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{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

THE DESTRUCTION OF TERMONDE.

LONDON, September 19th

3.45 p.m.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st, 1914.

An Antwerp telegram reports that the Germans on the 17th inst completed the destruction of Termonde by a third bombardment.

The Church is still standing, though the tower is damaged. The Hospital was partially spared, but all other buildings are in ruins.

MR. ASQUITH ON GERMANY'S GROSS AND FANTASTIC

MISCALCULATION.

LONDON, September 18th.

11 p.m.

Mr. Asquith, addressing a great meeting at Edinburgh, at which many notables, including Lord Rosebery, were present, declared that the war was the deliberato act of Germany, due to a gross and fantastic miscalculation by the Kaiser's advisers of the true spirit of Great Britain, India and the Colonics.

Proceeding, the Prime Minister said: Louvain. Malines and Termonde will henceforward be names braided on the brow of German culture. The full accomplishment of our task will certainly take months, possibly years, but nothing short of its fall accomplishment is worthy of nur traditions or will satisfy our rescive.”

MI LLOYD GEORGE ON THE WAR,

September 19th.

Mr. Lloyd George, addressing a meeting of Welslimen in Queen's. Hall, London, in connection with the recruiting movement, all parties being represented on the platform, emphasised that we could not have refrained from war without national dishonour. He dezounced German treaty-breaking and declared that Germany must be taught to respect treaties in future. Germany's barbarian must be stamped ont.

LORD KITCHENER AND THE PRINCE OF WALES.

LONDON, September 18th.

8.40 p.m.

The Official Press Bureau announces that H.R.H. the Prince of Wales approached Lord Kitchener saying that ho urgently desired to proceed to the front. An, however, His Royal Highness has not completed his military training Lord Kitchener has submitted to His Majesty the King that it is undesirablo, that the Prince should at present proceed on activo ærvice.

LISTS OF PRISONERS EXCHANGED.

LONDON, September 18th.

.9.50 p.m. -The Press Bureau confirms the exchange of lists of prisoners and niso that arrangements have been made to send letters, parcels, etc.

DEPUTY-MASTER OF THE KING'S HOUSEHOLD KILLED IN ACTION.

LONDON, September 18th.

'5.35. p.m.

Capt. Lord John Hamilton, of the Irish Guards, Deputy-Master

of the King's Household, has been killed in action.

LOSS OF AN AUSTRALIAN SUBMARINE.

LONDON, September 19th.

The Press Bureau announces that the Admiralty has received a cable from Australia reporting the loss of Submarine A E, 1. No details have been received.

TELEGRAM.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] DEPARTURE OF THE SHACKLETON

EXPEDITION.

LONDON, September 18th. Sir Ernest Shackleton and the members of his Expedition have left London for the South Pole.

The Aurora section is going to Tasmania and will proceed thence to the Ross Sea.

The other section, including Sir Ernest Shackleton, is going to South America and thenes to Weddell Sea. They join the Endurance at Buenos Aires.

There wore cordial Farewells upon their departure from London,

the

WAR NEWS.

CHINA AND GERMANY,

HOIST WITH THEIR OWN TETARD.

COMPANY MEETING.

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI ·

BANKING CORPORATION.

(Fnou Oun OwxX CORRESPONDENT.]

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HOME AND CHINA AFFAIRS, nighmares that even the corrupt grand- dukca and crystal-gazing sorcerers, by which he is surrounded, may have difficulty in subduing them. An extraordinary meeting of the share

Austria The Peking correspondent of the Y.-G. holders in the above was held in the City

THE WAR

knows her own weakness so well that sho Daily News writes:-

The agencies for the dissemination of Landale (Chairman of Directors) pre-

has drawn-out cren the only sons of Hall on Saturday. The Hon. Mr. D.

