ROBERT PORTER
& SON'S
BULL DOG
LIGHT ALE
IN PINTS AND SPLITS.
SOLE AGENTS :
A. S. WATSON & CO.. LTD.,
WINE AND "SPIRIT MERCHANTS,
HONGKONG.
Telephone No. 618.
To-day's Advertisements
F
WAR DEPARTMENT "CONTRACTS.
EALED TENDERS will be received At the Heaters Cher, Victorin Harrucks, Hongkong, for the arsler mentioned services, until e ofelock rocn
the dates stated:-
The China Mail.
HONGKONG, THUNDAY, Jan. 18, 1917.
"CHINESE PATRIOTISM,
in
The history of the great war Europe cannot fail to create a
THE MAGISTRACY.
THE CHINA
MAIL.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
LOCAL AND GENERAF.
A CHARGE OF DEMANDING MONEY BY MENACES.
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The Criminal Sessions wore opened
ALLEGED FRIBERY.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1917.
WAR CHARITIES.
THE PRISONERS OF WIR FUND,
AN APPEAL FROM MR. W. SLADE
6 kilograrames of broad per fortnight. Some men, however, are already tially provided for. Adopters, therefors, who do not see their way to adopting prisoner completely can adopt coa pat tially by subscribing money for oda or two parcais, of food & fortnight, or for bread only, or for a combination of thosd tro.
A Chinese Ravenue. Oficer The frat Philippine Cabinet has charged befors Mr. Wood with accepting
The price of a been organised thữ month.”
· The following extracts from a letter
of food and the a bribe offered him on the sa. Hilachi to-day, before the Chief Justice, Si: Wm,
parcel cost of a fortnight's supp of bread and Mere by a lodging house runner. De Beca Davies, K.C., the only case for from Mr. Mr. H. W. Slade are forwarded noted against the regiments below The R.G.A. Sergeants will hold fondant, it was stated by Inspecto: trial being that of Ip Shin, a Revenue fos publication by the Hon. Mr. E pricked for by this coming prisoners
The cost of maintaining a their fortnightly dance in the Royal Gordon, was engaged searching the Officer, and Han Chung, who were Hallifax Hon. Secretary, War Chariticed. for four weeks, as follows
Committee:--- Artillery Theatre to-morrow night, luggage of passengers when the lodging charged with demanding $100 by
th, December, 1916. comumencing at 8 p.m.
menaces from two Chinese women on house runner gave him $3 to allow a
This is a begging letter and I am December 31st.. passenger's luggage to pass unsearched.
writing to ask you to bring to the The Hob. Attorney General, Mr. J.
notice of the Committee in Hongkong
A
month amounts, to 36,800,000 #bich
6 parcels of food at ... £1 180 Bread
D 78
+
Total
-63 36
The sait revenue sarplus for las Defendant said he picked up the money. Kemp, appeared to prosecute and who have charge of the money collected us, and the prisoner's acknowledgment will be handed over to the Government off the deck where it had fallen from both defendants, who pleaded not guilty, for War Charities the needs of our as received.
a Peking contemporary say s.
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some passengers. Part of the evidenca was heard and defendant romandad. The foreign bonds now in the EXPORTING SOCKS WITHOUT A handa of the Japanese Goretament total. Yen 463,700,000, in which British Treasury beads, British Exchequer bonds and Chinese Indennity bonds are included.
Vicente Sotto, well-known in the Courts of Hongkong a low years ago, continues to fare in the Courts of the Philippines: A libel action is pending against him in which & Jesuit father is plaintif. Damages to the amount of 100,000 pesos are claimed.
There has been an unusual amount
of snow in Japan during the past few weeks. A particularly heavy fall of
*now occurred in the Hokuriku district (the Japan Sea coast district of Central Japan). There were drifts" seven and eight feet deep on some parts of the
PERMIT
The name of the donor will be written on the label of any parcel despatched by will be forwarded to the donor as mood. ware defended by Mr. F. O, Jénkin (instructed by Mr. E. J. Grist and Mr. You may have noticed in the papers to adopt mon, and whether they have Prisoners in Germany and elsewhere. Prospective adopters are requested to state to what extent they are prepared J. H. Gardiner.)
that the Contral. Prisoners of War any preference as to regimen The will do their best to meet their Bureau Committee has been formed
to wishes. taks over the charge of all of Subscriptions are ordinarily payable
tion branch of the Rod Cross but is worked longer periods in advance.
to payments of subscriptions for Cheques should be made payable ·ú? si a saparata organisation.
the Rt. Hon. Sir Starr Jameson, and eroased Barelay & Co.
