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The effect of the war on the mercantile marine, the work" of the British and Allied Fleets, the relation between, shipowners and the Government, the war risk msurance scheme, and the rise in freights were among the subjects discusserl at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom, which was hold on February 26th at the Abercorn Rome, Liverpool-street, EC Mr. J. IL Warmack, Leith, the retiring president, said that shipowners wore greatly indebted to the Government for the war rieks insurance scheme, which had effectively seconded the efforts of the Navy in enabling the mercantile marine to pursue its calling without serious interruption. In some quarters it was contended that the rates of premium under the Government scheme might be further reduced. His view was that until the present developments of the for FIVE YEARS. Germans in British waters were ascertained more fully, the subject shoukl not be pressed. If in the long run a large surplus was accumulated, shipowners could go to the President of the Board of Trade and ask for a rebate on those premiums. -

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He thought the shipowners could justly claim they had done their part, in return for the good services of the Government. They had provided over 1,200 Steamers for the transport of troops and munitions of war, and that, too, without a mishap of any kind and at exceedingly moderate rates of remunera tion. (Hear, hear.).

Sir Kenneth S. Anderson, the new Prasi- dent, said that when they last meta interna- tional Conference had just conclusled its labours in London," and the resulting Con- vention prescribed with elaborato minuteness the appliances and safeguards which the Conference judged most effective to secure safety of life at son, By a contrast, grimly ironic nine out of the 16 States which sent delegates were now engaged in the bloodiest

in War bistory, a war furtively prevoked by the State which, having played not the least prominent part in its assembly, demon strated its genuine humanity by the destrue- tion of non-combatants on the high sess..

Contrasted with fears long and justly entertained in regard to the opening period of such

war, the fortunes of our industry had hitherto been marvellously undisturbed, For that they had to thank the Navy and the scheme of national insurance. Though no announcement had been made of the aggregate financial results in the case of hulls, enough was known to justify the statement that up to date on voyages in respect of which premium was payable the profit was substantial, while in the case of cargo it was an open secret that the credit balance must be an exceedingly handsome

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"We have yet to leam" continued Sir Kenneth, what success will attend the enemy's latest threat of murder by mine and submarine, and small as the risk may be there still remains the possibility of desperate evasion by some of the enemy's cruisers. The capture of a few high-valued steamers and cargoes would put a different complexion on the account, and objection therefore can scarcely be taken to the keeping of a reason- able reserve against such contingencies."

The calamity of even a partial inhibition

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averted, and, although the price of foodstuffs had risen, it had been incomparably less than in past wars. There had been no misgiving as to shortage of food or raw materials,

The President concluded by moving a re- solution tanking the British and Allied Fleets for enabling the mercantile marine to. carry on with a measure of risk little greater than in times of peace." He added a tribute to the services rendered by the French, Russian, and Japanese Navies. There had. he said, perhaps been a tendency to make light of the possible results of the German campaign of submaring and mine warfare. As regards the main objective of that campaign, however, if it was intended either to scare us off the seas or in shat us up in port it would not succeed. (Hear, hear.) He was quite confident the Navy would be found competent to deal with this or any other devilment which the enemy might devise.

Lord Inverclyde, who scaded the resulu tion, sairi the importance of our command of the sea wna a thing one could not measure.

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Mr. W. J. Cormack, Leith, thought the solution went somewhat beyond the facts of

The President said though the activities of the German submarines had caused appreci- able losses, it was not so very wide of the truth to say that the mercantile marine was pursuing its vacation with but little risk. (Hear, hear.) If the aim of the Germans was to scare British slips from the sens, or shut than up in the ports, it would not succeed.

The resolution was carried unanimously. On the motion of Mr. F. C Gardiner, seconded by Nie E. Hain, another resolutioni was passed thanking the Government for their foresight and resource in safeguarding by exceptional measures, in the presence of war, the integrity of the country's commercial institutions and activities,

ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO CORRUPT A CLERK.

THE LANGKAT CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH

WAR NEWS.

WAR PRISONERS IN ENGLAND.

NOT ONE DISSATISFIED."

Two members of the Goreva Red Cross Association, Professor Edouard Naville and M. Victor van Berchem, who recently visited prisoners in the war camps in Great Britain, have now completed their report, of which, says the Times corres pondent at Berne, I have received an ad- vance proof. The report puls the number of German soldiers and officer who are prisoners in England at 10,000, and says not one was dissatisfied with his food or treatment,

A DESPERATE ENDEAVOUR..

A Petrograd message says that General Kamaack, commander at Przemysl, issued an order prior to the sortie, calling on his heroic soldiers to cut their way through trian army, which is now near us the Russian lines ard-"rejoin the Aus

The honour of our country forbids us to fall an easy prey to the enemy. The soldiers were given five days' rations and now clothing and hoots. Over twenty thou

and should have sortied, but many re- fused to oboy. Only the 23rd Honved Division and the 85th Landwehr Brigade and the 4th Hussars took an active part, but they sustained a decisive defent.

