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THURSDAY, JULY 4, ìši§.

TELEGRAMS.

THE CHINA MAIL.

was a two inéh tope dan ling alongside and also badly bruised, yet when the e. They boat drifted alongside the submarine sixty feet of the ship's " pushed off and got clear, just in time to and the Canadian avidantly thinking it the was a rescue ship scrambled aboard, the avoid being spoked under as Llandovery Castle's stern weit-dowsubmarine officer picked up the Canadian leaving her long hows great. One boiler) and flung him back into the sea.

We have since been cruising in the seemed to be blown up as the water reached it and the funnet leaned ca neighbourhood of the torpedoing, said DUTCH CONVOY TO DUTCH EAST ts side na she slowly listed titar the Land Commander, but not a tore lore and fell away, single piece of wreckage has been seen.

(Continued from Page 1)

INDIES.

EIGHT OF NEUTRALS

QUESTIONED.

Tus Hasen, July 5.

board,

then, stern first, she slid under and disappeared.

야

SUBMARINE COMMANDER'S FIENDISH CONDUCT.

The ressol sank in not alors than ten

The Foreign Ministry in it state-mintes from the time of the explosion

THE ITALIAN FRONT.

SITUATIO

N COMPLETELY

RED. RESTU.

LOOR, July

message

AT Italiau seni-qfficial states-

FRUITLESS AIR-RAID ON PARIS. SINGLE WOMEN AFTER THE WAR.

PARIS, July 1.

An official report states —–—– The alarm was given at 11.55 last was opened on night and the "all clear" at 14.00 Fire aeroplanes, which did not cauh Paris.

the approaching

Bombs were droppert on the outer A second ahem was given at 19 d. suburbs. The "all clear" was sounded at 9:20:

Pan Jaly

An official message says:~~~ Encar aaroplanes attempted to attack Paris at 12.34' in the morning. The "all clear" was given at 12.59. [Nothing is reported.

BATTLE IN THE AIR.

AIB MINISTRY'S REPORT.

LONDON, July 2.

The war will leave behind it a greatly increased proportion of single women. whose work of various kinds will be of greatly increased importance to their country. What ought to be done to im prove their working powers? And what return will their country owe them!

ter praspecs, and better nourishment folice training. faller responsibilities Their powers will be improved hy

body and mind, says Clementina for Women are, on the whole. Black and adaptable erentures; but capable.

at miraculously superior to they are t

and must not for instance, be ex their brothercted. after a three "se, to perform with adequate athiciency the weeks' training cou hties linquish- ars standing. he as well

thon,

ed by a clerk of three yea They mest, to begin with, trained as men have been. Eve their powers will probably not those of her unless they are sufficien well pa to be get free, as men are, fro the burden of cooking their meals, making and washing their clothes, a

and cleaning their rooms, nor unless they money to spend their leisure as enjoy- can be as well fed as men, and bave fably. It. in all these respects, women are meanly treated their powers of work will suffer.

of the torpedo. Huge quantities of nant regarding the decision to send wreckage were fosting on the quiet ses a Dutch coming to the Dutch Indies and rafts and gratings on which hawaers Buys Holland at the end of April had been coiled. Among them man The recapture of Valbella, Coldes offered to guarantee that the mill were foundering and shouting and one from the Austriane in the east their {

Fresco and Col-de-Chele has wrated was walking about on a grating. The tary nterests of the belligerents Captain's boat picked up sieven from moderate gains on Asiago Flateau. woubl

be affected.

The first day's offensive completaly Great the wreckage, then proceeded towards a Brit replied that she

voice calling for help from the water. restored the situation prior to the great (Great Britain never recognised convoying two others calling from elsewhere. It constantly contested throughout the war In the dark they heard simultaneously attack. These positions have been, as a right of neutrals, but as was then that there appeared from the because they constitute an advanced tangible proof of British friendship night, crawling through the floating flank for the Italians and a jumping-of Ex: Holland, Great Britain would test debris, a long black shape. A submarine ground for the Austrians wishing to

conning tower opened and figures were scale the Italian positions. pur difficult s

in the way, of Havagely wren along the decks. The The victory was due to the perfect the aerodrome at Boulay, railway they should be pleasing ornaments as Nor mast it be expered of them that operation of artillery su infantry, works and stations and ordered it to Come alongside.

