TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS.
THE BENEDETTO BRIN:
SALVAGE, OF MATERIAL CONTINUES.
October 2, 2.50 a.m.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, BUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1915;
Reater's correspondent at Brindisi says that the salvage of the material from the Benedetto Brin continued, after the bull had been disinfected by an injection of lime. More gase and searchlights have been brought up and the latest list shows that 474 of the crew have been saved.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE BALKAN SITUATION.
SIR EDWARD GREY'S STARTLING STATEMENT.
BRITISH AND RUSSIAN MINISTERS CONFER. October 1, 6.34 p.m.
The Press Bureau states that conferences between Mr. McKenna and the Russian Minister of Finance, to-night, were brought to a successful conclusion, when the joint course of action of the two allied (overnments was finally arranged.
THE ALLIES IN THE WEST.
SIR JOHN FRENCH'S REPORT.
KIAO-CHOW UNDER THE their entrance the Japanese seized
JAPANESE.
and sealed up the Deateoh. Asiatische Bank, alleging that it was a Government institution, or at least partly capitalised by In the course of a recent report Government funds, the Germans un Kino-chow the American Con- maintaining at the same time the sal at Tsingtao remarks that entire private character of the perhaps some allowance must be Bank. It has not been permitted! made for a feeling of momentary to engage in any variety of depression, but it is orident banking business, even that of that profound pessimism char- paying out money to depositore soterises the views of European who desired to withdraw their and Chinese merchants in Teing-fauds, bat it is rumoured that tan concerning the outlook. Ger- this opportunity will be presented man, British, and French mer-to neutrals very soon. chants of substantial rating have expressed their intention to aban-
TRUTH ABOUT AIR RAIDS.
MR. BALFOUR ON GER- MAN ROMANCING.
BRITISH RETICANCE JUSTIFIED.
MUNITION MACHINES | CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO
FUND.
IDLE.
Dr. Addison on the Need of Night Shifts.
For the Allied Forces at the Frost,
The following in the Sub-
Dr. Addison, M.P., Parliament-soription List to date :- ary Secretary to the Ministry of Total acknowledged to Manitions, made some important statements on August 31 at a meeting of the Metropolitan Per Hongkong Telegraph Munitions Committee.
20th September:-$6,901,08 Since received:-*
He said that orders for mani- lions to the value of over
In The Times of August 19 the enggestion was made that the The Japanese military opera Government should "issue an don Tsingtan if it remains under tions in the Province of Shantung authoritative statement, both for
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F. "Tean". A disposition and readiness to "A Tea Party" change was uscessary in both Mr. O. Smith...
parties, and it was of the first im- portance that, from one end of the country to another, the dilation of skilled labour with unskilled Mr. W. A. Wesser
Mr. W. B. Kent should be realized and brought Mr. C. H. Soper into practice at the earliest poe. Howlett
Mr. Wm. Allea
required. Forty or fifty thousand derived from Taingtao's magni- advent of the Japanese military. Mr. Balfour has now addressed skilled munition workers would ficent shipping facilities. The German subsidiary coinage also a letter to a correspondent which be required, if not immediately. number would be greatly in- specific reasons for the opinion remained in circulation. Later the falls this suggestion, since it is at least very soon, and later that held by foreign merchants are notes of the Yokohama Specie issued through the Press Bureau, ureased. At the present time he various. A prominent British Bank were made legal "cur-and must be regarded as an offi. merchant states that the Tient-reney, together with war notes, cial statement. He points out the believed not more than 15 per sin-Pakow Railway is making in the payment of taxes, etc. objection to correcting the faize cent. of the machinery that was a strong bid for freight traffic, When hordes of small traders reports of the German raiders, producing munitions was work- speed up the production of new and that exceptional facilities came here from Japan, however, and shows that their raids have ing night shifts. They needed to are being offered at Pakow they knew how much their goode so far "not been effective. They machinery and to see that it was for foreign trade. He therefore were worth in Japanese gold have served no hostile purpose,used as much as possible. They October 1, 5.55 p.m.
Per Mica Square. The first Lord of the Admiralty ought to have night shifts on all
machinery, if neossary.
