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GENERAL NEWS.

Trouble la Harblo.

Information has reached Tient- sinto the effect that there wis good deal of fighting in Harbin between the extremists and the moderates, that General Horvath fed, and that everything was in ferrib's state.—China Critic

* No Profits To War Time." The Nations! Union of Scottish ing Workers in conference recently, peared a resolution call- sing upon the Government to take immediate steps to deal with all forms of profiteering, including interest. The mover of the resolation said that in the ship- building if and other industries great fortunes were being made. There abould be no excess profit; all profits should go to the national exchequer,

Russo-Asiatic Bark at Harbia.

Harbin, Dec. 15.-It has been decided that, the Harbin branch of the Russo-Asistió Rank shall be placed on the same basis as all bant branotes outside' Eussia, thus enabling it to undertake foreign exchange business, which it was formerly anable to do be cause of the prohibition by the Government against any money going out of the country. The Harbin branch is considered as be. ing within Rusia. The admin- istrative office for American in- structors for the Esstern Chinese Bailway, part of whom have sl- ready resobed Vadivostok, will be situated in Harbin."

Major Sir John Simon. Mr. Macpherson informed Mr. Bogge in the Commons recently that, Sir John Simon, formerly Attorney-General and Home Secretary, had been granted the rank of Staff-Captain in the Bayal Flying Corps, and given the rank of major, in order to enable him to carry out his Im portant duties. Sir John had not previously been in the Army, bat the Army would be ill-advised to refuse his services. He bad acted in a very self-sacrificing way: "Is he not escrificing 25,000 a year ?" Mr. Wedgwood inquired, Yes," replied Mr. Meoptereon, adding i "It must be remembered that be is ovar military ago.

Singing la Court, Anextraordinary scene occurred

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APPLICATION has been made time point of view after the war. 4 ▼ to the Directors of this Germany up to the present has Company to issue to ADELINA succeeded in redoing Poland and O. DE GUTTIERREZ of Hong- Serbia complete, and Roumanis kong a duplicate certificate of nearly completey, to the mari- one share in this Company or time nallity of pe Repablica of other Certificate or Certificates San Marino and Andorrs. The in lieu thereof upon the state- continuation of de German coast-ment that the original certificate for one share No. 7217 dated 26th line up to an beyond Big October 1896 has been lost or would go a casiderable way destroyed. AND NOTICE IS towards an approximation to the HEREBY GIVEN that if within the case of 30 day's from the date hereof no same reful! Bussia. The German demand claim or representation in respect for the

"fredom of the or such original certificate is B6A aims not only at ham-made to the Directors they will pering the satiol of the superior proceed to deal with such sp- navy in war; it likewise aima at plication for certificate. controlling the maritime com

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meros of half the weld in time of

י

M. MANUK,

Secretary.

peace. Even the non-adness Dated 1st day of December, 1917, tionist" Germana modest peo-

|ple !—are asking ft the retention

in some fashion the Belgian

ports, so sa to as German THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC

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Before purchasing Electrical a fictitions freem of the 888 Appliances for use in connection 'FREEDOM OF THE SEA." and there are men now living

whose grandfathers could rewould result is resigning to with the Company's supply, member when wheaf came by sea snemy who knows him Consumers are recommended to direct from Poland to England. self to be alrery half beaten communicate with the Under- The Prussians saw to it that this nearly the whole the advantages signed with a view to ascertain. condition of things should not gained by the nad predominance ing continue. They repeated the of the Allies andy the gallantry partition of Polsad which they and endurance.f the Allied: had themselves originated, and Danzig became a Prussian port. Poland was effectually cutoff from the sea and, except doring a few

has remained so ever since. When, ears of Napoleon's domination, half a dosen years before the war,

Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, G.G.B., writes in the Obasreer at

follows:-

A comforting sign of the times is the frequency with which the Germans give expression to their

in one of the Dablin Police Courts wish for an early peace. Of recently. Twenty southa; charg course, it has been visible for

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Germany stood by the side of bacco applies daring ed with illegal drilling, marched more than year to people who Austria-Hungary in shining Christmas into court winging "The Soldiers' looked beneath the surface that armour," Berbis was as complete sufficent for thordinary con not only does the neglect to do

Germany waS in more prees- Song," and gave a military aslate

Control in addition may lead to a con-- sea as Poland had been to friends. They were greeted ing reed of peace than any of the excluded from socess to the sumption of alketailers were so endanger property by fire but

instracted by the The process in Prussian hands Board to reetit their sales travention of the Ordinance......... with load cheere by people in the countries of the Eutente Alliance.

