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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1917.

TELEGRAMS.

(Continued from Paga 1.);

AMERICA'S WAR.

MEASURES

THE CHINA MAIL.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS,

THE BRITISH FRONT,

RAIDS AND ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.

LIBEL ACTIONS BY MR

LLOYD GEORGE...

SETTLED BY APOLOGIES.

LONDON. Oct. 16.- In the High Court, libel actions Brought by Mr. Floyd George against the Exchange Telegraph Company, CUTTING OFF SUPPLIES TO THE the Westminster Gazette and the

ENEMY.

Star were settled by the defendants Monchy-le Proux numbered 64.

Yesterday's prisoners captured at apologising and paying costs.

Hostile raiders eastward of Shrews The unse urose mit of the publien-bury Forest were repulsedi tion of a paragraph issued by the. Exchange Telegraph Company stat-

EXPORT CONDITIONS IN THE

UNITED STATES,

WASHINGTON, Det. 1.

for hi

TONDON, Oct 15. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-

Hostile artillery were more active in the neighbourhood of Lena and Nieuport Our aircraft, yesterday, dropped cos

Lens..

la entitïure of the strict policying thas en, the "casion of the raid and a half tons of bombs on Ledoghem of gutting off supplies likely to reagh of September 24th this Prime Minis-railway station and billets eastward of Aerusny, the War. Trade Bound haster left Downing Street

Three German machines were brought published an agreement that ship, yountry residence when it became down and one was driven down. Two pers must sign beloge esporting goods known that the rides were ap-of our machines are missing. to their handles abroad. The ship.uching London,

THE GULF OF RIGA OPERATIONS.

per pist guarantee that the goods | The Counsel for the plaintiff con- will or go directly or indirecte poetuled that the paragraph implied OESEL, AND DAGO REGARDED Gemariny or to any ally, of Hiermany that the Premier was quilty of per-

ni ulso that they will not be sold" sermi cowardice and that the Fremier (or delivered witinant pie · wrietén: hud bever.inforindl that

effect of

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LONDON, Oct. 16 Well-informed circles in Fetrograd approval of the Americani casul at the paragraph, especially in the East regard the Desel and Dago islands and the place of delivery.

Eid ist London, where many mami-the Gulf of Riga as lost.

AMERICA'S FINANCIAL

ORGANISATION.

AN APPEAL BY PRESIDENT WILSON.

Now Yink, eg 16. President Wilan has issued an appeal to all eligible State Bank Land Trust Companies, which were

tion workers had suffered greatly from the raks, had been most Alamaging..

Mr. Lloyd George gave evidence that he left wing on the even ag of September 21 for Boulogne isccoußpanies? by General Sir William

Robertson and Adhaird Jellicoe in der toonfer with M. Painleve and the French War Chiels. The Pre

not get mentors of the Federal tier stated that he would not have Reserve Bound, to pin the lord taken action if the paragraph, could and thus contribute this share to Tave been regarded as a mere per the country's consolidatyal geld jeomal attack.

All the defendants feared that There are get; present between 8,000), nos imputation was intetale. and $1,000 sich Banks and Companies

reserve.

__À. £? ¦— l'airie attive-climateric THE BARBARITY OF GERMAN -

$12,000,000,000 to $16,000,000,000, whose activities;, are controlled by Stute laws, and the Presbient desires.

Bunny,

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PIRATES.

ROME, Cet. 16. Tag rescued men from the Bar that these ligy resources shall be state that the salmarine continued mihilisezi "and phed undig the the bombardment after the torpedo supervision of the Federal, Rearve fing, thereby killing a number

He says: The vigerens passengers, prosecution grad satisfactory tormina - tion of the war will depend in 19 -small degree in the ability of the Govenment, not bad to finance || itself, but to aid the, Allies who's must- be kept supplied with munitions, fuel and fixed at all kinels,"

AN IMPORTANT ARREST IN

NEW YORK."

New York, Oct. 18.

A ron giving his mames Duübar, but believed not to be his real name, has been arrested in a charge of intempting to obtain military or nuval informativer.

