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THE

WAR.

COMMERCIAL COMPETITION

AFTER

THE

WAR.

THE HONGKONG, DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH 1915,

ALLIES TO ESTABLISH BARRIER AGAINST

GERMANS.

LABOUR LEADER'S THREAT.

3,000,000 WORKERS

WILL STRIKE IF

CONSCRIPTION

COMES.

CONSTANTINOPLE'S PLIGHT.

RUSSIAN MUNITIONS ENORMOUSLY INCREASED.

RUBBIAN FRONT

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] FURTHER HEAVY FIGHTING, GERMAN COUNTER-ATTACKS FAIL

IN THEIR OBJECT.

PETROGRAD, September 17th. A communiqué says:-South-west of Drinsk the Russians repulsed repeated German attacks, which reached our wire untanglements.

The enemy to the north-east of Vilna succeeded in crossing the Vilna river.

The Russians in the direction of Pinsk are retiring under the enemy's pressure.

The enemy continues his courier-altacks In the Deraino district and at various points in Galicia, hoping thus to con- solidate his position, which was badly shaken, but he has only achieved email foot successes. The Russians took an other 1,100 prisoners near Derajat.

Desperate fighting is proceding on the Strypa, west of the Tarnopol-Treue bovia, line, where the enemy is clinging to the passages of the river.

RUSSIA CÁLLS UP 8,000,000 RESERVES.

.of

PETROGRAD, September 17th. An Ukase calls to the colours sections of Territorial Reserves which are estimated to provide 6,000,000 men under the agu thirty-five. RUSSIA'S IMPROVED SUPPLY OF MUNITIONS.

London, September 18th.

A Frenck commaniqué saye that the Russian Minister for War (M. Polivanoff) declares himself satisfied with the improve ment in the provision of munitions, of which there has been an enormous increase which has been fully maintained the last fortnight.

(THROUGH ABUTRE'S AGESUY.] BRITISH SUBMARINE SUNK.

LONDON, September 10th. The Admiralty announces that the enemy daims to have sunk submarine F 7 (Lieut.-Commander A. Cochrane) at the Dardanelics and to have taken three officers and 25 mea prisoners,

As no news of this submarine has bean received since the 4th inst., it must be presumed that the report is correct.

THE NEAR EAST

(THROUGH ARUTER'S AGENCY.] CASUALTIES AT THE

DARDANELLES.

LONDON, September 17th..

In the House of Commons, Mr. H. J. Tennant, Under Secretary of Stalte for War, detailed the casualties at the Dar danelles up to August 1st, including the Naval Division, as follows:-

Men

Killed Wounded Missing

2,371 $73 Officers..... 1,130

8,021 16,478. 50,267 Mr. Asquith announced that a Dar danelles despatch would be published shortly. GLOOM IN CONSTANTINOPLE.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGEFUR.]

[WHROUGH BIGTHER'S AGENOT.)

GERMAN COMPETITION AFTER ALLIES' LOAN IN AMERICA.

RE THE WAR.

IMPORTANT: CONFERENDE.

LONDON, September 17th. A message from Lagano (Switzerland) reports that an important Franco-Italion Commercial Conference has been opened, bring attended by distinguished politi cland, oconomiste, and ox-Ministers of both nations, for the purpose of dis cussing what commercial and industrial stops can be taken in the fature to establish a barrier against German com petition after the war.

It is even hoped that the Conference will be the nucleus of an Industrial, Monetary, and Customs Union of the Quadruple Entmte and their Allies.

The Conference is approved by both Governments.

IS COMPULSION COMING? HOPES OF CONSCRIPTIONISTS LONDON, September 16th The Conscriptionist Pas hails the speeches of Lord Kitchener and Mr. Asquith as indicating that compulsion is coming nearer

The Lobby correspondent of the Daily News says that some Liberal member of the House of Commons deduced that

Lord Kitchener was deciding in favour of Conscription. The corespondent Adds:

They are wrong, and pro-con-

disappointed by the pronouncement scription Cabinet Ministers are rather Lord Kitchener remains uncommitted. The decrease of recruiting is due to the foot that Lord Lansdownie's National

Committee had advised the War Office that a large number of industries must not be further depleted. Moreover, the War Office itself had relaxed its recruiting efforts till it was able to apply. the Registration results. Also the harvest had kept men busy in the country.

