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THE WAR.
ANGLO-RUSSIAN CO-OPERATION.
POTENT INFLUENCE OF RECENT SUCCESSES.
ABORTIVE GERMAN ATTACKS.
SIR EDWARD GREY ON PEACE.
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
[THROUGH ZEUTER'S AGENCY, ENEMY ATTACKS FAIL.
AERIAL SUCCESSES
Pakis. May 14th. 1.15 a.m..
A communique says:-There has been artillery activity in Champagne. The
bombardment on the left of the Meuse
(THROUGH REUTER'S LORNGY:]
MESOPOTAMIA MATTERS.
VALUE OF BRITISH EXPEDITION
LONDON, May 14th. The value of the British expedition in Mesopotamia is emphasised by a high Russian military oficial at present lu London. He says:--The co-operation of the Russian and the Anglo-Indian forces,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESA, TUESDAY, MAT 16m. 1910.
NAVAL ACTIVITIE 8.
TERODON HEUTER'S AGENOT.)
GERMANY'S WORD.
MORE HIGH-SEAS PIRACY.
LONDON, May 14th. The Admiralty announces that the sh Colynte has been torpedoed 150 miles west of Ushant. A bout with thirteen pec sons aboard is still missing,
The mate states that the ship stopped when ordered by the submarine to do so, but the Germans were regardless of the safety of the crew, who were con pelled to embark in boats on the higo
The British steamer retria bas als been sank
GERMAN INDUSTRY.
OPTIMISTIC VIEWS,
THE GERMAN MIND INTERESTING AND ILLUMINAT ING STUDY
The
UNITED STATES RIVALRY.
AN OPTIMISTIC FORECAST
Writing in the Daily Telegraph Mr, Edgecumbe Brighten, who has been con- ducting an investigation of trade condi- tions in the United States, says With a view to discovering what action the morchants and manufacturers of the United States were taking with regard to the unexation of the trade of belliger est countries in neutral markets I have recently concluded an investigation of this matter as far as time would allow I cane to the conclusion that unless the
ECONOMIC WAR.
A BOYCOTT OF GERMANY.
The Political Economy Car A National Liberal – Club, diamissed question, **** Shall » politicale proace augurate economic war! The subject was opened by Mig Alfred
who in a powerful argimen ad gotating the Free Trade policy, point out that sign are not wanting that the's word is to b exploited for the AT
of bringing about a total char
Mr. JM. Robarten Parliamentary Sriran
war continues for an indefinite period Trade, who presi co4LETES
the overseas markets will be as open to tus at the end of the war as they were before the outbreak of hostilities, if no more so
emotions of the general mind of man-organization formed by Mr. Vanderlip, of injuru de aho
hea
In a recent aue of the Jibbert Journ uf, appears an interesting and illuminat ing article by Professor George T. Ladd, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Yale University, USA.. entitled Human Mind rers the German Mind Professor Ladd begins by describing what he calls the standardising of thought," which has been a characteristic of all intellectual and social develop ment. Without some attempt to induce
jeet as one of supreme, er compel groups of individuals to think,
present moment to Try. and consequently feel, substantially
trade after thell With, the great being made for dealing with foreign
philosophical schools, nor political plat Certain attempts are being made to stir wore, so far as that 9HAy, hol falike, neither theological schools, creeds,
and laudable object of injuring Germany standardising of thought is constantly nt of the United States export tradepudiated anything in the pature forms would be possible. Yet this up action with regard to the develop unconsidered and unworkable. Her ept to be vitiated by errors of judgmont, but these efforts do not appear to have humanitarian ympathy Will-Germany mistakes about facts, bias of passion, met with much success, with, perhaps, With him, the question dimness of spiritual vision, or the sinis South American markets.
