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THE WAR.

THE

THE HONGKONG - DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23RD. 1910.

PEACE PROPOSALS.

INTERESTING AMERICAN VIEWS.

NOTE TO BELLIGERENTS AND NEUTRALS.

SUBMARINE PIRACY.

NEW ALLIED DEMANDS ON GREECE.

General

LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS,

COMMENTS FROM AMERICA.

PRESIDENT WILSON AND

PEACE,

New Yons, Desember 22nd. The Note by President Wilson suggests that belligerents should avow their desires in regard to the arrangements for a guarantee against fature war, and he NEW YORK, December 2nd. The Teutonic sympathisers in the feels it is duty, in the interest of the German-American Press are most jubilant conclusion of the war, to say that the test at President Wilson's Note, which they imposed upon rentral nations is now hail as a great victory for Count Bern-exceedingly hard to endure, and will be storff, who been conducting a

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vigor

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rendered altogether intolerable.

Ho submit that authoritative spokesman on either side should be appointed, and that there should be an exchange of views the President's action is inoppor-which will clear a way for & conference.

the leading newspapers

tune and unfortunate, and others welcome the suggestion of peace and hope Euro- pean Statesmen will define their aims and

terms.

The Tribune regrets that President Wilson, who has not protested against the violation of Belgium, has practically endorsed the German peace manœuvre

The Herald says that the suspicion aroused by the President's action will militate against his object.

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The New York World says that Pre- sident Wilson's suggestions cannot be ignored, as he represents the sentiment of the majority of Americans.

The Sunjays that the mest momentous feature of the Note is the change in the

BRITAIN'S AIM.

STATEMENT BY MR. BONAR LAW.

LONDON, December 22nd.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law, following Sir John Simon's motion, said that they were suffering terrible agony because they trusted Germany, and he asked, could they promise a peace more binding than a treaty to protect the neutrality of Belgium. What would be the position if praers were settled on the German basis of a victorious army The dangers and miseries from which the world was suffering were only eurable by the Germans realise that making militarism does not pay and that

AMERICA AND PEACE,

PRESIDENT WILSON TAKING

SOUNDINGS.”

WASHINGTON, December 21st. President Wilson has cabled all the belligerents and tentrals suggesting that the opportunity is propitious for a com- parison of the views of the belligerents regarding terms which must precede the conclusion ultimate fieace He emphasises that he does not propose a Pesce Note, or even mediation, but that he is merely taking soundings.

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THE PRESIDENT'S NOTE.

LONDON, December glat. President Wilson's Note has been issued: in London. It expresses the hope that the Government will consider the notion suggested in the most friendly spirit. He says he is somewhat embarrassed to offer the suggestion at present, because. it may seem prompted by the recent overtures by the Central Powers, but it is in no wise associated with these over tures He would have delayed thie suggestion

till the overtures were answered, except that they had the same object in view.

The President expresses bis willingness to take the initiative, but says he dous not desire to determine the method or instrumentality. He draws attention to. the point that the objects which all the belligerent statesmen have declared to have in mind are virtually the same, and says the United States is. as vitally interested in the measures to be take to secure future world peace as are the belligerents. He adds that the concrete objects for which the war is being waged have never been definitely stated,

THE PREMIER'S SPEECH,

AMERICA NEAR THE VERGE OF WAR

WASHINGTON, December 21st. Router's Washington correspondent states that Mr. Lansing has issued a state- ment explaining President Wilson's Note. He declares that the situation for neutrals is becoming increasingly criti- cal, the United States itself being drawn near the verge of war.

SENSATIONAL SHARE SLUMP IN

NEW YORK.

LONDON, December 21st. Router's correspondent at New York reports a sensational slump, bordering on demoralisation, in var shares. They have fallen from two to eleven points. A feature was the offering of 30,000 United States Steel shares at 104), against yesterday's price of 108. A single block of such volume had never previously been recorded in the history of the Stock Exchange.

historical attitude of the United States militarism is a bad riik. We were fight- tained no terms lending themselves t

towards Foreign Affairs,

MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S SPEECH.

