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THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1916.

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"MXIRION" HONGKONG,

PUBLIC AUCTION.

The Badersigned have received in stractions to sell by Public Auction

(POX ALCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

On

FRIDAY,

the 23rd June, 1918, at

2.30 pm at theiz, Sales Rooms, No. 2,

Des Voeux Road, Corner of

Ice House Street.

A QUARTET OF

SW TOW DRAWN THREAD WORK.

..

&c.

Sta.. Comprising Cantonese Embroidery Work, Bed- spreads, Table and Sideboard Covers Tray Cloths, Dayles, etc., et

(Full Farticnars from Catalogue.) Terma-Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, June 21, 1916.

PUBLIC

PUBLIC AUCTION

DARTICULARS and Conditions of the

Petting by Public Auction Sale, as be

· FAMINE INEVITABLE.

THE CHINA MAIL

The London Daily Telegraph" says Information has recently come into our possession from reliable sources which indicates clearly that the economia

held on HUNDAY, the 26th day of June, situation in Germany is becoming a 1918, at 9 p.m., at the Oloss of the Publia factor of great and growing importance Works Department, by Order of His in relation to the future course of the Excellency the Governor, of One Latol OROWN LAND 25 Kennedy Town War. Neutral observers who have visited in the Colony of Hongkong, for the country within the last two months. term of 76 years, with the option of unanimously testify to the increasing food renewal at a Crown Rant to be axed by socity, involving groak hardenips for the the Surveyor of His Majesty the King. poorer classes, whose privations threaten foe ons further term of 75 years.

to submerge even Prussian discipline, and to the feeling of war weariness which Particulars of the Zol

seems to have then hold of all actions of the population. In short, all the information available points to the cod clusion that the inexorable pressure of the British biodrade is steadily effecting its purpose

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has bem made, worse by the cutting, o The doles are very small; the poor of the outside supplies of artiücial crop get just enough to kemp body sad woulstimulants. In all parts of the empire together."

farmers have reported than thola":"land" | will not this year bone fo-tult yield." With this tact now before them, the Claveroment know that, aven If it in staved off in the meantime, famine next winter in inevitable.

From time to time accounts --- beeu published in the neutral Freas of rioting And, street demonstrations, in various Garman towns, although all mention of them in rigorously excluded from the German newspapers. In particular serious rioting has been reported in

"Whilst this, I hate stated. the Berlin, an authentic information is now main factor in the position and perhaps available as to the disturbances which the fature of the whole ws-the| occurred there in the second week ofalating situation is sufficiently alarming March

A neutral doctor, who was on a visit to the city, was in a restaurant when he heart sounds of rioting and shots drud Armed, police same in and told the people in the restaurant that they must not leave the premises. Subsequently they were allowed to leaves, but were ordered not to enter certain streets in the neighbour hood. The doctor was, however, per mitted to go into one at these an breines and he reports that he or many killed wounded, mohly men and children. The bodies was being removed quickly. Ho lewat has machine guns had been used against the inch....

and

WAR FINANCE,

"FOOD=UERTE..

Every traveller mm Germany and every tell the same tale of love, shortage, of Gernian nonspāper-between the lin growing distress, and of a wide spread increasing discogent among the people. whose cry is. We want no more victories: we want food. I have already

corded the frequent disturbances in Berlin, though I have received no corroboration of the reports of rio involving bloodshed. These disturbances

is the character of whine may described as food-huntay-

Housewives going to the butter, and mest shope find outside a board, Sold out.

Then comes a rumour: that there in a shop somewhere else where food is With regard to the financial situation, to be obtained. From all quarters people it is awerted that the preseds of the rush to the promised land. There ensna now taxes, which Fr. Helderich has been wild struggles, ending more often than not in the pillaging of the lipp, In the driven to impose will barely, fies to

sintain a balance in the civil budget. last month there have been continual All war expenditure is still to be metaceory of this description, so numerous from loans.

