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GENEPAL NEWS.

Two Years Term for Officers

NOTICE,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1915.

Washington, The S. MOUTRIE & Co., LTD.

In Philippines.

March

two year duty tour for officers serving in the Philippines becomes effective an October 1, under the provisions of a bill passed by Congrese just before adjournment. -Cablonews American,

Giant Tres in Formosa.", Dr. Sairasawa, a Japanese botaniat, some time. ago found in Formosa a gigantic cyprem (Cuprenu Formosensia) which is by far the largest tree of the Old World, Some seeds from this, seat to Kew Gardens, have now germinated and produced a promising atcok of young planta, This new cypress, which attaisn a height of 193 ft., with s gith of 67 tt., will be a most valuable addition to cur British trees; certainly for ornamental purposes, and probably also for timber. It should prove quite hardy with us, being found growing on the mountaine of Formos up to an altitude of 10,000 ft., and must rival is halk, though not in height, the big treea" of California...

Washington Houses Adjourn. Washington, Maroh 5.-Besides the Jones bill, the post office, and Indian special appropriations, the conservation bill, and other minor measures failed of postage before

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00 the 20th of the gardens adjacent to the Pisas de la Conoorde; some around the At this point M. Thiera, over-Arc de Triomphe. Amongst the powered by his feelings, was surrounding people, a

morose obliged to leave the room. The silence prevailed, Assembly was much agitated. MM. The following morning some Edgar Quinet and Bamberger excitement was manifest, when tose and successively counselled the German soldiers, outstepping the rejection of the Preliminaries, beir prescribed limite, visited M. Bimberger ending bie re- the Courts of Louvre and the marke by a violent attack on the Carrousel, and the French on late Emperor, whose name, he guard had to force back the said, would be eternally nailed to angry people from the the pillory of history,

gratings. I was a great relief to M. Target, who spoke next, the authorities when on Friday trought in a recoultion, signed by morning the invaders marched The New Governor of lado-China.moet of the deputies, confirming back, this time through instead of Today, says the Singapore Free the expulsion of Napoleon the round the Arc de Triomphe;&tex- Press of March 2, sirives by the Third and his dynasty, and de-soly ten o'clock the procession French eteamer Polynesien, M. E.claring him responsible for the came to an end.

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Roume, the new Guvernor of rain, invasion, and dismember- On the 7th of March, the Indo-China, acompanied by me.ment of France. Almost the Proasian headquarters at Ve and Mile: Roume, and M. Demer-whole Assembly rose to acclaim illes finally broke up. The tial, his "ohef de cabinet, who this motion.

Crown Prince of Saxony was to A with him in Western Frenob Africa. Ao interesting fact to tirade against the cession of fer the German army of occupation Victor Hugo then made a long be left in France at the head of note is that Mr. Van Vollenhoven, ritory. He spoke with his accusantil a certain portion of the in- the young and brilliant Governor tomed force and imagination.demnity should be paid. General P. I. of Indo-Ubins, But no orator, had he been If these sad souvenire are inaugurated bis colonial career Demosthenes or Cicero, could have recalled under M. Roume, who has a great altered the foregone conclusica because,

here today, it is affection for bio.

we will not. of the majority of Deputies that repeat it too much for the "pessi- European's Death at Ipoh.

day. When the debate was cloeed, mistes" and the trembleurs," Ipcu, Feb. 28.Yorterday 540 voles against 107 were for the situation is now so different afternoon the death occurred of accepting the Preliminaries, from what it was then. This Mr. John A. Brown. Several

The fat two articles of the time too, Paris was the supreme montha ngo bo injured his side Preliminaries were these: objective of the Grmane, and by a fall and was laid up for 1. France renounces in favour they were so insulently conflent some time then, but after several of the German Empire the follow. of captoring it! But the heroic weeks he was able to get up and ing rights: the fifth part of English and French armies made about. He was rever the game Lorraine, including. Metz and an invincible barrier against their. and when later he was laid up Thionville and Alsace, less Bel-aivance: "Da no passe pas!" with pacomoois it was felt that fort."

said Joffre, and the Germans did his condition was serious. 2. France will pay the sum of not pase. And we can woll think Pneumonia was the immediate fire, milliarde of france, of which now of the day, remote perhapa cause of death. The funeral took one milliard is to be paid in 1871, yet, hat sure to come, when our place this morning, when there and the remaining four milliarde victorious regiments will defile Was o representative attendance by instalments extending over through the place de la Con of the Community.

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code, la plus belle du monde.", Shanghal Merchant's Estate.: A Convention had been added At last, we will see, amongst the Mr. Joun Andrew. Maitland, to the Preliminaries for admitting allegorical statues of the aged 76, of Little Friston, East 30,000 of the German army to towns of France, the bourne; of 22, York terrace, s

three days' Regent's Park, NW: sad of 66, of a certain portion of the Capital; Streeburg. And this unforgetfal cocupation alwaya veiled until to-day, of Old Broad-street, E. C., formerly a sign and symbol of triumph speetsole will be more than of Shanghai, chairman of Messrs, which the leaders insisted on ne sufficient to wipe away the Thorne and Co., Ltd., a directora needful reward to them for the painful souvenir of that first day of the Mercantile Bank of India, laboure of the siege,

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