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The boat was pulling to pick up, a trowning man and the second officer, shoated We are picking up a man from the water. Come alongside," repented hrusque voice from the and forthwith two revolver shots were submarine. The best held on its way fired at and over it "Come alongside for I shoot my big gun" shouted the

A. Est l the cargoes, at the arung was supplied to the belligerents and the departure, of the voy Armaged br 19th. Great Britain, Jun 18:4, objects that although it wud maasfoot shut no gow coramander. «Chernoon drigin would be worried the

Nordane contained de stuks of purely an origin.

Die Hants, July 2

representatives at the Prisoners of! War Conferency) has left suddenly for Englan It is understood thus

Loud Newton and thetimi Belfield will conting the negotiations for the evelange of prisoners.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

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SUBMARINE FIRES TWELVE

SHELLS.

whereas the four enemy divisions Saarbrucken, also the works at Mann.not complain if they get valficient work; engager suffered exceptically heavy heim. On Muuday we bombed, with good workers must not gunplain if such

what and employers ipates.

want ficient. effect, railways and workshops at workers fail to prove decorative. Again.. Karthaus, the station at Treves and if women are to work as well as men the railway triangle at Metzzahlous and they must have the same prospects shot down one bostile machine. Two of There are rumours that in some depart- our machines are pissing,

ments of the Civil Service women ard delhwately kept in subordinate posi- tions and prevented from doing respon- iblerwork. It is clear that if or where such a system prevails the country loses

THE CZECHO-SLAY NATIONS.

CLAIMS RECOGNISED BY

FRANCE

PARIS, July 1.

SUCCESSFUL AERIAL

OPERATIONS.

LONDON, July 1. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation, says:

We had a most successful day ou June 30. We sbor down. 25 seroplanes and drove down ID out of control

M. Pichon tas sent a letter to the Secretary of the National Czech Council "Faithful to the principles of respect oppressed peoples the French Govorn for rationalities and the liberation of ment Cacebo-Slav nations well-founded and considers the claims of the will apply itsell, when the time comes, to uphold their aspirations for indepen dence in their historic limits. Their

We dropped 29 tons of bombs provinces will be liberate at length during the day and I tons during the from the yoke of the Austro-Hungarian night. Of the latter seven toas fell with good effect on railway connections

the French Republic, concluice by M. Pichon, speaking in the name of

will speedily become, through the hoping that the Czecho-Slovak State common efforts of all the Allies and in clase union, with Poland and the goslar State, an insurmountable barrier teTeutonic aggression and a factor for peace in reconatinated Europe.

MR. BALFOURS ENDORSEMENT.

A large number of reconnaisances artillery to engage a greater number of were carried out and enabled our hostile batteries than on any day of the past fortnight.

APPALLING STATE OF AFFAIRS.

THREATENED WITH MASSACRE TWO MILLION ARMENIANS "

LONDON, July 1. Reuter learns that a pathetic appeal on behalf of the

"bist services that women can giro; and that any superiors who imposed or encouraged it would be in fact, engaged in defrauding their country.

owe to the women upon whose labours And what return will the country it will so largely depend! In amwering the former question I have, it appears owe them. on xorel and equitable also answered this The country will grounds, those very advantages which will make them valuable as workers: training, the absence of demands that opportunity of rising to the highest place are not made upon. employed men, and sufficiens payment to allow for leisure, recreation and mental develop-

ment.

The boat pulled to the submarine as follows a the Captain, under orders, went aboard, PRISONERS OF WAR CONFERENCE."Wher ship was that "It is the and the commander asked sharply hospital abip Landwry taste," replied SIR GEORGE CAVE RECALLED the captain. The marine comman-

der did not appear surprised but said

But you are carrying eight American Ser Charge Curve tone of the Britishfying firers." We are not replied the Captain, we have seven Canadian chartered by the Canadian Government appressor." medical users aboard nail the ship was to carry sick a wounded! Canadians

M. Pichon declares that the French at Tournai. Two of our machines aro Mr. Lloyd George summoned him the commander's reiterate statement Storak National Council as the first

from England to Cheplying to Government recognises the Czechowiasing.

