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FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1917.

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TO

SCOTTISH LETTER.

(From Our Own Correspondent.);

March 7.

THE CHINA MAIL.

EXIT THE CONTESTS BILL. Our newspapers appear this week wichins the herabling of the contents

GERMAN HUNGER.

SUPPRESSED PLACARD THAT TOLD THE TRUTH.

HOW THE GOVERNMENT LIED TO||

THE PEOPLE

MARSEILLES AND LONDON, and the burdened news editor [som rug, aux CHRONICLE SPECIAL

TAKING PASSING AND Capco ro

STRAITS, COLOMBO, INDIA, AUSTRALASIA. EGYPT. '$0.

Steamers

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Noon

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Due st Marseiller 1917.

Dua Loaden 1917.

TO

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*When - Pasmangam.change Steamers at COLOMBO,

His if at very mised frame of mind; about it. He has been in the habit of storing a slut, sometimes, my explosive goll, and now he must be altogether siegt. In other depart aents of newspaper life outside the "sub's" room it must he said that doubts occasionally intruded whether the poster was worth the paper is was printed on. The late Sir John Beng used to tell a story of a bill, which

Accommodation in the connecting Soamer from COLOM30 in definitely removed in we were given slyly to understand,

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was not framed wholly without his nids -It was toghe effect that u well known Dundee gentleman studied the plucani with interest and then went and purchased the newspaper A little while later, he returned and wished to gselange it for the placent, on the ground that it was much better value for the money. That was, in the days of the real contents bill, before the declension to the one fery bill. The inventer of the one ury bill, a Scotsman, by the way, who has passed to where beyond the voices there is peace, pronounced this great obiter dictum, the the ideal bill shouki gar the pennies But to up to their pouches." [return to our present posterless days, a street pavement artist in Glasgow has turned the situation to good! account... Alongside his landscapes. and slices of salmon, and alleged war portraits, he gives a summary of the news of the day in white chalk upon charecal background And he has his reward.

MISCELLANEA.

The unofteal Scottish Radical members have declared in favour of

the prohibition of the sale of intoxi

Round the World Tickets and Through Tickets to New York in connection with the Rature Tixets at fare as a ball Trailble to Furope for Two Years; or tocating liquor during the war and for

Principal Mail Limon

Intermediate Ports for Six Months.

Owing to the Warie Europe Stanmora and Sailing dates are liable to be cancelled or altered with ar notice,

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Consignees are reininded of the necessity to apply to the Company's Agen regarding arrival of consignments expected of which they have received dosaments or advice,

Any damaged packages must be left in the Golowns for examination by the Consignees and the Company's Surveyors, Mears Goddard and Douglas, at 10a.m. Mondays and Thursdays. All claims must be presented within ten days of the teamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognised: No Claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.

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the period of mobilisation."

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The matron of one of the largest

100 loaves of stale bread will go us! Hospitals in Edinburgh estimates that

far as 130 loaves of newly baked) bread.

Colonel Donglas Boswell of Garm- lan, Ayrshire, who, receives the Russian Order of the White Eagle, is a Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh. He is an old Rugby Liternationalist, und an ex-President of the Scottish Football Union.

A stalwart Glasgow kiltie in that orchestral trenches of the Western front, writing home this werk, speaks of the advantages of file in a dugout and the habit of sleeping with the clothes on. When you awake in the morning, you are already dressed, but there is a Sunday morning feeling about one." In the lust paragraph

1

of the letter he castully mentions

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Cargo carried on through Bills of Lading from HONGKONG to BEIRA, DELAGOA BAY, DURBAN (Natal), EAST LONDON, PORTELIZABETH and CAPE TOWN with transhipment at COLOMBO to Steamers of the INDIAN

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that he has won the D.C.M., "just

to oblige my younger brother;"" who had asked him to bring a V.C..

CHINESE EGGS IN ENGLAND.

A correspondent of a London paper states that Chinese eggs 'made their first appearance in this country.just seven. years ago-on Feb. 19, 1010, to be precise. Sir Charles Ball, the president of the Council of the Irish Koological Society. brought them back with him from the East, and these first sampics, were solemnly eaten at the breakfast which the members of the Council are in the habit of eating together in the grounds before their tour of inspection every Saturday. They were regarded with some suspicion, but pronounced very delicate in flavour. The auspicion would havo ocen even greater had not the pre- sident charitably refrained till after breakfast from informing his colleagues that when he bought them they were

all guaranteed by the vendor to

to be at least 40 years old. It is, by the way, rather curious, to say the least, consider- sble consignments of Uhinese eggs which

been shipped,

are credibly informed, to America.

