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THE TRIBUNAL.

Yesterday's 'Concluding Cases.

At yesterday's sitting of the General Military Service Trib. unal, the case was considered of Mr. A. Morley, of the Hongkong Telegraph. Mr. B. Wylie, Acting General Manager, represented the Company.

The Chairman: We under- stand from your papers. Mr. Marley, that neither you nor the Manager of the newspaper, who expresses himself sorry, to lose yon, aska for exemption.

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Mr. Horley. I ask for no exemption,

The Obairman:And I think we may sume that Major Mor gan does not either?

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JAPANESE COMPETITION

IN AMERICA,

German Insuraaca Business Acquired,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1918.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(The opinions expressed by oorter- pondents are not necessarily those of the Hongkong Telegraph."}

A BELGIAN APPEAL. [To the Editor of the "Hongkong Telegraph."]

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The New York correspondent of the Kokassi News Agency Belgian Order of St. John of

sade a couple of items of news Jerusalem.. of considerable interest. One in that an announcement that the Tokyo Marine and Fire Insurance Company, Ltd., has invaded the American fire insurance field, has aroused considerable interest in fusncial circles in New York The Japanese interests have taken over the business of the Aachen

Kew Gardens, London.

May 25, 1918. - Sir,-Hay we appeal to your feelings of righteousness and of benevolence in saking you to open in your worthy paper a sabesripi on on behalf of our Belgian Order of St. John of Jerusalem?

Without having any connection

And Haoich "Fire Insurance with the English Order, which is Company, one of the larger Ger- covering the British Empire only, man concerns that was closed up our Belgian branch has been after Amerios entered the war. constituted to Major Morgan (laughingly)- The Tokyo Marine Company, victims of this war, especially the help the formerly had been engaged in blinded soldiers and the distressed The Chairman:The Maca-riting marine, insurance in the widows of our brave men. ger's letter tells us that the United States, and was the only pre-war Earopes staff of the Japanese insurance concern doing have yourselves to support your We perfectly realise that you editorial side was four, and that business in New York. It has own charities, but we cannot help one before yourself has gone to now changed its charter to enable laying stress upon the fate of our the front. You will make the it to take up the lapsed business fighting men because their fellow- second, and now only two unfit of the German companies, The countrymen, unable to help them men are left in the office and Aechen and Manich company for the time being, will be so nobody else. Then Mr. Morley reported in New York in 1918 exhausted after the war, we are you will go, with our best wishes.

gross premioma of $1,661,698 afraid, that the task will be Mr. Morley :-Thank you. and $606,027, paid the policy- beyond their power....

balders on losses. At the close

Brewer and Co.

The soldiers of every country

of 1918 the German company had in this war have at least this in the United States insurance in force totalling $315,098,045, comfort of remaining in close touch with their families, through lettere. The Belgian soldiers, isolated from their country by the German trenobes, have been with- for almoet four years. out any news from their relativas

| Yet, they are the gallantsoldiers of that little army which at Liege

In the case of Mr. N. J. Brewer 22, single, of Brawer and Co., it was stated that at the beginning of the war no Europeans warn -Complaints of Japanses osm- employed by the firm and to-day petition were made by American Mr. Brewer is the only European, manufacturers on Mar 20th at the the other members being a Tariff Commission's inquiry into Portuguese, Chinese clerk and the surgical intrument industry; Iwo coolics. No one had left for Mr. Camille L. Gairoard, of military service.

Newark, N. J., who makes sur- The Chairman-What Im-gical scissors, expressed fear that perial interests or essential in he would be unable to compete terests of the Colony do you pat to with German and Japanese after as would be injured by your non- the war because of the greater exemption ?-Only the foot that labour cost in America. He ex-İ my going will necessitate the pects that much of his machinery

They are those soldiers who by closing of the company. Book will be useless.

their successive raide from thei sellera are necessary in the In Canada, according to Mr. interests of the Colony because L. J. Sovatkin, of Brooklyn "camp retranche" of Antwerp held up two German army people get their education out of Japanese have closed the market booke na well ae amurement, to United States goods because corps marching towards the Harne where was под the

