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INTIMATIONS.

NOTIOR.

WWE have this day authorized Mr.

CHARLES REINARD BROWN, AQA to SIGN OUR FIRM name as

Partner.

LINSTEAD & DAVIS.

Hongkong, Jan. 1, 1918.

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NOTICE.

B from the 1st Day of January. 1918, the Business heretofore

rried on in Bongkong under the Style of E PABANEY will be carried

en by CURSOY & CO., LTD.

P.R.E. PABANEY,

A. B. AVASIA.

Songkong, Jan. 2, 1918.

ΝΟΤΙΟΥ

Were as from JANUARY 18T

E BEREBY GIVE NOTICE that

1918, admitted into Partnership Ma. ARCHIBALD ARTHUR CLAYTON And our Business Manufacturers Representatives will in future be carried on at 38 Robinson Read, Singapore and

4 Des Vœux Road, Hongkong, under the Style of NEWALE & CLAXTON.

ROLLWAY & NEWALL.

Hongkong, Jan. 3, 1018.

NOTICE.

WE SUL SUO SILVA IS have this day admitted Mr.

Partner in our Firm, which in future will be carried on under the style or Arm of WORCESTER LAMMERT and SILVA

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THE ALLEGED MISUSE OF HOSPITAL SHIPS.

ADMIRALTY REPLY.

ALLEGATIONS ANALYSED.

they proceeded to the extreme step of Corps (who are protected by the Genera rathiwly attacking innocer hospital: Convention) have beca embarked, and it ships engaged in their humane task of appears probable that the German serving the sick and wounded.

Government have been misled by the fallacions deductions of their witnesses, who apparently, were unable to verity. their assumption that cases of Red Cross stores were' really munitions of war and bodies of the Royal Medical Corpe in khaki uniform detachments of combatant troops.

His Majesty's Government have DOW Paperi laid before Parliament contain-made inquiry into the allegations con ing correspondence with the German tained in the German memoranda so far Government, regarding, the alleged misuse as they concern Betish hospital ships, of British hospital ships included the reply and so far as the charges mads are not of the British Admiralty (Mr. Balfour in such vague terms as to preclude any being then First 'Lori), dated October possibility of investigating their founda- 6th to the German allegations. This is tion. Generally, the charges group them.

selves upon four heads, viz. Im as follows:-

The German memorandum of the

28th January, 1917, made allegations of misuse of Pritish and Allied hospital ships, and ia 28 anexes furnished

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1-Alleged excessive number of hos pital ships in relation to the Gallipoli campaign.

"The statement is the second German

memorandum to the effect that, while his Majesty's Government had denied that British hospital ships, had carried either

had merely declared that no troops had woops or munitions, the British Admirdity

been conveyed in such ships, without -Changes in the list of hospital danying the carriage of meinitians, is evidence, chiefly in the shape. of reports ships, with supposed intention to deceive.

ariously devoid of point. Both in the of officers of the German Government and

**B-Alleged transport of munitions,

statement isaded by his Majesty's Govern statements of witnesses, which, in the

"Alleged transport of troops. *

ment on February 1st, 1917 and in view of the Carman Government, proved

As to (1), the number of hospital Nota addressed to the United States or pointed to such misuse. A further

ihips employed was not excessive haying Ambassador in London on January 21st, memorandum, dated the 29th March, regard to the number of invalids to be the allegations of the German Govern. 1917, repeated these allegations in general vacuated team Gallipoli. On the comment were contradicted in respect both terms and quoted further declarations intrary, the accommodation on hospital of troops and monitions. support of them

ships proved to be inadequate to meet The discrepancy which the German requirements, and it was necessary to Bosernment, pretend to have discovered employ ordinary transports in addition between the declarations of his Majesty'a for the conveyance of sick and younded. Government as a whole, and those of the These transports were, of course not Admiralty in particular, appears to rest protected by the Hague Convention, did on a statement issued by the Admiralty Dotty the Red Cross flag, and were not and published on February 2nd in which fitted out as hospital ships.

particular notice is given to the allega.

In replying to the accusation brought forward by the German Government, his TL 1322 Majesty's Government desire, before all, to call attention to the remarkable fact that German submarines and other war, ships have once exercised the right of inspecting British hospital ships, which Conversion for the application of the

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is given to them by Article 4 of the Hague

As to (2), no rule exist under which tion of Albert Messy, circulated in

hospital ship, cace dictified, toust remain German wireless pressed in

MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS: principles of the Geneva Convention in bespital service for the duration of affect that 2,500 soldiers who were not

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the war. It is perfectly true that certain invalida had been carried by the hospital

in each class of gods. Besides being a maritima warfare. So far as can be ships were notified as hospital ships and ship" Britannic With reference to this complete. nomchercial gaide to London and secertsised, they have only once aloppolater on were removed from the list. Its suburbs, the Directory contains Hats of

British hospital ship long enough to This was due to alterations in the require examine hee papers. This occurred on inents for various clusses of tommage, the 23rd February's 1017, when the hos caused by the sinkings of ships by sub pital ship ** Dunluce Castle" was stopped incrinus and to changes, in the military by a German submarine in the Eastern lion Mediterranean; her papers were found. ta an be in order, and the yasel, was allowed

ETEAMSHIP LINES arranged windwe the Forte to which they all and indicating the spproximate dating PROVINCIAL TRADE NOTICES

of lading Manufacturers, Merchanté, etc.,

to the principal(provindal fans and to proceed

There is, no ground for the same what the German nebulous wuggestion of Government that the aim of the

Linetrial centres of the United Kingdom, I might bave been expected that the way to produce uncertainty and

allegation, the Admin ty stated that no British hospital ship had ever embarked any persons but invalids and hospital staff. There was no occasion in that particular connection to refer to muzi-, tions. The play, which the German Government make with this faginary scropszicy is an flustration of their practice of trying to make capital but of Infinitesimal points, a practice which bad

the appearance of being adopted in order

copy of the current edition will be German Government, seeing that they in red to the character of the ships, Eurwanded; :: freight paid, on receipt of

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had reports their possession, which Dalers, seeking Agrafen out advartise they profess to regard 24 reliable, pointing and no evidence is adduced to show what to cover up the weakness of their main

military advantages could be

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