THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1915.
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THE LUSITANIA,
in front of the liner or uroa hor.
POST OFFICE:
THE LEGAL ASPECTS.
beam, and ordering "her to stop. If the submarine were to appear in front, they argue, she would
The usual time for closing a mali is one hour before the steamer is'advertised to
SHIPPING NEWS.
ARRIVED,
WEATHER REPORT.
On the 16th 11,50-Pressure has given way moderately over N, Japan and In- creased slightly elsewhere; it now highest to the south of Japan, the an. Childar, Noi . . Hjos th, 15th inat.tleyelons having spread westward. Re-i
latively low areas cover N. China and Bargkok, Rice-T. & Co.'
Apbam. Maru, Jap, #a. 4,934, H. W. Aser, 16th in-Shanghal, 13th inst.. Gen.-N.Y.K.
be rammed by the Lusitania; if Tle attention of the Fubile is directed to one side, the Lust.nia would to Para, 28 of the Hongkong Portal Quido hardly baltion her crder accom-which reads as follows:- Further Details and Further, panied by a few shots from the small-calibre gune these boats Comment.
mcunt when not submerged,
They maintain, therefore, the tall Lettori prepaid with 10 cents in ad- the submarine could only do whatdition to the postage will, if handed över Washington, May 10. — To
she did, or else admit her im the counter, be received after the adver- those versed in international law in this city, the case of the Lusi-Foto. To this the answer is, tied time of closing the mall until the Atlantique, Fr. 1.& 3,172, Charbonne, 16th
that if we are to have submarine mail has actually left the office.
tania is rot quite so simple as it warfare hereafter, come adjust appears to the man in the street, meat of international law will who can think only of the horror indubitably have to be made to
Registered Letters to the Caroline, La-
of the tragedy. The law of the cover this and other new points drone, Felow and Marshall Island oan esa draws very fine lines. Thus, raised by the use of the new now be accepted for transmission.
had the submarine given thirty wespon of een werfore; but that minutea warning to the crew into nation has the right to change passengers of the Cunsrder, the international low to suit itself in
The Servicos to Germany, Austria, and
exploit would have gone down in the middle of a war, and does so their Colonies, and to the Ottoman Em biskry as one of the most caly et the peril of bringing down pire are suspended. brilliant in the annals of "naval warfare.
spoo itself the Boorn and the anger of the rest of the world.
MAILS DUB.
.
Again, the question whether It is no defence, the experts in "the ship was convoyed is of enorm-international law point out, to say
ous importance. There has al- that Germany was forced to this Australia, Changsha, 17th inat. ready appeared a vast deal of action by England's efforts to Siberia, Malta, 17th inst. criticism of the British Admiralty blockade her ports and starve out Europe, Sardinia, 18th inst for its failure to protect the her women and children. The Australia, Empiro, 24th lost, Lusitania. But those who are so United States Government from glibly fading fault are ignorant 1861 to 1865 blockaded the coast of the fact that if the ship was of the Cafederate Government convoyed, even by a couple of for the express purpose of bring- MAILS CLOSE TO-MORROW. torpedo boats, the submarine was ing atout the end of the rebellion entitled under the law of the sea by starving out the Confederate Strats, to treat her precisely as if she armice, and incidentally, of- were a man of war. This has course, the women and children swatow, always been the case, even during bid to suffer. the Napoleonic days, when all of England's commerce was carried
*
on by sailing ships that left
Confederate Statos Blockado as an Instance. T.e war ended before there
British forte in groups of forty or were any actual deaths from fifty or more, under convoy of a starvation, the blockade, baring
Siberlan
Mait
Ceylon, Port Said Marseiller and
London-Per HIRANO M., 17th last, 11 a.m.
Amoy & Fabohow-Por HAI-
MUN, 17h June, 11 a.m.
Shanghai, and North China (Europe vla Siborla)- For YINGCHOW, 17th June, $p.m.
[Tientsin-Pukow Railway Shanghai Br.
few frigates or line-of-batile ships.wrecked the Confederacy by P. O. Tuesday, the 22nd Juno.]
BANG, 17th inst, 4 m.
*
An enomy "cruiser getting in outting off its cotton trade and Shanghal & North China-Per KWONG- among them was free to attack stopping the bringing in of arms them without warning to their and ammunition. But no one passengers, just as if they did not have non-combatants on board.
No Convoys Perhaps Wiser. Now, it may well be that the Admiralty deemed it wiser not to convoy the Lusitania for this very reason. According to the narra.
criticises the policy of the North
in establishing that blockede ana military measure, and certainly the Confederates did not consider
FRIDAY, 18th June.
TAN, 18h Yune, 1. 30 p.m.
