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THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH.

HONGKONG

TO-DAY'S

LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,

[Beater's Service to the "Telegraph. ""] THE DARDANELLES.

EXTRA

HONGKONG, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1915

house, and he was told that be was take it in this paca. liar manner (in the planks.)

Nature of the Planks. The attention of the Court was at this elege called to the planke and to the tin cases containing

DR. DUMBA.

intimating to the Vienna Govara- ment that to grant losvo of bsence to the offender, reserving his recall for a later date, would More than a rebuke to an in-e welcome way of disposing discreet diplomatist is discerned

of the incidenta procedure

Dismissal of the U. 9, Austrian Ambassador.

TELEGRAMS.

ARGENTINE 'WHEAT.

TRADE OF HONGKONG. Chamber of Commerce Report. The following statistics have been taken from the fortnightly prica current and market report bar of Commerce :

Oplum. Stocka on October 21at were -

the arms and ammunition. Tho by our press in President Wilson's nenally followed in such o8886 (Reuter's Service To The Tolograph," of the Hongkong General Cham- former were planks about a foot request for the recall_of_Dr. the President selected the rougher wide and eight or nine 1:st long, Constantin Dumba, Austro-Hun-road of a cart dismissal. This leaning against the side of the garian Ambassador at Washing mode of getting rid of Dr. Damba

at

London. Received October 24. Roater's correspondent Buenos Aires reports that the area

Court. There was little, appar- ton, because of bis comapiracy to ia osiculated to increase the sown for the next crop of wheat 437 Patna, 238 Benares, 417 ently, that was suspicious about instigate strikes ia American tension between this country and in the Argentine is officially estim- Malwa and 159 Persian and

ated at 10 million Gores.

[The following telegrame

"NO HONOUR EQUALS THE GOODWILL OF THE ANZAC HEROES."

October 24, -11.40 p.m.

them, with the exception of a taunition-plante. Through the the Teutonic allies.

The activities which made According to Reuter's correspondent at British Headquart number of grooves, into which general chorus of editorial praise ere in the Dardanelios, Gonoral Birdwood telegraphed to Gonoral the tins fitted. There were a for the President's notion runeablo" to our Government came uppoarel in our spesial edition and Tarkish. In uncertified

Dr. Dumba "no longer accept- Hamilton on the 17th inst. und said: "The Anzacs greatly regre plank. The tins were likewise incident has a widor significines to light when the British author of yosterday:-]

Damber of such grooves on each also the suggestion that the ia-

your departure and eand their beat wishes,'

General Hamilton replied:-"I am deeply touched; to old soldiers, like myself, no honour equals the goodwill of the Anzae

horoes.

THE RUSSIANS.

munition.

to

was

the

Am.

to

of theas, written in Dr. Dumba's

WIRELESS TELEPHONY.

London, Roosived October 24.

Reuter's

OBITUARY.

DR. W.G GRACE.

Turkish. The exports daring the interval have been 23 Patua, 6 Benares, 17 Males and 5 Persian Bengal opin the balance of ulocks on October 21 was 101 Patna and 89 Benares. Nɔ opium was boiled by Government mcno- Exports.

poly.

.

The Feather market is quiet, and there in very little doing in

done in Galangal. Cassia Oil is steady with small business. Star Aniseed Oil is reported to be slightly frmer, with some amall aslea. Nothing is doing in Star The death of the veteranoricket-rket is quiet. The Yunnan Tia Aniseed, and the Ground Nut

Received, October 24.

just as active, but who have so far / Own handwriting and addresed toer, Dr. W. G. Graca, ia unDoune trade is quiet inanimate. Salon

ed.

nocent looking, being air-tight, than appears on the surface. Thus to seized certain papers carried and bearing no mark on the out- the Chios30 Herald coting that by James F. J. Archibald, an side to lead anyone to think that Dr. Dambs destroyed his welcomo sale from New York on August American war-correspondent, who they contained pistols and am at Washington by " plotting to 21 on the Bolland-America floer Washington says that wireless

destroy our industrial peace" and

correspondent at

man said:-We have also a denkpean War to our neutral land."terdam was ordered into Fal-effectol with the Eiffel Tower, Ginger. No business has been

Continuing the story, Mr. New by soeking to transfer the Euro-bad for Rotterdam. The Rot- telephone communication has been A STATE MONOPOLY OF TEA PROJECTED.

at the Police October 24, 9.20 p.m.

