(JAPANESE OFFICIAL TELEGRAM.]
-THE HONGBONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8r. 1913,
JAPANESE TAKE POSSESSION OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS.
The Consul General for Japan at Hongkong has sent us the following official report which was published at Tokyo on the 6th inst., and -received by him yesterday morning:
Que division of our fleet, which has been instructed to annihilate the Gorman squadron in the Southern Waters, arrived at Jaluit Island in the Marshall group, which was believed to be one of the enemy's bases, and We landing a force there, wo destroyed various military establishments,
seized arras and ammunition and other stores in the island, and accepted the offer of the local authority to surrender. In this action we met with no resistance. We rescued one Japanese confined in the Island, and also released "cro British merchantship detained by the Germans there."
[THROUGH REUTER'S JORNCYJ
Losnos, October Gil
3 p.m..
The Navy Department oxplains that the Islands were taken for military reasons, and not for permanent occupation
GERMAN THEOLOGIANS AND JAPANESE
INTERVENTION.
SIR CLAUDE MACDONALD DEFENDS HEATHEN JAPAN."
LONDON, October 7th. 0.20 a.m.
The Right Hon. Sir Claude M. Macdonald, who was British
Ambassador at Tokio from 1900 to 1012, in a letter to the Pines, refers to the recent protest of the German theologians against the inclusion in the war of heathen Japan" ander the pretext of an alliance. Sir Claude Macdonald says that it is not known generally, us it ought to be, how straightforward, honest, dignified and loyal to us was the Japanese conduct in the negotiations after the Russo-Japanese war, and how courteous and chivalrous they wore to their opponents in defeat. The fullest information regarding the wounded Russians for traisuission to their friends was immediately obtainable, and even the details were sometimes telegraphed. Lord Hardinge, who was then the British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, would bear him cut. Sir Claude vontures to think that some Christian nations, not forgetting Germany, have much to learn of Christian virtues. chivalry, honesty and courtesy from "heathen Japan."
MINES LAID IN THE ADRIATIC.
Leados, October-7th.
4:50-a.19
The Finch Admiralty announces that mines have been laid in the Adriatic in Austro-Hungarian waters, and also in the channels between the
islands along the Dalmatian coast.
A HEROIC BELGIAN OFFICER. NEW VESSELS FOR THE N.Y.K.
The commandant of Fort Chandfen-
The N.V. K. stentner Sirica Mars (18,000 Faine at Liege, Major Numeche, died the tons), which has been constructed at the inth of a hero, His fort dominated the Min Bishi Shinhnilding Yard at Naga railway from Aix-la-Chapelle to Liegsaki, and is to be employed on the which passes through a tunnel at Chaud. European ran, began her maiden voyage fontain The German artillery fire had from Fokobama on the 7th inst. reduced the fort to a heap of ruins. Major Nameche made it his last task to block the tunnel by making several engines collide in it. Then, in order that the German faz should not fly even over the rains of his fort, he set fire to his ammuni- tion magazine and blew up the shattered works.
INDUSTRIAL CONDITION OF ENG-
LAND AND GERMANY.
A British Embassy despatch published in the Jaguan Chronicle states that in view of the admissions which have appeared in Ale German Pregs us to the unemploy ment caused by the stoppage of German imports and exports owing to the com- mand of the sea exercised by the British Flat, it is of interest to state that the statistics for the United Kingdom for the last three weeks (ending 25th ult.) show a stendy decrease of unemployment
FOOM IN JAPANESE SHIPPING
The following is from a recent issue of
Dalny
The N.Y.K. European liner Toyobashi afara was successfully launched from the Kawasaki Dockyard at Kobe on the 23rd ult. A large number of guests were pro
san.
When all was ready, Mr. Hori, a Director of the NYK named the vessel with due ceremony.
Mr. Maisukata. President of the Dock. yard Co., Ltd., then cut the cord on the how of the steater from which a bottle of champagin was suspended, and the huge voseol slowly began to glide down the stocks, to the accompaniment of music and vociferous applause from the on- lookers. Within two minutes the nar steamer was on the water.
The new vessel's dimensions etc., are
as follows: Gross tonnage, 7,600; H.P. 6,000; Speed, 14 knots; Length, 455 feet; width, 33 feet; depth, 84 feet.
The vessel was laid on January 19th, and is to be completed in March nest.
