FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, §. 1915.
·ENTERTAINMENT.
THE CHINA MAIL.
Hughes and Hough VICTORIA THEATRE
ACCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT
AND ADMIRALTY.
General Auctioneers
AD
Share, Doal and
General Brokers.
PROPRISTORS
TO-KWA-WAN COAL-STORAGE,
***Codem, urod
AB.C. 4TH & ru Entries.
A1. TeLuxirma CODE.
Telegraphic Address MEIRION HONGKONG.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned have resoïved instruc xious to sell by Public Auction, (FOE ACCOUNT OF TEB CONCZANED),
ou
SATURDAY,
the 8th November, 1915, at 11 pun., at their Salca Reams, No. 8, Dos Voeux Road, Corner of Ioo, Houso Stract,-
About 40 cases Pints and Quarts oi PILSENER BEKR... Taos - A visual.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers.
Hongking. Nov. 4, 1916.
PUBLIC-AUCTION.
951
FRIDAY, 5th NOVEMBER, 1915.
The Enthralling Drama
la 4 parts.
WHEN ROME RULED
Full of Exciting Scenes.
THE GREAT WAR 1914-15
WITH THE TROOPS IN THE FOREST-OF-ARGONNE
Pathe's British Gazette.
LATEST NEWS
SEAL HUNTING
A Very Interesting Film.
AUCTIONS.
PUBLIC AUCTION, TUTE Understgoed have received Instruo Hons to sell by Public Auction,
**
TUESDAY,
the 9th November, 1915, commencing at 2.30 p.m., st their Sales Rooms, No. 3. Don Vosur Road, Corner of
Ice Base Street,
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE TEAKWOOD BLACKWOOD FURNITURE.
BR188 FENDERS, FIRE BRASSES, CARPETS, RUGS, &,
As Follows:-
J
AND
Una Upholstered Suits (7 pieces), Card Taules, Bedroom Furniture, Large Arm ahairs and Sofas, Two Brass Bedstands,
i
A MOMENTOUS
DECISION.
At Night.
After a hard day's work.
or after unusual physicalTM exertion, take Horlicks, it helps Nature::totope.up your system. It is the ideal Food-Drink its in gredients are Wheat, Malt, and Milk scientifically combined and put up in powder form in glass jars. Delicious to the Taste.
Made in
moment no cooking,
Of all Chemists and Stores in 3 sizes, 1/8, 26 and 11% (1e England).
HORLICK'S
MALTED MILK
Government headerd it inevitable that at LUXEMBURG TO-DAY
Feast a portion of the thiments were bo | feed the enemy's forcon. Such was their #highly probable destination," to quotę Lord Storell's famens phrase; and this the skippere, as reasonable men, must have known or foreseen. They masah to do good businem by purraying for the German troops and fleet. To hold otherwise would be in the words of the Court, to be "blind The Judge of the Frina Court laat week to the realities of the case any judge of made history, sud on a large scale, says the facts, any jury or bitrator, could not well Times Weekly to hand. No more important have come to any other decision. Not the decision than tha which
least meent of the judgment is that, unlike report | Jes
POPULAR DISLIKE OF THE
*INYADERS.
An Independent People.
haviour to Balgium, as well as her violation: The wanton brutality of German bo- of the neutrality of the smaller States, han completely overshadowed the similar breach of her international obligations which she Luxemburg, says the Times. Yet between the initial crimes there was no diference, and without doubt Luxemborg would hare defied, like Belgium, the German Emperor's sovereign
will, and bare suffered the same treatment, but for one thing. Forturataly, It will be said, "To-day it is to England's internet to declare foodate is unfortunately for her, her my sen sisted of only 240 men, 30 of whom ware in many circumstances contraband; in, the Ducal band. ber **bereafter that policy may
Resistance being prove therefore ol detrimental to her. That may be; each remained for her to submit, with the best only the question ib case must be dealt with sa it arises
grace
she could. to the peaceful inva ion according to the law good or bad, which
of exista. It is only fair and proper to admit news of the Duchy has penstrated to the he territory, and since then hardly any that too explain and apply is in fe from state of affaim there at the pres the various which the President had to outer world. The following notes of the satisfactory state. His predeCURAGES Fave give an interesting picture of the curious tosh the roles to boost articles in the relations existing between the Ltram- loose terminok 37. The articles in the bargers and the Imperial troops. They Declaration of London, intended as are supplied by the Editor of the compromis, ba, medied
between condicting systems Democraie, Swiss journal which has and pretensions,
complicated and
the cases of the Kim and other many prize decisions still cited with real or committed in the case of the Duchy of Scandinavian vessels has ever been given affected respect, it recognizes the altered in Prize or, indeed, from some points of state of international trade and that in viaw, any other, Court Whather measured assarts the rights of a Prize Court to decide by the amount of property at stake or questions of fact according to good ante by the coosequences, international and without fear of the "dust of technical political, involved in the judgment, it will
ties be memorable in the history of jurispru denco. The Court was dealing with cinima of the value of millions sterling. It was called upon to determins principles which at this moment are vital to the nation, and to stawor questions which statesmen and lawyers have long debated, Fortunately Sir Samuel Evans, in his careful and able judgment, Tould hire tentions which, if adopted, reduced to a nullity a blockade of German or admit to arrive at a deci-
which
maintain and strengthen the aficacy of our tes power. Any other result than that which we record would have seriously hampered or lassened the
con-
pr
111RE Cadersigned have received instruct Bideboards, Diner Waggons and Extoa- ralus of the operations of our Fleet. Idillogical provisieas. For some centuries greatly added to its reputation and its
tione to sell by Public Auction
(Fox ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERTED)...