THE CARES OF THE ESMARRIED. Jús pres nee is required in connce"You've been carrying American vers" step towards the future Czecho-Slovak

It must be remembers that thổ tion with ingwatant Parliamentary the Captain said, "I have been running Government.

family responsibilities of unmarried women will be increases; there will be matters.

for six months to Canada with wounded and give my word of honour that I only

nephews; hundreds upon hundreds of fewer sons to help in supporting aged parents more orphaned nieces and crew." The commander then demanded carried patients, medicals, sisters and

artially or wholly invalid male re to know if any Canadian medical men

stives. In one sense these ties will husband or child: hardly any spinster were in the beat and ordered one aboard.

help to compensate for the lack of The Captain aaked "Where are our

medians was made gill feel her love and care Doneeded. other boats The cocamander did not

to the British Tabur Conference. The But they will also tax her finances answer; he was watching the Canadian medical officer who was being roughly

appen! reveals an appalling state of fart that should be remembered when- bauled aboard and thrust along the deck.

borrors perpetrated fo the various war unmarried, women will-and, indeed, Affairs. It says: "None of the fearful ever the wages of women are debated.

For the actual circumstance of being this being done so violently and with

zones compare with the tragic lot of the do-need much less pits than many mer auch plain intention to cause injury

Armenians,"

seem Inclined to bestow upon them. that the Canadian medical officer, Major Balicur in terms similar to his com.the beginning of the war have committed

It is pointed out that the Turks since There are few women who would not Lyon, had a small bone in his foot murication to the Secretary of the unprecedented atrocities in Turkish sayone but the particular man of their rather he unmarried than married to Broken. Another Gennan officer in the National Czech Council.. couning tower moticned

choice. over his

Armenia, where they have massacred polygamy

Any suggestions of modified shoulder with Seld glasses in

Mr. Balfour replied fully associating about a million persons, while two million ingenious theorists are reported to be sherefore, such sa some northerly direction. Major Lyon was sentiments of the French Government. threatened with a similar fate Demo.as being too absurd to be even offensive. His Majesty's Government with the Armenians in Russia Armenia are now discussing, strike bard-working spinsters interrogated and, after protesting his He emphasised that the participation in ersey is asked to waist to save this eharacter as & medical officer, waa the fighting ranks of Czecko-Slovaks small ancient people from complete ordered back to the boat. The Captain bad far-reaching political significares. It extertaination. The Press Burcau state- Germany's awful debt to the world began to cire. rol the wreckage and for the freedom and security of small was also allowed to go and the submarine represented a stage in the great struggle continues to grow. Another hospital narrowly shaving the list, she stopped ship has been torpedoed, this time 170 it again and took the seond and fourth nations in whose cause all the Allies miles from the nearest laad and here officers and questioned them, people were turned adrift in boats to time the commander invented a new ink or swim and though, as it happened, excuse. He stated that there was big

TURKEY ASKED TO EXPLAIN. she was a Canadian hospital ship explosion aft returning from Halifax with no wounded therefore the vessel must have been na the vessel mok;

WASHINGTON, July 2 aboard, the tale of the crime reveals carrying munitions. The second officer wanton deliberation on the part of the explained that it was the explosion of

The United States has formally eubriarine commander almost suggesting the boiler and the falling of the funnel.

requested Turkey to give an explanation Eight of the Labour Ministers had a of the report that Turkish troops sacked that he hoped to find her full of injured They were then allowed to return to further meeting yesterday and it is the American Hospital at Tabriz and and helpless men...

The Llandovery Castle was chartered The submarine again gireled, apparently necessary to take action in consequence

the boat which made sail and proceeded, understood they decided that it was not seized the Consulate there. by the Canadian Government to convey stopped and began fring at an unseen of the Labour Conference's resolution sick and wounded from England to target, firing shells. Halifax. There were eighty members target may have been the other boats

The unscenterminating the party trúce.

THE "LLANDOVERY CASTLE."

A STORY OF NAKED SAVAGERY.

GERMANY'S AWFUL DEBT TO THE WORLD.

LONDON, July 1.

ence on this point.

This

of the Medical Corps abcard, including which, if picked up, can furnish evid- seven officers. The Liamionery Castle was steaming at fourteen knota with the usual navigation and regulation hospital ship lights and under an overcast sky She was plainly visible, and anmistak able for anything but what she was, 3 ahip immune by every law of war and poaco from attack or molestation.

of the Captain's boat to Queenstown.

Losnox, July 2

M. Pichon has seat a letter to Mr.

are deeply concerned.

THE LABOUR PARTY TRUCE.

NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN.

