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WEATHER REPORT.

On the 24th at 11.25m--Presetre has in- oreased slightly over the Visaya and in the neighbourhood of Formosa; if has doorssad alightly elsewhere and remains highest in the Pacific to the east of Japan. nr.

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The returns from Shanghai this morning are defective, but from those received yesteradon. the typhoon appears to have passed to the east of Gatsiaff on a northerly course. It is probably situated in the southern part of the Yellow Bea this morning.

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending st 10 am. to-day, 0.00 Inches.

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noor to-day is as follows:-

FORECAST (W. &S.W.winds, Hongkong & Neighbourhood light to moderate,

{fair to cloudy. (The same No. 1. Bouth coast of Okins between ) The amen

Hongkong and Immoaks.

No. 1, Bouth coast of China between fThe rame s Hongkong and Hainan... No. 1.

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OUR LONDON LETTER.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT-]

LONDON: July 21st. HOW LONG WILL THE WAR LAST?·

the last dividend due on their loan. Themany of applicants to Doctors' Commons. Every speculators who bought German War Loan at week numbers of men appeal to their com fifty per cent. only of its face mluo would manding officer and are gives three or now gladly get rid of their holding with & four days' marriage leave. Sometimes the 25 per cent loss, but can find no market, the bridegroom appears with an arm in splints, At ho time sure the war began las there depreciation being 80 per cent. He assert bandaged wound, or a crutch under one been such a sharp division of opinion as to

that the gold stare in Germany is much are or both, but usually the men when its duration. Financial wiseacres-supported diminished, that already America is refusing wounded wait till they are convalescent by some officers on active service-predict to execute German orders unaccompanied by before they trouble the parson-Fiction has that Germany by the Autumn will see her gold, and that in another few months there always drawn a pretty picture of the present financial shakineas tottering to com

will be no American trade at all with one wounded warrior marrying hurriedly and plate bankruptey, ant this, coupled with the toe. He is convince that the internal being used back to health by his wife, or comfortable middle-aged German's aversion bankruptcy of Germany is far more marrying the nurse who has done that ta campaigning through the wet winter. will imminent thun English comercial en kindness to hiru, but this war shows the bring the war to a class suddenly, just after are aware, and for that reason he believes doctors to be capturing the nurses and then a colossal bluff has been tried upon the world that "we shall eat our Christmas dinners returning to their work in the military and found wanting. Mr. Arthur Heniferson, under conditions approaching a completion hospitals within a couple of days. the Labour Minister for Education in the of peace." However that may be, it is gener new Coalition Ministry, thinks, however,alty agreed that Germany is approaching a that the war will be going on this time financial impass, and it was after the Berlin next year.

A different view is taken by bankers and Fold the Kaiser sorte ansdatable says one of the things that struck him in Colonel Harrism, a distinguished American truths that the imaginative nouarch pro-children, and he has been led to mouse on the France has been the language of the French officer. He says: "Daring July no marked mised to demolish his enemies and bring results that will remain after the war is change need he expected in the Western glorious peace to Germany by October. front. In the matter of munuvring the

Thousands of British soldiers have A RODMANIAN WAR MINISTER'S PROPHECY, initiative will remain in the hands of

General Crainiceant,, a few years 50dren pick up from the soldiers an amazing beru billeted-in French hones, and the chil- Minister of War in Romania, has chosen a bold time, when Germany is attempting to

assortment of expletives. The soldiers, of bully his country, for the publication of a forceful and frequent and free," and their course, mean no luar, but their language ia article in which he tells the German General Staff just what the Rumanian army chiefs disposition to eduente the French youngster think of their prospects and plans. In on the lines that a sailor educates a parrot order to transformn," he says, into what threatens to lave remarkable results. might be termed a victory their present

TEACHING THE YOUNG IDEA TO

A young officer just back from the frout

over

the French The Italian front, however, will bo broadened out, thereby absorbing about twice the number of enemy forces In the region of Warsaw we shall witness a great German offensive and the falling back of the Russians in Padanal, Progress will contine very slow in the Dardanelles. lily will cooperute in this particular theatre of the war. No more than July will August wit. strategical advantages, which have cost IN THE VALLEY OF DEATH.

ness any market change along the Western front. But the expenditure of immunition } will increase, while the British lines will be both extended and reinforced. The Italians will invest Trieste and the Istrian Peninsula.