Eddie Sir Edward Grey has authorised the statement that information contemplates leaving his fine new currency and charged in gold, moral or material." has heen received that Autro-German officers for several days have installation at this port and eata-accepting silver currency only at
Labour now used on non-Nellie been arriving in Balgatiu with a view of actively directing the Bul-blishing himself at Tainan sa the rate determined by themselves. he addressed the following letter Admiralty, 8.W.
essential work should, as far as George... garian army. This action is precisely similar to that taken in Tar-best place for the export of Shan- The authorities ordered that all to a correspondent:
Augart 28,
possible, be diverted to the pro Wil. Ley, when German officers forced Turkey to make an entirely untung products. The use made by prices should be fixed in silver,
Dear Sir,--You ask me why οι the opportunities from this order being observed, provoked attack on Russia. The statement concludes: Since the Japanese merchants, up to thie namely, in war notes, but so far
most important requirement of all
"Bjerre" them resembles war notes were sometimes refused the accounts published in this duction of munitions, but the Mr. R. Black allied Powers are bound to support the States threatened, by auch time,
was the suitable dilation of skilled. G. A. the throwing open proceedings in Bulgaris, this news is regarded as being of the utmost prosented to
an acceptance in Japanese shops. At country of enemy air raids are 80 gravity.
Indian reservation to settlement. the present time German, Chinese, meagra, while the Germany nar-labour. One of the reasons why The same crowds of impatient and Japanese silver subsidiary ratives of the same events are there were co night shifts was A. E. 0. settlers ware to be found currency all are in circulation; rich in larid detail. You point that labour, was not dilated, so .. O. B.
the boundaries. also Japanese, gold currency out that while these narratives that skilled labour was insuffi- W. T. P. In the latter part of December Mexican dollar notes of loval are widely believed in neutral cient. It was just a question of Mr. F. E. Carvalho the military authorities were banks, silver dollars of different countries, the reticence of the national necessity. There were
Mr. F. E. Rosser obliged to relax their commend-varieties, and war notea Accord-censored British Proas suggestediffenlties and prejudices in the
ployees, but it must be done, and Mr. John Jones able polioy of regulating the ing to the official rates of exchange a suspicion that unpleasant truthe way, both of employers and em- published on April 7, 1915, the are being deliberately hid from s
if it meant a new departure they W. H. and B. Q, B. G. silver yen 1 equals gold yen 0'82, nervous publio.
Compare the following accounts, must make up their minds to. D. E. Apparently sinos Jan, 1. or $1 Mexican, or, in copper cants, 1915, an effort has been made 135 pieces (Chinese). The silver which, though the historien make it. by the Japanese military ad-yen war note therefore equals, at would never guess it, relate to the ministration to induce a return the Government rate of exchange came airship raid :--
normal activities the for the quarter (0:394), $0·408
Headlines of Deutsche Tageszei part of all concerned. The cus-gold (United States).
tung, August 11, 1915. tom house has been in operation
AIR ATTACK ON THE since Dec, 28, 1914, and the duty
DOCKS OF LONDON. imposed is merely the regular
On the night of the 9th-10th Chinese tariff. The port now la- October 2, 12.35 a.m.
There has been no disposition of August our Naval Airships
sible moment. In addition, suoà far ស៊ុត Field Marshal Sir John French reports that the enemy on bours under a great disadvantage
relates on the part of the Japanese military carried out attacks apon fortified
that authorities to interfere, through coast towos and harbours on the labour as was possible should be Mr. J. Wilson... September 29, mado several attacks on our positions north-west of however, so
exported goods
diverted from commercial to muni- Hullach, Severe fighting continued all day, but we maintained all to
In spite of strenuous oppositiona work and the release of our positione, except on the extreme left. There the enemy gained a require transhipment for foreign process of military law, with the East Coast of England.
bombs were dropped skilled men from the colours hundred and fifty yards of a trench. Our position has been firmly porta at other Chinesa ports owing private rights of noncombatants, consolidated and hostile counter-attacks have now weakened. The to the fact that China does not but all Government property, and tion, enemy fired a mine, on September 20, to the south of the Menin recognise the legality of the cus- quasi Government property, such on British warships in the would be permitted. read, under our trenches, and so gained a footing on the front line. tome collection in Tsingtao, but as houses built with the aid of Thames, on the dooks of Lon- Counter-attacks during the following day, however, recovered all but collects both coastwise and export Government loans, has been con-don, on the torpedo craft base at a small portion of a lost treneb. There is no change in the situation daty on each goods, export duty facated. So has some private Harwich, and on important posi
Good results were observed.
