1918-08-14 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1918.

WAR AND DIPLOMACY. SALVING MERCHANTMEN,

Speech by Mr, Thomas, M. P. | Important Admiralty Work.

"The slander' sud libela

he upon our public men," continued, "have reached a stage where Labour mast in defence of its own position express a opinion. There are many of as who believe that our movement is destined to play a great part in the world's future, but in the great fight to secure that position we must recognise that our wespone abould be clean, that alander, misrepresentation, bringing

to

means of

W68 torpedoed and sunk

should be borne in mind

THE ENEMY'S FOOD SUPPLY.

Critical Mouths.

The latent svidance tends to

FIRM THE WANCHA MURDER,

די

IMPORTANT SHIPPING ACTION.

SEAPLANES IN NORTH SUGAR BROKING

SEA.

WOUND UP.

C. Happach and Co., Ltd.

Heavy Salvage Award Reduced.

rays

Cook-Boy Charged`this

Afternoon.

Exploits by British Airmen. 1. the Chancery Division A tue Magistracy this after- Mr. J. H; Thomas, general Besides organising convoys of

recently, the Board of Trade pati-noon, before Mr. ED. O. Walfe, secretary of the National Union our mercantile marine and afford-

From recent details to hand tioned under the Trading with Luk Chi, a cook-boy, was charged of Bailwaymen, speaking recenting protection by

The bearing was concluded of the terial activity in the North the Enemy (Amendment) Act, on remind with mardering sa lyst Edinburgh, said there were aeroplanes, airships, torpedo-boat show that the food situation in recently in the Court of Appeal, Sas it appears that these en 1916, before Mr. Justice Lounger, amah employed by Mrs. B. W. Inspector Sim pro- Certain characteristics which had destroyers, trawlers, and other termssy, as in unnal at this time composed of Lord Justices Pick counters have been of a most for the winding, up of the com- Bradbany, gone a long way to weaken our auxiliary araft, the Admiralty of year, is becoming more critical, ford, Bankes, and Warington exciting character, and that our cany of O. Happach and Co., escuted and Mr. P. W. Goldring position both at home and abroad. has slan played an important part eye the Manchester Guardian (sitting with nautical assessore), airmen have more than held their Ltd., sugar brokere, the business appeared for the defence.

the The efforts of this country were in calving vessels which have been in each year of the war the last of the osse of E. B. Bland and own,

D. E; Macfarlane gave evid- Mansharter having already been wound up unfairly represented.

torpedoed and mined.

three months before harvest have Co. v. Ear Birisers Bjoignings Guardian.

ander their order, Mr. Rouse, aence to the effect that on July On the afternoon of June 4 five abstitute director of the com9, he received from Chinese The importance of this branch been a time of anxiety and of much Enterprise v. the owners of the

detective No. 185 one knife, one of the service, anderaken by the stretching of a very little food, steamship Bindars, ber cargo and British nasplanes et cut from an pany, appeared in opposition.

and now, even with the additional freight, upon the appeal of the east coast base for patrol par. Mr. Austen Cartmell (instruct: jacket and one pair of trousers. salvage section of the Admirsity, can readily be realised from the rope from occupied territory, the defendante from the judgment of poses, and for three hours failed ed by the solicitors to the Board There was human blood on these fact that since October, 1915, some larger towns of the Fatherland President of the Probate and to encounter any hostile craft. of Trade) supported the petition; articles.

Sergt."Kid" Mariott, of the 400 ships of over 1,200 tons each seem likely to fare scantily and on Admiralty Division awarding the Some distance of Terschilling one Mr. Frank Evens (instructed by hare been salved and taken to every meagre rations. It is satho- plaintiffs 27,000 for garage of the seaplanes was forced to Messrs. Cruceeman and Bense) Naval Police, gave evidence of

descend to the water owing to s appeared for Mr. Bonas,

defendant's arrest, saying that a pairing yards, where they have ritatively stated that the harvest services rendered.

