1916-01-11 — Page 13

10

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11 191

OUR LONDON LETTER. (another million in the field, the

(From Our Own Correspondent)

Static Warfare,

overses comingents will make

Central Empires may at the out- side count on eleven million man. of very varying physique and afficiency, sgainst at least four London, Nov. 26. fmillions British, showing that the Here in England one gets a very remarkable impression of the good whatever forces have to be great struggle that has shaken detached for bome defence, KIT! the foundations of the pesce of} Europe. Looked at afose up the whole country is an anthill of

POST OFFICE

Correspondencn addremand t

objects in Chi Siam Parsis and Mor- coon cannot be transmitted.

The Services to Germany, Austria, "and

million Rusians in addition to st least three millions already in the the Ottoman Empire are suspended. field sad equipped, four millions French, and two millions Islan.

activity. Day and night troops This means in round numbere are training and moving, mantbout eleven millions against nine-

Ships in communication with Cape

A Araban Athos

Eastern Tükini

tions and military equipment ten millions, or very zearly two D'Ardilar Radio Telegraph Station. are being turned out, and the to one. nation's industries more and me! concentrated on military supplies of all sorts, But looked at from afar the war has become static

The Other Phases. So far as the human factor is concerned, therefore, marely counting heads and allowing

MAILS DUE.

Siberia Foraya. 13th Jan

MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY.

It is true there is some movement nothing for spirit and rightsons- in the newest theatre of all, theness of cause, the Allies possess Balkans, but in the main theatres an overwhelming superiority. of the war, in the East and in the The next important factor is the Singapore, Mongars. 13th Jan West, there is a deadicak. The economic one. And here, despite Anhala Hitachi Maro, 14th Jan bext aralogy to describe all the pesimistio talk about the present position of the war is the possible failure of British: that of wrestlers, mighty giants financial resources to stand a pro- with mountainous muscles and longed strain, the advantage pos- thews of iron, clinched breast to sessed by the Allies is even more breast in an inexorable embrace, | overwhelming. It is a truism of struggling each to overthrow the every war that was ever fought, other in fall that means death sinos the history of the world be for the vanquished. These bags gan to be recorded; that the people giants are motionless, almost who pomom the command of the atatoesque in their pose, but sea have a decisive advantage every nervs sad muscle is strain-which must tell eventually. Never [Shanghai Br.P.0.Saturday, 15th Jan] ed to the uttermost. Sooner or before has there been a war în later one or other of the two glad-which that supremacy was so one- Shanghai & China-Pe IWANG istors will be unable any longer sided and incontestable. The to bear up against the weight and world's resources have free socOSE vigour of his opponent, his ex- to the ports of the Alfiem, with hausted form will begin to sway, curtaïn limitations in the cass of and finally will come the crash of Russia which may or may not prove a stupendous and tragic collapse. insurmountable and permanent, In all the rough essentials this and their ability to command those Fort Bayard-Pee SUIKAL, 12th, Jan. 7

tras bird's-eye pictars resources is almost infinite.

20 $

Siberlan

Mial.:

Shanghai North China Europe is Bīberia- CORDILLERE 11th Jan5

LEE, 11th Jan. 5 pitt.

TO-MORROW.

TJIBODAS, Lth Jan noon.

andi

SHIPPING NEW

ARRIVED,

WEATHER REPORT

On the ith at IL-17-The northern de- pression has paned into the Pacific. Presse has in consequenos: Increased Loongang, Eras 1993, Leash;11th Jan considerably over Japan. It has incensed moderately along the coast from Shanghai “Mania, Sah Jan, Geamh Katto Fäinkuns, and sightly over Ansam & Ciz

and Luzu Cardillera Fr. 25. 3,056. Magee, 11th Jan.

---Saigon, 8th Jan Gen-M, M.

Haiyo Maru, Jap 22, 2,205, T. Nalama Ith Jan-Mite, Sth Jan, COR? --KRK Waishing Br, za 11 M. Pickmail, Ith, Jan-Swatow, I th Jan, Rice- Order. Changcbow, Br. 23. Letz, G. Mone. 11th Jan-Bangkok, ist Jan Gen- RES

DEPARTED.

Jan 10.

Fellors for Tokohama via Shazırhai Anhui for Canton.