11
DO
SATURDAY,
son Tible by Powell, Ltd., Dining Tables and Chairs, Tex and Side Tables, etc., et, Dinner, Tox and Coffee Services, Crockery, Glass and E.-P. Ware, Cooking Stoves, Cutiery. Brass Fenders, Ourtain Poles,
the, 6th November, 1915, at 11 s...
at theirSales Frooms No. 8etc., etc.
-Des-Voux Road, Corner of
Ice House Street,-
7 Cases Sparkling Red Burgandy (pints), (quarts), Sparkling Californisc Wine (pints),
do.
་་
+
20 P. & O. Whisky,
Lic
*
2 Casks Port Wine,
So..
Terms -As usual.
** HUGHES & HUUGH. ·
Auctioneers,
زی
Hongkong, Nov. 1, 1913.
PUBLIO, AUCTION.
841
HE Undersigned have received fastruc tions to sell by Pablic Auction, (FOR ACCOUNT OF TER DONCERNED), '
00
SATURDAY,
the 6th November, 1915, at 11a.m.,
-ab-their” Sales Rooms, No, &-
Des Voeux Rand" Corner of
Icx Houm ETAKAT,
50 SUIT LENGTHS and
'OVERCOAT LENGTHS,
New Material and latest Designs,
dnd-
SUNDRY FURNITURE
dico
Threo Fiance (in good condition). Electric Pending Lamps and One Large 4-Fold Blackwood Screen, -Coloured Panels, Black wood Furnitate, £0. Remington Typewriters, Lawn Mower, Fowling Piece, 2 Saloon Rifles, &c.
(Full Particulars from Catalogue.). Terms-As 1291al,
HUGHES & HOUGH, Audionas.
Hongkong, Nov. 4, 1915,
FOR SALE
FOR SALE...
na to
in" the
are quartered in
rculation during the war. may be that in the opinion of international Indeed, avar sized Grating's time-the mayb
The Grand Duchy, which has a pepala- lawyer he has expanded somewhat the nations of the world have been husy in tion of a quarter of a millor, is garrisoned doctrine of continuous voyage as applied to framing rules contraband, his decision is probably the attempting to conciliate the conflicting half of which are engaged in guarding the contraband and by 16,000 troopa of the fe man Lazdstorm, most adranged point to which that deccrine interests of belligerenta sod neutrals, and has been carried. But he could not help so far with small success. The last stats The threads and bridges of the story taking note of the modern conditions ១.
is not much bettor some would my is. other 8,000
enpital, where there is alan & Ducal Goard trado and warfare which have enormously we shall have rules which can be applied portation of contraband. Bia decision is without diving into the hidden intentions facilitated for Continental the in aceo danes with the spirit of the authori. of the parties. While the present imper ties of the time of Lord Srowell and Bir. fect rules exist, we can say hope that they
consisting of Luxemburger volunteers In citizena keep up a brave, if rather pathetic, spite of their defenceless condition the show of independence in their daslings with the foreign garria. The Volunteers
who often march through the
Justice Story and it will be noted with i will always be enforced with much care of the Go marching songs in Luxem
contest between the British Crown and in the judgment which we report. satis'acting that in what was mainly a and impartiality and regard to manizals at Americ: claimants the President was in- fluenced very much by the decisions of the United Ebates Courts during the Civil War. The precedants most in point were the
judgments of Chief Justice Chase and his colleagues in regard to British cargoes 902 seized at contraband. The result, if adversa. to American shippers, may be said to be a compliment to American jurisprudence.
VULLECTION OF POSTAGE STAMPS.
5000 Stamps for $1.00
1385"
9500
17
2000
1500
11 $ 25
GRACA & Co.. No. 7, Wyndham Street. Hoogkong, Oct. 30, 1916.
