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SHORTSIGHTED LABOUR.

BY ARCHIBALD RUED.]

HOW U-BOATS PERISHED. FIRST REVELATION OF NAVAL. WAR SECRETS.

FATE OF CAPTAINS.

When the war was in progress the Goy-There was published in November the ernment spent many millions sterling in first complete list ever allowed to appear explaining what Germany, on the one of the enemy submarines that were mak hand, and wo, on the other, were fighting in netion by British warships during the

for; and the Germans have since confessed

rairly accurate.

1920.

THE CHRISTIANS OF TURKEY. MENAGE OF FAMINE Many deported Armenians, not perhaps always wisely, returned to their homes after the conclusion of the Armistice be tween Turkey and the Allies, and began to make what preparations they could for the spring sowings.

But by April Turkish bands styled brigando, but sometimes; it seems, work-

that we did this work very much better war. It was not issued officially, but as than they did. Now that ponce has come it appeared in The Navy, the orging under the direction of the provincial we stand in need of a propaganda move of the Navy League, and is admittedly ment at home. Those persons who work compiled with much assistance from notables of the Unionist persuasion, with their hands rather than with their, auboritative sources" in shocking" the begun to show themselves in Inner heads are missing the opportunity of win- facts and dates, it may be taken to be Anatolia They included a certain num- ber of persons who had been implicated. ning a great industrial victory. The

It shows that the British sea services in the Armènian massacres, and their President of the Board of Trade has de destroyed by actual fighting ninety-ve activity, if not specially directed against clared that we have "the greatest oppor-enemy submarines. tunity in history." Why don't we take That is about half the total number that the Christian, very naturally alarmed 13ht explanation is to be found in were destroyed by every moans, the others the latter. Then came the Greek occupa failure of vision on the part of trade being divided among the Allied Narios tion of Smyrna and its sequal-band war union leaders, and lack of thought and who sank a few; the Germans, who des independence on the part of the working croyed about Afteen in the later stages of fare, with all its bideous accompaniments classes generally. How many of the mon the war when it was obvious that they in the Smyrna hinterland. on the railways

who struck in September could not escape, and (the principal bad any

cause), the various mincñelda laiq around the disputended that they did not the Heligoland Bight, in the Dover, and the dispute, son of the character

admitted of blindly obey the orders received from their in the North Seis organisations they would lose their cus ployment, and their wives and childrox would be left to starve so they struck 1t is much the same with the questions of coal and shipping, and a number of leaders are found crying Nationalise cosi, ships, and everything.

„DESTROYERS' HAUL.

The ninety-five successful fights make extraordinarily interesting reading, even in the abbreviated form in which they are given, and one gas an idea of the variety of craft employed in anti-sub marize work as well as the variety of

Tao Nationalist movement,

which

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AUCTIONEERS TO THE GOTHENKINT AND ADMIRALITY.

General Auctioneers,

Share, Coal and Geners) Produce Brokers

RACE PONTES. - from the Executors of the late B. D. Under telegraphic instructions received

the undersigned will offer for sale by PUBLIC AUCTION

KAPTEYN,

at the Grand Stand within the Jockey Club of the Hongkong Jockey Clu enclosure by kind permission of the Stewarde

TO-DAY (SATURDAY),.

next the 24th January instant at 8 o'clock.am the following ponies with their engage. menta as entered for the rorthcoming Race Meeting :-

LOUZA Grey 133 Horse Bazaar Subscrip SINZA

3.0-

tion Griffins, SPOTTED SAND spotted 13.1

winner of inces

The ignorance to coal and shipping con. methods of offence used by them. These others are expected. The journey har The Dan pony" RUNAWAY LIGHT" 130

COAL AND SHIPS.

stitutes a grave national

peril, because coal supplies 73 per cent of our exports judged by weight, and shipping, using vast quantities of coal as bunker, is the life-line of all our industries. You may meet people every day who express sym pathy with the bard lot of the miner, As though he were the

victim

of of service which drives him into the bowels of the earth, in search of a living. He is, on the contrary, a man who has chosen this particular 118 calling because he likes it, who works very short hours, and who earns a very high wage. The downtrodden collier, who is the represented as being exploited by capitalist, çan, in favourable working conditions, make a larger income than the average doctor, solicitor, architect, or bar rister. The chairman of the Ebbw Vale Company, speaking with knowledge, stated the other day that the average earrings at one of their collieries worked out at £800 a year! On the other hand, in spite of the depreciation of the cur rency, colliery shareholders, as a whole, are receiving one-half their pre-war pro fit; and the colliery, shareholders, in the majority of cases, us in almost all com panies, are comparatively poor, thrifty, hard-working people. The large wages paid to colliers come mainly out of the pockets, directly or indirectly, of the coal enters into the