He is an ex-member of the crew f nuited Mutes "udamariz

Athuntie' Cours

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DUTCH EDITOR'S SUCCESSFUL DEFENCE.

AMSTERDAM 09. 10. Herr Schroder, the editor of the Telegraf, has been finally acquitted after six trials in which he was only fconvicted once of endangering Dutch

enemy is small until the western fair Nevertheless, the value of Eigi to the

way of the Gulf is cleared, which is impracticable so long as the forts on the western peninsula of Oesel hold out..

The Kessions destroyed the fairway two years ago by sinking interned German craft laden with stone and cement. It is pointed cut that the jalanda are likely to be an admirable Zeppelin lase against Petrograd.

Prapamtions for landing, which were undertaken by two divisions, were made with the most minute care, and inclirled

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URUGUAY TO HELP THE ALLIES.

MONTE VIDEO, Oct. 16.. A Presidential Decres auDQNÍRISS that the rules of neutrality will not be applied to the Allies

ADMIRAL VON 'TIRPITZ.

AGATATION FOR HIS RETURN

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 16. The Pan-Germans are campaigns in favour of the return of Admiral von Tirpitz to the Admiralty.

THE RAILWAY· TROUBLES AT

BUENOS AIRES.

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STRIKERS KILL SAILORS.

BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 16. There has been a recrudescence of the strike troubles..

Railway strikers demiled a train driven by sailors.

The strikers killed, thres sailors auch wounded 30, four of them seriously,

A FIRE INQUIRY,

In Mr Wood Court this affornoon an enquiry was held regarding the fire which occurred at the Kwong Wing Cheung Chan Dye Works at Hoklotzun Kowloon City on the 7th instant.

dications that any considerable amount It was atated that there were no in of goods were on the premises at the tirao of the fire when the Insurance Companies with whom the policies were fasuel had the fire investigated. The building and the goods were insured in three different firms to the following

amounts:

The Tai Sun Insumuse Co., $5,000 on goods, and $4,000 on the furniture and fixtures di

The Sincere Insurance Co., 83,000 on goods and $500 on the furniture Bxtures.

The Luen On Insurance Co., $4,000,

on goods only.

The Sincere Insurance Co., $6,000 on

the building.

Tho Workers Federation threatens to

Mr. F. X d'Almada appeared to call a general strika if the Government watch the interests of the firm, and Mr. enforces the deerce for the resumptione appeared on behalf of all the Insurance Companies, whose policies. of rail traffic.

the Kwong Wing Cheung Chan concern beld. ....

THE SWEDISH CABINET,

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 18.'

Evidence was given by a partner of the firu. He stated that he was a picce goods dealer and had a separate

THREE MORE NIGHTS TO-NIGHT-FRIDAY SATURDAY. NO PERFORMANCE TO-MORROW (YOUR DAY”.

FREDERIC SHIPMAN'S

FANTASTICS

AN ALL-STAR COMPANY OF ARTISTS.

Complete Change of Programme on Friday. SPECIAL MATINEE SATURDAY at 4.30 p.m. To-night at 9.15 Prices $8, $2, $1.

Booking, at MOUTRIE'S.

HARPER & CO. LTD'S. SPECIALITIES

Dhobine

A Sparife for Dhobie Itch, Ringworm, and all Parasitic Skin Dises

Price $1.00 per bottle

Balsamic

Cough Linctus

Fleasant to take, Effective, Harmless

Price $1.00 & 1.50 per bottle.

to succeed in forming a Coalition Cabinets brothers were partners in the

3. Eden, the Liberal leader, is likely concern in Shanghai Street. He and Essence of Taraxacum & Podophyllin

An Invaluable Remedy for Liver Complaints and Indigestion:

of Liberal and Social Democrats, with awong Wing Cheung Chan Dye Works Liberal casting vote. M. Branting will at Hoklotean, Kowloon City. They

had been doing business at the Dye Hair probably be included,

THE INNS OF COURT TRAINING CORPS.

MATERIAL

a elever piece of trickery, the enemy A COMPLIMENT TO HONGKONG succeeding in altering the position of between the islands and the mairisad, the buoys marking the minefields

causing a number of Russian scouts to ran ashore, whereby warning of the enemy landing could not be given.