FORSALE.
DESIRABLE COUNTRY
YELLOW PRESS EVILS.
Librains and the Choles of Newspapers
線
The literature of the war was discussed at the annual meeting of the Library
streets;
dialect
And
Frondly holding loft sabres, make point of never salating the Imperial troops. Inga
Proclamations are posted the town for bidding in the courtyard of the Dacal Palace, to the German soldiery to set fent
which the civil population are freely admitted; if they try to enter it they are promptly stopped by the fixed bayonet al Luxemburgas mentry, If, as sometimes happens, they are so injudicious sa to offer any kind of insult to an inhabitant, the
The Crown saked the condemnation of Association at Caxton Hall, when Mr. J. the cargoes of four vesels, consisting T. W. MacAlister (president) presided. mainly of foodstuffs and hog produce. M E. A. Savage. "reviating, siz aggrieved person or his or her friends are coming from, the meat factories" of readable books on American, and amounting to
miay
miliora
**The Origin,goick to retaliate whenever they have the
w th his officers.
of pounds-weight Amcrg the chimante Causes, and Inspiring Idens of the War," choco, securs in the knowledge that pone of their follow citizens will inform against for the release of the cargoes were not only declared this want of knowledge and the faronzite plan is to rob the the original shippers, but also large thoughtlosne wers often contributory offending soldier of his rids or bayonet, or number of perous interested as purchasers cases of great events. We all had warn some part of his equipment which means, or otherwise in the consignments so that ing that she weareritable and infot course, that he get intu serična trockis instead of thors being any action before
minent, but paid little heed. Why we the Court, there were resily some twenty to thirty distinct cases to be disposed were a cartless would be incomprehen THE KART AND HIS ́ PORTRAIT, of, determining the fate of some thirty-sible to any mane person but for the cir
Next to the Luxemburg dialect" the eight other cargoes. Each of the claims cumstances that the most clamorous language mort commonly talked in bacapital 933 has to be separately investigated. Hence warnings came from a surce, which children wear tricolour badges and fatours is French. In the streels adults as well as a judgment necessarily long, examining minately many separate transactions and people had learned to mistrust and to of the other Allied masticos (anything but
mam of documente, but fevolving fear the sensational newspapers, the the hated red, white, and
black) and round two points. Were the cargoes going most rabid party political Press
about singing, the Murcia nod the to Germany? Were they, or a substantial
Samire et Meuse. They like to thi k thút, "I really think," said the spooker, in spite of the violation of their territory, part of them, going to her armed forces?
RESI. DENCE-STANDING in its ow
rooms, out offices etc. electrio light,
Removed to Sales Rooms for Convenience grounds, situated at Tapro containing four
of Salo).
TIRMS;—As nsus).
EUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneer. Hongkong. Nov. 4, 1816.
950
PUBLIC AUCTION...
TEE Underigned have received lestrup- tions from Doo CHAING-KET of Peking and Shanghai, to sell by Public Auction,
SATURDAY and MONDAY, the 6th & 8th November, 1915, sommencing each day at 2.30 p.m., on the Ground Floor, Old Post Ofice Buildings, Queen's Road Central A LARGE COLLECTION" OF "TALUABLE' CHINESE PORCELAINE,
PICTURES, BRONZES, BRASSES, IVURIES, etc, etc.
Comprising
Blue and White, 3 and 5-Coloured Vases. Jam, Bowls, Plaques, eto, Bronze and Bees Buddahe, Vanon, etc., Jadestone and Amber Ornaments, etc., eta incinding pieces from The Sung, King, Kong Hr, Tung Ching, Kienlung, Kaiching and Towkwong Dranties,
Also
A few Ok Ivory Carvings, Chlaese Engravings and Pictures, Old Chinese Coins, Large Chinese Screens, etc.
And a large collection of Snuff Bottles. (Full Particulars from Catalogue,) On view from Wednesday Erd inst.
ECGHES & HOUGH,
Auctionsert Hongkong, No. 2, 1915.
ANDRA
943
Fresh, Fried or Btawa¬ Findon Haddicks, Kippers, fas
#
the spaser to the first of these questions humerous reading for the Goddess of and constantly talk of them as
"that the Yellow Fress was designed as they are a seatral nation like the Swiss,
out
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- † expansion of the provision, trade in a few yelling. The German Peril, the other lack of muttering. “Moda de Guil. ↑
For particulars apply to eng
MENT AND AGENCY CO., LTD. Hongkong, Oct. 30, 1915.
JAPANESE MAKERS
Every kind of Footwear. MADE
TO
ORDER
CHERRY & CO., PEDDER STREET..