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., gallery, and the magistrate or Every published account of the admits of extension, Ramanis during the Chrimas sesson to

#forts to end the dered the court to be cleared. German

can reach the high seas only ordinary personsequirements of

Agents. war-whether in the form of through the Bosphorus and the customers. Salies, adds the The police evidence WRS the effect that the prisoners an attempted Government in Dardanelles. It has not been Board, should be depleted by Hongkong, 14th December, 1917..

through exercices, and trigue with an Allied, State, or stated by the Emperor William extensive Carinas purchases. tast commands sach saRights Reichstag resolation, or whether the armour of the Tarks The attention ofhe public was forward," "Right turn," "Rest." request to an honest neatral is shining or whether it is in need also drawn to thect that the sap were beard. The to help in getting an end pal to of scouring. What is certain is plies cf tobacco civil use ars youths declined to recognise the hostilities contains a reference that, with the Tarks standing by based on the mimum amount jurisdiction of the Court, and de- to Germany's desire to secure their eide, the Germans have available mostly month. clared that they had committed what in the vocabulary of been able to cut coff Romania Fotedam is called "The Freedom from the sea, except mere inland no fence. The magistrate sen

waters. Can we in this country tenced the youths to three months of the Sea." The phrase means

Кате hard something very different at Pots

what without

forgotten imprisonment

hap- dam from that which it means in pened in labcar.

the early months The imprisonment at

forms the price of fire: was to be with hard labour, the language of free nations. of 1915, when

Freedom of the 8-5 made in bread seemed to be mounting out

Department, and before a Com-APPLICATION

Membership of the above bat as the lads declared that they. Germany is a thing of itself, like of sight? Do we still bear in

mittee presided over by the Association may be obtained would do no labour the sentence Hamburg sherry. We shall de mind that the surplus products of I, E. P. Rorts, Master of Director of Public Works, tenders from all the Banks of from the was modified. The prisoners tell to ascertsin jast exactly the Rassino

the Britisteamer Pro- will be received for the supply undersigned. and Romanian eamed "The Soldiers' Song" BB

minent here give Notice and laying of pipes for canaliza what it does mean. they left the dock,

wheat fields were prevented from that I will not tresponsible for tion of salt water (Extension). The proceedings of the German resobing the United Kingdom any Debt or bts contracted The conditions of "the tender- | submarines, especially since the hecause Germany's vanal con by the memberi my crew during, the specifications and the "ruthless" plan has been adopt federates at Constantinople had ing the ship's elin port. plans of the canalization are open Mr. John Galswortby in an ed, show what not only belliger-barred southern Ruseis zod appeal for books for our fighting eats but neutrals also bave to Romania from the lopen sea? men writes:

"All each one of expect if Germany ever obtains This was not all. The peculiar us has to do is to go once or twice the freedom" asked for.

If it configuration of the Baltic, re- sweek to our koal post office and is ever obtained it will go much producing in essentials that of the leave there unwrapped anstamp-farther than unrestrained piracy Black Ses, enabled Germany as s ed, and unaddressed the books on the high seas with ruthless belligerent to shut Northern and magazines we have finished massacre of merchant-sbips' craws Bussis also of from the ocean with. Many, no doubt, are doing and women and children. The roates of the world, not merely this and have nothing on their influence of een power as applied by ziaval predominance, but also conscience, but most of us can't by the Prussian militariste in with the aid of Earopean hydro be as yet, or the eupply would clades baby killing as a regular graphy. most surely be ample. It's just practice; it also includes a good As far as this condition of want of bought, of course; deal more. It includes, for example, things can be continued after the nothing more. Magazines and the weakening of the naval de war, the whole world will suffer, books of all corte, but especially fence of the British Common and not the United Kingdom novela these are the goods. wealth of nations. This does not alone. We are not the only people. Do let us remember in fature! erbaast its contents. It seeks to who need the various products of They are killing Germans and exclude other nations from the 'the great Russian country. Yet Turks for na, the very least we free as of, and even from access the German aim is to fat no one can do is to kill long time and to, the sea. Poland has now he receive there products, except at and gloomy thoughts for them." much ess coast as Babemia. It at the good pleasure of Berlin, to There is a demand for 100,000 was different as late as the last confine for ever the free maritime magazines and books per week; quarter of the eighteenth century, commerce between Rusis and and the supply is about 30,000 Danzige specially privileged other countries on either side of per week.

position, was a Polish neapers; the Atlantic to single ice-fres port

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1917

to the public at the Public Works Hongkong, 15th January, Department and in the Por- tuguese Consulate in Hongkong, where they can be examined on all week daya.

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