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THE STANDARD GIL AGREEMENT.

Amazing Proposals to China.

THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH.

EXTRA

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1915.

EMBEZZLEMENT CASE.

Counsel and "Blackmail

Proceedings.

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OUR LONDON LETTER.

The Maltese Thirst.

into

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THE BATTLE OF SHAIBA, GERMAN'S EXECRABLE

RUSE.

approaching them. How difficult the negotiations bad already be- come may be understood from the

A very nice boy, one who was fact that the negotiators were 18-

beginning to feel ble feet in 23,000 Turks Beaten by 6,000

The Petrograd correspondent of cently engaged upon what might

journalism and make a name at

British.

the Contral News quotes the fol-' bs termed antional recriminations,

short-story writing when the wär

Little has been heard of the lowing story from the Färske The Chinese, spparently, alarmed

(Continued from page 5)

came, and who is now wearing Battle of Shaiba, or, sa it is more | Slovo :- by the pretensions of the Standard

ammunition boots and carrying a accurately termed, the baile of "A Russian cavalry patrol came Oil Company, twitted their fellow

Reduced to the shadow of a batterifle in Malta with the Royal Berjetsia Woods, and yet it was up with a German reconnoitering (From a Correspondent of the negotiators with the shortcomings

The case in which Leang Tik lion, we were withdrawn from Fusiliers, writes as follows: one of the biggest and most party, which refused to surrender N. O. Daily News.)

of the American Canton-Hankow Kwong, alias Loung Tea Ching, our trenches and sent bank to

་་ "For meritorions Services ren- picturesque engagements ever with the result that all the men railway syndicate. TheChinese also is charged with the embezzlement billets to rest. General Davies of dered to my country I have been fought by the Indian Army. The were shot. A young officer, bow- Peking, Ang. 18. stated that they had hearditwhisp of $1,500, was again proceeded the 8th Division, rode over the promoted a corporal, We following graphic account is from ever, took tefuge in a hat, from Eighteen months ago there was ered that the Standard Oil Com- with this afternoon before Mr. next morning to congratulate the have been doing some stiff work the pen of one who actually saw the window of which he pro concluded, with somewhat of w

pany had been responsible for R. Lindsell.

men. It was only when we had lately in very hot weather, but the fighting.

ceeded to anipe vigilantly, flourish of trompete, between the the revolution in Mexico, a charge

Mr. F. C. Jonkin, instructed come through it all that we know been having some most delight- The first intimation we had of The Russians who had shelter. themselves behind some Chinese Government and the which evoked the indignation of by Mr. Dixon of Messrs. Wilkin what a big thing we had done. ful bathes in the afternoons in the near presence of the enemy ed Standard Oil Company of New the representative of the Company son and Grist, appeared for the By its work in the tranches since some fire rocky poole near by. was the news that the Turkish timber saw the German officer York, an agreement relative to and deservedly brought down prosecution, and Mr. Eldon November and at Neuve Chapelle The Mediterranean is some sea to and Arab forces were moving appear at the window. They fired oil mining.

That agreement upon the Chinese a dissertation Potter, instructed by Mr. W. E. L. the 13th bad won a name and bathe in. It gets very warm and down on us from their camp four- at him and he fell apparently provided for the formation of a upon the virtues, charities and Shenton, of Messrs. Descon, honour which were scaled on May in extremely buoyant. You can teen miles away, 23,000 strong, dead. As they approached they company in which the Standard unspeakable altruism of the great Locker, Deacon and Harston, 9. The Regular battalions with see down through twenty foot as with thirty guns. Nine thou were received with a fusilade Oil Company should have a est business corporation upon defended.

whom we were brigaded could clear as though it was only an and were regular Turkish in- from the hut.