Opposite Hongkong Hote Telophone No. 491, Hongkong, March 20, 1914,--
which is another way of
Was almost too clear for argument. The
to the normal imports into Trith. People become distracted. then brothers." The Germans they frankly dev anmark before the war --the- enormous indiffärent, if they hear one set of paper test. When a citizen-meets--a soldier be vecka after the, outiroak of hostilities; the Fine Gore, if Lalransur, he Dowd with militarom," And if a Gistman deflection of the traffic from the old route; 934 its convergence upon Copenhagen sa continued, were not quite helpless. When military band gives a concer) in
convenient place for transmission to buying books they tried to select only the natives never will listen to it. The Stettin, Lilbeck, and other German ports: the best. Why should they not give, gre, only people who do not boycott the tards the saepicious reticenos of claimants se
are the clergy,
of
to their shipments to Denmark in time ference to periodiesls representative of peace tall this was conclusive that the journalism of the highest reputo? It was consignments were not to become, in better to display duplicata, copies of high, the words of the old authorities, part class journals rather then, for the uake of the common stock" of that country of variety, so manydaily ticklers. bat were on their way to Germany by their reading.com reze son hospitable arouto supposed to be safe, President released some consignments on to the gutter Press.
the ground that they had been the subfoot Capt. "Milliard Alteridge," in the matter of genuine and honest males in course of a later paper, said it was Denmark, or had been there worked up real lose that the war correspondent had into new commodities. But the majority
of the consigaments and sur undoubted eu so largely suppressed by the Fat German destination. If he needed confit ous Governments. It had been an une mation of that view it was found in some doubted loss to the country for the care instructive intercepted correspondence, the fully comered pelegram, and the betaled withholding of origical documente theomcial despatch could not raise the nause non-production of correspondance and tola:. grains which must have paced, and in enthusiasm at home as the string word general reticenza jitly warranting sumpi pictures of men such as the Forbeses, and cion, Again and again, when the Crown Russels of the part,
bad established a presumption against the claimants they, and they ruly, had it in their power to give an arpination it any were possible. If they did not avail them selves of the opportualty, Court might fairly draw an inference unfavourable to The only real difficulty which the case prosented was as to the second question. Were the consignments, or a substantial part of tham going to a naval or miliary base of supply, or to the military or antal forces of Germany We are loclined to think that the Crown might bara made out much stronger case than that which they presented, to the effect that some, at least, bases of supply. The preferred-to-reat his decision THERAPION NO. 2ainly upon the fact, as he found, that GUMLIVELOOD POISON, MAD LEM, EXIR KAUPZIONI they were on their way to the naval or THERAPION NO. 3ilitary forces of the enemy: For this
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STHE NEW FRENCH REMEDY.
"Nyataan | Be Gorman ports to which the goods THERAPION NË☎f
CURSEDUCHARGES, ZITHER URE WINUTURINGUTES.
POSTCARD BODEM SYVELAJE 703-
HAYKARTUCH XD, HANSEAT POW
NOLAMO
Presidense
finding there ample warrant, not merely In the special facts adduced in videos and in the absence of attempts to rebut the case CNY goede against the claimantare; The siltakot In Germany at the timp of theɔaoliane, the enormous number of men tinder arms, and the large population controlled by that
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Photographs of General Joffre, President Paiacars, the King of the Belgians, and others of the Allier' leaders are on sale in the book shops, but never a con of the Emperor shows its face. During one of panied by two Aides-de-Camp in mufti, bis visits to the town the Kaimer, socomi
strolling along. looking at the shop windows, and noticing this omission went into a shop and asked why there were no portraits of his Imperiat self. There is no demand for them,” said the girl 'behind" | the counter, without the least idea whanne she was talking to. Azother day be was visiting hospital in which there were reach as well as German wounded, and As soon as he was gone the French soldiers lelt & white 1000 on each bed sa he
Pissed. began to throw them off but the nursing mister of the ward taked them not to touch the flowers, and said she would go and fatch a brush and dust-gan, p
BH GERMAN MEELFIOUL.
On the whole, it is evident, that the (Jermane, whose use object, je to conciliate the Luxomburgers, are behaving themarives with comparative self-restralet and decency, Practically the only articles of which they have, taken forcible possession are gold and horned, of which last there in a great luck in Germany, where ploughs and wagoną 459. largely deawn at present by ozen and even cows. An odd example of the toper-turvy condition of afairs in this forcibly occupied country is that a frontier guard of Larem- burger volunteers has bono, furnied to pre- vent the dominant Germans from removing to Germany" of Belgium deftain articles (the chief of which is horsefeak) the export of which fe forbidden by the Ducal GoveTE- meat. Another grievance of the nativ se, but one of which there is no redrom, that they are forced to work in the Ketoxic Which produce the maritions of zwar, the Gazna prinies
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