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COMMERCIAL NEWS.

GERMAN SOCIALISTS AND PEACE.

No Minister of Commerce. In the House of Commons, re osntir, Bir Francis Lɔwe asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the trade questions which are likely to arise in the near fature, and of the unanimove

Schaldemann's, Report on

Stockholm.

Amsterdain, June 28.-The

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1917.

{ THREE ZEPPLIN MEN

TAKEN ALIVE.

"Amazing Escapes From East Anglian Ralder.

"a special correspondent of the East Anglian town on June 27, Daily Chr nicle, writing from an

"

desire which has frequently been Voruneris publishes a long re expressed by the Chambers of port of the proceedings of the Commerce in this country, he committee of the Socialist party,

Ism now permitted to disclose will consider the desirability of and in it is included a speech by aparating the functions now ex- 8cheidemson

the the remarkable fact in connection. Waised by the Board of Trade in Steakholm Conference. The with the air raid of Sunday week, this direction from its other leader of the Socialist Mejority in which Zeppeliz 48. wan dee- troyed, namely that three of her ‹ functions, and establishing a new | declared:--

Department to be known as a

the crew were captured alive.

America's Trade in the Orient.

mgarding

"From Stockholm and

One is understood to be the Ministry of Commerce to "deal Socialists was now expected what with all commercial questions. had been awaited in vain from second in command; he escaped Mr. Bonar Law replied that the the Government-pesce. The apparently uninjured by leaping Government are not, as at present proceedings in the Swedish capi-from the gondola just before it. Two advised, prepared to adopt the tal had not taken the course up to crashed to the ground.

now which the German Socialists others, each exfering from a suggestion of his hon. friend.

had wished, but still the couras broken leg, were rescued from of events had been more satis- the flaming wreckage in the sick. fectory than many bad antici-of time by the village constabla,” The uninjured German was in Evidence has already been pro-pated." duced in these columns, says the Scheidemann complained bit the act of walking away from the New York Journal of Commerce, terly of factors at work to reader wreck, heedless of the shouts of to show that the centre of gravity pesce work vain, and of mistrust his disabled comrader, when he of many lines of business, as for which had been spread in the was captured by a petty officer of initapes the "offee trade and whole world regarding German the Nary, home on leave at his marine insurance, is being Socialists. Feople abroad 're-mother's cottage less than a quar- changed by the war in favour of garded them as real bloodthirsty ter of a mile from the epot where the United States, In other Jingoes and obedient servante the airship fell. worde the United States is likely of Germen Imperialism.

comes

He

How any of the crow "survived

to secure permanently, as a result believed, however, the recent is matter of smazement. of the war, a larger share of the manifesto bad belped to clearaway Obviously they owe their fate to world's vast entrepot trade, most many misunderstandings, but the the length of time taken by of which hitherto bas. been done lies and slanders were beginning the airship in falling. In the through London, and throughcon-again.

other case where Zoppelms:

been brought down! tinental centres such as Hamburg, Scheidemann then proceeded huve Havre, Genos, Trieste, etc. In to give an interesting account of over land the fall has finally de direct line with the development the visit of their representative reloped into a cheer drop, but sil above described

1be Borgbjerg the Danish journalist the evidence here goes to prove sapouncement that the shipping and representative of the that the descent was a prolonged and trading firm of W. B. Grace general intereate of mankind": glide. For instance, the occupante and Co. is planning an important to Petrograd, without which, he of the nearest collage were gazing extension of its business between said, the Stockholm Conference at the Zeppelin from the rear of the Far East and San Francisco.might never have taken place, their honee when it first took fire; J. P. Eyre of the Grace house at The first question which the bat its landing was well over a London, has recently been in Son Russian comrades asked. Bargb-quarter of a mile in front of the Francisco in connection with the jerg was if the German Chancellor cottage. The most conecrvative company's plans, passing through was in agreement with Socialist estimate of the time taken in the New York en route. According to declarations, on pesca. That fall puts it at three minutes, but a etatement made by Mr. Eyre in showed right at the beginning most accounts agree that it was Ban Francisco the development how unbelievably falsely people nearer five, and I am given to an- of bie firm's plans will result in abroad were informed regarding derstand that this is the time re- the latter city falling heir to some the position of German Social ported officially.