the exception of those concerned with of the proposed IRAKEN 31 4EANIE with ter infidence of selfishness. Moreover, it
49 international trade der t The only concrete schome for the or would not be use yes, and he ha
the war woult nstantly happens that a system of thought this stereotyped and stan development of American overseas trade not heard any suggestion as to ag cardised, finds itself sooner or later in that I could discover as the American method of in its Gami/trode f conflict with the broad convictions and International Corporation, & great the war which would not have the effec kind, and is rejected and left behind in president of the National City Bank of If that the onward movements of humanity. The New York. This corporation has already poszla were sufficiently. Gorman mind to-day is a case in point, taken over the International Banking boycott would thereby have the enter has been patiently and minutel Corporation, which was the only bank in driving neutre TWARDYJO thought of Germany as rightfully above foreign countries, and working on simi-trade term aq), "hay cashez bie has successfully adapted itself to the fact above all, has mastered the thought and Shanghai Bank, the Chartered Bank an adequate indemnity to Belgium altered circumstances. It is not expiceted and gripped the consciences of the of India. etc. This corporation hould they, get er indemnity except in
He would hi that the heavy demands on the part of nation, which has thus been brought to already purchased line of steamships German gods are except in the Army authorities will cease with the practical ways cowardly, political ortho vantage of present conditions in all pay the inachenjut 14 ore, Belgium
Aruniversal, unquestioning, and in and is working with all speed to take ad- bullion in Ger
inot enough to war. Experience has shown that the Loxy "
trades. Its strang'h can be somewhat would not want it she would not want gauged by the names of some of its more than usually, servolt hat. carrying on a war are far in excess of what had been estimated, and it is there of the Prussian mind, ever since
The characteristic the board, and amongst his associates fore thought that the works will continue its Arst recorded manifestation in graph Company; Mr. Cofin, of the Genence to te Ocalonesoder: The Allien
are Mr. Vail, of the Western Union Tolet ments which would either give a prefer considerable time after the war. When and immoderate will," The typical way fame; and Mr. Robert Dollar, who peace returns (the Pax Germanica Prussian has always been a man who has worked for a very considerable period huge arsenal, with every country laying his end by the use of all necessary Force States and China. Mr. Dullar alone con 13 meant, of course) Europe will be 4 tives towards the accomplishment of to encourage trade between the United up large stocks of munitions. Besides (and quite too often, alas much unneces trois a steamship line between the Pacific this, there will be the requirements of ordinary business, in which orders have firements of humane sentiment or the great convention of Boards of Trade
sary violence) without hoeding the re Coast, China, and Japan. Recently been held back and stocks reduced to a moderation of a truly cultured reason. (equivalent to our Chambers of Com like, great things are expected from the enforcing on others the will of its power appears that no particular results were minimum. So that, take it any way you All the growth of Prussia was made by merce) was held in Washington, but it iron and metal industries in the future. ful rulers and for the enforcing of that obtained,
_______BOYS AS WO||KERS. will there have seldom been any scruples THE BANE OF PROSPERITY
has diminished. We repulsed an attack also the flects at Cyprus and the Black the balance sheets which are being pub-standardised by official authorityTh the United States having branches innany, who wou
The Frankfurter Zeitung claims that west of Hill 304 An enemy attempt a sca, was remarkable. It was chiefly ducished show that the German industry and in duty bound to place itself lar lines, for instance, to the Hongkong piration of seeing Germany made to y
a surprise, attack on the slopes worth-enat of Mort Homme completely failed: There is comparative quiet on the right bank of the Meuse...
Eleven aeroplanes dropped forty-three
to the former that General Baratoff, ad vancing from Kermanshah, was able to scale the Iman Hassan Pass, 5,000 Feet high, which is to the north-west of
THE TYPICAL PRUBBIAN
ly-Prussian
"bombs on the stations at Mantillois and Korind. The success of this risky opera stocka of raw material required to Modern Gerinany has been thorough directors. Mr. Vanderlip is chairman of jazz, HA AER Proposed tating arrange Brielles, and the camps of Montancun and ion largely depended on whether the Turks were able to get sufficient rein
Romagna, They also dropped eleven
bombs on the airship sheds at Metz andforcements from Khanikin According to be busy on this account alone for a history, has always been a passionatoeral Electric Company; Mr. Hill, of rail thereby granting, "heast baggings among
Freseaty on Friday night.
AT VERDUN,
PARIS, May 15th."
Was
ly, the Anglo-Indian commander communicated with and a diversion was decided on and carried out with splendid danh, vigour and exactitude:
The reinforcements engaged on the intermittent artillery actions in Verdun, Upper Tigris were unable to arrive in
A communique says: There have been
but no infantry altacks.
ATTACK ON BRITISH FRONT.
SEVERE TRENCH FIGHTING.
LONDON, May 15th.
A communiqué says:-After very heavy bombardment from guns of all Calibre last night, the enemy attacked about the Ploegstract Wood in three parties, one of which succeeded in enter ing the trenches, but was instantly njected, leaving ten dead. Other parties were met by Sopttish troops and dis
persed.
Early in the morning, a British patrol entered the enemy's trenches south of La Basice Catal.
We bombarded positions north of Mouchy and east of Vermelles.
