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INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKONG DAILY “RESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26TH, 1916.

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GREAT BRITAIN'S FOOD. WHY PRICES ARE HIGHER AT HOME.

TARK BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT.

GERMAN GENERALS.

VOLUNTEER RESERVES

BISSING CENSURES THE KAISER ORDERS BY MAJOR WAKEMAN, O.C., H. K. V. §.

I was mice attached to General von Bissing's staff, writes Major-General Bir Alfred E. Turner in the Saturday The Eight Four-Squadron Scheme"

Frank Dilot, writing in the Daily Revice. He was particularly courteous has long been the aim of the advocates News, says:

to officers so attached and I liked him of the Naval Replenishment Progratione. The increase in the cost of food--some exceedingly. He was then, in 1904, com- in Japan. This is explained by the dething like 40 per cent,is one of the day manding the 20th Infantry Division at sire to construct eight super-deend-to-day considerations which is being Freiburg. He had previously been com noughts and four battleship-cruisers forced on the attention of practically manter of the Garde de Corps at Berlin, This schome has, however, so far proved every family in the country. It is true He was the smartest German officer I impossible owing to financial and other that we in Britain are still in the midst ever saw, but a terribly strict disciplar considerations. It is now reported that of comfort compared to Germany's dearian, and he was hated and feared by the Nayal authorities are bent upon sperate plight, but what of the future? those under his command. He was final carry ng out the scheme from the next Are prices going to rise to a point whichly promoted to the command of an aring fiscal year, and have actually included may entail discomfort for all of us** the expenditure therefor in the Navai There are three main factors in the Budget for the next fiscal year, which has situation, and they are these just "been forwarded to the Financial De- partment for approval.

1. We depend for a great bulk of our and consequently food from overseas,

corps, and when his corps took part in Imperial manoeuvres the War Lord, who Was supposed to be greatly attached to von Bissing, told him to take his place as Umpire--in-Chief, while he, the Kaiser, would command his army corps for day. The Kaiser carried out his usual and absurd spectacular displays, hurling masses of infantry and even cavalry It is above all things necessary against unshaken and strong positions. that we should have in this country a When the officers were assembled for the 1

continuing sufficiency of food, irrespeceritique, the Kaiser pushed forward and began to give his opinion of the progced- tive of price.

9. High prices may spring from causes other than a shortage.

3.

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APPOINTMENT

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Captain C. Champkin to act an Adjutant of the Hongkong Volunteer Reserve during the absence on leave of Capt G: K. Hall Brutton, or, until further notice, with effect from the 23rd July, 1010

PROMOTIONS.

Sergt. in the Machine-gun Section. Lee-Sergi. J. A., Young is promoted

and posted to Platoon No. TV s Cpl. CE. H. Beavis is promoted Sergt.

Platoon Sergt.

Cpl. D. Harvey is promoted Sergt. - and

posted to Platoon No. I, Section 1. Cpl. A, B. Bryson is promoted Sergt. and posted to Platoon No. 111, See- tion 10.

Cyl. J. C. West is promoted Bergt, and

posted to Platoon No. II, Section Cpl. C. H. 31. Bannerman is promoted

Sergt. in the Machine-gun Section, posted to Platoun No. VII, Section Cpl. W. Mackay is promoted Sergt. and

11.

Section 5.

