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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 1919,

TABAQUERIA FILIPINA

HIGH CLASS TOBACCONISTS.

WE BEG TO NOTIFY OUR CUSTOMERS. THAT OUR STORE IS NOW OPENED AND "INVITE YOUR INSPECTION OF OUR GRADES OF CIGARS. HIGH CLASS

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Cleanliness, Science always insists on these Maxims.

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"Groundnut or Pearing Oil on be used as a substitute for Olive Oil Buttor or Land, but when Slightly Dirty is injurious to health.

In Chian, by the Ordinary Methods.. of Extraction, Dirt and Dust are not guarded against: "Our Method shows a great advance. By the use of New Machinery and New Methods Scrupulous Cleanliness is Assured.

Our Machinery during the Process Filter the Oil while our Factory is Free from Dust. Our Ou is Clear, Sweet and Fragrant and Compares most favourably with other Oils used for Culinary purposes: there is no residue.

Prices are moderate so as to induce new business.

Analysis is always given before Shipment to Foreign Countries.

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Office:-No. 28, Connaught Road West, HONGKONG. Factory: No. 10, Kwei Lin Street, BAMSHUIPO. This Sole Proprietorship of this concern belongs entirely to a Chinese Citizen.

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maintaining supplies for the lorves, an average of over 150,000 Ame rican troops per month during the last six months of the war were transported in British ships across the Atlantic.

GERMAN-FLEKT'S COLLAPSE.

CLOSING PHASES OF THE WAR OUR STUPENDOUS EFFORT.

The report of the War Cabinet for 1018 was presented to Parliament on August 10th. It is a striking record, supported

In regard to the work of the Navy, the by bewilderingly big figures, of the War, Cabinet dwell on the fact that the stupendous efforts which, wish startling unprecedented surrender of the German and dramatic rapidity, brought decisive Fleet was but the culmination of a pru cess of demoralisation which had been victory to the Allied armas after a period going on in the German Navy as a result which had furnished abundant ground of its impotence. It began, declares the report, with a rising when the men for at least grave apprehension. Despite realised early in the autumn of 1915 the liberal dimensions of the report it that, having experienced at the Battle of covers over three hundred pages the Jutland the power of the Grand Fleet, they were to be called upon as a forlorn period with which it deals was so crowd-bope to face another ordeal from which ed with tremendous events that no im they feared the High Sea Fleet might mediate survey can be expected, to do not again be rescued by the mist and co-

coming of night... justice to it. The agritude, and the ing the war situation on the eve of the intensity of the operacions, the swift Armistice, is it possible to ignore the in reversal of the fortune of war, the wil hence of the British naval, blockade on tary disasters and the political upheavals the German peuple generally. Their among the Central Powers, and the inconviction that further resistance would dustrial problems in our own country these furni some of the outstanding sub- jects of this historic report.

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merely prolong a straggle which had become hopeless was largely due to the ever-increasing pressure of sea power.

When the Armistice was con- cludet, Germany as a sen Power had to all intents and purposes censed to exist."

High cominendation is given in the Report to the excellene work of the Air Force, which, it is urged, established itself as a dominant factor in modern warfare.

The downfall of the military power of the Central Empires stands out as the main theme of 1919. The latest effort of the Germany is described in the report as an attempt to break through the united lines of the Allies, to end their forec in two, and to defeat enet half in turn, driy ing the English to the t'hannel ports and beyond annihilating the remainder of the

Regarding munitions, it is pointed out gallant Belgian army, "enpturing the that, though 1919 saw, the climax in the French capital and crashing the great output of munitions, preparations had army and nation of Fraued. It was a been made to exceed in 1919, if the war stroke to be dealt straight at the heart. bad continued, the stupendous produc It is shown how, on July 15th, last year, tion of 1985. The output of artillery the tide turned, and how, in four months, equipment was such that in a few weeks in succession of fires and amazing the heavy lusses due to the tiernan offen- attacks, the enemy was driven na swiftly sive in March had, brea made good, and back, the elaborate and almost impregn at the end of that ofensive the Army in nhle lines of his defence were breached, France had 700 more guns, including and his armies were compelled to sue for trench howitzers, than it had on the open- peace while internal political upheavalsing of the offensive in March. There was rapidly verthrew the Bulgarian, the also an enormotis increase in thinks, nero- German, and the Austrian monarchies planes; and seaplanes History has no parallel to so great, so sudden, and so complete a reversal."

It is claimed that intervention in Russia, and the tightening of the blockade Belped materially to reduce the resist ance of the Central Powers and to shorten the war Reference is made to the value of unity of control in order to achieve the la this sense," the common end. report says, the most striking and re- presentative act of the year was the estab ishment of the unity of military cora mand under Marshal Foch. The trust placed in him more than justified ex- pectation. The masterly strategie pins which he franved were brilliantly execut ed and the world owes to him an eternal

lubt of gratitude.

EMPIRE FORCES AND CASUALTIES.