FRENCH OPINION.

PARIS, December 22nd. The French Press cordially approves of Mr. Lloyd George's speech, and does not doubt that the Allies reply will be

in the same spirit.,

ing for a security for peace in the coming times, and the war would he fought in vain unless we ensured that no single man, or a group of men would be able ta plange the world into the miseries of

war.

GERMAN ASPIRATIONS.

AMSTERDAL, December 22nd..

· The Frankfurter Zeitung, in an inspir

The German comments received up toed article, indicates that Germany desires the present are in & moderate tone.

a reduction of Britain's naval supremacy, The newspapers remark that at pre-a rearrangement of Continental Europe on the basis of the present var position, sent, at any rate, there appears to be a

a Colonial settlement satisfying very great gulf between the British and and German standpoints, and assert, regard- German ambitions for expansion, ing reparation, that Germany is not

INDIAN AFFAIRS IN THE responsible for the way, that she has not

COMMONS, broken international laws, and that she is not defeated.

AMERICAN VIEW.

LONDON, December 22nd. In the House of Commons, in reply to Mr. Brooks, who suggested an increased taxation in India, Mr.

Chamberlain The speech of Mr. Lloyd George is con-pointed out that additional taxation had strued as leaving the door open for already been imposed.

WASHINGTON, December 22nd.

negotiations. Count Bernstorf is ardit-berlain stated that the Judicial Com In reply to Sir J. D. Rees, Mr. Cham

ed with the remark: "That sound as wittee of the Privy Council made some if they woul' not refuse to talk

peace.

very important suggestions regarding the of protraction of Indian litigation, which the Raj was considering. Mr. Chamber- |luin said he was fully alive to the need of a reformed procedure.

-German officials expect that Dr. Bethmann-Hollwegg will confidentially communicate peace terms to the British Government.

SIR HUGH DALY HONOURED.

LONDON, December 2nd-

The King has received Sir Hugh Daly, and invested him with the insignia of Knighthood, and Commander of the Star

of India.

NEW YORK MARKET DISTURBED.

NEW YORK, December 22nd. President Wilson's Note, and Mr. Lausings statement that the United States is on the verge of way, has weakened the stock market. The total sales of 3,000,000 shares is the largest since the Northern Pacific corner of 1901, Cotton is practically demoralised. Wheat alone has hardened on the reports of enormque exporta

Mr. Nield called attention to the per-

mission given to the diamond merchants, Leon and Menasche, to trade in India and to visit Ceylon.

Mr. Chamberlain said he was not in a position to state definitely the reason for the decision, but be understood that the members of the firm, though Turkish sub jects, were Jews of Spanish origin and refugees from Antwerp. He was inform- cd that they were entirely pro-Ally, and, apart from their nationalty, he gathered there was nothing known to their dis advantage in India.

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ABOUT TO BE RELEASED.

LONDON, December 21st, In the House of Commons, Mr. Duke announced that all the untried prisoners concerned in the Irish rebellion were about to be released.

NEWSPAPERS

CHRISTMAS.

AND

SIR JOHN SIMON'S VIEWS.

LONDON, December 21st. In the House of Commons, Sir John. Simon expressed a desire to voice the whole of the United Kingdom's accept- ange of the Prime Minister's speech of Tender 19h. The German Nato, con- A consideration, and the communication was in no wise a peace proposal. The Prime Minister had not slummed the door on pence. The nation was agreed. to allow the war to continue one unneces; that it would be an unpardonable crime sary hour, but it would be the deepest treachery, by @ghting or otherwise, to faiter in securing the essentially defon sive and unaggressive objects for which we entered the war.

AUSTRIAN POLITICS.

A NEW PREMIER.

LONDON, December 21st, The difficulties of the political situa tion in Austria are illustrated by the sudden and unexplained change of Premiership.

