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The Hongkong Telegraph

January 6, 1917,

7555 日三十月臥十

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TELEGRAMS.

[Reuter's Service to The "Telegraph.”]·

ALLIED NOTE TO GREECE.

Not Acceptable to the Government.

January 5, 850 p.m. Beater's correspondent at Athens say that the Ex-Premiers, who were consulted by the King, have unanimously decided that the Entente Note is unacceptable, inasmuch as an acceptance would be equivalent

recognition tbst Greece contemplated attacking General Sarrail'e rear staäd. The Govern- ment and King Constantins have decided to reject certain clausen in the Note and passively to submit to the consequences.

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The blockade has made the prices of necessarios exorbitant.

A FRESH ITALIAN SUCCESS.

January 5, 5.50 p.m. An Italian official memago enya :-We repulsed violent night| attacks between Adige and Lake Gards, compelling the enemy to retire in disorder, with heavy losses.

We advanced two hundred metres and in a endden and un- expecled attack established mw positions,

ON THE WESTERN FRONT,

Extensive Raids by French Aeroplanes.

January 5, 3.55 p.m.

A French commanique states:-There has been lively reciprocal artillery fire at Douaumont and Vaux.

Twenty French seroplanes bombed aerodromes at Mattigny. Hancourt, Flers and Berns; also railway stations at Roailly, Athenes and Villecourt, and cantonments at Roys.

AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN.

Record Trade Figures.

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January 5, 1.55 p.m. According to Bealer's correspondent at Sydney, it is officially announced that the trade between Australia and Japan for the first ten months of 1916 represented a value of £6,313,363, which is a record.

THE PEACE QUESTION.

Another Move by America?

January 5, 1.55 p.m.

Renter's correspondent at New York says the markets here weakened, owing to a report that President Wilson will make. another pesce move if the Eatente declines to disclose its peace terms.

ENEMY MONARCHS CONFER.

January 5, 1.30 p.m. Benter's correspondent at Amsterdam states that the King of Balgaria had a lengthy.conference with the Kaiser at the German Headquarters on January 3.

HIGHER WAGES FOR COTTON WEAVERS.

January 4, 6.25 p.m.

LESS COAL FOR NORWAY.

A Sequel to Breach of Agreements.

January 4, 5.00 p.m. Beater learns that the export of coal from the United Kingdom to Norway is severely restricted, owing to the export of fish pyrites from Norway to Germany, in contravention of agreements.

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1917.

TELEGRAMS.

(Keater's Service to the “ Telegraph.”]

GERMAN BARBALITY: '

London, Jaunery: 4. The Admiralty states that besides the caves of the Rap- pahannock and the Westminster, there is a further instance of the callous disregard for the lives of non-conpelants.

A German wireless message on November 9 reported the torpedoing of the North Wales, of which nothing has since been heard beyond a piece of varnished wood,"marked "North Wales," which was found in Sennen Cove, and bodies stranded on the Cornish coast.

It is presumed that the crew took to the bonis, but owing to the prevalent gales were drowned.

LOSSES ON THE IVERNIA.

Ladoo, January 4 The Admiralty gives details of the torpedoing of the Ivernia. The men missing number 121 and the seamen missing 33.

SUCCESS IN EAST AFRICA.

Lendon, January 4,

It is officially announced from East Africa:-We storm- ed, on Monday, strongly entrenched lines in Mgeta Valley, to the south of the Uluguru Hills, inflicting heavy casualties and capturing several guns and howitzers. We pursued the enemy to within eleven miles north-west of Kibambawe, towards the Rufiji Valley.

Meanwhile a detached column made a wide detour in difficult trackless country and established itself astride the roads leading southwards from Rufiji Valley.

Our forces further east got astride the tracks leading southwards from the Rufiji Delta, where there are con- siderable forces.

The British forces to the east of the Iringa-Ubena line are driving a strong detachment towards Mahenge.

GERMANY CLIMBING DOWN,

London, January 4.

The impression is growing that Germany has so far climbed down that she has communicated to President Wilson at least the outlines of peace terms which she originally flatly refused.

Meanwhile the authorities at Washington maintain absolute secrecy, but Americans are convinced that important developments are progressing under the surface. ·

The chastened mood of the Germans is attributed to the British blockade, which is grinding slowly but surely. The spectre of economic ruin, with its inevitable consequences of internal commotion, is evidently frightening the German leaders of all parties. Although some continue to use threats of frightfulness, the feeling of fear has been increased with the shortage of the harvest of potatoes, Germany's mainstay, which is 20,000,000 tons, compared with 61,000,000 tons in

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AFTER THE WAR.

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TELEGRAMS.

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THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE.

British vald Trenches.

London, January 4. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:--We success- fully raided trenches to the north-east of Areas and twios entered positions in the neighbourhood of Wstschacte,

We drove off a party attempting to approach us to the cast of Armentieres.

Violent Artillery Duel,

Londor, January 5.

A French communique says there was a fairly violent, artillery duel to the west of the Souins-Somine-Pys Road, and in the regions of Dounumont and Pepper Hill.

