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SPIRIT OF FRANCE.
GRAVEL FOR PILL-BOXES.
•No Peace Without.Return of Lost Provlaces.
ben, vagy as t Plalo Facts About the Dutch Traffic.
German Goods in Russla, According to Harbin dospatch“ to the AhilikGarnish (googa ha fe appeared on the Rosian markets,
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Ford, Derby, in Liverpool recently but intention of reaigning as long as the head of the War Office. He was aided there be two men in whoth he had implicit confilence, Sir Douglas Haig in the field and Sir William Robertson a
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and this bag jypund 4)ganio, vâal mENT). THOM-OT arwelt, cotton msnufactures In his capacity sa joint mearen, Erom an authoritative, source have depreciated 3 to 4 perint,tary with Mr. Mackindu, M.P. Reater Agency has received the
British Inter-Allied following statement of fact he would be of any soitance at H. K. & §. Banks hova (-1627 and, general gooda 15 to 20 per of the asnf. It is ad led that the coopa Parliamentary Committee, Sir garding the transit through tion of the hok by the Bohe riks has deprived the merchants of financial help and compelled them to fall at barskih pricey,
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Holland of sand and gravel pars ing from Germany to Belgium:- The short question is Is the sand and gravel being wed for civil or military purposes?
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Thurles Hinty Bart., M.Pha in the past two years paid severa. visits to France. From one of|
home. theo be has just matuffed. A
The Secretary for War was the delegation from the British com- Some time so the of the mittee went to Faria od October If it is being used for military
guest at a complimentary “diener largest Japanese merchants in 6; consisting of Lord Treower parpones,
Netherlands and presentation, given the China Fires
H.K. Fires Kobe, started a scheme to sm- and the following H.P.'s: Government themselves admit Exchange Hotel by the Niljonil
Cecil, .sigamate s number of small match Mr. Evelyn
Mr. that they are behaving in an Union of Dock Labourers, and factories in Hyogo prefecture in Geoffrey Howard. Mr. Frank annentral manner in allowing its Riverside Workers to one of their Douglases to one large company, under the Goldstone, Mr. Shirley Bean, passage through Holland from members, Private Ratoli, of the Steamboats South Lancsabire Regiment, who Indos (Del.) same of the Teikoku Match Kai- sad tha two honorary secretaries. Germany to Belgium.
had won the Victoria Cross for Indos (Pref.). b. aba. The' amalgamation process From Faris the have all, with
THcontention, therefore,
Shells brave and distinguished conduct kas required considerable time, with the exception of Sir C. S. shops Article 43 of the Hague in the Messince Ridge fighting.
Ferries but it is said that the attendant Henry, ghnedon:to:Roma; and Land Was Regulations requiring,
At the onset L2 Dbg guid difficulty has now been overcome, after a stay there they will have amongst other thinge, the repair The opis question remaining is the privilege of visiting the of roads and sailways in occupied he was gidd the proposed monst- Sugars the selection of Directors for the Talian front. Seen by a Daily territory is beside the pointary presentation to Private Rad- Malabons new company. After this has been Chronicle representative and Nor will it easily be beliered cliffs was not to take place, as it disposed of, an insugural meeting Invited to give his impressions of that Germany is making any was against military regulations Kailas
to reward a man with money "for | Langkats · will be immediately held to com- the present condition of things in such use of the materials in ques-
Raubs plete the formal establishment of France, Sir Charles Henry said:tion for the benefit cf the civil doing his duty.
He might be red: "What is Tronoha "I noted with great satisfaction population in cooupied Belgium. the company. To start with it! will have a capital of 1,000,000, the different and much healthier We know that the Germans have the Army doing? What is the Urals botita - operations are to be state of opinion in France at the systematically devastated and spirit of the Army?" There was Oriental Cons
DOCKS, WHARVES, gradually extended.
present time compared with that destroyed Belgium; that they at present only one thing wrong
GODOWNS, &C. The British Embargwe which was prevalent during my have barat its towns, outraged with the Army in France, and With regard to the reported previous visit last May. Then and deported its inhabitants and that was the weather, but, when H. K. Wharves 8.“ probibition of the export of Egyp; there were unmistakable signs of destroyed with German thorough that cleared, the British Army's Kowloon Docks b. time notion, & telegram received discontent in the French army on ness its factories and industrial spremacy over the German army S'hai Docks
would be absolutely, proti d' LANDS, HOTELS in Oaks on the 23rd ult, says account of the disappointing re-machinery.
