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THE WAR.

BRITISH VICTORY IN

FLANDERS.

DEJECTED GERMAN PRISONERS.

PRINZ EITEL'S ·59.

DEPREDATIONS.

ONE AMERICAN AND SEVEN ALLIES' SHIPS SUNK.

JAPAN AND CHINA.

SIR EDWARD GREY'S STATEMENT,

FRANCO BELGIAN FRONT.

(THROUGH RÄUTER'S AGENOY,]

GREAT BRITISH VICTORY.

2,500 METRES OF TRENCHES.

CAPTURED.

LONDON, March 11th. 6,85 p.m.

NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

"PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH" ACTIVE.

SINKS EIGHT VESSELS.

LONDON, March 11th. A New York message states that the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Bitel Friedrich has arrived at Newport News with over 300 passengers and the crows of eight vesseln which she sank, including an American vessel.

A Paris communiqué states that the British attack yesterday resulted in the Capture of 2,500 metres of trenches before Neuve Chapelle, and also the village fitself. The British then progressed in the direction of Aubers, as far as Pietre Mill, and in a south easterly direction to the Border at Bois Bubiez. The advance was

The Prinz Eitel Friedrich sank three about two kilometres beyond Neure Chapelle.

British vessels-Invercoe, Mary Ada Short The Gerinan artillery only fired a few and Willerby; three French vessels, in- cluding the Florida, which had so passengers aboard; also the American ship Frye and a Russian vessel.

Bhots.

WAR OFFICE ACCOUNT.

LONDON, March 11th. The War Office announces that the Fourth Army Corps and an Indian Corps advanced yesterday over a front of 4,000

or a fre yards, for roughly three quarters of a mile. They captured all the intervening hostile positions and trenches. The Corps on their right and left were also engaged.

Over 700 prisoners were taken. British aircraft were active, and des- Lroyed the railway junctions at Courtrai

and Menin.

[A French official telegram states that the prisoners taken in this engagement were very depressed, and their morale is at its lowest.

FUTILE COUNTER-ATTACKS.

GERMANS SUFFER GREAT LOSS.

LONDON, March 12th, 1.45.a.m. evening

The Paris

Bays*

communiqué

Dense fog has greatly impeded opera tions.

The British successfully bombarded Westende in Belgium and we repulsed two attacks near the Zandwoorde sector at Ypres.

LATER

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 18TH, 1918

ST (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]

JAPAN'S DEMANDS ON CHINA. ANGLO-RUSSIAN FRIENDSHIP.

-MESSAGE FROM KING GEORGE.

STATEMENT BY SIR EDWARD

GREY

LONDON, March 12th."

LONDON, March 12th.

AMERICAN CABINET MINISTER ILL.

The King, replying to a message from Beplying to questions with reference the Russia Society, established to promote to Japan's demands on China, Sir Anglo-Russian friendship, bus conveyed Edward Grey said he had received no his hearty sympathy with every effort to representations from a foreign Govern- Pronote and maintain a complete and ment, but one or two Powers had mato lasting understanding between the peoples informal communications. As, however, of the British and Russian empires and the information in his (Sir Edward'e) says he shares in the anticipation which posscasion was confidential, His Majesty the Society's message contains of the final Government made no formal communica and glorious victory of the Allies in the tion on the subject to any foreige war. Government. The opinions of the com mercial and industrial classes. with reference to the demands would bo welcomed.. Some had already been received from exports on commercial questions involved. The Government were considering the demands with a view to safeguarding

any British interests with which they appeared in conflict. He was aware of the importanco, to the Lancashire cotton trade of openi markets in China. He gathered that the demands had aroused certain uneasiness in this regard, but the Government had no doubt that the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of 1805, preserving equal opportunities for commerce for all ustions in China, would be observed.

NEGOTIATIONS FOR A VERY

CLOSE ALLIANCE."

WASHINGTON, March 12th Mr. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury, is in hospital suffering from appendicitis,

CHINESE TELEGRAMS,

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] FOREIGN LOSSES IN THE REVOLUTION.

FUNDS FROM THE QUINTUPLE GROUP.

PERING, March 12th. The Quintaple Banks are to hand over to the Chinese Government the sum of $1,375,000, being the balance of two millions sterling set aside to meet the indemnity for foreign losses in the Revolution,

LONDON, March 12th. Sir Frederick Pollock, presiding aɩ, a meeting of the League of Empire Club THE PEKING CONFERENCE. The cruiser will probably be interned. in London, said that there were possibly confidential negotiations between China and Japan for a very close alliance, which was not a very improbable thing, and was quite tandable if made on fair terms. He thought that German diplo strife between China and Japan, and ho macy had been endeavouring to efir up

would be greatly astonished accounts

if the

It is announced that the cruiser needs three weeks leave to remain for repairs.

