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MATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1918.

TELEGRAMS.

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THE WESTERN FRONT.

GERMAN REPORT,"

LONDON. Mar. 7.

north-west of Dixnude.

The French artillery netivity was more violent at mung points.

We brought down, 19 aeroplanes, Jesterlag.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS,

AMERICAN COTTON PRODUCTION.

CORRESPONDENCE.

CEREBRO-SPINAL FAYER"

"SPÍDEMIC.

THE CHINA MAIL

[To the Editor of the "China Man."

PLOT TO DESTROY HONOLULU.

QHASTLY GERMIN SCHEMN DEFEATED.

How the crews of the German vessela

COMMERCIAL.

·HONGKONG SHIRF MARKET.

Mesars. Moxon and Taylor in their weekly share report state simi

DRIN SIR-Are our health authori" | that were seized at. Honolula, by the volume of business transacted, has been

the world.

HARMSTON'S CIRCUS

ROYAL MENAGERIE. LAST 4 NIGHTS OF THIS GREAT SHOW IN HONGKONG

NEW AGINE: REMEMBER WE PROMISE 1 CHANGE AND, WE GIVE TE

Bes our Beautiful Arab Stallions and Performing Ponies,

A MANCHESTER RESTRICTION.

Uar market has livened up consider ably during the last week, and the Loyoos, Mar. 8.

much larger for two weeks The Times Manchester Corre-fficiency? I have read reams on truction by fire, not only of the vessels Market in Shanghai showing a good pondent says that owing to the reams of learned advice regarding themselves, but of the piers and ship-des of strength. The continued ¡A. German official message states?hortage of tenrage for American the prevention and treatment of ping in the harbour and probably of the rumours of Japanoes intervention, in

AGAIN TO NIGATE AGAIN TO"NIGHT!I We took 117 priscens, to the cotton the Control Board has decided the above dread disease in, your city itself, is disclosed in a remarkable Siberian affairs are accountable for the

to allow only 50 per cent of the rainable columns, but never a word document which has just been given to rise in Cotton shares.

OUR NEW

PROGRAMME spindles and looma on American could I discover ansat the Serum

BANKS -Hongkong Banks after bas NEW ARTISTES. rotten to nm, except where licensed

While the eleven German veseala in MARIE ISUR CE-Cantons are in

iness at 8630 are quiet at the rats. for Government work or fine counts. Innerstand that the chances of tarned at Honolulu lay moored at piers demand sa $20 and North Chinas at Tls. The reduction amounts to about recovery for patients who are given the and at various parts of Honolulu bar 0. Unions baro come to boot iC per cent. of the present production latter are about sovecty, in a hundred-bour, the crews carried out the general $800 and Yangtares are wanted at of yarn and cloth from American that without it they are doomed.

order for destruction, but not content $10 cotton. The output of fine yarn and

Will somebody whose business it is machinery, a plan to bar the vessels with wreaking haroc with engines and fine cloth from Beyptian cotton is answer the following questions sad at the mms time to ease conflagra 1. Has the government ever had the tion that would sweep the entire har. serum since the outbreak of the boor in such a way that the city itself epidemic

bardly could hope to escape bacely was 2. Has the government the serum in upped. It is believed that had the ⚫anfficient quantities to cope with acre of the boats been delayed by but

the epidemic!

few hours Honolulu probably would have become smoking rain in the space of a single night.

THE ALLIES AND RUMANIA.

SYMPATHY WITH HER

POSITION.

LONDON, Mar. T. the Allies recognise that HAB Kanmaniu had no option but to Casquiesce in Germany's penal and Humiliating torras and that her down. fall was finally precipitated by the Petrograd Bolsheviks.

The Allies will not recognise the peace treaty,

The French Press is especially -sympathetic; pointing out that Rumania strove to the lust to fulfill 'her chligations to the Allies, arid the¦ *papers vxpress the hope that

Bonmnia's servitude will not last.

EXPLOSION IN A SMALL WORKSHOP.

LONDON, Mar. 7. The Press Bureau announces that Axplosion in a small Government workshop in South London, March 5, killed four people and injured one person.

The shop was destroyed

ENEMY TRADING IN BURMA AND

SIAM.

|-

A FIRM'S WINDING UP

ORDERED.