JAPAN AND THE PANAMA EXPOSITION.
WAR NEWS.
TSINGTAU.
COUNT OKUMA'S PLEDGE.
JAPAN SEEKS NO TERRITORY IN THIS WAR.
"A SCHAP OF PAPER."
Just for a scrap of paper, exclaimed the German Imperial Chancellor in his The following message from Count | final interview with the British Ambas Okuma, the Premier, to the Amoricam sadur just for a scrap of paper Great It is dated Tokyo, August 24th- people, is published in the Independent. Britain is going to make war on a kindred
nation!"
THE "SCHOEN INCIDENT."" A Washington dispatch to the Jiji | THE ONLY NON-COMBATANT AT states that President Wilson is much dis- turbed by the statement said to have been made by Count von Schoen, formerly of ing the alleged anti-American sentiment the German Embassy in Tokyo, regard
I gladly seize the opportunity to send The President has ordered Mr. Bryan bhrough the medium of the independent to make an inquiry into the matter,
a message to the people of the United According to the Japan Chronicle, tho States, who have always been helpful and utterances attributed to Herr von Schoen loyal friends of Japan. formerly of the German Embassy, Tokyo,It is my desire to convince your people BRITISH VOLUNTEERS FROM THE have aroused much attention at Washing of the sincerity of my Government and
A Sasebo dispatch states that the American Consul is the only non-com-in Japan. batant now remaining in Tsingtau. All the people there are German combatants. Women are detailed for the Red Cross sezviec..
FAR EAST...
ton. The humerican authorities think that
the statement was made with the object of my people in all their utterances and of stirring up ill-fooling between Japan assurances connected with the present and the United States. The newspapers regrettable situations in Europe and the also eriricise the alleged indiscretion. Far East.
The Japan Chronicle
contains an announcement to the effect that British subjects resident in the Japanese Empire
The Secretary of State, after consulta- Every sense of loyalty and honour oblige who are desirous of enlisting in the forces tion with President Wilson, brought the Japan to co-operate with Great Britain being raised in the United Kingdom are mantler to the notice of the German Am-to clear from these waters the enemies who requested to communicate with the Mili-bassador. The latter told Mr. Bryan that in the past, the present and the future tary Attaché, British Embassy, Tokyo, Herr von Schoen denied having made the menace her interests, her trade, her or with the nearest British Consul statement attributed to him. The Secre shipping and her people's lives.
tary has accepted the German Ambas- This Far Eastern situation is not, of our JAPANESE RED CROSS NURSES ador's explanation.
seeking.
.. FOR RUSSIA.
The Japanese Red Cross Sucicly has decided to send a party of nurses to Rus- sia to attend the Russian traps wounder in the war. The party will consist of two surgeons, eight nurses, and some clerks und will leave for Petrograd some time this month, They will take with them materials cough to last for five
wonths.
The Society having received a request for assistance from a similar institution in Servia, it will forward a contribution of 100 boxes of antiseptic dressing and 4,000 rolls of bandages-Japan Chronicle,
CÓNTROL · OF
KIAUCHOW-
TŠINANFU RAILWAY.
It is reported that Herr vun Belon
It was ever my desire to maintain peace, (who is the son of Count von Schoen,ne will bo amply proved; as President of until recently German Ambassador in the Peace Society of Japan I havo con- Paris) will be transferred to some hersistently so endeavoured.
post.
AMERICAN CORRESPONDENTS AND
CONDUCT OF GERMAN TROOPS.
A New York wasige says that the Associated Press has received a wirdess message from Berlin sent from Aix La Chappelle for transmission. It is signed by well-known newspaper men, who were originally assigned to Brussels and when that city was taken were returned to Aix La Chappelle, from which city they have been endeavouring to reach London, but without success. The telegram was partly mutilated by interference, and curtain words are missing, but the text here given is clearly that intended by the authors,
is as follows:-
Since the beginning of hostilities be Bween the Germans and the Japanese at Tsingtau, the control of the section of the
"In spiritawe unite in rendering (sic) Kiaochow-Tsinantu Railway from Wei-German atrocities groundless, as far as hsiap Tsinanfa bas been handed over to the Chinese authorities and has since been guarded by the Chinese troops, As rule, all the railways should be under the control of the Ministry of Communi- cations, but as this section of the railway 19 so near to the war zone, the Government deems it wise to place it temporarily under the control of the Ministry of War instead of the Chiaotungpu--Peking Daily News.