Herr Martinic becomes Premier instead of Herr Spitzmuller, who takes the position of Minister of Finance,

The Cabinet is otherwise little altered

A NEW PEER.

LONDON, December 21st, Mr. Levis Harcourt has been raised to the Peerage.

[The new Pere was formerly first Com- missioner of Works and later Secretary of State for tite Colonies. He was responsible for the arrangements of the Imperial Conference in 1911, and was for many years private secretary to his father, the lato Sir William Harcourt.). Naval Activilies.

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SINKINGS.

LONDON, December 22nd, The following sinkings are reported: ---- The steamer Anson (Spanish), Sjofun (Norwegian), and the sailing vessels Teergen Larsen (Danish) and ord (Swedish).

GERMAN RAIDER SUNK.

PARIS, December 21st..

· Beuter's correspondent at Paris says it is reported that torpedo boats have sunk the submarino V. 46, which sunk several vessels off St. Nazaire."

COLLISION AT SEA.

ITALIAN TROOPSHIP SUNK.

MARSEILLES, December 21st.

ISPEECH DAY AT

STEPHEN'S COLLEGE.

ADDRESS BY DR. JORDAN,

ST. pertant place on our programme of studies. I like to dream of the day when some form of Mandarin, perhaps one not yet developed, will become for China what the King's English has been for Great Britain and Ireland, link that hinde all educated citizens together in the unity of a common language howevta many and diverse the dalects they use within the walls of weir own homes,

att Before closing I must refer to one happy

THE YEAR'S WORK, It was specch day at St. Stephen's College, Hongkong, yesterday, and in the evening the students, with their parents and friends, gathered in the large school-feature which aistinguishes this Speech Day from previous similar occasions. I mean the room, which had been tastefully decorat A telegram has been received that the

presence among us of several of our Old. French battleship Ernestrran has returned, and those who were successful in the Boys who, having completed their stuelies. At ed to Toulon, after colliding with and recent examinations were presented with Hongkong University, have recently graduat sinking an Italian troopship.

fed among its first graduates in Science and Fifteen were drowned and L15 saved.

their certificates by Dr. Jordan (Pro-Vico Arts. No ferrer than twelve of the 26 upon Chancellor of Hongkong University), whom degrees were conferred Inst week Franco-Belgian Front. Among those also present were the Bishop Stephen's College.

received their prorion education in St. On that net vire eand of Victoria (Dr. Lander) the Rev. W. H. gratulate ourselves. Of them we are proud:- Howitt (Warden), and the Rev. E. W. to-day. And wo have this additional reason for satisfaction that three of them havõ L. Martin (Chaplain).

joined our staff and now are teaching whers. ANNUAL REPORT.

they once were taught. These three ara Moars, Jam Tung, B.A., Wei Wing Hon, The report of the Warden for the year, B.Sc., and Li King Hong, B.a,

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BRITISH FRONT.

MIXED ACTIVITIES.

EUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES.

The successful candidates who received certificates were :--

- Marniculation.-—-July 1915, Chen Ab Polk, (Honours); December 1915, Kwong Hing Fuk, Leung Nai Yuen, Wong Ping Kwan, Man Shu Sing.

| stated, inter alin :--

"The war has affected us, as it has affect- LONDON, December 22nd.

Mr. General Sir Douglas Haig, in a com-ed all institutions in the Colony, musique states:-A strong raiding party Barney left us in 1914 to take a commission last night approached our front opposite in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and we have Lens. Some of the enemy who entered had messages from him from the Balkans our trenches were promptly ejected.

which give cheery accounts of his doings in We successfully raided trenches to the that bleck country. Wo were fortunate to south-west of Armentieres.

