1914-08-21 — Page 3

WAR NOTES.

AUSTRIAN SHIPPING.

The following notification was pub lished by the Government yesterday:

It is hereby notified that Austrian mer chant ships to which the Order-in-Council relating to the granting of days of grace shali be applicable, will, subject to the provisions of the said order, be allowed bp till midnight on Saturday, the 22nd August, 1914, for loading or unloading their cargoes and for departing from this port.

FOR GENERAL INFORMATION." The following was published in Gazette Extraordinary yesterday general information:

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GERMAN SHIPS CAPTURED.

A St. Petersburg telegram of August 5th states that the British fleet and captured the Kron Prinzess Cecilie, which had gold on hoard of the value of Ms. 20,000,000.

A Sydney telegram, published in a Japanese paper states that the Australian destroyer Parramatta captured the N.D.L. steamer Seydlitz at a poin), north of Sydney.

THE N.D.L. STEAMER YOROK,”

The N.D.L. stemmer Yorck, which has been taken off the European ruu, and had taken on board a large quantity of coal and provisions, steamed out of. Yokohama recently at about 7 pm, bound fer an unknown port A report N current that the vessel was captured outside Tokyo Bay that evening by a Japanese warship, and towed into Yoko suka but confirmation of the report

lacking.. If

true,

says

The following roads are closed except to members of His Majesty's Naval or Military Forces in unifort, and bolders

the that of passes from the Provost Marshal and

Japan Garette, it is probable Chinem:-

Japan scized her for defying an inter- By day and nights,

of national law forbidding vessels Pokfuam. Conduit West of Victoria belligerents to leave & neutral port within a certain period. The vessel was seen to steam out of the harbour with only her starboard light showing. When she arrived off Hanmoku she was swept by flashlights from warships lying in Yokosuka harbour. Immediately the Forch came to a dead stop, and the lights in board were immediately extinguished. At once the changed her course to evale the attention of the Japanese navaj vessels, and them was lost to the view ol those on shore.

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Wong-nei-chung Ban Road South of junction with Bowen Road. Ragd from Wong-rdischung Gap to Late Hanghong.

Rood from: Wong-wei-chung-Gap to Pumping Station:"Tycam Bay. Rond from Quarry Bay to Tytam

Heservoir.

Road from Shapkiwon to Tytam Bay. Hoad from Shaukiwan to Sheko und Cape D'Aguilar.

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A later paper says there is no trath in the report that the Fored was, captured,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 191.

WAR TELEGRAMS.

[FROM NORTHERN PAPERS.]. WOUNDING OF GERMAN CROWN PRINCE CONTRADICTED.

NEW YORK, August 10th The reported wounding of H, 1. H. the Crown Prince of Gormany at the front is contradicted.

It was D later telegram than this. through Renter's Agency, which stated that the Kaiser had proceeded to Aix-la- Chapelle visit the Prince in Hospital- Eo.

GERMAN VICTORIES.

NEW YORK, August 13th. The following official telegram has been received from Berlin :-

The Fatherland is now free of French Troops. At Mulhausen, the Gormans have captured 1,110 French and four guns; at Longwy 1.000 more French have been taken, including many officers; et La Garde, 1,000 French have been taken. A

big German force is moving on Brussels. Millions of Austrians aud Germans con- front the French and British allies along the Linge-Lixemburg-Metz line,"

THE FAR EAST AND THE WAR. The Shanghai National Review has the following: We learn that the President has addressed to the Governments of those Powers concerned in the war, through the United States and Japanese Governments, an urgent request that the area of operations should be confined to Eyep, or at least should not be allowed to extend in the Far East. This request is based on the very soundest ground of plain common sense. As far as the issue

· The Osaka Mainichi reports that if the war is concerned it can matter connection with the seizure of the Russian very little what happens to such places Volunteer Plet steamer Rjazan -by-a

as longkong and Tsingtan, and if the German warship, the Russian Ambassador President's appeal obtains a hearing it at Tokyo is said to have wat the follow-

will, of course, be understood that forces ing official Note to Baron Kató, Minister now concentrated in these ports should f Foreign Affairs:-