Borular Direct Service tron JAPAN, CHINA and STRAITS BERAing the shortage of foodthat consider DELAGOA BAY, DURBAN, EAST LONDON, PORT ELIZABETH and CAFE have arrived in this country should have TOWN, calling MAURITIUS en route and affording the Quickest Freight Transport from the ORIENT to BOUTH' AFRICA.

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proceed vis Foez Canal or Cape of Good Hope at Owners option,

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Is the man who has blood- Zreal rich, red · Blood" and plenty of in his body- WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND makes blood-ot of if-liia: giving, brain nourishing, strength replenishing blood.

STS

CORRESPONDENT!

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 23. Meth was, heard a few months ago,. shortly after the appointment of Herr

Batocki as Food Dictator, of a notorious

placard which was printed and cir culated by the secret mens noong the masses of the German working people, and among the soldiers also. This placard was clearly written by popular. leaders, who wished to show the German masses where they were being led by the rise in protest befure it was too inte eliques in power, and called on them to

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Some

The placard, so far as I know, was never published in full outside Germany, where its suppression was, vigorously sought by the Government. indication of its contents did, I believe, find its way over the frontier, but I believe the complete contents were not known hitherto

Ond of these placards now lies before me, and I am therefore able to send its sonplete contenta.

MEANING OF WAR WITH ENGLAND. The placard is about 15 inches long by about 7 or 8 inches wide, and it is heated by the one word "Hunger!" in big black letters more than an inch bigh. It contains the following address to the German asMOS?----

'NOTHING LEFT.

Now there is nothing left. The occupied territories have been cropped! short, and already people are dying of starvation in Poland and Serbin Noutrals hermetically close thoir frontiers against all exports because they themselves aro, niffering short- agr The house harvest cannot vield much, since the fields are badly tilkal owing to the labour searcity and lack of mature and see. The head of live- stock is small. The Food Dictator was to speure good

o distribution.

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The fool asurers have accons plished their work: It is now useless to seize them by the throat. There is no longer enough to distribute to satisfy peoples' hunger.

This is the naked truth. The people into a war by

have been inverse, cut-off and

which their

the capitalist criminals, have done the rest while the Government looked on. What a the fasure The war can be

carried

ion for another six months, and perhaps for a whole year, while the people will be left a slow death from starvation. Then, however, Dr. future generation will be sacrificed. and to the terrible sacrifices of dend and mutilated on the battlefieldis will be added the farther sacrifices of women and children" who will "fall victims to diseases owing to starva:

ting.

Even then the end will not have been reached for this war can po waar be decided by force of arms, even if it continues another year, or

even two.

all its "victorian militarism, after finds elf at an impasse. If the war does continue now it will be only because the masses of the people pasiently endure the infamy

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£1,500,000G2/=$15,000,000

...18,500,000

Sterling

Silver RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRISTORS.

in sheer indifference with the resultPam-UP CAPITAL that they will suffer lasting disease REEVE FUNDS and miserable wasting away to death or the proletariat will wake up and will refuse the Government and these ruling classes their help, and will bring about pence. There is no other choice. Now is the time for action. Full yourselves together, you men and women. Let your will be felt, and let your voice be heard in clamour, asy- ing, Dowa with the war and ong live (hoch) the international solidarity of the proletariat."

$33,500,000 $15,000,000

Court of DraECTDER"

What was bound to happen bas hap- pened. Hunger. At Leipzig., Berlin, Charlottenburg, Brunswick, Magde burg, Coblenz Osnabrück, and many other places disturbances among the hungry masses have occurred in front of the food shops. Our "State of siege Government" only answers with State of siege, police bre, military patrols.

Rethmann Hollweg accusos England of the urine of causing hunger in Stuttgart. This is probably a mers C. Gubbay, Esq. Hon. Mr. Ebellim Germany, and "Hold out" meh and nou de guerre.

other Government suporters babble it after bim. But the Government ought to have known that things would happen thus. War against Russia France and England must needs lead to the

off of Germany. cutting

It has always been the custom amany noble war brethren to damage an other's economic interests and cut off food supplies. War, murder of peoples, is the crime and the starving out scheme is only a consequence of that | crime.

War makers babble.

"úwicked enemies brave done it on us." But the only counter question is. "Why have you followed the encircling policy Every Imperialistic policy of robbery is a crime, and all the States follow such a policy. But the German Government followed the Imperialistic policy which upset all nations. Ger- many came into conflict with all, and finally united with the Austrian State- corpse (Staatskadaver),and with hope- lessly bankrupt Turkey, and brought about the world war.

CRIME UPON CRIME.

At the foot of the placard is a printed Hon. ME. Auton, W. L

S.. H. Dodwell, Esq.,--Chairman. J.A. Plummer, Esq.,-Deputy Chairman.