It appeared that the first plain broken petrol pipe. Half an hour Mr. Anaten-Cartmell said this little boy named Harelend inform. been refitted and put into com

prospects are bad. mission. One of the latest pieces-dhiyod of English company, sad the second seen coming in the direction of Board of Trade for the winding committed at Mrs. Bradbury's The long-delayed reduction of tiffa, M.H. Bland and Co., are an later ten hostile seaplanes ware was the ordinary petition by the ed him that a murder was being of salvage by this department was a large cargo ship which, while ounces, which is only now being defendants a Danish company, our craft, which immediately up of the company, the business house. He was at that time ont- England food made, sa dus to the false hopes sud that they work in conjunction want forward to give action. Abaring already been wound up side the Naval Ordinance gate, and intrigue most Dever ba stuffs, machinery, wool? &o, to

entertained of relief from the Uk. together in performing salvage sharp fight ensued between our under their order. Mr. Rouse pat He went up to the place im- mace's substitute for fair and legi- the ralus of over £3,000,000, the dangerous risk of diminishing Dassenger liner Sindors, of over craft, in which two enemy sex. enemy company, a firm of sugar arrested, and handed over to the raine. No Goverment cares to run operations at Gibraltar. The four machines and the ten enemy in an affidavit in opposition. The mediately and had defendant timate oriticism, and that public men and public life must be pro in some ten fathoms of water. brought to a bare minimum of cargo, waa in March, 1917, atrandarashed into the sea, one bursting the Order of the Board of Trade]

the bread ration of people already 5,000 tons, laden with a valuable planes were riddled with ebot and brokere, wae formed in 1907, and Police.

Master A. J. Espeland, nins tected from those whose me.hods are se mean as they are ineffe salvage experts the bulk of the while there remained any chance Gibraltar, where she sustained the water.

Thanks to the skill of the essentials and substitutes, and ed at Punta Mals, in the Bay of into flames just before it reached was on 10th March, 1918, The Taste of age, then gave evidence. tive and shallow," (Cheers.) The

A British seaplane company, which had always He said that on the day of the mar anfortunate tendency to belittle the cargo, with the exception of a of substantial help from occupied considerable damsgo. She was damaged, and eventually been a private company; had a der he was playing at the back of great contribution this country had quantity of meat, was saved. The fields the seven-cance allowance went sabore in very heavy landed in Vlieland.

capital of $35,000, in 10,000 No. 5 Esst Block, when he heard made in the war had, in bisedg port, and she is now carrying on German officiale are asid to have able damage.

ship was raised and taken into was left untouched. Prominent weather suetaining consider. Daring the fight two hostile preferenos and 25,000 ordinary the ary "Sava Life!" in Chinese; ment, produced most unfortants

When the seaplanes were detached from the shares, all of SI each. Of the He knew that the shouts came results. The position at this mo obce more her useful work. I stated in Stockholm that one mill weather had moderated the plain-main body, and an exciting duel preference shares only four had from Ms. Bradbury house. Ee ment was undoubtedly very ser that this salvage of merchantmen

ion tome of grain had original tiffe went to her assistance, and followed, in the course of which been issued, and they were held immediately ran down to Queen's ious, but a frank recognition ofthe is carried on by the section Ukraine this sammer, but 100, and the lightening of the ship shot through the head and died addresses, including Mr. Bouse. ing. police sid. When he wens been expected from the by means of patohing, pumping, one of our assistant pilots was by four gentlemen with English Road with the intention of seek- facts would help rather the addition to the duties which 000 tons bez proved to be the they ultimately got her off. The instantsasualy. The pilot nose The whole of the ordinary shares down he met Sergt. Marriott, and hinder. It was a commonplace has to render, fortunately not atmost that can with certainly be salvors employed a number of dived immediately, and put up a were to say that everybody wanted frequently, to the navy itself.

allotted, and bald by informed him of the occurrence. pesce, but we wanted something

The exigencies of the war this serious disappointment and course of the operations, which with

ecanted upon. As a result of tags, lighters, and men in the running fight from the stern Germans. Up to the outbreak of He then saw Sergt. Harriott going machines, and war the directors were three inap to the place. He (witness) more than peace, namely security brought into being the organies with a view to preventing its lasted from the morning of March eventually succeeded in forcing number, all Germans-Hugo went back to his bouse and went. for the future. Those who were tion of the Silvage Section at recurrence next year, the German 7th until the evening of March them to break off the par Keyes, Carl Meyer, and Carl to the verandah, where he aw shoeing the Eghting, and now Whitehall, and it is now the Government have placed the 23rd, 1917. The value of the suit. While he was climbing again Happach. Mr. Rouse and an- the boy, the amah and a lady were doing the fighting, and now largest concern of its kind in organisation of agriculture is the salved property was £364,360, to pick up the other British other gentleman were appointed named His. Brock. squirmed when asked to play existence. The extension of the Ukraine on a military basis. Their and that of the sslving plant machines the petrol pipe on this to

act BJ en batitates for The case is proceeding. their part, did not represent the work of the section entailed the efforts to obtain grain by high-employed $210,500 As before seaplane also broke, necessitating two of the Germans. The only grouping together of the various nanded and violent means have stated, the President in the court a landing when ten miles off the outstanding secount was a small at territory, not salvage firms and organisations aroused in many plecse, notably below awarded the plaintiff Datoh coast. Thanks to the facil- debt due in Germany. The THE TAI O TRAGEDY.