The jagan, which left. Shanghai with regarded as interned in neutral ports, officials of the British Colonies and other until by definite declaration the arrange passengers un board called at. Nagasakit is cancelled on one side or the other. after the giving of a pre-determined and left that port for Vladivostock on Her Captain, jarior to his

notice. The effecting of an arrangement The 3rd inst. departure, was warned that German men- of-war had been sighted between Iki and Tsushima. hi consequence, he set his course along the Korean Archipelago. It is reported that the steamour was seized by an unknown German man-of-war in the above-mentioned Archipelago on the 4th instant:- If this statement is true the capture of the Kjuzon is a violation of the sovreignty and neutrality of the Japanese Emperor."

Any forestry paths south of drawn from Kennedy Town Hospital. THE CAPTURE OF THE RJAZAN. through Mountain Lodge. Mátikla, Hpital, Wanelui Cup, Quarry Bay Gap, and yemun. BUROPENNA TO OBTAIN WRITTEN PERMISSION BEFORE LEAVING THE COLONY, Ang European desiring to leave the Colony should apply in writing for per- mission. To do so to the Provost Marshal, Handquarters Offices, at least 45 hours before the intended hour of departure, giving naure, age, sex, height, complexion and serupation of the applicant and stating the name of the sivamer or other Messel or the hour of the train by which the Applirert wides to leave.

COMBINED ATTACK ON TSINGTAU EXPECTED.

PEKING, August 111k.. The Peking Daily Neès publishes to day a leading article in which it is stated that an attack by Britain, France and Russia nn Tsingtad both from the land and from the son sites is to be expected shortly: and it is probable that the neutrality of China would be violated by the and attack. The paper expresses a hope that attack will be carried out by such superior numbers that any resistance must be useless, and that the fighting will cost the gallant defenders but small loss. GERMAN GUNG SEIZED IN CHINA.

A Japanese official despatch, dated Tintin, August 5th. says:-Four field ga, ammunition and other-war-supplies Horded in two freight cars which had been sent from Peking to Tsingtao were Seized! by the Fronch guards stationed at the railway station here to-day.

EFFECTS OF THE WAR IN CHINA.

Much inconvenience is said to have been caused in China by the resignation of foreigners in the serview of the Chinese tavernment, owing to their obligation to rar o their respective countries for military service.

AMNESTY FOR FRENCH DESERTERS.

The French Legution in Peking pub- Vishers a proclamation that an amnesty will be areorded all deserters from the Army if they present themselves to, the iplom in or Coisalar Authorities in Chun hefore the 14th September,

GERMANS EXPELLED PROM VLADIVOSTOK.

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APTACK ON GERMAN. LEGATION

AT ST. PETERSBURG.

An official enmutigne with regard t the attack on the German Legation at St. Petersburg is published at Har It states that information had been Ieived in St. Petersburg that not only lar Gecian public but also the Govern- went officials bad been guilty of improper Behaviour towards Russian subjects who were about to have Gercany, UYCIE wards the higher diplomatie officials, Moreover, tiue respect was not even paid to the Dowager Empress of Russia who was passing through Germany, while the Russian Grand Duke Constantine had been detained. In view of these happen- ings public indignation in St. Petersburg. could be understood. An attack on the German Legation, in St. Petersburg tick place on August 3rd as a result of these reports of ill-treatment and disrespect reaching St. Petersburg hat the Govern ment condemais such conduct, although the property attacked belonged, to nation with which Russia was at war.

The Grand Duke has arrived at St. Petersburg.

REPORTED DEATH OF EMPEROR

FRANCIS JOSEPH.

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A Vladivostock paper reports that on August 4th at 7.30 p.m. Emperor Francis Joven of Austt-Hungary diet" from heart failure.