Nobody will, I think, ba dis- to-day. "Our aircraft were very active last week. Seventeen air-having already been paid at this property that is alleged to have tions on the Humber.
been used by the Germans for military purposes. The most combats were reported and only one British machine was worstod. I port,
The airships returned safely posed to doubt that this reticence Par South China Morn ing Post" Mr. B. Hen- derson Yesterday a Germon machine was brought to the ground inside our
August 10, 1915. mey stl be asked whether it is lines. Attooks have been made on railways in the hostile area and Banking Facilities-Currency. notable instance of this was the from their successful nudertaking. is jadicious. But the question
confiscation of between one and
The Secretary of the Admiralty used not merely to embarrass the List No. 4H.-- the main lines are known to have boon damaged in fifteen different
two hundred thousand cases of places. Five, probably six, traine have been partially wrecked and
By Jan. 1, 1915, or thereabout, kerosene belonging to an Ameri- makes the following announce Germans, but andaly to reassure M. P. the British. How ought we to A.A. the locomotive sheds at Valenciennes fired, considerable incon-
A squadron of tortile sirships rate the Zeppelins among wos- venience having thus been caused to the German railway organisation, all the foreign banks formerly can firm, which was seized on the ment-
operating in Tsingtao, with the pretext that its removal from the exception of the Deutsch-Asia- company's premises was a mili-visited the East Coast last night pons of attack? What have they Collected at R. A. Can- teen by 'Pincher" tiache Bank, had reopened their tary measure. The ultimate.fate and this morning between the dano? What can they do?
To this last question I do not Martin doors, namely, the Hong of much of the confiscated pro- hours of 8.30 p.m. and 12.30 am,
Some fires were caused by the offer a reply. I cannot prophesy October 2, 1.55 a.m. kong and Shanghai Bank-party will probably be determined
$7109.59 A Paris communique reports that some fresh progress has been ing Corporation, the Chartered in the negotiatione hetween Ger- dropping of incendiary bombe, about the future of a method of made in the southern part of the Givenchy wood. East of Souchez we Bank of India, Australia, and many and Japan. Other property, but these were quickly extinguish warfare which is still in its in- took sixty-one guardamen prisoners and liberated a number of French China, the Russo-Asiatic Bank, such as cargo landed from German ed and only immaterial damage fancy.
I can, however, say something Amount expended to
30th September 7,005.42 prisoners. A surprise attack in Ohampagne, in the region between and the Yokohama Specie Bank. Lahips at the beginning of the war, was done.
The following casualties have of its resulta during the past. Auberive, Epine, and Vedegrange, has resulted in the capture of Bat trade is at a standstill, and is stored in Government ware-
That it has caused maoh saffer- Balance in hand....8104.17. more machine guns and thirty prisoners.
these institutions have been for houses, and, in the case of cargo, been reported: man, 8 women, The enemy intermittently bombarded our new positions with the most part engaged in reclaim will be confiscated if not claimed and 4 children killed; 4 mon, 6 ing to many innocent people in Hongkong, September 3015, 1915.
women, and 2 children wounded, unhappily certain. But even this lachrymatory shella. We replied effectively. A violent bombarding stranded cargo on which they by Juce 1, 1915.
One Zeppelin was seriously result, with all its tragedy, has In submitting the foregoing ment of our trenches in Argonne and north of Houyette was had acquired a lien through the Whether Any exceptional damaged by gan fire of the land been magnified out of all propor statement of account to September Bilenned by reprisals from our trench mortars on to the German advance of money on shipping opportunities for American pro- defences, and was reported this tion by ill-informed rumour. I 30 the committes is pleased to be
This operation is trenches. Shells were dropped at long range on Verdua sad documents.
assured by the Home able to state that the subscriptions Nomeny. We replied by bombarding at long range the trains in about concluded, and at least two ducts and capital in the leased morning being towed into Oatend. am the station at Vigneulles, causing two violent explosions. A Freach of the banks are considering territory of Kiso-chow will resalt She has since been subjected to Office that during the last received during the past month from the war, can be determined continual attacks by aircraft from 12 months 71 civilian adults have amounted to $775.81, which sirship on Thursday night bombed the railway jonotions at Amagne, either closing their Tsingtao better after the political fate of the Dunkirk under heavy fire, and it and 18 children have been killed; um added to $388.16 brought
it branch or cutting down the esta- Lyoquy, Attigney, Vonzieres, and returned safely, though
All the banks now territory is known. While pro- is now reported that after having 189 civilian adults and 31 chil- forward from August (thus making a total of $1,161,77) has enabled was violently cannonsdad, especially at Voazieres, where itblishment.