in the United Kingdom, the Kieff, so much bitterness and £27,000, and from this decision ity in effecting the repair by the Controller had paid the whole of expansion of the mechanics! anger that, according to Berr the defendants now appliances, and the institution of Erzberger, no unarmed German upon the ground that this amount plane was able to resume its flight and made certain payments to the poon, before Mr. J. B. Wood, to appealed engineer air mechanic, the ees-English debts of the businesa, At the Police Coart this after methods of salvage which before soldier can estely show himself was grosaly excessive. the war were matters of theory in the streets,

within ten minutes, and joined managers. There were no liabili- Indian sargeants, B144 and Mr. Batason, KC., and Kr. two of the other British seaplanes. ties except debta alleged to B152, were charged on remand only.

search Bamania is now looked to as a Dumas (instructed by Messrs. A further

for the amount to about £3,000, which with neglect of duty on the harman people are sold, with what street, London) appeared in eup graft then returned to their base. Refinery, who held shares against source of food supplies, and the Waltons and Co., Leadenhall ensay proved fruitless, and our included $2,700 to the Sucre morning of July 17th st Tai 0.

Mr. T. H. King, A. 3. P., pro- conditions. A sairage ship hse anwarranted optimism, that by K.O., and Mr. Noad (instructed the British machine which had off. The Controller had made satructed by Mr. J.B. Gardiner) may confidently be considered port of the appealand Mr. Laing, It subsequently transpired that which this smont could be set secuted and Mr. B. E. Balulica of itself been attacked and sunk by the end of July 400,000 tons of by Messre, Wm. A. Crump and had a breakdown two hours before return of 41 per share on the four appeared for the defence.

takendaye to perform is sometimes be followed by the end of the year for the respondents, s sabmarine. Work which has wheat, maise, beans, and peas, to Son, Leadenhall-street, London) the battle was destroyed by its preference shares, and the Board The evidence given by Chan own crew after it had reached of Trade had sanctioned the pay Fook, and Ho Ching at the swept away by a single heavy ses. by two million tons of wheat, will of statesmen such as General One of the greatest troubles which be available for despstok to the course of his judgment, allowing wam ashore. The crews of both on Mr. Happach's life, which witnesses.

Lord Justice Pickford, in the Dutch waters, and that the crewment of two premiums on policies inquiry was repeated by the two Smuts meant negotiation with the the men have had to contend with Central Powers. There is good the appeal, said the appeal was British esaplanes are now interned were taken out with British enemy, that right must not be has been the accumulation of gas evidence from the experience of from s decision of the President in Holland.

Cross-examined by Mr. Balilios, denied to the workere. Although in the holds of sunken vessele due previous war yere to show that awarding a

Ho Ching said that he did the responsibility for making to decomposed vegetable matter, here, too, hopes are being set 27,000. The value of the sslved sum of salvage of

not see the two Indian Sargeanis peace must always rest with the decayed meat, &o., and our men anduly high.

ranning after him at Fai O. Government, surely any efort

property was very large, of courte.

The case is proceeding. that would lead towards pesce,

Values bad gone up enormously. instead of being regarded as s crime, should be welcomed..

backbone of the country.

Our cause

four years ago not territory, not

conquest, but the destruction of

militariam, more necessary to-day than ever. It was for that ressou that he favoured the Stockholm Conference. It was for that reason he still thought that La.

bour must fight and most insist

прод meeting the workers

of the world face to face This was the only way enearing an open peace. If such zevelations as the

Emperor

Carl's letter and the movements

militariem. Labour believed our

in

it

I can be readily understood

that salvage operations are often

conducted ander vary,

hazardosa

in the course of the salvage opere-

ip

tions have sometimes lost their fixing of maximum prices, the of late years, and especially

lives:

In Austria, despits, the official people are being exploited by the value of ships. The value

TYPHOON WARNING.

