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FRIDAY, APRIL, 20, 1917.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Page(1)

THE ITALIAN FRONT.

Tspos, April 19.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

FURTHER FINE FIGHTING

BY THE FRENCH,

THE CHINA MAIL.

FOUR RELIEF SHIPS SUNK..

FRENCH APPEAL TO SPAIN.

PARIS, April 17. Four Belgian relief ships, provided with safe conducts, have been recently Sunk outside the danger zone, near the Dutch coast.

CHINESE AFFAIRS.

THE COMING STORM.

GERMANY'S EFFORT.

By LIKUT CUL. ReportON, Military Correspondent of the "Times"] Logos, April 18.

Optimin at the front is an Almost A French comninnique reports: The French Government bas request.indispensable condition of victory, and South of St. Quentin, after a very lively ed the King of Spain to intervene. mwise man will desire to repress this Ar Halian official message, trib-bombardment, the Germans attacked,

spirit." Complete confidence in their mitted by wireless, states

Ability to beat the eneuly has been the dominant feeling among our troops in France ever since those tragic days when the Old Army defeated the mighty German attack round Ypres, and if that feeling has grown stronger with every math of combat we have only to thank Heaven that it is se, for opinion is every thing in war

defenders.

coat (lanchy. Their first attempt was Our beavy guns vand great firestopped and by our fire. The second was more eiolent and resultek in at Calliano Station, in the Engarians | fractions of the enemy penetrating cur THE FINANCE MINISTRY

SCANDALS. advanced cronches, but these were all Valley.

Wy seized in pessition to the north-either kille or capture by an im

(Wah Taa Yat Pos Service. ward of Castagny igen, anturing the mediate counter attack and our line was completely restoral. We vigorously continued our offensive at various pointa į

PKING, March 20 between Soissons and Auberive. De A Mandate has ordered the Minister pits persistent bail weather, the aml the Vice-Minister of Finance, to operations on the west attacking front vacate their posts, and also the suspen were brilliantly successful. North of sion of the services of the Councillor Chavane we captured the village of fand the Departmental Chief of the Ostal and drove back the enemy for a Ministry of Finance. All are to be Laxxix, April 19. listance of one kilometre, Northwinds tried by a Court of Justion.

we captured Braye-on Lacu-Noise-and The Greek situation is again becoming acute owing to food dilleulties and variety of other reason.

THE GREEK SITUATION.

ADAIN BECOMING ACUTE..

all the gronad eastwards to the vicinity RAILWAY DIRECTORS DISMIED. of Courtesin, where under the vigorous presetre of our infantry and a murder

In the House of Commons. Me Bourous fire from our artillery the enemy

Hd in disorder, abaloning" mach material and is depots of food.

COMPANY REPORTS

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF

CANTON, LIMITED.

The report of this Company states: The Board, has now to lay "before 'the Shareholders a balance sheet containing a summary of the property and liabilities of the Society on the 31st December 1916 and a statement of necotints to the samo date.

1910 Account-After payment of the interim dividend of $30 per share and the bonus of 20 per cont. to Contributors passed at the last annual meeting there remains a balance of $3,066,542.36 ns per annexed statement.

The Boart recommends that this sum be appropriated in follis A final dividend to share

holder of $20 per share 21 on 15,438 shares

154,380.00

...." sos,rdo.co Bonus dividend to shareholders of $10 per share on · 13,438 shares An addition To the Reinsurance Furd of £100,000 @ Exchange 242........

Building Reserve

To

Fund £10,000 Exchange 247

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But we as home, and the War Cabinet first and forest bear the immerse esensibility be providing our Armies ments and we must not allow ouralvers with the necessary drafts and reinforce to be turned in the least from the accom plishment of this imperative duty. With every day that the urgent need for supreme effort on our part forres itself more appealingly upon our at tention. The Germans bave made mighty effort, and are probably now n position to place she field armies stronger by 1000 men in the

new formissions are still in Germany. seting as agreat strategic reserve, and the direction in which their services will be utilized is still not definitely known. B in general we may say that the pro- babilities are that they will come to the Western front, and that we are on the eve of a remarkable effort by Germany to resume the initiative, of which she was deprived from June to September 1916 Account.-The inat

The writer supposes that the Working Account

the Germans have not only been able to December 1916 was $5,129,843.56 29 reinforce Very largely their Eastern

A single regiment took 300 prisoners connection with the car purchase case gregate than a year ago. Many of the To be carried forward to

Leven.

PEKING, Marth 20. Two of the directors of the Tientsin Law stated that the Allied flovernments

Pakow Railway have been dismissed in were discussing the position of Greece,

different regt and have been a banded over by the but any statement at the present time belonging to in connection with this matter would be ments. We captured nineteen gas, Minister of Communications to the South of anthorities to be dealt with according premature. The situation bakt he disincluding five howitzers.

