MR. ROOSEVELT AND GERMANY.
Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, ex-President of the United States, holds very firm views on the subject of Germany's disregard ni international law. In The Independent ho writes:
WAR BREVITIES.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, 1915,
The Milan correspondent of Le Temps intimates that Italy and Serbia have signed an agreement giving Serbia a port on the Adriatic.
The Germans have abandoned their If I had for one moment supposed attempt to move new guns along the that signing these Hague Conventions Belgian const, as the guns wore sinking meant literally nothing whatever beyond "p to the breech-blocks in mud. An the expression of a pious wish which any epidemic of forer is causing the Germans Power was at liberty to disregard with a lot of anxiety. impunity in accordance with the dietn tion of self-interest, would certainly
The Handelblad's special correspondent not have permitted the United States to says that a British airman completely be a party to such a mischievous farce.! wrecked the Government motor-repairing These Conventions, he goes on, forbid sheds at Essen, including 400 cars. Conse the violation of neutral territory and, of quently the German authorities have com course, the subjugation of unoffending mandeered private motor-works at Aix-la- Boutral nations, as Belgium has been sub Chandle, where hundreds of Dutch work- jugated. They forbid such destruction as men are most busy, de that inflicted on Louvain, Dinant, aud other towns in Belgium, the burning of Advices from Dar Fur, in the Soudan, their pricolos public libraries and show that German agents are intriguing wonderful halls and churches, and the amongst the natives there to induce them destruction of catherals such as that at to fight against England. The agents are Rheime. They forbid the infiction of asing Slatin Pasha's departure from heavy pecuniary penalties and the taking Egypt as an argument in favour of the of severe punitive measures at the expense natives siding with Germany.. of civilian populations. They forbid the
SHIPPING NOTES REFLOATING OF TSINGTAO FLOATING DOCK
The Japanese Naval authorities at Tsingtao conducted a close overhaul of the sunken floating dock, and were gratified to ascorbain that it is well preserved and that there is every hope of refloating it. The work of refloating is being undertaken forthwith by salvage parties from Sasebo
Naval Arsenal.
REFLOATING SUNKEN VESSELS AT TSINGTAO.
The work of refloating the three sunken German vessels, viz., the Ellen Rickers, the Durendart, and the Michael Jebsen, at he entrance to the main harbour of Tsingtao ls in progress.
The first mentioned vessel will be raised this month.
The Durcndart had her deck and equip ments badly damaged when she blew her self up and went down The Michael Jebsen lies submerged on the Durendart's starboard, forming the most dangerous obstruction to shipping In addition to
bombardment of course, including the A corporal named Makes, referring to the above, altogether fifteen vessels, includ dropping of bombs from acroplanes of the informal truce observed by the Britishing gunboats, tug-boats, merchantmen, unfortified cities and of cities whose and German troops at the front on Christete, lie scattered on the bottom of the sea defences were not at the moment attacked, mas day, stated that a Saxon soldier told outside the barbour. The refloating of All of these offences have been committed him that several Saxon regiments had pre owing to the swift current and deep water. these vessels will prove next to impossible by Germany, whose treatment of viously been at the Kiel Harbour for three Belgium, he adds, "represents the gravest months wailing to go to England. kind of international wrong-doing."
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The ex-President has also some plain- The new Almanach de Gotha makes: spoken admonitions for American peace known that up to now seven German mongers.
There
are,"
he says, Princes have been killed in the war- multitudes of professional pacifists in namely, Princes Frederick and Erliest of the United States and of well-meaning Baxe-Meiningen, Max of Hesse, Rudolf but ill-informed persons who sympathise and Ernest of Lippe, Wolrath of Waldeck with them from ignorance. There are not Pyrmont, and Henry XLVI. of Reuss,
few astute persons who wish to take ainistor advantage of the folly of these!
The Germans have removed the famous persons, in the interest of Germany. All of these men clamour for immediate pence: copper group Way of the Cross" from They wish the United States to take the church of the Sacred Heart at Turn action for immediate penou or for a truce, hout. They are also removing the electric under conditions designed to. leave light catles from some of the German Belgium with her wrongs unredressed and cities in order to obtain copper. They aro in the possession of Germany. They substituting acetylene gas lighting for strive to bring about a peace that would electric light in these cities. contain within itsolf the elements of
frightful future discator, by making no A Berlin telegram giving particulars effective provision to prevent the repeti of the German losses in seamen, in the tion of such wrong doing as has been naval engagement off the Falkland inflicted upon Belgium, agent de Islands, intimates that none of the All of the men advocating such Scharnhoral's crew were saved. Soven nction; including the professional officers and 171 men were rescued from pacifists, the big business men largely of the Greisenan, seven men and no officers foreign birth, and the well-meaning but from the Tarriberg, and four officers and feeble-minded creatures. among their 15 men from the Leipzig. The convoy alles, and including especially all those vessels crews were all saved. who from shear timidity or weakness shrink from duty, cocupy & thoroughly base, and improper position."
