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MOVE

THE SAFETY OF VAST SUPPLIES.

LAWLESSNESS IN IRELAND.

TRIESTE FAMINE-STRICKEN,

•Gelgian Front,

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ĮTHKUOGA KRUTER'S AGENCY.).

BRITISH FRONT.

ENEMY TRENCHES RAIDED.

LONDON, February 28th Ficid-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re- ports:-We successfully raided tronches on Greenland Hill, Borthward of the Houthulst Forest.

We captured 24 prisoners, and four machine-guns.: "SQUANDERING GERMAN PATROLS.

Aerial Activities.

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RESCUED PASSENGERS

INTERVIEWED,

COPENHAGEN, February 28th. In an interview with the passengers of the Iyotzmend Rues, mate of the Wirund, said that he saaled in the latter on a voyage from Auckland to an Francisco, The vessel was stopped on March 31st, 1917, by an aeroplane south of the Kimaras Islands, behind which the wolf was lying. The tran's crow of LONDON, February 28th. Reuter's Correspondent at British 42 were brought on board the Wolf, which Headquarters states that a certain Gur-continued her cruise and sank nine ships. man General, who has been emulating the Having discovered that two officers of the British in raids, has been relieved, of the iruna had escaped one night when command of his division on the ground anchored near the island the officers of the that he has been sending out too many off ordered the whole of the 100 pri- soners to be imprisoned for 28 days in patrols and losing too many men,

the holds and other available rooms, The prisoners throughout were allowed on deek only one hour daily and suffered tremendously from the tropical hest. Colouet Strangman and Major Blocd, of the Australian Army Medicines on were captured south New Guinea August 24th aboard the Matunga, bound from Sydney to London The Matunga was blown up on August 27thwe

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LONDON, February 25th, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re- portsTno Canadians successfully raid. ed loss at Lens.

without still my is active at Cambrai, La Bassce, Armentieres and Ypres."

Our artillery engaged infantry and transport at St. Quentin."

REPORT ON AVIATION. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, re- porting on aviation says:-The wind has favoured the Germans

Mrs. Blood and Miss Mackenzie cam plain of ungentlemanly treatment by the Germans when put aboard the lyolzmendi on November 14th, All were temporarily unprisoned and guarded very closely, and fed little and badly. The prisoners were most resentful at the cori duct of the German prize-crew. After the gutzmeruli stranded they were all confined to their rooms,

Professor Provera, of Bang

JAPANESE DEFINITE ACTION GERMANY'S ONLY COURSE.

FORESHADOWED.

LONDON February 28th.

SPEECH BY MR. BALFOUR

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GRANT TO LADY MAUDE..

TRIBUTE TO LATE GENERAL MAUDE

LONDON, February 28th. In the House of Commons, the Speaker read a message from His Majesty the King In which a tribute is paid to the

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE CATASTROPHE, AT HAPPY VALLEY.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG

DAILY PRESS.

LONDON February 28th. The Daily Man's Correspondent at

In the House of Commons, Mr. Bal- Tientsin states there are strong reason four in the coured of an important for expecting an early Japanese move, owing to the increasing mentee of the speech, and time Count Czornin in no Cont Hertling in their speerbe, which Austro-German war prisoners in Siberis intended to separate himself from An international force is

SI-I shall be obliged if you will patrolling occurred at the same time, in which the Vladivostock

to the increase-

increase of differences to which attention was direct

make it known through the columns of lawlessness

Paris newspapers interpret the detion

ed were only made after a close conguita late General Maude's services in Maso your paper that the Magistrate, acting parture of the Japanese Ambassador

potamia, and recourgending the House of as Coronet, will be glad to receive com- From Petrograd as foreshadowing de Replying to a question as regards Commons, in recognition of such services,munications in writing from any person

Count Hertling's mention of Belgium to grant Lady Maude £25,000, finito Japanese action

and whether Government agreed down by

President Wilson (cabled en February 12th), which Count Hertling eccepted, Mr Balfour said that owing

SCHEME OF INDUSTRIAL MOBILIZATIONS CR

TOKIO, March 1st, The Government is considering a scheme of industrial mobilization for

submission to the Diet

The JapaneяWHEN

has post-

with the 100 principles

applause.)