Lafaux our troops, covered by divi- to law. unser at the forthcoming ret session.sional cavalry, broke up the enemy and Hitherto the United States bad not capturel Nanteuil-en-Fosie and finally, participate in the dission with south of the Aisne, a spirited attack regard to Greece, but he lid not diabe raptured the bridgehead between Conne that na 500 as arrangements were con- and Vailly and the whole of Vailly. "An important unit surrounded in the forest clude the United States would be sopsulted in every matter in which their

interests were concerner.

SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS.

Maun April 9,

The Cabinet has resigned.

Is is believed that main in AP

FATIO. leads will

of Ville an-Boss hail down its arms total-

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GERMANS AND THE DETENTION OF THE CHINESE MINISTER..

PEKING, April 20. The German residents in Peking, on

but also to form 300 additional battalions for a

Underwriting Suspense Account to close the account for the year 1515

CHANTANT in DRILL HALL

53,473.26 MOVING PICTURES, JUGGLERS, ACROBATS, SINGERS,"

INSTRUMENTALISTS, VENTRILOQUISTS,

ELOCUTIONISTS atc.

1,685, 141.48

WORDS and SPACE preclude giving full and STARTLING. DETAILS $3,056,542.36 cf the magnificent scmbly of TALENT, WIT, MUSIC, AND SPLENDRIT

SPECTACULAR Balance of

31st SEE the MENAGERIE and SIGNOR TOBOLSKI,

FEED the ELEPHANT.

ling 1,300 prisoners and 180 mitrait the April 18 called on the Dutch Mini-front, perhaps by over 200 battalions, per annexed statement

The Board recommands that an lenses. The Germans, at 4.30 in thester requesting him to telegraph to general reserva, the want of which interim dividend of $30 per share bel afternoon, foriously counter-attacked the Kaises, on their behalf, for permis. with two divisions between Juvincoursion for Kyun Wai Hing the Chinese and the Aime, but sie harruges dari Minister at Berlin to return to China Taschine gun fire shattered she attack without delay. and inficted sanguinary losses on the enemy who was nowhere, able, to ap- proach our lines.

Fast of Center the Russian brigade erinned these successęs by capturing & fortified work and taking prisoners. We took pwenty-four heavy and field a the whole of this region, also gel veineb guns each with one thousand rounds of ammunitions. These SECRET SESSION OF THE HOUSE were immediately employed against the enemy. We'reduced several centres of resistance and captured strong points in the Champagne, where twenty guns, including eight heavy guns, and five hundred new prisoners Ware captured.

OF COMMONS.

LOSSES OF HOSPITAL SHIPS.

Lostos, April 19 In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar

The number of apwounded prisoners Law announced that there would be aattle exceda 17,000 and 75 guns have sent back since the opening of the

bean cuunted so far.

secret session.

He also stated that there had recently been losses of hospital ships which woubt be published, y “

A PEACE SUGGESTION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Losnos. April 19. In the House of Commons Mr, Byles suggested peace negotiations.

Mr Swift O. Neill: It will be time encugh to consider peace proposals when the Bermane cease to blow up hospital ships,

FRENCH TACTICS.

LONDON. April 17. The successes mentioned in the French communique of the 19th inst. have been gained on the same frons as in the

ALLEGED CHINESE PURCHASE OF

*INTERNED SHIPS.

they felt so seriously last year. The iden | paid to shareholders, absorbing seems to be to endeavour to oppose us $453,140.00, and that a bonus of 20%. by a nearly equivalent force of infantry be paid to contributors, absorbing sad heavy guns in the West, and we $250,000.00, and that the remainder be must regard this as. Germay's last. effort.

carried forward). and certainly her greatest.

KARMY'S NEED OF A DECISION

n'

Directors: Since the last General Meeting Mr. J. W. C. Bennar has Let us recall, before this great cam-resigned his seat on leaving the Colony SHANGHAI, April 20... Several of the Chinese shipping merpaign begins, that we have become ac- and Mr A 0. Lang of Mears Gibb customed to regard the German Armies Livingstone & Co. has joined the Board. chants have applied to Admiral Shah in the West as a more or less inert body Chung Ping for the custody of the which we beat with a stick when we German ships, which were seized by the please. This has been due to the fact local Government, on the ground that that since the year 1914, with the sol they had bought the ships before the ary exception of the Verdun drama, the Germans have stood on the defensive in severance of diplomatic relations with the Wees and have not attacked us in Germany. "

the grand style. If by way of a change, they feel compelled by the growing misery nad destitution at home to thow for

The Admiral has telegraphed to Peking for instructions in the matter.

SPORT."

HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB.

SELECTIONS FOR TO-MOR.

BOW'S HACES.

