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THE GERMAM BRUTE.

And What to Do With Him.

The history of last cestáry and the past few years have amply proved that no mɔrel of spiritual consideration will control the German. Bis action in tearing ap

WRECK OF THE

THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY

COMPANY REPORT.

KWONG TAI

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

Rescus Work by the Sal Nam,

Captain T. Donaldson, master his guarantee to Belgium was of the wa. Sai Nam, gives the entirely in consonance with his following account of the wreck of outlook training, and

beliefe, the a.a. Kwong Tai on the 22nd Azy undertaking, any promise, inrtante- however solemnly affirmed, is At 12 20 am. I was called to always conditional oa being the bridge by the, second pilot, found convenient at a later date. who reported bearing four blasts This feature of the German of a steamer's whistle, repeated character must not be overlocked twice, with a abort interval | when the time comes for us to between. The ship was then ap inform the German on what con- prosching the Sia Siang Gorge, ditions he can eave his place in even miles above Sbai Hing. the polity of European nations. Material restraints are alone

valasble in dealing with a people so closely related in more! qualities to the least domesticat ed of brute creation,

The Hongkong... Rops Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

The report of the above Com pany for the year ended D. cember 31, 1918, to be presented at the thirty-third ordinary general meeting, to be held at the office of the Company on Saturday March 10, 11.30 .co., state:

The balance at credit of Profit { and Lose Account, after allowing for the interim dividend of $60,000 00 paid in August last and including the balance cf $41,864.94 brought forward from 1915, is $220,691 71, which it is proposed to appropriate s8 follows:-

NI

At ficat we saw a white light To plass to Reserve and later, for a short space, a red light was seen, when all dis-To pay a fical Divid..

Fund. appeared. Shortly afterwards,

end of $1.00 per cries of "Save Life! Kwong Tai

share bank!" were beard. On getting To pay a bonus of standstill, and observed through To pay closer, we brought the ship to a

$100 per abare

a bonus to the gloom several people in the

staff at Factory water. We threw out numerous To carry forward to lifebuoys and lifebelts to thos the future of the war, but it is worth while to try and form some boat and seat the same to search whom we saw and lowered away a ides, if possible, of the general conditions of the peace at which the vicinity. The gloom and dark we sim in more accurate and de-es from the atmosphere and

Some attempts have been made by various speculative persons to outline the probable conditions of peace, This is rather a useless proceeding, se no one can foretell

$53,736.50

1/

JUST RECEIVED

FINEST QUALITY, RIPE AMERICAN

APPLES.

PACKED BY THE BEST CROWERS.

SPLENDID FLAVOUR.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISMENTS.

60,000.00

60,000.00

3,408.CO

THEATRE

43,547.21

the credit of cext year's account All investments have now been

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valued at cost and the resulting from the shadows of the surround-ferred to Reserve Fund, raising appreciation ($28,263.50) traUK- fined terms than those commonly used by our publicists in general; could only be seen a few yards off,

ing hill were to dense that objects it to $176,263 50 and which are calculated, if

Consulting Committee.-Sinca obtained, to enforce peace ont 12.45 s.m., we fired distress the last snnual meeting Mr. D. Germany for several generations.siguals and blew a whistle to our W.Craddock resigned and Mestre. One object is briefly to place escort astero, the torpedo bost Loi J. H. Wallace sad A. H. Skelton the German nation in exoba Lee, which, with seeming re joined the Consalting Committee. material position that taking the luctance, came slowly to bailing In accordance with the articles most sanguine view possible, their distance and, when acquainted of Asacciation, Dr. J. W. Nable rulers would feel compelled to with the situation, proceeded to and Mesere, U. P. White, J. II. reslice that a fresh attempt at the render assistance.

Wallace and A. H. Skelton retire, armed control of Europe would · Later we sighted, the 9. San bat offer themselves for re-elec. spell for them destruction end Up coming down the Gorge, and tion. dismemberment. This object we fired a distress signal and blew achieved, we also desire to exact a whistle for ber assistance. Sbo compensation for the two small rounded and lowered ä böst. nstions attacked by Germany and Austria (without a shadow of Oa and Shai Hing came on the At a later peroid the s... San exouse) afficient to enable them scene. We manoeuvred our ship 10 repair as far as is humanly round, the bost picking up people, possible the terrible wounds and took on board 32 survivors. ir flicted on their citizens in both When no more cald be foaud, we theit public and private capacity; left the scene at 2.05 a...” for ourselves and our Allies ia

While on the scene of the ac- chief there is no possibility of

cident we sounded in several any fitting or sufficient compensa- tion being derived from the places, but failed to get bottom at blood guilty astions, bat at least 15 fathoms. The weather was we hope to penalise their trade to calm and the current slight.

such an extent that in the com- A report from Sam Shai gives mercial world we may expect to the following survivors: -8. S. repair some of the damage it fict-Sao Ui, 53 taken off the shore; ed upon cur astions! life, and at 8.9. Ssi Nam, 33 (27 taken from least sufficient to enable us to pay the water); torpedo boat Loi Lee, the pensions of our own crippled 8 taken from the water; a sad war-worn soldiers sad sailors, | native launch, 5 from the shore, And the interests on our debts.