The telegram quoted below has

companies before the war.

Hie Lordship. Is there any emmergency legislation with re ference to life policies? What would happen to these policies if the premiums were not kept up? Mr. Austen-Cartmell said he

Kallen Output, The total output of the Kailan

tona.

In one particular case four men shameless systems of profiteering. of the defendant property was been received by the American should think they would lapse It was not that Labour desired were overcome by gas. The gates Meat, honey, fruit, and vegetables, $364,360, and the value of the Consulate General, Hongkong, automatically, but the insurance Mining Administration's mines to admit the principle of German caused by grain gave a lot of for instance, are sold at three fealving property was also very from the Manila Obarystory-offices were anxious to do what for the week ending July 27

trouble, for grain develops sal times the regulation, price, and, large-3210,500. That, however,

11.45 m. Aagost 14. was right, and he thought they amounted to 62,413 tons and the Lees of setbacks, it would triumph: pharetted hydrogen, which causes like pradically everything else, was not very material anles i Typhoon in about 118 degrees could be revived afterwards on salee during the period to 56,276 lees of setbacks, it would tria por semi-blindness and violent sick are very scarce. The breads:uff was exposed to considerable risk, Long. E, and 20 degrees Lat. N., payment of the amounts, but Labour kept in mind the fact that if the military fart could bees and turns everything a policy iszke from expedient to or with the exception, of course, almost stationery.

His Lordship suggested that leader colour. A chemist has expedient, priese

have been of the amount of money eark in The signal denoting a typhoon when the Order was made vesting supplemented by diplomatis effort however, made an extraordinary raped about ud, for a 2lb. lost the plant and the salving opera to the eset of the Colony has the enemy shares the policies discovery during the war which of inferior quality, and in some tion. The services were rendered been up all day. The Observa- should also be vested in the kills immediately these gsees, and parts supplies are undoubtedly in thres oircumstances. The tary reporta that at 6 s.m. to-day Custodian.

it must be done. (Cheers.)

CANTON NEWS.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT,

PUBLIC AUCTION.

we are now able to carry on the almost exhausted, Forecast for Linders, the calved ship, had the typhoon was about 100 miles Mr. Austen Cartmell agreed, work freely as soon as the pre the harvest are rather more favour gone ashore, and had been very W. E. W. of the Prats Shoel and and said there was a large our. BREDD of the gases has been able than in Germany, and, like considerably damaged, and was probably moving slowly wear plus. The amount of £12,500 Our Canton correspondent discovered and the rotting cargoes their ally, the Austrians pat great long sa bad weather lasted was or west-north weat. Oraionic had been paid to the Pablic

have been sprayed with the faith in the grain orops of the likely to be more considerably gales are forecasted for Hong. Trustee, who already had £1,700 THE Undersigned has received

writes se follows:-

Lang's Troops Flee.

A report states that most of Lang'e soldiers have fled from Kingobow. So far over 300 men with arme have been captured by the patrol basiA.

preparation.

One of the most exciting piece

of salvage work concerned a large oil tanker which caught fire after

Ukraine.

damaged as long as she remained kong sad district.

on the rocks, and, of course,

the argo was in danger aleo. When the salvage operations

Annamites at Variance.

in hand.

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instructions to sell by Pub-

SATURDAY, the 17th August, 1918,

Mr. Frank Evens said Mr.lic Auction on Rouse's affidavit was very much on the lines of similar effidavita he had sworn. It was necessary for him to enter an opposition,

being torpedoed. The Teese! Prominent Japanese Arrested. began the worst of the weather Before Mr. E. D. 0, Wolle, at blazed like a furnace, and hage

According to a report from Wae over. But still the vessel the Magistracy this morning, in order that after the war his olouds of benzine smoka ewept A report from Chan King-ming the sea, making it difficult for Takamatsu, Mr. Ems, President was exposed to a substantial Annamite women summoned annosition as a director may be

Lung's Brother.

amount of further damage if she other Annamite woman and her

focordingly.

Literary Effuskon,

commencing st li am

at his Auction Rooms, in Duddell Street,

17

cases Sherry

30

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Toilet bosp

2

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Knife Powder

J

Disinfectant

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On view from day of sale

Terms: Cash on delivery.