be able to fill the vacancy thus created. Mr. H. Maxwell, M.A. joined our staff and after giving his most valuable services for more than twelve months carried our good wishes with him when at the end of the period he left us to join the staff of Queen's College. His place was takes immediately JUNIOR LOCAL-July 1915, Leung Nai by the lter. K. Lee, B.A., (Yale) whom we Yuen; ManSha Sing, (Distinction in hove among us to-day as our Acting Clap Classical Chiness and Physics); Wong Ting byin. Mr. M. C. Clare, M.. was also Kwan; Leung Yun Chat An Ya King; Lä obliged to resign an account of private cir-Chung Ching: Six In Liang Liang Son Yen; cumstances affected by the war. I cannot Leung Nai Hozg

The raid to the north of Arras, reported on Wednesday, yielded so prisoners,

Our aeroplanes dropped a ton of ex plosives at points of military importance behind the enemy's lines.

FRENCH FRONT.

AERIAL WARFARE,

LONDON, December 21st. A French-communique says --There is a comparative calm on the whole front..

Four enemy aeroplanes were brought down on the Somme, including Sub.- Licut. Nangeuser's twenty first.

A French pilot collided with an enemy machine which it was pursuing, and both machines fell

Our aeroplanes heavily bombed several railway stations, also hutments, bivouaca, ad convoys on the march.

ENEMY GAS. APPARATUS.

DESTROYED. ·

PARIS, December 21st.

A communiqué states:-- The enemy violently bombarded the sector Louvemont-Vaux, and we replied. In the course of other artillery work destroyed gas apparatus. between Berry-au-bac and Rheims..

The Balkans.

Wo

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THE GREEK CRISIS.

NEW ALLIED DEMANDS.

SENIOR LOCAL-July 1915, Chau Tu Nin, (Qualified to Matriculate); Wong Wai Hon,.. (Qualified to Matriculate); Kwong Hing Fuk; Au Wai Kwok Tani Kying Kwong. July 1910, Leung Sai Yan,

speak too highly of the value of the services Juston Local-July 1916, Cheung · Wai which he rendered to the College during his Hon; So Wai Yeuk; Liu Chun Kin; Tam connection with it. Particularly in the Cheung Buen, (Distinction in Bib. Know teaching of English his name will long beledge); Liu Cho Man; Tang Shu Shang; remembered among us, for it is carried on Pau Chik Yar, (Distinction in Physics, the title-pago of more than one hookDrawing and Bib. Knowledge); Liu Wa Sun; which is used in the College as an aid in Yeung Sik Hang; a Ka Lan; Chan Kit our study of the English language. In this Nin; Chau: Sek Nin, (Distinction in Bib connection I cannot let the occasion pass Knowledge). without mention of one former member of our staff who has already laid down his life. for his country. · Mr. Manderson was on our staff until July 11 when he went to England to take, his degree at Oxford. I had a letter from him last year saying that when the war was over and he had obtained his degree he hoped to offer his services. gain to the College. Since receiving that letter I have heard that he has been report- ed as "missing" upon the Balkan front: He had a commission in a Lancashire Regi- ment.

OXFORD PRELIMINARY LOCAL.-October, 1915; Chan Sck Hui; Fung Sun Pei; Liu Chun Kin: Tam Cheung Huen, Un Ka Kui; Un Ka Lau; U Kwai Chi, Yeung Sek Hang.

LOCAL.--October,

ΟΧΡΩΣ PRELIMINARY 1916: Chan Kwok Nam; Chương Tick Kwan; Kwek Pock Heng; Kwok Man Chui; Lai Pin Cheung; Lam Kai Leung, Lini Ngai Hong; Lin Chun Seng; Liu Ke Po; Lo Ming War; La Shu King; Mak Tiu On; Ma Wai Lam; Ng Hong He, Ng See Chi; San Cho Wing: San Shing Sam, Tam Wai Lam; Teoi Hak Hon: Wong Po Ki; Yen Hon Ping: Young The Wai; Yip Hin Hung; Yip Taz Wa and Yung Hin Fun..

