THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
EXTRA.
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1918.
TELEGRAMS.
THE NEW SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.
Shippers Not Scared."
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October 10, 1.40 p.m.
Reports in Lloyd's and from shipping circles in Liverpool and Glasgow show that shippers are in no wise scared at the Isteet frightfulness" in the Atlantic, though naturally freights are rising. A meeting of anderwriters at Lloyd's 'decided on an increase of a 100 per cent. in premiums between Europe and America.
Victory for "Frightfulness" Party,
October 10, 1.40 am.
Reuter's correspondant at Amsterdam reporte" that German newspapera stato that committee discusions in the Reichstag resulted in a victory for the "frightfulness" party.
A Delicate Elemaat."
October 10, 1.40 p.m.
A telegram from Washington states that a delica a element în the -new Garman-American situation in the fact that ships are sunk olose to the American coat because British oraïnera had bean withdrawn fromm the trade lanes adjacent to American waters in deferenos to urgent American representations that such patrolling was vexations and discourteous.
U-boat Obtains List of Steamers.
October 10, 1.40 p.m.
The New York Times say that the U53 obtained at Newport a complete list of inward and outward steamers, from New York.
The Stephano.
October 10, 1.40 p.œ.
T'he destruction of the Stephano is particularly resented, as the the cargo was small and unimportant and not of a military character. The passengers, including fourteen b.bies, were driven into boss on a cold night, and drifted for eight bours.
Submarines in the Arctic.
October 10, 1.40
p.m.
It is reported from Christiania that five German submarinai are operating in the Arctic Ocean. The victims include two Am- erican steamers.
THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE.
German Infantry Punished.
October 10, 3:15 p.m.
General Sir Douglas Haig reports that the trenches raided to the south-west of Givenchy vere entered, although held in consider- ble strength. Two dag-outs were bombed and casualties were
inficted.
German infantry in the open, in the neighbourhood of Grandecourt, were caught by our artillery fire at dawn,
Enemy Uses Tear-Shells:.
October 10, 4.30 p.m.
A Paris communique states that there has bean reciprocal
artillery sctivity south of the Somme.
The enemy delivered a curtain of fire in the Denissouri sector and bombarded with tear-shells the outskirts of Lihons.
CONVICTION OF MR. GINNELL CONFIRMED,
October 16, 4.80 pam.
The Appeal Court has confirmed the conviction of Mr. Gianell, MP., (who was fined £100, or six weeks' imprisonment, in July last for giving a false name when saking to see Irish prisoners st Knutsford), but has reduced the penalty to £50,
THE GERMAN VOTE IN
AMERICA.
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH.
Memorial to the Rev. H. O.
Spink, M.A.
In view of the claim made by the Germans that they will hold the balance of power in the U.S. Presidential election, figures furo- At a meeting of the Vestry of ished by the Census Bureaus are St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, "interesting. It is estimated that held on the 3rd inst, it was de
about one person in every eight cided to place a memorial tablet in the United States was born in the Churob, to the memory of outside the country. The cepsas the late Bar. H. 0. Spink, HA.; of 1910, the last taken, gave the C. F. (formerly Chaplain total of foreign born citizens as of 8t. Andrew's Church) whose 13,345,545, of whom 5,742,778 death at the Front was recently were born in England or the reported in this Colony. countries of her Allies, 4,275,331 Subscriptions may be sent to in the countries of the Teutonic the Rev. N. C. Pope, the Vicarage, Alliance, while the rest osme Nathan Road, or to Mr. B. C. from countries still neutral. The Fialder, Hon. Secretary, 4, Torres Germans have asserted that they Buildings, Kowloon, control a million and a half of If the enbecriptions amused the votes, which number inslades amounts necessary for the erection not only the votes of the Germans of a memorial tablet, the warplus bat those of the Austrisus, will be given to Dr. Barnardo'a Bulgarians, and Turks, but this Homes, in which Bev, H. O. is impomibla, it would mean pink was specially interowind, ane qpter for every three per, and which are in urgent need
the entire : Germanic of halp in this time of war.
tion in America,
the question.
large city ax- and
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