The nature of the British national effort during the year is shown by the fact that when, at the end of four months of desperate Eghting and very heavy casual. ties, the great German offensive was brought to a standstill. the British Forces in France were slightly stronger i en than before the German attack in March. The mighty part played by the British Empire between, August 4th 1914, and November 11th, 1918, is made clear by figures which are wet out as follows:

Strength of the Regular Army,

and Territorial.. Reserve, Forces August 4th, 1914 793,514 England has since recruited....006, 158 With other white enlistments in

the United Kingdom and the Colonies, the total white listments in, the Empire were 7,130.250 The Sgures for Faces other than white (including over 1,230,000 from India) were 1,524,18% Giving a grand total of all races

of the Empire

5,654,467

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FOOD AND LIQZOR CONTRĐE, "

The report deals at great length with many of the industrial problems which ase put of the war the conditions of labour, the provision of food, and con Dected subjects. In regard to food sup

lies, it states that, though this was not the place to attempt an estimate of Lord: Rhondda's success, it might be asserted, that he saved the country from grave difficulty and disorder by his resolute control of pricus, und, by the confidence he inspired Figures are given showing the rise in the pries of foudstuffs since the beginning of the war, and from these the deduction is made that the prices of the principal controlled foods have advanced lex, and, if the last Biteen months be taken, much less than those of other articles. As to bread, beif, butter, and milk, the monthly rate of increase which prior to July, 1917, was higher in this anuntry than in any other with the exception of Austria), fell off to such an xtent that the total rise since July, 1914, was less than in any other country, except the United States, and the rate of increase during the past fifteen months to October was only one-half of that in the latter country.

Gratification is expressed at the results of the action of the Liquor Control Board, It states that the remarkable fall in the convictions for drunkenness recorded since the estabishment of the Board pro

The gressed still further during 1918. decline also in the convictions of womez for drunkenness was, as remarkable as it was destructive of the criticism that the absence of the army abroad invalidated all conclusions drawn from the statistica In the scheduled areas in England and Wales the weekly, average of convictions of women for drunkenness, which was 672 in 1913, had fallen during 1918 to 137. In certain localities there had. been in

In addition to these. Chinese and other acquisition of the licensed trade interest labour units were raised in Egypt, Meso-ind the conduct of the business by the potamia, and Salonica

The following were the total casualties of the armies of the British Empire up to the end of 1918:

Officers. Other ranks. Total.

628,569 B66,633 Wounded 0,142 1,081.378 2,810,520 Missing and

prisoners 11,956 3-12.010 354,508 Total'......142,361 2,918,587 3,081,021

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State instead of by private enterprise. A White Paper issued during the year showed that, in view of the variou, dates at which the Board had acquired their property, they might be estimated to have unjoyed the full use of their amets-which stand in the account at £1,085,798 for A period of considerably less than two years, and that there remained-after making generous provision for depreciation, pre- Timinary expenses, etc a sum of about £240,000 which would be ordinarily avail able, as the result of the trading for that period for interest on capital, reserve and The 'great development of all kinds of carry forward. The continued progres craft for defeating the submarine policy of this aspect of the Board's work had of the enemy and for tightening the proved, it is stated, that in, the areas con- naval and Pronomic blockade is described. cerned strict control, of the liquer traffic During 1918 the displacement of tonnage and Enancial succces were not irreconcil- completed for the Royal Navy amounted able, under conditions of State owner. to 460,000 ton, a very large proportion ship, with the development of an en- of which was built to meet the demands tightened and constructive policy, Monarcas, for torpedo-boat destroyers and small anti-submarine craft. The ships of all

The subject of transport shipping, Especiales.kinds employed on naval service towards

the end of the year had a tonnage of ports, railways, and canals is exhaus 6,500,000, as against 6,000,000 in the pre-tively dealt with; and a big section of the rious year, whilst the number of trans report is devoted to the control and ports, feet attendants, oil ships, and development of industry: Regarding coal wimilar vonelg had risen from, 700 to it is stated that the main problem daring nearly 800. The declining figures of losses the year was to maintain supplice of coal and the report goes on to say that it was" from submarine and enemy action bear at reasonable prices for home consump decided to place on the market clothing witness to the sure effect of the naval meation and to the Allies, and, by means of of standard quality and fixed prices. sures In the quarter ending September, the machinery of distribotics, and ration- Already about £15,000,000 worth, com 1918, the total Allied and neutral lossesing, price control, and regulation of prising over 9,000,000 yards of standard of merchant vessels amounted to 915,513 exporis, those results were substantially cloth and over 2,000,000lb. weight of THE Twin Screw gross tona, compared with 1,494,473 gross achieved. Touching on oil production, hosiery and 1,000,000 blankets, have been tons in 1917. In 1917, 137 vessels were the report expressed the hope that it will manufactured, and 1,000,000 yards of sunk or damaged by nine; in 1918, in shortly be definitely known whether oil Bannel is being put on the market per the ten months up to the Armistice, the Frists in Derbyshire in reliable quantities.month. number was 19, of which only nine be in the pages dealing with textiles it is En dealing with the finance of the war, curred in the last seven months of the stated that during the year the Depart-the report shows the important part play- WEY. In the third year of the war 163 ment of the Surveyor-General of Supply, ed by War Savings Certificates. On the stenm-trawlere were sunk by agbmarin while in the fourth year the number to which had been entrusted the control subjects of pensions and resettlement, iti of Wool and woollen fabrics, supplies; " is explained that the financial effect of Cloth and flannel...202,770,000 Yards. the new pension warrants of 1918 and of Blankets

17,370,000 Articles, changes in the regulations are represent- ed by an increase of over £3,500,000 in Hosiery gooda 40,718,000lb. 3,500,000lb. Felt

the estimated expenditure upon disability pensions and the medical treatment and The situation, created by only 20 per vocational training of disabled men for cent of the production of a trade being the year ended March 31st, 1919, the available for civil purpose is referred to, total cost for the year now being placed at

(Vontinued at foot of nezi column.) over £47,500,000,

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fallen to four, and not one was sunk in the last three months of the war. The mastery of the, submarine menace was thus progressive, despite the development which the enemy made in the range and efficiency of bis craft.

Meanwhile, the transport effected dur ing the year was on an unprecedented scale. In addition to the regular work of

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