DOOR TO COMPULSION: AJAR.' The Daily Chronicle says that the gen al impression in the Labby is that Mr., Asquith has left the door ajar for com- pulsion and that he has certainly not barred and bolted the door against it.

WORKERS

CONSCRIPTION,

AND

RAILWAYMEN'S LEADER'S

THREAT.

LONDON, September 17th.

SCARCITY OF SUPPLIES.

The debato in the House of Commons Last evening on the Vote of Credit resolved AMSTERDAM, September 17th. The correspondent at Constantinople of itself into a discussion on the queation of gloomy Compulsory Service. The debate proceed Newt von den Day draws. L

No ed very soberly until Mr. J. W. Thomas, picture of the Turkish Capital, Rumanian petroleum is obtainable; Ana-Secretary of the Railwaymen's Union, talian grain supplies are scuroor as it is intervened with a passionate denunciation impossible to transport it; three gas-of Conscriptionist agitators. He said that works have closed down owing to lack of the workers were unable to forget that coal; sugar, which is necessary for Tar-one of the primary objects of the early stages of that agitation was cheap soldiers. kish food, and bread are very scarce..

COMMISSIONERS PROVIDED WITH BODYGUARDS.

NEW YORK, September 10th Owing to the virulence of the campaign against the Allies' loan of £200,000,000 in the United States and the number of threatening letters reaching the Commis simers, the latter have bean provided On the other with strong bodyguards. hand some of the most prominent bankers of New York announced their intention to promote the loan to their utmost as its failure would be disastrous to the prosperity of the United States.

COMMISSIONERS AND FINAN

CIERS IN CONFERENCE.

- NEW YORK, Soptember 18th. The first formni conference of the Anglo French Commission and American finan ciers lasted for eight hours Many pledges of support were received, and there was a general feeling of optimism The loan will possibly be divided into four series, will bear 5 per cent, interest and be pay

able in dollars:

informed

Pro-German activities have not hamper- ed progress. It is understood that the the repro Commissioners

well as other trades with France and sentatives of cotton growers that cotton es Groat Britain will be well cared for.

THE STANDARD

DOIL MILLIONS.

New Yonx, September 17th. Mr. J. P. Morgan has submitted details of the proposed Anglo-French loan to Mr. Rockefeller. It is understood that he asked Mr. Rockefeller to subscribe.

The fact that the National and City Bank, which does most of Mr. Rockefeller's banking, has already decided to parti- cipates regarded as an indication that the Standard Oil C mpany's millions are behind the loam.

STATEMENT BY SIR EDWARD GREY.

London, Beptember 17th,

OPENING OF THE REICHSTAG." CHANCELLOR'S SPEECH.

*** BLODDGUITINESS

OF THE ALLIES.

AMSTERDAM, August 19th. The sitting of the Rainhatag was opened to-day with a speech by the President, who said: While in the West we main than unflinchingly, our gains, and the Dardanelles and Italian frontier attacks are thattered by the bravery of our year of war brings us and our Allies heroic soldiers, in the East the second successes that border on the fabrious.”

The President then stated that the Kaiser's edict of July 31st expressed this feelings and attitude of the nation, and he «ilinued: A year ago the German people, relying on God and the strength Kaiser and the Allied Govertuments of the Empire, gathered round the for the purpose of winning in this war which for every German is a holy war - perce which would open the way for the free development of Kultur for a peoples and ensure the future of the German people against all enemies and dangered

After the President's speech the Chancellor spoke. He said Since our last meeting great things have again happened

GREAT GERMAN DUMP: ENEMY'S "AFTER THE WAR" PREPARATIONS.

"UNIKARD-OF PRICES.” I have received from an eminenti financial authority (reports the New York correspondent of the Daily Mast) the following interesting note on the economie position of Germany and the plans of her industrialists for rehabill tabing her resources after the war

As soon as the end of the war comes Germany will have to obtain, and obtain quickly, £200,000 worth of raw materiala She cannot purchaex those with bank- notes.