Rashing inside controlling interest, and the earth. A reference too by the

On the conclusion of the pro- not say too much, Wherever we inch derp-all green and blue and fantry, and there were two crack they found on the for the dead Chinese Government receive a sub. Chinese to the exit of the Ameri-secution Mr. Posser submitted went, either individually or in gold. It's glorious to plange in Constantinople regimente, cur-body of the officer, quite a beg, stantial interest free gratis and can Group from the Consortium, there was no case to answer. There groups, the word went round, "Hit from a rocky diving board and responding to our Guards, and who had apparently perished by

was a partnership issue before the Thay re the 13th." Officers came shoot up again

the nicknamed the "Firemen," for nothing, except for the pri was treated with the scorn natural

one of the last shots fired. He vileges to be conferred on the to parties holding the puree Supreme Court and three years up to us-few remaining offers blaze of sunsbine. You comas At the most to meet this host was clad only in his undercloth- joint company.

strings of so worthy an institution after the alleged embezzlement and expressed their praise in out and sit, Adam like, on the we could only muster nine weak ing and a woman'e dress lay near The object of the arrangements the Standard Oil Company.

s man who claimed to be their torse half-ashamed way. My rooks and have a sun bath and a squadrons of Indian cavalry, by. The body at the window was to give China, without pay.

partner brought this charge sergeant said to me, "Our men cigarette and feel extremely at twenty-six gang, two battalions of was found to be that of the womsa ment on her part, a substantial Standard Oil Company's Aims.

against the defendant, but bad have no need to buy bear now,

Peace. And I might tell you that British infantry, and seven of of the house, whom the German share in whatever profite might

not gone into the witness box to sir; wherever we go the other except down among these rocky native infantry, all extremely had evidently compelled to put scórue iron the proposed eater

From a reference to these substantiate his case. There was Tommies insist on treating us."

coves, there aint much peaceful weak in numbers, say 6,000 rifles on his ani.orm and show herself prise. It was to be all profit for amenities it is necessary to turn absolutely no evidence to show (N.B: It's the mildest, watery atmosphere on this here island. all told. We fortunately had a as a target. the Chinese and no risk. The o the proposala which gave rise that the defendant had ever rench bear ever brewed. In We have taken to our topees preponderance in machine guns, whole arrangement so far as could to them. Early in the negotia- received the money he

WES a letter I censored the other day entirely now and you want em. although the Turkish guns were ha judged from the agreement; jous. it became clear that the alleged to have embezzled. This the Tommy wrote "Tell Dadle One day I marched out in my of the latest German manufacture, ALLEGED PLOT TO TRAP wad reasonable and equitable. Standard Oil Company. simed at was a common kind of cases Ned that beer here costs a penny a forage cap, and returned minus and better thin ours. Their can- SIR C. SPRING RICE. Among the privileges accorded to two things of supreme import-partnership dispute and black-glass and it would cost him a my superficial face and with non was of much heavier calibre, the company were the exclusive ance, one, the right to register ex-mail police court proceedings sovereign to get drunk on it."). very aplit lip, which re- is they had at least, three 5in. Washington, July 13.-The mining rights for a period of clusive mining claims in any part he thought he could call To return; we have been sent mains poreistently and painfully howitzere, while the rest were newspapers publish a story of an sixty years in certain fields in the of China, and the other, to esta them that.

WAR down to act as guards on the line slit to this day. On the ques excellent guns of a recent Krupp alleged effort on the part of cartsinunknown people to waylay province of Chihli and Shensi, blieb a monopoly of one phase of bogus one, founded, he alleged of communications. (I am writing tion of thirst I could indeed pattern. and certain opportunities in other ail enterprise, after the manner on perjury whiph he hoped would this in a little Freach village, until I came here, but now I've write much. I never had one

"The Fun Began."

the British Ambassador, Sir Cecil provinces in the oreat of the for which it has been praised in be punished elsewhere.

