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CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

FEBRUARY END, 1928, Mr. Bridgeman, First Lord of the Ad- Hongkong Bank $1,050)

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story of the loss of his Majesty's ship Hampshire and the death of Earl Kitchener, as gathered from official sources, states that it is absolutely untrue that the Admiralty has kept back important papers which would throw a new light on the disaster, and describes as a "ridiculous and wicked' fabrication "na allegation that spies bad. been previously found in the vessel and

shot.

The considered view of the Admiralty, 'based on all available ovidence, he said,

is that the Hampshire was sunk by a

moored mine laid by the Germans, and there is no evidence that any signals were made by the vessel after the explosion.

The First Lord's statement was made in the form of a written answer to a ques tion by Captain Waterhouse (U., Leices- ter. 5.), who asked whether he was now in a position to give fresh information as to the circumstances in which the loss of the Hampshire occurred.

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Mr. Bridgeman's full statement was as HS. Eotels follows:

1. My attention has been drawn to cer tai urticles recently published in the

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2 It is not the fact that the sailing of the Hampshire was an open secret, She was not, in fact, selected by the Com- mander-in-Chief for this service until May h, ten days before she sailed for Russia. She was engaged in the Battle of Jutland from May 30th to June 2.

3. There is no foundation for the state- ment at the refitting of this vessel had not been properly carried out. The refit was completed in February, 1916, and the Hampshire attained a speed of 21 knots.

in the Battle of Jutland five days before Lord Kitchener embarked.

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4. The course fixed for his Majesty's ship Hampshire was selected at the last. moment for reasons of wind and weather, Owing to bad weather mine-sweeping on both sides the Orkneys had been im-Peak Trama (old)...........

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5. There is no evidence that any signals were made by the Hampshire after the explosion; she appears to have sunk in a period variously estimated as between ten and twenty minutes from the time of striking the mine."

& As has been previously explained in this House, the Admiralty have followed their usual course of not publishing court of enquiry proceedings, but the statements issued giving the cause of the disaster as Prix a moored mine are the considered view 45 of the Admiralty based on all the evi- dence. It is absolutely untrue' that the 180 Admiralty have held back important 70 papers that would throw a new light upon. this disaster, and I may add that the allegation that spies had on a former occasion been found in the Hampshire and shot is a ridiculous and wicked fabrication.

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STERLING QUOTATION.

The sterling quotation on New York- to-day rose to L80, which is the highest that it has reached in the whole post-war period.

7. The Admiralty have no doubt what- ever that his Majesty's ship Hampshire struck a German mine laid by the U.75, amine-laying submarine, which had been sent cat to watch the Orkneys and to lay mines in preparation for the German To-day's rate is less than one-third of naval sortie which resulted in the Battle & sent below parity. of Jutland.

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HONGKONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED.

The despatch of submarines to various points is mentioned in Admiral Scheer's Jutland report, and his "Plan No 2 published with the Blue Book relating to the Battle of Jutland (Command Paper 1/68/1820) shows the track of the U.75 The Directors recommend a final divi- to and from this very area between May dend of co cents per share payable after 20th and June 1st, 1818. Fifteen mines the date of the forthcoming ordinary of a type evidently laid by a German sub yearly general meeting of the company marine were swept up in the vicinity na which will be announced in due course. soon as the weather made sweeping pos. This makes a total dividead for the sible, and the information as to mine-year of $1.10 per share and, subject to inying furnished by Germany at the end audit, leaves to be carried forward in of the war to facilitate the work of mine the accounts a sum of $115,620.04. clearance, as well as the German official history of the war at sea, confirm the fact that they laid these mines.

A” KAN OP FEW, WORDS.

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Hongkong Observatory, February 2nd

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