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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1917,

BUSINESS NOTICES

BUSINESS NOTICES,

STEAM OR MOTOR VESSELS :

8,000 Tons, 8,000 Horse Power now Built. Steel Building Work of every Description. Oastings, Forgings, Repairs and Supplies. Frompt Attention and Shipraent to Destination. INJECTORS AND STEAM PUMPS.

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THE WAR.

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NOTICE.

NEUROPEAN, Non ASIATIC or ANDIAN desiring to leave the Calor should apply in person at the Cental Police Station between the hours of 9 to 1 P.M. and. 2 г.x.. te 4 P.M.. dail

Aplicants will be required to product Pasforts or identification papers. All peras,, with certain exceptions, who remin in the Colony for more than 7 dys are required to Register them sels under the REGISTRATION of PESONS ORDINANCE 1916. Forma of Registration giving the particulars reuired may be obtained at the G.P.O. ad at all Police Stations.

The Pensity for non compliance isa

En not exceeding $30.

BAK TRAMWAYS · COMPANY,

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TIME TABLE.

WESE HATI.

7.00a.m. to 8.00 s.m...Every 15 minutes. 8.00a.m. to 10:00 am... Every 10 minutes. 10.00am to 11.00 ...Every 15 minutes. 11.30a.m. to 12.45 p.m...Every 15 minutes 18.45 p.m. to 1.15 p.m...Every 10 minutos. 1.15 p.m. to 1.45 p.m...Every 15 minutas. 1.43 p.m. 3o 2.15 p.m...Every 10 minutos. 2.15 p.m. to 5.00 p.m...Every 15 minutas, 5.00p.m. to 9.10 p.m...Every 10 minutes.

NİGHT CARE 6.50 p.m. and 9.p.m., 9:30 p.m. to 11,00

p.m, every sau kem 11.00 p.m. to 11.45 p.m. every quarter of

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an hour,

HUNDAYS."

1.30a.m. 8.00a.m. to 10.30a.m...Every 15 minutes." 10.30 am, to 11.00 am...Every 10 minabe, 11.30am to 13 Noon....Every 15 minutas, 12.00 noon to 1.00 pm...Every 10 minutes. 100p.m. to 5.00p.m... Every 15 minutes. 4.00pm to 8.00 p.m...Every 10 minutos. 4.00p.m. to 7.00 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 7,00p.m. to 8.10 p.m. ¿Every 10 minutės." NIGHT CARS 10 on Week Days.

SATURDAYS,

Extra Our ab 12 midnight. SPECIAL CARS by arrangement so the Company's Office, AIAND BUILDINGS De Your Road Central,

Season: and punch tickets available for sil's not already fall running at the time stand for the Company's time tables, bat 'not for special cars, can be obtained en spplication at the Company's Officem No Eason ticket will be issued ́mtli payment therefor a bean made in Bank Not or by Cheque.or Compradore order representing Bank Noten.

· JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & BON,

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ASSURANCE ON

SIVOTAL: FUNDs at Blər Dacxuxxn, 1914,,

TOTAL FOR

E23,970,367,

Authorised Capital £8,000,000 Subscribed Ospital £4,500,000 Paid-up Capital £9, 437,000 11-Fire Fund.................................. 2,837,047 III-Life & Anouky Fonda. 17,567,590

Sinking Fund Kooomal mass

128,290

£23,970,387

Revenus Fire Branch. 2,381,456

Life" and "Annalty

$141,589

Brangka Ravenas Marine Departinant ... 337,230 Other Receipt

:.478,940

£5,539,228

Tis Acvumuiadive" Funds of the various Branchen are separately, invsstod, and, by "Aut of Parliament, praiset aalde, be meet tha tizima under the respectiva. Departa snenie of kis Company's Burlin

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Frices, Samples and full portionları will be forwarded on appliation tự

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Hongkong,, Anel 11. 1912.

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Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

GERMANY'S “SHAM PEACE OFFER."

THE ALLIES' REPLY, severely tried by their losses, worn

Fout economically and crushed by the supreme, effort imposed upon them Another object is to deceive and intimidate neutrals and finally td justify a new series of crimes-subi marine warfare, deportations, forned labours the enlistment of inhabitants against their own country and violag tions of neutrality.