9
that block de gave them the right Swatow. Amoy & Foochow-Per HAI to violate international law or to blot out inaccent men and women
tives of survivors, the appearance and destroy little children, whose on the surface of the submarine blood would surely have rested
SATURDAY, 19.h June.
Hirano
Inst-Salgon, 33th inst. General →→→M., M.
Loongsang. Br. nu. 1,292, O.G.Lausk, th Inst:-Marila. 12th lost. General J. M.&Co.
Changsha, Br. v. 1,463, F. C. Gambrill, 14h Inte bourne, General- B. & S.
Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours. anding at 10a.m. to-day, 0.11 inches
‚FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS
MAIL SSTEAMER
THE PENINSULAR
AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO.
ENGLISH MAIJ.
ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW. WILL despatch VARSELE to the Undermentioned PORT3 D. OF -
District.
Forecast.
about the DATES named r
For
B. & 8.E. moderate; SHANGHAI fair to cloudy.
1 Hongkong andNeighbour- | winds,
hood
pore, Fenang and Capt. C. C. Talbot Colombozi, RN.R.
Steamers.
To Sail On Remarks
Sardinia
› Capt. J. T. Joffery
about 19th June.
Freight
Prage
B'BAY via Sings-] Malta
noon
19th June
Freight: F'sage.
DEPARTED.
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about
Freight
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& Penge
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about
7th July
Freight &P'eage
June 15,
China for San Francisco via Manila Hue for Haiphong via K. O. Wan Chiogcbow for Port Paruoval Heinchang for Cantor Palans for Shanghai via Kochinotzu Tean for Iloilo via Manila
Aki Maru for Seattle vin Shanghil Chipahing for Ticntain via Wei Hai Wel Siakjarg for Shangha!
Kalgan for Canton / Tango Maru for Melbourne via Ma l'a Kwangiang for Canton
· CLEARANCES AT THE HARBOUR OFFICE
June 16.
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China Const Meteorologlos) Register.
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Station.
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16th June, a.111,
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Barometar.
Temperature,
Humidity,
Nemuro Ba 29.87% Hakodate 29.59
Tokio
Koobi
Nagasaki K'ogima Oshima
Naha
Ishljima Bonin La, Ühefoo
Buisang for Singapore
Quarta for Bangkok
Atlant que for Yokobamu via Shanghai Tongies for Halphoog
Whalwoi
Hankow Ichang
Kuklang
PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
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Weather.
L'DON via S'pore,
Penang, Colombo, Port Said and
Marseilles ....
Karmala ». Capt. H. G. Evans
R.N.R.
Subject to alteration without notice.
· All steamers are fitted with Wireless Telegraphy.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
nce
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Mr Jonkins, Miss Rollo, Messrs HB Taichu Black, 8 0 Hickel, & Dawron, D Fothor-Tainan Ingham, F Bogoriski, 9 A Sevonoff.
Koshun Per & Kirano Mara from Shanghai- | Adores Pidozes
and the discharge of the turpe on the heads of their destroyers, does took place so suddenly that whatever the excuse of "frightful- Haiphong Per KEIJO M, 19th inat.9M Bozza, Mrs J Hancock. GE Clare, Mre Canton
federacy to the use of what were practically submarine bats, with
English Mail,
1
a.m...
Straits, Burma, Ceylon, Ads laida, Western Australia, In-
dis, Aden, Egypt, and Europe. The parcel mail will be closed on Friday, 18th June, at 5 p.m.-Per MALTA, 19th June, Printed Matter and Samples 10 am. Registration 10.15 5.m. Registration Kowloon 3. C. 9.30am Lottors 11 a,1, **
p.m.
if destroyers or torpedo beste bad nese" or necessity" And the block been accompanying the grestade, be it nctd, did drive the Con- liner, they could not Lave saved ber, unless they just happened to be where they could throw them success in sinking Federal block- selves in front of the torpedos, aders that is astounding to those, or aink the submarine by a lucky not familiar with the facts. One 'shot as she was firing. It is plain, might almost say that the Gar-
therefore, that our Covernment cannot be certain of the exact
Saigon Per ITOLA, 19th inst, 2 culpability of the Germans until The other day one of the most Philippine IsLOONGSANG, 19th June
2 p.m.. this question of the convoy is de famous British authorities in finitely settled.
international law wrote to a friend Heihow & Hairling -Por LOKSANG,
19th fast. 4 p.1.
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mane are merely beginning where the Capfoderates left (FF,
Shanghai, and North China EZ CRENAN, 19th inst. 3 p.ro.