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of this kind would greatly relieve the commercial and financial situation throughout the Far East, and could not conceivably militato against the interests of any nation engaged in the war, whether those interests were military, naval or merely financial and commercial. It is sincerely to be hoped that the very reasonable request of the President will most with a sympathetic hearing from the Powers.

The

PHILIPPINE FOREST CONCESSIONS.

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Insular

Bureau of

Affairs, Washington, announces that while, there 200,000,000,000 board feet of merchant- able lumber standing on the 60,000 square railes of Philippine public forests, in 1913 of there were milled the small total 20,000,000 feet, of which less than one

THE HONGKONG BANK CASE.

REMEDIOS SENTENCED.

the conversation and apparently sail something to Gutierrez to this effcct: You had better tell us all about it.". There Gutierrez was confronted by the man who paid hirm his wages, the man to The trial was concluded yesterday at the whom he was indebted as a representative Criminal Sessions before Mr. Justice of the Bank, for his fivelihood. Gutierrez, Gompertz, Chief Justice, of Antonio confronted in such a 'manner, would say Filomeno Remedios, who was indicted on to himself: Everything is at stake, a charge of conspiring will/ Reginaldo By that very harmless means of being Oliverio Gutierrez and others to defraud asked to tell them all about it, Gutierrez the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking saw a way out; a way out by implicating Wher Corporation on April 19, 1814, and and duplicating another man. on divers other dates between that und| Gutierrez was confronted with a letter in June 27th.

his own hand-writing by the Captain Mr. G. G. Albaster, instructed by Me Superintendent of Police, he made the Lewis (of Messrs, Johnston, Stokes and lame excuse that he wrote it at another?

There was another eighth was exported. Major Ahern, the Master), prosecuted, and Mr. F. C. Jenn's dictation.

reason why he had turned King's insular director of forestry, believes therekin, instructed by Mr. Crew (of Mesars is an export market awaiting the establish, Hastings and Hastings), defended

evidence, but Counsel said he could not ment of milling enterprises, which would

refer to it.. Mr. Jenkin said that of the take 100,000,000 feet yearly, mainly of four woods--lauan, apitong, guijo, and

numerous documents the two letters only were important. Those two letters did cal. These tress grow to a very large

nas point, to anyone but Gutierrez. The letter was in his hand-writing and the other. Gutierrez said, was typewritten by Remedios. The handwritten, letter Gutierrez said he wrote for another man. That might well have been, but the other man was sitting by his side. Why did he sign the man of the other man when that man had only to take up the pen and. sigeed Lionel" They knew from the witnesses that Remedios could write. The absurdity of the suggestion of Gutierrez to say that he wrote that letter and signed it because Remedios had not a typewritter was asking the jury to be misguided and to accept that which would

w-ho be accepted only by men gullible. Counsel asked the jury if they

size.

The jury comprised Messra. N. Brum pond, G. W. Powell, E. Abraham, T. W.

Mr. Jenkin, again questioning Mr. McKay, G. Lee, J. II. Taggart, J. Fasse.

Dovey, who had been called, as a hand- writing expert, asked him if he had I heard of Mr. Gurrin, the Home Office

handwriting expert.

Witness-No.

A large number, are found on a limited area, and their extraction affords an attractive enterprise for a modern logging and milling operation. These public forest lands in the Philippines are hot sold. birt. are developed under a Yearly licenses are license systeto. ordinarie given small operators for The larger tracts are limited areas. offered in the form of 20 year exclusive licenses, which provide for the removal of timber and minor forests produces

Therefore you de-nin know that be said without affecting the title to the land.

the only reliable way by which hand At present 11 such exclusive licenses. popularly called concessions, are in a writing could he compared was by com representing American,parison; this is nothing in any wystem operation,

Have you read any treatise by him on the investigation of crime by handl writing --No!

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Mr. N. L. Smith, Assistant Postianster General, depased that he received a receipt from Singapore signed “Richard- son on July 7th.