The scheme involves a total expendi-n the maintenance of mercantile ship ture of Y.10,000,000, but as Y45,000,000, ping. which was voted in the last session of the Diet for the construction of the battleship Jagate and other warships and Y:18,500,000, roted in the extraordi- nary mission of the Diet in, 1814 for the construction of ten, medium-sized de stroyers will form part of the scheme, the expenditure estimated for the next

to our lessoned shipping. Lord Curzon the fiscal year amounts to Y.254,100,000. With recently stated in Parliament that the this amount, which is to be spread over Government had taken over for war pur- Reveral comreative years, three battle poses 43 per cent, of bar merchant ships, ships, two battleship cruisers, eleven Then there has been the submarine light-ernisers, ten destroyers and a mum-activity of Germany, by which a certain ber of submarines and spreial-service number of our ships have been lost. If ships are to be constructed.

was not an unnatural assumption that a The apportionment of expenditure will shrinkage in our food importa bad had probably be as follows :

a good deal to do with the rise in prices, 1917

Rui intestigation does not bear this out. Some fluctuation there has been, but not Here are the of a serious character. figures for the imports of food, drink, and tobacco for corresponding periods in the last three years-from August to March in 1913-14, 1914-15, 1915-14;

1913-14

A good many people have assumed that ings to the General, who netnally dared the crease in the cost of food is due to wave him back with his hand, with Cpl. W. M. Humphreys is promoted Keine Einmischung Sergt and posted to Platoon Ne. II,

in the Mounted Sertion. Cpl. J. Morton Smith is promoted Sergt., Cpl. J. Olson is promoted Sergt. and.

posted to Platoon No.. V, Section 1. and posted to Platoon No. VI, Sec- Cpl. J. W. Deakin is proanted Sergt.

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(No. interference, YURT Majestat Majesty"); the courtier was submerged The Emperor fell back by the soldier, with a face black as thunder, which was not removed by the cuitting censure which the Umpire-in Chief administered to the Emperor for the manger in which he had made his attacks, which would have en- tailed a huge holocaust in real warfare Three days later von Bissing received his discharge from the Army. Being a man of very strong character, and quite inde pendent, he rebelled against the gross act. of tyranny and injustice, and campaign against the All Highest took place. However, the latter, backed by his military party, proved to be stronger, and Bissing remained for some time in disgrace. till he was so far re- stared to favour that the Kaiser sent. him a sop in the shape of the Black Eagle. When the war broke out he was appointed Military Governor of Cologne, the war. It has been achieved with an afterwards Governor-General of diminished number of ships by means Belgium, in succession to von der Goltz. which include lessened imports of non- He has been, no doubt, very severe, and essential materials and by larger loads perhaps brutal as a Governor, but one in the ships. How is it, then, with all thing is charged against him of which The food coming into the comtry prices the is quite guiltless-that is, the ntro- have gone up to such a degree? In the cions murder of Miss Edith Cavell, deed first place, the cost of earringe is heavy of infamy never to be forgotten or for secondly, the demand for food is greater given. The perpetrator of this crime was soldiers, and munition workers are General von Krachnitz, the Military eating more, and thirdly there is in- Governor of Brussels, who was quite in- flation." due to various wartime causes dependent of the Governor-General, to There is reason to believe that the pro-which increases the prices far in advance whom no appeal against Krachnitz could visional approval of the Financial De- of the actual extra cost. The continued be made. partment has been obtained, and there large imports of food to the present are satisfactory, but considerations arise in is very hp of the scheme being ap connection with the future which cannot proved by the Diet next session.

any be ignored. If there were to be serious reduction in the power of our ships to bring us food from oversens the shortage of food, though not necessarily dangerous, would almost certainly lead best how dependent we are on to substantial increases in prices, In our shipping, I give some figures as to the amount of some of the food which is transported hither every six months (The amounts are in round figures): Wheat Ground wheat

Japan has completed or has under con-

WHY PRICES ARE HIGHER. struction five battleships--the FORO,

The mercantile marine has therefore Yamaskira, 1. guy and Nagatis brought us practically the same amount And two battleship cruisers-Harun of foodstuffs during the war as before and Kirishing, and with the addi- three battleships and tico battleship-cruisers the "Eight Four Squadron will be complete. In addition Japan has two other battleship eruisers, the ongo and Hiysi.

It is stated that the principal vessels included in the scheme will be constructed as follows: One battleship for 1917, one battleship and one battleship-cruiser for 1018, and one battleship and one battle ship-cruiser for 1990..