The pleasant duty us on me to-day to make public mention of one very practical link between Old Roys and the College. I refer to the Barnett Scholarship, to the

Dr. Jordon, in the course of a few re- kind donor of which I now tender the hearty marks, and he was of opinion that the thanks of the College. This fund has been title "Speech Day was not sufficiently contributed by about 160 Old. Roys to com- understand in that distant part of the memorate the warden-ship, of Archdeacon world. It was now commonly used in Barnett. The same gentlemen gara to the all the principal colleges in England, and School the bandsome portrait of the Arch-was applied to a public meeting at the deacon which hangs in this Hal.

end of the examinations. They were, ho said, in a position to-day to say to the LONDON, Deinber 91st,

* China noode as fæer sarvnats, good eiti youths of all the many Provinces of Router learns that the Allies' new Note mens, men of sterling character who have China: Come to Hongkong and we will to Greece is expected to be delivered discovered that "a life governed by prin greet you and look after you in auch today. The principal demands are the ciple, moulded in unselfishness and energised excellent institutions as St. Stephen's prohibition of reservist meetings, the by the spirit of truth" is for them a possi- College, where you will be morally, and Allied control of post offices, telegraphs,bility which they realise actual fact. And mentally trained, and developed on such and railways, the release of the impri-I know no other way to supply this need lines as your tendencies may require. soued Venizelista, and an enquiry into than by a modern soientide education per Your mental powers will be developed the disturbances of December 1st and 2nd meated and inspired by the great spiritual and disciplined in a manter essential to by a Mixed Commission.

influezoom which the Christian Scriptures moral and effective action, and in this can focus upon the student's life. The con- noction of this Callego with the Church example, by inculcation and by impres you will become prepared, by Misionary Society assures that this import sion, for entering your ant feature of our educational work shall career." Thus it was that in a college University always ho adequately emphasised; while the like that they would first gain their fact that the College in controlled financially

MACEDONIAN FRONT.

SNOW AND RAIN INTERFERE.

PARIS, Deceraber ist. A communique says:-Snow and rain there is only artillery activity. have fallen on the Macedonia front,

The Near East.

way

und otherwise by an independent Council of general knowledge, preparatory to pass Chinese and Europeas business and profesing on to their hostel and to the Univer- wherosional men assures that the educational work sty. Having entered that new life they done here shall be carried on under the con development and cultivation of the mind, would undergo a process of systemate stant care and criticism of men who know and ther natural powers; the direction the local needs and are in a position to of the feelings, the tastes and the man- advise how host these needs may be met.

ners, all of which might be summed "Another very important department of up in theme word education, an educa- jour educational work lies upon the athletiction which, ow identified itself as similar

field, where the students aro their own mess to that roostved in other Universities of.

Hongkong was peculiarly effective instructors and here I am glad to the world, be able to chronicle various succenses.

situated. Locked upon as a foreiga Turning now to the work of the duas Colony by China, it was, nevertheless, a room I must confess that in regard to the great collecting and distributing centro Matriculation and Senior Local examinations of commerce for China, and especially

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MESOPOTAMIA MOVEMENTS

SUCCESSFUL ALLIED ACTIVITY.

Lowpon, December 21st,

RESIGNATION HONOURS.

He

HAE

A Mesopotamia official message says:held in the period covered by this report South China, but won the great Canton- we have not ourselves been satisfied with Hankow railway was completed, they British aeroplanes bombed river craft to the results obtained if these are judged solely could forces the tapping of other central the west of Kut el Amara"

There were strong reconnaissances by the total percentage of pesses obtained Provinces in trade with them. Similarly. the west of Shumaran, on the bead of the only 31 per cent, of our candidates. For optimistic enough to believe that in the

It appears on the surface that we passed in matters of education. Tigris.

near future Hongkong would become an The enemy's positions at Sannaiyathis apparent failure many reasons might be and Kat el Amara were heavily hornhart offered. The figures for instance inchide equally great collecting and distributing ed and a bridge on the Hai river was set three students who joined our Matriculation centre; a collecting centre for drawing. on fire.