British. Chinese, German, Spanish, and Filipino capital. A recent timber conces sion was granted to a Chinese company' that will find no difficulty in disposing of its products through its connections in China while the British and German: interests and their markers for Philip pine woods in Ladin and Europe as well as in China. The Forestry Bureau now in size from 35 to 300 square miles, with|plication of defending Counsel, was asked has available a number of tracts, ranging

if he was acquainted with Sir Howard our or two of much larger size, awaiting applications.

Vincent's Polier Code." Sir Howard Vincent was Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.

Cleaning the teeth with tooth-powders or

tooth-paste can never, under any circumstances, preserve them from destruction.

That follows from the simple fact that the parts most liable to decay--the hacks of the molars, the-interstices between the teeth, and the cavities in them are exactly those which remain untouched by either powders or pastes. And therefore mischief. once commenced in these places, advances undisturbed:

But Odol, being liquid, can penetrate the minutest crevices, and, as it has a real antiseptic effect, lasting for hours, arrests all bacterial and fermentation processes, which inevitably destroy the teeth.

"PLEASE TAKE ME HOME

AN ENTERPRISING SHANGHAI

TERRIER.

TYPHOON WARNING.

. The telegram quoted below was received the American Consulate General,

A train arrived at Kobe from Maibaru been confrracd through through other hal dilly at once suggests itself after Hongkong, from the Manila Observatory

THE MEN OF THE MOMENT.

the 6th instant containing 93 Germans | sources by this time. ---Ev.J from Vladivostok, and there was quite 2 comitian-on their arrival, says," the Angan Chronicle. Dr.. Stolbe, the Ger- wain Consul at Vladivostok, arrived bra

The various commanders-in-chief of the later train. Mr. Dirks, of the Kobe British, German and French Forces are Cuan Consulate, met the party on their all user id as middle-aged, vet must arrival, and arranged for their accom- podation in the Tor and Central Hotels. of them are over 50, thus:-British-Lord Kitehen, 54; Field Marshal Sir J. D. Mi Hermann Wolff. one of the party Feench, 1; Admiral Sir J. R. Jellice, stated to a Press representative that the Germans in Vladivostok had twenty-four Rt. Hon Winston Churchill, First

German urs notice to anit. This affected about Lord of the Admiralty 40. 200-sons,

half of whom left by train General H. von Moltke, 66; Admirál The Lugenol, 56. - French-General Joffre, 62; for. Harbin, en route to Tsingtau Kussian authorities it was stated, had Admiral B do Lapeyrore, 61. tested them with the utmost considera Fion.

JAPANESE COAL.

Y.Y.K. EUROPEAN SERVICE.

Foreign exchange being practically is reported that the Misui Bussinum-existent, shipment of goods bring Kaisha and Mitsu Bishi Company have suspended, and insurances unohtainabl

Lon account of the war, the question arise

The burden of a one-time popular music reading the following communication addressed to the Editor of the N.-C. Daily Yeux

Ste. 1 should feel everlastingly grateful if you would insert this letter in a prominent

a: 10,20 a.m. yesterday:

Cyclown or typhoon S. E. of Meincesima, moving W. or W.N.W.

were

By Mr. Jenkin-He did not know who noticed the demennouir of Gutierrez when he was cross-examined on the letter found signed the receipt.

in his desk. Gatierrez could not look him Inspector Tarrett, recalled on the apstraight in the face. He looked around and licked his tips. Those were signs of nervousness, and his whole demeanour was extremely against him. Dealing with said however conscientiously the witress the evidence on hand-writing, Counsel

had given bis evidence it did not follow that the evidence was infallible. Counsel further suggested, that the letter, which it was alleged Gutierrez received in gnol from Remedins, was part of the scheme of Gutierrez..

Witness-I know him as that.