The Jury was composed of the follow ing: Mr. J. Gardner, (Foreman), Mr. RH. Mitchell, Mr. J. S. Rodrigues,
A. Chinese junkmaster wis charged Mr. F. M. Joseph, Mr. F. Motor, Me, our prisoners This Committee is a every four weeks, but there is no 4030c
with failing to include in his expert statement quantity of oil and socks and with attempting to ship the socks, numbering 80 dczon, without an export permit. It was stated by Mr. J. W. Lloyd, of the Exports and Imports fice, that a permis had been obtained for the oil, but it was lying in the Shing Kei coal shop, by whom defend- aat was engaged.
A fine of $30 was imposed and the Shing Kei shopkeeper was cautioned. The socks were declared confiscated.
STEALING RICE
Three coolles were charged before Mr. Wood with the theft for a quantity
E. W. Tape and Mr. C. B. Brooks.
The Attorney General, in opening. the case, said the story was that the two prisoners were concerned in deman- ding $100, that sum later being reduced to 380, the menace being that if the money was not paid the complainants would be imprisoned.
is
"Naure.
17th Hussars
IM
Price of one parcel of food.
Price of bread per
four weeks Bd.
60
41
6.0
60
60
60
for work with them about 2 months ago My brother, Marcus, offered himself
and has been sent out to Copenhagen there with the main object of sending 1st Royal Uragoons to open a branch of the Red Cross bread to the prisoners. He is supplying 3rd Hussars ... It appeared that the two women week. The rest of the bread ia sont out 12th Lancers... some 10,000 men with tread twice oth Lancers... were paaschgors aboard a steamer en
13th Hussar¶... route to Canton and bad come ashore, mainly from Switzerland. I also am 18th Euskars.... each with a child, merely to take a walk have been made Organising SecretaryLincolnshire Reg
working with them in London and Bedfordshire Regi- and then return to the boat. According which entails a great deal of work and
Regi- ment to the women, after passing through the means trying to make the whole tice ath London Regi- wharf gate they were stopped by two run smoothly. In addition to myself
ment (London men who demanded to be paid $100. Guinness of the Bank works there and 13th Larrion Resi- Rifle Brigade)... Having no money, the women attempted this week, I have got W. J. Saanders to ment (Kensing- to return to the steamer but were prevent
ton) ...
Ment and General Supplies "A tremendous and lasting impression on, railway line and traffic was interrupted of rice, part of the ships stores of the fed by the men. The women then reported join us. So there is quite a Hongkong Middlesex Rei
Fuel and Washing, 16th Februry, 1917. Forage hadden Supplies, 9th
February, 1917"
February.1017 Hospital Supplies, 1st March, 1917. General Supplies "R", 2nd March, 1917. funny another particulars may be obtained personally at the above Office between the hours of 10 n. in. and I am.. Tender Forms must be profitered in up, signed and dated, and sealed envelope marker Forac
etc."
the Chinese. We can gather as mach already from the "coraments which appear from time to time in the Chinese newspapers aspects of it. For instance, we may
Un
It is stated in the Feking papers. that during the first two weeks, of the present mchti hundreds of people, certain including rickshaw men, coolies, and haggars, both male and female, hate
note a comment on the recent news been frozen to death in Peking. Many Tender for
of the thotation of the latest British of these cases might have been saved
Talers must be and will not be War Loan. It is not surprising by the judicious distribution of a small
entertained unless accompanied by
deposit of $100 as unrantee of gxxl that
the Chinese are
utterly sum of money, lo effort is being made by the Executive Committee of
faith, such sum to be forfeited to the astounded at the immensity of the
State if
four
at
the tenderer fails to attend at
the Eemilquarters Ofice as being left sum, which it is expected to raise in fila to send and the question is asked: Are the the tenderer's addressing left!
ples within twenty four hours of Chinese written application being left at the
in samples
**
The right to reject all, or any, tenders is specially reserved.