Lospus, Mar. 6. The Chancery Division has ordered the winding up of Messrs. Mohr Brothers and Company. Inited, in Burna and Siano, under the Trading with the Enemy Act.

...

PARCEL MAILS FOR HONGKONG LOST.

LONDON, Mar. 4. Postnruster-Ceneral

un-

i

unaffected.

ALSACE-LORRAINE DISCLOSURES. GERMANY ADMITS THE FACTS.

AMSTERDAM, Mar. 7.

In the Reichstag the Under-Secre try, von Dembusche, admitted the accumey of the Bethunt-Hollweg communication mentioned by M. Pichon ou March 2.

3. Is the government using the serum in the Kenedy Town hospital! 4. Is the government making the|

serum in the Colony

5. If the government is not making the sarum in the Colony, why not

not theory".

Enclosing my card,—I am,

DETAILS OF THE PLOT. According to the report of the com- mittee, axamination on the vessels sgised revealed that they were varit

FIRE

INSURANCES-China Fires at

and Fongkong Fires at $530 could Sarrie-Douglases are wanted it

be placed at quotations.

YOUR MANAGERIE CONSISTS OF

Wallaby, Baboons, Monkeys, Dogs, etc.

Elephant, Lions, Tigers, Bears, Leopards, Hyenas,

$75. Steamboats are in demand at 318, NOTION : Special Tram Cars will run before add after the Night Pete and Preferred Indosat 33 while the

ko, within two minutes walk of the Cirens kom Deferred shares have had a slightnot-back

POPULAR PRICES OF ADMISSION? from #158 to 1986 for cash. with a fair

FOLL BOYSIS STATS. ..$15.00 Espin QBAIES... amount of business done between these

"SINGLE BL, Box rates, the market closing stronger at

FIRST CHAIRS SECO OMLIBY

Soldier and Sailors in Uniform, Half Fios to the $1. and $1.50 sati. shells at 117, quiet at $25 and

Booking at ROBINSON PIANO CO., Daily

Ferries are

REFINERIES China Sugars, following on the disappointing result of last year's working, are offering at 853 with buyers offering Bad Malabons could be placed at 390.

OILS AND MINING--Kailana have risen to a baying quotation of 40. Langkata

In the interests of the public health Iable angius of destruction. All of have been done at rates between Tha. 14 The Fortuerts points out that think the above should be gone into the fire extinguishers which they and Tis 14. Raubs at 83 and Tronchs France.could never have accepted the immediately, instead of holding learned carried had been artfully emptied at are both wanted at quotations. order to bring the inevitable catas-discuss itssif. I believe in practice crannies and reccases in all parts of all demand which was solely made in discussions about the nature of the and rolled with gasoline Obscure Urals continue to offer at. 27% with no trophe to a climax.

business passing. the vessels had been filled with keroase. Oilscaked waste and shavings were found knee deep in the holds and open canisters of kerosene were found in hidden places. All of this was done after the machinery of the vessels has been dismantled and, as the Germans thought, permanently made useless. All that was needed to start a holocaust was a single spark which would have converted all of the eleven vessels aimultaneously into faring pillars of flame.

The communication alluded to in the cable is a letter which Dr. von Bethmann- Hollweg wrat on July 31st. 1814, to the Ambassador i Paris instructing him to ask France to remain neutral in the event of war with Russia, and it France con seated then it ist an a guarantee hand ever Toul and Verdun:]

THE FUTURE OF SAMOA ISLANDS.

RETENTION ESSENTIAL TO SAFETY OF THE PACIFIC.

WELLINGTON, March 7.

Yours faithfully,

SERUM.

COMPANY REPORT.

HONGKONG ICE CO., LTD.

The Report states:→→ The General Managers.submit a state- ment of the Company's Accounts for the year 1917.

Including $15,923,47 brought forward from 1916, and after deducting $13,000 The Premier said he was going to paid as an interim dividend at the rate the War Cabinet Imperial Conference of $2.00 per share on 20th August, from a sense of daty.

