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Amateurs Speciality.

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TIL 214

No 17158.

The China Mail.

THORNE'S

ESTABLISHED

就六十月五年八十嵯百九千业英

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1916.

午戊次歲年七國民中

BUSINESS NOTICES,

OLD VAT W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.

No. 4.

SCOTCH WHISKY.

-10%-

SOLE AGENTS.

A, S. WATSON & Co, Ld

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

0.

HONGKONG,

"T. 18.

NOTICE.

H.

ANY EUROPEAN, Non ASTATIC or AINDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Centra Police Station between the hours of 8 AM to 1 P.K. and ̈i PM to 4 P.2. daily.

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers. All persons, with certain exceptions, whe remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register them. selves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1916. Forms of Registration giving the particulars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at a Police Stations.

The Pensity for non compliance is a Blue not exeading 350,

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229,970,367

Revenue Fire Branch... £2,331,454

Life and Annuity..

2,141,699 Branche..... Ravenia Marina Departmen... 237,239 Other Receipt passesentrenentment

478,940

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THE WAR.

TO-DAY'S

TELEGRAMS

t Reuter's Sernce to the China Mail.:

REIGN OF TERROR IN RUSSIA.

POPULATION MURDERED AND TORTURED BY GERMANS.

APPEAL TO GERMANY.

LONDON, May 14.

A wireless Russian official report

states:-

GERMANY'S PLIGHT.

INSUFFICIENT REVENUE. WAR TIME TAX IMPOSED.

AMSTERDAM, May 14 Owing to insufficiency of revenue from indirect taxation, Germany pro- poses to levy a zon-recurrent war time income-tax, thus raising 1,200 million marks.

The Foreign Commisaary has sent s message to the German Government calling attention to the terrible position WAR BURDENS TO BE SHARED BY

LITHUANIA

SO-CALLED GRANT OF INDEPENDENCE.

of the peaceful population in the occupied regions of. White Russia along the line of 'demarcation where there is violence, pogroms, executions, savsgë treatment of the workers, the plunder ing and burning of Russian villages by German and Polish troops who are wiping out the villagers by machine-of recognising the independence gons.

of Lithuania-says that Lithuania

AMSTERDAM, May 14

A preamble to the Kaiser's, deed

The Russian Government complains participate in the war burdens that persona suspected of Bolshevik Germany. sympathies are shot or imprisoned Lithuanian delegation, recently under terrible, conditions.

the Kaiser has sent a mesange, saying *-* am pleased that the victorious mareh

DRAGON MOTOR CAR GO. The Reign of Terror is particularly of my troops has liberated Lithuania

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bail in the town of Minsk, in the district from the Russian yoke and enabled mo of Bobruisk, and in Viborg, where pendent State." The news contained in to restore Lithuania as a free and inde many hundreds are slaughtered by the foregoing cable showe machine-guns.

many's ideas of free and independent Ger -ED.].

The Foreign Commissary suggests

the formation of Huwo-German Con missions, including representatives of the local population, to investigate these conditions.

FIGHTING BETWEEN ANARCHISTS AND BOLSHEYISTS.

PETROGRAD, May 12. Fighting between the Bolshevists and the Anarchists in Moscow was resumed

lust night.

State"

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MORE GERMAN SOPHISTICATION.

to AUSTRO-GERMAN ALLIANCE -CONFORMS WITH LEAGUE OF NATIONST

AMSTERDAM, May 14.

A Vienna semi-official report argins that a strengthened Austro-Germa alliance conforms with the idea of a League of Nations, because the ob

The Soviet troops surrounded the feet of the alliance is to prevent headquarters of the Anarchists, over future wars.

which a large black flag inscribed "Anarchy”was flying. The Anarchists refused to surrender. Armoured cars

-BYE-ELECTION IN GERMANY.

bombarded the headquarters.. The MAJORITY SOCIALIST DEFEATS-

Anarchiste replied with machine-guns: and grenades. Sirilar fighting occurred

in other streeta. After half an hour's! bombardment the Anarchistal bead-

INDEPENDENT. -

AMSTERDAM, May, 14.

A message from Berlin states that quarters boisted the white flag, but Majority Socialist defeated the in the bye-election at Zwinekana.

fighting continued slacwhere. The

casunities so far have not been recorded. Independent. Socialist by 8,000 votes. Many gans were posted on the Kremlin, The seat had previously been held where the Council of Commissionera is by the latter. nitting.

THE EXECUTION AT TAMMERFORS.

BLOODY BATTLE AT LAHTI.

Moscow, May 14.

NEW UKRANIAN FINANCE MINISTER.

PORTFOLIO FILLED BY PRO GERMAN.

It is cfficially stated that after the

AMSTERDAY, May 14. White Guards had occupied Tammerforà The pro-German Dobry, manager" 500 Russion officers and soldiers were of the Russian Bank of Foreign. shot in groups of 40 and 60 with Trade at Kieff, whom the former machine-guns.

Ukranian Government arrested and

A desperate and bloody battle was the Germans released, has born ep-

fought at Labti, in which 4,000 White pointed Ukruninn Finance Minister. Guards and Germans were killed. Many

civilians were killed by the German CENTRAL POWERS AND RUMANIA. bombardment.

TERMS OF THE ECONOMIC TREATY

CISCAUCARIA DECLARES

INDEPENDENCE.

RUMANIAN CABINET RESIGNS:

AMSTERDAM, May 14.

A telegram from Constantinople states that Clacaucasia bas declared its independence

RUMANIAN CABINET RESIGNS.

AMSTERDAM, May 13.

It is reported from Germany that M. Marghiloman and the Cabinet of Rumania have renfgred

EMPEROR KARL'S SECOND PEACE ANDALETTER

AMSTERDAM, May 14, The special Economic Treaty between the Central Powers and Rumania pro vides that Rumania shall sell to AustŢIA and Germany her surplus production 1918 and 1919 and for seven years that including all kinds

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