Hostile artillery mortars have been uctive at Maricourt, Loon, Souchez, Cam brian and St. Eloi.
There was some activity at Souches, the Hohenzollern Redoubt, Givenchy and Bt. Elor.
OENERAL,
(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY-}
BRITAIN AND PEACE.
ALL WRONGS MUST BE
REDRESSED).
LONDON, May 14th. In the course of an interview with representative of the Chicago Faily News, Sir Edward Grey emphasised that Great Britain and her Allies will not tolerate a peace that does not redress the wrongs committed in the war and does not re-establish respect for International LAW.
time, and the Turks defending the pass were routed, thus making the Russian advance to Kasri Shirin
the All
Dominions 100 (the "Alice over fleutrals, preference to the
trade arrangethetasith Germany, they thereby driving neutrals to form special seemed to himno And all to work out seemer to his to be a danger that we injuriouslyutaudeish trade There should come ourselves in advance to a ruinous trade policy because people were approaching the whole question not in the spirit of economic solence, but in the spirit of war. It was very difficult to result
apational political
The Men of Fifteen and the Man about a prompt resort to methods of The United States today is intoxicated get approched the question
possible.The capture of the latter im lengthy symposium in which the working auperseded in a Prussianised Germany accentuated, as was that of some of the Mr. Robertson said, that Germant might
portant mountain dissipated the Russian anxieties regarding General Baratoff's
of Fifty. Under this heading the Berliner Tageblatt recently published capacities of boys and of men above the military age were compared by prom nent manufacturers and merchants. In column and General Gorinch's army, 15,000 boys under seventeen were regis the month of December, in Berlin alone, which has been operating south of Bitlistered for different forms of labour. The since the fall of Kut As the flank and the rear of the Turks south of Bagdad are now exposed the Turkish armies in Anatolia have failed to accomplish the lask assigned to them by the Germans, and this will prove a decisive factor, even as regards the great German offensive in Riga,
SIR ROGER CASEMENT.
PREPARATIONS FOR TRIAL.
- LONDON, May 14th,
oralt and violence. The ars of blind unconscious will has in recent times been by the definite standardising of thought into a theory
in that spicats. It was quite conceivable. be driven by this war into a policy of deferente largely antusion of Free Trade in food at least, while we, in journalists and find ourkely
"generally,
might system that
We must be
k
tariff and uncture.
with prosperity. Its attitude is much the same, only I think, a little more English manufacturers previous to the war; namely, they are very satisfied with what they are doing for the present, and are working in a hand-to-month future. Manufacturers are devoting fashion, instead of building for the themselves to obtaining orders for muni- on war work, instead of developing tions of war, and entirely concentrating markets abroad which would be of por is of course, all to the benefit of the even sentabi |manent beneft to them. This attitude efforts, belligerent nations, and the Allies in par tween After having been aaociated socially soffal ticular The
sonis considerable period, and having the men, who atter oftaining certain and commercially with Americans for tiens ara pengu Preatest feelings of admiration and amount of publicity and publle acknow friendship for them, the situation as I lediglent, naturally object to giving up found it caused me great aurprise, bu the position
even though it
xample, of chairman, of the particulatxades with which they tight bi to the interest. are concerned to allow other and per- Hapk stronger men to 88slime this lead- crshui
to scatter our ulte co-operation must take place be of asociations.