The Captain of the Frye says he was carrying wheat to Queenstown, and that the Germans had no right to sink his ship It is generally conceded that this un- friendly act will require explanation by Gormany.

WASHINGTON, March 12th.

The Neutrality Board has recommended that the Prins Eitel be permitted such repairs as to render hor seaworthy under

of Japan's demands were materially inaccurate.

expressed his deep appreciation of the The Chineso Minister (Mr. Alfred Sze)

friendly sentiments towards Ching,

TRADING WITH GERMANS IN CHINA.

PEKING, March 12th. The Japanese Legation state that pro gress was made at the last Conference. THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE.

PERING, March 12th. The new Minister of Finance

is making sweeping change in the Ministry.

THE ITALIAN OPERA CO. Qur Macao correspondent writes: This Company remained hero over a

and

week

prosented seven operas Almost every night flowers wore passed up to the singers. The day before the Company left Madame Gonsalez was presented with a silver oup by some admirors and with a silver powder-box from the Club, Preamis vore recsired by some of the other members of the Com

would be taken to prevent British traders from the Club and a cigarette caso from Senmuzzi, who received a silver inkstand from trading with Germans in China,. Sirgeme friends.

LONDON, March 12th. Replying to a question as to whether, in view of the Gorman propaganda in

MONEYLENDERS PROFITS.

SOME BANKRUPTCY COURT REVELATIONS.

CLERKS $2,200 LIABILITIES, Lay Hin, a clerk in the Post Office carn ing 8100 a month, said that his liabilities were $2,100, and assets 835, and he was LOAN 830, INTEREST $30.4

also paying $45 a month to creditors. The A number of cases in which the haak reason he gave for bankruptcy was that rupts had got into the hands of Indian ho owed a lot of money” He had moneylendora came before the Chief guaranteed 3600 for one Chung Wi and Justice in the Bankruptcy Court yester signed a promissory note for $1,000 for day. In one case, Chung Lau, a foreman this amount; and he had had to make in the Sanitary Department, whose wages this good, Chung Wi not having paid were $320 and ho had no assets. His debts in debt many times before. His mother are $30 per month, said that his liabilities anything. He admitted that he had been had accumulated from time to time. He had paid them off for him on three had a wife and five children, one of whom had been ill for some time. Eventually, he borrowed money from Indian money- lenders with which to pay his debta From one be borrowed $50 and signed a promis- sary note for $55, while from another he horrowed 930 and signed a note for 3601 The Chief Justice Then you are a fool, that is all I can say.

Bankrupt added that it cost him $20 per month to live, and he was paying a month to creditors. Ever since he had borrowed money from the moneylenders he had been paying interest, and not any of the principal.

One of the moneylenders then came for ward and complained that when he lent money to people who eventually went bankrapt he only got half of what was signed for. In two previous cases he only got half of the money which was owing to him

The Chief Justice (to the interpreter) Tell him from me that if a man lends 890 and takes a nota for 800 he is very fortunate to get half of it back. If I had my way he would not got anything,

The moneylender then said that he really loaned the man $60, adding, no one who borrowed 830 would siga for 850."

The Chief Justice The man has acted wisely in going into bankruptcy in an endeavour to pay all his creditors. You will get what you can,

The examination was closed.

MARRIAGE LEADS TO INSOLVENCY.

occasions; when they totalled $1,000, $500 and 3200. He bad two wives, one of whom was kept by his mother, to whom he made su allowance of $10 per month. The examination was closed.

MISSING BOOKS.

that his liabilitics were $2,900. He last Tack On, a Chinese shopkeeper, said

$2,000 on t building contract shop books, bankrupt alleged that the Questioned as to the whereabouts of the

boy," who was also the accountant, had sold some of the books when he was away, and that others were destroyed.

The Official Receiver I suppose you were very pleased to hear that they were sold.

The examination was closed.

A NOVEL APPLICATION. In the case of the Tung Kee and the Kwong Wo firms, Mr. Goldring, on behalf- of the trustee, asked for permission to apply for an order that the names of the persons who were partners in the two com- panies should be disclosed in such manner as the Court might direct.

The Official Receiver said that was the first time he had heard of an application of that kind being made; but it was under section 78 of 1891, and appeared to bo quite in

order.