THE FALL OF PRZEMYSL.

OFFICIAL AUSTRIAN STATEMENT.

An official statement from Vienna says: "Having reached the end of its resources after 4 months of siege, the fortress of Przemysl has fallen. honourably. General Von Kumonek, finding the provisions shortening at the middle of March, de cided on a fual sortie. His troops early on the morning of March 19 sallied beyond the forts and withstood strong Russian forces in a seven hours battle. Tho numerical superiority of the Russians forced the Austrians to retreat behind the forts. The Russians on the following night attacked Przemysl from several sides, but the attacks were shattered by fire. The heroic defenders had only three- days' provisions after the sort and the commander issued instructions for the surrender. When the three days had ex- pired, all war material was destroyed. An airmian from the fortress reports that the commander succeeded in destroying the forts, meluding gums and ammuni- tion. The enemy will not refuse to re- cognise the porseverance and gallantry of the heroic defenders. The fall of the fortress, ou which the supreme command of the army had' long reckoned, will not influence the general situation,"

GERMAN SPY'S DARING.

STEALS DEAD OFFICER'S UNIFORM AND

MOTORS TO PARIS.

There have been many instances recent- ly of detection of Germans in the uni forms of both Francs and England. One case, hitherto unreported, was that of a German officer who stole the uniform and papers of dead French offer on the battlefield, and drove into Paris in an automobile. He actually went to the Ministry of War, and reported that a comrade of the officer whose cloth he was. wearing was wounded.

But Paris is a bad place in which to masquerade, and before the German could go out of the city a telegram of warning had come from the front. He was stopped at the gates and questioned, and, his re- plies not being quite satisfactory (al- though he spoke French perfectly), he was arrested, tried, and shot.

Recently, a British staff officer, with a red band round his cap, was stopped by a French officer and a French aviator on. a boulevard in Paris and asked his name and regiment. The inquiries, bluntly pat, were evidently based on suspicion, and the British officer was not unnatural- ly toyed. However; he elated exactly who he was, and the incident which at- tracted a small crowd-termined with profuse apologies on the part of his ques

tioners..

COURAGE OF A GERMAN FRIEST,

The Daily Mail quotes a Lieutenant in the Indian Army who writes:-' I went. to occupy a trench from which the Ger- mans had lately been evicted. It was quite dark, and on entering the treach at the head of my party I heard someone talking in a low voice. I erept forward as quietly as I could and saw what I ima- gined must be a doctor supporting the hod of a wounded man. I called upon him to surrender, and he held up a cru- cifix towards me, so I know he must be a priest. The priest was giving absolution to a dying Bavarian who expired a few minutes later. I went up to the priest,

A care of unusual interest at Shanghai last week was mentioned at the Polic Court, before Mr. G, V. King, Police Magistrate, when Mena David Nilas, of 4 Yangkingpang, appeared to answer the who, however, could not understand Eng following charge: That he did on Dr

lish or French. I know very little Ger- about March 24th, 1915, corruptly give mat, only a few words, in fact, so we fell to Cyril Napier Chipp employed by back on Latin, in which, tongue we held Mosers. George McBain, of 33, Szechuan Road, the sum of Ts. 50 as reward for As far as I could make out, he said that a short and very halting conversation. handing him a copy of a speech to be the Germans were suffering much from delivered at a meeting of the shareholder:

of the Longkat Company on March 31st, sickness, and he disliked the Prussians such speech being in the posession of him to return to the German trenches, most cordially. Eventually, 1 allowed the said Messia. George McBain, and

THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS.

CORPA ORDERS BY LIKUT.-COL, A. CHAPMAN, V.D.

-MUSKETRY, 1-Muskotry will be carried out at

King's Park Rangt as follows: Saturday, 10th April at 2.30 p.m.--Part 1. Recruits and Trained son of all units.

Sunday, 11th April at 0.30 2,1

Standard Test, Recruits and Trained mon of all units.

One N.CO. of each unit having mea firing will attend to assist tho Instructor. Members must attend punctually at the time stated above. Any men arriving late will not be allowed to fire. Every member of the Corps (except Recruits who have joined ainco. 28th February, 1915), who has not com- "pleted his muskotry course for this season must attend on one or both of the dates mentioned.

JOINED,

:

2-The undermicationed having joined the Corps, are allotted Corps numbers and posted as follows:—

No. 1,791 Sapper. P. Soutar to

Engineer Company-

No. 1,892 Sapper J. W. Dison to

Engineer Company.

No. 1793 Pte. T. C. Nixon to

Scouts Company.

