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WAH NEWS.

ITALY AND THE ADRIATIC.

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COMING AGREEMENT WITH SERBIA.

An interesting telegram from Rome is publied by the Paris Excelsior, It says, that the vit of Signor Tittoni, the It dian Ambassador in Paris, to Rome hig "undoubtedly a political purpose, and the conclusion may be drawn that he has come to renew the pourparlors which were interrupted to permit of Prince Bulow formulating his proposals to the

Italiai Government,

This is probable enough, because the agreement between Italy arid Serbia is on the point of being brought to a head Owing to the friendly intervention of France.

The bases of this agreement are said to be the following:--

Italy would not oppose the occupation

· by Sorbis of an outlet on the Adriatic, but on condition that such territory should not be fortifod

As to the question of Trieste and. Istria, this would not even bo discussed, thei Italian character of those two regions being acknowledged by the Allied Govern-

monte.

If the agreement between. Italy and Serbia is definitely concluded, as it is believed will be the case in the course of a wook, the entry of Italy upon the scene of conflict may be regarded as imminent.

AMMUNITION FOR THE ENEMY.

MR. BELLOD'S VIEW OF THE COTTON SCANDAL

"I cannot conceive why this thing should continue," said Mr. Hilaire Belloc in a lecture at Queen's Hall recently, re- ferring to the refusal of the Government to prevent Germany importing cotton, the essential material for the manufac tatre of explosives.

por cent, more cotton than in normal

THE BUSINESS SIDE OF WAR.

BRINGING UP SUPPLIES FROM THE BASES.

SPECIAL-JOBS

The following article has been com municated by an Eye-Witness present with General Headquarters :--|

There is perhaps nothing concerning an army about which less is known generally than the method by which the forces are maintained in the field, in other words, of the functions of the Dasco" and the "Lines of Communication." Too real of romance is popularly supposed to begin only when the "Front" is reached :, the means which enable the soldier to go forward and to remain at the front are forgotton so soon as he gets into touch with the enemy. Nevertheless, apart from their vital importance, they are of considerable interest.

In the case of our armies in France, the bases are naturally at seaports or olose to them, and it is from these places that the whole of our force are furnished romounts, and with reinforcements, everything of a material nature thas is required for their sustenance. They are she gateways through which all troops and material pass into the country and where large stocks and portions of the reserves are maintained. These places, therefore, are conseted with every branch of the Army, but more intimately with two-the Quartermaster-General's Department, which is concerned with the supply of material and animals, and that of the Adjutant-General, which deals

with men.

Army Veterinary Service, the two depart

Under the former the Army Service Corpe and the Army Ordnance Depart ment are the two chiefly concerned, the He estimated that Gormany had now first handling supplica"--which in a reserve of 1,000,000 bales of cotton, one-eludo, generally speaking, all foodstuffs balf obtained through neutral countries for man and beast, and the second being and the other half through her own responsible for the provision of every ports, Gormany, he said, had imported thing except food and medical stores.. sinoo the beginning of the war about 50 There are also the Remount Service, the timos, and all the neutral countries, ments charged with the duty of trans except Italy, were supplying the entry porting men and material, movements to the beat of their ability.

The gravest thing of all remains to be by rail and canal bdag carried out by said," declared Mr. Belloc, and it is the Railway Transport Department and time it should be said. It is that the that by road by the Army Service Corps reason why in spite of the blockade, and the Army Postal Service. partial as it has been, this cotton, which is gunpowder, is allowed to go through, is that it is believed that the prevention of its passing would involve trouble with a neutral country whose friendship, we naturally desire to maintain, and which also is the market in which we may purchase munitions.

Supposing that cotton had been pur- chased by us to what would it have amounted? It would have cost as some; thing loss than the bill for one week of the war, and even at the price thas Ger- many bus to pay-it would have cost 119 less than the cost of the war for a fort-

night.

In permitting cotton to go through to the enemy, you are doing exactly the asme as if Biemarck and von Moltke i 1870 had permitted gunpowder to go into beleaguered Paris.'

THE ANCIENTS AND ACTUAL -

EVENTS.