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less patriotic than the
the Home for Destitute Native Women
to relieve, to some extent at least, the great suffering in Peking among the poor caused by the severe cold weather,
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. +
said address, or refuses to accept a British? Down at any rate to quite contractiloter to him."
recent times we do not know of any foreign student of Chinese affairs who had discovered that the Chinese Me Justo Lukban, well known in possessed a true patriotic spirit. It Hongkong, has been chosen and has been allowed that the anti-foreign ärmed as mayor of Manila.
which have disfigured
M1. GEO. P. LAMMERT AUCTIONEER
BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE outbursts
PUBLIC AUCTION
VALUABLE LEASEHOLD
[17
FROPERTY
3.3. Ilong Bee. They were engaged in unloading cargo and when the rice was
missed they were
arrested at the
sangway on leaving the ship with the
of fourteen days' hard labour, rice in their possession in bags. They were ench fined $10, with the alternative
TAKING A SUNSHADE FOR
A WALK.
A Chinese was charged with taking sunshade from on board a vessel by
which he had arrived yesterday morning Inspector Brazil stated that it took the polica five hours to find the owner of the sunshade owing to the lies told them by the defendant. The latter was found in Queen's Road at 2 con- com with the sunshade under his arm, and when asked by Mr. Melbourne what he was doing with it there, defend
a
the history of China during Sir Richard Dane, the controller of the greater.
the the Salt Gabelle, bas come down on of part nineteenth and the opening years of tour in South Chins which is expected the present century have been to occupy some weeks.
sitante at Victoria in the Colony of considered by the Chinese as showing Sir Charles Eliot, Vice-Chancellor of Hongkong to be sold by order of the their patriotiam. But Dr. ARTHUR the University, has returned to Hong- Hortgagee by Public Auction on
SMITH, one of the best foreign kong after a visit to the Straits. exponents of the Chinese character Settlements and the Federated Malay when he wrote his well-known essays States.
TUESDAY,
the 30th day of January, 1917 at 2 o'clock P.M.
ฟ
By
on "Chinese Characteristics," took
ant said he was taking it for a walk A sentence of fourteen days' imprison- ment and four hours stocks was imposed.
Mr. Andrew Forbes, of Mesars Harry Allen,
CHARGE OF FRAUD.
||
the incident to the police, who return ed with them to the scene of the alleged
position and arrested the defendants, whom the women identified as the men, on the charge of demanding money feloniously and with menaces.
Evidence was then given and the case adjourned nntil tomorrow.
element in the place.
ment
6 0.
€ 0
* 4:0
derers... Infanter (King's Own).* Civilians
6.0
60
6 0
PRESIDENT WILSON'S PEACE NOTE,
King's Royal Rities 6.0 The reason for forming the Com-outh Wales Bor-- mittee was the necessity of organising bo the despatch of parcels to the Prisoners During a certain fortnight in August. all parcels going to prisoners of War. were very carefully checked and it wa found that some 30%, of the men were while getting, hardly anything others were getting far too much and the surplus from these was in many cases passing to the Germans, to say nothing of much illicit correspondence.
It was then decided that all Regi ments should be asked to take full The following is an authorised charge of al their men and now all food translation of the Chinese reply to The annual sermons at the Cathedral, must pass through the Regiment's President Wilson's peace note which St. Andrew's Kowloon, and St. Peter's hands. It has been the work of the West Foint will be preached on Sunday Committee to organise this and where Goverment some weeks ago." The was communicated to the Chiness next" exists for the purpose of interesting wa do it for them
on behalf of this Association which Regiment cannot undertake the work || European residents in the Colony in
Arenly was forwarded by Dr. Wu Ting- the Chinese Church in the Triocess of receives a parcels of food a fortnight the American Logation on Monday, Every one of our Prisoners now fang: Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Victoria. The Diocese, though called and 13 the of bread. Each parcel January 8th:
THE CHURCH MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
THE CHINESE REPLY.