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY..
THE PRESIDENT'S DIFFICULT PATH.
(FROM THE TIMES
CORRESPONDENT]
NY.E. TSINGTAO-VLADIVOSTOCK
SERVICE.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha is preparing open & steamer service between Tsingtao for the purpose of transporting Shantung and Vladivostock with one or two vessels.
cattle to the Siberian port. The above service had been maintained principally by the s.8. Asia Haru, of Messrs. Iwaki & Co. Chotoo, the Russian ss. Hanamel. etc., before the war.
CARGOES ON ENEMY SHIPS.
The Norddeutsche Lloyd, Hamburg-
Amerika line, Hansa line, and Austrian Lloyd have, after long deliberations with the London Chamber of Commerce, agreed to deliver up British goods which are among the cargoes of ships of the
sovereignt changes with an addi. porte. tional four per cent will be paid. The transection has been sanctioned by special licence of the Board of Trade
WRECKED OFF PULAU SAMBO.
The Cairo correspondent of the Daily News Blates:-" The projected Turkish advance in Egypt cannot be deferred The Jam Yong, one of the boats owned beyond the middle of February, as after by the Heap Eng Moh Steamship Com that date the desert water supplies will pany, of Singapore, has met with disaster. be dried up. The Turks have collected In fact, it is understood that the accident 13.000 camels in Syria, many of the beasts will mean that her career is finished, for being for artillery purposes. The she is piled up on a reel off the Brenti fourths of the army consists of Turkey's picked troops, but there is great discontent amongst the Arab contingents, and deser- tions have been numerous. The real power has been vested in Colonel von Kressen
stein, WASHINGTON, January 14th, There are signs of rising indignation at A telegram from Berlin last month the efforts of German propagandists to stated that the Lokalanzeiger has publish oreate a German-American Irish-American ed an interview with Field Marshal von political organization to force the Govern der Goltz, who said:" A successful ment to abandon its attitude of careful Turkish attack on Egypt would be a blow outrality: Signs of the energy and com- at the heart of England. With the army
efforts prehensiveness of these
also Turkey has pat in the held for this pur increase. The German newspapers gloat pose she has paid her full value as an ally, over the activity and independence of the and may be sure of her full share in case Gerjaan-Americans in combining to coun- of victory. The enterprise, of course, is teract English influences.
not less easy than the advance in the This is felt to accentuate the difficulty of Caucasus, where rough weather and the the President's task of following the path bad condition of the roads present the of what he regards as true neutrality. The greatest difficulties. We wonder whether President is believed to oppose strongly Field-Marshal von der Goltz is still think- the German proposal prohibiting exports ing that Turkey has paid her full value and munitions of war to the Allies. He is as an ally "
determined, despite insistent pressure
from injured interests, especially in the
South, to work for a generous settlement A HIDDEN TREASURE STORY.
of the contraband difficulty. He is deter- mined not to play the German game by anything that smacks of a desire for a premature peice.
OSAKA MAGNATES UNDER
ARREST.
Light, in the vicinity of Pulau Sambo, says the Straits Times, The vessel, with Captain Midgley in command, left Singa- pore with a general cargo, bound for Samarang vi ports, so that she came to grief very shortly after clearing Singa pore Efforts are being made to save the cargo, but it is feared that ship and cargo will be a total loss. The Nam Fong is a British steamer, of 984 tons net, registered in Singapore. She was built at Middles- bro by R. Dixon & Co., in 1876. FO
The Cheat Northern Scamship liner Minnesota is on her way out to the East again. She is due here next month,
The British steamer Haddon Hall, which ran around our Shimonoseki recently, was subsequently sold to Mr. K. Enomoto, shipowner of Dairen,
BETHMANN-HOLLWEG'S DECLARATION,
ENOUGH SUPPLIES AND MONEY.