LONDON, July 2

THE SACKED U.S. HOSPITAL AT

TABRIZ

LOAD RHONDDA ON GERMANY'S

FOOD CRISIS. ·

THE CENTRAL FACTOR.

Lord Rhondda's opinion is that victory is now in Germany the synonym for

bread.

CINEMATOGRAPH. "

MRS. PLUM'S PUDDING AT THE HONGKONG THEATRE,

The Hongkong Theatre nuage ment is now showing a five-pait film entitled "Ir. Plum's Pud-; ding." There was a full house yesterday when i was presental for the first time. The piece is not

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GERMANS IN CHINA. The Captain meanwhile, realising the hopelessness of assistance from the

NOT AN INDEPENDENT north, as no wireless had been sent out

QUESTION... decided to make for the Irish coast and sent help to the others. After sailing and pulling for seventy miles the boat

LONDON, July 2 As Food Controller be bas naturally removed by the oil gushing prolifi- The Daily Chronicle Correspondent at been watching with very special interest cally from the ground. It was then was picked up by the lestroyer Lysander The Hague says that one reason for the events on the Western front. He has that Mrs. Phim realised that she all which wirelessed for a search for the return of the German War Prisoner factor of the war. "The evidence grows along id been sitting on oil. This

often insisted that food is the central other survivors and took the occupants Delegates to Berlin was to consult the in significance and in volume that Gerrupid rise to furtune attracted a shady HONGKONG THEATRE PROGRAMME,

Government regarding the deportation many and her allies, notably Austria, are character in the person of Lord of Germans from China. K

foeling the piach," he said recently in Burlington, who tried to win ber It appears that Herron Kuehlmann's an interview. The cumulative effect statsment, in the Reichstag that the of food shortage is serious. A hundred hand in marriage, and for a time matter was antisfactorily settled is dally irritations and inconveniences it looked that he loved Mr. Plum's incorrect. The question is part of the Deterioration, once the process begins, Mrs. Ping Ierself. Eventually it good and impair the moral of the people. Pudding (her wealth) rather than problems which the Conference has to comes to the point when it is accelemted all came right, as all cinema pic settle as a whole.. The Germans have Decay sets in. Looking at the situation tres do, and the end shows both in Farently determined to have a com with all reserve, 1 feel that the German renaire agreement or nons at all, Food Controller. General Shortage, as married bliss.

a cynic has called him, is really the force and they are particularly anxious to

On Saturday a new serial will be SATURDAY, 6th July- secure the return

of all colonial behind Bindenburg and Ludendorf shown. It will be duly announced

See the new mystery serial prisoners.

egging them on: so closely are civilians bound up with military interests at this,

THE STRANGE CASE OF MARY PAGE, stage of the war.

"LEAVE NO TRAČE."

D

TORPEDO WAKE NOT SEEN. No one aboard saw the wake of the torpedo. The first intimation of the submarine was the jar, sed roar of an explo ion from aft, then the lights went cat. Everything thereafter, cxcept for the dim light from the emergency RESCUERS STORY. dynamo just before the ship, foundered, occurred in darkness. The engines wers immediately rung to "Stop," then to

LONDON, July 2, Fall speed astern" but from the The Commander of the destroyer engite room there came no answer. The Lysander, interviewed, stated that the ship's rehearsed routine, however held aurvivors of the Llandorery Castle, when good, for with the Germans one must picked up, had been drifting 36 hours. The Commander emphasised that it was

Be prepared for every such emergency another instance of sinking at sight end. Along the darkened decks the crew groped to their bont stations and stood furthermore, it was unquestionably by for orders to leave. Thecaptain masa intended that the Bun policy of "Leave phoned from the bridge to bold on till no trace" should be carried out in its the way was off the ship. The carpenter entirety.

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VOLUNTARY WAR WORK.

EVENTS AT TONE As to events at home, said. Lord Rhondda, he could not speak too highly of the good will and good tempor the GOVERNMENT CONTROL TO RE people had shown under, the difficulties The Germans pride the calves upon OFFICIAL GUIDE TO HOW, WHEN, and irritation attendant upon food sup the fidelity with which, as they repro plies and distribution prior to the intra- sent, they follow the maxime of Napoleon. duction of rationing. And now all had Well, we have heard afresh this week combined to accept with cheerfulness what they have been doing to the people the restrictions which it had been his of Northern France, how they continge daty to

AUTHORISED.