---LONDON," "August 6th,

widows, who have had scarcely any true truth" employed by Germany sided, and those also present were of war with Germany, and all the Austria have to supply the largest pro-

Standing as we are at the beginning have assiduously endeavoured to convinco Messrs. W. L. Paitenden, S. H. Dodwell, unknown possibilities that a general portion of troops for the front, bocanso training. The Italian provinces of the Chinese that only one ending for this. S. Gubbny, P. H. Holyoak, J. Aconflagration in Europe will bring, it is the Slavs cannot be trusted, and a con- war is possible, and that is the eclipse Plummer (Directors), Sir Paul Chater, of erstwhile powerful nations and the CM.G., Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett, C.M.G., hopeless to devote much attention to

siderable proportion of the German feadership of the world. In many quar Messrs. A. H. Barlow, A. C. Hynes, F. H. is overshadowed by it. ters the true truth-tellers- have found Thomas, W. Inglis, G. E. Towns, H. C.

provinces, This game of putting ona receptive audiences, and these believers Sandford, C. G.. S. Forsyth, WI. Psome-desultory sport, and wo are going exciting one, but it does not make the task have now developed chills in their pedal Thursfield, M. A. Murray, C. F. Carvalho, about our business as usual, except as ruled not so much by patriotism as by We are doing nationality to guard another is an extremities which make them disagreeably V. A. F. Collaco, J. M. Eca, Ho Wing, to the banks, which are closed for another terror, with vigilanco ever in evidence to of the Governmont easy. It is au army uncertain as to whether it will be II. W. Louter, Rev. Father L. Robert, three days to facilitate arrangements to prevent decortion. profitable for China, after all, or Piercey, Lo Cheung Shin, Ho Fook, Teang Germany to triumph. The threats that Foo, J, W. C. Bonnag, W. Dunbar, A. V deal with the financial system on a sound reported demonstrations, it is believed a Germany will make China suffer for Ancar, Rev. Father Noval, Ho Kom basis, but our minds are obsessed by this secretly opposed to the war, but popular In spite of the doing the only thing she could do, are, Tong, D. Haskell, E.. I. ITaskell, R. G. nightmare of war that has come upon us, demonstrations are easily and cheaply consequently, disadvantageous, for the

majority of the nation in Austria are campaign of the German agents is being Shewan, G. K. Hazion, W. H. Purcell, set off by the belief that is now gaining A. S. D. Cousland, D. II. Silas, K. D.d to discuss general topics seems almost organised in that country. currency that Germany has the inherent Gazdar, Tang Chi Ngon, F. K. Kwok, like levity. Viewed after the tense hours the calmness of the British crowds, and bullying tendencias which the nations. C. F. Cuaningham, Dr. J. H. Sanders, of Monday, whon Sir Edward Grey even of those of the French capital. Wo nost striking things about the crisis is which are now fighting her have con sistently claimed.

E. Kadoorie, E. R. Bale, D. Mac-delivered his historic speech defining have had demonstrations, it is true, in reads to believe that Germany was being. H. H. Bond, P. C Pots, H. J. Gedge, ont in bold relief: the duplicity of Whitehall, but the pits of the people, Chinese who were donald, F. Maitland, A. J. P. Pumfzett, England's position, three things stand front of Buckingham Palace and is illtreated are now only too eager to agree Dr. F. O. Stedman, C. H. P. Hay, D. J. that she ought to be whipped. They do Lewis, and E. J. Grist, with the Acting Germany, the statesmanlike and drumatic not like the threat of reprisals-and that Chief Manager, Mr. A. J. Stephen. threat has done more to discount the campaign which the Germans were care the notice convening the meeting,

The Acting Chief Manager having read the debate, and the solidarity, and intervention of Mr. John Redmond in fully developing than any counter state-

The CHAIRMAN said:-Gentlemen, this cageracess even, of the British people in Allies could have made.

resolution which was passed at the extra- are sandwichmen bearing appeals to POSTPONEMENT OF PAYMENT OF the Corporation held on the 22nd August, for Russia." Some newspapers have ordinary meeting of the shareholders of the public to stop the war and not fight BILLS OF EXCHANGE

having for its object the alteration of The following Royal

certain of the Articles of the Deed of page advertisements to the same effect, Bettlement. appears in the current

I do not think that it is emanating from, a new organisation called Garctic-

necessary for me to enter into any further the Neutrality League, of which Lord Whereas in view of the critical with when first introduced, and with your Courtacy, and several other well-known explanation, as the matter was fully dealt situation in Europe and the financial permission I will now propose the resoli difficulties caused thereby it is expedient tion. I beg to propose that the payment of certain bills, of exchange should be postponed as appears in this Proclamation:

glorified ascendency of Germany to the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., and | subjcels other than the war. Everything troops will have to police the Slav

self-restraint

One of the

though ready to fight, are filled with

list, having volunteered for service, it Carpentier, the French champion pugi- would appear that his engagement to fight Cynics are

Carpentier is a member. now suggesting that Wells should join the forces oppost to the army of which

mants which the representatives of the meeting is called in order to confirm the the face of danger. Parading the streets Bombardier Wells is "off."