I have read with admiration the lofty message of President Wilson to his people on the subject of neutrality,
We, of Japan, are appreciative of the spirit and motives that prompted the head of your great nation, and we feel confident that his message will meet with a national response.
As Premier of Japan, I have stated, and I now again state, to the people of America and of the world that Japan has no ulterior motive, no desire to secure more territory, no thought of depriving China or any other peoples of anything which they now possess.
My Government and my people have given their word and their pledge, which will be as honourably kept as Japan always keeps promises.-ORUMA
GERMAN PROTESTS AT FRENCH AND BELGIAN OUTRAGES,
TEXT OF PROTESTS.
Two Notes. have been addressed by
we are able to learn. After spending two weeks with and accompanying the troops upward of 100 miles, we are unable to report a single instance unprovoked. of mistreatment of prisoners er of non- We are also unable to confirm rumours combatants with the German columns. Germany to Belgium and France protest- This is true of Louvain, Brussels, Luneville ing against sniping by civilians and and Nancy, while in Prussian bands. We atrocities of various kinds. As there are visited Chateau Soldre, Sambre and always two sides to every question, it is Beaumont without substantiating a single only just that the German complaints wanton brutality. Numerous investigated should be given the same publicity as rumours proved groundless. Everywhere those of other nations against Germany, we have seen. Germans paying for pur-The Forddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, the chases and respecting property rights as well-known semi-official German organ, of well as according civilians every con August 14th publishes the following
PRAYER FOR PEACE, The Governor-General of the Philippine Islands received last week from the President of the United States a copy of his proclamation setting aside October 4thsideration. as a day of prayor for peace in Europe. The cable was as follows:-
The President, September 8th, issued a proclamation which, referring to the European War, our privilege and duty to seek counsel and succour of Almighty God and our desire to serve the cause of peace, provides:
anoancements :-)
Through the medium of ́n neutral Power the following Notes have been addressed:
*
After the battle of Blass (probably Barre), a suburb of Namur, we found Belgian women and children moving
1. TO THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. comfortably about. The day after the
"Reports from German troops make Germans had captured the town of Merbes, Chateau we found one citizen killed, but it apparent that in contravention of in were unable to confirm lack of provocation.ernational law war by the civil "Refugees with stories of atrocities were populace; (Volkskrieg) is being organised Therefore, I Woodrow Wilson, Presi unable to supply direct evidence. Belgians in France. In numerous cases the inhabit- dent of the United States of America, doin the Sambre Valley discounted reports ants, under cover of their civil dress, have designate Sunday Fourth-day of October of cruelty in the surrounding country,reacherously shot at German soldiers. next a day of praver and application: The discipline of the German soldier is Germany protests against such conduct and do request all God-fearing persons to repair on that day to their places of wor, excellent, as we observed. To the truth of which is at variance with the law of ship and to unite their petitions to Al these statements we pledge our mighty God that, overraling the counselfessional and personal word.
of men, setting straight the things they cannot govern or alter, taking pity on the nations now in the throes of conflict, in Hist mercy and goodness showing a way where men can see none,. He vouchsafe His chil dren healing peaco again and restore ones more that concord unong men and nations without which there can be neither happi nees nor true friendship nor any whole some fruit of toil or thought in the world; praying also to this ond: that He forgive us our sing and ignorance of His holy will our wilfulness and many errors, and lead us in the paths of obedience to places of vision and to thoughtfulness and counsels that purge and make wise."
CHINA PRAYS FOR PEACE,
The following memorial has been sent to President Yuan Shih-kai by the Peking Peace Society :----
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pro-
nations. The German forces, have been instructed to suppress by severest Roger Lewis, Associated Press,
measures every hostile attitude of the Irwin S. Cobb, Saturday Evening populace. Every non-soldier who is found
Post and Philadephia Lelger.
bearing arias, interfering with the lines Harry Hanson, Chicagu Daily News,
communication, catting telegraph John T. McCutcheon, Chicago Tri-wires, causing explosions, or in any other
bune."
unlawful way taking part in the war, will ab once be shut according to martial law. Should, in consequence of this, the war.
THE WAR AND SENSE OF PROPORTION.