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of almost everyLDIES, 3, T in working-class borres, and ect the earning expacity of the working ma and his family

points can perhaps be most acfully hown by tables First we have the num bar of submarines sunk by each class of warship

Battleships Cruisers

Destroyers.c

Submarines

1

17

Sloops and gunboats Merchants ships and transports 2. Trawlers and drifters "Q" shipa

"p" boats" vin Yacht

Motor launches and boats

Seaplanes

18

4

motor-

2

1

Airship p A striking feature of that table is the large number of successes that fell to our

submarines."

The methods by which the U-boats were defeated are not shown in every case, the list merely recording that the enemy vessel was suck, bus from the details that are given we can get the following abtracts:

Depth charges Rampingi Gun-fre.. Torpedoes Bombs

28

13

10

10

B

already existed in embryo, promptly, aeveloped and aroused justinable-sarm among the Christian communities, Ar menians of Anatolia and Kurdistan, Christian Lazes and Greeks of Pontus Greeks) of Inner Asia Minor. As the and ** Karnmanli" (Turkish-speaking movement spread many Armenians and Greeks left their property and came down to the coast, where they feel more secure; been fatal to some. In August a brigand chief, who is since reported to have join ed Mustafa Kemal's forces, murdered an "Armenian dentist who had been activa in

releasing women and children from Tur-Auctioneers, kish harems at Amasia, and seven or eight women and children who were travelling with him. Other parties, including women and children, were killed near Yozgad. The perpetrators of these crimes

remain untouched.

The Greek and Armenian patriarchs have furthermore made joint representa- tions to the British and French High Commissioners as to the danger of a "white massacre"-i.e., of a movement designed to prevent non-Moslems from

filling their fields or obtaining employ- ment during the winter, which will spell starvation for many. An example of this where the large nat crop used to be occurred, lately in Trebizond Province, gathered by Greek and Christian Lazes This year the nut gatherers were miped by Turks or Laz Moslems until they con sented to hand over 50 per cent of their crop to their enemies. Inland, where the doings of the bands are out of sight of the vexatious foreigners, 50 per cent. will probably, not satisfy the local black mailer.

a winner of races will also be offered for sale on a date to be notified later..

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(For Account of the Concerned),

January 24th, 1930 at 10.30 AL, at No. 163. TO-DAY (SATURDAY),

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tions to sell by Public Auction,

The Undersigned have received instruc-

AND

(For Account of the Concerned) On TUESDAY January 27th, 1920, commencing at 9.30 PM at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, D's Fox Explosive sweeps........

In the negotiations with the Central Road, Corner of Ice Horse Street, Athentic details are given regarding movement hare, guaranteed the lives, Binoculars and Prismatic Glasses, suitable

Government the chiefs of the Nationalist

A Few Pairs of the end of some of the more notorious property, and honour of the non-Moslem pirates Lieut. Commander Faul Wagen elements, but their promise has not. Pro- Two Bellow Valises Suit Cases, Kit Engs,

for the Racing Seison, fuhr, the man who tried to murder the vented returned refugees, who were ro

ALBO crew of the Belgian Prince, was killed on established in the horses and farms by A Few Lots of Face and Bath Towels and August, 12th, 1917, when U-44 was rammed British reliefs officers from being expelled Double Bed Sheets. and aunk by H.M.S. Oracle off the Nor when the latter were withdrawn, and all gian coast. The Belgian Prince tragedy work for the rescue of women and child-

(Fall Particulars from Catalogue). took place on July 31st. off the northren bis bad to cease outside Constan

TLEME Cash coast of Ireland, so that the U-boat was tinople.

HUGHES & HOUGH, on her way home.

