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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1914,

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Telephone 1209.

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3. Duddell Strool

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ROOM.

Telephone No. 41.

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Hongkong, July 14, 1914.

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Mongkong, 16th August, 1910

THE

LONDON DIRECTORY

(Published Annually) Enables traders throughout the World to communicate direct with English

MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS

'R. LI HON FAN, & Chinese

graduate vereed in litera ture, has been a teacher to European officials and merchants

In each class of goods, Bosides being a in this Colony for over ten years complete commercial guide to London & He has a good method of train- it suburbs, the directory contains lists of ing Europeans to pass in the Chinese examination, and is

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arranged under the parts to which they Buland Indicating the approximate

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South China Morning Post,,

Japan and War." The arms of Great Britain having been cast with those of France and Russia against a comas mon enemy Japan has promptly rallied to the support of her ally. A farther consideration" prompt-

We beg to notify our tomers that our expert Frenching the action being her comple

to

welder having returned to the Colony, we are again undertake to autogenous welding.

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mentary agreement with those

all work perforts will be restricted to

Powers with whom her ally hoe' taken sides. Whether Japan's

Exstern Asia is a matter which is known only to the diplomatista of the nations concerned and,

Oxygen and acetylene gas, doubtless, it depende very much

also

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from

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upon circumstances, Japan's policy was no doubt thoroughly sounded before she sent her ultimatum to Germany and that. she is in constant consultation: with bar ally is evidenced by the

A.B. THE SWEDISH TRADING CO. lose cooperation of their respec

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tive squadrons in Eastern water... In any case, there is a fourth Power in the field to come into the final reckoning with Germany now that events have taken some- thing akin to definite shape.

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The Fighting in France. It is clear from the most reliable" sources tbat the Germans have been seriously repulsed in France. They were, according to no less an authority than Field Marshal

the manner that was so successful at Sedan during the Franco-

War, German

and their movements were on a gigantic coala. Had they been succesful it would doubtless have been a very serious calamity for the.

outdo`ng

their Allies, but, strategy, the Anglo-French.com- maaders have inflicted defeat after defeat at several points. The consequence has been that the Germans strategic movement is completoly nullified and their Army almost helpless. During the past few days, they have been compelled to retreat incessantly with the victorious Allies in close pursuit. This ema to prove what we have always held that British and French troops are mach better adapted to offensive rather than defensive movements. At certain points the Germans made strenuous efforia to retrieve their position, but up till the present they have done so unsuC- cessfully.

war

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The Panama' Canal.. News of the progress of the

doring the

pant nix: weeks bas monopolised public interest to the exclusion of practically all other topics which in times of peace would be.

CAR? regarded as of first-class pablic

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on board, made the official passage which signalised: the opening of the Caual. The ateamer had.

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Red Cross Engineering |

Coma ission

The first stage of the work of the Red Crose Engineering Com- mission that is examining into the feasibility of the Busi river. conservancy p oject is finished, and Colonel William L. Sibert recompanied by Pr. ferBor D, W. Mead, head of the department of hydmulies in the University of Wisconsi, and Mr. A. P. Davies, Chief Engineer of the Uni ed Srates Reclamation Service, have left Shanghai for the Hoogho country with members of the staff ninera who are no king on the project.

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