Au enemy acroplane dropped two bombs at Compiegno. A woman was killed; but there was no damage.

GREECE EFFECTUALLY BLOCKADED,

London, January 4, The blockade is pinching Greece. Fights are a daily occurrence outside the bakeries. The stocks of grain and flour are barely sufficient to last to the middle of January. Mutinous Reservists are terrorising Athens, refusing to recognise any authority.

Even the Military Party, which originally encourage? the Reservists, is now obliged to how to the dietates of what is really an armed mob.

The establishment of a commune like that of Paris in 1871 is possible.

PREMIER'S MESSAGE TO DOMINIONS.

London, January 5. The Colonial Office publishes a message from Mr. Lloyd George, on his assumption of the premiership, to the Do minions Premiers: "I send you, on behalf of the people of the Old Country, a message to our brothers beyond the seat. There is no faltering of our determination that the sacrifices we and you have made and have still to make shall not be in vain, and the fight which we are waging together for bumanity and civilisation shall be fought to a triumphant issue. We realise that we shall need every man who can be put into the field, every pound that rigid public economy can provide, and every efort which a united people can put forth to help our soldiers and sailors in their heavy task. The splendid contributions to the common cause already made by the Dominions give us sare confidence that their determination is no less high than ours, and bow. ever long the path to final victory, we shall tread it alongside."

Replies echoing Mr. Lloyd George's sentiments have been published from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Newfoundland,

EXCESS PROFITS TAX.

Abounding Galas of Rubber Companies.

Probably no commodity has

'boom," and made fine profits

THE AUSTRALIAN FLOODS.:

"A Town in Danger.

London, Received, Jan, K.

· Beater's correspondent at Bris "bine states that the Flindera Ever has overflowed. The sar- rounding country is submerged. The Fitzroy River continues to rise, and Kookhampton is in danger.

[In the event of telegrams aerly- ing too late for Insertion on this page they will be found 20-30 Extra.)

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

TRAIN SMASH IN SCOTLAND.

London, Received, Jan. &.. Eleven were killed and forty- collisio1 three injared in a between a train of holiday makera and a light engine between Edin- burgh and Glasgow last evening.

QUEENSLAND FLOODS,

London, Beolved Jan. 4;

Reater's Brisbane correspond- sus saya the latest reports of the foods are that they extend over De whole of the interior of Queensland. Immense damago is reported. Numerons bridges biva been destroyed and railways. interrupted. There have -bosá heavy losses of livestock.

DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY

Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m. Bijou Theatre-9,15 p.m New Hongkong Cinemastograph

in the years that followed that memorɑlle movement, wberean she younger companies were only |~9.15 p.m. just beginning to develop their Oity Hall H.K.P.B. Sports estaten, and, as it takes several | Night. 9,00 p.m. years for a rabber tree to mature enfficiently to braome "tappable," the war broke out began to reap these concerns have only since

penditure in past yeara.

TO-MORROW.

Victoria Theatre-9.15 p.m. Bijou Theatre-9.15 p.m. New Hongkong Cinemato graph.-9.15 pm.

forma in shop practice, not cols |for want of wehuics! knowledge, bat more particularly from ia- ability to deal with the native and pasive opposition which the introduction of new methods always arouses. The supply of One can scarcely take ap ficient subordinates was quite In accordance with an agreement made a few months ago, 200,000 Lancashire cotton weavers, mostly women, are receiving a newspaper without finding referira-dequate, and therefore the five per cent, advance in wages, while the fire per cent. advance ences to British inefficiency. We introduction of more efficient previquely granted as a war bonne is converted into a regular advance. are told that we are inefficient as plans was a practical impossibili. been less affected as regards its the benefit of their capital ex-

business men, inefficient as mean-ty. It needed a war, such as the price by war conditions than rob facturers, inefficient se engineers, world has never before seen, and ber. For a short period some 12

Expansion of Profit. inefficient as parents, and in the temporary suspension of all months ago it rose rapidly to over efficient in science. Many re economic laws to provide the 45. alb., bat it fell again almos

The donar quence is that owing medien are proposed, and num- motive power for the necessary as quickly," and for the greater

part of the two years and four to their high pro-way standard, erous committees are debating fort.

months of war the price has some of the richest companîsa,

The pre-war standard given. them. What the outcome will be

The war, however, cannot con- ficctuated within comparatively which bave paid in the past and it is impossible to say, but i tinue indefinitely in its present narrow limits on either side of are still paying huge dividends, above can be considered an only arede no discussion to show that form, hat within a comparatively half a crown a lb., which may he either escape the excess profits approximats, as the Commision the most pressing necessity it short period will give place to considered a normal figure. daty altogether or contribale only ers have recently contended that to make ourselves efficient commercial content in which the