Auctioneers. Provision' of relief for the refugees haa Lieutenant Herbert Pustkuchen, who become a pressing problem. A large sank the Sunsea, was when UC-66 was cumber are collected at Haidar Pasha sunk by the trawler Sea King off the and in Constantinople. Many thousands Lizard with depth charges on June 12th have come into the Adana-Aintab region, 1917.

where they have drifted down from Diaz- bekir and Kbarput. into the Black Sea ports. may be exaggerated, but after their hor- Many are coming

rible experience no one can blame them. Their fears

Private charity is insufficient to deal with the numbers which must be expected. The Lord Mayor's Fand has done muchigood, but needs to be greatly increased. Ame rican relief funds have been much re. duced.

Everyone knowa, in general teams the huge price of cost needed for industrial purposes, but not one person in a hundred thousand is seized with & correct concep tion of the important in our foreign trade. The coal ditnation part which it plays is hampering the exporter owing to the high cost of the goods he handles, and it is keeping up ocean fraights on all be sends abroad, as well as on all that in imported; with the result that the cost of living is still going up. That movement of the prices of food, clothes, and other things is not, of course, entirely attribut ahle to the miner, but he a good deal There are only seven cases of a ship to do with it.

Government control that had sunk & submarine getting a which is a form of nationalisation-baa second, though in one or two instances made matters much worse than otherwise e mmanding officers who bad transferred they would be, because it is very costly, from one ship in which they bad bagged a and in order to placate the home consumer-boat to another, made a second success shipping is being forced to pay, two or three times the economie price for bunk in the new ship.

ers

thousand-and-one illustrations

have been furnished of the ruinous ex pense of control of coal,, shipping

And other things und yet there are

that

who have the courage tonalised

coal and shipping should be

THE APPROACHING ALUMP

Liberal or Conservative

France, Italy, and other countries. The amount of tonnage under construction in the shipyards of the world is four times as great as in a normal year before the war, and all those new ships, equivalent in carrying capacity to about one-quarter of the world's merchant ton nage before 1014, will be completed by this time next year.

SHIPPING OVER-PRODUCTION.

tions to sell by Public Auction,

The Undersigned have received instrus (For Account of the Concerned), On TUESDAY. January 27th, 1920, at 2.30 PM, at their. Sales Booms, No. & Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice House Street, TEAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNITURE, BRASS AND BRASS- MOUNTED DOUBLE AND TWIN BEDSTEADS, CURTAINS, CARPETS,&c., do, Comprising:-

than half the occan-borne trade of the to-day thon on the eve of the war, but itself and is doing its best to help its Electro-Plade, Bath Room Utensils,.

Ware.

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In both cases the action of the British military authorities, who, rather than work the Anatolian Railway at a loss, Folding Card and Occasional Tables, One Chesterfield Sofas, Arm-chairs (new), The argument in favour of the nation-

have greatly increased their transport Upholstered Suits Bedroom Furniture.com- alisation of shipping, would not have been

charges and have abandoned the policy of prising Teakwood Twin Bedsteads, large regarded as wormer President of the

giving preferential treatment to goods and small Wardrobes. Dressing Tables, Was of a moment's com sideration by

and supplies railed inland by the relief stands, de, (fumed Teakwood), Side- Board of Trade

committees, has provented what sums have boards Dinner Waggons, Extension For how are you to nationalise an in dustry

been raised from going nearly as far as ing Tables and Chairs, &e, Dinner Services, before the war carried more developing. More vessels are running Arocaian community, which has taxed Stoves, which

A new shipping situation is rapidly they were expected to do Further, the Crockery, and good Glass Ware, Cooking world? The goods are not carried at owing to causes traceable to the war and refugees, has suffered very heavy financial Teakwood Screens quantity of Blackwood freights which British shipowners fix but at freights which are subject to world to Labour trouble: each ton of shipping losses during the war, pe

Electric Beading Lamps, Blackwood and wide competition. Sometimes they are work that it would have done five years is only doing about half the carrying high and at other times they are low. In ago That means that freights are high, if many thousands of unfortunates are new and second-hand,

It follows that help is urgently needed Tabla, Chairs, Cabinets, Pictures, Carpets Furniture Blackwood Fire Screens, Bide the former case the British, shipowner as and the main respassibility for the in- not to die of cold, hunger, and robas well as the foreign shipowner benefits; but elicient use of existing tonnage reate with this winter. Probably if the Entente when they fall the shipowner carries on those consumers and workers who are

were to advance some £350,000 for relit holding astr

Let it be

be admitted that even the British or others.