IARADES.

3.--Purades for Wednesday, 7th instant.

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DETAIL

4.-Officers on duty: Lieut. Rees, 2nd Lieats, Murphy and Cunningham. Orderly Officer: Lieut. Murphy.

Orderly Sergeant: Sergt. Ramsay.

Medical Orderly: Pte. James.

To furnish Guard :-

At Volunteer Headquarters.

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7 p.m. today to 7 4.m. 8th inst., FRENCH LESSONS

Scouts Company.

7 n.m. to 7 p.m. 8th inst., No. 1 so0. Arty and Leit See., M. G. Co. p.m. 8th to 7/8.m. 10th inst.,

Scouts Company.

At Mount Austin Barricks.

10.15 p.m. to-day to 7 a.m. to- noror, No. 1 Section Arty, Raty, and Left Section M. G. Cb.

a.m. Sth instant, No. 1. Section Arty. Baty, and Left Section M. Ġ. Col

6. B. STEWART, Capt.,

Adjutant, HK,V.R.

10.15 p.m. to-morrow to 7

Dated, April 6th.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RESERVES,

ORDERS DY MAJDI WAKNMAN,

Hongkong, April 6th.

PARADES.D. Company will parade at Voluntoor Headquarters at 5.15 p.m. To-morrow April 7th. Co. Sgt.-Major

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C. Companies will parade in the road

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Cricket Ground at 5:15 p.m. on Fri- : BMOKELESS POWDER and CHILLED day, April 9th. Dress drill order. Recruits will parade on the Cricket

BAOT. From No. 10 to 6880. st 16, 87 and ground at 5.13 p.m. on April 7th, 8th $7.50 per 100. SPORTING REQUISITE: and 12th, dress drill order,

and AIR GUNS in Variety,

Inspection Invited.

Signallers will parade in Murray Bat- tery at 5.15 p.m. to-morrow April 7th. Uniform optional. MUSKETRY-Part I (Trained won and

Recruits) will be fired at King's Park on Saturday, April 10th, at 2.30 p.m. Part II (Standard Test) (Trained mon and Recruits) will be fired at King's Park on Sunday, April 11th, at 9.30 a.m. These parades must be regarded

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absolutely compulsory for all members who have not yet completed their Musketry training.

LEAGUE MATCH-In the 2nd match fired

at the King's Park on April 2nd, the Reserve Team heat that of the Volunteer Corps by 40 points.

are

MAIN AND PEAK GUARDS-The whole of B Co. and Sections 1 and 2 of A Co. warned to held themselves in readiness for duty during the week commencing April 10th

W. L. CARTER, Capt.,

Adjutant, H.K.V.R.

SPECIAL POLICE RESERVE.

PARADER. Contral Police Station,

p.m.

5.30

Tuesday, April 6th.-1st Chinese Com-

pany and applicants for platoons.

Indian

whole

whole

Wednesday, April 7th. The Reserve, including recruits. Thursday, April BUL. The

Reserve, for inspection hy H.. the Governor. MUSKETRY.-Saurday, April 10th-Musik-

etry practice for Platoon Portuguese Company, postponed from April 3rd Peak Range, 200 yards at 2.30 p.m.

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hy: T· Arnott, the runner-up being 8. J. Chischen. Competitors who have not necessories. for properly cleaning their rifles must return same to Store of. very earliest conveniones, drawing Winchesters in lieu thereof.

F. C. JENKIN, AS.P. (Reserve).

SACKING OF LOUVAIN.

relating to their business as agents of the which I expect and hope he reached GERMANS RELEASE 2000 CIVILIAN Langkat Company, against the Stutute in safety. My men expostulated after- Ed. VII., c.34 8. 1."

The case was remanded till the ged inst. The Magistrate decided to admit defendant to bail in the sum of 300 and two British suretics of $1,000 each.

A London contemporary states that according to reports appearing in the Berliner Tageblatt, Georges Carpentier the marvellous young French boxer has been wounded and is now a prisoner of war with the Germans.

PRISONERS.

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According to a telegram from Havre the authorities in Germany have liberated 2,000 civilians from Louvain, who had been de OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE, tained as prisoners.

wards at my letting him go, as they thought it most important to kill the Ger man Padre Dog. The courage of the German priest in remaining to give ab solution to his dying countrymes sur passes anything I have heard myself in the course of the pipent war, as he inust to the effect that the destruction of Louvain They were compelled to sign a declaration have knivs that he would fall into the was dine to the action of the inhabitants, who hands not of British soldiers, who might had fired on German soldier. possibly have respected his calling, but. The released prisoners state that they ex- into thocs of men who must have been reperienced terrible moral and physical suffer- presented to him as barbarous eavages,”ing in Germany. --Central News.

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