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THE, HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1914,

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CONTEMPORARIES.

Daily Press,

The War.

Several days have now elapsed since the outbreak of hostilities between Great Britain and Germany and the disappointment that British resideate in Mong kong are beginning to feel over the withholding of news of the doings of the Fleet in the North Sea must be shared throughout the Empire. From the seaside resorts on the East Const it has been reported that continuous: heavy firing was heard one day:: last week, indicating that a naval battle was being fought, anta statement by a Whitby shipowner; has been telegraphed throughout the world that the Germane lost. nineteen shipa in that engage- ment. Presumably this Whitby shipowner must have had some special means of acquiring in formation on the subject, or no- responsible jour alies would have been disposed to place any ered- ence in his statement, Bat while the Admiralty bas denied that it gave to the Tyneside ship- owners certain information, they do not appear to have definitively denied that there has been a maral engagement. The tank before the British Navy is to clear the " seas of the German warships, and it is quite plain that this taak bas Dot yet been accomplished, BO that even if the Whitby ship- Owner's story were fairly trust- worthy we can quite appreciate that the Admiralty might have very good reasons for withhold- ing the information at present from the nation,

South China Morning Post

Insidious Bribery,

The Imperial Mar:time Customs are administered by an inspector general and the receipts are paid to a Board of Revenue at Peking. without going through the bands of any intermediarios. As a reault, the sume received from this source are honestly desit with, and presont each a striking contrast to the results obtained" from likin receipts that searching reforma ore being instituted in every direction. That Tuan Shib-tai is determined to stamp out the contemptible methods of hie

petty officials has been repeatedly shown, but no better exemple of his sincerity could be quoted than that he has dared to antagonize high officials by declaring that presents to anyone in his family. are unwelcome. That fact that he has shattered “olo custom "

and commenced

to clean up at home is sufficient proof that he realises that until concomitant oficialism is wiped oat of existence, the administra tion of Chins will remain, 28 rotten and corrupt as it was under former dynasties.

China Math.

The War.

No news bse yet come to hand of the British expeditionary force's arrival on Belgian soil, but the probability is that they have long since eet out and soon we ought to heer of a joint movement of the Belgians, French and British. The Germans judging by the tone of the Kaiser's telegram, are by no means undaunted by the reverse), and deübtless will endeavour-- armistice or no armistice--20 extricate themselves from the terrible predicament in which they now find themselves,

The latest telegram shows that their fleet inactive and that the submarines attempted to attack one of the cruiser squadrons of, the British main fleet. They mat with no success and one of their enbmarinea.wes sunk.

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