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TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1915.

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BY TELEGRAPH.

THE PROGRESS OF

“THE WAR.

PEACE MEETINGS BEING HELD IN GERMAN TOWNS.

ENORMOUS GERMAN LOSSES IN GALICIA.

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CONTINUES SUCCESSFUL.

IMPORTANT BELGIAN SUCCESS ON THE YSER.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

NOTABLE SUCCESS OF THE BELGIANS.

LONDON, June 14.

A telegram. from Pacis states that the Belgian success reported in coa antique, in welcomed..

A battalion crossed the Yser near Dixmude railway bridge and organised the ground won. They destroyed a chateau in the vicinity of Dixmude after Borca infantry attacks.

North of Souches they took a cumber of trenches, some of which had been relinquished owing to a violent bombardment

GERMANY'S APPALLING LOSSES IN GALICIA.

PEACE MEETINGS IN GERMAN TOWNS...

LONDON, June 13,

THE CHINA MAIL.

BY TELEGRAPH.

[(Router'a Service to the China Mail.)

DUTCH EXPORT OF SUGAR.

(Delayed in Tranamission.)

LONDON, June 14. telagrim from The Hague states that the export of sugar has diminished by one-third.

SCOTTISH CASTLE PARTIALLY DESTROYED.

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LONDON, Jane 14. Dunrobin Castle was partially des troyed by fire yesterday. Wounded ingates and valuable, iccluding price

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CANTON NEWS.

(From Our Chan Correspondent.),

Canton, June 12,

BLAME TAX IN KWONG TUNU.. The revenue oficials' nl Canton have already sent to Paking $70,000 collected from the stamp tax. This tax seems to be paid vary promptly and willingly. The Board had been obliged to telegraph to Poking for an additional supply of stamps. It is estimated that the revenue from this tax alone will exceed $250,000 annually in this provinou.

MYCOURAGEMENT FOR NATIVE BOODA,

SCOTTISH LETTER. To-day's Advertisements To-day's Advertisements

(Focus, in Qorvespamident.} |

Ervavit, May 6.

KILMARNOCK BURGUS VACANCY,

The Hon. Alexander Show, son of Lord Shaw of Dunfermline, has been chosen Tibaral candidate for the representation of

NOTICE

THE OFFICE OF CHINESE MARI

NOTICE.

Aniversary of the birth of H

[ȚEDNESDAY, June 16% being Me

TIME CUSTOMS for Kowloon and District will be CLOSED Pqbile THE KING OF SWEDEN, & Recoption Business on the 17th instant (thy, will be held at the Swedish Coub alate then), being the date of the Suminer between the boars of 11 4.M. and It. 30: Holiday

F. GORDON LOWDER,

Blangkong, June 15, 1918.

Commissioner of Chinese Customs.

Hongkong, June 13, "1915.

the Kilmarnock Burghs, vacant by the death of Captain W. G. C.. Gindstone, who York Building was killed at the Frent, and it is not expected, in view of the political truce, Mr Wong Hin Ching, Cantonese who that there will be any contest. There has been in business in Fookian for twenty was a clown persons intimacy between rear, writen to his Canton friends that the the lato member and Me Shaw. Their merchants of Fenkien who have heretofure feiendship began in their studout days heen dealing almost exclusively in Japanose at Oxford University. When I Shaw was President of the Union, it was on his goods, especially marine delicacies have decided to change the character of their proposal that Sir Glidstone was selected business at onco. He asks that the Canton Searctary, and he was alno Mr Gladstone's merchants and saubotices communicate nominator when he was subsequently sp with them and try to establish depots for printed President of the T'aian. Mr chas the sale of native goods. He asks if the was born in 1983, waveslied to the Bat Canton people are a loyal as the Fukion 2009, and married a daughter of Corsi

pictures, were removed. The Dukene, intimating that to thinks they are not.

and Duchess of Sutherland directed the helpers,

Many pictures and much antique furniture were destroyed in the fire.