· K+ As to our attitude
"We are sorry for the Belgians," he is quoted as saying. on the question of Belgian neutrality I have spoken s length in the Reichstag
But if in this perspective the efforts of
A case is being investigated in Osaka which is either a loot scandal or a The New York Times has recently the German propagandiste seer pany, they cannot be ignored. Reacting through Spanish gold fraud. The story goes published a long interview with Dr. von individual Congressmen the German (says the Japan Chronicle) that a Japan Bethmann-Hollweg, the German Imperial vote, ospecially when supported by a eso General who served with the Second Chancellor, which took place on Decem section, albeit a small one, of the Irish Army Corps in Manchuria in the Russian ber 14th. The interviewer noticed that vote, has a certain amount of power. campaign, discovered in an abandoned four and a half months of war had not Were there to be trouble with us over Russian camp some 2,000 kwamme (about passed lightly over the Chancellor's head. trade matters, that power, in conjunction 18,600 lbs.) of gold bullion. This he Though he spoke confidently of ultimate with the pressure of those with other asses promptly buried before anybody could German victory, a weary shrug of the to grind, and backed by the general Gor share the discovery. After the war, the shoulders was his only reply to a query man propaganda, might cause trouble. General visited Manchuria, located the the duration of the war.
Discussing the difficulties of presenting That, however, is not the most important cache, dug up the gold at his leisure, and the German side of the situation in point. There are signs from many quar transported it to Toyka, where he buried America, the Chancellor is reported to it again, in the Kita Toshima district have expressed regret that owing to the ters that Germany is preparing to exploit the drawn-war theory. Already in diple Though it is not an unknown thing for British and French ceneorship and cable matic quarters not unfriendly to Germany officers of exalted rank to live in rather control the German view could not be it is whispered that Germany might, in more splendour than their pay properly adequately represented the interests of suffering humanity, be accounts for, the General, for some reason, prepared to give up Belgium and consider never tried to realtid his buried wealth. peace. Nothing is being left undone to But he always bad it on his mind, and, impress upon Americans the damage the short time ago, realising that he was war is doing thom, and the economic he had buried should be irrecoverably about to die, end unwilling that the wealth advantages of an early peaco
lost, be with his last breath disclosed its This line of attack is a clever one. Were hiding-place to his wife. Germany to profess willingness to expiate The widow had a friend in whose her crime against Belgium, the strongest honesty the trusted apparently with cause of American sympathy with the better warrant than in his discretion. For Allies would be removed, and a really the friend, instead of undertaking the serious political agitation in favour of a recovery and disposal of the gold; case The British restrictions on trade are Immediate settlement might be engineered Osaka, called on a number of well-to-do which, if unheeded, might conceivably men there, told them about the gold, and tern into an agitation to prevent the intimated that he was ready to consider supplies placed by the Allies in the United a Grm offer for all rights in the hidden One of the remarkable features of the States:
treasure: mapa
G war has been the adaptability of German This method of going about the business industries. You have seen the way in naturally was the end of all secrecy, and which she has been readjusting her in the police very soon apprehended the dustrice from peace purposes to those widow's friend. He is at present reticent, war Ch we have enough but it is hoped that he will make a volan. As to financing the war" to the cnd tary confession with sufficient persuasion the Chancellor declared that there was Some of the plutocrats whom he no trouble about that. I did not want. approached are also under police examina this war said the Chancellor later. For five years I have laboured steadily tion. As the Asalu, in relating this story to develop a good understanding with Mr. F. Jenkin is appointed Assistant rather obviously remarks, the affair is England, but all came to nought, and not Superintendent of the
Palice either a national scandal or a barefaced through my fault, and he repeated his Roserve.
fraud. If the latter, the widow's friend argument that the British Government by will find the preliminary examination steadily encouraging the Russian war questions regarding the location of the party with the necessary confidence in treasure rather embarrassing, however ultimate British support had brought the willing he may be to confess everything war nearer and hearer.
SPECIAL POLICE RESERVE
GENERAL ORDERS.;
GENERAL ORDEE NO.1
Special
C. Mc.T MESSEE. Capt. Supt of Police
19th February, 1915.
contraband, Great Britain has been "As to the British interpretation of directing her contraband regulations with the idea of starving out and ruining. Ger- any economically. But Germany is pra pared to meet the situation. You have been have enough. We can get along. Coop here and have seen the conditions. We oil, rubber we shall have enough of all hurting the Beutral States more than they are Germany. They have affected the United States, have they not?
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