The Japan Chronicle of the 25th ult. contained the following, taken from the London Outlook, which had been for warded by a correspondent:--
j
Assumia
a particularly severe character, Germany cannot be blamed; France alone is responsible for the blood that thus will have to be shed."
That scrap of paper Was the Belgium. The whole history of human troaty guaranteeing the neutrality of liberty, anys the New York World, is written on just such scraps of paper.
The Magna Charta was
Bill of Rights was a scrap of
The Declaration of Independence, was "a scrap of paper.
papor.
paper.
is
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The Constitution of the United States
a scrap of paper.”
The Eraancipation Proclamation was a serap of paper.”
The decisions of the United States Supreme Court and of the British Law Lordia are a serap of paper.”
For a hundred years a scrap of paper" has maintained an unbroken peace be tween the United States and the British possessions of Caninda along an unfortified frontier of 3,000 miles.
The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty was despite the temptation, took no move to of paper, but the United States, scrup construct an Isthmian canal until that serap of paper" could be amended with the consent of both parties to the contract.
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The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty is a strap of paper and one of the most brilianc moral victories won by President Wils is the Act of Congress which, voluntarily repealed a violation of the terms of that
scrap of paper."
Respect for these serapa of paper measures a nation's honour no leas than its froodom-Demoorney itself is only scrap of paper," but it looses forces that no autocrney can stay. The German army is the most wonderful military machine ever constructed by the hand and brain of man, but in the final reckoning of his tory a serap of paper * will prove mor powerful than all the Kaiser's legions.
If Berlin did not know, that greab maxim of democracy, so much the wors for Berlin.
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(ESTABLISHED 1864.
2. TO THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT. "The Royal Belgian Government, after "We trust that in their appens to their refusing Germany's sincere offere, which congregations at this time of national peril were intended to spare the country the the clergy of all denomination will seo to horrors of war, has offered armed ra it that the terms in which they couch their sistance to the entrance of German troops plens will not lack the dignity that the and thus decided tor war. Although in & opeasing requiras. It is well, in sight of Note of August 8th the Belgian Govern- unimaginable calamities, that men should ment declared that it would conduct the pray for fortitude to bear, and courage to war with uniformed troops only, many "The present European War is bring. Enlal. their destinies, and should feet people in civil dresa have participated in ing to China avful reports of sorrow, contrition for past fallies when a civilisa the fighting around Liége. They have ruin and death. Men's hearts are deeply Lion so laboriously constrnetod is in danger fired on the German troops, have cruelly moved by these thngs. We know that the of dissolution: But it is not well that, slain our wounded, and have shot down President of China, with the President of
losing all sense of proportion and the doctors who were discharging their duties. the United States, has expressed a trish
fituess of things, we should be tolds At the same time the mob in Antwerp has to bring about peace, that blessing may
certain persons have been tempted to tell barbarously destroyed German property come again to the Western nations as well
that 25 lamentable war has been and bustielly butchored women and child- as to China. However, at the present
ren. Before the whole civilised world. launched upon us because we play golf or time, it is not easy to lead the nations
Germany demands justice for the blood of go to picture-palices on Sunday." to a consideraion of peace. This is be-
Unless God, more Commenting on the above the Chronicle these innocents and for the way Belgium Fund man's power,
men's hearts we have little hope. As the marks: It is quite evident that there is conducting this war, which is a disgrace man may play but God are many people who have lost all sense of to civilisation. Belgium is to be blamed, proverb says only can bring it te pitss. We have proportion and the fitness of things, Weif henceforth the war should assume learned by telegram that President Wilsta read in the London papers that those cruel character. To protect the German tropps against the unfettered passion of has asked that special prayer be offered up responsible for arranging the program the masses (entfesselte Volksleidenschaft,) to God for peace,
Last year, for the popular orchestral conserts at the when China, was facing difficulties and Queen's Hall, London, have deleted all every person without uniform, or badge, The Manchuria Daily News, published at Japan has been allotted 23,188 square dangers, a day was set for special prayer pieces by German composers from the plainly showing him to be a rightful com
Other nations programmes! This is surely the most interferes with the lines of communies- batant, who participates in the fighting The shipping boom in home waters infect in the Palazo of Manufactures in the troughout the nation.
cro moved, and their people joined in absurd idea that ever entered the beads tion, causes explosions, or in any other now at a red heat. The steamer freights Panama Pacific International Exposition world-wide prayer in China. The country of sensible men, although we have heard unlawful way takes part in the war, will still maintain the stiff rate of Yen 1.50 on to be held at San Francisco next year. has passed safely through many dif of some demonstrations of anti-British be shut under martial law. coal per ten between Moji and Yokohama.