I put it to you that your note does not include the statement by Remedies that i never knew Gutierrez, in the Bank interview1--1'said my note included that. This concluded the case for the Crown. Mr. Alabaster, addressing the jury, said the only question they had to decide--- they could divide it into two if they liked Did Remedies and Gutierrez | agreo together to defraud the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank by means of a forged letter of credit" Counsel suknitted that. Gutierrez had made a clean breast of his connection with the affair. He had

The jury were absent only - seven

their return gave miastes and on verdiet of guilty.

His Lordship elicited that prisoner was : 28 years of age, had worked nine years for Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., and supported an aged mother. He had au | brothers, but five sistors. In passing sentence of three years' imprisonment with hard labour, llis Lordship said the jury and returned a verdict with which he entirely concurred. If the scheme had succeeded, it would have deprived the

nut attempted to defend himself; he had | Bánk of a large sum of money.

even told them-although the suggestion

to defraud the Bank came from Remedios

that it was he (Gutierrez) wino suggest ed the way it should be done, by letter of credit and not by a cheque book on the Singapore branch of the bank. Gutierrez had not attempted in any way to conceal his own guilt. He had admitted it could not in doon at all without his assistance and he admitted that he had written only of the two letters.. Counsel emphasized the significance of the contents of the leiter passed by prisones to Gutierezit the jail, asking him to play the gan" and turn his evidence so that they would all get off.

Mr. Jenkin, commencing his address for the defence, called the attention of the jury to the position of the prisoner in the box; the atmosphere of a criminal court with bars about him and policemen on The either side of him urmed to the teeth. impression created was that the prisoner, in such surroundings, was a guilty Z.

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· CORPES-VISLICE-

Apropos of the reported death of Wiit: Wolf, the NC. Daily News says a grisly story comes from Huaianfu, where within the past fortnight another notorious brigand has been captured and. behended. As with "While Wolf," it was suggested by some people that not another mat the beigand himself but

of the same name "had been bagged. So the authorities hit upon the following way of convincing the scoptical. They caused a casket to be made, with a glass top, filled it with spirits of wine and put In order that the the head into it. business might be properly carried out. they engaged the services of a Chines doctor who had been trained in Western medicine: and there the head remains for all to go who care to see. It is at least a good object lesson in the penalties of brigandage.

INTIMATIONS ·

CALDBECK,

"If 1 took off my robes and sat in the dock," declared Counsel, I have doubt I should Inok as guilty as Remedios.' By every rulo in Criminal FOR SALE A CHINESE CRUISER. Law, until the jury finally gave their MACGREGOR&C«

The

position in the North-fhina Daily News in the hope that sonicunt: more favourably placed than I am from a pecuniary point of A the latter part of the Manchu verdict of "guilty," the man standing in

There the dock was an incent man. view will come forward and meet my appeal. regime, an order for the building of

I am an Englishman and feel it my duty large cruiser was placed with an Ameri-fore, they did not start off with any pre- in view of the present crisis, to return, Lo

car Yard by the Chinese Goverment.sumption against the prisoner, but with esf His

The naine of the cruiser was the Feihung, England and join some branch Majesty's foros. My own previous train and the contract price was Tis, 3,500,000 every presumption in his favour. is up to the standard of a Territorial Leaf which Tis. 2,000,000 has been paid. Mr. evidency of an accomplice was practically tenant.

ent to the United

valueless unless it was corroborated by I estimate that £100 would cover the costYang Chi-chan was

States as supervisor of her construction. before the completion and delivery

This rule was one the ship, the revolution of 1911 broke independent source. ur, and Mr. Yang was instructed by which was always followed. Gutierrez the Ministry of Marion to hasten her construction. In June of last year, Mr. was an accomplice on his own allegation Yang reported to the Government the and he had turned King's evidence.. completion of the building of the

But

of

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SOLE AGENTS FOR

evidenco obtained from an gheolutely BROOKE'S

suspended the shipment of enal to tiernan as to the advisability of continuing the tically amounts tà, give me £100 against my Peihung and asked for the remittance of What were the reasons why he turned

vr-sels

In consequence the Mitsui's Moji office In relined to accent an order for 10,000. tons of coal to be shipped to Manila for * German transport and the departares of three colliers for Java was suspended

--Sappisaki Press,

Tls. 1,500,000, the balance due to America, King's evidence?