WASHINGTON, July 2

A. resolution has been introduced in

Btc.

BEQUEST TO JAPANESE GIRLS BY AMERICAN LADY,

AND WHERE."

The will of Miss Alice Mabel Bac There's not a hand so weikend white, daughter of the late Dr. Leonard Wook

nor yet a heart so sick.

say Pacon, filed in the Probate Court

waiting to be dgna.”

fact that Miss Bacon, who was a writer These lines of Mr. Kipling ara quoted of Japan and the Japanese people, had as a preface to the Directory of Governadorted a Japanese girl as a daughter ment Departments and National sexual years ago. A share of ber estate Ormanisations requiring voluntary, is bequeathed us this adopted daughte

to Miss Maki Eitotipspagi, her friend. Ministry of National Service.

It gives the fullest information in the Each is to receive 50%, while Min must useful former Thus & motorist Bacon's nephew, Dr. Leonard Woolsey find on referring to Ambulance and Bacon, of New Hesten, in to receirs BLAZON TYPE NOT Motor Driving full details of the Cury $100,00

NECESSARY.

ditions of service with the Volunteer Force, the Red Cross the Salvation HAMBERLAIN'S Colle, Cholera and Army, the Women's Emergency Can

Dhes Remedy needs a glaring teen and the Women's Reserve Amthe residue of the estate is left in tram

aft was examining the damage and the When last seen the submarine was Marconi operator was in his cabin vainly apparently abelling some of the seven xtriving to transmit the ship's position; boals which were launched. One bost but the key gained no response for the containing twelve Sisters was keen to spark had gone. The carpenter reported capsize and the Sisters were thrown out No. 4 bold aft blown is and the ship and pioned underneath the boat, bo the House of Representatives authoriz-pose in the national interests. to comport themselves in Belgium, and But it can find some needful job that's in New Haven, Connecticut, revealed thei would not remain ficat, so the order din sergeant of this beat managed ing Government control of telephones bem balls up and in some important Huge Journal The maxim for them rant and efficient organisation hed how they are bleeding, Russia, aye n was given to lower the bonis, on both to scrumble upon the keel. Nothing bas aides, and abandon the ship.

heen seen of the remaining five boats. and telegraphs."

apeets excelled the Germans in a sphere to day, then, is this, uttered by Napoleon The oficer commanding the Canadian The Commander believed they were not It is understood this action has been thought to be their spocat province. in reviewing his past career when the

taken to prevent the threatened strike Hotioning meant fairplay each having a shadows were descending upon him people out. This is important, inasmuch how the submarine was observed charg-telegraph systems.

share, and no diore than his share, at the “My grent reputation in Italy was das as only the Captain's boat has been ing wreckage on which survivor ware

with us, and he could never speak too soy army, to pillage thers!" picked up. Save for any of the ship's clinging and in the localty where the

warmly of tho help she gave us se company or engine room crew who were lifeboats were believed to be drifting killed by the torpedo explosion, it sal It is thought the submarine intended to clear that everyone got away. The sink boat in which curvivors Captain went to his cabin for an electric were huddled owing to the way the torch and returned on, dock and found subuerine apparently tried to swamp it that the accident book, which was har backwash hold back for those st

**Inaturoing, the ferocity of

"Army Medel. Corps reported all his improbably destroyalby shellfire; any of the employees of one of the great common table? America" "was at one in part to the fact that I never allowed workers which is being issued by the Mev. Metsu Watanabe Kairiyama, and

thip had gone.

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WASHINGTON, July leave the

The Appropriations Comin and officer merino captaig, the yamter's Come favourably reported to

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Bill carrying 492

generously in the matter of food sipe plice,

A CAUSES, AND CUBE FOR

DIARRHOEA.

- change, lo the headline to attract the public, ore. The balance, stare, /uprips - fruit, and simple statement that all chemists sal are some of the causes of it a, suncióný da every family, knows Chamberlain's Colic) Cholera, its vaina."; It has bean, used for forty Lures the bowel years and 18 just want la naine trophes,

Miss Bacon lived in Japan for several yekes end there formed closer friendship with several Japanese families. Pars

for Miss Maki for her use and upon her death, the resipinder is to go to

post between Vighna and Hampton tchool 2 Nursen. At Haup

has bom established br) ton.

alchy wastounded by Ma