Proclamation

issue of the

Now, therefore, We have thought fit," by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, to issue this Our Royal Pro- clamation, and We do hereby proclaim, dicect, and ordain as follows:-

If on the presentation for payment of n bill of exchange, other than a chaque or bill on demand, which has been accepted before the beginning of the fourth day of August, nineteen hundred and fourteen, the neceptor re-accepts the bill by a declaration on the face of the ... that bill shall, for all purposes, bill including the liability of any drawer or any other party thereto, be deemed to be due and be payable on a date one calendar month after the date of its original maturity instead of on the date of its original maturity, and to be a bill for the original amount thereof increased by the amount of interest thereon calculated from the date of re-acceptance to the new date of payment at the Bank of England rate current on the date of the re-acceptance of the Bill.

WAR RISKS AND DILLS OF LADING.

The following appears in the curreat issue of the Gazette:-

The attention of His Majesty's Govern ment has been called to the fact that difficulties have arisen between shippers. and shipowners in consequence of the wish of the latter to insert in Bills of Lading a clause to cover obligations which they undertake in many voyagos to call at a port in the United Kingdom for information, instructions or advice before proceeding on the final stage of the voyage. The following is the text of such a clause--

"If and so long as the ship is insured against war risks with a War Risks Insurance Association under or in connection with a War Risks Insurance Scheme of His Majesty's Government the ship, in addition to any liberties expressed or implied in this Bill of Lading, aball have the liberty to comply with any ordera or, directions as to the departure, arrival, routes, ports of call, stoppages

otherwise от

howsoever given by His Majesty's Government or any department thereof or any person acting or purporting to act with tho authority of His Majesty or of His Majesty's Government or of any depart- ment thereof or by any committee or by any committee or under the terms of the war risks person having insurance on the ship the right to give such orders or directions, and nothing done or not done by reason of any such orders or directions, and nothing done by reason of any such orders or directions shall be deemed a deviation. realise that the above requirements are Te is important that shippers should that of the ship, and are in no wise to for the security of the cargo equally with the prejudice of the shippers' interests insurance scheme above referred to are which are being safeguarded and not

not available at the Colonial Secretary's sacrified. Particulars of the war risks

office at present, but are expected shortly.

Company be altered in manner follow That the Deed of Settlement of the ing:

They have a

THE BRITISIL CAVINET, disappeared and wo resume the even When the clouds of this war have enour of our way, some changes will political. One of the pathetic figures of vory likely be noticed, personal and peace men are the heads.

to-day is Viscount Morley, who like John

have submerged their prejudices now that Socialists, but I think even they will the policy of Sir Edward Groy. To this certain following, including some of the Burns and C. Masterman cannot support Nestor of the Cabinet these warlike (That the following words beevents have proceeded to the conclusion opposed to his whole nature and inclina-

alarms are peculiarly struck out of lines two and three which was inevitable.

distasteful, of Article te, namely, the words of some halting and hesitation in Bir shrunken, and his retirement cannot be There were signs tion. He has suddenly become feeble and for not exceeding fifteen days Edward Grey's otherwise firm and clear signatory to the Grey policy, but if any before and seven days after

far off, Mr. Harcourt is a reluctant every Ordinary Meeting" and cut speech, due to the reluctance of a untoward disagreement should lead to that the following words be section of the Cabinet to agree to the resignation of Sir Edward Grey, Mr. adopted and substituted there- intervention. But the temper of the Harcourt is his most likely successor, for for, namely, during such time as the Court thinka fit, not House was quickly shown when the critics he has done an enormous amount of work exceeding in the whole thirty of intervention rose in debate and were solid to the support of the Premier. Mr. days in each year."

in a quiet way to keep the rank and file (6.) That the following words be

dubbed by Mr. Dalfour the "dregs and Herbert Samuel would be struck out of the last line of lees." The House, which was so crowded Chancellor of the Exchequer if Mr. Lloyd the next Article 66, namely, "after the that chairs occupied every part of the George hat to be provided with Mecting and that the follow ing words bo adopted and aisles, simply throbbed with enraged Churchill, it is well-known, has been successor in that office. Mr. Winston substituted therefor, namely, dissent as the peace-at-any-price man restive for some months because He could after the re-opening of the orated. And, contrariwise, the declara-not get the solutions he wanted to sundry Register." (r.) That Articles 76, 77 and 78 be

tion by Mr. John Redmond as to the but the crisis has given him ample problems connected with the Admiralty, cancelled.