The indebtedness. of the

„Tare the statemans of leading Norwegian merchant, who is described as an intimate friend and warm admirer of the Kaiser, and, therefore, pro-ferman. Altar a visit to Berlin in March ha described the situation in Germany a 794 Tery bad, and expressed the opinion that the Berlin Government might offer peace at any time. A Lighly placed neutral who was recently in the country on official business, was mlich impressed by the growing discrepancy between conditions in the arury and the straits of the civilian empire sa a whole, of the separate States, population. The hardships, suffered by and of municipalities and communes must the latter. He wrote, became known to era now have attained huge figures. The the soldiers in the field, and had the senseal opinion of competent observers, effect of lowering the morale of the army, however, is that Germany will not be Again, a neural Minister in Berlin hampered by financial difficulties incher describes life in Germany, and parti- conduct of the war. cularly in the capital, as very hard.nrise afterwards. Bread is bad and meat, setter, lard, oik vinegar, ries, macaroni, potatoes, and. coffee are scares and dear. There widespread distres

WHO'S WHO IN JAPAN 767 LOITED AND FULLIBRE AT 8. Kwamas

AUCTION. ·

.

THE Undersigned have receive instruc. Japer, appear trade

cloan to sell by Public Asation, (FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

FRIDAY,

the 23rd June, 1918, commencing at 2.30 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8..] Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice House Street,~~ À QUANTITY OF

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURI, &

Comprising

A number of Carpets and Bags, ` Side- boards Dinner Waggon, Dicing Tables And Chairs, Chesterfeld Sofas, Arm-cha

Wardrobes and Toilet Tables, Double

*

and Single-Bread-mounted Bedsteada, &o., Miscellaneous Furniture, several lots of Blackwood Ware, Pianos, Paroolsins, &c. &c.

si

Alao A Choice Selection of Brass Jardinieres Vases, Ivory Figures, Japanese Tea Sets A few lots of Bentwood Chairs (iew), Bath Towels, etc.

And

A number of Lots of New Matting,

DWINDLING HUPPLIEM.

It is reported that in Bremerhaven the lower classes can obtain reither meat nor fah. So small is the bread ration that scarcely ang is left after the first The firm (1913) edition, in 'stready maded,

meal of the day. The dietary of the poor THIOGRAPHIES of over 5,000 people consists of soup made from potatoes, B Tho are well-known in society and of carrots, and sugar, and bread spread with several hundred foreigners sanociated with marmalade made of potatoes, boiled with rhubarb and sugar. Only lb. of materials and accurate sketches, both being butter per head weekly is allowed. Mills utterly free from prejudices.

is hardly obtainable, and the supplies are Many portraits ace inserted. The bookserved mainly for infants and invalids. contains over 1,400 pages.

Chlidren do not get enough milk, and is The price la pus 6 (12/-) or 43 par copy. is stated that the mase of infant mortality Orders for the book should be accompanied

is high. That in Germany generally milk by paymunt.

is scare is confirmed from other sources Casas are reported of ladies taking their children to Holland in order to secure sufficient milk for them.

Subscribers for the second annual edition of Who's Who in Japan" will be allowed a reduction of one yen.

The registered postage is 18 am, to Kares and Chins de man and to Europe & America 170 son oz $5 conta.

·A

The trouble will

EFFECTS OF THE BLOCKADE

and composed of sich great crowds of infuriated women that the police have been helpless. Senres of shops in Berlin have been plundered and wrecked it stands to reuson that when the providing

a household's needs is at the hazard of a sort of tree fight, the weaker gi từ

the war in other words, that there are certain days whra many fumities go hungry.