Station which remarks that his can ebould mouth, where a search of Ar- via Arlington, Virginia. has Ü false. bottom

chibald's stateroom bought to Reator's correspondent at Petrograd says that a state monopoly The

it. convey a lesson "to sil and divere Chibere

number of confiden of tea is projected, which, it is estimated, will yield a hundred milby Nielun to take these things to are here on sufferance." The in- tial communications from the

tobi gentlemen in Washington who light s lion roubles annually.

an address in India, which he cident, says

Austrian and Baltimore

German REFORMATION OF THE FISCAL SYSTEM FORESHADOWED, was given.

American, "should

basandora at Washington prova A Mr. Grant Junes: That is the salutary warning to other foreign

their home Governments. One latement of the man Teong Tez representatives who have been

been shrewd enough to prevent a Baron Burian, Minister for For- mean he was to take them?

Mr. Grant Jones-How do you full exposure of their acta."

eign Affairs for Austria-lungary and studied at St. Bartholomew's ["W. G." was bera in 1818 other diplomate who have been outlined and "most warmly read Westminster. He was in Mr. Newman-He way to

commended to your Excellency's board ship with them in this form. internal affaire" take head, ad. favourable consideration" a plan 1899, and his oricket career instad doing in Saigon Cassia. A to

"eadeavouring to meddle in our

practice at Bristol from 1879 to How they were discovered in this monishes the Pittsburg Gazetta for the preparation of distar- from 1870 to 1930.] BIG SEIZURE OF ARMS. General. That had not come from particular state

bw.cos In the Bethlehem was that they Times, and the same warning is the Consul General far as he was shipment, and

were being

for sounded in varying accents by fac orios as well as in the Middle (Schwab's) steel and munitions- prepared aware; it was from the German

get the the S. Louis Globe Democrat, West." In this lotter Dr. Damba planks made they had to get Philadephia Record, and many

carious, the Lusitania, Ambio, and Hes- perian cases are still pending between this country and Ger. many, the New York Tribune remarks:

October 24, 11.40 p.m. According to Router's correspondent at Petrograda ukass authorises a credit, for operations abroad, amounting to five hundred and fifty millions storling.

The Minister of Finance foreshadows a reformation of the whole of the fiscal system on the basis of income tax, with a tax on textiles, and etate monoplies of tan, sugar and matches,

dan?

Mr. Newnan-Yes.

to

go oa

Lat

THE STORY UNFOLDED ABRANGOr. He asked Mr. Musso if he the servicos of a carpenter. The other papers. Reminding as that went on to say:

AT THE SHANGHAI

MIXED COURT.

of

know anything about the letter Bad Mr. Afusso said that en beball carpenter, becoming of bis clionis he knew nothing penod one of the tins. The men the application; he had only to thought, and the prosecution do ask for a remand.

not sugg at otherwise, that it wao medicins, and they then found thot the tins containel ammun.

Mr. Newman's Statment.

returned to Nielsen.

"Words of argument, of re-

the

¿

reported, there are no stocks, of 30 picule of Quicksilver are buyers are speculating and prices are advancing. Nothing in Bristles, the report states there is a strong demand for the Black brand, but very little offering, Other qualities are quiet. Imports.

The Cotton Yarn market has

Whit-ruled extremely quiet and busi-

mar-

SIR ANDREW NOBLE.