Accordingly, farsighted Germang nre, now during the war keeping up the products; they are continuing in the sono way the mining of potash, and their dya Germany's scheme is, the moment the factories are running at full tilt. war is over, to dump into one big market all the iron, steel, and other materala sho has been able to manufacture and store The only big market during the war. available to her is the United States, sinos South Americans like their bille hung up and it is an imperative need for Germany to have cash paymnts so that she can instantly hay with them now stocks of cotton, copper, wool,

tute, and All attempts of the French

For some time past America has been in spite of their contempt for death and

swarming with agents of German steel the utmost sacrifics of human life, to break our West front halves failed against manufacturers, who are canvassing all the stubborn pertinacity of our brave Auricon users of steel and telling the, "Please give us complete lists and speci troops Italy who thought to conquer easily the goods of others which she has fications of the sheets and tubes you use coveted, has been thus far brilliantly in your business, for the moment the wac is over we shall be in a position to offer repulsed in spite of her numerical superiority and sparing sacrifice of you those materials at prices you have

At the Dardanelles he never even dreamed of. human lives. Turkish Army makes an wolinching) Dye manufacturers in Germany are stand. Where we have assumed the making simler offers and are besides con- offensive we have beaten and thrown back ducting & most skilful campaign with a the enemy. With our Allies we have

view to preventing developments of the freed

Galicia, Poland, almost all

American dye interests the fron

and Russians. Iwangorod, Korno have fallen, Lithuania, and Courland

Amidst the horrors of war we recall gratefully the practical love of humanity. displayed by neighbouring neutral States towards us on the occasion of the return of civilians from hostile countries and

The the exchange of prisoners of war. Netherlands has already twice given ready and devoted assistance to our land. I express the heartfelt thanks of severely wounded returning from Eng- the German people to this nation (applause) and add a word of special thanks to the Pope, who has displayed exchange of prisoners and with so many untiring sympathy with the idea of the works of humanity during the war, and

realization. to whom belongs the main credit for their

Our enemies incur a terrible blood. guiltiness by seeking to deceive their peoples about the real situation. When. they do not deny their defents out For instance, that THE SITUATION IN PERSIA, victories serve them to accumulate new

calumnies against us. we were victorious in the first year of the war because we had treacherously pro- pared for this war long beforehand, while they in their innocent love of peace (laughter) were not ready for war. You remember the bethrone articles which the Russian Minister of War caused to be circulated in the spring of 1014 im which the completo preparedness for war of the Russian Army was praised; you remem- which France has employed in recent years; you know that France, whenever she satisfied Russia's financial needs, made it a condition that the greater por tion of the loan should always be applied to war equipment.

Sir Edward Groy, replying to question put by Sir John Rees, said the present state of disorder in Persia was

Should the American market by any chatice be closed to Germany after the war Germany would almost expire

This she knows industrially.

V.C. AS SLACKER! AMUSING ENCOUNTER WITH "A" CLERGYMAN.

Seaman Sampson, V.C., a Dardanelles hero on his way from Aboyne, Aberdeen- shire, to Campustic, his native town, met in the Glasgow Herald. with an amusing adventure, which is told

Ho was in plnia clothes in a homeward- wrapped up on the rack above his head. The train glowed down, and a clergyman entered the carriage: He looked at Samp bound train. His battle-worn uniform lay

son, V.C., with a stem, disapproving eye. "Are you not doing anything to help Sampson, V.C., smiled. This was getting your country?" he asked. amusing.

...

"A man of your stamp ought to be in in the Army," continued the clergyman.

Sampson, V.C., was a sailor, so he replied quite truthfully

I have no intention of joining the This was the last straw. The Army "7 clergyma'n blazed out:

"You're a slacker!"

I think it would suit you better still

engaging the anxious attention of the ber the frequently provocative language if you had khaki on," Sampson at once

Government, which would omit no measures that can properly be taken to safeguard British life and property.

ENEMY PATROL SURPRISED IN EAST AFRICA.