THE MEDIC" SUNE.

250 PASSENGERS MISSING.

PARIS, Oct. 16. sergers, including Algerian soldiers, The steamer Halic, carrying 559 pas- aorae prisoners of war, and a crew of 5, was torpedoed in the western Mediterranean.

Two hundred and fifty passengers are missing.

THE SAND AND GRAVEL QUESTION.

HOLLANDES ADMISSION.

LONDON, Oct. 16.

The following correspondence bas been forwarded to us for publication:

10 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, London, W.C. 14th August, 1917

From Officer Commanding

"Inns of Court Offers Training Corpa, To E A. M. Williams, Esq.,

Secretary,

Chamber of Commerce.

Hongkong,

SIR-The number of Overseas men who have come over just recently from Hongkong and have joined this Corps prompts me to write to you ou this subject.

Works for over three years. The basiness was not a very paying one, but they made • profit of little over $1,000 avery year. The fire occurred on the 7th October." He was at Yumati when the fire occurred, and who was living in the Dya works come he knew nothing about it until a fok

over and informed him. He had not been to the works for the last two wacks. He could not say what the value of the premises was, but the stock-in-trade

batained in the godown at the time, of the fire

reckoned at little over $13,000 value, exclusive of the furniture which had cost-the firm about 82,000 when new. The firin was indebted to the amount of about $1,000. All the secount books of the Dye Works have been burnt, but they mostly related to the entry and depar ture of goods from the Worka. The cash books were kept at his shopc Shanghai Street.

Was

Vita

A True Hair Grower-

Price $1.00 per bottle,

it

Price $1.00 per bottle.

Queen's Dispensary

Tel. 492.

WAR

After some further evidence the case77 was remanded.

LABOUR.

-Most of these men have proved such WAGE RATE FIXERS TO SATISFY excellent material for training as Officers that I desire to seek your co-operation

Mr. Sidney Webb, writing in the

in directing any further British subjectsAtlantic Monthly in the lessor of from your Colony, who may be return ing to England to enlist, to this Corps, which exists solely for the training of suitable candidates for the commissioned ranks of the British Army..

in consection with the gravel affair in Holland, Kanter's Agency Authorita tively learns that the Netherlands Government has admitted that if gravel neutrality by describing the Central has been used militarily its passage Expires as a group of erinseience-through Holland from Germany to less scoundrels who and cured the Belgium was unneutral and indefensible. Many hundrede of Colonials have

War,

Hence the following figures justify the action of Great Britain -

passed through this Corpa since the outbreak of War, and in most cases it has been found that their experience

British experience for America, suggests how a settlement with Labour could be obtained. He says: What has caused patriotism shown by the manual workers most of the labour discontents, which, notwithstanding the tremendous.

the United Kingdom has not escapec, has been the inability of the employers- arvely of managers and foremen-to realise that it was essential, under war conditions; to give up taking advantage of the workmen in ways which are, in

| ANOTHER IRISH MOTION IN THE Belgium ware 1,320,000 tons annually, and physical fitness render them excep. Dence-time, customary and condoned.

COMMONS.

authorities t

TONDON; Qet. 16.

Th Thus, no injonction of the Govern ment has availed to stop the constant tendency to eut rates' un piece work jobs (largely on the occasion of Exing new rates for jobs of slightly different magnitude of character), whenever the too much. This has led to repented *muking strikes and enormous national loss. The only suggested remedy is that the fixing piece-work rates or minimum bonus times should be taken altogether out of the hands of the management, just us in

workmen were thought to

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CHARITIES.

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THURSDAY, 18th OCTOBER, 1917. MORNING :

Collection for LADY MAY'S ROSE FUND

Or cheques may be sent NOW addressed to LADY MAY, AFTERNOON at the MURRAY PARADE GROUND:— .

Government House (cavelopes being marked. "Rose Eugd"},

3 o'clock-GROUND OPENS. .3.30

„-ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE COMPETITIONS.

3.45 GREAT DRAWING OF WAR BONDS.

DRAWING OF MOTOR CAR RAFFLE.