. Weather permitting, the first Gyrakhanu Meeting, of the season will be held to-morrow afternoon at

"a great stake in the West and to concentrats all their available strength for this purpose, then we can be sure that the ennditions of 1915 and 1916 will not recur. Whatever the change, and whatever the result, it will be a different

sort

of

In accordance with Clause SO of the Articles of Association Mr. S. H. Dod well and Mr. J. A Plummer retire, but offer themselves for reelection..

Auditors:-Messrs R. Lowe and C. Bernard Brown retire, but offer themselves for re-election.

P. H. HOLYOAK,

Chairman.

Hongkong 18th April 1917.

LIMITED.

The report states:-

war, and

by one means or another THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., the enemy is bound to seek for a decision The susons exercise a marked in- Tuence upon the FLT

until Russian ronds become practicable after

The Directors have how the pleasura For the three months are very difficult. the thaw, grand operations in the East

to submit their Annual Report and now shead of us the usefal intervention Statement of the Company's Account of the Russian Annies, and to u

less

Even the Curso front, cannot be reckoned upon, so that during this period of three month the Germans have a certain liberty to mass against us in the West The French at Verdun, gloriously lived down this dangerous period last year, giving time for the Russian and British Armies to harden, bus we cannot say

battle of the 16th. Thus the French the Race Course. Happy Valley, fextent of the Italian Armies, except or made up to the 31st December last.

are continuing the tactics of alternating blows.

'clock.

shrukt ne more rain fall in the mean time, the course will be very heavy

They yesterday smashed, commencing" at 3 salient south-west of Laon, by the capture of Nateuil and Vailly and secured afooting or the great Laon-Craonne plateau, the capture of which cost going, which will be to the advan Napoleor one-fifth of his effectives in tage of the ponies currying the lighter 1814 That the French will today weights We give below some selee-whether this year a German attack will attempt to frontally_storm the plateau tions, though on account of the state come against us, or the Belgians, or the is not yet clear. They may prefer a Mr Bonar Law: That is a better turning movement between Berry au of the ground upsets and surprises French. answer than my own, which is in the Bac and Rheims. The possession of may be expecent:—

negative.

Ville-an-Bois gives elbow room for communications with Berry-au-Bac,

which is an important junction of roads and canals. The capture of Ostel shows.

RUSSIA AND THE DARDANELLES. that the French hold six hundred feet

LONDON, April 19,

In the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil stated that he had to oficial information showing that the Provisional Government of Hussis is willing that the Dardanelles should be internationalised.

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THE BRITISH BUDGET.

LONDON, April 19.

Mr. Boir Law announced that the Budget would be introduced on April 30.

BRITISH EDUCATIONAL POLICY.

LONDON, April 10,

In the House of Commons, Dr. H.A. L. Fisher, introducing the "Education estimates, which

of the hill of Cour-de-Soupir, dominating" Chavonpes. It is noteworthy that it was near Soupir that Sir Douging Haig forced the passage of the Aisne in September 1914.

Mention of Courcy shows that the Russians are pushing the oncirclement of Brimont mentioned yesterday morning.

FURTHER GAINS AT SCARPE RIVER.

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YACHTING.

A MOLIKE PLANET

It may not necessarily come at all The great Moltke, at a later perind of bis life, once expressed his preference for allowing the enemy to attack, and ther for attacking him when he was exbansted.

1915 Account-This account shows anet profit on working of $369,347.65 which sum it is proposed to apportion as follows:-

Dividend of $7.00 and

Bonus of $2.00 per Share ·

.... 180,000.00 To add to Reinsurance

on 20,000 Shares

Fund.............. 100,000.00 59,547.65

$369,547:65

To carry forward to Under writing Suspense A/ć... ........

1916 Account-The Bal-

.$735,534.05

We escaped this danger last year because unde at Credit of this all the Allies attacked together, or as Account is nearly simultaneously as we could

because the drain of Directors Since the last General manage, and also. Verdun left the German without a stru- Meeting Mr. J. W. C. Bonnar has tegic reserve until autumn, when it was resigned his seat on leaving the Colony launched against Roumanis. The Ger and Mr. A. Forbes of Mears. Harry man may hope that we are going to Wicking and Co. and Mr. A. O. Lang attack them now in the West before our

Plummer retire by rotation and being eligible offer themselves for re-election.

other Alles can move, and the enemy of Messrs. Gibb, Livingston and Cɔ. may propose then to act upon the plan have joined the Board. which Moltke was disposed to favour. Mr. S. H. Dodwell and Mr. J. A. This time the Germans will be stronger in rear than they are in our front they have already 137 divisions facing us— and they will, if the writers assumptions are correct, possess, a great reserve, without which the Moltke plan is iaapplicable.

time on the left bank of the Scarpe BOTAL HONGLONG TACHT CLUB. the Germans in the West may willingly

to the east of Fampour, and captured, this morning, a further portion of the front line systems, to the south-east. of Loos Aeroplanes, last night obtained hits at an enemy train and on two coluines of mechanical transport in a transport park, doing great damage in

are feach case.