In the first place,

of my passage to England and necessary ex- penses involved in joining the army.

My own net assets amout to less than half that sm and in addition would be difficult to convert into hard cash before I start, which I wish to do as soon as possible.

To state my position briefly, I wish to invet someone who is willing to, what prae- Nippon Yusen Kaisha European service assets of ghout value of $400 as I can give no guarnites of being able to repay the

s that he could bring the ship to China. Gutierrez said he did not know why he It has been announced as a result of

Just then, the second upheaval occurred had turned King's evidence and he did considering the question from all points balance.

My only guarantee of goal frich is that and both the attention and the inancial of view that so long as Italy remains

I am throwing up an extremely good "joh"

resources of the Government were fully not know of any way in which he would Peutral there is nothing to fear in the Mediterranean passage, and, so long as in order to return home, and offer my servir devoted to the suppression of the distur benefit or what he was going to get out

for whatever they are worth. the British Navy holds the North Sex

This For etvicals reasons I do not wish my bance. It is reported that the Ministry of it. It was the usual rule, when a man serries will be continued.

name to appear at the hestom of this letter. of Marine has received another reminder turned King's evidence, for him to get decision it is intended to adhere to whether Japan remains neatral or not. but enclose my card and would ask you to that unless the balance is remitted at

There are al present five of the be good enough to give my name to whoever once, the ship-builder threatens to sell something. For a man to stand there like sono other country. Gutierrez and say he did not know what As a result of negotiations held in Lou-"

Besides the contract price, Tis. 80 per St. Petersburg between the company's steamers west. of Suez:-The may come forward to meet my request.- the cruiser to

he would get out of it was a lie it must Great ga maru, Atsatamara, Tokiuwmurham, etc., diplomatic

day has to be paid for the use of the representatives of

Miyasaki-taru, and Kitano-maru, Britain Bastia and Japan, it is stated in

harf alongside which the ship is moored; be a lie. If the jury found hire telling Shanghai, August 12th. Lyo-mari loft Singapore westwards on “The Javapoonamys Thakun arrangement- was effected that by virtue of the Agrethe 4th instant, and the Hirano-It will be interesting to learn if the and this account has accumulated for lies, and the case for the prosecution ment no existing between Russia and bound for Europe, left Hongkong on enterprise moraled.—En. Japan the northern Paver would with the 1th inst.-Japer Chronicle.

JAPAN ÄR DEARDIAN OF RUSSIAN INTERESTS IN MANCHURIA.

The

draw all her troops in the Far East and Concentrate them on her western hound- aries. Until the termination of the war The total output of the Kailan Mini Japa wuard the interests of Russia Administration's mines for the week in Manchuria and other neighbouring ending 8th August, amounted to 1,292 12 districts in Chinn. This was why Russia tons and the sales during the period, to ordered the mobilization of the whole of 26,269.15 tons.

her forces.

TERRITORIAL.

over a year. The Ministry has replied practically rested on Gutierrez, the case by telegraph, consenting to the proposal

to sell the ship, instructing the payment against the prisoner was gone. Counsel The Chinese Customs Garette for the of the wharfage out of the Tls. 2,000,000 dealt with the interview at the Bank between Remedios, Gutierrez and the Erst quarter of the present rear shows which was paid as bargain money, and

Captain Superintendent of Police, an the revenue to have amounted to Tls.iring Mr. Yang to request the ship building firin to return to China any 10,238, 120 as compared with T3. 9.439,801 balance that may be left over and above Inspector, and Mr. Barlow, a Bank for the corresponding quarter of last the money due to it after the ship has official.

year.

been sold.

Mr. Barl w took some part in

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