His lordship made the order naked for, and the notice will be published in. Chinese papers.

THE TIGER SENSATION. EUROPEAN CONSTABLE SUCCUMES J.J. Santos, a clerk in the Post Office,

TO HIS INJURIES. said that he had been so employed for cleven years. His salary was $90 per

Police Constable Edward Goucher, who month--eleven years ago it was $75-his was badly mauled by a tiger near Sheung lisbilities $1,900, and assets $100. He was juries in the Government Civil Hospital Shui on Monday, succumbed to his in-

married five years ago and had three children. His family proved too big for his salary, he incurred dobis and then borrowed from Indian moneylenders.

From one he borrowed $100 for which he had to sign for $160, and from another $150 for which he had to sign for $200. signed for $280 He commenced borrow In another instance he borrowed 8200 and ing from moneylenders directly after his marriage.

early

yesterday The unfortunata table was only 22 years of age. Ho came out from Mansfield, Notis, to join singular that P. Ralph Millor, who the Police Force in March, 1913, and it is some while back accidentally shot himself, was deceased's chum, and was induced to is said that cleceased's transfer to Sheung in the Hongkong Police by Gouclier. It Shui from the Central Police Station was the outcome of the unhappy fate of his

the supervision of the American Naval China ugainst British trade, sters Pay; including the baritone, Signor The Official Receiver Then the state chum, whose death affected him greatly,

authorities.

A TORPEDO THAT MISSED. Edward Groy said that Trading with the

LONDON, March 12th.

Enemy Proclamations had been applied.

to British subjects in China; it had A German submarine fired at and also been intimated that transactions attempted to torpedo a conster named the with Germans in Chinn would not be Helen off the Mersey. The torpedo missed prohibited but proclamations by twenty yards,

GENERAL

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE TREATMENT OF

SUBMARINE PRISONERS.

GERMANY INDIGNANT.

AMSTERDAM, March 12th.

undesirable.

were

AT THE MAGISTRACY. ALLEGED FALSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS.

Inspector P. O'Sullivan prosecuted at the Magistracy yesterday a Chinese named THE POSITION AT TSINGTAU. Tit Fan salt-fish and rice shop in the Wong Kun Tak, manager of the Wong

Western district, for falsification of LONDON, March 11th.

accounts. The amount involved ja said to be $16,000.

In the House of Commons, Sir Edward Grey, answering a question, said Tsingtau was still in the hands of the Japanese military authorities. As a result of com- The British in the region of Neuve

munications with the Japaness Govern Chapelle repulsed two counter-attacka

It was announced in the Budget Comment, access to the port had been allowed inflicting great loss on the enemy.

mittee of the Reichstag that enquiries wera We made marked progress on Wednes being made of the British Government day evening in the wood west of Perthes regarding the reports that crews of against desperate German resistance, and German submarines were being treated

A WELL-PLANNED ROBBERY,

ment you raade to me, that your insolvency is due to your marriage, is probably correct 1-Yes,

A moneylender from whom bankrupt had borrowed $430 came forward and claimed that the clerk had gambled with the money at Macio-and lost, proved that he gambled be was prepared Bankrupt replied that if it could be

to go to goal.

prove that bankrupt frequently went to The moneylender said that he could

Macao

emo to play fantan. occasions when bo had asked Santos to On several pay him he replied that ho was going to Macao, and that if he won he would pay off the loan,

4 cleverly-conceived robbery took place. The bunkrupt denied this, told Mr. Hazeland yesterday that the and said that one day Santos went to his in Yaumati recently. Inspector Gerrard An Indian draper also came forward Chinese defendant lived with his wife on shop purchased goods and said he would the same premises as the complainant and pay the next day. He had never been in In reply to another question, Sir his wife, being a sub-tenant. Recently the the shop since. Edward Grey said His Majesty's Govern-wife of the defendant suggested to the wife ment was not in a position to make of the complainant that they should take

to a certain number of British vessels.

The examination was then closed, and his lordship, after commenting adversely

sve repulsed a counter-attack at Reich.ferently from other prisoners. It was statement in regard to the negotiations & walk. Both husbands were at that time on baukrapt's practice of incurring debts!

ackerkoff in the Vosges.

RUSSIAN FRONT.

[TEROUGH REUTER'S AGENØY.]

STUBBORN BATTLES IN

POLAND

LONDON, March 12th.

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declared that the sharpest reprisals would be taken if the reports were confirmed.,

RECRUITS FROM OVERSEAS.