INDIA AND THE WAR. ! THE LIQUIDATION OF HOSTILE

FIRMS IN INDIA..

I

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von

I have before the the photograph of Field-Marshal von Hindenburg or Hindenburg und, von Beneckendorff, s The signed himself on the portrait which he graciously and to my surprise sent to ine as a New Year's greeting in 1904, after I had been attached to his staff the maieuvres, when he commanded, the 28th Infantry Division. previous year

have been told that he has dropped the pane von Beneckendorff, as it bewrayeth His square is partly Russian origin, hend, high cheekbones, and, little, "enn- 50,000,000 cwts.ing, deep-set eyes and his black hair showed very ministakably also his 5,000,000 Beef (frozen or chilled)... 4,000,000 Mutton (frozen) ..... Bacon Balter Cheese Eggs Lärti. Tea

2,000,000 3,000,000

8,000,000

1,250,000

600,000

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MORE SHIPS NEBORD.

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A Simla Presa communique says The Government of India have promul- gated an ordinance dealing with the liquidation of hostile firms and the pro- perty of hustile persons which brings the legislation, in this country into close atened with the present state of the Eng fish law--The British Trading with the Eneny (Amendment) Act of 1916 enables action to be taken in the case of firms whoses business by reason of enemy nationality or association is carried on wholly or mainly for the bencât of enemy subjects. It also gives power in th Board of Trade to abrogato contracts or These figures alone show the vital need transfer a power which it is believed has, for Britain to keep up its supply of mer for obvious reasons, been very sparingly cantile ships. Food at a tolerable price exercied. It also enables a company con is as necessary to victory as the winning taing enemy elements to purge itself of battles. We must have the ships to thereof with the assistance of the custoargure it. Are our ships now being d, who may permit the British shart | depleted at a rate greater than the re- halders to buy out enemy shareholders placement of them? That is the first depositing the price paid with the important question for the Governmen custodian.

Lord Beresford in his speech in the The ordinanza follows the English Act House of Lords said: "If we do not losely with such modifications as local take immediale stens to make au for in circumstances require. It will enable losses there is no doubt we shall hava Government to wind up hostile businesses shortage of our food supply and of our Lord Curzon, much on the lines of the Indian Com-supply of raw material. panies and Insolvency Acts, the distri bution of assets au realised being sub jected to special rules. The liquidator will have power to give a good title to purchasers of the goodwill of hostile businesses and to the immovable proper ty held by them. The new procedure re- presents a considerable advance upon that hitherto adopted in that the initia- tive for liquidation will come from the Liquidator and will not be left nominally with the firm itself. It will also enable Lostile businesses dealt with to be com

pletely extinguished, thereby preventing any chance of their recovering from a state of suspended animation and resum ing business after the conclusion of pence. An additional provision "con- tained in the ordinance relates to the property of hostile persons or associa- tions not engaged in the trade The Hostile Foreigners (Trading) Order con tained no provisions for dealing with non-trading persons or associations.

A QURE THAT CURES.

There are men and womDEN. in every locality who are being racked to death with Rheumatism. Many of them have tried electricity, linimants, Turkish and

A NEW FOKKER. mineral baths, massage, etc., while others have been doctored until they have lost

Among the German acroplanes cap- all hope and patience. LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM has, by its thousands tured recently by the Russians is a new of successful Cures, demonstrated its Fokker machine, the construction of superiority over any known treatment for which had been kept secret by the Ger- the care of Rheumatism. Through it tans. Only the tank was damaged, and the Fokker vill soon be employed by sufferers have abandoned their crutches, others have been cured after years of Russian airmen, who are already flying suffering. We have yet to learn of a in more than one of the Albatrosses single instance where LITTLE'S captured from the enemy,

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Mongolian descent, Added to this, his

Cpl. A. Charlion is promoted Sergt, and posted to Platoon No. VII. Section Lee Cpl. J. A. Lyon is promoted Upl.

and posted to Platoon No. VII, Sec-

tion 10.

