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ment stores have done, and we direct the reader's attention to the letter from Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co., as well as to the notification by the Anglo-Swiss Mik Co., which will be found in another column. It will be time enough to panic

A Chinese who arrived in the Colony from Australia by the Empire was arrested on coming ashore in a sampan for being in unlawful presession of two rifles and 500 rounds of ammunition. The contraband was concealed in the false

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rupted. We have every confidence in the ability of the British Navy to keep them open, especially as in this war she has the assistance of the French Navy. If the German Fleet has passed though the Kiel Canal and gone into the North Sea it should not be long before we have news, The result of that of a Naval battle.. battle with enable the world the better to guage the possibilities of the situation as regards the protection of the trade routes for British commerce, Among British subjects there is no want of assurance that Britannia will continue to rule the waves. It is unnecessary to say that the impending battle is not likely to be a repetition of what occurred in the Straits of Tsushims in the Russo-Japanese war. In the North Sea there will be arrayed against each other two of the

imposed.

At the Magistracy yesterday a Chinese who had been employed at Weismann's, Limited, for five years as a bread coolie was charged by Inspeeny McDonald with ↑ the larceny of 3lbs. of butter and o quantity of biscuits. The Magistrate was informed that a great deal of stuff had been stolen of late. The defendant had no business in the pastry department, from which the stolen goods were taken, and he must have possessed a duplicate key to get inside. On several mornings butter had been found to be missing. Defendant admitted stealing the butter, but denied that he possessed a key, and alleged that the door was open. He was sent to prison for seven days.

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SUPREME COURT.

Wednesday, August 5th.

IN ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION.

BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, MR. H. H. J. GOMPERTZ, AND COMMANDER BECKWITH, R.N., ACTING AS ABBESSOR.

SEQUEL TO A COLLISION. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha, an owners of the Jansen Marne The China Steam as owners of the Wing- Navigation Co...

The claim was for the sum of sasig, 890,000 for damages occasioned by a collision which took place in the Tathong Channel. near Lamtong Island on February 14th. The plaintiffs also claimed costs of the action. There was a counter-claim by the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, for damages arising out of the same collision.

Mr. Eldon Potter (instructed by Mr. E. J. Grist, of Wilkinson & Grist) ropro- sented the N.Y.K., and Mr. E. H. Sharp, K.C. (instructed by Mr. Davidson, of Hastings & Hastings), represented the Indo China Steam Navigation Company. the morning of February 17th the Finsen

Mr. K. H. Chen, Chinese Commissioner finest and most efficient navies in the whole of International Railway Traffic, arrived world, and we must brace our nerves and in Hongkong on the 31st July, by the Mr. Potter at the outset explained that on WHISKY. he prepared for news of terrible destrucp.&O. str. Devanha, He has booked bis

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DREADNOUGHTS. (Main battery of 8 or more big guns.)

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British Empire...... 27 Gormany

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The relative strength of Great Britain and Germany in completed ships is as follows, the total boing divided into (1) ships launched. over ten years, aut (2) ships launched ten years or Ines :--

Dreadnoughts

cruisers

Over 10 Years, 10 Years of lesa. Britain Germany, Deltali. Gartong.

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Other battleships.. 34 Other Armoured

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passage by the French mail mażone Varu, bound from Moji to Hongkong, leaving Hongkong on the 11th inst, for was approaching this port. The weather Marseilles to attend the 9th conference, was foggy, the fog in the earlier hours which was fixed to be held on the 18th being intermittent, at times the ship had September, 1914, but the events of the past to stop and at others could go full speed week will probably make a postponement ahead. At 10.25 the ship anchored, but of the conference accessary..

Mr. at 11.10, the weather having cleared able to pro- Chen, who has been in charge of considerably, she was

At 11.32, owing to the fog the International Railway Services of ceod.

Peking, has China, in

having got somewhat thicker, the Jinsen already re presented China at two Conferences for reduced to half-speed and after that one in Moscow in June, 1913, and one in Tokyo in June, 1914, and has been decorated twice by the Peking Government for meritorious services. China was first admitted into the through trans-Siberian Railway conference last year. Mr. Chen is an old Queen's College boy (Collegs naine Chen Your Ying), and is married to the elder sister of Mr. The Tsan Tai, of this Colony.