KAISER'S BITCUEL TROCELE, Of the efficiency of the British blockade

Recently things were as serions and there is abundant yidence. A grave so meeting was the attitude of the f. menace to Germany is the dwindling of population, that the authorities had to the supply of edible, fats, including take a hand in the game of food-hunting. butter, margarine, lard, and every other They coured the city in search of mest form of fat and oil. A neural oil for the hungry people, and to a certain merchant recently made the statement extent, it must be admitted, they were that Germany was almost entirely without successful in bringing hidden stocks to Another neutral, whlight. In a few shops which had displayed ils and fat. frequently visits the country and is the Sold out" sign there were found familiar with the internal conditions, considerable quantities which the traders asserts that the native supplies and were holding up in anticipation of limited. and that the further curtailment raising of the maximum prices.

One of those raide provided an incident of the quantities which, under the infuence of high prices still and their which would have set any less gloomy way into the country will ultimately city than Berlin, laughing for days. I place Germany in the dilemma ef was discovered that a principal usurer choosing between abandoning the mannas those who hold up stocks are called facture of explosives and injuring the was none other than the Kaiser's mast health of her people.

butcher, who happens to be a lady, ca It may now be accepted that the certain"Frau Diesold. For many days blockade of Germany is the paramount this purveyors to the Court had matter of vital importance to factor_in_the_woeld war. This de not to informed the public she was sokk out, Germany is the question of this year's imply that the food resources at the But some observant persons had noticed, IT IS A GOOD ADVERIZING MEDIUM harvest. Dr. Bethmann Hollweg recently Central Powers are exhausted, that earlier, carts being driven, up to the

noticed this work in the highest tarma.

Many infiuential papers of the world referred to the prospects in optimistis anyone has died of starvation or is it premises. They spread abroad their terms, but it is too early to form any immediate danger of that fate. But it suspicions. The police, were forced to For example, The Daily Mail says. reliable opinic Even given favourable is to imply that the shortage is already raid the premises, where they found Yet another Who's Who and this weather, the chances are said to be great, and that if existing conditions thousands of pounds of bacon, ham, and me from Japan! The reader is apt at against an average crop, in view of the continue eventual famine is inevitable pickled beef, and whole rats of fat and other words, the overwhelminglard. Other stores were discovered in first to regard it as a curiosity, as algscarcity of seeds and manure and the In that the East has now become Westar, shortage of labourers and horses. In this pressure of the British Navy has only to the good lady's private premises adjacent. practically almost to the last detall. But connection the statement of a neutral be maintained. I write this as one who. From thence the police went to Who's Who In Japan' is far more than

visitsap to very recently, has shared the suburban villa, where the Kaiser's custom curiosity it is very sound and usefull bank official, who frequently reference book. It is printed in Haglish Germany, is of interest. He reports that scepticism of the Dutch as to the enables Fran Biesold to live in style and contains brief biographies, on the the provision of breadstuffs this year had possibility of their great neighbour, with And there, too, they brought to Fight sccepted model of prominent men in Japan.pfored to be much smaller than was: All his immacuse resources and wonderful hidden treasures of nutriment. All of Mr Kurita is a skilful editor and has done

a large organisation: being starved foto sub-which is very amusing. You come upon anticipated, and in his view his work wel

time when ita tragic side when you learn that proportion of the population have been mission. There

the knowledge that reports of German Biesold's stocks were sold by the police." food shortage in the earlier days of the The mere rumour that there was mest war were propagated from enemy sources en gale brought them together from all with the object of misleading us and parts of the city Hundred had to en

away: empty... causing a slackening in our efforts.

Skin Rugs, &c. &c, and 1 Cille MotorWHO'S WHO JAZAN POZIAZINO OFFICE-undorfed. Of late, the scarcity has been scepticism was also justified because of hundreds of women, assembled, when Fran

Complete.

(Full Particulars from Catalogue.).

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HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers.

Hongkong, June, 17, 1916.

THE

PUBLIC AUCTION, .

*.756.