The vote will be moved on Monday. the vote

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(Loud

who may desire to give evidenco at the enquiry which will be instituted into the recent disastrous collapse and conflagra- tion of the matsheds, at the Race Couric. Communications may be in any language,

to Germany's inprovoked attack upon THE RUSSO-GERMAN PEACE and should be addressed to myself. The

Having

nation whose security she had guaranteed her

only course was to say, sinued we will make reparation and re-

have taken." (Cheers.)

TERMS.

poned his departure from Petrograd, as store briconditionally what we should not GERMAN ADVANCE TO CONTINUE, detalla of the information which they

it is believed the Russian Government has made a new proposi

PROPOSAL FOR JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS.

WAKILINGTON February 28th, The Associated Presa states that Japan is inquiring from America and the

What sort of condition did Count Hertling contemplate in saying that Belgium must no longer be the jumping off ground for tho Belgium to do enemy When was

a jumping-off ground Germany meant by

LONDON, February 28th. A telegram from Petrograd states that General Hoffman has replied to General Krylenko that the advance will be con tinued until peace is signed and carried

Entente regarding a proposal to institute and frontier securitymis.freedom out according to the German conditions.

Pourparters are in progress to decide whether Japan should proceed single- handed or in joint action.

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GERMANY'S BEST METHOD OF

GETTING PEACE.

writers are requested to state their full name and address and to set out the are able to give. I have the bonour to be, sit, Your obedient servant,

G. A WOODCOCK (First Clerk and Magistrate)." Magistracy, Hongkong, 1st March, 1918. SUGGESTED MONUMENT TO THE VICTIMS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS.

HONGKONG

some commercial joint military operations in Siberia to trammel upon a weaker neighbour or by save the vast supplies at Vladivostock appropriating some of its territory in order to strengthen her own frontier. and along the Siberian railroad.

Germany intended to impose conditions commercial er military for the future

independence of

AMSTERDAM, February 28th, Bi-Allow me a small space in your which we and Germany had

Herr Stresemann dcclared that the valuable paper to put forward a sug (Cheers.) How WAR pledged to preserve.

Far did German practice coincide with fruits of the German advance in Russia gestion which I am sure, would moet Count Hertling's lip-service to Presi showed what was the best method by with the whole-hearted approval of the dent Wilson's four

which to get peace. Not negotiation, or entire community. I suggest that with

ENTENTE SOCIALISTS

AIMS. LONDON, February 28th. The Swedish Socialist Herr Branting is arranging for the distribution of the Entente Socialists War Aims Memoran dum to the enemy Socialists.

THE FRANCHISE ACT REGISTER.

LONDON, February 28th. The papers interpret a statement by Mr. W. Hayes Fisher in the House of register under the Ernachise Act will that the first cons into force on October 1st as indicat ing that, an election is impossible before

then

AMERICA AND THE WAR, WONDERFUL SHIPBUILDING

ACTIVITY

propositions?

t

Should the sale of the jewellery, etc be impracticable, or the money thus raised be insufficient for the purpose, I am in position to say with confidence that the Chinese Community, which suffered most in the recent disaster, would come forward and subscribe towards such a fund. There is no doubt, too, that the rest of the community, as well as the relatives and friends of the sufferera, would like to contribute their quota in order to perpetuate the memory of those who met their death under such sad and appalling circumstances,

