVATION IN CHINA
During the course of the last several months, some Japanese capitalists who are interested in the cotton trade of Japan have been negotiating with Chinese". capitalists for the establishment af & Sino-Japanese cotton com-
for pany
tha cultivation. of cotton in China under modern methods and in return for this concession, -Japan- will remit her, Boxer indemnity to China. Now, by a Presidential former Minister of Finance (san Mandate, Mr. Chou Hieb-ħsi,
of former Viceory Chou Fu of the 25,802.60 defunct Manchan Dynasty) has
HONGKONG ST, GEORGE'S DIY
FUND, 1918. General Account.
INCOME.
To Street Collection,
as per statement... $23,931.63 To Tombola, aa per
statement...
To Theatre, as per
statement...
To
A74
St.
25% of George's Day War Bond Drawing, as per statement To Balance allowed
for expense for War Boat Draw- ing, as per state-
ment
To Anonymous Don- To Anonymous Don-
ation
tion
To Tombola Auction
Account ...
To Tombola expenses refunded by Mrs. Eile
*
To Interest to date...
been appointed director-general 12,758.15 of cotton cultivation in China and has been empowered to deal free- ly in conjunction with the Min- istry of Commerce and Agricul 117,500.00ture for the improvement of cot-
ton cultivation in the various provinces. The first thing Mr. Chou is going to do is to form, a Sino-Japanese cotton develop ment company with Sino-Japan- 2,429.73 ese capital and the first business
some
of the company will be to cultivate 300.00 and improve cotton plantation in Chibli, Honan and 15,000.00 other provinces. In the same way ав the establishment $5.00 of the Sino-Japanese Exchange
Bank, the capital of the Chinese shareholders will be paid by Japanese cotton merchants with 780.10 their shares as guarantee and the 4.223.13
new company will then be placed under full charge of the Japanese, $202,815.64 By the appointment of Chan
Hsieh-hsi, Japanese ambition... Chinese cotton right has been attained.
EXPENDITCEE,
By Prisoners of War
£6,800.
...$42,872.43
By King George's Fund for Sailors £5,000.
ITH
By British Red Cross
Society £5,500. By British Red Cross
Society (for Ambulances)
£1,300.
two
Dover Patrol $2,000 By Montenegrin Red
Cross Fand £1,500.
of four hundred coalitionista supBy Drifters of the Berne, February 5.
porting the Pildsudski-Paderowski Conference, Herr Eisner, head of and fifteen Jews.
At the International Socialist Government, also eighty Socialists the Bavarian Government, speaking debate, vitually pleaded guilty on during the responsibility for the war
INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT OF is really engaged on a task of of Socialism. He claimed that Ger-}
DISPUTES.
criminal investigation, hence secrecy many was now the most democratic
TONNAGE FOR AUSTRALIA.
By
St. Dunstan's Hostel for Blinded Soldiers and Sailors £1,500.
***
By French Red Cross
£1,500.
By Y. M. C. A. Huts
£1,200.
***
By Officers Families
Fund £1.000.
By Royal Flying Corps Hospital £1,000.
By Dr. Barnardo's
Howes £1,000.
By Lord Roberts Memorial Work- shops £1,000. By Blue Cross Fund
£1,000.
Berlin, Feb. 5 Paris, Feb. 3.
is as important as despatch. Acountry in the world. Herr Kant- The eastern situation is very An official message says: the misuse of the word "Interan International
The great mais of the most valuable aky, the German Independent Becia-critical. Heavy fighting. has rơ Labour Legislation material has already been collected list, declared that documents proved curred between Breslau and Lissa tionalisation," this word being a Committee met on the 4th, and silted and this is continuing Germany's guilt and that Bethman where the Poles are endeavouring to fortunate As erarybody in the Gompers presiding. Mr. Barnes without pause.
Hollweg's statement that France break through in order to advance Conference knows the majority of and M. Colbard (French Labur From ill-informed paragraphs attacked first was a lie. attempta
Internationalisation Minister) were Af
apon Breslau, Thousands of Poles elected Vice-Pre-which have appeared in the Allied
Doctor Adler, the German Major-on the Silesian frontier are ready have not worked. The word which identa. The committee decided to preas opinion seems to be getting ity Socialist, tabled a declaration to participate in the invasion. abould have been used is "manda-taka as its basis of discussion the abroad that the British delegates that the war was due to the Im- #aries".
