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THE WAR.

GERMANS

REPULSED IN THE

VOSGES.

AUSTRIAN REGIMENT SURRENDERS.

ITALIANS SCORE SUCCESSES.

GENERAL RUSSKY'S STATEMENT.

+RANCO-BELGIAN FROM T.

(THROUGH BETTER'S AGENCY.]

BRITISH LINES HEAVILY

SHELLED.

(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCE.] FIERCE. FIGHTING ON RIGA FRONT.

PETROGRAD, July 3rd.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 2418 1916.

AFRICA.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

ENGAGEMENT IN EAST

AFRICA.

SPLENDID. BELGIAN VICTORY.

LONDON, July 2nd.

The War Office announces, that ar port from General Smuts states that onemy forces who were endeavouring to interefore with the communications west of Tanga were driven off southwards

(over the Pangani river. Muhian Amani has been occupied, effecting possession of

[TUZOUGH REUTZE'S AGENCY |

BOMB EXPLOSION AT SAN

FRANCISCO

INTERESTING - JUDGMENT IN U.S. COURT IN CHINA. REFUSAL TO SHIP FREIGHT UNTIL PASSED BY THE BRITISH CONSUL.

LANCASTRIANS IN CHINA. PROPOSED EXHIBITION OF LANCASHIRE MANUFACTURES: SAN FRANCISCO, July 23rd.

DIRTY WORK" OF THE ENEMY IN Six persons woro killed, and 29 in-

In the United States District Court

THE PIECE-GOODS. TRADE. jured through a bomb explosion. They

for China, the Hon. Mr. C. S. Lobingior, were spectators of the preparations for

The annust general meeting of the judge, delivered judgment on the 17th members of the Association of Lancä- bonn was concealed in a suit-cast, and& Hoyt, Incorporated, on a parade which was being held....... The

inst. in the case of L. Everett . Swaynestrians in Chine was held at the Palace

a demurrer Hotel, Shanghai, on the 17th just was placed in front of a house, which | raised by the defendants. was demolished. Several persons had received postcard warnings, but these had

disregarded.

be

Mr. C, M. Bain, who presided over a Inzge attendance, said:A balance of In his judgment, His Honour said: $733.35 stands at the Association's credit alleging that it is a corporation organiz. year's balance of $2.682 is accounted for The defendant demurs to a petition in the bank. This compared with last ed under the laws of California with by a contribution of £200 for three behi ite principal place of business at Ban in the home for orplus of Lancashire Soldiers and Sailors (under the auspices Ltd., a British corporation, were and of the Manchester and Salford Boys and are its agents at Shanghai; and that

'Girls' Refuges and Homes). For the sup May, last, the defendant through said port of these three beds your committee. agents wrongfully refused to permit subscription of £30 so long as the ass- has promised to contribitte an annual plaintiff to send freight on one of its ciation's funds permit. Later ou we hope vessels unless such freight "should be | Sai passed by the British Consul at Shangmont will be arranged to allow some bei."

the whole of the Usambara railway, which ADMINISTRATION OF INDIAN Francisco that Jardine, Matheson & Co., is now being repaired.

A Belgian official communiqué states:-- A strong enemy force dislodged by the British occupation of Bukoba Karagwe found their retreat barred by a weaker. Belgian force in the south-west corner

ARMY.

KITCHENER'S SYSTEM

DEFENDED,

A communiqué states:-There has been of Victoria Nyanza. The bulk of the Kitchener's system of administration of diction of the person of the defendant in at the Dardanelles and 6540 was realized Central Sir Douglas llaig reports at fierce fighting on the left wing of the German Europeans were killed or cap infinitely better than that which it defendant is a corporation organized and Hamilton's Dardanelles Fund and duly'.

1.19.

LONDON, July 22nd.

The artillery on both sides leus bern mure active during the past

twelve hours.

Riga positions.

The British front line and support trenches, in several places, have been

heavily bombarded with gas shells and tear-shells. There was nothing else of importance.

AIR-FIGHTING.

LATER.

A communique from General Haig statis:There has been nothing import ant the British front..

Our airmen destroyed six hostile aereilanes.

LONDON, July 23rd.

Seral other German machines were fored to the ground damaged. A British machine was brought down by Kunire and two others are missing..

SUPREME DECISIONS OF

THE WAR."

PARIS, July 22nd.