LONDON, September 17th. The Press Bureau announces that strong enemy patrol was surprised eight miles south of Makiau, East Africa, on the 14th inst. by 60 British and 100 Indian

Infantry.

The enemy fled alter a sharp fight, leaving one white and 31 natives dead,

besides wounded.

Sir Edward Grey said in Parliament on August 3: We, with our mighty Fleet, shall, if we participate in the war, suffer little more than if we remained outside" The man who, on the eve of his own declaration of war speaks in such a very sober, businesslike tone and who, in accordance therewith, also directs the policy of his friends, can only act so when he knows that he and his allies are ready. (Loud cheers.) The fable that England participated in the way only for the sake of Belgium has been abandoned to the meantime by England herself. was not tenable. Th

ENGLAND AND THE SMALL NATION6.

It

Do the smaller nations still believe that England and her Allies are waging war for their protection and the protection Neutral Our casualties were 3 killed and eight and freedom of civilization? wounded.

Many rifles, much ammunition and all

The fact that the population believes Nearly every branch of the Railway- Germany to be responsible for this dearth men's Society had passed resolutions the enemy's kit were captured. The supply of rifles has also considearhly explains the frantic effort of the Ger-intimating that the day that Conscrip| mans to establish communication with tion was introduced they would go on creamed.

Turkey through the Balkans, GENERAL

FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT

fZEROUGH REURIE'S AQUEOT.) INTENSE ARTILLERY FIRE.

PARIS, September 16th. There has been continued intesse artil.

fire, and mining operations. The Germans turned their guns on the

Jorg

tabburbs of Arrus, and the French replied by deluging with shells the enemy's batteries and trenches.

The French guns in the Raye region

caused outbreaks of fire. CANNONADING AND BOMB FIGHTING CONTINUE.

PARIS, September 17th.

A communiqué reports severe cannonal ing along the whole front with bomb and trench mortar fighting in Argonne:

NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY-)

GERMAN SUBMARINES

OFF

FRENCH RIVERS.

PARIS, September 18th.

It is officially announced that German submarines awa diperating off the mouths of the Loire and the Gironde

[THROUGH ZEUTER'S ABEBUT.) AMERICAN CARGOES

CONFISCATED. ENORMOUS TOTAL VALUE.

strike. If the Government were unable to force the Munitions Act against 200,000 what would happen when 3,000,000 hostile He suspected workers were involved! that the stereo aim of the Conscriptionist campaign was to remove Mr. Asquith; bus the workers knew that Mr. Asquith vas LONDON, September 17th. irreplaceable in the Government. Despite The Admiralty announces that a Prize the carpings of a section the Press he Court has confiscated the cargoes of four had the confidence of the people. Let them Scandinavian stearuers which were pro- do nothing to destroy that confidence, ceding from America to Copenhagen, en If the voluntary systern had faled, the ground that they were actually des- which he denied, the failure was due nut tined for Germany,

to voluntaryism but to the offerts made to

kill it.

The judgment involves the similar ca5b3 of thirty-eight ther vessels with cargoes of enormous total value. BRITAIN'S SHARE IN THE WAR.

Other opponents of compulsion stated that if the Government produced evidence.

favour of compulsion they would acquiesce. They appealed to the Govern ment to inform the country of the number of men wanted.

!

THE DUMA PROROGUED.

PETROGRAD, September 17th.

rotorted: The atmosphere of the railway carriage became strained.

On leaving the carriage Sampson took down a parcel from the rack. It was his uniform, and part of it showed through the paper, The clergyman saw it. There was a rush of apology, "I thought you were one of the lads who we ldn't go!" be said.

Sampson, V.C., simply smiled, and they parted good friends,

SHANGHAI TRADE.