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FIRM AND TRENCHANT NOTE.

Losnov, Dec. 81.

The joint reply of the Allies to the

Fully conscious of the gravity of German Fence Nota has been com- the moment and equally consciou muniented to-day by the French of its requirements, the Allias closely Government to the United States Ambassador in Paris.

United one to another and in perfect sympathy with their peoples rufuse to considera proposal which is empty and insincere.

It begins by stiguustising the pro posal as illusory and protests strongly Once again the Allies declare thẩ against two material assertions con- no peace is possible so long so they tained in it, namely, professing to have not secured reparation for throw on the Allies the responsibility violated rights and liberties, the for the war and proclaiming the recognition of the principle of nation victory of the Central Powers. Both alities and the free existence of the small States, and so long as they ansartions, the Reply says, are un have not brought about a settlement true, and such claims alone are calculated to end once and for all the

sufficient to render sterile

all forces which constituted a perpetual

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menace to the nations and to sford: the only effective guarantees for the The Allies are as strongly devoted to future security of the world. Pesse to-day as they were in 1914, but The Reply concludes by dwelling after Germany's violation of solemn upon the enormity of Germany's engagements, Germany's promise is no offence against Belgium. sufficient foundation on which to Alluding to Belgium's trial for two establish a peace which she broke and a half years, the Reply says this mare suggestion, without a statement of injustice has been cruelly Aggravated. torms, that negotiations should be opened the proceedings of the occupied

forces which have exhausted the is not an offer of peace. Germany's resources of the country, ruined its putting forward a abam proposal, lacking industries, devasted its towns und all substance and precision, is less a villages, and had been responsible for pance offer than a manicure. It is numerous massacres, executions and founded on a eslealated misinterpreta-imprisonments. At this very moment tion of the character of the struggle peace and humanity to the world she while Germany was proclaiming

past, present and future:-

The Note does not consider the the thousands, reducing them to was deporting Belgian citizens by

facts, dates and figures establishing slavery.

that the war was desired, provoked

and declared by Germany and Austria

PRESS COMMENTS.

LONDON, Jan. 1.

The reply of the Allies to the The Beply proceeds to recall that German Note, which was published it was & German delegate at The in the late editions of the morning Hague Conference who refused all papers is hailed as a stinging-ex. posure of Germory's rather obvious proposals in favour of disarmament, war manœuvre," and also as show- that, Austris refused the satisfactioning to Germany and the world that that Serbia offered, and that sub- the Allies despite the Europea sequently Great Britain suggested war map are fully conscious Conference, France an International

their growing strength and Commnissian, that the Tsar asked the enemy's interent weakness.

"Kaiser to go to arbitration, and that Bussia and Austris actually came to

at understanding on the eve of the conflict,

ARIS 18 1. The French newspapers describe

bus to all these efforts the reply as based upon consistent Germany gate neither answer nor argumenta in a sober tone, and is therefore telling. They point out effect. Belgium was invaded, by an Empire which had guaranteed ber

that the categorical refusal of the Allies to parley is clearly expressed. neutrality and had the assurance to proclaim that Treaties were scraps

permitting no quisinterpretation, of paper and that necessity knows no law.

The Note proceeds to point out that these shim peace offers * rest on the European war map alone, which represents

superficial

KING EDWARD HOTEL Passing phase of the situation

Genzra† Location.

and not the real strength of the belligerents. A Peace concluded on these terion would only be to the

Importers-Exporters A Rechte Lits, Fams, and lighting advantage of the aggressors whe

Commission Agents HONGKONG

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ALL Izzornid Trim -Pam Enbrado,

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the late

be attained

LOOPHOLE FOR SPECIFIC

TERMS.

WASHINGTON Jan f The German rabassy unofficially expresses the opinion that the reply leaves a loophole for Germany to reply with specific terras.

POPULAR APPROVAL OF THE NOTE.

The newspapers unite in a of approval of the Note finally cleared

created the beat Impres

the among

Begarding the future the Reply declares that innumerable enemyance and Italy where i

the writing on the wall outrages against the balligarenta

neuttals demand penalties, repar and guarantees of which Ger Lavoids" mention, "Thess:oyartures

nothing more than

ence

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(Rome)

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