British delegates' draft convention are weakening on the question of perialist policy of the old German for the creation of a permanent demanding from Germany and Aus-Government; recognising the need . París, February 1. organisation for international set-tris fall reparation for the damage for inquiry; admitting that the at | There are no new developments as tlement of labour conditions. The of the war. Enquiry in a well-in-tempts to justify the invasion of to the suggested meeting at Prin-general discussion was begun and formed quarter has elicited an as-Belgium, which was a breach of In-
It is likely that there may adjourned till the stb. kipo.
surance that not the slightest found ternational Law, had been a pro- be a general sigh of relief if it does
ation exists for such a statement.nounced failure and stating that the not take place. The question of
Great Britain, it was added, stands German Repablie did not wish to
A telegram from the Colonial Bussis is the biggest and most im The International Labour Legisla. where she did on this matter and escape any guilt which might be Secretary has informed the Com portant before the Conference. The tion Commission discussed the re-it is practically certain she will find established. The declaration, which monwealth Government that the manifest readiness
of the Great presentation which should be given her legitimate demands met by the concluded by demanding the fixing shipping Controller has allocated to Powers to make sacrifices enables to governments and organisations of Conference. them to have greater eficiency in employers and work people in the
of responsibility, was referred to Australia for February, March and the exercise of discipline when proposed permanent International
special Commission, comprising two April, 500,000 tons for general land-By necessary over the smaller and Conference. It resolved. that we PRESIDENT WILSON IN DEVASTATED and two British, namely Mr. Her loading
Austro-Germans, two Frenchmen ing and 41,000, tons for refrigerated younger nations, and the solution of men be equally eligible with men two important questions easier, the as delegates to the conference.
WOMEN ELIGIBLE.
Berne, Feb. 6.
London, February 3,
French claims for territory close to CLYDE STRIKES NEARING END. the Rhine settlement and the possi ble revision of the indemnity bills presented by different nations.
COMMISSION OF REPARATION.
London, February 3.
The strikes at Belfast and on the Clyde appear to be nearing an end.
AREAS.
||
derson and Mr. Stuart-Bunning
Melbourne, Feb. 6.
FIGHTING IN GERMANY.
Paris, February 1. President Wilson is likely to take
THE ESTHONIAN CAMPAIGN.
Stockholm, February 5.
The situation on the London under-another trip to the devastated areas ground railways
is unchanged.
of France and Belgium In connee-
POSITION IN HUNGARY.
An Esthonian communique dated
violent
They
BOMBARDMENT DAMAGES
BUILDINGS,
London, February 5.
By Mr. Murray Stew- art, for allocation £634.15 4,
Remitted through Hongkong War
..und
Charities £31,984.15.4.
Paid to Prinz Hendrik for Sailers account sale об Raemakers's Car-
By Transferred to St. George's Society of Hongkong
toon
TRADE IN MANILA.
A consular report from Manila announces that the pre-Christmas. 31,372.56 trade at Manila was marked with activity in rice and copra The good turn in the rice market is 33,814.84 attributable to the fact that the havesting has been delayed owing to the shortage in labour, as occasioned by the spread of the 7,898.73 influenza epidemic and the crop
is smaller. At Manila the oil 12,350.16 mills have increased and the strikingly rapid increase in con- 9,113.92 sumption has caused a shorts ge
in copra.
U. S. EXPORT.
7,529.41
慎
The United States exports fa 9,411.76 1918 amounted to $1.150,000,033," which is $83,000,000, below the 9,411.76 total of the preceding year, and more than double the value of the imports. The imports of silver show an increase froin $35,000,000 in 1917 to $71,000,000 in 1918. 6,274.51 Sir Marcus Samuel in a letter addressed to the Editor of the Spectator deals with the develop 6,274.51ment of the Egyptian oil-fields and adde that another promising place in the British Empire is to be found in Sarawak.
6,274.51
6,27451 Prize
6,274,51
No. 40 Ticker No. 40788
300,00
4,193.79
Prize No. 74 Ticket No. 07574 No. Prize
Ticket No. 60335 Prize No. 103
$200,00
77
200.00
רף רוח סתו
$20.vv
4,223.43
$202,815.64
ST. GEORGE'S DAY WAR BOND DRAWING.
INCOME.