Received October 23, Tho death is announced of Sir Andrew Noble, K.C.B., ohairman I am under the impresion of Sir W. G. Armstrong, that we could, if not entirely worth and Co., Ld. LO MEDICINE FOR INDIA.

news has been on a most reatriot- present the production of war- Our readers will remember that

Mildla West, ut say rate strongly thinks that even the more drastio selves at $8 to $7 below the material in Bethlehem and in the

ed ecale at a decline of $2. Deal- we published, on the 19th aud

ers are selling amongst them- 23rd inst., in connection with the

Mr. Newman: Before the case ie ition. The accused say that they monstrance, havo hitherto failed months, which, according to the his passports would have bз01 due to profit taking and to the seizure of arms, a telegraphic com remanded, I should like to make a were angry at being hoodwinked, to obtain from that country's attache, is of great importance, sident's note of dismissal will be Quotations are:-No. 10 at $95/- disorganize it and hold it up for course of giving the Ambassador highest prices touched. This is munication from our correspond short opening statement. The facts as it wore, and they were taking representatives angling but a and which amply outweighs the read with no less attention and 112, No. 12s at $100/113, No. statement of the terman military justified by the facts. The Pro- uncertain situation generally, ent in Shanghai of which the fol-areas follows:-A native detective, part of the cases back to the vague and indefinit: awurance relatively small sacrifice of money. interest in Barlin than in Vienna," 18s at $102-107, No. 20s at lowing, called from the NV. C. D. No. 20, nt 3 30 on Saturday after Germans, but they still had a con-that hereafter the rights of our News, is an enlargement :-

Some serious allegations were ceived, arrested two wheelbarrow

noon, acting on information 10-siderable quantity loft. made in the Mixed Court on coolies, and took them to tho Har- they had returned some ?

citizens shall be respected. It is do not succeed, there is a pro- adds, optimistically:

"But even if the disturbances says the New York World, which $107/142. Arrivals 11,000 balen. October 19 which, if they are subbin Road station: The wheelbar-

Mr. Grant Jones-Do you mean not too mucks to hope that the bability at band that we shall

Sales 500 bales, Unsold stock dismissal of Dumba may carry to compel, under pressure of the disposition of the Damba incident boles stantiated by evidence, reveal a

"In the end the President's 35,000 bales. Bargains 32,000 state of affairs which the Palias wood. The cooliea wore interview them; whether they were or not United States is determined to countrymen. la Bethlehem these and Germany and Austria. It will at reasonable prices standa in the

raws were laden with planks of they were on their way to return as only deeds can, that

Mr. Newman-No, they say Germany the pointed assurance, crisie, favourable working condi-will make for a better understand-ket is alrong, and only the

The Woollens are to be congratulated upon un-ed and the planke examined, and I do not know. The fact remake its rights respected.”

tions for our poor, oppressed fellow ing between the United States impossibility of securing supplies earthing.

The allegations were on examination they were found mains that they were being con- made in connexion with the big to concoal sealed boxes, which, on vayed in this peculiar way, even Stahl, the self-confessed perjurer the week! Alas, weak persons the United States is a nation. and no stocks are the remarks white alsves at present work clear the air. Both Berlin and way of business. As to Raw Cot- The penitentiary sentence of seizure of arme and ammunition being opened, were found to although they were only being who swore he saw gune on the conmb, becoms consumpti.e. Hitherto they be regarded it as need in the report. There is no twelve hours a day seven days in Vienna have had to learn that tone, no basiness, no quotations the case being heard before Mr contain pistols and ammunition. Grant Jones, British Assessor, und Twenty-two tins altogether wero was still a larger quantity left on the recall of Dr. Damba, says the 4s far as German workingmena congeries of European im-change to report in Metala, En- Magistrato Yu.

Three Chinese found in the posso-ion of the the premises.