Immediately on the declaration of war, ture in France, dwindled to almost newspapers and other ephemeral liter microscopic proportions, and in some cases entirely disappeared. The Afereure France, one of the best of Parisian fortnightlies, suddenly ceased publication after August: most of its staff had been mobilised. After eight months' silence, it appears, under date of the 1st April, 1916, and will, as far as is possible, con- tinue to appear as a monthly, during the cour of the war.

conditio servitutem

vostram,

ut

antea,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1915.

spite of its complexity, in regulated by a spirit of the strictest order. This p pears all the more remarkable when it is remembered that the great majority of the men employed have never before heen subject to military discipline, have been. accustomed in peace time to live in a atmosphere of trade disputes, and have strange been euddenly placed under authority imposing considerable restrains of the action of the individual. In these circumstances the fact that the whole machine works smoothly speaks wonders for the good spirit prevailing among all At one place the community ranks." even possesses a bi-monthly journal of its own known as the Hangar Herald, which attains a literary level of som: merit and is certainly not devoid of humour.

Each train that starts from the base on its journey to railhead is in charge of an officer, who has a guard of men under him and is responsible for the sale tran- sit and correct delivery of the goods car. To assist in the prevention of loss ried. and pilfering overy truck is scaled, and at each halting place the whole train is guarded by santries. On arrival at rail- head the goods are handed over to the supply columns, which earry there as far is the refilling point, or one stage fur- ther towards the units for which they are destined:

THE ARMY ORDNANCE,

SHIPPING IN PORT.

ALBIANA, British str., 1,237, Wm. Dunbar,

6th May-Chingwastao End May. CIAM MARU, Japanese str., 1,005, M.

Coal-Dodwell & Cas

Oka 8th May-Hongay 6th May, Cal-Mitsu Bussan Kaisha. CHEONGING, British str., 1,989, V. Mad

INDIAN AFRICAN

LINE

Cargo carried on through Bill of Lading from HONGKONG to BHIKA DELAGOA BAY, DURBAN (Natal), EAST LONDON, PORT ELIZABETH and CAPE TOWN with kranthipment at COLOMBO to Blesmern at the" INDIAN AFRICAN LINE.

FROM HONGKONG,

23rd May,

FROM COLOMBO,

PROPOSED BAILINGS: Consorting with "SURÄT!" BICHLERET ÄGCOMMODATION FOR IST AND IND CLASE PASSENGERS,

April, Gomoral-Jardine, Matheon ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE.

Liddell, 8th May-Wei-hai-wei 30th & Co. Carros, Chinese str., 477, Ross, 4th May

Shanghai 30th April, General m Chinese

CHUNG KING, British str., 1,310, Reus,

Lowis, 8th May--Swatow 8th May, Rice. Butterfield & Swire. DALJIN MARU Japanese str., 800, K

Murakami, 26th April-8watow 97th April, General-Osaka Shosen. Kal. #ho DEMODOCES, British str. 4,989, A. E. Dodd, 7th May--- Singapore 2ad FODESANG, British str. 1987; TA.

April, Gaeral.—Butterfield & Swice.

...

Mitchell, 7th May-Moji zad May, General-Jardine, Matheson & Co. HALIOTIS, Dutch str., 1,070, Bakker, th

May, Bulk Oil-Asistio Petroleum Ca. HANOI, French str., 789, Ch. Le Chevalier. 9th May-Haiphong 7th May, Gen- erad.-Marty & Co.

HINDANO, British str., 1,885, A 0. Kennedy, 9th May -- Sandakan Srd May, Timber.Jardine Mathan đ Ca Huronow, British str., 1,816, Shane, oth

May-Wei-hai-wei 2nd May, General. -Butterfeld & Swire. Hurg, British atr., 1,205, C. P. Cole, 9th

May--Bangkok 1st May, Rice-But- terfield & Bwire. KANSU, British str., 1,148, Monkman, 9th May-Saigon dủh May, Rim--Butter- field & Swird

Not far from the store-zheds of tho Army Service Corps, but separate from them, are to be found those of the Army Ordnance, A description of the broad scope of the work of the "Ordnance,' has already been given; a mere reference, however, was made to that portion of it which was carried out at the bases. So far as the landing and storage of mate- rials dealt with by the department are concerned the procedure is very limilar to that adopted for supplics. But there is considerably greater need for careful sorting, stucking, and identifications as may be gathered from the statement that the official list of articles handled con- tains over 50,000 items, and that there are as many as 30 separate parts in the lock of a machine-gun and 300 in a bicycle. and placed in their proper sections there colars the question of dispatching the normal amount of stores most commonly in request, which are sent up every day to railhead in anticipation of require ments, and of complying with the inde-PauYEN, French str., 1,204, Rebault, 7th pondent demands which pour in.