by the name of this city, extends over weighs 10 lbs to bring it within the I have examined with the cam the whole of South China and includes parcels post limit. The information which the gravity of the questions, even the distant Provinces of Yunnan which we have gives us to understand raised demands, the Note concerning - and Kweichow... The Anglisan Church that our men live practically entirely has a band of devoted clergyinen, on the parcels which they received and addressed to the Governments of the peace which President, Wilson har doctors and indies who are carry in many camps their custom is to hand Frank Cariyle Castlemain was charged ing on vory extensive evangelistic, their German rations over to the Rue Allies and the Central Powers now at on remand before Mr. C. D. Melbournes medical and' educational work st. the sian prisoners. These rations are barely war and the text of which Your with attempting to defraud Mrs. Y fallowing centres. Victoria (Hongkong); enough to keep a man frem starvation Excellency has been good enough to occasion to say this on the subject Wicking and Co., has returned to the Institute, Praye East, by misrepresent Kowloon City, Canton, Shekke, Taai We have now taken over 3,000 men on transmit to me under instructions of of Chinese patriotism: "That any Colony after a year spent in Englanding himself as employee of the Asiatic Leung, Shui King, Nanning-Fu, Pakho our hands which means the packing and your Government. considerable body of Chinese are Mr. W. L. Leask (of Messrs Leigh and All that piece ar parcel of group actuated by a desire to serve their Orange) has also returned, accompanied
Liamchow, Lingahan and Yunna-Ft. despatch of some 2,300 parcels a day Patroleum Company." situate at Victoria in the Colony of
China, a nation traditionally paci Hongkong and registered in the Land country, because it is their country, by Mrs. Leask.
Defendant pleaded not guilty to all by the Chinese themselves, to build arily, practically the only paid people sentiments in concluding...
A special effort is being made, chiefly The whole of the work is done volunt, fic. has recently again manifested ber Utice 25, MARINE LOT No. 25 Together aside from the prospect of emolument,
charges and reserved his defence.
Church at Canton, the treasurer for the in the building being the typists. premises with the messunges and
treaties thereon known as Noe. 6 and Praya is a proposition which will requir
Ti
Among the witnesses were Mrs. Y fund being Mr. A. Harrie, Commissioner
concerning the pacific settlement of The cost of keeping a man in food international disputes, responding had informed her that he was employed Chinese ordained clergymen and a large month, so you will see that a large sum
M. CEO. P. LAXNERT, Auctioneer,
at his-Sales Rooms, Duddell Street The Property consists of:-
manageress of the Seamen's
M
Fast und Nos. 48, 10, 52, 54, 55, 48 and 80 much more proof than has yet been POST OFFICE AND CHINESE NEW | Aller, who testified that the defendsat of Customs? There are now nine and bread comes to £2 3s. 6d per thus to the nocuz of the Peace Con
Queen's Road East Victoria aforesaid.
The said premises are held for the offered to securo ita acceptance by:
term of 900 years From the ith day of anyone who knows the Chipele." It July 1844 created therein by a Crown
Lease of the said Lot dated the 14th day is only fair to remark on this that of July 1962 and made between Her the past seven or eight years has late Majesty
Part and Lee yeen Victoria of the one i furnished evidence-
We of the other part
YEAR HOLIDAYS.
that Tuesday next, the 23rd January,
The Postmaster General announces
being Chinese New Year Day, the in rebuttal Post Office will be entirely closed.
There will be no delivery or collection somewhat picturesquely put it, weof correspondence from the Pillar Boxes. have seen the latent patriotism of Non-Boxholders may, however, obtain the Chinese" rise staggering like a their ordinary correspondence on ap drunkard, drunk from the sleep of pfication at the enquiry counter at the
subject to the payment of the Crown of this view. As one writer has Pent and to the observance and per formance of the Lessee's convenants and conditions therein reserved and contained.