J

of the commerce formerly can. Democracy. Borgbjerg declared "Jast se I jumped the hedge trolled by London, Hamburg emphatically to the Russian com- of the field sad raced towards These plane rades that Socialiste had nothing the borning airship," the petty and Rotterdam.

to do with the Chancellor, andficer told me, "I saw one of ber include the running of new line of steamers and the that they were not a Government crew walking towards me. He establishment of branch houses party.

was a tall, clean-shaven man;

"As I rad I called to him and beckoned, and he came on at

once.

I found that he could not

of his firm st Singapore, A farther question of the wearing a big far-collared over- Calcutta and Colombo. Re- Bassians was if other parties in coat and boots and leggings. strictions enforced on England Germany shared the Socialist He was very pale, and seemed hy shortage of tonnage, etc., have views. The reply was that not terribly shaken. for the time being censed to unimportant sections of the Gec. make London the centre of many man people thought as we do. He business," Mr. Eyre etated. referred thereby to auch men a

Therefore we now move to new Theodor Wolff, editor of the epeak English, and as I assumed markets, and as a result San Berliner Tageblatt.

that the military authorities Francisco comes into her own. Then Borgbjerg was taked if would prize say document which Formerly many of the Far East-there would be before long could be found I pulled a piece products-tea, for instance revolution in Germany, and if

paper out of my pocket and made were shipped from India to San that could be counted on. He signs to him that I wanted any Francisco via the very circuitous replied that, according to his

I had no difficulty in making route of London. The producte belief, there would certainly be papers he might have about him. were marketed and distributed in na revolution in Germany daring him understand my question," London, Hamburg or Rotterdam, the war b:cause the whole people added the sailor smilingly. "You and eventually found their way to were united in the belief it had soe, in the Navy we are often New York. Here they were once saved its skin. As to whether brought up against foreigners again redistributed for America, there would be a revolution after who don't understand a decent We believe in getting things the war, that depended on the language! direct, and now that the trade cutcome of the struggle and the "But the German simply between the Pacific Coast and the granting of political rights. The threw up his hands and shook his Orient is being developed, we Russians, he added, mast not bead to say 'No,' and I then want to follow the trade in ite believe ibat a revolution like searched him to see if he bed any San Fran theirs was possible in Western firearms or explosives about him, natural channels. aleco is the natural port to which Europe. Only a social revolution bat could find none, nor any these products, meant for con-oculd be taken into consideration papers. All this time the aumption in North and South by Western European States. wreckage was burning furious- America and in Cuba, will be After that Sebeidemann went ly, and the best was so intense taken by these tesmere. Egor on to say that the Russian Work- that I thought it impossible for mous amountsof Oriental produce men's and Soldiers' Council told · will be sent Eat by rail from Ben Borgbjerg his mission og behelfny others to have escaped.

*** I beckoned him to follow me, Francisco. Freight for the South of the German Socialiste bad and took him to the nearest goti American markets will also be succeeded, and that the Council age, & few hundred yards away, taken to San Francisco, where it was ready to co-operate to bring where a sergeant and I kept him is easily transhipped in vessels about peace as aimed at by the until a motor car was sent to take routed for South Americs. It International and the Dateb him away. Before I left him I ehould be borne in mind that the Scandinavian Committee, and asked him how many men were -krenshipping- snd. handling of that it would call a conference.

on board the Zeppelin, and he cargo is nowadays not nearly so "We hope," he said in conclo-held out his hands with the expensive or detrimental to the sión, "the exact exposition of our thumbs and fingers outsretabed cargo a previously." It may tireless work for pesos will lead twice, which I took to mean 20. be noted that the figures trath abroad to victory. Now **It seemed to me that the of foreign commerce pablished must the Government make

by the United States Department clean breast of it.”.

of Trade and Commerce show

very clearly that American trade ...

with the Far East is riejog by

man I had taken must have jumped from the airship just as it struck the ground, He seemed very mach abakeo, as I have said, and be put both hands to his

leaps and bounds. Americen im Exstern basiness. It was, it was cheat with a kind of groan, and,

porte via the Pacific Coast for the stated, an indication of American then stretched them eat, as though 128,895,00 enterprise getting into a new to abow that he had jumped, and

· post decade are as follows :-

1907 $91,139,000 1913

19

1910

1921

1032

81.981.000

B5,961,000

68,656,40

104,70 0

111,488,000 Ten months.