1917, the balance at credit of profit and

Heferring to the Samon Island, hel sak that New Zealand was anxious, loss account is 87,932.60, which it is because Samoa was the key to the proposed should be appropriated as South Parific. If restored, it would follows: become the headquarters of the Ger man feet and a centre of operations in the Pacifle.

The British flag was carried away from Samon in 1909; the New Zen- land boys carried it back in 1914.

The Premier haged and was of the opinion that it has gone back to stay.

**LEAGUE OF NATIONS". BEING

CONSIDERED BY BRITAIN. :

nounces the low, through enemy action of parcels received at the Post Office in London between PROBABLE ACTION BY ALLIES. January 29 and February 12 inclu- aire, for China, the Dutch East. Ladies, Hongkong, North Borneo, Sarawak. Siam and the Straits Settlements.

THE SILVER MÄRKĒT,

LONDON, Mar. 4. The Silver Market is steady.

LONDON, Mar. 5. The Silver Market is unchanged,

LONDON, Mar. 6.

The Silver Murket is quiet.

GREAT BRITAIN DID NOT DESIRE WAR.

REMARKABLE ADMISSION BY GERMAN PROFESSOR

LONDON, Mar. 7.

In the House of Commons. Lord' Robert Cecil stated that the Govern ment was carefully examining, pro- pauls for a League of Nations, to enforce peace after the war.

Doubtless, the Allies were acting sirailarly.

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RETAIL SALE OF FOOD STUFFS.

CONTROLLER EMPOWERS

COMMITTEES.

LosDos, Mar. 7. The Press Burean states that Lord Rhondda bas empowered the local retail sale of any article of food, und Fool Committees to regulate the

fix the quantity to be consumed.

THE TIMES RAISES ITS PRICE:

AMSTERDAM, Mar. 7. Professor Delbruck, interviewed by the Neucainer Journal, after charac

LONDON, Mar. 8. terising Dr. Bethmann-Hollweg's som munication, in which he instructed the Owing to further restrictions of German Ambassador at Paris to ask import on paper and paper making Franceto remain neutral in the event of materials, operating since March 1st war with Russia, as the greatest diplomatie the Times is increasing its price to

lamsiness, male a remarkable admisi 3d, from March 11. sion regarding the origin of the war

He said It was not hard to show DEMOCRACY COMING INTO POWER that the British really did not desire

-- war. "The British Government also took

pretty considerable, if not the atmost trouble to avoid wardin

- IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Mur57:

Pay final dividend of

$9.00 per share, $ 58,500.00 Place to Provision for . Contingencies

canis.....

Ac-

To carry forward to

new account,

18,000.00

14,432.30

*87,932.50

Consulting Committee:-Sir Paul Chater and Rev. Père Robert offer themselves for re-election.

audited by Messrs. A. R. Lowe, F.C.A, Auditors: The Accounts have been

sad E. A. M. Williams

who

offer themselves for re-election. JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD General Managers Hongkong 1st March, 1915

PLAN OF ONE MIND.

That a single authority plannel and directed all that was done was evidenced by the fact that on all the boats precisely There is evilance," the report states, the same pricedure had been followed.. that German central authority gave an order for the destruction of these hips, effective on or about February 1917, simultaneous with the date set for unrestricted submarine warfare. "By some chance of good fortune the direct ing force of the operations here miscal. culated the time of the seizure of the vessata, probably by a margin of a few hours only. The vessels were stired before the order of destruction va

THE WORK OF BULY

DOCKA, WHARTES AND GODOWNS- Kowloon Wharves have further weakened to a selling rate of 883 Hongkong Docks, notwithstanding the increase in dividend are quoted at $139 Shanghai Docks have been the medium of a small, busincad at Tls. 85 and Tis. 30). Centrals at 890, Hongkong Hotels at LANDS, HOTELS AND BUILDINGS $87, and Hamphreys at $5 have all bayem at quotations. Hongkong Lands at $888 Kowloon Lands at 37, and West Points at $18 are quiet" with nothing doing.

COTON MILLS-As indicated above, the Cotton Market is lively. Ewas having advanced to Tls 170, Shanghai Cottons Yangtaopoos to Tia. 6, and Orientals to to Tis 135, Kung Yiks to Tl. 131, Tls. 434 after a fair amount of business at slightly lower rates.

trics at 848 have buyers. Hongkong ELECTRIC COMPANIES Hongkong Elec fights have buyers at $4.