Natica for Balikpapan

Chapan for Shanghai

Aliana, for Chinwangiao

Tamon Marn for Moji

Dalm Marn for Tamedi via Bwatow Chiyam for Shanghai -

Hong Bee for Singapore via Swatow Hogang for Canton Perang Ping for Penang

pm

of the great cunflict now This country is undoubtedly

Hoogay-Per PAKHOL 11th Jan? 1g in progress, and on this view the "faaling the strain" financially. latest statement attributed to But whoever suspected that we Saign-PerMOBINSY 15th Jan. 10am- Earl Kitchener may be quoted could engage in anch a struggle as significant. Throughout the as this without "feeling the Swalow or Japan ria: Yokohams-Fer war Athens has played the part strain"? That phrase is a purely of Echo. From Athens have some comparative phrase. The truth Straits-Fer HONDAGUA. 12th Jan. 3 home some of the most important is that so far the strain on our items of information about ourrent; industries and finance has Saigon-Fer VAUSANG, 12th Jan. 4 pum, events that have periodically been remarkably light consider illumined some dark area of the ing the demands made operations of war. And the us. And those economists who

statement 10W

Athens to the

сл

sttributed by shake their aged heads about the

British War outlook do not allow for the fact

|-12-20.46.

A

French

Mall,

Haiphong Saigon, Straite, Bar- mah Ceylon Adelaide, Wester Austral's, India, Adan. Egypt

& Eqppe PATHOS, 1th Jan. 4 Du

19th Jan 3 p

THURSDAY, 13th Jan

Siberian

Mail.

Color, Darbas Cape Town, Madeira & Kingdom--Per HISHIMA M. 19th Jan 9 pa

Shanghai & North China Paris Siberia) - Per SINKTANG. 19th Jan. 3 p.m.

Shanghai, B. P:0.-Honday 17th Jan

FRIDAY. 14th Jan

14th Jan, 9 x.

Swatow. Amey & Foochow-For HAL

CHING, 14th Jan. 1 p.m.

Austra-

Baglish Mat),

Kosichow for Haiphong

Azalan for Ban Francisco vin Nagasaki Perang Marn for Bombay vis Singapore

Friching for Canton

Childar for Saigon

Eastern for Kobe via Shanghai

Chofu Mars for Birthury

Haibow for Canton.

Sisking for Canton

CLEARANCES AT THES

HARBQUE-OFFICE.

Jan. 10.

Kwongang for Canton Hanc for Haiphong via A. C. Wat

Jan. 11.

Van Spilbergen. For Deli via Swatow? Britan for Foochow via wasow Chinhua for Hodo via Manda, Kwangles for Shanghai

Hanyang for Dalny via Tsingtao Kwinana fue Shanghai Cardillere for Yatchama viz Shanghaf Antilochus for Landon via Singapore Tipanas for Hongay

Anhui for Shanghai

Tacoma Marea for Victoria & Sacoma."

vis Shanghai. Fooking for Calentaa via Singapore

Strong monsoon will costhumus along the sast coast of China and over the N. Ghiza.

לי

Hongkang Bainfall for the 24 hou ending a. 10 am. jo-dzy, 1.00 inches.

FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS FADING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

Dist:clot

Forecast.

MAIL STEAMKES

THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO.

ENGLISH MAIL..

WILL despatch VESSELS to the Undermentioned FORT3 an or

about the DATES named

Steamers

For

SHANGHAI, Moji, Į Mongara

Kobe and Yolo Capt. Frsh

RN.R

L'DON & Bombay,)

via Spore, Pang, Novara

Cbo. Port Said & (Capt. H. R. Hether- Marseilles. ington RFR

SHANGHAI, Mo.) Sardīniz

To Sail On Remarks

about Freight 13th Jan. >& Fage

Freight

14th Jan

about

Freight

1 Manglung:

bood

fresh: cloudy.

Kobe and Toko-Capt. J. T. Jeffery hewa

18th Jan.

P

LONDON & Bom-"

bay via Singapore, Kashmir

Formosa Chancel.

¿NE gala.

3 South ommet. of China, be-? mie_Came

tween E.K. and Lamooks j s No. 1.

South coast of Chine be-Toro mama tusen. ET. and Haluan....

Calne Coast Meteorological Register.

Btation.

11th January, kaže

Ilour,

Barometer.

Temperature.

Humidity,

D'ilon.

Weather.

Force.

Kennara. Ja 24.89 Eskodate Tokio

Koebi

Kapasi X'agis Oshiro

+

Penang, Colombo, Capt. F. H. S. Stone Part Skid and

Marseilles SMS WIT

98th Jan

All steamers are fitted with Wireless Telegraphy.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

P&QLMC's office.

Hongkong, 10th January, 1916

E. V. D Parr, -

Acting Superintendent

30.6187 wow 4b

TO SAIL-

THE AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE.

(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO. LTD.)

FOR BOSTON & NEW YORK VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE- (With liberty to call at the Malabar Coast)

"HE Steamship,

"KATHLAMBA,"

6,382 tons, will be despatched as above on Wednesday, 12th January, 1916.

For freight and further particulars apply to

THE BANK LINE LIVITED. Agents.