class in February to prepare for the Exam the youths of China from the four points. nation in July. These studenta did not give of the compass for the purpose of giving themselves a long enough period to prepare them their education, starting from for an examination so difficult, and so they Colleges and working up to the Univer- cannot have been much surprised by the sity. And a distributing centre in pass- LONDON, December 21st. result which went to swell our list of failures, ing out the same youths imbued with the The lioneurs conferred consequent on Altogether 16 students for the Matricula foundations of all the good derived from the resignation of Mr. Asquith and his tion on three occasions, viz.in July and education in Western sciences and arts, colleagues are 15.

December, 1915, and July, 1916. One of yet not having lost any of the good charae- Viscouncies. Mr. Lewis Harcourt, these obtained Honours, four others satisfied teristics of a Chinese gentleman, nor för- Lord Sandhuret and Lord Cowdray, the examiners, and three others were award. gotten to land which gave them birth. Baronies Sir Edward Partington, Sixed Senior Certificates, and allowed to enter The University looked to such colleges Joseph Peace, M.P., Sir J. A. Dewar, the University as non-patriculated students, as St. Stephen to supply the raw. LONDON, December 21st." M.P., Sir T. Roe, M.P.

having failed in, or omitted to sit fr, In the House of Commons, Sir Edward

required. Privy Councillors-Hr. J. W. Culland, Chinese, which is Carson, referring to the reply by Ger M.P., Mr. T. Wiles, M.P.

Chinese students. Thus we may claim that MEDY regardmg Captain Blaikie, Baronetcies.--Sir Jesse Boot, the Right 50 per cent, of the candidates were muccess declared that Britain did not admit eas

Hon. J. H. M. Campbell, M.P., Mr. J. ful. distinction between the rights of S. Ainsworth, M.P. armed merchantmen and those defen-

Knighthoods.The Very Rev. John sively armed. Doubtless Germany aimed at confusing offensive and defensive Herkless, (Vice Chancellor and Principal action, with the object of inducing of the University of St. Andrew's), Mr. neutrals to

Evan Spicer.

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ARMED MERCHANTMEN. THEIR STATUS EXPLAINED,

vessels as warships. Our position was treat. defensively armed

The Grand Cross of the Order of the that merchantmen enjoyed an immetoo Bath.-Sir Samuel Evans, President of rial right to defend themselves against the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty attack, visit or search by an enemy, by Courts. any means. He believed all neutrals | Knight Commander of the Order of the accepted this view, which, moreover, was Bath-The Hon. Theophilus Russell, Mr. embodied in the German Pris Regula-Maurice Bonham-Carter, tions. He assured the House of the Knight Commander of the Order of St. No newspapers will be published at Government's continuous attention to the Michael and St. George-The Hon. Home on Christmas Day, and no evening question of protectively arming mer James Eric Drummond, (who was one papers on Boxing Day.

Tof Mr. Asquith's private secretaries),

LONDON, December 91st.

chautmen.

from

In the Senior Locals we had six pass out of a total of 16 candidates.

"For the Oxford Preliminary 1915 there geaudidates, of which nuruber 8

were

passed.

We are devoting more attention than ever to English in the hope of securing that when a pupil shall have finished his work in our Fifth Form he, shall have attained the standard set in Dictation and Grammar for the Hongkong Senior Locals, while we expect him them to sit only for the Junior Locals.

"I am hopeful that during the present year we may be able to reintroduce the study of Mandarin and to give it an im

material, and also to wealthy Chinese, who in days gone by had their sons sent to Europe for education. To those fathers who intended sending their sons abroad, ho would say: "Look nearer home, Icok want for your sons." They also, he at Hongkong, where you can get all you

added, looked to, the Church Missionary Society and other missionary societies to supply the raw material. If this were. done then the dreams of Bt. Stephen's. college of the hostel and the Unity would be realised in the very near tume, and Hongkong would become the rest educational centre of China (Applau

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