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THE

WAR.

FRENCH OCCUPY STEINBACH.

FURTHER RUSSIAN CAPTURES.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,

WAR NEWS.

FOUR SHIPS SUNK BY GERMAN MERCHANT CRUISER.

FRANCO BELGIAN FRONT.

(THROUGH REUTER': AGENCY.] FRENCH MAKE MARKED PROGRESS IN UPPER ALSACE.

LONDON, January 4th.

1.05 p.70.

To-day's Paris communiqué says:- The progress of the French in Upper Alsace was again marked..

We yesterday occupied the neighbour- ood of the church and cemetery at Steinbach.

Also, in the region of Perthes, we seized- everal points d'appui.

TURKS AGAIN ROUTED.

LONDON, January 5th.

4,30 a.m.

A Petrograd message says the Russians have gained an important success over the Turks at Ardagan, in Trans-Caucasia, completely routing the enemy.

NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

MERCHANT SHIPS SUNE.

ACTIVITY OF A GERMAN MERCHANT CRUISER.

LONDON, January oth

The German steamer Olavi has arrived at Las Palmas baving on board 93 sailors There has been intermittent cannon-belonging to the British steamer Belle Vue ading from Argonne to the Mouse, and on and three Trench ships which have been the heights of the Meuse our troops un sunk by the German merchant cruiser

attempted to carry Kronprint Wilhelm. successfully Bourenilles.

[The Belle Fus is the properly of the We continued to make progress at Bois-Belle Vuo" Steamship Co., Ltd., of Glasgow. She is a steel vessel of 2,459 net. and 3,814 gross tonnage being built at Scotstour in 1806.1

Te-Pretre.

We attacked an important height to the West of Cernay, and repulsed a counter:

atlock.

THE TAKING OF STEINBACH. DESPERATE FIGHTING ALSO AT CERNAY

LONDON, January ath

3:30 am

A RUSSIAN NAVAL SUCCESS. MYSTERY OF AN ACTION IN THE BALTIC The Petrograd correspondent of the London Morning Post telegraphed in November 17th

I am in a position to tell such part of the story as it is advisable to disclose of a very smart piece of naval work by the Russinn Baltic Flect, commanded by Admiral von Essen

nor can all details be told even now.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6TMm, 1915.

SIMILARITY OF SOAP.

ACTION AGAINST MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA

the

NOTES FROM PEKING.”

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Heaven on the morning of the 23rd, and, needless to say, aroused no little interest. Speaking generally, there is little dis indication of the position to regard the revival of such

ceremonies as

prerogatives to himself, but simply as an

appreciation of the part which such ceremonies occupy in Chinese thought, belief and custom. On this occasion a

to

wait

in an atmosphere which was only a few degrees above zero until after seven o'clock it will be understood that they did not enjoy themselves.

DOUBLE MURDER IN SHANGHAI.

CHINESE GIRLS STABBED TO

·DEATH

A sensational double murder, com- reported to the Shanghai Police leat Tuesday evening. The victims are a girl mitted apparently out of revenge, was manied Hu Pei-hua, aged 21, daughter of a wealthy Chinese, who was formerly a slave girl, who was living with the Prefect of Hupeh, and Ho Hua, aged 15, ex-official's wife and daughter at 212, Kaling Road.

The father still holds an official posi tion in Hupeh, it is understood, and from evidence which has been gathered, it may be supposed that the crime was committed in revenge for some ptthishment he may have caused to be administered to rebels

others in his province. This theory, the X-C. Daily News says, receives sup- all, of those who assisted in the crime port from the fact that several, if not are Hupch men, speaking the Mandarin dialect."

CHINA'S WIRELESS STATIONS.

REGULAR SERVICE STARTED.

PEKING, December 24th. THE WORSHIP OF HEAVEN. The sale of soap in wrappers which were

For the first time since the establish- so much alike that the similarity was

Heaven was carried out with much of the considered capable of deceiving even the mat of the Republic the Worship of Chinese, formed the subject of an applica-old-time ceremonial at the Temple of tion for an interim injunction at Supreme Court yesterday, before the Chief The plaintiffs were William It will be remembered that a number Justice. of German war vessels put into the Kiel Gossage & Sons, Ltd., soapmakers, Canal with injuries, in some cases so seri ous that the vessels actually sank in the Widnes, Lancs, England, for whom Canal. Nothing official was ever allow Messrs. W. G. Humphreys & Co. President's desire to arrogate Emperial ed to be known of this Russian exploit,the Hongkong agents, and the defendants