At dawn on Monday the fan Spring Rice, on a lovely road in folds in Chilli and Shensi prov. many countries. In more exBot His Worship agreed that there way station, so far away from the got it. I've a pathetic faith that began with the regular Turkish Long Island while he was staying ing not suitable for development. terme, it was required that the

was no case to answer and dis firing line that only very rarely it will never leave me. It's that infantry making an attack on at Mr. Morgan's at the time of the The agreement was to be ratified joint compsay, which the Stand-obarged the defendant.

and very distantly do we hear kind of thirat. More endating the trenches south of the fort. attempt on his host's life, The by the Standard Oil Companyard Oil Company was to control,

evon the biggest guns.) But before than the fondest woman's love, They kept it up for an hour, story, as told by the driver of the within a year of signature, during was to have the right to search

we left General Sir H. Rawlinson. and nearly as expensive. I feed doing no damage except to slight car, is that a large and mysterious which time the fields were to ba out, survey register, and explait

commanding the 4th Corpe, rode it on shandy mostly, interspersed ly wound one man; but at 7.30 car rau past the Ambassador's examined with a view to their exclusively any oilfields through-

out to address us. He said many with judiciona lime juice and a.m. all their gáns opened on us, dar and deposited a number of ascertaining their commercial out Chins which it might select.

thinge about us; how proud he lemonade. Occasionally Isacrifice including three heavy howitzers, men, who lined the road ahead was to have us under hie com- an ice cream on its fiery altar: called by the Tommies" Little and tried to stop the Ambas wand

that our last attack, But only occasionally. It's eating George." Our guns began to though it could not be supported, money-like throwing snowballs knock out the Turkish guas bad directly relieved the pressure at the aur."

though By the way, inayetematically, on Ypres and towards Arras, and case I'm not back to tell Tarkiah abooling was very fine. At thereby in the latter district assist-you-lime juice and lemonade ten o'clock everything was quiet ing the French advanou. Jast one 18 s ripping summer drink. It again, when suddenly bang want intense verbatim: By your

gaems funny to think of you "Little George," burning out the We regret to announce" the splendid attack and dogged on-jast sniffing spring in England Goerd tent.

value.

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Departure of Mr. Bemis.

That year passed and the time for ratification was extended to give further opportunity for examination of the fielde. Even

The joint company, controlled by the Standard Oil. Com. pany, was further to have the right for sixty years to transport by rail water or pipo, to refine, and to market, the whole national output of orude oil, to the exclusion of everybody else. Morewer, the

tually, however, the Standard joint company was to delegate to

a

The case

OBITUARY.

Sudden Death of Mr. A. Walmsley.

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where I have to look after a rail-

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the

ador's gar. The efort failed, an

the driver broke his way through. In view of recent German threats, the story has aroused a good deal of interest-Times,

in

there

Oil Company refused in ratify the the Standard Oil Company be death of Mr. Arthur Walmsley.durance on May 9 you and your (the latter is dated May 2ad), and As if it was a signal, thousandaexpected. The Tarks had only original agreement, onthe ground qause of its established organiza- timekeeper at the Taikoo Sager fallen comrades, won imperishable we in Malta getting our purple of Arabs, with their banners Ly-6011e back to an entrenched camp that the Obibli : field was enfficiently promising to justify all the refined article for a given tragio circumstances yesterday, lion. It was a feat of arms sur the harvest. Some bloke told me It was a wonderful sight. Wethey hopelessly out-numbered us tion in China, the marketing of Refinery, which took place in glory for the 13th London Batta olover sinoke in and preparing for ing, made a dash at our trenches, called Berjatsia Woods. Although the Company in investing capital period. in it on the terms originally

The deceased, lived at The Joss passed by no battalion in this to-day we shouldn't have any rain waited until they got within 800 and were dag in, we attacked agreed. The Chinese Government