352,500.00
A Paris communique says: The Hundreds of thousands of workers,tion with the trip a Brussels corres Feb. 4 states: In the direction of Allied Commission of Reparation both male and female, were again pondent is authorised to make the met under the Chairmanship of M. compelled to tradge home to-night following statement concerning the Pakoy two enemy, regiments sup Klotz and exchanged views regard- in sleet and snow. It is under trip to Rheims last Sunday: ported by artillery and armoured ing the establishment of the princi- stood that the Government to-day one can put into words the impres-cars attacked our positions ples governing the rights of the arranged to provide the railway, sien received amidst such scenes of were repulsed and forced to retire that prior to the occupation of
It is reported from Copenhagen To sale of tickets various nations represented
After to with army engineers capable of destruction and rain."-HA738. reparation for damages caused by driving the locomotives should the
96,000 @ $5.00... 480,000.00 Eghting lasting Bremen by the Government troops throughout the day we cecupied Bremen was subjected to a bom-By Hongkong Govea-
EXPENDITURE. the enemy. Delegations are sub- threatened strike of locomotive
Lake Peipus and the villago, making bardment during which the old mitting memoranda to the secre- engineers materialise. The Govern
prisoners of 45.
.ment 6% War Loan tariat on the matter. A meeting ment has also taken steps to deal.
Cathedral, the Bourse, the Town
Bonds @par of the President of the United with the threat of the London elec
Hall and a great number of houses
Transferred to Gen- Bistes, the Premiers and Foreign trical engineurs
wore much damaged. Ministers of the Allied and Associat- Metropolis into darkness. The new
to" plunge
eral Account (25% the
Amsterdam, Feb. 7. A message from Budapest says a
of $470,000) ... 117,500.00 ed Powers with the Japanese repre" Defence of the Resim Regulation big general anti-Czech strike bas
Printing of tickets 1,500.00 sentatives, decided to appoint & is intended to protect inhabitants spread throughout entire Upper
"Printing of post- amination comprising two mem- from the greve consequences of cut Hungary of organised workers, bers each of France, Britain, Itals ting off the supply of light. If this merchants and railway, postal, law.
ers, prospectus, and the United States to examine does not suffice other steps wiwork is at a standstill and shops,
circulars, &c. court and municipal officials. the technical aspect of the question doubtless be taken Waiters and "cooks at several West End restaur ants and hotels continue striking for an eight hour day and the aboli tion of the system of pooling tips,
of the Czecho-Slovak Republic.
LABOUR DISCUSSION."
London, February 6. communique from Paris dated
5. says:—The International – abour Legislation Commission met
Hernoon and the general dis casion on the British scheme wis bramed and brought to a conclu Do A statement was also read on.
AUTHOR'S DEATH.
Federation The death is an
Ham Mis
Hotels and cafes are closed.
FUTURE OF ARABIA.
London, Feb,
communique from: states that representative
Power met this
.AT
THREE SHIPS MINED.
London, February 5: The Admiralty announces that the
twin-screw 500 ton minesweeper Fenarth struck a mine and sank off
OTHIEB KING DEAD.
rivers have been lazided at the at his home. "Oakdale, Long Capt. Jacob Ockers, known as the Yorkshire coast on Feb. 4. Forty the Oyster King," has died Tyne. Trawlers are engaged in res Island, red 71. Capt. Ockers cuing the remaining forty offers was born in Holland, and was the and men
son of su oyster man. He éame. Otparnagen, February 5.5 The Daiah Hélier»Carner Whi mined bn Zerify a in the Nort
the crew has
Advertising
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$1,025.00,
Hongkong Government 67% War Loan Bonds for $1,000.0 and cash for $25.00 have been. handed over to the Hon. Treasore.. [St. Geor's Rite of Hongkon
"SOCIETY OF SAIFT" GEORGE," HONGKONG.
INCOVE
To Balance Carried
forward from 1917 81,528.72 To Entrance Fees
To Subscriptions for
1917
To Subscriptions for
1918
To Subscriptions for
1919
To Life Subscription To Interest on Carrent Account with the Hongkong & Shang hai Book
670.00
16.00
⚫ 574.00
:4.00
50.00
44.77
$2,885.49
EXPENDITURE.
By Subsary
1,573,05 3,468.57 Ge
521.68
225/40
281.51
Balance,
„ferred to General
Absolat
7150 57.00