As regards the first, consider regard heichstag resolutions, nor Papal Notes, the proceeds of the jewellery and valu ing it Count Hertling's frame of mind but an unbroken advance of the German ables collected within the sites of last in connection with Alsace Lorraine As forces had brought peace. (Cheers.) He Tuesday's tragedy, the Government should regards the second, we recently had an urged that Belgium must be held as a cause to be erected an imposing monu- exact specimen of how Count Hertling pawn against the refusal of Great Britain ment over the place on Caroline Hill interpreted that principle in action by to give up the German colonies, and re-whore were buried the charred remains of

way

territory had been bar commended that not the slightest con those who lost their lives in the Rave tered to Ukrainie He would be glad to sideration should be shown, Roumania, Course fire. It is, after all, only, 2 little

the

came thus grossly from whom a heavy indemnity must be bit that we en do, and, therefore, let Germans their principle. As regards the exacted with an army in occupation until us do it we do, and therefores and

tha restoration of MESSAGE FROM UKRAINIA Hertling, des fourth principles, Count it is paid. (Cheers )____ Turkey Would the restoration to their Armeria, Palestins and Mesopotamia to

LONDON, February 28th: masters the popt

populations A wireless Russian official report concerned Count Hertling accuses us states:M: Zatonsky president of the of ambitious designs in the invasion of Peace Delegation of the People's Repub Mesopotamia and the capture of Jerusalic of Ukrainia, has sent a message to the lem, but when Turkey went to war she Central Powers and to tlie President of picked a quarrel with us because Germany the Russian Peace Delegation at Bres had promised her Egypt._____ Litovsk asking them to facilitate the Would the happiness and interest journey of the Delegation from Kieff to of the Egyptians have been consulted by Brest-Litovsk to sign the peace concluded WASHINGTON, February 28th. Allied and Neutral Correspondents Turkish conquest? Egypt would simply with the former Kieff Rads.

THE RUSSIAN DELEGATION, visited the engineering shipyards and have keen given up to the worst rule the

AMSTERDAM, Tebruary 28th, saw destroyers, equipped with all kinds of world had ever knowo, Arab indspen new devices, which are being turned out denes would have been destroyed and

to A message from Berlin to-day states faster than Garmany is able to build sub-

who sterilised it for centurica tween Douai and Valenciennes, and on kok, and Benson a mining engineer marines. Also 100-ton submarine chasCTS, the would have been given

from Sydney, say that the Germans not even built as ships, but manufactured Count Hertling's policy in Russia was that the Russian Delegation has arrived

them that Danish gunboat alongside a railway and lowered into the another demonstration of German water by a travelling crane methods. Count Hertling, in defending had been summoned to to The great construction of warships is the invasion, pleaded that it was due to the Igotzmendi, which would be able to

which

ahead of are well

the peoples against the Guards Thus

Red

|~|___ OBITUARY. reach Kiel next morning, the Germans not interfering with the building of an urgent appeal for protection by the

MR. GUNDRY ALEXANDER the application of was humanitarian while in the west standardisation. Ships in one yard are atrocities and devastations were going A telegram from Staw states that the being built in a row like steel houses military necessity while the invasion of The death is announced of Mr. Joseph der his thanks for the Government's

on. The invasion of Belgium was a

LONDON, February 28th. German crew and Spanish officers of the The time I

for the construction

of a only

the last Courland was in the 22 weeks.

Gundry Alexander, LL.B. (Lond:))) expression of sympathy with the Portu gotzmendi have landed Danish soldiers received the Germans and took them to destroyer now building reaches humanity-

Deceased from 1883 to 1905 was Honguese Community at the loss of life and Skagen, where they were interned. The Earopean waters Britain and Spanish flag wie. hoisted as the United States combined will have the BRITAIN'S TRIAL AT THE BAR OF General Secretary of the International Law Jujuries suffered by several members of Association Secretary of the Society for the big community in the Happy Valley dieas HISTORY. Destroyers against working U-boat Ipotemendi

Suppression of the Opium Trade, 1890. Heter, and also to express his deep appre There will also be a large addition to

We could listen to Count Hertling's accompared the Royal Opium Comtaission ciation of the splendid services rendered chasers and patrol-bonts, and new strange After & discussion by the Danish, Ger dangers will beset the U-boats from the sky criticisms with perfect equanamity. We to India and Burns in 1893-91, later by the Police, Military, Naval and and Spanish authorities the and under water, - The greatest progress are ready to stand our trial at the bar of visiting China, He was slao chairman of Medical Authorities and others, but for

We carried out long-distance reconnais Enrices and took many photographs,

We dropped four tons of bombs on rail. way sidings at Courtrai Junction, be-

aerodromes at Douai.