Thore Lusitania, and the demand for appeared before the Court, coolies. Then Detective Sergeant

New York Times, servs notice elements, provision will be made fisting sentiments who were to reported fixed. Quotations locally are found among the skilled migrants of various races and con- quiries small, with no business giving the DAMUS

With those few facta, con- Teong Taz-dau (married, a steve-questioned the coelies, as a result Court will see that the Britishcare for this plague of conspiracica German private (underlined] re- The pre-German element has been is nominal. No change is reported of Page will tell the Court that he cluded Mr. Newman, I think the German-Americans" that "the haa, besides this, been crested & pro-British, as the esse might be. cabled from London, Yellew Motal "to Austrians, Germans, and forthwith for their exit. There be dealt with as pro-German or unchanged. Further advances are dore), Ng Vung-sing (married, a he went to a house of a Chinese, interests are certainly much more is in our hands and that we aregistry-office for providing employ-stimulated to put forth all its in Petroleum Products. There are hopkeeper), and Ng Sze-ping who is one of the defendants, extensive than the Gorma in going to apply it." And in the area, and which already works influence and all its effort in behalf no atooke of Pepper, Camphor (married, a shop-keeper). They sad who stated that the tinterests for this partionlar se. were charged "for that they, oa boxes October 16, 1915, at 804 Woo- his nephew, another of the defen-client had been a victim, and in

were the property of

Washington correspondence of voluntarily and well for such of the Teutonic alliance. Mr. Holborow said that his the same paper we read: chang Road, Shanghai, did un- danti. He and the nephew were the event of a remand he applied for that is what it amounts to, ed for us."

"The dismissal of Dr. Damba, the widest sapport is contemplat- United States have been recogniz. Tae Sugar morkel is weak, and persone. We, too, shall join, and obligations of any sort to the coal of importance are reported. lawfully keep for military pur-taken into custody. The nephew for bail.

No nor Window Glass. No sales of poses certain arms, to wit, 129 was locked in the house, 804 pistols and 20,830 rounds of Wachang Road, which is a house tion for bail, but this was strongly other interested observers are won- has created a sensation in Won-

ed. The element that was not prices have farther declined, Mr. Masso made a similar peti-hington. Ammunition, contrary

Bat diplomata and the text of this document Mr. pro-British, to be subdued as a 8 on after Washington received pro-German has been treated as to the occupied by the third defandant. objected to by Mr. Newman, who daring whether or not a greater Barisa another note, from which be Americans in this country Ohinees Provisional Oriminal

A search of the house was said that Mr. Musso's olieat was sensation is in store ng an out-

Lansing addressed to section 205.

Baron hostile people. That there might Mr. K. E. Non min appeared and ammunition

made, and fifty tins of pistols the principal offender, as he was in growth of the Dumbs case.

we quote the following paragraph: with rights that balligereats were for the prosecution, acting on be-under the bad.

were Fonud

By reason of the admitted f bound to respect has apparently the same firm at the man Nielsen. Speculation in this connection is Altogether, I half of the Police, while Mr. lol- think, there were about 130 pis he was given these things and ery Lansing's instructions to industries of the people of the

Mr. Musso-His defenos is that based on the statement in Secret purpose and intent of Mr. Durabo never entered into the calculations borow appeared for Teong Tez tole and roughly 20,000 rounds they were represented to him as Ambassador Penfield that Dr. United States and to interrupt and Austrian Governments have doo, and Mr. Musso for Ng of ammunition. The prisoners medicine.

to conspire to oripple legitimate of Berlin and Vienna. Yung sing.

wore interviewed, and one, the

"Unquestionably the German Provirus to the opening sliter an Trong, said that he was em-un innocent agent of some other is employing an American citizen diplomaticpropriety in employing the flagrant disloyalty of many Damba was guilty of a grant their legitimate trade, and by teen much deceived by the Mr. Grunt Jones-You eny he is violation of diplomatic propriety a son of the flagrant violation of violence, the shomelessness, and ment being made by Mr. ployed in this particular instance felonious person? Newman, a letter was hunded by a German uumed Nielsen. Ho to Mr. Grant Jo3e6,

protected by an American pas8- from saya that he has been employedded that his client had giron all dispatches through the linca of euret bearer of official dispatches have been deceived to by the Mr. Musso-Yes. Connsel al- part as a secret bearer of cfficial an American citizen protected by a called American citizens of the German Девевног, Pernilzach, which was addressed Barner and Co., No., No. 27 Police.