RUSSIANS CONCEAL

LONDON, July 3rd. General Sir Moore O'Croagh, in a let ter to the Times, anys that the late Lord

the Army in India was sound. It was tared, and the remnant fled in the direc-superanded. The only flaw, which Lord Kitchener told General Muore O'Creagh was forced upon him by the Government, was the system of finance, but the control of the Finance Department was lost in

The Russians: ponotrated enemy works tion of Marla Hill." A Gerinan comman- nt several points.

der was among the captured. We found two German steamers, the anza and the Otto Heinrich, scuttled in the Stub mazn Sound. Quantities of arms, am- munition, and forty boxes of specie were found

on board.

The captured vessels can be easily rofloated.

SUCCESSES.

LONDON, July 23rd. A German communiqué admits that the Russians have erossed the Dvina.

This was not mentioned in the Russian communiqué, bat it has now leaked out in Petrograd.

The Russians have began extensive operations on the Riga front, the first intimation of which was n telegram in the Novoe Premye announcing the cap- turo of three lines of German trenches, many prisoners and guns. Now the Riga correspondent of the Bourne Gazette de scribes the population listening with the fullest joy to the tremendous bombard mont, which commenced on the 18th inst.

EXPECTED.

General Sir Douglas Haig, in an inter-END MAY BE SOONER THAN view, said:"The supreme decisions of the war are on the battle-helds in the Wes. There we must impose the pence for which it will have been worth our whit to have fought, for we shall have

-earned it."

FRENCH AEROPLANES!

SUCCESS.

PARIS, July 22nd.

A communiqué reports continued aerial activity. Air squadrons yesterday three timas bombed the railway yards at Metsablons, which is the principal dis tribling point for stores and troops of the Verdun front. Over a hundred bombs) were dropped on the stution buildings and sidings, and heavy damage was observed,

GENERAL

(THROUGH BETTER'S LOENCY.]

BRITISH SHIPBUILDING.

INTERESTING ACCOUNT DE A

VISIT.

war.

BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH,

LONDON, July 23rd: The Rev. Frank Woods, Vicar of Brad ford, has been appointed Bishop of Peterborough..

SUPREME COURT IN CHINA. ASSISTANT JUDGE APPOINTED."

[Telegrams received on Saturday, and published in an "Extra" on Sunday, will de fored on page C-]

The demurrer is based:-"On the ground that it appears upon the face of the petition that the Court has not juris that it appears from said petition that existing under the laws of the State of California, United States of America, and having its principal offices and place of business at San Francisco, in said State of California, and it does not appear from said potition that said de business or property in China, or by fendant has any office, branch, place of oficial, agent or representative residing or being in China, over whom this Court has jurisdiction."

Counsel for defendant states the real point sought to be reached by the de marrer as follows:-

...

to advise the members that an entertain-

autumn of last year a special effort was funds being raised to meet this. In the made amongst members for the purpose of comforts for the Lancashire Regimente thereby this being forwarded to Lady acknowledged. In addition to this our Association has subscribed Tls. 185 and

2.421 to the Prince of Wales' Fund.

At present our membership is 148 as against 18 last year. We have 108 resident members, 8 absent, 20 at out- ports, 14 serving at the front.

He

proceded:-Gentlemen, enemy in- forests in, say, the pince-goods trade, have resulted in nothing but dirty work. Take the question of credits some years but the ruin of decent old Chinese mer- back. What did that mean? Nothing chants and a set-back to business not yet recovered from. that the indent business has become n Gentlernen, it means gamble, What does it mean in the future! That our enemies will try and get in again at any price and again spoil a business that would be in a fair way hands of Lancashire. Let manufacturers to be steadied up. The remedy is in the have a clause in all their contracts that none of their goods will in future go to enetny houses in China, or be sold by them under enemy chops. Let houses uk home and here deal with houses at home who have such a clause in their contracts and take what other steps are necessary, and we shall see the indent trade back in its former prosperous condition. My Auggestions need nat be taken literally, but let us all work to one end and prevent our own business being ruined by such competitors.