INCREASING IN STRENGTH.

LONDON, March 11th.

In the House of Commons, a question was asked whether arrangements could be

A Potrograd communiqué says:-Be- made to utilise the services of the numbers tween the Niemen and the Vistula of young men in the overseas Dominions extremely stubborn battles took place on who were anxious to servo,

Mr. Lewis Harcourt said that all the self-Governing Colonies had put large forces in the field and were maintaining, and even increasing, the strength thereof. The Imperial Government had considered

proceeding between Japan and China. [OFFICIAL TELEGRAM FROM BRITISH FORETON

OFFICE

MOSLEM LOYALTY IN SINGAPORE.

LONDON, March 11th. The following telegram from Governor of the Straits Settlements has the

been received by the Secretary of State for the Colonics

the 10th inst. in the region of the Simon

A deputation from the most influential Falleys of the Omuleff and Orgitz rivers

Singapore Moslems presented to me to-day and in the direction of Prasnysz.

a resolution, passed on March 6th at a All the enemy attacks in the Car

mass meeting of over 3,000 Moslems, to be pathians were repulsed. In a counter

placed before His Majesty The King. attack near Gorlice we annihilated the all the arrangements for dealing with The translation is: We, The Moslems Austrian units which attempted to available recruits, which were best left in of Singapore, have from first to last been entrench themselves on our front after the hands of the Dominion Governments constant in our allegianco and in our failure in a night attack.

riediately concerned,

loyalty to the Throne "

oat, the complainant being engaged in his to pay off others, said that when the time shop. When the women returned the wife came for his discharge it would be of the complainant discovered that the suspended. lock of a trap-door had been wrenched off and a considerable quantity of clothing,

SALARY $25, LIABILITIES $773. fogether with money and jewellery, was

Juman Khan, a clerk in the Kowloon missing. The police were informed, and, Wharf and Godown Company, said that suspicion falling on the defendant, be he was 23 years of age, earned $25 per was searched. Upon him was found the month, had a wife, two children and two concealed in his room was the rest of the the extent of $773, and had no, assets, money alleged to have been stolen, and sisters to keep, had incurred liabilities to

stolen property,

During the last three years his mother's and the funeral expenses came to $200 illness had cost him about 8400; she died

He went to Indian moneylenders and He had also paid interest, at intervals, borrowed from them from time to time

admitted the offence in the charge-room, Inspector Gerrard said that the man

and handed witness the money.

The funeral took place at the Protest ant Cemetery at Happy Valley yeater- day, the officiating clergyman being the trai (Rev. G. Griffiths). Assistant-Chaplain of St. John's Catho

The coffin was borne on a gun carriage, lowing it were practically the whole lent by Surgeon-General Hoskyn,-and fol of the Inspectors in Hongkong and a detachment of European Warders from Kowloon, with a large number of European Sergeants and Constables, and Victoria Gaol as well as a numerous de- tachment of Sikh and Mahommedan

Palico,

Among those at the graveside wore Cap- ing H.E. the Governor), Hon. Mr. M.I. trin R. O. Hutchison (A.D.O., represent-

Police), Captain E. D. C. Wolffe (Post- Messer (Captain Superintendent of master General), Mr. P. P. G. Wodehous (Deputy Superintendent of Police) Mr. TH King (Assistant Superintendent of the New Territory). Police), and Mr. Donald Burlingham (Assistant Superintendent if Police in

There was a very large collection of floral tributes, all the Stations in the ur mediate vicinity sending at least one each.

RUBI AND "ZAFIRO”-

SOLD.

Messrs Shewan, Tomes & Co., General Managers of the China and Mamla Steamship Co., have issued to shareholders a circular announcing that the steamers lubi and Zafiro have been sold for de- livery in England at a price which will realise almost exactly £20,000 net each. impossible to say what the final return At present," the circular stetes, it is to Shareholders will be, but we fear it cannot be estimated at much more than about Dollars Five ($5.00) per share.”

covered the theft he spoke to the defendant The complainant said that when he dis

about it, and the latter said it was very but received no receipt, nor had the proclusive evidence as to its efficacy; and the

peculiar." Then defendant's wife stated that they also had lost souse property, and suggested that the complainant should inform the police of their loss also.

Defendant was sentenced to two months hard labour and four hours' stocks.

missory note been endorsed.

The Official Receiver explained that the moneylenders were satisfied that the man's bankruptcy was entirely due to mis fortune.

The examination was closed..

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