Cpl. and posted to Flatoon No. V. Lee.-Cpl. C. C. Hickling is promoted

Section 2.

Lee Cpl. N. L. Leefe is promoted Cpl. in

the Mounted Section. Lec. Cpl. WV. Daniel is promoted Cul.

in the Machine-gun Section. Lee Cpl. J. M. Smyth is promoted Cpl. and posted to Platoon No. VIII. Section 14. Le-Cpl. J. C. Logan is promoted Cpl.

Lee.

Le

and posted to Platoon No. V, Section Cpl. H. F. Jackinan is prumuted Epl. and posted to Platoon No. IV Section 13. Upl. E. Abrahan is promoted Cpl. and posted to Platoon No. VI, Sec- tion 8.

Section 12.

Cpl. A. Keaythorne is promoted Cpl. and posted to Platoon No. VIII, Lee, Cpl. H. C. Sandford is promoted Cpl. and posted in Platoon No. IV. Section 12. Lee. Upl. J. Johnstone is promoted Cpl. and posted to Platoon No. No. I, Section 4.

Lee Cpl. E. V. Carpmuel is promoted Cpl. in the Machine-gun Section. Lee-Cl. A. 8. Mackiehan is promoted Cpl. and pasted to Platoon No. II, Section 9.

Lee. Cpl. G. A. Walker is promoted Cpl. posted to. Platogo" Nu, II, Sec- tion 8. Le-Cpl. H. B. 6. Dowbiggin is pro- noted Cpl. and pasted to Platoon No. IV, Section 14.

Lee. Cpl. A. Nicol is promoted Cpl. and

posted to Platoon Nus VII, Section Lee Cpl. W. Hill is promoted (pil, in the

Signalling Section.

hard, ruthless expression showed him one to be avoided. There-is-much Mongolian blood in parts of Germany an especinity. in Prussia, which no doubt aceints for a type one often meets there and for the savage love of cruelty which is so com mon there, About the time that General Lee, Col. G. R. Edwards is promoted von Buelow was removed by the Kaiser from the cmimand of the 14th Army

Lee Cpl. J, W, Harris is promoted Cpl.. and posted to Platoon No. VIII. Sretion 15.

TRANSFER.

Cpl. and posted to Platoon No. I. Corps, to make way for the typical Hun, Pie. E. W. White is transferred to

Bock und von Polach, General

Platoon No V. Section 2.

You

on Grone, a gentleman and a man Pre. G. H. May is transferred to Platoon of the must kindly disposition and

No. VII, Section 12. withal a most capable and excellent con- Sergt. S. E. Green is posted to Platoon mander, was ousted and retired to make way for a still pore typical Hung von Hindenburg.

A stout man of big stature, he had all the appearance of having lived well, and I was told that he was gargantuar in his tastes, and gigantic eater, He did not aspire to. or pretend to have, the very samallest re- gard for kulture, which he despised. A story is told of him that he overheard some of the officers of his staff talking

in his reply for the Government, said that the number of our mercantile ships destroyed by the enemy was balanced by about poetry, and comparing the merits the new ships which have been launched. of Shakespeare, Clonthe, and Schiller, But, apart from these war losses, there After a little the great than grew im is the ordinary wastage by wreckage patient nd said: Thank Heaven, I old age, or other causes, which are al- have never risked making myself. soft by ways at work. On ton of that we have reading poetry!" He was coldly polite the fact--despite the ships mentioned by to me, but the way I had been received Lord Curzon that, owing to the use of and treated by Generals von Buelow, von bar shipbuilding facilities for war par Grone, and the Hereditary Duke of poses, we are holding up the construc- Baden, when attached, by the permis tion of our merchant ships.