dockside labourers, the sum eo advanced should be charged shipowner is doing well that out there is a great deal of talk to the Turkish Government in the Pacco although nothing 1 like as well as his rivals, Worker consumers are largely responsible

cont of living, but these terms The Times: and that if shipping were nationalised be for it. But they do not suffer to the same profits would go quer ! That presupposes that civil or When it, is stated that the cost of

into the national or extent te, other sections, the cost of living vants could exhibit those extraordinary has gone up by 120 or so per cent., that organising abilities, varied in character, calculation does not mean that the work which are exhibited conspicuously by the ing-man is compelled to pay 120 per cent. men who run British shipa. The bip-more in order to live, Bo far as the interview with ex-King Costantine, who January 28th, 1930, commencing at 2:30 PM · owners' harvest, however, never lasts very working man is concerned, that percent long, and there is evidence that it is age applice chiefly to food, he pays no coming to an end. Two facts

direction

point inmore, instance, for rent, or eduen tion, or medical attendance. But, in so far as he is suffering from high food

his trade at loss as long as his resummersether they are the difficulties might be tided over, and

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The Undersigned have received instruç- tions to sell by Public Auction,

(For Account of the Concerned), On WEDNESDAY,

at Na 12, Kantaford Terrace, Kowloon,

had a great deal to say against the Peace The Neue Zürcher Zeitung prints an

Treaty, which, he maintained, and given Greece nothing for her intervention in VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE the war, but, on the contrary, had given. Bulgaris Greek territory, The ex-King to believe in the plot against M

afloat in the world than there was five prices, he is contributing to his own dis-relos, which, he thought was a plan

thermia contained,

Comprising:-

(1)There is already more. years ago, in spite of all the lessed in-comfitare by supporting the policy curred during the war. It is not all dictated by some of his leaders, and play of M. Venizelos to regain the sympathy in commission for commercial purposing with the idea of nationalisation. first, because the Government in still That however, is a diversion. The Bim. M. Venizelos, he said, only re- Axminster Carpet about 12 x 14 (practically using a good deal of tonnage for clear point I was leading up to was the over mained in power by

of the

Hall Stand and Blackwood Chairs, Plush- Greeks, who had grown to dislike

overed Drawing Boom Buite, Seamleen ing up the war commitments in the production of ships, which is now in pro- using martial law against his opponents. Stands, do Extension Dining Table and various theatres in which our troops gress. That means that soon there will

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new), Arm-chairs, Sofas, Picturas, Blackwood were fighting; and secondly, because be more ships than are needed. The to said, were opposed to M. Venizelos, and Chairs (Famed Teakwood), Bideboard and very large number of vessels which bay salt will be that freights will fall What if there was any truth in the story of Ware, Double and Bingle Bedsteads Ward-

From 90 to 95 per cent. of the released by the Government are would the nationalisers say if shipping a the attempt against him it would be an being reconditioned that is, being re year or two bence, instead of producing expression of the will of the people not room, Pantry and Kitchen Utensils

Dinner Waggon, Sundry Glass and Crockery fitted as passenger or cargo-carrying proft to the State, involved it in Joss? vessels, after having been employed as That a loss on shipping is the situation denied again that he had ever been in

robes, Dressing

Table and Washstands, Bath hospital ships, as transports, for men or that will confront us soon, for every ship favour of the Central Empires; he had Falconer, Portable Lavatory

to be ruled by force: Constantine also horses, or as store ships,

Electrobers, Pot Plants. Strikking Clock by (2) Upwards of 8,000,000 tons of it is all very well to talk of nationalise the French distrusted and plotted against ping boom" is followed by slump only desired to remain neutral whereas shipping are in course of construction; tion when its advocates think they can him. During the whole of the interview the the United States come first with adopt as a State pet a goose which is ex-King while speaking without bitter- 3,500,000 gross tona, we second, with laying golden eggs, but what would hap news, appears to have given the impres 2,800,000 tons, and then follow Japan, pan when the goose ceased to lay golden sion that he is still convinced that he (Continued as font of next column.) eggs Dady Telegraph.

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