Aru 27,500 square feet or thereabouts
Annual Crown Rent 3484.84.
by the Asiatic Petroleum Company, band of Chinese Catechists, Biblewomen is required. A large number of the ferences held at The Hague. showing her a lettter, alleged to have and Schoolmasters. bon signed by Mr. William Arthur Butterfield, Superintendent Engineer of the Company, to bear out his statement.
people who were previously sending On the other hand, the present their friends weekly or monthly parcels,
Mr. Butterfield testified that he knew the defendant as having been employ- from the early part of last June ed as an assistant in the witness's office
until September, when he left the
AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA SINICA
ני
We have been favoured with some
send as their money instead but as the war, by its prolongation, has seri men or the whole are now receiving ously, affected the interests of China, more than they used to do this money more so perhaps than those of other does not nearly cover the expense Powers which have remained meutral". especially as men who were not.
previously cared for now get their She is it present at a time of reor regular parcels. Anyone who pays forganization which demands economici.
man's parcels can have them sent out
For further particulars and conditions ages, and striking out blindly for south-west entrance to the building, employ of the Asiatic Petroleum Com. specimen pages of a work of refer. 15 their name and "the acknowledgmentally and industrially the co-operation
of sale apply to
DENNYS & BOWLEY,
6 Des Vœux Road Central, Solicitors for the Vendo
or to
ME. GEO. P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer, Duddell Street. Hong, Jan 18, 1917
THE DIARY.
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MAMO. FOR TO-MORROW. "3 pm-St. Stephen's, Girls College
Prize Giving.
General Memoranda. SATURDAY, Jan, 20:-
Noon Auction of B. C. "Kang Ting
at Messrs. Hughes and Hough's. 2.15 p.m.-Cricket; Volunteers Beserves on HLK.C.C. ground. TUESDAY, Jan. 2 :—
Chinese New Year.
· General Holiday.
WEDNESDAY, Jan.
General Holiday THURSDAY, Jan. 25
Burns Night
FRIDAY, Jan.
26:
24
5.30 p.m.-Meeting of Seatholders and Subscribers to St John's Cathedral. SATURDAY, Jan 27 ——
Entries close for Hongkong Race
Menting, MONDAY, Jan. 25
ILK. Stock Exchange Settlement Day. 11.30 am.---West Foint Building Coa.
Meeting.
11.16 &m-LX. Central Patate Ltd's. No R. Land Investment and
Agency Cols Mogging, 1215.m.--LK Land: Reclamation
V Montinizi NA
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
required.
home and country, unreasoning in it On Wednesday, the 24th January,
which comes back from the man is sent of foreign countries, co-operation uncertain course, bet hoping it will the Post Office will be open from 8 to 9 pay as his services were no longer ance on all Chinese matters useful to the "adapter." So if Hongkong which a large number of them are to the student of Chinese things and would care to "adopt" certain men who unable to accord on account of the ere long use its strength aright." and there will be one delivery and one
When shown the letter he was alleged the resident in China to be published would be sent as from Hongkong and war in which they are engaged.
at present bare no friends, the parcels collection of ordinary correspondence as The Chinese newspaper to whose
to have written on December 30th 1916, by Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Ltd. their cards acknowledging the receipt. In manifesting her sympathy for. commenta on the British War Loan
on Sundays.
the witness said it was neither written early the summer under the title would be sent out to you. we have referred, thinks it a fact
The Money Order Office will be
the spirit of the President's Note, nor signed by him, and that he was of Encyclopaedia Sinicia." by Mr. I commend this most earuently to that the Chinese people are no less entirely closed.
in fact, out of the Colony on December Samuel Couling, M.A. Edin), your consideration as I think I have having in view the ending a soơn 18 patriotic than the. British, but that
30th. "The withers further stated that lately Hon. Secretary and Editor of are in need of funds and the least we but, acting in conformity with not told you enough to show how much wo possible of the hostilities, China is "the Government is less trustworthy.""
the defendant had not rejoined the the North Chitis Branch of the Royal can do for our Prisonera ir Germany only her interest but also with hier: It says "If the Government should
Asiatic Petroleum Company since being asiatic Society.
Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria is to demonstrate its honesty in using the
discharged, in September last. "
keep them from starvation. Of course profound sentimenta. Mr. Couling is at present in Hong- the Germans ought to look after their people's money, we have no doubt
Mr. E R. Dovey, Government kong gathering information for the prisoners themselves but they wont modern wam are bpt to assume and Op account. of the extent which but that we would be found just as
Analyst, was called as an expert in work. It is to be a large post quarto and we have no means of forcing them willing to unloose our pare-strings
this matter it would be best if a monthly about their effects are no longer to If Hongkong would care to help in the repereussions which they bring We have no difficulty in believing to help our country as the British."
remittance wore seat and addressed to that for, with capable, as well as honest, Government in China there would be excellent security for all money.. the people could lend to China When those conditions prevail wo trust the money will not
3.30 p.m.
„8 710'
sales
122 bayers 128 sales
36 burers handwriting Ho put in photographs of volume of from 450-300 pages and writing taken from four documents given is to be sold at $12 not in stiff paper to him by Inspector A. Sullivan, alleged
Banki Indos Def..... China Sugars ne Hongkong Lands ....... Humphrey's............
4.30 unles Cements.......
11.00 buyers Hongkong Ropes...... 34 sales. Waterboats Langkat Tia. 217 ellers
18 buyers:
to have been written by the defendant, covers, but as it is important to and a photograph of the writing on demand for works of this descrip
ascertain in advance tho probable the letter signed William Arthur
THE SECRETARY,
The Contral Prisoners of War
Committee, 4 Thurlos Place, London SW.
limited to belligerent Staten, Al countries are interested in seeing wars becoming as are as possible. Consequently China cannot but show satisfaction with the views of the
Butterfeld Mr. Dovey stated that he tion, subscription copies are being Guinness is actually in charge of the was of the opinion that they were in offered at the reduced price of $9.50 department which deals with the Government and people of the United
the same handwriting.
JAPAN'S TRADE WITH CHINAM Japanese trade with Chino in 1916 ia
The defendant was committed Yea trial at the Criminal Sessions. 172,700,000 93,310,000
be required for the purposes of given as tollows: Carrying co a ruinous war, bat for the
Exports
79,380,000
CURE THAT COUGH.
THEN YOU
W cough, it does not mean that
on all orders received by March 15th, adopters and I would see that be at
A glance at the specimen pages once lets you know which men are States of America who declare them- for shows that it will be a very "CORD
allocated to Hongkong selves roods, and even cager, to com
The enclosed alip gives you som prehensiva work of reference, useful information as to adopters" but we operate, when the war is over, by cl to Chinese and foreigners alike. Mr. have a larger Ent of regiments to cara proper means to neaure the respect of Conting has had the advantage of for sines that was printed, the principle of the équality of willing assistance from recognised CENTRAL FRISONALS OF WIE COMMITTEE, Dations, whatever their power, may
authorities in the compilation of the
Centri Bureau for Adoptats, 4, Tharles bo, and to relieve them of the port Place, London, SW of wrong and violence. Chino is feady contribution towards the supply to join her efforts with theirs for the adopter is a person who pays e
purpose of developing the great Imports commercial possibilities of the Excess of Exports over
Imports country and promoting the wealth, happiness and prosperity of the people. There is immasse scope SOMETHING TO REMEMBER."" In China along those lines for the TN buying a cough mechcine for child manifold activities of a capable Cough lemedy & the beat 10 colds, croir's
Civillans and mart, ir ren bear in mind that Chamberlain's far-seeing and progressive Govern- and whooping cough, and that it contains
So harmfal drug. For sale by all Chem
ment
Fists and Brakes riera.
troublesome
have consumption or that you are going work, and wa fechhsure it will not
Inngs are threatened, rand it is just na
to have it, but it does mean that your labk the patronage such an extremely well to be on tlie safe side and take Cham valuable work of reference on things berian's Cough Remedy before it is late For sale by a Chenics - Chinese (sacient and modern well
Stopekcoper
An
regular
of food for specified primmer of war sitamant of such results which cam
revăments
doted below require adapters. only be obtained
To be fully adopted prisoner.in Gorof all. miany must receive & parcels of food, and
ugh, the helm