MISCELLANEOUS-Chits Borneos at 89, Teams are, offering at 88.40, and Chai

China Providents at 87, 10, and Fowells at 805 are all wanted at quotations. Dilly Farms at 330, Hongkong Ices at

opes at 8204. Waterboats at 811f. Watsona at $51, and Steam Laundries &. 84 Am quiet after business at quotations: tent at 87 PD for nach. Leniente have been done to a small ex-

EXCHANGE-The demand rate on Lon don is 31 and the T.T. selling rate on Shanghai is. 07h...

ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

It is recorded with deep regre: that

Private Lang Po-wing, No. 3 VA.D. lost his life in the Happy Valley disaster on February 28th

No. 3 Y.A.D. FRIDAY, March 16th –

4.15 pm Ronte March. attend. Dress, drill order.

Baad to

The destructive campaign of the Germans connjngly comprehended ayatem of ruin which they belisýnd. would necessitate the shipping of new machinery to substitute that which was ruthlessly battered down or pains takingly damaged by drilling or die NGKONG AND CHINA DISTRICT. mantisment. The scheme of ruin 'was and it ranged from the plugging of shrewdly devised, deliberately executed steam pipes to the utter demolition of bailers by dry firing. The work of repairing and making seaworthy the German vesssis will rank as one of the greatest of America's naval achieve ments. The Germans believed that their work of destruction had been so thorough that all possibility of repairing the damage was climinated, Experts of the Shipping Board after their prelim inary examinations of all of the 109 vessels seized estimated that the repair work would require a minimum of sighteen months. What the American Navy Department actually, did in meeting the emergency should be a source of pride for every American, for P. d. 780 Aquino and P.C. 47 Ip Kwal the last one of the vessels was in Cheung are commended by the CAP seaworthy shape and took her final sea for courageous conduct in tackling and test and was ordered into service as a effecting the arrest of three armed men Thanksgiving gift to the Nation. as the Central Market on January 18th

HONGKONG POLICE RESERYE.

Oydors (saved by Mr. F. C. Jankin, D.S.P, (E.).

COMNENDATIONS.

PC 175 Wong Tat Cheen is com mended by the 08.P. for: alertness when off duty in effecting the arrest of

& pickpocket on January 1st.

COVETL

EQUIPMENT PARADES.

GERMAN MEKO FOUND.

No. & V.A.D." A Section.

THURSDAY, March 14th :-..

110 pm. Kandaging Practice. FRIDAY, March 15th---

4.20 p.m. Squad and Stretcher Drill,

B

rection. MONDAY, March 11th- 4.90 p.m. Squad Dril. TUESDAY, March 14th

1.20 p.m. First Aid Classi THURSDAY, March 14th FRIDAY, March 15t

4.21 p. Squed Drill,

1.20 p.m. First Aid Class No. 5 VAD. FRIDAY, March 15th-

5.30 p.m. Koute March. Fall in bear the West Gate of the University, in Pokfulam Road Dress, drill order. No stretchers,

(Bd.) E. KALPEB, District Supt. in Chargo of District.

-Platonis will parade at Headquarters. A memorandum written in German Club as set out below. Rifles, ammuni tion, arzalets, whistles and chains and was picked up on age of the ship which truncheons to be produced by those in gare a complate record of the destruction possession of same. Uniform, Cape with on that ship Investigation revealed that the list, which had evidently been Tuesday, March 10th-No. 7 Platoon left through an oversight, was correct at 5.30p.m. No. 8 Platoon at 5.15 p.m. in every detail. The following is a at 5.30 p.m. No. 6 Platoon at 5.45 pm. randam Starboard and port, high Thursday, March 14th-No. 6 Platoon translation of excerpts from this memo Friday, March 15th At 5.30 p.m. All men of Platoons 1 to 8 who have not pressure cylinder with valve chest. previously attanded.