In severe air fighting we brought down fifteen enemy machines, and eight of ours are missing.

We dropped half a ton of bombs last

Rece,

told

Made Eat Brest-Litovsk.

night on barracks and railway stations at having evidently misinformed the Darish worshipbuilding has been simultaneously German castorn policy

Treves. Bursts were observed at the gas works and the station. We also dropped one and a half tons of bombs on an cero drone at Metz obtaining good results.

We brought down ens machine, whilst all of ours returned.

FRENCH FRONT.

VIOLENT ARTILLERY ACTIONS. PARIS, February 28th A communique states: There were violent artillery actions in the region of Butte-de-Mesnil and on the left of the

Mense

Three enemy aeroplanes were brought down

The Near East.

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A Mesopotamia official report states:-

authorities regarding the ship and its destination,

VESSEL DECLARED SPANISH.

man captain has taken posscation of the ship and has contracted with a salvage com pany to attempt to refloat her,

Iussian bront.

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RUSSIAN FRONT,

OPERATIONS

IN

MESOPOTAMIA.

GERMAN REPORT,

LONDON, February 28th.

Our patrols were in contact with the Turks near Hit. taken

A wireless German

LONDON, February 28th.

official report

Italian Front:

revolutionized

every

devices for detecting submarines.

TERRIBLE FAMINE AT TRIESTE

ROME, February 28th. Absolutely dependable reports show that there is a terrible famine at:

Trieste

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SHIPPING RETURNS.

ITALIAN.

interests of

if Count Hertling's speech represented 1908.)

of German, concea

the high-water vinced that to begin

ion *Lam

against the

not

hegia

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WORLD'S GOOD-WILL INTERESTING LECTURE BY DR. JA MACDONALD

negotiations, unless we see our way clear CANADA-THE WAR AND THE to carry through successfully, would

commit the greatest future peace of the world. Verbal

could negotiations therefore, unti something like a general agreement was in sight, until the statesmen of all the countries concerned saw their way to that broad settlement which would bring ponce to our sorely troubled world." PRESIDENT WILSON'S FOUR PRINCIPLES,

I may mention that this letter is insti Sated by some prominent members of the Chinese Community. Thanking you-1

CHAU NGAN TING. Russo Asiatic Bank remain, dear sir, yours faithfully,

Hongkong, March lat, 1018. PORTUGUESE CONSUL'S THANKS.

Mr. E. V. M. R. de Sousa, Consul for Portugual called yesterday morning on the Colonial Secretary the Hon. Mr. Claud Severn, CMG to ton

munity would undoubtedly have had to purn the loss of a great many more lives.

ANXIETY IN MACAO

On Macao correspondent writer: The nows of the Race Course calamity spread in the city this morning (February An interesting lecture was delivered 2nd) like wildire. The news Was last evening at the Helena May Instituteceived here very late yesterday by by Dr. J. A Macdonald on Canada private wire, but it only came to tha the war, and the worldre There was a large attendance amongst general public's knowledge this morning, those present being

Sir William as stated above. The whole city was Reca Davies, the Hon. Mr. C. Bovern, thrown in a most disturbed state. Meed- and less to say, many were extremely anxious and eager to bave news of the absent E. Pollock, Hon Mr. H

good-will.