£3,820,000 above last year's figures, emphasised the necessity of remov ing the deficiencies in the educa tional system revealed by the war.

THE GREAT STRIKE AT BERLIN.

AMSTERDAM, April 19. According to the Forvants, the great strike at Berlin only ended after sub- stantial concessions bad been extorted from the Government

DEATH OF THE GERMAN GOVERNOR OF BELGIUM.

AMSTERDAM, April 17.

A telegram from Brussels states that Governor-General von Bissing is dend.

JAPANESE VIEWS ON POST-WAR" COMMERCE.

LONDON, April 17, The Japanese Ambassador, with Japanese delegates en suite who attended the Allied Commercial Conference in at luncheon, in the Home were House of Common

HANDICAP CLASS.

The race for the "Rolls" Prize presented by Mr F. C. Potts will be sailed off on Saturday, 21st instant. Rock (P), Channel Rocks (8) Cast Rocks Course Lyemun Beacon (P) Kowloon (P) Distance 8.19 miles.

Auditors:The annexed accounts have been audited by Mesars. A. R. Lowe and G. Berriard Brown who offer themselves for re-election-

P. H. HOLYOAK,

Chairman.

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS CONGRESS AT SHANGHAL

During the past few days, saya a Shanghai Contemporary, many mission-

There is, further, the possibility that concede, to us a certain tract of

ground in order to compel us to fight under obvious disadvantages. This idee seeme to be in the minds of some of the best- informed. German writers, who

very easily arrange unless, by going beginning to talk discreetly about που manceuvre battles, which they will back, they induce us to advance. The Preparatory Gap 2.25 pm. Starting Germans, by reason of their great efforta Gun 9.30 p.m.

in organization during the past year, no aries from all parts of the Far East Starting and Finishing Line, Club doubt hope for victory, but above all have been gathering in Shanghai for House, North Point

they wish to end the war, which has the quadrennial session of the Asiatic Time Limit 6.30 p.m.

become a nightmare to them. They will sock for a decision on land and at sen, and, as they appear to act as though it were neck or nothing for them in 1917, it is obviously useless for them to potter along with the old trench warfare, which has been shown to exhaust Germany and to bring posee no neater."

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Division Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. This Conference is being held at the Mission Compound, Ward and Ningruo Roads

Practically two hundred delegates are in attendance from Australia, India, Burmah, Malaysia, the Philippines, South, Central, Western and Eastern Chita Manchuria, Korea and Japan

The World's General Conference of

THE RIGHT KIND OF EDUCATION Seventh-day Adventists, with head

The Food Commissioner has been

guarters at Washington, D. C., U. 8. A., forced to promise that the food rations

has sent se representatives to this Con ahall be more fairly distributed, that

Mr. H. A. L. Fisher, President of ference Pastor & G. Daniells President the Board of Education, addressing the of that body, Pastor W. T. Knos, the hoarded provisions shall be comman

Course North Fairway Buoy (5), managers of L. C. C. schools recently deered, and profiteering, of which there

Stonecutters Island (E). Distance 8 miles said it was clear the old pleasant days Treasurer, Professor F. Griggs, Secretary of the Educational Department, and are the bittercat complainta, shall be for the Allies to tike steps, to protect Preparatory Gun 1:30 pm Starting of leisure had gone In the next Pastor N-Z- Town, Secretary of the

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years we most organisó a system under Starting Line, Marray Pier and Outer which boys and girls would be passed Publishing Department. An organies Naval Buoy Finishing Line Club easily from the schools into the tion is being perfected which will reach Home, North Point, West to Ent particular kind of life to which they from Japan to Australia and the islands

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FRENCH MISSION TO AMERICA.

·M. VIVIANT AND GENERAL JOFFRE TO GO

The Japanese Ambassador dwelt upon the possibility of war of commerce after the war and said it was high time themselves against such an eventuality. He said the Anglo-Japanese Alliance was stronger than ever. It was Japan's mission to maintain peace and preserve order in the Far East. He congratulated Great Britain on ber victories on the

The Closing Cruise of the Season will great expansion of our national Western Front, which, be said, heraldake place on Saturday, 28th instant system fodacation could only be greater things to come.

when Ladies Bisces for prizes presented obtained if they were prepared in the position of by His Excellency the Governor, will be first place to improve sailed for hy vachts of the Bucing class the teacher

thir There will be no Cruiser race, but We were owners are requested to anchor opposite contestable

FAnis April 19 nission which includes M. AUSTRIANS AT A STANDSTILL. viant and General Joffre, pro

BENE, April 17 ceeding to Aiserica to convey the 1treported from Vienna that overnmen greetings on the entry operations on the Austrian front are at of the United States into the ware complete standstill

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