O Ellis, Mrs Howard. John W. Bolles. GH'kong Ng Fuksbang, O E Carneirs, Mr. & Mre Gap Rook Chakman, Miss Au Chat-mat.
PASSENGERS DEPARTED.
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d. W. JEFFRIES, Director.
(Europe, via Siberia) - Pe: Holt. Mr & Mrs T Shepard oho,HD Hongkong Observatory, June 16,
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"THE SUNSHINE BELT"-The Most Comfortable Route to America and Europe
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The question of the ammunition in this city: "International law on board has bothered a great has broken dozn. It will come many amateur authorities on in. up again, bat now it is in raiae, ternational law, and even some have written to our English people in responsible positions. Cabinet dissenting from their; Without reason, however. The poliey in many cases." If author-P. O. Wednesday 23rd June.)
(Continued on Extra.)
Sweet Sleep
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The restorer of strength, the renewer
ity-18 IT YOURS?
of life, the rich reward of weary human-
fact that the Lusitanis had sever. al thousand boxes of ammunition in ber hold did not in any wise after her status as a merchant ship entitled to sufficient time to let her crow and passengers escapa before the ship was sunk.
Clab strategiate insist that the warning given in New Or do you turn and toss through wake. York before the Lasitunio sailed ful hous, rising unrested and unfit for
the duties of another day? a compliance with the warning demanded by interna- tional law-which is, of course, an absolute absurdity, since the warning has always related to captared ships when in the pre- sence of the enemy man of-war. Driven from this position, they Bold at ls. 4. per bottle. point out that a submarine could
Wha
not stop the Lusitania, merely by sppearing on the surface, either
LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM rubbed into the throbbing temples, the burning forehead, brings sure relief to the nerves 30othes and calms-encourages repose.
SUNDAY, 20th June.
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WATER RETURN.
Per CHANGSHA 20th June Level and Storage of water in Reservoirs on the 1st June, 1915.
2 p.m.
MONDAY, 21st June.
CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER
WORKS LEVEL,
LOT54 Tyumove: low
faint, do Bolow (2541 "gin" Below
overlow
And soon SLEEP comes quietly, steal: Haiphong-Fer CAIFONO, 14th June, 20 Tytampft, gin, einwolt sin Below
log upon you and wraps you in its restful
embrace.
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Canadian
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mediate.... overflow
overflow
overflow
Philippine Is, Formosa via P.kfulum. 6. Below If in Below
overflow Keelung, Japan, via Mojų | Wong-nel. pl. zin. Below at gin Below
overdow Victoria, Tacoma & United chung... Overflow. Kingdom vin Canada-For STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS CANADA M., Ziát Inst. 1. p.m.
OF GALLONA.
Humidity, in percentage of saturatior, the Humidity of air saturated with mols- tare being 100,
4 Direction of Wind, to two polate
'Force of Wind, according to Beaufore Scala.
State of Weather, b blue sky, o de- gloomy, h hall, I lightning, overcast, p tached claud, d drizzling rain, ffog, g passing shower, a squally, a rain, anów,
thunder, visibility, w daw wet.
0 Rain fa inches, tenths and hundredths
METEOROLOGICAL.
Previous
Day On date On date
1319 Daromator...... 29.52 178Temperature .82
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TUESDAY, 22nd June.
Australia, Tasmania, Now Zealand, via Fort Darwin and New Quinen via Thursday Is. Par ST. ALBANS, 22nd June; 10 am.
2016
1905.
Tosh
#91.90 33-4 Consumption of water in the City and fifl
9 Force......... District in millions of decimals gallons during the month of Aly, 1915.
Weather......som D Consumption... 115.10 1st, gallons Bain...........................
tied popu'ation" Consumption per bead per day...
10.6 gallos Services 10 houses in Rider main. Districts discon
$17.479
144
Philippine; I-OHINHUA, 22nd June, 3 acted from Rider mains and supply given by pubile
Siberian
Mall.
Shanghai and North Chla
fountains only during May 191e. Cobstant 'supply in All districts during May 1915.
KOWLOON WATER WORKS LEVEL..
1434
3ft Din Below
overflow
(Europa vis Siberia)-Per AN- HUI, 22nd inst. 2 p..
Kowloon Gra-) (2 gin
viation Re-) Na'aw
(Tientsin Pakow Servios Shanghai Br. STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS
P. O. Saturday, 26th June)
OF GALLONS.
Kowloon Cra-}
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#70.30
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TIDE TABLE.
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-22nd June, at 1 pm. 20th July, ai 1 pm. 3rd Aug., at noon.
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Cepumption of water in Kowloon I millon of Decimals Gallons During the month of May, 1915. Consumption Huimated popula Consumption per
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14th June to 20th June, 1915.
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