The German vessels had acquired the the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. habit of cruising about the "Baltic up to Mr. Eldon Potter (instructed by Mr. the limit which the Russian Ficet had de-Wilkinson) was, for plaintiffs, and Mr. cided to hold, and were doubtless putting severe pressure upon Sweden. Receiving F. C. Jonkin (instructed by Mr. Hast number of foreigners witnessed the cere certain information Admiral von Essenings), represented the defendant firm. mony, but none of them would care to painted several cruisers and destroyers The application was couched in the repeat the experience. Having been in with the German colours, and contrived in foggy weather to join the Germen following terms: To restrain the formed that the coremony would take ships unsuspected until too late..

At a convenient moment he opened fire defendants, their servants and agents from place about five o'clock they believed that and sank one German cruiser, and bally infringing the plaintiffs' registered trade they were correctly informed and muster- damaged another, while the destroyers mark, and from passing off, or enablinged just after four. As they had put in good work on the German smaller others to pass off, goods not manufactured craft.

After this the Russian vessels

and packed and got up and sold by or went home again untouched. A

The Germans naturally kept dead for the plaintiffs as, and for, goods of the silence about the whole affair, which was not only rather discreditable frem a plaintiffs; and in particular, to restrain purely naval point of view but involved the defendants, their servants and agents, other considerations still more discredit- able. The Russians kept quiet about it from selling, or offering, or exposing, or advertising for sale, or disposing of or for other reasons.

But purely as piece of naval work it was a highly ereditable affair. A num procuring to be sold, any soap not manu ber of coveted Saint George Crosses were factured, packed, and got up and sold for, issued for this satisfactory little expedi-or by, the plaintiffs in packages and under Admiral von Essen can count now on labels colourably resembling the packages moon, under his command, so that the Fleet,ing on them certain Chinese characters;" incidents."

or so got up, designed, arranged or con- getting every ounce of weight out of the and the labels of the plaintiffs, and bear-

this clever adventure. as a whole, has gained considerably by

frived as by colourable imitation of the packages or labels of the plaintiffs, or of their get up, to be calculated to deceive or to represent, or to lead to the belief, is satisfactory to record that the cere that such soap was manufactured, packed mony passed off without a hitch, though or got up or sold by or for the plaintiffs."it is difficult to avoid the conviction that Mr. Potter explained the relevant facts it was performed in a somewhat more in the application, and said he was punfunctory manner than it was perform- WITH THE BAYONET.

instructed that the defendants were pre-ed by the Emperors of old, that is, if we RUSSIANS CHARGE ENEMY SINGING HYMNяpared to consent to the injunction being are to believe the records written by men The following report has been sent by made until the trial which was to take who never witnessed the events they the Petrograd correspondent of the Daily place subsequently. Counsel quoted the described. Call, the new London illustrated paper affidavit of Mr. Humphreya, in which it

A Russian gentleman ranker has given vivid account of his feelings in the fight was explained that the plaintiffs' soap had a reputation among the ing line. Describing the moment of at- established tack the writer Bays Our hearts were

was printed in Chinese. tion in my throat, and an indescribable enthusiasm seemed to boil up within all of us. I heard myself shouting, and in my brain something was urging me to

Run, run against the enemy.

Accordingly we ran, our ranke thio- A red-haired fel- ning as we advanced. low from Jaroslay was on my right, the saine characters, Lung Fat. Kam. The treat it as one loan, while the proposed To pay a dividend of Tls. 1.20 per Suddenly he sat down on the ground, dropped his rifle, and grabbed his stomach with both hands. I saw him only for a moment, and left him behind in my mad rush.

tion.

On Friday, September 4th, the Official Press Bureau issued the following state ment

"According to information: derived from a trustworthy source, seven German destroyers and torpedo-boats have arrived at Kiel in a damaged condition, and it is understood that others have sunk in the

CHRISTMAS IN THE NORTH vicinity of the Canal."

SEA.