TEAS and REFRESHMENTS in English and Chinese style, saf various attractions. EVENING at 9 o'clock.

FETE at the Public Gardens. New OFFICIAL WAK

Illuminations su

FILMS shown for the first time in Hongkong, #

to lasic

THE BANDS OF THE 25th MIDDLESEX REGIMENT, 18th

Eefore the war, the requirements to keep up the roads and railways" in This could be supplied four times over tionally waitable for training as Officers from the quarries in Belgium, which. Applicants for enlistment, who must are known to have been working to be British Subjects; should attend at shaper, and has been spealing machi In the Elease, of Confundins. Mr. their fullest extent. Moreover, larger this depot as soon as possible after time near a great naval base on the Redmond gave notice of motion to German railways, and further large arrival in England. If approved, they

quantities were going to Belgium over the effect that this Elouse depres quantities ware going from Holland will be medically examined at once, and The Department of Jaden regards the policy which has been pursued The traffic on the Belgian roads and enlisted as soon as they are prepared to the arrest as na important, de- [mnk is being pursued by the Irish

railways, axcept for military purposes,

commence training. They will then lieving that

was absolutely insignificant. Therefore, Dunbar is a tergan fovernment and the frish Military there is virtually no civil demaad. On receive the ordinary Army pay and

time when the contrary, the enemy demands allowances until they are commissioned. I well-organised trades the standard rate INFANTRY, 742 PUNJABIS and POLICE RESERVE will play during

for time work is removed entirely from the Afternoon and Evening. highest interests of Ireland and of respecting roads and railways in the Uniform and full kit are issued free, and the arbitrary rule of any one employer the Empire, deranded the creation area for trenches, dugouts, and food and accomodation in camp or in or any one operative, and is formulated

pillboxes" were enormous. From

collectively for all the establishments of January 1st to August 15th of this billets, according to season, are also the district. year, the Germane imported into provided.

The translation of the standard Belgium from Holland over 3,000,000

rate into the piece work rate or Enclosed are a few copies of the be

bonus time for a particular job premiom tona, and during the second half of latest Particulars" of the Corps should, it is suggested be always done August at the rate of 5,000,000 tons which I should be very glad if you by a pair of independent rate-fixers per annum. Thus, even the Nether lands Government's estimate of 1,050,000 tons annually as Belgium's civil require- ments, which are grossly excessive, does represent half what bas gote through."

Agent.

STOCKYARDS DESTROYED AT KANSAS CITY.

Kassas Ortz, Oct. 16. Over half of the City stockyards, which are the second largest in the „country, lave been destroyed by fire.

Several thousand head of ratik."| perished.

The origin of the fire is not, been determined.

A BRITISH AIR MINISTRY.

Losnox, Oct. 10.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law annoinced that a acherne for constituting an Air Ministry would shortly be introduced. Meen while, General Smuts would continue

to supervise the air service."

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of an attrösphere favourable to the successful result of the deliberations of the Irish Contention."

THE SILVER MARKET.

Luxbox, Oct. 16. Silver is quoted at 13. The supply oxceeds the demand and the Market is dull.

INDO-CHINA S.N. Co. ̈ RUMOURED WORKING ARRANGE MENTS WITH PO

LONDON, Oct. 16.

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could bring to the notice of intending Recruits. Attention is called to the Mounted Detachment for men desirous of obtaining commissions in mounted

timbe

une representing the Trade Union and the other the Employers' Association these two referring to an umpire chosen by agree upon this issue of fact. Eat to them in any case in which they cannot this curtailment of their autocracy, British employers in the engineering industry-unlike those in the brass- Any candidates personally known to working trade and in the Northumber CANADA BUILDING SHIPS FOR you and whom you may with 10ionz prevailed canot yet be made to land i mines, where the syste» bna specially recommend should be provided agree. with a letter from you to this effect.

BRITAIN,

LONDON, Oct. 16. Canada for 22. steel vessels aggregating Great Britain has placed orders in

in tonnage 130,000. to be launched ekly in 1918.

A fenture on the Stock ExchangeBRITISH NATIONAL WAR BONDS..

is the spurt in ludo-Chin Steam

·BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THE Navigation Co, Deferreds to 9.