After the articles are checkseil, labelled,

Though the scope of all these services

On an average 200 telograms arrive a extends right up to the front, it is pro- posed at present only to touch upon that the main Base Ordnance Depot every 24 portion of connected with the bass hours, but so many as 600 have been re- Each is usually a The two most impressive points of theceived in one day. activities at those places are, first, the request for a number of different articles, amount and variety of the work carried sometimes 100 heing mentioned, of which. out; and, secondly, the very largo num-separate items have to be extracted and her of men employed, whether technical classified in accordance with the sections experts or labourers, whe hans enlisted in which the articles are kept. The la for the way and were until recently civilians.

A. GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Most

ter are then issued by the foremen con cerned, collected in bays, and loaded on the trains for the railheads, very much as is done in the case of supplies. Sinoo whole trainloads of stores are handled daily the staff is necessarily large. To accommodate its members at one place is allotted a large warehouse, where over 1,790 men sleep in wooden berths con- structed in tiers.

KWANGTAH, Chinese str., 2,318, Stewart, 10th May-Shanghai 5th May, Gen eral-Chinese. EWEILIN, British str., 1,079, McGarity.

8th May-Saigon and May, Butterfeld & Swire. LIANGOEDW, British str., 1,220, W. Ben-

Rics-

on, 9th May-Shanghai 0th May, General Butterfeld & Swire.

8th May-Haiphong th May, Gen- eral-Jardine, Matheson & Co.-

Max100 Cir, British 7,000, N. A. Starkey, 6th May-Saigon 1st May, Rice and Tlour-Chinzen.

Begular Direct Bervine from JAPAN, CHINA and 81RAITS to BEIRA, DELAGOA BAY, DURBAN, EAST LONDON, PORT ELIZABETH and CAPE TOWN, calling at MAURITIUS en rente, and affording the Quickest Freight Transport from the ORIENT to SOUTH AFRICA.

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PROPOSED BAILING.

From Hongkongi "BALAMIS" 15th June

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LOKSANO, British str., 970, D. W. Riichio, THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD

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May-Saigon and May, Rine-Brad ley & Co. RIGJUR MARU, Japanese str., 3,001, Y. Yamaguchi, 8th May Balik Papan 1st May, General Dodwell & Co.

Y. SITO MABU, Japanese str., 4,855,

Maki, Brd Mayo 28th April, Coal-Toro Kisen Kaisha. BRATTLE MARU Japanese str. 2,810, M.

Nemoto, 9th May-Manila 6th May,

General-Osaka Shosen Kaisha mo, British str., 1,055, H. Trow- bridge, 7th April-Newchwang 29th April, GeneralButterfield & Swire. Sosnu MARU, Japanese str., 1,119, Kobar

yashi, 7th May-Swalow 6th May, General-Osais Shosen Krisha SORIANO, British: str., 987, J. Hobin-

son, 10th May-Haiphong and Hoi- how 9th May, General Butterfield & Swire : TAIBHUN, Chinese str., 1,200, Westerlund, 28th April--Shanghai 24th April, General Chiness.

TAKBANG, British str., 977, Mathews, ath

May-Hoihow 7th May, General- Jardins, Mathesota & Co.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS.

Saturday, 16th May

9.15 p.m.-Two Concerts at the Theatre Royal. Monday, 17th May:

0.15 p.m.Tec Concerts at the Theatre Royal Saturday, 22nd May :-*

Noon-Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd., Mesfing

of shareholders.

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GRAVING DOOK-787' by Sb' by 34' 6"

Pumps Empty Dock in 2-3/4 hours.