An Army officer and two bluejackets who were helping the firemen were badly hurt

PORTUGUESE ELECTIONS.

Losos, June 14. The election is proceeding quietly, The results up to the present" assure a Democratie majority and an Evolu. tionist minority.

(Wah Fea Yat Po's Servica.)

HONOURS FOR MONGOLIAN

NOBLES..

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PRKING, June 11. Chu Sing Ting and Wing Sing have been constituted special envoys to

carry honoura to the Mongolian nobles.

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PROPOSED OFFICIAL EXAMINA- TION.

The Premier, Chu Sai Chong, pro- poses a civil official examination in classic history, laws, policy and in-

Taformation has reached Petrograd that Peace meetings have been held la many German towns in consequence of the appalling German lo8:09 industry. Galicia'where, it is stated one Army of 150,000 was annihilated and re-created ia a single month.

AUSTRIAN TORPEDO BOAT SUNK.

TRAS ONE I

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CHINESE MUNITIONS APPOINT. MENT.

Sha Ching Ping, a former admiral

A Husos Agency telegram from Athens us that an Austrian of the Chinese Fleet, has been appoint torpedo but has best sunk in the Perdonelos.

DESPERATE FIGHTING IN GALICIA.

LONDON, June 13,

That the Germans are reverting to their old tactics of lightning changes of front is evident from a Petrograd comasnique which, besides announcing the continuance of desperate fighting north of Shavli, mentions streng German attacks eart of Mariampal, north of Prasnysz, cast of Mlaya railway, and in the Dzara region, left of the Vistula,

The enemy has suspended bis attacks at Halisez as a result of his defeat at Jaravno, but after a series of attacks down the Dneister, detachments cross- ad the river at the town of Zalescziki, considerably east of Jaravno. Russian cavalry charged these detachments, sarbeing 500 and capturing 200.

Príscuers taken by the Russians in the recent fighting ineluded several hundred unvovaded fusiliers of the Prussian Guard, the most popular régi-i ment in Berlin where they are nicknamed "The Cockchafers."

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The enemy originally selected Juravno as the crossing point, as the forests on the left bank hampered the Russian artillery, but the foresta proved the rain of the Germans whose centre was split and isolated detachments were anaily taken in detail.

UNITED STATES' NOTE TO GERMANY.

LONDON, June 14

WALLIɑSE YON DEFENCE !"

Gov. Li had been notitied from Paking that the condition of the country is such that retrenchment is necessary in all do. Eartments of the government in order to acquire suficient funds to buy ammunition for all forts and thus propare for trouble which may soon arise. Accordingly, the Governor rent messages to all the districts ia Kwoup Tong commanding thom to rednce expenses as much as possible. Kio Chaa and Lai Chow have answered saying they think they can save about 504,000 s your spices. Their favoursblo reply is now being sent to the other magistrates as an exampla, for them to follow,

PUBLIC KONTIN-306AIN.

The Contes Dept. handling the Public Bonda bas notified the Canton officials they aust collect all money due on the sale of these bonds and have it in Peking by the and of June. So notice has been sent out to all the prefectures that the collections must be made at once.

NILX CEO REPORT.

The districts. of San Tak, Sua Woi, and Heang Shan are noted for the production of silk, but this year, owing to the heavy and contiguous rainfalls, the present crop, the second one, is of a poor quality. The price, however, is tigh, about $630. ... per extty. Nevertheless there

will be's very marked dropping off of profits and the growers are complaining bitteris.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

710 Lab

FROM CALCUTTA, FENANG, AND

side.

SINGAPURE.

THE Steamship Itolt, haring he rived from the above ports, Consig÷ Inchcape five years later. Un the Master nees of Cargo are hereby informs that of Elibank being raised to the Peerage la 181 Mr Shaw became Liberal candidate their gods will be delitored from a one- for Mid-Lothian, and in a three-cozzer contess he was defeated by a majority of 32. Mr Shaw has temporarily given up practice at the Bar, and is sugaged upon important Government work in connection with the War.