Upper exhaust outlet flanga broken off (cannot be repaired) Starboard and Practices at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March | port, second intermediate pressure valve 12th and Friday, March 15th.

chest Steam inlet Jange broken off Sir Charlos Mathews is sold to be the ASPENYAL BERVICH AQUAR

(cannot be repaired) het intar only member of the Engliab Bar who Members of this Squad are to be mediate pressure starbori Kibicat ever managed to draw teams from the judge, before whom he was pleading. His

BAND

APPRECIATION.

The Democrats have won four warned for ordinary patrol duties to the pipe of exisust, lius to second interfold rival in many criminal cases, Mr.CA

· JAPANESE SEAMEN AND THEIR Congressional bye-elections in New end of the present Patrol Period-Le.mediate pressure flange brokef de Gill, KC never achieved this fent,

PAY

· 50 PER CENT-INCREASE DEMANDED.

The men working on board the vessels owned by the Nippon, Yusen Kaisha. and other Japanese companies aro sgitating for a 50 per cent. Increase in their wagci. They are working through.

York, giving the Democrats contzol April 3rd next

of the House of Representatives, where the Republican majority wus hitherto 009.

WILL ARGENTINE COME

IN 2

INTERESTING SPECULATIONE. :

NEW YORK, Mar 7

A message from Buenos Aires

By Order

F. Hara

not be required).” “Starboard and

W. HARMSTON,

Propristor

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Q.M. BRUCE,

Band Hose

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HONGKONG,

WAR BONDS

DRAWING

(IN AID OF WAR CHARITIES).

TICKETS $5 each HONGKONG OUREENCY,

PRIZES:

$500,000 in - available for distribution:

WAR CHARITIES will receive

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$125,000

$187,500

SECOND PRIZE

$56,250

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100 PRIZES of $1,000 to

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JAPANESE BACTERIOLOGIST'S

DEATH.

FATAL PLAGUE GERMA

EXPERIMENTS.

Mr. Tamura Kotaro, a veterinary surs son aged 27, attached to the Infectious

port low pressure exhaust me, damaged although a angreme master of the unrrow- (cannot be repaired) and scan, ing methods formerly followed by coudset.

German who was a confident of the judge at Lowes Assizes to doferil a narvy thoroughness of his matilation is now charged with foiling his wife, GA HI the source of much glee among Amari eloquence, relabes an eye-witness, had can naval engineers, inasmntich gal-overy | such an effects upon the jury that seve one of the supposedly irreparable parts of the borst into tears. At this moment wae in fact speedily repaired and those the prisoner nudged a warder sitting by engines are to-day as powerful and him, and said Who's that bloke 2. serviceable as when they left the hands Why said the warder, he's the finess of their maker

KARNE METRON - FOLLOWED.

WEARING

Disease Laboratory belonging to the The method of patching and

sta seran

bling before

mouthpiece a on the tiren lucky to have gul hita. gard said the prisoner.

Yasi Kel, an association for pro moting the interests of, labour. The Yuni Kal authorities are now. collecting prozies from the crawi of the vesela in Kobe and Yokohama states that the Argentine Govern Medical College of the Tokyo Imperial broken marine engines hall nev The proxies obtained up to Tues day (26th instant) over 22 vessels in ment is sending back the Ambassa University, had been making experi- been practised, althoug Kobe and 83 In Yokohama, the men

dor Nood to Washington went since January last

intended as a preventive for the paeus beell known in the Senor Naanaresigned on January monio plague, now prevalent in some fifteen years. Thres represented numbering close on 6,000. When about 200 vessels have joined opposing Argentina's neutrality parts of China: On the night of the ing more the movement, the Yoni Kai will begin in the face of the Luzburg disalo, zlatali., Mr. Temurs felt ill, and his oxy acetylene Weldi And ordinary megotiations with the abipowners, A SUIPS.ME

condition steadily became worse until mechanical patching, the latter often representative of that association is His return is interpreted as indicat-There was something very surgici

on the 27th he breathed bis last

Later being welded: WHF noted (mying that the demand of ing a cessation of the neutrality of about his condition, and before his death

Tho as man is considered, reasonable and Argentin which will now probably hewas segregated. Post-mortem exami

Youf Kat will serve their spokesman, reser her exporte for the Entente tion revealed the fact that the dem Apledge been obtained from in exchange for coal and finem had died from disserer to anything like & support for the development of her his experiments on a pucuneato

not to

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