138 151.000 trade. However, it, was pointed in doing so had been stuck on 158,858,000 out that the metaal consumption the cheat.”

1914

1915 1916

262 975,00

1917 286,997,000 in the United States of many Fer

From, the village policeman I

| Eastern products--rice and rub-learned of the resone of the o ber ber are notable examples-was] prisonera; The constable was the On inquiry from W. Grace greatly increasing. And with second man on the scene. When and Co., New York, gebarst con- this inereses there was a pro- I got there,” he told me, ' Ifound firmation was made of the recent pocneed tendency for the im- the petty officer just taking away anocancement in San Francisco portation to be done direct in the uninjured prisoner. I went *-by Mr. Byre regarding bia firm's stead of through London and towards the wreck, and au 1000 plans for she development of Fer other European markets, as I got within about 20 yards I'

could hear, shonts for help com®. ing from where the famer wOES leaping up.

Closs by the side of the rainu lay a gondola, the only one visible, and in it I found two men, one of whom was", dead. The other had a broken leg and other injuries, and was aboating. oat as I came up, and making aigns that he wanted in be ex- trionted. With some difficulty: I got him out and carried him away to a patch of grame, and then went back to the Zoppelin to the assistance-of another man who was shouting out from insido "the framework of the Zeppelin.

Boller.

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"He also had a broken leg, sod was severely burned atout the head. The fismen were flickering up all round him, and I think I arrived caly in the nick of time." A woman living in a neighbour. ing-cottage told me of the deten- tion there of the uninjured pri

BAWE I

three. men "approaching," she said "The first man was obviously an air- man, and thinking be one of our own men, I called cnt Bravo! But be only shrugged his aboulders and smiled at ina and then one of the othervinen said, "He can't understand you, he's a German.

"They asked me if they could keep the German at the cottage until a motor car could be sont for him." They brought him into the back garder, where the crowd could not see him, but would not take him into the house because of the children.

"The German asid nothing all. the time he was waiting, but simply stood looking very de

When pressed and fidgeting. they took him away be simply smiled at me as though to thank me and salated."

Musical Director Divorced. Mrs. Rosalie Charlotte Acton, actress, ha braised a decrea alei. Among other sats of crarity alleged against ber bars. band, Alan Bernard Acton, musi- cel director (said to be engaged st t'e Princes Theatre), it was. alleged that he made her nose bleed for three days.

THE MERITS

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TYPEWRITER

ARE AN

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Remin

The Machine itself is. like an Open Book.

[ Indos (Pref.)

Shells Ferries

Langkats Raubs Tronohs Urals

DOCKS, WHARVES,

GODOWNS, &C. ^ H: K. Wharves n. Kowloon Docks" n. Shai Docks

£1.

LANDS, HOTELS

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BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE HINE.

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"Chairman of the

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A. J. Fernotic.

$76 $113

is

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Tel. No. 2352

5. Chater Road,

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BANKS HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANTING CORPORA

STION,

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Sterling

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Hon. Mr. S.; Dodwell - kairmar, Fon, Mr. F. Boyos-Depore Chairma Hon. Mr... Antes. F. C. Butcher, G. T. H. Bdkins lady Osbbaye E. 1. D. Pase, Esq. W. Fallender-Regen A. Compter, Eug

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tlon

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Managei Hongkong, 11th April, 191%

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t, 160

t, 15

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t. 128

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t. 42

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8714

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11.

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1,125.008

542,500

600,008

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36, bogate, Indu

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Hoogkong. 26th September, 1916

THE

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

LIMITED.

Established 1880, Authorised Capital Yer 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital..... 36,800,000 Reserve Fund...... 27 300,000 Hand Office.-YOKOH AMA

Har

"

Armoring

Newcirwas " Deals

Kew York

Teling Hyo (Pon

Branches

and

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Calzuza

Chaunch

Delran

Fengthen

Hanlon

· San Fratrum

Bhaoghs!

Kobe

Aydney

Wegen

Tonkin

Toky

Tanju

Arnolds

Liso Yang London

Lyons

Trincian

Dierest allowed on Current Asconade. Deposte received for fand periode ei ralo to be obst sa application,

FISHT ONO, Manager,

Hongkong, 18th July, 1917.