1t

No. IV, Sretion 18.

is notified for general information that correspondence intended for the Adjutant should be addressid, care of The Mercantile Baak, Every member of and 15"-com- panies, not specially exempted on medial certificates or urgent private. affairs is to attend the Inspection Parade on rist.

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A SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT.

The Government have got to face, the sion of the All 'ghest, to the 14th Army conclusion that this state of things can- Corps, was altogether changed when they P. H. E. Edwards, Joseph, Fyfe, and left it. There was one most vulgar, offen- Without not be allowed' to continue, penalising our war preparations, arran-sive officer, very thick with von Hinden- gements will have to be made for pre-burg, who never lost an opportunity of He was one of the viding more nierchant ships. There is being rude to mg.

difficulty ahead aides-de-camp of the Grand Duke of undoubtedly serious unless the Government grapples with Baden, and he took his manners from the situation decisively. I have just the gutter, and not from his master, the Grand Duke, who was the pink of cour visited the principal shipbuilding cen- tres of Britain and have had the ad- tesy to me and other foreign officers. I vantage of consultation with leading am sure von Hindenburg loked upon me

The Rt. Hon. Arthur. Henderson, men in our mercantile marine ship as a spy, for he carefully prevented me speaking in favour of postponing the builders and ship owners in the various from being admitted to the critiques after Whitsuntide holidays, said: Tho Their expert maneuvres, to which I had been freely question has been asked me why defer parts of the country. views, differing in some respects, lead invited and there introduced to the com-the holidays till the end of July? · It is to a definite general conclusion that manding officers. Soon after this Hin-sufficient to say to the end of July and Britain possesses the resources to meetdenburg was promoted to the command not after the end of July, and that ought the situation adequately. It is urgently of an army corps, from which he was to speak with greater eloquence than any necessary that she should use those re retired shortly before the war. When the other language I could use. I don't mind source: with the single purpose of ex latter broke out he was, like von Bissing, telling you that if need calls and our pediting victory, for shortage of food dug out and given the Eastern Common in the trenches are in a position to mand, as he knew that frontier so well. supplement their powers of endurance, and a further growth of prices may as effectively retard our progress as a set- He appeared af mandeurres to be their heroism, and their military capa- back in the field.. --

thoroughly conversant with his profes city with an adequate supply of all kinds sion, but slow, and I saw him thoroughly of munitions, they will, I hope, be en- beated by General von Fallois, a very fabled to strike the hardest how yet brilliant soldier, whose 20th Infantry struck on behalf of the Allied cause.

(Cheers.). Division was opposed to his

CHINESE M.P.'S TRAVELLING EXPENSES.

Regarding the aerial position on the western front and the Allies' supremacy,

He certainly never attacked with huge the correspondent of the Taily News at The members of Parliament, now at sorried masses, as he has done against British Hendquarters anys: The Fol Shanghai, have wired the Central the Russians; no one but the Kaiser did as that is done, and the glory of the ker was undoutedly a very formidable Government for a remittance of 800,000 this. Now Hindenburg and the other Hohenzollerns secured, what does he care comthing when t first appeared; and it is to cover their travelling expenses from German commanders appear to have for the lives of the German proletariat? still formidable. But, even without the Shanghai to the Capital, which (says come obsessed with the War Lord's ownThe more of them stain, the Icas Socialists newest type of Allied machine, if would the Peking Gazette) should not aggre blood lust and utterly callous indiffer-will there be to disturb his imperial soon have been robbed of its chief ter-gate more than $15,000. The view is exence to the loss of life of his own soldiers. serenity, Hindenburg is his trus and rors, the method of fighting it being more pressed that the Government ought to His one idea in all things is brute force faithful servant, and well has be earned a matter of tactice than of the quality send each of them a railway ticket and cruelty to affect his ends, and as long his description as the German Moloch, of the machines employed.

instead.

(Continued on next Column.) second only to the War Lord himself.