The principal guarantee on

♥ which we must rest for future immunity from Geriau war luet will be a reduction of the per- Bonnel whom Germany can train for war. This entaile territorial cessions in permanence, such as--

Alsace-Lorraine to France. Adjacent territories to Belgiam, Portion of North-East Prussia to Russia to form a Polish kingdom.

+

Bakovine to Ramanis. Istria to Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In

Serbia,

fodder

than

of arms. This would confirm the leadership of united Germany to the House selected.

These measures, firmly carried out, would result in a Germany too weak to embark again in a career of conquest for four generations when the alteration in density of the population of the globe would probably have changed the whole situation for better or worse.

on

The outlook is not too clear, Galicia east of the Carpathians but Germany's bid for peace can

to Russia,

certainly not be interpreted as a These cessions would cluse aign of strength; when Napoleon very considerable decrease in the tore up the map of Europe we actual number of heads available held on, and must do so now for the Central Powers to train for boping for the best and bitting wer purpose. If Tarkey in Eu-harder than ever; we have got. rope be also transferred to Russia Germany winded, if we give no for her entirely unprovoked rest she cannot digest the ter attack on her old friends and ritory gorged; punish her hard protectors, France and Great the West, kick har clay Britain, the German war lusters feet (Turkey) from beneath would be very mock shorter her on the East, and in less of cannon

than two years the terms we bava they have been in the past, and outlined will be very acceptable the Allies world be proportionate to Germany, but, above all, no ly strengthened. The second cessation. We have begun to get guarantee ebould iske the form of oor second wind now, and Ger. war indemnities, payable partly many is wearing down not

withstanding the in caeb, partly in kind; for in- stands, the latter might be partly have witnessed, intended abipe, part machines, to replace enlarge the ares inside the ring. those destroyad at ses, and in Germany's position is not

· Belgium, France, and Russia brilliant; she has found that in resptotively.

equal fight her proadest soldiers A further guarantee should be are no longer a match for those of ericted in that the Germans Russia, France, and Great Britain; should be forced to plans the on each occasion he has joined soeptre of the Empire in a les combat during 1918 she has been bloodstained grasp than that of worsted. We have only to com the Hohenzollernr. A family less plete our ring fends by orasbing addicted to personal aggrand- Turkey, and the foe's most isement, such as the Boase of violent rushes will avail nothing. Bavatis or Hanover, should be We need not destroy our infantry awarded those sections of Ger. by constantly attacking ones the which are in no way ring is in being, but the ring bet. are atteobed must be completed without further

Ocown by Soros, delay --Globes

raebes не

to

Auditors.-The accounts" have! been audited by Mesare, F. Mait- land and H, Percy Smith, who are eligible for re-sppointment.

КОЛОКОНС.

ROYAL-

FOR A SHORT SEASON ONLY

Commencing WEDNESDAY March 7th, 1917. MAURICE BANDMAN

Presenta

THE NEW BANDMAN OPERA CO. In the Following Latest London Success :-

MARCH 7th & 8th MARCH

9th & 10th MARCH 12th & 13th MARCH

14th. MARCH

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The bucco fue Mament. Hocently produced at the Guíesy Thostre "THEODORE & CO."

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The Latest Garrick Succa THE GIRL FROM CIROS." BOOKING IS NOW OPEN AT MOUTRIE'S.

Prices of Admission 13.50, $3, $2 $1,

SAKURA BEER SPRING HOUSE CLEANING.

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TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT.

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO.. LIMITED.

HE THIRTY-THIRD OR-

· DINARY ANNUAL MEET. ING OF SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company will be held at St. George's Buildings Chater Road, Victoria on SATURDAY the 10th March, 1917, at 11.30 o'clock in the forenoon for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the General Managers for the year ending 31st December, 1916, and olsating a Consulting Com- mittee and Auditors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, the 5th March, 1917, until BATURDAY the 10th March, 1917. both days inclusive.

SHEWAN TOMES & CO.

General Managers. Hongkong, 24th February, 1917.

THE "REX" VACUUM CLEANER.

DOUBLE SUCTION---GETS THE DUST AT EACH BACKWARD & FORWARD STROKE.

ALWAYS READY. EASY TO OPERATE.

WORKS AS WELL AS THE COSTLY POWER MACHINES. REQUIRES BUT ONE PERSON TO CLEAN CARPETS, UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE, MATTRESSES, ETC. THE PRICE IS LOW AND IT WILL DOUBLE THE LIFE OF YOUR CARPETS AND FURNITURE. THERE IS NO MECHANISM TO GET OUT OF ORDER AND IT WILL LAST A LIFETIME.

HAVE A DEMONSTRATION.

Price: $17.50.

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20, DES VEUX ROAD, HONGKONG.

THE O'CEDAR MOP.

Cleans, dusts and polishes. For floors, doors, walls. Jan be used with good effect on any hard ear- face. No trouble. Explicit instructions. for keeping the Mop in good condition are included with each Mop.

Triangular Shape. Price: $2.25

O'GEDAR FURNITURE POLISH.

Used as directed, it produces a hard brilliant lustre, unequalled by any other Polish. It is not sticky or greasy.

Let us demonstrate the effectiveness of the O'Cedar Mop and Polish.

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12 oz bottles. I quarter tin. 1 gallon tin. Price: $1.15 Price: $2.25 Price: $5.75.

Round Shape, Price: $3.50

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