THE SPECIAL POLICE CONSTABLES..

The Police Magistrates will swear in the special police drawn from the British residents of the Colony at the Magistracy at 4 o'clock this afternoon.

20 29 18. 82 105 101

In the meantime, police notices are 6923(7) being oiraulated to those selected to serve and should reach their destination this morning,”

British residents are requested to leave word at home as to where they will be found should the notice not have been delivered when they left their homes for business in the morning..

Destroyers. Torpedo-boats Bubmarines

In the Far East Germany has a squadron which cannot be regarded as the equal of the British. The flagship Scharnhorst is described in the British Navy League Annual as “in a most inefficient state." Though designed for a speed of 29.5 knots, it is said that she is unable to attain 20 knots even for short spurts.

She went ashore in the Elle Estuary in 1808, while | 5017- running at a fair speed, and the terrific strain she underwent at the time of the accident is considered to have knocked ten

years off her life." The Scharnhorst is an armoured cruiser of 11,420 tons dis placement and 26,000 i.h.p. completed in 1907. The other Gorman ships in the Far East are the Gneisenau, a sister-ship of the Scharnhorst, completed in 1908, the protected cruiser Nurnberg, of 3,350 tons displacement, built in 1908, the protected LONDON OFFICE: 181, FLEET STREET, E.Cruiser Leipzig, 3,200 tons, completed in

Codes: A.B.C. 5th Ed. Lieber." PO. Boz 34. Telephone No. 12.

HONGKONG OFFICE: 104, Des VŒUX ROAD C.

The order for attendance is compul

Mr. O. E. Owen, proprietor of the Carlton Hotel, recognized Remedios as one who had stayed at the hotel for some time Gutierrez used to visit the defend ant two or three times a month.

she never went at a higher spoed. At 11.45 the Captain heard the fog gun at Waglan to the W.S.W., and this mabled him to more accurately fix his position. He then altered his course to bring him more directly into Hongkong. At 11.57 the Waglan gun was heard bearing S.S.W., and therefore the course of the Jinsen Mere was altered to N.W., which brought her directly into the course of inward bound vessels from Japan to Hongkong. There was no other alteration of cours prior to the collision except to the extent that when the ship went astern it had the effect of bringing her head round to starboard. All, this time there was fog. At 12.5 the speed of the Jinsen Haru was reduced to slow and as the Captain was aware that land was near orders were given to stand by the anchor. This was twelve minutes before the collision, according to the inganny, and eleven minutes according to the insen Mary. The most important time he would mention in the case was 12.10, for then the inaen Maru's engines were stopped altogether. At 12.11 the fog signal of the Wingsang was first heard, bearing W. by N., 1/2N. on the Finsen Maru's port bow. At 12.14 the Jinsen Maru sighted the Wingsang. THE BANK CONSPIRACY CASE.

about two lengths away, though it was to estimate distances The case in which A. F. Remedios is very difficult charged with conspiring to defraud the correctly in the fog, two or three points hongkong and Shanghai Banking Cor-upon the port how. Plaintiffs said that poration was continued yesterday before the Wingenny was apparently approach- ing a considerable speed, and in fact Mr. J. R. Wood.

defendants admitted that they were going at three or four knots at the time they sighted the Finsen Maru. The fiusen Maru immediately went astern and blew three blasts to signify this intention, but Lee Kee, contractor, of Wellington | the Fingsang (and this was practically Street, deposed that he knew the defen- | admitted) came on at full speed and dant, and had had business dealings with endeavoured to cross the Finsen faru's him. He produced a receipt for commis bows. The question which the Court sion paid to the defendant as Anthony would have to decide later was whether this was a proper or improper maneuvre. The result of it was that the ships collided, the starboard side of the Wingsang striking the stern of the inseu Maru. He ¦ would prove that at the time of eighting the Wagsang the Finsen Maru was only going at about two knots and that her forward way was practically off her. There was a suggestion that the Jinsen but he would prove that at 12.5 the engines Alara was going at an excessive speed, Hotel at 12.30 am on the 5th May last.were put from half-speed to slow, and that Witness and, the defendant were alone from 12.10 to the time of the collision the together when the letter was written, ship was simply moving by her own momentum. It had been alleged against Remedios knew that he wrote the letter, the Jinten Maru that she was travelling and was aware of its contents. After it at an excessive speed having regard to had been written it was handed over to the circumstances at the time of the the defendant. Remedios wrote a letter slacken speed, or stop or reverse her collision and that she neglected to addressed to R. Richardson, Singapore, engines, or that she did not do so in due and the letter produced was an exact copy, time. These allegations he would deal The defendant showed it to him, and he with in detail later, but he would point noticed that the signature, L. Lyndhurst, out that if the speed of the ship had bee excessive she would have cut into the was in the handwriting of the defendant. Wingsany. This was borne out by the for three days, commencing today, Remedios told him that he was going to evidence of an expert witness taken de are being taken, and the Government immediately after the 7.30 am. Mass in post the latter the following morning