OMG the Right Rev. Dr. Laded and beloved ones who had gone to Hong-

[The four principles which President the

and

Holyoak

Some prisoners were states The Fourth Estonian Regiment shipping returns for the past week wilson says must be applied are these The Hon. Mr. Lecturer, whorn ho kong for a few days' enjoyment. When

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(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) ITALIAN PATROL'S SUCCESS.

LONDON, February 28th.

A wireless Italian official report states: A strong patrol northward of Col-del- Rosso captured two enemy 11-inch trench mortars.

Our aviators dropped six tons of bombs on several military objectives.

Naval Activities.

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LONDON, February 28th.

LONDON February 26th. An Italian official message gives the has placed itself ander our command to Arrivals 419, and sailings 335. No vessels clear the country of marauding bands were sunk. One steamer was unsuccess

fully attacked:

We captured 2,000 machine-gunes and 50 000 rifles at Minsk

General,

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SOUTH AFRICA'S FUTURE DEPENDS ON THE EMPIRE.

CAPE TOWN, February 28th The Assembly adopted General Botha's motion by 75 votes to 22 granting General Smuts leave of absence,

Nationalists

FRENCH

The French official shipping returns state that there were 16, arrivals, 201 Bailings and one vessel under 1,600 was sunk Four vessels were unsuccessfully attacked.

TROUBLE IN IRELAND. STARTLING OUTRAGE BY SINN. FEIN

(1) That each part of the final settlement. must be based upon the essential justice of that particular case and upan

introduced characterised as one who had earned con the as Sua in came in at 2 o'clock the whart was crowded with those waiting to siderable notoriety, both as a

hear details of the sad disaster

such adjustments as are most likely to man and as a leader writer.Mr. A. G. Jorge, solicitar, of this city

war, and of who perished, leaves a widow and many

bring a peace that will be permanent; Dr. Macdonald spoke of t

Canada was taking in (2) That peoples and provinces are not to

he bartered about from sovereignty to the national and democratic spirit which children sovereignty as if they were mere chat caused her lo enter into the struggle tels and pawns in a game, even the He emphasised that the world must be made safe for democracy. They did not great

game, now forever discredited, of the balance of power; but that, want autocracy or

Messrs Vernon & Smyth in their ented was a dem (3.) Every territorial settlement involved in world, where just

justice would be noted weekly share report dated March 1st, this war must be made in the interest out equally to little and great. In the 1918, stato

HONGKONG SHARE MARKET-

and for the benefit of the populations courte of his remarks Dr. Macdonald Since our last report of 22nd February, concerned, and not as a part of any referred briefly to the earthquake shocks, there have been only two full working mere adjustment or compromise of und to the claims amongst rival State; and, He said:

The minority consisted of the tide of lawlessness is sweeping through (43) That all well-defined nationi aspira and interophe Happy Valley days the first three days having been

to you for parity, holidays over the annual Race Meetings. of service The grand-

tions shall be accorded the utmost stand collapsed the other day. It was which Enishad abruptly and disastrously- causfaction the can be accorded them not God. It was not the mysterious The terrible catastrophe at the Race Colony and our market has reflected it without introducing new or perpetuat visitation of the proridenes of God It Course bas cast a gloom over the entire ing old elements of discord and was somebody's in the build. The only changes of any conseqiience are

antagonism that would be likely in consequently of the world.]

time to break the peace of Europe

of the grand

At the

Comhdstands,

of the address the further rise in Hongkong and Shang- Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak, in proposing hu Ranks to $330 (ex div. of $21) and

a yote of thanks to Dr. Macdonald, stated an improvement in Indo-China Deferred that the sentiments expressed by the to $162 Other quotations in the list will