LONDON, January 6th. Admiral Jellicoe, writing to his brother, says: "Wo spent Christmas day waiting for the Germans, who did not appear. But we managed to find time for Church,

same

The Wireless Coast Stations at Woo- sung and Canton, completed for working last summer, have now started regular service. Similar stations at Foochow and fow months. The Woosing and Canton The route was covered with yellow earth, Hankow will be completed within as in the days of the Empire, and soldiers stations will be open for general public lined the thoroughfares leading from the correspondence with ships at seo on and warning service, eventually also a Press palace to the Temple of Heaven from efter January 1st, 1915. A typhoon- midnight until ten next morning, a fact service, will be organized and inaugurated

The Const stations are all of the which speaks well for the endurance of as soon as the necessary arrangements con great care which was taken to prevent construction, and the oscillating power. the Chinese soldier. It also shows the be completed.

Comment was nude on the in the antenna radiating the wavoa, hy fact that a carriage, empty, drawn by four means of which messages are exchanged, with a current of 32 Amperes. As the horses and accompanied by outriders, is 5 kilowatt (about six and a half hp.) However, it maste of a height of 200 feet, this antenna preceded the armoured motor car in stations are fitted out each with two which His Excellency rode.

nautical miles by day and at least 1,300 power gives the stations & range of 700 nautical miles by night, and they are ting able to exchange messages with unc vaters.-Y.-G. Daily News. another and with all ships in Chinese

FINANCIAL,

KUNG YIK COTTON CO.

A Paris communiqué enys that there although the whole time we were cleared beating wildly. I felt a choking sensa Chinese, and was known as the Lung Fat with proving that the financial condition Shanghai that at a

has been very violent. fighting in Upper Alsace and in the region of Cernay. The French last night lost but subsequently captured the neighbourhood of the church at Steinbach, and this morning they succeeded in carrying the whole village. For a short time the French loat possession of the German works which they had captured to the west of Cernay, but the Germans were unable to hold the ground and the position therefore remains

In the hands of the French,

BERLIN ADMITS LOSS OF STEINBACH,

LONDON, January 4th..

4.50 p.m. A telegram from Amsterdam says that Berlin communiqué admits that the Eronch have taken Steinbach, despite severe German-resistance.

SUPERIORITY OF ALLIES' ARTILLERY.

for action, all the men being at their guns, GENERAL.

BRITISH REPLY

AMERICAN NOTE.

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LONDON, January 4th.

8,25 p.m.

A telegram from Washington says that the British Embassy has notified that copper shipped before it was declared contraband would, if seized, be paid for, or released. No cargoes for Italy had beer detained at Gibraltar since the 4th December. Negotiations were proceeding in London for the removal of the embargo on rubber.

LATER.

A Washington telegram says it is understood that assurances have been giren here that Great Britain will not interfere with shipments of

of sopper to Italy if they are consigned to reputable firms and shipped in talian resecs. Shipments to Sweden and Norway also will not be interrupted.

LONDON, January 4th.

The Washington correspondent of the 5.05 p.. Today's Paris communiqué states that Daily Telegraph says he is reliably from the sea to the Qise it has been quiet, informed that Great Britain's reply to due to the wet weather. There were some President Wilson's Note will be satisfac artillery duels, our heavy guns #pposite tory. It will promise some concessions, Noulettes silencing the German batteries, but deny the right of America to demand

There has been particularly violent others. annonading from the Aisne to Cham

pagne.

Our batteries maintained their superiority and shelled violently the enemy's reservės.

RUSSIAN FRONT.

FURTHER RUSSIAN

CAPTURES.

LONDON, January 5th. 3,30 a.m

A. Petrograd comoruniqué states that throughout the 3rd inst. no important change took place on the left bank of the. Vistula. Desperate fighting occurred on

LORDS MEET TO-DAY.

LONDON, January 5th. The House of Lords will meet to-day (Wednesday) for a two days session, and some interesting statements are expected in relation to the war.

The whole picture is indelibly printed I see his face distorted: On my mind. blood-stainer body, and I hear him cry, with terrible pain, his wild blue eyes, his

Oh brothers!

"I have no time to think or to feel. My feet seem to carry me on in spite of my self. My body seeing to fly forward after Instinctively, without any the enemy, plan ordea, I swing my rifle forward, and as I run I prod the air with it long before we come into couch with our foes. Someone in the front ranks begins to sing the majestic hymn,

Oh, Lord, save Thy people' "Before he had Arished the fire: line the rear ranks have taken it up and continued

it

And bless Thine heritage.