GEO. P.LAMMERT,

Auctioneer,

HE

instructions to sell by Publis

states that Lang Yu-kwong reacne tuge and salvage craft to of the Uno Shipbuilding Yard, had been allowed to remain on husband for assault. Complain properly protected. (brother of Lang Ohai-kwong) approach the ship in order to Mr. Kawasaki, Chief of the the rooke, and still more so if bad sat in giving evidence said that this was very proper case in which His Lordship said he thought has arrived at Foochow from endeavour to put out the fire. Business Department, and weather came on again. Both the the defendante owed her 32, and to make an order for winding up with the Tachan 'there, left for her as far in shore as possible, and while Mr. Suessa, Member of Plaintiff companies worked in when she went there to get pay the company, and made the order Shanghai, and, after consulting Eventually it was decided to tow others were arrested on July 29, Kingchow: The Authority is after successfully getting several the Municipal Council of the conjunction in salvage operations, ment they sessulted her. Both - now trying to capture him. wire hawsers on board under city of Tekamatan, was examined. All the craft engaged in this defendants denied this charge,

The Floods. The benevolent societies have done. Still it was impossible to with bribery and embezzlement. Messrs. Bland and Co. They havelist acted sa interpeter, be-

most trying conditions this was It is stated that all are charged "peration, with the exception of and said that it was a tac

ane, wsa which the property of mistaken identity. Sergt. W. Le received a great many letters from deal with the fire. As soon as the

hired lightera from other people, cause complainant epoke Franch, lies: The planted, epigram, the From one of Shanghai's week- Sem Sai and Nam Hoi districts ship had reached shallow waÍCT

and considerable number of and there was some diffonltymoothly-spoken met the elegant Undersigned has received requesting urgent relief for the forty shots were fired below the anderers by the frode. The latest waterline and she tank, with the latitude of expenditure than Justice) agreed that special eal- experienced on both sides in oult, the forced beauty, the double Auction on

lighters were used. Es (the Lord report from Washow atatea that result

that the flames were could bave been possible before rage plant should be treated liber Worship fined defendants 31 niente, ceed in a velvet of

understanding one another. His submerged in eight feet of water, got to work, and not only raised loase eventually made it beyond awarded $27,000 to the plaintiffs. ants over in persons! bonds of drawing rooms of only too many the streets near the banks are extinguished. The salvage section the war. The magnitude of the ally. The learned President hed won, and bound both complaincynicism had pazmented the SATURDAY, the 17th. August and the tradesmen have to osrry the vessel but also succeeded in the scope of any private enter Their expenses were about £8,900 $100 for six months, on their business on the first floor. saving part of the valuable cargo. prise to deal with, and caused the so far as they know. In addition Small boats are for used traffic There is no doubt that salvage enormous expansion of the to that the President had given purposes.

operations have been undertaken, Admiralty Salvage Department, #21,000. He agreed with the and in the majority of oss until today it has the greatest construction the President had only for $18,000. He thought proceeds to gild the bitter pill: bacco. In view of the recent collapses carried out successfully, that quantity of plant and equipment put on the allegations in the that would be fair and ressonable "I cannot salire the individual in Hongkong on account of the would never have been attempted that has ever been assembled for statement of claim, but he thought remuneration for the services writer, for likely, as not he may Cigarettes, rains, the Superintendent of in pre-war time. The increasing the purpose in the world. the learned jadge had awarded rendered by the calvors,

have been quite unfortunately Police has ordered the police to ehortage has materially, contri One of the greatest present-day the plaintifa too much for the The other members of the Cours controlled by the most advares More or less damaged by water) report on any walls that are in abated to this, as greater riske have assets in calving work is the sub-services they had rendered, delivered judgment to the same circumstances. I am permitted, dangerous condition and he will had to be taken with regard to mersible electric motor pump, & having regard to the circum affect, and the appeal was so however, to entire his work if that 17th insi order the same to be pulled plant and the anhenoed value of British invention, which was etanse. He thought the award cordingly allowed, the appellants work in both dangerous and

ships has permitted - a grester never exploited before the war, should not be f 909, but to have the cosm of the sypest," currunt.

Collapse Precautions.

of our homes and attacked all that was good and beautiful and true, "Pemberton Billing is the cause of all this, but the writer

1918, commencing at: [lam.. at his Sales Rooms, Duddeli Street, Il Bales Real Turkish To-

A Quantity of Egyptian

On view from Friday the

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer,"