Cargo impeding the discharge of the sal wil be landed stance, at Consignees risk and expense,

Cargo remaining on board at Noon, after the 17th instant, will be landed at Con signees' risk and expenas.

No Fire Inance has been affected. Bills of Lading will be counterslandi by

DAVID SASSOON & D, Life

Agents.

Hongkong, June 15, 1915.

LORD ROSEBERY AND THE WIE 158UE. Lord Rosebery has sont a massage to the Glasgow Battalion of the Boys' Brigade, in which he says that Crocmagy, "under the | the Undersigned, ardonic phylactary of culture, seeks to relegate the world by barbarous methode back into barbariam. Conceive a Prussian victory, he asys, and what we call the Dark Ages would be as light compared with the." He finds the Germans guilty of the deliberate murder of the wounded and the innocent, the wanton destruction of shrines, the cruel oppression of non- combatants, the odious outragon against prisoners, the disdain of treaties and of international law and of all the docent restraints which are common to civilised countries."

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KLIMAKERS WHO HAVE "COME FACE." The demand for shells has infused freshTHE ONLY BOAT LEAVING AT & PM. EVERY DAY. life isto scour less engineering establish. ments scattered throughout the country, and has drawn to active service in the Legion of the Lathe thousands of earnest worksta

frous other than engineering spheres, and way from

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TAXES OF EDUCATIONAL ARTICLES.

The Education Department ba

articles be withdrawn.

COLONEL SIR GEORGE FARRAR, BART, D.8.0.

Killed in German S.W. Afrion.

Leadon, May: 20.-Colonel Sir George

in a railway accident at the front, in German South West Africa, while serving on General Botha's Staff,

A correspondent ain Scottish, newspaper ifet an acerunt of some of the striking figures that are the root with

this new

music of grinding machinery and tire.

Papals

requested that all duties on educationa! Farrar, the Rand Magnate, has been killed Tarkish ruler Again," "There's a r

less hammers An H.A. (Hons.) B. Sc.. who towards the Fava Asinorum in is his days in dragging reluctant public school is one of the Lappiest men in Stting shop which welcomes him nightly. Scarcely a shell leaves the shop, but bay evoked from him some forecast of and the men langh at him,

but the fi fils comments: There she goer, parhips the shell that will send the last of the

en bis final jour nay to Asis. Minor.

Dice bit of work, mate: perhaps it will help Italy to make up its mind." He has a re- [Sir George was born in 1839, the son of mark for everybody and everything, that the late Dr. C. Farrar, D., of Caaxbridge, hearty mathematician, and they are all and served in the South African War the same direction, steadily impressing The President has refused the tele-1899-1900s Major on the Staff of the upon thematthe lathe, or upon the polisher, in Dea- the or the shirker, the tremendous

grinder, or graphie resignatica of Chung Ming and Colonial Division (mentioned allows him to retain $400,000 of the

patches, Medal with four clasp and the significanes of his work in the D.S.0.) Ho vas Chairman of the East of the work. Ab new tax for adminstration purposes.

Rand Proprietors Mines, and was a

bonch in other

hop is & bard shop Member of the Union Parliament repre man who can write after his name "Extra senting the George-town Division. "He Chief." He spends his days in lung and was knighted in 1902 and created a Baronet

weary journeys surveying in 1911, Lady Farray is a daughter of the sible body, and occasionally he puts to Iste O. Waylia, of the Indian Medienperspiring, candidates for marine engineer. Service. He leaves six daughters, but mo ing certificates some fateful question as ta

A RESIGNATION REFUSED.

FAMOUS COXSWAIN KILLED.

WIRELESS POETRY.

The German papers are relieved at the mildness of the American Note, and anticipate a further period of argument, as they declare that the Note permits of discussion of methods of sen warfare, including the British methods.pace-in 1901, when Oxford got hond is with regard to an operator's life, in a recent

THE CRISIS NOT PAST.