bene esne. After Mr, Potter had referred the Catholic Cathedral, there will be Witness never corresponded with the man benediction of the blessed sacrament Richardson, but he knew that the defen preceded by the Litany of the Saints, for dant was corresponding with him, and he the restoration of peace.

also know that the defendant referred THE GERMAN MAIL STEAMER to witness in correspondence under the assumed name of Hollywood. Witness addressed a certain envelope to R. the defendant, and defendant put two Richardson, Singapore, at the request of letters into the envelope, and took them away. Witness did not post the letters." at this stage, intimating that at the next Mr. Lewis asked for an adjournment hearing he would have to take the witness over the whole transactions in connection with the affair wit

The Magistrate granted the request.

The Daily

Press

HONGBONG, AUGUST 6TH, 1914.

GREAT BRITAIN & well as France and Russia are now officially declared to be at war with Germany. The Colony of Hongkong, in common with all parts of the Empire, is taking every measure for its own defence. While we are, of course, liable to all the surprises of war, it would seem extremely unlikely that any attack will be made by the enemy in force upon this Colony. One of the many proclams tion issued by HE THE GOVERNOR yesterday informs the inhabitants of the Colony that His Majesty's Navy will guard the Colony from an attack by the enemy in force, and that the present strength of the defences and garrison of the fortress make unlikely a raid by prodatory cruisers. The inhabitants are further informed, however, that all necessary measures to defeat such a raid

trust that the confidence of the people will be shown by their proceeding with their ordinary business as in time of. peace. It is perhaps of unnatural that

some pannicking should have manifested itself among the population in regard to food supplies, Hongkong being entirely dependent on outside sources for these; and the Chinese storekeepers have taken full advantage of the panic created by many people laying in stores sufficient to last for three or four months. It cannot be too strongly insisted that there is no justi fication for raising prices 50 and 60 per cent, as some of the big Chinese" depart-

receipt. Witness did not know anyone else in Anthony & Company, and as far as he knew the defendant was Anthony & Company,"

1006, the protected cruiser Emden, 2,544 tons, completed in 1909, and the gunboats Titis, Jaguar, Tiger, Luchs, Taingtau, Vaterland, Otter, and two torpedo-boats. Opposed to these in the Far East besides the British Chine Squadron which Company. The defendant signed the includes the Minotaur, Hampshire, New. castle, Farmonth Triumph, with eight torpedo bout destroyers and other craft, there is the French Squadron consisting of the armoured cruisers Montcalm and Dupler, two gunboats, five destroyers, and four submarines, besides the river craft; while the Russian naval force consists of the protected cruiser skold at the defendant's room at the Carlton and a few destroyers stationed at Vladivostock. I will thus be seen that the danger of Germany making an attack in form either on this Colony or on the Eastern possessions of any other Power with which she is now at war, is extremely remote, and we imagine that a few days ence will make the possibility of "' raids" by individual ships equally remote.

We are requested to state that

At the Supreme Court yesterday, upon the application of Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., Mr. Arthur Montague Preston was admitted to practice as abolicitor in the Courts of the Colony. Mr. Preston, who was admitted a solicitor in the Supreme Court of Judicuture in England on February 1st, 1911, tas joined the staff of Messrs. Johnson, Stukes & Master.

Reginald O. Gutierrez was then put in the witness-box. He said the photo graphed latter produced photograph of a letter he wrote himself

was

to the log of the IF'ingang just previous to the collision the bearing was adjourned.