engage in every variety of bank-bably no actual discrimination in had her back broken and rear com-dren have been injured. wae surrounded by incendiary rooksts.
violation of the principle of equal partments damaged she was com- Judged by numbers, this the despatch of two ing business not suspended by
opportunity was attempted by pletely destroyed by explosion. cumulative result of many succes aigaments of "Smoke" during European war.
the German Government at Now it is plain that if one of sire orimes doss mot equal the September each consisting of When the Japanese forces cap Government was naturally and false. Why not then explain the which, to the unsoncealed pride and 308 lbs Plug Tobexx.
Kiao chow, yet the object of that these stories is true the other is single effort of the submarine 100,000"Woodbine Cigarettes bably about $35,000 Mexican, commendably to promote the wel-discrepancy and tell the world of Germany and the horror of all There now remains on hand Bay, $15,000 gold, in subsidiary fure of German commerce, and the in detail wherein the German the world, sont 1,188 anoffending $104.17 towards the next lot and
civilians to the bottom in the Benter's correspondent in New York says, it is estimated that German coinage in circalation sale of other than German goods account distorts the facta?
The reason is quite simple. Lasitania. Yet it is bad enough, will assist in swelling this amount it is hoped that the community four hundred million dollars have already been subscribed to the there, not including a great deal was subject to this handicap. If
that was thrown into the bay, and Japanese control is now subati- Zeppelins attack under cover of and we may well ask what mill- Anglo-French loan.
about $760,000 Mexicao, Bay, tuted for German, foreign trade night, and (by preference) of tary advantage has been gained so that the funde will permit of the $300,000 gold, in notes of the will presumably be aoither the moonless night. In such condi-at the cost of so much innocent despatch of another similar sup
tions landmarks are elusive, and blood.
ply during October. It should not The gainer nor the loser. Deutsch-Asiatische Bank. Yokohama Specie Bank and the October 2, 11.55 a.m.
Without regard to the political navigation difficult. Errors are The answer is easily given. No be overlooked that the smallest "Tommy" supplied with a The New York newspapers announce to-day that the Anglo- Hongkong and Shanghai Bank fatare Japan will derive a great inevitable, and sometimes of sur-oldier or sailor has been killed, contribution helps in keeping
come to an agreement to support advantage from its nearness to prising magnitude. The Germans seven have been wounded; and little comfort during French loan is already subscribed. Everything points to heavy these notes, and I have been in Kino-cho, enabling it to land its constantly assert, and may some-only on one occasion has damage arduous service in the fighting over-subscription.
formed that they are now of imports much more cheaply than times believe, that they have been inflicted which could by any line and judging by the recent higher value than the Yokohama other countries. It will probably dropped bombs on places which stretok of language be described telegrams received he is as ever
They also control the railway connec- in fact they never approached: sa of the smallest military bravely" doing his bit". DENSE FOGS HINDERING ITALIAN OPERATIONS. Specie Bank notes,
bad at no time shrunk tion with the interior. Exports Why make their future voyages importance. Zeppelin raids havə ia value, for during the siege from Kiao-ohow will go where oasier by telling them where been brutal; but so far they have occasional smoke is little enough Renter's correspondent in Rome says that frequent dense fogs the local branch of the bank had the demand is strongest, but im they have blandered in the past? not been effective. They have recompense for all he in doing are bindering the artillery operatione in the mountains, but they given drafts on other branches in ports are susceptible to inficeace Since their errors are our gain, served no hostile purpose, moral permit the infantry to make bold raids on enemy positions and destroy Tientsin or hanghai for all of its from any sources, and those why dissipate them? his outlying defences. The Italians on the Tolmino sector attacked local notes surrendered, and in named are only two that are cap learn what we can from the enemy; along the whole front on Thursday night and gained ground, but a this way large quantities were able of being utilised, to great let us teach him only what we violent enemy counter-attack forced the left wing to retire though called in and destroyed: Upon advantage and O. Empress. the right wing held its own.
A NUMBER OF FRENCH PRISONERS LIBERATED.
THE ANGLO-FRENCH LOAN.
FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS SUBSCRIBED.
October 2, 2.30 0.10.
EVERYTHING POINTS TO HEAVY OVER-SUBSCRIPTION,
October 2, 3:30 a.m.
War Notes.
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Let as or material.
Yours faithfully,
ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR,
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