AND BUILDINGS. that export permita are apparent. salts of their offensives, especially
And now are asked to (Cheere:)
He desired to be neither too Centrais ly to be absolutely denied to all that in Champagne. The mes believe that they are keeping oottor bought, even with the saree taken under the direction roads sad railwaye in repair be- optimistic, nor too pessimistic, H. K. Hotels permission of the Egiptain Go of M. Paiolave, at that time cause they wish the Belgian pop. but his opinion was that they Land Invest. verament, "sfer November 20th Minister for War, to improve the alation to be able to conticae to were absolutely certain to win, H'phreys Est. bat bad got some hard fighting Kloon Lands last, and some consigamente state of things in the army pro use them! already, on board" ülip" bërë daced a marked change for the Nor bas the Rhine Convention in front of them. The worst Shai Lands been help up, while others better. His reforms, combined any more relevance, The Nether- tribute they could pay to the West Points have not been touched. It is with the encoisses achieved in lands Government themselves soldier was to pretend there was therefore not, yet quite clear the battles of August, September refused to be bound by the Scheldt hard fighting to be done.
dispatch the
whas and October; have brought about treaties when it was a question of They had an enemy in front of Ewos policy the British suthorities are a great improvement in the moral the Entente Powers removing them, who was putting up a parsaing. A telegram received of the French army, and this bas German prizes from Antwerp. It fight, but the British Army was by the Nippon Menka Ksishs been reflected in the tone and is, moreover, very doubtful if the putting up a better. zafers to the embargo as being temper of the civil population. Rhine Convention-spplies at all personal friend had written
- MISCELLANEOUS. conditional on the result of "Though there in in France a to the inland waterways leading him letter from the front in M
b. negotiations with the foreign natural desire to welcome indica from Netherlands territory into which he said about the epirit of Borneos Governmenta `affected. In some tiobe of peace, on the other hand Belgium
the Lancashire Leds, "They fight China Light & P.n.
Prövidents quarters it is sasumed that if the there is a fixed resolve among all' But, af has already been said, lika devils. In one batalion s Japanese Government Exercises & classes except the pacifist Socis all these arguments are futile in selection bad to be made of 40 Dairy Farms atriciar control over enemy trad: list to refare any pedon which view of the admission of the men for a raid. The company H. K. Electrics...b. ing, the British Government will will not realise the aims on which Netherlands Government that if chosen fought among themselves H.K. Ice Co., permit the export of Egy dan France's heart is set. The restore the sand and gravel is to be used for the honour, and the winners Ropes cotton to Japan. Ismay be added tion of Alsson-Lorraine is the for military purposes their action did the raid." (Laughter.) Steel Foundries. that regarding the reported msin objective of the French is indefensible.
****At home we had got to show Trams, Low Level 8. embargo no official information people, and they would scout What are the broad facts of the the same enthusiastic spirit and Trams, Peak, vids. has yet been received." "
any peace terms that did not question? The ordinary pre-war to keep our nerves calm. This Trams, Peak, new 8. Transport of Raw Suk. provide for the inclusion of requirement for the ap keep of country had with the sero- Laundries.
the two provinces in the terri Belgian roads and railways plene menace been brought U. Waterboats n. x. d. 811 shippers of all goods desire that tory of the French Republic. Of amounted to about 1,320,000 tons within the war zone, and they Watsons prob
the temper of the French nation annually. This could be supplied must show the same courage at after more than three years of war more than four times over from home as their soldiers did at the Morning Posts is especially the case with raw I cannot speak too highly. In the Belgian quarriss, and we know front wilk, owing to its high valus and autumn of 1914. a distinguished that Belgian quarries are now the fluctuation of this market; French Gezers told a British being worked to their fullest would never forget the air raida, The Nippon Yusen Kaisha bas statesman that he thought the extent.
and be recommended that the enoceeded in considerably reduc- French army and the French
In addition, large quantities of memory of them should be kept ing the time-formerly-required to people would endure the ordeal sand and gravel are passing into alive, se similar raids were cover the voyage between Japan of two winters of war, but Belgium over the German rail- remembered in Venice, by the and the United States. It will begood that he was doabiful ways, and further large quantities erection of some memorial stope be remembered that is the latter Actually they have endured are going from Holland itself in recording the locality of the side part of last year the Company already through three winters, the shape of sand and gravel of and the number of women and removed the Fashimi-maru from are they are approaching the Dutch origin. And the traffic on children killed, with Kipling's the European to the American fourth winter with grim determins Belgian roada and railways, words. "Lest we forget.