E. V. D. Part, Esq. 'Frinted and

Successor, G.T.M. Edkins, q Pattenden, Esq.

statement ng follows: published by Schulze's

it!

NON-ESSENTIAL TRADES.

D. HENDERSON SAYS THEY

EMPLOY 3,500,000 MEN.

Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak.

CHET MANAGER:

Hongkong-N. J. STABR. Esq,-

MANAGER:

"Shanghal-A. G. STEPHEN, Esq.

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Madras, Tondicherry. Calcutta, Bangkok, Correspondents at Bombay, Colombe,"

If enough men and women could not. the war by any other means than be got for the successful conclusion of closing down industries, said Mr. Arthur per cent. per annum on the dally balance Saigon, Haiphong, Hanoi, Amoy, Yoko

Henderson at Sunderland recently, they

+

'ON FIXED DEPOSITS (RE

would have to close then down. He had For a montha tå per cent per annavi. one object, and he meant to secure it, whether by voluntaryism or compulsion; he was out to win the war.

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N. J. STABE

Chief Hanage. Hongkong Feb. 6, 1917,

The Government, the Minister said were determined to give Mr. Neville Chamberlain all possible. support in order that his plans might be brought to speedy fruition and success There was abundant evidence provided day.by day of the danger in which the country stood, and, after 30 months of war, the THE business of the above Bank is danger was more obvious than ever.

conducted by the HONGKONG

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

Hams, Kobe, Melbourne, Sydney, New York, San Francisco, &c., da.

LONDON BANETss-The Union London and Smitha Bank, Limited.

The Bank buys and sells and receives for collection Bills of Exchange lames letters, of credit: on its Branches and correspondents in the East, on the Continent, in Great Britain, Americs, and Australia," and traziacta banking business of every description.

J. F. VAN BEEL,

Agents.

Hongkong, Fab. 13 1917.

On the crime another was heaped. for this Government did nothing to meet starvation. Why was nothing done? Because war does not hurt the Government hangerson, capitalists,

In the national interest the Govern2 || AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR Junkers, foxd usurers, but enriches ment must have men from non-essential PORATION. Rules may be obtained on them. If from the straggle against hunger and misery 1,226,000 in hotele, entertainments, and

of the industries. For instance, there were application A outset

THE YOKOHAMA SPEOD serious measures had been taken, than stock brokers' offices. The total num the minimum monthly balances at

INTEREST on deposits in allowed on the blinded masses would have reber of men in non-essential trades was

cognised the seriousness of

the about 3,500,000 He hoped the scheme PER CENT. per annum Depositors situation, and the clamour for war for utilising the services of women would may transfer at their option balances of would have evaporated. The people

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with howling about victory, at thecisions of the tribunals might be revised SHANGHAI BANK to be placed on Am-UP CAPITAL. *** 130 000,000.00, have been intoxicated for this reason be published this week All the de $100 or on to the HONGKONG AND AUTHORED CAPPEAL.Yes $8,000,000.00

same time being handed over to the if we needed men. capitalistic food usurers

COLUMBIA

By ab

"Haid out," by which abooting Schiefdoman and his like rendered great service to the overament, the people have been robbed of their cool. judgment. The roling einsses did not want to give up their mad lust for annerations, and lied to the people by telling them that if they held out Ger many would dictate peace and dominate the world. They have lied to us They said the German submarines will eut of England's supplies, and Eng-

·land will be made to crave

for

perce, and thus the war be ended. These are only fairy tales for children. The submarine warfare will bring more enemies on our back but there is no possibility of catting off England's 8935 supplies, now or ever, even if Germany had ten times as many submarines as abe actually has

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For Valour Military Waltz Business as Urnal March

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The Water Melon Feta

March Lorraine.

Then it has been dangled before our eyes that the offensive against the Balkans would give us more breathing CLIC space and relief. Abundant food supOld Comrades March plies, too, would come from Turkey,

This was

a deliberate lie, for all who

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know anything know that the Turkish 6327 Fiddle Fun Fart 1

Government cannot feed its own any any longer

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And now they would console Es by pointing to the next harvest- All auf- fering will end when the new crop is harvested, they say. This also i deliberate swindle. A simple calcula- tion resalta sa follows :: In 88 months of, war two hitvests have been caten up besides the great stocks of fodder, tugar and other products which were stock at the begining of the war,

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occupied territories of Belgium Northern France, Poland, Lithuania, Courland and Serbia, and finally also food that could be imported from Holland And Scandinavia d

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0. CHAMPKIN

Aeting Manager, Hongkong, April 18, 1917.

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