Mr. by the German firm of Carrels, the information he could to the the enemy of Austria-Hungary through the lines of the enemy of beneficiaries of their own sub- a0 American passport as a German birth or descent. They to Mr. M. O. Springfield, Regis- Kiangao Rad, for about four trar of the Mixed Court. It read yoars, and Mr. Nielsen is employpared to give my reason at the communication addressed to the lency that Mr. Damba is no Those birelinge, in their zeal to

Archibald, the secret-dispatch as follows:-"Sir, With refered by the German firm of Garrels, prosent moment, except that he State Department by Cou. van longer acceptable to the Govern- earn their tainted money, have Mr. Nowman-I am not pre-bearer, also carried a copy of a directs me to inform your Excel-ported what it was paid to report. Austria-Hungary, the President sidized propaganda, which re- ense to our conversation by tele- Barner and Co, and thie man did not give all the information Bernstorff, the German Ambas-ment of the United States as the done their best to convince Berlin phone, I beg to inform you that Nielsen met Taong a short time that he could have given. the defendant's name is Tong beforo. Tre-tong, who ie employed by

sador to the United States," the German merchant Nielson, sen were employed in the same Court, Mr. Musso?

Mr. Grant Jones-Do you sub-

Even the German-American Majesty at Washington."

Ambassador of his Imperial and Vienna that this country, was The prisoner Taong and Niet-mit to the jurisdiction of the New Yorker Herold confesses that and was arrested, as far as I can firm, but the Chinese prisoner

u legitimate battle-ground of co- Dr. Damba invited the fate that

This note concluded with ex-flicting belligerent interests, and ascertain, by a detective of the loft Harbin Road station. I thank Co.

Garrole, Borner

Mr. Musso said he had no befell him," but it qualifies this pressions of "deep regres" that it that a powerful public opinion and instruotione to do otherwise. and you to have the case romand- to get a position in another want the case adjourned for

hos

had become necessary to ask for could be arrayed in support of been trying

admission with the following Dr. Domba's recall, and with as- Buything that the Garman and ed for me either for Saturday or firm in Shanghai. He says that on a special hearing, as it would embittered by the defeats the relations which exist between the United Biates to their military Since axpended

Mr. Newman said he did not comment: for a special bearing. I am, Sir, Steptember 21 he met Nielsen in laat only

surances of a sincere desire "to Austrian Gaveraments "The pro-British newspapers, continue the sordial and friendly undertake to do in bending tho your obedient servant, Dr. Per Kiongee Road, and Mr. Nielgen The nitzsch, German Assessor."

short while. Teutonio allies are inflicting on United States and Austria-Hun-neide. Mr. Grant Jones, after rooding would be willing to take a con- morning. asked him if he know anyone who remanded

sacordingly until

Wednesday An order was also

case

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Hongkong, October 23, 1916,

this letter as a welcome basis for

gary,"

.4

A sense of profound relief and serious factor in the diplomatio

"That has been the most

a new campaign of hatred, and

it, said that the rules of the Oon-signment of medicino to a foreign made that the arms remain in the President had to yield. How.pproval welcomes President Wil- | negotiations between the United Balance in hand

Dumba, remarks the New York sub aarine warfare"-Now York Bon'a request for the reolt of Dr. States and Germany in respect to might have gone. Instead of Bening Mail, and the Evening Sun" Literary Digest,

alar Body said that lettore were country.

to be received from the Consul duly delivered to the prisoner's farther order of the Court.

The "medioine" was the custody of the police until a over, he went further than he

D. W. CRADDOOL.

Chairman,