House, Quarry Bay, and the as- great war." Then he went on. for three months. Sherokee Bill! yards; then we let them have four across the open desert. From 11 Proposals of this kind pat Uriah

the balance, but sumption is that he was standing "Though no accounts of your What about my thirst? Oranges machine-guns and fifteen rounds.. to 5 p.m. the battle hung thereupon opened frech negotia the Hittite and Okuma the Count on his verandah engaged in extra work on that day have been in are over these unhappy days, bat per rifle rapid. Down went their tions with the Standard Oil Com- completely in the shade. The acting nails from the wall with the Press, do not think that it is some weird and pippy fruit they call front rank, and their second line Theist Ping "car infantry. pany with a view to coming to a Chinese, of course, are not taking olar hammer, when the nail, on not known and fully appreciated. medlars bave come in instead, and stood for about one and a-half The Tarke commenced to move mutually satisfactory agreement. any; for the following among which he was working, suddenly It is known fully and valued in aren't bad. They aren't really med minutes; then they had had retrest quickly bonut-the These negotiations continued various cogent reasons. They broke, with the result that he fell the highest degree by myself and lers, buta South African fruit called enough. Nothing further and their whole line filed in the until a law days ago, when cannot, for instance, give to the backwards, a distance of thirty the staff of the 4th Icokyars" that's how it's prono-pered except continual sniping atmost disorder. All their atores Mr.

Bemis, Vice President Standard Oil Company rights feet, and was filled. His body Corps, by General Jobu French urced, don't know how to spell till 4 p.m., when the Turkish gune and ammunition were left, and of the Company, who had which would interfere with the was removed to come specially from New York rights of British concessionaires Mortuary.

the Public and the Headquarters Staff, it. They consist of a pip with a opened again. The "Firemen

and by the authorities at home piece of fruit on it, and taste and Kurdish horse made a des-the line of retreat was strewn, & la paper chase, with infantry to Peking for the purpose, left in Szechuan or Shensi provinces.

Mr. Walmsley was 33 years of the War Office." In our May 9 like something that was once aperate attack on the south-eastern

ratrest became a rout,

the parauit.V

the capital eo suddenly as to give Nor can they create a monopo ego and prior to entering the flutter I got through with no very decadent pear. They cost teniranobas, but were repulsed, and packe. By that time it was gelb- rise to the supposition that, they which would be the nega service of the Sagar Refinery/ worse than a twisted knee, and a penny, and if you don't count the Kurdish horse getting toong quite dark, and we gave up negotiatione had been terminated ion of the open door policy three years ago had been in the the right shoulder of my tunic Jour pen'orih you can only get near, we let loose Fome of our for ever. That, however, is hardly which constitutes one of China's army. possible, for heavy joint expen greatest, safeguards. diture has been incurred, and a China voluntarily desire to place large American expedition in herself within the embraces of sn charge of expensive plant, drills, cotopus.

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DAY BY DAY:

Mr. Justice Gompertz.

The great feature of the day torn either by a bit of shell or spine a miraculous phenomenon esvalry at them.

was the bayonet charge by one of Á Ruse with a Deadly Sequel: bullet-it might have been the the secret of which is known only You eat them

The Kurds at once massed the British battalions, about 4.30 barbed wire only. It was very to, the Maltese.

pm. "About a quarter of an hour end writing to the relatives of after a bathe, and wish you behind a small hill to charge our later the whole line on the left- men in my company breaking the hadn't. Here endeth the natural rather weak cavalry, but they charged with irrepressible en- news of the deaths. In different history of the lookyar. Prickly never dreamt what was really thusiasm and carried the trenches. the letters of thanks pears are beginning to burge on, going to happen. Our cavalry, The Turkish losses in killed and and acknowledgments I have had lemons are in full swing, roasted instead of charging, wheeled end-wounded were over 0,000. back are all from mothers and peanuts are prodigal about the denly to the left and unmasked a Won by the Bombay Army: fathers, sisters and brothers, streets. You bay them, if you battery of horse gane. A densely

With the exception of one regi- packed body of horse faced atment of Panjabis, this battle was variations of what one noble are an ardent nattiet,

forme

from

material for a great length of Thoa the matter stands, and pipe-line, etc., etc., is still in thus it is likely to stand, until the Shensi, engaged in work and run- Standard Oil Company are pre- ning up bille.