a per Associa
PY RUBIG spirited:
Accompanying the type of the State ant characteristics noted by Professo formed mind are two minor but signis end. It tally lacks & saving sense of general opinion is that boys are legit efficient than men of afty, and that the hours and is quite unaware of the wholesale employment of youths is and self-conscious superiority. It is also ridiculousness of its strut and swagger makeshift which cannot outlast the war. The head of the Postal Department deficient in what is called common states that v young workers will be dismissed. The sists in mere practical officiency and when the war is Over all 805** not the commonsense which con- comparatively high wages they are ears shrewdness and promptitude in acizing ing have their moral development, The President more human commonsense which has 4 an unfavourable effect upon material advantages, but that higher and
much the same opinion. On the other to moderation, and a true proportion of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce is of clearer sight of final issues, a tendency
hand, the President of the Craftsmen' estimate of values Syndicate thinks that youths nowadays TALLUER ABROAD. are able to a large extent efficiently to The practical result of this standardis replace grown-up men, but only because ing process of the mind of modern Gerranse I did anticipate that with their during war time the work is more mec many has been, within the country itself, en business acumen they would be tak hanical. Time wages for boys now range wonderfully succesful. It has boung advantage of a condition which one from 20m, to 30m, and on piece-work number of small and jealous conflicing Hopes and prays will never again eriso they can make up to 500 a week. The principalities into an empire, it ha‹ I discussed the matter with a number Secretary of the Association of German made a poor people rich in commerce of people, and was informed th the Business Assistants states that the large and manufacturers, rivals of older following reasons, amongst others, were Stati shell making, have made them bumptious tive energies Yot paradoxical as it may First, a lack of knowledge of export con wages earned by the boys notably in nations in the world's trade and produc responsible for this apparent inactivity: that they are indispensable. A large Far Outside of Germany itself the for export trade; thirdly, & lack of ship burdened wide work or Bad and imbued them with the wrong ideassem, its very success has exhibited its trade; secondly, few bauling facilities warn dairy company holds that youths are mind of Prussismised Germany has ping and dependence on the Allies for for many halt ahead, hey, hey decidedly wanting in ability to deal with the customersSo for as mechanion everywhere failed to commend itself. freightage; and fourthly, a lack of desire vote gene a PAS panelline the work is concerned women are better that Germans abroad have failed to establish and interest owing to the trade bon questo erop in the path boys, The manager of a parcel delivery the German mind in anything like fair now proceedings
the conclusion of the Meion company sums up his opinion of the competition with the mind of the peoples The statement that there is a lack of is rewdgowkih sholdást gun is lef Sir Roger Casement will be conveyed these words: They have become sloven attempts at colonisation have been may seem far-fetched, in view of the piral remehed gifter veliran
youths he is now compelled to employ in among whom they have gone. German knowledge of export trade in America is resballesbestbartrade of secretly to the police court, and it wily and dissolute; they are earning ex
uniformly distinct failures, so far as the enormous volume of her exports, both than was ever deftihbirgjurmbesible. Lo impossible for the public to ste hin
travagant wages; temptation besets them - conversion of other minds to the German before and during the war. Although the on every side, and our business would be type is concerned. They have not United Staten exports goods to a greater unless admitted to the Court, which absolutely at a standstill if it were not needed in Germanising either Poland value than we do ourselves, if those de will be most difficult, as the accommoda
for a number of men, past military age, or Alsce. Nor even in Hungary has ports are analyzed it will be found that tion will be limited to sixty.
whom we still have left." This opinion is the German element been able to impress the great bulk of them is raw material ciation (befidiajathon tutors to shared by the Syndicate of Berlin Hotel the population with its own type. In and foodstuffs. The banking system as cozplying sun fuck the Nations Bank of Germany states mass have either concealed or abandoned in ita infancy, and not in any way com AS and Restaurant Owners. The director of countries like the United States, Ger regards export trade is still very much this that the principal objection against em the Prussian mantera and Prussian parable to our own. In this regard Gr ploying men over fifty years of age in mind, or they have become objects of many has much to teach both this coun tilit large concerns and banks is the employ suspicion and dislike. ers
*- try and the United Stater,
Sir Roger Casement discussed his cass with three of his friends in the Tower yesterday The
prisoner is much better in health, and is allowed to read and to take exercise regularly. It is understood that the case for the prosecution will last four or five days.
Sir Fi E. Smith, assisted by Mr. Bod kin and Mr. Travers Humphreys will prosecute, and it is believed that Mr Artimus Jones and Professor F. H. Mor gan will defend
RUSBIAN FRONT.
(THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:1
FIERCE FIGHTING.
In refuting Dr. von Bethmann Holl weg's declaration that Great Britain wanted to destroy Germany's freedom Sir Edward Grey said that we had never boen smittes with such madness, and that TURNS EVERYWHERE REPULSED, wo would be glad to see lic German
PETROGRAD, May 15th. people free like the rest of the world.
125.2m,
LA TERRIFIC. EGO.