loyalty of Ireland was cheered to the occupation and a full blast of limelight. (d)-That the following Articles be echo by none more fervently than his

adopted and substituted for erstwhile Ulster enemies. And, to crown than for some time.

so he is probably moro contented today Articlea 78, 17 Bad 78, namely:-'

it all, there is this significant fact, that Article 76. General Meetings shall be held once in every year, at such time ahead of the proclamation of the the reserves responded to the summons and place in the Colony as may be mobilisation, so that in less than twelve prescribed by the Company in General "Meeting, and if no such time or place hours the navy was fully prepared for " is prescribed, then at such time and all emergencies. That, surely, augursmooted in some smoking-rooms that if the "place as may be determined by the well for the heart of the nation.

General Meeting thall be held in the Court, and unless and until otherwise prescribed or determined as aforesaid. month of February in every year.' Article 77. The General Meetings "mentioned in the last preceding Articla "shall be called Ordinary Meetings."

Article 78. All other General Mest "ings shall be called Extraordinary "Meetings.**

STOCK EXCHANGE STORIES.

On the Opposition side Mr. Bonar Law

there appears to be some disposition to makes no weret of his disregard of Mr. Austen Chamberlain as a financier and shunt the latter from the inner councils of the Conservatives, now that his great father is no longer among men. It is Government became Conservative, the only

way Mr. Bondr Law conid bo The hammering" of several brokers on

induced to stand, aside frous the Premier- the Stack Exchange in the first days of consider he is not fitted would be ta ship-for which many men in the party the crisis, before the Stock Exchange was make bin Chancellor of the Exchequer, of many firms in a time of excitement.softening of asperities on the Irish ques closed, showed how fragile is the credit

to the exclusion of Mr. Chamberlain. One of the men declared a defaulter had tion. Conservatives are loudest in their Another change that is predicted is the (That Article 10 be altered by for many years been a conspicuous figure praise of Mr. Redmond since his speech

inserting and adopting after on the Exchange. the word holding in line

In a humbler walk of

on Irish loyalty. He is even embarrassed five thereof the words "or life he would have been called eccentric. and Captain Craig found themselves by their enthusiasm. Lord Lansdowne representing by proxy" and He held peculiar views on public matters unexpectedly impressed at the abortive by striking out at the end of and publicly expressed them in his conference at Buckingham Palace by Mr. the said Articlo. the words

present in person."

to clients-such views, for in fact, seemed to be in the air, when Sir (f.)-That the following words be example, as that the Ulster and the Edward Carson and Mr. Bonar Law Redmond and Mr. Dillon. Pacification, added to Article 84: The National Volunteers in Ireland were broko all possibilities of agreement by

Court as from time to time

circulare

pay to the Shareholders such subsidised by a Foreign Power su that bitterly acid contributions to the negotia "interim dividends as appear England would not be able to interfere acid phrase of Mr. Law's that finally "to be justified by the position

tions. It was said to have been an of the Company."

in a foreign crisis. ()-That the following words be Latin

His partiality for disrupted the conference. struck out of the first three and marked him out for attention, for Latin another peculiarity that a ball lines of Article 174.

WEN

namely, the words Half-year is about the only language not heard on ending the 30th Jane and the Exchange. During the big Australian

42 31st December, shall make a boom his firm was believed to have indo

General Half-Yearly," and

that the following words be million sterling. Some time afterwards adopted and substituted there-Lis partner retired with a half million for: Year ending the 31st fortune, which he is now enjoying.

INTIMATIONS

CALDBECK,

day of December shall make Another instance of the sudden changes MACGREGOR&C..

"General"!. (4.)--That the word "Half" be of fortune on the Stock Exchange is that struck out of the 18th line of another defaulter made £200,000 in less Article 174 and also out of the 6th line of Article 175. (i)-That the word "twice" and the words "the 30th day of "Juna, and "be struck out of lines 4 and 5 of Article 170, which soared up to £3. To be hammered". and that the word once be

than a week in Henderson's Transvaals options at £1 over a large block of shares flotation not many years ago, He had

adopted and substituted for the on the Btock Exchange sounds more word "twice" in the fourth dramatic than to be declared bankrupt line thereof.