The Yee York Herald warna Americans not to be lulled into a sense of false security by the Note, and says that the German crisis is not post-it is only beginning.

STATEMENT BY MR. BRYAN.

for a most respon

the way not to run an cagine at ees. But

he

in never absent from his bench at night

Amongst those killed in action recontly A Second Lieut. Gilchrist Stanley Macinson.] gau, Royal Warwickshire Regt. He will be

he was one of the volunteers, as he is remembered as probably the beat coxswain

ane of the best. Among the extra of modern times. Ha steered the Oxford boat in four University mees from 1999 to

chief's satellites is a persua of girth 1909, but was on the winning sile only

and years, a retired stock tunker. He has Light from an inxide anorce "isshown, home first

been many years retired, and his perspec

appearNNER" two-fifths of a length. Lieut.

tive changing We educated at Frog and Magdalen had issue of the Marconi Service Magazine had been out erished tire of the acted as coxswain for the Leander, oight verses extracted from a poem headed This thing of a public calamity. The Warha (San. Francisco). We give below three local howling green became to him some which beat the Belgians in the historis race at the Olympic Regatta in 1908. In six is the life." years at Hooley he's eered the same colours to victory in the Grand Challenge Cup. `·

ictory

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THE DUTIES OF NEUTRALITY.

The dotion of neutrality (snya the New

Mr. Bryan, in another statement, says that the Note was materially altered after he resigned, though the change was insuficient to justify the York Independent") are two. The one withdrawal of his resignation,. He doesnot doubt that the country will supis negative, to do nothing to help either "port President Wilson in the event of war."

GROWING POWER OF THE ALLIES,

Despus, June. 14.

aide. The other is positive, to protect and defend, the civilisation of the world.

We cannot stop selling materials of war in the present crisis of air, without being false to the first daty. We cannot unain tient when interpational agres- mente to which we are a party are violated

...

An official statement, issued at Petrograd, suys that the struggle bas without being derelict in the second. now reached its extreme intensity, The Germans bavo nearly doubled the troops in the field sizco the beginning of the war, and the possibility of a further increase in the infantry is doubtful: The Allies had com pelled the Germans to keep on both fronts larger forces than was origin ally intended. The unshakeable unity, and growing power of the Allies augur well for future, success.

CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THE ITALIAN OFFENSIVE.

A Rome communique says:-

Lospox, June 14.

The enemy attempted, to arrest the Italian offensive from Tonale to Carnio, mstly by mauns of right-attacks, but was everywhere rupulsed.

Our offensive in the Nolaja zone continues rapidly and successfully.

The Italian heavy artillery are now bombarding the fortress of Mal Borghetto, and have obtained remarkable results in a brief time, setting fire to a fort, and exploding ammunition and stores,

"The German Shakasparza Epiety held

its annual meeting at Weimar recently, Only eight members were present, Ad- dresses were delivered to the affect that the commemoration of the birth and death of Shakespeare were not affected by the present international situation, and proof of the German admitation for the Zuglih author was evidenced in an avowal that

an he did to Great Britaker

Shakespears belonged to Germany much

CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN, BALM,

TOUCH of theumatism, or a twinge of neuralgin batever the trouble is,

Said Billy McGee.

Whe

worked in a abap.. What's to hinder me Frum becoming an Op. And ditching this gried For a job at sen, ? And I've a míad To quit, by zee- And so be did.

Then Billy McGed Ta Marconi went And off to sco Was shortly root On the Flee Blazu, +f the Maggios line, With uniforms new And baftons “ashino And so, was ho

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the wheedles a wholbarTON | the traits and narrows of the establishment with the skill and all the dignity with which he often wheedled a 7000-ton tramp between the mud bnuks of a river in the Far Ea

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SCOTTISE BEISONERS IN GELYKSY, Scottish Concert in the treatment of prisoner in Germany is close and ex- ceptions, became of the rest Tomses sustained by the Scottish troops in te earling days of the campaign. There are

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