The facts as stated are realized by great number of people in the States sight to sppoint a department which and the Government have had the pro they call the United States Bureau Foreign and Domestic Commerce, the ob ject of which is to develop export, tande
turom
fac and the
One of the most important questions of. the moment is the relationship of LE to theyda # Máy ho lan it in thealog
man to
goes forwar:1
rieve our commercial:
that the Labota unions, and workmen sen the question of workin
tovardians do their parts degreator
de thief, and again repeat that if thuestion of the trade ward the
Lapion of tháng 2 của hệ elderly
albed to the
ald be known bow than war would
occurred if we had no our to great a pure in oplop industries of Germany; It should own that the increase in our rade *to*Bigh wages. It should lis
ability in regard to pensions. --|-
ORDMAN EASE TRANSACTION,The idea, therefore, which underlies Considerable interest has been aroused ad explains, but does not exeuss, her why this war of aggression on Germany's part, in Germany by the disclosure of a brutal barbarity, is the universal State
of the Labour troubles of the past extraordinary financial transaction which has been concluded between the Hur made, officially fostered belief in a terri:
in the main due to lack of under- garian Bankand Handelsgesellschaft and fic go, "higher morality "lawless
siding between master and man. There Prince Henckel-Donnersmarck. The lar will with a divine right to enforce, an It has been said that manufacturers to possibility of co-operation col ter, who is now 83 years old, is equally iden enthroned as the guiding genius of in the United States pay attention to the leveration between Labour and Capital famous for his great wealth and for his modern Germany. This Prussian pro- export trads only when businesselsladinch looks upon the other as a rogue the last half century as an agent of the whole people have resulted in this, that ness improves at home, foreign customer employment on countless occasions duringpagands and its docile acceptance by a in the home markets, and as soon as ban German Government in intrigues and today the German mind is at wide are thrown aside, and theien orlier secret operations in Paris and elsewhere, variance, is as desperate odde, with the neglected. It would appear from author He is said to be the wealthiest living human mind. The conduct at which the tive statements that our competitor von Krupp The transaction is described logical necessity from the standards of moment, without considering the German with the sole exception of Frau civilised world stands aghast, follows by the United States think too much as follows: The Hungarian Bank, acting thought so firmly fed on both the export trade should be nursed Pesth, is sottling Hungarian debts, to in reality on behalf of the city of Bude Government and people of Germany.veloped to enable or at least to h
Even suppose, this American ran their factories at maxim Germany by obtaining from Prince professor what to us sad our Allies is and minimum cost. Henckel-Donnersmarck & credit in Gerunthinks ope that this cotandardised In view of what is being In the direction of Erzindjian, the RBDy of £1,500,000. As the exchange is though Turks accumulated considerable forces in and the bank make large profits by
greatly against Hungary, Buda Feath whes
State whose right is might, country to prepare for the com
glory, and its chief struggle, I am satisfied teat the region of Ashkals and took the paying Hungarian debts out of this
andisement, wins in tions are far ahead of angli d's mind be won over being done in the United States all My credit in marks Meanwhile the bank offensive, and, after a day of fierce gives Hungarian bonds
thought of the ecurity and
_________LESBONS" FOR ENGLANDA fighting, drove back morna Russian out. But this is not all.
pays only 43/8 per
No boy replies. the
The activity amongst Briti we do not believe that the base of this associations and the formation Henckel past elemente, but were compelled to hersmarck is not paying the
war or of any series of wara, will con- associations prove that the ocase the offensive owing to their most
amount mesh, but
rince the advancing mind of civilised trade after the war is recor man that Biato is Power that Might is of men that matter, Bu
and Bight not mightier than any vity amongst these assoCI
of civil and military power, formation of new ones is
to survive as a nation and there is a dinner, which are in the world'
parent, that in the creat erhastened and nurif
mesocations none will he Band defeat will are to enough properly to tackle half to the batter mind af-lems which lie before uso
We believed that the German people,
A communique says:-In the Caucasus, once the Pan-German dreams of a world in the direction of Baiburt, Turkish Empire have vanished, will insist on the attacks have everywhere been repulsed control of its Government, and herein with heavy losses. Ties the hope to secure the freedom and national independents of Europe, be cause a German democracy will not plot and plan wars like Prassian militarism Unless mankind learned from this to avoid war, the struggle would havn hen in vain, and humanity, would be nenaced by extermination and by every form of murderous and scientific wes rons regardless of law or rerct inoples would, rather die than submail)
Germany's hew of na iron brace!!!!!
WAT
In the direction of Mowal, in Mesopo
10 key the Russians occupied the region the enamy Becing pre
cipitatel
city of Buds Pesth suburbs of Berli
dispose of soms of his possessions, Prince at his advano
is well-known that part of his unfortunate share notorious aneculations *Prince's Trust! und totally unsaleable.
ress,
Fontanned) on verd
Blood
n that the commercial extinction of Centra Empires will be the gatest rantee of peace in the future per ard things: ard. Zobetumes she
ference to the money our American.
making out of this war, bus ced it thonid be realized that
hey are maki
in being
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