"A contract of agency was made be tween Swayne & Hoyt, of San Francis, and Jardino, Matheson & Co., of Shang- hai, whereby the latter acted as agents LONDON, July 23rd. Mr. Skinder Turner, late Judicial ing the steamship Yucatan. The con

for the former in loading and despatch- Adviser to the Ministry of Justice, Siam,tract was made at, and to be performed has been appointed Assistant Judge of at, Shanghai. It was therefore a contract the Supreme Court in China.

made by an American company domiciled in California with a British Company who, to all intents and purposes of this action, are located in British territory and who performed the contract in what in so far as they are concerned is SHANGHAI

British territory: Both the place of making and the place of performance of CASE.

the contract are for the purposes of this action British territory. It is therefore MAXINE JOHNSON FAILS TO submitted that the rights of the parties

APPEAR FOR TRIAL

growing out of this agency contract

There is one thing that I feel par should be construed and governed by ticularly proud of in connection with Maxine Johnson, the American woman who was accused of stealing a passport tion to the general rules of law govern

English law. For many years an excepthe early recruiting for the war, and that from P. A. Kalleberg, a Norwegian subing the relations of principal and agent ject, at Shanghai, failed to answer when has always been recognized in English called for trial at the U.S.A. District law in the case of an agent acting for a Court for China on the 17th ust. Her foreign principal, bail was therefore estreated and a bench warrant was issued.

LONDON, July 22nd. Reuter's special correspondent has visited the munition and shipbuilding ventres and the naval bases of the United THE Kingdom, and has been an eye-witness of the gigantic work that is being done in Britain for the Allied cause.

As an instance, he steamed the whole

morning along a river, through a famous shipbuilding centre. Both banks were lined with warships and merchantmen of all sizes and kinds, which are being con- structed at double the rate which was

PETROGRAD, July 23rd. General Russky, interviewed at Petro- grad, ea rattle to Finland, whore he will previously regarded as possible--includ convalesce, said the Allica were aiming ing warships whose dimensions, speed at continuous pressure at a cumber of and gun-power must not be hinted at, different points. If they avoid the mis-and mysterious vessels hidden behind take of advancing too quickly, the end canvas screens. The correspondent also

PASSPORT

It has long been established in Eng

of express authority to that effect. laud that an agent cannot pledge his foreign constituent's credit in the abesace

too

is, that the two sections of Great Britain in which recruiting was notoriously, the highest were in the Highlands of Scot land, where I was born, and the great. town of Manchester, with which I have been associated almost all my life, Proud as we are of this wonderful response, to the call for men, wo feel to-day even

contention does not seem to us to go to

prouder of the great gallantry of these The authority citod in support of this men. The Lancashire Regiments have the extent claimed even where the action fighting. To the women in Lancashire been repeatedly mentioned for their she is founded upon a contract; for the case today, whose husbands and sons have merely holds that a vendor who gives fallen at this supreme time in the his credit to an agent believing him to he tory of their country, do we convey as an association our deepest sympathies. cipal has paid, canpot, after discovering relatives have died for their King and the latter, hold him liable. It appears to be very far removed from anything Country. hore, and while some language used in the opinion might have a bearing on the present situation it could hardly be sccepted as controlling.

of the war will come sooner than may be saw most of the ships that were damaged objection to the defendant taking the the principal, and to whom the real prin- Their one great consolation is that their

expected.

RUSSIAN MINISTERIAL

CHANGES.

PETROGRAD, July 23rd.. M. Sazanoff, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has resigned. He will be succeed- ed by M. Sturmer, who retains. A Gerinan aeroplane bombed Belfort the Premiership. M.. Khvostoli bax without inflicting damage.

been appointed Minister of the Interior, and M. Maka roff Minister of Justice:

PETROGRAD, July 23rd.

GERMANS HEAVILY

REPULSED.

PARIS, July 22nd.

A summuniqué says:There has been a violent bombardment on the right bank of the Mouse. Au enemy attack south of Danloup.collapsed. The Germans were heavily repulsed in the Vosges, north- west of Saint Die.

LATER.

A communique stales:-On the right of the Meuse we progressed in the Fleury region, taking prisoners,

There has been nothing of importance elsewhere.

RUSSIAN FRUHT

(THROUGH REUTER’8. AGENCY.]

TWELVE THOUSAND

PRISONERS.

AUSTRIAN REGIMENT

BURRENDERS.

PETROGRAD, July 22nd.·

A communiqué states:-The Russian advance has continued south of the Lipa.