The waves of the tune seem to dash aguins; the faces of the enemy. At first пла more take it up until the whole and a few voices join in the hymn. More uf sound. It seems as though even the column seems to give forth one vast waye dying lying all around us join in with their last breath, gr

A dark-complexioned Jew lad who I see his open mouth and bear the rich baritone runs beside me joins in, too.

forth. Even I myself, a sounds issuing

the strain. disbelieving Intelligent, also take up

"We have ceased to be individuals, and have become infinitesimal fractions of one indivisible whole, which seems to have robbed us of any feeling of fear or terror. Therefore I, who have forgotten how to pray, reverently sing:

Oh, Lord, save Thy people." "Death seems to have absolutely no We feel instinctively that our terror. death is necessary, as is the death of the autumn leaves which fall from the trees. to fertilise the soil for the future harvest. "From Brody to Galitch, from Galitch to Stvy, and right on to the spot where we are now, the earth is soaked wih our blood and strewn with our bodies. the enemy, the powerful, highly-trained enemy, armed with all the intelligence of ALARMING FLOODS IN THE military science, is flying before us."

THAMES.

LONDON, January 5th After the wettest winter on record the floods in the Thames have reached alarm

the night of the 2nd inst. in the Bolimoffing proportions. An emergency committee region, where the Germans forced a has been formed at Maidenhead to con- Russian trench, but were immediately dis-sider the serious position of the town, which is threatened with the collapse of lodged.

the dam..

The enemy abandoned six guns and Lost a number of men who were taken prisoners.

The Russians made further progress in a thousand Galicia, capturing over prisoners. They also captured members of the Staff of the Austria nColumn and their documents.

But

WAR ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN. GERMAN BOMBARDMENT OF LIBAU. GERIS AN

Kam:

characters on the wrappers of the soap Eventually the defendants came into the market with a soap coloured similarly to plaintiffs, and the wrapper bore exactly

similarity in the general make-up of the soap was so marked that it was quite cap able of deceiving purchasers who were desirous of purchasing the genuine Lung Fat Kam, which was the registered trade

The Chief Justice Are not the defen mark of plaintiffs in the Colony,

dante registered 7

The juggling with figures credited to the German in their reports of captures of prisoners seems to be a trifle compared

of China is quite all right. Innumerable. now taxes are suggested and discussed and approved with alnerity, and now it is proposed to increase the 16 million dol lar domestic loan to 24 millions and to

30 million dollar domestic loan proposed for next year will be launched in due course. The increase of the domestic loan is explained by the fact that it was over-subscribed by some air of seven mil liens, and as that money has been promised or is in hand it should not be a difficult matter to raise the odd million Mr. Jenkin-Not here, my lord. Coun or two necessary to make the loan a 24 vel went on to explain that he did not million dollar loan instead of a 10 million object to the application, because the dollar loan. If Liang Shih-Yi does not defendants were not at prosent in a receive all the decorations that are pos position to resist it. The Miteni Busan sible in China, well, there is no gratitude Kaisha had no interest at all in the soap; in the President. And those who know they were merely the selling agents for a him well would not accuse him of firm in Japan called Tan Hoi. position of the defendants was simply ingratitude. He never forgets a friend. selling agents for the principals. That

Peking has certainly enjoyed the visit had been advised upon, and the advice given had now gone to Japan They did of the Italian Grand Opera Company, fair not, he might say, in any way admit and it was noteworthy that the large number of Chinese, who semed to Kaisha had been selling agents for about audience every night included a the infringement,

appreciate the high-class music. a fortnight only.

The

The Mitsui Bussan

The Chief Justice-When did you com mence to sell in this market in the Colony ?

Mr. Jenkin-About three weeks ago. The Chief Justice Then they took action at once?That is so

An order was made in the terms of the application, subject to the usual under taking in regard to indemnity..

LOCAL SPORT.

HONKONG FOOTBALL LEAGUE.

MATCHES FOR THE WEEK.

MUSICAL.

A charity concert, the proceeds being in

tress in Anbui and Kiangsu, was held aid of the fund for the relist of dis- in the Y.M.C.A., and, in spite of being Chinese, proved very managed by auccessful. The Chinese artistes gave a very good account of themselves, and the glee club of the Tsing Hua College received an ovation for their spirited renderings of well-known airs.

dent

THE CUSTOMS COMPLICATION,

A GOOD YEAR,

Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.. General Managers of the Kung Yik Press at Cotton Spinning and Weaving Company,

informed the. Limited,

meeting of the Consulting Committee of the Company, bolders should be recommended to appor- last week, it was decided that the share- tion the balance at credit of Profit and Loss Account in 30th November, 1914, of Tls. 169,313.43, as follows:-

Tls.