THREE PATENT SLIPWAYS taking vessels up to 3,000 tons displacement, providing

conditions for painting ships with most efficient results.

ON QUAY-ELECTRIC OVERHEAD CEANES -100-Ton ELECTRIC CRANE

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be, zeen between the hours of 11 am, and 12`Noom Dockyard Managers, can

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Of the services controlled by the Quartermaster-General that of feeding the Army is, on account of its magnitude, the first to claim attention. The key notes of the system of handling the vast amount of material coming under the lead of supplies are simplicity and the

As has already been pointed out, the eaving of labour; and a general desetip department has to cope with very different tion of what takes place at one base will and varying requirements, and to bo serve to explain what goes on at all ready to mest almost any demand at the After being brought from oversea the shortest notice, and its work is therefore cargoes are landed and stoned in the less straightforward and simple than that line the decks and quays. For convent weather grow cold during the winter, not large sheds, or hangers, which in all cases of supply. For instance, when the enice in storing and accounting the sheds only had an enormous amount of warm are divided into sections, and as a ship clothing, fur waistcoats, gloves, mufflers, comes in it takes up's berth opposite the to, to be furnished, but owing to the sections which it is desired at the moment nature of the country in which we were to fill. From the stuff thus accumulated

abnormal demand for braziers, pumps, one day's supplies for the troops depen operating there was a sudden and quite dent on the base in question are each day and waterproof boots. Then, again, a collected in bage or pens arranged close great number of presents for the troops, to the railway lines which run alongside in the way of clothing, soap, and similar Under the heading of Review of the sheds, each bay being large enough foncessities, had to be dealt with. the Month"

the following contain the quantity consumed by a appear

In a separate range of sheds are col pertinent reflections:-

formation such as an Army Corpe, a tected the articles which in technical par Among the passages in aceient aathors Cavalry Corps, or a Headquarters, etc. lance are returned to store," either bo which may be apolled to actua" events, one Next day the contents of the bays are

cause they are not required, are part rould scarcely and a more appropriate loaded straight on to the train,

or are dantaged and in need of: worn," than this taken from Cieero (Philippics IV.,

This proudure applies to most articles, repair. Here lie mounds of equipment, 5):-

Nou est, non est vobis, Quirites, rum but those requiring more careful guard bayonets and rifles, belonging to mon whe so boste certamen, quocum aliqua pacing, such as medical comforts, wines and have been killed, wounded, or invalided,

Petrol Es possit. Neque enim ille spirits, are kept separately.

sed also stored apart from everything else caps of harness and saddlers, guns and limbers, machine guns and cycles, and articles too numerous to specify. So soon jam irrats Sanguinem concupiscit, and is carried in special trucks.

is net kept in the sheds, but is retained they are examined by experts they are Nullus ei Indus videtur esse juncundior.

quam on board the frozen meat vessels " quamo Grude,

cardes, Quar

In the form of warfare -for repair. ante oculos trucidatio civium. Nam est which act as depots and remain alongad either destroyed or sent to the workshops Wed. 12 7 10 tobis, Quirites, res cum scelerato homine until they are empty and is then placed which has continued throughout the wig Thor.

Bread, again, is put ber the most common injury to rifles has atque nefario, sed cum immani taetraque direct on the rail bella: quae, quoniam in foveam inoidit on rail at the bakeries and dogs not pass been found to be the bulging of the bar-Fi.

The trucks contain obruatur. Si enim illinc emerserit, through the sheds. nullius supplicii crudelitas erit recusanda ing these three articles are added on to rels caused by a shot being fired when the

-muzzle-is-clogged with mnd. incumbite in causam, Quirites, at. facitis the trains when they are finally mar ... agitur enim, non qua conditions shalled bafore departure. All the bread

sed victurinesimus, n

for-the-Army-is at present baked in the supplicio ignominiaque perituri. Useless to translate, isn't it? Every one open, at the bases, where there are hun WAR FORTUNES IN SHIPS. Mon. 17m 0 21 has understood that the bellun imtianis et dreds of field overs each capable of bak

naue other than Antony or ing 60 loaves of 1b. weight-the daily The field ovens, however, süre William II-according to the epach wherein ration."

heing pradaally supplemented by steam one is placed.