the profits of the pre-war gekta War activities have caused an ridionloudly small amount, individuale. If that cas bf economic laws will again become enormous demand for rubber, having regard to their wealth, for the purposes of the Act are done all the rest will be easy. supreme. That struggle will not though it is a moot point whether while the younger companies have not the actual profits earned but have arisen from the difficulty generations, and in spite of all industry under peace conditions to bear, True, the latter med for income tax purposes under Belf our troubles during the war be measured by years but by the rapid expansion of the motor a disproportionately beavy burden the profile after deduction of the development expenditure deduct- of finding men 10

fill the that can be done by legislation would not here created sa equally adopt the percentage standard varicas posts which have been end tariff agresmenis, the must een demand. Experts differ in 10 per cent, on their capital sa what is known as the Vallambrose created. New wants have arisen, eficient nation will win. Natural their opinions, and it can, of it was before the war as the decision. Appeals have been but we have been very slow to advantages will count for some-course rever be proved ore way datum line instead of the pre-lodged against this method of understand them, and still slower thing, but individual efficiency or the other. But what is certain war standard, but is comparativement. Then again, some of in finding men to deal with them will be the controlling factor, and is that the requirements of the ly few cases in their position the companies given above may

This applies to all eirats of unless we alter our methode we Allies and of America have remach bettered thereby.

find it to their advantage to adopt activity; but here we are concerned may easily find ourselves in unsalted in the ready absorption of only with the engineer. Fortunate inferior position-Engineering. ly we bare learned much politi- cally, socially and technically, ba it is undeniable that a nation of efficient individuals would have resched our present stage in much lem time than, we have done. Mack delsy, it must be admitted, has been due to a want ol

I learn that the Home Office technical knowledge and breadth has made arrangements to employ

CANADA'S CONTRIBUTION IN MEN.

January 4, 5.00 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at Ottaws says that op to the present

385,955 men have enlisted in Canada.

[In the event of telegrams arriving too late for insertion on this page they will be found on an Extra).

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

LATEST SINKINGS,

London, January 4.

The latest sinkings are:-The steamers Bay Craig (Bri tish), Britannie and Ellik (Norwegian).

THE RUMANIAN struggle.

Russiaos Evacuate the Dobrudje.

London, Jannery 4. With the capture of Muciu the defence of the Dobrudja

is virtually over, the Russiais having evacusied the rest of that territory. They had hold on to the Macin bridge. bead in order to protect Braila on the flank. It has now been whittled down under the pressure of roilocated attacks until all that remains to the Russians is 'a narrow belt of land between the marshes, which parries the highway bo tween the Danube and Braila. But the advance on Braila has been so effectually retarded that it may be safely assum- od that the contents of the great granarine have already, been removed out of the enemy's reach,

A communique speaks of British armoured cars tearing along the Brails-Vizira road, boavily punishing the eDOWY.

German Prisoners to Work.

of outlook in engineers and their German and other prisoners in

Below we give & comparison of the percentage rather than the

the largely incressed output from the results of a score of companies pre-war standard, while there is the Malay States, the Dutch Indier which have in recent months the uncertainty as to what amount and Ceylon at very remunerative published their 1915-16 figares, of the expenditure on the estate prices to the bulk of the plants. It will be seen that the expansion the authorition will permit young Oon of profit since the war broke out rubber companies to charge. tion rubber compsaier, sequently, this group will con. This in many casen been very | against capital,

There has been a very marked tribute, and rightly, a very large unrked :-

Profits.

increase in dividends sizos 1913. um to the Exchequer in the form of excess profits duty,

1915-16, 1916-15, 9'dard. In many cases dividends bavo been doubled and 'in some in-

In 1910 the price of rabbe

.

£

£

Pro-War

$1,500...26,700... #7,500

| staffs, Many of them have begun work on iha land and elsewhere,reached the abnormal level of Anglo Sumatra 56,500 43,200... 29,200 stances treblad. The companies

Bentongboat and £2,500,10,600..... 9800 to see that not only were they want ways the London correspondent of over 128. a Ib, and, though for Bata Bate 32,900 11500 3050 have also made fall provision in 61,400, 200, 21,30) advanosfor war taxation demande, |ing in adaptability, but that their the Manchester Quardian, The the three following years it was Bukit Kajang ...

Castlefeld maculaclaring processes, with arrangements are pretty far ad steadily on down grads, she long Landor..... 10500 16.500.000 Output is expanding, sat the which they were quite content, vanced, and roles have already average selling price ww much amming 57.0037.600 30950 Margin of profit is so large that ensured neither scoursay nor out been drawn ap regulating the higher than has been the average 11400 140310.500 any andar-scimation could cal put. Even if they were dimly conditions of employment. Lad quotation since the outbreak of Singapore Para... 17.10.18.600 15850 Fe made good out of the outd conscious of this before they felt Walmer will have something to war war. The older companies Bungal Buys 1500 15013100 year's profits without {Helpless because of the scarcity oljeny on the matter in his consti. Į some of the richest in the plants. Sumatrs Pars ... 36,000 33 800 £5,400 fccting the dividend

men able to carry through re-tuanoy next Friday.

Lumpur

Tandjong ge

tion rubber industry-ware pro frame Malima: $1700ms formo Taško Dady, Chrenbildes ducing largely at the time of the Zrants,

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