99,000.00 12,000.00

share on 75,000 Shares To write off Buldings ...... To write off Plant and Machinery: 30,000.00 To write off Motor Car

To write off Furniture

dend Account ........ To phice to Equalization of Divi- to pay & Bonus to Staff at Mill........ To carry forward to new account.

100.00

146.53

20.000.00 1.700.00 -5,386.90

The 159,319.43

CHINA'S FOOTWEAR. Recent investigations made in China. by the representatives of American shoe- making machinery, as well as American shoe manufacturers, have resulted in the decision to establish retail stores at Shanghai, Hankow and Tientsin, for the purpose of handling American-made shoes exclusively. Far Eastern Review.

TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY.

VLADIVOSTOCK-TO-MOSCOW WEEKLY EXPRESS.

The Harbin correspondent of the N. C. Dady News, writing on December says,

Last wook the Wagon Lits Co. despatched an express train from Vladivo-

It was fairly well stock to Moscow. patronized, though not being able to run on scheduled time will, no doubt, travel considerably faster than the daily mail. A regular weekly service is to be inaugu- rated, but how soon arrangements wi The Tsingtau Customs problem is one be complete it is impossible to know This Die of those questions which it is particularly exactly, as the military are still practic-

ally monopolizing the railway. January 6th-Victoria Rovere v

The week there has been no express, There is Tha cesans, Military ground, at 4:15. well to remember has two sides. Referee, Mr. F. W. Wright. January 9th-Lusitano Victoria Rovers, Japanese claim that is the situation also a great dearth of goods-cars.

railway company have been requisitioned Military ground, at 2.46 Referee, there is completely new they are not greater part of those belonging to the Mr. J. Moran. January 9-Diocesas v. Lam Liong, bound by any precedent, but that they are by the military authorities and are The few firms who are doing export Club ground, at 2.45. Referee, Mr. R. willing to recognise the German prece scattered all over the Russian Empire.

is convenient and ary as far

business are experiencing great difficulty Nazurin January 9th-Police z. Navy, Military expedient. They claim the right to in getting the necessary freight and ship ground, at 4.15 Reforce, Mr. Jnominate the Customs officers as they will ments are being very much delayed. The is mail-service of the Casey,

Chinese Past Offices in Manchuris con- January 9th-Club . R.G.A., Club be operating under the military admini-improvements

ground, at 4.15. Referee, Mr. F. W.stration established and maintained by tinue, and row the Chinese Post Office Japan until the end of the war, and if send their own sealed mail-bagariá Eager.

an agreement be not arrived at they are Siberia to London and other principal. cities in Europe, so that there is no delay LEAGUE TABLES TO DATE.

prepared to operate the Customs them caused by Russian censorship, as was the DIY 18IGN I

selves,

es, setting aside the proceeds. for case some little time back. China, there to be handed over at the end of the war as in the case of Newchwang during the Russo-Japanese War. Their contention is that the future can only be decided at the Peace Conference. On the other hand, China claims that the control exercised by the Inspector General before the war should be continued, and liat to recognise the claim of Japan to for appoint her own nationals is not only detrimental to the service but establishes dangerous precedent which may be quoted on occasion by other Powers. There the matter stands. A compromise may be arranged, but at present the two points of view are diametrically opposed. to each other.

Oficial reports received in Petrograd regarding the second bombardment of Libu show that the Germans made a special target of the most populous and open parts of the town. Owing to this fact a great number of peaceable and inofensive inhabitants, especially women RG.A. and children, fell victims to German Clab

Navy barbarism.

Police

Telegraphing from Paris, the special correspondent of The Standard says:- Two deaf and dumb soldiers are to be seen

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WASHINGTON, December 13th

The recently created Federal War Risk Bureau, in the first month of its existence, has underwritten insurance amounting to fifteen-and-a-quarter millions dollars.

captured in the north, Officers at the front declare that hundreds of, Germans raise their hands above the trenches in the hope of being shot through them, or of having a finger carried away, so that they may be sent to the rear for treatment, and then invalided..

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LIMITED.

The following are the Company's figures

week ending January 2nd, 1915: Receipts Decrease compared with the corresponding week last year Aggregate to date :- No. of weeks Total Decrease to date

$10,261

905

810,251