TT.................. 2/1114 service" with the object of tion, fortitude, and high con-except for military purposes, is
2/1194 They must distinguish between Damsad.......
2/1194 protecting superior vessels." The fidence."
absolutely insignificant
the types of air raids, those on 30 J/
2/113% NETsuthorities; have made Asked us to the economic. con- On the other hand the demand military objects, such as cars had 60 d/s... investigation as to how far the ditions of France, Sir Charles in respect of roads in the area of hitherto been confined to, and 4 I Foshimi mara can shorten the said: "Necessarily there is attain. military operations for trenches, those of the Germana on unde T/T Singapore ******
T/T Shanghai......... Nom. distance in time between Japan The prices of many commodities dag-outa, and pill boxes
isfended towns involving the TT Jepen ................ 136 and the United Slater. It in are very high-dearer, in many enormons. To meet it the Ger-murder of innocent women and T/T ladia
Now. shown, that, the steamer takes 11 osses, then in this country-but, mans are importing sand and children. The former were per- Demand, India..... Nom." daye 20 boars to cover the die in spite of shortages and, the gravel by every means in their fectly legitimate, and no reprisals T/T San Francis-1
7012 tapos between Yokohams, and possibility of rigid rationing, the power, and that going by way of were asked for, because we had co & New York Seattle, where the transhipment best-informed opinion is that Holland is so small part of the done the same thing ten times TT Java.............. 15996 of her cargo to the train takes Francs will get through the total.
more effectively than the Ger- T/T Marks Nom.⠀ 18 hours and: 45 minutes, and 4 winter without serious hardship."
This year from January 1 to mend, but the other kind of T/T France days 13 hours and › 23 minutes
With regard to the finances of August 15 the Germane imported bombing what he would call Demand, Paris 4.03%
BUYING. more is needed for the train France Sir Charles Benry said he into Belgium vis Bolland over political bombing" to reach New York or 17 had not sufficient data to pronou: 3,000,000 tons, and in the second signed to demoralise car civilian 4 m/s. LC. 3/ daye 2 hours and 8 minutes in acean opinios The French peobalf of August the treffe was at population, although he did not all for consignment to be tran-ple have not been pot to the test the rate of 5,000,000 tons per believe it would syer be successful. 6 m/s L/G spord from Yokohama to New in taxation; Whereas the United anhum.
Dar authorities had York. This a new record, the Kingdem is raising an additional
DOW
Even the Netherlands Govern- promised reprisale, and all be mous! time required being not revenus of more than £400,000, ment's estimate of 1,650,000 tons asked was that the public would lees than 20 days. (This is how 000 out of war taxation, France aunnally for civil purposes-leave the matter in their hands. 4 m/s. Marks ... the new and, commendable enter: is only freising $40,000,000 per grossly excessive me it was con- it would be effectively done at the 4 m/s. Francs 418 prise of the Nippon Tusen Kaisha sunom out of her war taxes. sidering the d firent sources of right time and in the right way. 6mfs. France le reported in the Japanésé papera. “I was much gratified," said eapply available-does not re- (Hear, bear )
Demand, Germany. The ordinary time for silk by the Bir Charles, at the signs of prevent half what has gone The only way to stop there Demand, New York. Nom.. Empress bost is about fourteen growing appreciation in France through.
raids was to drive the Germana TT Bombay days from Yokohams to New of the British effort in the war Osu sayone say that, in face out of Belgium, and then to give Demand, Bombay... Nom. Consider: Everywhere I found unstinted of these figures, the Bash set them something to think of in their Demand, Calcutta... Nom.
TIT Calcutta la ing the great valge, erice, prame of the brilliant work done ion in withdrawing commercial own country (Cheefa) Fighting Demand, Manila ** 141. like that of the Canadian Pacific by the British Army in the past
Army in the past favours, after... repeated and in the air was going to be some Demand, Singapore. 127 to Japanese trade, it is rather odd few weeks. These sparsfigna in unavailing proteste, is either thing to end the war and nothing On Haiphong......... 14% prom, to notice how completely it is Flanders are regarded. by com-violent or unjustifiable? ignored simply because it is done petent French opinion as the most
It goes without saying that
their transport be completed as
sxpeditiously sepible. This
Lartiga line).- Japan important military achievement
it ihe war since the Battle of the Marna.”
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He hoped the people of London
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