There is a fine subject for comparison travelling ovens, each capable of baking (writes the correspondent who sends us 4,000 loaves a day.

MISCELLANEOUS LABOURERS. the foregoing extract) between the head- long rush of the Germans in France, In

The never-ending stream of material August last, and the campaign of Hannibal in Italy: its successive victories which poure in necessitates the maint of Ticinus. Trebia, Trasimenus and nauce at each base of a very large staff, Canase. One might compare the fertile a great portion of which consists of of one case where firm is reputed, and plain of Campania to that of fruitful labour. Besides the ordinary fatigue I believe on very sound grounds, to have Champagne, whose wines have reproduced parties of troops and the military pri- medo a the drunken orgies of Capua: and the sonent constantly employed on work figures. historian of the future, wishing to which does not require any particular "There is, of course, the other side of deseribs German kultur, would borrow skill there are large gangs of trained the matter. It is only those who have

Livy his from:

judgment the dock bands, devedores and labourers had their shipe fr's who have been able who have been specially enlisted in the to make money. Some had their vessels Carthaginian. character:-

Inhumana crudelitas, perfidia plus Army Service Corps for the unloading of tied up by charters at nurm figures On the Day Preceding the Departure of Le quam punica, nihil veri, nihil sancti, ships and stacking of cargoes. At one right up to the end of December, and English Mails from the Year of the Coal g nullus deum metus, nullum jusjuran place there are 1,400 of such men at work others have had their ships taken by the of the Indian Mints to the Free Collage dura, nulla religio.

daily on the quays. All are olad In | Government. The spectacled Latinists who are the khaki service uniforms, and the staredores,

FROM 1893 TO 1909; "Then all shipowners have had to bar ornament of the Landstar might, with profit and point, address this Virgilian who work on board the vessels, wear a increased expenses in wagur, coal, insur blue naval cap as a distinguishing mark. ance and war risks, and delay in dis- Invocation to the Kaiser:-

totiens in aperto There are also small parties of trade charging cargo owing to congestion at the Quid miseros pericula civia Projicis, O! (Patria) men, such a carpenters, to repair broken ports.

up sacks

"The pecule who are really making caput horum et causa malorum? Nulla cases, and decdlemen to sew

money are the Greck shipowners. For salas bello; pacem to poscimus omnes which have burst, and tally clerks, se-

Miserere tuorum, Pones animos, et countants, storemen, and foremen. The the last few years thy have been steadily. pulsus abi. Sat funera fusi Vidimus, are in addition to the officials who look buying ships, and now have a very con- Nos, after the supply trains in transit. siderable mercantile marine. They can ingentes et desolavimus agros.

take full advantage of the high frights, viles, inhumata infetaque animaë turba, Sternamur campis...

and have not to face the risks British (Aeneid XI., 360-373.).

shippers do, nor to pay the extra-wages

vioturi

taetra re

On

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A base supply depôt, therefore, has a peculiar life of its own. In activity it resembles a gigantic beehive which, in

the Fortune making at

rate. of £100,000 and over per month, says a Low- don contemporary, is reported to be the experience of many larga, skipowners. since the outbreak of war.

There can be no doubt," said a mer- chant closely associated with shipping,

that many owners and charterers have I know made alındst fabulous fortunes;

fortune running into seven

TABLE OF THE

RATES OF EXCHANGE

AT HONGKONG -

DEMAND DRAFTS ON BOMBAY

Bilver

RATES

ALSO

FOR SOVEREIGNS. GOL LEAF, HAR SILVER (From 1903),

and other Lawful Information..

Price: $1 Cash

Or Bale at the Data Pues” Otes or Local Rookseller.

• Wireless Telegraphy.

The Steamers are all fled throughout with Flectric Light and base scrommedation for limited number of Saloon Passengers, Ail steamers carry s duly qual:ded surgeon. Cargo taken at through rates to all ports in Netherlands India and Analralia,"

For Particulare of Freight and Passage, apply to the

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* Cam Orvica--LUDGATE CIROUS, LONDON, E.C. Hendrang, 3rd July, 1914.

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