Mesurs, bort & Co's Piece Goods Market Report says:

Apart from the political reason asi touched upon in our last week's isnie, there seems little doubt that the marketi

in the interior is suffering from temporary surfeit, owing to the large amount of supplies it consumed during July. Hankow and some of the principal comuneres on the sea is strangled by riverine outlets in particular absorbed England as far as possible, goods destined abnormal quentities then, anticipating their early autumn wants during a for Germany must no longer be landed on

Neutral ships are com- period of the year which is usually a neutral ships. pelled on the high seas to take English slack one for the movement of cargo. A onews aboard and to obey their orders. few of the leading native merchants had without hesitation, occupies realised the undoubted truth that stocks England Greek islands because it suits her in the ports were light and rapidly

as the

average military operations and with her Allies becoming lighter,

Their lead soon The Duma has been prorogued until the the wishes to constrain Greece to make importations were nothing like keeping

cessions of territory in order to bring pay with deliveries. Bulgaria to her side. In Poland Russin converted the buying movement into the middle of November.

who is fighting with the Allies for the rush which took place out of its proper The autumn season is now freedom of people, lays waste the entirs season, land before the retreat of her armless commencing and is paying for it in Villages are burnt down, cornfields disappointment as regards the general trampled down, and the population, movement of goods from stocks, mere Jews and Christians, are sent to unin especially among those who argued They languish in the that if so large a movement were taking habited districts.

ud of Russian roads in windowless, place during one of the dull months, what Such are the free abundance of demand was in store for the Nevertheless, there is In her claims to be the undoubtedly room for a fair amount of sealed goods wagons. dom and civilization for which our autumn season 1 enemics fight. protector of smaller States England regular autumn trade to come out, and aunts on the world having a very bait the active movement of yarn from stock. that is at present taking place, is a unuat memory-Reuter.

precursory symptom of improvement.

Politics are not so much talked about this week, which is a good thing amongst a population that is liable to talk itself into hysterics at any moment.

BENEFICIAL RAINS IN

AUSTRALIA.

ADELAIDE, Sept. 17. Owing to the beneficial rains the crop of hay in South Australia is the heaviest

The yield of wheat als for years past, is likely to be unusually good. AUSTRO-ITALIAN FRONT,

(THROUGH NEUTÉR'S AGENCY.] ALPINERS SKILL AND

·AUDACITY.

ROME, September 17th. Italians bold incursions on the crest of

the Avilla Coma, over 9,000 feet high, is described in a communiqué. The Alpiners skill and audacity overcame almost insur- mountable difficulties in mountainous coun- They bridged glaciers until they

try

SEVEN "HUN" STEAMERS. NEW NAMES IN LLOYD'S REGISTER

In accordance with the Admiralty de- my steamers which are being employed cision to associate the names of the ene owners, the modern Huns, seven large. in British service with their original steamers appear in the new volume of Lloyd's Register with the prefix "Kun." Their new nagles, old naces, and ton nage are given as follows

Werdenfels reached

Hunstanton

,,. OpheliaTM which were partly destroyed, and returned Huntly

Arnfried Handson AGREEMENT SIGNED.

unscathed.

Frisia Huntress

Altair

3,220 #: LONDON, September 17th. The Austrians have recently been using Hunagate

8,820 Lützow con figure of thai approaching

Reuter learns from a diplomatic quater high explosive, bombs in Carso, which, on Huntsand

The steamers are described as being £250,000,000, and had by no means reach-in London that the Turco-Bulgarian-rail. #nalysis, prove to contain large quantities requisitioned either for British Govern

of prussic acid. ed their ultimate limit.

way agreement was signed a few days ago.

LOANS TO OTHER COUNTRIES.

LONDON, September 18th. Dealing with Great Britain's share in the war yesterday, Mr. Asquith intimated that we had made ourselves liable for advances to other countries which were Dow

TURCO-BULGARIAN RAILWAY.

4,604 the enemy's entrenchments, Hungerford, ex Lantenfels, 5,811 tons

service or by the Admiralty.

1,183

2800 4,907

هم

OUR CHIEF ENEMY."

The Hamburg Fremdenblat publishes England. It says:

The recent air raid will remind Eng- an article under the title of "Bewan of

laad that we do not forget she is our What results the air raid. chief enemy. actuaily achieved we do not eally caie; There is bound to be an enormous day what concerns us is moral nesults of reckoning with England. It will come either by an invasion of Englaud or otherwise. We can wait because time. Meantime, we shall plays our game. continue to send bombs made in Germany. and make them enter England without

Exchange. paying any duty. Beware, England."