AFRICAN COLONIES,

REPUDIATION OF LABOUR' PARTY'S VIEWS.

136 will be seen that locally there has been a boom in Indos today, the quotation going up from $105 to $122.]

THE ALLIED CONFERENCE AT

PARIA

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be at once supplied, and an acknowledg Any further information required ean

ment of this letter would be appreciated.

I am, Sir,

Your obedient, sarrant, (Sgd) ALFRED L. GOODSON, EL

Director of Organization

FLOOD RELIEF.

WHO IS TRYING TO SQUEEZE?

The Metropolitan Relief Bureau. finving been granted by the Government "the sám of $50,000, for the relief of the destitute in Tiantain, received a written. order of the Ministry, inf: Tinsoce

LONDON, Oct. 15, Applications for the National War owing to rumours of working arrange-Bonds amounted in

Rongkong, Oct. 16. 11 days to ments with the P. & 0.

£38,000,000.

Si bave for acknowledgmentstipulating that the money should be in Bank of Chind'notes; but when your letter of the 14th August, the Burean applied for the money it was Practically all the men who can be offered 70 per cent Bank of Chinn potes and 30 per cent Chiao Tung notes. An spared have left this Colony for our of this was not in accordance with the the theatres of War; the remainder have order of the Ministry, the Bureau at arce naked the Ministry to exchange the their alloted task in the Defence Corps Chizo Tang notekas theilifference woold well the value of the grans there were or the Felise Reserve.

Appreciably The Ministry replied that as not enough Bank of Chink notes to go round the hinu Tung notes cuuli-rot ber exchanged, the Bureau had better he satided with what they were given. Im some ons trying to make a squeeze even ost of "famine relief fanda 3- Peking

BORING FOR PETHOLEUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

LONDON,, Oct. 16.

POSSIBLE AMERIDAN

REPRESENTATION.

LONDON, Oct. 16. In the House of Commons,, reply- ing to a question, Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of Blockade, stated that the

It will, nevertheless, afford the great Government was not responsible for

WASHINGTON, OHEL Mr. Lansing bas declared that he i

est satisfaction to those who have done the proposals, regarding the Colonies,

considering the question of the repre- something towards the training of the contained lathe Labour Party The House of Commons alapted the forthcoming Allies' Conference at Paris excellent material for training Castle

sentation of the Tnited States at the men, so nicely designated by you as Memorandura of August 10, to the second reading of 2 Bill which araures effect that all present European the Government control of all supplies WOOL FOR GERDI

Officers to learn that their planting Colonies in tropic, Africe, together of Petrolenta discovered in the United

has borne fruit I am therefore, giving with Liberia, should be transferred Kingdom

the widest publicity to your letter by sending it to the

LONDON, Oct. 16, The Prize Court has condemned wool to a League of Nations and adroinis Mr. Prettyman, representing the valued at £140,000 consigned to the "tored by an impartial commission sa Board of Trade, and that certain Swedish Army, but destined for Ger

singl independent neutral African eagent goologists both in England and insay State. He sex that the proposals in the United States are of the option surprise that & Government Departe

The President be the Court'expresi not represent the views of the that some parts of the country justifled mentor neutral

boring experimenta

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Your obed

Goodson.

“IT NEVES) FAILS.

Admission to Parade Ground 50 Cents.

Admission to Gardens 81 Sente, $5 enclosure on Thursday evening, and $1 enclosure on Friday evening when the Performance

•will be repeated.

Sailors and Soldiers in uniform (not including the Hougkong Defence Corps) admitted free; Children half price for admission sod

seats..

Tickets for admission and seats obtainable at Moutrie's, Robinson's, Auderson's and from membersof the War Charition General Committee and at the Cate

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DURING THE DRAWING OF

WAR BONDS

THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE

WILL GIVE

A DISPLAY

ON THE MURRAY PARADE GROUND

MARCH PAST with the Brigades Burle Bend at pan FUELY EQUIPPED FIELD HOSPITAL TENT, under charge of

VAD. Nung Sistas

Compa

COMPETITIONS

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