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MORE PEN-PICTURES: THOM GALLIPOLI

GULLY RAVINE,

Another vivid and picturesque despatcli on the operations in the Dardanellus has been received from Mr. Ashmead-Bartlett under date July 4th,

The successful advance of war left wing sides of what is now universally known as on June 28th (he says) took place on booli the Gully Raving, and, although our The imtroops made no effort to advance directly ap tha ravine, the fall of the enemy's trenches on either side placed another mife of this valley of death in our hands.

them such heavy sucrifices, the Austro- Germans would have to assure the offensive sultaneously against both wingens well as the centre of the Russian Army. But they lack the numbers required for so vast an under- In Poland the Russian offensive will stofdispatch reinforce anents to the Anglo-French taking. That is why all their threats to short-for-luck-of-men. The Serbian Army will indulge in vigorous local attacks and the reconstitution of the Balkan League will to our own borders, may be dismissed as bluff I am convinced that the Germans let loose both Ramminand Bulgaria against Austria and Turkey. In September achieve, no result. at any of the the Germans will for the last time attempt other fronts long as the Russian problem along the Western front a general offensive resolved. And it cannot be solved The expemliture in ammunition will be sim. within the German time limits. ply appalling. The sine month will witness possibility of reaching a solution is due to considerations of strategy as well as numbers the linking up of the Allies' southern front. Italy, Serbia, and. Ramanin will undertake and to these may be guided the eventual combined offensive against Austria-Hungary, tank of the Auster-German Aray in Buko- threat of Rumanian offensive against the while both the Russian wings will sweep forward. September will also see the foreingvina, or of a Bulgarian attack in the direction of the Dardanelles, this fall of Constantinople, of Constantinople. Humano-Bulgarian luter and the collapse of the Turkish Empire. By ven-tionwould confer inestimable tonalità on October the Gerumn offensive in the west all the small States, because in it, tan greater will have been definitely broken. The Ger-degree than any other possibility, would be uans will then proceed on their own initia formed a decisive means of ensuring an early tive to contract their lines, a process which peace to the world at large A Rumanian will be hastened by the Franco-British in London to whom this was shown renirked offensive. The end of the month will fil-That is correct. They may threaten all the Western Allies established in the neigh-they like, but they have no army to attack bourhood of the li. Osten-Maubeuge

us with The Alhes are keeping them too

THE REGISTRATION" AUT,

the Ardennes-Luxomburg-Metz-Strassburg. fully employed elsewhere."

The Russians will have recaptured Galicia and Hungary will be re-invaded, this time en three fronts, north, east and south. The Austro-Hungarian Government will seek refuge on German soil. The Germans will compelled to evacuate both Courland, and Fast Prussia. Novembar will prociuce along the Western front a further retirement of the Germans, whose line will be broken into three or four fragments. They will also have been driven out of l'oland, uncovering FORER OF WIND, socording to Beaufort Seale. Silesia in the course of their retreat. By 1 STATE OF WEATHER, b bine sky, a detached the end of November Germany will be wood, & dristling rain, fg & gloomy, hbo, lightning, o overcast, p passing ahowers, qaquinvaded on all sides, and (the French having

reached the Rhine) will sue for peace."

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• DIRECTION OF WIND, to two points

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Wed,

HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.

From 25th to Jist Angut.

HIGH WATZE

H'kong, Mean 'Time

Height

LOW WATER

Height.

The gully varies in depth, in width, and in security as you pass up it-in the latter case, according to the angl the road accu- Pies towards the enemy's trenches.

For, although after leaving the seniores it takes a general direction towards the north-east-that is to say, towards Krithin nos, and at one point you may walk i

ittwists and turns in a remarkable man- perfect security behind a bluff, while a another you may catch a stream of bullets

the Turkish trenches in front. ground, formerly hired a tremendous num

The Tarks. who know every inch of the ber of shalls into the caving, but of inte volume of this fire, pointing to a growing there has been a distinct falling off in the shortage of ammunition.

UNBRARABLE HEAT.

against pollution, and are known and h

Thest springs are carefully guarded

his way from, the trenches. some which, flowing from the interior of Joved by every thirsty warrior to, or ca There are the hills, enter the valley in a tiny, trickl ng cream, clear as crystal and icy cold.