LONDON, February 26th. The Times correspondent at Dublin says

the west and south of Ireland, The Premier defended General Smuts The King's writ has ceased to run in against the criticises of his acquiescing Counties Clare, Sligo, Roscommon and with the decisions on the minor wa, Pre Mayo police

tons affecting South Africa The

in Count

County Clare have been mier emphatically declared that South

Led by amall bodies of troops

Live Been daily conflicts with Africa, as an integral part of the British The explosion ripped up the dock and Empire, hed to do things which or cattle drivers and farm grabbers wa

might beundreamt of HeFarms in the western counties have been destroyed the engines and wireless. Al

the Nationalists to say they

daily

ily in the name of the Trish

the Irish COTTON, GOODS EXPORT TO lecturer were those of the people of speak for themselves. Shanghai prises the lights were put out. A boat was were not a part of the British Empire

most startling outra has been the Castle disappeared. Many of the survi-establish a republie. He intended to Sinn Feins successful attempt at Dublin vors were clad in pyjamas. Twenty-two stand by the Empire, because he

to: stop

the export of pigs.. Military have been landed at Swanses and nine at that South Africa's future and prosperity regime may become the sole alternative Milford, but 159 are still missing-_-_ depended upon the Empire. (Loud to chaos. The penal functions of the law

LONDON, February 28th. cheers.) LATEST QADLES.

e virtually part

tally paralysed by hunger strikes tre Buite has we een Printer to the Tn the House of Commons, Mr. Balfour Mr. Duke written a

ere are id that the restrictions or the export Lord Mayor of Cork whore there

ree hunger strikers in the wenkbrt.com of cotar-goods and varn to Switzerland AMSTERDAM, February 28th- There is no trace of those missing ins

of the general policy necesitated by the Owing to the Glenort Castle disaster, and it is In the Reichstag Herr Belieidemann dition, that the Government ja determinand other neutral countries formed part feared they have perished.

pushed off at the moment the Glenart ho must either do their duty on

NO TRACE OF MISSING.

LONDON, February 28th,

KAISER REBUKED.

realized

are

three

NEUTRALS.

NEGOTIATIONS IN PROGRESS:

Hongkong.

DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL AND ORPHANAGE;

It was found necessary last year to body new wing us stifle tion at a cost 123,500. Sir Robert Ho

mother the Holl

My Ho Tang presented the new School room in Fook a

Dormitory in the name of his Mr. Chan Kei Ming shother memory of has

Exobused the Kaiser for, saying the victory fed that byste dished food interests of the blockade, and the date wi

of German arms must first be recusought not to be regarded as a ground of their removal or modification. must Ellis Kad gifts represent, $8,500.

recommenda

wiful and systematic BREACH OF GERMANY'S PLEDGE, He recalled they

ones all parties, including as Con the discharge of prisoners, LONDON, February 28th The Gleuart Castle was torpedoed servatives, for somewhat more ressive within the area which Garatany declared in that quarter. He declared that the mass of Socialists energetically in free zone, thus constituting, apart from repudiated the Kaiser's views.

the outrage itself, a further breach of Herr Erzberger Bail that Germany the pledge not to sink any hospital ever deviated from last year's Reichstag hip outside certain clearly defined pence resolution it was only as a tem

porery political measure

great

nd for depend upon the results of the negotia Shewan

tions now in progres". between the Allies and neutrals.

THE SILVER MARKET

LONDON February 28th The silver market is reported to quiet.

The market is steady and there is only small business.

SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS

MADRID February 28th The Cabinet had resigned

gave

show little change beyond so improve ment in Shanghai Docks to Tis. 85 buyers Singapore market for Rubber shares has been dull with 貔

downward tendeky. The following are our latest wired quo

Ayer Panas Glanalys

tations

810.50

3.80

Kempha Malaka Pindas Malakof New Sere Pajama

$25

13:50

19.00

light installationTa

Plantation Rubber in London is quoted.

aundry donations amounted to us and at 25, 2d, per IE.**** certain monies were transferred from the Bar Silver is last cauled as 491. Ster general account so that now the debt ling TT is 9/11 Singapore T upon the school stands, at 87,000, toward 1981 Shanghai T.1. 18 nominal st about which the social lections at the 681 and the Bank's buring rate for three

days billa le nominal at 681

Cathedral to morrow

devoted.