30.49

30.47

Saba

Jaba Jizza

Benin

30,00

Cheloo 6

Bankow

Tobag

Kukiang

Chama cha

Shanghal

Gutsla.c Sharp P. Amery Bestow 60

30.69 30.63

$ $0.48

Takboks 5% 30.3

8892

...a

0

Tiran

Taimen

WATER RETURN.

Koshan

302.17

Canton

30

Gap Book Macao

30,25 54 28 1 4.0

Level and Storage of water in Wachow Reservoirs on the 1st Jan 1916. Pand

Ty

CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER.

WORKS LEVEL,

Bow

2 89

Hongkong, 6th January.1915.

CHINA MAIL S.S. Co., Ltd.

W

Haibor Phoe Tomane

40 66 30.7 57 79 ne

30.12 70

29.93. Th

Q

30,02 72 : 88 **9.94 22. 96 w 29.95 81 90 2

Ib 10

S.S.

Alore Aft Balor St Trzask me Įstika Below, am Zalow Apskai

Semest

Dagupan Iriam, Inbung ole sie Below) st

Balor celto Below Legaspi

Tacloban Wong-ai-fel zin Below 100% sin, Below Hallo

Pakista

·OVÁNÍ

twertow

Overton

verdow

OPTION

His Bilew Surigao

W

overtow Typ Low

गই Level STORAGE DE MITALICERS AND DECIMALS OF GALLONS.

404.64

Tyens Tytem Byewal_penet Tyto internaliste —

Fong-ca-chaat --- com

* 74-46

Straits, Barmah, Ceylon, Adem Law Leve Jaide, Westien Australia, Ine dia, Aden. Zawyt, and Europe. The parcel mal will be closed

on Thursday, 1th Jan

Jan. Letterar palika

at

29,92 79 8k was

29.71-75 96 ze 1987

25 96

* 29.84-'80

RADIO

6 30.26 59

A

RAYS

OPERATING

CHINA.” 10,200 TONS,

FUTURE SAILINGS.

SS. CHINA

S.S. CHINA

SS. CHINA

February 12, 196. Apzi

June

04, 1916

1916

Do 6 ch BETWEEN HONGKONG & SAN FRANCI♥,79

T. F. CLAXTON, "Director"

Hongkong Observatory, Jazuary 11.

1 Barometer, reduced to 3 degrees) Pälzerbait on the level of the sea, în înai **ches, teathe and hundredtin...

54470 Compton ek wiene in the City mad Ha Dislet in ions and decimals of gallons dating the mouth of Dec, 1931,

5 rim—Per NOVARA, 14th commmpties —

Zatianetne

popolatie un Comvemption par

2014 233b2

534

bondi par day...... Constant supply in all districa during December: Filippize Is Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, & New 104 Service to houses in Rider Main distros da connected from. der Mains and supply given Guises via Thursday Islands | by public strast fountains only daring. Lecember

Per NIKKO M. 14th Jan LOWLOON WATER WORKS LEVEL.

Minister is the more credible that Europe is rapidly adjusting shanghai & X. China—Per HOPSANG, since Earl Kitchener has itself to war conditions. In this been in Athens quite recently,country and in France, war has and because it absolutely agrees become the staple industry. 83 with the views expressed by his it has in Germany. Bat there is Lordship to the Labour Leaders tthir great difference, that whereas that historic conference the details we and our Allies are running of which were accurately stated that new industry on strict basi-| |_| in this letter syme weeks ago. ness principles, the Germans are Straits,

A Comparison of Resources, actually reduced to running it on. There are really only three huge credit system that has factors that will determine the no foundation whatever. One of result of this war. These are the greatest practical authorities respectiv ly the human factor, on this subject living, an Ameri- the economic factor, and the can financier who has recently. political factor. Let us consider studied Germany on the spot, Aka most important fact—the states emphatically that, if Ger- human factor. "According to Earl many won the war camight Kitchener at Athens this country | to-morrow,she would be bankrupt will have an army of four million for a century. For industrise 878 sodias ander arms before next paralysed, except her industries Japan via Nagasaki-Per HITACHI M fpring, and will be in a position, of war, and these are conduct- besides that, to arm and equip six ed on a. paper Currency million Bassian troops. Without which is abeolutely reckoning the French Army, les. For, such supplies as she which numbers to-day four mil-sunggles through her neutral lion men, or Italy's potential three neighbours, Germany has to pay million, and not counting our own fabulous prices in solid gold. magnificent overseas troops, the Moreover, Germans are siready Belgiaus, the Serbians, or the beginning to wonder, even when Japanese, this means that Great the war is well over and whate Britain and Russia alone will be ever the result, whether they will able to place ten million men at Le able to renew trade" with