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hordes during a fortnight, losing allowing France to hastily com- a fourth of their effectives, bat plate her mobilisation.

barred the road to the German

But your establishment bas of the their lower prices.. been carried on ainos 1913 to 1918 A sample of an artery forceps first great battle for Freedom and without a European? At a loss, made in Japan was shown by Mr. Righteousness; enemy reinforce It was because the name of Brewer Harry W. Leats, of Philadelphia, ments might have turned the and Co., was going down that I Japanese firme, he said, laid them sosle, forsook Messrs. Butterfield and Swire and took the business over. Major Morgan arged non-ex

emption.

The Tributal decided to grant three months' exemption.

down in Philadelphia for $4 80 They are those soldiers who a dozen, while the American tired, even exhausted, through product coat 11.40 a dozen. that awful retreat from Antwerp, He said Japanese were also sap were asked to hold three plying South America via New days on the river Year, waiting York.

for French help, and who held anbroken for twelve days.

Union Insurance Society. The cases were next considered of Hesera, C. H. P. Hay, G. 8.

Judgment Reserved. Archbutt and W. B. O, S. Mans- field, of the Union Insurance

The case of J. Bpant and Co. Society of Canton, Ltd, for whom the American Machinery and the Hon. Mr. Holyosk appeared. Export Co., Inc., was heard in The Chairman esid it had been Tientsin, on the 28th alt., by His Honour Judge C. 8. Lobingier, of put to the Tribunal that this was one of the principal insurance the U. S. Court for China, Jadg companies of the world and that ment will be rendered in the case its head office was in Hongkong, in Shanghai. They understood that the business

of the Society was mainly marine

ed.

They are those who first experienced the disastrous and at the time apexpected use of poisonous gas. Many of themare blinded for ever or dangerously strook and their cars will take perhaps several years.

And they are those who fought| with such gallantry against a foe tanfold superior in ambers, daring the now proceeding great battle in which they succeeded in taking many prisoners, thos tions of the British Press. deserving the warmly congratuls-

insurance bat a large fire ineur of need to help sad to put anos business had been establish. s certain amount of time in the Perhaps through the great It was also put to the Tri-office, he (Mr. Archbatt) consider distance which separates your banal that the business was ined that he could be spared. If the country from the battle fielde, Imperial intereate and in the es present staf would not permit of the sufferinge of our soldiers are eential interests of the "Colony such re-arrangement he thought not quite realized by the people. and they would not aek Hr. the sabatitation of an unfit man Bat still those sufferings are born Holyoak to say anything farther or otherwise exempted man with for s cause dear to you, a cause with regard to ita importance. suite ble knowledge might be which is yours as well as oure. The only question was whether arranged.

What would have happened to any individual men could be

In the oase of Mr. Mansfield, the civilisation of the world, if spared. The pre-war staff was the Chairman said he did not Germany, while in her original eleven Europeans, and ten Por- make exactly the same suggestion strength, had succeeded in o:nab- tuguese and Chinese, while to-day as Mr. Arobbutt but to some ing the British and French the European staff was seven, in extent he was of the same opinion. Armies at the very beginning of clading Mr. Ede who was at per- He said that by rearrangement the war and had then been able sent away. There had been with the staff elsewhere he con- to turn all her power against any large increase in the Portuguese sidered that he could be spared liberty-loving country? and Chinese staff, from 10 to 34.

Mr. Holyoak reiterated that it To-day, Prussian Militarism, Mr. Holyoak remarked the pre- was impossible to spare any men, though still powerful, bears in war premium figures were $700,- and Mr. Hay seked to be allowed itself the germ of death. It will be 000, while to-day they were to make some remarks in private of immortal glory for our little £2,500,000. The increase in the to the Tribunal

army to have struck the first blow, staff was thus necessary.

Major Morgan made no claim, of course, for the sake of our own The Chairman said the present end all three men were exempted [country first, but also for the staff consisted of Mr. Ede, the for the time being.

whole world's sake. three men before the Tribunal, two unft and Mr. Thomas, dis- charged from the Army after service in France.

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