In less than a month every wish, woman

But for the griminer business of war you and chill of fifteen and upwards in the prising beauty of the scene, which resembles would naturally stop and admire the sur- United Kingdom is to be registered. The the Highlands in its rugged grandeur. The first drafts of the form that was issued budeable, because no sea breezes penetrate its heat in summer is, however, almost unbear- us state after the word "wife" in the list of depths, and the sun beats down on the dependents "How Many, but calmer reflée-war-worn mac with pitilang severity. tion among the permanent genius moving and hors, arched by the sun had the But here is plenty of good water for men Whitehall Is led to the omission of that sand, question as tending to disprove the theory that polygamy is forbidden in these islands. Everybody is taking the liegister very calmly. But a writer in Truth says if he is to credit what he lieurs there is really no difficulty over Conscription. If Lord Kitchener does not get the men we shall, of course, have it Otherwise, we shall not have it. "And acres of Hansard might have been saved if the Government had frankly said this when introducing their Register Bill. The real objection to that measure was not, as the Whittakers thought, that it would lead to compulsion, but that it would act as a sopori 6c and lull the nation into a false sense that through without a good deal of Stress and listurbance. The reduction in business and all was going right because ladies of

THE WAR LOAN.

Mr. McKenna, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, makes no secret of his satisfac. tion that the War Loan subscription was no higher than it was I find that opinion is echoed in the City, where it is realised to the full that a borrowing operation of such - procedented magnitude cannot be carried

will wait indefinite periods in a long quene, Crowds of perspiring, dusty, thirsty men sach with his water-bottle in hand, for the privilege of obtaining a draught from ne of these springs, which are valued more in Callipoli than the choicest brand of cham pagne would be at home,

Peeping carefully over the top of the Boomerang, which is being heavily sniped by irate Turks in the broken gorso and trenches ahead, you see how our infantry forced their way in.

The barbed wire has

boon swept away by the accurate fire of the Fort Artillery twenty minutes before

It. in, the crumbling of securities not guarded by a certain age have to produce their birth ar infantry made their assault.

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PORTUGAL PLEASED AT FOTHA'S sucesi.

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minimum have produceal a spirit of pessimism certificates.". aitong stockbrokers, who are even talking of ཧཱུྃ་༦. 4 18 a 14 the possible necessity for a minimum price. 35423Financiers, however, are confident that no serious stringency in the Money Market nced

The adminis- be looked for, and Stock Exchange members tration in Angola has been in a state of realize that the gloom will lighten.

anxiety for some time, fearing that the after all, the enormous success of the Loan-German forces might try to evade capture by whatever its temporary-effect-lifts a crossing into Portuguese territory. very weight of auxiety from the City. In the considerable force of Portuguese was station light of present experience it is easy od recently along the frontier to prevent to see that a dangerous situation would have such a move, and reinforcements were sent Leen created if the predictions of some news out from Portugal. Therefore, the surrender papers of a subscription of £800,000,000 had of the entire force of Gerinaus has come as a

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THE FINANCIAL SITUATION IN OERMANÝ. On the other hand, in spite of the denials

A RUN ON SPECIAL MARRIAGE LICENCES.

A NEAT JOB.

A very neat job the gunners made of it, shreds, allowing our infantry a free pas for the uprights and wire have been cut sage, of which they took full advantage. articles which you always fnd scattered. It is really extraordinary the amount of, prer a battlefield. The modern soldier goes

into action decked out like Christmas-

tree

At the start they would rather carry say weight than leave any of their precious become more and more weary and hot, and goods behind. But as they advance and find their freedom of movement in these wild rushes hampered, they gradually shake off the superfinous.

Leaving the Boomerang Fort, I nost visited the one in front, known as the "Turkey Trot." This was even more for- midable in its construction than the other. but fall easily before the splendid dash of it is full of debris and dead. our infantry. Like all the other positions,

MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S HELFERS.

Never since the war began have the officials emanating from Berlin, the financial condi- in Doctors' Commons who deal with applica tion of that country is well-nigh desperate.tions for special marriage licences had so busy To state anything else is to bluff brazenly. a time as they are having just now. There I rather think the East has seen the last, for were many sad cases in which men were the next decade at any rate, of Germain long rashed off to the trenches early in the war credits, backed by German banks with super-just about the time they had arranged to fluous cash. It is not well to exaggerate the marry. The two Archbishops a little later situation in Berlin, and the following nuty of realised that some special concessions be slightly embroidered, but substantially I would be a benefit, so they reduced the fees have no doubt it is near the truth. A well from two guineas to ten shillings for the known neutral, who has come through impecunious, and somehow the news spread London after visiting the German capital, rounil at the front, so that returning batches questions which are out of the mobiliza says the German Government have not paid of wounded always bring a number Ition of the War Munition Volunteer,

TWO MORS CUSINESS MEX

It is announced at the Ministry of Muni.. tions that the strrices of Mr. Richard Burbidge, managing director of Harrod's have been secured to assist in dealing with Stores, and Sir John Aird, the contractor,