world. least in the field. Tha: figure the rest of the represents the cutside estimate of policy of frightfulness bas it the total German strength at disadvantages as well as its un- the outbreak of the war, not doubted advantages. Germany has the mobilized strength of the terrorised neutral States, but her -regalar German-armies, but the great and powerful neighbours. trome potentiality of the German will never forget and never for casualties, killed, prisoners, and give. Let anyone try to imagine totally disabled, are known to the prospect of canvassing France, number somewhere between three Bassis, Italy or England, not to and four millions. Let us take a mention cur Colonies, for German safe estimate and assume that by trade hereafter. Those people who next March, the date mentioned think the memories of this war by Earl Kitchenes în bis'sutimate, will be readily or soon effaced the Germans will have lost four have very poor imaginations and million men.. At the very outside a very inadeqante conception of they will be able to maintain the permanent impression crested the field then a war-worn force of by the war. And what about the Hix millions. Beyond that they can political factor? The actual fact not possibly go, because the mo- is that the Alance between. ment the army begins to encrosch France, Italy, Basis, and Eag- on monitions, Germany will be land is far more solid and sincere heading straight for the r.ch. to-day than it was a year ago. The Austria's military strength in chances of a German Tatror are Swatow, Amey Foochow Per HAI- more numbers is roughly four much more rosy, not to say fifths of Germany's which blooly, than the chances of 3 means eight millions. Eat quarrel among the Allies. It.in| the

Austcan casualties have well to take a survey of these been at least as heavy as the Gar-fact. They afford a common- man, without mentioning the sense corrective to a parimien inferiority of physique, dis ab at the war that really exists FaEpics: La-Per KUEHCHOW, 201 cipline, and morale. So that only in Germany to-day and in Austria and Germany between the minds of a few Bifish them may possibly poses ten politicians of no account and some million men fit for the field British journalists of no stabilty.

(To be continued)

spring. Allowing that the and the Bulgarians ein

:.

3D

SATURDAY, 15th Jan.

Siberian C'dian

Mail,

Mall.

B

B

Kartoon Gem) eft, sin

Bałow vications Re

overion STORAGE IN MILLIONS AND DECIMALS

OF GALLONS.

1935

Kowloon Gar-).

304-30 Zamavo Compcion of water in Kowloos is millions and Dečania of Gallons During the month of Decra975-

Chamption are

**33 33-6 mi pallon

05,600 eg,door

12.

Shanghai, North China JayaL via Moj, Victoria, Seattle & United Kingdom ria Canada -PerSADOM, 15th Jan. 9timated popula

Coptice

10.0 palious bead per day Zoe Government Analyst's reports show that the

Puble Packs „Depars

Shanghai, and North China (Europe via Siberia)-Perr LUCHOW 15th Jan 3 pan

W. CHATHAZE

Water Authority,

19:5 Jan)

TIDE TABLE.

TUESDAY, 18th Jan.

MUN, 18th Jan. noor

THURSDAY, 20th Jan.

Jan. 3 Summe

Oysters, Fresh Fried-or. Findon Haddocks KippRES

ALEXANDRA CAFT.”

PA

2 Tamperature, fis the shado, in degrees Privzerbait.

3 Hamidity, in percentags of saturation the Humidity of air extrated with mois ture being 100.

4 Direction of Wind, to two points. 5 Force of Wind, according to Benafare Scale."

State of Weather, b blue sky, o de- fiched algad, d debuting rain, ffoging- gloomy.h bail, 1 Hghtning, o overcast, p paaxing showers, a squally, z rain, a snow, + thunder, v vizlidity, w dew wet..

*Lat: 2248 N. Long: 116.27 E

METEOROLOGICAL.

VIA NAGASAKI.

The Popular Trans-Pacific Liner" CEINA ** will leave Hong- kong according to the above schedule for NAGASAKI and thence DIRECT to SAN FRANCISCO, offering special facilities for quick service across the Pacific.

For full information regarding freight and passage apply to-

0. H, RITTER,

Hongkong. 8th January 1915.

THE BANK

Agent, PRINCES BUILDING.

Ice House Street. Telephone-1934

LINE LTD.

FOR MOJI

AND YOKOHAMA.

The

SALAMIS,

4,509 tons, Captain D: A. Gardiner, will be despatche

For freight or passage apply to

Hongkong, 11th Jan, 1916.

THE BANK LINE LTD.

General Agent

Prations

on Tuesday, 18th January.

Day On date On data

From 10th to 16th Jex, 19.6.

Baromster

30.24

Tempesture La 62 Hredity

70

Wind Direction

的

迎进

Sen ObertTADORES

Printed and Pron bed for for