pared to make terme more in con- Having gone so far it is hardly sonance with those stated in the possible for either party to with original agreement. If the pro- draw. The Standard Oil Company position originally made does not Mr. Justice and Mrs. Gompertz woman wrote to me of her only shop-soiled podlars, who carry 000 yards by a British quickfiring entirely won by the Bombay cannot be credited with the look now, after examination of arrived in the Colony by the 8.8. 800: "I am proud to be his them about in a dirty hat. As I battery! During the night two army--the Mahratias and Raj. intention of sacrifiping several the fields, so good as it did, Aki Maru, yesterday."

mother. Tell that to the slack- have told you before, the Maltese attacks were made, but neither putans Rajputs. The British hundreds of thousands of pounds it is up to the Chinese to Returned from Holiday,

ere and abirkers, P.S.. I lost my towns, in addition to bells, smells, was pressed bome. There was regiments were, of course, splen. already spent, while China has give a fair deal to

the great

Mr. J. J. Bryan of the Public boots in the mad so helped my yelle, and goats, consist entirely continual aniping all night long did, but there was not a hair to already spent heavily and is still American company, for its fin-Works Department returned to self to a new pair in the German of bara, or what are called grop-

On Tuesday our cavalry made draw between British and native. in need of assistance to devolop sncial strength and organizing the Colony yesterday froth a briel trenohea. I shall send them home shops, with such names as "The magnificent charge, bus, they We had a moral superiority all her oil fields.

espacity, employed within limits, holiday in the North.

as a souvenir. By the way, also at Big Drum." "The United Ser were driven back; so out wontour through, and, though we were would be extraordinarily useful The St. John Ambulance

one point is our tenancy of the vices," "The Empire," "The Vic-infantry under cover of the guns, twice practically enveloped, the to China. If it is quite clear that

German trenches, in order to tory," "The Pretoria," with now and they made a proper mess Turks dared not press their the Shenei fields are not first Mr. E. Ralphe, Hon. Secretary economize our ammunition, we and then a villagesque "Foresters of the Arabs. In the late after-advantage. that negotiations will be reamed the Standard Oil Co. should go John Ambulance Association, the dial Germans and shot those Ons bloke, who has risen to them from the advance positions, away, leaving their wounded and It way, therefore, be assumed class, it is reasonable that of the Local Centre of the St. took the rifles and cartridges from Arras" or "Rose and Crown." to our cavalry and any On Thursday the cavalry par

attacked the Torke and drove aued, but the Turke fled right at an early date. But it will be elsewhere, where others already beg to acknowledge receipt of on-coming blue-coated sons of

fish-and-chips annexe, Las a realized how difficult it will be have no rights. But the monopoly Subscriptions as below, to the Satan with their own weapons, notice outside his establishment: capturing two guns and numer some of their guns behind. for the parties to come to terms proposal is indefensible from any Association's "War Fund for the Beading this over, I fancy this "Hot enppers. The more you eat, cas prisoners. On Tuesday night The battle enabled the town of when it is understood what point of view, and in connection Wounded,Masare. Pentreath might give an impression as light the more you won't." He's quite there was more sniping. Amara to be captured, with prac remarkable propositions were therewith, it is to be hoped that and Co. $100, Uhun Kai-ming as my description; but it was right, too. Only he might have

Na Stopping the Infantry tically no loss it completely On Wednesday we thought the broke up the Turco-Arab combine finally advanced by the Standard the United States Government, Esq; $50, Mestre, Linstead and just blood and death and dying expressed it more

simply.

Tarks must have gone right back, Oil Company, and how impos- in view of its championship of Davies $50.

from sunrise to sunset. It wae a sible it is that the Chinese Govern. the open door policy, has given

The Hon. Mr. Pollack, K. C.hidoowa nightmare that we all

80 we moved out to clear the ment should assent to spything it no support."

$50.00.

(To be Continued,) try to forget,

Mutual Recriminations.

Association.

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against us, and it relieved the

gositions in front of us. It was pressure on the oil-pipe in in

Peraia, Central News,

not such an easy job as we