KLEIST."

The Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Kleist, ed yesterday to be manoeuvring in the homeward bound from China, was report- vicinity of Sabang (Malacca). Now that war has broken out between Britain and Germany she will doubtless make for one which demonstrates the advantage to of the ports of the Netherlands Indies, Germany of observing the neutrality of Holland

THE

WAR.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

WAR BREAKS OUT BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

Up to 4 am, this morning, at which, hour we went to press, no confirmation had been received of the rumour which was in circulation in the Colony last night, to the effect that a naval battle had been fought in the North Sea, in which the Dreadnought. "Indefatigable” had distinguished herself by sinking or disabling four German cruisers, though she, too, had badly suffered in the encounter and had put into Hull for repairs. We were unable to obtain any confirmation of this rumour locally. Owing doubtless to the number of Government messages having to be cabled in

the last for listigh, heart

is instephine, just ad

considerable delay. It will be observed that no ficuter's message had been received up to the hour of going to prear announcing a declaration of was between Great Britain and Germany. That news is derived solely from the Governor's Proclamation.

BELGIUM REJECTS GERMANY'S ULTIMATUM"

LONDON, August 5th.

2.50 p.m.

It is officially announced that Belgium has rejected Germany's ultimatum, and will adopt all methods to defend her neutrality.

MANIFESTO BY THE TSAN.

LONDON, August 4th.

5.30 a.m.

The Tsar has issued a Manifesto in which he expresses his confidence that Russia will rise like one man and repulse "the insolent attack of

Germany.

EARL KITCHENER RECALLED

TO LONDON.

LONDON, August 6th.

5.80 8.m.

Earl Kitchener, who embarked at Dover yesterday, was recalled telegraphically. He landed and proceeded to London.

The Daily Telegraph says it is probable that Lord Kitchener will be appointed Secretary of State for War,

"JOYOUS DEFIANCE"

IN LONDON....

LONDON, August 5th.

2.46 a.m..

The scenes in London last night recalled those on the occasion of the relief of Mafcking, except that the note was one of joyous defiance, processions cheering, singing the Marseillaise, shouting snatches in French,

and waving English and French colours,

Their Majesties the King and Queen and the Prince of Wales

appeared on a balcony at Buckingham Palace and received an ovation.

There is much enthusiasm in the music halls.

MR. JOHN BURNS RENIGNS.

LONDON, August 51h.

2,45 &..

The Daily Telegraph states that Mr. John Burns, President of the Board of Trade, has resigned,!.

RADICALS PROTEST AGAINST WAR.

LONDON, August 5th.

2.45.a.m..

In the House of Commons, the Radical members Mr. Josiah

Wedgwood, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Arthur Ponsonby, and the Labourite, Mr.

Keir Hardie, protested against war.

Mr. Balfour appealed for the close of an impotent debate,?

PROTECTION OF BRITISH TRADE.

Mr. Lloyd George has said it is proposed to take steps to enable trade to be continued whatever happens.

LORD LANSDOWNE'S SUPPORT FOR SIR EDWARD GEEY. LONDON, August 5th.

2.45 a.m.

In the House of Lords, Lord Lansdowne, Leader of the Opposition, said: After Sir Edward Grey's speech and rare courage we have no fear of the Government's action,"

HOLLAND NOT INVADED.

AMSTERDAM, August 5th.

2.45 a.m.

It is denied that Limburg hus been invaded by the Germans. The German Minister has promised to respect the neutrality of Holland.

CHANGES IN FRENCH CABINET

LONDON, August 5th.

.5.30a.m.

Changes have taken place in the French Cabinet. M. Anganeur Minister of Instruction, takes the place of M. Gauthier, Minister of Marine, who has resigned, M. Doumergue has accepted.

the portfolio of Foreign Affairs, M. Viviani retains the Premiership, and M. Sarrat

has been appointed Minister of Instruction.

GENERAL MOBILISATION IN TURKEY.

LONDON, August 4th.

12.30 p.m.

The very significant news has been received that Turkey has ordered a general mobilisation,

FRENCH COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PROCEEDS TO THE FRONT.

LONDON, August 4th.

It is reported from Paris that General Joffre (Generalissimo of the Army 1) has left for the frontier.