(ESTABLISHED 1864),

SOLE AGENTS FOR

(-)---That the words "or the Ordin-through the Gazette. But it implies no ary Half-Yearly" and the mere, and Stock Exchange unfortunates words "as the case may be "have before them the fact that ore who FALCON LAGER

be struck out of lines 10 and 11 of Article 177. - '

HANKOW-CANTON RAILWAY. WAR CAUSED FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES. Interesting points are uncial affairs in China as a result of arising in the European conflict. One of the latest of these problems now faces the Hankow Hankow paper says, with the drying up Canton Railway which is threatened, a of its funds and the stopping of all work in consequence. The Harkow-Canton railway derives the needful money for construction work from the Four Power

GERMANY'S FOOD SUPPLY. and German groups share, three of which correspondent at Berlin stated. It is Loan, in which British, French, American are belligerents.

Writing on July 30th the Economist It is only this mouth. that the pinch was first felt as the funds interesting at this moment to see a study. for August camo through, but September published a week or so age by the statisti finds a part of the group unable to keep clan, Prefessor Rilled of Berlin, on the up its end of the beam and this paralyses question of Germany's food supply in the Four Power Syndicate. An offer

time of war. The results he arrives at however, from the other hanks interested are completely pessimistic. The country has-been made to advance the required

in the case of a general European war PREVENTION OF PIRACY.

money and, partly as a result of this and would almost certainly have all its coast a request by the Minister of Communicablockaded. Most of the corn supplies The Hongkong Government Gazette General, has left by train for Peking. It carried in English ships, and would stop tions, Dr. Jeme Tien-yu, Director coming in over Holland and Belgium are by the Governor-i-Council made is expected that the negotiations will at once. Austria would have more than Section 17 of the Piracy Prevention decided whether the construction work of the political chances of the last two. under take about a fortnight, when it will be mough to do to feed itself, while in view Ordinance, 1914 (Ordinance No. 2 of will have to be shut down or not. 194), for the purposes of Section & of the

years there is not much hope of receiving Said Ordinance, on the 17th inst..

Construction has not been effected up supplies from Rumania, Thrown back The to the present and this month · Becs on its own resources Germany wenld last Regulations apply to launches (not embankment work proceeding in the three put, he thinks, a far shorter time than is exceeding 60 tons) which ply outside the sections between Wuchang and Changsha, generally calculated, since even its pre-employed in the Naval Yard us carpenters harbour, but within the local trade Here and there some of the farmers are sent production of foodstuffs would be re- timits; these which ply outside the local making exorbitant demands for their land. stricted owing to the withdrawal of men trade limits, and ships exceeding 60 tons and this is somewhat delaying matters. The regulations comprise all the points In Wuchang the office premises and staff.

to the front, which were dealt with when the question quarters are being built. The former it was discussed at the Legislative Council is expected will be finished by the end meeting, and are so detailed that it is of the year when they may be made use obrious that the utmost endeavour has of, though it is more likely that this been made to prevent piracies in the will not be done until the required future.

buildings for the staff are completed.

contains the

regulations

I was struck by the great number of aliens "Returning from Belgium on Tuesday, coming into England," writes a lady to *London paner, "It seems hardly fair that we should have to support them."

being no questions, the resolution was then Air PAUL CHATER seconded, and, there unanimously carried.

This was all the business.

was "hammered "in Throgniorton Street positions in the State.. now pccupies one of the most prominent

POSSIBILITIES IN THE WAR.

There are all parts of possibilities in the war, it no early termination is reached through the pressure of economic forces,

BEER

POTTLED BY

Sir Edward Grey has spoken of our own MESSES. VAN VOLLENHOVEN

great responsibilities in India and else thing like bankruptcy if she fails, owing whore, Germany has facing ber seme-

to the huge armaments she has built up.. Holland may have to open her sluices and lood the country--a proseeding arranged to make transport impossible and with

SCENE AT THE NAVAL YARD.. At the Magistracy on Saturday the case was continued in which eleven Chinese

barra to the No. 1 carpenter are charged with doing grievous bodily.

Complainant, in answer ...

tom Mr. Agassiz, who ia defending five of the men, clients were in his gang, though they wor said that none of his (Mr. Agassiz) defendant was at one time a No. 1 man in the same line of work. The seventh Just too shallow a depth of water to float boats. Russia has enemies enough within and was drawing $1.35 a day.

The case was then further adjourned.

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