General Sakharoff's troops on

the 20th

in the Jutland fight, including HM.S. Iarspite, which the Germans claim to have sunk, and which is now repaired and ready for sea

MORNING CABINET MEETING.

LONDON, July 2nd.

A Cabinet meeting will be held this morning; an unusual time for bolding one. It is presumed that the business is to choose Commissioners for, and defino the scope of, the Mesopotamia and The Tsar, in a Rascript addressed to Dardanelles Inquiries, also to secure i M. Sazanoff, dwells on the Minister's final agreement as to the terms of the

Russia regrets that the state of the re zeal in the service of His Majesty. Irish Bill

tiring Minister's health has compelled him to resign.

ITALIAN FRONT.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. }.

ITALIAN SUCCESSES.

Roms, July 22nd.

A communique states:-The Italians- have captured the Rolle Pass and have scored successes, completing the posses sion of the Valloue mountain.

NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SWEDEN'S WARNING TO SUBMARINES.

Brocgnota, July 23rd, It is announced that submarines enter

and 21st July captured 300 officers and ing the territorial waters are liable to be

Mr. J. Kerfoot thought there was grent scope out here to bencat the trade of asking manufacturers in Lancashire to Lancashire, Something might be done by

asked to have them shown in his auction forward an exhibition of all products of Lancashire and that Mr. Bain should be rooms. Every week there assembled in that room many men, from all parts vi China, who had no idea of what they could produce, and it might be a good method of introducing to their notice what Lancashire really could do.

that she purloined a ticket and a pass Tho caso against the defendant was

them for $2,950 to a German, who was Fport, from Kobe to Christiania, and sold thereby enabled to reach his native land from Shanghai, When the charge was heard in the Consular Court, M. Kall berg said he thought be would have no passport. She had taken it without his knowledge, but, had he known, it would not have been against his wish. Evidence was also given by Mr. J. Eitzen, Nor wegian Consul, that Miss Johnson ap peared before him and made a statement admitting taking the passport and sell ticket, through another of the same pretation or enforcement of a contract, ing it to a German, together with the For the question here is not the inter nationality, the transaction being carried but the determination of an American out in Neumann's Café It was arrang corporation's liability for an alleged tort ed that the passport should be returned and we have been cited to no authority, within two months. At the preliminary American or English, to the effect that hearing the defendant reserved her doven though, as between the parties, a trial before the U.S. District Court for according to foreign law, the tortious fenes and was committed to stand her contract of agency might be construed

Mr. Avoyard hoped that they would China,

liability to third parties would likewise not forget the engineering industry of It is stated (says the .. Daily need to be so construed.

If defendant; Lancashire when, they formed such an c) that Miss Johnson left Shanghai ware doing business here through Ameri- exhibition. during the latter part of last week for

Mr. Bain said that he would be very Japan.

can agente there could be no question of its liability for torta committed by them glad to bring the matter up at the next within the scope of their agency. Can it committee meeting of the British Cham- be that they may erade such liability ber of Commerce, and they would be merely by selecting British agents? possibly able to work it so that they Under the Act of Congress" the laws of had an exhibition of what Lancashire the United States are "extended over could do, in Shanghai.

The following officials were all citizens of the United States" in

then of shareholders of the Shanghai Life that the terms of the treaties respectively Hon. Treasurer, Mr. I. C. B. Fennell; The eleventh annual general meeting China and over all ofhers to the extent elected --President, Mr. C. M. Bain;

vico-President, Mr. W. N. Allen; Insurance Co., Ltd, was held at the justify or require. Would it be con- head offices of the Company, Shanghai,sistent with this language to hold that amittee, Messrs. W. Dutton, G. F. For-

Hon. Secretary, Mr. P. Campbell; Com on the 17th inst.de

citizen (natural or juridical of the shaw, S. Hammond, J: Kerfoot, J. During the year new applications for different laws by employing a foreign

Mr. R. H. Parker, who presided, said: United States could place himself under Scotson, and R. Paterson. insurance were received for a total of agent?