May not The Japanese shipowners are quickly re- Consul-General Numano in a letter to the ficulties to the present time.
China as a nation join at this time sentiment among some of the foreigners exuping the losses, incurred more or less management of the Exposition last month in this special prayer for the peace of resident in Japan almost as absurd. It during the past two years for which said:
Europe.
China's ancient rulers will bo jatere ting to learn whether as a period the worst depression prevailed Even though Japan is now compelled to for thousands of years have believed in result of the war German students have over the Japanese shipping circles, enter the vortex of war by her treaty the power of God. Many earnest prayers been forbidden to read Shakespeare and through securing abnormally high charter obligations under the Anglo-Japanese have been offered in the past. May not French students to read Goethe. One can Alliance to maintain the perpetual peace the people in all parts of China join in understand militarists going crazy, but The revent charter by the Indian Government of about 20 vessels belonging in the Far East, I have the honor to prayer that God may move men's hearts from musicions something more sane and to the British-India S. N. Co. has created assure you that our plan of participation to think of brace, and support the sober is looked for than the Queen's Hall
President in his desire and efforts to people have done."? a considerable deficit in tonnage in will in no way be affected. Indian (inclusive of Bengal) services, etc., Considering that we made the most speedily bring it about,?
JAPAN AND THE UNSCRUPUOUS west of Singapore, and the shortage thus successful exhibit at the St. Louis exposi erated will have to be made up with tion at the time of our struggle for
PRESS. available Japanese vestels, which now national existence against Russia, there is mumber at least 20 with an aggregato no reason for any supposition that our
According to the Asahi, false statements gras tonnage of 50,000, including a good plan will suffer from the war situation,
regarding tee behaviour of the Japanese number of those registered at Dairen. At this very moment we are arranging The Copenhagen newspapers, says the troops landed in Shantung have been cir
for a larger and better exhibit than Humanité, report that the offices of the culated in the American and Chinese A Peking dispatch to the Asahi states originally planned, and negotiations for Forwarts, in Berlin, have been pillaged Press and Chinese officials, misled by additional exhibit space in all the build-by the militarists, who destroyed the these reports, have been making repeated telegram to the Chinese Minister inngs are now being mado with the chiefs writing machinery and broko everything inquiries of the Japanese authorities re- is now a possibility of solving all the MESSES. VAN VOLLENHOVEN
garding the truth of various serius ulle Washington, instructing him to send full of your various departments. This mors: These acts of violence were committed catione. With a view to minimising the diplomatic dificulties on this question Wilson directed towards the restration offrour Commissioner-General Yamawaki to Forwarts of articles in which it was said Japanese Government has decided to
Artienlars of any actions of President (ing we have received a cable instruction in consequence of the publication iu the effect of these mischievous reports, the quickly-Peking Daily News.. peace in Europe. He has further insecure 10,700 square feet additional space in a guarded but sufficiently explicit man allow an English and an American structed the Minister to caution the in the Palace of Manufacturers.
ner that the responsibility, not only for United States, Government in regard to We will have our exhibits, not only as the present events, but for those which the actions of General Hoan Hain and planned, but we are endeavouring to make may supervene Tater, with disastrous other Chinese Revolutionary leaders now our exhibits better and larger than our results for the nnity of Germany, lay at in America,
original plan..
the door of th: Emperor.
money.
that President Ynan Shih ka has sent a
BERLIN NEWSPAPER OFFICE
WRECKED.
in the place.
THE KAISER AND WAR
·CORRESPONDENTS,
SOLE AGENTS FOR
The correspondent of the Jurand in Belgium declares he has been informed hy several German offers that the German. Emperor has given general orders to the German armies to shoot without trial all FALCON
war correspondents who are captured..
THE KWANGST AND ANNAN
FRONTIERS.
The Chinese Government has come to an understanding with the French Minister, after long negotiations, regarding the defensive measures along the Kwangsi and Annan frontiers. It appears that there
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