HE Undersigned have received in

stractions from Mr. Too Caose

KER, to sell by Public Auction

on

MONDAY, the 25th June, 1918, at

2.30 pm at their Sales Rooms, No. 8,

Des Voeux Road, Corner of ICE HOUSE STREET,

A ̈LLEGE - ASSORTMENT OF

CHINESE PORCELAINS, BRONZES, PICTURES, JADESTONE WARE

--- SNUFF: BOTTLES,

Recently arrived from Shanghai and the North,

As follows 8-Fold Chinese Bereens (Towkwong and Kienlung-Panels) 5-Coloured 3-Coloured and Blue and White Vases, Jam, etc., Old Cloisonne Ware, Eratizes, 4-umber of Old 5-Coloured Wall Plates Ginger Jars, etc. Chinese hand- painted Wall Hangings Embroideries, Table Screens, Ornaments, etc, etc...

The above include a number of good

No.1-chome, Uchimiwalcho,

"Kojimaoni Tokyz,

Every kind of Footwear

MADE

MZATLESS MARXERS

a real scarcity, quite apart from any defects of distribution

Everything. therefore, depends on the coming harvest. Shotild it turn out JAPANESE MAKERS, badly this obeerser thinks it impossible

that Germany can hold out beyond March No one has you died of starvation. Ju next at the latest. Considering the That is true; but for months Germany strait to which Germany has already has been living on short rations, and semi-official statement has been been reduced, and that she will enter those cations are getting shorter for subed that at the last Berlin ment or the new year with practically no day. Everybody gis food, but millionsparket more cattle were brought in than for several previous weeks, when, it was reserves of food and with greatly of people are underfed. And it is steadily said, "aupplies were artificially limited-*** diminished chances of importing supplies, becoming worse. What are the articien this cannot be regarded as an extravagank of dies that are getting scarece Incidentally, to this statement was estimista of the situation.

asked a neutral traveller, fost out of ads the significant addition: Froc authoritative sources it ie aanred anew Berlin** It would be much easier, he that there is to serious want of foodstuffs. Although the German authorities spare replied, to say what is not getting ao pains to prevent the leakage ofscarcer,! It was foreseen by the German in any part of the German Empire to be information as to internal conditiona. Goverursent that that would be the period feared the mere fact that such as there is abundant testimony, in letter when famine was to be feared. But by trace is again necessary being its own found on prisoners of war, and from putting the people 20 rations, by other sources, that privation is widespread Impalling the use of bread and milk and and discontent rampant, Letters recentlyards by instituting domest intercepted complain of the ever-growing no-fish days, they hoped to tide over scarcity and dearness of every kind of the dangers Interregnum between now Last Saturday the Berlin mest

ORDER

CHERRY & 00.

PEDDER STREET, Opposite Hongkong Hotel Telepticos No. 491.

Hongkong, March 20, 1914.

CHINA MAIL

specimens from the Kunghi to Tokong OVERLAND EDITION.

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There is almost nothing to be got. "Every day we are growing poorer

I have nothing else to tell you except thas we are starving."

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contradiction

But what is the truth about the, last Berlin meat market? It is disclosed thus by Vorwarts.??)

markets were an inconsolable sight. The and the next barsel, In this they may market halls were empty. We had heard even yet succeot, though the wail of the about numbers of cattle, sheep and calves. people for more and better food, the street having been driven to the abattoirs. But riots, and the plundering of shops suggestire butchers stalls were empty. We the opposite.

VICIOUS CIRCLE:

This is not the crux of the matter That is to be found, according to reliable information which has reached me, in "the fact that the next harvest is bound 1 to be à fulltre. It is not so much the Imunediate present, but the hopeless prospect for the future-Dext winter at the latest which has pat fest into the -hearts of the Governmen It is that which impelled them to their desperat peace ventors through the medium of the negoti

Not: from

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with the United States:

from shortage of labour, it is that the next harvest is doomed to Hailure. E he isason is to be

wil

the blockadey

visited two other market halls and found every stall empty. In the Wedding Hall was one butcher who had some very small calves, and they were all sold in the twinkling of an eye. Another butcher elsewhere was offering dry faction hones at the sopalling price of -842-"'s pornů. when the housewives protated at til shameless attam to sell tiling mutton. bones at this price he threw bin into the bones tub and packed up his stall

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