of a dinner or soiree in abeyance until Tls. 4,069,523 Policies were issued for The case cited by plaintiff's counsel Tis. 4,647,788 and applications Tla

the end of the war, but the chairman seems much more analogous to that at har announced that they hoped to have a 302,735 were postponed or declined. The than the one cited by defendant, the sole garden party some time in October, of total insurance in force as at March difference being that this notion is which the members would be notified. 31st, 1910, was Tls. 18,283,744,17,

brought in an extraterritorial jurisdic¡ later) The assets of the Company are now tion, In view of the statutory langusge increase over last year of Th. 795,278.02. this fact should require the application at the port where, or nearest, to which, equal to Tis. 3,953,046.90, which shows an just quoted we are unable to see that The average rate of interest earned for of a different doctrine. the year on the Mean Assurance Fund Nor can we accept and apply to this the damage complained af was sustained, of the Company was 6.30 per cent, which court the doctrine, advanced on the un provided such port be one of the ports It is officially announced that the

must be considered very satisfactory supported opinion of a text writer with at which the United States are represent- The total income for the year from proferent to the British Consular Courta ed by consule Such jurisdiction shall Turks are reported to have advanced miums, interest, rents, dividends and that all parties to litigation before them embrace all controversies between citi- westward from El Arish to five miles which shows an increase orer last year torial jurisdiction. Regardless ofvided for by such treaties, respectively.” profit on investments was Tis: 3,901,945, 19, must be habitually within their torri zens of the United States, or others, pic, of Ts. 272,843.19.

whether such a doctrine is authorized lation of Congress, which limits the

We see nothing in this, or in any legis

Jurisdiction of the court to parties re sident in China. On the contrary, the

FIGHTING IN ARABIA.

CAIRO, Jaly 2nd. Authentic news has been received of fighting at Medina, where the Turks sortied against the besieging Arabs. The former's casualties were 2,500, The Arabe lost 500, and captured quantities of arms. The Arabs are bombarding Tarif, and a speedy capitulation is expected.

Cairo, July 2d. Turkish aeroplanes have bombed Suez. Bombs have been dropped at Fort Tewfik TURKS ADVANCE ON KATIA.

LONDON, July 22nd,

east of Katia, where they are entrench ing. Our mounted troops are in contact with the enemy

Hostile aircraft attacked Suer on the

COMPANY MEETING. SHANGHAI LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

12,000 men, including a General and a attacked by the Swedish armed forces at inst, but there were only a few ling of Hongkong; Mr. Lie Hin-liam of Colonel. This brings the Austro-German without warning.

Jussa since the 16th July up to 29,000.. An Austrian regiment surrounded on the

FRENCH STEAMER SUNK.

LONDON, July 23rd.

The French steamer Cettos has been

right bank of the Stry, south of its con- fluenco with the Lipa, surrendered. The Russians are steadily advancing on Hungary. They have captured the heights sunk. The crew have been landed at

Algiers.

of Marmaroszige

casualties.

KITCHENER FUND.

LONDON, July 3rd. The Kitchener Fand now amounts to £60,000 Her Majesty the Queen has donated £250 Queen Alexandra £250, and

Lord Lansdowne £100.

It was decided to leave the question

out restră tion as to residence. Nor does

I have much pleasure in stating that under British legislation (and no a Chinese Advisory Foard consisting of authorities are eited) we find no Ameri: the following gentlemen has been ap can legislation which justifies it On pointed Mr. Chow Tsing-tseng and the contrary, the courts of which this is in courts here are expressly given Mr. Y T Lin of Shanghai the Hon. the successor were expressly invested jurisdiction of all controversies be to execute the provisions of such treaties, the attempt to apply a doctrine, which Mr. Lau Chr-pak and Mr. Chow Cheong with all the judicial authority necessary tween citizens of the United States" with- Batavia, Java; and Mr. Kho Tjin-tek of respectively, in regard to civil right confessedly is no part of the jurispru Medan, Deli, Sumatra. Ein tek of whether of property or person; and they

The Board of Directors having been shall entertain jurisdiction in matters dence of the United States, merely be. increased from four to five members, the of contract, at the port where, or nearest selected gents of another nationality Cause Ha American corporation bes directors foes have been increased to Tle to which, the contract was made, or at 4,000 per annum, which increase accord the port at which, or nearest to which, ing to the articles, requires confirmation it was to be executed, and in all other jast quoted at this meeting

matters, at the port where, or nearest to which, the cause of controversy arose, or

(Continued on neet Column.)

of accounts and balance sheet

This was agreed to, and the statement

were

soem to us consistent with the provisions

The demurrer is accordingly over-

ruled by the court.

Mr. *Peñísaden entered an exception to the ruling, which was noted,